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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
SOUTH AMBOY

During the months of June, July
and August the South Amboy Council.
X. of c., will hold its regular meeting
on the third Wednesday of the month.
wednesday June 18th will be the next
meeting under this new schedule.
All men of South Amboy who have
been or still are in the service. are
to meet at the City Hall on
Monday night at 8 o'clock. This meet
ing Is called to make arrangements
for a parade to be held in connection
with the Welcome Home celebration
of June 2Sth. Committee, Harold G..
Hoffman. John Conlogue, James Can't
Ion.
The dog warden is still very active
and has nearly all the stray dogs of
the town rounded up by this time.
J. Alfred Johnson has a novel dis
play of war trophies in his window
brought back from owe there by Cor
poral Harry r. Johnson, of Company
C, 105th Machine Battalion. The most
interesting article on display is a Ger
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
THINK SKELETON
THAT Of WOMAN
Further Belief That There
Was a Murder in Helmetta
Years Ago
BIZ Sp.ciaI correspordent.

On GHEfNIA C0FTENVtM0ENNA
HEIMErTA, June 1.-THE belief
that the skeleton found on the tract
of the Property Owners Association
on Thursday afternoon was a woman
and the victim of a murder has been
further strengthened by a more care
full examination of the skull by Coun-
ty Physician John i. Suydam, of
Jamesburg.
A large split in the skull was found
after Alexander Ingraham n Dr..
Suydam had washed that part of the
grewsome ind. The opening was just
behind the left a n 1t was suff-
cient to have caused death. But this
discovery adds but little to the mys-
terry and all who have visited the
scene are a unit that the crime was
one of nan years standing and not
of the past dozen as at first thought
Several additional nails have been
found neal the spot There the skele-
ton was found. They were of the
handmade. kind hat were made by.
everyone who needed such an article
and the Oldest inhabitants hereabout
declare that 1t was over fifty years
since they have seen such nails. Their
presence near h body and no trace
of any woodwork adds to the COM
plications and seems to make the
opinion probable that IL a coffin was
used IT was of the cheap variety.
Other portions of the human anal
tony have been unearthed since yes
terday thai makes the theory that
the skeleton vas hat Of a female.
The ribs, Of Q very frail kind. and
the shape of Che forehead, with the
shape of the nasal bone that was in
clined toward the Roman shape leads
TO the belief that the person was of
the Jewess nationality.
NJ n.raI,arn 10 holding 4hn h0nnq
awaiting Instructions from the county
authorities and meanwhile large
crowds are visiting the scene Of the
excavation where the human frame
was unearthed. 1t has been proposed
to give the bones a fitting burial
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14

