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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Atkinson,
Of Freehold. have returned after
1sv.nE been the guests of Mrs. Fran
e Lackey.
Mrs. John p. Van Kirk. Of Brad
7eN Beach. spent Monday with her
sister. Mrs NJ. Lester Terry.
Rev. and Mrs A. J.. Iszard and
daughter Sadie were the guests Of
friends at Asbury Park Monday.
Mrs. Frances Lackey and daugh-
ter. Miss Mildred, have returned
from q weeks visit with relatives
IN Freehold.
Dancing IS being enjoyed at Beach
Park dancing pavilion each evening
with music provided by an excellent
orchestra.
The power sloop Georgiana at
tends the yacht races each racing
day, taking large parties OF men
from the borough who are interested
in the sport.
Mrs. Yancy Anderson and daugh-
ter. Miss Stella Anderson, are
ioyinx a visit in New York with Mr..
and Mrs b. F. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Tilton. OF
Brooklyn, have returned after hav-
inc been the guests OF relatives In
the borough.
Miss meg Hardy is attending sum-
mer school at Rutgers College. New
Brunswick.
Miss Anna Costello. an employe
OF the Aeromarine Company, Is n
sowing a two weeks vacation and IS
spending it at Far Rockaway.
Edward Holmes is enjoying his
annual vacation and is spending
part of the time at Jackson's Mills
near Lakewood.
John @. Schanck entertained over
khe week end Mrs. Charles French
and son Spencer and Mr.. and Mrs.
+. Gordon Schanck. of Brooklyn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21
Jamesburg

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rogers had
Is Sunday guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Dram and Mr.. and Mrs. c. z. Kill
ner and daughter. of Philadelphia,
hey making the trip by auto. Mrs.
kilmer will extend her stay with
and Mrs. Rogers for several
weeks. as she is convalescent from
N attack of rheumatism.
Miss Clara Martin will leave
Jamesburg tomorrow for Buffalo,
where she will be Joined by her
brother Ellis Martin, of Detroit.
Mich. and the journey continued
q the Iatter's home. the trip being
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21
Funeral for james jackson

BY Special correspondent
KEYPORT, July 21:-Funeral
services for the late James Jackson
were held at the Second Baptist
church here this afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Rev. Twisby, OF Red Bank,
conducting the services, interment
being in the Midway Green ceme-
terry at Matawan. At the services
Mrs. Lewis James rendered God
VIII Take Care of You"
The deceased had lived in Key
port the greater part of his life and
is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21

within a few days.
Elias Bennett had as his guests
on Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Leming,
past eighty years. who spent the day
at the home of their son. Samuel
Leming. at Island Heights, making
the trip by auto.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21

Louisa Jackson. and two brothers.
Richard and Washington, and q
sister, Mrs. Samuel Suydam, of
Matawan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-21

Select your tires ac-
cordine to the roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or billy coun-
try, wherever the going
10 apt to be heavy-The
y. s. Hobby.
For ordinary country
roads-The y. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels -
The y. S. Plain.
For best results
everywhere-U. S.
Royal Cords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
ID ACT THIS WEEK
 ON FVE-M|LL TAX
Provision For Thirty-Day Advertising of Election
 Makes Call Imperative

Action is to be taken this week on the five mill tax election.
 It Is customary for the commis- sioners to handle the license schedule in May. Between the announcement of and voting on the election thirty days must elapse, according to the law.
 As the license schedule is a very important proposition and demands much consideration. and it is custom- ary to handle the matter during May. the commission has but a scant few days to call for the five-mill tax cleo ton before the necessary thirty days of advertising it are to start.
 These things considered it Is moral lv certain that the board of commits . sioners will take action on calling the election this week,
 About s5,000.000 will be raised by the tax. With this sum the city hopes to increase the strength of the fire department, build two high school buildings, an auditorium. combined city hall and public library. improve the streets. and from this source, oI maybe another. raise the salaries of the city school teachers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
ORGAN RECTAL AT
 CHURCH OF ADVENT
 DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR

