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f PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
/ i'KRTH AMBoy, N. J.. TUESDAY, MAY 19 19(13 SECOND EDITIOI
/ >m|? II N". 247
TO LAV AN ADDITIONAL
WATER MAIN TO THIS CITY.
Board of Alffermen Authorized the Issuing of $80,000 Worth of Bonds
for the Construction of 24 inch Main from Runyon to South
Side ofRaritan River? Will Greatly Increase Pres
sure? Work will Be Completed by August.
Relief for the scaroity of water in
Perth Am boy is in sight. At the
meeting of the Board of Aldermen
last night a resolution was passed that
bonds be issued to the amount of
180,000 for the construction of an
additional water main from the stand -
pipe at Runyon to this city. This
new pipe will be 24 inoh main and
will be nearly double the size of the
present pipe. A resolution was also
passed providing for two new artesian
wells to be driven at Runyon, in
creasing the number to five. This
work will be completed before the
olose of the summer and work will
then be pushe<\ on the new reservoir
on this side of the river.
The recent request of the water
committee that all persons stop sprink
ling lawDs and water be used sparing
ly makes this action on the part of
the Boaid of Aldermen all the more
timely. Pefcth Amboy and South Am
boy, which gets its supply from the
same source, consume about 2,500,000
gallons of water daily. The three
wells whioh are now at Runyon have
a combined flow of 1,000,000 gallons,
the rest being secured from the stream
there. The water is brought over bj
gravity. The pressure at the south
side of the river driving the water
the rest of the way to this city. The
great quantities being used by the
faotories here, however, keep the
water so low that the pressure is not
strong enough to keep up the supply.
The bonds about to be issued for
the 24 inoh pipe are for its construc
tion only as far as the south side of
the river. There, for the present, the
flow of both pipes can be thrown into
one and the pressure will be made
many times greater, increasing the
local Bupply many times. This, it is
expected, will be completed by August.
It is not probable that the new line
will be continued under the river thi
year.
RUMMAGE SALE OPENS
FOR HOSPITAL BENEFIT.
Hospital Ladies will Raise Money
for that Institution? Cast-off
Articles Solicited.
Today the ladies of the Hospital
Auxiliary opened their tenth animal
sale. It is in the Goldberger building
in State street. All persons having
any rummage for this sale are re
quested to notify the members of the
ladies auxiliary or send a postal to
Mrs. G. D. Runyon or Mrs. Thomas
Redhing.
PREFERRED JAIL TO FINE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burke Arrested as a Com
mon Scold and Was Fined.
Elizabeth Bnrke. of Parker street,
was arrigued before Recorder Pickers
gill this morning as a common scold.
Several of the woman's neighbors
testified that Mrs. Burke made matters
so warm in her neighborhood that a
human being could not live within
hearing distance of henhouse. Sever
al times during the hearing the re
corder had to threaten to put her in
the "cooler" for half an hour to cool
her off owing to her great desire to
talk. Finally when Mrs. Burke's
turn came she threatened to get all
the witnesses who had testified against
her into another wrangle and order
was restored with difficulty.
The recorder delivered t)ne of his
famous reprimands which, it is not
likely Mrs. Burke will not soon for
get for it resulted in her being fined
$5. She said she would rather go to
jail than pay it.
Bargains in real estate are to be
found in the real estate column on
Daee 2.
Soft Shell Grabs
Boston Lobsters
I Northport Oysters
f{ Worrell's, 46 SSBt.I
PATRIOTIC SERVICES
IN BAPTIST CHURCH.
G. A R will Attend Church Sunday
Morning? Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address will be Read.
The morning services at the Baptist
ohnroh next Sunday will be appro
priate for Memorial Day. The Q. A.
R. will attend in a body. After the
sermon by the pastor. Rev. Peroy
Ferris, Mr. Samnel Garretson, com
mander of Major James H. Dandy
Post, will read Lincoln's Address at
Gettysburg.
In the evening Mr. Ferris will take
for his sermon a special text, the sub
jeot being the hospital. Miss Clara
Farrington will render a number of
selections on her violin.
LONDON WILL HELP JEWS.
better* From Kiahineff Confirm Bar
barities and Ask Help.
LONDON, May 19? Dr. Hermann
Adler, the chief rabbi, in the course of
a pastoral charge to his congregation
referred to the anti-Jewish riots at
Kisliineff. The accounts published by
the press, he said, had not exaggerated
the extent of the barbarities committed.
He had received a letter sent by a
number of leading citizens of Kisliineff
which fully corroborated what had
been published. f
The letter asked for help, for which
he made an appeal. Dr. Adler declared
that he was pleased that the Americans
were going to make representations to
the Russian government regarding the
massacres and that they were already
collecting subscriptions for the relief
of victims.
