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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
GERMANS FEEL
THEY ARE ON EVE
OF BIG VICTORY

BY Karl H. Won Wiegland, on the
firing line near Wirballan, Russian
Poland, Oct. s, via The Hague In
London-At sundown tonight, after
four days of constant fighting, the
German army holds the strategic
and strongly entrenched position
east of Warballan. AS | write this
in the glare of a screened auto head
light, several yards back of the Ger
man trenches, | can catch an occa-
sional high note of soldier chorus
For four days the singers have lain
cramped in those muddy bitches,
unable to move or stretch, except
under cover of darkness, and still
they sing. They believe they are on
the eve of great victory. / reached
the battle of Wirballan shortly be-
fore daylight, armed with a pass
issued by the general staff and &C
companied by three officers assigned
to "chaperon" me and furnish tech
nical information. We had Travelled
three days by automobile and were
within three miles of the right wing
of the German position when the ma
chine broke down and we went ahead
on foot.
IConfipuen IN paoo 2o
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10

Babcock- Wilcox boilers, may prove
especially interesting to the men.
The pipes have not yet been covered,
but this work will be started next
week through the Robert Keasbey
Company, of New York. Mr.. Keasbey,
who is very much interested in Perth
Amboy and the Y M. G. A. move
ment, will donate a large portion OF
the labor and covering, his willing
spirit being appreciated by the as
sociation officials.
At night the building will be light
ed from top to bottom and will thus
make an impressive appearance from
the exterior as well as inside.
Two hundred and forty-one dol
lars and seventy cents was the
amount turned in to Secretary Lips
comb yesterday, and all of this has
been secured by the active team G,
of which j. X. Bryan Is chairman.
$231.70 of this amount was raised
through the benefit performances at
the Ditmas theatre, and the remain
ing amount through new sub
scription. The balance against Mr..
Bryan's team Is now being decreased
rapidly and other teams are catching
the same spirit and moving forward
In the work. Besides this cash that
has been turned in, team c has Sc
cured the following new pledges:
Frank Pond, SIS; Arne Arneson, $5;
Louis P Booz, Jr. $40; Thomas
Brown, $25; J. Kudrick, s5. Other
new subscriptions are also being re-
ceived. The executive committee
has secured $5; team of which Mr.
Griswold is captain, has received s5
from S. Dimond: team X, of which
Harry Comings is captain, has been
pledged SIS by Mrs. Jennie Hadden,
and team c, headed by M. S. Darrow,
has secured 50 subscriptions from G.
L. Alensis, and DR.. P. Schneelberger
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
JAMES FACES PLANK AS TEAMS
LINEUP FOR SECOND GAME Of
BIG SERIES; FAN SHOT BY COP
MONSTER RALLY
Of HOLY NAME
At ST. MARY S

Under the auspices of the Holy
Name Society, solemn vespers will
be sung at st. Mary's church Sun
day afternoon at O'Clock. Mem
bers of the junior and senior socie-
ties will attend in a body, marching
from st. Mary's hall to the church.
An excellent musical program has
been arranged and the sermon will
be preached by the spiritual director,
Father McKeever.
Right Rev. Mgr. O'Connell has re-
turned in good health and spirits
from his vacation and will be pres
ent at the services.
The second Sunday in October is
Holy Name Day. 1t was celebrated
last year by monster parade. Thou
sands of visitors came to town, pa
raded over half dozen miles Of
the finest street payements In New
Jersey and returned to their homes
with pleasant and lasting impress
sion Of Perth Amboy's wonderful
advantages as a great and growing
city
to every one who wishes to attend.
eSpeT SERVICES as IOllOWB,
Prelude-Organ.
Hymn-"Onward Christian Soldiers"
Congregation.
Vespers- Stearns
Choir.
Veni Creator ......... Peters
Choir.
Sermon-Rev. James J. McKeever.
Baritone Solo-Ave Maria .Du Bots
Mr.. John j. Quinn.
'Salutarls- .......... Wiegand
Choir.
Tantum Ergo ............ Bossi
Choir.
Hymn-"Holy God We Praise Thy
Name" Congregation.
Postlude-Organ.
Sopranos, Mrs. James H. White,
Mrs. Thomas Christopher, Miss
Louise Senior, Miss Florence Don
egan.
Altos, Mrs. Mary McConville, Miss
Loretta Kelly, Miss Genevieve
Brennan, Miss Elizabeth Blume,
Miss Sylvia Leon.
Tenor, Maurice Shean.
Organist, George M. Vause.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
FEW FORTS HOLD OUT.
Especial by United Press Wire.)

