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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
To Use Derrick to Lower Casket.

Because of a narrow stairway at
the Pollina home at 81 Smith street,
a derrick will have to be used to lower
the casHet containing the body Of Ro-
sario Pollina. from the second story
to the street tomorrow morning. An
drew Anderson. general contractor,
has taken the contract for the job.
The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock
from h Pollina home, followed by a
solemn requiem high mass at the
Church of the Most Holy Rosary at
10 o'clock. Mr.. Pollina died suddenly
on Sunday following a stroke of pa
ralysis. He had conducted a barber
shop at III Smith street for eleven
years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
CityBnefs

Another meeting Of the Alpine
Lot Owners Association will
be held in the city hall Thursday
night at 8 o'clock. All members
have been notified and 1t is expected
that several new members will be
present at this session. matters of
Importance being scheduled to come
up.
"A communication was received at
police headquarters yesterday after
noon from Mrs. James Victor Nix. of
143 Noe street, San Francisco, Cal.
This woman requests hat a search be
made for her husband and that he be
sent back to his wife and child. The
woman claims that the man vas In
this city May IL, 1919. and that he
was discharged or rejected from the
army November 10, 1919, Or February
s or %, 1919. She further reports
that he was in a hospital from inju-
ries received in an explosion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
HOSPITAL EXERCISES
TO BE HELD TONIGHT

The commencement exercises of
the class of 1920 of the Perth Amboy
City Hospital Training School will be
held tonight in the high school audi
torium. A class of ten young women
will be presented with their diplomas
tonight. The public at large is invited
10 attend the commencement exer-
cises, no invitations or tickets being
necessary. An appropriate program
has been arranged.
Those graduating tonight are the
Misses Daisy Murdoch, Julia Jensen,
Anna Petersen. Alvina Hansen, Edna
Flynn, Marie Jensen, Ruth Petersen.
Emma ~Tjornelund. Dora Juhl and
Clara Hansen.
A reception and dance will be held
at the close of the exercises, Invita-
tons having been sent by the grad
yates to those who will attend this
function.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
UTILITY BOARD COUNSEL IN
CLASH WITH RECORD At TRIAL
sv Special Correspondent.

81 Special Correspondent.
TRENTON, May 76.-Govefnor Ed
wards today heard arguments from
the counsel for the four members of
the Public Utility Commission on trA
before him to the effect that he
should dismiss the charges brought
by Jersey City because they fail to
show any proof of misconduct IN Office
and neglect of duty, 10 required by
the public utility C for removal by
the executive. Joseph Sdyker, coun-
sci for Commissioners Slocum and
Gaul. opening the boards defense to
the charges declared:
"Mr. Record has himself said in
these proceedings that he does not
charge tbs board with dishonesty or
Intentional wrong-doing."
You have no right to misquote me
in that way" replied Record. who
appears for Jersey City.
whether Mr.. Record is now trying
to make the admission that he did
so charge replied Stryker, ut Is true
there is nothing to show that these
men were guilty of wrong-doing."
Stryker also reiterated the point
that the governor had prejudiced the
case by his campaign u~tterances.
He said all the board had o n was
follow its judgment in deciding the
Public Service and other rate cases.
Others OF counsel followed allowed
the same lines. Edward Hermann,
general counsel for the utility board.
opened his discussion at noon. He
also raised the point that Jersey City
failed to specifically charge any mis-
conduct or neglect of duty.
TT is submitted that in the absence
of any substantial proof or a COM
plete examination of all of the evil
denoe considered by the board in the
A- ~
ports and orders made by the board
are unassailable, and should be up
held as sound state policy" declared
Hermann. He and his associated
counsel contended the governor
should dismiss Jersey City's charges.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
Hearing i'm Booze Case.

