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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
AGED WOMAN FOUND COLD
IN DEATH

Lying on the cold floor of her soil
tary home in Mckee City, with a
sever bruise on the forehead, the
body of Mrs. Emma Yates was found
on Tuesday by neighbors. She had
not been seen about since before the
storm of Saturday and an investiga-
ton resulted in the disclosure of her
death, which was evidently due to old
age.
Mrs. Yates was about 70 years of
age. She had lived alone since last
July when her brother, with whom she
had been living, was removed to an
insane asylum. Among her effects
was found a bank book showing a
small balance in a Newark bank. DIR.
Fink, veterinary surgeon of the Allan
tic City Fire Department, who saw the
body after it was discovered, stated
that the woman had evidently been
enfeebled by age. The bruise on her
forehead seemed to indicate that she
had fallen and struck her head on the
floor. Unable to arise, she was left
to die.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10

o LINWOOD. .

Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Mccain have
returned home after spending the win
ter in Philadelphia and Washington.
The Drexel Biddle Bible Class of
the Seaview Baptist Church met at
the home of Mrs. L. J. Williams on
Monday night. During the meeting it
was planned to have a penny social
which will take place the 18th of this
month. They also accepted Miss Ad-
die Steelman as a new member. The
mex meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. J. Robinson. Those who at
Williams, Mrs. E. w. Goodwin, Mrs.
R. E. Wood, Mrs. ". Lear, Mrs. E.
English, Mrs. Zoa Quicksell, Mrs. Ella
j. Powers, Miss Anna Powers, Miss
E. A. Radtka, Mrs. F. L. Jones, Mrs.
E. Mills, Helen Smith, Addie Steelman
and Mrs. W. Haines.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Sea
View Baptist Church met at the home
of Mrs. Winfield Haines on April Z.
After the business meeting was over
refreshments were served in the din
ing room. Those present were: Mrs.
William Lear, Mrs. George Hager-
they, Mrs. Elmer Somers, Miss Ella
Powers, Mrs. Winfield Haines and
Mrs. E. D. Mccain and Miss Ida Pow
ers.
Mrs. Emmitt Haines is visiting in
Atlantic City.
Mrs. Elvin English is spending a
few days in Philadelphia and Trenton.
A birthday party was rendered Mr..
Walter Farnham at his home on Sea
View avenue. The house was deco
rated with flowers and plants. The
evening was spent in music and sing
ing. At a late hour dainty refresh
ments were served in the dining room
and the guests departed after a pleas
ant time, wishing the host many hap
Ply birthdays. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Corsen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Winfield Haines, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lear, Mrs. John B. Scull, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
McKeague, Mrs. Elizabeth Caroon,
Mrs. Elwood Powers, Mrs. Ethel Eng
lish, Miss Alga English, Mrs. Len
Williams, Miss Ella Powers, Mr.. Lau-
renee Force, Mr.. William Force, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Jones, Frances Jones,
Miss Addie Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Eugene Wood, Vincent Williams,
Manvil Robinson, Mrs. Elnora Somers,
Mr.. Turner Wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Farnem, Mr.. Lewis Rumford and
Mr.. Henry Snyder.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Franklin Pierce Statue.

New Hampshire has at last erected
a memorial to the only president she
has ever had. In one legislature af-
ter another the bills to provide a
statue of Franklin Pierce have been
introduced and defeated. 1t is the
irony of fate that the very things
which made him president and so eli
gible as the subject of a statue pre-
vented his native state from thus hon
oring him. He became president by
favor of the South and his gratitude
impelled him to a course of action on
the eve of war which made him an
exile from his own home t~henceforth.
Chicago Daily News.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Causes of Unhappiness.

The worst kinds of unhappiness, as
we'll as the greatest amount of it,
come from our conduct to each other.
If our conduct, therefore, were under
the control of kindness, it would be
nearly the opposite of what it is, and
so the state of the world would be
almost reversed. We are for the
most part unhappy, because the world
is an unkind world. But the world is
only unkind for the lack of kindness
in us units who compose it.-Freder-
lex William Faber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10

