MlllrlUr.—Uun j^ar then- were Stt! j births, tfeatlis anil iSO marrtaces

( bore.

| Almonesson.—Mr. and Mrs. Herbert | Xlrbolaon of tbls place have M :rted for Japan, where thev will do mlsalon-

cry work for "ever year*.

• National Park.—The Board of Education employed an architect to prepare plans for a new brick taro story

MlnotoU. — Chaired by Anna VJcJ sch.^t of four rooms,

Witt cnttlnj; down 300 trees on her Trenton.-Ac-ordlnc to *««•*■>»- property, Peter De Ko«a of this place ered by the department of Urlcblrm was l.eld under **» bar for the frand the peak In f *nn wares ln ^ au „ was reached In 1H30. when day la ho re ra

Hammoutot. - The new councU al- demanded and ready ha. been cramped with truest, ^ a ntonch. wUhont

,M “ re " W”™”™' 1 - | rT . r . tb™» not bOTlitt

licenses were ordered off the

Trectoc. —•Thirty dollars a month, with board," will probably be the averace farm ware In the lower counties.

accordlnr to farmers, who two or three Mount EP hr **“- ‘'‘Tl

- The United Fire

o raise

> new Are

tncompetent e-en at that price.

Vineland. - At the meettac or »ne of ^ s.jcr, county Jail Cumberland county orr.nlzt.tion of the B ^ ^ colnmlIlnMltg dnr j n| , tbe pas,

American I.<*r1on, ct’ir.posed of nve

members of each poa In the loun^r. . ■ llur , lnRton _ Art „dan water for the TV. & Hood ofthls city ***?'t ,v *j municipality was unanimously advocatpresident and Borouch Recorder M. Peivnt-Teacher Asaoclatlon. Joseph Greenblatt of tbU city '^ ^J Vty officT.l. were petitioned to * rer - i make every effort to procure such a Pennsrrove. - The borouj* rtwiicll gBp|d} . Houaewlvea criticised the lias decided on a budret of JS4.S.-S. (|uttp and qua | llv n ; ,i, e present supply whici,. with an unexpended balance of for drink i n| . Bnd cookinr port9.4Q9.51 fr 'tn 10:1. makes tlie total to ^ fi|tprn , ^n, the nclaware river, he raised by taxation $25*44.49. I Following a discussion of "safety firs!" Gloucester City. — At the annual n|Ip5j fiv children, the aseocUneetlnc of tue chamber or commerce a i tlon ad „p,c<i resolutions unrinr « h * proposal to reduce the annual dues Boan j of Kducstlon to install fire e»from $15 ro $10 was defeated hy a Urge . , w ^-hool building* where majority. ! classes occupy w-opd door roomt Gloucester. — A delegation of road Millville.—Glassworkers were elated boomers will af end the session of the w ], en p was announced that TVbltnll Gloucester ccumy B.«ird of Freehold- j T alu , n Com;>any had placed fires under «rs and ask for action toward the 1m- >,-0. jo, at South Millville, and provement of the Swedesboro-TVoods- | ,| ia . ( | te factory would reautne opera-

town oad. | ih.ns,

Glr.ssboro.—With the demolition of | iturlington. -An Increased tax rate, the old Whitney pi it* works. In the probably ti»e hlgbeat In the city's bla center ot this city, the rep>rt has Jory> ^ anticipated by dty officials, spread that Use tract Is to be turned The budget adopted by council and on Into sites for law • and brslneaa ] which a public bearing will be conductplaces. | ed February 7 calls foe appropriations

Carney's Point—Orders for powd v 0 f$l36.MSl.

