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Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Board of FreehoIders Dis
cuss Matter at heeting In
New Brunswick.
RECOGNIZE STRENGTH
OF THE AGITATION
New Jail Also Considersd--
Both Subjects to Come Up
Again Monday.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special TO the NEWS.
New Brunswick, March 25.-Real-
izing the strength of the agitation
for a branch court house In Perth
Amboy, the Board of Freeholders at
their meeting here yesterday, dis
cussed the movement and Will prob
ably consider the matter further at
their session Monday. A discussion
also took place yesterday regarding
the agitation for a new county fail
Final decision will be taken In this
matter Monday, 1t is expected.
Freebooter Kerr, of South Amboy,
stated that thep resent Jail was mad.
equate and that a better building was
needed. The prevailing sentiment
was for a new county Jail.
Freebooter Hendricks stated that
he had been at Perth Amboy and had
spoken to Joseph q. Stricken, presi.
dent of the Board Of Trade of thai
city, in regard to a branch court
house In Perth Amboy for which
there is much agitation. Mr.. Hen,
bricks said that is was Mr.. Stricker's
opinion that the branch court coulG
be held in the city hall in Perth Am,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
BUY STONE To
REPAIR ROADS
F7aehoiders Lei Contracts to
Lowest Bidders.
to the EVENING NEWS.

Pttfff w tfC ~ tfH ~ -
New Brunswick, March 25.-Con-
tracts for the supplying of stone and
for the erection of two county
bridges were awarded by the Board
of F~reeholders at an adjourned meet
ing held yesterday afternoon in the
county record building. The con-
tracts in each case were awarded to
the lowest bidder.
The contract for the erection of
the approach to the C~heesequake
creek bridge was awarded to Con-
rad Sebolt, of this city, his bid OF
$~5,856.66 being the lowest. The
contract for the erection Of a con-
crete bridge over the south branch
Of the Railway river was awarded
to Carman and Smith, of Metuchen,
their bid Of s1,6s2 being the lowest.
Contract For Stone.
The following contracts for the
supplying of stone delivered on roads
were awarded to the contractors be-
low, their bids being the lowest:
Herman Brother, Of Roosevelt road
from Roosevelt to East Railway,
county line road, $1.25 per ton.
+. r. Upton, of Dunellen-Iselin-
Oak Tree road, $1.55 per ton; Land
ing Bridge-Mettler's Lane-NeW Mar
ket road, $3.50 per ton.
Delaware River Quarry and Con-
struction Company, of Rocky Hill
Woodbridge-Iselin road, $1.65 per
ton; Menlo Park-Iselin Union county
line road, SLIGO per ton; Livingston
avenue-Livingston Park road, $1.75;
New Brunswick-Franklin Park road.
S1.70; Monmouth Junction-Kingston
road, $1.85; Monmouth Junction
Dayton road, s1.85; Cranbury-Cran-
bury Station-Union Valley road,
$1.85; South River road, $1.65;
Highland Park-Metuchen road,
$1.75; Aqueduct-Plainsboro road,
S1.90; Metuchen-Menlo Park road,
S1.75.
To Widen Bridge.
The county engineer was author
lied to prepare plans for the widen
ing of the bridge over Browns brook
in Woodbridge. The resolution au-
thorizing the work was introduced
by Freebooter Casey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
OVER
FOOD PRODUCTS
Wilson Favors Admitting
Them Free Of Duty

Washington, March 25-Whether
food products are to be placed on
the free list in the proposed tariff
reduction bill was still unsettled to-
day. At the conference last night
between President Wilson and Rep
resentative Underwood, chairman Of
the House Ways and Means commit
tee. which marked the first of a
series OF "get together" meetings
between the President and the
House and Senate leaders on the
tariff, the President Is understood to
have come out fatty for the estab-
lishment of such a free list.
Underwood and the other House
leaders want the tax reduced, but
not abolished fatty and 1t was final
ly decided to permit the matter to
remain in allegiance pending the next
conference. While neither the Pres
ident nor the House leader would
discuss at length last nights confer
ence both were we'll pleased. None
Of the wide differences of opinion
that have been feared developed.
President Wilson's characterize
tion of the conference as "emminent-
ly satisfactory" was taken in all
quarters to mean that the Democrat
ic House leader had made 1t clear
to the President that the White
House would have the controlling
hand in tariff legislation. The Presi-
dent fatty told Underwood that he
had pledged himself before election
to reduce the high cost of living and
that in the fulfllment of this pledge
one of the first things hat must be
done was to remove the tariff on
food stuffs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
WILD ESCAPADE
ENDS IN WRECK
Two Easter Monday CeIe-
brants Smash up Wagon

