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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
rsauImsur own land In Common.

There IS no suffrage question among
the Esquim0uY the woman owns the
igloo with The man and has eqnnl voice
In the council meetings And there arr
no yexati0us questions about property
rights to settle. because bsides the
iglOO and personal belongings there II
no property The Esqulmnux caln0t
conceive of land a. belonging to any
one person. When t"ld how II ls held
os private property Ia the states. they
showed great surprise and one old
man asked II the white men also d.
viied the oceans in the same way
VIC. id's Outlook.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
ao!ls eggs " Cen.ral. s:.no.

y telephone subscriber IN Newark
asked his operator 10 ring his bell in
three minutes. and Immediately hung
np lis receiver. Al the appointed time
the supervisor rang on tile line and the
subscriber responded merely with
THANK yon." Later he called again
and thanked the operator, aud explain
ed that he had been boiling eggs and
wanted To time them. They had been
cooked to the queen's taA e, he sald.--
Youths Companion.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
COMPLAINTS MADE;
BAIR WILL PUNISH
SIDEWALK RIDERS

Complaints have been made to
Mayor BaIr by people residing on
Pennsylvania ayenne against The Pa
Ing on their sidewalks Of Pennayl
yanla shop employees The residents
OF The street say that when they ask
the men 10 ride In the street. some or
the latter become impnd mt.
Mayor Bair said that steps wonld
he taken by the police department TO
stop The violation Of the ciiy's ordi.
nance
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Great Salmon Spawning Ground.

From early in March until late in
November the great annual breeding
of the salmon goes on. Upon 100
miles of coast line, from Bristol Bay
In Alaska, to the Fraser river in Brit
lsh Columbia, the salmon swarm
moves in regular and wonderfully reg
alated procession up the various fresh
water streams and rivers to spawn
md die. as did their parents four years
sst9yes n,ela "a. "a L.s.saa La IaaA--I
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Reainninu Of shipbuildina.

The first buoy was several logs
inshed together and anchored by
stone. Man was just venturing upon
the waters. Rats ready made by ma
ture were bestowed upon him In the
and better RATS. His old ones an-
chored by rattan-held boulders came to
mark his landing place and home.
Whence came the habit of harbOr
buOyf
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Without Care.

A case of new-laid eggs upon his
back, the c0l!er made his way along
the pavement.
Guess what happened?
1t did!
Ruefully the man regarded the scat
tered debris of shells and running
yOlks. Then he proceeded gingerly
to collect the few eggs that had re-
mained unbroken.
A passing pedestrian volunteered Il
cheering word.
MY poor manw he exclaimed.
l"Haye you dropped your eggs?"
The luckless one scowled.
"Oh, no, sir" he answered. acidly.
!"No. indeed! I'm just giving Il free
demonstration of our new system Of
open air cooking. I'm making an ONE
lett"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Not FriahtfuIness.

First Farmer-I can't find any old
clothes for the scarecrow.
Second Farmer--Use some of the
fancy clothes your boy brought home
from college.
First Farmer-rm trying to scare
crows. not make 'em laugh themselves
10 death.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Using Water as a Weight.

pint Of water. or of wheat, sugar,
or butter weighs about one pound and
may safely be used as basis for
weights and measures This knowl-
edge is often valuable to the farmer
who keeps seed wheat On hand. for II
may he made II weigh, by balance. all
other farm products.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
SPRING GOWN AT
HOME and ABROAD
Silhouette OF the Early Season Is
Without Pronounced
Dignity.
SHIFTING OF FASHION NOTED
Garments for Southern Wear Receive
Much Consideration Of the Ameri.
can Dressmaker--Patriot Ef.
fort to Favor Cotton.

New York.-That large segment OF
people on this continent. called sOci.
ety, which means those who have
money 10 induie;7 in what they wish to
do. has been unable to decide between
iwO problems.
They did not know whether IT was
best to fight ont the cold of heatless
houses in the North or to tnke their
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
FARMERS PLEDGE THEMSELVES
TO PURCHASE LIBERTY BONDS.

