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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22
L p. SNYDER,
Private, Company D, 15oth N. c.

Private, Company D, 15oth M. G. q,
Private Snyder won the Distin.
guiShcd Service Cross for conspicuous
bravery In action near Rclms, France,
July u, 1918. After all the other
members OF his detachment had be-
ON casualties while defending a po.
sitlon In front Of an infantry com.
pany, Private Snyder continued to op.
crate n machine gun alone against an
attacking party of Prussian Guards,
and succeeded In driving them of.
He then returned to u lines. attempt.
ing TO carry back his wounded com.
radc with him, until he was himself
wounded. Private Snyder's home ID
with his mother, Mrs. Kate Snyder
1897 Cotton street, Reading, Pa.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22
N S. BEGAN,
Sergeant, 18th Co.. Sixth Regiment
U. S. M. c.

For extraordinary heroism In action
near Blanc Mont, France, October 3
1918, Sergt. Began was awarded Q
Bar, TO be worn with the Distinguished
Service Cross that had previously beer
awarded 10 him. During the attack
on Blanc Mont, Sergt. Began, with
out aid. captured three machine CUR
nests, and after being wounded took
thirty prisoners. He himself escort
ed these prisoners 10 the renr rather
than have the line weakened by TAX.
ing men for this duty. His home Is
with his mother, Mrs. Sallie Began
Franklin, Ky.
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turcd th. u and i've OF the enemy
and shot down the sixth. who endcav.
ored &c escape. BY this gallant act.
Corp. Weeks prevented the enemy
from c%niiladlng our position and there.
10y saved the lives Of many OF his
comrades. In n later advance while
leading his non in nm attack upon an
enemy machine gun nest, Corp. Weeks
was killed. His home was at Col.
Teton, s. g
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22
HENRY w. PhIlBlAD,
Corporal, 18th Co., 9th Regiment, v,
s, M, C.,

Corporal Philblad (~decoased) was
decorated for conspicuous gallantry in
action at Blanc Mont, France. October
B, 1913. Corporal Philblad advanced
alone on two machine gun nests, which
he captured, killing several Of the
crew with his pistol. Two hours later
he again went forward with two other
soldiers and was attacking another
machine gun nest when he was killed
by shrapnd. His home was in Knox
Vile. III.
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voUMAN Z. WEEKS,
Corporal. Company =, ttsth lnfan,

Corp. Weeks was decorated for ex-
traordlnary heroism In action near Bel.
lic0urt. France, September 30 and Oc-
tobsr 8, 1913. Corp. Weeks, on the
morning Of September 80. when two
enemy machine guns were making a
part Of the line untennble, advanced
across open ground upon one of these
guns, rushed the position alone. cap
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22
Common Lack,

"IIe certainly Is II wonderful lin
guist. ls there II tongue he hasn't
mastcrcdT"
ooh, yes his wifc's."
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22

There may be nothing new under
the sun. hut the limitations frequently
urpaS the original.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22
Hin. From the Sweet Girl.

I'D kiss you If | had II reasonable
excuse"
"The family In the fiat above Is
named Mistlctoc," coyly responded the
girl.-Kansns City Journal.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-05-22

Talk Is cheap. hut somehow GOSSIP
always gains currency.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
/ 0T1he
D.naa