have been received by the duPom Com- Millville. — The Curubertand County pan.v. according to report., which will ' Sunday School Aaaociatlcai Is planulng keep the plant here running at full cm- , a testimonial dinner to John O. fipenpacity unU! July 1. cer of Bridgeton in the Plrat BaptUt Gloucester City.—The annual report Church In honor of hit election to the

of Allan W. Redfleio. city deck, shew* state presidency

S4_ births 183 tnBi"lages and 1*4, Morristown. — George WalkwJendeatl.s in tlie dty Ust year. • i kins, aged ne.raty-flve. an «ttorohy of Salem.—The Salem county Board of , Sew York CUy and thla place, died of Freeholders has approved plans and heart d-aease U the home of hla aUter. speclflcalions for a concrete surface or. 1 Mr*. Albert L. Dennis in Plainfield, the Shlrley-Oldman'a Creek road, and 1 after an HlneM of aeieral week* He bids will be opened February 9. j was prominent In Republican politic* Camden. — Chatham Mltdl of this m Mcrris county thirty years sgo and city uas been appointed a game warden j served thiee times In the New Jersey

tor Fnlera county, to succeed D. A. assembly.

Thompson and will be located at U | Bed Bank.—Udven desperate, acW( , r j cording to her story, by an unfaithful Salem —A firm here Is contracting ' husband and an ungrateful slsier. Mrs. for tomatoes for the 1822 pack at $1$J0 Heiuilna Renxelman of South Eauma ton. delivered at the factory, the same ] town killed her sister. Oedne WesaeU rare paid last year. The murder was not discovered until Swedesboro. — Walter W. Mole has the bwdnnd. /ted Renzetman. came been elected president of the Board of from Nem York. He Is chauffeur^**

THE MARKETS

Health.

Woodbury —William G. Pancoast has been re-elected president of the Coon

try Club.

family which summer*

Beach.

Mulica Hl!> —A further drop In fai •till above the pre-war rate*, is

Millville. — Ol'vet Oomn-»Ddery. I predicted l-efore the opening of the Kugfats Templnr. ha* organ 1 red a band spring pUnting eeasnt In south Jersey, under the direction of William Ranch J rhl* move U attrlbsted to the present and Dew la Pierce. low price* for nearly all farm products Swed uiboro.—An entertainment and ! and the large number of idle worker* Social aeaaioa followed the busueu looking for job*, many of.thern^being

I*, i wli

BALTIMORE-

tsr, spot. |XJl; t Cob Corn—CaritmAa fttM nenrbr yallow <« spot «t |$ ysr hrl Cora—No. S spot 4 apot.

Oots-No. S whVU. M bo weight. 44

B 4MAs weight.

•tfttc: No. S whlto,

4J*««<tt

Rye—No. S Weotom. export, spot, per Sou tMfcc, bid; bogJotnnsoihy rye. as 4o quality. $&•«$. Hap—At the mag* <M fit 'o $11 per

alrable gmdoa at timothy and ralxad hay. with gec'rai rooalpla light.

$15 50; No. 1 whoa*, mi I

tnominal). IU0UAO.

—OW oaken trigate

o^m., si.. t vu. a- >■ th. ■.k.ai.o.a.y—s™ t-v Chung of Lamar, first prise wlnrer tn aannal ahow of Peklnqeae Oub at America.

NEWS REVIEW OF CORRENTEVENTS

Washington Conference Goes Far Toward Establishing Beal Open Doer in China.

r the delay

I; was said the British t the fortifications Wall* parts of the Pacific

where Japan and the United States have neighboring possaoalona, and that they insisted that in any erect It could tot affect Singapore, which la their

mat in the Far

AGREEMENT BUM TO ilPIN

Foreign Policy of New French Gov-

Hay* Announce* Coming

George exchanged honey-worded murance of co--examlnattoo of their goveto meats, the new French premier took a firm stand to his mlnlaurtal declaration made to the chamber of deputies Wednesday. He said the

rather unexpectedly after !

cd that the attack was « cm*, and the pasrtng of hi* hoRceae Kurprtsed as well as shocked the ew tire world. Benedict was born In 1854 and was elected pope in 1914. won genera! e teem hy his wisew and conaseb as bead sf the F Catholic church and by his earnest and continuous efforts to restore pesieand amity among the nation* after the eatbreak of the World war. Because i fatai outcome to Ids IRnea* had hot been looked for there has been at> dU

y. fancy, » ; «* good. $

do. choice. 3$0$8;

do. print*. 38640; do.

nearby. SlOUy

Maryland and Ponna . . 023; Ohio rods. 220U; Watt Tto-

gitJa rollt. 20021;

