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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-28
An Incredible Feat,

An incredible Feat.
He proved himself a young man of remark.
able eruditiOn."
"Yes?"
He filled out both his questionable and his
income tax blank without Buffalo
Express.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-28

III u WEcefeu cIlaiT
propelled by a khaki
clad cOmrade.
Less than a year
ago there was moth
ing but vacant ground.
used as an athletic
field by Columbia uni
versity and known as
Columbia Oval, where
the hospital now
stands. says a writer
In the New York
World. Today a wood
en- city occupies this
ground. In part this
city teStifies to the
ready patriotism of
Columbia university
and In part it is a
monument to the eff
cheney Of the war de-
partment. A modest
distaste for publicity
is characteristic of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-28

tients of this hospital have been members OF the
American expedtiOnary force. and of those who
have been overseas duty many have returned to
this side because they were found unfit for active
service rather than for treatment of wounds.
Nevertheless this country comes more closely
into touch with the actualities of war on this lit
tie stretch of road where the men themselves
pleasant days than anywhere else on this side
of the Atlantic.
Sometimes man with one leg makes his way
along the road adrOitly balancing himself
crutches; sometimes it is a sturdy lad with his
arm in sling his head bound up There
eye cases and men otherwise wounded and here
and there in the procession a soldier comes along
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-06-28
Great ArEny Hos
pital in New York
Already Filling
With The Soldiers
From Battle Front

closest link with the
battlefields of Europe is the
United States army hospital No.
/, situated at Gun Hill road and
cambridge avenue, the Bronx.
New York. Down the path from
the hospital TO the Gun Hill sta
ton of the subway limp wound
ed soldiers who are entitled to
be ranked with veterans of the
west front. They are in the
minority as yet because not more
than three-Quarters of the pa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
j. s. WILL HELP
ITS GIRL CLERKS
Model Dormitories to be Built
at Washington to Provide
Homes for Them.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-Happier
days are In prospect for the war girl
who comes to Washington to do her
bit as q government clerk. At pres
ent she is more or less q victim of
the landlords, boarding housekeep-
ers and food sharks. But your Uncle
Sam is Fastening to the rescue.
The government housing commits
sion at last is moving. Bids have
been invited on model dormitories and
residences for war clerks. They will
not be ready until next December,
but by hat time the civil service
commission and the employing off,
Gals of the great government bu-
a can tell the girls in good faith
that they will be nicely treated IL they
will come and work for Uncle Sam.
Thirty per cent of the housing &C
commodations are for men clerks
and there will be some accommoda-
ton even for married couples. New
buildings will be constructed on model
housing plans worked out by experts,
There will be several thousand single
rooms for single girls. Also there
will be k~itchenettes and laundry
cites and receiving rooms where
young men may visit.
The site chosen for the new hous-
ing facilities is ideal. For a long
time the government has owned q
tract of land fronting the park just
back of the White House to the
south Of Pennsylvania avenue and
asst of 18th street. . This has been
covered with rookeries. stables, lum-
ings. These are to be RACED and work
at once begun on light cement and
tile structure which Will be pushed
to completion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
MANY THANKS
FOR TOBACCO
Boys in France Grateful for
Supply Evening News Fund
Is Tagging Terribly.

