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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Ripping Rhymes
The New Year.
BY w T MASON

1 hail the new year gladly, and
say to it, Good day." while still
surveying sadly the year that's
passed away. The old year seemed
a winner when first it's tour began,
but now old Time. the timer, has
put it In a can. That year was
punk and daffy, the worst of all
bum bets; this much of epitaphy
Is all the dead n gets. But now
It's bright successor with gladness
l accost, and I'm a cheap john
-suesser if 1t should prove a frost.
| hail the buoyant stranger and
hope he'll set us free from dread
and doubt and danger, and all the
ills there be. 1 hope he'll bring
good feeling. contentment, in his
train, and end the foolish spelling
that's driving men insane. I hope
he'll bring a seaso of quiet and
repOse, and back to law and rea-
son lead people by the nose. For
I am. oh. so weary of riot and I'M
rest. of frowsy skates and bleary
who do their dirty best, to stir up.
useless quarrels. to make mems
passions flames. to undermine
their morals. and spoil their useful
game. The old years buried I'M
der a million tons Of grit; the new.
year is a wonder, and ought to
make a hit -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

.creasing costs. this is no way to spend
the county's money. We fear the
freeholders are being misled. Moth
ing was gained by the trip to Wash
ington and the county foots the bill.
It is about time the freeholders
took charge of their own affairs and
made their employees. including the
county solicitor. understand their
proper relations to the board. They
are the servants Of the freeholders,
not the masters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
kitty's Airpisne.

Caroline, my f~our-year-old sister,
having seer a few airplanes lately and
knowing how they sound from a dis
lance, said one evening: DADDY, do
yan know our little kittie has an air.
g,,@ne inside of him?" "Why?' asked
daddy. Because" answered Caroline,
"every time I hold him on my lap, !
car hear II going."-EYchange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Fire Alarm Boxes

23-Raritan Copper Works.
24-Market and Sheridan Streets.
25-Smith Street and Central r.. r.
26-Market and First Streets.
27-Madison venue and Paterson st.
2S-High and Lewis Streets.
35-Smith and High Streets.
36-New Brunswick V and New St
37-Smith and State Streets.
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford st
a5-Commerce and Front Streets.
46-State and washington Streets.
64-State st. and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker St and Pulaski Ave.
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
and Wayne Streets.
.bS-Near United Lead Works.
b9-Maurer.
62-Washington and First Streets.
6S-New Brunswick Ave. n Elm st.
64-Smith Street and Watson Ave.
65-Commerce and State Streets.
72-Front and Smith Streets.
73-Water and Gordon Streets.
I74-Kearny Ave and Gordon Street.
S1-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
S2-Smith and Herbert Streets.
s3-Amboy Ave. and Washington ST.
S4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
85-Near City Hospital.
S7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
S6-Cleveiand and Brace Avenues.
92-Amboy Ave. and Inslee street.
S3-Lawrence and Francis Streets.
94-Neville and tombstone Streets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Daily Horoscope

THE stars incline but do not Compel
Saturday. January 8, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Evil stars dominate this day, ac-
cording to ~astrology and men should
conduct their affairs with caution and
discretion. Neptune. Saturn and IRA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

(Coldwater (Ohio) Chronicle.)
Luke, what's become of the o. f. sa-
loon keeper who used to give his Gus
toners on Christmas morning a nice
ly decorated bottle containing about
two fingers" of the elixir of life 2" y
He now charges his customers Jour
bits for two fingers of the Elixir OF
Death
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Haw, Hawt

1t says here that if you want to de-
velop anything you should exercise it
regularly" said the Old Fogy, as he
looked up from the newspaper no was
reading.
HUH" commented the Crouch. "If
that was a fact, a woman's jaw would
be as big as her chest"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Paw Knows EVERYTHING

Willie-Paw, does bigamy mean
that a man has one wife too many?
Paw-not necessarily, my son. A
man car have one wife too many and
not be a bigamist.
Maw-Willie, you come up stairs
with me and I'll teach you to keep
your mouth shuti
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
WuH!

A very Jolly mar l know,
AS nice a man as you will meet;
He is good-natured, even though
He has to live on a cross street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
GIlanf

The bill collector said: ooh myi
All other men we're stunned by.
They put us off, and seem TO try
To do those they are dunned by"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

N. A. Williamson inquiries from
Knoxville. Tenn. as to the where
abouts of the old-fashioned merchant
who threw in a pair of galluses
| when he sold you q suit OF clothes?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Now Look Out For Squalls.

Mary Rains and Thomas Cloud
were married in Georgia last week.
Rev. Mr.. Waters performed the GER
emony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
EIactl

Read this little rhymelet you'll find
it is true.
So keep it in memory, pray;
Do n of ten things you intended to
do,
And you'll have a pretty good day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

Charley Hadley's definition Of Pro-
hibition Is this:
From Champagne to Sham Beer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

The early bird catches the worm.
But what we started to say was that
o. c.. Mayworm is connected with the
Modern Steel Casting company, OF
Milwaukee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

DR.. Yelton Is a dentist in Erwin
Tennessee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Them Was the Happy DAYS.

l remember, l remember,
Those happy days of yore,
When the grocery man sold sugar
In his little grocery store.
-R1Iia WOnd
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

GOSIl!

