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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08


demand for cotton is anticipated in the
Lancashire district, which is the larg-
est consumer of cotton in the world,
Germany and Austria both buy large
quantities of American cotton, but
there is little likelihood of our being
able to do much trade with those coun-
tries.
Cotton is not generally construed to
be contra5and Of war, but if it is on
board a ship containing contraband
goods, it is subject to seizure as a
prize of war
The general advice being given to
Southern farmers is to hold their cot
ton, but three-fourths of them are I'M
able to do this, owing to the neces-
sity for paying Indebtedness incurred
to merchants bankers and others
since the last crop
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-08
Invigorating to the Pale and sickly

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC drives out
Malaria. enriehes the blood and builds up the avs.
TEN. A true tonic. For adults and children. SEC
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
F FA|N|LY DRIVEN
OUT BY FLAMES
Were in Beds When Fire Start
ed; $500 Damage.

The family of Martin Gurske, OF
592 Charles street, were driven from
their beds about $3.50 O'Clock this
morning by fire that gutted the six
rooms of the one-story building and
caused an estimated damage amount
ing to $500, covered by insurance.
The structure was owned by Mr.
Gurske. Because of the mediocre
hose reel used by the Mcclellan
Engine Company considerable ad-
vantage was gained by the flames,
which for a time threatened the total
destruction of the house.
The Mcclellan men attached q
hose to the first plug they came to
in the vicinity of the fire, but after
all the lengths had been unwound
from the reel there was still a space
of one hundred or more feet to the
scene of the flames. The hose had
to then be disconnected from the
plug in Hall avenue and reattached
to a nearer plug. This consumed
valuable time. during which the fire
was fought by chemicals, and the
flames spread rapidly.
Mr. Gurske was asleep in one OF
the front rooms OF the little build
ing when he smelled smoke issuing
from the hallway. He Investigated
and found the hall clouded with
smoke. He awoke his four children
and his wife, and as he ran to turn
In the fire alarm from box Sc at Hall
avenue and Charles street, the family
escaped from the burning building in
their night attire.
The flames ate away the partition
between the hallway and the bed
room. caught fire to the bed and
spread from one room to another
until all six rooms had been gutted.
Fire Chief O'Hara and Assistants
Tooker and Woitscheck directed the
firemen, and had a hole cut in the
roof from which the flames were
fought. 1t required about an hour
to extinguish the flames.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
MOTOR VEHICLE
LANSENF F0RCED
Fine Autoist SIS for Causing
Excessive Smoke.

Traffic Officer Tonnesen made the
first arrest here yesterday for viola
ton OF Section Z, of the motor We
h1cle laws. He arrested Oscar
Schoenerstert, of 1872 Brighton ave-
nue., for causing an excessive amount
Of smoke to arise from the machine
which he was driving. The chauf-
feur was driving the car slowly down
Smith street, with big volumes of
black smoke In It's wake. The officer
nabbed him at State and Smith
streets. When arraigned before Re-
corder Pickersgill this morning the
man was fined IS, and sentence sus-
pended, with the provision that on
being arrested the second time on
the same charge he Will have to paw
$40.
The state law concerning such
smoke nuisance is an amendment
enacted by the legislature of 1912,
and reads in part, Every motor ve-
hicle shall have and every driver OF
such motor vehicle shall use devices
to prevent excessive noise, annoying
smoke and the escape of gases and
steam as we'll as the falling out OF
.embers or residue from the fuel. !"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
REV. CORR SENT
!. 7 D HOPE We IL
Bishop MCFaul Appoints AS
SiStant Rector at
St. Mary'S.
TO TAKE CHARGE TUESDAY
Has Been at Local Parish for
Last 8 Years; Had Host
of Friends.

