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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

I am well and hoping you are the
same. / am very sorry 1 could not
write you sooner. The fact is that ]
have been up on Ike front n a
not time to drop a card either to You
or my mother. 1 haven't heard from
you in over two weeks and from
home in a month.
1 have had some time while up at
the front. You can see from the pa
the Germans since July Is and If we
keep 1t up it won't be long until it is
over. l went back on an old job of
mine: mounted messenger, just during
the drive which lasted until yester-
day and 1 certainly saw some war.
We have had quite some wounded
and some killed which inc has to ex-
pect while at war. We tool over
80, 900 prisoners and killed about
twice that number SO you see If we
keep up the good work it won't be
long until we are back with one an
other.
1t certainly was hard to be SEN out
with a message and see a whole lot
OF soIdiers-some Americans, but
mostly Germans-laying along the
| road wounded and you couldn't stop
to help them any for the message you
were carrying was very important and
probably meant more mems lives. So
you see / was up where they came
over strong. About five of the fell
lows who were doing the same work
as / were killed AND two or three
wounded.
Let me tell you 1 sure was tired.
I can hardly keep my head up for al
most a week I haven't closed an y
on the fob, night and day. You ought
to have seen me yesterday. You
wouldn't have known me. l hadn't
a chance to shave in almost I'VE weeks
and as for washing you never think of
Fthat-why I haYen't gone SO long with
out washing since / was born-but
you know 1t is for a good cause. Each
hour without sleep means a month
nearer the end of the var Every
American is Just crazy over the sue
cesses we have made and ] don't think
the war can last long II we keep on
driving them back this way and be-
lieve me we are not going to lose
time.
We have got them on the run and
we are going to fight to the last man.
| guess Hanley did his share of killing
Germans. / don't know just how he
is now for one never knows how
things change In a day or so.
/ was bringing some German prison
ers in Sunday night while things were
quiet as my service was Sneeded as n
messenger. My horse was quite frisky
for she was hungry and started pranc-
ing around one of the German prison
ers who must have thought I was GO
ing to kill him with the horse. He
said In English he wanted to give mo
a wedding ring which he said was from
his wife, but as muc as 1 dislike Ger
mans 1 felt sorry for him. I didn't
want any souvenir and II / did I know
/ couldn't have the heart to take any
thing like that from him for know
II they ever captured me your ring
would be the last thing I would want
to part with. 1t seems they all think
they are going TO be killed when TAX
en- prisoner. If they knew how good
they get treated / think they would be
all coming over to us.
Well, this is all I care to say about
the war for ] don't think they would
let II go through the censors II I said
much more.
With love TO all,
Private PATRICK KILLMURY.
Headquarters Troop. Ist Div. S
A. e. r. France.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
KEYPORT CHURCHES
REFORMED

REFORMED
Rev. F. T. d. Reynolds, pastor.
This church will remain closed UNI
I'll September 8, when all services will
be held as usual.
CALVARY NJ. E.
Rev. John r. Reeves. pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 A. NJ.
Morning service and ermon at
10:45 A. NJ. Brief address by the
pastor and celebration of the Lords
Supper.
Sunday evening at z o'clock. song
service and brief address. This will
be the last Sunday evening that the
service will be held at this hour.
ST. JOHNS M. f..
Rev. A. L. Iszard, pastor.
All services will be held as usual
at this church.
FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. A. w. Hand. pastor.
Sunday school At $3.50 A. M.
Morning service and sermon by the
pastor at 10.46 A. M.
No evening service during the
month of August.
All midweek services as usual.
ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL
Rev. Benjamin ID. Dagwell, rector.
Holy Communion at 1880 A. NJ.
Service and sermon by tho rector
at 10:46 A. NJ. Celebration Of the
Holy CommunIcn.
$3.50 p. NJ, Sunday school and
Bible class.
1880 p. NJ. evensong and serrlon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
BY ROGER w. BABSON.
Famous Writer on Labor and Economics.)

