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Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
Farm, and Garden
Timely Hints for Agriculturists---
Professional and Amateur

Bordeaux for garden diseases,
nicotine for the squash bugs, plant
lice, and other sucking insects, but to
get rid of the pot bugs, cabbage
worms, cutworms, ,.hd other insects
which chew up your plants and swal-
low them you must feed them poison,
says today's bulletin from the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden Com
mission cooperating with this news
paper IN urging more food gardens.
One of the best poisons for chewing
bugs Is arsenate of lead-the powd-
cred form being better than the paste,
because it In easier to weigh and hand
lie. Arsenate of lead mixes evenly In
water and sticks to plants. Two ounces
of powdered arsenate or four ounces
of arsenate paste mixed with three
gallons of water makes the spray. BY
using bordeaux instead of water In
this solution you get one of the best
combination sprays for both fungus
and chewing insects. This spray should
be frequently stirred while being
sprayed to keep the poison evenly
mixed In the solution. 1t should never
be used on cabbage or caulifower af-
ter the heads begin to form.
The old reliablO Parisgreen spray Is
also deadly to insect chewers. Use
one ounce of Paris green, two to four
ouhces oL lump line ana ten SailOnb
of water (not six gallons of water If the
spray is for potato bugs). The limo
prevents the Paris green from injur-
ing foliage. If You substitute bor-
deaux for the water In this solution
you do not need to use lime and you
have q splendi1 combination spray for
fungus and chewing insects.
The war has made the price of Par
Is green prohibtive to most garden
ers. Arsenate of lead. however. is not
unduly expensive, and in many re-
spects it is a better bug poison than
Paris green.
Soy Beans.
From Japan, home of some of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
TOTTEHVllLE

Misses Camille and Emma Dela-
porte, of Manhattan, visited their
aunt and uncle here yesterday.
Mrs. Ernest Dabbs. Of Fisher ave-
nue., Is recovering at the Staten Is
land hospital from an operation Ave
Gays ago.
Albert Dougherty was In town last
night for a visit with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Htlitard moved
yesterday from johnson avenue to
theiI home in Arthur Kill road for the
summer.
Miss Lillian Penny, sixteen years
CID, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Penny. of Arthur Kill road, was oper-
ated on for appendicitis at the Staten
Island hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs H. l.. Simonson, OF
Hazlet, visited the latter's sister, Mrs.
r. w. Wood, here yesterday.
Many prizes will be awarded at the
euchre at Killmeyer's hotel tonight
that is being held for the benefit Of
the West Baptist cemetery improve-
ment fund. A number of tickets have
been sold and a large crowd is looked
for
Staten Island Forest, Tail Ceoars,
have completed arrangements for GO
ing to sAsbury Park tomorrow night
at the ceremonial meeting that is to
be held there.
Bethel ushers will meet tonight at
the parsonage in Amboy road
"A meeting of the Young Mons Busi-
ness Club will be held tonight at ths
club house.
At a meeting OF Welcome Council.
Daughters of America, held last night
at X. of p. hall, four candidates were
initiated. State Councillor Mrs. John
Furman was present as was n delera-
tion of members from Molly Stark
Council. of Pleasant Plains, and Loyal
Council. of Perth AInboy.
st. Pauls Cadets held drill lant
night It the armory In Amboy road
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
RALPH SAUNDERS NAMED
BY MAYOR FOR REGISTRATION
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent
Tottenville, May 25-Mayor Mitchell
In naming the boards in the five bor-
oughs to have charge of the local
work on June s of degistering men
between twenty-one and thirty years,
inclusive, who are liable for military
service under the selective draft act,
has selected the following members
for the borough Of Richmond: se
City Magistrate Samuel H. Evins,
Deputy City Clerk John Dalton, DR..
William Bryan. Nathan A. Smyth,
Walter w. Price. William u. De Bost
and Ralph H.. Saunders. OF Totem
vile. .fss~4ss .iss ss
| These seven mon met at st. George
yesterday and selected q committee of
three to look after the work. The
centrol board OF the entire city, in
addition to the president of the board
Of elections. Edward f. Boyle and the
city clerk is composed OF one physi-
clan, one lawyer, one representative
OF labor. one business man and one
man engaged In charity or relief
work. The borough boards are SINH
larly composed and have in addition
as members either Judge of special
sessions or magistrate and the dep
uty city clerk located In the bor-
ough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
MADAME TOTEM ENTERTAINS
BETHEL LADIES YESTERDAY
By speoio, Correspondent

