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The New York herald., 1922-12-12
JOSEPH IL. BARKER.

Joseph II. Barker. so. captain of ar
tillery during the civil war. died yes
terday OF heart disease in his home, so
Prospect street. New Rochelle. He was
born on Staten Island and was a de-
scendant OF the Barker and Lanpheer
families of early American history. He
was engaged I'm the oil business. He
leaves his wife. one son. William G.
Barker, and three daughters. Florence
NJ. Barker. Carrie L. Barker and Mrs.
s. III. Ogden. all of New Rochelle.
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LIEUT.. J. H. ALLEN DIES.
Built Up Police system of Identi-
flying Criminals.

John II. Allen, Sc. retired police
lieutenant of this city, died Saturday in
his home at Manasquan, ~. j., after
stroke OF apoplexy. He retired from the
department in September, 1921. after
nearly quarter of century sta
toned at Police Headquarters engaged
in the Identification of criminals
Lieut. Allen joined the department In
1894. He was assigned 20 the Bureau
OF Criminal Identification and built up
that bureau long before the present sys-
tenn Of Identification by finger prints was
established. Every morning he would
inspect the prisoners who had been
brought In, picking out old offenders. He
was able to recognize many criminals
from photographs.
lie leaves his wife and four children.
A son, Taylor s. Allen, Is patrolman.
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BENZ. GUCCENHEiM'S
DAUGHTER TO REMARRY
Mrs. kempner to Be Bride of
M. S. Waidman.

Information reached New York yes
tcroay from Paris that the engagement
Of Hazel Guggenhelm Kempner, %
years old. daughter OF the late Benjamin
and Mrs Guggenheim Of New York, 10
Mr. Milton S. waldman. 25. former
newspaper man OF Cleveland. and Yale
graduate, soon VIII be announced. IL
was further said that the wedding VIII
take place in Paris In January.
She is the youngest of the daughters
Of the late Mr. Guggenheim. She was
married in juno, 1921. to Sigmund
Marshall Kempncr OF 305 West End
avenue. The report of the approaching
marriage brought out the news that the
Kempners were divorced N Paris last
month.
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TO ATTEND ORPHANS BENEFIT

Cove Alfred u. Smith. Mayor
John r. Hylan aud Senator-elect Royal
8. Copeland have been invited to attend
the annual kiddie show and dance Of
the Hebrew kindergarten and Orphans
homo TO be held az Palm Garden, Fifty
eighth street and Lexington avenue, next
SUNDAY evening.
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In Memoriam.
Bernhardt. Hannah Hoefflmaye. Eliza
Calvert. William b..
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Obituary NOTES.

MRS. FLORENCE PEIL BROWN. wife Of
Leroy T. Brown. Insurance broker and a
member Of the Pel family 81 Manhattan,
died Sunday AZ her home il1 Westerveit
avenue. planfield y. !. She was born IN
Brooklyn. She leaves two children, her hus-
band and her mother Mrs. Mary Pell Ladd.
EUGENE HARRINGTON. 80. real estate
dealer, died yesterday of pneumonia w MS
home, jamaica Estates. Janalca, Queens
Mr.. harrington wns born IN Dublin He
leaves his wife, five brothers ana q sister.
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MRS. MATHER REVIEWS
WORK FOR LIGHTHOUSE
$57, 900 Needed This Week to
Sove Paris Home of Blind.

With but five days remaining in which
to raise the $4,000 needed as the first
installment of 100000 fund. Mrs.
wlnlfred Holt Mather yesterday re-
newed endeavors to save the Paris
Lighthouse founded by her during the
war.
Mrs NIather is recovering from an
attack OF the grip. To-day she will
gather her workers for n last attempt
to raise by popular subscription the DIFF
feence between the $4,000 In hand and
the $4,000 needed.
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COMING ON THE OLYMPIC.

