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Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11
MONMOUTH Is READY
TO HELP BUILD ROAD

Trenton, June 11:-The, Mon
mouth county Board of Chosen Free
holders has agreed to assume its
share of the trans-Jersey Improve
ment roadway planned by State
Road Commissioner Frederick Gill
kyson, and as the boards of Mercer
and Middlesex counties also have sig
nified their intention of improving
sections in their counties the plann
is now complete. The proposed new
road will be one of the finest stretch
es Of roadway in the state and will
materially aid trafic between Tren-
ton and Asbury Park and other
points along the shore as well as
points inland along the route.
Monmouth county is called upon
to improve that section running from
Freehold to the Middlesex county
line, distance of about eight and a
half miles. Work is to be started
Immediately by all three counties
The entire cost will be between $780,
600 and $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Slashing cut in the price Of razors.
and pocket knives for tomorrow
night only. w. H. Mccormick g
sons, Inc, 81 Smith street
3210-e-11z1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Special bargains for White Way
opening. See our windows. w. H.
Mccormick & Sons. Inc, s2 Smith
street. 3210-6-11-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
BELLEWOOD PARK

Lehigh Valley railroad, rs cents.
Leave Perth Amboy $40 a. m. Re-
turning leave Beliewood $3.50 P. NJ.
Observation-Disclosures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Porch screens, white or green, any
length, at w. H. Mccormick & Sons,
Inc, SO Smith street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11
Indrment for Woman.

In the suit of Paul Elmer against
Sophie Plisko, ct al, in the district
court yesterday, for possession of
some furniture, the jury gave YER
dict for the defendant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Buy your meats at Borak Bros,
Low prices, best quality
alS9-e-11 1-1tt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Lawn mowers at reduced prices at
w. H. Mccormick & Sons, Inc, So
Smith street. 3210-6-11-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Floor Brooms at reduced prices
for Saturday night at W. H. McCor-
mick & Sons, Inc, so Smith street.
3210-6-11-1t*
Look at the prices OF things as
advertised in today's paper. If you
know values. and have care for
your purse, these pricea will interest
you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

A newspaper without advertises
ments would be no more interesting
than a city without stores. or busts
ness of any kind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

The question just now most in the
minds of the people Of this city Is:
What will 1t cost7" In almost
every instance the answer is sought
and found In the advertisements.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

More than 10000 people In this
vicinity read the EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11
.ENDEAVORERS
HOLD ELECTION
Young People Of the Presby-
terian Church Name Offic-
ers and Committees.
GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP
Favorable Reports Received
miss Peterson Delegate
to Convention.

At monthly business meeting of the
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor So
ciety, in the church parlor last night,
the semi-annual election was held.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by G. p Gabriel The committees made
their reports for the past month. A
vote of thanks was extended to Ernest
Hancock for his work in designing the
sign board which has been placed on
the outside of the church.
The Middlesex County Local Union
sent letter to the society asking them
to contribute toward the expense of a
delegate whom they were going to send
to the convention at st. Paul on July z,
and, as Miss Jennie Peterson, of this
city, win be in Chicago July 5, the Mid
dlesex County Union thought it advis-
able to send her as she is member of
both organizations. AS result the
society voted $5 for her expenses.
Report of President.
Harry Comings, the retiring president,
read an interesting report Of the eondi-
tion Of the society as followsi
Mannharc nm Chriation Endoaxnr
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

A new lawn sprinkler on exhibit
ton. at w. H. Mccormick & Sons,
Inc. 50 Smith street.
3210-6-1I-tts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11
j, F. o'BRlEN Is
AGAIN DEPUTY

James F. OBrien, member Of
Court Standard, Foresters Of Anleri-
ca, has been reappointed district
deputy of Court Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-06-11

Commission Larson submitted plans
and specification prepared by Architect
j. K. Jensen for the main entrance and
the other eight rooms Of the Neville
Continued on page 49,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
DID NOT EXCAVATE
OVER SEWER OUTLET
Board of Public Works Fails to
Obey Instructions of the
Council.

