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Latest Happenings in the State of New Jersey CAMDEN LODGE OF ELKS HAS MAGNIFICENT HOME Camden Lodge, No. 293, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is now thoroughly established in its new home at Broadway and Federal street, Camden. The building, plot of ground and house furnishings together are valued at $50,000, and the house is declared by well informed persons to be one of the best equipped properties of its kind in the State. The plot of ground on which the house stands is 40 by 180 feet and in the rear of the house there is a large brick stable now used by Engine Company No. 1, of the Camden Fire Department, while a new engine house is being built at Fifth and Arch streets. The first floor of the club house comprises a library, a parlor and a large dining room. On the second floor there is a social room, a pool room, secretary's office and a spacious and well-shaded piazza. On the third floor is the lodge room, which is capable of seating 200 persons. On this floor there are also several smaller rooms for preparing candidates and the use of committees. During the coming winter the basement will be used as a grill room. Camden Lodge was instituted largely through the efforts of John Henry Fort, on January 24, 1895. The lodge started out with 152 members, and it now has a total of 361. Its roll of membership contains the names of many of Camden's most prominent men, who were attracted to the lodge portals by the atmosphere of good fellowship that envelops any group of Camden Elks, as well as by the deeds of unassuming charity and benevolence that have been found to emanate from the lodge. The present officers of the lodge are: Exalted Ruler, Samuel A. Kilpatrick; Esteemed Leading Knight, Dr. A. H. Lippincott; Esteemed Loyal Knight, Charles F. Amwake; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, William P. Walsh; Secretary, Chester D. Van Duyn; Treasurer, Edwin R. Saunders; Esquire, Colonel William H. Stansbury; Inner Guard, Frank H. W. Gardner; Tyler, Robert W. Harper; Organist, Joseph Osmond; Trustees, Former Senator Maurice H. Rogers, Former Judge Alfred Hugg, County Clerk Robert L. Barber, Former Judge Richard T. Miller and Former Assemblyman George D. Borton; Board of Governors, D. Harry Condit, Dr. A. H. Lippincott and Samuel A. Kilpatrick. LODGE ROOM. SOCIAL ROOM LIBRARY. Three of the Rooms in the Pretty Lodge Home of the Camden Elks

HOW THE Y. M. C. A. BENEFITS CAMDEN GREAT INTEREST TAKEN IN ASSOCIATION WORK AND RESULTS ARE MOST SATISFACTORY. A "GYM" WORTH PRAISING The New House of Muscle Is One of the Finest in the Eastern Section of the Country—Its Features, Methods and Instructor. The inestimable benefit of a Young Men's Christian Association branch to a large city has never been more forcibly demonstrated than in Camden, where for the past eighteen years an association has flourished, accomplishing good work with the most satisfactory results. From the time of organization the work has been constantly enlarging, until now the association is one of the most healthy, in a financial way, in this section. Its splendid facilities for every branch of association work, the gymnasium, college, literary and religious departments make it exceedingly popular and its work is supported by a large number of Camden's best known citizens. The enthusiasm in matters relating to the association is at times remarkable and the churches assist greatly in the work, by pulpit utterances and help by the members of the congregations. The Y. M. C. A. and the churches work harmoniously together, and by co-operation mutual benefit is the result. The present organization was formed at a private house, corner Front and Cooper streets, October 1[?], 187[?], it being the outgrowth of a union young people's prayer meeting. Meetings were held for a short time in the rear room of what was then the Trinity Baptist Church, now known as the Hatch Post Building. Later quarters were secured at [?]18 Federal street, where they were located for more than a year. Then a move was made to Lincoln Hall, Third and Market, the second and third stories of that building being secured, where for ten years they remained. Then the Third and Federal streets building was used and from there the association moved to its present quarters. Since the association moved from its old quarters at Third and Federal streets, the membership has been almost doubly increased, principally by the construction of one of the finest gymnasiums in this section of the country, being more complete than the central association of this city and possessing a fine swimming tank, which the mother branch here has not. THE "GYM'S" GREAT ATTRACTION There can be no doubt but that the athletic work in the Y. M. C. A. is its greatest attraction. It draws young men to the building, gets them interested in the work and lays the foundation for the accomplishment of the association's purpose, leading them in the right path. The Camden Association has had long and varied experience with gymnastics, and the addition of this great feature has more than proven its value to the work. The first "gym" in Camden was in the old building at the southeast corner of Third and Market streets. The space was very small, the athletic work suffering severely in the cramped quarters. However, the work was carried on there with great success for nearly four years, when the building at the southwest corner of Third and Federal streets was erected and the two upper floors engaged. This change proved to be successful. A large gymnasium floor space was now at hand, with shower baths, dressing rooms and other features necessary for the carrying on of gymnastic work. The great drawback, however, was the ceiling, which was not more than fifteen feet in height. This prevented any development of flying and traveling ring work, while horizontal bar work was also handicapped to a certain extent. However, for nearly six years the work progressed there in the most satisfactory manner, the classes being large and interest at times very great. THE PRESENT QUARTERS. The building now in use at Broadway and Federal streets is the most complete the Camden Association ever had, and while the reading rooms, parlors and game rooms were not constructed especially for the work, yet they are almost exactly the desired arrangement. Just above the house was a space of ground nearly one hundred feet wide and very deep. On this space the "gym" was erected, and a beauty it is. It runs east and west, the front facing Federal street, and getting a good Southern sun exposure. The gymnasium has a thoroughly modern equipment and, as said above, it has no superior in this section of the country. It is 43x7[?] feet, with a peaked roof thirty-two feet high. The running track overhead is a good feature in the "gym," and it is, of course, very largely patronized. Then the pool has been the means of drawing many men into the Association work. It is 21x39 feet, with a depth of water from four feet four inches to six feet. The sides and bottom are lined with white enameled bricks, and has a capacity of 33,000 gallons of water. PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR VILLEE. The gymnastic work is under the direction of A. G. Villee, who during his two years' connection with the Camden Association has advanced and created great interest in the work. Mr. Villee is a follower of the Chicago Training School system, having received his gymnastic education there, and naturally believes in its teachings. He is 25 years old, a native of Lancaster, Pa., and has been in gymnastic work for the past five years. After his course at the training school he was appointed assistant at Milwaukee, going from there to Newcastle, Pa., then to Allentown, and then to Norfolk, Va., where he was stationed when he received his appointment as physical instructor at Camden. Through Mr. Villee athletics have taken a healthy, vigorous turn, and there is a live, wide-awake interest in everything gymnastic in the Camden Association. The classes average eighteen a week, while the usual attendance by the senior members is thirty and the junior members thirty-five. The business men's class at 5.15 has a usual attendance of fifteen. With this year came a new feature in the association's gymnastic work, that of indoor competitive athletic sports. The third of the series took place last evening. These meetings are trials or preliminaries to the final, which is slated for April. The men who have qualified in these trials will be handicapped according to their abilities for the finals, and the first three competitors will receive gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. The class drill system introduced by Instructor Villee is an excellent one, and a person having a knowledge of gymnastic work will readily appreciate its good points. First there comes the health drill, which includes the free hand, arm, leg and body movement. Then the educative, which means work on the various apparatus, while the third, or recreative, covers games of various sorts on the floor of the gymnasium, exclusive of basket ball. This system is always maintained. A leaders' class is also a new feature adopted by Mr. Villee. The men who are included in this class are the best athletes in the association, who lead the different classes and assist the physical instructor. They meet once a week, practicing advanced work and becoming better acquainted with Mr. Villee's system of physical education. The junior membership is very large and among the boys, all of whom are under 16 years of age, there are some clever athletes. Mr. Villee also has junior leaders, the boys doing the best work being honored with the positions. This junior department also has a class of twelve club swingers, in which Mr. Villee takes great pride. He has them under his particular care, and without doubt they are a clever lot of boys. There are many other interesting features in the gymnastic work, and the two fine bowling alleys and shuffleboards should not be forgotten in this brief review. A feature in the winter's work has been the series of "Health and First Aid to the Injured" talks. These began in November and will continue until April, the course being closed by Dr. E. M. Howard. The Saturday outings in summer will be continued the coming season. These delightful affairs are under Mr. Villee's direction. A crowd of probably twenty leaves the association about 10 o'clock of a Saturday morning, riding as far as they can in the trolleys, then walking to some pretty spot, where all sorts of sports and games are indulged in. THE ASSOCIATION OFFICERS. The officers of the association are composed of Camden's best-known men, and there is not a better known and more highly respected citizen than Walter M. Patton, who is now president. For years he has been an enthusiastic worker and supporter of the association. The secretaryship is in the hands of Harry Curtis, who has now been with the Camden Association about two years. Mr. Curtis is very popular with the members and has done much toward placing the branch where it is to-day. The vice-president and treasurer is William J. Coxey, who has been long identified with the work. C. L. Craig is recording secretary. The Board of Directors is composed of Schuyler C. Woodhull, Joseph E. Roberts, William C. Lore, W. A. Davis, M. D., W. Bechtel, Gelbert Landis, Judge Frank Burdsall, Frank Sitley, Samuel D. Goff and Dr. E. M. Howard. The trustees are Abraham Anderson, Wilbur F. Rose, Harry Humphreys, Luther H. Kellum, W. J. Coxey, Carlton M. Williams, Joseph B. Van Sciver, Joseph E. Robert and Thomas E. Gifford. Frank Pierson is assistant secretary. CAMDEN Y. M. C. A. GYMNASIUM.

