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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27

The withdrawal Of Harvard, Yale
and now Columbia from the Intercol-
legiate Hockey League leaves that
erstwhile strong organization fairly
tottering on it's foundations.
Walter Maranyille, successor to Al.
Bridwell at short for the Boston Ma
t%ionals, has signed his contract for
next season.
Johnny Kilbane, of Cleveland, the
~featherweight champion, and Johnny
Dundee, of this city, have been match
ed to fight twenty rounds for the
featherweight title in Los Angeles.
Soldier" Kearns, the massive heavy
weight boxer of Brooklyn, knocked
out George C.One-round'D Davis, of
Buffalo, in less than two minutes of
boxing at the Fairmont A. C. of the
Bronx, New York.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
NEW A WISHES.
Arthur M. Easter.

I wish you, dear, a glad New Year,
Now, won't you send back greetingf
Your voice of cheer / want to hear,
Loves old. sweet song repeating.
LIES hours are passing swift away;
The world fast groweth older
Not one short day for us will stay
Till our hearts are grown holder.
Alas. another year has passed,
Far off into the ages.
They came so fast, so short they last
They are well called nfe's pages.
Say, must I leave so many dear,
Void of life's greatest blessing?
Must this New Year, too, disappear
With loves lack still depressingf
Dear, hear. won't you. who are 20 true
Your love at last smile on met
All, If you do you'll never rue
The day your kindness won me,
Yet, whatever, love, your answer, dear
I still will pray. God bless you'll"
And wish you cheer through this New
Year,
W.sn nothing to distress you.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27

He shook hands all round and most
cheerily gave the greetings incidental
to the season.
"Ah," said the doctor, what a
world it is. You remember the lines
of the old song? l don't quite, but
the sentiment is one to give us conf
dence, so let the wide world wag
as it will, I'll be gay and happy still
Yet there are some things which call
for the work Of the reformer. Per-
haps the hour is not yet come to
amend the long established imper-
so%nations of the seasons. Then, too,
we must continue to endure the
signs of the zodiac, cut rather low in
the neck as they are for modest kitch-
ems, while nudity continues to revel
~unabashed on the parlor walls and
behind the counters of hotel bar
rooms. Neither may one stand forth
with the abandon of a martyr and de-
clare against the shamelessness of
the clotheslessness of the New Year,
that absurd cold storage variety Of
Cupid. Such a toilette or lack of
toilette should suggest his translation
to a home for the predetermined.
Would it not be more reasonable
to suppose Time, now moving into new
premises (not into a 1at-but to be a
home for a year at least) must needs
have a blithe, buxom, r-osy-cheeked
maid Of all work to make the place
bright, cheerful and h%ospitable, for
there will be many guests to enter
tain three of the seasons at least
spring, summer, autumn-as unmar-
ried female persons. Let us picture
Time with this maid, who, coming at
the beginning Of leap year, boldly
pops the question and marries out
Of hand, taking the place of that
grouchy Dame December, who is dis
missed somewhat summarily and sent
packing yer the hills.
CAS- for Father Time, he v be-
m old, his acts being seven ages
Filled with wise saws and modern
instances he nobly plays his part:
never falls into the lean and slip
pered p%antaloon,' never requires
patching by the bushelman or cob
bier, or repairs at the dentists or
w~igmaker's.
There never was but one mortal
that seriously tried to stay in the
prolonged Marathon race with Time.
That was the grand old man, Methuse-
lah, and he had to give up beaten at
$50 years-a foolish contest, as Time.
rare old athlete that he is, not only
knows all the rubs, but is the sole
patentee and possessor of the vainly
sought elixir of life.
Zone may wonder whether Methuse.
iah at the beginning of each new
year, as now do most of us, turned
over a new leaf How monotonous it
must have become 1--WE ourselves have
something Of that feeling when we
have passed our forty-fifth m~ilestone)
as he approached the t~housandth year
1T is well there never was but one
human being who carried the burden
OF mortality such a preposterous mum.
Der Of years, until it became an irradi.
cate habit. Imagine how two or three
Methuselahs in this age would disar.
range the expectancy of life and dis
turb the most carefully and adroitly
arranged mortuary tables. Think
what a continuing affront a terrestrial
lingerer like that would be even tc
the most patient and conservative
funeral director and to the old sexton
as he mumbles his deep pass song
I Gather Them In. Gather Them In.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
Work Sundays on Bridge.

