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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18
Y. M. c. A.. DISCUSSIONS
ONTENUE TO INTEREST

The Sunday afternoon discussion
group had an unusually lively session
at the Y. NJ. c. A. under the leader
ship of Secretary War; at it's last
meeting Sunday. Present conditions
were discussed from three angles, in
dustrial, social and religious, ach of
them an interesting discussion in it
self. The group seems to be gradual
ly becoming known and mixed repre-
sentation just what is being sought, is
coming to the front. No one is barred
from these discussions, regardless of
religious convictions or social stand
ing.
Next Sunday the group will be in
charge of Frank Hensen, Industrial
secretary of the Y. M. c. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18
PerpleXinu

A certain admiral used to relate a
story about a pretty girl on a Mis-
sissippi steamer who was anxlously
sought in marriage by five Of the
passengers. AS she looked on all Of
them with favor she sought the cap
tain of the boat for advice In max.
ing her choice. His suggestion was
that she should leap overheard, he,
OF course, making arrangements that
nc harm could come to her. This
she did, four OF her suitors promptly
jumping In after her, and Jointly
bringing her back to the boat. "What-
ever shall ! do nowT" she inquired Of
the captain. II don't rightly know,
miss" he answered. scratching his
head In perplextty, "but 1t seems to
me I'd take the dry one"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18
Iayman to Address Smoker.

Mr.. Charles jerks, of Keyport, a
layman who has enlisted as n of
the FIVE minute speakers in the nation
wide campaign of the Episcopal
church, will be present at the smoker
to be given by the Mems Club of st.
Peters church tomorrow night to talk
the object of the campaign. An
excellent program has been arranged
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18

for the men and everyone is invited
to be present at the parish nous TO-
morrow night. The whole Episcopal
church is becoming aroused to the
great work of this coming campaign
and every effort is being made to
arouse ~churchmen everywhere to the
call to duty in these unsettled and
perilous times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18
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Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-18
No Chance.

"We'd better not stay here. Let's
go to some other cafe"
o. "What's the matterT
ST don't think Wen ever get our din
ner. I've just discovered that our
waiter is the one that l forgot TO tip
the last time l was in here"
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IN ITALIAN
# QUAKE ZONE

RORGO. San Lorenzo, Italy. July q
tBy the Associated Prcss)-This city.
wrecked by earthquake Sunday. resent
bles a town in tho devastated districts or
France after an artillery bombardment-
The cathedral is in ruins. Hundreds or
homes and shops have been shaken
down. Some Of these. still habitahle
after the major shocks. fell down during
later earth trcmors.
, Many people are living In tents. Mill
tary authorities have been unable to in
duce the bakers and the shopkecpels 10
return TO their places Of business be-
cause Of the unsafe condition Of the
buildings. In the bakeshops many OF the
ovens were cracked by the earthquake
Hardly a house was undamaged. There
appears to be little acute suffering, but
there Is great demand for clothing and
food which arc in charge OF the military
authorities.
The local administration and business
are disorganizcd. and the inhabitants are
giving free rein 10 the military authorl-
ties who arc distributing relief.
The first supply truck reached here
Monday morning in charge Of an Ameri-
can Y. M. c. A. stafr under Harry Hobcrt
of Tucson, Arizona. He told the Associ-
ated Press correspondent that when he
arrived he was literally moobcd by the
hungry people. He said that the scram-
BILE for food was such that members or
the Y. NJ. c. A. force mounted wall and
tossed the food To the people because
they could not hold them back on the
ground.
I'VE offered our help to the Italian
command at Florence said Hobcrt. who
accepted It. We then loaded our trucks
with all the goods in our Florence can
teen and started out behind truckioad
| of doctors Although not the first truck
| TO arrive. ours was the nrst with sur
! plies. We have maintained a regular
, service from Florence since Monday
morning
| FLORENCE. Italy. July ?-(By The
! Associated Press) - Additional deaths
i have been reported from several parts
| Of the Mugeilo valley but this morning G
no accurate estimate of the situation
| was possible. -
The work of buryinE the dead and
! caring for the homeless Is proceeding
| with the most intense zeal. the work
covering an area thirty miles arouno
| Vicchio. This district seems TO nc amply
! suprIicd with food and clothing.
At Marradi. about 2s miles nortnsast
! of Florence. tremors were fcit yesterday
| Several persons were injured
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TWO TOWNS
ARE SAVED BY
BACkF|R|NG

