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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
CANAL RATES
ARE TAKEN UP
~AssembIyman StreitwoIf Lays
Matter Before Commission.

New Brunswick, Nov. 1S:-As-
semblyman A. G. Streitwolf has
commenced a fight on behalf of the
Board of Trade against the PennsyI-
yania railroad as lessee of the Della
ware and Raritan canal, to compel
that company to better conditions on
the canal. The action is in the form
OF a petition which has been filed
with the public utility board against
the canal, in which four charges are
made.
Assemblyman Streitwolf went to
the waterways meeting in Graham's
Hall Thursday night fer the purpose
of making first public mention of the
action. He had anticipated that
there might be an interested audi
ence there and although he found
but a sprinkling of people, he made
his report.
He explained that the first COM
plant which has been lodged is that
the company maintains unjust and
unreasonable discrimination in it's
rates OF foliage. 1t has six classifi-
cations of rates, ranging from TWEEN
|ty-1ve cents to 1924 per ton.
He explained that the canal is
forty-three miles long and has fifteen
locks and Is the only inland water
way between New York and Phila-
delphia in New Jersey.
The second complaint Is that the
sixth classification of rates is exorbi-
tant; that a rate of from seven to
ten cents a ton would be reasonable
rate for foliage through the canal.
The third complaint is that the
canal is not kept in good condition.
It's charter calls for a seven foot
clearage through the canal and he
charged that there Is not a seven
foot ciearage, although there is a
seven foot channel.
The fourth charge Is that the
canal company arbitrarily every De-
cember closes the canal for three
months, no matter what weather
conditions are. He claimed that the
company has no right to do this; no
right to shut off the only waterway
across the state.
He reviewed the history of the
canal from the time the charter was
granted for fifty years, in 1892, to
the present. Under the provisions
Of the charter the state had the
right at the expiration of the fifty
years to take the canal over at the
cost of its construction. $2,800,G06.
That time has now expired.
He told the audience Thursday
night that4he thoughttrat It woufd
be unwise at this time for the state
of New Jersey to take any steps to
acquire this canal, as the state has
pledged itself to an expenditure Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
NO USE OF BEING A SPORT
Sullivan OFFERED to Flip Coin to SEQ
Whether He sould Serve Ten
Years or Nothing.

This Is the sad story OF one OF the
most Thoroughbred sports known to
the history OF hazards. Hts name was
1afIivan, ana he i1nd Dfuc syes and
red hair. with a brogue to match his
coforing. John Hays Hammond, the
mining engineer. met him In prison
In South Africa at the time when
Hammond and other men were held
az captives by the Beers In eonnec-
tion with the Jameson raid. The en-
gtneer and the Irashman became well
acquainted.
"Trooably you wonder why I'm In
here" said Sullivan, one day, when
the Thermometer had gone as high as
1I5 In the shade. We'll, I'll tell you:
| got into a little trouble, and plead
ed guilty to 1t.
Five yearsi' said the Judge.
Your houori' cried out, iii throw
heads and tails with you to zee whetf,
or II shall be ten years or nothing
And would you believe 1t. Mr.. Ham
mond? That Judge got mad and added
ON two years, anyhow. And now I'm
serving that extra fiTa years. What's
the use OF being = sport?"-PopuIar
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
.SGHOONERS ARE.
DRIVEN ASHORE
Two Stranded in Fire Island
Inlet Yesterday.

Two sehooners, one bound from
Prince Bay for West Sayville and
the othe rfrem New York TO Bell
port, were driven high on the sand
by o strong inshere wind yesterday
and lay stranded In the Fire island
Inlet, near the Oak Island life saw
ing station. The vessels are the
Overton which left New York and
the Ella from Prince Bay. A third
schooner. the Nd Il. Curtis, was also
driven ashore, but was foated dur
Ing the early hours when the food
tide began to come ln.
Both the straadea schocners had
tried 10 get inside the inlet when
the Wind get TOO high for Sheps 20
continue on tlssir eoUY, When It
was seen that tE1eg we're baiug arfv-
Ell toward The Shoals slzs anchors
were asaaaRsa hue the Wind aad
high wags siaa tsze cfafA ahead.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
A time at which nobody but the
cook is around is suggested as a good


