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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
MAYOR ANSWERS
ATTACK ON GAS
IN OPEN LETTER
Had No Conversation With
Mayor of Elizabeth on Gas
Rate Increase

An open letter from Mayor Frank
Dorsey to the editor of an Elizabeth,
N. j., Sunday newspaper denying
connivance with Mayor Mravlag, of
Elizabeth, to do nothing toward
opposing the increase sought by the
Elizabethtown Gas Light Company
and the Perth Amboy Gas Light
Company with which it was affiliated
Gas charged by the Elizabeth paper)
was given out by the mayor today
together with letter from City At
torney Leo Goldberger, in which Mr..
Goldberger confirms the mayors
statement that no orders to "go
light were ever received by him
from the mayor.
In a special article signed by Will
liam H. Pfau, formerly a pool parlor
proprietor In this city, it is claimed
that the two mayors had telephone
conversation in which it was agreed
not to oppose the increase as asked.
in communication with Mayor Mray-
lag after the increase was suggested
and terms the article an "imagina-
tive sketch"
Mayor Dorsey's letter follows:
Editor Index, Elizabeth, N. j.
Dear Sir:
In your issue of Sunday July goth,
you gave considerable prominence to
an article containing false insinua-
tionS and statements regarding my
attitude toward the increase in gas
rates. Will you kindly accord me the
privilege of stating, through your col
umns, the truth and of inviting an in
vestigation?
Mayor Mravlag and myself have had
no conversation, by telephone OIL
otherwise, nor correspondence regard
ing gas rates. have not spoken 9
word on any subject to your mayor
since such increase has been sug-
gested.
was served with a notice Of inten-
tion of the gas company to apply to
the Public Utilities Commission for
permission to raise their rates. The
date Of the hearing was given together
with a condensed statement of their
business.
At my request the City Attorney
came personally to my office. I ask
ed him to attend the hearing and his
attendance was in no way influenced
himself or the Board of Aldermen. My
instructions to him are very clearly
covered by the enclosed letter from
him, which / ask you to publish in
this connection.
Opposition of everything on genera,
principles is not my rule of action. II
seems to me well to know the facts
before making a decision. @
I trust your sense of fairness viii
accord this communication a promin-
ence equal to that given last Sundays
imaginative sketch.
Very truly yours
The letter from the City Attorney
reads:
July 21st, 1919.
Hon. Frank Dorsey, Mayor. City
Hall, Perth Amboy. N. J.
My dear Mayor:
This Is to confirm Instructions giver
by you to me in the matter of op-
posing rate increase by the Peril
Amboy Gas Light Co. stating my in
tructions were to wait until they had
given their side of the facts and tt
strenuously oppose the application. il
the facts given by the company were
such as not to warrant the increase
asked for.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) LEO GOLDBERGER,
City Attorney
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
Selling "Foney' JeWeIry and
Picking Pockets in One Charge

Though the majority of people
nowadays are affected by the contin-
ual rain. 1t looks as though the
"foney" jewelry game is not slack
ing up. Louis Newman. Sc years old,
of 1919 East 96th street. New York
city, was brought before Recorder
Pickersgill this morning on the COM
plant of Joseph Finan of 100 Grant
street, this city. Newman was charg-
ed with attempting. to pick pockets
but it was the fake jewelry which lead
to the "light fingerins." From state
ments given by Finan, Newman had
sold him watch several days ago
for IS but had hardly been owner of
this new ticker when he discov-
cred that it would not run. Finan
gave no more thought to the watch
until he met Newman last night on
the corner of State and Smith streets.
He informed Newman that the watch
purchased was of no account at which
Newman offered him SO to keep ST.
lent. Finan on the invitation of
Newman, went into cafe where he
tried to pick the So from Finan's
pocket Officer Muska, was called
and arrested Newman who was fined
| So and to refund the extra IS to make
up the price of the watch.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
Y
WINS F|GHI
Secures Vote OF. Confidence
From Chamber of
Deputies Aa
By Associated Press.

