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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
Hold Up Plans Of Port
Commission; Salaries Too High

TRENTON. June ia halt has
been called by the State House Com
mission, 1T was learned here today, on
the plans of the New York, New Jer-
sey Port and Harbor Development
Commission until the former body can
be given reason for the high salaries
which the port commission has ar
ranged to pay its engineers, counsel
and other assistants.
]. Spencer Smith, of Tenaf1y, who is
vice chairman Of the commission, and
the ranking New Jersey member of
that body, has been requested to at
tend the meeting of the state houss
commission here next Tuesday and ex-
plain the plans for the development
for the port with particular refer
ence to the salaries.
1t Is understood that State Comp
| troller Newton A. K. Bugbee has held
up the checks of B. F. Cresson, chief
engineer; Julius H. Cohen, counsel
and Edwin ]. Clapp, another of the
port development commission staff on
the ground that the salaries are exor-
bitant. The New Jersey end of the
commission was given 100000 in the
appropriations to be used provided
the New York branch of this body
received similar amount.
According to the size of the first
checks the comptroller's department
figures that Mr.. Cressons annual sal
ary for his work for the port commits
sion would be 900; Cohen's S12, 900
and Clapp's, $4,000. 1t is understood
that each state is to bear half of the
expense and the checks just issued
are for the half month and based on
New Jerseys share of the expense.
The state house commission is also
to take up with Mr. Smith the plans
Of his body for the hiring Of Watson
g. Clark, an engineer and member Of
the state highway commission, who
has been engaged to do the actual su-
pervising of the work of laying con-
Meeting railroad through North Jer-
| sey, from near Elizabeth, to a point
| in New York. 1t is understood that
| the agreement entered into with Mr..
, Clark calls for high figure, in addi-
ton to the other engineering costs and
! salaries.
The New York members of the Port
Commission are William R. Wilcox,
chairman; Eugene H. Outerbridge and
Arthur Curtiss James. In addition to
Vice Chairman Smith, Dewitt Van
Buskirk, of Bayonne and Frank r.
Ford, of Caldwell are the New Jersey
| members. George w. Goethals is list
ed as chief consulting engineer and
Cresson as chief engineer, William
Leary as secretary and c. A. Pullman
as assistant. The salaries of the two
latter are not known here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ogden OF
Roselle have been visiting here.
Mrs. M. Stein has gone to Allen
town, Pa, for visit.
Mrs. Daisy Alderdice Is recovering
from an operation at the Staten Island
Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Healey has returned
from a visit in Manhattan.
Mrs. F. w. Decker is entertaining
Miss Sadie Merrill of Connecticut.
William Walsh was home from
Camp Upton this week.
Charles c. Bailey of Mcguire road
Is recovering at his home from in
juries received when struck by an
auto last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Green OF
Great Kills have moved to Brooklyn.
The monthly visiting day to the
mission of the Immaculate Virgin Mt
Loretto will be held tomorrow.
The entertainment at st. Marks
church last night under the auspices
of the men Of the church was a sue
cess. Strawberry and ice cream was
served with the ticket.
Rev. Foster of Asbury church will
preach in the morning at st. Marks
Church and at night Rev. DR.. Billing
well, a representative of the National
Security League will talk
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
STATEN ISLAND
Conductor Saves Two Boys
Drifting Away at Clifton
John III. Corson Jumped Overheard
With Clothes on to Rescue
Boys from Water
R., Norroanond<nf


TOTTENVILLE, June 15:-John
H. Corson, of Richmond Valley, a
conductor of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit railroad, saved two little boys
from drowning off Clifton about 1880
o'clock yesterday afternoon when he
Jumped into the water and brought
both Of them safely to shore.
The boys, who were brothers, five
and seven years old, had been playing
on some logs at the dock Of the Mer-
ritt- Chapman Wrecking Company
when the wash from large tug pass
ing threw the two little fellows into
the water.
Their cries for help attracted the
attention of Corson who, without
waiting to throw off any Of his cloth
ing jumped into the water and
brought both boys safely to shore.
Neither could swim and the tide was
carrying them out into the stream.
They had caught hold of the logs but
were fast losing their hold. The
names Of the two little fellows were
not secured by their rescuer.
Mr.. Corson, who works on a freight
train, returned to his train after the
incident and without changing his
clothes for dry ones continued his
duties throughout the rest Of the day
in that manner.
The two boys as soon as they were
brought ashore without stopping to
thank their rescuer for his act ran to
their home nearby. A number of
people on shore watched the rescue
and extended congratulations when
Mr.. Corson landed on the beach with
the two boys. A report of the rescue
will probably be forwarded to the
company for record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
Food Conservation
a Moral Problem;
Matter of Backbone
BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE

