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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16
SITUATION WORSE THAN EVER:
OUTLOOK IS FAR FROM BRIGHT,
SAYS THE FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
Fuel Boxes Soon Ready for Selling by the Poundee Car
loads Intended for Perth Amboy Lost in Yards-Sout11
Amboy Authorized to Seize Cars at Terminal There
Situation in Keyport, Matawan and Railway.

While Fuel Administrator Oliver
w. Ramsay, of Perth Amboy, holds
out but little hope for this city, de-
worse than it has been at any time In
the past, with little prospects for the
immediate future, neighboring towns
take a more hopeful look, according
to an investigation made by the
EVENING NEWS, and are doing
business with the idea that relief will
come when the present supply fails.
The coal boxes to be placed at diff
ferent grocery stores throughout the
city, where forty pounds of coal may
be purchased for twenty cents, are
being finished today and will be ready
for business tomorrow.
No coal has arrived in the city to-
day, according to the fuel admins
informed that two or three cars have
arrived in the local yards and an eff
fort is being made to find them.
Both G. M Peterson and the Lake
Coal Company yards here reported to
the fuel administrator this morning
hat they did not have a pound of
and. and the Dorsey yard.
\cutting of of the povnm
| BY IL ic Servjcan
great deE
There. as motor
/ the coal into the A.
ipower discontfnued uuf7t t., I6s.|
this afternoon tho usual days outpu
rom this yard il cut to sixty per cent
The Dorsey yard will be worked to-
night, when 1t Is promised power will
be kept on in an effort to catch up
with the orders for coal about the
city.
The EVENING NEWS has secured
reports from places in Monmouth and
Union counties, which adjoin Middle.
! sex, on the coal and general fuel sit.
uation in those places. This inyesti.
cation shows that while Perth Am.
boy. wn1ch Is surrounded by immense
coal docks from which much of the
coal consumed in the eastern section
OF the country is shipped, is in dis.
tress with schools closed and the peo-
pie bordering on a panic, nearby
places have schools running as usual
theatres and saloons are running un-
aoated, and the condition generally
resembles normal times.
True there is a shortage of fuel in
these places, but the shortage has nol
yet caused drastic action to be taken
on the conservation movement as has
been the case here. The dealers are
tliaklng every eHorft to give out what
Iuei they have on hand and what lIttl,,
they are able to secure in small ,o.s
and are endeavoring to make the
amount last to the extreme.
Pessimism over the fuel situation
is not marked in the surrounding
places, as the people, the merchants
and those in charge of supply and
demand for the fuel seem to look up
on the present crisis as a Temporary
one. from which relief will come
within a short time. before any one
Is seriously affected through lack of
coal.
The reports from the neighboring
places follow:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16
GOES UP 1000 FEET

City Treasurer Ferd Garretson,
who has two sons in the aviation SER
vice has received a letter from Danold
G. Garretson, who is stationed at Rich
Field. Waco, Texas. He sent word of
his second fight in an aeroplane with
Lieutenant Davidson, an instructor at
the camp. The fight was made to a
height of 1000 Feet and was great,
Garretson reports. 1t was his second
flight. the first having been to an alti-
tude of 1000 feet
William v. Garretson is stationed
at the Princeton Aviation School,
where he Is studying for commits
sion as a flyer.
p. A. Hardware FOR Aluminium Ware.
165171-1b-5ts
Perfection Smokeless Oil Heaters,
$4.98 up. Kelly G. McAlinden Co.
16564-1-16-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16

KEYPORT, Jan. 16-Although ov-
cry effort has been exerted by the
merchants of the borough to better
the conditions. existing here ba-k
cause of the lack of coal, the bor-
ough seems to be in exactly the same
predicament as il was several weeks
ago, when the coal shortage Argk
fContinued ON page g.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16

Saving coal? Use a Perfection OIL
Heater, $4.98 up. Kelly & McAlinden
Co. 16564-1-16-1t%
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16

Rim Cuts Repaireo. Guaranteed
rhl ee Months Steam Vulcanizing.
"LET GEORGE DO IT,
open Evenings till pm Phone ATS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16

peclaily along the Atlantic seaboard.
One reason for this don't worry" feel
ing may be because there is no local
fuel administrator here to keep the
matter before the people continually.
as is being done in other places. 10
they do not realize the grave situation
that confronts them
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16
Schools Open in Railway.
By staff Correspondent.

