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NEW JERSEY STATE BRIEFS

2 ! Pre«l>jw*ri*a .ehv rche* of nnnder* ar* 1 UraqMrtlnftitatrtHpii. Tb« «>^r 2 ] U In ilie hard* nf k apertnl commltI ' teo of tbc I'rraliytcry of Morrtu an4

The %rtr camp community •ftubluhed In Lons Branch last May at the Army and Navy tlub doacU. J^repty conralwcenU vrtrt sent to troycmment honpltaJ*. The cl«a> will remain open three months for Ch* lute •f Camp Vail soldier* and n„ mhefa of the Amarlcun Lesion. Since open'nf the community aenrtc* hra cared for 850 soldier*, with an average of 'forty a week. Th* American Lestao accepted the Army and Navy 'ctub offer of the use of the community aarvlce building. Pledges and aubscrlptlons amountlag to fG5.13 toward a permanent home tor the United Spanish War Veteran* were announced in Newark by Captain C. Albert Gasser at a meeting of Camp Mitchell in the first .Begiraent armory. The camp baa already made pan payment on a three-story brick building at 29 Franklin street. Considerable feeling baa been aroused over the announcement that the Community Service. Inc, of New Jersey has Inaugurated a campaign In New Jersey to raise 1100,000 by [assessing each todlrldun! oganlzatloc twenty cents per each $1000 at Its * capttallzattofa It hat cnuaod general oppesltion from local organizations throughont the state. Because of Inability to obtain a teacher for the one-roosa school lower afoatvllle township the board of education, upon the recommends110*' f Supervising Principal James F. Uodii, has closed that school and opened a fourth room In tfie upper Montrlile school. The pupils are being transported. This Is the second school to be closed by the Mont vine board tor lack of a teacher. The Tay■Icrtown school waa opened only a few

days

Burlington Presbyterians and memP*n of other denominations paid a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Paul J. Styer, tor more than thirty yeera prominently Identified with church work .In that city. The service was held in the Presbyterian church, of which Da Styer was an ottrer and superintendent of the Sunday school. Closed three rears ago because of wartime conditions, Atlantic City tight schools reopened, with "America nils t Ion" as the chief atu-'y, Salem County .Memorial hospital closed Its second month's buslneaa with a record of 108 admissions. The MillvtUe city commission has passed an ordinance providing tor the building of a sewer system and dlapoaal plant In Went Millville. T.ie Ocean City commissioners have sold the IQO.dOO bond Isaue to the Ocean City Title and Trust company, the highest bidders at $100%. Bteeral Millville manufacturers were notified that ears of bituminous coal en route to their plant* had been aoadsrated pursuant to an order of the government Peter H. Hagerty, five times mayor of PhlUlpaburg, wa* tendered a recep- / tion by hla children In honor of his ' seventieth birthday anniversary. Mayor Ladd, of Woodbury, has ve- . toed the new sewer ordinance be -auae In his opinion It needs alteratloi on technical grounds. Negotiation! have about been completed for the purchase and freeing of tte bridge over the Delaware river between Lambertvllie arNew Hope. It waa announced by John A. Campbell, of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bridge »ggg»g!rs. The price of *2£i • 000 offered by the commission la aa'd to oe satisfactory to the owners and then* remain only a few details of the transaction to be completed. It la probebla, Mr. Campbeb said, that the collection of toll* will be discontinued within a month. For many months the oBclala of the Presbyterian and the Methodist Eptaccpal churches rtf Pennington, have had under discussion the way* and mean* of combining or federat'ng certain work of the two churches fee the more advantageous method of handling it and tor the betterment of the fwuniinlty. The result was the appointment recently of j. joUit committee consisting of three men and two wnuipn In addition to the two paatora. to be the directing head of this federated work. Jails In South Jersey which have begun to empty are not likely to hare their usual winter rush this year, according to police authorities and rural rotistable*, who declare that this region la experiencing a dearth of trempo. who usually comprise the high percentage of “sinter boarder*" at th# prisons. Home of the oldest constables. who reesll their experience* following the demobilisation of the amle* after the civil war and again after the Rpanlah-Apirrican war, bad been predicting that the tramp nulsaner, shlch almost eutlr. u subsided while iha war was on, wou crop cut again this year. Volentary petitions IB banlrnptcy were filed In the United Stall ■£ Trenton by Chartr# A. Osoiden. and James It. RelUy. Untie (Tty. Rudolph's petition UahtHtlaa of lin.oon sod aw tSXi. Reilly hr.* liabilities „f flSfcfn sud assets of 12287. > A weekly paper la being written af-1 efUed by pupils of the Port Rlt^a V*Ui public pobooL Individual member* of the Vlneuf'd Poultr* association bar* made