On the eve Of the report of the board
of arbitration of the celebrated Moran
claim of $4,000 for patching the inter
cepting sewer, it has been discovered that
the board of public works failed to obey
instructions from the city council and
eXcavate over the outlet to ascertain the
thickness Of the cement which Pat Mo
rams forces laid. The inspector of the
board of public works says the concrete
is not over nine inches thick, and Frank
GAVIN. superintendent for Mr.. Moran.
says it is twice that thick. Both have
so testified at the hearings held by the
board.
The whole claim Of Moran rests upon
the amount of concrete that he put into
the work, and the determination of its
thickness will have much to do with the
findings of the arbiters. Yet the cat was
r. Christensen, clerk of the board of
public works, when he told Councilman
Murdoch that no excavations had been
made by the board
The arbiters viii report to the council
Thursday night but they will not pre-
sent any information regarding the thick
ness of the concrete, except what they
have CLEANED from the conflicting testi-
mOny of the inspector of the board of
public works and the superintendent for
Moran. Councilman Hail arose at the
last minute of the council session last
night and suggested that the board of
public works be ordered to go ahead with
the excavations, SO that the board of ar
bitTatiOn could include the evidence in
It's report.
City Attorney Dininny observed that the
arbiters wouldn't look at the excavations
anyway, and there was no use of repeat
ing an order to the board. He said
he had talked with L. L. Daeron
one of the board. and Mr.. DagrOn had
told him an examination of the concrete
about the outlet was unnecessary.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
A SALTLAKE BOOSTER

Boosting for a greater Salt Lake has
become second nature to Charles H. Carl
quist Of the real estate firm of Burt &
Carlquist While one of the younger
set Of Salt Lake boosters, he has made
a record Of which many people years
older than he might well be proud.
As a member Of the Salt Lake Real
Estate association, Mr.. Carlquist has
acted on various important committees
and fulfilled the duties incident to the
positions with fidelity and unvarying sue
cess.
THE magnitude Of some Of the real
estate and building deals pulled off in
this city during the past year has as
founded not only residents of the city,
but the investing interests throughout
the entire country" said Mr. CarlqUist
yesterday. The year just coming to. 50
successful q close has been mOmentOuS
one in the history of Salt Lake. All the
varied business and manufacturing en-
terprises seem to nave enjoyed unprece-
Cented prosperity.
In our line of business we have done
more building of homes on the Suit the
Tenant plan than ever before. People
generally have come to the conclusion
that they want TO own their homes, with
the result that there has been a great
demand for homes on the easy. payment
plan. We have been successful in plaC-
ing scores of families and have at the
present time number Of houses in pro-
cess of building.
Everything points to the fact that
1910 will be a big year in the real estate
business. With plenty Of outside money
coming in for investment and local cap
itaI in a Wide-aWake. condition, business
men generally are feeling most OptimiS-
tic over the prospects for the new year
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21

Thomas D. Pitt, former chief of po-
lice, died at his home 143 South Tenth
East, yesterday morning about 1890
o'clock. Acute diabetes was the cause
of death.
Mr.. Pitt first felt the symptoms of
diabetes about four months ago, at
which time he went to Omaha for
treatment, and seemed to derive a
great deal Of benefit from the trip. On
his way home he stopped at Rock
Springs, Wyo., where he took a long
automobile trip into the country, and
was exposed to intense cold, which is
believed to have been the direct cause
of the relapse which caused his death
yesterday. Only four days ago he was
on the street attending to business and
assuring his sOlicitious friends that he
was feeling in the best of health, but
Saturday he again became i'll. His con-
ditiOn, however. was not considered Sc
rious until yesterday morning, when
his two sisters, Mrs. B. 3. Haywood of
the Kenyon hotel and Mrs. John Tag
CERT were summoned. His sisters and
physicians hurried to his bedside, and
everything possible was done to save
his life, but without success.
Thomas Denton Pitt was born in
wagon on a road near Bannock county,
Montana, in 1854. His father was at
that time a fTeighteT. He lived in that
vicinity until he was year of age
when his father moved to Salt Lake,
where Thomas lived until the age of IL.
He received his education here, and af-
ter graduating from the Salt Lake
academy, went to California, where he
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21

