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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-15

1n-laW, Mr.. Bergmann, who is an of
ficer lighting with the German armies
in Russia.
Every letter from Mr. Bergman to
his wife tells of additional evidences
of inefficiency and poor equipment of
the Russian troops. Many battalions
are sent to the front entirely without
uniforms and only partly armed, so
meagre is the supply of equipment in
Russia. and many of the fresh troops
show almost complete lack of train
ing.
Berlin believes, and the Judge
shares the opinion, that the strin-
gency in munitions will not be re-
lieved by way of the Dardanelles, az
the prevailing report is that no force
the allies can employ for the purpose
can prove equal to the task of clear
ing the peninsula and forcing the
straits.
The point which the judge dwells
most upon, however, both in this and
all his letters is the efficient and
humane handling of the domestic
situation by the German authorities.
He frequently repeats his praise for
the manner food is distributed and
has sent specimens of the tickets dis
tributed both to the general public
and to soldiers widows and orphans,
the latter getting a special form of
ticket known as the "Deutsche kriegs-
marke."
The general bread ticket, while re-
naming the same in form, In
changed in color each month. Each
family is given enough tickets to
keep 1t well supplied. All are urged
to use no more than necessary. and
in consequence q sort of rivalry has
sprung up between neighbors in saw
ing their bread tickets.
Tickets must be presented in ad-
vance and then when the actual
amount needed is definitely known
the bread is baked Thus, no stale
bread accumulates. The scheme has
developed so well, the judge says,
that even though the wheat crop
should fail this year enough -four is
on hand to last until the succeeding
harvest
The success of the German method
Of regulating the food supply has
caused the Austrians to take II up
and similar good results are reported
from that country, together with con-
stant requests for additional informa-
ton along the same lines.
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WILL SUE THE
PUBLIC SERVICE
FOR $4,000
Administrative Asks Heavy
Damages for Death of Ed
ward BIeWitt.

AS Administrative of the estate OF
her brother, Edward Blewitt, who
was killed In an accident at Monroe
and Elm streets, December ~ last.
Mrs. Ellen Buchanan, of 154 Nc
Whorter street, has filed suit in the
Supreme Court against the Public
Service Railway Company for $4,000
damages.
Blewitt was driving a wagon that
was struck by a Kinney line trolley
car. He was thrown from the seat
and crushed beneath the wagon. On
Nav 4 Mrs. Buchanan was granted
letters of administration on his es>
tate after John j. Blewitt, father OF
the deceased, had withdrawn from
q contest over the letters in the
Orphans Court.
Besides his father and his sister,
Mrs. Buchanan. young Blewitt left
surviving him another sister, Eliza
beth Blewitt, and three brothers,
James, George and Joseph.
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Slayer Is Indicted
for ManSIaughfer

Indictment for manslaughter was
returned by the grand jury today
against David Lantinberg, of 240
Grafton street, Brooklyn, for the
killing of Floyd A. mcfarland,
manager of the Velodrome, on April
II. No comment was made either by
the foreman of the jury or the chief
Justice, who received the indictment.
The document was one of about
thirty handed In together at the close
of the labor of the jury. Chief Jus
tice Gummere delivered the usual
formula of thanks for the services
of the members and discharged them
from further duty. A new grand
jury will be sworn in Tuesday.
Three weeks ago Judge Osborne,
of the Court Of Common Pleas, called
the jury before him and took occa-
sion to say that he had been in
formed that evidence warranting an
indictment for murder had been Of
fered to the jury in the MacFarland
case, and he instructed them not to
attempt to define the degree of homi-
eide crimes.
Their function, he said, was merely
to determine whether crime prob
ably had been committed and leave
to the prosecutor and the trial jury
the determination of the degree of
the crime. ,a...-...s... -
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ENGINEER DEPT.
INVESTIGATION
IS WELCOMED
Sherrerd Urges Grand Jury
Probe in Reply to Charges
by GiIIen.

