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Ml . .'ATE CAN 4rn take roads PI* w «new Phase of Jersey Commut- ' ers’ Fare Fight

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; wst P _> k Oowemor to Urffe Legislature •rti.-injf Jo Enact Laws Giving Broader A * Power of Control to State

Utility Commission.

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.rj-rmnion.—That the 8taU can take _yrer the properties sad franchises of t ntllroads under the original char s £ ranted them by the Legislature

■ the claim preaented by counsel the South Jersey Ootnmuter^' As>n. which carried lu fare raise -i to Governor nelder Th.j of- « Mho aWoclatlon had arranged "■Vine Ij^ore the Governor for

1 to make, and this es: they presented, c Governor to urge (.tore, in his annual lout of laws giving the Stale Utility kvhlch it would have Ithe sale of certain . Alth especial refer-

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It t» the contention.of the Comtnu■t oi Ufars' Association that passengers who widtf u not desire to pane over the ferri~s oentan'e jfew York for PhUadelpkia from ’ »part>!j>i2 within the State are obUged to Nh iM fcuy carrying this t ad ad Board, they M». the act croaiing'TT to prevent alleged discrimination. It was of this contention that itm waa put forth that the State take over the railroads, if it

nlnded.

who appeared before the Govere Mayor Charles H. Ellis. president: James L. Polk. •; Wads worth Cresse, treas B. G. C. Bleakly and William Marshall, counsel of the Com

ring Committee's Allotmen*. t Aaacmbly Steering Committee ast week to lay ou- the _____ , In the House has acreod n the allotment. Essex county esme I with s gllttortnc bunch of Jobs, and fared well, but some of the appear to count for Tbere will be the usual littk* ny «f «oorkeeper*. pages, clerks ' snd other eslary-eeekcrs. the total iATI) number exceodlug the complete roster of the metabersblp by several. The alar.ff kument as agreed to is as follows: Atlantic county—Two ssststant sera' granteut-anns and a atenoprapher. Bergen—File clerk, stenographer • and doorkeeper. BarSngton—File clerk and |mgt Camden- Two doorkoinrs, two file derks and a page. v Cape May—Uoorkteper and pag. i'Nktmberlaud Finn assistant super

V of bills.

y^x—Snperrhor of bills, sergeant * ^two third anslaiant aupervl* . assistant sergeant at arms _ aa»lstant VH clerk, two doorke.-|ier*. | o.A three file clerks i.tia four pages. k i,u* oiourdSfer-^Aek^tet" *° tb *' ‘lerk ol st’A the House and s file clerk. v . Mercer — kaslsUnt Journal clerk ' ' “rer. doorki-epeh and p»*e Bill dork, doorkeeper and irkeet>er and hie < !• rk i» taut clerk or the assistant Journal • !. rk

and a page,

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SOMMER RAPS STATE SYSTEM.

After former Governor Stokes sad Dr. Calvin N KendaU. the State Commissioner of Education, had finished telling the members of the State Association of District Boards of Education of New Jersey about the "efficiency'* and "cooperation" that is exercised between the State Board of Education and the local boards, at the banquet following the annual meeting, lor mer Sheriff Frank Sommer, of Essex County, counsel of the Board of Public Utility Ci mmlssloners, spoke out from the ehoulder and said that It was about time that the words “efficiency and cooperation" stopped rolling from the tongue so easily and all concerned “got right down to bran lacks." The speech by former Sheriff Bom mer waa the sensational climax of a pleasant luncheon at which the former Governor and Dr. Kendall spoke In the highest terms of the Bute's educational system. Mr. Sommer was not personal In his remarks but be waa direct T> said he bad examined the text books or the schools and the bulletins Issued by the State Board very carefully and some of them were good. “But." he aald. “think of It! Volumet written on how to teach his tory when there is not a single adequate history of New Jersey taught in the public schools of the SUte." His critlcisai of the Suie Board was to the point. He denied, although he did It as pleasantly as possible that there was a spirit of cooperation existing between the local and SUte bodies. He told of sitting through the meeting of the association of district boards and listening to one man from East Orange tell bow bis board had Investigating the Six and Six igh School plan. Mr. Sommer said that scores of other boards throughout the SUte wen- doing the same tiling. 'That does not represent efficiency." be asserted, “that represents waste and duplication. That work Initially belongs to the Bute board The local board should get the results of the SUte board's Judgment on these thing* The eyes of the Sute board should be directed to these expertmenu and It should bring the results to us. That would be the practical way. The duplication should be avoided or limited." Mr. Sommer went on to show that every local board was doing its own investigating and that cooperation In this Instance meant service by the central body to the local boards. The criticism of Mr. Sommer's was so unexpected that the board members broke Into applause when they graaje ed the spirit In which be was dealing with his aubjoctMr Sommer agreed with Governor Stokes sod'Dr. Kendall that the paramount thing was to raise the sundard of the teaching force. But the next In importance, be aald. was the things Uughl. the courses of study. He severely arraigned such a course of study that would allow a child to take a high school course without getting any American history and to be graduated from the normal schools to teach the children American history when they bad not studied It themselves, lie spoke of all the bulletins and pamphlets on the teaching of history end asserted that there was not a single adequate history on New Jersey Id the schools of the SUte.

