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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-05

Qa&S1fGnangnam Ave. and Hartford st
45~OmmeTce and Front SITS.
A6-State and Washington SITS.
47-Htgh and Washington SITS.
64-State st. and Buckingham Ave
56-HaII Ave. and Charles St
57-State and Wayne SITS.
bs-Hear United e. Works.
b9-NauTer,
s2-Washingtor and First sts.
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm ST
64-Smith and Watson Ave
65@CommeTCe and state SITS.
72-Front and Smith SITS.
73-Water and Gordon SITS.
T4-Kearney Ave and Gordon St
s2-Smith and Herbert SITS,
e3-AmbOy Ave. and Washington st
e5-Eear city Hospital
e6-Cleveland and Brace AYES,
s4-Lehlgh Ave. and Stanford St
s7-Amboy and Hail AYES.
s2-HaIl Ave. and Inslee St.
g4-Neville and tombstone SITS.
To send in an alarm open the door OF
the box. and pull down the lever ONCE
ONLY, and let 90, Stay at box until!
Special Calls.
Fire under eoG aa7q ,S 2 t2BTF 75T wasn't 2qt
iia agg EnF H9s9 Go Co. i5-LGSaaihii ff00FF PFotsq;
ton Hook and Ladder Co.. l8ISaiI
for Eagle Hose Co. 22-Call for Lin,
coin Engine co. 44-Call for Garfield
Hose Company. 233-CaIls for entire
department. In case OF Inability 70
sound alarm from a box telephone %
police Headquarters. 313 taps-denot-
Ing one session OF school
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-05
lnheren. Dread of Cats For Dogs.

City Clerk.
22S74-T 22-2g-S
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-05

Bids for COnstructing Sewer in Lin
den Avenue, Woodbridge Town
ship, N. J..
Scaled bids will be received and
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

which is the main thing. We have only to walk long
enough and bound to come somewhere The
set out the quicker we shall be IN snelter
and the less chance Of catching cold"
It was prosaic but reasonable. advice. There was
no alternative so the women squeezed the water from
their petticoats. the gave them hand over the
rough ground. and set forth. hungry and weary,
but in better spirits along the fringe OF the oeacn
No one could mistake the way, for we kept the dull,
half tide a few yards of on our right all the
time Over hillocks and rocks scrambled, through
swampy patches Of fern and bracken, keeping the
sea ever close to u.s. and presently, as was natural
enough we began to talk Of breakfast
"I am going 70 have eggs and bacon" quoth the
pantomime demon with g1lsto, '1ots Of bacon feel
could manage the biggest pig that was ever made
into rashers."
Bacon is all very well for every day." chimed In
Sergeant Buzfuz from the fog ahead but this Is an
exceptional occasion, and II we chance on motel
nothing will do for me but steak-steak and onions,
plain fare, but heavenly to-day"
THE menu card is all want" sighed the Duke,
hungrily "and don't care which end OF the pro-
gramme we begin at"
Even bannocks and butter. bannocks hot from the
oven and new milk a vat Of IL, would be better than
nothing" said another.
For nv mart want most to wash and lie down."
quoth pretty Rosalnd dragging hersef out OF peat
hole ooh, for pillow, and something clean to put
on" .-
We struggled along for twenty minutes Keeping each
others hearts up as well as might be- and sergeant
Buz-fuz, with his wig on one side and his gown
punched up behind him like bluecoat boy mas Just
repeated orlando's dictum that we must get some
where sooner or later, when shadow squarer tnan
the neighborng rocks lq0med through the mist anead
We staggered and houndered on ul we were close
to it. then all sudden, huddied toge'ner IN pant
ing horror stricken group. 1t was thuined hovel we
had left less than half an hour oefore!
We were on an island, trapped miserably. anda few
Yards away the boat which had brought US was still
turning round and round on its point of rock an EN-
blem of our helplessness. Gone in a tragic moment
were those dreams Of rest and food those rosy visions
Of omelets ana eiderdownl For space group OF
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

