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Commissioner Sharp, of Easl
Orange, Disapproves of
Record System.
In his letter to .Mayor Julian A
Gregory explainig why he did not sigr
the report of the Board of Police Com
missioners, Edgar Sharp, of East Or
ange, states that he docs not approvt
of the new system of keeping records
which is somewhat after the system ir
r ogue in Trenton. While .Mr. Shari
does not explain his reasons, it Is un
derstood that he does not approve ol
the section allotted in t lie books fur an.v
statement made by the prisoners wher
being booked by a sergeant, as they
might claim they were not apprised ol
their rights when making the state
ment.
“I believe the record systfem now ir
use may cause legal complications,'
said Mr. .Sharp, "in the giving of evi
dence in court cases, r am also op
posed to the purchasing of an auU
patrol costing between $2,000 and $4,000,
• with a maintenance dost of $2,000. not
counting repairs, when we secure serv
ice from the Record ambulance for $00C
per year, and it can reach any part
of the city in fifteen minutes."
Mr. Sharp is against the recommen
dation for the appointment of five re
servemen, which would mean an out
lay of about $5,000 per year, claiming
that what the city needs is more
patrolmen, so that all parts can be
covered every hour of the day and
night.
Mayor Gregory had a consultation
today with former President Elijah
■S. Boteler regarding He and Mr. Sharp
getting together and signing a report
satisfactory to both. Mr. Boteler, who
was named at the last meeting for an
other term In the hoard, but which
Plan was held up by tile council, de
clared he was through with public office
and did not desire any appointment.
THIS REAL GROUNDHOG
REALLY COMES FORTH.
East summer Joint I.ewandoskl, for
merly of Bloomfield, now proprietor of
trie. Truck Hotel at Pine Brook, cap
tured a groundhog in a tk-ld of clover
on the side of Hook mountain, lie took
the animal home, and it became quite
friendly with the members of his
household and the boarders iu the
hotel.
The groundhog received ihc name of
l'ick and would chatter like a muskrat
when called.
-Dick was kept In a wire enclosure
and was given as much freedom as
' jHiSsible.
He nevbr showed the slightest incli
nation to escape during the summer,
and when cold weather set In Dick
crawled Into a cover of hay, etc., and
lay torpid until today, when Lcwandn
pkl'sr son, John, jr.. who was near the
groundhog’s home, saw the animal
come out from under cover.
Dick looked carefully around and
when he failed to see his shadow he
became exceedingly lively and jumped
about In evident glee.
Dick did not go back to his hole
again, thus showing that the backbone
of the winter Is broken und that spring
1- nenr *t hand.
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Fuarrnl of Mr*. Amelin Renton.
Fun era] services for Mrs. Amelin
Benton. 61 years old. of 41 Park ave
nue, who died suddenly from heart
failure Tuesday night, will be held Fri
day night from her late home. Burial
will bo made hi 'Clinton Cemetery Sat
urday morning. Besides her husband,
Thomas Benton, she Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Walter James, of Ir
vington, and Mrs. Flora Soul man, of
fit. Louis; two granddaughters and
two great-grandchildren, four sisters
end a brother.
"The French Revolution" will be too
Subject of the public lecture which
■will bo given tomorrow night In Clintor
avenue west grammar school, under
the auspices of the Boiflfl of Education.
The East Ehd Pinochle Clulj will hold
Its regular weekly games tonight In
East End 4la]|, Twenty-second street
and Twentieth avenue.
Overseer of the Poor John B. Casey
announces that he has many mines' >
from needy children and adults for
wearing apparel. He will call at unv
homo for caat-off clothing and shoes
If notified at his ofHce In-Town Hall.
Charles Tobleman, the 3-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Slgfrled Tobleman. of
144 Myrtle avenue, wandered away
from his home yesterday. He was
found by Policeman Canfield, who
placed him In charge of Police Matron
Mrs. Mary Mitchell. The child was
later taken home by his mother.
At the conclusion of the regular busi
ness session of Irvington Council No.
t 167, Jr. O. 1'. A. M., last night a social
hour was enjoyed, Including piano
numbers and vocal renditions by
Bamuel Stewart, Hilbert M. Manser and
< Staton Waterfield.
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The Irvington Veterans’ Association
will hold its regular monthly business
meeting in Town Hall tomorrow night.
The Catnptown Outing Club will bold
Its monthly business meeting tonight
at Its quarters, 993 Springfield avenue.