Select Pictures a great
special attraction, The Midnight Pa
troll" at the Ditmas theatre on Mon
day and Tuesday. This Is a sensational
nj thrilling story of Chinese under
world life in one of the big western
cities. 1t was produced by Thomas IL.
Ince.
The principal figures in the story
are Terrence Shannon, sergeant OF the
Chinatown police squad. WI Fang.
Jim Murdoch and Patsy O'Connell, a
young lady who has charge of the Chi
nese rescue mission.
Patsy Is held captive by WI Fang
and his gang. Murdoch, who Is aid
ing WI Fang to smuggle in a ship
ment of opium, notifies S Nnnon that
Patsy will be harmed niles he keeps
the police away on the night the ship
ment is expected to arrive.
The call of duty comes first, how
ever. and Shannon prepares to raid the
den and at the same time rescue Patsy
from the clutches OF the Chinese. In
order to gain entrance to WI Fang's
den. Shannon gets "Clink" Ross to
help him find the secret passage. In
the meantime Shannon has left word
for the reserves to follow him unless
he is back at a certain hour.
When Shannon breaks into Wu
Fang's den he is o~yerpowered In the
fight that ensues. When he regains
consciousness WI Fang tells him that
he is to be thrown into a pit filled with
live rats Patsy. in the meant . Q. is
held captive In another par of the
den. Just as they are about to throw
Shannon into the pit. Policeman Mich
ael O'Shea arrives with the reserves.
WI Fang is killed in the fight. while
Murdoch, the corrupt politician, Is
captured and placed under arrest.
AT the Liberty
Mae Murray, star of such we'll
known successes as The Brides
Awaking." Her Body in Bond
Modern Love" and Danger, Go
Slow" shows t the Liberty theatre
again today.
mure little country girl with love Of
frolic in her makeup. but who is
constantly kept from contact with the
world by a maiden aunt because Of a
supposed scarlet strain" in the life
noF dead mother.
The duh monotony of life in a New
England country village ceast< for
her when an adventuresome college
boy persuades her to sneak out of her
room for a visit to the movies. Re-
turning he crawls into her bedroom
TO help her in the window, and the
maiden aunt discovers the pair in
this compromising situation.
Circumstantial evidence Is against
them. and the next morning h Is
marching the suspected culprfts to
the Office of the justice of the peace
for a hasty marriage. when the boys
uncle appears. He stops the wedding.
but Elna is turned out In disgrace
and comes to live in New York at the
home of. her young lover and his
mother.
The boy soon forgets his love. but
the bachelor uncle sees in the lovable
Elna his hearts desire. The boys
mother is in love with the uncle and
tries to marry off Elna to a pudgy
patent medicine millionaire. Then
complications start hat are not
Strengthened out until the final fade
out, a tremendous climax being
staged when Elna filings her diamond
ring In the face of her portly fance
at the dinner at which her engage
ment is being announced to the mil
lionaire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
6. A.. R. EVENT
At ST. MARY'S
Dean CantWeII to Address Vet
erans--T0 Have Special
o., Music

The annual memorial service OF the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held tomorrow night at st. Mary's
church, commencing at 1880 O'Clock
Dean William p. Cantwell, pastor,
will preach an appropriate sermon to
the members of Major m II.
Dandy Post No. 43, @. A. r., n
there will be special music for the
occasion. The members of h Grand
Army, Sons of Veterans and all patri-
otto organizations that have been in
vited will attend the church In a
body. Soldiers and sailors OF the
world war are especially invited to
join with the Grand Army in this
service.
The members of the Grand Army.
Sons of Veterans and all other organ
izations will meet at the Odd Fellows
hall at z o'clock and from there they
will go to the church in q body. The
Westminster Cadets Fife, Drum and
Bugle Corps will head the procession.
This will be the first time that the
Grand Army service a been held al
st. Mary's church in a number OF
years and without a doubt there Will
be q large turnout to hear Dean
Cantwell deliver the sermon to the
veterans Of the Civil War and to
those Of the recent world war that
came to a close last year.
Tomorrow afternoon the members
of the Westminster Cadets with their
drum CORPS will go to South Amboy
where they will decorate the graves
Of departed comrades.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
ENTERTAIN
THEIR MOTHERS
ENJOYABLE EVENING at Y. M. c.
A. Last Night Largely
Attended

"Hey Ma. an watch me
shoot pool"
Say, mother, I a swim like a fish
and dive like an eel, look at me-"
These and numerous similar sallies
were heard on all sides last night at
the Y. NJ. c. A, when the annual
Mother and o night was observed,
the storm not hindering the attend
ance or dampening the spirits of those
present, since nearly twice as many
turned out as last year. More than
seventy mothers were present as
guests OF their sons and nearly 100
boys were there also without their
mothers.
First the mothers were seated in
the gym, where their progenies gave a
practical demonstration Of various
games and apparatus work In which
they engaged during class hours. Then
the boys gave an exhibition of their
aquatic ability, performing all sorts Of
stunts In n natatorium.
After the athletic events the boys
and their mothers proceeded to the
class rooms. H. r. Spencer, boys d.
vision secretary, acting as toastmaster,
introduced ]. z. Larcombe, who led
the gathering in singing many of the
popular compositions. John J. Son.
derman, physical director. talked con-
corning, "Where Do We Go From
Here?" impressing upon the boys the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
REPUBLICANS TO MOVE
FOR PROTECTIVE TARIFF

