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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11

done for several years, and can walk
long distances without those dragging
pains and weak feelings. The Vegeta-
Bic Compound is fine, and l never
forget to say a good word for it to
other women when they say they need
something. Mrs. G.. ": HALL, 6SS
Hazel Avenue, Lima, Ohio.
There are many women who find
their household duties almost unbear-
abIe owing to some weakness or de-
ranoement. Thetrouble may be slight,
vet cause such annoying symptoms
"a dragging pains. weakness and a
! rundown feeling.
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND is a splendid medicine for
s,1ch conditions. 1t has in many cases
relieved those symptoms byremoving
the cause of them. Mrs. Halls ex-
uerience is but one of many.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
AWARD SCHOOL
BUILDING job
Perth Amboy Contractors Will
Erect the New MataWan
High School

MATAWAN, Sept. 11.-Contracts
for the construction of the new high
school in this borough were award
ed last night to Perth Amboy con-
tractors at the special session of
the Matawan Township Board of
Education. According to the figures
at which the contracts were given
the school will cost $136,595. This
figure does not, however, include
the cost of the equipment.
The contract for the general con-
struction work was awarded the
George w. Mercer Construction
Company of Perth Amboy at the
contract price of s108,240: the heat
ing contract went to George w. Still
we'll, also of Perth Amboy, for the
sum of $4,000 and Mr.. Stillwell was
awarded the contract for the plumb
ing, his figure. being $7.725. The
electrical work was awarded to John
Martin. of Perth Amboy, for the COM
tract price of $1,430.
The building will be located on
Broad street, just west of the pres
ent school and 1t is expected that
work on it will be started almost
Immediately and continue through
out the winter.
J. Noble Pierson & Son. architects
of Perth Amboy designed the new
building which will contain fourteen
class rooms, recitation rooms, Ii
brary, two teachers rooms, two gem
eral offices, domestic science room
manual training room and an audi
torium to sea- approximately $50
people. The board has retained the
right to withhold the finishing of
the auditorium if the same is found
| advisable at this time.
The building will be constructed
of tapestry brick with terra Gotta
trim and cornice, will have freproof
corridors, laboratories, boiler room
and Railways. 1t will be up to date
and equipped with modern high
school facilities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
BAND CONCERT CALLED
OFF TOM MORROW NIGHT

TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 1.-THE
scheduled band concert under the
auspices of Mayor Hylan's Peoples
Committee at the Aquehonga Athle-
tic grounds tomorrow night has been
called off according to word receiv-
ed by Assemblyman William l..
Vaughan last night. The concert
which was to have been the last
of the season on this end of the
island was to have been given by
the New York Police Department
band that gave a concert here the
latter part of July before a large
crowd that gathered from all Sec
tions of the island. The illness of
the mayor is said to have been the
cause of the calling off of the con-
cert at this time.
A concert by the Street Cleaning
Department band may possibly be
given later. it is said. in Tottenville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
CRANBURY

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Applegate
have as their guest Mrs. Annie
Applegate of Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Horace Jennings, of Glen
Rock, is a guest with her mother,
Mrs. Alvah w Forman for a few
days,
Miss Enid Walker has returned to
Newark where she will resume
teaching after spending the summer
with her parents here.
Mrs. Jennie Everett was a recent
visitor with Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Perrine at Dutch Neck.
Mrs. John LaBaw, Miss Stella La
Baw and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Hagerty and family were recent Wis
itors with Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Cook
at Asbury Park.
Arthur L. Burroughs, organist of
the Second Presbyterian church, is
enjoying his vacation. Ernest l..
Suits is substituting during the
month of September for him.
Miss Irene Walker has been
spending a few days with Miss Li-
ellie Perrine at Manasquan Beach.
mings of Perth Amboy have been
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
S. Chamberlin.
Mrs. Richard Gluck, of Asbury
Park, was a recent visitor with her
father, William S. Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cornell have
moved to Trenton, where they will
make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. c. Hoffman and
grandson Joseph have returned
home after spending ten days at
Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Mershon and
Mrs. A. L. Burroughs were Trenton
visitors Friday.
Miss Lizzie schnell, of Bronx
Vile, N. Y, is spending a week with
her mother, Mrs. Harry Schnell.
Mrs. G.. l.. Apologize and Miss
Bertha A%pplegate have returned
home after spending some time at
Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Mershon, Isaac
S. Everett and Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Burroughs and daughter Betty left
| Saturday for Manasquan Beach,
| where they will spend the remain
der of September in their bunga-
low,
The preparatory service for the
sacrament of the Lords Supper VIII
be observed in the Second Presby-
terrain chapel Friday. September 81.
Members of the Country Club are
spending a week at Lawrence Har-
Dor as their September outing.
Judson Hagerty, son of Mr. and
| Mrs. Clarence Hagerty, of this place,
won first prize of thgsJunior Hol-
| stein Friesian contest held at Mon
mouth Junction. Judson's calf was
| under the twenty-five months class,
He was also awarded a silver medai
as second prize on judging the cows
in the contest. He will take his
prize calf to the Trenton fair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
SEVERAL FINED

