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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
H~OUSEBOAT SINKS
Newly Fixed up and Furnished Craft
Goes Down at Browns
| 6u Grectdf CorreSBondcnG.

Goes Down at Browns
gu SrectaI Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. IA house
boat owned by a nan from Newark
is sunk north of the shipbuilding'
plant OF A. G. Brown e. Sons at the
foot of Amboy road. The h~ouseboat
was being towed from the Railway
river to the Shrewsbury by the tug
George B. Roe down the sound and
when near the shipyard was found to
be leaking. The tug put into the dock
near Browns, where the boat sank.
Part of the house is submerged
under water and the boat Is lying on
the side. The houseboat was recently
purchased by the present owner, who
had planned to spend the rest of the
summer with his family In the
Shrewsbury. The craft is about fifty
feet long and has all conveniences for
q summer home. The house part
contains six rooms and was complete
ly furnished throughout at a cost Of
$500.
The heavy strain of the tug pulling
the craft down the sound is believed
to have caused the houseboat to be-
gin to leak. An effort will be made
to beach the craft and to a v what
ever of the furnishings that will not
be ruined by the salt water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
Rx RETTY RROwN.

NEW YORK. Aug, I:=After a care
full inspection of most Of the frocks,
suits and coats in New York's display
of autumn style models I concluded 1t
safe to inform the EVENING NEWS
woman readers that the fashionable
Silhouette is very much up and DOWN.
It's called the "Ramrod Silhouette"
and its ideal seems to be to prove
that the shortest distance between
milady's head and feet is a straight
line. It will o yield so much as a
family curved waistline.
Extreme height and slenderness Is
the effect desired-and it likewise
produces a neat saving in material.
1t has been found that the severe
simplicity which Fashion decreed as
an early war measure is expensive, be-
cause the straight, simple cutting 1t
involved required great lengths of ma
terial. Accordingly the new tendency,
in spite of straight lines, is for gener-
GUS ornamentation, especially on suits.
The trimming Is in the form of panels,
tabs and pockets which conserve the
small pieces of cloth. In very many
suits there are center back and CEN
ter front panels, extending below the
hips, finished with fur bands, n held
In by the new halfIbelts, girdling
| either the back or front of the figure
other decorative effect.
Skirts r a bit longer and CORE
spondingly narrower, averaging only
about one and one-half yards for suits
to one and three-quarters for dresses,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

bed. Miss and Gray are ~thereupon
united and all ends happily.
DTTMAs.
The Ditmas theatre scored q big
triumph yesterday when audiences
that taxed the absolute capacity Of
this popular playhouse applauded,
cheered and thoroughly enjoyed the
latest film production TO Hell With
the Kaiser" eight part feature which
mingles fact and fancy in a most ORIG
inal way.
The applause was deafening in GER
tain parts of the play and the recep-
ton attended 1t mas caused That man.
agement to extend the engagement tor
Friday and Saturday, as It would be
entirely impossible to accommodate
the crowds hat wish TO see it in only
two days.
The cast is excellent and is headed
by Lawrence Grant, who plays the
roles of the kaiser and Robert Graubel
the actor who impersonates the would
be ruler of the world; Olive Tell as
Alice Monroe, the daring American
girl who aids in capturing the Kaiser
and John Sunderland as the aviator
all gave most excellent portrayals.
ITO He'll With the Kaiser" show.
the way in which Wilhelm II plunged
the world into war. The fortunes OF
an American family are followed In
the story and in revenge for the ghast-
ly fate of her little sister in a Belgian
convent, Alice Monroe brings about
the downfall Of the Kaiser, with the
aid of an American aviator. A beau
tiful love story runs throughout thii
powerful narrative and there are some
laughable Genes e~nshrouded for 6
comedy relief.
During the balance of the engage.
ment, today, tomorrow ami calurda.
performances will be given continuou:
from two-fifteen until eleven.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
T0TTENvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Williams. of
Brooklyn, formerly of this place,
spent last night with his brother, Ed
ward Williams of Butler avenue. Mr..
Williams is in the navy and Is {
toned at Newport News, Va.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. +. Bindenberger
will spend The month of August at
Ocean Grove.
Mrs. John 1.-the, OF Haskills. is the
guest of Nj. and Mrs. William Brown
OF Bentley street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Paugh and
children have returned to Boston az
ter a visit here.
Victor Parsons has returned TO
Camp Merritt after a few days with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Parsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Getzlowitz at
tended the marriage of her brother
in Manhattan Tuesday night.
Mrs. w. j. Hayes Is recovering
from recent injuries received In an
automobile accident In Newark.
Rudolph Ronalder. formerly OF the
U. s. Covington, hat was recently
~torpedoed. Is nov on a onVerted
yacht OF the coast of France ascord
ing TO word received by his parents.
The new uniforms for members OF
Company X, 18th Regiment, Boys
Cadet Corps. have arrived and will be
given out at the meeting Monday
night at the school
A meeting OF Welcome Council NO.
20. Daughters OF America, will be
held tonight at Knights OF Pytnias
hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
Expect Government Soon
to Take Garbage Plant
City OficiaIs Confer with Federal
Authority on Nuisance Breeder :
at Green Ridge.
Ga snfcfaf CnrrssnondenI

