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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
WILSON DIRECTS PROBE
In SINKING OF U. S. SHIP: .
STRONG PROTEST LIKELY Y
WILSON TO ASSUME
PERSONAL CHARGE
OF THE FRYE CASE

WASHINGTON. March 11.-Presi-
don't Wilson today cancelled all en-
gbgements for the next three weeks
In order TO assume personal charge
Of the international situation. He
viii receive no Political callers of
any sort and will only see officials
Who are In touch with the various
problems that affect Americas for
eiKn policy.
This action on the Presidents
part is admitted to be due directly
TO the sinking OF the Amer .an sail
Ing vessel William p. Frye, By fhe
armed auxiliary German cruiser
Eitel Frederick. The sinking OF
this vessel flying the American flag
has created an unprecedented situa-
tion and the President believes the
time has come when ii is necessary
for him TO be personally on the
bridge In charge of the ship Of
State.
There is nc fear in any branch of
the government thai the sinking OF
the Frye will be followed by any
war-iike measures on the part Of
the United States, but the President
intends to insist on the rights Of
the United States being respected.
An inquiry already has been set on
foot to fix complete responsibility.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
EXPERTS SUBMIT
GENERAL PLAN
OF ORGANIZATION
Schedule of Changes Handed.in
by Accountants to Board
of Works.

Following a detailed investigation
of the business departments of the
Board OF Works, Price. Waterhouse
and Company. of New York. expert
accountants, this afternoon submitted
a list of Communications that VII
virtually call for a reorganization OF
the departments and among the
recommendations are:
Capitalization of and changes in
accounting.
Capitalization of purchasing.
Control of supplies. materials and
equipment.
Payroll methods.
Permits and inspection.
Annual report.
The appointment Of a paymaster
whose duty it would be to. pay al
weekly employees, q duty which al
present is divided among severai
men.
The adoption of meahod of pay.
ing men whereby the paymastei
would visit the points where men art
at work, travelling from place to place
In an automobile, or other means OF
conveyance. instead of the present
expensive method Of having the mcr
assemble at one point to be paid with
consequent suspension OF work.
The development of a plan where
by the work of preparing pay rolls
would be facilitated by the use OF
addressing-mach and other mo-
chanical Office devices with which the
department is already supplied.
There appears to be some diversity
in the terms of employment, some
employees being engaged upon a week.
ly basis while others engaged upon
similar work are upon q monthly
basis. 1t might. we think, be wei,
to give some consideration to the
practicaibility Of a uniform plan OF
payment throughput the departments
possibly at semi-rhonthly intervals.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
..SOLONS TALK OF
ASSEMBLY CRITIC

Legislators coming back from
Trenton last night discussed the re-
marks made early in the afternoon
by Assembiyman William Hughes, of
E'assaic, when he declared that tho
people Of the State were d.sgusted
with the way the Legislature Is going
along-slugg.shly and indifferently--
and that few of the legislators take
any interest in their work.
His remarks were prompted by a
request made by Assemblyman H.
Edward Wolf. of Essex. Mr.. Wo <
asked the speaker IL he could be ex-
cused for the afternoon. for business
reasons. There were so many objec-
tions that he withdrew his request.
Hughes threatened to have the SER
geant- t-at-arms go after Wolf and
bring him back, even II he had to go
20 Newark.
can get away with anything" said
Mr.. Hughes. THE sooner a stop is
put to this practice the better 1t will
be. There is too much important busi-
ness before the Legislature for that"
"The legislators know who The
laughing stock of the House is.' was
the comment made today by Assem-
blyman H. Edward Wolf. of Essex,
replying to Assemblyman William
Hughes's caustic fling.
There's no need for any reply to
that statement" said Assemblyman
Wolf today. Il had a very important
business engagement that Il felt
obliged to keep. asked unanimous
consent to be excused. Hughes OBJ
jected and withdrew my request. I
was in my seat In the afternoon and
remained there until the Legislature
adjourned for the week.
II won't dignity the comment with
a reply. except to say, as / did be-
fore. that the Legislators know who
the laughing stock Of the House is.''
no concluded
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
.CORN|CE WORK
ON SCHOOL NOT
UP TOSTANDARD
Plate Two Ounces Under Spec
ifioations Is Discovered on
West Side Building.

