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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
ARTHUR KILL ROAD IS
! AGAIN OPEN TO TRAFFIC

iEy Evening News Stag Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 22-Arthur
Kill road for its entire length OF
nine miles from Tottenville to Rich
mond was thrown open to traffic on
Saturday following the taking down
of the last barriers between Main
street and Bentley street, that have
shut off traffic at that point for ne
pas three weeks for the rebuilding
of the thoroughfare. With the ex-
certion of the building of the wings
along the new concrete pavement
the road is completed from Bentley
street, Tottenville, to Richmond
AS soon as the road vas officially
opened by Joseph Johnson ,Jr., a
member of the firm which had the
contract from Tottenville to Krei-
scherville, all kinds Of vehicles
we're passing over the road and all
day yesterday many automobiles
we're using the road in preference
to Amboy road.
Ground was broken by Borough
President Calvin d. Van Name on
March 1 of this year at Bentley
street and Arthur Kill road for the
construction of the new concrete
pavement, which is now said to be
one of the finest in the state. The
reinforcement of the new pavement
with a steel mesh wire weighing
about thirty-five pounds to the
square yard of pavement is the prin-
cipal engineering feature of the new
road, which will be used principally
by heavy traffic passing over the
island because of Amboy road hav-
ing been restricted to that traffic
with the exception when the new
road was being built. When the
contract was let for the rebuilding
1 of Arthur Kill road 1t was put out
in four contracts. The total cost
of the construction in the four con-
tracts aggregated $711,934.50 and
was divided as follows: Contract,
No. l., Joseph Johnson and Sons,
$216,217; contracts No. 2 and No. 3,
William P. Mcdonald Construction
Company ,$165.405, and $165,270,
and contract Nc. 4. John E. Dono-
van 1854, 042.50.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
AMERICAN DICTIONARIES
DEDICATE VERDON TABLET

VERDUN. France. Aug. 22.-
Members of the American Legion
this morning dedicated a tablet to
the defenders of Nerdun. The cere-
mony was carried out in the pres
ence of city officials. The tablet was
erected to the men who stood before
Verdun and held back the enemy. 1t
was dedicated to the men who ut
tered the immortal words: They
shall not pass"
At the end of the ceremony four of
the Americans were decorated by
the municipality with the special
medal of Verdun. The recipients
were. Major John G. Emery. nation
al commander of the legion: Frank
D'Olier, of Philadelphia. first ma
tional commander of the legion;
Henry ID. Lindsey, of Dallas, past
national commander of the legion,
and Col. Milton J. Foreman. of Chi
cagO.
The party of legion men spent the
afternoon visiting the Argonne
where service for the dead was held
in the Romagne cemetery by two
former United States chaplains. the
Rev. James j. Halligan and the Rev.
William p. Little.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES

The Cardinal outfit of the play
ground baseball league engages i'll
it's first outside contest of the season
tomorrow afternoon when the Reds
take on the Linden sixteen year old
team. The game is called for 2
o'clock and will be played at the
Raritan Copper Works field. The
Lindens play good baseball and the
Cardinals have been at the top OF
the playground league so a good
game is expected tomorrow.
Doc Emmons and his Hayes
Park gang went on a bicycle hike to
Cliffwood this morning. Upon their
arrival a clambake and a compre-
hensive program of land and water
sports was scheduled and the Hayes
Park boys expected to have their
usual good time.
The girls of School No. 6 took
Hayes Park down a peg or two on
Friday afternoon when they defeated
the Parkers at volley ball, two
matches out of the three played.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
WI CANDIDATES FOR
DEMOCRATIC ASSEMBLY

IBy Evening News Staff Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 22.-There
will be two candidates at least in
the Democratic primaries seeking
the office Of assemblymen from the
second assembly district, it became
known On Saturday when Peter
Spinelli, of SO Bellair road, Rose
bank, had filed his petition with the
Board of Elections at ST. George, as
a candidate for the Democratic
nominations from the second dis
trict. He viii! be in the race with
William L. Vaughan. of Fisher ave-
nue., Tottenvil!e, who was designated
by the Democratic organization at
the meeting, held TWO weeks ago for
the position Of borough candidates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
PARTY COT
bUCKSHOT LOAD
Farmer Thought They Had
Stolen Fruit and Let
Fly at Them