engaged in the sheep business, which
he followed for L years, running sheep
through Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.
After this he moved to COrinne, and or
gained the COrinne Mill, Land and
Stock company, through which COM
pany, as general manager, he was in
strumental in bringing a great number
Of settlers into the state.
He was elected county commissioner
Of Box Elder county, where he served
until 1896, when he moved to Salt Lake
after selling his interests in the Bear
River valley. He served one term as
mayor and one as alderman in Cor
rhine. He then engaged in the commits
sion business in salt Lake until shortly
after Mayor Bransford came into office,
in 1907, when he was appointed chief Of
police. Three years ago, when the
American party had its first county
ticket in the field, Mr. Pitt was can
didate for county sheriff. He was at
the head of the committee appointed
to raise funds for the victims of the San
Francisco disaster, and his labors at
this work were Untiring. He is sur
vived by a wife, five children, two sis
tiers and his aged mother. The chill
dren are: Carmelite, aged Is; Frances,
aged Is; Thomas D., Jr., aged Il; Vir
ginia, aged 10, and Thornley,, aged T.
all of whom live at the family home.
Mr.. Pitt was a prominent member Of
the local lodge Of Elks, who have charge
of the funeral, which will be on
Wednesday at o'clock, from the Elks
club house. The Rev. p. A. Simpkin
viii Officiate.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
POPULAR YOUNG LADY
DIES OF TYPHOID FEVER

Miss Irene Maycock. eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. n. Maycock, who for
the past four months has been suffering,
first from appendicitis and complications,
and then from typhoid fever. died at
the home of her parents, 163 East Sew
enth South street on Monday from
TYPHOID fever, aged q years.
Miss IaycOck had been in the hospital
for more than thirteen weeks, and about
three months ago underwent an operation
for appendicitis The operation was
highly successful and she was thought
TO be recovering rapidly. Four weeks
ago she was taken to her home, and
several days ago was taken i'll with
typhoid which caused her death on Mon
day last. She was the oldest child of a
family of two girls ana five boys, all
of whom. with her mother and father,
are still living.
The funeral viii be held today at
n'clOck from the Third ward chapel and
friends and relatives are invited to at
tend The burial viii be in the City
cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
WEB OF EVIDENCE
BECOMES STRONGER
Police viii EndeavOr to Have
Burglar Suspects Civ
en- the Limit.
CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED
YOUTH UNDER ARREST HAS PEN
ITENTIARY RECORD.

To insure safe keeping, where there viii
be little possibility Of escape. charges
will at once be entered against John
Phillips and Frank Willard who were
arrested Saturday and Sunday respective
~ under suspicion Of having been impii-
Gated iu the robbery of the Model Knit
aing Works safe, and for having burglar S
tools IN their possession. The maximum
sentence for this offense is six months.
1t viii be the effort Of the police TO see
that the limit is given.
Meanwhile, Chief OF Detectives George
Sheets viii begin to get evidence against
them. He discovered yesterday thar VIII
lard though but II years Of age has a
penitentiary record, and is known 70
have committed burglaries. Outside of
knowing that Phillips is a man Of cfllnl-
nal instincts and doubtless a clever me
chanic about the door of safe, his pre-
vious career is as yet dark. 1t rs posi-
lively known that Willard and Philips
are pals.
Phillips and Willard had occupied a
room i'm the Washington hotel, which Is
on one of the upper floors and at the
end of a corridor which IS seldom ire
quented by guests or hotel attendants.
At the request of Phillips and Willard
their room had been left alone They
had made up their own bed under repre-
sentatiOn that they worked nights and
desired to sleep in the daytime.
Tt was in this room that the detectives
arrested Phillips as he was reGrTanglns
a set of burglar tools and making certain
corrections in the crank of safe drill,
which had but recently fallen out OF re-
pair. Willard is recognized by clerks or
the hotel, as Phillips mate.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
BABE MEETS DEATH
PLAYING IN FIRE
Clothing Is Burned From Body
While Father Rolls Child
in Blanket.
MOTHER is BUYING GIFTS
CHRISTMAsTIDE AT THE CEDER-
GUST HOME is MARRIED.

