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7 PLAIXFIELD COURIER-NEWS, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1920 PAGE DIIUTEEX PERSONAL FORMER SECRETARY WAR WEEKS DEAD 1 STRIKES ARSENAL EDGE CONDEMNS STORAGE EXPLOSIVES IN POPULOUS DISTS. CAR DAMAGED IN-TRAFFIC COLLISION A (f (Continuea irom page x) I 'i 1 I -i deadly submarine "ash eDd hCadS" t0r" I storage house and subterran- chambers were designed to ea explosions, and to present Tr KDread if one unit wtmt up. M'tteir BPf aU human precau- MRS. A. D.

GERAN DIES IN 78TH YEAR Mrs. Xavinia M. Geran of Alfred D. Geran, died this morning in her seventy-eighth year, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Theodore Van Pelt on Grant avenue, Piscataway Township, after a long illness.

She was born at Marlboro, Monmouth County, and resided in Keyport for forty years. She had lived here with her sister for the past fifteen years and for several months had been confined to her home. Mrs. Geran was a life-long member of the Methodist Church, and when able, attended services at the Monroe Avenue Methodist Churhc. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.

Theodore Van Pelt, Mrs. Anna Winship, of Long Branch and Mrs. Joseph Brennin, of Hasbrouck Heights; four brothers, Willis Conover Thorn and Alfred Thorn, of Plainfield; Holmes Thorn, of Long Branch, and Oscar E. Thorn, of South Plainfield; also a nephew, former Assemblyman Elmer Geran, of Matawan. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at 402 Park avenue.

Rev. A. S. Knight, of the Monroe Avenue Methodist Church, will officiate, and the interment will be made at Holmdel. Arsenal, N.

J. James H. Davenport, Berkshire Valley, New Jersey; Jane Feeney, aged 18 months, Brooklyn, N. Mrs. J.

M. Gately, 542 East 29th street, Brooklyn, N. Louis Rosenman. 1402 Union street, Brooklyn, N. Mathilda Koch, Lake Denmark, N.

Mrs. Burdick. Lake Denmark, N. Madeline Mo-, Ferrin, aged 17, Picatinny Arsenal, N. Mrs.

J. C. Vogt, Picatinny, N. J. Max Mindlin, aged 84, Orange, N.

Tony Damas, Dover, N. Frank McCullough, Dover N. Henry. Mindlin, 80 Central Park West, New York. Eleanor Holmes, Picatinny, Arsenal, N.

U. Tajima, Picatinny Arsenal, N. Elizabeth Blake-ly, aged 14, Rockaway, N. Mrs. O.

Crump, of Picatinny, N. Amatus E. Feeney, Brooklyn, N. Cocnchetta Graquen-do, Rockaway. N.

Leonard Guerrit, Rockaway, N. J. Thomas Kelly, aged 4, Rockaway, N. George Nicholas, Wharton, N. Mrs.

A. M. Peterson, Wharton, N. Walter Peterson, aged 17, Wharton, N. John Peterson, Wharton, N.

Leroy Peterson, aged 9, Wharton, N. Robert Reed, Dover N. Susie Rice, Wharton, N. Francis Schroeder, aged 15, Picatinny, N. Mrs.

Ida Vanderbilt. Wharton, N. John Vanderbilt, Wharton. N. J.

If the bodies found by the searching parties were badly mutilated or burned, the newspapermen were told, they would be removed to the Brooklyn, N. Navy Yard before any effort at identification would be undertaken. The hour betveen 6:30 and 7:30 today passed without a single "shot" being fired by the still burning heap of high explosive shells which was the Arsenal. This raised the hopes of the officers that the end might be in sight, and it was then that the first detachment entered the zone around the Arsenal. It had been absent hardly half an hour before another explosion evidently of a small shell was heard, but during the morning the area was gradually becoming more quiet as compared to yesterday's bombardment.

The body of H. O. Brown, pharmacists mate, whose home was at Poughkeepsie, New York, was located by troops today, and his name was officially transferred to the list of known dead. Lines have been drawn three miles from the scene, within which no civilian can pass. A of 200 marines, sent here from the Quantico, Marine Base, stood guard on the east side of the Arsenal reservation, and awaited orders to move into the devastated section.

