The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-06-11
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Neu Jersey
State Briefs
4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Physicians are marveling that a
child born in Paterson with its heart
outside it's body lived for twelve
hours. The phenomenon is known as
candolsteia The unusual thing IS that
the child chung to life until it's crying
| broke down the heart tissues.
The locomotive and seven cars OF a
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger
train, bound for New York, left the
rails recently near the Raritan River
bridge in South Amboy, N. ]. No one
was hurt. The accident was due to
the buckling of rail, which the engl-
neer saw before he reached 1t and
! applied the brakes.
After being at Shadow Lawn, the
estate at Long Branch once used by
Woodrow Wilson, since 1t was built In
1903, a marble statue of two lovers
has been shipped to the Peoria Art
Studio, Peoria, Ill. 1t weighed 1000
pounds and cost originally $4,000.
| The sculptor who designed the statue
was present when it was loaded prior
to being shipped.
|
years in the State Prison at hard
labor began recently for Mrs. Myrtle
Carpenter, of Great Meadows, con-
victed Of second degree murder at
Belvidere. Mrs. Carpenter was
charged with the killing Of Adam Pou-
lax on May Q last near her home. She
| testified that she fred number OF
shots into Poulak's chest in self-de-
tense.
Vice Chancellor Berry has directed
the Braxton Club, private restaurant
at Deal, patronized by New York the
atrical and professional classes, to
show cause at Long Branch, June 10.
why it should not be restrained from
| operating.
Three women, two Of them employ
ees of L. Bamberger & Co., Newark,
are held by police on charges of hav-
ing robbed the store of merchandise
valued at $1,000. Mrs. Florence Bar
tholomew and Mrs. Stella Halter, the
employees, are charged with grand
larceny, and Mrs. Catherine Crawford
with receiving.
The Junior Department OF the Pub
lie Library, of Princeton, has added
number of volumes to its collection
for children's reading. The librarian
in charge is Miss NJ D. Tompkins.
At a meeting of Common Council
held in the Borough Hall, Jamesburg,
recently, the proposed improvement
of the west side of Railroad avenue
was discussed. Despite the offer Of the
business men of the block that they
would supply $4,000 toward the
amount expended; the citizens were
given no assurance that the project
would be favorably acted upon.
The Board of Education, Westfield
has adopted resolution urging
parents Of pupils to have them vac
cinated before the schools close on
June 26. The action was recommends
ed by the. chief medical Inspector,
DR.. R. r. Sinclair, and Miss Clara
| Cordua, health supervisor Of the
schools.
Methods for fire prevention in home,
school and churches were stressed by
Leon Watson, state fire insurance
schedule rating expert, before the
Lions Club recently in the Union Club
| grill at Rutherford,
West New York, with a quota Of
| $4,000 for the American Legion en-
dowment fund for veterans orphans
and disabled men, raised $500 in
four days, according to wire received
at the state headquarters of the Lei
gion at Trenton
Persons with colds. head infections,
| catarrh, coughs and skin diseases
should be barred from swimming
| pools, DR.. H. M. Taylor OF Jackson
| vile, Fla, chairman of the American
Medical Associations swimming CON-
mittee, said in speech at the organ
| ization's convention in Atlantic City.
The annual carnival Of Hamilton
| fire company has been opened and
will continue until June at Hamil-
ton Square. Plans Of the committee
call for a bigger carnival than has
ever been held by the fire fighters.
A novelty dance will be conducted
each night on large open air dance
floor.
Camp Ockanickon, between New
Egypt and Cookstown, which has be-
come famous as Y. M. G. A. sum
mer camp. will be opened this year
Tuesday, June %, for boys from Bur
lington, Camden, Gloucester and Mon
mouth counties. A camping season
Of four weeks is planned, but a fifth
week may be added IL the number of
applicants is so great that they can
not otherwise be accommodated.
New Jersey and other states face
serious situation caused by the action
of the federal comptroller in granting
4 banking charters which have been
previously refused by the state de-
partment Of banking. This was
stated in Atlantic City by Edward
Maxson, New Jersey commissioner OF
banking and insurance. while attend
ing the seventeenth annual conven-
tion of the New Jersey State League
Of Building and Loan Associations IN
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