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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12

Representative Carter Glass, OF the
Sixth Virginia district, just appointed
secretary OF the treasury by Presi-
dent Wilson, was born in Lynchburg,
January 4, 1853. the son OF Major
Robert. H. Glass and Elizabeth CHRIS
tan Glass.
Mr.. Glass was born IN the newspa-
per business and a spent most OF
his life in 1t. His father was editor
of in Lynchburg ana
Petersburg during the reconstruction
DAVIS after the Civil War. Carter mini
self got his first experience in the
business as a printer, and then as a
reporter on the ~Lynchburg Repupn-
can. Later he assisted his rather IN
publishing q newspaper at refers
burg.
He was educated in private n
public schools in Lynchburg, leaving
school at the age of fourteen to be-
come a printer. He now owns two
daily newspapers. the chp
News. q morning paper, and the
|~Lynchburg Advance. an afternoon
paper. Both are published from the
same plant, one of the best In the
state.
MT. Glass, while a young man,
married Miss Aurelia Caldwell, and
has four children, Major Powell,
Lieutenant Carter, Jr., Miss Mary
Archer and Miss Augusta Christian.
Both his sons volunteered In the army
before the CONSUMPTION act was In
troduced in congress and both are
now in France, where they have won
rapid promotion. He also has three
nephews in the army n navy.
Mr.. Glass has served continuously
in congress for nine sessions, and, at
the time of his appointment as secre-.
tary of the treasury, was chairman or
the House banking and currency
committee. AS such, he was the au-
thor of the federal reserve act.
Aside from his newspaper business
and his work as a congressman, Mr..
Glass takes the greatest interest In
his stock farm, in Campbell county,
| where he owns q large herd of the
most valuable cattle in Virginia. He
is known as an excellent judge OF
| Jersey cattle and Berkshire swine.
His time, when not attending ses-
sions of congress-, is divided between
his HON in Lynchburg and his
country place. Since the first inaug-
uration of President Wilson, he has
been compelled to spend most of his
time in Washington, but his family
has lived in Lynchburg, except for
occasional visits to Mr.. Glass at the
capital. In Washington, Mr.. Glass
lives at the Hotel Raleigh.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Societies Formed In Europe
To SUPPORT League Of Nations

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE peoples Of
allied Europe are getting together in
a vast army to get behind the League
of Nations.
The movement under way in all the
allied countries has two purposes:
ONE-To give active support and
assistance In the formation Of the
League OF Nations.
TWO-Once the league is formed.
to back 1t up during it's trial period
and make sure it's a go:" to promote
the necessary friendly sentiment be-
tween nations so hat the working of
the league will become frictionless.
From Milan, Italy. comes news of a
great mass meeting held there recent
ly, when supporters of the League of
Nations numbering thousands got
busy on an active program.
An Italian national congress is be-
ing organized as a result of this mass
meeting. steps are being taken 70
work with league of nations societies
In other countries. Meetings are be-
ing held in many parts of italy. and
the advantages OF the league are being
taught through the press and else
where.
Similar organizations are even fur
Their advanced in France. Councils of
smaller allied peoples I'm Italy, France
WIN Ahb i1hN aAt BIhAi1 bdIhihE Nhc
movement.
In England. the WI most active So
c%ieties. the League of Nations Society
and the League OF Free Nations As
ISOLATION, were recently merged into
the League of Nations Union.
A statement of the new body gives
this as the reason for the merger:
w believe that all sincere AID
practical supporters of a League of
Nations should stand united"
The message adds that recent state
ments by political leaders of various
allied nations have clarified the atmos-
phere and provided a broad founda-
ton making such united effort posi-
BILE.
The Union" continues the state
ment, will be a society of men and
women of all parties and creeds who
are resolved that out of his war we
must work to secure neither a patch
ed-up settlement nor a one-sided ag-
grandisement of particular nations,
but The complete overthrow of the
militarist system which brought thi,
evil upon the world"
General SHUTS, In a recent public
speech. said: "A League OF Nations is
10 longer ar ideal or an aspiration.
but a sheer practical necessity"
Ex-premier Herbert Asquith says:
THE communities of the world,
taught by this war once and for all
the folly and the danger OF our exist
ing international system, will steadily
pursue a common ideal and surmounl
difficulties as they present them
selves
II. q. Wells is continually pointing
out that "nationalism" and "the great
power idea" are the chief obstacles In
the path of a League Of Nations. and
that open dealing must come to stay,
Lloyd George. Foreign Secretary
Balfour and Lord Robert Cecil. as
dozens of other public men, repeatedly
affirm their determination to bring q
successful league of nations into being,
Representatives of the Church OF
England. Catholics. Rantists. ConRre-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12

