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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

leader. but it is not the new leader. It
Is not the new plan; it is God. If We
are 10 save souls it must be through
God. In the beginning Co. and, my
dear friends, that is your motto"
The Evening Discourse.
DIR. Reynolds preached In the eve
ming from the topic, "A Bundle Of
Life with the Lord" as found In
Samuel 25.29: but the soul of my
Lord shall be bound in the bundle of
life with the Lord"
"A bundle of life with the Lord
isn't it a beautiful picture? We are
in the same bundle, my Lord and I.
Wrapped together, secure and inti-
mate, there can be no promise more
symbolic, more comforting
ct was a promise, as You know,
made to David when he was con-
templating vengeance. He was plot
ting against an enemy and unjustiy
planning to punish the churlish
Nabal. If it had not been for the in
reference of Abigail. he would have
committed a great wrong. Abigail
stopped him JUSTIN time.
"A bundle of life with the Lord.
take it to mean, first. that We are
intimately identified with God. To be
bound in a bundle Of life is to be
closely associated; 1t is to be in a liv-
ing unity. We are one with God If
we are bound in the bundle of life
with Him. Because. we are bound IN
a bundle of life with the Lord we are
protected from the sin of self and
seIfishness. With Him in close inti-
macy. we are safe from cur own lusts
and greed"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Four Years of Reform Rule
Come to End in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.--Four
years of reform administration In
Philadelphia came to an END today
with the retirement as mayor of Ru
dolph Blankenburg and the Inaugural
ton of Thomas B. Smith, thus CIV
ing the regular Republicans control
again of all municipal offices. Mr..
Blankenburg, the only mayor the re-
formers have succeeded in putting
into office in many years, will take a
long vacation in California.
The new head of the department of
public safety, in charge of tiremen
and police, is William II. Wilson, a
lawyer. George e. Datesman, an en-
gineer, heads the department of pub
lie works, and DR.. Wilmer krusen
has been named director of the de-
partment of health and charities.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

that it is an immediate issue We
want to debate 1t and show its fall
lacies. Therefore we beg of you not
to withdraw your challenge through
the very small opening we left in our
letter accepting the same. Demon
strate the sincerity of your profess
sions by debating a main question.
Do not stultify yourself and your or
ganization by taking refuge behind
the plea: we challenged for a de-
bate on local option and do not want
to defend prohibition-at least not at
this time The people could not but
regard such a plea as cowardice and
an admission of your inability to de-
fend your cause.
I'VE leave the general public to
form its opinion of the organization
claiming a favor and yet unwilling
to defend prohibition as right, Christ
ian and a remedy for the ills about
which it complains. viii they not
say, why should we support the
principle of prohibition in any form
if it's own champions cannot defend
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
PROHIBITION AND NOT
LOCAL OPTION DEBATE
Federated Liquor Interests
Tells Anti-SaIoon League
That Must Be Issue.

The New Jersey Federation of
Liquor interests. OF which John c.
Scheible is president. and which has
headquarters at 851 Broad street, in-
sists that prohibition, and not local
option, must be the subject OF debate
with the Anti-Saloon League, if there
is to be a debate.
In a letter to Rev. James * Shields.
uperintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, the Federation of Liquor In
terests says under date of December
81 that neither organization believes
in local option. "a side issue of pro-
hibition," and that the question there
fore is not in dispute between them.
The letter says in part:
"To our mind it would be the
heighth of absurdity-and your insis-
tence can only be construed as fear
to discuss any question other than
the main one. What is open for our
discussion of local option? On the
floor of the Assembly chamber
last March you and your support
ers admitted that you only asked the
passage of local option bill as q
means to an >end-and that end you
stated was prohibition-which we defy
you to defend in public debate. You
clearly intimated then your disbelief
in local option, which means the
leaalizing of the liquor business in
certain divisions. In the December
"a 1915, number of your official publi-
cation, The American Issue, you thank
the 5000 New Jersey contributors to
your fund, who by their contributions
have helped the wonderful forward
movement for national prohibition
we quote your own words,
prohibition is undeniably a live
question throughout the country to-
day and surely you will not deny
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Slater and Morris Renamed
by FreehOlders in Sussex
special to the Evening Star.