LONDON. Dec. IL (Associated Press).
Prince Christopher and Princess An
astasia of Greece will sail on the Olym-
pic for New York Wednesday.
Prince Christopher Is brother OF
former King Constantine OF Greece. The
princess was formerly Mrs. William II.
Leeds.
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MIR. AND MRS. HooKER's PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry s. Hooker gave
a dinner last night at Pierres to cele-
brate Mrs. Hooker's recent return from
Europe. Their guests We're Prince and
Princess Miguel de Braganza, Mr.. and
Mrs. Newbold LIE Roy Edgar and their
niece. Countess Marie Louise Moltke
Huitfeldt: Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley Bogert. Mr.. and
Mrs. John r. Drexel. Jr.; Mrs. Sydney
j. Colford. Jr.; Mr.. John Munroe and
Mr.. Sherman Day.
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In Memoriaul.

In Memoriam.
Bernhardt. Hannah Hoefflmaye. Eliza
Calvert, William Il.
ADAMS. james l.. beloved father OF Helen
Adams. on December 10. Services TIE
FUNERAL CHURCH. Broadway at Gsth
st.. on Wednesday. December %. at II
A. NJ
BARKER.-On Monday. December II. 1922.
Joseph IT, Barker, In his sist year. Fu-
neral services at his late home. 30 Pros
pect ST.. New Rochelle. y. y, on Tues
day evening ut ) o'clock. Interment pri-
Vatc.
BARRINGTON.--On Monday. December H..
1899. Eugene harrington. after a short III
ness at his home, jamaica Estates. Ja-
maica. L. ].
BESEDTCT. ON Monday. December H. 1922
Esther Parkhurst. beloved wife Of Harold
II. Benedict. Funeral from her late reei-
dence $40 Chestnut st. Arlington, y. J .
Tuesday. December l., at s L. NJ. Inter
nent Warwick. y. y.
BERNpT--Joseph. Jr.. passed from this lifs
on Saturday evening. 10 o'clock. Services
Wednesday, AT 2 r. NJ. at his iats
residence, 1866 Putnam ov.. Brooklyn.
y. y.
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GEN. FRANK $. sTREETER DIES.

CoxcoRD. y. H.. Dec. 11.-Gen. Frank
Sberwin Streeter, one OF the best known
lawyers IN New Hampshire, former
Judge Advocate-General of the State,
died to-day. He was born in 1853. For
many years he was general counsel for
the Boston and Maine Railroad.
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PARTY ron TRAsk EMPLOYEES.

Messrs. Spencer Trask & co. will give
dinner dance al the Hotel Astor to-
morrow evening for two hundred en-
ployces I'm its New York office.
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Az washington Hotels.

New York arrivals at Washington
hotels include
Shoreham--Messrs ID. -. Buckley, Jr.,
and A. X. Shattuck.
Observation-Disclosures. V. W. Green,
T.. II. Driver, II. w. Smith, L. III. Roller
and j. Hickey.
Willard-Mr and Mrs. L. Dupuy, Mr.
and Mrs. II. d. Downs, Messrs. w. b.
Thorn, +. Crandall. L. C. Hicks and
Ogden Reid.
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M A r r | A c. E S

BEyIN--BROwN.-On Sunday, December 10
1929. by the Rev. II. p. Kearns. Victor
D. Bevin 10 Juliet D., youngest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Carpwright Brown.
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QUEEN or BELcIANs IN PARIS.

PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE Queen Of the
Belgians Is in Paris incognta, doing her
Christmas shopping. She arrived last
rdght and started early this morning TO
visit the department stores and her
drcssmakers.
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EN- C A G. E D

SIEGEL--NAITOVE.-M and Mrs. Samuel
Naitove OF 1921 East 2ist ST.. Brooklyn.
announce the betrotnal OF their daushter.
Mrs. y. Siegel. SO Rugby road. Brooklyn.
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK.


