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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
P S. c. ABSORBS
TWO MORE BIG
n. j. COMPANIES
MOrristOwn Gas Light Plant and
Tunnel Company Railroad
in Merger.

Two New Jersey companies, engaged
in public service, were absorbed today
by the Public Service Corporation, one
the Morristown Gas Light Company,
the other the New Jersey Hudson
River Railway and Tunnel Company.
controlling the Hackensack GERS. The
acquisition of these two companies
marks the third important public fran
chise company taken over by the P. 8.
G. within the past ten days. The
P. 8. C. recently obtained a B99-year
lease OF the Glen Ridge Gas Company.
In the northern part OF the State there
remains but one trolley line of any
magnitude not under P. S. @. control.
This Is the line running from Eliza
beth to Lake Hopatcong, parts Of
which are not completed.
The New Jersey Hudson River Com
pany was received under the wings
this morning. A meeting of the direc-
tors of the company was held in New
York city, at which the resignations Of
the officers were received and, through
the majority vote of the P. 8. C. in
t~esests, accepted. The present off,
GERS OF the P. s.. C. Succeeded them.
Thomas N. McCarter, president of
the r. s. c., speaking of the new troll
ley line acquired, said:
I'm nay judgment this property will
prove a valuable Acquisition to the
railway system operated by the Public
Service Corporation. From q geo
graphical standpoint it will very NICE
ly round out the territory served"
The Hackensack line, as the newly
acquired line Is commonly called here
abonts, embraces 48M miles Of track
and lies mostly In Bergen county. 1t
includes the Fort Lee ferry, running
between Edgewater and 125th street,
New York. The main stops along the
line are Edgewater, Englewood, Pater-
son and Newark. Entrance to Newark
under the former management was se-
cured over the Public Service Corpora
ton tracks through Kearny and Harri-
son. Some of the towns passed through
are Hackensack, Rutherford, Carl
stadt and a number of other small bor-
oughs and townships. The country
passed through, Bergen county, is one
Of the most rapidly growing sections OF
New Jersey, and is becoming very
popular as a suburb of New York City
workers because of the new tunnel
facilities. The equipment OF the COM
pany consists OF fifty-fve cars. New
ark was included in the route for the
past four and q half years through
special traffic arrangements.
The total number Of miles OF tracks
owned by the Public Service Corpora
ton Is now TAB.
The Morristown Gas Light Company,
which supplied the residents Of Nor
ristown with gas. was taken over at a
meeting Of the directors OF the COM
pany held last night In Morristown. A
temporary board of officers was
elected, composed Of Public Service
Corporation officials. who immediately
turned over the new company on a
lease to the Public Service Gas COM
pany for operating purposes.
Figures showing, cost. etc, were re-
served from the public.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
M'DERMIT EXTRACTION
ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY.
Governor Fort Sets Date for
Hearing.

Governor John Franklin Fort has set
Wednesday, July 6, as a date for hear
ing arguments on the question of issu-
ing %extraditlon papers for George A.
McDermit, former manager of the
American Music Hall. who was in
dicted by the first April grand jury on
a charge of maintaining a disorderly
house.
The charge arises out of the raid
made by Sheriff William Harrigan and
a force of deputies on the American
Music Hall, now the Lyric Theatre. on
Sunday, March 6, when about twenty
five performers and theatre attaches
were arrested.
McDermit was the only n indicted
by the grand jury. and before the in
dictment Issued he had left the State
and gone to Stamford, Conn, where he
is now manager Of the Alhambra
Theatre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
SHOWING JEFF'S WINNING
BLOW BRINGS MAN TO GRIEF

CHICAGO, July 2.-Because Arthur
Miller knew the exact blow with which
he figured Jeffries will lay Johnson low,
he, who vas bound for the fight yester-
day, is in the hospital today. Miller,
who is 2S years old, lives in Gary, and
it was on the train from Gary to Chi
cago, where he was to start for Reno,
he received his knockout. Harry King,
q friend, was IN the train, and Miller
tried to illustrate his discovery. In the
melee Miller broke a window Of the
car and a falling piece of glass cut a
serious cash in his throat. He was
given medical aid at Indiana Harbor
and then rushed to the Chicago Hos
pital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
MORRISTOWN CHILDREN
PLANTED FEW GARDENS.
Women's Town Committee Of
Civic Assn Out Inspecting.
Especial to the Newark Star.