NEWTON, Jan. S.-The Board oil
Freeholders met at the usual hour to-
day. and after closing up the un-
finished business of the year, ad-
journed sine die. Frank J. Coe, the
retiring member, who had occupied
the position of director for the past
year, then stepped out and w. Ed
ward Decker, of Newton, who had
previously taken the oath of office be-
fore Judge Allen r. Shay, became a
ull-fedged member of the 1915 board.
The board is composed Of three
members, and one member is elected
each year. Since its inception it has
been its custom to elect the retiring
member to the directorship, and that
custom was followed today by the
election of John j. Van Sickle,
who retires this year and who says
that under no consideration will he
be a candidate for reelection as di-
rector. The board then proceeded TO
complete its organization by re-elect
ing it's clerk, r. Lee Slater who has
held that position since the small
board came into existence, and Levi
III. Morris was reappointed county at
torney. The present members of the
board are John J. Van Sickle, of San
dyston, William Tiff, of Andover. and
William Edward Decker, of Newton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

year. The law on that point has been
mandatory ever since the motor We
hicle law has been in effect In this
State.
There is no excuse for any owner
or driver who is arrested for driving
with a 1915 license. Every opportunity
was given TO the owners and drivers
to secure their licenses. Warnings
were given through the public press
that the law was going to be rigidly
enforced
al want to thank Captain McRell
and the officers in the traffic squad for
TIE splendid service they rendered at
the local office. The more | come in
-ontact with the local department the
more ] realize the splendid and eff
cient police force which they have in
Newark
Commissioner, Dill stated that the
extra clerks would be continued at the
local office for several days to take
care of any rush that might occur
this week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Incendiary Fire Wrecks Mill
in Riverside; $250,000 Loss
srecial % the Eys.ing Star.

Special 20 the Eveaing Star.
RIVERSIDE, Jan. 3.-Jire partly
destroyed the plant of the William II.
Taubel Hosiery Mills here yesterday,
at a loss estimated at $250000.
Members of the firm believe the
blaze was of incendiary origin and
have started an Investigation.
One hundred women and girls will
be idle until the factory is rebuilt.
When the fire was discovered the
structure, a two-story frame affair,
was burning brislsly. The local fire
department found it impossible to
cope with the situation and a call for
aid was sent to Camden when ad-
Joining property was threatened.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
AUTO LAW IS
BEING ENFORCED
Continued from first rage9

the 1916 license a day too soon, and
the others were arrested Saturday
and yesterday for displaying the old
license tags. AS a result of the work
by the police, the 1916 tags were con-
spicuous by their absence today.
The police will not ask that fines be
imposed when the automobilists are
arraigned before the police magis-
trates today and tomorrow and it is
probable that leniency will be used
in disposing of the cases.
Warning of the provisions of the
Few law were given more than a
month ago by Commissioner Dill, and
autoists were cautioned to secure the
new licenses in time to af1x them for
New Years Day. Few We're taken out
during the early part of the month
but the license office in Washington
place was stormed by automobile
owners during the last ten days.
Never before in the history of the
department was there such a rush for
both car and drivers licenses as on
Friday last. At every agency in the
state extra clerks were necessary to
take care - the rush.
Commissioner Dill mt Local Office.
At the local office the force of seven
extra clerks, augmented by Commits
sic ner Dill himself, toiled until lao
a. m. New Years morning. Commits
,iouef Dill estimated that S25, 400 was;
collected in the local office on Thurs
day and Friday.
Efficient service was rendered dur
ing the rush at the local office by Cap
tain James A. McRell, head of the
police traffic squad, and the men that
he assigned to the agency to assist
the office force.
"Despite the fact that during the
entire month of December special eff
forts have been made by the. State
Department of Motor Vehicles TO take
care of the registration of cars and
the issuing Of licenses to drivers" said
Commissioners Dill today, Hundreds of
car owners and drivers waited until
the last two days of the year to secure
their licenses.
'The result was that every district
office i'll the State was swamped and
the force which I had provided was
entirely inadequate to handle the ap-
plications for car and drivers
licenses.
"Hundreds of applicants stood in line
for hours waiting for the LICENSES at
the local office. but the clerks and my
self stayed right on the job until
every one that applied had been taken
care of.
"Of course. there was considerable
fault-finding by auto owners that they
had to secure their licenses before the
first of the year, but the same law is
in force in all but three States in this
country.
No Excuse for Deiinquents.
"There is no reason why auto own
ers should not get their licenses out
before the first of the year. Maybe it
is not general known, but drivers
were always supposed to have their
new licenses before the first of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Woodruff Is Head of the New
Excise Board in Elizabeth

