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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13
90 AMERICAN WOMEN TODAY
SAIL FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
by United Press Wire.

Special by United Press Wire.
New York, April 13:-Forty
American women delegates to the
international peace conference to be
held at The Hague will sail today
aboard the Nordam. The Nordam
will fly huge yellow and white flag
as an emblem of peace. Miss Jane
Adams, of Chicago, leads the dele
gates The other thirty-nine women
are from all part of the country and
represent education, labor and other
interests.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13
EXPLOSION WRECKS PART OF
CITY OF LERWICk, SCOTLAND
Special by United Press Wire.

SpeotuI Uy UHlteU FFeSS WUe.
London, April ia severe ex-
plosion has wrecked part of the city
of Lerwiek, capital of Shepland,
Scotland, according to a dispatch
received today from Aberdeen 1t
is feared that lives have been lost.
known.
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Judge-"What was the cause Of the
rumpus7" Policeman-"Well, you see,
Judge, this man here and that woman
there are married." Judge-"Yes,
yes, | know; but what was the other
cause ?"-Boston Transcript.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13
Recruiting Officers Here.

Sergeant Foster and Corporal
Krass, recruiting officers of the Unit
ed States army, have established
headquarters at the post office build
ing for the week.
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NOTICE TO RED MEN

All members of Po Ambo Tribe,
No. 65, Improved Order of Red Men,
are requested to meet at the wigwam,
Wednesday, April 18th at 9:3o o'clock
sharp for the purpose of attending the
funeral of our late brother, Thomas
Carney.
By order of the sachem,
LOUIS IF. PETERSON.
gTT0S TTTCAS e of K
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Notice to AmerIcan Mechanlcs

Owing to change in funeral ar
rangements of our late Brother
Thomas A. Carney, all members of
Middlesex Council No. 63, Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, will meet in Odd Fellows Hall
Tuesday evening at Z o'clock to at
tend service.
ERNEST REINGLE.
Councillor.
John y. BERNARD, Secretary.
16s32-z-13-1t@
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If it's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salter, 383I
State street. 15831-4-13 SITS
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13

Business mems lunch from II to 2,
soc. The Warren. 22S High street.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13

II It's sewing machines or expert
repairing you want see Salter. asa
State street. 15S31-413-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13

Call q taxi, 45. c. Johnson.
1636o-4-1-1mos
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WEATHER--Fair to-
night and Wednes-
day. Probably frost
tonight. Moderate
northwest wind.
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THOS. LUCAS, c. of K.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
4 SONG OF HAPPY DAYS

jersey Dover, Wilmington
best for the depots daily rum
their store clothes eaten the
trains,
Rushing down to dear old wedding chains
Oh conductor please Ekton, Are we ae!
Does Gerald hat straight!
DEAR, See that fellow stare ana
weddng folks will talk but aoh
care"
Ekton Ekon Couples please out this
door"
see those hackmen they awu Hear them at the people
roar!'
Hack courthouse in town you choose
Free nice blessing free large shower OF rice
shoes!
Court house ancient clerk nqusve BLACK whte What age
and sex?"
"vccinaed? First engagement? "W try divorce court
next?
Sign cash please Here, the license Hurry here come
fourteen mOre!
Then the ackman seizes groom the door
Now thew reach Hackman gets percentage the
Parson smile is waiting, with teeeXpecant ar
Rs ioin hands assembled tum tie tum and back
Have and hold through eehng bless always and
Amen"
Going o Elkton tranoads every day;
Cupid the and leads them on the way
Going in masses, and cloud and raln
And lot lucky if they caught the train
Newark post., 1915-09-15
Essentials Of Sue
cessful Highways

Summarized briefly, the essen
tials to successful State highway
administration, as demonstrated
by the experience of the various
State highway departments, are as
follows: (a) elimination of poll
tics as a factor in State highway
work; (b) the control by the
State highway department OF all
work on which State funds are ex-
pended; (c) adequate appropria-
tions for continuous maintenance
of highways under efficient super
vision from the day the highways
are completed; (d) State supervi-
sion as to surveys, plans, and spec
ifications of roads and bridges
constructed under bond issues, and
supervision of such other road and
bridge work as requires consider
able cash outlay and the exercise
of engineering skill and know
ledge. Yearbook, U. S. Dept. Agr
Newark post., 1915-09-15
A Modern Church
In The West