sACLT STE MARIE. Mich. July g.
With the exception OF two districts. tho
forest fires which swept portions Of
chippewa. Luce and Mackinac counties
yesterday. menacing a number Of small
villages were reported under control to-
night.
From Brimlsy and Raco. fire wardens
report the flames are still being driven
before a lively breeze. but by back
iring last night when the wind veered
they say the towns were probably saved
from destruction. The greatest prop
erty loss in that section was caused by
the burning OF large numbering camps.
Railroads traversinE the district are
holding trains in readiness at nearly all
towns 10 remove residents IL the fires
again assume threatening proportions
Aside from the timber damage which
already runs into the millions. the heav-
lest loss was suffered by farmers. great
areas Of pasture having ecHn destroyed
Several thousand head Of live stock
must b. removed from the district. It is
said. Extensive trucking districts also
sustained heavy damage.
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Toledo. o.. July 2.-SEeepins -
u,on this city. by every means o! nv nv
~, transportation. thousands OF ooNIhe
cp. .busiasts are tonight seeking places
70 lay their heads. during the aV,ouu
,,,-s that intervene before Jess WI
lard and Jack Dempsey decide VINO mas
,ho hcttcr claim 70 the worlds heaVS-
s,.oivht puc,lIstic championship. Long
l,,cS ~ railroad trains. strings or steam, ,
hoa,s endless chains Of automobiles ana
n,.cr occasional airplanes arc dcposltlnS
,beir burdens Of human freiEht.
L,,..ry Arrangement for the carrying
-, rho visitors is bang tested TO the
-, and IL appears certain that tomor-
rou, night sleeping ACCOMMODATIONS Will
not be available at any price
II WAS stated this evening THAT eV-
o-xcpc Of the .5. .nOO hotel cots and beds
h,d hcen reserved. while tn" overflow.
was being shuntcd into private roonihe
rI.oes and huge vacant stores and office
,,,'iidinys filled with cots. On tho out
sLirts and in the parks along the lake
front tents arc being erected by thought
f,,l autoists who brought tho sleeping
nra-ters on the running boards.
The gathering OF the vanguard began
10 make its presence felt early To-Day.
A, twilight II was almost impossible 10
move about the corridors ot mo Ieadlng
hotels except at a slow. wiggling. dodS-
ing gait and the novice rubbed shoulders
With sport celebrities from all parts OF
tho continent. II is estimated that be-
tween Iifty and seventy thousand visit
ors will surge into Toledo during the
final twenty-four hours.
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No Formal Declaration
On the League Of Nations

WASHINGTON. July with he
beginning today Of weeks recess Of
congress. it seemed assured that senate
opponents Of the league Of nations
would abandon any plan for a formal
senate declaration on the subject bcf re
the night for actual ratification Of the
treaty begins
Until the recess plan was suggested
il had been tho apparent purpose Of op-
position leaders to make an effort as
soon as tho appropriation bills were
passed. TO bring some senate action m
advance Of presentation Of tho treaty,
For this purpose. it was sad the oppo-
sition would press tho resolution OF Son
ator Knox, Republican. Pennsylvania
10 serve notice Of unwillingness to ac-
cent the league covenant as an inscr-
arabic part Of the treaty. and that "t
Senator Fall. Republican. OF New Mex
ico. TO declare q state Of peace W IN
Germany.
1t now is cxpcctCl l. however. that the
treaty will be presented as soon AS the
recess is over and that both or these
resolutions will be considered then 70
have outlivcd their usefulness. Frcs-
ont indications also are unfarorabI" 10
ANY other collateral effort by tho l"aCu"
opponents and tho general prediction is
that from now on il will b" straiCh'
out-and-out fight over unquaiificd ratih-
cation.
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RECEPTION
ON FOURTH IN PARIS

PARIS, July 2.-Thc celebration or
American Independence Day Will begin
in Paris today with reception to Cen
ersl Pershing Rear Admiral Fl. S. Knapp
and 1900 American officers by the mu-
nicipal council nj tho city ball. Georges
Leagues. minister Of marine. VIII CIV"
a dinner 10 General Fcrshing and ~
other American generals.
President Toincarc will review S.n""
American and 5000 French soldiers and
sailors in tho rlacc de la Conccrde on
July 4.
Tho French Racing association has IN
vired all American officers and "nllSt"d
men To be guests at tho races as means
cf recognizing tho Fourth If July. Tho
Maisons Laffiittc races have been named
st. Mhiel." Lafayette" "lndepend-
cnce Day" "Rois dc Bclleau. George
Washington' and benjamin Franklin.
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Passes Away at Her Home
Near Philadelphia in Her
Seventy second Year
Devoted Her Life's Career
to Suffrage Cause

