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The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
DEATH CHAIR. FOR TWO
Third Powder Guards Slayer
Got Twenty Years

Tie trial of the three Italians for tir
murder of Joseph J. Wescott on the
Bevis farm in Upper Penns Neck on De
cember 23d Was moved IN Salem County
t}ouri last Monday before Judge Charles
G Black.
Prosecutor ID V. Sumnlerill, IT., was
assisted by N B. Wescatt II cousin Of
the murdered man; from the wesierIl
shore of Virginia.
II. b. Ware ard +. N. Acton were
attorneys for Francisco Nicolmi, alias
Frank Nichols, j. f. Sinnlcks0n for An
tonic Constantine, and w. A Grler for
Calortgr, Petito. alias Charles Perry.
Rev. Z. a. Farnataro WAS the interpreter.
TIE JURY
Thnse selected to serve as jurors we're /:
George Schrier, l.. A. Creek.
Edward Bloener, Manuington.
Joseph Allen, PilesgIove.
Joseph Slirier, Elsinboro. =
George Acton, Salem. &
James McKillip. Warrington.
J. Curtis CARL, l.. A Creek.
Walter lIackett. / %ilesg,ovr.
Mullord Irslan, Quiuton.
James S Smith, Elsinboro
William Cats, Huntington.
George z Davis, Salem
On til. night OF the murder. Frank
Nichols, who boarded at Carlo nomato's,
in Penns Grove, took his horse aud
wagon to go to Petit0's house on the
Bevis farm to steal chickens On the
way there lie took up Wescott, whom he
agreed to lake to DUPONT reservoir, form
erly Dancers Mill Pond, where lie Was
to, go OF duty as a guard at z O'Clock that
night. Wescott had been to Wilminton,
had been drinking and had whiskey with
him. He aud the Italians had drinks
at Petito's, which WAS back from the
road. Nichols was ucense ed at the badge
OF the guard. got him into the wagon,
took him with Petitn's assistance to the
field on the east side OF the Pedricktomn
road where they shot him with a re
volver three times. cut him with a knife
and jamnted a fence rail thru his right
eye.
Nichols and PetitO did the murder
while Constantine stood guard with n
shot gun. They robbed him of his
money and watch, retarned to Petit0's
house, washed off the blood and then
vent and stole chickens, which were
brought to DONATES aeont midnight.
Nichols and Petite had made extensive
~ritten confessions to the most brutal
murder.
Harry Pontiere told OF the finding of
the body. J K. Morland showed a map
OF the premises.
DR.. Harold King told OF the CHASTITY
condit,o, ", OF the body and JOS. b Harbe-
son tod of tracking the wagon aud horse
from the body to Petito's home.
II e trial lasted Monday and Tuesday.
rhe lawyers summed up Wednesday
morning. The jury wen ont at 2 aud
returned at 4 p. m. with a verdict of
guilty.
Judge Black sentenced Nichols and Pc
tito to be electrocuted in Trenton, Mon
day, March Goth. Coustanto was SEN
fenced to not lees than 20 years nor more
than 80 years in prison.
These men were as devoid OF mora
sensibilities as all animal. Nichols smiled
and thanked the Judge after the sentence.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
Denny Line Sold

Capt. Samuel M. Denny, who has been
a leading steamboat man Oh the lower
Delaware river for fifty years, has sold his
steamer Greensboro, also the wharf and
land on Delaware Avenue TO the Garden
State Passenger-Express Co., which has
been doing business between Penns
Grove and Philadelphia for the past three
months The Company will take charge
shout March. Edward Longham Of Phil
adelphia is President Of tile Company.
Louis Bernstein, who resides in Penns
Grove, Is manager.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
Too Fresh, Got Sailed