In a copy of "The Vidette' of
Montesano, Grays' Harbor Coun-
try, Washington, there appears an
account of new church in which
services were first held last Sun
day. The church is dedicated first
to the moral and spiritual uplift
of the community, and also to the
need of a place for recreation and
study. Glasses in social service for
young men will be conducted (by
the Y. M. C. A. of the State of
Washington. Ladies of the church
have equipped a kitchen and ban
quet room, having an entire suite
suitable for any refined gathering.
In the mems department all forms
of games and recreation will be
governed by the rules of the State.
Y. M. c. A., and no infringement
will be permitted in any particu-
lar. The community intends to
prove that men and boys can
gather together for their fellow
ship and games in an atmosphere
of refinement, with an uplift to the
moral, social, and physical phases
of the individuals life.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
GOVERNMENT SENDS WARNING
TO HOUSEWIVES

that the housewife would not
knowingly use, in the foods she
provides for her family, sub
stances that she could not use in
foods for sale without violating
the law, because these substances
are injurious to health.
Artificial Preservatives Not Neces-
Sary
Fruits and vegetables can be
kept indefinitely if they are ster-
ilized by heat and properly sealed,
and there is no excuse, in the
opinion Of the experts of the de-
partment, for running any risk by
using preserving powders, which
may be injurious tOlI bealth. The
use of such powdelall n addition
to the possible injuryth, health, en-
courges uncleanly ator careless
work in canning. Reliance is
placed in the efficacy of the pre-
serving compound instead of upon
cleanliness and heat.
The department has issued bull
letins that give specific directions
for the preserving and canning OF
fruits and vegetables without the
use of preserving powders or can
ming compounds. These bulletin!
may be obtained without cost from
the Department of Agriculture
Application should be made fo1
Farmers Bulletin, No. 2O3, OF
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jel
lies, and No. 521 on Canning To
matoes at Home and in Club Work
also Forms N. R. %, N. R. %, N. R
"a, N. R. 81, and n. R. 81 of tn
Office of Extension Work, Nort]
and West, States Relations Ser
vice.
Newark post., 1915-09-15

The new church is described as
one of pleasing architecture, with
a ouietness and charm about each
room. There are individual rooms
for each class in the bible de-
partment, with the one nearest tne
street reserve for library. Al
Joining this room on the left is a
nursery where infants may be LETT
under the care of young laoy
during the church services.
The seats of the two main audi
forums are so constructed as TO
converge to one platform, ana
large public gatherings can be ar
ranged for at any time where a
church building is the most suit
able place of meeting. These
large rooms by day are lighted by
windows slightly tinted to soften
the light rays, and at night the
system of indirect illumination
will be used.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
One Editors Version OF It

A great many persons have won
dered how editors all get rich so
quickly with such small effort.
One of them who has grown rich
has at last told the secret of it. He
outlines it as follows:
Nursery firm will send us a 25-
cent rosebud for only S. worth of
advertising.
For running a six-inch adver-
tisement for one year we can get
a gross of pills.
About one dozen firms are
wanting to give up shares of gold
mines for advertising.
For $40 worth of advertising
and $25 cash we can own bicycle.
The wheel sells at just Sl2.
"a fellow out West wants us to
run a lot of advertising for him
for nothing, and if it brings re,
suits he may become a customer.
For running $12 worth of locals
we can get two tickets admitting
us to a circus in the city and pay
our own fare on the railroad.
Gun firm wants us to run 81!
worth Of advertising and then sent
$40 in exchange for a shotgun
Such a gun would retail at abou
Sc. Detroit Journal.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
Carnival At Bear Station

Industry Lodge |. o. o. F. of
Bear Station will hold a carnival
in its new hall, September %, "a
and 25, which promises to be re-
cord affair for the neighborhood.
w. P. Harrington, w. E. Cranston,
Charles Diehl, James Stanley,
James Lurty, Frank Stafford, and
Samuel Moody are the committee
of arrangements. Among articles
to be disposed of are a $40 gold
piece and ladies' and gents gold
watches.
Newark post., 1915-09-15

