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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
TOTTENVIl.LE

Mrs. Belle Ainsworth has returned
to Lynn, Mass, after visiting relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyd visited in
Port Monmouth over the week end.
Fanshawe Sure. of ~Sheepshead
Bay, Brooklyn, Is spending a few days
with his cousin, Fred Hoehn.
Sergeant Frank Lehman. OF the
medical corps. stationed at Camp
Humphreys, Va, has returned to camp
after a week end visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Lehman.
Ted DeBoer, who enlisted in the
Naval Militia and for a time was in
charge OF the camp at Tarrytown. af-
ter the boys were assigned to ships.
has received his honorable discharge
and is at home again.
Captain Thomas Gordon, of the
barge Dorothy NJ, who was removed
to the Staten Island hospital last week
with a fractured shoulder as the re-
suit of a fall. is back to his boat
again.
A meeting and drill of Company e,
18th Regiment Corps Of Cadets, will
be held tonight at the school.
The annual election OF officers for
Bentley Lodge No. $40, Odd Fellows.
will take place tonight at a meeting of
the lodge.
A meeting Of Richmond Temple.
Pythian Sisters. is scheduled to take
place tonight at K. or p. hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Sense Of Speed.

W. P. Beazell says In an article Ia
q New York paper. telling some Of hts
flying experiences: "vefy little sense
of speed comes to one In the air.
There is, Of course. the tremendous
rush Of air past ones face. but a whirl'
ing propeller will give that before one
has left the ground. There are no
landmarks In the air, and It 10 By
landmarks that we measure the speed
Of trains and automobiles, for Ia.
stance. The earth is so far below that
1t seems to be passing at about the
rapidly Of a horse car. After a time
the %iandlubber begins to realize that
what he was regarding as suburban.
plots are really farms. that the fish
ponds are town reservoirs, that the
brooks are rivers, and that by hold
ing out his hand he can blot from vew
q county. When that happens he be.
gins to get a proper perspective Of
himself"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
TOttenVIIIe K. Of C. at
Big Staten Island Event
Third Degree for Sevcnty-five Candi-
dnfns NJ We'll Affcnded Session

Third Degree for Sevcnty-flve Candi-
dates at Well Attended Session.
By SPECIAL Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. S0.-Exem-
pliheation Of the third degree OF sew
enty-fve candidates from the various
councils OF the Knights OF Columbus
on Staten Island took place last night
at the rooms of Assumption Council IN
st. Peters hall, New Brighton. The
major degree of the order was in
charge of the officers OF Assumption
Council. OF which Matthew Tormey $
the grand knight. District Deputy
Julian Burt, for the Richmond dis
trlct. who is to cave shortly or a two
months trip to Japan, assisted in the
work. There were more han three
hundred members Of the order at the
initiation.
County Judge J.. Harry Herman, a
member of the order. gave a patriotic
address in which he told of the work
done by the order during the world
war. Others made remarks following
the comforting of the degree. Grand
Knight Peter Brown. accompanied by
twenty members of Tottenville Coun-
Gil No. 1875 attended and presented
two candidates for the class Grand
Knight Brown made known at this
time that the anniversary of Totem
Vile Council would be celebrated or
Washington's birthday. February ~,
with the comforting OF the third de-
gree on a number of candidates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Comm. Once "KIIed" q Bishop.

A Kent (England) urban council. II
Is believed. has about reached the limit
of "war economy" by f%orbidding the
use Of punctuation marks In all official
documents, with the result that re-
ports Of its proceedings are published
without even a comma. But the abb
sence of punctuation may prove per-
ilous. Hill 70. on the western front,
was taken" by a missing comma.
Worse still, a bishop, for want Of q
comma. was temporarily killed. The
present bishop Of Bath and Wells.
when he held the see Of Adelaide.
found what he thought was a dead sea
serpent near Coffin bay. at q time when
an Influenza epidemic ragged In that
district. He vas ~pardonably proud Of
the discovery" which was wired to
England In a portmanteau telegram
which ran: "Infiuenza prevalent nu'
merous deaths Bishop Adelaide found
dead sea serpent 60 feet Coffin bay"
A news agency though the last six
words a separate message. and an
nounced the death Of the bishop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Bankers In Race
To Rule Financial World