Q ABSECON. .
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

nihisdi anu departure OF Mails.
Mails arrive at Absecon Post Office as
From Philadelphia and west-7.3 80 and 10
a. m. and 6.45 p. m.
From Atlantic city-e.So a. m. and a.45
p. m.
Mails close as follows:
For Philadelphia-6.20, 9.25 and 9.45 a.
M. $50 and 6.25 D. m.
For Atlantic City-9.45 a. m: 6 .25 d. m.
The Office opens daily except Sunday al
6.l5 a.. m. and closes 7.15 D. M.
Carrier leaves on Rural Delivery Route at
$50 a. m.
AbsecOn M. E. Church.
Next Sunday morning, Rev. Clar-
ence M. Johnston will preach a special
Easter sermon on: "a Living Comrade
to Love-" In the evening the sermon
will be on: angels In the Way"
March Honor Roll of Public School.
Upper Grades, Lareta o. Scheuren,
Teacher-Mabel Pennington, Lena Lee,
Viola Shovel, Margaretta Kesler, Eu-
nice Risley, Ella Shovel, Blanche
Hammell, Adelaide Carly, Robert Stra-
han, Alfred Shovel, Stanley Smith,
Franklin Davis, Kenneth Lutz, Theon
White Weldon Gaskill, Fred Carly,
Martin Carly.
Fourth and Fifth Grades, Viola Boy
sen, Teacher-Emerson Ireland, Ro-
land Hates, Leroy Mattson, Edward
Mccarthy, Violet Conover, Ethlyn Da-
Wis, Anna Glowka, Rose Price, Edna
Stellar, Carolyn Schoeffin, Marie
Schoefflin, Melissa Libby, Josephine
Glowka.
Grade 8, A. l. Logan, Teacher
Helen Dobbins, Emily Gaskill, Doro-
thy Hammell, Myra Kesler, Asenath
Lake, Thelma Giberson, Edith Pres
colt, Jessie Shovel, Ruth Reed, Eth
ell Price, Mary Kendrerski, Betron
Adlor, Charles Hartman, Daniel Lake,
Emerson Shovel, Earl Dobbins.
First Grade, Carrie G.. Reed, Teach
er-Jacob Reed, Ada DeHaven, Mary
Glowka, Edna Hutchinson, Jennie
Moore, Kathryn Miller, Anna McCar-
thy.
Mrs. Mary G.. Kunkely, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her children, Mrs.
Samuel Smith, Jr., and Mr.. Charles
Kunkely.
The first quarterly meeting of the
visitors of the Home Department of
the M. E. Sunday School will be held
at the home of the Supt., Mrs. A. l..
Hammell, on Saturday afternoon, at
3 o'clock. A full report is desired.
Miss Bertha ~Irelan, of Philadelphia,
was the Easter guest Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ~Irelan, at their
home on New Jersey Avenue.
Mrs. Harriet Reed has been suffer
ing with grippe the past week.
Mrs. Martha Clark is visiting her
son Walter Clark and family in At
lantic City.
Mrs. Caroline Miller, of Gloucester
City, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Hartzell, on Nevada Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Reed spent
Thursday in Atlantic City visiting
their children.
Mrs. Amanda Johnson has been SER
iously i'll at the home of her son,
Mr.. Lewis Clark, on Church street.
Mr.. Crawford Townsend, son of J..
Towers Townsend, who has resided in
California for several months, is visit
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
HUBIN'S NEW PLEASANTVILLE
THEATRE

Business keeps up in great shape
and Manager Howard Fox is wearin-
a happy smile, and is more than pleas
ed with the extremely large success
Hubin's Theatre is having. All the
pictures are shown on the Day and
Night Screen, which makes them
clean, clear and lifelike. The coming
week a great big show is booked for
every afternoon and evening. The
ladies and children always like to go
to Hubin's Theatre, where they can
see a nice show of the newest and lat
est in the Photo Play Drama Moving
Pictures. Everyone should go this
coming week, commencing Monday,
April 18th.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Tuft Hunters.

Said a society woman at a musicale
at her Fifth avenue house: New
York society is less given to lion
hunting than London society. There
is a countess in London who is such a
lion hunter that a man once said of
her: "Why, she always has the most
fashionable surgeon of the hour to
carve her Christmas turkey"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Help Widowed Mothers.

Twenty-Five states now help women
who have lost their husbands to sup
port their children. The legislatures
of these states have decided that the
widow without means is as much in
need of help as the man who has
lost a hand. The state profits in the
end, because the children become in
time self-supporting, if properly
brought up, and an asset of the state.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
Turkey Was Called Indian Fowl"

The turkey, so far al records are
known, was introduced into England
in 1924, brought probably from the
port of Cadiz, where ships trading
with the Orient were accustomed to
call. In nearly all countries, inclu-
sive of Spain, and even Turkey itself,
this bird is called the "Indian fowl"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
LARGE CONTRACT FOR MEAT.