The L. S. Department OF Agrl-
culture, in recent news letter,
comments upon the information
that comes to headquarters of the
usual demand on the part OF
housewives for salicylic acid and
boric acid. These preparations
are sometimes sold in the form OF
powder under various trade names
and are recommended by the pro-
moters for use in preserving can
ned goods in home canning. In
the directions for use the house
wife is told to fill the jar with the
fruit of vegetables, cover with
water, and add a teaspoonful OF
the preserving powder. While 1t
is true that these compounds may
retard the decay of the fruit or
vegetable, it is pointed out by the
experts of the department that
their use may be attended by SER
ious disturbances of health. Sail
cvlic acid is we'll known as a pol
sOnOus substance, and one OF the
evils which may accompany its
use is arrangement of the diges-
tion. 1t is therefore plain that its
extensive use in food may lead tc
disturbance of digestion anc
health.
The Federal Food and Drugs
Act prohibits the use of harmtu
preservatives in foods that ente1
interstate commerce. The foot
law of nearly every state in tn
Union forbids the sale within tn
State of foods that have been pre-
served with harmful substances
Neither the Federal nor State foo'
laws apply to foods that are can
ned in the home and consumes
there. 1t would seem, however
Newark post., 1915-09-15
COUNTY TEMPERANCE
WORKERS MEET
Successful Convention AT
Middletown

The Fall Institute Of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union
of New Castle County last Thurs
day, attracted d number If noted
temperance workers to the NJ. e.
Church, Middletown, the scene of
the convention. Mrs. Mar B.
Donnell of Newark, president of
the association, acted as chairman
of the convention. The folio wing
officers were present: president,
Mrs. Mary B. Donnell; secretary,
Miss Lille Williams of Marshall
ton; treasurer, Mrs. Isaac Wood
row of Wilmington. The motto of
the convention was Each for all,
all for EACH; the flower, Frances
Willard white rose; badge, a bow
of white ribbon.
The meeting opened with a song
following which Mrs. Ella Hoover
Thatcher, of Washington, made
the opening prayer. Mrs. Adam
Stengle of Wilmington conducted
the devotional service. The presl-
dent, Mrs. Donnell, next introduc-
ed Mrs. F. A. Pennington of Della
ware City, who gave the address
of welcome. The Rev. o. B. Rice
pastor of the church, was next in
troduced by Mrs. Donnell and
spoke at some length on the tenn
perance cause and praised the
work of the W. c. T. U.
Miss Emma Davis of Red Lion,
made response to Mrs. Penning-
toms address of welcome follow
ng which Miss Lille Adkins of
Lewes, Del, State Secretary of the
Young Peoples Branch of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
made a short address, after which
she was elected a member of the
; institute.
Minutes of the last meeting were
. then read by the secretary ano
adopted The following is the re-
port of the secretary, Miss Will
. Jams. "Since County Convention
in May, many of the unions have
, been busy working for the mum
Der of members promised at tina
> time. The county held a rummag'
, sale. Mrs. Leila Loveland SheparC
and Mrs. Deborah Knox Living
9 stone have both visited the count,
g and made addresses, the forme
: making an address in Marshalltol
n on August 8, where she secures
three new members, and the latte
= delivering an address in Hockes
6 sin on September l." The secre
f tary also read the record of tn
o various unions in regards to in
l. creased membership.
The treasurer, Mrs. Isaac WoOC
n row, of Wilmington, read the re
q port which was not complete as tn
~ year is not up yet, but the record
~ show there is marked increas
l. over last year.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
judge Declares Tomato Fruit

The much discussed question:
Is the tomato a vegetable or a
fruit? has at last been determined
by a judicial decision. A Brook
lyn magistrate, after careful con-
sideration of authorities, agricult-
ural and otherwise, dismissed de-
fandant accused of selling vege-
table on Sunday, on proof that the
article disposed of was tomato.
The ruling that the tomato is
fruit invalidated the indictment,
according to this Solomon of the
City of Churches. In a text book
called "The Foundations of Bot
any," the Brooklyn magistrate
found this statement: "The tomato
is first cousin to the persimmon.
the grape, the gooseberry and the
currant." Therefore, we are to re-
gard is as fruit, not as vege-
Newark post., 1915-09-15

table. Even more interesting is
the fact that up to about century
ago the tomato, whether fruit or
vegetable, was not only rejected as
an edible food product, but was
considered poisonous. Tomatoes
Newark post., 1915-09-15