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J. C. PENNEY CHAIN LEASES STORE HERE Old Munger & Long Site Acquired by Firm Entering Camden The J. C. Penney Company, of New York, one of America's big chain department stores, has taken a 20-year lease on the old Munger & Long department store property at Broadway and Federal street, until recently occupied by Stecker & Sons. This announcement, comprising one of the most far-reaching developments in Camden's real estate and mercantile fields in recent years, was made yesterday by the Lit Company, 207 North Sixth street, who negotiated the lease with John O. Wilson and Furman A. DeMaris, attorneys for Clarence A. and Herbert N. Munger, the owners. The Penney company will take possession and begin operation of the new store about August 1. New floors will be laid, new show windows built, and the most modern lighting and ventilating arrangements will be installed. The terms of the Penney company lease were not disclosed, but the gross rental consideration for the 20-year period was reported to be more than $1,000,000. The new tenants will take over the entire building, four floors and basement, with nearly 50,000 feet of floor space, except for a small section on the ground floor corner occupied by a Schulte cigar store, and a portion of the first floor rear which even under the Stecker management has been used by the F. W. Woolworth Company. The Penney organization has stores in every state of the Union, with yearly sales around $180,000,000, and the Camden unit will be the 146th store in the chain. "The leasing of the old Munger & Long property by the Penney organization should go far toward increasing business in Camden's entire retail shopping district," said an official of the Lit Company. J. C. Penney started with one store and $500 cash in a town of 900 persons in Wyoming 30 years ago, doing $29,000 in sales his first year. Operating on a partnership arrangement under which store managers have acquired common stock in the company, the organization expanded to 500 stores in 22 years, mostly in the West, which have been nearly tripled in the last eight years.

The funeral of Mrs. Nellie Lippincott, wife of Dr. A. H. Lippincott, took place yesterday from her home, 21 Broadway, the services being in charge of Rev. Percy Perinchief, pastor of the Centenary M. E. Church.

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REMOVAL We Announce the Removal of Our Office From 502 PINE STREET TO 422 BROADWAY Edmund J. Alff REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Established 1901 Bell Phone 833 " " 1720

• There were many persons who last night viewed the body of Assistant Tax Receiver J. Fred Newton, the Elks holding services at his home, 418 Broadway. The funeral will take place this afternoon.

4 MEN ARRESTED IN RACE BET RAID Bookmaking Sheets Found in Rear of Broadway Cigar Store Four men were arrested when police raided a room in the rear of a cigar store at 433 Broadway, late Saturday, and confiscated a telephone and horse-racing sheets as evidence the place was used for bookmaking on races. They gave their names as Dominick Di Pilla, 40, of the Broadway address; Anthony Di Pilla, 38, of 512 Benson street; Nicholas Dentina, 20, of 249 Pine street, and Edward Bock, 26, of 219 Cooper avenue, Woodlynne. None would admit being in charge and each was held in $1000 bail for a hearing in police court today. The raid was made by Detective Thomas Murphy, Sgt. Gus Koerner and Policeman James McLaughlin.

EIGHTH WARD SOCIETY TO HOLD BALL FRIDAY The Eighth Ward Beneficial Association will hold a ball Friday night at Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway. A variety show will also be given. During the evening a "Big Apple" contest will be held and prizes will be awarded. Music will be furnished by Jimmy De Muro and 12-piece orchestra. Dancing will begin at 9 p. m. The committee has leased the entire three floors of the hall and an amplifier system will be installed. The committee includes: Henry Konopka, Thomas Griffith, Al Konopka, Frank Russo, William Marino, Maude Marino, Ralph Bantivoglio, John C. Downes, Anthony Ragone, John Russo, Theodore Messaro, Anthony Russo, Alfred Di Giacomo, Albert Di Giacomo, Anthony Marino, Frank Di Giacomo, Nicholas Carmonna, Anthony Carmonna, John Baj and Roxie Merlino.

