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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31

]. Edgar Bennett. a candidate for
Freeholder on the Republican ticket.
was born near Cranbury, at which
place he has lived all his life. He is
well known business man and a
farmer of this section. Mr.. Ben
net is large property owner
and has had considerable experience
in road work. If elected. he will see
that the taxpayer gets a dollars worth
for every dollar expended.
He is a firm believer in the county
hospital for tuberculosis patients, and
feels that the unfortunate of the
county should be given the best that
the county can afford. He is able.
honest, and faithful and believes that
the public business should be admin
istered exactly as ones private busi-
ness.
The voters of Middlesex county and
citizens of the southern section of the
county, where there Is no Freeholder
representation at present. will make
no mistake in electing Mr.. Bennett
This candidate Is no shallow fellow.
but one of those genuine men that no
honor and power given him by his
fellow citizens can make him forget
his whole duty 10 all the people.
(Paid for by the Middlesex County
Republican Committee.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Scully Attacks CdrSOn'S
Idea of Senate Patriots

Congressman Thomas ]. Scully paid
q visit to Democratic headquarters
last night and shook hands with sew
eral hundred of his friends who came
there to see him. Afterwards the
Congressman attended the bouts of
the Lotus Club in Palace Hall and was
given a great reception by the fight
fans.
He was introduced by Joe Hum
phries as the representative who al
ways stood behind the President and
as n 100 per cent American.
The Congressman made a speech
along patriotic lines and carefully
omitted all reference to politics. He
dwelt upon the part that sport was
playing in helping to finance the war
and praised those in the game who
were so ready TO do their bit.
He concluded by saying that he
would give an amount equal to the
total box Office receipts to the United
War Fund.
After the congressman had taken
his seat there was long continued
cheers and applause for him and he
had to bow his acknowledgements be-
fore the fans would desist in their
demonstration.
Representative Thomas ]. scully. at
a meeting In Perth Amboy lass
night. said:
''I see that my good friend. Mr..
Carson, does not like some of our
southern Democrats. will admit they
are a little irritating at times. but
personally have not found them
quite so Irritating as some of Mr.. Car
sons Republican friends from the
west For example, Mr.. Carson speaks
of waterways and suggests that /
might have done more for this district
than / have done, but he omitted to
mention the fact that four years ago
when I had succeeded in getting
through the house by unanimous vote.
a bill appropriating $4,000 for wa
terways in this district. Mr.. Carson's
Republican friend, Senator Burton.
of Ohio, talked 1t to death in the sem
ate.
I'm fact, little Investigation dis
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31

For the responsible Office of Coro-
Ter the Democratic party offers well
qualified candidate in the person OF
William +. Harding, of New Bruins
wick. who was elected to this office
seven years ago and served the eoun-
ty for three years strictly in accord
ance with the law.
Mr.. Harding is a lifelong resident
of the county seat, where he has been
engaged in the undertaking business
for the past twenty-four years. BY
devotion to- business and strict integ-
rity Mr.. Harding has built up an ex-
cellent trade. His personality COM
mands respect and his friends in both
the Democratic and Republican ranks
are legion.
His ability has been perceived by
those who have formed his acquain-
tance and the county will secure in
him thoroughly competent and
faithful public servant. If elected,
Mr.. Harding promises TO fulfill his
duty in the same careful manner as
when he held the Office of Coroner
before.
(Paid for by Middlesex County Demo-
cratic Commitee-)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
At
BIC GATHERING
Captains and Team Workers
Hear Stirring Addresses and
Plan for Work !