Alexander Weiss, the local man
taken into custody by Prohibition En-
forcement Officer James II. Curran at
the Staten Island ferry late Saturday
afternoon charged with having 30
gallons of alcohol in his automobile,
is being given a hearing before u. s.
Commissioner John A. Delaney here
this afternoon. The alcohol and auto
mobile, which were seized by Officer
Curran, were taken to Sections garage
here after Weiss had been identified AT
the local police headquarters on Sat
.urday. He was then allowed to go
free waiting the swearing out of a
complaint before the U. s. District AT
torney. 1t is expected that bail will be
fixed by Commissioner Delaney this
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
POLICE MUST DRILL TONIGHT
FOR DECORATION DAY EVENT

The entire police department will
drill In front OF city Hall st 6 O'Clock
tonight. There will be one more
drnl after tonlght's session before the
final review on next Monday, this
on Friday night. Chief of Police
Patrick J. Burke reports that the
drills have been very successful and
that n men should make a good
showing before the mayo and the
board OF aldermen on Decoration
Day.
The Garretson medal which IL
given to the police officer doing the
most heroic deed during the year
will be presented at his review. At
a nesting which Is expected to be
held the latter part OF the week the
aldermen. the mayor and the chief
OF police will decide the winner Of
this gift.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
TEACHERS DISCUSS
EXTENSION COURSE

A university extension cours for
teachers was brought up at the regu
lar meeting of the Perth Amboy
Teachers Association last night and
thoroughly discussed. 1t was decided
that e. committee be elected, COM
posed of n teacher from each school
to make all possible arrangements for
such institution hero next year II
was mentioned hat many of the
teachers r taking up courses In
New York and other cities. and 1t
Is believed that there are enough
teachers here Interested to arrange for
q local course.
j. +. Walker. president OF the or
g~anization presiding the new school
laws were thrashed out and the Cha
tauqua course which begins the week
of September 20 va announced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mrs. G.. Drysdale, of Gordon street.
announces the marriage OF her
daughter, Jean Burnett. to William
M. Thompson. OF this city. yesterday.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. II. T.. Hatchman, pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city. The
couple were attended by Miss Amy
*. Drysdale. sister of the bride, and
Ronald Kleckner. one of Mr.. Thomp-
sons colleagues while serving in the
A. f.. +.
on q trip to Boston, Mass. and upon
their return will reside at 212 Cor
don street, this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
INJUNCTION Against Use of Name

In the case Of the National Cloak
& Suit Company against Mollie Ros-
enberg, who conducted stores at 581
Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, and 3QS7a
Fulton street, Brooklyn. the National
Cloak & Suit Company has obtained
a permanent injunction whereby Mrs.
Rosenberg and her employees and all
persons associated with her in bust
ness were enjoined from making any
use of the word National. National
Cloak & Suit Company. National Out
let Store ans me Nationals Quite;
Stcse.
. William Rosenbaum. an officer OF
the company. stated that 1t is the in
tention of the company to prosecute
every case in which the word Ma
tional Is used IN connection with the
sale of wearing apparel for men,
women and children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
Obituary
Mrs. John Jacob.

Mrs. John Jacob, sixty-hve years
old, died this morning at her home,
263 Laurie street, after a brief illness.
Survived by three sons and two
daughters, Mrs Charles Blanchard,
Miss Anna Jacob, Joseph, William and
Charles Jacob. Mrs. Jacob was a res
ident of Woodbridge for thirty-five
years. Arrangements for the funeral
are being made by the family.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
Probate viii Of Thomas Brooks.

NEW BRUNSWICK, May 25.-The
will of Thomas Brooks. of Fords, who
died on May 5. 1908 has been entered
for probate in the s~urrogate's Office.
Sarah Jane Brooks, the widow is the
e~xecutrix and sole beneficiary. Besides
the widow there is a son. George w.
of Perth Amboy residing. The will
made April Is. 1908 and witness
ed by William ID. Hoy of Fords an
IThomas w. Meacham of New pruns.
wick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
Many Fined Following Raid

NEW BRUNSWICK, May 25:-As
a result of two raids over the week
end one at 90 French street and the
other at 2S7 Nelson street, resulted
IN three men being fined s25, six be-
ing held In $4,000 bail, each charged
with running a disorderly house. and
one held as a material witness in
$1,000 bail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25
Dunham Back Tomorrow

Sergeant Clarkson Durham who
was taken sick at police headquarters
on Sunday has recovered at his home,
and will return TO his position tonior-
morning. This announcement
was made this morning by Superin-
tendent of Police Burke this morning
to silence the numerous rumor pass
ing through the city since Sunday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-25

The largest dia,zond ever found in
the United St2ses was found at Man
chester. Va
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The American Fiurne