ee of tht Presbytery

: OraigcrBr-IttW ltoT. Dr. Jm> F: Pnttcrsnn, of Orange, (a ckaJrmtn. No dedalot^wUl be reaebbd until the plana are sahmltted to the church#*. The Method!*! Episcopal 1 chufch wa* organized In X78B nnd the Presbyte-

rian In 189S.

snfa?:

For the first time In many year* -the Salem county JaU I* empty, exccotlng tor'obe priaoner. TMa feRdw. who j has the entire place to hlmsHf. Is Antonio Saldahlo, who wi gulfty o‘. manslaughter and teneed to state prison. An appeal has been taken and Saldanto I* hold awaiting bath “I bad hoped that I might 1 throw toe door* of the jail wide open after the aces ion of coon," said Warden Myers, “but thla Is not now possible because of the Saldanlo ap-

peal."

Governor‘Elm ltd ward I. Edwards announced that be would use at! lawful methods to prevent prohibition In

New Jersey.

L. J. Kyle, a Millville Jeweler, has pi-c#ent*4 a handsome individual common Ion set to the Fourth M. E. church of which he la a member. The details of procurnig a charter and arranging other plans for the proposed new national hank at Woodstown have been referred to a « mlttee, with Oaear iVare chalrniar Albert E. Kluge, proprietor of the Artlstle Weaving eonpany plant at Pompton latkew ff»terinlned the twen-ty-three members of the plant's fire department at a venTdon dinner at Greenwood lake. Mr. Klnge shot the deer la the CaUklll^ The office of Justice of the peace goe* a-begging at Monrestown, ts no one would stand tor toe job and no one waa elected. The -sixth annual meeting of th# State Chamber Federation was held at the board of trade. No. 800 Broad street It dlncugaetl child conservation, disease control revision pf tag laws, community work of local organisation* ana daylight taring. The Crescent club, composed of young business men of Vineland, mu ac pleased to receive the picture and a letter from the rlub’a orphan la France that a collection waa Immediately taken up to send the hoy a Christinas present The hygienic nurse of the UUtrlUe Bed Croaa arrived and will act In conjunction with Medical Inspector Ware In the public schools Residents of PleanutvIIle who had posted $10 with the gas company aa a guarantee of payment of Mil* hava received their money back from Frank Smatbera, the receiver. One cent Increase In both quarts and pint* of milk waa charged In Newark by certain small derlera who here-, t of ore have charged sixteen cents a quart and nine cents a pint. The advined la declared To hare been forced by Increased ecst of production. Although no advance In the retail price of milk has been announced by the larger distributer* of the city, the general manager of the Borden Fscm Product* company, at New Tort:, staged that the question of price la •'be-

in c studied."

J. M. McGowan, Pit man's first mayor, waa put la tor a fifth term by the Republicans, defeating Mayor A. J. True kite**. Democrat, by a plurality of 78. Cuuncllmen Elmer E. Long and Charles H. Rl'ey, both ltepubUran% were re-ejected. Pitman gave Hughe*

a plurality of 188.

Building of the proposed New Jan aey ship <-anal to connect Raritan hay and the Delaware river, thereby furn-

ishing

tween the New England stale* and the south and Intermediate point* was *itoken of by J. Spencer Smith, president of the New Jcraey board ot commerce and development. In an address before the Atlantic Deeper Waterways convention at Charleston, fi. C„ its a commercial necessity, demanded to solve acute transportation problem* growing out of congestion of th*

railroads.