Officers explained that unless two hours passed without a shell explosion, the patrols probably would not penetrate more than the outskirts. Today's work will be devoted largely to determining conditions it was expected. "The men who are in there are dead," they said, "and it would be nothing less than foolhardy to send others in to suffer the same fate." ver C. Bliss, Waterville, Maurice R. Hardacker, Galloway, Fred J.

Ratchford, 325 Cincinnati street, Xenia, Paul W. Mor-eau. 323 West Main street, New Britain, John A. Little, Leon, N. Y.

Injured Commissioned and non-commissioned officers: Captain O. C. Dowling, TJ. S. commandant; Lake Denmark arsenal; Quartermaster Sergeant Granter, U.

S. M. Philadelphia, Corporal Charles A. Dettenbach, U. S.

M. East St. Louis, Corporal Thomas F. Mullarkey, TJ. S.

M. New York City; Corporal S. Hunger, U. S. M.

Lake Denmark. N. Corporal Axel Frederickson, U. S. Mr Salt Lake City, Utah; Corporal Marvin Lewis, U.

S. M. C. Sabula, Mo. C'orporcfl John H.

Nellie, U. 3. M. Minneapolis, Corporal L. C.

PeUetier. U. S. M. Salem, Sergeant John C.

Parker. U. S. M. Wyandotte, Major Carl Zornig, U.

S. Picatinny Arsenal, N. Captain Olmes, U. S. A.

Picatinny Arsenal. N. Captain O. Crump, U. S.

Picatinny Arsenal, N. Major Young. U. S. Picatinny Arsenal.

N. J. Marino Privates John Singleton. Dallas, Pearsley Donaldson, Philadelphia, Samuel Boggs, Hugo, John A. Pratt, Montvale, N.

Clarence Roy, Newark, N. Edward McCracken, Brooklyn, N. Y. Antone Courvelle, Sunset, Merrick E. Prather, New Albany, Chester R.

Rourke, Morrow, La. Ernest W. Webb, Los Angeles, Bernardino Trotter, Manchester, N. George' J. Bush, Jersey City, N.

Frederick Ketcham, Lake Denmark, N. John Parker, Thayne, Anton Ohberger, Lake Denmark, N. Owen McCabe, Lake Denmark, N. Philip Costello, Lake Denmark, N. Bertson Nye, Fos-toria, O.

Jeremiah Sullivan, Springfield. Anton Burg, Delwood, L. C. Jonar, Lake Denmark, N. B.

Coddier, Lake Denmark, N. Charles Hendrick, Mount Valley, Kas. Edward Schry, Princeton, Carl L. Lindsey, Dallas, Ga. Matt Allen, Allen ville, John Harper, Bay View, Daniel M.

Huntley, Jamaica Plains Charles Hungler, Jersey City, N. James Weaver, 204 Forty-Eigthth street, Wylan, Thomas Johnson. Lake Denmark, N. Edward Roberts, Buffalo, N. Y.

Otis A. Mcllwain, Montgomery, Wayne A. Taylor, Stines-vllle, Ephram F. Ervin, Charlotte, N. Casmar Kensick.

Hamtramck, Marvin Luch. Lake Denmark, N. Bernard Shacklln, Richmond Hill. New York; John M. Harrold, 14S West 32nd street, Cleveland, Ohio.

Civilians Charles M. Hedrick, Mound City, Miss Riley, Rockaway, N. Mrs. P. H.

Zornig, Picatinny Arsenal, N. John Zornig, aged 4. Picatinny Arsenal, N. Carl Zornig, aged 9, Picatinny (Continued from patge 1) was a direct descendant of Leonard Weeks, one of the New Hampshire pioneers. While attending Dartmouth College, Weeks grasped an opportunity to enter the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and served two years as a midshipman after graduating.

At that time, however, the Government had far more officers than ships and the number of commissions was cut down, Weeks returning to civilian life. He then went to Florida and took a job running out lines of old Spanish grants. It was there that he met, wooed and married Miss Martha A. Sinclair, daughter of Charles A- Sinclair, partner of Frank Jones, famous brewer. Shortly after, acting on a friend's "tip," Weeks came to Boston and, although knowing nothing of the stock brokerage business, he managed to borrow enough money to buy a partnership in a firm that did a flourishing trade as Hornblower Weeks.

