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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
Planning Big Waterway Meeting Here September pleas County Court Shooting at Roosevelt
GONE THE Limit, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
Make High School One
OF Largest In State

building, as the new addition will be
built on the same level as the old
one. The wing on the south side OF
the building is not on the level OF
the old building and therefore schoi-
ars must use steps in going from
one part to the other.
The rev addition will contain four
class rooms. There will be one ex-
ira large room on the first floor.
fifty-four by thirty feet which will
be devoted to domestic science. On
the second floor there will be sim
liar room to be used as a school IL
brary. There is a nurses room on
the second floor and teachers room
on the first floor. The wing on the
south side of the building only con-
tain four class rooms.
The basement of the new wing will
be of extra depth SO that room "a
by 80 by 25 feet, II feet high will
be obtained which can be fitted up
for a future pre-vocatiolal training
department. The addition, which
will be of fireproof construction. will
be heated and ventilated with the
multiple unit system of the latest
and most improved type. The COM
pleted building will have a total of
sixty rooms. Forty of these will be
classrooms. There is also a large
auditorium and gymnasium. There
is still enough land remaining on the
high school property for the building
of another addition containing twelve
rooms.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE IS
OF A IS YEAR old CHILD
TBy The Associated Press.l

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. IL
Campaign calculated to uplift the
members of American communities
or to move them to contribute toward
charitable projects will have to ap-
peal to the mind of a thirteen-year-
old child if they are to succeed, Dr;
Albert Poffenderger, professor OF
physiology at Columbia University
yesterday told members of the hl-
wants club here.
The declaration. he said, was bas-
ed on mental tests made during the
war which disclosed that the intelli-
gence of the average white American
reached levels no higher than the
schooling of a child of thirteen. They
understand only the simplest Eng
lish. he asserted. and do little or no
thinking for themselves.
In the view of those developments
publicity directors must prepare
campaigns that appeal not alone 10
the thirteen-year-o type, but must
discard reasoning for driving power
and impulsion.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
v, P, RUNY0N
WILL PRESIDE
Plans for Big Waterway
Meeting in This City Sept.
7 Progressing
MANY NOTABEES INVITED
Officials From All MunicipaIi-
ties of This Section Have
Promised Their Support

Jean Du Bois, of this city, presi-
dent of the Raritan Terminal and
Waterways Association, is making
excellent progress with his plans for
the mass meeting to be held in the
high school here, Wednesday, Sep
tember Z. 1t is expected there will
be good attendance from the gov
erning and civic bodies in the nine
municipalities affiliated with the as
sCciation.
Mr.. Du Bois is much gratified by
the acceptance of w. Parker Run
yon of the invitation to act as chair
man at the public meeting. No one
is better qualified for that place than
he. He knows more about the rivers
and harbors in this part of the state
Cr who is more enthusiastic as n
deeper water advo6 ate Mr.. Runyon
is member of the State Board of
Commerce. and Navigation and Is
well versed in the reeds Ct this par
ticular section.
1t is gratifying 20 Nj Du Bois ana
his associates that the Perth Amboy
Board OF Education, through its
president, John *. Sheehy. is coop
Grating so splendidly by arranging for
the holding of the meeting in the
auditorium of the high school,.
j. w. Dorsey. traffic expert. and
Morgan Larsen, city engineer of
Perth Amboy, with Asher Atkinson,
city engineer of New Brunswick, will
visit the headquarters of the Port
of New York Authority to consult
with the engineers of that b ,dy, and
to inspect the maps and plans OF the
big project. These engineers will re-
pert at the meeting and will make e
any suggestions that may occur to
them.
The mayors of the various COM
munities In the districts embraced In
the r. ritan river and Shrewsbury
river together with the members of
the governing bodies have been in
vi:ed to attend the meeting and to
bring as many citizens as posi- Jie.
Other guests include Congressman T.
Frank Appleby. c. Asa Francis. for
mer state senator of Monmouth: !:
State Senator w. A. Stevens. Edmund
Wilson, former attorney general;
Lewis Nixon. former public Service
commissioner of New York; State
Senator Thomas Brown, H. G. Par
ker, president of the National Bank
of New Jersey. New Brunswick, and
others.
The Board of Trade of New Bruns-
wick with the aid of the Rotary, XII
wants and Lions clubs. will arrange
for a squadron of automobiles all
rnished by volunteers. to make the
trip to Perth Amboy on September
7, leaving at o'clock. 1t is expect
ed there will be a delegation num-
bering from seventy-five to eighty
business men. Residents of Highland
Park, Piscataway Town, Milltown'
South River. Sayreville and other
places, will make the trip in the
same manner.
George L. Burton, mayor of South
River, and chairman of the state
highway commission. has advised
Mr.. Du Bois of his interest in the
meeting and promised his co-opera-
tiOn.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
SAY NOT GUILTY
IN SILK CASE
Judge Daily Hears Pleas of 4
Accused Silk Robbers--1
Sentence Imposed
[ By Evening News Staff Correspondent.l

