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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
MURDER RATE ON
INCREASE IN U. S.
Statistics Show Average Num-
Der Was 81 Per 100000
in 1918.

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-The number
OF homicides in the United States
increased during 1913, according TO
an article in the current issue or
the Spectator, the weekly insurance
Journal.
The average number of homicides,
in which is included all deaths in
fiicted Intentionally or unintention-
ally, excusably or feloniously, in
thirty large cities of the country
was ST. for every 100000 of popula-
ton. In ten year terms this is COM
pared with the decade ended In 1908.
which was 40, and the decade pre-
ceding that, which was also 4.s Tor
every 100000.
The last year has been exceeded
only once and that was in 1907, when
the average was S.S,
In the cities themselves Memphis.
Tenn, leads ell others with rate
of 6S for every 100000, and Reading.
Pa, is the lowest, with only /,
which is the only homicide reported
there for the year.
New York does not appear as a
city in the statistics, but Manhattan
and The Bronx are given together
and Brooklyn separately. There
seems to be no data for Queens or
Richmond. The two boroughs first
named had I'll homicides during the
year which gave them a percentage
| of III to their 100000 of population
while Brooklyn is put down as SO
which gives a further average OF
AS. Chicago meanwhile had I'll
homicides, an average for its popu-
| lation of 9.3.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
DEBATE APPEAL
FOR INCREASE OF
FREIGHT RATES
Banker and Lawyers Do Not
Agree About Dropping of In
terest Rate.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Cross-
examination of John e. Oldham. who
spoke for the Investment Bankers
Association at the Interstate Com
merce Commission hearing today on
the application of the Eastern rail-
roads for higher freight rates, de-
veloped testimony that the rate of
interest on fixed charges of the rail-
roads had dropped during 1913 to 4.44
from an average of 4S0 for the ten
years preceding, and that the aver
age dividend rate for 1913 was 6.48 as
against a ten-year average of SAB
In examination of figures pre .ented
by Mr. Oldham, Louis ID. Brandeis,
the commissions counsel, drew the
conclusion that the amount of capt
tai required by the roads to earn a
dollar on a years operation had de-
creased during 1913.
Mr.. Oldham insisted, however, that
the falling interest charge did not
indicate the roads had borrowed
money at a lower rate.
Under examination by Clifford
Thorne. counsel for several shippers
organizations, 1t was developed that
the decline in net income of the rail
roads had been fractional and that
the roads had been maintained at n
higher level during 1918 than during
previous years. Mr.. Oldham agreed
that would seem to Indicate the roads
were making larger net revenues
He commended. however. that they
should have the increase without de-
lay, He said that while bankers were
IL complete accord with the commits
sion's suggestion in the previous rate
decision, that by more careful man
agement and certain reforms the
roads could increase their revenues,
the European war had brought about
dire conditions which made 1t dan
gerous" to await the working out of
such reforms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
BY the Associated Press.

