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The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
HARDING IS TAKING
HOME WEEK OF REST

Marion, Ohio, Aug. s.-Senator
Harding is enjoying a quiet week
despite the fact the acceptance for
malities are out of the way for both
candidates and the lid is off officially
for the remainder of the campaign.
Political conferences, work on
future speeches, and a motor trip
or two will compose the weeks
routine. VIII Hays, national chair
man, is due here tomorrow to con-
fer with the candidate.
Harding is still refraining from
official comment on the Cox accept
ance speech, but his headquarters
issued an authorized statement scor-
ing the situation as "a serious mix
ture of errors and is-statements.
Harding sent another telegram
to suffrage leaders today urging
Tennessee Republicans to assist in
ratification.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
.YANKS ANDC0PS
FIGHT ON BEACH
Soldiers Go to Rescue Of
Arrested Got" and
Battle Follows.

Revere. Mass, Aug. 9.-Five sail
ors were severely wounded and a
score of men received minor injuries
in a battle at Revere Beach here
between Metropolitan Park police
men. who were barricaded in the
police station, and several hundred
sailors, Marines and soldiers.
The battle, precipitated by the
attempt of a policeman to arrest a
sailor on a charge of drunkenness,
ragged for more than two hours and
was only quelled when troops from
Fort Banks. in Boston Harbor, sail
Crs from the Charlestown Navy
Yard and police from adjoining
cities came to the assistance OF the
beleaguered policemen.
Several hundred service men had
been rounded up and were being
held pending an investigation, but
for several hours after order had
been restored the situation was so
confused that the exact nature of
/ injuries or of the names of wounded
many of whom were under the care
of private physicians. were not
known to the authorities.
The police retreated to the sta
! ton Immediately after dozen
service men had sprung to the as
sistance of the sailor whose arrest
was sought. Raiding shooting gall
leries, the sailors, Marines and sol.
diers seized rifles and revolvers and
began shooting at the station, the
police officers returning the fire
with revolvers and shotguns.
Later the police arrested three
sailors on charges of melting to
riot. and John B. wilkes, of the
U. S. S. Delaware, on a charge of
drunkenness. 1t is said the first
attempt to arrest Wilkes precipi-
tated the riot. About seventy-fve
other sailors are being held pend
ing an investigation.
Several wounded were taken to
! hospitals in Boston, but their names
and the extent of their injuries
| were withheld.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
ASSAILANT ACCUSED
BY TOWEL AND SHOE

Lynchburg, Va, Aug. "A bloody
towel found in the stove at his
shanty and the fact that his shoes,
with broken soles, exactly fit tracks
at the scene of ithe assault, con-
stitute the evidence on which police
are holding Robert Williams, colored,
charged with the assault of Miss
Annie Ross, Swedish masseuse.
Miss Ross is at a hospital in a
highly nervous condition and has
been unable to identify the man.
Efforts will be made tomorrow to
have him identified on the scene of
the crime.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
SPOTTER HELD
IN DEATH CASE
Dry Agent Under Arrest
After Wood Alcohol
Kills Man.

Richmond, Va, Aug s.-wilbur
Wright, former Petersburg police
man, was arrested here today as a
fugitive from Petersburg.
He is wanted on the charge Of
being accessory to the murder Of
Arthur D. Clifton. whose death in
a hotel caused the police TO suspect
foul play.
It developed today that Wright is
a spotter for the Federal prohibition
inspectors. Clifton is supposed 70
have died OF wood alcohol poi
soning.
Wright was recognized by the
local police as the young man who
once stabbed Ashy Land. a reporter
for a Richmond newspaper. while
Land was covering a story for his
paper in the red light district.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
Billy Sunday Calls
League Solons Nuts
And CurnudgeonS
OBy Universal servieel

Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. s-The
league OF nations was made a
target by Billy Sunday who
came out Of retirement here long
enough to make A short ad-
dress before the Epworth As
scmbly,
Il am not in favor Of allow
ing a bunch OF NUTS molly
coddles and curmudEoons to sit
around a table and decide when
We arc to declare our wars" he
said. q am not for a league
without reservations. and II Jim
Cox and the Democratic party
stand by the kind OF league
Wilson brought home with him.
they will 90 to digging graves
so deep they will never hear
GabrieTs trumpet on Judgment
Day"
From the assembly Billy Sun
day will return 10 his farm at
Hood River, Oregon.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
HUNT FOR AGED
FARMER BEGUN
Disappears from Richmond
With $1,000 Carried in
Money Belt.

