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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
SEVERAL CASES HEARD
IN METUCHEN COURT

METUCHEN. Sept. 22-Addition-
al effort on the part of the local
police to do away with bicycle riding
on the sidewalks of the borough was
made last night when John Urban.
of South Plainfield, vas arraigned
before Recorder Charles c.. Weber
charged by Officer Smith with this
offense. 1t was pointed out that
where Main street passes beneath
the railroad tracks the road is ex-
tremely rough and the bicycles are
in the habit of taking to the walks
at this point, thereby causing much
trouble. Urban pleaded guilty to the
charge but maintained that he knew
nothing of the law f%orbidding such
a practice. His Ease was disposed of
with a fine of 81.
A further hearing was held last
night in the case of w. j. White, Of
New Brunswick, who was charged
by Jeppe Sondergaard of Watching
and formerly of Perth Amboy with
reckless driving of an automobile.
The case was brought up last week
and adjourned until last night be-
cause of conflicting testimony.
The charge grows out of a COLI
sion occurring at Amboy avenue and
Home street. where Sondergaard
claimed White struck him and in
flicted SO worth of damage to his
a Last night, however, Sender
gard changed his testimony and
tanning the while hat White was at
fault for not giving him the right of
way at the corner.
After hearing the evidence in the
ase Recorder Weber dismissed the
case,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. George Raymond, of
Newark, were visitors at Little
Farms Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gibson have
been at Haines Falls for a vacation.
Miss Beatrice Bateman is recover
ing at her home in Great Kills after
an operation at the Memorial Hospi-
tai.
Miss Eleanor Barton has gone
home to the Bronx after visiting in
Woodrow.
Mrs. Roger Wrigley has returned
to Greenville, S. c., after a visit with
her son in Huguenot Park.
Mrs. Ernest Lenior visited in Perth
Amboy yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Depew have
returned from a honeymoon and
have taken up their residence in
Newark.
A parcel post package party and
entertainment for the benefit of the
Huguenot Reformed church was held
last night at the home of Mrs.
Charles Hall. Refreshments yer
served,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
SUPREME CIRCUIT CASES
TO Be TRIED ON NOV. Il

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 22:-
County Clerk Bernard M. Cannon
has received a letter from Circuit
Court Judge Warrall +. Mountain in
which he sets forth that he will be
in New Brunswick on November 81
to try issues in the supreme and cir
cult court. The calendar arranged
for these cases shows that Judge
Mountain was scheduled to Re here
September 26 and arrangements
were made accordingly.
This means that there will be no
civil court cases mex week. There
are one hundred civil court cases
scheduled to be heard. and there IS
-. possibility of congestion. inasmuch
as the December term session opens
on December 13, three weeks from
the date Judge Mountain will start
hearing civil cases.
1t will be decided today whether
or not criminal cases will be heard
in the county court next week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
STARTS $4,000 DAMAGE
SUIT AFTER ACCIDENT

A suit for $4,000 damages and
costs has been instituted in the SUI
preme court by Otto Dietrich of Mat
avian, against the Farmers Trucking
Company, a New Jersey corporation.
Senator Thomas Brown represents
Mr. Dietrich. The suit is the outcome
of an automobile accident which oc-
Cured on the South Amboy-Sayre-
vile road on August 4.
According to the complaint, Diet
rich was operating his machine in a
southerly direction on this road.
while the defendants servant was
operating a motor truck going in the
opposite direction. but it is alleged.
was on the wrong side of the road.
This negligence on the part of the
truck driver. it is alleged, caused
the two machines to come together
with such force that Dietrich was
thrown from his car so violently that
his arm was fractured and his face,
legs, arms, body and head badly
bruised and lacerated. The automo-
bile is said to be a total loss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
ON TOUR OF INSPECTION

TOTTENVILLE. Sept. 22-Gen-
eral Manager II. b. Voorhees,, of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit rail-
road with other officials of the road,
that included Trainmaster B. f.
Kelly, General Traffic Agent E.. w.
Murray, Division Operator ]. f. Nc
Gowan, Assistant Trainmaster j.. f.
Mckinley and Division Agent Frank
Rebin made an inspection of the
Tottenville division of the road yes
terday. They came down from st.
George by special train and were
in T%ottenville about 10:40 o'clock.
After looking over the terminal here
the party went by boat to Perth
Amboy, where they inspected the
ferry terminal at that place. They
went over the other division of the
road on the island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
HELMETTA POSTMASTER
MUST TAKE CIVIL SERVICE

