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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
AUSTRIA TO SEIZE ALL FOOD.

Government Decides to Put Whole
Nation on Rations.
Amsterdam.-A despatch from vi
emma says that the Austrian Govern
ment has decided to put the whole
nation on rations and will take over all
supplies and regulate consumption as
soon as the amount of foodstuffs in
stock is ascertained.
The Government explains that the
supplies on hand now are insufficient
at the usual rate Of consumption to
Last until the next harvest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
Net Fishermen plan FIGHT.

The pound fishermen Of New Jersey
have organized and will be represent
ed by a committee when the proposed
bill before the Legislature to elm
mate pound fishing in New Jersey wa
ters Is considered.
This commission consists Of William
K. Blodgett, Of Point Pleasant. and
Joseph Brown. of Spring Lake. In
spite of the unfavorable attitude Of
the legislative committee having the
bin in charge the pound fishermen
expect to win on the door OF the
Assembly finally.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
civil Service c~ommisslon.

A fight is being conducted by the
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
against House bill 800, by which it is
proposed to give preference moi only
to veterans of the Spanish-American
war, but to the veterans Of all other
wars.
The Civil Service Commission says
that the enactment of this bhl would
work hardships upon faithful employees
and would impair the enicikncy Of
the civil service regulations through
out the entire state. Much Interest is
being conferred on the mattel
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
Hoof and Mouth Disease Bill.

Hoof and Mouth Disease Bit.
Assemblyman Lehlein's hoof and
mouth disease bill passed the House
and on a suspension of the rules i'm
mediately went to the Senate for ac-
ton.
Under the provisions of the bill
owners of cattle may have cows APP
praised to a maximum of $500. Under
the old law they were allowed a maxi
mum of $50. The bill carries out the
object OF an amendment passed in
1912, which is a nullity because a mis-
take was made in reciting the title Of
the act.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05

Census May Raise Pay.
The State census to be taken this
year, the arrangements for which are
now being made by Secretary of State
Crater, will probably result in an au-
tomato increase in the salaries of the
county officers in some of the counties.
The salaries of the sheriff, county
clerk, surrogate, and register of deeds
are all based upon the population of
the county, except in Hudson and
Essex counties, where the salary Of
the sheriff is fixed at $4,000 per year
in a separate act. The act fixing the
salaries of these county officers in all
the other counties provides that their
salaries shall be determined and paid
upon the basis of population shown
by the latest State or national census,
without regard to the date of their
election or appointment.
When a new census is taken, there
fore, and the population of a county
Is thereby shown to have increased
sufficiently to throw it into a higher
class, the county officers referred to
must be paid the salary belonging to
the higher class.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
Must Pay for use Of Bridge.

Must Pay for Use Of Bridge.
The Court of Errors affirmed the de.
cision of the Supreme Court in the
suit of the Public Service Railway
Company against the Board of Public
Utility Commissioners, involving com
p~ensation to be paid by the company
for the use of the Clay street bridge
over the Passaic river from Newark
to Harrison.
The Utility Board had fixed a rem
tai of $2.644.46 a year to be paid by
the Public Service to Hudson and
Essex counties for the use of the
bridge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05
PENDING BILL
BLOW A VOTERS
Counsel for Official Tells Gov
ernor Measure Is Unjust
Marines LAW REPEALED
Executive Also Wipes Out Ocean coun-
ty District court-signs Bill Per-
hitting Hudson County Towns
to Vote on Consolidation.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-It was the declaration Of
former Judge Clarence L. Cole, as
counsel for former City Recorder Mar
tin E. Keffer, of Atlantic City, that
Assemblyman Whitman's bill validat-
ing the election last November of the
recorder, treasurer and tax collector
OF Atlantic City was not a clean meas
ure.
Theodore Schimpf, counsel for the
city. resented the insinuation that he
would have anything to do with an
unclean proposition, and Judge Cole
fastened to explain that he had in
tended no personal reflection. The
purpose of the bill, according to At
torney Schimpf, was to clarity a tan
gled situation. and he said that it rep
resented the public sentiment in At
lantic City, and would not affect COM
mission government generally.
This is not frank legislation" said
Judge Cole, who insisted that it was
unconstitutional because it was special
legislation and had not been published
and that it took the selection of local
officers out of the hands of the city.
Governor Fielder signed the repeater
OF the law which was responsible for
the election of Senator MARITIME. The
original act was passed in 1907 and
allowed the fling of a petition by
1000 citizens to place a mar in nom
nation for the Senate, his name being
placed on the primary ballots, al
though he was elected by the Legisla-
ture. The repeal was necessary be-
u the Office of United States Sena-
tor is now filed by direct election be-
u of an amendment to the Con-
stitution.
The Governor also signed the Mathis
bill, which wipes out the District
Court of Ocean county May 1, the
to allow the Hudson county
cities and towns to take a referendum
vote on consolidation, and the bill
making it mandatory on the county
clerks to submit the adoption Of civil
service to vote upon petition.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05