Fourth of Ten Articles on sFamou
S Workers." Written Especially for
the Newspaper Enterprise Association
}
Somewhere oyer Their, a French
officer was talking with a Y. NJ. c. A.
secretary who had just arrived. The
officer had been explaining the mod
ern machine gun, that marvellous mar
killer which sprays bullets like water
from a hose.
But I will show you a greater gun
than this" said the officer, leading the
way to apiece Of heavy artillery. a
mammoth destroyer with a range of
many miles.
What about the German gum
asked the secretary the gun that will
shoot shells into Paris from 20 miles
away2"
do you want to see a greater gun
than that?" replied the officer.
Look" and he pointed to a small
device nearby.
"Why, that's nothing but a power
~riveter." said the secretary.
Yes" cried the officer, but II
has a greater range and destruction
than any other gun In the world. 1t
will reach from America to France
and the shell it shoots is a ship. a
ship loaded with death for the
Hunl"
We read with wonder the stories of
the stout French, British and Amer
lean soldiers who stick to their guns
hour after hour in the fray of battle.
But let us not forget the heroes al
home. No machine gunner or artil-
lery man in all France is doing more
to win the war thar is such q man as
'Ffnner' Schoek.
Thinner" Schock wears no uniform
or helmet. No crowds line the side
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

WASHINGTON, Aug. s1-Uncle
Sans plan for 100000 men in
France by e. year means hat he is
going to require 100, 900 more Junior
officers, and In order t get them is
going to utilize the half billion dol
lar plant OF more than 800 colleges
and universities.
When 1t was determined to extend
the draft age limits from IS to As, 1t
looked as If all college activities of
the country would be paralyzed.
But that is where the War Depart
ment came in with its plans for the
Student~Army Training Corps. Young
men who have ben going to the 800
colleges on the governments list will
come back to school this fall as usual,
to be given intensive training to fit
them for army life. Army officers
will supplement the regular faculty.
Young men who are 20 will be
given at least three months training,
those of 10 will be trained until about
April /, and those of IS will be train
ed until about July /. The idea Is
to prepare a reservoir Of official ma
terial preliminary to their being sent
to a central officers training camp.
Selected men of IS or over who
are physically fit and who have had
a grammar school education may be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
COMPLETE PLANS FOR FAIR
IN WOODBRIDGE THURSDAY
Feature OF Evening VIII Be Raising
Of Service Flag With 2 Stars.
voss's Band for Music.

WOODBRIDGE. Aug. Sat a
Joint meeting Of the Red Cross mem
bers n the Exempts and members
OF Fire Company No. ! all Of the
COMMITTEES reported progress. Voss'
band Of twenty pieces viii open the
fair at T:sO Thursday night and at 8
o'clock the township service nag viii
be unfurled across the street between
the fire house and Nc. / school.
L. +. Potter and the United choir
will lead In the singing OF Star Span
gied Banner" in which all will Join
Charles p. Ware will then make 9
short address. The service nag will
contain about $40 stars and is 12xIs
feet.
Miss Alice Bergen was chosen
chairman OF the grab bag COMMITTEES
in place OF Mrs. John Kath. who was
unable to serve. Alfred Mason was
also appointed on this committee.
The other chairmen who have hand
ed in their m ares Utility booth,
Mrs. #. G. Tisdall chairman Mrs. "
7. Ames. Mrs. N. p. Valentine, Mrs.
A Leu Miss jamie Flanagan. Mrs. r.
Murphy. Mrs. F. +, Anness, Mrs. I
A. Browne. Mrs. J. A. Ruthyen.
Program COMMITTEES. Charles p,
Ware. chairman; r. A. Hirner.
Flower booth. Mrs. Z. H. Boynton,
chairman: Mrs e. J. Flanagan. Mrs
F. j. Adams. Mrs. !. T. spencer
Mrs. p. n Gallagher.
= Candy booth. Mrs. A. +. Randolph.
Mrs. w II. Prali, Mira A. +. So1eld
Mrs r. T. Howell
Those on the other committees VIII
be published n ne next issuG
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
ARTHUR ". BROWNE DIES
SUDDENLY IN NEW YORK
Was Prominent in Dental Profession
and Was Long Employed at S. s.
White Dental Works.