Henry Ik K.tchln. aeventy-nlre years id, a rlvtl war veteran and for fortyone years crier of- toe Hunterdon county court*, died at hla home la Lambertvllie. Formal acceptances of the modified aone plan f*r collection of trolley fare* over line* of the Public Service Railway company was filed with the New Jersey public utility commission The modified plan provides a fere ot five cents tor the Aral two cones and one cent tor each additional aone. The RIghtstown Y. M. C. A. com mlttee la arranging a banquet for th* fathers and sons of Hlghtston-n and community. The banquet will be acred by the ladies of rnr different churches and will be held In the Paptiat chapel Friday evening. November Men not having boya of their own are requested to take boy* who are unable to be accompanied by ibelr fathers. Information regarding such boya may be gotten from the group A very fine program la being arranged. John C. White, a leading business man. died at Camden from the effect of Injuries received when he waa run -ver by a trolley oar. Mr. White waa t-ldrly known In church circle* throughout New Jersey. He waa fifty

yaara old.

of th* Ol out-inter Cltj fire department reselved their new equipment, rot whirl) they hava been walling since tnbnr day. The honae of worship farmerty uaad. by the Penieroetal church at (Taytoa. baa beeu purchased by the trustees

- L United States regular* arriving In toe bltumtrw** ccal region of West Virginia. 2. Russian officers being trained In England for service In General TudenUch'a antiboliherlk army. ft. Headquarter* of the American Federation of Labor la Washington, the center of Important activities.

NEWS BEV1EW OF CtlRBENT EVENTS

Him Leaders Call Off Strike and Meet With Operators for Negotiations.

MEN SLOW TO RESUME WORK

A. F. of l_ Planning Fight it.rat’# Methods—CriMs Near H Railroad Labor and Legislation —Court Decisions Favor Wets—-Convention of

By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Yielding to the authority and power

of the government, the leaders of th# Mine Workers* uoloa complied with

mandatory order of Judge Ander-

son end called off the strike. Their action waa balled with delight by th* authorities and by the country generally, but its expected - good affect

not apparent Immediately. Jn- , In most of the bituminous dis-

tricts toe Ktn showed a disposition to remain Idle nwtti their wage demand* had been adjusted. Thia. however, was doubtless doe to their Incomplete uc-

i daisy In distributing toe

-The gevemment lost so time in taking steps to bring about an amicable agreement between the operators and the men. The cabinet Instructed Secretary of Labor Wilson to summon all parties to a conference Id Washington, and at this writing tha reproeeutatives ot both aides are trying to formulate a new working pack The cabinet memoera were all of th* opl. lou that the mlnen official* ware' entitled, by their acti-m. to the fullest consideration of 'nelr Hat of grievances, end that th' operator# should be held to their r rotplae to submit to negotiation, and. it that falls, to arbitration.

Compliance with the court order by the miners' officials cams aa something . of a surprise to to* executive com-

aare inside water rou’.e be- &ltLM! the American Federation of e «"<• Ubof whlcll edrocud raffi.tanee

of the ApeeMir Hot'assa congrats-

and pnjnlsed unlimited support to the striker*. The federation leader, recognised a trvmecdous threat In the Injunction method adopted by the govers- ■ot. and, not mraatlng from their umounced poaltlcn. have started on a campaign to defend the fundamental principles of organised l-Sor. In tbs first place, they advised the mine workers to carry to th* Supreme court an r ppeal from Judge Anderson'* restraining order. Tbla Mr. Lewis declined to do. at least before the Washington conference. for they apparently have accepted the government** aaaurance that tha suit was not to prevent strike* generally, but to prevent violation of the law. The federation also has decided, tt was reported, to oppose in congress the extension of the Lever food and fuel act asked for by tbe attorney general, for the purpose of dealing with strike* and other restriction# of necessary production. It will also oppose the anti-strike provisions o< th* Cummins railroad bill. On the other hand. Senator Cummins planned to introduce an amendment to his Mil prohlbHIug strike* In all basic Industries anj providing for compulsory arbltrs lon These industries are fuel, foodstuffs, clothing. Iron and steel and building materials. No doubt the fate of this amendment will -J.-p.-nd largely on dereiopmet *a before It is considered by the senate, for many senator* who are laslnst Injunctions aa a grueral policy are determined to see that tha American people ar* not oppressed by th* tyranny of a rela-

