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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
StiH Hold Up CTeSSOR'S
Salary for State JOB

ne SDecf0f Correspondent.
TRENTON, July 17:-Despite an
opinion from Assistant Attorney Gen.
erai Boggs to the effect that he sees
nothing inconsistent with the course
OF b. Il. Cresson. Jr, in acting as
~coasultipg engineer for two state
bodies. paying him two distinct sala-
ries. state Comptroller Bugbee re-
fuses to take his view Of the situa-
ton and contends that Cresson should
resign his place as consulting engi-
neer for the State Board OF Com
merce and Navigation IL he desires to
~eontinue 10 act in the same capacity
for the New York-New Jersey Port
Development Commission. made up
in part by New Jersey and In part
by New York citizens.
In the former position Mr.. Cresson
receives $4,000 q year.. and in the
laxef $4,000. half of which. $500.
IS to be paid by New Jersey. His
salary. along with several others en-
plosed by the port development COM
mission, has been held up by the
comptroller, which action has been
approved by the State House Com
mtzEsan on the ground that they are
e~xorbitant. and in MIR. Cresson's case
OGCAuSG OF inc law piOiiblA-
ing a mar from drawing two state
salaries at the same time.
The opinion of Mr.. Boggs. which
was asked. holds that MIR. Cresson's
connections with the Board OF Com
nserce and Navigation are not neces-
fsxrily inconsistent with tho work he
nlay be called upon to perform as
consulting engineer for the port de-
velopmenf commission The assistant
attorney general says that IL he Is
able and has the time needed 10 give
to each there is no reason why he
should not act for both commission
or why he should not be paid for his
services. He is not required to give
hfs full time to either, but whether
he Is giving SUFFICIENT time TO each OF
the commissions is a matter for theii
respective Judgments n not the at
torney generals department, says
Boegs.
n will insist that Mr.. Cresson re-
sign" declared Mr.. Bugbee. 'as ]
feel it would be wrong for the state
10 be paying him for two different
positions $4,000 a year. and that foi
part time services to each board.
do not know what the attitude of the
otter members OF the State House
Commission will be. but that is m,
Position"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
PERSONALS

Miss Ella Lybeck, of Market street,
has returned to her hons after spend
ing a few days in Richmond, Vir-
ginia.
Private John Petrein. Of Camp Dix,
spent yesterday with relatives in this
city.
+. West Woods of Des Moines,
Iowa, is visiting Frank Henry in State
street.
Frank w. Clark of Philadelphia is
visiting DIT. and Mrs. F. Henry in
State street.
Miss victoria Metzendorf OF High
street is visiting Mr.. and Mrs Wur-
man of Nanticoke, Pa.
Miss Fannie Brody of State street
is visiting her sister. Mrs. Simon Al
pert in Dannemora, N. Y.
David Freedman of New Bruins
wick. visited MIR. and Mrs. Brewer In
Lewis street yesterday.
Private Nathan Wedeen Of Camp
Dix has returned after spending a
short furlough with his parents in
Gordon street.
Nels n. Allen of Gordon street has
received word of the a arrival over
seas Of his son.. Octavius of the Engi-
neers Corps.
Jay WaTlens of the Ordnance Corps
in Morgan is visiting his parents IN
Oshkosh, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A NJ. Metzendorf OF
High street motored to Asbury Park
yesterday.
Miss Jennie Weinberger of Madi-
son avenue was an Asbury Park So
journer yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Isenberg OF
Madison venue were at Asbury Park
yesterday.
Phillip Levine of State street is a
New York visitor today.
Private Robert Reid. who has been
attending the Officers Training Camp
at Fortress Monroe. is spending a five
days furlough with his parents in this
city.
H. II. Dudley. of Newark, was a
Perth Amboy visitor yesterday.
Miss Adele Abrahamer, of State
street. is spending some time with
Miss Edna Krimke. in New York.
Miss Lillian Thelman is visiting DIR.
c. /. Silk. of Gordon street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bruce Smith, of
Smith street, entertained Miss Agnes
Knight, of Los Angeles. Cal.
Mrs. Aaron Kaufman. of Park
avenue. and Mrs. J. Bromberg, of
East avenue, nave returned to their
homes after spending the past few
days in Brooklyn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
tuberculosis on Increase

