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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
FIRE HOLDS Up
FAST LINE CARS
Part of State Effected by
Small Blaze at Newark
power House

The fast line cars. together WIN
many of the a lines operating ~
and out of Newark were tied UP 10Y
the better part of yesterday mornins
when a small fire in a power hoese
at Newark, burned out thlrty-nFs
main cables.
l. A%litrol1ey lines running In n our
of Newark, those operating IN the
| Oranges, Montclair, Bloom1eld, flen
Ridge. Bellvdlle. Nutley, and lrvg
ton as we'll as lines running 10 rcL
Amboy. Trenton, New Bruns MII1,
over the fast line system n n.sajo.
|abeth, Jersey City, Paterson West
Hackensack, Rutherford, anu ntun
Hndson were affected by me ny
FOR al least two hour and a har,ia
fore repairs could be made tha' "0
hermit of operation. Nor.
Many of the lines in Newark VIZ
.,oIied on the tracks or In carparns
SntjI after / o'clock. Church goer9
we're forced to the jitneys or walked
70 the morning services. The hre IL
self was trifling, being in q cable
manhoie in the Cole street power
house of the Public Service Corpora
ton In Newark.
Local trolley service was not at
in this city. where the power
Il furnished from the Public Services
Power House in Buckingham avenue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
COUNCIL MINUTES
Froceedings of the Board of Aldermen
OF the City of Perth Amboy, N. j.

,he A~d11GSrned meeting Of the Council of
March Slst. 1919, adjourned from
M4rSn Istn. 1919. h members pres
dersen' Clark, Riedy. and Alderman-at-
A petition from the Perth Amboy
ely Hospital for a sewer in Laurie
Brunswick Avenue. was received and
reIerred to the Committee on Streets
A letter from the Mayor suggesting
that a committee Of four be annointe3
by the Council to confer with a COM
mlttee OF four which the Mayor will
appoint, n reference to the matter OF
the proposed acquiring OF the land
boy Gas Light Company. was receives
and the request complied with.
An ordinance entitled AN ordinance
70 grade and curb Amboy Avenue from
Myrtle street. to a point one hundre
rect north of Inslee street, was In
troduced, and passed on first reading
By the following vote: Yea-waters'
Nay.-None. Motion prevailed. that his
II be taken up on second and
{nird reading at the regular meeting
TO be held April 81, 1915.
An ordinance entitled IAN Ordinance
regulating the use of taxicabs or am
tomeblles (other than autc-husse=" =.
defined in Chapter 1ss In the Laws e.
ton laid over until the next psen mo-
meeting to be held April 9Th, 1918.
Ing committee to<act IN enninnnHm.
with the Mayors committee in resapd
to the acquiring by the CITY Of fbe
property Of Perth Amboy Gas Lighi
Company-Mayor Dorsey and Messrs
An s Wilson and Clark.
JOHN HANSON. JR..
ssaa ~, City Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

Sealed proposals viii be received BIZ
the Board of Education Of the City d
New Brunswick. at their Office In tES
Bayard School. New Brunswick. N, u
on Wednesday, May 14th. 1918. at
O'Clock p. NJ, for the construction Of
alterations and additions to the Nathan
Hale School. Hale Street In the city
of New Brunswick. N. j., according to
plans end specifications prepared bY
Alexander Merchant. Architect.
Proposals will be a. for General
Construction. ~ Heating and VentI,
Work. which shall be on q proposal
blank furnished by Architect.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at the ofiee Of Alexander Merchans
Architect, No. 8s3 George Street. New
Brunswick, N. J.. A deposit of Twenty{
hve 025.00) Dollars will be required
for the safe return of plans and speci.
fications.
A certified check on a New Jersey
Bank, made payable TO the Board 81
Education of the City of New Brunsl
wick. to the amount Of 8 per cent. 81
each estimate, must accompany bid
The Board of Education Of the City
of New Brunswick, New Jersey, rA
serve the right to reject any or all
bids.
ERNEST WEBB,
Chairman Building Committee.
MORRIS BAUER,
Secretary.
4161-5-2-5-12. :
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
Woodbridge Township Schools
TO Give Music Festival
Ru sneoini corres,ondent

