The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-04-26
lew Jersey
Items

BtSSiOnef william IL. Ol1l PROMISED
that his department would support
magistrates in reyoking permits OF
drivers for speeding and reckless
driving.
Wildwood. At the organization
meeting Of the wildwood Parent
Teachers Association held in the
High School auditorium the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs.
William H. Austin; vice president,
Mrs. Palmer M. Way; secretary,
Frank S. Lloyd, and treasurer, Mrs.
Washington Hilton.
Ocean Grove.-Dr, James D. Bills.
formerly superintendent OF the New
Brunswick district of the New Jersey
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal. Church, died at his home here at
the g Of s~ixty-one years. He had
been in i'll health for some time and
resigned his SUPPLEMENTARY in the
church a month ago for that reason.
Elizabeth 10 per cent wage in
crease was announced by the Singer
Manufacturing Company here. 1t will
be paid to 1000 OF the workers, begin
ming last Monday. The announce
ment was made by Works Superin-
tendent Walter F. Dixon. All Of the
employees Of the sewing machine
company except the office workers
will be benefited by the increase, the
first general increase In several years.
acknowledgements Silzer has APP
pointed a committee Of five to investi-
gate the question Of what to do with
the Morris canal. The commissioners
are: Albert w. Drake, Plainfield; Cor
nelius C. vermeule, East Orange; Ed
ward d. Dufield, South Orange; Will
liam o. Morgan, Montclair. and Sam
uel P. Leeds. Atlantic City. To these
FIVE will be added FIVE members to be
chosen by the municipalities through
which the canal runs.
verga.-Justice Of the Peace Sed-
don summoned Frank Catando of
Northmount, a Public Service trolley
motorman, to his office because he re-
fused to stop his car at a certain sta
ton to let OF an elderly and
himself. The squire claimed that the
motorman abused him, and in the
presence Of Superintendent Macarthur
severely reprimanded Catando and or
dered him to appear in his court in
one week to make a public apology.
Laurel Springs. - Robbers wrecked
the outer door of a safe in the Laurel
Springs bank, but obtained no money.
Unable to penetrate the steel inner
door, they fed in an automobile. The
safe held a considerable amount Of
cash. A night Waterman discovered
the attempted robbery.
Hammonton.-With a growing be-
lief that the report of a girls body be-
ing hidden in a swamp near mere is
merely a hoax, detectives who have
been searching the pine wastes were
ready to drop the search. The letter
said the girl had been murdered. De-
tectives say the note may have been
written by a demented person.
Hammonton. - Deputy Collector Of
Internal Revenue Willitts held hear
ings at the postofice here in the cases
or motor car owners who are charged
with having repeatedly violated the
federal law regarding the payment of
a fee for using cars for the transpor-
tation of passengers. The owners
were warned that the practice must
cease or heavy penalties will be i'm
posed on violators. Many of these
men are said to have nc state license
for that purpose.
Vine1and.-Dr. S. D. Porteur, who
left the Vineland Training School a
year or more ago and vent to Hawaii,
has been engaged to return and take
up research work.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for $337,488
for paving three sections Of Mon
mouth county roads, a~ggregating
nearly seven miles, have been award
ed by the freeholders.
Millyille.-City Commission adopt
ed an ordinance prohibiting roller
skating on the paved streets except
ing on Monday afternoons and even
fngs.
Burlington.-Crossed electric wires
were believed to have caused the fire
In one Of the stables Of the Raconcas
stock farm, Jobstown, when many
valuable horses, including the stall
lions Inchcape and Cirrus, were kill
ed. Henry w. fresh, manager of the
farm, declared he could find no evil
dence of incendiarism. Harry F. Sin
clair, Jr, owner of the farm, refused
to make public an estimate of his
loss. Suweep and Edict, valuable
three-year-old FLIES, and Sc mares, in
GLIDING 10 former racers, were killed.
Mullica Hill.-Miss Idella Avis Of
this place will accom- pany her uncle,
c. G. Avis of Woodstown, to the
worlds Sunday school convention at
Glasgow, Scotland, in June.
Wildwood.-Mark B. Reeves, a local
architect, was awarded a verdict OF
1900 against the Hunt Theatre Cor
poration for plans furnished for the
Plaza Theatre. The plans were not
used by the corporation, but the jury
brought in a verdict for Reeves.
Judge Donges heard the case in the