The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-01
Walters ana kitchenmen IN three

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Washington hotels went on strike.
James O'Leary, a Chicago bookmak'
er. was arrested for accepting bets on
the national election.
Sweet apple cider, fresh from the
press, has been banned by a Whining
ton, Del, ordinance.
At the age of "a, Mrs. Elizabeth Lea
witt of Venice, Cal, is preparing to
cast her first vote.
Eustace Rousain, who, was the first
white person born in Duluth, is dead
there, aged 70.
East Milestone, the Oldest town in
Somerset County, New Jersey, was
nearly wiped out by a fire which
caused a loss estimated at $150,0oO
Mrs. E. l.. Alsip, wife of a manu-
facturer of Winnipeg, Man, was killed
by the sudden starting of her auto
while she was %cranking it.
The Jacksonville, Fla, street car
service is paralyzed. Conductors and
motormen abandoned all cars, because
of wage differences.
John Jensen, salesman for a Brook
lyn provision dealer, was arrested,
charged with using scales giving 10
ounces to the pound.
Miss Lucille Cameron, of Chicago,
told her mother that she will give up
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, and
aid in prosecuting him.
Alexander Forsyth, a railway tower
man, was ~beheaded by a Winchester
& Boston train near the Westchester,
N. Y, station.
Aviator Hamilton has a new watch
charm. 1t is a bit Of his own skull
removed by surgeons after a lofty
tumble.
Ulysses S. Grant, a cousin of Gen
eral U. S. Grant, married Miss Hannah
Johnson, a former servant in the
Grant home, in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Lieut.. Becker, under sentence OF
death, will await in Sing Sing the de-
cision of the Court of Appeals on a
new trial.
1t was made known that the wom-
an slain hear Bridgeport, Conn, had
been a Federal Government spy and
had got evidence against men in the
"white-slave" traffic.
The General Organizer of the Inter
nation Hotel Workers Union an
nounced that because many hotel pro-
prietors had come to terms with their
help there will be no general strike
of employees.
Edward Hoos, who was mayor of.
Jersey City from 1897 to 1901, died at
his home at Spring Valley, N. Y. He
was born at Rhine 65
years ago.
DR.. Louis Revier has succeeded
Dean Francis c. Van Dyke as dean
of Rutgers College. DR.. Van Dyke re-
signed to devote his time to the de-
partment of physics.
Jack" Johnson was sued for $3.50 0
for alternating the affections of the
wife of another negro. The license
for his Chicago cafe may not be re-
newed.
Alvin Roehr, SO, a farmer, shot and
killed his father-in-law, Philip j. OFT,
Viz. w anu Nib. OII . IdIuST, rTGu
Haut, so, nea Sheboygan, Wis, when
he was refused permission to see his
wife, with whom he has not been Iiv-
ing.
The National Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, at Atlanta, vas asked to
adopt resolutions ~favoring Federal
prosecution of Jack Johnson, who, in
Chicago, denying Objectionable Ian
guage attributed to him, defed the
people to dictate his choice of a fe-
male companion.
Charles Becker, in reciting the story
his lawyer would not let him tell on
the witness-stand, said enmity be-
tween Jack Rose and Herman Rosen-
thai brought on the murder. He ex-
planned his large bank accounts by
saying most of the money was the gift
to Mrs. Becker of an old man whom
her family had befriended.