man belt with the familiar inscription
God with US" as well as regimental
markings from regiments of all the
armies in the great conflict, English
buttons being in the majority. while
only one U. s. A. button Is on the belt.
Dave Quinlain, recently returned
from overseas, expects to ~re-enter the
local police force within a short time.
He arrived at Camp Dix at four
o'clock one morning and was home,
his discharge complete at z o'clock the
same night. He was sent direct from
the ship to Camp Dix.
City superintendent o. o. Barr has
a few tickets to distribute for COM
mencement exercises. These will be
given to parents and friends upon per-
sonal request or by letter, until all are
disposed of. Early applications
should be made as they will not last
long. Positively no tickets will be
given out to children.
The class day exercises of the grad
yates of st. Mary's high school will
be held in the school hall on June II,
The Sunday school Of the First Bap-
fist church is making arrangements
for their annual outing this year to
be held at Highland Beach on Thurs
day. July 10th.
The Owls A. A. will hold a dance at
<Aii6dli paNhAOhs OayNSFihe, "a Aoco
day, June 18th.
Yesterday exercises suitable to
Flag Day" were held in the local
schools.
The Senior class of the High School
will hold an entertainment at the En-
pire theatre on June 18th. Tor
Fame and Fortune" with Tom Mix in
the leading role, viii be the feature
picture.
The committee in charge Of the an
nual excursion of the NJ. Z. Sunday
school, has announced August 18th as
the date and as usual will go to As
bury Park.
A party was held by the Baptist
Sunday school choir in the basement
of the church Thursday night, at
which time about thirty of the chill
dren were entertained by their leader,
Miss Compton.
Te traffic signs which were recently
authorized have been received in this
city and have been placed in III most
important sections of the city.
Men returning from the service are
inquiring as to the disappearance of
the bench that was in front of Tees
store at the corner of Main street and
Broadway. This was the favorite
haunt of the young men before enter
ing the service inc was handy for per-
IONS who were obliged to wait for
trolley cars.
Steps have been taken by the build
ings and ground committee of the
Common Council to have the City Hall
and other public buildings decorated
early next week. 1t Is hoped that the
merchants and citizens will follow the
excellent example set by the "city
fathers"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
KeypOTt Royal Arcanum
Plan to Conduct Drive
Ru Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, June IA. A. Philo,
of CoronaI Council, Royal Arcanum.
of this borough, has received a letter
from Grand Regent William j. Am
norman containing a list of tn
councils that the Keyport council has
under its charge in the drive for n
thousand net gain. The deputies or
the various councils are expected to
help in every way.
The councils under the local order
are: Adelphic, Maple, of Spotswood;
Middlesex, Of Perth Amboy; Coast
City of Asbury Park; Keith, of Free
hold; Monmouth, of Atlantic High
lands; Manetta. of Lakewood;
Daphne, of Jamesburg; Metuchen, of
M%etuchen; Woodbridge. of Wood
bridge; Corona1. of Keyport; Long
Branch, of Long Branch, and Red
Bank Council of Red Bank. Mr.. Philo
will at once start activities for the
membership drive.
On June 81 the Royal Arcanum
supper will be served the members
and special exercises will be held and
the fourth degree worked.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
KEYPORT

It has been decided. after discus
sion, to institute a permanent organ
ization to be known as the Keyport
Memorial Association, its objects and
aims being to take charge of the
yearly Memorial celebration in a be-
fitting manner 1t is proposed to in
clude in its membership all the vet
Grams of the three wars. Sons of Vet
Grams and all other citizens of the
borough. The Vivandiers as a whole
will be absorbed in this new body
The following officers were elected to
serve until their successors shall have
been duly elected and installed: Pres
ident, Rev. Reynolds; secretary, Mrs
H. Chinery; treasurer, A. A. Philo;
publicity, A. A. Philo; committee on
transportation, H. Chinery and A. A.
Philo.
John ". Weseman, of First street
was a visitor at Trenton on Wednes-
day.
The building boom in Keyport is
the greatest known in it's history.
Over a dozen houses are under con-
struction and it is almost impossible
to obtain sufficient skilled labor.
Borough Engineer Crawford Is re-
s%urfacing Maple Place from the
county bridge to Broad street. AS
this street is the connecting link be-
tween two county roads the automo-
bilists passing over 1t will greatly APP
preciate the improvement.
James Magee, of Elizabeth street,
visited relatives in Holmdel Town
ship during the past week.
Coronal Council 1456. r. A, will
celebrate the ~forty-second anniver-
sary of the Order by attending divine
service at the Dutch Reformed
church on Sunday, June %, at 1880
P. M. Rev. Reynolds win deliver a
sermon appropriate to the occasion.
The members will assemble at the
council room, Odd Fellows Hall. at
1880 o'clock sharp and march in a
body to the church.
The Keyport Improvement Asso-
citation will hold a bread and cake
sale in the public library today from
3 to 5 p. M.
Captain Donald c. Hand, son of the
Rev. A. w. Hand. of this place, re-
turned home on Thursday. Captain
Hand saw active service while in COM
mand of his machine gun company.
Although In nearly every one of the
great American offenses he escaped
injury. In one instance n of his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
FreighteT Richmond BoTO
Has Real wet" Launching