CARTERET, Sept. 11:-Recorder
Thomas L. Slugg in the local police
court last night collected nearly
500 in fines. Peter Lasko paid $25
for careless driving. Jomar Scho-
mar, charged with disorderly con-
duct, was made to pay SO. John
Kash paid $40 for a similar offense.
Hubbard Gibbins was fined IS for
being ~disorderly. For beating his
wife Mary, John Rozchowski was
fined IS. Striking a man with a
blackjack cost Joseph Pilgrim, coll
ored, $25. Peter Reiff paid a $40
fine for being disorderly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
SHIPPING NEWS

Much activity is shown in local
waters today. The following steam
ers have arrived and departed:
Nora, sailed yesterday for Califor-
mia from the Mexican Petroleum
Company's plant at Carteret. The
vessel carried no cargo.
Mayaro, sailed yesterday from the
plant of the Barber Asphalt Com
pany to Brooklyn. No cargo was
carried.
Frederick Euing arrived at the
plant of the Mexican Petroleum
Company in Carteret yesterday with
a cargo of oil from Mexico.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
SO. AMBOY ROSARY SOCIETY
WILL HOLD A CARD PARTY

SOUTH AMBoY, Sept. 11.-An-
other sum will be added to the pres
ent st. Mary's convent fund next
Monday night when a card party.
under the auspices of the Rosary
Society OF st. Mary's church is held
in the school hall at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Rose McNeal. Mrs. Noble
Mrs. James Mcdonnell compose the
committee and they have been work
ing earnestly during the last few
weeks in an effort to bring about
a glowing success. Many prizes have
been received. Euchre, pinochle.
bridge and five hundred will be
played and a good crowd is expect
ed to attend. Prizes will also be
awarded to non-players and various
valuable articles will be contested
for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
COMPLETE FUNERAL PLANS
FOR PRINCESS ANASTASIA

LONDON, Sept. 11-Plans for the
funeral ceremonies to be held for the
late Princess Anastasia in the United
States were completed today.
The body, which now rests in the
Russian Orthodox church here, will
be conveyed by automobile to South
hampton on September % and taken
aboard the liner Aquitania. Soon
after the arrival of the casket in
New York, a special memorial SER
vice will be held in st. Thomas
hurch after which the body will be
inferred in Woodlawn cemetery,
where Anastasia's parents are also
buried.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
Make Your Own
BUG KILLER
P. D. O..

You can easily make at home atuli
mart of the strongest bug-kiiler for
Csc, enough to kill Hamilton bedbugs,
reaches, fIeas and ants. This recipe
will moi burn, rot or stain clothing,
and is entirely different from any
other formula we know of, as this
will kill the eggs.
Procure of your druggist q sSc package o.,
Paakv Devils Quietusl P. D.. O.. then you VIII
have the chemical made expressly to rid Hotels.
Hospitals and dwellings of pesky oedouss ana
Imnossibie FOR the pesky devils to exist with
the proper use Of p. D. O.,
Snecisl Hospital size 81. 1--WE gallons
p +. q. can be purchased in sealed possies
dochie strength, liquid form.
Sold by City Pharmacy, Inc, and
other leading druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
SUFFERED FIVE YEARS FROM
KIDNEYS

"I suffered with kidney trouble for
five years or more. l could not
sleep at night and I was always
tired after coming home from work,
and my back ached," writes John r.
Gordon. Danville. Ill. Il secured
some FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS and
after a few treatments I felt better
and could work with more ease, be-
came stronger and could sleep bet
ter" For quick relief from Back
ache, Rheumatic pains, and Kidney
and Bladder trouble use FOLEY
KIDNEY PILLS. Sold everywhere.
ADV.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
JAMESBURG ROBBERY

