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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Pershing Wires Fuel Heads
Of Need for Conservation

A telegram from General Pershing,
in France. concerning the production
and saving of coal in this country has
been received by the United States
Fuel Administration at Washington.
The telegram has been released by
Administrator Garfield through the
various state administrators to the
county administrators. A copy of the
message &c the people OF America
from their general. as released by
County Administrator Oliver w.
Ramsay. follows:
Let there be no shortage of coal.
Lack of coal means limiting our war
Industries; railroads and shipping are
down, and the army cannot be
provided with means to deliver the
telling blows needed to end the war.
without coal we shall be without
guns and ammunition to use against
the enemy. The man in the mine
helps the man on the firing line. The
more coal you produce the sooner we
shall have peace. Every soldier OF
the American Expeditionary Forces
expects to be backed up by the miners
of America just as labor in every
branch of industry at home has STOOD
us. We soldiers know that we
can depend upon you to do your part
PERsHING."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Head Of WOman'S Battalion
Recruits RuSSO-AIIied Army
CAssociated Press Correspondence

CAsSocfdted Press COr~respondeuce.)
ARCHANGEL, Oct. 22:-Maria
Butchkareff. organizer of the famous
Russian Women's Battalion. Is here
aiding the organization OF a Russo
Allied army. She has caused the fol-
lowing proclamation to be posted in
village squares and In the country
churches:
Il am a Russian peasant and a SOL
der. At the request OF the soldiers
and peasants l went to America and
Great Britain IN order to request these
countries for military help for Rus
sia. The Allies understand our own
misfoTtunes and / return with the Al
lied armies which came only for the
purpose of helping to chase out our
deadly enemies. the Germans, and not
to interfere with out internal affairs.
After the war Is over the Allied troops
will leave Russian soil.
Il. on my W part. request all loyal
free sons of Russia without reference
to party to come together, acting as
one with the Allied forces. who. I'M
der h Russian flag have come to free
Russia from the German yoke and In
order to help the new free Russian
army with all forces, including Rus
sian, to beat the enemy.
Soldiers and Peasants: Remember
that only q fun, clean sweep of the
Germans from our soil can give you
free Russia as you long for"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Stephen Schultz, Former
Alderman, Dies at Home

stephen Schultz, a former al
derman of the city. Of Perth
died yesterday at his home, 220
Hall avenue. following an illness Of
four months duration.
Although Mr.. Schultz had been i'll
for the past several months he a
only been confined to his bed for the
past three weeks. Dropsy Is given as
the cause of his death.
Mr.. Schultz was forty-three years
old and had been a resident of this city
for twenty-soven years. He has con-
Quoted q saloon in Hall avenue for the
past eighteen years. Before that he
was employed as a brakeman on the
Lehigh Valley railroad on the local
division.
Mr.. Schultz served two terms as al
derman from the sixth ward. having
been elected on the Republican ticket
both times. He was prominent in the
affairs of the city and helped to put
through the resolutions while in the
board OF aldermen for the present we'll
paved streets OF the city. He was
prominent among the Polish organi-
cations In his locality and many of
the Polish residents of that section
often came to him for advice on va
iou matters. He was a member of
Pc Ambo Tribe No. IS, Improved Or
der of Red Men, st. Anthony's and
Kosoiusko Society. the latter two of
the foremost Polish societies OF the
city.
Besides his widow he is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Stefanski.
of Newark. and Miss Lucy Schultz of
this city. and a grand child. Funeral
services will be held from his late
residence at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
Don Interment will be IN st. Ste
phen's Polish cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
American Flour Is Aid TO
Suffering italian Children

ROME. Oct. 6 (By mail):-Many
thousand children of Italian soldiers,
for the most part delicate or alllng.
arc receiving special nutrition con-
sisttnB OF white bread and pasta
furnished by the American Red Cross
from flour sent from America for this
special purpose. The bread and pas
ta' are used in the many "asili" II
other institutions in which the De-
partment of Civil Affairs of the AM
erican Rcd Cross Is caring for 10000
children. and is supplied to a large
number of italian institutions. In
Naples institutions caring for 1000
children are being furnished regulars
Iy with pasta" In the district
around Rome. particularly in the re-
gion of the Pontine marshes, 5000
children are receiving regular rations
of white bread or pasta"
In Florence much of the fou Is
made into "faranata." and is used eA-
pecially for babies and nursing moth
ers.
In Sardinia 1900 children in "asili'
and orphanages are receiving daily
rations OF white bread, varying IN
quantity from $50 to 300 grams per
day. according to the physical condi-
ton OF the child.
In the four provinces OF Potenza,
Ca~tanzaro, Cosenza n Reggie Gaia
bria, "asili' In one undfed towns.
caring in all for $4,000 children. are
receiving this form of assistance from
the American Red Cross.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Alaska Prepares for Winter
ASSOCIATED Press correspondence.p

