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NEWS OF THE NEARBY LACKAWANNA TOWNS MADISON MAY GET COMMISSION RULE influential Citizens Confer With Orange Leaders on Cam paign Methods. , [Special to the Keening Rtnr.l Madison. aphi 24—influential Madison citizens have recently held several informal conferences, which. It Is expected, will culminate in a movement for commieston govern ment. They have even gone so far os to confer with the leaders in Orange, who recently brought a campaign for commission government to a success ful termination. They have done th's partly to ascertain the best methods to use In a campaign of this sort. While the citizens who are behind the present movement have no con nection with the Board of Public Im provement, they have no desire to se cure commission form of government Under cover of the present agitation along those lines by the board, vthlch Bow has the issue under considera tion. They wish, If possible, to co operate. Have Petition* Ready. One of those foremost In the move ment told an Evening Stur corre spondent today that they already have the petitions, but that they w 11 not be put In circulation until after the May meeting of the Board of Public Improvement. It is expected that a committee which has the mat ter under consideration will make a definite report at this time. If the board decides to carry out the matter, they may do so, with the aid of the other agltants. If nothing Is done at the May meeting of the board, the petitions will be circulated soon after. It is therefore practically certain that the question of whether or not Mad ison wants commission government will be submitted to the people In the pear future. CJomml»*loner'» Hillary $150. ‘‘An impression has been created," ptated one of the men in favor of the new form, "that the salaries of the three commissioners In a town of Madisons' size would aggregate $4,000. But a perusal of the law Clio we that a salary of $760 is provided for the mayor and $600 each for the other two commissioners, a total of $1,760. This eliminates one of the ob jectionable features of the change *te it has been presented to some citizens." Promoters of the new government for Madison claim—and state that t.hev nave substantiation for their clatms—that commission form of government would Bave Madison three limes the amount of salaries of the officials. They point out that $10,000 is spent for coal for the pump ing station every year, for which lunount no bids are ever asked, the coal Is never re-welghed nor Is uny checking system kept. The mime thing Is true of the hundreds of tons of cracked stone purchased every year. It Is the opinion that the sav ing here alone would be a big item. uiner r»i»vinif». Each year there In spent in horse hire from *1,500 to *2,00!!. They state ithat •with autos to do the work would save about *1.000 annually. The commissioner of streets and highways, it is pointed out, would have direct charge of the streets, thus eliminating the street commis sioner and saving *4 per day, now paid to that official. It was also ■fated that it ought to be feasible to combine the assistant to the borough clo.-k and the clerk of the Board of Health, saving the salary of one. Making a broader statement, one of the leaders of the movement said that it is their belief that there is a chance for saving in every depart ment of the borough, especially tho light department. They also point out that the Initia tive, recall and referendum make the government a more democratic one, and make the officials more directly responsible to the voters at large. Body in Ice Pond NEWTON, April 24—The body of William Luaky, twenty yearn old, was found yesterday in the pond alongside the Kefferson ice plant at Waterloo. Imsky had been missing ■Inca January 18 last. It was gen erally eupposed that he had been drowped, but It wan not until his body was se.en floattng in the i»ond today that it was established how he Wot his death. Summit Tuberculosis Exhibit I to Be Held in Brayton School [Special to the £v6nlng Star.I SUMMIT, April 24.