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The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey • Page 3

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The Courier-Newsi
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Bridgewater, New Jersey
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4 PLAINFIELD COURIER-NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917. PAQETHHEB ANNOUNCING THE 1917 OPERA RAND The 1917 OPERA GRAND has all the grace of line, fullness of tone and responsiveness of action you could desire it is also one of the smallest grands made, requiring but little more space than an upright And in spite of the great increase in cost IT ti Best Investment I ever made" of materials the price is the same $600, ontnly Said Mr. Newhome: We are snugly warm no matter how the wind blows or how stinging the cold outside! This IDEAL-AMERICAN heating makes life out here in the suburbs, or the country, comfortable for everybody. The coal-money I spent this year is the most satisfactory and the least, despite the new high prices. The outfit will outlast our lifetime an investment, not an expense." IT if Call and see how it fulfills your wishes.

1 gm cm ME Tir inese outfits guarantee Ihf highest quantity and quality mvnn The elements of the Mathushek Piano which are distinctive of the instrument, jand to which it owes its fine quality of tone and durability, are the special construction of the frame, the use of a full length, extra heavy iron plate in combination with a special tuning-pin bushing, and a special design of Sound-board selected and assembled with a view to securing fine singing quality and permanence of form. Radiators BOILERS, of heat per dollar of cost i USiacI It It Lt I Xr No other feature of a building repays so much its cost or so many times its cost as an IDEAL-AMERICAN outfit which easily outwears the building. The heavy fuel savings, the absence of repairs, the little care-taking, and the cleanliness that saves housework and house furnishings make these outfits the ideal bargain in heating No other feature of a building shrinks so little in value there are no second-hand IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators, because they are just as good as new even after many years of use. This is unlike abandoned old-fashioned heating devices which clutter up junk yards, alleys and vacant lots. Only Piano Salesrooms in Plainfield that sell direct from Factory to Purchaser.

No Middlemen's Prices. i If you are weary of everlasting blackening, repairing and coaxing, dial card at once the old way and put in an IDEAL-AMERICAN outfit at this season, when you get best attention and most favorable prices. Send for free booklet Ideal Heating" which explains how to get full returns 1 kathusSek IDEAL. Boilers have large fuel pots in which the air and coal gixi thoroughly mix as in a modern gas or oil mantle or burner, thus extracting every bit of the heat from the fuel. Raster to run than stove.

The Player Piano with the Human Touch Mathushek Player Pianos have no superior, they require no musical or mechanical knowledge to enable the performer to render all music in the most artistic manner. All that is required is explained in the simple directions for operating the expression devices. from every heating coal bill. This permanent Vacuum Cleaner is best to buy A No. 4-1 9-W ID3AL Boiler and 240 It.

of 38-in. AMERICAN Radistdrs, costing the owner 1 8 were used to beat this cottage. At this price the goods can be bought of any reputable, competent Fitter. This did not Include cost of labor, pipe, valves, freight, which vary according to climatic and other conditions. Installed in any new or old building without tearing up anything.

Now also made in two-sweeper size for apartments, hotels, office buildings, etc. Lasts for years always ready for most thorough cleaning. Fully guaranteed, in sizes at $175 up. Sold on Easy Payment Plan. Send for catalog and know why the ARCO WAND Vacuum Cleaner is best to buy.

ATHUSHEK PIANO COMPANY I Write Department P-10 104-108 West 42nd St. New York AMERICAN RADIATOR COMPANY No exclusive agenta Sold by all dealer Tbe House of Quality. 218 WEST FRONT STREET Telephone 1365 Resting Rooms and Parlors in Balcony. PLAINFIELD, N. J.

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NOTES LATE EDITOR A FRIEND OF V. F. RANDOLPH MARTINE SAYS FAREWELL TO SENATE RAE TANZER TRIAL BEGINS MONDAY NEXT COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE OPEN TUESDAY NIGHT PLAINFIELD BILL NOW IN SENATE NAME UNIVERSITY FOR FRELINGBOYSEN Hon. Robert P. Porter, one of the me legisiauve ana international Judee Van mt i County Clerk William B.

