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10 Per Cent Reduction Seems
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P* WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—Having
*• agreed on elimination of the soda
P fountain, ice cream and luxury tax
• on wearing apparel and fifty per
cent cut on sporting goods. House
ways and means committee today
returned to the job of revenue revi
sion determined to make further re
duction in the total tax, the Amerl
| can people will be called upon to
; pay this year.
A fifty per cent reduction in
transportation rates, both passenger
and freight, seems certain. Mem
bers claim repeal of excess taxes
and sur taxes should be delayed
to January 1.
The total loss of revenue in cut
ting transportation taxes was esti
mated at $260,000,000 or less than
the loss entailed this year through
making repeal cf excess and higher
Income taxes retroactive to last to
January 1. It was also brought out
that cutting off of levy on freight
and passenger, would be a big help
to business.
Formal agreement among major
ity members as to the total necessary
to run the government this fiscal
year has not been made and it is
said further cuts may await an
agreement on this amount.
Having been excluded from parti
cl.-ation in the framing of the bill.
Democratic members of the commit
tee are giving independent study to
the revision question. Representative
Kitchin, Democratic leader who is
detained at his home by illness, is
being kept Informed on public hear
ings.
Representative Garner of Texas,
the ranking Democrat on the ways
and means committee in the absence
of Mr. Kitchin, came out for full re
peal of transportation taxes and
"nuisance” tax, including 10 per cent
tax on bottle of soft drinks.
The Texas member is also of the
opinion that a greater return can
be received from back taxes than
the treasury announces.
SEES DEFEAT OF PLAN TO
ADD TO HOUSE MEMBERS
TRENTON, Aug. 9.—Congressman
: Amos M. Radcliffe, of Paterson, who
£ls still a member of the State Fish
; and Game Commission, visited the
2 State House yesterday afternoon.
|f ' declared that the outlook is that
i the bfil~increasing the membership
j #f the House of Representatives at
^Washington from 435 to 465. will not
5become a law. He also stated that
i the New Jersey congressmen will
v closely scrutinize any redistricting
Jibill proposed for this state. Under
Jthe proposed increase in the House
$ membership New Jersey would gain
|Jtwrf) Congressmen.
U .✓'Fallowing the new Federal census
-d^it is necessary for congress to pass
g»an act fixing the proportion of popu
k lation each representative in the
lower branch shall represent. At
M the last session the House voted
against any increase in its member
| ship, but recently the bill increasing
#the number of members to 4 65 was
f re-introduced.
% *‘I do not believe the hill will
’ pass,” said Congressman Radcliffe.
$ “If it should become a law a num
&■ her of present congressmen would
be legislated out of office, because it
i would change district lines. In
some cases the only way the con
| gressmen could remain In the House
‘ would be to remove into the new dis
trict and run there. Besides that,
there seems to he considerable op
position to increasing the member
ship on the ground that the House
: is unwieldy enough at present.”
i v Congressman Radcliffe was asked
his opinion of the redistricting plan
* for this state recently proposed by
the Republican leaders. He said
he had not looked into it very much,
; but certainly any plan seriously pro
posed would have the strictest scru
tiny of the present congressmen.
! “We have the most at stake and
of course, we will have something to
say about it,” he said.
The proposed redistricting was
based on giving this state two new
congressmen and two additional
congressional districts, making four
teen. It cut up some of the coun
ties now included wholly within one
district so that they would have
•■arts in two separate districts, Cam
den and Burlington being among
them.
COWS MUST STOP EATING
CITY’S FLOWERS—FRANKE
The roses and grass grown at the
municipal lighting plant are prov
' ing to be irresistiblo temptations to
several cows owned by residents in
the vicinity, and to keep the scenery
around the plant from being marred
by the hungry marauders it has been
' necessary to summon the owners to
' the police court for warnings accom
* panied by penalties.
' Lately the beasts have been at it
again and intervention has followed
the state of armed, though active,
? neutrality on 'he part of the protec
tors of the lawn and rose bushes.
Charged with allowing their cows to
trespass on city property to the peri!
• of the roses and grass. Rose Peter,
of 448 Convery Place, and Mary Pa
lechak, cl 455 Convery Place, were
arraigned before Acting Recorder
Stephen F. Somogyl in the police
court this morning, fined $25 each.
