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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
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HERE MONDAY
Bantam Will Meet frankie Daily,
Navy Champ, in LotoS Club
Main Bout

A bill which promises to be one of
the best offered here in several weeks
has been arranged by Promoter Joe
McNulty, OF the Lotos Club, for next
Monday nights exhibitions at Palace
Hall. Mickey belmont, the speedy
little scrapper who became a great
~favorite here last fall by his game
ness and ability to use his fists with
lightning like swiftneSs, has been
signed up by McNulty to appear in
the main eight-round attraction,
frankie DAILY. of Staten Island, who
is said to hold the bantam chamion-
ship of the U. S. Navy. being h
man selected to oppose Mickey.
This final bout should in itself
prove q sufficient feature to pack the
hall to the doors out the management
has also arranged to have Bobby
Michaels, a New York lad, who has
won popularity here by his showing
in the past, meet Ollie Singer, OF
Elizabeth, a pugilist who won his last
bout here with a kayoh in the fifth
round, Bill Black, of Staten Island,
being his opponent. The Michaels-
| Singer bout will be for six rounds
and will constitute one of the two
| semi-finals. In the other six round
go Young Stark, a promising young
boxer from Chrome, will appear
against some other good boy. There
will also be n OF two four-round
preliminaries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06

As was expected the claim of Perth
Amboy to the Middicsex County high
school boys championship basketball
honors is now disputed by Woodbridge
High School and the only satisfactory
way to decide the real county champs
is to have these two teams either in
one deciding game or in n series OF
three games, the winner of two to be
recognized as tie high school o
champs of Middlesex. Both teams
have made good records this season
and both claim the county champion
ship upon these past performances.
Thre is no eason why Woodbridge
and Perth Amboy High Schools can
not arrange the game or games which
is to decide the better combination,
as a letter received by the Sporting
Editor from the assistant manager of
the Woodbridge team states the will
ingness of the pupils and faculty OF
hat school to see a game with AM
boy.
The Woodbridge five by their show
ing against East Side High School, or
Newark, the champions of northern
New Jersey. recently, proved of what
calibre their players were n their
| season this year has been marked by
numerous victories. In order to de-
finitely ascertain the county champion
, it is essential hat Woodbridge and
Perth Amboy meet. Woodbridge Is
| not only willing but anxious and eager
to resume diplomatic relations" with
the local school if Amboy will only
take the initiative there should be nc
| trouble in arranging a game or series
of games.
Both teams now have their owT
| courts. This Is something which years
ago was responsible more than any
thing else for the constant disagree
ment between the two high schools
as they could never reach a decision az
to where the games were to be played
Now an excellent arrangement would
be to play a three game series, stag
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06

Then, too, the remainder OF the
bunch gotten in the trade. is not to
be overlooked.
The veteran third baseman. Larry
Gardner. is sure to give the Indians
infieid the stability that it has lacked
While Joe Evans will probably
shine some day at the third corner,
he lacks experience. and when it
comes to experience, Larry Is there
with q capital Il.
Elmer Myers. pitcher. will also
come in handy.
OF course should the Indian pitch
ers overseas with the A. T.. F., re-
turn in thine for the opening of the
season, it makes no Inference whether
Myers comes through or not
But with this question unsettled,
IL will sure be handy for Dunn TO
have another reliable pitcher on his
staff. and it looks as II Myers were
about due to come through.
Anyhow, you can just gamble, fans,
that this deal will give the Red Sox
some red hot competition In theii
race for the pennant this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06

Here's q tip.
When the baseball season opens,
watch hat Cleveland team.
For Jim Dunn, owner. has sure ac-
quired the heaviest artillery In the
American League for his outfieid.
Any outer garden that sports a
buEch consisting of iris Speaker, Ell
mer Smith, Tilly Walker, Joe Wood
and Jack Graney is sure going to ut
range the rest of the clubs.
No n of the five Alt will bat 800
or better.
The acquisition Of Tilly Walker in
the recent trade with the Athletics
was some surprise.
Bet most anything that Ed Barrow
of the Boston Red Sox is now tearing
his hair.
For Ed is the bird hat wouldn't
trade Harry Hooper to the Indians as
he was afraid of strengthening their
outfield.
While Harry is q classy %outlelder,
we opine hat Tilly kas something on
him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
Perth AmbOy.
Kcyport.