JAMESBURG, Sept. 1.-THE de-
partment store of Benjamin Gold
stein was broken into Monday morn
ing by petty thieves and the cash
drawer opened and IS in change
taken that was the extent of the
robbery. Entrance was gained
through the rear of the store and
was the work of some of the loiter-
ers in that section, according to the
opinion of Chief of Police Fillhower'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
Farmers Meeting Thursdnx

RAILWAY, Sept. ia regular
monthly meeting of the members of
the Union-Middlesex County Far
mers' Co-orIative Association will
be held in the Association Building
Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11

we're OuDlC ooQSA
as women often
have, and could do
no heavy work. /
was sick for sew
eral years, and
from reading your
ads. I finally de-
cided totakeL Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
Ietable Compound.
/ am now doing
my own washing,
which I haven't
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11

The large sombrero beaver hat
trimmed with pure silver, that was
worn by Pancho Villa in his cam
paigns in Mexico, was valued at over
$100.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11

Difficulty in securing cotton lin,
tiers has caused German celluloid
manufacturers to substitute wood f.
bres temporarily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11
c. W. HALL
SICK FOR YEARS
Wants Women to Know How She
Was Made Well by Lydia {. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Lima, Ohio. -"Indeed, your medi-
cine is all you say it is / had very Sc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-11

Great Britain exported over So
100000 in electrical machinery and
appliances in one month recently.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
ARLINGTON OF THE WEST"
Cemetery for Ten Thousand Veterans
and Members of Their Families,
Opened In California.

"The Arlington of the West" a GEM
etery for ten thousand veterans Of the
World war and their families, has
been formally opened by the Amer
lean Legion at Glendale, California.
The American Legion plot in the
memorial park is considered a great
achievement for the Legion in the
West, for in future years there will
be concentrated the resting places of
thousands of veterans of the recent
war, project second only to the gov
ernmental cemetery near Washington.
At the formal ceremony which
opened the park practically every per-
son Of southern California who had
relatives in the World war was in at
tendance, and prominent citizens from
all over the country Joined in the
dedicatory service. One of the speak
ers was Governor James G. Scrug-
ham of Nevada, a past national vice
commander of the American Legion,
said to have been the first l egionnaire
to have ever been elected to the gov.
ernorshIp Of a state. Governor Rich.
ardson of California and Congress-
man Walter Lineberger of San Fran
cisco, together with many prominent
Legionnaires, were in attendance.
Full military hOnors were accorded
the remains of seventeen World war
veterans, the first to be buried in the
Legion plot. These bodies were in
tered with special symbolic ceremony
prepared for the occasion.
The memorial park is beautifully To-
Gated and is accessible by splendid
highways from all points of southern
California.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
Gle
AMERICAN
0L.E;GE)IV0
Copy for This Department Supplied BY
the American Legion News Seryice.)
LEGION TO SEEK NEW LAWS
National Legislative Committee Drafts
Broad Program for Next Ses-
sion of Congress.

The American Legion'S national leg
islatiye committee has drafted the Lee
gion's program of national legislation,
to be submitted to the Sixty-eighth
congress. The program represents the
Recommendations adopted at the last
national convention of the organiza-
ton. = is designed to assist the inter-
ests o. e1-seryice men and to express
the Legion's conception of national
progress. The schedule includes eight
principal proposals, as follows:
Adjusted compensation for all for
mer soldiers, sailors and marines.
Creation Of a standing committee
in the house of representatives to
handle only veteran legislation.
Retirement privileges for disabled
emergency army officers with the same
status as officers of the regular army,
as provided for in the Bursum bill,
held in committee Of the last session
Of congress.
Further liberalization of the war risk
insurance act to extend the period of
service origin Of tuberculosis from
three to five years.
Enactment of a universal draft law
by which the President, In the event of
war, would be empowered to draft cap
ital, labor, industry, and transporta-
ton, as well as man power.
Adoption by congress Of a perma-
nent immigration policy, based on re-
striction and selection, although the
Legion may insist on total exclusion
Of immigrants for five years until thor
ough Americanization of those now in
this country has resulted.
Authorization Of an archives build
ing in which to preserve war records
now housed In buildings which are not
fireproof.
Distribution of captured and sur
rendered war trophies among the va
rious states in proportion to their
number of men in the service.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
oWsLEY H0N0RED BY FRENCH
Award of Order of Mer. q u0''
Rationale des Combstt5nts %
National Commando

