Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-02-15

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or be sued without Joining her hus-
band in any case in which he would
lIbe an unnecessary party If ne were
mot her husband. The Bar Associa-
Istion will endeavor to have these
measures enacted into law.
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/ The new bills in the Legislature
for full crews on railroad trains DIFF
| fer considerably from former meas
lures on this subject. They require a
crew of six on every freight train of
Hess than 30 cars. Passenger trains
l'of four or more passenger coaches and
one baggage car must have crews of
lsnot less than six men, except in the
lease OF. electric trains, on which the
Ecrew shall consist of not less than
five persons On passenger trains of
I less than three passenger coaches
and one baggage car the grew must
be composed of not less than five
linen, except in the case of electric
trains. where the crew may be COM
Eposed of four men. The penalty pro-
( vided is s100 fine for each violation.
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! The Assembly has passed the bill
fexempting from taxation household
! furniture to the value of $3.50. The
high cost of living was one of the ar
guments made in favor of the bill.
The Assembly has. also passed the
Martin bill forbidding Justices of the
Peace from performing the marriage
ceremony At
Following the opening of Woodrow
Wilon headquarters in Jersey City, in
| the interest of the nomination of Gov
ernor Wilson for President, the DEM
ocratic State Committee has received
word OF the establishing of Wilson
headquarters at 145 South Broad ST.,
Philadelphia. These headquarters
have just been opened by the Wood
row Wilson League of that city, and
the League has issued statement de-
lclaring that it is much encouraged
fby the interest shown by the people
in Governor Wilson, regardless of
party affiliations.
I The Court of Errors and Appeals
shad its photograph taken a few days
kago with Chancellor Pitney, Chief
Justice Gummere and all the Justices
6of the Supreme Court and Judges of
1.-THE Errors Court in their official posi-
tftion and each wearing the black robe
Eof the office. 1t is believed that this
lis the first time in the history of the
Estate that a photograph of the entire
ECourt of Errors in official position
has been taken.
The State Public Utility Commits
| sion has dismissed the complaint of
1.-The New Brunswick Board of Trade
asking that the Canal Co. be prohibit
led from maintaining classification of
tolls; that it require uniform rate
Iof toll not to exceed ten cents per
| ton for the entire length of the canal;
that the Board order that the canal
be kept open the entire year and that
| it be deepened to feet through its
entire length. The Commission dis
missed the complaint upon the
grounds that the charter rights of
the Canal Co. preclude the regulation
of tolls by the State; that classifi-
cation of tolls, if reasonable, is not
unjust, and that a uniform charge per
| ton per mile for all canal traffic
would be less reasonable than a prop
er constructed classification of tolls.
While dismissing the general com
plant, the Commission orders that the
Canal Co. shall not close the water
way for repair longer than from Dec.
| 20 to March 1, each year.
I
The proposition to establish State
Chamber OF Commerce, which was
launched some time ago is meeting
with growing favor, and the Chamber
of Commerce and Boards of Trade in
several municipalities have endorsed
! the project. The general idea of the
State Chamber is for. it to be cen
I tral body over all of the local cham
bers in the state, with a state headquar
ters, and general cooperation through
/ the. central body for increasing New
/ Jersey commerce and generally to
! unite the interests of all the towns
! and cities in the State, into one large
Protective Association, also the gen
eral advertising of this State with q
4 view to increasing its industrial and
commercial prestige.
! Following the practical elimination
4 of Senator Robert La Toilette as a
4 candidate of the Progressives fol
4 President, the Roosevelt boomers in
4 this state have renewed their activi-
1 ties. Former Governor Fort, former
i Governor Stokes, ex-senator EyeritI
1 Colby and others are working hard te