white faces looked at another and into vacancy
Then Queen Elizabeth rapping the devil on the shOu
der with the sceptre which she had been using as
walking stick through the peat mire exclaimed
81 am cold Light fire. sir; it is in your line.
Ladies, attend me-" and marching off, she disappeared
with the other three women into the hut.
We lit that fre-for of us had dry box OF
matches in an inner pocket-apd it our only
coAfort.
Need 1 say how the rest of that day passed? What
had begun jest and continued in hardly more than
picturesque discomfort was tending straight to
real tragedy. We already suffering pangs OF
hunger, and how long it would be before more food
came way Of us liked to think. There was
water on the island in some peat holes which SeatOn
fetched in the boats tin dpper. We had fire and
shelter of a kind But the sea mist hung about in a
horrible chilly curtain hiding everything from view
We might be- we probably were one of the count
less rocky slets fringng the wild and lonely north
ern coast twenty miles from the mainland, and the
chance Of any vessel approaching near enough to learn
Of our plight and to infinitely remote.
We did all that could be done through the cammy
noon and dark drizzing afternoon The women dried
their clothes bit by bit at second fire behind the hut
Seaton-hOw all hated him. poor felloW-collected
rewood in state of abject lnpness. Mephistopheles
sat on a damp rock In the tldeway, dab Of sodden
scarlet against the gray trying to catch fish for our
supper with a bit Of twine and a bent pin RoSalhd
had lent him. Sergeant Buz-fuz looking ridculously
important in spite of his misfOrunes. wandered about
the shore gathering periwnkles in n corner OF his
gown. and the demon using the Dukes tin theatre
sword for sickle spent the time cutting marsh grass
and rethaching weak places in the roof Of our nut.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

to the men to stop rowing, while the lady with the
red hair kept the women down in the stern. Then,
waiting for cnance, but without the vaguest idea Of
what was before rs, waited until went up and up
on the back of big swell then called to the rowers,
and in we went-in, in through the surf till we were
not more than dozen yards from the sand. Then
down. down with a crunch the treacherous wave
dropped us sheer upon sharp point of rock 1t came
right through the bottom of the boat as though the
hard teak were paper The boat swung around broad
side to the beach, tipped and the next wave drowned
US In a smother of salt spray and spume and filled
the galley to the thwart We held on for dear life
and when the water went back the men leaped out
they did not want biddng-knee deep into the swirl
and gripping woman, each staggered through the
foam toward the beach
On Lonely Island.
As my slipped around the jeweIled waist of
Queen Elizabeth I found time to ask. Are you
afraidT' There was a moments pause and then, as
Her Majesty's royal head touched my shoulder and
her fingers frightened for a moment-it may have been
only from necessity-upon my own she answered.
mot now"
Keeling and staggering, we houndered up the sands
and soon in breathless but joyous moment found
ourselves above the tide limit and among patches of
coarse grass with gray rocks and heather showing
and there as far as we could peer into the gloom
ahead We were ashore, and thankful for that
solitary fact we forgot for the moment even hunger
and fatigue It was lonely bit of Scotch shore far
could be seen. the only sign Of life near tumble
down shanty the walls falling to pieces and the
rotten thatch grovng goody crop of grass and fox
gloves; picturesque place, no doubt but probably un-
inhabited for a dozen years or more.
Never mind" said Orlando. 1--WE are. safe ashore,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

1t was a poor show Of activity at the best and by
what we lightly called 'tea time our faces were
very wan indeed
L was a miserable evening which followed. We
had each had drink of water from SeatOn's dipper
for tea" and for supper had more water and
couple of cookies from the Sergeants find This may
possibly be amusing to read Oft was not amusing
in reality Britannia had retire hastily before she
had got half way through her bitter tasting shellsh
and of felt any better when the meal was
done. We crowded about the smouldering fire at the
hut door and discussed chances-as damp and
picturesque a group watched wet heather
burning on a forsaken hearthstone.
Nights Mysterious Sounds.
About eight O'Clock we began to dOze off, for we
were very tired and weak. myself was doing when
the Duke clutched my arm and whispered in fright
ened voice.
LISTEN
was awake in an instant. and confess my heart
jumped, for certainly as anything could be there
was the sound of laughing chdrens voices in the air
All the others woke by and heard them be-
yond the possibility Of doubt-happy, bright young
voices saying undIstingushable things apparently
right out Of the fog overhead. 1t weird and
ghostly beyond expression and strained ears and
eyes as that pleasant chatter and fell for several
minutes upon the night air. Then distinctly heard
a door shut with slam and the chatter ended
"They have gone into school, whoever they are
whispered Queen Elizabeth; may Providence in its
mercy give them pleasant lessons"
what is it," cried Rosalind, starting up for the
first time and rubbing her eyes Her Majesty told her
gently.
"Oh, bother" said Rosalind Grossly "why did you
wake me? / was just dreaming of sausage rolls and
cranberry tarts and would rather have sausage
roll than to hear any child that lived and she
wept and went to sleep again.
That was something to talk of, and few OF us shut
our eyes preferrng to spend the wretched night
in keeping the fire up and in low-voiced conversa-
ton At last, oh, slowly, daylight came, and
heavy gray morning after it, no better than the pre-
eedng one Yet If we were to live we must bestir
ourselves, and although weak we set to work again
to look for food 1t was probably about nine o'clock
when By the perest chance our fortunes turned.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24

