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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
SteffanssOn Bringing Blond
EskimOs Back With Him

SEATTLE, Wash. Sept 12:-BIond
lair from the blond Eskimos-alleged
proof of the existence of that strange
far away trtbe-is being brought back
to civilization by the explorer, With
jalmur Stefansson. according to p. c.
Lepetich, a miner who recently ar
rived here from Fort Yukon, Alaska,
where he saw the explorer. Stefans-
son. II is believed. will arrive here this
month.
Stefansson is credited with the dis
covery of the light-skinned natives far
mp ON Canada's Arctic rim. He found
the tribe in 1905 while commanding
an expedition fitted out by h Cana
Han government and the American
Museum of Natural History.
The party penetrated into the white
lands, marked "uninhabited" IN the
maps, far EAST of the Mackenzie river,
and in 1910, on Coronation Guls,
found Eskimos who had never seen
white men from the outside. Accord
ing to Stefansson. they numbered
probably 1000. Unlike their dark
hued brothers of Alaska. they had
white skin, many had red hair. the
men wore full boards and all had
light eyebrows.
News OF, the discovery was brought
back to the outside world by Stefans-
son in 1912. In 1918 he set out again
for the north on the trip he Is now
bringing to a close. From Lepetich'5
statement, it is believed that Stefans-
son during the past two e made
another trip to the Ian OF these it'll /,
known natives.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
Juniors Plan for Loan

Middlesex Council. No. So, Jr. o. u.
A. NJ, at a meeting last night made
preparations for floating h next
Liberty Loan bonds anon the mem
bers OF the council. c.. H.. Hooper.
team ut the recent meeting. named
his assistants for the campaign that
is to be waged when the time for the
start for the drive throughout the
country the latter part of this month.
The assistants named are Ray Howell.
william A. Council. G. NJ. Van Dusen.
John Z. Bernard. J. p. Hanson. Fred
b. Amer, A. II. Stoier. @. c. Emmons.
F1anck c. Gross and c. A. Bailey.
Plans have been outlined and
everything will be ready for the drive
when the big campaign opens. The
members of h council expect to &c
over the top again this time in their
efforts to back up the boys in the
service of the government, of which
the council has already forty-six In
uniform. The banner won by tht
council for the largest percentage OF
members at the recent meeting of the
Past Councillors Association was dis
played in h rooms last night. Plans
are being msde for attending the mex
meeting OF the county association tina
Is to be held at Cranbury, October Z
That night will be known as "Servtc'
Flag Night" when the service mas
of the various councils of the county
will be on exhibition. A prominent
speaker will be present to address thu
| meeting on the subject Our Flag"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
Supply Goal TO Plants

County Fuel Administrator Oliver
Ramsay was called upon today to
supply coal for the operation of en-
ginea used by the Raritan Terminal
at Bonhamtown and the California
Loading Company at Runyon to haul
material . about h plants. These
plants. even in view of the fact that
they are operated under the control
of the government. were in a serious
condition for the want OF GOA and
only the timely WORK OF the admins
traitor kept them running.
In order to supply the plants two
cars OF GOAL were obtained through A.
c. Clark OF the Raritan Copper Works
and one from h G.. NJ. Peterson 4
Company. by h administrator and
forwarded to the plantsA hi does
not speak well for the supply of fuel
during the winter weather yet to
come. as It rs not likely that the gov
eminent would let these plants suffer
for want.of fuel II Il were o~btainabie
Efforts are still being made by the
administrator to obtain the $4,000
tons OF coal needed for this city's win
ter supply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
British and U. S. Marines
Again Fight Side by Side
a. ,,ocsotsd Press COrrespondence.)

