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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
PLEASANT PLAINS

Miss Gertrude Conkling, of Rich
mond Valley, has returned from
Richmond, Virginia.
William Atkinson, of Prince Bay,
was a Tottenville visitor last night.
Miss Elizabeth Wilburn visited In
Perth Amboy yesterday. ..,.,,.1.. u
Mrs. James Chalmers has return
ed home to Brooklyn. Il
Miss Estelle Horton, Of Manhat-
tan, visited in Huguenot yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Grant were
visitors in Tottenville last night.
Miss Jessie Browne has returned
to Brooklyn after q visit here.
William j. Penton was a Perth
Amboy visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Mynard Sharrot has entirely
recovered from a recent Illness.
A meeting of the Junior Epworth
League will be held at st. Marks
church tomorrow afternoon.
Molly Stark Council, Daughters oil
America, met in Amicitia hall last
night.
The first degree was conferred on
a candidate by U. s. Grant Lodge
10. Colored knights of Pythias,
at its meeting In Orlando hall, Ross
vile, last night. rs rfo7 49,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
TOTEM VILE

George McGregor is recovering at
the S. r. Smith Infrmary.
William Bowe, Harry Henne,
Michlin Stricklin, John McNulty and
ROLAND Sprague were at the bicycle
race in Madison Square Garden
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Reuben Androyette, Jr., has
recovered from recent illness.
Mrs. Chris. Fries and daughter
have returned from Brooklyn.
. United Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
expect to have an initiation tonight.
Court T~ottenville, No. 413, For
esters of America, will meet to-
night.
Another series of the monthly
euhcre tournament Of Richmond
Lodge, K. of P, will take place to-
night after the business meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
CONFER ON CLOSING
OF ISLAND SCHOOL

DR.. John T. Sprague, assistant
sanitary superintendent of the Rich
mond Borough Department OF
Health, on Wednesday conferred
with DR.. Blauvelt, in charge of the
Bureau of Contagious Diseases, City
of New York, Is to the ~advisability
Of closing Public School No. IT, at
New Brighton, because Of the scar
Ilet fever in that section.
Within ten weeks eighteen cases
OF scarlet fever, all within the area
comprised in the school district, have
been reported. In the family of
William Murray, Tompkinsville,
there are five cases, the father,
mother and three children being vic
tins.
The ~contagion ward of the s. R.
Smith Infrmary. the only contagton
ward in this borough. is caring for
twenty cases of contagious disease
and is unable to accommodate an
other patient. This ward receives
patients suffering from diphtheria
and scarlet fever.
DR.. Sprague On Wednesday said
the reports filed with his office do
not bear out the statement that
there Is a scarlet fever epidemic. Il
took up the matter with DR.. Blau-
welt 80 as to protect myself, but was
instructed to keep hands off until
conditions warranted severe action.
In the New Brighton school there
are approximately fourteen hundred
scholars, and 1t would be impossible
to examine each child. Scarlet fe-
yer is usually conveyed by means
of one person, whom We term a COM
mon carrier. If We find the COM
mon carrier in the New Brighton
school We could soon stop the spread
of the disease"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
A Million Bricks.

A million common bricks, Il piled
without mortar, would make a cube
measuring about forty feet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
CITY COM MISSION ON
CONGESTION WILL MEET

The City Commission on Conges-
ton Of Population appointed by
Mayor Gaynor, and Of which Jacob
Cantor is chairman, will hold a pub
lie meeting tonight in the board
room of Borough Hall, st. George,
to discuss the most advantageous
way t ohelp build up Richmond Dor
ough, attract industries and bring
to Richmond some of the population
now c~ongested in Manhattan. Com
missioner Russell Blocker, who is a
Staten Islander, will preside.
The Chamber of Commerce, Board
of Trade, S~tapleton Business Mems
League and other civic bodies will
have delegations present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
Co%npor1ionIsv

GonroretonlSs
A London paper accuses u politician
of sitting on the fence and hiding his
head In the sand-London Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
GIT PAI1IrS Nv. Y. M. s.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of St. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal church will meet at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Lima Dorsey, Broad
way and Main street, Tottenville.
Miss Edith. Fredericks will give
an address. In the evening at 1880
o'clock Miss Fredericks will address
the young people in the church par
lor in Amboy emu She will ex-
hibit Chinese .eurios and costumes.
A large attendance Is desired and
everybody welcome. frs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08
An.JCgTIA LADIES NIGHT.

