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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
FORECLOSE ON
ALPHA COPPER
Bankers Trust Co. Make Ap-
plicatien to Chancellor.
from the NEWS CorrespondentJ

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Trenton, August 6.-Application
was made to Chancellor Walker to-
day by the Bankers Trust Company
of New York city for the foreclosure
of a mortgage for $4,000 upon the
real estate and personal property of
the Alpha Copper Company. The
real estate consists of mining lands
In Somerset county, this state. The
complainant, in its bill fled in chan
Gerry, charges hat the Copper Com
pany Is insolvent. George H. Gar
diner, of New York city, is also nam
ed as a defenadnt in the suit. The
Alpha Copper Company Is a corpo-
ration of the state of Arizona and
this mortgage was given to secure an
issue of $4,000 of general lien
twenty year, 6 per cent, gold bonds,
the issue having been authorized
March II, 1909.
The bill shows that this mortgage
and the deed of trust under which 1t
was given were subject to a mortgage
Of $4,000 given by the American
Copper Mining Company to Albert
H. Hovey; and subject to q mortgage
given to the Camden Safe Deposit
anu 1IuSt OOL1pdny DIS trustee LOT
$4,000. 1t Is further alleged in the
bill of complaint that the defendant
company was without funds to pay
the semi-annual installments of in
terest upon the $4,000 bond issue
on October l 1909; April 1 and Oc-
tober l 1910; and April / 1911. 1t
is shown that Thomas w. Joyce one
of the bond holders, has recovered a
judgment in the Supreme Court Of
New York for $37,819 for back in
terest due him In his bonds. Joyce
also recovered a further Judgment
against the company for $4,7O8, and
this Judgment some Of the
property of the company in Somerset
county was sold at Sheriff's sale to
George H. Gardiner, and this is what
brings him into the suit as a de-
PENDANT.
The complainant charges that the
defendant company is insolvent and
wholly unable to pay its debts and
that the bond holder cannot be pro-
tected except through a foreclosure
of this mortgage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
CHARGE FRAUD
IN LAND DEAL
Toms River Couple Sue As
bury Park Man and Woman.
tFror. the NEWS Correspondent

tFro". the NEWS Correspondent
Trenton, Aug. 6:-Fraud In a real
estate deal is charged against Mrs.
Carrie H. Riddle and David H. Rid
die, her husband, Of Asbury Park,
in a suit in the Court of Chancery
brought by Charles w. Pastorfeld
and Katie G.. Pastorfield, of Toms
River. 1t is alleged that through the
fraud the Riddles obtained a deed to
the Pastorfield property in Toms
River and the complainants ask the
court to set this conveyance aside
and return their property to them.
-ShG Pastorfield real estate, con-
sisting of a house and lot, is on Main
street, Toms River, and is claimed to
be worth $4,000. 1t is alleged that
the Riddles entered into a written
agreement with the complainants to
exchange two lots and buildings
thereon on Worthington avenue,
Spring Lake, for the Toms River
property. 1t is charged that Riddle
represented that he owned the Spring
Lake real estate, but that 1t stood in
his wife's name. The compliments
claim that on July /, 1912, the ex-
change was formally executed and
the deeds were acknowledged and
recorded.
The complainants charge that they
Just discovered that Mrs. Riddle was
not the owner Of the Spring Lake
property but that the title was Sc
cured in her name by the following
fraud:
The real owner, 1t is alleged, is
Martha P. Moore, and under the pre-
tense of selling the real estate in
question for her, Riddle, 1t Is
charged, obtained her name to the
deed of conveyance. Then 1t Is
claimed he inserted the name of his
wife and had the deed acknowledged
before Commissioner of Deeds Hous-
Ell at Belmar. Mrs. Moore has dis
covered the alleged fraud practiced
on her and has also sta ted a suit to
have this conveyance set aside.
After making these charges the
Pastorfields ask the court to set
aside the deed conveying their prop
erty to the Riddles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
GOSSIP ABOUT
STATE CAPITAL
Political and Other Doings
Gathered by Correspe ndent.

