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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
Thrilling Stories of Storm Tossed
Voyage Told by Captain and
Men, Three Weeks Late.
NEVER EXPECTED TO SURVIVE

Storm-tossed, minus all sails ex-
ceptipg a iib, with its captain ana
crew half starved after having been
tossed about at the mercy of the At
lantic waves for many days. the
three-masted schooner Phineas w.
Sprague arrived in port this morning
with cargo of asphalt for Tremley
Point. Seldom, if ever before has a
captain and his crew lived to tell the
tale of so thrilling an escape from
death by drowning or starvation.
When the vessel was in sight of
Sandy Hook this morning there was
joy on board. All there was left in
the line of eatables was half a pound
of meat and little else. There was
no flour, no bread and really moth
ing else to satisfy the hungry stom-
achs of Captain Simmons and his
crew of eight men.
The vessel managed to reach this
port, but not until 1t had been fifty
two days out from the last stopping
place, the port of Spain. 1t had been
due here more than three weeks ago
and week ago practically all hopes
of ever finding the ship and its crew
were given up. Federal Health OFF,
Ger G. w. Naulty, Jr., boarded the
vessel in Raritan Bay this morning
and was the first to learn of the ter
rible experience Captain Simmons
and his men had undergone He
saw that the men looked rather lean
and hungry and that they expressed
delight at being in sight of land.
The ship is q three-masted schoon-
er of ordinary size. 1t is in charge
Of Captain Simmons and his brother,
who is the first mate. Besides these
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
TROLLEY CAR
NEARLY HIT
Serious Accident Averted at
C. R. r. Crossin1 ] Last Night.

Only the presence of mind of the
trolley crew saved the lives of many
passengers last evening when shortly
after six o'clock the fagman at the
Smith street crossing of the Central
Railroad tracks raised the gates and
allowed the trolley and wagon to en-
ter upon the tracks in front of the
rapidly approaching 602 o'clock pas.
senger train.
The gate had been lowered while a
freight train from the south passed.
During this time the trolley and gro
Gerry delivery wagon were waiting on
either side of the tracks to pass on.
When the freight had passed the gates
were raised and the motorman of the
trolley turned on his power and was
upon the south bound tracks when he
noticed a rapidly approaching train
from the north bearing upon him at a
high rate of speed. lie instantly re-
versed his power and backed the nose
of the trolley off the tracks just as the
train passed by. Had the trolley con
tinued on its course it would have been
struck amidships and many of its cargo
of people returning home from shop
ping and work would undoubtedly have
been killed or MANNED for life.
Alfred Christopherson, driver for
Frank HillsdOrf's blue trout grocery,
accompanied by Walter Oladek, a boy,
likewise had narrow escape. With
the wagon. Christopherson had been
waiting west of the tracks for passage
while the trolley was on the east side
headed west. As the wagon entered
the tracks when the gates were raised
the driver saw the approaching train
and whipped up his horse just In time
to cross the track ahead of the train
which grazed his tailboard by about
the same margin that it missed the
trolley.
Many people saw the narrow escape
of the trolley and wagon from the de-
pot and street and the manner in which
the accident was averted seemed almost
miraculous. The trolley crew with
about fifty people sought the fagman
IN his little house on tho corner fol
lowing the narrow escape and it was
only due to the cooler heads Of the
crowd that he was not inflicted serious
bodily injury. The whole affair hap
pened so quickly that it was all over
almost before those in the trolley were
aware of what was going on.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
MISSING SCHOONER PH|NEAS W. SPRACUE
ARRIVES WITH CREW NEAR STARVAT T|0N
TRIES TO
DIE WITH GAS
Alexander Kozub of Broad Street ncted by "Dme Novel;
Reading Attempted Suicide--Found by Mother