Preliminary arrangements will be
started for the annual spring outing
of the club.
The Board of Health will hold its
semi-monthly meeting tonight In Town
Hall. The board will consider the pro
posed ordinance to regulate the keeping
of live poultry.
Arthur D. Wadsworth, jr., of 45 Flor
ence avenuo, is confined to home with
illness.
William M. Hedde.n, of 195 Orange
avenue, has recovered from a severe
cold. t
UTAH HAST ADS BRING RESULTS.
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j PUPIL Hi NEVER
IS EIGHT YEARS
I Gold Medal for Girl with Un
usual Record at Graduation
Exercises in Kearny.
Sixty-eight pupils of Kcaru.v public
j schools Nos 3, 4 and o left the gram*
i mar grades yesterday and entered the
! Kearny High School this morning. Hast
i night they held their graduation ex
ercises at the Lincoln School auditor
I lum, and the affair was enjoyed, by "00
I persons present.
| A pleasant feature was the presenta
tion of a gold medal by School Trus
tee Walter Brooks, on behalf of the
; Kearny Board of Education, to Susaa
Parks, a graduate of School No. 4, who
during the eight years she had attend
ed school had never once been absent
j or tardy, and whose general average
In school work had been excellent. Miss
Parks finished last June. Only one
other pupil, Arthur Bundstrom, who
finished two years ago, got such dis
tinction in the Kearny schools.
A novel feature of the exercises was
the first public appearance! of the re
cently-organized Juvenile Orchestra of
School No. 5, which rendered several
selections and wan generously applaud
ed. An Interesting debate on the ques
tion, “'Resolved, That tile Printing
Press Has Been of More Benefit to Man
kind Than the Steam Engine,” afforded
some good arguments by Miss Helen
M. Bergen on the affirmative side and
Herbert Walker on the negative. No
judgment was rendered.
Essays were delivered by the Misses
Carver, Orouthers, McWilliams, and by
John Harrold, Herbert Margetts and
Robert Allen. The Lord's Prayer was
recited by the class, which also chanted j
choruses and saluted the flag. Plano
solos were rendered by Misses Slemer
and Daniel. The exercises were under j
the direction of Principal Thaddeus J. |
Knapp, of the High School, and the j
class was presented by Superintendent I
Herman Dressel, jr. The task of award - j
ing tl\c diplomas fell to the lot of j
President Gerrish Newell, of the Board J
of Education. With the singing of j
“America” by the audience the exer- j
cises closed.
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CALDWELL—VERONA.
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Mr, and Mrs. John Bruin, of Essex ]
Fells, are stopping with relatives In ]
Brooklyn,
The Caldwell Field Club's bowling j
team will bowl Fowler’s team, of NewJ
York, tonight at Thlrty-flrst"*street and j
Broadway, New York,
Caldwell Council, Royal Arcanum,
will give Its annual entertainment and
ladles’ night In ’ Hauler's Hall, Blonm
field avenue, tonight.
Miss Ruth Miller, of Gould avenue,
| Caldwell Cedars, Is visiting Miss E>oro- i
i thy Doty, of Grand avenue, Wyoming, j
Waynuind C. Lyon, of Princeton Col- |
! lege, who has been spending a few,
; days with his parents on Academy ]
road, Caldwell, went back to Princeton j
yesterday for examinations.
Miss Mary Hnrtrick, of Koseland, *s j
visiting relatives In Brooklyn.
Lester Vreeland, of East Orange, has I
been stopping with his grandfather, j
Richard Tompkins, of Pine Brook, for j
tho past week.
| Mr. and Mrs. Austin E. Hedden, of
] Verona; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clove- |
I land Campbell, of Caldwell, and Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Hanford Canlleld, of'
West Caldwell, aro spending February
In Florida.
At the recent vaudeville entertain
ment given 111 Association Hall. Cald- !
well, for the benefit of the Field Club, j
about $125 was realized.
Thomas Benson, of Park avenue, j
Caldwell, la ill at his home.
SPRINGFIELD.
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Miss Lottie M. Johnston has returned
to Bay Port, L. I., after a two months’ i
visit to her sister, Mrs. F. E. Clark, of j
| Westfield avenue. -v.
Mrs. Thomas ,1. Murray, of Branch 1
| Mills road, has gone to New Millford to j
j attend the funeral of her brother-ln- !
I law.
