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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
ITALIANS TO ATTEtD
CORNERSTONE LAYING

About hundred members of the Ital-
ian Mutual Benefit Society Of this city
will attend the laying Of the corner
stone Of new Italian Catholic church
in New Brunswick tomorrow. Headed
by Nelson IS band, they will parade from
their headquarters to the carbarn, where
they will board special car for New
Brunswick at one clock. They will
be accompanied by Rev. Columbino Ca
lassi Of the italian Catholic church Of
the Most HOLY Rosary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
.INSTRUME IS NOT HERE
FOR SEALER TO START

Owing to the non-arrival of his
testing instruments Henry loft, re-
Gently appointed sealer of weights
and measures, will not begin his
duties on Monday. as he at first in
tended The various articles to be
used by him in inspecting and seal
ing scales and balances were ordered
two weeks ago. but they have not
been received He will probably
start later in the week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
MORAN KILLS
HIS MAN IN
18TH. ROUND
,eciaI by United Press Wire.

Special by United Press Wire.
San Francisco, April 30:-Tommy
Mccarthy, the lightweight, died this
morning as result of Knockout
in the sixteenth round Of his fight
last night with owen Moran, the
English fighter. Moran landed a
heavy right swing on McCarthy's Jaw
in the sixteenth round. Mccarthy
fell backward, his head striking the
floor with hard thump. He never
regained consciousness. Moran has
been jailed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
WANTS TAFT TO HELP
THE JEWS IN RUSSIA
Special bv united Press wire.

.Speot1I bD United Press Wire.
Washington, April 30:-Because of
recent press reports from Russia re-
counting fresh persecution of the Jews,
Representative Harrison of New York,
today introduced resolution calling
upon the president to use his good Of
fees with the Russian government to
secure action which will safeguard those
oppressed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

Pittsburg. April Why Police
Sergeant Thomas j. Morley, of the
Pittsburg police force, declined to be
the guest of President Taft at the
banquet given here or attend the ball
game with the President is best told
in signed statement. The fact that
Sergeant Morley is known as the du-
plicate Of the President in appear
ance at least is not causing the peace
officer any loss of sleep. Here is
Morley's statement: in refusing
after careful thought the invitation
of my friend to me as President
Taft's double to sit beside him at
the ball game and banquet to be
given in his honor May 2, desire to
inform my friends and the public in
general OF the motives which infiu-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
WESTON WALKING FAST:
MAKE YONKERS TONIGHT
gpeelal b unltea Press wlre.

Fishkill, N, Y, April 30:--Going
at a ten-minutes-to-the clip,
Edward Payson Weston, the aged
pedestrian, passed through here
early today, having walked six miles
from Wappingers Falls in one hour.
He plans to reach Yonkers tonight.
resting over Sunday, and reach New
York at noon Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
Antoiat Gaze nismiased.

J. Edward Ogden, of New York, who
was arrested few days ago charged
with driving an automobile in excess of
the speed limit, paid the costs Of the
ease this morning and it was dismissed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
Secure Many Votes.

The First Baptist church Sunday
school, which is IN the piano contest
that is being conducted by three
leading merchants In this city, is
Diling up many votes in thas ehair
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
Carpels Cleaned

Will call for and deliver or clean on
the floor by the VACUUM PROCESS.
Phone 48-I or drop postal. AMBOY'
VACUUM CLEANING COMPANY.
zaa High st,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
BABY FALLS DOWN
FLIGHT OF STAIRS

Joseph Roman, ten months old, Of
III Cortlandt street, tumbled down
fight of stairs last night and sustained
severe injuries about the head. He will
probably recover. DR.. Charles /. SILK Is
in attendance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
WET DOCK HEARING
FOR PUBLIC ON MAY 8

