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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE FOR
ELECTION BOARD TESTS
to the EVENING NEWS

opeCtuF 90 FHe II FENING Nh HS.
Trenton, April 17:-The State
Civil Service Commission announced
today the schedule for the examina-
tions for members of the local
Boards of Registry and Election
throughout the state, under the
Geran election law, The tests will
open in Elizabeth on Friday, May IA,
and close in Atlantic City on Thurs
day, June "a. The schedule for Mid
dlesex and Monmouth counties fol-
low:
Middlesex-Friday, May 21, at
New Brunswick.
Thursday, May %, at
Freehold.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Grand Duke Nicholas Shot.

Special by United Press Wire.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayyille,
April 17:-Grand Duke Nicholas,
commander-in-chief of the Russian
army, was shot in the abdomen and
seriously wounded by Baron Sibbers,
commander of the defeated Russian
army, during a heated quarrel, ac-
cording to an article published by the
Duisburg newspaper, General Anbeit-
er. Baron Sibbers, it was reported.
then committed suicide. The news
paper said it received the information
from absolutely unimpeachable
source" The grand duke summoned
General Sibbers to headquarters and
demanded that he explain his defeat
During the quarrel the grand duke
boxed the latter's ears. The shoot
ing followed.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Villas Troops Retreat.

Special by United Press Wtre.
Browsnville, April 17-Villista
besiegers of Matamoras are in full
retreat towards Monterey, appar-
emily intending to join Villa at Ce-
laya. The retreat began yesterday
noon and the camp today is entirely
deserted, While the Carranzista gar
rison in the city is celebrating. L.
H. Morris, representative of the
Bowsnville Sentinel, in the Villista
camp, is missing and is believed to
have been kidnapped by General
Rodiquez, to prevent news Of the
retreat from leaking out.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
SHOT WIFE AND MAN
WHO DEFENDS HER
Jealousy, Police Say, Led to
Shooting of Two-Found
Wife in Neighbor's Home.
speoiaI bv United Press Wtre.

Special By United Press Wire.
Coatesville, Pa, April 17-Thomas
E. Rice is under arrest today follow
ing the shooting of Mrs. Bessie Rice,
his wife, and Richard McCarraher,
who attempted to save her. Jeal-
ousy, the police say, led to the shoot
ing. McCarraher, who is sixteen
years old, may die, but Mrs. Rice
escaped with minor wounds. Rice
failed to find his wife when he re-
turned home from work and followed
her to the McCarraher residence,
where he accused her of being too
friendly with Evan McCarraher. a
cousin, and shot her in the arm. The
McCarrahers seized the revolver and
the younger McCarraher received a
wound above the heart.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

Today marks the opening of the
baseball season in this city and the
beginning of the second year of the
Perth Amboy PAGER nine. play
ball" will sound at $3.50 O'Clock this
afternoon and at the word "play"
Mayor Garretson will toss out the
first ball, starting the scheduled con-
f1ict between the PAGERS and the
crack Lincoln Stars. About the
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Austrians Lose zennelins.

Special by United Press Wire.
Paris, April 17.-one of the two
zeppelins Germany gave Austria,
fell into the Adriatic while manue-
yering off Pola. according to dis
patches received today. Every menu
ber of her crew persisted.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
MANY CHARITABLE REQUESTS
IN MRS. ROCKEFEIlER'S WILL

oPect"5 W Cttttt~ 1TtSS HfFe'
New York, April 17-Many charit-
able bequeaths were made in the will
of the late Mrs. John D. Rockefeller,
wife of the worlds richest man,
which was filed for probate today.
Her estate was valued at about
$3.50, 900. She made specific be-
queaths of $550,000 and left the rest
of her estate of $1,O00,0O0 to be
divided among several institutions
as her trustees may determine.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
SURPRISE FOR PICKERSGILL

81 have been recorder for eleven
years, and never before has anything
like this happened to me-" declared
Recorder Pickersgill when he arriv-
ed at his desk in the police court this
morning, and found it spic and span,
and cleaned and scraped.
Secondhand Ford touring car for
sale, in first class order. c. A. Sex
ton, Is Smith street.
16010-4-17-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Fourth Aerial Invasion.