A time at which nobody but the
cook is around is suggested as a good
one.
This would be considered q hardship
by the grown person who works down
town and seeks the soIace OF music a
interpreted by himself, but somebody
In every community must rreko { SEC
rifice now and then.
Eight o'clock Sunday morning is not
the time for q man with faulty fingers
and an erroneous sar to play on the
violin HAS Anybody Here Seen Kel-
W" The answer OF mo- 10 apparent.
but tho question Is persisted in and
tho late once-aSweek sleep which Ia
q luxury to many 10 made impossible.
In fair weather the budding cor
netist or violinist likes to sit by a win
dow opening upon the light shaft This
spreads his vtlliany all the easier
among the ~nesghbering apartments.
III It isn't a violin or a cornet it In
q piano or the underdeveloped singer
that fs an iniiction. THE Mikadoe
scale of Justice Is not available, but
Is pleasant to contemplate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
QUIT COFFEE AND TEA.
What the Great German Specialist Says

1T disappoints some people to be told
that coffee and tea cause disease. But
1t is best to look squareIy at facts and
set the face towards health for that 8
more fun than anything else anyhow. q
Cincinnati man consulted a Berlin ply
stefan on nervous diseases and says:
ssFour years ago I was an habitual
coffee drinker having used 1t for 70
years and being naturally OF a nervous
temperament / became almost q nervous
wreck, greatly suffering from insomnia
almost constantly constipated and
weighing only I2S pounds.
81 consulted physicians and took
medicine all the time but had no re-
lief. About three and a half years ago
/ went abroad and While IN Berlin heard
frequently of q great physician, Prof.
Mendsl, an authority ON nervous trout
Bile, so I resolved to consult him.
ssProf. Mendsl surprised nae very
much by asking at once If / WAS q cot
fee drinker and en- my telling him I
used 1t two or three times a day he says
sIt Is poison After carefully exaaa-
lining me he told me there was nothing
the matter with me whatever but what
could be entirely cured Ia 30 days by
letting coffee and other stimulants alone
and dieting.
ssI had a hard time following his ad-
wise. I did not knew what te do until I
came home and told my wife who got
some Postum. We tried il but at first
did NOT like it; then we went over the
directions on the package together and
found we had not boiled il long enough.
THAT was the beginning Of the end
q NY s1ossse, 4oz tAe Postum WAS ae-
ieioas after that and I drank It regu-
larly and it helped from the start.
sfIn a very short time I began to
feel much better and in the last three
years I haven t heen absent from bnsl
ness one hour on account Of i'll health,
for my health is fine row.. / have q
good appetite, sleep well and weigh l75
pounds
any nerguus person who drinks eof-
Zee Or tea win feel better from 4 1o
days change to Postum. 'Frial easily
proves shis
Leak II pks fpr 4 copy 81 The fa-
gnous liEAEe bpa Ths Roaa - WaHs
fls
mfKe Er0 AEz
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
new BOOKS
AT LIBRARY

Among the new books recently put
Into circulation at the library are
The following.
Non-Fiction.
ANen-EFolHtion in Italian art.
The author shows .the stream of de-
teippmcnt by which, through the
hands of various artists mi various
schooIs, the ~lifeless picture In the
rude native name was viyified and
snsTituaIized into the art of Fra
Angelica, of Bellinf, of Leonardo"
Heine-Memoirs. A compilation
from Heine's writings in prose and
rerse. arranged SO as to form a
biography. His letters, which for a
large part Of the work, are, on the
whole, new to English readers.
Hurll--Portraits and portrait
painting. 1.-THE work sketches his
iory temperament, and types, throw
Ing sidelights on subjects as we'll as
painters"
Mansfield-In the land Of mosques
n minarets. Travel in the less
frequented places of Tunisia and Al
geria. 1t is full of information
both ordinary and unusual, about
the lives, manners, and customs of
The natives, the country itself, and
the line of contact between the ma
tiyes and the many-nationed crowd
Df Aliens
Perkins-Builders of Spain. "a
record of Spanish civilization which
considers first Spain's native stock,
and then the alien peoples, with the
cultures introduced by them into the
peninsula"
Eo4I3r<4ou LIIaforf1 ohx~ahxu of
Axaertca. This study covers nearly
s~eVenty historic churches. The de-
srriptions are picturesque. and there
h traced in some detail the growth
pf the various religious movements
which began In the days Of the colo
nies and have found their outward
expression In notable ediices
throughout the country
Flction.
Harclay-FolIowing of the star.
a young preacher, supplying a New
Hampshire pulpit for a time before
his departure to Africa to do mis-
c11Ts work, touches the heart or a
proud young oma by his Christ
mas sermon on "the following OF the
star" The text becomes the theme
ct their lives, welded, separated,
and reunited after bitter experiences.
Kennedy-Cieeiy. A love story OF
the Civil War. the hero one of Siter-
mans soldiers, and the heroine a
1eyal daughter Of the South
OlIfvant-Taming of John Blunt.
as5e @ tbs swsasaias ef love
between 3 radical, tremendous man
81 the people and a girl brought up
IN all the traditions that John Blunt
has loved to scorn.
Faka-In the shadow OF Islam.
story OF an American girl and her
Turkish lover. showing how differ
He IN racial characteristics may
terminate love. There is an inter-
eFsIng picture 81 the Young Turk
ssss3seaaenr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
PLAN TO MAKE FORT
WADSMORTH LARGER

