Palisadian., 1925-12-25
State and County
News in Brief
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Iu6 lOWSSL Dluu6t-
Close friends of hers have already
announced that Mrs. Pamela Francis
co, vice chairman Of the Republican
County Committee, will be q candi-
date for assembly next year.
AT a meeting of the Bergen County
Civic Forum held on Tuesday in Hack
ensack it was decided that commit
tee be appointed by Mrs. Margaret
Porch Hamilton from members of the
Federations of Woman's Clubs and or
ganizations of Bergen county for the
purpose of conducting an investiga-
ton as to why women have not been
permitted to serve on grand juries OF
the county for the past two years.
The general impression among Off
cials in the county is that ''woman's
difidence about keeping secret"
does not particularly qualify them for
grand jury work, the sessions being
secret In the interests of justice.
William Fl. Hurd of 325 Harold ave-
nue., Leonia, brother of Assemblyman
Orison M. Hurd of Bergen county, was
found dead early Tuesday morning at
the corner OF Hillside and Broad ave-
nues, Leonia, where he has stopped to
wait for a trolley car. William e. Og-
den, county physician, declared death
to have been due to heart failure.
The Hackensack Water Company
has issued request to all municipah-
ties served by its mains that they CO.
operate in eliminating winter fire haz-
ards and asking that the fire hydrants,
which have all been treated with an
anti-freeze compound, be not tamper-
ed with.
In a speech delivered at the annual
dinner of the Bar Association of New
York city Governor Silzer again op-
posed the GENERALIZATION of govern
ment power in Washington and advo-
Gated the plan of treaties between
states as a method to overcome the
excuse that the central government
must step in when rights of different
states are concerned The governor
also assailed the growing practice of
federal subsidies to states as dan
gerous temptation to the states to sur
render powers they still retain.
In report to be issued to the legis-
lature on January 26 the North Jersey
Transit Commission will amplify pre-
system designed ultimately to link
every important community in north
ern New Jersey with New York by
rapid transit electric lines. The plan
contemplates two additional tunnels
under the Hudson river, a subway in
New York connecting the two tunnels,
and similar connection in Hudson
county west of the Bergen hill to re-
ceive passengers from the various
railroads serving northern New Jer-
sey.
The mayoraIty record in the United
States is said to be held by John H.
De Wolf, the first and only mayor of
Old Tappan. An active man of 72, Mr. |
De Wolf has been mayor of that town
for thirty-one years, and residents do
not yet seem desirable. for a change
The De VOLTS came originally from
Holland, and their title to the present
De Wolf homestead was granted by
the Duke of York in 1904, during the
reign of Queen Anne The present
he now resides.
New Jersey Republican leaders are
predicting that the modification of the
Volstead act will be one of the issues
in the primaries next summer as well
as in the congressional election of
1926 in view of the fact that Senator
Walter e. Edge is heading a fight for
the same at the present session. 1t is
stated that Republican County Chair
man B. Duncan McClave will resign
shortly after the new year and will
start an active campaign for nomina-
ton to the seat now held by Randolph
Perkins. The latter, a dry, will for
the fourth time seek the nomination
also. Other possible candidates are
ex-Congressman John r. Ramsey of
Hackensack and former Judge Guy L.
Fake OF Rutherford.
Speaker Elect Ralph w. Chandless
of Garfield announces the appointment
of former Sheriff Joseph Kinzley of
Teaneck as his private secretary for
the coming legislative session and
Walter Fields of Hasbrouck Heights
as assistant secretary. The compen-
sation is 5000 and $500 respectively
Mr.. Kinzley acted as secretary to AS
semblyman Chandless last winter
when he was majority leader.
Assistant Prosecutor Charles Nc |
Carly headed another raiding party on
Saturday night when, accompanied by
County Detectives Garret A. Dawson |
and John f. Guidetti, a number of sus-
pected places were visited in East |
Paterson, Garfield, Carlstadt East |
Rutherford, Little Ferry Moonachie |
and Hackensack Although all the |
places visited had been raided before, |
neither liquor or women were found |
on the premises. The Englewood po-
lice were, however, a little more for |
tunate, a series of raids in the TEX |
as" colored section netting a number
of prisoners in the four places raided, |
the fines later imposed by Judge lie
Roy Huekin totaling close to $1,000.
A considerable quantity Of contraband
booze was contiscated, mostly gin, al
though the whisky bottle bore the la
bells OF once famous brands While
the raids We're in progress burglars
took advantage of the situation, en-
tering and robbing three separate