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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
EDGAR T. HONEY LEAVES
Will Take Up Work of Money Rails
Ing CaTpaigner.

Edgar T. Honey requested the board
of directors of the Young Mems Chris
tian association to relieve him from
his duties as general secretary at a.
meeting of the board Wednesday even
ing and the request was granted. Mr..
Honey leaves the association work
to engage in the management of
money-raising campaigns for hospitals
and other charitable organizations.
He is now managing campaign in
Wilmington. The board passed resolu--
tions expressing regret at Mr.. Honeyss
leaving its service and appreciation
of his work here during his sojourn
of nearly two years. Boys Secre-
tary Allen V. Reynolds has been made
temporary general secretary and the
directors are casting about for sue
cessor to Mr.. Honey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
THE CLOSING MEETING.
The Friday Evening Clubs Reoord
Attendance.

The Friday Evening club closed tne
season with a breaking attend
ance last Friday night when the Ly-
ceum hall was crowded beyond the
seating capacity. The entertainments
was the Kinemacolor coronation PIC
lures. which were not only novel but
beautiful and interesting. The color
scheme was carried out to the min
utest detail and it was marvellous TO
see how great progress had been
made alang this line.
Before opening the entertainment
DIR. E. Landon Humphreys was intro
duced as the president of the CLUB
for the ensuing year and the members
of the club who knew how much Dr.
Humphreys had dome the current year
in securing musical entertainment
were simply delighted as they knew
that the character of the entertain
ment for the coming year will be kept
up to the highest standard
The other officers Of the CLUB are:
First vice-president, Rev. Franklin p.
Dwight; second vice-president, w. u;
VanTassel Sutphen; secretary anu
treasurer, John H. Madigan.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
TAFT LEAGUES
DOLLAR DINNER
Big Affair Arranged for Wed
n0sday Night.

The Morris County Taft Business
ner at republican headquarters on
Wednesday evening. It will be serve
at seven-thirty by Piper Brothers. A
number of good speakers have been
secured for the post-prandial part of
the affair, among them being Judge
Runyon, of Plainfield. He will bring
with him his famous quartet that has
already delighted Morristonians on
several previous occasions.
Tickets may be obtained from Will
lam E. Frenaye, Joseph G. Willis,
Charles B. Bradley, Oliver C. Billings
George w. Melick, Henry M. Smith,
Edward K. Mills, Frank D. Abell
Ridley Watts and A. Hayward Meal
pin, of Morristown; William Birch
John Mulligan and Edward Kelly, OF
Dover; James H. McGraw, William F
Redmond, Lewis A. Waters and w
Reginald Baker, of Madison; Lawrence
Day and Charles M. Lum. of Chatham
and William N. Phoenix. of Mendham
In addition thereto tickets may be
had at the headquarters upon the
night in question.
1t is important that all persons de
string to attend shall notify Thomas
D. Leonard, lock box No. 127, Nor
ristown, N. j., on or before May 21st
1912.
On Thursday evening the recently
formed Itafian-American Taft associa
tion will dine at headquarters and or
Friday evening the Colored club will
hold forth with banquet.
On the Monday evening preceding
the primary there is to be big mass
meeting in the Lyceum theatre
Either Congressman John ]. Gardner
or Hamilton Wright Mabie will make
the principal address.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
CLASS DAY AT ST. ELlzARETH's.
Proqram Arranged for Exercises to
be Held on June 1st.

The program for Glass day at ot.
Elizabeth's college, Saturday, June
1sf. has been arranged by the com
mittee. the Misses Judith Ceeelia'
Conklin, Mary Agnes Lawlor, Mary
Loretta Donoghue, Anna Marle
Breen and Winifred Maria NC
!. Saah IN. The salutatory Will be by
y ME- cafhsrine Regina Murray; class
hisfory msss Miss Helen Grace Piasar. =
class prophecy, Miss Marguerits sara sara
King. Flnns class class song, Miss Regina Cecilia
Rurne. urns class song, Miss Mary Gene
We've o'Donnell; class gifts, MISS MAI
paret Elizabeth Farrell; valedlctory'
Miss Mabel Mary Hoffman,; mantle
oratjop. Miss Irene Marie Kelly.
After the singing OF the college
song there will follow a PROCESSION
TO the site of the class tree, led by
Miss Margaret E. Farrell, grand mar
shall. and including seniors, faculty,
juniors, sophomores, freshmen ana
guests. Enroute to the tree Will De
sung Where, Oh Where" MISS
Alice Margaret Hutchinson viii de-
liver the tree Grafton which VIII be
followed by the planting of the tree,
a blue spruce.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
BEATEN BY TRINITY.
Morristown School Loses Twelve In
ming Contest to New Workers.