The Bolivian delegation to the
second Pan-American Financial Con-
ference is asking moral support here
for sea outlet project Now land
locked, Bolivia once had frontage
on the Pacific. She lost it after rich
nitrate deposits had been discovered
in the desert Of Atacama and in the
province Of Antofagasta. Bolivia
was poor and misgoverned. She
couldn't develop her riches. Chile
entangled her in a web Of conces-
sions and exploitation agreements,
and finally forced her into war and
seized her coast lands.
Peru also was brought into the war
of 1879 through her defensive alliance
with Bolivia, and Chile conquered
the Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca,
Tacna and africa and seized Callao
and Lima. In the treaty Of peace
Tarapaca was cedcd outright to
Chile, and Tacna and africa were
surrendered, with the provision that
ten years later plebiscite should be
held in those provinces to determine
whether they should revert to Peru
OR remain Chilean.
No vote has yet been taken, Chile's
pledge resembling the pledge given
by Prussia to Austria in the Treaty
of Prague that the inhabitants
Of North Schleswig should decide
whether to remain Prussian or unite
with Denmark. Peru for many years
pressed for the plebiscite, but it was
denied, and the provinces are now
so colonized that they would prob
ably vote to remain with Chile.
Bolivia has her commercial outlet
through the port of africa, a natural
route, although africa is in the
plebiscite territory. And Chile seems
willing to meet this wish, instead of
giving Bolivia an exit and inlet at
a port at like Antofagasta, formerly
Bolivian, but now unconditionally
Chilean. Chile, in fact, made
treaty with Bolivia in 1904, under
which she pledged herself to con-
struct railroad from africa toward
La Paz and to turn over the port
of africa to Bolivian commerce. The
commerce of the port is now IS per
cent Bolivian.
Bolivia's isolation is unnatural.
The tendency Of modern interna-
tionaliam 10 toward securing inland
countries free access to the ocean.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
The Rolling Pin Myth

The foreign author who visits
our much visited shores as a sort of
supersalesman for his wares is usu-
ally too tactful to say anything un-
pleasant. Or, if he must be unpleas-
ant, he takes his criticism out on the
awful American child" or some
other safe object that doesn't read
books or attend lectures.
So we feel a real respect for Mr..
Ibanez, who took his life in his hands
AS he supposed-and castigated the
awful American wife, who, rolling
pin in hand, rules the home. cup and
at them!" was his advice to the
males assembled about him. "They
like to be dominated" was his philos-
ophy of encouragement. The historic
motto, made famous by display at
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Borah Has Fun

Senator Borah, not to be outdone
in willfulness and stubbornness
by the White House, and claiming
he has as much right as any one to
issue ultimatums, has served notice
that he will persist in treaty killing
if he does not have his full
way. We have always contended
that Senator Borah is a humorist
and gets fun out of presenting HIM
self as equaling in unreasonable
ness his co-laborer at the other end
of Pennsylvania Avenue.
AS .humorist Senator Borah has,
of course, enjoyed watching the gyra-
tions of Senator Hitchcock and the
rubber-stamp Administration Sena-.
tors as Senator Lodge has sought to
pin responsibility on them. They
have labored not to secure a ratifca-
tion of the treaty, but to dodge blame
for its defeat. The early speeches
Of the Nebraska Senator, wherein
he describes the bad plight of the
world and the worse plight of this
country if we are not represented at
Geneva, are about the high water
mark Of American Pecksniffian ora
tory.
But the sport of watching Mr..
Hitchcock jump around has lost
novelty. In his role of Bad Boy,
tack placer and general mischief
maker Senator Borah would doubt
less like to see the expression on the
face of his White House partner
should q ratified treaty suddenly
jump on the Presidential desk. If
he were but sure the President would
make good on his threat to pigeonho!e,
the Senator would so enjoy the
squirming that would occur as to be
willing to contribute to ratification.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Not a Trust

For thirty years the Sherman
antitrust act has been on the statute
books. Countless suits have been
brought and there is a labyrinth of
decisions. But what the act per-
mits and what it forbids is as much
a mystery as ever. The keenest
lawyer will not venture to predict
what will be held legal.
The mystery is no more solved by
the Steel Corporation bill of health
than it was solved by the packing
company dissolutions. No one will
suggest that decisions fall, pro or con,
according as the illustrious justices
happen to feel, but the court has
never succeeded in clarifying the
law, and the opinion grows that in
most respects the Sherman act is a
nuisance which should be abated.
The public will not be disposed to
complain because the Steel Corpora
ton is not to be disarticulated. Its
influence, on the whole, has been in
the direction of greater efficiency in
production, and consequently of high
wages and low prices. 1t is one of
the industrial bulwarks of America,
and if it's ownership can only be
made to pass, as it's chief wishes, into
the hands of it's employees it will be
easily the most successful coopera-
tive institution in the world.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

