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wheat PRICE IS
FIXED At S2.4O

WASHINGTON. July e.-The
house today Unexpectedly sustained
an amendment 10 the agricultural
bill 10 fix the price OF wheat at 81 40
a bushcl. The vote was $50 20 1os.
This is n compromise with the sen
ate. which has three times insisted
on an amendment for $3.50 wheat.
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Tobacco Fund Drive
Will Close on July 13

Woodland park. to mark the close
Of the drive for 100000.
These announcements were made
today by Manager Hazen j. Titus.
by tonight we expect to be almost
over the top" he said.
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$4,000 YANkS
NOW IN BATTLE
LINE IN FRANCE

WASHINGTON. July 1.-Two hunp
dred and fifty-one thousand AnH3.
can troops are on the battlo une -
France, senate military commiG1Bo
members were told at the wselkly
meeting with the war council III.
Is approximately onefourth q ~.
forces sent abroad to date.
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They Have an Ole
in Portland, Also

PORTLAND. July Cole Hanson
was arrested here today. He was
charged with non-support of his wife
and children.
Police are holding Hanson pend.
ing the arrival OF an officer from
Spokane. his home. This is not the
mayor OF Seattle.
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One week from today. Saturday.
July -. the tobacco fund drive viii
end The exact hour Of closing will
be at 730 D. m.
A public meeting will be held at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-01
Conference
Closes in
Deadlock
Mayor Hanson Sends Word
to Company Outlining
City'S Peace Terms
ASKS REPLY BY MONDAY

\ written ultimatum To the
traction company i going forth
from Mayor Hanson's office late
Saturday afternoon. following =
lengthy conference between city
officials. who met Traction Pres
ident w. A. Leonard Saturday
morning.
Mayor Hanson said Saturday
noon that the traction com
pany's reply would be placed he
fore the city council Monday aft
ernoou. when q definite agree
menf between the two interests
u expected. He declined to com
menf on the possibility Of g.
|. cent fare being introduced.
Here are terms understood to be
embodied in the city's final proposal
TO the Stone Webster interests;
The traction company TO BE- re
leased from its paving obligations.
Company to be permitted a charge
OF cent for transfers.
Universal transfer exchange privi
leges.
Common user rights on company's
and city's tracks.
skip stops to speed service.
4fnterchange OF idle cars.
Interchange OF power.
Children to be released from school
at hours which viii not cause con
gestion. this 20 be effected by ar
rangcment with the school board.
The Chief Difficulty
Mayor Hanson said that the prin
eipai difficulty In effecting a settle
rnent was due 10 the compnny's not
being aware OF the wages II would
have TO pay during the coming year
IL was difficult to estimate earnings
or the necessity of increasing fares
when wage costs could not be deter
mined.
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SENATE BAL KING ON
Wire SEIZURE BILL

Senator Martin. replying. declared
passage OF tho resolution is not nee
cssary. lie said President Wilson
has authority 10 take over the lines
II the necessity cxists
WASHINGTON. July e-By a
vote OF e2i 10 4. government control
OF the telegraph. telephone. radio
and cable lines OF the country was
approved here last evening by the
house. Tho resolution goes TO the
senate today. President Wilson has
expressed his willingness for final
enactment OF the measure to bc post
poned until after the midsummer VA.
cation.
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WASHINGTON, July 6.-Immediate interventon -
Russia, both military and economic has been urgentH
recommended by the nteraied council and Gen. Foe
The council report is in the hands of President Wils0nh
been since July sand allied diplomats believe he will co
in il.
Should he refuse the possibility is held out today that
Great Britain France Italy and Japan go it alone
on the recommendations of the council
Already British, French, japanese American ma~
rines-have landed at Vadvosok it developed today o.
tensby they ashore following the battle between tho
Boshev and CzechoSovaks Sunday to protect the allied
consuates
With them $500 nalmatian troops formerly priDA
of in Russe, and under the Italian flaG
awaiting orders from Gen. Foch
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A THRIFT STAMP day +
will keep the Hun away.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
DR.. Flthlan Leaves for
Camp, on August %