City Electrician Jay B. Franke was
the complainant in tho case.
Protesting that they were unable
to pay the fine, the two were de
tained in custody to think the matter
over.
Postpone Murder Case
fBy The Associated Press.1
NEW YORK, Aug. 9:—The ease
of Miss Olivia Stone. Cincinnati
nurse charged with the murder of
Ellis Kinkead, was postponed until
Thursday following arraignment to
day. The shooting took place in
Brooklyn last Thursday. Counsel
indicated her defense probably would
b^ temporary Insanity.
i KILLS GIRL; WOUNDS HER
SISTER IN JEALOUS RAGE
SYRACUSE, Aug. 9—Frank Sa
ger, twenty-nix cf Oneida, shot and
killed Miss Pearl Hook and serious
ly wounded her sinter .Bernice, at
Oneida today. Sager who was en
gaged to marry Miss Bernice, then
killed himself. The shooting is be
lieved to have been actuated by
jealousy.
IMPROVEMENTS
E
Township Committee Author
izes Paving, Water and
Sewer Extensions
[By Evening New« Correspondent.]
WOODBR1DGE, Aug. 9.—The
Woodoridge township coifimittee at
its session last night passed ordin
- ances on first reading authorizing
several improvements including lay
ing of sidewalks, sewers, water ex
tensions and paving.
A petition was filed requesting that
Fulton street be paved and the en
gineer was authorized to go ahead
with preparations of specifications
and advertisements for bids. George
H. Brown was appointed as inspector
on this job.
Ordinances authorizing the fol
lowing improvements were passed
upon first reading: Myrtle avenue,
sidewalk; Grove street, sewer; Cor
nell street, Fords, paving; Third
iell street, Fords, paving; Third
Fords, paving; Avenel sewer exten
sion; commercial avenue, Fords,
water extension; William street,
Fords, water extension; Mereline
avenue. Fords, sewer; Fairfield ave
nue, Fords, sewer; Grant avenue,
Fords, sewer. The engineer was In
structed to advertise for bids for
these improvements, same to be re
ceived August 22.
Enoch Harris was appointed dog
catcher, his duties to commence
August 16. All dogs must be reg
istered and muzzled with a wire
muzzle or else they can be taken by
the new township dog catcher.
Recorder Ashley reported fines
amounting to $167.80 taken in during
the month of July. The Port Read
ing Fire Company was granted per
mission to hold a carnival during the ,
| week of August 22.
The bond W. A. Ryan for the
Fords street paving was accepted as ‘
was the bond of W. G. Fritz Com
pany for the water extension at Ave
nel. A note for $20,000 and another (
for $45,000 were discounted. The (
improvement commissioner was di
rected to place assessments on the j
improvements including the Fords ,
sewer. B street sewer. Avenel sew- -
or and the New Brunswick avenue
pa.ing. j
An emergency note for $1,500 was t
issued to pay the cost of paving Ross t
street from St. George avenue to No. j
11 School. i
Wire News
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—John
Schpakenberg, sixty, a night watch
man in a Brooklyn grocery store,
was killed in a fight with burglars
today. He was beaten to death with
an iron bar, after being tied. A
safe containing $3,000 was not
broken into.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—A police in
vestigation was under way in con
nection with the disappearnce of
$100,000 worth of jewels while the
Twentieth Century Limited was
speeding toward Chicago.
Max Levy reported a brief con
taining the jewels was taken from
under his pillow.
LONDON, Aug. 9.—The Spanish
disaster in Morocco, is of such a na
ture as to preclude the Spaniards
fromVregaining control of their lost
territory, according to reports pass
ing the Spanish censorship. It is said
they retain no territory in the East
ern Morocco territory.
Melilla with its citadel is in a
strong position and the experts say
the Spaniards should be successful in
holding themselves there.
LAKE CHARLES, La., Aug. 9: —
Efforts to identify any of the fifteen
men killed in a railroad accident at
Reeves, yesterday, have been unsuc
cessful. The bodies of the men were
burned .so badly that even their
color is unknown.
DETROIT, Aug. 9:—A proposal to
request the government to investi
gate meat packers throughout the
United States will be considered at
the Master Butchers Association
here today.
