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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17
FRANCE IDLE IN WAR PROTEST
General Strike Ordered rs WARNING e
Government by Workmep,

Paris. Dec. IA general strike of
the working population Of France or
dered to be carried out by the General
Federation Of Labor as a protest
against "a was partially successful.
1t WAS understood that all workmen
were to throw down their tools for one
day only In order to show the strength
Of the laboring classes and to demon.
state their power of paralyzing the
government in the event Of a declarn-
ton Of war.
In Paris itself the men appear to
have executed the order to strike in q
Dreat many Instances. Few cabs or
other vehicles were on the streets,
while many factories were closed. and
all the men connected with the build.
ing trades ceased work for the day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17
WEATHER

Observations Of the United
States weather bureau taken at
8 D.. m. yesterday follow:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17
A China Closet

for your Dining Room, in golden<11 m
oak; prices range up from 80. Vss.VV
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17

Any affair OF happening, or eircum-
stance, which is too small to make a
Want Ad. worth while as an adjusting
force, is too small to worry about.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17

Look at the "prices of things as
advertised in today's paper. If yon
know values, and have a care for you-
purse, these prices will interest yon.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
LAW MAKING COSTS
U, S. PILE OF MONEY
Ten Million Is Paid Out Yearly
BY the House of Repre-
sentatives

The House Of Representatives Is the
most expensive law-making body Ia
the world. 1t costs nearly ten million
dollars year 10 make the laws OF
the United States. and the House
spends some six million. Nearly three
and half million OF this goes into the
salaries OF the members. This item
will hereafter be increased by the ad-
dition OF Al new members under the
1910 census.
The story OF Congress Is admirably
told In the new book, The American
Government" by Frederic j. HasKin
IL is told in just such way as the
ordinary reader wants TO know IT. TX
has been approved by Vice-President
sherman, BY Senator Thomas 5. Mar
tin and by Speaker Champ Clark.
There is no effort TO be exhaustive in
the treatment of the subject, Tor that
would be tiresome, except 10 the stu
dent OF political economy. There has
been an effort 10 tell those things
which interest, entertain, and inform
everybody.
But tnat Is CndEdClSiiStiS VI 'n4S
whole book A retired president OF a
military academy, after reading II, de-
clared that he would have found II In
valuable when he was teaching civil
government, and that his l0-year-old
boy is now reading II with delight.
He declared that the average child
can get a better idea of what the gov.
erpment is and what II does by read
ing this book than by studying the or
binary text book on civil government.
But take the two together" said he.
and you have combination that VIII
serve admirably in the curriculum OF
any school, be II the eighth grade In
the public schools, a military school
or a university. No man knows enough
about this government of ours not TO
reap valuable information from this
new book"
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Il. am not practicing medicine,
merely selling a preparation. which,
claim. is a benefit TO humanity"
rs II true that there is nothing but
salt sugar and water in the prepare
tioL?" was asked OF the professor .
mo, that is not true he replied.
There is another ingredient in the
preparation, but am not going TO
say what II is That is. a secret
something many people would like TO
know Ii is discovery which | hap
pened to make over 40 years ago"
II is reported that your books
show you have been making as much
as $4,000 a month"; was suggested
TO the professor"
"Ha, ha," laughed the professor. :
1T is true that ] have been making
some money, but nothing like what
they claim. But why shouldn't make
money? | have been in the business
AZ years. have done lot OF ad-
yertising, and II is about time | was
able TO make some money out OF my
discovery. But | give value for what
/ sell. Medical science shows that
the majority of the nerves of the body
are centered in the eyes. and my prep
aration, by being dropped into the
eyes. is calculated TO cure a number
of ailments, for which the eye is re-
sponsible."
An examination OF the stack OF cor
respondence seized by the prosecutor
In the professors office shows that
there is not a great deal of sentiment
mixed with his business. For instance,
j. A. Anderson, OF Huntingdon. Tenn.
wrote to him, explaining that his son.
Isaac, for whom the professors"
had been purchased. had
died before the stuff arrived, and the
refund Of the IS for the mixture was
requested. The professor" replied
that he was sorry to hear OF the sons
death. but declined to refund the.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
WALL STREET HAS ONLY
PASSIVE INTEREST IN
POLITICAL HAPPENINGS
Atmosphere in Financial Center
Is Neither of Concern, Curl
osity Nor Hopefulness
LIST CLOSES IRREGULAR
Stock Markets Attention Is
Largely Absorbed BY Trad
ing In American Can