es Attendant. D. a patient at the State leptica at SkUtmnn. so traitor Hiatt, an attendthe scalp and arms with a that h* was In a aerlous con Brown refusal to ; room unit's# Hiatt iobarco. and when j vn started to slash. |

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part of Mrs. Msry j remarry, noti more than eighty tn an application llor Baches for the ^ guardian. It was ! !> court that Mrs. j on the lookout for | was made by Wll- j >r of the es i sband. *1 | .000. and the ! tearful that some I overture* of Mr* the elderly widow

Both Partlea Hold ConferencasIloth the Democrats and Kepubltcan* bare bad conference* hi this city lo make preparation* tor the coming campaign Stair- Chairman llugboo called the Hupublicau county chairman. Slate Senators and prominent men of the party together lo discus* whal he termed matters of vital Importance to the parly. The question of financing the campaign wa* taken up and also a general

■n of party question*.

There wa* a meeting of the Democratic County Chairman'# Association m In-inm ratlc State Headquarters This meeting was called by L. T. Urn-sell, of Kltxabeth. the president of the organisation After the meeting the member* were the guests of Mr. itu*hdl al lunch at the Hotel But-

IN ALL PARTS OF NEW JERSEY

Telegraphed Localettes Covering the Entire State

to Test Hennessy Law. n Milton, representing John O. i and other Bayonne officeholdPlioared before Attorney General Dll and renewed the application ».-mission to use the Attorney at'* name lu quo warranto pro ig* lo test the validity of the nssy preferential primary art for Is.Hin governed cities. The AtGeneral reserved deciflon

FACTORIES RUSHING WORK

Cull I nqs From Late Dispatches That Epitomlxe the New* of the State for a Week—Flthermen Report Good Luck at Coast Retorts. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a speak or for the Industrial Workers of the World, who a-as Indicted on a charge of inciting striking silk workers to riot, was acquitted by a Jury In Judge Kleinert's Court In Paterson Wondering why their train was so long in starting from the station at Berkeley Heights. Mr and Mrs. Edward (.'reveling got o(f to sec what waa the matter. They found that their daughter. Miss Audrey Orcveltng. twenty-six. had been killed as the train rolled In to the station. Ether waa given to William Frost, his wife and two dogs by a thief who entered the Frost home. In Trenton and took $S0. Harry Craig tried to climb the big liberty pole In West Orange. Four policemen caught him near the top and the court fined him ISO. Thomas A. Edison has decided to reopen hi* great cement making plant In New Village, which was doted In mo. Mr*. Hannah D. Long. 35 year* old. a widow, of Trtntnn has been appointed a policewoman, the first In New Jersey. Hungry' and frightened, a horse Jumped through a plate glass window tn an effort to get at vegetables la a fruit store at Paterson The Paterson Board of Health ha* been notified of 100 cases of im-asloa within a week. Andrew Sysak. of Jersey City loat St.195 through a trick wallet handed to him by two swindlers. Farmers' institute* for Cape May county will be held December 15 In Cold Spring and December 16 In Sooth Seavllle. An effort of Incendiaries to fire several small barns and shocks in Hoebllng Is being Investigated by local officials. Automobllists in South Jersey arc complaining that thieves are making a practice of stealing expensive robes and blankets placed over the hoods to keep the engines warm drulng cold For the uccond time within a month the Sewell public school hat. been closed for fumigation, due U> the appearance of diphtheria among the pupil*Because the contractor tailed to file a bond guaranteeing the new newer plant for one year, Oaklyn borough has refused payment for tha