Eationalists. Methodists, Presbyter-
ans and all the Christian churches gos
together recently and sent n letter 10
the Archbishop OF Canterbury asking
him TO call a national council OF the
heads Of all the British churches 70
get behind the League of Nations.
The Archbishop approved h sug-
gestion, and the council Is under way.
The church plan includes, among
other things:
The endeavor to secure united sup
port for the League OF Nations and to
cooperate with similar movements in
the dominions. the United States and
other countries.
Educational propaganda, not only
for the establishment of a league OF
nations but also for its support after
II Is formed, in order to assure its sue
cess and permanency.
Teaching OF the spirit Of co-opera-
tlon necessary to the success OF the
league in church classes. TO children
as well as adults.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Letters From
Local Soldiers

Letter From Corporal William Petty.
Dear Folks:-I have been to the
hospital about my kidneys and the
doctors looked me over and everything
is all right.
Well, I suppose you know h good
news about the war. IL is the best
thing that ever happened and viii also
get us home sooner. i do not know
Just when we sail for home, but II o
do not hear from me for while do not
worry for things are all right.
The weather has been just right
over here lately and 1t has not reined
for quite O while, but l do not care II
IL rains or SHOWS every day., Just as
long as 1 get back. 1 think hat when
1 get my discharge that / will get
q good one, since / have no marks
against me at all. 1 can talk war I'LL
the cows come home il they want
and am able to DO 1t because l have
seen some front line battles, believe
me. The last one / was In was on
Verdun front and they say 1t was the
worst fight we have had over here.
w. X. PETTY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
STATEN ISLAND
MISS HIGGINS OF new YORK
AT THE PHILEMON SOCIETY
Actresses Members and Guests on Her
Experiences in the French War
Zone.

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 1.-THE
monthly guest day OF the Philemon
Literary and Historical Society yes
terday at the South Baptist church in
spite of the weather was attended
by many members and guests. The
program that included a lecture by
Miss Joy Montgomery Higgins. of New
York and vocal selection by Miss Mar
garet Benjamin of Huguenot Park.
vas one of the best given by the So
ciety In some time.
Mrs. Arthur H. Yetman, vice pres
ident, presided at the meeting and
after a brief welcome to those present
introduced the speaker Of the after
noon.
Miss Higgins. who was the repre-
sentative of the National Security
League to the National Federation
of Labor held in Europe during the
past ear told of her experience with
In the war zone and what she had
seen. Miss Higgins who is an excel
| lent talker told of the dark days of
Great Britain and France in April of
this year, when Germany was making
great gains on the western front.
She spoke of the work of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor to win the
war and paid a tribute to Samuel
Gompers, characterizing him as the
right hand of President Wilson in the
struggle for democracy. The speaker
said that the allies should never for
get what he had dom in the way OF
keeping organized labor together dur
ing the war.
Miss Higgins told of her visit to
many towns in France and of the
/ runs and devastation seen every
where. She wore a medal presented
to her by a French commander, on
| which was inscribed They shall not
pass" She spoke of this and of
Joan of Arc.
Miss Higgins told of the munitions
plants of Great Britain and how both
the rich and poor alike worked to-
! gether. When the war broke out there
was but three munition plants in
Great Britain, but at the close of the
war there were 5000 giving Boy
ment to 1000, 900; mostly women from
| countesses to all classes.
At the opening Miss Benjamin SANG
because" and Absent" She sang
when the Boys Come Home as an
| encore. Following the lecture she
sang when Christ Was Born" n
silent Night" Mrs. Joseph Bedell
J was accompanist.
At the close of the program a social
time was held and refreshments
served. Mrs. Yetman in her remarks
! made mention hat the society was
, twenty-one years old and 1t was re-
tmarkable hat an organization of its
kind could keep together for so long
a time.
The decorations were Christmas
greens. The society will not meet
again until after the holiday season.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
F|NESFOR YEAR
TOTAL S11,54S
Annual Police Report Will Rec
ommend Changes and Promo
tons in Detective Branch