LONDON, Sept. 12-British MA
rfnes have taken over a secuon Oh .ne
front line trenches In France the
British Admiralty has of1ciaiiy an
nounced.
Nyith British and American Ma
rines now in the line 1t Is Interesting
to recall that this is not the hrst time
that the two forces have fought side
by side.
orc of the bas reliefs of the SPLEEN
ala memorial to the Royal Marine
Light Infantry In st. PARK,
tells the story. 1t shows an American
officer leading a party OF BRUSH
explains that the charge o place
on the night OF July 2-3, 1900, during
the defense of Peking.
Omcial records tell more. They re-
late thai the Chinese had u q sap
leading TO within twenty-five yarus OF
a barricade held by the Allies n at
the end of the sap had built a tower.
from which they could fire at the de-
nders. 1t was necessary to capture
the tower and the sap and the forces
available were twenty-five British Ma
rlnes under Sergeant Murphy. fifteen
American Marines COMMANDED by
Capt (now Colonel) Myers. and nj
teen Russian Marines under Captaih
vroubIeffsky.
CAPTAIN Myers took command of
the wheel force and decided that the
Anglo-American party should attack
the whole force and decided that n
r~de on the barricade by the Rus
SLAMS.
Al a given signal the party swarm-
AEer the American b~arrtcade. The
English and Americana, with Captain
Myers at their head entered the tower
10 nnd it u~noccupied. They followed
along the sap where Captain Myers
was severely wounded in the knee and
was disabled. Sergeant Murphy at
once assumed command. After a
hand TO hand fight In which h small
BODY OF Russian Marines played a gal
that part. the enemy retired leaving
twenty-nve of their dead.
with very natural pride the sculr
tor ~rosporsible for the memorial pro-
posed 20 depict a British officer lead
ing the attack but the Royal Marine
LIGHT Infantry would not hear OF this
ard for a two-fold reason; they IN
sisted thst the memortd should be
historically accurate N at the sarge
time they wished to show their ad-
miration for Captain Myers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
Gilbert Meredith.

Dear Mac:
Please excuse pencil. My pen has
been lost in action"
There Is no doubt about my right
to say lost in action. l can only be
thankful that the phrase has not been
applied to mes You will remember I
kept saying we would get into the
scrap soon. Well, we got a belly full
of it, IL 1 may be 50 inelegant In ao-
dressing my superior. We are still
getting enough but the worst Is past
The experiences of the past weeks are
an unintelligible mass of continuous
driving over roads which would be
impossible to anything but a Ford
with a scared driver; of frightful DIN
of shells going and coming; OF fear
full strangling odors of gas and de-
cayed flesh; of trees, houses and holes
blocking the road, and OF frfghtfully
'mutilated men. The outstanding feA-
ture of 1t all are three experiences,
The first was running h gauntlet
between two rows of the famous T5'A
in full action. II was just dusk and
/ shall never forget h sensation OF
the awful noise and conclusion. which
stopped the motor several times and
broke In the windows of the al n
OF the awful tongues of fame which
shot u just barely missing the top
of the ar. Another time something
\ happened 10 my motor WHcn 4 LIlCu
to go past a bombarded turn in the
road. When a shell would whistle
/ would take refuge between a dead
horse and a wall and between times
l would get the motor started. ]
used all the speed she had. Then
my mex trip was into a town held
by Fritz. 1t vas a new road to me
and my directions were faulty. / do
not know where I was until / saw ths
sign at the Railroad Station in one
edge of the town. The Boche hel ]
only part of the town. so / got away
with only a little urging from Fritz.
I don't know who is responsible
for my "promotion"7 Sufice IL To
say tina n / were to meet you or
the streets OF Paris in q couple OF
weeks, I should salute quite hnmbly,
The only decorations you would sec
on my uniform would be two service
stripes and q Croix de Guerre. New
erless. ! am not sure that I would
be anxious to trade for bars n :
Sam Browne. Furthermore. bars and
Sam Brownies are well nigh unattain-
able to one in my position.
There Is much air activity here We
see many nights. About an hour age
went out n picked up a nal who
had been shot down. He died sooi
after I got him 20 the hospital.
We followed very closely on m
heels Of the Boche for days. at leas
as close as we could He was NOV
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
Another SayTevlIIe Man
on TOday's Casualty List