Especial by United Press Wire)
BERLIN, via wireless to London, Oct 1O-Complete oc
cupation of the city of Antwerp by German forces
nounced in the following statement issued by the Office
today:
Antwerp is in possession. We have had control Of
the city yesterday afternoon few forts remained in
possession of the Begans but occupation of the city itself
is compete.'
The statement continues with the fact that of the
forts still in possession of the cy's defenders but twill
not prejudice Germans their occupation of the city,
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
GERMANS TRYING TO TURN
RETREAT OF BELGIAN ARMY
Special By United Press Wire.

London, Oct 10:-A large force
Of Germans have succeeded in cross
ing the Scheldt river at Termonde
and are advancing in a northeasterly
position towards st. Nicholas, &C
cording to news agency dispatches.
1t is apparent that this German force
is bent In turning the rear of the
Belgian army which evaded bottllng
up in Antwerp, at Nicholas, five
miles from the Dutch frontier ani
twelve miles southwest of Antwerp.
If successful in cutting off the re-
treat of the army to the west of Ant
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
BELGIAN VESSEL
ARRIVES IN BAY

The steamer Brabant, originally
Belgian vessel, is now lying up
the bay and will be taken today to
the Warner, Quihlan Chemical Co.,
at Tremley Point. This steamer
sailed from Tampico after having
registered under the American flag
to insure safety while the Belgian
nation is involved in war. When out
side the bar. the steamer was hail
ed by the British cruiser Coronia,
but when the American flag was dis
played, was allowed to proceed.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
Plank to Pitch Today.
(By Hal Sheridan, for the United

Press.)
Philadelphia, Oct. 10:-1f the
Boston Braves beat Eddy Plank and
take the second game of the world s
series they are going to demand that
Philadelphia surrender the Liberty
Bell and adopt "Tessie" as the mu-
nicipal anthem. At the present time
the city of brotherly, fatherly, or
whatever sort Of love 1t Is, is joining
loudly In chorus with the Athletics,
rendering There goes my Mamie
now" The Athletic fans are not
spreading last ditch" conversation
as yet In discussing the possibilities
of today's game, but the routing OF
Chief Bender shocked Father Penn
from the top of his hat to the silver
buckles on his shoes. One man felt
SO desperate last night that he hit a
policeman on the head with brick
just to assert his independence. me
policeman fred a salute and the bull
let hit Frank Gallagher, twenty
two-year-old fan, in the size, which
was the extent of the post game
casualties.
But up to today George Stallings
hasn't hit or choked anyone since he
throttled the iceman. AS there are
several thousand In town who still
don't believe all the things they read
In the paper that actually happened
at Shibe Park yesterday, there was
a line of nearly 1900 waiting out
side the bleachers gate before break
fast today. AS soon as yesterdays
crowd was admitted the line for to-
DAVIS game legan to form. There
were hundreds of all-nighters ana
after midnight men and boys arrived
in droves.
There were but few who of1ered
their places for sale. The police
permitted them to have boxes and
stools to sit on during the hours OF
waiting and the venders were on the
lob with coffee, crullers and fruits.
Despite the fact that clouds continue
to linger in the vicinity. possibly
attracted by the scrap the weather
man predicted sunshine for the game
Connie Mack has made no secret
of the fact that he expects to start
Plank, the Gettysburg hero, after
the Braves and expresses nothing
but absolute confidence in the vet
eran's ability to turn back the Bos-
ton Dutchmen.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
ANGUS CATHEDRAL
Of NOTRE DAME IS
DAMAGED BY FRI
Especial by United Press Wire.)