MOBSTER SLAIN BY ENEMIES OF PHILA. GANG ON CAMDEN 'RIDE' Joseph Hillop Is Beaten, Strangled and Shot Near Ancora QUARREL ON ROBBERY BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE Is Second Victim of Vengeance Police Think; Widow Gives Clue Joseph Hillop, cheap Philadelphia crook, was taken on a "one-way ride" early yesterday and his body dumped in a sparsely settled section of Camden county. He had been beaten, strangled and shot four times. Identification was made through fingerprints and later verified by the dead gangster's widow and mother, both of whom were prostrated with grief. The body of the red-headed blue-eyed mobster—who once was accused of ratting on his companions in a Camden jewelry robbery—was found beside the old White Horse pike, about a half mile from where it joins the new pike at Ancora. Three youths, starting a fishing trip, made the discovery at 5 a. m. yesterday. Police said the man had been dead for several hours. Strangled and Shot Hillop had been strangled, slugged and shot, much in the same manner as his former "buddy in crime," Joe Bielec, whose mutilated body was found on the shore of Peter's creek, Oaklyn Manor, March 7, 1931. A "clue" to the latest police theory of the crime was furnished, unwittingly, late yesterday by Hillop's widow, Mrs. Anna Hillop, with whom he lived on Wallace street, near Eleventh, in Philadelphia. Although denying any knowledge of the reason behind the killing of her husband, or who committed the crime, Mrs. Hillop suddenly shouted at Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin and County Detective Chief Lawrence T. Doran: "If I knew anything about a robbery, don't you think I would cut myself in? Do you think I'd let 'em (Continued on Page Four) Phila. Man Slain By Rival Mobsters (Continued from Page One) get away with it without giving me a piece?" Then, suddenly, as though she remembered she was telling something the police wanted to know, she began to talk on a new line of conversation. Her remarks, police believe, were made because her husband had been engaged recently in forcing other crooks to divide loot with him on robberies he knew they had committed, but with which he had no connection. Prosecutor Baldwin first believed Hillop's death had been the result of the Furhman jewel robbery more than two years ago. Jewelry Store Robbed At that time three bandits held up and robbed a clerk in the jewelry store of Abe Furhman & Son, 444 Broadway, escaping with $3000 in jewels. A short time later Hillop, Bielec, Frank Rock, Tommy Rielly, Alfred Ripka and Louie Frank, all Philadelphians with police records, were arrested in connection with the holdup. Rock and Reilly were each sentenced to serve 10 to 30 years in the Eastern Penitentiary, following a conviction for the Camden job, while Bielec was given three months and Hillop 18 months for their part in the crime. Ripka and Frank "beat the rap" and were freed. Because of the light sentences dealt Hillop and Bielec, their friends in the underworld thought they had double-crossed Rock and Reilly. Then a short time after Bielec had served his sentence he was put on the spot and his body found at Oaklyn. Hillop has only been out of jail for about four months, police said last night, and during that time he married Mrs. Hillop, widow of a former Philadelphia motorcycle patrolman, John Kelly. Although police refused to admit it, a search was begun last night for Ripka, brother of the notorious Frankie and Howard Ripka, and Frank. They are to be questioned regarding their whereabouts on Tuesday night and early yesterday. "At first I thought the murder of Hillop might be connected with the Fuhrman robbery," Prosecutor Baldwin said, "but after talking with his wife, I don't think that is the right track. Three boys starting early for a day of fishing discovered the body a few feet off the road. They notified state police at Hammonton and the body was brought to the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital morgue after being examined by Coroner Arthur H. Holl. Fingerprints were taken by state police and copies taken to Philadelphia by State Police Detective Wilfred Dube. Chief Doran began his investigation as soon as the body was identified. County Detectives Jules Derowski and Harry Ireton were sent to Philadelphia to bring Hillop's mother, Mrs. Lena Hillop, of 1003 North Oriana street, Philadelphia, to the prosecutor's office for questioning. She told police she knew nothing of her son's recent habits or friends. He left her home more than three months ago, telling her at the time he was going to get married. Wants to See Body While Mrs. Hillop was being questioned, Doran received a telephone call from the hospital, being informed that a woman was there who demanded to see the body. Derowski and State Trooper Detective Ray Osborne were sent to bring the woman in. She proved to be Hillop's widow, although at first telling the police her name was Anna King. She was accompanied by John Roseman, of 716 Race street, a drug store clerk. Police released them after questioning them for an hour. When Hillop's body was found it was nattily dressed in brown pinstriped suit, soft blue shirt, red and black silk socks and tan low shoes. His cream-colored fedora was found 200 feet from the body, some half a mile from where the old pike rejoins the new pike at Ancora. It later developed from the label he had bought it around the corner from his home. Joe's nose was broken, his ear bashed in, head cut and swollen from blows of a blunt instrument. His pockets had been stripped except for a 5-cent piece, half a pack of cigarets and two handkerchiefs, whose initials, "L" and "C," proved as useless a clue to his identity as the monogram "P" on the pearl-studded buckle of his tan leather belt. But the fingerprints cant' be counterfeited, so it was only eight hours or so after the police were called in that the body was identified by means of them.

4 HELD FOR GRAND JURY AFTER GAMBLING RAID The plea of four men that they were only listening to a radio broadcast Saturday on War Admiral's latest turf triumph failed to prevent their being held yesterday for grand jury action when arraigned in police court. Judge Gene R. Mariano held Dominick Di Pilla, 40, of 433 Broadway, in $1000 bail as the owner of an alleged gambling house and three companions in bail of $500 each as material witnesses. The latter are Nicholas Dentina, 20, of 249 Pine street; Anthony Di Pilla, 38, of 512 Benson street, and Edward Bock, 26, of 219 Cooper avenue, Woodlynne. They were arrested late Saturday when a squad of police, headed by Detective Thomas Murphy, raided the Broadway address and seized horse racing sheets and other evidence.

MAN HELD IN ROBBERY OF MRS. SHANE AS COPS PLAN 2 MORE ARRESTS Police Character Jailed Without Bail; Another Questioned JOHNSON SEES SOLUTION NEAR Asserts Witnesses Link Suspect To Crime Jailed and Quizzed in Holdup Stanley Powell, 28, of 1256 Whitman avenue, right, who was jailed without bail last night on suspicion of holdup and robbery in connection with the $10,380.50 robbery of Mrs. Mary Shane, and Frank Gromacki, 28, of 412 Broadway, left, who is being questioned by detectives investigating the case. Stanley Powell, 28, Camden police character, was jailed without bail last night in connection with the $10,380.50 robbery of Mrs. Mary Shane, wife of a Camden state motor vehicle agent. Powell is charged with "suspicion of holdup and robbery." Meantime police were questioning Frank Gromacki, 28, of 412 Broadway, in connection with the same case. Arrest of two others was predicted as Harry Gassel, 27, of 1282 Liberty street, owner of the car allegedly stolen and used in the holdup, still was being detained at headquarters. Lieut. Samuel E. Johnson, in charge of the detective bureau, predicted police would solve the holdup before morning, or less than 48 hours after it occurred. "Powell has been linked definitely to this job by witnesses," he said. Mrs. Shane was robbed early Thursday morning while en route to the American National Bank on Broadway, near Kaighn avenue, to deposit funds taken in by her husband, Samuel, at 1289 Kaighn avenue, she told police. Bandit Flees in Auto A man snatched the money, representing December 31 license fees from Mrs. Shane as she carried it across Broadway in an ordinary shopping bag near the bank. The thief escaped in an automobile with three accomplices. First break in the case came when the car believed abandoned by the (Continued on Page 4—Column 4) Man Jailed in Theft From Mrs. Shane (Continued from Page One) bandits was found late Thursday night in West Collingswood Heights. A West Collingswood Heights woman, after reading the abandoned car had been used by the bandits, in the Morning Post appeared at police headquarters and declared she believed she could identify one of the men. Detectives refused to divulge the woman's name but said she was convinced the man had waited on her when she patronized a Kaighn avenue store. Gromacki was taken into custody at Broadway and Kaighn avenue, a few feet from the scene of the holdup, by several Camden detectives and two motor vehicle inspectors. Powell was arrested by Detectives Clifford Carr and Heber McCord as he was preparing to eat a meal in a restaurant on Market street near Second. Both were taken to detective headquarters, where Powell calmly denied any implication in the holdup. He was removed to police headquarters, and after being "booked" was placed in a cell. Commissioner Mary W. Kobus was present during the grilling of Powell. The State Motor Vehicle Department ordered the closing of the agency operated by Mrs. Shane's husband. The order closing Shane's office pending an investigation came from Acting Motor Vehicle Commissioner Arthur W. Magee. "All agents were recently ordered to carry holdup insurance," Magee said, "and since Shane reported he had none, this was in direct violation of the rules of the department." The number of the bandit car, which crashed into a truck while making a getaway, was obtained and the vehicle was reported stolen shortly after the holdup, police said. Shortly before midnight Thursday detectives received a call from Fred Cannady, New Jersey and Washington avenues, West Collingswood Heights that the car probably used in the holdup had been found abandoned at Pennsylvania and Washington avenues. Cannady said he saw a man leave the car at 11 a. m. Detective Clifford Carr made a preliminary investigation and declared all the glass in the windows and windshield was unbroken. Acting Sergt. Joseph Carpani ordered the car impounded at Lane's garage, Haddon avenue and Line street, where it was investigated for fingerprints. Carr reported the finding of a shopping bag, believed to be the one carried by Mrs. Shane at the time of the holdup, and a roll of adhesive tape in the car. Following the holdup Mrs. Shane was taken to police headquarters and questioned for more than 11 hours. She was taken to her home at 11 p. m. by state motor vehicle inspectors, who talked to her there until 1 a. m. Previously, at police headquarters, she was shown numerous rogue's gallery pictures and partially identified one of them as the suspect who stole her bag.