Special By United Press Wire.
London, April IA German
Taube few over Selby in Yorkshire,
fourteen miles from York today On
the fourth aerial invasion within
the last sixty hours.
Continued on page Al
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
n,ss is THE TIME to have a sui

sIosAs is THE TIME to have a suit
MIIM made to order. We have
NSss thousands Of new Spring and
Summer samples to select from. We
make q speciality of suits at s25-
others at higher prices.
CHR. CHRIST0FFERS0N e SON,
Ladies' and Gents TaSlorE,
81 Smith ST.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

same time County Clerk Bernard M.
Cannon and Albert Leon, who pre-
sented a silver loving cup to Mag
nate Max Gibian last year, will hoist
the stars and stripes to the mast OF
the granstand. This flag will be
raised to fiutter in the breezes ev-
cry day that there is a game at the
park. Tho meeting of these teams
marks the opening of the PAGER
schedule. The question: as to wheth-
ed the team will figure in the Attain
tic League, or win keep on with an
exhibition series is expected to be-
come definitely settled at meeting
or league officials Monday
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

II it's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Galter, 3s3
State street. 16s31-4-13-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

We carry the largest tire and tube
stock In New Jersey. our prices will
surprise you. Frank Van Syckle
Garage Co. Phone 591.
11529-11-21-S-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

New five and seven passenger auto
mobiles for hire. C. A. Sexton.
Phone 1S1. Is Smith street.
16010-4-17-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Did Great Damage.

Special by United Press Wire.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville,
L. l., April 17:-The Zeppelin air
ships did great damage on recent
raids on English coast towns. accord
ing to private dispatches received
here from Holland Several officers
of the British coast guards were
killed s. wounded and bombs were
nuac.tish ships patroiling
T1he COAST to prDfea
4 Bombs also fell on the -, 1 "a
Information concerning tie 1ai!7laa !!
done by the ZeppeIins is said to have
been communicated to Holland in
confidential eablegrams from Eng
land. The British censor. according
to dispatches received here, struck
OFF further details of the results of
the air raids.
The official statement from the
war Office this afternoon declared the
German aviator who bombarded the
towns yesterday afternoon sheIled
Greenwich, five miles from London
Bridge, on the right bank of the
Thames. The royal observatory
from which longitude is computed
for the ntire world, an entire chem
ieal and engineering works, are at
Greenwich. The official statement
did not say whether damage was
done.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

Northwest OF Urbes in the Yosges
the Kaiser's troops captured a
French position, taking several pris-
oners. They afterwards abandoned
the position because 1t was not ad-
vantageously located.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

Business mems lunch from 12 to 2,
soc. The Warren, 22S High street.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

Cali taxi, 46. c. johnson.
15360-4-1-1mos
New Studebaker cars TO hire, seven
passenger, six cylinder. Frank Van
Syckle Garage Co. Phone sci.
11529-11-21-S-tf
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

Buff Leghorn chicks, 13c each.
Buff Leghorn Hennery, 181 Broad
street. 16985-4-16-2t .
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
PRESIDENT APPROVES IN
RIGGS NATIONAL BANK CASE
bp United Press VIC.

nlal by United Press Wire.
Algton, April 17.-Presideni
NJ political adviser. Ras1
master General Bur1es0n, zee(
General Gregory and Louis =. Bran
deis held late night conference
Friday concerning the Riggs Nation
al bank case, 1t leaked out today, at
which Brandeis was said to have ex-
planned to the chief executive the
very inside of the situation and
made clear to him many details
which he did not know before. The
result was understood to have the
full approval by the President of all
the treasury and justice departments
lad done and an unqualified o. X.
on future plans.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17

We carry a complete line of Ford
parts. Frank Van syekle Garage
Co. Phone 5s1.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-17
Germans Admit Reverse.

