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Mss. Levi =. Morton Is Ill.

Pou9H KEEPsIE. Aug: l2.--Mrs. Annie
Street Morton. wife OF Levi p. Morton,
10 dangerously III at their country home.
F1ierslie near NN,neSeck
The sun., 1918-08-13

Highest temperature. az. atl:2o NJ
Lowest temperature. IS, at / A. NJ
Average temperature, rs.
observations yesterday at United STATE,
Weather Bureau stations ehowinz atmn.
pherfc conditions in the various cltee
Temperature. Veloc.
The sun., 1918-08-13
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

Eastern New York-Partly aloud,
to-day and tomorrow: somevNs,
warmer on the coast; light southvss,
to south winds.
For New Jersey. partly cIouav
and probably Tomorrow, not much rbaS
In temperature; moderate and Nar,an
winds, mostly southerly Aos
For northern New England e.n...,.
fair to-day and tomorrow light var,sp
winds. 'aaeh
For southern New England. partly ,,o,,-
to.oay ana tomorrow; warmer on ~.
COAST light west to south winds N'
For western New York. local rain. a..
thunder showers to-day and probably IVY
morrow. ' To-
The sun., 1918-08-13
]. E. RIDDER DENIES
YIERECK'S CHARGES
Ex-Gov. Colquitt Also Repu.
dates Connection With Ger.
man Propaganda.

Two statements were issued Yesterday
In contradiction OF George Sylvester
vierecks story of alleged negotiations
to purchase New York daily news
paper TO express the German riewpoln,
in the early days OF the European wa
as the former editor OF Fdtherlard tod
1t under examination in Deputy Atto'.
ney-General Alfred L. Beckers invest.
cation OF Teutonic propaganda.
The statements were those OF Joseph
f. Ridder. son Of the late Herman
Rdder, publisher of the Stnnts-Zei'us9
| and Q. B. Co!qutt. former Governor o.
Texas. A third statement came from
Louis y. Hammering. president Of tAs
American Association OF Foreign lh1.
guage Newspapers, who attributed 10
business rivalry the testimony Of Arth17
Gabryel, former vice-president of the
association, that Hammerling made ~
association a medium for distributing
Teutonic propaganda
/ Joseph Ridder said that N!ereck VAS
IAN impossible person" and declared TIM:
Mr.. Becker had but little to do when he
gave out Vierecks testimony without
verifying it.
Denies DernbnrE Call.
! Mr.. Ridder said that at tho time me
, alleged discussions over the purchase o.
, a newspaper were being held his 'athe-
was In his final illness He SAID t'A
/ his father did not know DIR. Edward \
, Rumely, formerly publisher OF the E'''
ming Mail. or DR.. Heinrich Aloer' mo
! German paymaster who provided '0s
/ funds with which the Mdil was 0a'-
| chased, and that DR. Bernhard perrbu's
never called at his home
| Mr. Ridder said that ex-GovernoT COL
quit called at his fathers home once
but that Herman Ridder was too Il. "
see him. He also denied tha. rs
brother Bernard had attended confer
eences at the Ritz-car!ton VITA pF perm
burg and others.
Ex-Gov. Colquitt's statement nas ~
! the form OF despatch from DALAI
Texas. In which he was quoted as SAY
! ing that he never attended conference
| at which the purchase Of a ne"slhrH
to serve German interests was rs
cussed Mr.. ColQutt said that N jar,
uary, 1918, in New York he d.s'us"'
with a group of Texans tire possNN
purchase OF a newspaper, but the pro-
! ject had no Germans connected WIN u
HammerIing BInmes Rumely' /
In his statement Mr.. HamneT"b
| placed the respons hility FOR an ac'e''
tisement which appeared IN many 'e.'
eign language newspapers IN AD'" .
1915. appealing to worklnsmen NOV y
manufacture munitions on nr Rune,
He added that Gabryel knew THIS ~
asserted that Gabryel left the 1sS"'.'
ton in February, 1917, & orsa"fe
| rival association.
From Information which nis I''7
70 me recently" said Mr., HawN'-,'s'
II have reason TO believe 'ha' me a.
tacks which have lately been ap''arh;;
in the public press agalnS' ~" NJ
others Is a part OF propaganda "'N
inspired by pro-German oo'sp''a",'
whose aim at the present monet :
discredit the Czecho-Slovak, lo's7 81!
Slavonic leaders who are worH0s '''
the success OF America and It's q. es
The sun., 1918-08-13
City's Conscience Fund Gets s12b;

II may have been the hot weather.
! Anyway Comptroller Craig has received
$l25 In bills with no letter or any other
clue as to where the money came from.
He has ordered-it-turned snto. ths.oon-
-~'~N~~ fu-d
The sun., 1918-08-13
PAY RAISED BY W. U.
AND STANDARD OIL
Ten Per Cent. Increases to
Number of Employees OF
Telegraph Company.

