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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
ASK IMPROVEMENTS
Staten Island Residents to Petition
for Sidewalks

BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 13:-Resi-
dents of Pleasant Plains n Prince
Bay are going to present a petition to
Borough President VanName at the
next meeting Of the. local board of
public improvement for the construc-
ton of sidewalks along Amboy road.
from Foster road, Prince Bay, to
Bedell street, Pleasant Plains. h
petitions have been in circulation
during the past week and have been
signed by a number of property own
ers along the t~horoughfare affected
by the improvement.
The petition is for a sidewalk OF
natural or artificial stone where not
already done on both sides of Amboy
road, between Foster road and Bedell
street in the fifth ward.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13

Einhorn will bowl with the A. 8. a r
team this year, Sewaren can only mus
ter I'D a three-man team consisting OF
Dolan. Larson and Simonsen- We are
willing to bowl any three-man team in
the city and all arrangements for
matches can be made with III. l. SIM
onsen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
PASSENGERS DELAYED
Engine ON Staten Island Rapid Tran
sit Break Down.

by DpetFUT COfTt5poHutff.
TOTTENVILLE. Dec. 13.-Pas-
sengers on the Staten Island Rapid
Transit railroad train leaving Totem
Vile at $50 o'clock last night were
delayed more than an hour in arriv-
ing at st. George. The delay was
caused by the breaking OF the driving
rod and blowing out of the cylinder
head while the train a running from
Huguenot to Annadale.
The train was in charge of Engin-
Ger Warner and Conductor Ford. The
locomotive was hoodoo No. %. The
disabled train was pulled into st.
George by the train leaving Totem
vile at Z o'clock and the arrival at
the destination was 7:45 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
Beautiful Ferns.

When the new shoots Of potted ferns
appear ttirn them TO the light until
they are wen up and the shoot started
in the right direction. When the fern
is full grown the result will be u beau
tifui sound plant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13

Ten Dogs Killed at City Pound.
The dog catcher killed ten dogs at
the city pound yesterday afternoon.
The determination was supervised by
Mounted Officer Joseph Hartung.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
DTTNIAS.

Pay Water Rents or Lose Your Supply
superintendent Samuel j. Mason. of
the water department. announced to-
day that the department would COM
mence today to shut off water in the
homes of people who owed water rent
for three months or more If the same
Is not paid at once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
SeWaTen BowIeTs Want Games

Scwarcn Also I'm the Bowling Light and
Wants Games With Three-mnn
Teams@ChaIlenge Follows:
Sporting Editor OF the Evening News:
Dear Sir: Since w. jenkins and c.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13

The dist during and after influenza
gsztibIs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13

Optimistic Thought.
Gold. however abundant. cannot rem
der a person truly rich.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-13
Theatre News
MAJESTIC.