tively small ctaaa

A crisis ta approaching is both railroad labor ana railroad legislnUoa. Tha railroad brotherhoods are still aagotiatlng wt.b Director Ganaral Hines for »t. adjustment of wages, and U la predicted J-i Waahlagtoo that tbe In creases they are trying to get before tbe return of tha road* to private ownership will mx %• grsaet A la that

eaae It la lately they win call a strike by December 2. Unless by that rime peace htu been officially proclaimed, tueh a strike could be attacked by the InjuncUon method under th* Letor act In toe opinion -of govarament officials, since It would absolutely tie up the distribution ol necessities of life. Tbe Inffistent need tt legislation for the return of the railroads to their former owner* before the president give* them up has led to talk of letting that take precedence In toe senate over the peace treaty. ThU. however. Is not likely to occur. But something must be done very soot? Representative Each'* railroad bill baa been made public, and aome features of It have aroused loud protest*. In eongre** and out of It Tbe measure contains no anttwtrike and lockout provision*, and a fight to introduce auch clause* will b* made In the bouse. Other change* that win be proposed will be to pro-

sod enlarging ibelr ownership of mater lines. Thetns Sims at Tenneroee hope# tr present a substitute bill for government ownership of right# of way

government ownership of right* of and other physical properties 1 of roada, with private operatloc under lease. At any rate, he wni offer an amendment limiting ntttfbad executive*' aalanaa to mood a year.

Tbe profall itlon situation t* patting decidedly complicated, tne developments of toe week being In favor of tbe wet*. When toe Ohio vote had been officially counted it waa found toe people bad defeated ratification of the federal constitutional amendment two and three-fourth* per cent beer, repeal of toe state prohibltton and the Crabbe e toreement act hough more of th* state* wboae constitutions contain toe referendum provision follow tbe exAmplc of Ohio, th* federal amendment might be killed. In Louisville. Ky. Federal Judge Evan*. In effect held war-dme prohibition unconstitutional and enjoined the Intel iwl revenue collector and district attorney from Interfering with tbe tele by two distilleries of their tax-paid whlagy. Federal Judge Brown at Providence. R. L. Issued an InJaction restraining the government officer* from enforcing the war-time prohibition act and decared fats belief that the Volstead enforcement act la nncoaetltuUoast brief repugnant to the prohiblamendmeat In Providence the tale of 4 per cent beer waa resumed Immediately. Judges Carpenter and ntaheory in Chicago heard argument* In a similar case and th* wet* were confident that their deetslou would be th* aame aa that of Judg* Brown. Meanwhile Internal Revenue Oommlsriooer Ropei la going calmly ahead preparing tha machinery for the enforcement of both war-tone and constitutional prohibition. This mschlowlll be pat In motion on November 17. and It* chief anginerr will be John F. Kramer of Mansfield. O.. who has been appointed natlotui! prohibition commissioner. The country has been divided Into nlna-district*, each ot which will have supervising agent*; there will be a director for each state, and a large mobile force under the orders of Mr. Kramer. Wherever th# atot* and municipal officer* fall to enforce the prohibition laws, tha federal agents will act Secretary of State Lansing, after being told of th# Ohio vote, said the repudiation of tbe constitutional amendment has no effect ..n the department'* proclamation of last January putting th* country Wider prohibition next Januaiy Id. •*We received formal legal notice of the ratification b) tha Ohio legislature." he said, “through the proper channels and from th* proper officials In Ohio. W* cannot go behind tote, nor can we quesTlct th* legality of toe notification we reeetvad.**

The war which the government, with the approval and backing »f all good rtrisens. Is waging oo tha reJlcait who Infest tue country continue*, and might be vald to b« baring excrilent results. If there were not eurb unac ctnintable de!a> tn th* 4«| ortatloM of tbe anarchist* who have brra ceugtit. Several Incident* of the week may well serve to speed ap the proceed ‘“^s Tli# most aeriona wa* at Opntralia Waab.. «h*re memt- ra of th# t. W. W. fired a volley lot*, an Armistice day parade, kllltna f.ur mem