The Church of the Advent was filled to its capacity last night on the occasion of the demonstration and recital of the new organ It was delightful musical affair. o. D. Allen rendered a pro- gramme that brought out the various possibilities of the instrument-all the orchestral effects on one of the great est pipe organs built in recent years. This was the programme:
 Pilgrims Chorus CTannhouser) tWag- ner), clarinet, strings. tibias. full or gan Evening Star Crannhouser) (Wag- rer). tibia clausa. oboe. French horn Andantino in D flat UeMare), oboe, contra fagotto. gamba, vox humana' Twilight (Friml- -Faulkes). French horn tibia clausa; Fantasie on Themes, from Faust. (Gounod- Eddy). flutes and tibas clarinet. horns. strings and celestes oboe, tubas. etc. Berceuse (Walter Spinney), French horn and concert flute; Danse Carnavalesque, orchestral combinations. tibia plena, etc.. Four southern melodies: l" Marse's in de Cold, Cold Ground" minor diapason; "Old Black Joe" French horn, vox H. and chimes: 'Sewanee River" horn c.apa- son. vox H. and chimes: "Old Kentucky Home" oboe, each flute acc. harp; Largo from "Xerbes' tHandeD. tibia, viols and tremulant harp; Funeral March tChopin). strings. wood-wind, vox humana and chimes; War March from "Rienzi" (Wagner).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
CAPT. WOOD NAMED
 AS PORT WARDEN Reserve Officer to Have Charge of Operation of
 Port of Birmingham

Cant. Donald Wood, late of the United States engineers. and now re- serve officer of the army engineer corps, las been appointed port warden In charge of the operations of the Port Of Birmingham Company at Birmingport. Captain Wood is graduate of Iehigh University and in addition to his war work is a mechanical engineer of ex- perience.
 General Manager Charles F. Wood stated yesterday that up to this time the freight traffic passing through the port had been handled by the contractors forces az extra work. but that the steady growth of the tonnage and the amount booked for more than thirty days ahead indicated a capacity tonnage from now. on. so that a permanent organization has been started and will be built up quickly to meet the demands of the traffic. ] Every ton of freight which the barge line has been able to handle has be-. put through the port, and will continue to be transferred to the utmost capacity of thes barges By the time the new barges are available the power line of the Alabama Power Company will be completed and two additional derricks with motor driven hoists will be in oper- ation. and the classification yard for the handling of large number of cars and the chutes and conveyors to handle bulk commodities will be installed and in oper- ation.
 General Manager Wood will attend .,ie launching of the steamer City Of Bir- mingham' at St. Louis next Saturday and will then go to Washington in con ection with matters affecting the com panys business and to assist in secur- ing action on the question of coaf term final at Mobile In the absence of the general manager the port warden will be
 ia charge of the company's operatins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
THOUSANDS WATCH . FLYERS YESTERDAY Nine Year-Old Girl Takes Trip With Aviator and
 Comes Back Smiling

Ildegerte Lawrence, little girl with golden hair and who did not look her 2 years, was tho envy of perhaps a thousand girls and boys who were as- sembled at Dixie Flying field yesterday afternoon.
 For Ildegerte went up tn an aIrplane with the aviator all by herself and thereby showed a courage that was not felt even by hundreds of grown. persons who were out to see the flights. Idegerte was the center of attraction while they were getting her ready for tho trip. First they pulled the leather hood down over her hair blue ribbon and all-and then they put on her great pair of goggles which made her look so formidable that even her mother would not have recognized her.
 She was smiling as her father, F. w Lawrence of 713 Cotton avenue. West End. helped her to climb up into | the macf<re and as she sank into the seat she could just peep over the edge | through her goggles.
 A big crowd cheered as the machine
 
 and circied off toward the city. When she came back ten minutes later and was helped out of the seat she was excited but still N1iling when the big goggles were removed However, she kept tight hold on her fathers coat as the crowd around her showered questions. She thought it was fine '' she felt "all right" and she didn't get bit cold"
 Her father, F. W. Lawrence is al. electrical engineer and wanted to go up at the same time as Ildegerte but the aviator was unwilling to take two persons at the same time
 ''I have built me an airplane of my own.' said Mir. Lawrence, which has wing spread of twenty three feet and from the beginning Ildegerte has taken almost as much interest in it as have. She has wat<hed every step in it's construction and from the begin ming has been crazy to make a flight so decided to let her go this after noon even though I could not accom- pany her and as she was perfectly will- ing to go alone. I am going to bring my machine over to this field for its first trial"
 Yesterdays flights were made every ten minutes and there was always some one waiting to make the next one.
 Flights were also being made by the Johnson Aviation Company from inc fairgrounds field, so that from DixIs field at least two machines could be seen in the air at the same time most of the afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
MAN IS WOUNDED BY. IA SHOT FIRED FROM BEHIND CLOSED DOOR
Mrs. White States Men Were About to Break Into Home When She Fired.
 Man Is Resting Well