RAILWAY. Jan. 16.-While there il
a well-defned coal shortage here. the
situation is by no means acute. The
schools have not been closed at any
time on account of lack of fuel and
VIII not be according to President
Henry II. Jardine of the Board Of Ed
ucation. He said in an interview. that
during the summer the coal bins OF
the five school buildings were filled to
capacity and that about half of the
supply remains. This amounts to
about $50 tons still on hand Asked
if there was any probability that the
schools would be closed and the re-
serve coal used forsrelief he said THAI
such action had been suggested to r.
board but that that body had disp
p, the idea as being unwarrantc1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16

p. A. Hardware for brass polish.
16517-1-15-6ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-01-16


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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

and %. This year premiums will be Of
fered for exhibits Of grains, vegetables,
canned goods, etc, open to all residents
Of Williamstown. The town school fair,
which has been so successful in recent
years, will also be held at the same place
on Saturday the 23d, and some OF the
prizes will be offered for the best exhibit
in either section. Admission during the
afternoon will be free All farmers and
war gardeners in town are urged to ex.
hibit and make this community fair a
success.
Dale Alger, late Of Burlington, has
moved to town and Is at work for his
brother, Fred Alger.
The United War Work campaign is on.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
YOU win be called upon to make your
pledge. Give to no one who does not
have an official badge. You may pay
cash on or before Dec 2, or YOU may
make partial payments, SO per cent on or
before Dec. ?, 1918, 25 per cent on Jan. -,
1913, and % per cent on March !, 1919
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

Barre began celebrating with real enthu-
siasm and Barre kept it up till the small
hours of this morning, making one of the
most remarkable celebrations ever held
in this city. There was clear satisfaction
and Joy written on the faces OF everyone
10y that the hostilities were at an end,
ioy that the United States and our val
liant allies had come out yictors, Joy that
right had finally triumphed over might.
No Fourth Of July celebration in decades
has approached it for real enthusiasm
and real significance; probably nothing
like it has occurred since the news of the
surrender of Gen. Robert Z. Lee in the
Civil war was received.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
"CAN / BE
CURED?''

How often have you heard that sad cry from
the victims Of disease. Perhaps the disorder
has zone too far for help. but oftener it is just
in its first stages and the pains and aches are
only natures first cries for help. Do not de-
spair. Find out the cause and give nature all
the help you can, and she win repay you with
health. Look after the kidneys. The kidneys
are the most over74orked organs Of the human
body, and when they fail in their work Of fl-
tering and throwing off the poison that con-
stantly accumulates in the system, everything
goes wrong. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM oil Cap
sules win give almost immediate relief from
kidney and bladder troubles and their kindred
ailments. They win free your body from pain
in short order. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. Look for the name on every box. In
three sizes, scaled packages. Money refunded
If they do not help you---Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
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OPEN NoSTRiLS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

County ffty Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears Your clogged nos
trils win open, the air passages Of your
head win clear and you can breathe free
". No more snufiling, hawking, mucous
discharge, dryuess or headache; no strug-
Cling for breath at night.
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply q
little Of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. 1t penetrafes through
every air passage of the head, soothing
and healing the swollen or indamed mu-
eous membrane, giving you instant re-
lief. Head colds and catarrh yield like
magic. Don't stay stuffedup and miser-
able, Relief is sure.-Ady
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

As soon as the terms of the arnistice
are carried out, the claws Of German
miIitarism win have been drawn in such
thorough manner as to prevent a renewal
Of the fighting by Germany unless it
should be, perhaps, on small scale IN
scattered localities where there is recall
citration. The terms are so drastic as to
destroy the power of Germany to do fur
ther harm against the allies and neutral
countries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
tCRANITEVILLE