Columbus. O.-(SpeciaD - Farmers
throughout the state are preparing to
refuts In the next Liberty Bond cam
paign the charge that they are slack
srs. Practically every Farmers insti-
tute held within the last two months
has adopted resolutions pledgins all
In attendance TO buy bonds ut the next
offering. Subsidiary branches OF the
State Grange are also doing this.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
COWARD IN ENGLAND

Word has been received here that
Lieut.. G. u. Conard has arrived safely
In England. Lieut. Conard Is with
the i57th Aero Squadron and says he
Is well happy and feeling fine.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Home Dancers.

Hem these times men will not
submit to live under an autocratic
rule. q
She-Good heavens Henry. you are
not thinking of discharging the eookf
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
To Attend
Recital

Miss Edna Clark Of Millersbnrg is
In the city 10 attend the MacDowell
club recital Saturday evening. She
il visiting at the home Of Miss Mar
tha Willemin on East .amartine
street
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

Mrs. Margaret Blair went to Utica
Saturday to visit relatives.
Mrs. l.. A. Coe of North Mulberry
street is spending a few days with
her mother, Mrs. j. w Rice OF Butler
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
CRITICALLY Ill.

G. q. Cooper is critically III at his
home on East Gambler street, suffer.
ing from blood eliot on The brain
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

n the man who trades Liberty
Bond for a share Of stock will only
persevere he may some day hnd
some one who will sell him the
state house for $25.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

chances of getting South within few
days after they started. Each case
brought its train of evils. Each situ-
alton was full of discomfort.
The majority of them shrugged
their shoulders witt, The trick we are
trying to learn fron the French and
used the phase that has become in
cOrporated in orr language, dams la
guerre, CONNIE la guerre."
The dressDakers, who must be OPP
pOrtunists, divided their time between
offering stay-at-hOme clothes that
looke', as though they were intended
for !. Siberian winter, and thin APP
I,l,'el that is always associated with
the sands of Palm Beach in February.
Havana csesn.as more novelty than
the Florida, 1S,orgia ana South Caro-
lima cities. Another language is
spoken, Othe.. customs prevail and the
Latin brus: has been passed over
everything and left its mark of color.
alluremen. and hriliancy. There
fore. the clothes that went to Cuba
were extremely good looking.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Wanted, For Sale, &c

WANTED Girl 10 do general
housework. Apply 10 Mrs. s. H.
DOugherty, 10 East Gambler street
xiO x9s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

FOR SALE-A number OF wood
and iron pnlleys OF dIh cent Sizes
two sets Of cone pnlleys. several
lengths of line shafting. different
sizes. and hangers. Can at Banne~
Office It tt
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

i.OST-Between Mt. Vernon and
Mt Liberty Saturday morning an au-
tomobile tire chain. Finder please
return to Hoy L. Russell nj The Ran
ner office. II f,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

Commonwealth and Elcar Fours.
Skies and Sedans. Citizens Jl3 black
Il. W. Huntsberger. y East Gambler
street. Tu X7 Tufx7
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

WANTED rent farm on
shares. Citizens phone 203GJ. If lf'
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09
Shifting Of Fashion.

= 1t Is undoubtedly important to take
cogniZance of the clothes that were
invented for the South. They were
put our in tentative manner because
Of chaotic conditions that the war
brought about not only in travel, but
In the expenditure of money. The
,dressmakerS knew that no one would
want these clothes except for Angus
Ia, Havana, Miami and Palm Beach.
; Aiken puts its faith in sport clothes.
Possibly that Is because Aiken is easi-
'ly more fashionable and has moro So
icial prestige than any other colony
foregathered in the South, and as 1t
door pleasure purely, 1t not only in
dulges in new sport clothes. but in
many, many old ones.
The straight silhouette has been ap-
proved, the scarcity of material ac-
cepted. plated skirts are accom-
plished and the verdict has been given
for strictly tailored and mannish ap-
parel. And yet, before the eyes, an ac-
tual and concrete fact, are frocks that
are glrlish and futile and full of small
and minor trifies that destroy ele-
gance.
There are fichus and ruchings and
plated bands OF ribbon and silly
ssshes and awkward loOpings at the
ankles, and baby sleeves finished with
rutties and sometimes with q few bios
SONS.
Is this the new silhouette produced
by America? Has 1t anything to do
with Paris? Is IL makeshift or q
determined effort to change what has
been into something that has been
dropped?
The Paris doors are opening to the
few American buyers that have
crossed the ocean. and the sketches of
tne new gowns. as they have been out
iiDed in Paris. do not lead one TO sup
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-09