Another supply of tobacco from the
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
has reached the boys in France, the
members of Battery B, 120th Field
Artillery. being the recipients of this
batch of smokes. Three letters from
members of the battery thanking the
folks at home for the tobacco have
been received by the EVENING
NEWS. The letters were written the
latter part of June and are as fol-
lows:
Somewhere In France,
June 26, 1913.
Please accept my thanks for your
kind gift and rest assured that the
we'll known Mick o Teen" brought
Joy to one Yank in this land over
EDMUND LEVY,
Corp. Battery B, 12oth F. A.
Somewhere at the Front
June rs.
Dear Sir:
Your gift of tobacco received and I
appreciate It very much as 1t is hard
to get there. I think the tobacco fund
is q great thing. A good smoke Is
as good as a meal. Thanking you very
JOHN CURTIS,
Battery B. 12oth F. A., A. z. F.
France.
Dear Friend:
Your box of smokes came tonight
and sure can't thank you enough for
them. Am well but cannot say / like
it here.
PRIVATE JIM MOON,
Battery B. 120th F. A. via New York.
The supplying of smokes to the
American soldiers in France must be
continued, especially now that they
have shown thier fighting ability and
need everything that will help them
to continue the fine work which they
have begun. One of the soldiers in
one of the postals copied above de-
clares that a smoke is as good as q
meal and other letters inform us that
the Sammies don't like the French
brand of tobacco even when they can
buy II.
Donations for the Our Boys In
France Tobacco Fund are being re-
ceived by the EVENING NEWS. A
quarter buys a package which is suf-
hcient to give one of the doughboys
a good many smokes. Send your
contributions to the NEWS office now
and help the boys.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
j. s. CHEMISTS
MAY WIN WAR
Seek to Find Gas That win De-
Stroy Whole Armies in
the Field.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-American
chemists working on the poison gae
problem may bring the war to a VIC
torious close for the allies in theiR
laboratories.
They are working hard, togethe1
with British chemists, to find a colorS
less. odorless and invisible a whieh3
sweeping over a sleeping army. would
destroy II. s
The Germans are also working to
find such a gas. Whichever side hndf
1t first will win the war.
The "gas shell" is not necessarily 4
q solid, and 1t opens up the whol1
sphere of organic chemistry to b9
drawn upon for materials.
In every German drive this yea
there has been a gas strategy. FuR
dress rehearsals in gas maneuv ers tt
meet every possible situation wer3
held by the Germans before an at1
tack.
In the March drive captured maps
show the Germans had worked out q
coming system over allied territoryf
Some zones were drenched with gao
and others left untouched. The Gers
mar attacking troops were supplieS
with maps to indicate the safety
zones through which they might pas8
without harm.
Some zones were subjected IL
ephemeral gases which evaporate8
before the arrival OF the oncominn
Germans. Other areas were bom5
barded with several hundred thoH
sand shells. the gas from which lins
gered for hours. On n eve -mils
sector the Germans discharged 1859
900 twelve-pound shells In one day.
The front" is not the solid line !
looks to be on the maps. 1t is q
series of ~strongly-held posts, often
hills. The Germans use gas shelf
against these strongholds, attempt to
drive the defenders from them and
to pass through the safety ZONES bes
tween.
The element of surprise is importf
ant in gas warfare. The meteorolog4
ical conditions are much better a
night than during the day.
Sometimes when It is believed thai
a gas attack is over the men take %
their masks. only to be trapped WITH
another dose. a
The Germans tried the effect Il
surprise by silencing the noise mad4
by the emission of gas from tf@
cylinders, but this vas found to lessl
en- the concentration. II was mora
effective to drown the kissing of thu
escaping gas with the rat-ta-t-tat Of
machine guns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
TOTTEMvILLE

Graham Christopher Of Chicago
has Joined his wife who has been here
on a visit with her mother for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. /. Berkowitz and o William
have gone to Buffalo for a visit.
M. @. Kaufman and family ave re-
turned home from Haines Falls.
Mrs. George Eggert and son George
are visiting relatives in New Jersey.
Miss Florence Levenson is visiting
relatives at Springfield, Mass.
Sergeant Joseph Mitchell OF the
embarkation squad was home from
Hoboken Sunday.
Charles 8. Wagner Is enjoying two
weeks vacation at home from the r.
& II. Company's office in Perth Am
boy.
Harold Featherstone of the Royal
Flying Corps stationed at Toronto,
Canada, Is visiting friends In town.
A. NJ. Donaldson of the bureau OF
elections is home for a months vaca-
ton.
The business meeting Of the W. c.
Il. u. will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 1850 O'Clock at the homo of Mrs.
William T. Smith OF Amboy road.
A meeting of Richmond Lodge. No.
so, Knights OF Pythias, will be held
tonight at X. OF p. hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
England Breed. Rabbit. for Food.

Rabbit breeding In England has been
undertaken by the government In an
effort to relieve the shortage of meat
due to the war.
The National Utility Rabbit asso-
citation. It was announced recently. has
established a central breeding station
and stud exchange in Vauxhall, Lon
don. The first club started In London
under auspices Of the association is at
the Royal news, Buckingham palace.
The primary object is to build up as
quickly as possible a large supply Of
the best pedigreed stock, which will be
sent to provincial breeding centers.
These In turn will supply breeding
stock to smaller stations.
Each Of the larger provincial centers
viii have 100 breeding does, while the
smaller stations will keep on hand
about 20 each. 1t is the hope of off,
Gals that all allotment societies. food
production organizations, women's in
~stitutes and many factories. munition
works, school and summer camps will
form rabbit clubs to be affiliated with
the national association.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
BRITISH REAL LIGHT SAVERS
1t Isn't Dark In London These Days
Until IL p. NJ.

