Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-16
STATE NEWS

ATLANTIC CITY, March t.
John Kelly, alias Baltimore
Whitley is under arrest here, charg-
ed with being a narcotic peddler and
impersonating an officer. His arrest
followed a raid last night on Nc
Donald's soft drink establishment at
No. 1122 Arctic avenue.
Detectives found an old shoe APP
parently tossed carelessly behind the
counter and in it they discovered a
cache of narcotic drugs worth sew
eral hundred dollars. They also
found a quantity of drugs on Kelly,
as well as a badge of a Federal rev.
enue officer.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 16.-Ac-
cording to John Wilson, secretary of
the Municipal Rent Commission,
which disbanded last night, a new
epidemic of rent raising has broken
out here simultaneously with the
passing of the State law designed to
curb the operations of p~rofiteering
landlords.
Wilson declared today that the
commission had been disbanded be-
cause it was felt that aggrieved ten
ants now had a weapon in the new
law with which to fight ~profteering
and he expected that test cases would
develop in the District Court within
a day or two.
ASBURY PARK. March ia
meeting of the Monmouth county
executives of the American Legion
was held at the local posts home on
Bangs avenue. Tuesday night. with
Glenn J.. Berry. chairman, presiding.
During the evening the service COM
mittee reported that with the coop
Grafton of the Kiwanis club of this
city astonishing results had been ac-
complished the past two weeks for
ex-service men needing aid. Much
commentator was given the XII
wants members for the Interest
which they had taken in the ex-soI-
diers and their alacrity in starting
agitation which viii prove Of benefit
1t is hoped. TO service men through
Il the state.
ASBURY PARK March Is.-Day-
light saving VAL become effective
here on Sunday. April 30. according
to an ordinance passed on nrst read
ing by the city commissioners, Tues
day afternoon. This IL the frs,
Jersey shore city to adopt the new
summer time. but other mUnicipali-
ties are expected 10 follow.
FREEHOLD. March 16.-Detec-
tive John NJ. Smith. of Monmouth
county, said last night that as soon
as Mrs. William Gravatt of this place
and William Feltman of C~larksburg.
principals in the shooting and stab
blng case which the authorities have
been investigating since last Mon
day, are able to be moved they will
be arrested on charges of attempted
suicide, Mrs. Gravatt is in her home
with a bullet wound in her left side
and Feltman is in st. Francis Hos
pital in Trenton IN n critical condi-
ton from stab wounds.
TRENTON. March 16.-The judg
ment of the Bridgeton against
Minch Brothers. was repealed by the
supreme court of New Jersey, on the
ground that the municipality had M
power to alter the time set by tht
state law for the opening of court
or the time to which any summons
or other legal writ referred. The city
of Bridgeton enacted daylight saw
ing time which was followed by tn,
Bridgeton court. The supreme cour
declared this Illegal.
This is a distinct decision in favol
of the agricultural people or tn
state. The New Jersey Federation
of County Boards OF Agriculture ant
! the State Grange, contributed fund
for fighting this suit and obtainini
this Judgment. The value OF thi
: action is very pronounced. and In
: made quite a impression upon tn
ritv folks.