THE HAGUE. Oct. 22.-The tragedy
of war is pictured in the letter of an
unnamed first lieutenant which ap-
peared in the Cologne Gazette of re-
cent date:
1.-THE woman in whose house / am
quartered, and whose husband Is in
the field" he writes, told me in tears
this morning:
"'Since two months no news. We
do not know where my husband is
1.-THE woman and her family do not
even know in what regiment the
man serves. That is terrible! The
woman wanted to know how many
French had been killed. I tried to
console her by telling her that many
had been made prisoners of war. And
now she has fastened every hope
upon this.
when 1 hear that at home chill
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
CLAD AS CLERICS,
TWO ARE HELD ON
ROBBERY CHARGE
Pair Are Said to Have Stolen
from Housewives Here and
in New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Two young
men dressed as clergymen were ar
rested yesterday afternoon at Third
avenue and Ninety ninth street on
suspicion of being implicated in a
number of attacks on women in
homes in this city and in Newark.
Skeleton keys and a white powder
that would produce stupor were
found on the prisoners, the police al
lege.
The prisoners described them
selves as James j. Price, twenty
one, and James j. Cahill, same age,
both living at the Sylvan Hotel,
Third avenue and 121st street. They
were held on charges of disorderly
conduct and having narcotics, but
Detectives Quaine and Birmingham
told Magistrate Marsh in the Har-
lem Court they believed the prison.
ers had held up several women.
The detectives said they had re-
ceived many complaints recently
that a couple wearing clerical garb
had been calling at apartment
houses ostensibly to solicit subscrip-
tionS for churches. After ascertain
ing that the housewife was alone
artment. The description of the
assailants, the detectives alleged,
fitted the prisoners.
Owing to the lateness Of the hour
the detectives found it impossible to
have any of the women appear in
court yesterday There was, how
ever, one woman with bandaged
head in the courtroom, but she was
not called upon to identify the pris-
oners.
Price and Cahill vigorously denied
they were in any way involved in
the series of robberies, and insisted
they were bona-fide clergymen.
Later, the police say, they said they
were employed to solicit funds. They
had memorandum books containing
names and addresses of various men
and women. Opposite each name
was an amount ranging from fifteen
cents to 81.
They also had letters bearing the
signatures of Rev. p. II. Craven,
Chapel of st. Paul the Apostle, of
16 Weir court, and Rev. Father Mil
Ter. of the Christian Volunteer
Church, 800 Vine street, authorizing
them to solicit funds
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
GRIM TRAGEDIES OF WAR TOLD
IN LETTER FROM BATTLEFIELD

dren so to school, and that every
thing progresses more or less in the
regular channels, l am compelled to
say prayer of thanksgiving that
our country has been spared. You
ought to see the disorder here. The
countryside is overcrowded with
troops, there IL no administration,
the crops are still in the fields and
famine threatens. The people are
irresolute and detected.
1T is now eight days since the
fighting in the forest of
think of the event with shudder.
1t is different when you are fighting
out in the open, but TO fight in the
woods-in the deep, dark forests
awful. The explosions of the shell
reverberated through the forest, and
the heavy bombs cut lanes through
the trees. We did not even know
most of the time where the shells
came from. 1t was impossible to re-
turn the fire. In the morning we saw
the French cook their breakfast, but
we could do nothing because we had
to conceal our position.
"There Is one picture / will never
forget. On September l We snot down
patrol of chasseurs; two men who
were In cover were taken prisoners,
When the skirmish was over went
with one of the chasseurs to where
the officer In charge of the patrol had
fallen.
II saw Immediately that the man
had died from a shot through the
heart. But the chasseur who ac-
companied me, and who evidently
was very fond of the officer. asked
me, with great concern In his voice:
docs my officer liver
'I shook my head saying:
No, he Is dead
And then a very touching thing
occurred. The soldier fell to his knees
beside the dead officer and prayed fol
a long time. A gripping picture. Or
the ground In a flood of sunlight, la,
four dead horses. My men stooi
about them in ring, and In this cir
Gle rested the dead officer with tn,
private praying at his side. We wer'
silent-the silence of death was upor
us, but through II we heard the step.
of death, who may gather us tomor
! row.
at. too, Said prayer for the bray'
enemy, the dead comrade-Lieutenan
of Reserve CASTOR Forgues, of Bor
| deaux."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
SAVANNAH MAN
HEADS BAR ASSN
Peter w. Meldrim Succeeds ex-
President Taft as Head OF
National Organization.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Peter w.
Meldrim, of Savannah, Ga, was to-
day elected president of the Ameri-
can Bar Association to succeed Will
lam Howard Taft. Mr.. Meldrim was
nominated by the general council
and his election was unanimous.
George Whitelock, of Baltimore, was
reelected secretary; Frederick w
Adams, of Albany. reelected treas
urer; members of the executive
committee, William Fl. Burgess, OF
El Paso, Texas; William II. Stalk,
of Philadelphia; William S. Black,
of Chicago, and John H. Voorhees,,
of Sioux Falls, s. D., reelected, and
Selden P. Spencer, st. Louis; Will
lam p. Bynum, of Greensboro, N. c..
and Chaplin Brown, of the District of
Columbia.
Compulsory education, one of the
demands of the constitution of the
Argentine Republic. and compulsory
voting there were the two points en-
phasized in an address by Romulo
S Naon, ambassador from Argen-
tina.
This afternoon the convention con-
sidered admission of colored lawyers
to Memphis. A vigorous debate for
and against limiting the member
ship to white persons took place.
Tonight the convention will close
with the annual dinner, given in
honor of the Supreme Court Justices.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
GUARDS OUTING
TO UNION HILL
MANY Members and Friends of
George W. Wiedenmayer Or
ganization Enjoy Trip.

