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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
ADJOURN EXCISE PROBE

Chief of Police Patrick J. Burke
this morning made arrangements
with Recorder Pickersgill for hear
ing in the case in which Sigmund
Mailer, one of the proprietors of the
Madison hotel, is accused of violating
the excise ordinance by keeping open
the bar of the hostelry after mid
night last Thursday, for next Thurs
day night.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
CITY BOOKS AUDIT LOOKS
PECULIAR, SAYS WILSON

Stating that the present audit of
city books looked peculiar to him,
Alderman William C. Wilson, object
ed to payment of s440 to Hunter,
Stark and Company, expert account
ants, at the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen last night. The total cost
of the auditing work is now nearing
1000 and, according to Mr.. Wilson
there is no telling when stop will
come. He stated that the city has
alreaedy paid more than $4,000 for
the audit no report had been made,
and all he knew about the audit was
what he head in the newspaper. He
told of reading about two weeks ago
that the audit was reported to be
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
SENATE PASSES
Il To 4

special BY United Press Wire.
Trenton, Feb. 16:-The case for
and against equal suffrage in New
Jersey now rests with the people of
the state. The resolution embodying
the proposition today passed the SEN
ate by a vote of seventeen to four
and with this action the subject has
met all the constitutional legislative
requirements and may now be sub
mitted to the voters at special cleo
tion next fall.
Senators who opposed the amend
ment were Barber, McGuinness,
Ramsay and Munson, all Democrats.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

his father, James s. Wight. and also
at school He was favored by Demo-
cratic aldermen largely because OF
the fact that he was in partnership
with his father, it being believed that
the city would benefit by the knowl-
edge of his father as we'll as that of
himself.
Comptroller James A. Rhodes re-
signed to become city treasurer. His
annual income from the city will
thereby be increased from 800 to
approximately $1,000. The pay as
city treasurer is less than that of
comptroller, but an additional sum
funds brings the total pay up to
after the meeting.
The resignation of Mr., Rhodes
was accepted unanimously. When 1t
came to the election of a city treas
urer and comptroller, recess was
declared. Upon the ballot taken on
the return, Mr. Rhodes received the
votes of the five Democrats and John
F. Ten Brock was supported by the
two Republicans. Mr.. Hilker asked
if it was contemplated to raise the
salary of the treasurer, He was in
formed that Mr.. Rhodes would re-
ceive more than he had been getting
as comptroller.
Mr. Voorhees,, former alderman
at-large, acting mayor and at present
head of the county tax board, re-
ceived the support of the five Demo
Gratis in the election as comptroller
The Republicans supported John
Miller.
The terms of the officers elected
will extend to December 81, 1916
Democratic aldermen explained after
the meeting. 1t was declared thai
the elections were to fill unexpired
terms. The ballots were taken II
the former way, by each alderman
stating the name of the man he was
voting for. Before the elections Mr.
Clark moved that the regular order
of business be suspended and thai
the elections be by ayes and nays
The motion was carried This ac
ton Is understood to have beer
taken to compel every man to show
his hand, 1t having been learned tha
one man had given several promises
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