WOODBRIDGE, May 12:-Each
week some event of interest has been
arranged for the Woodbridge schools.
THE high school has been in the lime
light recently and now the township
schools will present something UNIQUE
in the history Of the Woodbridge
schools.
Miss Frazer, the music supervisor
of the township schools, has planned
a grand musical festival to be held in
the Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock
lThursday evening, May Is.
Choruses of children from all the
different schools in the township VIII
take part. The affair has been ar.
ranged In the nature of q compett.
ton, judges being present to deterf
mine the best in each of the dinerent
groups. This entertainment is abso-
lutely free and is given with the idea
of letting the parents and friends OF
the pupils know just what sweet
voices the children in all of b town.
ship schools have.
Some Of the chorus work in the So
called outlying schools is said to be
exceptionally fine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
Enters Store Through Window
and Steals SIS From Register

without cutting away the glass
some talented crook gained access to
the. grocery store at 200 Smith street,
owned by Mar Magolious. through 9
rear window or Saturday nighf va
before he left had appropriated SIS
in a from the register. When an
officer went to the store yesterday to
investigate the proprietor of the place
asserted positively that the catches
on every window had been fastened
when he closed down for the night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
Fire Alarm Boxes

Copper Works
market and Sheridan Street
Street ana Central II n
Ave. and Paterson 81.
'S-High and Lewis Streets
l6|Smith n High Strestb
Brunswick Ave ana INV 81
l1|emith and State Streets
ll-Atlantic. Terra Gotta Works
ls-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford q
!s-Gommefce and Front strsets :
ie-State and Washington Sta
l1-High ana Washington strests
s4-state ST. and Buekingham Xvo
81. and Pulaski AVA
S6-Hall Ave, and Charles ST !
United Lead Work. ~
nj
ssEEssh.n5ton ana First streetn
st-smith street and Watson Ave.
5b-ommerce and State Streets
l2-Eront and Smith Streets
l4-Water and Gordon Streets
lf-kearny ave: and Gordon etrc,t
and Hanson Ayenue3
Sx-smith and Herbert 6treef9
s9-Amboy Ave. and WashinGton 81
sf-kenigh Ave. and STANFORD Streaf
City Hospital
s-Cleyeland and Brace Avenues
sf-Amboy and Hall Xvenfee
sz-fmboy Ave and fnslee Stres<
sS-Lawrence and Francis gfreSfs
and Johnstono sfrests
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
Peter Chris Peterson.

Peter Chris Peterson. thirty-nin9
years old of New Brunswick avenue,
died this morning at the city hospital
after a lingering illness Of Bright's
disease. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock Id
Flynn's Undertaking Parlors. ReY,
Ole Nielsen will oficiate and inters
ment will follow in Alpine cemetery,
Mr.. Peterson was born in Aarchu1
Denmark. and leaves no relatives IN
this country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
In 1878 It Was Recorded

that a dictionarye shall be bought for the scollers
of the Free Scoole, and the same Ioke be tyed in a
cheyne, and set upon a deske in the scoole, whereunto
any scoller may have accesse, as occasion shall serve"
In those days knowledge was gained at a handicap
great as some folks set themselves today in getting work
. or workers. Nearly all, tho, know the worth of an AID in
the NEW Classified Columnsl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
pTrsTNEsS ~OPPORTUNITY,

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
An exceptionally safe, sure business
proposition for 100 men with $4,000
Zoo men with $4,000 each.
$4,000 OF which is already guaran-
ieed.
This money to be used in the pur-
chase, development. and sale OF pro-
ducts OF q large, very rich timer, coal
aud mineral tract.
The timber will much more than pay
the whole cost of the property, so per
fich veins of coal of a brand we'll
known in the trade. There are marble.
granite, slate. cement materials. sand
ttone and limestone; also splendid
prospects for both oil and gas.
Cleared this land is valuable for
agricultural purposes.
5or inn Pspyics sas aSprsSs u,or
". J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
ALLIES to March in Paris June 8
BIZ Associated Press.