The Western Union and the Standard
Oil OF New Jersey took notice OF the
high cost Of living yesterday and agreed
to grant a 10 per cent wage raise 10
number Of their employees The Wes'-
ern Union increase Is for the benent OF
all employees except messengers, those
who receive commissions ana those
dra wing salaries in excess Of $4,000
year. The Standard Oil increase will go
70 all refinery employees indiscrimi-
nately through all departments OF the
Bsyonne, Bsyway and Eagle renneries.
The Western Union increase will date
from July 1, but Is contingent upon inc
approval of Postmaster-General Burfe-
son. Since. however, 1t came as the re-
suit Of a conference at his suggestion
between oficials Of the company ana
representatives Of the Association OF
Western Union Employees there Is little
doubt that Mr.. Burleson will sanction It.
Statement by Atkins.
@. w. e. Atkins, first vice-pres!dent
Of the company. issued the following an
nouncement yesterday
'Il6 company Indue d tcHlAtiNC a6iSe
ment on August with the Association
of Western Union Employees to recon-
mend to the Postma ster-General,i In lieu
OF special payments already announced
but not out into effect. a straight per-
manent increase Of 10 per cent. TO be
made on all salaries OF all employees
messengers and other commissioned en-
ployees excepted-receiving not over
IS, 900 a year. The increase will be
ba sed; on fixed salaries In effect in July
and will date from July l."
Special payments to messengers and
other commissioned employees and to
employees receiving more than $4,000
will remain In force as at present"
The question of wage increase has
been under discussion between the COM
pany and Its employees since shortly az
ter the war began in Europe. A year
| and a half ago there was a strike o.
messengers and other employees work
Ing on a commission basis. which was
| adjusted by a very substantial increase
| In the scale OF commissions paid. Mes
sages which before the strike Melted the
messenger cent brought him from
IL cents to 2 cents afterward. Or
blanket messages. which must be re-
peated to many addresses. It is now pos
| sible for a messenger to gain a sub
stantial days pay through a single mes.
I sage.
New Change May Occur.
| At the conference between company
officials and men II was agreed that th'
new scale may be changed II an inves
tigstion to be conducted by both side:
shall disclose that the findings OF tn,
Railroad Wage Commission might wei
apply to Western Union salaries ans
wages.
The increase granted by the STANDARD
Oil will become effective Monday.
Is the sixth general increase since Au
gust three years ago and is similar IL
amount to one granted to employees las
April. The new schedule will be filed II
the department Office at the refinerie
and will be open for inspection at an!
time.
The existing time schedule in the New
Jersey refineries has been in effect sine
September, 1915, when the working da,
was shortened from nine to eiSht hours
The forty-eight hour week will not b
altered under the new schedule.
The sun., 1918-08-13
LOCAL WEATHER RnnnRrs

The temperature In this city ys,,.,a,,
az recorded by the official thermomet.r' i
shown In tho annexed table
The sun., 1918-08-13
At Last Allowed to Depart.

They applied again for permission to
leave the country and were surprised to
learn that they might depart. They had
objected 10 the original permit to go be-
cause they were then told that they
might take only hand baggage and they
had roomful OF valuable stuff that they
had taken Ave years to get together and
which they wanted to bring to New
York. The Government officials told
them they might hire a freight car 10
carry their collection to the border. and
they dd. expressing their gratitude to
- N""'"'s TN~t u rs-f,.. MT cehtr,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
DENIES THERE IS DANGER IN METHODS USED FOR
HANDLING 7 N 7 AT GILLESPIE PLANT AT MORGAN
RECREATION ESSENTIAL
IN OUR MUNICIPAL LIFE

In think that
suitable recreation
beyond the
with
activities Importance of recreation In
life of
The working and
sighted indeed If it
dc
Aldermen should this
making
appropriated $4,000 for this
gradually reduced that
m a is
Amboy $4,000 is
500 girls
Community
something of OF
will
activities
city well amusement
be negecng
desra
mission when making up the budget for next year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
John Birmingham Jr., Vice
President of Gillespie
Company on Stand
HAD JUST INSPECTED UNIT
Saws TINT Could Be Heat
ed Beyond Limit Fixed
Without Danger

