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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
4TH and 9Th Wards
LIKELY BATTLE GROUND
ON COMMISSION ISSUE
This Fact is Shown by Petit
tions Being Turned in for
Special Election on Change
TO BE FILED IN FEW DAYS
First and Second Wards Fa-
vored the Change Before
Third and Fifth Doubtful

The commission government petit
tions which are now being, returned
to the Office of Harry S. Medinets for
tabulation are bringing out one
fact and that is that the
real battle for votes at the
coming election will be fought
in the fourth and sixth wards where
organized opposition seemed to have
taken root.
The petitions show that the first
and second wards are greatly in
favor of the new form o. govern
rnent and that it is likely to receive
strcng support in the third and ifth
wards but in the other two districts
r-both of which are strong Republi-
can wards-considerab difficulty is
being experienced by those circulat-
ing petitions in securing signers.
Many of the petitions were return
ed to the Office of Mr.. Medinets last
night as requested, but there are still
a few which have not ben turned in
for tabulation. The work of secur-
ing signers will be continued today
and tomorrow, but at noon Monday
every one has to be turned in SO that
the petitions may be filed with City
Clerk Arthur e. Graham by next
Tuesday. The commission workers
are confident that more than the
necessary number OF signatures will
have been secured by that time.
Thus far the petitions show solid
support in the first and second
wards, the men circulating them
having little or no trouble in secur-
ing signatures. In that 1917 cleo
ton on the commission question
both of these wards came out in ia
vor of the change in government.
According to information secured
at the commission government head
quarters the prospect in the third
and fifth wards are also promising.
Every effort will now be made to
carry on an educational campaign
in the fourth and sixth wards. 1t
has been learned by those circulating
the petitions that false reports are
being spread about the city as to
what will happen if the present form
bf government is done away with.
Now that it has been learned just
where the strongest opposition is to
be expected every effort will be
made to show the voters in these
districts Just what commission gov
~ernment will mean to them,s and.
incidentally, reply to many of the
false reports which are now being
spread about the western and
northern sections of, the city by
those not favoring the. move.
The committee on public meet
ings is at work arranging a series
of mass meetings to which the pub
lie will be invited In order to en-
tighten the residents here as to Just
what this new form of municipal
government will mean. No an
nouncement of these meetings will
be made, however, until the neces-
sary number of signatures have
been filed and the date for the
election set.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
DEMONSTRATION
IS GIVEN COX
Great Crowds at Dayton Hon.
or Democratic Nominee---
Works on His Speech.

DAYTON, o.. July Sin addi-
ton to the League OF Nations, the
American industrial problems and
other domestic questions are to have
la prominent place in the address OF
Governor Cox acoeptng flse Demo-
cratic nomination.
It was said that large portion OF
the address might be expected to
deal with industrial affairs with a
closer together.
SO engrossed was the governor in
completing his address today that he
offered no comments last night on
the statement of Senator Harding,
charging that powerful international
interests serving the League of Ma
tions, were behind the Democrats.
would seek to minimize the league
issue.
The governor hopes to obtain con-
siderable rest and recreation this
week to prepare for the notification
day.
DAYTON, o., July 31.-The Miami
Valley held an unusual demonstra-
ton yesterday for Jimmie Cox. For
two hours the presidential nominee
stood with head uncovered in the
burning sun while $4,000 of his
friends and neighbors, half as parad-
ers and half as spectators, expressed
with printed signs and voices their
affection and admiration for Jimmie.
Starting as an orderly parade, the
demonstration assumed such proper
tions that for a few minutes IT
threatened to have disastrous conse-
quences for both Governor and Mrs.
Cox, forcing them finally to take re-
fuge in the county jail.
After the governor had ended
brief address. following the passing
of the parade, he reached down in
front to shake the hands of some OF
the people nearest him. Immediate
ly a crush started in his direction
and as the people on the outskirts
jammed in, women showed signs OF
fainting, while cries went up tnat
children would be trampled on.
Sensing the danger the governor
turned away and with Mrs Cox made
his way to the back of the stand and
to the sidewalk. Immediately they
became the center of a whirling,
cheering mass. Both the governors s
hands were kept busy as he with the
aid of two policemen tried to get
through to the curb. But no car was
waiting and so the whirlpool was
turned to the east along the side
walk.
Then the gates of the Jail yard
loomed up, together with about
dozen policemen. The gates opened,
and while the policemen held BACK
the crowd. Mr.. and Mrs. Cox, botn
visibly exhausted, entered.
The Governor paused for Few
minutes at the top of the, steps 10
recover his breath, and then turning
to the upturned faces that waited
outside the railing, said:
This is the first time that i nave
ever been driven to Jail. / can appre-
ciate now the feelings of men on the
inside. l appreciate your feeling ana
assure you I shall remember this DAY
as long as / live, and l invite you 10
come and see me in Washington.
1t is generally agreed here, that the
demonstration was the biggest tning
of its kind that has ever taken place
in this section of Ohio.
The nominee has completed MS
speech of acceptance, which goes to
the printer today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