and was Long Employed at s. s.
White Dental Works.
BIZ Specicl Correspondent.
ToTTENvILE, Aug. s1-Arthur
W.B rowne, Of rs Bloomingdale road,
Pleasant Plains, died suddenly shortly
before noon yesterday In Manhattan.
Mr.. Browne had rome to Manhattan
Yesterday morning on business and
was at the Bankers Trust Company at
Wall and Nassau streets, when he was
taken Ill. An ambulance was called
from the Broad street hospital, but
he died on the way to the hospital.
Word was sent to Mrs. Browne
through the Tottenville police Of the
death of her husband.
Mr.. Browne was born in Cork. Ire
land, and was seventy-two years old.
He came to this country with his par
ents whe he was seven yea old and
had resided at Pleasant Plains many
years. He had been connected with
the s.. s. White Dental Company for
dent of the Prince Bay plant for
thirty-fve years. He resigned that
position five years ago on account OF
I'll health but has been acting az a
consulting engineer and giving con
siderable time to new work at the
plant. visiting there Occasionally. He
was an inventor n mach of the ma
chinery used in the manufacture of
dental Instruments were his patents.
He was widely known throughout
the country in the dental profession,
where he had attended conventions to
give his views concerning the use Of
the various instruments used by the
profession.
Mr.. Browne has beer the treasurer
ef the Richmond County Building and
Mutual Loan Association ever since 1t
was started t~hirty-six years ago, and
he was president of the board of trus-
tees of st. Marks Methodist church,
of Pleasant Plains. of Which he has
been a member for many years. He
was a liberal giver to charity and had
q wide circle of friends. Besides his
widow, who is prominent in w. G. T.
u. work in the state and county or
ganization, he is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. E. j. Cawse and Mrs.
Henry Horn, of Prince Bay. Arrange
ments for the funeral were completed
last night. Services will be held Mon
day afternoon at 8 o'clock from his
late residence. Rev. F. w. Sloat,' of
st. Marks church, will ~oficiate and
the interment will be In Bethel ceme-
terry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
HOW putch Kln Thelr PaEs

fAs8ocldffd Press CoTespondeHosl
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1s;-The
Dutch go~vsrpFsnfs RroAieition q
found FER 4 cohs,dsrstion Viii lake 4
pig aboard their luggsrG XIII Il ~ the
mfddis Of tie kuyasf Pee and bring
the meat back ready dfesssd without
anyone being the wiser. The euthor-
tiles are "a this case powerisfA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
Two JsrsSymen on Casually
List That Is Reported Today

Only two New Jersey soldiers AVE
their names in the 2S6 casualties re-
ported BY the war department today.
Both are reported wounded. degree
undetermined. One Is from Newark.
ana the other from Trenton.
OF the 286 men reported today
sfxty-hve were killed IN action, one
missing in action. l2o wounded Sc
vereiy t~wenty-nine died OF wounds;
twenty wounded, degree undetermin-
81. and one taken prisoner.
The New Jersey boys wounded are
Corporal Patrick II. McAleavys Of 1t4
Clifton avenue, Newark. and Private
John Nickiosh. OF 3T4 Hills Alley
Trenton.
OF those killed IN action q majority
are Michigan and Wisconsin men. ak
tee being listed from each Of these
states.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
No Need Of Belts In Prison Camp

MEMPHIS. Aug. 21:-'suspenders
are popular here" writes Captain
John w. Morris TO his relatives in
Memphis from a war prison camp at
Rastatt, Baden. He explains by add
ing, 81 have contributed o%ne-third of
my belt to the salvage dump and
could spare more. Captain Morris
was a medical oficer of the Scottish
BLACK Watch" regiment and was
taken prisoner at KENNEL Hill last
March. The Germans had put him to
work caring for the wounded prison.
ers of war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
HEROES DAY TOMORROW
VIII Be Observed throughout GreateF
City Tomorrow.