Richmond. Va, Aug. s.-Missing z
since June 80. Charles L. Smith, 81,
former Chesterfield County farmer.
who had $1,000 encased in a belt
about his waist when he disap-
peared. is believed to be a victim
Of foul play.
1t was thought that he had gone
on a visit to his son, Winfield r.
Smith, 1907 Linden avenue, Balti.
more. but inquiry disclosed that he
had not been seen in that city since
he left Richmond.
The money represented the pro.
ceeds from the sale of his place in
Chesterfield. His wife, whom he
left at a local hotel. is almost
prostrated. The Richmond police
were asked today to aid in search
for Smith.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
G.. O.P. IN CALIFORNIA
; TO | IN REGISTRATION

Chicago. Ill. Aug. 9.-In every
county in California more RepUh-
Iicans than Democrats have regis
tered for the August primaries ac-
cording TO figures just given out by
the secretary of state of California.
This is a record for the Repub-
licans in the history OF the State,
Republican leaders say.
In fourteen counties the Repub-
lican registration was nearly three
times that of the Democrats and
less than 10 per cent of the voters
declined to state their party sfilia-
tions
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
Traveller in "Wet" Canada Says US.
May Pay War Debt of Dominion
Through Profit Made on Exchange

cinating change in Gotham's gam
bling belt. Again we find that wom-
en- have taken the places formerly
occupied by the mana bizarre echo
OF the hemisphere activities of the
fair. Instead OF pale-faced male
croupiers at the roulette wheels, we
now have extensively Eowned and
jeweled pretty women. who in dull
Get tones, cry "Mcssieurs ct ma
DANES, fats yotre jeU." when the
guests gather at the table and call
rein ne va plus after which no
stakes can be placed. And the anX-
ious eyes OF the players follow the
tiny ball until it finally halts: then
graceful arms wheel the table rests
which rake in all the money that
has been lost, and tapering fingers
heavy with rings, pay off the win
ners out of the takings before the
next game proceeds.
In some form or other gambling
has been in vogue from the earliest
day. Pat Sheedy. who ran temple
of chance for time in Cairo
Egypt, and who made study of
the genesis OF wagering. once told
the writer that it commenced in the
East with royal gamblers and grad
ually extended its way westward
into Europe through all classes in
all countries.
Monte Carlo Supreme.
Monte Carlo still stands as the
apex of the art No bulwark OF
earthly distance or law has with,
stood the inroads of the gamoster.
New York has for many years
been the male gamblers paradise,
and it supplied the atmosphere and
daring talent that gave Edward
Garfield his vogue and opportunity
to expand. Canfield. who himself
invented a wonderful game Of soil
taire and was a notable art con
noisseur. built a beautiful home in
East Forty-fourth street for his pa
irons, a few doors off Fifth avenue
Joe Ullman was another who made
gambling both a science and pleas
ure. Then there were Ed Jolly and
Jim Westcott. the immaculate Billy
Maxim and gruff Tom Costello, Blind
John Condor and Jim Mays. Ec
James and Dick Maynard.
where are they now" We asked
Came the reply: Gone to a place
where all bets are off"
Bridge the Cause.
Nowadays a man with a desire lc
hazard some surplus cash in New
York is lucky if he can get "stcercd'
to a place where he can shoot crap!
or play a game of stUss. the latter
a game of chance brought up from
the lower East Side in the days Of
the late Herman Rosenthal.
Little Sammy Newman, with his
back up against the cold marbI,
wall of the Claridge Hotel said
Bridge whist is responsible for thu
women going into the gambling
business. Then they brsnched ou
into roulette. 1t is not easy t.
make their games, for the ladie
who have taken up gambling for ;
livelihood know just who to invit,
| into their homes"
Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger CO..
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
AMUNDSEN STARTS
ON TOUR OF ARCTIC

Nome, Alaska, Aug. Capt. Roald
Amundsen has left here on his ship
Maude for a cruise in the Arctic.
Though Capt Amundsen has been
in the Arctic for more than nine
teen months, he said his real voyage
would begin only with his depar-
ture from Nome to drift northward
in an ice pack.
He said he would lay his course
west of Wrangell Island and toward
the Siberian Islands, keeping in
open water as long as possible un-
til he found a favorable place for
striking directly northward, prob
ably in the vicinity where the Jean
cite of the James Gordon Bennett,
jr., expedition foundered in 1881.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
Report Shows Two-Thirds
Of Country's Water Power
Stored Beyond Rockies.