ZUNI A. A. TO HOLD ANNUAL BALL JAN. 25 The fourth annual ball of the Zuni Athletic Association, 464 Royden street, will be held at Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway, on Friday night, Jan. 25. Frankie Moles and His Jersey Cavaliers will play. Invitations to attend have been extended to Gene Mariano, honorary president; former Police Chief James E. Tatem, Michael and Joseph Greenetz, Joseph Wood, Frank A. Giordano, Angelo A. Di Persia, Dr. Lawrence R. Palese and Peter Zizak, coach of the 1934 football team. The ball committee includes Dominic Radogna, chairman; Anthony Natanni, Anthony Fabrizio, Victor Price, John Natanni, William Flomini, Joseph Flomini, Dave Mancozzi, Nicholas Levecchia, Paul A. Giordano and Frank Devone. Officers elected at the last meeting were: President, Emil Aceto; vice president, Ralph Bantivoglio; secretary, Felix Meschini; treasurers, Leonard Garaguso and Harry Larusso, and sergeant-at-arms, Dominic Giordano.

'IRELAND NIGHT' SET BY 6TH WARD CLUB G.O.P. Unit to Honor Patrolman John S. McTaggart Tuesday Night The third annual "Night in Ireland" which is given each year in honor of Patrolman John S. McTaggart by the Sixth Ward Republican Association, will be held March 16 in the Eagle's Hall, 415 Broadway. More than 3000 tickets have been sold. A number of Camden city officials and civic leaders are expected to attend. Among the guests will be Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, Surrogate Frank B. Hanna, Chief of Police Arthur Colsey and several state executives. The committee arranging the details is headed by Sergeant Edward Carroll, chairman, Sergeant John Garrity, Mrs. Katherine Cunningham and Deputy City Clerk William D. Sayrs. McTaggart has been in the city employ for 27 years. He was appointed to the fire department in 1910 and a few years later was transferred to the police department. He was the youngest member of the fire department in the few years he was attached to that bureau. He is widely-known in the Sixth Ward for his charitable work among the poor and is one of the "old school" policeman who believes it is better to explain the law to a trivial offender than arrest him. He is rarely seen in the police court and has often told his friends he prefers to take an intoxicated man home than send him to jail. He has lived in Camden for 48 years, most of the time in the ward in which he now resides. His parents are natives of Ireland. A number of acts of vaudeville have been engaged as well as two two [sic] orchestras which will furnish music for dancing.

TWO LANDMARKS ON BROADWAY TO BE SOLD TUESDAY City to Dispose of Labor Temple and Eagles Home Two of Broadway's landmarks, taken over by the city for non-payment of taxes, are slated to be sold to the highest bidder at public auction in City Commission chambers next Tuesday at 2 p. m. Minimum acceptable bids have been fixed by the city at $10,000 for each, approximately one-sixth of the assessed valuation on which tax bills are based. The properties are the Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden street, and the Eagles Home, 413-15-17 Broadway. The former is assessed at $59,175, or an annual tax of $2887.74; the latter at $58,525, equivalent to a tax of $2846.04 at the present city rate of $4.88 for each $100 of assessed valuation. City Collecting Rents The city has been collecting rents from both buildings, but not in an amount equal to the taxes, and it has in addition the cost and responsibility for maintaining them. The city is anxious to get them back into private hands where they will produce taxes, although whether or not the assessments can be kept at nearly $60,000 if the purchase prices are $10,000 each, is questionable. The Labor Temple, of brick and masonry construction, is 40 feet wide and 60 feet eight inches long, extending back to St. John street. It covers 11,6[?]0 square feet. The land, officially listed as 538 Broadway, is assessed at $17,175; the improvements at $42,000. Built in 1920, the place has two stories, a finished basement and a portico on top. In the past six years, while it has been occupied by the Central Labor Union, some improvements have been made, including conversion of the cellar into offices and a meeting room. Fluorescent lighting has been installed, the interior has been repainted, and the ballroom decorated. Union Makes Offer The union has made the $10,000 offer which has been accepted by the city pending the result of the bidding. The basement ceiling is 11 feet two inches high; the first floor ceiling, 13 feet; the second floor, 15 feet, eight inches. On the first floor are five offices and meeting rooms and two bathrooms; on the second floor, two offices, the ballroom and two lavatories. The floors are wood except the basement, which is cement; the roof is slag and flat, and according to union officials, needs a new one. The heating is hot water; the fuel, oil. Plans are underway to reconvert it to coal. The foundation is brick. The Eagles building, even larger, was built by the Fraternal Order No. 6[?] in 1907, and a huge eagle with an eight-foot wingspread adorns the entrance. Eagles Rent Building The structure and foundation are brick, 49 feet, six inches wide and 178 feet, nine inches long, for a total square footage of 17,274. The land, which runs back to Williams street, is assessed at $24,300; the improvements at $34,225. The Eagles, who lost the place on delinquent taxes, now rent it. The building has three floors. On the first are a wide corridor, living room, kitchen, office and social room, 40 by 80 feet in size. The ceiling is 12 feet high. The second floor has an auditorium, larger than the social room downstairs, with a stage and a basketball floor. The ceiling is 20½ feet high. The third floor is a lodge room, with 12-feet ceiling. The basement is completely finished, with cement floor and attractively arranged as a rathskeller. It includes bowling alleys, billiard tables. There are 16 toilets, three lavatories and one bathroom. The roof is flat and slag; the heating system, steam.

ARTHUR M. SITLEY STRICKEN IN CAMDEN While Dr. Francis J. Bickers, of 1701 Fillmore street, Camden, was driving in Broadway near Vanhook street yesterday he saw an elderly man reel, fall and strike his head a severe blow on the curbstone. The doctor alighted and went to the man's assistance. Realizing that it was a stroke of apoplexy, and that the man's condition was dangerous, the doctor had him carried to a near-by house for treatment. Here he was recognized as Arthur M. Sitley, of 506 Broadway, Camden, and the founder of Sitley & Son's grain elevator, in Camden, at Sixth and Chelten avenue. He was subsequently removed to his home. His condition is critical.