At a gathering Of the members of
the Council OF Foreign Relations in
the Metropolitan Club the other day
an eminent EnglIshman made an elab-
crate address in which he showed how
the financial center of the world had
passed from London to New York.
A prominent American 1nancier re-
piled and insisted that, so far as the
financing of exports and imports OF
the world are concerned, London still
is supreme. and only Insofar as loans
made by the United States to the allies
are concerned has the financial CEN
ter been shifted to New York.
Financial primacy will go 10 the
nation that shows itself best fitted
for the work. At present the British
have the best machinery and America
has the largest resources. 1t will take
some years to determine whether Lon
don OF New York will lead. A great
deal depends on the measure of sue
cess that attends our entrance into
the carrying trade of tho world. IL
our merchant marine is able to COM
pete with the merchant feet of other
nations our position will DO establish
ed. II not. London will continue to
be the financial center.
European bankers. on the face OF
things. have prepared more carefully
for a~fter-the-war conditions than the
American financiers. For some years
the British and Germans have been
consolidating their banks into a few
powerful groups. until today the re-
markable spectacle is presented of five
banks In Britain controlling practl-
| cally the whole banking system of the
empire n three banks in Germany
holding the purse-strings OF central
| Europe.
The outcome of the war has rather
upset the German world program, and
Berlin bankers are likely to have their
hands full solving domestic problems
without ad~venturing into wider fields.
The thirteen banks of the world
with deposits in excess of $500, 900, 600
are:
State Bank of Russia. s~1,426,665,-
900; London City and Midland. ST.
392.655, 900: Lloyds. $1,000, 900, 900;
Imperial Bank OF Germany, $1.166.-
775.000: London County (Westmin-
ster & Paris). 81, 054,495.0 900; Bank OF
England. 1894, S25. 900; National Pro-
vincial and Union (of London), $S77,-
100000; Deutsche Bank, sS75.S45,0 900;
National City, $6S7. 600. 900; Barclays,
s645. 100000; Banque Russo Asiatl-
que. s5S9,6S5.000 Guaranty Trust,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30

s549.0 900, 900; Russian Bank for For
eign Trade, t510,000,000.
The figures for the German and
Russian banks are questionable, W
ing to the depreciation of the rouble
and the mark.
The American banking strength r.
far greater than the ~tabulation would
indicate. There are 1000 banks In
America OF these 1871 are national,
1898 state and 1.60S trust compa-
MES.
The deposits Of the New York
banks alone equal so per cent of the
deposits of the $500 banks in the
five mammoth British aggregations.
Naturally. New York gets first on
sideration when American banking is
mentioned. But New York, large as
Is The part 1t plays Is not so domi-
nant as II used TO be. Recently the
banks OF the middle west have been
looming up. A Chicago bank fioated
a foreign loan. the first time in his
tory an interior bank did such a thing.
The loan was not big but II marked
a departure in American finance. Re-
Gently, too. western banks fioated a
bond Issue for a great packing som
Germ and sold the 1000. 900 Of II
within one day.
The western banks are deeply in
terested in foreign trade. Some OF
them want foreign branches.
Until recently a national bank was
Tot permitted to have branches. Now
they may have branches in foreign
countries. The National City Bank Is
spreading out in various lands but has
less than two dozen branches. At
present America is handicapped sadly
In establishing foreign branches by
lack OF men trained in the field of
international finance.
Deposits of the big American banks
are not true measures OF this strength.
Various groups are controlled by va
rious interests or are SO closely afs
fliated as to be almost parts Of n
institution. The total deposits of n
OF these group would top those OF the
State Bank of Russia. by hundreds OF
millions of dollars.
There has not been the vigorous
leadership in our international nance
program that some of the most ardent
of persons would like to see but q
worldwide financial organization Is
not the creation of a day or a res
When our foreign trade develops
as expected the financial machinery
will be in good working order.
The American banker Is not slow.
Neither are the American people.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
TEACHERS VOTE
ENDS AUT0CRACY
Miss Katharine L. Mccormick
Made Second Vice President
of State Association