It's hard for most Of us to under
stand that it isn't money we've got to
save, but food, and 1t requires greater
moral courage to save food than 1t
does money.
We have gotten the notion that If
we have good incomes food scarcity
can't hurt US. This is because we
have associated starvation with pow
erty.
But maybe some day We'll wake up
to the fact that we can't eat cash
and that food conservation is a neces-
sity no matter how much money we
may have.
For you may be sure that If we ever
face an extreme scarcity of food
SOMEBODY will see to 1t that the
very poor will have an equal chance
at what food there may be on hand,
and 1t is altogether possible that those
who have money will fare no better
than those who haven't
Every bit of food wasted now helps
bring nearer the day when drastic
measures may be necessary to con-
serve the race.
That you may understand the seri-
business of the question of wheat pro-
duction. consider these facts:
FIRST: The latest report giving the
total of last years wheat crop in the
United States and in a dozen or more
other wheat producing countries.
shows that 1t was smaller than the
1916 crop and 15 per cent. smaller
than the average for the preceding
five years Nor does this take into ac-
count the very considerable quantity Of
wheat lost through fires, submarines
and mine sinking.
SECOND: While the estimate made
by the Department of Agriculture last
December showed that there was an
increase of 4 per cent. over last year
in the acreage used for wheat pro-
duction, the condition of the crop was
so poor as to probly result in an out
put of 10 per cent. below the 10 years
average.
THIRD: The increase in the popula-
ton has been three times as great as
the average increase in wheat produc-
ton during the past 10 years over the
average production for the 10 preced-
ing years. We are failing to keep pace
with the normal increase of popula-
ton in this country. If this continues
II doesn't require an expert statistician
to tell us where we are coming out.
FOURTH: With the shifting OF
large number of farmers to the battle
fields in France and to the munition
factories In cities. where they are get
ting big wages, there are fewer men
than ever engaged IN raising wheat
to say nothing about other food pro
ducts-and the chances are that
there's going to be great difficulty in
harvesting even the reduced crop OF
wheat that we shall raise this year.
And SO you had better be slow about
saving that Hoover is a pessimist when
he calls attention to the things which
are likely to happen to us all II we
don't conserve wheat.
It's a moral problem with most or
us-it's q question whether we have
the backbone not to use wheat when
we can get along with something else.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
NATIONAL SERVICE TO Be
KEYNOTE OF RUTGERS COURSE
Over 100 Courses Offered at State Uni.
versity in Summer School Open
ing .JuIy

NEW BRUNSWICK, June 15:-The
sixth summer session of the Rutgers
Scientific School, now the State Uni
versity of New Jersey, opens July l.
More than one hundred courses are
to be offered in agriculture, business.
engineering, mathematics. drawing,
physical training, physics, chemistry,
textiles, home economies, industrial
arts, and war courses.
In addition about eighty courses are
announced in psychology, educational
administration, methods of teaching,
vocational education, agricultural ed
ucation, rural education, and the lib
eral arts and sciences. At this time
Of national crisis the State University
of New Jersey seeks to render the
greatest service possible both to the
state an ;! to the nation.
A letter was sent this week to the
superintepdeHts of schools, principals
OF high schools. and county superin-
teNdentS calling attention to a group
of war courses in agriculture and
business. The courses in agriculture
emphasize particularly garden crops
and conservation methods. With the
agricultural courses there is offered a
new course for teachers of agriculture
which will earn a war emergency GER
tificate. The business courses prepare
for government service in stenography
and filing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
N. E. District Superintendent
Plan World Centenary Program