An ordinance to provide for the
erection of a municipal electric light
plant in this city was finally passed
on second and third readings at
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
last night President John Pfeiffer
and Vice Presidents Sidney Riddles
torffer, Jean Du Bois, d. p Olmstead
and Secretary Hugh Lynch, of the
Perth Amboy Board of Trade, who
appeared before the aldermen at
conference prior to the regular ses-
sion, would have had action on the
ordinance deferred until such time
as the trade board had had time to
make detailed investigation and
had considered the subject sufficient
ly to form an opinion. Information
concerning municipal plants, in the
hands of Alderman #. William Hill
ker, was placed at the disposal of the
board of trade. The latter expressed
Intentions of having some of the ex-
pert engineers, who had enlightened
Mr.. Hilker, appear before them in the
near future to give information upon
the subject.
Ordinance Passes Unanimously.
The ordinance for a municipal
plant was passed unanimously. 1t
provides for the issue of bonds to the
amount of s150,000 and for a sink
ing fund with which to pay interest,
etc, upon the investment. Despite
the fact that 1t has been finally
passed, the city can stop at any time
and negotiate with the Public Serv-
ice Electric Company or any other
concern for a contract for furnishing
current to the city, aldermen stated
at the conference with trade board
officials.
President Pfeiffer acted as spokes-
man for the board of trde delega-
ton at the conference, which was
held in the water department head
quarters. He told of having heard
the propositions of the Public Serv-
ice and asked in behalf OF the board
what data the aldermen nad resr :. =
!. l e A-ssr lea hslatS az -asass;S 5ti
-S1nee5 d tsie a a..rdflicip
'e plant He asked II 1t had been a
J. certained that municipal pIal
: would be a paying proposition and
= the scheme could be carried throug
y for the money it was thought
Il would cost He asked If the cit
= fathers could show that the plar
: would be a paying proposition, sta
t ing that the trade board ofiicia
r wanted to work hand in hand wit
= the city fathers.
t When Mr.. Pfeiffer had concluded
Joseph Massopust arose to complai
d about alleged lack of sewerags syi
e tens and lack OF grade crossing pre-
G lection in the northern and Wester
n sections of the city. He said ths
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
Bad il He Couldn't Kick.

Church How is your goutf Gotham
oh, can't kick. Church-oh, Is 1t
as bad as that?-Yonkers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

Queer Things We Soc.
Notice In 81 suburban station: There
will be no last train on Saturday,
Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

Big cut In prices on prime meats
and poultry. Borak's Meat Market,
269 Smith street. 13862-2-16-1t+
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

All kinds of fresh fish In season at
Borak's Meat Market, 269 Smith
street. 2-16-1t4
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

All kinds of fresh fish In season at
Borak's Meat Market, 269 Smith
street. z-le-lt'
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
D|SARNS YOUTH
WITH REVOLVER

A youth of sixteen years. who has
been carrying an Iyer Johnson re-
volver loaded with FIVE sharpened
bullets, has come to the notice Of the
police. John Dabronski, of 438 Con-
very place, appeared at the police
station Sunday and reported that he
had found a youth carrying such
weapon, had disarmed him, removed
the cartridges and returned both gun
and bullets to the lads father Chiet
BURKE will have the patrolmen Keep
an eye on the lad so that he wlll not
again arm himself like unto a New
York gunman.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

All kinds of fresh fish In season at
Borak's Meat Market, 269 Smith
street. 2-16-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
ANDREW WIGHT
APPOINTED AS
CITY ATTORNEY.
James A. Rhoades Made City
Treasurer and William D.
Voorhees, ComptrolIer-Four
Democrats for Wight.

Andrew Wight was elected as city
attorney, James A. Rhodes resigned
as comptroller and was named as
treasurer, and William d. Voorhees,
was elected as comptroller at the
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
last night. Charles X. Seaman's res
tgnation as city treasurer had been
in the hands of the council for more
than two years and last night he ap-
prised the aldermen of that fact,
stating that he had held over against
his inclination. He said 1t was the
boards privilege to act upon it when
1t could agree upon a successor. His
letter was laid on the table until near
the end of the meeting when elections
were enterd into.
Wight Gets Four Votes.
Mr.. Wight, who is a junior mem
ber of the law firm OF Wight and
Wight, received four votes. He was
supported by Alderman-at-Large w.
Guy Weaver, Aldermen John Kutch-
er, John j. Clark and Chris Jorgen-
sen. Alderman John w. Kelly, the
other Democrat nominated and vot-
ed for Charles X. Seaman, Jr. Even
the Two hepuDucaH members were
split on candidates, Alderman Will
liam C. Wilson nominating and vot-
Ing for Leo Goldberger and Alder
man F. William Hilker nominating
and voting for Peter A. Petersen.
There were four nominations, Mr..
Wight being named by Mr.. Weaver
1t Is understood that Mr.. Wight is
the choice of the Democratic organ
ization. His election was made pos
sible only after one of the wsrmest
fights that has been prevalent among
Democrats this year. He appeared to
be favorite most of the time, but
lacked the necessary backing to in
sure election, until after a caucus
last night. The Democratic mem bers
were told of what was at stake, of
the fight that would have to be
made next fall and were urged for
the good of the party to vote for Mr..
Wight.
The city attorney-el was former
~ member of the high school facuI-
syAyHe studjed. law ip the offices nf
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
ANTI-AMER|CAN
FEELING IS NOW
GRAVE IN BERLIN
Although Ambassador Gerard
Declares There is No Cause
for Alarm, Feeling Against
Americans Grows Bitter.
KARL H. Won WIEGAND,


