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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Open Letter To The Citizens Of
Perth Amboy

The Motion Picture Industry, collectively and individually gives
way to no other industry or group of individuals in patriotism, and In
practical, substantial aid to the government. AS evidence OF this faet
IS of the most famous screen stars have made pictures to be used IN
the coming Fourth Liberty Loan Drive and these pictures wl be
shown in the various theatres throughout the land. The theatres IN
Perth Amboy will show these pictures, the theatres in Perth Amb9
will open their doors and offer the use Of their screens in the Fourth
Liberty Loan Drive just as Willingly, faitA lilly and eheerfuny as they
have in the former campaigns. To Mr.. Adrian Lyon, chairman of the
Fourth Liberty Loan Committee, We wish to say, doubtless amcns
the -Four Minute Men who will speak during this drive there will be
several ardent opponents to our effort to open the theatres here IN
Perth Amboy on Sunday as is being done in many neghboring New
Jersey cities. But there must be no misunderstanding on that point,
every -Four Minute Speaker ON your list is just as welcome to speak in
our theatres whether he calls us undesirable citizens or not and we
win try and show each and every one all the courtesy and cOnsidera-
ton in our power. q
Our fight to open the theatres on Sunday is a just cause, we feel
the opponents of the project are entitled to their views on the matter,
but just because they differ from us is no reason that we should ac-
euse them of being unpatriOtic. Everyone is entitled to his or her
opinion, but, as we have said before,
Let the Public Decide This Issue.
PERTH AMBoY THEATRICAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
BILL
HERE TONIGHT
Jack London and Kid Potty
Feature in Eight Round
Bouts at Lotos

Now that the Leonard-Lewis fight
Is history and there are no more
championship battles in the ofing, we
can settle down to plain living again
and see local pugilists go up the
ladder to fame and perhaps a fortune.
Jack London, who was Ted KID
Lewis sparring partner, and the man
that put the w~elterweight in his won
derful condition is himself in fine met
tie. and will meet his second opponent
since he discontinued training the
Briton. Jack put away Eddie Nom
ahan at Jersey City In six rounds and
says he is feeling good enough to put
Johnny Saxon on Ice also, and London
ought to know because he informed
us prior to the battle of the Champs
at Newark that Lewis would win,
which he did. Johnny Saxon, the
Newark heavyweight also asserts that
London will be easy for him, but he's
got to show us.
Kid Potty is going around with q
grievance on his shoulders because
his name was misspelled on the Lotos
advertising posters and is in q a
humor. Potty will take on Joe Gar
gano, of Elizabeth in IN of the eight
round features and from all indica-
tons this will be q battle royal.
Dummy Moran, of Staten Island,
will again enter the local ring when
he swaps punches with Young Nor
rissy, of Boston, in the six round,
wind up.
Kid Leo, the Island terror, will take
on Pete Harvey, of North Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Lake Sailors Get Huge
Gymnasium and Swimming Pool

WASHINGTON. Sept. 25:-Plans
have been completed for the erection
of one of the largest Navy field
houses In the country at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. ac-
cording to an announcement made by
the Navy Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities. The cost
of the building will come out Of the
{5sO00,000 appropriation which was
made recently as part of the con-
struction plans for the Great Lakes
Station.
The building will be a two-story
frame structure, 290 feet long and
115 feet wide. One of the features
will be a concrete swimming pool, 75
feet by 25 feet, with a varying depth
of four to eight feet. Springboards
will be erected on the balconies of the
first and second floors of the build
ing. Spacious locker rooms, shower
baths and drying rooms will also be
erected. A gymnasium, 80 by As feet,
will occupy the west quarter of the
second floor, which also will have q
large lounge room and dormitories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Mrs. AImarst Is Champion
Woman Trapsh0t Of IT,

