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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
TRUCK CRASHES
INTO ENGINE
Locomotive Badly Crippled at
Grade Crossing Accident in
Metuchen; Driver Hurt.

METUCHEN, Dec. "a Lehigh
Valley railroad locomotive was dis
abled at an early hour this morning
when a large truck, loaded with
merchandise and bound for New
York from Philadelphia, crashed
into it at the Middlesex avenue
crossing here. The driver of the
truck, seeing that it was impossible
to avoid a collision, jumped, sus-
tanning a scalp injury. The large
automobile truck had its front end
badly damaged but did not over
turn. The locomotive was damaged
to such an extent that the wrecking
crew had to be summoned and the
engine towed into the Perth Amboy
shops for repairs.
The truck, which was the proper
ty of the American Motor Freight
Corporation, and bore the license
Pa. 6-929, was driven by William
Smith, of Philadelphia. Owing to
the height of the truck it was i'm
possible for it to go through Me-
tuchen by way of the customary
state highway route. Instead it was
going over the old Lincoln Highway
where, instead of passing over the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks by
means of bridge, a grade crossing
Is met.
There is a down grade of the road
at the point where the Lehigh Val
ley tracks cross the old Lincoln
highway. 1t is not known how the
truck gained so much momentum
unless the brakes failed to work or
the driver did not see the approach
ing freight train. When Smith saw
that an acciden. was inavertable he
jumped through the curtains en-
closing the drivers seat. landing
safely on the ground. while large
truck continued down the grade
and crashed into the locomotive.
Smith struck his head and received
a scalp wound but no bones were
broken. Neither the engineer nor
fireman on the engine were injured.
although the locomotive was found
to have been damaged to such an
extent that it could not continue.
The truck was loaded with mer-
chandise, none of which was dam
aged as a result of the accident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
WORLD WAR RELICS GIVEN
KEYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY

By Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, Dec. AT the meet
ing of the public library committee
held at the library Tuesday night
II. T. Hopkins. commander of Rar-
itan Post No. 23. American Legion,
presented to the borough on behalf
OF the local post. Gefman machine
gun. French trench mortar and a
French compressed air gun. These
pieces will be placed in the library
with the exception of the trench
mortar. which weighs about five
hundred pounds and will probably
be placed on the library lawn.
Plans for the unveilng of the
memorial which is to be erected on
the north lawn on the Broad street
side are being made and arrange
ments are being made for the Sc
curing of prominent speaker to be
present at that time. The founda-
ton for the memorial is completed
and the stone which is of a boulder
type four and a half feet high. will
be a mem orial for the veterans Of
three wars. Civil, Spanish-American
and World wars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
MANY At FUNERAL TODAY
OF DETECTIVE PELT|ER

Funeral services for Richard A.
Peltier, chief of the Middlesex
county detectives, who died of apo
plexy while on a trolley car in
Metuchen Monday morning. were
held at PAS o'clock this afternoon
from his home in Fifth street,
Fords. Many friends and acquaint-
ances were present at the services
which were conducted by Rev. Will
bert Westcott, pastor of the Simp-
son NJ. f.. church. Floral tributes
almost filled one room of the house.
Interment followed the services in
Alpine cemetery.
The pall-bearers were members of
the prosecutors Office staff. includ-
ing Anthony Silzer. Ferd A. David,
William Fitzpatrick, Peter Schwei-
kert, John Ferguson and Stephen +.
Somogyi.
The honorary bearers We're Judge
Peter +. DAILY, Prosecutor Joseph Il.
Stricken. Assistant Prosecutor John
A. Coan, Probation Officer Charles
MacWilliam, Court Clerk Robert
Macan, Mayor Frank Dorsey. Coun-
ty Treasurer f. William Hilker. Re-
corder Harold +. Pickersgill, John
Peterson and Richard Garben.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
WILL REMODEL KEYPORT
CHURCH EARLY IN SPRING
BY Special Correspondent.