Omitted Press Staff Correspondents
BY courier to Copenhagen and via
cable to New York, Feb. 16:-The
American press, government and pub
lie apparently do not realize to what
extent and depth the bitterness of
feeling throughout Germany against
Americans is spreading. With the
German press daily publishing dis
patches tending to show the United
States is siding more and more with
the allies and with the reprinting of
dispatches taken from English news
papers indicating extreme hostilities
towards Germany, the people of Ger
many are becoming worked up to
point which would be difficult to ex-
Officials and American
citizens here cannot disguise their
fears that some incident may occur
that will lead to q serious crisis.
German Losses Greater.
Wounded officers and men from
the front openly charge that German
insses are becoming greater now that !
! - 49,. p
"a 1rsa q s1fr a1a eaR aRlSrfaa9 9 nah a.
II
I This has created an atmosphere
! Which. to put 1t mildly, is becoming
more and more fright daily fol
America. The Berliney Zeitung yes
t terday published a pamphlet which
1t charged was prepared by former
, President Theodore Roosevelt, urg
, ing the United States to join the al
, lies and crush Germany. The Berlir
70 tntn lou tpf
from an English newspaper which
said American officers have resigned
v from the army and are applying fo
, naturalization as Britishers in orde
, that they may be eligible for com
t mission should an American brigad
be formed to fight for England, 2,00'
/ strong.
= These are fair samples of tn
= statements that are being publishes
and which are creating the anti
American feeling.
No Longer Wear U. s. Flag.
n Americans throughout German
a are no longer wearing the tiny Amer
i, lean flag that was so noticeable an
: so generally applauded in the earl
f days of the war. A very prominen
= German society leader who hithert
! had been most friendly with Ameri
q cans, entertaining them in her home
a has caused it to be announced tha
, henceforth Americans will not b
q welcomed. She declared the resent
~ ment of her German friends towar
: the United States Is responsible.
@ Deny Recall of Won Bernstorff.
e Special by United Press Wire.
# Washington, Feb. 16.-Germa
e embassy officials repeated toda
IS Monday nights denial of repor
e that Ambassador Won Bernstorff ha
n been recalled to Berlin The ide
II that the ambassador would conside
risking capture by British warship
e to which he would be exposed If
It undertook a voyage to Germany a
e the present time, caused considerabl
d merriment and assurance was give
s. that whether he leaves from duty @
It not he certainly would not attemI
a to return home under existing cond
e tions
e The report was declared withou
is fundation.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16
Germany's Last Attempt.