A plan to make Fort Wadsworth,
on Staten Island, the largest and
most important defensive point on
the Atlantic Coast, by extending for
tifcations, increasing the armament
and enlarging the whole post, was
discussed yesterday at a conference
at the fort.
Those present We're Major w, G..
Ham, In command of Fort Wads-
worth; Borough President George
Cromwell, William S. Van Glief and
Henry A. Tabb, OF the Board OF
Commerce.
The plan 10 to try TO secure an APP
Precipitation OF 100000 or $1,000
600 from Congress to execute the
extensions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
SHIPPING NEWS


Tue Lehigh, towing hsrges paffle
Buffet and Buffalo. for this city, ar
rived at Chatham, Mass, yesterday.
Schooner e. s. Briggs. of New
York, entered this port Yesterday.
Schooner Melissa Traak, of this
city, arrived at New York yesterday.
Tug Taeony, towing barges Haver-
ford, Nanticoke and Upton. bound
for South Amboyi steamed from
Vineyard Haven, Mass yesterday
Tug irVingteas Vita Dsarges Brook
lyn. BeFerly and Beekt9Es from this
city steamed from Vineyard Eavaa
Mass Yesterday
Tug Westnsogana. towing nsaE
Rases nxaIg aaa Aaaaneb fSoHs sfzEs
ga aIa ETag
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
OFFICERS NOMINATED
by LODGE OF EAGLES

The annual nomination Of officers
of Perth Amboy Aerie, No. 1885.
Fraternal Order of Eagles, took
place last night. Nels P. Hanson
was named the worthy president to
succeed j. II. Mahaffey, the head
of the aerie Bertram Gilman was
nominated vice president; Herbert
Redwood, chaplain; e. j. Switzer,
secretary; David Hull, treasurer; M.
j. OHara, trustee; J. FL. Burns,
outside guard; Charles Mills, inside
guard, aud Oh. j. s. Hay, physician.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
PHILLIPS Reminder.

Philip, father OF Alexander. had 8
servant whose sole business 1t was TO
remind him that he was human. 1t
is said accordingly that he neve went
from the house and, having returned,
never gave audience to any with
out FIRST this servant would say TO him
three times In q loud voice, aPhilip,
thou art but a mani,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
FATHER TELLS
OF HIS CRUELTY
u. S. Spencer Testifies to
Save His Sons Life.
spectaI BIZ Unlted Press EYirs.

Springfield, Mass, Nov. Is
Wilbur S. Spencer, whose cruelty to
his son Bertram. is alleged to have
caused his sons insanity, testified
today in an effort to save the son
from the electric chair for the MUIR
der OF Miss Martha Blackstone. He
he punished his son often.
The prisoner moaned and gritted
his teeth while his father was testi-
Tying. Attorneys maintain that
Bertram should be placed in an
asylum.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
NIGHT SESSIONS LIKELY
in THE MHAMARA CASE
saxotar Ia rtnasd r,sss Wss.

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 18:--Un-
less counsel expedite the work OF se-
curing a Jury in the Mcnamara case
Judge Bordwell will order night es-
sion beginning next week. the
eighth panel of veniremen quaiined
today for Interrogation by both
sides. Today 445 men haTs bssA
drawn from whom five permanent
Jurors and one pendant juror have
been secured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

Beggar-Please, mister. a dime Cor a
poor blind man. Old Gentleman-But
you are only blind IN one eye. Bcgear
All right. make At a ntcksi them
Exchange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

San Francisco, Nov. 18;-Rear
Admiral Thomas s. Phelps, U. s. N,
retired. who Is now living in Berke-
ley, denies the charge made in j. J.
Moore's answer to his wife's suit for
divorce. Moore, who Is a wealthy
r4nchman, says that his wife con
fessed to him that she had known
Phelps intimately before her mar
riage and that he was the father of
two OF her children. The divorce
suit Ia on trial at Redlands. Mrs.
Meore accuses her husband of break
Ing his marriage vows, of drunken
mesa and cruelty. She asks for a
division OF his property, which she
sayD is worth 100000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
ROOSEVELT MAN HAS
PURCHASED RESIDENT

Louis Jones, of Roosevelt has
purchased the residence at that
place which he now occupies. John
Hanson, Of this city, sold the prop
erty to Jones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
Awsuify Auonixina.

