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I ftittery 1

!..t>r ■

Nitfonal Pert.—Tb* oyster rapjwt S*v*n by Hope Fire Company oeU^f]

- i TVentoru—Thf south

fcn<3* are rlreudy being *irjj>| *olly and otiicr atpena for 'ynKIde decomrlqpH*- - ' ; i MillrlHe.—'nTe loral J’et Slock Aseo^.ctution b«» emuiged for l«« (hn^tlay eshlblt In December of rehblis. gulneu

plpi and blooded cat*.

Pitman.—A secoml w-qll to be drilled

V, for ittje iiumcxli Cooncll la exjiecied * .to fltje a snfflrient xupply for tin

•ew inunlcj|>»l K«tar ayatem. WVnldbury.—tJlouceaier County Fire

tnen’iTAssociation bn* nrkod the local • a ut hurt tie*, to .automobile* out

of the wnj dnriiig the rush to n hre. CtftlInBawn.*}—The McmoHn' Na

iional Bn tilt will be pemmnently orssnlaed tliortiy, the requlrwl JOO.UK

*UKdt imvknf been evefc«ab«er1I>ed>

. Catmlen.—Xbla clli'-Intend* .erect' .flye cam/ojt atatlon»an varlou* part* of the town. Dry engineer Kunibtrtu 1» new , jjrepnrtng i«laiis. Flan*; ttw alao In tb« miikijir for the bulldltig ot II IV- I ,obllc hbth mouses' In Forest Hill ndU ftMki Pyne Wne Point parks ami also In tb< vlcInUj' of Line DHch, y : mmtf 'VestvMle.—Goldy Latob of ’thl» need ! • Ilc * •Pe^t • three days gunning lb >, - Comberlund county wltboot seeing p a when be came home be killed

, one Iti hla hack yard. . -j Itepaupo.—An outbreak of acarie!

fever here rtjWNl the gjate board aJ. hcalUi to send a represfmatlve to look

into the RltunMon. f

Pltttraiu—The new offleera of tli»

l.wal H. »,&. a. gf«UTwld«trJ4hn anon talln « Deals; vice pmaldent. !Wiat , Anna' Baknr; afcmao. Mlrtair t poWctafT; tI , eaiut<t?‘®l*J‘^li»abetl

National Park.—At the annual '»«*•;

Ing of the tiloucetrw toounty uaaocta f the tlon ° r t * ,l ‘ fh .tajE- oftA. Hoa-arJ \ to Pleresi, Thnrofar*. was electetl ptvsl |( , k# dent; John Scblorer, Woodbury. Tier ifrw prertdent; WHUatu Beers, National . v._. Park, aecretary. tnd Albert Card.

Vibe Woodbury, ttmsnrer.

I earftkhnym.—Jatntai itrCuffrey, aged seven. «-ns killed iiy tut express train. r'' Bat- »»<*> on Ida way home from a i: half game on the. Field Club ground*... .-and eltner did not see the train oi ‘ mistook tlie bend light for an electric street light. His family moved from (Turder P^'lndelphia to Weal Palmyra aboui

act to " montl; "*»•

snth a! kJewartu—Bankraptey. face* the Pttb- > wu , lice Service Uallwoy If the xone *y» , gin. tern Is not abrogated at once and thf * Pacific wraigld aeveo-reut fare, witlru penny killed by tar “ tarnafer, reatored Immediately, h be was Presideut MKtarter told President Slo ■ Jnatlee' o{ the'PuWic Utility Commlaslun

