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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
His Mission to Italy.

New York City.-Lieutenant JOS
eph P~etrosino, who was assassinated
in Palermo, would have been forty
nine years old had he lived until next
October. He was of medium height,
inclined to be stout, and Up to a short
time ago wore a stubby mustaehe,
This was sacrificed to his work, how.
ever, and for some months he had
been clean shaver. He was quiet in
manner, rarely talking about his
work unless it was his business to
talk. He never carried his profess
sional problems home with him.
There, with his violin, which he
played unusually well, and with his
little family, he enjoyed life.
Lieutenant Petrosino less than two
years ago married his pretty country.
woman, Adelina Saulina, and they
went to live in an apartment on the
third floor of 233 Lafayette street, on
the edge of the italian district of the
east side. Three months ago q girl
baby was born.
Petrosino went to his death in the
"big" work of his career. Several
times before he had been on cases of
international Importance, but this
time he was doing the work of justice
on a broad scale. 1t was he more
perhaps than any other man who
brought home to the local and the
Federal authorities the realization of
the fact that the fight on the Italian
criminal here must be begun anew
abroad. Petrosino, with his intimate
knowledge of the Little Italys Of the
city and the surrounding sections,
saw daily the steady increase of tho
criminal class, mostly recruited from
the bandits of Italy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Sues Church For Property.

Some nice points of law are in
volved in a suit instituted by Mrs.
Charlotte Quaireli Lippincott, a well
known soprano ~soloist, to recover
some $4,000 worth of real estate from
Trinity P. E. Church, Vineland. The
property was presented to the church
some year ago by Mrs. Mary Ann
Crane Kent, who some time later
went to live with Mrs. Lippincott. A
few days prior to her death Mrs.
Kent willed everything she had to
Mrs. Lippincott, and the claim is
based upon this will. The peculiar
phase of the Ease is that Mrs. Kent,
shortly preceding her death, had re-
quested a return of the church prop
erty to her, and Bishop Scarborough
had ordered the transfer, but death
interviewed before the transaction
could be closed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Woman President Some Day.

The second annual debate of the
New Jersey Interscholastic Debating
League, on the question, Resolved,
That a tariff for revenue only would
be preferable to our present protect
i've policy" was won at Montclair by
the Montclair Academy, which de-
feated both the Montclair High School
and Newark High School teams. The
Academy team had the affirmative
side. There were two girls on the
Montclair High School team, and w.
B. Dickson, first vice-president of the
United States Steel Corporation, who
presided rel the debates, paid them
the compliment of saying that after
hearing their arguments on the tariff
question he would not be surprised If
the promise of the ~suffragists that a
woman would some day be President
Of the United States was fulfilled.
The girls were Miss Emily M. Van
Orden and Miss Eva Rose, captain of
the team.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Blaze Follows Twins.

Fire that Quilted the home of Will
lam Gorwood, a Burlington insurance
agent, followed close upon a visit
from the stork and the thrilling res
III of Mrs. Gorwood and twins but a
few hours old, were features of the
exciting blaze. The Gorwood home
is on the Camden road, outside the
city limits, and before Burlington
hremen, summoned by telephone,
reached the scene the structure was
badly Quilted. Wrapped in quilts the
mother and babies were taken to the
nearest house. The woman's chances
of recovery were bettered by the
prompt attention of her physician
DR.. J.. M. Davis, who had left the
home not an hour before and who
drove a horse nearly to death in get
ing back. Policeman Sell found Mrs.
Sara Moore, an aged woman, half
s~uffocated in a top floor room. In her
excited condition she refused to leave
her valuables, although burning en-
bers were falling around her. Sell
made a dash Gro a fiame-swept
area, grabbed Mrs. Moore in his arms
and carried her to the ground. Sparks
from a bonfire lodged on the roof and
started the blaze.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Our Eternal Name.

aye blessed of My Father" this is
the eternal name given to Gods chill
dren through the grace of His Son
Jesus Christ. The words fall with a
cadence of infinite sweetness on the
hearts of all way-worn toilers upon
the eternal way. They Danish panic
fears that Cypress III loneliness and
vex our souls in the midst of the best
happiness that earth can give. They
rise soft and clear above the toiling
of the world, and the strife with sin
and temptation and speak peace to
the troubled heart. They quell the
fear of death itself and unite US by
the current of Christ's life-giving love
to the Father Himself, and we enter
into the kingdom prepared for our
coming from the foundation of the
world"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
JANER, GUILTY, SENT
TO PRISON 2-YEARS
Brooklyn Man Convicted of As,
sauIt on Girl He Abducted.
BEGINS TERM IMMEDIATELY
Joseph NJ. Janer, Of Brooklyn, Was
Found Guilty of Abusing Little
Katherine Loerch-He Might
Have Been Sentenced to Death.