III soiid nie aas operation would be
absolutely painless
"And wasn't it?s
HNaw. It cost me d hundred dollarsg'f
Houston Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

Tfe price Of frsss success II patient
Eoll Nsver Mlsss up aglEil Won haqe
trse every gsa:syS so alTzzn s8us a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

II EnAu like gnnr Wananiageg eaa
zaa3a Il fortune through ADVERTISING
zes4 evnn II Il = only : eent@a~worH
NsrF@ kzsz6saz ~ AA aama2kAns ID II 9oT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

whs news when 1t In news In the
NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18
niNis F0K MUSIC PUPILS
II They Reside In Flats They Should
Practice When Everyone
Else Ia Out.

Persons learning music and living
in fiat buildings should be induced to
practice playing and singing on sehed-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-18

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
SWENSON SENT To NORWAY
TAFT SENDS HIS NOMINATION TO
SENATE.
Mr.. Swenson Is at Present Ambassa
dor to SwitzerIand-Change
One of Several.

Minneapolis President Taft has
sent to the senate the nomina-
ton of Lauritz S. Swenson of Min
neapolis, at present minister to Swift
zerland, to be minister to Norway.
The change is one of several caused
by the resignation of Herbert Pierce
as minister to Norway and the eleva-
ton of Former Congressman H. S.
Boutell, of Chicago, from minister to
Portugal to minister to Switzerland.
Mr.. Swenson has made a splendid
reputation as a diplomat and is said
to stand very high in the estimation
of the president. 1t was thought best
to send him to Norway, which is con-
sidered one of the most important OF
the berths In the diplomatic service,
a man who was familiar with the Ian
guage, customs and life of the country
to greater degree than would be pos
sible in most cases. Mr.. Swenson, al
though born in Minnesota, has always
been close student of the life OF his
forbears and is eminently qualified
for his new post.
Appointed by Mckinley.
President Mckinley appointed Mr..
Swenson minister to Denmark in 1897
and no held that post until 1910 when
he was transferred to Switzerland by
President Taft, which post he has
held until the present time.
When the change from Denmark to
Switzerland was made in 1910 Mabel
Swenson, his daughter, was seriously
ill in Minneapolis. Mr.. Swenson found
it impossible to return to the city for
a visit and so sent for her to join
him in Europe. Although it was be-
lieved the change would result in her
recovery she became worse and died
en- route from New York to Plymouth
and was buried in Berne, Switzerland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
JEALOUS LOVER SHOOTS GIRL.
Father Searching With Lantern Finds
Body of Daughter.

Father Searching With Lantern Finds
Body of Daughter.
Brainerd. = On the way to dance
at St. Matthias, Bertha Jordan,
IA, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Jor-
dan, was shot and killed by her jealous
lover, Charles Kunde, 81 In the
buggy were seated Bertha Jordan, her
brother, Otto Jordan, 1S, and the
Kunde boy. Near the farm of David
Wickham they quarreled with her and
Kunde threatened to shoot. The
brother attempted to wrest away the
revolver and was thrown out of the
buggy by the Infatuated man. The
horse ran away.
The first shot at the girl missed her.
the temple. The murderer then leaped
and few minutes later the brother
Otto, who had been injured in the en-
counter, heard a shot in the bushes
Kunde had killed himself. The bodies
of the girl and her lover lay 80 feet
apart.
The mother of the girl was in Brain
erd, and the old father took a lantern
and near midnight found his girl in
death, her little Easter cloak smeared
with her blood.
Bertha and Kunde had been keeping
company for two years, and it is said
she did not care to receive his atten-
tons any more, as Knude appeared to
be very jealous. The parents of both
are we'll known farmers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
NEW POWER co. LAUNCHED.
Concern Purposes to supply Electric
Current to River Towns,

Red Wing.-With the object of dis
tributing electric power for manufac-
turing industries and other purposes
between Winona and the Twin Cities,
the Observation-Disclosures Power Com
pany was recently incorporated in
Winona. The promoters, it is under
stood, are affiliated with the Kelsey
Brewer Electric company, which owns
the Red Wing Gas Light and Power
company plant of this city and the
gas plant at Winona, as we'll as a
number of other electric light and
power concerns in the northwest.
1t is understood that the object of
the new corporation is to secure con-
troll OF a number of power plants in
Minnesota and to place the entire pro-
duct OF the Red Cedar river of Me-
nominee falls, of 10000 horse power,
of 10000 voltage, at the disposal of the
cities in which their plants are To-
Gated.
A high tension, three-phase line sys-
tenn, carrying $4,000 voltage, will be
built between Winona and st. Paul. 1t
is expected to have the service COM
pleted early in the fall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
VINCENT IN DULUTH.
University President Puts in Strenu.
Gus Day in Zenith City.

