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UP TO OWNERS TO POUCE PUNTS Department of Justice Official Says it is a Duty to Our Country. Some time ago the Perth Amboy Board of Trade was requested by the ! leading manufacturers of this city to ; ascertain what could be done to se cure the services of United States sol- | dlers to guard the large manufactur- j lng plants hereabouts. | The board at once took up the . matter and President Oliver W. I Ramsay made a trip to Washington , and interviewed officers in the de-1 partment of justice, pointing out the ! need of guards for the protection of I local industries. At the request of the department ! of Justice the trade board prepared a statement setting forth the Import •nee of the industries of this city in j supplying the government with muni- . tlons and other war materials. In | answer to this Information the fol- ι lowing letter from the department of ( justice at Washington has been re ceived by the board and given out for publication: January 10, 1918. Mr. O. W. Ramsay, Pres. Board of Trade, Perth Amboy, N. J. Sir:— In answer to your communication of December 27, 1917, dealing i7ith war industries in your neighborhood and Austro-Hungarian employe· thereof, the policy and procedure, in relation to protection of such plants, ' is as follows: The primary responsibility for safe ty regulations is upon the owners of I the piant, and it is important that there be no call on other authorities ! for such protection until and unless the owners have done all within their I power in regard to safety regulations, j This duty arises not merely from ! their own pecuniary interests, but ι also from the fact that, being owners i of plants engaged in war Industries, they have this duty to the country. Therefore, your organization can do a service by way of a survey of the aafety and fire prevention regulations Installed in these plants, calling at tention to defects found to the own ers and insisting upon their correc tion. If such procedure develops re fractory conduct on the part of the owners, or lack of cooperation, this department will be glad to assist by direct communication to the owners. Furthermore, the local police ad ministration should be looked to for all protective measures within their power. If, by reason of special conditions surrounding any particular plant, It Is not within the power of owner and local police administration to give adequate protection, then a situation exists Justifying a call for military guard. The procedure to be followed In such a situation is to lay the situa tion before the United States attorney Of the district, who under such cir cumstances is under Instructions to take the matter up -with the com manding officer of the military dis trict. This department will be pleased for information from time to time as to the progress of the program here outlined, and aa to hints as to man ner In which it can assist In carrying •uch a program to a successful con clusion. All persons concerned, own ers, police administration, civic agen cies, local federal officials, Depart- ! ment of Justice, War Department and · Navy Department will cooperate to ' produce the necessary protection. Respectfully, For the Attorney General, JOHN LORD O'BRIEN·, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. Women Collect Goodies to Send to Boys at Wrightstown By Special Correspondent. SOUTH AMBOÏ, Jan. 18.—Yester day was the day set apart by the Woman's Club of South Amboy, to col lect cakes, candies, preserves, jelleys, cocoa, etc., at the city hall, and last night, when the "goodies" were pack ed it amounted to three large cases and a large barrel. The people of the clt.v certainly did respond to this call of the Woman's Club, and from all accounts it proved very popular. The things collected were packed well In wooden cases last night, and sent to Camp Dix on the first expres; train. They were directed to Miss Blanche Durkln, Haversack Club, Wrightstown, N. J. Heretofore all desiring to send things to their rel atives or friend* In camp did so by addressing them to the soldier lad personally. Now reports show that many have never received half of the things sent them. The large table used by the Red Cross workers in city hall was com pletely filled with the donated goods, and besides that there was another table half filled. The packing was done by Mrs. Walter E. Parker, Mrs. Frederick I. Diehert, Mrs. F. M. Lit tel, and Mrs. George B. Clark. Most of these women had ibeen at the hall the entire day to supervise things, and It was not until late last night that that they left the hall, and then everything had been packed away very carefully and directed to the destination ready for the shipment this morning. A hearty round of thanks is given t>y the Woman's Club of this city, to those who gave all these things, and they also wish to advise that they will go to no other parties, than those they are Intended for. At an estimate, it is stated that about fifty dollars worth of goods were given for this purpose. The following was received by the Woman's Club: Three boxes candies, ■eventeen cans evaporated milk, twen ty-one boxes cocoa, four cans con densed milk, three cans tuna