The Misses Mabel and Angelica Gerry
will entertain at dinner tonight at 2
East Sixty-first street
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p Huntington
will leave Staatsburg. \. Y, late this
month for the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r. Livingston
ARE at East Ninth street for the win
ter.
Mr.. FELTON, =. EllSins has taken the
house at 2Ss East sixty-first street for
the winter
Miss Abby Morrison will give din
ner party tonight at 20 East Forty
ninth street for Lady Maitland.
Mrs. Robert II. l. Goddard of 'Provi-
dence and Mrs. Reginald Boardman. who
came from her country home at Man
chester, Mass, are at the Rltz-Carlton.
Mrs. Bertram GoodhYe viii give a
luncheon party at the Colony Club to-
day for her debutante daughter, MISS
Frances Goodhue.
Mr.. Frederic D. X. LIE Clerc. Second
Secretary Of the American Embassy in
London. is here on leave Of absence and
is at East Sixty-seventh street
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Steward Of
Goshen, n. Y, are at the st. Regis. MT.
and Mrs. John 8. Phipp. and Mr. and
Mrs. George Edward Kent also are there
for few days.
fai
dinner last night In Sherry's. His
guests included Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
r. Landon, Misses Marie Brooke and
Betty hammill and Mr.. J. Borden Har-
riman.
Mrs. Joseph Sampson Stevens gave a
small luncheon party yesterday az
Pierre's. Her guests included Mrs. John
B. Morris and the Misses Barbara
Brokaw. Priscilla Alden Allen. Corneiia
Livingston and Marjorie Hughes.
Mrs Charles Rosden Burn, who has
been with Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge
since she arrived from England last
week, will leave Thursday for the Pa
cific coast. Soon after her arrival there
'she will sail for China to join her son.
who is in Shanghai.
The Coffee Dances. which were organ
lied two years ago, will be resumed un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Theron Il.
Strong The first will be held on the
night of January at the Cosmopolitan
Club.
Assistant Attorney General and Mrs.
William Warner Hoppin will give
dance for their daughter, Miss Mary
Gallatin Hoppin. at the Ritz-Carlton on
the night of January 26.
The dance which Mrs. n. Thayer Robo
is giving on the night of December 70
for her debutante daughter. Miss Cor
nelia Van Rensselaer, Robb, will take
place in the ballroom of the Colony Clup.
The guests will be restricted to debu-
tantes Of the season.
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D I E D

Adams. James 7. Mathcnius. Maria
Barker. Joseph n. Msttice, Richard y.
harrington, Eugene Merrigan, Bridget 4.
Benedict, Esther =. Mitchell. Paul l..
Perndt Joseph. Jr. Noble. Isabella
Brown, Florence +. Fohle. Anna NJ.
Carnochan. Il. NJ. Price James r..
Cooper. william II. Rupp, Agusta
Ferguson, NJ. A. Saunders, X. W. IT.
Coll, Margaret l.. Smith, William G.
Jacobs Hanchen Stradlins. Annie Y.
Kean. Elizabeth an. Taylor Mary L.
Kulenkampff. Ray s. Theei Eliza
Lachenbruch, Matthias Thin. John A.
Levy Libby Unger. Abraham ".
Major. Maria G. Wadsworth. Mary S.
Malcomson. Emily Z.
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WASHINGTON.

Mrs. John 3. Henderson resumed last
night a before the war custom and en-
tertained the Congressional Club and
husbands of the members at a reception
at which old fashioned Ounces were fea-
tured.
Mrs. Coolidge accompanie- Me-. and
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor to Kensington,
Nd. to attend the dedication Of new
building at the Home of Deaf Children
yesterday afternoon. Before her mar
riage Mrs. Coolidge was teacher In
school for deaf founded by Mrs. Gros-
venors father, the late DIR. Alexander
Graham Bell.
Major-Gen. James G. Irarbord. retiring
Deputy Chief of Staff L. s. A.. was the
guest of honor at luncheon given yes
terday at the Hamilton Hotel by chiefs
of branches and bureaus OF the War De-
partment. Gen. Pershing was one of the
guests The Assistant Secretary of War
and Mrs. Wainwright entertained at DIM
,ner Gen. and Mrs. Harboard.
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LOST AND FOUND.

Rate CSC. a line. i0c. a line for .
issues within n week. Announcements
for to-morrows Herald received until
midnight. Telephone Worth 10000.
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1UUR DNItT OAN DE IOONDs
DON'T DELAY
CALL BRYANT 1887.
National Business Directors. 1J2 W. 4ss
Found.