MORRISToWN, July 2.-Notwith-
standing the hot weather. the agricuI-
ture department OF the Women's Town
Committee OF the Civic Association is
out inspecting school chfldren's gar
dens. That is. the women are making
a house-to-house canvas today to en-
quire whether any children who pur-
chased seeds in the spring from the
association at one cent q package had
planted them.
Few gardens. 1t is said. were found
by the committee. In going to one
house today a member of the commit
tee asked If any of the children had a
garden. NO" said h mother. Then
we will mark your child as mo gar
den," said one representing the party.
There was considerable criticism over
the selling of seeds to school children
by the women's committee. 1t was said
government seed were sold by them for
a cent a package, but this was denied.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
HELD ON WoMAN's CHARGE.

On complaint of Estella Reeve, q
negress, of Isl Pearl street. Charles
Webster, a dutky-hued gentleman Of
AZ years, was ~hrraigned in the First
Criminal Court today because, during
q fight which started in the Pear
street house la4 night, he was unkinc
enough to bouree a stone cuspidor or
the skull Of Aid Estella. Webster
who also lives ht Is Pearl street, gave
some trouble t~oPatrolman Peterson, q
the First Precinct, when the latter
made the arrest and today was held ir
$4,000 bail to await the action OF this
grand jury on a charge Of ~atrociJus
assault and bdttery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
MAD HORSE ON A RAMPAGE.

BEVERLY, July IA horse belong
ing to John Van Brunt, OF Perkins
lane, suddenly went mad and caused
much excitement. The animal began
by swapping t Raymond. a young son
OF Van Brunt. knocking him down and
seriously hurting him. 1t then STAN
peded through. the poultry yard,
trampling chickens, scattering farm
hands and biting other animals before
1t returned to the stable and was locked
In
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
WOMAN INJURED In
FALL OVER GO-CART.
Mrs. O'Rourke Breaks Her Hip
and Wrist.

AS the result of injuries sustained
last night in a fall over a neighbor's
go-cart, Mrs. Rose tO'Rourke is today
in st. James, Hospital, suffering from
a fracture of the left hip and wrist.
Her condition, while serious, is not i'm
mediately alarming.
Mrs. ORourke, whose home Ia at 300
Lafayette street, was walking on the
sidewalk at Mott and Bowery streets
last night, when a g~o-cart, the property
of nj of her n~eighbors. rolled directly
beneath her feet. She fell, striking the
ground heavily on her left side.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
EDITORS SON SHOOTS
WHEN ORDERED FROM CAFE.

PoUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. July g.
Henry Watterson. a farmer living near
Saugerties, and son of the famous
Louisville, KY, editor, vent into Mich
ael Martins saloon at that village yes
terday afternoon and created a dis
turbance. When the proprietor ordered
him out he pulled a revolver and shot
Martin three times.
None of the bullet wounds was of Q
serious nature. He was arrested be-
fore ne could do any further harm
Watterson came to Saugerties from
Kentucky a few months ago. 1t is be-
Iieyed that he Is demented.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02

the four different sections of the city
by providing a fireworks display in four
of the parks. There will be a display
at East Side Park and a band concert
by Pfeiffer's Band: at West Side Park
and a concert by the National Band;
at the Branch Brook Park Playground,
between Orange street and Sussex ave,
nue., with a concert by voss's Band and
a display at Weequahic Park, on the
Peninsula, with a concert by Ferry's
Band.
The Independent Order of Foresters
will hold their eighth annual excursion
to Asbury Park and Ocean Grove. The
Young Women's Christian Association
will go to Silver Bay. on Lake George,
where they will attend a convention Of
the National Association, and the Ted
dy Bears will go to Mauch Chunk,
Pa, on their annual outing.
In the city the Bakery and Confec-
tionery Workers will hold a picnic at
the Fran Garden, Sixteenth avenue
and Eighteenth street. At Wevers's
Colosseum the festival for the benefit
of the German Hospital will be held,
and the members Of the Essex County
Councils of the Junior Order of the
United American Mechanics will pa
rade in a big celebration in the MORN
ing at Montclair.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
GETS DIVORCE DESPITE
HER INABILITY TO COOK,
Deserted Wife Wins Decree ON
Proof of Husbands Character.