That tuberculosis is one of the war
problems is demonstrated every day
in the office of the Middlesex County
Anti-Tuberculosis League.
From July / to July Is, thirty-three
patients have been referred to the
league as compared TO ~thirty-eight
patients for the entire month of July,
1917. Seven of these are boys dis
charged from training camps as cases
Of tuberculosis or suspected tubercu-
losis. Twenty of the patients come
from New Brunswick and Perth Am
boy. The remaining thirteen live in
WOODBRIDGE, Fords, Chrome and
South Plain1eld.
The league is pleased with the fact
that II is able TO care for patients as
well as conduct an educational cam
paign in all parts of the county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Which Kind Of ParIor7

The building trade today is largely
using methods In use In the days OF
the Pharaohs, said the principal ar-
chitect OF the office Of works, at the
Royal Sanitary institute In England
recently. 'The parlor question" he
went on, as a dificult one. Some
people prefer one large. pleasant room
to a pokey living room and small par
lor. Others urge that the parlor Is
necessary for children to do their les
sons in. to accommodate the piano and
household goods, and also the coffin In
the event OF a death in the family
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Plan for Camp Service

A meeting in the interest of the
War Camp Community Service was
held at Camp Raritan. Bonhamtown,
last night. at which plans for service
in the immediate vicinity of the camp
were discussed.
Representatives were present from
the surrounding towns and cities,
those from this city being Mrs. Oliver
w. Ramsay and Andrew ]. Wight
A committee was appointed to In
vestigate the plan for the war camp
service at the camp. The members
of the committee which will meet In
the office of Major Buist, at Camp
Raritan. on Thursday night. are
Major Buist, Major Conard, Major
Andrews, Captain Vincent. Judge
Peter f. DAILY and Foster w. Taylor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
ICED DRINKS UNDER BAN
state Food Administration Of Arkan'
sas Rules Out Cooling
Beverages

LATHE Rock. Ark-Tbe girls may
continue TO wear $50 gowns. S25 boots
and hose that cost more than a pair
Of shoes did a generation ago. but I'm
this town they will not iirt among the
round tables In the soda Joints. sip
ping soft drinks at the expense Of sol
dier boys or loving SWANS. The state
food administration has knocked these
good times on the head The girls
must learn that the country is at war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
New Red Gloss Auxiliary

A meeting OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
women will be held tonight in the
Red Cross rooms at 101 Smith street
for the purpose of organizing an aux
Hilary among the American-Hunga-
rian women in this city. The meet
ing was TO have been held last Thurs
day night at the public library but
owing to the Indictment weather was
~OstDOne
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Elliot Leaves CITY

Leroy p. Elliott. OF Brighton ave-
nue.. who was supervisor of manual
training in the grammar school. has
resigned his position and leaves for
the wost shortly. Mr.. Elliott is TAX
ing up some war work. The Board
of Education has not formally ac-
cepted his resignation as they do not
meet until August
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
OBITUARY
Mrs. Catherine Clear.

Mrs. Catherine Clear. siKty-five
years old. died yesterday morning az
the home OF her daughter. Mrs. Jo-
seph T1erney sic Market street. fol-
lowing a lingering illness. Besides
Mrs. Tierney. she is survived by a
son. John Clear. OF this city. Funeral
services will be held from her late
residence tomorrow morning followed
by a solemn requiem mass az 81.
Mary's church at 10 o'clock, and In
torment will be made In St. James
cemetery, Woodbridge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
GUILD HOLDS ELECTION

The Girls Guild OF the English Luz
fheran Church held q business meet
Ing Yesterday followed by a social
time. The election of officers took
place with Miss Dorothy sank as
president, Miss Christiana Sindet as
vice-president. and Mics Marie Thul-
1isen as secretary. Miss Helen john
son as treasurer. and Miss Minnie
-yyeiff as corresponding secretary.
A1r new members were admitted.
kirls danced and played games.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
: MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses
Arcre issued by City Clerk John Han
son. Jr., during the past few days
John Gadek and Sophie lolita; Harry
sfrnis and Josephine Misiak; Stanis-
inv Wruble and Agnes Stannpien'
1exirse1 ri. Wallace and Helen Habo-
rok. Tony yarga and Piros Palusiski;
Michael pantono and Mary Sabo; Jo-
seph ~Sierzyniak and Frances Osman-
ska: Alex hfatika and Mary Roman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Honor G. A. R. Veteran