Simple frock for young girl. It is
Of blue eeorge.te crepe, the skirt
tucked in groups. The waist is finely
tucked and finished at the neck with
a white orgsndie fichu.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
FATHER GROSS|S
SILENT ON CASE
Refuses to Say Word Regard
Ing Charges of Disloyalty--
Marshal Not In Case.

Rev. Francis Gross, pastor OF the
Church of Our Lady of Hungary, who
has been charged by the Federal au-
thorities with resorting to fraud in
securing his citizenship papers. re-
fused absolutely to discuss the mat
ter with an EVENING NEWS report
er this morning.
'T have nothing TO say" he de-
clared, with O wave of his hand, in
dicating that the interview was at an
end before II even started. An effort
was made to question him as TO
whether he had secured counsel in
this matter and II he had been served
with legal notice by O representative
Of the government, but he only re-
peated his first declaration that he
had nothing to say"
1t could not be learned today
whether or not official notice of the
action taken against Father Gross
had been served on the priest. United
States Marshal Albert Bollschweiler
declares that he had nothing to do
with the case.
u. 8. District Attorney Charles F.
Lynch when spoken to on Tuesday
stated that the notice would be served
on Father Gross within a day or two,
but he did not know definitely on
what day.
The priest will make all Of the
statements In his defense in the writ
ten answer TO the charges made
against him. He has sixty days from
the time the notice Is served upon
him TO file his answer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY.
SERVICE IS ORGANIZED
FOR WORK IN THIS CITY

A meeting to organize the local
War Camp Community Service was
held in the Board of Trade rooms last
night. Secretary I. B. Lincoln presid-
ed and introduced Foster w. Taylor.
the community organizer In this zone
for the Fosdick Commission.
Mr., Taylor outlined the work of
the War Camp Community Service
and emphasized the responsibility Of
the community to the enlisted men
in their leisure hours. He recalled
Napoleon's statement that on the
morale Of an army rests 70 per cent.
Of its success, and quoted Secretary
Camp Community Service we are
forging that invisible armor" which
shall constitute a coat of mail for the
moral, physical and intellectual pro-
lection of the men as they go out
from the camps and overseas.
Statistics show that the chief cause
of desertion is homesickness and the
strong bulwark against this is home
hospitality and the correlated activi-
ties of the War Camp Community
Service. The Y. NJ. Q. A, Y. NJ. HI.
A., knights of Columbus and allied
organizations are providing every
facility for taking care of the mems
leisure time in camp, but the force OF
this may be overthrown In half an
hour If the community outside the
camp takes no steps to safeguard
ment when they are off duty.
Mr.. Taylor made q strong plea for
the Amboy district to realize and
meet its responsibility in this matter.
The meeting then resolved itself
into a committee on organization
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was accepted as follows: Hon
oI.c n
Brock; chairman, Andrew J. Wight;
secretary, Clancy D. Boynton; treas
urer, Theodore Degenring. The ex-
ecutive committee includes the fol-
lowing members besides the officers:
B. NJ. Cannon, Mrs. Louis Ballard Of
Sewaren, Carl G. Christiansen, Mrs
Adrian Lyon, Hampton Cutter OF
woodbridge, DIR. B. A. Robinson of
Morgan, John Coan of South Amboy
Mrs Laurence Thompson and DR..
Charles I. Silk.
The standing committees are as
follows:
Athletics. c. Pew, chairman;
John Hanson, Jr., Nat Eiten, Rev. l..
v. Bushman, Miss Roberta Winans.
Church o-operation-Rev. Wilbur
fWestcott, chairman; Rabbi Emil
Friedman, Rev. w. N. Jones, Rev. Jo-
seph Urban, Rev. William Cantwell.
Rev. Colombino Galassi.
Civic welfare-J. Logan Clevenger
chairman, with the city administra-
ton.
Canteen-Mrs. Richard F. White,
chairman; Mrs. Laurence Thompson,
Mrs. f. F. Grant. Sewaren; Mrs. e.
H. Boynton, Woodbridge; Mrs. Frank
Valentine, Woodbridge.
Fraternal Orders-W. Guy Weaver.
cfairmanI John J. Quinn, Chris Nell
son, 129 Paterson streets Chris Mat
thiasen, John Hanson, Sr.
Club Rooms-Walter II. War;,
chairman; Franz Roessler. BENJAMIN
Goldburger, Company Mate McGann,
Mrs. o. w. Ramsay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
FOUR GAS COMPANIES ARE
DENIED PERMISSION To
MAKE INCREASE IN RATES