The great snow-topped water
sheds of the Far West are being
turned to by science and industry
to solve the problem OF the van
ishing supply of coal and fuel oil.
Out of 6O,OOO.OoO horsepower, the
potential energy stored in streams
of the United States, 100000, or
two-thirds, is held in the mountains
of eleven Western States, and it
is in these recesses that in the next
decade will be seen some of the
most gigantic enterprises of Amer
lean finance, engineering and labor.
Steps are already being taken
which point to future hydro-elec-
trification, which will make the past
seem Insignificant
In eleven Western States west OF
the Rockies is 6S.6 per cent of the
nations potential waterpower. and
"a per cent Of this is under Fed
eral control
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
DRY BAN DEFIED
BY SMUGGLERS
Customs Service Head Ad-
mits Control Lost on
Coast.
SMALL ARMY NEEDED
Illegal Entry of Other Ar
ticles Also Believed
/ Practice.
tPubiic Ledger Seryicc.)

The failure of Congress to appro-
pirate adequate funds for the en-
forcement of prohibition has re-
suited in the development OF the
illegal traffic in intoxicating liquor
to such an extent that it is now
passing beyond the control of gov
ernment authorities.
Jouett Shouse, Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury in charge of the
customs service. said yesterday that
the success in smuggling liquor into
the country was such as to stimu-
late the illegal importation of other
commodities.
officials of the customs service,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue and
the staff of the commissioner of
prohibition are contemplating a re-
their forces to obtain better re-
suits.
Lawbreaking Increases.
Shouse added that the situation
was daily growing worse as the
stock of liquor, on hand in this
country was gradually decreasing.
Only a small army Of men can
prevent the smuggling of liquor
into the United States, according to
Shouse, who expressed the add
tional opinion that this was the
only solution of the question. This
could only be maintained at tre-
mendous cost to the government. il
was pointed out.
The officials of the customs serv-
ice have already confiscated thou
. thnnSardc nf rra1lnnC Of
liquor which has been Illegally i'm
ported into the country, according tc
Shousc.
Smugglers have found it profit
/ able to engage in the illegal inn
| portation of other commodities out
I side of intoxicating liquor. They
/ were described as working largely
| along the Atlantic coast, where
! goods could be shifted from ocean
| going ships to smaller craft out
! side Of the three mile limit.
Greatest on Coast.
officials of the customs service
have found traffic in liquor is great.
est along the Atlantic coast. Tha
along the Canadian border is saiC
not to compare with it.
A large amount of liquor is sale
to come from the West Indies anc
from Cuba. There are so man!
points along the coast at which
liquor can be landed that it is i'm
possible for the customs service L
watch all of them.
The craft employed in the SNUG
Cling of liquor are said to be 81
small that they have little difficult,
in landing their goods at almost in
numera BILE points along the coast.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
NEW PATENT OFFICE
HEADS APPOINTED

recess appointments Of Robert F.
whitehead. Virginia. to be commits
sioner of patents, and Melvin VI.
CouIston. Of New York. to be first
assistant commissioner of patents.
Whitehead. now first assistant
commissioner. takes the place Of
James T Newton. resigned. and
CoUlston. now one of the assistant
commissioners. succeeds Whitehead
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
Apples Promise Good Crop.

1t has been estimated that, grant
ed conditions are as favorable as
they have been, the apple crop of
the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia
will total in the neighborhood OF
10000 barrels The fruit promises
to be of the first quality.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

