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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
SCULLY To TALK
On CANDIDACY
Congressman Will Explain Cub
ernatorial Ambitions at
Democratic Meeting

Congressman Thomas j. Scully will
tell the members of the Perth Amboy
Democratic Club at their regular
meeting tomorrow night just why he
is in the race to capture the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor and
explain why it is that he feels so con-
fide- y. that the gubernatorial nominee
of his party will hail from Middlesex
county and not from Hudson.
The congressman has been in COM
munication with President Frank Dor
sey and has promised that ne will be
on hand to address the members. IT
will be his first public political utter
ance since he threw his hat in the ring
and 1t Is expected hat he will give a
very definite outline of his attitude to-
ward the contest in which he is about
to engage with Senator Edward I. Ed
wards of Hudson county for the pr1-
vilege of heading the Democratic state
ticket next fall.
The members of the club regard
Mr.. Scully's coming here tomorrow
night as nothing more or e S than a
summons to battle and they intend
to show the congressman that they are
with him to a man and r going &c
use every means at their tc
assist him to cur the coveted place
Local Democrats seem to De all o.
n mind concerning the governshfI
contest. They consider Congressman
Scully the logical man for the plac'
and look upon him as a sure winner
The factors that will bring victory 7
Mr.. Scully In their belief are his abil
ty to make a vigorous campaign, hi:
rote getting personality and his splen'
aid record in the House of Represen
ntiyeS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
MAYOR IS AFTER
SH|M-MEE HERE
Any Outbreak of Latest Dance
Wiggle Will Receive Stern
Attention of Officials

Apprised of the fact that other
cities were taking action to prohibit
the shim-mee dance, the latest terp-
sichorean c~oncoction, the mayor has
been making the rounds in this city
to see il the wiggle was in vogue
here, the city always having been
quick to adopt the latest in dances
In his visit to the largest of the
public dance halls of the city where
these st. Vitus steps r usually first
presented, the mayor discovered that
the management was quick to stop
the shim-mee and that he had ar
ranged to have the orchestra play
their music in such time as to make
shim-meeing impossible.
OF course there are private func-
tions where the dancers are enabled
to engage to their hearts content in
the physical evolutions necessary for
the proper Interpretation of the orr
entail shim-mee, and owe these there
would be some difficulty in maintain
ing any jurisdiction, but where the
public dances are concerned-nothing
doing. The New Packer House has
prohibited shim-mee dancing among
its guests, and the mayor, while he
has taken no active step to put an enc
to the style here, will doubtless take
very stringent action to abolish it il
there Is any sudden outbreak.
. The shim-mee is an importation into
this country from the orient which
has created a furore second to none
in the history Of the modern dance
, not only from the conservatives bu'
| also from the extremists who SCI
| their recipes for acrobatic dances
| outdone, out-muScled and outclaSSed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Police News

The Board of Health versus
Meyer 4 Pribula came up for a hear
ing last night at a special session of
h police court. but the case was ad-
journed till Friday night at the re-
quest of City Attorney Leo COLDER
ger.
Miss Maude Foley of Boston, who
has been organizing the girls at the
Koch shirtwaist factory and agitsting
them TO strike. was given a summons
TO appear in court last night to an
swer a complaint made against her by
several OF the girls who did not wish
To, stop Their work. Since her oun
sci, Thomas Brown. had TO be in Tren-
ton last night, the acse was postponed
at his request until Friday night.
-Patrolman joseph Gaydos arrest
ed Margaret Reid. of New York, at
the c. X. II. station last night on a
COMPLAINT OF disorderly conduct made
raigned before Recorder Pickersgif
this morning. she was fined $40 or
thirty days in the county jan.
Lewis Newman. a peddler from
New York. was taken in custody last
night by Detective Joseph Gutowski
for violating the city ordinance. He
will have a hearing tomorrow morn
ing.
Joseph Kish, a iaborer living I'm
Fords came TO this city last night and
stepDed into the Presto lunch room
on Smith street to eat. After he had
eaten to his satisfaction he hogan TO
argue with the proprietor. Mike Nike
gyerglides. and the quarrel ended
when Kish smashed some chinaware
for an officer was then called 20 put
Kish under arrest. At the hearing
this morning Kish tried 10 run III
court bv telling the recorder how TO
do things. so he was fined $50.
Motorcycle Oficer Frank Seiboth
detailed to Mary street in the en-
deavor 70 ascertain who was the own
er OF a dead horse which had been
lying in the middle OF the thorough
fare for nearly a day. The officer,
however. could discover no one who
claimed ownership OF the horse. SO
the animal will be removed from the
vicinity Of Mary street today, much TO
the relief Of Oe residence
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
EIks Initiate Sixteen