One copper plate below the stand
ard required in the specifications of
the West Side School, in South Sew
enteenth street, was found yester-
day afternoon. Three plates were
taken off the building. The finding
OF the one plate below the standard
was accepted as evidence for further
inquiry into the complaint lodged
against Jacob Steinberg, of 229 Bel
mont avenue, the contractor who had
the work of putting the cornlces in
the building. The inquiry is being
made by a spec al committee of the
Board of Education.
The three Plates were taken Off by
the contractor under the supervision
of the committee and Ernest F. Gull
bert, the supervising architect. Two
plates were of the sixteen-ounce kind.
as the specifications called for, and
one was of fourteen-ounce. as al
legged in the fraud charges.
The charges made against Stein
berg were preferred by Myer Schein-
haus. OF 175 Sixteenth avenue. who
claimed that he was employed by
the contractor and had placed the
rourteen ounce copper.
Contractor Steinberg denied the
charges in court today and asserted
that they were part OF ''frame-up"
Supervising Architect GuiIbert said
that the investigation yesterday in
dicated that a portion of the copper
plates were of fourteen ounce, which
is below the specifications.
Commissioner Gaetano NJ. Belfatto,
Of the Board OF Education, declared
he was inclined to think that there
was no intended fraud in the matter.
THE one lightweight plate we got
yesterday may have been the result
of a mistake or oversight" Com
missioner Belfatto explained. "It is
a diff1cult thing 10 Judge a con-
tractors business methods on that
one finding. The whole affair will be
taken UP at the next meeting of the
building committee"
Mr.. Steinberg characterised the
statement made by Mr.. Scheinhaus as
to the alleged fraudulent copper as a
malicious lie.
1.-THE whole story was framed up
by Scheinhaus and Samuel Click
tContinaed On Page 2, celunn ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
LAWYER SCORED
BY COURT FOR
MEADOW DEAL
Action Against John Francis
cahiII Suggested by Vice.
Chancellor Stevens.

Former City Counsel James r. Nu-
gent appeared as complainant in a
proceeding today before Vice-Chan-
celior Stevens In a suit to set aside
deed to certain meadows property
in the Newark meadows near the
New Jersey Central railroad tracks.
Vice-Chancellor Stevens. giving. a
Judgment for Mr.. Nugent. said. OF
John Francis cahill, a lawyer, whose
name was involved:
IF the allegations made srs true
the man should be disciplined" and
later lntimated that some action
would be taken in this direction. or
dering C. W. Anderson, Mr.. Nu-
gents solicitor. to preserve all Of the
papers and exhibits IN the case.
Mr.. Nugent bought the meadow
land, which is some distance away
from that involved in the proposed
Newark bay improvement, last Sep
tember from the heirs of Timothy
Andruss who obtained possession of
it, with other property, at the time
of lie founding of Newark, nearly
ESQ years ago. Seven-ninths OF the
property was held by heirs living In
Newark, and the other two-nlnths
by people living in Worcester Mass.
He paid the Newark heirs SASS for
their share and the Massachusetts
heirs approximately $780,
Before this. and some time in 1913
Mr.. Nugent came into possession Of
certain tax certificates bought BY
Mr.. Cahill and then transferred to
Mr.. Nugent by him.
After securing a deed from the
Newark heirs Mr.. Nugent then sent
to Massachusetts, to obtain the sig
natures OF the people living there
He did not record hts first deed un-
til he received the second one from
Massachusetts,. Speaking OF this
Mr. Nugent said:
EFF l had bought the property FOR
client the deed would have been
recorded the same day. but as II was
a personal transaction. held it for
awhile"
Seeking to record the deeds, he
found that transfer bearing a later
date. involving the same property.
ard deciding IL to orc Margaret F'itz-
simmons. was ddcded in the
Register s. office.
He then brought the present pro-
ceedlng to set the deed aside II
was shown In the trial at the suit
today that Mr.. Cahill had represented
to Edward T. Andruss and other
members of the family that they were
| owners of meadow land lying a mile
north of that which they transferred
to Mr.. Nugent. 1t was also shown
that Mr. Cahiil had induced them 70
sign deeds transferring the Andruss
property to Margaret Fitzsimmons, d
servant employed by Mr. Cahill al
his home. These documents. OF
copies Of them were introduced In
evidence, and 1t vas shown that they
transferred to Margaret Fitzsimmons
the same property decided TO Mr.
Nugent.
No defense was offered and the vice.
chancellor directed that a decree be
entered setting aside the Fitzsim-
mons deeds.
| LAWYER CahiIl some years ago
was disbarred from practise before
the New Jersey bar, but later was
refnstated.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
NEW ATTACK
IS AIMED At
THE RUSSIANS.
Won Hindenburg Executes
Another Unexpected
Movement.
GERMANS MASSED TO
STRIKE AT PRZASNYSi :
Important Battle Has Alreadi ,
Developed, According to
PetrOgrad Report
BRITISH CLAIM BIG GAIN
IN FLANDERS ATTACH
Report 1000 Germans Cap.
tured-BerIin Admits Loss
of Some Positions.

