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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
PUBLIC OPINION
THE NEW BRIDGE.

Editor NEWS:
In u recent editorial you deplored
the lack Of interest shown in the pro-
posed new bridge.
NV curiosity has again got the bet
ter of my common sense and l wish
to ask a few questions and make a
few suggestions.
Is the new bridge to be built by the
people for the benefit of a select few.
"a thing to be approached with dread,
travelled upon with fear (and bumps)
and the cause OF sighs of relief when
safely landed upon our southern shore,
or Is 1t to be q bridge built (not
thrown up) by the people for the peo-
pie, to be approached with interest
and joyful anticipation, travelled upon
with pleasure and ease and left with
regret?
A bridge across the Raritan should
be built on the plan OF the railroad
bridge; something sturdy and reliable.
1t should be at least twice as wide as
the present collection of lumber, built
with a steel framework on a stone or
larched foundation with a reinforced
center. The reinforced center to be
occupied by two trolley tracks.
1t should have a surface of asphalt
or some other material which would
reduce repair work to q minimum.
The center should also serve fol-
heavy trucks and jitneys, and the sides
for pleasure cars and other light We
hieles. On the extreme sides should
be a foot walk. separated from the
traffic by a railing. There should be
frequent breaks in the railing fol-
walkers who get cold feet" to be ahle
to board q trolley or jitney.
Yours for a bridge built by he pub
lie for the people,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

the whole system for future Develop
ment of the water supply it hired an
expert and all will agree hat the
money thus spent was well invested
The water boards engineer. as capable
az he is, will acknowledge that it was
something for an expert to tackle and
he finds his task much simplifed as a
result Of what this expert has done.
OF course, the amount Of money that
the Board Of Aldermen have set aside
for city planning for next year is not
enough to go into the matter thor
oughly by an expert. The aldermen
know his and there is no reason why
the entire appropriation should be
made all ct oEce. But if the money
that is in the budget for next year is
to be spent in carrying out a few ideas
of the aldermen themselves or is to be
used by the city engineer to open a
few streets where such openings are
needed. the money, as far as a com
| ~prehensive city plan is concerned, is
going to be wasted.
The money appropriated by the city,
If turned over to a commission in
which the city has confidence, a COM
mission composed Of men entirely out
of politics, but who are deeply inter
ested in the development of Perth
Amboy on q large scale, a start can
be made and with such a start it will
become apparent that the work should
go on and no one would complain
about the additional money that would
be needed to complete the work.
Perth Amboy needs a real city plan.
1t is to be hoped that the city officials
Will see the broader vision and grasp
the idea in its full meaning. Let us
have a complete plan before we start
to do anything in the way of definite
improvement or else we may find,
after a thing is done, that it does not
ijibe with some other piece of work
that may come ten years from now.
The city plan is a big idea and calls
for big men. 1t needs men who are.
capable of seeing Perth Amboy as it
will be fifty years hence and men who
are willing to plan now with that flu
ture always in view.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

The EVENING NEWS is always "lad
to receive communications from It's
readers. but letters intended for pub
LEGATION must he reasonable in length
ana must be signed by the name ana
address OF the writer. IF requested the
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

