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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-15

StdIV OF NEW JERSEY OUuHly- NI-u--
dlesex. SIS. al AstHlnEN
w. a. conner, Vice-President, anu
g.. Riddiesiorffer Treasurer, of the
above named company, being severally
duly sworn, each for himself deposes
and says that the foregoing statement
is true, tc the best of his knowledge
and belief.
w. A. CONNER,
Vice-President.
S. RIDDLESTORFFER,
Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of September, A.. D., 1910.
THEO. DEGENRING,
Notary Public, N. j.
Correct-Attest:
JOHN H. GREGORY,
ADAM ECKERT,
GARRETT BRODHEAD,
Directors.
14S44-9-15-1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-15

IEoOOfNOb0.
Bonds and ....S 145, 100 90
Stocks and Bonds. ....... 17S. 233.50
Time loans on eollaterals. 80, 1882
ais 7S.S01.00
Notes and bills purchased. 335, 1856. Sc
Overdrafts ...,........ 2,135.90
Due from banks, etc.. 1853, 1858
Banking-house ........... AZ, 100000
Cash on hand .,,......... 39,969.06
Checks and cash items......... 4.45S. 10
Interest accrued .......... 3,31494
Interest due and not coll
lected 1,3e7.S0'
s1,O17, Os1.s7
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. ...$ 100, 10000
Surplus fund ............ 100000
Undivided profits (net)... 17,S66.22
Time deposits ............ 300,0 94,39
post 100000
Demand deposits ......... 1852, 100.57
post s,717.2s
Certified checks ....... 126. so
Treasurer's checks out
standing ............, .. 1,748.23
Due to banks, etc. 46,44S.67
Interest accrued on deposits 1850
Tax reserve ........... 514.91
Dividends unpaid ........ 1000
.1,e17,est.e7
'' dIese <. S. sew Jersey co :. psss.SEzLnI. Ian
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-15

cast the ballot for Mr.. Howell at
exactly 3 O'Clock.
There are in the third congress
sional district 2t5 delegates, most of
whom are present. The first to ar
rive this morning were the out-of-
town Middlesex men, who proceeded
Immediately to the Packer House,
the general headquarters. The Ocean
and Monmouth county delegations
arrived 1t noon. Dinner was served
at the Packer House, beginning at
1870 o'clock, until shortly before
/ o'clock, when the delegates ad-
journed to the Auditorium to caucus
At the headquarters during the
morning politics were general
ly discussed among the yari-
GUS leaders. Postmaster G. w.
Russell, of New Brunswick, a mem
Der of the congressional committee,
assisted by Collector of Customs
Robert Carson welcomed the dele
gates. Among the early arrivals
were Prosecutor Booraem, County
Collector II. Raymond Groves, of
New Brunswick, and Joseph Thomp-
son, of New Egypt, a member of the
congressional committee,
M1ddIesex mas nlneIy-tnfee uelS-
gates, Ocean, thirty-five and Mon
mouth, e~ighty-seven, making a total
of 215. The sixteen local delegates
are as follows: John Hanson,
! Charles M. Macmillan, P. K. Peter
son, William G. Wilson, Jesse Col
yer Louis Briggs. George w. Tyrrell,
Benjamin tSturn, Math Hanson.
Chris Rasmussen, R. Stanton, Fred
erick H. Walker, Anton M~assopast,
Michael Zylka, Hans G. Smith, Jr.,
and Taul NJ. Woitscheck.
This is the first time that the con-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-30

Rochester, n. Y, Sept. 29.-The first
conference to decide what candidates
names shall be laid before the Demo-
cratic state convention tomorrow be-
gan at midnight in the rooms of
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
Hall. The two hours before this Mr..
