The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-05-29
COL. PHILLIPS
is ExONERATED
Military Board of Inquiry Reports
to Governor All Accusations
Are BaSeIesS.
JAPAN BEETLE QUARANTINE
State Agricultural College Has Ar
ranged to Test Mix of Farmers
Without charge-Butterfat
Content Low This Year.

Trenton.-Goyernor Silzer has re-
ceived from the Special Military
Board of Inquiry report generating
Colonel Edward Phillips, 18th. Infan-
try, Newark, Of charges rejecting
upon his character and conduct as an
officer. The report is signed by
Colonel Lewis B. Ballantyne, chair
man of the board, and Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore adcC Marsh, Judge
advocate general, and will be approx
ed by the governor.
The statements rejecting upon Col
onel Phillips we're those Of armory
employees of the 18th Infantry New
ark, and those Of Mrs. Mary Martin.
and other members of her family.
The report stated that the action of
Colonel Phillips as custodian OF the
armory, in ordering George Walls,
former corporal and discharged en-
ployee, out of the armory building
February is, at about Els o'clock in
the morning, was well within his
duties as custodian and was the prop
er exercise of his authority"
Testimony has been introduced to
establish the fact that Colonel Edward
Phillips at the time Of ordering the
said corporal, George Walls, out of
the building. was intoxicated. We do
not find, however, That this accusation
is sustained by the preponderance of
the evidence presented to u.s." the re-
port continued
General allegations have also been
made by armory employees previous
to the occasion of April Is, 1924, that
Colonel Phillips as custodian had
treated the armory employees in an
arbitrary manner. There is no evil
dence whatsoever before us to sustain
this accusation and IN our opinion it
is baseless"
The inquiry board said Quartermas-
ter General c.. Edward Murray had
approved of Colonel Phillips using
the basement of the armory for stor-
age of electrical appliances and the
coloners private auto
The report stated it was within
the province of Colonel Phillips as
custodian to establish the regimental
canteen in the armory. Complaint
had been made by Mrs. Mary Martin
against the regiment establishing this
canteen.
Hay Crop Outlook
Spring rains have brought along
backward pastures and considerably
improved the outlook for the South
Jersey hay crop. Hay is so scarce
on many of the dairy farms that this
week some owners of large herds be-
gan cutting green rye for hay. Drought
for two summers in succession and
the lack of snow during last winter,
which left grass fields exposed, have
damaged the pasture lands. Even al
falfa will not make a very heavy
stand for the first cutting this season.
The recent copious rains, farmers
say, have done much toward overcom-
ing previous damage to the grass
lands. There is plenty of short grass
in the pastures, and the increase in
milk production is already apparent
where herds have been turned out to
Craze.
Dairy farmers in South Jersey are
not expecting any further reduction in
milk prices for the coming season, in
view of the cut of one cent a quart
effective several weeks ago. While
milk production will be heavy from
now on, reaching its peak probably
in June, farmers expect all the sur
,NI.1 ~ ha 70 hu a ian m
manufacturers.
The demand for milk and cream
for this product has grown from year
to year, and farmers say it has be-
come an important factor in dairying.
While ice cream is now made and sold
the year round, dairymen say that,
fortunately, milk production is at its
peak during the warm-weather
months, when demand for ice cream
is greatest.
Bottled milk is now retailing in
most of the South Jersey towns at
13 or IA cents quart, with grow
ing sale of higher-grade milk in the
larger towns and cities. A few rural
are getting 10-cent milk
LnlS spring.
Trial by Jury Denied
In denying an appeal by three Jer-
sey City men following their convic-
tion of violating the Child Welfare
act of 1915, the Supreme Court, in an
opinion, declared that trial by jury
was not an absolute right in all cases
unless ID is established by common
law.
John Vega, Jacob Nylewitch and
John Tesarno, the men involved, we're
found guilty of employing children in
factories, and were sentenced to sixty
days in jail, and fines of 800 each by
Judge Sullivan, Jersey City.
The defendants appealed to the
Common Pleas Court, which denied |
them a revocation of their convic-
tons, and the case was then appealed |
to the Supreme Court.
The men contended they should |
have had a jury trial.
The act was intended to apply not |