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NLW JERSEY STATE BRIEFS

Thomas Sagerson and AI ben baser, drlr^ra of a Colonial Ice Cream Company truck, killed near Lakewood by a train, met death tlmiuch carelessness. • coroner's Jury found at Freehold. Beads from a broken necklace and other trinkets found In their car led to yarrants being Issued through the cotmty prosecutor's office for Roscoe Clifford and Michael Horner. Paulsboro young meu, upon charges preferred by Ella May Sticeper, lirlng near Ewan. The warrants were sworn i out by William Emerich, the girl's

ffunrdlan.

Julia Ward Howe’s daughter. Mrs. Florence Marion Howe Hall, died High Bridge. The eldest surviving daughter of Mrs. Howe and the late Samuel Grldley JJowe. she was also a direct descendant of the revolutionary' governor or Rhode Island. Samuel Ward. Mrs. Hall was seventy-seven years old. In 1871 she was married to David Prescott Hall of IJew Tort Mayor Charles Browne of Princeton and Her. David B. Tompkins, borough recorder, have been made defendants In a suit filed In the Supreme Court by the •North western Detective Agency of Newark to recover H.02&35 for services In connection with gathering evidence against alleged prohibition law violators. Payment is refused on the

amount claimed Is

it the

greatly In excess of that agreed upon. Charles It Fletcher, originator of ■Castorla," died in Orange of infirmities Incident to old age. Bora In New Tork 84 years ago, Mr. Fletcher went to work st the age of thirteen In a proprietary medicine establishment. In

U73 be had saved enough psrchaae the formula for

from a New York physician and organised the Oentaur Company for Its manufacture. He retired from active management of his big plant last 8epA committee named by the Board of Directors of Mercer Hospital to recommend a man to succeed Miss There* G. Leech, resigned, as soperlntmdent. has Indorsed Tunis J. Klvett of Paterson. Mr. Klvett la af present tn charge of the clinic of the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, New Tort If the selection Is approved by the board, as expected. Mr. Klvett will

come to Trenton May 1.

Vincent Ear. Lembeck, twenty-sev-en. the mn by a common-law marriage of the late Victor Henry Lembeck. millionaire brewer of Jersey City, who •oed for a shire In the estate of bis father and grandfather, was awarded Jest twice the amount he asked for by a Jury In the Hudson county Supreme Conn. He brought suit for *25.000, end the Jury gave him fcC.000 In ad-

dition to a K.OOU legacy.

Mrs Anna Berger, aged forty, drowned herself In the bathtub In her home at 240 North Center street. Orange. after throwing a heavy blanket about her bead. Dr. Brien, the county pbyricUn. who made the Investigation. said that there was only 18 Inches of water In rhe tub and that Mrs. Beereger used the blanket to keep her

bead under.

Bids were advertised for the grading •f nearly are miles of Sectl.n 2 of the Mantua-Gtasshoro r ad. starting from Barnesboro and passing through Pitman on Into Glass M>ro. marking the •tan of a new road program which Is rapidly growing In proportion -n Glou-

eeater cunty.

The Port Norrik Chamber of Cito•eraa alerted George L. Brittain presi-

ded.

From a moving picture stow the Ho>dbu;y K. P. C A. added *30 to Its A c-mauttee from the Barnesboro •re ruapsoy Is soliciting funds for a

»«-w Are Harm.

The annua! spell log contest of tbe pupils of the Cumb-rl.' nd county pubbr schools win be he'd In the Culver auditorium. Millville, on county field

day. May U.

William J. Ryan. Jr., seven, died fr-m injuries received when be feU oft a city wagon at Trenton. William N. Harris, driver. Is held for manslaugh-

ter.

The site for the *1.000,000 New Jersey State Normal School was selected in Hudson county by Jersey City authorities and the three members of the New Jersey guts H erd if Education. Tbe ccbool la to be situated la Bay View avenue, west of Hudson boulevard. Jersey City, on a *100.000 site a»w owned by tbe Federal Shipbuild-

ing Corporation.