lncited by continual reading OF
dime novels, Alexander Kozub, the
sixteen-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Kozub, of III Broad street,
attempted suicide with illuminating
gas-in the bath room of his home
yesterday afternoon. Had it not
been for his timely discovery by Mrs.
Kozub, his mother, he would prob
ably have been successful. She
smelled gas fumes escaping from the
bath room and later had the door
broken open.
The lad was found seated on the
edge Of the bath tub, In a comfort
able position, with story book in
his lap. Drs. G. I. Silk and M. s.
Meinzer were summoned and the boy
has practically recovered today. His
mother Is alarmed, however, as he
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there is crew of seven West Indian
negroes.
The vessel first stopped at Param-
aribo after its voyage from this.
country. 1t next stopped at Brigh-
ton, Trinidad, and then finally -want
to the Port of Spain, from where it
started for this port the latter part
OF October. Soon after leaving the
latter part 1t encountered high
winds and the sails commenced to 90
to pieces. Captain Simmons then be-
gan to realize that he would have
a hard trip and stopped at Saba ISL
and for additional men for his crew.
He picked up three American sailors.
one of them colored 1t is his be-
lief that had he failed to do this, he
and his men and the ship with It's
cargo would have been lost.
1t was soon after leaving Saba
Island that fierce winds caused de-
struction to his sails and most all
means of navigation and the vessel
remained at the mercy of the storm
and waves for weeks Day after day
wore on and provisions kept dimin-
tshing, until there was finally hard
ly food to eat. The men grew sick
of what they were finally forced to
eat and the situation became desper-
ate. Fortunately the craft hove In
sight of Sandy Hook in time to save
the lives of all aboard They now
have ample provisions aboard and
seem none the worse after their
thrilling experience.
In company with Captain simmons
and his brother aboard the vessel
was his fourteen-year-old niece, Miss
Elmy Rock. Captain Simmons's
home is in Brooklyn.
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has threatened to make another at
tempt.
Young Kozub is the son of a sa-
loon proprietor. According to his
mother, he has things his own way,
being permitted to witness shows and
buy books, most of which were of
the cheap fiction sort, that usually
retail at ten cents a copy. He has
frequented pool rooms, according to
his mother, and all this has had a
tendency to turn his mind. He has
threatened to go west to shoot in
1uns," and has also attempted to en-
ter the U. S. navy.
In preparing for the act young
Kozub pulled down the shade in the
bath room. Notification that the
shade was down caused Mrs. Kozub
to investigate,
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l.. Y. z. K. MEN
ASK INCREASE
Committees of Engineers and Conductors Prepare New
Scale OF Wages to Present toGenera Agent EgcGuire

Committees of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company in this division con
sisting of engineers and conductors
have formulated a new wage scale
which they will present to J. A. Nc
Guire viii is general agent of the com
pany with Offices at South Bethlehem,
Pa.
W. w. Blocker, local yardmaster of
the company, in conversation with a
NEWS reporter said that although he
had not been informed Of any such pro-
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ceedings as yet he would not be sur
prised if such were the case.
1t is the custom every year to make
a new wage scale and to present it to
the proper authorities j. P. Desmond
is interested in the matter and is like
ly to be named as the representative of
the local men.
The men that the proposed wage
scale win affect are employed in Perth
Amboy, Easton, Jersey City, Wilkes
Barre, Pittston, Sayre and Buffalo
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
PRIZES ARE
ATTRACTION
Stop in at the Stores and
See Than Yourself.

If you want to know just what
kind of a piano or sewing machine
the EVENING NEWS is offering in
the prize contest 1t is now conduct
ing, stop for a moment at Steger &
Sons piano store in Smith street, OF
at Anton Jensen's store in State
street and the prizes will be shown
you. They are everything that is
claimed of them and they are some
thing that should be found in every
household.
!. 1t is not everybody, however, who
can afford to buy a piano, even with
the easy payments that are now of
fered by the various dealers. More
useful, perhaps, Is a sewing machine
1t Ia not every woman who owns a
$40 White. The EVENING NEWS
Is offering to give these prizes with
out costing cent. All that Is neces-
sary Is to gather the coupons, which
are appearing in the paper every day
and see that they are voted before
the time they expire BY securing
subscribers additional votes may be
counted.
The contest does not close until
February 18, so that by beginning
now to get the coupons and subscrib-
ers you may be among the leaders
within few days. The contest is
only started. The leaders today are
not far ahead. A couple Of yearly
subscribers will put anyone In q
leading position.
The standing of the contestants
today is as follows:
District No. 4.
Home for Aged, High street. :. ,548
Morris Greenfield, 113 Market
street GO3
Jas. r. Hooban, 433 East Ave-. 1872
Clipper A c., High street t.... 179
Miss Mildred Jensen, 332 Bar
clay street ,........ 46
Master Thos. Fitzgerald, 407
Rector street ........... IL
John Kopko, cal State street. 25
Gertrude Sheath, $50 Laurie st. 81
District No. 2.
Miss Bessie King, Woodbridge. 118
Miss Marion Slaight, Tyrrell
street, Tottenville, S. I. 80. IT
Miss Edna Jarratt, Woodvail
Ave, Pleasant Plains, S. L.. 5
District No. 8.
Miss Belle Broander, Keans-
burg, N. J. ............ 457
Mrs. Thos. Polling, Keyport.
N. j. .............. SO
Miss Lila Greben, Matawan, N.
j. "a
Miss Emma Reinhold, Keyport,
N. ]. ................. So
There are three districts and a
$3.50 piano and a $40 sewing ma
chine will be given in each one. The
piano goes to the person getting the
highest number of votes in the dis
trict and the sewing machine will be
given to the person getting the next
highest number Of votes. The dis
tricts are divided as follows:
District No. 1.-The City of Perth
Amboy.
District No. All the outside
towns in which the EVENING NEWS
circulates excepting the towns in
Monmouth county.
District No. 3-Monmouth county.
Each coupon published In the
EVENING NEWS, II voted within
the time limit. counts one vote.
Each s1.25 paid for three months
counts 100 votes; each
$3.50 paid for six months subscrip-
tion counts 200 votes; each $500
paid for one years subscription
counts 500 votes. The contest ends
4 P. M. Saturday, February 1S, 1911.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
EXPLOSION ON CRUISER
bv Untted Press WIRE.