RING. diamond, found 2ist 81. ferry; initials
engraved; emblem. secret society. JOHN
HARVEY. 1875 Greenwich av.
SPECTACLES-Found Owner can have
same by paying for this ad. Phone 1904
Franklin.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Acot'sTiCoN IN taxicab Friday night. re-
ward for return. hs Washington News.
CADILLAC, Z passenger sedan. stolen from
800 park sv. Thursday evening. December
Z, license 25tao. motor 50C3TG; reward ss,o.
No questions asked. Arrangements for re-
turn ~ car hv communication over tclc-
phone Flszs 1851. Mrs. WENDELL.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

The Misses Mabel and Angelica Gerry
will entertain at dinner tonight at 2
East Sixty-first street.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Steward OF
Goshen, n. Y, are at the st. Regis. Mr..
and Mrs. John 8. Phipp. and Mr.. ana
Mrs George Edward Kent also are there
for few days.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

MIR. Alan Hartman entertained az
dinner last night In Sherry's. HIS
guests included Mr.. and Mrs Nathaniel
r. Landon, Misses Marie Brooke and
Betty hammill and Mr.. J. Borden Har-
riman.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mr.. Frederic D. X. LIE Clerc, Second
Secretary OF the American Embassy IN
London. is here on leave of absence ana
Is at East Sixty-seventh street.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Miss Abby Morrison will give din
ner party tonight at 20 East Forty
ninth street for Lady Maitland.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mr. and Mrs. Robert r. Livingston
are at 9 East Ninth street for the win
ter.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mr. FELTON, r. Elkins has taken the
house at 23S East Sixty first street for
the winter.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mrs. Robert II. l. Goddard of Provi-
dence and Mrs. Reginald Boardman. who
came from her country home at Man.
chester. Mass. are at the Rltz-Carlton.
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Mrs. Bertram GoodhYe win give a
luncheon party at the Colony Club to-
day for her debutante daughter, Miss
Frances Goodhue.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p. Huntington
will leave Staatsburg. \. Y, late this
month for the South.
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LEvY.-Libby. beloved wife and mother. De
cember TO- 1922. Funeral services AZ her
late horne, $40 55th ST.. Brooklyn. Tues
day. p. NJ. Manchester (England) papers
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On Sunday, December
10, 1862, Ray S., aged so years Relatives
and friends are invited 10 attend the fun
eral services at her late residence. e54s
1osth ST.. Richmond Hill, on "Wednesday
evening M 9 O'Clock
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LACHENBRUCII.-Math suddenly on
December 10. beloved father of Elsa Lach-
enbruch and Madeline Smadbeck Funeral
Services THE FUNERAL CHURCH.
Broadway At o6th ST., Tuesday, Decemoe,
10, at II A. NJ.
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Mrs. Joseph Sampson Stevens gave a
small luncheon party yesterday az
Pierre's. Her guests included Mrs. John
b. Morris and the Misses Barbara
Brokaw. Priscilla Alden Allen. Corneiia
Livingston and Marjorie Hughes.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12
Dogs, Cats, &c.

DOGS. two Pekinese lost. belonging TO Mics
Jeanne Eagles male. brown female,
white with brown spots; answer to names OF
Baby" and Rover; both very small :
liberal reward, questions asked. Apply
to Thomas Bloom, representative Maxine FL
liott Theater.
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PoHLE.-on Monday, December II. 1922.
Anna NJ. Pohle. wife OF Robert NJ. Pohle
and daughter of Harriet a. and the late
Pete Lane. Funeral notice hereafter.
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

HIALCOMGON.-A Roseland. y. j.. Decem
Der 10, Emily b., In her nth year, beloved
wife of Henry r. Malcomson. Services
at late home. Wednesday. December 10, al
1880 A. NJ. Private funeral. 1ntermene
Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. ". Y.
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MITCHEII.-At Lake Pleasant, n. Y. or
December 8. 1922. Paul E.. husband OF
Anna j. and son Of Sarah G, and the
late Paul Mitchell Funeral services at his
late residence, 2T4 Van Buren ST., Brook
iyn, on Tuesday. December i. at p. NJ
lnter-nent private.
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FISHER FUR PIECE, lost between 50th and
5Sth sts 5th av. Saturday evening: SIS
reward. Return T.. B. NJ. Washington
Mirror. Madison av.
ekein Fisher. lost In New York or Long
Island: no questions. Return TO Room l44J,
2n Broad
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