Mayor Charles Scbult* of Little Ferry settled one argument as to whether be could throw Clro Job. a contractor, out of town hall. It r a unanimously

Prohibition Agent William Cannon. Jr., of Camden was dismissed "for the tfO' d of the service." No further explanation was given. I Work on tbe Point Pleasant canal is j now in the final stages. Tbe canal will : connect Point Plectant Reach {-y water with Atlantic City and direct southhound yachts from New York Into the inlet there. Over 1.000 subscribers havj contributed *84.500 since January 1 for the lot skating rink and building being erected at Princ?' In honor of Prince-ton's great athlete. “Kobey" Baker. according to the latest rrport of Percy R. Pyne 2d, chairman of the Hobart Baker Memorial Fend Com-

mittee.

Necessity for Increased vlgilange by state police In rural sections cf tbe state was emphasized in a bulletin Issued to all troop commanders of tbe state police. The bulletin detailed penalties for various kinds of theft and warned the police to ruard against stealing of fruit, blossoms, vegetables and chickens, .o-operatlon with all organizations In rural districts to reduce such crimes was urged. The Lawyers' Mortgage Company has announced tha. the judges In the trademark contest has selected the design submitted by Mias JoeetUa Larter of 805 ML Prospect ave-.oe. Newark, to whom a check for *1.000 has been Miss Larter, whose design was •me of over 6.000 submitted. Is a teacher In the Fawcett School of Industrial

Arts of Newark.

Mrs. Mary Freed, tbe first woman ever elected Justice of the piace at Atlantic City, announced that she win give her husband a Job as her constable. As he Is a constable now. Henry Freed will merely exchange offices. Jersey City has Inaugurated a marble shooting contest to determine tbe best “shorter" among tbe city's playground boys. Any Jersey City Ltd between the ages of eight and fifteen Is eligible for tbe contest, the winner of which will lead the Jersey City Rotary Club boys' week parade Apr!' 29. Leas than *300.000 of tbe r 12JX».n00 expended by the government at BelcovRle. tbe war village, hat been realised when the three day auction sale conducted under the snpervtsloc of the Philadelphia District Salvage Board c, °aed. The &000 acres comprising the site of the war village brought *37.000. Great quantities of supplies and more than 800 houses and factory buildings brought leas than *150,000. A cl risen who responds to an appeal from an employee of a public utility to esaiat In controlling a troublesome situation and who sustains Injury through such service may Justly hold the utility liable. Supreme Ceart Justice Parker held In ordering a new trial of a suit brought against t> Public Service Railway Company ly William J. Frazier of Gloucester City, who sought damages for injuries mulcted by a negro passenger on one of '.he company's

trolley ears.

Tbe Elks' Lodge at Atlantic City took the first definite ste^ tor a new borne. A resoturio was adopted authorizing the building committee to at once obtain an option on a site for a

L—View of Rmlaklllen. on the Ulster border, scene of fierce fighting In the Irish factional warfare. 2.—Room In the palaco In Genua where the eco nomlc conference opened. 8.—Fund, first king of Egypt In two thousand yean, walking tn bis palace garden. * •