AS the result of a wild escapade to
celebrate Easter Monday In which
they hired a horse and almost drove
it to death by racing about the street
then collided with a barber pole and
brutally beat the animal John Adams
was fined 500 this morning and held
under 5000 bonds for malicious mis-
chief and Mike Kardo was fined $40
and held under bonds in the same
amount for malicious mischief. Ac-
cording to Anton Jensen and Samuel
Polkowitz, the men almost killed the
horse and demolished a wagon be-
longing TO the Polkowitz brothers.
The men hired the horse and run
about from the Polkowitz livery
firm. For more than an hour was
raced up and down Kirkland Place in
front of their homes. Mr.. Jensen
saw this and suggested that they stop
injuring the animal. He saw the
horse was wet from perspiration.
They then drove out New Brunswick
avenue and returned to Smith street
by way of Prospect street. On
Smith street, ear Prospect street,
the rig was driven partially on the
sidewalk and collided with a barber
pole.
Mr.. Jensen summoned Patrolman
Tonnesen, who arrested the men.
Kardo resisted and had to be forced
into submission. Kardo claimed he
vas not with Adams when he was
racing On kirkland place. He was
fined for cruelty to animals and for
resisting arrest. Adams was fined
for cruelty to animals. They arc be-
ing held in default of payment and in
default of bonds for maliciously
breaking the Polkowitz %runabout.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
PARTIAL LIST OF DEAD.
Thirty Killed In TheaterI Fifty Meet
Death In P~ootroon.

Omaha, Neb., March 25.--The identi-
fed and known dead here and In other
cities following the tornado are as fol-
lows:
In Omaha-Wiliam Fisher, Mabel
Mcbride, Nels Larsen, &. II. Copley,
Walter Peterson, Sam Dengeler, p. b.
Harris, Mary Harris.
Six dead IN vicinity Of Thirteenth
and Ames street.
T. b. Norris, Benjamin Barnes, Mrs.
Newman, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. 10. r.
Fitzgerald.
Forty negroes In the burned ruins OF
the Idlewild hall. a poolroom.
Thirty or more men. women and chill
1ren In the Diamond Picture theater.
Jean Brooks, Henry Blauvelta, two
unidentified negroes, a. q. Stanley,
Bert FL. Fields. infant son Of Morris
Christensen, Mrs. A. p. Sawyer Mrs. j.
70. Hogg. - Ferguson. - Bach, Mr..
and Mrs. Hardy Of Cedar Creek Val
ley. reported dead; - Peck. unidenti-
fed woman at 2728 Blondon street, -
Barnes, j. d. Brooks. @. B. Weison,
Henrietta Grieb, Helen Nowns. uniden-
tiled woman, dead at Wise Memorial
hospital; Cliff Daniels, mail carrier;
Mrs. Cliff Daniels and two daughters,
Mrs. II. P. Van Devan. aged woman,
unidentified; unidentified woman; Miss
Freda Hulting, 1888 Chicago avenuei
Mrs. Davis and baby Thelma. two
years old; San Riley. forty-fve years
old; - Ho1ie, Miss Coralie Norris, Mrs.
II. Davis, 9. e. Copley, - Jimpson,
Miss Helne and sister, J. B. Nichols.
At Council Bluffs, Ia.-Mrs. William
Poole. j. II. Rice. Mrs. j. II. Rice, Mr.,
Schools, wife and baby Norgaard; Bar
jamin Bennington. Dutch Hollow.
At Ralston, Neb.-H. f. Said, unldeu.
titled man, supposed to lie Bert
Thomas; Mary Moran. Mrs. Edith Kim.
ball, twenty-nine years old, Winnipeg,
Canada; Francis Kimball, two year,
Did.
At Yutan. N~eb.-Heury scheele, A.
r. Hammond, wife and son; Herman
Starman. postmaster; Mrs. Gtlster,
Mrs. william BabcOck and daughter,
Mrs. W. II. %Steinbaugh and baby.
Other deaths are reported but not
confirmed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
FLOODS CAUSE
MUCH DAMAGE
Many Rivers Overlooking
Their Banks as a Result
of Continual Rains
MUCH DAMAGE Is DONE
Ohio Cities Nit hard as
Well as Many "
In Canada.
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
Special By United Press Wirs.