MAJoR-Mar,a c., beloved wife OF Samuel
Services at late residence, l42 Christopher
St, Wednesday, 10 A. n.
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PRICE.-At Elizabeth, y. j., December 10.
1ee2. James E., son OF the late Harrison
aud Jane Barclay Price. Funeral ser
vices at the residence of his brother. T..
Barclay Price, III West Grand St, Eliza
beth. n. j., Tuesday. December l.,
The New York herald., 1922-12-12

NOBLE.-Isabella, wife OF John II. Funersi
from a4s3 Sd av. d67th and 16Sth sts.l. on
Tuesday. December IL, at p. M. Wood
lawn,
, 1922-02-17

The funeral of Mrs. 0gaard yesterday
afternoon was we'll attended, and was
conducted by King Cross St. and King
St. to the Lutheran Church, thence to
the cemetery. The Rev. G. w. Critchlow
performed the obsequies.
Mr.. Henry Grant, the Oldest of the
Gallows Bay fishermen, and one Of the
oldest active members of the Lutheran
Church, also was buried yesterday.
There was not quite the usual full
, 1922-02-17
1ELEGR MS.
ST.. CROIX STATION.

VI - ~ 1VTT'
Dublin, Feb. 10Th. The difference be-
tween the railway management and en-
pl0yees which threatened to bring about
a general strike on February 18th, have
been arranged and it is announced that
the squestion has been settled. For the
past month, Ireland has been faced BY a
general railway strike the men asserting
that their efforts were directed at resist
ing an attempt to force them back into a
position of lower wages long hours and
bad working conditions such as prevailed
before the war.
London. Feb. 10th Drastic reductions
ia the personnel and the estimates for
, 1922-02-17
EvangeIis tic Meetings in the Mo-
ravian and Lutheran Churches.

The Founder Director Of tie Gospel
Volunteers of the World begins on sun
dav Morning in the Moravian Church,
Christiansted. and in the evening IN the
Lutheran Church, a series OF EVangehs-
tic services, the object OF which is 10
reach young people. Inc scneoule OF
services is as follows
SUNDAY Evening, at 7.30 10 the Lu-
theran Church.
MONDAY Evening, 1.3O In the Mora
Wan Church.
TUESDAY Evening, 7.3O in the Luth-
eran Church.
WEDNESDAY Evening, 7.3O in the
Moravian Church.
THURSDAY Evening, 7.30 in the Lu-
theran Church.
FRIDAY Evening, Z 80 in the dora-
Wan Church.
The Sankey Hymns will be used.
Ever since the week of prayer Mr..
George F. Tibbitts mas been holding a
series of services in the Moravl9n. Lufh-
eran and Dutch Reformed Churches in
St. Thomas. Bishop Greider writes OF
his work.
''His work is directed especially,to the
young people and has, with US, been
found very Efficient in interesting them.
....l think that you Will HnU tndI MF.
Tibbltts will also do the body of Chris,
tan people in St. Croix a great deal OF
good by his thoroughly evangellstical
talks and appeals. And would heartily,
with the other Protestant ministers mere,
commend him to you"
From the literature and illustrations
used it is evident that Mr.. Tibbits is at
home with the boys. He spends his
summer in camp on Lake George with
a camp Of boys, and in the Adriondacks
with another camp. A man who lives
for years with boys is the boys friend,
knows and loves the boy. He will talk
from the heart to the young.
All people will find welcome All de-
nominations are invited to take part IN
this effort to interest the young IN a
happy life.
, 1922-02-17