Salem young men must understand that
the new trolley line which brings them
to Penns Grove does not give them any
privileges here which are not allowed in
their home town. On Saturday night
two of them came into town and stand
ing in front of Robbins drug store they
began to s'get fresh' by making remarks
and attempting to 1irt wiah young girls
passing along the street. Their actions
became so obnoxious that a citizen ex-
postulated, whereat they became sassy"
Then he made complaint against them.
The result was the both spent Sunday
in the lookup, the payment OF
q fine and costs Oh each.
The pitiful part Oh DRY is that the
mothere of the pair IN to come from
Salem and put up the money for their
release
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
SARAH ]. BIDDLE

after an Illness for two weeks with pneu.
monia. died on Monday, February 5th,
1917, aged 81 years. The funeral service
was held Thursday afternoon at hei
residence, 70 Penn street. Burial was in
Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Biddle's husband, John Milton
Biddle, died about 80 years ago in Phila.
delphia where he was IN business fol
many years. John Biddle, a SON, sur
wives her.
She wal a sister to the late Sedgewick
Rushing Leap and David d. Leap, prom.
inent business men of Penns Grove fol
fifty years. She WAS the olde She
family OF eight who grew t o maturity
having beer born in 1926. The next
oldest, s. K. Leap, died june %, 1912
David D. Leap, died suddenly January
26, 1910.
Mrs. Riddle was the oldest resident o.
Penns Grove.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
Excellent Firemen's Work

About l.30 last Saturday afternoon the
house on Penn Street owned by Marshal
Wainwright, formerly by Asa I. Rich
ardson, caught fire where the sills had
been joined to the chimney. A new fire
had been started in the heater and the
flames went up to the third floor.
Notwithstanding Liberty ~firen,en did
not get there for twenty minutes after
starting up Main Street, having been di
rected TO the Village, the boys did effec-
tive work on arrival with the chemical
part Of the new pumping engine recently
purchased. But for that they believe the
house could not have been saved. A hun
dred dollars viii cover the loss.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
DUPONT VILLAGE DO|NGS
Social Happenings and Com
munity Welfare Doings

Miss Hannah King spent the week
end with friends in Norristown, Pa.
George w. Cable spent the week end
with his aunt, Mrs. ID. Jaquette, near
S~harptown.
Mrs. VonCulin is still in Philadelphia.
The women of Carney's Point sympa-
thize greatly with Mrs. William Hires,
president of the Mothers Club, over the
Wednesday at Camden.
On Saturday, February "A, the Union
Sunday School wild hold a bake in the
Community House, from 8 to 6 O'Clock.
Homemade bread, cake, pie, biscuits,
candy, ETC., will be on sale.
In spite of the stormy weather a very
successful business meeting of the Girls
Friendly Society was held at the iver-
view school. Two new probationary
members were taken in. The society was
organized by Deaconess Mitchell. 1t
now consists of fifteen members.
Order your candy eggs for Easter now
from the Girls Friendly Society. Prices
are five cents zach and up.
The Carney's Point Free Public Lii
brary is open on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays from 8 to 5 and Z to 9.
Thrift Day was observed in the River
view school. The pupils started bank
accounts through their teachers. The
pupils are urged to deposit a sum each
week. The amount may be as little or
as much as the pupil wishes to deposit.
In this way the children are encouraged
to save money.
Don't forget the minstrel and play
which will be given by the Guards in
Community Hall, February 20. They
have been practicing for several weeks
and promise a good entertainment.
All who were at the "Singin' Skule
Beginment" last night had a good
'1aff." Have yours tonight.
Mr.. LaGuardia, from the foreign
branch of the Y. NJ. c. A., gave an in
teresting talk on Americans or Aliens
at the Church of Our Merciful Savior.
Sunday evening. He spoke of the hard
ships the immigrants endured and how
the I. N. C. A. helped them.
The pupils of the Eighth Grade who
have not been absent during the month
OF January are: James C~routhamel,
Thomas Duffy, Ralph Justice, Jas. King.
Levi Robbins, Weston Vaughn, Alfred
Eyer, Marjorie Bubb, Mildred Chance,
Daisy Gruff, Margaret Haslam, Ida
Lamb, Marian Ludlam, Marion Marshall,
Elma Pratt, Thelma Wood, Elsie Hutch
inson, Malvina Foard.
The Civic Club of the Riverview
school held a meeting on February >.
After a business meeting the members
enjoyed the following program:
Song-"Crossing the Bar" Club.
(a) Monologue.
(b) Funny Sayings of the Eighth
Grade, Thomas Duffy.
Debate-Resolved, That Woman
Suffrage is desirable. Affirmative, Hen
rietta Ward, Margaret Haslam; negative,
Harold Anderson, Alfred Eyer.
Address-"Mothers of Famous Men of
This Country" Mr.. J.. NJ. Wright, prin-
cipal.
The members of the club were deeply
interested in the points brought out by
the debaters. The question was decided
in favor of the negative.
Miss Wilanna Bruner, supervisor oil
music in the Riverview school, is train
ing the choir of the Woodstown Metho-
dist Episcopal Church for a musicale to
be given on W~ashington's Birthday, 22nd.
The special will be a cantata, Garden
of Flowers" t is hoped the entertain
meDt will be enjoyed by friends from
this vicinity. C. G.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
WILLIAM HIRES

