Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-22

, Several Perth Amboy people at
! tended the session of the American
Jewish Congress at the Forest thea
ter in Philadelphia yesterday. at
which Samuel Untermyer was tenn
porary chairman and DIR. Stephen s
Wise. chairman. Among those who
attended from here we're: Louis
Braines. Philip Levine, Abraham
Kramer. Adolph NJ. MetzendoIf.
Abraham Eskin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Greenhouse.
The steamer Willie Eu Havre from
England with a cargo of scrap brass
for the United States Refining Corr
psny at Roosevelt. has been unload
ed and will sail for New York City
tomorrow, where a cargo of mer-
chandise will be taken on prior 20
sailing for a foreign port.
At a special meeting of the Perth
Amboy Caledonian Club Saturday
night at the club rooms in Odd Fei-
lows hall, the fountain pen for the
benefit of Piper Murdoch Buchanan
was awarded Thomas Mallett, 12S
Washington street.
A meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be held
a. s o'clock tonight in the board
room.
Mayor William C. Wilson has ac-
cepted the invitation of Mayor
Frederick c. Breidenbach, of New
ark. to be his guest at luncheon
Wednesday Of this week in the Nc
Carter Gallery of Robert Treat ho-
tel. Mayors throughout the state
and of New York city and Phila-
| delphia, as we'll have been invited
Ivy the Newark chief executive.
Wednesday is Mayors Day" at the
Newark Industrial Exposition at the
First Regiment Armory. which is in
progress all of this week. The may
ors will visit the exposition follow
,ng luncheon and then be shown
other points Of interest in Newark.
John Bucholz, o of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bucholz, of Brace ave
nue., was baptised in the Holy Trim
Ity church yesterday. Guests were
present ffom Fords. Woodbridge
and New York.
Lawrence Lodge No. 60, Odd Eel
lows, at its meeting Friday night
received two new members by card
and arranged 10 go to Iottenville
tonight for visit with Bentley Lodge
No. $40. Members will go on the
7:45 o'clock boat. Arrangements
we're also made for the trip to Eliz-
abeth next Friday night Tor the dis
trict demonstration. Grand Master
Baker will give the demonstration.
Recorder Harold e. PickerZil
finished moving his printing estaD-
lishment to its new quarters at 224
Smith street, Saturday. The re-
moval has been in progress for sew
erai weeks past but on Saturday,
after the regular issue OF the Mos
quito was on the, street. the presses
and the remainder OF the shop
equipment were transferred and the
whole task completed.
Practically a midsummer crowd
flocked to Soield's and Bayard's
beaches along the bluff yesterday
afternoon. A few of the harder
ones were swimming from the
beaches, while others went in from
the yacht club pier. Persons in
search of the cooler breezes hned
the banks and looked on.
With the strike in the city settled
Chief of Police Niels j. Tonnesen
this morning called attention to the
fact that during the entire period,
with over $500 men on the streets.
not a single case of drunkenness
and only one of disorder could be at
tributed to the labor trouble. was
reported. Extra men were on duty
at each plant but their services to
quell disturbances were not neces-
sary. The strikers were. as a rule,
orderly throughout.
All three railroads having grade
crossings in this city have informed
Mayor Wilson of their intentions to
carry out his request by putting
skirts or drop-fences on the
gates, thus making it impossible for
persons to crawl under them when
they are lowered.