here of

wounding others. A number of the culprit* were arrested sod one of then) wa* lynched, fb# ethers, being saved from the enraged people by the men of the American legion, whore behavior throughout wn* worthy of the hlybest pralR. In addition to murder. Ite. prisont* rill be chnrged with coosplracy to overthrow the govern-nH-tu. A large number of radical* locked op In Detroit, tilmted a JaR delivery. but a trusty betrayed tbe plan' .to tbe sheriff, and It wa* frostrated. Pena tor Poindexter of Washington blames the administration for leniency toward* the radicals but government officials My the one* rest* on congee**. pointing out that there are 52 bill* pending In confrere which were drafted for the putyose of giving the yoverument all the rutbority needed to deal with the bolahertk. anarehtaric. and other anti-American orgar.ixatlons now operating In this countr,. Movlag slowly and fitfully onward

the xenste on Thursday “cut the benrt out of the lrogue of Khtioos.” If PraaIdem Wilson's . lew ta to tw hero; By a vote of 43 to 88 tt adopted the Lodge reservation to article X of * league covenant, this being Ka text “The United Plates assumes no obligation to preserve tbe territorial tatty ar political Independenct ,. any other country or to tnterfe e tn controversies between nations—whether members of the league or not—under the provisions of article 10. or to employ the mil ire ry orn*val f'-rew of the United fttatee under any cie of the treaty for e.ny purpose, unlere ta particular care *.be coag which, under th* rooatttution baa the power to declare war or authorise the employment of the military or naval force* of the United State*, shall by act or Joint resolution so provHe.* Every Republican In the senate end four Democrat* voted for thli renervatlon. wbteh I* especially distasteful to .the president.

UNG TO BELIEFS

Few Pwple Tod>> Are WittiM* (I

Extrsms* That Hava Marred tbs Pagre •* , M to* Paat Thay Are 8tUI With Us- J

Wa conatantly hear It arid that tbla la the twentieth century; auperri.Uoo

sad all tost aort of thing died out lon « ago." Yet there la hardly * P«** ^ the cofintry without b-a pet oriief—

that misfortune toOowa stoopmf over a baby os spilling relL or that a Wat* cat brings good luck. foe. exsmpto Hence, too, the universal practJe* of wearing mascot* “for I

beliefs, bring merely pereoual fads. Superstition of a deeper rooted and pore jnyleaaant type ta still c

tn the i

, speU. over nd crops. No

r let her hste HS

ahe nrertf ^ There of tha

ore backward rural

however. Only a few weeks ago an old dame In the Fen country ***> bt> T' eotted by tbe whole exuntryside b*eauve ahe had the reputation of brio* a witch and of throwing spell# enr people** rtilldreo. stock and c “ one would go near her or let b

food or doth tog. starred to death.

The cold, legal atmorhere « courts would be thought unfan tc belief In witchcraft, and ypt a fanner—by no mean* ao Ignorant manstood up the other day la Ntrfolk

court a ad Informed the brock tha* M

someone had bewitched hla cows. Bi cured the evi: spell by throating a ref hot poker Into hta churn, when tin evil spirit vanished In c bright Cams Terra ago eny old crone who w»l

ctom grained with the neighbor* stood a good bance of bring tried (and burnt) tor wl.chcraft and case* are even known where animal* were solemnly brought Into court and triad ro

a similar charge.

A tough old coric at Basle, ta Bwitaertand, wa* accused of laying teg*

.The C.yl national convention of the American Legion was held at Minneapolis. and waa a hege success. The next meet lux wilt be held tn Otcveland. opening 6 eptern her 27. T920. Frauklln COIIer of Phnadeliffila. a former lleuteoant colonel, bolding the dlMlngfilabed ser.lcs medal and the Legion ot Honor, was elected national commander. ,., Th# most Important action taken by the convention was the warm tndoreement cf aulveraal military tralr/ng. a amell standlag array and no compulsory military aervtce tn tlm* of pear*. It was recOrnmended that tbe national ritteen artey be uoder local control, subject to national regnlaA resolution which waa adopted with cheers called foe tha dlatraochlsement sod deport* tloo of Victor Berger of Wisconsin, who wa* unseated by th# house of representative* far hi* disloyal utterance* during (be war. Another resolution adopted expressed the feeling (hat fioanrial lore** lalned by every soldier nnd m ahoold be alleviated promptly by tha government, but left It to congrre determine the form (he eampenaatioo should take. On motion of Cal Horn I* and Hawaii delagalaa. th* convention demanded that eongevaa forever exclude the jMpaaree from American short*, that foreign-boni Jspanear aha.I be barred from American dlisenshtp. sad that congress submit n raaatltutlooal amendment that the - Osltad States of foreign parentage shall b* rllglble to eeoahlp uniras Ito parents so eligible when the child was Translations of foreign language newspapers were demanded.