died suddenly Sunday morning, Febru-
airy 4th, 1917. at the home of his SON. As
Brandon Road. Upper Darby, Pa. aged
40 years. The funeral service was from
the hurry parlors. 629 Ma,ke, Street,
Camden, Wednesday,, 7th. at II a, m.
lnterment was private in Harleigh GEM
terry, Camden. III
William Hires was a native of Salem,
son of Jervis and Sarah Kelly Hires.
lie was in the clothing business in
Bridgeton ard a manufactures of cloth
ing in Woodstown for years. During
the past two years he was employed by
the dupont Company on Carney Point
aq1 r.e4idled in the VILLAGE ~
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
DAVID SHEETS

died February 9th, 1917. aged a years.
The funeral was on Thursday, 7th, from
the home OF his niece, Mrs. Charles
Morris. Burial WAS in Riverview Gene
terry. He wal an old resident who kept
the only iewelry store in Penns Grove for
many years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

The Carnation Social met at the home
Of Mrs L. L. Hurf, on Maple Avenue,
Thursday evening, February lst- The
members are Mrs. Frank Summer;lI,
Secretary; Mrs. Addie Conever, Mrs.
L. l. Hnrff. Mrs. Maurice Hiilman, Mrs
a. q Dalbow, Mrs Harry Dalbow, Mrs.
Harry Sterling. Mrs. Lewis Straughn and
Mrs. Jos. F. Flanagan.
Other guests present were Jos. 5. Flani-
gan. Frank SummeFilI, Mrs. Holton,
Vera Hurt and Rebecca Sammerill.
A delicious luncheon Nas served.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
LEONARD s. A

died Monday, February 9Th, 1917, with
tuberculosis, aged II years. The funeral
service was held at the home OF his par
ents, Oscar and Anna tiath, $40 Har-
mony Street, Thursday morning. Burial
was in Emmanuel Cemetery.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

All who want to fight Germany should
embark at once for France. and enlist I'M
der the patriotic tri-color Of a republic ike
this After the bankers get their bonds
and the manufacturers their war contracts.
the wa spirit win subside. Germany !.
near the end Of her
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

The members Of the Woman's Club
met in the High School auditorium last
Tuesday afternoon and elected officers as
follows:
President. Lon d. I. Miller.
Vice-President, Jennie Justice.
Secretary. Rena B. Leap.
Treasurer, Mrs. B. N. Gross
The consultation uas considered for
adoption.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
OBITUARY
ROBERT M. JAMES

aged 4 years. died at the e lighthouse
on Henby creek, Thursday night. Febru-
airy LIST, with diphtheria, after a few days
illness and was buried on Friday.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
MARRIED
SMITH-DELLETr

Mr.. James Sp,ith aud Mrs. Clara Del.
lett, both Of PenAs Grove, were married
at st. Paul's VI. E. parsonage January rs,
1917, by the Rev. John ". Lynch.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09
w

