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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
SENATE URGED TO
/. PROBE CHARGES OF
ELECTION FRAUDS
Committee Recommends lnves-
LEGATIONS in All States Where
Corruption Is Said to Exist.

WASHINGTON, Feb. By unani-
NOUS vote the Senate elections COM
mittee today recommended investi-
cation of Senatorial campaigns in
Pennsylvania and Illinois and In any
other States where charges of COR
l1iption have been made.
The original resolution by Senator
Norris, Progressive Republican from
Nebraska, proposing inquiry into the
campaigns where Senator Penrose
was reelected from Pennsylvania and
Roger Sullivan was defeated by Sem
ator Sherman, Republican, in Illinois.
was adopted, but at the ins.stence of
Republicans on the committee 1t was
amended to a similar investigation
into such charges from other States,
Chairman Kern said the committees
recommendations would be put at
once before the Senate.
Senator Sutherland offered an
amendment specifically naming Ala
bama, Indiana, California and South
Dakota, but 1t was rejected and the
amendment was made to provide for
inquiry into campaign expenditures
'in any other States, which evidence
brought before the committee may
Justify
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
BUSINESS MEN =.
SEE SHIP BILL
IN NEW LIGHT
Chamber of Commerce Is I'M
pressed by RedfieId's Speech.
Urge Restoring Confidence.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Business
men attending the United States
Chamber of Commerce convention to
day were pulled from pillar to post
by the administration ship purchase
bill. Many of those who were against
the measure yesterday declared to-
day that Secretary of Commerce
Redfield's speech at the banquet
which endeA early this morning put
the whole bill in new light. They
discussed informally, too, Redfield's
strong intimation that President VIII
son and his cabinet would place the
facts before the people" in a country
wide speaking campaign il the bill is
defeated, and in that event Redfielo
said:
Get out of the way Of American
public opinion when it learns the
facts"
one way to build up commerce be-
tween the United States and Argen-
tine. Ambassador Naon, of the latter
country said, is to establish an
Argentine American chamber Of COM
merce.
In a discussion of trade expansion
and the European war, Edward A.
FiIene OF Boston, outlined how he
thought American business men
could participate in bringing about
peace.
should ask ourselves: What can we
business men do, what can the
tinted States do, to help bring about
the right terms of settlement of the
war; This struggle is so fierce that
at present there seems to be no op-
portunity for any outside tnterfer-
ence, however well intended. More
over, there is apparently no chance
of peace being made on any terms
within the near future.
"The warning nations will not pro-
pose terms of peace until exhaustion
or victory comes. The neutral eoun-
tries. although they are seriously af-
fected and suffer seriously from the
effects of the war, can have but little
hope that any proposals they may
make will be acceptable NOW. Ten
attempts In this direction have
failed. The danger is, therefore, that
peace will eventually be made by the
warning nations alone and through
the same diplomats who were not
a bile to prevent this devastating war.
n that happens it is almost newt
a BILE that the terms of settlement will
carry the seeds of the next war,
leave Europe an armed camp and
will keep the whole world for years
to come so impoverished that few If
any countries will be profitable
fields for trade expansion"
Resolutions were adopted favoring
a national budget, committee to co
operate with the Federal trade com.
mission and a permanent tariff board
Myron T. Herrick was to have read
a paper on rural credits, but sent
word he could not be present.
Arthur D. Little, of Boston. read
a paper on the dyestuff situation
advising American merchants Ger
man products would take pre-erni-
nence after the war.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
DEMOCRATS MARK
TIME ON SHIP BILL
But Leaders Have Plan to Bring
Up Measure at More Fa-
vorabIe Period.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--Dem-
ocrats today played for time on the
ship purchase bill. They believed this
was their only hope of passing some
variety of government ownership bill.
While awaiting the arrival of absen-
tees. they planaed to amend the bill
to suit Progressive Republicans. This
plan has the Presidents o. K. insofar
as It does not alter the bills under
lying principles.
Democratic leaders were consider
ing new lines of action. 0utnum-
bered by the opposition, the major
ity leaders yesterday failed to carry
out their plan to recommit the bill
with instructions for amendment.
The new plan under consideration
is to reconrnit the bill without in
structions SO as to bring it up again
on a motion TO discharge the COM
mittee II it failed to return the meas
ure with amendments recommended
by the caucus. Some of the leaders
favor this plan II assured of enough
votes to carry it.
A new angle to the parliamentary
situation developed when Senator
Gore, who yesterday introduced a
substitute, referred to the commerce
committee, moved that the commit
tee be discharged from its consid-
Grafton. The Gore bill is the same
as the original bill, as perfected in
caucus and has amendments to meet
views of Progressive Republicans. 1t
Is virtually the measure the admins
tration Democrats want to submit
for final action The motion went
over without action for a day.
On Senator Cores motion, some of
the Democrat leaders believe they
can muster enough votes to get the
amended bill before the Senate. II
would eliminate action on Senator
Clark's motion to recommit. Repub-
iican leaders insist they would re-
sumo their fight.
ding the determined
attitude of some of the administra-
ton senator's, some Democrats it was
said had told President Wilson that
should the bill be amended to meet
the views of Progressive Republic
cans, it would lose the support of
more Democrats.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
.heat'S Highest
Mark at $1.67

CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Wheat adj
vanced swiftly today to new high
record war price. 1t only took a brief
time for the May option to reach
$1.661s, a jump of 29sc compared with
last night. The previous top notch
quotation was on February 3-s1.6 66.
Most of the trading today, however,
was in the July delivery, in which
the upturn was not quite so radical.
Something like a selling stampede
ensued after the market had climbed
to s1.67 for May. Seaboard offers to
resell wheat in Chicago surprised the
bulls, and there was also an element
of depression in the fact that corn,
which to a large extent may be SUBJ
stituted for wheat, was not keeping
pace upward with the more expensive
cereal. The result was a sudden drop
of more than three cents from the
top figures attained by wheat.
Breaks in prices continued until 4hc
had been taken from the earlier
values. II was said the German no.
tice of danger. zone clear around
Great Britain was having a serious
effect on ocean traffic conditions, and
that offers were being made to re-let
eastbound vessel room both from
along the Atlantic seaboard and from
the Gulf of Mexico.
Closing prices were extremely ner-
vous at a range varying from 1ac off
to 1ac up compared with last night
Subsequently, weakness in the corn
market was effective as a means of
bringing about a decided setback. Sea-
board offers to resell wheat to the
West tended also to discourage the
bulls ana so, too, did reports of YES
sci room untitled because of Ger
many's notice of marine war dangers
on all sides of Great Britain. The
close was unsettled at Y lower to II
advance compared with last night
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
SAYS ESSEXC CO.
TOOK A CHANCE
ON BEING PAID
Market Case Lawyer Seeks TO
Show That Contractors Were
Told of Litigation.

Further testimony in the proceed
ing instituted by John L. Arnnitagt
and others seeking the return Of s2S.
900 or more, paid to the Essex Con-
struction Company for work done on
the site OF the new centre market, be-
fore II was stopped by 8 court order.
was taken before Jesse R. Salmon. 40
supreme Court commissioners. today
in the office OF Frank E Bradner.
Franklin W. Fort, representing Mr..
Armitage. cross-examined the wit
nesses after Mr.. Bradner and Herbert
Boggs. representing the contractors
had brought out their testimony.
Through George B. Hooper, the az
chitect who prepared the specifics,
tions for the new structure, II was
shown that in preparing for the bids.
which have recently been opened. al
lowance was made for the work FOR
which payment had already beck
made TO the Essex Construction COM
many. and also for the structural steal
and other work done by the Hay
Foundry Company. The work done
became the property Of the city aftei
it had beeI, paid for.
Mr.. Fort, through one Of the witt
nesses, sought to bring out that the
contractors nao su1llcient uotiCe tiles
their work was In litigation, but con-
tinued to work, although a rule fc
show cause was served on them Feb
ruary 10, 1914. The work was finally
stopped by the court order March Z
1914.
Items in Bill Checked Up.
Mr.. Hooper testified that he
checked up the items in the bin o.
the Essex Construction Company and
found them TO be proper. Then 4
drawing up the specifications for the
new bids he made allowances for the
work done and the materials pur~
chased by the city. He told Of q
conversation with Mr.. Hay. Of the
foundry company. in which he sstd
Mr.. Hay promised him that he woult
Continued On Psse ~. Ceiuusn ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
CREW OF ASAMA
SAVED, OFFICIAL
REPORT TO TOXIC
Possibility of SaIvaging Jap
Warship Unknown-U. S. ST.
lent About Action.
BY the Associated Press.


