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Tin- trolley *oiie f«re fltrht «i Cam den has drained the region of nost of ib.' Jitneys, which had flock••■1 to Peonssrow In great numbers at ibe opening of the powder hootn In 1914. Kor the first time In flee yee:* the ■treet* are almost clt^ybo^lhe dji»'iIng “Jits" and ’buMes. Many of the J Jitney men decamped face of wlmt they declared to be .owirt^Kp ,ordinances enacted by thh. borough' councfl to boost the license fees and restrict tram*- upon certain rtreets. Ernest Clgaralll, cashlir, and William Wagner, manager of the Newark tool-making branch of the Western Electric company, acre held up by two men, one Of whom escaped. The payroll of 12851 was taken from the man canght when he was found In a

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Paul shorn automobile ou-ners are finding their cam stripped of accessories while left along the streets. -The Smith Rolling Chair company, of Atlantic City, Is the defondant In a salt for $10,000 damages brought by Miss Florence Richardson, of Camden, to be tried In the United States district court In Newark, on Norember 4. The suit results from an aerldent on the Ronrdwalk on New Tfar's Ere, two yen re ego. Miss Richardson claims she was throwh team a rolling chair and sustained it broken wrist und Internal Injuries. In oonsctQuence, she claims, she Is unable to piny the piano, a favorite pastime prior to ths. accident. -Authorities are Investigating circumetHnoos surrounding the delfvery <rf s bomb by an expressman to Mrs. Moses C. Blanchard^ a boardlnghooHc kee;>er. It was addressed to H. S. Noble. In her care, and was marked: “Rush Open Immediately." lira. Rian-hard said she knew no such person aa Noble. She opened the package, which contained a quantity of cigarettes, -tobacco and. In the center In a dark leather casing, a bomb and fuse. Sheriff Chardavoyne doused It In n pall of water. At the annual meting of the Cumberland County Orange, held at Vine land, these officer* were elected: Master Leslie G. Platt*. Hopecwll; orersoer, Howard Bannock; lecturer, Mrs. J. A. Vanaman. Vineland: chaplain. Rev. M. Hr 11, Cedarrllle ; treasurer, W. S. Honham. Shiloh; secretary. C Holmes. Hopewell; steward. George Smaley. Shiloh. Two hundred took dinner and were entertained with a

Vineland Is to have a carload of government clothing as soon as the chamber of commerce puts np a bond of indemnity. This Is the first town In South Jersey to lie so favored. Parking house plant* of Swift A Co. and Armour A Co. were tied up at Jersey City by a rtrike of more than 2000 employes. A closed shop, recognition of the union and an Increase In wages from 40 2-3 to Oil cents an hour are among the strikers' demand*. Cancellation of a war agreement made by Federal Judge Alschu ler. of Chicago, under which the men have been working, end the substitution of an Independent scale also Is

Clark S. Wilson, fireman an tiaTreoton division of the Penusylrants rstlroad and residing at Trenton, wss killed While drilling car* at Freehold. He had his head out the cab window and came In contact with a atr*-t r**-.; car. cusblng hie akull. As a rvault of a war labor hoard ruling, ownirs of silk dye shops at Fntrraon lus'ltuted the 44-boi.T week and termltikted a two-months' strike of rhclr *rW0 ••I’lph.wyes. No innvnae in pay was granted. At a conference hotwicn John Fort, •f CamJen. rhalrtnar. of the Fort Nassau monument mmmisslon, and a committee of Gloucester City council It was decided to hold the unveiling exercises of the shaft and tablet at the city •quart-, Gloucester, ttaturduy, November 15. There will be a parade starting In Camden and ending nt lb*

monument.

Here U a tip for the woodcock abootee. Go to West Orange suoi It the valle* east of Pleasant Valleyway you will find a.•me birds The lowlands there have been sheltering qo te a few during the last f*-« weeks. If yon enter Plea sain Valleyway from

The largest fish canght hi the lake at Fries Mill this se.iwm was captor-U. ed last week by Norman Horning. .0 member of the Good I'ellow*’ AugUnfij Ji. dub. of Philadelphia. It a targ*-: ?! mouth bass and weighed neatly ***o‘