Morris X. Sherrerd today said that
he, as head of the citys engineering
department, would welcome a grand
jury investigation of his department.
The statement was made in reply to
Commissioner Charles p. Gillen's re-
cent speech before the members of
the Board of Trade, in which he de-
clared things were not as they should
be in the engineering bureau.
"If Gillen has any facts why
doesn't he lay them before the grand
jury, instead of blowing off in the
public print asked Mr.. Sherrerd.
ITO hear him one would think he
is the only honest man in the board.
He heaped his criticism on one of the
former members of the board and a
member of his own party. Now he
can't do that any longer and he
wants to make the engineering de-
partment the issue.
my work all along has been con-
structiye. Gillen's has been destruc-
tive. He would tear down where
others would build up. If he has any
knowledge of any misconduct on the
part of anyone In the department his
duty is very clear. He doesn't need
to go before any civic body and shoot
off his mouth.
what he should do is to go
straight before the grand jury, lay
the facts before that body. and if the
members of the grand jury feel that
there has been any Irregularities they
will do their duty and bring in in
dictments."
please say for me- said Mr.. Sher>
rerd," that / would welcome a grand
jury investigation of the engineering
department. Then the people will
know that Gillen's talk is flub dub"
Board of Works Commissioner
Arthur r. Denman and Albert Fl.
Biertuempfel, Chief Engineer Morris
r. Sherrerd, David Holmes, chief ac-
countant, and Herman Rosentreter,
assistant engineer of the water de-
partment, returned home last night
from Cincinnati, where they had been
in attendance at the annual conven-
ton of the American Water Works
Association.
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Auto Parade Is
Held Here by the
Ward Baking Co.

Promptly at d:30 o'clock this after
noon the automobile parade Of the
Ward Baking Company, which is held
as q prelude to the opening of the
company's new plant at Ampere,
started away from the bakery.
There were close to 100 automobile
delivery wagons in line and they
passed through several of the prin-
cipal streets Of the CITY, There was
music by band to add to the gaiety
of the occasion.
The new bakery, located on Fourth
avenue, near the Newark line, will
commence operations Monday. Every
afternoon between 2 and o'clock
public receptions will be given all who
wish to see bread made.
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Cloudy Sunday Predicted
by the Weather Prophet

Tonight probably will be fair, but
tomorrow will be cloudy and the
cloudiness probably will increase as
the day progresses. Moderate north
and northeast winds are likely. The
lowest temperature last night was AZ;
at noon today it was 65 and a nine
mile wind was blowing from the
north.
The highest temperature was rs and
the lowest 4S during the week ending
at midnight Friday. The average foi
the week was 65, nine degrees higher
than the average for the preceding
week. and six degrees above the aver,
age for the corresponding week last
wear. North and east winds prevailed,
with thirty-two miles an hour the
maximum velocity. A trifie more than
an inch of rain fell during period OF
nine hours. Saturday and Sunday
were days of perfect sunshine ano
Sr~-s~,- r-,d psr'aav nearly so.
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ITALIAN DEPUTIES
ARE CONVOKED TO
AVERT CIVIL WAR
Situation Reported Rapidly
Getting Beyond Control of
the Military.

ROME, May 15.-To head off pos
sibe civil war, King Victor Eman-
uel today signed a decree convoking
tho Chamber of Deputies early next
week, according to reports from au-
thorltative sources.
The king acted on advice of lead
ers of both the warning interven-
zionist and neutral factions. Serious
rioting by mobs favoring war broke
out afresh today, and the king was
told the situation was rapidly get
ting beyond control of the military.
Parliament was not scheduled to
meet until next Thursday. Because
of the crisis precipitated by the un-
expected resignation of the Salandra
cabinet, the king, according to au-
thentic reports. has determined to
call the deputies together Monday or
Tuesday. The decree has not yet
been made public.
Whole sections of Rome were
under mob control today, the military
and police apparently unable to sup
press the demonstrations. The entire
city was seething with war excite
ment Business was suspended,
stores were closed. and, despite the
activity of cavalry patrols, crowds
marched through the streets shout
ing: Down with Germany! Down
with the kaiseri Down with Franz
Josef!'
Parliament Building Attacked.
For the second time within twen-
ty-four hours a mob of interyen-
tionists invaded the parliament
building. smashing windows and
wrecl1ing furniture. From the par
lament building the mob again at
tempted q march to the royal palace.
Two cavalry squadrons, guarding
the approaches. rushed the crowd re-
peatedly and drove them back. Sew
eral persons were injured.
An angry crowd attacked the
motor car of German Deputy Err
berger, smashing in the windows.
The mob pressed in about the limou-
sine, shouting, Death to the Ger
mans; to the frontier with the bar
bariansl" Erzberger escaped by
speeding through the crowd.
A strike has been proclaimed at
Milan as a protest against the course
of political events in Italy. Troops
are occupying all the strategical
points in the city.
BY the Associated Press.
ROME, via Paris. May 15.-Giuseppe
Marcora, entrusted by King Victor
Emmanuel with the task of forming
Continued on Page 2. Column IL
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MISSING WOMAN
LEFT BROOKLYN
TO COME HERE
Disappeared Weeks Ago After
Saying She Intended to Visit
Priest at Newark.
snsoinl to tho Evening star.