A decree of divorce has been granted
to Mrs. Julia Wichert, of Cedar Grove,
from Harry A. Wichert, to whom she
was married May IA, 1907, and whose
whereabouts is uncertain.
During the January following the
marriage Wichert remarked that his
wife did not know how to cook and
disappeared. He went to Denver.
served time in the Elmira Reforma-
tory and in the Caldwell penitentiary.
Highway robbery was the charge
against him In the Empire State. and
it was on a charge of embezzlement
that he got into trouble with the local
authorities. He is a bartender by oc-
c~upation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
SMOKE INSPECTORS WILL
MEET NEXT IN NEWARK.

Newark vas signally honored at the
annual convention of the National As
ISOLATION of Municipal Smoke Inspec-
tors, which ended in Indianapolis yes
terday, by being selected as the city
for next years convention and having
Inspector Daniel Mhloney named as
vice-president Of the association. In
dianapolis wanted the convention for
another year, and 1t was also sought
by Chicago, st. Louis and Cincinnati,
as well as this city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
MRS. SHERMAN IMPROVING.

BALTIMORE, Md, July Mrs
Sherman passed a comfortable night
and is improving" was the response
made to an inquiry at Johns Hopkins
Hospital today as to the condition Of
the wife Of the vice-President. who is
a patient at the institution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
ToADsTooLs POISON FOUR.

POTTSvILLE, Pa, July 2.-Andrew
Herman, wife and two small children,
of st. Clair, are in a dying condition
as a result of eating toadstools in mis-
take for mushrooms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-02
PROBATION OFFICES FOURTH.

Owing to Monday being a legal holt
day County Probation Officer J. J. Cas-
coyne has made arrangements to keep
his office open until 9 o'clock on Tues
day night, July 5, in order to accom-
modate the probation prisoners, who
are usually required to report on Mon
day. This Will give the p~robationers
a chance to enjoy the holiday without
making their regular trip to the office.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
cALExlco.

Alfred M. Olsen has purchased the S. S. Reynolds barber shop.
 * * x
 The Anderson & Meyer Company is now located in the new Holt block. One of the largest safes in Imperial valley has been received by the First National Bank of Calexico.
 * X
 w. T. Aitken has leased the new building to be erected on land adjoin- ing the Calexico Mercantile Company's store and will occupy it with his drug store on January 1.
 x * X
 The Calexico City Trustees have adopted an ordinance putting into eff feet license ordinance, to raise city revenue until taxes for the present year come into the city treasury. The sewer bonds for Calexico were carried by vote thirty eight to sey- enteen. The issue is to he $S5,O00, and steps will be taken as rapidly as possible to secure sewer system for Calexico.
 x * *
 pr. A. Rogers of Okanogan, Wash ington, came to Calexico last week to arrange for the subdivision of his
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
YUMA RESERVATION.

J. w. Todd has been buying stock extensively for his ranch.
 X x x J. I. Yark is completing a commo- dious residence near Bard.
 * x Misses Natta Fisher and Lillie Phil lips are teaching the Bard school.
 x x X Newcomers are arriving almost daily to settle on the Reservation lands.
 x * < J. H. Foss and family have arrived from the coast to make their home on land they have obtained in the allot- .ment Mr. Foss has erected bunga- low on his place.
 X x X Much clearing and leveling is in hand on the reservation lands, and a great transformation is in progress. A considerable acreage of winter crops will be put in.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
LATEST FALL STYLES.

Ladies: Our MILLINERY line comprises all the latest styles and is the most complete in Imperial Valley. If you would save money on. your Fall needs, a visit to our shop will show you how. Our stock of Waists, Skirts, House Dresses, Belts, Neckwear, Hair Goods and Children's Rompers is complete.
 THE LADIES' TOGGERY, 27-tf Fl Centro, California.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

be held in San Antonio, Texas, Mo- vember 22 to p inclusive.
 X < X
 w. F. Benjamin nas gone north to purchase 150 head of cattle, which he will feed near Holtville.
 x < X
 w. w. Bethrum has returned to Holtville to reside, after having lived in Los Angeles for several months. The Holtville grammer school play grounds are being improved. An ad- ditional school building has been erected.
 The Holtville Tribune is responsible for the statement that mountain trout have appeared in Water Company No. 5's canal
 Miss Hattie L. Parker, daughter of w. R. Parker, has come from Alex ander City, Alabama, to make her home in Holtville.
 x x < A. B. Bland has abandoned his auto mobile stage route between Holtville and Imperial, because of the bad con dition of the roads.
 