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. July :.-Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw. honorary president
Of tho National American Woman's suf-
fragc Association. died at her home IN
Novlan. Pa. near here at o'clock this
evening. She was II years old.
DR., shaw also was chairman OF the
womans committc" Of the council or
national defense. and recently was
awarded tho DISTINGUISHED service medal
for her work during tho war.
She was taken III in Springfield. liii-
nois, about month ago Will" on a Icc-
ture tour with former President tart
and President Lowell Of Harvard uniVcr-
sity in tho interest Of the league OF
ratinns.
Pneumonia developed. and for two
weeks she was confined 10 hcr room IN
a Springfield hospital She returned 70
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Mr., WILSON RESTING
ON THE VOYAGE HOME

Oh BOARD THE U. S. s. GEORGE
July e.-tBy wireless 10
the Associated Prcss)-The presidential
voyage continues under most favorable
conditions. with calm seas and mild
sunny weather. Mr.. Wilson has done
some work on his message to congress-.
in which he will submit the treaties,
protocols and general results achieved at
the Paris conference, but on advice Of
Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson. his ply
sician. the president is giving time TO
rest and recuperation after the strenu-
Gus days he has just left behind and for
those through which he soon must pass.
While no precise plans concerning the
presentation message have as yet been
announced, II seems probable that IL the
George Washington arrives in New York
Monday as expected the treaties will be
submitted and the message read by Wed
nesday or Thursday.
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will contain when he said that Kitchen
er went to Paris as the result Of a
message from French TO the Cabinet
which advocated course which would
have left our Allies in the lurch at inc
moment Of their extreme need. "Loro
Kitchener went to Paris in these cir
cumstanccs and saved our cause from
indcliblc reprnach.
A Deadly Parting Shot
THE third point that Mr.. Asauith
made against Lord French in the mat
ter Of high explosives was that durITg
the whole time that the latter was the
chief military adviser OF the govern
ment he had never pointed out the I'M
portance Of this kind Of ammunition
and he quoted official documents 70
show that as late as October, 1914, L'rd
French. was no more alive N II than
those whom he attacked Generally,
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ITALIANS IN
ATTACK UPON
FOOD DEALERS
Demonstrations at Forli AS
sumo Revolutionary
Character

FORII. Italy. July 2.-(Ry the AsSo-
ciatcd Press AFTER great mect'hE
hero Yesterday in which a vast crc"u
protested against the high cost of Nv
ing. tho people excited by infiammatnrE
snecchcs, attacked. sacked and de-
stroyed many shops which refused 70
sell commodities AT lower prices.
Soon tho fury Of the mob made no
distinction and had no limits. All | 'e
principal shops were plundcred and the
mohs controlled tho rntir" city. TheF
took possession Of lorrics and trans
ported all kinds OF goods and food up
Plies from tho pillagCd shops to ms
chamber OF labor.
These goods arc at the disposal OF
the people
The situation grew worse during me
day. assuming a revolutionary character
and the mob continued To loot ana dc-
stroy all kinds of property.
The food riots here. however. differ
Fundamentally from those at Spezia
early in June. At Sprzic the rioters
looted for their own advantage. while
et Forli, most of what was taken rom
the shops was transferred to the 'ar"
Of the municipality or the chamber OF
labor to be distributed TO the people or
! sold at low prices.
/ The value Of the goods stored by tho
municipality was estimated at S.ooo'OoO
! lire. Tho prorrictors Of those shops
which escaped sackng brought thc'r
| kcys\to the municipality. which is com.
: posed Of socialists and republicans. and
| they ordered that tho shops he rcopcncd
| and tho goods sold for half price under
| the supervision OF representatives OF the
| demonstrating masses.
! Despite this apparent return to order
! In the riotous movement the losses are
! enormous owing 10 the destruction OF
! shop fittings and commodities whicn
/ could not he easily transported. such As
gasoline, which was burned In great
! quantities.
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THOUSANDS Of FIGHT ENTHUSIASTS 8
SWEEPING DOWN UPON TOLEDO