With the promise OF protracted
examination of witnesses for the T. A.
Gillespie Loading Company, in the
United States senate committee inves-
ugatfon into the causes and effects Of
the disastrous holocaust which wipe 1
out that company's plant at Morgan
on October and s. Senator Joseph
s. Frelinghuysen opened the resumed
hearing this morning at city hall.
The senator announced that the
other members of the committee,
Senators Henry l.. Myers and j. C.
w. Beckhan would be unable to be
present today, but that Senator Myers
might arrive tomorrow.
John Birmingham, Jr., vice presl-
dent of the T. A. Gillespie Company,
and vice president and general man.
ager of three subsidiary concerns. the
International Loading Corporation OF
Parlin, the Runyon Corporation of
Runyon, and the Oliver Loading Com
pany of Gillespie, ": j., opened the
hearing of testimony this morning by
reading u voluminous statement, COW
ering his experiences in the munition
business. leading UP to his connection
with the Morgan operations.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
DRY DOCK Gets
LAND ON SOUND
Perth AmbOy Dry Dock Com
pany Pays $25, 900 for
Full Title
BIZ Special Correspondent.


TRENTON, Dec. 5:-The applica-
ton of the Perth Amboy Dry Dock
Company for a grant of lands under
water on Staten Island sound has
been approved by the State Board of
Commerce and Navigation upon o.
consideration of $4,000. This appli-
cation was made before the boards
new policy of riparian leases went
into effect
w. Parker Runyon, an official of
the Perth Amboy company, Is also q
member of the commerce and navi-
CATION board. He has refused to at
tend any of it's meetings during the
time the application of his company
was pending.
The board has selected It's own
legal counsel in the person of Harri-
son p. Lindabury. of Newark, at
$4,000 year. Criticism of the boards g
action was heard, 1t being contended
that the attorney generals depart
ment is the legal advisor of the state
boards and departments and the hir-
ing of special counsel is unnecessary
unless in particular work.
Acting Director Hector Gelineau
has been made permanent director of
the Department of Commerce and
Navigation at $4,000. an increase of
$1,000 over his compensation in the
temporary capacity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
WILL CONSIDER
ANNUAL BUDGET
Board of Aldermen to Discuss
5 City's Expenditures for
Coming Year Tonight

A committee meeting of tho Board
of Aldermen Is to be held at City Hall
tonight at which time the annual bud
get for 1919 is to be brought up and
talked over and IL the present plans
are carried out the budget will be
ready for adoption Monday night when
the council will hold an adjourned
meeting.
1t is not known at this time what
the figures will be, but that they will
be considerably larger than last year
and in fact, than in any former years
for long time is predicted, for the
aldermen expect to finance the affairs
of the Board of Water Commissioners
next year.
The Board of Water Commissioners
will submit to the aldermen their
budget for 1919. This is the first time
the water board has submitted bud
get. In years past they have always
asked for what they needed from time
to time and bonds were issued or they
paid for what they needed out of their
earnings.
Under the new plan the Water
Commissioners will be given stated
sum the first of the year by the al
dermen.
Another thing that will make the
budget higher this year Is the fact
that the aldermen are to receive more
pay and have increased the pay of
the members of the police department
and will most likely grant an increase
to the fire house janitors and other
city employees. The fire committee
plans q number of improvements and
will need large amount of money.
Chairman Reidy of the police COM
mittee is trying to get the aldermen to
put enough money in the police ac-
count so that he can build a new po-
lice station on the city property on
New Brunswick avenue, near Fayette
street and this Is q matter that is to
be taken up tonight. If 1t Is carried
out 1t will add about 100000 more
in the budget.
City Treasurer Ferd Garretson has
given the aldermen the supplementary
debt statement of the city. 1t shows
that in January. 1917, the net debt
of the city was $1,657,S55.S0 and that
during the year to November /, 1918,
this had been decreased by $146.-
1880, leaving the net debt of the city
at this time $1,411, 1868.
The aldermen will meet again to-
morrow night with the Board of
Health to discuss with that body their
request for an appropriation OF
$4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
WATER BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
Bids for Construction of New
Pumping Station Opened and
Other Business Transacted

