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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
NEWS OF THE NEARBY LACKAMANNA TOWNS a
Cannot Accept Help in
Paying Off $500 Fine
sneolaI to the E,enlnr star.


MORRISTOWN, Dec. 12.-Tellins
him that ne must pay his fine himselI
and not allow his parents or relatives
to pay it, Judge Joshua r. Salmon
fined Eugene Sampson, twenty years
old, of Butler, 500 yesterday on the
charge of assaulting James Brewer,
an elderly man. In another indict-
ment of assault, on which he was also
convicted, sentence and fine were sus-
pended SIMPSONS defense in both
the actions was that he had been
drinking.
Salvatore Dioto, of Madison, was
also fined $100 for sending an indecent
communication, to which he pleaded
guilty. Gilbert Trowbridge and
George and Howell Mingus, the three
boys who were indicted with Morris
Rosenberg, a junk dealer of this town,
on a charge of the larceny and re-
ceiving of copper wire belonging to
the New York Telephone Company,
were released, awaiting the develop
ments in the Rosenberg case, In which
the jury disagreed.
Others sentenced by Judge Salmon
yesterday were Winfield Miller,
Wood O'Connell, Fred Vorhies and
Curtis Ayers, of Point Morris, larceny
of two barrels of beer from a Lacka-
wanna freight car, fined costs of court
and placed In charge of the proba-
ton officer for one year; Virgil Mat
thews. Morris Plains assault and bat
cry on his step-mother. fined costs OF
court; Mike Citro. Madison, larceny
of a swan from the estate of Howard
Cole, at Florham Park, fined the costs
of court and placed In charge Of pro-
hnf Nf4 G..
Bilos and Otto Dix, Dover, larceny of
horse, costs of court imposed and
placed in charge of probation officer
for year; Dennis Doyle. this town.
assault and battery on Mrs. Andrew
Fenner, prison sentence and costs Of
court suspended; Harry Riley, Butler,
receiving stolen potatoes, suspended;
Jacob j. Hahn, Stirling, illegal selling,
costs of court imposed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
SUSSEX

Marquette Council No. 5sS, knights
of Columbus, at a regular meeting
held in the Columbus Clubhouse, at
Ogdensburg, last Sunday, has an
nounced the election of officers for
Robert H. Collins; deputy grand
knight, Harry Eppel; chancellor,
Lyon Dolan; financial secretary,
George Selms; recording secretary.
William Dolan; treasurer. Thomas J.
O'Malley; warden, Milliam McEntee;
advocate, William J. Condor; outside
guard, Thomas Condor; inside guard,
Owen Corregian; trustees. William
McEntee, John O'Malley and Owen
Corregian Officers were installed by
District Deputy Manley, of Paterson.
Miss Name Rockwell, of Sussex,
has gone to Binghamton, N. Y, where
she expects to make her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arturo Tories have
sailed from Costa Rico for this coun-
try, and are expected at the home
of Mrs. Torries's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. s. Martin, Of Sussex, some
time next week.
The final accounting Of Mrs. Julia
Current, widow of Manning F. Cur
rent, shows that her husbands estate
amounted to $s6, ,0s7 SO. After paying
the bills of the estate and living ex-
penses the accountant reports
$2S, ,472.32 on hand.
The borough OF Andover is making
a move to form Borough Improve
ment Association, through the agency
of which 1t is hoped to bring about
the building of community hall and
eventually q free public library. The
women are to be enlisted in the cause
as well as men.
The large orchards on the farm OF
c. B. Sammis, at McAfee, were al
most totally destroyed by the ice
storm which visited Sussex county.
There are three cases OF blood poi
soninga at Unionville. The sufferers
are Isaac BelcEer, who has an infec-
ton in his hand; Mrs. N. J. Cox has
1t in her face and Mrs. Levi Court
wright has 1t in her hands, 1t is re-
ported that all three cases started
from very small pimples.
A Holstein COW owned by Peter
Jordon, of Unionville has made a
record by giving 1856 pounds OF milk
a week. Its milk is weighed at each
milking and a daily record is kept.
The Boys Glass Of Monroe will hold
a Q6Ddl6 dt lIlC CIiulSh A7dSotA Aoy
night. The subject to be discussed
is Woman Suffrage"
Hamilton Earl, of Sparta, with a
force of men, has succeeded in put
ting the Woodport turnpike in excel
lent condition.
The Spirit of 1920" an amateur
production. is to be given by the
Girls Industrial Club of Hamburg at
The parish house Monday evening,
December 21, at s:l5. The play deals
with the woman suffrage situation.
At a congregational meeting the
trustees of the new Presbyterian
Church, at Franklin Borough, were
authorized to borrow money to pay
off the debt on the new church. The
actual debt is s2.1o0. but in addition
5000 of subscriptions remain unpaid.
The cost of the edifice and furniture
was about $4,000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
SUMMIT

