Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-02-17
NEWARK TO enter
IN INTERNATIONAL
RIFLE CONTESTS
First Regiment Expected to Take
Part i'll Try-Outs-Other
Washington Notes.
Especial to the Newark Star. ]

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.--Albert S. |
Jones, formerly of Passaic, the secre-
tary of the National Rifle Association,
has issued a bulletin relative to the
international small bore rifle match,
which will be shot between teams in
the United States. Great Britain and
Australia during the week of April 2,
1910 The try-outs will be held on
ranges of organizations affiliated with
the National Rifle Association during
the week of March to II, inclusive,
and the First regiment, Of Newark,
may enter some men in the try-outs.
There will be fifty men on the COM
peting teams, the distance will be
seventy-five feet, and each man will
have fifty shots. The prize will be
the Dewar trophy. which will be held
one year by the country winning same.
Clubs desiring to enter the try-outs
are requested to communicate with
Lieutenant Jones at once in regard to
the appointment of a judge and the
issuing of the targets for those who
wish to enter the competition.
Introduces Rifle Bi.l.
Members of rifle clubs in New Jersey
or students of educational institutions
who are interested in rifle shooting
will be glad TO know that Representa-
tive Hull has introduced a bill which.
il it becomes a law, will permit the
secretary of war to issue magazine
rifles to rifle clubs and schools having
uniformed corps of cadets, under
certain regulations. 1t is believed that
il it is demonstrated to the committees
on military affairs of the Senate and
House that there is a demand for
measure Of this sort that it can be
passed very easily.
United States Senator Kean has in
troduced another amendment to the
river and harbor bill, which will be
of benefit to the waterways in the
vicinity of Eliza bethport and Newark
bay. The other day he introduced an
amendment carrying an appropriation
of 100000 for the channel north of
Shooters Island, and he has now in
troduced another amendment making
an appropriation of $4,000 for Eliza
beth river, a small stream which ex-
tends to the city of Eliza beth.
Under previous river and harbor bills
there was spent on this waterway the
sum of s59,s44. The work was stopped
some wears ago because there were SO
many sewers emptying into the stream
Recently this condition has been great
ly improved, and it is now believed
that it is the intention OF the Federal
government to resume the work of
deepening the channel because of the
elimination of the sewers. The appro-
priation of $4,000, if made. will be but
the commencement of the resumption
of the work. and further appropriations
will be made in all probability in the
future
Longer Hours in Treasury.
New Jersey has its fair share of em-
ployees in the department of the treas
ury, and they are all greatly exercised
over the probability that another hour
will he added to the days work. That
this may be done is believed on account
of the instructions that the heads of
4 some of the various bureaus of the
treasury haye9 had recently to ascer-
tain whether the employees would pre-
fer to have the additional hour added
to the first part of the day or in the
afternoon There has been lot of
agitation in favor of increasing the
salaries of the departmental clerks.
which have not been readjusted in
nearly thirty years. and the announce
ment that the treasury department en-
ployees would probably have to work
another hour each day has created no
end of excitement and protest.
At a dinner given last night by the
Austro- Hungarian Ambassador and
Baroness Hengelmuller in honor of
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Senator
Kean was one of the guests There
was a distinguished lot of diplomats
present.
Representative Hull has made a fav-
orable report on the bill providing for
tho repair and rebuilding of the road
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