LONDON, Aug. 8: - Americans
started saving daylight, but they're
amateurs now compared with Euro
peans.
The way they have the clocks set
ahead over here 1t doesn't get good
and dark, even this late In the season,
until IL p. M, almost midnight
At 8 p. m. 1t is as light as day.
At $3.50 p. m. 1t begins to get
dusk"
At 10 p. m. you can still read a
newspaper in the street.
At 1880 p. m. you can recognize an
acquaintance IN an unllghted spot
across a wide street.
At IL p. m. It's dark.
On account of the dGnger of air
raids. a police order which Is rigidly
enforced requires all blinds to be
drawn at dark. And right now the
official time for compliance with this
order is 10 o. m. And you can well
imagine the police are playing safe in
an order of this kind.
In the north OF the British Isles 1t
Is midnight before It gets dark.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mrs. A. Hartman and Miss Alice
Mcdonald have been visiting at
Poughkeepsie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lenoir, with
Emil Trimpin and Andrew Campbell,
motored to the Highlands Sunday In
the formers car.
MI. and Mrs. James Newton OF
Manhattan were at Prince Bay sun
day.
Miss Marion Kress is home after o
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Dixon
of New Brunswick.
Mrs. Henry Thies and daughter
spent the weekend visiting In Brook
Ign.
Elwyn Peters is on his annual If
teen days vacation from the sub-sta-
ton post office.
Miss Sophia Shuler is enjoying q
weeks vacation at home.
William G. Dawson Is home after a
few days at Red Bank.
Miss Florence Harvey visited In
Perth Amboy yesterday afternoon.
George w. Murray, an ex-congress-
man is scheduled to speak at the A. M.
p. Zion Church Friday night, August
l6.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
WALK ERECT
AT c

Because . nsn Or woman e old aosa
not mean that they must walk alca$
Sent over and Supported WITH cape =
nap sas Be a xiseTsys ana hsaitAy a.
eihs Of the eody IN psffsrming their
f0notiona
s. si..s sss;.gS. s;lAt I & {. ..sl s.ss
Spr WALTZ; ysa pest sOantsTsct AZ
heS happy sSe lssfai long LITE.
sesIa ksesl Hss,lsR 9g G~tPsuiss
al sSsr he WSfId' eoktelns soOtkfnf
sIls sensIasf wisA kslsaEthlsisiaE az
~ 1.5FTsrehyh 30 hsyl R.ss ePs
daily practice They have Droven thelF
nSflt IN relieving batkaehs. Kidney
sss sI.d AZ fS q .ss... , y az ~ 'i .sai x
M, 1. EassIs7 q qsesuisss are
rfsffsssa e 81 s5sfsthlns e
Mis[s6 b. fa1s@ 1milenona Lock fer
1sl1 Msdai q svtry bs1-A&x. y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
PERMIT FOR WATER

City Commissioner Calls Attention to
the Requirements.
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 6:@Commis-
sioner Vail of water, gas and cleo
tricity for the borough of Richmond,
is calling attention to the regulations
covering the use of water for sprinkl-
ing, washing sidewalks, house fronts,
etc, all of which require permits.
Those whose service is metered are
granted permits without charge. Per-
mits for unmetered premises are 50.
Permits for water used through hose
for garden purposes only, will be is
sued for unmetered premises at fifty
cents each, 500 feet of ground. The
penalty for violating these regulations
Is IS and they will be strictly en-
forced says the commissioner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
REPUBLICAN, TICKET
Mrs. Mary s.. Brewer VIII be Candi-
date For Senator.

AAAEa MARI % D1CW0A NNaA ~
date For Senator.
By Special Correspondent.
ToTTENvILLE, Aug. e-Mrs.
Mary s. Brewer, of st. George has
been designated by the Richmond
County Republican General Commit
tee as their choice for senate for the
twenty-third senatorial district that
includes Rockland and Richmond
counties. Mrs. Brewer Is the first
woman on Staten Island to ruin for
office. She has been named to sue
coed George Cromwell, who had been
elected to the senate after serving the
borough of Richmond for sixteen
ear as borough president. He has
decided to retire in order to devote
himself to his law practice.
Mrs. Brewer is a prominent suffrage
speaker and lecturer. She Is the wife
of Francis e. Bower, of the Curtis
high school annex, and is prominent
in several women's clubs on the is
land.
The other designations hat have
been made by the Republican county
committee are William H. Mfchaels,
of Manhattan, for congress. In the
eleventh congressional district that
includes all of Staten Island and the
lower section OF Manhattan: Onne I.
Siersena of West New Brighton, for
GeEff; Ernest Smith, of Stapleton,
for assembly In the first district, and
Stuart L. Ritz, of Tottenviie. in the
second district, and Abram E. john
son, of Tottenville, for state commit
teeman. Mr.. Ritz was the candidate
last year and his big run at that time
gave him the choice of the party
again this year.
Petitions were in circulation here
last night for each one of the candi-
dates so as to be filed this week for
the placing Of their names on the OFF,
cial ballots for the coming primary
election to be held this fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
WOMAN At FRONT
WEARS DISGUISE
Soldiers Wife Posed As Officer
--First of Her Sex
to Do 1t.