Looking to the speedy completion OF
the bridge of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road at Prospect street, a double force
of workmen will be engaged on the
operation on Sundays as we'll as week
days. The foreman on the work an
nounced that this would be done, fol-
lowing a demand by Commissioner
Fell. Mr.. Fell is anxious to have troll
ley traffic over the new span begin be-
fore work is commenced in replacing
the Prospect street bridge at the feed
er, as, should this work be under way
during the course of construction Of
the span over the railroad. travellers
to and from the Prospect Hill section
will suffer a double annoyance.
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General

Six-sevenths of the work of the Pan
ina Canal vas finished by December 1.
The official count shows that the
Democrats had a plurality of zoe. O47
in the State of New York.
Capt. c. w. Barber, chief of police
of the Canal Zone, is in New York. He
says not n of his 200 policemen is
a CRATER.
Joseph A. Murphy, head of the Fed
eral secret service department for
New England, left Boston for Prince
ton to guard President-elect Wilson.
George M. Davidson, aged 81, the
only Republican ever elected to Con.
gress from the Eighth District of Ken.
lucky, died in Stanford.
Chicago club women are prepared
to smash the egg market and say they
will quote prices that will startIe the
retail dealers.
Senator Bailey of Texas will make
his farewell speech in the Senate on
Jan. 2, next. He then will resign his
seat.
Chancellor Brown, in a report to the
institutions council, itemized the
pressing needs of New York Univer-
slty, which total over S. 0 900.
Edwin J. Bradshaw, aged 81, broker,
was arrested in his home in Winches-
ter, Mass. He was charged with arson
in connection with a fire in the Hotel
Rossmore in Boston.
The bodies of Chester Lawrence,
newspaper man, and Horace Kearney,
aviator who left Los Angeles in a
hydro-aeroplane, were found in the
Pacific.
Two officials of the Alton Lace Co.
were held up between Alton and Wood
River Junction, R. L., by two masked
bandits. The thieves got the company
payroll amounting to $1,000.
Fred P. Greenwood presented a bill
to the General Court of Massachusetts
which prohibits smoking by women
and provides a fine of $50 for any one
furnishing cigarettes to women.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled
that when a person violates the illinois
statute prohibiting remarriage within
one year after divorce, the ceremony
is illegal even if performed in another
State.
A special trainload of 10000 turkeys
left eastern Tennessee for Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York.
The Pope mill in Paterson was de-
stroyed by fire from a gasolene ex-
plosion. The damage is $3.50, 900.
Four strikers, arrested at Little
Falls, N. Y, for making speeches in
the streets, were released without a
trial.
Anticipating legislation at Albany
this winter designed to compel the
New York Stock Exchange to incor-
porate, its members are preparing to
fight it, as well as to bring about a
"bull market"
Following fresh assaults, counsel ad-
vised the striking textile workers at
Little Falls, N. Y, to protect them.
selves against police attacks.
The body of ]. H. Logue, a diamond
dealer of Chicago, was found in his
office in hat city. He had been shot.
stabbed II times, his head had been
crushed in and acid poured owe his
face. The motive was robbery.
Dealers of Providence, R. l., notified
Mrs. Alfred L. Lustwig, president OF
the Rhode Island branch of the House.
keepers League, that they would re.
duce the price Of eggs to rs cents a
| dozen,
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NEW LAWS.

Bill Drafted to Remove Conflict Of
School Attendance and Child Labor.
A child labor bill. prepared by Owen
R. Lovejoy, general secretary of the
National Child Labor Committee, is to
be presented at the forthcoming ses.
sion of the Legislature. It is hoped by
the members of the Child Labor Com.
mittee that the bill will become a law
and will remove the present conflict
between the compulsory education law
and the existing child labor statute.
Charles A. MacCall, secretary of the
State committee and supervisor of
compulsory education of the Newark
School Board, has taken a keen inter
est in the measure, and tells some
thing of what the proposed measure
may accomplish. Under present con
d%itions, said Mr.. MacCalI, there is a
serious conflict between the school at
tendance law and the child labor law.
The former compels a child's attend
ance at school between the ages Of
seven and seventeen, while the latter
measure permits children more than
fourteen to work if they have their z
certified to by a notary public.
Compelled to Leave Factory.
The result has been, Mr.. MacCau
points out, that factory owners have
engaged a child's services under the
labor law, and later the attendance
officers have come along and COM
PEELED the youngsters to return TO
school. Mr.. Lovejoy has prepared the
law after years of study of various
State laws in this country and foreign
regulations. 1t is considered by au-
thorities as practically perfect and has
been Endorsed by the committee on
uniform laws of the American Bar AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. Mccall points out that
it will be necessary not only to pass
the child labor law but a companion
act to it as an amendment to the
school law. The school law will pro-
vide for the granting of a permit to
work, by the Board of Education, TO
children more than fourteen years of
age, providing the first five grades Of
school have been gone through and the
child can read and write and is physi-
cally able to perform work required
of him in business. The labor law
vii these same points. 1t will
also govern the place of employment
for children, stipulating that they may
not be called upon to work at hazard
Gus employment, and setting forth in
what employment they may engage.
One provision under the child labor
law will be the making of all attend
ance officers factory inspectors.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27