AEHJClALfQ e
WASHINGTON. July 3I-WaIfe
House officials expressed safisf4c<1on
over the announcement Of John L.
Lewis, that he would order striking
mine laborers in Indiana and Illinois
to return to work. Mr.. Lewis' state
ment that he would take such action
followed receipt al Indiana IaS<
night of a telegram from President
Wilson. appealing TO the strikers to-
resume work pending ad5ustment oI
their wage demands.
The President addressed the fe1E )
gram TO the United Mine Workers
Association, of which the men IRE
members. He said IL the men rk
turned TO work he would invite thc
joint scale committee Of operators
and miners to meet for the purroze
of adjusting inequality that may ex-
ist in the present scale The Press.
dent declared that he could not ret<
ommend question Of inequality I'M
til the strikers returned to work.
The president issued his appeai
after he had studied the report sub
mitted by Secretary Wilson on fif
coal situation in Illinois and Ind{anl
where a large share OF the bitumln-
Gus miners had stepped down. The
president told the strikers he wa
distressed not only because OF tbs
likelihood OF the suffering Of <ds
coming winter, but also because IN
violation of the terms OF the sQleE1T
obligations irnpairs your good name
destroys the condolences which Is nj
basis of all mutual agreement 41a
threatens the very foundation o< 141l
Industrial relations"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
HARDING
ON PORCH TODAY
Campaign Opens With Pill
grimage of People to Hear
G. O. P. Nominee Speak.

BY The Associated Press
MARION, July 31-Sehator Hard
ing's front porch campaign began
today with a pilgrimage to Marion
by a delegation from Mansfield and
the sorrunding country in Rich1and
county. o.. to pay their respects to
the Republican nominee and hear
him discuss national issues.
The delegation marched on the
Harding residence with flags and
banners flying and bands playing.
Marion was in holiday dress. The
principal event of the program,
Senator Harding's address was to be
withheld until late afternoon.
Two airplanes were pilots of the
pilgrimage. T. E. Heney, vice presi-
dent of the Mansfield chamber OF
commerce, was chosen the advanced
scout to fly over Marion early in
the day and shower the city with
Harding and Coolidge souvenirs. and
Mrs. Gordon A. Farrow, vice presi-
dent of the Mansfield aero club. was
accorded the distinction of conveying
from the air the first of the front
porch delegation.
After a serenade the program in
cluded an address of greeting by
E. Z. Cateller, preceding Senator
Harding's speech.
MARION, O.. July 31:-Senator
Harding in a public statement pre-
liminary to the opening of his porch
campaign today has again called on
Governor Cox to outline the Demo-
cratic party's position on the
League OF Nations and charged
certain powerful international in
terests'' are prepared to contribute
most literally" toward the Demo-
cratic campaign because of their
concern in the foreign policy of the
present administration.
Senator Harding asserted that
Chairman White in Washington on
Thursday INDICATED very plainly"
that the Democrats intend to force
other issues to the front to keep
the public mind away from the fact
that their candidate has given his
pledge to support the Wilson pol
icy toward the treaty and the
league.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
TO Have nTemorisl Service.