Special By United Press Wire.
Washington. Dec, 15:-The explosion
of a six inch gun on the armored
cruiser Pennsylvania during target
practice near Mare Island, California,
was reported today by the Navy de-
partment by Rear Admiral Barry. No
casualties resulted.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
SOUTH AMB0Y
MAN KILLED
lanes Bailey Had Fatal
Fall at the Docks.
speciar to the EVENING NEWS.

South Amboy, Dec. 15:--James
Bailey, about forty years old. en-
ployed on the Pennsylvania railroad
soft coal trestle, fell fro mthe top
of the trestle this morning, being in
stantly killed by striking upon his
head and dislocatlng his neck. Cor
oner Mason was called in the case.
Mr. Bailey resided with a married
sister on David street, he being un-
married. His parents are both
dead. He had several brothers and
sisters living in this city.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
Distrlct Court audg1nents.

Judge Beekman, in the district
court, this morning announced iudg-
ments in the following cases: Edwin
Kaufman against Sophie Goldstein,
$69.44; William Weimer against
Frank Palmer, $12.9e; DR.. Henry
against gtaninkO, $44.50.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15

SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN FoR
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
FOR PIES, CAKES, ETC. WEDDING
PARTIES SUPPLIED AT SHORT
Notice. RUDOLPH THIEs, RAR-
ERY. SO sSaITH ST.
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oAsH REGTsTERS.

Second hand Nationals at extremely
low prices. They look like new. Fully
guaranteed and kept in repair free Of
charge for two years. Sold on easy
monthly payments. Registers from $16
MP. The National Cash Register Co,
10 West Grand ST., Elizabeth, N. j., or
"a Smith st., Perth Amboy. Send pos
tai and salesman win call.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15
CONFIRMED BY SENATE

Special by United Press Wire.
Washington, Dec. 15:-The senate
today faVorably reported the nomina.
tion of Federal Judge Van Deyenter
and Joseph b. LAMAR to be associate
justices of the supreme court.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-12-15

A noted beauty attributes her Rns
complexion to the use of Livertone
Pills. 25e. at Lauer Dng Co. Salts
faction guaranteed. Smith aud State
streets. 1722o-12-15-Its
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Love at first sight. A box Of Huy-
ler's candy and your best girl. Lauer
Drug Co., agents. Smith and State
streets. 17220-12-15-1t*
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Automobiles for rent by day or hour.
Sexton's. Telephone 1871. Perth
Amboy. 1885 T-26 tfe
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TTpPTgHT PIANO So. %.

Good make and Ia good condition In
quire Encherman S Grocery, SIS State
r. - 9T202 -12- ] 4-4te
an Ia
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Make This Xmas Present One
that You Win Be Remember
ed BY for a Lifetime.