i the m a letter made public Pitnnin.—A large brnnte e«gle has

boeo ordered for the top of tbtrntemorW. atonu hi Bullard Park In honor ol r the schools nearly 100 .<oys who served during tlie » school year war - December 27 Is the date tor the ~ r passible dedication of tee memorial Cota mis- Gloucerter.—The S&klng Fund Com n bts e.n- mlaalon purrtmaed *27AKX» worth ol i thr the street Improvement bonda. which tnl>er foil due the Bnft'dT'nert cidii'tli. TIil* e be atnernl- makes $83,000 worth of the bond* l to be kept which the commission now holds and It will he necessary to pay off .<ity t the 102 rest- *17,000 next week. The commission « their live* saved much Interest In ihla way. II Jester Gloucester City.—The salary I*« of lb. Von this city will be greefer next year ihan 1 Oember- ever before, and there la no doubt -but * toward what the tax rate will be a little hightrt*] hnll. The er In conaeqnence. Salaries of all clt> j* atte and yro- nffieiala except the mayor, city trenat of each a uror, city clerk, assessors and srpere the city visor of strwts were Increaat*! <Uirtnc It ha* been the -year. Beginning with 'he new y to be op- year the salaries of these crucial* will * as a park, be Increased. The tercher* of the i directed by public acboola ntreody nave thair petlt for the lm- tion on 01c tor aa Increase Of $200 per

t Park and to year.

“forming the Morristown. -- Stephen France and e perk. Haro- Pierson, hunting In timbered sonferenee | n nd near the Jockey Hollow Road. gpMtwUy it'd Stale came upon the body of WtP'sm F. Tayof iaibnr Bryant the lor, ■ yrung man who 'llasr.‘- e-l ‘[anldpsil Labor Burenu. ihrce months ago from .Vh ..on. A p B Travers In the city revolver with one empty chamber was ML It will contlirae to beside the body. Taylor, the son of a I wHU Janosry 1. ami guard at the Wharton Arsenal, bad s hoped to obtain auO- hrooded over a love affair. t to guarantee Atlantic City.—This city must pay i. TV bureau to Ptosnuntvllle a tax I»vied on prufier ago V-i-aBse of tj- owncl hy the city there and valued hwhliVtope* bj- Plensantrlile In l»1P at flAYlrtn, for taxing purpoaex. The property In k K Davenpon. chulr- question Is a pumping sictlon of the k County Repuhll-an city water supply, exemption fioin RufimHated the lender- taxation was rislmed. except on the f Cnltml States Bonn- | a nd. under s supplement to the tax a* Frelliighuyaen and passed In 181U. ittcmpt'd dictation of Jersey City. — Peter J Mahoney, f in ermn Mtloti ndfh the president of the Onlmdted Ur.lfonn plousl rupreotlcm. He Firemen * Assoeistloo of this cMy, was tsex county will not suspended by Fire l!hlef Iloyie on the r eolith Jersey doml- • bame of being absent without hmve. oned "Balril and oth- a similar ebarge was lodged against r and Freiingiiuysen as Jumna Connell, treasurer of the union. « has had enough who w as soaponded becinsi- It wna neighbors of Tony said he sent oat a letter “leading to fcr Issuing from the incite Insuhonllnotloti In the city fire pie at Bmlmanrllle they deport mem." bouse and. finding the Trenton.—Beginning December t In _>rt*d cn enlramw- I*e- accordance w ith an order issued by the bond lying ddad on the Htafa Board of l*ubltc Utility CommlsD bu night, clothing as sinners the price of gas In New Jersey anted The flame* were will be Im rvased from 87 cento to (I IS and the coroner was jicr 1J*W cubic f*et. The price la for n-r tt,.. iuMti "ame to hla the first Loot* feat. bt,t the lower rates fiery, which the ofllclalt for wholesale qosntltles will be In^TC. creased eotTMpondillgty. fi.—Former service men dayton —W. H. Oumpton, who has Ut Laatiley-Joi.n.-m-ltoti- conducted an a:>pare»itl> thrifty tmkerj « Aiuoclcan l-ogimi here for about a year, smblscily drop •Rev. P. S. Plilllips. top ped out of sight some days Ogo. A lotor. sad Mias Matilda Lui- ter to a lorwt creditor told tlie atorj tee married, but not u*i it Gumptoo intimated that he would not kerward did their secret return and that *t woMd he uselesa to

t—German prisoners of war returned to their hnmas from England and decorated with flowers. 2—The Glean I- Martin bomber, largest alrpine ta the United States mail ^ervlce. 3—Men Of the United States mlnefieri that haa-Joat come home after t^x> and cuejjalf years of duty, mostly In the North sea.

