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Evening star., 1924-05-15
'Ends" $50, $40 to .S7l

30-Womens $500 to $3.50 Street. Afternoon
ranging from sartest tailored styles to handsome
and beaded models . -. .... .............
6-Msse SOS 90 Twill Coats-smarty youuartrdze Hutines
and furs
Mses $500 Tailored Suits, mannh sutng-blue tan
Mses $500 Sport Coats Flamngo and imported pad-~
and without fur. -
Msss $3.50 Frocksbasque and daped kind
90 georgette and satin cantonvery lovely.
10Womens $500 Dinner Dresses
and dark shades; high quality silk crepes ,
$685. to Afternoon and Evening Gown.
the seasons most distinctive models sizes to ....
Womens $500 $3.50 Sport, and Dinner Gowns
imports and copies of impo-high quality crepes pastel
SOS to $11o Afternoon Evening Gowns. ex;.e
lingerie, beaded and appliqued models IS to 40 80
Evening star., 1924-05-15

out single
Truly a Friday to
Evening star., 1924-05-15
Clearing Our Skirts

Smart Wrap-around and
side pIeated styIes-wooI
crepe and fIanneE-in tan,
navy blue, rust and gold
ten skirts suitable for busi.
ness and sport occasions,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
BURNS TELLS Of
N EAN 6 c ASE
Assigned Agent to Shadow
Him, He Declares at
Hearing Today

WASHINGTON, May w. ].
Burns, chief of the department
OF justice investigation bureau. told
the Senate Daugherty committee
today that although he had assigned
an agent to Shadow CASTOR B.
Means" This man was not concern
ed in the disappearance of Means
various documents and diaries.
Conrad A. Crooker. Boston attor-
ney for minority stockholders of the
Boston * Maine, made his third ap-
pearance today before the Daugher-
ty committee to criticize former At
torney General Daugherty's modifi-
cation of the consent decree in the
New Haven merger case. He assert
ed that Federal Judge Mayer had
been grossly imposed upon. by Mr..
Daugherty" in allowing the New
Haven decree to be at first modified
and later vacated.
Crooker asserted that after modi-
fication of the New Haven decree,
Dhaugherty also dismissed criminal
indictments against William Rookie
feller and other directors of the road,
which We're pending several years
after the legal attack on the merger.
Paul Howland. attorney for Mr..
Daugherty. got the witness to agree
that the indictments had been kept
pending for seven years before
Daugherty took office without action
except for one trial on some of them,
which resulted in a jury disagree
ment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
R0TAR|ANS WILL
PUSH BOYS WORK
New Officers in Charge at the
Luncheon Today and Com
mittees Are Announced

The Perth Amboy Rotary Club
started off a new club year today
with the newly elected president,
Edwin Forse, presiding. The new
committees were announced as fol-
lows:
Attendance: Joseph Slutzker,
chairman: Harry NJ. Germs. George
w. Stillwell. Ingfred 7. Madsen.
Boys Work: Arthur Stern, chair
man, Daniel P. Olmstead, Won v.
Roseboro, Charles Macmillan.
Harold Hall, Ralph F. Alcan, j.
Calvin Divine, Val Afflerbach. Busi-
ness Methods: Max Wurtzel. chair
man; Edward Roberts, Edward j.
Mccormick, Sebastian Brinkman
Joseph Greer. Ernest Wadney, j
Arthur Applegate. Classification
Edward Roberts. chairman; Irving
Demarest. Roy C. Evarts. Finance;
Charles W. Hill, chairman; Irving
Demarest, Roy c. Evarts, John
wester. Rotary Education: Aylin
Pierson. chairman; Louis NJ. Rossi.
Walter S. Lenk, Samuel Shull. Fell
lowship: Andrew J. Wight, chair
man; Charles NJ. Peterson. Ira
Grouse, Clarence E. Hawke. Theo-
dore Spawn. Music: Fred BRIGGS.
chairman; Fred j. Cox, Andrew j..
Wight, Charles c. Hommann. Pro-
gram: Colby Dill, Roy Minton,
Frederick D. Niedermeyer, Ferd
Garretson. John H. Weller, George
w. Fithian, Oliver r. Hatfield. Ed
win B. Forse. This committee con-
sists of the members of the Board
of Directors and the chairman is to
be chosen later. Public Affairs:
Morgan Larson, chairman: Charles
c. Hommann, Henry Golenbock,
August G. Ranges. George F. Rey-
nolds. Publicity: ]. Logan eleven
ger, chairman; Oliver r. Hatfield.
Following the luncheon the presi-
dent outlined the work of the year,
taking UP each committee in turn
and telling what was expected in the
way of activities. The outstanding
feature of the year will be boys work.
and steps will be taken TO get be-
hind every movement in the interest
OF the boys as we'll as initiating work
along this line.
Plans for the annual Rotary pill
grimage to the State Home for Boys
at Jamesburg on May 21. and also
Tor Ladies Night on May Is we've
discussed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
UN|F F|CAT|ON
Of ME- ETHOD|STS.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. May t.
The unifcation OF the Methodist
Episcopal church with the Metho-
dist Episcopal church South. was
ratified by the Methodist Episcopal
general conference here today.
Amid wild applause, Bishop Will.
lam Fraser Mcdowell of Washing
ton concluded his speech on the re-
port submitted by the special COM
mission on unification. DR.. David {;
Downey of New York moved that 4
be adopted and William A. c..
Hughes, a negro delegate from
Washington. d. c.. seconded the
motion.
on behalf of $4,000 Methodist
negroes of the South, the Rev..
Charles A. Tindley of Philadelphia.
chairman of the Delaware delega-'
ton, voiced approval of the report.
The others who spoke for adoption.
were William NJ. Blanchard of
Greencastle, Ind, and former Gov
ernor James d. Black of Kentucky.
The council of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Is in session at Nashville. Tenn..i
awaiting the conferences action. ii
was announced. and the vote wills be
communicated to the council at once
The vote for adoption wasN202
ayes to thirteen noes. The votes dfd
not tally with the number of dele
gates present and a second vote was
ordered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
THREE REPORTS ARE MADE
OF VANDALISM IN CITY