Mrs. SI. E. Amerinnn, of Pluckeniln, |
has returned to her home, after a visit j
I to her daughter, Mrs. Charles HofT, of !
| Main street.
The Mlss'-s Hazel D. Leber, Elsie]
Campbell and Flora It. Day attended]
I the conference of the Junior and Senior
] Societies of Christian Endeavor at Rah- ]
i way today. This is the thirtieth nnnl- I
! versary of Christian Endeavor.
j NAME FORMER EAST ORANGE j
WOMAN IN DIVORCE CASE, j
*
A former East ('range woman llgured ]
as corespondent In a divorce suit that
was decided in n Brooklyn court yes-j
I terduy. Mrs. Louise Lederer Is the]
; woman whom Mrs. Irene Arkcll Van
] Brunt named in a suit for divorce
against her husband. Supreme Court
Justice Kuppor, who heard the ease,,,
granted an Interlocutory decree of abso
lute divorce In Mrs. Van Brunt's favor.
Mrs. Lederer Is the wife of Sergeant
William Bederor, who Is stationed at
Fort Hamilton. Sergeant Lederer was
Mrs. Van Brunt’s principal witness.
From the testimony adduced It appears
hat Mrs. Lederer and Van "Brunt
eloped last December. They had met
before Mrs. Lederer’s marriage, and
when the woman resided fn East Or
ange.
/ Follow ing the disappearance of the
couple In December a search was in
stituted. and in court yesterday It was
said that they were found at 3(1 Boo
rum place, Brooklyn. Sergeant Lederer
stated that his wife was ulone when
the raiding party, composed of himself,
Mrs. Van Brunt and two friends, lirst
arrived. It was not long, according to
the sergeant, before Van Brunt ap
peared.
ALFRED C. HARVEY, WELL=
KNOWN RAILROAD MAN, DIES.
Great Northern Official Passes
Away in East Orange.
.Succumbing to an attack of heart
| failure Alfred C. Harvey, district pas
] senger manage;- of the Great Northern
I railroad, died at the home of his son,
] <\ IS. Harvey, of 22 South Nineteenth
street, Hast orange, yesterday. Stricken
i about two weeks ago at his home in
; Philadelphia, Mr. Harvey was removed
<o his son's residence a week ago and
apparently improved. His immediate
recovery was expected until he suffered
a relapse tw J days ago.
Air Harvey was a native of Bridge
port, Vt.. and entered the employ of
the railroad company when a young
man Ho was in charge of the Boston
branch until about seventeen years ago,
when he Wap transferred to Philadel
phia. where he became district man
ger a short while after. His son 1".
tho only surviving member of his fai.i
1 Hy- /
Funeral services will be held from
ills ion’s residence Friday afternoon at
. 12:30 Following the services his body
will he shipped to Rt. Johnsbury, Vt.,
for interment.
KEARNY—ARLINGTON.
Clnureh Societies I'ian Kiiebrr.
Klaborate preparations are being
made by the various societies of St.
Cecilia's Homan Catholic Church.
Kearny, for a progressive euchre party
to he held in the auditorium of the
parochial school tomorrow evening. It
promises to be the most successful af
fair of the kind ever conducted by the;
congregation. About 200 awards will
be made among those scoring at cards, j
Dancing will be indulged In afterward, j
-Mails for New York from Arlington
will now close at 6:45 a. m., instead of
6:10, and at 12:15 p. m., instead of at
noon, as heretofore. Sunday mails
from New York and Newark have hith
erto reached the Arlington postofllce at
10:15 a. m. and 4 p. m. Now they willj
arrive at 10 15 and 11 a. m. Instead.
Collections are to he made on Sunday
from 9:15 to 11 a. m.
Tlie Kearny Board of Assessors will
moot at the Kearny Town Hall and
hear taxpayers who may have any
statements to make about their rata
bles.
Mrs. Napoleon M. Sabourln, of 78
Stewart avenue, Arlington, is enter
taining the ladies of Arlington Circle,
Church of the Redeemer, of this city.
John T. Sproull, president of the Coal
and Iron Bank, of New York, and who
lives at Kearny and Linden avenues.',
Arlington, will be the speaker at the |
meeting of the Order of the Triangle
In the Y. M. C. A. building, this city,
at 4 :15fcVcloek tomorrow' afternoon.