Amicitia Association, of Pleasant
Plains, has issued Invitations to the
members for the first ladies' night
of the season to be held at It's club
house in Amboy avenue, that place,
tonight, commencing at s o'clock
The affair will be for the members,
their wives and lady friends. This
in charge of the affair
have arranged to entertain the
ladies at bowling cards. and other
amusements at the club house. Re-
freshments will be served.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-08

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The Washington times., 1910-07-21
EXPRESS WRECKED;
BOT HSIDES EXCITED

TORONTO, ont, July z1--BOEl sides
in the Grand Trunk strike were ex-
cited today by the wreck, at an early
hour. of the AIuskoza express. which
vas due at II o'clock last night, but was
running twto hours and a quarter be
hind
The engineer was hurt, but no pas
sengers were injured One car caught
FIRE, but the Waterman at nearby
factory put it out
The train was going only eighteen
miles an hour. which prevented bad
wreck superintendent GIuen, after an
investigation, said
Il have shown the policeman the
switch and the engineer says that when
they hit they were lifted up as II some
thing had been placed on the rail It is
quite plain that the switch was tam
pered with in some way.
'Of course ] am not going 10 say that
any one deliberately tried TO cause a
wreck
The wreCking train is at work and all
traffic on the north line of the Grand
Trunk is held up A large corps Of de-
tectlVeS IS guarding the spot
Strikers are jubliant over the straits
IN which the company has been placed
TO keep passenger trains moving
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
Neighbors' Story of Tragedy
Differs From That Told
by Relatives.

the Illinois Central It was during his
tenure that the altered OverCh arge IN
car repair bills, declared 70 exceed
81 10000, were allowed. Mr.. Rawn was
q witness in that investigation and was
10 have returned 10 the witness stand
Friday FOR further examination
Nothing IN the testimony so far ad-
duced shows that he benefited or shared
in the spoiis Of the grafters, but a
prominent official of the Illinois Central
road said today. discussing this.
we did not make the charge that Mr.
Ravn benefited but his neglect was
something appalling II he DID not dis
cover these overcharges
IF the evidence when completed nad
shown that RaWu was guilty Of this
neglect. IL is probable he would have
been dropped as president OF the MOnCn
Railroad
Cowgirl Scouts Theory.
While the police suggest that Mr-
Rawn NAV have been worried over the
prospects Of an attack upon his reputa-
ton as a successful railroad man and
that. If. indeed, he did Kill himself. this
may have been a strong motive r c
Cowgirl, secretary TO President Hara-
han OF the Illinois Central. scouts the
theory he aIs0. expressed disbelief that
Mr- Rawn was killed By some one who
feared his testimony or sought posses
sion OF discriminating papers.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
CLOTHING COMPANY
RECEIVES REPORT

George w Ofutt. jr-, and George
SpTansey, who were appointed re-
ceivers to conduct the affairs OF the
Famous Clothing Company. 421 and
423 Seventh street northwest. today
filed their final report and asked
that the report be referred. with the
report of the accountants TO W. N
HaIIan, referee in bankruptcy that
the remuneration Of the receivers and
Of the receivers counsel, Alexander
Wolf and Levi David, might be de-
teTmined-
nous Clothing Company IS q going
concern The stock now on hand Is
estimated at S14-9S6-20. and the out
standing accounts at S42.544- At the
time the petition for q receiver was
fled the liabilities of the company
were nearly $4,000
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
TRAFFIC IS TIED UP
BY ENGLISH STRIKE

NEWCASTLE England. July 21--The
strike on the Northern Railway today
assumed such serious proportions that
President BT-xton, Of the board Of trade
has rushed mere TO sUperintend the eff
forts TO bring about arbitration
Last nights conference between a del
egation OF the strikers and the railway
officials at Gsteshead failed 70 bring
about any compromise
Already more than 5000 railroad en-
pIoyes have struck along the Loo miles
Of the line, and the complete tie-up Of
traffic has so seriously affected other
business interests that thousands CO
other men have been thrown out Of
work
4 number Of mines have been com
PEELED 10 suspend operations, owing 70
their inability 10 ship away their coal.
and Loo more miners were today added
- the list already out OF employment
Five thousand dock workers are idle.
and numerous tramp steamers are tied
I'D 10 the various docks unable 20 oo-
tain fresh carEOeS or to ship away the
carEOes they brought into port
Numerous factories along the line of
the Northeastern have shut down and
others are preparing 10 Go so unless the
strike ends soon, and they are able 10
receive and ship supplies
The number OF trains beng Withdrawn
from the service IS increasing hourly
and a corresponding number of men in
other trades are being forced into idle
ness
The main complaint Of strikers IS that
the railroad officials have been reducing
the working staff heavily IN the interests
Of economy, and that as result those
men retained have 30 do double their
usual amount of work They call &
America nizing'' the system
The first signs OF trouble in the strike
occurred today when strikers began
stonilg the few trains running. The
outbreaks took place AT several points
along the road and resulted in the dis
patching OF heavy police reinforce
ments 10 strategic locations from which
they can handle the turbulent strikers
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
TRY TO MOVE TRAINS
WITH NON-UNION MEN

