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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
MONTCLAlR.

The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the First congregational
Church win meet today in the church
parlors.
Mark Andrews will give an organ re-
cital in st. Luke's Episcopal Church
Thursday evening. He will be assisted
by Clifford Cairns.
Mrs. Charles Fear. of 80 North will
low street, left today for a two months
visit with friends at San Francisco.
The ladies of the Church of the Inn
maculate Conception are arranging to
hold a carnival FOR the benefit of the
new church building fund. The date
has not yet been decided on.
The first prayer meeting services will
be held in the new Presbyterian Church,
Upper Montclair, tomorrow night.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas T. Bertram, of
Midland avenue, have returned from a
visit to Waterbury, Conn
A woman, leading a child by the
hand, who refused to give her name,
had a narrow escape from being run
down by an automobile in front Of the
Montclafr Savings Bank. in Bloomfield
avenue, this morning. She was cross
ing the street from Hooe's newsstand
and had just hurried across the tracks
when the, automobile came along. The
woman, with great presence of mind,
lifted the child, which was about 9
years old, and placed it on the tonneau
of the car. The auto was slowing ND
at the time and she held the child firm
on the car as she ran nimbly back
ward. The auto was stopped and the
woman picked the child off the machine
and hurried down the avenue.
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HE MATCHES PET SWAPPING TURTLES

Snap ing turtles made to order IS Otto
Becker's latest. Mr.. Becker Is an Irv-
lngton turtle connoisseur, and his latest
discovery is that if you lake the matured
eggs of a female snapper, bury them in
the ground. and wait long enough. TINT
the eggs will hatch out of their own
%volition, and then you nave swapping
turtles made to order. OF course, there
is nothing new about burying swapping
turtle eggs to make them hatch, as any
old lady snapper might tell you il you
understood her language, but for the ordi-
fully is rather unusual.
The history of Mr.. Becker's swapping
turtle farming goes like this.
On June 70 he captured a l02-pOund
on his way to work in Springfield.
The snapper was crossing the road, SO Mr..
Becker, whose knowledge of swapping
turtles grew as he did, gathered it in as
only an expert knows how. He took it
and proceeded to carve it UP. Not,
until il had snapped the head off
a quart beer bottle. The eggs he found
to be well matured, and there were
t~wenty-eight OF them.
On the following day, June q last, he
put fourteen OF them in the mud along
the Railway River, near Springfield, and
eggs. and he found them always to be in
good cond. ton. On October Z he made an
examination and was surprised to find
three tiny little objects walking around
near where the eggs were. They were
freshly Matched snappers about an inch
and a half each way ana with abnormally
large heads and soft shells. He took them
home, along with a few of the eggs that
seemed ready to hatch. These eggs he
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
ROW OVER VERONA WALK.
Borough Council Hears Objections from
Elmwood Road Men.

A lively discussion took place at the
Verona Borough Council meeting last
night over the removal Of a board walk
in Elmwood road. The walk had been
laid by property-owners on the street. The
borough in repairing the street took the
walk up. Frank Kidder and John NJ.
Harris, residents in the street, made a
vigorous protest, and stated that William
A.. Smith, one Of the councilmen, and
also a resident in the street, was favored,
and hat his lawn extended to the street,
SO that the ~neighbors were obliged to
walk around or walk on the grass. The
matte. was referred to the street and
highways committee, which will report at
the nexu rleeting of the Council
Another bone of contention was a petit
tion to dedicate Forest street to the
borough. This question has been before
the Council for the last four or five meet
ings. The trouble is that lots have been
sold and houses built in Forest street be-
fore 1t was graded or had been accepted
by the borough, and the property-owners
cannot agree as to what lines the street
should take. Until this matter is settled
by the property-owners the street and
highways committee will not act.
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buried In a box of sand, and what was
his surprise, a few hours later, to see one
OF the shells crack open. Out came an
inquisitive looking head. The world was
a strange place after the close contine-
ment in the she'll and the snapper, his
tiny eyes shining brightly, gazed around
with apparent wonder. Evidently salts
fled with WA it saw it promptly got
busy forcing its way out. Snap, snap, out
came q front paw. Snap. snap, out came
another, and so on until the little creature
water near, and curious to learn if the
saying that q snapper goes straight to
the nearest water when Matched is true,
he watched. Although the snapper was
headed away from the water when II
came from the shell, true to tradition, ii
scrambled II, a Decline for the pool.
Soon another egg opened and the SAINT
experiment was made with the water with
the same results.
Altogether Mr. Becker has 81 far sue
ceeded in Matching seven snappers. Two
Becker. OF Burnett venue Hilton, and
two to Jacob e.. Stewart, of Boyden ave-
nue.. Hilton. and ali are alive and healthy.
They are still living on a peculiar food
that nature provides for them n the shape
of a long appendage that hangs just below
the neck and trails a couple of inches over
the ground. The p~ossesors Of the turtles
viii try to raise them.
The old mother turtle, Mr.. Becker found,
had a big clean fish hook embedded in =
fieshy part inside. How the hook ever
travelled to that part CT the animals body
is a mystery TO Mr.. Becker as the hook is
bent as though II had caught In the ami
mails mouth and In the struggle the snail
broke
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~IRvINGToN AMI HILTON.

Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles 8. Carpenter, of
Springfield avenue, Hilton, went to
Yonkers for a short stay this morning,
The delegates Of the Epworth League
Society of the Hilton M. f. Church to the
Newark district convention to be held in
the Centenary M. Il. Church, of this city,
tomorrow is composed Of the pastor, the
Rev. William S. Coeylnan, the president;
Seymorc Coeyman, Miss Charlotte Pfeiffer,
Miss Althier Z. SrnfrrG Miss Louise Haw-
kin ana James Wright.
The trustees of the Hilton Nj. e. Church
met last night and arranged for the pay
ment for the improvements to the new
parsonage. The cost of these, including
the installation of a bath, will be about
Commissioner Bartosch, b the Irvington
Health Board, and Freebooter Louis r..
Voorhees, visited the bridges spanning
>Sklnkle Brook at Clinton and Springfield
avenues, Irvihgton, Saturday for the pur-
pose of finding a remedy for the nuisance
said to exist there because of supposed
faulty drainage. At the time the repre-
sentatiyes of tho two boards visited the
bridges there was apparently no reason
for complaint. Mr.. Bartoseh said, but he
ascertained that several residents living
along the brook have cesspools which over
flow the banks, and these people will be
required to connect with the sewer.
A regular meeting of Democrats will be
held tonight at the home of Alfred Il.
Sorgenfree, 1919 Springfield avenue. Final
arrangements will be made for a three
weeks active campaign for the local
comfy and State candidates.
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BELLEvILLE.

Miss Anna S, Todd, of Brooklyn, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Abner
Tully. of Washington VENUE, has re-
turned home.
The Adulescentes Club met Saturday at
the home of Miss Laura E. De Puy, of
Washington avenue. These officers were
elected: President, Miss Norma J. Van
Ripper; vice-president, Miss Edna w.
Ryan; treasurer. Miss Eliza v. Roeck;
secretary, Miss De Puy. The mex meet
ing will be held at the home of Miss
Edith NJ. McGivern October 26.
Carrie Evans, negress, was arrested at
n house III CORTLAND street this morning
by Chief OF Police Flynn on a warrant
issued by Justice of the Peace Samuel
Peicer, Of Paterson. The woman was
charged with abandoning her child in the
Silk City. When the woman was arraign-
ed before Police Justice Cornell it was
brought out that the child vas with her.
She took 1t from Paterson a few nights
ago. She was discharged after the Pater-
son justice was communicated with.
Tessie Michaels. about 8 years old, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Michaels, Of
141 Verona avenue, Newark, wandered
away from home yesterday afternoon and
found her way to John street, Belleville,
She was turned over to Chief Of Police
Flynn, who notified her parents.
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SOUTH ORANGE.

