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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
PAY FOR GRAVEL CAUSES
DISCUSSION At MATAWAN

MATAWAN, Oct. 10.-A heated
discussion as to whether or not the
borough should pay for the spread
ing of gravel on the property of the
New York and Long Branch railroad
featured the session of the borough
council last night.
The question of spreading the gra-
vel came about when Elwood Van
Brackle, representing the railroad
company, stated that the gravei had
been received and was on the siding
waiting for the borough to do its part
of the work. Mayer Sutphin request
ed the street committee to see that
the work was done at once and
Councilman Thompson declared that
he could not understand why the
borough should pay for the spread
ing of the gravel on the railroad
property.
Mr. Van Brackle took the floor and
called 10 the attention of the coun-
cilmen that at the last meeting, the
minutes showed they had voted to
spread the gravel if the railroad
company furnished it. Councilman
Thompson said that he thought the
gravel was for Atlantic venue
Mayor Sutphin pointed out TO Mr..
Thompson that a few days ago the
street committee spread gravel on
property that had been paid for by a
private citizen for the sum of S22
and Mr.. Thompson replied that it
was on a borough street and he had
nothing to do with it, to which the
mayor replied that the street had
not been opened up to traffic as yet.
He said that If any objections were
to be made on the railroad matter
they should have been made at the
last meeting of the council.
Councilman Clark said he object
ed to the spending of money for
work of this kind, but that in view
of the fact the minutes showed that
the borough authorized it done, the
only thing to be done about the mat
ter is to spread the gravel and for
get 1t. The council finally agreed
to do the work.
The second and third reading of
the ordinance authorizing the bor-
ough to effect a steel water storage
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
RARlTAN TOWNSHIP
E0RDS AND VICINITY

An interesting business meeting
was held by the Raritan Engine
Company No. 2 Monday night.
There will be a parent Junior
Night at Our Redeemer's church
today
Mrs. e. Tilt and her daughter
Agnes of Perth Amboy. were the
guests of friends here Monday.
Mrs. Howard Bloomfield was an
out of town visitor yesterday.
Mrs. ole Jensen entertained rel
atives at her home Sunday.
Mrs. Clifford ellis was n Newark
visitor Monday.
Mrs. T.. Kistrup entertained
friends at her home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Nonnenberg
Mr.. and Mrs. Sophus Greisen and
tho Misses Helen and Anna Kutcher
were the guests OF Mrs. n Mrs. c.
IT. Pfeiff at Perth Amboy.
Sophus Greisen motored to Ho-
boken yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
TOTTENVILLE

Mr. and Mrs. George Davidson and
son and Mrs. Albert Davidson and
daughter arrived home last night
from Northam, Prince Edwards Is
land, after several weeks visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Chester Clayton and daughter
and Mrs. A. Daugherty. of Lakewood
recently visited Mr.. and Mrs. II. B,
Durham.
Miss Rose Nelson, of Page ave-
nue. is recovering after a recent OPP
Grafton at the Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Eloise Kettletas and her niece
of South Beach visited her sister
Mrs. Henry Stiles yesterday.
Edmund F. Webb, who graduated
from the College of Engineering at
Michigan in June, sailed on the S
S. Charleston for a trip to the west
coast.
A marriage license has been is
sued to Miss Anna Larsen, of Arthur
Kill road and Frank Grant, of New
Brunswick. The marriage will take
place on Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Gross entertained the
members of the Evening Euchre club
Monday night. Refreshments were
served after the cards.
A number of candidates were in
itiated by Washington Council Sons
and Daughters of Liberty last night
at Odd Fellows hall. Refreshments
were served at the close to the
members and visitors present from
Liberty Council, of Perth Amboy.
A euchre will b eheld by Welcome
Council No. 80 Daughters of Ameri-
ca following a short business meet
ing of the council tomorrow night
at Odd Fellows hall.
The Tinega Camp Fire Girls will
hold a food sale in st. Stephens
parish house tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
DRAW BRIDGE CAUSES DELAY

