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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-12-10

and upon the recommendation of the
examining board, composed of ]. j.
Unger, Cumberland county, A. w.
Hand. Cape May county, Henry NJ.
Gresham. Atlantic county, and l.. j.
Kayser, Burlington county, the county
superintendents of schools of the four
counties comprising the congressional,
district, Congressman Bacharach has
made the following nominations: For
Annapolis principal, Morris Smellow,
Atlantic City; first alternate, Wallace
I Reakley, Vineland; second alternate,
Arnold F. Braun, Beverly. For West
Point: principal, Lewis j. Storck,
Atlantic City; first alternate, John d.
Cory, Riverton; second alternate,
Merton G. Wellington, Vineland,
A large DeHaviland airplane con,
tanning 400 horsepower Libertymotol
which had been considerably damaged
near Tuckahoe, attracted considerable
attention in Mount Holly on Thursday
night and Friday morning. The plan,
started on Wednesday to go from
Mineola, L. l., to Washington, d. C
The pilot lost his bearing and decided
to land in field near Tuckahoe. Tn,
hwampy nature of the ground caused
trouble when the plane struck it, tn,
landing wheels sticking and causint
the machine to be wrecked. A moto
truck and trailer, with crew of mer
fromi Mineola was sent for the plane
They passed through Mount Holly anc
stopped at the Soldiers Club here. S.
pleased were they with the. eats an,
Accommodations at the club that the,
decided to make this their first stop
ping place on the return trip. The,
proceeded to Tuckahoe. rescued tn
damaged plane. and arrived back her
at $50 a. m. on Thursday. They pre-
ceeded on the trip home on Frida
afternoon.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
Hdrd t0 Keep H After You
 Get the StuH

Just word of advice. If you hap pen to be putting into port from a voyage to some part of the sphere where it may be high but not dry, you had better hang on to your sut- case. Don't let your trusty Squeeze wander from the case one moment.
 We speak not from experience but from report. It is related that a party, whose name has not been made public, disembarked from early morning southbound passenger train in Newport this morning. Acting un- concerned about the matter of getting back home, he sat his suitcase in front of the depot to step away a few paces and converse with an ac- quaintance. When he returned he did not find his luggage, and as he looked up he witnessed disappear ing figure in the distance. The fig ure was going at great clip, and got away with it.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
Leak in Bone Drv LdlD Puts
 a3O'' or Vinegar

To the uninitiated "30'' may be Greek or Bolsheviki or something just as complicated. And we might as well explain it now as at any other time. Thirty means "thc end,' or that is, when the last piece of copy goes on the linotype machine it IS marked "30," conveying the welcome news to the operator that she can go nome-or in more energetic circles @3O" is often mentioned when the pugilist takes the count. We believe you get the idea.
 Well, the vinegar industry in New port has reached it's "30." One or two smooth ducks about the town drew down some mighty fine money for awhile by the simple transaction of exchanging perfectly good vinegar in the guise of bad whiskey for amounts exceeding ofttimes mans weekly wage. Since the bone-dry law sprung leak the vinegar vendor has had no business, it is stated, but report has it that from the actions ot a few individuals here and there dur ing the past few days, some one has been putting out the real stuff either on a friendly basis or in business way. Where our officers before kept vigil on suitcases, they are now watching for the bootlegger, who is expected to figure quite extensively ir local courts henceforth.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
WOMEN ARt II MEET MONDAY
Mrs. C.. M. Erwin Will Instruct Chair men at the High School Building
 For Registration Work.

A meeting of Newport and Jackson county ladies will be held at the high school auditorium Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the meeting having been called by Mrs. Claude M. Erwin, chairman of the Woman's committee, National Council of Defense, for Jack son county. Mrs. Erwin will give in structions as to how chairmen of the different committees, and their CO., workers, must proceed with the reg istration of the women of the county, which work will be carried out Feb ruary 17-23, inclusive.
 Volunteers for this wolk are needed, and it is hoped by those who are in- tcrested in the movement to have a large crowd of women present at the meeting on Monday afternoon.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
Prin1drp to Sc Conducted
 Under NeD Election LQlD

