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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1912 Pennsylvania News Happenings of a Dag News Happenings in New Jersey Natural Alkaline Water Not Genuine without the word ML GRETNA 115 CAMP IN TIME; OF A WAR Governor Tener issues Order to National Guard in Accordance With Plan of Regular Army ROBINSON TYNDALE CLAIMED BY DEATH Member of Weil-Known Philadelphia Chinaware Firm Succumbs at Media Home LAYMEN'S MEETING ENDS IN READING FLOOR SINKS WITH BODY AND MDURfJERS Terrified Crowd Escape to Street While Water and Gas Pipes Sustain Them HEW PROSECUTOR IS DDDG1HS JOB-SEEKERS. Camden Official Is Constantly Besieged by 'Phone and Letters by Hungry Democrats Monster Mass Meeting Brings to a Close Remarkable Religious Demonstration A delightful table water with highly medicinal qualities JQCHt; jfegg Ask your Physician ity 1 TV- A i to Tho Inquirer. HARRISBURG, Jan. 17. Gov-r nor lener.

as commander in chief the National Guard, today issued order designating Alt. Gretna as the oneral mobilization camp for Pennsylvania in time of war. The commander in chief also directel the appointment of recruiting officers for rci regiment ami other organization ot the National Guard, in accordance with a request recently received from ibe YVar Department at Washington I his is a part of the plan' of putting tne Guard on a regular army footin I lie recruiting officers are to recruit then Already Prosecutor William T. Boyle, of Camden, who took his office Tuesday night, is having his own troubles dodging persistent office seekers. They arc-not only deluging him with letters, but are even camping on his steps, constantly 'phoning and otherwise trying to attract his attention.

It has been many years since a Democrat held that office and the rank and file of that party appear to be very hungry for the jobs which can be handed out. Assistant Prosecutor Charles A. ol-verton is still in office and it is Jikely Special to The Inquirer. Jan. 17.

Kobinsou Tyn-dale, a prominent Philadelphia merchant, died at his home here today after a week's illness with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2.o0 o'clock in Christ P. E. Church, of which he was a vestryman. Interment will be in 3ledia Cemetery, lie was born in Xew York City September 23.

1853, and was a son of liar-old Tyndale. senior member of the iirm of Tyndale Mitchell, china merchants, whose establishment was located on Chestnut street. Philadelphia. In his Special to The Inquirer-. READING, Jan.

17. What was probably the greatest convention in point of interest and influence ever held in this city, came to a close v. ith a monster mass meeting in the Auditorium, tonight. The sessions in the cause of the laymen's missionary movement throughout the day were largely attended and the keenest interest was shown. J.

Campbell White presided at this morning's session in Trinity Lutheran Church. Over 20O men attended. Dr. I. B.

Wolf, of Baltimore; Rev. George Johnson, of Cleveland, and Dr. W. E. Lnmpe, of Philadelphia, save brief talks.

i i X-V While the family and about forty mourners were standing about the coffin containing the body of Frank Giam-marino in the, parlor at 705 South Third street, Camden, last night, the floor suddenly collapsed. It fell about two feet and was sustained by gas and water pipes While the panic-stricken ciowd escaped to the: street. Court Interpreter Antonio Mecca, the undertaker, prevented the body from being headlong into the midst of the mourners. GiamrnarinoY body had been laid out in the casket, about which there were a number of candles. Undertaker Mecca was applying the lights 'while the ielatives and friends assembled.

The last candle bad been lighted when there was a crash and the floor sank. In an instant all was confusion. Men, women and children, crying, were thrown into a tangled mass. Several women The widow and her two children became hysterical. Lurching forward by the floor's collapse, the body of Giammarino was on the point of being thrown into the midst of the terrified gathering, but Mecca and his assistants held it up until order had been restored.

It was then carried out to Mecca's place, wjiere the body was Erepared dr the services which will be eld this morning. FIGHTS MOTHER'S DEED it in den Woman Allesea Son l'ed due Influence Alleging undue influence, Mrs. Lottie Wilson, before Vice Chancellor Learning in Camden vesterdav. asked for a decree setting aside a conveyance to property at Xewton avenue and Spruce street, which was deeded to her brother, William Conley. by her mother, Mrs.

Hannah Conlev. It was declared by the complainant that her mother was ill in November, 1910. and that she was prevailed upon to sign over the property several days before she died. The defendant and another brother now have the property. A general denial of undue influence was set tip bv the defendant and efforts were made to prevent a division of the property demanded by the sister.

Asks $1 0,000 for Bump in Slip As a result of a Philadelphia and Camden ferryboat bumping into a slip at the foot of Federal street on Xovember 8 last, suit was yesterday begun in the Supreme Court in Camden against the corporation by Louis 31. Hoffnieister to recover $10,000 damages. It is set forth in the declaration that Hoffmeister was on the craft when it was sent into the slip with 6ueh force that the passengers were thrown from their feet. He was badly injured and alleges he is still in a serious condition. (FRENCH REPUBLIC PROPERTY 3 iii I'RSDAT.

