The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-08-21

driver, there continues just as much
laxity as ever In enforcement Of that
particular law In some instances
where convicted drunken drivers
have appealed their cases to county
courts there has been refusal by local
municipal attorneys to prosecute the
cases in the interest of law enforce
ment and the safeguarding Of life on
public thoroughfares. My contention
is that municipal attorneys who take
such an attitude in those cases are
themselves mighty poor citizens and
unworthy of the positions they hold.
Drunken driving has increased
alarmingly during the last year. We
have revoked more licenses Of drunk
en- drivers this year than ever before,
and will continue to revoke their IL
censes in every instance that comes
to my personal attention or to the at
tention of the department in any way.
I cannot understand why officials and
the public generally have to be urged
to purge the motor vehicle fraternity
of drunken drivers. 1t would seem to
me that everyone ought to be anx-
ious to rid the roads and motordom OF
persons who drive while drunk.
What is in store for the public.
especially that portion Of it devoted
to motor riding either for pleasure or
for business unless favoritism to
drunken drivers is eliminated and the
drunken driver himself driven from
the roads, no one can tell Sorrow
in the homes of many persons who
have met death by the car of drunk
en- driver is more widespread and de-
pressing than most folk know. II it
could be publicly known a humani-
tartan sentiment might be aroused
that would help amazingly in ending
New Jerseys most dangerous road
and street hazard-the drunken dri-
YER"
councilmen cited for Contempt
Contempt proceedings have been in
stituted against the boards Of council
of West Hoboken and Union for fail
ure to meet and select name for the
city formed by the consolidation Of
the two towns Supreme Court JUS
tice Minturn has directed that the
members of the councils show cause
at the state house on September IL
why they should not be held as in
contempt of court and punished.
The latest step is only one of many
in the succession of difficulties that
have beset the consolidation. A pre-
emptory writ of mandamus was is
sued by the supreme court ordering
the two governing bodies to decide
on a name, but nothing came of it.
The members met, but were unable to
agree and adjourned. Early in July
rule to show cause was allowed and
late the same month it was ordered
that the councils reconvene and again
consider the question Of a name. 1t
is said in the present complaint that
no serious efforts have been taken in
that direction, and punishment of the
officials is now sought. The action is
brought by Paul Singer and Paul B.
Moos, taxpayers of the Consolidated
Community.
Spreading Faster Than Beetles
Imported parasites of the Japanese
beetle are spreading more rapidly
than the pest itself, covering as much
as II miles of the quarantined zone
in one year, and eventually will over
take the invader and reduce it to the
harmless status it occupies in it's
home land
This was told farmers at Moores-
town in a discussion OF the beetle sit
uation at the annual summer field
meeting of the New Jersey State Hor-
ticultural Society, combined with an
inspection tour OF members of the
American Pathological Society.
Before the beetles are under con-
troll, however, it is likely they will
have infested all of New Jersey, most
of Pennsylvania east of the Susque-
hanna valley and sections of adjoin-
ing states, according to DR.. T. J.
Headlee, state entomologist. Arse
nate of lead sprays have been effec-
tive in repelling the beetle from farm
crops, but no successful insective for
a wholesale killing has been discoy-
cred.
Dr. William H. Martin Of the state
experiment station, New Brunswick,
discussed with growers the plant dis
ease situation and also the cause Of
spray damage.
Compel Autoists TO Halt
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Dill fayors a law making it a INSIDE
meanor for an autoist to drive over
railroad crossing without first bring
ing his car to a full stop. Such
measure, he believes, would tend to
reduce the number OF crossing acct
dents.
Interest has been renewed in the
elimination of grade crossings by the
crash near New Lisbon of an auto
and train. Four persons were killed
and ten children orphaned. 1t will be
years, however. Mr.. Dill points out,
before New Jerseys grade crossings
are abolished.
1T is no fault of the r. ilroads that
the work viii take time" he declares.
IF they were to wipe out all of the
1900 grade crossings in the state at