LINDSAY. Aug. 9.—General Sir
Sam Hughes, former Canadian min
ister of militia, was very near death
early today. His physician did not
think he would live several hours.
Sir Sam rallied during the fore
noon and conferred with members of
his family.
MADRID. Aug. 9.—Spanish forces
continued to hold positions south of
Mell.la, Morocco, where they have
been resisting determined attacks of
rebellious groups.
Mexican General Killed
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9:—'General
Jose Alessio Robles, brother of the
Mexican minister to Spain and to
the editor of the newspaper El Dem
ocrato, was shot and killed last
evening. Five armed men took part
in the attack.
Held As Rum Ship
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The schooner Henry Tj. Marshall, captured outside of the three-mile
limit off Barnegrat, N. J„ by U. S. officers who state that they confls
cated 1,200 cases of liquor,
Three Generations of Rockfellers
Three generations of the world'« richest family, John D. Rockefell er, Sr., John D„ Jr., and sons of the
latter, snapped at Roscoe, N. Y., where the Rockefellers usually spend part of the summer months.
Police Say They Are Still
Probing Briegs and Gav
ronsky Robberies Here
While no arrests have been made
in the case of the two robberies oc
curring in the city on Tuesday night,
August 2, the local police are still
conducting their investigation and
are able to report progress in the
apprehension of the robbers, it is
said by Lieutenant Lawrence A.
Long, of the detective department.
On the night mentioned above
thieves entered the establishments
of Louis Briegs on Smith street and
Morris Gavronsky on State street,
stealing a large number of coats
and suits, together with a consider
able amount of haberdashery.
It is not believed that the two
robberies are in any way connected,
the authorities being of the opinion
that a man and a woman pulled the
job at Gavronsky’s, while two men
robbed Briegs’ place. A man and a
woman were seen inspecting Gav
ronsky’s store at frequent intervals
during the afternoon before the rob
bery, it is said, and the twro entered
the store, ostensibly to buy. They
were even seen to go around to the
back of the store and examine the
rear of the premises.
In the case of the robbery of
Briegs’ clothing store, the police
have a well founded theory as to
the identity of the thieves. The
men’s movements have been traced
positively till a late hour on Tuesday
night. Since then they have not been
seen in the city, but it is expected
that new phases in the situation will
develop.
PERTH AMBOY LIQUOR GASES
POSTPONED FOR WEEK
TBy Evening News Staff Correspondent.]
NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9:—
Although tomorrow is the regular
day for the sitting of Judge Daly as
a magistrate in the settlement of
cases involving violations of the
state liquor laws and several cases
from Perth Amboy were listed for
hearings, advices received this morn
ir.g from the Perth Amboy police
department indicate that their cases
will be postponed for one week,
owing to the fact that the police
officers who are the principal wit
nesses for the state are on their va
cations at present.
Two cases from New Brunswick
will be heard tomorrow. Nellie
Dunn, of 11 Hiram street, the pro
prietress of the establishment where
the "shoestring countersign" was in
vogue until the Intervention of the
police, will be arraigned on three
charges of selling "hootch," while
Mrs. Wolf Schildiner, of 78 Burnett
street, has two charges of selling
and illegal possessing of liquor pend
ing against her.
Humanize Postal Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—With a
view to further humanize the postal
service, Postmaster General Hays
instructed postmasters to visit fami
lies of anyone injured by trucks or
other vehicles of the service.
"This should be done in all cases
whether or not employe is primarily
to blame," he said.
Perth Amboy Circle to Meet
The regular semi-monthly session
of Perth Amboy Circle, No. 1086 will
be held in Jacobsen's hall in State
street tomorrow night at 8 o’clock.
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I IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
PARTY GIVEN FOR
MISS DUNBACK
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunback of
Fords gave a party for their daugh
ter, Henrietta, Sunday afternoon to
celebrate the occasion of her tifth
birthday. Various games amtised
the guests throughout the afternoon
and the refreshments were served
in a room attractively decorated in
pink and white.
Among those present were Mrs.
George Keating and son, Edward:
Mr. and Mrs. James Keating and
sons, James and Bernard; Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Huber of Woodbridge.