Robert w. Hearn and Miss Mae l..
Wiggnnd were married February 3, 1917,
at the Bethel parsonage by Rev. NJ. E.
Matller.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

Because of the seriousness Of the inter-
national situation, the Senate and As
sembly yesterday adjourned from day to
day until next Monday evening. Theori-
tically, this is the usual adjournment for
the week, but actually it means that the
Legislators remain under call to return
any day this week if the Developments
with Germany make further emergency
steps necessary. The adjournment from
day to day will obviate the necessity Of
the Governor issuing a proclamation
calling them back.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

Governor Edge had left the Capitol for
New York before its passage in the House
or he would nave signed it Immediately.
He will approve it today. The Governor
went to New York with Secretary Croas-
dale to be the guest at a dinner rendered
to him by the members of the Senate at
the Hotel McAlpin. Before the dinner
they attended the Palace Theatre.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-02-09

The Hates jitney law which caused a
hot fight last winter in the Legislature
'efore it was passed, is repealed in a bill
introduced this week by Senator 0s-
borne, of Essex County. Senator Os-
borne declared that a jitney is no more
a vehicle TO be taxed than a butcher
wagon. Assemblyman Hurley, of Hud-
IN, put in a bill a~bolishing the tax of
five per cent of the gross receipts on jit-
neys and providing a fiat license fee Of
$50 a year for each.
The Washington times., 1917-06-29
GERMANS IN TURMOIL
OVER RELIGIOUS ISSUES
Restrictions Against Roman Cath
Olics Have Been Repealed.

LONDON. June 2o.-The DAYS are
past when the German could proudly
boast that his country was a unItet
nation, in which the voice of party
strife had been stilled in the presence
Of the foe, while the enemy countries
were distrauGht by contentious leEis
lation and ministerial crises.
Today in none OF the belligerent ma
lions, Russia alone excepted, is the
internal political situation so disturb
ed as in Germany; the recriminationn
OF the press surpass in volume and IN
bitterness anything that has been wit.
messed in England during the course
OF the war. The spirit of reform" is
rampant in the land, and those who
sit in the seats of the mighty are
manifestly alarmed.
That was shown in the Kaiser's now
famous Easter edict and the forma-
ton OF the constitution committee"
to frame a scheme OF franchise re-
form for Prussia Now It is the Ro-
man Catholic subjects OF his imperial
majesty who are to be placated. At
last, after four years, the Bundesrath,
or federal council, has deemed the
moment opportune to ratify the reso-
luton passed by the ReIchstag in Feb
ruary. 1913, repeating the so-called
Jesuit laws" whereby the activities
OF that order were placed under the
severest restrictions.
The radical newspapers hail the
act as one of long overdue Justice
Herr Erich Dombrowski, we'll known
Polish political writer and Reiehstag
deputy, in q specially contributed
article to the Berliner Tageblatt, calls
it "A Payment on Account" one of
the series which the government, now
that the reform movement is in full
blast, Is timely making. Piece by
piece, he says, the repressive particu.
larist enactments directed against
Poles, Jews and Jesuits are being
pulled down.
The Washington times., 1917-06-29
KLTIES PPERS PLAY
FOR SCOTCH INVALID
Colonel Responds to Plea Of Aged
Woman in Hospital.