by cptCtutf Correspondents
Tottenville, May 25:-The Ladies'
Aid Society OF Bethel M. Il. church
and guests numbering about fifty In
all assembled at Madame Totten's
residence in Amboy road. yesterday
afternoon, where they were enter
tanned by pupils in a repetition Of
the program they gave in recital last
Saturday night. DR.. George III. Dow,
Jr., assisted by playing two violin
selections and an obligato.
The program opened with the
piano overture, "Poet and Peasant"
duet played by Madame Totten and
Miss Margaret Van Dusen, which was
we'll received. by the audience. Miss
Julia Schaeffer, OF Philadelphia.
showed wonderful clear technique on
the plano In the rendering OF o waltz
and. the Fauste Suite.
Miss Helen u. Felch, who has a
high lyric soprano voice. showed ar
tistic work In the rendering OF the
Arias from Faust. The younger pupils
all did well and were q credit to
themselves and theip teacher. Master
Huyler Romond, of Perth Amboy,
played and rang a solo. Madame
Totten and Miss Helen Kirkby were
the accompanies.
After the program refreshments of
home made cake and fruit punch
were served by the hostess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25

most intensive farming the world ever
saw, comes the soy bean. Imported
first as crop to build up the fertil-
ity of American soil. 1t is now claim
ing o place in the American diet says
today's bulletin from the National
Emergency. Food Garden Commits
sion, which is helping this newsr aper
to urge the citizens OF Perth Amboy
to grow their war bread in their own
gardens.
The Chicago meat packers are
warning us that we may soon have to
adopt meatless days. OF all the gar
den substitutes for meat, beans come
nearest to filing the measure, because
they are the richest of vegetables In
portion, the chief food element in
meat. For this reason some of tho
scientists of the Department OF Agri-
culture. are urging the Soy bean as a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
STATEN ISLAND
SHER|FFS
SWORN IN HERE
Mounted Posse Well Trained in
Service of Sheriff Pitou, !.
of Richmond Co.
Ru sneofnr Correspondent.

BY Special Correspondent
Tottenville, May 25:-A posse OF
twenty one horsemen, trained by
former United States Army caValry-
man, were sworn in as deputy sherlns
by Sheriff Spire Pitou, Jr.. at Rich
mond on Sunday.
The mounted deputies, the first or
ganization of it's kind here, have
been training for the past two
months at Scott's farms. New Dorp,
under the supervision of ex-Cavalry-
man Dietz, for twelve years a private
in the mounted division of the army.
Many of the. men are professlonai
riders. among the best In the country,
with experience not only in training
criminals throughout the southwest
ern but herding on cattle ranches,
and doing trick stunts in bill
shows" circuses and in the movies.
The rest are all men Of experience
In the saddle. who under Dietz's
training have developed into expert
horsemen.
Fred Scott, of Clifton, is the cap
tain of the posse, Thomas Kiiey his
lieutenant. Though the men organ
lied prior to the declaration OF war
with Germany they redoubled their
interest when the United States en-
tered the war, and figuring that they
would be able to aid the local gov
ernment in time of need, Captain
Scott, a few days ago offered their
services as deputy sheriffs
The men arrived at the court house
at Richmond at IL o'clock In the
morning, mounted, many of them In
cowboy regalia. In the presence OF
Edward Peterson, of the sheriff's
staff, and County Clerk G. Livingston
Bostwick the men were sworn in by
Sheriff Pitou. At the conclusion of
the ceremony the men gave three
cheers for the q. s. A., the county
clerk, the sheriff and Judge j. Harry
Tiernan.
After the posse had exhibited their
ability as horsemen in snappy
series of evolutions, they galloped
back to SCOTS farms.
The men will make their first pub
lie appearance as body at the pre-
paredness parade to be held here
Decoration Day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
FLAG TO Be PRESENTED TO
ST. MARKS N. E. CHURCH


Tottenville. May 25:-An American
nag will be presented to st. Marks 8
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
night by U: 8. Grsnt Council No. 79.
Junior Order United American Me-
chanics, of Pleasant Plains. The pre-
sentation ceremonies will take place
IN front OF the church at 1880 O'clock,
when the flag will be raised to the
new pole erected for the occasion.
After the flag raising the members of
the council will go in the church to
near a special sermon preached by
Rev. It. w. Sloat pastor, on "Shail
America be the Greatest Democracy
OF the World 2" A special musical
program is being arranged for tho
choir. United Council. of TottenviIIe
and Balthaser Council, of Kreischer,
vile, have been invited to Join with
U. s. Grant Council in the flag raising
and services following at the churoh'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
CLIP THIS OUT
MAY COME HANDY
Tells How to Take Soreness
from a Corn and Lift
1t Right Out.