For the FIRST time in its history, Seton
Hall College Will be represented by q
basketball team this winter. Several OF
players of the game, and q fast team ls
expected. Alumni Hall will be used for
the sport.
N. S. Barlow, of Hillside place, has
gone to Flushing, Long Island.
The Rev. John NJ. Mcdonald, curate OF
the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, has
begun taking the yearly census of the
parish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c.. Shadwell. of
Strathern avenue. are visiting their par
ents after a long stay on board ship. 1t
former has been home. Thomas Shadwell,
another sor, Is now employed in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, and paid a visit to
his parents a few days ago.
The winter police schedule went into
effect today. 1t provides for the doing
away with the day bicycle cops, who take
their turns on various posts at night and
allows the summe night men to do day
duty.
Policeman Patrick Reynolds showed the
result of the police target practice to-
day by killing q supposed rabid dog while
running with one shot from his revolver.
Of United Workmen, gave a reception in
Masonic Hall last night. Three candi-
dates were initiated.
william c.. Brown, of Academy street,
has returned from Asbury Park.
Roundsman Theodore Steve, who was in
jured Friday night by colliding with a
carriage on South Orange avenue, near
the Lackawanna Railroad crossing. has
recovered sufficiently to resume his duties.
Invitations nave been extended to all Re-
publicans to attend a smoker and rally to
be held in the South Orange Republican
Club headquarters, South Orange avenue
and Sloan street, tomorrow night,
William King, of Second street, has re-
turned from Long Branch.
Mrs. Charles r. Taylor, of Academy
street, has returned from a stay at Middle
town, Conn.
The vital statistics report for the past
month shows that twelve marriages were
performed, eleven births and six deaths.
South Orange branch of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association is arrang-
Ing for a euchre party to be held early
next month.
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SEARCHED roR pEAp DOG.

The unimposing funeral of a dog owned
by Patrick Callahan, of Is North Jefferson
street, Orange, has been delayed after some
lively searching for the remains on the
part Of the Orange police and Health Off
Ger Eugene Sullivan. The animal bit
Stephen w. Williams, of 10 Linden place,
orange. several days ago and DR.. w. Ii.
Bradshaw cauterized the wound. The
owner Of the dog, the police say, was di-
rected to keep tabs on the dog, but yester-
day Mrs. Callahan sent for Policeman Tim
othy Cronen to kill the animal. In the
absence of any information concerning the
request of the Health Board Cronen
promptly killed the animal as it lay on a
PACK stoop. but no blood came from the
two bullet holes. The dog was later given
to the city scayenger and today Officer
sullivan had a lively search for the place
where the dogs body was put, and Frank
A. Moloney, head of the ~scavenger depart
ment, and his men got the corpse. 1t was
then Grated and will be examined by d..
y; w. Poor, of the Health Board, for pos
sible evidences of rabies.
Mr.. Williams and his relatives took part
IN the search for the body as he is feel
v~elopments.
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SUBURBAN WEDDINGS.
Dexter-ogIe.

Miss Ethel Ogle. of Montclair, was mar
ried to Hiram Dexter, of Brookline, Mass,
last evening at Z o'clock at the residence
of e. G.. Burgess 1852 South Mountain ave-
nue.. Montclair, an uncle Of the bride, by
the Rev. F. b. Carer, pastor of st. Luke's
Episcopal Church. Montclair. The maid
of honor vas Miss Florence Post. OF
Montclair. The bridesmaids were Miss
Della Dexter. sister of the BRIDEGROOM,
and Miss Ethel Parker, of Providence, r.
/. The flower girl was Miss Jean Bur-
CESS, q cousin of the bride. The best man
was Walter Marsden, of Brookline, Mass.
Howard Ogle, of Montclair, and Russell
Coolidge, of Brookllne, were the ushers.
A reception followed the ceremony. The
house was decorated with autumn leaves
and chrysanthemums. MI. and Mrs. Dex-
ter will reside in Brookline, Mass, upon
their return from an extended wedding
tour.
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MORE HIGH SCHOOL
FACILITIES NEEDED.
East Orange School Superintendent Says
in His Annual Report That Situation
There is Growing Serious.

