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W ' ‘ v:',' T he Pcmx J ervis union . ‘■ s i l v:;0 . M ^R ijnR B D IN TIBVr ON THB NlfirXilC* 10 PAGES IN GWASIl --------- , After Football Gaines, by Students — To Improver Gruonds at New IKgii School A t the Decenih^S ‘tn9eting of the iBoard of •EdTicatiq?i’'h e l^ ^oti Monday night in the H igh School Building, Tax Collectoi' J. F. Cleary, whose bond of $2o.000. had been approved, reported the ,collection of $7,757.66, and th a t '$12,'49i2.36 rem ained to be collected. \ T h e (Hoard, r e p o rted the purchase of nine R e m ington typew riters for the H igh iSdhool Com m ercial (Department. It w a s decided to tran s fer th e A m e ricanization School for adults to the O p p o rtunity School on Thom pson street next week. A resolution, was ' a d o p te d perm it ting daneiiiE* In the H igh School gym nasium under proper supervision af ter basketball games, the attendance to be lim ited to H igh School s tudents. The C lerk w a s directed to tak e up w ith the- Common Council t h e m a tter of keeping- clean from snow and ice the sidew alks in front of th e Moun tain House an d the corner of W est M ain and [Hudson streets. I t w a s announced th a t arran g e m e n ts had been m ade With the. P o r t Jervis H o tel Corporation for the dirt from the excavation for th e j i o w ho tel at Pike and W est Broome streets. Conti-actor B. B- Cuddeback -will de liver the d irt to the new High geliool at 60 cents per load: the top soil to be u s e d for the law n in front of the building and the coarse d irt for ffrad- ing- the rear oC the ground.^. Declares Relations with Foreign Nations Are Friendly—rEgyptian Question Settled Satisfactorily — Cannot Recommend Soviet Treaties — Prince to Visit Ar gentine and South Africa. (B y Associated Press) London, Dec. O^King, Oeorge opened rarlLamcnt in state today with a .speech from the throne lu ll of Important pronounce ments or foreign and. domc-stic affairs. He declared that British rela- tioits Avitli forei^t imwers contin ued friendly and said the Egyp- t|m sitnation wa,s settled satis factorily. H e expressed a deep interest in tlic important delilb- erations of thtv League of JlTa- The Government is unable to recommenldi parliaisientary consid eration o f iSovdet treaties, but the Iving adds, be desired normal in tercourse. His pronouncements were that the Government proposed to pro ceed with the naval base at Singapoi*e and that an invitation bad been accepted for the I*rlnce of Wales to visit Argentina, next year wiien he wa.s also,visiting Sontli Africa. Closer oooijerjvtion with the Bomi'nions and Indfev would I ks the guiding principle of the Gov ernment he said. Comm: Ooinmunity Gatherings ihity gatherings held £ 'o f 'Norciitb-gp' tn- tw o buildings—^Riverside and O p p o r tunity. On th e evenin g o f >tovcm b er 21, P r in c ip a l Tripp and her facu lty entertained thirty-five adtilts and a num b e r of chaldron a t th e school. G a m es, m u s ic, dancing- and story te ll ing, concluded w ith refreshm e n ts of coffee an d cookies m a d e th e evenin g ti very enjoyable one. Principal Knowle.s and her assist ant, Miss M a rgaret E a g a n , b f our O p p o rtunity school, entertained a num b er of m o ther’s, fath e rs and children on F riday evening, D ecem ber 5. These little affairs are bring ing the hom e aiid teacher m u ch closer together and m aking our Avork far m o re effective. On the W e d n esday afternoon be fore Thanksgiving,, the O p p o rtunity School children .w e re^ tg e a ted ;.to a turkey dinner, prepared and served in th e school by th e teachers and scholars. The ch ild r e n ' feel A’^ery grateful to those Who mad© the dona- I OPemiy DFund D a y P e n n y F u n d D ay Avas held in all the schools Tuesday, Xovemher 25, with the following results ; ■ Senior JHjgh Sehooi; ............ $20.52 Junior H ig h S c h o o l’ . . .............. 3.7S Church iStreet School . . . . 12.62 Sullivan Avenue School . . . . 6.48 W a st End School '. .................. 5.34 Hast\ MdJn S treet School . . . . 5.05 Riverside School . ........................ 1.56 Opportunity S c h o o l ....................... S3 Continuation School ................ — Total • $58.18 This m oney has been turned over to Miss Wood, School Nurse, who has charge of the purchase and giving of shoes ^ n d rubbers. ' • , Tn^ti^n CJoSilesctedl, ,Sept.-Ifov. Sullivan Avenue School, , . $i08.0C Church Street School ......... .. SO.75 ' E a s t M a in S treet S c h o o l .... 10.00 High School .................. 1 ----- 200.00 Total $407.75 ContihiiAtiOTi iSchool . Tho follow ing pupils having reach ed seventeen, are, upon th e request of thellr parents, recom mended to be excused fro m fu r t h e r attendance a t Continuation School : M arie Callahan, Rose Tuffano, .Joseph K ravitz, C laire Nolan, Nina M illham, • G race H e a ter. Elinor E d w a rds and C h a rlotte Hulse. The reiHjri; Of Principal W. G. Holm es of the .Evening School, show ed registration during November (adm issions) total fo r year, 103; w ithdraw a ls, S- ' Com mercial D e p a rtm e n t — Total atten d a n c e ,’November, 489: average per rtight, 48.9; average belonging, Am ericanization I>epartment-^To.t- al attendance, 129; gvegago atten d ance p#r night, 13-9; ayeraice num b er, belohjlngr, flee G a b ion u n they l i t r f H c ^ e r o f th e A . B. Cij W tE Paid C ^ q d i ^ i PORT JERVIS, N.( Y .,;TU^DAft|gviftg:R/9, \ 9 W ^ lOPAGES . ;-'v; -if.; ' ' . , ' . : ’ M i S h i p i G r o u i i d s WITH SPEECH FROM IHEIiflNE KIDfCOYREADY FORTHEfliGj SAYS AT TRIAL His Attorney Declares He Will Prove That Mrs. Mors Was Killed by Her Husband CHRISTMASIIEE I follOAV.; -' G-.A.' T,effp’rt.s, Haring. C. A. Lefferts Elected Commander at Annual Electibn-—Plans . for Children's .Party The election bf officers of .the Jam e s C, Bilz Post, lAmerican hogjon, was held Monday evening at the club robins, o n ’ [Front street. Officers for the coming year t'olli Com m ander F irst Vice— T> .......... . ........ Second Vice — W e stbrook Stoll Third Vice —, F r e d Turhill A d jutant .— ’ F letcher -Gillinder ‘Finance lOfficer — F red W eigel H istorian — Plrancis Mfirray.- C h a p lain— Rev. Boyd GreehAA-alt. C h a irm a n of Executh-^e Commit tee — F red W eale. Sergeant-ait-Axnfs— Charles Gmo- Service Officer— Dr. J. E. .Noll. A thletic Officer — .Tames Hxivr. Trustees — D r .‘ J . E. Noll. Fred Weale, W. N. 'Bloomer-. Donald S. H a ring, Carl 'W arner and F. D. Sal- Ben Clark, ai'iffi th D. Reese, Fred D. Ka(Imon. It was decided to have a ‘'C h rist m as tree on C h ristm a s 'Eye <at Orange Square at whicli tim e child ren of the city Avill be given e.an;dy, etc. A. c o m m ittee for the C h ristm a s was appointed with J. C. Ollcar. chair man, and,consisting of D. S. Haring. • n a y . a n A a a . COUNCILFAVBR»HER$ALARY ilMAYOR,SALARYFORALDEIiEN lror$yrorie passengers dnd w l ^ S n s f e r w a { i^ e l y it o t h e liner Tena afte^dhe Zacupa had gone ih« CvlMm, . A ' - 1 . its way to._the Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers ; for Coming Year ’Los Angeles, Cal.,' Dec. 9— ^Defense A ttorney George Shreve, appearing for N o rm a n Selby, fam o u s pugilist lenown as Kid McCoy charg ed With the 'murdei' of Mrs. Theresa Mors, divorc ed Avife of Albert Mors, antique deal er, here last August, told the court ‘Monday at the opening of the trial he expected to prove Mors lulled his own wife and that McCoy had nothing to do w ith it. ShreA-e declared he Avould present tAA-JO lines, of evidence. H e said he Avould call 'M rs^Iva -Martin, Avho lives in the apartm e n t house Avhere Mrs. Mors Avas slain, to testify, as she al ready had done, before th e G-rand Jury, th a t after she heard the shot fired in the apartm e n t where McCoy and 'Mrs. Mor w ere living, she saw a “thick-set”’ m a n 'runhing ‘©.way who Avas not McCoy. Shreve declared th a t Mrs. M a rtin Avould identify this m an a.g Mors. , Proi>erty W illed to M ors He also s a id he would prove t h a t in New York City Mrs. M ors willed all her property, including $3il,000 life insurance, to her th e n husband, Al b e rt 'Mors. . McCoy greeted m any friends in the courtroom w ith the declaration he was “ready for the gong,” H e was smiling and neatly dressed and color in his cheeks, lacking a t the tim e of his arrest had returned. . K id Calls It Suicide As the case opened McCoy express ed confidence in pis ability to sidestep the knockout punch of . a verdict Of “guilty.” • “They can’t tu rn a suicide into a m u rder,” he declared. McCoy h a s m aintained since his arrest t h a t MrA Mors, cliA'orced wife of A lbert A. Mors, antique clealei*, com m itted suicide, de spite his efforts to prevent her. In (despair a n d rage over her a c t, he saild* he arm e d him self and went out to kill Mors. Failing to find M ors, he wounded tAvo m en and a woman in and near t h e M ors antique shop. ■McCoy’s sister, MnS. Jennie Tliom- jas, told the Grand Jury which indict ed him, hoAvever, that M cCoy the liight of the shooting gave h e r jewelry afterward ideutifiod as Drop'erty of Mrs- Mbrti, anci said: “I'm a f r a id .t killed that woman.” , .\ , /Mrs. Martin, fol^ ihe’ story* [wbiclj wIU be prssentod by' The defense , a ^ haa' an aU v tiit’a report that MeCoy hiMl inourahle •brain d i s i^ e 'Whleh h a l a i f e c l ^ his mentality and wiU MM Shlitt ’or eatwe complete Insanity wttMn is isar y^a\>. The election, of officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of* the Am erican Legion, Jam e s C. Bilz Post, xYo. G85, for 19-24, Avas held at the Legion rooms ?.Iqnday evening, Dec. S, and resulted as follows President— Mrs. M ary Eoekover. ^ F i r s t Vice-president — MrJ. Jam e s Second Vioe-pres-ident — Mrs. Ee- Roy BockoVer. Secretary— Mrs. Charles Croopin. T reasurer—Mrs. Levi Peroivai. Chaplain and Sgt.-at-A rm s — -Mrs. J. E. Noll. Executive Committee—'Officers and Mm. J. FitzgibbomS, Mrs. J. E. Noll and Mrs. J. W. Stoll. County Committee— Mi-«. J. E. Noll, Mrs. M. BockoA-er « and one other appointed each month. Mei’cliaiits Discns.s Plaii.s The weekly m eeting and luncheon of the M e rchant’s Bureau of the C h a m b e r of Commerce Avas held this noon at the JElks’ Club. Plans for the coming Holiday season'Avere dis- enssed and the m a tter of keeping op- len nights before Christm a s Avas left to th e discretion of indi-vidnal mem- Decorations are planned for the streets to be used on the standards secured from the American Legion previous to Arm istice Day. M er chants desiring, these decorations shculd get in