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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

Q. What presidential campaigns
brought out the most nominees?-
A. A. b.
A. In 1900, and again in 1908,
there were eight men, nominated by
as many different parties.
@. How much is a cubic inch OF
gold worth ?-k. l.. s.
A. The Treasury Department es-
Inmates that a cubic inch of gold IL
worth $362.
G. What is alsike clover-G. T. II.
A. Alsike clover is a native or
northern Europe. and is known also
as Swedish or hybrid clover. The
word hybrid was applied to it be-
cause it was thought to be a cross
between red and white %clovers. The
flowers OF this variety are pink or
white, or pink and white mixed. This
clover prefers a cool climate and
will grow on low. wet lands and soils
low in lime content, where red clover
will not thrive.
Q. Is it true that most of the Jews
in the Army were from New York
City?-H. +. +.
A. New York State and city sup
piled nearly third of the Jews
who served in the United Stares
Army in the World War. the great
er proportion of these coming from
New York city.
@. What causes moisture to col
lect on the inside of window panes,
and what will prevent tic. w.
A. The difference in temperature
between a warm room and the cold
air outside will III the moisture
inside to condense on the window
pane. A good circulation of air
through the house will stop this. A
kitchen window should be opened
slightly from the top when food is
cooking, to prevent such condensa-
ton on windows and walls.
- Q. l wish to make a cement re-
tanning wall near my house. and
wish to have it match in color as
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

nearly as possible. What will make
the cement brown &c. II. H..
A. Burnt lumber. in the proportion
Of four pounds to the bag Of cement
will produce a chocolate brown.
@. Can you advise me how to re-
move the frosting from an electric
light bulb &C. J.. d.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that after the frosting of an electric
light bulb is ground into the glass,
there 10 no way Of removing same?
@. What per cent. of insane asyl-
UNI patients are unmarried? &c. Z.
c.
A. About 20 per cent. OF the pa
Q. What grapes are the largest
and what are their sizes ?-B. v.
A. The largest grapes r those
grown under glass. This method Is
used extensively In England for COM
mercial purposes. The variety grown
is known as the Giant eros. These
grapes frequently measure IL
inches around, and sometimes there
are enormous clusters weighing
from 90 to 80 pounds. The grapes
are black in color.
Q. When was the first baseball
game to which admission was
charged II. IL. ,.
A. The first time admission was
charged to see q baseball game was
ON July 20. 1859. when so cents
was the fee for a game between
teams from~Brooklyn and New York.
Over 1900 people attended this
game at the Fashion Race Course, on
Long Island.
@. How many states operate en-
ployment services?-H. II. NJ.
A. Thirty-three states now have
such services, with Offices in about
200 cities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
WHY NOT AN INVESTIGATION?

A thorough investigation into the police de-
p~srtrnent from the chief down" has been begun
by Director Brennan Of the Department OF
Public Safety in Newark. 1t seems that in q
certain cafe In Newark five uniformed police
men were found drinking one night recently and
the facts In the case reached the con- missioner.
Under the commission form of government the
commissioner himself is directly responsible for
everything connected with the police depart.
ment and that Official has started out to get at
the truth of the matter, and it is safe to say
there will be no farce about it.
There is nothing like direct responsibility to
get results. Mayor Dorsey. in his recent letter
TO the aldermen, showed how. impossible it is
for him to start such action in Perth AmboyI be-
cause of the division in authority. Although
official head of the police department" says the
mayor in his letter. land charged with It's con-
duct, / am vested with absolutely no powers OF
discipline. beyond suspension, nor can I partici-
pate in trials nor In fixing penalties"
What Perth Amboy needs is a thorough In
vestigation of the police department from the
chief down" just as Newark IL going to have,
and just as many other cities throughout the
country are having at the present time. 4 man
who really measures up 10 the job at the head of
the police committed OF the Board OF Aldermen
might do it. While the mayor is, as he says.
charged with the conduct of the police depart
ment, under our present form of government
responsibility after all, rests with the Board of
Aldermen to look after the taxpayers. That is
what the aldermen are elected for. Narrowing
down this responsibility, it may be said that the
respon sibility in tho Board of Aldermen rests
with the police committee. 1t naturally follows
that the responsible head of that is
its chairman.
Suppose the chairman OF the police committee
should decide that It was due the taxpayers OF
the city that a thorough Investigation of the
whole police department be made, who could
prevent him going the limit in getting at the
bottom of the trouble In the department?
1t so happens that the chairman Of the police
committee at the present time is Mayor-elect
Wilson who, after the first of the year. will find
himself in the same predicament that Mayor
Dorsey now finds himself-nominally at the head
of the police department. but absolutely power
less to exact discipline or improve the service.
For the sake of his own administration during
the next two years it would seem as if he would
be anxious to take advantage of his present
position to clean up a situation that, more than
anything else, perhaps, will plague him all
through his term as mayor.
Who the next chairman of the police com
will be is not known, but whoever he may
be a wonderful opportunity to serve the city will
be afforded him in investigating the whole police
department from the chief down" Surely it is
time something along this line was done.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
TO REFUSE LIQUOR PERMITS.