The Amboy girls five annexed their
third straight victory yesterday in
their defeat of Keyport 37-7. The
local girls started the game with
Capt. Macan and Ada Wilentz, for
wards, Ethel David. center; Elizabeth
Dolan and Frances Hance, guards. OF
the eighteen points scored by the r.
A. III. s. during this half the local
forwards secured sixteen. Capt. Ma
can and Ada Wilentz each getting
eight points apiece. The score at
hall time was 1873. The second half
found Miss Handerhan in the place
of A. Wilentz at forward. Kathryn
Henry for Ethel David at center and
Eta Skillen for Frances Hance. At
guard. Capt. Macan rolled up a total
OF fourteen points out OF the locals
seventeen in the last half. II. Holmes
subbing for r. Everdeli at forward
was responsible for keyport's lone
-four points In this session. The score
at the finish of his half was 1914.
The summary follows:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
Woodbridge And Amboy
Should Meet to Decide
County HIS. Championship
BY AHEARN

ing the first two on the Woodbridge
and Amboy court and Tipping a coin
to decide where the deciding game
should be played, If a third game
should be necessary.
A series between Woodbridge and
Amboy would be of interest not only
to the present students in either
school but also to the graduates who
looked forward from year to year to
the games between these combina-
tons.
Woodbridge Is willing. Let Amboy
pull the strings which will start the
ball rolling and decide without a doubt
the better team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
Richards Wins Nine Games
From Three Old Timers

The unexpected happened last night
when representatives from the AM
boys Best and Old Timers bowling
combinations finally got together on
Bonhsack's alleys and rolled nine
Howard Richards. of the
Bests. rolled nine games, three against
Jenkins, Einhorn and Dolan, respec-
lively Of the Old Timers. Richards
won every game, averaging 2O6 for
the night, with high scores of FAC,
$50 222 and 216. Dolan made the
best show of any against him, he av-
eraging III and making 211 as his
high score. Einhorn averaged 1913 for
| three games and Jenkins 152. Rich
ards now declares he is entitled to
have Dolan tip his hat to him when
they again meet on the street a per
agreement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
BILL TO GIVE SALARIES TO
THE BOXING commissioners

Salaries for the members of the
State Boxing Commission are provided
/ n a bill just introduced by Assembly
man Underwood Cochran. of Atlantic
County. The chairman of the conf
mission is to receive 81, 500 a year n
the two remaining members; $4,000 a
year each. The secretary of M com
mission is also to receive $4,000.
The bill is based on the fact tat
the work of the commission has meant
between fifteen n twenty thousand
dollars revenue to the State from box
ing exhibitions in New Jersey during
the past year, and the men who are di-
recting the operation of the boxing law
should be compensated.
AZ the meeting of the commission
Tuesday, Lester Burdiclk. of Newark,
who has been acting secretary, was
made the permanent secretary of the
commission.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
Railway Nine Wants Game

The Oriole A. c.. of Railway, hav-
ing organized for the coming baseball
season and desiring to complete their
Schedule, challenge II fast amateur
teams In this city or vicinity. games
to be played home or abroad Saturday
afternoon or Sunday morning or after
noon. Send all communications to
Manager Raymond Arnold, % Main
street, Railway.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-06
Room Wins More Games

In a dodge ball game played yester-
day afternoon at the Grammar School
between Rooms I and 2. the former
came out the winners by a score OF
1910. Room ! also defeated Room D.
score 1874. Both Room 1 and 3 now
claim the championship OF the eighth
grades, but as the former has won from
ali or the rooms whereas the latter has
defeated only two. Room ? seems to
have the best claim
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
BETRAYED BY DEsFRFH
Americans Attacked While AsIeep b,
Superior Force of Russlans--Vietory
Finally Crowns Heroic Struggle
Of ths Douahboys.