CHICAGO. July q. An attempt to
move freight trains out OF Chicago IS
being made today by Grand Trunk Of
Ecials, in spite Of the strike
Special agents have been kept busy
recruiting non-union men for the freight
trains left idle by the walkOut Of the
order Of Railroad Conductors and
Brotherhood Of Railroad Traiumen- II
Is said a large number OF experienced
men have been employed by the Grand
Trunk to replace the strikers
Private detectives have established a
Eusud around the passenger and freight
depCtS all along the line, and VIII pre-
vent tie occurrence Of fights between
strike breakers and union men
The number Of strikers has grown
from $500 to nearly 16.Cg9 according tu
stat emenIs given out at the offices %
the Grand Trunk The trouble has
spread until Il involves nearly every
branch of the service
Almost 1890 men from the shops and
yards are out. including large numbers
from the Elgin yards near Chicago
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
NEW MEN DESERT
GRAND TRUNK LINE
Three Hundred Strike
Breakers Said to Have
Given Up Their Places.
CONTINUED from First Page)

at Island Pond, Vt The situation
there is now under control, following
the hurried trip Of Governor Prouty
70 the scene when notified OF dis
order.
The railroad officials are anxious to
have troops called out 10 protect their
men and property, and they probably
viii ask for the state militia II this
IS denied them Federal Intervention
viii be sought
This plea viii be made on the ground
that the railroad is an interstate line,
and that conditions are similar 10 those
existing in Chicago when President
Cleveland interfered-
4 slight Improvement was reported
today in the passenger department by
the officials, but there is no freight
moving either way Miles and miles
Of freight cars lay idle on sidings load
ed with freight that is fast spelling
The freight Offices OF the company are
deluged with kilograms from shippers
and consignees asking when they can
expect 10 receive their supplies
One Mill Closes.
one mill, the Somerset Wooden Com
pany, at Nonson, has been closed be
cause no new material was on hand for
were thrown out Of employment There
is no hope reopening the mill for q
few days at least
Other mills throughout the section
covered by the Central Vermont are also
anected, although no others have Teen
forced 10 close A famine III coal IS I'M
rninent with many and the railroad IS
making great efforts 70 move few
coal trains.
AT Portland a meat famine was threat
eued until, in response to urgent appeals
sent 10 Montreal, the Grand Trunk
started a meat train OF twenty cars FOR
Portland Tne train was held I'D at
Island Pond for icing, and as the ice
handlers refused to do the work others
the train was held Up for many hours
II is expected TO arrive in Portland late
To-Day.
Strike breakers are being hired IN New
York, New london. New Haven, and
p Boston The local employment office
OF the company in Boston has been
offered transportation and safety. and
a permanent JOB If they show them
selves capable men
Many Of them who had no railroad ex-
perience viii be used as guards al
switches and about the property Of the
corporation
The time : past for arbitration said
James Murdoch. vice president Of the
Trainmen's Union, today The question
IS being arbitrated by the public now
1 can see nothing for US but victory
Against this expression OF confidence
may be set the stateemnt Of President
Hayes Of the Grand Trunk
The violence Of the men. at sons
places, is burning their bridges behiu5
them Il Is making them members q
the cant come back club
Advertisements for men, stating th'
new scale Of wages offered the strikers
are being printed in all the local paper
and some men are being obtained
though the strikers say these are entire
Il untitled for the work which they ar
uudeTta king
The first arrest in Montreal was mad
last night, one Of the strikers haVInl
tried 70 intin-idate a worker
The Washington times., 1910-07-21