Governor Osborne of Michigan has
given away his automobile and riding
horses, declaring he will walk here
after and enjoy the beauties of nature.
John D. Rockefeller broke his own
record for the nine-hole golf course at
Pocantico Hills. He did the course in
43 strokes. His former record was "A.
Clara Munson was elected a of
Warrentown, Ore, by 16 votes.
Cardinal Farley and others spoke in
New York in favor of a movement to
kill off immoral plays by inducing the
public not to see them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
GIST OF THE
WEEKS NEWS
Front Page Stories RetoId in
photographic Form.
INTERESTING MINOR EVENTS
BY Telegraph and Cable Roll In the
Important and the lnconsequen-
tiaI, but to Each Is Given
Its Proper Space.
INTERESTING MINOR EVENTS
WASHINGTON

Extensive control of water lines by
railroads is shown in a report of a
secret investigation prepared by the
Commissioner of Corporations.
The Money-Trust probers expect to
base remedial legislation on admis-
sionsm made on the stand by ]. P. Nor
gan.
j. P%ierpont Morgan completed his
testimony before the Pujo committee.
He said he had never sold short.
Acknowledgement Wickersham re-
jected a plan to distribute the Union
Pacifc's holdings of Southern Pacific
among the Union Pacific stockholders.
The Union Pacific will take the ques-
ton to the Supreme Court.
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Appeal for Pardon.

With the hope that they will be
given a present in the way of a com
mutation of their death sentence to
one of life Imprisonment, Frederick
Coursey and Harry Duffeld, the Cam
den youths now in prison here under
sentence to die in the electric chair
during the week of December %, have
had their cases presented to Governor
Wilson as president of the Board of
Pardons. Lawyers John L. Semple
and Howard L. Miller, who are looking
after the interests of the defendants,
who were convicted of fatally shooting
Karl Kellman, will give their reasons
for combinations. Prosecutor Boyle,
in Camden, stated that he will present
the States case to the board, but that
he will lot be ~over-zealous or yindict-
i've. In fact, he will let it be strictly
up to the board as to whether Ieniency
should be shown. 1t is understood
that the relatives of young Kellerman
are DESTROYS of seeing the law carried
into effect. If the boys do escape with
life sentences it is their desire to have
them really imprisoned for life. In
fact, they have asked that some guar
anty of this be made.
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Honest.
Il Didn't MARI

"I read an article on The Manage
ment Of Husbands in the Ladies'
Own Journal which said that the sur
est way to put a man into good humor
was to have an elegant dinner waiting
for him when he came home from
work." said Mrs. Trizitt.
"And did you make thu expert
ment?" asked Mrs. Duzzitt.
yes; and he has been mad ever
since because of the expense of the
dinner
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
%RondhoIders Are Paid.

That the receipts from the sale of
the remaining assets of the Walter
Automobile Company netted s4,940.0S.
and that this amount had been distrib-
uted to the bondholders, was reported
by Harry S. Wright, receiver, to the
Clerk in Chancery, The money was
distributed as follows: To William
Walters, holder of twenty bonds and
eighty coupons, $~3,96O.40; TO j. R.
Vandeveer, holder of two bonds ard
six coupons, $3S5.62; to Vrocm, Dick
inson & Scammell, holders of one
bond and four coupons, s19S.02; 10
Chris G. Hupfel, holder of two bonds
and eight coupons, s39S.04; total. S4,-
940.08. Receiver Wright further says
that there is remaining in his hands
no more money or other property to
be sent to the holders of securities OF
the corporation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
Hendrickson Head Of Grange.

