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The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
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LIQUOR BUSINESS A PARASITE.
(By LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAL
 LACE of California;

(By LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WALL
 LACE of California;
 Business is an exchange of com modities. It is buying and selling, and there must be advantage or gain in the barter. For continued com merce the gain must extend to both parties to the transaction. If the re- sultant advantage of a business deal inures to the benefit of one party only. there is an economic defect. The buy CT must benefit by his purchase as truly as the seller by his sale. The buyer gets from the grocer flour, from the hardwareman nails, from the lum- herman lumber, and in each case buy CT and seller are benefited. The same buyer goes to the saloon to get wine or beer or whisky. The dealer makes a profit on the goods sold. But here is a break in our business principle. The buyer makes no gain. He parts with his share of the barter. and gets nothing valuable in return. At every sides; here the gain was on one side only. The transaction limps; 1t IS false to business principles. It repre- sents economic waste.
 The economic waste becomes a null tiplied factor when the argument is extended to liquors effect on the pur- chaser who consumes it. The liquor traffic is a parasite. Any business blood that 1t has Is sucked from the vigorous body of healthful business. It contributes nothing, but draws heavily. If town or city prospers where traffic in liquor Is allowed. its prosperity is less than it should be by just so much as liquor takes. It gives nothing, and what it takes is so much subtracted from the general gain.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
MONEY TO RUN COUNTRY.

Where will you get the money to run the country if you cut out the sale of liQuor?" asks the liquor advocate.
 "The best answer we know off," says the North American of Philadelphia, "is the action of Russia, England, France and Germany, which at a time when every cent that can be got is urgently needed for the conduct of the war, find 1t more profitable to reduce this revenue than to run the risks in- cidental upon the general use of alco- holic drinks among the soldiers and, as in Russia. the general public"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
BUSINESS SIDE OF QUESTION.

The work of the sawmill," said Rev. Charles Scanlan in recent ad- dress, increases the value of the raw lumber; the product of the flour mill is more valuable than raw wheat; but ter is worth more than cream, but the drunkard, who is the finished pro- duct of the saloon, is of less value than he was before liquor touched him. The saloon destroys, but does not create values.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
The Railroads Are in the Hands
 Of the People

Let us stop for just moment to see how of the people
 The Interstate Commerce Commission controls absolutely-the methods of rail way bookkeeping. Uncle Sam looks over the books and sees everything. So does the State Board of Railroad Commissioners The government now controls-absolutely the making of rates Not single one of the hundreds of thousands of rates can be advanced without government sanction, national or State.
 Now suppose you had the power to die tate just how the merchant in your town should keep his books and you could go over them at your pleasure. Suppose, in addi- ton, you had the power to mark every ar ticle in that merchants stock at the price at which you desired him to yell it. and compel him to sell it at just that price Would not that merchant be at your mercy? Of course he would. We'll this is exactly the power the government has over the rail- roads
 Now, If you had control over that mer- chants bookkeeping and prices when he came to you in trouble you would be bound to listen to him, for you assumed that re- sponsibility by the very act of taking SUI psrv1sion of his books and the right to fix
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17

the prices of what he has to sell. The ral,- roads of Arkansas say to the people that they cannot operate on the price which the people of this State have established for the railroads product-transport and the railroads believe that the people of this great State will not evade their respon- &bility in this matter
 The railroads position is the same as that of the merchant. Its goods have been marked down below cost The store where you buy your railroad transportation is run ning at a loss. It has reduced it's working force, curtailed it's operating expenses by the practice of the most rigid economy, and yet fails to meet its expenses. That is the situation without exaggeraton. No less an authority than the Interstate Commerce Commission, creature of the people with access to all accounts. it's mind always open to the interests of the public, has so de- clared in no uncertain terms
 There Is one way that the doors of busi- ness can be kept open, and that may be brought about by the people and the rail roads putting their heads together and re- marking the transportation goods on a three-cC0t rate basis, under which the rail- roads .\rEansas and the thousands of people < 2adent upon them formerly pros- pered.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
MURDER IN BEER.