At a committee session OF the
Board of Aldermen last night, it was
decided to hold public hearing on
the wet dock property matter, on
Monday, May g. The city fathers
win meet in regular session Monday
night, at which time. they win 4d-
journ a week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

the bnsfness Or ehs 6s5='z'1i y s,oi, f3,set -
ed and let the public know the facts
including the valuation placed oh
the railroad franchises. The public
is entitled to this information.
Fourth, Strong voted agalnaA
publicity because other state deparN
ments conduct their business in secl
ret, and because the State Board oB
Assessors had been advised in the
past to treat It's records as confident
tiaE This is further attempt ia
eyade the real issue. A year ago thA
legislature voted to have a revalua-
tion OF all the railroad property In
the state made by a special commiaI
sion 1t was further provided that
the commissions findings shouId ha
made public and that this publicitw
should include separate statement
OF the value of the railroad franc
chises. This fixed the policy of the
state as opposed to the secrecy *
long practiced by the State Board az
Assessors. The Bogardus resolution
was simply intended to carry out
that policy.
In attempting to excuse his atti.
tude, Strong makes use of the arqu-
ment that boards of directors az
banks and trust companies, and az
practically all business institutions
meet behind closed doors. That ID
quite true But IL the stockholders
or a bank or any other corporation,
want TO know what the board az
directors have done, they have ii in
their power to ascertain the facts,
The people of New Jersey hold the
same relation to the State Board o2
Assessors as do the stockholders of 4
Dank or corporation to the board OF
directors. The representatives of
the people have voted that there
shall be publicity as to the conducE
OF the business in which they arc
vitally interested. In ignoring this
vote, blunder has been made. and
the Strong letter has not done auv-
thing to excuse the defeat OF the
Bogardus resolution.
with regard to Mr.. Strong's ref.
erences to the News we can only saw
that If this newspaper has al anv
time misrepresented facts 1t has
done so unintentionally and regrets
the error. For its general attituda
as critic of the policy pursued bv
the State Board of Assessors If bas
no apology to offer"
Continued on page 3D.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

ence my decision. 'Tis not that do
not appreciate the good intentions of
my friend in rendering the invitation
or that am not great admirer of
William H. Taft as president, as a
man of high attainments and great
judicial ability, nor is it because l do
not appreciate the honor it would be
to sit beside the President of a great
nation at such auspicious occasions,
but 1t is on account of my retiring
disposition and the dislike of too
much notoriety. | would deem 1t a
great favor to meet the President un-
der other circumstances, and l trust
my refusal in this instance will not
be misunderstood by the public in
general and President Taft and my
friend in particular
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
TURKS FEAR UPRISING
INCONSTANTINOpLENO NOW

Belgrade, April Dispatches
today from Constantinople say the
Turkish government is strengthening
the garrison there In anticipation of
local uprising in sympathy with the
Albanian revolts. The outcome of
the battle in Kachinak Pass is still
unknown. The latest reports say
hundreds have been killed in the
fighting there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

More than 10000 people 10 this
vicinity read the EVENING NEWS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

Superior House, Perth Amboy, a
homestead; lot of 100 IT. frontage;
fourteen large rooms, hard floors,
two open fireplaces, all improve
mients, a cistern; only one block from
the bluff; TO private family only, by
the year, $45 a month; at 285 Rector
street; yard room for garage In
quire on premises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
STRONG GETS
MORE ALONG
SAME LINES
Newark News Publishes His
Letter of Yesterday and
Another Editorial.
SOME OF THE OTHER
NEWSPAPERS SAY