Special By United Press Wire.
Berlin, via wireless to London,
April 17:-Hot' fighting is going on
at four distinct points in the battle
line in France, according to dispatch
es received here today. The war Of
flee officially admitted a German re-
verse northwest of Arras, but de-
clared that at every other point the
enemy has been checked or pushed
back The French have resumed
their offensive against the German
wedge between the Meuse and Mo
selle. They have concentrated their
forces in an attack on the German
positions near F'liey west of Pont-a-
Mousson, but have been repulsed.
Northwest of Arras in the Lorette
| the Germans We're forced to evacuatf
a small position at Appui- In -
| r,Saunapne region - NV 60
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
THE DOG IN THE PROVERBS

become imbedded in the proverbial wis., dom of any but kindly race with. a friendly feeling for all created things. And the Chinese say that he ''has no aversion to poor family" and Phis faithful intelligence is admitted in the saying that the dog understands his masters nod"
 The orientals of Palestine however. have always looked with contempt on dogs, or we should not have that famous question: ''Is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing?" Father Tabb has turned the phrase in way that only a man could do who had watched with affectionate interest the effort of beast to find his master. The gentle priest re- peats Hazaers question: 'Ts thy servant a dog?" and answers it. So must be he. who in the crowded street, Where shameless sin and Haunting pleas : ure meet
 Amid the noisome footprints finds the sweet
 Faint vestige of thy feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
Five Commissioners

The Age Herald is of the belief that city manager of the highest type, would give the best city government
 believes that had the present legislators of Alabama acted merely investigating committee and reported to the cnor that the present governor would have managed the states affairs much better than has the existing majority of t1avagant and fanatcal legislators
 The AgeHerald has heretofore advocated three city com mssoners better than five That advocacy appeared strong and correct until the dongs of the existing mission.
 It that three play politics together better than five
 The Age Herald has always believed and advocated that Br mngham with its power electric current is entitled to cheaper than heretofore existed But there right and wrong of doing everything and whatever done by
 city should be done the open and given to the newspapers be published the open and not be hid under patent medicine spositon wanted'' advertisements
 The people the public corporations entitled have their public servants act for them the full light of day. with the halo of publicity surrounding such acts.
 Believing under the circumstances that commission of five needed to give full representation to the city of Birmingham and the legislature has provided that the people October II shall say whether they three five commissioners The Age Herald thinks will be wise for them to five commissioners
 Theoretically three should be better
 Under existing conditions the people will probably ask for five and will get five.
 In the meantime it is well for the people consider secret conferences but good strong, ve active health and vgor and mental balance should be candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24

Dr. Blake are quoted as saying that they will follow him in order to con- tinue to profit by his instruction, declaring at the same time that "all the rest of them have been obstruc- tionists, maddened with jealousy of Dr. Blake, every minute in the day"
 There is also an echo of the Clar- ence H. Mackay divorce suit in the charge that seven friends of MT. Mackay, the former husband of Mrs. Blake, were hostile toward the dis tinguished surgeon. But jealousy of his co-workers and the fear of emi nent Paris surgeons that Dr. Blake might open an office in the French capital and, because of his interna- tional reputation, might deprive them of the lucrative practice they enjoy among rich Americans living in Paris, and those who travel, seems to be the true explanation of the affair. A fine commentary, indeed, on the littleness of human nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
The Case of Dr. Blake

It is reported from Paris that the withdrawal of Dr. Joseph A. Blake from the staff of the American ann bulance to enter the British hospital service "has stirred the institution to it's foundation" and may seriously cripple the work American surgeons under the leadership of Dr. Blake have been doing for wounded soldiers in Paris. A certain faction of sur reons are alleged to have strongly criticized Dr. Blake, although it is freely acknowledged that the pres tige of his name causes large dona- tions to be made to the ambulance bv his friends in America and, per. haps, elsewhere. It is intimated that his withdrawal may deprive the in atitution of the support of Mrs. w. K Vanderbilt, its largest single bene factor.
 pr. Blake's resignation seems tt haye been forced by nothing more ol 1ess than "professional jealousy" un fortunately quite prevalent in thu medical profession, which should b. placed above such weakness by thu nature of it's work for humanity aome ef the younger doctors unde'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
Market Gradually