Private Daniel James smulien. OF
Sayreville, Is one Of h seventeen
New Jersey soldiers whose I'M APP
pear on the casualty lists today. Priv
ate SmulIen Is listed among those
wounded severely in action.
OF the seventeen New Jersey cas-
uaIties, fifteen are reported ~oundet
severely, one Killed in action al4S nnA
missing in action. They are as fol-
lows: Killed in action. Private Stacy
]. Pine. Box SIS. Hainsport: missing
in action. Private Cedric H. Ostrum.
100 Crescent avenue. Piainheid;
wounded severely In action, Private
Thomas Francis Ambrose. 66 Craw-
ford street, East Orange: Private
Joseph Birchard, Is West Englewood
Engiewood: Private Anthony
Bogato, 4O1 Jefferson avenue. Eliza
beth; Private Jacob Boil, ~ Palmer
street, Elizabeth; Sergeant Patrick
Fitzgerald, rs Fourth avenue, East
Orange; Corporal Denyse w. Atwater.
1916 Park avenue. Orange; Private
Dennis Haggerty, 4ss Boulevard.
Bayonne; Private Louis August
Streng, 364 Avon avenue, Newark:
Private Wilbur n. Utter, warwick:
Private Daniel James Smullen. Sayre-
Vile; Private Tony<Yochim IS Berlin
street. Newark; Private Frank Kow-
alski. 145 Sherman street. Trenton;
Private Angelo Michael Molono. IS
Core street. Beilevflle; Private Joseph
Schoch. ss9 Battery street, Trenton:
Private Conrad Seller. $50 Gardner
street. Hoboken.
Today's two casualty lists total csc
names. divided as follows: Killed in
action. ffty-stx; missing in action.
40; wounded severely. ass; died of
wounds. twenty-six. died OF disease,
eleven; died from airplanc accident,
one; wounded severely from airpIane
accident. one; wounded. degree I'M
determined. thirteen: died from acct
dent N other causes. one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12

Optimistic Thought
It Is more laboFfous to- conquer ones
self than an enemy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
n "A. S,Yla1lak n

ing some. Souvenirs! I wish I had
some way of getting some of them
back to the u. 8. A. Packages can
not be sent from the front. Wher
we first came here the roads 81
fields were full of rifles, ammunition,
helmets, packs. bayonets. machine
guns and bodies. At one place right
on the road was a machine gun with
its crew piled up just as they fell:
Perhaps IL you imagine a bit you will
my unelegaDt language a while
ago.
Since I started this letter I have
done t~wenty-four hours service I'M
der bad circumstances. One point In
the road is exposed and every time
we appeared there Fritz tried his
luck. I made fourteen spurts past
that point Imagine my r
Furthermore / I'M &C full of gas 1
a scarcely see. my nose runs and
my stomach and bowels are upside
down. Strange to say I feel better
than when we were doing nothing.
mentally of course
Now I'm going to sleep.
Sincerely.
Gilbert J. Meredith, Jr.
From Johnny Frank.
France. Aug. 10.
MY Ot&E MI hGpP0A
I wish to thank you for your in
~teresting letter. We boys are very
thankful to the people Of our won
derfuI nation. There Is only one way
of our showing our gratitude toward
them. That Is TO clean up the
Kaiser, which we surely will do.
There is nothing here that has me
worried. l have been through whai
the French claim, the largest battlE
since the battle of Verdun. after thai
we surprised the Germans on another
front We pushed them quite some
distance. The German Prussian
Guard will never forget this division
They met US at numerous points but
have been repHlsed. this last tins
they were driven for some miles. 81
the looks of things. where we were
AT, the Germans had no Intention o.
giving up this ground.
| The big sBertha's e-mplacement wa
only q kilometer away from u.s. W.
all went to see IL on our way bach
! to rest. 1t must be q onster guI
| for the emplacement was well mad
of concrete and steel. There IL {
tramway hat leads to II and we hg
ured IL TO be used to bring up tn
ammunition. What the Germans LEFT
behind. they would be glad TO have
now. They had 10 blow up their am
munition dumpa as they retreated
They are "skunks' TO nght with. The
will keep on firing until they ar
exhausted and then yell ~kamerad.'
Our boys do not take that stun an
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12

more.
l assure YOU that I do not need
any encouragement whatsoever, other
than from my wife. As long as h
Is all right and is receiving her al
lowance, I shall always be well con-
tented. I have and will always try
to do my best whatever the task may
be. II I am to give my life. / know
that I am giving 1t for a good cause.
I do not fear death. II a man fears
death. this is no place for him.
As It Is now growing dark n We
are not permitted any lights, / Will
have to come to a conclusion. Hop
that we lick the Huns in n short
time and return to the good old q.
s. A, / remain, the same old John
JOHNNIE FRANK.
Headquarters, 1T Engineers, A E. +.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
4Y'' NAN COMMENDED
Aided Wounded in Midst OF Fighting
Helping Boys