Just booze, that's all, was the req. son given by Carl Beyer. one-a armed sailor, for the murder by him of George Brisbin, in Indianapolis on November 20. T was drunk; he was drunk; and l guess that tells it." the murderer said They did not quarrel with each other; the otherwise beer-quarreled with them Boyer was the buyer and for the seller In. diana stood responsible Brisbn paid the price; and another Brisbane ed iting a great newspaper. keeps on pleading for men to drink more beer and less whisky, Whats in a name?' If beer there's murder in it.. The National Advocate.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
TWO SCENES.

Excerpt from one of Mrs. L. M N.
 Stevens Annual Addresses)
 A young society woman, total ab- hard to make a strong argument in favor of total abstinence when there were so many moderate drinkers in her circle who were successful in business and happy in their home
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
DisrILLERs FEAR SOMETHING.

It Is reported on good authority that the distillers of Peoria. H., will not make a lease for longer term than five years and some of them re- fuse to extend the time beyond two years. Evidently they fear som rthing may happen in the state or the nation in the next few years.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
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 Miss Portly-Why, ma; what did he sayo
 Mrs. Portly-Shc told me she'd card passed my vacation largely la inc mouGlains.-P
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
X Rare Case.

Gadson is the most inefficient man | know"
 "fou are rather hard on Gadson." But it's the truth. He cant even operate the family phonograph."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-17
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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
REPORT DIPLOMATS
ARE PRO-CARRANzA
Six of Them is Message to
Lansing - Think Secretary
Will Support Him.


Washington, Aug. 5:-Of the six
Latin-American diplomats who will
decide Mexico's fate in conference
with Secretary Lansing, Ambassa-
dor Naon; of Argentine, and Minis
ter Calderon, of Bolivia, are pro-
Carranza, the first chiefs representa-
tiyes here claimed today. Minister
de Pena, of Uruguay, they said, is
open to conviction. 1t was stated
that the Brazilian and Chilean am
bassadors and the Guatemalan min
lister are unfriendly.
How Secretary Lansing stood was
uncertain, but 1t was believed he
would support Carranza If convinced
the latter has the Mexican situation
In hand. Thus the Carranzistas
were hopeful of a majority in the
conference. Efforts were being made
to induce at least one of the dele
gates to suppress the Carranza brief
representing that 80 per cent. of the
Mexicans recognized the first chief
and that he is rapidly restoring or
der.
Carranzistas assembled under
General Gales attacked the Villista
outpost at Nogales at 4 p. m. yester-
day, said dispatch to the state de-
partment today.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
Fresh Plot is Nipped.

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug 5.-The arrest oi
twenty Mexicnns has effectually halted
second attempt to start a Huerta
Orozco revolution. They were captured
near Fort Hancock and are held here
on charge of conspiracy to violate
the neutrality laws by going on an
armed expedition to Mexico.
The Mexicans were arrested while
going in the direction of the border.
They had forty rifles, a quantity OF
ammunition and a wagon filed with
commissary supplies.
Alpine Farias, one of the prisoners,
is related to General Pascual Orozco
Washington, Aug. 5.-General Scott,
chief OF STAFF on tne> united states
army. after conference with officials Of
the state department, has issued orders
directing General Funston, who is in
command of the Mexican border forces
to rush an additional battery of artil-
lery from Fort Sill, Okla, to Ell Paso,
Tex. 1t is understood that the govern
ment intends further to strengthen Its
forces at this point to prevent fiiibust
ering expeditions from crossing the
border
These Instructions were due to the
recent skirmish In which one United
States soldier was killed and another
wounded.
General Gales of Carranza's forces
is reported to have attacked Nogales
United States troops with machine
guns are raadv TO uSe them IL bullets
comes across the border.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
SENDS TICKET FOR
MAN WANTED HERE
If Kehoe's Plans MateriaIize,
TymrakieWicz Will Give
Himself Up.

