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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12

Privates and non-commissioned Of
fcers in the army will have no OPP
p~ortunity to reach commission rank
by competitive examination in the
near future, because of the lack OF
vacancies in the grade of second lieu
tenants.
The American steamer Hooking, de-
tanned at Halifax, N. s., for prize court
proceedings, narrowly escaped being
driven ashore during a heavy blow.
She was hauled out of danger by four
tugs.
Postal authorities started an inves-
tigation of the disappearance of pack
ages containing $4,000 in checks,
mailed from Clinton, Mass, and adj
dressed to a Boston bank.
Striking employees of the Interna-
tional Silver Co., and strikers of the
Manning-Fowman Co.,, marched
through the factory district OF Merl-
den, Conn, 5000 strong.
After 10 months of idleness, the
Sharon, Pa, plant of the American
Steel Foundries will be opened at
once, giving employment to 500 men.
Reports received at Douglas, Ariz.,
state hat the Villa forces at Nogales'
Sonora, are on the verge OF mutiny,
and going over to Carranza.
Detectives armed with cameras are
taking pictures of every employe OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad In
West Virginia that they see drink
ing liquor.
A large sugar refinery will be estab-
Iished at Chatham, Ont, by the Do
minion Sugar Co., of Vallaceburg,
Canada, at a cost of $1,000, OOO.
Robbers broke open a safe in the
Majestic Theatre at Springfield, Ill,
and escaped with $940.
Seven hundred delegates attended
the opening session of the National
Coffee Roasters' Association conven-
ton in st. Louis.
Captain Ball of the British steamer
Rio Lagos, which put in at Halifax,
N. S., with his ship still afire, de-
clared the fire was caused by an in
cendiary bomb.
Hundreds of young men of military
age have applied to the British For
eign Office for passports, with which
they hope to escape the CONSUMPTION
they anticipate.
The executive board of the Western
Federation of Miners voted to levy a
monthly assessment of 81 to 81 on
its membership of $4,000 for the bene-
fit of striking miners in Arizona.
Viscount Chinda, Japanese ambassa-
dor at Washington, asked Secretary
Lansing to have American consuls IN
Mexico look after Japanese affairs In
localities in which no japanese con-
suls were stationed.
NJ. Ju~sserand, French ambassador
visited President Wilson and thanked
him for his personal efforts in obtain
ing the reprieve of two French women
condemned to death by the Germans
in Brussels.
The name of the Duke of Connaught
will head the list of subscribers to
the new Canadian domestic loan in in
staIlments, to be issued at the end OF
this month.
George H. Bell, commissioner OF IL
censes, in New York, revoked the IL
censes of the Olympic and Garrick
theatres, burlesque houses, because OF
the character of the shows.
Rioting broke out in the street a
strike at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, when a
a was run for the first time since
the beginning of the strike.
Secretary Of State Roach of Mis-
souri, refused a license for the Wabash
Railway Co., an Indiana corpora
ton, to operate in Missouri.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Wants Ten Salary Checks.

w anus Gil 0dIdt OIiCSNop
Charging hat the Paterson Board
of Education still refuses to pay her
the salary due her as a school teacher
on the basis of 10 monthly install
ments, Miss Lillian G. Gowdy has
brought mandamus proceedings in the
Supreme Court.
In 1910 the Paterson board adopted
a resolution providing for IL payments
to the teachers for a years salary.
Miss Gowdy and Miss Maud F. EIpmer
alleged that they would not be paid
as much under this scheme as their
contracts required. They were upheld
by the Commissioner of Education but
he was reversed by the State Board of
Education. Then both the Supreme
and Court of Errors upheld the Com
missioner and decided that the salary
should be paid in 10 instruments. In
spite Of these decisions, Miss Gowdy
claims the board refuses to so pay
her.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Pro-cathedral at Capital.

1t has been practically decided to
make Christ Episcopal Church, of this
city, the pro-cathedral of the Diocese
of New Jersey. The plan will be
tried for five years, and if successful
the church will be acquired by the
diocese and made the cathedral prop
err. This plan was outlined by Bishop
Matthews at the convention in Eliza
beth in May.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Court Reduces a Widows Verdict.

In an opinion rendered the Supreme
Court directed Mrs. Carrie A. Tilton
of AsbuTy Park, to accept $4,000 in
lieu of her verdict for $4,000 against
the New York & Long Branch Rail-
road, otherwise a new trial will be
ordered. The woman's husband vas
killed by a train.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Teacher Leaps Off Bridge.