Hospital records show that every
time you cut corn you invite lock1aw
Or blood poison, which 10 needless, says
q Cincinnati authority, who tells you
that a quarter ounce of a drug called
freezone can be obtained ut little cost
from the drug store but Is sumcient to
rid. one's feet of every hard or soft corn
or callus.
You simply apply few drops of this
on q tender. aching corn and the sore
ness Is instantly relieved. Shortly the
entire corn can be lifted out. root and
all, without pain.
This drug ls sticky but dries at once
and is claimed to just shrfveI up any
tng the surrounding tissue or skin.
II your wife wears high heols she
will be glad to know OF thts.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
REQ CROSS TO MEET TO
PLAN WORK TOMORROW

Tottenville, May 25-The executive
committee of the Fifth Ward Branch
of the American Red Cross will call a
special meeting to formulate plans
Tor work. The meeting will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 O'clock In
the Masonic banquet hall. The heads
ofrall organizations and members. ali
enrolled chapter members and the
general public are urged to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
VAN NAME IN ALBANY TO
URGE FERRY BILL LAW
By Special Correspondent.

By SpeCIuE correspondence
Tottenville, May 25-Borough
President Calvin d. Van Name left
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 from
the Grand Central station for Albany
to plead with Governor Whitman to
sign the two cent ferry bill and also
in regard to the transfers from the
ferry to the subway and elevated
lines. He expects to get a hearing
today. The committee at the hearing
on Tuesday on the same matter did
not get much encouragement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25

A practice shoot Of the Krelscher-
Vile Rifle Club will be held at the
range tomorrow afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-05-25
The CITY and the Farm.

Fifty years ago two-thirds OF all
Americans lived on farms. Yet every
year life on the farm grows easier
and every year 1t grows harder in the
city.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
new CITY BONDS
PLAN TO BE PUT
TOLEGISLATURE
Bill Authorizing Supervisors to
Float Loan is Favored
BY Officials

City officials have a new Plan for
securing a bond flotaticr tn fiDEnce
the pressing needs for sewers and wa
lterworks Improvements.
Defeated at the recent election be-
cause the necessary GO per cent ma
iority did not vote in favor OF the
bonds, and with no apparent means Of
getting a supreme court decision on
the knutty points OF how to count
some badly marked ballots, the Off
Gals have now mapped out another
course.
Superintendent OF Water Murray
e. planned il as follows this morning:
I'VE are working on bill TO be in
troduced as early as possible in the
LEGISLATURE, authorizing the city and
county OF Honolulu to issue the bonds,
with the approval of the President
The bill VIII authorize the bond issue
for the specific purposes. This the
legislature has the right to do, and II
the need for improvements can be
brought before the members. | am
sure they viii make the authorize
ton" q. -.
The bill will probably be introduced
this week in the senate and probably
a rublic hearing will be called on 1t.
While Superintendent Murray was
outlining the plans for the bond au-
thorization, report was brought to
the garbage department desk, only a
few feet away about an Overlooking
cessnool in the Beachwalk district.
This shows how badly we need
sewers In that district" he said, and
related the following incident which
he declares came under his personal
observation yesterday: s- 1@
The Moana hotel Is digging out
new cesspool ON its lawn. Yesterday
gang of men was at work cleaning
out the stump of the old cesspool, and
the black muck. the residue soaked
into 0he soil from long use. was being
poured directly into the stream run
ming down between the outrigger
Club and the Moana premises.
II went out for swim and swan
out to the raft Coming back, i be.
gan to get the effects OF this stuff
running down the stream, and stood
up and wadei ashore
Inere Is no question the MOana
Hotel had to clean out this pool and
II seems there was no other place to
pump the stuff but the point is that
thc peoBIe down on the beach had to
battle In IL II they went into the water
IN this neighborhood. II seems to me
that whiln the work is going on this
stretch OF beach should be closed to
bathers. for swimming is not only un.
pleasant but insanitarv under such
conditions. OF ecurse this is matter
for the board of health to take up.
The bigger Doint is the argument
that Honolulu has got to put sewers
in this district. The situation is grow
ing intolerable"
Supervisor Horner. who was with
Murray. said that while he has op-
Dosed some OF the Improvement pro
iects through bond sales. he favors
the Waikiki sewering plans. There
h. no question we have very serious
problem out there" he said.
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Wilson in Bitter Words Criticizes
Men in Senate Who Baked His Plans