Martin! announced today that he would keep his office open next Tuesday night especially for residents of Plainfield Remembrance of Late U. S. Senator's Service for Colored People wno wisn to make application ror naturalization papers. It is under- stood that there are a number of people here who contemplate becom- ing American citizens. In remembrance of the public ser editors of the London Times, who Problems were laid aside yesterday died in London on Tuesday as the in the Senate at Washington for a Aew Yor' has set Monday result of an accident on Monday, time to listen to a valedictory ad- next Ior the beginning of the second was a close friend of former Mayor dress by Senator James E.

Martine trial of Rae Tanzer, Indicted for per-L V. F. Randolph, of this city. Mr. of New Jersey, who retires on March jury in having sworn that it was Randolph lunched with him on after six years' service.

The Sena-( James W. Osborne, the lawyer, who eral occasions on recent visits to tor paid his respects to political op-, was her companion at the Kensing-London, and with Mrs. Randolph vis- ponents and answered criticisms that ton Hotel, this city. The jury In the Ited at Mr. Porter's home in the Uni- he did not always vote with his party, first trial disagreed, versity town of Oxford.

Mr. Ran- hY asserting that he had always! In the recent trial of Franklin D. dolph owns a fine portrait of Mr. according to his convictions. Stafford, former clerk of the hotel.

Porter and within a few weeks past' "It has been said in published who was found guilty of perjury, has received several interesting let- statements that I was a sheer Tanzer testifled that she" was" ters from him. I dent, a joke, a mountebank, a mistaken, and that it was Mr. Mr. Porter was born in England foon. and a disgrace to this body," Osborne, and not Charles H.

Wax, sixty-five years ago but was a nat- he shouted, striding up and down who called himself "Oliver Os-uralized citizen of the United States, the centre aisle. "But no man ever borne," who was her companion. vice rendered the cause of the col- The bill which Assemblyman Run-yon introduced in the Assembly two weeks ago, at the request of Mayor Calkins, and which if enacted into law will give the Common Council the right to submit to the voters at a general election any question upon which public opinion is desired, is now in the Senate awaiting consideration, and will probably be passed at the next session. A motion was made to reconsider the vote which passed it in the house last week, when its local option possibilities were discovered, but Mr. Runyon assured his colleagues that the measure was not intended as a local option bill, and that other matters upon which public opinion was desired had prompted Its introduction, the opposition faded away.

COM3I 1TTKK WILL AGITATE i LABOR TEMPLE ERECTION late Frederick T. Frelinghuysen I while a member of the United States The International Moulders' Lo- Senate and other New Jersey states- cal. No. 305, of this city, at a re-. men, the board of directors of the cent meeting, appointed a commit-' Interdenominational University of tee consisting of Ernest Dorflinger, Washington, of which Jesse Lawson, I James Williams and Samuel Flatley formerly of Plainfield, is president, to agitate the question of erecting has voted to rename the institution ja labor temple In this city.

The Frelinghuysen University. This ac-! committee has been- instructed to tion was taken at a special meeting Like Mr. Randolph.he traveled wide- saj1 1 was a moral cowara, a pre-, GLOVE3IAKERS' BRANCH ly. He visited Norway, ripain, Ja- tender. That is my answer to those nan.

Russia and South America, and villainous and cowardly attacks." A YEAR OLD TODAY nM rninminnnsiv ohmit Senator Martine said that he be- 'be present at the trades' council ses th lieved In direct elections of Senators, The local branch of the Louis nf hia frinHhina thp New York ad sought to establish such pro- THROUGH THE WICKET sion tomorrow evening in the interest of the proposed Duilding. on Washington's Birthday at New Bethel Baptist church, Washington. The university is also intended as a memorial to other deceased statesman af Vpw vhn hnvp rpn. Sun says- i cedure, and now bowed to the peo-j Meyers Son glove concern is one "Few had such genius for friend- Ple'a fiat at such an election. He year old today.