About FIVE hundred members and
friends of the George w. Wieden-
mayer Guards today enjoyed their an
nual excursion to Schuetzen Park.
Union Hill The crowd assembled at
500 Market street and marched
through Broad street to the City Hall.
There many of the county and city Of
ficials reviewed the parade. Special
trolley cars took the party to the park.
This afternoon a program of ath-
letic games was held. Prizes were
awarded the successful contestants.
Tonight the excursionists will have
another parade about the -Four Cor
ners."
Many of the politicians who this
morning went with the John ]. Gay
nor Association TO Atlantic City re-
turned this afternoon and attended
the Wiedenmayer excursion. The line
of march was lead by DR.. Charles f.
Kraemer, president of the Board OF
Works, and officials of the organiza-
tiOfl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
special 10 the Evenlng Star.

E NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-"France has
sillade peace with Germany and both
s8re invading England" was the dis
dressing information furnished about
"a month ago to the English seamen
who made up the crew of the Grace
Line steamship, Santa Cruz. just
sback from a three-month's trip to
South American ports.
+. They sailed from New York in the
middle of the summer, just as the
European situation was getting
.acute, but before war had been de-
sclared. They did not know that a
war was on. Their sole source of In
formation was the wireless operator
son the Santa Cruz, and he was a
German with a mean disposition and
mo scrap Of sympathy for England or
ANYONE or anything English.
Passing steamships sent messages
labout the war and he picked others
not intended for him out of the air;
but he was the only one aboard the
santa Cruz capable of interpreting
THE snaps and sneris and Kisses by
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
EXPECT WIRELESS
BAN TO Be LII TED
Officials of Marconi Co. Believe
U. S. Will Permit Them to
Reopen Stations.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph Company of
America believes that it's Siasconset
station. which was closed recently for
receiving and delivering unneutral
wireless messages from and to a
British cruiser off the American coast,
will be permitted to reopen for bust
ness within a short time. The sta
ton is now closed by order of the
secretary of the navy pending set
Element of the controversies between
the wireless company and the gov
eminent and is in charge of the navy.
Meantime the wireless business, not
only of the Marconi company, but of
other. companies. is as nearly normal
as could be expected under present
conditions.
The largest and most powerful
Marconi station in North America,
the new one at Be,mar, N. j., is
complete and ready for business, but
has yet to transmit its first CONNER
cial message.
OF the other companies, the great
plant of the Goldschmidt system at
Tuckerton, N. j., which commune
Gates directly with Germany, is still
out of use.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22

off the German offensive, and all re-
ports received here today insist that
the Germans are at last on the de-
fensive.
For the last forty eight hours the
allies have been on the offensive.
Their enveloping movement is gaining
more and more strength, and it is in
sisted that in a short time the enemy
must withdraw to new line. The
British flying corps has reported that
the German engineers have been hard
at work laying out new line far be-
hind that at present occupied. The
exact location is withheld, but 1t is
believed the German general staff is
at last convinced that it cannot gain
ground from the north and plans to
withdraw its main right wing into
Belgium and devote its energies to an
offensive which is being developed on
the French centre and left in the
neighborhood of Verdune and the line
of the Meuse forts.
Practically every village and hamlet
in nothern France has been wiped Off
the face of the earth by the artillery
fire of the battling armies. Houses
are heaps of ruins, while entire for
ests have disappeared. the trees liter
ally being cut down by the shell fire
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22

