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J2 WEATHER The Oaiix Home Temperature at Noon, 74 News FAIR TOSIGHT ASO SCIfDAY. orty-fourth Year. City Edition 12 Pages Three Cents. 'New Brunswick, N. Saturday Afternoon, August 25, 1923.

SEX TRADES COUNCIL Beautiful New Banking House For Savings Institution Is Fine Addition REPUBLICANS OF STATE OUT FOR MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION LAW Leaders Get Together at Trenton and Reverse Party Attitude Senator Larson Among Those Taking Part VOTES OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC SERVICE PLAN 1 Attend-Tuesday's Hearing at Newark Sentiment in Local Poll Strongly-in Favor All" Parties Are "Marking Time." tEi Thi Associated Pnss) WARK. Aug. 25. The twen- Uh day of the Public Service way Company's trolley strike the transportation problem In Newark a large number of bus licenses were- purchased by local busmen yesterday for out-of-town busmen, thus Insuring the stay of the extra buses. Striking Public Service trolleymen in Jersey City voted unanimously for the company's settlement plan at a meeting there late yesterday.

Their stand follows that taken by the Essex county locals on Thursday night. iugnout the State yet unsolved most parties concerned In its anient mostly marking time next -week's developments. ublic Service representatives linued their canvass in several Shew Jersey cities of business Answers to the Home News poll on local sentiment for or against clared that the Republican party wished to be representative of the people's interests. He pointed out that in both the campaign of 101 and that of 1933. Democratic Gov-ernors had been elected on wet platforms when United States Senator Edwards and Governor Sllzer had been returned over their Republican opponents.

He asserted that the voters evidently had no use for a "dry" party and that it was therefore time for a change. riatfonn IWore Primary. Another precedent decided upon by the conference, at least since the advent ef the direct primaries, was the making of the party platform before the primary elections. It has been the custom to hold the convention after the candidates have been chosen, so that their views on the public questions of the day may bo ascertained. The gathering itself was reminiscent of the old pro-primary days when a party convention met and and householders to learn (Special Service ef Heme ben) TRENTON, Aug.

The Republican party, after being defeated in two consecutive Gubernatorial campaigns on "dry" platform, will this fall come out for a modification of the Volstead act. This much was decided upon here' yesterday during a conference of members of the Republican State Committee and other representatives members of the party from every county in the State. While the conference did not specifically come out in favor of light wines and it did agree that the National Prohibition Enforcement Act ought to be loosened In a measure. At the same time, the meeting was said to have set Its face against whisky and other high-powered alcoholic liquors. The meeting was In the nature of an executive session of the members.

Former-Governor Edward C. Slokes, Republican State chairman, who rreslded over the meeting, de attitude of the piblic on the acceptance of the Public Service strike settlement plan began to come in this morning and before Ipany's settlement plan. Ballot- 11 clock thirty-two coupons had being conducted by a New- been received. Of this number twenty-three favored adoption of newspaper showed in the first 14. the plan, with nine opposed.

w- result ilCAl buiccwuuc The Home News repeats the bsition to the company's plan. coupon today, on Page Five, and be Essex Trades Council, a la- it -will also appear in tomorrow's Sunday -Times. The result of the organization, made known its I 1 I i u.v 'v 1 RlfeNfl" mm fi 1 -i I Iff. i rm i 'i yA mlsUH Hi ''1 i'i i ip i -f fc -if 1 1 -em local poll will be made known, jl on the plan last night by through Mayor Morrison, at next Thursday's public hearing at New Ing to oppose it at the public ring of the Public Utility Com- ark. Every citizen should regis (Continued en PR N'Ine) ter his or her sentiment on this Hon, scneauiea to De neia nexi tday.