The Pilgrim Fraternity will meet in
the young men’s room of the First
Methodist Kpiscopnl Church, Arling
ton, this evening. *•
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Handlon, of
Dukes street, Kearny, suffered the 1< ss
by death this morning of their son,
Arthur Anfot, 3 years and 7 months
old, after a few days’ illness. The
funeral will take place on Saturday at
2 o'clock, and interment will be made
in Arlington Cemetery. Services will
bo conducted hy the Rev. Joseph Fui
fonl Folsom, formerly of the Knox
PresbyterianeChurch, Kearny, and now
of the Clinton Avenue Church, this
city.
LIVINGSTON.
Mrs. Frederick Parkhurst. lias re
turned from a visit to relatives In
Verona.
lTva Berry and Mahlon Bataille, who
have been confined to their homes with ;
crhickenpox, are now able to attend !
school. ^
Former Judge Algernon T. Sweeney. |
ot Meyerbvllle, will give a stereopttcon [
and lecture, "The Farm and State," un- I
der tho auspices of the Livingston |
Grange, In Collins's [fall, Saturday eve- j
ninpr, February 11.
Members of tho Jr. O. U. A. M. will j
meet In Collins's Hall tomorrow night ;
at 8 o'clock.
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NLTLEY.
At n meeting of tho Exempt Fire
men's Association last night Abram
Blum was elected as a delegate to rep
resent the association at the State con
vention of tho Firemen’s Relief Asso
clationi
A meeting of the Nutley Athletic Club j
will bo held at Town Hall tonight to j
perfect the organization of the club. j
Miss Fannie . Walcott, of Hampton, I
Va„ Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward j
Morgan, of Tennis place.
Miss Nina Phillips, of Baltimore, Md.. |
is n guest of Mr. and Mrs.NCharles Al
fred Seymour, of the "Enclosure.” on ;
Passaic avenue. '. i
Mrs. M. D. Barnes, of Tenafly, spent j
yesterday with her daughter, Mrs. I
Frank B. Garland, of Tennis place.
Burning grass was the cause of an |
alarm of lire being telephoned to police j
headquarters last night from a resident |
of Frie place. Before tho blaze became ;
dangerous.' however, Chanceman Will- |
tarn Johnson, who was passing, sue- !
ceeded in putting It out.
FIREMEN HAVE HARD WORK
FIGHTING BLAZE IN KEARNY.
A blaze gvliich did about $800 damage
to the lumber and building material
owned by Balmond Brothers Company,
stored at Schuyler avenue and Prospect
place, Arlington, gave the Kearny fire
men some lively work at a late hour
last night. No one <seems to know how
the fire started.
The blaze was confined to the com
pany's sheds, and their contents, and
many houses close by were saved. The
(Ire companies which took care of the
work were Hoso Companies Nos. 3 and 4
and Truck Companies Nos. 1 and 2, un
der the direction of Chief Greenfield.
ALFRED C. HARVEY, GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD OFFICIAL,
' WHO mpn IN EAST ORANGE.
1 WEDDING TONIGHT
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Une of the biggest society events in
i Montclair this winter will be the wed
1 ding tonight of Miss Florence Van
Vleck*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Van Vleck, of 37 North Moun
j tain avenue, that/ town, and Harold
i Hall Bradley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win A. Bradley, of Upper Mountain
avenue, which will take place at 8
o'clock tonight in the First Congrega
tional Church. The prospective bride
and bridegroom are among the most
popular young society people In Mont
clair.
The ceremony will be performed by
the Rev. John Ewing Speon, pastor of
the Church of Sea and Rand, New
York city. The bride will be attended
by Mrs. C. E. Van Vleck. Jr., as matron
of honor; Miss Helen Van Vleck, as
maid of honor, and Miss Edna Bowne,
of East Orapge: Miss Orace Frank, of
Brooklyn; Miss Dorothy Brown, of
New York city; Miss Yudita Hanckel,
of Philadelphia; Miss Marjory Tauble
and Miss Annette Renwlck, of Mont
clair, as bridesmaids.
Mr. Bradley will be attended by
Joseph Batten, of Montclair, as best
man. The ceremony will be followed
by a large reception at tht^ home of the
bride's parents.
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| Notes of Interest J
in the Oranges |
J+4H4444+'H4ttH"M'H4«,,J,t
Reports of two robberies were made
to the Orange police today, but in
neither place was anything of value
taken. The saloon of Thomas Gencr
ozzo, of 68 Hickory street, was entered,
evidently by several men, who twisted
Iron bars from a window. The rooms
of Mrs. Mary Hollenbeck, at 350 Main
street, were also forced.