formerly imported from Germany,
must be protected by a duty as high
as that Of the Payne tariff law OF 1903,
which was IS IL per cent. The pres
ent ad valorem rate under the Under
wood law of 1913 is about 5 per cent.
Another argument is hat a high
tariff will remov the socalled luxury
taxes
But II the Republicans pass a high
tariff law, IL is almost certain to be
vetoed as. President Taft vetoed the
Democratic tariff bills In 1911 and
1912. The Republicans might be able
to muster the necessary two-thirds
vote to pass their law owe a veto in
the House, but they could never do II
In the Senate. with a margin of only
two votes.
"I'd give $1,000 II the Republicans
would let Jos Fordney write the next
tariff bill,"5 Champ Clark avs. He'd
put 1t so high the people would rebel
and sweep the Democrats back into
power.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24

necessity of their taking the right
path from now on in life.
J. z. Larcombe was then called on
and spoke on the subject. Diamonds
In the rough" saying that boys are
now unpublished gems of many sides
and that everyone must cooperate
and help put a good polish on every
side.
Mr.. Spencer explained the workings
Of the boys division honor system n
presented the honor emblem, consist
ing Of the Amboy triangle with
wings, to Herman Nielsen, the first
one to carr the award. Nielsen then
gave a short talk on how he secured
the honor. .
Richard Hermsdorf gave several
violin selections, accompanied on the
piano by Frank M. Foye, who also
played during the singing.
Refreshments served by the Ladies
Auxiliary completed the evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
william v. Simpson Dies at
His Home in MataWan
BIZ Special Correspondent.

MATAWAN, May 24:-Wiiliam v.
Simpson, seventy-seven years old.
died at his home, 155 Main street,
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after
an illness of eight weeks from hard
ening of the arteries. Although living
in this borough all his life Mr.. Simp-
son was a lawyer in New York City.
Mr.. Simpson was an elder of the
First Presbyterian church. For the
past ffty-five years he had been lead
er of the choir and superintendent Of
the Sunday school,. He also organ
lied the Matawan Literary Society.
He had arranged all plans for the
society to celebrate its iftieth ami
versary when he was taken sick and
the celebration was postponed.
MI. Simpson was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis f. Simpson. Before
her marriage his mother was Miss
Charlotte Vanderbilt. He is survived
by his wife and two children, Mrs. e.
w. Allen, of Brooklyn, and Corporal
Francis F.. Simpson of Matawan.
The funeral services will be held
from the First Presbyterian church
on Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
the Rev. w. M. Kieffer, of the Free
hold Presbyterian church. oficiating.
as the pastor of the First Presbyterf-
an church here, the Rev. Charles III.
Bruce. is attending q Presbyterian
conference in st. Louis and Will be
unable to be present. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
Packing HInts.

In packing a wardrobe trunk. II
plenty of tissue paper is used in the
sleeves of and between the garments.
there is little chance Of their being
out of shape when the destination is
reached. A safe rule In all packing Is
to have everything tightly packed. so
one should not be sparing with tissue
paper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
CITY BRIEFS

The summer timetable on the
Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad
went into effect at 8 o'clock this
morning. The speci11 Saturday sched-
ule went into effect also.
Former members of the Bios
SONS of Zion are requested to attend
a meeting to be held Sunday after
moor at 8 o'clock In the Bnei Zion In
stitute in Fayette street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24

WALDO M. HALTER,

Sergeant Halter was decorat-
ed for exceptional heroism in
action near Pouilly, France. No
vember 8, 1918. While a men,
Der Of a patrol sent to recon-
hotter the banks of the Mouse
river, when all means Of cross
ing the river had been destroy
ed, Sergeant Halter and another
soldier volunteered to swim
across, though the other bank
was held In force by the enemy.
His companion was seized with
the cramps caused by the cold
water, and drowned; but Ser
geant Halter continued on; and,
after securing the information
desired, swan back again and
made his report. Sergeant Hat
ler's home Is In Neosho, Mo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
DISTRICT COURT

The following judgments have
been granted during the past week
by Judge G. c. Hommann. sitting in
the district court here: Trio Manu-
featuring Company VS.. v. PfncuS,
s144.70; Harrison Pickle Works vs..
Joseph Smion, $67.50; Leopold Keis-
Ter VS.. Petro Kopsel, $S.08; Leopold
Keisler VS.. Anton Biduk. $10.S7; Sam
Manger and Christ B.. Petersen "
Fritz Bauman, S202.S1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
Two Applications for Letters
BIZ star CORRESPONDENT.