DR.. George w. Fithian, city physi-
clan and member OF the local draft
board, who recently accepted a COM
mission as captain in the Medical
Reserve Corps. has received his or
ders TO report for service. He will
leave this city on Saturday. August
"a, for Tobyhanna. Pa. DR.. Fithian
has been expecting his call for the
past week or So
With DR.. Ftthian leaving the city
the draft board will lose another
member. although Il is probable that
former City Clerk John Hanson, Jr.'s
place win be filed by that time. At
the present time Mayor John F. Ten
Brosck and DR.. Ffthian are the only
members Of the board. II by any
chance a successor has not been
named for Lieut.. Hanson by the time
the city physician leaves. IL viii leave
the mayor all alone on the board.
It is likely that the Board OF Alder
men at their meeting Monday night
will act upon the matter OF naming
9 successor TO John Hanson. Jr.. now
q lieutenant in the navy. No an
nouncement has been made as yet
who Is 20 be appointed city clerk and
member OF the draft board but both
the names OF Arthur Graham and
Philip Costello have been mentioned
in political circles
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
CONTEST BRINGS
MANY ANSWERS
Missing Word Furnishes Lively
Interest and Fun-Get Your
Answers in Early.

Just as we expected, the Educa-
tional Missing Word contest started
in the EVENING NEWS last week
promises to be a big success. Answers
are coming in by every mail from
out of town points and the coupons
dropped in by local subscribers are
numerous.
The start-off is most gratifying to
us. 1t is evident that people from
all points Of the compass are hunting
for the missing word. They have
taken the idea that the time given to
hunting for the missing word is time
weil spent for daring these hot va
cation days there is not much to do
and the chances are good for winning
one of the cash prizes.
Some have asked US If II Is too late
to start in today to hunt for the miss
ing word. To such we want to say
mo" Go right to II. Those who
found the word this last week may
fall down this or the next week, and
SO on. Then anyhow there are eight
prizes in money. So you see your
chances could not be better.
The missing word last week was
Buy, and was omitted from the Eagle
Candy Kitchen advertisement, taken
from between the words You and
From. We have put the word back
in this ad. today, so that the sentence
now reads correctly. Nearly every
body found the right word, a few
failing and some having the right
word failing to get coupons to the
ONCE within the time limit. o'clock
Tuesday evening.
The missing word taken out of a
certain ad. this week begins with Y
and ends with u. Get after IL.
Every member of the family can
send In an answer II they desire to do
so. The only think you will have to
do will be to get copy of the paper
so you--can use the return answer
blank which is dated each week.
Answers have come In from per-
sons in all walks of life. It's amazing.
Such ad. reading has not been seen
here for many a day. The best fea-
ture about 1t is all the merchants are
reaping a direct benefit from this con-
test. Merchants arc making cuts I'm
their prices and splendid bargains are
being offered.
Now contestantn. vou have all done
fine so far but the word we have
omitted this week Is a little harder,
not exactly a brain teaser. but close
TO II, but you can get IL by carefully
reading every ad. Be sure and get
your answers In early.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
TELL Of ABUSE
Of PRISONERS
Escaped British Tommies Say
BocheS Club Them-- Wound
ed Ignored-Bad Food
By United Press.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE. Aug. 1S: (Night. AL
lied prisoners, including Americans,
are beaten with dubbed rifles on the
slightest provocation, according to two
British soldiers who were captured by
the Germans on May ~ and escaped
to the American lines after spending
a week in hiding and fleeing.
They told a remarkable story of
cruelties practiced by the Boches.
Only the most desperate cases are ad-
mitted to the hospitals where they re-
ceive little treatment, the Tommies
said. The majority of wounded die Ia
the hospitals. An American medical
officer, himself weak, worked untir-
ingly. treating other prisoners and en-
deavoring TO obtain supplies.
Conditions in the hospitals are the
worst possible. The Britishers saw
American wounded who had been
treated and whose wounds. originally
slight, were becoming serious. The
prisoners stories indicated an increas-
Ing shortage in food and supplies of
all kinds.
Their rations consisted OF three.
quarters of a pound of unpalatable
bread, n pint of thin vegetable soup
and coffee" made OF hawthorne ber-
ries.
The Boches received practically the
same rations except In larger quanti-
ties.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
italian Offensive Indicated
BY Activities In the Alps
Bv Umtted Press.