Duluth.-President George E. Vim
cent of the University of Minnesota
was the guest of Duluth. He arrived
early, and under the escort of a conf
mittee of Duluth men he set out i'm
mediately to meet Duluth people to
see the city and to talk with friends of
the University about it's needs and its
future.
A program that took almost every
minute of the day and evening had
been prepared, and he entered upon it
with energy to sec everything to be
seen and improved every minute.
Mr.. Vincent addressed the Central
high school students, the normal stu
dents, and was the guest of President
w. E. Bohannon of the normal at
lunch. He went for a drive around
the boulevard with Dean A. F. Woods
of the state agricultural school, He
was guest at reception for the la.
dies this afternoon at the Commercial
club and banquet was given at the
Commercial club in his honor this
evening, at which a large number of
prominent local people were present.
Mr.. Vincent spent some time with
H. B. Rowland, Duluth regent of the
University. Mr. Vincent made an ex.
cellent impression on Duluth people.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
POST OFFICE DEFICIT WIPED OUT
Service Extended Along Profitable
Lines, Says Hitchcock.

Washington, d. c. - "a deficit in
the operation of the postoffice depart
ment of $17,6O0,OOO, inherited by the
present administration of the postal
service, practically has been wiped
out" said Postmaster General Hitch.
cock. He had just received from the
auditor for the postoffice department
a final report showing that the reve-
nues for the first six months of the
current fiscal year aggregated $118,-
1881 and the expenditures $118,614,-
$50.
THE wiping out in less than two
years of the largest deficit in the his
tory of the department" said Mr..
Hitchcock, was accomplished not by
curtailing postal facilities but by ex-
tending the services along profitable
lines" He believed that the current
fiscal year will show a considerable
surplus.
The auditors report says that since
the opening of the administration 3,089
new postoffices have been established,
delivery by letter carriers provided in
142 additional cities and 2,124 new
rural routes, aggregating $3.50 miles
in length, authorized, force of postal
employees increased by 1924 men and
annual expenditures for salaries in.
creased by $11,70S,O71 in the two
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
PROSPERITY AT PARK RAPIDS
Building in and About City and Real
Estate Deals is Evidence.

Park Rapids.-Evidences of general
prosperity in and around Park Rapids
are noticeable at this time. Although
there was a partial crop failure last
year, the improvements that are being
made on the farms tributary to town
are surprise to those who are not
familiar with local conditions.
Nine large new barns that are be-
ing built or will be built this spring
indicate the change from grain raising
to dairying that is taking place and
quite a number of new farm homes
will be built this season. Farms are
being fenced with woven wire fenc.
ing and there is a very noticeable spir.
it of progress and improvement in all
directions. The outlook for a good
movement in real estate is reported
excellent by local dealers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
WRONG MILK MEASURE
Winona Attorney Declares People Of
City Are Defrauded Out Of
100000.

Winona.-William A. Goldman, local
attorney, speaking before the Social
Science club here on the subject
of weights and Measures" de-
clared that the citizens of Winona
were being defrauded out of thousands
of dollars year because of the pre-
valent use of the liquid quart instead
of the milk quart measure as provided
in the state laws of Minnesota. He
defined the law to the members pre-.
sent.
There is not single legal standard
measure used in the city of Winona
by any person in the sale of milk"
said he. 1.-THE county treasurer has
one quart measure furnished by the
state, and he does not know and there
is nothing on the measure indicating
whether it is a dry, liquid or milk
quart.
Furthermore, the county treasurer,
the county sealer of weights and meas
ures, has never been called upon, ask.
ed or required to test and seal any
scales, weights or measures for any
one, as the law provides.
Assuming that about $500 is spent
daily by the people of Winona for milk
and cream or $4,000 annually, citi-
zens are being defrauded out of $685.
900 year because OF the use of the
liquid quart instead of the milk quart
measure. Probably 100000 is lost in
this city by the consuming public by
reason of false scales, weights and
measures each year."