If the plans of former Recorder
Henry ". Kehoe materialize, he will
have performed one of the most re-
markable recaptures for the state of
New Jersey in the annals of criminol-
ogy. He announced today that he
would send a ticket to Edward Tym-
rakiewicZ, former excise commits
sioner here, wanted to answer to a
charge of embezzlement, to have him
return from Los Angeles, Cal Mr.
Kehoe believes that Tymrakiewicz,
having waived extradition, will &C
cept the ticket and return upon his
honor to give himself up to the au-
thorities here and appear before
Judge Peter F. Daily in the court of
common pleas. Authorities here
smiled upon the idea and gave i'm
pressions OF belief that it would fail.
Chief of Police Patrick ] Burke
announced on Monday that Tymra-
kiewicz, wanted here on a charge of
embezzling sS11.S6, from Balinski
brothers, of Elizabeth, had been
locked up in Los Angeles. The chief
believed that Mr.. Kehoe, who fur
nished bail for the fugitive, would
not delay in going after his man, so
he wired the Los Angeles chief that
man would start from here on Au-
gust to bring Tymrakiewicz back.
When he learned that Mr.. Kehoe had
not yet gone after his man yesterday,
Chief Burke considered notifying the
Los Angeles authorities to let the fu-
gitive go, inasmuch as the expense
of bringing him here appeared too
fnr frf
came surprise when Mr.. Kehoe an
nounced that he would today mail a
ticket to Tymrakiewicz. He declar-
ed that the fugitive had been down
and out" and would probably be glad
to return. The only aid received
by Tymrakiewicz was from Emil
Sameth, a former banker here, ac-
cording to Mr.. Kehoe.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
RUNAWAY TEAM DAMAGE All
AWNING ON STATE STREET

An awning was damaged and
several persons had to flee for their
lives when a team of runaway horses
crashed into the Slobodien building
at the southeast corner of State and
Centre streets at 1890 o'clock last
night The horses, belonging to
Max Markle, of Keasbey, broke away
from their owner and ran eastward
on Centre street, running about a
block before they crashed into the
building and damaged its awning.
They started from the Pennsylvania
railroad station. Patrolman Larson
aided Markle in righting matters.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
HIGH STREET RESIDENTS IN
FAVOR OF GARDEN PLOTS

A number of residents along High
street, between city hall park and
the water front have definitely decid-
ed to have attractive garden spots
provided for down line through the
center of the street when it is paved.
Their special committee has held an
other meeting for the purpose of go
ing over the map with City Engineer
Samuel J. Mason.
The subject will next be taken up
with members of the Board of Alder
men, in an effort to have bids adver-
tised for accordingly. The definite
conclusion of the property owners
was arrived at after they had viewed
Park avenue extending from Newark
They approved of the manner in
which that thoroughfare was laid out
and agreed that High street should
be similarly beautffied. The alder
men say that they are agreeable to
allow what a majority of the prop
erty owners desire.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
TWO FIRE ALARMS
CAUSE EXCITEMENT
Damage is Trifling - Calls
Within Few Minutes of Each
Other This Morning.

Two fires, both of slight import,
called out the fire department this
morning, the alarms being turned in
within a few minutes of each other.
A burning bed resulted in So dam
age at the home of George Kline, 81
DeKalb avenue, and defective wiring
was responsible for $40 damage at
the home of Max Wurtzel, 142 Cor
don street.
Shortly before 10 o'clock the
alarm was turned in from box 46.
Neighbors of Mrs. Kline saw smoke
coming from the window of her
home, and knowing that she was
away, they threw a burning bed out
of the window. The fire, the cause
of which was unknown, was extin-
guished by means of chemicals, with
but little damage.
While the firemen were at the De
Kalb avenue fire an alarm was turn
ed in from box "A, corner of Kearny
avenue and Gordon street. The fire
proved to be at the home OF Max
Wurtzel, in Gordon street, being half
of a double house. the other half Of
which is occupied by Leo Goldberger
and which was struck by lightning
Monday night. A chandelier in an
upper room of the home had been
loosened by the lightning. In
this manner the electric wires
short-circuited, and wearing through
the composition of an adjoining pipe,
the gas had been ignited by spark
this morning. The flames set fire to
the ceiling paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wurtzel were away
and the servants, greatly frightened,
rushed out in the street for assist
ance. l. Frankel, driver of one OF
E. j. Dorsey's ice wagons, and his
helper. Koch, dashed several pals or
water on the fire, extinguishing 1t
lust hefnre the firemen arrived
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
Dupont Plant at Parlin Wants
from 100000 to Million
GaIIons-No Action Taken.
MILL PAY AT METER RATE
Lay Own Pipes from
Ernston to Plant at ParIln,
Official Says.
WOULD THEN ASK REBATE
Bids on Valves, ETC., Received
by Board of Water Commis-
sioners at Meeting.