A meeting of committeeEnen, work
ers and all persons intere-ted in the
United War Work Campaign was held
last night in the council chambers at
City Hall. The purpose of the meet
ing was to explain the plans of the
drive to the workers. The campaign
is to start November IL and terminate
November 1s.
Judge Adrian Lyon. chairman sSfol
Perth Amboy, presided and urged the
men and women to get right in the
game. He stated that the success OF
failure of the drive depends on the
organization, and that most of the
captains have signed up thus showing
their willingness to serve.
William B. Evans of Pittston, Pa,
campaign manager of the Eastern dis
trict, explained the technicalities and
small details of the drive. He said
that 1t was the biggest project of Its
kind in the history of the world, and
that America was capable of putting
it across. 1t all goes for the welfare
of our boys "over there" and the
Americans must back them up by
greatly oversubscribing the quota OF
$40. 100000. because only in that
event will 1t be a real success. Mr.
Evans calls 1T the "seven-in-one" cam
paiEn, because II Is composed of sew
en- great organizations. working a;
one machine for one great purpose
He looked over the Perth Amboy or.
ganization and found 1t to be very
tho. .ough.
Df. A. C. McCrea, Y. NJ. C. A. secre-
tary of Ridgefield. who has just re-
turned from the other side after par
ticipating in the great St Mihiel push
gave q stirring address on his expert
ences "over there" He had been ir
the front line with the First Division
for nine months, and has also been on
every front from Alsace to the south
He calls the Americans ''the finest
group of men that ever trod the earth
as an army" He showed many SOU
venirs which he had picked up after
the st. Mihiel drive. He said that the
people in this country do not realize
how the contagion of things we'll done
in this country spread to and affect
our boys "over there" and he made
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Amboy road about 5:45 o'clock last
night was accidently struck and kill
ed by an automobile owned and oper-
ated by DIR. Royal E. Meyers, of 1877
johnson avenue, Tottenville.
Mundy lived about an hour after
he had been struck. He was knocked
unconscious and died from internal
injuries, all of the ribs of his right
side being broken.
At the time of the accident DR..
Meyers was driving toward Totem
vile. Mundy was walking along the
side of the road as there is no side
walk at that place. The Huguenot
fire apparatus was passing on the
right going toward Huguenot Park
and DR.. Meyers, pulling out to let the
firemen pass, struck Mundy who is
said to have stepped in front of his
car. DIR. Meyers stopped his car and
rendered all aid possible. An am
bulance from the Seaside hospital was
called and DR.. Wright pronounced
the man dead.
Assistant Medical Examiner George
Mord who was notified gave Under
taker James w. Bedell permission to
remove the body to his morgue in
Tot .enville. DIR. Mord came to Tot
tenville later and examined the body
and gave permission for the burial.
Mundy lived alone In shack on
Foster road. He had resided in
Prince Bay all of his life and was a
we'll known character at that place.
He is survived by an only sister, Mrs.
Alex Grant, of Pleasant Plains. Ar
rangements for the funeral are being
made by the family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
DOCTOR WOLFRA
ASSIGNED To CITY
Will Remain Until Place Is
CIean--To Speak Before En-
ployes and Woman's Club

DR.. William II. Wolfram of the
United States public health service
has been assigned to this city by that
branch of the government until such
time as sanitary conditions show q
marked Improvement.
DIR. Wolfram has already started on
his cleanup campaign and dirty res
taurants. filthy milk dealers and
others who handle food are receiving
the deserved attention of the doctor
Tomorrow at noon he will address
the employees of the Standard Under
ground Cable Company by special in
vitation Of Henry w. Fisher and
Tracy ID. Waring, officials of the
company. His subject will be Per-
sonal and Home Hygiene"
1t is also expected that DIR. Wolf
ram will speak before the Woman's
Club at their meeting on Monday af-
ternoon at the Presbyterian chapel.
The recent action in the arraign-
ment of five restaurant keepers for
health ordinance violations has fred
Dr. Wolfram to an added determine
ton to keep at affairs here until they
are thoroughly cleaned up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
SAY RESOLVE FOR ARM|ST|CE AND PEACE
WILL LEAD To EVACUATION Of TERRITORY
OCCUPIED BY THEM FOR THE PAST YEAR
British Forces East of Piave
Have Reached Lezenza Riv-
er, War Office Says