Fleming Judd, employed by the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. was shot in the right side and painfully wounded last night about 10 o'clock by Mrs. Pearl White, 615 North Twenty sixth street, at the latters home
 Judd was taken to the Norwood hos pital in Lige Loys ambulance, where, according to the authorities, he is suffer ing from a painful wound in the right lung. His condition is not regarded as serious
 Mrs. White was arrested and placed in the city jail by Detectives Lee and Heaton under charge of assault with intent to murder The shooting followed an alleged attempt on the part of Judd to break into the home of Mrs. White.
 The following statement was made by Mrs. White to officers Burkett, Wyatt and Detectives Lee and Heaton:
 "T was seated in the parlor last night reading and my sister was also in tho room. when some one knocked at the door. l got up and asked who is that2 There was no answer to my question, and could see that there were three men af the door. who demanded admittance.
 T became frightened and ran into tho back room to get a pistol When I re- turned the men got real ugly and began to use vulgar language and finally one said, If you don't open this door IT break it down and come after you, ant then he used a very ugly expression
 T fired in the general direction of the door, not to hit any one, but to scare them. I heard some one holler, 'Oh and then they left I don't know what they wanted, but when they abused anf threatened me there was only one thins left for me to do, and done it.''
 According to several neighbors, twr men were seen coming from Mrs White : home immediately after the shot wal fired. carrying the wounded man betweey them to store nearby, where they sum moned an ambulance.
 The names of the men in company wit Judd could not be ascertained by the of fcers last night. as he refused to divulst their names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22

and currency belonging to the firm. Of
 these sums the members of the firm were
 aware. However, other employees of the company used other drawers in the vault
 for their affairs and what was taken
 from these is not known.
 There was not an envelope in the boxes
 and drawers of the vault that was not
 riffed All were torn open and the con-
 tents inspected. indicating that the
 rogues had thoroughly gone through the
 vault before they detonated the charge
 that damaged the safe door.
 Either the explosive used on the safe
 door was badly placed or the door was
 built for such an emergency. for the
 yeggs did not get into the safe at all.
 But they did not miss anything. for the
 safe contained only some legal papers of
 no value to anyone but the firm. MT.
 Brown says the company does all it's business by check using the safe and vault only for legal documents. insurance papers and the like.
 Where the real dmag ge was done came in blowing the stock reports, files and records of the company into a paper rosette that will take weeks to strighten out.
 Luckily the credit and debit accounts in the ledgers and day books were un- harmed.
 LEFT OLD SILVER Several pieces of old silver belonging to MT. Browns family for many years were not taken. nor was number of stick pins and other pieces of jewelry of the store personnel.
 When the charge that failed to oper | the safe was detonated, the baekfire and noise seems to have badly scared the yeggmen. for they left tools scattered all about. They had been very careful about their finger prints. X crowbar used 1T dislodging bricks had been wrapped IT handkerchiefs taken from the store stock Whether a whimsical idea struck thf thieves or the detolation is responsible MT Wilson is unable to say. but the first thing that struck his eye after the police ] had called him to the scene yesterday | he laughingly said. were the persona visiting cards. face up on the floor 1T front of the safe of Charles Murray Brown and Buist Richardson q friend ot ! the family, both marked, Merry Christ
 mas, 1883"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
GUARD INSPECTION
 . .OF FOUR COMPANIES |. BEGINS HERE TODAY
Major McKaskie In Bir- mingham for Week Look ing Over Men, Equip
 ment and Work