The Newark Evening News pubs
lished Theodore Strong's letter Ia
full last night and also the following
editorial on the matter:
Theodore Strong, president of
the State Board of Assessors, has
given in a communication to this
newspaper, which has also been sent
to the press generally throughout
the state, the reasons why he voted
against publicity in the conduct oh
the affairs of the body over which he
presides.
First, he opposed the resolution
because it originated in the Execu-
tive department AS this is the first
reason stated, 1t is fair to presume
that 1t is also the chief reason Mr..
Strong is entirely consistent in com-
batting anything and everything
that Governor Fort favors, regard.
less of the merits of the proposition.
Second, Strong opposed the reso4
luton because the threat was made
by the introducer of the resolution
that 1t would be given to the press.s
AS an opponent of publicity, the
president of the board was Consist
ent in taking that attitude.
Third, the claim is made bv
Strong that Assessor Bogardus stat.
ed that the public would not attend
the meetings of the board If invited
and that therefore the resolution
was useless. This is merely an eva.
sion. What the Bogardus resolutions
did contemplate Is shown by the text
of the resolutions, which was as foll
lows:
Resolved, that on and after the
adoption Of this resolution all the
books, maps, inventories and other
records Of the State Board of ASSESS
ors, including the minute books. be
open to public examination by any
resident of the State of New Jersey
during ordinary business hours when
not in actual use by the members OF
employees of the board and
Resolved, further, that the meets
ings of the State Board of Assessors
on and after the date hereof be omen
to the public; and
Resolved, further, that in the an
nual report of the State Board Of
Assessors the value of the remaining
property, including the franchise, be
stated separately from the value Of
the main stem OF each railroad or VI
the waterway of each canal
! rhe text makes plain lust whes
was desired by the introducer--thel
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30
Fear UprIsIng In Arabia.

Bpooaug % UHtEeu 1Tesa WFfS.
Vienna, April 30:-There is grave
danger Of an uprising in Arabia in
sympathy with that in Albania, ac-
cording to today's dispatches from
Constantinople.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

read the NEWS every esv
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-30

H RATHER - raftiy
cloudy tonight. Fair
and colder tomor-
row.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
BOAT BLOCKS BRIDGE.
Stranded Schooner Prevents
CLOSING Harlem Dr01c.

All traffic on the Central Bridge, over the
Harlem River at 155th street. which con-
meets Manhattan with The Bronx, was sus-
pended yesterday, when a heavily loaded
schooner went aground while passing
through the draw. The tie-up was COM
pete and caused much congestion on both
sides of the river, not even foot passengers
being able to get across The Jerome ave-
nue. cars of the Union Railroad were held
up and automobiles and wa gons increased
the confusion at each end of the bridge.
Loaded with ties and timber for the eie-
waited railroad system. the four-masted
schooner Carrie Lane, from Maine started
up the Harlem River yesterday morning III
tow of two tugs of the j. D. Daley Tow
ing Company. AS the tugs approached the
Central Bridge the draw opened. and the
tugs went through the western side, near
the breakwater
The tide was running out at the time, and
when the schooner was in the middle of the
draw she went aground. All attempts to
move her proved fruitless, and although a
third tug answered the calls for assistance
the united efforts of the three were unable
to work the schooner free after more than
two hours of work. The tugs finally
steamed away to wait for high tide at
midnight.
Shortly after II O'Clock last night the
Carrie Lane was fioated and traffic on the
bridge was resumed
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
R. A. JACKSON WITH HILL.
Former Rock Island Man Great North
ern S General Counsel.

Richard 4. Jackson. formerly president
OF the Rock Island Company and general
counsel OF the Chicago Rock Island &
Pacific Railway Company has been ap-
pointed general counsel of the Great North
ern Railway Company, it was announced
E-eterday, as successor to W. +. Beggs.
who recently retired and who is now asso-
ciated with the law firm Of Byrne &
Cutcheon. of this city.
Mr. Jackson succeeded Robert Nather as
president OF the Rock Island Company and
as an officer OF other companies OF the
Rock Island system il April. 1909, but held
these places less than 4 year. On January
13 last his retirement from all official con-
uection with the Rock Island was an
nounced. and il was commonly reported N
Wall Street that his sudden deposition was
the outcome Of a difference with Daniel q
Reid arising from the stock market &C
currence of December p, when Rock Isl
and common stock rose and fell about 90
points within quarter Of an hour Mr..
Jackson-s son. Fielding Y. Jackson, who IS
a member of the Stock Exchange was said
to have been active in Rock Island trading
on the morning OF the furry.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
HfRD COIL CASES.
Federal Court Wards off q
Further 4tf0rb