 w. R. Massengale, father of John c. and A. J. Massengale, who came here recently from Texas, has decided to make his home here.
 X x <
 Water Company No. directors have authorized their president to 'se- cure engineers data to assist their attorneys in pending water litigation. A large force of men has been set to work to complete the HoltWille Union High School building, on which work was discontinued durng the hot weather.
 < x <
 Two East Side residents, Tom Potts, of Holtville, and T. B. Boswell on the Tenders ranch northwest of Holtville, who suffered from attacks of ptomaine poisoning, are recovering from the effects of this illness
 N. v. Holtville is to have another artesian well. Frank L. Hardison has come with his well rig and will at once sink well on the new addition be- ing opened by Hazard & Strang, ad- joining the townsite on the northwest. It is proposed to furnish artesian water to the lands in the new tract.
 X < * A. J. Leonard has the honor of bringing to Holtville the first cotton to be ginned at the new cotton gin. This was raised in Water District No. z. A photograph was made of the load, and will be kept by MT. Leonard as souvenir of the beginning of a great industry on the east side of Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
IMPERIAL.

The Imperial Volunteer firemen gave ball last Saturday night.
 * X X
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas J. Robinson have returned from a summers visit to their former home in Arkansas.
 <, X
 Rev. Frank Lucas, formerly Metho- dist pastor at Imperial, has been sta toned at Banning for the ensuing year
 The Imperial Valley Business Col lege has resumed it's work with seven teen students taking the commercial course.
 < x <
 George A. Long has gone to Ari- .zona to purchase cattle which he will bring to Imperial Valley for winter feeding
 x x X
 J. L. Hawkins, of SEanta Barbara, has been making Imperial his head quarters while inspecting the valley, and has decided to make his home here.
 c. T. Gibson will erect a reinforced tile building, 25xSO feet, on a lot west of the wholesale department of Edgar Brothers Company, on West Eight street
 The cantaloupe shed is being re- modelled for the Imperial cotton gin. The floor has been torn out and a brick floor is to be placed in part of the building.
 x < X
 Six hundred head of cattle, to be fed on Imperial Valley fields, were un- loaded at the Imperial railroad station last week, having been shipped in from Alpine, Texas, by B. F. Billings ley.
 < x <
 The Newhall Land & Farming Com pany has shipped to Virgil Patterson 600 head of cattle to feed this winter They will be fed on the ranch of Phil Brooks, at Meloland, and will be ready for market by the first of the year.
 x x x Irwin Maupin has resigned his posi- tion as assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Imperial, to devote his time to his campaign for County Tax Collector.
 x
 The Imperial Light & Power Com pany does not propose to be put out of business by the installation of a municipal water system at Imperial, and publishes notice that it brands as false and malicious the rumor that we are to discontinue the delivery of water in Imperial after the first of November next" The company says: There is absolutely no truth in it."
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
WATER DISTRICT NO. TWELVE

Lawrence Jensen is building com modious ranch house on his land.
 * X X
 Allan R. Owens has sold his ranch to Wallace Taylor, and MT. Taylor is erecting house on the property.
 x X
 Eleven bales of cotton has been picked from sixteenj acres on the first picking at the Lee Jernigan ranch.
 x x x
 Samuel Vail has returned from Min nesota, bringing his bride with him. They have taken up their residence on No. 12 desert claim. X x x
 l.. H. Boone and family have re- turned from their sojourn in San Der nardino and are engaged in improving their ranch property in this distrct.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