—A change In the plans for the tuberculosis exhibit to be held on May 11 was announced today. It was made necessary by the fact that the accommodations at I the Lincoln School building, where the exhibit was to have been held, were not adequate. It will be held in the Brayton Public School, The exhibition will last live days. 1 It will open at 1:15 each afternoon for children, and at 8 o’clock each evening for adults Arrangements have been made to devote the last day to New Providence residents, and to have speakers from that place present on that day. The list of speakers at the exhibit will include Dr. J. E. Bunnells, head of Bonnie Bairn, the Union County Tuberculosis Sanitarium; Dr. Law rence F. Flick, head of the Tubercu losis Institute at Philadelphia, and Dr. C. B. Keeney, Dr, R. D. Baker and Thomas K. Prout, all of this city, the latter a member of the local Board of Health. Mayor Francis H. Bergen, of this city, will preside. Dinner for New Pastor fSpecial to tlic Evening Star.) SUMMIT, April 24— In the Metho dist Episcopal parish house last night, the Men's Bible Study Club gave a dinner in honor of the new pastor of the church, Rev. Wilbur V Matlalieu. The dinner was at tended by about fifty of the club members and men of the congrega tion Felicitous addresses uere made by Ernest Dressel North, superinten dent of the church Sunday school; E. R. Knnup, Daniel Burke and Rev. William I. Haven. Odd Fellows to Celebrate (Special to the Evening Star.l DOVER, April 24.—The ninety-fifth anniversary of the Order of Odd Fel lows will be fittingly observed by the members of the Dover Lodge Sunday afternoon, when a musical program will be rendered in Odd Fellow Hall, North Sussex street. The State offi cers are expected to be present. The charter members of the local lodge are: George Mann, John H. Toye, William Pearce and Thomas Phillips. Mrs. Stewart Bettens [Special to the Evening Star.l DOVER, April 24.—Funeral services for Mrs. Stewart Bettens, who died at her home at Mt. Fern, near here, Wednesday night, following an ill-1 ness of six weeks from pulmonary I trouble, wi'l be held tomorrow after-j noon in Millbrook Cemetery. Rev. A. | B. FitzGerald, pastor of the Grace' Methodist Church, will officiate. Be sides a husband and two small ehll- 1 dren, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Wietzel, of Mt. Fern, survive. Dover’s War on ’Skeeters [Special to tlio Evening Star.l DOVER, April 24.—Health Officer John G. Taylor has begun a campaign against mosquito breeding places. Under tils supervision and direction 300 feet of ditch along the Lacka wanna trackB has been opened and cleaned. Several property owners have been served notice to rid their properties of stagnant pools. SPRINGFIELD The funeral of Miss Dorothy Anna Campbe'l, the seven-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Camp bell, of Morris avenue, Springfield, was held this afternoon from the residence of her parents. The ser vices were in charge of Hev. William lloppaugh, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield. The interment was in the Clinton Cemetery. Irvington. Miss Campbell died on Tuesday afternoon of heart disease. George Sickler, of Mountainside, was arrested by Constable Edward Rubin yesterday on complaint of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for keeping a horHe with out water or food for four days. The horse was shot by the officer and S'ckler was held under a $300 bond for a hearing before Justice of the Peace William Carter, on May 12. E. F. Cochran and family, of East Orange, moved into the new Brook side building at Morris and Flemer avenues, today. The Zunlan Trio, of East Orange, will give a concert this evening in (he Springfield Methodist Episcopal Church, under the auspices of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Brady—Regan [Special to llie Kvcning Star.] MORRISTOWN, April 24.—A pretty April wedding was solemnized in the Church of the Assumption Tuesday afternoon, w’hen Rev. Thomas Ellard, the administrator of the church, unit ed James J. Brady and Miss Cath erine Regan, both of this town. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Mary A. Regan, as maid of honor, and Michael Brady tvas his brother's best man. The bride was attired in a white traveling suit and wore a white picture hat. She carried a bouuuet of Killnrney roses. The maid of honor also wore a white serge traveling suit and a picture hat. She curried a bouquet of tea roses. After the ceremony a recep tion was held at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. John Smith, and was attended by about forty relatives and friends of the couple. The house was decorated with cut flowers and palms. After a short trip to Atlantic City Mr. and Mrs. Brady will reside In this town. Madison Notes Mrs. Vincent Van Horn, of West Sand I,nke, New York, is a guest for a few days of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Squier, of Prospect street. The regular weekly Bible class