PARIS, July 23 (Havas):-Pre-
mier Clemenceau, who won for his
cabinet q vote of confidence late yes-
terday in the Chamber of Deputies,
emerged from the conflict stronger
than the test vote showed.
The final vote of confidence on q
resolution by Deputy Simyan, ap.
proving the governments declaration
of policy, showed confidence in the
government by 2S9 to 176. majority
of 113.
The premier directed his fight. He
and all his ministers were on the
government bench and the chamber
was crowded. M. Noulens, the food
minister, was first sent to the Tri-
bune. as the Interpolation of the
cost of living brought about the gov
ernment demand for a vote of con-
fidence. M. Noulens was followed by
Etienne Clementel. minister Of COM
merce, and Louis Loucheur, minister
of reconstruction. These three min
istries had been the object Of the
chambers principal criticism recent
ly.
M. Gemenceau won applause even
from the opposition when he follow
ed his ministers to the tribune and
made points in his address that
caused some of his leading opponents
to laugh at members of their own
party. To console himself for the
criticism of his administration, the
premier said, 1T have merely to think
of those that will be leveled at my
successor"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
MORE DISORDERS
At WASHINGTON;
MORE WOUNDED
Rioting With Negroes Seems
to Be Abating, Following
Wild Scenes

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Although
there was sporadic firing of firearms
in some of the negro districts until
early this morning the major casualty
In last nights classes between whites
and negroes consisted of only one
white man killed and another prob
ably fatally wounded. Scores were
injured as a result of blows from fists,
clubs, stones and knives.
The man killed last night was Isaac
B. Halbringer and the seriously
wounded man was Benjamin Belmont,
both members of the defense guard.
They were shot down on the street
by negro while doing duty In one
of the black districts. Despite the
fact that the capital was an armed
camp, the fourth night of the race
warfare was less violent than Monday
when four persons were killed OUT
right and nearly dozen seriously in
jured. Feeling which was infiamed
by reported attacks upon whites by
negroes throughout the day was not
less bitter but an all night rain and
the presence of 1000 heavily armed
soldiers. marines and sailors doing
duty with the 700 police and several
hundred home defense guards acted
as a deterrant upon any attempt at
organized mob violence.
The closing of pool rooms. moving
picture houses and other places where
crowds of negroes might be expected
to gather and the policy of the po-
lice and military to keep everybody
enabled the authorities to
keep the situation well in hand.
Following conference between
Secretary Baker and President Will
son late yesterday a force of about
1000 troops under the command of
Major General W. G. Ham, recently
returned from overseas service was
ordered TO Washington from Camp
Meade and other nearby posts. This
force is expected to remain on duty
until the wave Of lawlessness has
burned out and normal conditions re-
stored
Revised figures early today for the
period of disorders since Monday
showed five dead and at least ten
fatally wounded. Hundreds were less
seriously hurt and the jails and the
were literally overfiowing.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23

ceived and approved, the report
speaks for itself, the nature of which
report I disclosed to the mayor on
Monday morning. He promised to
have the officer involved, suspended
on another charge. Knowing this, !
consulted with the City Attorney, who
informed me that the charge in ques-
tion was all for me to consider at this
time. Unbiased judgment and justice
is the aim of the police committee, as
see it.
When the present police committee
took hold last January, the men were
told what to expect and each succeed
ing case has been dealt with more
severely. And / think that II this
pace is kept up as we intend It shall
be. infractions of police rules are COM
ing high, according to charges and
testimony In the case in question, two
hundred dollars for few minutes
nap is living up to the high cost of
sleeping and also to our efforts for
a better police force.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
Mayor To Force Accused PahoLnan To Resign;
More Wounded In Race Rioting At Washington
Great Damage Done To Crops
By Extended Rains, Report
OF Experimental Station

New Jersey will lose from one quar-
ter to one third of her entire wheat
and-rye crops because of the unpre-
cedented dampness and rains for this
time of year according to an estimate
made today by'J B. r. Dickey of the
Extension Department of the State
College at New Brunswick. Practic-
ally all of the wheat and rye that has
been bundled into shocks will be a
total loss he said, the actual figures
running into many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
There is also danger to the oats
crop from wind. The rains have
caused the oats to grow thick and tall
when they would normally have been
ripening and thus expose the crops to
severe damage in case of even mild
windstorm. The corn crop Is anala-
gous to the oats crop in that the rapid
growth of the stalks has made them
top heavy while the rains have soften
ed the earth around their roots to
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
OFFER Of PEACE
MADE BY REDS
On Behalf of Lenine--Ten Shot
In Communist Outbreaks
In Berlin
By Associated Press.


