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The day book., 1916-05-16

Martin Meskouski, Chi. Heights,
hit on head with club in fight. Dead.
Five arrested.
Paul Huxley, in warrant sworn for
David Buckman, 942 Wells, says
Buckman and companions threw two
dozen eggs at him.
Law firm of Sheriff, Dent, Dobyns
& Freeman, 1860 The ROokeTy, dis
solved by agreement Last three start
new firm.
Forest Reserve comm has balance
of $1.O21 ,4O2 in banks.
F. H. Chase who represented self
as English banker locked up on con-
fdence game charge.
Judge Windes authorized freceiVer
to take $4,000 for $150,000 worth of
notes which defunct La Sale st.
Trust & Savings bank held against
H. w. Hurtig, one of directors.
T. J. Mccain, 1903 Washington
blvd, held. Police thing he tried to
Hdnap Esther Mclaughlin, 9, of
South Chicago.
Burglars got $2s5 in vaIuabIes
from home of Mable Charlevoix, 4127
Ellis av.
Nick Julian, 61s S. Jefferson, freed.
Was arrested for playing hurdy-
gurdy in front of police station on
Sunday.
Stella Dvone, 6, 26s7 w. 23d pl.,
dying from burns received when
dress caught fire from candle.
Jas. Spurney, 111s w. 18th, sui
eide. Gas. Was dying with cancer.
Louis Hoffman, 2714 Haddon, gar
ment worker, tried suicide. Poison.
May recover.
Dep. Sheriff Watts, Tuscaloosa,
Ala, left Chicago with three prison
ers. SwOre in one as second deputy
to take charge of other two.
John JaIosky, 40, employed in nur-
sery near 111th, found dead in ditch.
Head battered.
Leo Flatoff, 1916 Winnemac av., ar
The day book., 1916-05-16
NEWs OF THE- DAY CONCERNING CHIcAGO

Mrs. Rose Mustaris, 453 S. Clark,
taken to psychOpathiC hospital when
she suddenly tried to pull earrings
from daughters ear.
Mrs. A. Sartis, 544 Pine, found rum
away son, John, 16, at Madison and
Fifth av Wants him sent to an in
stitutiOn.
American Booksellers assn hold
ing national convention, Congress
hotel First time this convention
has ever been held outside of N. Y.
Mrs. Sarah Dunkel, 1865 N. Dear
born and three others who have en-
plOyed Nathalie Herman, 19, accuse
her of passing worthless checks.
Mrs. John Grace, e638 Winston
av., asked neighbor, Max Roth, to
shoot hawk which threatened her
chicks. Gun accidentally discharged,
Mrs. Grace instantly killed.
Coroner's jury censured Sante Fe
railroad for not having gates in use
at grade crossing, Brighton Park,
where J. P. Sand and John Schmidt
were killed.
Marcus Walker, Oak Park, killed
by folding bed. Bed snapped while
he was sitting on its edge, breaking
his neck.
Emil Keenan,, Arlington hotel,
stabbed 8 times when he refused
dime to panhandler.
GERMANS PLAN TO BEGIN SEA
AND LAND OFFENSIVE ON RIGA
London, May 16.-Rumors that
the Germans are about to begin a
The day book., 1916-05-16

AND LAND OFFENSIVE ON RIGA
London, May 16.-Rumors that
the Germans are about to begin a
great sea and land offensive against
the Russian port Of Riga revived to-
day by Copenhagen reports that a
German fleet has left Kiel for Riga.
Copenhagen reported that new su-
perdreadnOught Hindenburg and
other fighting monsters were in
cluded in fleet. Petrograd dispatches
recently reported that Field Marshal
van Hindenburg was displaying great
activity on the northern front as if in
preparation for a renewal of drive
on Riga, checked by the Russians
last fall
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

And soon, now, the long haired,
spindle shanked, short trousered, eve
glassed city youth will be out on the
farm again telling dad how to make a
million out of a penny.
n n n
Of course, madame, you did not
raise your son to be a soldier. Your
neighbours o should be the one to
protect you from the ruthless hand
of the invader when he comes.
n n n
Have you told your congressman
what you think on the subject of ma
tional preparedness? He don't want
to hear from you, of course, but it
would be just as well to let him hear
just the same.
"a n n
Every time we dish up a genuine
18-karat joke some self STYLED wag
ambles along and wants to know what
exchange we copied it from. And
still we haven't the slightest inclina-
ton to commit murder.
n n u
We had the pleasure of shaking
hands this week with one of the
brightest, brainiest and most lovable
men of this whole community, and we
pumped his arm right royalty. We
do 1t every time they pay up.
n n n
The mar of millions is the one who
will profit most by our new policy of
preparedness. Hence the mar of mil
lions is the n who should cough up
liveliest in the matter of paying the
freight. Tax the big incomes-and
collect the taxes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
Terse, Tart, Timely
Short and Snappy Sayings to Interest
Old and Young

