The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
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| "Green Stockings, given IN the spring
by members of Venus Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star of Lambertville,
have been devoted to civic use. One
hundred dollars has been donated to
the public library trustees for the
purchase of reference books, of which
the library is in need.
An alleged insult to two young wo-
men at Atlantic City may cost Charles
Spence, negro, his life, and may result
in charge of murder being preferred
against Patrolman Fred Strehle.
Strehle shot Spence when the negro
tried to evade arrest, according to the
police report.
Despite the plea of Frederick A.
Pope of Somerville, counsel for Dan
lei Genese, sentenced to death for the
murder of State Police Trooper Rob-
ert Coyle, for further time in which
to have record of the case sub
mitted. the Court of Errors and APP
peals ordered Pope to be on hand pre-
pared to argue Genese's application
for reversal of the verdict.
Issuance of 10000 shares of nom
par common stock at $40 a snare by
the Public Service Gae & Electric Co.
has been authorized by the Public
Utilities Commission in disposing of a
request for authority to issue 1,F50,-
600 shares.
City Commissioner A. Harry Moore,
of Jersey City, Democratic nominee
for Governor in New Jersey, had a
taste of Jersey justice when sem
tence was suspended on him after he
had pleaded guilty before Magistrate
Philip S. Clarke of Bogota to a charge
of operating an automobile without an
owners license,
Operation Of six more buses, three
on the Park Side Route, Camden, and
three on the Mount Ephraim Route
out of Camden, was sanctioned by the
Board of Public Utility Commits
sioners at Trenton. In each case the
permission was asked by the Public
Service Transportation Company. The
board also approved the application
of the Atlantic Coast Transportation
Company to operate two buses be-
tween Asbury Park and Long Branch.
George &. Ridge, twenty-six years
old, formerly member of the Kenil-
worth Police Department, was taken
to state prison to begin a term of two
to seven years for manslaughter. He
was in custody of Deputy Sheriffs Jo-
seph Barry and Frank Settlemayer.
Three steel lighthouses will replace
those on the Burlington breakwater,
r. B. Lamb, superintendent of light
houses for the third district, an
nounces.
Princeton Post of the American Lee
gion has asked for contributions from
the people of Princeton to assist in
endowing fund for the protection of
children who are orphans due to the
death Of parents in the recent war.
Major e. C. Macmillan is the COM
mander of the local post of the Legion.
Citizens of Railway may sip their
near-beer hereafter without being ex-
posed to the public gaze This was
decided at the meeting of the City
Council when the Mayors veto against
the proposed ordinance to make all
shops dispensing liquids of any alco-
holic content remove the screens
from their windows, was sustained by
vote of seven to four. In Runway
1t is necessary to have eight of the
twelve council votes to override the
Mayors veto.
A new fire siren has been erected
on the Haddon Heights town hall to
replace one damaged by lightning.
Mayor King in Camden delegated
his secretary, Frank Alcott, to super
wise the department of parks and
Fairgrounds while Commissioner Sta
ley is absent several weeks recuper-
ating from nervous breakdown.
Hurled from a truck when it was
sideswiped by another machine on
Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, James
Young was admitted to the City Hos
pital with a possible fracture of the
skull and broken leg.
More than 1900 ears of corn were
found to be unfit for seed purposes in
tests made for farmers of Salem
county by boys in the agricultural de-
partment Of the Woodstown High
School
Aerial bombs were set off in
Knights Park to announce the begin.
ming of drive for Collingswood's
quota of $4,000 for the American Lee
| gion endowment fund.
The New Jersey Real Estate Com
mission has revoked the license Of
Bert Davis of Grammercy place, At
lantic City, on the ground of question
able practices. Two complaints were
filed against Davis, one by Miss Edith
w. Clark, who alleged that he rented
property belonging to her to Mrs.
Edna Shelby without informing her,
and another by Chief Harkins of
the investigation department of the
board, who alleged that Davis had
been running misleading advertise
ments. The board was informed that
Davis was not in the city, and as he
had been before it several times be-
fore, 1t was decided to revoke his IL
cense.
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