for the apprehension of Mr. Rawn's
SLAYER. the famfIv-s action IN barring
oIrr Of the investigation al detectives
but those Of a private organization
caused = sensation
Only the coroner and his assistants
were permitted 10 examine the premises
More mystery was ADDED to the traE-
edv when another detective agency. rep
resented by its superintendent and it's
chief aid appeared In the suburb AMI
beEau au inquiry. they. too. were re-
pulsed by Rawn's relatives and told
their services were not needed. but
their presence led 20 considerable SpeCu-
lati0n as 10 who was responsible for
placing them on the case RumOrs that
insurance companies interested had sent
them there were denied. then the re
port arose that they had been employed
by railroad interests
after making the pOStmortem exam
nation, DR.. Reinart made the following
report 10 Coroner Holman
The bullet entered the chest cavity
enc inch to the left and one inch below
the left nipple Il passed horizontally
through the body grazing the heart
ard passed out at point three inches
10 the left Of the spinal column
There are no powder marks on the
flesh or the deceased
The bullet must have been fired from
: a weapon directly on a level with the
/ byiy," said the Coroner when he re-
1 ceived the report
1T IS possib1a- Of course, that when
the shot was q at him he was leaning
[ forward in desc-ridinE the stairs
. Mr. Rawn prior 20 his election TO the
q -rasfdency OF the MOuOn road was as
I sisJant 20 President J. 7. Harahan, Of
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
OFFICIAL CONFIDENT
OF MOVING FREIGHT

TORONTO, July 2L-AIr. BrownIec.
general manager OF transportation Of
the Grand Trunk railway system, says
that within a few days the company
viii again be handling freight. Within
q week, he says without assistance from
any Of the army Of conductors, train
men, and yardmen on strike. the whole
system VIII be running under normal
conditions
Vice President Murdoch, Of the strik-
eTS' committee, declares that the men
VIII not consent 10 arbitration, fearing
that the company would not keep faith
The situation IS, on the whole, com
plratiTely quiet Through passengers
trains are running as usual.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
J. A. GROSS FUNERAL
HELD AT LATE HOME

The funeral of John a Gross, the
well-knovn newspaper man who died
on Tuesday morning was held at his
home, 1853 Kearney street, this after-
noon
Rev J. N Lang presided at the cere-
mo-ies- The burial service was under
the auspices Of Harmony Lodge. No
Il, T. A. a. IL. Burial was in Rock
Greek Cemetery
The pallbeareTs wewTe E Z. Payne,
and c. D Sheppard, OF the Associated
Press r z Rauer r \ Sherwood,
Faber Stevenson, and Samuel West.
The National Press Club at 2 meeting
yesterday afternoon. passed appropriate
resolutions on the death OF Mr. Gross.
The Washington times., 1910-07-21

in the strike situation Passenger traf-
nc IS stin being put over the rails. but
there IS an almost complete tie-up IN
freiEth AMI several mills are on the
point Of closing for lack Of raw ma
teTial.
The only outbreak Of violence so far
reported vas at Island Pond Vt. where
a traiuload Of arriving strike breakers
were stoned and some OF the rails spiked
BY strike syTuDathizeTs- Governor PTCuty
rushed forty armed deputies 10 the
scene and no further trouble IS eX-
Dectcd-
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
Railroad Men Say Monon's
Head Dreaded Exposure
of Graft Scandal.

graft scandal in the IlEipis Central,
and was facing Probs bic criminal &C
ton They considered Il likely ne
would XIII himself rather than face
the exposure OF the inside Of the car
repair deals. in the INVESTIGATION Of
which he testified tWice within the last
week and a half
Friends and business associates say
that Rawn has aged twenty years since
It became known that he held between
800 and LOO shares in the Blue Island
Car and Equipment Company, which
in July. paid back 10 the railroad haif
a million dollars looted from IT, RaWn
twice obtained pOstponementS Of the
investigation, claiming that his wife
was III, and he had 10 De nOhss with
Story of Mrs. Rawn.
Mrs. Rawn declares she was awaken
ed by a sound and gave her husband
the summons which sent him to his
death one OF the many stories IN
circulation was 10 the effect that Rawn
recently had taken out $4,000 new in
surance- Relatives, however, deny
this
Results of Autopsy.
The inquest viii be held next Wednes-
day. The autopsy last night by Cor
Oner's Physician Reinart disclosed moth
ing more than lad been learned earlier
in the day
Inquiry by suburban police and by
Chicago detectives sent there by Cap
tain Weed Of the detective bureau and
the corone--s examination developed The
following
No one In houses near by could be
found who heard more than one shot
One woman was found who said the
shot was fired not later than 10 O'Clock
the preceding evening.
The marks on the doors we're not On
the outside. but on the inside
The screens had not been cut. as The
ghicag 20 police believe would have been
done had burglar been trying 10 en-
Bullets Course Horizontal
The bullet which killed Mr.. Ravu and
which passed entirely through his body
was Of the same size as those used in
his revolver
The course OF the bullet wos horizon
tai, showing that the shot could not
have been fired upward.
Three railroad presidents and others
prominent in the railroad world will be
DaIIbearers at the funeral Friday af-
/ ternoou at o-35 O'Clock They are Daniel
] willard. president of the Baltimore and
lDhio. J. = Underwood. president OF the
FEsrie- Henry Miller vice president OF the
T WABASH. 81 Louis. A II Hanson, pas
. seneer traffic manager. Illinois Central,
Z O.. r. ETeV wee president rl~co rail-
road St Louis. W. W. Peabcd-. Gin
cirnati. w 3 King. formerly Superln-
+ Tendent Illinois Central. Memphis Fl r
Witcor5 Milwaukee " Il 2IcDOeI.
Chairman Non0n railroad. CHICAGO
{ Despite the fact that Nj C5buru an
1 nounced that he world offer rewar I'd
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
INTO COURT
TO GET RECEIPTS