19; Md.. Va and Pa. 4n*ry priau. 29

©23

rani* and nearby flraU. 2fic; Shore Maryland and VUstatn dents. U; Wsstern flrata, St; YFsai VhtgiaM first*. 27; Soothem

Chicken

per lb.. 27022c; lb*, and undor. 20; young.JB02S ^rough. staggy. thla. 0 and mongrel, young, per Ih, 250 He; white peklng*. young. 22020; poddia. 2% fta. and orar. 24022. Plgaoas. old. per pair. 2S02Oc; do, pWng. *02*. Guinea fowl, young, 1% fee. and sms. each. 50c; smaller. 2fi; oW. 'weh. *. Turkey*, choice hen*. 9lbs. ml mm, per lb.. 45c; young goMtlara.

By EDWARD W. PICKARD S TRONGLY backed by the Bribah and Italian delegations to the Washington conference. S- retary Hughes and hla American colleagues last week pushed far toward completion of their plana for the establishment and maintenance of a res' “open door" In China. In effect. It was a big week for China and a rather unpleasant ooe for Japan. Mr. Hughes submitted to the FarEastern committee a aet of resolution* by which the power* In the coofe.eoce. other than China, agree: “(a) Not to seek or to support their nationals in seeking any arrangement which might purport to establish In favor of their interests any general superiority of rights with respect

foreign policy on the Veraaliles treaty, and, was anxious to mslmatn and cocsolidate Us alllsneea. Germany, he insisted, must make up it? mind to fulfill the obligations U undertook at Versailles. Before agrortng to take part in the Genoa conference, be said. France must have guarantee* from the -ovic: government of Russia In talking to correspondents, M. Poincare said he would not go to Ge-ooa; that French business men might meet German and Russian baslneas men there, but that France desired that the Genoa conference should net be tue menus sf Bolshevik propaganda U Europv.

over the Genoa mk*t and already have announced the list of their delegate*. It U beaded by Premier Lenin, whose placv will be taken by Foreign Minister Tchltcberln if tia chief cannot go; the other members are all prominent in the soviet government. Lena Trotx^y.

f the new chapibvr of corn-

former farm hands, who are beginning to return to the country from tbecltte*. where they- were drawn in.«> the industries by the high wages during the war

period.

In any designated region of China “(h) Not to seek or to support their natiooalt in seeking any such monopoly or preference ss would deprive other nationals of the right of undertaking any legitimate trade or Industry In China or of parti dpt tin* with the Chtnefe government, or with any provincial government. In any category of public enterprise, or which by reaa-.m of Us scope, duration, ev geographical

encr can be a success unless the Cidled State* participates *nd takes the lead. He adds that Russia favors general disarmament, but It is skeptical of France.

meeting toerce.

I rent on — Country road* In south Jersey have been turned into rivers of

mod by the eudden thaw and rain.

Trenton.—Tbe executive board of tee Gloucester aty.—Women ol the Bap- | extent la calculated to frustrate the American Legion Auxiliary, dopatt- list Church are selling soap and other j practical app'-icat-on of the principle of

meat of New Jrtsey. ha* off -red u prixe articles cor the mortgage fund. e^nal opportunity."

of 225 for the t^st state song and *15 I Atlantic City. — llev - R - Ret r 1 f- China, for It* part, declare* Its “Infor the beat state yell. ! rector of the Catholic Church of Out of being guided by the same Millville.—A *|.eci*l meeting of the ' Lady of the Baa, assailed those^wno la dealing with application*

at war with Finland ever tbe Karelian revolt but hostilities not far off nniea* the Filin'- yield completely. They offered to h* fair arbitrated, hot this th refused. Tchltchertn no

ROSTleAflTER GENERAL HATS

. 96.

I VU

tbe cabinet about March 4 for tbe purpose of becoming the directing head of tb- new National Aaaociatloo of Motion Picture Producer* and Diatrlbuterm. iTeMJent Hardlag, in regretfully

the ofrinioo that Mr. Hay* wma ebaut take ap a work of great public btoo- . It Is believed Habert Wort of Colorado, now first assistant wm succeed Mr. Hey* as

|N A 1 ate the federal trade three of the largest tola th* r.Lscfllard and the Ugr « l Meyer* eorapa-

wttb many jobbers’ aaoclettora to keep tip Jobbers' prices.

