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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
GOVERNOR VETOES PIERCE
GRADE CROSSING ACT
,ecial BY United Press Wire.

SpSc3QE OH CH1E6u EftSS bHt-
Trenton, April 20:-Contending
that there Is now law on the statute
books adequate for the need of
municipalities on the subject, Cover
nor Fielder today sent to the senate
his veto of the Pierce grade crossing
bill. The law now in force was faith
cred by the executive when mem
ber of the senate and he has not
heard of any complaints that it is
mot ample for the purpose" nor has
he heard any demand for further
legislation of this kind.
1.-The municipalities of Paterson,
Crawford and Perth Amboy have ap-
piled for relief under existing law
and the Public Utility Commission,
after a full hearing, has ordered the
of the crossing complain
ed Of" said the veto message. The
governor contended the Pierce meas
ure in his Judgment would be an in
ferior substitute to the present grade
crossing act.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
WOMEN PETITION
FOR FAIRGROUNDS
Woman's Club Has Petition
Before Aldermen to Ke-es=
tabIish Recreation Centers.

Prompt and favorable attention to
the reestablishment and mainte-
nance of Fairgrounds in this city by
the Board of Aldermen was petition
ed for by members of the Woman's e
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
last night. They had a petition,
signed by Mary e, Buffum and sew
enty-three others, before the coun-
Gil. It was read and referred to the
committee of the whole.
The petition was as follows:
perth Amboy, N. j., April 19, 1915
ITO the Board of Aldermen,
"City of Perth Amboy.
I'VE, the undersigned members OF
the Woman's Club of Perth Amboy,
hereby petition your honorable body
to give prompt and favorable atten-
ton to the establishment and main
tenance of Fairgrounds.
Hot weather is almost here. The
morals and health of children in our
crowded districts must be considered.
Our streets offer the only places for
play for vast numbers of them.
"No one. can claim the street to be
SAFE OF SdH1ldIy as pldy5Iouuu
We petition for places for their use
under safe conditions and wise direc-
tion.
1--WE would call attention to the
fact that there is already consider
able supply of apparatus available
and an appropriation, even though
no larger than that of last year,
would enable the Playground Com
mission to continue their work to
the great benefit of thousands of
children In our city"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
ALLIES IN SPRING
DRIVE IN BELGIUM
s,.g..., H. =
mans rom France ard Bel
gium-British Make Gain.
gium-British Make Gain.
Special By United Press Wire.

London, april 2O:-The British
spring drive" In France and Belgi-
um is now reality. From a point
near the sea in Belgium to the vi
cinity of Lille, the British troops are
forcing the German line back. The
center of attack is to the east of
Ypres and the main strength of the
British force is believed to extend
northward beyond Pilken. 1t is ac-
cepted that the present movement re-
ferred to in the official report as i'm
poFtant'' is the beginning of the at
tempt to reclaim Belgium from the
Germans. There has been much criti-
cism of the British war Office for fail
ure to concentrate its efforts on Bel
gium territory because of the large
number of Belgian refugees in Eng
land. Incidentally should the move
ment succeed the main German lines
of communication will be threatened
which will be of great assistance. to
General Joffre in the movement be-
gun by the French commander-in-
chief.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
\. ]. WATER SUPPLY
OFFICE FOR RAMSAY
$500 State lob for Senator
w. a1keT Runyon and
Oliver Kelly Also Named.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


Trenton, April 2O.-Goyernor
Fielder today sent to the senate the
nomination of Senator w. E. Ramsay
of Perth Amboy, as a member of the
State Water Supply Commission, to
succeed E. H. Geran, of Monmouth
county, who resigned TO become as
sistant prosecutor of Monmouth.
This is Senator Ramsay's last year
in the senate, the salary of the wa
ter supply commissioner is $500
Senator Ramsay will have only lit
tie more than year 10 serve, as on
June 80, 1915, the water supply
commission will be merged into the
new department of conservation
and development.
Middlesex county was favored in
two instances by Governor Fielder in
the appointments he sent to the SEN
ate yesterday. The appointments are
to I'LL the membership of the new
commissions created under different
economy and efficiency bills recently
passed by the legislature. The meas
ures consolidate number of former
boards and commissions into depart
ments. W. Parker Runyon, presi-
dent OF the Perth Amboy Dry Dock
Company, and member of the pres
ent New Jersey Harbor Commission,
was named by the governor as men,
Der of the new Department of Com
merce and Navigation, and Oliver
Kelly, of New Brunswick, a present
member of the State Board OF
Health, was named a member of the
new Department of Health. Their
terms begin July l. Mr.. RunyOn had
the endorsement Of Senator William
E. Ramsay, who recommended him
strongly to the governor for member
ship of the new department, which
will have charge Of waterways
throughout the state.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
FIREMEH FIGHTING BLAZE
IN z HOUSES NEAR HOSPITAL