The West Orange Branch of the Or
der, Sons of Italy, will meet at Lanai's
Hall, PI Watchung avenue, West Or
ange, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The organization has been formed with
fifty members. Ixnits Santucct is tem
porary president, Joseph Carocei, flnan
I clal secretary, and Julino Carocei,
treasurer. .
The Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Patrick’s
Alliance. Orange, will give a reception
tonight in their rooms, 240 Main street.
Orange. Miss Rose Quigley and Mrs.
Timothy Cronen are on the committee
in charge. '
The Home and School League of the
Day Street Public School, Orange, will
have an art exhibit and cake and candy
sale on Thursday -afternoon, February
9, afternoon and evening, In the school.
Mrs. D. W. Poor Is chairman of the
I committee in charge.
Slipping on the lee-covered sidewalk
' shortly after alighting from a trolley
, car at the triangle In West Orange
j early today Charles Ackerman, of Cen
! tre street, this city, fell heavily to tho
| ground and received a slight laceration
| to his right hip.
A chimney fire was dicovered In the
i home of Kdgar N'ewhouse, in Hutton
| Park, West Orange, early today, caus
; ing slight damage, A telephone call
i summoned the fire apparatus and the
: blaze was put out with a hand extln
! guisher.
Mr. and Mrs Max Sevrlnosky, of
j South Jefferson street. Orange, an
i nounced the engagement of their
| daughter, Miss Molly Sevrlnosky, to
! Daniel Marcus, of Newark.
FALLS FROM BRIDGE IN
FLEEING FROM TRAIN.
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i Getting out of the way of an ap
proaching locomotive John Fehn, 52
years old, a hatter, of 81 Nassau street,
Orange Valley, who was walking along
the Lackawanna railroad tracks on his
way home last night, stepped off the
bridge over Stonehouse brook and was
| rendered unconscious.
Regaining his senses Fehn walked
to South Orange avenue and entered
the store of Lorenzo Massaro, where
he explained what had happened. Dr.
Alfred C. Benedict was summoned and
said that (two ribs on the left side had
been broken. He was taken home by
Charles Armstrong, a step-son.
The Rev. Perry H. Murdlck, pastor
of the Methodist Church, will be given
a farewell reception at the parsonage.
In Prospect street, tonight, under the
auspices g£ the Ladles' Aid Society.
UNABLE TO FIND WORK,
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Walter P. Cox, of Orange, Swal
lows Carbojic Acid.
Waiter P. Cox, of 5* South Jefferson
‘ street, Orange, committed suicide yes
terday afternoon at Ills homo by swal
lowing the contents of an ounce bolti
of carbolic acid. He was despondent
because of his inability to find work at
his trade as a painter.
He purchased the lluld at a- drug
| store near by. Returning, lie went into
i the parlor, where he swallowed the
i a’cid. He then backed into an adjoin
ing room, where his wife was sitting.
Mrs. Cox at once noticed that some
thing was wrong with her husband, as
his face was twisted with pain and he
was unable to speak. She led him to
the couch in the room and summoned
| Dr. James Minor Magee. The physician,
however, could do nothing for the man,
who was beyond all aid and soon died.
Deputy County Physician M. Herbert
Simmons was summoned and ho issued
; the death certificate.
' j MONTCLAIR.
Investigating Method of Accounts.
The Municipal Board of Research is
investigating the method of keeping
the accounts in the different depart
ments of the town government, with a
view of suggesting a bfctter one, if pos
sible. This is being done at th" sug
gestion of Mayor Ernest C'. Hinck,
aided by Councilman Charles H. Harts
horne, who are desirous of adopting
some plan that will be easier under
stood by the taxpayers when the re
ports are issued at the'ond of the fiscal
year. For several years Mr. Haris
horno has claimed that the public
statement as published yearly was too
complicated to be understood by most
taxpayers.
A recital will be given in the Chris
tian Union Congregational Church to
night by Miss Edna Harris, assisted by
Miss Armola Florence Wright, solo st,
of New York city, accompanied by
Mrs. E. W. Goldschmidt. The affair is
given under the auspices of the Sun
day school classes of Miss Anna Pierce
and Miss Anna Wood for the benefit of
the Sunday school building fund.
