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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-06
ROYAL GRANDSON is
A COMMON JANITOR
PROOF Is PRODUCED THAT NEW
ARK LABORER IS GRANDSON
OF KING GEORGE ".
WORKS WITH BROOM AND MOP
claim Adds Another Chapter to Long
Controversy Which Has Been One
of MYSTERIES of English History.
S5 OOO. 600 to Credit of Heirs.

S5 600. 600 to Credit of Heirs.
NEWARK. n. AN humble jan
itor in Newark city Hall, James c.
Fitzherbert, has produced document
arv evidence that he is the great
grandson of King George ", of Eng
land. CARRIED in oyeralls and jumper
with time clock to check his going
and coming he works each day with
broom. mop and dustpan, awaiting
the day when he can claim his rights.
The claim of Fitzherbert is based
on family records and on documents
that have lain buried concerning the
agreement between King William
". Princess Alexandria, later the
Oueen Victoria, and her line of sue
cessors. by which the offspring OF
the morganatic marriage of George
Nv was to leave England and refrain
from going to London or any part
of Western Europe until the year
1912. This remarkable agreement
was signed May II, 1882, and bears
the signatures of King William,
Queen Victoria, Maria Ann Fitzher-
bert. the morganatic wife, and her
son. James H. A. Hayward. 1t was
witnessed by Charles Grey, Earl of
Hanover, Henry Brougham, chan
cellor, Arthur Wellesley, Lord Wei
Iington and Rev. Sidney Smith. The
document bears the royal seal.
Big Money in the Pact.
AS a part of the pact six thousand
pounds. $4,000, was to be paid an
nually during the natural lifetime of
the deported family, and to deposit
in the Bank of England a million
pounds, or 100000, or rather an
amount that would reach the five mil
lion mark in the year 1912.
1t was also provided in the solemn
document that in case the succession
should not result in an heir to the
throne, and parliament should recall
the line of King George ", then,
and not otherwise, would the fund
be cancelled.
BY a peerage patent also issued at
that time the Fitzherbert heir was
given the right to the title of the
Duke of Malta, after the year 1912,
or to receive instead a grant of $780,
GOO.
Another Chapter to Claim.
The Fitzherbert claim adds anoth-
err chapter to a long controversy, one
of the great mysteries of English his
tory, as to whether there were chill
dren born to George " and Maria
Ann Fitzherbert, whom he made his
morganatic wife in 1885. This re-
markable woman was born Mary Ann
Smythe. She married at 10 Edward
Weld, of Lulworth Castle in the coun-
ty of Dorset. He died early and she
married Thomas Fitzherbert of Swim
merton. He died after three years.
The young widow was known as the
beautiful Mrs. Fitzherbert, and it
was not long after she lost her sec
ond husband that she met the Prince
of Wales, afterward George ". He
was % and she 20. History records
that he paid ardent court to the fair
widow. 1t was when the prince was
injured and she had gone with the
Duchess of Deyonshire to his bedside
that the proposal of marriage was
made. Finally, on December 21st,
1875, they were welded by an An
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-06
Cure: old Sores, other Remedies Won't Cure

The worst cases. no matter OF how long standing,
re cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Porter's Antseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Pam and Heals at the same time. sc. SOC, SLIGO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-06

Gus ume III our UeauJiLuI SISTER city.
May we have an opportunity to show
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-06

giles, and is caught at second. 10.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
J|TNEY OWNERS
WON'T ACCEPT
HIGH LICENSE
Object to City Regulations
With Any Fee
Above $50.