JANUARY 18tU GO TO THE BIG SHOE STORE 1204-6-8 SAVINGS Markel St. DEPARTMENT BASEMENT A Shoe Sale of interest to the economical and careful shoe-buyer. for Addition to the, GREAT SAVINGS Our shoes fit, as well as give good service, and these are all of this season's make and styles. Tans and Black for real winter service, and styles adapted to early spring wear. Mail orders receive prompt attention.

Ladies ohoe rariors, Mq.in Floor For Men. 2d and 3d Floors. Children's Basement for First Floor. Bargains. Goodyear "Glove-Fitting" Kubbers for all shape shoe- (Heel and Toe).

We Sell "Onyx Everwear" Hosiery GUARANTEED FOR SIX MONTHS Dalsimer Standard Shoes GOOD WEAR OR A NEW PAIR STORE CLOSES 5.30 P. M. FOR 088-Note $25 down and $10 a month. No extras no red tape. no interest 12 rolls of music, bench and scarf FREE.

We'll sell you music rolls at 40 off catalog prices. Come in and see what a bargain this player is. F. A. NORTH CO.

1306 CHESTNUT STREET Please spud me oomplote information about your $:75 Player-Piano; also dotnils of easy-pay. ment plan, without interest or extras. Name Address Inq. 1-1S-12 Srt I upright uU square PIANOS s.j. $r0, $75 and upwards.

Term to suit. L'oiun aud talk it over. Ludwig Piano Co. THE BENEFICIAL SAVIN6 FUND of Philadelphia SOCIETY 1200 and 1202 CHESTNUT ST. Why not open a joint ac count with your wife, either may draw or in the event of the death ot either, the survivor can withdraw the deposit without trouble or expense.

Interest 3.65 per annum ABU Pure Gin Buchu. for kidney. liver and bladder trouble. $1 Qt. Andrew Forbes.

6 N. Utb. Read the Inquirer Want Ada KgaMggffOR! $3.50 ff $4, $4.50, $5 Values for For Men Women Player kuildl. lie WJ1J iriliaiu iiicil: lJ I -it- least. The detective force is still intact, although rumor has it that a resignation or two has been sent to( th-j Prosecutor.

The civil service law is supposed to protect the attaches of the office, but there are too many hungry office seekers for anyone to escape is the belief of present attaches. MUST PRODUCE BOOKS To Probe Tax Iierimination Charges in Millville Monday Special to The Inquirer. MILLVILLE, Jan. 17. The Cumberland County Tax Board Avill convene here on Thursday morning to hear the complaints of the Millville Gas Company and the Millville Water Company, which urge that the tax assessments levied against the glass plants of Whitall, Tatum Company and the cotton mills of the Millville Manufacturing Company be raised in the interest of equalization.

The managers of the manufacturing plants will be required to produce the books at the hearing tomorrow, and it is believed that important revelations will be made. This action is the outcome of charges that the assessors who are employed by the defendant companies made discriminations in favor of their employers. New Jersey Notes From Regular Correspondent. BURLINGTON. A series of interesting talks by experts on practical chemistry, astronomy and mapmaking will be ck-livered before the Boy Scouts of Burlington.

BURLINGTON. On a wager made by fellow workmen. George Kenny, employed at the Birr-b Carriage Factory. waded barefoot through snowdrifts yesterday, pushing a wheelbarrow load of coal. ASBURY PARK.

An ice carnival is the latest undertaking of the Asbury Park Carnival Association which manages the summer events. Plans are being made for an ice carnival to be held on Wesley Lake within the Dext two weeks. The entire, Ashury Park Bide of the lake Is to be strung with inca descents. The carnival is to be a masque affair. and Mrs.

P. Chamberlin celebrated the sixty-second anniversary of their marriage at their homes here. MOUNT HOLLY. The body of Captain Charles Ewan Merritt was Interred in St. Andrew's Bpiscopal Burying Ground this afternoon.

The funeral was held from the church and was largely attended by prominent people. The rector. Rev. James Stoddard, was assisted by Rt. Rev.

Bishop Scarborough and Dean Charles M. Perkins. In the funeral cortege was a detachment from Company Third Regiment, National Guards. HAMMOSTOX. The third mysterious fire within a month occurred here.

The barn of P. Pasqualaqo. corner Third and Fairview aveues, was consumed. ASBURY PARK. By a vote of Council the Eureka Company, the colored fire-lighting or- fanization.

is to be eliminated from tbe city re department. The company is to be asked to vacate its fire house on February 1. Tt was claimed by those opposed to a continuation of fee company as a port of the department that it was maintained for political purposes only. EGG HARBOR CITY. Mrs.

Arthur Lang was badly injured in a fall down two fights of stairs. On her way to retire for the right and almost at the top of the stairs her foot slipped. She was injured on the head, arm and body, besides sustaining internal injuries. A lighted lamp, which she carried, was broken. EGG HARBOR CITY.

Miss Anna Lott, daughter of Fred Lott, was lwdly scalded when the handle of a kettle broke. Estd. BANK OF 1S17 NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA. Paid-up Capita! Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors Aggregate Assets, 30th Sept. 1910, $233,555,630.