Md. and Pa. H* L 100 lbs., $2fi502.49; N. T- »d K J. No. L do. »2i50*.«; naMto « nearby No. L do. 2t2502-40; K. S Md. and Vn. McCormicks, do. <UB0 LSO; Southern Md. MoOonaMka, $20 MS; red potatoea. 2202JS: ill tlon*. No. 2. do. »10L»: an oaeOen*. No. L per 1504b. bag. $2JS0S49; No2. do, $20226. Swaeta. N. C. No. L per bri, $«04A«; *. B. Md- a»4 Del., do. 2404L5O; K & VA, do. »SJ5 03.75. Yam*, all oecttoos, par hri. M 03AO; sweat* and yams, all aaeflon*. No. 2*. do. $202-25. Owartg, all *«- ttona. No. L par bn. hamp. llA#! * 5 Tama, all sections. No, J do. per hamp. $'OL2$. Swoeta sad yaaaa. aU sertiooa, No. X do. 50075c.

der.ee dlecloees vioUtions of the law. The report aays the jobbers* agreetnem

It was learned that the <

Woman’s Club will be held Thursday. ! favor prohibition ns ignorant hypo-Janu-ry 2C. to consider the advlsablll- crltes In a vigorous defense of tho-e ty of etecting s clubhouse adjoining J who are seeking to repeal the Volstead the Finn Baptist Church. act. He characterise!’, the taw as a

Millville.—Tbe City Commission has “farce."

granted a franchise to the Maurice ! Red Bank.—A runaway plane crashTransjiortntlon Company to operate an | ed Into a crowd of several hundred autobus line. , skatt -8 on tbs Shrewsbury river, killed G'oucester City —George W. Dicken- Mrs. Anna G. C. Houulhan. severed the sheets ha* been re-elec.ed superintend-1 right arm of her brother. Lawrence mu of the First Presbyterian Sunday . Conley of Middletown, and slightly !rsvliooi for the thlrtj-fourth year. j Jured many others. Thousands of perSulem.—Council has been requested sons gathered along the river bank to to extend New Market street, oue ot j witness Ice boat and ■kating races saw

the male thoroughfares, to give more j the accident.

available building lots. Sxedesboro.—Because of the sliortPort Norris.—Oystermen are some- j age of apples last fall there is a shortwhat handicapped because of ice in the age of good elder, and the situation la Maurice river, and trips to tlie beds almost heartrending at tlc.ee. Some are difficult. Shippers are taking care ' farmer* made no rider, even for uitnre of orders, however, and immense sb'p- j pies, last season, and it Is said tliat ments are being made of the finest oys- Ipiot more 'hac a half dozen barrels ter* that ever left the docks. There j could l>e found within a radius of ten U likely to he x shortage If the cold I miles from here. Some old timer* weather continues. I bemoaning the situation. Burlington.—Ir-vestigxtion by a com- ] Trenton —New Jersey farmers will petent engineer of the physical condl- j benefit .argely from the reduction of 2S tlon of the city water, sewerage and per cent In the Intrastate freight rate drainage system* was urged in resolu- * on stable fertilizer and time. The millions unanimously adopted at a town reads have notified the Bureau of Marmeeting conducted as an open forum i kets of the state department of agri#y t<*c chamber of commerce Id Grunge j culture of the reduction. The rate was o»U. This action followed wide din- j reduced on November 1 on stable fer--ussion of city needs in utility Improve- j tlilzer. Grounw limestone was added ments by citizens and city ofliciaIs after under the new schedule, which will go members of councilman!c committee* into effect on or about February The and commissions operating tbe three Bureau of Markets lias urged the raildeparfments had tailed to accept the road* to Include In the new schedule Invitation t,. a.tend tbe forum. all commercial fertilisers. Newfield.—As the result of recent 1 Pennsgrove.—Tlie borough council's | robberies a polU email has been placed budget f«r tbe jeer is $30,351) as ou duty here, which has heretofore ; ngalliK *30.75*1 last year, been withou. *u>-h protection. Princeton.—A memorial to fC Prim-e-tilcucester City. — City Cierk B« J- ton tm-n who were Irined during the field l.us issued licenses to -21 owners ’ Civil War has been completed by the to operate an tor bust* through tills university authorities with no dlstinctil}. Tlie majority are operated from th» between the men who served In the Camden ferry t; point* below th,- ' ■.n.e.lenite and those who served Gloucester, while the ethers operate In ihe Union armies. So f-r as Is heir een the two cities. Tlie (ee ta 250. ; known this Is the firs: time that tue Gloucester City.—The police of this • uas.. of the soldier dead have been el«y are mystified over rotoberlea of j art dow n alphabetically without remilk from d orsteps on FUmore K'wet I g»rd for the uniform the men wore. In the morning, as they have been no- RUongely enough, ’here are 81 from