Miss Mabel Stroek, Mme. Stlllwell
Hager and Miss Mary Henry will give
a concert in the Upper Montclair Pres
byterian Chinch on Friday evening,
p’ebruary 10.
The Research Club met yesterday
afternoon at the home of Miss Farmer.
10 Madison avenue, and listened to the
reading of papers on "The Younger
Holbein” by Mrs. I. M. Cook and Mrs.
J. Nelson Solomons.
The High School Glee Club, of the
i High School, has elected William Ray
I mond leader. The club contains twenty
two members, who are rehearsing for
the first concert, which will be held in
Club Hall April 4.
A. Massman, of Pawtucket, R. I ,
who has been visiting his brother,
; Frederick W. Massman, of Bloomfield
| avenue, has returned to his home.
A inusicale, under the auspices of the
j February committee of the Auxiliary
! of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, will be
given in the parish house on Wednes
I day afternoon, February IT., for th
| benefit of the M mtclair Day Nursery.
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MILLBURN.
Dr. Emily Noble, of New York, will
give an Illustrated lecture on "Tuber
culosis" in tho Short Hills Casino on
Wednesday evening, February 8. The
lecture will be under the auspices of
tho Casino Club.
| Mr. and Mrs. John M. Drake, of
i Hector street, returned yesterday from
I Lafayette, where they attended the
j funeral of Mr. Drake's father.
Success Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., of
Mlllburn. has arranged to attend serv
ices at the Springfield Methodist Epis
copal Church on Sunday evening.
SOUTH ORANGE.
Mrs. Michael J. Prestpn, of 46 Ridge
wood road, Is entertaining her brother,
j Patrick Reilly, of New York.
Mrs. Ray B. Newcomb, of Valley
street, left today for Auburn, N. Y., to
yisit relatives.
Mrs. James Donnelly and her daugh
ter, Miss Marie, of 107 Vose avenue,
who have been sojourning at the Bar
badoes since January li, will return
home Tuesday.
Michael Kenny has moved from
Ridgewood road to his house in Fourth
street.
| MrS\ William H. Jennings, of 219
Prospect street, left today for Kansas
City.
Leo Lockhart, of 54 South Orange
avenue W'cst, reported to the village
police that milk ie being stolen early
1 mornings from his front porch.
H. A. Thomson, of New York, will
entertain at a meeting of South Orange
CouncH, Royal Arcanum, in the Taylor
building tonight. Grand Orator Charles
H. Haring will make an official visit.
Seating capacity in the First Presby
terian Church was taxed to its limit
last night when James A. Ricalton, of
, Maplewood, told of his 300,000 miles of
travel. The lecture was Illustrated with
stereoptlcon views.
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The Sunday school of the Presbyte
rian Church has won the banner of
the Orange Mountain Sunday School
! Association for having the largest per
centage of attendance at Sunday school
for the past three months.
■ Miss Alice Rienicke and Miss Clara
Condit, school teachers, and Proressor
, Fr%nz Tomlc will be entortal?ved at dln
i ner tonight at the hohie of the Misses
Condit, Roseland avenue, ltoseland.
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1ST HUDSON IS
SUBBED AGAIN Bl
j PLAN FOR SUM
Proposed Scheme for Tunnel in
Jersey City Will Be Fought
by Trans-Passaic Towns.
j i
There was great surprise in -Harri
! son today when It was reported that
i an effort Is being made to have the
Legislature pass a bill whereby the
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
will be empowered to have a subway
constructed in Jersey City and have
! the cost saddled upon the taxpayers of
; the entire county, regardless of bene
; Hts <.le]\ved.
. The drafting and introduction in the
Assembly of ihe bill in Question is the
! result of agitation begun in Jersey City
some time ago. Committees appointed
by the mayors of West Hudson fought
i against paying a share of the cast of
| building a tunnel in Jersey City that
| would reach oilly as far west as the
Boulevard.
It was the intention al that time to
| have each municipality of the county
i pay a pro rata share of the total cost
of the improvement. Strenuous argu
I ments were offered by the West Hud
| “on representatives. They pointed opt'
I to the other commissioners that the
l cost of tunnel construction should lie
I borne by contiguous property-owners.
■ When the Jersey City contingent saw
■ how opposed the committees from
j WTest Hudson were it was probably de
J elded to cease further Intercourse with
the objectors. Not one of the men
from Harrison, East Newark or Kear
ny have received word of any .meeting
since last spring. The subway scheme
I has been kept alive, however.