Allan Mclean, OF London, Canada,
is a weekend guest of his mother Aat
the home of the latter's nephew and
niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Caesar,
80 Springfield avenue. With Mr.. Nc
Lean is John Todd, also of Canada.
Mr.. Mclean is connected with the
large crockery firm of John Dringle
Ss Co. in London, Canada.
The Morris County Traction Com
oany yesterday discontinued the
transportation of the motormen and
conductors between Millburn, Spring
leld and the new car sheds, near the
Passaic river bridge. The company
Las provided car in which the men
having the early morning and late
night runs have been carried from
Springfield to the car yard at 4:SO each
morning and returning after mid
night. This morning a half dozen
Of the men walked from Springfield
10 the car yards, a distance of three
miles.
frNe combination hose and chemical
esO mobile apparatus, which was pur-
chased BY the city for Hose Company
No. ., was unloaded from the freight
car here yesterday afternoon. The
machine is known as type 10, made
by the American La France Cons
pany, ana Is equlppeu WIN 5QlC iioO I
modern appliances. The machine is
Of the latest design and carries 1,50o
feet of two and one-half inch hose
and large chemical tank. The ap-
paratus is nickel-trimmed, has cleo
trio lights and generator and will
carry about twelve men. The net
cost Of the apparatus. which is to be
tested today, was 81, 100, the company
allowing the city $1,000 for the old
machine used by Hose Company No.
= Robert Bliss is to be the driver
of the new machine, of which Henry
L. Muchmore a member of the Chem
icaI Engine Company, had the dis
tinctfon of being the first driver here,
Mr.. Muchmore running the new ap-
paratus from the freight yard to the
old city Hall, where it was quartered
yesterday.
The only remaining vacant tract OF
land in Maple street, which was
owned by the Summit Home Land
Company has been sold to Jacob
Mantel, of Maple street. The plot has
a frontage of about 1870 feet on Maple
street, just north of the building in
which the postofflce is located, and
adjoining the property of the Elks'
lodge. It could not be learned what
price was paid for the tract, although
the property value in this street is
about $3.50 a front foot.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Morris County Teachers
Holding Session in Dover
Special to the Evening Star.

opociai TO tne Evening star.
DOVER, Dec. 12.-The Morris
County Teachers Association is hold
ing its fall session in the high school
auditorium here today.
During the recess between the
morning and afternoon sessions the
women of the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church served luncheon and
placed those teachers doing the same
kind Of work near each other to give
them a chance TO become better ac-
quainted.
The opening address was made by
]. Howard Hulsart, county superin-
tendent. At 10:30 o'clock Miss Eliza
beth A. Allen, president of the New
Jersey State Teachers Association,
addressed the teachers on THE Pres
ent Retirement Fund Law" and
Problems of the State Association. +"
A. B. Meredith and DR.. ]. J. Saw
itz, assistant State commissioners of
education, are the afternoon speak
ers. The former will speak to the
high school teachers on THE Six
Year High School," while DIR. Savitz
will address the elementary division
on the subject of Reading"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
MORRISTOWN

Holiday parties promise to be
numerous. Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin
VIII entertain at the residence of
Mrs. Cauldwell on the afternoon of
December 26, for her son, Frederic
Franklin. Mrs. Anable will entertain
at the Blue Moon for her son,
Anthony Anable, on the afternoon of
January 1. Mrs. Paul Bigelow will
give a dinner, followed by dance,
for Miss Rosalind Bigelow on the
evening of December IS. Miss Bige-
low is at the Pennington School and
the guests at the dance will repre-
sent girls and men not yet out Of
college. s#
Mrs. George Carr Henry gave the
third of series of auction bridge
parties at her home on Madison
avenue yesterday
Mrs. John Murray Forbes ent ar
tanned at auction bridge yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. James G.. Marshall will give
a dove dinner on Thursday, De-
cember H.
On Friday. December. 1S, Mrs.
Emlen p. Franklin will give. a
luncheon, followed by auction bridge,
in honor of Mrs. Bosworth.
Mrs. Pomeroy T. Francis will give
a luncheon at her New York home
on December 49, asking number of
friends from this town.
Miss Katherine Thomas is with
Mrs. Henry o. Bates, jr, at Dalton,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bayne have
closed their country place near New
Vernon and have gone to New York
for the winter.
Mrs. Motley has returned from
Katonah, N. Y, where she has been
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Whitman.
Mrs. MacConnell Is visiting Mrs.
William Bard McVickar TO remain
over Christmas.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
MADISON

Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Duckham,
of Loantaka way, entertained num-
Der of friends at their home there in
honor of the twentieth anniversary
of their marriage. There were a
number OF out-of-town guests. Mr..
Duckham is superintendent for Mrs.
D. Willis James and also superintend-
ing the landscaping in connection
with the proposed railroad improve
ments in Madison.
Charles H. Totty, who has been for
several weeks in Overlook Hospital
Summit, where he underwent an op-
Grafton for appendicitis, was taken to
his home on Rosedale avenue yester-
day. He is improving rapidly.
Mrs. G.. Franklin Ream, of West
field, has left for visit with friends
in Baltimore, Md, after having been
q guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Miller, of Maple avenue,
for several days. Mrs. Ream resides
in Westf1eld.
Rev. Addison w Hayes, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Madison, will preach in that edifice
tomorrow evening on Business Risks
of Busy People" The pulpit win be
occupied in the morning by Rev. DR.
vogel, of Newark, the new superin-
tendent. The pastors theme at the
weekly prayer and praise meeting on
Tuesday night will be christmas and
the Church" Raymond L. Forman,
of Mount Vernon, N. Y, will give the
first of a, series of Epworth League
lectures on next Friday evening. His
theme will be ''Dickens's Christmas
Carols"
Mrs. Alice Hastings and Miss Gladys
Hastings, of Paris, France. are guests
for a few days of Mr.. and Mrs. A. R.
Lum, of Ridgedale avenue.
S, ]. Teshima, of Fairwoods-in-
Madison avenue, has left here for an
extended trip through the Middle
West.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Public Improvement will be
held next Monday evening.
In the First Presbyterian Church on
Main street, the pastor, Rev. e. A. Nc
AIpia. will preach tomorrow morning
on "The Danger of Superficial Life"
In the evening in Webb Memorial
Chapel on Green avenue g. Roland
Munroe. an active member of the
AntizSaloon League. will speak.
The subject in the First Church of
Christ. Scientist, In the James build
ing rooms, will be "God, the Preserver
of Man."
Mrs. Joseph Thomas. of Main street,
is spending several days with reia-
tiyes in Carlstadt.
Mrs. w. H. Dumont and family, of
Main street, have closed their home
here and have gone to New YORK Tor
the winter months.
Frank Earles, of Belmont avenue,
expects to return here today after
weeks stay in Newark.
Mrs. G.. P. Anderson, of Prospect
street, has returned from Wilkes
barre. Pa, where she was a guest of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs p. Smith Tiger, formerly of Mad
ison.
William o. Ludlow, president of the
Board of Public Improvement. is
again able to be about after having
been confined to his home on Wildwood
terrace with severe attack OF cold-
Miss Rose Stewart, of Orange, Is
visiting her sister, Miss Jennie Stew>
art, of Main street.
The senior team of the Y. NJ. c. A.
viii meet In basketball contest to-
night with the stevens Preparatory
School, of Hoboken.
Secretary Will ]. Appel, OF the local
Y. M. c. A, will take a number OF
juniors to New York today on sight
seeing trip.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
To Lay Cornerstone for
Vocational School in
Franklin Next Saturday
Special to tho Evening Star.