Trains on the New York & Long
Branch railroad operating over the
Central tracks through this city were
delayed from GAO to 1880 o'clock
this morning when the d~rawbridge
over the Raritan river was opened
to allow a boat to pass and bridge
tenders could not get it to retur to
place. In all seven trains, both
Pennsylvania and Central, were held
on the south side of the bridge. Will
liam S. Dey, of South Amboy, master
mechanic of the New York & Long
Branch railroad, after considerable
work finally got the bridge to oper-
ate properly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
$4,000 IN UNSOLICITED
TAXES, REPORT At CARTERET

CARTERET, Oct. 10:-More than
$50, 900 in uncollected taxes are on
the books of the borough collector.
according to the audit of the treas
ury partly looked over by the council
at their special meeting last night.
The meeting was expressly called
for the purpose of going over the
audit but at the advice of Mayor
Mulvihill the council decided to take
up the various items at another spe-
cial meeting on Saturday afternoon,
October 20, when an auditor and the
borough treasurer will be in attend
ance.
A communication was received
from L. w. Christie, engineer of the
Wheeler Condenser & Engineering
Company. Authorization to refund
$50 donated to the soldiers and sal
lors memorial fund was asked. The
council on motion referred the letter
to former Mayor Joseph A. Her.
mann, chairman of that fund, for
action. The application states that
If the money has not been used for
the purpose it "a given he would
donate it to other form of charity.
The mayor said that the borough
had no jurisdiction over the fund.
A committee was appointed to
meet with William Duff regarding
the acquisition of property along
High street needed for widening of
that road and report of the confer
ence at the next council meeting.
A check for sS5.9S was received
from the Central Railroad of New
Jersey in payment for assessment on
the improvements made along rail-
road property. The payment ends
a suit now pending in the courts
against the assessment, the railroad
having agreed to pa, half, to which
the council consented.
Borough Attorney Emil Stremlau
was authorized to draw an ordi-
nance regulating peddlers in the Dor
ough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10

tank holding 10000 gallons was
adopted on third reading.
Communication was received from
the Board of Freeholders pointing
out that the application for a con-
crete roadway through Matawan was
receiving the attention of the i'm
provement committee.
The meeting was adjourned T.
meet next Tuesday night at which
time bids will be received on the
new water storage tank.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10

fully good now. | do every thing that
comes along, and we all take your
medicine as a tonic when we don't
feel just so. lam thankful for what
the Vegetable Compound has done
for my health and for my family. -
Mrs. MARY SAIECHECK, 944 18th St.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Letters like these testify to the
value of the Vegetable Compound.
These women speak from the fullness
of their hearts. They describe as cor
rectly as they can their conditions:
First, those symptoms that affected
them most conspicuously; and later
the disappearanceof those symptoms.
They are sincere expressions of graft
tude. For nearly fifty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been so praised by women.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
Broken Glass Causes Kicks

Many complaints are being receiv-
ed from motorists using route No.
4 of the State Highway system be-
tween South Amboy and Keyport
over a large amount of broken glass
that has been scattered over the
thoroughfare. The first of the glass
appears just after crossing the draw
bridge ove the Matawan creek and
it is then spread in regular inter-
walls for the distance of a mile or
more. Some months ago large guam
titles of lacks were scattered along
this roadway. 1t is believed the
placing of glass is the work of some
crank.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
DIVORCE IS GRANTED

NEWARK, Oct. 1o-Joseph C.
Miller of 437 Louisa street, South
Amboy was granted a divorce from
his wife Victoria Miller of 46 Fay
cite street, Perth Amboy, yesterday
by Vice Chancellor John E. Foster.
In his petition Mr.. Miller charged
unfaithfulness. Mrs. Miller filed a
counter charge in which she alleged
that her husband had illegally mar
ried n Newark IN Mrs. Miller
did not appear in court. The couple
were married July 16, 1916. and sep
arated in July 1921.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
Dynamite Dry Agents Home

STEUBENVILLE, o., Oct. TO-
The home of Charles Pearce, thirty
six, prohibition enforcement officer
at Smithfield, Ohio, west of here,
was blown up today by dynamite.
Pearce, his wife and baby escaped
serious injury.
The blast partially wrecked the
city hall opposite the Pearce home,
the Spragg restaurant. the home of
Mrs. Mary Merryman, and broke
windows in three score residences.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
STOP RECEIVER ACTION

