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Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
TROLLEYMEN ON STRIKE IN
DETROIT; TIES UP CITY

Special by United Press Wire.
Detroit, Mich, May 13.-Three
thousand motormen and conductors
of the Detroit Street Railway Com
pany went on strike at 6 a. m. to-
day, completely paralyzing the city
Industries. Minor disorders were
reported from various sections of the
city, but no serious damage oc-
Cured. The strike resulted from
refusal of the Detroit United Rail-
way Company to reinstate Motorman
Whaling recently dismissed. Whal-
ing is an officer of the street car
mems union.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
AMERICAS S[AST NOTE ON WAY; GIVES
GERMANY No CHANCE TO 0U|BB[E
Rote Formally Approved by President This Morning Who
Takes Position That There Is No Reason to Assume That
Germany Will Not Accept II in the Friendly Manner in
Which II Was DraWn-ViII Not Discuss to Any Extent.
Special By United Press Wire.


Washington, May 13:-Germany
must act, not quibble or promise
Summed up in a sentence that is the
United States attitude in the negotia-
tons growing out OF the torpedoing
OF the Lusitania with its toll OF
American lives. Americas last word
is going forward to Germany this
afternoon. The note was formally
approved by the President at 1915
today, signed an hour later by Secre-
tary of State Bryan and Immediately
turned over to confidential secre-
taries to be reduced to code.
You can say that the note is now
going forward" said Secretary Bryan
at noon. ''It will make between
1,200 and 1900 words and will be
made public Friday morning. 1t will
be in AMBASSADOR Gerard's hands not
later than an early hour tomorrow
and he will present it to the German
foreign office without delay"
The President today took the
position that there was no reason to
assume that Germany will not accept
the note in the friendly spirit In
which it was drawn and agree to
meet this governments demands,
even though they are for definite
change in her methods of warfare.
Such being the case he has refused
to discuss the situation beyond the
point of preparations and dispatcn of
the note.
The German embassy believes
Germany and America can meet on
the basis of the American note II out
lines of the notes contents as print
ed today are correct. The German
embassy does not say SO officially,
Ambassador Bernstorff in fact refus-
ing to talk further than to issue alb
solute denial of statement purport-
ing to reflect the embassy's views.
This alleged statement declared Ger
many's acceptance of Americas de-
mand would be suave but firm re-
fusal to accept the conditions laid
down.
When the President finished work
on the note he left the White
House at 1915 a. NJ. today for a
short automobile ride.
The President received more hun
EsHreds OF se1egTams today, almost
without exception strongly commend
atory Of his course. He was said to
be much gratified The definite state
ment was made that he would make
his trip to New York to review the
fleet on the yacht Mayfower, rs
originally planned
The answer of the kaiser's govern
ment to the representations being form
ulated by President Wilson will be a
polite and suaye refusal to desist from
that policy which resulted in torpedo
ing the Gulfiight, flying the American
flag. and sinking the Lusttania, bel
Aigerent merchant ship with scores of
American citizens aboard.
Germany will continue to destroy
belligerent vessels without warning. If
Americans persist in travelling under
the British. French or Russian flag
they may be killed. An official of the
German embassy said that this is the
German position. and it will not be
modified or abandoned. He added that
the German foreign Office will politely
Inform the state department that Ger
many regrets that Americans have
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
HINT GRAND JURY PROBE OF
ELECTION IN KEANSBURG

Because "summerites" are alleged
to have voted in the election Tuesday
when Keansburg rejected being
Thoroughbred" by a majority vote Of
63, there is talk among the adher-
ents of the plan to try to secure a
grand jury Investigation. 1t is
pointed out that sixty voters, who
are only summer residents of the re-
sort, cast ballots. The vote stood
$50 to 127, with four ballots reject
ed as spoiled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
EXCUSE JURORS FOR APRIL
TERM THIS MORNING
pecscl to the EVENING NEWS.