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1’aulsboro firemen have equlppril their apiuiBatjM «Frth a first aid kit to care for any fine Injured In %rtldD The member* are al*> receiving'fiiht aid inatrucRon frottf l*r. H. L. SIhwThe ofllcera ^ the Ocean Ulty.Tai ht Huh have^ddefi.fiol,to hold week ly noon-dag ymgkaons In Philadelphia this fall and Winter, a* baa bote the custonf fo? •everal yrurs. -v .'T, Fenner* in Monroe township *«* guarding against an outbreak of rabies Mnce a «kd dog recently >mn through '-the n-gjon and bit a niun•r of fann animals. Many. jpuog people In Woodbury -e aapMte>for a public Hallowe'en celebratlte.' - There will be many club events -anfl houss* parties, and It Is possible iimt ft comhlnatlon will be effected tor a atree! dmonatrntlon. When Mrs. Charles Jaggert ffiled. to respond to a call to dinner at Millville she was found dead In bed. She had complained of feeling 111 three hour* prevtoua. and had gone up stairs to He down. Paulsboro meat- stores have gone empty since the arrival of a boatload of oysters at a Iocs! wharf, and residents are taking the oppor.unlty lo beet old -a a L." by feasting or

oysters.

Crap shooting has become inch a f.-ivorite pastime for Ibe younger dement In Psulsboro that the official* are compelled to nae stringent methods to bresk up the practice The schools of Wes' Berlin were closed by the health officials because nine case* of diphtheria were report-

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i'barged with the Illegal hunting of deer near Cumberland. Henry Peon, of Millville, was an+sled by Game Warden Phifer, and Justice Oliver fined him $100 and costs. State board of health official* hare made a tour of Lawrence township. Cumberland county. In an effort to discover the cause of a number of typhoid fever cases In that locality. During the month of September the Jitneys In Newark carried a total ol 3.41S.288 passenger* which was largest month In the history of the Jitney business there. The volume of business Is held to be primarily due to the opentlon of the zone system by the Public S-rvtre Railway company. Hdward Miller, who was a deputy nt the Mlchelln Tire company plant Mill town during the recent strike. Is In a serious condition ss a result of two stab aounffir Inflicted Just over the heart. HI* assailart. It Is allege* Thomas Kovezsk, a Mlche'In ploye. Roth men were at work when die stabbing occ\jrred. Miller 1* In St. Peter's Itospllal, Newark. Kovesak Is held for the grsnd Jury. The Chester township Democrat!* committee was organized at a np-e! lug In M.io rest own of voter* o Moorestown. Majde'Shiide (fnd'nthrtparts of the township, all idiowlng keen Interest ID the pending campaign. These officers were eiocted President. H. C. Jacoby: aeefetar;.. G. M Gibson; treasurer. Frank hart. . . • In the United States eooft. Trenton, Henry Martin, Jr. of Martin'* Oaf*, ana Harry L. Katz and David Katz, of Atlantic (3ty. pleaded not guilty to violation of the wartlmd prohibition set. They were allowed ball pending trial. Pleasure Ray Park has been purchased by the Long Branch Steamboat company, owner* of the former Pal ten line. There are fifteen acre* '.n the park, and at one time It waa owned by the Thomas Patten estate. It wa* taken irer by the Morris County Savt.igs Hank of Morristown some time ago. The Ak-riel hotel 1* situated In the park- The steamlmar i-oinpany Intends converting the grounds again Into a pleasure park. It will also enlarge Its docking f«cill lies. The fb-ntlng Indebtedness of Sum mil for 1918 hns been wiped out by the payment of n note for $14,000 There l» only $12,000 of flo .ting debt this year. This exceller' showing Is attributed by the finance cimmlm-e of (he contnum council to the Pierson act. which provides for the payment of ! taxes semi-annually. ! Cnarles F. Rand. In reporting to I Maunn B Metcalf that It will be

1—Congestion Of freight and expi<*a matter In West street. New York, due t Policemen guarding a car In Oakland,CaL, from a mob of striking traction worker the grippe, debarking at New York train the steamship Northern Pacific.

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Doings of the IpduMrlal Conferenco— Army is Hot After “Reds"—League •f Nations Comes Into Being— Anti-Bolshevist Armias Closing In on Soviet Russia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Because of the certainty that the resumption of his official duties by President Wilson will be long delayed, the cabinet has taken matters Into Its own hands and la virtually running the government. 7cr the first time Mace Mr. Wilson became the chief m-'-glstrete, it Is performing the functions nlloted It by the Constitution. Bach member of the cabinet la handling all executive matters within it* Jurisdiction. and *11 other questions that* come up are passed an by the full cabinet. The * most important decisions are submitted to Mr. Wllaoo for hi* approval, through Admiral Grayson. Specifically, the Industrial and economic situation which hai brought to a crisis by the steel strike l* tiring bandied by Secretary Raker. Secretary of Lobar Wllaou Is looking after the threatened coal miners' •trike, nod fecrctatT) of Agriculture Houston I* doing what he can to avert

Uie sugar famine.