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For we're urgently in need of books to supply the winter demand of our friends. We'll go anywhere the number of volumes warrant, appraise, pay. for, pack and remove the books without slightest trouble to the seller. Write for Catalogue of Remainder of Editions. Leary's Book Slore Ninth Street, Below Market Opptsite Post-Office Safe for the littlest tot.

Hires Gold Milk (Evaporated) 10c a can at your grocer's. 50c Supper 75c Dinner Acker Dining Balcony 9i rn Sewedon wfiiJeyoii wait stiuisth as soon as these are called into' the serv ice of the United State itj a iuji war hen the local orermVHri 4 trie LaLf mooiiization camp the recruit- nig i lice i. Aicn a suitable detail of enlisted men. will remain at home, recruit-nig and torwardmg all recruits to the State mobilization -camp. When the re eigrmization coes outside the State it will be joined bv tlwtecruiting officer, the commander wall detail a party to remain behind anl recruiting for the organization throughout the war.

These recruits are to re iorwarded first to the State mobi Ization camp for drill and equipment and thence to the front to join their uiganizations. A general recruiting pavtv will be ap ointed by the Governor in time of war to be in charge of the State mobilization camp, under command of the chief ur' ordnance. Governor Tener directs that the small VZiTSuZl t-cer tor that organization, and the com-! manaers or troops ot cavalry, batteries lit artillery and. engineer and signal corps are to appoint one of their lieutenants to act in that capacity. ucvlUi.L"1- uinceis aie t0 themselves 1 1 11 1 iiv 11 vi ii tics, ru rxis 1, jj 1 cj-'t iv.u for action in event of'swar.

The regular army inspectors will annually report to the War Department as to the preparedness of each organization of the to carry out this order. MRS. GREEN GETS DIVORCE l.lanercl AVomau AVins Separation Fro 111 Davis B. Green. Siiccial to The Imiuirer.

MEDIA, Jan. 17. W. I. B.

Mc-Clenachan, master, today tiled a report recommending that Mrs. Clarissa A. ire-en. of LJanerch. be granted a divorce from Davis B.

Green, whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs. Green testified before the master that ber husband deserted her at Sugar-town, Chester count j-, March 7, 1S97, and that she believed he eloped with a woman named Laura De Gournois. now btlieved to be deceased. Mrs.

Green alleged that her husband and the woman named were parties to a' bigamous marriage, and Airs. Xellie Smith, a sister of the respondent, produced a marriage certificate showing that her brother and Laura De Gournois were married at Jersey City April 12. 1905. A final rule in divorce has been entered in the divorce suit of Mrs. Jennie Fogg, Glen Riddle, against Joseph Fogg, whom she chaiges'with desertions Twenty-five days of married life were sufficient for Mrs.

Anna G. Kelso, of Chester, who has instituted suit for divorce against Hugh Kelso, whom she charges with ill treatment. -K AU-nr- liac. KPh crr.TTtPI TO Mr. lewette E- Plant, of Bumside.

Ridley township, who charged her husband. John 15. Plant, of Philadelphia, with desertion January 1V(4. The couple were n.arriedOctober (. 1Si9.

The respondent lives at 1347 Ellsworth street. Philadelphia. Mrs. Plant declared that her husband oecame infatuated with her niece, whom she did not name. SIX INJURED IN EXPLOSION Men Employed in Harvesting lee Hurt When Boiler Bursts LEBANON.

Jan. 17. Six men were very seriously injured, two of tbem probably fatally, in a boiler explosion today at Colebrook. twelve miles south if here. They were part of a force of nne hundred men employed by the Vnited Coal and Ice Company of Hai-risburg in harvesting ice at its Colebrook dam and were seated with others around the boiler in a frame shanty when the explosion occurred.

The most seriously injured are Harry Osborn. engineer in charge of the plant, Harrisburg. single, aged 42, compound fracture of leg, scalded face and head, lacerated scalp; Reuben McLaughlin, laborer. Lebanon, aged 22, single, scalded and burned, lacerated scalp, probably fatal; William McLoughlin, laborer. Lebanon, aged 43, father of Reuben McLaughlin, compound fracture of elbow, body scalded, probably fatal; John Bea-mesderfer, laborer, Colebrook.

aged 08, married, scalp lacerated, body scalded, serious; John II. Light, laborer, Leba non, ased 3b. married, ngnt snoiucier dislocated, back injured and scalded, severe; Samuel Foreman, foreman of ice gang. Colebrook, injured about body. FILE $2,000,000 MORTGAGE lvania -textile C'oninnny' Iteeord Inleres'ting PoeumenU to The Inquirer, CARLISLE, Pa- 17.

Probablr lite largest mortgage tljat has been filed for record in Cumberland county has been received by Clerk of the Courts James A. a others. The document is given by the Textile Company to the State Street Trust Company, of Boston, and is tor the sum of .52,000,000. The Textile mpany is chartered under the laws of tViin- lvania, with offices in York, and he- hank is the tins tee. of the mortgage.