An indignation meeting of east end
Hebrews has been held here. Many of
the speakers were emigrants from
Kishlneff and, speaking in Yiddish,
made passionate protests agaiust the
authors of the outrages. A committee
was appointed to collect subscriptions
in London for the relief of the sufferers
by the riots.
Many Asplranta For Golf Honors.
EDINBURGH. May 19? The ama
teur golf championship contests have
opened at Muirfleld. There was a rec
ord entry of 132. necessitating five
days' play. Hutchlngs. the holder of
the title, was ill and therefore unable
to compete.
? ? of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
Accounts an I Individuals Solicited^
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INTEREST PAID ON [ 2 per ce?t. on $ 500 or over
DAILY BALANCES } 3 per cent, on $1,000 or over
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent at Low Rates
LIBERAL POLICY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
110 SMITH STREET, PERTH AM BOY, N. .J.
Capital | Profits | Deposits .$1,000,000
HAMII.TON V.^CItAN. ?'F V ? < >N A I ? t tip
FOR PAVING
OF STREETS.
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Ordinance is Passed and After
Assessment Commission Re
ports the People Speak.
ARE GIVEN 20 DAYS.
City A torney Hommann has Oeclared the
Remonstrance* |H?retofore Presented
Regarding Rector, Water, Washington
and Smith Streets, have been Useless
as the Commis ionrr had not Reported.
Sinoe the recent ruling of City
Attorney Hommann to the effect that
all petitions and rem on a trances in
connection with the passing of ordi
nances for the improvement of streets
are of no nse until the assessment
has been fixed, many residents of
the city have been confnsed in the
matter.
The ordinance passed by the city
council and signed by the Mayor for
the paving of Rector street with
wooden blocks, does not settle the
matter. According to the city charter
by which the proposed improvements
will be made, if at all, any person or
persons, according to Comptroller
Voorhees, may petition the city
council for a pavement on the street
on which he lives. Council may then
pass the ordinance and the assessment
commission makes a report.
After the filing of this report the
public as to say whether the ordi
nance will become a law or not and
twenty days is given them in whioh
they may make a remonstranoe. A
remonstrance must contain the names
of the majority of the property owners
upon said street under the new ruling
before an ordinance may be knocked
out.
In the case of Rector street, City
Surveyor S. J. Mason has surveyed
the street and is now preparing the
plans upon whioh an estimate and an
assessment will be made. From the
time this report. of the assessment is
filed the Rector street residents then
have twenty days in whioh to make a
remonstranoe.
Last night the city council passed
an ordinance on its first reading to
have Washington street paved with
vitrified brick. This will be put
throngh in the same manner, when
the residents of Washington street
will have the same chance to say
whether the ordinanoe shall become a
law or not.
OPPOSE WELCOME TO EDWARD.
Meeting; Turned Into n Donnjrbrook
Fair ? Many Injured.
DUBLIN, May 19.? Scenes of ex
treme disorder were witnessed at a
meeting of citizens here in the rotunda
In support of the Irish parliamentary
fund owing to the presence of members
of the Gaelic league, who are opposed
to gi : --<4 King Edward a friendly wel
come jn his coming visit to Ireland.
Timothy Harrington, lord mayor of
Dublin, was in the chair. While John
Redmond was addressing the audience
Mrs. McBride, formerly Miss Maud
Gonne, interrupted the proceedings by
asking Lord Mayor Harrington wheth
er he intended as head of the munici
pality to oppose the presentation of an
address of welcome to the king. Mr.
Harrington replied in an evasive way.
Mrs. McBride insisted on a direct an
swer, whereupon scenes of the wildest
disorder occurred and prevented John
Redmond from continuing his speech.
The members of the Gaelic league
tried to storm the platform amid cries
of "Put them out!" Fierce collisions
between the Gaelic leaguers and the
other members of the assembly ensued.
Chairs were hurled to and from the
platform, and many persons were In
jured in the desperate efforts made to
eject the disturbers and restore order.
John O'Donnell, member of parliament
for South Mayo, was badly injured in
the head during the scuffle.
John Redmond persevered in continu
ing his speech, and eventually a sem
blance of order was regained, and a
resolution in accordance with the ob
ject of the meeting was carried.
Why not have the telephone that
your friendB and neighbors have.
$18.00 a year for residences. Hudson
and Middlesex Telephone & Telegraph
Company, 70 Smith street.
2755-5-16-tf ? adv.
ARE WILLING
TO GO BACK.
