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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
FOUR ARMY NAVY UNION
DELEGATES ARE NAMED

At the meeting of Sergeant Thorn
as F. Toolan Garrison No. 62, Army
and Navy Union, held Thursday
night four delegates Edward Soren-
sen, John v. Hunt, Harry A. Peter
son and Alderman John j. Clark,
were chosen to attend tn thirty-fifth
national encampment of the National
! Corps which will be held at Pitts
burgh from Sept S to Sept. 8. The
headquarters of the convention will
Hotel while the business sessions of
the encampment will take place in
the Moose Temple.
National Commander Henry Ebert
has made the following announce
ment to all garrlsons on the death
of the late President Harding:
1T is with the deepest regret that
Z am compelled to announce that
our Commander-in-chief, Almighty
God, in His infinite wisdom, has TAX
en- our Comrade, Warren G. Hard
ling, the twenty-ninth President of
the United States, from us. He
answered the last call in San Fran
cisco, Calf, on Thursday, August
End. We have lost a true friend and
Comrade and the Nation has lost
its foremost citizen. Comrade Hard
ing was a member of the Presidents
Own Garrison. No. 104. of Washing
ton, D. c., and all Garrison and Ma
val Branch Commanders are direc-
ted to cause their Charters to be
|draped for a period of sixty days and
Join in the Memorial Services in their
various localities"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
JAMES BUTLER, INC., TO
OPEN 1000 new STORES

Announcement was made yester-
day that James Butler, Inc, will open
one thousand additional retail stores
following the completion of its i'm
mense new storehouse in Long Island
City, with its vast additional facili-
ties.
The building, now in curse of
erection, it was stated, will be occu-
pied in the near future.
The new five story structure occu-
pies the entire block bounded by
Mount and School streets. Anable
and Mott avenues, just ten minutes
by greensboro subway from Grand
Central Terminal in Manhattan.
This immense building will contain
over 5000 00 square feet of floor area
and will house the general offices,
warehouse, different manufacturing
departments, coffee roasting plant,
printing and paper-bag making
plants, Bon Bon bakery and repair
shops and garage, all centralized
under one roof.
One floor of the new building has
as much floor space as all the floors
in the three present warehouses
added together.
The plot, which is 200 by 500 feet,
is located on the Degnon Terminal
Railroad, and a direct private rail-
way spur will u right into the
building.
The building Is being built by the
American Concrete Steel Company
from plans prepared by William Hig-
ginson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01

slowly at the expenditure of great
effort are now carried swiftly and
easily by the steam locomotive. Our
present civilization is enjoyed and
shared in by every member of So
ciety. There is no great slave class
to rise in revolt against it.
"The other weakness in the old
civilization" continued DIR. Stein
metz, was the difficulty of COM
munication. AS long as these old
city states>remained within their
own walls they got along very well,
but the moment they extended their
borders beyond these walls decay be-
gan to set in. The Roman Empire
for instance was necessarily ruled
from Rome, but since there was no
easy method of communication be-
tween Rome and its subject coun-
tries scattered all over central Eu-
rope and Africa the governing was
done entirely by the people living at
the capital. The situation was very
much as tho United States of Am
erica today, was governed entirely
by the citizens of Washington, d. C.
or of any other n city. In such a
case there is no guarantee that this
relatively small group of people rep
resents the best brains and highest
minds in the country at large. In
fact, exactly the opposite was the
ase in Rome. The citizens of this
great city became degenerate. lux
ury loving, and lustful. The govern
ment fell into the hands of the
greedy, selfish, and short sighted,
who were called upon to shape the
destiny of a great empire. The in
evitable downfall of Rome resulted.
"Our modern newspapers, our
telegraph systems, our telephone and
our wireless, which make it possible
for all the people of the United
States, all the people of the world
for that matter, to keep in touch
with what is going on in any part of
it, furnish ample insurance against
a ~reversion to non-representative
government. They make it possible
for all people to be posted on pub
lie questions and to take an active
part'in the affairs of the government
even tho they be many thousand
miles from our capital city.
America is not as bad off, it
seems, as some degenerated REFORM
ers would have us believe"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
JAMESBURG