The bill is now in the hands of the
1 Assembly committee on railroads and
| canals. A hearing will soon bo granted
and the West Hudson committees will
I see to it that their respective towns are
; represented. The legislators will be
j told that the towns west of the Haek
! ensack will not be benefited in any way
and that It would be unfair to jump
the county rate, which Is now con
sidered excessive. . .
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BELLEVILLE.
Funeral <H Mrs. Julia A. Mel-nUKlilln.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia A. Mc
Laughlin, widow of James McLaughlin,
of 175 Main street, was held today
from St. IJeter’s Catholic Church, where
a high mass of requiem was celebrated.
I The Interment y.as in St. Peter’s
I Cemetery. Mrs. McLaughlin was 59
years old and died Monday at the resi
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary A.
Orampton, at the Main street address,
following a long illness. She is sur
vived by several children. Mrs. Mc
I Iaiughlin was a resident of the town
| ship for many years.
The Wednesday Evening Club held
* a meeting last night at the residence
;..r Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Streeter, Jorale
mon street. The principal paper was
read by Superintendent of Schools
George I!. Gerard on "The Historical
Novel as n Social and Political Force.”
Another paper was read by Miss Mary
Biller on “Thackeray and Dickens."
Dr. Edward O. Cyphers, the newly
elected president of the organization,
presided at the session. The club will
! meet on February 15 at the home of
| Miss Mary Biker, Washington avenue
! and Joralemon street, instead of at the
; home of Charles E. Smith, of Wash -
i ington avenue.
Mrs. Thomas A. Connolly, of 200 Will
I iam street, who has been dangerously
111 at her home, is recovering.
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! BLOOMFIELD—GLEN RIDGE.
Accused ICmlicasler Held.
Charles Connors, of Cedar street,
Bloomfield, wras held in $509 bail for the
grand jury by Recorder Cadtnus today
on a charge of embezzlement preferred
by Eugene A. West, of the Standard
Dairy Company. West alleged that
Connors, who had been in the employ
of the company, had collected $75 and
had converted it to his own use.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hays, of 98
Thomas street, Bloomfield, have been
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W.
Brower, of Manhattan avenue, New
York.
Ralph Worthington, of Myrtle street,
has returned from Glen Gardner.
Bloomfield Lodge of Elks will meet in
regular session tonight. A social will
follow
William L. Johnson, of 150 Thomas
street, Bloomfield, has returned from
Middletown, N. Y.
Peter F. DeVoe, of Shugerties, N. Y.,
has been stopping in town.
SLIGHT SCRATCH CAUSE
OF BLOOD POISONING.
George K. Bedell a member of the
Bloomfield Board of Education, is suf
fering from blood poisoning of the
right hand at his home, 201 Washing
ton street, Bloomfield.. The poisoning
set in following a slight scratch to the
thumb. Ho is being attended by Dr.
; James F. Brown, of Montclair, w>ho by
| prompt work prevented lockjaw from '
setting in.
EIGHT YEARS IN STATE’S
PRISON FOR KEARNY MAN.
For killing his wife last August
Richard O’Leary, of Kearny, was to
day sentenced to a term of eight years
in State prison by Judge John A.-Blair,
in Jersey City.
O’Leary was found guilty on Friday
of manslaughter, and the jury in re
turning its verdict recommended the
prisoner to the mercy of the court, as
there was a presumption of insanity,
which manifested itself at the time of
the killing.
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LAWYER REBUKES
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Agent Abbott, of Children’s So*
ciety, Called a Trouble-Maker
by Daniel A. Dugan.
There w as a wordy tiff in the Orange
Police Court this morning when A. W.
Abbott, agent of the Children’s Aid and
Protective Society of the Oranges,
sought to inject himself into a court
proceeding which had Just been settled
to tho satisfaction of the parties con
cerned. Tile embarrassed agent was
given a dressing down by Daniel A.
Dugan, a lawyer, until he pleaded with
Mr. Dugan to stop talking before the
members of the press.
Mr. Dugan, after giving the agent
advice to use a constructive policy in
handling family rows and not to try
and widen existing breeches, remarked
that there was no reason, so far as he
was concerned, for keeping the press
(n ignorance of tho discussion, and
walked away. The agent tried to start
an argument with a newspaperman,
who only sqjiled at his anger and de
clined to talk to him.
