Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-04
c. D. ?. MEETING
At SOUTH AMBOY
Gathering Held Last Night
Hot Shots Are Fired

SOUTH ANBOY, Nov. 4:-The
Republican Club, of this city. held q
meeting last night and denounced the
policies of the Democratic adminIs-
tration in this city. The most tmpor-
tam development of the evening was
the statement made by Director Of
the Board Of F~reeholders William 8.
Dey in reply to the Democrats charge
that the Old Home Celebration Com
mittee, through him, stole $500 from
the city, in that instead OF making
out m check as provided In the res
olution at the time two were written.
He stated that If this was 50 there
were others beside himself who were
guilty for O Democratic city clerk
would first make out the checks, then
signed by the mayor, countersigned
by the city treasurer and then finally
passed over to L. H. Kenah, treasurer
of the Celebration Committee. All
of these men, however, claim they
never saw but n check.
Search of Records
Sunday night Richard U. Rue,
Democratic candidate from the first
ward; ex-City Clerk r. NJ. Mack and
E. r. Brown, treasurer of the Repub-
lican Club, went to the City Hall and
conducted a search for the check in
question. The only record obtainable
was that n check for $500 was is
sued as provided by the resolution.
The meeting was addressed by
Councilman Shuey from the First
Ward, Coroner e. S. Mason, Andrew
Kvist, Luke A. Lenahan and Mr..
Hackett.
Democrats Active
Although there was no meeting Of
the Democratic Club last evening it's
members were hard at work in the
interest of today's election. Their
interest centered around the first
ward where the fight 5 the hottest in
an effort to elect r. L. Rue as couu-
Gilman.
Sam Henri Cone, C. NJ. NJ, will be
the speaker at a Great Victory Ser
vice" to be held in the First Baptist
church, Second street, near Broad
way. The service will be held Sunday
night at 1880 o'clock. Everybody
vited including the American Legion,
Spanish war veterans and kindred or
carnations.
The Smoker" held in the Service
Club last night under the auspices of
Company f is but the first Of a series
of social events planned for the COM
ing winter months. The men were on
hand early in the evening and took
advantage of every attraction that
the club rooms offer. The new pool
table was in constant use and will be
the source of a great deal of inter
est. The house committee" now
has under consideration a tournament
of pool and cards. All the latest mag
azines are on the reading table, while
an assortment of nearly three hun
dred books are at the disposal of the
members. A handsome victrola with
all the latest selections and a piano
for those who wish to Jazz it" a bit,
are also listed among the attractions.
Last night 1t was decided to keep
the building open every evening as
well as every day. A drawing was
held and one man selected for every
night the balance of the month.
AS a fitting climax of the evenings
festivities the House Committee an
nounced that Jack Niederman's ia
nous clam chowder would be served
in the mess room" To say that the
men did Justice to the chowder would
not be telling it at all. It was close
on to midnight when the boys finally
left the building for their homes, de-
claring Jacks chowder the finest ever
eaten.
The third annual Red Cross Roll
Call in this city got under way with
a bang in this city yesterday, when
workers in every district reported
great success. If the interest SHOWN
at the start of the campaign continues
the 1910 members allotted to this city
will be obtained with ease.
A special effort will be made to en-
list the workers of the polls to work