KEYPORT, Aug. 22-Because
they were mistakenly supposed 20
be eating stolen peaches under the
nose of the angry owner, the men,
bers of a motoring party, all of
whom reside at Asbury Park, re-
ceived a bombardment of buckshot
propelled from the muzzle of a shot
gun yesterday afternoon.
The members under fire were
Samuel Alderilla, Mrs. Chester Car
dilla and Miss Emily Pezalla, all of
1928 Springwood avenue, Asbury
Park, and according to their story
they had purchased a basket at Il
road side store near the Betsey Ross
farm. After going some little dis
lance it was decided to stop by the
road near Keyport and eat some of
the peaches. The a was brought
to a halt and the party began to
consume the fruit when suddenly
an Unseen foe opened fire with the
buckshot. Mr.. Alderilla received
several shot in his knee while the
two other members of the party
were hit about the face and body.
The injured persons were brought
TO Keyport, where their wounds
were dressed by DR.. Allen Peteler.
Mr.. Alderilla has sworn out a com
plant against Andrew Ackerson,
said to be the farmer who fired the
shot at the peach eaters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
PATROLMEN'S CONVENTION
TO Be HELD IN ORANGE
~ Evening News Correspondent.l

NEWARK. Aug. 22.-Final ar
rangements for the State Benevolent
Patrolmens' convention to be held
in Orange and West Orange. Sep
tember 6 and Z have been com
pleted.
Police representatives for every
district in the state will attend to
the number of at least 5000. y
big feature of the occasion will be
a street parade, one that it is UNI
derstood will be the largest in the
history of the Oranges.
The grand marshal will be Police
Commissioner Isaac of orange,
with Councilman Reed, chairman OF
the West Orange Police Board. as
assistant. Flags, streamers and
bunting will be placed along the
line of march and request has been
made that residents of homes dis
play flags and house decorations.
Fifteen bands will be entered.
The meeting for the election or
officers is to be held OIL the after
noon of September 6 at the West
Orange Community House. There
will be a dinner in the evening at
the Crystal Lake Mushroom Farm.
Eagle Rock.
On the evening of September Z
the grand state ball is to be held IN
the Orange armory, Center and
William streets. and among other
state officials to be present is o
ernor Edwards.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
FINES TOTAL $50

Fines totalling $50 were imposed
in the police court this morning by
Recorder Harold Il. Pickersgill.
The charges upon which offenders
were arraigned before the recorder
were drunk and disorderly conduct.
short weight in silk selling, and dam
aging city property.
Asa Holmes again appeared be-
fore Recorder Pickersgill charged by
Officer Egan with being drunk and
d~isorderly. Holmes lives in Kcyport
and has been brought into court on
several previous occasions fer SINH
lar o~ffenses. He was fined 25 and
gwen an alternative of spending
sixty days in the county Workhouse.
Samuel HorowitZ, of 357 State
street, was charged by Henry loft
with giving short weight in selling
silk thread by the pound. Mr.. Horo-
WITT was represented by Harry 5.
Medinets, who explained to the court
that the silk when received from the
factory by the dealer was weighed
at once and that after remaining in
the store for some time invariably
lost weight through the evaporation
of the moisture contained in the silk.
Mr.. Medinets pointed out to the
court that there was no intention
on the part of the defendant to de-
fraud his customers. but that unless
the same procedure was followed in
every case the sellers of the silk must
advance their prices or sell at a loss.
Mr.. Medinets called the attention of
the recorder to the a C that the
dealers buy the silk while damp and
they must sell the material accord
ing to its weight when received or
lose on the deal.
Recorder Pickersgill stated that he
believed the situation to be as re-
ported by the attorney, but that i'll
the face of the complaint and the
law covering such matters, he had no
other alternative than to impose the
minimum fine allowed. which is $25.
Joseph Taborowsky, of IT'S New
| Brunswick avenue, was arraigned on
a charge of breaking one of the
newly placed street signs. He was
fined $40 to cover the cost of repair
| and dismissed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
TOTTENVILLE

Mrs. Charles Beecher, of Brook
Ign, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Powell Ainsworth.
Miss Phyllis Long, of Roselle, is
the guest of Mrs. C. Shea and Mrs.
Fred Kaufman this week.
Misses Laura and Grace Yetman
are home after a vacation spent in
Boston.
Miss Minnie V. Kennedy, of AM
boy road, spent the week end with
the Cheesbroughs at Spring Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams
have been in Manhattan for the past
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Hoehn had
as their guests yesterday Mrs. Mar
garet Hoehn and son George and
Miss Mae Hearn of Manhattan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Donaldson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Streeter
spent Saturday at Coney Island
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Russell,
of Jersey City spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Rus
sell.
Mrs. Morris Enright, of Sprague
avenue has been entertaining her
mother, of Booklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Denmcke of
Union Hill, have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Sewer.
Master Fred Hoehn returned
home last night after a week with
his cousin, Beachwood.
Patrolman Fred West returned To
duty yesterday after his annual va
cation.
A number of summons were
served by the motorcycle patrolmen
on speeders over the week end.
A large delegation of members OF
Staten Island Forest Tall Cedar
went out to Coney Island Saturday
for the big ceremonial.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
MAN BADLY BURNED
At RARITAN ARSENAL