I ted for plans During tbe last three mouths SU04 ha’f pints of milk pupils In the Millville public schools, according to a report made to CR. Soperfnteodem Sickles. The children drink tbe milk during the morning recess. and statistics show hat tn undernot rifcbed pupils have steadily gained la weight and Improved In dais work. Rev. Retnbold Bletnar. pastor of the Moravian Church at Fivt Points, has accepted appointment as principal of the Moravian Seminary and (Vliege for Women at Bethlehem. Pa. Walter C. Skinner has sold his 30 acre farm near Barnesboro to Michael Slgel of Woodlya for *13400. Tbe first aid team of the Bell Telephone Company appeared under the auspices of tbe Palmyra Ambulance Aasodatlon before a Urge audience In tbe high school auditorium. Rev. James H. Hurley of De Witt. - has accepted s call to the pastorate of the Marlboro Baptist Church and will assume t duties as soon as the transfer can be made.’ On a serious charge made at ColItngswood by Miss Anna May Sitley of 206 Wood lawn avenue, twenty-one years eld. Richard E. Do5bs.*aged twenty-seven, of 6 East Colling* avenue and William WalUce, Jr. aged twenty-two. of 6 West Knight avenue, are In tbe ('trader county Jail without ball to await court action. Miss Sitley .nade tbe charge before Recorder Fox bis office following a previous charge made by Herb<-rt Schooley. an officer of Tatem-Shi'lds post. American

Legion.

Declaring that citizens and traffic must be safeguarded at unprotected grad- crossings of the West Je sey and

agreed in the end the* be could. But Seashore railroad, running through the

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Russian Delegates Start Rows in the Economic Conference

mm h mmm\

Ptaa for Ten-Year

•y EDWARD W. PICKARD

L ACKING the spirit that animated

the Washington conference, that of

reaching an agre-jSMnL the European economic conference which opened last week In Genoa may. neveithelcsa. manproject that will meet the needs of the old world. Premier Lloyd George, *bo la domlnaf.ni' the meeting, believes It wtlL Many other eminent mer and a great many European newspapers are skeptical. .Already It Is

r wide scope Is reached. It must be

mutual guaranty pact, a variation of Article X of the League of Nations covenant, by which wars In Europe would be prohibited tor ten years. He thinks that if this were adopted, with a penalty clause that all other nations should unite against any power Invading or wantonly attacking (inochsr. the seviet Bed army could be disbanded, and the little entente and eventually France could reduce the Mat of their land forces. France and Poland claim they must maintain large armlet to meet the threat of Russia against the Poles, though It to generally understood the French realty have In mind action against Germany In case the reparations are not paid. The detogstea from the lu-

lled with the form of this plan. U to said will support it on two coodldooa: That thetr right under existing treaties to Invade Hungagg In case of an atrtoration be in-

*®xt day a new argument started, the question being whether the mayor had baea guilty cf assault and battery on Job. Although thn maycl 1ms he merely bent Job ever his knee to break a bold on bla collar, be was arrested or

t sworn out by th« rntrac-

center of Haddonfield. tbe borough commissioners I-ave Irstructed Solicitor Harding to petition the Public Utilities Commission for protection at M^ont Vernon and Redman avenues. There are no warnings a: those point* other than bells, that ring when they

mayor give bail, am the | are 'n order, and recently a number

orptr to obtain In the rmfereM*. to sistent and almost obstreperous, being bolstered by tbe support of the Germans and certain of the neutral nstloos and by the nnlveraaRy admitted fact that Europe cannot be restored economically until ITnaeli Is again of the family of nations At the very outset TchlCherin. after accepting the Cannes conditions, precipitated an angry debate with tbe French by Insisting that It was Decenary 1 disarmament Lloyd Geoi quieted the uproar by saying: "Gentlemen, we have i greed not to dlscnas disarmament therefore our French colleague to right but we mast not waste our rime in Argument We must get on. Nerertbele**. In my opinion, the conference will naturally result In disarms: Next day tbe Russians protested the presence of the Japanese and tbe Rumanians, because Japan and Romania are -unlawfully occupying Russian territories In Siberia and Bessarabia. Viscount lohll replied tha.' Japan would take part In the conference In spite of the Russian objections. and Bradano. premier of Rumania. asserted that Bessarabia, which Is mainly populated by countrymen, had been awarded Rumania by the allies- Premier Facta of Italy, who had been elected permanent president of the conference. ruled that In any case the Invitation* wi

argument will be

grand Jury.

