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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
INVESTIGATE FINE OF
MIDLAND DANCE HALL

TOTTENvILLE, Sept. 1S:-An in
vestigation is being made in regard
to the destruction of a one-story
dance hall at Midland Beach by fire
Sunday night. The hall, which was
owned by a Mrs. Beauvika, was
totally destroyed with an estimated
loss of $1,000. The building caught
fire from some unknown cause, al
though an outing party had occu-
pied the place earlier in the day
They had left the place several hours
before the fire was discovered. The
Dongan Hills and Concord fire COM
panies who answered the alarm con-
fined the blaze to that one building,
A twenty-eight-foot launch at the
foot of Nelson avenue, Great Kills
burned the same night with 5000
damage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
MAN s BEATEN
At SP0TSN00D
Is Virtually Assaulted When
He Refuses to Give Up
His Money

sPoTsWOoD, Sept. 1s:-Edward
Rigler, aged forty-fve years, was the
victim of a brutal assault last night
when three unidentified men held
him up and when he refused TO
"shell OUT as the command was
given, received a severe beating n
cuts from one of the men who WELD
ed a large penknife. The men TOOK
ali the loose change in Rigler,s poe
kets, amounting to several dollars,
and made a threat II he made an
outcry they would shoot MN run %
holes. Rigler obeyed their commanSs
and after the men were out of sight
made a report to Chief of Police
Rosenfeld, who has been unable to
find any trace of the alleged robbers.
The attack took place near n
mills of the DcVoe Snuff Company IN
n deserted portion of the borough
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
PROBLEM
FOR ETUCHEN
Adequate Provision for Hand
ling Traffic Must be Provld-
ed for, Chief Declares

METUCHEN, Sept. 1S:-Traflc
conditions through the borough are
rapidly approaching a point where
adequate provision will have to be
provided to properly handle the sit
uation, according to Chief of Police
Willard Il Hutchinson, who for the
past seve.al months has been max
ing a study of the situation.
The chiefs views on the question
are that the present traffic and warn
ing signs will have to be replaced
in the near future by illuminat-
ing fash signs erected on permanent
concrete monuments, il through traf-
fc is to be routed through the town
at a minimum of risk of collision at
the four busy
At the present time the handling
of the week end traffic rush is a
grave problem with the local police
due to the small number Of officers
available for handling the situation.
During the rush seasons. members OF
the non patroll.ng marshalls force
have been drafted into service end
have materially assisted in keeping
traffic on the move, blu. On numer-
Gus occasions serious accidents haye
occurred at where nc officers
are stationed.
The CHEZ is advocating the use
of the flight house system" and has
declared thai beacons placed at rhe
| orners of Middlesex avenue and
Main street. Mildiesex avenue and
Holly street. Ambcy avenue and
Lake street and Amboy avenue and
Main street would greatly assist in
solving the problem.
At the present time the funds oil
he police cor,nit-ee are known IL
be low. bu: it IS expected that the
installation of the system another
year will BE- recomn.en'ieI.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
UNIQUE MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE At JAMESBURG

JAMESBURG, Sept. 1S--A unique
drive for membership in the McCIeh-
char Bible Glass of the Prespy-
terrain Sunday school has been start
ed following a meeting held at the
na rsonase of the Presbyterian
church and promises to more thdh
doIhle the present membership.
ORGANIZATION of the drive commit
tee has been perfected by the elee-
tion of two drive captains VINO wiz
have as incentives several inner
as the rewards for the best showing.
In the church there has been ar
ranged a chart representing cities
snaced certain miles apart and with
the addition of names, representing
miles the autos bearing the members
are advanced. The team losing the
ace each week will be compelled 70
give the winning team a dinner. Inc
team reaching New York from a
Francisco first will be given a chick
an dinner by the losing team VINO
will eat mush at the same table.
The rules adopted by the captains
follow: -, either
side for any department counts ten
a larger attendance on either side
han the week before counts nNe
miles. uo..tor n,
either side over the previous "eeA
counts five miles ahead.
A perfect attendance by either sue
as many as the enrolment couhts
ten miles ahead.
Harry L. Emmons has bee seleel-
! ed CAPTAIN number one and a ths
fo,lowinr aides: Walter Boye,
George Hutchinson, Elmer Z: Jeml'
son. Fred Kendall. James Martin
William Mount, j. Augustus Inomp'
son Sal er S. Selover, Herbert smith
Edward johnson. .a;r
Herbert E. V~andenburg'. ,aptalI
team number two, has the following
! aides: Frank Baremore, Pau ?
Davison. George Hausman, ReglnalS
1sele, J. Edmund Marryott, JOSEPH
THOMPSON, Alvin Shultz, John y
! sbnItz. Martin Wyckoff' Rooer'
| Weeks. uarr,
James Martin will assist ma
Emmons and Martin will assist hel'
5ert Vandenburg as captains
George Hutchinson will be supe'iA'
| tendent of highways.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
TAKEN
ON PEDDLERS
Carteret in Move to Protect
Merchants by Licensing
PeddIerS in Borough