Alvin Owsley. national eHaaa'5
of the American Legion, has
the award of the Order Of Aes. olI
the Union Rationale des CaHa4 'ls..S'
composed of more than H'''.-
French veterans Of the Naf& '@.'I
Only fifty other men have been a"'.1
ed this decoration.
Presentation was made by a'
Bertrand, secretary Of the Fraa
ganizatlon, who was named r
of the Interallled Veterans a' IT,
at its last gathering in New
The latter organization " 4,
sents fifteen million veterans
forces, has begun 10 WELD
power in international aH
American Legion is the mem
in this country.
The decoration IS in tie L i
handsome bronze media.
from a green bar with q r.
French society's colors.
ing the medal. as pers s.
from NJ. Bertrand was
PLAQUE. indicating his ra
lection for Commando
the American Legion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
NEW AUTO LICENSE FEES

After January / 1924, Wisconsin
owners of automobiles viii pay license
fees in proportion to the weight OF
their cars instead of the former nat
rate of $40 per year for all cars. The
auto license fees will be as follows:
For automobiles Weighing 1000
pounds or less. $40; more than 1000
and less than 1900 pounds. S11: more
than / 500 and less than 1000 pounds.
SIP; moro than 1000 and less than
2,400 pounds, SIS; more than 2.4O0
and less than $500 pounds. Sl4; more
than $500 and less than 5000 pounds.
SIG; more than $500 and less than
$500 pounds. SIS; more than $500 and
less than 1000 pounds. 500; more than
1000 and less than $500 pounds, $22:
more than $500 and less than 5000
pounds. s24: all over 5000 pounds. SEQ.
For all autos more than five years
old, Is per cent Of these fees will be
charsed provided that no license fee
be less than $40.
The fees for motorcycles will be IS
and for motorcye les with side cars, SIS.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
ALASKA CEMETERY IN ORDER
American Legion Members of Sitka
Post Restore Long Deserted
Graves Of Soldiers.

When a correspondence with officials
In Washington brought no results,
American Legion members in far-off
Sitka, Alaska. restored a military
cemetery in which were buried a num-
Der Of American marines, who had died
there in service during and following
the gold stampede IN 1898.
The place of burial which was des-
lgnsted as a national military and
naval cemetery had been neglected
since 1912. 1t was Overgrown with
weeds and the grave markers were
blackened and obllterated.
Accommodating a supply Of rakes.
axes saws and picks the Legion men
one evening gathered at the cemetery
TO restore order TO the chaos. The
work continued several nights. Mem
bers of the American Legion auxiliary
served sandwiches and coffee to the
Legionn8lres and to the townspeople
who began % Join IN the undertaking
as II progressed At length a fair sem
blance of order was established
When the Job was over the veterans
DID rot cease activities until they had
Induced the surgeon. general If the
navy to authorize an expenditure Of
$500 for the urkeep Of the cemetery.
The governor of Alaska Immediately
appointed the Sitka post of the Legion
TO administer the fund.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28
LEGION MAN IN HIGH C0upr
Royal A. Stone, Minnesota. W..
Long Service, Named Asso.,s. 'sH
Justice of Supreme court

Despite continued disappo,r+.,..
In earlier life, Royal A. st6na .-.sl''
tive member Of the Ameri,s7 al a.
has been named as associate sou SOD,
the Minnesota Supreme conr 7.-Cs q
Stones uphill fight to this - o-slcs
marks his career as one of ~ ,s.'-oa
interesting in the Northwas+ --'S'
1t seemed that every p5ssfsi. =,
drance was thrown in Ills -'A'
earlier years, Beginning win ny a
circulation as a law student At r5a ~ I -la'
versity of Minnesota. CroD cor5.,,. u
brought heavy financial los. ~ t ...'. -.
Their so that the lad was fnrae5 a
linquish the college course 10 emo. ~ y,
office Of an attorney to conats,a i '-'
work. His subsequent struggle H.
living in small town where ~ H..
attorneys were practicing made I-t..s
going. -l' j
His first trial, in defense If 1, /,
legged murderer, brough another f.'-
pointment. About this time tha No..
was blown to atoms in Havana ~,
Dor and the country was stirred with
appeals for men. Stone was apv;aa,
to go, but he could not desert his el.o1,
At length, the trial was over bauaya,
and he was on his way to Georgia ms a
private in a Minnesota Guard gel,
Following discharge from service 10
made rapid strides in his profession I,
1904 he was named as assistant ar,or
ney general, continuing In this mast
until 1907, when he resigned 10 enter
law practice in st. Paul.
The United States then entered tbs
World war. Despit his age of fortr.
two years the MINES otan made eppJi.
cation to the first officers trgDjp,
camp and there received a commission
as captain. He was assigned to Cgmn
Dodge, where he took command a,
Company A, Three Hundred and Forty.
ninth infantry. Here his "llnx" bobbed
up again. Captain Stone was eager to
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

