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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Shortage of Artillery Forces
Germans TO Use Machine Guns

PARIS, Oct. si-The Huns
are keenly feeling losses they sus-
tain IN guns. ammunition and material
abandoned in flight before the adj
vancing Americans, French and Brit
ish.
Proof of these conditions contained
IN a general order signed by Luden-
dorT, found on a captured prisoner.
1t says in part:
1T has been reported to me by Cen
eral Zietchn that at certain points az
the front Il is thought that the IN
fnntry OUGHT TO be very strongly sup
ported hy artillery and that the guns
Of the divisions at rest should be used
for this purpose.
Under no circumstances should
sucl' IN idea be allowed to circulate.
1t Is absolute proof that the infantry
does not yet realize the value,
strength and of It's machine
guns.
Reports Of recent battles show that
the infantry Is alone able to COM
pletely repulse the assaults of the
enemy il IL knows how to make use
of its rlachine guns by scattering them
over the ground to be defended and
hiding them from the view of the en-
envy.
"Perhar. II v auld be we'll TO add
that to use the artillery of the divi-
eions at rest would place the artillery.
which has already suffered terribly.
In such a position that 1t could not
repair its force.
at is absolutely necessary that the
artillery economic and reserve its
force for future operations
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Luck Saves English Pilot
When Engine Stalls Over Huns
Rp special corrcspordent.

Oh oUtGftt OFTCSUDHuCNts
LONDON. England, oct. 31:-An
English pilot whose name Is well
known was recently 'scrapping'' with
eight German scouts far over the lines.
He was Joined by a British forma-
ton of five machines. and together
they drove down three of the enemy
in flames. The remaining five dived
steeply for their own lines.
The pilot who had first engaged
them put the nose of his machine we'll
down and Owed after them. but the
Germans escaped. The pursuing Brit
ish pilot endeavored TO switch on his
engine again. 1t refused to start. ana
the machine continued to lose height
rapidly.
A field in which some German
troops were being drilled lay close
beneath him. and he was Just about
to land when suddenly his engine, for
no applicable reason. spluttered and
burst into an even oar. He was saved
by the grandest of nukes and with a
prayer of thanks he did a vertical turn
and placed several accurately aimed
bursts of fire into the astonished faces
of a crowd of German soldiers, who
had joyfully given up drill to enjoy the
rare delight of capturing n unin-
iured English pilot and aeroplane.
He few homeward over a busy road,
the traffic or which he X In dead
ly fashion from q height of thirty feet.
till the last of his bullets was spent.
Twenty minutes later before a fire
in the mess anteroom. he was drink
ing tea, munching toast and jam. and
~recounting his luck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Russia Faces Hunger
Mary Difficulties In Way of Food foS
PcDnlc

tCBAS
tASSociafed Press Co-rrespoudence.1
LONDON, Oct. 31:-Russia is fac
ing a winter of hunger and cold aug
mented this year because of the @-
trerie scarcity of fuel which prevails
In N PARTS of that country. The a
Of coal has been keenly felt ever since
the loss of the Donetz basin to the
Germans early last spring. IL affect
ed the railroads and caused factories
to be shut down.
Tho Cz~echo-Slovak operations In
Siberia and in the Ural region have
prevented any relief from that direc-
ton. g..
The stores of WOO In Moscow and
Petrograd, owing to tho lack of trans
portation facilities and other difficult
ties too numerous to mention, are far
from sufficient to meet the demands
of a long winter. A Moscow paper
estimated months ago that the sup
plies of wood in hat city woul hard
" suffice to satisfy the needs of pub
lie utilities this winter, and that In
-eqa all private enterprises
and homes could not hope to get even
q limited quantity of It.
To one. who has experienced the
d~iscomforts Of a cold Russian winter
even under better conditions the sit
uation Is far from ailuring. The
chilly atmosphere of an unheated
apartment, darkness In the streets
and homes, the quiet of a city undis-
turbed by the rumble of street cars
and motor vehicles, and. lastly. the
uncomfortable feeling of an empty
stomach-such are the prospects of
the coming winter In Russia
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Complaint Of Mad Dogs In City