Morristown School Loses Twelve In
ming Contest to New Workers..
Morristown School was beaten by
Trinity School, of New York, Friday
afternoon two to one in a twelve in
ming game. Trinity scored in the
first session on two errors and hit
Morristown tied up the score in the
ninth only to lose the contest in the
twelfth. With one down Dooman sin
gled and got a life at second when
Clough dropped the catcher's peg
Mitchell mnffed and booted Dietz S
fly, Seibert then won the game by a
clean hit through the box, scoring
Dooman but Dietz was thrown out al
the plate and Seibert died stealing
Seibert struck out eighteen and w
Deyitalis whitfield fifteen and passed
one, the only base on balls in the
game
The score by innings
Trinity Sch.1 0 90 900 90 1-2 8
Morrist'n so 00000010 1000--1 2
Batteries-Siebert and Lawson; w
Devitalis and G.. Devitalis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
New Departure Planned In Annual
Graduation Exercises.

The class of 1912 of the high schoo
Is planning to depart from the beaten
path of former commencement pro-
grams and will inaugurate a new
scheme. On the Tuesday evening be-
fore commencement there is to be a
class party at the home of one Of the
members. The regular class night
exercises are to be held on the
Wednesday evening preceding COM
mencement instead of on Friday night
Instead of holding the graduation
exercises in the chapel they will be in
the Lyceum theatre. On the evening
of graduation day there will be held
in one of the halls of the town class
prom
Details of the new order of things
are being worked out by committee
including George s. Ensminger, chair
man; Jack Montieth, Eugene F. Cof-
fey, Miss Adele Smith, Miss Gene
We've Keller, Miss Ad H. Goble,
Miss Margaret Donahue and Irwin w.
Somerville, of the faculty. The class
has chosen as its motto 81 can and
| will"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
MoRRlsTown SCHOOL WINS.
Trims Cornwall Heights Five to Two
at Baseball.

Harris pitched great ball for Nor
ristown School Saturday against Corn.
wall Heights and held the visitors to
one hit. The locals batted well and
took the game by a score of five to
one. Harris struck out eleven and
walked three. Underwood, the oppos-
ing slabman, whitfield seven and
passed six.
The score by innings
Morristown Sch.2 .20111O00x-5 g |
Cornwall Hghts..0 0 000010-1 / 2
Batteries-Underwoo and Ware,
Harris and Devitalis.
The remaining games of the season
for Morristown School are with Hack
ley school, at Tarrytown, Saturday,
May 25th; Mt. Pleasant, at Ossining,
N. Y, Monday, May 9th; the Alumni
of Morristown School on Alumni day,
May Both, at IL a. m.
Wednesday the Midget team de-
feated Massee Country Day school
at Bronxyille, N. Y. Score II to 9.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Says He Misrepresented the Facts,

Through the Newark law firm of
Day & Day, suit has been begun in
the Supreme Court by Mrs Elizabeth
Day, of Morristown, for the recovery
of $500. so from Raymond Dominick,
stock broker and promoter, of New
York. Mrs. Day is the wife of Ed
ward A. Day, of the Newark law firm
which is acting for her. In the dec
laration it is set forth that Dominick
made gross misrepresentation in sell
ing her stock of the International
Construction company to the amount
named in her suit. The company was
building a railroad for the Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient Railway COM
pany. Instead of making big profits,
both companies are now insoIvent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
GRAND JURY PROBE
OF F|TzHERBERT
Justice Trenchard Brings Case
TO Its Notice.