Mrs. L. q. vogel, of Detroit, Mich,
has held the women's trapshooting
Championship so many years that
when some other fair Diana wrests
the title from her 1t is quite unex-
pected. Mrs. d. ]. Dalton, of War
saw, Ind, garnered the title in 1916
at st. Louis. and Mrs. Harold Almert,
of Chicago, Ill, will be recognized the
coming year as the leading shot Of
the fair sex.
For and years Mrs. vogel has
been going along winning about
everything a woman could win In the
way Of prizes at trapshooting tourna-
men Only In late years has she
had any dificult competition from
her own sex. For upward of twenty
years Mrs. vogel has been recognized
the best amateur woman shot.
This year in the Grand American
Handicap she was far from being at
her best and retired.
In the Grand American Mrs. Al
inert broke SO targets from IL yards.
Miss Emma Wettleaf, OF Nichols, Ia,
broke the same number of targets.
On the shootoff Mrs. Almert proved
victorious. This is Mrs. Almert's third
of shooting. She won the wom-
ans trapshooting championship of
Illinois before she had been shooting
three months.
Last year she averaged SO per cent.
and this year until the Grand Ameri-
can tournament hadn't done any bet
ter. Lester German, the professional
shot, noticed Mrs. Almert shooting in
one Of the events and suggested a
change hat would improve her
shooting. Mrs. Almert changed her
style Of shooting and won the chain
pionship.
Nine women shot in the Grand
American Handicap this year. Besides
Mrs. Almert. Miss wettleaf and Mrs.
Vogel, the entrants were Mrs. c. d.
Moon of Eau Claire, Wis; Mrs. d. ].
Dalton, Warsaw, Ind; Mrs. II. F..
Snodgrass, Chicago: Mrs. J.. H. May,
Chicago; Mrs. A. H. winkler, Chica-
go; Mrs. G. II. Buchanan, Sioux Falls.
s. D.; Miss Lucille Meusei, Green Bay,
Wis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
NAHUM BUUk5
SENT TORRANCE
War Making Scholars Of Amer
lean Soldiers 3, 900, 900
Books in Cantonments Here

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-"American
soldiers win come back from the war
scholars"
So says an official of the War Ser
kvice Committee of the American La
brary Association, which has shipped
1,030,46S books overseas and has over
3,O00,00 in the training camps.
Judging from the way the soldiers
are devouring reading matter, even
the college graduate will, when the
war is over, have imbibed so much
additional education that he will adj
init he was a mutt" when he put on
a uniform.
Nothing TAI so astonished Washing
ton as this eagerness for good books
What do the men read? Everything
from murder mysteries to Milton, from
trcatises on hog-raising to textbooks
on aviation. electricity, geometry, the
| chemistry of gunpowder and trigo-
~polnetry. One boz asked for Boswelfs
"Life of Johnson" Men working for
promotion in the artillery. aviation
I and engineers want the latest and
best books on their subjects.
A signal corps sergeant wanted
something On electricity. Handed a
"Pshawl 1 did the drawings for that.
Give me something better and
, neweri"
Hundreds of thousands of young
engineers, lawyers, accountants, art
lists and others are going on with stu
dies that war interrupted; foreigners
are learning English; illiterates from
the mountains are studying the A. B.
lC.'s.
Llewellyn Raney, overseas librarian
director, just back from France, says
there is now a central library in Paris
with 10000 volumes, with branches
In dugouts, roofiess cow barns, hospi-
tails, dressing stations, rest biliets,
concentration camps and at the ports.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
BALL
STARTS At H. s.
Boys and Girls Teams Have
Good Nucleus for New GUM
tets at High School

AS no efforts are being made 70
organize a football team to represent
Perth Amboy high school on the GRID.
iron this fall, students OF the nign
school are turning their TO-
ward basketball.
Although it is yet very early In
term to be able to secure n definite
idea as to the makeup of the teams,
Miss Burns, the new coach, hopes
that the high school will be repre-
scented by the fastest team it has had
in several Miss Burns viii
have charge of both the boys and
girls basketball teams. She expects
to have the first practice during the
early part of October. At present
she is aiding Manager Hubbard. of the
boys team, mi Miss Hance. manager
of the girls team, to arrange a sched-
ule which is to include some of the
best high school teams in the state,
One OF the most interesting games
scheduled so far is with the boys five
of New Brunswick high school, one
of Amboy's bitterest rivals. Basket
ball fans will be glad to rear of the
resumption of athletic activities be-
tween these two arch rivals. Owing
to q dispute no game was arranged
last year between the boys, although
the girls played M game, after
which activities between the two
schools ceased. Roselle Park high
school, with whom Amboy came out
even In a two game series last season.
is also on the local boys list for two
games. The schedules of both the
boys and girls quintets win probably
be completed In a week or so.
As regards the lineups of the teams
the boys will be more fortunate than
L. -s~l- H. - nrAnfnM
Of experienced players from last sea-
sons teams. The boys FIVE have lost
three of last years squad by gradual
ton, they being Capt. Leon Roth,
Marty Jacobson and Henry Kutcher,
while the girls will be withoGE the
services of Capt. Ruth Macan, Doris
Willsey, Sally Michaels and Ethel
Lewis. AS a backbone for this years
team the boys will have Captain Billy
westcott, Billy Allen, Harold Han
son, Dutch Greiner and Moe Splitter.
At present Harold Hanson is laid up
with an injured foot due to an acci-
dent aboard his motorboRt. 1t Is ex-
pected that he will be in proper
shape by the time the a pen
Last season he proved to be a tower
Of strength at the center position. AS
experienced forwards Amboy will
have Billy Westcott and Bill Allen,
while Dutch" Greiner and Moe
Splitter are the two guards Of last
years five still in school. With such
a strong nucleus Ampoy should prove
a strong contender for county. If not
for state, honors.
The girls have but three of last
years squad to depend upon, having
lost by graduation Capt. Ruth Macan,
Sally Michaels. Ethel Lewis and Doris
Willsey. They start the season with
Capt, Elizabeth Macan, Ada Wilentz
and Frances Hance as mainstays, but
expect good material from among the
class teams of last year. With the
great mount OF stamina and pluck
shown by the local girls. they should
make more than a presentable show
ing. They also have the advantage
of an experienced girls coach In Miss
Burns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
U. S. Service Men to Have
Cross Country Championships

