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Attorney General Chargee Conepiraey to Mulct State of S140.000—Legialature Will Probe Commiaaion. Standard-Loaf Bill Fails. Twoton. March 7.—The anU-cllmax to the Highway Commission controYersy. expected since the arrival of Senator Edge, failed to develop. The conference of Republican Senators dosed early without any new aspect to the sltnatlon. Senator Parry emerging from the conference room stated that while ■ome efforts to revive the highway 1s•nes were made, the matter la the game as It was six weehs ago. It la the contention of Edce support«rs here that a canvass of Senators •n the one man board bill showed at least eleven and possibly thirteen in favor of ft. but Senators approached Challenged the assertion. An unsuccessful attempt was made by Senator Pierson of Union county to have the senate pass his measure for the standanzatlon of a loaf of bread. The roll was called three times, bnt the Union representative was compelled to request that the measure bo laid over temporarily. Following a prolonged and heated discussion Senator Agans of Hunterdon was compellc** to ask that the sen- 1 ate postpone temporarily consideration of the bill repealing the law providing for teachers' tenure. The measure. Mr Agans said, had the backing of all agricultural societies and civic organizations In the rural

districts

Senator Tooder of Gloucester persuaded the senate to pass his bill which will enable the city of Woodbury to borrow sufficient funds on a bond Issue to build an additional grammar and high school The measure would permit cities of third class to Increase from * to S per cent the amount of bond> for school purposes. Health Bill Defeated The senate temporarily defeated Senator Barber's bill requiring the State Board of Health to give Inatrccttons 1c cases of tuberculosis In advocating the measure Dr Barber declared that more than 100.000 people tn New Jersey were afflicted with the "white plague.*' and that the measure to a considerable degree would be beneOclal to persons so afflicted. The measure carries with It an appropriation of (30.000. It. however, was Impossible for the Warren Republican to obtain a sufficient number of supporter* to approve the bill. The Blackwell Joint resolution providing for the appointment of a com mission to Investigate the Issuance and promotion of stock ventures and to report the result at the next aesaion was passed la the senate. Senator Blackwell argued that bine sky legislation was absolutely necessary to protect Innocent persons who are fleeced out of hundreds of thousands

of dollars annually.

Appointments by Rltzar General LewU T. Bryant. Republican. of Atlantic City was renominated by Governor Sltzer as commissioner of labor He was first appointed to that position by Governor Murphy when th* labor department was reorganized 1c IK-f He was reappointed fry Governor Stokes and Governor For., both Republican*, and Governor

wllaon. Is-mocrat

In the Fielder administration, when it was proposeg u> appoint a Demooat. the legislator, passed a term extender which continued 'ieoertl

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Another nomination sent in was that of George R Green of Cape May Court House a* prosecutor of Cap* May coupty. That office has been in charge of John Solan, who was dealgBated from the attorney general's offloe to act because of the failure of the legislature last year to confirm the appointment made by Governor

Edwards.

Other nominations sent to the sen*te were as follow. Common pleas Judge of Moms county. Franklin WU•on of Morris town, prosecutor of Morris county. James Bolitho of Rockaway; Judge of the Second Judldnl district. Morris county. Orville V tfeslar. Morristown. Judge of the First Judicial district. Mum. county ICd ward A. Quayle. Jr ; Sal. m County Tax Board. George Schallrk of C o • tenon: Ocean Tax Board. Lawrence D. Vannote. Point Plensact: Middle•ex Tax Board. Joseph A h nsan Roosevelt: Bergen Tax Board. Wllliam Whitehead. Garfl.id. Somerset Tax Board. Berkeley W Moore j r Somerville To Reorganize •' ta Pol.ce With all the Democrats ano .ome Republicans oppooing. the feuusa Passed the bill by Mr Blair ot v Uc reorganising the departm. - ■ f •tate police by providing for a b: : tlesn board of four member* t be elected by th* legislature in Joint alon The department at preset under th.- sole direction of Colone t Norman Schwarzkopf Mr Blair c claimed any Intcntloo of playing p<> tics or . usting the present officer He argued that older toe® should bead the department, that there should b* an appeal from the rulings of the ao pertnundmt and that expeaduniwa I

abonld b« minimized. He raid the present organization Is more cf a a..lItary than a police force. The Demicratr and sor e Republican* based objections to the bill on the ground that It takes the appointive power from the governor. The house passed the Randolph antMynching bill, which D similar to th.- laws now in effect In Ohio and Il-

linois.