important question. he Fined For KU KLUX KLAN IN BIG CEREMONY FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL LOSES BOTH ausing Disturbance Iharged with having raced madly AT FARMINGDALE bugh the streets of the city In TWO YOUTHFUL SLAYERS GIVEN SILZER REPRIEVE Governor's Action Permits Application For Commutation of Sentence. LEGS UNDER TRAIN automobile at 2 o'clock this (ning and at 4 o'clock yesterday kning, creating a disturbance, Brooklyn Child, Visiting local youths were arraigned Shore Road Jammed With Autoists For Demonstration Last Night. ore Recorder Tindell this morn-and were fined, -n additional of $15 was imposed upon John In Metuchen, Hurt on Lehigh Tracks. Idley, eighteen, of 255 Hale let, owner of the automobile, and of the five, for having only one Jlight on his car in working ONE PRISONER ONLY SIXTEEN YEARS OLD MOTHER HAD GONE SCORERS OF CARS PASS HERE TO AMBOY FOR DAY radley's companions were Pat-White, alias "Chicken," seven- of 58 Senior street: John Glea-eighteen, of 15 Langlcy Place; rles Teachen, nineteen, of 189 The Ku Klux Klan last evening nilton street, and Andrew Guis, nty-three of ISO Hamilton street.

staged one of the largest demonstrations yet held In New Jersey f. five were arrested by Patrol- when soveral thousand of Us mem Five-yeaT-old Josephine Scala of Brooklyn, while romping with some children shortly before 11 o'clock this morning on Durham avenue, Metuchen, near the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, in a spirit of playfulness ran up on the tracks of the railroad, not no bers gathered in a largo field on tho main rosd to tho shore, a short distance outside of Dunlap. Bradley. Gleason and ite have appeared before the )rder on at least five different tsions this year, the police say. besides the $15.

Bradley was il $10 on the disorderly conduct rgre as were Gleason and White, and Teaclien escaped with a of $5 which they paid. first three will be committed ticing that a train was bearing (Sficial Service of Horn Xtws) TKEXTON, Aug. 25. reprieves of sixty days each were, by Governor Sllzer today to Man-fredo E. Grasse, sixteen years old, and Anthony Bogdenewltz.

twenty-three years old, of Camden, who, are now confined in the death house at the prison here awaiting execution. The condemned prisoners were sentenced by Supreme Court Justice Katzenbach to be electrocuted tho week beginning September 9, for the murder of William M. Bishop, a taxi driver of Camden. The two youths, with a third, were said to have hired Bishop to drive them to New York, and a short distance outsido of Camden they attempted to hold him up and killed Mm. In this particular instance, tne klan deviated from Us regular custom and allowed word of the proposed demonstration to gain rather widespread circulation.

The result ihe county workhouse fn default. was that thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Monmouth and Ocean counties and rsey Autoist on anslaughter Charge crowded the roads and fields in tho vicinity of tho scene of the spectacle. Included in the crowd at tne THE XEW HOME OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK SAVINGS INSTITUTION. demonstration were scores of Mid down on her. Before the engineer could act the train had struck the child, cutting off both legs at the thighs.

The train was stopped and Dr. A. Zj. Ellis and the Metuchen police department notified. First aid was giveti and child was rushed to Middlesex Hospital, this city, where no hopes -are held for her recovery.

A particularly sad feature of the case is that the child's mother, who with Josephine was visiting relatives on Durham avenue, Metuchen, went with these friends to Perth Amboy early this morning, leaving Josephine with the other children at home. The children didn't know just where in' Perth Amboy they had gone, and no way had been found at noontime to get in touch with them. (Bv The Associated Press) CR ANTON, Aug. 25. Nor-i C.

Davidson of Montclair, N. 5 held here today on a charge into the temporary into the passageway Work has begun on the beautiful new limestone bank building tor the New Brunswick Savings In stitution, to be erected on the southwest corner of George and involuntary manslaughter in con-tion with the death of Mrs. An-ny Priscarage of North Scranton. was run down and killed last lit by an automobile driven by idson, police alleged. Church streets.

It i3 expected the structure will be completed before June, 1924. dlesex county men and some from points in New Jersey farther north. Numerous auto parties went through New Brunswick on their way to FarmlnRdale in the early hours of the evening. Mfinbers of the Klan included In their ceremony all of the customary spectacular trappings. They wore their white hoods and (towns and a huge blazing cross illuminated tho scene and also served to attract great throngs of additional spectators.