When at last the day dawned, you who perhaps
know the appearance Of passengers even on board
luxurious steamship after rough night at sea can
imagine what wOebPgOne bOatlOad we made-daElp,
dismal wet, salOw bedragged, and our sorrow ex-
qulstely emphasized by our ludicrOus and inappro-
pirate fnpry Slowly the light increased, Frightening
the scarlet green and purple and fine rament Of as
miserable crew rolled helplessly on sullen
tide with damp fog wreathes to frame them. By this
time we were cold near death. half starved and as
one by one awoke there was despair in each face.
As for the women, they were a group Of part
colored misery in the stern, white and linz? all save
Queen Elizabeth who. maintaining her assumed
character finely sat bolt upright her naturally red
hair piled high upon her head. lips shut, hands tight
closed upon the tiler and strong blue eyes staring
hard into the vacancy ahead. An artist with gift
for color and touch Of fancy would have found us
glorious subject for n canvas!
Slowly the yellow daylight came and /, a veteran
of the sea- knew the grim reality Of our position but
said nothing. Indeed there was little pleasant 10 De
said. Happily the sea continued to subside, and the
fog became more patchy. though it showed no signs
of lifting About six O'Clock Potts was solacing his
feelings by saying maiciousy that If 1t came to our
eating one another he had doubt Seaton would
have the propriety to offer himself the first meal
when. without a moments warning, our bows struck
heavily against something!
The shock was not very greet, for we were merely
drifting at the moment, but 1t threw Mephstophees
to his knees before the trembling nun and sent Ser
geant Buz-fuz backward intoShe bottom Of the boat
The pantomime demon groaned. life being still sweet
to him. and poor BRITANNIA whose emotions were very
delIcately balanced, upset as to be really ILL.,
''sit DOWN. CRIED as the men were struggling to
their feet "pulI a stroke back Sandcroft what can
you see up there?"
Nothing but mass of weeds tossing in the hollow
of the waves"
Even he spoke We lurched few yards further on
and again went bump, bump this time more heavily
than before glanced at the stopping water In the
boat but it was stn no more than before Even while
/ did so Sandcroft, in the bows, called out:-"There
are sand and rocks through the mist close head.y
We ali saw them IN q second OF two and 4 called
The Washington herald., 1911-09-24
4 s f A
MA 5 @ u f.
THE STORY OF A
SURVIVOR RETOLD
e
BY EDWIN ARNOLD.
BY EDWIN L. ARNOLD.

learned thought had safely gained the Viking and
would them until the weather moderated
while the men the pleasure steamship equally sup
posed we had gone back to our own vessel when the
fog came down. and they in turn gave US no further
thought. There only crumb of comfort during
the night and it that the wind dropped soon atter
darkness the sinking into sullen ground swell
and thus we were in no immediate danger Of drown
ing though on the other hand the fog still hid every
thing above below and around seeming TO settle down
even more densely If 1t possible, as the hours
wore on
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
REPORT ON STEEL TRUST.
Government Agent Says the Prime OBJ,
jeet Was Monopoly.

Washington. ID. c. - The long ex-
peCted and much discussed report from
the bureau of corporations on the
United States Steel corporation recent
ly submitted to President Taft. was
made public here.
Signed by Herbert Knox Smith. com
missioner of corporations, the report
makes no recommendations and is al
most wholly narrative in form. Mr.
Smith declares that restriction OF com
petition was n prime object of the or
ganizers of the steel corporation, or
so-called trust"
Capitalized at 81. 400. OO0. oO0. the cor,
roration. he asserts, had tangible prop
erly worth only s6S2. 10000 by a
constant reinvestment of earnings
however. the report points out, much
Of the water" In the company has
been eliminated. The steel corpora
tion now owns IS per cent Of the lake
ores, having recently concentrated its
efforts to securing these properties.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
MORE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Uncle Sam, Finding Them Success,
Opens More Depositories.