The well-known Queen City Lodge, No. 226, I. O. shiD as had Porter The range and auucu nau iuuuu me ocudic manci 9 lame iu naiuwiu aaa TAKES CHARGE OF varietv of his friends and acquaint-, wonaenuny numan aim wew m.vwu. a.

wauiu me mbcock O. at its meeting last night conferred the third degree on two I uficu puuiii: bci lite lu ST. BERNARD'S SCHOOL 'the cause of colored Americans while ances particularly in the United110 Place so wen caicuiaiea 10 use uuuumS Jiarcn 1, ism, dui remov-States and Japan and in England out a man's egotism." ed to larger premises at the corner The Misses Florence Ryder and Clementine Bremble, of Plainfield "high school, were present at the chapel exercises this morning. Miss Ryder in a short speech urged the North Plainfleld high school students to attend the dance on the evening of March 10 in the Plainfield high school auditorium to be given by the Girls' Athletic Association of that school. Principal Earley gave a short address on the geographies of 128 years ago, after the chapel exercises thl3 morning.

Mr. Earley during the course of his talk exhibited a geography book that was used in the schools at that time and read a number of interesting extracts. The boo covered about everything imaginable, chapters on religion, astronomy and animal life being included, something unthought of today. Four students delivered recitations this morning, Miss Mildred Weiss, the first speaker, rendering "The Best Medicine," Miss GertruiTe Bornman offering the well known poem, "Days" in a truly delightful manner. Douglas Stewart recited "If You Can Do" while Almon Doty clos.

ed the exercises with a funny rendition of the familiar lines of "His Appetite." Mies Myrtle M. Montague, instructor of commercial subjects, is ill at her home on Craig place. The debating team a ill meet the team representing Cranford hig'i school in the Harrison avenue school tomorrow night. The subject for the debate will be "Complsory Arbitration." The Misses Laura Martin, Marguerite Barkalew and Andrew V. Mc Donough will represent N.

P. H. S. Dancing will follow the debate. The third game in the Interscholas-tlc Championship series will be played off as scheduled, Saturday afternoon In the Plainfield high school court.

The team will go over there to bring back the bacon if possible and considering the great fight they made Washington's Birthday you should be there to encourage them in this final game. The regular teams of both schools will positively play the whole game, notwithstanding false rumors to the contrary that have been circulated. serving in various capacities at Peapack-Gladstone, March 1. Washington. The plan is to have a The new head master of St.

Ber- group of a dozen or more schools nard's School of Gladstone, Rev. D. land colleges named in honor of the was extraordinary and besides all senators iuge ana ivenyon re-jui aua rnrK avenues trQviinr for thfi Timfis he had Ped, assuring the New Jersey Sena-j ber 15. The firm employs fifty FATAL All RAID AT BROADSTA1RS in other years undertaken many ex-1 tor that he would leave with the well girls and has work enough for fifty fii.i 'u-lslips anri aftfotictTtatf rward nf all more. The erirls wnrlr nndfr mnat IL.

Sanford, formerly rector of the memory and public service of the Episcopal church at Momsville, late Senators William J. Sewell, tensive journeys in me unneu oiaies yy-j ntn fa vnrahlii PAnn itmn ti ha nAnnLKi favorable condition, and the novices and Mexico France, Belgium, ltaiy, are taught their work by fhe man the Balkans, Rumania and Turkey ager, Mrs. P. Costello. The head for the purpose of industrial ANOTHER APPEAL FOR has arrived and took charge today.

He succeeds Rev. P. C. Bissell, who has accepted a call to be rector of Grace church. East Rutherford.

Mr. i quarters of the concern is at CHILDREN ersville 'He was completing a short his Special to the Courier-News: London, March 1. The War Office announces that a German air raid was made at 9. SO this morning on Broadstairs, the seaside resort on the, Kentish coast. One woman was Injured by a bomb dropped by the raiders.

for tory of Japan for the Oxford Univer Bissell has been head master nearly two years. John R. McPherson, John Kean, John F. Dryden, Vice-President Garret A. Ilobart, Congressmen Marcus L.