Philadelphia Feb. 25-Believins that the
| nited States Supreme Court in the opin-
ion written by Justice White. in the COM
modities clause case, left a loophole through
which the government can further attack
certain anthracite coal carrying railroads
under that clause. the Department of Jus
tice, through Z. p. Grosvenor special as
sistant to the Attorney General, asked the
United States Circuit Cot TT to-day for per
mission to file an amended bill against the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. in which
IL IS alleged that the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company is not a bona 1de corporation
The proceedings came up when the man
date of the Supreme Court in the conlmod-
tiles clause cases issued last year came be-
fore the lower court today for further pro-
ceedngs.
The court would not permit the fling
of the amended bill because the coal
company was not a defendant in the orig
inal proceedings. and government counsel
then asked the court to dismiss the case
without prejudice. He explained that the
government would then bring in q new bill
The court, however, issued a decree
dismissing the case absolutely. Counsel
for the Attorney Generals department
stated that the government could take an
appeal to the Supreme Court. and it is
believed that tais probably will be done.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
q. T. MAY ENTER HUB.
Il Thnty-YemcOld Prorision
SAID to Permit 1t.

Boston, Feb. 25.-The statement was
made in financial circles here to-day that
officers OF the Grand Trunk Railroad which
is building a transcontinental line, are con-
sidering the possibility OF extending their
system TO Boston as well as to Providence
The method by which the road could enter
Boston involves legislation adopted thirty
years ago.
At that time the New York & New Eng
land Railroad, now part of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford system. acquired
from the state the tract OF land in South
Boston which now forms the Boston wharf
terminal Of the New Haven system In the
act giving the road the right to acquire this
land was the following provision:
ANY junction railroad built for the pur-
pose OF connecting lands and flats of the
commonwealth at South Boston with any
existing railroad and connecting It's tracks
with the New York & New England Rail
road may use. with its own motive power,
the tracks of the said New York & New
England Railroad for the purpose OF trans
porting freight between said point OF con
nectio9 and said lands and fats in such
manner and upon such terms and conditions
as the Railroad Commission may allow and
permit: provided. however, that all the
trains while on the tracks OF the New York
& New England Railroad shall be subject
10 its control and direction. in such man
ner as shall be approved by said commits
sion
The Grand Trunk officials consider it
possible that by building a connection from
the New London & Northern Railroad
which they own and which now touches
Palmer. Aass.-to some point on the Mid
land Division Of the New Haven they can
take advantage Of the law quoted and force
an entrance into Boston.
Counsel for the Boston Holding Com
panv. which has been financed by the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,
unoer the act which was passed last year
to solve the merger question, stated to the
Railroa ad Commission to-day that the COM
parr has 159 shares more than half the
outstanding stock Of the Boston & Maine
Railroad. total OF 1so.114 shares, which
cost 500 o20. SOL.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
PHONE RATES UP.
Inequalities of Toll Charges
Discussed.

at the legislative investigation of tele-
graph and telephone conditions in New
York City in the Aldermanic Chamber yes
terday it was brought out that the Anleri-
can Telesrap phi and Telephone Company
maintains two distinct officeS-the account
ing department, in Boston. and the traffic
office here. This served an excuse for
Edward NJ Moister, assistant controller OF
the company. who Said he could not OBJ
tain certain figures sought yesterday be
cause the books were in the Boston office
Mr. Moister examined as to several
items of the Bell companys 1893 statement
presented for examination. In reply to
question as TO the $3.ooo.0oo carried in the
reserve fund for depreciation Mr. Moister
said it was partly cash, partly sums cur
rently expended on plants, and also
amounts invested In securities OF other
companies
In the afternoon session Mr. Moister said
he believed the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company made anSannual report
to the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
The witness then said that he fixed rates
fer the company, and said that they were
based on mileage in each case.
He was asked why it was that his COM
panv charged 70 cents for telephone mes
sage from Syracuse to Albany, distance
of 14S miles. while the rate between New
York and Albany-143 mles-was 81 % He
could not explain this beyond saying that
it was all based on the mileage system
Counsel for the Public Service Commission
then asked if it was not because the COM
pany had exclusive control of the business
in New York City that the charge was
greater from New York to Albany Mr..
Moister said he couldn't say.
Walter Brown. auditor OF the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company, was
the next witness. He was asked if it were
not fact that the operating company took
10 Der cent from the gross income of the
New York Telephone Company and turned
il over to the American Telephone and Tel
ecraph Company, increasing the operating
expenses SO far as taxes were concerned.
but in reality not affecting the income so
far as dividends were concerned.
Mr.. Brown thought it was properly desig-
rated as expenses
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
BETHEL TELEPHONE HEAD.
New York Company Replaces Western
Union Directors.