Washington. ID. c. - Postal savings
bank repositories were opened July
in the biggest cities In the country,
including New York and such cities
as Philadelphia, Chicago. St. Louis,
Boston. Baltimore, Pittsburg. Cleve.
land. New Orleans. Kansas City and
San Francisco. All arrangements had
been perfected and Uncle Sans
banks were doing a rushing business
by noon.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
decided to increase the system by $50
Offices a week. beginning today, and
by so doing he will have 900 deposi.
tories in operation early In the new
fiscal year. Even at this rate the
postoffice department will be unable
TO give many postoffices In the coun.
try a bank for nearly year. There
are more than 100000 postofiices
throughout the country. Not all OF
them will be made savings institu.
tons. of course, but q large number
will be. This means that the depart.
ment will have to rush the work OF
Installation more rapidly than now ID
contemplated, in order to give the
whole country an opportunity to de
posit savings under the protection OF
the government.
When the department nrst inaugu
rated the savings system. only As Of
fees were opened. One was located
In each state. Usually a small indus.
trial town was picked for this pur.
pose. At that time the system was
On trial. Now. however. II has been
demonstrated that the system can be
made effective and that only a few
minor changes will have to be made
II has also been found that the people
like the institution. During the first
three months, the deposits aggregated
more than 100000 from the as Of
fees.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
Two Killed in Wreck.

Philadelphia. Pa, July 1.-Two per-
sons were killed and seventeen injured
when at 9:i0 a. IN. train on the
Pennsylvania railroad from the Broad
street station for Atlantic City side
swiped the Atco local northbound at
Lucaston. a little station fifteen miles
below Camden. y. j.. at 1880 this
morning.
The local train had orders to go on
the siding at Lucaston to permit the
express, which is one of the fastest
trains on the road, to pass. Railroad
officials say the accident was due to a
mistake of the brakeman of the Aztec
train, who threw the cross-over switch
instead of the siding switch.
The two coaches of the local train
were derailed aud partly wrecked and
killed and the injured were in these
cars. Little or no damage was in
fiicted upon the express train and aft
err short delay IL proceeded shore.
ward.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
TIES AND TELEGRAPH POLES
PLACED ON TRACK CAUSE
AN ABRUPT HALT.
near ERIE PENNSYL YANIA
Nail Clerk Fatally Shot and Conductor
Is Laid Low.-lntrepid Passenger
Thrown 800 Feet Down an
Embankment.

Erie, Penn. A fast mail and
passenger train on the Philadelphia
Erie railroad was held up FIVE miles
from this city by band Of a dozer
masked men. The mail and express
cars and three c. the crew, c. p. Bloch
of Erie, mail clerk, and p. ID. Rooney
Erie, conductor, and c. +. Bemis
brakeman. were injured. Block was
shot. in the right side and was taken
to hospital in a dying condition
Rooney received serious injuries when
he was hit by a stone thrown by one
OF the robbers. Bemis was shot In
the arm.
A few minutes before 10 o'clock
when the train was making a large
curve, the engineer saw an obstruc
ton ahead. He stopped the train with
all possible speed. but not before II
crashed into the ties and telegraph
poles that had been placed across the
track.
When the train hit the obstruction
Il was first believed by the passengers
that there had been q collision with
another train. The next moment. how
ever. the crack Of revolvers acQuaint
ed them with the real cause Of the
trains stop.
Unknown Passenger Hurt.
An unknown passenger, who. BRAY
or than the rest caught hold of one
Of the robbers. was picked up bodily
and thrown over a 300-foot embank
ment. His condition is serious. The
mans head, face and body were badly
cut and his clothing torn from his
hack. He was taken TO a hospital In
IN unconscious condition.
The spot selected by the robbers
was ideal for their work. On one side
the other side is a dense wood. The
men had hidden among the trees. I,
was from this point that all of them
made their appearance when the train
came to a stop.
Almost before the train had reached
the obstruction the masked band had
taken up their position at practically
every entrance to the cars. When the
passengers begun pouring from the
cars there was few sharp cries from
the men TO get back. and when a mum
Der of excited passengers failed tC
take this advice the bandits opened
fire. They shot along the sides Of tn,
cas-. level with the windows. and thi,
effectively put an end to the curiosit,
OF the passengers. A number of won
en- tainted and the screams of other,
caused much confusion.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
MOTOR BURSTS, I<BEiD
THREE OTHERS IN ACCIDENT At
ocoNoMoWoc RESCUED.
Daughter Of L. N. Alexander, Banker
and Paper Manufacturer,
Jumps; Loses Life.