ELIZABETH, Jan. Sat the or
ganization meeting of the Board OF
Excise Saturday, G. Bartram Wood
ruff, retiring councilman, was elected
president. He became a member OF
the commission only after recount.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Insurance Expert a Suicide

SOMERVILLE, Jan. 3.-Using a
wagon spoke as an aid to press the
trigger Of a shot gun, William Dilts,
fiffy-three years of age, committed
suicide in his fine mansion on West
END avenue Saturday night or yester-
day. The charge from the gun prac-
tically tore away his entire left side
and he died instantly
Dilts was a well-known insurance
examiner and had been at one time
employed by former Senator James
Frelinghuysen. The reason for his act
is not known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09

Gov Charles Henderson has appointed Dr. Leon A. Fox first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve corps. This is the first commission to be issued in this depart ment, and is in line with the present cry of preparedness.
 In time of war. there will be hum dreds of physicians volunteer as sur geons, but the need is for medical off, ficers, men trained in modern sani- tary methods, men trained to handle men and who understand the methods used in transporting the wounded and sick to the rear, thus leaving the fight ing force unhampered.
 The Medical Reserve corps offers a correspondence course that all commits stoned officers must take, which is es- pecially designed to prepare them for active duty.
 Dr. Fox is very much interested in military affairs and intends to take an active part in the organizations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
"A Night in Arabia"

J. Putnam Stevens, imperial poten- tate of the Shriners, will be visitor to Birmingham Tuesday, February 22. The members of Zamora temple, as well as many of the leading Shriners from the other temples and from adjoining states will attend the big celebration which is being planned for the occa- sion.
 "A Night in Arabia will be staged at the Tutwiler by the Shriners as a part of the celebration. The visitors will be given the freedom of the city and one of the biggest events in Alabama Shrinedom is being planned for the im- perial potentate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
NEGRO ASSAILANT
 ACQUITTED BY JURY
Ben White, Negro, Charged with As saulting Young White Girl,
 Claims Alibi

Ben White, negro, charged with an as sault on Miss Mabel Crockett on Hunts vile avenue several weeks ago, was &C., quilted by jury in the criminal court yesterday after a short deliberation. The defense offered evidence of a strong char acter establishing an alib for the ac- cused.
 The case was tried before Judge w. E.. Fort in the first division, who in consid- eration of the prosecutor and the victim of the testimony, excluded the public from the courtroom. Circuit Solicitor Joseph
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
LOCAL ITEMS