The British government has con-
tracted with various Argentine meat
plants for the purchase of $4,000 tons
of frozen and chilled meats each
month for a period of IL months.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10
ALIENS FOOT-EASE FOR THE
TRO0pC

Over 100000 packages of Aliens Foot
Ease. the antiseptie powder to shake into
your shoes, are being used by the German
and Allied troops at the Front, because 1t
rests the feet and makes walking easy. Sold
everywhere, 25c. For FREE sample, address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-04-10

for The Pleasantville Press.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09

DOES NOT DEMAND
BIG APPROPRIATION
Says Present Allowance Is
Enough if Expenditures
Are Made Carefully

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 8-"If war we're
declared against this nation, or by IT.
it would take the United States five
years to put it's navy on basis Of Of
ficient defense; it's naval reserve, OF
militia, includes only half the number
OF men-7 900, that would be required
to man it's dreadnaughts and auxiliar'
les for war strength; it has $1,000
miles of coast depending on thirty
seven dreadnaughts and auxiliaries OF
questionable efficiency for defense"
These declarations were made today
by w. M. Lewis, secretary OF the
United States Navy league, in an ad-
dress before members of the Duluth
association Of office men.
Trust in God and keep your powder
|dry," saying attributed to Cromwell,
was quoted by Mr.. Lewis who then
said:
II am not here In the role Of ajingo-
list. I don't intend to advocate war.
but to outline reasons for believing
that what Washington said Is just as
true in these times as it was In the
turbulent days of the revolution, name
ly, TO be prepared for war Is the best
way to promote peace.
"'rhe United States annually spends
$140,O00,000 for the maintenance of its
navy. The navy league does not advo-
cate greater expenditure - that is
enough. What we are striving for is
efficiency, the same element business
men demand in the conduct of their
enterprises. We believe poor navy
is no better than no navy.
I'VE boast of our dreadnaughts the
Oregon, among others. Did you know,
that 5000 yards beyond the range of
that battleship, 1t easily could be de-
stroyed by the modern guns of a
British or German dreadnaught? Ex-
perts know it."
Mr.. Lewis said that too much import
ance has been attached to submarines,
that, judged by what they have ac-
complished, they are not 50 dreadful
as generally believed. Up to January
1, he explained, 101 ships had been
sunk, damaged, captured or interned
or that number, ten were sunk by sub
marines, twenty-five by mines and
forty by gun fire from other cruisers
or battleships Mr. Lewis asserted
that the Zeppelins have thus far been
held in reserve, and he predicted much
for them when they get going.
A navy council, comprised of naval
experts, is being advocated by, the
navy league, he said This body in
ducing cooperation between the legis-
lative and executive bodies at Wash
ington, he said, would bring efficiency
to the navy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
CENTURY OF PEACE
BEING OBSERVED
OF LONG FRIEND
SHIP WITH ENGLAND, is
HELD IN NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans, La, Jan. S.-Celebra-
tion of the centenary of peace between
Great Britain and the United States
was begun here today with a salute Of
twenty-one guns, timed to end one hun
dred years, to the moment, after
Andrew Jackson triumphed over the
British army at Chalmette. Other
ceremonies of the three days celebra-
ton include the unveiling of statue
of Jackson on the spot where the gen
eral had his standard at Chalmette,
and the formal exchange of greetings
between Assistant Secretary Peters Of
the treasury department who is Presi-
dent Wilson's representative, and the
envoy of King George, Consul Carew-
Hunt.
Many prominent Canadian and
American peace advocates were here
for the series of exercises which were
to take place at sites and buildings
made famous by events of century
ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
MAL-TREATMENT OF
PRIESTS ALLEGED

