Stone Harbor Gazette

V)L. I— NO. 23 _______ STONE HARBOR, N. J., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915 TWO CENTS

Itone Harbor Gazette Issued Weekly BY THE CITIZENS LEAGUE OF STONE HARBOI Stone Harbor, N. J. Howard was seen walking on Broac greet below Spring Garden last nigh' (Vednesday) about S.30. No matter how many college degrees a' man has if he cannot earn an lion ot living he is an educated ignoram is and is one with the yesterdays, do iig pedagogic goose-steps down the vays to dusty death. Hubbard said, "I do not fear na aire, but I fear for the man who sets Smseif in opposition to nature.1' "here is a promise land • Not far away: Vliere many promises stand New every day; )h, how this promise fell, tinny investors truly tell, '.)h, how their promise fell, Par, far away. They promised a grand boulevard. Long, long ago: Gravel streets and esplanade. Long, long ago; They promised us sidewalks and curbs Which we paid for. but. oh, how sad. 'That's the song we now all know Of promises long ago. The rising of the sun is a glorious sight. hut the raising of a son is a proposition. If there are any schooners on the liar get the mare to pull them off. distributors of father's long green. - "Jones, you have a cough." "I an1 not afraid of that, it's the cofflg that The more a hen lays around the more money she is making. Too much profit without honor has brought many a man to grief. Grafters, like burglars, seldom get rich. Their deeds haunt them, anc satan provides. "Are you musically inclined. Sarah?" "Oh, yes; you should hear me play ther,victrola." A cure for worrying — get busy anc do something..

» Atn nromises in land" deals and devel opment companies Shotiia be dated, sm stamped, "Good this day only." Miss VanDeinpie ' is spending thi week with friends in New York. The Jacksons are expected to opei their home this week, having bough Parnum's house on First avenue. The notice that Freshells are pullinf up a fence on the side of their lot i just a step toward the garden all Cm> Club members promise to have. Iiienzle's bulkhead is nearing comple The Grange met at the Harbor Ini last Saturday for the last time. Miss Jeffreys spent several days ii Stone Harbor and enjoyed the rest anc fair weather. On Tuesday, 19th, Miss Smith, o' Ocean City, came to formally organ ize the Loyal Temperance Legion, an gave the different pledges and salutes The legion now numbers twelve en tliusiastic workers. The card party given for the Suff rage League was fairly successful. Sev en tables were filled and all had, i pleasant afternoon. Rev. Mr. King gave a fine sermon O" "Job, His Patience and Comforters,' on last Sunday. It is always a spirit ual help to have Mr. King with us. On April 1st. there will be a ban concert and box party at the Volur teer Fire House, for the benefit of th bund, and for a social evening. Th band is working hard and doing wel anil will lie a surprise to all. All in vited to come and show their apprecia tion. Right founded on might has a sounf foundation. The original fire company of Stoni Harbor is the Volunteer Fire Compan: No. 1. It has a small home which has always been conducted in an orderly manner, without rum or gambling and is a credit to Stone Harbor. If there is one thing Stone Harbor ; is proud of it is that at least she has four honest men in the four of our Councilnien of the last term, who stood for what they considered right and their duty to the people in the face of great opposition and temptation to yield. It requires strength to stand for your principles when you know that by yielding everything will come your way and the reversal if you do not. Mr. Kienzle and Mr. Oberliolzer visited Stone Harbor last Sunday. A special ear brought many from the city. We notice many Italians and Jews among the people brought down and some were agents. —Word has been received at Cape May of the sudden death from pneumonia at Brooklyn of William Bryant, a popular young Cape May civil engineer, who had been for the last six years engaged on Government work In and about New