TV Textile Company is an organization Yew York City and Pennsylvania formed for the purpose of operating the silk mills in York and Carlisle. ARE YOU FREE FROM- Headaches, Colds, Indigestion, Stomach, Dizziness? If you are not, the most effective, prompt and pleasant Method of getting rid of them is to take.nowand then.adesseitspoon-fol of the ever refreshing and truly beneficial laxative remedy Syrup Figs and Elixir of Senna. It is well known throughout the world as the best of family laxative remedies, because it acts so gently and strengthens naturally without irritating the system in any way. To get its beneficial effects it is always necessary to buy the genuine, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup bearing the name of the Company, plainly printed on the front of every package! I i days ne was his tat and later with Caldwell Coi ner farm nnpauy. In the firm of Wright, Tyndale an rioaen- lul i Philadelohia.

of which he was a mem ber. was formed. Mr. Tyndale resided at Moyland and Media for twenty years, tie has been actively connected with all public movements in Media and was president of the Media Club. He was a graduate of Friends' Central School.

He was a director of Philips Brooks School. Philadelphia. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Wirz Tyndale, whs an invalid; one son, Robinson Tvnauole, two daughters, Mis Elizabeth Tvndale and Mary Tyn- dale: three sisters. Mrs. H.

M. Wirz. ot Waliingford: Mrs. Dr. Voigt, ot fiuia-delphia; Mrs.

John Alien, of California, and three brothers. Charles, of Wild-wood. X. Harold, of California, and William, of Moylan. FOR ILL-FITTING GOWN Hotdni Woman wins sum" i.tmivi in Court at AlUntown Special la The Inquirer.

ALLEXTOWN, Jan. 17. Mis. S. Wears formerly Etterme M.

Davis, ot jthLj cit Vife of a business man of Bos- ton, lost just S31 through the trial in court of her case against L. David Ivahn, a tailor, on the score that an expensive gown he made for her did not fit. A magistrate had awarded her Sj0. The sealed verdict brought in this morn ing was for $19. Many of the jury were grizzled Lehigh county farmers, more expert at drawing the products of the.

earth out of the soil than at judging whether a striped serge tailor-made dress was cut exactly straight or on the bias. The Sl'J it was explained, the jury thought would about compensate her for extra material, but nothing was allowed for her lawyer's fees or mental agon for an alleged ill-fitting creation. Auto Wrecked in Snowbank Special to The Inquirer. CHESTER. Jan.

17. John J. Me-Clure, head of the Chester Brewing Company, and Joseph H. Hinkson. an attorney, were returning from the Springhav-en Golf Club's grounds in the former's automobile today when the car ran into a large snowdrift.

The occupants of the machine were thrown out, and although the heavy top was torn from the automobile. McClure and Hinksovi escaped uninjured. William Bauer, the chauffeur, was injured by the shattering of the windshield. The machine was wrecked. Peach Buds Are Uninjured Sijecial to The Inquirer.

CARLISLE. Jan. 17. Despite the intensely cold weather the past week, the peach and apple buds in this section of the Cumberland Vallev have not been frozen, declares Colonel Robert Mid-dleton, of Boiling Springs, traveling freight agent for the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company. Mr.

Middleton has a peach orchard of 3000 peach, trees, besides an orchard of 1000 apple trees, and he states that the trees were prevented from being terribly frozen bv the fact that they were not moistened by the weather conditions. Bristol Poultry Show Opens Special to The Inquirer. BRISTOL, Jan. 17. The third annual shew of the Bristol Poultry and Pigeon Association, opened today in the No.

2 Fire House, with the largest list of exhibits and premiums in the history of the organization. Over four hundred entries have been received and the silver cups and special prizes number over 110. The TK'tO" judges are Ed. Hickman of Cheyney. and H.

M. Keener of Chestnut Hill. C. G. Baxter ot Xewaik, X.

will judge the pigeons. Two Injured in Explosion Sper-ial to The Inquirer. SHAMOKIX, Jan. 17. After being blown thirty feet along a gangway at Natalie, today and almost torn to pieces hy a dynamite explosion, Peter Greulla and Samuel Ferkage were hurried to the Miners' Hospital here, where slight hope is entertained for their recovery.

They were digging coal when a blast charged with djnamite aeeidentally exploded under their feet. When a rescuing party reached them it was thought for a while the men had been killed. EVENTS AROUND EASTON Special to Tho iTRjMlrrr. KA-STOX. Jan.

17. At the annual nieet-in-' of the Talbot County Medical Society, in Easton loilar, to" following were elected: President. Ir. Philip Travers. Bastoa; vice president.

Dr. Joseph Ross, Trappe: secretary an.l treasurer. Dr. W. N.

Palmer, Easton; delegate to the State convention, Dr. Charles K. Davidson. Kaston; alternate. Dr.

Charles H. Roe. Cordova. Tue Commissioners for Talbot fount at their meetinar today appointed as Countv Health Ofneer Dr. Edward It.