Aided IN 0AAuSt Vi EAS
Helping Boys
"A ssoc{dted Press CorT~espoHdeHce.)
PARIS, Sept. 12:4Repeatedly ex-
posing himself to terrific shellire.
giving first aid TO the wounded M
coins without rest or food hat he
might help those on the firing line
with cigarettes and sweets. were only
a few Of the things that won the per-
sonal commentator of a battalion
commander for Stephen r. Brown, of
st. Louis, a Y. M. C. A. secretary.
The battalion commander writes:
ION a recent severe engagement
Stephen r. Brown displayed undaunt-
ed courage by time n again expos
ing himself during terrific shellfre.
Employed during the whole of one
night at a medical station. the follow
ing afternoon he brought up gas
masks. travelling across a shellswept
area in full view of the enemy. He
administered treatment to the wound
ed. HIS fearlessness and untiring-en en-
deavors came under my direct obser-
walton.
II cannot speak too highly Of his
spirit of ~self-sacrifice. his bravery and
his calm disregard OF all dangers. He
supplied men In the first line with Gig
arettes and chocolate. wen visiting
advanced observation posts helping
all men he found. The gratitude OF
the officers and men OF my organiza-
ton toward him knows no bounds.
HE, later. assisted in the disposal
of the dead. In every possible way
that he could. he assisted. refusing to
go to the rear until the troops were
relieved though he had not slept or
eaten for many hours"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
T., Get New Fire Truck

The rcqaisition for the new motor
drawn fire truck for the Fords Fire
Company has been placed In the
hands of the Perth Amboy Garage
Company md IL Is expected that the
truck will be completed about De-
cember. The truck Is to be the latest
model Seldom and will be- equipped
with a pump.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12

Some one has discovered that the
notes Of the quail r the same as
the first two notes Of the song. Il
Dreamt That I Lived, In Marble Halls"
We always were Of the opinion that
Bob White would be a beautiful sing
err II ne had confidence enough In HIM
self to get to II. but he doesn't cen to
be making much progress In his mu-
steal studies.-Brookneld Gazette.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
TRIED MANY. FoUND THE nrsr

Good digestion Is the foundation OF
good health. Foley cathartio@ Tablets
keep the bowels regular, sweeten the
stomach and tone up the liver. There
is nothing better ~ one desires an old
fashioned. harmless ~phyAczgentia In
action. yet thoroughly cleansing In ef-
feet. ]. r. CASTOR. Newark. Ind. say
ha used q great many kinds of cathar.
ties, ut Foley Cathartic Tablets gave
him more satisfaction than any other
He says they are the best cathartic tab
lets made Sold everywhere.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
WILL. KEEP HUN ON LUMP
Frog Business Dull, Charon Decides
10 Catch Frttzles

Frog Business Dull, Charon Decides
To Catch FTttzles
BOSTON. Sept. 12:-Though Fritz
Is on the jump his fate now Is all the
more certain. Peter Charon, OF New
Haven official frog catcher for the
laboratories al Yale University, mas
enlisted in the Marine Corps.
There isn't much doing in the frog
iins now" says Chnron. Before the
war you used to hear them churnins
put their cries of jug OF rum! jug of
rum.' but now you can't find any OF
the creatures down our n Besides
there's no market since the labora-
tory men have all gone to war"
Charon is six feet and one inch in
height The marines consider him a
good addition to their fighting corps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
Kitchen oncloth.

When oIlcioth Is used about the
kitchen on shelves Or around the sink.
paste II on instead CT lacking. A much
heater appearance Is the result and
itNFears better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-12
EXPORTS GO TO MEXICO
Cyanide. Soap. Ammonia, Herring and
Candy Go ON Ration Plan.

Candy Go ON Ration Plan.
ASSOCIATED Press correspoadsacal
Ell PASo. Tex Sept 120Cyanide
OF potassium. soap. kippered herring
n chocolate candy are now being
exported to Mexico on a ration basis
like sugar. -four and lard. The War
Trade BOARD has announced its WILL
ingness TO issue export licenses for the
expectation OF these commodities un-
der the usual war time regulations
Cyanide is used extensively in the
reduction OF metals. There Is such a
shortage OF the cyanide supply that
all countries are being similarly ra-
toned.
Ammonia NAV be used for Ice max
ing. refrigerating ara In cooling
plants, but must not be used in beer
making. Herring. sardines and other
foodstuffs not included In the contra
band list May also be exported 10
Mexico under the license plan
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-11
NEED PATRIOTISM
TO END THE WAR