Have Been Sentenced to Death.
Baltimore, Md.-Ten minutes az.
ter the last argument was finished
Judges Burke and Duncan, at Tow
son, found Joseph F. Janer, of Brook
Ign, guilty of attacking little Rather
inc Loerch here. Ten minutes moro
had not passed before the judges sen.
fenced Janer to twenty-one years i'm.
prisonment in the Maryland Peniten.
tiary.
Janer showed no emotion. He be-
gan to serve his term at once. Kath.
crime, twelve years old, was taken I'd
her home, No. 343 Classon avenue,
Brooklyn, by her cousin, George
Dockweiler. Mrs. Janer also returned
to Brooklyn. She did not display
much distress when her husbands
sentence was pronounced.
Immediately after the judges rem
dered their decision, Guilty" J. G.
Clark, Janer's counsel, made the usual
motion for a new trial. But after a
conference with the court and States
Attorney Owens and a brief whispered
conversation with his client, Mr..
Clark announced that Janer was
ready to accept his punishment and
withdrew his motion for a new trial.
After the sentence Mr.. Clark said
frankly that he thought Janer, who
might have been sentenced to be
hanged, had been dealt with merci-
fully. !
Janer; testifying, denied ali the
accusations against him. The point
the defense accentuated was that la
Ter was so drunk all the time while
Katherine vas with him here as to be
stupid and helpless.
Asked how much he could drink;
Janer said he could hold a barrel of
the whisky he got in New York, but a
gill of Baltimore whisky put him to
the bad"
A saloonkeeper testified that in his
place In one day Janer drank a quart
Of whisky and part of another. An-
other witness describing Janer's con-
1ition said critically:
az should not say he was helpless;
because he could hold on to a lamp
post"
Mr.. Clark made an astute point.
He ASKED the judges to strike out
Kathtrine's testimony, that she is
twelve years old, as being hearsay.
The. court oyerruled him.
mo one knows what l have suf-
fered in the last fifteen years." said
Mrs. Janer, after she had kissed him
good-by. "Al1 amer of torment
have 1 suffered at Janer's hands, and
| am glad that he is where he car do
no harm to me or himself. I am we'll
acquainted with sorrow at this time.
I only live for my dear children. II
may be that discipline will benefit my
husband during his incarceration, but
[ doubt it, for he never has known tina
meaning Of the word"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
TORNADO ANSWER TO PRAYER.
Some Cuthbert Church Folk Jubilant
Over Wreck of the Town

Over Wreck of the Town.
Cuthbert, Ga.-The tornado which
struck this place destroyed over 800
buildings, killed six persons, injured
twenty-eight and left 500 families
destitute.
All this trouble came in answer to
prayer, SO some church folk say, and
was sent by God to warn the town to
escbew evil and pursue righteousness,
For a week before the storm a
great revival was in progress and
there were nightly prayers for God
to send a tornado or an earthquake to
warn the unrighteous. On the night
of the storm nearly a thousand per-
sons were at the revival service and
the storm came while a fervent
prayer was being made for God to
send some sign to warn the wicked.
When word reached the church
of the awful wreck the preacher
made a strong appeal to the people
and in the darkness cries and sup
plications went up to God mingled
with shouts of victory.
Next day a praise service was held
that God had answered the prayer
and melted the stony hearts of the
people.
The property loss will reach nearly
$500 600, and many sufferers no not
enjoy the jubilation Of church peo-
pie.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
TAFT'S FIRST MESSAGE
SENT TO CONGRESS
Asks Immediate Consideration of
the Dingley Act.
IMPORT DUTIES NEED CHANGES