Spectol to tAe EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, May 1S.-Jurors
for the April term of court have
been excused until sent for. Judge
Frank T. Lloyd has practically CON
eluded the jury trials for the pres
ent term and the last one is sched-
uled to be held this afternoon. The
latter case involves an action to re-
cover rent paid in advance.
Cases scheduled to be heard on
Monday are: William E. Tuttie, and
others, by Paul Q. oliver, against
Benjamin S. Harris and others, by
]. Henry Crane, and the Howell
Lumber Company, by W. Edwin
Florance, against j. Fred Miller, by
c. T. Cowenhoven.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
SPRINKLIAG STREETS

The Public Service Railway Com
pany has begun Its summer sprink-
ling along the streets, through which
their tracks pass. The custom of
sprinkling the dusty streets miti-
gates the volume of dust that COM
muters find very annoying as it flies
through the open window.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
LABOR MEN MEET TONIGHT

The first meeting of the Central
Labor Union, which is to be open to
the press, Is scheduled at Union hall
ever the Perth Amboy Savings Insti-
tuition tonight At the last meeting
of the organization it was decided to
permit reporters to attend proceed
ings and transact business publicly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
BARNES ON STAND TODAY IN
CASE AGAINST ROOSEVELT
Special by united Press Wire.

SpeCIuE Uy UHFF6u l7TeSS WTe.
Syracuse, May 13:-Barnes went
ON the stand at 11:45 a. m. in his
libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt.
He was cross examined as to his con-
nection with the Albany Journal and
his political activities dating from
May, 1889 A number of witnesses
preceded Barnes but their testimony
was as a whole uninteresting. Barnes
manner on the stand was in exact
contrast to Roosevelt. His answers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
COURT ABOUT COMPLETED

New Brunswick, May 13:-The
newly improved county court house
here has been practically completed
It was announced today that it would
be opened for inspection Saturday
afternoon and evening. The neces-
sary furniture is being installed In
the building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
FIREMEN TO HAVE TEST

The Lincoln Engine Company will
have a test at o'clock tonight. by
order of Foreman George Ramsden.
At the test a cellar nozzle foreman
will be selected. and new members
recently admitted to the company
will be given instruction in the hand
ling of hose. making connections, etc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
SPLIT ON PEACE

Princeton, May 13:-All but 100
of the entire student body of Prince
ton university refused to sign reso-
luton denouncing all war talk as a
result of the Lusitania disaster. The
resolution caused split among the
students
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Cheaper Food for students.

SDeclaI o. UHfEea PTeSs WHe.
Madison, Wis, May 13:-In spite
of the boost in the prices Of food
stuffs and the increasing burden of
the high cost of living, the University
of Wisconsin is constantly making
food less costly and living cheaper
for the students who patronize the
institutions big cafeteria. Three re-
duetions In price have been made In
the present school year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
ATTEND LODGE BANQUET

Grand Auditor Martin F. Ryan
and Deputy Grand Chief Ranger Ed
ward C. Smith, of this city, were at
a banquet Saturday night in Jersey
City, given under the auspices Of
the Grand Court Of the Foresters of
America of the state of New Jersey.
Supreme Secretary T M. Donnelly,
OF Jersey City, was the POSTMASTER.
There were covers laid for one hum
dred.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
FIRE IN BARCLAY STREET

A slight fire. at 343 Barclay street
shortly after 8 o'clock last night
called out several fire companies. A
mattress was aire from some un-
known cause, but the flames were ex-
tinguished before the fremen arriE-
AL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Can't Break German Lines.


Correspondent for United Press.)
With the German Army, Brussels,
May 10, via The Hague and London
(delayed), May 13.-After week
with German officers in Belgium and
France, I find absolute confidence in
the German ranks that the allies will
never be able to penetrate the Ger
man lines. There. is an equally firm
belief in the success of the German
offensive around Ypres.
Officers told me, that the fighting
in that locality has been the blood
lest of the war The British troops
they said bore the brunt of the
fighting and suffered unparalleled
losses. Six generals and one Bava-
rian prince dined a party of neutral
correspondents and accompanied
them along the battle front. The
highest officer referred repeatedly to
Germany's cordial relations with
America and expressed regret at
the sinking of the Lusitania.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
BRITISH WARSH|P GOLIATH IS
TORPED0ED At DARDANELLES;
800 LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Sultan Threatens to Abdicate in
TuTkey-Rioting Increases
Allies Claim Brilliant Sue
cess in Recent Battles.
Special by United Press Wire.