LONDON, Aug. 6:-How q woman
visited the front In q motorcar dis
guised in a British officers uniform
probably the only time in the war
this was ever accomplished-was told
during the divorce hearing of Lieut..
William Myers. who is suing his wife
on the ground of misconduct with two
army officers.
The couple separated in 1914 when
Myers Joined the army. On March 8,
1915. she wrote him as follows:
You will be surprised to hear that
I have been in the thick of the fight
Ing. When 1 see you I will tell you
some of my experiences. At any rate,
YOU can say your mad wife went to
the firing line before you did. I aon't
know how I did 1t, but I did It, and
! believe I was the first woman to do
IT."
On the stand Mrs. Myers testified
that she had gone to France twice.
Her testimony follows:
Were you disguised as a man2"
II was"
Where did you sleep7"
"At a place called the Chateau"
Where innumerable officers were
billeted7"
Eyes. There was another woman
there"
"she thought you were a man, I
suppose"
mo, she didn't"
How did you come to go to the
Hring line ?"
two officers came up one day and
Communicated my motor to go up to
the front I had heard that comman-
deered car were seldom recovered, 30
/ told them IL they took the car they
would have to take me, too.
Accordingly I drove, acting under
the direction of the officers. All I did
by way OF disguise was to slip off my
skirt, beneath which I wore brooches
and top boots"
A letter written by one Of the off,
GERS named by Myers to his wife
showed that Mrs. Myers was only two
hours by motor from the officers sta
ton at the front, and that she posed
as his wife while her husband was in
a training camp in England.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
Blind Soldiers Marry

By United Press.
LONDON. Aug. Cone hundred
and fifty discharged soldiers who have
lost their sight have taken unto
themselves wives and are not settled
quietly down to home life.
And a topping lot of girls theI
have picked up with" says Sir Arthur
Pearson. You might think the&
would only would get the 1eft-oversf
but they know too much for thati"
In connection with the Blinded
Soldiers Children fund. q schoolbmasT
ter asked his boys to bring a giff
accompanied by IN appropriate provo
erb or quotation.
On the day appointed n little
boy put down twelve cents WITH rAf
remark. 1T it more blessed to CIV
than to receive"
A second angelic-Iooking boy
placed a quarter on the desk and
said Cast thy bread upon the wat4
ers and II shall return to thee afte4
many days"
A third boy. bright faced and
CHEEKY. placed a cen on the desk with
the remark "A fool and his money
are Don parted"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
study Of Rata Valuable.

After IL years OF experimenting
with rats. DR.. z. v. McCollum, head
of the chemistry department Of the
school Of hygiene and public health
Of Johns Hopkins university. has
reached the conclusion that the food
requirements Of all animals. includ-
ing man, IN the same.
He declares that the extensive con-
sumption Of dairy products Is neces-
sary to produce a vigorous race and
prolong life.
During the years that Doctor Nc
Collum has been studying this Ques-
ton, especially interesting now, when
food Is playing such ar important
part In the affairs of the world. he
has been housing about 1000 white
and hybrid rats in his laboratory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
BUILDING REPORT

Twelve Plans Filed for New Structures
in Borough of Richmond.
~ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 6:-The fol-
lowing report Of the bureau of build
ings of the borough of Richmond for
the week ending July 81 has just been
made by superintendent McDermott
to the borough president: Plans filed
for new buildings, estimated cost, S.
$50, IL; plans filed for alterations, es-
timated cost, $3.50, Al; plans filed for
plumbing, S2,270, 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
Just to Ourselves.

It is hard to be really just to our
selves. A great many Of us are more
lenient with our own faults than with
those Of other. people. while not a few
censure themselves far more harshly
for a false step than they would think
Of ~eensuring another. What We should
strive for Is to be neither too exacpng
not too lenient where our shzfcomings
are concerned, but to give Ourselves
the benefit q simple IuslieA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
Worlds Greatest Cataract.