By Evening News Staff Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 1s.-
Not guilty was the plea of four OF
the men rounded UP by detectives
of the prosecutors office. to
charge of highway robbery in con-
nection with the 100000 silk rob-
berry in tho vicinity Of Metuchen on
July 1, In the county court this morn
ing. Harry K1iegerman, and his son,
Alex, on application of their attor-
ney, Senator Thomas Brown, had
their bail reduced from $4,000 to
$4,000 for the father, and from
$4,000 to $1,000 for the son. James
Lundy, alias Jimmy Boston. and
Charles Hitler, were represented by
Mr.. MCGEE, of the law firm OF NC
Gee & Orborne, of New York. Lun-
dy's bail was reduced from $4,000
to $1,000, while Killers bail remains
at $4,000. Lundy's bail was original
ly $4,000.
Alex Kliegerman and Hitler are
said to be drivers Of the trucks
which were held up by gang led
by Lundy in accordance with the
plans of a fake" holdup. Hitler, 1t
is said, has given the county author
tiles some good information In con-
nection with the robbery. County
Detective Ferd David. who figured
in the arrest of all four men to
date, is looking for the remaining
three members of the gang. Harry
KIiegerman, the father, who was
first held as a material witness, was
picked up in Newark on Thursday
afternoon by the prosecutors detec-
tives. as one of the leading figures IN
the planning Of the holdup.
Soldier Pleads Not Guilty
Ennex Hogan, a Camp Raritan
soldier. entered a plea of not guilty
to a charge of assault and battery IN
New Brunswick in connection with
a recent shooting case, in which a
fellow soldier is charged with shoot
ing a New Brunswick man. Bail was
fixed at $500 and the man was re-
leased in the custody of officers from
Raritan Arsenal.
Pleads to Larceny Charge
Adolph Aucharsi. of New Bruins
wick, pleaded not guilty to charge
of larceny and receiving In connec-
ton with recent tire thefts in the
vicinity of New Brunswick. Bail was
fixed at $1,000 and c. Raymond
Lyons was assigned to represent
him.
Sentenced to WOrkhouse
Tony Kuchanek, of Fords, recent
ly convicted on a charge of commit
ting an assault and battery on his
wife, was committed to the work
house by Judge Peter +. DAILY this
morning for nine months.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
REVOKE LICENSE
Of STATE MAN
State Highway Official
Wrecks Car and Porch
Pays $35 Fine Also

TRENTON, Aug. 19:-Jacob
Hagin, of Jersey City. superintendent
of plants and equipment of the State
Highway Department, was arraigned
before Police Justice Gerathy in the
second precinct court today charged
with speeding his automobile. He
was found guilty, his drivers license
was revoked and a fine of $35 i'm
posed.
His machine, a state car, travelling
at a terrific rate of speed, crashed
into another car, climbed a curb,
splintered a porch and smashed into
an iron fence, stopping only when it
struck boulder. Mrs. Mary Elem
ski, summoned as a witness, charged
that there was woman in the car
with Hagin at the time but she fled
as soon as the car came to stop.
Harry Shelton, another witness,
when asked to estimate the speed
at which the automobile was going,
replied that "only an airplane could
have travelled faster"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
JAIL STORMED
BY LARGE MOB
Nearly 200 Men and Women
Want to Lynch Three
Negro Prisoners
IBy The Associated Press.1