was held In the Y. M. C. A. building last evening, with Rev. Victor W. Mori teaching. The supper afterward was served by the ladies of the Woman’s Ancillary, under the leadership of Mrs. W. E. Sehenck. A successful euchre and dance was given by St. Patrick’s Alliance in their rooms on King’s road last even ing. The hall was well filled, and a substantial sum waa realized. An adjourned meeting of the com mon council will be held on Monday evening in the council chamber. It is probable that at this time the offi cials of the Lackawanna railroad will pass Judgment on the ordinance for the elimination of grade crossings in Madison, which was put on first reading last Monday. A public hear ing will be held on May 4. Albert E. Hutchins, of Woodland road, has returned to his home here, after having spent a week in New York. Mrs. Walter H, Condict, of Prospect street, will give a Bible reading this afternoon in Webb Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Condict recently returned from Saranac Lake. Mrs. Benjamin VanAlen, of eJrsey City, is a guest for a few days of her sister, Miss Louise Hopping, of Green avenue. L. M. Shadboit, who was recently employed with the Madison Eagle, is now in Mexico, where he is acting as war correspondent for several Eastern papers. The May meeting of the Madison Chapter of the American Institute of Child Life will be held at the home of Mrs. Arthur M. Decker, its presi dent, on Loantaka way. The Madison Club met last night at the home of William P. Tuttle, on Greep avenue. The weekly dance under the aus pices of the recreation committee of the Thursday Morning Club was given last evening in the Central avenue school building. Mrs. Richard Howdl is a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Paulmier, of Madison avenue, Ueorge uaruon, wno recently pur chased two houses on Kings road from the Lackawanna railroad, has begun the removal of the dwellings to his property on Central avenue. Mrs. Michael Fortunate, who has been a guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Defllische, of Prospect place, has re turned to her home In New York. A. J. MacDonald, of Green avenue, will leuve tomorrow to spend the week-end with his parents, in Pater son. Reginald Burnham, of Rosedale avenue, has returned from a trip through South Jersey. Lewis Diekhut and family, of Chat ham, have leased the Cosgrove house, on Sampson avenue, and expect to move there at once. Mr. and Mrs. Charles. F. Cohurn were visitors at the local Y. M. C. A. yesterday afternoon. Mr. Coburn Is State secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of New Jersey. In Webb Memorial Chapel Sunday evening Rev. E. A. McAlpin will preach on "Mica—A Man with His Religion Stolen.” Mrs. B. M. Tipple, of Rome, Italy, who has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Tipple, of Drew Seminary, has returned to Orange. Summit Cleric to Manage Sunday Baseball Team [Special to the Kvenlns sta?'.| SUMMIT, April 24.—At the meet last night, Robert J. Murphy, who Is lng of St. Teresa’s Amusement Club assisting in the organization of a baseball team, to be composed of members of the club, reported thut the Carlton Academy baseball ground, near Morris avenue, had been secured for Sunday games. Rev. John M. Rennet, assistant pas tor of St. Teresa’s Church, was elected manager of the team, and he will receive challenges from all .first class semi-professionnl teams. It was O' • (i to order uniforms at once, which will be of white and maroon i: "lur. Uhe team will play under the name of St. Teresa’s B. B. C. There are fifteen candidates for the team, who will report for their first practise game Sunday afternoon. The Carlton Academy baseball field is one of the most perfect In this section. It is easy of access, being only 3 short distance from the centre and adjacent to th“ trolley line. The young men -ef the club are very en thusiastic, and Father Bennet is looking forward to a successful Ini tial season. Dover Notes | i ______ __ . _ _ _ - , The pupils of Miss Bessie Buchanan will give a recital in the First Meth odist Church next Wednesday eve ning. The Daughters of Liberty are ar ranging to hold a boom meeting in over, .June 18, at which the State of ficers of the lodge will be present. The International Bible Students will meet in Knights of Pythias Hall at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Burdge, of | Richards avenue, are entertaining the latter’s mother, Mrs. CharleB Gordon, of Montville. Mrs. Samuel J. Sutton, of Park ave nue, left