London, May 13:-The British
warship Goliath has been torpedoed
at the Dardanelles, according to an
official announcement from the ad-
miralty. The admiralty placed the
loss of life at 500. The Goliath was
a 1880 ton battleship of the same
class as the Atlantic Ocean, sunk in
side the straits March 18, the same
day the battleships Irresistible and
Boubet were torpedoed and sunk.
The first announcement put the
casualties at 700. A late telegram
to the admiralty said that 20 officers
and 160 men had been saved. The
British submarine Ella, Churchill
announced, reported she sank two
Turkish gunboats and large trans
port in an engagement inside the
strait. The loss of life aboard the
Turkish ships was not estimated.
The Goliath, Churchill an
nounced, was sunk last night while
protecting the flank of French forces
inside the strait. Later dispatches to
the admiralty, Churchill said. re-
ported that flotilla Of destroyers at
tackled the Goliath. The announce
ment from the first lord of the ad-
miralty was the first official word
that the allied fleet has again been
actively engaged in the Dardanelles
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Success for Allies.

Spec cidI by United Press wire
Paris, May 13 Brilliant sue
cesses'' for the allies in the great
battle being waged from Arras to the
seas were claimed in dispatches re-
ceived today and later confirmed by
the war office In the woods east OF
Carenty French troops have captured
additional trenches.
Further gains, according to corre-
spondents at the front, will force the
Germans to abandon their positions
entirely. North of Carenty, Hill No.
1926 has been taken by the French
after several days of despeate fight
ing. Coupled with gains elsewhere
in this region the French have made
important progress in the last twen-
ty-four hours toward Lens, their
main objective
The British drive upon LaBasse is
proceeding satisfactory despite the
admitted fact that English troops
suffered heavy losses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13

FIsHERIEN-Ling ana whiting are
biting off Long Branch pier, Pier
electrically lighted.
17090-5-l3-o.e.w.-Th.- -t-f.-fp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
SUMMON 100 MEN
AS FOREIGN JURY
Lawyers Pave Way for Open
ing Murder Trial of Ten Men
OF May "a.
Special to the EYENING NEWS.

y
Trenton, May 13:-Attorney
General Wescott served upon Sheriff
Fleming, of Mercer county, today,
the yenire directing him to summon
one hundred men of this county to
go to New Brunswick May "a for the
trial of the twenty-five deputy
sheriffs upon the charge of murder
in connection with the shooting of
the strikers at Roosevelt last Febru-
ary. Sheriff Fleming will summon
the men Immediately and from this
list will be selected the jury which
will determine the guilt or innocence
of the deputies. AS the present or
der for the foreign jury was issued
by the supreme court, the entire trial
gill be conducted by this tribunal in
stead of being heard by the Middle
sex circuit court. Justice Bergen
will preside as supreme court JUS
tice and all the formalities of the
supreme court will surround the
trial
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Confer on Trial.


The prosecution and the defense
are working diligently preparing for
the trial of the first ten of the in
dicted deputies" now In the county
jail on murder charges, May "a.
The attorney general and his staff
were In New Brunswick yesterday
comforting with Prosecutor W. Ed
win Florance on different phases of
the states case. Joseph E. Stricken,
chief counsel for the deputies, ="
however, was equally as busy, and he
too was in New Brunswick consult
ing with his clients, and, it is de-
clared, getting witnesses in line.
The foreign jury panel has not
yet been drawn from Mercer county
and neither side yet knows the per-
sonnel of the jury list that will come
from the adjoining county and from
which the murder jury will be
drawn. 1t is expected that it viii be
prepared this week and that the
names OF the men drawn for the spec
fetal panel Will be In the hands OF the
state and defense within day or
two, as the trial is set at only a
week from next Monday, and 1t Is
customary for the list of talesmen to
be made known to the prosecution
and the defense at least a week be-
fore the date set for tn trial.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13

II it's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salters 1888
State street. iessl-6-1-tf~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13

If it's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salter, 3sS
State street 15eS1-5-l-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
HIST! A GHOST "CROOk"