BY Special Correspondent.
kEYPORT, Dec. 9:-The consis-
tory and congregation of the Re-
formed church have completed
plans for the remodeling of the
present church building and if con-
ditions in both labor and materials
are favorable, the work of remodel
ing the entire edifice will be started
in the spring of 1921 with the hopes
of completing the work so that the
church may be used for the regular
services in the early winter
The present building while in ex-
cellent condition is inadequate, the
congregation and Sunday school at
tendance having grown to such an
extent that it is necessary to have
an added space of 22 by 64 feet to
provide for the educational features
of the Sunday school as well as for
a recreation room for both the
school and church.
The various societies of the
church have been working for sew
eral years with the above plan in
view and have substantial amounts
in the various treasures. the Guild
and Ladies' Aid having already
earned a sufficient sum to place a
heating apparatus in the new build
ing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
PLEA FOR "CLEANUP" TO GET
WATERWAY ORGANIZATION
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a plea
for a cleanup of the hodge -podge
that we call a government organiza-
ton, on the ground that 1t was new
er born; it just grew" was made to-
day to the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress by M. O. Leighton,
chairman of the national public
works department. AS an illustra-
tion of the need of reorganization
he declared it was impossible to
build a businesslike waterways
structure ION a rotten foundation"
Business efficiency depends large
ly on coordination of activities he
said, adding that twenty-five separ-
ate government agencies dealt with
the design and construction of
buildings. Annual federal public
works appropriations aggregate
something like $4O0,O00,O0O, he
added, and coordination of federal
functions, some of them now lad
mittedly inefficient and wasteful,"
ought to save twenty per cent, or
$S0,000.000 a year.
He urged the waterways people
to support congress in it's deter
mination to change the order of de-
partmental things
o. C. Merrill, executive secretary
of the federal water power commits
sion. said applications had been
filed with him since the commission
was created at the last session of
congress, covering navigable river
water power development projects
aggregating 4,SS0.000 horsepower.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
NEW BUILDINGS
At LEAD WORKS
Work Started on New White
Lead Plant and Storehouse
to Cost $150,000.

Work has been commenced on
two new buildings, additions to the
factories now comprising the Unit
ed Lead Company's plant in this
city. the total cost of construction
being estimated at S150,000. One of
the new buildings will be used for
the manufacture of white lead and
will be two and three stories high,
10 feet wide and 175 feet in length.
Steel and concrete are being used in
its construction. Its cost is esti-
mated at S125,000. Owing to the
impracticability of doing the con-
crete work in freezing weather it is
not expected that this building will
be completed until next spring al
though the steel work may possibly
be completed in three or four weeks.
The other building will be one
story high. built of steel and con-
crete, 200 feet long and 60 feet wide.
This building will be utilized as a
warehouse. The foundation has
been laid already and the rest of
the work is being rushed in order
that the building might be complet-
ed within a month. The cost of this
building will be $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
WORK COMPLETE ON TWO
STREET SEWERS At FORDS
BY Special Correspondent.

BY Special Correspondent.
FORDS, Dec. 9:--Work has been
completed on both the Maxwell and
Hamilton avenue sewer systems. All
the manholes have been constructed
and the sewer lines are in use. Most
of the trenching has been filled in,
but the streets are now in need of
scraping and leveling.
Contractor William Ryan has sew
eral more streets in which to lay
sewer lines. and it is his aim to keep
the large trenehing machine on
hand till all of these contracts are
completed. This machine can do
a large amount of digging in a day
and it does not take long to finish
a street after laying the pipes. He
also has a trench filling machine
which follows up the men laying
the pipes.
He was unable to get these ma
chimes all summer and had to wait
till cold weather set in, but he be-
lieves that during the mild weather
he can finish most of the work to be
done
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
TWO ALARM FIRE ON
ISLAND CALLS FIREMEN

By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. "a two
alarm fire yesterday at the storage
plant of the Richmond Ice Com
pany. Glove road and Riclnnond
turnpike West New Brighton, call
ed out all of v1e fire apparatus from
West New Brighton and Concord
to the scene of the blaze. Deputy
Chief Beggip came at the first alarm
and seeing that the fire was beyond
control ordered a second alarm
turned in. The building thirty by
hundred feet long. which is used for
storing ice in the winter time and
had little ice in at the present time.
was totally destroyed. There was
quantity of hay used in packing the
ice which made the blaze rapid and
stubborn. The damage is estimated
to be about $4,000 and was covered
by insurance
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
PAST COUNCILLORS TO
NOMINATE OFFICERS