Truly Edward Fitzgerald, of 252
Central avenue, a negro who was shot
while acting as peacemaker in fight
between two other men in saloon
at ITO High street last Sunday night.
died at the City Hospital this morn
ing.
In an ante-mortem statement to
County Physician Mckenzie yester-
day Fitzgerald asked that Edward
Garrett, of So High street, who is al
legged to have fired the shot be al
lowed to go unpublished provided he
Fitzgerald) should die.
IF l live there ought to be some
thing done to him." said the dying
negro, $50 that he wouldn't do any
thing like that to me again, but If
die, what's the use. He will feel
bad enough and it doesn't do any
good to kill another just because one
gets killed If die let him CO."
Garrett is being held without bail
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
IN WAR ON SPIES ENGLAND
BARS GERMANS FROM COASTS

arriving here today on the Adriatic
report that England is greatly
alarmed over the discovery that the
Germans have secret bases for their
aircraft In Scotland. They say that
posters are displayed in all of the
Scotch towns which offer a reward of
$500 to any one who gives information
leading to the discovery of any place
in scotland which Is being used by the
Germans as store of oil and petro-
leum.
1t was said by these passengers that
the government is In possession of au-
thentic information showing that the
Germans, long before the war was
even dreamed of. laid out bases for
their aircraft in certain sections of
Scotland, but that ii has SO far been
impossible to locate these with any
degree of certainty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Declares Man Grabbed
Bracelet from Her Wrist

Miss Sadie Drucker, nineteen years
old. of 20 Rutgers street, has report
ed to the police of the Fourth pre-
cinct that a youth about eighteen
years old, wearing a brown suit and
blue soft hat. snatched a gold brace
let from her wrist last night.
She was walking past the corner of
Fifteenth avenue and Hayes street.
she said, when she was seized by the
wrist. The man ran down Hayes
street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Kamerun Chief
in Revolt, Gets
Death Penalty


LONDON, Oct. ga dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company
from the The Hague says that Magma
Bell, the native chief of the German
Kamerun. has been executed be-
cause he attempted to foment among
the natives a rebellion against Ger
many.
The announcement of this Is cred
tied by the correspondent to Herr
Ebermayor, German governor of
Kamerun.
Kamerun is q German colony of
Western Equatorial Africa, with an
area estimated at $4,000 square miles.
1t has a population estimated at
100000, of whom less than 1000 are
whites. The administration of the
colony is by an imperial governor.
whose seat is at Bueau.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Tries to Kill
Dock Official

NEW YORK, Oct 22.--An attempt
to assassinate Richard c. Harrison,
first deputy commissioner of the de-
partment of docks and ferries as he
was about to enter his office this
morning. was frustrated by the quick
action of spectators who overpowered
Mr.. Harrison's assailant and after a
fight lasting several minutes took
away pistol. The assailant was
supposed to be John O'Connor, dis
charged employee. He was locked up.
The Identification was later con-
firmed and O'Connor was locked up in
default of $4,000 bail on charge of
felonious assault.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Ends Life on Grave of Girl
Who Police Say Was Murdered

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 22.--An un-
known man, about fifty years of age.
committed suicide yesterday afternoon
by shooting himself behind the right
ear His body was found on the grave
in which was buried the body of Miss
Janet Schroeder, eighteen years old,
who died in Port Jervis, N. Y, from
bullet wound in the head. She was
buried in Bay View Cemetery, Jersey
City, October 3, 1902.
The Jersey City police say the young
woman was murdered in a lovers
quarrel and the body brought to Jer-
sey City for interment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
by the United Press.