CHICAGO. Sept. 25:-To encour-
age c~ross-eountry running among
men in the army and navy service
the championship committee Of the
National A. A..U. yesterday decided TO
hold a United States service cross
country championship in the various
district associations of the A. A. u.
on or before January 1.
These championships will very
likely be held in the following cities:
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Chicago, st.
Louis. Birmingham. New Orleans.
Kansas City, Camp Cody. San Diego,
San Francisco and Portland, Ore.
Silver trophies will be awarded the
winning teams.
The committee awarded the Ma
tional A A.. u. ten-mile run and
seven-mile walk to the Morningside
A. c. OF New York. The events will
be held Sunday. October 81. Charles
Pores. the national ive-mile cham
pton, Will be a contestant In the ten
mile event.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
CLEAR OUT HUNS
Gen. Horvath to Direct Work OF
Clearing Siberia

(Assoctated Press Correspondence
VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 12:-Gener-
al Horvath, leader of one of the anti
Bolshevik factions in Siberia, an
nounced to the newspapers on q re-
cent visit to this city that his first
effort would be directed toward clear
ing away from Siberia and afterwards
from Russia Of the Bolsheviki and
their co-adjutors, the Germans and
Hungarians. He continued:
II do not desire to limit the free
dom which the people have won by
the revolution, but 1t is possible that
the circumstances of the times may
render some abridgement expedient
necessary. My attitude toward the
Siberian government is conciliatory.
I shall not take any decisive action
against 1t, but shall endeavor to real
.ize my program as If It did not exist,
and the people shall themselves Judge
which side to take. The Siberian
government here wrongly considers
the western Siberian army theirs"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
TINToWN AVIATION SECTION
English Tin Superseded by Yankee
Frame Buildings.

(Associdted Press Correspondence.).
b AN IRISH PORT, Sept. 25:-The
naval aviation station at n OF the
DESTROYER bases in Ireland Is locally
known both as "Timber-town" and
'sTin-town." 1t is located on the site
Of some old British barracks. The
British had used metal sheets in con-
structing their buildings and the
Americans; who disliked metal struc-
lures, dubbed the place '"Tin-town,"
When the American wooden buildings
began to appear the Britishers retail
lated by calling 1t '"rimber-town
and both names have chung and be-
come known to the extent of super
ceeding the name of the village near
which the plant is located. The
town" Is one of the busiest centers
of activity in Ireland now that the In
creased ocean tonnage Is making pos
sible a regular shipment of airplanes.
Here the machines are being as
sembled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Gas Defense Service Asks
Defense Council Aid In Collection