The president's physician* and everybody at the White House have com blned to keep frori the public the real character of his irneris. Admiral Grayson tohl the ca'.btot what It Is. but pledged It to secrecy. All the people are panultlei to know la contained (n the oEV.al bulletin*, which report Mr. WU-.m's continued Improvement, with -..ccaslonal aitgh' act-backs such as headache, sad re*Ue*«ne«s doe to • welling of the prostate gland. The story that ho hod a lesion of the brain has been vlgoer-nsly though unofficially denied, but It la admitted that hi* compline recovery Is cootlr.jvni «n keeping him absolutely at rest tn mind and ody. The '.ruth appears to be that be ha» ... d no cerebral sttrrk bat la sufTirtnic from a general m-rvi and physlrs.1 breakdown. Apparently Irreconcilable difference* between the several group* are crop ping out In the Industrial conference, n* might hare been expected. In the first place. Mr. Ooiuper* a* the lalior group Insisted that tin conferei. e should arrange for arbitration of the steel strike. His resolution wa* doomed to defeat, and the vote wna deferred by order of the conference until the steering committee should bring in It* report on eoUertite bargaining Thla also was a matter on which cgreemel.t seemed almost Impoasinie, for labor Insist* on the right of worker* to bargain through i he union* and to pick Us representa live* from outside the plant or Indus try if It wishes; while caRjlal declare* Uu- employer should lie required lo deal only with uumllless of hi* own employee*. Furthermore, enpllal say* the plant mu»t tie recognlsid s* tlw null, while lal-or demands tliat the Industry lie recognised aa the unit. In these quest'on* It seems that capital bn* the support of a coofidcrab.* fiart

of the inihlic group.

The farmer*' represcoiatlve*. who are . lavMit among the capltall-t*. pre»ent>*l a stateuient of principle* in which those demands of the agrl.ul-

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department of Justice is not doing all It mL-ht In thl* respect—and It may lie—the army Is certainly active and achieving excellent results. This la especially true of the central department under General Wood, which has to deal with one of the worst regto.fa. that Including Gary, P-wfh Chicago and the surrounding towns. Bepes.cd raids have been made on the radicals there, greet quantities of their propagnnda material have been seized and of the ringleader* arrested and held, presumably for deportation, since hey are mostly unnaturalized forelgn•rs. The ahny authorities assert that the revolutionist*, taking advantage of the steel strike, are trying to organise the worker* for an armed revolt against the government. Colonel Mapeo, in command at Gary, says If he were tc make public the evidence he has collected, the strike woo!* collapse, but the government U not taking a hand In the situation for the purpose of breaking the strike. The steel companies claimed steady Improvement in conditions, from their standpoint, though the strikers asserted most of the returning workers were unskilled. Jilen steel men In large number* are engaging steamship passage back to Europe. 'Despite their wartime agreement to work at.Ibe preeeut scale until peace Is officially declared of until March 8L 1920. the soft coal miners of the country, about 800.000 tn number, have been < ntored out on strike on November L Secretary of Labor Wilson took Immediate steps to avert the strike, and last report* was hopeful of i access. The miner* demand a five-day week, a six-hour day and a general whge Increase of 80 iwr cent. The miner* now receive $8 to $10 a day and the mine laborers $3. The strike of the lonphoremen. followed by that of the teamster* and chauffeurs, : New York threatened the metropolis with a serious food shortage, for shipments were left to rot on the dock*. The ectlfpse of the strike was foreshadowed by the vote of several of the local unions to reiura to work, and the firm stand taken by the railway administration in dealing with the express company employi The League of Nations came Into being on October IS. Great Britain, I'ranee sod Italy having ratified the treaty. Hiepa were taken at once looking to Its regular organisation, and ,-oodnea* know* there I* enough for It

to do.

The United States Is »tU! outside tho league and the contest In the senate continues unabated. Considerable time and much vehement language were devoted last week to debating the proposed Shantung amendment. As we expected. It was voted down, but almost every senator who *[K>ke In opposition to It, su'd bv favored a reservation on the same lines. Senator Shields of Tennessee. Democrat, declared himself In favor of the Imdge rreervaUou* und the Johnson amendment giving the United States a* many vote# In the league a* Great Britain. The administration force* let It be known «n Wednesday that they were determined to vote for rejection of the treaty with the Dxlgc reservation*, and the opposition nt once prepared to retaliate with a resolution declaring the war at au end and restoring the statu* of peace. Tli* entente allies are dbturbed , ,rr the American sltuaU w ••eisuae the mat.) commission* provided for in tbe treaty must be organised very aoon. The formal exchange of ratlhrntlon* of tbe treaty wnlrh wffl put ". Into rffert wa* delayed by the silica in con

In-.- the life ont of the soviet governmeat. Deniklnc kept op hit advance Moscow.' capturing Orel and other Important points. The army of the northwest under Yudeottch took Lugs end preened on toward Petrograd. whose fall was Imminent. This army. It waa paid? wo* working In clo«e understanding vlth Admiral Kolchak whose Siberian troops Were pushing the bolshevlkl back to tbe Earopean border. Thenc three commander* have rejected all overture* from Germany, malntsining thelt connection with tbe

lie*.