San Frnnclsco.-Stories OF heroisn
NAV be told of the Argonne until theS
are written In the pages OF history
tho callantry OF the American marines
Mt Chateau Thlerry may thrill man
kind TO the end of time itself, the glory
Of the western front may pass into
the generations. but never VIII tnere
be a story that can surpass the ons
brought home by the handful OF Amer
leans who battled at Romanofka, 81
IBERIA, on June 20. 1919.
II was disclosed here for h first
time by Lieut.. Lawrence ID. Butler OF
the Thlrty-flrst infantry. With the
lower half of his jaw shot away q
wound received in the engagement
Butler recited the tale haltingly.
Guided by American.
An American soldier deserted anc
guided q numerically superior force
Of Russians to a poorly protected
camp. where the Americans were
bivouacked. They were sleeping wher
the onslaught opened. The Russians
were massed on the crest of a heav
ily timbered hill commanding the en-
tire camp, and poured a deadly rife
and machine gun fire into the thir
khaki ranks. There were seventy-twc
doughboys when the fight started
When it ended twenty-eight were dead
and twenty-five others were severely
wounded. Five of the company have
been recommended for the Distin
guished Service cross.
The Russians had posed as simple
country folk, friendly to the Amer
leans. They outnumbered their bene
factors ten to one. But when they
turned to attack they fired ev n into
their own homes where some Of the
Americans had fed for protection
against the hail of steel pellets thai
ralned into the camp. Victory finally
crowned the heroic struggle Of aths
doughboys. (.
"Most of the boys who were killed
never had a chance to leave theii
BEDS" the officer said. "They vert
shot while asleep. The others came
scrambling out, and fought In Their
underclothing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-12
GENERAL COUPON

By making a purchase on
Saturday, Dec. 18th, of $500.
or over and presenting this
coupon you will receive 80
8. & II. Stamps Free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12

lie cordially invited to all these ser vices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
NEGRO BROUGHT ID.
 COUNTY JAI | AS A. SAFETY PRECAUT|ON.
Horace ChisOlm, Charged With Highway Robbery, Arrested at Bessemer.
 Note fingers Citizens

Feeling ran high in BessGmer yesterday afternoon when Horace Chisolm, negro, who is alleged to have held up Mrs Gibb Bruce and other residents of Bessemer and burglarized a number of stores, leav- ing after each robbery an insolent note, was carried to the jail by, Officers C. C.. Williams and Jack Currin of Bessemer and L, Bartley Vines.
 Owing to the insulting note given Mrs. Bruce after she was robbed on the North Bessemer car line one night recently, anc other notes of like character left in stores after he had burgalrzed them, quite a sensation was caused by the arrest, anG when large number of citizens gathered at the Bessemer jail the warden rushed the prisoner to the county jail as a safety precaution.
 A negro woman who was with Chisolm and who is said to be his wife had two s5 Colts reyolVers on her person when her husband was arrested. She was also arrested on d charge of Icarrying con- cealed weapons. The arrests took place on a North Bessemer street car, at Brighton station.
 Besides robbing Mrs. Brince, the negro is alleged to have held up w. A. Stevens of Gordon Heights and robbed him of $5oo This took place last Monday night
 He is also alleged to hak ke burglarized two stores in both of which were found insolent notes, the writing of which re- sembled that given Mrs. Bruce, according fo the officers From the store of H. l. Andrews. at Hamilton station, was stolen s20o and the store of MT Evans at Brown station was entered a short time ago and $500 stolen. Mrs Bruce Identified the ne- gro yesterday afternoon as the one who held her up. The negro had more than s2o0 and a valuable damo4d ring on his person when arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
BESSENER NEWS

Bessemer, April 11-($peciaL)- )-The board of revenue annouNces through the clerk of the Besserner office, j.. w Pickens, that their quarterly ses- sion will be held in the ,Bessemer of fee Monday, April 21, wHen advertise ments for contracts for the completion of the courthouse will be accepted This announcement will be deceived with qualification by citizens of Bessemer, as the completion of the courthouse is live issue among the business men,
 The announcement brings an assurance that work on the courthouse will be resumed within a short while. as it is expected that a contract flor the com pletion of the building will be let 30 days after the meeting is held in the city. Work on the courthouse was stopped by ban being placed on build ing materials as an effect of the war. and the former contract was cancelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
RED CROSS REPORT

The large amount of relief work that Is being done by the home service sec tion of the Red Cross is shown by the report for the month of March. The re- port is for the Jefferson county chap ter, which embraces the |Bessemer of flee. About e-fourth of the work contained in the report has been done from the local office according to the chairman, c. H. Stevenson. The report is as follows: 1857 families visited, 371 new cases registered 602 families to whom definite service has been rem dered, 96 persons received money re- lief, 676 ordinary letters written. 26S form letters written, "A telegrams sent, 497 office visits. $1S65.72 used for re- lief 1000 bonus cases handled. The work in Bessemer is supervised by Miss Corine Chisolm, and Mr. Stevenson is assisted by committee of women in carrying on the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
First Thrift Day
Prom the Thrift Magazine.