BARNSTABLE, Mass. Aug. 10
A mob of nearly 200 men and wom-
en- carrying ropes, early today
stormed the local Jail threatening to
lynch three Cape Verde Island ne
gro prisoners, charged with high
way robbery and criminay assault
on a white woman at Buzzards Bay.
This was the second early morn
ing threat against one OF the ne
groes, crowd having attempted
yesterday to get John Gies from the
Wareham lookup. He was brought
to jail here after Wareham police
dispersed the crowd by firing over
their heads.
At. 1880 this morning twenty-five
automobiles drove up to the local
Jail and marched on the Jail. They
demanded the three negroes. John
Gies, Benjamin and Joseph Andrews
from Sheriff Irving l.. Rosethan,
There were shouts of Lets get
them" as the mob approached the
structure, but when the Jail defend
ers, five men in all, fred into the air
the crowd came to halt.
Chief Warden James Boland
warned the mob back, shoutlnS tna1
at the first attempt to attack the
Jail they would be shot down like
rats" The warning had Its effect
but the crowd remained outside fol-
an hour and half.
Gies and Gomez were held. in SIS
COO bail each and Andrews was to
be arraigned today. All three have
been identified by Miss Gertrude
Butler and William Eldridge as the
men who held them up and assault
ed Miss Butler at Buzzards Bay
early in the week
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
BELIEVE HOOVER ACCEPTED
LATEST SOVIET COMPROMISE
rBy The Associated Press.1

RIGA, Latvia, Aug. 19.-The an
nouncement in Washington of Her
bert Hoover that an agreement had
been reached on the conditions laid
down by the administration concern
ing American relief work in Russia
is interpreted as meaning that Mr..
Hoover has accepted the latest COM
promise of the Soviets on the dis
puted points.
No word from Mr.. Hoover author
izing continuation of conferences
of w. l.. Browne, European direc-
tor of the relief administration, with
Maxim Litvinoff. special envoy OF
the Soviet government, had been re-
ceived by Mr.. Browne UP to the time
set for his meeting today with Mr..
Litvinoff.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
TELLS BENEFITS
Of TAX REVISION
Congressman Bacharach
Says Bill Contains Many Ad-
vantages Not Yet Realized
BY GEORGE H. MANNING,
Washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News

BY GEORGE H. MANNING,
Washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening News
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19-The
new tax bill now before the House
removing many of the vexatious
axes now imposed and reducing the
country's burden of taxation almost
a billion dollars a year is more gen.
erous in its provisions than the
country generally believes and car
ries out the Republican party's
pledge to the people last summer
to reduce taxation. Representative
Isaac Bacharach, of Atlantic City,
and means committee. declared In a
speech on the bill in the House yes
terday.
1t removes the tax burden from
those upon whom 1t was most OPP
pressive and places it upon those
best able to bear 1t, he asserted.
Mr.. Bacharach, whose time has
been taken up almost entirely for
the past four months in the ways
and means committee framing first
the tariff bill and then the tax re-
vision bill, made one of the prln-
cipal speeches for his committee.
The people through the overwhelm-
ing majority given the Republican
party last November entrusted the
party with the task of freeing tho
country from foreign entanglements
and placing 1t again on q SOUND ana
sane government management. me
framing of the tariff revision biil
and the tax reduction bill consti-
tute the party's response to the Will
of the people, he declared.
IT believe this is a bill far more
generous in its. provisions than the
country generally expected, declar-
ed Mr.. Bacharach. THE proposed
amendments to the present law as
carried in this bill consist almost
wholly of tax reductions. the dellv-
erance from which taxes the people
hove been hoping for several years.
Almost every class affected by feo-
eral taxation has been granted some
relief. while few have been asked
to make any additional contribu-
tions towards the support Of their
government. In making these
changes our committee has very
closely adhered to the accepted tax
alton principle of placing the
heaviest burdens upon those best
able to bear them and. relieving. so
far as possible, those upon whom
the burden was too oppressive.
at is a bill conceived in harmony
with the partys carEoaign pledges
for economy in government expen-
ditures and for lower taxes with due
regard for the public interest.
"In repeating the excess prohts
tax believe that we have done the
greatest thing that we could do to
bring about a return of industrial
prosperity. There has been very
general and insstent demand
throughout the country for the re-
moval of this governmental brake
on business.
1.-The only reasonable excuse we
have ever had for its adoption was
that it was a war tax, designed to
put the burden of war taxes on those
who were making unreasonable
profits out Of war contracts. etc. For
that purpose 1t was justifiabie tax
but it's retention as a permanent
part of our taxation system in times
of peace is, to my mind, extremely
unsound business economics.
CONTINUED on page 81
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
FORMER GREEK PREMIER
DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