Attention was called TO the urgent need
of increased High School facilities by Su-
~perintendent of Schools Vernon L. Davey,
Of East Orange, in his annual report for
1867, presented at the meeting of the
Board of Education of that city last night.
Immediate and strenuous action is nee
essary," he said. 1.-THE problem is how
good a school system can we maintain
He said that East Orange is in a crit
zeal condition. owing to the fact that
numbers of cheap houses. are being erected
in various parts of the city, and through
the work Of real estate spectators UNI
slightly buildings are being erected in ex-
elusive streets, thus detracting from the
beauty of East Orange and It's advantages
as a residential city. He held that one
way to counterfeit this advantage, and at
tract well-to-do citizens to the city was
fifSt-class schools.
ITO have good schools" he stated, 'is
a matter of good business policy, and to
degrade the high school Is to strike a
ble gg at at the pr0gressS Of III the ,n CITY, IN the
teachers salary schedule, to compete with
New York and Newark. A material In
crease must be made in the near future,
he said, or the teaching force will de-,
teriorate. He made a comparison between
the salaries paid In East Orange and those
In this city. and stated that in the prox-
unity to this city and the great induce
ment of higher salaries, lay. the greatest
danger to the teaching staff of East Or
ange.
Edwin Fl. butcher. principal of the East
ern School, vas granted a weeks leave
of absence to attend the convention Of
the Brotherhood of Mems Clubs, which
be held at Cincinnati early next month.
MI. butcher, who goes as the delegate
from the mems club of the Murr Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, East Orange;
will return by way of Cleveland and
Washington, where he will make an in
speetion of the schools.
John ]. Fort was appointed assistant
janitor of the High School at a salary
of $50 a month.
The secretary was instructed to make a
protest on behalf of the board against the
opening of Ashland place.
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2. o. Doc wARpEr,s REpnpr

Emmett r. Lee. dog warden Of Fast
Orange. last night presented his renort
fo- the yeai TO the East Orange ritv
Council. Lee reported that 62S dogs bad
been put to death in the gas tank at tha
police station, AZ were shot, I were lriIleS
cars. $40 dogs were impounded during The
year and 800 complaints were recelved
Mr.. Lee now uses an automobile ia 20 an
his daily rounds, and it was also an
nounced last night that he has a new do~
pound at the rear of his home in Primes,
ton street. and the CounciImen were IN
noon; Sundays excepted.
Recorder Franklin w. Fort sent n let-
ter to the Council in which he recifed ,hat
against barking and vicious dogs Sana ~.
heved there should be an amendmemt
mace TO the ordinance providing that the
licenses for these kind Of dogs should be
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ORANGE LYCEUM'S OPENING
Twenty-ffth Year Begun with Enter
tainment, Games and Dancing.

The Orange Valley Lyceum had It's
twenty-fifth nua opening reception last
night In Lyceum Hall, Orange, oO
members and friends. with the fair sex
well represented, enjoyed the many fea-
lures provided. In addition to the prize
games an entertainment and dance was
enjoyed and refreshments were served.
The first prize in the bowling contests
was won by William Spain. John Nc
Loughlin won second and John OMara,
third. Michael Culliney won the first prize
in billiards. and Edward Hanley the first
pool prize.
The following committees were in charge:
Reception, J. A. O'Mara, NJ F. Condron,
William Fl. Dalton. Walter e. Matthews.
George Smith, Michael Culliney, Edward
Hanley and John Mclaughlin; refresh
ments. Miss Kathryn Mclaughlin, Miss
Mary Newman, Miss Agnes Madden, Miss
Nellie McTasney. Mrs. Gilliafd, Mrs. Stahl,
Margaret Whalen. Miss Mary Bren-
nan and Miss Carrie %Schuplein.
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COUNCIL AS CRITIC
ROASTSASSESSMENTB BOARD
OF EAST oRk,.GE.
City Fathers There Demand That AS
sessment Members Attend Council
Meetings in the Future.