fish, one can crlsco, one can molasses, two cans syrup, two packages raisins, six packages sweet chocolate, one pack age walnuts, one can baking powder, one package wheat, six packages crackers, two cans peas, two cans clam bouillon, nine cans soup, two cans beans, five cakes of unsweetened chocolate, eight pounds flour, eight pounds coffee, two pounds tea. eight and one-half pounds sugar, and two pounds rice. This composed the fill ing of one of the large cases, while the following was put Into another case: Forty-seven glasses of Jelly and seven glasses peanut butter. Another case contained fifteen quarts and thirteen pints of preserved fruits of assorted kinds. In the barrels all the cookies, cakes, and other things were packed. Tanker Reported Sunk; Safe By United Pre*». AN ATLANTIC POUT, Jan. li— The American-Hawaiian steamship Texan which was In collision with an t«d vessel off the coast early ly is proceeding to this port un er own steam, according to · » reaching bar· to** : Theatre | News ^ , ι An Allied Program. An exceptional and attractive bill of vaudeville la being presented at the Majestic theatre. The show was put on for the first time yesterday and Is continued today and will be the bill for tomorrow as well. The acts make up what Is known as an "Allied" program, containing as it does, acts representative of and by characters from six different coun-1 tries allied In the world struggle. | Italy is represented by Rosema nnd ι Dorothy, who have a lively singing and dancing act. Australit is represented on tho bill by Spencer Charters & Company in a dandy sketch entitled, "The Her mit." England finds its way onto the program through the Three Norria Sisters, singers and dancers, who have been forformers at Maxims in New York for a solid year. | Ireland is wonderfully represented by "Desmond of the Foreign I.egion," In which the Irish tenor, Thomas ! Egan, stars, and "Is supported by a good cast in a fine playlet in two parts, with attractive music and scen ery. Belgium, the war torn, battle scarred little country Is ably repre sented in this congress of nations by the Four Belgians, who have a novel contortionist act. And last, but far from least, there is America, which is upheld by that happy couple, Qarden and Delmor, In "The Newlyweds," a skit that Is tune ful and well acted. v Monday at the Majestic. ' The attraction at tho Majcstic the atre Monday afternoon and night will bo the "Best Show in Town." The cast is headed by Frank Hunter and Bert I>ahn, two well known come dians in the burlesque world. There will also be Included in the cast Lynn Cantor, Clara Keating, Mattie DeLece and Virginia Ware, together with a beauty chorus numbering more than a score of girls. There are two portions to the pro gram, the first being a musical revue in six scenes. The concluding feat ure is a scenic burletta In five scenes. The books and lyric were provided by Billy K. Wells and the music writ ten by Hal Dyson and Raymond Β. i Food Demonstration Popular; Arouses Interest of Women The food demonstrations being held dally in the Perth Amboy Gas Light. Company'^ office in Smith street by Miss Ruth Wallis, emergency home demonstrator for this city, are very popular with the housewives. Each meeting- is on time and the office is crowded with women anxious to hear the practical advice given by Miss Wallis. One demonstration related to the extentlon of meat flavors and was particularly interesting. The demon stration on how to make a flreless cooker in the home, which Miss Wal lis gave on Tuesday caused a run on wooden butter tubs, grocers report. Yesterday's demonstration related to the use of emergency yeast bread, rye bread, corn meal bread and cooked oatmeal bread. Plan to Initiate Class of 500; W.O. W. to Swell Ranks Plans for a class initiation of 500 j candidate'for the WOodmen of ' the I World of the Perth Amboy District, have been started by the eleven camps of the order in the district. Each of the camps are naming commit tees to take care of the work of pet ting things ready for the class which will probably be held in about two j or three months. State Manager F. : O. Thompson and District Manager! Emit Frey will supervise the work ' and assist the joint committee of the eleven camps in the district in the ι campaign for the new members. Prizes will be given to the member1 bringing in the largest number of new members within the time anrt special inducements will be offered the new members. The camps in the district, includo Perth Amboy No. 19, Good will No. 81, Raritan No. 50, Slavonic No| 85, North Amboy No. 90, Liberty, No. 65. Karolyn No. 86, of this city, j Carteret No. 25 and Roosevelt No. 91,' of Roosevelt and Chrome No. 89 of, Chrome. At a meeting of Perth Am boy Camp last night at W. O. W. j hall, plans for the class initiation ι were discussed. Another Auto Device. An electric light that Is iwltched > on to Illuminate an automobile step ne j the door la opened has been patented ι by an BDgllsh inventor. j THIS WEAK, NERVOUSMOTHER Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham'e J Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health. Philadelphia, Pa.