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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
HOLD-UP MEN
ROB WOMAN IN
EAST PARK ST.
Mrs. Albert Schulz Victim OF
Thieves, Who Knock Her
Down.

Two daring footpads robbed Mrs.
Albert Schulz, of 33 Cherry street, in
East Park street near Mulberry
street last night. The thieves got
away with s12. The scene of the
hold-up was block from the Schulz
home.
Mrs Schulz was on her way to her
house about $50 o'clock when she was
accosted near the New Jersey Law
School by two men. The street was
dark at the time and when the mer
demanded money Mrs. Schulz did
not have time to reply before they
struck her and threw her to the side
walk.
In Mrs. Schulz's hand at the time
was a small handbag. This the foot
pads grabbed and ran off.
Mrs. Schulz notified the police, who
made an investigation but without
recult
The scene of the hold-up was about
at the same pn T. $ m lar . t.
tempt was made several weeks ago
to rob another woman living in East
Park street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
AR|ZONA'S ALIEN
LABOR LAW HELD
AS NULL AND VOID
Federal Court Holds It Violates
Provisions of Fourteenth Con-
stitutionaI Amendment.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. THE
Arizona anti-alien employment act,
adopted by the people of the State
at the November election as an
initiative measure, was held uncon-
stitutional, null and void here today
by a special court of three Federal
judges.
In brief the court held that the
statute violated the guarantees of
life, liberty and the possession of
property made to all alike, whether
aliens or not, under the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution: that
II the State of Arizona could for
bid any employer TO hire more than
20 per cent. of aliens. IL could with
equal justice forbid him to hire 1 per
cent or even an individual alien.
This struck at the vitals of the act,
which ordered that any employer
with a payroll of five or more names
must see that at least so per cent. of
those names were of duly qualified
electors. Great Britain and Italy
protested to the State department
that these conditions of employment
violated the treaty rights of their
citizens.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
UTILITY BOARD
SEEKING POWER
TO MAKE RATES
Urge Amendment to Law to
Prevent Recurrence of
Gas Case.
NOW FIXING VALUES
OF SERVICE CORPORATIONS
Annual Report of Commission
ers Contains important
recommendations.

TRENTON, Jan. THE Board of
Public Utility Commissioners today
submitted 10 Governor Fielder it's
annual report. Chief among the dis
cussions in the report is the refer
ence to the reversal of the 90-cent
gas rate, fixed orig 'nally by the board
and reversed by the Court of Err
rors and Appeals.
The commissioners recommend that
consideration be given to the advisa-
bility of amending the law, SO that
1t shall clearly appear, as the legisla-
tive intent, ana as an authoritative
declaration of State policy, that the
board, in fixing just and reasonable
rates to be charged by "a public util-
ity. shall not value the franchise of
such utility in excess of the amount
the commissioners find to have been
legittmately spent III procuring It.
"Such is the policy of the State as
specifically declared in the public util-
1t" act with respect to the capitalize
ton of franchises" says the report.
The board recommends legislation
clearly comforting on the board power
to put into effect classifications and
classes of rates, so that it cannot be
&C Intended that the boards power is
limited to the regulation of existing
AdI1o cllG CldSSllltdLiD1 OIL rates.
Another recommendation Is that
the board be empowered to require
proof when its approval to proposed
security issues is asked, that there
has been adequate attempt on the
part of the petitioners to ascertain
and to obtain the highest price at
which such securities may be sold.
The board wants more stringent
regulation to proposed issues by utili-
ties; an act making void all security
issues by public utilities unless the
prior approval of the board thereto
has been granted; amending the gen.
eral railroad act, making uniform
regulations for bonded debt, whether
the railroad company is operated in
dependently or under lease. or by vir-
tue OF consolidation with another
company; legislation prescribing more
precisely the terms under which rail-
road companies or other public utill-
ties may lease or be leased to rail-
roads or other public utilities.
Speaking of the granting of privi-
1eges by municipalities to public util-
tContinued on Page :. Column H.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
SUBWAY M|SHAP
BRINGS OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATIONS
Eight Separate Inquiries Into
Accident That Menaced Hun
dreds of Lives.
INSULATION THAT BURNED
WAS OLD, PERKINS SAYS
District Attorney Defers Cues
tioning Victims on Advice
of Doctors.