Convicts on Road Work.
With a former Pullman car chef to
skfllfuny dish up a plentiful supply of
viands to satisfy lusty appetites put
on edge by the change from conine-
ment behind walls of stone and steel
to healthy work in the free out-of-
doors, the advance guard of convicts
quartered at Elmer is about ready to
set up the road camp near Porchtown
preparatory to starting the first con-
Wet road work ever attempted in
South Jersey on the State road, from
Malaga to Elmer.
The work of getting ready for the
road camp has proceeded with a sys-
TEN that might make an army engi-
neering corps envious. Convict car
penters have constructed in sections
the main building, which when set up
will be 120x24 feet, with dining room,
kitchen and d~ormitories, providing
quarters for f1fty-eight convicts and
six officers and guards. This will be
erected with scarcely the noise of a
hammer, as the sections are to be
bolted together. So it is with wagon
sheds and stables to be connected with
the camp, and when the road work is
completed here in the course of six
or eight months the entire camp can
be taken down easily and transported
to another site. The convict road
camp will be situated near Porchtown.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-03-05

Bible Bill Proteat-
protest from the Jewish so~clerlrs-vT
Trenton against the bills of Assembly
men Hates and Peacock making the
reading of the Bible at the opening
session in public schools compulsory.
These bills have not yet been reported
by committee.
In Jersey City Samuel Silverman
and Morris Osrowitz are organizing
Jewish opposition to the bills. In the
protest there is this statement: Some
say that the Bible reading without
note or comment is not making war
upon Catholics, Jews and n~on-believ-
ers, and that it is not teaching chill
dren to shun their fathers faith, but
it is.
"The reading of the Bible by I'M
anointed lips is an offense to the Cath
Ollie and he has a right to his belief.
Can the teaching of the New Tesla
ment be defended when it is done in
the presence of the child of a Jew?
And the unbeliever, has he no right
that a Christian is bound to respect?
The public schools should be open to
all. There should be nothing done or
taught in them that would give Of
Tense to anyone"
The protest to Governor Fielder
was prepared by a committee consist
ing of Philip Forman. Lester Block
and Philip S. Vine, Of Trenton The
belief in the State House is that the
Bible bill will not reach the Governor
this session.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08