Mrs. Bessie Pullman and children
of New York City are spending two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Goldstein. Mrs. Pullman is a for
mer resident of Jamesburg and was
Miss Bessie Levy before her mar
riage.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Martin and
children, of Philadelphia. are spend
ing two weeks with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Mar
tin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Firestine
have returned from Glendola where
they spent several days this week.
Sunday evening services at the
Presbyterian church will be resumed
the second Sunday in September.
The Senior Christian Endeavor So
ciety will also resume their Sunday
evening services at that time.
Mrs. H. D. Zandt, wife of DR.. H.
D, Zandt, of town, has been signally
honored by the National Branch of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution by the appointment to mem
bership on the national committee
of the Endowment and Liquidation
Committee. Mrs. Zandt's ancestors
were prominent in the Revolutionary
War and she has been a New Jersey
state regent of the society and held
minor offices as well. She will take
her new Office at the October session
Of the society.
Mrs. Margaret Abbott was hostess
at the August session of the Alice
Union Christian Temperance Union
with a good attendance. Mrs. VIII
liam c. Crosby led the devotional
service and was followed by singing
wind the Ribbon Round the Ma
ton" Mrs. Alice Farr read an inter-
esting poem entitled "A Voice from
the Poorhouse." Mrs. Maude Jen-
nings read several clippings of a re-
port from the national headquarters.
Mrs. Abbott served refreshments
during the social hour that followed
the meeting.
Services for the dead were held
yesterday for James Beckney, the
we'll known resident of Jamesburg
who died on Tuesday. Rev. Thomas
Kearney, pastor of st. James Catho-
lie church, conducted a requiem
mass for the dead. Interment was
in the family plot in st. James
burial ground.
Common council will meet next
Monday night at borough hall and
special business will be transacted.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany are r%enovating the exterior of
their tenant house, occupied by Su-
pervisor Herman Rockenbach and
family, by painting same.
Commencing on September l the
management of the Star theatre will
offer the public a six night a week
service, giving but one show instead
of two at present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
PUBLIC OPINION
THURSDAY NIGHTS RIOTIN

THURSDAY NIGHTS RIOTING
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
1t is too bad that we cannot all
be such philosophers as my good
friend, DR.. Tyrrell; but as Josh
Billings remarks in one of his sci
entific treaties. There is a good deal
of human nature IN every man."
Perhaps the doctor has reflected
betimes how easy it is to bear the
other fellows troubles. OF course
we all regret that there was objec-
ton when the gentle Ku-Klukers
wished to holr a meeting for the
praiseworthy purpose of depriving
their Jewish, Catholic and colored
fellow-citizens of the right guaran-
teed by the Constitution of their
country. We weep in common with
the doctor, albeit there is no right
for one man to persecure another in
this land of equality and liberty.
These misguided citizens of our
town were wrong; they should have
read an address of welcome to these
strangers in our gates who came
on so kindly a mission. But If there
was a meeting held to deprive DIR.
Tyrrell of his civic rights and the
free practice of his profession, we
imagine that the doctor, philosopher
and all that he is, would not be SO
f~orebearing and anxious to turn the
other cheek. We speak advisedly
for we have seen the doctor in ac-
ton.
We would feel easier on the doc
tors communication if he had taken
occasion to say a word in condemna-
ton of the Ku Klux or their methods
and principles since the doctor is
such a stickler for law and order
Yes, doctor, riots are bad for any
community, but not SO bad as the
Injustice which causes them. Vio-
lence is wrong, but not so wrong as
the infamy which breeds 1t. There
must be a reason when law-abiding
citizens are so deeply stirred. May
hap, in some moment of p~hilosopht
cal thought the doctor will realize
and analyze this.
In the cold grey dawn of the
morning after let us all reflect. Let
us respect the rights of one another.
They who stir up racial and reli-
gious hartreds are playing with hre:
they have themselves to blame If
they are burned.
So wipe your tears doctor, and lei
us all be friends IS or yore.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM p. cANTWELL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
FLORENCE GEDNEY WEEDS
]. C. BROWN IN AUGUST

ToTTENvILLE. Sept. 1:-Misa
Florence Gedney. of Newburgh, who
has made her home with her sister
Mrs. Edward Winant, 81 Rossville
avenue, Prince Bay for the past sew
eral years was quietly married to
John C. Brown, of Port, Republic,
N. j., on Thursday night, August 2
according to the announcement just
made. The marriage took place at
|ventnor, N. J.. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
will make their home in Newark,
where he is employed as a chemist
by the General Electric Company.
Mr.. Brown is an honor graduate Of
Rutgers College.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
Not To Decay
Says Doctor SfeinmetZ

