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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
AMOUNTING TO S125
IMPOSED IN COURT

Fines amounting to SIPS we're
imposed by Recorder Pickersgill In
police court this morning. Toney
Carlisle, of AIS Brace avenue. ar
rested by Patrolman Charles Jor-
genson yesterday on a charge of
running a chancel board. was fined
S25 and a tray Of jewelry c~onfiscat-
ed by the police. This is the second
arrest made by the police in a case
of this kind. Patrolman Michael
Burke searched the city yesterday
for the agent who is placing these
game in the stores but was unable
to locate him. Carlisle conducts a
grocery and butcher store.
Frank Swinski. of $50 Charles
street. and Lawrence Cipo, of Mar
ket street, were each fined $50 by
Recorder Pickersgill. Swinski was
arrested by Officer Frank Seiboth
yesterday on a disorderly conduct
charge preferred by Mrs. ]. Schultz,
while Cipo was arrested by Patrol
man Patrick Dwyer on a drunk and
disorderly charge. Annie Pelivska.
of 447 New Brunswick avenue. was
arraigned before Recorder Pickers-
gill this morning on an assault and
battery charge preferred by Kathe-
rine Jakula. A SO fine was i'm
posed. Sergeant Frank KasprZak
arrested the woman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
SOLDIERS BODY ARRIVES
HOME FROM FRANCE

tBy Evening News stan Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, March 23:-The
body of Sergeant John w. O'Meara.
son of John w. O'Meara, of Rich
pond Valley, that arrived from
France on the transport Somme a
week ago, will be brought to his
home here tomorrow according to
word received by his father. Ar
engagements have been completed for
the funeral which is to be held on
Sunday. The body, escorted by mil
itary organizations. will be taken to
the Church of Our Lady Help of
Christians in Amboy road, Sunday
afternoon, where a short service
will be held and then the interment
will be held in st. Joseph's ceme-
terry, Rossville. A solemn requiem
mass will be said later. Sergeant
O'Meara was killed in action in
France on October /, 1918. He was
with Company /, 105th Infantry. and
had been over the top several times
before he met his death.
At the time of war being declared
by the United States with Germany,
Sergeant O'Meara with Richard
Townsend, Edward Townsend, Philip
Glisman and Robert Johnson enlist
ed in the S~eventy-frst Regiment,
National Guard of New York. When
the national guard a merged into
the federal service the regiment vas
at Camp Wadsworth, S~partenburg,
and was soon sent overseas and into
action. Glisman was killed in ac-
lion in August and it was O'Meara
who sem the word home to the for
mer's parents that he was killed.
O'Meara's father is an old member
of the Seventy-first Regiment, he
having served during the Spanish
American War in Cuba. Sergeant
O'Meara was the third young man
from this section to be killed in ac-
ton. Martin o. Brown. of Pleasant
Plains, was the other one killed. His
body together with Glisman's are
expected to arrive shortly. Members
of the Seventy-hrst regiment, a de-
tachment of Regulars and Spanish
American war veterans together
with Beauvais Post No. 126, Ameri-
can Legion, will attend the funeral
and escort the body to its last rest
ing place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
TOTTENVILLE

Arthur Kreischer of Manhattan.
was the guest of the week end' OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Washington.
Norman Ford is home from Co..
lumbia University for the Easter
holidays with his parents.
Henry Seikowitz of Brooklyn, n
Jack Levy, of the Bronx, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius GetlowitZ.
Mrs. George w. Dubois will en-
terrain the members of the 500 club
at her home tomorrow afternoon.
James Nolan, chief clerk of the
bureau of buildings, has recovered
from recent illness.
DIR. Pugsley gave an illustrated
lecture at the South Baptist church
last night on 1.-The Life of Christ"
Martin A. Palmer has broken
ground for a semi-bungalow in AM
boy road.
The annual meeting of the Totem
Vile Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held on April .. when
the election of officers will take
place. Mrs. Ella A. Boole. state pres
ident, will be the speaker.
A hearing on the garbage bill pre-
scented by Assemblyman cosSrovt
was held at Albany yesterday before
the assembly committee.
District Deputy Amanda Hoehn
with Mrs. George w. Dubois. grand
mistress of finance. Mrs. Henry Sch
neider, Mrs. Francis j. Dolan. Mrs.
August Clarius and Mrs. Henry
Brickwidde, of Richmond Temple
Pythian Sisters, recently visited JUS
tice Temple at Portchester, L. 1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
TOW BOAT WORKERS HOLD
STRIKE IN ABEYANCE