ASSOCIATED Press COrrespoHdeHeel
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. oct IL
Most of Alaska Is about to enter its
long half-light winter semi-hiberna-
ton when ice and snow lock almost
everything In their grip with n wintry
clamp.
Already last steamboats, making
connections for the outside world are
leaving the northern inland river
towns. In a short time. Alaska's big
inland summer water highway. the
Yukon River. will be sealed tight with
seven months ice.
Throughout the country prepara-
lions for the winter are being made.
Supplies are being laid in, for prohibi-
tive freight rates prevail on the stage
lines which serve the country In ne
winter.
Fairbanks. Nome. st. Michael, Ru-
by, Eagle. Anchorage. Tanana, Ne
mana and Fort Yukon are h largest
points In the section OF Alaska locked
by winter. Seward. C~ordova. Valdez,
Juneau. Skagway, Ketchikan, Wran-
CELL and other southern points are on
open water the year round. This
year Anchorage. for the first time. will
be In touch with the outside world by
railroad. the government line from
Seward having been completed a short
time ago. a#SEs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
FRENCH WOMEN AT WORK
On Great Nets al American Camou-
flagc Station

ASSOCIATED Press Cor~respondoncc.)
BEHIND AMERICAN LINES IN
FRANCE, oct. 22;-Seven hundred
French women are employed in the
American camoufage station here
making nets to screen from obscrva-
ton American batteries and machine
gun sections. There was a burst Of
patriotic sons as the Associated Press
correspondent entered the large
building where they work. for many
of them sing as they sew.
The screening OF artillery is the
most important work OF camouhage,
as IL is the main reliance in deCeiviug
the aerial observer and Camera and
in preventing the enemy from locat-
ing our batteries.
For this purpose huge Camouhage
nets are provided. OF wire and fish
net, which cover the guns like a great
horizontal tent. In the netting are
tied punches Of green burlap. of the
same color as tho surrounding grass
or foliage. And thus viewed from
above, the overhanging green net
merges the battery into the landscape
of trees and turf.
Hundreds of these nets were being
made by the women workers. me
rs millimeter gun takes al overhang-
ing net 80 feet square The 100 MILL
meter gun has a 81 foo net, and the
American machine gun gets an Is
foot net. The nets are graded IN ten
colors of green and e~arth-brown, 50
that the shield may have the exact
tint of the surrounding trees. n
nets are shipped to the front In huge
bundles, one net for each gun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
GAS PLANTS RAIDEO
British Airmen do Much Damage at
Mannheim

tASsocidted Press C~orTespondence.)
LONDON. oct. 22:-The Badische
poison gas plant at Mannheim, In tho
Rhine Valley. is a ~favorite object for
"straflng" by the British airmen.
Three consecutive raids upon it by
night have extensively damaged it.
The raiders bombs partly destroyed
the s%ulphuric acid and nitric vitriol
factory n the aniline department.
Other buildings of the plant were
wrecked.
The other factories at Mannheim
have been heavily bombed eleven
A heavy death roll has attended
numerous air attacks on Cologne and
Coblentz where the Germans are be-
ing heavily repaid in their own coin
for their murderous work on London
and Paris. The factories and railway
station at Saarbrucken have been
bombed ten times by the British:
Karlsruhe. FIVE times; Frankfort-on-
the-Rhine. three times: Stuttgart and
Zweebrucken. twice.
Most of the air attacks in the Rhine
provinces have been directed against
the key railway centers. notably those
at Thienville and Metz-Sablon. The
famous railway triangle at Metz-Sab-
Ion and the junction at Thienville
have been raided forty-six times.
Photographs taken by the attacking
airmen confirm the extent and mag
nitude of the damage done.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
R R PIGEON HERO
Brings Message, Though Wounded
From Attacked Airmen.