Murphy had spent in Tammany head
quarters at the Whitcomb House TAX
ing evidence" One after the other he
received the candidates still in the
field, or their representatives and heard
their claims. When he left the Whit
comb and went to his rooms at the
Hotel Seneca. he was accompanied
by Daniel j. Coha1an, J. Sargent Cram
and National Committeeman Norman
Mack. The word went around that this
quartet with the possible later addition
of other leaders would continue the
discussion of candidates and reach a
decision if it took them all night. The
Taromany delegations have ordered
their special trains to carry them back
20 New York at 8 o'clock SATURDAY.
morning, which disposes of rumor
that the convention might be stretched
to three days
Before the doors of his quarters closed
behind him. the Tammanv leader said:
"The situation is as I stated it to
YOU at noon. There has been no con-
centratiOn on any candidate or any
two or three candidates.
The Inference from Murphv's assur-
ance that the other leaders had failed
to agree on candidate was that al
least he felt free to select his own.
This might be Justice Victor Bowling.
Herman A. Metz. Justice James w.
Gerard. Justice Martin L. Keogh. Alton
b. Parker or Edward NJ. Shepard. The
news that Judge Parker's name was
being considered and that Shepard was
still in the running was the surprise u
the night
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Roosevelt Returns Home
With More Trophies.
viii Now Take OF Coat and
Set Into the Campaign.
Ne Believes That Republicans eaa
Now Garry New York Siate.

Oyster Bay. N. ", Sept 29.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt returned early this
evening, from Saratoga with the scalp
of the Republican Old Guard of New
York state added to his big collection
of trophies. When he reached Troy.
N. Y. last Monday on his way to Sara
toga. he told the crowd which met him
at the station that he had returned
from Africa with a lot of trophies, and
that when he came back from Sara
toga. he would have some more. The
colonel made good his word by re-
turning to his home town the generally
accepted leader of the Republican
party in the state and immensely
proud of his new trophy, to win which
he was compelled to make one of the
hardest fights of his life. ar..
Col. Roosevelt went to bed early to-
night, for he expects to have little
rest until after election time. He was
tired and hoarse when he reached
Sycamore Hill. but in fine spirits
The colonel took train from Sara
tcga at o'clock this morning. Reach
ing Poughkeepsie at noon he attended
luncheon, drove two miles to the
Duchess county fair grounds made a
speech there and returned to the sta
ton in an hour and half. His
PoughkeepSie speech contained no
reference to politics, except repeti-
ton of his assertion that corruption
must not be tolerated.
On reaching New York late today
ne started at once for Oyster Bay by
automobile. He had no visitors this
evening. He has placed his services
at the disposal of the Republican state
committee and hopes to make at least
one speech in every county in the
state. He will try to inject into the
fight all the fire and vigor of his per-
sonality and make the campaign one
of the liveliest which New York has
seen in many year. Early in the
summer he made no secret of his
opinion that the chances for a Repub-
llcan victory in the state this fall were
not at all bright. At that time he
said he did not expect to get into the
hght, but that the action of the Leg
islature in defeating the Cobb direct
nominations bill and the refusal of the
state committee to endorse him as
temporary chairman of the state con-
Ventlon drew him into the campaign.
NOW, IN view of the victory of the
Progressives at the convention the
colonel believes the party has an ex-
ceilent chance of winning the election
and he is to take off his coat and pitch
IN. with Lloyd G. Griscom, chairman
OF the New York County Republican
committee. Conelius Collins, state
superintendent of prison.. Representa-
i've Herbert Parsons. Congressman w.
W. Cocks of Nassau county and Others
OF his close advisers he, will outline at
once plan of campaign as the first
step.
In the latter part Of October the
coiohel is to go to Massachusetts to
heip Senator Lodge with campaign
speech ana to New Hampshire to
speak for Robert p. Bass the Repub
mean candidate for governor. This
Trip probably will be made on Oct, 21
and %.
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George w. Patten, the millionaire
grain operator, who died Wednesday
night of tuberculosis at the home of
his brother, James A; Patten, in
Evanston. ILL.,. left fortune estimat-
ed at s5,o0o,OO0. the greater part of
which. it is said, will be left to public
charities. including a large donation
for the furtherance of the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign. Though relatives
had tried to conceal from him the be-
lief that he was dying. 1t has been
known for months that he was suffer-
ing from tuberculosis and that there
was no hope Of recovery. He spent
eight years in Colorado fighting
against the malady. Two weeks ago
announcement was made that Mr..
