Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], December 24, 1918, LAST EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

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Oppose Return Of German Colonies
#-*. wl/gmf.S MASjfiy 1 GBAI. LOUfS aOTMA . I
PARIS. Dec. 24: —Three strong
v«d< es tn the pence congress will op
pose return of Germany's former col
onies to Germany.
They aro tha voices of William SI.
Hughes, premier oX Australia; Wil
liam Massey, premier of New Zea
land. and General ]<ouis Botha, pre
mier of South Africa heads of eclf
governitig British nation*.
Hughes when he reached England
declared he cared uot who ruled the
Pacific islands »r> long a* Germany
was kept out. Now he asks control
by Australia because of her war sac
rifices and foi the national safety of
the island and continent.
Massey and Botha are less out
spoken, but ns strongly ngulust Ger
many.
One plan proponed is rule by inter
national commission.
Such a government may even apply
to colonial possessions of other na
tion* held for exploitation. This
would lessen danger of International
complies!ion*. Another plan is for
lias! centers of international control.
Most of the Africa*) territory dom
inated by European powers is unlit
for habitation of white men and Is
d< sired not for real colonization, but
for its natural products or for min
ts ry and naval fan sea.
But there is the military menace
or Urge bodies of native troops fight
ing for the government which domi
nate* them.
German East Africa haa an area
equal to that of Texas and Now Me«i
co.
The German* have euconraged
grazing and before the war the colony
had 10.000.000 head of cattle, sheep
and goats. A railroad acroas the col
ony haa been built and a system of
highway* established sine© th© Oerr
mnns acquired It In 1900. Imbber.
coffee and minerals ar© th© chief
natural wealth.
The Cameroon was mostly ceded
to Germany In 1911 when the Fran
co-Go man Morocco dispute was set
tled. It has about the area of Wyom
ing, Colorado and Ctah combined.
The country Is swampy, th© climate
bad and the jungles hard to pene
trate, but the coast i« rich soil for
rubber and cocoa and ebony. Gold
and Iron are other products.
Togo, on the Guinea coast, is no
larger than Indiana. Palms, coffee,
cocoa and kola are it* chief commer
cial offerings.
German southwest Africa ta a more
desirable region. But though it has
a climate suitable for white people,
it-i rainfall is fo scanty as to make Its
soil infertile and it lack* harbors.
Stock raising is the nearest to agri
cultural development here. Copper,
diamonds, gold, asbestos and graphita |
are among Its natural product*.
It is In tUa region that the most
brutal treatment of native popula
tions hr Germans is recorded, treat
ment which goes far to determine the j
victors over Germany that she shall
not rule people of other racee. Her ■
efforts to exterminate Bushmen and
Hottentot* have been net ferth a*
length In sworn testimony collected
by the British high rommlsaiou.
As to the German colonies 111 tha
Partflc, thair real value Is as naval
bases, and Australia nnd New Zea
land have no desire to see German
naval bases In nearby water*.
German New Guinea has a most
unheaJthfnl ctlmate but It does pos
sess valuable tropical woods and rub
ber. Close to It are the Bismarck
archipelago and the Solomon Islands
in a little better atate of economic
development.
North from New Guinea the Caro
line and Marshall Island prod nee
copra, cotton, coffee and rubber, san
dalwood and tortoise Shell come from
these islands.
The Samoa islands which were
divided between Germany and the
ini ted States In 1889 hhve a more
civilized population than other Ger
man colonial possessions. Valuable
cocoa and rubber plantations flourish, j
“Y” Provides Physical \
St, Recreation For Boys
liOXJiO.V, He*. i’J The athletic de
partment of tl>e American Y. M. C. A.
In the t inted Kimtr.m dtatrib ited
among tlic Amerhran mltjiers and sail
ors there located during th# past few
months 2r.,t30 pieces of athletic
equipment nr.d indoor social games.
The athletic equipment was the big
gest item of the lot, including all '
pieces w'th the exception of sour
3.4 66 gnme* of dominoes, checkers,
etc. Th.*s distribution provided mate- )
rial foT some 70 army camps *uvd m
vrl base.*; in the British Islca and was
principally responsible for the in*-o- ;
ductio.i of American sports to mil
lions of British people.