A memorial service Tor George
Turk, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tuzik, will be held at st. Paufs
Evangelical church tomorrow morn
Ganss. pastor of the church. will
preach the memorial sermon ard
there will be special music by the
choir. Turk was killed in an cx-
plosion at the Raritan arsenal on
August A. 1919. when a magazine
of that place exploded. He was a
student in the Perth Amboy high
school and had gone to sthe arsenal
to work during the vacation period.
He was nineteen years old at the
time he was killed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
After Receiving Presidents
Telegram, Lewis, Mine
Workers Head, Goes Into
Conference on the Issue.
He HAS FULL AUTHORITY
Should Coal Strikers Refuse
to Obey. it is Expected
Drastic Action win Follow

INDIANAPOLIs, Ind, July 31<--
John l. Lewis president OF tht
United Mineworkers Of America. <o-
day will direct all striking miners
in the Indiana and Illinois coal Zelda
to return TO work in compli4nce WITH
a telegram sent him last night b<
President Wilson. After receiving f1r
telegram he held a Conferences ~
the national miners headquarters AZ
conclusion of which he issued
statement that he would order The
men in the affected districts hack
to work. s.
Full authority to deal with t111
stuation has been vested In Prezi111<
Lewis by the executive board of
miners in session for the last w16<
here No word has been receives
from officials of the miners Iot1t
and no one would venture an opiuiou
as to how the order would be ~
ceived.
Should the strikers refuse s.
obey it is expected that dIzc1p plln<
acton win be brought against of<11
ing members.
Mr.. Lewis IN announcInx M
would order the miners back <o
work said he had been Impressed "
t-AS NNAG6 dAA4F lAAE AeA4 AAE%19 Oh N <3&@<@
must be apparent to everyone xh3
has regards for constituted author-
sry on the public VIII. "a
The suggestions OF the PresI61xf
he said, viii be approved BY cx4<4
right thinking and loyal mem11<
and will be considered q s<iuxIn<
rebuke TO men of the type OF Fe1z<
Harrington who have m1fze<646
melted men to disregard THAR 81
tract obligations.
The Illinois coal operators E&Sx
not requested his ofIlce to euf6rtz
the validity Of the wage aEr <1<z
the statement said
Il intend, however, ia comp<<&utt
with the wishes of the President 1o|
issue mandatory order ins<ruc<f1<
and directing all miners now OH
strike in Illinois and Indiana to In !
mediately return TO work 20 - @
permit the normal operation c< z16
mines" the statement addG6- <<1XIs
pliance with this order BY fhe 5
| Yorkefs-Wi4 pave the Way Tor
calling of wage coufer1uc& y
suggested by the President ftt Nv
consideration of equality II f15
agreement"
Mr.. Lewis expects to answar the
telegram some time today. Although
unwilling to make any definite state
ment it is likely his order 70 the
miners will be sent at the same f1<nt
Mr.. Lewis confines his comment on
the message and the strike situation
to his statement and asked to Be
excused from formal euest.cnx. NJ
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
VICTORY CHEERING

BY The Associated Press.
PARIS, July 31.-The newspapers
this morning expressed satisfaction
over the vote supporting Premier
Millerand's Spa agreement. They
say the governments victory was
due to the clear, frank declaration
of the premier.
They declare the chamber realized
the seriousness of the question but
lay emphasis on the fact that all
speakers pointed out that France
had reached the limit of concessions.
L'Eclair says the chamber even
against it's will submitted rather
than break an engagement entered
into in its name.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
CONNECT TURK NATIONAL
LEADER WITH S0VIETS

F. WASHINGTON, July 81. -
Documentarian evidence of the con-
nection of Mustapha Kemil, Turkish
nationalist leader with the bolsheviki
and the recent revolutionary out
breaks in Messopotamia and Syria, Is
contained in letters from him and
other leaders to agents in the Moslem
world received today.
Addressed to representatives OF the
''bolshevist and of the Ottoman
nationalist movement in Bagdad,
Basra. Mossoul, Sulernia, Karkuk,
Diarbekir, the letters signed by
Mustapha Kemil. leader of the OF
toman nationalist movement IN
Egypt, and Colonel Omar Chewki, of
the Turkish ministry of war in
Constantinople, appeal for the incite-
ment of revolution among the
Moslem population.
THE ministry of war. the cabinet
and especially his majesty the
sultan" Mustapha Kemil said, will
be infinitely pleased and gratified If
there should be general revolution
against the British"
Promise that munitions and
troops would be furnished leaders
was made by Mustapha Kemil.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