Inspection of the Birmingham district guard begins today.
 Major P. D. McKaskie, inspector-ln- s.ructor of the Tennessee national guard, is here to do the work. His headquar- ters for the week will be in the Tutwiler hotel
 Property and paper work of the Head quarters company Capt J. P. Smith, and the band, William Memoii, band master. will be inspected first today.
 At 6:30 o'clock this evening the person. rel and equipment will be inspected, the elements forming in the armory, 1S20iz Fourth avenue.
 Tomorrow Company E. Ensley, Capt I D. Davis will be inspected. general property and paper work in the day, personnel and equipment in the eve ming.
 Wednesday Company G, Capt w. l.. Baldwin, will go through the same sort Of inspection. using the headquarters company armory.
 Thursday, Company K, Capt. o. F. French. will be inspected in the armory on the fifth floor of the city hall.
 The units named form the nucleus of the First Battalion of the Fourth Ala bama Infantry Regiment, Major L. C. Brown. commander.
 Steps are being taken to organize four more companies. Some thirty or forty men have signed to form a company in Woodlawn. This district will furnish all of the men for this battalion, eventually.
 Officers report the Fourth Infantry hand, attached to the headquarters com pany. to be making as rapid develop ment strides as any of the units There are thirty pieces and already the band is gaining recognition for it's good work.
 Information from Gadsden and Ala bama City was to the effect that a com pany has been about completed. in each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY Four Thousand Librarian Members of the Association in Movement

Since the advent of peace the American Library Association has turned its efforts from war work into other channels. says |. w Josselyn. director Of the Birming- ham library. with the benefits of it's forty years of experience and the cooperation of it's membership of 4op0 active librarians in all parts of the United States. in addi- tion to continuing certain war activities not taken over by the government. 1t proposes to promote the development of the library systems throughout the coun- try and to encourage the reading habit in all ways possible.
 The A. L. A. supplied over zoo, ,0Oo vol tunes to our fighting men here and over seas and on board vessels and 1t has the confidence and the admiration of the na- ton back of 1t in inaugurating it's Books for Everybodyr movement.
 The money to carry out the provisions of the campaign will not be raiseI through an inten-sive drive, but will be obtained by the. librarians. library trus- tees and friends of libraries who havs enthusiastically pledged their co-opera- ton in obtaining the necessary E.ooo.o 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued Saturday in the office of the probate court:
 Charles Bertram Boteler and Ethel Lee Mcfarland.
 II. L. Edeman and Leona Edwards. Ernest Talie and Bettie MacCloud. Renjamin w. Payne and Fannie Rosella W hisenhunt.
 Charlie Acton and Alice D. Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
AUTO SUPPLY MEN
 WANT NEW LICENSE
Will Continue Adjourned Meeting With Commits
 siOners This Week

Change in the license charges of deal CTS in automobile supplies will be dis cussed this week.
 Members of the city commission and a committee of five men representing wholesale and retail onto supply dealers will meet. The day has not been chosen.
 This adjourned conference was to have been held last Friday. but the all-day hearing of the affairs of the Subway pool room prevented
 AS last arranged the license schedule calls for a tax of one-tenth of one per cent of annual gross income on whole salers, and one-sixth of one per cent con- corning retailers.
 Dealers who conferred with the com mission last week asked that this be changed. They want the business placed in three grades and the license applied according to grade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
Examination for
 City Letter Carriers

An examination for postoffice clerks and city letter carriers for the Birming- ham postoffice will be held Saturday morning, March 27. in the Federal build ing at o'clock.
 Persons qualified are urged ito take this examination Applicants must have reached their eighteenth but not their forty-fifth birthday on the date or the examination. The age limits are walved' however. in the case of persons entitled to preference under the law, i. e., honor ably discharged soldiers. sailors and ma rines. These positions pay from sl,2oo in cluding bonus, on entering the service. with promotion each year of slOo. un,ii you have reached a salary of $1,50o.
 For application blanks and further in- formation, apply to A. B. Guyton, local secretary Birmingham postofflce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
Funeral Services for
 Miss Daisy V. SeabrO0k