Weeks served in the Spanish-American War as a captain in command of the Second Division, Auxiliary United States Naval Force on the Atlantic Coast and at the time of his death today he was a reserve Admiral in th9 Navy. It was in Newton, 26 years ago, that Weeks first tasted political life, winning a contest for alderman. He liked it, became a candidate for mayor, and was elected. Smitten with political ambition, weeks then launched a campaign for Congress from the Twelfth District and in 1904 he was elected to the Fifth-ninth Congress. Serving right through to the Sixty-third Congress when he resigned his seat in the United States Senate.

CHICKENS SUFFER FROM INTENSE HEAT; TRUCK DRIVER SUMMONED The intense hect of Saturday proved fatal to a number of chickens which were being transported on a truck operated by Carmillo Tramontano, of 22 5 Garfield avenue, and as a result Tramantono was arested by Motorcycle Patrolman Walter Dennis, of the bor-ought police department, charged with cruelty to animals, and was summoned to appear in the North Plainfield police court ijnight. The temperature in the sun at the time Tramantono was apprehended was reported to be 112. while it was 9 4 In the shade. Tramantono was carrying three crate? of chickens on an open truck, and they were unprotected from the sun. MRS.

HOWARD WOOI.FTON DIED THIS AFTERNOON Mrs. Woolston, wife of former Freeholder Howard Woolston, died early this afternoon at her homeft 47 Mountain avenue. North Plainfield, after a prolonged Dover, N. July 12. (INS) The practice of storing high explosives in populous centres was bitterly condemned by United States Senator Walter E.

Edge, New Jersey, today, after the Sena, tor had visited the stricken area at Lake Denmark, N. J. "It is an outrageous and crim inal practice to store high explosives 4n thickly copulated districts," said Edge. "I have been remonstrating with Washington for two years against this practice and will introduce a resolu tion at the next session of Congress to bring about the abolition of such practice." Governor Harry Moore, New Jersey, commenting on the storage of explosives, said: "The Government authorities are more competent to judge than I. The plant was out of the way there and anything is likely to be hit by lightning." Secretary of War Davis said: "We have determined that there were no explosions in the Army property." BOYS CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY Anton Krogh.

of 511 East Sixth street; David Garvey, of Kensington avenue; John Hasulak, and Andrew Hasulak, of 763 Webster place; Peter and Vincent Carisi, of 633 East Seventh street: Anthony Delnegro. of 705 South avenue, and Tony Importico, of 735 Webster place, were arrested on the property of Mrs. L. V. F.

Randolph, in Mountain avenue, Saturday, by Motorcycle Patrolman Walter Dennis, of the Borough Police Department, charged with trespassing on private property, and they were summoned to appear in the North Plainfield police court tonight with their fathers. It is alleged the hoys were creating a nuisance by swimming in the brook without proper bathing suits, and otherwise acting in a disorderly manner. A number of boys have been arrested by the police for swimming in Green Brook without proper bathing suits, and the authorities are determined to break up the practice. LADIES OF HOPE CHAPEL TO HOLD PICNIC AT IRVINGTON The Ladies' Aid of Hope Chapel will hold a picnic on Thursday, July 15. at Olympic Park, Irving-ton.

The picnickers will meet at Front street and Grove to take the Irvington bus at 10:00. All will bring their own lunches. Members are invited to bring ther friends. C. D.

OF A. MEETS TONIGHT The regular monthly business meeting of Camp Watchung, No. 2 91, Catholic Daughters of America, will be held this evening at Columbus auditorium, at o'clock. Rear End of Fred Lee's Au tomobile Struck by. One Driven by Raymond Gems Fred Lee, of 1216 Denmark road, was driving west on East Front street near Watchung ave- 1 nue on Saturday and while he was held up for traffic, the rear, end of his automobile was struck by-one driven by Raymond Gems, ot 58 Hilton street.