Friends of former Assemblyman
James G.. Blauvelt, of Paterson, are
booming hi mas g. candidate for Unit
ed States senator on the National
Progressive ticket. Mr.. Blauvelt has
been mentioned in connection with
the Bull Moose nomination for Con-
gress in the new Seventh district, but
since the boom has been started for
him for United States senator 1t has
made considerable Roadway. Some
Of his friends declare that he a
easily get the nomination If he wants
It, but nothing definite will be done
about 1t until after the return of the
New Jersey Progressives from the
Chicago convention. Former Assem-
blyman Blauvelt has two character
istics which his friends claim viii At
him for a seat in the United States
senate as a Progressive. One is his
fighting qualities and the other is his
forcefulness as a speaker and debat-
er. During the time he was in the
by the vigor Of his attacks upon their
assembly he kept the regular Repub-
licans on the jump most Of the time
policies and the aggressiveness with
which he advocated his Progressive
measures.
The Sunday baseball question gives
evidence that it will bob up in the
next session of the legislature with
more persistency than ever. The
question has recently been agitated
in Mercer county, following which
the Trenton police authorities de-
clared they would not permit Sunday
games here, and now Sunday baseball
Is finding numerous advocates in one
or two of the North Jersey counties.
In several recent sessions OF thc Leg
islature bills permitting Sunday base
ball games have been passed by the
assembly, but have failed to get
through the senate. Heretofore Hud-
son county has been practically the
only one favoring this Sunday sport.
1t is said, however, that the friends
Of baseball in some of the other coun-
ties may join with Hudson next win
ter in demanding a Sunday baseball
law. The New Jersey Law and Order
Society and the Sabbath Observance
Union are alive to the situation and
will line up their forces against any
invasion of the present Sunday laws.
The movement for the organization
Of a New Jersey State Chamber of
Commerce seems to be suceEo 'ng.
The organization committee reports
state are willing to become members.
that nearly 700 of the leading bust
A meeting will be called soon TO eff
ness men and corporations of the
feet a permanent organization. The
purpose of the organization will be
to boom New Jersey generally, but
particularly along commercial lines.
Former County Collector James H.
Coe, of Englewood, has been recon-
mended to President Taft by United
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
Synthetic Diamonds.

There recently appeared in Paris
some diamonds having all the ear
marks Of the genuine article, and they
were offered to a number Of dealers
at very attractive prices. Certain
rigid tests were applied by experts en-
gagged in the trade, with the result
that they were proven to be slightly
different from natural stones. The
diamonds are believed to be manu-.
featured by a synthetic process. but by
experts who examined them they
were claimed to be genuine. From
this 1t seems the secret Of making Ola
monds is really being solved, and II
will not be long until this new product
of the electric furnace will take Its
place with synthetic rubies. sapph1res
and other manufactured gems which
are now sold in the open market.-E1
change.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
Shoulders and Desks.

. Symmetry IN the arrangement OF
seats and desks in school rooms works
against the health Of the child. accord
ing to q recent statement by Superin-
tendent Of Schools Mrs. Ella F1ags
Young of Chicago. Mrs. Young says
that many children become round
shouldered in a short time ,ecause
seats are not Of proper height 10 al
low pupils to work comfortably at
their desks. Hardly a child Is round
sbouldered when he enters the pri'
mary grade" she says, yet many are
go before they reach the
fourth grade" She thinks that the
idea of symmetry OF desks should be
abandoned for the idea Of the sym
metry and health Of the child.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

'gThe country life commission should be
revived with greatly increased power; Its
abandonment was a severe blow to our
people. The welfare Of the farmer is q
basic need of this nation" The country
school should be brought In touch with
country life. For this reason the Pro-
gressiyes approve of overnmen coop
Grafton with tn. farmer to make the farm
more productive. Cooperative associa-
ions OF farmers both for the PRODUCTION
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