The fighting ta Kuasla and the Battle eta tea did not h*** derisive results week, but peace between I he bolshevik! and acme of the Baltic nation* »ed a little nearer. Indeed, pexee negotlsUors bet were tbe sovlt-l gov lent and tb* Katbonlans began Hat orday. The others sensed to h» hold off. though It ws* bflleved the Letts and Utbuanlans might come to Intar, and even the I’oie*. Finn*. While Kuaaian* and t'kralnlan*. If tt.rj »*r» assured that the antenir stile* vroaM not offer forriule Obj>*lliio*. The te.i ehertkl hope tiie*e i>*g»(tatio|fs wll lead to pear* with lh» sill**, and. it casa. that rtwdr western fnrvea wr elrused t« re-aoforre those th* sif. fighting Kulrhab Vtil IVulkUi*.

were used only for making wltchas* ointment The unhappy bird waa haled before the Justice*, and oce of the eggs produced as proof of guilt In toe face of at* svldenee the rooster’s css* waa hopeless. He was convicted sod he and hla miraculous eggx apb emnly burnt at th* stsk* tn th# town

sow and tlx yoang pig* were socased of witchcraft towards a child. brought protesting loudly Amid great sen**-'' waa found guilty and executed, but the porker* were acquitted on the ground of extreme youth. A» late as 1740. s cow

and after « guilty and condemned to death. “Rate

occasions. but almost tavai fa put ta an appearance at court la the fifteenth century, the peasants of a village ta the south cf Franc AW took local proceedings against I ^ plague of locusts which trarpssw on their field* and devoured the! crape. As the case wa* «t!U beta fought nearly half a century later, tow modern gardener ran armpsthlre with the unlucky platctiffa, but would probably prefer the more up-to-date application of Urns or mustard. Another action was brought against s post of leochoo ■warming in toopond* and streams of another country district of Franco. Th* Judg* Issued a decree agstaat the leechea trespassing further on the disputed territories. but history I* silent *3 to whether tb# Injunction was obeyed or Ignored, with resultant puntahmast for contempt of court. Animate have even been admitted ss wtuieroea la the court*. It used to be considered no nffenee to klU a burglar trying to break Into a bouse. There arose tb# difficulty that one man living alone might ask another to hi* house, tnd then murder him. pretending that be waa a robber. To get over this, tt waa drouted that any domestic animal, such a* a ret or a dog. present at th» time might bear wttnea*. If the snl- ' mal on bring questioned, setteflad thc court that hte master had acted ta gem • faith, tbe kitting waa held to be Justi * tied. There are not many Icatanos * of scqulttaL

Japan*** Glass industry Crews. Though encouraged by the government tn 1878 by the establishment of * model glass factory, transferred taa year* later to private ownership, tit# gteu loduatry ff Japan waa only fately prosperous until to# outbreak of th* recent European war. at which time due to tbe shotting off of leppiiee from Flutter, Belgium and Germany, the manufacture ot glass received auch e Btimclos that It now bid* fair to compete with th* Industry | 0 otlwr coumrte*. Before 1914 practically *» the window glare used In Japan'was Imported, but this branch of tha taduafy t* iceelvtng »peclal sttaotio' tod in 1918 It* product to the vale of $LTK.000 wa* exported.

Conductor Fulls Teeth. A condoctordanuat operate# , brand, of the Oheoaproke A Ohti railroad *yatem In West Virginia. Hi la Dr. Harry Halatcad. Wt** n. tteou (sited to rome to hi B fMI sMugh Motet tad took . position si cunductor. He carrie* foreepa Is bu pocket During a recent weak tbi train wm hailed four tUnre by pre who. wanted teeth drawn. Tht “* wr fall* to