alone. But the use of may" instead of "shall" enables the election off cials to hold down the number of pre- cincts.
 The law is designed to expedite the official returns, to safeguard the bal lot, and provide machinery for the prevention of fraud. The provision for! the signing of the voters name to his ballot comes from this law.
 Violations of the law are punish able by severe penalties, fines of from $100 to $500, and imprisonment from 30 days to 12 months, for violation of any of the following which are de- cIared misdemeanors:
 Knowingly casting vote when the voter is not qualified elector.
 Knowingly receiving vote when the voter is not a qualified elector.
 Casting a vote in primary of a party to which the voter does not ad- here, or affiliate; provided, this does not apply to any one in good faith abandoning previous political affilia- tions.
 The wrongful and fraudulent certl- fication of any vote or return.
 A wrongful or fraudulent summary of the vote posted or filed with the
 
 county clerk.
 The destruction, abstraction or talk ing away of ballots, lists of voters, returns or certificates, or the making |cf false certificates.
 The failure of the judges and clerks to make or deliver the lists and cer- t;ficates required.
 The wilful tearing down or destruc- ton of the summary of votes posted at the election precinct by the judges and clerks.
 Giving or receiving money or any thing of value to influence vote.
 Theswilful violation of any other provision of the act.
 It will be seen that the law makes many radical changes in the manner of conducting elections, all of them designed to make the elections falr and honest. It rudely shatters what former election manipulators considered
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
SOLDIERS SINE
 AS SHIP SINKS
SOLDIERS SING Americans Show Calm Behavior When Submarine Attacks the Ill-Fated
 Transport.
Associated Press Dispatch.


 New York, Feb. 8.--Due to the calm behavior of American soldiers and the skillful work of British destroyers, all but 101 passengers and crew of the transport, Tuscania, were saved. The bodies of fortyifour soldiers were washed up to the Irish coast. Identi- fication is remote because the tags the soldiers wore were not provided with Identification marks. All were buried in one grave. The American soldiers and the British crew, faced death heroically. When the liner struck the German torpedo men lined up on the deck calmly and sang An glo-American anthems while the work of rescue was in progress. A report that the submarine was destroyed by British vessels lacks official confirma- ton.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

The approaching primary elec- tions this year are to be held under the provisions of. the so-called Brun- didge law. This act was initiated and adopted by the people and is some what complex in it's provisions. In fact, there is already considerable speculation as to it's application, but lawyers are working for an unraveling of it's intricacies, and it's application to the ensuing state primary on May 2S is being watched with great inter- est.
 Attorney General Arbucklo, in an official opinion, has just pointed out one radical change that it makes from the old law. Under the preceding statute legalizing primaries, it was required that the voter must possess a poll-tax receipt for the year next preceding that in which the election was held. But the primaries are to be held the last of May, and the sea- son for the collection of taxes without the payment of penalties closes on April 10. It is therefore held, under the new law, that the voter must have a poll tax receipt for the taxes of the year next preceding, or one that has been issued since Jan. of the year in which the election is held.
 One of the provisions of the law that has been puzzling the officials is as follows:
 "The County Central Committee may, when the vote to be cast in the precinct shall exceed one hundred votes, designate one or more addi- tional boxes for said precinct, and judges and clerks shall be appointed for each box in said precinct"
 It will be observed that this pro- vision is not mandatory, but only op- tional. If polling place were re- quired for every 100 votes cast, there would be more than fifty voting places in Little Rock, and the cost would be prohibitive. There are now fourteen precincts in the city and each costs an average of $36. If there should be fifty, it would cost the can didates approximately $1,800 to hold an election in the city of Little Rock
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
WILL GO TO WASHINGTON.

Little Rock, Feb. 9.-A committee
 of representative rice growers or
 Eastern Arkansas, of which k. A. Scott of Dewitt is chairman, will go to Washington to make an appeal 10 the War Department and the Food Administration for ruling to place all farm labor in deferred class of the selective draft. President Wilson has expressed the wish that thls De done, but there has been no order on the subject, and many of the boards are classifying farm laborers and farm tenants in A 1. It is the belief of those who have studied the sltua-
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
CAMPAIGN WILL
 START MONDAY
Mayor A. T. Hubby Has Been Ap- pointed Chairman of Recreation
 Committee in This County.