John Gusport, thirty-two years
of age, of Keasbey, was admitted
to the city hospital Saturday after
Don suffering from V burns
about the face and hands as the re-
suit of the igniting of a quantity
of black powder ear the point
where he was at work at the Rar-
tan Arsenal,
1t is said that Gusport was en-
gagged in removing the charges from
loaded shells when the d~etonation
of the powder occurred beside him.
His clothing was aflame in a few
seconds and it is claimed that only
the immediate action on the part of
his fellow workmen in extinguish-
ing the flames saved him from moe
serious injury. First aid treatment
was rendered at the arsenal and
Gusport was later removed to the
hospital in this city where his burns
were dressed by DR.. G. w. Tyrrell.
His condition was reported as salts
factory this morning at the hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
ACCIDENTS
OVER WEEK END
Two Occurred Saturday and
One Yesterday; One Driv-
er Charged With Reck-
less Driving

IBy Evening News STAFF Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 22-Three
automobile accidents were reported
to the police over the week end.
Two occurred in Amboy road and
the other in Arthur Kill road. In
neither was anyone injured. The
enc occurred Saturday afternoon
when an automobile owned and OPP
Grated by Otto +. Ernsemeyer, of
1921 Amboy road, Pleasant Plains,
wa struck by a a owned by Arrest
Raeszler, of 12S Central avenue,
Tompkinsville, near Arden avenue,
Annadale. Both mud guards and
part of the running board of Ernst
meyers car was ripped off and the
other car was otherwise damaged.
The Baeszler car is said to have con-
tinued on it's way. Patrolman Finan
of the New Dorp precinct station,
>reported the occurrence to h TOT.
Itenville station.
The second accident occurred
about 9:45 o'clock Saturday night,
when a machine owned by George
Vollmer of Barnard avenue, RAM
med a runabout owned and oper-
ated by DR.. Daniel v. C%attalano, OF
$50 Castelton avenue, West New
Brighton in Arthur Kill road. neal
Allentown lane, K~reischerville. The
odore Farroat, thirty years old,
of Arthur Kill road, Kreischervllle,
was arrested by Patrolman Newman
on complaint of Dr.. Cattalano, on a
charge of reckless driving. He was
brought to the Goth precinct, Tot
tenville, and later locked up in the
65th precinct station, West New
Brighton. Farroat was also charg-
ed with operating a car without a H.
cense. He was a~rraigned in the
first district court yesterday morn
ing, when Magistrate Fetherston
suspended sentence on him on both
charges, after he said he would
paw for damages done. Both the
car of DR.. Cattalano and Vollmer
were out of commission. The for
mer was lowed to the Tottenville
ferry garage and the other was left
at the side Of the road until towed
home.
The third accident happened yes
tcrday afternoon at $3.50 O'CLOCK
when a machine owned and operat-
ed bv George Montillier, of fO9
Enrague venue was struck by an
auto car of the Armour Beef Com
pany, operated by Herman l.. Schlld
of 1877 Fort Greene place, Brooklyn.
Montillier was going west on Amboy
read when he was struck in the side
by the beef company machine,
which was coming out Butler ave.
nue.. Both cars were damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
TERRA GOTTA OUTING
UP HUDSON SATURDAY

Employees of the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company, from the three
plants in Tottenville, Rocky Hill and
this city, together with their fami-
lies will have an excursion on Satur-
day up the Hudson. The excursion
will be to Forest View Grove. The
steamboat Nassau, chartered for the
occasion, will leave from the city
dock at $3.50 o'clock and those from
the out of town places will come
here by ferry from Tottenville and
by trolley from Rocky Hill. There
will be music on board for dancing
to be furnished by the Atlantic or
chestra composed of employees of the
three plants. There will be games
and running races at the grove open
to all and n feature will be the base
ball contests between the employees
of the three plants. Erick Andersen.
of plant No. 2, this city, is chairman
of the arrangement committee.
There will be refreshments on board.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
]. COX GOES
To CALIFORNIA
Convention of National Assn
of Insurance Agents of
Which He is President