ATHENS, Aug. 19.-Demetrios
Rhallys, former premier of Greece
is dead, as the result of an illness
from which he has been suffering
for months. Although an octogena-
rian he had been active in Greek pol
itics until recently, forming min
istry late last fall in succession of
Premier Venizelos. 1t was his cabi-
net that authorized the plebiscite
on return of King Constantine to the
throne and was in office at the time
of the kings reaccession.
NJ. Rhally's political career began
more than thirty years ago when he
was elected to the Greek parliament
and since he has continued to repre-
sent the same constituency in Ath-
ems in parliament. Five times he
held the post of premier and was
known as an honest politician"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
ROOSEVELT MAN IS SHOT
IN ATTEMPTING TO GET
EVIDENCE AGAINST Wife
Fred Kunzman is in Railway
Hospital With Bullet Wound
in His Arm
is SEEKING DIVORCE
Paul CoIus Arrested Charged
With the Shooting-- WAS
Calling on Woman


ROOSEVELT. Aug. 19:-As the
result of shooting affair here at 10
o'clock last night Fred Kunzman. a
grocery clerk residing In East Rah-
way, is in the Railway hospital with
a bullet wound in his left arm and
Paul Colus, of No. % c street, is in
the county Jail charged with carry
ing concealed weapons and attempt
to kill. The shooting was the result
of the attentions being paid Mrs.
Kunzman by Colus. From what can
be learned of the affair Kunzman,
who has already started suit for di-
vorce from his wife, was spying on
her last night seeking further evil
dence when the shooting took place.
Colus is married man with one
child.
1t seems to have been the thing,
during the past few years, for Colus
: rested by the police on several occa-
sions for being disorderly and the
last time he was arrested he was in
structed to leave the borough. He
has served one term in the New Jer-
sey Reformatory at Railway.
According to the police investiga-
tion Mr.. Kunzman began divorce
proceedings against his wife about
two months ago naming Andrew Lot
sko of Roosevelt the correspondent.
He also had Lotsko arrested on a SER
ious charge which is now pending for
the action of the grand jury. Since
starting the divorce proceedings Mr..
Kunzman and his wife have lived
apart, Mrs. ,Kunzman going to the
home of heTSparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ja,l
residing in his own home a couple
of blocks away.
Mr.. Kunzman. it is said, has been
informed by friends that Colus was
paving attentions to his wife. Last
night he decided to find out for him
self with the idea in view of adding
this new evidence to his divorce
suit. 1t was while Colus was call
ing on Mrs. Kunzman that he spied
the woman's husband peeking In the
window. He left the home and
going out in the yard. pointed gun
at Kunzman and fired. Kunzman
threw his left arm across his breast
and in this way kept the shot from
entering his body.
Following the shooting, Colus es-
capped and word was sent by the
police in nearby towns to be on the
lookout for him. He was captured
about ~ o'clock last night hiding
in the wood near the scene of the
shooting. Colus, when arrested,
claimed that he had been paying a
friendly visit to Mrs. Kunzman and
that when he came from the. house
Kunzman, who was in the yard, tried
to hold him up. The police after
an investigation, declared this ver-
sion of the affair to be false.
The gun with which the shooting
was done belonged to Mr.. Harmon,
Mrs. Kunzman's father. Colus ex-
pIained that some days ago he bor-
rowed the gun from Harmon with
the idea of exchanging his gun FOR
it, as lannon's gun was smaller and
he could carry it better in his pock-
ct. Both Mrs. Zunzman and her
mother said the gun belonged to Mr
Harmon. Mrs. Colus, although know
ing that her husband had been ar
rested and taken to the county jail
had not been told up to late this
morning the reason for this move
on the part of the authorities.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
BOLSHEvIK GOLD FOR
AMERICAN CORPORATION

CONsTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10
Russian Bolshevik gold valued at
S1,O00,000 has arrived here during
the past fortnight, the result of trade
exchanges. OF this amount 100000
worth was brought by the United
States destroyer from Batum for the
American Foreign Trade Corpora
ton. This organization secured the
money as a revolving credits from
the three Caucasian republics and 1t
will be used for the purpose of man
ufactured goods for which imports
will be exchanged.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
WOMAN FOILED AS She
ATTEMPTS TO END HER LIFE

TRENTON. Aug. 19.-Apparent-
ly determined to end her life wo-
man. wild-eyed and with her halr
around her shoulders, climbed the
rail of the Yardley- -Wileurta, Della
ware river bridge here early today
and was about to jump when seized
bv Harry Summerscale, who was
crossing the bridge in his auto. She
was identified as an escaped patient
from the New Jersey State Hospital
The hospital said she was Mrs. Helen
Smith.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
PEOPLE FLED TO HILLS
WHEN TOWN IS FLOODED
[By The Associated Press.l