Mayor Hubby has just received mo- tice of his appointment as chairman in Jackson county of the Playground and Recreation Association committee. and says a campaign for the solicita- tion of funds will begin here next Monday, ending the following Satur- day. Mayor Hubby is now in. Jones' boro, where meeting of district chairmen is being held.
 The mission of the Playground and Recreation Association is to provide suitable environments for the soldiers outside the camps in the communities adjacent to such camps and canton ments. It is considered just as inn portant by the war department that proper recreation be afforded the boys outside the camps and inside, and 1t is to this end that the association will labor. ss Mayor Hubby will before the came Ipaign begins in the county appoint committees in every community. The county's assessed quota is $3,000.
 Following is letter from President' Woodrow Wilson addressed to Joseph Lee, member of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Actiy- ities and president>af the Playg ground and Recreation Associatiap of Anner- ica: E My Dear MT. Lee: MT. Fosdick has told me of the e11 cellent work of the Playground alld Recreation Association of Anerica III conjunction with the War DepartI1el1t Commission on Training Camp ActIx- tiles, and I am writing to express m keen appreciation of the value of thin unique and excellent service. zS
 The spirit with which our soldtefs lleave America, and their efficiene on the battle fronts of Europe be vitally affected by the charac i of the environment surrounding l military training camps. l under that you association finds 1t iieces4 to raise funds to carry on your Wozl f and I earnestly hope you will be 1Il1S Z cessful in your endeavor.
 Sincerely yours,
 Woodrow Wi1sons
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
MUST REGISTER
 WHEN REACH T Quotas Will Be Based On Number of Men In Class One and Not on
 State Population.

Washington, Feb. 8-The senate military committee today unanimous ly ordered a favorable report on the war department bill amending the selective draft law to require the reg istration of men as they reach twen- tv-one and passing the quotas on the number of men in Class One instead of state populations. A proposal to exempt men as they reach thirty-one, if they have not been drafted, was not included in the bill.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

J. c. lowers, who resides in East Newport, was the first citizen of Newport to enlist his services in the ship building department, and is ready to go when called. MT. lowers has secured a position in the aviation camp as carpenter at Lonoke, and will leave soon to enter upon his work.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

their inalienable rights to run elec- tions to suit themselves.
 The days have forever gone when dead men and Newfoundland dogs were voted, when minorities were manipulated into majorities, and when elections were looked upon more or less as farce.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
.HEATLEsS M0N0l
 TO BE sUSPE h|l|||| Improved Conditions Render
 ment of Fuel Order ih Sotl Unnecessary. x < 2
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 Washington, Feb. 8. Heatless Mon days are to be suspended in all stateA south of Virginia, including Missis-s sippi In making this announcemenf Fuel Administrator Garfield said ir1s 1proved weather and traffic conditions made further endorsements in the' south unnecessary ss|
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

w. A. Myrick, postmaster and mer cant at Berry, Baxter county, was in Newport today en route to Collier vile. Tenn, where he will purchase a car of Jersey cattle and ship to Mo nette for a sale. Mr. Myrick says he has sold four cars of Jersey cattle in Jackson county since the county fair last fall
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
MISSIONS ARE
 DRIVEN AWAY
Allied Missions in Petrograd Are Re ported to Be Making Way to
 Swiss Border.
Associated Press Dispatch.

Washington, Feb. 8.-An uncon- firmed report that all allied missions in Petrograd have been driven out by the Bolsheviki and that they are on their way to the Swedish border, was received today by the state depart ment through Minister Morris at Stockholm. The department has not heard from Ambassador Francis at Petrograd since February second
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
ENDEAvOR TO
 EVEN SCORES
Large Body of Germans In the Amer ican Sector Is Dispersed by
 Fighting Sammies.
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dlspatcn.
 New York, Feb. s.-American ar tillery in France is endeavoring to even up scores by heavily lombard ing the Germans, and German guns were silenced when they attempted to reply. A large body of the enemy was dispersed. German infantry IS active on the French front in Verdun and Alsace, but their attacks were re- pulsed. There is artillery activity on the British and Italian fronts.
 Disorders are reported in Petrograd- Supply stores were robbed ana lzU are reported killed in clashes between the troops and rioters.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