War and the overwhelming need
for q reconstruction preparedness pro-
gram, will for the first time in the
history of the Methodist Episcopal
Church bring together all the district
superintendents, numbering 466, and
the entire board of bishops in a meet
ing to be held in Columbus, Ohio,
June 18, 1s, 20. This session will lay
the final plans for the world cente-
nary program which has for its pur-
pose the conservation Of the results
of the war.
Provision will be made in the world
centenary program for the handling
of such important problems as,-the
readjustment of the labor situation
after the war, the migration Of the
negroes to the north, the Mexican in
vasion, community conditions in muni-
ton centers and rural life and the farm
problem in particular.
The Methodist Church is celebrat-
ing the centenary of its missions by
framing a world program as a distinct
war measure. The world centenary
program, devised so as to aid in the
| critical days of reconstruction after
the war when peace finally comes,
plans to use $4,000, 900 for reconstruc-
ton work in Europe. The field which
the program covers includes thirty
| four nations outside the United States
the forty eight states in the Union, to-
gether with Alaska, Porto Rico and
| Hawaii. The Canadian Methodist
| Church and the Methodist Church
| south are also lending their aid for
| the success of this worldwide cam
paign.
Probably the most interesting fea-
ture of this meeting will be the pres
entation of the surveys of the home
and foreign mission fields by means of
specially prepared booklets and stere-
| opticon lectures. During the past two
years, the Methodist church has been
making surveys of its missionary
work-even in Europe where war is
! raging-and the facts gathered as to
| the religious, social and educational
needs of the people are to be present
| ed at this conference.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
SUPREME COURT and GRAND
JURY CONVENE ON MONDAY
Jury Subpoenas Many Citizens in In
vestigatiOn Of Lake Island
Disposal Plant
RtI Gnectnl Carre annndenf

TOTTENVILLE, June 15:-The
third week of the supreme court will
convene at Borough Hall, St. George,
on Monday for the term with Justice
Kelby, of Brooklyn, who has been
presiding the past week on the bench.
The grand jury, of which e. Stew
art Taxter is the foreman, will also
convene on Monday, when the inves-
tigation in the garbage disposal plant
at Lake Island will be continued. The
grand jury members made a visit to
the plant on Thursday, it has been
made known. to see for themselves
the place that is giving off such odors
that the people in that vicinity are
complaining about.
Subpoenas have been issued for
every citizen who made q complaint
or who has said he has been annoyed
by the fumes from the plant Several
hundred Of the most prominent citi-
zens of Staten Island are expected to
appear before the jury.
District Attorney Each Is said to be
in a quandary, however, as to how
far the jury can go into the matter
because Of the injunction issued in
the Manhattan courts to enjoin the
department of health from in any
way interfering with the operations
of the plant. The government may
also be brought into the proceedings.
1t is stated that the government re-
quires all of the output of the plant,
especially the glycerine, for munition
plants.
A new panel of jurymen has been
drawn for next week and the follow
ing from this end of the island have
been served with notices to appear:
Irving w. Sleight Samuel j. Putnam
Henry E. Morehouse, Ernest A. Pier
son, Richard Christopher, and o. w
Boyd of Tottenville, John P. Jelicks
and Alfred L. Cooke of Kreischer-
Vile. Theodore F. Angerman, OF
Pleasant Plains, Clinton H. Starin OF
Prince Bay. Harry Brough of Hugue-
not Park, and Thomas w. Stevens OF
Annadale.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
-Four Minute Talks
Old Glory.
BY William ii. Bawden


Why do we love our flag? Why
is it that our hearts throb when we
see it waving over our heads? Why
are we living for it, and are willing to
die for II? The same piece of cloth,
with different colors, or with the same
colors IN another design, and no emo
ton is stirred within US. What is it
that causes it all?
1t is generally admitted to be the
most beautiful Of all national en-
blems. Compared with the flags of
other nations, the stars and stripes
appeal to our esthetic sense of beauty.
Naturally, We are proud to believe that
our flag is the most beautiful Of all.
But it is not it's beauty that awakens
the emotions within us-we should
love and cherish it were il the least
beautiful of all.
We say that it stands for something,
that Ii is the symbol of som ething, of
liberty, of juctice, Of equality, Of op-
portunity. AS such to 1t we pledge
our allegiance. It is more than a
mere piece Of cloth, more than colors
and design. Everything in IT has q
meaning. The red, white and the
blue, they all mean something worth
while; the stars and stripes, they, too,
are replete with meaning
Without pausing to rehearse what
they all may mean, we NAV ask
Who gave them their meaning? Then
we thing of 1916, of 1912, of 1861 and
of 1898. We recall what we heard
and read of the brave men and women
of those days, of what they cherished
of what they held dearer than life it.
self. Then. as our eyes fill with tears
and a lump arises IN our throats, we
understand why we love our flag. II
is because of what the noble men and
women of former days put into it thai
it has a vital meaning for US today
And how proud we are today, along
the battle line for human freedom and
justice. in this gravest hour of the
worlds destiny our flag is floating
alongside with those of other free peo-
pies. The righteousness and justice
and truth which we believe in for
ourselves we want not only to preserve
for ourselves and our children but
also want that all other men shall
share them with US. These things
should not perish from the face of tbs
/ earth. We are seeing to it that the!
do not. All of us cannot go to ths
firing line; but our boys are there
/ and our flag floats over them.
1t is said that the Germans, fol
lowing the lead of their Kaiser. snee
at the forces of America and belittl'
our efforts to aid in this great con
fict. The only way to convince hin
and them is to carry Old Glor.
across the German frontier and intt
/ Berlin, until the Kaiser can both Sc,
the stars and feel the stripes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
Arthur Bryan Now a Cadet at
Annapolis Naval Academy