NEW YORK, Jan. Warning
from doctors that several fatalities
might result If victims of yesterdays
subway disaster were compelled to
leave hospitals or their homes to tes-
tify today caused District Attorney
Perkins to postpone examination Of
witnesses until tomorrow. The dis
triet attorney was informed that at
least 200 victims of the subway fire
were threatened with "smoke bron-
chitis' as the result of inhaling smoke
and gases in the tube. In this condi-
ton, doctors said. the subway victims
would become easy prey for pneu-
fnonia IL they were forced to expose
themselves in damp weather.
Investigators for the district attor-
ney. however, were hard at work
gathering information to be used in
the investigation.
Perkins said he expected it would
require two or three days to determine
whether there was criminal RESPONSE
bility in the matter.
Il intend going to the bottom of
this accident and 1 intend finding
why passengers were kept In this
dark hole in these trains for more
than an hour after the initial tie-up.
! will also find out why the fremen
were not called earlier" said the dis
trict attorney.
Perkins has been told by Governor
Whitman that he can have any as
sistance needed from the State in his
Inquiry.
The district attorney announced he
Intended to find out whether ehe doors
Of the cars were locked and why 1t
was when smoke was first observed
in the subway the station officials
and the crews of the stalled trains
did not get the passengers to safety
While there was still time.
These are the charges the district
attorneys office is prepared to probe
TO the bottom
That the insulation on the cables
which started the fire was eight years
old.
That the subway guards locked the
doors when the insulation caught fire
and refused to permit passengers to
leave until they were half-suffocated.
That moro than an hour elapsed
between the time the hort-circuiting
of the cables was reported to the
offices of the subway corporation and
the time the first fire alarm was
turned in.
+ That the cables short-circuited were
Overloaded.
While Perkins was proceeding with
his probe, seven other investigations
were under way. Governor Whitman
announced at Albany that he would
order thorough investigation.
Mayor Mitchell Coroner Riordap, the
police and fire departments, the Pub
lie Service Commission and the Inter-
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
W|NDSTORM KILLS
THREE IN SOUTH
Thousands of Dollars Damage
Done in Georgia and
Florida.

JACKSONVILLE, Jan. Com
plete reports today from points in
Southern Georgia and Northern
Florida, swept by violent winds last
night, showed three persons were
killed, twelve injured and a number
of homes and farm buildings wrecked.
Beside the fatalities at Quitman
and Abbeville. Ga, several persons
were reported hurt at Eastman,
Chauncey and Stillmore, Ga.
Principal damage In Florida was
said to have been confined to Well
born.
Homes, farm buildings, trees, fences
and telegraph poles were blown down,
and in some places trees were uproot-
ed. Failing timbers injured live stock
on many farms.
Reports were that much damage
was done along the Florida east coast,
but it's extent has not yet been deter
mined Little damage resulted in this
city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
ROEMMELE GOT
NO SCALE FROM
COUNTY SEALER
Ex-Freeholder Enters Denial of
Charge in Connection With
Harris Case.

Former Freeholder Ferdinand Roem-
mele, whose name was mentioned yes
terday in connection with the case of
County Sealer Arthur Harris, who is
under charges, denied this afternoon
that he had anything to do with the
matter. 1t was claimed that Harris
had conf1scated a scale which was in
perfectly good condition and turned it
over to Roemmele, who at that time
was chairman of the weights and
measures committee of the Board of
Freeholders.
Mr.. Roemmele said that he knew
absolutely nothing of the charge made
against him, and that as far as Har-
ris was concerned, had nothing TO do
with the latter's appointment to the
position he occupied and was not re-
sponsible for anything the county
sealer did.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
FIREMAN RISKS
LIFE IN STOPPING
RUNAWAY HORSES
John A. Hettinger, of Ladder
Co. No. 2, Swings Onto
Animals Back.