HELMETTA, Sept. 22.-Postmas-
ter Chester A. Burt, of this place. has
received notice from the postoffice
department at Washington, that he
will be compelled to take the civil
service examination to retain his Of
flee. at the examinations to be held
at Freehold. on October 8. Mr.. Burt
will take the test for disappointment
to the office and this will be his first
examination in the twenty-five years
that he has held the office.
No opposition has ever developed
before by any aspirant for the post
that pays $4,000 and Mr.. Burt has
held 1t through the Democratic adj
ministration and is known among the
inspectors as New Jerseys most
careful postmaster"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
is PUT ON PROBATION
FOR YEARS TINT

TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 22:-
Stephen Horwarth, of Bethel ave
nue.. Tottenville, charged with as
sault on Mrs. Mary Plaskman, of Is
Maiden Lane, on September 6 was
yesterday placed on probation for
one year by Magistrate Fetherston
in the first district court. Horwarth,
who was defended by Assemblyman
Ernest ". Frerichs, was charged
with striking Mrs. Plaskman in the
face with his hand during an argu-
ment. Horwarth was convicted of
assault a year ago on Mrs. Ella
Lucas of Bethel venue and fined
$25 in the court of special sessions
on the charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
TOTTENVILLE

D. allSl 4NoDGuSC IldS llcu
home after several months visit
with relatives in South Carolina.
Miss Addie Pullman and Miss
Jennie Painter, of Philadelphia,
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
John Potter.
Miss Sue Marshall has been visit
ing Mrs. Edward G. Morse at Jer-
sey City.
Mrs. Frank Adams has returned
to Manhattan after visiting here.
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. Lester Bedell, of
Orange, visited relatives in town
over the week end
Mrs. S. B. Greason is seriously i'll
u the home of her sister, Mrs. PEN
dexter.
Mrs. George Hoehn and daughter
Miss Evelyn Hoehn, were at a fam
lily gathering in Brooklyn last night
for the birthday celebration for the
formers mother
Jesse Slaieht, assistant cashier of
the First National bank, Perth AM
boy, is seriously i'll at his home in
Brighton street.
Police Lieutenant Otto J. Walch,
of Prince Bay, vas today trans
ferred from the 26th precinct, Man
haitian to the monitor board at
headquarters in Borough hall. ana
Sergeant Wimund Winant, who has
been acting there returns to Totem
vile.
The rank of page will be con-
ferred by Richmond Lodge No 80.
Knights of Pythias. at it's meeting
tonight at Amicitia hall.
United Council, Jr. o. u. A. M.
met last night at Odd Fellows hall.
An initiation of a candidate took
place at a meeting of Huguenot
Chapter. No. So, Order of the East
ern Star, last night at the Masonic
temple.
Three speeders were fined $25
each by Magistrate Fetherston in
the second district court yesterday
that were served with a summons
in Amboy road.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
KEYPORT WOMAN
ON GRAND JURY

KEYPORT, Sept. 22-Five wo-
men one of whom lives in Keyport.
were selected on the September
term grand jury when 1t was drawn
in Freehold Tuesday of this week.
Miss Annie Laurie Tilton is the
Keyport member, the other femi-
nine Jurors being Miss Eugenia
Bennett of Ocean Grove, Mrs. Her
bert Williams and Mrs. Leila V. j..
Minot of Red Bank, and Mrs. Eliza
A. Ramsay Of Keansburg
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22

born on Peace Day. If women
would only take your Vegetable Com
pound they would have better health.
Railways recommends. Mrs. TRACY
PATTEN, 2 Lincoln Ave., Salisbury,
Mass.
The experience of maternity should
not be approached without careful
physical preparation, as it is impos-
sible for a weak, sickly wife to bring
healthy children into the world.
Therefore if a woman is suffering
from a displacement, backache, in
fammation, liberation, bearing-down
pains, headaches, nervousness or
s'the blues''s she should profit by Mrs.
Patterns experience, take Lydia E.
sPinkham's Vegetable Compound and
be restored to health
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
B0OTLEGGERS
WR|TELETTERS
Get Prohibition Officers in
One Section and Carry on
Activities in Another