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENNILLE, June 14:-One o
the last American ships to get wet"
before going into the water is The
Richmond Boro. which was launched
at $3.50 o'clock Thursday night at the
ways of the Downey Shipyard Cor
poration, Mariners Harbor, Staten
Island. As she christened the ship
Mrs. Wallace Downey broke a bottle
of champagne owe its bow.
Calvin ID. Van Name, president OF
the Borough of Richmond, said the
borough had been honored in naming
the ship because Staten Island went
over the top in the five Liberty Loan
campaigns.
The unusual hour for the launch
ing was selected because of the tides.
About 1000 persons; were present.
The Richmond Boro is a freighter
of 1900 tons. $50 feet long, ~ feet
beam, triple expansion engines devel-
oping $500 horsepower and capable
of 10h knots an hour.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14

uauser. Mable Cosgrove. Arts Marcy,
leila Beam. Ruth Hagan, Nellie COL
iNns Edna smith, Clinton Hulsart,
Tbomas Kearns, Claire Emmons, Her
bert StilweII, Frank L4niz1meyer. Paul
Egan. Clarence Beam, Ahred Ewing
ton. Harry Keller, Philip N~eldhnger'
xyarber GriSwoId, Oliver Warwick,
ITorfin Mart. Kenneth warwick. Har-
ola Costello. Francis MacWilliams,
Harry Fggleston. John Alcorn, jose
mime Marts was also a m OF
mis- class. but left Thursday noon Tor
her new home in Kansas City, MIS-
souri,.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. James Mclaughlin,
of Brooklyn. have been visiting in
Prince Bay the past week.
Mrs. Adelaide Graham has been WIS.,
iting in Brooklyn this week.
Mrs. u. G. Magee visited in South
Amboy this week.
MFR. n Mrs. Donald Wardlaw. of
Brooklyn, have been visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Hardy.
Miss Mary Krivig has beer visiting
at Mariners Harbor.
Barnet Pearsall is spending two
weeks vacation with relatives at
Newburg.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the concert for the benefit
of h soldiers and sailors monument
fund tonight at Amiticia hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14

Lupton in Main street.
The eighth grade Of the. Matawan
Public Schhool Is M Of the banner
grades in Monmouth county. The stu
dents In this grade have been under
the direction Of Mrs. Herbert Gittens,
and Of the forty-seven scholars IN the
erade- f~orty-ive succeeded in passing
the final examination. This Is the
largest eighth grade In he entire
county and Mrs. Citizens Is deserving
Of great credit for the showing made
by the grade for the school. The grad
yates are: Madeline Seabury, Eliza
beth Carol, Catherine Heuiser, Bessie
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
Funeral for john Langford.

BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 14.-Funeral
services for John L~angford. twenty
-four years. old night yard master in
the Arlington yard of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, who dropped dead
at that place carly yesterday morning
will be held Monday morning from
the home of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Langford. 80 Bedell avenue.
Pleasant Plains. Interment will be
in st. Peters cemetery. New Brigh-
ton. ,Tottenville Council, Knights Of
Columbus. will attend la a body. Mr..
Langford was to have been married
next Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
Married Last Night
Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 14.-Percy
Harvey. of Sprague emit and Mrs.
Henrietta Javos, of Perth Amboy,
were married at s o'clock last night
at the parsonage Of the Danish Meth
odist church in Perth Amboy. Rev.
Ole Nielsen oficiated. The witnesses
were Francis Duffy and Mrs. Belko of
Tottenville. They have taken up their
residence in New Brunswick avenue,
Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-14
cAsu1En wANrEn

CASHIER WANTED
Young lady as Cashier and assist In
office work. Must write good hand
and be accurate at figures: also knowf-
edge of Typewriting. though this is not
Apply at once. A. Salz q
Co. Newport. 5415-6-14-1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

to learn that department stores adver-
tise jazz bargain sales, and | am sure
cafes go out of their way to attract
you to their jazz lunchcons. When
they speak the word jazz out there
they seem to DO it with a conscious
ness of having pitched the ball right
over the plate. "Of course you under
stand jazz,' they as much as say.
Having lived for a considerable
period near Columbus Circle, [ can
assure anybody that | understand jazz
perfectly. l know it so we'll that if the
word jazz could be translated into
terms of 81 golf ball and | had a
$3.50 driver in my hand, I'd wager I
could drive it so far that q caddic would
have grandchildren before he re-
trievcd it.
The cabaret is as sound an institu-
ton in San Francisco as it is in New
York. 1t is everywhere. The Powell
Street restaurateur is never deluded
by the idea that his customers visit
him to eat. They can eat at home. What
they want is something new; some
thing that Smith from Reno, New
and Jones from Tucson, Ariz., can
spring on the home folks when they
get back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