Promised regulations of the jitneys
in this ,ity as embodied in the report
of the special committee of city Off
cials 10 :he Board Of Works yester-
dow is not acceptable to the members
NJ The .litney Service Association
which comprises large number of
the iitnay owners This is particu-
larly the case with regard to the
license fees which are stipulated to
range from $50 to xloG. The jitney
neonle sav that under no circum-
stances will they agree to any license
fe. hove $50. and that such o fee
will only he contingent on, the city
doing, something for them in the wey
Of clearing the snow off the streets In
paul 9. Roder. counsel for the Jit-
nov Service Association. sent letter
to CITY Counsel Spaulding Frazer,
cha irman OF the special committee
which had the proposed regulations
In charge. setting forth that the asso-
eiation members would be agreeable
40 hut 40 higher This is based on
tern,s similar to those under which
the PubIic Service Railway Company
o,,erates it's trolley cars i'm Newark.
,rbe fieuras we're also made up from
~ renort of the Public Services
statement Of its recent payment to
the city of per cent. OF its gross
BUSINESS for the past year.
"The iitney men are Wiling TO 90
business with the city upon terms
similar TO those enjoyed by the Pub
lie Service Company" said one of
The members Of the Jitney Service
Associa ton today. Taking the Pub
lie service statement as a basis, we
.faure that on five per cent. basis
of receipts the most that any of our
iitneys could be asked to pay would
he about s45 Because of that we
6gure reasonable license would be
from $25 to $50.
"Should we pay such license,
though we contend that the city
should give us clean streets. Espe-
oiallv do we want them to clear the
snow off the streets so we can oper-
ate in winter, We do not propose to
nav a license and then have the troll
lev people with their snow plows
dump the SNOW from the trolley
tracks onto our course.
I'VE would not be able to agree to
sny set schedule either as that would
be out OF the question. This is a
matter, though. which II seems could
he easily adjusted The present
proposition Of regulation, however, Is
not agreeable to US"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
DENY PLEA FOR
GRADE CROSSING
IN EAST ORANGE
Utility Commissioners Find
Traffic at No. Eighteenth ST.
Does Not Require 1t.
From "a stan Correspondent.

TRENTON, July 9.-"rhere Is no
testimony showing such density Of
traffic as to require the establish
ment' of the proposed crossing" is
the opinion expressed In the report
filed today by the Public Utility Com
missioners in refusing to grant the
application of the city of East Or
ange for permission to establish a
grade crossing over the tracks of the
Delaware, Eackawanna and West
ern railroad at North Eighteenth
street in that city. An order was also
filed dsmissing the application
The application, however, the re-
port states, was not made on the
ground of relief for traffic, but
rather on the plea that the grade
crossing was needed to protect after
dark in the vicinity of the proposed
crossing motorists who are apt to be
misled by lights across the track, as
a continuation of Eighteenth street.
The, erection OF high fence, either
by the city or railroad. will in the
opinion of the commission, remove
this menace to autoists at night.
The Utility Commission today made
the following recommendations to be
put into effect by the Monmouth
County Electric Company at once on
it's Fair Haven division: That the
extra car known as the Fair Haven
ripper shall be operated on the IL
o'clock run Saturday night; that
whenever baseball games or other
public events occur the services be
augmented by the addition of at
least one car: that an inspector be
stationed at the Red Bank depot Of
the New York and Long Branch rail-
road from o'clock in the evening
until the arrival of the 6:38 evening
train from New York Saturdays and
Mondays excepted), and that the
schedule be arranged so that the
cars will leave after the arrival or
the various commuter trains from
New York,
These recommendation are made
as the result OF complaints received
by the Utilities Commission as to
the company's service as follows:
First. that the cars we're not run on
any given schedule: second. that cars
left the Red Bank depot OF the New
Continued on Page .. Column 81
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
GERMAN ATTACKS
AGAINST WARSAW
AGAIN UNDER WAY
Petrograd Admits First Line
Trenches Lost at One
Point.
RUSSIANS FOLLOW UP
VICTORY SOUTH OF LUBLIN
Arras, in France, Being Sys-
tematicaIIy Destroyed by
German Guns.

German military activities, while
lessening in the Galician and Southern
Poland war fields apparently are in
full swing again along the front Ia
the west and northwest of Warsaw.
The latest official statement from
Petrograd indicates this i'm recording
attacks on the Russian positions at
several points.
Heavy losses were inflicted upon
the Germans in an assault neaI
Jednorojetz, in the Przasnyz district
the russians report, but near Boil
NOW, almost directly west of War
saw, an attack in which gases were
employed resulted in the storming %
hrSt-line trenches. In some of these
the Germans retained a foothold. Tn,
fighting there was reported as con
tinuing
Petrograd declares that the blow
dealt the Austrians south of Lublir
is being followed up. the Teutonic
forces there being in retreat with tbs
Russians in pursuit.
A Petrograd correspondent de.
scribes the check to the Austrian
as resulting from a tactical hlundel
by Archduke Joseph Ferdinand. wha
I'm too swift an advance, left hi,
army's left wing uncovered, enabling
the Russians to deliver an attach
which cost the Austrians $4,000 men.
From Pretoria. i'm South Africa
comes news that General Botha, n
the head of the British forces. has
completed the conquest of German
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09