NEWARK, Sept. 22-Bootleggers
in various parts of the state are be-
lieved to be at the bottom of 95 per
cent of the hundreds of anonymous
letters being received from would
be reformers, at prohibition enforce
ment HEADQUARTERS here. The let
ters go into detail concerning the
operation of the alleged "hootch
dispensers and are thought by en-
forcement agents to be bait to entlce
the authorities to definite points,
while bootlegging activities are r
ried on simultaneously at other
places secure from Intervention.
Captain William Drake enforce
ment aid to Director Brown. said
this morning that such anonymous
letters are worse than useless I'M
signed and that bona fide commun-
ications must be signed if they are
to be of use to the enforcing agents.
Excerpts from some of the COM
munications are as follows:
Il like to inform you about sa-
loon at -" The man has
gambling joint and sells all kinds
of whiskey and has a still. My us
band don't give me a red cent. all
his pay is lost. / have no money for
bread for the children. He comes
home drunk, more people are the
same. Please give attention to this
letter.
"a GOOD FRIEND"
A second letter reads like this:
"I have a little information to give
you. There is a Mr.. - who runs
a hardware store at -. A man
told me he had put a lot of booze
in his cellar. Three raps on the
fence if you want a drink.
"REFORMER."
Another goes in this vein: Il am
a poor hard working woman with a
family and my husband come home
drunk every night. He spends all
his money on whiskey and the fam
lily goes without food. He gets 1t
at - (giving six names and adj
dresses.)
HEART BROKEN WIFE"
"Please take care of home brew
icint at -. He Is selling 1t to
saloon keepers and has a brewery
in his cellar.
MRS. o. K"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22

from a Jersey Central trolley car
yesterday afternoon she lost her
balance and fell. Her injuries were
not considered serious and she was
taken to her home by Officers Will
liam Buchan and Lester Seaman.
Machines operated by Tony Tony
teri, of 410 Ogden place, and James
Slower, of South Amboy. collided
yesterday afternoon, the collision
resulting in a broken step on Slo-
ver's bus. No one was injured. Pa
trolman Andrew Thullesen reported
the incident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
INJURED
IN FALL OF CAR

Two small accidents were report
ed to the police yesterday. A wo-
man was slightly injured in falling
off a trolley car and two automo-
biles we're damaged when a crash
took place between a light truck
and a bus.
AS Mrs. Ole c. Olesen. of $50
South First street, was descending
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
BAR FILMS SHOWING
VIRGINIA Rape

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 22.-All first
National film exchanges were order
ed today to withdraw all films from
exhibition in which appear Virginia
Rape. the actress for whose death
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle. is held at
San Francisco. charged with murder.
it was announced today. Three thou
sand two hundred exhibitors are rep
resented in the action.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
To Build at MctuChcn

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 22:-A
building contract has been filed IL
the county clerks office between f
Hamil, Metuchen, and Michael Rose
for improvements to a building il
Metuchen. This work, according tc
the contract, will be completed by
November Is and will cost $500.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
COUNTY NEWS

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. ga
certificate of incorporation has
been placed on file in the Office of
the county clerk today by the Glen
mary Realty Company. The offices
of the concern are located at 391
George street, New Brunswick, and
the statutory agent is given as Au-
gust Streitwolf.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
BABY BORN
ON PEACE DAY
After Mother Had Been
Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Salisbury, Mass. -@Fors years
had a female trouble and such bear

lng-doWn pains 1
could hardly domy
house The
doctor said, If
you a have
another baby it
might be the best
thing for you but
l am afraid you
cannot l began
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
and nv baby was
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22
File Trade Name

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 22.-
A certificate of trade name has been
filed in the county clerks office by
the Brunswick Machine Shop of s
Harey street, New Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept, 22-
The local police have spread an
alarm for a Ford touring car said
to have been stolen from George
street at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The missing machine is the
property of Lawrence Harding and
bears the number 1891 n. ].
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. 8.