Fireman John A. Hettinger, Of
Truck Company No. 2. caught one OF
a runaway team OF horses around the
neck this afternoon. swung himself
onto the horses back and guided the
animals on to the sidewalk at Orange
and Essex streets. The horses, which
were attached to a wagon Of the
Public Service Gas Company. OF East
Orange, were standing on Orange
street, near High street, with brides
off eating their dinner. The driver
and his helper were in a nearby res
taurant eating.
The horses took fright for some
unknown reason and headed for
Broad street. Fireman William A.
Doremus, of Engine No. 4, ran after
the wagon and climbed on to IL, but
when he reached the drivers seat
found that the reins were out on the
horses backs.
Meantime Fireman Hettinger and
Frank Kitcher, also of Truck Com
pany No. 2, were standing at Orange
and Plane streets when they saw the
runaways coming on. Hettinger
caught one horse around the neck.
while his companion climbed aboard
the wagon.
Hettinger was dragged half block
and his coat was badly torn before
he succeeded in swinging onto the
back OF the horse. The runaways
smashed into the saloon door of Fred
Spagnuolo, at rs Orange street.
Neither the f1remen nor the horses
were hurt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
NEWARK THEATRE
SOON TO CLOSE
INDEFINITELY
Local PIayhouse's Future In
voIVed in Shubert-KIaw &
ErIanger Deal,

Announcement was made today
that the Newark Theatre will be
closed indefinitely after next Satur.
day night. The information does not
say what future plans are In store
for the playhouse, but 1t comes on the
hee.s of report that the Shuberts
and Klaw & Erlanger, heretofore bit
ter rivals, formed a $4,000, 600 COM
bination to run productions jointly.
The reported merger of the two big
theatrical firms is hedged in secrecy.
At the office of Hyde & Behman,
lessees of the Newark Theatre, the
Evening Star reporter was referred
for information 10 the office of Mr.
Erlanger, in New York.
At Mr.. Erlanger's office information
was refused altogether William
Klein, attorney for the Shubert in
terests, also declared that he could
not discuss the matter.
In connection with the reported
merger came the announcement that
one of its contemplated purposes was
to close up all houses but one belong
ing to the two concerns. In almost
every city in the country except New
York, the Newark and Shubert the
atres here are controlled, respective
ly, by Klaw & Erlanger and by the
Shuberts. Hence the significance Of
the announcement that the Newark
is to be closed.
During the past two seasons the
Newark has been doing poorly and,
for lack OF dramatic attractions, has
occasionally been compelled to run
CONTINUED on Page 6, Column 2.)
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SCANDAL H|NTED
At IN INQUIRY
OF TRANSACTION
Case Brought to Attention of
Vice-ChancelIor Said to In
VolVe BIackmaiI.

Vice-Chancellor James z. Howell,
it became known today. has directed
an inquiry of a preliminary nature
into reports concerning the charac-
ter of transaction involving two
well-known citizens of this city. The
transaction. it is said, involved a
court case in which a large sum of
money ia mentioned.
Charges of blackmail also have
been rumored, but so far no definite
action in the matter has been taken.
Friends of the men mentioned say
there is absolutely no truth in the
statements that were brought to the
attention of the vice. e-chancellor.
There are several affidavits in the
case, which is said to have been
worked up by a local private detective
agency. The case involves q negress,
who has been made defendant in a
divorce story. 1t was through her
employer that the vice-chancellor. II
is declared. thought an inquiry neces-
sary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
SEEKS S25,OOOFO
DEATH OF HUSBAND

Mrs Elmira Van BuskirlS. OF f41
Pearl street, Paterson, brought suit
today against the Erie Railroad for
s25, 900 damages for the death Of her
husband, William Van Buskirk. The
latter was killed in the Jersey City
yards OF the railroad when an iron
coal bucket fell on him.
Van Buskirk was employed as an
engine hostler at the Jersey City
yards. According to Frank F. Davis,
Of New York city, counsel for the
widow, it was part of Van Buskirk's
duty to assist in coaling the engines
II is alleged that the mechanism con-
trolling the coal bucket became defec-
tive on October %, 1918, causing the
heavy bucket to fall. Van Buskirk
was struck on the head and died soon
after.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
KA|SER'S AIDES
OFFICIALLY DENY
MERCER ARREST
Report of Detention of Belgian
5 Member of Sacred College
Discounted.
By the A..ociated Press.