Patten had created fund of $500. 900
known as the agnes and Louisa Pat
ten Fund" for the endowment Of the
Evanston Hospital Association, an in
stitution In which the two brothers
took great Interest," si,ls
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Springfield. Ills. Sept 29.-Aviator
Walter Brookins alighted gracefully
With his aeroDlane in the state fair
grounds at 427 p. NJ. today. hours.
43 minutes out from Chicago, after
having sailed his Wright biplane the
1871 miles With two stops.
- -
He descended at Gilman, Ills, 40
miles south of his starting point. in
Washington park Chicago, at 11.3O a.
Nj. anG at Mt. Pulaski, Ills, 1863 miles
from the starting point. The first stop
was for water; oil and gasoline, the
second for supplies ana because his
pumr Lad broken and the engine had
become hot.
rhe railroad distance from the start
ing point in Chicago to Springfield is
1871 miles. His official starting time was
915 A. M. The longest maintained
fight was from Gilman. Ills, to Mount
Pulaski. IS miles.
Rrookins thus broke Charles * Ham
iltons record for sustained cross-coun-
Try flight of Sc miles from New York to
philadelphia. He also made tie long,
est cross-country continued flight IN
America and thereby won the $40. 900
prize offered by the Chicago Record
Herald.
IN both places where the aviator
alighted throngs gathered. Farmers.
tradesmen and residents rushed from
their fields. shops and homes to sec
what an aeroplane looked like at short
range.
AS Brookins swept out of the field at
Mount Pulaski, one of the small rubber
tired wheels on which he rolls in making
Roadway before arising, struck a hum
mock and was wrenched off.
Brookins. not knowing of the accident,
rose 1000 feet and, heading for Springfield,
whirled away leaving the Illinois Central
special train far behind.
This was the second railway locomo-
tive that the aviator had left far behind
in a fair race Engineer w. F. Burt,
who made the first attempt to defeat the
air craft. had to give up the attempt at
Canton. Ill. Brookins reached the State
Fair grounds eight minutes before the IL
linois Central fast special train reached
the Springfield station. 81 miles short Of
the fair grounds. The actual flying time
was hours, A minutes, for the 1929
miles. an average of SO miles an hour
Brookins found some difficulty in alight-
ing because of the inadequate police pro-
lection of the fair grounds, and although
he arrived over the grounds at 422 it was
five minutes before he could land.
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U. S. Officers Pounce On
B. F. Schefte|s & Co.
Head Office Is in New York.
Branches in Large Cities.
Charge Is Conspiracy to Use the
Mails to Defraud.

New York, Sept 29.-After one of
the most sensational raids ever engi-
neered by the local federal authorities,
directed today against the firm of B. II.
ScheftelS 4 Co, curb brokers in Broad
street. seven members of the company.
including =. II. Scheftels, its president,
were held in heavy bail this evening by
United States Commissioner Shields
for hearing on Oct. 5, on charge OF
using the mails to detraud. Tonight
search is being made by the police and
by government inspectors for George
Graham Rice, whose real name is said
to be Simon H. ErSig, the originator
of the race track bet tipping system.
who is declared to be the real head OF
the concern. At the time of the raid
here announcement was made from
Washington that warrants had been
issued for the managers OF the COM
pany's branch offices in Boston, Prov
idence, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago
and milwaukee,.
The seven men arraigned here are B. H.
Scheftels, Charles f. Belser, secretary of
the company, George T. Sullivan, Clar-
ence Mccormack. John Delaney, William
T. Seagrave and Charles B. Stone. War
rants for 16 men has been issued for 9TH
ers, including Rice. Rice had been in his
offices earlier in the day but left before
the officers swooped down on the place.
A surety company gave bail in $1,000
for Scheftels, $500 for Seasraves, $4,000
for Stone and $500 for Delaney.