aide to delect the thief. | each drte..

for .yconomle rights and pririlegea from goremments and natlonnls of all foreign countries whether parties to

that agreement or not.

Provision 1* made for the ertabllafc!ng of an International heard to which questions of compliance with the open door principle may be referred for lavestlgatloo and report. .As first drafted. the resolutions made this applicable to existing concessions. France objected to this and the Japanese, though accepting the plan In principle." were plainly nervous and worried and asked for time to study the '.ext. In the Interest of speedy action the objectionable clause was wltt. drawn, and thereupon the plan was given unanimous appi- val by th* committee. Tbe Americans did not look on this ns a defeat, for. unler their construction of the resol It wi’l rtlll be possible to bring before the International commission any door question Involving existing cessions. Including the prtvi which Japan by her notorious 2' mands forced China to concede In 1915. Tbe Japanese maintain they got Ing through those demmds that violates the open door principle. Ambassador Sbldehnra does not believe the hoard of teference plan Is practicable,

but finally accepted It.

It really looks as though th.- commercial open door in the Far East la about to become. In tbe word* uf Mr. Hughes, a fact instead of a motto. In the tatter part of the week the committee was considering the mutter I of tbe reformation of China'* railway M tlero. The British proposed that the , powers undertnAe to abolish all tratis- : , .nation discrimination in China, and ! the Americans suggested itiat China unify her railways under her own control “with such foreign financial and technical co-eperattan as may prove

necessary.”

Some dispute, unknown to the public at this writing, held up nual completion of the naval treaty. Apparently It involved the question of fortl2 cat loos, and members of the British and Jap-

der to soviet Russia of all Ei ralLin lnrgentz on Finnish soil, tha *.mender Uusslr of their arms, and an Indemnity from Finland for al! damages done to Russia through the Karelian

revolt.

of the reparation-, cotrmlaalon. Germany U paying $7,500,000 gold every ten days until farther arrangements ais made. The first payment wa* made

Wednesday.

In tbe

itaru of the tobacco MM which was a'drtred by the Supreme court.

NBY7 TORK.Ko. 2 red and Na 2 hard. 2L94£: No. 1 Manitoba. 9LF.K; N Durum. $1J4%. c. L t Tort, *o arrive. Cora -Spo. firm; No. 2 No. 2 white. 47H; No. 2 mixed. e. L L New Tort, all rwU. No. t 44V4cl Rye- -Steady: No. 2 Wcatoi . f. o. h. New York aed flfte. rn.Lt export. Hay—quirt; No. 1. 22402$; Na. 2. I2402C; No. 8, $22024; 072

W

irHOCT welting to be aabed.

tbe 4

United States senate by Medlll McCormick of Illinois. It call* on State department for full Information concerning the financial condition, the budgets and the amount* spent on military establishment* by Europerr countries that owe money to America. There U a belief In France that the resolution was aimed at that country alone bevaoxe of Its atard concerning Its land forces and on the subject of submarines. There was no Indication that tbe resolution had the approval of the American administration, and It may be that In stirring up something of r. row It has done all Mr. McCormick

ever expected It would do.

the dispute between Chile and Per* avar th* Taena-Artea territory sad the treaty of Ancon, aal has Inrlted both "tmutrle* to send delegates to W**hlrg'ue frr a enafercnee. The tavRation*. sent la tbe name of President Harding, aay the American government has observed with pleasure that the negottationc between the two 8 aha American rspobl!ea “aeeiied to i''recast a erttieioeot In conference of the difficulty involving final sovereignty of th* province* of Tara* and Arica." Recent patches Indicate this is a rather optimistic view of tbe sltuatlsc. but It may

be jnstlfted.