Ewing Grange. No. 70, of Ewing
Township, held the annual meeting at
the Ewing Church House and elected
these officers: Worthy Master, John
w. Hendrickson; overseer, H. N. Fine;
steward, James Foote; assistant stew
ard, Henry P. Perry; treasurer, James
H. Cox; secretary, ". H. Cadwalader;
gatekeeper, Walter Reed; ceres. Mrs.
James II. Cox; pomona. Mrs. John w.
aendrickson; lady assistant steward,
Mrs, Mary Morris; lecturer. Mrs. San
ford Vernam.
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Three Are Rankrupts.

Herman B. Van Cleve, of Montclair,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States Court. He schedules his
liabilities at $S2S,3SS.74. He has no
assets. Michael Saseen, of Atlantic
City, has also filed a voluntary petition
in the same court. He schedules his
liabilities at $5,151.36 and his assets at
$50, composed of property claimed to
be exempt. Elias Rebel, of Elizabeth,
has also taken advantage of the bank
ruptcy act. He owes $7.016.93. accord
ing to the schedules filed. His assets
amount to $4,250.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
Grade Crossing Law.

AS president of the Mayors Society
of New Jersey, Mayor Donnelly issued
the call for the annual meeting. The
gathering will he held at Newark in
the Board of Trade rooms. The re-
organization Of the society will take
place and officers will be elected. The
Mayor states that he has a new plan
for forcing legislation on the grade
crossing proposition. He hopes to get
the Influence of the society behind Il
measure which will meet all the objec-
ton raised to the bill last year.
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Saves PASSENGER Train

Saves PaSsen9eT ITdIn.
More than 200 passengers on a west
bound Erie Railroad train, which thun-
dered past the Arlington station prob
ably W their lives to the fine calcula-
ton of bill" Martin, al engineer, en-
ployed on a freight engine in the yards
at Arlington Martin ran his engine
head on into a runaway freight car,
throwing the car off the track and
narrowly missing death himself. He
SO timed his feat that the passenger
train just grazzed the wrecked car.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
Has Narrow Escape.

A defect in a gasoline light genera
tor caused an explosion at the saloon
Of Paul Stark, North Clinton avenue
and Mead street. The explosion shook
the building and was heard for several
squares. Stark, the proprietor of the
establishment, narrowly escaped in
jury, he having been in the act of max
ing repairs to the mechanism just be-
fore the explosion occurred. Several
men who were in the barroom at the
time ran from the place. A passerby
sent in an alarm of fire and Assistant
Chief Stackhouse responded.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
Good Work Of Women.

Good Work OF Women.
A vast amount of work IS being
done by Trenton women for women.
And most of it is practical as well as
sincere, and effective as well as ideal
istic. The men should not leave such
duties entirely to the women, because,
while the women are capable of the
task, the men will lose the chance to
do good service and raise their own
moral level. Most of what one does
for the needy is mainly valuable for
what it does for oneself. Men cannot
afford to let the women get all the
benefit which comes from helping
others.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
convIcts at Work on Road.