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENvILE. Aug. 31@John e
Bowe, acting president OF the borough
of Richmond, Is calling upon the peo-
pie of Staten Island to observe He
roes Day tomorrow as designated In
the proclamation Issued by Mayor Hy-
Ian that there be built Heroes Flower
Mounds in all of the boroughs of the
greater city. In the proclamation the
mayor says:
mo citizen of New York is unmind-
full of the supreme sacrifices that have
been made by the sons of this city
who today lay in their graves In
France.
There is no man. woman or child
in our city who would not shed tears
and place flowers on those graves
II could be DONE"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

TRENTON. Abe. sI.-The first ar
rest under the Federal regulations for
bidding the boarding OF food has just
been made here By Deputy John III
Vol, OF the United States Marshsi's
once, who Appreciated Joseph Parma
ing -four. He was released under $500
bail for q hearing before Federal
Commissioner Wilson next Tuesday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
Penalty for pIsobedI.ne..

Obedience is economy. ~dlsobedience.
extravaganza. He who dlsobeys the
laws OF nature has a doctors bill to
pay. He who disobeys the laws Of his
country has a lawyers bill to pay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

TO keep up a nice balance Of work
and wear, and 10 come cut q little
ahead each day. Is good pSiluon. No
nan has any right TO fear himself
out-DE Kellogg.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
You Can
Beautify your
Complexion

land rid the skin of un-
slightly blemishes. quicker
and surer. by putting your
blood, stomach and liver in
good order, than in any
other way. Clear complex
ion, bright eyes, rosy
cheeks and red lips follow
the use of Beecham's Pills.
They eliminate poisonous
matter from the system,
purify the blood and tone
the organs of digcstion-Use
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

Nine. Christie Langenhan, a drama
cess in France, England and Bohemia,
before coming to America, has been
giving much of her time to patriotic
causes and has been featuring B. G..
Hilliam's slogan song, Freedom, For
All, Forever which has scored a big
hit at various Red Cross and Liberty
Loan drives.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31
FAMOUS WORKERS.
"Finner" SchOck

HIS UNIFORM IS OVERALLS N HIS BUGLE IS A
WHISTLE BUT HE'S DRIVING NAuS IN THE KAIS-
Err COFFIN AT H RATE OF 2,7O0 RTvETS A
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31

s Workers." Written Especially for
the Newspaper Enterprise Association
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-31


Madison avenue and Jefferson
street.
On Sunday the pastor will preach
at I0:l6 A. NJ. and at 7:45 y. III.
The Sunday schools at h
time and places.
The Epworth League will meet 40
7 o'clock p. NJ.
meet on Tuesday evening.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evening.
The choir will practice on Friday
The scandinavians are most cor
daily invited.
ST. PETERS
Corner Rector and Gordon Streets
Holy Communion. 1880.
Evening prayer, 1880.
The services on Sunday Will be con-
Quoted BY the Rev. wheaton.
Of Arkansas. who was here last sun
day.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Corporate Issues
Maturing in 1918
Exceed $4,000, 600
Heaviest Re6nancing Will
Be in Public Utility and
Railroad Obligations

An aggregate Of $741 ,G31 1853 Of Amer
lean corporation securities will mature
during the current year and must be
provided for, according to special
compilation prepared by L. F. Lorec,
president of the Delaware & Hudson
Railroad Company. The list includes
railroad securities, public utilities, in
dustrial issues and state, county and
municipal securities.
Companies in Canada, Cuba and Mex
leo will have to pay OFF $5S,215,53O in
maturing securities, according to the
same compilation. This brings the
grand total Of all maturitics for North
America and Mexico to an aggregate of
S799.847,3S3.
The largest group of maturing obli
cations coming due in the United States
this year consists Of S224,128,6S3 in
public utility issues. The railroads
must provide for meeting s214.191, ,439.
Industrial corporations 1918 maturities
aggregate S1S2,6S7,760. State, county
and municipal securities which come
Ouc tuAS year dAu IuuSt W ph4O Ou tS-
gregate total Of $120,673,971
OF the railroad maturities that must
be financed this year, Mr.. Loree,s COM
pilation shows that $55,522,634 are
equipment trust bonds, all or sub
stantial portion of which will presuma-
bly, be taken care Of through sinking
funds created under the equipment
trusts.
The compilation presents the maturi-
ties by months. Tho single biggest
item in one month is 9,O61, 900 of pub
lie utility maturities in next July In
April $57,205,820 of railroad securities
will have to be provided for, including
S45,000,000 Of New Haven railroad
notes.
1t is expected that much of the
financing that will be needed to take
care of this years maturities will be
arranged through the proposed govern
ment $500,0O0,000 finance corporation.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Embargoes Cause Big
Trade Losses With
European Neutrals