E. B. Milburn of Blossom Hill
Fruit Farm, received 27 premiums
out of 2s entries, in the Fruit De-
partment at the Delaware State
Fair. Twenty Of the number
were blue ribbons (first premiums)
and seven second premiums.
Newark post., 1915-09-15

were grown in yards as garden or
naments, and called "love apples"
But once the people of this coun-
try learned they were good eating
the situation changed.
Newark post., 1915-09-15
Cut Your Own Silaqe

Be Independent of the cutter crew Silo your corr
at just the right stage and save all its nutrients
Cut it slowly and let the silage settle-you get
more in the silo then. Own machine that will
last lifetime and save money every season. Use
your own farm engine-it will run the low-speed
Papec HIP. operates our 3-ton-an-hour ma
chine Other sizes up to 80 tons per hour Guar
anteed to reach the top of the highest silo at
500 RPM Easily set up, operated and taken
down. Drop in and let's talk it over
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mingo ports. This man vas a coffee
factor and had been In the habit OF
shipping his coffee to Hamburg, where
ii was cleaned and afterward shipped
back to New York and sold. ! induced
him to try shipping his coffee direct to
New York. which he actually did for
two trips, and a plant was established
down near the waterfront in the ship
ping district TO receive Santo Domingo
coffee, clean II and put II on the mar
ket direct for the benefit OF American
consumers.
But the business lasted only two
trips. Pressure was brought to bear
upon the Santo Domingo merchant not
only through financial hut through
still higher channels to discontinue the
harmful practice OF sending coffee To
New York direct. lie must send ii, as
before, to Hamburg, for the German
coffee blenders to get their rakeoff."
Much of the goods which We are
now most anxious to export are in di-
rect competition with the goods from
abroad and, as to these, We are about
in the position Of IA department store
which depended on its rival for "a de-
livery service, We pride ourselves
upon the fact that our exports exceed
our imports and therefore the trade
balance is in our favor and we are a
creditor nation. Blu that is mislead-
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penditure do not take into account
the money spent here and there for
souvenirs. gifts for those 'iDack home"
articles of wearing apparel, &C., which
travellers in all three CLASSES are
prone to indulge in to greater or lesser
extent. From the earnest sightseer
who has saved up $3.50 to $500 to
lavish on a trip of Ave to six weeks
duration to the substantial middle
class traveller who can afford to
spend from $500 to 1900 and even
1000 in the course of "A six To eight
weeks peregrination on the Cont
nent not one seems to be immune from
the temptation 'to buy"
And then there is the traveller who
approaches the millionaire stage of
worldly wealth, who, II those who have
n knowledge of the American Of this
class are To be believed, spend a small
fortune for incidentals ranging all the
way from clothing To jewelry and
minor art objects.
United States imports OF art objects,
measured over the past few years. have
averaged about $40. 200. 900 annually, In
what are known as boom" years i'm
portations have son No high AZ
5000 o 900.
y Y safe to say that Americana
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abroad are buying this year, or have
bought. very little in the way Of art
treasures. Many European firms and
even individuals in consequence OF the
war and the enforced staying at home
OF Americans are having recourse to
the plan OF sending their stocks or
consignment t. American art dealers
for sale on II commission basis, This
Of course has added considerably to
what would otherwise appear as n
very considerably contracted volume
of art imports.
1t would he quite impossible to get
even "A fair estimate of the money
spent for such things; as difficult. ba
fact, as it would ne to estimate the
expenditures of men Of great wealth
who fit themselves and their families
out at the fashion centres of Europe.
and whose purchases Of art and his
toric objects may measure up to a
100000 marble portico or $500, 600 for
the whole side of an ancient dwelling,
II Is not inconceivable that the class
of travellers made up OF multi-mill-
ionaircs. II they were particularly
eNtravagant and gratihed too many OF
their whims, might spend in these
rays enough to bring up the total
easily to the 100000. 900 mark.
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its growth. The United States, on
the contrary, has stiled the mariners
by imposing i'll considered, onerous
laws, What ships We have are in
spite OF the Government; Congress
for fifty years had failed in its legis-
lat!on 10 be of real assistance to over
seas shipping and shippers.
Many of these laws have failed of
their purpose becaus the people of
TIE inland States imagine that only
he coast States are affected by ship