6y Special Correspondent
TOTTENvILLE, Aug. 1.-The COM
mittee of city officials which Is con-
sidering a proposal for Government
control of the municipal garbage plant
on Staten Island conferred Tuesday In
the Municipal Building with William
Wallace Means. Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture.
Mr.. Means came here t. familiarize
himself with the proposal that the
Federal authorities operate the plant
for the war.
Others at the conference were the
bondholders and receivers of the Met
ropolitan By-Products Company and
Representatives of the Cobwell Cor
poration, builders of the plant. Mr..
Means received that city
officials and all other interests con-
cerned were prepared to cooperate in
any plan to help the city or the gov
eminent. Although 1t was said that 1t
would cost $4,000 to improve the
plant so that 1t would not be a nuis-
ance, assurances were given that the
government was ready to assume that
expense.
counsel said he thought the govern
ment would take over the plant. Mr..
Means assigned two assistants from
his department to go over the plant
with the special committee. These
men will make thorough inspection OF
the plant and its possibilities in saw
ing waste materials.
Judge Garvin in the Federal Court
in Brooklyn has signed an order au-
thorizing the city to operate the garb-
age plant for thirty days. Corporation
Counsel William p. Burr said 1t was
probable that at the expiration of that
period the Government would take
control,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
STATEN ISLAND
NEW POLICE TEN SQUAD
SYSTEM A BOON To MEN
welcome Change Which Gives One
Day a Week On-Raise In Pay I'm
Effect Today.

BIZ Special Correspondents.
TOTTENvILLE, Aug. Com
manders of the various precinct po-
lice stations throughout the five bor-
oughs of the city of New York. are
making preparations for h putting
into effect the ten squad system for
patrol of policemen in the department.
The ten squad system is the n adj
vocated for some time by the patrol
men and which they believe will be
better to their advantage than any
thing that has been tried in the de-
partment.
The best advantage In the system is
that each patrolman gets a day Off In
every six instead of one in every twen-
ty-seven. as now in vogue in the nine
squad system hat is in use.
Charts of the workings of h sys-
tenn in each precinct are being pre-
pared as also are those for the lieuten-
ants n sergeants showing their
schedule to conform with the ten
squad system to be put Into effect as
soon as arrangements q be made.
With the increase in pay hat is to
start today for all those in the depart
ment with a salary up to $1,000 a year
the men will be greatly benefited by
both the change in the patrol system
and the raise in pay.
The wholesale transfer of men In
the department residing In the pre-
cinct where they are doing 1uty that
was believed to have taken ploce to-
day did not materialize as yet. Ac-
cording to the statement made by Po-
lice Commissioner EnrIght 1t is said
that the order issued by him some
time ago was inisinterpreted by the
men when he asked for the names of
all those residing in the precinct
where they were doing duty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. James Rockwell of
Brooklyn have been visiting in town.
Mrs. Henry Winant and daughter,
Miss Margaret Winant are home from
a visit in Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Gronin and daugh-
ter have returned home to Brooklyn.
Miss Ethel Hubner has returned
from a weeks vacation.
Mrs. Albert Wilburn and SON have
returned to Manhattan after q visit
with relatives.
Miss Betty Mcconnell has been en-
Toying q weeks vacation at home.
Milton Dennis has been homo from
the Newport naval training station.
Mrs. j. Buckner and son have been
on O visit to Philadelphia
Mrs. Robert Metcalfe and daughter
Mildred are in the Catskills for a va
cation.
Miss Jessie Simons is home from q
visit in New Jersey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
Licenses Revoked
81 Special Correspondent.