aged to persuade the Panhandle Rail
road authorities at Pittsburgh to place
trial train at his disposal, he to equip
it at his own expense and to guarantee
to make good any damage. And the
last money he owned, $50 bill. he
handed to the engineer, Daniel Tate,
just as the train, with a number of
railroad officials aboard, pulled out of
the station. Three minutes later a
most fortunate event occurred.
About half mile from the station
was Il grade crossing unprotected by
gates. AS luck would have it, team
ster with heavily loaded wagon was
crossing the track at this point just
as the first train ever equipped with
an airbralle came rushing down upon
him at thirty miles an hour. There
was no time to pull back, and the
teamster in fright belabored the horses
with his whip. The horses plunged
and reared and the wagon. its wheels
catching the rails, fell over with the
driver underneath. i
Tate grabbed the airbraIse valve and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Romance Of the Airbrake Just 50 Years Old

tady, N. Y, he had been working for
some time on an idea for a train brake
that could be operated from the loco
motive instead of the old scheme of
whistling signal for the several train
men TO get busy with The hand brakes
on the individual cars
In the old days the lapse Of time be-
tween the "down brakes" whistle and
the clamping of the brake shoes on the
wheels was responsible for many ser-
GUS accidents. distinguishes original
idea was merely to save this time by
having the engineer work all the brakes
at once, rather than the idea Of apply
ing additional power, and thus per-
hitting the use of larger and heavier
cars. But the great passenger and
freight cars Of to-day would not be
possible witt. the old system Of hand
brakes.
Young Westinghouse first planned to
operate the train-lcngth brake BY steam
from the engine, but discovered that in
warm weather the steam would be con
densed before rcacfnG the hindmost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Cabareps
Brilliant Future

Some day the cafe proprietors Of
these United States are going to cast
off the false restraint which has hith-
erto shackled them and then they will
serve bowl of soup with chorus girl
pirouetting on its rim. Blackface
comedians will come hidden behind cot
fee pots and the refined male dancing
expert will be served with lighted can
dies. l confidently predict that San
Francisco will take the initiative in
this.
The per cent of alcohol in the drinks
that may be had in San Francisco is
limited only by common practice. A
very conventional unassisted double
play in San Francisco is from beer, 4
per cent-to whiskey--4S per cent-to
rum, "a per cent. This double play
is universal where things are wet. So,
why should l explain it?
Los Angeles grew tired of waiting
for San Francisco to go dry and since
it was unbearable that they should
think alike on any given subject Los
Angeles went dry itself. San Fran
cisco may play The swashbuckling
youth with its cap sunk low over its
left eye; it may have its rum at 64
per cent and its whisilcy at 46-as for
Los Angeles it is II per cent and glori-
ously proud or ashamed of it.
Even to get that II per cent it is
necessary for a man to take a sand
wich-say 10 per cent sandwich
and, in consequence, public drinking in
Los Angeles is confined largely to the
park fountains and sanitary cups. 1t
has certain advantages 1t is unthink-
able that man would beat his wife,
insult his mothcr-in-law or assault
pe,iccman on five roast beef sand
wicAes and an equal number of stems
A table d'hote dinner seldom goes to
the head and a man cannot stagger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
He Drew In
The Trade

| don't claim, as | may repeat, that
Caesar creased his stairs i'll those days,
but l do contend that beyond a ques-
ton Of doubt Caesar had no business to
build his stairway right through the
approximate centre of the sidewalk. 1T
made every man on the street poten-
tial customer. | suppose through the
length and breadth Of this land there
are million sober citizens who have
at one time or another visited Casar's.
have less doubt that there are mill
ion than | have-but no matter! By
this time they have probably forgotten
the history and traditions of Caesars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Tale of Two Cities-Frsco's Feud With Los Angelo