Pressers at Atlantic Terra Cotta
will Return to Work if Com
pany will take all.
ITALIANSRESIQNED.
When they Found that they Caused the
strike the Italian's Left? Company now
Refuses to take all the Men Back
?Engineer and Firemen Secured? Some
of the Prefers are Working.
An effort was made to fill np the
vacancies made by the strike at the
Atlantic Terra Cotta yesterday, but it
was only partly snocessfal. An engi
neer and fireman have been secured,
however, and the factory is in opera
tion. Some of the pressers and the
plasterers are at work.
It is said that the superintendent
brought a number of non-union press
ers and finishers from New York.
When the men found that the local
pressers were on a strike, some went
to work, while others refused.
When Mr. Norman Grant, the man
ager of the works, was seen by a
News reporter yesterday afternoon, he
refused to answer any questions in re
gard to the strike. He told the re
porter that he could jadge for himself
whether the plant was working or
not.
Although the strikers Lave been
very quiet and orderly since they left
their work, the teria cotta people
have asked for police protection and
yesterday three policemen were on
duty at the gate and would let no one
pass through without a pass from the
office. Police captain Naughton, of
Stapleton, who has oharge of the
police of the entire island, was at the
terra cotta factory yesterday to see if
the police department could handle
the strike, but no trouble is feared.
When one of the pressers was seen
by a {Tews reporter yesterdav, he said :
"When the pressers first left their
places it was because the company
wanted to employ Italian laborers in
the pressing department. When the
two Italians, who were employed,
found that they were causing consid
erable trouble, they resigned their
position. Now we have a committee
of men to wait on Mr. Grant in re
gards to the trouble. We are willing
to return to work in a body but the
companv sav they are willing to em
ploy some of us, and aome they will
not take back. If we cannot go back
all together, we remain out."
HAD FIVE FATAL WOUNDS.
Gx-Lirntrnunt Uorernor Killed In
Street Shooting.
THIliODKAUX. l,a? May 19.-A
shooting affray which resulted In the
dentil of former Lieutenant Governor
Clay Knoblock occurred on Main stretf.
The affair created Intense excitement.
The shooting was done by .Tames Ga
rault, a barber, in a section of Main
street usually crowded, but as the hour
was wirly few people were on the
street. Several witnesses of the shoot
ing were found, but they refused to
talk further than to say that Garault
shot in self defense.
The men were seen talking together,
when suddenly Knoblock drew his re
volver. It appeared that he experi
enced some trouble with the weapon,
and the cartridges failed to explode.
Before Knoblock could make another
attempt to shoot Garault whipped out
his revolver and opened Are. That his
aim was true was established by the
autopsy held by the coroner, who
found tive wounds in the dead man's
body. Any one of the wounds would
have proved fatal.
Garault surrendered to the authori
ties immediately, but It is believed he
will be allowed bond.
Henry Clay Knoblock was a native
of La Fourche parish. He served as
lieutenant governor under Governor
Samuel D. McEnery, now United
States senator.
Rose Royal,
Fruit, Nectar ,
Fruit Charlotte.
The New Drinks, served with
Crushed Fruits and Ice Cream,
Five Cents, a* our Fountain.
Parisen's Prescription Pharmacy.
HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH
STOLEN COODS OF VALUE.
Local Police Make Important Find in House on Front Street? Letter
from New Haven, Conn- Led to the Recovery of the Goods.
House has been Watched for Some Time but
no Clue was Received.
The suspicion of Chief Burke that
the house occupied by Mm. Mary
Bowe, on Front street, opposite Hall's
lumber yard, contained stolen goods,
was proyen when he received a letter
from New Haven, Coun., this morn
ing inquiring if any of the goods on
the stolen yacht "Pinochle" had the
letter B upon them. The result was
that Chief Bnrke and his assistant,
Detective Huff, recovered from the
Front street house over $2,000 worth
of property believed to have been
stolen, including mnch silverware,
valuable clothing, furniture and many
other articles of house furnishings.
The clue which led to the recovery
of to muoh stolen stuff Chief Burke
refuses to tell. It may be that be
cause Mrs. Bowe, better known as
Mary Ann Tagg, of South Amboy, has
disappeared. She has been missing
since Saturday.
For a week past Chief Burke has
been watohing the place constantly
with the hope that they might obtaii^
some clue as grounds on whioh the
stuff might be seized. The author
ities even had Mrs. Bowe arrested the
other night while thev went through
the house with the hope of obtaining
some clue. They noticed that some
of the silverware had the letter "B"
engraved upon it, so that when the
letter already mentioned was received
and mentioned this and many other
artioles, which the polioe knew were
there, a truck was taken to the house
and everything transferred to police
headquarters.