thousand cubic feet over the present
rates, which are, so cents per 500
feet or less a month: and an average
OF S1.l0 graduated down TO 30 cents
a 1000 cubic feet from over 500 cubic
feet 10 100000 cubic feet or more.
There Is a discount OF 20 cents a
thousand cubic feet II bills are paid
within ten days after presentation.
The petitioning companies claimed
they are now facing increased costs
for materials and labor approximat-
ing from $4,000 TO 100000 q year
and increased taxes. federal. state
and municipal. approximating S35.-
600 a year, amounts which they esti-
mated equal TO IL TO 16 cents per one
thousand cubic feet OF gas sold. The
Elizabethtown Gas Light Company,
in addition to supplying gas 10 the
four petitioners at the base rate OF
90 cents net, sold, during 1917, ac-
cording 90 the Utility Board, a total
OF es.s0s.6 500 cubic feet OF gas 10 the
Perth Amboy Gas Light Company at
q wholesale rate OF fifty cents per
thousand cubic feet.
Under the present rates the COM
panies claimed that their net earn
ings for 1918 would be insufficient TO
enable them to make necessary i'm
provements 20 their plants and sys-
TENS, or TO provide a fair, IL any, re-
turn 20 their stockholders upon the
capital employed In the business. The
Elizabethtown company contendsd
also IL must provide an entire new
gas generating set costing approx
mately 5000. 900. and must make ex-
tensions estimated 20 cost $4,000
during 1913. AS 10 this latter item
the board said:
Needed expenditures made for
purposes such as these IN so far as
they increase the productive capacity
OF the petitioners plants may proper
ly be met from the proceeds Of the
sale OF additional securities. In 20
far as they are necessary 70 keep the
plants up TO q condition OF normal
efficiency 20 meet present demands.
they should be made from accumu-
fconrnueo on page ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
S1O4,0O0 BOND
ISSUE IS DENIED
Can Complete Vocational
School Purchase Here, How
ever and Buy N. B. Site.

The application of the Board Of
Freeholders for permission to float q
bond issue of s65,000 with which to
finance the building of a new voca-
tional school in New Brunswick has
been denied by the Capital Issues
Committee, which, however, acted
favorably upon the request for bond
Issue amounting to $40, 900. The free
holders asked permission to issue
bonds amounting to 100000, of
which 100000 was to have been ex-
pended for the new county seat vo-
cational school.
The $4,000 bond issue, which the
Capital Issues Committee will allow
for vocational school purposes, In
cludes &20.6oo for the purchase OF
land and a building in this city, $1s,-
500 for the purchase Of site in New
Brunswick and $4,000 for vocational
school equipment.
The Recommendation of the Capital
Issues Committee was that the voca-
tional school work be continued in
New Brunswick and that the schools
in that city be utilized at night for
this purpose.
not taken any action as yet on the
application OF the freeholders to float
bond issue OF $4,000 TO defray the
cost of a new electric drawbridge over
the Delaware q Raritan canal nor for
q bond issue of $50, 900 for the recon
strucdon OF Piainneld avenue IN South
Plainfield.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the freeholders on July 26 for the pur-
chase of s2s0.000 funding bonds, is
sued TO fund temporary debt incurr-
ed In the reconstruction OF roads and
bridges and for the purchase of site
for a tuberculosis hospital prior to
January ]. 1918. Approval for this
bond issues was recently given by the
Capital Issues Committee.
The bonds are TO be of denomina-
ton OF 1000. maturing in numerical
order, $4,000 on July i OF the years
of 1890 to 1880, both inclusive, and
$4,000 on July. OF each Of the years
of 1881 to 1889, both inclusive. with
interest at four and three-quarters per
cent per annum, payable semi-annu-
ally January / and July /.
Most OF the work for which the
bonds will be issued has been COM
pleted. The site for the tuberculosis
hospital was purchased last year by
the old Board of Freeholders. but
from indications at present the erec-
ton Of a hospital will have to wait at
least another year. Included among
the improvements for which the
bonds Will be issued is $4,000 for the
Amboy bridge here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
IN NB|TTERF|GHT
ON PROHIBITION
Senate Brings Up Wire Control
Resolution In Effort to Stave
Off Inevitable.
6r United lsress.