Supreme Court Justice Trenchard
referred to the case of Senator Rich
ard Fitzherbert, of this county. In
charging the Mercer county grand
jury for the May term of court. Jus
tice Trenchard said-
Besides the common and familiar
complaints, there is one of an unusua
kind that you will be called upon to
consider.
"And it is thought that the court
may serve useful purpose by brief
reference to its legal aspect.
eve refer to the charge that a cer-
tain state senator and certain other
person conspired to commit crime.
"Our crime act provides, among
other things, that any member of the
senate, or other person, who shall in
any wise. directly or indirectly, receiv
or accept any money or other valuabl
thing as bribe or reward to obtain
or influence the vote or behavior of
such senator upon any bill depending
before the legislature, shall be guilty
OF high misdemeanor.
"The law further provides that any
two or more persons who shall COM
bine, unite, confederate, conspire or
cAiiu thCthoClFCo NY dSl lCciHtHL W IOtI
NIT any crime shall, on conviction, be
deemed guilty of conspiracy, and shall
be liable to the same penalty as per-
sons convicted of misdemeanor.
IF, therefore, the evidence laid be-
fore you shows that the persons
| charged conspired to commit the
crime named, and also shows that
some act in execution of such agree.
ment was done to effect the object
| thereof by one or more of the parties
to such agreement, an Indictment for
conspiracy should follow.
"The court is also asked to direct
your attention to that part of our
crimes act which deals with attempts
to influence trial jurors. 1t is this:
All attempts to corrupt or influence.
a jury or any juror, or in any way to
incline such jury or anyjuror to be
more favorable to one side than the
other, by promises, persuasions, en-
treaties, threats, letters, money, en-
| tertainments or other sinister means;
all indirect, unfair and fraudulent
practices, arts and contrivances to OBJ
tain a verdict, and all attempts to in
struct jury or juror beforehand, at
any place or time, or in any manner
or way, except only in open court at
the trial of the cause, by the strength
of the evidence, the argument Of the
parties or their counsel, or the opinio
! or charge of the court, shall be a
misdemeanor.
"If the evidence presented to you
lshows that any such attempt has beer
lfmade to influence trial jurors IN this
county an indictment should be found
; against the offending parties"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
CARNIVAL OPENED.
Humane Engine company's Big At
fractions Draw Crowds.


Humane Engine company's carnival
was formally opens d. to%stha- spublic
Monday evening. Headed by the car
nival band the company marched
about town and to the baseball
grounds on Speedwell avenue Harry
Dunlap handled the ribbons over
Frank and "Tom,' the company's
handsome team of black horses,
hitched to the steamer After circl-
ing the grounds the carnival was for
mally opened by Mayor Arthur s.
Pierson, who closed the switch turn
ing the electric current into the my
riads of lights Illuminating the carni-
val grounds.
There were hundreds of people pres
ent notwithstanding the circus being
in town and the shows were all
crowded during the evening. Among
the best to be seen was the diving
girls from Revere Beach, while the
plantation singers, the streets of
Cairo, the animal shows and all the
other attractions drew well and were
well liked.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
PupiIs' Recital.

Pupils of Miss Ellen Floyd Cutler,
ssisted by Miss Margareth Schroen,
will give recital Songs of the Sea-
son." at the college OF st. Elizabeth
on Thursday evening. Among those
participating will be the Misses Lu-
cille Kuhrt, Glare Magnire, Irene Te-
treault, Valentine Duff, Irene Dillon,
Marie Chewing, Margaret Maloney,
Evelyn MacNamara, O'Connor, Quinn
Annette Weiss, Katherine Kennedy,
Alice Reynolds and Regina Byrne.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
TRIM MAUJER X
BY TWO TO One
Welsh Pitches Fine Ball for
MOrristOWn A. A.

With Eddie Welsh pitching Norris
town A. A. defeated the Maujer x
team, Of Brooklyn, Saturday Afternoon
two to one. Welsh was in fine form
tanning a bakers dozen of the Brook
lyn team.
Morristown's first tally was by sin
giles by McDevitt and Lacey and
Green's sacrifice fly. The visitors
tied the score in the sixth on Fo-
garty's single and two-base wallop
by Frey Morristown won the game
in the seventh, Captain Doyle, max
ing his third safe hit of the game,
followed by singles by Maloney and
West. Green was spiked sliding in
to second base in the eighth on his
two Dagger and Maloney replaced him
at first base in the ninth. James wal
nervous and let Hillock's toss of STRAIT
tons grounder by him but Welsh
threw him out at the plate on Dit,
mer's grounder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
BREAK EVEN ON
SCHOOL SCHEME
King Street School Beaten
Repairs for Buildings.