Belser. Mccormack and Sullivan were
committed to the Tombs, as bondsmen
were not Forthcoming. The hearing was
set for Oct. ). but it is expected that the
federal grand jury will have taken action
before that time.
The firm of B. II. Scheftals & Co. was
organized about two years ago and con-
Quoted a large business, mainly by ex-
tensive Advertising Mining specialties
were its chief offering to investors. A
weekly newspaper was published it's eli
ents and a corps of So stenographers is
said to have been required to attend to
its correspondence.
Proceedings against the concern, it was
stated. have been contemplated by the
government for some time, but action
was deferred until an investigation of the
properties controlled by it could be made.
Special agents are said to have been sent
into Western states to look up these prop
critics and the raid was decided upon
when their reports were received.
Another charge against the company by
George Scarborough. the government in
spector who made the complaint, is that
it had resorted to what he called 4
CROOKED bucket shop scheme" He de-
clared the concern charged customers 6
per cent. on margins and collected COM
without rendering any service n
return. The difference between the actual
prices of stocks on the curb market and
fictitious quotations given customers.
Scarborough also alleges, was converted
to the company's use.
Washington, Sept. 23.-Agents of the
department of Justice at noon raided
Continued on Page TWelveD
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new YORK DEMOCRATS
ARE ALL FUSED UP.
Murphy Of Tammapy Hall in Control
His Job Is to Find a Man to Run
Against Stimson and Suit All Of
The Democratic Factions.

Rochester, n. Y, Sept. 29.--The first
session of the Democratic convention
today was brief intermission in the
serious business that has brought to
gether here the delegates of the 81
counties in New York state. This bus
mess was the selection of a candidate
for the head of the ticket, and it prom
ised to keep the leaders out of bed
nearly all night. The convention came
to order at 1.07 r. NJ, perfected a tenn
porary chairman, listened to bitter
arraignment by the temporary chair
man, Alton Il. Parker, of the Republi-
can administration in general and the
political ascendency of Theodore RoOsc
welt at Saratoga. in particular. AMI
Their adjourned to await the judgmen;
OF the leaders. Tomorrow at / o'clock
the convention will meet again. in the
hope of agreeing on candidate Sc
lccted N the meantime.
Directly on indirectly. all questions
OF availability and fitness come nlti
mateiy before the triumvirate Of which
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tamman,
Hall. is the dominating personality.
Daniel Col:alan. the mouth piece and
j. S:rr~eant cram the adviser J-chief.
1T is tho admission % Norman FL.
Mack. chairman of the National DEM
ocratic COMMITTEES that Mur',hv con-
tro1s the Situation. Out OF $50 dele
gates he controls. with Kings county.
leo by John II. McCoory of Brooklyn
and erie, led by William Fitzpatrick
of Buffalo. more than 200. Up state
leaders tonight recognized the hope
lessness of effecting any coalition
strong enough to oppose him with any
show of success.
The problem that Mr.. Murphy faces
is one that needs all his caution. eX-
perience and Judgment. He must find
a candidate who will be strong enough
Continued on Page Twelve0
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w. G. Boothby, W. II. Williams, VIM. T.
Jones, Geo. E. Jones, F. d. Hartshorn,
Howard Z. Weber, Martin l.. Hughes,
Geo. A. Merrill, S. c. Webster, u. "A.
Perley, Sturgis Randall, r. f. Beane, d.
l.. Nash, R. w. Smith, w. ID. Hutchlns,
G. A. Colburn, H. f. Goodrich. w. w.
Morse, r. w. Pope, c. II. Russell, Arthur
II. Kraus, Charles w. Pierce, Geo w.
Vickery. Elmer f. Parkman. Pearle f,
Turner, Charlie HoXie, Roland \. Serb
ner. Charles w. Curtis, Joseph f. Dunn,
p. W. Foley, Arthur Tetreault John
Coughlin. II. G. Barker, Harold c. Par
fridge, Ralph Brann, Geo. NJ. Ryder.