BY The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, July S1;-
Deputy United States marshals
planned to serve warrants today on
fifteen coal operators and brokers
said to be charged with having
made exorbitant profits on coal in
violation of the Lever act
The warrants were issued by
United States Commissioner Powers
at the request of District Attorney
Kenneryly, who said he had evi-
dence of profteering.
The warrants are said to contain
four to ten counts each.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
MONOPLANES CONTINUE
FLIGHT TO COAST

by Ihs AssOciated Press- /
CLEVELAND. July 81. = Pilot
Bert Acosta. driving monoplane No.
2 in the transcontinental aerial flight,
left here for Chicago at 9:25 O'Clock
this morning on the second leg. A
new plane landed today to replace
machine No. 3 damaged yesterday.
Captain Hartney. pilot of No. 8. ex-
poets to leave this afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

By The Associated Press
: LONDON, July 31--Continued
successes for the bolshevik are an
nounced in Official statements issued
by the Russian government in Mos
cow and received here by wireless
The statement said the bolsheviki
advanced to Brest-Litovsk Thurs
day. 1t reads:
"Our forces have occupied Bialy-
stok.s In the direction of Bielsk
(thirty miles south of Bialystok) af-
ter fierce fighting our troops forced
the river Marva, and are continuing
to advance.
I'VE occupied Prlxhani Tuesday
and advanced to Brest-Litovsk
Thursday. In the direction of Ko-
vel our troops are driving the Poles
back to the river Kotskod.
In the Crimea sector. fighting con-
tinues between the river Dnieper
and south of the town of Alexand-
rovsk and Nogaisk."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
Mother Charges larceny

Fred Pfiiederer. of 265 Madison
avenue, was arrested by Detective
Sergeant John HUFF and Detective
Joseph Gutowski on grand lar
ceny charge preferred by his moth
er. The culprit, twenty years. oid,
is charged with taking a $3.50 check
and $40 in cash from a drawer in
his mothers home. The robbery
occurred about July IL and the
police have been keeping a constant
watch for him since the report was
received.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

NEW BRUNSWICK. July ST.
will probably bring forth its candi-
dates and announce plans for the
fall campaign at an affair some
time in August. 1t IS the usual Gus
tom for the party to begin its fight
during that month and 1t Is proba-
BILE that this year they will hold
back until the usual time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

The undersigned desire 10 thank their
relatives friends and neghbors for the
sympathy expressed them in their recent
hereavelnent and for the beautiful floral
tributes.
We also wish 10 thank Rev. r. Schiotter
for his comforting words and the Seamen
from Brougher Hodge Barracks ID, NO. -.
Rec. Shin. Bay Ridge. n. Y.
Mr. AND MRS. HENRY SCHULTZ AND
FAMILY.
isSSS--T-31-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
Oppose Rate Increase.

WASHINGTON, July 31.-In a
brief filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission the National Pub
fishers Association of New York op-
posed the application of the Ameri-
can Express Company for an in
crease of forty per cent. increase on
the rates.
The association asks that the ap-
p,ication of the express company for
reelassification of periodicals be de-
MED. ss1zAM szIz
p A. Hdwe for Ice Cream Freezers
Z -Tuas Thlrs Sat TIE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

BY The Associated Press B
SIDNEY, N. S, July 31:-f&Ent
clubs of Nova Scotia and not o..
Thomas Upton will be the nex<
Challenger If yachtsmen follow {ha|
recommendation made By A. r.
Gross, of Montreal. former men7bfr'
of parliament from Victoria n41
North Cape Britain. Mr. (rxtaz
urged the Nova Scotia clubs to COM
bine ad build challenger TOR <he.
cup now held by the New Xox;
Yacht Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
search for Bodies of VICTIMS

PHILADELPHIA, July 31:-i
Police and firemen today continued
to search for possible victims of a
fire which destroyed several factory
buildings yesterday. Two bodies
have been recovered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

The post office at Oak Tree. two
miles from Plainfieid. n. j.. which
holds the record for being robbed
more times than any other office in
the state, was burned yesterday.
Money and stamps and a stock of
groceries were saved. 1t is believed
the fire was set. The insurance pol
icy expired Thursday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