some serious effects have been pro-
duced.
During this planetary government
universities and those connected with
seats of learning should benefit great
ly, Gifts of money as well as larger
opportunities for cooperation with
government agencies are foreshadoW-
ed.
Mercury seems to forecast anxieties
concerning newspapers and periodic
ais and the establishment of new per-
iodicals that will be devoted to public
problems.
Women are subject at this time to
a direction of the stars supposed to
infame ambition and to cause them to
seek public service.
In the evening Of this day Uranus
is in a place believed to increase fore
sight and to impart vision. 1t should
be an auspicious sway under which to
sound public opinion or to make psy-
chic Investigations.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
SPEAKS FOR T.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by the EVENING NEWS:
Editor EVENING NEWS:
"Is it o a great thing to know that
the services which you have rendered
to your fellowmen are truly appre-
ciated?
Tuesdays NEWS contained an ar
ticle stating that the teachers of this
city are to receive SIS extra on their
December pay check, being half of the
$50 bonus provided for in their con-
tract. Ex-service men are considered
new teachers, even though they were
teaching In this city before entering
the service, do not share in this bonus
at all.
Now comes the browning point of
It all, the master touch, conceived pre-
sumably in a great and lofty mind, Il
fitting reward for a rear or two years
time spent in the army. and represent
ing a good deal of personal sacrifice;
these Service men are to be handed,
and are expected to accept with most
ipolite thank YOU a five dollar insult,
in lieu of the fifty dollar bonus, and
in recognition of their services to their
country.
ITO be sure, in all probability, no
one of the these men will turn 1T down,
for a five dollar bill is still worth at
least fifty cents, and what teacher is
throwing away fifty cents in these
days?
"The above is about the sentiment
of the men concerned. and although
there are only a very, very few of u.s.
THE public itself would 1 think, be in
terested in an editorial on the above.
'You may use this letter in n way
you wish, barring my signature.
IS. r. c."
! We do not feel that any comment is
necessary. It speaks for itself. The
action of the Board of Education in
this matter is simply beyond compre-
hension.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
Ripping Rhymes
BY w T MASOl,
WintPy Weather

The ice is on the river, the ice is
on the lake; and on the shore 1
SILVER, and fell rheumatic ache.
l see the schoolboys skating upon
watchful waiting must evermore
suffice. Among the youthful fris
kers L hace no place, alas! behind
my stack of whiskers [ sit and
watch them pass. The snow in in
valley, snow in on hill and there
he children sally; they're coastfns
with will. [ hear joyour laugh
ter, as down the slope they wliz
while I, in Stat and rafter, have
pangs of rheumatic. I sit behind
my galways. and to blithe words
give tongue, your youth won't
last you always, so go to it while
you're young!" I don't admire
the gaffer, the ancient, drooilng
lad who chides the happy laughter
and makes Youths spirit sad. /
cannot join the skaters, L cannot
tool a sled, or dance. In tireless
CATERS, when others are in bedS
But all the joyous playing, and
I've a spawned knee. The young
with smiling faces. are playing In
the snow: behind my hanging
ices 1 bless them as they go.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

Entered at postofice at T'erth Amboy'
N. J., "a second class mail matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

r. LOGAN C~LEVENGER. Editor.
> J.. OLMSTEAD. Business Manager.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
Daily Horoscope
Wednesday. December "a. 1919.

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure
Newspaper S~yndicate.)
Jupiter rules powerfully for good to-
day, according to astrology. Mercury
is slightly adverse.
This rule gives promise of prosperity
in many lines of trade during the
coming yea
The Influences are held to be most
helpful to initiative and to the maxi
ing If plans for the New Year.
Astrologers read in the stars por-
tents of danger to our commercial
interests through enemy propaganda,
which Will not be detected until after
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
ARCANUM HAS
 GREAT EVENING
Polar Star Lodge of New Haven Puts on Degree
 Work.

Before one of the largest crowds ever seen in it's quarters, Arcanuul lodge, I. O. O, F., celebrated its 44th anniversary last night The feature of the evening was the working of the initiatory degree by Polar Star lodge, No 77, of New Haven, and over 150 members of various New Haven lodges came down with the degree team. They were met at the railroad station and escorted to the lodge rooms ty the local reception committee.
 The visitors were introduced by William A. Pyle, e member of Area. mum lodge, who now resides in New Haven. Bert Camp, the noble grand, made a, brief address of. welcome and turned the lodge over to the officers of Polar Star, who exemplifed the initiatory degree in an excellent man ner
 Following the degree work speech es were made by the visiting broth CTS, including Harry Page, noble grand of Polar Star lodge; Friend Dickenson, the vice grand; Irving Towels, P. G.; Degree Master Joseph Jacobs, Treas urer Franklin Page, PC. Then songs were sung by William Wardman and William L. Burton, who were heartily applauded.
 After the meeting members and visitors adjourned to the banquet hall where after the blessing was asked by John Gidley, District Deputy Grand Chaplain of New Haven, they enjoyed an excellent menu prepared by the refreshment committee under the direction of Ray s. Vanstone, F. G. Members of the Triple Link club gave several selections between the ! New Haven told the brothers some of his experiences in O5d FEelIowshop ex- tending over a period of 60 years. He i is over 80 years of age but Is Just as young in action as the youngest can didate.
 1 Horatio. J. French was chairman Ot the entertainment committee and the success of the occasion was due in 8 great measure to his efforts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
RIGHT NAME FOR
 NEW ILLNESS

