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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS
BEING STARTED HERE

Memorial Day preparations will be
started shortly according to Past Dee
partment Commander Samuel G.
Garretson of the Grand Army of ths
Republic. A meeting will be called
of the various war veteran organiZas
tions within a short time when ac~
tual work will be started and COM
mittees named to arrange for the
day which falls this year on Wednes"
day, May 80.
The day will be observed in the
usual manner with a parade to the
various cemeteries in the city where
the graves of the departed soldiers
and sailors who served in recent
wars will be decorated and memorial
services held at the soldiers monu-
ment in Alpine cemetery. A fitting
tribute will also be paid to those lost
at sea.
The school children again this
year will be asked to take part in the
parade together with other patriotic
organizations in and about the city
as a tribute to the dead soldier or
sailor who had fallen in battle or
after the struggle in the Civil, Span
ish-American or the World War.
This years event is expected to be
even bigger and better than any
previous occasion of this kind. The
Board of Aldermen in the city bud
get has set aside the sun of $500 to
be used for Memorial Day purposes
which is used to defray the expenses
of observing the day in an appro-
pirate manner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
SOUTH AMB0Y

James Walker, of Elizabeth, mo-
tored to the home of friends in this
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Corn have
moved TO a new address on Main
street.
Charles K. Freeman has purchased
the business and property of Luke
aLenahan in the Mechanicsville sec
.tion of the city. Mr.. and Mrs. Lena
han will within the course of several
months sail for Ireland where bust
ness demands their personal atten-
+ion.
erald DeS visited over the week
- 5 at the home of his parents on
sn street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hennessey, OF
sw Brunswick, spent Sunday with
slatives in this city.
The recommendations of the
mayors committee on the fire depart
Ynent, include the purchase of a new
fire fighting apparatus and the
building of a new house on Broad
way. The committee seems to feel
that these items are important at
this time.
Harry Dowdell motored with a
party of friends to Philadelphia, Pa
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P. Hennessey
with a party of relatives motored to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
POLICE BOOTH HEARING
WAS REAL SCREAM"
tContinued from Page ~

field pointed out, however, that a
stop, and "go" signal would be OF
as much service to a bus driver as
the signs on the three booths.
Fred Christensen and Adolph Ko-
ven spoke of the booths as obstruc-
tions and a nuisance, pointing out
that there are often times when
there are no officers in the booths,
making II necessary 70 look out for
Yourself. A. little later you might
come along, the former pointed out,
and start to go by, only to be stop
ped by the whistle of an officer who
has again taken up his stand inside
the booth.
Alderman John ]. Clark declared
that the removal of the booths is
entirely up to the mayor" This
body cannot stop him." he said, and
/ cannot see why we should hear
all of this when we are powerless
10 act
Two residents of Prospect street,
Messrs. Olsen and Andersen, spoke
an favor of retaining the booths as
did a Mr.. jacobson, the latter ar
Suing that the money had been paid
for the booths and they might as
we'll be used. Joseph Powers, speak
in favor of the booths, said the
lights acted as a safeguard TO the
children and pedestrians. Other
speakers however claimed that an
oflcer in a booth was helpless to
come quickly to the assistance OF a
child or pedestrian in danger while
crossing the street.
Mayor Wilson explained his plan
which was to remove the booths at
State and Fayete street, smith and
Prospect streets, and Smith street
Madison venue, during the sum-
ln1er months, substituting go and
sstop" signs for them. In these three
cases. the mayor said, the booths
sre moi in the center of the ROAD
where they might easily be seem es-
peoially by strangers IN the CITY, put
set off to one side where II Is an easy
matter not to notice them.
In desiring to remove the booths,
ire mayor said, he had the traffic
~oficers' interests at heart as nluch
a. +he nedestrians. ut is the uty
~ these officers to assist pedestrians
as well as to regulate vehicular
Sic,s the mayor said. our pohcemen
are no weaklings. They are supplied
with outfits which will protect them
in stormy weather. Children use no
caution and with the officers free TO
move in any direction at a moments
notice the lives of these little ones
are better protected"
When all who desired to speak
had been given an opportunity to do
90. the hearing was adjourned. NO
decision was announced as TO wheth-
sr or not the mayor will have the
booths removed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01