The Successful Party in the Late
Election is Pledged to a Revision
of the Tariff-The Whole Coun-
try Expects 1t.
Washington, D. C.-The following
message on the tariff, remarkable for
its brevity and also very much short
er than had been anticipated, was
sent to Congress by President Taft:
ITO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
II have convened Congress in ex-
ira session in order to enable 1t to
give immediate consideration to the
revision of the Dingley tariff act.
Conditions affecting production,
manufacture and business generally
have so changed in the last twelve
years as to require a readjustment
and revision of the import duties I'M
posed by that act.
More than this, the present tariff
act, with the other sources of Govern
ment revenue, does not furnish in
come enough to pay the authorized
expenditures.
by July first next the excess of
expenses over receipts for the cur
rent year will equal 500, 100000.
"The successful party in the late
election is pledged to a revision of
the tariff.
"The country, and the business
community especially expect it. The
prospect of a change in the rates of
import duties always causes a sus-
pension or halt in business because
of the uncertainty as to the changes
to be made and their effect.
at is, therefore, of the highest i'm
portance that the new bill should be
agreed upon and passed with as much
speed as possible consistent with it's
due and thorough consideration. For
these reasons l have deemed the pres
ent to be an extraordinary occasion,
within the meaning of the Constitu-
ton, justifying and requiring the CALI
ing of an extra session.
"In my inaugural address, l stated
in a summary way the principles upon
which, in my judgment, the revision
of the tariff should proceed, and in
dicated at least one new source Of
revenue that might be properly re.
sorted to in order to avoid a future
deficit.
at is not necessary for me to re-
peat what I then said.
Il venture to suggest that the vital
business interests of the country re.
quire that the attention of the Con-
gress in this session be chiefly de-
voted to the consideration of the new
tariff bill, and that the less time given
to other subjects of legislation in this
session the better for the country.
(Signed) "WILIIAM H. TAFT"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
PETROsINO
4 BLACK HAND VICTIM
Slain in Sicily While on Secret
Mission.
WAS KILLED IN DARK SQUARE
Brave Sleuth Gripped His Own Re-
volver, But He Was Murdered in
al misunderstanding Escaped
Amid the Confusion.


Palermo, Sicily.-Lieutenant JOS
eph Petrosino, head of the Italian
squad of the New York Police De-
partment, was shot to death at 8
O'Clock p. m. under the shadow Of the
trees Of Marina Square, in this city.
Whether he was lured there or not
is unknown, but 1t is believed that
Petrosino, who during his stay in
Sicily had been indefatigable in
searching up the records of Sicilian
criminals, had gone to the square in
the hope of getting information which
he considered of the utmost im-
p%ortance.
The identity of the assassins has
not been disclosed, for they made
their escape after having assured
themselves of the death of the de-
tective. Not the slightest trace Of
them has yet been discovered, but
undoubtedly they were men who had
reason to dread Petrosino's presence
in Italy, either because he was on
their tracks or on the tracks of fell
low members of some of the secret
organizations in America. Petrosino
had managed to collect while here
much evidence of the criminality of
a large number of Italians who have
taken refuge in the United States
which would have given the American
Government the power to deport
them. In a number of cases Petrol
sino had traced murder to their
hands. His work will be largely de-
stroyed by his death, as he had not
had the time nor the opportunity to
place much of his data on record.
His assassination was a most cold
blooded one. He was attacked in the
darkness at the corner of the deserted
square by two men, who fired three
shots at him. Petrosino, though NOR
tally wounded, chung desperately to
life and showed at the very last mo.
ment extraordinary courage and cool.
ness. Though the blood was stream-
ing from him and he could feel that
death was near, he chung with one
hand to the grating of a nearby win
dow. He managed to draw his re-
volver and fire one shot and then fell
to the ground.
His bullet missed its mark, but
the noise of the explosion attracted
several persons. The first of these
was a sailor from the warship Gala
bria, who as he ran up saw the detec-
tive dragging himself to his feet and
grasping the iron bar with ~nerveless
hand, but as the sailor reached him
Petrosino fell again to the ground
covered with blood, which was flow.
ing from a desperate wound in the
face. His eyes were still staring as,
in a last effort to defend himself, he
turned, revolver in hand, to where
his a%ssailants had been. He was
dead before the sailor and others who
went to his assistance could raise
bis head.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Oppose Civil Service Change.