NEW YORK, May 15-No trace has
been found of Miss Emily M. Muir
ply well-to-do woman of thirty
five years, who has disappeared from
her home at 38 Prospect Park south
west, Brooklyn. Her disappearance
became known to the police for the
first time yesterday She left Brook
lyn two months ago and not the
slightest clue as to her whereabouts
has been found by her family or other
friends.
At the time she disappeared Miss
Murphy left home with the announced
said she intended to call on a priest
living in Ferry street In that city,
but did not mention his name. Rela-
tives Of Miss Murphy have written to
Bishop O'Connor, head Of the Catho-
lie diocese of Newark, asking him II
he happened to have received any in
formation concerning the missing
woman. The bishop answered, say
ing he had no information whatever.
Miss Murphy lived all alone in an
expensively furnished three-room
suite in the Ormonde apartments,
Because Of the prominence of her
family and their dislike for notoriety
the police were not taken into con-
110enCe when Silt ltlcu W icbutii,
and every precaution was taken to
prevent the facts reaching the news
papers.
Lived on Ferry Street.
It developed yesterday that last
March Miss Murphy left her resi-
dence with the announced intention
of calling on q priest in Newark.
She told a neighbor who lives on the
same floor that the priest lived on
Ferry street, Newark; that the
neighborhood was a rough one, but
that she felt that she could not af-
ford to let the opportunity pass of
visiting the priest, since her business
with him was pressing.
She then walked out of the door,
leaving all her personal belongings
behind her, and was gone. That is
the last seen of her and nothing has
been heard from her since.
When days passed and no news
came from Miss Murphy, her rela-
tives took such steps as are usual in
such cases and pursued their in
quiries wherever they thought there
was chance of finding her. They
Continued on Page Q. Column ~
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FIREMAN STUETZ
SECOND VICTIM
OF. STENCIL FIRE
Succumbed to Injuries Some
Hours After Death of Lieu
tenant Flood.
CHIEF M'DERMITT
MAKING BRAVE FIGHT
Private VogeI Fails to Show
Improvement-FuneraI Plans
for Flood and Stuetz.

Death has claimed its second VIC
tim of the fire that yesterday wrecked
the leather plant of George Stengel,
Inc, in Weston avenue, near FIRE.
linghuysen avenue. Fireman John A.
Stuetz, of Engine Company No. 6,
died shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon in st. Barnabas's Hospital
from a fracture of the spine, burns
and internal injuries.
The other tire-fghter to lose his
life while in the performance of duty
was Lieutenant William Flood, also
of Engine Company No. 6.
1t is feared by the doctors at the
City Hospital that Fireman Edwin
A. Vogel, of the same company, will
not live, as he has failed to respond
to all treatment. His injuries con-
sist of fracture of both thigh and
right leg, lacerations about the face,
burns, and it is believed that he is
internally hurt.
VogeI became a member of the New
ark fire department on September 2,
1914, and had been In service but eight
months and eleven days when he re-
sponded to the alarm of fire at which
he was so frightfully injured. He is
listed on the department records as
a fourth grade man. that is, a fire.
man in his first year.
Chief McDermitt Improving.
Deputy Chief Matthew P. A. Nc
Dermitt is reported as steadily I'M
proving. He was put under the
x-ray yesterday to ascertain if there
was fracture of the spine, but it
was found that he had escaped in
Jury to his back. He has worried
considerably over the death of Lieu
tenant Flood. Information of the
death of Fireman StuetZ has been
kept from, as it is feared it would
hurt his chance for recovery.
Fireman Frederick Kastner, of No.
6 Engine, and John V. Byrne, driver
for Chief McDermitt, and a member
of. No. 6, are both rapidly recover
ing.
Both of the dead men and the fou1
injured were caught under a mass
of red-hot bricks, when the rear wall
in the Stengel plant collapsed with
out warning, following an explosion
in the fire that gutted the plant
The task of razing the ruins has
been started. and William III. Stengel
has announced that as soon as the
site is cleared, work on rebuilding
a modern plant will be started. An
effort is now being made by the
members of the firm to get q tenn
fConfinued on Pare a. Column a.
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CRUSADE AGAINST
AUTO LAMPS IS
STILL ON HERE
Police Compel Motorists to
Dim Their Head
lights.