The Ocean City Chc-nber of Commerce will bold a membership booster banquet at the Blscayne aotel April 18. Extensive plans are being made for name a

the observance of the o s hundrru and twenty-fifth anniversary of Kemble Method 1st Cburrh at Woodbury, begin-

ning May 14.

John Van Houten. a farmer, died of burn* suffered when he collapsed In the peth of a brush fire he was fighting The fire broke oat >n Van Houten'* farm, near Hackensack. He was fighting It alone when )• i was overcome bj smoke and fall bvfoi* the o. rua'a.og

of serloui accidents have been narrow-

ly averted.

’^ayt-r Walton, prohibition enforcement officer cf Woodbury, baa resign and State fJlrector Brown will

icceaaog

Gl-mrester City nuncT peered ca first and second reading* *n ordinance providing for a bundle ode and the appointment of a building inspector. There are 24 seetb-ns 1 ■ the ordinance, and every perron vhc makes any alterations or additions or builds a boose must file puns sod pay a fee. Every contractor and builder must nay a license fee of *25. snd no porches or bulk window i win be all owed beyond

^ZL

fain, to made op of Great Britain. Franc*. Italy. Gremeay. Russia Belgium and Japan, and of Poland.

of her special position, but there mas such arm)nous objection that be sub-

Tbeunya for Belgium wanted Russia

Russia. It was stated in Genoa, was ready to give all tbe financial guarantees demanded In the program which the experts of the allies prepared last root: Ui In London, but mould not accept the da use providing for mixed tribunals to fix responsibility, considering the totter an Infringement of Russian sovereignty. The soviet delegation had an alternate plan prepared.

signatory nations ajree to help one another by force of anna against any one who breaks the pad. It was expected that both France and Great Britain would support them In the first condition bn: that the Utter would oppose the second, because she wished *o model the pert on he Washington treaty In order to please . and because the British are not willing to engage to send troops Up to this rime tbe*German* haven't id much to say In the conference, but In the first meeting of the committee on finance Herr Henna*, Oer-

repareriona. Picard of France angrily objected to even the moitioo of the word. Of coarse, however, the Germans expect the subject will have to be handled by tbe conference ultimately. and In this they are supported by. Premier Bran ting of Swcder. who really Is spokesman fer the neutral nations. He declares flatly that tne treaties of the entente with Its former enemies must be revised; and he also

000. General Tul. the Japanese military commander there, says Japan will remain until China fulfills every pledge made In Washington.

republican factions of the Irish, together with several neutral but Influential personages, began a conference In Dublin Thursday which it hoped mould result In the cessation of Hie hostilities and an agreemes the date of the elections. Arthur Griffith had planned the election for June, but De Valera objects to Its being held on the existing register because it to out uf date. In the British parliament the opposition bitterly attacked the government because of the Irish altuatloo end the danger of a coop d'etat by De Valera during the Easter reeves. Winston Churchill In a brilliant speech defended the gov-

'T'HE senate flnan * version of tbe revised tariff was reported on Tuesday, bearing tbe signature* of all of tbe ten Republican members except Senator La Foilette of Wisconsin. In th

Bient proposals, aaau-tfeg that this Is the biggest thing Irfore the conference. Rnasla says ter budget is covered by the revenues sod that her army w<II soon be reduced from 8400400 to 1400,000. Her representative on the finance committee Insisted

h the bouse bUL rates

of duty have been shifted and the basis of ad vniorem duties has been changed from that of the American value, as proposed oy the bouae. back to the present foreign valuation basis- This makes the ad valorem rates higher, but rhe specific duties In many cases have been lowered. Agricultural product* and some classes of Manufactured goods are given Increased rate*. Senator McCumber. chairman of tbe committee, say* the bill has been written on the basis of both protection and revenue no rate being so high as to cut off resvonable foreign competition or so low that American manufacturers cannot bold their full share of tbe American market He give* assurance that there will be final enactment of tariff legislation before congrere adjourns. 'T'HERE Is not much to be said X concerning the cos' miners' strike. President Lewi* of the mine workers estimates that during the week 23.000 nonunion men Joined the strikers, making a total of 73400 recruits ot that clasa. In acme Ohio fields atrikera In large bodies made de nrostratlons at mine* still operating, and the owners appealed for protection.