Disaster threatens the Austro Hun
garian army from the Sceldio to the
Adriatic as they prepare to evacuate
Italian territory. All the Italian ar
mics now have entered the great Of
fensive against the Austrians and the
allied troops are advancing rapidly
along the entire front from Lake
Garda to the Adriatic.
Fighting activities on the western
front remain at virtual standstill.
Shattered by the irresistible advance
by the Italians. British and French
across the Piave the Austrians are
fleeing rapidly across the plains of
Eastern Galicia toward the line of the
Isonzo, from which they advanced one
year ago. American troops are par
ticipating in the advance of the Ital-
ian tenth army which already has
reached the outskirts of Sacile, fifteen
/ miles from the Piave. The total of
Austrian prisoners is approaching 40,-
600
Apparently the Austrian forces
whicn were along the Piave will have
great difficulty in reaching the hills
west of the Isonzo. They have been
, separated from the armies In the
mountains west of the Piave and the
allies already threaten their rear from
! the region of Vittorio. Along the low
, er Piave the italian third army has
crossed the river and taken up the
pursuit. IN the center the Italians
have taken Oderzo. while further
north they have advanced beyond Wit
torio, in the direction of Belluno.
In retreating across the plains over
the fifty-f1ye miles between the Piave
and the Isonzo the Austrians rushed
backward and through narrow hall
way walled In on the north by the
Carnic Alps and on the south by tho
Adriatic. From the manner In which
the allies have driven in their wedge
through the east of the Piave it ap-
parently Is the intention to outflank
the Austrians on the north of the foot
hills of the Alps and thrust them from
both the north and the west.
The situation of the Austrians
guarding the Trentino along the front
of the east of Lake Garda to the Piave
also is becoming serious. Between the
Brenta and the Piaye the fifteen Aus
trian divisions operating there have
been cut off by the capture of Badel
Pass.
Austrian troops also are retiring
from Siberia and the left wing already
has crossed the Danube, Vienna an
nounces. The complete liberation of
Serbia seems but a matter of a few
| days II not hours.
There has been little change In the
situation on the western front Brit
Continued on page fve)
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Seek Immediate Repairs to
Road From Bridge to Morgan

Tell them there will be no loading
of shells at Morgan unless you build
that road" was the -gist of the meet
ing held here yesterday of the High
ways Transport Committee of the
New Jersey Counsel of Defense, to
determine on action which will see to
rapid conclusion the building of
temporary road from the southern
termination of the Amboy bridge,
Through South Amboy and to the be-
ginning of the brick road which leads
to Morgan and the T. A. Gillespie
Shell Loading plant.
In order that this road, so import
ant to the plant and its operation, as
well as to the other munition plants
south of theAbridge. should be repaired
Immediately, the committee and other
interested persons decided that a
| meeting will be held in Washington
either on Saturday CT Monday, at
which the necessity for the repairs
will be brought to the attention of the
federal authorities and permission
will be sought to proceed Immediate
ly with the work.
Mayor A. T. Kerr of South Amboy
acted as chairman of the meeting
which was held at the New Packer
House and which was attended by
men prominent in road matters
throughout the state, representatives
VI Tie corps, the state nlRn-
way commission, the national high
ways transport committee, the war
/ industries board and the war priori-
ties board, and the Motor Truck Club
of the state.
The importance of the thorough
fare and the necessity for immediate
and rapid repairs to the road were
emphasized by all present
Major c. c. Smith and Capt. r. C,
Breusaugh, production manager and
assistant, respectively, of the New
York district of the ordnance depart
ment. said that the stretch of road is
highly important to the proper oper-
alton of the war plants south of the
Raritan.
Various matters were considered as
to the proper method of opening a
suitable avenue of traffic through the
Mechanicsville section, from the end
of the bridge into South Amboy. The
hole-in-the-wall proposition was dis
carded as useless. The PENNSYLVANIA
railroad right of way, popularity
characterized as the rocky road TO
Amboy," is the section which re-
ceived the attention of the commit
tee. and it is this section which Will
be covered with a temporary pave
ment to last through the winter.
Ways and means of securing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Roosevelt and Taft Issue
Joint Appeal to Country

only those Democrats who do his will.
Because of this reflection on other
patriotic Americans, we appeal for
fair play.
THE next congress will servo from
March 4. 1919, to March 4, 1921. In
that period:
II. The war must be fought to un-
conditional surrender unless 1t is
achieved before.
"2. The terms of world peace must
be settled.
"3. The Democratic administration,
after expending millions of treasure
and exercising more absolute power
than any administration IN our his
tory, must give an account of this
stewardship.
~. The change from war condi-
tions to peace must be brought about
with the least disturbance and the
work of reconstruction must be
broadly done.
"A Republican congress will be
much better qualified than one con-
trolled by Democrats to aid the coun-
try in adopting the measures needed
for these four great tasks
Continued on page 5.1
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6y Associated Press