Some time after dark last night
the west wall for the new Boynton
building on Jefferson street was
knocked down. The wall about sew
enty-five feet in length had reached
a height of eighteen inches and the
entire damage is estimated at So.
Early this week the police were
notified by representatives of the
Public Library that children playing
about the Boynton building over
the weekend had damaged the
library building, breaking windows,
etc. An officer makes several trips
along Jefferson street purposely to
keep persons away from the build
ings ever since the library report
was received.
1t has been learned that quanti-
ty of tulips about the Presbyterian
church at Market and High streets
have been destroyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
COOLIDGE IN
CONGRESS WAR
With G. O.P. Leaders He Acts
to Clear Calendars of
Important Legislation

WASHINGTON, May 7,-Aroused
by the threat of Democrats and in
surgent Republicans to hold con-
gress in session during the national
political conventions in June, Presi-
dent Coolidge and Republican or
ganiZation leaders in the senate and
House today reconsolidated their
lines in preparation for an aggres-
sive effort to clear the congressional
calendars of important legislation.
The legislative program in general
and means of speeding up action,
was discussed by the President with
Republican leaders of the House at
a breakfast conference and later
with Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts, the Republican senate leader,
and Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee.
The President went over with the
Republican House leaders the legis-
lative situation in that body in de-
tail, discussing the measures yet
pending before the House, including
legislation to afford farm relier.
While Senators Lodge and Smoot
were at the White House, Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, also was
called into their conference. which
had to do primarily with the status
of financial measures, including the
tax bill and the Bursum pension
measure vetoed last week. The pos
sibility of enacting some sort of re-
clamation legislation also was con-
sidered.
The House leaders in their talk
with the President, suggested June z
the Saturday before the opening of
the Republican convention at Cleve-
land as the adjournment date for
congress. They told the President
the House would have its legislative
slate clean by that time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07

of a shot at child.
The first the police heard of the
occurrence was when Patrolman Jo-
seph Dwyer saw the wounded man
sitting on hill near the Municipal
light plant. Yeska admitted that he
shot himself with a .32 calibre re-
volver and Officer Dwyer had him
removed to the city hospital where
he is under the care of DIR. G. w.
Tyrrell. An X-ray of the wound is
to be taken today in an effort to To-
cate the bullet.
The Yeska family has been resid-
Ing on Herbert street for about a
month, having come to this city from
Woodbridge. Yeska has worked in
various local Industrial plants and
it is not known whether he has been
working the past few days.
Mrs. Yeska reports that her hus-
band was drunk on Sunday and on
that occasion she was informed about
his having purchased a revolver.
The only family trouble in the Yeska
home, the wife reports, is caused by
the husbands drinking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
ASK For Ban on All CarnivaIS Here
LiOuOr Blamed for Man
Trying To Kill Himself