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NEWS REVIEW HE CURREHT EVEaiS Carranza Refuses to Release Jenkiftfi-and hostilities Wth

Mexico Impend.

ARMY MS NAVY ME READY

forts to End Coal Sfc-ika by Negotiation Fall. Minary Rejecting Garfield’s Offer of 1* Par Coot Wage In-

crease.

By EDWARD W. PICKARDS. It appears at this writing that the breaking point with Mexico hat been reached at last—or should one say again? Cnrranm’s gov era meet, defying the United States, baa flatly refused to release Consular Agent Jenkins In response to the demand made by our state department. Since that demand waa In the natnre of an ultimatum. thies.tenlng unpleasant consequence*. It would seem either Washington or Mexico must back watar, or hoofaUdes will result. The Mexican foreign office raid the demand of the United State* was not bfdied on any legal foundation dr principle of International law; thet the executive department cannot under Mexican law Intervene now In an affair that la strictly In the hand* of state courts; that the Imprisonment of Jenkins was neither arhltraty cor unjustified. and that bs la preventing his own freedom by refusing to give balk Mexico's assertion that Jetklns. as a consular agent, was not Immune from arrest Is not contested In Washington, bnt Secretary Lit sing has stated that his department boa mote Information bearing on this case than has been made public, and presumably It la this Information that led to the demand for the release of Jenkins. Reports from Mexico that hare come through official channels show that the Mexicans here done all possible to discredit Jenkins. Tie court at Puebla refused to hear witnesses who would refute the r;or» that be waa seen in conference with membvra of the gang that kidnaped him ; and according to tiie correspondent of a newspaper of MexVo Uity, a number of peons declared the Judge and police Inspector had exercised pressure on them to te* tify against Jenkins. It waa belles .d In Wgah'ngtoq that the administration would maintain I's firm stand In the crisis. Otherwise, said the wsJl-posted, congress would take up the matter promptly after convening. call for all the facta In the ease and proceed to fr-me a definite policy. In both houae and senate. It was asserted, the great majority waa In favor of a MmsMown with <'amnia who for years Inis floated the United Htatrs and In Innumerable ways displayed hla open hostility. There la no forgetting or forgiving hla attitude and action* during tlie war. which tlie government knew all the time and with which the public 1* becoming better acqualutel every day-

AlYberately designed

fremt the United States, the state fiepammenr pfficlaD say.the execution last weak-of **vn. Felipe Angeles also Indicates the noutlie attitude of Carranza toward this country. Angelea was the foremost Mexican soldier of'this dty. and was the outspoken admirer .of the United Sfatca 'But he hgd been the chief aid of Villa and was captured; therefore he was condemned and shot ipidtaibh <V£gfclfh4 may have been technically Just. It b likely that the life ot so eminent a man would have

Tjees startling ‘perhaps, than tl* Mexican crisis, but of no leas moment. Is the collapse of the government's efforts to end the cool strike by negotiation- Its final offer to the miners was a 14 per cent wage Increase. This the operator* voted to accept, and the miners, through Acting President Lewis, rejected. Mr. Lewis declared that "responsibility for the crises now confronting the nation must he upon those statesmen who are using tin p.-wera of the government to o -pres. and deny Justice to the great eleraeut of citizenship directly ecncen..-u in 'be mining

(Should armed Intervention be nec-

easary. ** are In good condition for quick action for the army has hod fill-. |KNwlbl)»y In mind for some month*. Along the border these forces are now available Both wing* of the aviation service. Including 15 aero squadron*. ten balloon companies, five rvfimmta of aid artillery, ten of the

15 regimsnta of cavalry remaining In

the army organtratlon. three regiment* of engineers, one brigade of Infantry. wltb four within calling distance In the central department 18 motor transport companlo*. otw Held battalion and two telegraph battailous

of the signal corjt*. 28 or more pack

trains and all the additional force of supply to care for tin army of that site. *J «e maria* eorp* I* ready for the ! thence

tinergency, snd so Is the navy. U*|«h i city, he

a fleet In the Pacific as wa»‘.