The letter, whioh is signed by Mra.
M. B. Burger of Lay Brook Point,
Conn., says that robbers, presumably
in boats, prowling.ia the Connecticut
river during last month, looted a
number of houses at Fenwiok Farm.
Among the goods at Polioe Head
quarters are two valuable Frenoh
clocks; a silver plate and ice pitcher
with letter B ; two sets of plated silver
knives, forks and spoons and many
articles of ladies clothing in velvets
and silk.
Other artioles of silver bear the
letter M. , while many others have no
mark for identification. There is also
a'oomplete china set. There is a sil
ver imitation bottle, on one side in
big letters is engraved "Segars,'*
while on the other is the initials of
the New York Yacht Olub with the
word "Aoting" above the initials.
^t this time the polioe have no idea
whi* stole the goods, in fact practical
ly nothing about them exoept to say
tha are stolen and time will tell the
rest. They hope to arrest Mrs. Bowe
in a short time when no doubt the
present tcvstery will be cleared up by
her. \
McCLELLAN'S MEETING.
The members of Geo. B. McOlellan
Hose Company No. 8 are requested to
be present at a meeting to be held in
their honse in State street tonight.
The meeting will be called at 7.30
o'clock.
LOCAL ITEMS.
The Ladies Sewinsr Society of St.
Stephen's Danish Lutheran church,
will meet at the home of Mrs. Peter
son, corner of Oak and Smith street,
Thursday evening.
John Henry, of Trenton, is visiting
his brother, Dr. Frank C. Henry, of
State street.
Mr. J. A. Lind has purchased the
property at 21 East avenue from
Tlierkelsen & Brown and has erected
a new shop for his stairbuilding busi
ness which he will occupy shortly.
Mrs. G. W. Tyrrell is expected
home from the south the latter part
of this week.
Raymond Price, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Price, is recovering from a
severe attaok of appendicitis.
Mrs. Amelia Mount and daughter
Nettie returned yesterday from a visit
with friends in Brooklyn.
The mail schedule changed yester
day. The corrected time for arrivals
and departure will be found in the
News today.
Peter Floersch, proprietor of the
Packer House, and Neil Nielson left
today for Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Clifford McGregor, of Gordon street,
has a position in J. Weinberg's cloth
ing store.
Miss Marion Wilhelm has returned
to her home on Broad street, alter a
several weeks visit in Bangor, Pa.
William Zigenfuss, of Oak street, is
in New York today.
Daniel O'Brien has position as
driver with the Adams Express Com
pany.
Smith & Hoffner, the Smith street
barbers, are having their shop re
papered.
Real Estate advertising in the Even
ing News brings results.
rev. dr. Mead spoke
'on "IDEAL EP^RTHIAN"
As Close of CatBb^fibn*'tf)?^TPWort>! ...
League, Meeting held in Simp
son M. E. Church.
Rev. Dr. C. L. Mead, of Hoboken,
spoke at the meeting of the Epworth
League in Simpson M. E. church last
night. He took for his subject "The
Ideal Epworthian," telling how a
| member of the league should build up
a strong character all through his life.
On account of the hot weather only a
[fair sized congregation was present.
LEMON SOCIAL TONIGHT
Tonight a lemon sociable will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
D. Rnnyon on High street. It will
be under the direction of the depart
ment of Mercy and1 elp of the Ep
worth League of Simpson M. B.
church. A good entertainment lias
1 been prepared after which refresh
ments will be served. The money
made at the sooiable will go toward
buying necessary things for the needy
of PerthA mbov.
i Jewfled C'rons For Oli*hop Connty. *
TAUNTON, Mass.. May 19.? A com
plimentary banquet was given to the
Right Rev. Rlshop Thomas J. Conaty,
who was assigned to the diocese of
Los Angelas, C'ai., in the close of his
work as rector of the Catholic uni
versity at Washington. An incident
of the evening was the presentation
of a pectoral cross of gold to the bish
op which is set with a large diamond
and circled with other precious stones.
Alleared Yankee Sharp Practice.
LONDON, May 19.- Replying to a
| question in the house of commons dur
ing the day, the Irish secretary, Mr.
1 W.vndham, said complaints had been
j made to the department of agriculture
1 that low grade American butters were
I being packed in Irish firkins and aokl
as Irish butter and that other foreign
produce was being sold in England aa
Irish. The complaints, however, were
of too general a character to enable
the department to act.
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WEATHER.
The forecas* received at the local Signal
Station is for fair and warmer to-night and
to-morrow.
Read the real estate advertising
column on page 2, today.