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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
ROBBERS KILL
WIRE OPERATOR
Ban dts Cut Throat of Another
HoId-Up Victim at High
land Falls.

HIGHLAND FALLS, ~. y, March
1S.-H ghwaymen operating during
the night along the West Shore rail-
road held up one man, robbed h m ard
cut his throat and later entered the
railroad station here. shot and killed
the night telegraph operator and es-
capped with small sum.
George Griffen, whose throat was
cut. Is In a serious condition. The
body of the murdered operator. Omar
Hotaling. was found near his tele.
graph key. with five bullets In hi
body. Apparently his assailants hat
finished report on his desk Indie tied
that the shooting occurred between
and o'clock in the morning.
Hotaling was twenty-four years old.
Three years ago his cousin. of the
same name, was murdered under SIM
liar circumstances In the railroad sta
ton at Tappan.
At the hospital, where he was taken,
Griffen said he had been attacked by
three men on the railroad tracks
They robbed him OF 50 and cut his
throat.
Two arrests have been made by de-
tectives who are engaged In the search
for Hotaling's murderers.
surgeons nelo an autopsy on Sne
body of Hotaling today and II was
found that three shots entered the
Victims body, one in the neck one
in the spine and the fatal one through
the right temple.
The shooting was done from an in
ner Office and presumably while a
freight train was passing. An exam
ination shows that the operator put
up an heroic fight, for two or three
bullets fired from his own reYolvei
have been dug out OF the walls
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
j. S. LOSES IN
SHOE MACHINERY
ANTITRUST SUIT
Dismissal of Action May Have
Effect on Merger in This
State.

BOSTON, March 1s.-The suit of
the Federal government to dissolve
the United Shoe Machinery Corpor-
alton on the ground that is was an
Illegal monopoly in restraint of trade.
was dismissed by the United States
district court today.
A suit has been instituted In
chancery in this State 20 prevent the
ABSORPTION of another concern bear
ing a simi'ar name. The matter
came before Vice-Chancellor Stevens
March 9, on a motion for a prelim-
mary injunction to restrain the
merger of the United Shoe Machinery
Company with the United Shoe
Corporation. This action was
brought by executors of the estate
of Daniel A. Copeland. The pre-
liminary motion has not yet been de-
cided by the vlce-chancellor. The
complaints in this suit declare that
their stock would be very greatly
diminished In value If the merger is
proceeded with.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
YO|NI NOO|I BERNSTORRF|F| |
FIGHTS ARREST OF
GERMAN CONSULS
Embassy Protests to State De-
partment Seattle Warrants
Are Unauthorized.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The
German Embassy today protested 70
the State department against the
warrant of arrest served on the
German consul, William Muller ana
his assistant, B. NJ. Schultz, at
Seattle, Wash. The embassy con-
tends that the arrest Is a violation
of the consular treaty between Ger
many and the United States
The department was asked to IN
vestigate the case and the embassy
was assured that would be done I'M
/ mediately.
The charge was made In the en-
bassy's note that the Seattle authorl-
ties had exceeded their powers m
entering the consulate to make
search and also in serving the war
rants of arrest on Muller and his as
sistant. The consul In his report TO
the embassy, which was transmitted
to the state department did not say
that an actual search of the consulate
had been made, but declared that
officers had entered in order to make
a search"
The charge on which the consul's
arrest was based was that of conspii :
acy in that he had been unlawfuliy
trying to gain secrets of the Seattle
CONSTRUCTION ana Dry DOCK Com-
pany. 1t had been said the com :
pany was building sut marines for
Great Britain and sending them to
British Columbia in parts.
The section of the consular treaty
which the embassy contends has been
vic ated, declares that consuls shall
enjoy in the country of their resi-
dence personal immunity from ar
rest or imprisonment except In the
case of crime" Another section of
the treaty declares that "the con-
sular archives shall be at all times
inviolable, and under no pretense
whatever shall the local authorities
be allowed to examine or seize the
pa pers forming part of them. The
offices and dwellings of consu' s
who are not citizens of the country
OF their residences shall be at all
times inviolable."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18