The operators and the miners then ndjoumad sine (Me and It seemed that there wo* nothing left for the government except- to take' over and operate the mines. The government** compromise offer, pprored the cabinet and made by Fuel Director GarfleM. provided there abould be no increase in the price of coal to the consumer and that a Joint advisory board of Op-Tatars and miners should be erected, with Secretary Lane as chairman, to work out the details of wage adjustment* and furnish ..formation and advtco In future disputes. This offer rinat have been made without !w>pe of Its acceptance, for Secretary of Lab >r Wilton previously had declared the men were entitled to an advance 31.8 per cent, and the operators had offered an advance of 20 per cent. Thy acceptance of Mr. WUron's eonclualors mar be offeved by the fart ;h*t ne wo* a miner himself. I-ewl* says the men consider his offer. a pledge which the government mutt re-

deem.

Former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo projected himself Into the eootroveray wltn a statement that the operators have been making excessive profits atnee the war began and can well afford to pay much hlghet wages wltboot Increasing the price of coal. He said the treasury’s records of excess profits taxes would prove this. Of course the operator* entered Indignant denial, and Corter Gl*»a. still secretary. came to their defense with > modified refutation of McAdoo's assertion as to profits. While the dispute gore on the country's stock of fuel shrinks alnnnlagty. In some regions, however, the mines are being operated steadily. Out In the Kheridan (Wyo.) field the United States official*, civil and military, solved the trouble surprisingly and effectively. They teamed that the miner* btid voted to return to the pita but were prevented from doing to by a cntnp'dtrti of Intimidation by the radical*. The military, therefore, i-t the request of the •herlff. rounded up nearly tiiree score alien agitators and sunt them to Fort MacKcnzle. A meeting i f the miners’ union was then called, and the entire strike situation explained l.y Major Dean, whereupon the men voted unanlm aul) to end the strike Friday. Governor Allen of Keti*as has called for volunteers t<> work the mines and protect the people of tiie state from "unspeakable suffering." snd hundreds of men have re«i»>ode<l Union leader* say these vo’unteerw will be regarded as itrtiie-brroVer*.

, Atlantic, for

If ll

! and that lorli

cuild be U.-'ded on

need* idurw be railed on. part of th.

D'Annunzio, the Italian firebrand,

terms u* have us many whemes of annexatio.i at the k-.lcer ban. Aeeor-llng to vrrtnii* report*, he plan* to return with strong forces to Xara and proceed

o tiebenlco; after seizing that will atturjt Spalnto. snd there

tie may run afoul «f the American navy, which D guarding shat port of Dalmatia ; also he I* anld to aim at establishing a militarist goferum-nt at

v ha*

that

question will be rcaehed. satisfactory all portlet. Including D’Annunzio. This Is the expected result of conversations there between British. French. Italian and Jugo-Slav representative* The Jugo-Sltvs are still nervous anfa claim to have Information that Italy plana to-toke all of Dalmatia and Mon-

