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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
WILSON DECLINES
TO ATTEND DINNER
OF TRADE BOARD
Finds That Stress of Business
Prevents His Coming Here
Thursday.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2e.-President
Wilson today declined an invitation
to speak before the Newark Board
of Trade at its annual banquet next
Thursday. He had the matter in
allowance for some time. but found
that official matters interfered with
his going to Newark
President Wilson is considering an
invitation to speak before the Union
League Club of Chicago on Washing
tons birthday. Senator Pomerene to-
day invited the President TO dine in
New York soon with the alumni of
Kenyon College on the occasion of the
centennial anniversary of the birth of
Edwin M. Stanton. The Internation-
al Association of Rotary Clubs asked
the President to go to Houston, Tex,
for their convention. on June %.
These invitations the President took
under consideration.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
100 INDICTMENTS
ARE EXPECTED IN
ROSEv|LLE CASE
Grand Jury Will Report in Bank
LoOting Probe To-
morrow.
PROSECUTOR HOOD WILL
START TRIALS AT ONCE
Believe Report VIII Be Followed
by Rush of Persons TO
Arrange Bail.

Indictments in connection with the
wrecking Of the Roseville Trust
Company will be turned in by the
December grand jury to Chief JUS
tice William S. Gummere tomorrow
afternoon. The number of indict-
ments. 1t is said. will be about 100.
Announcement that the indictments
would be handed into court was made
by Prosecutor Louis Hood today. but
he was silent as to the total number
Of indictments that had been found
by the grand jury during the past six
weeks. when they have had the af-
fairs of the wrecked trust company
under consideration.
From other sources. however. 1t was
learned that the indictments number
very close to the 100 mark. but it is
also understood that not that many
individuals are named in the indict-
ments In some instances the same
person has been indicted more than
once.
AS soon as the Indictments are
handed into court 1t is expected that
there will be a rush of persons to
the Court House to arrange for bail
and thus avoid being brought in AMI
locked up by the prosecutors detec-
ttves.
It is expected that the trial of
some Of the persons indicted will be
taken before Chief Justice Gummere
without delay.
Prosecutor Hood is known to be
ready to go ahead with the prosecu-
ton just as soon as the indictments
are handed into court and by next
Monday. it is believed. the trials of
persons criminally involved in the
wrecking of the Roseville Trust Com
pany will be under way.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Local Delegates Named for
Chamber of Commerce Meet

Nine delegates will represent the
Newark Board of Trade at the an
nual meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States this year.
The convention will be held in the
New Willard Hotel, Washington. on
February II, 12 and 13.
Representatives from all the larger
cities and practically every prominent
trade organizations in the country
will be present. Problems of ma
tional Importance will be discussed.
A. " Hamburg and James NJ. Reilly,
president and secretary respectively
of the Board of Trade. will accompany
the delegates to Washington.
The Representatives appointed by
Mr. Hamburg were announced today.
They are:
National councillor. Franklin Conk-
lin, president, Flood & Conklin; dele
gates, Forrest F. Dryden, president,
Prudential Insurance Company;
Charles Bradley, president, P.
Ballantine & Sons; Herbert P. Glea-
son, president, Johnston e. Murphy
Shoe Manufacturing Company; j. III.
Bachelor, president, Ironbound Trust
Company: c. e. Cameron, president,
The Lauter Piano Company; Edward
Weston, president. Weston Electric
Instrument Company.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
SEEK SHARE OF
THE F|REMEN'S
PENSION FUNDS
Police and Health Men Ask for
Conselidation-MightH Hit
Widows and Orphans.