TOXIC, Feb. 5.--An official report
in Toxic on the loss of the Japanese
cruiser Asama OFF the western coast
of lower California, says that all the
ofaceas and members OF the crew of
the watship have beeu.sssyed.
The Asauia struck an uncharted
FUcx vUft the western coast of the
Mexi6hu rsEAsblic., The extent OF the
damage to the steamer is not known.
nor can anything be said as to the
probabilities OF saving her. The abb
sence in Toxic OF direct news from
the Asama suggests that her wireless
has been disabled.
The casting away of the Japanese
cruiser Asama was reported to Wash
ington yesterday by Rear Admiral
Howard. commander of the American
Pacific fleet. In this report the num-
Der of men on board the Japanese ves-
sci was placed at 500.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Rescue
measures for the Japanese cruiser
Asama, ashore and breaking up on
the Lower California coast, were
CiOdhCQ Ill ScCIcCX nCT0 IOudN " pTO-
tect the neutrality of the United
States.
On the theory that information of
the disabled Japanese ship might be-
come of value to the Germen men
of-war in the Pacific, the navy de-
partment kept secret it's latest dis
patches from Rear Admiral Howard,
commander of the Pacific fleet, sent
from his flagship, the cruiser San
Diego, in the neighborhood of En-
senada, and refused information of
the movements of the American men,
of-war going to the Asama's aid.
1t was believed here, however, that
first aid would be given by the cruiser
Raleigh. The San Diego, crippled by
a recent boiler explosion, would be
unable to make fast time to the
wreck near Turtle bay.
Turtle bay is just south of Port
San Bartholome. It's exact location Is
latitude 27.3S degrees north and longi-
tude 114.51 degrees west. 1t is con-
sidered a good anchorage, having
from twenty-one to thirty-six feet of
water. The place of the wreck is
about $50 miles south of Ensenada.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
HOME WRECKED
BY EXPLOSION;
FOUR INJURED
Bowers Residence on Atlantic
Street Partly Demolished by
Freak Accident.
THREE OF FAMILY ARE
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Explosion and Fire Soares En-
tire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! "Pocket" Is Blamed.

-Four persons were injured in a FIRE
and explosion which blew on tne
roof of a four-story brick residence
at 26 Atlantic street early today.
The explosion was of a freak nature.
After an investigation Captain =.
Albert Gasser, head of the bureau
of Combustibles and Fire Risks, saio
il was caused by a draft which
caused a smouldering fire to ascend
60 beneath the roof where q pocket
OF gas had been formed by an accu-
mutation of smoke.
Chief Engineer Paul j. Moore, VINO
arrived on the scene within a 1e"
minutes after the alarm was sounded
declared that the origin OF the eX-
plosion was about as mystifying an
occurrence as he had ever expert
enced
The building is owned and occupied
by Mrs. Philip Bowers, mother 81
Philip ]. Bowers. the real esta.s :
dealer. She is seventy years old, anu
was one of the victims of the eX-
plosion. She is suffering principally
from shock Her son, Thomas T..
Bowers. lawyer and real estate man,
who lived with his mother. was
burned about the head, back and
legs. Mr.. Bowerss daughter Mary.
sixteen years old, was also burned
about the body. A servant girl IN
the Bowers family. Miss SOPHIA
Novack, eighteen years old, was the
fourth victim, Her hands were Sc
yerelv burned ana she also was
lacerated in several places.
All of the injured are at st. MI
chaePs Hospital The servant girl
is the only one not in a serious con-
dition. Immediately after the explo-
sion Mrs. Philip Bowers was as
sisted to the street by her son. Mrs,
Thomas Bowers and her daughter
Agnes also were In the house at the
time of the explosion. They were
not hurt. Several years ago a sister
of MT. Bowers as fatally burned IN
Z xrou@t.uad an Page 10. Column . y
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
KAISER ISSUES
NEW WARNING
ON BLOCKADE
indicates Purpose Is TO Strike
at British Transports TO
Continent.