"Nasty liquor to be obtained in
many homes and Saloons" is
blamed by Mrs. John Yeska, of 319
Herbert street, for the action of her
husband in shooting himself in the
hallway of their home in the big
brick tenement house early last
night.
John Yeska, the thirty-two year
old husband, is in the local hospital
with a shot wound in his chest. 1t
is alleged that he came to the tene-
ment house last night and when his
wife noticed his drunken condition.
and remembered a report she had
received about him having a re-
volver in his possession, she informed
him that he could not enter the
home In that condition.
A revolver shot was heard and
then the man was seen to disappear
from the building. 1t was at first
rumored that the man fired a shot
at a child, and thinking the bullet
had found it's mark, decided to kill
himself. The wife denied the report
this morning in regard to the firing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
.METUCHEN SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER HAS RESIGNED

METUCHEN, May 1.-THE Board
of Education at it's meeting last
night received and accepted the
resignation of School Commissioner
M. e. Gray. President H. Ramsay
Crowell commenting on the resigna-
tion said that the board appreciates
..khe effort made by Mr.. Gray in behalf
bf school affairs and that the resig-
nation was due to the fact that the
commissioner has other pressing
business. Charles Fl. Erikson was
appointed to succeed Mr.. Gray.
Bids were received for the fur
nishing of 200 tons of coal. Manning
Freeman & Sons were the lowest
bidders, asking s12.75 a ton for nut
coal and 1915 ton for pea coal.
The Metuchen Hardware Com
pany was awarded the contract to
Furnish an iron wire fence for the
property grounds about the Frank
lin school recently acquired.
Aylin Pierson, architect for the
FRANKLIN school addition, was au-
fhorized to install system to check
the future flooding of the cellar at
cost Of $500.
Commencement exercises will be
held on June 10. The school will
be closed the next day, the commits
eioners decided.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
ACTION BY N. ].
ROAD BOARD
CAUSES CONFAB
FreehoIders to Confer in Ef-
fort to Get Money from
State Department
is ROAD REPAIR ISSUE
Steps viii Be Taken to Con-
form with, Demands of
State Commission
NEW RRIJNsWIcK. MAY 7.-

NEW BRUNSWICK, May -.
Members of the Board OF Free
holders are in conference today II
an attempt to iron out the county
road situation as a result OF the re-
fusal of the state to pay S148, 200.
their allotment from the 1924 mo
tor vehicle fines, ror the repair Of
the county roads.
The purpose of the conferences i
to attempt to reach a more salts
factory method to repair the county
roads under state aid. as demanded
by the state highway Commission
Steps will be taken 10 have the re-
pair program conform to the de-
mands of the commission SO tAat
the funds can be obtained.
The state claims that Midd1ese3
coufrty freeholders have spent $1c5.-
600 of the allotment without haxin<
! the improvements approved by tbs
commission. Freeholder Haight at
Yesterdays meeting of the state high
way commission pointed out that the
county board is as competent as the
state organization IN the matter OF
making repairs.
/, Members of the state Commission
are of the opinion that the method
of the freeholders in assigning cer-
tain sections of the county TO each
freeholder, is responsible for the.
poor condition of the roads.
Freeholders Haight, Vandenberg.
Quakenbush, Belloff and Applegate.
County Engineer Larson and County
Treasurer Hilker are in attendancss
at the freeholders' conference today.
Ne action was taken at the con-
ference of the freeholders today on
the road matters, it being decided
to wait until recomm endations In
writing are received in the Offices OF
the freeholders from the highway
commission, giving information OF
the action the commission desires
taken
Under the present plan the free
holders would use the state aid on
about 500 roads in the county. The
freeholders are led to believe how-s
ever that the commission favors the
picking out of a few roads and plae-.
ing these in excellent condition and.
letting the rest go. 1t is asserted
that in view of the location of Mid
dlesex county and the heavy traffic
using the roads of the county the
money now received from the state
is not enough to put the roads in
condition. 1t is estimated that it
would cost at least n million dollars
to put the county roads in good
shape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
DENIES speed
TRAP CHARGE
NEAR METUCHEN
Justice Whitley Admits He
and Officers May Make
Little Money
NO MORE THAN ALLOWED
7 Arrests Last Week, but
Business Was Bad, 1t Ap-
pears from Story