with the women present and voting
Mt the school election Monday a1Cer-
noon the proposition to build new
school house on King street was
heaten while those for the repair oil
the Maple avenue, Speedwell aynue,
ihertv street and Mills street school
buildings were carried.
There were BAT votes cast. 1t was
necessary for each proposition to re-
ceive at least It's votes to be carrieu
The votes were as folloWs:r.
No. Budget of 45,5Oo, 500 vo.es
No. 2-For King street, puiiuins {
site, 11S votes.
No. 3-For King street bulidlns
118 votes. -. 1y;,o
No. 4--For bond issue for King
street building, 129 votes. 200
No. 5-For maturity OF ponas, loa
votes. .,, a+o+
No. 6-Improvemnts to Mills street
Liberty street and Speedweil avenue
buildings, 343 votes.
No. 8-Providing for maturity OF
bonds, 346 votes.
No. Improvements to Maple aV
: enue building, 346 votes.
No. 10--For bond issue to pay 1oi
improvements, 344 votes.
No. 11-Providing for maturity o.
bonds, 346 votes. -
The number of women who voteo
was 11S and the coincidence noliceo
that the King street proposition re
ceived 11S votes caused laugh Whel
the women denied that they had vote
for that scheme.
Ex-Mayor Theodore Ayers was cnair
man of the meeting, c. FranKlin WI
son clerk and Stephen c. Griffitn ano
Carl v. Vogt tellers. The polls
opened shortly after four O'Clock ano
were closed about five-thirty
The board of education has anotnel
proposition ready to submit TO tnt
voters. 1t has been suggested tina,
a fine place for a first ward scnoo
house is the oval in Olyphant pars
and several residents of the ware
have started an agitation for its Sc
lection by the school board.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
GOLF ROUND A TIE.
Paul Moore and Ridley Watts Finish

Paul Moore and Ridley Watts Finish
Two Down in Presidents Round.
Paul Moore and Ridley Watts tied
for the honors of Saturdays round
for the President Thomas cup at the
Morris County Golf club. They fin
ished two down and to each was
awarded two and one-half points to-
wards the trophy. T. Owen Winston
was three down and was given one
point. Other scores were Charles w.
Hardness, five; Richard II. Williams,
jr., five; Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen,
seven; w. Ledyard Thompson, seven;
Leland B. Garretson, seven; George
j. Little. eight; Archibald Forbes,
eleven.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
WIN AT TENNIS.
Morristown School Defeats Kingsley
School at the Nets.

Teams representing the Morristown
School and Kingsley School, of Essex
Fells, played tennis match at Nor
ristown School Wednesday afternoon
in competition for cup offered for
the winner of a competition embracin
the two above mentioned schools and
Pingry school, of Elizabeth. Morris
town won the three singles played
and Kingsley took the doubles.
The scores-doubles, Tremain and
Renwick, Kingsley, beat Larkin and
Hunting, Morristown, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
Singles-Buel, Morristown, beat Rem
wick, Kingsley, 6-2, Az, Cd; Larkin,
Morristown, beat Tremain, Kingsley.
So, GA; Hunting, Morristown, beat
Raven, Kingsley, 81, 3-6, 81.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
MoRRIsTowN BEATS sYMMEs
School Teams Enjoy slugging MatcI
With Baseball.

Morristown School defeated Symme
school. of New York, on the local di-
amond Wednesday afternoon thirteen
to nine. The game was poor ex-
hibition and there was considerable
slugging of the ball while errors Were
plentiful. Clough pitched seven in.
nings for Morristown, striking out
seven batters, but in the seventh ses-
sion the visitors touched him up for
five hits and Harris finished the game
for Morristown.
The score by innings:-
Symmes school..0 03420-- 9 9 6
Morristown Sch.5 1 90 0 OIL x-13 8 3
Batteries-Appleby and Appleby;
Clough, Harris and Devitalis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
County Christian Endeavor conventio

The Christian Endeavor societies of
Morris county will hold their annual
meeting on the afternoon and evening
of Wednesday next, May 22nd, in the
First Baptist church. The principal
speakers are Rev. G. H. Rannels, of
Weehawken, and Rev. d. I'll. Glare, d..
D., of East Orange A feature will
be the Junior period and the pre-
sentation of the Fresh-Air banner to
the Mendham intermediate society.
Will H. Houghton, of Brooklyn, will
lead the singing and sing solos.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Shot While PIavinu.

Ralph Urmy, jr., son of the Rev
and Mrs. Ralph B. Urmy, was acci
dentally shot while playing with othel
boys at the home of Thomas Nesbitt
on Western avenue, Monday after
noon. The lads had small rifle and
in some way it was discharged acci
dentally, the bullet entering the
fleshy part of one of the young boys
legs. The injury is not serious.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
That Shinino Nose.