Electrie lights are to be msialied in the National Guard armory at Woodbury. and better quarters are to be provided the men and officer*. A* estimates for remodeling the Spalding school In Montclair totalled $53,750 and the Boin! of Education lia* only 150.000 for the work. It ha* been divided to reject all bids and advertise for new ojes. The J II Curtis leather Company of Montrlalr. has filed a statement with the Secretary of State reducing ita capita! stock from fl.l'-OO.OOO to $1.-

IJccuum of arrests of moving picture proprietor* for operating on Sunday In Jersey City while othen- in Hudson county, except lu Bayonne, are not Interfered with. State Senator Charles M Egan announced hla Intention of introducing lu the coming Legislature a bill to repeal all of tb* old New Jersey blue laws

Uelievl

that the Interest* Of

men generally will he best servrough organization. Henry Wort Mt Holly, is forming a Buri County Game Protective A»-

•• men were scalded, one problortally. by the blowing out ol ■r tube at the America-; Sugar ik plant at Jersey City

b Clock. Professor tv was asked j Willi tin *t Episcopal „„i Mudr i maintaining who hapi»-

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competition ot Jitney m as the cause of tha a receiver tor the At-

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TURRETEO CASTiJU*

T HE Black Hilla of South Dakota and Wyoming, which are tn fact mountain* rising from, the great plaint to an eleva-" tlon of 7X100 or mere feet above sea level, were millions of years ago, a small, low island, surrounded by a vast shallow tea. This sea extended aa far west as the Rocky mountain*, which were mere highland* rising above It, write* Guy E. Mitchell tn the Utica Saturday Globe. The average traveler today, much less the bandits apd Indian* who have In recent years Infested this elevated region, would probably, according to

grimly or laugh to acorn the statement that this portion of the country, now ao arid and barren, waa once the ocean, and later a vast tropical swamp, among whose rank and luxuriant vegetation lurked strange and huge reptiles, and on the aborea of which roamed giant herbivorous animals, which were In turn preyed upon by the terrible flesh-eating monster* of the early world. Such, however, la the fact as attested by the vast quantities of fosallired bom-s which have been found imbedded in the rock* and many of which are now mounted in lifelike attitudes In various muaeuma of the Following thla age of aea and swamp the whole regloo was uplifted thou sands of feet ^y lb- dynamic forces from within the earth: the hills became mountains and the bed of the

The fact that many of these fantastic structures appear to be falling into ruin In no way detract* from the romantic charm of the scene: such Indeed *e-m* In harmony with the slIcnp, deserted aspect of the region. Fortress after fortress and embattlement after etnbattlement meet the eye from - different position* a* the traveler wander* hero and there through the Bad Land*, some sadly In need of repair—long abandoned in the imagination—other* standing out bold and sharp against the dear blue Dakota sky. Hardly can there be anything more impressive than the vast silence and groat desolation ot Ute Bad 1-ands. Over most ot the region fsw living things can be seen. Here and there. In-soma favored hollow, a stunted tree clings desperately to existence, and animal life la equally scarce. A few springs support a little vegetation, vividly'green In contrast with the surrounding grays, blues, pinks and olive shades of the rock*, while In two or three places animal* are found. A high ridge of some extent located near the center of the region, and representing probably the original level of the old plateau, has enfildenl soil and fertility to itfpport a scanty growth of gras* and on this live considerable number* of the great Rocky Mountain Bighorn, the nobleat of American wild aheep. This ridge is some 500 feet above tbo rest of tbo Bad Lands, and la known as Sheep