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, Sept.
1.-"Whether the country is going to
the dogs or not depends upon two
things your age and your diges-
ton" According to DIR. Charles p.
Steinmetz, electrical wizard and au-
ithority extraordinary on social de-
Ivelopments.
Speaking before the leading bust
ness men of the country at the Bah
son Institute, DR.. Steinmetz discus
sed the future of American civiliza-
ton.
The old civilization of Greece
and Rome" he says were founded
upon a system of slavery. The citi-
zens of Athens enjoyed their leisure,
produced works of art, attended the
theatre. and pondered on philo-
sophical problems, only at the ex-
pense of a much larger class of
slaves who labored long hours that
the Athenians might live in luxury.
The Roman citizen in his time en-
joyed the freedom of the world but
Rome prospered at the expense of a
hundred subject states and because
of the labor of a hundred subject
peoples. In both of these older civil
izations a very small proportion of
the people enjoyed their advantages
at the expense of a large majority.
1.-THE idle rich degenerated, as the
idle rich will. and the great mass
of the common people finally react
ed to the impositions put upon them
as the mass of humanity always does
eventually react. To be sure our
histories tell us that Rome was
sacked by the vandals, but only be-
cause the great mass of the COM
mon people who made up the real
Roman Empire were quite willing
that it should be sacked. Theatres
meant nothing to them but years of
toll under the slave drivers lash.
Great works of art meant tribute and
taxes. The culture of Rome spelled
nothing to them but oppression and
extortion. The vandals were well
come.
To-day we have made slaves of
steam and electricity. Tasks that
used to spell weeks of drudgery and
the hardest kind of work for human
hands are now done in a few mo-
ments by the electric motor. Goods
and merchandise once transported
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
CRANBURY

The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the First Presbyterian
church will meet next Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. d. G.
Mershon. Mrs. j. G.. Symmes and
Miss Mary Edsall are the committee
in charge.
Thomas Wells and John Major
have been renamed members of the
Cranbury township election board
as Democrats to serve this coming
election. Arthur A. Clayton and
William T. Owens are the Democra-
tic members for Monroe township.
Arrunah r. Dey, aged seventy
seven years, s~uccumbed to an attack
of cerebral ~apoplexy Thursday at his
home in Plainsboro. He is survived
by a widow; two daughters, Mrs.
Lewis Okeson of Plainsboro, and
Mrs. P. H. Currin, of Trenton; also
a sister, Mrs. Alfred Lee, of Trenton.
Funeral services will be held from
his late home Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. A. Raymond Eckels,
pastor of the Plainsboro Presbyte-
RAN church, will officiate and inter-
ment will be in the Second Presby-
terrain cemetery, Cranbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram voorhees,,
Miss Annie Voorhees,, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias Suits and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Appleget and family were visitors at
the shore Sunday.
Miss Inlay O'Neil of this place Is
enjoying her two weeks vacation at
Wildwood. b.
Miss Helen Brown, who has been
the guest of Miss Marian W. Barclay
for several weeks, has returned to
her home in Whitefeld, N. H.
Mrs. Elias Suits, of South Orange,
is visiting with her parents, MI. and
Mrs. Abram Voorhees,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Danser have
~ entertaining Mrs. Megill and
rem of Long Branch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JAMESBURG
GIRL POURS ACID ON HEAD

JAMESBURG, Sept. Anna May
Farr, the seven-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond FAIR, of
Hooker street, narrowly escaped
fatal injuries yesterday when she
poured a quantity of carbolic acid
over her head, the fluid running
down her neck, causing her person
to become scared. Her hands we're
badly burned also.
Mrs. Farr sent the child to the
Rooms drug store for the liquid and
on the way home the child recalled
her mother some time previous hav-
ing poured some medicine like
this as she explained later, on her
head and was in the act of initiating
her parent when she found her mis-
take. Drs. Anderson and Downing
were called and gave the child at
tention and they say the prompt first
aid given the child by neighbors pre-
vented serious injury.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Manley, of
Manhattan, have been visiting at
Prince Bay this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mecklem are
home after a vacation, at Lakawaz-
on, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Stoney have
been at Niagara Falls, for a vaca-
ton.
E. c. Mason. secretary OF the
Prince Bay Country Club has taken
up his residence IN Brooklyn.
Charles Andrews, of Brooklyn, was
a local visitor yesterday.
Mrs. j. Reynolds, a retired police
matron will make her permanent
home in Edgegrove avenue, in the
new cottage recently completed.
Rev. William Burd, pastor of st.
Marks church. will have charge Of
the services tomorrow morning and
evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
Nc POLITICAL
SESSIONS HELD
Carteret Republicans and
Democrats Hold Well At
tend Meeting Last Night