Copy right, 1912. by New York EveninE
Post Coz
NEW YORK, May 2S.-Whatever
doubt yesterdays market may have
left as TO how the latest political de-
vejcpments had affected Wall-st.
sentiment, today's session ought to
have removed them. The course of
things on the stock exchange today,
which was chiefly embodied in doing
nothing, suggested very plainly an
attitude OF indifference. This will
doubtless be ascribed by many 10 the
community as TO what will be the
exact outcome of the two conven.
tons; but the atmosphere OF Wall.
st. was neither that OF concern. nor
curiosity, nor hopefulness. Politics.
In other words, was not a factor
American Can shares largely abb
sorbed the markets attention, and
the price rose 1-2 points, along with
the remark of specializing million.
aire that he imagined this would be
4 good fruit year. Elsewhere the
movement of prices was irregular,
meaningless and wholly unimportant.
The standard investment shares
scarcely moved at all, while the small
industrials drifted automatically
about with no relation to one another
In some OF them, such as Rubber
common" doubt seemed to be felt as
to whether such announcements as
that of the wholesale increase in a
company,s capital liabilities neces-
sarliy make the property more yalu-
able.
The market closed irregular.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
BABE PLUNGES FROM
FOURTH STORY TO DEATH
Little Clarence Williams Is Vic.
tim of Fatal Accident On
Charlotte-Ave.

Called in from his play, while ex-
hiblting a roaming tendency, and
forced 10 play on settee near the
front window of the fourth floor Of
the fiat at No. 102 Charlotte-ave.,
Thursday morning, little Clarence
Williams, two-year-old son of A. 8.
Williams. plunged through the screen
to his death on the sidewalk below
The babes mother was sewing in a
room adjoining that in which the
child was playing on the settee. The
little lad, who had been caught by his
mother only few minutes before, at
Second and Charlotte-aves., was piaced
on the sofa He started jumping up
and down on the springy couch, and
soon his mother heard scream, and
saw him disappearing through the
light screen.
She dashed down the stairway, &C
companied by T. A. Jensen, rooming
in the fiat, and Jensen picked up the
limp little form, which was snatched
from him by a police sergeant who
had witnessed the catastrophe.
The officer leaped into an automo-
bile. and the lad was rushed to ST.
Mary's hospital, where he died few
minutes after his arrival.
1t was found that his skull had been
fractured at the right temple.
Coroner Rothacher visited the hos
pital. and Clerk William AllmanG got
the story OF the accident from the
house, where the lads mother was
confined to her bed, in state of utter
prostration. 1t was decided that no
inquest is necessary.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
EACH BOOK By MAIL. l5c EXTRA for POSTAGE
j, S. MARINES T0.BE NEAR /
SCENE OF CUBAN REVOLT
Transport Prairie Will Leave
League Island With Five
Hundred on Board

WASHINGTON. May 23.--Alarmed
by the seriousness of the Negro revo-
luton In Cuba the state deuartment
today requested the navy department
to send warships and marines TO the
United States naval station at Guam.
tanamo, which is near the supposed
center of the present disturbance.
According to the present plans, the
United States transport Prairie, now
at the League Island navy yard, Phil
adelphia, will leave immedic tely with
force OF 500 marines. The gunboat
Paducah and the gunboat Nashville
are already at that point. II Is denied
that the government Is planning TO
send q battleship there. The marines
and the two guntoats are thought 10
be sufficient TO meet any present
emergency.
II is stated at the state department
that this action is taken wholly on
the ground that a serious disturbance
is indicated in the eastern province OF
the island, where there are important
American interests. A number or
these have already complained that
their property has been seized and
that the lives of their employees are
endangered.
The Cuban gunboat Cuba. according
to advices today, left Havana for
Guantanamo yesterday morning with
600 troops. The Cuban government
has sent other forces by train TO
Oriente province, where at least 1000
Negroes have been destroying prop
erty and terrorizing the inhabitants.
Oficials here believe that the Cuban
government underestimates the
strength or the purpose OF the present
insurrectionary movement, though Of
fetal reports say the government will
shortly be in control OF the malcon.
tents.
The state department Is informed
that many OF the better class OF
Cubans believe that the entire Negro
uprising is for the express purpose OF
provoking Intervention by the United
States.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
CARNEGIE DEPLORES
ROOSEVELT'S COURSE