Bids were opened at a meeting of
the Water Board last night for the
construction of the nav pumping sta
ton at South River and contracts
awarded.
The report of Chief Engineer De-
ker was received. He recommended
number of repairs. rough estimate
of which amounted to $4.160. The
matter was referred to the power
committee with Instructions to inves-
tigate the matter and advise the
board. 1t was stated 1t would take
about two months to make the re-
pairs.
A communication was received from
George l.. Burton, notifying the
board that he was ready to consider
the transfer of the Brown property
at South River. but that an addi-
tional item of $2,750 In the way of
expense had been incurred. The sec
retary was instructed to notify Mr..
Burton that they had q contract with
the owners, which they expected to be
lived up to without additional ex-
The opening of the bids was then
taken up. For the construction of the
station two bids were received, as fol-
lows: Sophus Greisen. s14.s50. and
Carl C. Christensen, s15.740.
The only bid for the dam and en-
bankment work came from Liddle &
Pfeiffer, their figures being s198.
By resolution the board awarded
the contracts to the lowest bidders.
Another communication from
George L. Burton was read in which
he notified the board they were en-
chroaching on property of clients of
his, and advising them he would give
them thirty days to come to some
agreement before suit was instituted.
The letter did not seem to frighten
the members, as they merely ordered
the clerk to acknowledge receipt of
the communication.
The regular monthly batch of bills
were ordered paid and the board ad-
journed to meet Friday evening, at
which time they will go before the
Board of Aldermen with Their budget
estimate for the coming year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
PRESIDENT BUSY
ON BOARD SHIP
After Acknowledging Greetings
of People in Harbor He Re-
turned to Work
STACKS OF TElEGRAMS
Lay Down on Advice of Physi-
clan on Account of Cold--
Dimes Privately
STACKS OF TELEGRAMS

By Associated Press.
ON BOARD THE u. s. s. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. (by wireless
President Wilson spent most Of the
first day of the trip on this steam
ship working in the ONCE part of his
suite. After acknowledging from the
bringe the greetings that were given
him as the ship put to sea, he turned
to the pile of letters and kilograms
awaiting him and spent several hours
working with his stenographers.
In the afternoon. on the advice of
his physician, Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, he lay dow and rested for a
time, because of a slight cold that was
effecting his voice.
Later the President received calls
from officials on board. including the
Italian and French ambassadors. Fol-
lowing this he took q walk on deck to-
gether with Mrs. Wilson.
The presidential party dined quietly
in the evening, dinner being served
by q waiter who claimed to have at
tended Emperor William and the
Empress In the same suite on the trial
trip of the George Washington.
The reports that the presidential
suite had been fitted up in luxurious
manner are untrue.
In the dining hall music was fur
nished by the ships band and a quar-
tet of sailors.
The President is keeping in touch
with official business by wireless.
The escorting destroyers with the
battleship Pennsylvania leading the
column are keeping in close touch
with the steamship carrying the
President. Mine sweepers are run
ming before the bow of his ship. They
are loaded with steel billets to insure
their deep draught. The weather is
cold and misty, but the sea is calm.
In the evening Mrs. Wilson re-
leased from the George Washington
carrier pigeons bearing notes of
thanks to Vice-Admiral Gleayes for
the success of the arrangements made
for the departure.
Representatives of the Associated
Press, the United Press and the In
ternational News Service are accom-
panying President Wilson and party
to Europe aboard the U. s. 8. George
Washington. Arrangements we're
made in advance to permit the corre-
spondents to send brief individual
messages from the ship by wireless,
the first dispatches being released for
simultaneous publication at 1880 a.
IN, eastern time today.
calls Well" on George Washington.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-Evidently
all was we'll today aboard the trans
port George Washington upon which
President Wilson and his party are
crossing the Atlantic for the peace
conference.
No word has come to the White
House nor had the navy department
heard from Admiral Mayo command
in the convoy, and Il there had been
the slightest incident worth report
ing since the ship left American
shores, yesterday morning, a radio
flash would have come promptly to the
Arlington naval towers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
PARIS CROWDED
FOR CONFERENCE
Hotel Room at Premium and
Prices for Meals Soar
Every Day
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS
Hotel Set Aside for Use of Del
egation With Suite for
Each Member
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS
BIZ Associated Press.