That autocracy in the New Jersey
State Teachers Association received a
stunning blow at the sixty-fourth con-
vention which ended In Atlantic City
Saturday, was evidenced by the sweep
ing victory of the progressives. who
elected the following officers of h as
so citation owe the regular nominees:
President. Alexander j. Glennie of
Newark; first vice president, Superin-
tendent ]. j. Unger of Cumberland
county; second vice president, Kathar-
inc Mccormick, of this city; treasur-
er, 8. Ida MachMahon of Trenton;
railroad secretary, Jane e. McDon-
ough of Newark member of executive
committee, Superintendent Henry III.
Gresham of Egg Harbor city.
The result of the election was q
sweeping victory for the insurgents. or
the members of the State Teachers
Association who are opposed to the
regime of Mis- sIclizabeth A. Allen as
secretary Of h state teachers retire.
ment fund. The insurgency has beer
fostered and lead by teachers of this
city, New Brunswick and Camden. 1t
is conceded that these factions forced
the state association to stand for ade-
quade salaries for all teachers and for
the safe, sound and sane pension sys-
tenn instead of the ~interlocking sys-
TENS now in vogue and which have
beer found to be far from financially
safe by Investigations of actuaries.
The so-called steam roller tactics of
the retirement fund advocates were
present in full force. but for the first
time the insurgents were able to pre-
sent an unbeatable front and the vic
tory attested to the fact that the
teachers are opposed to the regulars
and Il their efforts to apparently dis
credit the opinions of authorized ex-
perts who have Investigated h PEN
sion fund.
The principal grievance the insur-
gents had against the pension fund
was that the State of New Jersey
compels teachers to contribute a part
is declared by experts to be insolvent.
The faction has felt for some time
that the retirement fund was not
what It should be Inc would, In a
few years, be unable to fulfill its
functions. They have faith In the
committee headed by Superintendent
Enrignt OF Freehold and President
Glennie to work In harmony with the
Legislative committee on pensions for
the good OF all teachers in the state.
The local delegation took a promi-
nent part In the convention. Joseph
F. Walker, principal of No. / school,
took part In several of the discus
sions and nominated Miss Mccormick
for the second vice presidency on the
successful ticket.
The delegates from here were Mr..
Walker, Glenworth Sturgis. M. 8.
Letter, Miss Katharine L. Mccormick.
Miss Jetta Stacey. Miss Helen Bard
rum, Miss Gertrude Ernst. Miss Mar
Ruerite Boughton, Miss Florence
iDonegan, Miss Adelina d'Arveau. Miss
Esther Laury, Miss Rose Cerbo. Miss
lLeisa Henry. Miss Bertha Oxenford
and Miss Grace Bernard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Today We Celebrate
Eng1lshmen Have Had Little Use for
Pretpnderq.

Just 1853 years G today, on De-
cember 80, 1865, there died in Rome
James Francis Edward Stuart, called
by his adherents James III of Eng
land, but better known as the Pre-
tender. While there have been many
p~retenders to the British throne since
James and his son, Charles Edward,
they were the last to enjoy n con
siderable following Having filed the
teeth of the serpent of monarchy"
the English people have no enthusi-
asm for dynastic controversies, and
besides, the day has passed when q
pretender could plunge a nation into
| war.
Although the pretending business
has never amounted to anything in
Great Britain since James sought to
overthrow the first of the Hanover
ians. q few idle folks with nothing else
to do, before the war. formed socie-
ties and "conspiracies" to overthrow
the present relgning house. Up to the
beginning of the conflict which has
just come to a close the few members
of the Legitimist Jacobite League
amused themselves by c~onspiring for
the restoration to the throne of q
royal line more direct in Its descent
from h Stuarts thar that represent
ed by the present monarch. This
league came into prominence during
the reign of King Edward, and that
genial monarch found 1t quite a diver
sion. Members Of the league conferred
the title of MARY ~. Queen of Eng
land" upon Marie Theresa, spouse of
Louis of Bavaria, and mother of
Crown Prince Ruprecht, who COM
manded a German army on the West
Front and whom these Jacobites dub
bed Prince of Wales" The Queen
was an Archduchess of Austria-E Este
Modena prior to her marriage, and
claimed descent in a direct line from
Mary Stuart. Queen of Scots, through
James / and Charles I. When the war
broke out the 'legitimists' ceased
their activities, perhaps because of
the suspicion that 1t would not be
healthful to advocate the importation
of a German ruler for the country.
but more likely because they came to
their senses.
1t is also interesting to note that
the Kaiser, when he was doing busi-
ness. also numbered himself among
the pretenders to the British throne.
He held that, in accordance with the
law of succession which gave the
crown to Victoria instead of to her
uncle. the Duke of Cumberland. the
right of succession was vested in
Queen Victoria's oldest child, Prin-
cess Victoria. The latter renowned
her right to the throne when she be-
came the bride of Frederick of Prus-
STA. afterward Emperor Of Germany.
It was the contention of the Kaiser
that his remuneration did not affect
his right OF succession as her oldest
child. but left him still in precedence
of his uncle. King Edward VII.
And now the Kaiser is Just plain
Mr.. Hohenzollerp. and he may not be
even that very long. Sic transit gloria
mundil
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Theatre News