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
made another of the swift and IN
expected strokes which have marked
h's campaign against the Russ ans.
'iathering a large force aleng the
russian border in Northern Poland
',e has begun new movement south
ward. apparently intending to rike
again at Przasnysz, where the Ger
mars recently met the defeat which
preceded their general retirement in
he north. An important hattie has
developed as a result of tbs m We
ment. the result of which, 1t is said
IN Petrograd, has not yet been indi-
Gated.
An important battle, of which only
the barest details are given in the
official communications OF today, was
fought in Flanders yesterday as the
result OF a British attack on German
positions along an extended front.
The French war office announces that
about III miles OF German trenches
were captured by the British. The
official London statement says that
the British forces advanced three
fourths of a mile. The German state
ment says merely that the British
made advances ar some points.
A report from the official observer
at British headquarters In the field
characterizes the German army as
Intensely brave. determined and well
organized and says there Is nc
reason at present why the German
/ troops should be discouraged. IT vii
be impossible for the allies to defeat
the Germans decisively. the observer
believes, except by lever increasing
pressure of vast numbers of men ano
guns throughout the coming months
No extended reference is made II
the official report from Berlin to tn
new German advance toward PrZas
nysz in Northern Poland, whicl
Petrograd says has led to grea
battle that is still TO be decided. tn
report says, however. that the Gei
man forces made progress north an
northwest Of Przasnysz.
Paris reports tell Of resumption
Dardanelles bombardment yesterda
IT Ia said that the FIRE of some OF 4
Turkish batteries under attack slaci :
ened perceptibly during the engag {
ment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
MOCK MARRIAGE WAS REAL
I7-YEAR-OLD YOUTH LEARNS
Asbury Park Ceremony Last Summer In Which East Orange
Young Woman Was the Bride, Finds Sequel in Legal Ac-
ton by Bridegroom to AnnuI the Wedding.

and that one night, in spirit of fun.
they went through the wedding cere-
mony. Since then they discovered
that the person who performed the
ceremony. and whose name has not
yet been disclosed, was authorized by
law to do so and that they are really
married.
The trial of the case will be had
in chancery. Hudspeth. Rysdyk &
Garrison, Of Jersey City, appear for
Collins and Hugh c. Barrett, of this
city, for Miss Fegan. No information
could be obtained at either office.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
NJ 'DOWE[L CALL
TO BALTIMORE
IS UNANIMOUS
But Newark Pastor Gives No
Hint of His Probable
Acceptance.