Trippe. and as phvsi-ciau to the county jail Dr. Philip Travels, P.aston. The bijsh wind of Tuesday atised the snnw to drift badly, uoakinjr travel on the public roaus the county nearly impossible Owing to the snow and severe old eather. Easton is experiencing a irwii d-alers have lmt a want supply.

Ic j8 said coal dealers will not let any one person have a lame quantity at one time for fear of ruuninjf short. MA JOR I RANK G. PERRIN The Inquirer extends birthday greetings tj a well-known resident of Delaware county, who an attorney of Media, Pa. f'il-K! LfSj' jRIj- I Other speakers were Dr. George Drach, or 1'hiiadelphia; Colonel Halford and W.

E. Dougherty. At the afternoon session this program was tendered: Devotional exercises, Rev. Dr. R.

W. Hufford; "What Are We Goijng to Do About It?" Rev. Div C. J. Musser, Philadelphia; "From Denominational Conferences and Expressions of Personal Purposes," J.

Campbell White: "First-hand Impressions of Foreign Missions," Bishop S. C. Breyfogel. In the Auditorium tonight this.pro-gram was carried out Devotional exercises, Rev Dr. J.

Ford; "Missions as an Investment of Possession and Life," George lnnes, Philadelphia; "How Can I Hasten the Evangelization of the World?" J. Camp-bel White. A women's mass meeting was held this evening in St. James' Lutheran Church. SCRANT0N COUPLE WEDDED Miss France Jerinvn a mot Belin Inltctl gpeetol to The Inquirer.

SCRANTON. Jan. 17. The marriage in St. Episcopal Church this evening of Miss Frances Jermyn, daughter of the late Frank Jermyn, to F.

LaMot Belin, clubman and member of City Council, was the most brilliant event of the social season. Rt. Rev. Bishop Rogers Israel, of a former pastor of St. Luke's, officiated, and the bridal party numbered thirty-two.

There were five hundred guests at the reception held at the home of the bride's uncle, George B. Jermyn, and one hundred of these were from out of the city. Mr. Belin and his father, Henry Belin, have charge of the powder trust interests in theanthracite region, and he is related on his maternal side to the duPont family of Delaware. The bride is a granddaughter of the late Joseph Jermyn, millionaire coal operator.

NO CARLISLE TAXI SERVICE Otraer of I -one Machine "VVonld. Aiot Permit Regrulntlon Fare Special to The Inquirer, i CARLISLE, Jan. 17. Carlisle's taxicab service, of which the borough has consistently boasted, will give its farewell honk-honk within a few days and whizz away toward Harrisburg. Town Council is considering an ordinance which, if passed, will cut the taxicab fare to fifteen cents, and Elmer Zeigler, the local taxi magnate, says he will not stand for it.

When Council cuts the fare, says Zeigler, the business will pay almost as well as a wheel barrow dray-line. So Zeigler bade good-by to his taxi and sold the car to a- Harrisburg man. START FUND TO RECOVER WOMAN AUTOISFS BODY Special to The Inqnlrer. TRENTON, N. Jan.

17. Three of the victims of last Saturday's tragedy, when an automobile driven by Frederick M. Foster plunged into a race and five of the occupants were drowned, were buried here today. They were Miss Margaret Tindall. Chester VanCleef and Donald Reed.

The body of Mies Helen Mulvey has been forwarded to New Haven, her former home. A public fund has been started to pay for the recovery and burial of the body of Miss Annie Shakosky, the only victim whose body has not been recovered. More than a hundred dollars have been subscribed and Coroner Bower is being assisted in the search by a number of volunteers. An investigation of the circumstances surrounding the case is being made by Anderson Shiniv, an inspector for the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Fear for Schooner Week Overdue Special to The Inquirer.

ATLANTIC X. Jan. 17. Fears are entertained here for the safety of the schooner Thomas Jane, overdue a 'week in Irovidence, R. from the Chesapeake district.

She is in charge of Captain James Abbott, of Port Republic, with a crew recruited entirely from Atlantic county. Sheriff's Wife Dies in Denver Special to The Inquirer. ATLANTIC CITY. X. Jan.

17. Word was received here this afternoon of the death of Mrs. Mabel J. Johnson, wife of ex-Sheriff Enoch L. Johnson, in Denver this morning.

The young woman was taken to that city last week. Mr. Johnson is bringing the body to this city. MILLVILLE MENTION Special to The Inquirer. MILLVILLE, X.

Jan. 17. Fire caused by a defective flue damaged slightly the residence of Councilman Frank R. Sheppard, at Mill-ville, last evening. Owing to the floating ice in the Delaware River, no freight from Philadelphia reached Millville today.

Fifty building lota between Mount Pleasant and Union Lake have been sold and a score of dwellings will be ere-eted on the tract in the spring. The Crystal Glass Plant in North Millville has again resumed full blast after a several days' shut down. Prospects are bright for a steady run. Many ducks are now being killed about Iridium's Bay. and almost daily sportsmen return with their game bags well filled.

DOWN BRIDGETON WAY Special to The Inquirer. BRIDGETOX. X. Jan. 17.