H. BODICE. Willis f. Swift. w. G.
Thomas, S. X Hawkins, Geo. II. Bangs,
r. j. Tetreault. c. w. Poor c. G. Crow
ell, A. w. Stewart, H. Chernowsky, John
J. Ryan, J. c. Arnold, Charles d. White,
Trebyi Johnson, c. b. Johnson, r. Toas,
l.. L. Cooper, c. r. Chase, W. P. Berry,
George w Merrill. Manning S. Campbell.
1t was los when POSTMASTER Bassett
Continued on Page Tenn
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WALTER BR00KINS' FLIGHT
CHICAGO TO SPRINGFIELD.
Sails I92 IL Miles in a Wright Biplane in
7 Hours, 43 Minutes, With Two Stops
Breaks Cross=C0untry ReC0rdand
Wins $4,000 Prize Offered.

The crowd surged about him, threaten
ing to crush the machine, till he had to
make a personal appeal to get the throng
back.
When those on the special train reached
the aeroplane nearly half an hour after
The aviator landed, he said:
Where have you been all the time? I
got here and have been waiting to lunch
with you as l promised You have kept
me waiting half an hour
Asked about the flight. he said:
Why. it was nothing only staying up,
that's all 1t merely took more time and
that's about the difference from a prac-
tice flight. I knew l could make it,
1T was one of the prettiest flights I
ever made. The country between Chicago
and here it delightful. Everywhere 1 was
living low enough. and / went as low as
'oO feet several times, 1 could see the
people staring up at me from every acre
almost. There must have been three
fourths of a million looking at me.
My arms are tired and it was Quite n
strain. because I had to watch all the
vhile. but ! am good for the same thing
right now if necessary"
Wilbur Wrights first comment was:
AS the woman says. 4 told you so''
After the aeroplane had been stored
away Mr. Wright added:
There was never a time when I felt
he would not make it. OF course there
was strong wind right in his face most
of the way. SO that he had to use much
more gasoline and oil that he otherwise
would and this caused the first stop.
1T was the broken pump, however,
heating up his engine that made OF
necessary for him to alight at Mount
Pulaski. Otherwise he would have gone
the whole distance to Springfield from
Gilman.
THE machine will GO for any dis
lance; the only difference between this
and practice fight is that the opera
Tor has to work longer He flew better
the farther he went because he had
used up more gasoline and the machine
was lighter.
81 think this has shown conclusively
that the aeroplane is a successful nav
igator Of the air, and those who fol-
lowed the machine from Chicago in the
train with me probably feel as conf
dent and sure of it now as I do
Only water, oil and gasoline and a
balky pump stood between Brookins
and q continuous. sustained flight be-
tween Chicago and Springfield. Brook
ms said that when his arms got tired
he set the apparatus with his knees
Continued on Page Twelve)
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iilodeau, Charles E. Day, J. V. Lane
edward |. Herbert, Lester We. Labrcck,
!. f. Bilodeau, f. c. CARL, Fred r.
Sproul, George d. Haskell, NJ \.
Haskell. Edwin Riley, 4. b. Steven
son, Frederick l.. Lyman, Merton l..
Wheeler, e. NJ. Mower, Edison Locke,
Melville Smith, b. Freedom Smith,
A. 9. L. Bartlett, Charles c.
ballard. Willis r. Partridge, T.
G. Insraham, r. j. Moves.
w. J. Skehan, l.. T. Williams l.. o. Teb-
belts Ernest l.. Mclean, Samuel Cohen
f.. ~ Hussey, f. l.. Dutton, c. f. Purn-
ton, II. o. Parmenter, II. f. Bowditch, w.
ID. Kimball, Charles f. Meigs, Herbert NJ.
Heath, A. F. Pierce, ]. A. Anderson, w.
II. Harris, H. l.. Merrill, f. l.. Gedney,
G. f. Eely. +. J. Bonenfant, +. Pouln
J. n. Gregoire. J. f. Croteau, F. G..
Marshall, Joseph Lalberte, w. NJ. Pres
colt, f. T.. Bradbury, H. NJ Poor, f.. S.