NEW YORK. May 23.--"The politi-
cal situation in this country at present
Is humiliating, too humilating," sad
ly declared Andrew Carnegie, wagging
his head as he boarded the steamer
Celtic today for his annual pilgrim
age to Scotland. IL have admired Mr..
Roosevelt very much, and | have be-
lieved in his honesty OF purpose, but
think he is wrong in opposing Mr..
Taft, who richly deserves a second
term
Despite the Titanic disaster. the
Laird OF Skibo declared the fast
steamships are necessary to com.
merce He declared the world is .ust
beginning 10 experiment with fast
steamboats,.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
ALDRICH'S "OUI, OUI,"
PULLING AS POLITICS

PARIS, May Former Senator
Nelson A. Aldrich. far from American
politics, is having his muscles knead.
ed at Aixles-Bains. which J Pierpont
Morgan has made so well-known to
Americans. While the senator's mus
cles are being kneaded, stream OF
HOT soft water flows gently over the
PARIS treated. Rheumatism takes
fight Immediately and the senator's
limbs are becoming as elastic as
when he was youth of 90
Like Mr.. Morgan, the former sen
ator from Rhode Island, is not strong
in French
''Will you have hot or cold water
treatment" asked the attendant
WIZ n Mr. Aldrich came first into the
baths.
"oui, oui Eyes, yes)," answered Mr.
Aldrich.
The bewildered masseur was much
other side OF the partition acted as
int, prefer.
When you go home, go straight TO
bed" instructed the masseur in
French, and this time II was the
American politician who was bewil-
dcrod. Again the unknown interpre-
ter came TO the rescue and received
Mr.. Aldrichs grateful thanks Who
the sood Samaritan concealed in the
mex apartment was is still puZzling
the former senator. but Mr.. AIdrich
has vowed to master French forth
with.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
MRS. PANKHURST IS
LIKENED TO JOAN OF ARC

NEWARK, : N, j., May I 2s.-Mrs.
Emmehne Pankhurst, the suffrage
leader OF London, who. with Mr..
and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence was
sentenced yesterday to nine months
Imprisonment on a charge of conspir-
acy and melting 20 riot, was compar-
ed 10 Joan OF Arc, Wellington. Napo-
leon and Washington by woman suf-
frage workers here Mrs. Abram Van
Wrinkle, OF the Woman's POLITICAL
union, in giving her opinion of the
sentence imposed on Mrs. Pankhurst
said:
1T is an unspeakable outrage; Mrs.
Pankhurst is as great a woman as
Joan OF Arc. Over here II Is not
necessary for us TO resort to the
methods Mrs. Pankhurst must use.
but were conditions different We
would certainly do as she has done"
Mrs. Clara Laddey, president OF the
New Jersey State Womans' Suffrage
defended the convicted
suffragette in similar way.
Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co.. is John
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Take it from me, aviation for wo-
men isn't what it's cracked up to be
There's more thrill in motor cal"
That was the verdict OF Miss Cath
crime Calvert after a trip aloft a; Chi
cago the other day with Farnum Fish,
1Syeer-old school-boy aviator.
When | stepped into the machine
there was a little tightening in my
throat and | found IL hard 10 get my
breath. but as soon as | was seated
all this passed. As We rose | didn't
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
GIRL WHO STRANGLED
BABE Is ARRESTED

Lizzie Stempien. the 1S-year-old
girl who strangled her newborn babe
In the Griswold house servants quar-.
tiers by tying handkerchief about the
babes neck, was discharged from St
Mary's hospital, Thursday morning.
and was at once locked up i'm the
matron's room in police headquarters.
Detectives Parker and Wilson laid
a charge of homicide against her.
II Is not thought that she will be
prosecuted, however as efforts are be-
ing made to have the immigration au-
thorities send her back to Poland
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
BOYS ARE
NABBED IN DETROIT