A row of houses near the city
hospital we're threatened this after
noon when dwellings occupied by
Chris Peterson and Louis Larson, at
552 and 544 New Brunswick avenue.
caught fire from a shed believed to
nave been set on fire by children.
The alarm was turned in by Ella
Peterson, and the blaze got its head
way when the fire companies were
compelled to take a roundabout
route to the scene because of the
paving work on New Brunswick ave-
nue.. The residences will probably
be total losses.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
Employ 400 More Men.
10 the EVENING. NEWS.

SpeCTNT 70 tN6 % bNING u N q " 3.
Sayreville, April 20: = Approx
mately 400 men were given employ
ment at the Sayre & Fisher brick
yards here yesterday, due to the Gus
tomary spring opening. This brings
the entire factory force up to about
1000 hands, which is near the nor
NAL capacity of the works.
Nearly 1000 men appeared at the
gates of the plant in search for en-
ployment yesterday. A majority of
these had to be turned away for there
was room for but 400. The plant has
been operating with about 600 men
during the past winter. Those en-
gagged yesterday were given employ
ment in nine brickyards.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
Peace Would Benefit Germany,


Special by United Press Wire.
Paris, April 20:-''This is no time
even to suggest peace talk. Stoppage
of the war at this time would benefit
only Germany. The allies have as
sumed the task of crushing Prussian
militarism and must refuse to be di-
verted from that task"
This is the word given Colonel e.
NJ. House, personal friend and OBJ
server" for President Wilson, who is
in this city.
Because of the various stories in
circulation coupling the Texas-New
York fnanciers with a real peace
mission, a high official of the govern
ment visited him today. II was de-
sired to prevent embarrassment and
the visit was unofficial, but the posi-
ton of the allies was made very plain
In blunt, but very courteous Ian
guage. Colonel House was told that
if he desired to initiate a movement
for peace this was not the time. Such
a mission was worse than worthless.
ANY real OF attempted movement TO
end the war with German troops
holding the long line through French
territory and Belgium would give
Germany too great an advantage and
Colonel House was told that France
could view only with disfayor the in
itiation of a movement for Germany s
benefit.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
Legislature Sits for Last Day.
aeo{ol IN the EVENING VIEWS

Trenton, April 20-Both branches
of the legislature convened just be-
fore noon today for the last days
work of the session. There were
rumors all the morning that the Re-
publicans might decide to prolong
the session day or two in order to
act on the vetoes of Governor Field
er, including the Godfrey bill, re-
organizing the labor department and
protecting Commissioner Bryant and
extending his term of Office, but no
such action was taken.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
PASS RAMSAY'S BILL FOR
HEALTH BOARD BOND ISSUE

Senator William E. Ramsay's bill
to allow the Board of Health. of this
city. to issue bonds bearing four and
one-half per cent. for the construc-
tion of an isolation hospital. passed
the house last night. and only needs
the signature of the governor to
make 1t Into law.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
Collect strike Case Data.