Timothy Woodruff, re-elected Commissioner of Public Works, took the oath of office before City Council last evening and now enters upon his imrty-sixtn year as supcrinienaent or tne water works. Jesse R. Andrew, who was for manv years tollgate keeper on the Brldgeton and Millville tuniDike. died at Alexandria. acred 68 years.

me new omeers or tiienwooa circle, rvo. 7, Ladies of the G. A. R-, were installed by Mrs. Iavima Gaun.

of this city, the Department President, with Mrs. A. May Bevans, as President of the 'Circle. City Collector MeGear appointed Miss Mildred Boone deputy collector. The appointment has been confirmed by City Council.

GLOUCESTER CITY NOTES Special to The Inquirer. GIXttTCRSTER CITY, X. Jan. 17. Joseph B.

Farquhar, the recently-elected Overseer of the Pool-, has been kept busy for ten days investigating applications for-poor orders. Yesterday he was called to the Camden jail to remove Henry Diehl. a veteran, a resident of this city, who became ill after stopping in Oarnden for the night. He and two others who are residents, but have no means of support, were taken to the county almshouse. Among his numerous investigations today he found a family consisting of the mother and four children that, was without food or coal.

The funeral of Mrs. Fannie Hough, 86 years of age, one of he oldest members of the first M. F). Church, Gloucester City, took place vesterday at that place, with services In the hirr-h. Interment made in lOedar Grove 'Cemetery.

REV. J. W. LEE. The Inquirer extends birthday greetings to a prominent Gloucester City clergyman.

FARMERS EXCHANGE REPORTS PROSPERITY South Jersey Organization, After Expenses Are Shows $11,902 Profit for Year Special to The Inquirer. WOODSTOWX, X. Jan. 17. Much to the gratification oi the Salem county shareholders, the report of the directors of the South Jersey Exchange, which has just been made public, shows that the year 1911 was a most prosperous one, far exceeding anything that was anticipated.

The first year's report showed a deficit of about $12,000. A number of stockholders left the organization and it was predicted by those who opposed the Exchange that the life was short and could not survive another season. Soon a tidy dividend will be declared unless unexpected reverses are met with. The stockholders number 677, who hold 5518 shares. Frank Davis, manager, in his report shows that at Woodstown the sale of potatoes amounted to S138.417.2G; feed, flour, baskets and hampers, binder twine, fertilizers, lime.

seed, mostlv "grass, seed potatoes, paris green, making a total of $250,000. The sales at the Daretown station aggregated Mullica Hill, Richwood, Yorktown. $23 393.45; Hariisonville, $1830.19, and Mickelton, $17,286.38. The gross sales of potatoes, tuimes, 482,113 bushels amounted to culls. 23,147 bushels, for which $15,633.29 was received an average of over $1 a bushel.

The report ehows that after deducting the expenses the Exchange has a net profit of $11,902.32. The stockholders are satisfied to entrust to the following for another vear the of its affairs- Asa Moore, E. S. Ridgway, Mullica Hill; Geo. Horner, Harrison ville; Clement B.

Richman, Sharptown; George Wadding-ton, Frank Davis, Woodstown; John H. Hitchner, Elmer; Clifford Flitcraft, Geo. M. Graf, Monroeville; Joseph W. Guest, Aura; J.

Morris Reeves, Salem; J. Moar Heritage, Mickelton, and T. B. Dixon. Shiloh.

JERSEY FARMS YIELD $67,700,000 IN YEAR TRENTON, Jan. address by the president of the organization, former Senator Joseph S. -JPre-linghuysen, and the report of the secre tary, rranklm Dye, featured today's ses sion of the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Xew Jersey State Board of Agriculture. Meetings will also be held to morrow and Friday. Mr.

Dye showed that the total yield of the farms of the State for the past year was an increase of almost $4,000,000 over 1910. The in crease was due to the iact that high er prices more than made up for the short crops, the latter having been seri ously anected by extremes ot untimeiy weather. Because of the drought in the early part of the year, much corn failed to germinate and made replanting necessary. The potato crop was reduced about fifyt per cent, and the hay crop was nearly as mucn damaged. I here was an excess of rain during the last monthes ot the year and the secretary declared this would work to the advan tage of the early planted crops, meadows and orchards.

The aceraee, vield and value of various farm products for the year was shown to be, as lotto ws: Corn. 290,000 acres, 11.310,000 bushels. wheat, 111,000 acres, 2.192,- 250 bushles. rye, 85,000 acres, 3,185,000 bushels, oats, 00,000 acres, 1,680,000 bushels, $873,600: buckwheat. 13,000 acres.

000 bushels. hay. 437,000 acres, 546.250 tons, white potatoes, 95,000 acres, 8,455,000 bushels, sweet potatoes, 21,000 acres, 2,415,000 bushels, miscellaneous vegetables and fruits, milk, poultry and eos. $3,000,000. President Frelinghuysen called atten tion to the rapid growth the State population and said this has made the promotion of agriculture one of the great problems of the day.

He said New- Jersey ranks forty-fifth in area and eleventh in population among the States and territories. Charters $5,000,000 Orchard Co. Special to The Inquirer. TRENTON.N. Jan.