CARTERET, Sept. 1S:-The bor-
ough council held its shortest ses-
sion of the year last night. Besides
taking action for better gas pressure
the council also considered to regu-
late the licensing of peddlers in the
town. Councilman Andres and his
other colleagues pointed out that 1t
Is unfair to allow peddlers paying a
small license fee to sell their wares
in front of factory plants thus de-
priving the real merchants of the
business which they deserve. AT the
next meeting final steps to protect
the towns merchants will be taken
by the introduction of In ordinance
that would place a prohibitive fee
on peddlers desiring to bring their
goods mere.
An ordinance was introduced Sy
Councilman Child and passed at its
first and second readings demanding
that a license be procured before any
show, circus, dance or similar event
is held. A fee Of SO will be charged
by the borough for such a permit.
1t carries a $50 fine for those who
disobey the ordinance.
Councilman Child asked that a
definite amount of the cost Of a
proposed borough hall and dock site
be placed on the ballot so that the
voters would know as to what extent
the borough will obligate itself when
putting through these projects.
Councilman Child also argued why
the audit of the borough for the last
year, now in the hands of a COM
mittee investigating it, has not been
returned for approval. Mayor Mulvi-
hill assured him that it will be pres
ented as soon as the audit has been
looked over.
Councilman Andres reported that
Railroad avenue and Lefferts street
improvements are completed, that
contractors are working on Mary
street now and also praised the road
commissioner for the good work in
keeping the streets in good shape.
On motion of Councilman Child
the council decided to place a gold
star on the street signs named after
the soldiers of the recent a
Councilman Andres introduced a
resolution which was passed, that
the borough relay a sidewalk on
Grant avenue free to the taxpayers
as the work done some years past
did not comply with the grading.
Walter Baldwin. employed in the
street cleaning department, was Civ
en- a raise of SIS a month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
.CARTERET LIBRARY GIVEN
new START THIS FALL

CARTERET, Sept. 1S-Increas-
ing interest is being shown in the
free public library organized by a
group of women headed by Mrs.
G. A. Dalrymple. Almost daily new
books are being received and by the
time the new headquarters at Per-
shing avenue are ready for occu-
pancy the library will have an un-
usual large collection of books for
young and old, Mrs. Charles Phillips
one of the women interested in the
propect is devoting a great deal OF
time explaining the purpose of the
library and thus getting other wo-
men to boost it. Books will be loan
ed free of charge to any resident,
Mrs. Phillips said, while those who
are interested in the management
of the library can do so by joining
the association and paying an an
nual due of 81. This nominal fee
will allow anyone to vote in the at
fairs of the library, thus making 1t
a community enterprise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
Mefuchen Sewer Vote
Tuesday, November IL