Miss Olga W~hittlesey, a graduate
of Vassar and 10Y a teacher, jumped
from the Prospect street bridge on the
Belvidere division of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad. She was picked up just
before a train sped by. She is now
at Mercer Hospital, where it is said
that she will recover.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Calls Award Excessive.

A verdict of $16,S49.05 in favor of
Edward 1. Petow and against the
North British and Mercantile lnsur-
ance Company, of London and Edin-
burgh, was ordered set aside by the
Supreme Court. Petow secured a poll
cy of insurance from the company to
cover several paintings of great mas
ters.
The court said that the Witnesses
produced to tell the value of the paint
ings had no knowledge that those
destroyed were those of the masters
described in the policy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12

London.-The conduct of the wal
was bitterly assailed in a debate in
the British House of Lords by Earl
Loreburn, former High Chancellor;
Viscount Miller and Baron Courtney
of Penwith.
In the course of the discussion Earl
Loreburn said he was told two months
ago that 100000 men had been
killed or disabled for life, and assert
ed that multitudes have been added
to the number since.
He averred if the conflict continues
indefinitely revolution or anarchy
may follow in Europe.
Viscount Miller charged that the
British censors have "doctored" the
news in an Optimistic sense" and
that the Berlin reports are infinitely
fairer than those of London.
The influence of the French and
British forces sent from Salonica to
aid the Serbians was exerted with in
creased strength northeast of Strum-
lisa, and the combined armies con-
tinued to press their advance into
D0t56A Aob 0AAf4h6 IAO Oul6d46 OCIOlO
them.
Their progress, though relatively
slow on account of the difficulties of
the country, was sufficiently rapid to
permit of the capture of supplies and
munitions and some prisoners.
The French forces are following up
their successes north of Prilep, where
fhnry ~ f0~nasr- - 4,-oks1~- I'LL 4L@
Serbians on the Babuna range.
On the extreme west of the Balkan
front the Montenegrins have checked
the Austrians nea Grahovo, in1icting
severe losses on them in desperate
battles, which r continuing night
and day.
The Austrians are said to be con
centrating a force of 100, 900 men in
Herzegovina for an invasion of Mon.
tenegro.
The Austro-G Germans have captured
Krusevac, on the railway northwest
of Nish, and reached Ivanjica, twenty
seven miles southeast of Kralievo.
They are attacking to the south of
Kralievo, and between that town and
Krusevac they have crossed the west
ern Morava at several points.
The fall Of Nish has united the main
Bulgarian forces and the Austro-Ger-
mans advancing from the north. The
Bulgarians and their allies now hold
considerably more than half of Serbia
and command the Nish railway, which
has been one of the chief detectives
of their campaign.
CONSTANTINE FOR NEUTRALITY.
London.-King Constantine openly
defied the war party of Greece and
urged M. Zaimis, leader of the peace
party, to withdraw his resignation Of
the office of Prime Minister.
Zaimis declined to chaneg his mind
about retiring, and the King immedi-
ately called a council of ministers,
evidently with the object of dissolving
Parliament and delaying the entrance
OF Greece into the war, at least until
another election is held.
Later dispatches from Athens said
the King had nfially accepted the res
ignation Of the entire Zaimis Cabinet.
1t is hnted that M. Venizelos, the
former Premier, is holding over the
head of the King the probability of a
revolution, and has informed the SOW
ereign that he car enter the war and
retain his throne or can refuse to take
the side of the allies and risk being
deposed by the great mass of the peo-
pie, who are clamoring for war.
Meantime the Entente Powers con
tinue to land troops at Salonica. 1t is
announced that in a month they will
have thrown probably 500, 900 men
into Serbia, not including Russians.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Morris Court Reversed.

The judgment of the Morris Circuit
Court was ordered reversed by the
Supreme Court in the suit of the
Mayer Ice Machine and Engineering
Company against Preston A. Van
Voorhis and others. The record in the
case will be RENTED to the trial court
with instructions to amend the judg-
ment of $1,000 by deducting S5S9.09
found by a jury to be the amount
of damages suffered by the Leonard
Hygiene Ice Company by reason of de-
fault of the plaintiff from the original
contract.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
Charges Crooked Contract.