BY The Associated Press
QUEBEC. July 31-Three men
were killed early today in Vahril-
liant. when a bolt of lightning strucn
shed in which dynamite was
stored.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
LACK MONEY IN
LIQUOR FIGHT
insufficient Funds Causing
Uphill Fight by Prohibition
Enforcement Agents.
VERY MUCH MO0NSHINING
New York Agents Patrol
Streets in Search of Loads
of Booze; Raids Continued

BY The Associated Psess.
WASHINGTON, July 31-Insuffi-
cient funds is causing, Commission
er Kramer and his lieutenants an
uphill fight to enforce prohibition.
In addition to funds, the difficulty
of retaining trained moonshine
hunters.
Illicit distilleries are running In
almost every community and S4,-
sol. 900. including $4,000 for head
quarters here and s750,000 for en-
forcement of the narcotic act, will
not go far. Attacks have been made
here and in New Jersey. New York
is due for drive, but while the
big cities are being raided. small
cities are thriving in Illicit whiskey
business 1t is said that about
$4,000 stills are operating in Vir-
ginia.
The last of the trained moon
shine chasers II. NJ. Gaylord, as
sistant commissioner of prohibition
in the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
Is expected to resign Monday and
go into private business. This will
leave an inexperienced staff. Daniel
c. Roper was the first of the group
to quit. and was followed by j. III.
Callan, D. M. Kelleher and others.
A division order from New York
providing for refusal of permits to
wholesale concerns to handle alco-
hol or other intoxicating liquors has
been issued and sent here for ap-
proval. Limiting the number of
dealers will enable the prohibition
officers to keep a closer track on the
business. Protests from wholesale
dealers are pouring into the treas
ury, claiming that one dealer should
not be allowed to handle the stun
and another barred.
The New York order IL approved
will allow present dealers monopoly.
Commissioner Williams has issued
the following opinion regarding use
of intoxicating liquors in manufact
ure of foods, Intoxicating liquors
may be used in the manufacture of
such food products as may be ap-
proved by the commissioner upon
obtaining permits therefore, as here
in provided, but no permit shall be
granted to any person other than
a person engaged in the business of
manufacturing food products for the
purpose of market and sale, and not
to be consumed on or in connection
with the premises where manufact-
ured. Where intoxicating liquors are
used in the manufacture of liquid
food products such as soups. or in
frozen liquids such as ice cream or
ices, or IN preserving or favorine
fruits. such liquids, ice cream, ices
or the juice of fruits so preserved or
favored shall contain less than one
half of one per cent. of alcohol by
volume. In no case is permit to
be issued to a person owning hotel.
restaurant or other public place."
TAKE 5-BOOZE. .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

NEW YORK, July SIT became
known today through official
channels that more than 100 internal
revenue and prohibition enforcement
agents, under Captain Frazier, a
special agent of the enforcement de-
partment, have been assigned to
walk the streets of the city. on the
lookout for vehicles with suspicious
loads.
Developments have convinced ofi1-
Gals, it is said, that. one of the best
methods of locating the whereabouts
of Illegally held liquor is to discover
some of it in transportation. Every
thing from hearse to an automobile
tire has been used to transport booze
in this and other cities, and the
agents are becoming expert in the
detection of camouflaged cargoes.
John J.. Quigley. acting prohibition
enforcement agent for this district.
refused to say today whether the
Increased activity of prohibition en-
forcement agents in Newark, N. j.,
would be extended to this city. 1t is
believed likely. however. that there
will be more raids here very soon,
but Mr.. Quigley said he could not
make known his plans. as that would
Tip of the violators."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31
Teacbe- Shoots himself.

NEW YORK. July 31.-willard d.
Shannahaw. New York high school
teacher and former college instruc-
tor. today shot himself to death after
leaving a note to his wife saying he
feared long Hines would make him
a burden on her hands.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

II your coal or gas rssge does ro< tx1<
or burn viii make II or 10 c11<F4 81
y Larkfr. z3s Market s. Tai I9e9
1Te4s-7-9-if Mon. We'd ard sat-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-31

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