PROTEST UNDER DIFFICULTIES Whatever may be the faults of our Council, and whatever the mistakes they may be responsible for in the conduct of our municipal government, it is a matter of common notoriety that the recent ' bond issues" recommended by Council have not been their initiative. Mayor Risley has given the matter his direct personal atK tention. He has closely supervised every step, and the result shows evidence of his power. The law provides that Council, in open session, will receive and consider objections to the passage of an ordinance to create a $160,000 bond issue for the erection of an ocean front bulkhead and jetties, but the public clearly recalls what took place during the last term of Council, and what pressure the Mayor brought to bear upon the Councilmen to force them to pass a like ordinance d nor has the public forgotten the attitude of the Mayor in permiti ting his henchmen to publicly slander the Council, without rebuke. lor daring to follow the dictation of their own conscience, and re- * fusing to become subservient to his will. It is to be assumed ' -herefore, that the public hearing of April 5th will be a farce. Such conditions are accountable in that the people are ignorc int of the true status of the affairs or that they are the easy victims of misrepresentation. Many things are said and printed which are, of course, not true, and which no sensible person pay.' | attention to. But as to the main things complete information has shown^ that from the beginning the truth has not been fairly told. Whatever any one wishes to say in support of the Mayor's heory is listened to with open-mindedness. But the attempt to .inter an opposition or to disagree with the Mayor's purpose result? n ridicule and abuse and all arguments fail. When you hear any one saying that the public opinion i? ignorant or prejudiced you will generally find that the speaker himself is ignorant and prejudiced, and that he is one whose Americanism is but a thin veneer. VESTED RIGHTS There is a good deal of confusion about vested rights. There 's the real estate owner, for example. His vested right is to pay taxes. There is the politician. His vested right is to make the -eal estate owner pay, pay, pay. There is the officeholder. His vested right is to draw his salary, whether he renders efficient service or not ; whether the borough needs him or not. Is it in strict accord with the law of vested right that the politician who is a real estate promoter be empowered to enact laws to compel the real estate owner to pay by taxation what he (the politician) should assume as a promoter. To overburden the tax>ayer to such an extent that he may be forced to dispose of his -eal estate at a great sacrifice, thus affording the politician the opportunity of again securing the land that he may resell it and ao-ain place thereon a fictitious value. Is it in order to deprive the owners of real estate of their nalienable vested right to pay taxes, taxes, taxes ?

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u Millionaires' Quarters on Liner Gascogne Invaded by "Rush" ' Consignment of Animals for the French Army. • In her new role of animal transjort, the French liner Gascogne, fori- nerly styled one of the "queens of he ocean," sailed today for Bordeaux. > arrying 1480 horses purchased by the French Government for use in the i Owing to the necessity of dispatching he shipment immediately, there was no opportunity to transform the liner i any way. As a result, the famous c hip that has carried across the Atuitic the millionaires of two continents as horses in her cabins de luxe, in her ain saloon, in her staterooms, and on 1 or decks. The hold is tilled with orage and equine neighs have replaced he ship's orchestra. The average price paid for the aniials was $225, and their average eight is 1500 pounds. Because of the Ht that she is not properly adapted ir transporting such a cargo, before lalf the horses had been sent up the .angplanks tlie ship began to roll heavy, so that the loading was completed •ith difficulty. No time was available in which to ivest the ship of her expensive fittings; new funnel representing the only Iteration. Horses from the Middle Vest, destined soon to be harnessed to eld artillery, are lying on thick Brussels carpet with crystal cliandelliers inkling above their heads, while others re quartered in sumptuously fitted Asks $5000 for Trolley Injuries. Alleging injuries of a permanent haracter by the alleged premature tartiug of a trolley car, Mrs. Dora ellieoff, through Lawyers Stackhouse nd Kramer, in Camden, yesterday, bean suit to recover $5000 damages rom the Public Service Railway Company. The husband is seeking $2000 for the loss of the services of the wife. Jules A. McCartney, of Philadelphia, brought suit to recover damages from . the same company for injuries sustain- ; ed when struck by a ear rounding the 1 curve at the terminal. AMERICANS WAR SPECTATORS Six Officers Hear Constant Complaint Against Shot Sales to Allies. Berlin, March 21— Six American army officers, who left Berlin on March 14 for the eastern battle front, returned today from Lodz, after an inspection of the front near that city. They made daily excursions from Lodz, and had an opportunity to witness the artillery in action and inspect the aeroplane stations and airship gun protectors. Everywhere they met with complaints regarding the - delivery from the United States of am- 1 munition t.. the allies. CANADIAN DIES AS A HERO With Bayonet and Rifle Broken, He , Refused to Surrender. Paris. March \ U— Jules Cassagne, of c the Twenty-third Infantry, a Canadian t volunteer, is mentioned in the orders of ' the day. He made a rush upon a German trench and tried to break in the I ' protecting roof. His bayonet and rifle 1 Were broken, but he refused to snr- 1 > render, and was killed on the SDit. r