formed officials considered proba Die,
would be to reject the German p@S
posals and notify the Berlin govern
ment in effect that. the United States
intended to insist on the principle
of visit and search for all unarmed
vessels of any nationality carrying
Americans and that a specific viola
tion of those rights would determine
the next step in the American policy.
As for the Lusitania case, however,
failure by Germany to admit liability
for the loss of more than 100 Ameri-
can lives is a phase of the situation
on which there were today few sug-
gestions as to what the United States
should do.
Some of the presidents advisers
have repeatedly counseled that the
breach of international law was so
fiagrant that it remained only for the
United States to have no diplomatic
intercourse with the German govern
ment unless the intent of the act was
denied and reparation was promised.
The negotiations over the conduct
cf German submarines have over
Swallowed the Lusitania case itself.
but there were indications today that
the new German note would cause a
return to the Lusitania case as a
foremost issue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
POISONED PEN" /
nHA IUMAUI LII I'M
PATERSON CASE
BRINGS ARREST
lnspector Butler Nabs Pennsy-
yania Man for Attacks on
Silk City Officials.
s,.c,,, to the Evening star.


PATTERSON. July s.--The mystsry
Of poison pen" anonymous ieiters
received by the mayor Robert =.
Fordvee. of Paterson. and other OF
flcials here i'm the last two wears has
been solved. according TO Fede'si
authorities, by the arrest of Peter
Rudolph Pickele of Milford, Pa. Post
office INSPECTOR Francis A, Butter
arrested Pickelle at Edgewood INA
Gre enwich, Conn, yesterday.
Inspector Butler took his prisoner
to New Haven and arraigned him Pc
fore United States CommissionsI
William A. Wright Pickelle was
held in $4,000 bail pending his .IP-
moval to Ne wJersey.
r.. Oscar Baer, of 460 Madison aye.
nue.. Paterson, has been the target o.
the so-called poisoned PEN darts
since the fall of 1912. He and mem
hers of his family received a number
of scurrilious letters. but the writsr
remained unknown All Of the let
ters were printed and showed consid-
erable care in Disgusting the Mans
writing of the author. The contents
of these letters were never made pun
lie.
Mayor Fordyce, Chief OF Police
John Bimson and other paterson Of
fcials received similar aronymnus
letters. In these compositions the
character of Mr. Baer was attacked
by the anonymous writer. For more
than year Mr.. Baer ignored the
letters and only two months aFo
placed the matter in the hands ar
Inspector Butler.
According to the inspector he Sc
cured evidence against Plckeue
which warranted an indictment py
the last Federal grand Jury Wnen
the inspector learned that Plckeus
was due i'm Greenwich yesterday ~
went there and placed MIN upcsE
arrest IS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09