FRANKLIN, Dec. 12.-The laying of
the cornerstone for the vocational
school building will take place next
Saturday at 2:90 o'clock.
The dimensions of the main build
ing will be 132x6S feet, with a wing
one story high in the middle of the
rear of the main building. which will
be 46x52 feet. Through the middle OF
the main building will run a corridor
JOS feet long and II feet wide. sim
liar corridor will be on the second
floor.
In the floor plan of the first
floor teachers room is includ-
ed at the left of the main
entrance. The principals office and
private room will be at the right OF
the main entrance. At the left of the
entrance and on each side of the cor
ridor there will be two class-rooms,
24x37 feet. On the entrance at the
right there will be a domestic SCIENCE
room, in which there will be modern
ranges and running water; the floor
space is 24x37. Across the corridor
will be another classroom, 26x36 feet.
Directly back from the main entrance
on the first floor the auditorium viii
be located; the dimensions Will be
50x76 feet. The auditorium will have
I a large stage and equipment for in
stalling q stereopticon.
The entrance to the second floor VIII
be through the main corridor from the
first floor, where WIN be located a ply
sizes and chemistry laboratory, 23x37
feet; commercial classroom, 23x30
feet; school store and bank. 23x8.10
feet. In connection with the CONNER
cial room will be the typewriting-
room, 23x9 feet. The second floor will
also have class-rooms for English,
history, elementary science. language,
mathematics, sewing and printing and
a school library.
In the basement large spaces will
be devoted to separate class rooms for
Woodworking, a wood and iron ma
chine room, handwork-room and a
gymnasium, 50x36 feet.
The construction will be of concrete
and fireproof brick. The whole build
ing throughout will have modern ven
tilation. The building is situated on
the tract of land purchased from the
Rutherfords and adjoins the Franklin
Athletic Field on the south. The cost
of the construction will be upward of
100000, and when the building Is COM
pleted it will compare favorably with
4, any of it's kind in the State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Officials Plead Not Guilty
TO Tampering With Bids

EGG HARBOR, Dec. 12.-Charles
Borgenweck, Gustave Lehr, mem
bers of the Common Council, and
Adolph Morgenweck, an Atlantic City
contractor, indicted on the charge of
tempering with the bids for $4,000
for Improvements to be made this
spring, were ararigned here yesterday
to plead to the indictments
All three entered pleas of not guilty
and were held in bail of $1,000 each
for trial.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Three States TO Unite
in Suffrage Campaign

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-In the cam
paign next year for votes for women
in the States Of Pennsylvania, New
York, New Jersey and Massachusetts
the work will be carried on along In
dividual lines except for an inter-
change of speakers.
This decision was reached at con-
ference yesterday of suffrage work
ers from the four States. The dele
gates said they felt sure that the
question of suffrage would be sub
mitted to the people next year In
each of the four campaign States.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Colorado Strike Board
Effects Organization

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Formal
organization of President Wilson'S
new Colorado Strike Commission was
effected here today, with Seth Low, OF
New York. as its chairman. Other
members of the commission are Pat
rick Gilday and C. W. Mills, Of Penn
sylvania. The commission was ap-
pointed before settlement OF the strike
of Colorado coal miners, so as to be
ready to act in event Of any future
dispute.
Pending further developments, Pres
ident Wilson will not order the with
drawal of Federal troops in the Colo
rado strike zone. This decision was
reached because Governor Ammons,
at whose request the troops were sent,
declined to accept responsibility by
asking that all Of them be with
drawn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Administrator
MOrristOwn's Free Dental
Clinic Soon Will Be Opened
Special to the Evening star.

Special to the Evening Star.
MORRISTOWN, Dec. 12.-Dr.
Henry N. Dodge and DR.. Vernon D.
Rood, who have been actively in-
terested in the establishment OF the
free dental clinic in this town, have
purchased the equipment for the
clinic, which will be opened about
Christmas.
The clinic will occupy temporary
quarters In the DeHart office build
ing on South street. 1t is expected
later that permanent quarters will be
provided in the new wing for the
Memorial Hospital or the new high
school building
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12

PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that the
folbwing ordinance has been passed by
the Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners and approved by tho Mayor Of the
City OF Newark. and Il hereby published
according TO law:
nances Of the City OF Newark CReviBion OF
1919, approved October 1, 1919.
BE II ordained by the Board Of street and
Water Commissioners Of the City Of New
ark, as follows:
Section l. That Section 7fs Of the Re
vised Ordinances Of the City Of Newark ire
be and the same fs hereby amended by the
addition OF the following paragraph:
Sec us. Whenever any person or per-
sons shall excsvate in or occupy or use any
part Of the public streets and highways In
this city IN such q manner as to cbstruct
travel through any such street or highway,
placed At twilight suitable and suficAent
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12

Some time ago T. p. o'Connor, one
OF the best known Irishmen in the
House of Commons, perpetrsted an
amusing bull"
Are there as many absentee land
lords in Ireland as there used to be?'
he was asked.
my dear SIR Mr.. o'Connor re-
piled seriously, ireland Is swarm
ing with them" l"--Pearson's Weekly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
sailor. Missing 90 Years, Returns TO
Claim Legacy.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-After being
lost to relatives for twenty-five years,
William Lawson a sailor. who lives
i'm the Union Hotel, Manhattan, has
returned to claim a share in the $780,
600 estate of his father Joseph Law
son. The elder Lawson lived at
woodhaven, and died in 1908 from In
iuries sustained by an accident on
the Brooklyn elevated railway.
The sailor established his identity
before Surrogate Daniel Noble, of
Queens. who gave him an order yes
terday for the money.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
DECLAMATIoN CONTEST.