WILL REPAIR SEA'S RAVAGES Sea Isle to Build Bulkheads and Restore Boardwalk. At Sea Isle City, N. J„ the Citv ' Commissioners have passed the- oidi- , nance providing for the construction of bulkheads to protect beach-front properties from future storms. Seventeen bulkheads will be built along the ocean front, and the total cost, $8500, will be . met by a bond issue. An $18,000 bond issue has also been authorized for the building of new boardwalk and the replacing of the walk washed away by the two big storms of the winter. Mr. J. H. Irvin, who during the past few months has been very busy with contracts to furnish feed for horses going abroad, and who is spending most of his time in New York arranging for 'he loading of "steamers," reports the following: FUEL LACK 8TOPS TRAFFTC Some Mexican Railroads Suspend While Others Are Reopened. El Paso, Tex., March -Passenger and freight service on the railway lines operating south of Torreon to Agnas Calientes, Queretero and Guadalajara was ordered temporarily suspended today because of the scarcity of fuel. The railroad lines connecting Piedras Negras, Coahuila. a border point recently captured by the Villa forces, has been opened to the interior and connections made with the mam line through Torreon. Monterey and Saltillo. WORKING ON NOTE TO ALLIES Counsellor Lansing May Hold It Until American Ship is Seized. Washington, D. C.. March 'i..— Counsellor Lansing, of the State Department, has not yet completed his rough I draft of the note which will be sent to England and France as the answer of the United States to Great Britain's Order in Council. Before completing the note he will analyze all the precedents which bear upon the situation. It is probable the American note will not go forward until the first American ship is held up. -The Mercer and Monmouth countv Boards of Freeholders inspected the road from Eller s Corner to Allentown to ascer- , tain whether it would be better to lm ' prove it with stone or gravel. -Flames started by hot coals from a ! threatened destruction of the , I eiinsylvanla Railroad bridge on the Mount Holly-Burlington branch over Assisounk Creek Tuesday night. < , — A braucn or the l'oung Men's enn»- i Hail Association will be formed at Beverly ' this evening. -More than 700 persons heard Jack 1 Cardiff lecture in the First Baptist t Church, Salem. Tuesday evening. Yes- ' terdny he visited the several industries of the city aud spoke to the workmen. ; 1 —Assistant State Commissioner of Edu- t SteelmnnUVst okeDat 'a*""1?! Supei''11,en<le"t 1 exhibition, under the direction of the ' r Home ami School League, last t night. „

CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS OF STONE HARBOR TO PROTEST BOND ISSUES AGGREGATING $106,000 A large gathering of citizens and taxpayers of Stone Harbor met at the Parkway Building, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, March 24th, in answer to a call by the "Citizens' League." Mr. J. H. Irvin was elected chairman and Dr. Joseph M. Caley secretary. The chairman explained in detail the object of the meeting, fully elaborating on the recent action of the Borough Council in repealing the street ordinance, and the passing of a new ordinance auihozirnig the borough to accept streets in Stone Harbor. It being a well recognized fact that it is the object of the Mayor, in acting in his dual capacity to effect a further breach of contract in not carrying to completion the street improvements as specified in their agreements. The series of bond issues aggregating $196,000 were fully explained and elaborated upon by several citizens of Stone Harbor. The bulkhead bond issue of $160,000 was most vigorously apposed as being unwarranted and unjust to the taxpayers. A general debate brought out many speakers and arguments, all of of whom were of the opinion that the Mayor is clearly demonstrating, in the present issues, the meaning of the statements made during the fall campaign. That if the Risleys did not carry the election it would mean failure for the S. J. R. Co. Conditions at Stone Harbor materially differ from anv seashore resort along the Atlantic coast, in that no other beaches are bonded to such fictitious values as at Stone Harbor ($1,300,000) by individuals or corporations. While some substantial form of protection against the inroads of the ocean are essential at Stone Harbor, it was the purpose of all arguments to conclusively prove that the S. J. R. Co. should assume all the necessary expense to restore the beach front and protect their own holdings as well as the Beach Front lots that are held as security for the sale of Beach Front Improvement Bonds. Further, thaf if, in the development of Stone Harbor the company erred by encroaching on the ocean, or did not substantially protect the lots made by them along the beach front, hut as a result of their venture having sold several hundred thousand do.lars worth of lots, then they should assume the full responsibility of their errors and replace the bulkhead that was destroyed 1 he bond issue of $33,000 to build a "public walk," were it not so expensive to the community, would show bevond all doubt just how far the Mayor would go on O. P. M. Mr. II. S. Risley, as president of the S. J. R. Co., stated in Trenton before Governor Fielder, that his company was carrying $32,000 to defray the cost of erecting a boardwalk at Stone Harbor, "when it was needed." The question now arises 1 "Who can account for this $32,000, and when did it disappear >" The bond issue of $6000 for a Fire House is no doubt offered as a political reward. However, without fire-plugs, no water mams in Stone Harbor sufficient to install plugs and no possibilities of any improvement by the water company, with the streets in Stone Harbor impassable, the building of a Fire House is no doubt intended to act as an annex for the overflow from the Re- ' publican club, thus affording another opportunity for the Mayor to handle O. P. M. As a result of the meeting a resolution was unanimously adopted, appointing a Special Committee, empowering it with full authority to take such action as, in their judgment, will best pro- I tect the citizens and safeguard the rights of the investor and real estate owner in Stone Harbor. The meeting adjourned at 11 P M„ subject to a call by the chairman. ' — • — — — - -

° IN ALL PARTS OF JERSEY —The Merchantvllle Review, the oldest 3 cation tb6 town' has susPended publip —Farmers near Almonesson are careful- ? ly looking after a big lot of game recent- ^ ly liberated there. —Residents of Grenloch have formed a Cottage Prayer Meeting Association with gratifying results. . — Mulllca Hill Grangers raised $53 for ' the town's baseball team from a recent i literary entertainment. ; —The' Paulsboro Council has elected . John J. Vauneman, a Justice of the Peace, 1 delinquent tax collector. —A large class Is being piepared for , confirmation at St. I.uke's P. 13. Church, Westville, early In April. -Jack Cardiff, of the Billy Sunday staff, has accepted an invitation to speak in Merchantvllle next Tuesday night. —Contractor Madden has men at work grading the new ball field and tenuis courts for the Westmont Field Club. —The annual meeting of the Salem Driving Park Association for the election of officers will be held tomorrow evening. - Adam Geibel, the blind musician, will give a musical entertainment in the First Baptist Church. Colllngswood. tonight. —More than 50 pcrsous have professed conversion at a revival in Turuersvilie conducted by the Rev. VV. E. Blakiston. —Because of the success of last week the revival in the First Baptist Church, week VU' continued another — "Lost Paradise" will lie presented by members of the Ladies' Auxiliarv of Welcome Fire Company, Oaklyn. Saturday night. —Rev. William A. Stanton, D. D„ of the First Baptist Church, Hightstown, has conducted 20 funeral services since Jan- — Alterations are being made at the Memorial Baptist Church. Salem;' preparatory to the installation of a handsome new pipe organ. frmn^thcS\ariouseTowns °f comm,ittees grove Branch of the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, a train, which will leave Camden every night at 11.30 o'clock, will he put 011 June 1. S£KS«a,»« amount .[ —A movement has been started by the Collingswood Board of Trade for the establishment of a jitney 'bus line to West Collingswood. A reward of $5 has been offered by the Board of Trade of Audubon for the arrest and conviction of anyone found defacing trees. —A variety show will be presented by the Men s Bible Class of the Blackwood Presbyterian Church in the lecture room. evening. —A forest fire burned all day yesterday near Carmel. and State Fire Warden co.vie. with a large force of men. was unable to check it. -The Paulsboro Board of Health has asked Council for an appropriation for the erection of a home to care for contagious disease cases. —Intruders in tbe house of Charles North, at Ricliwood. after eating all the good things wanted, left a dollar bill on the table to pay for it. —Rev. Frank Anderson, of Collingswood Church, will be the speaker at , . Men's Meeting at Blackwood Grange - Hall, Sunday afternoon. -Minnehaha Tribe of Red Men enter- ; tained chiefs and braves of several neigh- 1 tribes at a banquet in the Flor- - •nee wigwam last evening. • ■