An official dispatch from Archangel said the North Russlar forces were pursuing tb? bolsherikl In tbe direction of Onega after occupying their fortified position* along tbe railroad, capturing guns and prisoners and destroying an ennored train. In fget, they seem to be doing very well w$hout the help of the British end American troops ’hat were w'thdrawn. Meanwhile the British fleet In the Baltic wa* very busy. The supreme council haring declared a blockade ol all Russian bolshevik port*, a number of German vessel* were seized. Then the British warships moved on Kronstadt After a severe bombardment II evacuated by the bolabevlkl And the fleet entered the harbor. AU neutral nations bars been asked to Join in the blockade of bolsherlst Russia. Ueutronnt D'Annunzio seems to have adopted a more yielding attitude Jo regard to Hume, which he still bolds. He has sent to Premier Clomenceau an appeal to take the Initiative in obtaining from the aUled governments a declaration making Flume an open port. The present Italian plan contemplate* an Independent buffer state at Flume with the extension of Italian control over ihe atrip of coast from Flume to Trieste *o the new state shall abut on Italian territory on tha* aide and not be surrounded by JufO-SIt.ia influence Tbe danger of war over this problem Is fading D'Annunzio sent word to Paris that he had drafted a manifesto urging both Serb* and Italians to recognize mutual national rights and to "maintain the bonds of brotherhood which have been sealed by blood." Prices of food throughout the United States bare fallen almost 25 per cent, according to Attoroe,- General Palmer. But housewives, also through-

a onr of the big }<b* of the league nf Nation* will be to settle sflnlrs In the Haiti'' state*. Though Gern-ral von der GoiU submitted to his gm.-niment and rr«)gti< J. a large pari of his army n-raaiued In ’'ouriand and. with a force »f Russians, has been making a determined attack on Hign. The Lett* rallied to the delebae «rf (he city

tl -if manuni Inhor. * and were aldrd. according to report, their famine* have ! by a Brill*li fleet. The moat re.—nt and pullllcnl op- j d!*pa:r*;e» at •hi* -j rUInf. Bay (he Bus ,1 (hoar engaged in : so-Ger-nau force* were being slowly

) forced bu.k. The Poles took t«rt tn | tbs •crap, attacking tbe Germans In the

I Palmer ha* been 1 rear., capturing Korno and threateufor hi* aiiparent ! ing the Grciwin lino* of eomrnurilcatb*n1th the “red" men j At tbe same time the anti bolshevik ibe rotted Wale*, but U the j artnie* In Russia were ateadl.y crush

oat tbe United States, are asking why. If this 1* true, they are forced to pay a* much as ever or more when they visit the retail dealer. The cost of leather and of footwear has dropped 20 per cent since tbe middle of August, says tbs president of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' association. But the consumer Is »till paying exorbitant price* for his shoe*, and the aforesaid president explains that tbe shoe* now bring manufactured at reduced root will nut bo marketed before next April. * The tremendous hullabaloo about reducing the cost of llring and punishing tbe profiteer has dwindled until in scarcely be- heard with the aid microphone. Joat at preoent the consumer Is exercised about tbe sugar "Uuutlon which promises to develop Into a famine with 25 cents a pound or more demanded for the small amounts of sugar to be had. The domestic output la nowlu-re near enough, and It serin* moot of the Cuban crop-la going to Europe. Dealer* blame our government for this condition because It limited the wholesale price while Kuroiwan dealers sere willing to pay

anything.