The first Thrift Day. in America was August Il, 1915. That was the first time one special day was ever officially ser aside for the purpose of encouraging at in California as Thrift Day" in response 10 proclamation of Governor Johnson. The occasion marked the opjening of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12


 Allen Harvey Easters, Company l., 167th infantry, is at Campl Merritt. N. J.. having arrived Thursday. according to a message received by his parents,
 A letter from Willie o. Wier states that he will join his old company. Com pany D, 167th infantry, and will sail with them to the states. Relatives of MT Wier had not heard from him in several months, and received the news with delight.
 N. B. Parker has been cal, ed to Shel- byville. Tenn. on account of the serious illness of his father.
 Mrs. J. Y. Coburn left Friday for a visit to relatives in Mississippi.
 Miss Myrtle Farrer of Gadsden and Miss Louise Bumpkin of Attalla have returned to their homes after visit to Miss Alberta Benson.
 Miss Mary Reynolds left Friday for a visit to her brother, Maxwell Renolds, in Atlanta.
 Mrs. William Burns is the guest of her parents in Lafayette.
 Edward Cecil King of New York is the guest of his sister. Mrs. L. M. Bar nett. MT. King is an ensign in the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST-Cfold fountain pen Tn down town district yesterday afternoon. Reward. Call Highland Pharmacy, 10Sn Main.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
Harding Says Allen Silly
 m His Anti South Tlrade

Tt is easy to answer the tirade of Governor Allen of Kansas against cut ting cotton acreage because his posi- tion is silly" said Gov. w. P G. Hard ing of the federal reserve board, who is in Birmingham.
 He says the south will be traffick ing in the miseries of the world by cutting production to stimulate prices
 The south by cutting it's acreage is not only showing good sense but is showing its patriotism. If your news paper has 50, GOO circulation you would be foolish to print 75,000 copies a day evening service at o'clock will be un der the auspices of the Baraca class; special features of which will be music by the Baraca and male quartet and an address on The Strong Young Man by Professor Moseley, who has mes sage that will be good for young and old. Members expected and the pub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12

thrift congress, held at the Panama-Pa- cific exposition by the American Society for Thrift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12

If the world under present conditions can use only a certain amount of cot ton it is absurd to produce more.
 Furthermore, every acre that is not put into cotton will be put into some kind of foodstuffs. The south will, therefore. buy just that much less food from Kansas and other western states and thus enable those states to export more and more food to stricken Eu- rope.'
 Cutting cotton acreage is, therefore, not only patriotic and humanitarian, but it is conservation and good busi- ness"
 lie cordially invited to all these ser vices"
 J. Richards will fill the pulpit at the Episcopal church Sunday morning. Services are being held during lent by members of the Woodlawn church,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
PERSONALS

and MT. Richards has filled the pulpit on other occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12
CHURCH NOTICES

The Rev. E. B. Robinson of Talladega will fill the pulpit al the First Presby- terian church Sunday at both services The Rev l. F. Swallow, the pastor, is confined to his home from an attack of influenza. Dr. Robinson is in charge of the Presbyterian Orphans Home in Talladega.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-12

The Rev w. P. Price, pastor of the First Baptist church, makes the follow ing announcements for his services Sunday:
 The days worship begins with the Sunday school at 9:30 N. B. Parker, su- perintendent. All who are not connect ed with some other school are requested to come and enroll with the school. The Baraca class, taught by Prof. c. C.. Moseley, is a very attractive place for young men. The subject of the morn- ing sermon by the pastor will be The Simplicity of the Gospel and will be of more than ordinary interest in these times of confusion and strife. The
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-12
PAYING OFF THE WAR DEBT.

