Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-10
METUCHEN

The local police received a call
about 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon in~structing them to be on the
lookout for a red taxicab in which
a kidnapped child was being taken
from New Brunswick. The boy was
about two years old. wore a blue
cap, old sweater. brown shoes and
stockings. The child was kidnapped
at Commercial avenue and Delevan
street. New Brunswick, the message
stated by a m Chief Willard
Hutchinson notified the Elizabeth
police to be on the lookout for the
car but no race was found of it.
Two automobile law violation
cases were on before Recorder G.
c. Weber last night, each of which
resulted in fines of $3.50 being i'm
posed upon the defendants. Jacob
Ruth, of 544 South Twentieth street,
Newark. arrested for not having his
registration card, explained thai he
had lost it. He furnished a dupli-
cate. John Stefan, of SO John
street, New Brunswick, arrested for
not having a license plate on the
rear of his machine. said 1t had fall
en- off his car in Highland Park and
instead of stopping and putting it on
again he had thrown it in the rear
of his car.
The Camp Fire Girls will hold a
cake and candy sale Saturday after
noon at 1880 o'clock in the lecture
room of the Centenary Methodist
church.
The bowling tournament of the
Eagle Hook & Ladder Company is
now nearing a close, three more
raafohaC hafno cahnIn1ad On will
be rolled tonight, one tomorrow
night and the last or Tuesday
night. Cash prizes have been offer
ed consisting of SIS for the high
team, SIS for the second high team
and S12 for the third team. The
team making the highest total score
will secure a So prize while the in
dividual bowler making the highest
score in one game will receive 81.
TAX 3 MTUCHN :. Z :. E.. ..
DIR. Mason attended the banquet
at the Columbia Club in New York
last Monday.
The Presbyterian Church Fedora
ton met Tuesday night at the Bap-
tist church and recommended the
pastor make an appeal for the Near
East Relief as soon as possible.
The Presbyterian Guild met yes
terday at the home of Mrs. Bert
Hahns on Oak avenue. and the La
dies Missionary Society are max
ing plans to raise their annual
quota.
Street Commissioner McAdams
will tomorrow superintend the re-
moval of about fifteen trees along
Amboy venue which were con-
demned by the Shade Tree Com
mission last summer. These trees
at present interfere with electric
light and telephone wires and in
case of storm are likely to fall on
the trolley wires. When the Am
boy avenue pavement was laid the
roots of the trees were cut and they
are now fast dying. The trolley
company and electric company will
assist in removing the trees.
Owing to the inclement weather
conditions last night the committee
which was scheduled to get together
on the mater of conducting a re-
voIver tourney in the borough did
not meet. Another date for a meet
ing will be set shortly.
Chief of Police Mccarthy, of
South Plainfield, was in Metuchen
yesterday gathering articles which
had been stolen by Emanuel Hall,
the negro arrested several weeks
ago, wno admitted many robberies.
Chief Mccarthy used a large truck
and collected a parlor suit, bicycle
and a miscellaneous collection of
small articles.