BIZ Associated Press.
PARIS, May IA triumphal
march of the Allied army through
Paris will take place on June 8, acs
cording to the present understanding.
The event will occur on that date,
1t is believed, even should the peace
treaty not have been signed at that
time,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
HELP WANTED

pIsHwASHER, male or female. Presto
Lunch. 119 Smith st.
MOTION PICTURE opportunity, both
sexes: all ages. consult u directors,
studio tryouts; screen appearance ar
ranged. S%uperlatiye Films, $40 Broad
St.. Newark. N. j. Open daily, also
Monday, Thursday evenings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
SITUATIONS WANTED

WOMAN wants day work. washing,
ironing or cleaning. Answer by mail.
Mrs. Hatfield. Fords.
YOUNG MAN wishes clerical work a
few evenings a week. Address
Clerk" Care News.
YOUNG Woman wants to take washing
home. Also cleaning by day. b25
West Side Ave.
AMERICAN Woman wishes work by
day. 422 Mechanic st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BAKERY for sale, electrical equipment,
will sell property or give good lease.
In central location of town. Selling
on account of sickness. Inquire ].
Altman. 1870 Fayette st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
HELP WANTED-MALE

iFsAhcroRWYA' MusT Be MippLE-
A0ED AND ACTIVE. ANSWER
GIVING AGE AND NATIONALITY
ADDRESS &C." CARE NEWS.
GOVERNMENT needs 1000 clerks for
Census. 800 month. examinations
soon, age requirements, IS or over.
For free particulars. write ]. G. Leo
nard. (former Civil Service Exam
iner) 965 Equitable Building, Wash
fngton.
EXPERIENCED Mechanic. references
required. Apply 14s Fayette st.
SALESMAN to call on grocery. dellcat-
essen and confectionery stores to sell
q soft drink in Keyport and vicinity.
Must be experienced. references re-
-cnsred~ ADDRESS Confidential. Care
many rs.
BOY WANTED for grocery store. 141
Brighton V
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
PIANOS

C. STEINHAUSER. Pianos tuned and
repaired. s25 State St, Perth Amboy
Tel. 1s54-M. First class work.
IBRUNTON, Pianos and Player Pianos,
Kranich & Bach. Hardman Pianos.
Sonora monographs, Columbia Ora
fonolas. George Post. Manager. 204
Emith st. Open Evenings. Phone 1s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

PERTH AMBoY Store Fixture Co. spe-
c~ializes in show and wall cases; all
kinds of store fixtures. We buy and
sell Second Hand Store Fixtures. Din
hofer a Maziot. 147 Fayette 81. Tel
1907.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
BUSINESS PERSONALS

SECOND HAND FURNITURE
soid J. schsr s0S sns sna III smith Sc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

TRY THESE COLUMNS
AND WATCH The
RESULTS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

who have Teen honorably discharged
and who desire to furnish q home with
furniture and floor coverings. let me
know. / will a terms of pay
ment for you and ave you money.
Write me a letter today. Il. D., Care
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

and Paperhanger, irst class
work, estimates cheerfully given. b.
Frank, Ss1 Division St, Perth AM
boy. N. ].
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

FULL line of harness and stable sup
plies. Also full line CT Winter Blan-
kets and Automobile Robes. p. Gut
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

HAVE Your Cotton or Hair Mattress
made over. The Standard Bedding
Co, manufacturer of Mattresses ana
Springs. $40 Oak st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

SHOE REPAIRING. Is per cent. off OF
all repair work first class work guar
anteed. q. Gennari. AIS Washington
81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

TALKING Machines Of all max re-
pairing of watches and iewelry. b.
Dzielak. Tel. 172s. s12 Smith st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

PROPERTY of the late Christian
Beckmann at ia South First Street
must be sold. House and Bungalow
considered. Apply w. G. Martyr. 1
Cliff Road. Sewaren, N. j.. Executor
for estate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
TO DINE

VICTORY RESTAURANT. oyster and
Chop House. Popular prices, S22
state Street. near Jefferson Street.
| Perth Amboy N. J..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
LOST AND FOUND

BILL FOLD containing auto license
and bills. Reward. New ONCE.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12

FOR sALE-Garage. $500. es7 Don
aid Ave.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-12
FOR SALE

A COMPLETE LINE of posts for fenc-
Ing trap vines. clothes poles. red
boards. roofing an sewer pipe. Sor-
~enson's. ssyre Ave. Phone 1893.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10