Asbury Park, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Maggie mo-
tored to the home OF friends at New
Brunswick yesterday.
DIR. j.. Francis Weber motored TO
Philadelphia, Pa. on Sunday.
Raymond Perkins, spent yesterday
in New York City with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Mason, left
yesterday for Camden, where they
will make their future home. Mr..
Mason recently purchased a large
undertaken business at that place.
The local Mason firm will be in
charge of Robert Mason, a son.
Thomas Burden visited at the
home of Congressman Elmer Geran,
at Matawan last night.
The regular meeting of the COM
mon council will be held in the City
Hall tonight.
The Luke A. j ovely Post, Arueri-
Legion, will meet tomorrow
night in their rooms on David street
instead of Thursday night. The
chairman of the Memorial Day SER
vices in this city will name mis- conn
at this tune.
Ambrose Watts motored to the
home of friends at Red Bank yester-
day.
Miss Elizabeth Mounts, who has
i'll at her home ON Main street
for some time, was taken to a hos
pital in Philadelphia, Pa. o1 sun
day where she will within a short
time undergo an operation. Her sis
Ler Miss Mary Mount, accompanied
ner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
BY NEA Service

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and De-
troit, rival cities in growth and de-
velopment, are having another live
ly tussle-this time for the benefit
and safety of the innocent bystand-
err.
The contest, now three weeks old,
is going on to see which city will
come out at the end with fewer
deaths and injuries from traffic ac-
cidents. 1t started with a challenge
by the Cleveland Safety Council to
the Detroit Public Safety Commit
tee and has so far shown Cleveland
on top as the safer city of the two.
The first week found Cleveland
with a toll of four dead and Sc in
jured, while Detroit had listed eight
dead and 165 injured. During the
second week, Cleveland again was
ahead with two dead and 60 injured
while Detroit had 8 dead and 1877
injured.
Since Jan. l., Detroit had record
ed 50 traffice deaths and Cleveland
33.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01

Fraser.
mo, it was no guess" the witness
replied, "but represented what l be-
lieyed to be a fair price considering
the company as a going concern"
What did you use as a standard? ?"
McCran asked. you did not con-
slider the price of land further UP
the river. You did not consider the
price of the Pardee land which adj
joins the Donnell property. You did
not inquire as to the assessment on
the land, as to the price for which
1t was purchased or the sale of
other water front properties similar
iy located"
The hearing was declared closed
for the time being by Senate Presi-
dent Wallworth after Fraser had
again defended his figures by assert
ing that he felt he was justified in
placing the going concern value of
$245,000 on the tract.
The hearing, both morning and
afternoon, was attended by a large
number of interested people. None
of the members of the ousted State
Highway Commission have been
heard as yet in this case, nor have
the officers of the Donnell company.
Testimony brought out earlier in
the hearing last week showed that
although the state highway commits
sion procured ~appraisals of 100000
on the property from two Perth Am
boy real estate men, that body never
formally entered these figures on
their books but decided to pay $780,
900 to the Donnell property after
steps had been taken to condemn
the land.
The reason for buying the proper
ty outright, rather than condemning,
according to testimony brought out
at the first hearing, was to speed
up matters SO that erection of the
bridge might be started. Attorney
General McCran pointed out that no
delay would result from condemna-
ton proceedings as the state could
seize the property Is soon as the
condemnation petition was filed, a
settlement as to the price to be paid
coming at a later date.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
CHILD BADLY BURNED;
FELL INTO BONFIRE

Helen Chilmak, four years oiu
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chil-
max. of $40 Sherman street is IN a
critical condition at the Perth Am
boy City Hospital with burns ABOUT
the entire body as the result OF nav
ing fallen into a rubbish fire in a
field near her home yesterday AFTER
noon. The little girl was playing
about the fire when IN some mi
she fell and before aid reached her
the little thin dresses she wore were
caught fire and she was soon
veloped in flames. Her screams at
tracted her mother and sister who
ran to her rescue. They succeeded
in extinguishing the flames but no
until it had burned the little sirl
from head to foot.
DR.. William H. Mccormick who
was called attended the child and
after giving first aid took her TO the
hospital where she is being cared
for by DIR. Meinzer and DR.. Urbanski
The child was brought to the hospital
about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and at that place the hospital aus
thorities hold out little hope for her
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
May Day Situation