BY UHfted Press.
WA Aug. 14:-An Ital-
ian offensive in the Alps appears i'm
minent, according to Rome dispatches
received here today. The Italians are
reported to have opened an intense
artillery fire in the mountainous zone
near the Swiss border along front
of approximately twenty-five miles.
The eector is the highest of the entire
battle line and has been practically
free from hghting since the beginning
of the war.
The Austro-Germans recently con-
centrated heavy infantry and artillery
forces In the Trentino region. The
Alps are protecting the west flank of
these forces.
Military authorities here point out
that successful italian thrust
through the mountains would endan-
ger the Trentino positions OF the en-
emy and disrupt the rumored plan for
an Austrian mountain offensive. The
Italian attacks center against the en-
emy's positions in the zone at the
head of waters OF the Genoa valley.
Alpine storm troops have taken
Mount Montello and were reported ad-
vancing in the region OF Mount Al
biolo. The battle line extends along
the Austro- italian frontier and
stretches across several glaciers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
SCHOOL OF SHARKS
SEEN nv RARITAN

Persons bathing at the local
beaches yesterday afternoon were
given q shark scare when they were
told of the presence within a few hun
dred yards of the shore OF a school of
sharks, said to aggregate about
twenty or twenty-five. Several fishing
parties reported seeing the sharks as
they broke water about the boats.
William Van Pelt and Daniel A.
Shirley, who started out shortly before
2 o'clock on a fishing trip. first no
ticed the monsters when few hun
dred feet off the Raritan Yacht Club
dock, they being on line between the
mooring of McHose's motor boat
Sarah s." and the yellow buoy. The
two men had started out to go fishing
but the appearance of the sharks re-
suited in their turning in toward
shore in order to warn those who
were swimming a considerable dis
tance from the beaches.
The sharks were by no means
afraid of the boat, Van Pelt stated,
coming so close that one could hit
them If he had a ten-foot oar. AT
times there were as many as five
sharks maneuvering about one side OF
the boat within striking distance, 4
was reported, while the large fins
could be seen within a radius OF
about 500 yards.
Mr.. Van Pelt explained the presence
of the sharks at this time stating
that they feed on mossbunkers and
that at the turn of the tide these fish
do not swim about and are easy prey
for the sharks. When some of the
sharks broke water, the men de-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14

clared, the full length of them could be
seen, many being as long as ten feet.
Both men hestated at first about
giving the alarm as they knew 1t
would harm the bathing business
along the shore but when they saw
thessize and number of the sharks they
decided that to warn the people who
were in bathing would be their duty.
Without even casting their lines
overheard to try their luck at getting
some fish the men rowed into the
shore and told what they had seen.
They then went out to the same spoc
and fished for an hour and q half
They did not get bite-even from IL
lafayette or spot-which they believe
Is proof that sharks had been there
and chased the fish out.
Van Pelt stated this morning that
he he's flshed around these waters
for many years, but has never seen
school of sharks such as that which
surrounded his boat yesterday. He
declared In a boat near him were
two young men, who were throwing
they made their appearance on the
surface.
Whether the sharks noticed yester-
day are OF the man-eating variety or
what are known as sand sharks-said
to be harmless--is not known, but
the presence OF sharks in the local
bay invites precaution upon the part
of ell bathers. 1t is not thought pos
sible that the sharks would venture
in shore to where the majority of the
persons go in bathing, but those who
make practice of swimming out in
deep water may be in danger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
FRIENDS HONOR
HARRY WILSON
Fifty Men Gather at Farewell
Dinner to Prominent Man
Who Leaves for France

About fifty personal friends of
Harry r. Wilson rendered him q
farewell dinner at the New Packer
House last night as a means of CIV
ing him a proper send off prior to
his leaving this city to take up Y. NJ.
G. A. work overseas.
The dinner was one of the most
successful affairs of its kind ever held
In this city, men In almost all walks
of life being represented. John Pfeif-
fer was toastmaster and during the
night appropriate short talks were
made by Mayor John F. TenBroeck.
General Secretary of the Perth AM
Adrian Lyon. d. P. Olmstead. Jesse
Runyon, Charles d. Snedeker. Nor
gan F. Larson. DIR. George w. Fithian
and Albert Leon. Mr. Wilson re-
sponded, thanking those present for
the way in which he had been honor
ed and telling something of the work
which he has decided to take up.
During the course of the AFFAIR for
mer Judge Adrian Lyon presented Mr.
Wilson with a leather travelling bag
on behalf of the men assembled. The
men sat down to the table at O'Clock
and the affair was not brought to a
conclusion until IL o'clock.
Mr.. Wilson will leave Monday but
does not know as yet whether he will
be sent to France or to italy. In
speaking last night he referred more
to the former and IL Is possible that
he will be assigned to ~" hut
"someWhere in France"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
WHOLE HUN LINE
SOON IN RETREAT
Enemy Now on Run for Final
Desperate, Decisive Stroke,
Washington Feels.
WA cuTNnTON

