The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-02-08

state prison, Newark, by Justice
Sticket on charge of carrying re-
volver.
Senator Stevens of Monmouth In
troduced a bill abolishing the present
Boxing Commission and creating
new commission OF three members,
who are to receive salaries Of $4,000
year.
Jitney bus operators operating be-
tween Journal Square tube station,
Jersey City, and Bayonne over the
boulevard, who served notice on the
public in defiance of the Boulevard
Commissions order of an increase OF
fare to 10 cents, decided to postpone
the fare boost
Mrs. Julia Stevens Bradford, the
widow Of Rev. Amory II. Bradford,
who was for 40 years the pastor of
the First Congregational Church of
Montclair, died in that city at the
home Of her daughter. Mrs j. Allyn
Oakley.
Paving of Pitman avenue AMI other
Improvements in the town were adj
vocated at the annual banquet of the
Pitman Board Of Trade at the Hotel
Pitman. The affair was also some
what in the nature of celebration of
the completion Of the first street paw
ing under a program which originated
with the board.
Bills aimed to bring about the 5
cent fare plan sponsored by Governor
Silzer were introduced by Minority
Leader George of Hudson in the
house. The bills. two in numb Der, az
feet all state trolley lines. Mr.. George
said he had personally drawn the bills
and that they agree in every particu-
lar with the views of the governor.
A husband who does not see his
wife at least once week is without
honor, Vice Chancellor Robert H. In
gersoll held at Atlantic City in allow
ing Mrs. Margaret Hessert, nineteen,
Camden, to fix the amount of her ali
mony in her divorce suit against Ed
mund E. Hessert, -wenty-one, a medi-
cal student.
Argument on injunction proceed
ings begun by the city of Newark to
prevent the Jersey Central railroad
from building new railroad bridge
over Newark Ray was begun before
| Federal Judge Lynch, Newark. For
mer Attorney General George w.
Wickersham, as special counsel, In
Dictated that the city would base its
plea for The injunction on states
rights" He cited a half dozen cases
from supreme court records to show
that the voice of the state has always
been a powerful one in the construc-
ton of bridges within its own bounda-
ries.
Fire totally destroyed the cottage
of H S. Bamberger in the fashionable
summer colony at Ocean and Jerome
avenues, Deal, at loss estimated by
fire officials to tie $4,000. Cause Of
the fire is unknown.
Timothy J. Carroll, sixty-two years
| old, for two terms a member of the
New Jersey legislature and for AZ
| years in the employ of the municipal
government of Jersey City, died at
| his home in the Horseshoe, Jersey
City. He is survived by his wife and
! a sister.
| w ASChSoy AN6OAAS0 90 NAC
| oldest business man of Hoboken, died
at the age of eighty years. He had
been trustee of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church for more than ten
years. Three sons and a daughter
survive him.
! Provisions of the will of the late
Marcus T. Ward of Newark, bequeath-
| ing a residuary estate valued It more
| than $4,000, 900 to found home for
aged and respectable bachelors and
widowers in New Jersey, were upheld
by the court of errors and appeals in
a decision just handed down.
Agitation for construction of mu-
nicipal sewer system at Glassboro has
been revived.
William J. Keogh, acting chief OF
the fire department at Hasbrouck
Heights, died at his home in that
town in his thirty-sixth year.
Harry E. Fine, fifty-one years old,
retired Trenton engraver and widely
known as the New Jersey sponsor Of
the Lincoln Highway. died n Phila-
delphia hospital
$4,000 was caused by fire which de-
stroyed eight stores in the business
section of Asbury Park and for more
than six hours threatened the entire
business district
The Girls Cooking Club is arrang-
ing to serve Lot lunches for pupils at
the Daretown school.
Starting next week, one man cars
will be operated on the Public Serv-
ice trolley lines between Camden and
Blackwood and Mantua.
Millville's ordinance prohibiting
roller skating on sidewalks will be
enforced by the police.
Mrs. Levi Ballinger and her sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Evans of Marion,
were run down by an automobile and
killed almost instantly as they were
walking homeward on the Medford
road. Ballenger was walki with