Representative from the attorney
generals office were in the city last
night collecting data preparatory to
the arguments on the application OF
the attorney general for a foreign
jury to Try the indicted deputies, ;"
which win be heard before a branch
of the supreme court Saturday morn
ing In. Newark
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
Johnson water

e. % 600, emery mill UroDerI
at fhe foot OF High street. 5g3 feel
along High street. 422 feet along
| Linden street and 154 feet along the
water. about $4,000; Merritt tract
| from Daniel c. Chase, situated east
OF st. Mary's cemetery, between Am
1 boy avenue and The Central tracks
and fronting on Amboy avenue and
Eagle avenue, fourteen acres, s3s.-
600. In the opinion of the park com
mittee, this was one of the best and
cheapest sites to be found at present
| in the city.
Alderman Clark, who has been
procuring the necessary data and
making investigations, reported for
the park committee. He referred To
the sites mentioned and then stated
that the committee would recon-
mend the purchase of the land of
Daniel c. Chase, known as the Mer-
ritt tract, on terms of ten per cent.
cash and the balance when the title
was passed. Mr.. Clark moved that
the report be received and the recon-
mendation adopted and asked for
roll call The five Democrats voted
yes and the two Republicans voted
no.
The discussion on the park propo-
sition developed upon the introduce
ton of resolution to provide that
the recommendation be adopted, the
land be purchased and the mayor be
authorized to enter into contract for
its purchase and warrants be drawn.
1t is understood that similar action
was to have been taken relative to
the Johnson property, but owing to
the receipt of a remonstrance against
the purchase of the Johnson land,
that action was deferred for a week.
The remonstrance was not officially
before the board and was not read
last night City Clerk Wilbur LaRoe
stated today that he had not officially
received the document and therefore
could say nothing about it. He was
not sure that there was a remon-
STRANGE at hand, but he believed there
was one. The park committee is
considering four waterfront sites
which lie between the Central rail-
road tracks and the southerly end OF
Front street.
When opportunity was given for
remarks before vote was taken upon
the resolution to purchase the Mer-
ritt land. Mr.. Wilson read a state
ment. 1t was in part as follows:
Can We afford it? Where is the
money coming from? We have al
ready told the petitioners for street
pavements for the past two years to
wait until We could raise the money.
We told the playground commission
ers We had no money. We didn't
raise one cent for the poor and
needy last winter, but left it for the
Citizens Relief Committee to do.
Let MS consider our duty to the peo-
pie who put US here and our oath OF
office.
CONTINUED on page -
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tContlnued on DEC ID

The Big Store will be closed or
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week to make preparations for
Wedeen's Great Alteration Sale,
which begins Friday, April 23rd.
16O75-4-19-2ts
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

n0sHg is THE TIME to have a suit
MEEM made to order. We have
VSU thousands Of new Spring and
Summer samples to select from. We
make speciality Of suits at s25-
others at higher prices.
CHR. CHRESTOEFERS0N g. SON,
Ladies' and Gents Tatlors,
Hs Smith ST.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

II It's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salter, SS3
State street. 15S31-4-13-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

Business mems lunch from IL to 2,
soc, The Warren, 22S High street.
15S60-4-1S-16-17-20-22-24s -
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

If it's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salter, 3S3
State street. 15831-4-13-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

Call a taxi. 46. C. johnson.
15360-4-1-1mcs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20
ALDERMEN PASS RESOLUTION To PURCHASE
PROPERTY FOR PARK IN NORTH AMB0Y
After Adopting Resolution on
Site in Northern Section for
$4,000, Aldermen Discuss
Other Tracts for Parks.

Perth Amboy's first real public
park will be located on the former
Merritt tract of land in the northern
part of the city and steps viii proba-
bly, be taken to purchase other park
property along the water front. ac-
cording to action taken at the regu-
/ lar meeting of the Board of Alder
men last night. By vote of four TO
two with one man passing, the al
dermen adopted a resolution to pur-
chase the Merritt tract of fourteen
acres, situated between Amboy ave-
nue. and the Central railroad tracks.
The cost will be $38,00O for the
land, plus s159 for taxes and $3.50
for improving Amboy avenue, max
ing the total cost $3S,409. There
came opposition from the Republican
members of the council. and Alder
man John w. Kelly declined to vote
on the proposition. Much discussion
followed the introduction of the sub
iect and some hot-shot was ex-
changed. Upon motion of Alderman
John j. Clark, the special park COM
mittee was continued and 1t will in
vestigate water front property furth-
er and report back to the council
with other recommendations it was
understood.
Report on Seven Tracts of Land.
Seven tracts of prospective park
property were reported upon by the
special park committee. They in
cluded the following: Cornelius Con-
very tract west of the city, twenty
seven acres, $4,000; Pratt Brown
Company triangle at Lewis street
and Catalpa and Brighton avenues,
250x280 feet, $4,000; Wonderland
park land at First. Second and Lewis
streets. 500 feet front and sos feet
long, S5es00es Parker estate, one
block at GxQlSd Barclay streats
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-20

