The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-28
Burlington.

! be-; "Baby's Health is Burlington
Wealth." Conferences for mothers an
lectures on the care of infants will b
: features of the baby week program. II
! his proclamation Mayor Mount says
a In response to national call, our cit
' is arranging to celebrate baby week dul
: ing the first week in April. The obiec
of this celebration is two-fold-frst t
r give parents an opportunity of learning
the facts concerning the care OF thei
babies; second, to make known to GU
, community the Importance Of it
+ babies and the need of permanent worl
for their welfare. 1 therefore urge tn
T citizens of Burlington to take advant
age of lectures given and such othe
means of education as have been plan
ned by our baby campaign committee
Realizing the true import of our slogan
'Baby's Health is Burlington's Wealth,
let US give the babies of our city RICH
conditions in which to live and grow t.
splendid manhood and womanhood.
). If South Jersey fremen follow the sue
gestions of Mayor E. E. Mount, who is
organizing a fire-prevention campaign
in this city, the next Legislature will be
asked to enact law placing greater
personal responsibility for losses sus-
tanned upon the individual whose care
lessness causes fire. Plans recently an
nounced by the mayor to reduce the fire
hazard here are expected to cause a big
decrease in the number of fires. Elimi-
nation of rubbish piles and trash heaps
close to buildings in all parts of the
town, but especially in the business dis
tricts, has been undertaken by the
mayor In this work he has the COOP
Grafton of Chief Joseph Brotz, under
whose orders much has already been &C.
complished in this line. The mayor be-
lieves that every volunteer fire depart
ment in the state can be used for fire-pre-
vention by making regular inspections.
: Benjamin Glass, 80 years old, who has
been in the police net before, was arrest
ed near the city hall, Sunday morning.
This was at half-past eight, and four
hours later volumes Of smoke were OBJ
served pouring from the cell room in
which he had been placed. Officer Smith
rushed to the cell, and with the help of
a number of others who happened to be
in the building, extinguished the blaze,
aided by two portable extinguishers. 1t
was at first believed that the fire was of
incendiary origin, as on previous occa-
sion when one of the mattresses in cell
was found ablaze it was discovered that
this same prisoner had torn it into strips
before setting fire to it. After the ex-
element had subsidized, however, it was
found that Glass was in a drunken
stupor and even then hardly knew what
he was doing, nearly four hours after his
arrest, therefore it is believed the blaze
was acciden tai. At the hearing given
him later he was sentenced to pay fine
of SIS and costs or serve thirty days at
Mount Holly.
Joseph Shemelia and his aousekeeper,
of Mill road and Wood street, were held
ance before the grand jury, following a
hearing before Magistrate Mooney at the
city hall, Saturday evening. Shemelia
had complained to the local authorities
over the telephone that an italian had
been annoying his housekeeper, Mrs.
Robert West, but an investigation placed
slightly different aspect upon the mat
ter. 1t was found that contrary to the
statement of Shemelia, the Italian was
in the company of Mrs. West through
no compulsion on his part, and as both
Shemelia and the woman had been liv-
ing together as man and wife, although
he has wife living, and she has hus-
band, there was nothing for Magistrate
Mooney to do but commit Shemelia and
Mrs. West. The Italian was released.
Now Mr.. Shemelia is realizing that his
infatuation for his housekeeper has got
him into heap Of troubleKAnd also that
it would have been better, SO far as he is
concerned, if he had allowed her to have
other admirers.
Requests for permission to draw uI
new schedules of rates have been denied
by the Board of Public Utility Commits
sioners to the Burlington Sewerage Com
pany. Tie Commissioners were unani
nous in their opinion that the request
should be denied. The Burlington com
ipany has operated in Burlington for O
dozen years under schedules agreed upor
before the ordinance to permit the con
struction of the sewer was passed. Tit
sewer company represented to the Util
lily Commission that the Public Utility
Act conferred the power to fix rates. anC
that previous CONSTITUTIONAL rates wer'
and Treacy agreed that the Utility Com
mission has the power to regulate thu
prices despite the ordinances, but they
do not believe that the contract made
involves ''such loss and hardship as t.
make it impossible for the company tt
render safe, adequate and proper serv
ice." They say that the company il
earning more than two and one-half pc
cent. the value of the property devoted
by it to public use, and that such a re
turn cannot be said to be confiscatory
President Donges maintains that the
Utility Board should not assume to alte
a relationship definitely created by stat
ute, and must refuse to sanction rates O
those fixed in the consent of the munich
pality and fled by the company with it
certificates of incorporation, as directed
by the Statute.
William Holmes and John Heinkle
of Riverside, 10 and IA years old, respec
: lively, were given hearing before Mag
istrate Mooney, Thursday, at the city
hall, on the charge Of larceny of house
hold goods from Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
| Donovan. The frankness and candor o.
! the testimony offered in their own be
J half SO impressed counsel for both side
and the court that little difficulty wa
Experienced in arriving at an amicabl
| adjustment of the tangle, the youngster
proving conclusively that desire to de
stroy property or to realize financial,
} on the boyish prank was no part of thei
} plans. The boys were represented b,
former Judge John G. Horner, the Don
r ovans having as their legal representa-
| attorney Francis ]. Smith, of Beverly
: The evidence submitted tended to shoy