today to spend a fortnight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sutton, at East Orange. Rev. T. F. Gates, of Asbury ark, will preach at the Christian and Mis sionary Alliance service, in the Swedish M. E. Church Sunday after noon at 4 o'clock. A minstrel show will be given in the auditorium of the High School tonight by a number of girl students. The show will be repeated tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. William G. Hosking will re turn to her home in Mount Hope avenue In a few days from a New York hospital, where she has been undergoing treatment for the past bIx weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Madison, of Myrtle avenue, are entertaining Miss Cassie Rogers, of New York city. Mahlon Martin has returned to his home at Union Hill, following a visit of several days at the home of his mother, Mrs. George W. Grant, of 2 Oak street. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Tillyer, of Washington, D. C., are the parents of a baby boy. Mrs. W. L. R. Lynd, of Randolph avenue, mother of Mrs. Tillyer, is visiting the family at Washington. A meeting of Adah Rebekah Lodge, I. O, O. F„ will be held in their lodge-room tomorrow night. A baby boy has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Rech, in Bast Blackwell street. Mrs. J. Howard Hulsart, of South Morris street, is spending several several days with relatives In New York city. Howard Tice Is still In a critical condition at his home in Guy street from pneumonia. The Civil Service Commission will examine candidates for positions on the election boards in Dover May 21. The Woman’s Club, co-operating with the Board of Health and' Com mon Council, will conduct a clean up week beginning Monday, May 6. The members of the Epworth League of the First Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keistra, in Hudson street, tonight. The annual election of offi cers will be held. The Dover Cubs will open their baseball season tomorrow afternoon, when they meet the Roxbury High School nine on the Cubs' new dia mond, near the Dover Boiler Works. The Dover Choral Society are plan ning to present the oratorio “Elijah” next month. Make this your “Meat" A nourishing, satisfying strengthening dish that tempts the palate and gives stomach comfort after the digestive organs have wrestled with high-proteid foods— Shredded Wheat Biscuit With Strawberries Nothing so delicious, nothing so easily digested, noth ing so easy to prepare. The only breakfast cereal that combines naturally with berries and other fruits. Heat one or more Biscuits in the oven to restore crispness; then cover with berries or other fresh fruit 5 serve with milk or cream and sweeten to suit the taste. Better than soggy white flour “short-cake” ; contains no yeast, no baking powder, no fats, no chemicals of any kind-~just the meat of the golden wheat, steam-cooked, shredded and baked. The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y. - ---1—1 First Husband to Bury Suicide Bigamist Whom Younger Man Discarded [Bpeclal to tlie Evening Star.) JERSEY CITY, April 24.—The body of the young woman who committed suicide Wednesday night at Union street and New York avenue, Union Hill, was identified yesterc>» by two men who each said she was his wife. James Edwards, eighty-two years old, of 204 First street, Hoboken, said he had married her four years ago, when she wras sixteen years old, be cause he had known her since she was a child and wished her to get a pension as his widow, he having fought in the Civil War. A few months after they were married, he said, she left him, and he had been trying to find her ever since. He wept when he saw her body and had to be assisted from the morgue. He said he w ould bury her. William Martin, of 105 Palisade avenue, also identified the body as that of his wife. He said he had married her a year ago, and that three months ago, when she first told him of her marriage to Edwards and that she did not have a divorce, he left her. He said she had gone to his home Wednesday night, and when he refused to take her back she said she would kill herself, but he did not believe the threat. Half an hour later she was found in the street, suffering pain, and said she had swallowed carboic acid. Girl Stenographer, on Stand, Confesses to Wife’s Charges JERSEY CITY, April 24.