BERLIN. Feb. (by wireless 10
Sayvllle, n. Y.)-The chief admiral
of the staff of the German navy has
Issued the following official commu-
nlcation:
England is on the eve Of ship
ping numerous troops and large
quantities of war material to France
Against these English transports We
will proceed with all the means of
warfare at our disposal
Neutral shipping is earnestly eau
toned against approaching the
northern or the western coasts of
France, as in these waters such YES
sells would run the serious danger Of
being confounded with ships whose
purposes are warlike.
"'The best route for the North Sea
is around Scotland
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Illinois Will Aid Election
Probe, Says Governor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 5.-"If the
Senate elections committee sends a
committee here to investigate the re-
cent senatorial compaign in this State,
State officials will do all in their
power to aid in a full investigation.
and am sure any citizen of the State
called upon to testify will be glad to
do so.''
This was Governor Dunn's comment
today when informed that the Senate
elections committee at Washington
had recommended the investigation Of
the senatorial campaigns in Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois and other States
where charges of corruption had been
made.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
DR.. BUERMANNIS
DROPPED FROM
HEALTH BOARD

Mayor Raymond has dropped the
name of DR.. William Buermann from
his list of Health Board nominees
and substituted that of DR.. Elmer G.
Wherry, of 325 Clinton avenue.
ted to Common Council at tonight's
meeting of that body.
The names of DIR. Sara Smalley and
Mrs. r. Manners Laird will be again
submitted
DR.. Wherry. who is Republican,
has been practicing medicine in
Newark for the past fourteen years.
He is a member OF the leading medi-
cal societies of the State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
NO ELECTION IN
EIGHTH DISTRICT
Statute Provides That Vacancy
Caused by Kinkead's Resig-
nation Shall Remain.
special to the Evening star.

TRENTON, Feb. 5.-The resigna-
ton of Eugene r. KinlSead as con-
gresham from the Eighth Congress
sional district was accepted by Gov
ernor Fielder today.
No special election for his unex-
pired term will be called, as the
statute provides that when a vacancy
occurs within two months of the ex-
piration of a congressional term the
governor shall not call special cleo
ton TO hll the unexpired tsrm.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
ECONOMY BILL
HOLDING Up THE
WATER PURCHASE
Governor Withholding Decision
on East Jersey and Wan
aque Propositions.
Special to the Evening Star.

TRENTON, Feb. 8. - Governor
Fielder is awaiting the outcome Of
the economy and efficiency bill in the
Legislature to merge the State Water
Supply Commission before he makes
any announcement as to whether the
State shall purchase the property Of
the East Jersey Water Company or
the Wanakue sheds for a potable
water supply for North Jersey.
The State Water Supply Commits
sion submitted the two propositions
to the governor, who, as an ex-officiu
member of the commiss on, has the
final say as to which property the
State shall acquire.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
SnOw-ShOvellers to Get
Their Pay Tomorrow

The Board of Works. at a special
meeting today. approved the pay roll
of the $50 extra men employed by the
city to shovel the snow from the
streets.
The wages of the men amounted to
81, ,3l6 and will be paid to the en-
ployes tomorrow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Six Are Indicted for
Passports Frauds