For three-quarters of a mile, both sides of the road were jammed tleht with automobiles, and will be the security vault which will be built with reinforced concrete with heavy steel linings and a ten Inch full steel plato burglar-proof door. There will bo a private room for tho president this with the directors' room, will be treated in a period style. The bank will be equipped with the latest devices for holdup and burglar protection, and will bo the last word in banking house architecture. The building was designed by Alexander Merchant, tho well known local architect, who hRS designed some of the best buildings in Central New Jersey. to the main banking room.

On tho left toward the rear will be located the working space, the public space extending across the entire front, and down the Church street side to the officers' quarters. On the left of the entrance will be a ladies' room and rest room adjoining. Ths walls of the banking room will be treated with a high Jaune Nile Fleuri marble wainscot and Imitation Travetind above. The ceiling will be deeply coffered. At the rear above the vaults will be a balcony in front of the directors' Under this balcony The contractors are now rein ftudson 5-passenger Coach $1590 quarters.

The design of the building will be Italian Renaissance. The main entrance will be in tho center of the George street front, instead of at the corner as at present. On the George street front there will be four fluted pilasters the full height of the building with a deep semicircular recess in which tho vestibule will bo located. The Church street side will have a pilaster treatment with larrc scnii-circular head windows. The vestibule, which will have marble walls and bronze doors, ill lead forcing the present foundations.

vered to you. See Sexton, 127 i itan "avenue. Highland Park. The third man ot the trip turn, cd State's evidence, The reprieves were granted ths condemned youths Vo that they may apply to the Clurt of Pardons at Its Novembrri term for a commutation of the death sentence to life Imprisonment. Grasse, the younger of the two, was said never to have been in trouble before.

At tho time of the trial considerable sympathy was expressed for the boy. due to his extremely youthful appearance. Bagdenewltz, on the other hand, was aaid to have spent sixteen of his twenty-three years in various penal and correctional Institutions. Grasse is reported to be th youngest Inmate who ever in the dath bouse under sentence of death. a21-7t and on September 1 will begin taking down the existing building.

Business will be carried on as usual in a temporary structure within the walls of the present building. A high trestle will be erected on George street to protect the public and provide a safe extreme difficulty was experienced in keeping traffic moving. Word of the Klan demonstration was sent to th headquarters ot tho State police in Freehold and two troopers wer sent to the scene. The gathering proved to be -an orderly one, however, and BUS SERVICE TO 9,000 REWARD STOCKS AND BONDS New York Stock Exchange Quotations, 12.30 Today AND FROM RAHWAY NOW IN PROSPECT Every Day He Asks Five Persons a Question FOR RECOVERY OF KIDNAPPED CHILD Bw Tim Axsoeialci Press) NEW VOKK, Aue. i5.

Speculative sentiment was still somewhat un "There's nothlnc eerta o- snlstakably right That we may malatala without treanou flKht, Enfrenrhed always Iniquitous might Sot to be feared, but fought." Wray Memorial Chapel VhVH STIIEET. 8UNDAT SCHOOL. 2:30 P. M. Today's question Is: "In connection with the rebuke given by Mrs.

settled at the opening of today's Woodbridge Concern Wel aside from keeping the road open for traffic there was no necessity for their service. Ocan and Monmouth counties are considered as being the center of Ku Klux Klan activity in New Jersey, and during the past month their organizations demonstrations have been held with increasing frequency. Young America Now Blamed For Burning of Cross Henry Ford to young women who Metropolitan Police in visited her camp dressed in mid stock market, but the main trend appeared to ba upward. Cuts in the Ohio Oil and Producers and Refiners dividends brought fresh selling into ths oil shares, but the recessions, nx a rule, were small. Davison dies, bloomers and socks, with bare knees showing, do you approve of comes Suggestion For Extending Line to This City.

Wild Rush Find-Wrong Baby. this costume for I Chemical. American Beet Supar and Punta Alegre Sugar each advanced The Answers Mrs. John F. Healey, 3S6 Com CARS NOW OPERATE stock street.