LONDON, July 22.-The Bolshevik
delegation has arrived at Kishineff
with an offer of peace to the COM
mander of the Roumanian Dniester
troops on behalf of Nikolai Lenine,
the Bolshevik premier, according to
a Berlin government wireless dis
patch.
Lenine offers to cede Bessarabia to
Roumania on condition that Rouman-
la prohibit Ukrainian citizens and
bands of Admiral Kolchak, head OF
the All Russian government at Omsk.
from crossing the Roumanian front
ier.
An armistice to last eight days has
been concluded on the BeSSarabiar
front and delegation has gone to
Roumanian headquarters.
81 Associated Prssa
BERLIN, July 22:-Ten persons
were shot during disorders which at
tended the breaking up of a majority
socialist meeting by communists here
yesterday. Those attending the meet
ing, which was held in the Trades
Union Building. attempted to arrest
the man who fired the shots but he
was saved by hospital helpers who
were in the building.
Several majority socialist meetings
neld late yesterday did not develop
as quietly as they began. Commu-
nists and Spartacans smuggled fellow
radicals into halls where the major
ity socialists were concentrated and
there broke up the meetings by cat
calls and other noises and even by
violence.
At countless meetings the majority
socialist speakers gave up attempt
ing to speak after a half hour of
shouting and at the Trades Union
Building, where the biggest meeting
was held, chairs, beer bottles, and
even tables were swung about in a
successful attempt to break up the
gathering. The communist agitator
responsible for the uproar in the
Trades Union Building jumped on
the stage while Erich Kuttner editor
of the Vorwaerts. was speaking and
made a counter speech.
The hall instantly was transferred
into a bedlam, which increased az
the opponents began to throw glass
es and seize chairs with which to de-
labor each other. Suddenly shots
were fired. Some ten persons were
| wounded, including Herr Kuttner
who was attended by workers and
hospital helpers. The audience tried
to reach the shooter, who also was
, saved by the hospital helpers.
Government troops had to quell
wordy riots in other halls. The Ber-
lin press is indignant at the uproar
The Vorwaerts heads its leader, "in-
stead of conciliating the people-civil
war"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23

such an extent as to make their sta
bility very uncertain even without
rain.
The dampness also makes the
potato crop susceptible to blight and
farmers have said that unless there Is
sunlight soon q serious out break may
be expected.
Conditions are equally applicable
to Eastern Pennsylvania and lower
New York state, Mr.. Dickey said.
While there is little doubt but that
the nation will have the biggest wheat
crop in it's history the crop around
this section of the. country has been
light and disappointing this year he
said.
1t is not thought that peaches,
pears and apples will be damaged by
the rains much but the wet weather
has already caused much loss tc
truck gardeners in such lines as
squash and tomatoes which are rot
ted from contact with the mois'
ground.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
CITY ATTORNEY ADVISES THAT
PATROLMAN Be KEPT FROM
DUTY; NEW CHARGES LIKELY
Additional Charges Against Patroan Stanley koscienak Are
Laid Before City Attorney by Mayor DorseyWant Off
Kept OFF Duty Till City Attorney Completes His opin-
ion on Matter.

