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Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
Signing Diplomatic Notes.

No one can say exactly why our sec
retaries of state sign diplomatic COM
munications with their surnames only,
except that 1t has always been SO. We
copied the custom from European chan
ceLeries, and 1t probably has Its origin
In the habit Of royalty, which is to
sign with one name only. Thus King
George of England signs himself
George, r. l." Rex, Imperator-K King,
Emperor; Sir Edward Grey signed a.
ways as Grey" the democratic Mr..
Bryan when secretary Of state affixed
his signature to diplomatic notes a.
Bryan" At first sight there seems to
be a profound fattery implied in the
custom. 1t assumes that the signer
cannot be mistaken; that there is only
one George" and Grey" one "Bry-
an" And generally there is only one
In the diplomatic world where theae
exchanges take r'ern Wv York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
SECRETARY CONE IS TO
RETURN TO CIVIC LEAGUE

Tottenville, Jan. 31.-Robert Il.
Cone is to remain field secretary of the
Staten Island Civic League, but Is to
have three months leave of absence.
This was decided by the executive
committee of the league, which refus-
ed to accept the resignation of Mr..
Cone, who had been compelled, by the
expiration of his leave of absence from
the city service, to return to his du-
ties in the Finance Department.
In asking Mr.. Cone to continue as
field secretary, with a view to return
ing to active service in the league,
this resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, that the executive COM
mittee of the Civic League takes this
opportunity to express it's satisfaction
at the zeal, ability and discretion with
which Mr.. Cone has pushed the work
of the Civic League and to record the
fact that the success of Staten Island
in it's fight against the garbage menace
was in considerable measure due to
the fact that the Civic League had on
the job a man of Mr.. Cones energy
and force"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
MAN FOUND DEAD ON TRACKS
WAS JOHN DECKER, is BELIEF

Evidence submitted to Coroner
Eugene ]. Mullen and Justice of the
Peace H. E. Pickersgill indicates that
the man found dead at the side of
Central railroad tracks in the north
ern part Of the city on September 80,
last, was John Decker. The body,
which had been horribly mangled,
presumably by a train going north
about 9:45 o'clock at night, was held
for six days by Coroner Mullen and
was then buried in Potter's field. -
was unidentified.
1t recently came to the attention
OF Mrs. Decker, living in Pittsburgh,
that the man killed at that time was
her husband. A cousin of Decker's
Identified the body at the time it was
, IN the coroners morgue, but did not
make known his Identification, per-
haps fearing that he would have to
pay burial expenses, the authorities
declare. The relative has since gone
before Justice of the Peace Pickers-
gill and made affidavit that the body
he saw was that of John Decker. This
followed Mrs. Deckers efforts to OBJ
tain papers to prove her husbands
death, declaring her a widow SO that
she was free to marry again She
was granted a separation from her
husband by Recorder Pickersgill In
August of 1915.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
HEAVY MEAT EATERS
HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat II You Feel
Backachy or Havu
Bladder Trouble.

No man or woman who eats meat reg
ularly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally. says q WELL
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which eIcites the kidneys. they be-
come overworked from the strain. get
sluggish and fail to filter the waste and
poinsons from the blood: then we Ket
Sick. Nearly all rheumatism. head
aches, liver trouble. nervousness. oizxi-
ness, sleeplessness and urinary dis
orders come from sluggish kfdnsyG
The moment you feel q dull ache in
tho kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine IL cloudy. offensive full of
sediment. irregular Of passage or at
tended by q sensation Of scalding. stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy: take .
tablespoonful in a glass Of water before
breakfast and IN a few days your kid
neys will act fne. This famous salts IL
made from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice. combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to nush and
stimulate the kidneys. also to neutral
ize the acids in urine SO II no Longer
causes irritation. thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts IL inexpensive and cannot
ln1ure; makes q delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
Kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure thereby avoiding serious k4dney
eemplicattonns--Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
Porto Rico a Gem,

Horticulturally Porto Rico is a gem,
also ideal In all ways. The island is
nearly a rectangle 35 miles wide and
100 miles long, Of great fertility, great
beauty and healthful and almost per-
feet climate. Although the population
is 800 to the square mile nearly all are
engaged In horticulture. The chief
crops are citrous fruits, coffee, COCO
nuts, pineapples, bananas and many
other uopica' fruits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
SHOOTS CHILDREN; THEN SELF