The federal trade comtnlsMon ram* to bat again with another of He rep rts attacking the big packers, stating they now handle more than 200 good product* net related to the meat Industry end bid fair to dominate tbe wholesale grocery trade, dividing tbe field among themselves. Of course the packers, this tlms through Louis B. Swift, declared tbs trade commission's .igorea were greatly exaggerated and the conclusions based on them utterly absurd. As usual. tbe “big five" can supply fact* and figure* to uphold I their entire Innocence. but for some reason the general public haa learned to look askance at the statistics thee.- get-tlemeti produce. This may lie doe to what the trade commission call* “the maze and secrecy of the packer's me-'-od* of conducting Kerb of bis

Many Glorious Thing* Hav# Dons In th# Hot Spirit of BaUls, But This Wo* •!» • Class by IttefFrom WO 212, octriooWng Ter*^ TarUenoi. and the vxiley of «he Ourc* William SUveus McNutt. CoUler*$ correspondent, watched the American infantry aurt the German* on the!* Anal re'.rrox from Belms-Sol*aon»-Cha» lean Thle-Ty packet He aays: _ And then I the most BalnfuM dramatic thing I hart witnessed in ol* this war. Ou: from tha little strip oC wood that.tbe Americana had Jmjl captured. walking slowly out -open, bullet-swept field over which , the charge had poaste. I ^ with the brassard of the Bed Cross eo their arms hearing a wounded ma* ©u a Utter. They had perhaps 800 yards to go back * cross, that ope* field before the curve.of the tolU flonl^ sl.elier them 'from the machine gun fire Yrom tbe hill above. And they could not run. they could not nude, they could not take cover. They must walk upright on their work Of mercy, walk upright In that storm of Lead, and. walk slowly for the burden ti.er "There go two dead men.” tha capin w,id solemnly. "They haven’t got a chAnce in that field. The machine guns'll get 'em. irarel Watch!" I watched. I have never notched anything so Intently In my life- And with all the fervency cf reverence and belief that there was In roe I prayed for those two men of mercy over there who could not fight back; those men who had mad. the charge up the hill with their comrades of the gun and bayonet and must now march bnch bearing a wounded fighting man to safety; back through that storm cf lead that was sweeping the field from the big wood—march back standing straight and walking alow. So slow! They had made perhaps a hundred yards ahen one of them slipped io h's knees and rolled over. • I raid you." the captain exclaimed. T’-ey've got 'em!" ••Only one," I said. The other fellow's not bit-" They'll get him." the copula prophesied gloomily. I saw the unwounded man kneel by his stricken comrade. For the spree of a minute be knelt there. 1 aupposo applying first old. Then ho stood erect. And then tbe man who had been hit. the stretcher bearer on tbs ground, rose slowly—oh. so very riowly—til! bt wss propped up on one eh bow. Then to his knees. Wow ’ Then very, very slowly he got to his feet. Once up, he leaned over—and. from where I was. through my glaiotea. I could see by the movement lira pain It cost—leaned over, grasped the handles of the Utter, and «ralghl«ne<* up again. He had been hit, but he wss going on! Ou they went. I hav# no power to describe how slowly they seemed to be moving serosa that deadly open field. A hundred yards! Another hundred would mean comporatlv# safety under tbe slopr of the billFifty of that accomplished! Twsotyfire more! Anc than, slowly yet. they vanished from sight under th# protective slope. They hr.d made It I I think I shouted. I know I tried to. and I know that my knees were suddenly too weak to hold me np and that I abruptly knelt and grasped tbe slim pole of the little Ipns tree near by to steady myself.—Bod Gross Bul-

letin.

An Waal Woman. would hare made an Ideal federated dub woman! First she began at home and tbe heart of her husband-man scfdy trust'd 1“ her. for she rose while It was yet sigh* to give meat to oer household. $br was a financier, another qs*!lficatl ‘“ fitting her admirably fot dob life. f° r »v see her eouddering a field and buying It. She was a bortiruHori"'for she planted * vineyard. She was a merchant, for she bought ksr goods from afar and pereolxod that they were good. She was a manufsc! urrr - fjr she is pictured as making 8 R# linen and selling girdle* to the nierchanta. She waa a wise councilor I ■crimps, a member of the national council of defenae; we knew she »*» • diplomat, for her husband w#» known In the gate*, and oo wss sh* —Net- York Evening Telegram

New Roofing Material. England’s efforts to conserve steel and Iron bare resulted lit ibe de*ei opmeiif of an aebastos and ertheot m’ '•rial that Is being used Instead of .-omignted Iron for roofing purpose* *t Is made by mixing on# part of flr>'_ ly ground asbestos io six psrts Portland cement. When «m.de tnt" *ia«tr by the addition of water. II l» rolled Into sheets aWch, after being ♦rimmed, are ■•orrugated and then •**- sooed. The asbestos serve* as «'•**

Th# RsUoent Fade Chop. EcooatnlsU lr!l ns that Ihe »c*l* “ wage* has increased more thnu eoet of II ring. However, one d<w* i"* meet the affable pork eh«y> oot *• P^' ular anetetj nearly a* much ** befc • and Ihe avenge hourevdfe rather read an she-rblng recipe « new-fangled food substitute* n->w the saddest love store ever wrtttewtThrifi h