Charges against former Patrolman
Stanley Koscielniak in addition to
those preferred against him at the
trial Of the aldermanic police COM
mittee on July IA, and understood to
be of a far more serious nature, were
laid before City Attorney Leo Gold
berger yesterday by Mayor Frank
Dorsey, who Is now holding them.
AS a result of their interview the
city attorney advised the mayor to
order Chief p. j. Burke not to allow
the man to go out on duty again until
the city attorney has completed an
opinion which he Is now working on
as to whether Koscielniak was regu-
C1arly reinstated or dismissed by the
Monday.
Alderman William C. Wilson,
chairman of the police committee,
has replied to Mayor Dorsey's criti-
cisms as to his vote on the various
motions made and unmade at Mon
day nights session.
In accordance with the city attor-
neys advice Mayor Dorsey instructed
Chief of Police Patrick ]. Burke by
phone yesterday afternoon not to al
low Koscielniak to go out on duty.
The officer reported for duty last
night at o'clock and when he learn
ed that he could not go on his beat
voluntarily turned in his badge which
he had obtained early in the day fol-
lowing instructions towthe chief from
Alderman Wilson.
So far the action Of the Mayor in
instructing the Chief not to allow
Koscielniak to go on duty has been
unquestioned by the police COM
mittee.
1Before these charges are formerly
laid before the police committee for
investigation I intend to have a per-
6onal interview with Patrolman
Koscielniak and show him just how
serious they are" Mayor Dorsey said
ing to resign without carrying the
matter to the police committee again
the charges need not be made public.
If he persists in his determination to
remain on the fGrce I feel that will
have no other course than to acquaint
the police committee. with all the cir
cumstances and give the matter
merciless publicity
Alderman Wilson's statement fol-
lows:
The mayors version of Monday
nights council meeting concerning
myself, rise to remark-that this is
my seventh year in the council and
still have the first time to flop" as
he terms 1t; can he say as much in
his seven months service for bis side
of the house? His honor has style
of perverting the facts so that they
look the reverse of the truth, accord
ing to his obseryations in yesterdays 8
EVENING NEWS. He can't under
stand how can stand on the floor
representing the people and say that
/ was not going back on my vote for
dismissal of certain police officer.
I stated in the mayor hearing, that
should the motion in question be in
terpreted as an approval of the minor
ity report, that would stick to my
vote. The motion was ruled out,
however, the majority report was re-
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
NFORCE J|TNEY
RULES TODAY
Starting Terminals for Bus
Observation-Disclosures in
Original Plans

The first police regulations to affect
the jitney buses under the new IL
censing ordinance are expected to be-
come effective today, according to
Alderman Albert G. Waters, chairman
of. the judiciary committee. These
will relate to the starting terminals
for the buses.
A modification Is to be made in
the original plan to have all busses
start from New Brunswick avenue
and State street. According to pres
ent plans only the buses for Wood
bridge, Chrome and Carteret will start
from New Brunswick avenue. The
| buses going to the south and west
from the city, i. e., Metuchen and
South Amboy, will be lined up on the
easterly side of High street on the
southern side of Smith street.
1t is probable that special meet
ing of the Board of Aldermen will be
called to consider the applications
made at the last meeting of the board
Monday night and applications which
have been received since, Mr.. Waters
said.
Busses will operate over (s) main
routes as follows:
Carteret route:-Smith and State
streets, Smith street to Prospect
street to New Brunswick avenue.
Metuchen route:-Smith street
from State street to Prospect, Pros
pect street to New Brunswick avenue,
to Metuchen, and FordS.
South Amboy route:-Smith street
from State street to Prospect street,
Prospect street to Market street. to
Jersey street, Jersey street to bridge
to Mechanicsville and South Amboy.
To date there have been four ap-
plications for drivers licenses.
Tho lipanSQa ann1i1d for nv on
orators are divided among the var
ious routes as follows: Carteret
route, Angelo Dindicibs, 296 Fayette
street; Joseph Avelly and Joseph De-
Marco, 4O3 State street: Frank
Gehantz, 80 Fayette street; Michael
Accivini, 285 Washington street
Peoples business line: r. S. Killen-
berger, 290 Prospect street. Nei
O'Brien and Harry N. Koons. 49,
James j. Eccles. 1919 Smith street
Metuchen route, Samuel Wilmer, 39s
New Brunswick avenue; Otto p. Ros.
enyinge, 224 Smith street: William c.
Rosenvinge, 224 Smith street
Until late yesterday afternoon only
one bus operator, Otto p. Rosenvinge
of Metuchen had filed time table for
arrival and departure of busses. Many
of the applicants failed to give the
specific route they desired to traverse,
Some made application to run on diff
ferent routes during various hours
of the day.
The total number OF bus permit.
applied for shows that there are IL
busses operating on the Cartere'
route; busses on the South Amboy
route and Z busses on the Metuchen
route, or total of 10 busses 1t Is
probable that there will be further
application. A route to New Bruins
wick has been contemplated but Sc
far no applications have been made
The largest buses give capacity at Fl
passengers, smallest 1S passengers.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
president SEES
MORE SENATORS;
SENATE DEBATES
Foreign Relations Committee
Takes Up Reading Of Text
of Peace Pact

