The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-10-24


committee of citizens.
Palmyra's new $4,000 fire appa-
ratus will soon be delivered. A pro-
gram in which companies from ad-
jacent towns will be asked to partfci-
pate is being arranged.
Mortimer Richmond has been Sc
lected general chairman of a commit
tee planning for Armistice day %festivi-
ties in Camden and which are to be
marked by a great parade of patriotic
and fraternal organizations.
Placing a Waterman at the crossing
at Browning road, over the West Jer-
sey and Seashore railroad, permanent
1y is sought by Collingswood commits
sioners, who have filed a protest with
the company against remova of the
guard on duty during the summer.
John c. Becker, formerly town coun-
Gilman of West New York and once
president of the Board of Education.
died at his home, 654 Palisade avenue.
His wife and four children survive.
Burial was in Fairview Cemetery
North Bergen.
H1itCi quVotiOniu6 ny OOuuby
authorities Media Parker, seventeen
year-old victim of an attack which
aroused the entire town of Glassboro.
is said to have formally accused Da-
vid Sullivan, forty years old n mar
ried. Sullivan posed as the rescuer OF
the girl, claiming he found her In a
gravel pit near his home. His and the
girls conflicting stories led to his ar
rest at that time. He is still in the
county jail awaiting a formal hearing.
Archibald Murphy of Camden, a SUI
p~erintendent for the Harry Dickens
Company. a structural steel firm Of
Philadelphia, was killed at Trenton
when struck by a 1900 pound beam
that crashed to the sixth floor OF the
Bell Telephone building addition
when the derrick broke. An Invalid
wife and young daughter survive the
man.
Modishly attired in an evening
gown. a woman giving the name Mrs.
Emma Nelson of Montvale pleaded
guilty In the Kearny police court to a
charge of driving an automobile whiia
under the influence Of liquor and with
failing to stop after her car had Sc
riously injured a man. She was sem
fenced to 80 days in Jail, fined $50 and
her drivers license was revoked.
During the past year IS policemen
have left the service in Camden. the
largest number to quit in that length
of time In the history of the depart
ment. Nine were pe~nsioned, six re-
signed and two died. Frank Matlack
was the oldest in point of service,
having become a member in March,
1892.
Tom Golden. "cabby' known for two
decades to Princeton men and who
| drove the families of Grover Cleve-
land and Woodrow Wilson, has sur
rendered to the automobile. Explain
ing that his cab would not meet grad
yates returning for h big football
games, Golden said: Its the fuss and
the hurry that drove men out of bust
ness. Things are changing So"
Police are investigating the finding
of the charred body of Joseph Miller,
sixty-five years old, Waterman In the
plant of the United Color and Pig
ment Company, Newark, where he
was employed. Although Miller had
| apparently been burned to death,
nothing else in the Don had been
touched by the flames. The body was
discovered when he failed to ring in"
to his central office. 1t is believed
that he may have accidentally ignited
his clothing with q cigar.
A three day strike of the taxi cab
/ operators of Newark ended when the
men agreed to retur-. to work follow
ing the adoption Of a new scale Of
wages, which is effective on Novem-
Der 4. The men will TO- receive 35
per zen of all the business they do
for their taxi cab companies. Here
tofore they had been receiving s21 a
week and additional bonuses when
their receipts were high.
Warren Cadmus of Bloomfield ave-
nue., West Caldwell, returned from a
fishing trip along upper Passaic river
| between Pine Brook and Swinefeid
Bridges and reported having seen a
flock of geese containing at least 100
birds. The geese were in a slank OF
the river near the big bend, having
apparently stopped there to- feed.
Acting Police Chief Smith of Rah-
way has issued orders forbidding
parking of vehicles in the streets all
night. A number of automobiles, milk
wagons. ice cream wagons and trucks
have at various times been parked by
their owners all night IN principal
streets. Many owners of automobiles
have made no effort to build garages.
but have parked their cars in front OF
their homes.
Addressing the Camden Real Es-
tate Board. Superintendent Donald Y.
Geddes of the West Jersey and Sea-
shore railroad told OF tentative plans
for the improvement and beautiica-
ton of the triangular plaza at the
Federal street terminal. In the near
future work at the rear entrance to
the ferry, which is used by thousands
of drivers during the traffic rush
hours, will be paved with concrete
and a large space off Delaware ave-
nue. is to be utilized as a parking area
for automobiles.
A fife and drum corps has been or
ganized by members of John A. Dean
post, American Legion, Butler. About
20 have Joined the corps.
At the annual rally day services In
the Gloucester City Baptist Sunday
school an antique cradle was used to