LONDON. May 1 (By The Asso-
ciated Press). = European labor
toasts itself today, calling the
worlds attention to the Importance
of the worker as an economic fac
tor and at the same time setting
forth his grievances.
Reports on the V Of May Day
from the capitals of Europe indicat-
ed that the holiday was expected to
pass peacefully, marked by the usual
quota of parades and demonstrations
and in some instances by the Gus
tomary twenty-four hour strikes.
German labor in particular has made
plans to celebrate what it regards as
its Invaluable contribution to pas
sive resistance" in the Ruhr, while
in England, where labor's spokes-
lei now constitute the opposition in
the House of Commons, parades and
meetings served to give vent to the
workers protests.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
Goat To Move On

Perth Amboy Lodge Nc. 7S4 Be-
nevolent and Protective Order of
Elks will meet tonight at the club
house in Madison avenue. The live
goat recently presented to the lodge
by Staten Island Lodge No. S41 was
last week taken over to New Bruns-
wick Lodge and they in turn have
presented it to Plainfield Lodge. The
goat is being passed from one lodge
to another and its destination is the
national convention at Atlanta, Ca.
in July. Past Exalted Ruler Andrew
Anderson is the representative of
Perth Amboy Lodge named and he
expects to be at the convention
where the goat is to be exhibited in
the parade that is to be held in con
nection with the annual convention.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
KDKA


lO:OU a, m.-Mustc.
1880 p. m.-Music. Weather
forecast. Report of River Condi-
tons.
3:15 P. M.-scores of the baseball
games.
500 p. m.-Results Of the base
ball.
SOS p. Morgan Recital, Howard
r.. Webb. organist.
. 700 p. m.-Results of the base
ball games.
Monthly Review of Business Con-
ditions" by Clark Hammond.
7:15 p. m.-"Birds," by George NJ.
Sutton.
1880 p. ma May Festival for the
Little Folks.
500 p. m.-National Stockriau
and Farmer Market Reports.
S:15 p m.-Concert by the Pitts-
! burgh Musical Institute.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
STILL AT LARGE AFTER
HOLD-UP; ONE is HELD
tcontinued from page l,

gaining entrance to the house jump
ed over a rear fence and met his
partner who had taken First street,
in the churchyard on that street.
For some reason both men ran out
on First street, one continuing down
First street and the other cutting
Through rear yards. The latter party
came out on Madison venue where
he was arrested.
The police have succeeded in re-
covering two overcoats which, it is
said, were dropped by the holdup
men as they ran away. A soft hat
belonging to the man not yet cap
tured was left in the pawnshop to-
| gether with a quantity of rope and
h-andkerchiefs which it is believed
were to have been used by the hold
up men in tieing and gagging the
proprietor. The lead pipe used in
| hitting the proprietor has also been
turned in at headquarters.
As a result of their investigation of
| Yesterday the police are confident
that the men had their plans well
laid and only the resistance offered
by Perlmuter prevented a big haul.
Perlmuter is at the hospital suffer-
ing from severe decorations on the
hands, face and head. The store was
somewhat upset as a result of the
mixup between the owner and his
two a~ssailants.
The necessity of having a reserve
man at police headquarters and a
new police call system was shown,
it is said, when Lieutenant John
Morris received the report of the
holdup at $40 o'clock. Chauffeur
William Clooney was out on a call
with the police a and DETECTIVE
John Murray luckily happened TO
be in the detectives room on the
se,ond floor. Murray was sent out
and when it was impossible to get q
cali to the ferry on the police call
system, Policewoman Jensina Olesen
who happened to come to headquar-
ters after the receipt of the report
was sent to the ferry to notify Traf-
fc Oficer James MCGOWAN to be OH
the lookout for any suspicious LOOK
ing characters.
One Suspect Taken
Chief Niels J. Tonnesen VINO III
rected the search for the holdup
men also went to the ferry and
with Traffic officer MCGOWAN took
in one man on suspicion. h
party was successful in proving tnal
he had nothing to do with the case.
throughout the day Motorcycle or
fcers Frank Seiboth and Frank
Burke. Detectives John Huff, Joseph
Gutowski, Michael Muska and MUIR
ray, Sergeant George Kozusko and
Oficers Aaron F%ranzblau and James
Nolan worked on various sections Of
the case.
Davis, it is said, has been identi-
fed by Perlmuter and others who
saw him depart from the store. 1t
is said he is the one who dropped
the gun and the bullets. He ad-
mits being in the pawnshop at the
time, claiming he came from New
ark to this city and went in to pur-
chase a suitcase. He claims the
other man who he says is unknown
to him, used the lead pipe.
Following the shooting there was
a report that Perlmuter had been
shot by the holdup men, but this re-
port is believed to have resulted
from the sight of blood. The pawn
shop owner was hit over the head
four times with the lead pipe and
succeeded in following the two mon
to the street before he fell. His
eyeglasses were covered with blood
from his wounds and it is said that
Davis when arrested had blood on his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
WIZ
(Westinghouse-Newark)