—Mss Ethel Sneden. of 211 Palisade avenue, the corespondent in the divorce suit of Mrs. Margaret Reese, of 108 At lantic street, against Albert W. Reese, testified yesterday that the charges against her were true The case was heard by Advisory Master in Chancery Frank P. McDermott in Chancery chambers here. Reese is the president of H. C. Reese & Co., of 188 Palisade avenue, cleaners and refurnishers. Miss Sne den is his stenographer. - She seemed on the verge of collapse as she told of her conduct with Reese at his shop. Advisory Master Mc Dermott said he would recommend a d.vorce and give Mrs. Reese the cus tody of her ch'ld and $13 a week ali mony. Reese was not present. New Jersey Naval Reserves Drilling Aboard Gunboat HOBOKEN, April 24.—The 300 mem bers of the New Jersey Naval Re serves drilled aboard the gunboat Marietta, moored at the foot of Six teenth street, were told to be pre pared for service. Commander Jesse Foster said last night that he ex pected a call to arms before the Mex ican trouble is over. Should the re serves go to the front, they will em bark on one of the transports or small type gunboats. Hudson Troop, Hoboken’s cavalry organization, is also ready to go to Mexico, Most of the cavalrymen are engaged in business, but if the,y are, needed at the front' bus'ness will be' abandoned. Several of this meniliens have suggested the troop go to Mex ico whether they are needed or not.' Worrying Mother Asks U. S. to Find Nurse in Mexico METUCHEN, April 24.—Mrs. Mary Browning, a widow, of this place, al most frantic because of the fact that she has not heard from her daugh ter, Miss Dora Browning, head nurse at the hospital at Guanajuto, Mexico, seventy-five miles from Mexico City, for almost a month, has decided to appeal to the Department of War for some information regarding her. Miss Browning, who Is about twenty years of age, was one of the most popular young women in this sec tion. INTERNATIONAL CHESS ST. PETERSBURG, April 25.—In the second round of the International chess masters' tourney yesterday the following results were recorded; Ca- I pablanoa, Uarkar and Alechlne drew with Marshall, Niomzowltsch and j Blackburne. respectively; Bernstein ■ beat Gunsberg, and Tarrasch and Jnnowski adjourned their game. The scores of the leading p'ayers: Bern stein, 2; Alechlne, Capabtnnca and Laskar, 1 % each. Civil Service Questions [Special to the Evening Star.] TRENTON, April 24.—The Civil Service Commission, in accordance with its custom in the past, is today issuing for the use of candidates for examination for election officers a complete list of all the questions which are to be used in this year’s examination. The section of the gen eral election act as compiled by the secretary of state of New Jersey, In which the answer to each question is to be found, is noted after the ques tion. These questions do not eover any of the laws passed this year us these were not available for study at the time the questions were pre pared. | OBITUARY |' William G. Bulkeley JERSEY CITY, April 24.—William G. Bulkeley, an active member of the Bergen Baptist Church, died yester day at his home, 470 Brumhall ave nue, Jersey City. Mr. Bulkeley was born In Albany sixty-five years ago and was retired from business. He is survived by his widow and one son, W. V. C. Bulkeley, purchasing agent for the Columbus Railway Light and Power Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Catherine E. Lefferts ASBURY PARK, April 24.—Mrs. Catherine Eyre Lefferts, who cele brated her ninety-seventh birthday last month, died yesterday at the ; home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph D. j Taylor, 1007 Fifth avenue, North As bury. Mrs. Lefferts was born In | Sheffield, England, and came to this | country with her parents when a j child. She was the widow of John A. Lefferts, who was prominent In Ma sonic circles. William J. Leslie BAYONNE, April 24.—William J. I Leslie, for twelve years superintend ent of the construction department of the Standard Oil Company here, died yesterday of a complication of dts- j eases at hls home, 27 Clendenny ave nue. Jersey City. He was forty-one, years old and leaves his wife and two j daughters. Casper Winter A high mass of requiem will be sung tomorrow morning at the Church of Our Lady of the Valley for the happy repose of the soul of Casper Winter, of 102 Nassau street. Orange. Mr. Winter died on Wednes day from a compl'oation of diseases. He is survived by his widow and two daughters. Yele Defeats League Team. Yale opened with a savage attack against the New Haven team of the Eastern Association yesterday after noon. at New Haven, scoring five runs In the first inning. 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