AppEONG0 ZOs I9SI.
 An Act transferring Arkansas County from the Eleventh Judicial Cir quit of Arkansas to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, and fixing time for holding Circuit Court in said Seven teenth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas
 Provides that Arkansas County shall P transferred from the Eleventh Ju- &seial Circuit to the Seventeenth Ju- Gcial Circuit, and provides that the lime for holding. court in the Seven t@enth Judicial Circuit shall be as fol- Jews:
 Faulkner County: 1st Monday in January and 3rd Monday in July of each year.
 Lonoke County: 1st Monday in Feb rsary and 1st Monday in September of
 Prairie County, Northern District: srd Monday in March and Srd Monday
 Prairie County, Southern District: lst Monday in March and 3rd Monday Sn August.
 Monroe County: 4th Monday in April and 4th Monday in November.
 Arkansas County. Northern District: frd Monday in February and 3rd Mon day in August
 Arkansas County, Southern District: Srd Monday in January and 1st Monday in July.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
 ACT NO. 124.
K 1Q01-

Approved February 10, I921.
 An Act to amend Act No. 571 or the Acts Of the General Assembly of l9l9.
 The Act aboiishes the Arkansas Cor poration Commission and creates the Arkansas Railroad Commission, to con- sst of three members al a salary or S3 600 00 per year and secretary at salary of $3.600.00 per year. Pro- vides that said commission shall have control for the purpose of regulating all common carriers, railway express companies. car companies, toll bridges, ferries, steam boats, steam railways, telephone and telegraph companies, pipe lines for the transportation of oil, gas and water gas companies, electric lighting companies, hydro electric companies. water companies furnishing water within the municipality for mu- the commission shall not have jurisdic- tion over any rate. charge, rule, regu- lations order hearing or investigation or other matter pertaining to the oper- atfons within the limits of any mu- nicipaHty of any street railway, tele- graph, telephone, gas company, pipe line company, electric company, hydro- electric company, water company or other company operating as a public utility. Provides that cities and towns shall have the right to regulate the service and rates to be charged by pub lie utilities within such city and town. Provides that such Railroad Commits sion shall have such Jurisdiction as heretofore conferred, upon the Rail- road Commission and the Arkansas Corporation Commission not inconSist- ent with the provisions of this Act
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. 92.
Approved February s. 1a2

An Act to appropriate funds for the maintenance Of the Department of State Lands, Hi shways and Improve ments for the period ending June 30, 1921.
 Appropriates the sum of $2.40000 for the expenses of the Land Division of said department.
 Appropriates the sum of $1,575.00 for the Automobile Division of said de- par tment.
 Appropriates the sum of s10,287.50 to pay expenses of the Highway Division of said department.
 Appropriates the sum of s9,162.52 for automobile tags and receipt expenses of the department incurred in March, 1919. claim of H. c; Pugh for printing, prior to April sor dsls; j. s M Mal9nsy for for extra antemobi's license clerks for lotment to Carroll County App~o9r.- ates the sum of s1oo,oo % for State propriates the sum of s349.53 for re. fund for amount erroneously paid into the land sales fund
 Said appropriations covers the perioe from April 1st, 1921. to June 80, l9Al
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. 1AO.
Approved February IT, ID,


 An Act to amend Sections and of amended by Act No. 275 of the Acts| 6f 1919.
 Provides that industries such as can- ming factories and candy factories shaN apply to the Industrial Welfare Com- mission for authority to employ womanl employees for more than nine hours a| day, and the Commission may, after al hearing. grant such request. Providess that women employees shall be paid one and one-half time for oyertime Provides that the Industrial Comms- - sion shall consist of one woman and one man representative of the em- ployers and one woman and one man| representative of the employees. One woman and one man member of the Commi ssion to be appointed by the Governor and one woman and one man to be appointed by the Commis- sioner of Labor and Statistics.
 Provides that all females employed who are paid upon the piece-work basis or in any other manner than by the day, shall be paid not less than the rate per day paid for similar em- ployment. Provides that the Indus trial Welfare Commission may upon in- vestiRation, if they deem that the sys- tenn of piece-Work is working an in- justice to the general health of the employees, after a hearing, issue an order compelling said firms to abolish said piece-work system and establish a daily rate of wages for all employees Said rate to be not less than that speci- fled in Section 2 of the original Act.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. IA.
-NVs Approved February IS. 1921,