WRIGHT COX DIES IN HIS 66TH YEAR Many Escapes Marked 40 Years as City Fireman and Policeman Wright Cox, veteran fireman and policeman for over two score years, died in Homeopathic Hospital, early yesterday morning. He was in his 66th year. An invalid who heroically stuck to his post despite the protests of his superior officers, Cox was taken to the hospital from his home at 564 Mt. Vernon street, about a month ago. He was suffering from stomach trouble, aggravated by an attack of sciatic rheumatism. The end came unexpectedly early yesterday morning. Shortly before three o'clock he called the nurse and Policeman "Joe" Keefe, convalescing in the ward, to his bedside and in a faint voice said: "Well, goodbye all, I'm going to leave you." With those parting words he passed away. The career of Wright Cox as a fireman and a policeman was a colorful one. He was appointed a fireman in the mid-1880's. An expert horseman, he was for years driver for former Chiefs Robert Bender and Samuel S. Elfreth. He had many thrills as a fire fighter. At the big fire at the cork and licorice plants downtown 20 years ago, he was among the valiant firemen who were nearly blinded by the stifling fumes. He nearly forfeited his life at the Sixth Regiment Armory fire on March 16, 1906, in an heroic effort to save the three firemen who perished in that awful blaze. Baffled in his search by the blinding, strangling smoke, he and the late Ed Hartman escaped from the burning building by following a line of hose leading out into Mickle street. On January 1st, 1908, Cox was appointed to the Police Department by Mayor Charles H. Ellis. He was assigned to duty in the Third ward, where among his important arrests were a gang of desperate yeggmen and safeblowers and a notorious gang of burglars who were terrorizing Cooper street for an entire summer. About seven years ago Cox was appointed sergeant of the Police Department, with headquarters at the Second District station house, Chestnut street near 6th. Last spring the mounted police unit was disbanded, and the horses sold at auction. His position as stable sergeant being thus ended he was appointed a special officer at City Hall park. He was filling that assignment when taken ill about a month ago. A short time before he was stricken last month, the veteran of over 40 years' service as fireman and policeman made application for retirement on pension, and favorable action was about to be taken on it when death intervened. Cox is survived by a daughter and a brother, George Cox, pensioned Battalion Chief of the Fire Department, now of Wildwood. He was a son of the late George Cox, who for years was a driver for Andrew Lyons, marble yard proprietor. Funeral arrangements are being arranged by the brother and daughter of the deceased. The flags at the police station houses where Cox served as an officer will droop at half mast for 30 days in honor of the dead patrolman, and an escort of policemen and firemen will attend the funeral. The funeral of Policeman Cox will be held in the Schroeder Funeral Chapel at 538 Broadway, on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Following services interment will be made in Bethel cemetery.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Take notice that the Ninth Ward Republican Association has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for a Club License for premises situated at 536 Broadway, Camden, N. J. The names of the officers of this association and the offices they fill respectively are: Hobart Corson, 417 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., President. John K. Voll, Vice President, 563 Line st., Camden, N. J. Harry Weiss, 459 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., Secretary. William L. Gallagher, 306 Warren ave., Camden, N. J., Treasurer. The names of the directors of this association are: Ernest Gibbons, 644 Clinton st., Camden, N. J. Norvel McHenry, Sr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J. Norvel McHenry, Jr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J. Peter Ashmen, 567 Benson st., Camden, N. J. Raymond Dixon, 560 Washington st., Camden, N. J. Thomas Dickinson, 627 Clinton st., Camden, N. J. Richard W. Griscom, 431 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J. James Shissler, 707 Royden st., Camden, N. J. Lester Beach, 702 Carman st., Camden, N. J. Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, City Clerk of Camden. (Signed) NINTH WARD REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION, 536 Broadway, Camden, N. J. ($24.84)

Man Is Killed Here When Keg of Beer Explodes in Club Gay Holiday Party Ends in Tragedy; Bar Damaged A Christmas party at a city Republican club ended in tragedy Thursday night when a member was injured fatally as a beer keg exploded. John W. Kmicic, 56, of 912 North Thirty-first street, a machinist of the Pennsylvania Railroad for more than 25 years, died shortly after 1 a. m. in Cooper hospital from injuries received when the barrel exploded. Part of the interior of the first floor barroom at the Ninth Ward Republican club, 536 Broadway, was damaged. According to Hobart Corson, chief clerk of the city fire department and president of the club, the accident occurred while more than 100 were making merry at a Christmas party on the first and second floors of the clubhouse. Peculiar Noise Standing beside Kmicic at the time was his son, Theodore Kmicic, of 105 Park avenue, Gloucester, and H. Allen Wolfe, acting chief of the city electrical bureau. Wolfe said Kmicic, known by all his acquaintances as a jovial type of person, came to the end of the bar at the rear of the first floor to inspect the keg, which was making a peculiar noise. Wolfe said Kmicic leaned over the barrel as the blast ripped the barrel open from the bottom, caused a hole to be made in the flooring and tore a piece off the end of the bar. Kmicic, Wolfe said, fell to the floor beside the keg, his face severely battered. A police ambulance removed him to the Cooper hospital, where he died two hours later. Skull Fractured Corson, who was on the second floor at the time of the explosion, said the party was ended immediately. Although many were showered with beer and flying glasses, no one else was injured. Coroner Healey was summoned and said County Physician R. Dean Cavalli would perform an autopsy on the body today. When admitted to the hospital the vic- (Continued on Page 2— Column 7) Keg Blast (Continued from Page One) tim was listed as suffering a possible fracture of the skull, fractures of both arms, loss of the left eye and numerous cuts and bruises. Kmicic lived in an apartment at the Thirty-first street address with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wychowanec. They formerly lived at Thirteenth street and Keswick avenue in Haddon Heights. Leaves Widow A resident of Camden for 35 years, Kmicic was also a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA. Also surviving are his widow, Catherine; a daughter, Mrs. Irene Curtis Gerard, New York City; a grandson; his mother, Anna, in Poland; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Polnar, Camden, and Valeria and Mary, both in Poland, and a brother, Michael, in Poland. Requiem high Mass will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 a. m. in St. Joseph's R. C. Church, Tenth and Mechanic streets. Relatives and friends will meet at 8 a. m. in the funeral home at 1458 Mt. Ephraim avenue, where friends may call Tuesday night. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery, Chews Landing.

Two Men Jailed in Theft Plot Try to Involve G.O.P. Club Aide Ninth Ward Employe Named by Prisoners in Scheme to Loot Building of Slot Machines; Judge Neutze Discounts Story An employee of the Ninth Ward Republican Club yesterday was accused of plotting to steal slot machines from the club at 536 Broadway by two South Camden men convicted of robbing him. Michael Maloni, 25, of 321 South Fourth street, and Dominick Vizzone, 24, of 316 South Fifth street, were sentenced to four months in the county jail when Judge Frank F. Neutze told them their story "doesn't ring true." Maloni and Vizzone were arrested on complaint of Jacob Mutzer, 417 Carteret street, employed at the club. He said he was coming out of a restaurant in South Camden early on the morning of June 17 when he met Maloni and Vizzone. "They induced me to get into their car and then they drove me to a field back of the Camden Forge Company," Mutzer testified. "There they took my money and keys, including keys to the club. I was afraid they might get into the club and clean it out so I notified police." Detectives went to the club house, but Maloni and Vizzone did not appear. They were arrested later. The defendants denied robbing Mutzer. "His story is not true," Maloni insisted. "He told us to take his keys and go to the club and take the slot machines from there while he waited for us. He said it would look like a hold-up. We refused to have anything to do with it." Mutzer cut in and said Maloni's testimony was untrue. Judge Neutze told Maloni and Vizzone he thought they were "looking for a way out," and imposed sentence.

NEW JERSEY 531 BERKELEY STREET, 10 ROOMS AND bath, $3200; 539-41 Roberts street, 6 rooms and bath, $1150; 1138 Marion street, 4 rooms and enclosed shed, $1000. These properties are dirt cheap. Anyone wishing to purchase apply to CHAS. S. NEWKIRK & CO., 615 Broadway, Camden.