DOUBLY ACCUSES WIFE t Paperhanger Says She Erred Immediately After Forgiveness. Soon after he had forgiven his wife for being in the company of Sidney j Jones, an engineer, who was named as i co-respondent in the suit for divorce heard by Master in Chancery Joline, in ■ Camden yesterday, George Wilbur Frost, a paperhanger, of No. 566 Spruce I street declared in hie testimony that a , detective in his employ found Mrs. . Frost in a woods at Clementon in the i company of another man. When Frost returned unexpectedly to ; his home, and found Jones in the house, Mrs. Frost told him ho was foolish to ; suspect any wrongdoing because Jones was a relative he had never met. Investigation, he said, proved otherwise. Married in May, 1010, Frost said they lived happily together until then. The wife denied the allegations. Denying a divorce to Bertram Billsborough. a inotorman. of No. 522 Trenton avenue, Camden, Vice Chancellor 1 Learning yesterday afternoon told the wife thai she had been very indiscreet although, the Court said, the evidence was not sufficient to warrant a legal separation. Mitchell Kane was named as co-respondent. The wife denied niv wrongdoing. ' new vocational school* building.'0" »i,sv'£ t&is' °~" -A passenger train on tbe Central Railroad struck Molina ri's bakery team at the Landisville grade-crossing vesterdav Tbe horse was killed, but (lie driver escaped "I;1 bold an oddVand-en^ls'sffie in tbe schoolliouse tomorrow afternoon and fund!"" l'e"Cfit of the VIctroln -The faculty and students of Peddle Institute nave contributed enough moner to fetie s"„M ,er" grandstand on the atliburned replace the one recently -T«ken suddenly 111, Mrs. Gertrude Itigert. 42 years old. of No. 401 North liiertic-il St ldStleeti i("?m<len' <"<'<l before Coroner Bushey°gave ^certificate of death irom neart disease. „~P„etlti3n.s f01i ,vi0 postal deliveries a ' day are being circulated in Westmont. i —Suffering from a dislocated hip caused I S 1 Si c"»»r i. . ~ , ~ T,he. I'i,tnlan StR3 Club will give a ! minstrel show at the town hall, Clayton, Saturday night, for the benefit of the I &KLT"' , —The Haddon Township Committee has i appointed Charles S. Chew Building In , spector for the First district and FredcSU'wX"£tS."» « <?«•> I —Gloucester _county will be visited next 1 Sunday bv 30 students from the University of Pennsylvania, who will hold c 2 TlfF,l;re.".t Points, under the r auspices of the Y. M. C. A. v