Ell. II. hGEN,
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Fep. 16:-Officialdom to-
day generally accepts the enforce
ment of the German submarine
blockser which comrcrces Thurs
-s., --rr-sul1 llllE4ur....,-.-.-s II
1eAy as indicating the beginning Z
i the end. 1t Is felt that this will b
81 Germany's last great blow. Her Yep
. pelins having failed to come up to ex
, pectations and her feet forced to re
, main impotent behind her closel.
guarded land Notifications. the las
weapon available to her Y the sub
i, marine There Is not single of
, fetal of either the army or navy bu
believes that Germany will mark hel
| own doom the moment her sub
| marines unloose their torpedoes a
t merchantmen carrying passengers.
4 They decl' re the civilized worlt
4 will not view with equanimity thu
Q sending to the bottom of trading
a ships. Moreover, in his declaration
1 last night that the navy was ready
). Winston Churchill, speaking for tn
1 admiralty, indicated that 1t was pos
y sible the British forces would act be
a fore the Germans strike. 1t is con
2 sidered certain today that In tn
: light of the feat that the combine'
s british French fleet will en-
g force what is likely to prove tn
e most complete blockade ever at
II tempted by belligerants
. Last Desperate Attempt.
The newspapers today commentin
. on the German note to the Unite
. States declare there is every reaso
= to believe this is one last despera
6 attempt on the part of German oi
= ficialdom to Save its fate" Man
q Of the British newspapers ais
- charge the German submarine block
" ade was planned entirely for the pun
. pose of involving the United State
\ and other neutral nations. III the
should be brought into the presen
. situation, German officialdom, the pa
a pers say, would be able to declar
- that with the entire world agains
\ her Germany cannot longer fight an
must make the best peace terms tina
= she can. This view, in the opinio
- OF newspapers, is supported by tn
= present anti-American agitation
% the German press.
1t is pointed out that the rigi
- German censorship could have pre-
= vented the printing of any of thes
e articles and the very fact that the
have appeared is cited as proof tn:
> the anti-American agitation has tn
- approval of the government.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

Big cut in prices on prime meats
and poultry. Boraks Meat Market,
269 Smith street. 13S62-2-l slit
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

WEATHER -- Clear
ing and cooler to-
night; fair tomor-
row. Moderate
winds, mostly west
to northwest.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-02-16

ED. T., hBEIN,
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent.
London, FeD. 16:-Ofiicialdom to-
day generally accepts the enforce
ment of the German submarine
blockss which comm c-ees Thurs
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

Chicago wants the 1916 demo-
cratic convention. We presume
comments will now be in order
on the relationship of Windy
City to the democratic party! II
the wind from Chicago can bring
as effective results as did the
breeze from Baltimore, the re-
publican party will still run fourth
in Stevens county.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

A striking example of the diff
ference between the practices of
republican and democratic gov
ernors in this state is seen in the
operation of the state road funds.
Formerly a few roads were built
in the woods, and the state COM
missioner's engineering force
was largely kept at Olympia,
where the office work was done
and where the salaries were
paid and spent. When a road
needed looking after, some en-
gineer would draw state pay,
journey to the road, look it over,
and jaunt back to Olympia to
draw his pay and write out his
reports.
Last month a state road crew of
18 men worked on the state road
south of Colville. They made
their headquarters at Hotel Col
vile, drew all their maps and
plans here, finished all the
clerical work here, and went on
their way in a body to the next
road, where similar methods
were pursued. If Olympia gets
any of their money it will have
to go by money order, for the
plan now is to spend the money
where the work is done in the
community where it belongs
among the people instead of the
Olympian politicians.
The governor appoints the
state highway commissioner,
and a democratic governor sees
no good object gained by taxing
counties to maintain engineering
schools in the state capital. But
in the past-you know how it was.
The government report for
Nav afafaa that avoraOe Dricag
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

corn $1.05, oats Acc, potatoes soc,
hay $12. 20, eggs 19c. In view of
this report we commend to our
readers the predictions of disas-
ter made in 1912 by the predatory
interests who wanted Taft cleo
ted, and offer the following from
the Douglas County Press:
"The republicans are saying
that they are going to unite the
broken old wings of high tariff
and put them together and win
in 1916. Humphrey says so.
Poindexter undoubtedly thin
so or he would not be making the
somersault he has just lately.
Every Wall street shark and
every crook is praying for it and
if such a disaster ever overtakes
the country, business wants to
seek the storm cave and stay
there while the republicans are
in, for God pity business. 1t
will be another repetition of the
'80s and '90s when the tramp
was ushered into the business
life of the country and strikes,
lockouts and starvation filled the
land. When corn was 10c, wheat
25c, a good horse sold for 500
and a cow $40, with hogs selling
at 2 cents.
High tariff and the republican
party have always meant tramps
and distress in the business
world. The Mckinley high tar
iff law became in effect October
8, 1890, and remained in force
until August 9, 1894. During
1893 in it's reign hundreds of
thousands of people were tramp
ing the country looking and beg
ging for work and the soup
houses fourished. The most alb
ject and appalling poverty swept
over the country during the ex-
istence of the Mckinley high
tariff.
"The Dingley high tariff law
became effective and remained
in force up to 1909, when it was
superseded by the Payne-Aldrich
high tariff law. During that
high tariff period the Roosevelt
panic of 1907, the worst and most
disastrous of all panics and the
most vicious and criminal of all of
them, was brought upon us.
In the memory of these dis
astrous events we caution people
who believe that the high tariff
republican party is to be returned
to power in 1916, to begin to
make hayn now and store itin their
storm cellar for God knows they
will need it bad enough when
the old Wall street ridden high
tariff republican party is return
ed to power.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