NEW YORK, March 23.-Plans
for an immediate strike of employees
aboard ocean-going tow boats in
protest against wage cuts in effect
March /, were held in allegiance to-
day by the Marine Engineers Bene-
fetal Association, pending approval
of the national executive commit
tee.
Thomas B. Healey. head of the as
ISOLATION, said the immediate walk
out was planned at a meeting here
and at a conference in Philadelphia
yesterday. He added that William
s. Brown, international president,
had approved an immediate strike
and that he expected the executive
committee to give consent within
twenty-four hours.
The strike was set for April II,
and more than $50 ocean-going tow
boats and 2,400 men would be affect
ed. He said members of the Allan
tic Coast Towboat Owners Associa-
ton placed in effect the first OF the
month, monthly reductions from SIS
to $50. refusing to renew last years
wage agreement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
SESSION
FRO METUCHEN
Past Councillors Meet With
MetuChen Council = Joel
Parker Wins the Banner

[By Evening News stan Correspondent.J
METUCHEN, March 23:-Jesse
Selover, of South River. supervising
principal, was the speaker at the
monthly meeting of the Past Coun-
cilors Association of the Junior Or
der American Mechanics of Middle
sex county held last night with Me-
tuchen Council of this place. Mr..
Selover's topic was on educational
matters, particularly in regard to
the Smith-Townley bill now before
the legislature. This bill is in con-
nection with a national educational
bill to be placed before congress for
the United States to adopt some
recognition with regard to national
educational system. Several legis-
lative matters came up at the meet
ing together with other matters of
interest to the members of the or
der.
County Councillor John F.. Ber-
nard, of Perth Amboy, was in the
chair and extended the welcome to
the large number of members from
the various sections of the county
that were present. Joel Parker
Council. of South Amboy, again carr
ried off the honors for the largest
percentage of members present and
the Plainsboro Council was given
the hammer for the smallest per-
centage of members present. Joel
Parker Council carried home the
banner. Six new members we're
taken in to the association and ten
new applications for admission were
received. Two of the new members
who Joined were from Midelesex
Council who went over with twelve
past councillors TO the meeting. to-
gether with fifteen others. The
meeting was one of the most enthu-
siastic held by the association in
some time. After the business ses-
sion a social time was held and re-
freshments were served by the ar
rangement committee composed OF
members of Metuchen Council.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
HAS
BOOZE ACTION
Many Complaints in Borough
on Sale of Liquor and
Drunken Men in Streets.
tBy Evening News correspondsnt.l

tBy Evening News Correspondence
MATAWAN, March 23;-The
greater part of last nights meeting
of the Borough Council was taken
up with a discussion on liquor. 1t
is claimed that in the borough there
are several places at which one can
purchase liquor, but these places
are only known to those who have
the secret password. Mayor Arris
B. Henderson is anxious to clean up
this condition and so informed the
council.
The council discussed the question
for an hour or more and Officer
John Mulsoff was told to arrest
every drunken man he saw on the
street. Then this order was recall
ed, and he was ordered to search
bundles that people brought in on
the train. This order was also re-
called after considerable discussion.
Borough Attorney Elmer II.
Geran, who is also United States dis
trict attorney, was asked what could
be done, and informed the council
that the only thing possible is to get
evidence against people before a
search is made for liquor, that
drunken men could not be arrested
If they were walking home and not
annoying anyone or were not disor-
derby, and that the borough would
be liable to a lawsuit If Mulsof
searched anyone's bundle and did
not find liquor.
The whole discussion wound up
by the mayor informing Officer Null
soff to do the best he could in find
ing those who are selling the liquor
and that IL it became necessary a
uniformed officer would be placed
on duty in the borough.
The question of fast driving of
automobiles, loud singing from pass
ing cars, and other ~violators of the
motor vehicle law were discussed.
Mayor Henderson told officer Null
soft that people not obeying the law
in driving their cars must be ar
rested. He asked that the officer get
the number of the machine and re-
port same to him and he would take
the violation up with Commissioner
Dill. If a person is found driving a
car when intoxicated his license will
be recalled.
The street committee was in
structed to repair Dock street. This
it was estimated would cos about
5000.
Councilman Eskesen reported that
the New York e. Long Branch rail-
road had the fifty family trip tic
kets between this place and New
York and Newark under considera-
ton.
The meeting of the council was
delayed for a half hour or more,
due to the failure of the electric
lights just as the meeting was call
ed to order.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
MAN BELIEVED DEAD
AND BURIED TURNS UP