Now that spot cotton is selling for II cents--two or three cents pound higher than the most optimistic banker or farmer predicted in July it would be worth in October-next months receipts will be very large.
 If the October market is over crowded there will be temporary de- cline, but the cotton producer must see to it that the market is not glutted. He will make a costly mis- take if he tries to sell the bulk of his crop before Christmas.
 In August when MT. Harding vis- tied Birmingham and made his nota- ble address on the cotton situation he did not name any price that he thought the staple would probably bring this fall, but he was evidently expecting to see strong and ad- vancing market. In fact, he did not hestitate to forecast a profitable price level.
 He explained the part the federal reserve banks would have in helping the farmer to carry such portion of his crop as good business judgment might dictate. Money was plentiful and at low interest rates compared with the high rates charged the farmer in other years. MT. Harding stressed the importance of marketing the crop gradually. And other bank CTS have been urging the same thing The statistical position of cotton is all on the side of higher prices. Ii is believed that the staple will be bringing 12 cents to 13 cents before the end of the year and 15 cents by spring. But if the market is gluttee in October, prices will play into the hands of the bears as matter ol [ course. urF
 The estimate of the size of thi. years crop is now pretty well set tied around eleven million bales. 4 few years ago this would have beer considered normal, but with progres sive farming methods in practice, ant in view of the 1914 record crop of seventeen million bales, clever million or even twelve million mus be looked upon as very small crop But when it is remembered that cot ton was produced this year at cos of 50 per cent less than in 1914 o in other bountiful years, the farme should have more money when h does market his crop than ever be fore.
 But let him not fail to act on tn advice, market gradually"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
The Dollars Reigns

According to well accepted theory, fossil is something that is dead very dead indeed. But Kansas has a fossil that is making things lively, paradoxical as it sounds.
 This fossil, which is regarded as exceedingly valuable from scientific standpoint, was found on the farm of Peter Garrity, near Topeka, by rep resentatives of the Kansas State uni versity. The fossil was taken to the university museum and now Garrity is suing the state for payment for it.. Garrity insists that he not only owns the land as appears on the sur face, but the dirt beneath and all that may be buried in it. The county court, however, disagreed with this view point and refused to order payment. Nothing daunted, the Kansas farmer has carried the case to the supreme court.
 All of which proves that it is abso- lutely useless to lay plans or to count upon a peaceful and uneventful ca reer. There that fossil had laid, buried in the earth, as century after cen tury rolled up its scroll. Apparently it was destined to remain peacefully in its earthly bed. But no--thousands of years after the creature had lived and died and disappeared from the face of the earth, along comes bunch of inquisitive men of science and dig it up. Not content with that they have strung it's great bones to- gether and exposed them to the gaze and ridicule of mere pigmy mortals which if the fossil were suddenly tt be restored to life and animation, i could crush with one flirt of mann moth foot.
 Heaping insult upon insult, the an cient fossil is being dragged, in nam' at least, from court to court in 1 haggle over the value. of its skele ton.
 All of which shows that the man O the present age is very commercial creature-placing the dollar sigl above veneration of antiquity am knowing nothing of ancestor worship
 The world has changed considera bly since the fossil was young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24

Servia is famous for its centenarians. According to statistics recently printed in England, one male Servian in every 226O has lived to be 100 years old. The total male centenarian population of Servia is 575. Next in the longevity list comes Ire land, where there is one centenarian in every s160 of population. The total num- Der of 100-year-olds in Ireland is 5S7 The Spaniards who come next in order fall considerably below the Serbs and Irish There is one Spanish contenarian in .yery 4S,ooo. Norway has only 23 centenarians, or one in about each 96,000. England, Scotland and Wales average about one to every 177,oOo of population. Centenarians in France number 2l3, ratio of one to each 1S0.750 Sweden is seventh in the list with 20. or one in 250,OoO Germany has one in 702,O00. Denmark craims only two centenarians. less than one to 1000, 900, while Switzerland. In spite of its reputed healthiness and the hardihood of its peo- pie. does not seem to have single cen tenarian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
A Remarkable Picture