LAS CRUCES, N. NJ, Aus, "
Relief was being rushed today to
residents of Hatch. New Mexico,
thirty-eight miles of here, who fled
thinly clad to the hills when a wall
of water flooded the town and de-
stroyed every building yesterday.
Today from three to seven feet
of water lies in the village. Far
mers armed win shotguns guarded
the bands of the Rio Grande to pre-
vent raising of the flood gates. They
insisted raising of the gates would
ruin their crops.
Wonderful pictures at Ditmss. See Ad
S7AQ-S.Iq.1ts
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Everyday Ad- Ventures
Tbats What You Call Service


When your wife has tried three COOKS
within the past month and your diges-
ton has been going down-hill at the rate
of three meals a day
And YOU say "Why can't we hnd
u,ornan who won't soft-boil the potatoes
and hard boil the eggs? I'm tired OF all
this futuristic cooking we've been nay nay
ing Can't we do something about II
And then your wife gives you hurt
look and says that you know very well
she has been doing her best to get some
one who can cook the things you like
And YOU say II know you have. Alice.
hut lets take one more try a. It together
how do you think a Help wanted al III
Tho EVENING NEWS would dor
And the next day you find that 1t did
yerv well-so well that your wife is able
TO pick out an experienced cook from the
eight or ten who applied for the place
and everything Is lovely IN the dining
room again!
Oh Man, That's What You Call Service!
Copyright. 1921. by Basil l.. SMITH
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS ON
ANT|-BEER BILL ACTION

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1y:-There
were conflicting reports as to the
possibility of agreement on the anti
beer bill when the House took up
the case today. The Stanley senate
amendment. described as merely an
affirmation of the fourth and fifth
amendment to the constitution, still
stood as the rock against which the
measure might be wrecked.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
TAX AMENDMENTS
COMING UP TODAY

WASHINGTON, August 10
Amendments to the tax revision bill
were taken up in the House today.
Several proposals by members of
the ways and means com mittee were
given priority in consideration.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
Col. MCCOY for Woods Aid.

ISABELLA, P. l., Aug. 19.-It is
understood that persons close to the
American commission headed by
General Wood, have intimated that
Colonel Mccoy of the commission is
being considered for vice governor
general of the islands.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-19
HOW THE LAST WORD FROM PARIS
BECOMES THE FIRST WORD IN
PERTH AMROY

Coming from Paris, It. OF course, con-
Germs Fashion and the word" itself be-
ing a Fashion makes 1t intensely inter-
esting to fashionable femininity!
We've arranged TO have 1t come each
week.-Mrs. last word from Paris and
each week 1t will be lovely dress!
The first one Is here now. beautiful
black Canton Crepe Dress! II you desire
a different shade we'll secure 1t for you
but like all Wilk Co. apparel it is an
Individual fashion, rather than group of
Identical fashions-and always the latest
fashioni 57O6-S-lS-lt'
Two Features at Crescent. See Ad.
575O-8-19-lts
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CARD OF THANKS

The Undersigned desire to thank rela-
tives, friends and neighbors for sympathy
shown us in the recent bereavement of
our loving son, Almer G. Russell; also
for the beautiful floral tributes.
We also wish to thank Rev. j. F. Bin
denberger and Undertaken Joseph w
McCaIlum for excellent services rendered.
Signed,
MR.. AND MRS. RUSSELL.
572S-S-19-1t'
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FAIL TO FIND BERGDOLL
HIDING IN SWITZERLAND
rRv The Associated Press.J

BERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 19:-
Agents of the American legation
here and Swiss police have been un-
able to locate Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, who was reported to have
fled here from Germany.
The police have established that II
Bergdoll did cross the Swiss frontier
he must have done so clandestinely
and under an assumed name.
Magic Tricks, Jokes and Puzzles; iarg
eat assortment in the world. One week
only 167 Smith st. 67Ss-s-is-zt
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Membe:s are requested to at
tend funeral services for our
late Brother Richard A. Bolger,
Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock
at st. Mary's Church.
Please meet at 210 Market st,
at $50 sharp.
JAMES A. MURRAY,
G.. K.
FRANK A, HURLEY,
Secretary.