wss killed with a rife bullet through
his head while he was peeping about
the trench, Lieutenant Francois. ~ho
conducted the funeral ceremony, said
! to us as we stood over the grave:
This is q lesson for you young
men to take to heart You must not
J be careless" Think of that as part OF
funeral service.
/ Most of the divisions of Infantry
men who spent five days watches In
] the trenches during the forty-seven
( consecutive days that was there
with the machine gun squad buried
their dead right in the trenches.
Sometimes they scooped out a grave
In the side of the trench, Or some-
times they would dig a grave in the
Hoor of the trench. They would not
know. of course, where the other divi-
sidns had buried "their" dead so it
was no uncommon thing to come
across rotting body. Then that
part OF the trench would be polluted
! for days until the rain had washed
away the last traces of the unspeak-
able mess.
There you are. among the dead.
No cave man ever lived so terribly
as you do; at least he buried his
dead at a distant point away from
the grave, but we were prisoners with
our dead. sleeping. as 1t were. a 'ong-
side them. as much prisoners as they.
You get to feel that the only differ
ence between yourself and a dead
man is that your little bullet hasn't
found vou yet.
Looking death in the face In this
way, a strange custom rose up among
men in the trenches. There was q
little Greek In our trench who was a
fatallst. He used to say II know
I'll get it some of these days when
my time comes" Now the minute
you hear a soldier talking that way
you know he will get' It.
Trench No Place for FataIist.
"The trench is no place for fatal
ist and a fatalist. In my experient @.
is not a good soldier, because he
will grow impatient over the delay in
the coming of death and will at last
take foolish chances that no sane
man would take. This Greek had a
cry beautiful knife and all of the
men In the trench had their eyes on
it. for in all the trenches 1t is the
custom for the men of division to
divide among themselves all the
belongings OF a dead man which will
be of use in the trenches. When the
lite Greek was nnal'y Snot through
the brain one day there was digni-
fed rush for the knife, and we found
that 1t was missing. Somebody had
stolen 1t from him, 1t appears, before
he was dead I had a pair Of field
glasses which were very expensive,
and more than one man asked me
to promise him that when I was
killed the glasses would go to him.
Every valuable possession, of every
man In the trench that can be
leg 'timately claimed for trench SER
vice is marked by his comrades. It's
Just cold blooded custom that has
grown out of the cold-b'ooded and
close acquaintance with death.
If you think that heroism and fine
ideals grow in the trenches you are
wrong. The life is too beast-like for
such human things.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
DEFENSE RESTS
IN ANGLE CASE

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March 1s,-
Leonard Blondel, father OF Mrs. Helen
VI. Angle, who is on trial for man
slaughter in connection with the
death of Waldo r. Ballou in Stam-
FORD, resumed the witness stand to-
day. He repeated his statement of
Yesterday that his daughter was af-
fected to hysteria by the sight of
blood Mr.. Blondel told Of going to
the Rippowam building, where the
tragedy occurred. He observed spots
Of blood on the stairway and saw a
pool Of blood on the landing at the
foot Of Mrs Angles stairs. It ap-
reared as IL something had been
drawn through it.
The witness declared there we're no
etgns Of a struggle having taken
place in the apartment. He also told
of seeing rubbish box on the piazza
End of examining its contents. He
was positive no spectacles were there.
It has been testified by witnesses for
4ae state that Ballou's spectacles
were found there.
Rlondel's cross-examination was
brief. and at 11:13 a. m. the defense
rested.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
Elks Celebrate st. Patrick's
Day With Ladies" Night

st. Patrick's Day was celebrated
by Newark Lodge OF Elks In the
ciub-hou Green street, with 3
Ladies' Night" A cabaret perform
ance was given In both the upper
and lower rooms for the throng that
attended. All of the decorations
were green. Dancing was enjoyed
until an early hour this morning,
the music being supplied by the
Banjoia band. One of the features
was a bowling match for women.
Mrs. Morland Loria carried on the
first prize. while Mrs william Hag-
Fe-ty received the serond and Mrs.
Robert ZelssIer the third.
The committee in charge of the en-
tertainment consisted of Richard
Miller chairman; Edward L. Hart
man. Leo McCahe, Walter Dale and
william Kelly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
DEAD BURIED IN TRENCHES
WHERE THE LIVING VIE FOR
BELONGINGS LEFT BEHIND