cARTERET, Sept. 1.-Two lively
political meetings were held here last
night. The Republican organization
convened at Kish's hall with Mayor
Thomas j. Mulvihill as the chief
speaker of the evening. Mayor Null
vihill spoke of his administration,
declaring that it has been run eff
GENTLY. Frank Andres, councilman,
and Hercules Ellis, superintendent
of the pattern shop of the Wheeler
Condenser e. Engineering Company,
were designated as candidates for
the borough council Offices.
Mr.. Ellis was born and reared
here. He is assistant fire chief of
Carteret. For justice of the peace
tha Republicans endorsed Fred Gun
an ex-service man. James
#petti and John Bango were des-
4 ignated as constables. The list OF
commit -eemen and committee wom-
en- as selected and approved last
night follows: Frank Andres and
Mrs. Carrie A. Drake, first district;
Timothy ]. Neil and Mrs. Martha
YapUczinski, second district; Her
eules Ellis and Mrs. Julia Ellis, third
district; George Harmed and Mrs.
Samuel Harris, fourth district;
Thomas j. Mulvihill and Mrs. Null
vihill, fifth district.
TIE meeting was presided by
Councilman George Harmed who also
spoke briefly of the Republican
achievements. Remarks were made
by the various candidates with the
ultimate belief that they will win
out at the election polls.
Democrats Hear Hermann
While the Republicans talked pol
tiles in one place the Democratic
organization held an intense meeting
in their new headquarters on Rooss-
welt enu Former Mayor Joseph
A. Hermann gave a heart-to-heart
talk to his audience dwelling chlefly
on the good of the Democratic par
ty. Short remarks were also made
by various Office holders and aspir-
ants for offices. The Democrats de-
signated William j. Lawlor and Ed
ward Walsh as candidates for h
borough council vacancies this fall.
Dennis Fitzgerald was selected for
Justice of the Peace. The following
list of committeeman were approved
Val Gleckner, first district, Council
man Joseph C. Child, second dis
trict open, Thomas Quinn, fourth
district and William D. Casey, fifth
district. Mr.. Hermann, on motion
of the gathering, was unanimously
chosen as leader of the Carteret
Democratic party. Maxwell Sosin
was endorsed by the Democrats as
candidate for general assembly and
speaking to the voters he said he
would work in the interest of the
entire Democratic ticket. Attorney
Francis A. Monaghan in a brief but
effective talk, expressed the conf
.denQe thai the Democratic organic
" would 60 over the top this
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
WOMEN ARE PLACED ON
SIX MONTHS PROBATION

TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 1.-Charg-
ed with stealing thirty-two tomatoes
from the property of Salvador CHM
eca, at 1913 Poullion avenue Anna
dale Thursday afternoon two V1men
giving their names as Katherine
Mimi and Anna Henlenius. both
thirty-nine years old, Of 261 Wy
coff avenue, Brooklyn, were found
guilty and placed on probation for
six months by Magistrate Fetherston
in the first district court yesterday.
The two women were placed under
arrest by Motorcycle Patrolman
Terranova of the Goth precinct sta
ton on complaint of Cimeca, who
says that he has lost many vegeta-
bles in this manne this season.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
POST CARNIVAL
WILL CLOSE TONIGHT

ToTTENVILLE, Sept. 1.-The
second night of the carnival and
block party of Beauvais Post No.
l26, American Legion, last night
saw a much larger crowd than on
the opening night. All the booths
and stands did a good business last
night and everything points to the
success Of the undertaking. Free
dancing, which was enjoyed last
night, will again be held tonight to
music furnished by ten pieces of the
recently organized Tottenville band.
The three nights e will come to
a close tonight when a much larger
crowd is expected to be on hand for
the affair which is being held on that
part of Craig avenue leading to the
new ferry at Sea Breeze.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
SOUTH AMBOY