vi
Alice Brady's Select Picture, 'sThe
Death Dance" will be at the Ditmas,
today and tomorrow.
The story deals with Flora, a dane
ing girl (Alice Brady. about whom,
because his wife is receiving the at
tentions OF Boresky, the dancer at
Flora and Philip are to be married.
that he can win Flora In two months,
but when he meets her becomes hon.
estly interested in her career and for
gets the compact. He Is killed In an
auto accident and Flora becomes Bor-
esky's dancing partner in the Death
Dance. which he has originated and in
which she, rs a former sweetheart, is
stabbed by Boresky.
Cynthia Maitland grows tired of
Boresky and turns her attention to
Philip Standish. When she has made
progress into his affections. she takes
him to the cafe where her cast-off low
er. Boresky, is to dance. Here Philip
sees and falls in love with Flora. Mat
ters rapidly progress, and shortly
! Flora and Philip are to eb married.
Cynthia. deserted. plans her revenge.
Going to Boresky she goads him In
to a jealousy rag against the girl
whom he hgs gradually learned to
really love. Rather than lose her to
another man, he VOWS to stab Flora In
the dance. expecting to make II appear
an accident. Cynthia is present on the
night appointed for the tragedy. but
Philip. sitting very near understand:
the look of murder in Boresky's face
n rescues his sweetheart. Then, be-
fore he can be prevented. the man
turns his weapon upon himself. To-
gether Flora and Philip leave the res
~taurant and the limousine bears them
away side by side into their new life.
MAJESTIC.
Selwyn and Company's latest farci-
cal success, The Naughty Wife,
which had a remarkably long and ~
cessful run last season at the Harris
Theatre, will be the attraction at ths
Majestic Tuesday matinee and night
In spite of its title, there is nothing
at all naughty about The Naughty
Wife," 1t is a to be one OF the clean
est, n funniest plays seen in New
York for many a day. II Is a laugh
compeller of the first water and yet
the complication might have been u
tragedy but for the horse sense of the
husband who had the naughty wife.
He foils. an elopement by diplomacy
and everything ends happily. as IL al.
ways does in well written farces.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lenior have
been entertaining his brother, Charles
Lenior, of Manhattan.
Morris Wiley of the Marine Avia-
ton Corps has been home from Paris
Island the past week with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William Okeson have
been spending the holidays in South
Amboy.
Reuben Simonson of Newburg, for
merly of this place. visited relatives
here last week.
Lieutenant Frank s. Browne has
been discharged from the service after
several months at Camp Johnson
Jacksonville. Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Newbranch
and daughter visited in Brooklyn oyer
the holidays.
A meeting of u. s. Grant Council
No. 10, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. will be held
tonight at Amicitia hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30

STATEN ISLAND LEAGUE
PLANS f0R ACTIVITIES
Ferry Situation Discussed by Prcsi-
dent DIR. Il. A. Dreyfus

Ferry Situation Discussed by Prcsi-
dent DIR. Il. A. Dreyfus
BIZ Soc ~esg0HdsaL
TOTTENNILLE, Dec. S0-Renewal
of activities on the part of the Staten
Island Civic League and special eff
forts to remedy the ferry situation
between the boroughs Of Richmond
and Manhattan are announced by DIR.
i. A. DreyfIs, president of the league.
He says: During the period of
the war IL has been the policy of the
league to hold as few meetings as
possible and to put little work on its
members In order that everybody
should be free for the manifold de-
mands of the var work. However,
It is necessary now that the Civic
League u active work, particu-
larry in view of the serious break
down of the ferry service, n this
matter, so vital to Staten Island, viii
be the chief subject of the meeting
early in January.
, During the period of the wal the
major understanding of the league
has been pressed persistently by the
executive officers without d~istracting
the members from the Red Cross, the
canteen, the war loan drives, the w.
s.. s. sales and other patriotic actvi-
ties. Three years of vigorous resist
ance have brought their reward in
ti6 GOhAplGAS CliAAlHdNAOn VI IhG S1A-
bage nuisance.
-Four large modern piers are to be
built by the city on the Stapleton
waterfront. The ferry plant Is in
process OF restoration, the boats are
being overhauled one by one, and tho
slips are to be rebuilt without further
delay. An appropriation has been
obtained for an additional ferry crew
SO a to put n more boat in serv-
ice. The equalization Of ferry rates
for vehicles has been persistently
urged, but more active support of this
measure by the people and by the
public officials of the borough Is re-
quired to achieve this necessary JUS
tice to Staten Island.
Repeated efforts have been made
to improve the intolerable transpor-
tation conditions. Measures are I'M
der way for the restoration of the
train service on the Rapid Transit.
The housing needs Of Staten Island
in view of the rapid development OF
the shipbuilding and other war indus
tries were persistently presented to
the federal authorities by an active
committee of the league. No oppor-
tunity to advance the interest OF
Staten Island has been neglected and
the Civic League enters upon a new
year with the spirit to achieve per-
manent benefits for this community.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
BOROUGH OFFICIAL DIES
Deputy Tax Commissioner Moore Is
Called to Rest.