lAssociatsd P,sss b. Federal wirsisssI :.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March s.
Deploring the filibuster in the senate
by means of which the measure which
would have enabled him to arm Amer
lean merchantmen against the murder
Gus attacks of German submarines
was defeated at the last minute Of
the last session, President Wilson i'm
mediately after taking the oath Of of
flee in the Presidents room OF the
Capitol, issued a statement. yester,
day dealing with the situation, and
limiting at an extra session of Con
gross to deal with the international
situation.
IL was the action of a few senator's
he declared. that baked the plans OF
the administration and made it impos
sible for him TO proceed with the arm,
ing Of merchantmen. and he added
that he believes that the senate
''should amend the rules at a special
session on Monday in order to take
the necessary action to meet the sit
nation" -
No Disclosures Of Policy
He did not disclose his policy re.
garding the arming of merchant craft.
IN his statement the President said
in rart:
The termination of the Sixty:fourttl
Congress by constitutional limitation
disclosed a situation unparalleled in
the history of our country, or perhaps
in the history of any government in
the history of the world. Certain
do not now recall such a situation in
history
THE nation is in the immediate
presence of crisis fraught with the
most subtle and far-reaching possijil-
tiles. yet Congress is unable to so act
as to enable the government to meet
that menace. to safeguard the citizens
of the country and to vindicate ther
rights on the high seas.
Calls Opponents "WiIfui Men"
In that Congress there were more
than 500 out of the 531 members, who
were willing and anxious that such
steps should be taken. They were
ready to act; ready to give to the cd,
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nlinistration the power to act for the
good OF the nation, but little group
Of senators. wilful men, utterly ind:t.
ferent to the right, men who do not
represent the opinion of their consti-
tuents, who represent no opinion save
their own, have rendered the great
government of the United States help
less by contemplate trick.
Their action has been contemptible.
The senate has no rules by which de-
bate can be brought to an end. Il
has no rules by which dilatory tactics
such as these senator's have adopted,
can be brought to nought This lack.
based upon the belief that the senator
needed not the rules that might hmm
per a lesser man. was traded upon Ly
these men, with the resulting paraIy-
sis of all legislation and the tying GD
of the executive branch of the govern.
ment. -..- :1E..%*f '
StrangIed the Senate
They stRsngled the senate ~. =
moment when every second of time
counted; when the world was watch.
ing to see what this government is 30.
ing to do; when we are more Or less
IN trial before the world. They nre-
vented the passage of vital Sfesisla-
ton" .., ~
Here >Fhe President itemized the
bills that failed. OF passage, incibding
the Army bill. the Sundry Civfl bIIl.
the General Deficiency bill, the nil to
extend the power of the federal ship
ping hoard during. war emergency
and the amendments to the Federal
Reserve Bank Act.
Continuing, the President said
1T is no cure for the difficulty to
call the Sixty-fiftb Congress- in an
extra session, for the paralysis in the
senate will remain unchecked. Yet.
! venture to say that Congress is now
more united than at any TIM within
the memory of any man now MEM
her. We are in the midst of A crisis,
when definite and decided action
must be taken to, make the nation
safe. Yet that action, called for by
the administration. has been made i'm
possible. There is but one remedy
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KOREA MARU HAS
MYSTERY IN TALE:
OF STOLEN GOLD
Local Police Are Called Upon to
Detain Trio Charged With
Stealing Millions