Arthur w. Bryan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John K. Bryan, who resided IN
Water street, prior to their removal
to baltimore, was sworn in on Thurs
day. as a midshipman at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, to take the full
four year course.
Young Bryan, who graduated from
the Perth Amboy High School in the
class of 1915, later attended Lehigh
College up to February, when ne gun
there and took competitive examina-
tions for entrance to Annapolis In
these examinations he was high man
from about twenty contestants.
The appointment of young Bryan
was made by Congressman Ltnthicum,
of Balanmore, who is Democratic
candidate for reelection this year.
Young Bryan was active In schooi
and Y. M. c. A. affairs while he re-
sided here. His father, ]. X. Bryan.
was an officer at the plant OF the har-
itan Copper Works, and was very ac-
tive in 7. NJ. c. A. work and other
civic activities
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
ANNUAL |. o. o, F, MEMORIAL
ENTERTAINS FOR GUEST

At st. Pauls Church Tomorrow Night
for Island Lodges.
Ry Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 15.-Odd Fell
lows of the five lodges on Staten ISL
and will attend st. Pauls Methodist
Church tomorrow night for their an
nual memorial service.
Members Of the order will meet at
Odd Fellows hall in Main street at 7
o'clock and go to the church in a body
where seats will be reserved for them
Rev. j. F. Bipderberger, pastor, will
preach a special sermon and there
will be special music. The lodges to
attend are Bentley of Tottenville, Nep-
tune Of Stapleton, Mortified of Port
Richmond, Garibaldi and Civicia of
West New Brighton.
District Deputy Grand Master
Charles Knudsen, q member of the
local lodge, will be in charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
SUNDAY IN KEYP0RT
Notes of Programs and Events OF
Congregations of Borough
RAJ Sn>cfol COrresDOuSent

By Special Correspondent
KEYPORT, June 15:-Sunday in
the local churches:
Reformed Church
Rev. F. T. B. Reynolds.
Sunday school and Bible class at
9:30 A. M.
1O:45 A. NJ, service and sermon;
topic, THE Sons of Thunder"
The union evening service to be
held in Calvary NJ. E. church.
The Ladies' Aid will hold a sale
and lawn fete on the church grounds
on Thursday, June 81.
On Tuesday evening an entertain
ment for the benefit of the Sunday
school.
Calvary NJ. E. Church -
Rev. John r. Reeves.
Sunday school at $50 A. NJ.
Morning service at 10:45 A. NJ. At
this service a memorial window for
Frederick E. Post will be unveiled
with a special service.
$50 P. NJ, Epworth League meet
ing; leader. Edward Cokelet; topic,
Jealousy, the Handicap of Team
Work"
1880 P. NJ, evening worship. At
this service the baccalaureate sermon
will be preached by Rev. B. D. Dag
well, rector of st. Mary's Episcopal
church. Other pastors will assist in
this service and special music will be
given by Calvary choir.
First Baptist Church
Rev. A. w. Hand.
$50 A. NJ, Sunday school and
Bible Glass.
10:45 A. NJ. public worship and
sermon by the pastor.
1880 p NJ, union service in CAL
vary NJ. E. church.
Wednesday at P. NJ, Ladies Aid
meeting.
Wednesday at s P. NJ, prayer serv-
ice.
Friday evening. Boy Scout meeting.
st. Mayy's, st. Johns, First Presby-
terian
At St. Mary's st. Johns and the
First Presbyterian churches all serv-
ices will be held as usual with the
exception of the evening service
which will be omitted in order that
the congregations might attend the
union baccalaureate service in CAL
vary NJ. E. church.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
RETURNS WITH PRISONER
Milton X. Lewis Indicted on Two
Charges on Island