George w. Van Note, federal prohibition d.
rector for New Jersey. has announced that rs
far as he is concerned no wholesalers liquor
permits will be renewed after they expire on
December 81. There are 2S6 holders of such
permits in New Jersey. granted mostly by Mr..
Van Notes predecessors. Only a few of those
holding such permits have good records, ac-
cording TO Mr.. Van Note.
We heartily commend Mr.. Van Note for the
attitude he has taken. He is, correct in declar-
ing that the wholesalers, instead of selling to
druggists have been d~isposing of their stock to
bootleggers. Perth Amboy has had her ex-
~perience along this line during the past few
months. The bootlesging business has been
the greatest disgrace of the city. When arrests
have been made the authorities claim that those
taken into custody have shown permits or have
been youched for by dealers holding federal
permits. whereupon those arrested have been
permitted to go. So the business has fourlshed.
The claim has been made that under the Vol
stead act the government has lost control Of
The liquor business. On the contrary, It has .
greater control over it now than it ever had
before IL it will only exercise that control. Nh.
Van Note proposes TO do so in the future and
1t is safe to say that there will not be SO much
Bookkeeping. at least as far as New Jersey is
concerned. after the hrst OF the year as long as
the present prohibition director is IN control.
1t has been recognized from the beginning
that the only way that the lawlessness in the
liquor business can he stopped is through the
control of federal permits. The EVENING
NEWS has advocated the doing away with
wholesalers In the business entirely. WIZ can
not the federal government sell sucl, alcoholic
beverages as are needed for medical or sacra-
mental purposes direct TO the druggists, or
even to the consumer, for that matter?
With all the permits TO handle booze by
wholesale expiring December 81 and with a
much more careful supervision over the re.
neving of these permits thereafter there is good
reason to believe that much OF the scandal that
has so shocked law-abiding people during the
present year will be eliminated.
Even a political machine has a succession Of
backhres.
II the rocket fails to reach Mars there is the
Ford left.
Loeklesr Gled doing a tailspin. The wages of
spin is death.
The fellow who failed to succeed can tell you
how 10 succeed.
II they don't deliver coal at some homes soor
Santa Claus will have plenty of chilly chimney
trips.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Modern Cursery Rhymes.

Hiddledy- piggledy. my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen;
This winter she'll make me some dough,
For eggs will be one buck per throw.
Luke McLuke.
Higgledy-piggledy, your black hen,
May lay eggs to-day, but when =
Prices soar up to one buck
She'll quit and begin to cluck.
Newark Advocate.
Higgledy-piggledy, let your hen
Set and bring you luck again,
For when spring fry prices soar
You will have young birds galore.
Canton (Ohio) News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
nov. p.rc Co,erpor Edvard,:

The Democratic minority in the next State
Legislature in New Jersey will consist of one
lone member Harry Runyan, of Warren coun-
ty, was the only Democrat elected In the entire
state. He will be the minority leader and the en-.
tire minority, and he will have to caucus by
himself without a dissenting vote. The minority
in each Legislature is entitled to a number of
appointments. also to patronage and perquisites.
As the minority he is also entitled 70 a suite OF
ofices and a big clerical force. The minority will
assemble himself and get into action in jan
uary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
What Is Fame?

