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New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
The Prussian thought moment, tl.ss


The Prussian thought a moment. tl.ss
exclaimed:
"Then America will be f militagist
nation, seeking conquest Of the world.
Your American newspapers have lied
We invaded Belgium because we had TO
protect ourselves against France. II
we hadn't invaded Belgium France
would have, and Germany would have
been overrun by France. Your news
has been all wrong. What Bethmann-
HolIweg meant was that Belgiumss
treaty with Germany had already been
violated by secret treaty with the
Allies"
"Do you know that 20 per cent of
the Americans fighting aga:as. you here
to-day are Of German parentage and
are volunteer soldiers at that?" the
major demanded.
Then the lieutenant answered in the
typical1y Prussian manner:
"They fight for their country. as
do for mine"
Then the secret of inner Germany
Treachery of Germans
I'vc read III army orders and Ger
man newspapers that American sol
diers will kill every captured German.
When I was captured this morning the
American soldier told me my life would
be spared if l showed no sign of
treachery. / have no desire to be
treacherous"
"Possibly.yo haven't" responded the
major. "But do you know that saw
with my own eyes near Fismes the
other day nine German machine gun
ners killed around their gun by one of
our shrapnel shells? Three had large
ever heard your machine gunners cry
! ing 'Kamerad' and then firing their gun
when our soldiers were off their
guard?"
"Haye you seen all this with your
own eyes?" demanded the Prussian.
81 have" replied the major. 1--WE
have no desire to kill German prison
crs. We would like to make the whole
German army prisoner and thus end
the war;" added the major. "And then
Germany would lose her colonies and
AlsaceLorraine and pay for this war.
| Why shouldn't Germany? Have you
ever heard of the war of 1870 and that
Prussian officers slaughtered the civil
ians at Zabern before this war;"
1--WE heard something about that, but
Alsace- Lorraine belonged to Germany
! before the war of 1870 and, anyway,
the officers at Zabern were on German
territory" said the lieutenant
War "Forced' on Germany
He followed these statements on the
war with others. He snid that neither
the Kaiser, the Grown Prince, Luden-
dorff nor Hindenburg had lost any
popularity in Germany. But Germany
was forced to commence this war. You
must remember that Germany was
forced into this war We are not
beaten yet. We have plenty of fighting
material" were his parting shots.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
Poincare Visits Freed Towns

PARIS, Aug. 31.-President Poincare
and Albert F. Lebruh, Minister Of
Blockade and Invaded Regions. TO-DAY
visited villages freed by the advance
of the armies of Generals Debney and
Humbert, to investigate conditions as
regards the repatriation of the inhab-
itants.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-01

The
towing retreaing Flanders
KENNEL ) pushed forward miles The
the village of Noyon
ndenbug positions ( three
fighting the
in
solid
Evening star., 1918-08-26

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Evening star., 1918-08-26

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TO all past performances in our Base
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dinary as a sale of this kind may
seem, coming as 1t does even before
the season has set in, yet nothing ts
keeping with the times than to LOOK
AHEAD NOW TO YOUR personal
NEEDS FOR THE COMING FALL
AND WINTER The cooperation OF
two of our regular manufacturers
has enabled Ms to make possible the
extraordinary values offered in this
sale of Cloth Coats, which In many
c1xex mems
Evening star., 1918-08-26

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Evening star., 1918-08-26

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Evening star., 1918-08-26
A Saving of 25%

Remember Every Garment l. . Smart New
1els-l9 Season Model. Some Of the coats
have been in the store only two days. the
rest have been coming in daily for the past
week Not only will 1t prove economical to
choose your fall and winter coat NOW. but
in so doing you certain of choosing
coat that has received the most careful at
tention of the makers and Is an example of
splendid workmanship that In not likely to
be quite as much in evidence in garments put
ont the sarush" sasou-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
ROSNER AND BELMONT
TRAVEL FAST DRAW