tenegro-

Maxim LltvInotT. representing the soviet government of Rnssiar Is In Conenhagen conferring with British etnl*«arle*T Rrthwrilj the matter In hand Is the exchange of prisoners, but Up vlnnff admitted, that If the British attitude wns favorable, peace negotiations wmrtd be taken up. He' beaded •the bolshevik delegation that met the representatlvpg of the Baltic state* In Dorpat, and the latter say his manner •wn* cold and threafeirteg throughout. :«nd 'hut utiles* he behaves otherwise in Copenhagen it will be dlflicult to negotiate with him. The Baltic states already hove loet faith In the botshevlst's professed desire for peace with them. The soviet govern-nent of Russia has announced new victories over -Oenlklne's forces and further advances In the Omsk region. On Thursday Premier Stambullwsky of- Bulgaria signed The treaty of peace between his country and the ^Klea. .The pact was signed-by all the allied' nation* except Ron man la and Jugo--Bhivla. which are awaiting the signing fif the treaty with Austria. Bulgaria Is, to pay an tu-lemnlty of $445,000,000: lo jrarrAaer aR works of art and other Valuables taken from milled countries: to wl-ollth cocapuiaory military service, and w-reduce Its army to 20.000 men! It I* deprived of Thrace and of Strumnltaa. tlie latter going to Serbia. . Germany, at last reports, .was still holding out on algalng the prptocot which the allied nations drew up. and the' irafrreroe Council baa erpre>.Vd Its suftlrtse and displeasure at this cqnrse. The. round! told the German* that If the treaty of Versailles' were not put Into effect on December 1 the responsibility wpnjd rest entirely vrith their government. In another note to th* German dele&tlcc at Versa I Ur* M. Clemrnreau. as president of the council. sternly refused to deviate from fhe terms of the treaty In favor of German prisoner* err ployed In rrevm atructlou r.ork Id the devastated pari of France, and he u*ed some very plain language concerning Genual brutality and Insincerity. Another ItisL crlala Is at haiid. tor fhe British government according to dispatches from DnMIn. has Isoned a ptodamatlon prohibiting ri d tuppre** Ing the Sinn Fein and other like organizations In all countries and borough* In Ireland. It la believed the British now hare l.v),000 troops In Ire land, and on the other band the sup porter* of the Irish “republic" claim they have an army of at least IOOjOOO. ready to fight for the cause. The new Labor party held Its first national convention lu Chicago last week, and It was scarcely what could tie railed a success. The official list ol delegate* showed that 72S prexented credentials. x bnt n good many of them faded away before the convention came to a close. Moreover, not one of the 124 International labor union* waa represented, and of the S4Jkk) local unions in the Amerlcaa Federation of I-abor and Independent unions only 042 ai-nt delegates. One delegate from Boston said about 80 per cent of those In attendance were Soelallsta and ex-Roeiallsta. Among those who deserted the convention were the members of the Nonpartisan league, headed by Governor Kravler of North Dakota. The platform adopted it slmost Identical with those of other radical

grouos.

When the congressional committee went to Rills Island to Pivestlgnte tin cases of the radicals held here for deportation It run Into a bunch of tartars. The reds refused to be questioned. snd moreover were mi a bun £T strike because they were separated from caller* by hare. Of course the obvious Course U to let them starve, and the applause would he general It wa* also I'ltelosed tbut Frederic *' Howe, former roinml**!oner of ItnmigratioD at the I‘•lend, bad maintained a nrange!> aymputh* tic attitude of mind toward the red* who had beet re-.d't to the fMeral net. There m.»j ha cure about Um La tar on.