Reports received from the Ameri- can embassy yesterday indicate a loss of 101 lives, while the admiralty's estimate is 210. The discrepancy ap- pears to be due to the fact that fig ures did not include the missing of which there are still many. A cor respondent to the Press Association at an Irish port reported the safe arrival of Major Benjamin F. Wade of Washington, commander of the contingent aboatd the steamer. He saif. tn only woman aboard was Mrs. Parsons, who was rescued in life boat
 An Irish Port, Feb. 8.-As the list of Americans on board the Tuscania was lost when the vessel sank, it will be impossible to ascertain the names of those lost until the names of sur yivors are cabled to the United States Associated Press Dispatch.
 Washington, Feb. S.. Advices to the war department accounting for all except 113 of the 2,156 American soldiers aboard the Tuscania when submarined Tuesday night remained unchanged today. Officials are anx- iously awaiting details that are ex- pected to clear up the conflict with the foreign figures of losses. Press dispatches last night reported forty four bodies of soldiers were washed ashore on the Irish coast. Earlier cables said only 101 of those aboard, including soldiers crew and passen- gers, were missing. No attempt yet has been made to prepare the list from the missing. The bodies of those washed ashore were battered beyong recognition. Others unaccounted for besides soldiers brings the total of missing to 210, according to war de- partment advices. No official story of the sinking has yet been received by the department.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

ton carefully that the inevitable re- suit of this action will be to deprive the farms of necessary labor, and greatly reduce production of neces- saries. At this time, it is contended, it is as important that agricultural efficiency be not reduced as that fighting men are provided.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

John B. Self, state manager for the Deming Investment Company, of Os- wego. Kansas, was a business visitor to our city today and one of the out of town attorneys attending court.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
MORE LIVES LOST
 THAN ESTIMATED
Revised Figures Indicate Casualty List of Americans Will Be Near
 Two Hundred.

Associated Press Dispatch.
 London, Feb. 8.-Revised figures indicate the loss of life on the Tusca- mia is considerably in excess of the previous estimate of 101. The figures now are believed to be nearer 200.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
COL. ROOSEVELT RECOVERING FROM
 MINOR OPERATION
Associated Press Dispatch.

New York, Feb. 8.-The condition of Theodore Roosevelt at 1:30 this afternoon was declared satisfactory in a bulletin issued at the hospital, where he recently underwent an oper- ation for abscesses.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

The case of Pattie Garfield vs. N. Heinemann for damages was still oil trial in circuit court today.
 The taking of testimony was com cluded this morning, just before the noon recess.
 Judge Coleman instructed the jury immediately after noon and allotted one hour to each side for argument. The case will go to the jury some time this afternoon.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-08

George A. Hillhouse left this morn- ing for Cross county on business 1o1 two or three days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
COL, TANCREDI
TO ADDRESS war
RALLY TONIGHT


COL Anonso Tancreda' nero OF many
battles, who will be one of the speak
ers at the war rally at the arrnory to-
night in re,soeni+ion o4 T+atv,s ar+rv
~.
Ali'o 'no wal IL! 90 years 49, WIN ar
rive IN bridgeport on the. SGT train
tonight He will met at the rail-
road station by a committee consist
ing of Justice George w. Wheeler Of
the War Bureau, Walter B. Iashar of
the Red Cross, City Clerk j. A. H.
Robinson, Rev. Canio Cerreta, Jon
.athan Godfrey, Mrs. H. W, Flick and
Mrs. j. E. Cenicola.
Col. Tancredi will be escorted to the
armory by natives of italy living in
Bridgeport who will turn out in pa
rade,- starting at washington park at
6:15 and proceeding to the railroad
station over various East side streets
to martial music by several bands.
In the parade besides the numerous
Italian societies will be women mem
bers of the Italian Red Cross.
Besides Col Tancredi. Rev. Archi-
bald r. Campbell. pastor of the Wash
ington Park NJ. p. church. who is in
service with the shipping board. will
speak.
| Col Tancredi,s record Is one of
which every italian snea5,ine citizen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
FIsTIC HISTORY