There was lively discussion at
the legislative conference In the may
or's office today on the question as
to whether the police, f1remen and
Board of Health employees pension
funds should be consolidated. The
proposition was strenuously opposed
by committee from the several fire.
mems associations. II was finally re-
ferred to committee A motion to
refer the matter to a committee to
investigate the three funds was of
Tered by Patrolman Henry Thiele, of
the Fifth precinct.
Mayor Haussling appointed as the
committee Fire Chief Paul j. Moore,
Police Chief Michael T. Long, Health
ofacer David ID. Chandler, City Coun-
sci James r. Nugent and Alderman
John +. Reilly. chairman of the
finance committee of the Common
Council. The committee will report
two weeks from today.
When the question arose for discus
sion Wilson ]. Vance, read a COM
munlcation from a committee ap-
pointed to represent the different
hremen's organizations protesting
against the consolidation of the three
funds and setting forth their argu-
ments for opposing the proposition.
The communication in full was as
follows:
The committee of firemen present,
comprising the various branches of
organizations of the Newark fire de-
partment, namely, the Newark Paid
t1remen Department Pension Fund
the Newark Firemen's Relief Associa-
ton, the Firemen's Mutual Benevolent
Association, Branch 4, representing
every officer and man connected with
the department. do hereby register
their disapproval of the proposed con-
solidation of the police or Board Of
Health pension funds with the fire de-
partment pension fund, for various
reasons, which are here recorded:
Prior to 1902 the city was required
by statute to include in the fire de-
partment appropriation a sum suf-
ficient to provide for retired members
and widows and orphans of retired
members. The officers and members
of the fire department then considered
the enactment of self-supporting bill
to relieve the city of this burden. In
the year 1902 a law was passed which
created an independent and self-sup-
porting pension fund. In it were pro-
visions whereby we receive per cent,
of the 2 per cent. share of foreign in
surance tax now paid to the Newark
Firemen's Relief Association, known
as the widows and orphans fund. The
division of this fund was thus made to
relieve the relief association from pay
ing disability benefits from their fund
to the active firemen.
Should this fund be in any way
amalgamated with another fund ii
would mean the disruption of the wild
ows and orphans fund that is MAIN
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
WOULD BREAK UP
RAD|UM MONOPOLY
Sec. Lane Proposes TO Allow
Prospectors TO Settle on Gov
eminent Lands.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Secretary
Lane told the House mines commit
tee today that Congress should break
up the monopoly that kseTs 4dium
at a fabulous prohibitive price and
mineral on the market cheaply for
large numbers of sufferers.
Secretary Lane declared il was the
governments duty TO get all the
radium It could. He combated argu-
ments against withdrawal of lands.
saying there was no intention of set
divide certain area into tracts of 800
up the mineral lands indefinitely, but
simply to get radium out for public
use where ii would not be in the
hands of monopoly.
Secretary Lanes proposal was TO
divide a certain are into trcts of $50
acres, allow exclusive licenses, pros
pect. and If a prospector found ra-
dunn to allow him all the usual rights
except that the government would
take 20 or % per cent. of the radium
obtained He would also have the
government have absolute control
over a certain definite area for the
development of radium on its own
initiative.
"I believe that we should not be
confined to developing the ores on
any single withdrawn area said
Secretary Lane. I'VE should say to
all proprietors in the west: Go out
and find these ores, the government
will buy the ore from you at rea-
sonable compensatory price and will
reduce the ore ourselves Thus we
would have all the radium ores that
might be discovered at our service. I"
Secretary Lane added that he and
Chairman Foster were at work on a
substitute for the present resolution,
withdrawing the lands, which would
give the government sole power to
purchase all radium ores and develop
the product
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
DISCARDED SUITOR SAVED FROM BEATING
BECAUSE "PUGILISTIC" GIRL is SHY $40

It's a good thing for Michael Pro-
kinleina, twenty eight, of 1858 Frank
lin street, that his former sweetheart,
Josephine Repeta, ninet cen, who lives
at 6S Watson street, East Orange,
hasn't got $40. If she had Michael
would probably be nursing black eye
and as many other injuries as jose
phine's plump little fists could infiict
on him before this. This is why
Michael and Josephine met on Court
street. near Broome street, last night
1t was the first time they had en-
encount cred each other since they
reached the parting of the ways Jo-
sephine told Judge Herr in the Fourth
Precinct Court today, she tried to
~nlk BY Michael with her nose in the
air and with the other airs and graces
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
STANDARD OIL GAIN
IN RATES CHARGED
New Tariffs Would Discrim-
mate, Is Claim of lndepend-
ent Companies.