East Orange, who was also goin In an easterly direction. The spare tirer rim on Lee's car was broken. Hazel Denise, of 9 Madison avenue, was driving west on Fourth street turning north on Park avenue at :30 o'clock Saturday night, when her automobile collided with one driven by Edward Coleman, of 315 Plainfield avenue, who was going east on Fourtn street. The cars were slightly damaged. Patrolman Francis Denny reported at police headquarters that automobiles driven by William Anderson, of 69 West 37th street, Bayonne, and Sylvester Delaney.

of 674 West Fourth street, collided at West Front and Grant avenue early yesterday afternoon. Several women riding with Delany were shaken his car was badly damaged. Anderson's car was also damaged. Delany was driving north on Grant avenue turning into Front street and Anderson was going east on Front street. The vnpact threw Delany's car around so that it faced west, and Anderson's automobile was standing in a northerly direction.

WATCHUNG AVENUE CHURCH HOLDS PICNIC! The annual picnic of the Watchung Presbyterian Church Was held yesterday at JNetnerwood arms. The affair, which was under the direction of the Men Brotherhood, was largely attended. Among the games played were tennis, croquet, quoits, volley ball, and baseball. In baseball the team captained by Dr. Spratt lost to the team captained by Mr.

Murvin Fagely, Maimer Finney was umpire. Bor luncheons were then eaten. The Y. P. A.

sold ice cream, soda and candy. The children from tae Children's Home on Westervelt avenue were the guests of the brotherhood. DEATH OF INFANT Richard McColy, infant son fo Mr. and Mrs. Richard McColy, of 1608 West Third street, died yesterday of pneumonia.

The boy was seven months and nine days of age. The funeral will be held from the parents' home tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. The Rev. Ernest R. Brown, pastor of the Dunellen Presbyterian Church will officiate.

Interment will be made in Hillside Cemetery. MRS. SARAH S. DANIELS DIES IN HEK 54TH YEAR. Mrs.

Sarah S. Daniels, aged fifty-four years, of 725 West Fourth street, died Saturday night. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Washington Taylor, of Virginia, and had been a resident of Plainfield for many years.

She was a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Survivig are her nephew, Ernest Randolph Taylor, with whom she lived three brothers, Patrick, Thomas and Scott Taylor, and two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Washington and Miss Belle Taylor, all of Virginia. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 o'clock tomorrow at the Mt.

Olive Baptist Church, Rev. A. D. Jones, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery.

Those wishing to view the body may do so after 11 o'clock tomorrow. TO DISCUSS BRIDGE Reconstruction of the Pennsyl-vania-Lehigh Valley freight bridge over Newark Bay, betwreen Newark and Bayonne, wi" be the subject of a joint engineers for the War Department and the New Jersey Board of Commerce and Navigation, August 13, in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce building. C. II. Mayhew, accistant United States District Engineer for the New York district, notified Ed mund W.

Wollmuth, executive secretary of the chamber, of the as signment Saturday. At the same time the director of the State Board, Victor Seliineau, canceled a hearing on the same matter scheduled for July 15. W. C. Duycklnck, of Madison avenue, is stopping at Boxwood Manor.

Old Lyme, Conn. 1 BUV a large part of the with .190,000,000 Of explosives wyiuueu, 1 one shell house after a mighty string of Sar-Admiral C. C. Bloch, chief tEthe bureau of ordinance, is itfl makiQS thet s.urvey Mfestigation. From his the Navy will probably Ug7t in its other ammunition P2L points, perhaps gaining win tnilv make torage houses proof against such ag Sat such the Navy here confined Jiork chiefly to checking on Tnf wounded and missing.

the past 24 ISre had been little time for as to causes of the SSSSw "he most common I fSnauon was that the first ex- Sion had been so unexpectedly Ktt that flying fragments of detonated a neighboring stor-Jge nouse which in turn ismated Jhcrs Fire spreading through woods, too, helped to set off 1 the stores. The storehouses, most of them war-time developments, were de-' Lied to blow upward flower not like Navy men explained instead of' outward. The root would -ive rather than the walls. special ventilation was Installed ta euard against spontaneous explosion; special floors to prevent Tirt th whom building was lightning "proofed. i Rome oi i n-w A nnarirrniinn plosives were oiuicu and according to last word early today to the Navy none of these 'subterranean magazines was attested.