Mr George, the minority leader, served notice that he would Invoke : the nil. of fifteen days by offering it the proper time resolutions to relieve the house Judiciary Committee of further consideration of three of the George bills aimed at liberalizing the manufacture and sale of liquor. immediately after Mr. George had announced bis Intentions with respect to the three measures, which have been kept In committee since the opening of the session. Mr. Corio, the majority leader, called a conference of the Republican members. Highway Board Sued Coincident with the Wing of a salt In the court of chancery by Attorney General McCran. alleging fraud purchase of land for the Amboy bridge by the State Highway Commission. Republican Senate Leader Stevena announced a legislative committee would pursue an Independent Investigation of the oust d board. The salt was bronght at the Instance of Governor Sllzer. The highway board was dismissed January 22 Republican State Chairman E. C. Stokes suggested the legislative probe, which was Indorsed by majority senators. Mr. Stevena said a committee of three senators and three assemblymen would undertake the work, with Attorney General Me Cran as counsel. The attorney general charges that the highway commissioners and the W. J. Connell Lumber Company ot South Amboy combined and conspired to defraud and cheat the state. The Information charges that the commission, through Us agents, obtained appraisals of the company's i.-’d. consisting ot se.?n and one-half acres, for (12.000 an acre, or a total value ot (90.000. The commission paid (230.000 for Um lands. Other Accusations Other allegations are: That the commission purchased adjoining lands from other owners for a price approximating the appraisals obtained in the Donnell case. That the commission on March 28. 1922. authorized the condemnation of the lands of the Donnell Lumber Company and subsequently rescinded such action: that on May 19. 1922. Chairman George L. P-irton of Sonth River at a meeting of the commission calL-d to the attention of the commission: "That It was not possible to make considerable progress with the construction of the Amboy bridge and

CARPENTERS UNIONIZE or ocean cm More than two hundred carpenter* have become Member* of the newly organized union In Ocewn City, and they are asking for a •'cloned" shop and certain conditions In the wage scale. They are negotiating with the master builders, but up to this thne nothing definite has resulted. Efforts have been made at variou* times during the last twelve or fifteen years to organize a carpenter*' union In Ocean City. and. while such an organization of these men has been made, the unions never made much headway. The carpenter* atate that conditions are different now.

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Individuals Named The Information expressly charges that Mr. Burton, as chairman, when' he Informed the commission that he tad secured appraisals of (240.000 and (227.1*00 respectively on value of land, kti-m that the same were untrus and that the said appraisals were appraisal* secured by the Donnell Com pany at Its speda! Instance and re quest. The Information further charges that the member* of ch. State Highway Commission nreaent at the meeting had knowledge that the 'xtements were untrue. lue bill charges the commissioner* knew the price was exorbitant and the lands had been appraised for $12. 000 P° r “cri- and that tb< consideration was so utterly disproportionate to the true value a* to constitute fraud on the part o? the commissionera and the concern. Kllla Mackay Tunnel Act S- nator Mackay . bill to p. rmlt formation of private cm panics to ! ’ vehicular tunnel* connecting “ ' ■'* and New Jersey and this >'• and Pennsylvania coal.I not •.T - i.ough votes In the srnt'e to adopted Henatur Simpson object i th- measure, ronu-ndlng It la dst.*. r> permit private co.-pora condemn Inal fur suet pur

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