—"I was very weak, always tired, my back aehed, and I felt sickly most of the iniiiiiJI III time.' I went to a doctor and he said I bad nervous indi gestion, which ad ded to my weak condition kept me worrying moat if the time —and he •aid if I could not ■top .that, I could not get well. I heard to muchabout ..j:. γ ι ^egeubi· Com pound ray husband wanted m· to try it I took it for· week and felt a little bet ter. I kept it up for three montha, and I feel fine and can eat anything now without distress or nervousness."—Mr». > J. Worthline, 2842 North Taylor St, Philadelphia Pa. The majority of mother· nowaday· overdo, there are ao many demanda upon their time and strength; the result is invariably a weakened, ran-down, . nervous condition with headache·, back ache, irritability and depression — and soon more aerioua ailments develop. It is at auch periods in life that Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound will restore a normal healthy condition, υ it did to Mrs. Worthline. NOTICE TO MOTHERS You can quickly heal babjr's soie, chafed skin with SykM Comfort Powdn which contains antiseptic, healing ingrcoi ents not found in any other pwsery powder He at the Vlnel and etlMr Srtifl Mort Φκ- P^nks· fW * A «· VWMNl (ViW MHBuj HW· / v' F* ^ ■ ρ&Μύ .'ν'.', \·. - '"Ι". -5'· ' Letters From Local Soldiers Fort Hunt, Va., Jan. IB, 1918. Dear Sir: Seeing your item In your paper is sued January 10, which givee all the I credit to the boys of Perth Amboy for ! efficiency in drilling·, and being a ] Paterson, N. J., boy myself would like j to see that a portion of credit Is placed where it is due. Without doubt Perth Amboy has Its share of men who are able to learn their drills quickly, but out of the six squads of men at Fort Washington, twenty were from Amboy and ten from Pat erson, the balance from other Jersey towns. Each squad has an acting corporal, honors being divided be tween the two mentioned cities, "Turk" Samsoe, Vincent Eck and Pete Wight acting corporals from Perth Amboy and the other three acting corporals were from Paterson. Wight was the only one of the six with previous military training, which he received with the Home Defense League of Perth Amboy. Seventeen Amboy boys and twenty other Jersey men were transferred from Fort Washington to Port Hunt, Va., Sun day, January 13. In regards to the other boys, would say that Vause of Perth Amboy and Seifert of Paterson are our leading entertainers, playing piano and violin at the moving picture show and will play for us again at the vaudeville show tonight. The boys all do their bit at kitchen duty with the rest and Private Reimers, who was captain of the Perth Amboy quota, shows signs of advancement, being in charge of quarters for two days in succession. While acting In charge ho was ad vised to follow the example of "Turk" Samsoe in making his bed. Siie does not count in the army as may b^ seen I by example of "Turk," he being one I of the smallest and most efficient men of the National Army recruits. We all received our third inocula tion today and feel no ill effects from It Private O'Brien received his wrist ι watch from hie fellow workers in Perth Amboy and is sure proud of it. We had O'Brien's "special," ham and cabbage with plenty of potatoes, for dinner today. WILLIAM F. POTTER, Fort Hunt, Va. Private Joseph M. Dalton, who is stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, has written a letter home here to thank San Salvador Council Knights of Co lumbus for the knife and wristlets j which he received a short time ago. He states that they are both being used to good advantage, especially the knife which can be used for almost anything. Trotsky Worries Germans ZURICH, Jan. 18.—"The Russians are trying to delay proceedings and the economic and commercial confer ences are at a standstill," declared an editorial from the Frankfurter Zeitung received here yesterday. "There is a mthod in Trotsky's skill in evading essentials and turning the discussion into general theory." I Store Hours In order to con form with the requirements of the Fuel Adminis trator, this store will close every evening at β o'clock excepting Saturdays, when we shall closo at 10:30. Help the cause along by shopping during the day. During the month of January we offer hundreds of special opportunities to save you money on the purchase of fur niture. This great January sale is not confined to a few odds and ends or a few floor samples, but it does include thousands of pieccs of good substantial furniture of beautiful design for etery home. Furniture that is absolutely guaranteed from every standpoint, and while the savings in price are very substantial, we want to impress upon you the fact that all of this furniture is perfect in every way. YOU LIVE WITH THE FURNITURE—NOT WITH THE REDUCTIONS—therefore consider well the furniture upon which §ale prices are being made this month. Our Usually Liberal Credit Terms are at Your Service Cash is not necessary to secure these big bargains. W e shall be glad to open an account for you no matter how low the price and you can pay for your purchase a little every week or month, just as your income permits. FREE On entering our store, we hand you absolutely free of charge, a coin valued at $1 in a purchase of merchand ise $20.00 or