Hail. f. =. Hewett, A. l.. Rose A. d.
Weeks. C. F. Flynt, \. f.. Barbour, A. A.
Soule, II. r. Mansur, Walter III. Davis.
F.. Il. Purinton. G.. r. Campbell. r. II.
Stubbs, f. A. Howard. f. II. Burgess,
Willard IT. Davis, J. r. Townsend, c. l..
Andrews, II. l.. Sherburne, ID. w. Adams
J. II. Chandler, f. ]. Roberts, E. II. In
graham, Frederic Mason, III. A. Merrill,
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Con3it;o' ard Gen 'al Forc,sst.
Waidin=ton, Sept. 2:--The disturb
ancc in the Caribbean sea i; appar-
entity s0n:r "istanc" south OF Jamai-
ca and moving toward the Yucatan
pe.irsUlar. iG,re is nothing at the
pro:ert tire 70 h.dicate that this
storm * OF decided intensity. Fair
weather prevailed in practically all
districts. Moderately low tempcra-
turt S continued in the Eastern states
The indications are that the weather
Throughout the country will be general
1y fair Friday and Saturday The
temperatures will rise somewhat Sat
urday in the middle Atlantic and New
England states
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LABRADOR.
|l,iives Of the Coast Are
Facing Serious Trouble.
failure Of Fisheries Means
Danger Of Starvation.
l,aady Or. erenfsI, Physician Mis-
,ienary, Giving Assistance.

G. Johns, N. F., Sept 29.-Condi-
.ons approaching starvation rise up
..tore the natives of the Labrador
.oast as a prospect for the coming
inter. owing to the almost complete
siure of the shore fisheries. The
,o,ch for the season which soon close
xi1l be poorest in the annals Of the
oreanized Labrador fisheries. AS an
,rdication of the extent of the falling
' m in the proportions of the catch this
vear over previous years, it is esti-
mated that the fish export from Lab
,ador this season will not reach $4,000
ouIntals, while last year, an abnorm-
ally poor one. that part of the catch
exported--nearly all of it, in fact
vas 100000 quintals.
With this great falling-off in the
,ize OF the catch of fish, the hardy
fishermen will be forced to extreme
measures to secure an existence 1t
Is In seasons such as this that DR..
Grenfel and his missions are particu-
arly appreciated by the native of the
barren coast Already the noted mis-
sIonary has started his rounds of the
scattered fishing hamlets to prepare
the unfortunate fishermen and their
families against the winter In re-
cent letters the physician missionary
declares that conditions were never
worse during his experience with the
people Of Labrador.
Not only on this bleak coast to the
north Of New Foundland, but also on
the shores of this colony is felt the
depreciation in the catch of shore fish
While the deep sea and trawl fisheries
of the west coast and other places
has been fairly good thus far, the
shore fisheries of New Foundland are
practically a failure. But while there
will be some suffering here as a con-
sequence. the New Foundland natives
Will not be forced to the privations
likely to be experienced by the fisher
folk of Labrador. as the New Found
landers will be able to turn to other
employment to an extent, at least,
which will enable them to supply most
Of their wants. The nature of the
Labrador country makes this impos-
sibe for the natives there
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PERKINS COMPLETES TEST
FOR Water and Fuel Consumption an
j 12-Hour Run.


Rockland. Me-. Sept. 2s.-The for
pedoboat destroyer Perkins tonight
completed successfully still another
acceptance test. when she finished a
run OF II hours The test was for
water and fuel consumption at speed
OF 25.2 knots an hour. The Perkins
In that time consumed 100000 pounds
of water. at the rate of 1892 pounds
per brake horse power per hour. The
contract requirements called for a
rate not exceeding 1852 pounds. In
today's run the Perkins. without be-
ing pressed. developed $500 horse pow
er. She will leave tomorrow at A.
NJ on the last of her acceptance trials,
4-hour run, at which a speed Of at
least 80 1-2 knots must be maintained.