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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-05-24
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Tn EXpI AIN FINANcF GTATIIS
REDUCTION in Freight
RATES OF II PER CENT,
TO START ON JULY /

WASHINGTON, May 24-Reduc-
ton of rates averaging about ten
per cent was ordered today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
its decision into the rate inquiry.
The cut was fixed at fourteen per
cent in the East: thirteen and one
half per cent in the West and twelve
and one-half in the Southern and
Northern Pacific territory. These
rates are effective July l.
The commission held that the ma
tion's RAILROADS are entitled to hve
and one-fourth per cent rather than
six per cent. as fixed in the transport
tation act of 1920.
TRANSPORTATION charges for pas
sengers, etc. were not changed.
Only two members of the board,
Commissioners Lewis and Clark. dis
sented, holding that the rate change
should be made on commodity rates.
Commissioner McCord and others
accepted this suggestion.
missioner Potter said that the
fixing of percentages is require
ment that present rates shall be re-
duced ten per cent. Reductions here
tofore to be a part of this reduc-
tion.
The majority made known the
request of shippers for reduction.
The majority further said that un-
til the public is convinced OF mate
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Rotary baseball league is the idea
of the Perth Amboy Rotary Club
and a movement has been started
by the boys committee here to have
Rotary clubs all over the state Sc
lect a representative baseball team
among the boys of each town and
play a series of games throughout
the summer.
At the weekly luncheon of the
Rotary Club at the New Packer
House today the plan of the boys
committee was outlined. The idea
is TO sign up ten or fifteen baseball
teams made up of boys of this city
who will play against each other
for the championship of the city.
The Rotary club will furnish the
equipment and the winning team
will be given dinner and baseball
uniforms.
At conference being held in
Newark today the president of the
local club. Aylin Pierson, and the
secretary, Oliver Hatfield. are pro-
posing to the other clubs in New
Jersey that Il state league be form
ed and that when representative
team is selected for each place that
2 series of games be played in the
different towns for the state cham
DloEShlp. II tnls Is ADOPTED Dy the
other places the winning team
among the. Perth Amboy clubs will
be chosen to represent Perth Amboy
in the Rotary State League. The
Rotary Club will buy the uniforms
and will pay all the travelling ex-
penses of the boys. At the close of
the season the team will be given
a dinner.
The Evening News will publish 4
coupon beginning tomorrow for the
boys to sign in order to have their
respective teams entered in the city
league. II is expected to have be-
tween ten and fifteen teams thus
organized The coupons when filled
out should be returned to the Even
inl News. or to any member of the
boys committee of the Rotary
Club. These members are DR..
George W.. Fithian, Arthur Stern,
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LOCAL ROTARY CLUB
STARTS BALLLEAGUE
FOR YOUNGER TEAMS

| Val Afflerbach and George Stillwell.
Another work that the boys COM
mittee has under wav is TO send
worthy boys away to camp this sum-
mer. The idea is to pay the ex-
penses OF a number of worthy boys
either for the Y. NJ. C. A. camp or
the Boy Scouts camp. Details of
tnis will be announced later.
The civic committee, of which
Ferd Garretson is chairman, recon-
mended to the club that the Staten
island Rapio Transit be communi-
Gated with in an effort to have bet
ter ferry facilities here in the ham
ding of the automobiles. The idea
IS ~ have the ferryboats remodeled
so as to give the lower deck over
TO automobiles exclusively, having
four machines abreast instead of
two, and have the foot passengers
use fhe upper deck. The desire is
to hold as much. of this automobile
traffic for Perth Amboy as possible.
Alderman Thomas Patten, of the
street committee. came in for a great
deal of praise on the part of the
civic committee for his willingness
to clean up the land along the rail-
road tracks so as to make the ap-
proach to the city more presentable.
The alderman has consented to have
a city wagon or two go to that Sec
tion and clean up the property re-
gardless of ownership so as to make
better impression on those who
pass through the city by train.
The Rotary quartet made its first
appearance today, rendering very
touching song in costume. The quar-
etc consists of Fred BRIGGS, DIR.
George w. Fithian. Andrew Wight
and Guy Weaver They made a de-
cided hit and were at once booked to
go to Morristown for tonights char
ter presentation, but owing to such
short notice 1t was impossible to fill
the engs cement. The local club an
ticipates much enjoyment from this
quartet in the future.
In the absence of the president who
is attending the Rotary conference
in Newark today. the vice president,
DIR. Fithian, presided.
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rial reduction in transportation
charges, normality of business Will
be deferred.
Its conclusion was that reductions
should be made generally on all
commodities in equal ratio.
Agricultural products will not be
effected by today's reduction.
The commission defined the re-
duction in the Eastern group as
twenty-six per cent instead of the
forty per cent authorized in the
decision last cited. the rate increase
of 1920
Commissioner Eastman said that
the decision should have been with
held to await the action OF the rail-
road board
The cut was made horizontally
anG removes a percentage of the
general increases given TO all rali-
road rates in 1920. In western ter
ritcry the commission ordered a cut
of approximately 13h per cent and
in the southern group a cut OF II u
per cent, effective July l.
Wall Street Relieved
NEW YORK, May 24.-Wall
street received today with great re-
lief word of the railroad rate re-
ductions.
Railroad stock was strong at the
opening of the market today. Gains
were made by numerous railroads
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GASOLINE BLAZE
KILLS WOMAN
Roosevelt Resident Dies at
City Hospital Here Follow
ing Severe Burns.
WAS CLEANING HOUSE
Was Using Gasoline to Clean
MattreSs-Firemen Check
Fire in Home.

