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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
AN ORDINANCE.

To appropriate $40, 900 TO pay for the
repaving OF New Brunswick Avenue
from Smith Street to lands OF Lehigh
Valley r.. II.
Whereas. an ordinance has hereto
fore been duly adopted, approved and
published providing for the rspaying
OF New Brunswick Avenue from Smith
Street to the lands of Lehigh Valley
Railroad Co. by resurfacing with btu
minus over the present brick pavement.
and
Whereas. the probable cost Of the
same will not exceed the sum OF $4,000
Be IT ordained by the City OF Perth
Amboy:
Sec. /. That the sum of $40, 10000 be
and hereby IL appropriated TO pay the
cost OF the same which said amount Is
TO be raised by the issuing of bonds In
accordance with the Statute in such
case made and provided.
The foregoing ordinance was intro
duced, and passed on nrst reading at
the meeting OF the Council OF the city
OF Perth Amboy held August 9Th. 1915;
and win be taken up for second and
third readings and ANAL passage at the
meeting OF Council to be held August
~, 1918, IN the COUNCIL Chamber, City
Hall, Perth Amboy. N. J..
207se-s-1o-1a.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
RESTAENTERS Z
SPEEDWAY RACE
Speedway King Latest to Add
Name to Entry List for
Sheepshead Event. Y

Dario Resta, worlds champion and
Speedway king Of 1915-1916, VIII
start in the international Sweepy
stakes at Sheepshead Bay Speedway
on Saturday, August II. The winn9f
OF more classics and prize money
than any driver in the game sent ~
his entry early to-day. III
The entry of Resta makes three
champion drivers who have signifedI
their intention of competing for the
rich purse, to which each of the drtvR
ers will contribute $4,000. The
others are Arthur Duray, worlds
speed king, and Ralph Milford. the
ever-smiling Brooklynite, who hold4
the Neutrality-suspicious. record, and whQ
finished near the top in all h bia
races this S u
Louis Chevrolet, speedway chang
pion of 1917, and Ralph DePelmAt
worlds champion, are yet to be heard
from.
Resta. disappointed by his failur4
to win a big classic this season aftef
spending a year and more than $le.4
900 in building q new car and motoN
is determined to make his supfemS
effort in the Sweepstakes. He has
repeatedly demonstrated that he haa
q car as fast as any In the world, bun
30 far II has failed to stand up" un&
der racing conditions. )
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
BANG!--GOES
STAR NAVY NINE
Orders Force Temporary Dis
banding of Barry Shore
Pennock Combine.

"Exigencies of service have caused
the disbanding of Jack Barry's crack
baseball team of the First Naval Dis
made by Walter Camp, head Of the
Athletic Division Of the Navy Pc
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities. Barry's team OF
former major league stars started the
season with great prospects but on
account of the fact that many OF the
players have been transferred to
other districts, It was deemed advisa-
BILE to discontinue the team"
The above from the weekly bull
.letin of the Commission on Training
Camp activities.
And 1t was some ball club. Only
@ few positions were not filled py big
league stars and as a whole It Mas a
big league aggregation.
'Td hate to have that bunch
against me in a league race" q man.
me recently. 1T would make 1t
tough for the best OF u.s."
Barry could have used either Ernie
Shore or Herb Pennock In the box.
At first he would have had Del Gain
or and he would have filled the sec
ond sack himself. Mike. MoNally
would have been at third and Rabbit
Maranville at short. In the outfeld
he would have had Duffy Lewis and
Chick Shorten.
One outhelder and a catcher would
not have been of big league caliber.
1t was surely a ball club to conJufe
with, especially when 1t Is considered
that the best of the service clubs con-
tanned only one oil two stars at the
most.
Although definite information has
not been given out by the navy de-
partment, It is understood that these
men have been placed in widely sep
arated units. Some OF them r at
tached to destroyer convoy outfits and
have made several trips abroad with
transports.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10

Don't Mix Your Rules
Just because Young Jack Nc
Cauley is going to marry does not
necessarily mean that he Is not
getting enough fighting az 1t Is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
Without a Game,
Want to Play RarltdnS