touch AVith Sam LcAdn. Final iUBim ZZ P*y- AiEttnn^men^ ; ■ ' an* •• a d jqprped ‘ m eeting of th© Cdmtnb*i GoUncil . h e ld bh Monday night, j).ecember 8th, a t t h e City iHajl, iMfl Bierlein introduced the. following local daw am e n d ing Section 180 of Ih©'^ -City charter:— . : . . ' Be it ©nacted . by the Common Council of the City of 1/ort .Jervis as follows ; ’ . Section 1. Section; i‘30 of C h h p te r 752' of th e ’-lawil 'Qf 1907, known as, the. charter* of the City of Port Je r vis, is hereby amended so a s to re a d . as follows : ' . , *■ (Section 130, Office of police, patrolm a n and special police^- •men. — The police force of t h e C ity of P o r t Jeryis shall oonsist of a- c h ief Of police, and not to exceed eight patrolm e n appoint ed by th e Common C^puncil and such, police force shall be sub ject to all the provisions of this Such ohicers .shall qualify and enter upon th e ‘Performance of th e ir duties Avithin fifteen days a fter th e ir appointm e n t. The common council m ay also a t any 'tim e appoint as m a n y . special policemen as i t m ay deem desirable. Such special .policemen .shall receive such com pensation as shall be ifixed hif th e common council. Mot to exceed th e rate i>a.id to patrOlmCii during th e latters’ fitist year o£ servifbei a s such, and m a y be rem oved a t any tim e by • th e common council w ithout cause assigned therefor. Upon the application o f any coepbra . tU,n. sooW y. or poKons, The-tower photo sho’ws a llf© ^ t . ‘ever •%xpedierif,* iiiW c iR m iE R G i¥ \ ASSURED BY ERIE’S ACCEPTANCE Lease Arrangement Instead of ^Di rect Purchase Finally. Agreed to — Marquette Deadlocic Next to be Attacked. New York, Dec., 9—‘M erging of the Erie R a ilroad and the Niekle plate .as the first step in the form ation of the contem p lated supersystem of the Van SAveringens became virtually an as sured fact yesterday as th e result of a special commitee of E rie directors, headed by tl^e dean of railroad and financial advisers, Georg'e F. iDaker. ame m eeting was one of m any such conferences held in th© last sev eral weeks to tV/e^h out term s under which th e E rie m ight be leased to the Van Sweringen group, and the com m ittee’s official statem ent, i.ssued at its close, Avas m erely to the effect th a t negotiations were, “progressing favor ably.” I t was learned from influentail sources closely identified w ith the tAA'o roads th a t tire last of the im p o rtant objections to the lease terms, and the one t h a t a t tim es has threatened -to bring all t h e V a n ‘S w eringen’plans for their gigantic'm erger-Cumbling to th© ground, had been settled to tho sati.s- faction -of a ll concerned. CHRISlAStAL SAlEiCOllNTY NfltlNfROGRESS i;. 0 m jSS.41 8ecei|it< ’for iSZSiH*/ j j | , ; 1 ’ | 8 2 4 f o r « t l l 8 p , :■ / / ■ L ForHomoK^flj : / / i 'T h e annual .sale b | O h ristm as aeaW ■. ^ J f j.\! noAv in progresk LTh^e^Orauge. Gpuhty. : ' f : Committee on Tubferctilosis and tpuh-\ ! - lie Hfealth subm its -tp the\; p M ieU h fe i following accounting of t h e receipt'^ ^ for 1923 from th© A^arioiis -I'Otvna ' , through the Seal Sale gnd. the expend^ itures Up to N o vem b er first, 1’924. ' . Receipts Arden ^ . $ 31.3'5 Blooming GrOA’^e . , ........... .... 114.40 L C raw ford . ......... .. . . ----- - - . : 7Sim, ; C h e ster . ....................... .. 2-29.30 Cornwall . . .V, . ...................... 370.50 D e e rpark Cfe P o r t .JerAus) . , 437.00 iGoshen . ............................... 5-5 5,56 H a m p tonburgh ...................... . 