METUCHEN, May 7.-Justice of
the Peace E. Stone Whitley of Rarl-
tan township, when seen today by
an Evening News reporter. denied
the charges of Daniel T. Coleman, a
state motor vehicle inspector that
a speed trap exists at Stelton. The
Justice declared that the officers and
himself may be making little
money but not more than the law
allows.
He pointed out that the officers
are allowed fifty cents for milage
and $1.50 for each arrest made
They are also entitled to 81 extra
when they appear with the prisoner,
but he does not allow this extra fee,
The costs in cases of speedings av-
erage from 1915 to Sc or IS. ac-
cording to the number of witnesses
or the number of hearings. Seven
arrests were made last week, the
justice said. but some times there
are three and four times this num-
ber.
The Coleman letter to the COM
missioner contained a charge that
one OF the officers is seventy-one
years old. Justice Whitley said that
Joseph Bloomfield is the officer re-
ferred TO and his age is sixty-six and
not Seventy-one. He admitted that
Bloomfield does not know how to
drive a car and employs a man to
drive him about.
Frank Scanlon, of Highland Park,
/ is the officer who Coleman charged
had served a term in Railway for
driving while intoxicated. Justice
Whitley said Scanlon has been ar
rested and taken before Recorder
Weber in New Brunswick and had
served several days in the work
house. He expects to take out an
other automobile drivers license
Rudolph Pines, \. II. Wilson and
William Henderson are the other
officers of the force and all reside
in Raritan Township. the justice
said
Justice Whitley denied showing
speders who reside out of the state
and those who are residents of the
state, he declared that speeders who
reside in New Jersey have the same
chance to pay their fines as out OF
the state drivers.
He alleged that the trouble is be-
ing caused by the Newark Auto
mobile Club and the New Bruins
wick Board of Trade.
The justice cited one case in
which he saw an occupant of a car
driving like damn fool" and or
der the officer to arrest him. He
was fined So and promised to pay
the following Thursday which
promise Justice Whitley accepted
He declares the fine was paid and
then the party squeeled Another
cited by the justice was that of a
Pennsylvania truck driver who had
neither drivers or ear owners
license on his person.
Although he did not mention anv
names Justice Whitley spoke of
townships who employ paid record
ers, who have many rspeeders an
pearing before them and they also
receive costs. He denied there is any
quarrel between the officers as AL
legged in the Coleman charges and
said he has been a Democrat all his
life and limited that politics might
have something to do with charges
against him. He also declared that
he sees Commissioner Dill three and
Tour times a month and that Mr.. Dill
never makes any complaint to him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
KiWanis Club Seeks the Co.
operation of Lions, Rotarians
and Woman's Club
MAYOR is PETITI0NED
Chief Executive Asked to Per-
nit no More Carnivals
to Appear Here

Now that the Kiwanis Club has
requested Mayor Wilson to refrain
from granting permits for the mold
ing of any more carnivals In TINS
citv and has decided to petition the
Board of Aldermen to adopt an ordl-
nance prohibiting travelling carnivals
from coming to this city. efforts are
being made by the club to secure the
cooperation of several other civic
ORGANIZATIONS, among them the
Rotary, Lions and Woman's clups III
carrying on concerted action against
the travelling carnival.
This action is not aimed against
+l,e circus. which is considered
legitimate attraction and IAN Amer
loan institution" by the club men,
hers. The move is being launcneo
in the belief that such amusements
are a moral detriment to the CITY,
narticularly to the younger genera
t;on who flock to the carnlvai
grounds unescorted and endeavor IN
various ways to secure the luhuo
aaassarv 10 admit them to the at
fractions. ,,,,o ,.i-
There has been considerable agi-
.ation in this city in former years
~ prevent the holding of carniVals
n perth Amboy and for 'numper
of years carnivals were barred rom
fhis city. The power is vested IN
the mayor. however, TO- act as a;ssxs s 4 4
sees fit IN This nbstter ana therei
have been a number of carniVa's
here during the last few years. one
carnival has just finished Two
weeks stay here. Mayor wilson mas
already granted permission for TWO
other carnivals. the Holy Name So
ciety and Holy Rosary church nav
ing arranged to conduct these al
fairs here.
By having an ordinance prohibi-
ting carnivals, the mayor will no
longer have the power to grant per-
mission to organizations desirous of
holding these affairs in order to
raise money.
Owing to the grade crossing work
here it is unlikely that the vacant
lots opposite the Central Railroad
station in Smith street will be used
for any more carnivals.
The request of the Iliwanis Club
to the mayor urging him to discon-
tinue granting permission for car
nivals. follows:
William c. Wilson, Mayor,
City of Perth Amboy,
City Hall, Perth Amboy, N. j.
Honorable Sir
We, the undersigned, the Kiwanis
Club of Perth Amboy, having in
mind the interests, both moral and
financial, of the citizens of this city,
respectfully request that you use the
power vested in your Office to refuse
Rermission to any and all visiting car
Rivals to come to this city.
The undersigned, after due con-
sideration, has unanimously reached
the conclusion that the personnel of
these carnivals are a moral detri-
lnent to the citizens of this city
Furthermore, from a financial stand
point, the small percentage of profit
accruing to the organization under
whose auspices the carnival is con-
Quoted, we feel, does not warrant
continuation of this form of amuse-
11lent.
Respectfully submitted,
THE KIWANIS CLUB OF PERTH
AMBOY.
James Lahey.
Chairman Grievance Committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
SCOUT HEAD ARRIVES
FOR BIG DRIVE HERE

