The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS


Hospital. Trenton. were foiled in an
attempt to escape. A watchman, no
ticing a gathering Of the inmates In
the corridor near the exit, called at
tendants and returned the men to their
quarters. One of the inmates is said
to have obtained a key, but little trou-
Bile was experienced In getting the
men back.
The Board of Education of Burling-
ton has decided to eliminate the study
of German from the high school. The
majority of pupils have refused to
continue the course since shortly after
the United States entered the war.
Spanish will be substituted at the
opening of the next term.
DR.. Paul N. Litchfeld, member of
the New Jersey Assembly from Cam
den county, died from pneumonia.
Clayton, Swedesboro, Elmer and Lo-
gan In New Jersey voted dry"
An option which the quartermaster's
department had on 100 acres of land
at Port Newark, at $500 an acre, has
expired. No word was received that
the government wanted to have the
option extended, so 1t is believed 1t has
passed up the proposition.
John f. Sinnott, postmaster of New
ark, died there in his sixty-ninth year.
He was an active Democrat and was
in the realty, insurance and brokerage
business. His appointment as post
master was confirmed by the senate in
January. 1916.
The Clifton Board of Education has
Joined in the nationwide movement to
eliminate the teaching of German In
the schools when 1t wiped out German
from the high school curriculum, thus
giving the pupils more time for their
French and Spanish. The announce
ment was received with cheers by the
students.
An investigation was begun into the
fire at the Auditorium, Vineland.
Warnings against patriotic celebra-
tions were given.
Frederick Fedodoff and Tony Tachin,
natives of Russia, were convicted of
seditious utterances in Jersey City.
Tachin was formerly an /. W. w. mem
Der.
Henry L. Haines, cashier of the
Farmers National Bank of Mullica
Hill, was arrested, charged with en-
bezzling $4,000 from the bank. He
had hearing before the United States
commissioner at Camden and was held
in $4,000 bail
North woodbury. merchants began
the Wednesday half-holiday, to con-
tinue through the summer.
The asparagus crop around Thoro-
fare will be a record breaker, but
prices have been better in other years.
+ Jonn Dunlap has been elected presi-
dent of the Millville Poultry Associa-
ton. to succeed John Saunders, re-
signed.
A Woman's Service Club has been
formed in Swedesboro with most of
the young women of the town as mem
bers
Most of the stores in Woodbury. now
have girl clerks and find them just as
satisfactory as those Of the opposite
sex.
Phillipsburg's health authorities
have not vet found permanent quar-
ters for the two little italian children
who are suffering from leprosy
Churchyards at Woodstown are to
be kept open for shelter of farmers
teams and cars, as the one hotel has
closed since the town went dry.
AS a warning to women driven from
Philadelphia In the vice crusade, Re-
corder Stackhouse in Camden sentenc-
ed Mary Harvey, thirty-seven years
old, of North Second street to two
months In the county jail.
Breaking down under the severe
grilling of Captain Pilger of the Sec
ond District police station, Trenton,
Joseph Sosnosky, twenty-four years
old of 513 Second street confessed to
having attempted to poison his moth
er, declaring that he did so because
she did not want him to join the army.
High prices for eggs are predicted
in the weekly market bulletin of the
Bureau of Markets of the state depart
ment of agriculture. 1t is stated that
hens are now being killed in large
numbers, and the height of the laying
season will soon pass. Then advances
in prices may be looked for. During
the past week about 10000 cases of
eggs were put in cold storage each day
In New York city.
The liberty loan honor flag won by
Wenonah is flying from the lofty pole
In the borough park.
A Literary Society has been formed
in the Second Baptist Church, Pauls-
boro with Joseph Wright as president.
Paulsbor Is in the thick of hard
fight on the booze question as an op-
tion election has been fixed for May Z.
Every pupil in the Paulsboro public
schools has been enrolled as member
of the recently organized Junior Red
Cross.
DR. Halvor L. Harley, president of
the Pleasantville Board Of Education,
has been sent to Fort Des Moines, Ia,
to work until the end of the war.