II the Raritans of South Amboy
have no game booked for tomorrow
they can get their long sought chancH
to mingle with the st. Anthonys. folf
the latter are without a game for too
morrow and Manager Billy Flynn ex{
presses a special desire to take on thH
South Amboy nine. Flynn has tried
several times this week to get Tx
touch with the Raritans manager bud
failed. He can be reached over the,
phone tonight, 1s49-R. between n
and 5 o'clock. /
Flynn would like to hear also FROM.
the West Ends of Tottenville. Rank
way A. A. and Owls of S~ayreville. 2
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
Keasbey Feds TO Stack Up
Against Athletics hlna|
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent. j
KEAsBEY. Aug. 1O-The Keasbey
Feds again will be seen IN action on
the home lot tomorrow afternoonl
when they will match forces with the
Athletics. OF North Amboy. Tho
game is scheduled to start at q
o'clock.
Maier, the star left fielder Of the,
Feds, will be out OF the lineup. Kudsl
rick will play his position. Mey6A
Larsen will do the receiving and 500
will pitch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
MADE IN AAIBoY

Freddie Welsh, now a Jerseyman
with q health farm at Summit, and
one of the ~cleverest defensive fighters
OF all time, is the deposed lightweight
king.
Somehow, however, the Isles never
could produce a capable heavyweight.
That honor has been Americas since
the days of John L. Sullivan and,
with Dempsey and Willard In the
ofing, probably will remain SO for
years to come. Bombardier Wells
flashed across the horizon-in Eng
land. He never amounted to much
on this side.
The bantamweight division
has its own peculiarly distinctive
features. In perusing recent
sporting columns we learn that
Johnny Ertle has lambasted h
stufin's out of Pal Moore,
FRANKIE Burns and Kid Herman;
also that Pal Moore made mince
meat of Johnnie Ertle, Frank
Burns and Kid Herman; also
that Frankie Burns absolutely
o~utclasses Johnnie Ertle, Pal
Moore and Kid Herman, and in
conclusion that Kid Herman Is in
a class by himself, not even ex-
cepting johnnie Ertle. Pal Moore
and frankie Burns. truly u Ul-
vision of championship claim
ants.
Young Jack Cook, the clever little
Newark bantamweight, is a real sub
stitute king. Cook aways manages
TO be the handiest man around when
some promoter finds at the eleventh
| hour that one of the contestants n
| his main bout has disappointed him:
Recently Cook grabbed his pair Of
mits and the next fast line on 2
! hurry call from Manager Joe Nc
Nulty of the Lotos s. c. and fought
q draw with Benny o'Neil of Eliza
beth. He duplicated this feat the
other night at Newark when he sub
| stituted at the opening show Of the
Airdrome in Newark and defeated
Knockout Brady.
Slow but sure Jersey fight fans are
beginning to recognize the calipre OF
Mickey Donley. He Is climbing 1ast
to the top rung. Mickey has long
ago passed out of the disc OF the
!. spotlight Of doubt. M A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10

Slow but sure Jersey fight fans are
beginning to recognize the calibre OF
Mickey Donley. He is climbing fast
to the top rung. Mickey has Ions
ago passed out of the disc Of the
spotlight of doubt. M. d..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
fs-."s
NeAPORISMANS
~
MADE IN AMBoY

The Yankees haven't any
brains; they don't know when to
quit."-German news item.
The Yankees haven't any brains; they
don't know when TO quit,
It's kinda tough they formed the
fault, a-tryin' to do their bit.
They haven't any brains, m'lads
when the Drawn is all that tells
They shoot with eye, with might, with
right, and not with Hunja yells.
II the YanIxs had had the brains, the
quitting kind, they say.
They never would be DER there now
a-chasing Huns away.
Somehow one cannot reconcile the
niggardly conception of American
gray matter with the average Ger
mans intellectual resources. History
is a ~favorite German study.
We wonder IL they have ever
read the story of George WASH
ington, of his Valley Forge, of
his years OF trials to found the
nation that now produces the
'brainless, non-quitting fighters"
And what of the pages written
around John Paul Jones's Sur
render? Why, we haven't begun
to hght!" Perry, Scott, Custer
and Farragut. Grant, Lincoln
and Dewey.
Quit9 Sure, they quit when
they had the other fellow yelling
for quarter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
HAD 0UTF|TTED SCHOONER
TO RAID SOUTHERN PACIFIC
But Crew Of AgassiZ, Including Two
Women, Arc Now PIis-
OncrS OF War.
WORK OF HUNS IN MEXICO
Raiding Parties Are Being Organ
Against American and Allied
Shipping.
WORK OF HUNS IN MEN
IRy Associated P-ess.l