During the past few days numer-
Gus complaints have been received at
police headquarters that a number of
mad dogs are about town. As a re-
suit Chief Burke has ordered all of
BIS { m e be on jSfe lookout for
-Tse dSsk Tfd ~ Shoot then when
they And them.
Patrolman Lybeck shot a dog that
was chasing a crowd of people on
Amboy avenue near Washington
street. The dog had evidently gone
mad.
Motorcycle Patrolman Edward j.
Morgan was notified by Michael Sa-
gak. Of 701 Mary street. that his wife
Anna had been badly bitten by a dog
and that the dog was chasing people
and he was afraid 1t would bite
others, Morgan killed the dog.
The city Is full OF stray dogs. cats
n goats. many OF which came from
South Amboy on the night OF the
Morgan explosion. The dog catcher
Is working overtime to gather them
in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Local Man Accepted by the
United States Shipping Board

BOSTON. Oct. E1-Today's list of
men accepted by the United States
Shipping Board after final physician
examination at Boston for enrollmenr
on it's Merchant Marine training ships
included Lothard Jensen. of 3S4 Bar
clay street, Perth Amboy. N. ].
Only American citizens can join the
merchant marine training service.
Men eighteen to twenty inclusive and
thirty-two to thirty-ffve inclusive may
enroll for training as sailors. cooks or
Stewards; men eighteen to t~hirty-fve
may enroll for training as f1remen.
National headquarters of the ship
ping board recruiting service are at
Boston. but applicants may enroll
through more than 5000 special en-
rolii:g agents at drug stores in forty
eieEt states.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Dealers Must File Applications
for Sugar Supply at Once

According to q statement from the
county food administrator. Thomas
II. Mettler. released today by W. IL
Criswold. the city administrators. un
less grower and other dealers In. and
users of sugar do not file their appli-
cation covering their requirements.
before November 1. they will be un-
able to secure same for h balance
of the year. The statement follows:
The retail dealer selling standard
wheat -four Is now required to carry
in stock as substitutes either barley
four. corn flour or corr meal. and
with every sale of wheat -four he must
cell a combination of some n or
more of those In the proportion of one
pound of substitutes to each Jour
pounds OF wheat flour.
mo dealer may force any other
substitutes in combination upon the
consumer.
SHOULD the customer desire it. how
ever, any of the following nours may
be sold in combination Tin lieu of m
OF three above namely that is. feterita
-four and meals, rice flour, oat flour,
kafnr flour. milo flour. peanut -four.
bean flour. potato flour. sweet potato
flour and buckwheat flour.
Pure rye flour or meal may be
sold as n substitute in h proportion
of at least two pounds of rye to three
pounds OF wheat.
Attention is called to the fact that
a great many grocers of Perth Amboy
have been sending sugar customers
pledge lists to the Newark office OF
the u. 8. FOOD Administration: where
as. these should be sen to william
III. Griswold. Federal Food Admins
traitor for Perth Amboy.
"All sugar statements for the cur-
rem quarter which dealers In and
nsers of sugar Excepting only house,
hold consumers) are required to file
with the Office of the U. s. Food Ad-
ministrator, col Broad street. New
ark. N. J.. in order to obtain their
sugar purchase certificates. must he
filed on or before November /. and all
dealers will be barred from making
purchases Of sugar unless their state
ments are on file by that time. Those
who need assistance In making out
these statements should apply to eth
err the county or local food admins
traitors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Oct. 31-The
meeting OF h non-commissioned Of
ficers of Company F will be held this
week on Friday evening. November
1, at the present temporary head
quarters. Hereafter the regular week
~ meeting of the non-coms will be
held on Thursday evening as before.
Both the new and old Don-commis-
stoned officers are expected to be pres
ent. Preparations for the examina-
ton of the recently elected non-coms
will be made at Fridays meeting.
Meeting will start promptly at seven
thirty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Soldiers Get Drink In So. Amboy
sy Special Correspondents.