New York, Jan. 31.-Believed to
have been brooding over the death of
his wife, Charles Trapp, aged forty, a
waiter in the Railroad Club at the
Hudson Terminal Building, early to-
day shot his three children-Elizabeth
fifteen; Charles, eight, and George. six
years old-and then fired bullet into
his own temple.
The children and Trapp are now in
Harlem hospital. Trapp Is a pris-
oner. He may live. 1t is thought all
the children will die.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
C.E. CHURCHILL, RESIDENT OF
THIS CITY, KILLED BY TRAIN

| Reports have reached this city of
tthe death of -Eharfes g. Churchill, 81
Water street, this city, in Wyoming, a
short distance from Rawlins, when
he was struck by a train. No further
information has been received here
of the accident.
Mr.. Churchill lived at 73 Water
street, with his family. 1t is under
stood that his wife and children are
in Pennsylvania at present.
Mr.. Churchill was the president of
I the Chufohill-Hall, Inc. advertising
agency, and has been in the west on a
business trip according to Miss Ella
Is. Leonard, of Market street, who is
a partner In the concern. Mrs Charles
r. Overman, of Market street, Is also
a member of the same concern, whose
offices are in New York city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
FIGHT BIG NAVAL BILL,
Democrats on Committee Preparing
Minority Report.


Minority Report.
Washington, Jan. 31.-Opposition TO
the administration naval sppropria-
don bill Of 1851 100000 has arisen
among some of the Democratic mem
bers of the naval affairs committee.
This faction, led b.. Oliver of Alabama.
LIS preparing a minority report in which
the Topping Off Of huge amounts for
battleship construction will be recon-
mended.
Oliver believes there should be no
appropriation this year for the three
battleships, three scout cruisers and
one battle cruiser for which the bill
provides. 1t IL the opinion of himself
ana those who act with him as the mi
nority committee that only submarine
and torpedo boat construction should
be provided for this year, inasmuch as
there are seven capital ships author
lied but not contracted for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
AGAINST KILLING HOGS
ON SUNDAY IN RAILWAY

Railway, Jan. 31-The Federation
Of Churches Sunday raised the ques-
ton of to whether the killing of hogs
on Sunday was a violation of Sunday
observance. 1t was reported that a
man living in River street had killed
a hog on the Sabbath. The board of
Health was appealed to, but that body
could not find anything in the law
showing that health was menaced by
the killing of the hog.
The police were appealed to and,
upon investigation, reported that the
hog was dead. The police stated they
could do nothing further in the mat
ter.
1t is claimed by the federation that
killing hog is not necessity In the
preparation of victuals and, for tha,
reason, it protests against such acts
as violations Of the Sabbath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
SHIPPING NEWS
Due at New York February I.

Due at New York February 1.
Noordam left Falmouth January 21.
G. Lopez Lopez left Cadiz Janu-
ary 20.
Borneo left Amsterdam January.
Philadelphia left San Juan January
27.
Carrillo left Cristobal January 25.
Proteus left New Orleans January
81.
Arapahoe left Jacksonville January
30.
Kansas City left Bristol January.
Ell Mar left Galveston January 26.
ALONG SHORE NOTES.
The steamer @. H. Harwood bound
to the plant of the Mexican Petro-
leum plant at Roosevelt from Tam
pico, is expected to arrive today.
The tug Ashbourne, Of the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad, has been
receiving a new coat of paint while
moored at one of the Perth Amboy
dry docks.
The steamer Wakefield is due at
the Liebig plant at Roosevelt, coming
from Huelva.
The four masted schooner Jose
phine is still at the Perth Amboy dry
docks being repaired.
The schooners now at the Perth
Amboy dry docks undergoing repairs
and those laid up for the winter are
the two masters Anna Brown, st.
Croix, of Boston; Cakes Ames, of
Portland; Adam Weber. of Perth Am
boy: three master Annie B. Mitchell.
of New London.
The steamer Nepos, laden with as
phalt from Trinidad, is due at the
Barber Asphalt plant today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
FIRE DESTROYS LOG CABIN
BELONGING TO C. c. K0LFF
'pector to tho EVENING WE'VE.