The automobile crusade, which
started in this city week ago to-
night for the enforcement of the new
traffic law, is still on. Motorists have
been halted nightly in Newark by
the police and warned to dim their
lights, as the new State traffic law
places the ban on the "searchlight"
variety of lamps. Thus far no arrests
have been made for this, but Offend
ers will be hailed into police court
after sufficient time has been allowed
for motorists to become familiar
with the new law.
"A great many motorists have been
stopped in the various streets of the
city" said George f. Evelaind, sec
retary of the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club, today, "but no ar
rests will be made for four or five
days.
"Ample time will be given motor
lists to become familiar with the law,
which went into effect last week, and
after that offenders will be arrested"
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NEAR-S|DE STOP
RULE IN EFFECT;
CITY IS DEF|ED
Trolley Change Causes Con-
! fusion and Upsets Sched-
Vi uIes on All Lines.
BOARD OF WORKS MAY
/ FIGHT PUBLIC SERVICE
Mayor Raymond, City Counsel
! Frazer and Commissioner
H. GiIIen Plan Attack.

Disregarding the action OF the Board
OF Works in the matter, the Public
Service Railway Company put into
effect it's near-side stop order on all
its trolley lines today. AS result of
the change, many thousands of pa
irons in Newark and other towns
were a bit Inconvenience. Time
tables on the various lines also were
tangled because of delays resulting
from the effort of the car crews to ac-
commodate passengers.
There was much confusion at street
corners. Groups of patrons we're to be
seen standing at their usual place
when the cars came along. Instead of
stopping at the far-side the car would
stop at the opposite crossing. The
group of patrons then would sprint to
where the car had stopped, exlana-
tions being forthcoming meantime
from the motorman and conductor.
The action of the Public Service
will not be permitted to go un-
challenged by the city's representa-
tives. 1t is claimed by Spaulding
Frazer, city counsel, that the city is
entitled to final say regarding its
own affairs and that the Public Ser
vice is trying to force something on
Newark against the expressed viii
of the citizens. The Public Service
takes the attitude it is merely acting
in accordance with the new State
road traffic law, which went into
effect on May 6. This law, the trolley
ho ~
Service to halt its cars at near-side
intersections.
Test Being Prepared.
1t is the purpose of City Counsel
Frazer not to permit the Public
Service to interpret the law to suit
itself. He is making preparations to
have the case tested as soon as pos
sible.
Commissioner Charles p. Gillen, who
led the fight in the Board of Works
last Thursday, today conferred with
Mayor Raymond and Mr.. Frazer.
Mr. Giilen afterward said he had
been advised that the far-s side stop
plan positively could be enforced.
when the board meets next
Thursday" said Mr.. Gillen, II intend
TO introduce a resolution specifying
every intersection in the city at which
LBO Z uDIC fociblNo &Oi shall
stop their cars. City Counsel Frazer
is still of the opinion that the board
has the authority to take this action
and enforce the order.
An Unpopular Move.
"The Public Service Corporation
wonders why it is unpopular at
times" Mr.. Gillen remarked. "The
legislation recently enacted under
which Public Service officials claim 1t
is mandatory to make near-side stops
was in all probability introduced by
the Public Service Corporation itself.
"They know how unpopular near
side stops were and why they should
wish to go against the direct, ex-
pressed wish of the people is beyond
comprehension.
AZ believe that the Board of Works
has the power to continue far-sido
stops, and ge intend to do everything
in our power to prevent Inconvenience
to the travelling public"
Practically all Cars stop here"
CONTINUED on Page 6, Column 81
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GERMANY is BOUND TO WIN.
NATION IS IN FINE SHAPE,
EX=JUDGE KRUGER WRITES
Newarker Who Has Been With Daughter in Berlin Since Be-
fore the War; Declares That Russian Armies Bad
CondtionSays Country Cannot Starved Into Subnis-
sion-Confident That Germ ian Arms Will Be Victorious.