Bishop McFaul today appointed
Rev. Peter B. Corr, assistant rector
of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church
In this city, pastor of st. Alphonsus
church at Hopewell, a town of about
1000 inhabitants. Though Rev
Corr was expecting such an an
nouncement from the bishop, he ac-
knowledged to a NEWS man this af-
ternoon that it grieved him to think
of leaving Perth Amboy. Rev. Corr
will take charge of the st. Alphon-
sus parish next Tuesday.
Among other changes announced
by Bishop McFaul is the transference
of Rev. Joseph Ryan, of Bernards-
Vile, formerly assistant pastor of st.
Mary's church here, to the rectorship
of st. Mary's church at Millville
Rev. Ryan was assistant pastor for
three years, being transferred from
this parish sixteen years ago. Other
appointments announced were as fol-
lows: Rev. Edward G. Mannion, of
Hopewell, to Pennington; Rev
Thomas Kearns, of Pennington, 70
Highlands; Rev. Joseph A. Rigney, of
Highlands, to Bernardsville, to sue
ceed Rev. Ryan.
Rev. Corr, who has been assistant
rector to Monsignor B. T. O'Connell
here for the past eight years, is most
popular among his parishioners, who
will be as grieved as Father Corr
himself to hear that the bishop has
decreed that he shall be transferred.
His popularity among the members
Of the church was shown last sum
mer when he made a trip to his ma
tive home at Cavan. Ireland His
parishioners gave him a departing
bon voyage reception and presented
him with a purse amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars.
Rev Corr immigrated to this coun-
try in 1901, coming to Seton hall
College at South Orange, where he
studied for two years. He then
spent three years at ST. Mary's Sem
mary at Baltimore, and was ordained
June 90, 1908, by Cardinal Gibbons.
He became assistant pastor here
June %, of the same year.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
MISS N 'CORM|CK
HURT IN CRASH
Central Ferry Boat Rams Slip
Pier Yesterday.

Among the fifteen passengers
injured on the ferryboat Lakewood
Of the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey, that rammed the slip pier at the
Communipaw terminal at Jersey City
yesterday afternoon, was Miss
Madeleine M. Mccormick, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. McCor.
mick, of 229 High street. Miss Nc
Cormick was knocked against the
side of the ferryboat and received
bruises Besides the shock and the
excitement following the collision,
which nearly created panic on
board, Miss Mccormick was not
otherwise injured. The boat was 60
ing at full speed, and out Of control
rammed the slips pier repeatedly.
The engines were gotten under con-
troll within one-half hour, when the
boat entered the slip properly, and
the injured were removed to the
waiting room. Miss Mccormick was
attended on her arrival at home by
DR.. William H. Mccormick, Jr., and
is today entirely recovered.
She was on her way from an
academy in Brooklyn, where she is
studying music. Today she was able
to return to the institution and re-
sumo her studies. The collision was
caused by the wedging of a lever
used to reduce the speed and reverse
, the engines of the ferryboat.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
HOLD HE|RESS IN
STRANGE CASE
Either Suicide or Attempted
Murder, Police Say.
special By United Press Wire.

New York, April 8.-Mystery in
volvtng a reputed heiress who was
captured with pistol in her stock
ing, after what was either an attempt
at suicide or an attempted murder,
puzzled the Brooklyn police today.
The woman in the case said she Is
Eleanor Dickerson, daughter of q
wealthy lawyer, of Port Jefferson, l..
l., and an heiress in her own right
as well. The man Ruel Torrey, fifty
two years old, is dying at the Holy
Family hospital. Torrey was shot in
rooming house where he lived
with the woman as his wife. When
the shot was heard the proprietor of
the house forced open the door of
Iorrey's s room and encountered the
alleged Miss Dickerson fully dressed.
Mr.. Torrey has had hemor-
rhage and l broke bottle" it is
alleged the Dickerson woman said.
I'm now going for a DOCTOR The
housekeeper followed the woman and
caused her arrest on the street after
a struggle. At the hospital the al
legged Miss Dickerson was brought
before Torrey. He denied she shot
him and declared he tried suicide.
The woman was held for carrying the
pistol.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08