800 a, m.-Early morning re-
ports.
1855 a. m.-Standard time sig
nails and weather forecast.
1900 m.-Opening prices.
400 p. m.-Closing prices.
4:05 p. m.-"Fashions."
$3.50 p. m.-'The Music Lover
by DIR. Sigmund Spaeth.
700 p. m.-Adventure stories.
1880 p. m.-"Boys Loyalty Day
Message" What / Saw This After
noon" by Raymond J. Knoeppel.
7:45 p. m~.-Concert by Walter
Ehrnman, tenor.
500 D.. m.-"HomemakinE - A
Business" by Ada Bessie Swami.
SIS .. m.-Continuation OF pro-
gram by Walter Ehrnman.
900 p. m.-Concert under the oi-
rection of Charles d. ~Isaacson.
1855 to 1000 p. Huntington
time signals, weather forecast.
1901 p. m.-Continuation of pro-
gram under direction of Charles d.
Isaacson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01

b BROADCASTING

TAO p. m.-"The BOY and the
Business Man" by Thomas A. 4)wy-
er.
7:55-s:00 p. m.-"Irish Night"
1865 p. m.-Madeleine McGuigan,
Irish concert Violinist,
sos p. m.-"The Humor of Ire
land by DR.. Thomas W. Davidson.
$50 p. m.-Duets by Madame Lii
ian Breton, and Thomas Egan.
$3.50 p. m.-Humorous recitations
Tea at Reilly's' by Teresa Bray
ton.
$40 p. m.-Piano solo by Jose
phine Smith.
$3.50 p. m.-solos by Thomas Egg
an.
9~:00-10;00 p. m.-Browning Ki1e
and Company's Wednesday night
dance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
DEFEND BRIDGE LAND
APPRAISAL AT PROBE
Continued from Page II

The Attorney general at the stage
| of the h siring charged Fraser with
telling a different story than he had
during a previous interview with him
on this matter.
HAS any lawyer talked to you
about this matter?" the attorney
| general asked.
mo, sir"
Have you talked to the Donneil
lumber people since l spoke with
you p
II talked to them, yes"
Ibid you tell them you salo
to me?"
II think I told them in substance
what / told YOU"
The attorney general was unable
to force from the witness an admis-
sion that he had declared that the
onlr difference in the two propertie IS
Yves that of filling in the fireprof-
ing tract at $4,000 an acre NJ.
Fraser maintained that he said the
~fireproofing property needed this
fill, but even with this improvement
made it would not be as desirable as
the Donnell tract. The witness de-
clared that f~ireproofing property s
not as level as the Donnell tract. but
the investigators who had lust re-
turned from an inspection of the
two properties seemed to think
otherwise their remarks indicating
their thoughts in this matter.
Questions Improvements
what improvements are there on
the Donnell property which would
justify a $4,000 appraisal?" the at
torney general asked.
There Is a roadway and a per-
manent fill alo waterfront OF
the property in which / figure there
must be $4,000 cubic yards of till
the Donne1i company having made
this FILL" was the reply.
Mr.. Fraser said he did not know
what the property had been assessed
for at the time he made the ap-
praisal and did not know what the
Donnell company had paid for It.
He held that the property owned by
the Donnell interests would better
suit their purposes than any other
tract in that vicinity.
Would an irregular piece of
property like Donnell's be as desir-
able as the square piece about 600
feet away?" the witness was asked.
81 think it would be as just as de-
sirable."
Don't you know that you do not
pay a going concern value when YOU
take all of a concerns property"
mo, I did not know that"
WAS there any lumber OH the
land when you made the appraisal?
Senator Richards of the probing
commission. asked.
81 would say there were about
100000 feet. possibly three or four
cars
Senator Richards continued:
You knew that the National Fire
proofing Company would sell its
property 500 feet away for $4,000
an acre. The Donnell concern could
buy twelve acres for $144, 900 at that
rate and continue cheir business
there"
THE National F~ireproofng land
would not be as desirable" the wit
ness replied.
The witness and members of the
commission then entered into a dis
cussion as to grades and the amount
of fill necessary on each tract.
Your appraisal of S245,000 is a
pure guess, is it not?" Attorney Cen
eral McCran asked the witness, as he
fired the closing questions at Mr..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
kEYPOKT