The American people have never subscribed
to the view that a national debt IS national
blessing. They assumed and promptly paid Off
the Colonial debt of the Revolution and within
less than twenty years they paid the War OF 1872
debt. They began to pay off the then appalling
lv great debt of the Civil War (abOut $780,,
OOO,OOO) with equal celerity, and were prevent
ed from completing the job only by the fact that
much of it had become tied up in the national
banking system as the basis of the note clrcu-
lation.
When therefore, Senator Snoot of Utah pro-
poses an immediate start in paying off the ma
tions new war debt of over 2O,0O0O 600, 600 he
is not likely to meet with great opposition. His
plan is feasible and sound 1t calls for pernna-
nent annual appropriation from tax revenues
equal to a certain percentage of the principal OF
the debt. Whether this percentage should be
/, which would sink the debt in fOrty-fOur years,
or as high as 1-2, which would sink it in less
than twenty -four years, is an open question with
the senator.
The lower percentage rate Would seem to be
high enough. 1t was the sinking fund rate
tablished on the Civil War debt 1t is only fair
that the payment of the debt should extend over
full generation, and this would be the case with
a yearly payment Of / per cent on the principal.
Moreover, low rate which is stuck to is better
than a high rate which would more certainly be
exposed to intervals of suspension.
The new war debt is for the most part still
selling well below par, where it can be bought
for a sinking fund to the best advantage. The
sooner a beginning is made along this line the
better.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-12
THE STARTING SIGNAL.

1t is agreed in financial circles that the sign
ing Of the German peace treaty will be the start
ing signal for American business. Great num-
bers Of new or reconstructive enterprises will be
launched. Industries now operating under the
handicap of financial uncertainty and limited
demand will get up steam and order full speed
ahead
1t will be self-evident that capital is to be re-
leased in large volume for purposes of private
enterprise market will develop at once for
corporation securities. Business institutions will
thus be able to get bank loans more freely and to
float loans for reconstruction and expansion.
Buying of nearly all sorts Of commodities,
especially building materials and standard manu-
factured articles, will be greatly accelerated.
Thus there will be ample cause for rejoicing
when the Germans put their signatures to that
historic document, quite aside from the predOm-
inant human interest of the event The main
thing, of course, is that it will mark the end
of the bloOdshed and guarantee the safe return
Of the soldiers to their homes. It is pleasant to
realize that on top Of all that, it will mean the
definite beginning of the good times anticipated.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-12
NATIONAL ADVENTURES.

Every American has thrilled with pride at
the crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft abso-
lutey an American product and handled by an
all-Amercan crew. This is recognized as more
than personal triumph for the filters and build
ers of that craft. 1t is more even than a triumph
for the American navy, which organized and
managed the enterprise and gave it such help
ful support as no private agency could possibly
have given. 1t is national triumph, the achieve
ment of 100O0O,000 people concentrating on
something and backing it with all their resour-
ces of money brains and machinery.
It is the first time that the United States
government has gone into any undertaking COM
parable with this And it should not be the
last.
The big war has got Americans into the habit
of working together for common purpose. The
transatlantic flight shows what may be
compished in peace-time by similar spirit and
purpose, at cost which, though beyond pri-
vate purse, is insignificant when compared with
war costs If the expense of that expedition is
81 900 900, as somebody has estimated, that is
about l cent apiece for every American. Who
would not give another cent for another such
thrill?
The world is full of big things to do, some of
which require large sums of money, but most of
which mercy require brains courage--and CO.
operation. Let Uncle Sam keep on doing them.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-12
G E n T URY- OLD
SWORD PLOWED
UP IN A FIELD

Among the war relics of an Impe-
rial resident is sword marked.
~. S. A, 1921" which was plowed
up recently on field between I'M
perial and Holtville. 1t is cavalry
saber with a walnut handle and is
thought to have been lost in Octo-
ber, 1876, when General Kearney
passed through the Colorado desert
with the First U. S. Dragons to con-
quer California and become its gov
ernor, in accordance with commits
sion from President Polk.
General Kearney started from Fort
Leavenworth with a thousand men,
mounted on horses and mules. From
diary of the trip kept by a Lieuten-
ant Emory it appears that nearly all
of the horses dies from the hardships
encountered after leaving Yuma. The
entries show that a salt lake was
passed, which has led to a dispute
among historians as to whether the
lake referred to was the Salton Sea
or the Laguna Salada, across the bor
der.
Finding Of this sword, if really lost
by member of kearney's expedition
in the spot where found would seem
to establish beyond a doubt that the
northern route was taken.