London, jan 8.-At the request OF
the Belgian legation In London, the
British press bureau today issues de-
tailed allegations of the maltreatment
Of the Catholic clergy in Belgium and
the destruction of their institutions by
German troops. This statement says
that churches and religious houses
were destroyed or profaned in almost
every village and in many towns
where the German troops passed. In
most cases the edifices were utilized
as stables and prisons, and when not
placed in safe hiding, the sacred yes
sells we're stolen.
The statement makes the declara-
tion that members of the clergy have
been exposed to special indignities at
the hands of German soldiers. In the
diocese Of Liege, Namur. Malines and
Ghent many priests and others con-
nected with the churches were either
shot or hanged Many other priests
were carried off to, Germany, where
they appear to have been subjected
to abominable usage"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
CAPITAL OF TURKS
MAY Be DESERTED
cONSTANTiNOPLE, LONG TIME
GOAL OF EUROPE'S ARMIES
IN SERIOUS PLIGHT.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. S.-Dispatches
reaching here from Constantinople
describe the situation in the Turkish
capital as increasingly alarming.
The local authorities appear to ap-
prehend not only attacks from the out
side, but internal disorders as we'll.
The archives of the state have been
packed up ready for removal from the
city and many of them already have
been sent away. Preparations have
been completed also for the removal
of the treasury, and locomotives are
kept constantly under steam in the
railroad yards of Stamboul to meet the
possible necessity of conveying the Of
ficials of the government to place OF
safety at short notice.
Preparations have been made at Od-
rianople for the quartering of lhe state
officials should eventualities cause the
porte to decide to quit the present cap
ital.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
ROBBERY OF MAIL
CAR is FRUSTRATED

Chicago, Jan. 8.-Holdup Of United
States mail car operating on Chicago
trolley lines was prevented today by
the arrest of Frank NJ Roger, who, the
police say confessed, and two accom-
plices, Richard Andrews and Charles
Stammer.
Maps of West Madison street, on
which the mail car runs, were found
in Rogers possession, the police said,
and notations were found on the maps
showing the part each of the three al
legged holdup men were to play. One
was to attend to the motorman, the
second to get the registered mail and
money, and the third to "get all stray
cops" They had planned to escape
in motor car.
Stammer and Andrews, according to
the police, are automobile bandits and
are held under bonds of 100000 each
for a series Of fifteen robberies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
'FAvORS MAKING
|SLANDSNEUTRAL
Former Philippine Official
Believes Plan Would
Appeal to Japan
OTHER NATIONS IN
ACCORD HE THINKS
Suggests That Present Plan
of the Administration Be
Adopted BY Congress

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 8.-W. Nor
gan Shuster, for eight years an Ameri
can official in the Philippines, before
becoming an international figure in the
financial affairs of Persia told the sen
ate Philippine committee today he be
lieved Japan would be glad to enter in
to a treaty with the United States to
neutralize the islands.
Shuster could not conceive of any
foreign power attempting the conquest
of the Philippines after the withdrawal
of the United States. There was an
unwritten Monroe doctrine in the far
east maintained by the Japanese he
said, which would make that nation op
pose the entry of any other power into
the Philippine group.
1T Is my opinion Japan does not
want the Philippines he said, "and
would be glad to enter naturalization
treaty for their protection on our with.
drawal"
Japan, he said, had vast territory OF
her own undeveloped, and Japanese
colonization of the Philippines was
highly improbable now or in the dis.
tant future because of climatic and
economic conditions. He believed a
naturalization treaty with Japan would
be sufficient, but that all nations might
be asked to join in 1t with advantage.
Tho events of the last six months in
Europe, he said, made him believe such
a treaty would be respected.
"A strong power has violated the law
OF nations there" he said, "and is suf.
fering and will continue to suffer for
1t. There has been quickening of the
moral sense among nations I believe
that Is shown by the shock with which
the world received the violation of Bel
gian neutrality"
Money For Panama Assured.
Washington, D. c., Jan S.-Admin-
istration officials went ahead today
with plans for the celebration incident
to the formal opening of the Panama
canal next March, virtually certain
that funds necessary therefore would
be Forthcoming from congress.
Assurance to this effect practically
was given to President Wilson by
democratic and republican leaders in
congress, who were summoned. to the
white house late yesterday to confer
with his relative to the celebration.
The president outlined to the dele.
cation tentative plans for the celebra.
tion which had been laid before him
by Secretaries Bryan, Garrison and
Daniels calling for an estimated ap-
preparation of $25O,OOO to defray ex-
penses Of the celebration and he asked
that this amount be provided for con-
gress. The delegation approved the
plans and expenditures.
Plans for the celebration include the
entertainment of visiting officers of
foreign fleets, which are to participate
in the naval review and pass through
the canal, if that is possible, and the
transportation of the fleet and visitors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
FRENCH SOLDIERS
CHARGE ON SKIS