Anna May Cotton of Elizabeth, Miss
Loretta Keating of Sewaren, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Keating and son, Vin
cent, of Rahway; Mrs. Thomas Des
mond and children, Claire, Cather
ine and Thomas; Mrs. John Kennedy
and Edward and Ellen Kennedy,
Mrs. Edward Mullen and children,
Ruth, James and Edward; David
Hull, Earl McCracken, Adelain LInke
of Perth Amboy; Elinore Looser,
Edward Neiderod, Muriel and Nor
man Hanson, Silvia and Willard
Dunham, Jr.; Sadie Dambach. John
Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dun-1
back and daughters, Helen, Henri
etta and Marlon of Fords.
SIMPSON WOMEN TO
HAVE PORCH PARTY
The Womans Foreign Missionary
Society of Simpson M. E. church
will be entertained at a porch party
on Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. William Walters In 273 Wa
ter street. The afternoon will be
diligently passed in sewing articles
for the box which the society sends
each year to the hospital and day
school in Kiu Kiang, China.
Work will begin shortly after 2:30
o’clock and it is hoped that a large
delegation of members will be on
hand to help with the work and en
joy the informal pleasure attached
to these outdoor summer meetings.
Mrs. P. J. Ryan as chairman of ar
rangements is assisted by Mrs.
George Eggert, Mrs. Ella Mead. Mrs.
William Maguinness, Mrs. Anna
Moore, Mrs. .Sadie Mugford, Mrs.
George Mundy, Mrs. John Rankin,
Mrs James Smith, Mrs Mary Barrett
Mrs. Hariy Blrkett, Mis. Russell
Kemmerer, Miss Mary Meade and
Miss Ruth Graae.
MRS. GLUCK GIVES
PARTY FOR DAUGHTER
Mis. Anna Gluck entertained at a
party at her home In Jefferson street
yesterday afternoon in celebration of
the fifth birthday of her daughter,
Miriam. The little guests were en
tertained with games and the hostess
concluded the afternoon with re
freshments. The guests were Helen
and Theodore Borak, Evelyn Mason,
Virginia Menaker, Ruth Hope, Har
old Bevy, Margaret Greenhouse,
Rose Goldstein, Jean and Alex Roth.
Porch Party on Friday
The Woman's Guild of St. Peter's
Episcopal church will continue their
services of summer porch parties at
the home of Mrs. D. P. Olrystead in
High street on Friday afternoon. The
meeting will begin at 3 o'clock and a
cordial invitation has been extended
to all of the women of the congre
gation to attend.
\ Iclson—AVittncbcrg
Mr. and Mrs. John Nielsen, of
Brace avenue, announce the mar
riage of their son, John, to Gladys
Wlttneberg, of Metuchen. The wed
ding took place in the Presbyterian
church in Metuchen on Wednesday,
August 3, with the Rev. Dr. Mason,
pastor of the church, officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Nielsen are now residing in
Metuchen.
License to Wed
Marriage licenses have recently
been issued to the following per
sons: John Mazo of Woodbridge and
Julia Jacobs of this city, George
Bup and Susie Pinter, both of this
city.
Watching News
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! PERSONALS
/Mrs. Kelly, o£ the Westminster,
mitertained her daughter, Mrs. C.
W. Kinney, of Hackensack, over the
past week-end.
Miss Mildred Wilson, of Market
street, is spending a two weeks va
cation in Burlington.
I. JR. Bobbins, Miss Marie Bob
bins, of High street, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Rankin, of Maple
street, motored to Middletown, N.
Y., over the week-end and were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hils
dorf.
Mrs. Walter H. Warr, of Kearny
avenue, is at Greenwood Lake for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mawbey and
family have returned to their home
in State street after a two weeks
motor trip through New York State,
stopping at Saratoga Springs, Am
sterdam and Schenectady.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Henry and
children, of Sidney, Australia, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenworth
Sturgis, of Water street, and other
friends in this city over the week
end. Mrs. Henry, formerly Miss May
Brownmiller, at one time instructed
in English in the local high school.
Miss Isabella Wood and Miss
Annabella Boyce, of Elm street, are
spending several weeks with their
aunt, Mrs. George Wood, in Youngs
town, O.