With 160 teams in play, biaeital]
naturally t*>ok the lead among the
eports thus provided for. For this
game there was distributed 600 pairs
trousers; 600 pairs of sto-.\k.u;;a;
S*C0 caps; 2.000 inhelders gloves; 3.000
bats; 330 catcher's gloves; 36o m »sks;
T60 first ba«* gloves; iiOO bases; 400
IQ r net hack stops, a total of
Jdeoes. This does not include pieces
constructed out of makeshift urAwial
by Y. M. <\ A. athletic director* in
direct chary*' of camps. Nor docs jt
take into consideration the laying oat
iind building of athletic plant* at,
camps by Y. directors.
With 100 tcuin* in play, football I
come* lVxt. Kor this sport ihera were'
distributed 508 footballs; 2,000 pair*
of football trouaers; 2.086 Jetwsys; S.
008 fiairs of shoes, a total of 5.500
pieces. Foot hat 1 also eallrst for the
construction of several good posts
which in most er.*i*s were const rutted I
by enlisted men with material fur-»
Dished by the government under the I
direction of the Y. director, insuring*
official a ''curacy in every detail.
While boxing is one of the major
sports promoted by the American Y.
M. C. A. among the Yankee fighting
men in the British Isle*, there were
but 500 piecec of equipment distrib
uted for this upoit. These were 500 ■
set* of boring glove*.
For truck sports 3,780 pieoes were
given out ;for basketball, 2,250; tor
tent'in. 800; for wrestling 106 mat*;
for indoor basebnll, 200: for volley (
ball. 100.
Other games, which come under
the Y. M. t\ A. recreative prusrant.;
were provided as follows: Checkers.
1.000 games; chess. 800; dominoes.;
3.000; deckqiioits, 200; 1-udo, 380;
l.'Attaqne. 150; Tactics. 200.
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Theatre News
HITMAN.
The attraction at the Ditinaa tomm.
few ami Thursday art!! t>e Nermti Tul
i nailer in tier latest Select IVtHrr,
'hr Otly Way," in which Mias Tal
rnadge t> presented by Joseph M
Sciienek.
"Her i.t'il. Way" tells the story el
l.uoille \\e ,tb! oak < Norma Tulnutdgel
who in yi l out of hoarding school and
1* return.: u l<> her small home town.
Who. he ie»ichei; home, lier gttai
lilMii n ii» lmr that her smut* fortune
Juts IflvcJ her ever since flirt were
nretorod. '.lie home of her family will
be lost, a. rt us u solution reminds hei
that Haul Belmont. who wishes to
marry tier is a rich man.
Torn bet wee a what site considers
duty to her dead father and Iter love
for Jo Marshall, u young man who
has lover her ever since they were
Children, she is in a state of indet'islon
although ‘.lie day upon wliihcli she hai.
pi ionised Ueimont his answer lisa ar
rivod.
iVhat happens then i* best told on
the screen and we won't give It away.
Lane’s Rjliabilitatmn Program
UnworksMe hi M. J. Says Edge
’fttK-VJ'ii.V, liec. “4.—Iteplyint (« a
letter fro..' ITaoJtHn Luna, secretary
of the i: tc;i-r. iudoaiug Lite draft o!
« proposed hill for roopt nation be
tween 1li- : tates and tile government
to provide employment and home* for
men who have served In the war. Gov
ernor Edge declared that the ldan is
unworkable in New Jersey from u fin
ancial atnndpoint- The form of the
bill is one proposed to provide mean,
to the various states to procure con
trol of land that may be divided into
farms for returning soldiers nud sail
ors
"It would be necessary for the state
to go into debt in order to Usance
such a proposition and our constitu
tion prohibits such a course,” said tbe
governor in his letter. He suggested
that the national government acqutre
land within this state for this purpose
ai d that the state be charged with the
responsibility of creating a board or
empowering a department to cooper
ate with the government in the ad
ministration of the plan.
Ooust Guard suffers Injury.
Charles Trask, eighteen years old,
one of the Coast Guards, who was on
kitchen duty, slipped and fell yester
day afternoon when he was carrying a
■tack of dishes from the mess hall Into
the kitchen and sustained several min
or lacerations on his legu
He was taken to the city hospital lu
■n ambulance and was there attended
fey I>r. Nullity.
Pardons Court Grants 96
Paroles t« State Prisoners
I luring a session which openod
November IS and concluded late yes
terday the Court of Pardons exam
ined 404 application* for clemency
for the November term and granted
» total of ninety -six priaon and peni
tentiary paroles and four applications
for clemency for i Itiaenshlp.