Because Of the difficulty in secur-
ing enough water to conduct the ex-
tensive operations of the e. l. du
Pont de Nemours, that company last
night made application to the Board
of Water Commissioners for the use
of from 100000 to over million
gallons of water daily at their pow
der manufacturing plant in Parl1n.
No official action was taken on the
application last night, but the clerk
was instructed to communicate with
the powder company, asking that
representative attend an adjourned
meeting of the board to be held next
Wednesday night.
The application, which was signed
by Daniel Canfield, of the du Pont
Company, was as follows: Can you
furnish 100000 gallons of water per
day, being the minimum; the maxi
mum amount may reach million
gallons or more, to our powder works
at Parlin. We wish to ask the
boards lowest price for the water
and the nearest point it may be de-
livered to the works. We believe
the nearest point of pipe line is Erns-
ton, station, approximately three
fourths of mile from the point Of
delivery"
Pay at Meter Rate.
The company, it is believed, would
pay for the water at the meter rate
and would lay It's own pipes to the
point of delivery with the provision
that the board would allow a rebate
year for the Use Of if the pipe
Tbs col fmissio2sw are considering
the advisability Of allowing this large
amount of water to be taken from
the city's supply, for while this may
undoubtedly be spared at the present
they, are carefully weighing the
thought this water may some day be
needed to fill the city's own wants.
Estimates were received from ten
manufacturing concerns for furnish
ing gate valves and cast iron bell
and spigot pipe. Upon motion they
were referred to the engineer for
tabulation. The bidders were the
Rensselaer, Valve Company, of New
York; Perth Amboy Hardware Co.,
r. D. Wood & Co., Philadelphia;
John Fox & Co., New York; E. F.
Heating Co., New York; United
States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry
Co., Anderson & White, New York;
Kennedy Valve Co., Eddy Valve Co.,
and the Standard Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry Co.
Subsequent to the receipt of a
communication from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, giving the
board permission to lay a twelve
inch main on the westerly side of the
company's property from Alpine
street to Garretson avenue, a reso-
luton was adopted instructing the
clerk to communicate with the rail-
road, informing them that the board
will execute an agreement with them
to this effect
A communication was read from
the Allis-Chandler Company inform
ing the board that blue prints of the
plans for the foundation of the new
twelve million gallon pump at Run
yon had been forwarded and that
copy had been placed in the hands of
Engineer Samuel J. Mason.
The commissioners present were
President C. D. Snedeker, w. P. Bo-
lans c. c. Sibley and Hugh Timmins.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
PLAN FUNERALS AS RESCUERS
SEARCH FOR MORE ERIE DEAD
Special by United Press Wire.

Erie, Pa, Aug. 5:-While funeral
arrangements were being made for
the twenty victims of Erie's greatest
catastrophe, squads of rescuers were
working feverishly to clear away the
wreckage that choked the streets and
probably concealed a dozen more
bodies. Eighteen bodies were still
missing according to "a revised list
by city officials. Armed militiamep
aided the police to enforce safety on
the crowd and prevent looting and
possible fires.
Louis B. Jones. prominent young
attorney, died this morning from
shock after the flood He was strick-
en- with heart disease when he found
his home on East Sixth street about
to be carried away by the waters
His death makes the twenty-sec-
ond known victim of the flood, the
body of an unidentified Russian hav-
fng been taken from the debris at 0
o'clock last night.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
WORKING To UNDO
STORMS DAMAGE
Car Service is Still Hampered
in Several Parts of County
Raritan River Rises.