WEATHER-Fair and
cooler tonight and
Wednesday; fresh
northwest winds.
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.toontinued on page Z,
Evening star., 1915-09-12
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for September l2, 1915

For the moment their weight was taken
from it, the twenty-five pounds of brazen
nozzle must, under the pressure, become
simply great fail-like threshing bludgeon.
He twisted his fingers into the collar of the
man who was uppermost. And, two min
utes later, Big, now sitting blinkingly be-
meath an electric light on the coldness of
the asphalt, saw, first, that the Captain
was again in that smoke-flled, spark
fecked area; and, next, that Canavan
and O'Hara were pulling Meehan out.
This being so, he, Big, knew that there
was something he should be doing, but he
could not seem to make out what.
Kerrigan plunged back in. O'Hara and
Canavan tried to follow him; but, five
yards inside that Gehenna of heat and
murk, they had lost him utterly.
Yet, once he reached those inside rooms,
there was light now; for the gas itself was
afire. A first swift, rumpling puff had
burned up what was loose. Then the
flash had run back till there was only a
huge, plumy flare by the dangling meters.
But the heat seemed to have doubled,
trebled, quadrupled. In the seconds that
followed, he took what he knew we'll there
was little likelihood that any man could
take again and live.
Another minute, and Big, his head
clearer now, again beheld the Captain s
blackened mask show through the area
smoke. And this time he had Swope with
him.
There was froth now about Kerrigan's s
mouth, and his eyes were staring. And
some one was trying to hold him back.
Evening star., 1915-09-12

use to try to follow the line. For, with
nothing now to hold it down, the line had
got away. The pipe was "snaking": it was
throwing itself in circles, in great writhing
movements. But he did not need the line;
he could find his way without it.
AS for the heat, above him and ahead
in that choking, swirling blackness, the
smoke had now begun to turn to fire. But
in the next doorway he met the Captain
crawling and dragging Skates. In a
moment he had made his grip on Skates's
other side, and they were taking him out
together. They could keep their faces
almost against the floor. From time to
time they could dip them into the water
now awash on it. And they reached the
area and it's blessed cold air again at last.
The Captain barely entered it. Before
Skates had really left his hands he had
turned and was on his way back once
more for Connie Tinker. And in another
minute Big, in his turn, caught up to him.
RY that time, under the pull-back of the
pressure, the pipe-head had jerked
itself fifty feet nearer to the entrance.
The great snake, coiling and looping in
the darkness, twitched their knees from
under them, threw them on each other
But the icy water at least gave them the
strength to face the heat. And it now
seemed to beat on them in gusts. 1t
was baking through their helmets and
melting the rubber of their coats.
To get Tinker they had to pass through
the striking radius of the pounding, LASH
ing nozzle itself. Tinker lay protected
Evening star., 1915-09-12

could not have told you. He knew only
that he had to reach him-to be with him.
The heat was terrible-not to be borne;
he was forced to close his eyes merely
against the glare of the fire. But his
hands and his knees had been given their
orders, and they kept on. Duly, inarticu-
lately, unreasoningly, his soul sang that
song of captain, my Captain!' which
has carried men beyond themselves since
the world began. When, too, he had all
but given up, the spray from the threshing
hose descended upon him like the waters
of Paradise.
And, this time, the rest of the company
were able to follow with the new line, and
with search-light. When they reached
him, his body so completely covered Ker-
rigan's that at first they could see only the
one. But the Captain was there. And, in
those last seconds, they got them both.
ITO administer first aid after combined
gas-and-smoke poisoning, you stretch
your man on his back prop his shoulders
with his rolled coat, seize his tongue, and
begin to "fap his WINGS And when four
are all being wing-fapped together it is
spectacle of little dignity. If you are
seeking the emotions properly inspired by
heroism, you had best wait till later,
when you visit the hospital. In his initial
moments of recovery the hero may not
act as he should at all. Not infrequently
he regards his first-aiders as confederates
in aggravated assault, holds all onlookers
to be little better, and does what he can to
get to his feet and make fight ON it.
Evening star., 1915-09-12