BIZ Special Correspondent.
TRENTON, Sept. 25:-The Gas
Defense Division of the Chemicai
Warfare Service has asked the help
of all State Councils of Defense In I'M
mediate n urgent work that VIII
save the lives of our soldiers over
seas.
In the manufacture of gas masks
the highest grade OF carbon Is essen
tiaI. 1t has already been d
brought before the public that this
carbon can be extracted from peach
stones and people everywhere are
saving and contributing them They
have not, however, been Informed as
vet of. the sources from which this
carbon may be derived. Research of
Igovepnment chemists a demonstrate
ed that such carbon must be obtained
from the following raw materials
only: I'll sls19UW
Peach stones. apricot pits. prune
pits. olive pits. date seeds, cherry pits
az native), plum pits. Brazil nut
shells, sthe shells OF hickory nuts. and
walnuts and butternuts (although the
army can use the whole nut. IL is de-
sirable, for the sake OF food conser-
walton. to separate the shells).
Any of the materials on the fore
going list. no matter how old. IAN be
used. provided they are not decayed.
No attempt need be made TO keep the
various materials separate. but they
must be dry. II is not necessary to
extract the kernel from such OF the
foregoing pits as contain kernels.
The shipment OF the materials has
been put In charge Of the American
Red Cross, which already has facili-
ties for the handling OF supplies.
ORGANIZATIONS OF whatever Kind or
individuals may begin the collection
of n or all OF the foregoing and
should Immediately secure ~instruc-
tons from the local chapter OF the
Red Cross regarding the location Of
collection depots in their respective
communities ana see that all contri-
buttons reach these depots. It is i'm
portant that everyone understand
that all pits must be dried before they
are shipped.
The attention OF people living in
rural districts rs particularly directed
20 the fact that aside from the fruit
stones OF the present season. large
quantities OF old stones and nuts can
be collected and the gathering OF nuts
greatly extended.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Crescent Range Open

The rife and revolver range Of the
Crescent A. c.. OF Brooklyn, will be
reopened on october / and win take
up the work of turning out marks
men. where II was left on when the
season ended.
Last a 8 several hundred citi-
Gems were instructed in the use OF
the revolver and rife. including a
number OF Boyce's Tigers" Many
officers and men of the service have
taken advantage OF the clubs invita-
ton 70 practice.
Two cups have been offered for the
highest scores made by a man in the
service with the revolver and rife.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
BANDITS XIII MANY
VIVA Said to Have Led Band I'm Rob,
bcrr In Mexico.

LAREDO. Texas. Sept. 25.-Gen-
eral Justine Cotero and thirty other
passengers on a train were killed,
seventeen wounded and other. soldiers
and passengers taken prisoners In \
recent raid by Villa men on a rail-
road train In Chihuahua. according -
reports published In Mexico City pa
pers received here The attack was
made upon a train between Bachimba
and Horacasftaa
A shipment Of $4,000 pesos, the
Valuables OF All the passengers and
the contents OF the express car were
included in the bandits booty.
Eleven women were among the
killed and several are known 70 Be
|amonK the prlsone1s carried AWAY b.
the robbers. who are said 70 have
been led 81 villa in person.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25

for removing the Last trace Of Scroll
ula and other blood taints, and fhars
Is no Ease that Ii does not promptly
reach. s. s. s. viii thoroughly cleanse
and remove every disease germ that
infests the blood and give You new
LIE and vigor. Il Is sold by ali drug
Rists and yen should get q botkla 1n4
begin It's use to-day. Write . eon=
piete history Of your case and pa
can obtain expert medical adTico fxes
By addressing Medical Director. 81
6Hif LAbQEatC<y, Atlanta. c.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
HuIts on Rutgers Eleven

willard Hults, who played on the
local high school football team in
1913 and nov is attending Rutgers
College is making a strong bid for q
TACKLE position on Foster Sandford's
eleven.
This Is Hults' first attempt at the
gridiron sport since he graduated
from Amboy high. Hults may be used
In the Ursinus game at New Bruns-
wick this Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
EIIer Returns From France

Jack Eller. champion hurdler, has
just returned from France, where for
seven months he served as a physical
director with the Y. NJ. c. a. Filler
will return to the New York Police
Department force immediately.
The policeman hurdler yesterday
recited to friends a few Of the things
that attracted his attention. He said
that the ship upon which he returned
had been chased by submarines and
that the ships course had to be
changed to escape.
Eller then spoke of the condition
OF our troops in France. He said
that the Doughboys are in splendid
shape physically. The American sol
diers are a great bunch OF kidders.
even when wounded" Eller said.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25

savings bank and cannot be drawn
during the war except with the con
sent or the mayor of the munlolpah-
ties In which they hive.
These restrictions ~ ouk part u
q system OF compulsory saving devised
o D young OF Alsaee AMI 1onaihe
ard male mandatory BY a decree Is
Eaed By the commander IN chief Of
the army efopp OF Duke Aibrecht Of
WueFtemhprt according % the Col
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Stortsman,s Corner

