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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
WE WIN BY FOREIGN BLOOD
80 Says Exoxford Athlete Who
Wants England to Copy the
Plan Of Sweden.

W. Beach Thomas, an Oxford Bradu,
ate and former athlete. In reviewing
the Olympic games In the Daily Mall
saysl "Ons can understand Amert
can supremacy. The winners are
mostly Englishmsn, scotohmen, or,
above all, frtshmen, at one remove
from the old country. One conspiou-
GUS victory was won by an ex-Swede.
"A vast population. recruited by the
best red blood, a. the Americans
boast, from viriie Europe, a popula-
ton specialisticaliy devoted to the
narrowest form OF athletics and pos
sessed almost OF a mania for COM
petition. is likely to produce a fine
team. It did produce an incompara-
Bile team, The inclusion OF Indians.
Hawsiians and one Analo-Russian fur
Their added TO the total of marks.
"The swsdes are a better stand
ard OF comparison. Their athletes
are a delight TO the eyes. They were
none Of them specialists, but were all
gymnasts In q wide sense, as we'll as
athletes In a wide sense. The nation
he's used the Olympic games as a test
OF the physical training In which the
whole nation has b>sn brought up. BY
a quiet, m~sthodieal and really nation
al movement they have vastly IN
creased the nations virility. The pso-
pie at large can drin. row, swim, run,
throw and play.
1.-THE question Tor England Is wheth-
er w cannot direct u national tai
ent for athletics 30 that our teams
may at least have some esprit du
corps, in which the defeated Olympic
team was grievously deficient. and so
that athletic skill with a chance of
representing the nation may become a
really healthy ambition among the
rich and poor IN town and village.
Such an Ideal Is realized already in
Sweden, Denmark and Finland, and
Is being discussed in France and Ger
many"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
PERTH AMBOY

Population 82,131.
29 miles from New YORK.
on staten Island Sound, at the
mouth of the Raritan river ana at
the head OF Raritan Bay.
ocean steamers can dock IN lroin
36 TO 40 feet of water.
Channel q feet deep at low water
leading up the bay from Sandy
Daily steamer service to New
York.
Central Railroad OF New 1eLsey5
Lebigh Valley and the Staten island
Rapid Transit. Branches running IN
all directions, a~ffording almost an
unlimited number Of excellent rae
tory sites. ..la-
phone companies.
Electric light and gas companies
Two daily newspapers;
Federal ~postoffice building.
Public Library.
Nine grammar schools ana one
high school, which is on the APP
proved list of all the leading uni
versities In the country, four paro-
chial schools and a business col
lege.
Churches of all denominations.
City Hospital.
Municipal water works.
Prominent center for trolleys to
all parts OF the state.
Richest clay deposits in the coun-
try in the immediate vicinity.
Splendid theatrical advantages.
Some of the leading industries are
American Smelling g. Refining
Company's smelter; Raritan Copper
Works smelter; Barber Asphalt
Works, United Lead Works; United
States Cartridge Col Architectural
Tile & Faience Co; c.. Pardee Steel
and Tile Works; Atlantic Terra Cot
ia Co.; Federal Terra Gotta Co..; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Co.; three plants
Of the National FIreproof1ng Com
pany and other similar industries
within the immediate vicinity; Ger
annie Works; Ch~esbrough Vaseline
Works; Marcy Stove Works; two
drydock companies, together with
shipyards n marine railways;
Standard Underground Gable Com
pany; Roessler & Hasslacher Chem
fcal Works; emery mills. coke and
cigar factories; cement stone works.
coal shipping piers; handkerchief
factory: cement works; machine
shops and iron foundries.
For further particulars address:
George ST. Audrassy, secretary of
the Board of Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14

For constructing Pavement on Pat
erson street from State street to Madi-
son avenue, for the City of Perth Am
boy, N. j.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Council of the City of Perth Amboy,
N. j.. in the Council Chamber at the
City Hall, Perth Amboy, N. j.. at $50
d. m, September 10th, 1912, for furnish
ing all material and constructing com
plete according to plans and specifica-
lions a pavement on Paterson street,
Perth Amboy. N. j.
Certified checks for $500 must ac-
company all bids.
A satisfactory surety bond for $1,000.
for the faithful performance of the
contract, viii be required of the sue
cessful bidder, which will be returned
when the work is accepted
Specifications may be obtained at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The Council reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids If in their Judgment
they best serve the city interest.
BY order of the Council of the City
GEORGE NJ. ADAIR.
1o463 IS lot. Street COMMISSIONS
421 OF.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
ABUSE OF THE MAILS.