over. Whether you are ready to buy any thing or not, you are welcome to j take one of these coins with you and any time dur ing the year you nake a purchase, they are worth their face value »f $1.00. Hundreds of New Axminister Rugs at Less Than Cost of Manufacturer The "hows" and "wherefores" of this sale do not matter. Suf fice to say that we have just received nearly 1,000 Axminster rugs in unusually rich and pretty designs. These rugs show small mill imperfections, in no case sufficient to hurt their appearance and looks. Sale starts tomorrow, Saturday morning. Lot 1—450 Axminster Ruge, 36 χ 70 in. Special 93.98 Actual value $6.7-5 270 Axminster Rugs, 27 χ 54 in. Special 91.60 Actual value $3.50 250 Axminister Rug Maisy 39c These mats are 18 χ 27 in. and represent the mill "cut-offs." They are nicely bound with imitation leather and are used in many homes for all kinds of purposes. Sale restricted on this lot to not over two to a customer. Xone Sold Before Saturday Morning» and None to Dealers Duofold Sofa Beds, ΪΊ Off We illustrate three of the most popular numbers that are in cluded in this sale. Your choice of mahogany, fumed oak or gol den oak finish; coverings are best grade craftsman, textile (the best substitute for real leather known to the trade). An exceptionally massive frame, extra deep seat, comfortably upholstered in "textile." Can be furnished in either golden oak or fumed oak finish. This Duofold Sofa Bed, Special $29.75 A splendid pattern in mission or fumed oak finish; frame con structed throughout of Bolid oak and the covering is a deep, rich brown Spanish leather effect. A piece of furniture worthy of any arood home. This Duofold Sofa Bed, Special $39.75 These frame» are finished in a rich mahogany color of strictly colonial design. Has extra high upholstery with spring seat and tack. Covering is of finest quality Dupont fabricold guaranteed against cracking or splitting—will wear better than most genuine leathers used today. Easy terms of weeklyor monthly payments. Odd Lots oj Dining Room Chairs, Rockers, Chiffoniers, Dressing Tables at Half Price DINING ROOM CHAIRS One, two and three of a pattern in golden oak, mahogany or Ja cobean. No dup licates at these prices. Reg. $6.00 at $3.00 Reg. $5.75 at 92Λ8 Reg. $5.50 at 92.75 Reg. $5.00 at 92.50 Reg. $4.50 at 92.25 Reg. $4.00 at 92.00 Reg. $3.50 at 91.75 Reg. $3.00 at 91-50 Reg. $2.00 at 91.00 ODD ROCKERS HALF PRICE Upholstered or saddle seat in golden oak, mahog any or fumed oak. Reg. $24.00 Rocker Rocker Rocker Rocker Rocker Rocker Reg. Reg. Reg. Reg. Reg. $18.00 $15.00 $12.00 $9.00 $6.00 912.00 90.00 97.50 90.00 94 ΛΟ 93.00 LADIES' DRESSING TABLES, HALF PRICE Birde-eye maple, golden oak, American walnut or »ahogany. Regular $45.00 .... 922.50 Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular $40.00 $35.00 $30.00 $25.00 $20.00 920.00 917.50 915.00 912.50 910.00 ODD CHIFFONIERS Birde-eye ma ple, golden oak, American walnut, Circassian walnut, ivory enamel, white enamel or mahogany. Only one of a number. No duplicates. This 4-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE, "Queen Anne" Style, Special $69.75 American Walnut, Circassian Walnut? Trench Walnut, Birds-eye Maple, Mahopany or Golden Oak. This elegant bedroom suite is only one of the many bargains we are offering in this ^ei^tment There are hundreds of beautiful completely matched up bedroom suites to choose from—all of thena reduce* from regular prices. They are guaranteed construction and beautifully finished. This elegant suite*e of fer at this special price today is one of the newest designs, consisting of full size bed, dresser, $69·75 chiffonier and toilet table. Actual value, $100. Special w Jacobean Dining Room SUITE Consi tirgOf 10 Pieces, Special Sturdily built of genuine quartered oak throughout and finished in a rich nut brown Jacobean color. The entire suite consists of buffet, china closet, extension table, serving table, five leather seat chairs and one leather seat arm chair to match. Sold on easiest terms of credit. CA Friday and Saturday only ΦΟι.Ον You Will Want a Victor Victrola In Yr-ur Home During the War In the camp*, in the trenches, on board of every ship, the Victor Vic trola is the great source of amusement. Why not have one in your home? You would not want anything nicer than to sit in your own home and listen to the wonderful music of the Victor Victrola. YOU CAN BOY THEM ON TERMS AS LOW AS $3.00 PER MONTH We charge no interest or club fees and make it so easy for you to own one that you will wonder why you did not get one sooner. OVER 1,000 NEW RECORDS HAVE JUST ARRIVED Many of them we are unable to deliver owing to the shortage of ma terial, but they are all here now and ready for you. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM Dixieland Jaaa Baa*—One-step. Livery Stable Blue· —Fox trot Victor Record 11255. 10 in.. 75c 18370 10 la- TBe Over There. One step Where Do Wt Go from Here? Fox trot 18S8S 10 la~ TBe— We're Going Over I Don't Know Where Tm Going1, but I'm On My Way 18302 10 la. . . All the World Will be Jealous of Me. That Girl of Mine 18ST8 10 I»- T5e— I've Got the Nicest Little Home In Dixie Whose Little Heart are You Breaking Now? "On ihe Corner '