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-The
whole German line on the western
front is about to collapse.
The crisis of the war has been
reached and passed by the allied arm
les. which are now on the down road
to victory, complete and final.
The Huns are on the run, and they
will remain on the run until they
have run back of their own borders.
This is the optimistic view of the
present military situation held by
American army officers and critics.
General Foch is applying the pin
GERS to the great 1.400 square mile
Somme salient.
Already he has captured half the
territory lost to the Germans in their
great rush to Montdidier that began
March FL.
1t took the Germans fifteen days
of terrific fighting to advance from
the old Hindenburg line at ST. Quen-
tin to Montdidier. a distance of thirty
miles. 1t has taken the Franco Brit
ish army only Ave days-one-third of
that time-to recover half OF that ter
ritory.
In those five days the allies nave
taken more prisoners and guns than
the Germans captured in the whole
fifteen days OF their offensive In
March.
And the battle is not yet over. BY
Foch achieved his secondary objec-
tive and completed the first phase of
the offensive. The primary objective
the slaughter of the armies of Won
Below, Won der Marwitz and Won
HutieF@--and the tertiary objective
driving the Germans back TO the Hin
denburg line-have not yet been won.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
FOWLER QUITS
AS ". 6. s. HEAD
Business CompeIs Him to Give
Up Craftsmanship of Com
mittee In City.
MADSEN SUCCEEDS HIM
Chairman of Board of Trade
Asked to Take Over Post to
Push on Campaign.
MADSEN SUCCEEDS HIM

Many items of Importance have
transpired recently in the sale ol
thrift stamps and war saving stamps
in this city.
The most important of these is the
resignation of Robert l.. Fowler and
chairman of the committee in charge
of the sale of the stamps.
Mr.. Fowler said this morning that
he rcpigned some time ago but had
received no notification as yet that II
had been accepted. Mr.. Fowler said
that he was forced to resign from
the craftsmanship of the committee as
his business at the Barber Asphalt
Paving Company plant was so great,
that he found 1t was impossible TO
handle the stamp business.
I. T. MRdsen, of the Perth Amboy
Hardware Company, and president OF
the Board of Trade, has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy as chairman OF
the Thrift and War Saving Stamp
Committee, caused by the resignation
In Railway today 1t was impossible to
learn what change in plans. II any, he
has mapped out for the sale OF the
stamps in the future.
The sale of stamps at the booth ut
the corner of State anod Smith streets
have proved very successful. The
average sale per day at this one
stand amounts 10 S1ko. both War saS-
ing and thrift stamps may be pur-
chased at the booth, which is under
the charge of Miss Lulu Ricci. Each
day different ~irls and young women
are appointed by Miss Ricci to take
charge OF the sale at this place.
During the month Of July the sale OF
stamps, both war saving and thrift
stamps at the local post office amount
ed to S21,41e.s2. For the first twelve
days Of this month. the sale has
amounted to $6,e21.25.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
ARREST BOYS IN
STORE ROBBERY
Mother of One Is implicated
and Three Are Held in Bail
for Grand Jury.

The boys, who broke into the
butcher and grocery store of Abra-
ham Sacarny at 426 Amboy avenue
Sunday afternoon and took about
ffty-four dollars. failing, however, to
touch checks amounting to $441
which were In the safe. were arrested
by Patrolman William Calvin at 1878
O'Clock last night, the Youngsters ad-
mitting the theft. Both are about
twelve years old.
The mother of one of the boys was
also placed under arrest by the officer,
being charged with receiving stolen
money. The woman at first denied
that her son had given her any money
but later turned over forty-four dol
lars to the police. About ten dollars
is unaccounted for.
The boys are Stanley Wodzunski
and Albert Kupacs. the latter's moth
er, who lives at $50 Washington
street, also being implicated in the
case.
Recorder Pickersgill decided to
place all three under bonds for the
grand jury. Bail was fixed at $500
for the two boys and at $500 for the
woman. Wodzunski's father furnish
ed the necessary bond for his sons
appearance. Kupacs and his mother
were locked up in default Of the neces-
sary bond.
Owing to the fact that the checks
were left In the safe and only the
money taken. boys were at once sus-
pected OF the robbery. The entrance
was made by breaking in through a
cellar window. AS a gang of boys
have a ''hang OUT about the Sacarny
store II was suspected that some OF
them were the guilty parties. Patrol
man Calvin arrested the two boys on
the street. then went to the Kopacs
home in order to get the money. The
woman denied she had received any
OF the stolen money but upon learning
that her son had informed the police-
man. she turned over forty-four dol
lars 10 him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
Decision Is Reserved