INTERLOCKING DIRECTORSHIP I At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the "Stone Harbor J erminal Company" a clear insight was given as to the system of .. the "Risley Pull." Among some of the many things that devel- , oped at this meeting are the following: — The Risley Bros, secured an option on several farms in Middie Township, adjacent to Cape May Court House, for about . $30,000. They then incorporated the "Terminal Company," underwriting a stock issue of $150,000, and elected themselves to the . principal offices. Issued and sold bonds for about $32,000, which . money no doubt was used to buy the land owned by the Terminal Company. Foi each $100 bond they gave one share of stock and for every ten bonds, or $1000, they gave as a premium a small lot, reserving for themselves, however, a controlling interest in the shares of stock, which, it is to be assumed, cost them practically nothing. In order to market their bonds assurances were given that any money invested would be doubled in a few years, whereas, up to the present day, said bonds have not earned any interest. The report shows that the real estate is carried on the' books at a valuation of $172,219.36, whereas, as a matter of fact, it is worth about 20 per cent, of that amount. The gravel and top soil on the property of the Stone Harbor 1 erminal Co. is being sold to the South Jersey Realtv Co at about one-half of its value. It developed that the Stone Harbor Country Club was incorporated and that the capital stock is owned by the S. H. Terminal Co. That the Country Club was run at an expense of $2255.89, which is really paid by the Terminal Company, although the club' m fact, is principally for the benefit of Stone Harbor or the South Jersey Realty Co. From about October, 1913, to February, 1915, the Terminal Company sold to the S. J. R. Co. all the top soil and so-called gravel for use in Stone Harbor. The Risley Bros., acting as directors of the 1 erminal Company, authorize themselves to acqept from the "Risley Bros.," as the South Jersey Realty Co., a promlssory note in payment for the gravel to an amount of about $3000. Further, the "Risley Bros.," as directors of the Terminal Company, gave an option to buy for $75 per lot, to the "Risley Bros." as the S. J. R. Co., on all the lots along the boulevard, from Scotch Bonnet to the Mt. Airy, and at the stockholders' meeting ratify oy their majority their acts as the Board of Directors All in all, it appears that the Stone Harbor Terminal Co is being operated at the expense of its own stockholders for the benefit of the South Jersey Realty Co., for the reason that the "Risleys control both companies. A demand was made by several stockholders, who have invested $8000 in the company, for inspection of the books, which was referred to their attorney for the company, the Risley Bros, refusing to grant their permission.

JERSEY SENATE STANDS FDR OFFICIAL PAY CUTS Four Democrats Stand With Republicans for Measure Slashing Salaries. BITTER PERSONAL CLASHES

Hennessy Accuses Pierce of Falsehood and Calls Bill e "Pure Bunk. > Trenton, March 2. t— With four Dernoi crats voting with the II Republicans r the Senate today passed the Gaunt bill, , slashing into the salaries of the judij ciary aud high State officials. Under the Constitution the act could not affect , any incumbent, but the total saving under the bill would be upward of , $60,000 a year. The four Democrats who favored the measure were Acker- | sou, of Monmouth: Ackley, of Cumberland; Wheaton, of Cape May, aud Martens. of Hunterdon. In the debate over the measure, bitter personalities were indulged in, and Senator Hennessy, the Democratic leader, openly accused Senator Pierce, Republican, with deliberate falsehood, while charges ot platform pledge-breaking and bad faith Hew thick and fast. It was one I ''le warmest fights of the session. The hill as it first appeared provided, among other cuts the salaries of the State Utility Commissioners, but Senator Read, of Camden, had it amended to leave these alone and include a cut ill tbe pay of the State Commissioner ot Education from $10,000 to $8000 a year. 'Uk- other reductions are. Chancellor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, from $13,000 to $11,000; Vice i baio'ellors and Associate Justices of y^cSJ!l>r^mo Court, from $12,000 to $10,000; State Treasurer and Secretary I 'A !>'ate. from $6000 to $5000': Supreme Court clerk and Chancery Court clerk from $6000 to $4000: Attorney General. from $i 500 to $50l)0; Assistant Attorney General, from $6000 to $4500. After the Republicans opened' f. the bill, Senator Hennessy said ' was very much interested in the • oiogies they were making for standing for it, h"t expressed surprise that Senator Colgate, of Essex, should be so anxious to stand by the party platform to reduce the salaries when lie had repudiated the platform on the "home* rule" resolution. Senator Colgate said his tormentor needn't rub it in," causing a broad laugh. Senator Hennessy said an opportunity had been offered to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in the State Road Department, "but because of a bi-partisan combine of crooked con- < tractors and other dubious persons, nothing was done." He branded tbe bill as pure bunk, intended to catch the rural vote/' Senator Pierce interrupted with: 1 How about the saving on the county tiix boards, which the Senator opposed? There was an apparent bi-partisan com- ' there." i Turning with fire in his eye and in- 1 dignation in his voice, Senator Hen- 1 retorted: "The Senator was guilty ! of deliberate falsehood in stating the ' amount of the saving that bill would ' accomplish and also falsified in stating ' the salaries paid New York Judges." 1 "I demand proof of these charges," 1 came back Senator Pierce, the mildest- ' mannered member of the body. There was hasty examination of the manual j

