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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Total of Nearly $500 on
Voting Lists as Final Day
for Registration is Held.
WOMEN SWELL AMOUNT
Means Heavy Vote Here and
More Polling Places at the
General Election in 1921.

Yesterday was the last registra-
tion day before the general election
on November >, and a heavy OUT
pouring of voters was the feature of
the day, the total number of voters
eligible to cast ballots at the presi-
dental election being we'll over the
5000 mark, which is about 1000
more than last year. This increase
is largely due to the large number
of women who are taking an interest
in politics this year and taking ad-
vantage OF the privilege afforded
them to vote.
The total registration in the city
yesterday was 2.433, that of the
second registration on primary day
was 2,55l, while on the first registra-
tion day the total was 4.264, making q
grand total of 9,24S who are eligible
10 vote at the general election this
year. The total registration in Perth
Amboy last year was 1856. which
represents an increase this year of
3,692 which is credited largely TO
the women. No record was kept OF
the number of women who registered
yesterday, their number being in
cluded in the totals shown in the
city table.
The total registration in the first
ward alone this year Is 2,133 as COM
pared to LILO last year, almost
double. In the second ward the re-
gistration this year is 1855 It was
144 in that ward last year. The
third ward has a registration of 1.042
as compared with 69S last year. The
fourth ward this year has a registra-
ton of 1,7S6 while last year 1t was
1,1S6, an increase of 500. In the
fifth ward 964 registered this year
as compared to 604 last year. gain
of $50. In the sixth ward this year
2.065 registered, whereas last year
the registration there was 1.21e.
1t is the general belief of political
leaders that practically the whole
vote has been gotten out this year
as yesterdays registration was far
beyond the expectations of many.
Now that both parties know who
are eligible to vote the work OF get
ting out the vote at the general elec-
Is the next big issue and one whicn
! will require hard work for the next
/ three weeks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
'SpotsWood Ponzi'' In Jail:
BuCked Standard Oil Co.

BY stan Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 49,
Charles p. Frenz, the stock promo
ter who planned to buck" the
Standard Oil Company with a con-
cern of his own capitalized at
s1.000,000, is still being held in the
county Jail here. penniless and un-
able to get anyone to go the $4,000
bail in which he is detained. Frenz
has been in custody for some time
and vehemently denies that he
swindled any of the investors of as
much as 100000 while organizing
his oil company. Frenz declared
yesterday he would make state
ment on Saturday giving the details
of his venture which. according to
his way of thinking, was logical and
a sane way of making a profit of at
least 5000 a day.
The Franco Lubricating Company
was the name of his concern which
was started at Jamesburg and from
which the great million dollar COM
pany was to grow.
The plan which Frenz had work.
ed out for making his fortune with
gasoline was as follows: There is a
profit of five cents a gallon on gas
oline. He figured on establishing
200 stations each selling an average
of 100 gallons a day, which would
mean a total of 10000 gallons. De-
ducting for labor and other expenses
at the rate of two cents a gallon
there would remain a profit of three
cents on gallon or 5000 day.
Frenz is directly charged with
having passed a fraudulent check
and of having sold a motor car up
on which there was a chattel mort
gage without the consent or knowl-
edge of the holder of the claim.
During the war Frenz was en-
ployed in a minor capacity at Camp
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Good Showing Made on First
Day of Drive, Despite Fact
1t Was a Holiday.
First Days Results i'm "Y' Member
shin Drive

The first day of the Y. NJ. C. A.
membership campaign came to a
close last night with almost one
quarter of the necessary member
ships reported as having been Sc
cured. The goal for the week IS
400 and the team workers report
last night showed the total secured
on the first day of the campaign to
be nine.y-three, which was only
seven below the one-quarter mark.
This start is considered a good one
as two teams cid not make any re-
port last night and 1t is expected
that both of these will come across
strong tonight when the reports are
read at the second workers supper
to be served in the association ban
quet hall at $3.50 o'clock In order
to make the work more interesting
two challenges were issued and ac-
cepted by team captains last night.
Captains Shoe and Seaman will COM
pete in an effort to see which will
turn in the largest number of men,
berships, while Captains Stocker and
Nielsen will also vie for honors.
The banner team last night was
No. 8, led by N. Christian Nielsen.
which turned in fifteen member
John Shoe with Team No was Sec
ond with fourteen. while third place
went to Team No. 3, led by Capt.
Charles NJ. Peterson, with a total
of thirteen me n berships. The stu
dents team and Team No. 6, of
which Capt. McComas is the head,
tied for fourth honors with twelve
apiece.
Every worker is expected to be
present tonight at the second get
together dinner and report. AL
though last nights. reports are con-
sidered good tonight's are expected
to exceed them as the workers are
now getting warmed up" to their
task and more enthusiasm is being
shown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
HARVEST FESTIVAL TO Be
HELD BY SALVATION ARMY