PACIFIC PORT, March 21.-Niac
arrived here to-day aboard a United
States warship. which had in tow the
auNilIary schooner Alexander Agassiz
outdt;ed by Germans as 4 raider OF
the seas.
The Agassiz was captured a week
ago on the coast of Mexico.
Government officials said they had
information to the effect that seven
Germans who embarked on the would
he raider at Mazatlan. Mexico. had
orders from the German consul there
TO seize any ship they could and then
to proceed TO the South Seas for raid
ing activities against ships of the
allies.
Representatives OF the government
also said that they had informal ton
indicating that similar raiding parties
were being organized in west coas,
Mexican ports.
One OF the women aboard the war
ship arrived to-day is Miss Maude
I.ochcrn. who. according 10 governmen,
agents. says She is the owner Of the
ASassiz. Authorities believe she had
the vessel in Mexican waters for leSi-
innate purposes and that the Gcrmana
imposed upon her confidence While
taking advantage OF her financial ne
ccssitics. The other prisoners are Cor
nc!ius lIcintZ and his wife, Frank Vol
pert. Richard Charles. Lewis Brandt.
Charles Boston. Arthur Martens and
Hendrix KoppalIa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
SHIPPING BOARD TELLS
SH|PBU|LD|NC PROGRESS
One Hundred and Three Vessels
Completed and Put Into Service
Since 1t Began Work.
PACIFIC OUTSTRIPS THE EAST
"Quantity Production Will Win
War;" Says Chairman Hurley,
ting"
tBy Associated Press ]

WASHINGTON. March a7.-Exact
figures ON the progress OF shipbuildinG
In the United States were made public
tonight by the Shipping Board as a
result OF debate In the Senate. during
which officials said statements had
been made based on inaccurate in
formation.
Since the Shipping Board began its
work. lSS vessels have been launched.
OF which lo3 have been completed and
put Into service. The launchings were
divided between 165 rcquisitioned yes
sells and twenty three which we're built
on contract for the Shipping Board in
yards that were constructed for the
purpose or which had only just been
put into operation. Eleven OF the
launchings were wood. all the re-
maindcr being steel.
Twelve contract steel vessels have
pieted. Three OF $500 tons were
launched at Los Angeles, two OF 0.400
tons at Oakland, four OF $500 tons ut
Seattle. one of zoo tons at San Fran :
cisco and two OF $500 tons at Great
Lakes port
/; was pointed out that when the
available last June, all the ways In
the United states were filled with
ships building for private or foreign
account. These were taken over under
international law. In order TO put into
effect the building program initiated
by the Shipping Board through it's
Emergency Fleet Corporation. new
yards had to he created. With the ex-
ception OF the four ships launched at
Seattle. all the steel contract launch
inGs and all the wood ship launchinGs
have been from yards which were built
from the ground UP. Work on requisi-
toned ships has proceeded and those
ways will be filled with contract ships
as soon as the others take the water.
Quantity production will win the
war" Chairman Hurley said to-day.
and tina. is what VIC are getting"
launchings were said TO he coming
along faster on the Pacific Coast than
IN tho Eas; because OF more favora bic
wca athcr conditions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
RUSH SOLDIERS OVER
Such Is Plea CabIed TO America Inst
Wight by Premier Lloyd
George.
tRv Associated Press.l


NEW YORK. March o1-A message
from David Lloyd George. the British
Premier. calling upon the United
states to send american re-enforce-
mcnts across the Atlantic in the short
est possible space OF time" was read
tonight by Lord Reading. British high
commissioner TO the United States at
dinner given here in his honor.
I'VE arc n, the crisis OF the war, at
tackled by an immense superiority OF
German troops" said the Premier In
his message. our army has been
forced 10 retire. The retirement has
been carried out mcthodically before
the pressure of steady succession of
ferins enormous losses.
The situation Is being faced with
splendid courage and resolution. The
doGGcd pluck Of our troops has for the
moment checked The ccasclcss onrush
of the enemy. and the French have
now joined in the struggle. But this
battle. tho greatest and most mo-
mentous in the history OF the world. is
only Just beginning. Throughout II
the French and British arc buoycd
with the knowledge that the great re
public of the west will neglect 10 ef-
fort which can hasten its troops and
It's ships TO Europe.
''In war. time is vital. It is impos-
siblc 10 cxagG.ratc tho Importance OF
getting American re endorsements
across tho Atlantic in the shortest
possible space OF time"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
GOVERNMENT WILL LOAN
s4G,4O0,0O0 TO NEW HAVEN
McAdoo Grants Company Right OF
Renewal for One Moro Year
at Same Terms.
RENTAL WILL PAY CHARGES
Dircctor.Gencral Says He Realizes
Importance Of Maintaining Chief
New England Railroad ut High.
est State OF Efficiency.