lBy Evening News stan Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, March 23-Paul
Gesmer, who disappeared from
Stapleton over a year ago and be-
lieved to have died, came back to
his old home yesterday driving a big
yellow ar. He is said to have
$4,000 in his pockets. Shortly af-
ter he disappeared his motorboat
was found wrecked over in Brooklyn
and a body found among the wreck
age was declared to have been Ges-
mer. The identification was made
and the body was buried in Potter's
Field as that of him. Gesmer ex-
planned that he had received a mes
sage from Macon, o., about a law
suit of one of his patents. The pa
lent had been pending for twenty
years and royalties that had accum-
ulated in that time were collected
in the suit which he won. Now
everyone is wondering who the dead
man was that was found in Gesmer's
wrecked boat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Getting
ton, of the Bronx, have been visiting
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gillis are
home after the winter months in
Florida.
Mrs. Chester LaForge, of the
Bronx, formerly of this place, has
gone to San Francisco, Cal, TO bring
her mother back to reside with her.
Matthew Manning, of Manhattan,
was a local visitor in town yester-
day.
Mrs. William Price visited her
mother in T~ottenville yesterday.
At a recent meeting of the official
board of st. Marks church a COM
mittee composed of Edwin G. Shea,
Cornelius Van Allen and Mrs. Bes-
sic Browne was named to confer
with District superintendent Spen-
Ger with regard to a e pastor To
be sent to the church from the
Newark conference.
U. S. Grant Council, Jr. o. u. A.
NJ, held a meeting at their rooms il
Amicitia hall Monday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
MITCHELL'S CASE Is
DISMISSED BY COURT

lBy Evening News Staff Correspondent
TOTTENVILLE, March 23:-In
the county court at st. George the
charge against Fritz Mitchell, of
Woodrow road, Pleasant Plains, of
burglary in the third degree as
charged in the indictment of the
February grand jury was dismissed.
Lack of evidence is given as the
cause of the dismissal of the charge.
Mitchell was arrested by Acting De-
tective Sergeant Schley on February
Is on a bench warrant issued by
District Attorney Maloy following
the indictment which was gained
upon the admission of James Mac
Coy. a helper for Mitchell. that he
took part in the alleged theft of
chickens on several occasions on
this end of the island. Mitchell
stoutly denied the accusation from
the start.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
CLAIM KEAsREY
SCHOOL FILLED
Report of Crowded Conditions
at No. 8 - Bring Matters
Before Township Board.
ne Evenlng Ner. corrsspondsnt1

IBy Evening News c~orrespondent.l
KEASBEY, March 23-Due to
the rapid increase of foreign D
latioh in this section Of Woodbridge
township, the crowded conditions at
local school No. 8 are causing the
local citizens to bring the matter
to the attention Of the township
school board.
According TO information given
by J. ". Burke. principal Of the
school, the classes Of the first year
are at present working on a half ses-
sion basis. The rooms available to
accommodate thirty pupils are en-
deayoring to take care of as many
as forty-fve children. 1t has been
found necessary. due to the crowded
conditions. to divide the classes into
morning and afternoon sessions, to
accommodate all the children.
II has been predicted that by
April 1, additional classes will have
to be put on the half schedule ba-
sis due to the lack of proper ac-
commodations to handle the pupils.
Conditions at present warrant
the building OF several additional
rooms to the school and II is toward
that purpose that the local citizens
are bending their efforts.
The section around Keasbey
Heights is rapidly building up and
many new residences have been
erected during the past few months.
New families are coming into the
town and their children are being
enrolled at the local school. This,
together with the ever increasing
foreign element in this section,
makes conditions such that the
small school here is becoming more
and more incapable to care for the
children.
The school at the present must
care for all pupils up to and includ-
ing the sixth grade, the seventh and
eighth grade pupils having been
transferred TO the Fords school sew
eral years ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
DAMAGE BY FIRE
IN KEYPORT BOROUGH

fly Evening News Correspondence
kEYPORT. March 23:-F1re
caused $3.50 worth of damage 10 the
rear of the building owned by Ray
mond Matthews and in which he
conducts his grocery business on
Front street. the kerosene tank
catching fire from a bonfire. The
tank placed on the rear porch was
discovered all ablaZe and the rear of
the building, the door. porch and
the rear of the store occupied by
Brocco Bricese's barber shop were
all very badly scorched.
With a brisk wind Blowing the
fire would have done much more
serious damage had not the build
ings themselves been of stucco con-
struction. The fire alarm quickly
brought out the fire companies who
in short order extinSuished the
blaze.
Mr.. Matthews had purchased the
two stores Saturday from the Bedle
estate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
BUILDING INCREASE Is
SEEN IN PLANS FILED