~ Special Correspondent
TRENTON, Aug. 1:-Charges of in
toxication. speeding, reckless driving
and taking a car without the permits
sion Of the owner were the only i'm
portant motor violation cases before
Commissioner Dill here yesterday ar
ternoon.
In the two former accusations the
commissioner revoked driving licenses,
while in the latter two cases the mel
were blacklisted.
William Sherman of 20 Watson ave-
nue.. West Orange. on a charge OF
reckless driving by Inspector Snyder.
was the man to be blacklisted. He
failed to appear, while the charge of
taking q car without permission
brought against Ira Lyon Of Newark
by T. A. Clisham caused the former
to be blacklisted also.
Thomas Sebolt of New Brunswick
had his driving license suspended for
driving while intoxicated. Michael 7,
Long preferred the charge.
The commissioner dealt in the same
manner with William Reise of 444 Jer-
sey avenue. Jersey City, who was
charged with speeding at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour. John ]. Marnel
preferred the charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
MUST LEAVE FERRIES

Passengers Desiring TO Make Round
Trips Must Purchase Tickets
BU Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 1:-Notices
have been posted on all of the NUM-
cipal ferryboats by Commissioner
John H. Delaney, of the department
of plants and structures, who took
over the ferries on July 1, to the eff
feet that all those who cross to st.
George will be compelled to leave the
boat at the end of each trip. They
also must purchase new tickets and
come back on some other craft.
Standing by, while a deckhand col
%lector picks up cash fares on board,
is now forbidden.
Commissioner Delaney explains
that this would ave the expense of
the extra men needed to collect fares.
1t also avoids delay caused by many
who remained aboard for a round
trip. Boats at times were tied up in
their slips for ten to fifteen minutes
while the collector gathered In the
nickels.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
'Ramrod Silhouette Holds
Us to Wool Conservation

Many skirts have yokes set on with
cording, and smashing big pockets II
any at all, are used. Seams IN both
skirts and coats overlap or are joined
under braid-all a part of the conser
walton order.
TUNES will hold good, but they are
comparatively scant, often formed OF
q corner not otherwise needed.
Perhaps more than any other form
/ of dress, war conditions have affected
evening wear. AS there Is compera-
lively little dancing and little preten-
tious entertainment in order, demi-
dress or evening dress will answer
| generally.
In the next article Betty Brown win
talk about the new trimmings and ac-
cessories. Beads and fringes are backi
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
DOCTORS BOOST FEES
high Cost of Automobiles One Reason
for Raise, They Say.
Hu SDecfdl Co~rresDondenf


TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 1:-At n
meeting of the local physicians held
at the office of DIR. Walker Washing
ton in Main street, last night 1t was
decided to advance the price of both
office and house consultation, ma
ternity and surgical cases.
Office consultation will be from 81
up, house visits between 9 a. N. and .
D. m. will be So and after 8 p. m, IS,
according to distance. Surgical cases
will be So according to time. amount
Of dressing and distance, and ma
ternity cases $25 and up.
The advance in gasolene and auto
mobile tires is given as the main a
on for the advance in prices accord
ing to the physicians.
They say these prices have been in
vogue in other parts of the island for
some time and have been held back
by the local doctors for some time.
They say hat the high price of all
materials caused by the war Is another
q for the advance. These prices
take effect August 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

Society Woman Now Works For Maid.
LONDON. Aug. IA society woman
suffering from neurasthenia. OBJ
tanned a government post on b ad-
vice OF her physician to so TO work
and found that the woman in charge
OF her department was q former SER
want whom she had discharged for
carelessness: Not a word was said Of
their former relations. ana the woman
SUI works under her former mail
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
ASK FOR BOND ISSUE