The making of the measure into q
statute will allow the harbor board to
continue its comprehensive plan for
developing the waterfront of the city,
by allowing Perth Amboy to get pos
session of the riparian rights to its
street ends and other property at
nominal costs. Th5 average standard
price for such riparian rights has
been $40 per lineal foot, the price
the city paid in securing the riparian
grant to the foot of Washington
street, the proposed terminal of the
new ferry. The harbor commissions
ers, looking for the cheapest way to
get possession of the city's water
front, had the above bill drawn up
by City Attorney Hommann, and It
was introduced shortly thereafter by
Assemblyman Quinn Under the law
which the bill will create, the har-
bor commissioners believe that the
city may secure riparian rights to
most of its waterfront property, at
not more than a few dollars a foot.
The harbor board is composed of the
following: Richard A. Bolger, Peter
c. Olsen, John G. Dbnehue and Abel
Hansen
By committee substituting for
bill No. 1863, the recently created
New Jersey Harbor Commission will
have the powers formerly vested in
the New Jersey Ship Canal Commis-
sion and the Riparian Commissions.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
RIPARIAN BILL THAT
PASSED IN SENATE IS
AID To WATERFRONT
Measure Giving City Right to Purchase Street Ends at Nominal
Cost Passes in Senate Without Dissenting Vote; Following
Victory In Assembly Bill Now Ready for Governor TO
Sgn-GOOd Work Of HaTbOr Board and Legislators.
SENATE FLOODED WITH MEASURES, BUT BILL GETS ACTION

Through the assiduous efforts of
Senator William E. Ramsay and
President Richard A. Bolger, of the
local harbor board, the riparian
rights, House No. $50, drafted by the
city attorney at the instigation Of
the board, passed the senate without
dissenting vote. Assemblyman Ar
thur A. Quinn introduced the meas
ure in the assembly some time ago,
and succeeded In getting quick, fa-
vorable action on same. 1t Is now
only lacking the signature of the gov
ernor before the measure is made
into statute. Senator Ramsay and
Mr.. Bolger worked hard at the state
house both Monday night and yester-
day in gaining immediate support for
the bill, as they knew if its passage
should lapse few days it would
probably be one of the many meas
ures that will be left not acted on
when the legislature ad1ourns sine
die, probably tomorrow.
Required Strenuous Efforts.
1t required strenuous effort and all
the influence at the command of Sen
ator Ramsay to have the measure
called before the senate for its third
and final reading ana the subsequent
vote yesterday afternoon, as all the
avenues of legislation are almost
choaked with pending legislation on
the eve of adjournment.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
STREET
CLEANING HERE
Aldermen Are to Purchase
White Wing Apparatus.

1t Is proposed to have five men
work in white wing fashion as in
large cities to clean the principal
business thoroughfares of the city.
They will be equipped with two
wheeled pushcarts and cans and will
wear regulation white uniforms and
probably street-cleaning badge.
This is the decision of members of
the Board of Aldermen and prepara-
tions are now under way to purchase
the necessary apparatus as was
authorized at the council meeting
Monday night.
There will be five carts, one for
each man, and total of forty cans,
Of which there will be eight to a cart.
The apparatus will be of the latest
type, such as is used in the metropo-
lis and other large cities. They will
be used in the principal business
sections of Smith and State streets,
and probably New Brunswick avenue.
Each man will be detailed to patrol
q certain section and 1t will be his
duty to keep that clean throughout
the day. In the estimation of Chair
man John j. Clark, of the street COM
mittee, this would lessen the neces-
sity of sprinkling, would be healthier
than under the present method and
would be boon to merchants, pedes-
trians and drivers.
According to the proposed plan OF
street department officials, combina-
ton sprinkling and sweeping appar-
atus VIII be used once over the
business streets early each morning,
and the white wings will keep their
sections Of the thoroughfares clean
after that. In thaS way it is propos-
ed to eliminate dust and dirt gener-
ally from the street pavements. The
men thus employed will not be old
ones, who would be in danger of
being hurt by vehicles, but will be
active and alert, according to Mr..
Clark. 1t is his contention that they
should purchase their own uniforms,
which he believes will not cost more
than $3.50 each.
A total of three combination street
sprinklers and -sweepers of the Hvass
type will be put In use. One is now
in service and two others will be
put in use. One is now In service
and two others will be purchased at
q cost not to exceed $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08

Lowest Did Not Meet Specifi-
cations as Mapped Out.