The pretty. gown shown in the pic
ture is developed in a net,top lace with
heavy pattern of embroidered flowers
and scalloped edges. 1t would look
just as well made of shadow lace,
wolfe, embroidered batiste, chiffon, or
any other of those semitransparent
fabrics for which women show an In
creasing Partially. All the summary
printed mulls and the new voiles of
fancy weave are at the disposal Of the
copyist who fancies this model.
Since it is the airiness and coloring
of the fabric more than anything else
that counts in a gown of this char
acter it may be made to cost much or
little. For nets, laces and voiles an
underslip of silk is needed, and a slip
of this kind looks best under any of
the transparent materials. But il one
must practice strict economy the I'M
derslip may be Of some of the silky
looking cotton fabrics or of null with
good effect.
An underslip of pink taffeta sup
ports the fiounces that make UP the
skirt in this dress, and the fichulike
drapery of the bodice. This fichu falls
over a wide girdle Of pink ribbon with
bow and looped ends at the back. The
girdle is supported by a shaped and
boned foundation, and laces down the
front with a silk cord.
The silk skirt is moderately wide
and finished at the bottom with a box.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd OF neighbors invade
the mysterious home OF Judge Ostrander,
county judge and eccentric r~ecluse, fol-
lowing a yelled woman who proves to be
the widow of a man tried before the judge
and electrocuted for murder years before.
Her daughter is engaged to the judges
son from whom he is ~estranged, but the
murder is W the lovers. She plans
to clear her husbands memory and asks
the judges aid. Deborah Scoville reads
the newspaper clippings telling the story
of the murder of Algernon Etheridge by
John Seoville in Dark Hollow. twelve
years before. The judge n Mrs. SEQ
willie meet at Spencer's Folly and she
shows him how. on the day of the muir
der, she saw the shadow of a man whit
Ting a stick and wearing a long peaked
cap. The judge engages her and her
daughter Reuther to live with him in his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
yer, Black. go to the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge.
She discovers u broken knife-blade point
embedded in it. Deborah and Reuther go
To live with the judge. Deborah sees a
portrait of Oliver, the judges son, with a
black band painted across the eyes. That
night she finds, in divers room, a cap
with a peak like the Swallowed one, and
a Knife with a broken blade-point. Anon
yrnous letters and a talk with Miss
Weeks increase her suspicious and fears.
She finds that Oliver was IN the ravine
on the murder night. Black warns her
n shows her other anonymous letters
limiting at divers guilt. In the court
room the judge is handed an anonymous
note. The note is picked up and read
aloud. A mob follows the Judge to his
home. Deborah tells him why suspicion
has been aroused against Oliver. The
Judge shows Deborah a statement written
by Oliver years ago telling how he saw
her husband murder Spencer at Spen-
GERS Folly on the night the house was
burned. A vain attempt to silence the
anonymous letter writer is made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08

taken about the previous nature of her
feelings. l noticed that she was not
at peace with herself when she came
into the room"
What's that" The tone was short,
and for the first time irritable.
THE change, if there was a change,
was not SO sudden as you think. She
looked troubled, and as l thought, ir-
~resolute when she came into the
room"
You don't know her; you don't
know what passed between US. She
was all right then, but-go to her,
Black. She must have recovered by
this time. Ask her to come here for a
minute. l won't detain her. l will
wait for her warning knock right
here"
The judge had declared his neces-
sity to be greater than hers, and after
Mr.. Black had subjected him to one Of
his most searching looks he decided
that this was SO, and quietly departed
upon his errand. The judge left alone,
sat, a brooding figure in his great
chair, with no light in heart or mind
to combat the shadows of approaching
night settling heavier and heavier up
on the room and upon himself with
every slow passing and intolerable
minute.
Az last, when the final ray had de-
parted and darkness reigned supreme,
there came a low knock on the door.
Then a troubled cry;
"Oh, judge, are you here?"
Don't come any nearer; it is not
necessary A pause, then the quick
question ringing hollow from the dark
ness; why have your doubts re-
turned? Why are you no longer the
woman you were when not an hour
ago and in this very spot you cried,
! will be divers advocated" Then,
as no answer came-as minutes
passed, and sill no answer came, he
spoke again and added: 81 know that
you are i'll and exhausted-broken be-
tween duty e-d sympathy; but you
must answer me, Mrs. Scoville. My
affairs won't wait. | must know the
truth and all the truth before this day
is over"
You shall" Her voice sounded hol-
low, too, and, oh, how weary! you
allowed the document you showed me
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid Of "coffee Habit"