The initiation of sixteen candidates
at the meeting of Perth Amboy Lodge
No. 7S4, Benevolent n Protective
Order of Elks asst night was the lar
gest class of members ever taken intc
the lodge at one time. Exalted Rulel
W. Guy weaver 'was IN Ln...,s.
the officers of the lodge he was IL
charge of the degree work.
h nominating committee named
at a recent meeting made its report
of the new staff OF officers. The cleo
ton will take place at the next meet
ing. The lodge now has a membership
of $40. Five applications for mem
bership were presented at this meet
ing and they will be initiated next
month. Plans are being made for the
annual state convention at Asbury
Park in June and the annualnational
convention at Atlantic City in July.
A dance will be held at the club
house Saturday night in celebration
of W~ashington's Birthday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
STAG EXPLOSION
CAUSES WORRY
TottenvilIe Residents Aroused
Over Rumble From A. S. & R.
Plant Last Night.

Residents of the lower section Of
Staten Island were startled about 6.4b
o'clock last night by the sounds of a
series of explosions resembling shell
fire.
Many people in Tottenville ran from
their homes believing that an explo-
sion resembling hat al Morgan in Oc-
tober was about to occur again. The
low rumble resembling shell fire last
ed for about five minutes.
1t came from the direction of the
American Smelling and Refining Oom-
pany's plant, where it was said that
the Stag running from one of the
buildings to the shore had found some
water or damp ground that caused
the explosion.
There was considerable ~uneasiness
for a time caused by the sounds OF
the explosions until finally stopped as
quick as it began.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Edwina Store Opens

The Edwina ComparA at 1913 Smith
street begins it's career today opening
to the public for the first time this
morning, with a boulteous collection
of frocks, gowns, wraps and blouses
for the Woman who cares" These
creations are being displayed IN the
new store with a degree of beauty
and loneliness hat will charm the
most fastidious shopper.
The establishing of a store of this
kind should be greeted with delight
by the shoppers, and the window dis
play has already caused considerable
comment. 1t is seldom that commut-
ers on the way to work will bother to
stop for even a SECOND to glance in a
window, but this is exactly hat they
did do this morning when the nun
dreds from out Of h city who work
here passed the store. These were not
casual glances either, but a real ex-
animation of the goods displayed.
One reason for this was probably
the material of the goods displayed,
which is the finest obtainable, but a
better reason might be found in the
great display OF styles. A slogan of
the new shop is, where the fashions
of tomorrow greet you today" and
from the styles displayed and carried
in stock, this will be n of the lead
ing features of the establishment.
Although the Edwina Company pre-
sents to the city of Perth Amboy and
surrounding country, Fifth avenue"
shop in every sense of the word, Wis
itors at the store will be exceedingly
surprised at the moderate prices with
which the various articles can be pur-
chased.
At the present time the Edwins
Company is showing the new exclu'
sive spring styles and desires the ob'
portunity Il show them off to the
shoppers of this city. 1t is the policy
OF the store ito ave always the mer.
chandise the public wants at the time
the public wants it,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Father and Son Banquet Tonight
Big Event for the Y. M. c. A.

Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the annua father and son
banquet which will be held at $50
O'Clock tonight in the Y. NJ. C. A.
gymnasium and IL is expected that
about 100 fathers will bring their
boys to this affair. Following the
supper, which will be served by the
boys committee of the Ladies' Auxil-
larry a short program will be carried
out consisting of the invocation by
Rev. w. III. Bawden, greetings to the
fathers by Milton Macmillan, an
address on "Companionship" by Rev.
+. s. Wilson of Bayonne and the sing
ing Of America j. Logan Clevenger
will preside at the affair. A fellow
ship hour will be observed during the
latter part of the night, the entire
building being thrown open to the
fathers and sons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Much Unemployment

VI ASsocfdf'd Press
PARIS. Feb. 19:-Capt. Walker X.
Gheradi, of the United States Navy,
who has been i'm Germany for two
weeks studying economic conditions,
has returned to Paris and reports
that he found much unemployment
throughout the country and restless
fluid condition that contains q threat
against the peace OF the immediate
future He says Germany's food sup
plies are limited to nearly exhausted
reserves which cannot last longer
than ext month. leaving a great gap
to be filled before harvest.
The German army, he says. has
shrunk to insignificant figures and is
no longer formidable.
II the new armistice terms now be-
ing framed involving disarmament OF
all but a sufficient number OF soldiers
to prevent internal disorder are ob-
served by the Germans il is believed
France will have no further fear from
that quarter n that there can be no
reason for delaying the conclusion OF
a peace treaty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
W|NSFAMEA AND
DECORATIONS
British Colonial Fighter EnlistS
and Fights Again for the
M0therIand

London.-The story Of a colonel OF
Australian infantry who was wound
ed In the Gallipoi campaign and sent
back to Australia, but who concealed
his rank and re-enlisted as a private
to serve with the Australians in
France, has added to the esteem In
which Australians are held In London.
Col. Charles Melville Mac Naghten,
the hero Of the story, is hailed as a
man Of gallantry and grit.
He was the son Of Sir Melville Mac
Naghten, chief of the criminal investi-
CATION department OF Scotland yard.
says the Daily Mail, and was practic-
ing law in Australia when the war be-
gan. He was the major in command
of the First brigade which landed at
Anxac Cove on Gallipoli peninsula.
Within two days he was wounded
three times. After recovery In Eng
land he returned to Gallipoli and led
his battalion In their immortal charge
at Lone Pine.
Ordered Back to Australia.
After the evacuation Of Gallipoi he
served for q time In Egypt and was
sent from there to England, suffering
from wounds and fever. Surgeons re-
fused him permission to return to &C
tive service, and he was sent to Aus
tralia as second in command OF an
Australian training camp.
One day he slipped away from the
! camp and Joined a replacement bat
| TALON In Queensland under the name
Of Charles Melville. and soon after
ward was back in England training on
F, Salisbury plain as Private Melville
He was quickly promoted to be cor
poral, and one day was asked by his
commanding officer:
Corporal, do you think you could
drill this companyf
Having commanded q brigade, the
! corporal put the company through ltd
PAGES like the veteran he was.
Recognized by Officers.
Back In France again. he was rec
ognized by officers who had known
him In Gallipoll as the daring and
brilliant soldier they had called
Fighting Mac" General Birdwood
with whom he had served at Lon'
Pine, sent for him and gave him Q
commission. Not long afterwart
Colonel Mac Naghten was again sen
as an invalid to England, where hi
was summoned to Buckingham palace
to receive from the king a decoration
as a companion Of the order Of st
Michael and st. George, which hat
been conferred upon him severa
years before for his gallantry at Gal
lipoli.
While serving in the ranks II
France as Corporal Melville" he hat
been personally congratulated by tn
commanding general for valor Q
lMessines ridge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
TEA GIVEN UP BY HARVARD
Professors and Their Wives This Year
Have Omitted Sid Custom at
Cambridge.