SOUTH AMBOY, Oct. Silt is
not an unusual sight since the saloons
have reopened to see soldier after SOL
der so drunk that he cannot control
himself. 1t can be found on every
side.
When the commanding officer of the
different camps in this vicinity ind
out the men are getting liquor in
South Amboy they will not allow the
men to come here and we will have
the same condition existing as existed
In Perth Amboy a few weeks ago.
h President has been vested with
authority to close all saloons within
five miles of munition plants. 1t is 4
wonder that South Amboy. the capital
of the arsenal district" of the United
States. with its thousand munition
workers m hundreds of soldiers Is
left wide OPEN"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
John McFayden Recovering
at an English Hospital

Word has been received by the rel
etives of Private John McFadyen that
he is now in the Kent hospital. Eng
land. and Is doing fine.
Private McI'adyen was recently re-
ported as having been wounded while
with the army in France The wound
was in the arm and McFadyen after
treatment at the base hospital was
rersoved to England.
He Is well known in Perth Amboy
having we'd on Rector street with his
father and two sisters prior to the
time when he went abroad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Candidates Family War Workers

Miss Isabelle LaMonte. daughter of
George NJ. LaMonte. leaves for France
Thursday, October 81. with the Smith
College unit to do reconstruction work
In France under the supervision of the
American Red Cross.
Miss LaNionte is the third of Mr..
LaMonte's family to enlist in war
work. George V. LaMonte. the oldest
son, father of three children. enlist
ed at the beginning of the war and
is now in the ordnance department.
Archibald Douglas LaMonte, the
youngest son age twenty-one. enlisted
and is now with the Pershing army In
front of Metz.
Mr.. LaMonte's entire family is now
In the service and he himself Is de-
voting a great Zeal of time to war ac-
t~ivities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Military Police Needed


SOUTH AMBOY, Oct. 31-with the
arrival of so many additional soldiers
in this city during the last few days
the need of military police has been
clearly brought before the people.
With men at Morgan doing guard. men
at the p. r.. r. yards. sailors on duty
on the bay. and limited service men at
the munition plants. South Amboy's
streets are dotted with uniforms at
all times of the day.
On Tuesday night a clash between
the limited service men and the reg
ulasr stationed at Morgan took place
in front of the Central railroad sta
ton. One of the regulars started the
whole thing by kidding the little linn
tied service man about his ability as a
fighter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Admit Air Supremacy
Captured German Report Complained
of Allied Activities.

fAssocidfed Press Co~rresDondenoe.)
AN ALLIED AERODROME IN
FRANCE, Oct. 31:-Entente air SUI
premacy Is admitted in German docu-
mcnts recently captured. A German
battalion report captured on the Elan
ders front says:
Enemy afrmen are absolutely mas
ters in the air here. They are fai
more numerous than ours. They
carry out their "Reminiscences by day
and night and scouts, singly or in lars
er formations. penetrate far behind
our lines.
THE same German report goes on
to reveal that troops in that sector had
received no hot food for three day.
owing to their kitchens being de-
stroyed by bombing machines.
THE inadequacy of our protection
against aircraft" another report by q
German corps commander states. rs
being felt more n more. All tbs
aerial combats were on our side of the
lines"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
New Nation Born
Lettland Latest Addition 70 worlds
Political Divisions.

AAttttot
Political Divisions.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 31:-Birth or
a new nation of 2.60o.0 900 people. or
a population greater than hat OF
Norway. to be called Lettland. will be
one of the results of the world war II
the demands of the Let's of Iivonia
and Courland are granted.
The people living in the former
Russian Baltic provinces are chatting
under German domination forced upon
them by Prussian rifles and win plead
for the right of self-determination
before the peace congress that ends
the war. Let's predominate In 1.-Two
MIA and Courland and have q distinct
language and civilization wholly IN
like those of the EsthonianA
The Lettish language IL closely re-
lated to the ancient Aryan and Is re-
garded as one of the oldest OF Euro
pean tongues. II Is rich n folklore
and popular legends. Lettish theaters
are maintained at Riga, Libau and
several Of the other larger cities. The
Let's boast many ~novelists. play
wrights, artists and musicians n
hold aloof from the Germans.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Women Take Active Part
Japanese Women Appointed to Posts
Of Honor.