S ENATOR FRANCE ot Maryland has .nfonped the statesmen tn Oecoa that he Is pressing in the senate v resolution for representation of the United States in the conference. renew their tnrlta-

It U stated In

the capita! that tbe attitude of the adm I r 1st ration on bis matter has not Among tbe unofficial AroerGenne Is Frank Vanderilp. and It to likely Ids advice will by the committee finance. He said In an Interview "The question of the revision of the German reparations la extremely vital

on and there-

fore It la regrettable that the confer-

It. In fact

It if doubtful whether the conference will result in much unless the reparations are diacnaaed. It Ir necessary to reconstruct Germany as well as the other nations on an economic basts,

and sorely Germany will remain had state unless her reparations tars are definitely settled here."

J APAN, while negotiating an agree-

ment w'th the Chita goveramem

Ot tbe Far Bast—on agreement which

reported to have been already

signed—Is ruthlessly supporting the Vladivostok government, to -the extant of fighting tbe Chtte forces continually. The Utter have been driven out of tbe neutral zone between them and the VUdivoetok territory and Che

and VUdivoetok troop* berg

moved far to the north. The Japanese press U Insistent on evacuation of Siberia, burthe military party refuses As for Shantung, the chancre that China will ever recover that province from Japan are fading. Tbe Chinese are distracted with their dvil war. and tboee who know conditions <~n see no way in which China can ralar the price which Japan exacts for th* rerr-n of the Shar.tung development* ash Lie Ktan-Chau leased territory

of Ala-

| bema Introduced a bin giving suthor•ty to Judges of federal courts on the application of the attorney g*n«*l to appoint receiver* to eperate doond ROWING fiercer dally, ffu fight v - # between the little nary- men la the bouae and those who support (he administration's ideas on this msttar developed some fireworks last m-ma £"y m*. are tIul ™ Padgett of Tennesaee. former chairman of the naval committee, led many of hi* fellow Democrat, to the support of the administration The most effective argument* 0 f t! • Utter were In a letter from Secretary Hughra. read by Bopreaenutiv,. Kog- «*- He urged that the standard of the naval treaty ot Washington i*

UOleM ^ « the

United State* was to be Impaired and

Its rerarlro put m Jeopardy.

Gallivan of Maaaacbnaetu suggested that the navy be turned over to the

prohibition commissioner*. TT^O Brfmbllcan ex-service

c Sooll Dakota, ualtrt i„ thn»t.

°“* n " ■>•»•££

a wroml Thy jttM a,, , omwtMi in on •‘"tot*, he was then the govern m,*, - torcm - •**

win tor, *POL 9L86%; No. I .pot, *144%. Cora—Contiwt spot. «7%c; s 0 spot, *6. Oats—No. 2 whits, as i «Hc; No. 2 white, ns to weight! «%- Rye—No. 1 Wo* fl-MH. hag lota aauhy ry*. Z quality. *0c«ML MilUrsd—City Mills wUter | per ton. In 1004b. sacks. *M; Pan _ •nlllfeed. par ton. In 10Mb. sacks, jj white middlings, pur ton. U *Mh „ ton sacks. *40; tame U 1004b j sacks. **T. These quMatfem are blng pricea. Hay-Receipt*. «» tons. The beta qualities of timothy, Hg*r mixed, u No. 1 clorm- hay are quoted at Hi i HI par ton. Straw—N". 1 tangled rye. per u, m.S0; No. 1 wheat. *1L***11 ; No oat (nominal). Buttor—Creamery, fancy, ». choice. ?4*M do. good. 12en do. prints. **#40; do. Mocks. Jiga do. aanrhy. *4#M; toffies. *«*; Marytond and Preum. leito. «©• OMo rrfto, 2*#24; W w» TtrgUk ml 20021; atorconckad. »»; Md, Va. „ Pa. dairy pr— “