Robert Even of Camp Devens is spend
ing a few days with friends.
John Mcintyre left to-day for Spring
field. where he has secured employment,
Henry Coxon is confined to the house
by illness,
Ensign and Mrs. Roy LeBaron left Sat
urday for Boston, after spending few
days with relatives.
Frank Finnigan and Emmett Halllgan
left to-day for Middlesex in search OF
deer.
Miss Cora Duquette of North Mont
pelier visited her parents over the week
end
Mrs Wilbur Duquette of Barre is Wis
iting relatives in town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

Boys of IL are planning to earn and give
SIS. How much will you giye2 The boys
over there need it.
The ladies' aid of the M. 2, church will
hold their annual sale and chicken pie
supper Saturday, NOV. l6, in the Odd
Fellows hall. Supper will be served from
s to s, followed by an entertainment,
Price, soc for both Entertainment alone,
l0e; children under 10 years, Boo Tor
supper; one-half proceeds 60 for allied
drive.
Word is received here of the safe ar
rival overseas of Harry Ahem, o former
student at the high school
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
Speeding Up
Buying

The hands on the Christ
mas-buying clock have been
set ahead so as to distribute
equally the extra burdens
placed upon all Of us this
year in doing a little mora
than our share of work in
order to help our govern
ment.
Holiday stocks are COM
plete, assortments are at
their best, and you can new
err choose so advantageously
as now. Also bear in mind
that if you expect to send a
Christmas present to the
boy cover there" you must
mail it not later than Nov.
20. These suggestions will
help you to decide what to
send.
We've plenty of practical
holiday gifts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
TALK OF THE TOWN
.en Ahhotf,s line Of coats.

See Abbott's line Of coats
Attend Shea's shoe and slipper sale.
Buy your Christmas slippers at Shea's
big sale this week.
Alex Miller, well known professional
golfer, who has been passing few days
in this city, left this morning for New
York,
Wanted at once20 second hand
stoves. VIII pay cash or will exchange
for new Andes stoves. E. A. Prindle,
Worthen block.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
WILLIAMSTOWN
Frank B. Boyce, Aged SO Years, Died Sat
urday Night.

Frank B. Boyce passed to the great be-
yond at o'clock Saturday evening at his
home in Williamstown, from a eompliea-
ton of diseases aged 80 years. He was
formerly a resident of Waitsfield, but
came to Williamstown more than 80
years ago Here he married Miss Alma
adams, who, together with two children,
Earl A. Boyce, who lives at home, and
Miss Sadie A. Boyce, who is teacher in
the Barre schools, survives him. He also
leaves one sister Mrs, w. G. Carleton of
Warren, and one brother, Fred D. Boyee
of Waitsfeld. The funeral was held at
the house at 1880 this afternoon, Rev.
Jesse Martin officiating
The grange fair will be held in grange
hall on Friday and Saturday, Nov. ~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

Barre put on a victory celebration
which was notable because of its spon-
taneity and its size. Beginning with
the first taps of the fire alarm system in
the early hours Of Monday morning,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12

In figuring up the cost Of the war,
money alone should not be reckoned with
There were approximately 100000
lives sacrificed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-12
Gard Of Thanks.

Card Of Thanks.
| wish to thank the people Of Williams
town who so kindly helped me in my re-
cent trouble. Lewis Rodney.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27
(To BE Continued.)
Take a Sunshine Tablet for
Thy Stomach's Sake

There never was such a marvellous
prescription for stomach distress and
Indigestion as Mi-o-na.
No doctor ever wrote a better one;
it's doubtful if any doctor ever will.
It's so good that III. C. Kennedy says
money back if it doesn't relieve.
A woman in Maine calls Mi-o-na the
sunshine prescription because she has
seen so many sour, miserable, aggra-
waiting dyspeptics turned into happy,
cheerful, sweet human beings in a
few days by taking Mi-o-na.
The stomach is responsible for
three-fourths of the nervousness and
half the misery of the world. A
woman can have a first-class stomach
and yet be miserable if she has a hus-
band who is a nervous dyspeptic.
If you have indigestion, belching of
gas, heaviness after eating, drowsy
sensation after eating, sour stomach
or any miserable stomach disturbance
the prescription called Mi-o-na will
put you right and bring sunshine
into your life in a week.
A large box of Mi-o-na tablets cost
only so cents at II. C. Kennedy's and
by leading druggists everywhere.
They are small and easy to swallow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27