NEWARK Oct. 10-Vice chan
cellor Bsckes yesterday dismissed
the receivership proceedings against
the Middlesex Lighting Fixture
Company of Perth Amboy on petit
ton of Wight. Wight and Golenbocls
their attorneys. The ~receivership was
dismissed with the consent or the
London Lighting Wear Company of
New York City. the complainant.
The receiver for the company was
Lyman Friedman. The receivership
was dropped on proof that the bill of
the complainant had been paid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
STARTS JAIL SENTENCE

OLD BRIDGE, Oct. 10:-Vincent
Volotkoz, thirty-two years old, of
this place, discontinued his appeal
against the sentence imposed by
former Justice of the Peace Eugene
r. Roselot for driving a a while
intoxicated and started his three
months sentence today. Volotkoz
arrested by State trooper III.
G. Pfaff on July 22 after he had
caused an accident at Cliffwood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
MAN FRACTURES ARM
AT HAT FACTORY

TOTTENVILLE, Oct. 10.-Reuben
Abramawitz, tweaty-four years old,
of Main street, a finisher at the Tot
tenville Hat Works. in Johnson ave-
nue., received a multiple fracture of
the right arm at the plant about
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. He
was attended by DR.. Kingston of the
Richmond Memorial Hospital and
removed to the hospital in the am
bulaace where he is under the care
of DR.. f. w. Schwerd. Abrama-
WITT is said to have gotten his arm
caught in one of the machines at
the plant while passing it. His arm
is badly crushed almost to the
shoulder and an effort is being made
to save it from amputation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
|CARTERET man PRISONER
At WORKHOUSE WALKS OFF

CARTERET, Oct. 10:-Tired of
Nthe routine work required of prison.
ers at the county work, olse William
Harris, colored, committed by Re-
corder Thomas L. Slugg to that in
stitution for ninety days on a charge
of disorderly conduct, disappeared
yesterday while at work with a gang
Of nine men in the field.
Walter M~asterson, warden, has
started a search for Harris, whom
he describes as light colored and five
feet and ten inches tall. He was in
white overalls, the regulation work
house uniform.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
ACT ON TRAFFIC PROBLEM

TRENTON. Oct. 10.-On October
"a, there will be held a conference
between the Port of New York Au-
thority, Governor Silzer, the North
Jersey Rapid Transit Commission
and the State Highway Commission
with a view toward co-ordinating
the activities of the commission on
traffic problems in the congested
North Jersey Districts.
Among the subjects which will
probably be touched upon is the
problem to be presented upon the
completion of the Hudson River tun-
mel between Jersey City and New
York. The highway commission al
ready has an advisory committee
studying traffic problems in Jersey
City.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10

Q.What will prevent the splitting
of hardwoods while seasoning?-l
T. S.
A.The Department of A%gricultuIf
says that in air seasoning tn
checking and splitting may b
minimized by protecting the wood
from the sun and rain. and by coat
ing the ends of the pieces witt
paraffine. In kiln drying the sam
defects nav be prevented by prope,
control of the temperatures hu
midities and circulation in the kiln
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10

IL was alllng me
could barely do my
house and
washing / was so
rundown, jus
from having one
| child. | took a lot
|of medicines and
| had doctors. Then
|Igave them all up
and took Lydia E.
| Pinkham's Vege-
/ table Compound
! and feel wonder
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
WOMAN'S HEALTH
RESTORED
She Claims Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did ItAfter
Everything Else Failed

Milwaukee, Wis. -"I feel that |
ought to let you know about my case
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-10
|Englander Couch Beds
SpecialTOmOrroW$22 50