ASSOCIATED Press correspondence
LONDON, Oct. 22-Wounded and
with blood streaming from one of its
eyes. a carrier pigeon fluttered to the
ground in a British aerodrome. al
most exhausted. The message II car
ried was the m word Attacked
The bird was one OF o u which had
been taken out In two Seaplanes on
patrol duty in the North Sea. 1t was
known thai a German patrol of at
least six machines vas in the vicinity.
These had swooped Town on the Brit
ish flyers and, before help summoned
by the pigeon could arrive. had quit
the fight and flown away, in accord
ance with the usual German air tao
tics OF not risking an engagement
with equal forces.
The pigeon. which has recovered
from its wound, has been ~'pensioned
off" war service.
There are numerous cases where
messages carried by pigeons have re-
suited in the rescue OF occupants of
wrecked seaplanes. In one. a bird,
at the cost of its life. brought a mes
that saved six British airmen
adrift in the North Sea. After dellv-
ering its message. the pigeon fell dead
from exhaustion. The wrecked alrmen
were on the point of death when res
cued, having had no food and little
water for days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Injured WOrkmen Compensated
By Referee James 0. Boyd

James O. Boyd OF the workman's
compensation bureau, held a sitting at
the City Hall yesterday. The follow
ing awards were made:
Thomas w. Leffnwell, employed by
the New Jersey Fire Alarm Company
in making electrical repairs fell from
a roof and sustained injuries from
which he died on August is. He leIt
a widow and three daughters. Ref
cree Boyd awarded his dependents 90
per cent. OF the deceased's salary
which eaualled $40 per week. for three
hundred weeks. and 500 for funeral
expenses.
Gabor RACE of ss7 state street. sus-
tanned injuries February 5. while en-
ployed by the American smelling ana
Refining Company. He was awarded
fourteen weeks temporary disability
at $3.50 and partial disability for one
hundred and sixteen and two-thirds
weeks at $3.50. D.,
Mr.. Boyd will meet any Injured
workmen who wish TO get some conf
pensation for their work. every third
Monday Of each non at the city
H01l
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
YANKS INTEREST ALLIES
Are Source of Continual Anlazcment
to Other Troops

CAs5oeiafed Press C-orrespondence.)
BEHIND ALLIED LINES IN
FRANCE. Oct. 22:-The American
soldier is a source of continual inter-
est to the troops OF the other nationt
with whom he is fighting side by side.
and to the people OF France. They
have been vastly impressed by the
wholehearted way In which he car
ries out his duties. On parade and
on the march he regards his work
with the utmost seriousness. and
every American column that passes
leaves an impression of set. resolute
faces very different from the noncha-
liant attitude of the British Tommy.
In his moment of repose the "Yank.
as he is called everywhere in France.
looks for a building with a short
flight of steps to the door. f~oregathers
there with his friends. m eats nuts
and chocolates in prodigious quanti-
ties.
OF an evening the "Yank's" regi-
mental band plays to him. The Sc
lections are not 'uplift stun but
they cheer the tired soldier amazing
IL. Perhaps a couple of soldiers VIII
lump up and do a one-step together
up and down the sidewalk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
May Secure Wool Again

Mrs, Peter c. Olsen, at the head of
the wool department of the Perth Am
boy Chapter of tho Red Cross, has
given notice that the wool room is
now open again to receive all wool
garments and to give put wool to the
knitters. The wool room has been
closed for the past wv weeks or more
because of the epidemic and the work
of the members of the chapter in the
recent explosion work in caring for
the sick and other cases that need at
tention
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
SLIGHT GAIN IN CASES


Continued from page IL
asked that seven OF eight men bf
supplied to the health authorities b
the manufacturing interests to aid n
a general survey OF the conditions
II Is the desire OF the Board Of
Health to obtain this survey so hat
the city may know whether the "a
port expected from the Red Croa
recommendations can be carried one
Inc Red Cross representatives pres
ent at the meeting stated that a Mfg
Brown could be obtained TO survet
the city n district IL of IL the Hoard
or Health so desired. IL being Under.
stood that this woman is an expert IN
work of this kind. Mr.. Wflfsev stata,t
that a representative from the sfa+s
Health Department arrived in the citv
last night and would aid in this work.
conditions In h upper sections 81
the city were discussed at length. and
the fact that the water pressure In
this section Is such that for n greater
part OF the day II is impossible TO OBJ
tain pressure sufficient TO supply tho
houses with water enough 10 flush
toilets. or for other necessary use,
wos brought out. Conditions Of this
kind breed disease and the COMMITTEES
felt that these things should be taken
care of.
It was reported that tho office OF
the Red Cross In the Board of Trade
could be closed, rs the work of tho
organization from this point Is aboat
finished. Il
The local Board of Health an
nounced today that the State Board
OF Health would lift the quarantine in
the state on Thursday. but IL still re-
mains in the power of the local board
to decide whether or o conditions
are improved enough here at that
time to warrant the lifting Of the
quarantine in this city. No statement
was made as to tho action the local
board might take in the matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
PERSONALS