But for the decision of Deputy
Sheriff Asch Honolulu might have
been .embroiled In an International
mystery plot that developed with the
arrival Of the Korea Maru Sunday
morning. Two Russians, claiming to
be secret service men for their govern
nIent, asked Asch to arrest three other
Russians on the same boat who, they
alleged, had embezzled six million
rubles. The deputy refused to do sc
because the compliments had nc
papers, and they all went on. together
A ruble is worth SIS cents, which
would make the amount alleged to
have been embeZzled nearly $3,100, 600
The story of chase, which started
far away in Petrograd and is still pro
crossing towards San Francisco, is in
Volved in the tale. The deputy does
not understand what it Is all about
but he is glad today that he haS nc
connection with 1t although he Nad.
vanced no information about the whole
affair until questioned about IT, He
was called to the boat about an hour
before II cast off and had to do some
rapid work and thinking.
An attache of the Russian govern
ment, with all his proper papers. was
also on board the Korea but said he
knew nothing about the alleged en-
bezzlement and declared it would be
cutie likely he would have been in
formed II there had been one. DR..
Augustus Marques, Russian consul in
Honolulu with whom Asch immediate
~ communicated, also had no .informa.
ton regarding the affair. .-
The men who told me they were
secret service men also told me they
had been advised by telegraph from
Petrograd to follow and arrest at
yladivostock,"' explains Asch. 'the trio
who had. as government officials, alb.
seconded with the money. but. they
could show me no credentials, not
even the telegram they were alleged
to have received Why they didn't
arrest the men In vladfvostocK or be
fore the ship sailed from the Orient,
IL their story is true, i can not guess.
l. also do not understand why they
waited here all day until o'clock be-
fore they appealed to me or why none
of the Russian authorities know any
thing about It." !:
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German Ships
To Try Dash!

tAssocistcd Press by Federal wirelessl
NOGALES, AriE., March 5.-Prepa-
rations are being made by the crews
of IL German refugee steamers, now
in the Gulf of California, to put to sea.
Such Is information received here last
night from sources believed to be most
authentic. Il Is known that great
quantities Of supplies and provisions
have been taken on board these veS-
sells. and that 300 sailors have return
cd to them for duty, since the an.
nouneeinent Of the relentless cam
paign." .-.
II is believed here that the proyi.
sions are destined for submarines
which are TO begin an active cam
paign in the Pacific ocean as soon as
the supplies reach them from this
coast. "
Gen. Bell, In command of this sec.
ton of the border. has issued orders
to all sentries 10 shoot to kill any avn
ators who may attempt to fly over any
OF the border Notifications.
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tAssocis.sd Press By catl.l

WASHINGTON, ID. g., March o
When the 9th congress expired at
noon yesterday without vote on the
armed neutrality" bill in the senate,
Senator Hitchcock, supporting the
President, declared that IL men had
defeated the wishes OF the majority or
the senate in ''the most reprenensible
fillibuster" in history. ii
President Wilson yesterday signed
the naval appropriations bill and
others passed in the final hours.
CAssOcIated Press br Federal wIreLess)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March o.
Twelve senators led by La Toilette and
encouraged by Senator Stone of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee Of the upper house, and the
man supposed to have been closest to
the President in the present crisis
with Germany, baked every effort OF
the members to meet the demands OF
the moment and defied the HHesident
and the majority through IS hours.
Senator Hitchcock, who throughout
the fight had been backing the ad-
ministration measure in the senate, is
sued statement just before the SEES
sion was over, in, which he declared
that the situation showed a perfectly
deplorable state of affairs, by which
IL men who represented nothing and
nobody, except themselves, were able
to defeat the wishes of their so fellow
members and hold up the machinery
of the great government Of the United
States" # <
The clock struck u, and the 9th
congress ended at the very climax OF
session that was described by some
OF the speakers as the most moment.
Gus crisis that has faced this country
since the outbreak of the Civil War"
Immediately after the close of the
session 76 senators, including 80 Re-
publicans, signed manifesto. adj
dressed to the general public and to
the world at large, that they had
favored the passage of the measure.
which would have given the President
the authority to arm. American mer-
cbantmen against the attacks of Ger
man submarines and the right to make
use Of "other instrumentalities" as he
might deem proper. They depiored
the fact that the filibuster. which some
Of them described as the most repre-
hensible in the history of civilized ma.
tions, should have succeeded in balK-
ing the passage Of the measure, anu
asserted that the action of the fiji.
Continued on page three)