John Osterhouse, landlord, and John
Ryan, a tenant, both Jit whom reside
at 126 Lakeside avenue, Orange, got
into a row on Saturday night. Ac
cording to the blotter entry Osterhouse
went to his tenant's room and hit him.
The men concerned were sent for and
Mr. Dugan, who represented Ryan, told
the court after a talk with all parties
that his client was satisfied to drop the
proceedings. Judge Bray acquiesced
and as the litigants started out of tho
court Abbott, who had been in earnest
conversation with Detective Drabell,
marched into the court-room and in
a commanding voiced called out: "Hold
that man; don't let him go.”
Ryan had left the room, and a court
attache was about to get him to re
turn when Mr. Dugan met Mr. Ryan,
ills client, and told him to go and pay
no attention to the agent.
“Instead of being a peacemaker in
family affairs you are a troublemaker,"
commented Mr. Dugan audibly. "This
is not Russia, and no man not under
legal restraint can bo held even at
the instance of a man who thinks he
owns tlip earth. There was no need
for this theatrical effort of yours."
Protesting that he had acted with
tho best of intentions, Mr. Abbott ac
companied Mr. Dugan across tho court ,
room, while the people of the court
laughed. Mr. Abbott started a talk l
about Ryan's alleged Ill-treatment to
wards Ills children. After Mr. Dugan
had explained he knew Osterhouse had . 1
evidently gone to Ills tenant's apart
ment in the belief that Ryan needed
restraint, and said the agent might use
his influence to help the family stop
quarreling and unite. Mr -Dugan said:
“You should not have butted In this J
affair after it was settled peaceably.
As an employee of a charitable organl- A
zation which aims to do good in this
community, you should have helped
me in trying to have the affair settled,
instead of disrupting the family
further."
The case was not reopened and Mr.
Dugan is confident he will be able to
straighten out the little tangle.
HARRISON—E. NEWARK.
School Conlrnotor Paid.
At an adjourned session held last
night the Harrison Board of Education
ordered warrants drawn to the orders
of James J. Dunn, $800; Stephen 1'.
Jtiordan, $520, nnd Lucas Peters, $180.
All three are contractors who are en
gaged in the construction of additions
to School No. 1. They are being paid
as the work progresses.
Librarian Assumes Dulles.
Miss Ruth H. Townsend, who was
recently appointed librarian by the
Library Commission of Harrison, ar
rived in town yesterday. Mtss Town- ■
send comes from Brooklyn, where she
spent some* time as an assistant
librarian at th.. big Pratt Institute
Free Library. The young woman was
highly recommended to the Harrison
board. She will start at once to ar
range for the purchase of books, and it
is probable that the library will be
thrown open for public usn by April I.
No specific date has been set, however,
for the opening.
Ilomann D'Anrln Dies.
After an illness of several week*.
Romano D’Aurin, a furniture denier,
with a place of business at 418 North
Third street. East Newark, died yes
terday afternoon at his home. A wife
and small family survive, as do two
sisters, who aro nuns. The funeral will
taj<e place from his late home tomor
row morning, thence to St. Anthony's
R. C. Church, East Newark, where a
solemn high mass of requiem will be
offered at 9 a. ni. Interment will be in
the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre.
Postmaster Harry Dufford, of the
Harrison station of the*Newark post
office, reported today that during Jan
uary a remarkable amount of business
was done. The amount of stamps sold
aggregated $3,043.19, as against $2,473.
11 for January, 1910. The increase of
business was 23 per cent.
The members of the newly organised
Michael. Sullivan Association, of Har
rison, will assemble at headquarters,
Hamilton street and Grant avenue,
Harrison, tonight. Important business
matters are to be discussed and a full
attendance is desired.
The funeral of Miss Mary Daly, who
died Tuesday at her hoirife, 350 John
street, East Newark, will take place to
morrow morning from the Church of
the Holy Cross, Harrison. A mass of
requiem will be offered at 8:30 a. m.
Interment will be in the Cemetery of
the Holy Sepulchre. Miss Daly’s de
mise was tho second In the family in
about two months.
Mondamin Tribe, I. O. of R. M., will
meet tonight at Record Hall, Harrison.
MRS. BRIDGET CAIRNS.
Mrs. Bridget Cairns, widow of John
Cairns, died nt her home, 208 Cross
street, Harrison, today. She wpi* m
but a. short time. Funeral aiYang*
ments have not been completed./
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