TOTTENVILLE, June 15:-Detec-
tive Schley, of Tottenville. attached to
the Ninth Branch Bureau. returned
Thursday night from Philadelphia
with Milton K. Lewis thirty-six years
old, a chef formerly employed at the
Sea View hospital, who was wanted
by the police here on two charges.
He is charged with forgery and
larceny On March 10 of this year
he is charged with stealing number
Of chefs tools from the Sea View
hospital valued at $50 and on March
IA he forged the name of DR.. Kra-
mer Of the hospital, to check for
$25 and got the cash from Herman
Luloff, also Of the hospital. He has
been indicted by the grand jury and
is now locked up in Richmond await
ing trial. Lewis gives his address as
PA South Fourth street, Richmond,
Va.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
Before Day of Chrcnometer.

Longitude baffled all navigators until
the chronometer came into use in 1875.
The ancients and later navigators, in
Guiding all the great discoverers, could
find their latitude by observations Of
the suns height, but they could deter
mine their longitude only by dead
reckoning" or estimating their ships
progress from day to day. This sys-
tenn was uncertain and caused great
many shipwrecks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
PLAN FOR FOURTH

Meeting Called for Monday at St.
George by Van Name.
BY Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 15:-Borough
President Calvin D. Van Name has
called a meeting of a number of citi-
zens from the various parts of the
island for 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
at Borough Hall for the purpose of
taking action with regard to the cele-
bration of Fourth of July on Staten
Island this year which Is expected will
be greater than ever before. Sew
eral from here have been named on
the committee to attend the meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
PYTHIAN MEMORIAL
Lodge VIII Visit Graves and Attend
Bethel Church

TOTTENVILLE, June lb:-The
annual memorial Of Richmond Lodge
No. 80, knights Of Pythias, will be
held tomorro night when the men,
bers of the lodge after visiting Bethel
cemetery to decorate the graves Of
their departed brothers will attend
divine services at Bethel Meth odist
Episcopal church. Rev. Charles s.
Hunt will preach.
The members of the lodge will
gather at their hall at $50 o'clock
and from there go to the cemetery in
a body. The services will begin at
1880 o'clock. There will be special
music at the service.
In the morning at Bethel the Chill
dren's Day program will be given
with baptism Of children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
CHANDLER WILL SPEAK
Will Give ''Trial of Jesus" From a
Lawyers Standpoint.
Bu Special Corr espOndcnt.


TOTTENVILLE, June 15-Hon.
Walter NJ. Chandler, member of con-
gress for the nineteenth congressi ional
district in Manhattan, and one Of the
judiciary committee of the House of
Representatives of the United States,
will give his famous lecture on THE
Trial of Jesus" from a lawyers
standpoint at the South Baptist church
tomorrow night, commencing at 1880
o'clock.
Congressman Chandler is said to be
one of the most popular speakers in
the state and has delivered this lecture
in many churches throughout the
country. It promises to be one of the
most interesting church lectures of
the year in Tottenville. This lecture
was to have been given at the church
on May 26, but was postponed on ac-
count of illness in Mr.. Chandler's
family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
ON JURY PANEL
Several From Lower End of Island
on the List.
BIZ SDecial COrreSnOndenf

on the List.
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 15-In the
panel Of jurors drawn for the munich
pal court at Stapleton for next week
are those from this end of the island
called: Benjamin e. Sharrott, Samuel
E. Melvin, William E. Palmer, Jacob
Piroth, julius Lieblein, I. Lester Be-
dali, James ]. Reilly, D. ]. Williams
Elmer Price, Alfred Schoefer and
George Flashofsky of Tottenville;
Robert Blesker and Isaac Wort, of
Rossville; Walter L. Herman and
Frank Sullivan, of Pleasant Plains;
Albert o. Carr, of Prince Bay, and
Thomas H. Sayres, of Kreischerville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
SAYS 1T ACTED LIKE A CHARM

Coughs. colds. sore throat or bron-
chial troubles which persist at this time
of the year usually are of an obstinate
character. That is all the more reason
why truly reliable remedy like
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
should be used Mrs. Margaret Smale.
Bishop, Calf. writes: "Foley's Honey
and Tar is a grand remedy; more than
Is claimed for it. l was suffering from
a cold last week and used the medicine
and 1t acted like a charm" Contains
no opiates
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