''I don't think there is anything in the country which has met with such unusual success as the moving pictures said E. H. Colly. Recently l witnessed one of the most stupendous productions in the moving picture business that has ever been undertaken. I am speaking of The
 Birth of Nation,' now running in New
 York. It is undoubtedly one of the most wonderful pictures that has ever been thrown on the canvas. It cost over $1, ,5OO0OO to produce it and over 1000 peo- pie were used to make 1t. The thing that impressed me more than anything else
 was the price of admission. Seats ranged
 in price from 50 cents to g and they were doing capacity business. Another picture is now being shown which is equally as wonderful. It Is called the Battle Cry of Peace.' and from what I am told it is wonderful achievement in the moving picture world. They are likewise charging as high as g admis- sion to witness 1t, and doing a big busi-
 ness. The movies have done more to ruin the legitimate stage than anything else in the past 100 years. Nearly every
 one is movie fan these days, and most people make it rule to 60 to see some l film once day. A number of the hlms
 are instructive and are a source of lib eral education along some lines. Many of the best plays are being nlmed and
 some of the best moral Iectures in tho
 world are exempliaed on the screen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
THE NEED OF THE HOUR

~-~~ By Edwin Markham. Great is our heritage of hope and, great The obligation of our civic fate! Fling forth the triple-coiored nag to
 dare < .zas 52 s+ 7sss z, <. ssSfsS 7@i7 The bright. untraveied highways of the Blow the undauntsd bugles. blow. and. Let not the boast betray us to forget. For thsre.ars hisA .dvsntuFss for this Tourneys to test the einews of our
 power; For we must parry-as the years in- The hassrds of success. the risks of
 peace!
 what need ws. then. to guard and keep What do we need to prop the state? We
 need
 The fine audacities of honest deed: The homely old integrities of soul: The swift temerfttes that take the part Of outcast Risht-the wisdom of the Brave hopes that Mammon never can Nor suiiy with his sainless clutch forI
 gain. We need the Cromwell fire to make ua
 feel
 The public honor or the public trust To be thing as sacred and august As some white altar where the angelo W. nssd nsss' 'ths faith to so . !. path untrod. The power to be alone and vote with
 God
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-24
UNCLE sAM's s5O00 DOGS om the Shreveport Times.

From the Shreveport Times.
 How would you like to travel 1000 miles over ice and snow, three times a winter, requiring from 25 to 70 days to the trip. walking all the way yourself and driv- ing a dog team of 10 dogs and sled carrying 200 pounds of valuable mail on each trip-for s1s75? In other words, how'd you like to be the mail carrier for Uncle Sam from Kotzebue to Barrow, Arctic Alaska?
 It costs Uncle Sam $625 for each round trip over this most northerly mail route in the world, and although this is sl 5t for each pound of mail. or little over cents an ounce, it's cheap at the price For the owner of the dog team which goes over this route has an investment in equipment amounting to between 5000 and $50Oo for dogs alone
 It's some trip, with the thermometers sometimes 60 degrees below zero. Blu, the dogs stand 1t better than the man. A great many of the Alaska dogs are almost pure wolf, having been trained ur from pups to drag the dog sleds. The dog teams are used in preference to reindeer for several reasons. In the first place food must be carried for the team. and the dog food Is fish, which is light, ia well liked by the dogs. is easily packed and takes up very little room. The rein. deer. on the other hand. feed on the -tun. dra moss. and dsthis Is bulky and cannot bt carried on sleds. The alternative is to stoY every two hours and allow the deer tc kick up the snow. find their own most and take two hours to eat each meal At night the dogs lie down in the snow huddled together. and allow the snowfal to cover them. In the morning. tht driver finds his dogs by the air holel made by the dogs breath in tho snow.