When the electors admitted Roger Williams
and Augustus -Gaudens to the Hall OF
Fame last week they voted down such men as
William Penn, John Paul Jones, General Sheri-
dan and Grover Cleveland. And when they elect.
ed Alice Freeman Palmer to the Hall OF fame
they voted down Pocahontas and Martha Wash
ington. And, by the way. can you remember
who Alice Freeman Palmer was or what she
did"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

Same Old Story.
He married, now he's in a fret,
pity Mr.. Munyon ;
She used to be his Violet
But now she is his Onion.
Luke McLuke.
She's married now, and this is clear,
/ pity Mrs. Fair;
He used to be her little dear,
But now he is her bear.
Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

ANY reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin. Direc-
tor, washington. d. Z. This offer
applies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor TO undertake exhaus
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
His Request.

It was 1850 p. nj and Cat the Gunman was
to die In the chair At midnigh ut. Everything was
ready for the march to the death room.
'rs there any request you would like to make
before YOU go 2" asked the Warden.
YES" replied Cat the Gunman. Gimme a
couple of headache powders, will va? 1 got a
Dustin headache"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
indicated.

Mebby old Doc Cook was right, after all.
Anyway. the manager Of the Alaska Fur Com.
region trappers would rather trade their furs
for gum drops than anything else.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Woope. MY Dear:

This is a fact. you'll find. my son, >
You take most any girl.
And she'll act mighty giddy when
She's in the social whirl.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

He thought she was his Honey,
Sweet Bee was fair and youns;
He gave her all his money.
Ard now he finds he's stung.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Too Wet

Dear Luke: / understand that ths Anti.
Saloon League oficials run a lot of newspapers
through a wringer before they read. them In the
morning. Columbus.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

The locomotive engineer
Must not drink, day or night;
He knows if he tanks up, my dear,
He'll make his own head light.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

W~illie-Paw, what is a heated argument?
Paw-one In which both sides use up a 10
of hot air, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08

You're not in any hurry, are YOU! SAID the
Skillet, as 1t sat on the Fire.
mot a Bit" replied the Fire. i have time to
burn"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Names Is Names

IRA Honeysuckle lives at sos Gsrrard street,
Covington, KY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-08
Our Daily Special.

The Trouble With Helping Some Men Out Is
That They Won't Stay Out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Do Figures Lie?

An Irishman working for Dutch
man asked for an increase of pay.
The Dutchman replied: eff you are
worth it will be pleased to give it to
you. Now let US see what you do in
a year, Pat. We have 365 days in a
year; you sleep eight hours every day,
which makes 122 days you sleep,
taken from 365 days, leaves 243.
Now you have eight hours recreation
every day, which makes 122 days,
taken from 243 days leaves 121 days.
We have 50 Sundays in a year which
you have off, leaving SO days. You
have Ii days vacation; take this off
and you have 55 days left. You don't
work Saturday afternoons; this
makes 26 days in year. Take this
off and you have % days left. Now,
Pat, you allow 1 II hours for meals,
which total in a year % days. Take
this off and you have one day left. l
always give you st. Patrick's Day off,
so I ask you, Pat, if you are entitled
TO raise?"
Pat then answered, "Wen, what
the devil have 1 been doing then?"-
E'x
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22