17. The Amer- rti-rVi arris flnmnanv was incornora.t.prl at the office of the Secretary of State here today dv w. iu. uones, George ivir-mes and James Belcher, all of Camden. The company is capitalized at 000.

Jl Mew Wofcir COLLAR Easy to put on, easy to take off, easy to tie tbe tie in. Cfoett, Peabody Company, Makers, Troy, ST. Monroeville, Salem, Shiloh, Aura, Elmer. $9739.94: nqnnnnnnjn MROW MR. AND MRS.

JOSEPH WEAVER Church town Couple Married Fifty Years Special to The Inquirer. CHURCHTOWX. Jan. 17. Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Weaver, of this place, yesterday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. One hundred relatives aided them in celebrating the event. Air. Weaver came to Churchtown in 185G and two years later went into business as cabinetmaker and undertaker.

He has followed undertaking ever since. Mr. Weaver has also been assessor in Caernarvon township for forty-three and triends aided him properly ob-years. He is prominent in politics. CIVIC MEET FOR LANCASTER Representatives of Cities to Dig- cnits i Commission Government Special to Th Inquirer.

LANCASTER, Jan. 17. Much interest is being manifested throughout the State' in the convention of allied civic bodies which will be held in this city tomorrow and Friday. The commission form of government for municipalities will constitute the subject for chief consideration, and it will be discussed by able speakers, included among whom will be the following: George W. Guthrie.

ex-Mayor of Pitts burgh; George R. allace, Pittsburgh Manley O. Brown, Meadvilie, author of the bill presented to the Legislature tor the commission form ot government; Professor Ford H. MacGregor, of the University of Wisconsin; J. Horace Mc-Farland, Harrisburg.

president of the American Civic Association; Dr. L. S. Rowe and Dr. Clyde L.

King, instructors in political science in the University of Pennsylvania; Ira R. Stratton, Mayor of Reading: A. M. Fullor, of Meadvilie, president ot the Allied Civic Bodies Committee; Mayor Donnelly, of Trenton, N. Dr.

John Wallace Cooper and Professor A. V. Hiester, of this city. The following cities and boroughs, among others, will be represented with delegates; Erie, York, Reading. DuBois.

Mt. Carmel. McKeesport, Easton, Williamsport, Hazleton, Lock Haven, Johnstown, Carlisle, Greetisburg, Lebanon. Harrisburg. Phoenixville.

Co lumbia, New Cattle, Allentown, Butler, Homestead, Lancaster and Chester. Governor Tener attended the reception tendered by the local Chamber of Commerce tonight to the delegates to the convention. He arrived here shortly after 0 clock and became the guest of Mayor Frank B. McClain. Four hundred of the members of the Chamber of Commerce were assembled to greet the Governor and the visitors.

Five Injured in Collision SHARON, Jan. 17. In a head- on collision between two trolley cars, the Sharon and Youngstown line today, Motorman Xewcomb, aged 31, Mas probably fatally injured and four passengers were bruised. The injured are David Li. Swartz, Pittsburgh; Samuel Waile and C.

C. Chidester, Youngstown, Ohio, and II. A. Little, Cambridge, Mass. The collision was caused by slippery rails and failure of the brakes to hold one of the cars.

To Start Up Big Plant Special to The Inquirer. SHAROX, Jan. 7. Announcement was made today that the North Works of the Carnegie Steel Company, idle for eighteen months, will be started immediately. Over eight hundred men will be affected with the resumption of this plant.

The Carnegie Company will be running its works at full capacity for the first time in nearly two vears. Water Famine in Hazelhurst Special to The Inquirer, I.v,,J. Cl 1 1 lie 1 1 (L 1 1 1 at Hazelhurst, near here, are frozen some where near tne reservoir ana tor tne past twelve hours that town has been undergoing a water famine. State News Notes FYotn Inqolrer OorrtSDOadevta. ALTjENTOWX.

In crossing the Lehigh Valley- tracks at the northern end of this city last night a Lehigh Valley Transit car, bound for Catasauoua and well laden with passen gers, was struck by a shifting engine, and although the front end of the car was wrecked, the motorman escaped with a few scratches. David L. Emanuel, a contractor of Catasau-qua, was Injured. M'AHANOY CITY. Walking off into space at Hammond Colliery.

Girardville. yesterday, Michael Kor.ar. aged 29, went plunging head-lonjar 220 feet to the bottom of a shaft. He waa picked np dad. Kozar thought the mouth of the shaft was closed when he made the fatal step at the third lift.

CHESTER. The borne of James Tuttle, in Marcus Hook, an employe at the Sun Oil Works, wa destroyed bv fire early yesterday morning. His wife had a harrow escape from being burned to death, her skirt catching fire when she attempted to save some articles of value. On account of the fire plugs being frozen up the flremon experienced considerable difficultv in battling with the flames, which gutted the dwelling. The homeless family is being temporarily sheltered by neighbors.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. With his head muffled, due. to the frigid weather, and failing to hear the engine while on his -way to the Reading car shops here, vAlbert Lechman was struck bv a shifter, sustaining a broken left leg and severe internal injuries. SELIXSGROVE. William H.