The injurious action of coffee on the
hearts of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caffeine.
This is the drug found by chemists in
coffee and tea.
A woman suffered a long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cof-
fee, as that was the principal cause Of
the trouble. She writes:
my heart was so weak 1t could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
I would never breathe again.
1.-THE doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness OF my heart. He
said l must stop it, but 1t seemed !
could not give it up until | was down
In bed with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks l lay there and
suffered. Finally husband brought
home some Postum and / quit coffee
and started new and right. Slowly l
got well. Now I do not have any head
aches, nor those spells with weak
heart. We know 1t is Postum that
helped me. The DR.. said the other
day: 4 never thought you would be
what you are ! used to weigh 90
pounds and now l weigh 1853.
Postum has done much for me and
l would not go back to coffee again,
for ! believe 1t would kill me i'll kept
at 1t. Postum must be prepared ac-
cording to directions on pkg, then it
has a rich flavor and with cream Is
fine"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
Eville," in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum - must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
instant postum--is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dIssolves quickly
In a cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost per cup about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
--scld by 0rocers'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
HARDsHlPs OF THE DESERT
BY Comparison the Average Man viii
Think His Lot Cast In Most
Pleasant Places.

We are almost across the desert,
and | am really becoming interested.
The difficulties some folks work under
are enough to make many of us
ashamed. In the very center of the
desert is a little settlement called
Eden Valley. Imagination must have
had a heap to do with its name. but
one thing is certain: the serpent
will find the crawling rather bad II
he attempts to enter this Eden. for the
sand Is hot; the alkali and the cactus
are there, 80 1t must be a serpent
less Eden. The settlers have made a
long canal and bring their water many
miles. They say the soil is splendid.
and they don't have much stone; but
It 10 such a nat place! wonder how
they get the water to run when they
irrigate.
We saw many deserted homes.
Hopes skeletons they are. with their
yawning doors and windows like eye
.less sockets. Some OF the houses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
For identification Purposes only.

Gentlemen began the speaker,
thus putting himself en- rapport with
his auditors, fiattering their self-es-
TEEN, though committing the crime Of
uttering a pale, white lie.
Gentlemen" he repeated, thus rub
hing it in, Il desire to call your kind
attention to the four poems am
about to recite."
A sub o. groan escaped the teth-
cred audience.
"Only the first of these poems,' an
nounced the speaker, sis mine. The
other three are by Longfellow.
With an audible sigh Of relief, the
audience settled back, prepared to
endure the worst.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
FOR IDEAL OF RECREATION
Subject That Is Worthy Of Much More
Study Than 10 Generally
Given to 1t.

What women throughout the country
still need is a freer association with
othae women whose standards, social,
intellectual and moral, are higher than
their own, writes Anne Morgan in the
Woman's Home Companion. AS a peo.
pie we are too inclined to seek a lower
standard for our recreation. to level
down. We seek a companionship
where no intellectual effort is neces-
sary, we choose a theater where the
entertainment furnished is a popular
musical comedy, rather than a play
with literary merit. Interpreted by tai
ented actors. Certain popular maya
zines with large circulation contain
stories and articles utterly valueless
in quality; other publications contain.
irg literary and historical contribu
tions by serious authors reach but few
homes. In y recreation. as IN our
work. we want Immediate results with
a minimum OF eilor.; to be entertained
generally nea to be relaxed. The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
CHAPTER xIV-continued.