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Increased
trade with the Latin-American coun-
tries and decreases in exports to
Northern European neutrals were the
features of American 1917 foreign COM
merce, as set forth in figures issued
to-day by the Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce.
Imports from South America in
creased from s427, 100000 to $685.
100000, and exports to South America
increased from s22o,ooO,o0o to s312,-
100000. South America ranked third
in sales to the United States, following
North American countries and Asia.
and taking precedence over Europe,
Occania and Africa in the order named.
Europe continued to be the best GUS
toner of this country, buying goods
worth $4,054 1862 ,029, followed by North
America, Asia, South America, Oceania
and Africa.
Embargo restrictions acted to reduce
Denmark's purchases from the United
States to $32,000,000, as compared with
$56, 100000 in 1915. Sweden obtained
S21 100000, a decrease of S26O0O,O0O:
Norway, 100000, as compared with
$66,OO0,000, and Holland, 100000, 900, as
compared with 100000. Exports to
Greece reached the low figure of S.
477,0OO, as against S33 $500 in 1916.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
PUBLIC NOTICE
INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS ;,
Iart OF the Greensboro subway ksp"
'Esnn p.,i1

Sealed bids or proposals for the com,
pletion of construction of Shaft No. .oa 81
route NO: 26, a part Of the Queens,00ssSs ss
received by the Public Service Commissos.
for the First District Hereinafter caea cns.a
the commission on behalf Of The ~ ~
OF New York. at the Office OF the Comm'S, >,
sion at No. l20 Broadway Borough nso.h !,
Manhattan. New York City. until the e.u lv.n
day OF February. 1918. at eleven thlr'ss
q :3op o'clock a. NJ, at which time ~ ~
Commission. the proposals viii be puoiie''
opened
The said Shaft No. > of Route No. 2sis
located in City property on the nortnsInhi
OF Manhattan. between First Avenue AZ az
lhe East River. Shaft No. has pes
partly excavated by other contractors ans ls
IS 70 be enlarged and completed ior ana us
as an emergency exit duct, manhoie ~ 10
ventiiating shaft. superstructure 10 =. s's'
10 be constructed at the top of the snai.h, hs
Ihe work to be done will include >srr ~
carr care and support of surface. suonanes suosus,nees
ana overhead structures. the malnteIan, ,
OF traffic and the restoration of street SUI
faces.
The Contractor must complete all "0ss 9ss
covered by the contract within nine Vt
ihohths from the delivery of the cohuo,d ,d
A fuller description Of the work "a. ~.
other requirements. provisions and speotior tor
cations are given in the Information ~ ~
contractors and in the forms Of contrary sa
bond and Contractor s Proposal and in tn ns
contract drawings. which are TO be t Deem a
a part OF this Invitation and COPIES Al
Which may be inspected and purchaser
lils once OF the Comm ssion "a
-, The receipt Of bids VIZ be subtect, y
,ne requirements specified in SAID ihAN'
nation for Contractors
oew York, February l. 1918. r;rst
District.
BY OSCAR S. sTRAus, Chairman
JAMES b. WALKER, Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Detroit Edison Earnings