"Tea, I think it's all right. I like the pleated bloomers and white middies. I think they JTOTICB Qulnn's news and masraslns snenry of JameBburic. Is now located in the Kullmar Building, five doors below the old star.d. A full line of magazines, eandy, stationery and tobacco, "olonlal Ire rream, first class snd fountain service.

a24-3t "BABY-FARMS" ARE a point. Pole Removal On Albany Street TO FORDS TERMINAL are bothe appropriate and comfort able." BEING SEARCHED Miss Julia Hall, 35 Sohureman Completed by Nov. 1 street. "They are perfectly all There is an excellent prospect SHOES for the youngsters and grown-ups that fit and save you money, at the "Big Shoe House, I Peace street. Wm.

H. Mansfield. a23-3t right, nice looking and comfortable much better than the heavy that bus service between Kahway That, the removal of the old long dresses which used to be worn by girls when camping. I approve New Brunswick's Joy Bringers Told of in The Sunday Times Tomorrow There is an organization in this city, with a large membership, which is devoting much attention to ways and means for bringing happiness to others. Every year their activities along this line have increased and the world has been made a brighter place to live.

in for hundreds of people because of the desire of this society to do what it can to aid the unfortunate. Tomorrows issue of The New Brunswick Sunday Times will have a feature story of their work with pictures of the officers thereof, some of whom have served for years. The Sunday Times camera man has been taking snap shots at the seashore. He got a picture the other day of two local young women who are sojourning at Atlantic City. They will appear tomorrow.

Can you guess who they are? There is in tin's city a store run by a concern which has similar stores all over the United Goods on sale there are bought by the shipload hf a man living in Metuchen. Pictures of his magnificent home on the Plainfield road will be published in this city's Sunday newspaper tomorrow. Who is the most popular man on the New Brunswick police force? Perhaps no two people think alike on this subject. There will be a picture of one of them in tomorrow's Times and he may be the one you think best answers the question. After you have picked the one you think most popular be sure to get the Times tomorrow and see if his picture is the one published.

i There is an editorial in tomorrow's issue that every woman will want to" read. It asks them to make a suggestion upon a question that no one has yet satisfactorily answered. Send in your answers so they can be printed next week and help solve a puzzling problem. These are but a few of the special feature that will be found in tomorrow's Times. Every department is filled with interesting reading matter and there will be found something for the farmer, autoist, lover of sports, suburbanite, lodge member, tradesman, father, mother, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, grandpa and every other member of the family with a special comic section that will make every one laugh from the baby to your great-great-grandmother.

Sunday is Not Complete Without The New Brunswick Sunday Times wooden poles from Albany street will be completed by November 1 is the expectation of IS. P. Chandler of them. (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 25.

The aggregate reward offered for the return of Baby Lillian McKenzie, kidnapped a week ago, mounted to $9,000 today, a newspaper adding $5,000 to the $4,000 already Offered by two other publications. Hardly had the new offer been broadcast to the police and detec The nine-foot cross which blazed away on Comstock street near the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks for about fifteen minutes night before last wa not a Ku Klan after all. The cross which burned on Comstock street, It develops, was erected by much the same portion of young America which succeeded In burning up a portion of the Cod wise playground the evening of Ausnst 8. The, playground fire was so successful that the instigators were encouraged to try their hands at something else, and the blazing cross was the result. The K.

K. K. has not entered any disclaimer in the matter, but witnesses of the construction of the cross have come forward with accounts of the operation. The of Elizabeth, divifion agent ot me Public Service Electric Company. The globes of the arc lamps on and New Brunswick may be established in the nrar future.

The Middlesex Bus Service Corporation of Woodbridge Is now operating four machines from Woodbridge to Kahway and Fords, and a suggestion by the Homy News that the service to be extended to New Brunswick was welcomed this morning by the legal representative of the line. The Middlesex Bus Service Corporation is an organization of four men who each drive a bus. A. Mrs. Mabel Wright, 259 Seaman street.