.ond meeting in October in order that
the funds may be transferred after
the first of November.
Borough Engineer Otto Voelker
submitted a map establishing a grade
on Hillside avenue. but only that
portion of it bordering the Costa
property between Main street and
Station place was approved, the
councilman feeling that 1t would be
unwise to disturb the balance of the
walks on the streets or remove any
of the old trees bordering the street
at this time.
The lighting committee was en-
powered to provide more efficient
street lights in the vicinity of d.
Raymond Edgar's home on Middle
sex avenue, either by the installa-
ton of the present globes with
ones of stronger power.
Burough Clerk Burroughs was in
structed to make an attempt to pro-
cure an up to date map of the
water mains and hydrants from the
Middlesex Water Company as the
councilmen in the past have beer
unable to do so. This is one of the
utility questions of the borough
which Is badly in need of attention
0uL 1ACA oC1AAAo ~ 0O 1N-POA
ton to force the company to give
the service expected of them under
the terms of their franchise.
The tax maps of the High street
terrace section were ordered re-
vised, so as to eliminate Cowan and
Bostleman streets as well as Dudley
place, those thoroughfares never
having been established as borough
streets.
Immediately after the bushes:
session of the council had adjourned
the members went into conference
with C. w. Fairweather, the archi.
tecc directed to prepare plans ant
specifications for the contemplated
borough hall, for the purpose of in
specting the plans as drawn. While
the result of the conference Is no
known outside of the council. TN
mebres have indicated that they In
tend to expedite the matter to tht
fullest extent in providing such
building for the borough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Daniels. of
Jersey City. were local visitors Sun
day.
william c. Dawson, keeper of the
Prince Bay lighthouse for a number
Of years now on the retired list is
making his home with his daughter
Mrs. G. A. Shea, having come up
from Farmingdale, N. ].
Patrick Mccarthy, who recently
returned from a trip to Ireland is
back in charge of the local A. & p.
store. Frank Foley. of New Brigh-
ton. who has been in charge of the
store has been sent to another place.
Mrs. John Clarke and Mrs. Wolf
have been on a trip by motor to Nj
.agara Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Connors have
returned. to Brooklyn after visiting
friends here.
Molly Stark Council, Daughters of
America, will meet tonight at Ami
citia hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18

METUCHEN. Sept. 1S.-The Dor
ough council at the semi-monthly
meeting last night, designated Tues
day, November 10. as the date for
holding the special election for the
purpose of determining whether or
not the citizens of the town desire
the contemplated W Improvement
carried to completion.
This election will be held just one
week after the general election and
the register used on November 6 was
also ordered used for the special
election. Under the provisions of the
law a majority of the qualified vot-
ers of the town voting for or against
the project, will govern the action of
the borough fathers in carrying the
movement forward.
The first complaint to be received
by the council against a building pro-
lject, since the adoption of the build
ing code. was submitted by Abel
Hanson on behalf of residents of
Amboy avenue, who are opposed to
the council permitting the erection
of a gasoline station and accessory
store near the borough line or that
street.
The complaint which was referred
to the newly formed coming commits
sion expressed the belief that the
rear of the building, which is now
under construction, would eventual
ly become the grave yard and dump
ing ground for worn out automobiles.
An effort to provide funds to put
several of the streets in better con-
dition before the arrival of cold
weather, was fostered by Councilman
Potter who requested that the chair
man of each committee submit a re-
port of the anticipated balances OF
the various accounts, and that any
remainder be FOOLED for the benefit
of the street account which Is now
practically expended.
Hillside avenue and the streets in
%tersecting it were the ones especial
ly mentioned as being in need of i'm
mediate repair. These reports will
be before the council at their Sec
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
Bic ROBBERY
IS uNSO[vED
No Arrests Are Made in Rob-
berry of Wolff Store in
South Amboy

SOUTH AMBoY, Sept. 1S.-The
robbery at the Henry Wolff q Co.
establishment early Saturday morn
ing or late Friday night is still un-
solved, although the police with the
assistance of the county authorl-
ties are working on the case. NO
arrests have as yet been made but
it is reported that the police are
in possession of certain information
that will eventually lead to an ar
rest within a short time.
According to the information re-
ceiyed from the local police, the rob-
berry at the Wolff business place is
not considered the work of any am
ateurs. Many are inclined to believe
that when the arrests are mad the
person or persons will prove 10 DC
ones skilled in burglary.
Two braces, with the necessary
wood and steel bits, are in the pos
session of the local authorities ms
braces appear to be new. Two ol
the bits were damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
CHAUFFEUR FINED AND
OWNER Is LET OFF