'pecfuI to the EVENING WE'VE.
Tottenville, Jan. 31:-Fire of an
unknown origin destroyed the log
cabin of Cornelius G. Kolff on Doug
las road, Emmerson Hill, about S
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The cabin
was one-story building and the
loss is estimated at about $1,000,
covered by insurance. apt1s
The log cabin has been the scene
of many social gatherings and enter
tainments given by Mr. Kolff for the
past several years and was a we'll
known spot on Staten Island. An
alarm was sent in and when the fire.
men arrived the building was DOOM
ed. ,f.s-vt
An overheated stovepipe was re-
sponsible for a fire that did $4,000
damage to the three-story frame
building of David Loux, at 62 Wall
street, New Brighton, at 7:40 o'clock
Sunday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
EXTRA STEEL DIVIDEND.
Almost 2 Per Cent Declared on Com
mon Stock

New York, Jan. 31.-The directors of
the United States Steel corporation de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
Of l per cent on the common and an
extra 124 per cent. Net earnings for
the last quarter Of 1918, it was an
hounced, were s105,96S,347 compared
with ss5,s17 ,067 for the preceding quar-
ter. Both announcements we're jolts to
Wall street as experts were looking for
net earnings Of not more than $780,.
100000 and an extra of at least 81
per cent on the common stock.
Net earnings for 1915 reached the
unprecedented total of $533, ,625, ,0se, an
increase of s203 ,273, 100, or 156 per cent.
over 1915, and Of $261, 1851 ,571, or 27O
per cent, over 1914. The previous rec
ord year was 1907, when net earnings
were $3.50, 1854, ,475.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
FIRE DESTROYS HOME

New Brunswick, Jan. S1-The homo
of Salvatore Ramponi, of Metuchen
Road, Highland Park, was lowered to
ashes early yesterday morning by a
fire which broke out in the kitchen.
While fighting the fire, prior to the
arrival of the fremen, the head of the
household was badly burned about the
face and hands. DR.. Merrill, of High
land Park, was called and dressed his
wounds. His condition is serious.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
MAN WITHOUT ANY HOME
SEEKING AIMS IS ARRESTED
special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Tottenville, Jan. 31.-Charged with
begging Martin Shaughnessy, fifty
years old, was arrested by Motorcycle
Patrolman Maurice Gescheidt of the
99th precinct station at Pleasant
Plains about 8:20 o'clock last night
and locked up. He was taken to the
S0th precinct station at Stapleton and
will be arraigned in the fourth district
court today. Complaint had beer
received at the station house that a
stranger had been seeking aims for the
past two daysein this section, particu-
larly at night time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
CROMWELL OFFERS BILL TO
BAR THE GARBAGE PLANT

Tottenville, Jan. 31.-Senator
George Cromwell, Staten Islands rep
resentative in the senate at Albany,
Monday introduced bill aimed to
prohibit the use of the Lake Island
garbage plant in the Fresh Kill creek
near Greenridge. 1t prohibits the
transfer of garbage from one county
to another without the consent of the
state health commissioner and the al
dermen resident in Richmond.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB LUMbAGO OR
STIFFNESS AWAY
Rub Pain from Back With
Small Trial Bottle of Old,
Penetrating "St. ia
c0b's OIL"

When your back is sore and lame or
tumbago sciatica or rheuma tism has
emall trial bottle of old. honest "st.
Jacobs OIL" at any drug store. pour =
little In your hand and rub 1t right
you count fifty, the soreness and
lameness is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing.
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. 1t takes tho pain right out and
ends the misery. 1t Is magical, yet alb
eolutely harmless and doesn't burn
the skin.
Nothing elss stops lumbago, sciatica.
Packapho or rheumattsm 40 promnflI
4t oeNef disAppointsl--Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
The Truth Of the Matter.

Some men are enormously impor-
tant. They regulate other men and
boast of it. The truth is they are
fools, and people are too polite to tell
them about 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
Hudson Rea.tt. Set For June at.

Ithaca, N. Y, Jan. 31.-The next in
tercollegiate rowing race on the Hud-
son river at Poughkeepsie will be over
three mile course instead of one of
four miles, it was announced here.
Tho event will be held OIL June 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31
Uncle Eben.