At the opera the young man who
paid for the seats was engaged for q
few tense moments In study of a
stunning woman of middle age who
sat In the row in front. Then he
turned to the girl at his right. and
whispered. Look at the lady in law
ender; what is the matter with her
nose?" The girl gave one glance at
the shining ''neb," then turned to her
escort and whispered: "Enameled."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Injured. Goes to HospitaI.

Hugh Lowrie was taken with a
dizzy spell on Waterstreet Saturday
and fell, striking his head on some
cobble stones. A bad cash was cut
in his forehead. Officers Callahan
and Jennings carried the man to police
headquarters, administered first aid
and then sent him to Memorial hos
pital
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING.

Mrs. Charles Y. Swan has rented
her house on Egbert Hill to Harris
Ashton Dunn, of. New York. ..,
William H. P. Oliver is the purl
chaser of the Beattie house, No. 72
Macculloch avenue, and will occupy
as soon as repairs are completed.
DR.. Walter F. Chappell has secured
the Lawson place at Bernardsville for
the season.
Miss Berret's house on South street
has been rented to Louis Binsse for
year.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
His Aim Mas BAD

Two laborers at work on the ex-
cavation for the new Salny building
got into an argument with colored
man Monday noon and one of them
became peeved and threw stone
at the negro. The stone missed him
but smashed the show window of
George Sharrett's music store on
High street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Pedsoooue A. Ala Wors.

An Ohio schoolteacher has declared
that both the Declaration of Inde-
'pendence and the Constitution are
lacking In literary style. 1t would be
too great risk to trust that man
With either the first chapter OF
snesis or the Gettysburg speech
[ leveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Much rlmber In Res.rx..

The rich forests of the Caucasus
offer wide field for future develop
ment, although the walnut forests and
the boxwood forests along the coast
have been fully exploited. Two lum-
ber mills, one at Poti and the other
at Sukhum-Kalee. represent the bulk
OF the numbering carried on at pres
ent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
MRS. HOWELL HEADS D. A. r.
Other Officers Elected by Morristown
Chapter of Order.

Morristown chapter. Daughters OF
the American Revolution, held its an
nual meeting at the home of Mrs
Willard w. Cutler Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Willis K. Howell presented re
port as delegate to the National con
gress of the organization held recent
ly at Washington. The following of
ficers were elected: Regent, Mrs
Howell; vice-regent, Miss Elizabeth
N. Little; secretary, Miss Susan Cobt
treasurer, Mrs. Isaac r. Pierson; re
cording secretary, Miss Helen Head
ley; registrar, Mrs. Edwin P. Ford
historian, Miss Grace Vogt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Meetings at the Baptist Church.

The evangelistic meetings which
have been in progress in the Baptist
church for several weeks are being
continued this week. There are a
considerable number in attendance
each evening and much interest
manifested. The singing by w. IL.
.Houghton, of Brooklyn, is special
feature of these meetings and is
much enjoyed by those in attendance
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Tried to Take His own Life,

J. Harry Boniface, a former resi-
dent of Morristown, shot himself
Saturday night after being refused adj
mittance to the home of Miss Edith
Vreeland, in Newark. Boniface told
the police he shot himself because
Miss Vreeland would have nothing to
do with him. He is suffering from
fracture of the base of the skull.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Member Needed .Mendina.

Joseph Clark, an itinerant umbrella
mender. fell out of the haymow of a
barn near the sewage disposal works
Sunday morning and broke two ribs
and injured his spine. He was taken
to All Souls hospital after Dr. George
l.. Johnson, the police surgeon, had
attended him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
Importance Of seIf-control.

"The ability to restrain appetite.
passions, tongue and temper, to be
their master and not their slave--in a
word. absolute seif-control-is also of
first importance. One who can not
govern himself is untitled to govern
others. Marshall Field.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
MT. Freedom Improvements,

Contracts have been signed by the
Mt. Freedom Improvement association
and the Eastern Pennsylvania Power
Co. for the electric lighting of the
main road through Mt. Freedom be-
tween the Baptist and Presbyterian
churches, distance of about a mile.
The association is planning to lay a
concrete walk along the street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-05-21
The 'Way Ont.

a painstaking mother OF two chill
dfen was attempting to give them a
serious idea of her anxiety to make
them good, and to make plain to their
minds the gravity of the task before
her. Overcome with the possibility
OF ever attaining her mothers ideal,
hree-year-old Frances answered in
all earnestness: Don't try to make
us good, mother; just shoot us."-Ev.
erybody's Magazine.