BY Special Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Dec. 9-Tonight
will be known as grab bag" night
at the Past Councillors Association
meeting to be held at the rooms of
Riverside Council in South River. A
large delegation from this city is
expected to attend.
All members of Joel Parker Coun-
ell are expected to be at the X. of
p. Hall about 1880 so that the entire
delegation might leave at the same
time. There is but little hope of
bringing home the banner tonight
owing, to the nearness of the meet
ing but nevertheless Joel Parker has
established a name of being the liv-
est council in the state and means
to keep up the good work.
At tonight's meeting the annual
nomination of officers will take
place. BurlS Lambertson, of this
city. who has been serving as coun-
ty conductor for the past year, is
expected to be raised to the position
of county councillor to succeed Mr..
Bernard, of Perth Amboy. who will
become the next county councillor.
John l.. Applegate, of this city. is
slated for the position of county
treasurer to succeed Mr.. DeHart
who wishes to retire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
ITALIAN SHIP
CREW BEATEN
Officers Attacked and Taken
Into Harbor at Flume Are
Given Reception.

BY The Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 9:--Ofiicers of the
Italian submarine chaser No. oS-PN
were treacherously attacked. bound
and gagged by their crew and then
placed in boat which took them
into the harbor of Fiume, says a
Milan dispatch to the London Times
describing the desertion of the vessel
from the blockading fieer along the
Dalmatian coast.
When the boat landed II was met
by Captain Gabrielle d'AnnInzio who
gave the men a cordial reception
and made an address in which he
denounced as traitor Admiral
Milo, in command of 1talfnn naval
forces in the Adriatic.
Members of the d'Annunzian le-
gionaires were asked to kneel before
the deserters, because their action
had saved the honor of the Italian
navy, it is said. the poet-soldier set
ting an example by kneeling. His
address was greeted by cheers and
shouts of Let us go to Spalato; let
us so to Rome"
The chaser was then boarded by
d dAnnunZio, who ordered that the
officers be released If they wished to
return to their fleet and report the
l1lfl0G0t. ASStTllOIl Is llldut THAI
their protestations of loyalty to the
Italian government were received
with contempt but they were allow
ed to leave by train.
ROME, Dec. 9-Capture of
steamers like the Cogne has given
rise to hostile feeling toward Italy.
declared Premier Giolitti today to
deputies who have returned from
Fiume, according to the Giornale
d'Ita1ia. In complaining of out
RACES which have occurred at FL
ume, the premier asserted that they
prevented any country from send
ing ships to Italian ports. The ac-
tion of crews, of destroyers in 60
ing over to the d'Annunzian forces
was most severely criticised by Sig
nor Giolitti, who said he under
stood the officers were compelled
by crews to go to Fiume.
The officers. however, should have
resisted. making a prinS<pal of au-
thority and discipline.
The premier is quoted as saying
the government has no intention to
remove d'Annunzio from Fiume. the
independence of which has been
guaranteed by both Italy and Jugo-
Slavia, and he is said to have de-
clared jokingly that d'Annunzio
will not find the position so pleasant
when reduced to the status of may
or of Fiume.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
MYSTERY IN DYNAMITING
MACHINERY At CLAY BANK

Mystery continues to surround the
dynamiting of a steam shovel at the
clay pits of the Anness & Potter Fire
Clay company, in Woodbridge. early
on the morning of Dec. 2. The act
is said to have been committed be-
tween the hours of midnight and 1
o'clock. Although a reward of $500
has been offered by the clay COM
pany for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the guilty
parties, no arrests have been made
as yet. The Woodbridge police are
at work on the case.
According to information secured
from one of the plant officials the
act was perpetrated by three Hun
garians who broke open the box con-
tanning dynamite in the company's
storage shed and stole between twen-
ty and thirty pounds of the explo-
sive to carry out their plan of des-
truction. One of the plant employees
who was at the pumping station on
the night the steam shovel was
wrecked heard Hungarians plan
ming the plot but owing to the fact
that it would be a three to one fight
he did not interfere. Instead he
went to the office and told the night
watchman. Together they made an
investigation but the Hungarians
had disappeared. Believing they
had been frightened away the mat
ter was allowed to drop. This was
between the hours of $3.50 and IL
o'clock. About 1 o'clock however
the dynamiting took place which
did about $500 damage to the
steam shovel.
No motive has been learned as
yet. Asked if there had been any
labor troubles at the clay pits. a
negative answer was received from
the company official. None of the
employees have been missing from
work since the dynamiting and all
have been questioned but with no
results.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
1000 PUPILS FILE OUT
OF SCHOOL IN ORDER
after ALARM OF FIRE
Sisters in Charge Find No
Trouble Leading Children
to Safety at st. Stephens
ONLY STEAM ESCAPING
Valve on Pipe Was Opened,
Causing Alarm of Fire to be
Turned in--No Damage.