Several days will probably be re-
in this city and vicinity are back in
normal working order again, follow
ing the severe damage done by the
wind and rain storm Tuesday night
and early yesterday morning. At the
headquarters of the Public Service
Corporation in Newark it was stated
yesterday that the storm was the
most severe which the traction inter
ests hereabouts have encountered
since the Public Service began oper-
ating in 1908. Trolley car service
between this city and South Amboy
and between Westfield and this city
is still hampered because Of storm
damage. But one track can be used
between this city and South Amboy.
Passengers on the Railway line must
transfer and walk across the bridge
over the Railway river because the
structure was SO seriously damaged
as to be thought to be unsafe. There
are other signs of continued interfer-
ence In this section, but car service
between this city and New Brunswick
Is again declared normal.
Car Service Badly Crippled.
1t was near II o'clock yesterday
morning before trolley company en-
ployes had cleared up lines in and
out of the city. Cars were then sent
out for service between this city and
the county seat town. For a time
there was no service between this
city and South Amboy yesterday, but
n aI Of int 1o
between $50 O'Clock yesterday
morning and O'Clock yesterday
afternoon Between those hours
they had to transfer at one point in
South Amboy because of landslide
over the tracks. About o'clock in
the afternoon a shuttle car of the
Metuchen line of the Public Service
made the trip from Broadway and
Main street In South Amboy to this
city, the east bound track having
been cleared fairly we'll. Workmen
labored to clear the other track at
the same place today.
The Railway river trolley bridge
was damaged and probably made un-
safe because it was struck by pieces
Of timber broken off from the Penn
sylvania bridge The timber hoated
down with a swift outgoing current
yesterday morning and damaged the
trolley structure considerably it is
believed
An automobile truck of the Wag-
ner Pastry Company, of Newark,
which turned over and lost It's con-
tents when it ran into a washout in
the "hole-in-the-wal yesterday,
was hauled out about an hour after
the accident. The vehicle was but
slightly damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
Raritan Canal Rises.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Aug. because
of the heavy rain the Delaware and
Raritan canal has become raging
torrent. The water has risen along
it's entire length, endangering all the
property along the shore. The city
docks here were guarded all night
by men so that in case of a sudden
rise of the waters they could take
the horses from out of the stables
and warn the factories in the imme-
diate vicinity.
Boats at the boat club were in dan
ger of being broken from their
moorings. Because of this threaten
ing danger several me1lbe of the
club remained there all night. AL
though many of the small motor
boats were tossed about by the waves,
none was reported lost.
The rain made the streets verita BILE
rivers in which the boys had the
times of their lives. Many of the
boys built RATS upon which they
floated back and forth upon the
flooded streets. Burnet street was
the favorite spot for this sport.
Much damage was~ done to the
property in all sections of the city.
In one instance the water rushed in
to g. house with such force that 1t
washed away several bricks from the
foundation. To prevent the damage
from becoming worse immediate ac-
tion had to be taken. In many places
where there were chicken coops in
the rear of the houses the fowls
were washed away ard not recovered
until they almost reached the canal.
In many instances the fowls were
drownde. Many cellars were flooded
causing much damage to the things
stored there. In many cases the
water reached a depth of six feet and
in some cases flooded the first floor.
Washouts along the Raritan River
railroad caused traffic to be suspend
ed for the day after the early morn
ing train had left. The work of re-
pairing these washouts was imme-
diately started by the men of the
road The reason for many of the
flooded houses was the lack of large
and efficient sewers.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
CHARGES DESERTION IN SUIT
FOR DIVORCE IN MONMOUTH
TO the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS
Trenton, August Jefferson Sc
ligman, well known resident of
the Borough of Deal, Monmouth
county, living on Ocean avenue, has
been made defendant in a suit for di-
vorce instituted in the court of chan
cer.- here by his wife, Mrs. Julia Sc
ligman. She charges him with de-
serting her.
They were married March 2, 1886,
by the Rev. DR.. Gottheil, rabbi, at
$50 Fifth avenue, New York city.
The petitioner claims that her hus-
band left her on May 81, 1918, and
has never returned. Her maiden
name was Julia Wormser.