Noble p. Randel, deputy regonial
scout executive, arrived in this city
today to take charge of the campaign
which the field department OF the
national council is now instituting.
Mr.. lRandel will make his headquart-
ers during the drive period at the
local scout rooms at Market street
and Bertram avenue. Considerable
interest is manifested by the Perth
Amboy district council in having Sc
cured Mr.. Randel, who looked after
a. series of regional campaigns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
Search Without Results

WASHINGTON, May THE COM
manding officer of the patrol force
at Dutch Harbor Alaska, reported
to the War Department today in a
despatch dated May that the Ser
ing Sea coast had been searched by
natives with dog teams between Port
Moller and Port Heiden for Major F.
l.. Martin, missing world fight COM
mander. without results. Natives
also were sent north of Heiden, he
said, but found no trace of the
missing plane.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
Taxation And Immigration Action To Be Taken TOda
'FREEH0L LDERS DISCUSS ROAD ULT|MATuk
VIRGIN BIRTH BELIEF is
UPHELD IN RESOLUTION

RAILWAY. May IA resolution
asserting without reservation or
equivocation it's belief in the Virgin
birth and the bodily resurrection
OF our Lord" was unanimously
adopted by the 153rd annual con-
vention of the New Jersey diocese
of the Episcopal church today.
The resolution was adopted fol-
lowing an address to the convention
by Bishop Paul Matthews of Prince
ton who declares that the dispute
within the church on the fundamen-
talist-modernist theories will con-
sumo us If we do not quench it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07
AWAIT NEWS Of
LOST A|RNAN
News Concerning Fate of
Major Martin Expected
from Searching Parties

CHIGNIK, Alaska, May (By The
Associated Press) News concern
ing the fate of Major Frederick l..
Martin, American world flight COM
mander, who has been missing for a
week. was expected here today from
searching parties which left Chignik
last Saturday.
The searching parties invaded the
territory northwest of Chignik.
These searchers before their depar-
ture said that if Major Martin was
found in that region they hoped to
return to Chignik today. Otherwise
they planned to move on and search
the Bering Sea side of the Aleutian
Islands between Meshik and ten
miles south of the Seal Islands. in
which event it would take a week
or more for them to return.
Major Martin and Staff Sergeant
Alva L. Harvey left here last We'd
nesday in the flagplane Seattle for
Dutch Harbor to rejoin the other
three cruisers of the squadron. These
three now are at Atka Island pre-
pairing for departure for Attu Island
on the extreme end of the Aleutian
and the last scheduled stop on this
side OF the globe. The hop-off on
this leg was to have taken place
yesterday but unfavorable weather
apparently delayed the three.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07

All members of Musicians Protec-
tive Union. Local No. 373. A. p. of NJ.
are requested to meet at the Column
bus Italian Band headquarters, 273
New Brunswick avenue, on Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock to attend the
funeral of our late secretary and
brother, Prank Palisi. By order of
]. PoLICASTRO. President.
HARRY TOOKER, Acting Secretary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-07

WASHINGTON, May with its
Japanese exclusion provision still IN
conflict with the desires of Presi-
dent Coolidge, the immigration bill
was ready today for final action oy
the House and senate.
The various differences between
the drafts approved by the two
chambers were adjusted last night
after more than a week of confer
ence deliberation IN which the ad-
Grafton of the exclusion provision
to give time for diplomatic ex-
change with Toxic is understood to
have received considerable atten-
ton.
The senate representatives re-
ceded in the end from their amend
ment making exclusion effective
Immediately upon enactment of the
measure and accepted the House
clause fixing July l, this year. as the
operative date. 1t was made clear
at the White House, however. that
this recession was not regarded by
President Coolidge as giving ade-
quate time for a diplomatic cores
pondence with the Japanese gov
ernment in order that as little
offense as possible might be given to
the latter. At the same time. there
was no indication whether the Pres
ident viewed the provision as war
ranting veto of the bill.
Under congressional procedure,
the conference report must be acted
upon by the House before it is taken
up by the senate. With these and
cannot reach the White House be-
fore the latter part of this week or
next week, even should both cham
bers accept the decisions of their
conferees with little discussion.