Mrs. Melvia Rogosky, twenty-nine
years old, of Salem avenue, Roose-
welt, died about 1925 o'clock last
night at the Perth Amboy City Hos
pital, six hours after being frightful-
burned at her home about 1920
\hclock yesterday afternoon.
n Mrs. Rogosky was cleaning a mat
tress in the bedroom of her home on
the first floor of two family house
with gasolene when the mattress
caught fire from a match which 1t is
said that she had stepped on. The
gasolene which had been spilled on
the floor ignited and then extended
TO the. bed.
In an effort to extinguish the
flames the woman's clothing caught
fire and within second she was
afire from head to foot. Joseph
Lloyd, foreman of Fire Company No.
2, who was near the house at the
time ran in and threw blanket
around the woman and extinguished
the flames but not until they had
burned her SO badly as to cause her
death. -,
DR.. Wantook, who was called.
treated the woman and had her re-
moved to the hospital where she
passed away. She was attended by
DIR. MeinZer at the nospitdi.
The woman was burned from her
bead to her feet. She gave birth 10
a baby three weeks ago and had
inst been able to be around the
house. She had started 10 do some
house cleaning and was using the
gasoline to clean the bed and mat
iress, Her daughter. about ten years
old was home at the time with the
baby in another room when theAhre'
started.
An alarm was sounded for the fire
and the entire department was soon
on the scene. but the blaze had been
extinguished when the hremen ar
rived by Foreman Lloyd and an
other fireman. The body has been
removed to her home ry Under
,aker Burns of Roosevelt and ar
are being made for the
k5uneral
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Comptroller Defends His
Department; Says School
Matters Are Separate

Comptroller Olaf j. Morgenson
this morning issued a statement de-
ferding his Office in the matter Of
placing the blame for the failure of
a $4,000 item for school teachers
bonus to appear in the 1922 city
budget. Yesterday the Evening
News published an article in which
it was brought out that Alfred H.
Crowell. clerk of the Board of
School Estimate, had laid the blame
for the omission of the s5e.o0 item
on the city hall officials. he claiming
that he had done all that was re-
quired of him by law which was to
file certificate with the city clerk
February. 1921. Immediately after
the school estimate board had re-
qrested the additional $4,000.
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Briefs i'm Township Suit

WOODBRIDGE. May 24.-Briefs
were filed yesterday with Supreme
Court Justice James ]. Bergen. by
Ephriam Cutter and Thomas Grown,
attorneys. in the suits upon which
Judgment was recently obtained
against the township for road work
which was done in 1921. Cutter in
this action represented Abraham
Duff. who applied to Judge Bergen.
for permission to defend the suit on
behalf of the township.
The suits against the township
which have resulted in this court ac-
tion, were brought to obtain money
for material and labor furnished for
the township between May and De-
cember, 1921. On May 8 the town
ship committee. on the advice of at
torney, decided not to enter de-
ferse, and judgment was therefore
obtained for $4,S57.S0. The work
was done during the time the main
highways of the county were being
repaired.
The four contractors who obtain
ed judgments against the township
are: Andrew Keyes. NJ. Irving De-
marest. Smith & Ostergaard and
George w. Murdoch.
According to reports about the
township today. Dun has taken the
action in order to obtain propagan-
da for commission form of govern
ment.
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Defer INQUEST IN KILLING
OF MAN BY WALTER WARD

