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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
"WET DOCK" IS
AGAIN ARGUED
Second Public Hearing Be-
fere Board of Aldermen
Last Night Many Speak.
REACH NO DECISION FOR
QUIT CLAIM DEED

A second hearing relative to the
s'wet dock'' or 6eove'' property was
held last night before the Board Of
Aldermen. No conclusion was arrived
at and it is not yet known whether the
city will give q quit claim deed to re-
iinanish whatever hold it may have
on the land.
Emil Frey, secretary Of the local
branch of the Federation Of Labor, had
the most to say during the evening. He
spoke many times, setting forth his
contention that the city has the most
right to the property. He said If the
city can give a quit claim deed to a
corporation, why not let the city keep
It itseffs Certainly the Perth Amboy
Ehipbuilding Company don't deserve
She title; what has it ever done for the
city, but been burden upon 1t. -
Much laughter was caused when City
Attorney Hommann and Mr.. Frey be-
came engaged in a tilt, and the latter
stated III don t agree with the mas
tero and "the map, referring to the
old parchment map) is wrong''
Alderman Seaman asked about the
city's ejectment guit some time ago
Judge Lyon replied that the case was
uOUbulteu DtCdubc tnc Clt udO hV pNoA'
ness in court of law and should have
gone to court Of equity. Judge Lyon
stated that the condition of the prop
erty should be taken as it was back In
1902 and Mr.. Hommann said it should
be taken as it was in seventeen hun
dred and something, when the first sur
yey and warrant was made by thu
Board of Proprietors. The final survey
was made in 1923.
Emil Koyen asked about title to th'
property, relative to its value to th'
receiver Of the shipbuilding company
Judge Lyon replied the quit claim dec
would simply grant rights to remov,
doubt and make the property market
able. George j. Haney asked If ther'
would be any money left for the off
GERS of the shipbuilding company whel
the property was sold, to which Judg
Lyon replied in the negative.
Mr.. Seaman asked if the decision
about to be rendered by the chancello
would be final. Judge Lyon said j
would not and that an appeal could b
made to the court of errors and appeals
At the business session of the alder
men, preceding the hearing, j. Finger
ote and George d. Bunten & Sons wer
granted junk licenses. Max Sacarn,
was refused.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14

propeller and caused 1t to snap. Hard
ly had the accident occurred when q
sqnal struck the craft and carried it al
most three miles out over the water.
A fter he had battled with the wind
and water for about twenty five min
utes and was exhausted, he was taken
off the frame by yacht, which reached
him before the life-saving crew that
had started for his rescue.
Last November Hamilton returned to
this country from japan, where he had
been giving dirigible balloon flights.
He went to the Curtis Aeroplane fac
tory in Hammondsport, l.. /. The first
day he took a seat in a machine he
few four miles before he stopped The
next day he made flight of thirty
miles.
In January he took a prominent part
in the Los Angeles meet and set up a
record for quick starting, leaving the
ground at 3:0s seconds after a run of
seventy feet. He also holds the record
for glide of 1900 feet.
Hamilton s most notable aeroplane
fight prior to the one made yesterday
was in fight from San Diego, Cal.
in January, when he few a distance OF
20 IL miles across the Mexican border
and back again without stopping. Thir
| ty miles of the trip was flown over the
Pacific ocean. In making this flight
Hamilton was the first aviator to cross
the United States border to another
country
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
MONEY COMING
IN FOR JULY 4
Plans For Public CeIebra-
tiOn Discussed by Commit
tees With Mayor.
ACTION TAKEN TO HIRE
THREE BANDS

Arrangements for the proposed pub
lie celebration of July took form last
night at meeting in the city hall OF
the various committees appointed BY
Mayor Bollschweiler. A parade to ID.
elude the school children, was decided
upon, and it was also agreed to have
three bands, two Of them juvenile or
'ganizations, in line.
A suggestion of Mayor BollsehweileI
that two collectors be appointed to Wis
il the local merchants and solicit funds
for the enterprise was adopted. They
will be appointed today John Pfeiffer,
of the Speakers Committee, suggest.
ed that the school children with the CON
sent of the Board of Education, be per-
mitted to contribute sums not to exceed
five cents each towards the defrayinq
of expenses.
Another meeting, this time, of the
general committee appointed by the
mayor, will be held Monday night at
city hall to arrange further details.
Mayor Bollschweiler was first to ad-
dress the gathering last night. He said
that wrong impression seemed to be
prevalent concerning the appointment
of the general committee. The commit
Tee, ne sara, was not appointed wholly
to defray the expenses of the celebra-
tion, but to aid in making arrangements
for the affair and incidentally, to help
secure funds.
In speaking of parade he said he
favored something that would appeal to
the children. something comieal as for
instance, ''rpbe'' or colored band. He
suggested that prizes be given for the
most comically dressed persons in the
parade and for the most humorous
band. The suggestion of prizes may be
entered upon later.
Richard j. Calvin, of the music com.
mittee, was authorized to request that
the band from the Mission Of the I'm
maculate Virgin, at Mt Loretta lead
the children s parade. An Italian band
from New York or Newark will also be
procured.
To date the Mayor has received
about fifty dollars in contributions
from local men. He will make a-ean-
vass of the local factories to secure do
nations from the officials
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
HOW The NEWS
OF HAMILTON
WAS HANDLED