And we greet you yet again.
n n n
Your tongue was made for use, but
not for abuse.
In time, of course, we will read of
the high cost of breathing.
n n n
General Villa has been killed so
many times we can't see why the cuss
don't stay dead.
Time works wonders. 1t may even
yet unearth a candidate or two for
the vice presidency.
n n n
care we civilized?" inquiries the
Chicago Tribune. We are-but can't
say as to the Chi. Trib.
n n n
Poverty drives to drink and drink
drives to poverty, and between the
two there's heck to pay.
n n n
Military preparedness is uppermost
in the public eye, but the old eye is
doing a deal of blinking.
n n n
We don't care how much you cuss
US, but don't profane our sensitive
ears with such discordant noises.
n n n
A kid on a corner can see more in
five minutes than an adult can dis
V in an hour of rubbernecking.
n n n
When a fellow makes a practice of
l. nalIpo n hic hnOon +avrrp - - 1.-TWO fnr
everybody else to hand him a few.
n n n
Just for the sake of variety, why
couldn't we send a few genuine old
time statesmen to congress as well as
mere politicians?
If we wanted to go down in history
as a false prophet the one big stunt
we'd pull off would be to predict an
early peace in Mexico.
n n n
Don't be at all backward about
dropping in and paying up that sub
scription. Well take and shake as
long as our old hand holds out.
n n n
At any rate, our very distinguished
political leaders will gr~aciously per-
nit the common herd to vote Gas di-
rected" at the coming election.
n n n
A few months ago we noted an en-
ormous amount of newspaper CAB
about america absorbing the COM
merce of the world" Just CAB.
u u a
Some one somewhere once said that
"all things come to him who waits"
But that, of course, does not include
editors and delinquent subscribers.
n " ~
Of course your excessive modesty
would prevent your answering the
question, but we would really like to
know the name of the smartest mar
in this community.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
FREE SEEDS.

The annual distribution of seeds by
the Government will take place this
Spring as usual. This distribution is
controlled by the United States Sena-
tors and Members of Congress. If
you will write to Hon. James E. Mar
tine or Hon. William Hughes, U. 81
Senate, Washington, D. c., or to your
Member of Congress, you can receive
free of charge a package of vegeta-
bic or flower seed. Each package
contains five different varieties. State
whether you desire vegetable or flow
er, but do not indicate the varieties
as the Department of Agriculture
makes the selection based on the eli
matte and other conditions of the To-
cality in which the seeds are to be
planted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
HEADSTONES FOR UNMARKED
SOLDIERS GRAVES FURNISH
ED BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.

Congressman Bacharach wishes to
announce through the columns of The
Pleasantville Press that he is in posi-
ton to obtain through the War De-
partment headstones for soldiers
graves that are without suitable mark
ers. The headstones are furnished
free of cost and shipped freight pre-
paid to the nearest railroad station.
The only cost is that of transporting
the stones from the railroad station
and erecting the same. They are fur
nished for the unmarked graves of
soldiers, sailors and marines who
served in the Army or Navy of the
United States during any war or in
surrection INCLUDING the Revolution)
whether regular or volunteer, and
whether they died in the service or
since their muster out or discharge
therefrom. Anyone who may be in
terested in this announcement should
communicate with Mr.. Bacharach.
The Congressman has taken the mat
ter up with the Commanders of the
G. A. R. Posts and Spanish War Vet
Grams throughout the Second District,
asking their cooperation in locating
the graves of any soldiers that are at
present unmarked.
The stones furnished by the govern
ment are 80 inches long, II inches
wide and A inches thick. Each stone
is inscribed with the name, rank (if
above private), company, and State
regiment or other organization, to
which the deceased soldier belonged,
cut in relief within a sunken shield.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
WEAK, NERVOUS OHIO WOMAN
Made Well By Delicious Vinol