Members of the East Orange Assessment
Commission were criticised for not being
present at meetings of the East Orange
City Council when assessments were to
come up for consideration by members of
the latter body last night. Vigorous objec-
lions were voiced by several property own
ers against the assessments, and as no
member of the commission was present the
assessments were laid over. It was de-
cided to have the commission members
present at these meetings. and they will
be requested to do so by City Clerk Lincoln
Z. Rowley.
w are losing two weeks and often a
months time owing TO the absence of the
commissioners on several occasions" said
Councilman Onward S. Pierson, speaking
on the matter. Money is tied up and
the city is compelled to borrow money in
the meantime 1t is an expensive propo-
sition. and the Council should require the
commissioners to be present.
There was strenuous objection voiced to
the assessment for the widening of Ash
land place by the Board of Education,
Francis w. Jackson and others, and also
against the opening of the t~horoughfare,
the claim being that the alleged improve
ment was designed to benefit a Newark
firm of spectators.
Councilman Brown said that the opening
of the street had been hanging fire two
years and heard 1t was on the minutes of
the Board Of Education that no protest
would be made in case the alleged inn
was started, and 1t was not fair
because of the delay that 400 feet of prop
erty should lay idle land the city not re-
ceive taxes for it. Mr.. Brown also thought
1t unfair, if he had been correctly informed
about the boards meeting, that MEMBERS
of that body should offer protest when the
opening of the street would save a walk
of one block for the school children in
going to and from school,.
William G. Thomas, president of the
Board of Education, protested against the
matter as a citizen, and as nj member of
the Assessment Commission was present
the whole affair was laid over until No
vember.
Protests were also lodged against the
assessment for the Princeton street i'm
provement by Andrew w. Baigrie, a former
Councilman, and Emmett R. Lee, but 1t
was confirmed.
1t was stated that one property owner
on the street was not assessed for all his
frontage. Then Mr.. Leo Offered some
logic. 'It will take Just as much
macadam to go in front of his house as 1t
will In front Of mine, so he ought to pay
the same" The assessment, however, was
confirmed.
e. j.. Stretch also objected to what he
claimed to be a heavy assessment OF a
gore of land he owned in Renshaw avenue.
1t was just big enough, he said, to erect
q chicken coop on, but as Eest Orange does
not like to see chickens raised in the city
he couldn't do that. 1t was a white ele-
plant" on his hands. he stated. The as
sessment was laid over until members of
the commission can appear and explain.
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EAST ORANGE COUNCIL SPLIT OVER GIVING
ORANGE FIRM STREET REPAIRING WORK.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEN
BREAK STREET SIGNS.
Glen Ridge Council Will Try to Make
the Corporation Pay for the
Damage.

Very little business was transacted at
last nights meeting of the Glen Ridge
Borough Council Acting Mayor George
c.. White reported that about $40 worth
of street signs placed in gas lamps were
broken each year by men in the employ
of the Public Service Corporation who
cleaned the lamps. Heretofore Mr.. White
said the borough had paid for the broken
signs, but he thought the Public Service
should do so, inasmuch as its men broke
them. The Borough Council will take the
matter up with the Public Service.
Mr.. White was authorized to expend SSo
to have some wires placed underground.
Petitions for sidewalks on Forest avenue.
wildwood terrace and Hillside avenue
were referred to the proper committees.
A distributing box placed on Maolis ave-
nue. by the New York and New Jersey
Telephone Company was objected to by
the residents, and the company will be
ordered to remove 1t.
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TRACTION MAGNATES
MET IN EAST ORANGE.
Ryan, Dolan, Widener and Others Said
to Have Consulted at Thomas A.
Nevins's Home.

Prominent traction magnates, including
Thomas F. Ryan, Thomas Dolan and p.
A. B. Widener, are said to rave met quiet
ly at the home of Thomas A. Nevins, 100
Harrison street, East Orange, Sunday aft
ernoon, to talk over the traction probe
now being conducted by the Public Serv-
ice Commission in New York city. Mr..
Nevins, according to his secretary today,
refuses to discuss the matter at all. The
secretary said that several men and wom-
en- were at the Nevins home Sunday, but
that Is as far as he would go.
According to certain reports nine men ar
rived there in automobiles during the morn
ing. The three principals were those mem
toned by Anthony N. Brady, at the New
York hearing, in connection with the buy
ing OF his Wall and Cortlandt Street Fer
ries Railway.
Accompanying the Philadelphians were
Randall Morgan and Thomas A. Bodine,
their right-hand supporters in traction and
gas corporations. No meeting of leaders
of high finance being complete without
the guidance of lawyers, several of these
experts were In attendance. Paul Cravath
Nicoll represents the Metropolitan Com
pany, and John G. Johnson is chief ad-
wiser of the P~hiladelphians.
late Thomas Nevins, builder Of trolley
lines for many traction companies in
Amepica and England. The elder Nevins
from Ireland a number OF years ago.
He became a contractor, acquired great
wealth and purchased the fine home IN
East Orange. The East Orange house and
great wealth were given to his son, the
host of Sundays conference. He has an
office at Al Wall street, a banking and
brokerage establishment, under the name
of Thomas Nevins G. Son.
Besides building trolley lines, which
brought him in contact with the traction
magnates, Mr.. Nevins has Pennsylvania
coal interests with the Philadelphians. lie
is deeply interested in many of their en-