Tiiis is the smallest percentage of
relearns made iu many term* and it
v. oiild l>e much smaller only for the
large number of penitentiary appli
cants who were discharged practical
ly because their terms had already
expired and they were merely held on
account of I'Oits. The same thing
applied la the prison where only ,
fifty-two out of *14 applicant* wore
pranted an Immediate parole and In
many of these cases their term* had
already expired or would expire with
in a shot! period. Twenty-four other*
will be released on Lne expiration of
their term* and paroles were also
granted to thirteen inmate* of the
Kmex county penitentiary a»d seven
in the Mercer county workhouse.
Five young hoy* were released from
the reformatory on the recommenda
tion of tiie Board of Managers as au
thority to grant paroles except on
expiration of minimum hi no louger
vested in that institution. The boys
were charged with a alight offense,
taking an automobile and operating
vxine w ithout the consent of the own
er. . j
Milldicsex County
Thoms* K acini o. ca-rnal abuse;
kohis O. Kelly, assault, intent to kill:
Christian Kknurlass. carnal abvi.se.
Monmouth Cowoty
Winfield FTngley. larceny from per
son; Peter Sagaaki. stealing.
Over One Ttuusud Dollars in
W. S. S. Sold in Last Two Days
The committee in charge of the war
buying and thrift stamp booth at the
corner of State and Smith streets, an
nounced that th* sale of stamps on
Saturday had amounted to **74 and
on the day preceedmg. *67* was re
alized from tire sale of stamps.
The committee has also sold quite a
number of the small Christmas folders
with a place for the Insertion of a
war saving stamp, *nd they suggest
these as a imilablo Christmas gift for
people, who at the last moment don't
know Inst what to give a friend u* a
present.
The new Issue will l>e released on
January 1. The price of the new lasue 1
[of war saving stamps will be $4.12 and
the stump* will mature In 1*24 and be
worth $S to the holder.
AND SPEEDS AWAY
Maid at Physical Culture City
Badly Injured--Police Search
for Autoist
HKDMKTTA, Dec. 24—A maid em
ployed at the home of Joseph Bren
nan, Hr., In the settlement known us
Physical Culture City." near tlila place
was struck by u speeding automobile
last -night shortly before 6 o’clock and
waa left for dead alongside the road
way.
The car made its get-away before
its Identity became known, but the
police have a description of the ma
chine that Is owned by a party near
this borough and expect to have him
in custody before nightfall.
No one seems to know the name of
the woman and her Identity Is shroud
ed in mystey. In her semi-conscious
moments she said her name was Mary
Olesou.
William Granger, who runs a bus
between Spotswood and rielmetta, saw
the form in the rood way and picked
her irp, a mass of cuts and brulaes
and took her to the home of Xlayer
elect Peter Bohwol-Kert, at Spots
wood.
An ambulance from St. Teter’s hos
pital, New Brunswick, took her to
that Institution, where is was thoug’ja
she was suffering from injuries that
may prove fatal.
The injured woman was returning,
from Spotswood to her home with a
package of groceries. Being slightly
deaf she always took dangerous risks
In traveling the roads. A car- waa seen
coming through this place with ce
res ion running board and tills mate
rial was among some of her pur
chaaes.
A campaign against driver* running
without lights will be waged by the
boroughs of Spotswood. Helruetta
and Jomesburg as a result of this ac
cident
PAUL LEVjNEWOUNOED
Well Known local Boy Was Reported
Missing.
Bn inwiai(4 Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. J4.—Today’s
supplementary casualty list includes
the name of Paul Ijevtue. 20* New
Brunswick ovenue. Perth Amboy,
among those wounded slightly, pre
viously reported missing in action. .
For Croup. “FIS* nog msb" Coughs
J4 T. Davis, leading merchant of
Bearsvllle. W. Va.. writes: "A few
nights ago one of rur patrons had a
small child taken with croup about
midnight. Came to my store and got
Foley's Honsv and Tar Compound. Be
fore morning the child entirely recov
ered. Parents can’t say enougli for
Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold every
where.—Adv.
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Man Win Droie Car lint
Killed Boy, Out on S3,OOO Ball
UsrWrt Tnsaa. of 17 .7ef6er»oa
street. who while driving his autemo
bile along Smith treat near Maple
street, ran ever and so badly injured
Henry Herds, eight yeare old. of Jtl
I-aurle street, on Saturday afternoon
that child died later In the city hos
pital. wa* taken to New Brunswick
yesterday afternoon by Detective Ser
geant I.ong, where he wa* arraigned
before Judge Daly, who fixed ball at
two.
Bail was furnished by a friend.