A declamation contest VIII be heId
tomorrow afternon in the rooms OF
the Hebrew Free School, Orange,
under the auspices of the Young
Women's Hebrew Association of the
Oranges. The contest is open to
children between Thirteen and seven
teen years who are pupils of the
Hebrew Free School and the local
Hebrew Sunday schools. A medal
viii be given the best speaker. Miss
Fannie Pinsky, president of the Y. w,
FL. A., is in charge. and in conjunc-
tion with the contest Chanokuh en-
tertainment will be held.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
BridegrOOm-elect Killed
by Erie Train on Trestle

HACKENSACk, Dec. 12.--Edward
Lord, OF Hudson street, Garfield a
paper mill hand, was killed by train
on the Erie short cut yesterday. AS
he ives crossing a trestle near Gar
field station he slipped and fell. Be-
fore he could get up the train struck
him, fracturing his skull. He was to
have been married next week to Miss
Nellie Yer Hoeve, who boarded at the
same place.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
CoupIe See Romance on Moving Picture
Screen. Then ElOpe.

All the speed of a film romance,
from the deep breath following the
first look into each others eyes TO the
forgiveness of the irate parents. at
tended the elopement of Miss Elsie
Alice Van Steenburgh, aged eighteen,
OF $40 West 146th street, and Francis
Xavier McKernan, twenty. OF Hast
ings-on- Hudson.
At a church fair in Hastings, a
little more than two weeks ago, Miss
Van Steenburgh and McKernan met
for the first time. A few days
later he called upon the girl at her
home in Manhattan. They ATTENDED
a moving picture show.
On the screen was shown MIN
elopement The hero and heroine
met under circumstances similar TO
those by which McKernan and Miss
Van Steenburgh began their ac-
auaintance. The young man, being
wide-awake. seized upon the picture
as a parallel.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Asks Investigation of Gas
and Electric Meter Accuracy

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 12-U. S. Com
missioner Carpenter has asked the
Public Utility Commission to investi-
gate the accuracy of the meters Of the
Public Service Gas Company and the
Public Service Electric Company and
the reasonabieness of their treatment
Of consumers. His complaint is based
on his personal experience in receiy-
weeks light
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Summit Herald Delayed
Special to the Evening Star.

SUMMIT, Dec. PA break in the
printing press of the Summit Herald
yesterday afternoon delayed the
Christmas edition several hours. 1t
was necessary to have the forms
carted to Madison, where the Herald
was printed on the press of the Madi-
son Eagle. After the forms had been
placed on the Eagle press the cylin-
der clasps caught in the forms, de-
stroying several columns of type,
which it was necessary to set again
before the paper could be printed. All
Of the afternoon mails were missed,
and the Herald did not reach the
local newsstands until last night.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
DR.. j. w. Farrow Named
Morris Jury Commissioner
Special to the Evening Star.

DOVER, Dec. 12.-Dr. ]. Willard
Farrow, of West Blackwell street, was
ris county yesterday by Chancellor
r. r. Walker. DR.. Farrow has ten
dered his resignation to the Board
of Education, of which he was pres.
ident, In order that he may qualify
as commissioner. He will be sworn
In Monday by the county clerk at
Morristown and take up the work of
making up the jury lists with Sheriff
William II. Thompson. DR.. Farrow
will be succeeded by Coleridge H.
Benedict, sr., as president of the
Board of Education.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
Breaks Ribs in Fall
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening star.
NEWTON, Dec. 12.-Wilson Angle,
of Cedar street, while saving off a
broken limb of tree which had
fallen against the house during the
recent ice storm, lost his balance and
fell to the ground. breaking three ribs.
Mr. Angle was unconscious for some
time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-12
A. Randolph Howard,
Alleged EmbezzIer,
Surrenders in Virginia
Special to the Evening Star.

NEWTON. Dec. IA. Randolph
Howard gave himself up yesterday
at Fredericksburg Va, where he
was wanted on charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 from Masonic Lodge
No. 4.
Word was received by Deputy
Sheriff A. T.. Lyons, from J. Conway
Chichester, the detective who was at
Newton last week. Howard was en-
ployed at the Baton farm at Wal
pack, where Howard's family is liv-
ing