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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
missionary Society TO Meet

The first meeting of the season
for the Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Baptist church will be
held at the parsonage. 179 Gordon
street tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. A very enjoyable program
has been arranged and it is hoped
that the meeting will be largely at
tended. Mrs. j.. f. Walker, the
president. will preside and Mrs. III.
E. Hatchman. the pastors wife, will
be hostess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
BIRTHS

A son. Edward Leon. to Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Schultz, of Sherman
street, October 10.
A son. Michel. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Tlsana Birardi. of New Brunswick
avenre, October IL.
A son, Julius, to Mr.. and Mrs.
julius Keller. of tombstone street,
October II.
A son. Nicola, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jasper Abbate, of New Brunswick
avenue, october s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

County Councillor John f. Ber'
nard with Past Councillor Charles NJ,
Van Deusen of Middlesex Council
No. 50, Jr. O. L. A. NJ. are COINS
over to New Brunswick tonight foI
the reception being rendered by the
Goodwill Council No. 80, to Robert
G.. Smith, the newly elected state
councillor. All state officers and
representatives from MiddleseN
county will be guests on this occa-
sion.
A hearing in the matters of the ar
rest of Philip Halpern and the sell
cure of goods of the Halpern Stor-
age and Warehouse company of this
city is being held in the p~ostofhce
building in Newark. The arrest and
seizure occurred about December Is,
1920.
Local persons interested in the
Middlesex Oil Company whose wells
are situated at Ell Dorado. Arkan-
sas. have received word of a third
wen hat has been brought in. The
well. according to the information
so far received is flowing 5000 bar
rels a day. The actual drilling time
LOT IilS MGAl MdC ANG NdgS anu IL
teen hours. This is the third well
of the company TO show results. The
second well flowing at the rate of
200 barrels an hour was drilled last
month. Abel Hansen and Samuel
Sibersky, two local men interested
in the project are still in FL Dorado.
County Commander Raymond p.
White OF the American Legion. dis
trict representative of the State Boz
nus Commission will be in Perth
Amboy, Friday. October 81 to clean
up the bonus applications that have
not yet been filed. Special attention
will be given the dependents of dead
soldiers who are entitled to the bo-
nus. Representative White is trying
to get action, also for those who es-
peeially need their bonuses and have
not yet received them. and has
promised TO take up the cases for
those who are in immediate need.
A meeting of the roll call commit
tee of the Red Cross will be held at
tho headquarters in the Raritan
Building tonight to make plans for
the coming campaign.
A special meeting of the Salvation
Army will be held tomorrow night
at s o'clock at tn army headquar-
tiers, 315 Madison n Major
F. Seller. a New Jersey divisional
will conduct the meeting.
The monthly meeting of the Past
Councillors Association of the Jr.,
o. L. A. NJ. will be held tomorrow
night with Mechanics Home Council
No. II, OF Jamesburg. An interest
ing program IS promised that will in
clude an address by Rev. +. Harri-
Cloud. of Pitman NJ. e. church,
New Brunswick. who is to be the
speaker of the evening. County
John E. Bernard will pre-
side.
Leo Lowenkopf, Democratic can
lidate for township committeeman
the second ward of Wood
is evidently conducting a
rigorous fall" campaign. After ad-
iressing a gathering of voters at
Fords on Saturday night, Mr.. Low
snkopf missed his footing in leav-
.ng the platform and fell heavily,
his right leg.
The sixth ward Democratic club
will meet tonight in Kozusko hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
CARD OF THANKS

The undersigned desire TO express their
heartfelt thanks to all who rendered SER
vices, floral tributes and other kindness
IN the funeral OF their beloved son and
brother, Private Nels p. Peterson.
We especially wish to thank the Amer
lean Legion for conducting the funeral;
Rev. Robert Schiotter for comforting
words. also Samuel Garrets9n OF the @.
A. r.. Perth Amboy Fire Department.
Woodmen Of the World. Camp No. 10 and
pail bearers; Undertaken ]. j. Flynn for
satisfactory services.
We also wish 10 thank Mayor Wilson
and the Board of Aldermen. relatives.
neighbors and other friends for beautiful
flowers Signed,
MR.. AND MRS. ANDREW PETERSON
AND FAMILY. 7414-10-i7-lts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Senators Go Up In Airboat