: Today is the fifty-second annivers-
airy of what was perhaps the worst
'tbloomer'' eve. pulled off in the ring
ia conReJl1on with battle for the
heavyweight championship.
1t was on May "a, 1866, that Jem
Mace and Joe Goss faced each other
for the championship belt and 81, 600
side. Owing to fear Of interference
from the authorities, none of the
don on the morning of the fight knew
where they were going except Nat
I.angham and Jack Lawley, who
made the arrangements.
Wien the men faced each other
IN the ring they fenced am spared
for fifteen OF twenty minutes. Mace
at last landed light blow on the
cheek, blow which was countered
by Joe to a blow on Mace's nose
Those were the only two blows struck
In a contest which lasted over ar
hour. Neither man would start trou-
BILE, and at length, despite the jeerins
OF the angry sports and the com
mands of the referee, Mace and Cos
stood still, folded their arms and
glared at each other.
The first round of this great cham
pionship battle" was never finished
and the referee had to call it ;
draw" Mace had previously de
feated Goss, and in third bout re
peated the trick. Joe Goss after
ward came to America and held tn
American heavyweight title from
1876 to 1880, when he was defeatei
IN bloody eighty-seven round battl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

by Paddy Ryan. Mace also toured
America and defeated the best of the
heavyweights on this side of the At
1antic.
So1ly Smith Knocked out Dial Haw-
kins in the thirteenth round at San
Francisco on May "a. 1892, just TWEEN
ty-six years ago tonight. This was
the first important bout of Smith, af-
terward featherweight champion, al
though he had previously engaged in
a few contests in Los Angeles, his ma
tive city. Hawkins, who now runs
a road-house and training camp for
boxers near New York, was consid-
cred a hard nut to crack, and
/ Smiths victory gave him a reputation.
| A little later the Los Angeles boy
/ fought a ffty-six round draw with
George Siddons, the Iron Man.
| Smith first fought George Dixon al
seven rounds, In 1894, Smith fought
| draws with Kid Lavigne, Frank
Erne and Young Critic. Smith mel
Dixon again in 1897 at San Francis
CO and won in twenty rounds. They
fought at 100 pounds and the "Cho-
colate Drop continued to claim the
title, alleging that the weight should
have been 11S pounds, but Smith was
generally recognized as feather
weight champion until he lost to Dave
Sullivan the following year. In thi,
bout with Sullivan, so1ly broke hi
arm, and soon had to quit tht
game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
OF
ITALY'S ENTRY
into WAR TODAY

New York, May 24.-Italy's entrance
to the war three years ago swas OBJ
served in New York today with a
series of gala professions, enthusiastic
mass meetings and lavish display of
the entwined American and Italian
| national colors from thousands of
buildings. The celebration will Gull
inmate tonight with a concert and
patriotic meeting at the Metropolitan
Opera House, at which the principal
speakers will be the Italian am bassa-
dor, Count Macchi di Cellere, Newton
D. Baker, Secretary of War, and
Charles E. Hughes president of the
Italy-American society. Caruso, Mar
tinelli, Amato, DeLuca and other OPP
cratic stars will sing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
ANTS FUND IN
IRELAND is NOW
NEAR A MILLION

Dublin, MAY A--The anti-con-
scripdon fund which in less than a
month has grown to nearly. s., OO0, 900,
DDS fair to become one of the most
important factors in the development
OF the internal political situation. 1t
Is the largest fund ever raised in Ire
land for political purpose and being
In control of the Mansion house con-
ference, that body finds itself in a
position of greater financial power
than any political organization in Ire
land today.
Thus, the conference, unless man
aged scrupulously. would he able to
influence tremendously the action of
any nationalist political organization.
This opens many dangerous possibili-
ties to which the moderate leaders in
Dublin have devoted anxious atten-
ton during the last 46 hours.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
Drunken Chauffeur
Is Heavily Fined

Francis Bliss, Jr., of New Haven,
arrested last night for driving an au-
tcmobile recklessly while under the
influence of liquor was fined SIS and
costs today when arraigned before
Judge Wilder in the City Court.
According to Patrolman Thomas
Maloney. Bliss was zigzagging a wild
course while at the wheel of his pow
erful car down Stratford avenue until
he came to :Kossuth street, where he
was finally arrested.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

Hamilton Hold of New York, VIII,
VIII represent the United States a.
the celebration Of Italy Day in italy
has arrived in Rome