42c; f.-eah-gatbered first*, nearby a-d nearby Wsrtsra ! whites, first* to extras, 470S2; and nearay Western l axtraa. 45046; brown* and mixed color*, fl tn*. 40C44.

fresh, specials. 20*021; dig « run. 30; State, whole mftk. ft specials, 20fe; do, average i

tra*. 21 027c; score*), 24V402Y;

to 91

if Iretaud, on Tuesday formally turned over Dublin nstle to tbe provisional government of the Irish Free State, tl..- official designation ot which 1* Ulaltaa Seal*beach Na Helreann. The government for the present cooslsls of Michael Collins and "even assoctates. Griffith, who Is president of the Dali Eireann. believed that body should he kept separate from the new stale organization and so declined to head the provisional government, rapidly as is practicable tlie British troops art being removed from the Island, and as they leave there are many outbreak* by the Irreconcilable -epublicans. Collins and his colleagues are -dannlng to tend a commission to Canada to study the Dominion's form of government and draft a constitution along Canadian lines. Tbe Bank of Ireland has s&wed to lend the

* Washburn Child and General Allen. al 'he bead of a composite battalion irom the army cf oo-unation, America on Wednesday paid trlur e to the memory of Italy'* "unknow.. Midler.' - who is buried la I torn*. King Victor Emmanuel and all high govern nee - official*, aa well a* Ov entire diplomatic corps, attended th* Impress ive ceremony, which was wltaorwed by an Immense throng. Amhaastdor < "hlld delivered the oration and bestowed ca the Italian warrior the Congresslimi.1 Medal of Honor, and Premier Bonoml resixmded for hi* country.

made in tbe collection of the ull-I'ou-doltar fund which tlie Woodrow Wilson foundation will ado.lnlster by making aunual awards to per*.mi who distinguish themselves by their Ice to humanity.- All over the counfry tbe pledge* came In thick and fast. One of the most significant contributions wan that of 21.0UD by the railroad shop crafts anions. Tlie isolation* accompanying it said tlie contrtbutlon was “a testimonial p. Wood row Wilson for hU unsrillsh Ideals In behalf of not only the peop!e ,rf t b c United State* but of the entire world who loved liberty and bappltm*, and for hla fairness In dec nog witn fmetM that so vital!j- affected the adfam of

). 2203S; packlag atort. ke. No. 2, 19021 '

PHI i-ADELPHIA.—W No. 2 red winter. $1.1601.21; 4 Hcky. $1J.i>01.H. Cora—Hlyht-r; No. 2 trr expqr. «lV40«2%e; No 2. 6©0»X: Mb. 4. $20 169; carlo's, local. No. 2 yellow, a%r 62%: No. 2 yellow, 60061%. Oats—No. 2 white, I5%04$e; Ke. $ white. 44044%. Hay—Finn; fair demxod; i \>-o 2. 22)022; do. Na S. ( ssniple $15017; no clover-mixad hay. light mixed. 199.51 021: No. 1 mixed. $19020. Butter—Weatera creamery •***•■ 24%c; nearby print*, fancy, 42. E*r*—Nsarby extra first*. «kC; dA first*. 44; Wert bra extra fi.eU. 0: 4c, first*. 42; fancy ailectvd parted. 5*

059.

Cheese—Now York whole «nM fancy data, held, 22c; do. fresh. H0 :1V. fair to good. 20039%: toJC-, horns, 22023: •■■j 02S. fresh. ‘

KANSAS steady. »;.6504J5; steady; medium cows. $3.7S0Lt»; dlum heifers. $506.25; canaaca. I 0250; catie**. $102.50; » "“ * around 4496. Hogs—Bulk sale* $7.4007Jl: “J $S.19: bidotag slightly ioaae «« 1 load* tats arrivals; pigs «■*