There was some hustling in the
EVENING NEWS Office yesterday
afternoon when it became known
that Charles X. Hamilton had land
ed with his aeroplane on the mead
ows on the south shore OF the Rari-
tan river. So many conflicting
stories came in just at press time
that it required careful figuring to
know what to accept as the real
facts. Then, when the outside
world learned of the whereabouts
of the aviator the services of the
EVENING NEWS were called upon
from far and near to give the partic-
ulars. The EVENING NEWS staff
spent as lively an hour as 1t has ever
put in trying to give It's readers the
story and at the same time accom-
modate the press Of other cities.
The EVENING NEWS was pre-
pairing to go to press with its first
edition at 1880 o'clock with story
of Hamilton's flight as far as he had
gone when the first intimation that
he had landed in this vicinity
reached the Office The NEWS had
the facts of his arrival in Philadel-
phia and his start on the return trip.
1t had also been figured out that he
ought to reach Metuchen on his re-
turn a little after l o'clock.
About a quarter before l o'clock
a despatch was received from New
Brunswick stating that Hamilton
! had passed over that city on his re-
turn journey at 1895 o'clock; that
he was travelling about fifty miles
an hour and was slightly leading the
special train that accompanied him.
| These facts had been prepared and
put in type ready to go on the press.
1t was about 1 o'clock when Ed
ward Koyen, who Is employed at the
Standard plant of the National Fire
proofing Company, along the Rari-
tan river, called the ENENING
NEWS on the telephone and said
that an aeroplane had just come
down opposite that plant and 1t was
supposed to be Hamilton's. The staff
of the NEWS was on edge in an in
stant Before any further details
could be secured the EVENING
NEWS was called again on the tel
ephone, this time from South Am
boy, and it was stated that an aero
plane had just landed on the mead
ows on the south shore. This was
confusing, for the first tip had been
understood to indicate that the aero
plane was on the Perth Amboy side
of the river near Keasbey. 1t was
then thought that, in attempting to
soar again, the aviator had merely
skinned across the river and
dropped on the other side.
CONTINUED on page 80
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
IST. VERDICT
FOR $4,000
is SUSTAINED

Attorney Thomas Brown this
morning received notice from the su-
preme court at Trenton that the
Judgment of $4,000 rendered by
Judge Lloyd last fall in the suit Of
Charles A. Hackman, of Kennedale
Park, against the Lehigh Valley rail-
road, has been sustained by Chief
Justice Charles J. Gummere, Justice
Bergen and Justice Voorhees,.
The original suit, instituted by
Hackman, was to recover from the
Lehigh Valley railroad $4,000 for
injuries sustained at the High street
and Buckingham avenue crossing.
According to testimony offered,
Hackman, who was at the time OF
the accident, September 26, 1908,
engaged in the butcher business, was
driving a wagon across the tracks a
few feet from the dead end OF
freight train.
While the wagon was on the
tracks, It is alleged, the train sud
denly started backwards, striking
and smashing the vehicle and throw
Ing the driver under the wheels of
the moving car. AS a result of the
accident, Hackman is without the
use of one arm and one leg.
Suit was brought before Judge
Lloyd year later, and a Judgment
for $4,000 was rendered This was
sustained by Chief Justice Gummere
few days ago. Mrs. Maxwell Metz
ner, formerly of Lewis. street, since
moved to California, was the only
witness to the accident sAs 1t was
almost impossible Tor her to appear
in Trenton, her testimony was taken
| by depositlon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
nICKENIG is
REARRAIGNED
AND PAROLEO


Henry Nickenig, proprietor Of the
Excelsior Hotel and grove, at Maurer,
was re-arrested last night on charge
of authorizing the sale Of liquor in
his grove and dance hall early Sunday
Morning, and after half hours wrang-
ling between Assistant Prosecutor Rus
sci Watson and attorney for the de-
Tense, Joseph E. Stricken, Nickenig
was parolled until such time as the as
sistant prosecutor can produce records
of decisions In former similar cases,
Mr.. Watson offered to do so today.
The argument last night, was, as in
the hearing of last week, mainly con
fined to the point Of whether or not
Nickenig, as proprietor of the grove
was guilty Of illegal selling, in allow
ing the society to dispense Intoxicating
liquors after hours.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
NOTICE..