FUNERAL OF MRS. MOFFETT. City Officials Act as Pall Bearers for a Noble Woman. The funeral of Mrs. Susan Moffett, wife of Janitor Charles C. Moffett, of the City Hall, was held this afternoon from the residence of her son, Henry Moffett, No. 602 Broadway. The services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Mace, pastor of the Broadway M. E. church, and interment was made in Harleigh Cemetery. A large number of Mrs. Moffett's friends attended the funeral and followed her remains to the cemetery. The pall bearers were ex-Mayor Jesse Pratt, City Clerk T. P. Varney, Supervisor of Highways John Blowe, Tax Receiver William A. Husted, City Engineer Levi Farnham and Assessor C. J. Mines. The body was laid out in a brown silk dress and reposed in a black cloth covered casket with silver trimmings. The floral tributes were numerous and consisted of twelve rosebuds representing twelve grandchildren, a "Gates Ajar," from her son Henry; a pillow, from her three daughters; a bouquet, from the Broadway M. E. church; a setting sun, from her son Walter, and a sheaf of wheat, from the officials of the city.

Fire Destroys Toy Shop, 2 South Camden Homes Blaze Rages 4 Hours By JAMES RIGGIO Courier-Post Staff RL [illegible] BROA —Courier-Post Photo by James Stewart GENERAL ALARM FIRE sweeps out of control in the 600 block of S. Broadway. Six firemen were injured battling wind-whipped flames which engulfed a warehouse and threatened entire block. A general-alarm fire swept through a Camden warehouse and showroom for four hours last night and destroyed two nearby residences before almost 100 firemen brought it under control. The blaze destroyed the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway which housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, distributors of toys, novelties and household goods. No estimate of the loss was available. A second-story apartment atop the firm also was destroyed, and an adjoining house at 527 Line Street was damaged badly by the flames. Left Homeless Mrs. Rose Young, 26, who lived in the apartment at 529 Line Street with her three small children, escaped the blaze which left them homeless and took shelter with nearby friends. Louis Iatarola, 57, who lived in the house at 527 Line Street with his two sisters, Carolyn and Lena, said his family would take refuge with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Luciani were ordered by firemen to evacuate their home at 525 Line Street because of the danger from the heavy smoke. The Luciani house, separated from the burning building by a narrow alley, was not touched by the flames. Spotted by Cops The first call was sounded at 4:42 p.m. when Ptl. Richard Hailey and Thomas Penn spotted smoke coming from the building. Hailey, a former employe of the Corradetti firm, Continued on Page 3—Col. 3 Related Fire Stories, Photo on Page 17 Fire Wrecks Toy Shop, Two City Homes (Continued From Page One) radioed the alarm from the patrol wagon then he and Penn rushed inside to warn the occupants of the building. Clar Puke, the store manager, said he noticed the smoke rising from the basement through a floor hatch. He said he was almost overcome by the thick smoke when he entered the basement, but managed to warn six other employes who ran from the building. The first call brought two engine companies and a ladder company and the heavy duty rescue squad under Battalion Chief Anthony Saponare. Second Alarm The second call, sounded several minutes later, was responded to by two additional engine companies and another ladder company under Battalion Chief Theodore Primas, according to Fire Chief Edward V. Michalak, who also had arrived on the scene. By 6:32 p.m., all the city's nine engine companies and three ladder companies were thrown into action against the blaze, according to Michalak. He said about 100 firemen including 35 off-duty members were on hand to fight the flames, which sent billows of black smoke into the sky above Broadway. Michalak also issued a mutual assistance call which brought fire fighting equipment from other nearby communities to man Camden's firehouse while the city's men and equipment were tied up. 4 Firemen Treated Four city firemen were taken to Cooper Hospital where they were treated and released for injuries and smoke inhalation. All reported back to the fire and continued work in fighting the blaze. Michalak said firemen had extreme difficulty in reaching the blaze, which started in the basement, because of ceiling-high piles of merchandise which blocked passage and prevented good ventilation. He said there will be an investigation into the manner in which the materials were stored in the building. Goods Feed Fire Large quantities of paper goods, plastic and rubber products, chemical charcoal fire starters and other highly flammable substances fed the fire and gave off the heavy smoke and poisonous fumes, according to Michalak. Exploding aerosol cans sounded like Fourth of July fireworks as firemen poured thousands of gallons of water onto the flames. Hoses sprayed the fire from Broadway, Line Street on the side, and Williams Street in the rear of the building. Break Through Roof As firemen battled the blaze, flames broke through the roof of the structure at several points, lighting up the early evening sky. Flood light units from the Camden Electrical Bureau and the Gloucester City Rescue Squad aided firemen as darkness fell. Angelo Errochetti, director of public works, was at the scene and said he ordered the city's water system opened full force to maintain a 48-pound pressure in the hydrants which fed the fire hoses. Michalak declared the fire under control at 8:40 p.m., but said several companies would remain at the scene throughout the night to prevent a further flareup. —Courier-Post Photo by James Stewart SEA OF SMOKE engulfs fireman manning hoseline high above general alarm blaze in S. Broadway warehouse. But he's on an aerial ladder—not floating on a space platform.

ES [illegible] —Courier-Post Photo by Bob Bartosz DENSE SMOKE from flame-swept warehouse on S. Broadway hinders firemen in general alarm blaze last night.

CAMDEN IN EASTERN LEAGUE Camden will be again represented in the Eastern Basketball League during the coming season. A meeting of the Alpha Eastern League team and managers will be held at the Alpha Club, 708 Broadway, this evening. Brown, Adams, Bolin, Heron and McLaughlin are expected in the lineup and "Bill" Steele, one of the best basketball players in the East has been signed. Camden expects to land the bacon this fall with this formidable basket shooters.

After giving a romantic account of his career, Frank Hargraves, 28 years old, of Los Angeles, was given six months in jail by Recorder Stackhouse in Camden yesterday on a charge of attempting to pass a worthless check on Harry Galbraith, a liquor merchant, of 817 Broadway. The check was for $13.50 and was drawn to the order of Harry O. Collins on a Camden bank. It was signed "George M Lucas." Of good appearance, Hargraves said he is a paroled prisoner from Canyon City, Col., where he was centenced in 1907 to five years for a like offense. In 1911 he was pardoned, went to Los Angeles and secured a job in a grocery store. A former "pal" blackmailed him to the extent of $250, all his savings. He forged some checks and left for South America. Later he tried to get employment in New York and Washington and later drifted to Camden. Unable to get work, he concluded to try his old game and was tripped up almost at the beginning. Detective Brothers and Policeman Reader arrested him shortly after his attempt on Galbraith.