Miss Ruth MortenSon is enjoying
her annual vacation from duties al
the offices of, j. Arthur APPLICABLE,
at Perth Amboy Miss Mortenson
left yesterday for Camden where she
will spend a week with friends.
A large delegation from this city
attended the baby parade held at
Asbury Park on Thursday.
William c. Lewis and daughter
Helen, are enjoying a vacation at
Niagara Falls and points of interest
in the vicinity.
City Engineer A. T. McMichaels
visited friends at Newark during the
past week.
John j.. Delaney is giving the in
terror of his store in Broadway a
complete decoration. b
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Casey have
taken uP a new residence on Henry
l~street.
The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas ].
Slater, formerly of this city, now of
baldwin, L. l., are visiting with
friends in this city.
A regular meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary will be held Tues
day evening. Plans for the card
party to be held on September 10
will be discussed and matters per-
tanning to the State Convention to
be held at wildwood will be brought
up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Clark have
moved to a new address on Second
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Berry enter
tained a number of their friends
from East Orange at their home yes
|terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. william P. Nichols
have returned to their home after
enjoying their vacation at Niagara
Falls. N. Y.
The Rev. E. Aurice Nell, will be in
charge of the services at the First
Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning. THE Everlasting Gospel
will be the subject for discourse at
the morning service.
DR.. and Mrs. Gerald Dey left dur
ing the week for Philadelphia, Pa,
where DR.. Dey will open dental Of
fees.
Adolph Steiner. local insurance
agent, has purchased a new touring
car.
Rumors throughout the city yes
terday linked a number of popular
local peoples names us being among
those at the meeting of the Ku KluX
Khan at the Odd Fellows hall in
Perth Amboy. Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dill, of No.
Broadway. are spending several days
enjoying themselves at Niagara Falls.
The Misses Madeline Burns and
Julia Hensbe, ger srent last evening
at the home OF friends at New Brurs-
wick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Grace.
formerly of this city, and recently
Of Wilmar. MINI. have taken up
their residence at Parlin.
C. H. Ellison Is the owner of an
enclosed car.
Hour schedule between this city
and Mechanicsyille, in operation at
the present time, Is considered by
many as being Inadequate. 1t is IN
.derstood a movement is on foot to
compel thu bus operators to run NJ
least every half hour.
A regular meeting of the Common
Council will be held Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
Police Justics Reuben Forgotsen
visited friends az Wilmington, Del,
during the past week.
Mayor Daniel c. Chase spent yes
.terday with friends at Avenel.
Miss Mary Covert, OF Eatontown.
visited Miss Bertha Heath, of FIRST
street, during the week.
The work Of removing the water
line from the Hole-in-the-Wall has
been started b. Commissioner John
j. Braney.
Mrs. Frank Hall is s%ojourning with
fl ENDS at Beimar.
Mrs. Anua K. Stults entertained
friends from North Ca; DINA 81 her
home in Eordentown avenue ysster-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01

at Ocean Grove for the weekend.
Rev. and Mrs. George Whitehead
are home after a vacation at Atlantic
City.
Miss Ruth LaBagh has been visit
ing relatives in the Bronx.
Fred Hoehn and Richard Boettch-
er, who left Monday morning on a
hitch and hike for the Great Lakes,
were in WATERFOWL near the Cana
dian border on Thursday according
to word received yesterday.
Mrs. Aneita Miller has been at Is
land Heights near Toms River.
Miss Irene Holly has taken up her
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
TOTTENvILLE

Andrew Renner, Jack White and
Jack Gavalra are leaving today to
spend Labor Day at their home in
Danbury, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Lowe are back
after several weeks at his former
home at Big Flats.
William Stauff is recovering after
a recent operation at the Memorial
Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin L. Fisher are
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01

residence in Woodhaven, L. I.
Mrs. Alexander Campbell, son and
daughter motored to Wilmington.
Del, for a visit with relatives re-
Gently.
A locomotive attached to a Tot
tenville train jumped the track at ST.
George yesterday morning. No one
was hurt.
Mrs. j. Dubois and Miss Marion
Smith have been at ASbury Park.
Miss Mathflda Bastenella attended
a performance of "Adrienne" at the
George NJ. Cohan theatre Wednes-
' day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-01
H DAUGHTERS
TO ATTEND DINNER

SOUTH AMBoY, Sept. IA large
delegation from the Catholic Daugh-
ters of America of this city, will
Journey to Keansburg next Tuesday
where they will be the guest of Mrs.
Mary Hagen, of that place at a
shore dinner.
A special bus will leave the cor
ner of Stevens avenue and Augusta
street at 12:45 p. m. The members
ore urged as far as possible to take
the special bus.