ten-acre tract in block 16, in the northwestern part of Calexico. He will remain here several weeks.
 x *
 Fire last week destroyed car used for sleeping purposes by Southern Pa efc employees at Calexico. s. s. Flaw kins, acting station agent, and his as- sistant, Ray Koontz, lost about $300 worth of personal property in the fire.
 < x
 The Methodist Sunday School has reorganized by the election of Mir, Hutchinson as superintendent; MT. Peck, assistant superintendent; Jelico Webb secretary and treasurer; Eva Hyde, librarian, and Ethel Carr, or ganist.
 A reception to the patrons of the Calexico schools was given on Thurs day evening of last week at the home of Miss Margaret Schlatter A musi- cal programme was was rendered by Misses Mary and Myrtle Schlatter, Mrs. H. c. Theobald, Miss Beulah Carey, of El Centro, Mrs. J. F. Stein tori and Miss Faye Mitchell,
 x x <
 The appeal of M. Harris from the verdict of jury finding him guilty of violating the Sunday-closing ordi- mace came up in the Imperial County Superior Court last week, and Judge Cole sustained the verdict of the low CT court, which imposed fine of $75.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
BRAWLEY.

Mrs. w. J. Scott has returned from a visit of several months with her parents at Detroit, Michigan.
 X x X
 A promising five-foot gravel strtum has been struck at depth of HOO feet in the Brawley municipal well, and eight inch casing is being put down to give this stratum a pumping test.
 Brawley City Trustees have adopted new license ordinance which most classes of business will pay $4 per month to the city revenues. The money will be used for street improve ments and to light the business dis trict.
 A resolution of intention to con- struct cement sidewalks on various streets of Brawley has been. given it's first reading. It provides for con- struction on both sides of E street, from Eighth to Brawley avenue; on both sides of G street, from Eighth to Keystone road and to Plaza street on the east; on the west side of Eighth street, from E to G streets; on the east side of Plaza street, from Impe- rial avenue to Main street; on the northeast side of Plaza street from north Imperial avenue to Main street; west side of Imperial avenue, from Plaza street to the grammar school building; both sides of Sixth street,
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
COUNTY NOTES

from G street to E street. This reso- lution was passed under the improve ment act of 1901.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22
HoLTvILLE.

Mrs. w.. F. Ravens has gone to Gordon, Texas, to visit relatives.
 x X < Martin Nelson has come from New York to Holtville to take a position on the Tribune.
 
 Ed. E. Boyd and D. G. Cooper have been apponted delegates to the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress to
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

YUMA LODGE. No. 476, Benevoien
 l and Protective Order of Elks meets every Wednesday evening at Elks Hall. Visiting brothers are heartily welcomed Meeting hour 8 o'clock. W. 0. PETERSEN. Exalt- ed Ruler. w. c. PRYOR. Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

be held in San Antonio, Texas, Mo- vember 22 to p inclusive.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

The Imperial Volunteer firemen gave ball last Saturday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

ten-acre tract in block 16, in the northwestern part of Calexico. He will remain here several weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

Rev. Frank Lucas, formerly Metho- dist pastor at Imperial, has been sta- toned at Banning for the ensuing
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

MT. and Mrs. Thomas J Robinson have returned from summers visit to their former home in Arkansas.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

Alfred M. Olsen has purchased the s. &. Reynolds barber shop.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

w. F. Benjamin nas gone north to purchase 150 head of cattle, which he will feed near Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

w. w. Bethrum has returned to Holtville to reside. after having lived in Los Angeles for several months.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-10-22

One of the largest safes in Imperial valley has been received by the First National Bank of Calexico.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02
TAMMANY'S POWER
NOT IN ASCENDANCY
New Administration of Greater
New York Not in Sympathy
With Tiger.

NEW YORK. Jan. William J. Cay
nor was Installed as mayor of New York
city today with simple ceremony. There
was a' throug as big as the mayors Of
fee would hold to witness the brief ccre-
mony. The other newly elected officers
OF the greater city and Its Ave boroughs
also formally assumed their duties
While the new mayor was elected on
ticket nominated by Tammany, he was
largely supported by elements outside
that organization. All the other new city
officials, the New York county officials
and the presidents OF the five boroughs
are men who were on other than the
Tammany ticket.
Thus. for the first time in six years,
the chief Offices of the municipality are
hlled by men not allied with Tamamny
Hall
With the passing OF the old city ad-
ministration, William Trayers jerome.
The district attorney. likewise rein-
quished his office. Charles S. Whitman.
his successor. has retained some OF the
former district attorneys assistants. but
none 2f these arc Tammany men.
Similarly in the various other depart =
menls. general ousting OF Tammany
men among the higher office holders is
anticipated
MAYOR Gaynor announced that he would
not make public the names OF any ap-
pointceS before Monday next