"Even ef you ain rich enough to
help support hospital" said Uncle
Eben. ''mebbe you kin save some fell
lew citizen f'um de ambulance by get
tin out early VIII de snow shovel"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-31

United Council. Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
viii meet tonight.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-10
Personal News
Items.


County Clerk Nestor Mon;oya yes
terday issued u license to marry to
Arthur Howard, Albuquerque. ami
Calanthe Young Albuquerque.
]. u. Cordoyn. postmaster of Jar
olcs. y. NJ. ana several other citizens
81 that town. came To- the city yester-
day To attend the patriotic meeting
here las, night.
Mrs. Irmn Shnffer has brough, suit
Tor divorce. She alleges her nus
band. John Shaffer, has lei; the state.
She asks the custody of their three
children.
The board Of education has sold The
10000 issue OF school bonds recently
authorized by the voters. The buyers
are W. J.. Slayton a CO.. of Toledo.
.. They VIII pay a premium of SSNl.
Nineteen other bids were received
oliver Il. =. La Fargc. teller az the
Citizens bank. resigned mis- position
81 the bank the other day and WITH
Mrs. la Fargo left sunday for Los
Angeles, Whore they will reside in the
future.
Albert D1umcr hats filed HaI tor
divorce against Arna Daumer They
were married last November Mrs.
Daumcr has Hlcd q cross bin iu which
She asks for al.m0nt JOS wei as q De-.
cree.
Gunner s Mate james T.. DouEhcri,.
naval recruiting officer Boo Chpr-e ~
THE station hero. has been uat.iel
that Lieutenant Gilbert is 60 come
here geo TAX, charge. Dough"rtt ~
poets % Ice sent Co ono of the ur-' lime
ships.
EIfcro Hoca. loft last uight Tor
Sucorro. He was retained hy e broth
er OF Antonio Gianera. who was shot
ard killed In SocorTo county yvst"t e.
day. 20 assist IN the prosecution 90
Jacobo Sedillo, who was chatgcn Win
the shooting
Mr.. J. T. Salalar reported O. the
police last n.ght that an American
dressed In darl clothes and wearing
an army hat snatched nor pockotbook
on South Sixth street Tire pocket
book contained only % cents m
money.
Miss Evelyn LacRio was married to
John Seth at the Congregational
church sunday afternoon At 2 O'Clock
hy the Rev. 4 Toothaker. The ring
service was used. The bride is "A sister
OF Mrs NJ NJ cheney. at 925 Forester
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-10

ayenu Mr.. and Mrs. Seth will make
their home IN ~Albuquerque.
\ nan giving MS name az L u.
Morgan was caught in his Office by
DR. y. II. earns last night. lie told
the physician he was "a drug addict.
He had a skeleton key In his possess
sion. lie will be- charged Nth bur
glary. Chief of Police Galushu aid to-
day.
Mrs. Gussie J. Steam. widow of r. u.
Steam. has sued the Occidental Life In
suranCe company for $4,000. alleging
that II Is owing on a policy carried
by her husband The company asserts
that IL Is owing on a policy carried
clause against suicide. Another police
for 81. 000. the COMPANY says. was
promptly paid
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-10
Postohice Is to be
Closed Tight Nightly

The war order closing the pos, Of
nee al 10 80 o'clock nightly s rigid
To- the last degree. Every door VIII
DE shut ana the building rs 10 be va
cant except for wutchmeu. Hitherto
clerks have uurHed an night Th'
doors viii reopen morning. Of .
o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08