"SIeeplng sickness is a new disease
 only in the opinion of the news papers, pr. c. P. Botsford, superin-
 tenGent of the Hartford health de-
 partment, declared yesterday. He said that the definition sleeping sick ness" had evidently been coined by
 newspapers, who had just discovered
 some of the pecuIiarities of influenza,
 and thought that they had discovered
 a new form of plague.
 Pressed on the point, however, Dr.
 Botsford admitted that the first cases
 of so-Caued sleeping sickness, report ed was in Chicago and had been term
 ed so by an attending doctor. Similar
 cases have been discovered from time
 to time in other cities, and are be- coming very noticeable in the eastern
 part of the country. In Hartford two
 cases have been noted, both of them
 having been taken to the Hartford hospital one of them resulting in
 death this week, and the other being
 reported as improving.
 Though influenza has been preva- lent thrOuhg the country for several
 months, and is predicted by many re- sponstbIe physicians to have at least
 9 year and @ half to run, Dr. Bots LCI q CbiIu recall no OIh6r cases or
 sleeping sickness in Hartford, though he thought 1t quite likely there had been some. He explained that there are many different phases of inf1u- enza, which settling in different parts of the body, have various results If it should affect the stomach, excessive vomiting would result; if l3t should settle in the lungs, pneumonia would develop; if in the spine, then of course, it would be necessary to treat for that particular aiIment, and if in l four evidences. If the thinking part were affected, it would result in 8 form of insanity, and the affection of another part would produce the so--
 called sleeping sickness. If influenza | settled in the heart it would result in 1 sudden death as happened several | times when the "fue" was at its | height.
 Sleeping sickness, or EncepehaIitis | Lethargica as it Is known in medical 1 circles, was first discovered in 1890 | by an Austrian physician. pr. Bots- l ford said that when a, plague strikes
 a nation or a section, physicians are 1 so active in trying to check it that | they have little or no time to make a l study of its various parts, and charac- 1 terize the whole by a general name l Influenza, while known by that sim l pie name, has many different phases which as they now appear will be | studied and named according to the l several peculiarities
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
Will The Mayor Drop Sen.
 Clark From Finance Board?
Administration Officials Think the Senator Has Been Very Naughty Boy and Are
 Grieved At Him.

actions cost him the original opinion of administration leaders, now look on him as very naughty. In signing the finaciaI advisory committees bond report, Senator Clark recorded himself as favoring referendum. Nothing was more abhOrent to the administration.
 Going further the senator succeed ed in obtaining from the Senate Com mittee on Cities and Boroughs a fla vorabIe report on the petition of the Bridgeport Tax Payers association for an investigation into the finances of the city of Bridgeport, and he made every effort to cripple the War renite grab by seeking an amendment to the bill which would prevent money from being used unless the contracts were warded on a compett- tive basis.
 These agttations were carried on in the presence of Mayor Wilson, who, as lieutenant-go of the state and president of the senate, was obliged to sit and listen to his ad- ministrauon discussed in terms of scathing criticism.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22

Now that Mayor Clifford B. Wilson has been given the authority to ap- point a financial advisory board of nine members for the city of Bridge port, and make the present board an official organization, several politi- clans are wondering what changes the mayor will make in the personnel.
 Some suspect the matter was ar ranged in this form to give the mayor an opportunity to dispose of Senator George B. Clark as a member of the committee. Senator Clark is accused of having committed several grievous offenses against the administration, and it Is a well known fact, Mayor Wilson would not hesitate to drop him from the committee of circum- stances were favorable.
 When Senator Clark was appointed a member of the committee by the ad- ministration he was expected to be a good boy" but he wasn't, He ob- jected to bond issues which the city made application to the General As sembly for and succeeded in beating some in committee and demanded referendum on the remainder. These
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
DANIEL COONEY.