President Wilson is expected to re-
turn from the summer white house
at Cornish to lay the reply before
the cabinet at a meeting Tuesday.
All officials here realize that there
probably has been no essential change
from the form in which the reply
was outlined by the Berlin foreign
Office to Ambassador Gerard. On the
basis of that outline the american
government declined 10 engage in any
supplementary negotiations because
the German proposals were regarded
as such which the United States could
not accept withHut sacrificing many
of its rights,
Meanwhile there is renewal of the
tension over what the next step will
be if the text of the German reply
bears out the unofficial outlines.
which indicated that it would be So
unsatisfactory to the United States.
Although officials would not COM
ment, saying that the phraseologN
first must be studied, the general
undertone in official quarters was one
of disappointment What the presi-
dents course will be no official would
predict, but it was evident that an
other critical stage in the relations
between Germany and the United
States was at hand
One course, which some well in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
GERMAN FORCES
SURRENDER TO
BOTHA IN AFRICA
British Conquest of German
Southwest Africa Is Now
Complete.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the United Press.
PRETORIA, July 3. General
Botha, commanding the British forces
In South Africa. has accepted the
surrender of the entire German
forces in southwest Africa, 1t was
officially announced today. Hostili-
ties have ceased
After suppressing the rebellion
against British authority In the
Union of South Africa. General
Botha took command of British op-
oratlons against German southwest
Africa, and headed an invasion of
thai territory late in February. His
operations were reported to be uni
formly successful.
The forces under his CO lmand cap.
tured Olymbingue on May l. 1--WE
mad occupied the important railwa.
junction of Karibib and other sta
tions after march of thirty-1v'
miles over wateriess waste. dur
ing which the troops suffered severe
" from heat, thirst and hunger.
The road to Windhoek, capital D
the German territory, was opened ny
the occupation of keetmanshop
Windhoek was taken May 13 with
out opposition on the part of thu
German forces. Martial law wa,
proclaimed throughout the conquered
territory.
Reports from London recent,
have stated that the surrender o.
all the German forces was expected
soon. British military experts have
contended that General Botha hal
conducted a mastery campaign.
German southwest Africa is 10
Gated on the west coast of Africa
extending from the Orange river I,
the Cunene river, about 900 miles
II lies between Portuguese Wes
Africa and Cape Colony. extendint
eastward to the British sphere. Tit
area is 322, $50 square miles Th,
population is 19.556, chiefly Hotten
tots and Bushmen The European
population in 1918 was 1875, o
whom 12292 were Germans. Th'
military force, including police, il
given in the latest reports as 1892
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
THREE MORE
DEATHS FROM
ACCIDENTS
Man Killed on Railroad, Girl
Dies from Burns, Boy Falls
Off Fence.

hree more deaths occurred in the
city last night and today as the re-
suit of accidents. One man was
killed on the Erie railroad, boy
fell off fence and died as the re-
suit of an injury, while a little girl,
who had been suffering with severe
burns for several days, expired in
ST .Jamess Hospital. In addition, IA
girl tried to commit suicide.
Michael George. or as he was bet
ter known in the Forest Hill Sec
ton as Red Mike" George, was
killed by the JGrie train. His body
was found this morning at $50
O'Clock on the tracks of the Green
wood Lake branch of the Erie at
Verona avenue by Joseph Aglesca.
of Bloomfield, who WAS going to
work.
George had evidently been struck
by one of the trains which run over
the Greenwood Lake division after
midnight. The county physician was
notified and ordered the removal of
! the body TO the morgue. The dead
man was about fifty years of age
| He lived in lodging house CON
| Quoted by Paul SchneiderbaCh at
| 40 Highland avenue.
Elizabeth Cappola, four years old,
who was severely burned about the
| head and body last Wednesday night,
succumbed to her injuries al $3.50
o'clock this morning in St James
Hospital. Yesterday it was thought
| that her condition was much i'm
proved, in fact, that she was entirely
| out of danger, but little after mid
night she had relapse and never
rallied.
J Lizzie was playing with some
matches in the rear yard of her home
last Wednesday night about $50.
when she set fire TO her garments.
! Enveloped in flames that covered the
upper part of her body, the child
rushed screaming into the house,
where neighbor wrapped rug
about her and extingushed the fire.
/ She was hurriedly removed to the
hospital in the Third precinct patrol.
Lyman Brown, OF i5g South
| Eleventh street, three years of age,
/ fell from a fence to n concrete yard
and died shortly afterward
Theresa Surber, Of 66l3 Richmond
! street, sixteen years old drank q
weak solution of poison in front oil
| her home last night and was taken
| TO the City Hospital where her con-
| dition was not regarded as serious to-
day
Soon after she arrived at the hos
| pitsl she muttered repeatedly. II
want him to 60 with me, and men
toned the name of married man OF
! her acquaintance. This morning when
she was better she only laughed and
said Wasn't ! the fool to drink
thst?"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
SAFE AND SANE
REGULATION OF
J|TNEY TRAFFIC
Board of Works Receives Com
mittee Report Favorable to
the Newcomers.
VALUABLE FACTOR IN
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
That Is the Verdict of the Com
mittee Which Submits
Rate Schedule.