TOTTENvILLE, Sept. 1S.-In the
second district court yesterday Mag
istrate Croak fined Fred Blornguist,
a chauffeur for the Terra Marine
hotel at Huguenot Beach, SIS for OPP
Grating a bus without a drivers IL
cense and Joseph Caseio, Of 4421
New Utrecht avenue Brooklyn got off
with a suspended sentence for the
same o~ffense. Both were served
with a summons by Patrolman
lO'Gara of the Goth precinct station,
when a bus driver by Blornguist and
a a driven by Caseio collided at
Huguenot avenue and Amboy road
A two year old son of S. Caseio was
injured and had to be attended by
Ambulance Surgeon Marchette.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18

who recently pleaded guilty of iiieg-
al possession Of liquor and stills on
the second floor of the Belmar Bottl-
ing works at Belmar on June 5 last,
were fined $500 and costs EACH
Samuel Kutteroff, a third defend
ant in the same case, who was tried
before a jury and convicted last
week, asked. thru his counsel. A. J.
G. Stokes, for a new trial on the
ground Of newly discovered evidence.
A rule to show cause why a new
trial should not be granted was Is
sued. returnable next Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
AQUEH0NGAT To
HAVE CARNIVAL
Event to be Held on Club
Grounds With Many At
fractions Next Week

TOTTENVILLE, Sept. 18-A mon
ster carnival to close the summer
season is being planned by the Aque-
honga Athletic Club for next week
on the club grounds in Sprague ave
nue.. The carnival will start Monday
night and continue throughout the
entire week. A meeting of the car
nival committee was held last night
at the clubhouse where plans were
talked over for the event. A large
platform will be erected over the
baseball diamond, where there will
be dancing each night to music fur
nished by a ten-piece orchestra.
There will be the usual attractions
to be seen at an affair of this kind
together with a hot dog stand, re-
freshment stand and several other
booths and concessions where useful
and fancy articles can be had each
night.
This affair is expected to bring
together many members and their
friends for a full week of j~ollification
and also for the purpose of boosting
the financial end Of the club for the
opening of the winter social season
at the clubhouse. A fair at the club
house was first talked Of but after
consideration it was decided to have
the outdoor entertainment with the
weather permitting at this time OF
the year. All efforts will be made
to mako the affair a huge success
both financially and otherwise.
The officers of the committee of
thirty named by President James A.
Simonson includes Henry Henkler
and Melvin Stricklin, chairmen;
Earle Laing, treasurer, and Benja-
min Yeager, secretary, with Walter
limerick, baseball manager ex-officio
chairman. A meeting of the smoker
committee for the smoker Friday
night at the clubhouse was also held
at the clubhouse last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
FOR HAVING AUTOS
WITH FIGURES ALTERED

FREEHOLD. Sept. 1s:-Bdward
Hymes and Norman Megill Of Asbury
Park, who last week pleaded guilty
of having two automobiles in their
possession the motor numbers of
which had been altered or oblitera-
ted, were fined $50 and costs each
by Judge Lawrence yesterday. Their
counsel, William e. Andrews. told
the court that there was no intent
to do wrong on the part of his clients
but that Hymes had purchased a
a and found that the numbers had
been effaced and Megill had attemp-
ted to put numbers on it. In pro-
%nouncing sentence Judge Lawrence
said that. while there was no evil
dence to support it, there was a
strong suspicion that at least one
of the cars had been stolen.
Morris Yaffee and Jacob Goddard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
HELEN WEBER BRIDE OF
FRITZ WEBER SUNDAY

roTTr.SV. LIE. Sept. 1s;-Mls3
-rtelen weber. daughter Ct MI, a on
mrs. Jacob Weber, of 1ls Brighton 1gaer
street Tottenville, and Fritz me pied
of Flatbush, Brooklyn, We're mar The
at IL o'clock noon Sunuay; +he
ceremony was performea e.
Rev. DIR. Jacob Ganss. pastor OIL S
p LEY church. Charleston, at the
bome Of the brides parents In the
non Of a large gathering OF
friends and relatives of the TWO
famiIies. A reception followed the
caremony and an elaborate dinner
Svas served to the many guests. MI.
ard Mrs. Weber received many slL:1
After a brief wed9lng .1 ~ Rrooklvn.
Mrs August Deitz, of T~ottenvilie,
niaved the wedding march as the
bridal couple entered the parIor
where the ceremony was performed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
SPOTSWOOD RED MEN
TO HAVE MONSTER EVENT

SPOTSWoOD, Sept. 1S:-Osage
Tribe, Improved Order Red Men, of
Spotswood, will be host to a visiting
delegation of members of the order
on Wednesday night of this week
when Frank j. Oughten, of New
Brunswick, great Junior sycamore,
Of New Jersey Improved Order OF
Red Men, accompanied by his full
staff, will come to S~potswood repre-
senting Amanda Tribe of New Bruins
wick. The meeting will be unusual
as the visitation will be the first in
some time of so distinguished a gath
ering of Red Men and the local tribe
are making great preparations to en-
terrain the visitors who come to
arouse added interest in the order
that a fall campaign may be launch
ed for the addition of more members,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
PRIMARIES ON
ISLAND TODAY
Congressional Contest ir
Eleventh District Being
Waged at Poles \