The harvest festival. the annual
institution of Salvation Army will
be held in this city on October 16.
IL and Is. This is the fore Thanks
giving event and the entire public is
invited to take part in many meet
lngs that will be held in connection
with it,
The main feature of the three
days Will be a visit on Sunday night
by Major Fred Seller, the new divi-
sion officer, and Captain Kliphouse.
In charge of the work here feels ex-
tremely gratitied to have secured
Major Seller for this occasion.
All the housewives of the COM
munlty who wish to donate for the
harvest are asked to communicate
with captain kliphouse at the head
quarters on Madison ayenue
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AFTER ACCIDENT

Mrs. Emma Beutel, of Fords, is
in a critical condition at her home as
a result of being seriously injured
Monday night when a truck owned
by the Bayuk Bros. tobacco conf
pany. of Third and Spruce streets.
Philadelphia. ran into an automobile
bus in which the woman was riding.
The accident occurred near Fords
and the driver of the truck failed
to stop. A large piece of wood from
the side of the bus went through
the woman. piercing her left side
and coming out on the right side.
The bus belonged to Axel Falken-
strom and was driven by Henry Mill
ton. of 144 Lewis street, this city.
Drs. Hanson and Lippincott are at
tending the woman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

Morgan, leaving shortly before the
explosion in October of 1918. Frenz
was arrested in the federal investi-
CATION that followed charged with
being implicated in the plot to blow
up the plant. Although it was
learned that he had served in the
German navy and a German flag,
together with a picture of the kaiser
were found in his room, he was re-
leased for lack of sufficient evil
dence.
Following this Frenz disappeared
but later returned to Spotswood
showing evidences of considerable
wealth. He bought a home, said to
be worth $4,000 and a piece of
property containing five and a half
acres where he erected frame build
ing in which he started his Franco
Lubricating Company's operations.
Frenz declared that he secured
100000 from friends and believers
in his venture and asserted that it
was legally borrowed. He claimed
that If the law had not interfered
with his actions all of these persons
would have been literally repaid.
One of the men making charges
against FrenZ Is Charles Goetz, a
Hoboken longshoreman, who claims
he loaned Frenz $3.50 which re-
presented his savings for twelve
years. Twenty-Five or thirty Polish
Roman Catholic priests throughout
the state are also said to have lost
various amounts. one of these being
Rev. Victor Milynaiski. of Helmetta
who is said to have loaned Frenz
s6.500.
Sigmund Splitter. of Perth Amboy.
is said to have given Frenz $4,000
receiving in turn his note. 1t was
Splitter who caused his arrest about
two weeks ago on charge of having
sold an automobile upon which he
held chattel mortgage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
FAILURE TO READ PAPERS
A CAUSE FOR DIVORCE?
By The Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, oct. 13.-"If I
were making the laws of this country
would make it a court cause of
divorce IL the wife didn't read the
newspapers, Judge Horace Stern of
fhlladelphia,. declared today in an
ADDRESS on Suffrage and the Wo-
man before the council of Jewish
women holding their first gathering
OF the year hear.
IT'S such wonderful thing"
continued Judge Stern, ito have the
news served up to you every morn
ing at the breakfast table. news
gathered from all over the world and
II would seem to me criminal in
Inference TO neglect knowing the
serious things going on in the world"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
BOOZE BUSINESS WITH
u. S. SHOWS INCREASE
By The Associated Press

by Inc Associated Press
EDINBOROUGH. Scotland, Oct.
advertisements in which it is
charged certain distillage firms claim
their business with America has
greatly increased since the eighteenth
amendment went into effect will be
brought TO the attention of the de-
partment of justice at Washington.
William +. Pussyfoot johnson, ad-
dressing a meeting here last night
discussed these advertisements and
asserted he would take this action
regarding them.
He charged that If the ads told the
truth the distillers were Violating
the laws of friendly nation"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
PLAN CASE AGAINST
CRANK IN KIDNAPPING
BY The Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, oct. 13-Satis-
fed that the mystery surrounding
the kidnapping of Blakeley Coughlin.
the thirteen months old son OF
George Coughlin, has been cleared
up by the confession of August Pas
quale. authorities began preparation
of their case against the crank for
presentation to the Montgomery
grand jury. Mr.. Coughln also said
he felt the case had been cleared up
by the confession.
Pasquale will be charged with the
murder of Mrs. Rose Anchermail
who conducted a rooming house
here. He told Major Adams that
he went to the house for the pur-
pose of robbery and killed the
woman with a piece of slate. He
also is said to have confessed to the
killing of a man in a saloon here
about nine months ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
"FLYING SQUADRON" NEARS
CITY; so. AMBOY TOMORROW