What is set down as the greatest cat
aract In the world is On the Iguazu
river. which partly separates Brazil
and Argentina. The preciplce over
which the river plunges is 30 feet
high. that OF Niagara being 1877 feet.
The cataract Is 1923 feet wide, or
about two and a half times as wide as
Niagara. It is estimated that 100000
900 tons OF water pass over Niagara
In an hour. A like estimate gives the
Calls OF Iguaxu A 100000 tons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
STATEN ISLAND
DRAFTED MEN OFF
Many from Staten Island Given the
Usual Send-Off

Many from Staten Island Given the
Usual Send-Of
By Special Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 6:-Twenty-
eight more young men left Staten
Island yesterday morning to begin
training in the national army. Six
teen of this number were sent to
Syracuse to do guard and fire duty at
embarkation points and the other
twelve. all from Local Board No. 1s6,
went to Camp Wadsworth, Spartan
burg, South Carolina.
There were four from Local Board
1S9 that left for Syracuse. They were
Michael Perrott of Rossville, Joseph
Jelicks of Kreischerville, Joseph Co.'S
tello, of Huguenot, and Dominick
Tirrelli of South Beach. The others
were five from Board 1S6. four from
Board 1877 and three from Board 1SS.
The Woman's League for Service
furnished each young man with
luncheon and the Red Cross women
were there with comfort kits and
knitted articles for use in camp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
NEW UNIFORMS ARRIVE

T~ottenyilIe Cadet Corps to go to
Kc~ansburg for Camp
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 6:-The new
uniforms that arrived last week for
Company X, 10th Regiment, Cadet
Corps of New York. were given out at
a meeting last night at the Totem
vile school. Those who were unable
to come out a get theirs by calling
at Captain Waits home, 229 Butler
avenue The members present voted
to go to camp at K~eansburg for three
days beginning Saturday. August 81,
and remaining until Monday night,
September 2. The corps will meet
again next Monday night at the
school.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
cam OF THANKS

We, the undersigned wish 20 thank
all our friends and ac~Quaintanees for
their very kind expressions OF sym
PATTY upon sudden death OF our be-
norai designs. We wish 20 thank es-
DeciaIly choir OF ola Bridge NJ. r.
Church and Rev Bowen Bruere for their
very select funeral services: also pell-
bearers and Mr.. Hulse. the undertaken,
for very kind assistances-
MRS. FRED KRAEMER
AND FAMILY.
a0Toe-R-G-1t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
STALLED AUTO HIT
Driving Chain Broke on Rapid Tran
sit Track in Front of Train

sit Track in Front of Train
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE. Aug. e:-An auto
delivery belonging to August Deitz,
an ice dealer OF Rossville. that be-
came stalled on the railroad track at
a private crossing running from the
Dorsey-Decker Ice Company's plant
to Wood avenue at $40 o'clock last
night, was struck by q train of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit and
knocked from the track. James Hush,
colored, the chauffeur, who was at
tempting to get the machine back off
the track, jumped and escaped injury.
The automobile. which became
stalled by the breaking Of the driving
chain, was wrecked. The train, which
was coming into the Tottenville sta
ton, was in charge of Conductor Cor
son and Engineer Cahill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
RED CROSS PROGRESS
Tottenville Branch Keeps Up Work
Despite the Heat.
BIZ Special CoTrespondenf.

DOSVTUU IAIC IICEgIe
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILE. Aug. 6-Fifty work.
ers u at the meeting of the Fifth
Ward Branch of the Red Cross yes
terday accomplished much work dur
ing the day in spite of the heat Of
the day. 1875 pieces of surgical
dressings were made. Forty-three
wooden articles were received. Eighty
five pairs of socks have been turned
in toward the quota Of 200, and the
sweaters and wristlets, the quota for
which are 100 each, are coming in
now since the wool has been received.
The Girls Community Service head
quarters is a busy place every Thurs
day and Saturday. Two sock ma
chimes have been installed at the place
and much work Is being accomplished
by the girls.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
CARR OF

Mrs. Lauritz Hansen and her niece.
Miss SiEne Petersen. express in this
manner their appreciation OF the many
kindnesses- shown by friends during
their recent bereavement
ADMISSIBLE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06

Cuts on Fingers to Escape the Army
BRISTOL, England. Aug. 6:-John
IN. Brown, @ young carpenter, was
fined $50 for cutting two fingers of
front of a circular saw to secape mill
tary service.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
RuIear Onensiye In Greece Forecast,

AMSTERDAM. Aug. e:-German
predict an early offensive
by the Buigarians against Greece. I'M
der the command OF the German gen.
eraI, Llman Won Sanders and the
bulgarian commandments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-06
Fortunate Man.

Pessimist Jones-How It is. Smith.
that you look so hale and happy and
wellf
Optimist Smith-Every time ! sit
down to worry I fall asleep-Psar-
sons