One thousand boys and girls. pu-
pills in the parochial school of St.
stephens Polish Catholic church on
State street. near Buckingham
avenue. marched out to the street
about 9:20 o'clock after an alarm
had been given that there was a fire
in one of the rooms.
The pupils marched out in regu-
lar fire drill formation. and the Sis
ters experienced no trouble in lead
ing the children to safety without
any of them being injured. Upon
the arrival of the firemen in re-
sponse to an alarm from box "a at
Buckingham avenue and State
street. it was learned that the
smoke which caused the alarm, was
in reality only escaping steam. An
air valve on a steam pipe in one of
the rooms is believed to have been
kicked off by one of the pupils. and
allowed thS steam to escape.
After the escaping steam was dis
covered by the firemen. the under
control alarm was turned in and the
firemen left the scene. The build
ing where the school is being held,
is two story wooden structure and
was formerly the church of the Po-
]ish congregation. There are about
sixteen school rooms in the build
ing, and about one thousand pupils
i'll the sch/ol..
The room where the fire was &C.
posed to be is in the far left hand
corner of the first floor. and the
point where the smoke was first
noticed was also in the far left hand
corner of the room. The steam es-
Gaping into the air through an open
window, attlpcted the attention of
many passersby who entertained
the thought that there really was a
fire in the school.
Rev. Joseph Urban, pastor of the
church. expressed great satisfaction
after the childfen had all returned
TO their rooms. over the showing of
the sisters and the pupils in leaving
the school building in an orderly
manner. and stated the fact that the
pupils have been trained steady in
this work, accounts for the success
ful march to the street. Patrolman
Lawrence Norman was on the scene
shortly after the alarm of fire had
been given.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
CHANGES PLEA
IN BOOZE CASE
Roosevelt Man is Fined $500
and Trial is Stopped; Perth
Amboyan is Freed.

BY STAN Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. g.
Alex Maybay. of Roosevelt. after a
consultation with Counselor Andrew
Wight this morning. retracted his
former plea of not guilty to a charge
of Illegally selling liquor without a
license, and entered a guilty plea.
A fine of $500 was imposed by the
court. inasmuch as Maybay's en-
ployer. Mike Holowchuck has
pleaded guilty to q similar charge
on joint indictment, and has been
fined $1,000.
This case, the first to be given
trial. started yesterday morning.
The liquor is alleged to have been
sold on November 20. and tho
Roosevelt police made the arrests In
the case.
Sofus Nelson. of Perth Amboy,
who has been held in the county Jail
for several days in default of 81, 900
fine on a charge of illegally selling
liquor without a license. was re-
leased upon the payment of a 81
fine yesterday. This decision was
reached by the court after his en-
ployer. Jacob Berkowitz, pleaded
guilty to the charge against him
and paid a $1,000 fine. The ruling
VI tie tpuII III cases OF lnlS KIM Is
that in joint indictments the princi-
pai shall be fined $1,000 and the
employe 81.
Elizabeth Fedak. of Bonhamtown,
indicted with her husband on y
charge of illegally selling liquor
without license, was before The
court this morning and retracted her
former plea of not guilty and en-
tered a plea of guilty. and fine Of
81 900 was imposed. Assistant Pros
ecutor John A. Coan made a state
ment that the husband of this wom-
an Is mentally sick, according to an
affidavit from a doctor, and he
moved that the case against the man
be nolle pressed. The request was
granted by the court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
G. O. P. ASSEMBLYMEN
HEAR DELEGATIONS

The first of the meetings to be
held by the MiddleseX county as
semblymen in this city for the pur-
pose of meeting with and receiving
residents in the county have re-
quests of complaints to make was
conducted last night in the Perth
Amboy Republican Club rooms in
Odd Fellows building. Assembly
man Albert w. Appleby of Old
Bridge. and Assemblyman-elect Ed
ward j. Peterson. of this city. were
present to meet the delegation and
give out information after hearing
their statements. Assemblyman G.
Raymond Lyons of New Brunswick
was unable to be present. A record
of all the matters brought before
the 1921 assemblymen was made in
each case last night and the dele
cations will be summoned again
when a report is prepared.
p. A. Hdwe. for Bread and Cake Mixers
12-9-tf'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
To Electrocufe Fiue
At Sing Sing Tonight