Former Judge Gottfried Krueger,
writing from Berlin under date of
April %, says that he Is completely
convinced that Germany cannot be
defeated in the present war and that
the residents of the German capital
are more confident than at any time
since the commencement of hostili-
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eventually.
The letter was written from the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Siegfried
Bergman, jr., where he was visiting
when the war commenced and still
is living, to his son, William G.
Kruger, active head OF the brewing
concern, in Belmont avenue.
The judge bases his belief in Ger
man victory not alone upon the man
ner in which things are going IN Ber-
lin and the reports of progress dis
seminated there. but upon information
direct from soldiers at the front, par
ticularly from letters from his SON
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Ll0yds' 5 Per Cent. Placed
on Pennsylvania in War Zone

LONDON, May Is. = Lloyds today
issued insurance at the rate of per
cent. on the Anchor liner Transyl-
vania, now passing through the war
zone with 879 passengers.
The Transylvania, according to her
agents here will reach Liverpool
some time tomorrow or early Mon
day.
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German Officials Said to
Favor Resorting to
Judicial Hearing.
AMERICA NOT ADVERSE,
BUT WANTS GUARANTEES
Suggestion Has Been Heard ID
WashingtOn-TO Ask Subn1a-
rine Warfare Suspension.
BERNSToRFF PLEASED AT
FRIENDLY TONE OF NOTE
State Department Officials
Tracing Wilson's Declaration
on Way to Berlin.

~ -1'9u0I"tVU FtBHs
LONDON, May 15 (S.22 p. m. The
Exchange Telegraph Company has.
received the following message from
Amsterdam: 81
a telegram from Berlin statsa
that the Vossische Zeitung an.
nounces that high government cir
cies In Germany favor the submits
sion or the question of the Lust.
tania's sinking and the difficuItica
with America arising therefrom to j
court of arbitration"
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BY the Associated Press.
ROME, via Paris. May 15.-Giuseppe
Marcora, entrusted by King Victor
Emmanuel with the task of forming
Continued on Page 2. Column ID
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49, sHi|a7'
DIED.


BABsOS AT Brooklin, June rs, Joseph b
BabsoD, aged Is years. q months, Is days
BROwN-At Castine, June ~, Walter Scott
Brown, aged ID years. months, days.
CAFETERIA BrookiiD, June %, Mrs Miunie
Carter. aged Al years, months, 10 days.
HINCKLEY-At Huli's Cove, July s, Charles
W Hipckley. aged 81 years, month, II days.
LYMAN - At Bar Harbor, July II, John y
Lyman. aged 81 years, months, 20 days.
M'PHERsON-~At East Boston, June Is, Mrs
Alice (Biondette) Mcpherson, formerly OF
Ellsworth, aged q years months, days.
PHILLIPs-At Bar Ha-bor, July II. Levi f
Phillips, aged 80 years, month, % days.
SOPER-At Backsport. July 5, Luke Soper.
aged 81 years, months.
TyLER-At Biuehill, July Z. Mrs Elizabeth II
Tyler, OF BROOKLYN, aged 70 years. 10 months,
% days.
WOOD Oceanville fstoningtoDl. July I,
Everett Wood, aged years. months, IL
days.
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MOUNT DESERT.

Mrs. A. NJ. Hastings and daughter Mil
dred spent the weekend in Bangor.
John A. somes, with party Of friends,
spent few days OF last week in Bangor.
Miss Bertha Mcfarland has returned to
her home in Trenton after few days here.
Hollis X. Hysom has returned to hisbus-
mess In Boston, after q few weeks with his
family here.
Mrs. William 3. Brown and two children
have gone to Ellsworth to visit Mrs
Ralph Royal.
Mrs. Louis K. Richardson was called to
Bar Harbor lsst week by the illness and
death OF her father. Frank Phillips.
Paul X. Anterior, of Bangor, formerly
OF this village, is spending his vacation at
the home OF his cousin, Judith L. Babson.
Mrs. Alton e. Brown and Mrs. George
Salisbury went to Bar Harbor ON Sunday
to see their aged grandfather who is very
low.
Roger Ii. Allen, who is employed in a
bank at Presque Isle, is spending a few
weeks with his parents, NJ. l.. Allen and
wife.
July IL. TANGO.