1t will be noted Bolivia's claim to
africa rests on the same principles
as do Jugo-Slavia's claims to Fiume.
Each involves the rights Of hinter-
land. Indeed, Bolivia's argument
seems the stronger, for whereas
without Fiume Jugo-Slavia would
have ports, although poor ones,
Bolivia without africa will have
none. But there is q meridional
quality, it seems, to the fourteen
points. 1t is not reported that the
Washington Administration threat
ems to boycott or otherwise proceed
against Chile and Peru if they do
not agree to provide Bolivia COR
ridor and a port.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Susan Lisby

A never settled great question is
brought to public attention again.
Susan Lisby is presented as cham
pion of Pennsylvania, with record
of $4,000 pies. Surely formidable
number from one fabricator, proving
that virtue is not dead and that
great women still exist.
The position and extent of the
Pie Belt have been variously esti-
mated. 1t begins as far East as
Quoddy Bay and, expanding lateral
ly as it sweeps westward, covers
practically all New England, a con-
siderable portion of New York and
Pennsylvania, and finally loses itself
somewhere in the Middle West. No
one asserts that the rest of the coun
try is bereft; there are hills, even
high hills, outside of the mountain
ranges. The Belt proper may be de-
scribed as the residence Of addicts,
of persons who cannot let the con-
coction alone, who will employ any
stratagem to get it. The classical
example is, of course, Emerson, who,
reproached with eating pie at break
fast, asked, "What is pie for?"
None the less, pie is still fiercely
attacked for impairing digestion and
stunting physical growth. The quick
lunch counter has been denounced as
quite as deleterious as the now
abandoned bar. Facts to prove these
assertions never have been satisfac-
torily established. They rest upon
assumption. Susan Lisby may ig-
more those who are envious of her
just fame. She has been a bene-
factor, not a poisoner, of the species.
She may confidently confront her
ouija board and ask the Oliverian
world for certificate of character.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Who Is "Us"o
The Soviet Faith Expoundcd by a
Lopal Subject of Leninc

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was nice of you to quote in
your editorial Of February 5 (Which
have just seem my article from that
weeks Nation" explaining why the
mythical entity, the Public, may con-
veniently be damned. And l am glad
my amiable shaft succeeded in getting
under your skin sufficiently to make
you anxious to argue away it's point.
You even suggest for the future,
see, the substitution of the Estate" for
the public" as the bogey with which
to frighten us bad little radical boys
Cali citizens are members of the state"
you say, "and in any nation worth it's
salt the state is supreme"
Well, as far as that assertion goes,
l don't know that you and we would
need to quarrel. Of course, as you
point out, we on our side are gener-
ally coming to believe in federalism.
We picture, you say, Charming scenes
of liberalization, wherein bricklayers
carry portion of the national SOW
ereignty in their trowels; and brake
men receive yet another; and so on
throughout delightful slcing of the
cake among all properly sovietized chill
dren." Yes, indeed, we all do hold more
or less to "local" self government these
days, and from Communists Socialist to
ndicalist-anarchist the difference has
become pretty much a matter of de-
gree. But that's mere admin istrative
detail.
"The state, which is to say all of US,
is supreme" There's your point!
Only, who is this "us"-this "state"
of yours? You and few other bust
ness men-a million or so, more or less
think it is you. SO did Louis XIV.
We, nous autres (to continue the
French allusion) n)-scveral hundred mill
ion Of us, all over the world-are be-
ginning to know it is ourselves. Along
with a certain man (you've heard of
him? named Lenine.
So, roll That in your cigarette and
smoke it. ROBERT L. WOLF.
Washington, Feb. 26, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
One Great System