OF HO1Of.
ASSOCIATED Press CorTcspoRdencs.)
TOXIC, Oct. 31-Women are talk
ing an increasing part in Japanese
public affairs and some have been ap-
pointed to posts of trust.
A woman doctor, Miss Fufu Kyo,
was named Nv the Toxic police de-
partmcnt to investigate the causes or
infant diseases and to range a plan
of assistance for poor women. Miss
'Tatsu Kakuta was appointed to a sim
liar post in Osaka.
Some women conductors are found
in the suburban electric railways and
now a woman station master has been
appointed. There is a great increase
in the number of women gymnastic
teachers In girls schools and n gov
eminent girls school has adopted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Limited Service Men at
Local Munitions Plants

BIZ Sne~faI s-orrssboHdent
SOUTH AMBOY. Oct s1:-Over
three hundred limited service men"
OF the United States army have been
dispatched to the munitfon plants In
this vicinity.
This will greatly relieve the labor
shortage that was becoming very seri-
U and greatly lowering the output
of the plants that are so essential to
the successful termination Of the war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
no MOTHERS Err

When we hear Of 50 many School
girls and girls In stores and offices
who are often totally unfit to perform
their daily duties because of some de-
Management peculiar to their SEX. might
this not have been prevented by the
mother WI o. perhaps. through neglect
or careIessness failed to get for that
daughter the one great root and herb
remedy for such ailments. Lydia F..
pfnkhsm'a Vegetable Compound? This
n1d~fasnioned medicine is said to have
Eleviated more suffering of woman
kind than any other remedy known to
medicine.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
SINCERE THANKS

Accept our most deepfelt thanks for
Kindness and sympathy shown us in
os- bereavement in the loss of cur dear
wife and beloved mother. Also those
who evnresSed their sympathy in such
beautiful floral tributes. We especially
v-tsh 20 Thank Rev. q Nielsen for COM
fprtin~ worcS and Mr.. Garretson for
sria1dtd services rendered.
22405-10-31-1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
usa Netnes for Cloth.

PARTS-That Germany Is In a sorry
plight for clothing is illustrated in
handbliis. printed in French and Ger
man. found when Roye was captured.
The bills invite civilians 70 collect
nettles. dry them. put them into
for 28 marks per 400 pounds. The
Germans Nare making cloth OF nettie
fbers-as was done from the time or
---~Au~~anA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31

Optimistic Thought
He that is valiant does not commit
seIf-murier.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
HAD SEEN THEM "AT WORK"
Brains Over Question Propounded
by Teacher.

Here is little story that was told
at social session by Representative
Hubert d. Stephens of Mississippi, as
an illustration that the best industrial
results cannot always be obtained
through team work:
Some time since, the teacher of a
public school in country town was
instructing juvenile class in mathe-
MATES when she turned to a small boy
named Tommy.
Tommy" said she, 'ff your father
can do a piece of work in six days and
your uncle Jim can do it in seven days,
how long would it take them to do it
together"
"About ten thousand years." was the
rather startling rejoinder of Tommy.
''Ten thousand years!" exclaimed
the teacher why, Tommy, what do
you meanW
II mean" was the prompt response
Of Tommy, ''that If you put them to
work together they would sit on the
fence, smoke and swap fish stories. -
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
ADDED BEAUTY TO GARDENS
World owes Debt to Frenchman Who
Improved on the Glory Of the
Lilac Blossom.

One Of Frances war gardeners of
1S70-71 won Immortality by studying
his plants, instead of tending his gar
den merely as a way TO help out with
the food supply. Like most war gar
deners, he did not give his attention
exclusively to vegetables but planted a
few flowers, and it was with these that
he had conspicuous success.
In 1871 Victor Lemoine began his
experiments in cross-fertilizing differ
emit species of lilac. He took up this
work to get his mind away from the
troubles of his country, for German
garrison was quartered in his native
town, Nancy, and the rest of France
except the doomed provinces of Alsace-
Lorraine, was slowly buying back its
freedom from the same hated pres
ence LemOine's sight at that time was
very bad, so he planned and had his
wife execute.
That was the origin of the wondrous
group of shrubs known today through
out the civilized world as French
liIacs," with their great trusses of
beauteous bloom. 1t is Lemoine's best
known work, though not his only one.
He recreated the mock orange, the
deutzia, the weigelia, the deIphinium,
and score of other perennials and
shrubs.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
Lemon Juice
For: FreckIes
GIrlsi Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try I'll

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands and see how freckles,
sunburn and tan disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes.
Yesl 1t is harmless.-Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26