WASHINGTON, jan 26.-Charges
that the proposed increased freight
rates on petroleum which the Eastern
railroads are asking the Interstate
Commerce Commission to authorize
would discriminate heavily against
independent reflneries in favor of the
Standard Oil Company were made to-
day at hearing of shippers by F. w.
Boltz, traffic manager of the National
Petroleum Association, an organiza-
ton of forty odd companies.
Boltz testified that the railroads had
made no attempt to put through a
horizontal increase of per cent-the
degree of advance for which they are
applying-but that the tariffs they
were asking the commission to ap-
prove contained increases varying
from 2 per cent. to 10 per cent. He
presented a mass of figures and
tables which he declared would show
that wherever the increases affected
points in which competition was in
volved between the Standard and the
independents the Standard had been
favored.
Bruin, Pa, an Independent oil point,
Boltz cited as an example of his
charge. He declared that on the new
rates proposed by the Baltimore and
Ohio would put Bruin at a great dis
advantage in competing with ship
ments from OIL City and Franklin,
which he dscribed as Standard OIL
points.
Boltz testified he did not charge that
a deliberate effort had been made by
the carriers to favor Standard Oil in
terests.
ur a -, ,,oarei., +r.x,i,,0 to slauv - ha II,
sisted, that a horizontal 5 per cent.
increase has not been made and that
certain of the proposed rates which
show variations from that increase
would have the effect of discriminat-
ing against certain points. Some of
these points are those where inde-
pendents have reflneries."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
HOLLAND HOUSE
MAN IS HELD FOR
SUNDAY SELLING
William ROgge Caught in Cru
sade Ordered by Chief
Long.

William Rogge, proprietor of the
Holland House In Market street, was
paroled to await the action of the
grand jury by Judge Hahn In the
First Criminal Court today on
charge of violating the bishops law
in serving drinks in his place on
Sunday.
Rogge was arrested in a raid by
Lieutenants Harris and Quinn, as
signed by Chief Of Police Michael
7. Long to watch for violations of
the liquor law. and Plainclotheemen
Baumann and Schroeder at 1890 a.
M. yesterday.
Harris and Quinn In court today
told of following man from Market
street into the Holland House about
a quarter past twelve Sunday morn
ing.
Near the door they said they met
waiter.
Can we get drink here?" they
said they asked
Sure" the waiter is alleged to have
replied; go into the restaurant"
Harris and Quinn say they took
seats in the dining-room ordered some
beer and were served. The place, they
alleged. was well filed at the time and
drinks were being sold freely The
officers asserted they had no difficulty
in obtaining entrance, nor had several
other persons, who, they said, came in
while they were at the table.
Plainclothesmen Baumann and
Schroeder said they entered the place
shortly after the heutenants. They,
too, asserted they found the doors
open and were directed to the dining
room. All four officers said persons
were coming and going constantly
while they were in the dining-ro
After collecting their evidence the
officers sought out Rogge, the pro-
prietor, and Informed him he was un-
der arrest.
They also arrested Nathan Speigel-
man, twenty eight years old, a
waiter. of Al West Kinney street; Her
bert T. Styles. thirty years old, a
civil engineer, and Bernard P. Moore,
twenty-three years old, merchant,
both of Montclair.
When the presence of the police in
the place became known there was a
wild scramble for the doors. Men and
women arose from the tables and
started to rush out. Tables and chairs
were thrust aside, bottles cast to the
floor and glasses broken.
The officers made no attempt to ar
rest any except the four they had
taken.
The prisoners were taken TO the
First precinct, where Acting Judge
Elmer Freeland paroled them for ar
raignment today. Rogge was charged
with violation of the bishops law.
The others weye. held as witnesses.
rodzSs hearhT was merely perfume
| tory. Judge Hahn heard the stories
OF the policemen. and then paroled
,, Rogge for the grand jury Rogge
made no statement In court.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
W|TTPENN WON'T
HARASS FIELDER
OVER PATRONAGE
Says He Will Do Everything in
His Power to Avoid P0lit-
icaI Friction.
Especial to the Newark star.l