tome Suggest!ca« |lade >£ Africa* Paper Would Siam to Be-dar Slightly on the Ridiculous. . Half the Inventor* In Englavd aecta to hnrewt tvy work mi tiie problem of Rapturing ord^troj ins ih'e Addo Bush : elephants. One maq.^vg^l.to drive them on to lighters m-ored In the Sunday river, e-'d another, fc^festa taunting ttettj j|a jutaptaf*; »akp,. whlcjk of course, will go through ^utigle like a hot knife Through-a pat U butter.; We don't ^taU much of there fdeos. Jiovrever irfiey do qoi eppeal »o til as being tofficlentiy simple and procticoL But' os mere deommlre crtticUBi la evrfcr saUffylhg. .pe.put. fpryveid the foIlowlng-aekNnsa. which enutj M carried out easily: I TFlrat: Erect searchlightt round the Bush and donoeutrate them upor, the elephants at nlghu Dazzled by the glare the brutes will dash BfeM 'first Into the trunks of fhe tr«o •kud stun tberoselve*. Tbolr’ foet coo then be tied together, and they can £g fragged away by donkeys or oxen te cages and subsequently sold to drctu proprietor* or coologicol-gardena. - Second. Let a big atrah-.p OM p-*4 would do) move to and fro over the Bu*b. dragging !{ thoroughly with grappling book*. The elephant fished up could be carried without a mesnqpt'a pause north of the Zambeel and gently lowered to the ground, so' that (hey coo'd make their way into the wtida of Central Africa. . 1 . . Third. Allow aeverel submarine* to •Ink to the bottom 6f the Sunday riVer. A gang of native* blowing trumpets tad beating tin tray* would then drive « the elephants Into the water. As they were swimming across. thFStfbmOrtne* would come to the surface underneath them, lifting them out o>’ tiie water, the submarine* would steam away hi ■ny destination Died upon, carrying the elephants on their decks. Fourth- fiqattpr pfreral, pm|( oE ertre strong, flypaper throughout the Cash. This wllT adhertl to ft* tnmka -and feet of the elephants and the mere they attempt to get rid of It the more It will collect until In ths end the* are suffocated.—Johannesburg (Tranereal) Sunday Times. —

Preeeee Hardene Weed. To prepare the cheaper kind of woods by a patented method That makes them more annjtle U the purpose of a concern Jnat organized la Koge. Denmark, according to a fo*gmereial attache In Copenhagen. The woods especially to be prepozud are birch, ash and elm. all wood treated by'tM* process-being culled temln wood,- • . Certain change* In the character at the wood thet eormally take pises only aft*r many yenrk of drying are by this chemical process produced within 24 hours. Thereafter, when, the moisture that may aflll he' left has evk'pottitdd. the 1 atoof! become* harder and more duraole than by the aging

Teokln birch la of a beautiful golden brown color, and. when polished with potash. It take* on a mahogany red hue. Tonkin ash la 5 substitatwfor teak. Tekkla rim hit* none of the die-ed'-mtagM of nattual 48m. Teaktn Or Is of a uniform eplof all through and Is used for office fitting and furniture end for veneering.

Period of Heavy Expenditure. A period of twenty-five mouth'., from April. 1C17. through April, 181B. th* war coet the United States considerably more than $1,000,000 an hour. Treasury disbursements during the period reached a total of $28,500,000001). of which tl.asajno.000 may be charged to the normal cxiwneas which would have occurred In time of peace. Ttie balance may be counted as the direct money cost of the war to th# end of April. 1819. a sum of gSLUfk000.000. The figure Is twenty times the prewar national debt. In addltleo t« this huge expenditure, loan* were advanced to th > allies at the .rate *t nearly $500,000 an hour. Centred* rothortaed for this purpoe* $10,000,000.000. and there wa* actually paid to various government* the Bum of $8,850.000,00"

Platinum From Alaska. The output of platinum, palladium, and other metal* of the platinum group In Alaska In 1918 1* estimated at 284 fine ounce*, valued at $36,800, according to the United State* geological survey. depart men t of the Int'rtcr. Platinum wa* recovered from th# gold placers of some districts In larger amounts and from aom* In smaller amounts than last year. One of th* most Interesting events of the year In connection with Alaska mining Is the recovery of substantial amounts of palladium snd of some platinum from the copper or* of the Balt Chuck mine, near Ketchlkcn.

“Could you *elp a pore feller, mum. wot's been Invalided out o' th* army with loss o’ memory?” “I don’t belter* it; you came with quite another story lost month." •Did I. mum? Well, yer can t want better proof than that, can yer?— Blighty, London.

The Woman Depositor. "Sorry, mndata, but your account la already overdraWn!" “Well, what of It. young man? Haven't I a right to do what I like with my own arcountlT—Life.

• Far Off.

lion before aertp*.