Yesterday we received a copy of
one of Henry Watterson's editorials
which appeared in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, on the third term
for presidential candidates. OF
course the editorial was an attack on
Theodore Roosevelt. 1t has been re-
printed in pamphlet form and mailed
to all parts of the country as a cam
paign document.
The interesting feature in connec-
ton with this Watterson editorial Is
that, although published in the
Louisville Courier-Journal, 1t now
appears as a part Of the C~ongression-
al Record and, as such, is sent
through the mails free OF cost.
This is how it is done: Henry Wat
terson publishes the editorial in his
newspaper. His paper is read by an
admiring congressman in Washing
ton. This congressman decides the
editorial will come in handy later on.
At the next meeting Of the House the
congressman arises and states that
he has an article bearing on the SUBJ
ject of a third term for a president.
He asks unanimous consent to have
the article published in full in the
Record. 1t is a matter of courtesy
of one member toward another that
no objection shall ever be made to
such a request. The result Is the
editorial Is sent to the government
printing house to become a part OF
the record of Congress. Then the
congressman can order as many
copies struck off as he desires. These
he can mail under his franking privi-
lege to as many persons as he cares
to. Thus are the mails clogged and
the expenses of the post Office de-
partment increased. To meet this
expense it is proposed to raise the
price of postage on second class mail
matter, including all legitimate news
papers and magazines, which are the
delight of almost every home.
But Colonel Watterson's editorial
is not the only thing hal gets into
the Congressional Record that ought
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Curious Resemblance.

The attention Of the numerous Wis
itors to the Natural History museum
OF London was recently directed to
the remarkable resemblance between
the specimen OF the huge African ele-
plant and the small shrew mouse. A
distinguished naturalist suggested the
comparison and as a result 1t was
found that practically every bone,
blood vessel, muscle and nerve in the
elephant was found to be the same as
in the mouse, which Is about two
inches In length. A stuffed mouse
has recently been placed between the
forefeet Of the elephant to show the
curious Neutrality-suspicious. World.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14

Sealed proposals will be received
at the New Jersey State Home for
Boys, Jamesburg, N. j., until $50
P. M, Tuesday, October /, 1912, for
furnishing six months supplies,
groceries, tea, coffee and spices,
-four, meats and provisions, dry
goods and notions, laundry supplies,
shoes, leather and shoe findings,
clothing, hardware, lumber and
building material, paints, oils and
glass, feed and farm supplies, steam
fitting and plumbing supplies, etc.
Proposals must be made subject
to the conditions of the schedule and
specifications, which will be furnish
ed on application to the superintend-
emit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
METHODIST EPISCOPAL

SIMPSON.
High and Jefferson streets. VII
liam e. Palmer, minister, 331 High
street, adjoining church.
Public worship, 1890 and 1880.
Fellowship, $50 a. M. William
Dinke1acker, leader.
Bible school, IL M, Charles R.
Fletcher, superintendent.
Epworth League, $50 p. m. Miss
es Craze and Crowell, leaders.
Morning.
Organ Prelude-Andantino in D fiat
-Lemare
Professional
Prayer
Response-Aocept, o Lord, Thy
Peoples prayer for Christ u
dear Redeemer's Sake. ........
-Mendelssohn
Psalm, Gloria
Offertory Anthem-Jehovah's Praise
Meredith
sermon-Rev. w. E. Palmer, Phi. D.
Recessional-
Doxology--
Silent Prayer
Organ Postlude-Allegro Moderate.
-Lemmens
Evening.
Organ Prelude-Offertoire in A nat
Read
Responsible Lords Prayer
(Chanted) .......... Chandler
Psalm, Gloria
Offertory Anthem-The Lord Reign
- - +L1 ,oAth D aiNioo
Meredith
sermon-Rev. w. E. Palmer, Phi. D.
Ladies Chorus-"Now the Day Is
Over Marks
Recessional-
DoXolgy-
Silent Prayer
Organ Postlude-Postludium .....
-Lefebure-Wely
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
at 7:45.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will hold a
business meeting at the home OF
Mrs. W.. G. Healy, 80 Market street,
Thursday, September 10, at 8 T. M.
Business of Importance. Let every
member be present.
Madison avenue and Jefferson
street. G.. w. Hanson, pastor.
Classmeeting Sunday, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching, 1890 a m.
Sunday school, 2:80 p. m,~
Epworth League, 6:45 p. m.
Evening service under the JUS
pices of the A~nti-safoon League, 8
D. m. Mr.. Gerhart, of Newark, will
speak.
Official board meets Monday, 8 p.
m.
District Superintendent w. A.
Layton, DID, will preach Wednes-
day, 7:45 p. M, after which he will
hold the quarterly conference.
Epworth League will hold heir
missionary meeting Thursday, 8 p.
m. Good program.
Classmeeting Friday, 8 p. m.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Hymn Led TO MatrImony.

