Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-13
Killers IN
STORMY MEETING
Turmoil Marks the Annual Ses=
sion of ImprOyers' AS
ISOLATION.
THREATENED FIST-FIGHT
PREVENTED BY MEMBERS
President Fettinger and F. F.
Meyer, Jr., Clash-Director
Evans Questioned.

= But for the interference of friends
physical encounter between f. F.
Meyer, jr., chairman of the commit
tee on legislation and law, and Theo-
dore S. Fettinger, president, of the
Clinton Hill Improvement Associa-
ton, might have brought the annual
meeting held last night in Berkeley
Hall to an abrupt end.
The trouble arose over the election
of officers, and when Mr.. Fettinger
was re-nominated for president. Mr..
Meyer opposed the nomination, and in
doing so declared that Mr.. Fettinger
was elected last year on a bargain
from the previous year, when the lat
ter was elected secretary, on condition
that he would become president the
following year.
Mr.. Fettinger holly replied: "You
are lunatic."
Mr.. Meyer retorted with his charge
and Mr.. Fettinger replied: you are
q -- fool"
S. At this juncture Mr.. Meyer started
toward the president and but for the
+ interference of friends fist fight
might have resulted.
The meeting as a whole was per-
haps the most exciting in the entire
history of the association.
Mr.. Meyer was chairman of a COM
hnittee to which had been referred
the question of the association be-
coming member of the Peoples
Legislative Bureau. He reported
against the proposition and in favor
& of the association conducting it's own
s legislative bureau. He thought that
as the Peoples Legislative Bureau
was to cover the whole State it could
not act quick enough for them on
local bills.
He declared that the bureau was
going to have a secretary at Trenton
during the legislative sessions and
pay him $1,000, and he was to get
$500 in advance.
Edward Blau, who said he was a
delegate at the meeting of the Peo-
pies Legislative Bureau in the Wiss
building yesterday afternoon, said
that the bureau had Joined with the
Civic Federation of Hudson County
and would pay that organization 81, 000
to look after bills and would expend
$4,000 altogether to get needed in
formation. He said that $500 had
been pledged at the meeting. The
report of the committee was not
adopted and the association then de-
cided to go into the bureau.
The association decided to pay $50
to the bureau and when Mr.. Meyer
tried to discuss this phase of the
question, President Fettinger decided
that he had talked enough.
Director Walter A. Evans en-
deavored in a lengthy address to
show how economically the Freehold
ers were conducting the affairs of the
county on an increasing tax rate.
He said: why the same system has
to be followed in buying one cents
worth of pins for the judge as in
contracting for $4,000 tons of coal
for Overlook
He explained about the mandatory
appropriations. Fred A. Fischer,
who was freeholder in 18S4-85,
wanted to know why Mr.. Evans had
voted to create the office of county
attorney which is filled by Alfred N.
Dalrymple. Mr.. Evans answered that
he thought the position was neces-
sary on account of the widows PEN
sion law. etc.
George M. Judd declared that the
$4,000 spent for mosquito extermina-
ton was a great waste of money as
there were millions of mosquitoes in
Weequahic Park.
After Director Evans had answered
many questions President Fettinger
finally came to his relief by calling
for the regular order of business.
The officers elected were as follows:
President, Theodore S. Fettinger; first
vice-president, William S. Walters;
second vice-president, DR.. William D.
Bleick; third vice president, Thomas
Linnett, jr.; treasurer, Thomas Walk
er: secretary, David l.. Everett.
President Fettinger suggested that
the Father and Son movement be
aided by the fathers bringing their
sons to the annual banquet on Febru-
airy "a. The number of tickets is lin
tied to $780,