years in advance, that county sinking
fund money was used as ready cash
for politicians and that there were
other extraordinary" transactions.
The state leaders who are pushing
the Wilson campaign claim that the
disclosures will not hurt the cover
nor, as ever since he has been gov
ernor he has combatted municipal
crookedness and the political system
of bossism under which it thrives.
The prevailing opinion is that the
disclosures, while they may have
some effect In the Hudson campaign,
will not jar the state or national
tickets.
The State Civil Service Commission
has announced the result in the first
examination IN which all those who
took the test were negroes. There
really two tests, one for the po-
sition Of Chief Organizer, a $1,000
position under the emancipation
proclamation commission authorized
by the last legislature, and the other
was for the position of assistant or
ganizer. The number who passed
the tests was fourteen, of whom
eleven passed both examinations.
The same three persons obtained the
highest rating in both tests. They
were: Alain L. Loche, of Camden;
Solomon P. Hood, of Trenton, and
Eugene R. Hayne, of Jersey City.
The writing of limericks seems to
be growing contagious in the New
Jersey executive offices. Governor
Wilson has turned off two or three
and now Warren Johnson, M of his
stenographers, has produced this
was an African hunter of note
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

States Senator Briggs for appoint
ment as postmaster at Englewood.
Mr.. Coe was formerly a member of
the Bergen County Tax Board. 1t
is expected that President Taft will
appoint him In a few days. The SAL
airy is $4,000 a year.
The rivalry for the Democratic
leadership in Hudson county between
Mayor Otto Wittpenn, OF Jersey City,
and Sheriff N. P. Wedin continues.
The latest way In which the rivalry
has cropped out is that each will
head his own delegation to Sea Girt
tomorrow to witness the notification
to Governor Wilson of his nomination
to the Presidency.
Sheriff Wedln will head the Hud-
SOL County Democratic Club, of
which he Is president, and the mayor
will lead the Wittpenn Association.
Each is working to Guido the other
in the number of followers taken 20
the summer capital. The peculiar
thing about this little political fight
is that both men are for Governor
Wilson and have been his followers
all along.
Some of the state Democratic
leaders are figuring out just what eff
feet the preliminary report of the in
vestigatin into Hudson county finan-
ces will have upon the Democratic
in the county. The two
most startling items in the report are
that County Collector Egan still owes
to the county ~$63,S5S.57 and hal he
allowed the late Bob" Davis, the
Democratic leader, to use more than
$4,000 of the county funds. The re-
port charges that important county
records have been destroyed, that the
F~reeholders drew their salaries two
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

Who used capital rs when he
wrote,
So busy was he
With his ~" and his Me
That the Democrats captured his
goat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
Much Longer.

Much Longer.
Mrs. Exc with newspaper)-Here's
an interesting list OF things a penny
will do. 1t Is nearly half a column
Ions.
Mr.. E1e-Humphl You ought to
see a LIST OF the things a penny won't
do.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

The EVENING NEWS mas tI.S,
largest circulation in .he county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

The EVENING NEWS has the
largest circulation in the count
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06

Any anair. or happening, or cir
cumstance which Is toe small to
make a want ad. worth while as an
adjusting force is too snail to worry
about.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-06
PERTH AMBoY EVENING NEWS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. Co.

and the st-4Is ii agricultural products
should be encouraged. 80 long as the
farmer leaves cooperative activities with
their profit sharing to the city man of
business, SO long will the foundations of
wealth be undermined and the comforts
of enlightenment be impossible In the
country communities.
In every respect this nation has to
learn the lessons of efficiency in produc-
ton and distribution and of avoidance OF
waste and destruction. We must de-
velop and improve instead of exhausting
our resources. 1t is entirely possible BY
improvements in production, in the avoid
ance OF waste and in business methods
on the part of the farmer to give him
an Increased income from his farm. while
at the same time reducing to the con-
sumner the price Of the articles raised on
the farm. Important although education
10 everywhere, 1t has q special Import
ance in the country. The country school
must fit the country life. In the country.
as elsewhere, education must be hitched
up with life. The country church and
the country Young Mems and Young Wo-
mems Christian associations have great
parts to play. The farmers must own
and work their own land. Steps must be
taken at once to put a stop to the tend
ency toward absentee landlordism and
tenant farming"
Tho Tariff. e.
On the tariff he says; II believe In a
protective tariff. but l believe In II as a
principle unapproached from a standpoint
Of the interests of the whole people, and
not as a bundle of preferences to be Riyen
f~avorite individuals" He believes the
American people favor the principle of a
protective tariff. but are in rebellion
against the w~rongdoing and unjust ap-
plication of that policy and the abuses Ia
past legislation. ut is not merely the
tariff that should be revised, but the
method OF tarin making and OF tariff ad-
mlnistration." The first step should be
the creation of a permanent commission
Of nonpartisan experts OF ample DOW
ers" to secure exact and reliable in
formation" The present tariff board Is
entirely inadequate In point of powers
reposed in 1t and scope OF work under
taken" The tariff commission in Ger
many affords a splendid model.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
RECORD OF TIMES CHANGES
Surely Visitor to the Scene Of His
Boyhood Could Not Fall to
Be Impressed.