EIGHT PERSONS KILLED A RAILWAY COLLISION CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS. AN EXCURSION PARTY SUDDENLY STOPPED IN ITS JOURNEY—MANY OF THE PASSENGERS SERIOUSLY INJURED. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., June 14.—A collision occurred on the Camden and Atlantic Road at Pike's Peak, about eight miles from Camden, this morning, which resulted in the death of seven men and one little boy. Many other persons were injured. An excursion train with five coaches left Camden at 7:40, having on board the children and teachers of the Sunday-schools of the Second Presbyterian Church of Camden and the Presbyterian Church of Wenonah, N. J., bound for Lakeside Park, a pleasure resort on the Camden and Atlantic Road. When the train was rounding a curve at a place called Pike's Peak it came into collision with the accommodation train from Atlantic City due in Camden at 9:10 A. M. Both trains were running at a high rate of speed, and neither engineer was aware of his danger until a few seconds before the locomotives came together. The passengers were startled from their seats by the screaming of the whistles and the grating of the air-brakes and the next instant were thrown headlong by a terrific crash and the sudden stoppage of the trains. The engines and baggage cars of both trains were completely demolished and were piled up in a confused mass of wood and iron 15 feet high, and the whole so enveloped in scalding steam that for some minutes nothing could be done to rescue or recover the persons buried in the ruins. The collision was at once followed by a scene of wild excitement and confusion. Men, women, and children jumped from the cars, many coming out through the windows. Many were screaming and crying, and all were half-crazed with fright, while the cries of the wounded and those who were being scalded to death in the ruins mingled with the hissing of the escaping steam. As soon as it was possible to approach the ruins without being scalded men went to work to get out the killed and injured. The list of the killed includes the engineers of both trains, the mail agent and fireman of the accommodation train, the Civil Engineer of the Camden and Atlantic Road, the conductor of the excursion train, a brakeman, and a Sunday-school scholar, a boy 10 years old, who, crushed and lacerated, lived until 5 o'clock this evening. The first man taken from the ruins was Express Agent John Rosenbaum, of the accommodation train. He presented a shocking appearance, being terribly cut about the head. He is still alive, but may die, as besides the cuts he is badly injured. The back fireman, Nicholas Barber, of the accommodation train, was next taken out. He was dead. His entrails protruded from his body, and he was otherwise mangled. Fireman Louis McLain was then picked up living, but badly scalded and gashed about the face and head. Mail Agent Winfield Hiles was with great difficulty gotten out. He was lying dead under the débris, and it was some time before he was discovered. Attention was attracted to him by a faint cry, "I am here." He was terribly injured internally and died in a short time. Of the excursionists only one was fatally hurt. This was little Willie Caskey, aged 10, who has since died. His brother John, aged 12, is injured about the face, but not dangerously. Mr. Frank Fenton, the civil engineer of the road, was also the Superintendent of the Second Presbyterian School. He was taken out dead after about two hours' work mangled in a terrible manner. His daughter was on the train. Immediately after the accident she began to search for her father, but was told that he was safe and had gone ahead to flag the trains. She then walked to Haddonfield. After she had gone her father was taken out of the ruins, his head almost flattened where it had been crushed. Conductor Albert Smith and the brakeman, Gustavus Edwards, of the Lakeside train, were taken out dead. Smith was counting his tickets in the front car. It was nearly an hour and a half after the accident before medical assistance arrived. The dead were all brought to Camden, where the Coroner began an inquest to-night. The injured were removed to their homes. The following is the list of the dead: GEORGE BAXTER, engineer, Lakeside train; aged 35. He leaves a widow and four children residing in Camden. NICHOLAS BARBER, aged 34; fireman on the accommodation train. WILLIE CASKEY, aged 10; residence, No. 415 Senate-street, Camden; head crushed; died at his home at 5 o'clock. FRANK FENTON, surveyor of the road, aged 46, residence, No. 334 Benson-street, Camden; leaves a widow and family. GUSTAVAS EDWARDS, aged 27, brakeman on excursion train, leaves a widow and four small children, living at Milford, N. J. W. SCOTT HILES, mail agent of the accommodation train; aged 35, residence, No. 34 Virginia-avenue, Camden; leaves a widow. WESLEY PALMER, engineer of the accomodation train, aged 52; leaves a widow and three children, residing in Atlantic City. ALBERT SMITH, conductor of Lakeside train, aged 30; leaves a widow and four children, living on Vine street, Camden. The injured are as follows: HENRY DIETZ, special officer, residing at No. 262 Chestnut-street, Camden; scalded and hip broken. LEONARD BAUSH, residing at No. 2,241 Germantown Road, Philadelphia; back hurt and badly scalded about face and body. FRANK McCORMICK, No. 1,134 Cooper-street, Camden, an excursionist; left leg broken and scalded about body. JOHN CASKEY, aged 12, of No. 415 Senate-street, Camden; injured about the face. JOHN ROSENBAUM, express agent, badly injured about the back and head; residence, Atlantic City. ALBERT GLENN, conductor, residence at Atlantic City; ribs broken and internally injured. LOUIS McLAIN, fireman, severely injured about the head. JOHN LAYRE, brakeman; injured severely. CORA MAY LIPPINCOTT, aged 12, No. 804 Broadway, Camden, and her brother Eugene, aged 16; legs hurt. JOSEPH A. SEFFARLEN, of the firm of Seffarlen & Fritz, at No. 240 North Third-street, Philadelphia; injured about the shoulder. A number of others were hurt, but not seriously. Coming from the scene of the disaster in the special train the first to run over the fatal spot and resume the traffic of the road was Superintendent Bannard, of the Camden and Atlantic Road. The crushed and mangled body of Engineer Palmer lay in the baggage car covered with two crates. "The management of the road is clear of blame from this disaster," said Mr. Bannard. "The orders dispatched by myself were plain and explicit, directing both trains to stop at Ashland and there pass each other. The Atlantic City accommodation train did not obey that order. Why it did not I cannot imagine. There is no doubt the order was given to both Conductor Glenn and Engineer Palmer. I have in my possession a receipt for that order bearing both their signatures. Palmer was the oldest engineer on the road, and was known to be trustworthy and cautious. Conductor Glenn has the same honorable record." Conductor Glenn, who was one of the injured, was seen by a reporter lying on a bunch of cushions. He covered his face with his hand, and spoke very reluctantly, and evidently with painful effort. "I rang the bell to stop twice," he moaned, "I knew we had to stop off at Ashland, and so did Palmer, and when he didn't pull up I did my best to stop the train." Samuel Archer, a Camden member of the wrecking crew engaged in clearing the track, was fatally injured by a singular accident late this afternoon. The wrecked engines and baggage cars were piled up on the track. In clearing it away a hawser was attached to one of the wrecked engines, while the other end was fastened to a locomotive on the track. When the word was given the locomotive moved away at a rapid rate. The slack hawser snapped and in doing so hurled into the air a great mass of broken iron. One of these flying pieces struck Archer, who was standing several feet away, in the back of the head. A boy who was standing between Archer and the wreck dodged the missile which brought Archer down as though he had been struck by a cannon ball. He was picked up, and it was found that his skull had been crushed in. His brains were oozing out. He was brought to Camden and is still alive, but will die. The New York Times Published: June 15, 1884 Copyright © The New York Times

She Dared Men to Touch the "Pants" Camden Woman Planted a Pole, Decorated It With Pair Trousers and Flourished a Revolver Flourishing a revolver and exclaiming, "I'll kill the first man who touches those pants; this is fair warning to everybody, for I mean what I say!" Mrs. Louisa Traubel, of 807 Broadway, Camden, yesterday held up work on the addition being erected to the Gately and Hurley Company's department store at Broadway and Spruce streets. Mrs. Traubel claimed one of the walls was being constructed three inches over the line of the property belonging to her father, George Fields. She consulted City Engineer Farnham, who decided the wall was a fraction of an inch over the line. Then Contractor John Welsh was notified to stop work, but without the desired result.