LOCALITY OF THE SKULL

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ancient aea. long since turned to atone, became a lofty plateau. Then the river* began their slow work of cutting, carving and dissecting this tableland. Tbo result today is that wonderful region of several hundred square miles east of the Black Hills, known as ' The Big Had lainds." where nature has chlst-li-d the -soft rocks Into thousands of strange of curious shapes. The cloudburst* of spring and cummer which visit the Bad Lands create Innumerable rivers, from iniiatl rills to raging torrenta. whose rushing anters cut deep Into the old ocean bed—layers of hardened sand and clay —currying It Into most startling shapes and (ornu. There la a bewildering variety, a kaleidoscopic change from every different viewpoint The Bad Lands are not, as might bo supposed from tbo name, somber and desolate In appearance. Had they are for the tins ary travelor'a comfort, oven Indeed his safety, since the watering places are few and tar between. Chaos of Rugged Shapes. Different from the titanic carvings ot nature, such as the gnat canyon of the Colorado, which has bon cut largely by a single river running ceaselessly through the endless ccuturles. the Had Lands present a fine network of comparatively minute sculpturlug. In hundreds rather than thousands of feel, the result of intermittent erosion. Neither does the wanderri s eye real ou any tore*!*, glittering lakes, er green meadows. Instead, then- la a veritable chaos ot rugged and grotesque sha|H-s fashioned by the rains and tbo winds out of the crumbly tonka, softly tinted alth many hues. The bright western sun reflects the light from thousand* of glittering pyramids, towers, galleries, and cathedral spile*, all bate ol vegetation, but -asting back In subdued shades II every -otor ol tha rainbow. V No land ot fable could pUture a .yrerur variety of fairy castles, alth watch towers, hattlrments and tur rets, tmpreyi e - sliougbold* built on lofty clilUf?. '“lauding the country * domain of tb*

gnoimtaln. What a vast amount of washing and erosion of the rock and what endless centuries of time must have elapsed to have cut aany the thousand* of square miles which now spread below this elevated remnant of tbo sea bed! From Sheep mountain the Views In all directions comprise the must notable Bad lAtids scenery in the world. HeJow lies the shattered and fantastic fragment of the once great plateau, curved and cut and twisted Into thousand* of queer and eerie rhapea. There are groups of gnat gray birdlike form*: there are things with long necks and heads that resem hie ostriches; there are shapes that might lie taken for herds ot some monstrous. unknown animals, and gardens •if giant mushrooms: even profile# and full vlewa of the human face that might surely, from tin lr appearance, have been sculptured by clever workmen of some forgotten rare, so perfect arc tho expressions of these heroic statues—all carved, however, by the rain and the wind blowing the sand particie* against the soft rock. Once Teemed With Life. Absolutely deserted as are the Bad Land* today, except for the occasional traveler, this great p!at*-au. In the very long ago. when the world was very young, waa teeming with animal life. No such animals are alive today , only their smaller descendants. The hope Tlianothcriuci, which fed upon the luxuriant growth of almost tropical vegetation with which the Had Lands went at one time clothed, would have made the largest rhinoceros of Ute present age look like u suckling pig. This antediluvian monster was 14 feet long and stood nine feet high. Other monsters were the Oredon and the Elatherlum. while a great cat or pan-ther-llger preyed upon the herb caters of the time. The bone-; of hundreds of those animals have been found cm bedded In the rock strata of the Had Isolds. Th< region has ever been renowned as a veritable storehouse of the fossil tkelcton* of these prehistoric animals which lived hundreds •f centuries before Um epoch of lb* juju- \ |

¥MnONAL¥ CAPITAL AFFAIRS Tilefish is Rediscovered and Becomes Popular

W ASHINGTON.—Boston’s sacred cod haa ita rival. The bureau of fishes ic* at Washington announced the rediscovery of the long-lost Uleftsh off the New England coast, and simultaneously TJnda Bam issued a new cookbook filled exclusively with recipes for preparing the tilefish for the table so appellateg!y that he wfll leap Into favor and threaten the codfish's supremacy. In lopbolaUlus chamaeleonticapa. which la the biological name for the tilefish. the government sees a new source of marine wealth to* New England. The flab, after an absence of thirty-three years, is returning te great numbers to the banka near the “hundred-fsthom curve.” south of Nantucket. Secretary Redfleld. during a conference with nrwspapvr n»-®. told of the great success met by tho bureau of fisheries, which enrne# under hla department, in advertising the tiiefimh. The secretary was telling bow popular the fish were becoming, and hoir he bad advertised them te Washington by sending them to the houses of cabinet officer* and other gorerotnaut officials. Then one of the boldest of the newspaper men told the secretary that tha newspaper men were offended because the National Press dub had cot bees served with samples. “fbey shall have some." raid the secretary, as he reached for hla telephor^and called the commissioner of fisheries “Titer® are several hungry gentlemen te my office.” said the secretary. “They haven't had any breakfast, and they are fierce enough to start trouble for me. The only way 1 can save myself during the naxt week la to supply them some of the tilefish which they are helping us to advertise. They have been entirely overlooked in the distribution." Then there waa some conversation about the demand now being larger than the supply, and tho secretary aald the newspaper men must have a taste of the fish. The fisheries commissioner thought a while, and discovered that he could find two. of about thirty pounds apiece, and these were ordered sent to thn Press club.