THE HAGUE via London delayed by censor), Oct TO-
Antwerp surrendered to the Germans at O'Clock this
morning The white flag hosed the tower of the
hedra of Nore Dame and almost the German artillery
fire which had poured into the city stopped Bugomeis
De Vos accompanied by Alderman Lois Franck rushed
the Berschem gates There they met General Veseer
mandng the German besegng forces and made unconditional
surrender of the city.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
GERMANS AWAIT
PORTUGAL TO
DECLARE WAR
tpecial by United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire.
Amsterdam, Oct 10-On author
ity of a semi-official news bureau
it Is announced from Berlin today
that Germany is momentarily ex-
pecting formal declaration of war
by Portugal, against Germany.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
CARDINAL FARRATA DIES

Special BY United Press Wire.
Rome, Oct. 10.-Cardinal Farrata,
papal secretary of state, died at
1880 o'clock this afternoon Of appen-
dicitis and peritonitis.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10

werp, the Belgians would have 70
face battle in the open country or be
interned in Holland If they fed
across the Dutch border. The dis
patch states the Germans crossed the
Scheldt on a temporary pontoon
bridge, overcoming every opposition
by Belgium.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
BELGIAN ARMY ESCAPES.

Especial by United Press Wire.)
LONDON Oct. Confirmation of the escape of the
main Belgian army from Antwerp before the surrender
contained official press bureau today. It
was stated that the army evacuated Antwerp yesterday
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
Report on Atrocities.

London, Oct 10.-The Belgian
commission named to report on
German atrocities today issued it's
fifth report referring principally to
German trocities in the sacking of
Louvain. The report features ex-
tracts from letters, written by Ger
man prisoners, captured on the field.
One OF these describes the German
occupation Of the Belgian city, as
like pack of hounds let loose,
everyone doing as he likes"
Our officers,' the letter contin-
ues, lied the way, giving the men a
good example,"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
GRAND OPENING
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914
SOUVENIRS To ALL

Are you going to attend the grand
opening of Eds Cafe, 233 New
Brunswick avenue? Open with a full
line OF wine, liquors and cigars. e.
Lewkowitz, Prop.
HOUSEHOLDER.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
Connie Mack Does Not Conceal His Intentions Of Using Plank
Hero Of Gettysburg as Gunner to Check Bombardment Of
Bosons Attack, Started Yesterday Fans Lnger Around
All hgh-Weather Man Promises Clear Skies for Today.
BRAVES FULL OF CONFIDENCE But ATHLETICS ARE HOPEFUL
LINEUP TODAY.
Special By United Press Wire.

Special by UniIed PreSS WWe.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10-"Generally
cloudy but with slight prospects ol
rain before night" was the weather
prediction given out at $50 a. n
today by Government Forecaster G
F. Bliss. He said that he believed
the second game of the worlds series
at Shibe Park today would be played
without fear of much dampness.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10
1O2 Births,

There were 102 births, forty
marriages and forty-seven deaths in
this city during September, accord
ing to vital statistic reports filed
with City Clerk Wilbur LaRoe.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-10-10

Dancing Monday evening, Market
Street Auditorium. Fine Music.
10063-10-10
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A few great bargains In 1914 Ford
cars. A. Jensen, Ferry Garage.
9149-9-16tfs
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Dancing Monday evening, Market
Street Auditorium. Fine Music.
I0063- -10-I0-2t
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Burn American Oil Tanks.

Burn American Oil Tanks.
Special By United Press Wire.
Washington, Oct, 10-The Ger
man attacking rorce at Antwerp set
fire to oil tanks there While the
American flag was flying over them,
Continued on page ~
Dancing Monday evening, Market
Street Auditorium. Fine Music.
10063-10-10-2t
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Dancing Monday evening, Market
Street Auditorium. Fine Music.
10063-10-10-2t
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Executive Committee

unpaid subscriptions the members
which the
the subscriptions of the captains personally.
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Call taxi. Phone 46
1885, 10-e-1mo. =
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Continued on Page a.
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VI IVaTHBR z Unset-
tied and warm,
with showers Sun
day or possibly late
tonight. Moderate
10 fresh southerly
winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
BOWLDER CRASHES
ON TRAIN; KILLS 3
Skaters Roofs and Crumples
Steel Sides of Smoker and
Day Coach.