Charles D. Hood this morning asked
the District Supreme Court TO order an
accounting Of his business relations with
Henry .AIencizen, Of Baltimore, whom he
said he employed as a salesman and col
IectOr IL this city
Through Attorney a A IipSC9mb,
Hood says that Mecken failed 10 turn
over receipts and records and that ne
cannot without them, tell the condition
OF accounts given 10 the defendant for
collection
The Washington times., 1910-07-21

% pairs Boys $3.50 Tan Low
Shoes-siZeS to >
35 pairs Little Boys Vic, Kid
ard Tan Calf Low Shoes
IS pairs Misses and Children 8
Tan and Black Calf and Patent
Leather-.LISO Suede-E'umQS and
Ties - values S1.25 to S2-5o-
Broken sizes
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
TO BRING
MILITIA TO SCENE

NIAGARA FALLS. Ont. July Il
Mayor Doves notified the Grand Trunk
trainmeu today that the militia VIII be
called out II any violence is attempted
when freight trains are moved
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
STRIKE MAY CLOSE
MILLS IN VERMONT

ST. ALBANS. Vt. July I--Vith
scores OF armed deputies and railroad
detectives on guard along the Grand
Trunk and Vermont Central lines IL
New England. today saw little change
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-16
AWYER HUMMEL OF DODGE
DIVORCE FAME is HERE
New Yorker Visiting Los Angeles
in Search of Health

Abraham H. Hummel, the New York
attorney who gained notoriety as
New York divorce lawyer and In con-
nection with the Thaw case, arrived
in Los Angeles last evening from san
francisco, and will remain here for
some time, provided the Los Angeles
climate agrees with him. Accompan-
led by his daughter, Miss Hummel'
Mrs. S. H. Haffenburg of New York
and A. N. Haffenburg of London, Mr.
Hummel has been touring Western
= ler,ca, and for the past eight weeks
has been living in San Francisco, a
guest at the st. Francis. While mere
Mr.. Hummel and party will make the
exandria hotel their headquarters.
When seen last evening the attorney
stated that he was in California in
search of health.
"For the past three years 1 nave
been travelling for my health and am
really improving all along. l have not
decided how long I shall remain mere
lit all depends on how your climate
and city agree with me. We went to
San Francisco to remain four days,
and stayed there for eight weeks-it
may be the same here-if we like 1t
we stay, if not, few days Will see
orr departure"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-16
HEAD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS
ESTIMATES TAXES NEEDED

According to a communication for
warded to the board of supervisors yes
terday by Mark Keppel, county super
intendent of schools, the total tax levy
for county school purposes this year
will be $791,711, this amount having
been estimated on the number OF teach
ers employed and scholars enrolled. Inc
communication follows:
'You are hereby notified that the
minimum amount of money to be
raised by county tax for the support
of the public schools as required by
section 1917 of the political code is $S l 4
iii. being 81 per census child for each
Of the SS.173 census children of Los
Angeles county as shown by the school
census Of April Is, 1910.
lyon are also notified that 1745 teach
ers were regularly employed in the
elementary schools for the year end
ing June go 1910, and that the amount
to he levied at 500 per teacher is there
fore s174.500. .,.s =.
$79l,711."