The same sixteen men who started
working on the White Horse Road
last week left the prison a few min
utes before Z in the morning to con
tinue their labors. The prisoners
seem to await eagerly the chance to
exercise in the open air, and the ex-
pertinent has been successful. Head
Keeper Thomas B. Madden is pleased
with the result of the test. He says
the men are perfectly satisfied, and
they take more interest in the road
work than they did in the shop labors.
Although they had three hard days
out in the open the convicts are in
good condition and their physical
shape improves daily. For the entire
gang of sixteen men but two guards
are necessary, and absolutely no trou-
BILE has been experienced. County
Road Supervisor Daniel Klockner is
experimenting the job. The prison
ers had a peculiar experience day
when two deer crossed the road about
200 feet from where they were work
ing. The animals disappeared in the
woods.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27
MAY REPEAL
MOSQUITO LAW
Directs Supreme Court Justices
to Appoint Commissioners
RUSHED THROUGH HASTILY
Provides for Spending Three-quarters
of Million Dollars Yearly in Twenty
one counties-Mercer County
Must Raise $27,5oo.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
The mosquito commission law was
rushed through the last Legislature in
the early days of the session without
getting the consideration that should
have been given to a bill that means
the. spending of three-quarters of a
million dollars annually in the twenty
n counties. 1t directs the Supreme
Court Justices to appoint commissions
in all of the counties, and the director
Of the State Experiment Station is
made a member of each commission
and with power superior to those of
the commissions, the courts, even of
the Governor. He it is who may ap-
prove, modify or alter the estimates
made by the commission, it's plans and
methods, and the estimate, plan and
methods approved by him must be put
In operation. Boards of Freeholders
must provide the money, if the amount
of the estimate does not exceed l mill
on every dollar of assessed valuations
in counties where the assessed valua-
lions do not txceed $25, coo, 600; half a
mill in counties having ratables not
exceeding $780, 00, 900; and one-quarter
of a mill in counties where the as
sessed valuations exceed $50, 900, 600.
Value Not Demonstrated.
Mercer county's ratables last year
were above s93, 500, 900; this year they
will probably exceed $780, 200, 900. I'm
der the 1912 law the F~reeholders can
be compelled to raise $27, 500 for the
work of mosquito determination under
a law the value of which has not yet
been demonstrated. For the whole
State on the basis of last years valua-
tons the appropriations would prob
ably approach $4,000, as they would
amount to $541,188 at the one-quarter
of a mill rate on the 81, 166, 1855 tax
able valuations of the real and person
al property in New Jersey. The mem
bers of the Mercer County Commits
sion, realizing the hardship that will
be imposed upon the taxpayers, de-
cided not to ask the Freeholders to
appropriate $27,5O0 for next seasons
experiments, and there is a possibility
that the new Legislature may repeal
the law. A repeater was introduced
at the last session as soon as its ef-
fects were realized, but the repeater
was astrangled" in committee.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-27

MOTHER year!"
exclaimed DR.. Old
Fl S Tomorrow
and m o W
come and pass
away, gathered to
t b ancestral
yesterdays" A tone
of sadness, like the
bite of frost on the
p~ersimmon, m e l.
lowed the voice of
the doctor even as
he stood at the
threshold of the
glad New Year.
But this was only
for a moment. His
usual good nature
L-ll1-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-30
'HAL' CHASELOSES
INO|v0RCE ACTION
Referee Recommends That .
Decree Be Granted to wife OF
the Baseball Player.

New York, September 2s.-Alv'n
untermyer, referee. nled In inc ou-
preme Court yesterday q report recon-.
mendinp that the divorce acuon
brought by Hal Chase. the oase-
ball player, against Mrs. Nellie II.
Chase, be dismissed; that MRS. SnAso
receive a divorce instead. ano that tug
custody OF their three-year- oio son DC
given to Mrs. Chase. with sioo "on'n
aiimony. ~
When Chase began the divorce ae-
ZION several weeks ago great secrecy
WAS observed At one time IL was
aid that the action had been dropped
and that q reconciliation had been ef-
f.ctsd. The original action was based
upon an alleged indtscretion on the
part of Mrs Chase before her mar
riage.
chase presented no evidence before
the refer<e TO sustain his charge.
Through his counsel. Tausch 4 Ham'i-
tom. he informed the referee that H's
principal witness. a man named NC
Grath, had disappeared and couid no.
be found. Il. Mortimer Boyle. counsei
for Mrs. Chase. agreed TO present tho
evidence in support of Mrs. ChaSes
countsrclaim while Chase stu con-
Quoted his search for McGrafh
Mr1. Chase, the first witness calico
IN her own behalf, testified that she
was married TO Chase In San Jose'
Cal. January /. 1905. She IL at present
living at the Washington Inn. Am
s,erdam Avenue and One Hundred ana
Fifty-eighth street. and formerly hveo
with her husband at Leonia. n. j.. ana
al COL West One Hundred and Seven
ty-second Street.
At later hearing Mr.. Cntermysf
said that he desired to question Mp.
Chase TO see whether or not he hao
been guilty Of collision In aiding MS
VIE to obtain a divorce. Under
rigorous cross-exarnination Chase de-
MED that such was tho case.
Chase told Of the efforts that he hao
made to find McGrath. who. 1t 10 said
has left the employ of a tobacco COM
pany and IL now travelling In Penn
sylyania. Il wish / could md him.
he said Il am very anxious to OBJ
tain this divorce"
Chase said that he had agreed with
biz wife TO pay her 800 month all
rnony as long az she did not marry
again. II she remarries tho payments
are 20 cease