Charges Crooked Contract.
A writ of certiorari has been al
lowed by Supreme Court Justice Black
to review a resolution passed by the
Atlantic City Commission awarding a
contract for $780, 900 worth of motor
driven fire apparatus to- the American
La France Fire Engine Company. The
writ was applied for by Isaac Weisen-
thai, who charged collision between
Director of Public Safety Bartlett and
the company. Afidavits from other
bidders also were submitted to the
Court, and it was claimed that under
the specifications no one had a chance
but the favored concern.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-12
cRlrIcIzEs NATIONAL GUARD.
Adlutant General SadIer Sends Re-
port to Governor.

port to Governor.
In his report made to Governor
Adjutant General Sadler Sc
yerely criticizes the National Guard OF
New Jersey and makes suggestions by
which he thinks its standard will be
raised. The report points out that the
inspections made by the War Depart
ment have shown many deficiencies,
and he holds that these are due to
the organization commanders neglect
ing to check up their property before
the inspections. The records of the
State show that at the very time the
inspections were made the Quarter
master Generals Department had the
equipment, but, through the
alleged negligence of the commanders,
the regular army inspectors failed to
ind the regiments properly equipped.
General Sadler insists that some Of
fcers are not fully equipped for field
service. that Wal Department N
other orders are carelessly and loose
ly filed, and that in many
correspondence books, documents and
records are not kept in accordance
with printed instructions. he says
that armories and drill halls are lnsuI-
fcient for the storage and %preserva-
ton of Federal property, that rifles
in many instances are rusted n pit
ted and that insufficient cleaning IA
cilities are provided, which his report
saws. shows that some company COM
manders do not exercise proper super
vision.
For these deficiencies General Sad
Ter has some very definite suggestions
He proposes a revision OF the State
military code to conform to the Fed
eral militia law, the establishment or
educational qualifications for appll-
cants for commissions, the formation
OF a State military athletic league, the
organization of an additional battery
of field artillery and extension OF the
schools and camps of instruction and
the past year in the Guard.
An interesting fact brought out N
the report is the proportionate number
of members which each of the II
counties has in the Guard. With the
recent State census as a basis, 1t is
shown that there are $50 1888 persons
of military age in New Jersey. The
total strength of the Guard, including
enlisted men and officers, is 4479. With
the naval militia there are 4917 men,
or one out of each 143 persons in the
State enrolled. There are four u
ties, Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex and
Warren, that have not a single mem
Der. and Ocean county has but one.
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through the yellow circle of the port. 81
feel better now. 1t was the lean one did
it. She scared the seven senses out of
me- up there on the boat-deck just now"
"Would you mind telling me what she
did," asked.
would have given the world to be able
to explode, like an overcharged Soda
water bottle.
"She didn't do anything. She sat and
babbled. She saw hole in. my sock
where I'd just torn it on nail, and she
put her head on one side and said: oh,
Mr.. Vincent Gore, what sad life you
must lead, without woman's hand to
attend to these things for you.'"
was speeches..
He went on:
"And then she said, Is there nothing
could do for you?' Madam said you
could But she stopped me, and said
with another sniggle, I'm not madam;
I'm miss-Im girl' A girl, and she as
old as | am! Well, madam. or miss, as
you like said, you could leave me
alone; ] want to read"
"You didn't" interrupted.
81 did" said Gore. with terrified look.
1t was too much. | collapsed on my
berth, and shreked, rolling over and over
in an agony of mirth
81 never thought you were afraid of any
thing, choked, wiping the tears out Of
my eyes.
"You thought dashed wrong" replied
Gore. THAT sort of woman has been the
tragedy of my life. Corbet, he sat up
straight, and his blue eyes dlatcd into the
lakes of fire that had won him his name,-
"Corbet, some day "A woman like thatll
get me, and won't even have the pluck
to hang myself"
"Oh. rats" said disrespectfully, rock
ing to and fro in the anguish of my en-
joyment. a woman cant make a man
marry her. Anyhow never was afraid
of anything that wore a skirt, in all my
life"
Honest Iniun?" asked Red Bob. fixing
his eyes on me.
Honest" said
"Shake." remarked Bob gravely, hold
ing out his hand. you're a Drawer man
than am.
well, know what your heel of
Achilles is now" | said getting up and
going to the glass.
what are you after" asked Gore.
pulled down my tie and buttoned up
my coat.
"Going to talk to the lady" | said.
| was curious to see the woman who
had scared Red Bob.
To be continued nert ucck
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for July 25, 1915