PERTH AMBoY TRUST COMPANY
Perth Amboy. N. j.,
June s, 1910.
At the regular quarterly meeting
of the Board of Directors. held to-
day, a dividend of two per cent.
q per cent? was declared on the
capital stock of this company, pay
able July 1st, 1910. to stockholders
of record at the close Of business on
Wednesday, June 18th, 1910.
s. RIDDLESTORFFER,
Secretary Treasurer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
Thousands Drawn
Here to Watch
AerOpIane.
FACTS ABOUT HAMILTON.

Charles X. Hamilton, the avi-
ator, is thirty years old. His home
is in New York. He weighs but
ITO pounds and is declared to be
a master of the art of operating
an aeroplane. He has lengthy
record of successes.
He has made numerous exhibi-
ton flights at Mineola, l.. l.; at
Seattle, Wash; at San Diego, Cal,
and at Los Angeles, where he-took
part In the recent aeroplane meet.
Last December he made a flight
at st. Joseph, MO, when the
thermometer stood at two de-
grees below zero and the snow
was six feet on the level. The
machine he used yesterday is the
one with which Curtiss won a
prize at Rheims.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
TONS GREAT START AT
COUNTY BRIDGE FEATURE OF
HIS BREAKING FLIGHT
POINTS IN HAMILTON's
FLIGHT OF 172 MILES.

Left New York at 7:43 A. M;
arrived at Philadelphia at 9:28 A.
M. Time, l hour As minutes.
Distance, 86 miles. Fastest Penn
sylvania railroad train, Jersey City
to Philadelphia, l hour and As
minutes.
Left Philadelphia 1880 A. M.
Landed at South Amboy, 1882 P.
M. Time, l hour % minutes.
Distance, 66 miles.
Left South Amboy at 6:18 P. M.
Arrived at Governors Island at
$40 P. M. Time, % minutes.
Distance, 20 miles.
Actual flying distance, 172
miles.
Actual time in the air, 209 min
utes.
Average speed, shade less
than Sd miles an hour.
Hamilton's flight is the longest
cross-country flight. without stop,
ever made in America. Glenn
Curtiss flew from Albany to New
York, 1877 miles, in 152 minutes
May 2S, but made two stops. His
longest sustained fight was rs
miles, from Albany to Gills Farm,
near Poughkeepsie.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14

New York, June 14.-What will
Charles X. Hamilton do next? This is
the question dazzled aviation enthusi-
asts are asking. His friends assert
that he will make an early start to cap
ture one of the big $4,000 or $4,000
prizes for long distance voyages from
New York to Chicago and st. Louis.
And they declare their conviction that
he will win whichever prize he starts
after.
His aerial fight from New York to
Philadelphia and back again proved
that Hamilton Is more than q dare
devil man-bird." 1t places him high
among the master aviators of the
world In completing the wonderful
fight Hamilton not only displayed dar-
Ing, but the resourcefulness and gen.
eralship essential to the conquest of
the air. When his machine broke down
on the return voyage it looked for a
time as though the $4,000 prize would
| slip from his fingers, but Hamilton
grimly held to his purpose and at last
sailed triumphantly back to his start
ing place.
! His prize was equal to that paid to
Glenn II. Curtiss for his air ride from
Albany to New York. AS Curtiss is
"a New York boy" New York was
proud Of his success and rejolced with
him. Hamilton is "a Connecticut boy"
and today Connecticut is rejoicing.
Hamilton's friends now declare that
he will make an early start to win one
of the big $4,000 and $4,000 prizes
offered for aerial voyages from New
York to Chicago and from New York
to st. Louis. They jubilantly say he
will surely meet with success in the
great long distance voyage.
Hamilton, the little redhaired aero
bat of the upper airs, lifted his biplant
over Governors island at 7:43 o'clocl
yesterday morning, and at $40 p. m
yesterday evening he returned to thu
spot from which he started.
The flight to Philadelhpia was made
| without mischance. Straight as /,
pigeon on the wing Hamilton sailed
over cities, rivers and farms, wingini
an unsurveyed course At 9:28 a. III
he was shaking hands with Governol
Stuart Of Pennsylvania, eighty-sil
miles from Governors island.
Hamilton's luck failed him on th'
journey home or he might by wheeling
around Yonkers have beaten Paul
hans record for uninterrupted flight
III miles, London to Litchfield. Fifty
three miles from Philadelphia he los
his bearings, mistaking a green patel
of Jersey for Staten Island, and stimuli
taneously two of the eight cylinders
of his engine coughed and quit work
He dropped into the clutch Of SWAMP
near South Amboy, and it was hours
before repairs could be made and th'
aviator could escape the immens'
crowd that swarmed from the jersey
towns.
Continued on page 20
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14