Miss Edith Brooks, of the West
minster, is entertaining her mother
Mrs. Brooks, of Beading. Pa.
Miss Bessie Borak, of Prospect
street, spent the week-end at the
Highlands.
A daughter, Helen Catherine, to
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Flynn of
Penn street, on August 5.
A son, Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs.
John Leszko, of Penn street, on Au
gust 2.
A son, Arthur, to Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Wissing, of Gordon street,
on August 1. Mrs. Wissing was for
merly Miss Ada Frey.
A daughter. Dorothy ,to Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Szymanskix, of John
stone street, on August 1.
A eon, Meyer, to Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Adleman, of New Brunswick
avenue, on August 1.
A son. Sidney, to Mr. and Mrs
Sidney Berkowitz, of Jefferson
street, on August 1.
Mrs. Niels Tonnesen, wife of Chief
of Police Tonnesen. has returned to
hed home in Laurie street, after
spending two weeks with her daugh
ter,, Mrs. Richard W. LeSuer, in
JDUJ, . 1.
Mrs. A. C. Meyers and daughters,
Irene and Helen of Kearny avenue,
and Miss Bertha MacDowell, of Gor
don street, leave today for a two
weeks vacation in Asbury Park.
Miss Nettie Wedeen, of Gordon
street, and Mrs. David Metzendorf,
of Ofctalpa avenue .are at Schroon
Lake in the Adirondacks for the
month of August.
Miss Irene sWarter. former recre
ation director at the Pacific Mills in
Columbus. S. C.. is home with her
parents.,Mr. and Mrs. Emil Warter.
of Kearny avenue. Miss Warter Is
a graduate of the local high school
and the New York School of Physi
cal Culture.
Mrs. Ralph Peterson, of Rector
street, is spending several weeks In
Salisbury, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sundquist,
of Fords. Mrs. Anna Conroy and
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Martin, of State
street, motored to Atlantic City on
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Schantz Is recuperat
ing at her home in Fayette street af
ter an operation performed at the
City hospital.
Nathan Wedeen, of Gordon street
left Sunday on a motor trip through
New York state and before his re
turn he will stop at Saranac I,ake
and Saratoga Springs.
Assistant City Treasurer A. J. Ca
zavan has returned to his home In
Lewis street, after spending the
week-end with his wife and family at
Highland Falls, N. Y.
The Misses Winifred and Marga
ret Sturgis, of Water street, leave for
Baltimore- Md., where they will re
main for the rest of the summer va
cation.
Miss Ethel Anderson, of Washing
ton street, spent the week-end in As
bury Park.
Mrs. Samuel Weiner, of New
Brunswick avenue and her brother
in-law, Samuel Eisner, of New street,
have returned after a month’s vaca
tion at Mount Clemens, Mich.; Chi
cago. New York, Canada and Niagara
Falls.
Mrs. Robert Fieischman. of Smith
street, is spending the week in As
bury Park.
Miss Leonora Margarett^n, of
Park avenue, was the week-end
guest of friends in New York.
George Faircloth. who has been
living in New Y'ork for the past
year, has again taken an apartment
at the Westminster.
Charles West of Fayette street, is
spending two weeks at South Beach
S. I., as a guest at Koch’s Cottage.
New Books at Library
The following new books have
been received at the local public
library: Creators of Decorative
Styles, Walter A. Dyer; The Profi
teers, E. Phillips Oppenheim: Alice
Adaims, Booth Tarkington; Galusha
the Magnificent, Joseph Lincoln;
The Kingdom Round the Corner,
Coningsby Dawson, and Youth’s En
counter. Compton Mackenzie. These
I ooks will not be ready for circula
tion for several days,
-f,
Internal Revenue Men Here
Today to Check Up City
Collections
A group of nine collectors from
the internal revenue collectors’ or
ganization arrived in this city today
for a general check up in the luxury
tax collections throughout the city.
The agents will comb the city from
one end to the other, calling at
stores, factories, theatres and offices
to examine books of account and
check up in every possible way the
sales that have been made in every
line of business to ascertain if the
merchants have collected the luxury
tax correctly and have passed the
money on to the revenue depart
ment.