BOYS CONFESS THEFT OF BIKE Joseph Evans, aged 14 years, of 225 Benson street, and David Plummer, aged 12 years, of Sixth and Sycamore street, were arraigned before Recorder Stackhouse to-day on a charge of stealing a bicycle from the home of Fireman William McCauley, 453 Liberty street. Both youngsters seem to be unable to keep along the straight and narrow way even for a day. Last week the boys had tried to get into the home of Joseph Forrest, 522 Spruce street, which adjoins that where Detective Brothers resides. They were frightened away but had the bravado to return at night when they were once more detected and given a chance. Later they broke into the store of Asbell Brothers, 911 Broadway, where they are alleged to have stolen some canned goods. They were arrested but released Saturday afternoon. Going out of the City Jail the kids went downtown, visited the McCauley home in the rear, saw the wheel and took it. The bike was taken to the Kaighn's Point ferry, where the boys intended hiding it, but they changed their minds and decided to take a ride. They were then arrested. Both made no bones about their actions, seemingly taking some pride in it. Both were held by the Recorder.

The Sixth Ward Republican Club will give out 400 loaves of bread from the headquarters at 908 Broadway, between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will distribute 200 loaves in the afternoon at the W. C. T. U. Hall, on Benson street above Fourth. [illegible]

Important! We Are Now at Our NEW LOCATION Southeast Corner Fifth and Pine Sts. With a Full Line of ELECTRICAL GOODS Wholesale and Retail (Formerly at 930 Broadway) Bornstein Electric Co.

[illegible] MOURN MRS. DELLA WARD Among the grieving friends who last evening viewed the body of Mrs. Della Ward, wife of Policeman George Ward, at the family home, 610 Line street were members of the Sixth Ward Women's Republican Club, with which she was actively affiliated. The delegation assembled at the club house, 908 Broadway at half past 8 o'clock, and proceeded to the residence of their departed sister in the cause, bearing a floral tribute whose beauty of design attracted much sympathetic attention. The funeral of Mrs. Ward was held this afternoon and was largely attended, many South Camden policemen paying last respects to the wife of their bereaved comrade. Interment was made in Arlington cemetery.

CAMDEN William J. Paul, city editor of the Review, has been spending several days in New York city. Miss Florence Shimer, of Reiglesville, is visiting Miss Jennie Boyer. Howard Pancoast, a student at Princeton University, is spending a few days at home visiting his father, former Judge D. J. Pancoast. J. B. VanSciver and wife sailed for Europe on Wednesday for a Continental tour. County Detective John Cherry, who had his face frozen during the recent blizzard, is able to be about again. Sheriff David Baird has returned from a business trip to Mobile, Ala. City Comptroller Samuel Hufty and Street Commissioner Lewis Mohrman spent Wednesday in New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Alphens Vansant, Mr. and Mrs. John Nulty and William C. Riggs and family have been attending the Methodist Conference at Atlantic City this week. The Fireside New Year's Association on Tuesday evening elected the following officers: President, A. K. Snyder; first vice-president, Emil Geer; second vice-president, W. J. Stanton; recording secretary, Paul Faussel; financial secretary, R. Murr; trustees, R. Gordon, Harvey Dumphey, E. Kellogg, C. Lock, Edward Walls; captain, Walter J Stanton; first lieutenant, W. Sillings; second lieutenant, W. Kinzler; third lieutenant, C. E. Stripe; fourth lieutenant, S. P. Verga; musical inspectors, C. Davis and D. Smith. The Camden Camera Club organized at 926 Broadway, on Tuesday evening, with the following officers: Dr. W. W. Kain, as president; James Rowan, vice-president; Rev. G. W. Pettitt, secretary; Dallas R. Cann, treasurer. August H. Reeve will take his family to California this spring. Christopher C. Chew spent Thursday attending the M. E. Conference at Atlantic City. Judge E. Ambler Armstrong and his mother are enjoying a trip to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Peter V. Voorhees and Master Dayton Voorhees are spending several weeks on a Southern tour. William J. Browning, chief clerk of the House of Representatives, is home from Washington for a short stay.

FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR MRS. M'TAGGART High requiem mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church Saturday for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, of 915 Broadway, who died Tuesday in West Jersey Hospital. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. McTaggart was the wife of Patrolman John McTaggart. She passed away while friends of her husband were staging their annual frolic in his honor at Eagles hall. Hundreds of persons viewed the body last night at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. Patrolmen William Hughes and Otto J. Topercer formed a guard of honor last night, while a police escort accompanied the funeral procession. Pallbearers were Sergeant John Garriety, Patrolmen Edward Leonard, George Weber and Clarence Boyer; George Addison, a fireman, and F. Earl Fearon.

Although still technically charged with murder, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail last Thursday under $2,500 bail, it was learned today. It is generally known around the Camden courthouse that Devon has been indicted for manslaughter, but the grand jury will not make its presentment in the case to Judge Samuel M. Shay until tomorrow afternoon. "It seems very unusual," Judge Shay commented today when information reached him that Devon had been released on bail. "The court usually leaves these matters to the prosecutor, who is thus authorized to fix bail. Otherwise, the court would be constantly interrupted by bail applications. Murder Unbailable "As a rule, murder is an unbailable charge. The fact that it was reported that the grand jury had indicted Devon for manslaughter can have no bearing on the point. I cannot see how the prosecutor or whoever fixed bail could have known what the grand jury's presentment was to be when that presentment will not be made until tomorrow. The grand jury can reconsider and change its indictment at any time before making that presentment." Explanation of the unusual action came today from Walter Keown, county solicitor and attorney for Devon, and from Joseph Varbalow, assistant prosecutor. It was Varbalow who fixed bail. Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott stated that he knew nothing of the action until he heard of it from newspaper men today. Shot in Argument Devon was arrested on January 14 and charged with the murder of Joseph Cimini, known also as Joe Gannon, of 1301 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia. The fatal shooting took place at the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 90[?] Broadway, where a crap game is reported to have been in progress. Devon, a Republican organization political worker, declares that he shot Cimini when the latter attacked him with the butt of a revolver. According to witnesses who made statements to detectives, the shooting occurred after an argument which Cimini and Mose Flannery, another political worker, are declared to have started with Charles "Chick Hunt," former pugilist and one of those who was in the club at the time of the slaying. Read Newspaper Report "I read in the paper that the grand jury was reported to have indicted Devon for manslaughter," Keown said. "I knew that manslaughter was a bailable charge. I went to Mr. Varbalow and he fixed bail, as he also had read of the reported manslaughter indictment." Varbalow corroborated this statement. Bail for Devon was furnished in cash by James Lewis of 60[?] Kaighn avenue and accepted by Sheriff Walter T. Gross on the order signed by Varbalow. Warden Ed Powell said today he had been occupied at the county workhouse at Lakeland and did not know of Devon's release under bail until today. It was last Tuesday that witnesses in the case went before the grand jury and it was last Wednesday that the Evening Courier published the widely-circulated report that the grand jury had found an indictment for manslaughter, which Keown and Varbalow say was the reason for the granting of bail.

'POLACK JOE' ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Arraigned in Court as Echo of Fatal Shooting in G.O.P. Club Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, sometimes political worker, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini, of Philadelphia, in the Sixth Ward Republican Club three months ago, today entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the slaying. Devon, who was arrested for the murder after the shooting, was indicted for manslaughter by the Camden county grand jury and released under $2,500 bail by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow a week before the grand jury made its report. The accused man entered his plea in person today before Judge Samuel M. Shay. He was represented by William King, an associate of Walter Keown in the latter's law office. Assistant Prosecutor C. Lawrence Gregorio appeared for the state and stated afterward that an early trial was expected. Cimini was shot down on the night of January 21 after a quarrel which is supposed to have taken place during a crap game in the clubrooms at 908 Broadway. The shooting is declared to have occurred after Cimini had threatened to kill Charles "Chick" Hunt, a former pugilist.