New York, July 31.-A New
Yorker of rare powers OF observa-
ton back from a trip along the
Canadian border thinks that per
haps, after all. Charles Ponzis
mysterious treasure house" is
much nearer than the 100 per cent
Boston broker would have the au-
tnorities and his customers know
Trading in exchange may mean
Canada" he said. where right
now there is a profit of IS cents in
every American dollar that goes
over the frontier 1t offers far
greater returns than trading in
merchandise.
Natives PROFIT.
Few Americans who enter Can
ada these days realize that our dol
lar is worth S1.l3 in Canadian
money. Sometimes they find it out
after they arrive in Canada and
sometimes they don't. They do not
yet realize an eagerness on the part
Of Canadians with whom they do
business to obtain their American
money at par, and they never get
back any American currency. For
instance, room with bath at the
King Edwards Hotel, Toronto,
costs Sc. The hotel sends the Amer
iCan money paid for it to it's bank
and gets $6.75 in Canadian money.
No matter where you go in
Canada the merchant has two
drawers. one in which he keeps his
American money and one for the
Canadian currency. All change is
made out of the Canadian drawer
A resident Of Quebec told ME that
if his province kept wet, tourists
from the United States would pay
off the Canadian war debt in five
years. This loss to Americans who
do not know about dollar value diff
ferences runs into big money"
Gambling Rampant.
For the past week policemen with
scaling ladders have been crash
ing" suspected gambling houses UP
and down the West Side. Jamming
the hooks of their ladders through
the glass of upper floor windows
the bluecoats leap in upon card
players and devotees of the rou-
lette wheel and where there is evil
dence the gamblers ride" which is
cabaret argot for taking the play,
ers to the station house in a patrol
wagon.
In two establishments entered
recently, the houses were founc
fitted out in sumptuous style; costly
rugs on the floor, genuine paintings
| and tapestries hanging from the
walls with rare drinks on the carved
sideboard. The patrons. both mel
and women, were we'll dressed. The
usual explanation for the raids; Z
different police inspector sent to the
West Side; the new broom tha
sweeps clean.
Now comes the story of the fas
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
Government Employees
Unions to Hold Conven-
ton at St. Louis.
DC. DELEGATES CHOSEN
Plans for Entertainment at
\ Gathering Announcedm IN
Washington.

Extension of the benefits Of re-
classification and other progressive
legislation to include employees in
all branches OF the government field
service, as we'll as those in Wash
ington bureaus, will be considered
at the fourth annual convention of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees which will open in St
Louis September s, according to Z.
J. Newmyer. secretary-treasurer OF
the National Federation.
We are especially desirous OF
seeing the passage of law max
ing effective the recomme ndations
Of the Congressional Joint Commis-
sion on Reclassiication of Salaries
and the extension Of such legis-
lation to include employees in all
branches Of the field service, as
we'll as those in Washington" said
Secretary Newmyer yesterday.
Action Considered
The subject of reclassiication
will be the most important mat
ter to come before the convention,
and plans will be developed which
will determine the action which the
federation will take when Congress
reconvenes."
to send delegates, and seventeen
will go from Washington. repre-
senting the four locals here. The
following delegates have already
been elected: No. 2, delegates, Burd
W Payne. jeremiah Connolly. u
rey B. Miller. George A. Hill. Stew
a RI E Blassingham, William J. Hen
bricks. P. NJ. Kennerly and Van
A Zahn; alternates, Miss Juliette
Stcbbins. John W. Ginder, Mrs.
Adele G. Guthridge, James P. Nc
Keon, Edward L. Scheuier, Miss
sara Western and W. S. Douglass;
80. 10, delegates. Nora B. James.
Gertrude NJ. McNaIly, Tillie Lind
say. Katherine Tracy. Belle A
TrouIand; alternates, Mary O'Sulli-
van. Mignon Miller, Clara Milstead.
Ella Ingraham and Mary Campbell.
welcome Planned.
A rousing welcome awaits the y.
F. F. E. delegates upon their ar
rival in St. Louis, according to re-
ports received here from Chairma n
W. H. Hughes, of the committee in
charge of the preparations
We have arranged writes
Chairman Hughes, ito give the del
egates and their families, who may
attend. an automobile ride through
St Louis on one OF the afternoons
that would be agreeable to the con-
vention. giving the delegates a view
of our residential section, our public
parks, and the places of general in
terest We are negotiating for a
ride on our wonderful river for eth
er an afternoon or an evening.
In the convention hall we have
arranged for a dance and general
reception one evening. Another
evening will be devoted to visit to
one Of our theaters, reserving a GER
tain section for the use of our
guests.
\ steady growth has marked the
progress Of the Federation of Fed
,ral Employees since their initial or
sanitation in 1917, according to ma
tional officers. More than $1,000
members were taken in last year.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10
ASPIRIN
Name 'fBayer' on Genuine

"Bayer Tsbsts Of Aspirin" Is genuine
Aspirin proved safe By millions and pre-
cr1bed BY physicians for over twenty years.
Accept only an unbroken "Bsyer package"
which contains proper directions to relieve
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralxia
Rheumatism, Colds and Pain, Handy tin
boxes Of 12 tablets cost few cents. Drug
rists also sell larger "Bayer packages. s.
Aspirin is trademark Bsyer Manufacture
Naooscsteecidestnr Of saHcyucacid.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-10

ARGUING with woman in
front OF mirror don't pay very
big dividends.
There would be a heap. more
sisterly feeling in this world if tn
ladies could git their dresses copy
righted.
Copyright. 1870, Thompson Feature service.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Official ~tsltooina.