Alvin l.. Cederquist, the tWO-and-
0ne-nalf-y ear-old son OF Mr.. ana MIS-.
Victor CeuerquIst OF COL South Third
East street, was so horribly burned at
the home OF MS father last saturday
afternoon at $50 clock that he dled
at Tie l.. u. S. hospital at 1880 O'CLOCK
Saturday night. IA spite OF the strenu-
Gus efforts tnat were MADE TO save his
lire.
The child. in company with his
brother, victor, aged $, and his sister,
Ethel, aged . years was playing AZ
a small room on the upper floor OF the
home. The other two children had
gone into the nal, when the baby put
a piece OF newspaper into the stove
the flames of which caught hrs dress.
In an instant he was enveloped IN
flames. The father, who was IN the
basement at the time, heard the chill
dreu screaming upstairs, but at first
thought they were still playing.
Finally, the brother of the burned in
FAINT came running into the basement
shouting; THE baby is burning up!
Mr. Cederquist dashed upstairs ana
found the child in flames from head
To foot He quickly threw blankets
about the burning infant and rolled
him in the bed, but it was at least ten
minutes after the child caught fire
before he succeeded in eXunguishlng
the flames. NeighbOTs came to Mr.
CederQuist's assistance, and several
calls for a physician were sent in. Half
an hour later DR.. Lloyd Woodruff ar
rived on the scene, and after giving
some temporary assistance found 1t
necessary to inject morphine to ale
viate the suffering.
The ambulance was called, and the
infant was taken to the l. ID. S. hos
pital, where it died about six hours
later. Everything possible was done
TO ease the pain and save his life, but
to no avail. The parents are Frustrated
with grief Mrs. Cederquist had gone
shopping and did not return until
nearly half an hour after the accident
to her baby.
Mr.. Cederquist said yesterday that
the infant had been so horribly burned
that hardly an inch of skin was left
on its body. The father received sew
eraI severe burns on his fingers and
hands while attempting TO extinguish
the flames.
The funeral was held yesterday from
the family home, at . o'clock and the
burial was I'm the CITY cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
FAMILIES DRIVEN
OUT BY ICE GORGE
Jam in Jordan River Is Re-
moved Only After Dynamite
Is Brought Into Use.
AWAKEN TO AN ICY BATH.
NINTH NORTH STREET RESI-
DENTS GET SHOCK.

A score Of families driven from the
shelter Of their homes, many Of them
forced to brave the perils of resulting
sickness in their escape, a monetary loss
reaching into hundreds of dollars In the
damage to property and livestock and the
loss Of provisions, chickens and Other
fowls followed the inundatiOn of an area
of two square miles when en- ice flOe jam
ming and Diling against the Ninth North
street bridge, raised a dam ten feet hlgh
and crowded the Jordan river out or Its
banks early Sunday morning.
The overflow occurred some time dur
ing Saturday night, when the floating ice
began TO pack beneath the bridge, and
the freezing weather began piling layer
upon layer Of ice upon the solid fOunda-
ton Ii was the early risers in the neigh
bOrhOOd who first discovered what was
for time a catastrophe, when leaving
their beds i'm the darkness of the dawn
they stepped into the icy waters which
flooded the lower floors of the homes.
Street Supervisor Jake T. Raleigh was
early notified, and with a gang of men
hurrledly called together was soon at
work at the scene Of the dam and over
How. With the assistance of neighDOrs
the occupants of the flooded houses were
removed to places of safety and comfort,
and livestock taken from she barns. Then
the work of breaking up the ice flOe with
dynamite was began, and to assist the
carrying away Of the water from the
Hooded district a canal 300 feet long was
dug, draining the water into the river at
d point below Ninth North street. The
middle section of the bridge was blown
out, but it was not until late last night
that the rivers passageWay was. totally
cleared.
The inundated district Monday pre-
scented the spectacle of a frozen lake. The
lower floors of homes were flooded to a
depth OF from two inches to three or four
feet In the barns horses and cows were
found standing in three feet of water with
the ice covering encrusted about their
legs. In a number of the yards poultry
was found frozen to death. Another seri-
GUS loss to the unfortunate families was
in the destruction of provisions stored in
the Easements and cellars
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
SHOT THROUGH LEG:
STILL SLEEPS ON.
Railway Trainman Has Strange
Experience While ReCOV-
ering From Spree.