BOSTON. June 29.-In the Robert
B. Brigham Hospital for IncurabIes, a
little old Scotch woman yesterday
smiled Joyfully through her tears to
hear the bagpipes play once more.
She Is Mrs. Charlotte Stuart Nc
Donald Cribbes, descended from Nc
Donald OF Kippoch or I745. A detail
OF Canada's rollickIng "Kiltles" were
carrying her back across the years
with their skirling. and Cock o. the
North" and the March of the Mac
Leans" were crying out for the land
OF the purple heather and the thistle
and the Hollands"
Mrs. Crlbbes had written her plea
to Colonel Guthrie OF the "KiIties."
She wanted to hear the 'pIpers"
again, she said. Here Is her letter:
81 am an invalid in this hospital,
from Scotland. and was laid up while
expecting to return home. How /
should love to hear the pipers sgain!
Is there no possibility OF your men.
just a few. being able to come up
this hill before you go away?
There are many here who would
love to hear the bagpipes. some like
myself from the Highlands OF Scot
land. l am a lineaI descendant, on
my mothers side. Of Macdonald of
hippOCh OF ltIO-and TO say the
sound OF the pipes stirs my blood is
to say little
IF you can arrange to let me, and
everyone here. as far as know. have
the pleasure OF hearing a pibroch or
quickstep or anything you may!
ANYWAY. ] wish You great success
in wiel Of our dear martyrs at the
front. Many relatives OF mine ere
and were-there"
So the colonel sent a detail Of pipers
out to the hospital away on the top
Of the big hill to play for Mrs.
Cribbes-just little old Scotch wom-
an in whom the yearning for one
more skirl OF the pagpIpes was
strong And the killed soldiers OF
the Scotch-Canadian overseas Bat
TALON gave over an hour to the kind
ly duty set them. playing and dancing
the Highland fling until the "lineal
OF Macdonald OF Kip
pooh began clapping her wrinkled
hands with the happiness they
brought her.
The dear bagpipes!" she cried
THE dear, dear pipes of bonnie Scot
landP
The Washington times., 1917-06-29

ago, solved the problem in a remark
ably short time. BY experiments with
pigeons, rabbits, and guinea-pigs, he
found death and destruction OF tissue
were due neither to the presence of
gas in the muscle tissue nor to the
production OF acid, as had previously
been supposed. but to a toxin which
acts by causing the collection OF q
fluid in the tissues and by the destruc-
ton OF the red corpuscles in the
blood.
VIII Send Product Abroad.
He learned that by minimizing rab-
bits and other animals with the toxic
filtrate he could produce an effective
sntitoxic serum which prevents and
controls the infection. II this is in
jeeted into a soldier Immediately after
he is wounded, there will be no chance
OF gas infection.
Already DR.. Bull and his associate,
Ida w. Pritchett, are at work pro-
ducing this antitoxic serum in guam
tity. 1t is understood that within
three months they expect to have suf-
ficient to supply base hospitals along
the entire front in France.
DR.. Bull has been on the staff Of
the Rockefeller Institute for four
years. He refused to discuss his dis
covery yesterday.
The Washington times., 1917-06-29

putation OF legs and arms OF many
thousands OF others.
A great part OF the crippled sol
diers in France and other warning
countries did not have their legs shot
away. Amputation became necessary
only when their wounds were infected
by the gangrene, gas bacillus. No
method Of combating the infection
once It had entered the wound was
known-amputation- was the only
way OF preventing its speeeI to the
rest OF the body.
DR.. Bulls discovery will make the
knife unnecessary in the majority of
cases He has found the infection Is
due to a toxin acting similarly to the
tetanus or lockJaw toxin, and has
discovered the antitoxin which neu-
trslizes its effect
Finds How Death IL Caused.
Although bacillus welchii, the gan
CREME. gas bacillus, which, injecting
wounds, swells the tissue, was discov-
cred by DR.. Welch OF Johns Hopkins
University in 1891, its Importance was
not realized until the present war, nor
had II been determined how It caused
death.
DR.. Bull, beginning his experiments
only q little more than three months
The Washington times., 1917-06-29
Army Orders