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Six indict-
ments were handed down in the
United States District Court here
late today in the passport fraud case.
Those named in the indictments are
Carl Ruerode, Hans Adam Won We
dele. Arthur Wilhelm Heinrich
Sachssee, August r. Meyer, Walter
Mnrier and Herman Wegener.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Berlin Denies Loss of Ship
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, via Amsterdam and Lon
don, Feb. 5.-Official dental was made
here today of the announcement from
Petrograd, on February 3, that
Russian submarine had sunk a Ger
man destroyer in the Baltic sea, off
Cape Moen, Denmark, on January 30.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Cattle Disease Found,
Jersey City Stockyards
Closed for FumigatiOn
special to the Evening Star.

JERSEY CITY, Feb 5.--Another
epidemic of the hoof and mouth dis
ease has broken out in the stock
yards here. The entire plant was
closed down today for a thorough
cleaning and fumigation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Twenty Dead in Explosion

MADRID, via Paris, Feb. 5.--Twen-
ty persons were killed and many in
jured by the explosion yesterday of
a boiler in a furniture factory at La
Guardie.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
Zeebrugge B0mbarded
by AviatOrs OF Allies

LONDON, Feb. 5.--Allies' aviators
bombarded zeebrugge.i according to
Amsterdam advices today.
The extent sf the damage Is not
known.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
FURIOUS BATTLE
NEAR WARSAW IS
NOW AT HEIGHT
1o5, 900 Germans Hurled al
One Point in Effort to
Pierce Line.
REPULSE OF GERMANS
CLAIMED BY RUSSIANS
Berlin Does Not Confirm Petro-
grad Report-Austrians Gain
in carpathians.

One Of the most furious battles u
the war is now at it's height alons
the Russo-German front, west 81
Warsaw. Large bodies OF German
troops have been brought I'D For
Field Marshal Won Hindenbursss
third desperate effort to batter awar
through the Russian line. The attack
is centred near the Polish village az
Borjimow, around which. for the last
few days. has been raging a battle
that for intensity compares with thu
struggle in Flanders earlier In the
war. Official statements make No
mention Of the extent Of the losses.
which. Judging from the nature Of
the fighting, must be enormous.
A communication from the Russiar
war Office today says that along .
section of the front, about six miles
long, the Germans brought I'D no less
than $4,000 men, supported by 100 bait
teries of artillery. In compact
masses these troops were hurried
against the Russian positions. The
Petrograd statements assert thai
these attacks were broken up. and
that the Russians, assuming the Of
fensive IN turn, captured German
trenches and occupied two villages.
In the Carpathians the fighting is
hardly less severe. The Petrograt
war office admits that the Russian rs
retreated in one section OF this front
g
ments with bayonets. Elsewhere
Russian successes are claimed
The German official announcement
Of today does not support the claim
of the Russians OF successes on the
Warsaw front, stating that their at
tacks were repulsed
There were no engagements OF in
portance along the western front
yesterday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05

Huron Club's big dance. Latest dHnees.
Latest music by voss Gentlemen, 80
cents. Ladies' free.--Advertirement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-05
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RETROGRAD. Feb. (via London
12:z5 p. m.).-Not since the battleE
l4rotn5 Lodz, il Russian Poland. ~.
the early part of December, have the
Germans delivered such vicious att
tacks as those of yesterday, whe;z
they attempted to break through the
Russian line near Borjimow. Prob
ably never before in the eastern
arena of the war have they concen,
trated such a force upon a single
point.
In a distance Of six miles between
Humin and Borjinow the Germans
threw 10000 infantrymen, together
with heavy forces OF cavalry, tho
whole supported by 100 batteries OF
artillery, comprising in all no less
than 800 guns.
II is estimated that In this short
line there were nearly 81, 900 men to
the mile. the coming on in ten or
twelve lines like the waves OF the
sea
ARTILLERY Of Little Use.
The Russians, warned by the at
tacks Of previous days in this same
vicinity, have concentrated CORE
spondingly heavy forces TO resist the
German advance. So close were both
sides packed in this narrow space
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