Surely unheard-of things were happening
to-day! ! saw that Red Bob was gnawing
the end of his mustache, and that his eyes
looked like the eyes of cat that is just
going to jump out of your arms through
the window. | should not have been sur
prised to see him make spring over the
rail
what" began rather breathlessly.
God save us, Corbet" said the great
explorer, almost trembling. "The damned
ship is full of damned women!"
"COme into my cabin was the first
thing that occurred to me to say, for
really thought him mad.
He preceded me into the little blue-and-
white room, and sat down abruptly, mop
ping his forehead and looking at me with
an expression of dsmay. | switched on
the electric fan, and under cover of it's
being overheard from the next cabin,
asked him:
"Has anything happened?"
GORE was recovering somewhat. He
answered peevishly:
a told you what had happened. The
ship is crawling with them. At least,
there are three, and that's as good-or
as bad-as thirty"
a never knew you were-at least, on
the Empress"
"Give me a drink" interrupted Red
Bob.
poured him glass of tepid water; he
drank it. and went on:
son the Empress, and after, the women,
what there We're of them, We're married,
if you'll remember"
| did. The only women passengers from
Liverpool to Singapore had been IA few
wives going to join their husbands And
later, on the way to Batavia and Macas-
sar. there were no women at all, except
few half castles.
Don't you like unmarried women"
asked. still feeling puzzled
Req Bon poured out and drank another
glass.
81 do mott do mott" he said "Two
of these are married, believe-a Frau
Baumgartner and Frau Schultz-going
to join their husbands in Simpsonhafen.
But the third! Young Corbet for Gods
and your employers sake, go and tlirt
with the whole lot till we get there.
believe you're quite capable of it,"
81 don't mind" | said, struggling with
a frantic desire to laugh; "but haven't
much leisure time.
"You shall have all you want" declared
Gore. leaning back in his seat and watch
ing the blue curtains sway out and in
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The Bird that Kicks Like a Mule