Judge c. c. Hommann In the dis
trict court yesterday reserved deci-
sion in the case OF Jacob Silverstein
VS.. Graham & McKeon. Silverstein'
through his attorney. Henry X. Col
enbock, claimed that he was knocked
down and injured by an autonoolIe
beloneinR TO Graham a. McKeon
while walking on the Amboy- Morgan
road on March 20. He alleges that
he sustained severe injuries and sued
for $500 damages. Graham NC
Keon were represented by Furst &
Furst OF Newark.
In the case of Rosie Gastychen VS..
Mike csernak judgment was rendered
in favor OF the defendant
other judgments were rendered as
follows: George Anton VS.. Frank
Prunka. $3.50; James A. Heating q
Company va. Charles ID. Buehan a.
Sons, s10T.s2.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
Germany Likely TO Accept
Wilson In New Peace Drive
By United Press.


WASHINGTON. Aug 14;-That
Germany and Austria will submit to
President Wilson's policy Of self-de-
termination in Alsace-Lorraine and
the Austro- Italian tyrolean provinces
in a new peace offensive OF the Cen
tral powers, Is expected in diploma
tic advices received here today.
Reports are arriving from various
sources OF political manipulation in
Alsace and Lorraine that would indi-
cate the Germans in a desperate at
tempt to end the war without mill
tary decision might agree to a pleb-
iscite in the "lost provinces"
II Is believed Germany will not
make an open proposition, but will
attach conditions 10 IL as would put
the matter entirely under her control
and assure a favorable verdict for
Berlin.
II is considered probable that ex-
euses will be found by the Austrians
10 remove an officials OF Italian blood
from power in the Tyroi in order that
a loyal Hapsburg organization may
be effected for political operations
following defeat OF the Central pow
ers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
Using Up Precious Reserves

By Umited Press
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Aug. 14:-Crown Prince
Rupprecht's hold on the left side of
the Somme and the Nesle-Noyon
Canal remains extremely uncomfort-
able.
The British fourth army and the
French first and third maintained
their pressure from Albert TO Ribe-
court and although General Won der
Marwitz and General Won Hutier are
profiting to the fullest possible extent
from the old Somme lines. their
armies are daily smitten by the Allies
heavy artillery.
man divisions Identified on this front
are from General Won Ludendorff 3
previously guarded reserves. Despite
the high commands recent order to
conserve manpower to the limit no
alternative was open but to throw
every available man into the line to
slow down the Allies advance or
perish.
But for the desperate measures ap-
piled to secure at least temporary
relief far greater disaster would have
closed In upon the Germans ana
everything west of the Homme nna
the Noyon canal would have fah%n.
Today the Germans along tReaF zfFe
battlefront are supplied entirei'
across bridges spanning these water.
ways These bridges are under allied
shell fire and airplanes bomb them
day and night.
Some are already destroyed and
Others cannot be used except at fear
ful risk. II Is a question whether
Won Ludendorff will leave his second
and eighteenth armies supported only
by a sprinkling Of artillery or wnetn-
er he will mass his guns penino ms
Infantry, exposing the whole to Al
lied destruction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-14
No Sense of Humor I'm English?
Read Oni

LONDON, Aug. 14:-The salvaging
campaign has produced some funny
stories. One man asked his barber
what he did with lather when 1t came
on his face. Throw II away" was
the reply. WHAT Don't you know
you can get $25 an ounce for the bits
OF bristle that come on the brush
They're used in making explosivesl"
The barber laboriously sifted a guam
tity OF bristles and took them 10 the
address his customer had given him
Yes. we buy bristles." he was told,
but want them tied up in bundles
OF SOL"