One benefit of government opera
tion of the railroads claimed by
Director General Hines cannot be
gainsaid. That is the emphasis
which government operation has put
on the railroads as single national
system. Competition under private
ownership tended to obscure this
conception of unity and nationwide
function.
Mr.. Hines says pertinently in his
final report:
"The rate structures already apply
equally to the different railroads;
freight cars are already universally
exchangeable; railroad labor is largely
organized on nationwide basis, and
to a substantial extent working con-
ditions are standardized throughout
the country. believe all these ele-
cepted and others must be developed
III order to promote the greatest de-
gree of public convenience"
Senator Cummins wanted to COM
rel the railroads to consolidate into
regional systems. The idea of COM
pulsion was abandoned, but the roads
are left at liberty to adopt the
regional form of organization. The
consolidation of ticket offices and the
common use of big terminals have
been advantageous. The merits of
the pooling system for certain
freights, formerly under the govern
ment's ban, have also been recog-
nized.
The public's primary interest lies
in efficient and economic operation of
the roads. The competitive idea is
dropping out of sight. The users Of
the roads want unifcation, if unifca-
ton produces better results than
competition does. The transporta-
tion ideal of to-day is national
service.
State regulation conflicts with that
idea. The railroad systems Of to-day
have outgrown state boundaries.
Commissions in forty-six states, try
ing to regulate intrastate traffic, have
become more or less of an anachro-
nism. Their interference is burden
some as a rule, not helpful. Under
the new order it ought to disappear.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion can take care Of the regional
systems, and ought to have a free
hand in doing SO. A fuller realiza-
tion of the national character of the
railroad service will probably lead to
the abandonment Of the old theory
Of state regulation, in so far as such
regulation directly or indirectly af-
fects interstate operation.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

recent Yale commencement, MARRY
'em young, treat 'em rough, tell 'em
nothin'," would express just about
the sort of cave man attitude ad-
mired by Mr.. Ibaiiez.
AS for Che facts, it must be ad-
mitted that there is some superficial
evidence which might deceive a
visitor into believing in the rolling
pin myth. Woman, as she was
placed on pedestal by the anti-suf-
fragist, was very spiritual and
marvellous creature, but she did wave
g. spiritual rolling pin. Such, in
deed, was the exact nature of her
sway, as all her admirers proclaimed.
But this pedestal was never very
generally assumed. There have long
been wholesome influences at work
in America to make the metaphor
more honored in the breach than the
observance. Co-education, for ex-
ample-that Mr.. klpling admired
so much, when progressing from sea
to sea. Here was a profoundly i'm
portant fact of American life that
made continually for destruction of
the silly nonsense in the relation of
the sexes, and fine partnership and
understanding, based on the true
merits of each.
The patter Of the pedestal kept
up long after the goddess descended
to be the friend and comrade she
was always capable of being. Evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Ibafez has been deceived
by it. His warning is welcome, even
though his advice is needless. You
can't beat your best friend any more
than you can worship her for god
like perfections she never possessed.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Gen. Wood, Of New Hampshire


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was with considerable interest
that read in your editorial on General
Wood the statement that "it happens
he was born amid the Cape Cod folks
of Massachusetts" If it wasn't that
The Tribune so seldom is wrong in it's
facts l would assume that this was in
tended to mean that he was born in
the State Of Massachusetts, somewhere
on Cape Cod. However, a reference to
"Who's Who in America" will show
that he was born in the town of Win
chester, in the State Of New Hamp-
shire, and it has always been accepted
as a fact that New Hampshire is the
state of his birth.
l would be interested in learning the
real reason for what seems to me
greatly exaggerated" statement.
Washington, Feb 26, 1920. "A. H. ,
lOur correspondent is right. Gen.
eral Wood was brought up amid
Cape Cod folks, but he was born at
Winchester, N. H. That was on
October 8, 1860. His father, Charles
Jewett Wood, a physician, joined
the Union army in 1861, and for
the years of the Civil War the
family lived at Weston, Mass.
When DR.. Wood returned from the
war. his health shattered by malaria,
he was advised to make his home
upon the sands Of Cape Cod. The
family lived for a short while
at Chiltonville, near Plymouth, and
then moved to the easterly shore
of Buzzard's Bay, settling perma-
nently at Pocasset. In this small
Cape Cod village General Wood
passed his boyhood and youth, from
the age Of seven till he entered the
Harvard Medical School, in 1885,
Ed.]
New-York tribune., 1920-03-02

that times have changed; that, for
better, for worse, governmental activ-
ity has been extended, must be ex-
tended, and that we must give to our
governmental officers as much as we
can of that freedom Of activity which
we give to the officers of any success
full business.