NEW YORK, May 24.-Coroner
Fitzgerald of White Plains has post
poned the inquest into the killing OF
Clarence Peters, described by wal
ter Ward, millionaire baking orfl-
cial. as one of a blackmailing trio
in his confession of the killing.
1t was learned today that Ward
paid a mysterious visit TO New YORK
police headquarters with his lawyer.
They spent fifteen minutes in
rogue's gallery. 1t is believed that
they are seeking the two members
of the blackmail gang alleged to
have been led by Peters.
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MISS FLOERSCH
BADLY HURT
Former Local Girl in New
Haven Hospital Follow
ing Accident.

Miss Marion Floersch, of Plain
field. daughter of Peter Floersch.
formerly proprietor of the Packer
House hotel in this city, was in
jured in an automobile accident ct
New Haven, Conn, about iz:l 5
o'clock Sunday morning.
According to information received
in this city Miss Floersch went 10
New Haven to attend a Yale College
dance. While returning home from
the dance Miss Floersch's car. con-
t. lining five people, turned oveF
when the driver swerved to the side
in an effort to prevent head-on
collision with trolley car.
A stone wall. il is said, prevented
the driver of the car from noticing
the approach of the trolley car un-
til the trolley had reached the cor
ner. Miss Floersch is suffering from
an injured spine but her condition
is not serious. An X-ray sexamina-
tioh will be taken to see if she is
internally injured.
Her parents have received a let
ter from her, since the accident oc-
CURED.
Accidents Here
Three persons were injured in ac-
cidents in this city last night. Two
of the cases resulted from automo-
bile accidents.
Able Albert, a five year old child
at present visiting with his parents
at the home of David Kozen, at 27O
Madison avenue, was run over by an
automobile driven by Walter eager,
of Woodbridge, shortly before s
o'clock last night An examination
by DIR. ]. G. Cottrell revealed severe
bruises on both legs and arms. but
the hurts were not serious.
Patrolman Alfred Christopherson
investigated the accident when he
heard a child screaming and saw
an automobile halted in front of the
Majestic theatre. The Albert child
was beneath the car, near the lett
rear wheel. The policeman extri-
Gated the lad and took him to the
doctor. No arrest was made.
John Malnosky. of 537 Harrington
street, received bruises about the
body whea he was knocked off his
bicycle late in the afternoon. The
car was driven by ArmeE Topaliian.
of 396 State street. Patrolman Rob-
ert Harding filed the police report
on the accident, but did not take
Topalian into custody.
The other injured perS1n reported
last night was Miss Elizabeth Chel-
mock. of 100 sherman street. Miss
Chelnrock slipped and fell over rail
lying in the street at Smith and
Prospect streets at 1880 O'Clock
Patrolman William Kilmurray OBJ
served the incident and took the girl
to DIR. George w. Fithian in the po-
lice ambulance. Her hurts were not
serious and she was later removed
to her home.
An automobile struck the curb on
High street near CITY hall park last
night and broke off the left rear
wheel. A wrecking truck was sum
moned from the county bridge gar
age about an hour later and the
machine was removed for repairs.
No one was injured.
Don't forget the Carmote Sale at Nc
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STARTFL|GHT
AROUNDW0RLD
Three British AviatorS Hop
Off Today on 10000
Mile Flight.