Iege. The course is given through
correspondence It is for the benefit
of those who wish to learn how to
figure farm income either for income
tax or other purposes.
To complete the course will take a
farmers spare time two or three
days. It shows how to take an inven-
tory, how to enter receipts and ex-
penses. what items to include and
what to exclude from book, how to
figure depreciation, how to find farm
income, how to transfer accounts to
an income tax schedule, and many
other things that bother the beginner
in bookkeeping.
The fee for the course is one dol
lar. It will be sent to any address by
the Home Study Service of K.S.A-C.
A farm account book is sent free
for use in the course and another for
the personal use of the farmer for
the year 1920.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
KANSAS CITY TO HOLD GREAT
EST AUTO DISPLAY
Outgrows Convention Hall and This
Year VIII Use Overland Build
ing, Practically Doubling
Space-January 81
to Febru-


Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 2O.-The
Thirteenth Annual Automobile Show
in Kansas City will be held this year
in the Overland Building, January 81
to February 7, inclusive The Show
has made such progress in recent
years that Convention Hall has been
outgrown with the result that 800
more space will be utilized this year
than in any previous Show.
All classes of passenger cars and
commercial vehicles will be shown and
there will be the largest display of
Automobile Accessories ever made in
this part of the country.
Heretofore the Kansas City Auto
mobile Show has not held open on
Sunday, but this year this rule has
been departed from and the doors
will be open all day Sunday, Febru-
airy 1.
The Show is managed by E. E.
Peake, and is held under the auspices
of the Kansas City Motor Car Dealers
Association, of which Mr.. Harry NJ
Genung is President and John A.
Butler, Vice President
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
First published in Hays Free Press
January %, 1920
Administrator's Notice

=
State of Kansas, Ellis County, IS.
In the Probate Court in and for said
County.
In the matter of the Estate of George
W. Andreas, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration have been granted
to the undersigned, on the Estate of
George W. Andreas, late of said
County, deceased, by the Honorable
the Probate Court of the County and
State aforesaid, dated the 18th day
of January A. D. 1920. Now, all
persons having claims against the
said Estate are hereby notified that
they must present the same to the
undersigned for allowance within one
year from the date of said letters or
they may be precIuded from any
benefit of such estate; and that if
such claims be not exhibited within
two years after the date of said Let
ters, they shall be forever barred.
c. NJ. Wann,
Administrator of the Estate of
George W. Ancreas, Deceased.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
First published in Hays Free Press,
January %, 1920
Annual Registration Notice to Citi-
zenS

Take notice the poll-books are now
open in my Office during business
hours. It is necessary that you re-
register if you failed to vote at the
last general election, November 1918;
or if you have moved after you last
registered, from one street number to
another. Unless your name appears
properly on the poll-books you cannot
cast your vote at the city election
held on April 9Th, 1920, or at any
regular or special election.
Done at my Office in the City of
Hays, Kansas, January 21st, 1920.
Carrie Meyer,
N-S) City Clerk.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
First published in the Hays Free
Press, January %, 1920
SRRIEES SALE

In the District Court of Ellis County
Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Making Sure.

A hostler was sent to the stable
bring out travellers horse. Not kno,
ing which of the two horses in Il
stable belonged to the traveller, he sat
died both animals and drought the
to the door. The traveller pointed O,
his own horse, saying. That's II
nag. .sCertainly, your honor, I kne
that cry well. but didn't know viii.
was the other gentleman'sP'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Helps Figure Farm Accounts

Manhattan, Kans-, Jan. Farm
accounting which may be studied be-
tween chore time in the morning and
chore time in the evenings, OF after
supper, during these slack winter
days, has been worked into coarse
by the Kansas State Agricultural col
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Sinking

State of Kansas. Ellis County,
1. G. J. kfug, Treasurer OF Ellis County
Kansas. do solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true and correct, to the best Of
my knowledge and belief
I Hereby Certify, That the foregoing
Statement was subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me. and in my presence, by the above
named this 9Th day of January 1920
NJ A Basgall,
County Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22

Hays, Kansas. January 8, 1920
To the Honorable Commissioners OF Ellis
County. Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
QUARTERLY STATEMENT

OF u D. hIug,
County Treasurer of Ellis County, Kansas
Showing balance in his hands for the
uarter ending December 81 1919
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22