Many visitors, dry and dusty. FOUND
0 surprising and welcome oasis behind
palms and swinging doors o. real oar
rooms. where brigades OF white uni
formed attendants loomed up across tue
same old mahogany and federaI anu
state laws 10 the contrary notWlth-
standing concocted tinkling Ice thirst
assuagers in which John Barleycorn
played an important, part.
toledo appears ready to feed an army
Of ight fans without the aid OF 1he
regular hotel dining room service.
There is no reason apparently. why
any visitor should 20 hungry. thouSn
unable to find sleeping quarters.
Roth boxers completed their training
mi. afternoon and tomorrow will be
day Of relaxation. In fact Dempsey
did only a few minutes OF shadow poH-
2nr. The several hundred spectators
who had paid admission with the ioea
that the regular workout would De
staged. paid at the rate Of eight Genus
Ia minute for their ENTERTAINMENT
After this light workout dempsey
was examined by the official physician
~ thc local boxing board. After an ex-
baustiye examination he pronounced
dempsey an exceptional athlete IN
every respect and ready to engage IN
the hardest kind Of a contest without
danger Of moro than the usual tempor'
ary exhaustion following violent exer-
tlon.
willard went three, 3-minute ROUNDS
with both Jack Hempel and Walter
Monahan and wound UP with an add
t1onal three minute session OF last
kShadow boxing.
At tho close Of the training the camp
attendants began to dismantlc the can
vas enclosures and the temporary
rings. Willard's financial director. Ray
Archer. announced that more than 5l'-
non spectators had paid to sec the
champion training and that the gross
receipts we're close to $4,000.
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r.st caass Instituted.

PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-Two test
cases involving ~ per lent beer. one re-
garding its sale and the other its mans.
facturc. were instituted by the fedefAl
government here today by arrangement
with the Philadelphia Retail Liquor
Dealers association. rr&
Neil Bonner, president Of the liquor
dealers association, agreed to sell beer
TO agents Of the department OF justice.
and he Immediately was arrested and
later will be given q hearing before
United States commissioner. At the
same time United States District Attor-
ney Francis F. Kane asked Judge Dick
inson in federal court for permission 10
file information against the BerTner 4
Engel Brewing company charging the
company with manufacturing beer con-
tanning more than one-half OF one pct
cent alcohol. and also using more than
the legal allowance OF grain. The re-
quest was granted, and the case will be
argued tomorrow.
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Mr.. Asquith's case is that the govern
mont OF tho day was straintng every
nerve To deliver more high explosives 10
the army. and that the legend OF al
apa,hctic government with lcIha's'c
he ad is a pictorial and romantic travts'S
NJ history" Mr.. Asquith, goaded BY
Lord rrench's use OF private documents.
departed from his usual sensitireress
about referring to unpublished matter
and again and again Quoted from state
papers and private letters 10 rah nome
his reply to tho journalistic viceroy.
His parting shot at Lord French was
tle most deadly. He said that Lord
French's suggestion that he was re-
moved from his command because Of his
agitation over shells was ridiculous.
Perhaps # Lord French returns to the
attack We shall hear what the reason
vas. 1t is obvious that Mr.. Aaquith Is
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DR, ANNA HOWARD SHAW FAMOUS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE LEADER, DEAD

her home about the middle Of June and
apparently had entirely recovered. Last
Saturday she drove TO Philadelphia IN
her automobile. and upon her return said
she was feeling fine" She was taken
suddenly i'll again yesterday with q re-
currcnce Of the disease. and crew rapidly
worse until the end. .r...
DR.. Shaw was born in New Castie-on.
Tyne. England. and was brought to
America by her parents when four ysars
Of age.
DR.. Shaw continued her active partic.
ipation in public affairs to the last.
Immediately preceding the great war.
in the early summer Of 1914. Dr.. Shaw
went to Rome as chairman OF the COM
mittec on suffrage and right Of citizen
ship at the Quinaucnnial session Of the
| international council Of women.
Immediately after hostilities had been
terminated in Franco by the armisdca
DR.. Shaw signed the resolution she help.
cd draft for the National American
Woman Suffrage association. addressed
to tn peace conference. asking for pun.
ishment for the Germans for their
crimes against women and girls.
For her endcavors In the interest OF
women at home as we'll as those IN
France during the war. Dr. Shaw recetv.-
cd letters from Queen Mary Of England:
Mmc. Poincare, wife Of the President OF
(Conttnued Prom HaEs It1s.)
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Crown Prince Hops
Out Of Holland and
Then Hops Back Again