Phil Rader American Newspaperman Who Is Member Of Fa-
Foreign Legion. Draws Vivid Pen Picture of War Hor
Which Make Soldiers View With Perfect Equanimity
the Sufferings of Dying Comrades.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
Confirms Bankruptcy Sales

The sales OF two bankrupt estates
were confirmed today at a meeting
OF creditors before Referees Adams
and De Coster The sum of SIS 100 was
realized from the estate Of the Com
mercial Hat Manufacturing Com
pany, at 20-S2 Scott street. Fixtures.
horse, wagon and an old automobile
owned by T. ]. N. O'Keefe. bankrupt
butcher. at s07 Bloomfield avenue,
were sold for $65s. The hat factory
stock was sold In 200 lots and brought
several hundred dollars over the APP
praised value. The amount realized
from the o'Keefe sale was $l5s above
the appraised figure Both sales we're
conducted BY Samuel Van Poznak,
auctioneer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18

Swiss named Scherr. He climbed
right out of the trench and started
toward the writhing figure of Sam
peis, but a bullet passed through his
head and. after Topping about a min
ute or two. Scherr's body stiffenAd
and we could see he was dead. This
was o'clock In the afternoon.
Whenever we tried to get out to help
Samuels the Germans turned a ter
rife fire our way and though We
could even hear Samue's groaning we
couldn't get to him. II was not until
dark that we could do anything.
Then Victor Chapman. of New York,
a Harvard man, who was studying
architecture in Paris when the war
broke out, made a lasso with a piece
of rope and before long he had
dragged both bodies into the trench.
Sa mneIs was dead.
Experiences like this hardened US
and finally we got to the place where
II a man was killed or wounded he
was blamed for careiessness. When
visconeelles, merchant OF Paris
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18

nothing about him but Polish die
tionarv.
ON May % he was again bound. a
coffee sack was placed over his head
and chIoroform poured on 1t. Then
he was taken again to the faithful
waiting automobile and hurried on
unconscious. He managed. however,
to scrawl on the leaves of his Pc o'ish
dictionary: Follow this automobile.
I am held prisoner. Louis r. Pat
mont" Then he threw the dictionary
out of the automobile.
He was taken to an abandoned
farmhouse this time. hogtied. gagged.
bound with wire as we'll as cord. his
soaked with chloroform again and
left alone.
He chewed his gag in two and
shouted so loud tfat he was heard
by laborers employed by the owner OF
the farmhouse. which was not aban-
j doned after all, but owned and occu-
pied by Josenh Reichert. That IL how
he got out The mistake Of his captors
in thinking the farmhouse abandoned
was all that saved him.
His rescuers brought him to the
only hotel In the place, and the story
goes: "On coming to the place he
ureW oach, saying, iHey sel uquot
! here, do they not?' Upon being tod
/ they d'd the real Patnont asserted
himself. and he refused to enter"
| The story continues: AN interest
ing item In the process of Identified
tion took place when Mayor Fred O
Rapp took the matter In hand. APP
i preaching Brother Patmont, he asked
! If he was a member of any secret So
ciety, and the prisoner said that he
was. Mr.. Rapp extended his hand
and satisfactory grips were ex'
| changed. The mayor expressed CON
fidence in the story told by Patmoni
and things were easier thereafter
| To his own surprise Brother Patmon
| found that he was Free Mason. fol
the organization known by another
name in Russia proved to be atmos
Identical with the Masonic society II
this country
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18