Going eight rounds at a speedy,
clever gait. Young Rosner, the fly
weight champion, showed the local
fight fans last night why he Is cham
pion, and Mickey belmont indicated
that he has the qualifications of one.
The fighting was fast and furious from
start to finish and produced a good
draw. belmont weighed in at 116
pounds and Rosner at 100. This han
dicap in weight was Offset by Rosner's
experience. The fight was n mans
up to the last period. and quoting
Freddie Welsh, former lightweight
champion, who occupied a ringside
seat and was introduced to the fans,
ut was the best bout I've seen In New
Jersey since the boxing started in this
state" The bout featured the Lotos
S. C. show.
Rosner's left to the stomach had
belmont worried at times. but the lat
ter's longer reach, and greater weight
made the fighting even. Time and
again belmont would force the cham
pion to the ropes only TO find his man
well covered up hat his shower Of
blows went for naught. Rosner with
a left to the culinary department or
right TO the head would sqnirm
loose and hand his huskey opponent
blow for blow and then some.
The semi final bout between Bobbie
Michaels of New York and Joe For
goine of Newark, was also a fight that
had the house up in the air" for the
six rounds that IT lasted. In the
round Forgoine see med TO
things coming his way nicely. He
was rudely surprised in the following
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

TUSSLE FOR SATURDAY

Action followed words quickly in
the dispute between the Wheeler
.Condensers of Roosevelt and the In
gots. The verbal shots were few but
effective. They brought about the
desired result without much ado. In
short. the two teams have agreed to
peot and settle their differences on
the diamond, not in newspaper col
The frst game OF q likely
series of three viii be staged on the
r. c. ". grounds Saturday afternoon.
In view OF the convention of the
Eagles here Saturday. the manage
mem proposes to make of the game
q stellar AFFAIR. The tussie has excit-
ed considerable interest because of
the spirited preliminaries that pre-
coded the booking.
For that .mRttar. there arc still
some angles for discussion. Captain
Harry Applegate. of the Ingots. as
serts IN reply to the Roosevelt man.
ayers letter published In the NEWS
Saturday. that he wants 20 combine
an Ail-Perth Amboy team 20 meet an
All-Rooseyelt aggregation for the
county championship. He aid not
stipulats the InEots. he asserts. and
confessos that he would not venture q
positive assertion OF superiority IN
loss he was discussing an All-Perth
Amboy nine.
This leaves Il up 20 the Roosevelt
manager 90 interpret Appiegate's
all over again. Appiegate
would probably draw on Blackio
Regain for an All-Amboy team. Regan
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
Y. NJ. h. A. GYM
IN FULL SWING
Seniors Meeting Regularly on
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Secure New Apparatus

The delayed summer" weather OF
III past several weeks had stimulat-
ed the gymnastic activities OF the
Young Mems Hebrew Association in
great style. The association athletic
directors felt a trihe ambitious when
they essayed a gymnastic program
for the summer months, but the
ready response hat greeted the an
.-nouncement has more han set at rest
all doubts of the interest In associa-
ton circles.
The senior class holds sessions reg
.ularly- every Tuesday and Thursday
night. The juniors meet Wednesday.
These schedules will be augmented
during the fall n winter months.
New gymnaStic apparatus. including
dumb bells, wooden horses and trap
eye a been purchased and added
to the gymnasium equipment. Sidney
Potthauser is director in charge, and
personally has charge OF boxing and
bag punching instruction. He Is as
sisted by Edward Cohen, who is
whipping into shape candidates for
the track team and wrestling. Morris
M~argaretten Is assistant director in
charge of the Junior gymnastic class
es.
A committee of five, including the
members of the house committee, Is
arranging for a smoker to be held by
the gym classes during August. New
members wishing to enter the classes
Will consult with any of the named
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
Wins From
Ryan All The Way

Yorkville. "easy meat" for George
Brown OF New York. Kane started
well in tho initial round but had to
bear the soul end of the tiff through
out the five remaining stanzas. The
sixth round found both boys smuggling
away t one another with all they
had but neither could land the deci
sive blow. -
The third preliminary was still
more full of action. Joe Dillon Of
New York outpointed Jack Tracy.
also of New York. The fifth n sixth
rounds went to Dillon, the third went
10 Tracy and the rest were even In
the sixth round Dillon made every ef-
fort to land the X. o. blow but Tracy
gamely stuck IL out. He received q
good drubbing in the last two rounds
and was In distress when the gong
sounded.
Every bout OF the card last night
went the scheduled number of rounds
and furnished plenty of action for the
fans.
John Eckhardt. of Atlantic City,
was the referee and NJ. Seaman, OF
New York.
Preceding the main bout the flag
of democracy, representing the three
nations, England, France and United
States. was sold throughout the audi
ence for the benefit of Clark Grihiths'
"bat and BALI fund for the boys owe
here and over there. A large number
OF the flags were resold. the sum total
netting enough to insure that h
camps will be well supplied with
baseball paraphernalia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