Looking over the cast or The Gold-
en- Crook" company. which appears at
the Majestic, Monday, December 10,
one is impressed with it being one of
the best In burlesque. Heading his
exceptional array OF talent Is the
greatest of all tramp comedians. Billy
Arlington. who is too well known to
need any introduction. There is
Eleanor Cochran, the winsome sou
brette, and HarIie Mayne. the stately
prima donna. Geo. Douglas is a good
| foil for Mr.. Arlington's witticisms,
and a clever singer and dancer.
STRAND.
A comedy drama in u new vein is
offered at the Strand Theatre today
and Saturday with Enid Bennett In
the star part. 1t Is The Vamp,"
from a scenario by G. Gardner Sullt-
van, and was produced under the SUI
pervision of Thomas H.. Ince. 1t
scored a decisive hit at its premier
showing here.
Those who have seen the dainty lit
tie Australian actress in Thos. H.. Ince
pictures recall her naivete and sweet
ness in girlish roles. TIC see her. then.
still girlish, but endeavoring to assume
a worldly air, V e to the extent of
"vamping'' a mar to such an extent
tina he engages to marry her, is a
AOfCAAJ Y
Miss Bennett does the finest piece of
acting she has done in many months
I'm this role. She is ably supported
by Douglas MacLean and others, in
Guiding Charles French, Robert Nc
Kim Melbourne Mcdowell, yno. Z.
Lockney and others.
DrTNAS.
A clever screen play. Secret
Strings" a Metro production starring
Olive Tell, will be offered at the Dit
mas today and tomorrow.
The play, which was adapted for
the screen from the stage production
of the same name by the noted author
ess, Kate Jordan, was a Broadway
success locating a record breaking
season.
Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Gree
ley, the famous stars. will appear al
so today and tomorrow in by Hook
or Crook a delightful light drama
that is Jammed with laughs.
by Hook or .Crook" was written by
Harry o. Hoyt, who has penned many
of the best-known World successes.
and in this drama he has c~oncocted
one OF the best plays in which these
particular stars have yet been seen.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14
P|MPLY? WELL, DON'T Be-!
People Notice 1t. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pirnply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of DR.:
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood, the bowels and theliver
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue
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DR.. Edwards spent years among pa.
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Take one or two nightly for a week
See how much better you feel and look
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Fish is better when fried in oil.
Weather strips will save the coal
bill.
Rice is better when it has cooked
for six hours.
Baked potatoes are more whole
some than boiled
Excellent breakfast pancakes can
be made of rice flour.
Fruit to be sent a long way can
be dipped in paraf1in.
Tt is a good idea to keep dry
groceries il open jars.
New potatoes should not be given
to inValids or children
Open fireplaces are a Wastefu1 way
OF heating a house.
Use a dry mop on a hardwood fool
before sweeping it.
An impossibility is a very clear and
nutritious soup.
The kitchen scale is more import
ant now than ever before.
Potatoes rank next to the cereals
us a source Of carbohydrate.
Moonshine will have as bad an eff
feet on fish as hot sunshine.
Mems trousers can easily be cut
down for boys knickerbockers.
Growing children should have a
great deal of milk in their diet
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14

hear any woman complaining we tell
them about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it did for
me. Mrs. JOHN FRAME, 1121 N. 18th
ST., st. Louis, Mo.
Girls who suffer as Mrs. Frame did
should not hesitate to give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a trial, as
the evidence that is constantly being
published proves beyond question that
this grand old remedy has relieved more
suffering among women than any other
medicine.
For confidential advice write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The result of their forty years expert
ence is at your service.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14

over to my mother-in-law ministra-
TONS loving, gentle attention, supple
mented,, l shrewdly surmise by some
powerful sleeping potion adroitly
given for I soon fell asleep and knew
nothing of the gruesome duties that
must have occupied the rest of nv
household in the hours before morn
ing.
I didn't see Lillian again for several
days. At her request [ did not leave
my room, indeed was hardly able to
leave it for nearly a week. And it was
through my mOther-in-IaW's Shrewd
surmise alone that 1 learned of
Lillian's thoughtfulness in taking
charge of the body of Mrs Allis, of
whose relatives we could find no trace,
and giving it decent Christian burial
1 had directed that William should be
laid to rest in the little village ceme-
terry, but Lillian had forestalled any
morbidness upon my part by securing
burial for his slayer in another town.
That Lillian had done this primarily
to save Robert Savarin pain 1 we'll
knew, and I could not help contempla-
ting with thankfulness the fact that
one very real obstacle to their future
happiness-if it should ever be vouch-
safed them-had been removed by
Mrs. AlGs suicide. Of course, in the
strictly legal sense that woman was
not-and never had been-Robert
Savarin's wife, but I knew that for
both their sakes as well as for the
poor crazed creatures own it was far
better that she was resting quietly be-
meath her six feet of earth.
Thoughts of Mrs. Allis, dead,
brought in their train speculations
concerning Harry Underwood, living,
the man to whom Lillian was legally
bound, even though his life was an
offense not only to her but to all
decent law-abiding people, the man
who, though unloved and unloving,
was yet the insuperable obstacle to
her happiness.
Where had he been while his fell
lows in conspiracy had played their
best trick and lost while the girl with
whose fortunes he had been so closely
linked had been pinioned and led
away to prison? Had he really been
secretly protecting me as he had
claimed, and had the others found it
out and taken swift, secret, deadly
vengeance upon him, or was coWardice
the answer to his absence from the
expedition?
Cowardcel The word caused q
swift veering of thought to the gnaw-
ing pain which was never far distant
from my heart and brain in these
anxious days. After all, it really mat
tered little to me what motive actu-
ated Harry Underwood. But it meant
something more than life itself to me
and to the child soul coming to me,
to know the reason for my husbands
apparent pusillanimity.
But Fate in the unromantic person
of the daily postman, brought me the
key to my problem in the shape of
an ordinary looking typed envelope
that bore inside the cryptic message:
'If you wish to know the disgrace
full truth concerning your husbands
recent activities go to the flying field
at Mineola next Wednesday after
noon. Stay there from l to s."
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14
News For
REVELATIONS
OF 4 WIFE
Who Sent Madgc the Cryptic Message
That Worries Her?