Senator and Mrs. Thomas Brown
and Senator and Mrs. William Mac
Kay, Jr.. of Bergen county. were
among those who took the seaplane
trip in the Maggie yesterday. The
Maybe is the plane recently turned
out by the Aeromarine Always, Inc,
Of Keyport, and has been flying from
the Raritan Yacht Club dock for a
week demonstrating the practicable
ity Of the seaplane as a passenger
carrier. j. +. c. Brown is the agent
for the Keyport company and he
was kept busy all day yesterday
booking passengers wishing to try
the air ride.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Similar Action Likely

BOSTON, Oct. 17:-The Brother
hood of Railroad Station Employees,
an independent organization, will
probably take action similar to the
Big Four If a walkout is carried out,
p. j. Coyle, president of the station
employees organization, said today.
Counting on ballots in a strike
vote taken by the station employees
i. still proceeding, but there is no
question, he added, but it will give
the officers a chance to call the men
out under certain conditions"
President Coyle said that unless a
further cut in wages is made there
wouh be no serious interruption in
railroad service. Both sides. he said,
were maneuvering positions al
the present time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Parent-Teachers Convention

WOODBRIDGE, Oct. 17:-The
M~iddlesex County Council of Parent
Teacher Associations in the New
Jersey Council of Mothers will con-
vene in the auditorium OF School
No. IL in Woodbridge all day tomor-
row. The first session at 1890
o'clock in the morning will be the
Presidents Council.
The afternoon session at 2 O'Clock
following the luncheon at 1880 will
be for the public and all who are
interested in the work of the asso-
citation are expressly urged to be
present. The afternoon program will
include a musical program and adj
dresses by the state president, Mrs
d. w. Cooper. and the correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. William Littell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Mayor Ready to Fire Eneine

EAST ORANGE, Oct. I7.-MayOr
Martens announced today that in
the event of a railroad strike. he
was ready to take his place as fire.
man in a locomotive cab as he had
during last years strike. He added
hat he was preparing to issue a call
for a citizens meeting to form volun-
teer train crews.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
plan to Meet Strike

NEW YORK. Oct. 17-Members
of the National Association of Rail-
road Executives wer called togeth-
er here today to make plans to meet
the threatened strike.
Many of the members were at the
meeting at Chicago on the question
OF the additional rail reduction,
which precipitated the strike order,
but all had left that city before the
decision to order a strike was an
nounced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Honor NeIs n. Auing.

Nels N. Alling, of Gordon street,
celebrated his sixtieth birthday at
the home of his daughter. Mrs. G..
W. Bjornsen in Woodbridge. recent
ly. Guests We're present from New
York. Chicago, West Orange. Tot
tenviile. Fords and this city, and all
were delightfully."- entertained.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
KEASBEY PLANT REOPENS

KEASBEY, Oct. 17-After being
at a stand still for the past eight
months. the Keasbey plant of the
National Fireproofng Company
has again started producing fire
brick. Several laborers are being
employed each day and it is expect
ed that the plant will be running in
fun force shortly. Instead of being
operated by steam. the entire plant
is now electrically equipped.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
To Have Social Gatherinr

A social gathering of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Temple Beth Nor
decai, will be held in the tabernacle
in Hobart street, tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
FIks Auxiliary 70 Meet

will meet at their second session of
the season tonight at s o'clock in
the Elks building on Madison ave-
nue..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Woman,s Guild TO Meet,

A special meeting of the Woman's
Guild of st. Peters Parish will be
held in the Parish House in Rector
street on Wednesday afternoon a 3
o'clock
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Auxiliary To Meet

The next regular meetingt of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
held in the auditorium of the library
tomorrow night at s o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
DRASTIC PROBE IN DEATH
OF MAN At CROSSING
CONTINUED from page 1,

Patrolman John j. Riedy, on
whose post Moritko's saloon is stu
ated in which Sarika is said to have
become intoxicated made a signed
statement before Chief Tonnesen to-
day in which he said he and Officer
William Petersen had been called to
Moritko's saloon to put out Sarika,
who was creating a disturbance. Of
ficer Riedy says he told Sarika to get
out of the building and this the man
agreed to do. The two officers then
went back to their post the statement
said. but ten minutes later they
heard a crash as of breaking glass.
Returning to the saloon they con-
Quoted an investigation but found
nothing wrong and again returned to
heir posts. This, Officer Riedy said,
is all that he knows of the case. He
denied having heard any revolver
shots and says persons might have
heard railroad ~torpedoes being ex-
ploded and thought it was shoot
ing. Officer Peterson is in New
Brunswick today on a court case and
could not be reached by Chief Tom
nesen. He will be questioned. how
aver and asked to give a statement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