Gross revenues Of the Detroit Edison
Company i1 1917 amounted to $12,279,-
o25, compared with 10,o66,786 the pre-
ceding year. Expenses, including re-
ncwals, requirements and depreciation
charges, consumed $8,615,515 of the
total earnings, leaving net income of
1864 ,41o, decrease of s191, ,283. After
allowances for interest on the COM
pany's funded and unfuaded debt, there
remained balance Of $2,635,848,
against $2,717,413 in 1916.
The net increase of plant investment
last year, according to the company's
annual report, was 5000 ,496, the larg
est amount that has ever been expend-
ed on construction in any one year, but
less than the company had planned to
spend. The report adds:
"Conditions arising out Of the en-
trance of the United States into the
war have caused us to defer Indefinite
ly much new work, which otherwise
would have been desirable, or even in
perative."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Imports of Raw
Materials Show
Large Increase
United States Manufacturers
Draw Heavily on Other
Countries for Supplies

The value of manufacturing mate
rials imported into this country in 1917
was double that of 1915. The imports
last year, according to a compilation
of the National City Bank, were valued
at approximately $1,8oo,o 100000, against
s957,ooo,ooo in 1915 and $s74,ooo,ooo in
1914. Last year manufacturing ma
terial formed 81 per cent Of the total
merchandise imported, compared with
81 per cent in 1915 and 40 per cent the
preceding year.
Manufactures exported in 1917 were
valued at nearly $4,oooooo,ooO, against
S1,791, 100000 in 1915 and 1914, 4,O0O, 900
in 1914.
"These large increases in manufact-
uring material imported" the bank
says, occurred in nearly all of the i'm
portant articles of foreign production
required in our industries. India rub
Der imports of 1917, for example, ag-
gregate over 4O0,00O,O00 pounds,
against 270,00O,o00 pounds in 1916 and
221,O00,o00 in 1915, and the value in
1917 was approximately 100000,
against $160,000,0OO in 1916 and SILL
100000 in 1915. Hides imported in
1917 show slight increase in guam
tity when compared with 1915, but a
large advance in total value, aggregat-
ing for 1917 over 100000, 900 in value,
against $173,000,000 in 1916, 127,000,-
600 in 1916 and S112,OOO,0O0 in 1914
Raw silk imports of 1917 show total
value of nearly S2OO,O0O,0OO, against
$3.50, 100000 in 1916, s95. .ooo. 900 in 1915
and S93,00O,000 in 1914. Wool imports
Of 1917 aggregate in value over $150,-
100000, against S125,OOO,OOO in 1916,
$9o, 100000 in 1915 and $58,OOO,0OO in
1914. Tin imports of 1917 show total
value of approximately $4,000, 900,
against S56,0OO,000 in 1916, $39, ,OO0,O
in 1915 and 100000 in l9l4. Fibrcs
show an aggregate value in 1917 Of
about $100,000,00O, compared with $780,
100000 in 1916 and $45,0O0,O0O in 1915.
Raw cotton shows total value for
1917 of approximately s460OO. 900,
against $26,000,000 in 1916 and S23.-
100000 in 1914.
"While some parts Of these large in
~ "SSS AOI 1o1 are que TO nlg1 5r
prices, the quantities imported are in
most cases much larger, especially
when compared with 1915. Rubber i'm
ports. for 1917 arc nearly double those
tor 1915; silk, about rs per cent mere
| than in 1915; wool, despite the scarcity
and extremely high prices, slightly
more than in 1915, but less than in
1916, and hides slightly in excess of
1915, but below the total of 1916.
THE share which the manufacturers
of the country have in the foreign
trade shows marked growth as re-
suit of the war. Raw material imported
for manufacturing formed in 1917 43
per cent of the total imports, against
SO per cent in 1914; manufactures for
use in manufacturing, IS per cent, COM
pared with Is per cent in 1914, and
total manufacturing material, 81 per
cent of the total imports of 1917,
against 49 per cent in 1914 Manufact-
urcs exported formed in 1917 66 per
cent of the total exports, against 81
per cent in 1915 and At per cent in
1914"