To that great hymn, Lead Kindly
Light" have been attributed many
strange moral and temperamental ef-
fects, but the hymns first known ex-
cursion into the realms Of romance
was crowned at Los Angeles, Cal, n
night recently, with the marriage Of
Deputy City Prosecutor William D.
Mcconnell and Miss Elizabeth Belle
Oliver, q prominent society and club
girl, was celebrated. Mcconnell and
his bride both possess excellent voices.
One Sunday after a w~hite-gloved frock-
coated Cupid disguised as an usher had
seated Mcconnell in the same pew
with Miss Oliver and her mother, the
young attorney was unable to find a
hymn book, and Miss Oliver proffered
half her hymnal. Together her clear
contralto and his powerful tenor
swelled and scared through the tri-
umphant notes of the hymn often spok-
en- of as the greatest ever written.
When the singers were introduced it
was practically all over with them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14

not to be there. Wilson's speeches
have been published in this form
and scattered broadcast throughout
the country. Other campaign ad-
dresses, of both Democrats and Re-
publicans, as well as statistics COM
piled especially for campaign pur-
poses by both parties, have been
printed as a part OF the Congression-
al Record and circulated at govern
ment expense.
This is without a doubt one of the
greatest abuses of the mails that ex-
lists. Before any attempt is made to
raise the postage on legitimate publ
cations, congress should begin at
home and stop such extravaganza. If
the ranking privileges of congress-
men were curtailed 80 as to include
only actual business of the govern
ment 1t Is safe to say the post office
deficit would disappear to a great ex-
tent and postal employees could be
paid living wages and granted some
Of the privileges that other men en-
Joy.
Golfers Weekly Is the authority
for the statement that over fifty
sacks of mail were recently received
In one week by a man living on a ur-
al free delivery route neal Wareham,
Mass. 1t was all franked by Sena-
tor Boise Penrose, Of Pennsylvania.
Senator Penrose Is chairman of the
committee on post offices and post
roads, which is in accord with the
post office department that news
paper and magazine mailing rates
should be increased to help make up
the postal deficit. We doubt If that
Massachusetts farmer found as much
genuine entertainment and informa-
ton In those fifty sacks OF mail
which the government paid the rail
roads to carry, but which carried no
postage whatever, as he finds in q
single copy Of a newspaper that he
receives every day or once a week, or
in the magazine that m each
month. Yet Penrose and his col
leagues would put the postage up on
newspapers and magazines SO that
they would practically be barred
from the mails, at the same time con-
tinuing to send the sacks full of pure
rot, free of charge. When such a
thing as this occurs Congress will
hear from the people in no mistaken
terms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
PRESBYTERIAN
FIRST.

FIRST.
Rev. James Henry Northrup, min
lister. Services 1890 a. N. and
1880 p. m.
The Rev. John H. Raven, D. D.,
of the Theological Seminary, New
Brunswick, N. j., will occupy the
pulpit morning and evening. DR..
Raven is professor of Old Testament
literature in the seminary and a
most inspiring preacher.
DR.. Ravens morning subject will
be Time and Eternity" Text
Eccles 3:11, He hath made every
thing beautiful in its time; also He
hath set eternity in their heart.
In the evening DR.. Ravens subject
will be Overcoming Evil" Text
Rom. 1921.
Music A. Nj.
Organ-Fugue ..,........ Weber
Anthem-O How Admirable are Thy
Dwellings ........... Barnby
Ofertory Anthem-Jesus, My Saw
Organ-Festal March 800. Wessler
Music p. M.
Organ-Allegretto from Fantasia in
u Flat ........... Saint Saens
Anthem-My Defense is God HUM
Contralto Solo-The Plains Of Peace
Barnby
Miss Edith Crowell.
Organ-Postlude in A ...... Forbes
Notices: $3.50 q. m, Sunday
school; 12:45, meeting of Board of
Governors Of Brotherhood; $40 p.
m, Endeavor meeting.
Wednesday TAB p. M, prayer
meeting. Subject, Joyous Service,
Sept. 20, $3.50 a. M, Sunday
school rally,
Oct. 8, Mendelssohn evening by
the choir.
Oct. 13, quarterly communion.
Oct. 10, the annual church day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
- CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL
CTIONS
BALLOTS OR
BY WILLIAM \. BAuDSt.