Bellefontaine, Ohio.-"My blood was
very poor-I was in a weak, nervous,
rundown condition. 1 tried different
remedies without benefit and one day
my druggist told me about Vinol. I
tried it and it built me up in every way
blood, strength and nerves, and I tell
my friends it is the best medicine on
earth. Mrs. EARL BRUNsoN.
Vinol, Dur delicious cod liver and iron
tonic without oil, sharpens the appetite,
aids digestion, enriches the blood and
in this natural manner creates strength.
Thomas F. Crawford, Druggist,
Pleasantville, n. j.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
Bohemia Villa Farms
Barred Plymouth Rocks

EGGS FOR MATCHING Now Ready.
January and February Chicks best
of the year. No better stock any
where; bred for vitality and produc-
tiveness. Book your orders now.
$1.OO a Setting, Is eggs; $500 per
hundred.
A. j. OVERPECK,
AbsecOn, n. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
~PLEASANTVILLE SCRAP
IRON & METAL co.

1877 S. Main St., Pleasantville, N. ].
We buy all kinds of scrap iron and
metals and pay highest market price.
Call US by Bell Phone 233 and we
will stop at your door.
We also have for sale all kinds of
engines and repair pieces for auto
mobiles. Also l set tires and tubes,
32x3h, in good condition. Cheaper
than anywhere else.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

NEWS BREWIIES
OF NEW JERSEY
Interesting Happenings In the
State Carefully Condensed.
Events of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points In the State and Sc
Reduced In Size That They VIII APP.
peal to All Glasses of Readers.
The Gibbstown Methodists are col.
lecting about $1,000 a week toward the
new church.
There were ffty-eight weddings il
Hammonton last year, 1877 births and
sixty-six deaths.
Over 1000 members of the mems
Bible classes of Millville organized the
Bible Glass league.
Steps have been taken by the Ocean
City w. G. T. U. to organize a parent
teachers association.
Hugo Kind, a Hammonton dahlia
grower, has received a record breaker
order for $4,000 dahlia roots.
Farmers of Marlton and vicinity Gel.
ebrated the tenth anniversary of Mari.
ton grange at a reception and banquet.
Joseph G. Champion of Ocean City
is drawing plans and specifications for
additions to the Cape May County hos.
pital.
Pitman's birth rate took a slump last
year, when there were t%hirty-fouI
births, fourteen less than the record
in 1912.
Hammonton Needlework Guild of
America during the past year distrib.
uted 1903 garments out of a total Of
1,554 received.
Through the will of Mrs. Mary Hill,
widow of General Warren Edgerton of
Newfield, the schools of that town will
receive $4,000.
The Morristown synagogue has ac-
quired property in Speedwell avenue
in that city on which a $4,000 temple
will be erected.
A large number of telephones were
put out of commission around Marlton
by wire thieves, who stripped I'VE
poles of copper wire.
A jitney bus line has been started
between Gibbstown and Clarksboro for
the accommodation of workers en-
ployed at the powder works.
Trappers along the Delaware bay
shore of Cape May county are enjoying
a profitable winter. Francis Garrison
of Goshen caught 700 muskrats.
Edward 2. Smithyman has begun his
thirty-eighth consecutive year as SUI
perintendent of the Methodist taber-
nacle Sunday school in Butler.
Over 100 Hammonton residents have
petitioned council to have Fifteenth
street graveled from First road to Sec
ond road, a distance of nearly a mile.
The Hammonton vocational school,
in charge of Professor Louis G. Arm
strong, opened a six weeks course of
instruction in fruit growing and truck
ing.
In a fit of dependency due to con-
tinued ill health Harry j. Baker, a
business man of Maplewood, commit
ted suicide by attaching a gas tube to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Maine, as for a quarter century, was
the assertion made at the farmers in.
stitute in Grange hall at Columbus.
Farmers said they believed that scab
and other diseases of the tubers had
been introduced in imported seed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Seventy-nine girls and one young
man formed the graduating class al
the Montclair State Normal school com
mencement exercises. The lone male
who received a diploma is Edward J
Severn Of Lakeview.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
Don't Set Hens

the same old way. Use the PRAIRIE
STATE INCUBATORS and BROOD
Frs. For sale by FRANK JAMES,
Zion road, Mortified, N. ]. Phone
105-R Pl%easantville.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

to be conducted in connection with the
Ocean City summer school have been
approved by the state board of tx
aminers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