Living cheek to jowl with dead
men, that's the thing that turns you
to beast, but It's part of trencr
life that is unavoidable. The first
thing that shocks you in the trenches
Is to discover that after time you
are able to watch men writhing In
pain with perfect eduanimitv. My
first experience in this happened oae
day when young Englishman in my
squad named Samuels tried to take
a short cut to the rear. and. instead
of lowing the maze of trenches
got ut into tho open right in front
of our trench German bullet
passed through his lungs and we saw
him topple only fifteen feet away
from us. He writbed and moaned,
but our officers wouldn't let us trv to
get him. The Germans did not shto'
at him any more because they knew
they had LANDED" him.
Bodies Lassoed.
"Our lieutenant sent to another
part OF the trenches for a Red Cross
man, who came after about an hour.
This Red Cross doctor was young
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
BY PHIL RAIDER.
written for the United Press.
Copyrighted, 1918, by the United Press.D

is the hrst Of series Of articles by PIN RAIDER
with the world famous Foreign Legion the French
half months service in the trenches his
reduced
of ariclesthe
fighting
soldier aviator and newspaperman,
profession
of Its
in
the really
create accomplishments the
LONDON March body
world
of ba
clothes
and slowly shves Nobody
buried there
In the on win be gradually shot
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
Asst u. S. District Attorney
Receiver for Haberdasher

Charles F. Lynch. assistant United
States district attorney. was today
appointed receiver for Jacob Hoff-
man, a haberdasher, Of 1Ss Second
street. Psssaic. An involuntary Pc
tition in bankruptcy was filed against
Hoffman in the Newark branch of
the United States District Court
George Furst, attorney for creditors,
applied for the appointments of Mr..
Lynch as receiver.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-18
JAPS' DEMANDS
MENACE To j. s.
Continued from First Page,

fishes what is described as a COM
plete list of Japan's demands, con-
cerning which 1t says ed!torially
that the general effect thereof would
be seriously to impair the independ-
ence OF China and place entire prov
inces under the tutelage of Japan.
A comparison Is then made be-
tween the Japanese demands, as sent
out by newspaper correspondents at
Peking and as published by Japan.
ut will Immediately be apparent
from this com arson" the paoer
continues. that not only have many
of the most important demands been
omitted from the list as supplied to
the powers interested, but others
had been 80 modified as to disguise
their real character. Thus Japan
did not indicate that while she in
sisted China should agree not to
ALLEVIATE any portion of her coast
line or any islands off her coas, tc
third power, she retained the right
to demand herself the lease or ces.
sion of such territory. Neither die
Japan let 1t be known that she de.
manded exclusive mining rights ir
the Yang-Tse basin, and that she bt
allowed to construct railroads whlct
would seriously affect British inter
ests in that region"
A dispatch from Peking yesterday
set forth that the allies had warned
Japan against pressing her Chimes.
| demands, and that Washington hat
told Toxic that certain requirement
upon China violated existing Ameri
can treaties with that republic
The views Of the allies were pre-
sented by the British and Russian
ambassadors at Toxic, who advised
! the foreign Office that Japan con
| fine herself to her first requests upoi
! China, as otherwise 1t would be diff
! f1uclt for Japan's allies to negotiate
diplomatlcaiiy with her in the fu
| ture.
Evening journal., 1915-07-20
Z killed. 5 HURT
IN NUNIIIOA PLANT
Scaffolding at Eddystone
Remington Building Breaks,
Causing First Accident
HAD ENDED
WORK FOR DAY

CHESTER. Pa, July 20.-Two ac-
cidents at the new plant Of the REM
ington Arms Company at Eddystone
yesterday afternoon resulted in the
death of two men. the probable fatal
injuries Of two others and injuries
10 a fifth. which, in ell probability,
viii result in the necessity of the
amputation Of both his hands.
The body Of one man killed is IN
identified at the morgue Of Deputy
Coroner F. F. White. The other victim
was John Griffin, of Eddystone, struc-
tural iron worker
The injured are; Frank Burns, Of
Coatesville. fracture of the third
fourth and fifth ribs, right luns
punctured, injuries SO serious that
further examination was impossible
Joseph Dillas. OF Camden, N, J., com
Mound fracture of the cardal
bones of both hands and a double
fracture Of the right forearm
The men were about 10 stop work
for the day when a portion Of the
/ scaffolding broke, throwing them
forty feet to the ground This is
the first seriouI accident during the
construction of the twenty-acre build
ing.
Early in the afternoon, two tiles
struck Aral Morse. Of Pawtucket. R
I. on the head, causing a compound
| fracture. His condition is mos
serious.
Evening journal., 1915-07-20
SUMMER school, Pupils
See PHILADELPHIA SIGHTS