When the year of 1918 draws to a
close and the Board of Aldermen at
their first meeting in January receive
the annual report of Chief Of Police
p. j. Burke, they will find hat the
amount of money taken in by Record
er Pickersgill in fines from January !
to December /, will total S11,549.
or this sum the city fines amount to
about $4,000 and the fines for auto
mobile violations will total $1.549.
When the annual budget was being
made up for the year 1919 by the al
dermen they put in tho surplus re-
sources the sum OF $4,000 for record
ers fees, but II Is certain that next
year they will be away beyond that.
Desk Sergeant Clarkson Durham Is
now at work on the annual report of
the chief and II is expected that he
will finish this the latter part of this
month.
The report will show the work that
has been done by the police in hts city
his year. II will tell Of the number
of arrests and Of the work of the de-
tective bureau.
Chief Burke, 1t is understood, will
this year have certain recommended
lions in his report which. II carried
out, will be OF material good to the
entire department.
II AOiOCf 1OhitiAIAtCAIE Win tie
first of next year, will be the largest
that this city has yer had and the
chief plans to have it so systematized
hat he can tell at any time just what
is being lone by every man In the de-
partment.
Because of the great amount of
work to be done in the detective bu-
reau 1t is understood that the chief
will ask that at least two more and
possibly thre more men be added to
this department and hat one of the
men be elevated TO the rank of cap
tain so that there will always be some
one in charge of this branch.
Although It is not officially known
at this time who will be recommend
ed for captain 1t is understood that the
aldermen favor Detective Sergeant
Lawrence Long.
1t Is understood that the chief will
ask for a matron at police headquar-
ters and he may ask for a policewo-
man to work al dance halls and among
the girls Of the city. as he feels that Q
woman cop Is needed here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Theatre NeWs
MAJESTIC

mftJENJEIO
Messrs. Jacobs and Jermon nave
h pleasure Of announcing another
brilliant season of the ever favorite,
The Golden Crook Company" which
is announced as the important attrac-
ton at the Majestic next Monday,
December 16, headed by Billy Airing
ton, the greatest of all tramp coined
ians, and foremost provider of whole
ONE and chaste entertainment. The
Golden Crook" Is q show you will like
and talk about, surprising, this sea-
son, in Its multitude of surprising
features, the quality of It's songs and
music, the perfection of its dancing
and in the magnihcence OF its scenic
splendor and rich costuming.
STRAND.
1t would be difficult to find, in the
whole range of drama and opera. a
piece that has won more signal re-
nown than La Tosca," which is Paul
inc Frederick's newest Paramount
picture now showing at the Strand
theatre. Written by Victorian Sar-
dou, upwards of thirty years ago ex-
pressly for Sarah Bernhardt, it was
in this play. later adated for the oper-
attic stage. that h made one of the
greatest successes Of her wonderful
career.
The possibilities of la Tosca" as a
screen drama can hardly be overes-
timated. 1t is as perfectlw adapted
to the films as If 1t had been written
for them, and Miss Frederick, as the
beautiful Italian singer, leaves moth
ing to be desired in her magnificent
Interpretation.
1t is playing at the Strand today.
DITMAS.
Secret Strings" the title of the
Metro play. which will be shown at
the Ditmas. tomorrow and Saturday,
In which the beautiful star. Olive Tell,
is seen, was adapted ron the success
full Broadway production of the same
name.
This play deals with the dramatic
events which follow when a girl of
unusual beauty and charm finds the
man she has married is a smooth and
~unprincipled crook who intends to use
her attractions to further his own
ends.
by Hook or Crook" is the title of
q fascinatingly entertaining new
World-Picture starring Carlyle Black
well and Evelyn Greeley which will be
shown also tomorrow and Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Unfortunate Expression.