A two-cat comedy entitled Not n
Man in the House." will be present.
ed by the World Wide Guild of the
First Baptist church on Thursday
night. Much time in rehearsal has
been spent on this production which
promises to be well worth attend
ing.
The new Armory theatre will be
opened tomorrow night when Jackie
Coogan in Daddy will be present
ed. The new theatre has been taken
over by the Keyport Amusement
Company with theatres at Freehold
and Red Bank and this company
promises all up-to-date productions.
The theatre has been remodeled and
more Improvements will be added
from time to time.
As the drive for the Salvation
Army funds for Home Service nears
an end more interest is being mani
tested. 1t has been necessary to
hold the drive over for several more
days but it will be concluded this
week. The canvassers are complet-
ing their territory and will make the
final reports the latter part of the
week.
MISS IlSIrlelld wall Is dllSIlQlIS
the Brown Business school in
Brooklyn. She commutes from her
home OH Main street.
Mrs. Fred L.. Schildknecht spent
Monday in New York with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Bar
ker. She went purposely to meet
her sister. Mrs. Russell Sherrane of
San Antonio. Texas. who is spending
a few weeks with her parents. Mrs.
.Sherrane is accompanied by her o
Herbert Barker Sherrane.
Bayside Lodge No. 1913, I. Q. O.. F..
has accepted an invitation to attend
services at st. Johns NJ. E. church
on Sunday night, May IS. when a
special address will be given by the
Rev. H. d. Stratton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus J. thinner
mann and daughter Natalie were
Sunday guests of Mrs. thinner
mann's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
thanieI Roberts of Atlantic High
lands.
Bishop Paul Matthews will visit
st. Mary's Episcopal church Friday
night. when special confirmation
services will be held.
Girls can secure clean pleasant work
ewing handkerchiefs: steady work all
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
Strike I'm Buffalo

BUFFALO. N Y. May IA strike
of 1900 hod carriers vas the only
labor disturbance here today. The
men have been getting from So 10
SIS cents an hour and demand a uni
form scale of rs cents and an eight
hour day. Contractors predict an
early settlement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
RIOTING IN ROME, BUT
MAY DAY GENERALLY QUIET

ROME, MaN1 (By The Associated
Press):-Two communists were kill
ed and several others wounded in a
conflict with a national militia force
at Milan this forenoon when a band
of communists attempted to prevent
the railwaymen from working, ac-
cording to a semi-official account of
the incident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
hands and clothes.

hands and clothes.
Detective Sergeant Schley OF the
Eighth Branch Detective Bureau
was in town last night looking over
the prisoner. The pawnshop was
closed following the incident on ac-
count of the injuries received by the
oWrer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-01
CITY BRIEFS

Three applications were received
by Algonquin Lodge No. Al knights
of Pythias last night and arrange
ments were made for comforting the
first degree on a number of candi-
dates at the meeting next Monday
night.
Thor Lodge No. As Danish Broth
erhood is scheduled to meet tonight
at Washington hall.
John Toolan, assistant prosecutor,
and Joseph T. Deegan, district SER
vice officer of American Legion, ad-
dressed the meeting, similar to the
one held in the local high school,
at the court house in New Brunswick
last night.
The regular executive meeting of
the local chapter Of American Red
Cross is scheduled to be held on
Thursday night, May 10.
John Morensky, ffty-two years
old, of 312 Brook avenue. while I'M
loading lumber at the Lehigh Valley
railroad yard this morning. was
caught between two pieces of lumber
and so badly bruised about the
chest that he was removed TO the
Pert. Amboy City hospital. At the
hospital he VAS attended by DR..
MeinZer.
The wind pulled a staple out IF
the door of the traffic booth at
the corner OF Fayette street and
New Brunswick avenue yesterday,
causing a pane of glass to be broken
and the right sleeve of the coat Of
Traffic Officer John Riedy to be
cut.
An automobile driven by B.
Streiff of 10 Smith street, broke
a gate on the west side of the New
Bru 1swick avenue crossing OF the
Central railroad yesterday evening,
according to a report made by the
gate tender to Officer Archibald
Mason.
The traffic sign on the east side
of the New Brunswick avenue cross
ing OF the Lehigh Valley railroad
was demolished by a a bearing
n. -. license 1872 shortly after
midnight last night. Officer ]. F.
Sullivan reported the incident at po-
lire head0tiarterS.