Members OF Captain Joseph J..
CroweH Camp. Sons of Veterans and
Major James II. Dandy, Post No. IS.
%. A. r.. will attend the funeral OF
sampson Ling, a veteran of the Civil
War, being held from the home Of
his nephew. John II. Ling of 223 First
street, this afternoon.
Mr.. Ling. who was eighty-four
years old, died Sunday night. A fir
ing squad OF the Sons of Veterans will
fire a volley over the pen grave at
Alpine Cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Dead Loeusts Valuable.

Locusts are I sntiful in Uruguay,
and the farmers Of that republic are
compelled to keep up a constant war
against them. Millions Of these de-
s~tructiye insects are killed every year.
Recently II was learned that soap, fer
tilizer and lubricating oil may be OBJ
tanned from the dead locusts. and In
the future they viii be utilized for
that purpose. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
LODGES

Violet Rebekah Lodge. No. sc,
I~ndependent order Odd Fellows. is
scheduled 70 meet tonight In regular
session al odd Fellows hall
Perth Amboy Camp No. 10,
Woodmen OF tho World. expects 20
initiate candidates at rs meeting to-
night at w. o. W. hall
-Middiesex Council no. CO. Jr. o.
q. A. NJ, viii confer the third degree
on two candidates at its meeting to-
night at Odd Fellows hall
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Proverbs Circulate.

Proverbs undoubtedly have a ten
deney 10 travel. They are carried
from n land 20 another by emf
grants, tourists. missionaries. trades
men and seamen; but many which ara
closely similar doubtless owe their
origin to nc common stock. but to the
common experience Of mankind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Likes Hotel; Ruys II.

HlIisboro. Ore.-wnliam McQuIlan
liked the Tualatin hotel here. He'd
boarded there for twenty years. So
when the proprietors decided to go out
OF business MeQuillan bought the hotel
for $4,000 50 he could keep on living
there and enjoy the cuisine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
LITTLE GIRLS HAVE
CARNIVAL BENEFIT

A carnical is now in full swing In
the lot adjoining the residence or L.
j. White in Kearny venue II is for
the benefit OF the Belgium Wal Ba-
hicr. Those in charge are the little
Misses Margaret Dalton, Anna White,
Anna Hallahan. Last evening the
fanr yielded $27.59. Cakes are sold
end ice cream and watermelon and
soft drinks, besides little trinkets. The
rAruivai will be open again tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. Everything is do
mated and all the proceeds will go for
the war babies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Lamp EIpIOdGs

An exploding oil lamp in the home
OF Joe Nemety. OF SIS Kamm street
at 10:40 o'clock last night called the
fire department out in response 70 an
alarm rung in from boz Sc. There
was no damage done by the explosion.
Mike Salato turned in the alarm.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
TO TELL STORIES

There will be a story telling hour
at City Hall Park at 4 O'Clock today.
All children between five and ten
years are eligible for admission. TICK
cts may be gotten from Miss Winans
or by phoning 1893. Although ad-
missfon is free no one will be admitted
without a ticket. Miss Mildred Judge
win be in charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
ssuuar Had $500.

Memphis. Tenn-John Johnston. q
professional beggar. cursed a white
woman when she refused to buy q pen
ell from him. He was arrested. At
the city jail when he was searched
$500 In currency was found in bis
clothes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
PORCH PARTY

The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the First Methodist Church
viii hold q porch party tomorrow
eeternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home
OF Mrs. James Noe, 61 Water street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
McCaelians Aid Fund

At the meeting of the George B.
Mcclellan Engine Company held last
night the sum of sic was donated to
the Jewish relief fund. Plans were
also made for the holding of a clam
bake for the members on Sunday,
August IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
Rippenbcin IN MARINE CORPS

Albert II. hippenDein. OF 80 Market
street, IS now at the Massachusetts,
Institute OF Technology neal Boston.
where he Is taking a course OF train
ing preparatory TO being assigned TO
the aviation branch OF the marine
corps. Rippenbein was formerly IN
Battery 4. but was given his dts
charge and was accepted for the
three months course az the institute.
after which he vii go 10 Miami. Fia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
CITY BRIEFS

The woman's Benefit Association
of the Maccabees. is scheduled to meet
tonight in the Red Mems hall. The
State Deputy Mrs. Duglass is expected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
BOY Breaks Arm.