maintenance of the army, navy and air
force. are recommer ded 10 the export of
the Geddes committee en- national econ
omies made public today. The co nmittee
which was asked to show how f100, 900.
600 could be saved accounts tor SIS, OBJ,
London. Feb. 9th The Irish Free
State Bill, designed to pur into effect
the terms of the Anglo Irish Treaty,
was formally introduced in the House
of Commons this afternoon by Mr.. Aus
ten Chamberlain. the Government lea
der. The ill was read for the first
time and will be given a second read
ing next Thursday.
London, Feb. 9th.-Supplementary
Civil Service estimates issued today
shows that a sum of nearly 1,500. 900
pounds will be required to be granted
to the Irish provisional Government for
CONDENSATION for criminal injuries pend
ing the settlement between the Govern
mentS.
London, Feb 9th. Mr.. Winston
Churchill statedin the House OF Commons
this afternoon that it was impossible to
give a date for the completion Of the
withdrawal of the British troops from
Ireland.
London, Feb. 9th. "A bill has been in
troduced in the House of Commons by
the Government providing for perman-
ent summer time in the United King
dom, beginning the last Saturday in
March, and terminating the first Sun
day in October of each year. These
dates are fixed in agreement with France
j London, Feb. 9tt.-The Indian Gov
ernment has ordered the immediate ar
rest Of Mahatma Gandhi, leader Of the
non cooperationists in India, according
to the Daily Sketch.
Paris, Feb. 9th.--The Premier in a
note given out this evening addressed to
the United States and Frances Allies in
the late war, declares that France will
be unable 10 send delegates to the pro-
, 1922-02-17
Bout
ST. CrOix Feb. Is, 1922

A CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT Will be heId
81 at Christiansted Theatre on WASH
- INGTON'S BIRTHDAY, February
22nd at 8.15 O'Clock in the evening.
Alfred Cummings WeIterweight Cham
pion for the Virgin Islands Of the Y. 5.
A. will defend his title against Knockout
Brown, the hard hitting WelterWelght
of the East side. Both men are equally
matched and the fight promises to be one
of the best we have seen in years. Cum
mings's manager l.. Henderson and
The purse will be $25.0 90 500 t. the
winner, and 1875 to the loser. These
men will fight 8 rounds TO a decision.
In the semi finals Young Peter jackson
VS.. Sam Langford will box 4 rounds to a
decision. Leo johnson VS.. George Dick
son will box 4 rounds to a decision, re-
fierce and t~imekeeper will be chosen
from the ringside, as it's somewhat hard
to decide on these men. Prices for seats
will be from zoe. to 40c. and l5c. for
ChiIdren.
See the big fight.
Tickets on sale at the Theatre.
f. CONION.
, 1922-02-17
The SALVATION Army

EH@ WEN@H =
MAJOR JOY will give a Lantern Lee
IWA ture on Tuesday Night at the Thea
ire 21st February. Subject: A tour
around the West Indies.
Admission Silver Collection at the
door. Doors open at z 30.
house at the theatre last night, but the
serial was no less exciting. Same will
be concluded Monday uight. A slide was
displayed last night giving notice that
Major Joy of the Salvation Army will
hold a magic lantern le ture in the
theatre on Tuesday evening at 80.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-16
MAN OVERCOME
by SMOKE DIES
NieIs Peterson Who Was
Overcome in Hotel Fire Dies
at City Hospital

Neils Petersen, fifty-five years old,
who was overcome by smoke in a
fire at the hotel of Frank Linko at
Amboy avenue and New Brunswick
avenue a week ago, died early this
morning at the Perth Amboy City
Hospital from the effects of inhal-
ing the smoke during the blaze.
Peterson was found unconscious an
the room and carried to safety. The
fire in the room of the hotel, which
is said to have been caused by Peter
sen dropping a lighted match on the
bed, set the mattress and bed cloth
ing on fire.
Linko is said to have detected the
odor of smoke and rushing up to the
room found the bedding ablaze and
Petersen lying on the floor. He
was carried out of the room and Pa
trolmen Keating and Mason took
him from the building and had him
removed to the hospital where he
passed away this morning.
Petersen besides his widow is sur
vived by daughter, Mrs. Carsten
Christensen and four sons, Peter,
Fred, Otto and Howard, and a grand
son, Lester; all of this city. The
funeral will be held Monday after
noon at 8 o'clock from 394 Market
street. Rev. Robert Schlotter will
officiate. The interment will be in
Alpine cemetery.