the back of their heads, giving them the
appearance of a clerk with bunch of quill
feathers behind his ear. It's an arsto-
cratic name: but the thing that makes the
secretary-brd valuable is not his looks.
The natives of South Africa love him be-
cause he can kick like mule.
A Fight Between Snake and Bird
TOSS into his cage snake, no matter
how vicious, and the fight begins imme-
diately. The bird cautiously approaches
the snake, with wings widespread to es-
cape the sudden lunges by flight if neces-
sary. Once, twice, three times, perhaps,
the snake lunges. The bird darts back,
waiting his chance. At last it comes, and
one of those long, hard legs shoots out like
the hoof of Il mule, landing squarely on
the snake head. 1t reels. and falls back
stunned, to be knocked out completely by
IA second blow. And then its victor pro-
ceeds to swallow it whole
In South Africa the birds are regarded
as great protection. They are affection
ate mates, and always travel together
When pursued they spread their wings
and make off over the ground with the
speed of a running horse. This is the first
pair to be quartered in our climate. If
Saint Patrick had been blessed with half
dozen secretary-birds, his cleanup in Ire
land would have been very much easier
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There is literally nothing ieH Of he
snake that gets into n GgIh with this
bird: for the secretary di,udys ends by
Swallowing its ricfim. In South 4 Iricd.
mhere the hoods are FIJI of snakes.
the secretdry-bird is greatly beiored.
f rarest and most valuable birds IN
the New York Geological Garden are
the strange pair of secretary-birds
quartered in the ostrich house. "Secre-
tary-birds" they are called because of the
crest of long dark plumes that rises from
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looked at the marked paragraph. 1t
ran as follows:
Nevertheless, considering the history
of these islands, one is compelled to allow
that successive waves of immigration. ar
irving from India, China, and the con-
tinent of Africa, have in so far modified
the original duel"
1t was my turn to grow red. felt my
self flushing pnker than even Hahn had
DONE
"May one ask" said Gore, in singu-
larly gentle and agreeable voice, "what
duels are doing in this particular galley?
never heard it was a custom of the races
under question; but if you have made any
new discovery"
Paying me salary doesn't entitle you
to make fun of me, sir, cut in, breathing
rather hard.
mo, young devil" said Gore, still in
that pleasant voice; "but it does entitle
me to notice if you mean to leave"
81 don't mean to" began.
ooh, yes, you do, said Gore. "By the
shortest route-home. Now, will YOU
please tell me what you mean by cooking
up duels when you are engaged in my
service?"
HIS pleasant manner had suddenly
flown out of the window, and the last
sentence was spoken in tone that would
i suppose-have scared some people.
1t was also decorated -considera bly,.
Gore was remarkable hand at decorated
language on occasion.
said nothing at all | looked at him.
"Iou know | can give information to
the authorities. and stop it," said Gore.
! said nothing.
"You know can dismiss you at the
first port"
thought it time to speak.
"You can do all those things" said
"But you won't, Vincent Gore, because
you're not the sort of man, whatever you
may say, to stop fight. Also because
can jolly well guess you've fought duels
yourself"
Gore leaned back in his seat and gave
vent to one of his appalling shouts of
laughter. A scared small steward peeped
in at the door, asked feebly if the Herr
wanted anything, and scurred away with
out waiting for an answer.
"Well aimed." he said. "Sit down and
tell me about it,
And ! knew that | had won. | may
mention here that the sir" was dropped
from that day onward between us.
! told him. He made no comment for
a moment. and then asked:
"They are evidently trying to force the
challenge from you. so as to deprive YOU
of the choice of weapons. How are you
with pistol"
"Well, if you want to know. I'm just
beautiful, | replied. "lve been decent
shot since ten, and a lovely one since
was twenty.
"Let him do the challenging: he will if
you sit tight, observed Gore.
"'rhat's all right the old gentleman
with the face won't stop him." said.
1--WE understand each other. Hahn is
white man. wish could punch his head
instead. I'd enjoy it more, somehow"
I WENT out again into the warm wind
and the sun, bordering on many things
1t seemed to me | had acquired good
deal of food for thought that day already.
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ehes ess or ciay srest 10
December rs. 1914. $424.
40-R B. Wilson Corporation to
Richeson and Crutchneld trustees. COX
l4o feet south line Broad street. 100
4l-Stephon d. Rood ct ux to e. s.
Rose OF al, trustees. 13x90 feet cast
line Thirty second Street. CT feet north
OF y Street. January g. 1915. 500.
Carncal trustee. IS feet inches by
l22 feet west line Fifth Street. 90 feet
inches north OF Duval Street. No
Yember ", 1914, s1.G69.60.
4G--E. j. Melton to J. S. Cohen trus-
line. Kemper street, 1l2M feet cast Of
Garter Street December !. 1914. ST.
Go-John c. Smith to John Sloan trus-
tee 26Xl25 feet inches west limo
Twenty.second Street. ut the south cor
ca. II. Goodman OF ux to John
Sloan trustees. 5oxl3i feet north limo
Bancroft Street, 1924 feet cast OF Car
rington Street. January 8. 1915, S1O46
67--George G.. BdRood. admlnistra-
tor to r. U. Whitchurst trustee, 25hx-
feet west OF Laurel Street. December
IL. 1914, $4,000.
Go. l.. Anderson to Stunr, ,,owe
trustee lSxll0 feet west limo Lombardy
street, 1iS feet inches south of Grove
Avenue. January I. 1915. sI73.22
Io-William y. Kidd ct ux to w. c.
Puilian trustee, 10 feet 3H inches south
Inc Cary street. PC feet Il inch west OF
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vest OF Reservoir Street November
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SHOWS GEOGRAPHICAL
REASONS FOR BIG WAR
Mrs. Sally Guild donaldson Discusses
European Conflict Before Club.

Mrs. Sally Guild Donaldson Discusses
European Conflict Before Club.
Many knotty points in the history Of
the European conflict were unraycled
by Mrs. Sally Guild Donaldson in her
talk on tho Eastern Question" yes.
terday before the Wo,nan's Club. with
map and pencil, Mrs. Donaldson pointed
out the geographical reasons for the
general unrest preceding the actual
hostilities.
Russia practically world in itself
win no seaport except In the extreme
North--and that frozen part OF the
9ear-has Its eye on Cons:antinople
the Key to It's own back door" and
mas mad its eye on Il since the reign
OF Ivan the Terrible.
taiY' neutral. because she must be-
because of her exposed position: Aus
tria an unwilling combntant because
shc must fight her own countrymcn,
Slav VIII not fight Slav," said the
sPeahcr' except at the point OF a bay
onet. and Servia with no outlet.
Shc pointed 10 the unquenchable ma
tioaal spirit of Poland as an example
Of what happens when one nation tries
to impress It's own type of culture on
another Germany. Russia and Aus
tria divided Poland among themselves
but Poland lives nevertheless Her pco-
pie. SAID the speaker, have never been
are as strongly nationalistic as they
are as strongly nationaltistic as they
were 100 years ago. The Car has
promised Poland's constitution at the
close or this war, and the world Is
watching and believing that he will
Keep his promise. This is the one ray
OF hope for that tragic country
Mrs. Donaldson drew a parallel he
tween Poland and Belgium, and said
OF the latter that never had a nation