To Meet at Mrs. Hansen's
The Industrial Club will be en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. Anna
Hansen, of Maple street, tomorrow
night at their regular session.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

An invitation is extended to the
public TO attend the meeting of the
Professional Guild of MiddleseX
County which is to be held in the
local Y. NJ. C. A. on this coming
Friday night at $50 o'clock. At this
time the executives of the society
have arranged to show the New
Jersey State Films on tuberculosis
entitled Take No Chances" THE
Modern Health Crusade" and "Trail-
ers." Raymond II. Greenman, field
secretary of the state association will
make an address.
Posters advising the young meI
TO join the Marines, made their ap-
perance in the city today, in the
campaign now being carried on by
the Marines to get recruits for the
service. Although the present en-
listment office of the service is loca-
ted at 500 Market street, Newark
there is- a possibility that al Office
may be opened here in the neal
future. Sometime ago all the Ma
rine recruiting offices were closed
as it was decided hat this branch
of the service had enough men
Since hat time, however. many oi
the men who enlisted for two years
have served their terms and TIM
has caused vacancies in the service
The present enlistments are fol
three or four years.
Two persons were arraigned be-
fore Recorder Harold +. Pickersgil
in the police court this mornins
charged by Motorcycle Officer VIII
liam Bachman with operating auto
mobiles without drivers licenses
Frank Wargo, of Fords, was fined
$50 and p. p. Smith, colored. of 10i
Seaman street, New Brunswick, wal
assessed $25. Both chauffeurs were
: released upon payment of the penal.
ties,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

A hearing in the matters of the ar.
rest of Philip Halpern and the sei-
zure of goods of the Halpern Stor-
age and Warehouse company of this
city is being held in the postofice
building in Newark. The arrest and
seizure occurred about December 10,
1920.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
CAPTAIN {. R. BAIRD,
OF P|CKETT'S STAFF,
is SPLENDID HOS
Sole Surviving Member of
Generals Official Group
Typical Virginian.
HOME AT EPPING FOREST,
HOLDS CHARM OF THE PAST
Quaint Frame House Is Located
Forty Miles From the Near
est Railroad.
ny VIRGINIA snowELI.

Captain Edward II. Baird, the sole
survivor Of General Pickett's stan.
lives at "Epping Forest" Essex
County. Va. This place, forty miles
from railroad. retains much OF the
charm of the past. The large frame
house sets back fully a quarter Of a
mile from the road and the lane runs
through spacious lawn now over
grown with ivy and honeysuck!c.
Among tho many trees which adorn
the lawn are TO be found rare speci-
mems Of the aspen. the sycamore and
min'osa. collected in a by-gonc gen
Grafton and guarded by the present
owner as jealousy as the ancient
Druids did their sacred oaks. 4 small
'oiorcd boy. seeming to spring from
the ground by Encouragement. takes
tho visitors horse and escorts him
toward the house.
A Lively Informant.
Yes, sir. tho captains home. al
ways is this time day since he got
hurt"
Got nurt. how was that7" the
visitor asks.
Ills boss thowed him bout two
months ago. down on the flats
The boys eyes CLEAN both with
sympathy for the disaster and with
the quite evident de!igh: in inpart.
Ing the news to a stranger. lie drops
his battered cap on the lowest step
of the porch. carefully wines his feet
! and conducts the caller into the house
Take sea; by the fire and III
so call the captain" he says, open
! ing door at the left OF the large
| hall
The visitor has time to take in the
details of the spacious library. Book
| cases arc on all sides and the CLEAN
! ing rays of the huge open fire are re
Elected in the old mahogany furniture
OH paintings OF five generations OF
Bai.ds hang on the walls. and con
spicuous among them is a portrait OF
the present owner in his Confederate
Uniform. AT the sound OF the tapping
OF clutches on the polished floor OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