All bids received by the Board of
Water Commissioners at their regu-
lar meeting last Wednesday nigh
were recalled at an adjourned meet
ing last night, and City Engineer
Mason instructed to readvertise i'm
mediately for estimates for supplying
the 80x40 foot steel standpipe to be
located in the northwestern section
of the city.
The bids were recalled because
the lowest of them did not meet the
specifications mapped out by the en-
gineer. The lowest bidder did not
agree to follow the boards specifiea-
tions In installing the standpipe, and
the next to the lowest bidder wanted
seventy-five working days to COM
plete the job, which the board de-
sires finished in fifty days.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
.QU|NN HAS ROW
WITH NJ 'DERMOTT
Bad Blood Existing Between
Him and Hudson Man
Breaks Out Afresh.
AMENDMENT OF LABOR BILL
Measure Finally ReConsidered
and Passed, After
Personalities.
Special to the EvENING NEWS

SptcfUt 10 fNG n ENIA O " w >.
Trenton, April S.-The bad blood
which has existed two or three weeks
between Assemblyman Quinn of Mid
dlesex county, who Is president of the
State Federation of Labor, and AS.
semblyman McDermott, of Hudson
county, broke out afresh In the as
sembly today over the move of Mr.
Quinn to attend the committee sub
stitute for House bill No. 675, one OF
Mr.. McDermott's labor measures
Charges and counter charges passed
between the two and they almost
came to blows before Mr.. Quinn f.
nally got the bill reconsidered, his
amendment adopted and the bill re-
passed.
This interchange of bitter person
alities followed a lively row which
the two had in one of the committee
rooms a night or two ago. The com
mittee substitute provided that the
Board of Labor should be empow.
cred to supervise labor conditions
in the mines of the state and prohib.
tied the employment of children un.
der sixteen years of age or women
in mines, quarries or tunnels In
this form the measure was passed
yesterday.
Assemblyman Quinn today had the
bill reconsidered and offered an
amendment that the words Commits
sioner of Labor" be substituted for
Board of Labor The MiddleseH
assemblyman claimed that the new
board of labor had not yet been Gre
ated as proposed by the economy and
efficiency commission and If the
measure be passed as it stood, II
would be meaningless and ineffective
After hot skirmish the amendment
was adopted by the vote thirty
three to sixteen and then the amend
ed bill went through by the vote Of
forty-eight to none. Mr.. McDermott
proposed the amendment and was
supported by Mr.. Bredenbek of Hud
son.
Mr.. McDermott openly charged Mr.
Quinn with the betrayal of organized
labu' in the state. Assem- blymar
Quinn replied with d declaration tha
McDermott had plainly showed hi
insincerity by refusing to accept thil
amendment when no assurance coult
be given that the board of labor
would be established. Mr.. Richards
the Republican leader, supported Mr.
Quinn.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
REFUGEE TRAIN
REACHES JUAREz
600 Spaniards Aboard, in Pitt
fuI Condition, it is Said.
Special by United Press Wire.


Juarez, April S:-A long refugee
train, made up of five passenger
coaches, baggage car, eight box cars
and caboose, carrying 612 Spanish
refugees and 169 federal prisoners,
pulled into Juarez at 2:32 this morn
ing. The doors of the cars were
locked and no passengers were per-
mltted to leave the train until after
daylight.
The condition of the passengers,
many of whom have been on the
train for forty-eight hours, was pitia-
Bile. No chance had been given to
leave the train since they left Tor
reon at midnight Monday. Four
passengers died on the way. A great
many were sick.
Ell Paso, many Of whom are exiled
from Chihuahua, were on the inter-
national bridge to greet their brother
exiles when they arrived at Ell Paso
and give them aid.
Business men of Ell Paso held q
meeting at which funds were raised
to aid the unfortunates.
According to official advices re-
ceived at rebel headquarters here to-
day the rebel forces, commanded by
General Caballero, succeeded in cap
turing a portion of, the city of Tampt-
co Tuesday morning and at the time
of the receiving of the dispatch seri-
Gus fighting was in progress. An
attack on Tampico proper followed
the twelve-hour battle on Monday
which resulted in the capture by the
rebels of two important outposts
which command the approach to the
ctty
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
USE AER0PL
LOCATING SHIP
Special by Omitted Press Wire.

special bU United Press WfT0.
Marblehead, Mass, April 8:-An
aeroplane was used today for the
first time for the purpose of locat-
ing a ship in distress. Whistles of
distress in the fog, coming from the
steel steamer Coastwise, which was
drifting with disabled engines, off
Salem Harbor, aided Clifford Web
ster, aviator, accompanied by w. S.
Burgess, to locate the ship after
searching for forty-fve minutes.
The Marblehead life saving launch
trailed the air craft and reached
the drifting vessel, aided in repair
ing the machinery and left the big
steel steamer continuing on its
journey southwark.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08