wASliIEGTON, March 27.--D.rec;or-
General Mc.Adoo tonight agreed on be-
half OF the government 20 lend the
New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad sis,4oo,oo0 10 mec: obliga-
;ions maturing April 10.
The company was granted the tight
OF renewal FOR one more year on the
same terms The railroad adm!nistra-
,ion Will take collateral for the ad-
vance.
The rental which The New Haven
system will receive under government
control said Director General Nc
.idoo, IN statement. has not yet
been definitely asce-;ained, but IL Is
estimated i; Will amount 10 sum
sufficient TO pay ali Of the company's
interest rentals and other fixed
charges. including interest on this new
note issue and yield a substantial sur
plus each year during the period o.
government control. which viii be APP
plicablc to improvements or other pur-
poses.
The director general has !nvcsti-
Eatcd this subject carefully and has
given due consideration 10 pas; and
present records and earnings and 20
'!'c '"NHie prospects oi the New Have n
system, whose gross operating reve-
nue. for I'll. calendar year amounted
20 more than SS5.o00.o00, exclusive of
The earnings oc several allied COM
panies.
Realizing the high Importance OF
maintaining the physical and financial
integrity OF this railroad system, which
controls so largely tho entire trans
portat!on facilities OF several leading
industrial States, which are essential
TO the war-making functions of the
nation and whose lines arc already
being taxed TO perform service which
IS now more important than ever, and
having proper regard to the security
offered for the loan desired. the d;rcc-
tor-gcneral has decided 10 extend tho
relief needed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
FOUR UNDER ARREST
"cighcr in Jarvis Piant Started Fire
by Dropping Lighted
Cigarette.
tBy Associated press.l

JERSEY CITY. y. j.. March 27.-
-Four men were under arrest tonight
in connection with the fro yesterday.
which destroyed the Jarvis Warehouse,
with loss estimated at approximat
S2.0o0.0oo.
The first TO be taken into custody
was Jacob l.. Altman, a wciEher en-
ploycd in the warehouse who. is said
TO nave confessed that ne threw a
lighted cigarette in quantity OF
potash which had leaked out of kegs
stored in the building. Although Ait
man was born in this country. his
father was a German.
The other men arrested were Robert
NJ. jaws president Of tho warehouse
company. William f.. Wilson, superin
tendeht of the warehouse. and Edward
l.. Floyd Jones. secretary Of the Rikcr
Co. New York. which Is said to have
owned the potash which exploded
They are charged with violating the
laws regulating the manufacture, stor-
age and sale of explosives.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
TWO SHOT IN RIOT
General Strike Called in Sympathy With
Laundry Workers Causes
Disorder.
IRY Associated Nresg. !

KANSAS CITY. Mo. March 2,.-Dis-
orders. in which at least TWO persons
were shot and seriously wounded, and
five large laundry plants damaged.
marked the first day OF the general
strikes in Kansas City. called carly to-
day in sympathy with the laundry
workers, who have been out for sew
eral weeks. The two strikers. both
men. were shot by guards. who fired
into crowd Of 500. which attacked
Il laundry late in the afternoon, throw
ing bricks and sticks. Both were taken
10 hospital.
Union men asserted several thousand
men and women obeycd the call seri-
ously Gripping several industries. Con-
fcrcnccs. at which points at issue be-
tween employers and employees are
being discussed. continue.
To-days disorders took place at the
plants of the citys largest laundrics.
Crowds OF strikers. varying in num-
bcr. attacked the plant guards, and
broke doors and windows. AT ono
laundry some cf the machinery was
damaged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
TERRIBLE LOSSES
WEAKEN GERMANS
French Soldiers Short Of Bread Prompts
Drastic Hoarding Order in United States