Ward, Augustus W. Cutler, Amos Clark, James Buchanan, John Hill, Henry C. Loudenslager and Grover Cleveland, former President of the United States. Proper steps are being taken to raise the necessary endowment and a thirty days' campaign will soon be Inaugurated. The National Campaign that Mr.

ADDRESSED NEW BRUNSWICK sity Press at the time of his death." On one occasion Mr. and Mrs. ASSOCIATIOX Hoover's Commission is starting through the United States will be PERSONAL Randolph had an interesting meeting with Hon. Wm. J.

Bryan and Mrs. Bryan at Mr. Porter's Oxford home. Mrs. Clifford W.

McGee, of Wil- represented here at a lecture by Mrs. Kellogg and Miss Florence Ward-well, both of New York, in the Congregational Parish house Wednes REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN CUBA SURRENDER jlow avenue, who has been seriously Miss Addie Parker Jackson, physical instructor in the city schools, spoke Tuesday afternoon before the Parent-Teacher Association of the Some years ago Mr. Porter, super vised the work of taking our national census. day, March 1, at 3.30 o'clock. Mrs.

FUNERAL OF FORMER CENTRAL R. R. ENGINEER Kellogg has worked with the Com-, New Brunswick Hign School. Miss ill with peritonitis, is improving fslowly. Mrs.

L. B. Mulford, of Watchung, 'who was taken to Muhlenberg Hospital Monday for treatment, is im I mfaninn In Relsrium many months Jackson told what tihvsical training PURCHASED A here to ten U8 that one does for nunils and cited manw Havana, March 1. Rafael Itur-raldo, former Governor of Mantan-zas Province, and his brother, who had joined the Revolutionary movement, surrendered today with their followers. STAND NEWS STORE muuon Belgian children inside the cases In which curvature of the spina (German lines are dependent upon was cured in children by physical David Robinson, who has or American funds to keep them alive.

culture. proving. ELKS' ANNUAL MEETING Funeral services for Nathan C. Rhodes, a Civil War veteran, who died Tuesday at his home, 1149 Magnolia avenue, Elizabeth, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Members of Ulrlc Dahlgren Post, G.

A. and Tyrian Lodge, F. and A. will attend. Mr.

Rhodes participated in the some time conducted a news store on. West Front street, has joined The Commission has only four weeks supply of food ahead. "FIRST AID" CLASS TO MEET FATAL TRAIN WRECK Plainfield Lodge, No. 885, B. P.

O. will hold its annual meeting Wednesday night, March 7, at which ACQUITTED OF THE CIHRGE partnership with Max Rosenthal, formerly of Tepper's store, and purchased the cigar ana stationery business at the trolley stand, corner of Watchung avenue and Fourth The class in "First Aid" which has been organized by the women of time officers will be erected for the! battles of Gettysburg and Bull Run Elizabeth, March 1. Frederick the First Methodist church will hold coming year. las a member of Company First street Mr. Robinson has given up Williams, colored, of Plainfleld, was its first meeting In Vincent chapel at hia Front street store and will now acquitted by a jury in the Court of; 8.15 o'clock tonight.

The class will Special to the Courier-News: Laurel, March 1. The south-bound New Orleans and Northeastern passenger train that left Laurel at 6 o'clock this morning was wrecked at Reeay Creek, killing David Corbett, the engineer, and probably injuring Otha Parker, a mall clerk. New Jersey Infantry. He wa3 employed as a Central Railroad engineer many years and known by many A Daughter Born be found with his partner at the Quarter Sessions yesterday after- trolley stand. Mr.

Robinson was for-' noon of a charge preferred by a A daughter was born this morn-! in this city. He was sever" -two Recoverying from Illness Mrs. Garret Van Winkle, of Madison avenue, is able to be about the houae after fcer recent illness. be under the direction of Dr. C.

B. Luf burrow. Anyone interested Is Invited to Join. The course will prise ten lectures. Ing to Mr.

and Mfc-B. F. M. Cox, of: years old. Three daughters Ivs West Fourth street.

the deceased. merly in business at the latter loca- youi colored woman, also oX Plaln-tion. field..

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