85,00 H ighlands ........... .1 .................. -474.65 - MiddletO-wm . . . . . . . . . . . . ilSS.eo M inisink .................... .... ........... 8'5.10 -Monroe .................... • • .274.001 'H a rrim a n . ................. , .......... .. 86;.00 ^Mbntgamery JSLSO;' , . M aybrook IXSlOo ' .Walden ....... .. ............... 309L50^ Mt. Hope ........................ . . . . . 6'8.60 Tuxedo . .......................... . 640.25 W allkiil . . . . ................. ............ 115..76/ iWarwick , . . . . . . ........... s, ........... 7‘8’0.5'5 . ; W aw ayanda . ^ ib'S.OO ‘ , W oodbury . ... . . . . . 116.'50 ; M iuoiity Stockholdeivs B ig P i’ohlem T h is is- th e objection I'aised by di rectors of th e E r ie and other roads desired for m e m b ership in th e neAV system to th e term s pi-oposed fo r m b nority sto e k h o ld e r s ^ t lio s e stocld ioia- who did not care to surrender' their h o ld in g s and becom e partners w ith th e Van SAverin-gens in th e ir venture. W ith th e accep tan c e hy th e E r ie of the lease term s i t is 'believed th e w a y has been opened for th e com p a r a tively early execution o f t h e Avhole m e rger plan. D iscussions ai-e expected to be rencAVed im m e d iately w ith th e Pere. M a rquette, Avhere a deadlock Avas reached in previous .negotiations, and w h e r e th e question, o f rights of th e m inority stockholders first m a d e its appearance a s ' ll i e o'uteanding diff- -ieulty to be oYerconlfe. f .lust w h a t provision is m ade for the dissenting shareholders has not yet been row a led; but it is understood th a t a m eeting of the -Erie board will be called in a feAv days— p robably be fore th e end of the xn-esent week,—and th a t the detailed plan will be a n nounced. So f a r as can be learned, the hesitancy of the comm ittee to discuss these 'details arose m erely frdm a n a t ural desire to present ’them to the •board for is approval first. nnks D istribute 4’bristm a s C^ub , , Checks Christimas Club chec’ks are being m ailed today by -both national banks ; in this city and the B a n k of M atam oras. ' ; The Christm a s Club ’ fund aggregates, a considerable am o u n t and undoubt- ,edly the local m e rchants will s h a re in m a terial benefit and increased busi ness a t this season, ■ ^ 4- -f ^ & .. 4- h i g h SCHOOL NOTES , ^ By “Schoonlo’» 4. m ^ ■dentist, dwitaurer tm ^ J ? * ! * ? ! , SiPlwrlti,.^Ufllve(Ndiy'til .1****i^' - This morning In chapel Christm as .songs W©re liung'* Principj Marsh iSJSucd the dh’eptlone to -follow for fire-dflll'and; i t }«.Ojti).ec.t«d a d r li wai ho shortly. • ^ ; iw s r d u y w a s i ^ t i k tt« . 4 T whir© . i a th© Jtififir’ ,meht dS2 Baakisrs banked |« i 4 3 . ' ' T>^eKd *0 ?odn tih JitiUor •sAATar in . speelai pbliceffiep, not exceeding th^ niitn,her so a;f>ip|ie.d if for, 'Who shall': s e rve for -a' tim e •; not exceeding that^ s tated in. the application; but the compensa tion of snob special policemen, Avhich Shalt be fixed by the. coun; cil„ sHp-H b e -paid b y th e c o rpora tion, society,p.erson o r persons re questing thei-i- a p p o intm ent. S u c h ' special polioepi6n may ho .re moved, a t any.Uine by th e com m on . council AVithout oaijse a.s- signed therefp.r, ana, notice of such, rem oval sh a ll be • forthw ith given .to tfie.corporation, society, ' person- or persons who applied for .th e ir appointm e n t as afore-, said. The .present chief of Section -2. This act ehajll take ef fect. J a n u a r y 1, 192.5. , , Moved by Mr, Bierlein, seconded by Mr; M u rray, t h a t the proposed local laAV b e considered and acted upon by the Conlomn Council a t a m eeting to be held on Monday, December -22, at ^ o’clock P. 