Patrolman Quinn was detailed to
155 Kearny avenue early last night
to investigate a burglar scare. The
officer reported that some person had
heen heard to run out of the back
door but that no one had been seen
and nothing taken from the house.
1t was suggested that a ghost
caused the suspicious noise heard
Call taxi, 46. c. Johnson
16650-5-1-1mos
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Report Many Killed

Special by United Press Wire.
Constantinople, May II. (By
courier to Athens, thence by cable
via London. Copyright 1915 by the
United Press. Copyright in Great
Britain May 13:-The arrival Of
$4,000 Turkish wounded this morn
ing has converted Constantinople in
to city of terror. Crowds mostly
women-this afternoon paraded the
streets cursing the war and those re-
sponsible for Turkeys participation.
Sultan Mehmed, according to re-
port reaching the American sources,
has threatened to abdicate. The
Young Turks have given the city au-
thorities carte blanche to prevent up
risings directed against the present
government by the Musselmen OPP
posed to Ember Pasha's domination.
1t is persistently reported that the
city authorities have promised the
royal Musselmen population permits
sion to enrich themselves by loot1ng
Christian property and institutions
in the event of big Turkish victory.
The wounded brought in today
have Mortified the city with their
stories of terrible Turkish losses
the first confirmation the population
has had of what it had for some time
suspected.
Those today-the first big batch
brought into the city-bring the total
of the Turkish wounded up to
10000. The dead are not known
and the extent OF the casualties from
wounds are only ascertainable be-
cause overcrowding of field hospitals
necessitated using Constantinople
quarters.
The Turkish offensive against the
allies on the Gallipoli peninsula has
failed. The guns of the French and
British warships as we'll as the allied
landing parties have inflicted terrific
losses on the Turkish land forces
along the Dardanelles.
The stories of returning wounded
have frustrated the Young Turks eff
forts, through roseate Official COM
muniques" to make the populace be-
lieve the Turks have met with sue
cess. Allied aeroplanes which flew
over the city today added to the
hysteria of the populace, although
no damage was done,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Italy Close to Mar.

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Rome, May fS:-Italy today was
lCentinued on page ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13

svEATH ER----probsbIy
fair and cooler to-
night and Friday.
Moderate northwest
wind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-13
Does Not Threaten.

1t contains no buster or actual
threats. 1t is described as an exceed
ingly dignlfed. businesslike communi-
cation, but expressed with frmness
that will meet the expectations of the
American public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04

alert as he was. And the passengers,
few suspecting the facts in the case.
cheerfully complied with the captains
orders, even If the sun was beating
down upon the other side, and the little
cabin was too hot for comfort, or II
there happened to be something OF real
interest 10 be seen on the side from
which they had been warned away.
They must have been trying times for
the captain, and while he came thru
without an accident, he must have been
glad when the last season came 10 end
and the long, slim boats were with
drawn and devoted 10 other purposes.
What happened al Chicago, nigh:
have happened at the Burlington levee.
only upon the smaller scale, but for
the eternal vigilance Of that faithful
captain and his thoroughly drilled and
trained men. OF course. we all know
better now, but we ought TO have
known better in those days. and never
risked our lives on one of those swift.
slim boats. The old ferry boat was the
thing for picnics and excursions, but
we never realized that fact.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04

one Of the best counties OF Iowa now
and noted as the premier county in
highway improvement the price Of an
acre Of land was the price of thrifty
shote today.
1t is hard to imagine the residents Of
Kossuth dependent on aid given In
charity; or Of Wright begging for
enough to keep its population until the
spring brought another planting time;
of settlers and farmers driven from
Iowa farms by starvation: but it is
we'll worth reading as a record of those
who made Iowa and of what they have
made.
And that suggests that in our schools
and our homes little more attention
given Iowa history would be we'll d.
rected. How many children of the
public schools have ever heard Of the
grasshopper raids?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04
An TEN OF IOWA HISTORY.