thought and action of our youth into
channels of such usefulness.
The war has brought upon our
schools a new function and into our
system of public instruction a demand
for new educational processes. | am
sure the educators of Maine will rise to
the occasion and by taking advantage
of the opportunity make of our schools
a salient of the nations forces to the
advantage of our arms and to the aN-
Nancement of democracy to the worlo.
The national food administration
has prepared a program of conserva-
tion which should reach every home
and every food source. Prof. Leon S.
Merrill Of the University of Maine, as
federal administrator for the State will
call upon your for assistance. ! have
pledged him our support for know IT
will be your desire to cooperate with
him to the fullest extent not by pas
SiVe endorsement but through active
participation in the movement.
Let the school children of Maine JOIN
heartily in the real problem before us,
and through this means secure a larg-
err portion of patriotic zeal that in the
future there may be no Huns" within
our gates and no "slackers' within our
palaces.
A. Q. THOMAS,
State Superintendent of Public Schools
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache is sign you have
been eating too much
meat.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region it
generally means you have been eating
too much meat. says we'll known au-
thority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort to
filter it from the blood and they become
sort of paralyzed and loggy. When
your kidneys get sluggish and clog you
must relieve them. like you relieve your
bowels; removing all the body's urin-
Gus waste, else you have hackache,
sick headache. dizzy spells: your stom-
ach sours, tongue is coated and when
the weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full Of
sediment, channels often get sore. wa
ter scalds ard you are obliged to seek
relief two or three times during the
night.
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pi1arma.
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts:
take tablesp oonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few DAYS and
Your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for gener
atoms TO clean and stimulate sluggish
kidneys. also TO neutralize acids in the
urine so il no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts IS a life saver for regular
meat eaters. II is inexpensive, cannot
in1ure and makes a delightful, effer.
vescent lithia water drink.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
Industrial Accidents

-FOUR thousand and ro,r no,,o,o.
covering total number ne nae se1
employes, of which 1O5.S1 are n7sIss
anu 4l'39o are females, are now T.,
elect under the provision NJ ~
"orkmen's compensation act scoord
ing TO a statement made bv F,ben y
Llttleheld of Belfast. chairma, of -
Maine Industrial Accident Comnoissia,,
lhree hundred and forty-eight no1i.
cies vary in the number Of empJova.
that they cover; 10,4S1 accidents ryerr
reported this year; 1,160 accidents per,
reported during the month Of Sen
TENDER and AZ deaths were renorted
TO the commission this year.
The report Of the claim denartnep,
or the Industrial Accident Commission
shows that 1926 claims ami aor,e-
ments were filed this year: 279 claims
and agreements were filed during tie
month IF September: PAP agreements
were approved in September: AK
compensation and agreement reccints
were filed during the month of Sen.
tember; two cases are set for. hear
incs: six hearings were held durine
the month of September and u casos
are ready for hearings but the dates
OF the same have not as vet been
set
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
Sheep and Swine Escape
Taxation by a Little Joker

Chapter 80 of the Public Laws of
1917, which is an amendment to the Re-
vlsed Statutes of 1916 contains little
joker that will without doubt cause
more or less difficulty for the local
assessors of the various municipalities
when they come to make up their
next tax list. Paragraph of Section
S Of Chapter 10 of the Revised Statutes
exempts from taxation "all mules and
neat cattle so months old and under
and all sheep and swine"
Section / Of Chapter 2s5 of the Pub
'ic Laws Of 1917 amends this paragraph
to exempt:
months old, and neat cattle. is months
old and under and all sheep to the
rumber of 35 and swine to the number
Of ten
The evident purpose of this amend
ment was to provide that neat cat
tie ever IS months old. sheep in OK
ce.'5 of So in number and swine in ex-
cess of 10 should be subject to taxa
ton.
Section Of this same public law,
however. comes forward with the alb
surd proposition that Section Is Of
Chapter Of the Revised Statutes he
amended by striking out the word
Swine" in the third line and inserting
in Ito place the words in excess OF
the number Of 81 and swine in OK
cess Of the number Of TO- so that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-08
PUPILS TO ASSIST
IN SAVING FOOD

The following letter has been sent
to school superintendent of Mamie by
State Superintendent of Public
Schools Augustus o. Thomas and in
view of the tremendously vital question
to which it refers and the tremendous
assistance that may be given in the
problem of food conservation by our
school children, if properly instructed
and trained it is worthy the attention
of every father and mother in the
State:
Dear Co-workers:
Realizing what tremendous force
the army of 2O,0O0.000 children now
modified in the public schools of
America is and what a valuable asset
it may become in our present distress.
| am calling upon YOU to lend a hand
In the movement now promulgated by
federal authorities for the conserva :
ton Of the food resources of the coun-
try. The struggle for food IS the
worlds big problem and We arc fortu-
nate in being able to direct the