Strong opposition developed at
Trenton to the passing of the Acker-
man amendment to the Civil Service
law, by which residents of New York
would be eligible to take the tests
and enter the public service in New
Jersey. Those behind the Alderman
amendment say the hospitals cannot
get help, as the pay is too small fol-
Jerseymen to take. Physicians say
that to allow this amendment to go
through would open the way for New
York doctors to take the Civil Serv-
ice examination for physician at a
hospital and get the position despite
the fact that the law says a non-resi-
dent must pass the State Medical
Board examination before getting :
licence to practice in this State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
STANDARD OIL MUST LEAVE.
Courts Rule Ag-inst Plan For Part.
nersIlip With Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The motions
by the Standard Oil Company of Indi-
ana and the Republic Oil Company Of
Ohio for a ~rehearing of the custer
suit, recently decided against them,
and for a modification of the judg-
ment, were overruled by the Missouri
Supreme Court.
The petition of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company was upheld, the motion
of the Acknowledgement for an abso-
lutte custer of the Missouri company
being denied, the compliance of the
order recently filed by the company
approved and the Judgment of custer
against it being sustained.
The effect of these decisions Is to
expel the Indiana and Ohio compan-
les from Missouri, and to restore to
the Waters-Pierce Company, sixty per
cent. of whose stock is held by the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey, the right to do business within
the State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
NO TRUST PROSECUTION.
Only Such Suits as Afford Probabilit,
of Success Will Be Undertaken.


Washington, D. C.-The slogan of
the Department of Justice in the Taft
Administration is Don't start any,
thing you can't finish" At least six
ty-fve per cent. of the cases pending
will be abandoned. The idea is TO
clear the docket until there remain
only such cases as offer a probability
of success.
The Standard Oil case, settled by
order of Judge Anderson, with a YER
dict of not guilty, is out of the way.
There are other indictments along the
same line, but the Department of JUS
tice does not know whether they will
be pressed or not. MI. Wickersham
is waiting until the record has been
returned to the department. 1t is
the opinion in the department and
at the White House that any new
prosecution, criminally, Of the Stand
ard Oil will have to be along new
lines.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Sheriff Can Live in Jail.

For a time it looked as If Sheriff
Albert B. Batten, elected last fall,
would be without a residence in
Salem after March rs, but the Board
of Freehelders, after long considera-
ton of the matter, came to his rescue
and voted to allow him to live in the
house part of the county jail, as has
been the custom. William S. English
is to continue as warden, at a salary
of $50 per month, bat no mention
was made as to where he shall live.
F~reeholders Fox, Burk and Griscom
are to purchase supplies and the
county is to furnish the Sheriff with
a cook and nav her.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Patent Treaty With Germany.

Secretary Bacon and Count Won
Bernstorff, German Ambassador, at
Washington, D. c., signed a patent
agreement between the two countries,
negotiations for which have been I'M
der way for some time. 1t will be
Sent to the Senate for ratification.
Officials decline to discuss the treaty,
but it is understood that the negotia-
tons contemplated a provision MAX
ing it unnecessary for inventors, in
order to protect their patent rights,
in the country of the other to erect
factories in which to manufacture
their inventions, as is required by the
English law. Za4S
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Man Guards Slain Wife.

Henry Whejen, a drfvef,was ar
rested at his home, in West Hoboken,
charged with the murder of his young
wife. The woman was found by the
police lying on a bed with her skull
crushed. Whejen sat beside her ap-
~parently in a stupor. A note, pur-
porting to have been written by Whe:
jen, was found in the apartment. 1t
read: 81 killed her at 2 o'clock this
morning." Whejen's two children, a
boy of nine years and a girl of eight,
slept quietly in their beds in an adj
joining room. Jealousy vas the mo-
tive for the crime, according to the
police.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Ahont Noted Peonle.

Mr.. Roosevelt spent his first day as
a private citizen at Oyster Bay by
taking a tramp in the snow.
1t was estimated that President
Taft had travelled more than 1000
miles in the last nine years.
Joseph Pulitzer returned to New
York City, summoned By his counsel
in the Panama Canal libel case.
DIR. William s.. Bigelow, who is re-
sponsible for the cutting of the new
United States gold coins in intaglio
instead of in relief, q new DC
in coinage, is neither a sculp
numismatist, but an futno1
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Brief Items of Interest

Albert T. Patrick wept as he ar
gued his own case in the. Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The cornerstone of the New York
Press Club Building was laid by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of New York
City.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his first
signed article as associate editor of
the outlook, ~assailed yellow" jour
nalism.
Justice Guy, of the New York SUI
preme Court, in an opinion, said it
vas the duty OF newspapers to expose
wrongdoing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Calls Comstock to Court.