LONDON, Jam THE German
military government of Belgium has
issued an official denial of the report
that Cardinal Mercier, the Belgian
member of the Sacred College, has
been arrested by the German authori-
ties.
The cardinal has neither been de-
tanned in the bishops palace at
Malines. nor placed under police sur
veillance of any sort. the official
statement says. 1t also is denied
that any priests have been arrested.
The denial is silent on the case of
Dessain, the printer, who published
the cardinals Christmas pastoral let
ter, but ii is understood the story
concerning him also is a fabrication.
The Germans are said to take the
position that ar this time the point
whether they are the legal or Illegal
rulers of Belgium is not at issue, and,
consequently, there will be no action
on their part.
Copies of the Christmas pastoral
issued by Cardinal Mercler, the Bel
gian prinlate, read in the churches OF
Belgium, and which resulted in the
prelate's reported arrest by the Ger
mans. have been received IN London.
The archbishop began bys-describing
the sorrows in Belgium, saying:
"She bleeds; her children fall by
thousands in our forts and on our
battlefields to defend her rights and
the integrity of her territory Soon
there will be no longer on the soil of
Belgium one single family who will
not be in mourning"
The pastoral then passes to de-
scription of the devastation caused
by the German invasion.
II have gone through most of the
places in my diocese which have been
the most wasted. What l have seen
of ruins and ashes passes everything
that in my most acute fears I could
even have imagined. Churches,
schools, charitable institutions hos
pitals, converts to considerable
number, are unfit for use or in ruins.
Whole villages have almost dis
appeared.
what will be the effect of the war
upon Belgium? God will save Bel
gium, my brothers; we cannot doubt
it: Let us say, rather. He is saving
her. Is there a single patriot who
does not believe that glory has come
to Belgium?
Patriotism is no secular thing. The
religion of Christ exalts patriotism
into a law. There is no perfect Chris
tian who is not a complete patriot.
II is not true that the State is god,
a moloch on whose altars all lives
are legitimate sacrifice. The brutality
of pagan customs and the despotism
of the Caesars gave rise to an erro-
neous idea which modern militarism
tends to revive. That idea is that the
State Is omnipotent and that civil
Continued on Page g. Column 81
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Before an audience largely COM
posed of law students, in Wallace
Hall, In the Y. NJ. C. A., last night.
former President William Howard
Taft delivered an address on "The
Lawyer of Ideals" Though the ad-
dress was delivered before the stu
dent body of the New Jersey Law
School, a number of the leaders OF
the bar in Essex county, men who are
prominent in all walks of life, and
number of women, were present.
Mr.. Taft took occasion to repeat his
opposition to the recall of judicial
officers. OF this he said:
'There are peculiar reasons in the
present condition of society and OF
our political life why lawyers should
feel a most emphatic call to take part
in politics and to the acceptance of
the responsibility of public life. We
are at crisis in respect to the form
of our popular government. We ind
a formidable movement throughout
the country toward a destruction OF
its representative character and the
reversion to an old type that In the
history of the world has proved a
failure, called pure democracy.
But more radical and dangerous
than this Is the effort being made to
subordinate our courts In their ad-
ministration of justice to rules of de-
cision and standards of equity and
justice that are to be determined ar
bitrarily by the hasty vote of an cleo
torate.
''The proposal is to bring courts
under the same domination of t1e
political sovereign that courts were
subjected to In the time of the StIartg
and the Tudors, and that was one of
the causes leading to the rebellion
of 1890, and the revolution of 1858. 1t
is proposed, and in many States it
has already been provided, that
Judges are to be subject to removal
by the momentary passion of popular
prejudice and without the possibility
of full and Just understanding by
the electorate of the facts upon which
their elimination is urged. All these
measures, if adopted, will be serious
in their effect upon the permanence,
justice and effectiveness of popular
government.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-07
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT TELLS
HIGHEST IDEAL OF LAWYER
Members of the Bar Should Enter Politics, Former Chief Ex
ecutive Tells Law Students at Gathering in Y M. C. A.
Repeats His Objections to the Recall of Judges.