IBy Evening News Stan Correspondent
TOTTEN VILE, March 23:-An
increase of plans for new structures
filed with the bureau of buildings
for the borough of Richmond is seen
in the number filed during the week
ending March IL. There were forty
nine plans filed in that period at an
estimated cost of $142,955 as COM
pared with the week before when
thirty-seven were filed at an esti-
mated cost of 100000. There were
twelve plans for alterations filed last
week at an estimated cost of S9,145
and thirty-five plumbing permits at
an estimated cost of S23,875.
Builders all see a steady gain as
the spring season opens with much
building in all sections of the island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
{. Y. FRER|CHS
VOTES FOR BILL
Local AssembIyman Lines
Up With Thirteen Others
From City on Traction Bill

IBy Evening News Stan Correspondent
TOTTENVfLLE, March 23-As-
semblyman Ernest V. Frerichs of
Amboy road, Tottenville, Republi-
can. representing the second assem-
bly, district Of the county of Rich
mond in the assembly at Albany.
was one of the fifteen Republicans
of the city of New York who voted
for Governor Miller's traction bill
which passed yesterday by a vote of
9y to SIS after a bitter fight on the
floor of the lower house. The bill
passed the senate last week with
Senator Ernest Smith Republican.
representing Richmond and Rock
land counties voting for the bill.
Assemblyman Thomas Cosgrove
Democrat representing the first
assembly district of the county of
Richmond voted against the bill.
with the other Democrats together
with the nineteen Republicans of
the city of New York, who bitterly
fought the bill.
Richmond borough like the other
boroughs of the greater city through
the present administration Is COM
mitted to the i've cent fare and
should the eight cent fare be in
a~ugurated through the passage of
new bill by new commission to be
named will mean political downfall
it is believed of every assemblyman
and senator of New York city that
voted for its passage. This borough
was the first of the five where mu-
aicipal owned trolleys were put into
service to compete against the Rich
mond Light and Railroad Company
that at the present time is charg-
ing eight cents by an order from the
courts through a receiver appointed
a year or more ago.. Mr.. Frerichs Is
a new assemblyman from this dis
trict having been elected last fall
at the general election when many
Republicans were swept into office
on the popular wave of the Repub-
lican victory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23

Robert Aumack, Mrs. G. Warren
Aumack, Mrs. Willard Aumaek. Mrs.
William Cowau. Mrs. William Bran
non. Mrs. Edward Cuttreif. Mrs.
Benjamin Ely. Mrs. Ernest Durham.
Mrs. Thomas Hopkins, Mrs. Otto
Widmer, Mrs. Hannah Lovett. Mrs.
Winfield Maurer. Mrs. James Jones,
Mrs. John Plot. Mrs. Fred Stryker.
Miss Louise Aumack, Miss Mahe
Alderman, Miss Lydia Brink. Miss
Melva Winterton and Mrs. Harry c.
Winterton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
Wants to Join League.

SAN SALVADOR, March 23.-
Nicaragua has begun negotiations
to secure permission to retire her
membership to the League of Ma
-tions, said a dispatch from Mana
que This step has been taken, 1t Is
declared, because the expense at
tached to the membership is con-
sidered excessive. 1t is pointed out
it cost Nicaragua $4,000 to retain a
place in the league, per month. and
that the government now owes the
league $4,000. having been a men,
Der for a year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
Anna Maria ostergaard.