The famous Highlander" products for sleep and
rest are exclusively sold at our store. They are without
question the best and most comfortable beds made
equipped with the notable Highlander %rustproof springs
and the mattress is of the very best grade filled with pure
cotton felt.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Berlin's Curb Merchants Do Thriving Busin

enough money to buy a shop.
Then he would have the tattoo
marks removed from his hands
and arms and leave the curb for
ever. Now he would be better
off in the gutter, haranguing and
persuading. than idly shifting his
weight from foot to foot as he
rests his elbows on the counter
across which there are so few
sales.
The curb merchants of Berlin
sell a surprising variety of wares.
Young girls sell flowers, bright
red ones. bouquets of blue and
white garnished green, and hideous
artificial blooms tinted yellow and
purple. Men who have been blind
ed or who have lost a leg or an
arm, offer matches, shoe laces and
pencils, which they display only
as an excuse for outstretched hand
or tattered hat.
And then there are the peram-
bulating fruit stands, chocolate
wagons and book stores on wheels.
on whose shelves one NAV find a
volume by Anatole France remin-
1scently reposing between New
Testament and the Life Of Buff
falo Bill" Here a row of little
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

dolls that cry Mama" when they
are squeezed, and there man al
ternately mending glassware with
a tube Of wonderful new glue and
breaking it up again with q heavy
hammer.
Expedients to save laundry and
tailor bills are particularly pop
ular in Berlin now. In the
length Of Frederick Stasse one
sees every contrivance needed to
fit out what the hawkers call
"the perfect gentleman" Here
Is a man with trousers that bag
at the knee frightfully) demon
strating a contraption that will
press suit over night if one but
folds coat, pants and vest into it
before going to bed. Then there
is the salesman who takes off
and puts on soft collar seven
thousand times a day to demon
strate the virtues Of a collar
and tie holder.
Then there is triple clip ar
rangement for felt hats. This clip,
according to the hawker, will make
even "the colored cardboard hats
Of today" look respectable and will
keep them from losing their shape
after couple Of days wear.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

know that everyone is glad to
have even a cardboard hat on his
SKULL" he cries, 'but with this
clever invention, cheaply priced,
you always can look respectable
from the neck up"
On sale in Alexander Platz is an
appliance designed to prevent the
theft of ones watch. It is made
of a rubber composition and fits in
the vest pocket.
mo one should walk down Fried
erick Strasse without this article"
the salesman says, as he demon
strates the safety watch pocket"
There are many men here in
Berlin who are inclined to play
practical jokes" he adds, land you
must look out for them. You may
see two students, those fellows
with duelling scars, standing on
the corner. AS you come along
they may pull out a pocket flask
Of schnapps and drink to your
health. They invite you to drink.
You can't be polite and refuse.
Then as you tilt your head back
to take a swig they slip your watch
from your pocket to see what time
it is. Sometimes they forget which
pocket they get it out Of"
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
By KARL II. Won WIEGAND


THE street vendors of Berlin
made the best of the worst
holiday season in recent years.
They lined the sidewalks, calling
out their cheap wares using
every trick of the trade to at
tract attention and to stimulate
interest to the buying point.
Frederick Strasse had a thous-
and-and-one itinerant merchants
along its curbs; Alexander Platz
had the appearance Of a country
street fair, and even Inter den
Linden was infested with hawk
ers who offered everything from
mechanical rabbits to celluloid
dress shirt fronts with collar and
tie attached.
The street hawker has no rent
to pay he sells cheap, gaudy ar
ticles, and his methods are ag-
gressive. AS a result he was
more successful this year than
the small merchant whose holi-
day trade was swept away by re-
cent staggering advances in
prices.
In former years the street ven
der utilized his combined lung
power and cleverness to earn
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

gram Of the drug. The NOR
phine is usually disposed of in
hypodermic tablet form in small
cubes or powders, arranged in
forms similar to the deck"
Those addicts getting larger
consignments receive their sup
ply in small phials, usually eight
ounce containers. More profit Is
realized by the peddler when
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

small quantities are sold sep
arately, in most cases, several
100 per cent profit to the ounce.
Two methods are In vogue for
the disposal Of narcotics after
they have reached the center of
distribution; one Is directly by
the drug baron" to the small
dealers, thus ending his contract
with the business, and the other
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

Is the employment of peddlers
by the controlling head Of the
drug ring"
. 1t is well known that those In
the higher levels of the traffic
are never known to the actual
peddlers or small agents. All bus
mess is conducted under cover
and in profound secrecy, even
between the members Of the rings.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