There is no class in the com
munity who by the learning, skill
and experience Of their profession are
as able as lawyers are to discern the
viciousness and peril of such changes
because they have studied the struc-
ture of our government, know It's
basic principles, understand the ne
cessity for self-imposed restraints by
constitutions on the people to pre-
vent arbitrary and unjust action ny
majority, and comprehend in all it's
aspects the Indispensable part that an
independent judiciary must play in
a popular government in defense and
protection of the rights of the
minority and of the individual.
For these reasons, cannot
emphasize too much the high duty
there is upon members of the bar to
take an active interest in politics.
and when opportunity comes to ac-
cept the burdens of office, to dis
charge them with fidelity and with
all the skill and efficiency that pro-
fessional experience enables them to
bring to the aid of the whole people.
This is the highest ideal of a
lawyer"
Mr.. Taft laughingIy said that be
believed that he had obtained his
legal education at the expense of the
people. II became a judge at the
age of twenty nine" he said, land I
got more knowledge in my first three
or four years on the bench than at
any other time. But | think that
process is rather expensive to the
citizens" he added.
What a Lawyer Must Have.
"The usual practice of the profess
sion at one time or another carries a
lawyers investigation into every
branch OF human activity and into
every other profession" continued the
speaker. "He must have quickness
Of apprehension, intense application
to the subject In hand, in order that
he may put himself in the place Of
his client or witnesses in compre-
hending and explaining the details of
any business, of any science, or OF
any profession. as those details at
feet the issue in court. In cases Of
malpractice, in criminal and damage
cases he must familiarize himself
Continued on Page g. Column ~
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CHICAGO WHEAT
NEARS g PRICE
Great Purchase by France and
Italy Causes Breaking of
Market Records.

CHICAGO, Jan. Two dollars q
bushel for wheat, the dream that only
enthusiasts ever expected to come
true, was within u cent of being q
reality today on one grade of wheat,
II the cost of delivery to Europe
might be counted as part of the
price. II is a fact that a carload
of the kind of wheat known as durum
was sold today TO go to Italy on a
basis that figured. delivered at desti-
nation, $685. a bushel.
Such a price breaks all records for
durum wheat. The supply of that
variety in the United States is said
to be virtually exhausted for this
season.
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TWO SHOT DOWN
IN BATTLENEAR
P. R. R. STATION
Market Street Depot Baggage
man and Special Policeman
Seriously Wounded.
PAIR OF TRAMPS ARE
HELD FOR SHOOTING
Elected from Freight Train,
They Use Guns-ouick
Work by Detectives.

George Conklin. OF Linden, twenty
two years old, a baggageman at the
Market street station Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and August Rein
hard, Of SO Monroe street, thirty-six
years old. a special policeman on
duty at the same station, were shot
last night by two tramps they at
tempted to arrest in the Ailing
street freight yards.
Both men are in st. Michaers Hos
pitai, Conklin with two wounds in
the back, and Reinhard with 3
wound in the groin. Their condition
is regarded as serious.
Quick work by the police resulted
in the arrest of both the tramps
Acting Captain Troy. of the First
precinct, and Detective Mcclure
found one Of them hiding in a
bunch Of water pipes in a vacant
lot at Hamilton street and New Jer-
sey Railroad avenue soon after the
shooting. He pretended to be asleep.
but under him was a revolver with
four loaded and one exploded shell.
In a pocket was a pouch with eigh-
teen loaded shells.
At first he said he was Charles
Fell eighteen years old. and later
declared he was Frederick Wagner
and that he lived at $50 Crodwell
street. The Bronx. He said also that
he had been living with his com
panion at Seventy-sixth street and
Avenue A. New York, for a few days.
He was held without bail today by
Judge Congleton In the First
Criminal Court.
Arrest OF Second Man.
The second man was arrested at
o'clock this morning at Seventy sixth
street and Avenue A. New York, by
Lieutenants Harris and Quinn, Of
this city, and Detectives McCafferty
and Benford, of New York. At frs:
he said that he was John Farrell, OF
u Commerce street. Boston, but
when Wagner. or Fell. was told OF
the arrest of the second man he said
the name of the other was Charles
A. Tippery and that his address was
II Common street, Boston. Farrell
or Tippery, was held without bail as
a fugitive from justice by Magistrate
Marsh in the Yorkville Court in New
York, this morning.
The tramps were discovered on a
southbound Pennsylvania freight
early in the evening and ordered to
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