ST. Die, Department of Vosges,
France, Jan. 8.-A brilliant exploit
by French Alpine troops who charged
on skis down the snow covered noun.
tain slopes at Bonhomme, post on
the Alsatian frontier. forced the Ger.
mans to retire on Orbey, five miles
down the valley of the river Weiss
toward Colmar.
The Alpine soldiers slid down the
mountain side at dizzy speed, while
the infantry in the road below opened
fire on the Germans.
Caught between two fires, the Ger
mans gave way, fighting obstinately
along their retreat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
SIEGE WARFARE
BECOMES A RULE
Campaign in East Taking on
Aspect Similar to That
in Western Fields
RUSSIAN VICTORY
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
First Real Invasion of the
Teutonic Allies Land Is
in Prospect Now

London, Jan. 8--Aside from the
continued Russian pursuit of the Tur-
kish forces defeated in the Caucasus
and the continuation of the Russian
advance through the passes of the
Carpathian mountains, siege warfare
with intermittent artillery duels seems
for the moment to prevail almost ev-
erywhere in the area of hostilities, in
the eastern arena as we'll as in the
western.
The reports reaching London show
that General Won Hindenburg, the
German commander in Poland, for some
time past has made no appreciable
progress toward Warsaw. the mud of
Poland having evidently come for him
what the broken dikes and the result
ant inundations did for the Germans
in West Flanders. A dispatch COM
ing to London from Copenhagen de-
clares that Won Hindenburg is expect
ing heavy reinforcements and that
with an ;,rmy of one million men he
purposes to make one more supreme
effort to break through to the Polish
capital. The Russians would appear
to have had ample time to reinforce
themselves and to strengthen their
positions around Warsaw, and it is
the opinion of British observers that
the trench warfare for which the west
ern theater of the war has become
famous, will be waged in the region
Of the Polish rivers.
Austria-Hungary again admits the
retirement of her forces in Bukowina
and it is from this Russian forward
movement before which the Austrians
are giving way that the most spec
tacular developments of the next fort
night may be expected to spring, ac-
cording to the opinion held today by
some British observers of the war.
The argument is made that once Rus
sia gets a good foothold beyond the
mountain passes, something that may
be accomplished in a fortnight if the
Russians are not checked, a big
stride toward the overcoming of Hun
gary would have been made. If this
Is accomplished, it will be the first
considerable invasion of any territory
Of the Teutonic allies.
Both British and French newspa-
pers continue today to agitate the al
legged arrest by the German authori-
ties in Belgium of Cardinal Mercier.
The Germans have been quick to deny
that the cardinal has in any way been
detained. The London papers never
theless still give great prominence to
the incident and publish the pastoral
letter of the cardinal which was said
to have given offense to the Germans,
appending to it comments gathered
far and wide from prominent clergy
men and others. They also cast doubt
on the German denial and declare it
will require a statement from the car
d.nal himself to clear the matter up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-09
German Statement.

Berlin, JAM 8.-(Wireless to Lon
don)-The German official statement
given out in Berlin today, says:
In the western theater Of the wal
the continuous rains swamped the
ground in Flanders more and more
and our operations in consequence are
very much hlndered.
"To the east of Rheims the French
attempted during the night to take
one of our outer trenches but they
were driven back into their own posi-.
tions by counter attack, losing fifty
prisoners.
''In the center and in the eastern
part of the ArgOnne we made further
progress.
"a night attack by 1the French
against our positions on the Buchen-
kopf, south of Diedolshausen, in the
Vosges. was repulsed.
French Report.
Paris, Jan. S.The French war Of
fee gave out an official statement this
afternoon as follows:
"The artillery of the enemy show
ed during all the day of January Z,
great activity in Belgium and in the
vicinity of Arras. The French artil-
lery responded spirited and efficaci-
ously.
"In the sector of Arras, at the for
est of Rerthonval, without being at
tackled, we were compelled to evacu-
ate certain trenches where our men
were up to their shoulders In sand
, and water. To the left Of Boisselle
our line of trenches has been moved
forward. and we occupied the road
from Boiselle to Aveluy.
In the valley of the Aisne the ar.
tillery exchanges yesterday were quite
spirited. Our heavy artillery secured