felt strong arms lifting me from
my knecIing posture and placing me
in a big arm chair turned so that my
eyes couldn't rest upon either the body
- of poor old William or that of the
crazed woman who had caused his
death and her own. But the position
brought me directly beneath the flash
ing eyes of Grace Draper. who, from
every Indication had looked perfectly
unmoved upon the horrible thing
which had just happened.
poor, nervous Madgie!" she
Knocked, her beautiful mouth curved
in a smile of contempt, What a
narrow squeak you had! But don't
waste any breath sorrowing for your
poor old ape. Keep your tears for
yourself. You'll need them now any
day"
Her words were full of a vague
menace. which I, knowing her, real
lied was no idle threat. Bound, de-
feated, she yet looked more like a con-
QuerOr than a prisoner as she stood
facing me, her beautiful head held
high, her red lips curling scornfully.
The cool incisivc voice of Allen
Drake cut across the silence like the
whistle of a whip lash.
Il have the mate to that little stop
gap in your friends mouth, Miss
Draper" he said smiingly, Il trust
you will not compel me to use it,
She faced him unflinchingly, but [
saw her nostrils CULVER and look in
her eyes which only q woman could
interpret. [ knew that this wound to
her vanity was the bitterest draught
she had had to drain, this realization
that her beauty, the remem brance of
her wiles weighed nothing with Allen
Drake when my comfort was in ques-
ton.
''She Means Something AwfuI!'
81 have so much choice in the mat
teri" she Knocked, but Mr.. Drake
ignored the thrust.
Better get them out of here,
Dixon" he addressed one of the
guards CURLY Mrs. Underwood, I'll
relieve you of your charge. Mr.. Cor
don, please keep that Asiatic here.
I'm going to put him through the
third degree"
Katos shiver of very real terror was
a lucky thing for him. 1t changed
suspicion upon the part of his Teu-
tonic master to a passing contempt
reflected in the CLEAN of his eyes as
he passed, bound and guarded, out of
the door, followed closely by the man
with the SCARED hand.
Grace Draper came last. AS she
passed me she turned her head and
looked full into my fascinated eyes
filled with a nameless terror of her
that would not down.
Remember" she said softly, IT
have one string left very little one,
I1,1t will
You won't be able to use it for 20
years, and the federal pen ought to
render it quite harmless by that time"
Lillian retorted caustically as she
came swiftly to me.
The girl made no answer, simply
kept her eyes upon me with that
cnigmatic hooking smile until she
had passed out of my sight. When
she had gone [ shivered and hid my
face in Lillian's shoulder.
"She means something awful" I
whispered.
"Fiddlesticks!' Lillian returned
but her tone was unconvincing. "And
now you must get of this. Hide your
eyes dear and come with me to your
own room"
''ErOm to s."
1 obeyed her, and she turned me
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14