BU EfdH COfTeSDONutHt.
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 24:-
Two applications for letters OF adj
mfnistration were filed this morning
in the surrogate's Office, n by Mary
Swift, of this city, for substitutionary
administration with the will annexed
on the estate Of A. Hortense Swift.
who died April 10, 1898. AT the time
of her death four daughters and two
sons survived. The other application
was made by John N. vereb, Jr., on
the estate of John Molner, of Perth
Amboy, who died October 10, 1918.
There are no known heirs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
BY A. L. GELDHOF
n. T.. A. Washington Bureau, 1f2S-
1854 AfunScy Building.

WASHINGTON, MAY 2~4-Republi-
cans, In power again, are going to
scramble over themselves to revise
the tariff.
This time It win be a revision up
ward rather than downward, as in
1918. The heads Of the committees
hat will write the new tariff legisla-
tIon are Bodies Penrose in the senate
and Joe Fordrey in the House. There
will be a regular field day for advo-
Gates of q high protective tariff.
Take the tax off incomes and put
Il on custom houses" will be the Re-
publican cry, so the tariff question
will be interviewer with the fight to
repeal some of the revenue laws pass
ed by the Democratic Congress.
The G.. O. =. will argse that baby
Industries created by the war. such as
production OF dyes. potash. surgican
Instruments. etc. most OF which were
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
NOTICE

All persons conce ed may take no.
tice that the subscriber Admin "a
trix, etc. of Rufus y Allen. deceased,
the Orphans Court for the County OF
Middlesex. on Friday the twenty
seventh day of June. 1919. at 10 A. NJ.
in the Term of April. 1919. for settle
first audited and stated by the Sur
rogate.
Dated. May 23. 1919.
NARY ALLEN,
Administrative.
4770-5-24-5t Dew Sat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
End.

- s4se End.
The children were discussing a IA
lous soldier. when four-year-old
Jenny asked: "Who Is he, anyway"
Well" replied wise flrst-grade Har-
4. "he's a wonderful brave man now,
-~hnn he'll he p statue"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
BaIint resumes practice.

ALEXANDER Balint. Jr., who for the
past several months has been in
France as a member of the 18th d.
vision. S07th Machine Gun Battalion.
Company, B, has returned to his home
here and will again take up the prac-
tice of law, having his office In the
suite occupied by City Attorney Leo
Goldberger in the Raritan building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24

To Discuss Traffic Conditions.
Joseph Crawford. superintendent Of
traffic of Newark. will be the speaker
at the members forum of the Board
Of Trade on Thursday. The topic will
be Traffic Problems for Perth AM
boy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
JOSEPH II. BURKE CONTRACTING
AND ENGIN EERING co.

VIII sell on Tuesday. May 81 at IL
A. NJ. 10 head of the best heavy
draft horses ever Offered by any con
tracing company in the State of New
Jersey. This property viii be sold at
the Ernston stables at the Morgan
General Ordnance D@pot. formerly
known as the T. A Gillespie Co.. Nor
gan, N. j. This plant is 3 miles south
OF Perth Amboy. At the same time.
will sell 40 head % saddle horses which
have been used by the officers at the
plant. 40 Mcclellan saddles. bumpers.
harness and a lot of other contracting
material. This sale win be held POSI-
lively at II A. NJ, rain or shine.
JOSEPH +. BTTPKE CO..
John NJ. EVANS Auctioneer. +
47S7-5-24-2t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-24
MODERN HOUSE
On Madison Avenue, For Sale

All improvements. 2 blocks from
Smith Street; driveway and room for
s cars, Address Owner, Care News
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-09
gKNgSNTYSk Slsks =:==

it, and the time might have been
more profitably spent doing some
thing else.
l believe "A Wife" must have
realized this when she wrote:
Twenty months ago | was told il
| did not get out and hustle | would
get nothing more from him, and as
the few things ] possessed were
mostly the 'hand-me-downs' from
my family, and they were about
worn out, ] got out and hustled.
81 started out at 81 200 per annum
and am now making $1,000, In that
time | have bought all the extras
for the house, have clothed myself,
have helped to pay my personal
debts, and, last but not least, have
saved $500,
During the past twenty months
! have not had penny from my
husband. You tell me | am NOT
wasting my time when ! am doing
homework. If it were appreciated
| should love it, but, as matters
stand, I get more out of life in the
business world Why? Becau-e
drudgery is not making an old
woman of me. | do not have to hu-
initiate myself by accepting small
pittance from man who is selfish.
I meet men and women with whom
! can talk and forget my troubles.
In fact, the last 20 months lave Civ
en- me back 10 years of my youth.
This woman has answered her
own question when she says that
work has given her back 10 years
of her youth. Work and interest in
her case have proved to be not only
the solution of her life riddle, but
twin blessings as we'll.
THE job" with its comfortable
salary. which enables her to keep
her self-respect, is the friendly float
ing spar to which she may cling in
the shipwreck of her domestic aspi-
rations.
And doubtless she and her hus-
band will be better friends now that
there is no longer any necessity TO-
humiliating wrangles over money.
Her Job has entitled her to spe-
cial consideration that her penniless
condition failed to insure her, and on
such a foundation it is so easy to
build up happiness and the graces
| Of life
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-09
Danny O'Shane
BY HELEN IANYON