On last Saturday Dr. Vaughn, instruc.
tor in history, took a party OF Della
ware College students on their first edu-
oational trip. The party left Newark on
the early morning train for Philadelphia.
Here many places of historical interest
were visited, as Carpenters Hall, Christ
Church, Benjamin Franklin's grave,
Friends Meeting House, Betsy Ross
Home. Independence Hall. The party
also visited the Curtis Building where
a courteous guide conducted them
through the various departments. show
inc and explaining TO them the wonder
full systematic development of modern
magazine The party found itself
tempted to linger III the dining hail.
with its beautiful mural decorations; the
rest room, with its library the reorea-
tion hall. with its promenade. and the
corridors. hung with the original paint
inps and sketches used in the various
niagazines published there.
The United States navy yard was
next visited and the battleship Alabama
inspected.
The tour was completed with q visit
to the GOO" where valuable instruction
and amusement were combined. The
party returned to Wilmington by boat.
Dr.. Vaughn had the trip so wei
planned that no time was lost in going
from one place TO another. The entire
party voted Dr. Vaughn a splendid con
ductor. and have asked him 20 arrange
another trip lperhaps seeing Whining
toni as soon as possible.
Evening journal., 1915-07-20
dealers FIGHT THE
MILK REGULATIONS
Say Health Board Order
Will Drive Small
Dealers Out
MAYOR HEARS
THE DISCUSSION

Members Of the Board Of Health held
a conference with a delegation Of the
Retail Milk Dealers Association yes
terday afternoon. when the new milk
regulations we're discussed. The milk
dealers objected TO certain provisions
of the new regulations and II Is
thought that number Of changes will
be made. Charles H. Burris was
spokesman for the dealers He said
that II the regulations are enforced
many small dealers viii be forced out
OF the business The principal OBJ
jections were 10 the clauses present
ing the transfer of milk from one con-
tainer 10 another anywhere in the
storehouse OF the owner
Another point raised by the dealers
was that OF milk dealers selling whole
sale. Under the ordinance as read a
milk dealer could furnish milk to a
retailer. but the retailer handling
other articles would have to keep the
milk in a place by itself and could not
according to the proposed ordinance
sell the milk by dipping from the can
This means that the stores would be
compelled 10 obtain their milk in bot
ties which would be a hardship on the
wholesalers themselves as they would
have to furnish the milk in bottles, II
was declared AS the bottles cost five
cents each and IN many cases the
bottles are not returned. the hardship
wcnld be on them.
One of the visitors at the meeting
was Mayor Price. As soon as the
meeting was in session DR.. II. W
Briggs. who in the absence OF DR.
Julian Adair. the president, acted as
chairman, invited the chief executive
of the city to participate IN the dis
cussions If he so desired. The mayol
took fun advantage of the discussion
and was one Of the most interested
in them.
Evening journal., 1915-07-20
WAR BOONS real
ESTATE MARKET
Manufacturers Make Rush
For Building Sites in and
Near EddyStone
WORK ALREADY
FOR 10000 MEN

CHESTER. Pa. July 2O.-Unable to
secure permission from the EDDY
stone authorities to erect barracks IN
that town to accommodate the thou-
sands of workmen that they will have
working on war munitions within
few months. agents of the Remington
Arms Company arc making strenuous
efforts 10 secure Accommodations for
the vast army of men.
II is reported that an option has
been taken on The Miles Stille farm
between Crum Lynne and Leipcrvile,
by the agents Of the corporation, and
that a number of two-story houses
will be built there.
The attitude OF the builders in and
around Eddystone has been rather
disappointing tc the officers OF the
corporation. The work on hand viii
keep more than 10000 men busy for
two years alone In addition 70 thls
other contracts are in sight. and
should the var end now there would
be immense contracts for railroad
supplies. structural work and other
necessities which the Baldwin Works,
the Remington Arms Company and
the Belmont Steel Company would OF
necessity secure q large portion
Agents Of the companies are scour-
ing that section Of Delaware county
for suitable residences. not only for
the workmep bnt for the executive
heads. Options arc being taken on
all vacant houses. all persons who
will accommodate a few boarders are
being put under contract and every
effort taken 60 induce the real estate
agents and land owners to build or
enlarge.