The flying squadron" of Repub-
licans now touring the third con-
gressional district held four very
successful meetings yesterday. The
first of these was at Asbury Park.
Last night two other meetings were
held at Red Bank, one in the Hard
ing-Coolidge headquarters and the
other in the Colored Baptist church.
Today the squadron" is making
flying trips to Matawan, Keyport
and other towns on the route to
Freehold where a big meeting is to
be held tonight.
will hold a meeting in front of Hoff-
mans smoke shop in South Amboy,
and tomorrow night in Palace Hail.
this city. On Friday morning at
10:30 O'Clock a meeting will be held
in Metuchen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Urge Eight Against Buses.

Dy IHt AsSCcIated Prcss
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 13-Street
railwa yexecutives who suffer from
the municipal officials using busses
for fighting electric lines today were
urged to stand up and battle for
their rights by w. II. Sawyer. of
Columbus. o., in making a report on
street railway fare systems TO the
American Electric Railway Associa-
uons convention.
"The only way that a fair trial
of the motor bus for shipping SER
vice can be made is for the author
tiles to insist that these vehicles
give the same character of service as
provided by electric cars" ne de-
clared.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Two Starters Eliminated.

81 JOffNSBURY, VI, Oct. 13. =
TWO more of the twenty-seven
starters in the cavalry endurance
test were eliminated at the getaway
today on the third leg of the 300
mile journey from Fort Ethan Allen
70 Camp Devins.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Macswiney Passes Bad Night.

LONDON, Oct. 13.-Terence Mac
Swiney. lord mayor of Cork, did not
have very good night according to
a bulletin issued early today by the
Irish Self Determination League. 1t
is declared the doctor found him
perceptibly weaker and his mind not
as clear as it had been since he began
his hunger strike.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Charles McCaIIon Dies.

BIRMINGHAM. England. Oct.
l3.-Charles McCallon, Alexander,
an evangelist known throughout tae
world died suddenly at mis- home here
today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

Carpenter work and jobSirg promptly
attended TO. Geo. II. Thompson. 81 Lewis
st. Phone 1409-W. M
F<-t-6-25-We sat. tf'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
Still Probe Accident.

VJITtspOHueht
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 13. -
County Detective Ferd David is still
working in the vicinity of Ernston
on the case of Louis Sharia, who died
last Saturday. An autopsy was per-
formed this morning in Coroner
Mason's morgue at South Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13
REGISTRATION HERE DOUBLED; GREAT
RUSH Of WOMEN TO POLLING PLACES
Registration Here Yesterday
And Total Number 10 Vote

Following table showing the registration this city by polls
giving
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-13

Will heat your mouse with steam, hot
water or pipeless furnace on monthly pay
icents- F. J Larkin ?e3 Market St Tel
1873 a-f2-if NJ W c.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-03
TIGERS MEET VANCE \
IRIS. AT 10Th STREET

s faS' gam" Is expected at Twenty.
sixth street SUNDAY afternoon when the.
fast going NauC" Juniors clash with
tn. EnNi End Tigers N gam" that
should prove Tull" interesting despite
he Sizes Of ;hr teams. Both OF thcse-
teams hil" d victory 20 their credit and
both are after one anothers scalp and ~
victor" would mean u wonderful credit
Ia thrm TIL" gam" Will be called af
: o'clock SHARP. =
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COLLEGE BASEBALL.

At Charlottesville Na--CornCll !;
University CT Virginia 1,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-03
WON BIZ PRINCETON.