repassiqg the McCou. house nine
times In two hours. exposed 10 rife
fre from every direction. Grant sent
thousands Of the best of his troops
to Hookers aid. and those pounded
against eacn side OF the angle. rush
Ing the log brrastwork time after
time
AT midday Hooker held the ,apsx.
: large part OF the sight side. and
On the left HAD driven ina wedge
AID built shallow trenches He cent
| lin" after line against the rest or
the treTcheJ Tho men climbed IN
the log breast"orlss and fred in their
opnonents' faces. dragged cnnnon TO
the loss and discharged them through
crevasses, massed on the parapets
a sac, t o,hsn with hsayonsts: pulled
while the dead and dying were thrown
pack 10 make place for living and
| hEht!ng. and in every conceivable
that more men could Act into them
ana 50 that they could face In any
direction.
More than 10000 men fought dur
| ing the day. and at it's end Hook e
| drew together the best army he could
gather. preparing TO charge again.
hnt abandoned his intention because
were too tired. physically. to fight
Gordon. aided by Lane. Steuart
RamaseurT; MCGOWAN. Cook, Harris
the salient and, except for a small bit
of the apex. the Confederate army
held what 1t began with in the morn
ing ing , In me ne night IS Lee withdrew to
and abandoning the whole Angle
The battle was a draw.
Held by Same Owner.
Mr.. Iandrum yet lives ut and owns
the the apex rss of Of the salient. whore he
morning. he says. the pine woods
were shot away and burned. the
ground Uttered with dead. He saw
t thin hliins long pitts with rows Of
apex Of the trench line. and some
monuments arc on the Landrum
place; however; and and, most of III,
twn years and turned into cornfields
Spcaking of the Bloody Angel. the
official Confederate military history
a more steady and continuous roar
of muSketry."
It Is doubtful if. even in Europe.
similar number OF men ever fought
area. and it IS certain that no bat
tie Of rifles and bayonets. alone ever
e0ualled this. On less than 600 acres
of ground that day II is said that
1870 men were killed or wounded.
Rack of the Bloody Angel is a wood.
part. of which was not ruined in the
hattie. and on this the owner, Mr.
Aldrich. attempted two years ago to
cut this timber and saw 1t into lun-
her. He gave it up when half n
dozen saw blades had been stripped
by tho lead in the trees.
Bloody Angle has attracted to this
part OF Virginia hundreds Of visitors
from abroad. FOR Japanese. Chinese
and Russians. our European military
men have come here purposely TO
study the trenches and visualize the
stra tegy of this fight. Those who
come In future may see that part OF
the apex OF the salient which Is on
the I.andrum place. and q. few monu
ments where charges ended, but the
deer trenches that stragEle in the
iua out when the holocaust Of death
went on from dawn. until evening
will have passed under the plough,
There Will be hardly a trace Of the
famous Bloody Angle" left.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

the hall outside the observer turns
from his contemplation of the last
named portrait Az the door opens and
the captain enters.
Forty years have elapsed since the
picture was painted and time has
whitened the still abundant wavy
hair and left its imprint on face and
figure. but the keen gray eyes which
regard the visitor from beneath their
heavy b:ows retain much OF the fires
of youth and his erect bearing be-
trays his military training.
Draw Up n Chair.
Draw your chair up to the IRE
and get warm. you, are probably
chilled from driving
One insiinc;ivcly summons his best
manner and realize how Inadequate
~ equipped he is to meet or equal
terms the indcscribabIc courtesy OF
the captain.
Il am little behind on the events
OF the day" he says. and listens with
keen attention while his visitor. with
a feeling OF restored Importance.
brings him up TO date. This feeling
is speedily discounted. however.
when n chance quotation the captain
makes from Horace reduces him to
his former feeling of insignificance.
lie tries to lead gracefully to the
subject Of the war hoping soon TO
reach Gettysburg on which topic he
! trusts to find his host fluent.
Your boy tells me you were thrown
from horse. 1 expect that was no
new experience after four years of
the civil War
Was never thrown before in my
life SIR" the captain replied. MY
regular norse was sick at tho time
and the Internal pow horse was
riding that day stumbled and fell on
my leg. The break was painful but
was UP in two weeks rather TO the
dis,nay OF my doctor
Thus. falling to reach the desired
subject. the visitor tries new APP
| proach.
where Hunter WIN. Captured.
SIS IL true that 1t was in this room
| tina, Secretary II. NJ. T. Hunter was
| captured and sent TO Southern
prison
Not in this room but in my dining
room The Yankees rode up while
Have you read Atlanta Recon
s,ructed' in the Saturday Evening
post?'
| sNo. sir" the captain replies. u
seldom allow myself TO read those ar
ticles--thcy unnecessarily irritats
me"
The supper bell rings at this poin'
and the visitor rises and tries To BIO"
\ himself out as gracefully as possible
why. you wili certainly not leave
| my house without taking supper viii
me-" the captain exclaimed. and leads
the way into the d:niGg-room Here
| the visitor is presented to the other
members of the captains family.
son,sa ,daughter-!n-!aw and three
daughters Thay seem to be accus
toned to tho role OF audience ant
seated at his cleaning mahognn.
table, the old captain talks mori
! freely.
''As I see 1t. the cause OF the pres
ent unsatisfactory state OF affairs is
the way people took up life when the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
PRICE, SEVEN CENTS