rounds when Bobbie Michaels and his
green trunks waded into him and gave
him q neat lacing. Mlchaels did prae-
tically all the leading throughout the
fight. but nevertheless, had a wary
eye for Joe's hard hitting right.
Michaels' left TO the stomach stood
off Forgoine's rushes In every round.
The fighting was very aggressive
through the six rounds and the shade
earned by Michaels was we'll deserved.
Kapl0o Loses.
Dannie Ryan, OF Orange, knocked
out Young Kapko of North Amboy, In
the second round. Kapko made a
game fight being out on his feet, but
fighting until he was foored by his
more experienced opponent of Orange.
X. o. Green, the colored mit-slinger
of Perth Amboy. quit to Battling Zim.
another local colored battler in the
third round. after having led in the
first two.
Young Dundee. of New York, quit
to Louis Rose, of Newark. a smaller
man, In the first bout of the evening.
Dundee also quit last Monday at the
Amboy A. c. fight to a much lighter
man.
Johnny McAvoy refereed the fight
in c~ommendable style, making the
boys fight clean and break clean. He
talks to the fighters, never laying a
hand on them unless absolutely neces-
sary.
Albert Leon speaking on behalf of
the Jewish Welfare Fund received a
shower of coins from the largest
crowd that has yet attended a fight
in Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
NOTICES
SHOULDN'T TRY
TO KILL BALL

The average novice once on the
tee with his driver Will try to kill
the ball" After seeing an expert
drive a couple of hundred yards he Is
apt 10 try to duplicate the perform
ance. Nothing could be more costly
to golfng form.
The first thing for the novice TO
learn is a sense OF direction. This
may be obtained by a proper dis
lance. an easy swing and a perfect
follow through.
Later on. when the novice learns
how TO hit the ball he may begin prac-
ticfng for distance, but must remem-
Der hat a short perfect drive down
the fairway Is worth more thai a long
slice into the rough.
The top of h swing should bring
the club horizontal to the body, the
left leg Is bent at the knee. while
the right leg Is stiff. forming a pivot
for the swing. The left foot must
never be taken from the ground.
At the finish of the swing the club
has described a complete circle. the
follow through being perfect. A nov
ice should accustom himself 10 this
stroke by practicing on dandelion
heads or a small soft practice ball.
Do not take your eye from the bali.
This is one OF the great a11oms Of
goif-keep your y on the ball"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
WEST VIRGINIA
ON GRID MAP
Three Major Colleges of Noun
taineer State all Plan for
Active Season.

That the three major colleges Of
West Virginia which for the past doz-
en- years or more lave supplied the
interest in the gridiron game for
M~ountaineer fans will again support
elevens this fall is shown by a pre-
liminary survey of h situation made
since the announcement from Phila-
delphia some time ago to the effect
that the major colleges of the east
would go ahead with their teams on
the advice of the war Inc navy off,
cials.
West Virginia university at Nor
gantown will have a team up to her
high standard of the past four or five
years when she has forged to the very
forefront of American college elev-
ems. M. M. McIntire, head coach for
three years, again will be in charge
though both Elgie Tobin and Fred
Chenoweth of last years staff will be
missing. The material for the team
Is uncertain, but 1t is said there will
be a fair nucleus of last years men.
West Virginia Wesleyan at Buck
harmon again will have a team.
"Greasy" Neale, Cincinnati outf1elder,
who handled the Methodist team SO
successfully last cal. may not re-
turn. Bethany College. losing her
coach also. will have a team. accord
tng to a formal announcement a week
ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