ping; in a narrow sectional way they
nave contended for the isolation Of
the country, We are now showing
them that the prosperity of the in
land farmer and the tidewater manu-
facturer are equally involved in
American owned ships. The organiza-
ZION which We have formed represents
the entire country and il has no poll
tics; it has just one exc to grind.
the building of an American merchant
marine.
Among the men interested in the
movement are August Belmont, j.
Pierpont Morgan, Col. Robert NJ.
Thompson. John ID. Archbold, G.. X. @.
Billings, Andrew Carnegie, William Il.
clyde Brown Bros. n Co, II. T.. Hunt
lngton, Spencer Kellogg, Knauth, Ma
chod a kuhne, Mtdvale Steel Company
Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co, Henry Walters, Tide
water OH Company. Robert Dollar,
Howard Elliott, Col. Fred +. Farms
worth, Allan Forbes, II. b. Har-
rIg Ma tnr Hnpnu IIs. ~
Is, Johnson, Dudley Field Malone,
Thomas a. Edison and a great number
of other wealthy, influential bankers
n men OF business throughout the
United States.
Just how greatly the United States
needs merchant ships Is NOT at all
generally realized; the lack is not
thought to be an important n because
there are usually foreign bottoms for
our goods. This il an entirely falla-
cious Idea which has kept back Amer
lean trade when ships were to be had
and to-day. when all the seagoing ma
tons are at war, we can export only
such goods as the helligerents need
Thomas Jefferson, back in 1898, speak,
ms on home owned ships, said;
In times OF general peace 1t multi
plies competitors for employment In
transportation and so keeps that at its
proper level; and in times Of war
that Is to say when those nations
winch may be our principal carriers
shall be at war with each other, If VIZ
have not within ourselves the means
of transportation our produce mus
be exported in belligercnt vessels a
the Increased expense Of war freight,
and insurance and the articles which
will not bear that must perish on oul
hands"
Jefferson had not the conception o
so great a war as Is now in the worl,
or that countries would need all theil
merchant ships for the necessities o
their own population and armies. w,
find ourselves unable to ship goods 4
the nations which are not at war, suci
as China and the South American coun,
tries. because the Germai ships ar,
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ments, typewriters and other special
lied articles ocean carriage in for
eign bottoms was fair enough.
But II is a different story when we
want to send out things that compete
with the things which the foreign ship
per wants to sell himself. Then he
puts all sorts of obstacles in the way.
suppose n shipment of American goods
has been started to South America by
way of Hamburg: the cargo In IN
loaded in the German port. Nov, sup
pose "A German manufacturer has a big
lot of stun that he wants to send to
South America in a hurry. VIII the
German ship leave the American or
the German goods on the dock?
The American goods will wait for
another boat and the consiGnee in
South America will not buy from that
American firm again bc, ause he car
not have prompt delivery. This hap
pens time and time again, but there
are many other and more direct inter-
ferences. For instance, a sea captain
engaged In the New York-Santo Do
mlngo trade said TO ne:
They grow very fine coffee down
there, but the natives are 80 lazy thai
they will not clean the berry: they
shell it and that is all. I was a very
close friend of the man who kept the
general store in one of the Santo Do
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own business, whoop Ia spirit perches
itself on the highest pinnacle OF the
city and blows bright colored bubbles
down into the streets for the children
OF men to chase.
And these are some of the things
that happen:
At the corper OF Forty-sixth street
and Seventh avenue most any night
an incongruity typical of New York
hits the visitor straight in the eye
and IL passed by the native sors and
daughters quite as a matter OF course.
30 IL first understood that the corner
OF Forty-sixth street and Seventh
avenue is. in and of itself, anything
but a matter of course. 1t is the
very hub OF that hectic region known
as the Rialto.
In the pocket or mesh bag Of every
person who passes that corner you
will find a part he or she Is playing
or hopes to play. No conversation IL
complete without the names Froh-
man. X and Il. the Shuberts, Brady.
Conan and Harris and the U. Il. O..
Salaries are never even whispered In
less than three figures the week.
! amous screen heroes saunter by
nonchalantly swinging their canes.
wearing "A blase look and the ear
marks of an almost insulting pros
perity. Equally famous screen heroinca
do likewise. only they dangle jewclled
coin purses and vanity trinkcts in
stead of the canes. Sooner or later a.,
of that part of the theatre which
cavorts on tho stage side of the
asbestos curtain passes the nforc-