Lewis Morris Of Market street. Wis
tied his daughter. Mrs. Harry bona
hay Of Cranbury. over the weekend
Mrs. j. Pyster and daughter Mar
garet OF Brighton avenue. are now ou
of danger and recovering from a Sc
we're attack of Spanish influenza.
Private Frank Mccormick, of Fort
Hancock. is spending a five-day fur-
Tough with his parents in High street
Cook Edward Jacobsen, of Camp
Dix. spent q short furlough with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Jacob
zen. of Hall avenue.
Miss May CosgrOve. of watson ave
nue.. is q Newark visitor today.
Miss Julia McCreery. or Cataipa
avenue. IS recovering from the Span
ish influenza.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Quarantine Probably VIII
Be Lifted on Thursday

n NDeclUT COTTeSpOHutNI.
TRENTON. Oct. 22-Dr. jacob ..
Price, director of the State Depart
ment of Health, today said he would
probably recommend TO the Board OF
Health at its meeting this afternoon
the lifting of the state influenza quar-
antine after Thursday, October "a. as
originally planned.
The abatement of the malady Is
the reason for this recommendation,
but IT will be accompanied by a sug-
gestion to all local health districts
where the malady is still eve to
act in accordance with their local
situation.
TO date 132,O91 cases of influenza
have been reported and PISA deaths.
There have been 5,625 cases OF pneu-
monia, and 1,84S deaths.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
DepOrted BGlgIanS TO be Free
to Return to Their Country

ROME, oct. 22-Baron Won Der
Iansken, chief of the German political
department at Brussels, has informed
Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium.
that when the Germans evacuhte that
city next Monday the deported BEL
gians and political prisoners VIII DO
snontaneously released, according to
scmi-oficial organ of the Vatican.
He told Cardinal MERCER 1t Is said.
that the BelRians who were depoTted
would be free TO return to their coun-
try Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Request for Loan of Autos

The local motor corps girls are still
doing relief work in private automo-
biles and the members OF the Red
Cross Motor Corps from New York
are also in evidence.
Although the epidemic is on the
wane the doctors from New York and
elsewhere still iced machines and any
additional automobiles with drivers
can be offered should be sent to
Grace English Lutheran Church, OPP
posite the Y. NJ. G. A. building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Germans Trying TO Have
PershIng Fix the Terms
By associated Press

OF asSoCtuteu fTesS
PARIS. Oct. 22 (Havas.)-The Ger
mans are hoping by their discussion
of a armistice to substitute General
Pershing for General Foot as the mil
itary leader who will state the terms.
the Petit Journal says. This news
paper adds that it Is sufficient to
point out that President Wilson has
been a warm partisan OF unified com
mand. IL remarks that only the SUI
preme commander has the right to lay
down the conditions of an armistice.
The most general comment in the
press upon the German reply Is hat
the enemy is trying to offset an ad-
mission OF defeat by causing agita-
ton In the entente countries. With
this In view the German wireless Is
sending out facetious stories of peace
manifestations in Lyons, Marseilles
and other important cities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
101 Army Men Went Down
When Sub Sank "TlGOnderOga"

BIZ ASSOCIATED Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22:-Two OH.
Gers and ninety-nine enlisted men OF
the army lost their lives in the SINK
ing OF the American steamer "Tlcon-
deToga" i'm the war zone. Sept. 30.
This announcement today by the War
Department brings the total loss OF
life to 213, the navy having previous
Iy reported ten officers and 1O2 men OF
the crew dead and two officers carried
off as prisoners by the enemy subma-
rlne that sent the vessel down.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Canteen Not to Be ReOpened

On account of the great decrease in
the number of Influenza cases and the
probable withdrawal of all but the
local Red Cross nurses and doctors,
the plans to cop the Y. NJ. c. A. can
teen are being abandoned.
No authoritative statement could
be obtained but it is not thought it will
be re-Opened.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Court Opening Postponed

Judge Lloyd will not open the Cir
cult Court at New Brunswick until
the week OF November 4.
The time set for the opening was
October %. but owing Il the preva-
lence OF the epidemic the converting
OF the court has been set forward n
week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
EMPEROR IN REPUBLIC
Autocracy and Democracy Side by
Side I'm China