! At Baltimore: Princeton. 10, Il. |:
Hopkins, s. 5. : Moore and Fisher;
+, Wellivcr, Owings, Love and Benson
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Worry 'iN.t l''A' ".
MICk SNNNEAj'iIi
NnIAgrr rf IuwuE JuiH''
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-15
BRIDGE AID DRIVE
IS GOING FINELY
Bridge To Be Finished
About First of Year If
Work Keeps Up

After a fine meeting last night
at the court house in which all SIDES
OF the proposition were explained
In detail, members OF the ward or
ganiZation today started an inten'
siye drive to secure the organization
needed for tho organization needed
for the Citizens Bridge Aid Syndt
cate and at noon today 1t was re.
ported at the Fairmont Chamber OF
Commerce that the campaign was
going along very successfully on the
first day,
night were Hon. o. S. Mckinney
speaking from the citizens view.
point; James A. Meredith. who ex'
planned the legal side and Charles
i, Borneteld for the builders OF the
bridge, Mr., Bornefeld stated thnt
the structure could be completed
about the first of the year, II the
present pace Is maintained,
Complete organization in every
ward was brought about last night
and the workers went INTO the cam
paign with confidence this morning,
Those present at the meeting signed
Il WA announced this morning
that Michael Powell has tie honor
OF being tho first underwater, His
RErOamOnt, properly Slgned, wNS
returned promptly after he received
it through the mails aud It was ser,
0ral houra In advance Of the next
one, Mr.. Powell "a Q lawyer, .
membSF Of the board Of directors Of
the FRirmont state bank and Ia
large tnteroated IN real estate In
FRiFmont,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-15
CLAUDE METZ HAD
EXPENSIVE NIGHT
City Got $50 of $50 Which
He Was Shy This
Morning

Charges OF speeding, reckless
driving, running into a gasoline
and lettering cost Claude Metz just
$95, when he appeared at police
court this morning and made settle
ment for little reckless work with
his automobile last night.
About $40 p. m. he ran into a
gasoline engine and charges OF
reckless driving and speeding were
placed against him. About $3.50
o'clock this morning he was arrest
ed on Pennsylvania avenue for loil-
ertng. f5e put up a IGoFfeit Of %
for Juanita Meyers, the girl with
him, another $40 for himself on
the lettering charge and another
$50 for his speeding on the evening
previous. Besides these fines
which all went as forfeits for fall
ing to appear at court, Metz paiu
$35 damages to the gasoline en-
gine owner to keep the case from
coming to trial.
Two other arrests were made
last night, both for being intoXi-
Gated. c. w. johnson was arrest.
ed on. Pennsylvania avenue about
IL D. M, while John Doe, the 9th.
er,. was arrested by officer Thomas
Ford on Main street about 9:45 p.
m. The usual forfeits of S5 was
collected after the men had sober
ed up sufficiently to be released.
They failed to appear at court for
trial and their money went to the
city treasury.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-15
Eairmon1t5Player
With Sousa Band.

Carroll Carr, a Fairmont boy
who has won distinction as a clar-
ionetist, will apepar in this city
October with the famous Sousa's
band, according to a letter received
by his father this morning. The
Sousa band viii appear in Clarks-
burg October 4 and Morgantown
October s, according to the an
nouncement.
Mr.. Carr finishes an engagement
with Conway's band at Atlantic
City September is and Is schedul-
dto Join the Sousa band Septem-
Der 21.
The young man was born and
raised in this city and has q host
OF friends who will be glad to hear
Of his Joining the famous band and
that he is to be heard in this city
before many weeks. He is one OF
the few Fairmonters who have
made a name for themselves ma
tIonally as a musician. Last year
Carr was with the Pryor's. band
and at that time was considered
one OF the best clarionetists in the
country.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-15
Will Finance An Execu'
tive Headquarters For
This City
MEANS 1000 SCOUTS
Natural Outcome Of Com
munity Work Elks Have
Been Doing