Kitchen Police.
BY Sergeant Basil Dillon Woon.
Sitting here in the kitchen, peeling a
bucket of spuds.
Wearing a dirty apron to cover my
blue serge duds:
A hundred thou in the bank-"So-
ciety Man." that's me.
But because I was late at roll call
they CAV me a weeks TX. p"
Sitting here in the kitchen. with slop
all over my jeans.
Pickin' rocks and ~splinters out of a
barrel OF beans,
Ny thoughts have gone a wandering
to what 1 used TO be,
Before I missed hat hast post car,
and they gave me a weeks TX.
p"
I think of the nights I squandered,
doing the barroom stunt.
Gee! What a sissy I was, what a hope
less. hapless runtl
Oh, I was there with the girls, boys!
They called me a '7ady's man."
What would they say II they saw me
now. scraPdng a greasy pan?
The mess sergeant's a SLAYER, he
i've q mar no rest:
The first cook is a villain, but / hate
the second best
Oh, sure, boys. I enlisted, TO march
away to wars,
But they've got me here in the kitch-
en-, doing the company chores
A week policing the kitchen. watch
ing the biscuits Drowned
Me, who used 70 order two thousand
men around!
I wonder what those two thousand
would say, II they could e me
now,
Washing a hundred dishes. ready for
6 o'clock chowf
Two months ago in the greenhouse,
I held Anita's hand,
Told her that ! had enlisted TO 'hght
for my native land:
She leaned her head on my shoulder:
said she'd be proud of me.
She'd be proud, all right, IL She saw
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
LOCAL GUNNERS
WIN IN MATCH
Defeat New Brunswick Team
BY a Score of 622 to Gil
in the Rain.
In spite of the unfavorable weather

In spite of the unfavorable weather
conditions some impressive scores
were registered Saturday afternoon
at New Brunswick when a team of
five members Of the Perth Amboy
Rifle Club defeated a team of the
New Brunswick Rife Club by a score
of 622 to GIL. Rain fell almost all
the time during the shoot.
1t was decidedly difficult to see the
bulls eye on the 500-yard range. A
targets were used for the 200 and
500 yard ranges, and the B target for
the 500.
Andrew Anderson was high gun
Cor the Amboy team, and the match
with a total of 1873 out of a possible
$50. He shot consistently at all
three distances. Nicholas was high
for New Brunswick.
The scores follow:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

Jack Britton lived up to his repu-
tation and gave a pretty boxing exhi-
bltion when he sailed into Willie
Ryan, the New Brunswick welter-
weight, right from the start in their
eight-round bout at the Amboy A G.
in South Amboy last night. Britton
kept right after Ryan all through
the eight rounds. Britton's scientific
and clean lighting made a big hit
good showing against the former
champ but the latter's experience
was too much TO overcome. The alb
sence of smuggling and wrestling was
very noticeable and tho bout was well
received by the fans.
In the first round the boys took
things easy and the going was about
even. In the second round Britton
made things hum for Ryan right on
the start and his style of fighting
seemed to have the New Brunswick
boy puzzled but Ryan stuck right
with the champ to the end. In the
third stanza Britton kept jabbing at
Ryan's head and body n drew
blood from the Brunswickeris nose.
The fourth round also found the
former champ on the aggressive. A
wicked left TO the jaw sent Willie
staggering in h second round. The
best round for Ryan was the seventh
when he landed n number of hard
blows. Britton came back stronger
ever in the final stanza and sent
blow after blow to Ryan's head and
body. When the gong rang the
Brunswick boy was In distress.
In the first preliminary six-round
Jimmy Barrett. of New York,
Terry Davis. also OF New
York. The bout was slow and lacked
interest throughout as the boys
clinched most OF tho time. Each one
seemed TO be in fear OF the other.
Both fighters were about ready to
drop from weakness when tho final
gong sounded.
The second preliminary, which was
full of pep" found Jimmy Kane. Of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
Twilight Baseball

The first game OF twilight baseb u.
In the Camp Morgan-Ingot series VIII
be staged at Camp Morgan ThuroAhy
evening. The Ingots viii arrive at
the scene a few minutes before 9
o'clock and start the game promptly
on the hour.
Much interest a&tnches 60 tho bat
tie since the series between tho two
teams now stands at one-Ril. the
Morganites having tied up matters
with their 8 C 0 victory Saturday.
Frank Ritter will probably oppose
Harold Conklin in the box.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
LEE
TELLS HOW TO
HANDLE A GUN
Who "TGckhOe" Lee Is