"No, I don't approve of the costume showing bare i knees. I think that the costumo worn by the Girl Scouts is better, being very both Georee and Albany streets will tives when police headquarters was probably be changed to the new General Electric 120 ripple wave thrown into a turmoil by a mes appropriate and modest. S. Schoenbrun. 194 Easton ave sage that a man had found an infant tucked into an ill-lighted corner of a subway exit at Broadway nue, butcher.

"No, I don ap- Cerbo is president, J. Vereb is vice- and Prince street. pive of it. It is not right for girls to show their bare knees in public. The short dresses were all rieht.

but not above the knees. I president. J. Beimome is secretary Patrolmen were ordered to sur and J. E.

is treasurer. The type by that date. The globes will be similar to those which are used on Broad street, Newark. Mr. Chandler says -that the removal of the oles and wires on Albany street w-ill proceed steadily until the job has been cleared up, unless something unforseen Progress is slow, he says, owing to the difficulty in securing labor.

secure ground-bracing which attracted the attention of observers of the brunlng cross was done deliberately and with no such hurry round the station whence the telephone call came, on the chance of canturinjr the kidnapper, while re legal representative is E. Hc-Elroy. In sDeakine of the proposed ex am not an old fashioned man, understand, but just want things to be right." serves drove furiously to the sub- as would probably have been the case had the timbers been brought wav station to get tne cnna. in tension of service this morning Mr. McElroy thought it might be better to establish the- line over the Lin Miss Catherine I.

Healey, 386 ready for erection by an automo stead of the emaciated girl baby of three months, the officers found Want Ads help you find lost things Bracelets, pocketbooks and rings. bile party. After erection of the cross it was wrapped with burlap and a quart of kerosene applied, Comstock street, stenographer. I think the costume is all right in camp or on a hike, but not in pub-lie. I don't think Mrs.

Ford was coln Highway rather than to extend it from Fords, a run of at least three-quarters of an hour. He expects to take the matter up then a match. NOTICE The newly completed auditorium and dance hall of the Workmen's Circle, located at 53-55 New street, is now available for dances, weddings, public meetings, a well as private meeting rooms and all sim justified in rebuking the girls, be The youngsters who engineered with Commissioner Connolly next week following the latter's return cause it is periectiy an rigni lor the fires are supposedly those who camp wear. from an automobile trip to Canada. interrupted a colored relitrlous meeting some time ago.

These PHONE A The eauinment or tne jviiaaiesex Tomorrow's nucstion Is: "Three Bus Service Corporation is under ilar occasions. For rental information apply to S. H. Levine, 282 Eur-net street. Phone New Brunswick 2653.

Au21-23-26 freeholders will be elected for Mid stood to be exceptionally good. Mr. sleeping there a husky man-child of six months. He was wrapped in a blue and white blanket and wore a white silk sweater, white hat and bootees, all trimmed with blue. There was not a mark of identification.

The child was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Policed admitted today that they were without a single workable clue. Not even a possible motive has been uncovered. A dozen policewomen under Mrs. Henry Hamilton of the force today began to make a systematic search "baby farms" in the WANTAD McElroy said this morning that tne dlesex county fn November.

What men do you think should run?" youngsters procured some pies in the neighborhood and plastered the preacher's face with them through an open window, a la movie comedians. The proceeding buses of the company were Just TOUR FAMILY'S HEALTH "Derw'nds UDon food food. Blue Buy a Hudson or Bssex. Pay as about to be overhauled and this might operate to delay tho institution of additional service. A put a stop to the meeting.

Ribbon Butter is 500 per cent pure. The sanitary air-tight carton keeps so. Buy a carton today. a25-lt you ride. Sexton, 127 Barita avenue.

Highland Park. a21-7t ASK FOR WANT-AD TAKER 1700 DAILY HOME NEWS SUNDAY TIMES Rahwav bus line would be very ac ceptable to the merchants and the Why not trade your closed car in for one of those closed Essex Sexton. 127 ICaritan ave- r- That snappy Essex Coach $1270 Ths best buy in the closed car theatres of the cny as a metnoa or market today Hudson and Essx a S.vtrn 157 TtflH- 4 nue, Highland a21-It obtaining new. business. ian avenue.

Highland Park. Coaches. Sexton, Phone 2058. a21-7t.

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