BIZ Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 23.---Sen-
ator Page, Republican, Vermont,
frankly outlined his objections to
the peace treaty to President Will
son at the White House today and
told the President he would not
approve it. Beyond this statement
Senator Page would not discuss
the conference.
Senator Sterling, of South Da-
kota, another White House caller,
said neither he nor the President
mentioned the Shantung settle-
ment. They discussed Article 10
of the League of Nations cove
nant, referring to the protection
of nations against external ag-
gression" and the clause relating
to the withdrawal of nations from
the league, but the senator would
not go into details Of the discus
sion,
Inquiries at the White House today
concerning published reports that The
treaty was President Wilson's per-
sonaL solution of the problem brought
only the statement that no comment
would be made. ssy
Senators who have discussed the
Shantung provision with the Presf-
dent, however. said that they had not
been given to understand that the
President proposed the Shantung pros
vision as a solution of the problem,
but that he found himself unable to
convert the Japanese delegates to any
other view.
The senators said they had been
told that Premiers Glenn enceau and
Lloyd George represented to the
President that they were bound by
agreement of their governments with
Japan, and that If the japanese
statesmen were to be converted to
any other views the President HIM
self would have to undertake the at
tempt 1t was futile, the senator's
said they were told.
Senators calling at the White
House today were the last on the
original list of fifteen selected by the
President but invitations for the
other Republican senators to call at
the White House will go forward
from day to day, 1t being the Presi-
dents desire to confer with all OF
them before he starts on his tour Of
the country.
President Wilson has been devot-
ing some of his time recently to get
ting together documents used by the
American peace delegation at Paris
which have been asked for by the
senate in its consideration of the
treaty. Secretary Lansing, who was
to arrive in Washington late today
from Paris. was expected to assist
in this work.
Mr.. Wilson's condition continued to
improve today and it was expected
that within few days he would have
entirely recovered from the effect OF
an attack of intestinal trouble. The
President, however, is still weak and
for that reason held conferences to-
day in his study in the White House
instead of his executive offices.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
NC-4 to Pass Through Here
Next Monday or Tuesday

The NC-4, the historical naval aero
plane, which was, the first flying boat
to cross the Atlantic Oceon, is due to
pass through this city on its way to
Philadelphia, either Monday or Tues
day of this coming week. The ship"
is on exhibitian at Central Park, New
York City, at which place it will re-
main until July 28th. 1t has been
planned to move the NC-4 to Phila-
delphia via water route. 1t will be
placed on aslighter, going by the way
of the Raritan river to New Bruns-
wick, from there to Princeton and
Bordentown on the Inland canal and
thence on the Delaware river to
Philadelphia.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-07-23
One Minute
Interviews ).
QueStion-What Do You Think of
the Proposed New Jersey Ship Canal?
PICKED UP IN PASSING

Question-What Do You Think of
the Proposed New Jersey Ship Canal
John K Sheehy, president of the
Board of Education-"The movement
to bring decisive action for a ship
canal across the, state with it's north
ern terminus at Morgan should re-
ceive the support of every business
man in Perth Amboy, who is really
interested in the growth and prosperity
of the CITY,"
Jay B. FRANKIE, City Electrician, 69
Jefferson Street-"A ship canal having
it's, outlet at Morgan IS bound to be
great benefit to shippers in this vi
cinity."
Philip Belikove. New Brunswick
avenue, sales manager: "The canal as
have seen it outlined in the reports
of the new canal association would
seem to me to be an undoubted bene-
fit. / hope that they can get work
started as soon as possible"
Thomas A. Christopher, lawyer
American Building, II am very strong
ly in favor of the proposed ship canal
1t will be a very good thing"
Ira J. Bacon, 124 Rector street
IT think it will be the making OF
Perth Amboy.. The sooner work on
the canal is started the better"
A. Axelrod,~193 Smith street, The
proposed canal will be of great bene-
fit to Jerseyans. / hope it is complet-
Harry s. Midinets. lawyer, 1s7
Smith street, ANY man who isn't In
favor of the ship canal isn't in fav-
or of progress"