He Is Captain Thomas X. Lee,
U. 8. A, stationed at the Small
Arms Firing School. Camp Ferry,
Ohio. He won the rife champion
ship in 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918. He
didn't win 1t in fs16 because he
didn't compete. He won the pis-
toll and revolver championship in
1917 and 1918; scored 999 out Of
possible 1000 in Martin invitation
match in 1914: scored the possible
500 in the International match in
1914, and holds most every record
with the rife, revolver and pistol.
Taking up trapshootlng in 1917
Lee was the ~runner-up in the
Alabama State championship
event. He claims the all-round
shooting championship of the
world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
Platinum In Spain.

Platinum deposits in the south OF
Spain. in q mountainous region known
as the serrania de Ronda. are report
ed to be extensive. The II or IA nv
ers OF the district may prontabiy %
dredged for platinum gravel for some
years 10 come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

Is a bonahde Amboy resident and Is
playing bang up ball for Camp Nor
gan. Applegate was seen to have
some whispering conversation with
Blackie al the Morgan-Ingots game
Saturday and both showed considera-
Bile animation.
Harry asserts that II Roosevelt viii
accept his def under the stipulations
quoted. they can get a bet here any
where from the capital stock OF the
First National up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
The scores follow:
Perth Amboy
New Brunswick
Much Different

After a woman hos been married q
month or two she discovers that see
ing a nj only Wednesday and Sun
day evenings is a vastly different prop
osition from seeing him every day In
the week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16
Baseball Or Girls!
G|RLUSHERSIN
CUB BALL PARK

There is more than one reason for
attending ball games at the Cub park
in Chicago. Besides seeing the Ma
tonal league leaders in action one
is escorted to his seat by a pretty girl
who smiles as she picks out the seat.
For Charley Weeghman, owner of b
Cubs. did not hesitate when the Crow
der work or Tight order sent his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

ushers on the trail of new jobs. he
just decided that a bunch of good
looking girls could handle the crowds
as well as men and hired a bunch of
them for that purpose.
Weeghman Is the first magnate to
hire girl ushers, but 1t Is expected
other magnates will follow his ex-
ample before the season Is over.
The only trouble about these girl
ushers," n of the Cub players said,
us that they attract much attention.
A guy could pull off an unassisted
triple play and not half the bullets
in the stand would see it."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

what Is a dry Dattery!
"a dry battery Is a moving
body of men without a saloon in
sight
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

me now, doing a weeks X. r.
Dumping the sIush in the hog can,
scrubbing the kitchen floor
a Shiny muck can III ny
hands are bleeding and sore.
the hash for supper, putting
the ice in the tea.
Archibald PervicaI Knutty, Societl
Man, that's me.
Ingotsi
The IngotS are not the team OF
old. They're not hitting. Their
outfeld Is shot to pieces Their
pitching is fair, and that's about
all. The fielding of Stinson and
Christopherson, alone, stands
out as the one redeeming feature
The loss of Austin Hornsby, Char
lie Loeser and Jack Bagan, al
heavy hftters, is felt Saturday
the team was woefully weak at
the bat. They have shown the
same tendency before. Only once
or twice have they broken forth
on one of their old time batting
sprees, the kind they would en-
gineer week after week in past
seasons 1t Is no longer MUIR
derers' Row, but Hopeful Row.
To pull Matt Rodda from left
field into second base is an error
for n thing. Had Rodda been
in his familiar position Saturday
he would have caught ReganE
high fly, instead Of permitting 1t
to go for a ~two-ba&ger that paved
the way for the first Morgan rum
The unfortunate part OF the sftu-
alton is that there Is very little
prospect of strengthening the
team for the very simple reason
that good material, like labor. Is
scarce. The Ingots must con-
tinue along doing the best they
can.
Frankie Wilson has learned h
difference between an exhibition
and a real honest-to-goodness
fight. Monday night OF last week
he SPARED three rounds with
Benny Volgar at Camp Morgan
Frankie was elated at his show
ing, and readily took on the
hardy Frenchman for the final at
the Eastern A. c. in Long
Branch, Friday night Wilson's
seconds threw In the sponge in
the second round.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-16

Kitchen Police.
By Sergeant Basil Dillon Woon.