Miss Ola Crawford, who resides at 1912 Twenty-first street, south, was painfully injured yesterday morning at 10 o'clock when she was run over by horse and buggy driven by John Wilkerson, a ne- gro. The negro was arrested by Special Officer Jim Daley on charge of reck- less driving and lodged in the city jail.
 w. J. Bell, S03 Cotton avenue, West End broke his right arm and fractured his wrist yesterday morning when he was cranking his automobile. He was moved to the Birmingham infirmary MT. Bell is a salesman for Earle Brothers com pany.
 Frank Gamble, negro. is being held at the city jail charged with grand larceny It is said that Gamble robbed a residence on Fifth avenue of a quantity of clothing Detectives Brannon and Macke swore out warrant for the negro, and he will be transferred to the county jail.
 from the city jail to the county jail to- day. He is charged with burglary and grand larceny. It is alleged that he robbed pressing club and a store at Banner mines several days ago.
 Martin Johnson and Jim Jones, ne- groes, were transferred from the city jail to the county jail on charA of grand larceny. It is charged that the two stole lap robe out of an automobile belonging to Robert Jemison, Sr., Monday night when the car was standing in front of the Lyric theatre building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
ANT|-PREPAREDNESS ADVOCATES APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEES Utter Warning Against Be- ing Stampeded Into Un- warranted Appropriations WANT PROBE OF
 PAST EXPENDITURES Would Also Investigate Source of Present Agitation for Ade-
 quate National Pre-
 paredness

Washington, February S--Pacifists who said they represented the farmers. work ins people and voting women of the country, today warned Senate and House military committees against being stam- reded into what they termed unwarrant- ed appropriations for military prepared ness.
 An anti-preparednes committee of which Lillian D. Wald of New York is chairman, introduced itself to the com rnittee as an organization of American citizens formed to protest against a dangerous programme of military and naval expansion, to divert the public mind from those preparations for that world peace which it might be our coun- try's privilege to initiate at the close of the war"
 Opposition to war preparations also was voice by John B. Lennon, treasurer of the American Federation of Labor; James H. Maurer president of the Penn sylvania Federation of Labor: Mrs. Flor ence Kelley, Frank Dornblazer of Texas, a director of the National Farmers union, and Sara Bard Field of the California Women Voters' association. A message also was read from Governor Capper of Kansas indorsing the plans of the committee which include a public inves- tigation of past appropriations, investi- gation of the sources of the present de- mand for an increase in military ex- penditures and the elimination of private profit from agent or manufacturer.
 SPEAKS FOR WORKMEN
 MT. Maurer, who said he was machin- ist who had been in constant touch with large organizations of laboring men, met with repeated applause from the crowd in the committee rooms, composed of about equal numbers of men and women. He spoke, he explained, not for organ ized labor, but for the working classes, arms was inspired by those who were making immense profits selling ammuni- ton, and who at the close of the Euro pean war will want a large army and navy to enforce the collection of the money owed them by bankrupt nations.
 The working people will not consent to fight such war; he said. Instead of spending more money, Ithink Congress had better investigate the money al- ready spent. The people have believed we were prepared. We were, told we were the greatest power on earth. Less than two years ago we were told we could beat Germany and Mexico at the same time.
 Now suddenly we are told our boats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
REFERENDIJM DEMANDED

Washington, February S.-(Special.) Washington is as deeply agitated over the prohibition question as Alabama or any other state which has suffered un- der the heel of the professional politi- clan.
 Monday night the Merchants Retail as- sociation considered the Sheppard bill in a special meeting at the Willard hotel. Tuesday night, the Retail Druggists as- sociation, in formal meeting, discussed the same measure. Throughout the city political organizations of all type and varieties and business organizations rep- resentative of all trades, are daily pre- pairing.
 A referendum Is demanded. It Is claimed that if Congress will submit the liquor question to the people, prohibi- ton will be beaten by a vote of 10 to l. The prohibition measure will be under the spotlight from this moment until the passage of several succeeding weeks In the immediate future the following pro- gramme will be carried out:
 Congress will be presented with pe- tition bearing the names of 60,0OO bona fide residents in which a referendum will be urged.
 Congress will be presented with resolu- tions by the Federation of Citizens as- sociation demanding referendum and urging that both men and women be permitted to vote
 Congress will be importuned by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Com merce to permit public hearings and pro- vide for referendum.
 The Senate will be asked by either Senators Lee, Hardwick or James to re- commit the Sheppard bill, provide pub lie hearings and call a referendum.
 A local option bill providing for a referendum, drawn by Senator Under wood, will be introduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
Ask Permission to Use Road