Although u new war secretary,
Lord Miner. cannot exactly be said
to shine as a humorist, he can enjoy
a good story against himself, as wit
ness the following. which he is fond
of relating.
Some years ago, fresh from his
South African triumphs. he addressed
an audience Of undergraduates at his
old university.
"We must remember not merely
the beauty Of the individual colleges,
but the beauty Of Oxford as a whole.
And what a whole 1t is"
"Hear, heari" yelled the varsity
men. eyes, what a hole" they
groaned. "What q beastly holei"
Then II dawned upon Lord Miner
that this was a sentiment he would
rather have expressed differently
Parsons Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
COMPLIMENTS RESERVES
Mayor Hylan Praises Their Work in
Letter.

BY Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 12.-Mayor
Hylan has sent a letter to Rodman
Wanamaker. praising the work of the
Police Reserves, of which Mr.. Wanna
maker. as special deputy police com-
missioner. Is the head. The mayor
told Mr.. Wanamaker the reserves had
Enabled the depleted ranks OF the
police department to reduce crime to
q minimum and enforce law and or
der" He also explained that close
contact with police york had shown
them that the individual policeman
Is a different type of man from that
which a portion of the press and other
factors represented him to be-"
The letter concluded:
IT want to assure the reserves hat
this administration plans to relieve
them at least Of the financial burdens
borne uncomplainingly by them. From
a fund raised for the purpose uniforms
and equipment will be provided, the
contracts for which have been
awarded"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
OLD AGE STARTS
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

Science rays that old age begins
with weakened kidneys and digestive
organs.
This being true. II 10 easy to be-
lievs that by keeping the kidneys and
digestive organs oleansed and IN pro-
per working order old age can be de-
ferred and life prolonged far beyond
that enjoyed by the average person;
HAarlem Oil has been relieving the
weaknesses and disability due TO ad-
vaneing years. 1t Is a standard old
time home remedy and needs no intro
duction. GOLD MEDAL Harlem OIL
10 enclosed In odorless. tasteless cap
sules containing about 8 drops each.
Take then as you would a NIL, With a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hancock have gone
to Jersey City to reside after the sum-
mer at Prince Bay.
Henry Schultz has returned to Man.
haitian, after a visit with his brother.
Joseph Sullivan has received his dis
charge from the army after several
months service at Camp Upton.
Edward Dolan has been al home
from Fordham College for a visit with
his mother.
Mrs. John Abdelnour has returned
from a visit in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Charles Burkhardt has been
entertaining her sister from Brooklyn
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Thompson of
the Bronx. have been visiting her pa
rents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12

small swallow Of water. The OIL slim.
ulatss the kidney action and ensblse
which cause premature old age. New
life ana strength Increase as you oon-
tinue the treatment. When completely
restored continue taking q capsule or
two zach day. GOLD MEDAL Haariern
OIL Capsules will keep you IN health
and vigor and prevent a return -f-tns
disease.
Do not walt until old age or disease
have settled down for good. Go to.
your druggist and get a box of GOLD
MEDAL Waarlem OIL Capsules. Money
refunded II they do not help you, Three
sizes. But remember TO ask for the
original imported GOLD MEDAL brand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
"Get- Together" of Boys at the
Y. N. C. A. Saturday Evening

All the classes in the boys depart
ment of the Y. NJ. G. A. will hold a big
get-together Ter Saturday evening.
The evening will be devoted to athletic
competition, entertainment and a So
cial hour, and the Boys Council met
recently and formulated the plans for
the occasion.
The first event will be a series of
athletic contests in the gymnasium be-
tween representative teams Of the var
Gus classes. At 6:45 the juniors arc
to play basketball with the junior en-
ployed boys and following them the In
termediates will also stage a besket-
ball game with the intermediate m
ployed boys as their opponents.
A track meet will then be contested
by the different classes. some of the
tents are: Obstacle race. wand race,
no mans land, land battle. chariot
race, border contest and knights bat
tie. The boys will then adjourn to the
tank where the young aquarians Will
have a swimming meet and diving
contests.
The boys will next proceed to the
class-rooms. where an hour will be
spent in singing and a special musical
program has been arranged by the
council. The delegates of the State
Boys Conference. held at East Orange
several weeks ago. will at that time re-
port on the conference, each delegate
being allotted n certain section of the
conference to bring before the boys.
They will also present plans and mako
suggestions for the work during the
winter months.
The boys will then enjoy a social
hour. which is in charge of a commit
tee appointed by the council.
All the members OF the boys depart
ment are urgently invited to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Not Really Sardines.