The following changes in the beard of
directors Of the New York Telephone Com
rany were made yesterday:
W. D Sargent. Brooklyn: Ex-Governor
Griggs, Paterson. N J.; James II. Man
ming, Albany; John F Maynard. Utica,
y. Y: William Nottingham, Syracuse: Ben
jarnin E. Chase, Rochester. and Henry NJ.
Watson. Buffalo. were elected in place of
Messrs. Davis, Kingsley. Gould. Clowry
Nilever, Van Every and brooks resigned
The retiring directors represent the West
ern Union interests in the board
u. \. Bethel was elected president of the
company and Theodore y. Vail chairman
of the board of directors. Mr.. Bethel has
been identiied with the telephone business
since 1855 and is ROW president of the Bell
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania the
Central District and Printing Telegra PHI
CompanX, the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, the Delaware and At
lantic TelegTap ph and Telephone Company
and the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany. covering territory of 124,6G0 square
miles The telephone plant in this territory
represents an investment of about $1,000
co. supplying service to more than 1.500 600
stations
New-York tribune., 1910-02-26
fURLONG CASE SLOW
Nag Not Reach Jury Until
Late NeTt Week.

Divergent as ever in their views OF the
evidence permissible under the charse
against Magistrate Henry j. fuflong' op-
posing counsel yesterday in Part OF the
Supreme Court, in Brooklyn, argued prac-
ticalIy the day long about the dlstlhcuon
between bribery and the legal meaning or
the charge against the magistrate Late
yesterday afternoon District ATTORNEY
Clarke, for the prosecution, rested anu w
Bourke Cochran, chief OF counSei loi 'lie
defendant. announced that he would spend
al least two days in examining WITNESSES
II is proba ble therefore, that the summing
up will not be made till "Wednesday, anu
the case may not go to the jury before
Thursday or Friday.
When the prosecution rested Mr.. Cock
ran made the formal motion to dismiss.
which was denied. Mr.. Cochran amused
the court by disputing the accuracy OF the
District Attorneys historical references to
the bribery case against Lord Bacon Mr
Cochran said that the learned District At
torney had gone contrary to every author
on the subject.
He" said Mr. Cochran of Mr.. Clarke.
''prides himself upon the fact that be
comes into this court with an indictment
the like of which he says never before mas
leen drawn, charging not bribery, but the
entering INTO OF corrupt GSItSiiICii'' "-+-
vet his whole effort is to convince the jury
that the defendant is guilty of bribery
The court should scrutinize this lndlct-
nlent."
Mr Clarke contended that the old dis
tinction between bribery and corruption
did not now legally exist, the statute speak
ing, of it as bribery and corruption In
this view Justice kapper agreed Mr..
Clarke contended that il was not the pur-
rose of the prosecution to prove specific
charge of bribery.
Justice Kapper referred to the prisoner
Uttal who had been arrested FOR non-sup-
port and was alleged to have paid $50 TO
Jacob Gotthelf, the defendants former
sociate, for having given bail bond the
house at No 925 Glenmore avenue in
UttaTs interest The prosecution has been
irving to prove that Ma gistrate Furlong
was the owner of this house and as mag
istrate had accepted it in many cases as
security It was for this purpose that Mr.
Clarke introduced, after many objections
from 9fr. Cochran, the testimony Of Mrs.
Florence Arnstein Gotthelf's sister, who
Gied recently
Mrs. Arnstein's testimony related that in
the Utta case she and Gotthelf had waited
for an hour for Magistrate Furlong, and
that when he did not arrive she had signed
the bail bond a s owner of the house
When the house was bought it was alleged
that it was in the name of Mrs Arnstein
that subsequently she transferred it to
Magistrate Furlong, but that the transac-
ticn was not recorded in the County Clerks
office