Fairmont Lodge B. P. o. Elks
took a very important step at It's
meeting last night when 1t voted to
get benIud the Boy Scout move.
lnent in Fairmont and to provide
the funds necessary to employ a
Boy Scout executive FOR Fairmont,
clerical help and headquarters for
that executive. Community wet
tare work is being emphasized III
Elk lodges in all parts OF West V1r-
e mia at this time, but the Fairmont
lodge looms way up in the fore
ground by this acton. which was
possible because OF the fact that
the Boy Scout movement has beeL
permitted to lag in Fairmont as
compared to other cities OF the
state, leaving the opening that 1t is
so greatly to the credit Of the Elks
10 Till.
The Community Welfare commit
tee OF the Elks lodge has been CIV
ing the, Boy Scout proposition con
siueration for some time and the
matter has been before the lodge
two or three times recently. Last
night the report Of the committee,
which carried with 1t the appoint.
anent by, Brooks Fleming ar, the
exalted ruler OF a finance, commit.
tee, came up for action. Judge w.
IS. Raymond, who is a member OF
this committee, was also a member
of the War Work committee of the
local Elks lodge, which was the
origination Of the IDEA OF commu'
nifty welfare work.
There are five troops of Boy
Scouts in Fairmont at the present
time, according to DR.. G. H. Neill
who was one of the enthusiastic
boosters for the proposition before
the Elks lodge, and 1t Is the plan
to increase the number OF troops aa
rapidly as scout masters can be
secured. 1t is emphasized that the
mere fact Of financing the Boy
Scout movement to the extent OF
providing an executive, and arrang
ing for a headquarters, is only q
start and that the success of the
movement lies largely in securing
efficient scout masters, who arc
willing to give their time to this
worthy movement. The plan is 10
increase the number OF troops un.
Ill Fairmont will have nine hundred
or a thousand Boy Scouts.
The details are not yet perfect
ed by which the Boy Scout interest
will be worked up In Falrmont and
vicinity but the report Of the Elks
committee calls for a council to
handle the proposition which will
be appointed by Brooks Fleming,
Jr., exalted ruler OF the local lodge,
though Mr.. Fleming has announced
that he wants to give the naming
Of this committee consideration so
that 1t will not be announced for
some time. The pioneers in the
Boy Scout movement In Fairmont,
such men us Levi B. Harr, c. c.
Denham, Rev. H. G. Stoetzer anG
Fl. a. Williamson, have been empha.
sizing for some time the need OF
scout masters, declaring that the
Continued on page eighty
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-15
MINES ALONG
M0N0NGAHELA
GET SHARP CALL
Must Make Up Lake
Quotas Or Lose Com
mercial Cars

Operators along the Mononga-
hela railway were instructed today
to load their pro rata a shore Of
lake coal, In accordance with tho
Interstate Commerce Commission
LpTdeT at the;Fisk OF having CONNER
cial cars cut off II they failed to
live up tc their lake coal obliga-
tions. Some of the coal operators
are reported to be back consider.
ably in their share OF lake ship.
ments and naturally the MononRa-
hela railway can but live up to the
service order OF the interstate com
meTce commission.
Last week the B & O. railroad did
likewise and made the delinquent
coal operators come across with
their share, which is only fair to tho
operators who are conscientiously
living up to the lake coal apporti0n.
ments.
Good Car Supply
Sufficient empties are on the
MonongRh division OF the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad today TO enable ali
mines to be at work. There are
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CORONER BEGINS
into
Baxter WRECK.
Green Flags Were Up But
No One Heard
Whistle
|HlaBY WITNESSES UP
olored Man Tells How
One Political Argu-
ment Terminated
71ANY WITNESSES UP

The one bright spot in the testi-
inoriy this stnorning before the cor
3net Jury Investigating the troll
~ eek at Baxter on September
IN hIch five persons lost then
sf tas md more than score were
n3nf Is was furnished by Buu
igPalt colored, who was pas
ijengsr ON the car that was tele-
Iscppedf bg freight train.
9naS another fellow was ar
gningi politics." said Bud, "an' when
i come to, instead OF the other fel.
dow htttin' tme, find rhat | been
in q wreck
II. n. Storey, a bank teller OF
EFairview, was sitting with his lit
tie girl on his lap, when he saw
a the approaching freight train. He
fiiad only ttms enough TO step into
4 threw him and the child back into
the smoker. Mr. Storey's prompt
action was the means OF saving two
lives, for had they sat still they
would have been crushed between
the two seats.
That the wreck was. the result
tf fscaIales&ness on the part OF the
fnayEs aon the two passenger cars
~ et passed at Morris Siding, was
TunBly suggested by the testt-
tiony OF the WITNESSES. Evidently
I hecar going north, carried a green
5g, sign that another section
Was following, but none OF the crew
tWere quite sure that they had con.
firmed the signal by the required
one long and two snort blasts oil
the whistle. Nor could the crew
! 6e the wrecked car. recall having
heard the signal, and were certain
that they had not answered by two
short and one long blasts, as re-
aulred by the regulations.
Harry Sheets, an enpioye OF the
Traction company, first became
aware Of the fact that something
was amiss, when he saw three
coIored men going over the hill,
and found that they had hit pas.
(Continued on Page Seven.)