BY The Associated Prsss.
OSSINING, N. Y, Dec. 9-Flve
men convicted of murder. after
having been granted several re-
prieves pending legal attempts
for retrials. will be electrocuted
in Sing Sing prison here tonight,
unless another order for reprieve
will stay their execution.
The men to be executed are
James Cassidy, Joseph Milano.
Charles Mclaughlin and Jos.
Useoff. all convicted fo.. killing
Joseph Fiala, a subway ticket
agent, and Howard Baker. con-
vioted of the murder of william
DagrCss near Rochester.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
CONGRESS NOT
To REVIEW TAX
Income Tax Release legisIa-
ton is Impractical at This
Session, Leaders Say.
HARDING HARD AT WORK
Trying to Clean up Mass of
Mail to Get Ready for Con-
Ferences on the League.
HARDING HARD AT WORK

By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9:-Income
tax release legislation requested by
business interests is impracticable
at this session of congress, Republi-
can members of the senate finance
committee decided today at an in
formal conference.
This decision is in line with a
similar one by Republicans of the
House ways and means committee
and it was said virtually closes the
ing the present session.
By The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Substan-
tial reductions of taxes is not pos.
sible in the near future, Represen.
tative Longworth, of Ohio, a mem.
ber of the House ways and means
committee, which frames revenue
mea sures, declared here today
speaking at the meeting of the As
sociation OF Life Insurance Presi.
dents.
"Our immediate problem" he
said, after an analysis of the gov.
ernments fiscal situation, 'is the re.
vision and modification and simpli'
cation of present law, and the sub
stitution of fair and proper taxes fol
the present taxes, which to my mind
are in many respects unfair and i'm
proper"
The speaker predicted that con
gress would slice in the neighbor
hood of billion dollars from esti
mates aggregating more than 81,
000,000.000 presented by the execu
tive department, when congress
opened Monday. That would no
permit. however, he added, any gen
eral reduction in taxes and congres.
faced the task of finding new sources
of revenue, which could be substi
tuted for existing taxes which should
be abandoned or modified.
BY The Associated Press.
MARION, o., Dec. Back at his
desk after an absence of more than
a month, President-.lect Harding
worked overtime today, wadlne
through a big accumulation of let
ters and other routine business in ar
effort to clear his desk before hi.
League of Nations conferences begin
Lsxs weel:.
Mr.. Harding still was res-rvine
decision today on the offer OF Gov
ernor Cox to appoint a Republican
successor should he resign from the
senate sooner than the date recently
fixed by him. He tried to get into
communication with Senator-eleSt
Frank B. Willis. who would be given
the appointment. and to ascertain
his desires before replying to Gov
ernor Cox's letter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
No Time Set For
Calling Constantine

BY The Associated Press
ATHENS, Dec. 9-No official
note has yet been sent TO former
King Constantine in Lucerne. no
tifying him that the people of
Greece in the plebiscite of Sum
day last voted for his return.
Prince Nicholas. brother OF
Constantine. arrived in Athens
tonight, and Immediately sum-
moned cabinet officers and other
princes and princesses. where he
gave them a communication from
Constantine. The message was
not made public.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
LITHUANIA RESENTS
EXCLUSION OF WILMA

BY The Associated Press.
GENEVA, Dec. 9-Postponement
of the proposed plebiscite in the VIII
ma region for eight months, and ex-
clusion of Wilma itself from the pie
biscite area has been resented by
the Lithuanian government.
This request, which was con-
tanned in a note handed to the coun-
ell of the League of Nations. con-
stitutes the Lithuanian reply to the
councils refusal to accept the pro-
test of Lithuania against sending
to that country an army under the
auspices of the league.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
Issnc Storm Warnings.

NEW YORK, Dec. J-The Wealth.
er bureau issued the following
warning here today: Advisory
northeast storm warning 10 a. m,
Boston to Eastport. Me. Storm
moving northeastward off the mid
die Atlantic coast. increasing north
east winds. probably reaching gale
force this afternoon or tonight with
cpnU
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-09
Forecast Wage Reduction

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. IA wage
reduction of twenty-five and one
half per cent. in textile mills in New
England and New York states was
forecast today in statement issued
after a conference of tax.iie manu-
facturers. Approximately seventy
five per cent. of the industry in this
section representing makers of both
cotton and wooden products was rep
resented at the conference.