The Presbyterian general as
sembly of the United States is
out with it's usual denunciation
of the popular observances of
Sunday, and emhpatically disap-
proves of Sunday motion pic
ture shows, newspapers, games
and sports, all unnecessary trav-
cling, and all excursions. The
church control is true to it's
ancient faith, but the world
seems to have strayed in some
other direction.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

Government heads in all parts
of Canada are called together to
devise some means for the un-
employment question. Those
certain political prodigies in the
United States who for selfish
reasons claim that the low tariff
is the cause of unemployment in
the United States might take a
hand in Canada this time and
explain to the people that their
high tariff can bring them moth
ing but good times.
The United States has tried
the high tariff many times, with
resulting panics under republican
administrations, and cures for
the panics found only in resump-
ton of democratic leadership.
Canada is suffering under the
experience of a high tariff, with
her neighboring countries shut
off from mutual trade intercourse.
This is the proper time for the
eloquence of standpatism in the
United States to get busy with
the people living in the United
States near the Canadian border.
and present some thrilling ex-
ample which will make our vot-
ers forget the tariff issue which
they see demonstrated both ways
at first hand.
Meanwhile, the United States
is not sending its workmen to
the European war, but is begin
ming to care for them in increased
activities of trade, and the re-
publican panic of 1907-12 is los
ing its sting in renewed hopes
under changed conditions.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

The question of the annexa-
ton of Hillyard to Spokane is
receiving considerable attention
in both places, and it is the opin-
ion of the Hillyard News that it
is only question of time when
Jim Hills railroad works will be
an integral part of the City of
Sunshine.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12


William Marconi, inventor of
the wireless telegraph, says ne
has invented an apparatus by
means of which it is possible for
a person standing beside a solid
partition, such as a brick wall, to
look through the partition and
observe what is happening on the
other side, just as if there were
no obstacle interposed to the
vision. Mr.. Marconi is quoted
as saying that the device has
been perfected to the point where
persons in a room can see persons
in an adjoining room, looking
through the wall, if the persons
viewed are close to the wall, but
that at a distance from the wall
they become blurred.
1t is to be hoped that every
body will not soon be equipped
with these machines. 1t would
be most embarrassing to the wife
to have some neighbor peek
through the kitchen walls and
discover that the silver spoons
had no silver on their insides,
and that the $40 refrigerator had
nothing in it but cabbage and
beer. How would you like to
have some one squint through
the roof and find that the new
dress or suit you wore at the
party the night before was the
only decent article of clothing
you had in stock, and that the
wart on your back was growing
larger every day. Perhaps a
speedy result would be the in
creased use Of barb wire fences,
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

The British cabinet has been
going to act on liquor" for sew
eral months, but no statement
has appeared as to what kind is
to be used.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-06-12

The diplomatic and consular
machinery of the United States
government is caring for the
affairs of more countries and
nationalities than any one nation
has in the history of the world.
An appropriation of $1,000, 900
in the last congress provided for
extra clerical help and interpre-
ters. Caring for the diplomatic
and consular interests of friend
ly nation is a courtesy, the ex-
pense of which is borne by the
neutral country.
The United States not only
represents most of the bellig-
erents of the European wars,
but some neutral nations have
asked us to look out for their
interests in the countries entang-
led. While these facts may not
look good to those who dis
count Bryan's statecraft, it would
seem that his singular lack of
ability has not been observed in
Europe thus far.