70; 1 to 1%. ® thin. 2S#30; winter. S #b. sad h 40045; old roomers. 18#IT; old h 4% lbs. end over, K#2d; medlar 4 lb*.. 2S02C; whtte Uqhere. b 24. Docks, mu n>. young. He; i ». *% a small*.', poor. 28. old. 45#SOe; yon«L fowl young, such, * lb*. 70075c; eU •ach. 40045. ' 4IC4S: young 25. “oea Pennsylvania, No. 1. par 100 lbs. JU 01-75; New York and New Jersey, S» L per 100 Ibe, *14001.75; Wetter* No. L S14O0LTK; Butera Short. Maryland and VtrgtaU McCotjmco. do. )1.4r 01.M; Southern Marylud McCormick.-, *1.400145; red potaten n.400140; an sections. No. 1 7Sd H: all eectloas. No. Lpar UMk toi *2-7602; No. 2. do. 51.7502. Now Potatoes—Florida, No. 1. p hrL *704; do. Nsl 2. *604; sweat North Carolina. Nc. L per bri.. Ut <40; Eastern Shore. Maryland u Delaware, per bri, *40440; Bane: Shore Virginia, par brt. *240014 Yam*, per Wi, *2400440. Swmo all sections. No. J. par bn. hams VU 01.75. Yams, all nettas* No. L * per hemp, <1450140: areeU > runs, all sectUno. No. I. per ha: 60075c.

uid No. 2 hard. *1.46%; No. 1 h tffiM. (145%, and No, 2 mixed Duran *14*%. c L L tn*. Mow Yott. to a

rtva.

■d No. i whin . T*%. «

7»%c. and Nd. 2 ml New York. nU rafl.

to shoot HOODC-J.- 1 cuntnod by U

Oats—No. * white, 44%c.

trkA *7%0** e; da, tgtna ( a| ^ *7: da. firsts (IS to *1 oocre). MV Peking .took, onrreat m* No. 2.21022.

ftrsu. 27%0n%; Nov Jaraer »«T whitoa. extra Ut,y candle »02* ; do. uneaadled. *7; State, nearby and nearby We»t«* benne.y white*, fire la to axtres * M: do. bAnnery brown*, extraSteu and nearby gathered brown* »» mixed colors, flrau to axtru. 2^«

* r «*h. »pedals, l*%0Uc: do av* X7%012; State, whole « twl «^ *roah. spocUL 12%: ■ 17%0U.

PHILADELPHIA. — Wheal — «d «wtatar. H 410144; do. garbctJ 11.240141. Corn-No. I for export. 74071' » * «07fl: Nc. 4. «7%0H%; car W for local trad*. No. I yoBow. 7'.V»I 72%: No. 3 ynOew. T4%071%. Hay—Timothy So. • *21022 ^ No. I. fi»0M; aampto. *160 D * Krade, *14014; c4o»or«Ued ‘ r Hgbt mixed. H10n4e; No. 1 *1»02*. Eggs—Nearby extra first*. *7Vi« do. firau. 24%; Western extra fir* 27%; do. firsta, 26%; Crash select I*<**d. 2402*.

UVE STOCK

BALTIKOEE. - Caivae - Choi, weight veals, per lb, »%01' y fat. heavy vaata, fi%0» w dood. 806%; heavy, omooth. I* *07: rough caivaa. 606 Hogs- -Straight. 14c; •ova. »' “ quality. 701; aaShoar*. -"»*• live pigs, a* to atao and qnaliti l*^ 22: a hosts, aa to gUs Bad ffuRu- 11 0U. *