In their windows, thinking 1t an
"eggceedingly" clever way to keep
the attention of the public on their
displays at this time of the year.
All these eggs. both imitation and
bona flde, are being offered at what
the storekeepers claim "eggstraord-
mary bargains, and are finding
ready purchasers.
The hens seem to have entered
into the spirit of the occasion in
an "eggceedingly" gratifying man
ner, large number of eggs being
on the market, at prices ranging
from twenty-five cents, few "egg-
ceptions' being quoted as high as
forty cents per dozen.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
GROUND To death
/. At PORT READING
Raymond G. Hopkins Killed by
Freight Engine.

Failing in front of the engine of a
coal train on the Philadelphia e
Reading railroad about s o'clock this
morning, Raymond G. Hopkins, up
until a month ago a farmer in South
Jersey, was cut in two at the waist
by the wheels of the locomotive.
Hopkins was a brakeman on
train that was returning from the
coal docks and was walking beside
the moving cars, awaiting to board
one of the rear coal conveyors. An
other train approached from the
opposite direction on the next track,
and, it is believed, as he tried to
avoid the oncoming engine he crowd
ed too close to his own train and was
struck by car and thrown on the
eastbound track. He evidently Was
thrown across the north rail, his
head clearing the rail and his back
falling across it. He was unable to
rise and in the murky Dawn no one
saw him. The engine wheels pass
ed over his body at the waist, as did
one or two succeeding cars. He was
found under the tracks by w. H.
Houser, of Woodbridge, a fellow
brakeman, and the train, which was
not moving rapidly, tagged.
DR.. Hoagland, of Woodbridge, was
summoned, but found the man had
died instantly, and Coroner James
j. Flynn was notified The remains
were brought to the coroner's
morgue about an hour aftes the
accident.
Hopkins was married and leaves a
wife and one or two small children.
He was about thirty-three years old.
He had only been brakeman on the
Philadelphia & Reading for about q
month. Until April 1 he lived at
Roosevelt, but is said to have moved
his family to Elizabeth after that
date Coroner Flynn will try to
locate them there.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
EGGCELLENT EGGS COST
p CENTS; CITY DECKED
OUT IN EASTER FASHION

With the approach of Easter the
Perth Amboy stores have taken on
singularly gay appearance and
everyone you meet seems to be In
an "eggcellent" frame of mind
the groceryman, the confectioner,
the kiddies, and even the chickens.
Grocery stores and candy stores all
along Smith and State streets have
amazing window displays of eggs
strictly fresh eggs, antiquated eggs,
chocolate eggs, decorated eggs, eggs
direct from the farm and eggs
straight from the cold storage
houses. And to top it off, some Of
the hardware stores and the five
and tens" have placed china eggs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
Correspondents in Danger.

Spectdl oU Untted f'feSS WTo
Mexico City, April Sowing to
the insistence of General Huerta that
Torreon has not fallen, correspon-
dents for newspapers here were in
grave danger of arrest or even more
serious treatment at the hands of
the federal government, as result of
dispatches which have been sent to
the United States. The situation is
extremely grave for many of the
newspaper men. Bankers and busi-
ness men have Joined in concerted
movement to withhold all facts re-
garding Torreon, until they have un-
loaded doubtful, securities that are
generally prepared for the confu
sion that they believe may follow.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
City Electricians Report.

There were nine fire alarm calls
and 4.060 calls sent in over the
police lines during March just passed,
according to the monthly report of
City Electrician Jay B. FRANKIE. He
issued a. total of forty permits for
electrical work and three for rough
wiring. Nineteen final certificates
were issued and 5000 was collected
in fees.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-08
Present Labor Resolutions.

Trenton, April 8.-President Slo-
cum presented to the senate yester-
day large batch of resolutions sent
him by labor organizations approving
the work of Commissioner Bryant of
the department OF labor, who was re-
Gently attacked by Assemblyman Nc
Dermott, as a member Of the econ
omy and Efficiency commission.