The funeral of Daniel Cooney was held yesterday morning at 9:3G from his late residence, 100 Bishop ave- nue. At 10 o'clock a solemn requiem mass was celebrated at the church of the Blessed Sacrament by Rev. Ter renee B. Smith, Rev. John Walsh wa deacon, and Rev. Charles M. Kelley sub-deacon. The bearers were Thomas Youngs, David Miller, Thomas Walsh, Joseph Lynch, John Cavanaugh and Patrick Rowe. Burial was in St. MichaeTs cemetery. Father Smith read the committaI services.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22

TT am not in the habit of praising any material medicine as I am ar advocate of New Thought (akin to Christian Science) but some time ago, I had such a bad attack ofLfgey- Gyd .Stotsseh Trouble that I gave up thinking I did not have it, and took natural medicine, 'Fruit-a-tives' or Fruit Liver Tablets.
 MoSt gratifying 7OaS tEe r-ssHlE. It relievedm yliverands stomach trouble, cleaned up my yellovish complexion and put new blood in my body.
 While I am no backsHder from New Thought, feel there may be times when q help to nature may be necessary; and if SO, I believe that 'Fruit-a-tives' is the highest result of New Thought in medicine".
 A. A. YOUNG, Schenectady, N. Y.
 5oo. box, 6 for g. 50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT -A-TIVES Limited, CCtnENSg BURG, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
MISS JOSEPHINE BARRY.

Miss Josephine Barry, daughter of Johanna and the late David Barry, 1O2 Harra1 avenue, died at her home yesterday after a short illness. She was prominent in St. Augustine's parish and a member of the Children of Mary Sodality, and of St. August ines branch, L. c. B. A. She IS sur vived by her mother and one sister, Miss Agnes Barry. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 8:30 from her late residence and at g o'clock a solemn requiem mass will be said at St. Augustine's church. Burial will be in St. MichaeTs ceme- tery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
LICENSE YOUR DOG.

Sales of tags for dogs have already begun and by Monday will begin to become numerous. The law requires that the canine population be pro- vided with the 1919 tag by April 1 For this year the tag is a brass cir cle with its circumference cut or crimped by small arcs.
 The total number of tags is 69, ,22O, of which 68,195 are for individual dogs and 1 1.015 are for kennels. The number is about the same as for three years past and Is slightly small CT than in 1916. The increased cost of living for dogs has discourage several hundred owners, who have parteiI with their pets. The mortal ity among dogs has been larger han in some years past.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
AUTO LOOPS THE LOOP.

SteubenviIIe, Ohio, March 22-Pro- bation Officer DunIeavey F. Voorhees, aged 60, and his son Frank, 28, of this city, have a pretty good idea what the sensations are of a circus performer in looping-t the-loop, or an aviator who does stunts in the air. While riding in a closed automobile which the elder man was learning to operate, the car plunged over a 100 feet embankment. to the tracks of the Panhandle railroad.
 Although the auto turned over five times in it's descent, had it's top ripped off by protruding rocks in the cliff and landed bottom side up, both occupants crawled from beneath the wreCkage suffering only slight scratches.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
NOT TOO OLD
 AT 86 TO WED
Doctor Says So in Suit of Hart Against
 Manicure.