Dover. N. July 12 (United TVa foannltv lifit of the I rress; Lake Denmark arsenal explosion. frnrn Vinsnitola and gaiuctcu 1 Navy officers here, today read as follows: Known' Dead Mason D. Eidson, Evansvllle.

Ralph P. Graham, Forth Worth, Texas; Henry D. Mackert, Richmond Hill, Long Island John W. Monroe. Richmond.

Lieut. George W- Botts, TJ. S. Richmond. Mrs.

Frances 5 Feeney, 44 Court street. Brooklyn, N. Harry Christian Brown, prahmacists mate, first-class, U. 8. Poughkeepsle, N.

Y. rnaccounted For (Officers and Civilians) Lieut. Commander E. A. Brown, U.

S. medical corps; Captain B. H. Clarke. U.

S. M. Little Hock. Lieut. H.

C. Schrader. IT. S. Long Beach, Chief Gun- ner J.

M. Gately, TJ. S. Lake Denmark, N. J.

Marine Privates B. L. Hyde. Gross ville, Leo C. Jones, Oakdale, Clarence F.

Ray, Newark, N. Orlando, M. Alson, Farmington. Vir- 1 gil C. Parker, Mt.

Sterling, Herbert R. Engel, Kansas City, Louis Klausenberg, Port-, land. Clarence A. Lutt, Wimbledon, N. D.

Ernest Powerll, Hamilton, George J. Matls. Cicaeo. 111.: Frank C. Webber, Cleveland, O.

D. White, Itta Bena, Oli- lamps Lamp C. T. Small, of Myrtle avenue, Js sojourning at Westpont Point, Mass. Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Townsend of Myrtle avenue are sojourning at Dart, Mrs. J. W. Sandford, of Stelle avenue.

Is enjoying her vacation at Wolfeboro, N. II. R. M. Smith and family, of Madison avenue, are spending their outing at Bay Head.

Mrs. F. C. Ayers, of Berckman street, is spending her annual vacation at Asbury Park. Mrs.

J. C. Allen of Sandford avenue, is stopping at Beach Haven, for her vacation. Mr. and Mrs.

C. B. VanFleet, of Webster place, are spending some time In Woodland, Conn. Mrs. R.

M. Smith, of Madison avenue, has returned home after an outing spent at Bay Head. Mr. and Mrs. Carter og Kensington avenue, are sojourning at North Pond Club, Oakland, Me.

David B. Martin and family of 96 7 West Third street, have removed to 746 West Fouth street. James H. Taylor and family of 654 West Fourth street, have removed to 716 West Front street. Dr.

H. B. Corbusier and family of Park avenue are staying at Hillsdale, N. for some time. Mrs.

James Casserly of Arlington avenue, is enjoying her outing at Pleasant Valley, Wolfeboro, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. F.

Irving Walsh of Prospect avenue, are enjoying their vacation at West Yarmouth, Mass. Mr. S. K. Miller, religious work secretary of the Y.

M. C. ofj Fiainneia, is at present on his vacation. Mrs. Fred VanNorden of Clin ton place, has returned home after spending her vacation In Lexington, Mass.

Charles E. Loizeaux and family, of 1433 Evergreen avenue, have taken up their new residenc at 1227 Randolph road. Mr. and Mrs. G.

L. Baboock and children of West Eighth street, are spending the lOThmer at their home in Watch Hill, R. I. Mrs. H.

S. Bareford who has been enjoying her vacation at Manasquan, has returned to her home on Arlington avenue. Dr. and Mrs. B.

F. Leonard and daughter, of Washington avenue, are registered at the Hotel Addison, Asbury Park, during their vacation. Miss Jeanette Roser, of Chicago, Illinois, ha3 returned home after spending some time with her brother, Charles Roser, of 6 Ver don street. Mrs. John Little, of 243 East Sixth street, her daughter, Mrs.

E. T. Hand. of 714 Lelr avenue, and her two children.Sally and Janet, ire spending Ahet month of July at Mr. and Mrs.

Little's summer home at Point Pleasant. DEATH OF INFANT Lahoma F. Colvin, five months' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colvin, of 417 John street, died yesterday.

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