get to France, but on the eve of sail
ing an order came through making him
Il major and transferring hiu 20 the
command of training troops This be
says, was his last disappointment
He remained at Camp Dodge H-. Tie
armistice was signed, after which he
was transferred to the inspector gem
erals department. He LETT jha service
in July, 1919. StiI a member Of the
reserve, Major Stone is inspector Of
the Eighty eighth paper division
His appointment to the highest court
of the state is said by his comrades ia
the Legion to have been q fitting rec
ognition OF ability. Justice Stone has
continued his work as a trial lawyer
and his choice by the governor has
taken him from the roughand--umba
of the courtroom to the judicial seda'e-
ness of the Supreme bench.
He is a member of st. Paul post No.
8 of the American Legion. winch
counts on its roster many men e am,
nesota prominent in state cas1,y anu
mupi-ipal affairs.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Madison Drivers q automobiles
falling asleep while operating their
cars caused seven accidents during
the month Of June. declared A R.
Hirst. state highway engineer. In an
official report ISSUED by him there
We're four hundred eight accidents
since Jan. l, involving 1914 people.
OF this number three hundred sixty
seven escaped without injury. The
death toll of operators at the automo-
bile wheel has been thirty since the
first day of April There was one
death during the month Of March. five
III April, thirteen In May, and eleven
in June. from automobile driving.
These official reports show that Of
the total number of accidents two
hundred fourteen were caused by
reckless driving and that about
seventy per cent Of all automobile
accidents Of the state occur on
straight roads which indicate that the
driver was speeding at the time Of the
accident.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Rice Lake-The annual picnic of
the Washburn county farmers will be
held at the Wisconsin Experiment sta
ton at Spooner on July 81. One fea-
ture of the picnic will be a demon
stration Of yellow, as compared with
white corn for feed by F. B. Morrison,
assistant director of the station, and
nationally known authority on feeds
The control Of insect pests and plant
diseases will be shown, and methods
Of using war salyaged explosives for
clearing land will furnish noise for the
day.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Rice Iake-Dr = y. Webster. who
ass been practicIns physician IL
Rice Lake for nearly thirty years. died
at Cbieago, where he had gone for an
operst ton fQs some long staadins
rouble.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Oconto-County Agent John Shell
don is sending out questionnaires to
all the farmers of Oconto county. The
QUESTIONABLE covers data OH live
stock, farm conditions and everything
essential to the welfare of the farm
err. When all the answers have been
received they will be set up in tabular
form for future use in advertising the
advantages Of Oeonto county.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Wausau-M Mary Law ando, the 20
year old girl hermit Of the Marathon
swamps, confessed that she made the
attack upon her stepmother and set
fire to the bed in which she slept.
Her confession to Dist. Atty George
w Lippert and Sheriff Arthur Sic
vert came as she lay on a hospital cot
recovering from the effects of eight
days exposure and fasting in the rep
tile infested badlands SIX miles south
Of Wausau. She had been found after
one of the most thrilling posse hunts
in the history of Marathon county.
The attack was the result of long
enmlty between herself and the step
mother. the girl declared, according
to the district attorney.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Fremont-A record was made by
the dairy cows IN the Wolf River Cow
Testing association. for the month Of
June. when reports showed that one
hundred ninesy-hye Of the cows pro
5uced forty pounds Of butterfat o.
more. Fifteen COWS produced over
sixty pounds of butterfat.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-07-28

Madison-The number of inmates
In state and county institutions in
creased by four during the last year.
according to a census report issued by
the state board of control County
insane institutions showed the biggest
increase with 256. Penal institutions
showed the largest decrease with 800
State schools reported a decrease of
Ill. The total number Of inmates
now housed in all institutions is 49,
043. More than half of this number
are confined to county insane asylums
OF the total, s.062 are in county in
situations and 4,9s1 in state institu-
lions.