AAKE 1t good Sewing Ma
NJ chine-useful. durable, or
Va namental--will repay you
many times over. Call and select
and arrange for delivery and pay
ments to suit yourself
We have all the best makes
such IS the White, New Home.
Standard. the Free, the National,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, DAVIS
and others. We guarantees to
teach all attachments and show
how to make everything to wesr.
A. gensen's Sewing aaehino Store
9asesss sa,. ,ssS state st, Perth AHhoy
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Let the NEWS ten your wants.
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Senator George Silzer, Of Middlese1
county, has just returned from Florida
and in his statement on the Senatorial
Continued on page 81
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< AATHER ---- Fair
and colder tonight
and Friday. Brisk
and northwest
winds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
A Handsome $4,000 Souuer

Instead Of following the usual plan of giving number of
venirs of questionable value have decided really
handsome souvenir On Opening Evening each visitor will be
souvenir coupon 1t will have blank space which the
is be written This be brought the and
placed the locked box You have until O'Clock Saturday
ing October lst which deposit your coupon Immediately
following the depong of the last the ballot box will be
sealed On Monday morning 10 o'clock be opened and
card drawn The whose appears that card will
be entitled to select any article stock number
of different articles the value of S3O0OO
POSITIVELY NO OBLIGATION TO BUY ANYTHING
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-22

aud MIS-. Z, !. Goodwin of AlNa, Okla.
homn.
She was married Ia Mr. T.. q, Wclrh
ON May 33rd, ,sa>, aud to this marriage
three children were born; Dudley, aged
10, Jencvievr, aged and Mortimer
aged .
She rRm" "a Turumcari with MIR.
Wclch IN July 1905, aud since coming
10 the city has made many friends
She was lady of more than ordinary
intelligence, was educated at Lebanon,
Indiana, aud was popular IN the social
circles Of the city She was u member
of the Episcopal church, aud was zeal
ous. energetic, aud active IN advancing
the interests of the congrcgai ION ~ this
city.
T.. q. Wchh has been engaged IN the
practice of law since coming to Tucum'
earl. making a speciality of land practice
in which he has been very successful,
\ few months ago he bought property
un high street which he had improved
aud which he and his wife looked upon
~ their home.
To-day the house contains a broken
hearted husband, three orphan childrcu
aud only the memory of wife and moth
/
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-22
Funeral Attended by Nearly
Every Citizen. All Busi.
ness Houses Closed.
EXEMPLARY CITIZEN

!. &. Elkins. the we'll known aud pop
ulnt engineer, who was injured when
his engine blew up last saturday, died
ut I;5u between Duran aud Torrance.
ile was LrinR taken to Alamo
goIdo no train No Ouc. llis wife was
~ the car with han. The remains
were brought 10 ru,umcnu, sunday
morning, aud was buried from ~. VI.
T.. Church, South, at 3 p ~. AS.Nlay
Rev. Charles l.. lirooas. Pastor, con
ductng the funeral services. Burial ~
Tucumcari cemetery.
The city Was shocked Saturday
morning when the report that the cn.
gine ON the Daw-o train had blown
up. aud the engineer and fireman were
killed. II was soon learned that while
both of them were injured that neither
of them was dead, aud that they were
being brought to Tucumcari. Hun.
drcds vi persons we've at the depot
when the injured men arrived aud were
transferred to train number one, which
would take them to the hospital at
Alamogordo The physloians gave very
little hopes to Engineer Elkins friends
aud they were not surprised when a
Telegram came announcing that he dice
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-22

rntry, Provided Further, That moth.
IN this Act shalt Ice 80 construed a.
to forbid AN cntryman under the pro
i,ions oi this section from selling
h,s boni hde improvements on his said
former entry at fair price.
see. 3. 1hat any entryman under
section twenty-five hundred and eighty
nine of the homestead laws ct the
unitcd states who has made entry since
the passage OF the Act of February
nineteenth, nineteen hundred aud nine,
bnd ,nc designation OF ,he lands there.
under, or who may hereafter make such
entry shall be entitled to make an ad'
ditional entry as though his said entry
had been made prior 10 the date of
passage of said Act and the designation
OF the lands Hereunder,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-22
Condition of the Territory is
Very Satisfactory In Ev.
cry Way.
JUDICIARY LEARNED