The Idea of this form of collec
tion was conceived by Fred Germain,
chief field deputy of the internal
revenue collector's organization In
the fifth district of New Jersey.
Prior to this the checking has been
done by agents permanently sta
tioned In each city. The new scheme
now being carried out puts all the
men on a traveling basis, concentrat
ing the force for a brief space of
time in a quick, thorough clean-up
of each place. The men in this city
are under the direction of T. J.
Hughes, division chief for the dis
trict made up of Union, Middlesex
and Somerset counties.
Merchants whose records are sim
ply and fully kept will find little In
the revenue men’s visit to bother
them. Those whose accounts are
not easily checked will be advised
to install better bookkeeping sys
tems, Those who are violating the
law will suffer the penalty, the max
imum of which is $1,000 fine and one
year in jail.
Mr. Hughes stated today that one
of the mistakes usually found is that
the ice cream stores although charg
ing a tax on each glass of soda or
sundaes, fail to collect the tax on Ice
cream cones, which, according to
law must be collected on all cones,
even those which retail for as low
as three cents. The tax is one cent.
It is not know how long men will
remain he»e as their stay depends
on how much or how little difficulty
is found in proving up the various
accounts.
FRED P. HANSON GIVEN
CLEAR FIELD IN FOURTH;
(Continued from page 1)
from the public schools or buildings
owned by the municipality to pri
vately owned places. County Chair
man John Pfeiffer was the principal
speaker of the . night. Others to
speak were Morgan F. Larson,
Assemblyman Peterson, Fred P.
Hanson. Alderman Christian Ander
son, Michael Lakomskl, Alderman
Benjamin A. Riedy, Howard Kinsey,
Henry P. Axen and John H. Poulson.
. OBITUARY
Sirs. John H. Meelheim
Mrs. John H. Meelheim, widow of
the late F. J. Meelheim, died yester
day at the City Hospital. She is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. Louise
Sylvester, of this city, and Mrs.
Georgie Hoelfe. of Brooklyn and two
sisters. Mrs. Sarah Slate, of this city
and Mrs. H. Price, of New Bruns
wick.
Funeral services will be held from
the home of Mrs. Mary Meelheim, of
S3 Washington street, tomorrow aff
ernoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will
be in Alpine Cemetery.
John Keane
SOUTH AMBOY, Aug. 9:—John
Keane, eighty years of age, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Martelia Leonard, in Ward avenue,
at 7:30 o’clock last night after a
lingering illness. The deceased was
a. resident of this state for nearly
fifty-eight years and was employed
by the Pennsylvania railroad the
greater part of that time. He is sur
vived by his w’idow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Keane, and seven children, Mrs.
Sarah Gormaly, of Jersey City; Mrs.
Martelia Leonard, Mrs. Mary Cos
grove, Mrs. Margaret Kana, Mrs.
Margaret Keane, John and Charles
Keane, all of South Amboy.
Funeral services will be held from
St. Mary’s church at 9:30 o’clock
Thursday morning and interment
will be held in St. Mary's cemetery.
The Gundrum Service has charge of
the funeral arrangements.
SENATOR BROWN IS GIVEN
- ' BOOST AT MEETING
(Continued from page 1)
good chance this election, harmony,
however, being deemed necessary in
order to attain success.
The president then notified tne
members of his appointment of a
committee of two members from
each ward in the city to draw up by
laws and to incorporate the club.
He also notified the members that
Louis Booz, Jr, Glenworth Sturgis
and Joseph Kilsby had been ap
pointed as members of a committee
to secure regular headquarters for
the club. ..
In addressing the meeting Mr.
Toolan told of the work of his com
mittee at a meeting Sunday morning
and stated the by-laws as read were
not exactly the same as those to be
finally adopted. He further stated
that the makeup of the executive
committee had not been decided as
yet. The speaker then referred to
the organization of the women of
this city. He stated a committee
woman from each district in this
city will be elected this year, and
suggested that a man from each of
the eighteen districts in the city be
appointed to secure a leading woman
worker to run for this office, and to ■
•work for the Democratic party. Mr.!
Toolan felt that this would be the j
foundation for a women’s auxiliary
of the Democratic party.