Crane Junction. Col, Oct. 1l.-Three
persons we're killed and fourteen in
jured when a potion bowlder, falling
from a precipicc, crashed into the day
coach and smoker Of Denver & Rio
Grande passenger train No. 3, eighteen
miles east Of this city to-day.
The dead include II. K. llollingsbery,
Of Pueblo, a travelling salesman, and
Thomas c. Tinkens. Of Grand Junction,
the manager Of wholesale grocery.
The train was running at high speed
when rock struck the coupling be
tween the tender and the smoking car,
parting the train. Before the auto
matte air brakes had brought the rear
section to a stop, a huge bowlder
crashed on the smoking car and the
day coach. SCATTERING the roofs and
crumping the steel sides. Twenty
passengers IN the two cars escaped in
jury.
At the point where the wreck oc-
CURED the tracks closely parallel the
Grand River. the cliffs rising sheer
above the river bank. Much OF the
wreckage Of the two cars was pre-
cipitated into the swift mountain
stream.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
RUSE TRAPS NAN
HELD AS SLAYER
Call for Aid for Stranded Auto
Lures TOiler Accused OF
Killing Woman.

Sayville. Long Island, Oct Pre-
tending that their automobile had
broken down, the police to-day arrest
ed one of two men who answered Their
call for help. and tonight he wes
locked up in Riverhead jail TO await
the action Of Brooklyn authorities who
have been searching for him since Mrs.
Helen McVetty was slain IN her apart
ment. 665 Vanderbilt av., Brooklyn, on
August Is.
Fred Netscher is the prisoner. He
is a parquet floor layer by trade, but
recently has been working on a dairy
farm between Medford and Bellport.
District Attorney Greene accompanied
the Brooklyn officers, and with them
vent William Z. Slater, farmer, for
whom Netscher had worked. Slater
was to identify the man, and hid in the
brush while the others left the su:o
and went TO try the stranded machine
ruse.
After a time they returned with
Netscher and his employer. At the
signal from Slater the police clapped
the handouts on the man they sought.
lie insisted Mrs. McVetty bothered
him about his work until he became
angry and struck at her with his ham
mer. Then he fed without waiting &c
see il he had injured her.
The police have all along maIntalnC d
that the woman died in defending her
self from attack.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
OCT. IL WINS 80.
YEAR HEAT TITLE
War Paint Drips from Indian
Summer as Mercury at 80
Lures BatherS

a good-looking ard muscular young
woman stood in her bathing suit or the
stringpiece OF pier near Pelham Bsy
Park yesterday afternoon. She poiseu
her hands above her head. huttered
moment on the stringpiece and dived
IN. When she came 70 the surface she
shook the water from her eyes. looked
up at the magazine cover young man
I'm trunks and jersey on the pier, and
called out i'm her best BronXesc:
"Av. jim, yer big stuff, amt yer
comm i'm?
Which is not only true but serves as
au introduction TO the fact that yestcr-
day was the warmest October II IN
thirty years Yes, thirty years, That
what the weather man says.
I'm 1854 the mercury rose m the tube
10 81. and yesterday IL was but ! point
lower AZ p. m. Even al . o'clock in
the morning y was already up 10 go,
rise OF Il degrees in eight hours.
All New York took advantage Of the
dav and went countryward. The
weather sage says It will be far and
cooler to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
BANDIT BINDS GIRL
ACENT;;ROBS DEPOT
She Snaps Empty Pistol
at RObbcr When lie
Demands Cash.