Bu Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 31:-Theodore
Roosevelt and William H. Taft issued
here today a joint appeal for the cleo
ton of a Republican majority in con-
gress. The statement was said to be
the first ever composed and signed by
two former presidents of the United
States.
Seated at a table in the Union
League Club they prepared the state
ment and discussed old times at the
capitol while 1t was being typed. The
lappeal says:
I'VE approach this subject as
Americans and only as Americans.
When this war broke out we would
have welcomed action by the Presi-
ldent which would have eliminated all
questions of party policies. 1t would
have enabled us all to stand behind
him to the end without regard for
|anything except national considera-
tions. Instead Of this, partisan lines
have been strictly drawn from the
first, and now the President an
nounces that only Democrats can be
entrusted with future power, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
SAY HE HIT RE|CHMAN
On HEAD WITH IRON BAR
, Schools Open Monday

Schools will open Monday. This
announcement was made today by
Superintendent of Schools s. z.
Shull.
The buildings which were dam
aged by the explosion and those
used for refugees and hospitals
during the Influenza epidemic have
been repaired and fumigated and
are ready
The schools were closed on Fri
day. October 4. and It Will be just
a month Monday since their doors
were shut. The closing of the
schools was first brought about by
the big Morgan explosions, when
they were damaged. and some were
turned into homes or temporary
shelters for the refugees from
South Amboy many of whom were
taken Ill with influenza while in
them. Since that time the infiu-
enza epidemic has made necessary
the closing of the buildings and
disseminating of the school sessions
in order that the disease might not
be spread among the children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
ALDERMAN THREATENS
To HEAVE INK WELL
To Munifion Workers


WASHINGTON, Oct. 31:-An
appeal to munition workers not to
slow up in their work as a result
of peace talk, was issued today by
Major General Williams. Chief of
Ordnance.
I'VE are still at war;" General
Williams says. "Our boys in
France are depending upon us for
guns and ammunition, The en-
emy is talking peace, but we of
the Ordnance Department have
nothing to do with peace talk.
For US there is no peace. Our
business, our awful responsibility
Is war. II you and others should
plan what you will do when when
peace comes, no welcome peace
will ever come"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31
Boy and Man Victims of
Fatal Automobile Accidents

Joseph ID. Copeland of 97 Lewis
street will be taken to New Brunswick
today where he will be charged before
Judge Daily by the local police. with
running down and instantly killing
Edwin Nelson, ten years old of 100
Madison avenue at o'clock last night
at Madison avenue and Paterson
street 1t is expected that he will be
released on $4,000 bail.
A number of his friends who made
an investigation last night Immediate
ly after the accident are of the opinion
that he did not run down the child
and kill him but that the child slipped
and fell and struck the back of his
head and died from fractured skull.
According to the story told by Cope
land to the police he was coming down
Madison avenue and when he arrived
at Paterson street the little boy ran
off the sidewalk to the side of the road
and before he could stop his automo-
bile he had struck the child and killed
him.
Copeland picked up the boy, placed
him in his automobile and rushed him
to the Office of DIR. ]. G.. Cottrell,
where it was found that he was dead.
1t Is the opinion of those who in
vestigated the matter that the child
ran into the road and tripped and fell
fractured his skull and died from the
result and that Copeland did not run
him down but that in the excitement
Copeland believes he struck the boy.
There are no marks on the car and
there was no evidence that the child
had been struck other than the fact
that he had q hole in the back of his
head and had bled freely from this
cut
A sad feature OF the affair is the
mother of the little child is very Ill
and the father, Edwin Nelson. Sr.,
who is employed as a carpenter at
Camp Raritan, Germantown has been
out of bed only a few days after a
very severe illness.
After the accident Coroner James j.
Flynn was notified and he is now max
ing an Investigation. The body of the
child was taken to Mr.. Flynn's
morgue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31

closes that the record in congress of
some of Mr.. Carson's Republican
friends will not bear a very close
scrutiny. Congressman Fess of Ohio.
had such a thorough going un-Ameri-
can record that after advertising him
to speak in this district they wero
afraid TO let him face the American
citizens of the third congress dis
trict Wherever there was a chance
to be wrong and un-American. Con-
gresham Fess was wrong and un-
American. Surely there is some truth
in the old proverb that we can Judge
man to some extent by the company
he seeks. and Mr.. Fess is the company
Mr.. Carson seeks.
Congressman Green, who did
speak in New Brunswick. also had q
record in congress of being only fifty
per cent American. Have we not t.
some extent n right to assume that
CONTINUED on page 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-31

finances for the work and the help
and materials to do 1t were taken up
and it was finally decided to have
the men present meet with represen-
tatives of several departments at
Washington either on Saturday or
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BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE Oct. 31:-Oscar
Mundy. seventy years old. of Foster
road. Prince Bay. while walking in
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