Also, his memory is irregular; and he says
things that no one can understand.
AS Connie Tinker and Skates Mccoy
lay waiting for the ambulance, they had
nothing whatever to say. Captain Will
liam Kerrigan and irst-grade fireman
George Mckinney had been stretched out
foot to foot, with only lantern between.
And almost at the same moment both in
sisted on sitting up. Their faces had been
sponged at least half clean, and therefore
they could recognize each other. But, il
the Captain recognized any one, he did
not show it. In fact, he was not as yet
aware that he had been assisting at fire.
His eyes were directed downward. One
Of his shoes was open and apart. From
within, mired, soggy, ash-smeared, yet
unmistakable, there bulged heavy roll of
fine gray WOOL And, putting both hands
to that unlaced shoe, he made it plain that
his one purpose and desire in life was to
get it off.
All of which, too, was plainly seen by
Big. His memory was at least not
quite so defective as the Captains. He
knew there had been fire. He was not
prepared to say that he had taken part in
III HlIIiSeil, Dut Ilc hueW lue AdptdlH udO.
He had the very clearest recollection of
the way he had got out Swope and Meehan.
Likewise he knew quite well why the Cap
tain was trying to remove that shoe. And,
STOPPING over, he sought earnestly to ar
rest his hands.
"That's all right, Cap, he said, 4That's
all right. You're man-see?-a man.
An, by-y gee, you can keep them sOcks!'
Evening star., 1915-09-12

the streams, as firemen believe, it is in
credibly slow to light. 1t "mats" down
to the floor and mixes with the smoke, and
gas so mixed can not be smelt. In cellar
filled with smoke the fireman knows the
gas is there only when he goes down
"doped out by it. AS result,
"gas fires" have, indirectly, rolled up
record of dead firemen that can never be
totaled. And it is here that this story
begins to be different kind of story alto
gether.
"Meehan! swope! Back your line out!
And do it quick!"
NEITHER answered. And now, as
they crouched, both were swaying
drunkenly. Kerrigan himself possessed
the shoulders and the "bellows" of
hammer-thrower and hundred mettle-
testing hours had taught him how to
breathe. But as he caught those two
nozzlemen, and swung them about, and
thrust them toward the door, the one
had five men in there-the fire was every
moment swinging in on them-already
he could hear its snore and swapping on
their fank-and not one of the five might
guess in time what it was that was hit
ting him. He had five men in there, and
perhaps not half as many minutes in
which to get them out.
But Swope and Meehan seemed to be
moving now. And he could push on to
the next man, who, as you may remember,
was Big.
Because of the doublings of tho pipe,
Evening star., 1915-09-12

from it by pile of packing-crates. But,
as they made fast and started out with
him, the pipe-head struck them side on,
and rolled all three in one sloshing, tum-
bled heap. 1t left Big with broken col
lar-bone, and the Captain with two frac-
tured ribs. But neither of them knew of
that till afterward. Like two agonized
ants tugging at water-sodden fly, again
they set their faces forward.
The whole ceiling now appeared to be
afire. The sparks came like chaff from Il
separator. But along the floor there was
still air which could be breathed, and
water to dip their faces into. And to Big,
leading, after the first moments the worst
thing was Tinker's weight. 1t was gradu-
ally becoming immense, awful, a matter
of tons. But he kept on. And once more
the gray-pink cave-mouth of the area
showed itself ahead.
THE boys had another stream on now.
They sent it over his head, driving back
a part of the smoke, and he saw that he
was dragging Connie alone! Even the
strongest of fire captains must reach his
end sometime.
Turn me loose!' he cried thickly.
Darn yeh, turn me loose!"
He flung in, throwing himself forward
on all fours like an animal.
San me doin' him dirt he told HIM
self, "because-because-
His mind could not seem to find out
why. for it was no longer thinking for him.
Why, really. did he go back in? And
did he expect to get the Captain out? He