TRENTON. JAN 26.--A story sent
out from Jersey City last night to
the effect that Naval officer H. Otto
Wittpenn had claimed that the big
Four" consisting of himself. State
Chairman Edward e. Grosscup. Con-
gresham Thomas J. Scully and Ma
tional Committeeman Robert s..
Hudspeth, with the help of Presi-
dents Secretary Joseph p. Tumulty,
do and will control all Federal
patronage coming to New Jersey and
would be equally as successful in
landing State offices for their friends.
regardless of Governor Fielder's
wishes, was emphatically denied by
Mr.. Wittpenn today.
In a statement over his own sigma
ture and issued from the State House
the naval officers said:
II know of no scheme, nor have ]
been party to any scheme for the
purpose of controlling Federal or
State patronage. The story in the
Newark Star this morning alleging
an interview with me is part and
parcel of scheme on the part of my
political enemies and the political
enemies of the governor to cause
friction between us. Such story will
have no effect upon my actions, and
| trust will receive no credence with
the governor.
II shall do everything in my power
to support the governor in every
movement which will be for the best
interests of the State of New jersey
Governor Fielder asserted he knew
of no friction between Wittpenn and
himself. The governor said he would
be pleased to court information from
any source in connection with select
ing men for State offices. Efficiency
viii be the sole test of applicants for
office. The governor made positive
that influence and partisanship would
be obliterated during the present ad-
ministration.
The Story from Jersey City.
The story to which Mr. Wittpenn
takes exception was sent to the New
ark Star from Jersey City last night
and is as follows:
JERSEY CITY, Jan. 26.-Naval Off
Ger f. Otto Wittpenn expressed the
belief tonight that President Wilson
would send to the Senate tomorrow
the name of Thomas G. Haight for
appointment as Federal judge in the
place of the late Judge Cross Witt
penn said he did not expect any fur
ther opposition from United States
Senator Hughes. In fact he professed
to be surprised that the Senator
should have found any fault with the
proposed nomination of Haight for the
judgeship.
To friends Wittpenn said Senator
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Petitions of Two Women
Aspiring to Council Filed

CHICAGO. Jan. 26.-The petitions
of two women who aspire to member
ship in the City Council were among
those filed with the city clerk today.
Miss Sarah M. Hopkins, of the Sec
ond ward, filed her petition personally
after standing in line with other can
didates or their representatives for an
hour A friend filed the petition of
Miss Marion Drake, who will seek to
wrest the First ward Democratic
nomination from Alderman John
+Coughlin. Four other women are ex-
pected to file petitions to enter the
primaries.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
SCHMIDT HADPLAN
FOR AIDING SUICIDE
Also Schemed to Furnish Bogus
Death Certificates, Tes-
titles Detectives.

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Hans
Schmidt. now on trial for the second
time for the murder of Anna Aumul-
Ter, had plan to manufacture poison
for the use of persons contemplating
suicide, particularly those who are
hopelessly i'll, "in order that they
might leave the world in which they
were no use"
He confessed this plan to Detective
George Thompson, according to
Thompson's testimony today.
The detective said Schmidt planned
also to provide bogus death certifi-
Gates for the suicides 80 they could
be buried without scandal"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

corps was able to penetrate the twist
ed and jammed wreckage and render
assistance.
The relief party was also greatly
hampered by darkness. Except for
the light from the two coaches which
remained on the track, the rescue
work had to be conducted in total
darkness.
Representatives oAsthe State Rail-
road Commission arrived this fore
noon and announced that thorough
investigation would be begun at once
In an effort to establish the cause of
the wreck.
The seriously injured are: Jeffer-
son Davis st. Charles, Mich. head
cut and badly bruised, probably will
recover; James B. CLANCY. Highland
Park, Detroit, collarbone broken and
body severely bruised recovery ex-
pected Arthur Birdsell. Jackson,
baggageman on passenger train, se-
we're body injuries, recovery doubt
full.
"The blame for the accident rests
entirely with the crew OF the freight
train" said NJ. T. Wright, division
superintendent of the NJ ,higan Cen
trail today noon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
500 Sailors Quarantined
When Diphtheria Breaks Out