St. Louis, February S.-Permission to file suit against the Missouri Pacific railroad to collect s500,00O alleged over charges was asked in federal court to- day in g. petition filed by 300 shippers. The claims are based on freight rates collected by the Missouri Pacific while the Missouri rate laws were in litisa- tion. The federal court was asked to give the claims priority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09

R. Tate and Assistant Solicitor James Davis represented the state. Messrs. Hoskins and Silverman appeared for the defense
 Miss Crockett and girl companion was assaulted several weeks ago on the Hunts vile avenue road by two negroes. White was arrested and indicted by the grand jury on the charge. At the trial yes- terday numerous witnesses were put on the stand who swore he was in the city at the very hour the assault was made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
Auto Tax Law Upheld

Detroit. February S.--The Michigan au- tomobile tax law providing graded reg istration for motor vehicles and for turn ing over the revenue to the state to be spent for road improvements was upheld as constitutional here today by Circuit Judges Mandell, Perkins and Withey, sit ting jointly. Suit was brought by the city of Detroit which may be deprived of the taxes on automobiles now assessed at s5.- 900, 900. The city will appeal to the state supreme court it was announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
GOVERNOR GLENN Noted Prohibitionist Will Make Ad. dress at First Baptist Church

Ex-Gox. R. B. Glenn of North Caro- lima will deliver an address at the First Baptist church Sunday morning, Feb ruary 13, at Il o'clock. beginning a se- ries of addresses in the state extend- ing from February IS to February IT, under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon league of Alabama. He will speak later at Jasper, Russellville, Athens, Alexan- der City, Roanoke, Auburn, Dothan and other towns in south Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
WAS WILSON WISE?

Washington, February S-(Special.)-An interesting story comes to Washington from New York which represents Pres ident Wilson in the light of one of the shrewdest politicians of the age.
 It is said that he named Louis D. Brandeis. radical, for the position of justice of the supreme court. because he knew the interests in and around Wall street, would then be insistent that Jus- tice. Hughes remain on the bench.
 Justice Hughes is regarded as the most formidable man the republicans could present against the democratic standard bearer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
Expert on Indian Dies

New York, February S.-Major Fred erick H. E. Ebstein, U. S. A. retired. veteran of the civil and Spanish -Ameri- can wars and of Indian fighting and regarded as an authority on the eth nology of the Indian race, died at his home in Brooklyn today. He was 69 years old ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
DEMOCRATS GROW RESTLESS BECAUSE
 OF POSSIBILITY OF
 LOSING THE SENATE
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 ations to enter into competition with private corporations in bidding for any work which might be authorized, and it is especially provided that in such competition. municipal corporations shall be given the preference.
 There is no restriction made as to the geographical location of such municipal corporations, and in the future it might happen that New York will be bidding for the assignment of developing Muscle Shoals, or transforming that hindrance to progress into one of the greatest sources of wealth and comfort in the United States.
 The fight for and against the dam act is expected to be spectacular. Gif- ford Pinclfot has already inveighed against the measure, and Representa- tive Frear is preparing to investigate all waterpower companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
ABERCROMBIES BILLS

Washington, February 8.-(Special) The committee on education has author ized Congressman-at-Large John w. Ab- ercrombie to make a favorable report on his bili requiring the commissioner of education to devise methods and pro- vide plans for the elimination of adult iliteracy in the United States. This bill was reported favorably last session, but too late to be taken up for considera- tion before the adjournment of Con- gress.
 The committee on education on motion of Dr. Abercrombie reported favorably the bill providing for vocational educa,- tion This bill. which is pending in both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-09
Wilson's Entertain for Justices

Washington, February S.-President and Mrs. Wilson entertained formally at dinner at the White House tonight in honor of the justices of the supreme court. In addition to Chief Jusice White and the associate justices, the guests included the Attorney General and Mrs. Gregory, several senators and representatives and their wives and Mime. Schumann- Heink, who sang after dinner