county to The other. his schedule of
visitations as rigidly kept az any
wartime duties. He had risen cold
winter mornings and had seen the
sun rise many times from the saddle
as he made the twenty-miic trip to
;hc county seat to meet . O'Clock
engagement. Much could he writton
of the value of his trained mind on
AFFAIRS of education and the inspira-
ton of his courtiy manner and per-
sonal interest in both teachers and
pupils.
AS TO my farming affairs. we had
our land and labor, plenty OF II.
though on Il different status from
which We were accustomed. paid
my head man eight dollars q month.
the men and boys received five and
six, the cook four month and the
two housegirls three each.
This was the first money they had
ever handled and they felt rich. They
had their own homes. their pigs and
chickens, and il they were thrifty
they could live as we'll as we did
Those negroes gave us the service
that five times that money won't givo
now. Many of the negroes now have
loft the county and CONC TO Jersey
Continued ON Page ;. Col. L.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

armis,ice was signed. Why. when
we came back from the Civil War we
had moth ing: Did we put on broad
cloth and silk stockings? No. sir:
we did without. That is the whole
answer to the probicm--that and
work: We wore old clothing and
our food was of the simplcst--just
what we raised on the place"
But the visitor with his plate full
OF batterbread, hot rolls and the best
Tried chicken he ever ate. ventures
to say. the latter would call for little
elf-denial. but launched on the sea
OF "reminiscences. the old captain
hardly noticed the interruption.
Interested In Schools.
las 10 my outside affairs" he, goes
on. was examiner of the public
schools OF this county for more than
twenty years"
1t was not at this time or place
that the visitor learned. what was
later told him by a contemporary Of
the captain. OF those twenty years.
IL seems that the returned army Of
flccr had thrown his energies into
the upbuildinc Of the public Schools
work pitifully hampcred by the
lack of funds of war-ravaged state
This veritablc circuit rider OF educa-
ton had ridden from one end OF the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

heads In church. because IL was the
custom Of that time.
Miss Raleigh contended that women
were never forbidden TO preach. Not
everybody was allowed 10 teach, but
any one. man or woman. could preach,
according as he or she was inspired.
The command that women should
NOT speak in church, but ask their
HUSBANDS for instructions Al, home.
translated correctly. meant TINT they
should NOT chatter In church. but, III
'heS wanted news. ask al home.
1T was preposterous to suppose
that women would ask for Christi
ian instruction from husbands who
were frequently, PaGans or Jews. 1t
was something like asking an anti
suffragette husband 10 tell his wife
what the suffragettcs had done.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
LECTURER SAYS ST. PAUL
MEANT WOMEN TO PREACH
Places New Interpretation on the
Teachings of Apostle with RE-
gard to Female Sex.

LONDON. March 5.--That ST. Paul
did not forbid women to preach was
maintained be Miss K. Raleigh in q
lecture before the Womap's Freedom
League in London.
BY the removal OF few dots and
commas. said the lecturer, II could be
proved that the Apostle did not COM
mand women to obey their husbands.
nor insist that ever and aye. whatever
tho fashion OF the country, they
should wear hats in church.
Neither did he say that women
should never wear jewclry and fine
clothes He only babe them leave
their jcwclry at homo and dress
plainly when they wer6, preaching or
setting out on missionary journeys.
The correct translatIongot the word
your husbands." was e'be consider,
nto to-. Woman were commanded to
cover their heads for tho same 8reA.
ron that ION were. TO i1inrpua 81 il.nlr
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-11
Sen. Capper Declares Savings
Lost 10 Stock Sharks
Total Vast Sum.

Editors Note-Senator Arthur Cap
per, OF Kansas. was for many years
head CT a string OF papers. both daily
and weekly. the latter farm papers
with immense circuiations Thousands
OF his subscribers fell victims 20 men
with stock schemes and biue-sky
sales and thousands of Their. wrote
20 the editor and publisher asking
hig advice. In the following he gives
that advice TO all who care TO read
and as Senator Capper's entire life
Is indication OF careful advancement.
superior business Judgment and the
confidence OF his fellow citizens, what
he has 20 say may be accepted with
out hesitation as the advice Of one
Who knows.