export. Much of the program wns
to hnve been corn. but the brenk-
down In railroad transportation de-
lnycd shipment, 40 TINT vhcnt had
to he sent abroad to avert famine.
Al only vhcnt md bnrlcy can
be shipped after April I, the public
il being nskcd to cut it's consump-
tion of wheat to 30 per cent OF
normal, and even that sacrifice
barely will stretch supplies to meet
demands. unicSs every hushe1 held
ON fnrms and In warehouses f. put
ON the market.
March I the report OF the Depart
mcnt of Agriculture showed Ill.,
00O,00O bushels In elevators. Since
the agitation In Congress to In
crensc the price of whent to $3.50,
receipts mt mill. hnve dNlndlcd from
S,0Hn.OO0 to a,OUC 900 bushels n week.
The only rcurisitloniuE ordered 40
fnr has been In the case OF two
brothers Of German ancestry. living
I'm New Mexico, who refused all
offers.
Unc of potatoes M n substitute
for wheat. which has been urged by
the food administration, will not be
possible In some sections because OF
trnmc congestion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
Thy Associated Press.


WASHINGTON. March 3..-lnfor-
nation that the brend ration of the
French soldierx who arc facing the
Onslaught Of Gcrmnny's armies hns
been cut because OF the shortage of
whcnt Inns led tho food ndminIstra-
ton to plan drastic measures TO
curb hoardinE in this country.
Whenever there In evidence that
the withholding Of food L. due to
disloEaltE or proateerinE, prompt
action will be taken. state admin
istrntorS hnNc been reminded TINT
the food law authorizes the reaui-
SitiOninS OF grain I'm the national
emergency, and have been asked to
he diiiScnt In their investigation
Of c-.srS of alleged boarding. The,
will forward the evidence obtained
to Washington. where step. will bc
tnIicn rs the Individual cuses war
rant.
Wheat for the allies becomes
more imperative Us the season pro-
Ercsses, because OF tho danger of
loSs I'm shipping corn or pCtntoes
after April 1, when the period OF
termination sets In. Up to March
IL the United States was S0O,oD0
tons behind in it's prog gram of cereal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
Steel Trust Advances
Wages Of Employees
tBy Associated Press.l


NEW YORK, March 21.-CoInci-
dent with IN announcement OF an
increase of I5 per cent In the wages
of itn employees, making total
advance of 05 per cent since 1915,
the United States Steel Corporation
to-day made public it's annual re-
port for 1917. This showed trc-
n,cndous incrcase in the volume Of
business, but q decrease In enrn-
inss.
The volume OF business for 1917,
ms represented by comblned GROSS
snics and earnings, eauaied sI.0S:,.-
ly8".5o., an increase of &45",4sS.T73
over 1915.
other chnrScs, total earnings, In
cludInE an estimate of some s23,,-
100000 for war and Income taxes
set aside for 1918. amounted 10 s3O4,-
1eI,47I, a dccrennc or SIS. $50 ,0:I.
Undivided surplus of S52,3A5,4 ,431
shows n dccrense of sI4033o,II7.
Current Rssets OF almost $500, ,0OO,-
600 include cash in hand and on
deposit OF about &IS5, 100000.
Average number of employees
during the year uns cGs.O5S. nm IN
crease of 1J,3D0, or G.l per cent.
Total amount OF pny rolls WINS s347,-
$4,000. an increase of s:,,0S4 ,S9S.
or 3i.o per cent.
Average salnry or wage per day
tcxclusiSe OF Administrative or sell
ing force) was S4.1O, against 1890 In
1910.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
CHARLES EDISON WEEDS
Eldest Son OF MIR. Rnd Mrs. Thomns
r.. Edison MnrrIcs In
Florida,

FORT MYERS. FLA, March 81
Miss Caroline Hawkins, daughter OF
Mrs Ada Hawkins of Cambridge, be-
hecamc tho bride here o-day of Charles
Edison Oldest son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Il. Edison. The ceremony was
witnessed only by the immediate fami-
lies of tho couple. and was solcmniZed
beneath the palms of Seminole Lodge,
where the Sroom's father loves to find
relaxation FROM his work. The bride
has been actively interested in war
work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-28
Mndgc Fox Sue. Husband.

NEW YORK. March 27.--Madgc FOX.
the actress. sued her husband. Max
Hart. to-day in the Supreme Court
for n half interest in the theatrical
booking business, in which she main
tained she "set him up" and which,
she declared. yields $4,000 yearly.
Hart. she claimed, was making but $50
week when she. 500 a week at
traction, married him.