BALLOTS OR BULLETS?
A fuse is a good thing to have in
connection with an electrical system,
saving the inside machinery from
the harm of the current without
too heavy a current, instead of
wrecking the interior, will simply
burn out the fuse. A little more
than a century ago the long accumu-
lating current suddenly became too
great for the governmental wires to
carry. There was no lightning ar
roster, so that the French Revolu-
ton carried everything to destruc-
ton. Recourse has been had time
and again to the bullet in Europe,
because few countries protect their
governments by fuses.
Republican forms of governments
carry their fuses In the form OF the
ballot. Those in power may coerce
and Cypress up to a certain point,
beyond which there Is a sudden
short circuit, and new parties with
new policies spring into being. SO
long as 1t Is party against party, or
class against class, and not section
against section, the battle will be by
ballot and not by bullet.
This puts a great premium upon
education and leadership. The man
who has been trained, whether in
the school room or in the still great
er school of life, can both persuade
and Lead men to cast their ballots
for or against any given policy.
Thus each class of men, and each
party formed by a single class or a
combination of classes has its lead
ers and its principles and policies,
and differences are settled by ap-
peals to the ballot.
1t Is not strange, seeing 1t repre-
SCENTS so much power, hal classes In
the minority have sought to seize or
purchase the ballot. This Ia bad
politics both ways. In the first place,
while it may keep a certain party in
power, it Is only tampering with the
fuse-when the ballot does not
work, then is had to the
not the utmost folly for any man to
sell his vote for a paltry sum, when
by casting his ballot Alright he may
save himself, as we'll as every other
member of his class or party, hun
dreds of dollars?
In our country the common peo-
pie are in the vast majority, although
they possess little of the wealth and
WELD none Of the power. Why?
Because they are caioled into be-
lieving half truths, because they do
not think principles and policies to
their conclusion, because they allow
themselves to become prejudiced. A
glance at our history serves to re-
veal what classes of citizenship have
been fooled all the time, and how
occasionally we'll nigh all the people
have been fooled. But we have it
on high authority that it Is fTnpossi-
BILE to fool all the people all the
time, which same saying seems like
ly to have a speedy illustration.
Brains and ballots are far superior
to Drawn and bullet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
BAPTIST
FIRST.

Westinghouse on Fayette street,
near High. Pastor, Rev. William H.
Bawden, residing at 1873 High street.
Sunday: Brotherhood Bible Glass,
for men only, meeting in the chapel
at $50. Morning service at 1880.
with preaching by the pastor on the
theme, Enthusiasm" Sunday school
session at HAS, with classes for all,
Mr.. Letter, superintendent. Evening
service at 1880, the pastor preaching
on the theme: "The Law of Tooth
and Nail"
The week: The Wednesday even
ing meeting, for all the people, COM
mencing at s o'clock.
We mean our welcome to be cord
ial to all who meet with US. 1t is
extended with the desire that Others
should enjoy what we ourselves en-
Joy. Come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Watches found In Lake,

Interest in the robbery Of g Kirk
caldy (Scotland) jewelers. window,
which took place about a month ago.
was revived, when 1t became known
that two boys the SOM Of an official
on Raith estate, while fishing In Raith
lake, had hooked two gsntlemen's
watches from amongst the mud at the
bottom. As q number Of gold watches
were among the property stolen from
the jewelers. shop It wal supposed
this might be part Of the booty. In
formation was conveyed to the police,
who, however. state that the watches
are not those which were stolen in the
recent burglary. How tho watches
came to be in the lake IL q mystery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Htrlndbcra Not at Home.

In an appreciative article upon the
late August Strindberg, which ap-
pears In Harper's weekly, James Hun
eker describes his interview with the
Swedish writer. He travelled from
New York In the hope Of meeting him.
1t wa a chilly night in June when his
friends threw gravel at Strindberg's
window and bawled at him. Present
ly a tremendous head on q tremendous
pair Of shoulders came into view. A
volley Of words, a verbal broadside,
and the window crashed down again.
After the laughter had died away
%innooently asked what he had said
as he retired" writes this author. he
told you to go to b and never
bother him again." he vas informed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Killed by Riding Into Wire.

Avon Smith, a young lad Of Dinuba.
Colo, rode against a ~barbed-wtre
which was stretched across a road
and cut his throat from ear to ear.
Young Smith was riding In the early
twilight to the home of a neighbor,
and took a road through an open field
ono which he has travelled for sew
eral years-unaware that q wire had
been stretched across the highway
that afternoon to keep out teams.
The wire was stretched taut and at
Just q height to strike him across
the throat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
Tho Whales Soma.