Il reckon you see the old town look.
ing some different from what It looked
when you left II thutty years ago,
said Uncle Eb Skinner to the native
returning for a visit to the scenes OF
HIS boyhood. "All o. the back part o.
Peevy's store is new since your day
here, an that bay winder in the drug
store was put in since you left u.s. The
deepo used to be painted yeller instid
o red, an the town hall is het by
steam now instid o. with stoves, like
1t used to was in your time. Them
two iron hitch pests In front O. the
postofilce amt been there more than
ten years, and that stone watering
trough instid o. the old wooden one
you remember Is another change. I
reckon you've noticed that Ill Greene
has raised his house L story an add.
cd summer kitchen. That plazzy in
front o the hotel is another change in
tho old town, an, of course, you've
noticed the new boss sheds back o.
the church. an the broom shop want
here when you was a boy with US. II
employs Ave hands reg'lar, an seven
in the rush season. Time makes
changes, as | reckon you have seen"
From Judge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
SOLACE IN HIS MISFORTUNE
Pleasant Thought After Two
Days OF Suffering.

Miners are among the most heroic
people IL. the world Danger is always
beside them, and they are schooled to
believe that any time they will come
face to face with death. The result Of
this is that they are humorous In their
boldness.
In one OF the mines OF Pennsylvania
there was a cave-in which imprisoned
a miner named Jack Thornton. The
accident happened on Friday after.
noon, and the fellow laborers OF the
entombed man set to work at once to
dig him out II was not until Sunday
morning. however, that they reached
his prison chamber, and By this time
they were wondering whether he had
been suffocated or starved to death.
One OF them stuck his head through
the aperture made by the picks OF
the rescuers and called out:
Jack, are you all risat?"
"All right" came the reply, and then
after a pause: What day IS this?"
Sunday" exclaimed the friend.
Gee" exclaimed Jack, I'm glad OF
that, That was one Saturday night
when those saloonkeepers didn't get
my wages. Popular Magazine.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Two Blamed for Wreck.

Chicago-A statement issued by o.
8. Fustia, passenger traffic manager
Of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
Railroad company, fixes the RESPONSE
bility for the wreck at Western
Springs. in which thirteen lives were
lost and score injured. on John
Woodruff. flagman of train No 2, and
George Brownson engineer of No. 8,
who was killed In the accident.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Congress to Get State ment.

The British argumentatiye state
ment probably will be submitted by
President Taft to congress. perhaps,
accompanied by a special message.
Prospects are that the senate, not.
withstanding the British objection.
will grant United States vessels free
passage through the big ditch"
The transcontinental railroads are
watching the course of the Panama
measure closely. In the house pro.
vision was adopted prohibiting ships
owned by railroads to use the canal.
This was knocked out in the senate
committee on interoceanic canals.
But II will be championed by the rad.
icals OF both parties In the open sen.
ate. Unless the senate comes around
to the house position a deadlock be-
tween the two houses is probable.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Apple Tree to Yield IS Bushels.

MUberly. New McCune, residing
near Renick, has four apple trees
probably without an equal in the state.
They are 80 years old anH are regu.
lar bearers. one tree was measured
as follows: Height, 80 feet; crcum-
ference, 7h feet; spread of branches,
40 feet. estimated product, % bushels
this season
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
II DAYS Amona Ice EIoes.

Washington.--After having narrow.
ly escaped being sent to the bottom
by the Ice foes encountered In Behr-
ing Sea. the United States army trans
port Sheridan arrived with the Six
teenth United States infantry regl.
ment and the men told OF their thrill
ing experiences when the vessel was
caught In the grip of the ice.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
No Social Tact.