Red Men Greet Their “Heap Great White Father” UIIEAP GREAT WHITE FATHER" WILSON shook bands at the White It House the other day with five of the most gaudily bedecked Cheyenn# and Arapahoe Indians who have been te these parts for years. Accompanied by their Interpreter, they first visited "Little White Father" Tumulty and expressed their yearnings te receive a touch of the hand of the great white father. Mr. Wilson left lils,execu;lre duftes In the mate White House and went to the executive offices, whera he solemnly shook hands with Utile Man. sixty-nine years old. gray, weazened and warty: Goal Chief, whose parents. Judging from Ms own whiskers, made no mistake In naming him. Uon. whose lamblike appearance did not bespeak a proper name; Rabbit Run and Hrate-Prctty-Good; like also the interpreter, who wore modern clothes. Aa the great white father entered hla offices the red men placed their hands over Uu-lr hearts to Indicate that they had "good feelings" to everybody and especially to Mr. Wilson. The president had never seen quite such an array of Indians and Inappropriate clothing. T1il- five native Americans wore gorgeous colored moccasins, long pendant earrings, high hoadpioce* made of gayly colored turkey feathers. beautiful sham Is which they had great difficulty In keeping te place, varicolored ribbons stlachcd to all pieces of clothing, bright red ties that fitted closely around their necks, store-bought ahlrta. and. in addition to all thla and many other adjuncts, they carried long pipes of peace and homemadq fane of turkey feather*. At the main door of the executive offices the everpresent photographer held the aggregation in suspense while be shifted slides and gave imperious orders. Then when this was all over the red men took off their feathered headgear and many other trinkets, placed them te a large suitcase and put on great wool sombreros, meandering Into the streets of tha city to be rubbered at during their stay here.

Hydrographic Office Will Fight Fogs With Oil T O TEAR the shroud of d-ath from the sea-to save ships and then ears.*-* of human live* from horrible disaster, is what the hydrographic office of the tavy department hopea to do with such a commonplace con- _ . _ trlvanre as a tank of oil It U tha rr r : t ' belief now of the experts of the hrL \ : } y . . 'i - drographlr office—the great governl A / * > Bcm fcurt *“ Wk0*0 duty It U to safeV VJLoc - •"*» —M-Hiu a*r ™

“ T ‘’ appalling number of llrcw lost in accidents at aea caused by fog. by literally "pouring oil on the trou-

bled w atera"

The oil aa It spreads •

surface of the

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sc-i <au*es the fog to

clear away and proveata ti lr closing on a ship of log hank*. The thin

,e.r .hu. i 1 "" '•■7Bo important Is this discover) that the expert* now urer tb!, ,, , °*’ of the great liner* that travel from New York and oth.r / * ,h ® l * neprotected from fog by this new „, r of A mer-an port, be

A double line of permanent oil tanks, siowlv oozing oil o of the sea. off the Newfoundland banks, would n

most dangerous ship tracks on the high s

s comparatively a

Severe Penalties for Violations of Food Law

J UTURB violators o

roan nave ever oeen UBMM In the p^. Including fine, or lm Ul * y 1K ' r ’“ l - ,oa * '—or viol.,ion'ort^U^rproS:

Ing conspiracy

bo shown between

two or more iwraou* In the violation Jail sentences and heavy fine* are something which violators of pure food and drug* law have little feared up to the present time. In the past, even the most serious violations of the law have re suited In fines of from jin to juhi, the law settling the maximum al JL’oO n the states and $31)0 in the District of Columbia. A number of mauu tacturers of misbranded and adulterated products have continued In unlawful buster., a when large profits were te sight, end have frit f,, “ , * kl a a fiy w - esugbt by the government Inspectors of the i , - "’ r kno »ledgi- tn*, lr Istry » small fine would be tha only pen* ^ *■ To the euprise of men who have been the purofood law. aa old federal statin, snd a new era te tho prosecution of un„ There Is on the federal statute hook* « any person to conspire with another t, United BUtes. This statute has t. ,, have conspired to violate tha pun- f lHK ] tines ot JJ.taw each on two Ytelaiurs of tn,

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