LONDON, oct. 22-Drastic meas
ores were instituted today by the au-
thorities to end the reported effective
German espionage in England. The
Home Office issued a statement in
which it characterized practically the
entire east and south coasts of Eng
land as prohibited areas for any one
Of Austrian or German birth, regard
less of sex.
The rounding UP OF all Germans and
Austrians continues. The males of
military age will be sent to the deten-
tion camps as prisoners of war and
the women, the very young boys and
very old men will be sent back to
Germany as speedily as possible.
NEW YORK, oct. 22.-Passengers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Alleged Thief Jailed

Paul T. Webb. thirty-five years old.
a salesman living at "A Court street..
was held in 5000 bonds by Judge Herr
in the Fourth Precinct Court today
on the charge of attempting to steal.
He was found at 2 o'clock this morn
ing trying to get into the saloon of
Patrick ]. Gibbins. at 205 Bank street,
by Policemen Moe and Theobald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Captain Brown Gets a
Present OF Buffalo Robe

Captain John e. Brown, Of the
Eighth precinct, was given a buffalo
robe last night by men Of his old
command at the Second precinct. The
robe arrived at the Eighth precinct
station last night In a bundle and
came as a surprise to the captain.
The captain acknowledged the gift
today in letter of thanks to the men.
of the Second precinct
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
Held for Bic HoteI Robbery

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 22-Flve men
wanted for the robbery Of SLABS In
cash and two watches from q hotel
In Terre Haute were arrested here
early today after making the trip
from Terre Haute in a high-power
automobile
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
DYING NEGRO, SHOT DURING FIGHT,
PLEADS FOR CLEMENCY FOR SLAYER

He is twenty-five years old and the
dead man was twenty-one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
keeping watch the
enemys warships lowering Hawaii"
By the Associated Press:

BY the Associated Press
22-Reports
and that their West Flanders
army from the vicinity of the coast south to Coutra was being ham
combined the British
the Belgian seemed to coincide
many points today that in the absence of claims of any advances from
the canals of North Belgium
which followed the German rush from Antwerp had been generally
against the invaders
any driven back
dispatches communications
in the middle West Flanders have been dsogsnzed that troops
rather join their
aades the north who are In danger of being cut of
BRITISH SHIPS SHELL oSTEND
evacua OF confirmed this
British ships Smelling that
town. dispatch had
destroyed village sype
where it is said their headquarters.
that ships have been playing important part
admiralty officially that
the monitors Severn Humber and Mey not only bomDaded the GER
Ostend but landed attachments OF marines with
from other that eleven
all taking part in the operations but what they are not an"
nounced.
ARMIES ONLY SEVENTY MILES FROM DOVER
fighting
Dover
with the British public though according to last nights Paris Official
there violent actions here and there along more
extending almost due north and south from
euport La Bassee Everywhere the allies claimed to be holding
their positions.
that Austrian forces
ere tnserred the Italian frontier for this purpose
Rumors that Emperor seriously altering here
via and this with report that German fleet is of Falseroo
lis discussing
a Austrian
held by the Russians and
was added Hungarian so' ret-
the
of communication
of with of
sending London today
BERLIN via London, ~ (f14O A
MA casualty about
led, and missing
PARIS Oct M)-Further from Lille, toward
which the French and English advancing slowly
during activity by the Germans at
expected causeo U
of theseef
East silent sufficiently
long time which is perched
Woeyre unable dis
the Mouse and equally
formed by the river south of
Northumberland Rous
the
official communa
he another This to deract
the attention principal battlefield which In the
ob The furious against the line from
doubt of the German
plan declares
LONDON Oct Office today note
all foreign them of the governments in
nt;on to remove and Austrian ships
which have taken which already been de-
tanned on cunt o hostile
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22
BRITON,S SAY GERMANS HAVE
LOST CHANCE FOR INVASION

Determined Resistance of Began Prevented Advance of the
Troops Dunkirk Whence Attacking Force Was
Planning to Move Eng and-AIes Take Offensive in
France.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22

LONDON 22The British foreign office today sent note
III all foreign the governments in
all German SHIPS
which have which have already been de-
tanned on hostile acts