Edward Kennedy. ten years old of
174 William street. fell from a tree
yesterday afternoon. breaking his
right arm. He was treated by DR..
John V. Smith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17

Captain Buckner Hudgins, of the U.
s. Army Ambulance Corps, has ar
rived safely at a foreign port ac-
cording TO word received by friends
here r~ecentIy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
A%octrtu7

The ladies win meet to sew on babies
garments to be sent to China.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17

WANTED-Boys 10 deliver teiephons
directories Apply 1st King 81 See
Mr.. PettiL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17
CLASSIFIED ADS.
RECEIVED TOO LATE FoR
CLASSIFICATION

BIGGEST bargain ever heard. Two p
family brick houses. First class con-
dlti0n, Bring in $500 rent. Will sell
for SS.60o. Best location In Perth
Amboy. Inquire llo Smith 81. a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-17

The work under Major Fawcett sub
divided itself naturally 90 that no dis
proportionate burden falls on any one
department, with one exception. For
accounting purposes 1t Is absolutely
necessary that one man should have
charge Of what, In quartermaster Ian
guage. is called property" He must
sign every invoice and assume respon-
sibIlity for IL financially. This Job
under Major Faweett is that Of Capt.
O. p. Thrall. Q. NJ. r. O. Captain
ThraIl has counted 1t q big night when
he has had more than four hours sleep
since the war started.
Captain Thrall has never been
caught ratified. He swears now and
then, but laughs at himself when he
swears and he never lets anybody else
get ratified. Captain Thraii is a much
more tired looking man than he was a
year ago-but like his chief he has
found that the best way to keep men
moving is to meet ignorance and stu
pidity alike with a friendly grin and
straighten them out as they 60 along.
Major Fawcett left the regular army
IT years ago and was for many years
purchasing agent for the Philippine
eonstabulary. Captain Thran came
from the ranks OF the regular army
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-15
OHIO G. OA P. CONFERENCE

Columbus. O., Jue 1.-The situa- tion with regards to the Republican campaign in Ohio this year is expect ed to be considerably clerified when the members of the State and coun- ty committees, together With other party leaders, come together here to- morrow for a general conference. While the announced purpose of the conference is to consider the general outlook and discuss preliminary plans for the campaign. it is expected there will be more or less informal discus sion among the party leaders as to the makeup of the States ticket Much interest is manifested as to the pos sible bearing that the conference may have ,on the contest for the guberna- torial nomination between former Governor Frank B. Willis and former State Chairman Edwin Jones' The Willis faction has already served no. tice that the conferences muct keep it's hands off and not attempt anything in the way of framing State Sicket for submission to the voters in the primaries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-15
hun,erlno People Isn't PIeasan&

"Humoring a man" sounds like . pleasant and comfortable thing, but when one links humoring with the question of who makes the money, 1t does not seem very hatter,ng 10 the humorer or the humoree, says writer in the Woman's Home Companion And what a lamentable sight Is that of the humoree. what deep inequality 1t implies and what an absence of any real respect O. understanding between two people in whose lives humoring Is part of the daily routinas When the one to be humored is woman 1t may mean that a man has been forced into the craven part of dcing anything Cor the sake of peace. There are few concessions some men will! not make so avoid a domestic storm. Some un fortunate men there are who even give up vital friendships, legitimate forms of recreation, and even their own individuautles in this unworthy cause.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-15
Comic Cookery.