Danny OShane was farmin lad
Brought by my dad from hirin'
fair;
The one luck shiilin' was all he had
No shoe to his foot. no hat TO his hair.
But he'd sing like bird In the face o
dawn,
And he'd sing at his work In the glow.
in moon,
And he'd sing when the yellow dusk
was drawn
Over the light OF the risin' moon.
When Danny Oshane had MIXED the
cows
An stabbed the ass In the wee ass.
byre,
He would come singln' up to the house
With creel O. peat to mend the fire
Danny O'shane. when the nights wal
warm.
An the young stars climbin over the
Would gather the lads from field an
farm
An sing TO them In the evenin' still
An I'd creep to the door like secret
thing,
An lifting the latch without noise
Would stand at the crack to hear him
sing,
AS he sat among the farmin' boys.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-09
Red Cross.

The United Information bureau,
with Mrs. A. B. Currie as chair
man, has in the last four weeks
given information to 4S0 soldiers.
Seventy-two of these men have
been sent to the employment agen-
cies cooperating with the bureau;
1855 directed to the home service sec
ton and the balance given miscel-
laneous information or sent to
the clubs and organizations CO.
operating.
They are also given help in secur,
ing places to live.
Lost-Discharge paper Of Roscoe
Stack. Please return to home serv-
ice section in court house or tele-
phone Tyler 272l.
Lost-Discharge paper of Walter
]. Milloy. Please return &c home
service section in court house or tel.
ephone Tyler 272l.
The home service section of the
Red Cross is DESTROYS of obtaining
addresses OF the following: Alexan.
der Morris, Ethel Bowler, Mary
Beck, Joseph J. Bland, Ed c. Germ
Carl Y. Anderson and Walter
Veins. Please telephone Tyler
72l or call at the Red Cross head
quarters in the court house.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-04-09

able to hold up their heads or have
a single tooth to their credit. They
are entreated to be "a little man
and not cry like a little girl,
Though every mother who has had
both kinds, knows there is no sex
in the infant boo hoo"
The Wrong Tack.
Later she insists that Johnnie
take his castor oil like a little
man." that he properly despise
dolls in the same manner. But a
drum, toy cannon, hammer or lit,
tie soldiers are to be veneratcd-
anything that will help him realize
he is a member of the noisy sex.
The most humiliating punish.
ment known to maternal discipline
is to put a sisters dress or apron
on him when he has achieved the
acme Of naughtiness. In the near.
time mamma waits on him hand and
foot, and if there are little sisters
in the family, she sees to it that
they properly abase themselves be-
fore the young household kaiser.
Sex superiority is ingrained with
every breath he draws, and it is
comparatively easy for a small child
to realize when he belongs to a gov.
erning class.
Later he Identifies mamma with
the despised sex and is contemptu-
Gus of her wishes and opinions. But
then, poor dear mamma has no one
to blame when she is tyrannized
over by her son but herself. 1t is the
wife who all unconsciously accepts
another woman's spoiled darling as
husband, to whom the mpathy
belongs. Such a wife might as well
make up her mind from the begin.
ming that selfishness is a thirsty
soil, capable of absorbing all the
water she has the strength and
patience to carry.
Sometimes by dcvoting all her
energies to reconstruction wife
succeeds in making over the sorry
product of a spoiled son, but after
all, one is attempted to ask, is the
game worth the candle?
Misdirected Energy.
The amount of energy that a
woman may expend in turning ali
utterly selfish man into a normal
human being might frequently be
put to other and better uses When
she has finished with him, he i;
but ending the chapter where he
should have begun it.
And it is apt to be rather a dull
uninteresting chapter after all. Nc
one is any richer for having read