Charles Keeney Hamilton is the
hero of the day, known the world
over. Rising from the wagon road
leading to the Raritan river bridge
on the south shore at 6:18 o'clock
last night, ne swooped over the
heads of thousands of people who
had gathered and, finishing the New
York-Philadelphia flight, performed
one of the most marvellous feats
known in aviation. Seldom, If ever
before, has any aeronaut attempted
to fly down a narrow road, every
minutes in danger of swerving
against the multitudes that blocked
the thoroughfare. That alone was
feat believed to be heretofore un-
equalled. He rose high, higher than
at any time during the trip, and flew
for Governors Island. The start at
6:18 o'clock and the final landing
at $40, making the time twenty
two minutes for about twenty miles.
The start came after prolonged
and anxious wait AS told in the
NEWS yesterday, Hamilton's pro-
peller was broken after several un-
successful attempts to rise from the
deep, grass-covered meadow on the
south side of the Raritan river. The
grass was of the salted, tough kind
Here and there lay pieces Of wood,
small bundles of sea weed and grass.
all of which went to make an ascen-
sion from that point an impossible
ity. Hamilton landed there at
1885 o'clock. When the propeller
was split, word was despatched for
I, the new one, or rather old one, that
had been used by Glenn H. Curtiss
in his famous flights at Rheims
France Joseph Kelly, of this city,
who acted as one of Hamilton's me-
chanicians, quickly removed the
damaged propeller and the other one
was put on. With that attached, II
made the self-same machine that
Curtiss used in Rheims.
1t was long wait for the blade
1t lay in Hamilton's tent on Govern
or's Island and at the moment word
was received, 1t was rushed to this
city by automobile. The machine
came across on the ferryboat and
made a speedy trip to the marshes
near Mechanicsville, where the
stranded aeroplane lay After the
necessary repairs had been made
willing hands carried it to the road
way leading from the Hole-in-the-
Wall to the Raritan river bridge.
Flight from that point was almost
as difficult as in the meadows, where
the machine had been taken from
From the draw to a point severa
/ hundred feet of the bridge and with
in few hundred feet of the start
ing point of the machine, was {
stringzsof automobiles and pedes
TRANS. On both sides of the road
way from the Raritan river bridge
up to the aeroplane stood thousands
of restless spectators. Newspaper
men did all they could in aiding tn,
brave man-bird to prepare for tn,
start. They paced up and down th'
roadway endeavoring to keep tn,
swarms of people back to avoid in
jury or destruction to the machine
CONTINUED on page 80
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
Reach Governors S
Island at $40
Last Night.
MOST DARING AVIATOR.

Glenn III. Curtiss last night
praised Hamilton, saying:
Hamilton is the most daring
aviator in the world. There's not
another man like him for skill
and daring. / doubt If any other
aviator could have duplicated his
feat of today. / consider it the
greatest flight ever made. 1t Is
the first return trip between two
great cities, with the return flight.
The recent trip of Charles Stewart
Rolls, from Dover to Calais and
return, is the only flight that COM
pares with 1t. Rolls's trip, being
over water, was not as dangerous
as Hamilton's passing over land
the greater part of the way and
passing over number of cities.
1t isn't like flying in a great grass
plot"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
new BUILDING AND
LOAN STARTED HERE
gctal to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS
New Brunswick. June 14:-Arti-
cles of Incorporation were filed here
today for the Perth Amboy Building
& Loan Association. Several of the
prominent business men of Perth
Amboy are the incorporators. Offices
of the association are at 03 Smith
street, Perth Amboy. The agent in
charge and upon whom process may
be served is William Pierce.
The incorporators are: Louis
Kreielsheimer, Jacob Kreielsheimer,
]. Alpern, William Pierce, Emil
6ameth, Morgan F. Larson, Abel
Hanson, John Pfeiffer, William p
Bradley and Albert Leon. Each OF
the incorporators have subscribed
to FIVE shares of stock to mature at
5000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
HIP IN
ACCIDENT IN
A FEED STORE