spaghetti and the pomp and circum
stance of its service, but they will
never forget that night they started
out to see Barbary Coast and trippcl
into Caesars.
So few nights ago, when the San
Franciscan said we would look in on
Caesars, even though Caesar had been
laid pretty low by Brutus and Cassius
and the rest of the civic pursts, I for
one was wary. But it was only dusk,
soft light was still trapping the rest
less waves of lower San Francisco Bay
and everything was in favor of our ar
irving at Caesars on our feet. Which
we did without difficulty.
A waiter woke up, looked at us re-
proachfully and said: "No music till 9.
Plenty of jazz then. No music till 8.
Plenty Of jazz then. No music till
-"Hell!" said the San Franciscan.
SO we walked over into the little
park where Robert Louis Stevenson
used to sit and think about shoes and
ships and sealing wax. 1t is on the
edge Of Chinatown, and Chinatown is
as dead as a door nail. No doubt they
have their Limchouse Nights there, but
they are not staged for an audience
Back in 1910 almost anybody could
push q Chinaman off sidewalk; there
were moments when the honor Of the
Caucasian race practically demanded
that some one should push Chinaman
off a sidewalk, but now it hardly seems
worth while. So we didn't push any
Cinnamon off the sidewalk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

gave 1t A twist. With a grind and a
shrek the brake shoes gripped the car
wheels and the train stopped few
feet from the terrified driver, who had
given himself up for lost.
Some of the passengers had been
thrown from their seats by the sudden
stop, but they forgot their bruises in
their delight at the saving of human
lie and the dramatic demonstration
OF the effectiveness of the airbrake.
1t was suggested that the train return
to the station, since further proof was
unnecessary, but the Majority voted to
continue on to 'Steubenville, and dur
ing the round trip the wonderful pos
slbilities of the airbrake were fully
shown.
On April l3. 1869. George Westing-
house was granted the first arbrake
patent. But until his death, in 1914.
he continued to make imp TO
the airbrake, only one of his many inn
portant inventions, hut the device with
which his fame will always be insepara.
bly, connected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

and 112 proof. The drinking of wood
alcohol is discouraged, but there isn't
even a motion picture actor who will
raise hand against bay rum.
Quelques Fleurs and No. 3 lubricating
oil are highly thought of and trans
mission grease when properly distilled
has its followers. was given to un-
dcrstand that Martini and Bronx cock
tails are daily shipped fresh from
New York in blotters and that many a
citizen WHO appeared to be Fastening
home equipped with writing material
for motion picture scenario was in
reality hurrying to place blottcr in
a cocktail shaker that BE might drain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
By r. w. Jones

NIFTY years ago the first
u airbrahe patent ever issued was
r. handed TO George Westing
house. Behind that simple announce
ment lies romantic story of struggle
and achievement which reads almost
like fiction. The average passenger in
the fast train flying along at fifty or
sixty miles an hour rarely stops to
think that not only is he safcguardcd
TO wonderful extent by the silent,
unseen airbrake, but that except for it
railroad men would not dream Of run
ming their trains at such a rate Of
speed. Without the assurance that the
trains could be stopped so quickly they
would not have the courage to run
them al mile q minute
1t In strange TO think that we owe
the safety and speed of modern rail-
way travel TO the chance reading BY
George. Westinghouse Of an article in
mas 9zine. AZ the cmploye Of his
fasher in "A machine shop at Science
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

>off a Martini or Bronx before dinner.
l can't say. All l am prepared 10
assert is that Los Angeles of 1852
Is dryer to the eye than Los Angeles
OF 191o-r1. Along Broadway and
Spring Street all is quiet.
In 1901 Los Angeles was a red
liquor country. The boys liked it
straight and red To be sure they had
beer and light wines then, but they
never had much standing. Besides, it
took a strong bartender to lift 10
cents worth of light wine in southern
California.
Those were the good old days, when
the Arizona miners used to come over
to Los Angeles with chamois skin
pouches full of gold money. / have
never seen a sight in cafe yet equal
a male voter OF Phonix trying to cave
IN the head of bass drum by throw
ing $50 gold pieces at it.
Now ii is different. Generally the
male voter of Phoenix has the female
voter OF the family with him, and he
has one of those five-cent rubber
bands around his bank roll. lie can
get drink, but he has to take a meal
with it, and no one ever threw any
thing at bass drum on u full
stomach.
SO Los Angeles and San Francisco
have, even in the matter of drink. mana
aged to differ.