Rev. John Mcdowell. pastor of
Park PRESBYTERIAN Church, this city,
has received unanimous call to
the pastorate of Brown Memorial
Presbyterian Church. OF Baltimore.
The action was taken at a meeting
of the Baltimore congregation last
night held in the monumental city.
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, the former
pastor of Brown Church, now presi-
dent of Princeton Theological Semi
nary, presided at the meeting which
chose his successor, and soon after
tho result OF the election had become
known he called UP the residence
of Mr.. Mcdowell, 142-A Broad street.
on the telephone. to notify the New
ark clergyman of his selection. Mr..
Mcdowell is now in East Northfield,
Mass, where he has been lecturing,
and Mrs. Mcdowell called him UP at
his hotel there after talking with DR..
Stevenson.
Mr.. Mcdowell had not yet returned
from Northfield when a reporter
called today. and Mrs. Mcdowell was
unable to say whether her husband
would accept the call. o.
"I called MIR. Mcdowell up at East
Northheld at about a quarter of IL
O'clock last night and notified him OF
tho CALL" said Mrs. Mcdowell, but
The did not Indicate whether or not he
would accept the call. He made no
statement to me at all relative to an
acceptance. OF course, this Is q mat
ter for careful consideration. There
Is nothing to be said yet. Mr.. Nc
Dowell has just received the call. He
is coming home tonight and will be
here by about 10 o'clock.
Praise for Newark Clergyman.
The vote of the congregation to
call Mr.. Mcdowell was taken after
he had been spoken of in terms of
highest praise by John R. Ramsay,
vice. chairman of the committee; DR..
John NJ T. Finney, secretary; Rev.
DR.. Alfred H. Barr, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church, Bahi-
more, at which Mr.. McDowell
preached several weeks ago, and Rev
DR.. ]. Ross Stevenson. who has been
an intimate friend of Mr.. Mcdowell
for years. Mr.. Ramsay telephoned to
Northfeld, to notify Mr.. Mcdowell of
his selection.
Although DIR. Stevenson came from
Princeton to preside as moderator of
the meeting, no moderator was necss-
sary. as the meeting was one of COM
plete harmony. AS chairman of the
committee on selection of a new pas
tor, John B. Ramsay made the repor,
in which Mr.. Mcdowell was recon-
mended. He told how the committee
had heard Mr.. Mcdowell preach al
Brown Memorial Church, Baltimore,
and in his own church in Newark, and
how much the members had been inn
pressed by the Newark clergyman.
He also told of Mr.. Mcdowell being
president of the Greater New York
Presbyterian MinisterS Association,
and of his social and pastoral work
and hts personal qualities.
When the clergyman's name wac
presented to the congregation, the
motion for his election as pastor was
acted upon by q rising vote. The
Baltimore church anticipates that he
will accept the call.
While gratified that their pastor
should have been singled out for call
to the Baltimore church. members Of
the Park Presbyterian Church are
expected to make every effort to in
SCsntinued On Pare 3. ceznmn "a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
Rutgers Freshmen
SfarfIe the Dean
Attend Chapel and Class in
Crotesque Garb and He Con-
vokes Advisory Board.
sp.O,.l 70 The evening Star.

Special 10 the Evening Star.
NEW BRUNSWICK. March IL
Twelve members of the freshman
class of Rutgers College took their
initiatory degree into the order Of
the Serpent and Coffin. college or
ganization, here today.
All twelve, rugged out in outiand-
ish costumes went into the chapel this
morning and caused no little conf
ment in sta.d, old Kirkpatrick Dean
Benzier managed to locate six OF
them and put them out. but the
others skunk down in their seats and
avoided detect on. Those who got by
went to their rooms and donne1 their
ordinary clothes. Not 20 with ths
others. hewsvex.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11

BY the service of a citation by the
sheriff today little romance grow
ing out of what was supposed at
first 10 be a mock marriage came to
light. 1t marked the proceeding to
annJll the marriage OF Gilbert Collins.
a Brooklyn youth. who Ewears that
he is only seventeen years old. to
Miss Elizabeth Fegan, of 204 South
Clinton street, East Orange.
1t Is understood that the two young
people-Miss Fegan is not yet twenty
years old-were spending their vaca-
tions at Asbury Park last summer,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
Good Weather to Continue

The weather probably will be much
the same as today over tonight and
tomorrow with moderate northwest
winds. At noon the temperature was
4s. q raise of eleven degrees from the
low mark OF the night. and there was
twelve mile wind from the north
west.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
Schooner Ashore
on Jersey Coast