In general these rings" and
heads" are known to the heads
Of police. but for lack Of sufficient
evidence and Of q whole-hearted
desire on the part of higher Of
ficials to break up the traffic,
these people are never seriously
interferred with. It is true that
raids are conducted and traffickers
taken into custody, but on the
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
WEALTHY MEN HEAD
FIIGHLY-O ORGANIZED
RINGS AND CLIQUES
identify of Those "Higher Up Seldom KNOWN
to Ordinary PeddlerS, and Intricacies of
System Are Devised to Make Arrest and
Conviction DIFFICULT POlice Often Suspect,
But Have No Real Evidence.
By DIR. D. q. DICKINSON,

OF the United States Public Health Service.
~ RUG addiction is the perncious Of the secret
vices to which human kind is heir and in order to
stamp it out the education of the general public
be of the first steps undertaken. Every of
society is honeycombed by this class inebrate and
the upper social planes find the vice preva
lent.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
CODE is DEVEL OPED
TO VEIL OPERATION
OF SALE BY LETTER

MARY" Refers to Morphine, and "Charlic" to
Cocaine, in ArgOt of AddictS and Their Elk
plOiterS- Dealers Have Little Hesitation I'm
DiSpoSing of Amy Who Threaten interference
with Their Profits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
Chlnch Ruo Pest.

The mild weather has favored the
successful overwintering Of the chinch
bug, according to reports received by
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture. 1t is now found to be pres
ent In winter quarters In threatening
numbers over the greater part Of
southern and central Illinois, In 65
counties: In southern Nebraska, from
Jefferson county west at least to Fur
mas county, and. in the northeastern
corner Of the state In Boyd county,
where 1t is a southwark extension of
a serious manifestation In southeast
ern South Dakota; In eastern Kansas
1t seems to be more abundant than
during average years. The tempera-
lures have been above normal and
very dry. Burning of alternating
quarters is being practiced through
out the state of Kansas.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
FINDS 1T HARD TO GET AWAY
Scotsman Who Would Leave This
"Land Of tho Free" Discovers
He'd Tape Intervenes.

Immigrants who think It is hard
to get into the United States should
try to get out after once they are in,
If they wish to encounter a real prob
lem," said a native of Scotland, who
has lived in Indianapolis several years
and who has taken out his strst natur-
alization papers
The man wished to return to Scot
land to live, and several months ago
took up with the British representa-
tives in the United States his proposal
to quit this country for his old home
II have been In correspondence with
several British representatives, !" said
the Scot, "and there seems to be an
endless amount of red tape In the pro-
cedure. The British representatives
seem fearful lest I may become a
charge on Great Britain. / have sworn
to almost everything and hope soon
to get my passports. "-Indianapolis
News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
A FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when yor
know that the medicine you are about to
take il absolutely pure and contains nc
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine Is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence il maintained in every bot
lie of Swamp-Root.
It Is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs
1t IL not a stimulant and Il taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t Il not recommended for everything.
1t Is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder
troubles.
A sworn statement of purity IL with
every bottle of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
II you need . medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
However, If you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kfmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper.-Advertiseme
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-06-01
The Custard CUP

Are you movingY' she inquired. In
some perplexity.
Land. no." cried Lettie In astonish-
ment. "Them - why them are beds.
Look berew She sprang up and gave
one Of the boxes a vigorous twist.
This is where Crink sleeps; Tbad
sleeps in the other one"
"Never mind. Lettie," reproved
Mrs. Penfield quietly, as she came into
the room. I'm very sorry to have
kept you waiting. Mrs Weatherstone."
Subdued, Lettle pushed back the
box and withdrew to a corner, watch
Ing her beloved PenzIe with specula-
tive wonder. There was q subtle
change In Mrs. Penfield's manner, even
In her way Of speaking. Lettie felt 1t,
but could not know the cause With
out realizing 1t herself, Mrs Penfield
had reverted to the days when she
had had a real home and had re-
ceived callers on q basis Of genial
equality, vastly different from her en-
forced experience In The Custard
Cup, an environment which was far
from encouraging to niceties In
speech and bearing. Her manner was
as self-possessed as usual, but touched
with a gracious reserve that would
have been fatal In her intercourse