New York, March 22-Mrs. Katie Hart, 1o years old. blue eyed and nlond, toUk thu stand before Supreme Court Justice Benedict in Brooklyn yesterday and told !u detail of the affection her S7-year-old husband, James Heryey Hart. had Iavished upon her in the IS days they lived togethar.
 \ Hart, who is we'll to do, Is suing for annuinent, asserting he was too old to marry.
 Almost every night,'' said ths oo1neIy witness, her husband recited Q poem to her. part of which was:
 Now, my fair bride,
 Come, come, fly with me
 Into the land of Elysium."
 He left her, she said, May 26, 1918. The marriage took place after a weeks acquaintance, he going one day into the barber shop at 1872 Broad way, Brooklyn, where she was mani- curist, and asking five minutes" of attention to his nails. She gave it.
 He asked me if would like to be rich andl i've on an income. said I would"
 The next day he proposed.
 "WilI you marry me? ?' he said.
 must SeS lily llAOL4ASL LlSL IOI IL6E consent" she says she replied. The witness stated she went with her suitor "to my mothers house. He asked her for her consent. He spoke of paradise on earth. My mother told him I had promised to take care of her, and he said, You will be we'll provided for, Mrs. Wolff"
 The witness stated that she went with her husband to q department store after she had agreed to marry him and bought two dresses, three hats, a pair of shoes and a fur cape, which incidentally she wore in court He told her, she said, that she was to have the best of everything, in cluding a $5O,OOO wedding present and an automobile.
 The day he left her he had kick ed" concerning some dishes saying her family, who lived above them in their home, at S37 Monroe street, which he owned. could take care of them. To her surprise he appeared fully attired for the street, saying:
 I'm through with you. I don't want anything to do with you any more. I'm going back to my daugh- ter's home"
 Mrs. Hart, on cross-exauinatton by Edward J. Byrne of counsel for the defense, explained her reason for marrying the old man.
 T married him because respected him. she said, and because grew fond of him and felt I would be hap py, contented and well taken care of in the future"
 Did the financial side affect you7''
 Tt did a little bit"
 "Is s6 years of age too old a time at which to marry?" asked Edmund L. Mooney. Mrs. Harts lawyer, of Dr. Frank E. West.
 Not according to the scriptures.' .'' was the reply.
 Dr. West added that Hart appeared to him to be as vigorous as men years younger.
 An examination of Harts financial condition procured by his wife for use in her suit for separation, now pend ing, has been filed with the Supreme Court It indicates Hart owns 24 parcels of property, most of them in the Bushwick section, where he met his wife. Their assessed valuation. improved. is $332, 400. Ills income net for 1918 was given as betweeE s2O,OeO and s25,0OO. The case will go on again Monday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
PARTY FOR WANDA DoBELsrEIN

A very enjoyable evening was spent at a birthday party Thursday, March 20, given in honor of Wanda, Dobel- stein at her home, 261 Goddard ave- nue. Dancing was the chief attrac- ton, also many interesting games were played. MT. Noonan gave a number of violin solos. Those present were Miss Mary Ibison, Miss Ethel Beh- men, Miss Harriet Kehoe, Miss Helen Ibison, Mrs. Ethel Kelly, Miss Ethel Stone. Miss Anna Porter, Miss Alice Dobelstein, Miss Doris Prince, Miss May Kennedy, Miss Martha, Dobel- stein, Miss Ruth Myers of New York, MT. and Mrs. H. Parrott, MT. and Mrs. W. Shermer and son, Alfred Shermer, MT. Sullivan, Frank Cullen, Richard E. Myers, George Prendergast, Eugene Rowe, Jerry Haggarty, MT. Clancy, Elmer Held, Thomas Wink, Edward Harbas of New York, William Lynch, William Cuttingham, MT. Noonan, O. Tee, Walter Haggarty, MT. Dean, MT. Nad1es, MT. Burns and MT. Ralph.
 An elaborate luncheon was served at a late hour. The table decorations being red carnations. The party broke up at wee sma' hours in the morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
BIG PENNY TO GO.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 21 - The big penny of Canada, for years the subject of mild controversy in the Dominion, is at last to be replaced by q coin somewhat resembling the American cent in size and fneness.
 The government announced, how ever. that the big cent would con- tinue In circulation, which Is some what of compromise as enemies of the giant penny wanted it melted out of existence. One of their chief ar guments was that a person carrying 15 Canadian pennies soon became round-shouldered
 Banks favored the large coin be cause 1t stacked easily.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
RICHARD J. ENNIS.

The funeral of Richard J. Ennis was held yesterday morning at S:30 from his late home, 470 Dewey street. At o'clock a solemn re- quiem mass was celebrated at St. Pe- ter's church by Rev. Thomas J. Kel- Iy. Rev. Michael J. Lynch was dea- con, and Rev. Stephen Chernitzky was sub-deacon.
 The funeral was largely attended by friends and relatives. The bear CTS were Ernest Middleton, Edward and Patrick Ennis, George Riddel F. Shepard and J. Reid. Burial was in St. MichaeTs cemetery. The com initial service was read by Father Kelly.