W OSo CSCAy AAloA1SAA
for two daysbecause
/ suffered such pain.
| also suffered from
a w e a k n e s s and
mother took me to
a doctor but he did
not help me. Finally
mother m a d e me
take Lydia E. Pink
hams V eye ia BILE
Compound and it
has made me strong
and h e althy. So
when mother or [
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14
TO PEOPLE WHO CHAFE

Over one hundred thousand people in this
country have proved that nothing relieves
permanently as "Sykes Comfort Powder"
25c at Vinol and other drug stores. Trial
Box Free
The Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Mass.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-14
GIRLS PAINS
And WEAKNESS
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Thousands of Girls Benefited

st. Louis, Mo-" When I was only
fifteen years old mother had to put me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
is USED TO THREATS
Senator Chamberlain Admits Getting
Letters Meant to Scare Him.

Washington, April 17-Reports
from Portland, Ore. that the life of
Senator Chamberlain of that state had
been threatened. have been confirmed
by the senator.
Some of the letters have been
severe in tone" he said. But I do
not pay any attention to them. l have
been receiving threatening letters ever
since I was governor of Oregon.
Il cannot afford to allow such things
to prey on my mind Every man in
public office who tries to do the right
thing receives such missives.''
The recent letters written to the
senator promised dire fate if h, per
sisted in advocating universal mill
tary service and the draft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17

l. The demonstration will be held the
evening that the banks report to Nor
riseys that the quota has been over
subscribed. News that the county has
, gone over the top" will Immediately
be flashed on the State Journals bull
letin board and Morrisey and the State
Journal cooperating will notify the
owners OF all the loud and voluminous
bells and whistles to turn 'em loose
at a specified time, which probably
Will be a few minutes after il has
been officially announced that the
county is "over" as it is planned to
blow and ring them again" sirnul-
taneously. Owners of any instrument
bell or whistle that will make a noise
are invited to join in when the great
factory and railroad whistles and
church bells are 'let loose"
Small Bonds Popular.
Bankers today asserted that pur-
chasers of $50, 500 and $500 bonds
have so far been in the vast ma
jorfty her and are the ones who are
doing their bes. to put the city be-
yond it's allotment. This is regarded
as most commendable condition, as
it is an indication that even the
smallest wage earners are taking
stock" in the greatest of all corpora
tions. the United States of America
Farmers not only are showing more
interest in the present drive than in
paiSn, but they are buying bonds and
paying cash for them. Seldom docs
a farmer walk into a bank and buy
one of the certificates on the INSTALL
MEL plans as arranged by the gov
ernment or the banks individuality
This condition also applies to the city
to a great extent. bankers declare.
More Topekans are planking down
cash for their bonds than in either OF
the first two drives. More smaller
bonds are also being purchased.
Demonstration Tomorrow.
F. w. Freeman. chairman for the
First Kansas district committee, was
today completing arrangements for a
big open air demonstration to be held
tomorrow evening at ) o'clock on the
south approach to the state house. The
demonstration will be in the form Of a
reception of Earl w. Evans, prominent
Wichita attorney, who is to ride as a
modern Paul Revere from Wichita to
Topeka. Evans. with Carl j. Mos
bacher. as driver. and accompanied by
boy scout buglers, will make the trip
in motor car, making speeches in
towns en- route.
He will carry a message from State
Chairman Davidson to Governor Cap
per, Freeman and the public, and will
speak from the state house steps after
his arrival At the same time that
Evans is making his trip to Topeka by
way of Newton, Herington and
Wamego, other Paul Reveres will ride
thruout the state with messages to
cities along their routes and to district
chairmen. II is announced that the
message borne to Topeka by Evans is
one that every man and woman should
hear.
The committee which will greet
Evans at the state house will be COM
prised of Governor Capper Mayor
House. George p. McIntire. president
of the Chamber of Commerce; F. w,
Freeman, district chairman OF the
CONTINUED on Pgye TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
YANKS Get TWO
German AerOpIaneS We're Shot
Down With Ease.
American Conquerors Modest
About the Victory.