An exploding coal range wrecked the
kitchen of the home of John Zenderlin
at Rutherford. and a piece of wood
hurled by the blast cut a cash in the
right cheek of the tenants daughter.
Miss Mary Zenderlin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

The Cape May freeholders have
awarded ii contract for the repair and
reconstruction of the Holly Beach road
a little more than four miles long. for
s 7,543.40.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
a Jet

Prizes will be awarded pupils and
graduates of the Pitman Grammar
school for the best suggestions for lay
ing out a new schoolyard and play
ground.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Any item of news will be welcom-
ed for use in The Pleasantville Press,
which is YOUR paper.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Prizes will be awarded pupils and
graduates of the Pitman Grammar
school for the best suggestions for lay
ing out a new schoolyard and play
ground.
Plans for the school of observation
to be conducted in connection with the
Ocean City summer school have been
approved by the state board of ex-
aminerS.
The Cape May f%reeholders have
awarded II contract for the repair and
reconstruction of the Holly Beach road
a little more than four miles long. for
s 7,543.40.
For blocking a Paulsboro street cross
ing longer than five minutes William
NJ. Ryan. conductor of a freight train.
was fined $50 and costs by Magistrate
Vanneman.
A Cumberland county farmers insti
tute will he held in the Municipal
league rooms. Millville, on Feb. 16 un-
der the direction of Warren W. Cley.
county demonstrators.
Alexander Ajieachuk died in st. Fran
els hospital at Trenton as the result
of burns received when he fell into "a
pit containing hot metal at the Roe
bling plant at Roebling.
Gilbert Winter, the nineteen-year-old
son of Michael Winter, the wealthy
brewer of Orange, who died Jan. "a.
was a suicide, it became known. He
was a Princeton student.
The East Orange board of education
will not interfere with lads smoking
cigarettes on the way to and from
school. 1t does not consider the boys
smoking any of its business.
An ordinance will be adopted at the
next meeting of the board of health in
Camden compelling all master plumb
ers to establish places of business in
the city before obtaining licenses.
The Elwood board of trade at its
February meeting will award six
prizes for the best slogan and five for
the best suggestion for the social and
moral advancement of the community.
Seven thousand persons in Passaic
county have signed the petitions ask
ing for the release from prison of
Patrick Quinlan, the l. w. w. leader.
who has served a year for melting to
riot.
Postmaster Hunt, at Pennsgrove, is
having difficulty in the rural service
line. In many cases persons in the
country districts are getting their mail
two weeks late because of conges-
ton.
Howard, Jr., three years old. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearsall of Unionville.
got his fathers outfit. lathered his face
and cut a deep cash in his throat with
the razor. 1t is expected he will re-
cover.
Famed by high winds the Hotel
Oberon, at LOngport, was destroyed by
a fire which at one time threatened to
envelop the entire cottage section at
the lower end of AbsecOn island. The
loss was $1,000.
Montclair commuters chortled with
glee when they learned that Daniel
Capanner, a town lamp lighter, had
been fined So by Recorder Yost for eX-
tinguishing the street lights on his
route before dawn.
Discovering the home of her neigh
Dor, Thomas Berry. at Cloyerdale, afire.
Mrs. Mary Bachelor quickly organized
a bucket brigade of boy scouts and
gravel pitmen and in twenty minutes
had saved the home.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