'M., and that, t h e ’ clerk be instructed to place copies of the game upon th e de£3ks o f the m em b e rs at least seven calendar days, excluSi've of Sunday, prior to said meeting. Unanimously carried. Mr. Bierlein introduced the follow ing local law am e n d ing Section 14 of the City ehai-ter: , Hesblutiou - Be it enacted by ■ tli,e . Conunon Council of the C ity, of Port Jervis, as follows ; Section ,1.— Section 14 of C h a p ter 7153.of the laws of 1907, known as th e charter of th e City of P o r t Jervis,- is thereby -amended so as- to read as fOllOAVS f .. Section 14. Compensation, of officers. — The m ayor shall re ceive .an annual salary of tAvelve hundred dollars; taicT » |a e rinun- • a t- larg c anti each aldeiauan shall •receive coTOpensation for. at- teudance a t Gw lis t i n g s of the c o n u ^ n council a t th e I’Ote 'Of ten dboMars for ooch mooting, not exceecling two in any one m o nth, attended; the city clerk,, th© city treasurer, the commissioner of charities, th e superintendent of streets and sewers, th e asses sor, the engineer of the fir® de- ' • partment and the chief of police, the patrolmen, th© corporation counsel, and*the - city engineer i^hall receive suqh compensation as may be ‘fixed and allOAVed, from ^ time 'to' tim e by .ifie common council- the su.x>eiryisor« an<j con- statj^es ^al'l xeeeive the' same compensation for their servi^ s as - the cwr6©poudfh§ officers in tOwfi©,a?T ©niitled ^©q©iy© foj ' Le^s Campaign jExponses, . 'L f ' ■ Total — ...... Expenditures ^Salaries .. : . .. a . ... . . . ^ . . h .. Travelling. . ............... . . . Tlbine (R.blief . , .Office . .................. .. Clinics . . i . ............................. Conferences' . . . . . . . -Crusade Supplies '. . .. ........... H e a lth Gamp- . . . . , . Seal sale s^upplics 1924 . Less Refunds ,. ............-. Total , . . . .*. . .. ........ .. ........... , 0.076.48 ■ w S ? } . , ' ... 1043.43 ^ $4S86.'50;. $4195J52 ■ 6 ‘S. 2 il $4,132.26 >A.« «A* *A« •A*VA!* • •A* ADVERTISERS, ^ ATTENTKW! ^ Advertisers are urged. to get their copy into The Union office the dSy ^ ' before its publication. ’3^ jk This means better ser-* 5^ ^ vice to you. EKiring this 3^ busy “ holiday season 3fc copy received after 9 la* 3^ 3|t cannot be handled 3K ^ for insertion the day 3fe I - - “ i : ; i justice of thfe peace: elected or appointed under the .proyleions of th is a*ct,. s h a ll be entitled to '-receive as' com pensation ? for,, services rendered w h ile acting as a court of special sessions,, or police court, such co.m.p,ensation, as the comm o n council m a y de- teiSmine. Section 2. This act sha.li take ef fect January 1, >19)2'5. ... Moved by Mr. 'Bierlein, seconded by 'Mr. Dwyer, th a t the px*oposed local laAv be cOusiderecI a n d -acted upon; by * the Common Council a t - a , (meeting t o be held on Monday, D ecem b er 2*2, a t 8.. ,' o,’clock, P., M., an d t h a t t h e clerk be instructed to place copies pf.the sa'm© . upon the desks of th e m em b e rs ' a t least seven calendar days, exeltteiye Of Sunday, p r ior to said meetittg, T h e ayes and nays being'©ailed ior,;- th© motion w a s card e d b y the faUow- ,4njg,vote; ' • ’ ■ ' A y ^ S f ^ e e s r a Bauer, ?»l«rl©jlii, ' ' S h y ^ M r ; . r ,«pal*rr, b f / ik # arat^ t W A w 1 • ’ ' 0 /■ -i • ' • J '-i :*X- '■’1 : V ■'-1 ,x| : '^ v