Rapid Transit Company's Application
on TIL Tuesday.
RU Special Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE. Aug. THE hear
ing on the petition of the Staten Is
land Rapid Transit Railway Company
to issue bonds to the amount of ST.
500 1000 before the Public Service
Commission has been postponed until
next Tuesday at $3.50 o'clock.
At a meeting of the commission last
week the railway company stated
their case and submitted figures why
permission should be granted for the
new issue of bonds, which the COM
mission held under advisement for a
decision at the next meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
II. w. Cline.
ar

oOIneWI6To IN France
I hope you receive my mail all
right. ] have received some letter:
and am glad everybody is well ia
home. I am in the best of health
having lots of sport and drilling.
Was down to the city Saturday night
and had q very nice time. 1t is a very
pretty place.
we had a roast chicken dinner ir
our barracks Sunday and all that went
with It and ice You ought tc
see us making the cream,-some fun,
all hands taking a turn in turning
the freezer.
VIII close with love to all. Give
my regards to all the boys over there.
From your son.
Headquarters Company 30l
Field Artillery.
American Erpeditionary Force.
VIM. *. Petty
Somewhere in France, June 2S, 1915
Dear Bill;
A line or two. I will let you know
that I got here all right and also had
fine trip. I was sick once and
was sick too. but got all over IL the
next day.
/ really don't know what to say az
we can't talk about the war. anyhow
we don't know much so you see
where we stand.
/ would like TO play a game OF
cards with you Just for old times
sake.
All we do is drill all day long. Just
now I am at school studying gas.
am q corporal and two OF my conn.,
pany were made gas N. G. O's. We
go TO school for about ten days or sc
and It is one great place. There II
a lot to know about all the gases a
there are so many kinds.
I sent a letter to the truck com.
pany the other day and told them ir
Il / was asking for you. Did they tel
you or not7
y At the company We are allowed Il
write two letters a week but the
teachers are so good at school theY
let you write IS many as you want.
am taking that chance now.
I would like 10 hear from you and
some OF the boys. so wish you woul(
tell them TO write me q line or tive
II you will. We don't get any paper
here and news from home soundi
good, believe me. kid. II you writ
me, my address will be Corporal VIII
liam Petty. Company F, S10th Infan
try, American Expeditionary Forces
and I will get it, VIII close for thi
With regards to yourself and all.
am
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
German Language to Be Purified.

AMSTERDAM. Aug. The Prus-
sian Lower House has issued a report
on the publication of the German lam
guage from foreign words used in the
(provisional) will be replaced by 'vor-
laulg." Interpolation" (ques-
tions) will be known as "formliche
Anfragen."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
SOME SMALL HUNS!
Recruits Eyesight Not Good Enough
to Pick I'm on.

10 TICK 'EIN OH.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. Ser
geant William s.. Smith, OF the local
u. s. Marine recruiting station, was
examining Jesse Somerville, a husky
Kansas farmer, for enlistment in the
Marines.
Somerville, It was found, had bad
eyesight and could not read letters an
inch high at twenty feet. He could
not understand why this should keep
him out of the service.
you've got to have good eyesight
to pick off those Huns" he was told.
"You don't mean to tell me-" he
said earnestly, that those Huns are
that small !"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

LONDON, Aug. IL Extravagant
mourning has not yet been abandoned.
A woman who had lost her husband
recently asked a London draper for a
crepe hood and rope for her baby,
whom she wanted to put in mourning.
The shopkeeper refused her order.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

These are the seven super-aces OF
the allied aces. AS the mathematical
stunt shows, they have brought down
@ total of 262 German airplanes on the
western front. If they keep 1t up the
Huns won't have any planes left after
awhile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

LONDON, Aug. 1:-Here's the lat-
est American naval yarn. A naval on
Ger was asked what he was going TO
do when the war was over. He re-
piled.
nut II on my shoulder. and start 10
walk inland. When I reach a place
where a man stops me and says:
What the hell's that7' I am going to
settle down there for life"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
Mead and Buttcr scarce in Sweden.

Meat and Butter Scarce I'm Sweden.
LONDON. Aug. 1.-The food stu
alton in Sweden is worse than most
people realize. Milk is rationed to
four-ffths of a pint a week; there are
no eggs and little butter: meat is
scarce and the supply of potatoes,
which comes from Germany. is made
Quate,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
Theatre NewS
ROYAL.