To boi! an egg, you first catch the egg Never take any of the 13 eggs under the hen. Having caught the egg, prepare a kettle of water hot enough to shave with. but don't stop to shave. You continue to neat the water while peeling the egg. An egg shI.lld be peeled from left to right, al
 ways, as otherwise you peel against the grain. Catcl, the water at pre- cisely 760 degrees Fahrenheit, whicl' you can ascertain by inserting the In. dex finger in the kettle. Then with hammer, nails. and tongue-and-groo,t boards construct small chute, or slide, which you can attach to the cell. Ing, leaving the lower end to swing in the kettle. You then roll the peeled egg down the chute into the water You may then throw away the chute. Allow the egg to boil until completely finished. snft, Medium. or adamant, tt suit the taste, Pour off the water lift the egs gently but lnsisrently. a'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-15
war work. It is because of the pecu- liar qualities of Sitka spruce that it

war WOTk. It IS DcCduSe OL Ilc peCu- liar qualities of Sitka spruce that it sustains the stresses of high speed airplanes better than any other sub- stance the world knows, and it is be- cause of it's peculiar distribution and habitat that the United States is find ing it difficult task to get enough of it. It had but low esteem as most of it ..etting into the waste piles of saw mill yards, though little of the best and th;ckest. specially pre- pared. went into sounding boards of pianos. Quaerly enough, Germany was always biz buyer of that po1- tion of the product.
 Now that the world needs spruce, a lot of Americans will have to buy Liberty bonds and keep On doing it in- definitely just because the Sitka spruce has retiring disposition and is finicky about the places where it grows. It grows only when surround ed by trees of different species, which habit the lum bermen is descrih. . ing when he says that from } to 40 per cent of a given timber stand is the best that spruce shows. It takes the seafog from the Pacific ocean, and grows to valuable size only in scat tered belts where the fog comes in regularly.
 Lastly, only about B or 40 per cent of the wood in the trunk has the strength, toughness, and resiliancy that airplane stl uts and spars require. It takes special machinery and spe- cial handling in hundreds of mills, small and large, to get out this 35 per cent.
 It isn't practical or possible, the lumber operators find, to take out the spruce unless surrounding trees are also removed. All the logs are inn mense in size, and it takes railroads, motor trucks or donkey engine cables to move them. Working out the prob lem means that to get the 15,000.0OO feet of airplane spruce will require the handling of at least 0O,OOV,O0V feet of other timber monthly. It Will involve also problems concerning the disposition, present and future, of the unused fir and other timber that comes out with the spruce.
 But immense as the task is, there are signs that it is being done MT
 Ryan continues his refusal to talk about the method. And it only takes
 200 board feet of spruce to make one airplane.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-15
RYAN GETTING
 OUT A|RPLANE
 SPRUCE LUMBER
Financier and Copper Mag nate Shows He Intends to
 Get Results.

Washington, June 14.-John D. Ry- an, financier and copper nagnate, has been saying nothing ever since he took over direction of aircraft production, but considerable evidence has accu- mulated that points towards definite accomplishment in one direction that military men say would be most dan- gerous to neglect.
 That is the production of airplane spruce.
 War figures are all large, too large for most people to digest, but lumber men say that MT. Ryan mas demanded 15,0n0.00G feet a rannth from the Cas- cA:c forests, and little things like the drafting of 5000 men, the planning of logging railroads. and thc mobiliza- tion of a rather large existing indus try for war production, indicate that he intends to get it.
 The consoling fact is that if Ameri can factories are late in making planes, so long as the raw material flows to France and England is main .tained, the allies will have mach ines Mir. Ryan's first move was to call in Colonel Disque, head of the s,nr"ce division, from Portland. Ore, and thereafter something wass started there had always been less criticism of the spruce production efforts than of any thing else that had been done largely because the expected con. sumption. of the raw material did moi develop. About 3,000,000 feet o spruce was the by-product of norma fir and other lumber cutting in the northwest each month. The al,ie' were getting all of that from the oper l markets, and it was a simple mattel for the American government to stel in and take it all It was also com
 paratively simple to increase prices ; l trifle, and double the normal produc 1 tion.
 Huge Task Ahead. But when it comes to running thu
 output up to the mark MT. Ryan i
 credited with setting, a task is pro | jected that is immense when compar ed to even the inflated standards 0