With the American Army in France,
April 1.-THE two German aviators
shot down by Lieut.. A. S. Winslow,
of Chicago, and Lieut.. Douglas Camp
the aviation field where, they en- 4
countered the American Faviators for
German camp according to inforna-
ton today. Winslow and Campbell
were playing cards in an aviation
shed when they received the report
that two enemy aviators were headed
in their direction at a height # about
5000 feet.
Both men were on alert duty. fully
dressed in aviation costume, ran to the
field, jumped into their machines and
mounted into the air to repel the in
vaders. Later they We're modest in
giving a recital of their experience.
Lieutenant Winslow said: When we
got up in the air we saw the Germans
approaching. Campbell picked out
one and started for him and I started
for the other.
'I got on the trail of my man and
shot round of machine gun bullets
into the machine. He looped around
my machine. 1 maneuvered for po-
stion and again shot round at him
His machine quivered for an instant
then noSed downward, landing almost
intact l circled around to make sure
that his ma chine was out of commits
sion then arose to help Campbell, but
he had already mastered his adver-
sary."
War Over for This Boche.
Lieutenant Campbell said: My man
saw me first and fired down at me-
Some of the bullets punctured my ma
chine. but did it little damage. l
finally got over him and let fly His
machine caught fire and started to
fall I followed it to the ground"
Campbells adversary was badly
burned about the face. but will re-
cover. Winslow's opponent was un-
hurt. Both of the enemy airmen were
less than 25 years old. Winslow's S
captive. who had been flying for two
years. said in German: well. the
war is over for me-" when made pris-
oner by the American.
Gave Wimc to Wrong Man.
Both Wi1slow and Campbell were
excited and nervous after landing.
Winslow walked up to his German ad-
versary and handed him cigarette,
then remounted his machine and
climbed in the air to escape the crowd
of persons who had congregated
about him.
A French woman who owned a
cafe nearby heard of the exploit and,
seizing a bottle of wine ran on the
field with the intention of present
ing it to the American conquerors.
She saw one of the German aviators
standing in the midst of large
crowd and mistook him for an Ameri-
can and gave him the wine, which the
German drank. The woman later
7, learned of her mistake and she was
very much disappointed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
MOTORS WANTED
Allies Contract for All Excess
Liberty Motors.
$50 Horsepower as Against
$50 Originally.

Washington, April 1.-THE allies
have contracted for all Liberty motors
produced in excess of American needs,
il became known today Airplane ex-
perts said the allies regard it as eff
cient, as evidenced by their anxiety
to get the surplus which can be pro-
duced after quantity production is at
tanned.
The Liberty motor has been tuned
up to $50 horsepower as against the
original plans for $50 and now engi-
neers are experimenting to make a
further increase.
Give Ships More Steel.
incidentally. American factories are
making some of the Rolls-Royce, Sun
beam and other foreign engines used
in aviation.
Motor truck production is being
slowed down to give shipbuilding more
steel, but sufficient of these transports
so per cent of them American made
are now at the western front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-17
CANNOT SELL STOCK
Charter Board Turns Down Appiica.
ton of Renker Hotel Company.

the state charter board this after
noon denied to the Renker Hotel
company permit to sell stock in
Kaasas. Action of the board was
ba5CG on an investigation of the Rem
ker project and the fact that the
North American Hotel company is
now constructing a modern ten-story,
fireproof hotel in Topeka.
Stock sales aggregating nearly
100000 have been made locally by
the North American Co and its hotel
project is now actively under way at
Ninth street and Kansas avenue. The
state board held to the view that two
new hotels in Topeka would be un-
profitable, while the plans of the
North American as approved by the
state board. promised returns. A per
NIT to sell stock in Kansas under the
blue sky law was granted to the North
American Co. last summer. Formal
record of the action on the Renker
project will be filed by the state board
Representatives of the Renker COM
pany appeared before the board this
afternoon and announced they did not
desire to present a further statement of
their application for stock selling
permit