SPORTING Editor,
DEAR STR;
I WANT to
TELL YOU about
A QUEER thing
THAT happened to
ME- A couple of
DAYS ago.
SOME FELLOWS in
A BARBER shop
BET A LOT OF Dough
ON SOME horses
AND LET the
BARBER hold
ALL THE coin.
AND THE barber
GOT IN a crap game
AND LOST all the
MONEY and then
THE HORSES won
AT BIG odds
AND / saw myself
POCKETING a big
WAD of money.
AND 1 RUSHED
AROUND TO the
BARBER SHOP to
COLLECT and blow
MYSELF to a
tltTl CENI nalfCuL
BUT WHEN 1 got
THERE I found a
BUNCH OF fellows
WITH LONG faces
AND THEN the Little
NAN from Egypt"
WHISPERED into my
EAR THAT all was
NOT well.
AND THEN one OF
THE fellows told
NE THAT the
BARBER HAD lost
OUR bets
SHOOTING crap.
AND / got
MAD-and said
WILLIE Pay met Nc
SAID the crowd.
so I'M out my
COLD cash and
A HAIR cut
so TAKE a tip
FROM me and
NEVER LET a crap
SHOOTER hold
YOUR HORSE bets
EVEN IF he is
YOUR barber.
NEEDLES
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
impurities Promptly Wiped
Out.

If there Is any trace Of ScrofulA. or
other impurities tn your blood, yen
cannot enjoy the full physical dsvel-
orment that q healthy body Is ca
pabls Of until your blood has been
thoroughIy cleansed and purified of
an traces q impure matter.
8. s. s.. tie wonderful cid purely
rexst1ble bloed x<nedys has no equal
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
Huohes-Yuzovka.

The FIRST successful iron and steel
mil In southern Russia having beep
established forty years ago by a man
named Hughes, one Of the largest steel
centers In Ukrainia bears the name
Yuzovka-in his honor.-Gas Logic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25

The temperance advocate who de-
clared that drunkenness Il folly" ana
found himself reported n the papers
a. having said drunkenness Is jolly.n
must have been annoyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
ALsATIAMS MUST SAVE

Are Forced 20 Deposit Large Part OF
Their Earnings.
CAseociafed Press CorTespondrncel
NEW YORK. Sept. s6-Workers
OF Aisaco and Lorraine under eigh-
teen years Of age may receive only
q onty-four marks q week OF their
earnings. Everything e the pre-
acrloed amount must oe deposited in q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
TROOP LOSS AT
SEA LESS Than
.O2 PER CENT
RN HAROLD u. HiturOI
European Manager Of Newspaper
Entf rpri~c NSSoeiationl

LONDON. Nov. aQ.-From The be
ginning OF the war si. SOC. 900 troops
Of all the allied nations were trans
ported by sea. by the allied navies.
and only t.s9i men. or OF per cent,
lost al sea
More than . 1000. 600 tons ~ sup.
plies were transported for the Us.
OF the British naval and military
forces and moro than s4.o0o,0oo tons
additional taken across for other al.
lies
In addition. tho allied vessels
transported more than 1000, 600 ami
mails.
since the beginning of conveys I'm
March. 1917. the sailings OF all the
allies have totalcd 1890 ana losses
numbered only a few hundred ships.
despite the ruthless submarine war
fare.
The percentage OF losses was high
est In iocal Mediterranean traffic.
The British fleet uneludinE auxil.
iaries) grew FROM $500. 600 displace
mcnt tons TO $500. 600 tons during
the war. and tho personnel OF the
British navy from it6 900 TO 100000
men.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-30
Plots by Hohenzollern
Not Ended, Says Mason

same old rractlonary officials who
were appointed under the former re
gim..
This part % the German popnia
ton Is not In sympathy with the
curious socialist experiment in con
srrvative government. now being un'
tirrtaken by the Berlin politicians.
The army In commanded BY tho
same uitra-mintafisis who sav" their
military oathn 90 H~ohenEolicrn.
There IL little evidence that the
Germans blame their plight on their
own aina or the sins OF the mill
tarirta.
father the blame is piled on the
rest Of the world. which leagues II
self against Germany.
This feeling 81 resentment against
the planet viii grow In Germany.
Its tendency will be 10 unite all Ger
mans. Thru that spirit HohenEoi.
lern may yet find his way back 30
tho throne.