SFCNftF ~ HlttU
Cleveland, O., March 25,-Meagre
reports from all points IN Ohio in
dictate that food conditions are the
worst in years as the result of two
days steady rain fall. One fatality
is reported. Thousands are homeless
and the loss to crops will run into
hundreds of thousands.
Railroad traffic In this section is
practically p~aralyzed. Hundreds of
families have been driven from their
homes. A report from Phoenton,
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company's test station near
Dayton from the break in the Miami
was five feet deep on the level in
Daytan from the break in the Miami
levee. Three persons are known to
have drowned near Cleveland.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
20 KILLED IN
TERRA HAOTE
s.oaa Details Of sscond ICY
clone In Middle West

Special bU Uhtted PfeSS VITO.
Terra Haute, Ind, March 25.-
That the tornado killed twenty per
sons, injured over 200 and wiped out
all trace Of five persons was the tally
thirty-six hours aftetr the storm.
Relief Committees are doing their
utmost to feed, clothe and restart in
life workingmen and their families.
Mayor Gerhardt issued a threat to
punish any store keeper found charg-
Ing exorbitant prices for food. The
homeless are housed in the public
schools. Furniture will be bought
with public funds and will be pre-
sented to the destitute families who
cannit replace their ruined belong
ings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Rev. A, T., Dorf to Lecture,

Rev. A. T. Dorf, pastor of st.
Stephens Danish Lutheran church,
will lecture at the church Thursday
night at 5 o'clock On the subject OF
"Why We have Young Peoples So
cieties in Our Churches" The lee
ture is being held under the auspices
of the Young Peoples Society of the
church and members and their
friends are expected to be out in
force.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
The Damage in Iowa.

SpecinI bV United Press WIG.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 25.-
Slightly improved wire conditions to-
day brought news of the storm-swept
centers indicated twenty-nine were
killed in Iowa and many injured.
Property loss Will reach upwards Of
81, 900, 600.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Grand River Overfows.

Sp.ctdT VI UhETed FTS55 VITO.
Calf, Ont, March 25:-For the
third time this season the Grand
river today overlooked its banks.
Several plants were forced to shut
down owing to the water having
crippled their mechanical equip
ments. Never before have riverside
manufacturers suffered so much loss
from high water as this time and 1t
is possible that further damage will
be done before the river finally sub
sides. Similar conditions are report
ed from Berlin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
both SIDES CONFER ON
REFORM MEASURE
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Trenton, March 25.-The minority
members of the senate met In caucus
today. The gathering assumed the
form OF an Indignant meeting the
Republicans going on record a. being
emphatically opposed to the Demo-
cratic buffeting of the jury reform
measures and deciding to stand by
the Read Jury commission bill. The
Democratic senators also held a con-
ference during the morning In which
they decided to stand by the Davis
jury bill in its original form. 1t was
also decided by the Democrats not
to make any material changes In the
civil service system of the state as
has been suggested.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Many Factories Closed.
bsJ UnIted Dreas Wiya

Guelth, Ont, March 25:-Factory
after factory along the bank of the
river Speed was put out Of business
today by the flood hat has been
rising since early yesterday morning.
Immense damage has been done to
property and many persons are
homeless or have been thrown out of
employment. Water is pouring in
streams through the carpet mills
and overlooking into the Canada
Textile Company's plant. Incessant
rains for a week and a terrific down
pour during the past two days have
brought on the flood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Flood at Dayton, o.

Special bV United Press WIG.
Dayton, O., March 25-Thousands
Of persons are homeless here and
vicinity and forced to take shelter In
tents and public buildings. The big
Miami river levee has broken in
three places. Scores of factories are
closed. Riverdale and North Day
ton are almost entirely under water,
while the downtown streets are mum
dated.
All night long couriers were sent
through the streets warning people
of the weakness of the levee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Michigan In Grip of Blizzard.