Cambridge. Mass.-Harvard has CIV
en- up tea for beer. Or even a bottle
of ale will serve the purpose at Cam
bridge. Harvard professors n their
wives have this year omitted the Gus
tom of holding afternoon teas for stu
dents. while II has been announced that
candidates for the freshman and var
sity crews will not be allowed TO drink
anything but a bottle of beer or per-
hRps ale for supper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
CITY BRIEFS

The Social Service Department
of the Simpson NJ. T.. church will
meet tomorrow at the home OF Miss
Alice Hegstrom, 179 Market street.
The Bible study class will meet
promptly at 1880 o'clock. continuing
until Sis o'clock. after which the
regular business meeting will be held.
The Perth Amboy Review No.
81. Woman's Benefit Association OF
the Maocabees. will meet at Red
Mems Hall tonight. Arrangements
will be completed for the dance to
be held February 2S in Palace Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Coast Guard News

Coxswain II. L. Tracey. OF the First
Company United States Coast Guard,
is now at the barge Office in New
York, having been sent there on spe-
cial detail duty.
Masters Mate X. s. Mccain re-
turned yesterday from sick leave
which he spent with his folks in
Portland, Me.
Coxswain Lewis r. Hesse. of Chi
cago, who is also the officer of the
day at the barracks In the Board of
Trade building. left for New York
this morning where he expects to re-
ceive his honorable discharge from
the service OF Uncle Sans coast pro-
tectorS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Danish Brotherhood Plans to
Welcome Home Service Men

Thor Lodge No. 46, Danish Broth
erhood, at its meeting last night laid
plans for a reception and wel2ome
home of the boys of the lodsC mat
have been in the service OF 0e gov,
eminent. A comdflttee coI7
Math Hansen. Thomas Petersen, Ole
N. O1esen, Peter Westergaard and
Andrew Sindct was named to arrange
for the affair. The committee will
meet shotly to organize and to make
arrangements for a suitable reception
for the home coming of the boys.
The committee in charge of the fest
Ivan celebration that is TO be held
Sunday. March 2. reported that every
thing for that event was being COM
pleted. At the next meeting OF the
lodge. which will be on March 4, dele
gates to the national convention, that
is TO be held out west this year will
be named.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Hand Ont Jobs.

TRENTON, Feb. 19-Hudson coun-
ty Jared well in the distribution OF
house patronage to h Democratic
members of that body. Among the
positions filled the following Hudson
appointments were made:
Calendar clerk, James l.. McKeon;
journal clerk, Timothy A. Kelly; as
sistant journal clerk, Thomas f. Moo
nan Hudson: second assistant super
visor of bills, Louis Diehm; assistant
bill clerk, William Hanley; doorkeep-
er j. Harry Este; file clerk, John
Kenny. Robert Glenn; page John. A.
Quinn. clerk to tn committee on cor
p~orations, John Hinich.
William A. DePaur, a d~oorkeeper,
is credited to Union county as a Re-
publican officer of the assembly.
Middlesex Democratic appointments
included: Doorkeeper, Fred Guade;
file clerks, Albert Hermann and Frank
Curley; page, Edward j.. Dunlap; Sec
rotary to the committee on banks and
insurance. Frank NJ. Deiner, of New
Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Mayor Names -Four Delegates

Mayor Dorsey has named four dele.
gaets to attend the road of
the American Good Roads Association
to be held at the Hotel McAlpin Feb
ruary 26. 81 and 28. They are City
Engineer Morgan F. Larson, Louis p.
Booz, Jr.. +. William Hilker and Chris
JorgenSon,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19

Two county men. but no local men
are listed on the casualty report is
sued TODAY by the authorities at Wash
ington. The total number on the re-
port is 2,434 n the New Jersey boys
listed are e~ighty-eight in number
The w Middlesex men reported were
both wounded in action, the degree
not being determined. They are Harry
McCauley, 8 Hale street. New Bruns-
wick. and Stanley G~teinbocki, of
Sayreville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Armistice Control Changed

BASEL, Feb. 19:-The German
armistice commission will in the fu-
ture be under the control of the for
eign Office, according to an unofficial
dispatch from Berlin received here.
Foreign Secretary Brockdorff- Rant
Eau Will reserve to himself supreme
direction of P~ouparlers. The nation
al assembly will naturally be consult
ed on all decisive questions. il is said.
A report Of resignation of Capt.
VonSelow, nava delegate from the
German armistice commission, is
semi-officially declared to be un-
founded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
eoston,s Famous Church.