BIZ Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 3.-Quarters for Secre-
tary of State Lansing and other Amer
lean delegates to the peace conference
have been assigned at the Crillon Ho-
tel on the Place de la Concorde. The
hotel has been divided up into suites
of rooms for the delegates. Each
suite will comprise living quarters and
a business office for each delegate and
his immediate secretary. The apart
ment overlooks the espionage of Place
de la Concorde.
Most of the conferences between the
American delegates will be held In the
large salon of the hotel. The business
offices of the delegation where several
hundred experts on international law.
geographical boundaries, intelligence,
etc, will work, will be in large build
ing Immediately adjoining. Joseph c.
Grew, secretary of the peace delega-
tion, has established quarters there.
Paris is filled to overfiowing. Prices
of all hotel rooms, following the re-
QUESTIONING of twenty-five hotels for
peace conference purposes, have
doubled and tripled and are still 60
ing up. Food in restaurants and
prices generally are similarly mount
ing.
A breakfast of coffee, bread and
butter continues to cost between $1.00
and $3.50 at hotels. 1t is virtually
impossible to lunch or dine for less
than three or four dollars for a SIM
pie meal. People arriving in the city
frequently go to fifteen or twenty
hotels before they secure rooms. for
which the owners demand large
sums and refuse to lower their rates,
saying they can get the price.
The city is becoming more crowded
daily with the bulk of the conference
officials and others interested In get
ting rooms. such as several hundred
of the world newspaper correspond
ents not yet here. Where others of
the latter class are going to find ac-
commodations nobody in Paris
knows. In addition to all the other
arrivals officers and men of ell the
armies are coming to Paris on leave
in considerable numbers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
NEW POLICEMEN
ALL SWORN IN
viii Take Course in PreIimin-
ary Training Next Week.
The New Roundsmen

All of the newly appointed police
men who were authorized to go to
work on January l next by the Board
of Aldermen at their meeting Monday
night have now been sworn In by
City Clerk Arthur Graham and 1t is
expected they will report next week
for q few hours each night to get in
structions from Chief Burke and to
go over the posts with the older men
before they are assigned to active
duty. Patrolman Marinus Ludwigson
was the first of the new men to be
sworn in.
Both Patrolmen Andrew Jensen
and William Calvin were sworn in as
roundsmen yesterday by the city
clerk and they will commence their
new duties next week. Jensen Is to
work from 8 o'clock in the afternoon
until IL o'clock at night, at which
time Calvin will come on duty.
Roundsman Jensen has been a
member of the police force for over
fifteen years and previous to going on
the force was a motorman in the en-
ploy of the old Raritan Traction
Company He is one OF the best
liked men on the force and has O
clean record.
a patrolman on the Perth Amboy
police force by Mayor Albert Bollsch-
weller on March 2. 1908, and was as
signed to patrol the southern part
of the city. About this time band
of horse thieves were making lie
miserable for the farmers OF South
Jersey by stealing horses nightly. On
the morning of May 2. 1908, about 4
o'clock, Calvin arrested Edward
GoIdstein with a stolen team OF
horses and Detective Sergeants Hun
and Long got a confession from him
and recovered a large number OF
stolen horses and also arrested
Charles Cohn, another one OF the
gang, while the third member OF the
gang fed to Canada.
Calvin also was the instigator OF
the eight-hour system for the police
in this city and in 1916 was elected
president of the New Jersey state r.
B. A. He had several laws passed py
the state legislature, among whlch
were the pension and salary acS
which the local department. now
works under.
He is a lawyer, having studied law
in the Office of a local attorney, ana
has also taken up the study OF hnser
prints and has diploma from one OF
the foremost colleges in this line.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-05
All Sugar Regulations Off
According to Latest Order

County Food Administrator for Ho-
tells and Restaurants William M. Flo
ersch announced today that all limi-
tations on the use of sugar had been
abolished by the Federal Food Admin
istration. He received this word In a
telegram from Mr. Hulick, executive
secretary of the hotel section Of the
food administration for New Jersey.
who declares that general orders num-
ber eight and nine have been rescind-
ed. This removes the limit of four
pounds a month per person both for
restaurants and other eating places as
well as from households. It is now
evident that everybody can use as
much sugar as he or she pleases with
out having q complaint registered by
the food administration.
as follows:
order No. s.-No public eating
place shall permit the use of the sug-
ar bowl on the table or lunch counter.
Nor shall any public eating place serve
or permit 1t TO be served unless the
guest so requests and In no event shall
the amount served to any one person y,
ounce.
any one meal exceed two-thirds of an
Order No. 9.-No public eating place
shall use or permit the use of an
amount of sugar in excess of four
pounds for every ninety meals served.
including all uses of sugar on the ta-
BILE and in cooking. excepting such
sugar as may be allotted by the Fed
eral Food administration to hotels
holding a bakery license. No sugar
allotted for this special baking purpose
shall be used for any other purpose.
These orders were issued by the
Federal Food Administration to the
proprietors of hotels and restaurants
on December 1, and went into effect
Immediately. but are now cancelled
according to the latest advices.