Fred J. Cox, president of the Nat
ional Association of Insurance
Agents, will leave this city Friday
night for California where he will
preside over the twenty-sixth annual
convention of the association to be
held in the Ambassador Hotel, Los
Angeles, September 10, IA, is and
16. Mr.. Cox will be accompanied
by Mrs. Cox on the trip.
This is the last year that Mr.. Cox
will serve as president of the asso-
citation. He has been head of the
organization for two years and prior
to that was chairman of the execu-
tive committee for a like number
of years, making four years in all
that he has served in official capaci-
ty with the association. On their re-
turn 10 Perth Amboy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cox will stop at Louisville, KY.
where Mr.. Cox will attend the con-
vention of the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners.
Under the program as arranged at
present Mr.. Cox will call the con-
vention to order at 10 o'clock in the
morning of September IA. At this
session he will make his annual ad-
dress. Reports of committees Will
be received and committees will also
be appointed at this session. Other
sessions will be held on September
Is and 16. Throughout all sessions
Mr.. Cox will occupy the chair.
The trip to Los Angeles will be
made in w special cars via the
Canadian rockies. Stops will be made
at all principal cities where arrange
ments have been made by insurance
men to entertain the presidents
party as long as the train remains.
Sightseeing tours have been planned
in most of the principal cities visited
and Mr.. Cox will make several adj
dresses enroute. The party will re-
turn via the southern route. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cox expect to be gone more
than a month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
SWINDLERS USE ENVELOPE
TRICK TO GET $4,000

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-Police
were searching among the 1855
Katzes and 1000 Kaplans that are
listed in the city directory for two
men who swindled four residents of
Newark out of 10000 by the n
Gent switched envelope trick"
The four capitalists were intro
duced as Mr.. Katz and Mr.. Kaplan,
first names not given, by a friend
who said they could supply the New
arkers with certificates representing
whiskey in bonded warehouse. The
financiers produced $4,000 which
they permitted the Manhattanites to
seal in envelopes. When they got
tired of waiting they opened the en-
velopes and found them filled with
paper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
ROYAL ARCANUM
OUTING THIS WEEK

The annual outing and shore din
ner of Middlesex Council No. 100,
Royal Arcanum, will take place at
Soldiers next Saturday.
All members who have not Sc
cured reservations for the dinner
should do so by tonight so as to give
the committee time to arrange for
the number of places. A feature Of
the outing will be a baseball game
scheduled to take place at 3 o'clock
between tbs married and single men
of the council. There will be other
games. The dinner will be served at
$50 o'clock and according to Orator
Frank w. Schmidt, head of the COM
mittee in charge of the arrange
ments, the mem this year is going
to be one of the best of the season
at that place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
SOUTH AMROY

buildinp in the Melrose section of the
civ. When completed Mr.. Gomolka
will take I'm his residence in if.
Nv ana Mrs p Manhattan of
Second street spent Yesterday with
frienhs at -Keanshurg.
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert J. Alisup,
of broadway, are stopping at ocean
Grove for the month.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Steurwald.
Sr. and Mr.. and Mrs Charles Steur-
valid .Jr. are spending several DAYS
at Niagara Falls.
William Emmons of Henry street.
and RAYMOND Malloy, of Center
street snent Saturday with friends
at Jamesburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoffman of
broadway. are spending several days
with frie nds at Asbury Park.
The epuIar weekly meeting of
Iuke A Iovelv post No. 62. will be
held in the MAYORS office in the CITY
han tomorrow night. The new home
will be discussed at length and a
large delegation of members are ex-
nected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Nagle, of
portia street have returned home
after several DAYS at the
home Of relatives in PHILADELPHIA.
Mrs Ceorpe w McCombe. of Sec
ond street is AFT Camp Greenwood.
Glens. where she is superintending a
pirIs, camn Mrs. McCombe is in
Charge of about eighty girls who
snend their annual vacations in a
hodv
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gundrum, Jr.
of Newark spent Yesterday at the
home If relatives on Henry street.
Miss Elizabeth O'Neil. daughter of
John T. OFNeil. of Raritan street,
was nleasinglv surprised at her home
last night by a party of friends, who
made the evening very pleasant.
Games and amusements, together
with several solos by Miss Kathryn
Grimley ana Master Thomas Grimley
helned while away the happy hours.
Refreshments were served and at a
late hour the guests departed for
their respective homes vowing they
enjoyed the evening very much.
Friends from Old Bridge, Spotswood,
Perth Amboy, Keyport and Jersey
| CITY were on hand.
T,e auto traffic through this city
was exceptionally heavy yesterday.
e~sneciaIly in the evening when all
were returning. Stevens venue was
a continual stream of steady moving
! vehicles from 5 o'clock until a late
| hour last night. The condition of
tire bridge made progress slow. and
added much to the hardships of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
MATAWAN