John Rooney. aged 16, and Frank
o Shaughnessy, IS years old. were
preventsd from boarding a swiftly
moving freight train, bound toward
Chicago. Wednesday night, and were
locked up In the detention home, af-
ter Lieut.. Dornbrook had heard their
hard-luck story.
The boys were almost exhausted,
and were hungry and discouraged
They said their mothers were poor.
so :hoy had left Chicago few nights
ago and beaten their way TO Detroit
on a freight train Unable TO get
work here, and utterly stranded, the
boys decided TO return home, after
tramL ing the streets OF Detroit for
two days and nights.
A railroad officer stopped them as
they attempted to board a moving
freight train.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
MAN, AGED 81, AND
LONELY, HANGS SELF

MARSHALL, Mich, May 23.-Will,
lam Mcpherson, aged 81, a prominent
farmer, and father of Attorney Charles
Mcpherson, OF Detroit, at one time
head OF the Pere Marquette legal de-
partment, hanged himself in a barn
at his sisters home In this city, yes.
terday. Worry over the death oil his
wife about a year ago, Is believed TO
have caused him TO end his life.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

have any qualms at all
You just feel as though you were
motoring on a very smooth road. You
have no sensation of rising in the air;
the earth just recedes from you, very
quietly and carefully. not at all the
way the lower floors shoot from you
as you go up in an elevator.
Although | was very warmly dress
ed, the cold was intense. The noise is
deafenlng, you cannot say word to
anyone
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
Almost.

II was a faithful Swede girl who,
when the winter was coolest and the
furnace was not working right. was
admonished by her mistress to take
an iron to bed with her TO warm It.
In the morning the kindly woman
asked Lena how 1t worked. "Pritty
GUIDE" she said, "Ah had II almost
warm by morning The Argonaut.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

That old-fashioned mutton tallow,
which can be perfumed with a few
drops OF essence of rose, is very heal.
ing for chapped hands or lips or rough
skin
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Bu>Ines~-IIke Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain neat kind that
looks right Tinirs Printing Co. %
Johu - st. Ph Main iigS or city 1855.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Business-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co., 1e
John R-st. Phi Main 1898 or City 1855.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
Misses and Juniors
Goats SO

Coats that have been selling at $3.50, in
serges Fancy Whipcords and Mixtures stylish
new collars and reyers sizes 10 TO is years
Saturday at $1,000.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Job Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co.. Is John R.-st.
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24

Smart tailor-made suits for misses in sizes
10 to Is years. in Serges, Fancy Worsteds and
stylish Mixtures; newest collar and reyers IDEAS
skirts OF graceful poise. Formerly SIS values
Specially priced Saturday at 1875
The Detroit times., 1912-05-24
Girls Coats $3.50

Smart little styles for girls from to IL
years. in pretty serges and Mixtures: fancy
button trimmed, latest styles in collar and Guns
USUAL IS AND $3.50 VALUES Saturday.
at $3.50.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08
BRYAN HAS
Cnnllnnc1 rrom pnrc ono.

two contests, for seats on the COM
mitlec as prephrod by the leaders. con-
tamplated the seating of Colonel James
Guney from Pennsylvania, instead Of
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer.
Guucy is an ancient political enemy Of
pryn and it was expected that the
Inter would loose gomc sort OF an at
tack on tho Pennsylvania leader. In
the Vcrtrcos- M0untcagtlc contest in
Tennessee the committee expected to
appoint n spcial committee TO go TO
the state and make an Investigation
,t MouutCrstlo's election
supporters Of the presidential pre-
fcranual primary were enthusiastical-
ly confident when the committee went
into session. Senator Chamberlain of
Oregon, leading proponent OF the plan
asserted that he was assured the sup
port of majority of the committees
Colonel Bryan was one of the leaders
IN the fight for the resolution which
was identical with that voted down at
the recent meeting Of tho Republican
national committee. IT recommended
the presidential primary to the various
states committee for adoption.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08