ATLANTIC CITY, March 1L-A
three-masted schooner was reported
to pe ashore and In distress today on
the New Jersey coast, opposite Little
1cgg Harbor coast guard station,
--.--' -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD. via London, MAJ Ach
II 12:45 D. ma regroup'ng OF the
German forces in oorthern PoE ind
and tha commencement OF new at
tempt upon Przasnysz has been nc ted
by the general stan OF the hnss nan
army.
This movement is being mad' in
considerably greater strength han
was the recent operation in the d.
rection of Przasnysz. which te mi
mated IN not only local defeat for the
Germans but In the general re tire
ment of all the German forces In the
direction of their own frontier.
The discontiuuance OF operat ions
along the Niemen river make II
nossible for the Germans to SCI ID a
large number Of troops from this
district to reinforce the men adv Rnc-
ing from Korjile In the genera | d.
rect'on of Miawa and Prsasnysz. The
transfer as usual has been eff ected
with iightning-like speed by n leans
of the German railroads and the
forces in this neighborhood have
been further augmented bv dras It's Of
the new 1915 recruits. Havini { ac-
compiished a regrouping Of the iorces
and leaving only enough men ! n the
| Augustowo district to protect the
left flank of the German arm y be-
sieging Ossowetz an importan bat
tie already Is under wav alor lg the
front paralleling the Narew lver.
To Strengthen Position.
One OF the German motives II this
new alignment of forces undo nbted-
ly is to strengthen their positi, IN be-
fore ossowetz. In the absence of Of
| fetal information concerning Osso-
- l. l.
gagement is still going on until a de-
c.sion has been reached. Fl irther-
| more, 1t is not improbable that IN the
near future the battlefield in he vi
| cinity of Przasnysz again W Ill be-
come the scene of new confiici IS.
In the meanwhile along the Pilica
river there have been occurrin r daily
engagements of secondary impor-
| tance, in which the Russians would
| appear to have been successfl n, not
withstanding the German attacks
and the fact that the German rs have
| taken many Russian prisoners |.
Fighting near Gorlitza and Oujok,
In the Carpathians. indicates tl1at the
Austrians, after their defeat in the
| Stanislau district on their rigf 4 flank,
decided to transfer the centre of OPP
erations to the left flank wht ne they
have been successful In pushing
forward slightly.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March IL. 4:40 p. M
British forces in France a. avanced
three-quarters of a mile We bterday,
capturing all the intervenir e posi-
tions of the enemy. accordin & to an
official announcement given out In
London today.
The text of the announcer rent fol-
lows: The Fourth and the Ind an
corps advanced yesterday on front
| of 1000 yards for roughly thr ee-quar-
ters of mile, and capt bred all
the intervening hostile poslti pms and
trenches. The corps on the ieht and
left Of these two corps also we're en-
gagged. More than 700 prison ers were
taken.
British aircraft yesterday were ac-
fr.n&inuaa -. R~aa 4 Calup mn a.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11

Table Giassware sold At Retail.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-21
German.

BERLIN, June 90 (via London).--
General Mackenscns armies are
continuing their advance on Lem
berg. after capturing Grodek, and
have taken Russian trenches. one
after another. along a front OF al
most twenty-four miles northwest
of the city. where the Muscovites
arc making desperate stand, ac-
cording to Il German army staff
statement to-day. The communities
ton reads:
West: North of La Bassee Canal
and on the front north of Arras we
repulsed several partial attacks,
with sanguinary losses for the
enemy.
I'm Champagne a French division.
which attacked after blowing up a
trench. was shot down by our fire.
French operations against our out
posts AN the Parroy forest led to
local fighting. in which we main
tanned the upper hand.
In the Nosges we were shelled
by the French. Renewed enemy at
lacks in the Fecht Valley and south
of that point failed.
AN enemy aircraft, one of a
squadron which dropped bombs on
lseshem, in Flanders, without doing
damage of any Importance. was shot
down. Several others were Obliged
TO return. Another enemy aircraft
was shot down near Vouchers, in
Champagne
East; Russian attacks against
our lines in tho vicinity of Szawle
and Augustowo were beaten off.
Southeast: South of the Pilica.
troops under General Won Woyrich
have taken several advanced enemy
positions during the last few DAYS.
The armies under General Won
Mackensen have taken tho Grodek
position. Early yesterday morning
German troops and the corps OF
Field Marshal Won ARR commenced
an attack on strongly intrenched
enemy lines. After stubborn fight
ing. enemy trenches. one behind the
other. almost along the entire front
extending over i distance of TWEEN
ty-four miles north OF Janow
eleven miles northwest of Lem
berg), Bisputa and Obedynski and
southeast of Rawkaruska (thirty-
three miles northwest of Lemberg),
have been stormed
I'm the evening the enemy was
thrown back behind the highroad to
Iolkiew, north of LemberS and
Rawkaruska. Under pressure of
this defeat. the enemy also is
weakened in this section.
Between Grodek and the Dnies-
ter the enemy is hard pressed By
Austro-German troops.
Between the Dniester marshes
and the mouth Of the River Stry
the enemy has evacuated the south
ern bank of the Dniester."