Special By United Press Wfro.
Detroit, Mich, March 25.-With
unabating fury the storm ragged over
Michigan blowing a sixty mile biz
card in the upper peninsular, while
Lower Michigan vas In the grip of a
sleet storm. Nearly all wires to state
points are down. All streams into
the state are swollen and washouts
are numerous.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
WILL GET THOUSANDS
OF S|CNERS FOR THE
BRANCH COURT HOUSE
LAWYERS Have Placed Names on Pc
tition Which Will Now be CirCuIa-
ted Among Business Men.
SEE THAT IT BEARS YOUR NAME

COPY OF PETITION TO BOARD OF FREEHOLDEIS.
To the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Gentlemeni
We, the undersigned citizens of the city of Perth Amboy and
vicinity do hereby petition your honorable body to acquire land and
erect and fit u a branch county court house for Middlesex county
In the city of Perth Amboy, under and by virtue of an act of the
legislature Of the State of New Jersey, entitled IAN act to enable
counties of the second class in this state to acquire additional
buildings to be used by the courts of such counties" approved 1913.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
District Court Judgment.

BY a decision handed down by
Judge John w. Beekman in the dis
trict court this morning the New
Jersey Dairy Products Company was
given a judgment for $32.26 against
George Haffner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Hlinois Town Hit.

Spec5NT BV THFTed fTs65 WIZ.
Anna, Ill, March 25:-Fifteen
persons were reported killed at Ma
kanba, Ill, north of here, in a
cyclone which swept the village last
night. A fast freight train OF the
Illinois Central was blown from the
tracks and twenty-five cars went into
a ditch. Two of the train crew were
injured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

LOST-Between Kearny avenue and
Maple street, an Elk tooth watch
charm. Monogram ]. T. 8. Lodge No.
784, B. P. o. E., No. 224. Liberal
Reward. Return to 1872 Kearny ave
nue., 1e431-3-25-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Girls Wanted

To learn sewing on machines. Also
experienced hands. Good wages. Ap-
ply 1880 to 6 p. m. Amboy Waist and
Dress Co., 1858 Prospect st., near
Market.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

Perth Amboy Camp Modern Wood
men Of America have secured Forest
er hall In State street, for its head
quarters. They will meet in that
place the first Thursday in each
month and first meeting of the camp
will be held there next Thursday,
Apri1 z
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
PRISON TERM
FOR HART|CAN
Special By United Press Wire.

New York. March 25:-Refusing
to the last to turn '~'squeeler" Police
John j. Hartigan was convicted in
connection with the police graft In
vestigation of perjury and today
given a state prison sentence Of from
two years and six months to three
years and six months.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Pennsylvania Towns Flooded.
FnerfoJ hr Unftfn Draa8 pfYR.

Newcastle, Pa, March 25.-The
Neshanoct river which Ia usually
about five feet deep broke lose to-
day and flooded the business section
the water has now reached three and
a half fet with no signs or receding.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Noted EngIishman Is Dead.

Special By United Press Wire.
London, March 25.-Field Mar
shall Viscount Wolseley, British sol.
der and writer, died here today
aged seventy-nine years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

THREE NICE OFFICES to let in
modern off e building; rental s. per
month each. Inquire e Alpern & Co.,
1913 Smith st. 15911-3-11-tf*
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
TALES OF SURVIVORS.

Whole Families Die Together as Houses
Are Blown Away.
Omaha. Neb., March 25.-Many shock
ing experiences md some remarkable
CONTINUED on page 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

sALESLADIES for millinery, good
salary and all year round work.
The N. Y. Millinery Shop, Perth Am
boy, N. J. 16A2a-3-2h-lts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Trains Crash Through Bridges.

Special BY United Press Wtrs.
Columbus, O., March 25:-Two
trains went through bridges In Ohio
today and it is feared that there has
been a loss of life. At West Liberty
near Be%llefontaine, a w~estbound
Pennsylvania express train went
through a bridge and plunged into
the river. All passengers in the
Pullman were thrown into the
water, but the river not being deep
all escaped. A wrecking train crash
ed through q bridge near Urbana.
The train carried a crew of twenty
and six are reported missing. 1t is
reported that Mayor d. V. Leas and
twenty citizens were drowned at
Delaware, where the Scioto river
overlooked. Communication with
Delaware is cut off.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

MACHINIST WANTED-APPLY AT
BARRIER ASPHALT PAVING CO.,
MAUREH, N. j..
16236-3-19-6t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
Swoo,en Rivers in Indiana.