Shoultz, of Freebirg, a bass singer of note, died aged 64. SHENANDOAH. John W. Brown, son of Superintendent Brown, of the Coal and Iron Company, and Mies Ellen Rae Lathlan were married yesterday by Rev. H.

O. Main, an uncle of the bride, assisted by Rev. W. I. Reed.

LEWSITOWX. Edmund Conrad. aged 72, died at his home in McVeytown yesterday after an illness of several months Incident to a sun stroke. He was a veteran of the Civil War and proprietor and editor of the McVeytown Journal since 1S73. ALLENTOWN.

Injured by a fall on the ice while ekattug with a party of companions two weeks ago, Evelyn, 15-vear-old daughter of Thomas P. Binner, of died yesterday. KANE. After a trial of two weeks without the use of windov glass snappers to help the blowers and catborerg. the plant the Pennsylvania Window Glass Company has.

failed to make a success of dolnjr snapper work by the use of machinerv and electricity. The machine which was expected to help do away with the snappers caused considerable dissatisfaction among the blowers and gatherers, many of them refusing to work, claiming the work was too hard for one man to do. The management re-engaged the snappers, who Urled to work yesterday. Explosion Wrecks Cellar By the explosion of the hot water plant at the home of John Kates, a lawyer, on the Browning road at Collings-wood yesterday, he narrowly escaped death, while the cellar was wrecked. The damage amounted to several hundred dollars.

The plant was recently installed in Lawyer. Kates' new home. Yesterday he had attended it and had just gone upstairs when he was aroused by the explosion which shook the structure on its CAMDEN NEWS NOTES Surrogate Reeves yesterday probated the will of Marsaret Bancroft, head of the Bancroft Training School for Deficient Jlinded Children at Haddonfield. Aside from a few small bequests, the estate, valued at many thousands of dollars, is left to the school. On their way to seek Indians and cowboys in the West, John Manggold.

17 years old, and Alexander Rodders, same age, of IlamontOD. were arrested by the local police as runaways yesterday. They were taken to their homes. In a slight explosion at the lamp black works at the head of Pine stiv-et yesterday, Martin Jabconski. 63 years old, of 1016 South Tenth street, was burned about the face and hands.

He was taken to Cooper Hospital. BAR OUT REPORTERS AT MURDER HEARING Special to The Inquirer. HAMMOXTON, X. Jan. 17.

Prosecutor Goldenberg, County Detective Baitzel and Detective Malseed came here today and held a preliminary hearing in the town hall, in the Perone murder case. Reporters were excluded from the room by order of the prosecutor. Perone, who, it is charged, killed his wife last June, will be tried at May's Landing Monday. He alleges his wife was too friendly with another man. Damages Upheld on R.

R. Passes Special to The Inquirer. TRENTON, X. Jan. 17 In an opinion handed down today Assistant Attorney General Nelson B.

Gaskill holds that railroads of the State have no right to imrose conditions which must be ac cepted by State officials in using railroad passes and that the railroads are not absolved from payment of damages in case of injury to users of passes. The decision was sought as the result of an order of the companies requiring officials and legislators to sign a stipulation assuming all risk of accident. Death Beat Mother Racing Over Sea Special to The Inquirer. ROEBLING. N.

Jan. 17. Only a few hours before his mother arrived, after "a hurried trip, across the Atlantic from her home in Scotland, David H. Martin, a foreman at the Roebling wire plant, died at his residence, on Sixth avenue, last night. Martin contracted a cold last summer and recently returned from an extended stay in the Adiron-dacks.

Woman Dies Aged Nearly 100 Years Special to The Inquirer. ASBURY PARK, XT. Jan. 17. Lacking but a few days of the century mark.

Mrs. Jane Curtis, of Point Pleasant, is dead at her home, along the Manasquan River. She would have been 100 years old on February 4. DAY AT TRENTON Special to The Inquirer. TRHXTOX, X.

Jan. 17. When Simon H. Lavinson. a Factory street shoe dealer, went to his store" this morning he found the front door broken open, and all of the stock pulled from the shelves and scattered over the floor.

A number of pasteboard boxes had been placed on the 6tove and some of them bad caught fire, b-ut burned ont without doing any other damage. Nothing was stolen. Struck by a car and hurled beneath the wheels of a passing train. Pasqnale C41ombritor an employe of the City Water Department, was killed in the freight yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company here today. His bodv was cut in two.

The second annual State convention of the Anti-Saloon League of Xew Jersey will be held Friday in the State Street M. EL Church, this cit. GLASSBORO GLEANINGS Special to The Inquirer. GLASSBORO, X. Jan.

17- John Woods, who fell off a wagon laden with bad and broke both his arms and a leg. died last night in St. Joseph's Hospital. Miss Gertrude Weed, of Williamstown. was taken to Cooper Hospital yesterday for an operation for appendicitis.

A 3-year-old child of Charles Holby. of Glassboro, fell down stairs while the parents were visiting at.FerreH, and broke its tip..