and much interested speculation, with a busy hum as the figures were gone over. Finally, Senator Hennessy 6aid he would giauly withdraw tbe term "de- . liberate." but the rest of it must stand. Trying to Catch Up. I The House put in. a busy day of it with only a short recess for luncheon and will return to its desk tomorrow . with a great mass of bills awaiting action and time pressing. A very large percentage of the measures awaiting action are of small consequence and no great disaster would befall if final adjournment were to occur immediately. Among the bills passed at the morning session were those of I JTr. • Hammond, giving tim Co:.«r!a sioner of Charities and Corrections power to order a transfer of inmates of the Women's Reformatory to the State prison and vice versa. Mr. Thompson's bill extending the oyster leasing ground in the Shark River district, Senator Allen's bill providing for greater uniformity in the fishing laws of Delaware Bay and River to meet regulations of the State of Delaware, . Mr. Conrad's bill restoring to the Teachers' Retirement Fund teachers whose membership may have lapsed by , reason of their quitting their places, - but returning to teaching, Senator . Ratubuii's bill giving the Governor discretionary power in calling special elections to fill vacancies in Consrress. and Assemblyman Dalrymple's bill providing for the appointment of another Circuit Court Judge to take over accumulated business in Passaic countv. On the latter bill Mr. Dalrymple explained that the Court is now so clogged that litigants suffer from long deSenator Pierce said lie was deeplygrieved to see a radical departure from the old conventions and courtesies of the Senate. It mai-Red a lowering of the standards and he wanted to register a solemn protest to it. Senator Hennessy looked as though he wanted to say "Oh, fudge," but he said instead tiiat lie was somewhat averse to being questioned like a school boy. Senators Read atid Gaunt said that more "bunk" came from Senator Hennessy than from anyone else. Several others indulged iu the scrimmages, but it was finally called off with no loss of life, lays. Some humor was injected into the discussion of a bill of Senator Matbis designed to prevent the importation ot disease-infected bees into this State. Mr. Conrad, of Ocean, stood for the bill, saying that it was meant to protect owners of apiaries who have been subjected to heavy losses because of diseases which have beeu brought in from colonics of other parts of the country or abroad. Mr. Peacock wanted to know if the lull would have any relation to that childish malady known as "hives," and Mr. Hammond, of Somerset, asked if it would seriously affect Senatorial or Gubernatorial bees. When they learned that these would not be interfered with ilie bill was passed without a negative vote. Faster Time in Chancery. The House also passed a series of bills presented by Senator Read, which passed the upper House, providing for a more simple and speedy form of procedure in the Court of Chancerv. One of the provisions of the series is for the appointment of a Judicial Council headed by the Chancellor, whic-h will be -oven power and authority to sug-est new rules of procedure to 'bring about the desired result. The House also passed Senator Read s bill providing an amendment to the Seven Sisters law, to allow one corporation to own stock in another for investment purposes only, and not for voting or holding. Mr. Pancoast ot Camden, said the provision is the same as contained in the Clayton AntiTrust law passed by Congress, and Mr. Martin said that he had been opposed to the bill until lie discovered this provision. He was, therefore, in favor of the measure, no vote was cast against There was some debate, but no political division, on the bill of Assemblyman Dalrymple, repealing the preferential