There was a short discussion in;
regard to this motion, inasmuch as
it was announced that each of the ;
members of the countv committee
had been notified to bring a woman
with them at a meeting 10 be neiu
L Thursday night.
The principal speaker of the
evening opened his address by say
ing it wras worth the trouble of*
making all the detours and crossing
your oia ormge, iu uimie jitrie
speak before this gathering. Organ
ization was the keynote of his ad
dress. He referred to United States
Senator Edge, former governor of
this state as a man who has stayed
with the men who put him where he
is. Mr. Grogan stated that tf “you
quarrel among yourselves, the other
side profits.”
Mr. Grogan stated this city 1s
something like Jersey City, inasmuch
as the working class makes up the
greater part of the population in
both places. He referred to the
Democratic party as the party of the
people. The speaker spoke of the
records of Fielder, Wilson and Ed
wards, as governor of this state, and
stated the comparison of work done
dufng these terms with three Re
publican terms, will show that the
Democratic party is the party of the
people. He stated that the get
together of Perth Amboy Democrats
was somewhat of a rejuvenation, but
stated that the party in this city
should not need a rejuvenation, with
a man of Senator Brown's type
living here.
The speaker referred to the Car
pentier-Dempsey bout, in which
Carpentier had nothing to lose and
everything to gain. -He said the
Democrats likewise have everything
to gain, control of tho city and
county. Mr. Grogan told of the way
success is attained in Jersey City,
and mentioned various cases where
young men have been successful in
politics through hard work under
the leadership and advice of older
men. He closed his address by stat
ing he hoped the work of the local
Democrats would continue to be suc
cessful. now that the start has been
made.
Report That City May be Put
" on Black List Due to
Many Losses
Is Perth Amboy In the near
future to be without automobile in
surance? This is the question being
asked by many of the agents for
automobile insurance today. Not
only is one company complaining as
to the number of insured cars burn
ing up and being otherwise damaged,
but it was learned today, from one
of the leading insurance firms that t
more than six companies have re
fused to write automobile insurance
in this city. It is claimed by this
firm that between twenty-five and
thirty cars belonging to Perth Am
boy people have been destroyed by
fire during the past six months. The
cars were valued from anywhere be
tween $1,800 to $4,500.
So serious has the situation be
come that Perth Amboy is consid
ered a very bad risk by the insur
ance companies, apd if present con
ditions continue the city may be
placed on the black list, along with
New York, Brooklyn, Patersomsfc
Passaic and Hoboken. This means^H
that the experience of all companies
writing automobile Insurance in this
city is unfavorable, and if present
conditions continue it will only be a
short time before it will be impos
sible to cover a car in this city.
According to the Insurance com-*
panies there have been many suspi
cious losses which means, said the
agent, that someone is going to suf
fer prettv badly if they are ever
caught with the goods on them. The
insurance companies allege that if
a man has more insurance on his
car than he could sell it for In the
open market, there are many men
who would not hesitate to burn it
up, thinking that they were going to
get the full amount, not knowing
that adjustments are made today on
the \plue of the car at the time
of the' loss, so that even though he
does not collect as much as he ex
pects,'the fact that he thought he
could get more from an Insurance
company than a purchaser, caused
the loss.
After some discussion, it was de
cided to hold an outing of the Dem
ocratic men and women. This plan
won over a clambake or smoker.
The discussion followed the an
nouncement that a check for *10 has
been received from George \V. Jack
son for a smoker. A committee of
six members will be appointed by
the president to make plans for this
outing. The next meeting of the club
wil] be held next Monday night.
Correction Is Made
The EVENING NEWS deeply re
grets the typographical error which
appeared in yesterday's last edition
in the statement of John W. Kelly,
president of the new Democratic
Club, when "cheating" Dcmocrats^^
were referred to. This word shouid^H
have read "leading." Presldent^^
Kelly apologizes to Democratic
members for this misprint at last
night’s meeting.
Slain By Woman
Kills G. Kinkead, fifty-four, No \v York attorney, formerly of CIn*4lM
cinnati, and Olivia M. P. Stone, thirty-one, who shot him to death atV^
Brooklyn. Miss Stone told the police she killed Kinkead “because he
married another woman after havtn g entered into a common law mar*
riage with me.”
DROWNING THE DUCK
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