right cheek of the tenants daughter.
Miss Mary Zenderlln.
Norman Sternberg. the eleven-year-
old son of William Sternberg, hanged
himself in the cellar of his fathers
store in Newark because he had a
%toothache. He was taken to the City
hospital in a critical condition.
Mrs. Nina c.. Van Wrinkle, president
of the Women's Political union of New
Jersey, announced her intention in
Newark of establishing a legal resi-
dence in Kansas. so she will be able to
vote at the presidential election.
Contractors and carpenters are on
tinuing their fight to have the Pitman
council revise or entirely revoke the
building code put in force a few
months ago. The builders complain
that it imposes too many h~ardships.
State game wardens commenced the
distribution of the herd of famous
white tailed deer from the state game
farm, near Forked River, for the re-
stocking of the hunting grounds in sew
eral north and south Jersey counties.
The wealthy towns of East Orange
and West Orange had surprisingly low
mortality rates in 1914 in comparison
with those of most cities and towns.
The death rate per 1000 in West Or
ange was g., and in East Orange 81.
Game Warden Phifer of Millville
was called to Menantico to take pos
session of the carcass of a doe which
recently attempted to cross Maurice
river on the ice and was SO badly in
jured that it died. The body was
found floating.
The West Orange improvement
league, composed of women who are
active the year round in making the
pretty mountain town attractive, re-
elected Mrs. Thomas a. Edison presi-
len at the annual meeting. She urged
a new town hall.
That Miss Mary Francis Miller.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mil
Ter of Caldwell, became the bride of
c. Hamilton Vanderhoff of the same
city and just forty-four years her SEN
ior has become known. The bride is
twenty-eight years old.
When her clothing was fired by a
candle she vas carrying, Jean, five
year-old daughter of Councilman and
Mrs. Albert Brown of Paulsboro, was
severely burned. Her fathers hands
were severely scOrched in removing the
burning clothing from the child.
Atlantic City Won the verdict. by di-
rection of Judge Howard Carrow, in
the Mays Landing circuit court in the
suit of Lawyer Edmund c. Gaskill to
recover 81 400 salary as recorder. Ma.
tin E. Keer. appointed by the commits
sioners. collected the salary which
Gaskill claimed by election.
The annual convention of the Com
mercial, Agricultural and Civic fedora
ton of the New Jersey state chamber
of commerce will be held at Beach
Haven June 16 and II. This fedora
lion is a combination of all the cham
bers of commerce, boards of trade and
other civic bodies of the state.
That many central Jersey potats
farmers will use home grown seed in
stead of purchasing the supply in
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Norman Sternberg, the eleven-year-
old son of William Sternberg, hanged
himself in the cellar of his fathers
store in Newark because he had a
%toothache. He was taken to the City
hospital in a critical condition.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

For blocking a Paulsboro street cross
NJ. Ryan. conductor of a freight train.
was fined $50 and costs by Magistrate
Nanneman.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Yet strangely enough, one of
the first symptoms of cataract
is better vision.
This is just one of the many
reasons why it is important to
! ave an Oculist examine your
eyes at intervals.
Remember this-big troubles
are nearly always the out
growth of neglected smaller
Ones. When you suspect that
your eyes need attention, go to
an Oculist for an examination
at nee.
Then, if glasses are needed,
bring his prescription here. We
specialize in filing Oculists'
prescriptions.
Let us make your next pair
of glasses-or make you a du-
plicate of the ones you use reg
ularly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

A Cumberland county farmers insti
tute will he held in the Municipal
league rooms, Millville, on Feb. 16 un.
der the direction of Warren W. Cley,
county demonstration
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05
Big Troubles That
Start as Little Ones

people would
hardly suppose
that an apparent
improvement = of
their sight could
be taken as a war
ming of trouble to
follow.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

In a fit of dependency due to con-
tinued ill health Harry j. Baker, a
business nan of Maplewood, commit
ted suicide by attaching a gas tube to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Mrs. Nina c. Van Wrinkle, president
of the Women's Political union of New
Jersey, announced her intention in
Newark of establishing a legal resi-
dence in Kansas. so she will be able to
vote at the presidential election.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

That many central Jersey potats
farmers will use home grown seed in
stead of purchasing the supply in
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Discovering the home of her neigh
Dor, Thomas Berry. at Cloyerdale, afire
Mrs. Mary Bachelor quickly organized
a bucket brigade of boy scouts anC
gravel pitmen and in twenty minutes
had saved the home.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

POWER SCHEDULE
lie per kw-hr. for the first so kw-hrs. used any one month
&c per kw-hr. for the next so kw-hrs. used any one month
7c per kw-hr. for the next 300 kw-hrs. used any one month
Sc per kw-hr. for the next 600 kw-hrs. used any one month
Sc per kw-hr. for all over 1000 kw-hrs. used any one month
10 per cent. cash discount on above for payment in ten days
Minimum rate $1.OO per month or Soc per
connected h. p. per month.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

Alexander Ajjeachuk died in st. Fran.
els hospital at Trenton as the result
of burns received when he fell into d
pit containing hot metal at the Rec
bling plant at Roebling.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-02-05

The annual convention of the Com
mercial, Agricultural and Civic fedora
ton of the New Jersey state chamber
of commerce will be held at Beach
Haven June IS and Il. This fedora
lion is a combination of all the cham
bers of commerce, boards of trade and
other civic bodies of the state.