Royal.
"a Game With Fate" the Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon Feature, which will be
the attraction in the Royal theatre to-
| day, is the amazing story of a gamble
| with love and death in which a young
| millionaire gets one foot in the cleo
| trio chair to be saved by the girl,
whose faith in him is stronger than the
| evidence which condemned him. 1t Is
q detective story as thrilling as 1t is
different and was written especially for
| Harry Morey by Tom Terriss, Vita
| graph director.
"a Game With Fate" presents Mr..
Morey in one of his most convincing
roles. Betty Blythe plays opposite
| MT. Morey, it being this attractive and
| talented players first appearance as a
leading woman in Blue Ribbon Fea-
lures. In the supporting cast are
Percy Standing, Denton Vane, Robert
| GailIard, and Stanley Walpole. The
| picture was directed by Paul Scardon.
CITY.
A lady passing the City theatre
| Monday afternoon stopped to inspect
baby carriages which overhowed the
| lobby and extended out on the side
walk. When she found they all be-
longed TO patrons of the City theatre
and not for sale, she was very much
disappointed. as she had picked out "a
perfect darling" for her child at home.
MI. Lewis and his company are GER
tainly making friends galore In Perth
Amboy and the surrounding vicinity.
The play for the last half, Jesse
James is one OF the greatest melo
dramas ever written and requires an
immense amount of special scenery,
electrical effects and wardrobe. Those
l who saw Mr.. Lewis as Father Kelly"
| o. ssNha RocaF ny % will Oaf q rhonra 40
Judge the versatility Of their favorlte
when he appears In the title role.
Jesse James In playing stock the
actor must be able 20 play any part
cast for and Mr.. Lewis appears TO ad-
vantage In either the priest or the out
law. First three days next week a dra-
matiEation of Bertha M. Clay's famous
novel. 'Thorns and Orange Bios
sons will be given.
Mary Pickford in Bret Harte's
"M'liss." s~cenarioized by Frences
Marion. and directed by Marshall
tomorrow and Saturday.
"M'liss" is a Wild. harum-scarum
child IN the days OF the C~alifornis
gold rush. Her father, Drummer
Smith, lives up TO his nickname
Comes TO Red Guich one Charles
Gray, learned but handsome, 10 teach
school. and Miss becomes his pupil
Smiths brother in the East dies and
leaves him his estate. Jim Peterson
and Clara Parker. trusted servants o;
the dead man, come to Red Gulch
looking for the heir. Peterson. want.
ing the estate for himself. has Smith
murdered by Mexican Joe.
Suspicion centers on Gray. who had
been seen leaving Smiths cabin
When Miss learns Gray is under
suspicion, she hastens back 70 Red
Guich 70 save him. Meanwhile Pc
tersOn has been chosen foreman Of
the Jury trying Gray. The Parker
woman testides she Is hummer
Smiths wife but Is repudiRted b,
"M1iss." Gray Is sentenced to TWEEN,
lty years imprisonment. Peterson q
mortally wounded IN a gun battle anS
~confesses everything on his dealt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01
WHISKY An London IS Cents a Glass.

whisky In London So Gents a Glass.
LONDON, Aug. 1:-France isn't so
mad after all" said a returned soldier.
you can get good whisky Of pre-war
quality over there for 81 a quart. while
in London you pay IS cents for a drink
OF whisky that would disgrace the
name OF Scotland. or t6.36 q quart"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-01

Few Whites In india.
Compared with midas 614.000,Oo0
d~ark-skinned natives. that country has
but ABBOTT 100000 white inhabitants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-30

THE SECRETARY
OF WAR, Newton D.
Baker, as Santa
Claus to as many
Washington children
whose fathers are
serving Uncle Sam
in France as could
be collected in the
immense rotunda of
the Capitol on
Christmas Day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-30

LITTLE DANCERS
in "Au Clair de la
Lune," a b a | | e t
drama presented at
the Christmas party
of the Matinee Musi-
cal Club in ballroom
of t h e Bellevue
Stratford. From left
to right are Kath-
crime l.. B a X t e +,
Catherine M. Hall,
Virginia P. w e 8 t,
Edith Akeroyd and
Katherine Address.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-30


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