(Associdted Press C~OrresDondeRce)
PEKING, oct. 22:-China furnish
es the anomaly of am emperor hold
ing court within a republic and func-
tioning with the aid of the republi-
can machinery. h little Emperor
Hsuan Tung who was placed on the
Dragon throne Of his ancestors last
wear lives i'm the Forbidden City amid
old time ceremonial and receives roy
al honors from those around him and
even from republican representatives
on the stated occasions when they
visit him or other members of the
imperial family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
CITY BRIEFS

Collector of Revenue Ellsworth
p Walker has resumed his duties at
ter being i'll for several days. .
-Axel Lembcke of Elm street VINO
has been confined TO his home for the
past two weeks ecaus OF Illness Is
recovering and will so0n be around
again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
NO "SPURLOS V~ERSENKT"

BUENos AIRES. Oct 22-The Ar
gentine government has refused to
permit a local Arm to register "a trade
mark which would have perpetuated
L%uxburg's words "spurlos versenkt' IN
the now famous telegram to Berlin In
which he urged the German govern
ment to sink Argentine vessels without
leaving a trace.
The case has been widely comment
ed upon In the local newspapers.
which have applauded the action of
the government In refusing to let
the words of the former German min
lister here to be perpetuated in Ar
gentine commerce.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
LOAN CLOSE TO z MILLIONS


The amounts as subscribed by e
members of the club to the Ioan fol-
lows: Thomas Grieve. 81, 900; David c..
Preacher. $500; Mrs. David G. Preach
er, $500; William ]. Rankin, $3.50;
Charles D.. Buchan, 800; James Gill
film, 500; John Steed, 500; Perth
Amboy Caledonian Club, $50: John
Munro. $50; William Wilson. $50:
Daniel Luckie. $50; Mary McFadyen.
$50: Mrs. G. d. Buchan. $50; total.
$2,S5O.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
ALLIES SWEEP GERMANS
OUT OF BEiGIAN FLANDERS
CONTINUED from page IL

forced to abandon all their coast de-
tense guns. OF which a number were
intact. The big thirty-eisht cent?
meter guns at Heasenboom. which
were fired up to the last minute pm
the city of Dunkirk, were also cap
tured unchanged.
"a French detachment which
crossed the Lys has repulsed a violent
enemy cou~nter-attack and succeeded
in improving their bridgeheads east
Of the river.
"a second British army Is on the
bank of the Escaut from Ballleul TO
Helchin. In spite OF enemy resistance
it has advanced more than 1900 me-
tres between the Escaut and the Lys."
British Occupying Thiant.
LONDON. oct. 22:-The British
have advanced their lines to the LETT
bank of the Ecaillon river and have
captured the western part OF the VII
lage of Thiant, five miles southwest or
Valenciennes, IT Is announced official
ly.
By Associated Press.
PARIS. oct. 22-Further progress
was made last night by h French on
the Serre front, the war office an
The French reached the
TdlANdl hOH AAltdEA "
and also the st. Jacques farm north
west of ~Chalandry.
North of the Disc the night was
characterized by great activity on the
part Of the German artillery.
ION the Serre front the French has
made further progress. They reached
the railway northeast of Assis-sur-
Serre and the st. Jacques farm north
west of Chalandry. West of the Cha
teau Tercien there was active artillery
fighting.
ION the plateau east OF GouZiers
the battle diminished in intensity last
night. 1t is confirmed that the at
tack made yesterday by the Germans
were very violent. We ave identified
elements belonging to sixteen divi-
IONS.
This morning the German attacked
against out forces at LaCargonng
farm and were repulsed.
I'm the Vosges French patrols tool
prisoners.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Draft Call VIII be Again
Continued In Certain Zones
By Associated Press.

BV AssOcidtcd Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22:- DRAFT
calls. suspended three weeks e be
cause of the influenza epidemic now
s.e going out again in certain zones
where the surgeon generals office mas
decided II IL safe to send The men TO
cantonments. The localities and the
exact number OF men will not be an
m for the present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
British Casualties.

LONDON. Oct. 21:-British casual
ties reported for the week ending to-
day number 37.150, compared to 49,
ITO for the previous week. They are
divided as follows:
Killed or died OF wounds: Omcers,
SIT; men, 1871.
Wounded or missing: Omcers. 1854:
men. 30,19S.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22
Violent Demonstration in Jdssy

Rr associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. 22-Violent demon-
STATIONS have occurred in Jassy, b
temporary capital OF Roumania, ac-
cording to advices received here. A
mob broke-into offices Of the lnAaior
Gazette, the go~vT~aSbent orgAH'nr
the plant was demolished.