TOTTENVILLE. Sept. 1S.-Prim-
aries for the selection of candidates
for the fall election to be held in
November will be held this after
noon and tonight throughout the five
boroughs of the greater city of New
York. The polls will open at 8
o'clock this afternoon and will re-
main open until . o'clock tonight. All
enrolled voters will have the privil-
edge then to cast their votes for the
various candidates which have been
designated.
The same polling places will be
used as in the last general election
here with the exception of in the
wenty-sixth district where it has
t9een changed from Bamberger's hall
to public school No. 36, at Anna
dale.
n The other polling places within
z8he fifth ward are as follows: Twen-
~ty-seyenth. public school, Rossville;
fwenty-eighth, Huguenot engine
house: ~twenty-ninth, Pleasant
Plains school; thirtieth, barber shop,
Richmond Valley: thirty-hrst, north
side al Tottenville school; thirty
second. south side Tottenville school,
and thirty-third, Masonic hall.
Besides the selection of candidates
for the Democratic and republican
party for Office, the naming or u
tv committeeman and the naming OF
delegates and alternates to n Juul-
cial district convention will take
place at this time. The prlncipai
contest that Is conferred IN the print
airy election is, the naming OF a can
odidate for congress in the eleventh
congressional district. There are
tbree in he field in the Democratic
primaries.
Aiming s.. Prall is the regular
Democratic county committee >
choice and he is being opposed by
Thomas Il. Cosgrove,, a World war
,eteran. and Edwin S. Gleason d
former secretary of the Public SerV-
ice Commission. Two other contests
an fine island in the Democratic
ranks will be waged.
Alderman Walter S. Warren is OPP
nosine William S. Hart for Assembly
h The first district and V1neenL D.
Mccormack is against John j. cor
eoran for the nomination as aiuer-
man in the sixty-third dlstflct.
County Judge j. Harry 1d.aa
is sure to be named ana also eiesS ~,
again in November. lie - I-hi,eu ns
re Democrats and the ouplo
80 endorsed him. The other can
asdates TO be voted for are as fol-
lows. Democratic primary, county
elerk. G. Livingston Bostwick; as
sembiy second district, Wlliianl ais.
Vaughan; alderman, sixty-htth qi M
tricf Edward j. Atwell. hePuos
cans. county clerk, James Il. Li
sew: congress-, Guy O.. "aisel,
Nv second district, m a
simonson and alderman, slxty-ll'i
district. Martin S. Lake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
UNUSUAL WILL FILED

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept, IS
An unusual will has been fled for
probate at the ~surrogate's office here
this morning. While it is not the
first of it's kind to be probated, II
is rare that a will of this nature Is
executed.
On April Z, 1919, Antoinette Yatty
and her husband Dominiek, of Perth
.Amboy, executed a joint Will
whereby the survivor of either OF
them receives the entire estate ana
becomes sole executor OF the estate.
The wife died on April IL, thus max
ing Dominick the heir and admin
~istrator.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
METUCHEN

The body of William F. Haenel of
the Bronx, the man killed in the
crash between his motorcycle and an
automobile on the highway on sun
day, was taken from Coroner Hill
pots morgue yesterday morning, to
the home of the ~deceased's mother
in New York.
David A. Brown of Woodbridge,
one of the Republican candidates
for nomination to the office of sher-
if. visited the borough yesterday
calling on the various party leaders
and generally making the acquaint-
ance of the Republican voters of the
town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-18
DAMAGE ACTION STARTED

John Hello, through his attorneys.
Karkus &c Karkus, has started suit
against Andrew Yurocko of Metuch-
en-, for $4,000 damages, as the re-
suit of a fall the plaintiff had while
in the employ of the defendant on
September 4, 1922. 1t is alleged
that Hello while working on a scat
fold erected by Yurocko, fell when
the scaffold, which, according to
the papers in the case, was a faulty
one, gave way. AS a result OF the
fall Hello alleges that both his
ankles were broken and he suffered
other injuries.