America is having fine time
trying to raise an army" he de-
clared satirically. II hear that
1900 mutinied the other day in New
York and refused to get on a trans
port, and a town in the northwest,
composed principally of citizens of
Swedish blood, refused to register
at all! We are getting excellent in
formation about all conditions in
America"
Shortly before this had come the
revelations from Washington of the
intrigue of Count Won LuXburg, the
German minister to Argentina, and
knew where the Kaiser was get
ting the information he referred to.
In nearly every case. it appeared,
the Kaiser's informants were mis-
leading him.
Both before and after we entered
the war, the Kaiser was thoroughly
convinced that we could play only
nominal part in it so far as man
power was concerned and his assur-
ance on that point undoubtedly ac-
counted for his decision to carry
through the submarine program even
though it resulted in bringing us
into the war.
of shipping it takes 10 ship a single
soldier?" he asked me on one oc-
cason.
1 confessed my ignorance on that
point.
well. it takes six tons to the
man! To send over an army of
100000 men, therefore, your coun-
try would require 100000 tons of
shipping jim addition to the tonnage
required for regular traffic. Where
is it coming from, with my subma-
rines sinking the allied vessels faster
than they can ever be replaced?
My U-boats are doing wonderful
work and we are prepared to take
care of all the troops America may
| ty to land in France"
How foolish for America to have
come into the war;" he went on
IF she could succeed in landing a
| real army in France. what good
would it do? America can see now
| how easy it was for me to break
| through and to capture 100000 oi
the Italians, and they must realize
that I can break through on the
western front and do the same thing
there. IF America had kept out o.
the war she would have gone or
making untold profits and wher
peace was finally declared she woult
have been in a most enviable posi-
ton among the nations of the world
AS it is, Wilson will never have {
seat at the peace table, If I can hell
it and now America will have to pa!
all the costs of the war;" Evident
ly he imagined that his triumph
would be so complete that thert
would be no peace table but tina
the warning nations would be com
PEELED to accept the terms he Offered
them in which event, knowing tn
magnanimity of the German make
up, l should say the world at larg,
would have to be content with YER!
little.
How the Kaiser feels now that thu
failure of the U-boats to intercep
American troop ships must be pain
fully apparent to him and America
has so overwhelmingly overcome tht
shortage of shipping, I don't know
but it is more than probable tina
for some time time to come the rea
situation will, at any rate. be sue
cessfully concealed from the Ger
man people. / know that the failure
of the U-boat campaign was un
known to the Germans up to thu
time left Berlin--in January. 1918
! Losses of U-boats were never ac
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27
When a Girl MarrieS"
By
A New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problems of Girl Wife

, his dismissal from the Army!
| tried to picture my boy in civilians
! Fearless Jim" without hi.
uniform, 1t seemed unthinkable
| The white envelope l held in my
hand meant the end of the world t
Jimi
l came to a fixed determination
Nothing must mar the dinner with
Captain Winston. l would hide the
letter and give 1t to Jim when We
came around that night.
Later 1 applauded my own de.
cision. For when Captain Winston
talked about goinG back to the
front after three months recruiting
work over here and fairly included
Jim in his plans, could see how
joyously, how hopefully my hus-
band responded. Only one incident
marred the delightful dinner. Cap
tain Winston asked about Mrs
-er -er Bryce" and then looked
at me in. evident embarrassment.
But l managed to seem unconscious
of that.
Home at eleven-happy, pleased
with each other and the world. The
incident of the keys forgotten. For
while l had even forgotten the
letter and the pain it must cause
when l must give that letter to him.
1 tried to find words to help him.
'Jimmie-lad. I've a letter for
you-from the War Department.
Whatever it says, dear, remember
that l love you. I'm going to stand
by Jim, and be a real wife-the
kind of a wife a soldier-needs."
Jim took the envelope with fingers
that trembled. He tore open the
envelope, brought out a single typed
sheet and ran his eyes over it. The
he looked up, a triumphant flash
lighting his face.
office. I'm ordered to Washington.
They've convened a board to ex-
anime me-"
ITO examine you?" I cried
Yes; to pass on my fitness for
active service" Jim's voice was
quiet-reslsned 1 thought.
That would mean you must so
across again. 1t wouldn't be fair.
I'm sure they'll see that. You've
done your bit. They haven't any
right to take you again" The words
rasped their way past my dry lips.
Pm not sure that they'll take
me. l think I'm fit" began Jim.
interrupted wanted to scream
wild protests-but Jim looked so
calm and steady that I felt 1 must
at least pretend to be.
why, they won't take you. dear;
they couldn't! Any one can see that
you aren't fit to serve. My Jimmie
has done enough"
meant to comfort him. Then Jim
came Il step nearer. There were red
stains high on his cheekbones. His
eyes flashed-but / was so caught
in the turmoil of my own pain that
/ didn't understand.
You think I'm a cripple, Anne?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27