Early saturday morning some one
broke into the Matawan Public Lii
brary and after ~ransacking the
building obtained an AK and broke
into the cleaning and pressing es-
tablishment of William Badcr, ad-
joining the library property. In this
place they took two mems suits ami
a leather coat. Local police and
county detectives are conducting an
investigation. 1t is thought that To-
cal parties did the work. Although
there is usually considerable money
in the library, there was none there
on Saturday morning.
Officers from the reform school at
Jamesburg were in town yesterday
trying to locate William Cottrell.
Cottrell was sent to the reform
school following several minor rob-
berries in the borough. The officers
could not locate the boy mere. Cot
trell is said to be using the name of
John instead of William.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard l.. Lewis
and daughter Hope motored to AS
bury Park yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Diggin
and Myron Diggin were Asbury
Park visitors yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Davis were en-
tertained at dinner yesterday by DR..
and Mrs. Willard b. Erwin.
Miss Hattie Bolte was a visitor
yesterday in Asbury Park.
Mrs. Alice L. Dave spent the
week end with relatives in Atlantic
Highlands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Dominick
and daughter Janet motored to AS
bury Park yesterday.
Many Matawan people attended
the ball game between Matawan
and st. Anthony's yesterday after
noon in Perth Amboy.
l.. C. Stocker. superintendent of
the A. P. Munning Company has re-
turned from a trip to Boston.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
CARS DAMAGED WHEN
STRUCK BY FIRE TRUCK

TBy Evening News Correspondent
KEYPORT, Aug. 22:-The Dor
ough fire department vas called out
Sunday morning at II o'clock to
fight a fire which started in the car
used by state Motor Vehicle lnspec-
tor p. Otto Weigand of Main street.
The blaze was eXtinguished before
much damage had been done
While enroute to the fire the big
truck owned by Lincoln Hose Com
PAW ran into several cars near the
scene of the blaze and badly dam
aged them, knocking off a wheel.
tearing the mudguards and the rum
ming board and otherwise damaging
them. The truck was not damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Wiley, of
Lenox, Mass, have been visiting
here and Tottenville.
Miss Nancy Manifold. of Little
Farms, IS in Canada for several
weeks vacation.
Rudolph Holde is home after
several weeks in the Adirondacks.
Miss Biddlestone is recovering at
the Richmond Memorial hospital
from a recent operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D.. Wood
have been at Boston, Mass, FOR the
past week.
Mr.. and MIS-. Henry Barrett, Of
Manhattan, were visitors at Prince
Bay Beach yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
POWER BOAT OWNERS PROFIT
BY TAX REVISION BILL
BY GEORGE II. MANNING.
Washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening Ncws.)

titil ENIiDON INtliibS I~tNSs
Washington, Aug. 22.-Congress-
mar Isaac Bacharach, of Atlantic
City, New Jerseys representative on
the Ways and Means Committee,
which framed the tariff and tax re-
vision bills. called attention today
to the provision in the new tax bill
which reduces the tax levied on all
newly built pleasure craft from 10
per cent. to 5 per cent. and takes
the tax entirely off all small motor
boats of less than thirty-two feet
in length.
Another tax reduction affected by
the committee, to which Mr.. Bach
arach called attention, is that cut-
ting in half the yearly tax on pleas
ure boats by making the levy 81 on
boats less than fifty feet long: 50
on boats less than 100 feet long and
81 on motor boats 100 feet long and
up.
This reduction will be materially
felt and appreciated by the builders
and owners of pleasure craft in New
Jersey, especially along the coast
where there are many thousand
pleasure boats paying the tax an
nually.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-22
FIRE IN COAL BOX

Fire in a coal box under a shed in
the real of the property at ZIG Hunt
ington street caused an alarm to be
sounded from box Sc at 1:45 o'clock
Sunday morning. The flames were
extinguished before any serious dam
age was done.
The blaze was on the property
of Joseph Hannweks, of 6 Charles
street. The cause has not been de-
termined. Damage was confined to
the fence and the shed under which
the blaze started. The alarm was
turned in by John Balenski, and
Acting Sergeant Reager. assisted by
officers Riedy and Kurpiel, were on
duty at the scene.