Sreci0l on United Press Wire.
G1diapapolis, Ind March 26%'The
worst general food in Indiana's re-
cent history was raging in a score
of cities today. Fourt persons have
been drown and thousands are home
less. Bridges have been swept away
by the score, and railroads arc in
ter-urban traffic is seriously inter-
rupted. Several cities lighting
plants are threatened.
Wabash River Rising.
Special by United Press WIZ.
Terra Haute, Ind, March 25:-
The Wabash river here Is rising at
the rate of six inches an hour. Two
thousand persons have been driven
from their homes. At Kokomo eight
feet of water is rushing through the
streets in the river districts. The
loss will run into hundreds of thou
sands.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

E. H. Romond, of the grocery
firm Of Hilsdorf & Romond, In High
street, says that a branch court here
would benefit the whole city, and
especially those who are subpoenaed
to New Brunswick to do jury duty.
He believes this is an extravagant
waste of time which should be I'M
mediately remedied by the establish
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25

WEATHER-Rain to-
& and tomor-
row. Probably cold
er. High southerIy
winds.
The Washington times., 1913-10-24
STREET CAR CONDITIONS IN NORTH
EAST WASHINGTON.

The Times has shown how a street car passenger,
while riding twelve miles for fare in other parts
of the city, may be taxed four fares for riding less
than one and one half miles in the northeast.
Cutting northeast Washington diagonally from
southwest where it touches the Capitol to northeast
where it approaches the White House Station is
Maryland avenue. This is the Pennsylvania avenue
of the northeast and the great thoroughfare between
Washington and Baltimore.
Along this splendid Appan Way, during sixteen
to eighteen hours of the tweny-four, spin automo-
biles and vehicles of all kinds except street cars.
At or near the White House Station converge
Maryland avenue and the Bladensburg road, Fif-
teenth and H streets, the great Baltimore and An
napolis nterurban and the BladensBurg and street
trolley lines
Should wayfarer on any one of these highways,
or resident in this old and growing section, presume
to 60 from this focal point to the Nations Capitol
the Congressional Library, or the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. territory to the west, what does he find?
Co He may ride almost double the Maryland avenue
distance two street lines, and pay two fares
(2) He NAY take private conveyance; or
(3l He may walk-and the walking, for this mile or
So difficult of the territory named that many
those residents in the White House station district
habitually go by the second third Of the above
methods.
What the traffic demands is a line connecting the
White House station via Maryland avenue with Penn
sylvana avenue near the Capitol. While waiting for
this any of the following may easily and nexpen
sively he done:
Q) The Thirteenth and D street line or the Eighth
and street lne may be extended few blocks to the
White House station.
(S) The Florida avenue line may be carried to the
White House station and thence along Tennessee
nue. North Carolina avenue, and Eighth street to Penu
sylvania avenue
In each case free transfers should enable the pas
senger to reach the Capitol, Library, and Pennsyl-
vania avenue district beyond at the cost of but a
single fare.
The present situation is preposterous and the
remedy obvious. How long must the people wait?
The Northeast Citizens Association at its last
meeting unanimously petitioned the Public Utilities
Commission to meet this case 1t is now up to them.
The Washington times., 1913-10-24
Twenty Gems
OF American HumoI
Famous Selections Fson. tie Works Of o., Coon
tvs foremost Lsuahmake,s

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nshD ~ho urn tn. signal to me to the rescue with his
One evening Mrs had retired and was busy writing when struck
the kitchen but well with buckets certainly pic
out First had open So.sd door that lets into the hall
that our girl always the key bed with her and slept with
into the dining As is the found
wss aar So ns do
the well but S gave We that up on account $ @ its flavor ] Then % opened the close.
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lamp until supposed within of the
suddenly of the
the point The truth is had the distance the descent
instead of falling foot had fallen five My " impulse to ascend
found tmpahcable Then
ho'ted window and
laid my cheek against the and looked out at the sk
chiiOn Then made a
heard VOICE. and was Mrs sparrowgra,s calling to me f h ton
how" and sron and bark bark so a, TO % n, my % VOICE NV which Dnve
recognize
with bulterr
the Kitchen with his cursed savage dogs and shooting Iron and d @
him