 An Act to conserve the natural gas resources of the State.
 Provides that the Gas Inspector shall test all gas wells in the State between day in January of each year, and as often thereafter as in his judgment may be necessary in order to deter- mine the open flow of rock pressure of said well; that he shall receive fee of $25.00 day and his actual ex- penses, to be paid by the person, firm or corporate owniHg the well to be tested. Provides, that in testing well, the State Inspector shall close the well for period of five minutes, and then open it, allowing it to flow for five minutes and then take test of it's open flow volume. Immediately after the test said inspector shall furs his test, showing the amount of gas which said owner or operator may take from said well each day, and shall file. said report with the county clerk of the county in which said well is To- cated. Such inspector shall give five days notice before making the test and any person interested shall have the right to be present when said test is being made.
 Provides that said inspector shalL ords, etc, in order to make the test. Provides that when gas from a well is being used the production thereof shall be restrained to twenty per cent of the that it shall not be allowed to flow more than twenty per cent of it's open flow capacity during any twenty-four hours.
 Provides that all oil and gas sands found to be unproductive shall be pro- tected by judding off said oil sands by the use of mud laden fluids or other effective methods
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. z.
AC1 GNOs e Approved January 21, 1921

An Act to fix definite fiscal year, and for other purposes.
 Provides that the fiscal year for all offices. departments, institutions and other agencies of State Government shall begin on July 1st and end on June 30. Provides that July 1st, 1921. shall be considered the beginning of the first fiscal year under the provisions of this Act. Provides that appropriations made by the 43rd General Assembly for the support of the State Government shall cover requirements from July 1st, 1921, to June 30. 1923, and that subse- quent sessions of the Legislature shall provide for the expenditure of the government for two years beginning on July 1st of the year in which the session is convened. Provides that ap- propriations shall be made for one fiscal year only-two appropriations to be made for each agency of the State Government a each regular session of the General Assembly. Provides that all reports to the Governor are to be made as of July first of each year. Pro yides the first report shall be repaired July ist, 1922.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. S2. Annr0~n6 Enhrrxnr.1 =


 An Act to prevent the destruction of section or quarter-section corners.
 Provides that it shall be the duty of all engineers employed by improve ment districts to relocate any section corner or quarter-section corner where the same is destroyed by reason of the work in the district, and to make full and complete notes as to how he pro- ceeds in the location of such corners, and to file such notes in the office of the county clerk of the county Pro- vides that any person who shall by other manner destroy or remove any section or quarter section corner, with out first having said corner fixed by a a fine fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars twenty-five dollars of said fine to be paid to the informer.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-06-16
ACT NO. 116.


 An Act to promote the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation, elim- mating speculation, waste, etc.
 Provides that five CT more persons engaged in agricultural products may form non-proht co operative assocla- tion. with or without capital stock under the provisions of this Act That every such organization shall have the power to engage in any activity in con nection with the marketing, harvest ing preserving, drying, packing. can ming, compressing and handling of any agricultural products produced or de- hvered to 1t by it's members. The said ssociation may borrow money and make advances to members. May act as agent or representative of any member of the association. May pur- chase bonds and stock, establish re- serves and invest. funds thereof in bonds or such other property as may be provided. May buy and sell real and personal property and do every proper for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. Such associa- tions can admit as members only per- sons engaged in the production of agri-- cultural products, including lessee and tenants of land. Provides for the in- corporation of said associations, for the amendment of it's articles, for it's bylaws, rules and regulations, and for it's election of directors. Provides that such associations may make contracts requiring the members to sell for any period of time not over ten years, all or any specified part of their agricul- tural products or specified commodities through the association or any facil- ities to be created by the association.
 Provides that each association shall make an annual report to the Commis- sioner of Mines. Manufactures and Agriculture; that said associations may make contracts and agreements with other associations. Provides that associations heretofore organized may adopt the provisions of this Act.