By Special Core poHdent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. SO.-Deputy
Tax Commissioner Samuel A. Moore,
for the borough of Richmond, died
Friday at the home of his sister, Mrs
Minnie Moore Morrell. at Farming
dale, N. J.. Word received of his
death at the tax office at borough a
cast a gloom over all the employees, for
he was well liked. Mr.. Moore had
been a deputy tax commissioner since
consolidation and prior 10 that time
was a clerk under his father, the late
Robert Moore, who was supervisor and
later chairman of the board of assess
-ors for Richmond county for many
years.
Mr.. Moore's health failed him some
time ago and of late he made his home
with his sister in New Jer ey. The
funeral services were held at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon from the Seaton estab-
lishment In Richmond Terrace, West
New Brighton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
CANTATA AT T0TTENVILLE
"Star of Bethlehem" Sung With Great
Success.

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENILLE. Dec. 80. The
Christmas cantata, Star of Bethle-
HEM" by Parker. was rendered by the
choir of the South Baptist church last
night. The church was well filled and
the choir of twenty-five voices rem
dered the cantata in a n excellent man
Eer. The soloists were Miss Queenie
Trafford, soprano; Miss Florence
Slack, ~contralto; Jesse Slaight. tenor,
and Alfred Anderson, bass. Miss
Gladys Journeay was at the organ.
The annual Christmas entertain
ment for the Sunday school will be
held tonight at the church. An elab-
orate program has been arranged for
the affair. Following the program the
distribution of gifts to the children
will take place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30

While the epidemic has passed, the
danger from h grip germ is still here
II you catch cold or allow yourself to
become weak n run down you are
exposed to this danger.
This IL the tins TO keep Father
Johns Medicine on hand and to begin
taking II ~ the FIRST sign Of q cold.
II you need q tonic no better food
medicine can be found because the ele-
ments Of which Father Johns Medicine
II composed are all pure, wholesome
and nourishing snd have proven by sell
sntinct tests to be Of the greatest nu-
trtttvs value.
The fact that Father Johns Medicine
dangerous drugs In any form make "a
Il the safe medicine for every member
Of the family from the youngest to the
Oldest ost . bottle today-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
REYNOLDS Home Robbed
Thief 0VerIOOkS Much

The home Of George F. Reynolds at
PIT Gearny avenue, was entered by
thieves asst night while the occupants
of the house were out, and several
pieces of jewelry, trinkets and some
change stolen. Detective William
Hartmann made a short investigation
at the house this morning and will
take up the case Immediately upon his
return from Newark. where he Is CIV
ing testimony against the Sewaren
p~ostoffice burglars. The odd fact about
the Reynolds robbery Is that many ar
ticles of considerable value were left
untouched. the thief or thieves being
contented with some trinkets and a
few dollars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-30
Lockout for Shooter OF Three.

A telephone call was received by
Sergeant James Mulligan from the
Elizabeth police at 11:45 o'clock Sat
urday night asking the local police to
be on the lookout for a man who had
shot three men in that city earlier in
the night. The shooting affair took
place In the Italian section of the city
and two of the men were in the hos
pital seriously wounded, the message
stated. The man wanted for the crime
was described as being five feet. siS
inches toll. with smooth dark face and
a crooked finger on the right hand. He
wore dark clothes and tie. 2