The following engineer Officers
reserve eorpE, assigned to activ'
duty a. follows; Capts. William L
Post, Clarence 8. Coe, Clarence R
Rogers, and Edward B. Whitman
First Lieuts. James W. Maitland
Paul NoCloud, William 7. Rossell, IT.
Ernest D. Collamsr, David z. Hayes
james H. Hustis, jr.. Alba B. John
eon, jr., William H. Stevens. Schuyler
n Smith. Second Lieuts. Harry @.
Halleck. Robert L. James. John J.
Callahan, Charles G. Brown. jr-. and
Barret Montfort
First Lieutenants Maitland, Nc
Loud. and Russell, tr., assigned to
First Engineers at Fort Totten, N. Y.
Second Lieutenant Callahan assign
ed to Second Engineers, st. Louis, No.
Captain Post and First LieutenAnts
Collamer, Hayes. and Hustis, jr., as
signed to Fourth Engineers at Bos-
ton, Mass.
Captain Coe and Second Lieutenants
Halleck and James assigned to Sew
enth Engineers at Atlanta. Ca.
= Captains Rogers and Whitman and
First Lieutenants Johnson, jr, and
Stevens, assigned to Ninth Engineers,
at Philadelphia, Pa.
Second Lieutenant Brown, jr., as
signed to Ninth Engineers, at Phil
adelphia, Pa
Second Lieutenant Montfort, assign
ed to Sixth Engineers, at Washing
ton. D. c.
First Lieutenant Smith, assigned to
Second Engineers, at St. Louis, No.
First Lieut. Stanley r. Mazeiner, to
active duty at Washington, D. c.
The resignation by Capt Baxter c.
Madden, Quartermaster Officers He-
serve Corps, is accepted.
The resignation by Capt. Baxter Q.
Madden, QuartermaEter Officers Re
serve Corps is accepted.
Major Charles H, Grant, Ordnance
Ofncers' Reserve Corps, assigned to
active duty at Washington, d. c.
Two months leave is granted Majer
Joseph H. Earle, Corps of Engineers.
Leave granted First Lieut.. Robert
@. Thach, First Alabama National
Guard, extended ten days.
Capt Harrison H. c. Richards,
Junior military aviator, ordered to At.
lanta, Ga, to assume charge OF Cadet
training at the Georgia School Of
Col Edmund n Blake, detached
officers list, Coast Artillery Corps, Is
ordered to headquarters, Coast De-
lenses OF Los Angeles, as commanding
officer.
First Lieut.. Edward R. Renneson,
aviation section Signal Officers Re
The Washington times., 1917-06-29
FOR WOOD
SHIPS GROWS UP
ON JERSEY SANDS

SOMEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY
June 2e.-Rising from the barrier
sand lots Of New Jersey here today
IL Uncle Sans irst wooden ship
building plant
From this place, where an army OF
labor hammers, digs and builds care
fully, efficiently and speedily, will
emerge the first of Americas fleet
Of q thousand 3,OOO-ton wooden boats
Their job will be to carry food to
allied countries despite the Kaiser
submarines.
From lumber mills somewhere in
the South q mountain Of dressed and
meGsured timber is rolling northward
on fiat cars to this spot
A great yard for its reception is
being rushed to completion, and will
few days hence.
VIII Employ 1000.
A fast as Government engineers,
eopitruction expert OF various kinds
and a battalion OF laborers can do 1t,
these fifty-six flat, grsy-faced acres
are being transformed into a minia-
tire city whose populations only
task will be to turn out ships.
Two thousands mer viii be en-
ployed.
A comprehensive system OF flood
lights Is being installed. The plant
will run "a hours q day.
The keels OF the first two wooden
ships will be laid early In July II all
goes well These twin submarine
breakers should slide OF the ways,
ready for war service by mid-Novem-
bAr.
Keels for two more vessels will be
laid every two weeks after the FIRST
two, until the unit Of ten for this
plant Is In full course of construc-
ton
Government Agent Watches AL
Imagine the task Of rebuilding q
city Of 1000. Multiply that effort to
absorb the added complications OF q
ahlpyard's machinery. Then one will
have some notion OF what Is going on
here just for the construction of ten
Of q thousand ships.
The plant Is guarded. A Govern
ment agent oversees every move. He
bars or admits every conner. A man
with q camera dare not tarry. No
one has time to talk. Everybody's
busy.
Only one man could command any
Of the shipyard's time. That man 10
the Kaiser. They would be glad to
have him call