An Investigation by the police of
the accident proves beyond doubt that
It was no fault of Trust that tire
child was fatally Injured. The child
was playing on tha aide walk wBen
Truax drove along In hts machine and
without warning ran Into the middle
of the road directly in the path of the
automobile, and before the driver
could stop his machine had been
knocked down anil Injured.
Rainbow Dhfision Rwnmanrtw
Hurt In Fall From Aeroplane
By ilniMtaMi Pram.
PARI*. Dae 24 (Hava*)— -The oaai
(tttlnn rtf Major G carnal Oarlm DJ
Rhode*, who waa Injured in the fall aT
nn aeroplane aA Gaavraa. northeast
of Parte, Monday afternoon, shewed:
great fmprnvemfnt during the night.
In the accident, the pilot of the ma
chine, who waa a ftrtttrti cdReer, waa j
killed.
The pilot, hampered by the fog. lost
bis bearing and was trying to avoid,
landing In the heart of the city whan
his machine wa* hurled down heavily
General Rhode* was taken to tke hoe
pltal at T.ouvres and te now In the
American hospital in Paris.
Major General Rhodes Is head bf th#
American armistice commission and
wwa the flrut American officer to enter
the German Unes after the German ar
mistice. He formerly commanded the
42nd or ' Rsml.o,' ' division.- I
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y/UH All Kind
Thoughts and Good
Wishes For Christmas
and the Coming Year.
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TODAY
EDITH ANTONIO
ROBERTS MORENO
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“Set Free” ‘The IronTest’
Full of Thrills and
A Blue Bird Production Adventure
TOMORROW—GRAND HOLIDAY BILL
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in “ Reaching £MeonM
A Paramount Production—Also “Hune and Hyphens”—A j
t«o-part Big T Corned}-.
THURSDAY . FRIDAY
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG i MARY PICKFORD
—IN— -IN—_
‘ THE REASOH WHY ” THE LITTLE PRINCESS'”
SATCRDAV—WM. S. HART IN “THE HARROW TRAIL"
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Wishes AU Its Friends and Patrons A Merry Christmas
OCR ATTRACTIONS FOR TOMORROW AND THURSDAY
NORMA TALMADGE
With EUGENE O’BRIEN In
“Her Only Way”
Six Parts Six Part*
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
The American Red Cross The O Henry Film Oorpera
Presents tion Presents j
RKBUILDING ‘MARMON AMD
BROKEN LIVES” _ _
Showing what the Red Croas THE ARCHER”®
is doing in France biftt- ^ delightful comedy drama
ting the wounded soldiers , _T „ , ■ ... .
to be independent after of Ne* York ">e«* tkat
| they are discharged from scored a tremendous sue
the army. cess at the Rialto, N. Y.
TOMORROW—CONTINUOUS—2.15 TO 11 !
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Perth Am boy a Moat Popular Picture Boom
COUNIHAN & SHANNON’S _
STRAND
House Beautiful fkt Temple of First Run Photo Plays
Today and Tomorrow
“SELFISH YATES’*
Starring
WILLIAM S. HART
Also Pathe Weekly and Comedy—Continuous Performance
Tomorrow, Christmas Day j
_^M———————
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
The U. S. Government Presents the Second Official War Picture
“AMERICA’S ANSWER”
t The Visualised story of America's First Year in the World War j
“FOLLOWING THE FLAG TO FRANCE"
Offered by the Division of Films
Committee on Public Information, George Creel, Chairman
Taken by the U. S. Signal Corps, A. E. F., by order of General '
John J. Pershing
It is your duty as well as your privilege, to see
“ AMERICA V ANSWER’’
Usual Prices for Both Above Big Shows This Week
Coming THEDA BARA in "Why Women Sin and (
“UNDER fOUR HAGS”
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PERTH AMBOY’S THEATRE OF VARIETIES
OOUNIHAN A SHANNON’S
nAJESTIC
Today and Tomorrow
Harold Lockwood
IN
A Screen Classic in. 6 Parts
And Big All Star Vaudeville—4 Acts 4
GRAND CHRISTMAS MATINEE TOMORROW
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Change of Program—All New Vaudeville and Pictures
Next Week, Monday, December 30th
The 20th Century Maids
SEATS ON SALE NOW
Tuesday, December, 31st, Matiaee and Night
SELWYN & CO., PRESENTS
“NAUGHTY Wire'’
A Rip Roaring Farce Comedy After a Six Months
| Run On Broadway i
Seats on Sale Thursday