MUST PREVENT THE IMPOSSIBLE

In the Geographic News Bulletin, on GLOW the Suicide Squad
ron Worked, :" published on this page yesterday, Captain Reginald
R. Belknap, U. S. N, in describing the dangers under which the men
engaged in laying the mines in the North Sea worked, declared that
zone cargo of INT was enough to devastate Halifax, and our squad
ron had ten cargoes.''
But the suicide squadron with its ten cargOes had nothing ON
the people living in this vicinity where God only knows how many car
goes of INT there were being shoveled around every day like so much
dirt. The only difference between Halifax and Perth Amboy was that
OF Halifax the cargo went off all at once while here it was spread out
over twenty four hours.
And Perth Amboy cannot forget that there are still millions OF
tons of the henish stuff stored at Rartan Arsenal, only a few miles
away. True. the explosive is not being handled constantly as was the
ease at Morgan, but it is there, nevertheless, and no one can be abso-
lutely certain a to what may happen as long as it is there.
Comparatively little is known about INT excepting that it is an
exceedingly destructive explosive. 1t is a new compound and no mat
will act under long storage. As deterioration sets in some of the ee-
ments may 90 faster than Others and without the proper balances
maintained the stuff might go off of its own accord. Then there is the
danger of lightning striking and setting off a magazine. Experts may
say this is impossible, but we have learned that nothing is impossible.
these days.
A thing is impossible until it happens and then those who said it
was impossible express surprise and declared that they would never.
have believed it.
But that does not prevent the damage being done.
The only safe thing is to have these high explosives moved to some
isolated spot for storage, such as the deserts of New Mexico. Then
when the impossible happens little damage will be done.
One thing is certain, no matter how absolutely safe the ex-
plosives may be at Raritan Arsenal, that is no place for them Not the
slightest chance should be taken with the lives of millions of people
and property valuations amounting to billions of dollars.
It is to be hoped that the authorities will not let the matter of the
explosives at Rartan Arsenal drop until every pound OF til removed
from this section entirely.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10
MAKING A FINE RECORD

Middesex county certainly has more and more reason to feel
proud of its delegation in the state legislature this year. The record
these men are making for themselves, both in the Huuse and senate
creditable not only to themselves, but to the people who elected them
There is not a more intelligent, high class, independent lot of men
in the legislature than the representatives from Middlesex and, in
spite of the fact that this is the first appearance in public life for each
of them, they have succeeded in making a lasting impression both
inside and out of the capitol.
IT is with a great deal Of satisfaction that we find Assemblymen
Devoe, Wight and Kirkpatrick lined up against the Siegler bill which
was designed to destroy one of the best features in the Geran election
law by providing for the party column on the ballots. The bill was de-
sired greatly by the political bosses in order to help them regain their
control of the elections. AS was to be expected, it came from Jim
Sugent's brewery gang of Essex county. Democratic Leader Barrett
advocated the passage of the measure, but he could not hold in line the
three Middlesex men on any such reactionary legislation rs that. As
semblyman Agans, of Hunterdon county, another Democrat who is
not afraid to stand up for principle, also voted with the Middesex
men against the bill
the voters should these men come before them again asking for their
suffrage.
1t has been no easy task that these men have had to perform, but
they have done well thus far. They have won the utmost respect of
their colleagues and hold the esteem of their fellow citizens; they have
accomplished much for their constituents and have stood for the best
interests of the state. At the same time they have avoided the traps
and pitfalls that beset a legislator, especially a man serving his first
term, on every side. These are the kind of men we like to find in pub
lice office.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10
GEOGRAPHIC NEWS BULLETIN
Oh
Coblenz Which Soldiers Guard
PREPARED AND ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Louise, archduchess of Austria.
Coblenz derived its name from its
location. on the triangle formed by
the confluence of the Rhine and the
Moselle, a location similar to that OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Ohio and n
Allegheny. The Romans called It
'Confiuentes.'
browning from a steep precipice
of rock. nearly 400 feet above the
Rhine. across the Moselle from Cob<
LEM, is one of the most famous or
German forts, the Ehrenbreitstein.
No doubt American men in uniform
now inspect it at will, though before
the war only a civilian. armed with a
pass, might visit it. 1t forms the prin-
cipal feature of the extensive defenses
about Coblenz. That city is consid-
cred of prime military importance be
cause of its navigation outlets on both
rivers n its numerous railway INES.
Louis the Pious.-not so pious,
though, that he remained a monk
when his sons coaxed him to a monas
terry in the hope of getting his king
dom,-founded the Church of ST.
Castor here in sac. But the present
building with its four towers. dates
back only to the thirteenth century.
/" In front of the church is a monu-
ment which attests the easy-going
Russian sense of humor. The monu-
-ment. erected by the French. bears a
glowing tribute to Napoleon's success
ses in Russia. When the Russians &C.
cupied Coblenz their commander In
scribed a few lines which, translated.
mean, Seen and approved by me.
commandment of the city of Coblenz,
Jan. /, 1914.
"Coblenz is 81 miles southeast OF
Cologne. It's population, before the
war, was little more than $4,000"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10
Observations