indianapolis Ind, Jan. Two
rooms in the federal bHldng here
were prepared today for the occu-
pancy OF Ortic H. McManigal Nemesis
Of the dynamitcrs, vino is coming here
to testify I'm the federal investigation
Of the alleged dyulmiting conspiracy,
The government Will keep two guards
constantly with McManigal and ac-
cording to present plans he Will not
leave the federal building during his
stay In indianapolis. The conresso :
dynamiter is cSpccted TO arrive here
Monday.
b. ]. Cook, former boolJkccper of
the international Association OF
Bridge Sc Structural IRON Workers.
who has been in Los Angeles, IS be-
licvcd 10 have testified before the lc1-
oral grand jury today Ho IS repWed
TO have important Information hearing
on the relations betHosu John j. and
James ID. McNamaTu and the uliggu1
higher ups' in the dyuamiting cou-
smracy only q short session OF the
grand jury was held today.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08
NOVEL AND DAINTY SANDWICHES

Every hostess, when entertaining
racks her brain for something that
will be a little different from those
served by her friends. When prepar-
ing the sandwiches why not use fancy
cutters instead of the squares and tri-
angles which have been the thing so
long? Some will say, there is so
much waste in using cutters" That
is true, but those scrap; need not be
wasted, and sandwiches of this kind
arc so much more attractive, a point
that every entertainer strives for.
The greater the variety of cutters
you possess the more stylish will DO
your refreshments.
The hardest part Of making sand
wiches is in cutting the bread thin
enough. Tho more wafer-like, the
more dainty they are.
10 make especially nice sandwiches
the crust of the bread Is removed
The butter used for spreading sand
wiches should be creamed until soft
and waxy. Nuts chopped and mixed
with cream cheese will make most de
lectable sandwich filling.
When meat is used 1t is better to
chop 1t and add the desired seasonings
and milk or cream to make 1t Of tho
consistency to spread.
Spanish peppers pounded to paste
and mixed with cream cheese is an
other tasty combination.
An excellent sweet sandwich is ma
pie sugar grated and mixed with
chopped almonds, or marmalade or
preserved glngered pears make n nice
filling, chopped fine.
Fish pounded to a paste and mixed
with little salad dressing makes
good sandwiches.
Preserved ginger chopped and
thinned to spread with some of the
slrup is another favorite with those
who are fond Of ginger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08
Mhnt Railroads Earn.

An analysis of the interstate COM
merce commission records reveals
some startling discrepancies between
the net results obtained by the differ
ent railroads in earnings per train
mile run, says the Wall Street Journ-
al. For instance, the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, which haa an average ton
mile rate Of O,5S cents. earns 81 cents
net over all operating expenses for
every freight train run one mile. AS
remarked BIZ a railroad man, these fig
ures show that the railroad takes home
after the days work is done.
Compared with the Pennsylvania
which may be taken as standard OF
railroad efficiency, the New York Cen
trail, with a higher ton rate, or O.62S
cents earns net only "a cents for each
freight train mile. The Erie, with a
ton mile rate of O6l2 cents, earns 81
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08
VIM. SMITH HAS
SEVERE FALL
Found Unconscious at Foot
of Stairs at Depot at
Noon.

William Smith, of Blaine avenue,
the aged father OF the late w. r.
Smith, was the victim OF very severe
accident Monday at noon. Mr.. Smith
went to the depot TO mail a letter, and
while there, entered the mems wait
ing room. A short time later he was
found lying unconscious at the foot
of the basement stairs, with a large
cash cut in the left side of his head
and a badly bruised arm. It is
thought that the old gentleman mis-
took the basement door for the watt
ing room entrance, and stepped for.
ward, falling down the stairway. Ike
is unable to tell how the accident
occurred.
DR.. III. w. Sager was called, who
rendered the necessary medical atten-
ton, and pronounced the injuries very
severe. The extreme age of Mr.
Smith, who is over so years old, viii
no doubt greatly retard his recovery
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-08
Railroad News


cents net per freight train mile or
nearly equal TO that of the Pennsyl-
vani". The Lake Shore. with ton
mile rate OF O.52S cents, cnrns 20 cents
net per train mile.
It is also interesting to note that the
Chicago and Northwestern, with a. ton
mile rate So per cent in excess of that
Of the Penn ylvania railroad, earns
only 81 cents net per freight train
mile, or Go per cent as much us the
Pennsylvania while the st. Paul, with
n ton mile rate Al per cent in excess
of the Pennsylyania's, earns only Gj
per cent as much net per train mile as
the Pennsylvania.