John Palko, a workman employed
by A. M. Metzendorf, hay, grain
and feed dealer in New Brunswick
avenue, is at the city hospital with
fractured hip. He was injured in
a peculiar manner while attending
to his duties about 5 o'clock yester-
day afternoon and experienced mar
row escape from far more serious In
jury. DR.. M. s. Meinzer was called.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
GARD OF THANKS.

The undersigned desire to thank
relatives, friends and neighbors for
their kindness to them in their late
bereavement, caused by the death OF
wife and mother, and especially wish
to thank Undertaken Burke.
JOHN A. KIS<O e FAMILY.
12483-6-14-Its
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
SAMUEL BAYARD is
DR.. FITHIAN'S DEPUTY

Samuel A. Bayard was today ap-
pointed state deputy health officer
Of this port by the State Board Of
Health. He will serve under State
Health Officer Fithian, who was ap-
pointed recently. Mr.. Bayard starts
work Immediately.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
A Registered Eye Specialist for
Perth Amboy.

s. Mahler, of S52 State street, has
engaged registered eye sight spec
ialist from New York city to take
charge of the optical department
which will open Thursday morning,
June 16. Mr.. Mailer has left moth
ing undone to make the department
a success. In order to advertise the
optical department a special offer
will be established for the balance
of this week. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, any one needing an exam
ination and requires glasses, will re-
sceive careful specialists attention,
and a pair of glasses worth $6 for
81. This is an extraordinary oppor-
tunity for all those who are suffer-
ing from defective eyesight.
All work guaranteed, money re-
funded If dissatisfied Look for our
large advertisement for full particu-
lars in tomorrow's edition of this
paper: it will pay you.
s. MAILER,
352 State ST.. cor. Fayette St
124S5-6-14-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
WHISTLES BLOW IN
HONOR OF FLAG DAY

Prolonged blasts of the factory
whistles at o'clock this morning
reminded one that today is Flag
Day. In commemoration of the oc-
casion many local residences display
flags. Students and faculty of the
high school are bedecked with small
American flags.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14

Glass of 10 Ivy Planting.
Ivy exercises Of the graduating class
will be held on the lawn of the high
school tomorrow noon. Miss Anna Al
len will deliver the oration.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14
BELLEWOOD z5c EVERY SUNDAY,
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.

Leave Perth Amboy 940 A. NJ.
Returning leave Bellewood $3.50 P.
NJ. Good music, attractive amuse-
12900-6-9- -Tu-F- S-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-14

CONTINUED on page 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-08

sons course are quite encouraging. The
receipts from all sources were $6i4.S5
The expenditures $4ts.ss. leaving the
snug balance Of $1S6.16 as a nucleus
| for next seasons venture.
/ Roy Keables has been sick for the
| past few days.
I s. Gregg has returned from visit
| OF three weeks with relatives at Pur-
cellville, Va.
| One hundred bushels of sweet corn
1 from Indiana arrived Mt the canning
| factory today for seed for the coming
CROP.
AIR. j. S. Scurr and his niece. Mrs.
Z. W. Harmon, OF Marshalltown, re-
turned from their pleasure trip to- the
Pacific coast on Thursday. They were
away from home for ten weeks and in
that time visited relatives and friends
in Pasadena. Los Angeles. San Fran
cisco, and Sacramento, Cal. and at va
rious points in Oregon. Washington and
Montana.
Mrs. l.. J. Richardson will soon move
into the property recently purchased
on Church street. and Mrs. Green and
family will occupy the Mrs. Peer prop
erty on High street.
MARIETTA.
April S--Mlss Bessie Dolin has re-
turned home from Minneapolis where
she had been several weeks attending
school.
Mrs. Chris Wardman has returned
from Mont0ur, after spendin ga week
with her sister, Mrs. Alva Richards.
Miss Elsie Haddock went to Dubuque
Wednesday, where she will attend
school.
Some of the farmers in this neigh
borhood are thru seeding.
Mrs. Moie Haddock. of st. An
thony, visited her sister, Mrs. a. f.
Larson, the first of the week.
Miss Anna Jensen, who has been i'll
the past month, remains about the
same