A large proportion of the so-called
sardines taken along the Atlantic
coast of this country and Canada are
not true sardines but are the young
Of the herring and m~enhadden. They
are prepared In about the same way
as true European sardines, however,
and 1t would puzzle some of the most
experienced epicures to distinguish
the spurious from the genuine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Folly Of M~onarehIaI Government.

As the exercise Of government re-
quires talents and abilities. and as tai
ents and abilities cannot have heredi-
tary descent, 1t is evident that heredi-
tary succession requires q belief from
man to which his reason cannot sub
scribe and which can only be establish
ed upon ignorance and the more ignor-
ant any country is, the better 1t is fit
ted for the monarchial species Of gov
ernment.-Thomas Paine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Optimistic Thought.
The king cannot always rule as he
wishea
woMAN,s DANGER PERIOD

WOMAN'S DANGER PERIOD =.
The period between forty-hve and
ifty-ive years of age is said to be a
crisis or danger period in a woman's
life which tests her for her fitness to
continue in the race. 1t Is then that
she suffers from such annoying symp-
toms as heat-fiashes, nervousness,
headaches, the blues" or dread OF
impending evil. or some dis
ease IN the system becomes active.
When a woman is passing through
this crisis there is one tried and true
remedy, Lydia e.. P~inkham's Vegetable
Compound. which after forty years or
ard remedy for woman's ailments
Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

Ali What relief, Your ciogged nos
trils open right up. the air passages OF
breathe freely. No more hawking.
snuffling. mucous discharge, headache,
dryness-no struggling for breath at
night. your cold or catarrh Is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up Get a small
drubgist now. Apply a little OF this
fragrant, a~ntiseptic cream in you nos
trils. let It penetrate through every air
the swollen. innamed mucous mem
brane, giving you instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm r. ust what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking.
It's just splsndid-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
Everything All Right.

Nellie was happily anticipating
Santa Claus visit. 1t vas Christmas
We, and raining ~furiously. Afriend
happened in and said: "Santa Claus
can't come tonight because 1t is rain
ing" Nellie thought seriously a mo-
ment and said: "Oh. yes he an; he
has his reindeers."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
RICHMOND B. AND L. ASSN.
Nominate Oflcers at Meeting Held
Last Night.

TOTTENVILLE, Dec. I'm the
nomination of officers of the Rich
mond County Building and Loan Asso-
citation at the rooms of the associa-
ton last night the following were
named: President. Charles A. Mar
shall; vice president, Charles A.
Thrall: secretary, Gilbert 8. Barnes;
treasurer, Arthur II. Yetman; direc-
tors, William J.. Derickson, Emil Pc
terson, James A. Simonson and ]. c..
Davidson.
Arthur H. Yetman is nominated
treasurer in the place of the late Ar
thur w. Browne, who held that posi-
ton for more than thirty years. The
annual election will take place the
second Wednesday in January.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
NAVAL MEN AT FUNERAL
Battalion to Attend Obsequies OF
Alonzo Herbstreet

BV NpeCfdT COTfeSBO1IueHI.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. ia bat
TALON Of naval men from the ava
base at Tompkinsville have been as
signed to act as an escort at the fu-
neral of Alonzo Herbstreet, a second
class seaman, that will be held Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock from
his late residence, 5,S91 Arthur Kill
road. Rev. DR.. Jacob Ganss, of BIT.
Peters church, Charlestown, will off,
ciate and the interment will be In the
West Baptist cemetery. Herbstreet
died in the naval hospital in Brook
lyn, Monday, of pneumonia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-12
CHRISTMAS TREE FUND
Stephens to Hold Movie Show
as q Benefit.

st. Stephens to Hold Movie Show
as a Benefit.
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 12-Seven
reels of pictures hat will be suited to
both young and old will be given at
the annual benefit entertainment for
the Christmas tree fund Of st. Ste
phen's Episcopal Sunday school at
the Palace theatre tomorrow after
noon.
Many tickets have been sold and a
full house is looked or. w. Wallace
Laird, the proprietor Of the show
house, each year gives the proceeds
of the entertainment for the benefit of
the fund and the program that he has
arranged for the affair Is one of the