At club dance an enthusiastic
member approached n rather dull
member and said to him:
Say. for heavens sake go over and
talk to Miss Fryte. She Is sitting all
by herself"
"But-but what shall | say to her?''
Tell her how pretty she Is"
But she amt pretty"
Well. then. tell her how ugly the
other girls are. Amt you got no so,
cial tact?"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
They Are oyervorked Now.

Four.year-old Dick had made an i'm
portant discovery that his hair would
pull out II enough force was exerted
and was absorbed in proving the fas
chatting find on his forelock. His sis.
ter-aged seven-noted the proceed
lngs with round-eyed horror.
"Dickie! pdche!" she cried. you
mustn't do that"
"Why?" demanded Dickie. with the
cynicism of childhood.
Because the Bible says that all
your hairs are numbered-and II you
pull any out you'll make a lot OF extra
bookkeeping for the angels"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
City La Struck by Storm.

Denver, Colo.--At least 500 persons
were homeless, many deaths were re-
ported and a million and a half dol
lars damage is estimated as result
of cloudbui'st which caused a 25-
foot wall of water to sweep down the
shallow bed of Cherry creek and
through the city into the South Platte
river
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Expert Architects choaen.

Jefferson City.-The state capitol
commission selected W. b. Munde OF
Chicago, John Van Brunt Of Kansas
city and II b. Magonigle of New York
as u jury Of architectural experts to
advise them in selecting ten archi.
tects from the 100 competing archi.
tec,s who have submitted preliminary
sketches for new state capitol.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Apple Crop to Be Bumper.

Columbia.-This years apple crop
in Missouri will be almost twice as
large as that Of last year, according
20 report the state board OF hor.
tculture. 1t Ives the condit on as &c
per cent of normal. Last years crop
was only 1915 per cent. Northwest
Missouri leads with crop condition
which is " per cent OF normal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Or. r. s. Maqee Is Acquitted.

Fulton,-Dr. X. S. Magee. former
chief STAFF physician Of the Fulton
'etate hospital. charged with official
misconduct, was acquitted by a jury
in the Galloway county circuit court.
About Il dozen ballots were taken be.
fore the verdict was reached, although
only one juror held cut for conviction
after the first ballot.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
MISSOURI NEWS
May Bar Tax Amendment,

Jefferson City.--Secretary OF State
Cornelius Roach has discovered a de.
feet which may prevent the state tax
commission amendment from going
on the ballot. The petitions for this
amendment, Secretary of State Roach
discovered. are not uniform, two Pc
titions being filed. Both have the
requisite number OF signers, but, con-
sidered separately, neither petition is
sufficient.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Missouri Guard Pension.

Washington, ID. C.-The invalid pen
sions committee of the house ordered
a favorable report upon the Russell
militia bill, which provides for the
payment OF pensions to those of the
Missouri militia and home guards who
rendered actual service for ninety
days or more in the civil war under
command OF United States officers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Shock for a Brother.

John" said an eminent physician,
YEARLY, entering his home after a
hard days work. John, II anyone calls
excuse me-"
Yes, subj" agreed John. the old
family darkey.
Just say" explained the doctor,
that the masseur is with me-"
A little later the doctors brother
called-called and received the shock
of his life.
II want to see the doctor at once"
said he.
"Yuh can't dc It, subj" solemnly m.
nounced the old darkey, turning up his
eyes till the whites alone showed.
"Yuh can't do II, sub. The DOCTOR sub,
am wild de Messiah" - New York
Evening Sun.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Bryan to Speak at Columbia.

Columbia.-Although several sub
scribers threatened to cancel their
subscriptions to the Columbia Chau.
tauqua unless William ]. Bryan was
taken off the program, none has done
30. Others threatened not to take
their tickets IL Bryans date was can.
cellod, so the committee decided to
have him come.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
Shank May Clamp on Lid.

indianapolis. lhd.--Mayor Shank,
who Is threatened by the church fed.
Grafton with impeachment for allow.
Ing Illegal resorts to operate in In.
dianapo.is. took steps in a secret con.
ference to nett the charges