TIackensack y. j., Oct. H. Miss
Helen Merritt. eighteen years old, who
for SIN months has been agent at
Williams av. Hasbrouck Heights, two
miles from Hackcnsack. on the New
Jersey & New York Railroad. was alone
IN the depot al noon to-day, when u
well dressed man appeared at the
ticket window and. pointing a revolver
81 her, demanded all the money M thu
station
Miss Merritt screamed. but the rob.
ber simply smiled. for the depot IS a
quarter Of mile from the nearest
house and IN tho meadow section.
"Nov. don't yell or IN have to hurt
YOU. Young woman; and just TO show
you mean business IN Let you kno"
this gun is loaded" he remarked. At
the same time firing q shot through
The ticket office window.
Tndauntcd. Miss Merritt grabbed n
gun from a shelf aud, while the rob
ber's head was turned 20 sec whether
any ono was approaching. ordered hlm
TO throw I'd his hands As the robbcr
started back she pulled the trigger, but
the pistol was not loaded.
The man then broke into the tckc.
Office. bound the young woman and car
ried her 10 small baggage room,
where he gagged her with signal flag.
After ransacking the ticket Office, ami
getting about 81 80. the bandit bade
Miss Merritt good afternoon and LETT
her.
Luckily for Miss Merritt. there uss a
suitcase that had 20 be left at the
Williams az. depot from the eastbound
train. due there ~ 1901 o'clock. An
drew Price. tranmsn. who had the
baggage. was bit curious when he DID
not sec the agent and investigated.
He found the young woman almost
stranglcd lying on the baggage room
floor. lie freed her, and they then
boarded the train which went on TO the
main Hasbrouck Heights depot. From
there word was telephOned 10 thlet OF
Police Roescr Of Hasbrouck Heights
and 10 the llackcnsack police and also
to Little Ferry. The agent also wired
TO the Erie police department. Two
detectives hurried out TO liasorouck
Heights to get a description OF the lone
bandit.
ale vas tall and wore a brown SUIT
OF clothes" was the best description
Miss Merritt could give.
From where lay on the floor !
could sec that he took the road aero IS
the meadows in the direction OF Little
Ferry" said Miss Merritt. 81 guess !
must have been gagged half an hour
before the train came.
several friends often told me- TO
kcen a loaded revolver handy, for the
dcnot is in a lonesome spot. ! regret
nat the old gun had wasn't loaded
Several Hasbrouck Heights men
ioincd IN search across the meadows,
but found no trace of the bandit
Miss Merritt said she would return
= bor duties Tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
HOLY NAME MEN
IN BIG PARADES
Eight Thousand March in
Jersey City-Bishop Re
views 5000 in Newark.

Thousands Of men of the Holy Name
Society psrsded the streets OF Ne"
Jersey cities and towns IN their annual
demon stration yesterday. In Jersey
City alone more than 5000 marched
In Newark there were 5000.
After the Newark parade had reached
the grounds surrounding the ne"
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Bishop
John j. O'Connor reviewed the march
ers. The Rev. Cornelius j. Clifford, OF
Whippany, preached the sermon, ana
Arthur j. Hilley, Of New York, deliv-
cred the lay Grafton before thronS OF
$4,000.
A score Of prominent clergymen
were on the reviewing stand at West
Side Park 10 meet the psreders from
Jersey City under command OF Grand
Marshal Alexander Hamlll, q brother
Of Congressman Hsmill. The Rev.
J. r. McNahon, of New York, Was the
speaker OF the afternoon. Along the
route Of the parade the streets we're
lined with people. and there was =
great crowd at the park. Dora owen,
OF 266 18th ST, Jersey CITY, tainted
from the heat and had 70 be attended
by All ambulance surgeon.
The rally Of the Bergen County Fed
fIAllOIl OF lilf ilNlH ANN'f' ''''N'''
held in EnglewoOd. and more than ?
600 men we're in line. Englewood sent
9l2: Fort Lee. 100; Hsckensack, 1870;
TenaAy, 100, and Ridgeiield Park. liz.
AT Mackay Park addresses we're made
bv Richard b. Tibbctt, Of Baltimore
president of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion. and the Rev. Robert r. Burke.
chaplain OF ST. Joseph's Home, tngie-
wood. The ceremonies concluded with
benediction by the Very Rev. ). J.
Cunueely, Of Hscksnssck William j.
Tierncy, of Englewood, was grand mar
shal.
More than 1000 men took part in the
parade and demonstration in the
Oranges and vicinity. The parade
formed al the boundary line between
Orange and East Orange. and con
tinued through the former city to West
Orange and back to the Orange play
ground. where an address was dellv-
cred BY James p Mylod. The eKer-
cises we're presided over by the Rev.
John A. O'Brien. rector Of the Church
Of Our Lady Hely Of Christians, FAST
Orange. Parishes in Orange, Fast
Orange. South Orange, Short Hills.
Bloomfield, Montclair, Ampere and
Caldwell were represented.