CASE NJ. 660I
The Hays Land and Investment Com
pany, Plaintiff,
VS..
John H. Wood, Eft Al, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that viii
offer for Sale at Public Auction at
the South Front Door Of the Court
House, in the City of Hays, County
of Ellis, and State of Kansas, on Sat
urday, the 14th day of February,
1920, at One O'Clock of said day, the
following Real Estate, to wit:
Lots Twenty-Five (25), Twenty
seven (27), Twenty-Five (29), Thir-
tyone (3I, Thirty-three (33), and
Thirty-fve $3.50 in Block Twenty
Seven (27) of the original TOWNSHIP
of Hays City, now the City of Hays,
said property being. taken upon an
Order of Sale, issued out of the
Court above named, upon a Judg-
ment of Foreclosure, Wherein the
said The Hays Land and Investment
Company was plaintiff, and John H
Wood, Et Al were defendants, in
favor of said plaintiff, and to me
directed and delivered.
Alex Weltz,
Sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22

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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Many Minds Make sneeeh.

No man can make a speech alone.
It is the great human power that
strikes up from a thousand minds that
acts upon him, and makes the speech.
james A. Garfield.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-01-22
Due to Water.

The iridescent fire in the opal is due
TO the water in the gem, Opals being
simply a mingling of SiIica-fint-and
wafer
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-04-29
la PLAZA De 6.
GUERRERO,
EVACUADA
CREEsE QUE LAS TRopAS
FUERON 4 UHIRSE
A RLMAzAh

T>irgr:ra1 Especial para L. PEENS4.
, LAREDO, 'Texas. Abril 2S.-L2
9cupaci6n de Ciudai Guerrero, Ia
maulipas, punco s;tuado en- il orIila
del Bravo. Sesenta millas al este de
Nlevo LAREDO no IL sido contIc
mazda.
Sc hahia dicho aQui q"e la cItada
plaza riberena habia sido ocupada
por una iuerza revol4cionara al
mando de Aim.zan. zero no Ia s!Go
possible obtener una no;icia exacta
acerca del particular.
Lo que 81 sc sabe es gIe Ciudad
Guerrero fue @Yacuada PR las fuer
zas carrancistas el domingo por Ia
manana. Los informes t~elefHAlcos
que dan cuenta de Ia salida de las
trops carrarcistas no precisan e. lu-
gar hacia donde Sc dirigian dichaS
tropas nj 81 objeto lie su Salida de
Ciudad Guerrero, pero a!gunas per.
sonas Green que Sc fueron a unir
con las tropas de AlmaZan, que Sc
sabe cStan en- los limitcs de Tamau-
lipsS Y Nuevo Leon.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-04-29
ESTA VACILANTE LA FiDELl-
DAD A CARRANZA DE
CIUDAD JUAREZ
TeicGrame EspceiaI para IA PRFNSA.'

Tcicrramc Espcciel Dara IA PRFNSA.'
Ell PASO, Texas. Abril 2S.-Ciu,
dad Juarez vacila entire unirse al mo
vimiento rebelde de Sonora : seguir
leal a Carranza, pero parece que Sc
inclina mas e 10 primero Y como re
sultadc de clio las eXistencias en-
metalico han sido pasadas a eSta
poblaci6n Y muchus familias han es-
tado huyendo esta noche para este
lado de la frontera. Ademas Ia guar
melon esta saliendo de esa plaza.
La opinion general es que Chi
huahua va a ser en- breve teatro de
grandes combates.
FL general Francisco Serrano ha
sido nombrado Comandante en- lefe
de las fuerzas rebeldes en- Chlhua-
hua Y hoy debe haber salido de Her
mosilIo para unirse a elias. segun
dicen las ultimas noticias recibldas.
Tambien Sc ha Sabido que las tro-
pas cue Sc italian q las 6rdenes del
general Joaquin Amaro Sc han uni
do q Ia revollci6n de chihuahua. '
Que muchos de los aeroplanos que
So emplearon en Ia campana contra
Villa han caido en- pooer de los re-
beldes. asi como gran cant!dad de
armas V munic!oneS.