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Eight hun
dred men and officers were quaran-
tined on the battleship Arkansas, in
the Brooklyn navy-yard, today, be-
cause of a threatened outbreak of
diphtheria. One case was recently
transferred to the naval hospital and
seventeen other members of the crew
captured sore throats. Diagnosis has
shown none of these to be diphtheria,
but as a precaution it was decided to
keep the men on board for time.
The Arkansas recently returned
from Mediterranean cruise. The
commander is Captain r. c. Smith.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
FIELDER SEEKS AID
ONNEW Jury LAW
Will Confer on Legislation to
LegaIize Acts of Present
Bodies.
Especial to the Newark star.I

TRENTON. Jan. 2s.-To straighten
out the tangle caused by the recent
decision of the Court OF Errors. up
holding the chancellor-sheriff jury
law. Governor Fielder has called a
conference OF legislators for tonight.
The governor is afraid the act viii
render the acts OF present grand and
petit juries Illegal and at tonights
conference some way out OF the sit
uation viii be planned.
The act provides that il become
effective at once. but grand and petit
juries have already been drawn for
this term in several counties and will
serve until April. Legislation will
probably be introduced providing for
the drawing of new juries at once
without waiting for the April term.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

one usually affects in the presence of
ones discarded sultors.
This line of conduct, she said. failed
to make any deep impression on
Michael. In fact, she said, he became
distinctly angry and struck her But,
whatever he did, when Policeman
Burnett came up he found the pair
having delightful little fight on the
sidewalk.
Ten dollars each,'' said Judge Herr,
when he heard everybody's story to-
day.
Michael and Josephine ruefully con-
fessed to being without funds. But"
Josephine confided to the court, ''if l
had the money I'd pay both our fines,
take this man into the woods where
there aren't any police, and give him
thrashing he wouldn't forget!
Pooh!" she snorted at Michael as they
were led from the court.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Gov. Fielder to Urge Bill
to Control Jury System,
Pending Chancellor Law
Especial to the Newark star.I

TRENTON, Jan. 26-As soon as
John w Wescott. the new attorney
general, comes to this city to take
over his office, Governor Fielder will
ask him to prepare bill to hold grand
juries and petit juries in working
shape up until the time the chancellor
sheriff act takes effect.
The decision of the Court of Errors
and Appeals upholding the new jury
law may, by wiping out all existing
statutes, including the Fielder jury
law, tie up the work of our grand and
petit juries, the Governor believes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED ;
New Jersey Physician Said to
Have Many Cures to HIS Credit.

RED BANK, N. J., Jan. 25.-Advices
from every direction fully confirm
previous reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by DR.. Perkins, of this city. is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly
benefited and many patients claim to
have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to DIR. H. w.
Perkins, Branch 141, Red Bank, N.
j., for a supply of the remedy which
is being distributed gratuitously.-
Adv.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

Mart King. supervisor of city band
concerts. is planning something new
for those persons who enjoy skating
at the city parks. The project, how
ever, has not received official in
dersement.
II is Mr. Kings idea to furnish
music during the skating season at
Brsnch Brook Park lake, also at
weequahic Park. If the oity authori-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Fire Deals Serious Blow
to Philippines Exposition

MANILA, Jan. 26.-Fire today de-
stroyed two-thirds of the Exposition
building here. The loss is $3.50. 0.000.i
The exposition which was to have
been opened in February, was TO
contain exhibits illustrating the ma
terial development of the Philippines.
Owing to lack of time, it is impos-
sible that the building will be re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
End Radium Treatment on
Bremner; DR.. Kelly to Europe

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-With the
departure of DIR. Howard A Kelly for
Europe. the radium treatment on Con-
eresslnan Bremner will be discon-
tinued. Members of his family and
New Jersey congressman who visited
him In Baltimore yesterday found him
vastly improved. DR.. Kelly's trip to
Europe is said TO be due to desire TO
place hi. son in a school While there,
Dr. Kelly will probably visit Nine.
Curie and other radium specialists.
with the propect of acquiring work OF
the valuable mineral for use here.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Secretary Bryan Pays His
Respects to Mayor Mitchell

NEW YORK, Jan. William
Jennings Bryan, secretary of state.
paid brief visit to Mayor Mitchell
at the city hall today. 1t was just a
personal call, ne said. The secretary
came to New York from Washington
to deliver an address tonight at the
annual banquet of the American
Asiatic Association. He will speak
on the Chinese loan question