Newark is to have safe and sane
regulation of the jitney. and the re-
port submitted to the Board of Works
by a special sub committee yester-
day afternoon indicates that official
action toward persons engaged in
the business will be favorable.
The report says that, under proper
regulation. the iitney business will
become a valuable factor in the local
transportation problem and that
"any regulation which would in ef-
feet put the jitney out of operation
would be unwise and unfair to such
persons as might wish to indulge in
this perfectly legitimate business.
Following is the rate schedule suG-
gested by the special committee,
which consists of City Counsel
Spaulding Frazer. Acting Chief En-
sineer James c. Hallock. in the abb
sence of Chief Engineer Morris r,
Sherrerd, and Trolley Inspector Jo-
seph Crawford:
For FIVE persons or less, $50; six to
ten persons, $50: eleven to twenty
persons. S75, and over twenty per-
sons, 800.
II is further suggested that regular
routes be filed. which shall be sub
ject to the approval of the city OF
ficer in charge of iitney traffic This
indicates, it is believed. that either
Trolley Inspector Crawford will SUI
pervise the operation Of busses or d
new city position will be created
That the power TO impose license
fees for revenue is vested in the Com
mon Council is the belief expressed
t.. 81. hi ha nj
regulating. so far as the jitney bus
constitutes a traffic problem. is said
to vest in the Board of Works.
a marked feature of the report is
that the committee recedes from its
former stand. favoring the bonding
of jitney bus owners. In the present
report II is stated that because OF
the prohibitive rates for such bonds
the requirement. would be unfair. The
report. whSh was ordered filed, Is
in full as follows;
Text OF Report.
/ "Fi,.st st4-That the power to impose
lslieense fees for revenue is vested IN
the Common Council under chapter
1877 of the laws Of 1905 as amended BY
pl. 1912 page 2Oe. This act also vest:
the Common Council WITH power to
regulate. There is undoubtedly power
in the Board of Works so far as the
jitney bus constitutes a traffic prob
lem and involves the user If streets,
likewise to impose regulations.
I'll would seem to the committee
however, that rather than raise any
question of conflicting jurisdictions
between the boards. il would be wise
to authorize either your committee or
some members of your board 10 meet
with committee to be designated
by the license committee OF the Com
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
BOY CHARGES
FATHER WITH
PART IN THEFT
Oppermans Held for Grand
jury in Stamp Robbery
Case.

Abraham Opperman. forty-two
years old, and his son, Isadore, sew
enteen, of 377 South Sixth street, were
held In the sum of 81 800 each this
forenoon in the First Criminal Court
by Judge Grice on charges of grand
larceny. They waived examination
and the older man said that bail
would be furnished. In spite of the
reticence of the prisoners, the police
have discovered a unique scheme for
obtaining money. and say that the
boy has confessed The elder Opper-
man has said nothing.
The matter was brought to the at
tention Of the police by Miss Alice
berger x Co., who was assigned to
the investigation of some peculiar
transactions with the store. AL
though she found that the store was
not losing anything. she told the po-
lice that some one was being robbed
Detective Captain Tuite assigned
Sergeant Sebold and Detective Rot
tenberg to the case. They found that
frequent mail orders were being sent
to Bamberger's from 305 Fairmount
avenue for goods of every description
and that postage stamps were inVafl-
ably inclosed in payment. The fol-
lowing day some one would return
part of the purchase and ask for a
cash refund Recently the orders
have been coming from 377 South
sixth street.
The matter was brought forcibly
to the attention of representatives Of
Bambergers when they found that
the person giving the orders also had
purchased piano for 1850 on in
sediments and had rendered SIG
monthly payment in postage stamps
Yesterday afternoon the police de
cided it was time to act and ar
rested young Opperman after he mad
Continued ON Page >, Column g.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-07-09
CENSUS COUNT
IS REVISED BY
COUNTY AUDITOR
Figures as Published in the
Evening Star Are
Correct.

County Auditor Albert 7. Guenther
has revised the census figures for
both the city and county, IS were sub
mltted TO him through the bills for
the census enumerators, and has an
nounced the tots Is TO be just as were
printed in the Evening Star. Thcse
were a total of S66,7 for Newark.
and 567.277 for the county.
The county auditor is pushing the
work of preparing the accounts foi
payment and 1t is probable that the
county will start paying the bills in
about q week or ten days.
Mayor John II. Waters, of Belle
vile, supervisor of the census work
for that town has disclaimed re-
sponsbility for the error in his ac-
count, putting the population of Belle
vile at 1896 instead of 1895. He
declares that the error was made II
the typewriting. as his figures showed
the II 1895 enumeration.