The annual report of Governor Curry
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1908,
while 1t covers only 2s printed pag.s,
gives an admirable review Of New Mex.
leo conditions from the standpoint Of
the executive Office The report ALSO
hur the latest land Office map u the
territory, no copy of which had pre-.
viously reached here. This new map
for the first time gives the boundaries
of Query county aud shows the changes
in boundaries between the counties ~
Lincoln and Socorro enacted by the
legislature Of 1908, but fails 20 indi
cate the changes In the boundaries Of
Socorro aud Sierra counties The new
map also gives the latest boundaries and
the new names Of the forest reserves.
II may astonish those who have not
kept track Of forest names aud boun.
daries 10 learn that part Of the Mon.
zano forest il down in Mckinley coun-
"; that the Datil forest consists Of
four unconnectcd parcels spreading
themselves over Valencia. Socorro aud
Grant counties; that n chunk Of the
Alamo forest is IN Eddy county and
that Progrcsso. Torrance county is In.
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cludcd IN the Lincoln national forest.
The report shows that during the
past fiscal year, there were filed at
the five federal land offices IN the
territory y,7ss original homestead en-.
tries covering l,i7l ,id2 acres; id4 des
crt land entries covering sJ,sdO acres
aud djl enlarged homestead entries
covering l2d,s4O acres, making alto
gcthcr lO,gO3 original entries covering
a total of ,6s2, ,lG2 acres. The Roswell
district led with i,Jgj entries aud the
santa + district came second with =.
s9j entries. In the 1ucumcari district
l,7O7 entries were made; in the Clay.
ton district i,456 entries aud in the
Las Cruces district T5l entries. The
year before the total entries number.
ed 1889 aud the area covered was 2.
45l,l3I acres. II is apparent, there.
fore, that there was a decided falling
oil the past year in the stream Of home.
seekers to the territory.
Financial conditions in counties are
IN every satisfactory says the re.
port. "sys,ematie accounting is
thoroughly established and the county
,reasurers make prompt monthly set.
Elements with the territory. The bal.
auces in the territorial treasury on June
/, 1909 were s527, 225.l6 and tho bal.
ances IN the sinking funds were ses,.
$40, leaving the actual territorial bead
ed Indebtedness ON that date s9la, ,sso.5l.
There was an aggregate Of cash bsian.
ces in the county treasures oa July J,
of sl,Oaa, ,OO0.3s, certainly splendid
showing
The territorial institutions according
to the report Of No. 20, and their prop
. erty values amount TO si,ss3,sze. Ths
a report gives the nuniber of national
y hanks a. Al and Of the territorial
Q banks at "a, with combined eapitalizs'
{ tien or sa,sya.ose and resources and
} liabilities Of sss.6os.org. fhcgr wsss
ten building and loan associations opsf
; a'ins under territorial charters VITA
Resources amounting % ti,xse,sso.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-01-22

song
Shurtly aftcrwurd Colonel Rousrvrli
arrived un the back of his taNotitr
hutsr Tranquility. II ws- the end
of hi, last trip in the British African
protrc,"ralc, This safari, which was
the fourth To b" made uut of Nuirohi,
gave Colonel Rouscvci aud his party
an opportunity to witness an cNcii.
ing hunt NJ \. r. Hoy farm AZ Sar.
olga, IN the Guasu Nguisho country
the Spcaring OF n lion 10y Nand war
rlors
Seventy of these sprarmeu had been
asked Ia take part IN tn" drive and
they nssoutcd readily. for when u war
rior spears a lion he becomes leader
of the lighting section Of the tribe,
may wear hcaddrcss formed of the
lion : name aud may walk ut the head
Of thc Tile OF the Nandi warriors when
on the march. When IN these hunts
they display extraordinary courage.
The band of seventy almost naked
men, with their long sharp spears aud
attended by the chosen spectators. the
latter being mounted, proceeded dowr
long valley where the grass wd'
thick. Thorn trees lined its edge,
Very soon II lion was observed not
more than four hundred yards IN
front, linn, dIately the warriors CAV,
chase and In less than two miles the,
had rounded up the king of the vii
dcrness. The horsemen then approach
ed aud II was seen that the lion a
bay wins "a full grown, black maue,
one. The spearsmcn began their tasI
of surrounding the qaurry, They form
eel circle and slowly closed In on III
snarllng beast, which swished its tat
and kept up a continual roaring
The warriors drew to within som
twenty yards Of him and the hors
men closed up to see the kill, yet n
manned at a sufficient distance not :
Interfere with the spearsmen.
Three times the lion made n savag
charge at the now stationary warrior
hut stopped short each time with man
bristling, roaring with an impotent rag
at his toTmsHtors. Again the attack