WASHINGTON, July lin q final
desperate effort TO stave on war pro-
hibition, Senate VETS today planned
to call up the wire control resolution.
BY keeping this before the Senate
continuously until disposed OF they
hope to persuade Senate leaders TO
recess for the summer, leaving pro-
hibition undisposed Of.
A second move, counted on TO be
more effective, is the sounding OF
warming that wartime prohtoiuors
suddenly imposed, will ruin banks
holding liquor obligations and seri-
ously Interfere with the raising or
war revenues under the new tax bills.
Senator Simmons. chairman OF the
finance committee, Is to present ng-
ures showing that more than half
billion dollars would be required 20
get out of bond the 100000 gal
Ions of whiskey now on hand. The
tax on this Is ss.7o gallon. Sim
mons would argue that 1t would De
Impossible 70 get the money neces-
sary for withdrawal OF the liquor.
He will submit figures showing how
prohibition will reduce the national
revenues at a time when the need y
for every dollar that can be raised
even at the expense Of peoples CLOTH
ing. Drys claimed today that all
doubt that prohibition is certain 80
far as the Senate is concerned, was
removed by the vote late yesterday
ON the ruling Of Senator Salisbury
that the prohibition amendment was
out OF order.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
JEWISH WELFARE
SESSION TONIGHT
Meeting to Be Held In City Hall
When Prominent Men VIII
Make Addresses.

mass meeting of the captains
and workers who are to take part IN
the Jewish War Relief and welfare
Fund campaign. which is to start In
this city Sunday and continue Tor one
week. will be held tonight In the
eouncil chamber at the city hall.
Final instructions for the house 70
house canvass and street workers viii
be given at this time.
THE meeting Ia scheduled to start
At o'clock and will be called 70 or
der by DIR. Charles I. Silk, the chair
man. The speakers will be Mayor
John +. TenBroeck, Rey. William III.
Rawden and Charles Zinser OF New
York. Another speaker from New
York whose name is not known will
alsa be present.
structions to be followed by the cap
tains and workers during the cam
paign will be given out. The mouse
II house canvassers will receive their
diractions as win also those who are
~ solicit on the streets of the city.
The allotment for Perth Amboy in
tha drive is $4,000 and of this
amount $1,000 has, already been
nledged. which leaves a sum Of
$4,000 yet to be secured. The drive
viii continue from Sunday TO Sunday,
q period Of one week. although the
house 20 house canvass VIII not spaEt
until Monday morning. There Is no
question but what more than the re-
onired amount allotted 10 this city viii
be raised.
The fund is for the welfare Of the
T6.0OO Jews who are serving In the
camps. in the trenches and 70 aid the
s.0O6. 900 Jewish people now suffering
A stricken Poland. Galicia, Palestine
ana Turkey. During the drive prac-
ticaily the same tactics viii be used
- those In the recent Red Cross
drive. Autos will be stopped and as
contributions are made a blue Jewish
five-poinfed star on white back
rround will be given 30 that it may
Be placed on the car. informing other
workers that the driver has contri-
buted. All those who walk the streets
viii be solicited to do their part In
the cause Of these sufferers