The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-04-12

element. They have purchased gov.
eminent airplanes and are assembling
them ready for fight. The aviation
field is filled with visitors, who expect
something to happen.
Newark.-Rev. Charles S. Woodruff
Of Allendale. addressing the Newark
M. e. conference, urged the confer
ence to summon former Governor
Stokes before 1t to explain his recent
~utterances relative to the Volstead
act. DR.. Woodruff pointed out that
Mr.. Stokes is a member of the M. e.
church and president OF the Ocean
Grove Association.
Mount Holly.-Nine to three for &C
quittal is the reported standing Of the
jury that disagreed after the trial of
DR.. Charles Street ILLS, prominent
physician of Riyerton, charged by Miss
Myrtle Wisner, also Of Riverton, with
immoral conduct. The jury was out
for "a hours, and Judge Wells dis
charged 1t after becoming satisfied
that no agreement could be reached.
There were ten men and two women
on the jury.
Newark.-In an address here Bish-
op Nicholson urged higher salaries for
Methodist clergymen. He said the
church had always stood for the bet
terment OF industrial conditions. but
that it had failed to do for it's own
workmen what 1t had been urging
capital Il do for labor. He said that
so or so per cent of the clergy were
being paid less than $4,000 a year.
Rahway.-Ffre of an unknown orr
gin destroyed the exclusive Ilderan
Club here. The damage is estimated
at between $500 and $4,000. When
the firemen arrived the entire roof
of the clubhouse was in flames. Thou
sands OF dollars worth of expensive
rugs and furniture we're lost. Viraual-
ly the only thing saved was a grand
father clock, won by the club bowling
team in 1917 in the "M~illionaires'
League"
Cape May Court House.-Royal J..
Mansfield of New York was low bid
der at $32,981 on the work Of recon
structing the bridge on Roosevelt
Boulevard to Ocean City and was
awarded the contract by the Board Of
~FreehoIders. BY the adoption OF a
resolution introduced by Director
Champion the position of supervisor
of bridges was created, with $4,000
yearly salary, and Edward Lore OF
Ocean City was appointed.
Cu~1Za~ Tvtxy~ uau.nn hoNarna huu.
terical in a Broadway theatre here.
They said they had been bitten on the
legs by a cat, or a rat. or a dog. In
vestigation disclosed ei~ght-year-old
Eugene Roberts, colored. Of Mt. Yer
non street, hiding under a seat. Il
pinched EN- on the legs" said the boy
to Policeman Sapanore, who had been
summoned. He also admitted his guilt
in court and added: "They sure did
get frightened. never had so much
fun Roberts was sem to the deten-
ton house.
Passaic.-When the New York Belt
ing and Packing Company, a subsi-
diary of the United States Rubber
Company, posted notices declaring a
10 per cen increase from April 2, As
employees who had walked out just a
few hours before returned to work.
Two thousand workers are benefited.
Clifton. Climbing on a railroad
trestle to rescue a kitten, two boys
were unable to escape when the Buff
falo express of the Lackawanna rail-
road ran them down and were instant
ly killed. Walter, n~ine-year-old son of
Daniel VanBeveren of 10 Milton place,
held the headless body of the kitten
clutched in his hand when his body
was found. The other boy was Fred,
eight-year-old son of Fred Vost of Pas
sale.
Brooklawn. - The average attend
ance of pupils in the schools here for
the month just closed was the best OF
the term, nearly IS per cent.
Gloucester City.-There are at least
a dozen aspirants for the Gloucester
county detective post made vacant by
the resignation of Chester N. Steel
man of Clayton, who is also clerk OF
the Board Of F~reeholders.
Collingswood.- The commissioners
of assessment have received the plans
and data of the W system recently
purchased from private control from
the engineers and will begir work this
week on the assessments
Gloucester City.-The planked shad
dinner season opened here when a
number of Philadelphians dined.
Pitman. = A new parking system
was tried out on Broadway to relieve
traffic congestion, which has become
serious, since paved streets have
brought more cars into tow.
Ocean City.-The new chimes in the
First M. E. church were rung for the
first time Easter morning. The bells
are operated electrically.
Allentown.-William A. Parent I'M
til recently president of the Pitman
Board of Trade. is dead here.
Bridgeton.-Dr. J. B. Haines is or
ganizing a canvas among Methodist
churches of the Bridgeton district for
q IA naiqn for finds for an industrial