d. j. Kennedy, a me mber Of the Broth
erh00d of Railway Trainmen In good
standing. has demonstrated to medical
authorities that a bullet passing through
the calf of his right leg and grazing his
LETT leg, cannot wake him up when
asleep,
Kennedy had been drinking yesterday
afternoon, and he fell asleep i'm a chair
just beyond the bar IN the Bingham Buff
fet- % Commercial street. of which Pat
O'Nen is proprietor. While Kennedy
was snoring away at a rate that made
uystanders enViOus, Jim Kennedy, bar
tender In the saloon, dropped a revolver.
The WeauOn was accidentally dis
charged. The BARTENDER leaped ID the
air and two of the bar railbirds dashed
out Of the saloon with their wits fright
ened out But they returned when they
found that 10 had been an accident. Ken
needy, however, had not been disturbed
I'm the least. He sn0red on peacefully.
Customers i'm the saloon attempted to
find where the bullet which was acct
dentally discharged from the revolver had
gone. Ii had cOursed i'm the direction Of
Kennedy. they knew, but tie latter was
sleeping peacefully on, and SO they
walked around him and came back and
reported that they had found no bullet
Discovers Injury.
Nearly an hour after the accidental
discharge of the revolver. Kennedy
stretched his arms and walked out of the
saloon. He hObbi2d along directly 10 his
room. just on the other side Of Com
mercial street, and was preparing to go
TO bed.
Kennedy came into police headquarters
at $3.50 o'clock last night and said that
there was certainly something wrong. He
asked Detective Earl Ripley who is a
former railway trainman, to examine his
legs Pulling UP his trousers he displayed
d bullet wound through the calf of his
right leg and a deep cash in his left
leg.
at doesn't hurt very much" he said,
''but it looks bad"
His stockings and shoes were soaked
with blood and shortly after his wounds
had been examined at police headquar-
ters he was assisted by friends back to
his room. where a surgeon was sum
mOned.
Detective Ripley was Immediately as
signed TO make an Investigation of the
shooting At the Bingham Buffet ne
learned that Bartender Kenney had ac-
cidentany iii discharged a revolver and that
the bullet had gone in the direction of
Kennedy.
When he had recovered from his spree
Kennedy recalled that he had undergone
q peculiar sensation while he was asleep
in the saloon, which made him change
course of dreams from reveiry in a
freight yard 20 lodging Indians VINO were
shooting at him, intent on getting mis-
scalp.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-21
Homes Are FIooded.

The worst damage done was to the home
OF John Sehy. living at No. 945 North
thirteenth West street, which is about
one ana one-halt blocks from the Jordan.
When Mrs. Sehy awOke Sunday morning
1t was to find that her home was flooded
with about one foot of water.
Before the city forces arrived, H. Whit
ekar, @. Kettle and A. Davis, had gone
10 the LangtOn Lime & Cement company
quarry where they secured los sticks Of
dynamite. When Raleigh and his men
arrived two charges were placed I'D the
river TN front Of the ice jam. The explo-
sion blew out the center section of the
bridge and allowed the jam to pass. AS
soon as the obstruction had been removed
the water began to run back into the
river and late Monday afternoon the
greater part of the water had drained
from under the Ice around the houses.
Those whose homes were damaged the
most were 4. N. EarnshaW, No. 9l3 Colo
RADIO avenue, Theodore Nelson, No. g12
North Twelfth West street; w. Thomas,
No. $40 Colorado avenue; John Sehy No.
945 North Thirteenth West streets; J. A.
Wheeler No. $50 North Twelfth West
street; Ignatius TrinkO on the Jordan
river between Fourth and Fifth North
streets.
j. Z. Wheeler. who is So years old. was
the first to discover the flood Sunday
morning. He was awakened by the cold
and when he stepped out of bed it was
10 place his feet in six inches Of icy
water,
A. NJ. Earnshaw, who makes a business
Of raising fancy chickens, from lack of
boots was compelled to make a pair OF
wooden stills in order to reach his hen
house. There he found that many of his
best chickens had been frozen.
Late Monday afternoon the bridge.
which had been torn partly away by the
charge Of dynamite, had been replaced
by a gang of men under the direction of
Raleigh. The piles of that part of the
bridge which had not been blown away
were still caked with ice, but as the water
mad free passage through the part
which had been torn away and as all Of
the debris had been removed. it IS not
likely that another flood will occur
As a direct result of the flood. Street
supervisor J. T. Raleigh asked the citv
council last night 10 take steps to build
q steel bridge over the Jordan at Ninth
North street and the request was Granted
without debate. The city engineer will
prepare an estimate Of expense and plans
and specifications at once. and as soon
as possible the work viii go ahead.
The council also reimbursed the street
supervisor for the expense he had i'm
Cured i'm buying provisions for the peO-
pie in the flooded district.