There We're only 5000 houses in
Boston when the North church was
built and many members Of the con-
g~regation came from outlying districts.
The corner stone was laid IN Ap II.
1723. and the first meeting was held In
December of the same year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Germany Sees Peace Of
Graveyard After Armistice
CONTINUED from page II

meetings of the German national as
sembly yesterday in Weimar, Herr
Vogler said Erzberger had failed to
consult experts before entering into
negotiations to give up railway and
agricultural machinery and criticised
him for signing the naval contentious
in the a C OF energetic protests from
competent authorities
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
OBITUARY


James J. long. ffty-eight years
old. OF 526 Spring street, Elizabeth,
died at his home Saturday. He is sur
vived by two daughters and three
sons. Funeral services were held
from the Church OF tie Sacred Heart
Mr.. Long was employed at the Singer
factory for thirty years
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
LODGES

Complete arrangements will be
made tonight by Court Amboy. No. IS,
Foresters of America for a class mi
tiation mex Wednesday night. A re-
ception will follow the initiation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Still Alarm Of Fire

The Protection Hook G. Ladder
Company received a still alarm OF
fire at 9:45 o'clock this morning from
Washington street where a chimney
fire had started in the home of Law
renee Dalton. The flames were ex-
tinguished with chemicals before they
had done much damage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19

Mac kagntens fighting days are
now over and he is compelled to e
ognfze this fact. for, as n of his
men put It, "he Is riddled like a
colander and II is only his fighting
spirit which keeps him alive"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
ORDER TR|ALS| IN
NAVAL SCANDAL
Daniels Moves for Investigation
Into Charges Against Third
District Officers
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-Trial by
court martial of two naval officers in
connection with charges of bribery
and graft in the third naval district
has been ordered by Secretary Dan
iels.
1t was announced today that sufh-
Gent evidence had been submitted
this morning in a preliminary court by
investigators to warrant these trials
Immediately. Secretary Daniels said
at least two other cases were devel-
oping. No names were made public,
but II was learned that n case in.
volved the acceptance by a naval
medical officer of a bride OF $1,oOO Tor
physically qualified for the duties he
sought and another case involved q
bride of $500 to secure a detail which
would permit the applicant to remain
at home indefinitely.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Investigation Still Under Way.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-Investlga-
ton of the charges of bribery II
graft on the part of the personnel of
the third naval district were still I'M
| der way and will not be completed for
| several days, it was diclosed at the
| district headquarters today. The
| present inquiry is the outgrowth of
| evidence produced at the court mar
tial of Lieut.. Benjamin Davis, a med
ical officer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
Cod, Fearing Sharks,
Swallows His Money

Boston.-TonJ Grandetto OF
the dOry fishing feet caught q
cod. and In its stomach he found
a gold English sovereign.
Along the waterfront there is
a difference OF opinion. One is
that the fish feared the sharks
would get his money and prefer
red to be his own banker. The
other is that the hsh picked Up
the coin from some ship that had
peen sunk by O submarine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-19
CLASSIFIED ADS,
, RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR
CLASSIFICATION.

YOUNG LADY to assistkjn dental Of
nee: state salary expected. Address
Dentist, care News.
ELDERLY LADY wishes TO assist In
housework with family OF two. IL
school ST. M~etuchen.
KITCHEN RANGE; slightly used, can
be seen 34s Henry ST. South Am
boy.
FOR SALE - Confectionery fixtures.
Inquire sz1 e-sts ST.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-03-01
BIG DAMAGE SUIT.

Alpine Dronet, a young farmer
living north of kaplan has filed
in the District Court here a suit a
gainst Meaux Mothers, one of the
largest mercantile firms in the par
ish. having stores at kaplan and
Cossinade, claiming of them dam
ages in the sum Of 1921 600 The
cause as alleged in his petition
being that sometime in the month
of November 1917 he purchased a
barrel of coal oil from Cle firm
and was given gasoline instead
that in Feb. 1913 he filed the glass
tank or reservoir of his oil stove
with the oil and as he was putting
the tank in place an explosion oc-
cured. and he was so badly
burned that he suffered much pain
for several months and is left in a
crippled condition. The ease has
not vet been fixed for triaI.-Ab-
be,ilIe Merldional. a
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-03-01
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