Oconomowoc, WIS.,, July Pauline
Alexander. the 19-year-old daughter OF
l.. NJ. Alexander. Milwaukee banker
and paper manufacturer, was drowned
when she leaped into Oconomowoc
lake to escape the flames after an ex.
plosion of the engine of the Alexan-
der power boat named in her honor.
The boat was hardly clear Of the
pier at the Alexander summer place,
Figured cottage. when the engine ex.
ploded. An instant later the gasoline
tank forward was in flames and the
occupants of the boat were forced
to leap for life.
John Alexander was q mass Of
flames and he was the first to jump.
His clothing was covered with blaz.
ing oil and he dove instantly to es.
cape fatal burns. He is seriously,
but not fatally burned. Following his
leap. Miss Pauline. her mother and
Miss Jones jumped.
While Miss Jones and Mrs. Alex.
ander fioated on the surface, clinging
to a fragment Of the wrecked boat,
Miss Pauline seemed to be unable to
keep afloat. She was one Of the best
girl swimmers in the Oconomowoc
lake district, and though Malcolm
Rogers. Of Chicago was rapidly APP.
preaching In his sailboat. he did not
arrive in time to rescue her. though
he pulled the other three from the
water.
The accident at once brought par.
ties from all of the summer homes on
the lake. BY the light of lanterns and
electric flashes. the lake was hastily
dragged, in the hope of recovering the
body before life had fed. but 1t was
two hours after the accident before
the body was located.
Miss Alexander was a talented mu.
stefan and had written several clever
short stories. Her father Is one OF
the best known figures in the western
paper world. being president and gen.
eral manager most of the time that
the now dissolved General Paper Co.
was in operation, and he is the head
of several mills in the Wisconsin riv.
er district. He is also president OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
bank of this city. Miss Jones is the
daughter of the president of the Mil.
waukee Mechanics Insurance Com
pany.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-07-07
MAGAZINE 1RUST SUIT
TO RESTRAIN IN.
TERsrATE TRAFFIC.
New York District Attorney Takes Ac-
ton Against Alleged Unlawful
Combination.

New York, ". Y. A civil suit
was filed in the United States court
for the dissolution Of the Periodical
Clearing house and about a score Of
other magazine defendants.
The petition fled by District Attor.
rey Wise alleges unlawful combination
and conspiracy to restrain interstate
traffic and foreign commerce in mag
azine and other periodical publica-
tons
The petition charged that the defen.
dants. since July, 1909. have been en-
gagged in an illegal combination, q
dissolution of which Is asked for.
The proceeding In equity 10 against
the Periodical Clearing House, Double
day. Page & Co.. Crowell Publishing
Co. s. S. Mcclure Co.. Current Litera-
ture Publishing Co, Phillips Publish.
ing Co. Harper & Bros. Leslie-Judge
Co. Review Of Reviews Co, Interna-
tional Magazine Co. New Publication
Co., Butterick Publishing Co, Stand
ard Fashion Co.. New Idea Publishing
Co, Ridgeway Co.. American Home
Magazine Co. Short Stories Co. Frank
". Doubleday, Herbert s. Houston.
Frederick l.. Collins. Chas. d. Lanier
and George Won Utassy.
The Periodical Clearing house in the
petition is described as q corporation
organized under the laws Of the state
OF New York. carrying on business
throughout the United States and for
eign nations. with its Offices and prin-
cipal place OF business in this city. Its
authorized capital stock is of the par
value of $4,000. consisting OF 30 shares
of the par value of 800 each. of which
II are issued an9 outstanding.
The Suburban Press. a New York
corporation: Good Housekeeping, a
Massachusetts corporation. and Hamp-
tons Magazine, New York corpora
ton, together with the defendants are
the stockholders OF record of the de
PENDANT Periodical Clearing houre.
Doubleday, Collins. Houston Ian
Ter and Won Utassy constitute it's
board of directors, and Houston. Won
Utassy and Lanier are respectively. its
president. vice president and score
tary-treasurer These officers of the
Periodical Clearing house are officials
also of one or other of the defendant
corporations engaged In the publica.
ton of magazines.
The petition recites that prior to
July, 1909, there were and are now in
this country upwards of 10000 corpora
tons. co-partnerships and individuals
engaged in producing. publishing, and
selling periodicals in open and free
competition; that follow ing the organ.
ization of the Periodical Clearing
House. in July. 1909. notices were sent
to all Of the principal subscription
agencies and agents in the country
notifying them that they would have
to sign the contract with the Periodic.
al Clearing House II such agencies in
tended TO further business with mem
bers" of said Periodical Clearing
House"