curately announced. while the de-
struction of allied vessels was al
ways reported in terms of carrying
capacity rather than in the displace-
ment of the vessels, which was one
of the factors accounting for the dis
crepancy between the German esti-
mates of our shipping losses and
our own figures and which disposes
of the charge that the Allied naval
authorities concealed the true ex-
tent OF our punishment at the hands
of the U-boats.
The fact that the Germans mag
niffed their U-boat activity was
brought out by socialist members of
the Reichstag. They declared that
u boat commanders returning from
their trips invariably gave false re-
ports to make themselves heroes.
! They declared that these command
| ers We're like the imaginative fisher
men who no matter what poor luck
they might encounter were apt to
csme back with exaggerated stories
of huge catches.
In this connection. I may mention
| that an Englishman who had been
| interned at Ruhleben camp told me
that an English sailor there had
kent an accurate list from day to
day of all the boats sunk as pub
| lished in the German papers. An
analysis revealed that one ship had
been sunk no less than five times!
| He had been skipper on another boat
reported sunk. According to the
| German papers it was a 500-ton
vessel. In point of fact. he declar-
| de. it was only 90 tons.
"How many submarines do you
think we have really lost to date %
I was asked, around Christmas, 1917.
| by a German who was n personal
friend of Macmillan Harden.
I replied that l had heard that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27

many months ago England had cele-
brated the sinking of the Tooth
U-boat,
That's ridiculous!" he calculated.
II have inside information which is
not publicly known: we have lost
exactly six"
While the Kaiser and the Germans
generally felt confident that we
would never be able to send many
men across. they professed to feel
little concern if we did.
According to some of the German
officers with whom l spoke, even if
we landed 100000 men in France,
it would not be enough to break the
deadlock, as the Germans were TAX
ing a similar number of trained
troops from the Russian front. The
only menace of American participa-
ton in the war lay in the possibil-
ity that we might add considerably
to the Allied air strength. Man
power alone, they contended,
would never be sufficient to help the
Allies much, but overwhelming su-
periority in the air might OCCASION
| the Germans some annoyance.
The Kaiser himself had but a
poor opinion of the fighting quail
ties of the American soldier so far
as modern requirem ents are con-
cerned.
The American soldier would pos
sibly give a good account of HIM
self in open fighting" he declared,
but he is not built for the kind of
warfare he will encounter in France
! He lacks the stolidity to endure life
in the trenches. He is too high
strung and couldn't stand the in
active life which is such an impor-
! tant part of modern warfare. Be-
sides he lacks discipline and trained
| officers"
! The Kaiser's views on these points
serve to explain the confidence he
! felt and displayed right up to the
time I saw him last, but so much
has happened within the few months
that have since elapsed that I can
| not believe he feels the same way
to-day. He must realize now that he
was wrong when he said we would
not be able to raise a great army. he
was wrong when he said we would
not be able to get enough ships to
| ferry them across. he was wrong
when he said his U-boats would pre-
! went their landing in France, and he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-27
THE KAISER AS I KNEW
HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS

BY ARTHUR n. DAVIS, d. D. S.
Copyright, 191s Newspaper syndicate)