EATONIC is the wonderful new
compound that absorbs the harm
full gases and juices and almost
instantly drives away stomach
misery.
Instead of sudden and painful
attacks of Indigestion, after YOU
begin using EATONIC you'll for
get you have stomach. And there
will be no more heartburn, food
repeating, sour stomach, gas pains,
or that lumpy, bloated feeling you'll have
SO often experienced after eating. Then
your appetite-you know how hard it
is to satisfy in hot weather-eat one or
two EATONIC Tablets half hour be-
fore meals-an you will enjoy the re-
suits and feel better in every way.
These are few reasons why You
should start using EAT0NIC today and
fortify your stomach against the chance
trouble this summer. It costs only SOC
fora big package. Your druggist whom
you know and can trust, will promptly
refund your money if you are not
more than satisfied.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
Hot Weather Hits Us
Hardest in Stomach

Keep closewatch on yourstom-
ach this summer. We need all our
fighting strength. War work
change of diet will make us all
easier prey to stomach and bowel
trouble than ever before. It is SO
easy to become overheated on a
blazing hot day, especially after
eating a hearty meal. And then
the excessive heat makes us flood
our stomachs with all kinds of
cold drinks. That's bad at any
time; much worse-even danger
ous-when there is the slightest
feeling of stomach trouble.
Keep the stomach sweet and
cool and free from too much acid
that's about all that is neces-
sary. It's not so much the diet
as to keep the poison from start
ing trouble. You can easily do
this if you will just take a tablet or
two of EATONIC after your meals.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
.x.conuressman Howell Dead.

Logan, Utah. = Former Congress-
man Joseph howell died at his home
here July IS. He was stricken with
hemorrhage of the brain and died
within a few minutes. He had been
lndisposed for more than year, Mr.
Howell was a native of Utah, having
been born at Brigham City, February
II, 1857. --e greater part of the go
years of his life was spent as a resi-
dent of Cache county, ne family NOV
ing to WellsYille when he was but six
years of age. For seven successive
terms since statehood he represented
the state in congress, being elected on
the Republican ticket.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
That Lovely Mani

aAt last" cried Miss Terchance,
esctatically, II have found a man who
truly loves me, and whom can truly
lover
Miss Kreant looked at her skeptlc-
ally. ''Are you sure that he loves your"
she asked.
"Sure. For that's what asked him,
and oh the beauty of his replyp
"Tell me about 1t"
IL said, How can you love me when
I'm so cross-eyed?"
""You wrong yourself, darling he
replied. You are not cross-eyed. Your
eyes are SO pretty that they just can't
help looking at each other-thats how
81 is.'r
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
FRECKLES
Now ! the Time to Gel RIA q these UgIy spols

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed OF your freckles, othine-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce Of othine-doube
strength-from your druggist and apply a little
of 1t night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en-.
tirely. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength 0thine,
as this is sold under guarantee Of money back
IL 1t fails to remove freckles.-Ady.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
His EXPLANATION.

1--we seen you collect seven fares on
this car that you haven't rung up" said
the lady on the street car to the con-
ductor.
Yes, ma'am," replied the man, eye
ing her cautiously.
We'll, do you think that's honest?"
"Oh, I'm not going to keep the nick
els, ma'am."
You're not going to keep them?
/ What, then, are you going to do with
them?"
I'm going to give 'em to my little
boy to put in his bank, ma'am."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
Save the Babies

INFANT MORTALITY something We can hardly
of all the children born civilized
onequarter, die
they aref fteenl - $50 man Delos
We do not hesitate that of Castoa u5 .r
OF these precious lives Neither do
nfante deaths
Drops tnctres and soothing sold Complaints contain
less OPIUM or morphine They considerable nanies
deadly poisons La quantity they Circulation and lead
death
if it bears the signature of Chas Fletcher - Jus
as it contains opates narcotics ~
Castoria NS1ZZ[zx
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
TakIno Toll Of Summarizes

London.-Within the past three
months the number of German subma-
rines destroyed has been greater than
during any similar period since the be
ginning of the war. Depth charges
have played an important part.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-26
An Exception.

An old proverb says, 1.-THE anvil
lasts longer than the hammer"
Thanks be, there is a beautiful ex-
ception to it. Take the case of the
brave boys who are hammering away
at the kaiser and his brood.