Whales are rarely thought of as vo-
yet according to Miss A. ID.
Cameron In "The New North" they
really have a distinctive song Of their
own.
A certain Captain Kelly was the
first to notice that whales sing. One
Sunday, while officers from three whal-
Ing ships were "gamming' over their
afternoon walrus meat, Kelly started
up with Il hear a bowhead!" There
was much chatting about "Kelly's
band,' but Kelly weighed anchor, and
went to find the band-wagon. Every
sail followed his, with the result that
three whales were bagged.
Among bowheads, this %singsong Ia a
call that the leader Of the school, as
he forces a passage through Boring
sea, makes in order to notify those
that follow that the straits are clear
of ice.
Walruses and seals and all true NAM
mails that have lungs and live IN the
water have a bark that sounds strange
enough as it comes up from hidden
depths. Every lookout from the mast
head notices that. when n whale 10
struck, the whole school is CALLED
or stsmpeded at the very impact Of
the harpoonl they have heard the
death song.
The sound that the bowhead makes
Is like the long-drawn-out "hoo-hoo-oo-
COL" OF the hoot-ow1. A whalsr says
that the cry begins on F. and may
rise to A, B. or even Q before slipping
back to + again, He assures US that
with the humpback the tone Is much
finer, and sounds ACROSS the water like
the note from the p string OF a VIC
lin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
To the Board Of Aldermen of Perth
Amboy, N. j.
Gentlemen
We, the. undersigned, property
n along the line of the pro-
posed Improvement, do hereby petit
ton your honorable body to cause
Elm street, from Smith street to
Market street, to be paved with
asphalt blocks, curbs set, etc.
And your petitioners will ever
pray, etc.
Dated April IL, 1912.
PETER HOUBORG,
ADOLPH DRESSLER,
JOHN BARTKOWIAK,
ALEX. SEAMAN,
EMIL KOYEN,
MICHAEL TOFT,
LYMAN WEDEEN.
1O359-S-31-9-7-14 Sass
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
THE LOSS OF GALLAGHER.


The loss Of Charles H. Gallagher,
the Mercer county Democratic state
committeeman, meins the gain of
many votes for Governor Wilson. The
greatest handicap the governor has
in the present campaign Is the sup
port of such men as Gallagher, MI
gent, Smith and others Of their
stripe. OF course their support is
only in the say-so. But because they
say they are for Wilson leads many
to distrust the whole ticket. If MI
gent, Smith and the rest Of their
crowd would follow Gallagher and
get out all together, hundreds Of
honest, thinking independent citizens
would at once come under the Will
son standard.
Gallagher doubtless thought he
| was doing the governor some harm
when he published that letter re-
signing from the state committee.
| But such men as Gallagher can never
hurt the standing of Woodrow Will
son before the American people. The
| wonder has been that the same party
| could hold two such men, both play
ing prominent parts. 1t vas but nat
ural that one or the other should
be forced out, Just as Jim" MI
gent was forced out,
The New Jersey Democracy could
not contain Wilson and Nugent both
as leaders. Nugent, as we all know,
was deliberately kicked out as chair
man Of the state committee. Gala
CHER, who was Nugent's lieutenant, Is
more fortunate. He has been al
lowed to resign.
If the Democratic party could only
keep up this kind of housekeeping
it would have an excellent effect on
the election. OF course, Gala
CHER is one of the lesser lights, be-
ing little known outside of Mercer
county, but one by one, as the boss
es, whether great or small, show the1I
hatred toward the governor, the PEG,
pies confidence in him increases.
Wilson has made many votes for
himself in New York state by the re-
buff he gave Murphy and Dix at the
Syracuse fair. They are of the same
stripe as Nugent, Gallagher and 9TH
ers. There is such a thing sometimes
as having too much harmony within
a party. 1t shows healthfulness wher
the bosses with their corrupt meth
DDS begin to drop off. Their bitter
ness al retiring only impresses upor
the people the fact that they are
sincere in retiring and brings out al
the stronger the contrast between
them and real leaders of the Demo
cratic party today. 1t means that {
change has actually taken place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-14
PETITION.
NAVfuA Sc

PETITION.
Neville st. Grading.
The Honorable Mayor and [Soard of
Aldermen of the City of Perth Amboy
We, the undersigned property own
ers OF Neville street between Cornell
and Groom street, do hereby petition
your honorable body that you cause to
be established a grade on Neville street.
and that you have same worked to such
established grade, and your petitioners
will ever pray, etc.
JOHN LAFVENBERG
EMIL KOYEN
ATH KAHREE
1O4oS 20, Z, II, IA, l6. $3.50