who have gone over have more or less
adopted the attitude of We'll, we're
sorry for you Trenches, but you
don't know how to fight. Now that
we've come over we'll show you a
thing or two Of course we that
have been born and reared in Amer
lea understand that attitude. War
Is so new to this great peaceful coun-
try that even after these years Of the
struggle it is impossible for us to
realize how big thing and how ter
rible thing we are up against. We
are like a big overgrown boy trust
ing to his large muscle and cheerful
ness against a prize fighter whose
methods he knows absolutely nothing
about, and therefore he cannot know
how strenuous an adversary he has
to underestimate his strength and to
patronize others who seek to caution
him against the fighter. The French
do not understand this at all and are
inclined to resent it. This, to my
mind, Is one of the unfortunate facts
so far of our going over and 1 be-
lieve our officials when they come to
realize, will try to eradicate the spirit
and put us on more Of a 'cOmrade-
ship basis towards those who have
suffered so much and whom we have
gone out to help"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-11
GERMAN PRISON
BLIGHT is LIMITED

strain that is telling with increasing
force-especially in the case Of the old
er men, who cannot take so much exer-
cise-upon the hundreds of men who
have spent over three years on that un-
happy course" says the, Manchester
Guardian.
'9They were bitterly disappointed
that the attempt of our government to
abolish Ruhleben altogether by an ex-
change, however it might advantage
the Germans, came to nothing, and
many Of the repatriated men are con-
WINGED that there may be an increase
of mental cases if Ruhleben continues
much longer. You could see the marks
of nervous excitement on many of the
faces, and probably the reaction from
being set free will be felt severely by
the men of more sensitive minds"
From a few Of the civilian prisoners
something of the condition of affairs in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-11
The TRUTH ABOUT
ECZEMA AND PILES

Thousands and thousands of people, says
Peterson, are learning every week that one
30 cent box of Peterson's Ointment will
abolish Eczema and Danish piles, and the
grateful letters / receive every day are
worth more to me than money.
had Eczema for many years on my
head and could not get anything to do it
any good. saw your ad and got one box
and / owe you many thanks fol. the good
It has done me. There isn't blotch on
my head now, and ! couldn't help but
thank Peterson, for the cure is great, Mrs.
Mary Hill, APO Third Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
have had itching piles for Is years and
Peterson's is the only ointment that re-
lieves me, besides the piles seem to have
gone. A. B. Ruger, 1877 Washington Ave
nue, Racine, Wis.
Use Peterson's Ointment for old sores,
salt rheum and all skin diseases. 1t ban
shes pimples and blackheads in less than
10 days and leaves the skin clean, clear and
pleasant to look upon. Druggists guaran-
lee it. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-11

London.-All England has been
stirred by the return of 800 soldiers
and civilian prisoners of war from
Ruhleben, Germany, some Of whom are
fishermen who were surprised Dy the
Germans in the North sea Immediately
after the declaration Of war, and had
therefore been prisoners almost from
the first day Of hostilities.
1t is not because of the stories they
tell, for their lips have been sealed so
far as their own sufferings are con-
cerned by order of the government.
The remark of one Of the civilians TO
an old friend who met the party-We
are fairly all right, but we have all got
barbed-wire fever"-is SAID TO contain
the whole story! Englishmen know
what that means, and there is nowhere
any desire to reverse the governments
order.
"Barbed-wire fever is the nervous
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-11
FAITH IN RED CROSS
Confidence of Wounded Tribute
to Organization.
Discharged Veteran Tells OF Heroic
Devotion to Duty While
Under Fire.

Chicago.-"What could any army do
without the Red CROSSE" asks Sergt.
Ronald Kingsley, late Of the Fifty
eighth Canadian infantry, who is vet
eran of the French front permanently
discharged because Of injuries re-
ceived In battle.
Sergeant Kingsley answers his own
question.
'I think that probably the greatest
tribute that can be paid to the Red
Cross is the confidence of the wounded
man. He feels that no matter how
badly wounded he may be, If once he
gets to the Red Cross man his life is
safe.
II witnessed an incident during the
battle of the Somme which I shall
never forget. A Red Cross officer and
four stretcher bearers came to the sup