Funeral services for Miss Daisy V. Sea brook, of 704 South Twenty fourth street, who died Saturday morning from in- juries received when she was struck by street car Friday afternoon, were con ducted from the residence yesterday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock. The body was sent to Louisville. Ky. at o'clock last night by Lige Loy for interment.
 The accident occurred at Avenue F and Twenty-fourth street late Friday after noon. Miss Seabrook, in crossing the street. slipped on the car tracks and be- fore the approaching car could be brought to standstill she was struck and dragged several feet, according to eye witnesses
 Miss seabrook is survived by her fathe, and mother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22

After sunrise yesterday & negro woman informed T. c. Williamson patrolman, that the back door of the wholesale house was open. MT. Williams investigated and with J. R. Richardson, fellow police man. followed the trail Of the rogues
 through the building. City detectives have taken charge of the case.
 There is one feature that puzzling the authorities. Although tha safe was blown, only the outer casing and "stuffing" of the door came off, the inner surface of the outer door of the safe stayed fast.
 Money and bonds stolen in the fire-proof vault came from wooden drawers set about the room, and were the personal property of employees
 Evidently the job was either well planned by local crooks, or was the ac- customed procedure of aeepts. The sprin : migration of crooks is said to be on now.
 Indications show the yeggs draped a black curtain over the double doors in the wall of the building on it's east side.
 Thumb screws, evidently brought foI the purpose, were put along the lintel and the curtain draped over the indented door. This left space for a man to
 work with an auger. He bored out 2 two-foot square section of the door, gain ing entrance to the building.
 INSIDE
 The next step was taxing bolts of sheet ling from the stock and making a cushion against the vault wall in Mir. Brown s private office. Another two-foot squarS aparture was cut through the brick wal of the vault. The falling mortar ana bricks making no sound on the cloth padding. The private office, partitioned with glass, completely screened the yeggs from view of persons in the street. Gaining entrance to the ire-proof vault the yeggs ransacked the shelves anc wooden drawers set about. In one drawer was package of Liberty bonds and War Saving Stamps. not registered, aggre- gating s1.e90, property of one of the com pany's salesmen. They were taken. In an other drawer was a so0 bond and s40 in gold, property of Miss Nell Bates, tho cashier. With 1t was about 20 in stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
THUMBS DOWN. IS
 FORECAST NOW FOR !. SUBWAY POOLROOM|
Some Citizens Express Con- cern Over Prosecution From COcealed Source,
 Fearing Precedent

Decision by the board of city comnnis- sioners on the license of the Subway pool room is set to be rendered this morning at is o'clock.
 Hearing in the case brought against che poolroom consumed practically all H the time of the commission Friday.
 Accusation is brought against the pool room to the effect that gambling is per mitted there Witnesses testified for and against the character of the resort.
 Although none of the commissioners would express an opinion regarding the final decision, before the conference on the subject is held, 1t is believed, that they will revoke the Subway" license.
 Before taking up the matter, members of the commission expressed some con- cern about hearing a case against H. censed business, with the prosecution rep resented only by a retained attorney. The office of the city attorney was called or for an opinion regarding the pro- cedure Dr. N. A. Barrett says the att torney's office informed him that the hearing. not being that of a reguar court, might proceed without intolerance.
 However, no few concerned expressions have been heard about the city by men who do not favor poolrooms, yet say they consider prosecution with con- cealed source as anything but demo- cratic movement. and the establishment of harmful precedent.
 At several hearings regarding pool rooms recently the attitude of the body of commissioners while not inimical. has been anything but enthusiastic about their continuance.
 There were enough witnesses produced at the hearing who averred that gambiing went on in the place ip question 10 settle the matter in the minds of those who have been studying the atmosphere of 0e present commission. and thumbs down~ is the predicted verdict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
Neil O'Brien's Minstrels
 Return to Jefferson

The Neil OBrien minstrels played return engagement at the Jefferson the atre Saturday afternoon and night. The house was practically sold out for both performances. testifying to the popu- larity of this we'll known organization. Bert Swor was suffering from bad
 cold, but did not let that prevent him from being funny while "sugarfoot' Gaffney. Dan Futch and the other come dians created the usual uproar with their witticisms. vocally the show is well equipped.
 The 0 Brien Company appearsd at the
 Jefferson a few weeks ago and the hssi- ness done yesterday more than Justified another engagement this season.