In some countries ~tattooing is adopt
ed for several purposes. For exam
pie. in Samoa, when a woman is mar.
ried several tattoo marks are placed
on her. and both in Fiji and Samoa
the birth of each child is registered
In this way on the mothers hand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
TRY THESE COLUMN
AND WATCH THE
RESULTS
xorrcr tn CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Chosen Freeholders OF Middlesex
County, at their room in the County kee-
ord Building, Bayard St. New brunswick
n. J., at 2.30 p. NJ. on Thursday. June z4tn'
1920 for constructing a reinforced con-
crete slab bridge over ireland Brook on ths
road from Dunham's Corner to line
Cross Road. in the townships OF East and
South Brunswicks. according to the specl'
fcations on file at the offices Of Alvin =.
Fox. County Engineer. i75 Smith Streee
Perth Amboy. N. j.. and +. William Hilker.
New Brunswick, n. ].
Each bid must be accompanied by a GER
tihed check in the amount OF 100000 with
out any conditional endorsement and pay
able to the order Of =. William Hilkef.
County Collector. which check shall be TOR
feited should the successful bidder fail to
enter into contract and give bond within
ten days from the award of the bid.
The successful bidder Will be required TO
execute a surety company pond in the full
amount of the contract price. conditioned
for the faithful performance of the con-
tract.
The Board reserves the right 10 reject
any or all bids. II in their opinion IL Is TO
the best interest Of the County so to do.
V r. FOX.
County Engineer.
fene0-e-Jf.1e-oN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23

It is almost a crime for parents -
rear children to manhood or woman
hood without teaching them. or seeing
that they are taught, how to swim.
Everybody should know how to swim.
for n never can tell when or under
what circumstances ability to take care
of oneself in the water may spell the
difference between life and DEATH
Atlanta Constitution. 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Walk ArolnG z Elnq.

A Tennessee investigator made a
series of more than fifty experiments
for the purpose of d%i5proving tie as
sertion that blindfolded persons walk
in circles, but he was unable TO do so.
for all the persons in the tests DEPART
ed from the straight line - they
walked away from the starting point.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Ccns1ia,ion.

From the agony column: young
man. recently rejec,ed, desires apart.
ments adjoining those of young couple
possessed of a baby that cries all night,
causing father to promenade in paja-
mas; good loud swearer preferred."--
Boston Transcript.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
TAILORING -DRESSMAKINi

DYEING to match your sample. clean
ing. repairing men and women's cloth
ing. Phone 1858. Fishkin Bros. 500
State ST. 1856 New Brunswick Ave.
MIkHAELY CSETE, Merchant Tailor:
ing. 426 State St. Perth Anboy. n. j.
BENINCASA BROS. Merchan Tailors. ?
stores. sol State st. Phone lS4-J. 1853
Smith ST., l flight up. Perth Amboy.
EMBROIDERY stamping made to order
and hemstitching. Lessons given tree
in embroidery, croeheting. etc. j., Hoff-
man. $50 Smith ST.
FURS for sale. fur coats remodelled re-
paired and stored free; insured against
FIRE and burglars. Fur trimmings. A.
Greenhouse, IS Smith 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Source of Anecdote.

The word anecdote is derived from
three Greek words, meaning mot given
out" In other words, an anecdote
meant something not to be told, in.
stead of the opposite meaning now
current.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Paasna for friendship.

ls,sn had never taken a liking to
ei4r, and rarely played with him.
sItfal days ago I noticed that he
wa have overcome his dislike for the
N. boy, and upon questioning my
rfll friend, he modestly explained
juniors daddy bought a grocery
tore that keeps my favorite candy
Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Exclusively American,

The production of maple sugar and
maple strip is purely an American in
dustry, Canada being the only country
other than the United States where
they are made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Absrdesn a city Of Granite.

Aberdeen, Scotland, is populariy
known as the Granite City. from the
fact hat it has more buildings Of sei.
i'd granite than any other city Of It's
size In the world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
OrininaI Pins.

Until the middle of the sixteenth
century the poorer class in England
used rude skewers OF wood as pins.
while the more fortunate had pins
made of gold, silver and brass.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23

Ha1ie Tessh Used rs Currency.
Whales teeth pass as currency In
the Fiji islands. They gre painted
white and red, the red teeth being
worth about twenty times ss much
90 the whitA.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-23
Admiration.

He is a very unhappy man who sets
his heart upon being admired by the
multitude, or affects a general and un
distinguishing applause among men,
Richard Steele.