Miss Anna Maria Ostergaard,
tw~enty-nine years old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ostergaard, of
Hornsby street. Fords. died last
night at the City Hospital. Besides
her parents she is survived by sew
eral brothers and sisters. Funeral
services will be held 2 o'clock Fri
day afternoon from the home of her
parents. Rev. ". B. Skov, pastor OF
our Savior's Danish Lutheran church
will officiate. Interment will be in
Alpine cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23

A press dispatch from Cam
bridge, Mass, says:
1.-The Bureau of Business Re-
search established several
years ago at Harvard Uni
versity has issued a bulletin
which deals with the cost of
retailing shoes. Field agents
have sent in reports of the in
vestigation of more than $50
shoe stores in various parts
of the country. Among other
things. the bureau asserts that
it has found gross profit
ranges from 20 to 40 per
cent. OF the net selling price,
and that operating expense
ranges from IS to IS per cent.
of the net selling price. which
means that some stores are
nearly twice as efficient as
others.
.Stores that turn over their
stock only once a year and
others turning their stocks
four times were encountered
by the investigators, who de-
clared that millions of capi-
tai could be released from in
yestment in merchandise il
-Nfofln~ fnaranGad his
stock turns.
".More stock turns it Is de-
cIared, means an increase in
net profit without any raising
of price a pair.
And advertising turns over
stocks" thereby increasing the
net profits of a business and at
the same time making lower
selling prices possible to you
the public.
That is, manufacturers who have
goods to sell TO the retailer,
and
Retailers who have goods TO
sell to the puDHc"
Cannot wisely do without ad-
vertising.
For the. first 1t creates distribu-
ton:
For the second it provides Gus
toners, and
By cumulative effect works it
self into a force which makes
il the most wonderful agent of
economy for both reader and
advertiser that has even been
developed.
And because this is true every
man and every woman anxious
to assist in the reimbursement OF
prices and business conditions
should read advertising closely
and constantly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23

Intelligent advertising describes
desirable merchandise in an at
tractive manner, quotes a rea-
sonable price and points the
way to the door of the man who
has 1t for sale.
It speaks persuasively to thou-
sands of interested readers every
day.
1t creates six big selling days
for the advertising merchant
where there used to be only
one or two. This throws an in
creased demand back upon the
manufacturer, and general
prosperity follows.
II transforms empty stores into
busy markets Of trade n
makes room for new stores. 1t
makes shopping districts great
retail centers. It banishes the
enormous waste resulting from
unused facilities, such as floor
space, light, heat and idle clerks.
1t makes merchandise sell fast
er. thereby enabling the adver-
tised merchant to transact a
large business on a smaller per-
centage of profit.
1t enables him to turn over his
stock" several times oftener
during the year than does the
non-advertising dealer. with
comparatively little additional
selling expense.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
sentencc U. S. Detectiyes.

MOSBACH, Baden, March 20
Carl Neuf and Franz thinner.
American detectives, have been SEN
fenced to terms in prison in Grim
inal court for illegal assumption
of power in attempting to arrest
and abduct Cover C. Bergdoll.
American draft evader, in Eber-
bach last January.
Neuf, against whom a charge of
inflicting 3bodily injury" had been
preferred, was sentenced to Jail for
fifteen months. while Zimmer's term
was fixed at six months.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove 1t :

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets. the
substitute for calomel. act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through taking them.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil. They act gently bur firmly on the
bowels and liver. stimulating them to
natural action. clearing the blood. and
purifying the entire system. They 40
that which calomel does. without any of
the bau after effects. Take ole or two
every night TOR d week and note die
pleasing effect. 15c and 30e a box.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
r. oDAY, when the buying

" ODAY, when the buying
public is rightfully expec-
ting its every dollar to do
double duty, this publication
feels that 1t can render no more
constructive service to its read
ers than to intelligently md
sincerely point out the possibili-
ties of advertising rs related to
the needs and opportunities OF
every home.
Advertising costs money. of
course, and there must be some
easily understood explanation
why 1t is an investment and
not an expense-why 1t decreas-
es rather than adds to the cost
OF merchandise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23
Entertains Keyport Glass

by Evening News Correspondent
KEYPORT. March 23.-Mrs. Fl. c.
WintertOn entertained the Delpha
Alpha class of the First Baptist
Sunday school at the recent meeting
A fine musical program was given
followed by a social hour during
which games were enjoyed. E9ab-
crate refreshments were served.
Those present included Mrs. Frank
Stanhope, Mrs. Joseph Waliing, Mrs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-23

We wish to express our most sincere
thanks to our many friends and relatives
for their beautiful floral offerings and
kind words Of sympathy in our bereave-
ment Of our beloved mother. Rev. W.
Northey Jones. DR.. j.. Y. smith, Under
taker j. J. Flynn.
KRESs FAMILY.