CROYDEN, England, May "a (By
The Associated ess).-MaJor w.
T. Blake and two companions started
from the airdrome this afternoon on
a 10000 mile fight around the
world. Major Blake's accomplices
are Lieut.. Col. broome and Norman
Macmillan.
The machine the aviators are using
is a DH-9 capable of making 115
miles an hour. The first stop is
Paris. Tomorrow the aviators ex-
pect to reach Lyons, France, and
from there TO Rome, then to India.
China, Japan. Alaska and the United
States, crossing the Atlantic from
Newfoundland.
While Major Blake and his fell
low aviators made their start in a
OH aeroplane, their arrangements
have conten plated the use of four
different machines for dinerent
parts of the journey.
Announcement of their plan Is
that they expect to get 10 Calcutta
with their first machine.
On the following day the use OF
fairy type 8. a floating seaplane, has
been planned. In this machine Mt
ted with a ROLES Royce engine. they
expect to proceed to Petropavlosk
and along the Alucian islands and
the Alaska coast to Vancouver.
At Vancouver another DH-9 ma
chine will be used to cross to Can
ada. to Chicago and then to New
York. For the flight to Newfound-
land and for the. last OF the trip an
F-3 plane will be used.
The three aviators. Major Blake.
Captain Norman Macmillan and
Lieutenant Col. l.. e. Broome. made
thier start in the DH-9 airplane
equipped for their trip without the
attendant plane with photogra-
pliers and motion picture operators
which it was planned to send with
them as far as Athens. The otner
machine could not be made reacy
for the trip in time.
Just before starting Major Blake
expressed complete confidence OF
making the worlds tour within
ninety days. He hoped to be on
American soil early in August.
Messages received by Major Blake
included this one from k1ng
Georges secretary: Their majes-
ties wish you all God speed and
COED luck"
Major Blake bade an affectionate
farewell to his wife and two small
daughters just before climbing into
the airplane.
Don't forget the Carmote Sale at Nc
Cormick's all this month ...
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G. O. P. WOMEN TO
MEET IN FIRST WARE

There will be a meeting of the Re-
publican women of the first ward in
the Republican Club rooms, at 90
Smith street, Friday night at
o'clock. Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver. coun-
~ vice chairman urges that all wo-
men in this ward attend this
meeting as political education and
many other questions of Importance
viii be discussed.
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HEARD IN
A. s. & R. CASE
Three Arrested for Theft of
Gold, Say Not Guilty Be-
fore Judge Daily.

I NEW BRUNSWICK. May "a
by the grand jury at its session last
Friday were taken before Judge
Peter DAILY in the county court this
morning and it is understood that
pleas were taken will come up for
trial in the criminal court next
week.
The three prisoners arrested by
County Detective Ferd A. David and
William Fitzpatrick at Perth AM
boy last week in connection with the
series of gold robberies at the plant
of the American Smelling * Refin-
ing Company, pleaded not guilty TO
four indictments each and were held
under bail OF $4,000 each. Bail of
81, 900 was fixed on each count.
1t was understood last week that
the grand jury had handed down
indictments in the case but there was
nothing definite in the matter. Those
pleading not guilty this morning
were Julius Ostrosky, indicted for
larceny of S3.177 worth of gold in
various amounts on January 90,
March 16, April % and May 3; Henry
Fishkoff, Perth Amboy jeweler,
charged with receiving the gold on
the same dates, and Harry Herbert.
charged with receiving on the same
dates. The attorneys defending the
three are Thomas Brown, George ].
Miller and Harry S. Medinets.
All three men furnished the re-
quired bail, totaling $4,000, and
have been released to await trial
understood TO be listed for next
week.
Peter Weiner. of Perth Amboy.
arrested on a charge OF placing a
large black powder bomb in the
milk wagon of Harry Langweber on
April %. entered plea of not
guilty and was placed under bail of
$4,000 TO await trial. which viii
take place next Wednesday.
Alexander Maciofsky and Frank
Mulcaney, both of Perth Amboy.
pleaded guilty to indictments alleg-
ing breaking. entering and larceny
on August Is, of last year, when
fthey were accused of stealing $50
worth of cigars and cigarettes from
the store of Theodore Haurise. The
probation officer was instructed TO
investigate the case and records of
the men.
To an indictment charging him
with embezzlement of S450 from
Mrs. Mary Noe. at Perth Amboy on
October Is. Charles H. Thorne. a
Perth Amboy real estate man, plead
ed not guilty. Bail was fixed at
81 600.
Closinda Zuccaro. of Woodbridge.
pleaded not guilty 10 an indictment
accusing him of atrocious assault
and battery on John Kanival. His
bail was placed at $500.
Rosario Morino. of Piscatavay. en-
tered a plea of not guilty TO each OF
the two indictments charging that
on April % he attacked Tessie and
James Delzecchie with 4 hoe.
Two of the three defendants ac-
cused of connection with the larceny
OF a truck valued at $1,000 and
liquor valued at $500 at Wood
bridge on April 7, entered pleas of
not guilty and were held for trial
under bonds of So 600 each. The
truck was the property of James
Acerra. of Red Bank. The two men
entering pleas today We're William
Jewell and Anthony Zullo, Port
Reading bus driver.
Joseph s. Petrick and Leon Sniela
of Perth Amboy pleaded not guilty
to issuing worthless checks totalling
s146. Bail was fixed by the court
at 5000 in each case.
Carpenter work ana jobbing promptly
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MASS MEETING
At WOODBRIDGE
Commission Government to
Be Explained Tomorrow
Night. Briefs Are Filed.