A charge of disorderly conduct was
entered at Summit against Anthony
Comstock, the vice crusader. James
Perry, colored, a hackman, COM
planned that Comstock called him bad
names all the way from the station
to the Comstock home. Perry says he
has been prosecuted by Comstock
ever since he refused to drive him
some time ago. He caught sight of
Perry, and to rub it in" ordered the
cabby to drive him home. Perry saw
no way out of it. One of the names
Comstock called him was "nigger,'
Perry says.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
SUGGESTION CAUSED DEATH.
Friend of Three Who Committed Sui
eide Impressed by Tragedy.

cIue impressed Dy tragedy.
Granite City, Ill.-Following the
recent suicide by shooting of Miss
Beryl Somers, loved by the two Mich
OILS brothers and engaged to marry
one, and the subsequent suicide of
both of the brothers, G. R. Smith, a
factory foreman and a friend of the
brothers and Miss Somers, ended his
life.
His suicide is attributed entirely
to mental suggestion. He was well
to do and had no domestic or business
trouble, and was in perfect health.
He was the first to reach the side of
Robert Nichols when the lad fell in
the street after drinking >carbolic
acid. Smith picked up the boy,
whose dying breath was strong with
the odor of the poison.
He could talk Of nothing but the
suicide and the strange series of
events that led to them. He bought
a bottle of carbolic acid and drank it
all
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
New COMPLEXITIES.

What do the letters r. V. S. P. at
the bottom of this invitation mean?"
asked Mr.. CumroX.
why, everybody knows that they
signify Please answer"
Great Scott! This spelling reform
is playing smash, isn't it?"-Wash-
ington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
MERCHANTS SON A THIEF.

Shot After Being Caught Drilling
Safe at Galena, Kansas.
son of a prominent local merchant
and a Spanish War veteran, was shot
and seriously wounded while trying
to escape after having been detected
in the act of drilling the safe of the
Citizens Bank.
He said his motive in attempting
the robbery was to get money to
branch out in business. What I
think of more than anything else is
my family, my five children. l wish
to God the officers had shot me
through the heart"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
In All Parts of the state.

While cunning near Beaver Dam.
Amply Hyson shot a fourteen-pound
grounding, one of the largest ever
found in that vicinity.
The child of Thomas Matticks, OF
West Millville, died from tuberculo-
sis, the third death in the family from
the disease during twelve months.
Waving their right for trial by
jury, twenty-five prisoners in the
Camden County Jail elected to have
their cases disposed of by Judge Jo-
line at a special session of Criminal
Coj1rt
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
SHOT HIMSELF IN WOODS.
William Masker, Wounded, Crawled
Home to Paterson. N, J..

Paterson, N. William Masker,
twenty-nine years old, staggered into
his home at North West street and
collapsed. He told his wife he was
very ill. She called a surgeon, who
found that the man had been shot be-
low the heart. He was taken to st.
Joseph's Hospital in a critical condi-
ton.
Masker told the physicians at the
hospital that he was Respondent
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
RECORD sNoWFALLs IN WEST.

Heaviest in Is Years For Iowa and in
History For Southern Arizona.
Des Moines, Eowa.-Snow fell in
Iowa continuously for twelve hours.
There is more snow upon the ground
in Iowa than there has been for
fifteen years, being fully six inches
deep on the level.
Ell Paso, Texas.-The heaviest fall
of now in the history of Southern
Arizona was reported. over eight
inn1es fell at Bisbee and Tombstone,
ire snow is seldom seen. In New
|kico the railroads are still expert
cling difficulty
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
Woman Falls Dead s

Woman Falls Dead as Bryan Talks.
When William Jennings Bryan was
delivering his lecture on "The Prince
of Peace" in University Hall, Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, Mrs. C. L. Grimes, sixty
five years old, who was in the bal
cony, fell dead from heart disease.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-19
The Unbound Word.

Nothing on earth can stife Gods
message. Those who are in His ser
vice may be hindered, or attacked, or
even silenced. but His message itself,
never. Paul rejoiced in this while
he was being sorely opposed in the
delivering of the message, for he
wrote: Il suffer hardship unto bonds.
as a m~alefactor; but the word of God
is not bound What a privilege it
is to give our lives to telling others
about that Word, The Word will go
on until it has conquered the whole
world. whether we have a part in
spreading it or not; but nothing can
ever make up to us our W loss If
we fail to have u part in this
Sunday-School Times.