The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-01-10

! Gloucester City police have started
a crusade against drivers Of auto
trucks who cut street corners and
break the inlets.
Application has been filed with
Gloucester City council for renewal
of the annual license Of all busses OPP
Grating through the city.
Oliver Smith, colored, Of Moores-
town died in Cooper Hospital. Cam
den, from fractured skull received
on December % when he fell down
stairs at a wall paper plant.
The annual report Of Cooper Hos
pital, Camden, shows 4,33S patients
treated during 1923 in addition to 123
remaining at the close Of the year
The average number Of house patients
was $50 daily.
An old ordinance prohibiting riding
of bicycles on sidewalks has been
resurrected by the Haddon township
committee and will be enforced at
Westmont, where numerous mishaps
have occurred.
The Newark branch of the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers union
has notified the Building Trades Coun-
Gil at Newark that "a demand for
$12 wage day, to take effect May |,
1924, will be made" The notification
was contained In letter read at
meeting Of the council. The iron
workers now receive $40 day.
When Chester Good and Edward
Wise, drivers of motor truck loaded
~ cf
stopped at Belleville and Bloomfield
avenues, Newark, by Deputy Sheriff
Michael Doyle, who took possession
of the truck on an attachment for
$1,000 claim, they declined to get off
the truck or to leave it, suspecting
hold-up. They slept on the truck in a
garage.
Governor Silzer replied to the state
ment of State Senator Bright of Cape
May county, Republican majority
leader, that the Republican legisla-
tors have consistently tried to reduce
legislative expenditures; that they
desired to know the salary of the gov
ernor's secretary and the number of
assistants and clerks in the executive
department and also wanted to be
told whether the type Of writing pa
per used by the governor was similar
to that used by the legislature.
Republican and Democratic leaders
in the legislature received invitations
from Governor Silzer for a confer
ence on the question of curtailing the
states bill for legislative printing.
Robert Kuebler, former treasurer of
the Forest Hill Field Club, is accused
of embezzling $12,OS5 OF ths clubs
funds in a complaint entered at New
ark by Harry Upton, the president,
before Prosecutor Bigelow. Kuebler
is now believed to be In Denver.
There were "a alarms of fire in
Ocean City last year. The total loss
was only few thousand dollars
Mrs. Edna S. Titus and Mrs. Eliza
beth Slime have been appointed mem
bers of the Paulsboro Board of Health
with H. " Milford by Mayor Vanne-
man.
E. Smith Lamson, vice president of
S. P. Durham & Co, Trentor's largest
department store, who died ten days
ago, bequeathed the major portion of
his $350,000 estate to his daughter,
Mrs Helen Lamson Massey of Tren-
ton, according to the will Mr.. Lam
son provided small requests for faith
full employees and for an aged sister.
Thomas ]. S. Barlow, Sr. of Maple
Shade, chairman of the Interstate
Bridge and Tunnel Commission, was
sworn in as member of the Chester
township committee at thu organiza-
ton for the year. Barlow was for
mer member of the committee and
won election again in hot contest in
November
There is little likelihood that the
movement to revive thoroughbred
horse racing in New Jersey by legaliz-
ing betting in the State will ever be.
come a reality.
Prosecutor Jayne of Ocean County
has forwarded by special messenger
the records of the trial Of Francis
Kluxen. fifteen years old, of Madison,
acquitted in 1922 of the murder of
Janet Lawrence. to Prosecutor Bo-
1itho of Morris County, who is investi-
eating the records of the trial Prose
cutor Bolitho several days ago an
nounced that he was Investigating the
case with a view to reopening it If
conditions warranted.
Cafe proprietors have resorted to-
false walls to conceal their rum
stocks, according to testimony offered
in court at Atlantic City by county de-
tectives in connection with raids made
on Christmas Eve. They testified that
at the Tumble Inn, Maryland and Bal
tic avenues, the raiders found that by
pressing a button they could enter a
passageway leading to liquor en-
porium. They arrested John Stafford,
bartender and Louis Williamson, al
legged proprietor.
Haddonfeld will get modern post
office building if bill introduced in
co1oraco bx, recantafivn n r PAT.