PARIS. July 2.-Dispatches received
at Geneva. regarding tho former Ger
man crown prince. whose reported cs-
cape into Germany was denied. state
that tho intcrncd prince mad" flying
visit TO Potsdam. and returned to HHl-
land. These reports. from Constance
and Munich, said tho former crown
prince crossed the Dutch frontier ir an
automobile and visited his family m
Potsdam.
(Thc escape Of the former German
crown prince from the island Of Weir
ingen, reported through tho British IN
tclligence office at Paris on June 70,
was followed the next day by an Off
cial announcement at Tho Hague that
ne still was in Holland. Recently. how
ever, 1t was announced that his lease
on the Wieringen parsonage had been
extended for three months)
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PRESIDENT WORKS ON
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

ON BOARD THE L. S s. GEORGE
WASHINGTON. July Try Wireless
10 The Associated rTcss.l-FrcSldent
Wilson spent considerable time on IN"
deck Of tho George Washington today
and then resumed work on his message
10 Congress. He probably will address
tho soldiers on board the Washington on
tho Fourth Of July.
The president today received a wire
less message from President Castro or
Portugal congratulating him personally
and tho American 1cople on tho power
full part taken by hth in concluding the
war by victory and in leading III" way
To peace. now achieved by the signing
Of the pcac" treaty.
President Wilson. in reply. expressed
the hone that tho days Of peace which
happily lie ahead Of us may in every way
WELD tho best fruits Of friendship and
co-operation between the peoples OF our
two countries"
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IN q long experience Of speeches
,,,. rpver heard more effective per-
,ration than that with which MI AS
,uith finished his reply to Lord French
!. IN. luncheon given in his honor BY
Mr.. Oswald Partlngton.
Lord French IN the last article OF
lis serial entitled "1slf" which Is being
published simultaneously both throukn-
,ut Great Britain and Amenc~ cam, u,I
,d that dcspairing Of getting the old
Asouith government to produce the
shells which were wanted. he set going
.,hs nrass and political campaign which
.rspited IN the formation Of the Coali-
lion government In May. 1918. LORD
Frepch's case Is To tho eneet thar
,either Mr.. Asqujth nor Lord Kitchen
sr eOua % convinced OF The TitA
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War Hero StOWaWay
Has Been Adopted

NEW YORK July ".--Mtchael Card
. l4-year- old veteran OF the world war
who wears the French and Italian war
,rosses for gallantry IN action. who ar
r.ved here as a stowaway- from Mar
.eilex six weeks ago has been adopted
hv Miss Elsie Janis. and taken to her
home at Tarrytown.
Miss Janis furnished a $4,000 nond
as guarantee that the boy who serF-
ed az a nugler In two armies VIII cen
duct. himself in an ordcriS >manner ana
not pecome public charge. Caroi
father. an italian officer was ktlep
>arly in the war and his mother oied
soon aftcrward.
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UkRA|N|ANS
BADLY BEATEN
BY THE POLES;
5000 CAP TURED
RUSSIANS COMPLETELY
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Ukrainians Line Pierced u
Several Places By Impetu.
Gus Poles .

PAR1s, July 3-(By the Assooist.
ed Press)-The Polish forces o.
Saturday started . counter oRsastvs
along the whole 0aiictan-Vo1hyAtA1
front, according to advioss from
warsaw. The Poles elatn that tas2
have everywhere broken the okrA4A.
ian resistance, and that the Len.
berg g-Nalic1-StSntslAu railway uAs -
again In Polish hands. .7
The enemy suffered severe casual.
ties, 5000 prisoners, % machine GaAS
and hugo stores being captured. :
II seems that the UkrainIaas WSrs
everywhere taken By surprise aAA
rave way st ali points. ThS Poles
occupied Brody, Fiuehov, 1omcr.
zany and 1r1exany, taking 1000 ad-
ditional prisoners and much booty.
The LemberE message says tAAt
the Poles have pierced the uHatAiA1
front 1t several points. Crowds Of
ukrainian prisoners are arriving q
I,emberH, and the populations Of the
evacuated regions are returning.
Bolshevif forces began IN attach
on the Polish front Sunday, but
were everywhere repulsed.