WOODBRIDGE, May ga mass
meeting Of the citizens of Wood
bridge township is called tor tomor-
row night at $3.50 p. m, in the va
cant lot adjoining the Woodbridge
theatre in Main street. In case of
rain the meeting will be keld in the
theatre.
The meeting is called by DIR.
Fred H. Albee of Colonia, chairman
of the citizens committee. Z. w.
Christie will be the chairman of
the meeting The speakers include
ex-Mayor David III. Greene. now
commissioner of revenue and finance
of Irvington.
Harry ]. Stanley. commissioner of
roads and public improvements also
of Irvington.. Mayor II. +. McCon-
nell of Bloomfield, Martin p. Dew
lin, counsel to commissioners of the
city of Trenton. Commission form
of government will be thoroughly
and intelligently discussed by these
men well qualified to speak upon the
subject through practical experience.
The citizens of the township will
have commission government ex-
planned from every angle. Remem-
ber the meeting will be held rain
or shine.
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HEAR MARINE BAND

WASHINGTON. May "a. The
marine band. known as the Presi-
dents own, will give radio con-
cert at s O'Clock Eastern Standard
time. The concert will hast for one
hour and will be heard throughout
the eastern part of the Jsised States
and Canada.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-05-24
STEEL co. men CONFER
WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, May 24.-FIve
independent steel companies OF the
eight named in the senate resoIu-
tion ordering an Investigation Of the
proposed measure were represenfed
at a conference with Attorney GEN.
eral Daugherty today. arranged at
the latter's request in order that the
Department of Justice could inform
itself of the details.
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Letters of Administration

NEW BRUNSWICK. May "a
Letters of administration have been
issued to Laura S. Grouse of Perth
Amboy on the estate of her mother
Jennie Leonard. The personal es-
tate is valued at $4.Jt6.
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II your coal or gas range does not hake
or burn. I will make Il do 50 or no char<s
r j. Larkin es7 Mcclellan ST. Tel ks5-E-
1os7s-e-s-tf NJ W. s.
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SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE woMAN's CLUB
VIII Be Held

at p NJ in the PRESBYTERIAN chap@l
To act on Americas Legion reuuest <tr
contributions 10 Veterans Mountain Camp
tsignedl FLORENCE D. QUINN.
Rsecrdlns Seerekarg-
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CARPENTER work and jobbing promptly
attended TO. Geo. H. Thompson. 81 Levin
St Phone 14o9-W-
S475-6-9s-Wed sat-
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i. s. CITIZEN
HELD IN ULSTER
Arrested in Round Up of Sim
Feiners, Says Belfast
Dispatch.

BELFAST, May "a (By The AS
sociated Press).-F'rank O'Kelly, an
American citizen who fought with
the United States armies i'll France,
was one of those. arrested in yes
terday's round up of Sim Feiners
in Ulster. O'Kelly, who was taken
at Claudy, near Londonderry. was
a resident of the United States until
three years ago. When the raidine
police visiting the residence, of J.
Murphy at Gargh county. London
derry, there was no response to their
summons. Murphy was observed on
the roof. Upon his refusal to de-
scend the police opened fire. wound
ing him in the shoulder. He is now
in a hospital.
Eight armed men boarded a new
>xram car in a lonely part of Falls
H3oad today and while two covered
vthe crew with weapons, the others
saturated the car with coal oil. Then
they set the car ablize and sent II
speeding towards the city. A work
man boarded the runaway and pulled
the trolley thus stopping it. Resi-
dents extinguished the flames.
A young married woman stand
ing in the door of her home last
night was struck by a bullet.
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Don't forget the Carmote sale at Nc
laiil-s-ls-tf.
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Don't forget the carmote Sale at Nc
14fi1-s-ls-tf.
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To Confer in London

LONDON. May "a (By The Assc-
ciated Press): ):-Represen of
the Irish provisional government are
coming to London Thursday night
fot a conference with British cabi-
net members. This announcement
was made this afternoon in the
House of Commons.
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Don't forget the Carmote Sale at Nc
oo''"'e 1n11-s-1s-tf.
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WEATHER

} Generally fair to-
night and Thurs
lday. Ltt:le change
In temperature.