Extracts from a historical article on
the grasshopper invasions of Iowa re-
printed today on this page should
prove interesting reading to all Iowans
of this generation. The conditions it
describes are SO different from the
turn complaints of weather and pre-
diction OF calamity into thankfulness.
The middle 70s are not far behind us
cfonologically but they are ancient
history as concerns desti.utton and ac-
tual suffering among the agricul-
turalists OF this state. So the com
parison set up by the story Of devasta-
ton and utter poverty and waste of one
of the mos. fertile portions Of the most
productive Of states has it's value out
side of its particular interest as his
tory.
Mark, too that this was still the day
of the pioneer in northern and north
northern and northwest Iowa had been
avoided by the stream that had pushed
on to Kansas before and after the civil
war and had but lately begun to come
into it's own; that even then the
sioughs and lowlands We're widespread
and left to the ducks and the gunners;
that land, owners Of which would scott
an offer Of $3.50 an acre, was being
traded and disposed OF al from Sc 70
s. an acre; that in Wright and adjoin-
ing counties improved farms-such as
were the improvements-were on sale
at IS an acre and that even in Story
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04
SCORE FOR STATE AGENT.

The North Liberty bank robbers are
in custody. according to the morning
news dispatches, which state that a
confession has been made. They were
run down and captured and the con-
fession secured by the state agents APP
pointed under the new law.
1t was good work. One Of the state
agents was in eastern Iowa when the
robbery took place. He communicated
with Attorney General Cosson and was
assigned to the case, got on the ground
early, took up the trail and with the
other state agent ran their men 10
earth It is the more noticeable be-
cause bank detectives were Of course
busy on the trail and the state agents
seem to have had the surest noses.
One swallow of course does not make
the early bird prophesies the flock 10
follow The prompt success OF the
state agents is not only gratifying but
promises a change in the procedure
which has permitted criminals 70 make
their getaway out OF Iowa.
The state agent plan is sensible and
with the right men as agents ana capa-
BILE and law enforcing officials 10 han
die them will be highly approved. even
by those who have fought it because il
is likely to interfere with the booze
business. When the state agents begin
by promptly Running down bank rob
bers they have started at a point where
all can agree upon their efficiency ana
value.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04
mADE-lN-AMERlcA SNAKES NOW.
That's the Only Kind New Works. Zoo

That's the Only Kind New Works. Zoo
Director Can Offer Since War Began.
War having shut off regular sup
plies from Europe Curator Raymond
Ditmars announced that he has ar
ranged to meet the public demand for
a summer exhibition OF freak snakes
by installing in the reptile house in
Bronx park zoo within few days a
collection made in America" from
specimens Of oddities in snakes and
reptiles recently bagged in hunting
expedition sent by the zoo into South
America.
The exhibits have been selected but
they require quarantining and other
official grooming to prepare them for
public view. Mr.. Ditmars expects TO
have fifteen cages OF them ready for
visitors Sunday.
The display space is now monopo-
lized by a black and shiny six-foot
snake called the mussurama, made
famous by Colonel Roosevelt for Its
ability to eat alive and comfortably
digest all other snakes. however,
poisonous The mussurama, Mr.. Dit
mars says, will be prime attraction
at the show.-New York World.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-04
lIEAsTLANDs" AT HOME.
Huntington Hawkey


The terrible catastrophe at Chicago
calls forth all sorts of wise reflections
OF course, ii will be said that such
things could not happen on the Mis-
sissippi. Not at present, perhaps. we
do not use boats for the excursion ous-
mess that are unfit for anything else.
Almost all Of the steamers that are en-
aged in excursion trade on the rather
Of Waters were built for that very pur-
pose and are probably absolutely SAFE.
But it was not always So When the
raft boats found their occupation gone,
there we're some of them that we're
used for excursion business. They had
comparatively powerful machinery ana
were narrow and speedy. But were
they safe? Many Burlingtonians viii
no doubt recall some OF those boats
that were popular excursion craft out
OF Burlington and neighbortng towns
some thirty or twenty-five years ago.
Good old Captain Peel. who was not
old, but in the very prime OF life In
those days, was always alert and per-
haps always worried when ne took out
an excursion. The small boats would
not accommodate a great number, but
the captain always was on the watch
and seemed to have the faculty OF ap-
pearing at different points on the boat
at the same time. When the majority
of his passengers showed tendency to
gather on one side Of the deck. he i'm :
mediateiy urged 9 number to get back
onto the other side. He had his men
well trained and they were almost az
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