The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-01-22

forging forward as the gubernatV3lat
candidate of the Republican state or
ganization, is assured Of opposition
from tn Anti-Saloon League. 9. Row
land .dnnroe, counsel for the "drys
SO announced in taking cognizance 81
the succession Of moves looking TO-
ward McCran's nomination.
Princeton. The engagement Of
Trancis Grover Cleveland to Miss
Alice Erdman, daughter Of Rev. nr-
and Mrs. Chas. r. Erdman of Prince
ton. is announced. Mr.. Cleveland is
q senior at Harvard University. His
m .th n -ow rs. Thomas j. Pres
ton, Jr., lives here DR.. Erdman
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Chus CHI
Jersey City-A Foley Defense
Fund" is being raised in Jersey City
for the defense Of ]. Harry Foley,
State superintendent Of Weights and
Measures in his second trial in the
United States Circuit Court, New York
il the Jersey beer bribery" case.
Irvingtcn Police Chief Thomas H.
Kirl- bride of this city returned to duty
after being absent four days due to an
illness, his first twenty years. The
kcaief had a severe cold. Acting Cap
tain Ruban was chief during Mr.. Kirk
bride absence.
Newark. Retail gasoline prices in
New Jersey were increased III cents
! to Is cents a gallon by the Standard
Oil Company Of New Jersey, the Gulf
Refining Company and the Co-Service
: Oil Company. The price boost fol
lows one announced in New York by
Stanard Oil of New York
New Brunswick Operation of four
Ito busses on the Easton avenue
route New Brunswick. by the Public
Service Transportation Company, has
been approved by the Public Utilities
commission. The necessary munich
pal permits } operate the busses were
obtained by the corporation These
busses were operated formerly by
Thomas A. Igor.
Trenton. Smashed alcohol cans
found in the backyard of the X street
home of a Washington bootIegger led
to the disclosur of the alleged diver
sion of 434.374 gallons Of alcohol from
industrial purposes through agents OF
the Fleischman Yeast Company in
Philadelphia. New York. Jersey City
and other cities within a few months
during 1921
Atlantic City. "Unsatisfying" was
the non-commital judgment of the
committee. headed by Malcolm G.
Thomas. school superintendent ofbury
which supervised test of the rather
revolutionary proposal advanced by
Roy Safer. assistant State Commits.
sionel of &c estion. to eliminate the
assignment of home work to pupils in
the junior high schools
Trenton. - Amendment of the
new York bend law, to allow savings
banks and trust companies of thar
state to Invest in the securities of
out-of-state municipalities, which have
issue bonds to more than seven per
cent of their ratables, will be sought
during the present session of the New
York Legislature by Mayor Donnelly
of Trenton, with the cooperation OF
the New York and New Jersey League
of Municipalities
Atlantic City. The way to settle
the ~over-chrrched" problem in com
munity is to put man with trained
heac and big heart" in one of the
churches and then withdraw home
missionary aid from the others Dr.
L. 0. Baird, superintendent OF mis-
sions of the Congregational Board Of
Home Missions for Washington and
Alaska, stated, addressing the an
nual Home Mission Council and Coun-
CT of Women at Haddon Hail.
Elizabeth.-After a record breaking
dash from Honolulu to New York, Ed
ward J. Butler reached here. avoiding
by day the forfeiture of a $4,000
bail bond.
Dunellen. Charles F. Starker, sixty,
teller in the Duntllen National Bank
and treasurer of the Republican club.
died of heart disease in the tax col
lectors office.
Pitman.-Two building and loan as.
sociations here have issued a total of
nearly 1,400 shares of new stock t.
local home builders
Wenonah. increase of $7,O00ss
made in the budget for the new near
as submitted by the borough ccnncil
for public hearing on JanuaryIBC.
Westfield. Charles A. Smithbf this
place, for q years a memb eF Of the
Union county board of freehoiders. is
dead at the age of seventy-nBne.
Mount Ephraim. The United fire
company of Mount Ephraim and
Northmont installed the new officers
N the presence of many visitors and
hen enjoyed a pig roast.
Pittstown. The Pittstown vigiiant
society, organized so years ago, has
elected these officers: President, Mer-
,er Bodina; secretary and treasurer.
Mercer Bodine; directors. irwin Rob-
'rson, Samuel Johnston, Harold Bar
ow' Russell Barlow. John Snyder,
tussell Britton, Manuel Wean and
Alonzo Henderson.
Elizabeth - Former District Judga