Il didn't ask to see the ladies'" pro-
tested Flanagan, turning with a stink,
ing gait toward the door.
Ii they only had let him go! If the
judge in his new self-contidence had
not been so anxious to deepen the eff
feet and make any future repetition Of
the situation impossible!
You understand the lady" he in
terposed, with the quiet dignity which
was so imposing on the bench. she
fas no sympathy with your ideas and
no faith in your conclusions. She be-
lieves absolutely in my sons inno-
cence."
do you, ma'am?" The man had
turned and was surveying her with the
logged impudence of his class. I'D
like to hear you say it, if you don't
mind, ma'am. Perhaps. then, Ill be,
lieve it,"
T. she began, trembling so, that
she failed to reach her feet, although
she made one spasmodic effort to do
SC. Il believe-0h, | feel i'll! It's
been too much her head fell for
ward and she turned herself quite
away from. them all.
you gees sire art SO eager, ledge,
as you thought" laughed the bill-pos.
ter, with a clumsy bow he evidently
meant to be sarcastic.
oh, what have | done!" moaned
Deborah, starting up as though she
would fling herself after the ~retreating
figure, now half way down the hall.
She saw in the look of the Judge as
he forcibly stopped her, and heard in
the lawyers whisper as he bounded
past them both to see the fellow out:
Useless; nothing will bride him
now and finding no support for her
despairing spirit either on earth or, as
she thought, in heaven, she collapsed
where she sat and fell unnoticed to the
floor, where she !ay prone at the feet
OF the equally unconscious figure Of
the Judge, fixed in another attack O.
his peculiar complaint.
And thus the lawyer found then
when he returned from closing thu
gate behind Flanagan.
n q II 4 .
Il cannot say anything, ! cannot d.
anything till have had a few word.
with Mrs. Scoville. How soon do YOU
think | can speak to herr"
Not very soon. Her daughter say
she is quite worn out, Would it no
be better to give her a rest for tonight
judge?
The Judge, now quite recovered, blu
strangely shrunk and wan, showed n,
surprise at this request, odd as it was
on the lips of this honest but some
what grabbed lawyer, but answered GU
of the fullness of his own heart an
from the depths of his preoccupation
My necessity is greater than hel
The change l say in her is inel
plicable. One moment she was all fir
and determination, satisfied of Oliver
innocence and eager to proclaim i
The next-bJt you were with NC. 70
witnessed her hesitation-felt it
force and what its effect was upo
the damnable scamp who has our hol
or-the honor of the Ostranders unde
his tongue. Something must have pr,
duced this change. What? goo
friend, what?"
i don't know any more than 20
do, Judge. But | think you are mi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08

The women of America, at least, are
faithfully devoted to the sensible and
smart shirt waist. Manufacturers of
these essentials of the wardrobe have
entered the field with models very
close to the original design and
have found them more heartily
appreciated than ever. These waists
are cut with a masculine sever
ity of line, of the softest and most
supple silks, and finished with hem
stitching and needlework, decorative
buttons and other items of daintiness
in detail that proclaim them as utter
ly feminine.
Wash silks and crepe de chine are
the favorite materials for shirt waists.
They are cut with high or convertible
collars, which must be provided with
supporting wires if they are to stand
up. Sleeves are long and finished
with cuffs.
The three waists pictured here may
be accepted as correct in style with
out any misgivings. The first one is
of crepe de chine with hemstitched
seams. The fronts are fulled on to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08

which looked as If they we're deserted,
held families. We camped near one
such. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy and | went
up to the house to buy some eggs. A
hopeless-looking woman came to the
door. The hot winds and the alkali
dust had tanned her skin and bleached
her hair; both were a gray-brown.
Her eyes were blue, but were so tired
looking that ! could hardly see for the
tears.
NO" she said, I'VE amt got no
eggs. We amt got no chickens. You
see this ground is sandy, and last
year the wind blowed awful hard and
all the grain blowed out, SO we didn't
have no chance to raise chickens. We
had no feed and no money to buy feed.
SO we had to kill our chickens to save
their lives. We ct 'em. They would
have starved anyway."-The Woman
Homesteader, in the Atlantic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08

the narrow yoke. The straight collar
supports a second collar of embroid-
cred batiste which opens with wings
at the front. The cuffs are deep, close
fitting and plain, finished at the edge
with machine hemstitching. Small
jet buttons fasten the front.
At the right a similar waist has a
narrow panel down the front, fasten-
ing to the left side with fat pearl but
tons. The plain cuffs are sloped, and
fasten with buttons, also. The choker
collar may be protected by a dainty
embroidered turnover band.
White wash silk with narrow black
and gray stripes is used for the man
nish waist shown below the others. 1t
is perfectly plain, with collar that
may be worn either closed or open at
the front. Pearl buttons fasten the
front and the cuffs. The latter are
made to turn back.
The new waists are cool and very
easy to launder. They are washed In
warm suds and ironed when partially
dry. 1t is the simplest of processes,
Altogether the new waists have every.
thing to recommend them.