The United States Food Administration Grain Corporation prom
Uses to do everything in its power to reduce the price of -four, and that
is our idea of zero in the way of a promise.
Members Of the House Naval Affairs Committee tell us that half
of our Atlantic warsh;p feet viii be kept in the Pacific, but they dodnt
say whether it would be kept in Japans half of the Ocean or Great
Britains
The Supreme Court hasn't yet decided whether organized base
ball is a combination in restraint of trade, but we hope it will soon re-
sumo its monopoly of newspaper space in restraint of war news.
Tehiteherin, Boshevik foreign minister, finds joy in the thought
that every reported disturbance in America is occasioned by Boil
shevism. That name of his would cause a disturbance almost any
where in America.
preparations to meet it than to keep your silly head in the clouds
until something hits you in the neck.
Hungarian Bolshevism is simply suicide to avoid debts. ~
10
A great man 1 one who guesses right concerning a moot question
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 10
Born of a fort, half surrounded by
forts, n under the shadow of a
former Hun super-fort, Coblenz,
Rhine headquarters of the Army of
Occupation, will give American SOL
diers a mental snapshot of a typical
German military city," says a bullet
in just issued by the National Geo
graphic Society.
When Augustus Caesar sent Dru-
sus to conquer the people of the
Rhine region that brilliant general
built half a hundred forts along the
river, n around some of these
sprang UP cities. Thus Coblenz orig
mated. Drusus later set out TO con-
quer the Elbe district but is said to
have desisted when he saw a womanly
figure of monstrous size who told
him he was about to die. On his way
back his horse threw him. The in
jury was fatal.
"Frankish kings lived at coblenz.
In the eleventh century the city OBJ
tanned a charter and for 500 years it
was ruled by archbishop electors. 1t
fiourished as one of the Rhenish lea
que of cities, but after the Thirty
Years Val it became less prosperous.
French, Swedes, Russians and Ger
mans occupied the town at various
times until the Congress of Vienna
awarded il to Prussia. In 1922 it be-
came the seat of government of the
Prussian Rhine province
"A historic old house in Coblenz is
the birthplace of Metternich, that Au-
strian Machiavelli who helped organ
ize and presided over the Congress of
Vienna More than a century 6
that conference failed to assure the
peace for Europe which Paris con-
ferees today are seeking to establish
for the world. Metternich made a
fine art of the secret diplomacy which
has embroiled European nations ever
since. He was the count Won Bern
storff of Austria during hi sministry
at the court Of Paris, a sort of diplo-
matte spy both there and at st. Peters,
burg. and an international match
maker as well. for he planned the
marriage of Napoleon and Marie
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10
Daily Ho1 oscobe
'"The stars incline but do not compel
Friday, April IL, 1919.

'"The stars incline but do not compel
Friday, April IL, 1919.
Copyright. 1919, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Jupiter rules strongly for good to-
day, according to astrology. Mars
is slightly adverse.
Tins is a day held lucky for
speculation, for buying and for
planning large enterprises. It
should be a time when new trade
opportunities open.
Honors and success should come
one who has held high place win
receive a foreign appointment with
In a month. b seers predict.
Their is a sign. read as promis-
ing to financial enterprises. : Bank
ers should profit and benefit, but
something connected with army af-
fairs will be disappointing at first,
although it will turn out right.
Oratory win be more prevalent
than 1t has been for a long stretch
or years. The planet that inclines
men to talk too much will retain its
sway through the entire spring.
Initiative of any sort should be
lucky while the stars retain this
sway; Building. opening shops and
should prove successful.
Mars is in a place read as presag-
ing sweeping changes connected
with the war and the aspect is in
terpreted as giving warning that
return to old conditions will be inn
possible.
Living will continue to cost a
great deal, IL the signs are read
Alright and there will be but a slow
decrease in prices. while wages will
remain high.
Agitation W. questions of morals
will be widespread, owing to some
scandal.
Again music is subject to a gov
eminent Of the stars that promises
much for this country.
Persons whose birthdate it is should
have a successful year. They. should
guard against disputes.
Children born on this day are likely
TO be generous and kind, but these
subjects of Aries are usually rash and
strong willed. Mars is their principal
ruling planet.