Miss Jewell Jingles of Murray,
KY, was married a few weeks ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

Her bank accounts a beauty,
It's face value grows each week
Sounds strange, but It's her duty
To skin those who lack the Cheek
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

The real estate agent of the c.,
c., c. and st. l.. railroad reports that
Iona Hole owns sixty acres near
Rockfork, Mercer County, Ohio
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Obi

II do not speak to my wife for days
at a timer" said Mr.. Gabb.
whats the natter" asked Mr..
Naybor Are you on the outs?"
NO" replied Mr.. Glib. Il do not
like to interrupt her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

The prescription clerk in the w. #.
Meyer drugstore in Sealy. Texas, IS
named Nastapil.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

(Ad. IN NOW YOrk WOrId.)
GIRL wanted; n who is bow
legged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

nv VI I1NFNFftys
She is a beauty doctor
OF coin she makes a lot;
She gets a handsome income
From women who are not!
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
BITS OF BY-PLAY
BY LUKE McLUKE
Copyright, 1919, the Cincinnati In
quirer.
TuRi
l. u K E M L u K E

A bossy dame is Mrs. Blaze,
Her husbands peace of mind she
shocks;
For, though she mends her husbands
ways,
She's darned IL she viii mend his
socks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

The Greatest Evil About Riches Is
Their Scarcity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

Subscription Price-By mail, including
postage and war tax ! month, IS cents;
] year. $3.50.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
Our DniIy SneciaI

Names Is Names.
You can G. A. Gent In Marion, III
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

Entered at postoffice at Perth Amboy,
N. u. ne second class mail matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02

BRANCH OFFTCEs-New York: F.. r,
Northrup. 3o3 Fifth Avenue. Chicago:
suite 1910. Association Building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-02
'ERTH AMBoY EVENING News

LOGAN CLEVENGER, Editor.
ID. y. OLMSTEAD, Business Manager
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
GUIDES VESSELS INTO PORT
Device for Automatic Conduct of Ships
Into Safe Harbor Anchorage
Is the Latest.

Accurate, automatic guidance of
vessels through any and all weather
conditions into the safe anchorage of
harbor would unquestionably be an
improvement in ocean navigation,
and the change is promised by an
invention described, the other day,
by the president Of a British asso-
citation. Germany is credited with
the initial work, designed to provide
means for guiding her submarines
through mine fields, and British in
ventors are said to have made it
practicable for surface vessels in
times of peace. To put it briefly, an
insulated wire laid on the bottom OF
the sea acts as a guide for vessels
provided with proper electrical ap-
paratus, so that the path indicated
by the wire can be followed in the
dark, and the vessel come into port
almost as if she travelled on track.
That it has been proved possible to
provide such guidance continuously
for so miles makes the invention i'm
mediately practicable for harbor en-
frances; and the cost is 50 definitely
a form of insurance against loss Of
ship and cargo that the idea will
hardly be allowed to wait long for
adoption.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06

of the horrors of Turkish massacres
and deportations Saved by an Ameri
can woman. she has come to this coun
try and entered Oberlin College
With her came fourteen other Arme
nian girls in charge of Miss Adelaide
S Dwight, Near East Relief worker
who has been instrumental in helping
10 save hundreds of thousands of their
people from death by starvation Miss
Dwight, who is not given 70 exagger
alton and has seen conditions al first
hand, says more than million people
are facing death by starvation in ar
menia and will perish unless America
aids
Herself an eyewitness TO the slaugh
ter Of hundreds of helpless women
and children by the Turks and vic
tim of the deportations, Miss Dake-
sian. an unusually pretty girl, says
there is untold suffering in Armenia
and Syria She praises the efforts of
the Near East Relief, formerly the
American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief TO save as many Of
these people as possible. AT Erivan
the capital of the Armenian republic.
one hot meal is given out daily. and by
this relief alone the citys death rate
has been cut from a thousand daily to
an average of twenty Al Alexandra
pol. where the refugees from Turkish
Armenia were driven by thousands the
situation is appalling. Miss Dakesian
says 1t is to avert these wholesale
deaths that Near East Relief is making
a nationwide appeal for funds
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
HANDLEss TYPIsT.


Though both Of her hands are
missing, young woman of ST. Louis
operates typewriter with consider
able speed and dexterity. The con-
trivance used for manipulating a
typewriter is around stick of wood,
slightly over seven inches long, to
which is attached.a brass ring near
one end and a rubber tip at the
other. One of the fingers of the
typist's artificial left hand is passed
through the ring when the device is
employed and the keys are struck
with the cushioned end.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06

..fo Lady Anne, and french Estl er
,r.yfa Az-apeta1. whose baby eyes
aoanpd upon scenes Of horror and Ia rr
,'ronrb them saw much of the sutf 2r-
mos of the people of Armenia
Tbe family are making their tour an
a,, orsnfcps of the Near East Relief,
Mo Mo organization which has saved
hundreds of thousands of the people
in that part of the world from death
tc hunger ana cold and is soon 10 open
. nation wide campaign for funds to
comnetp the work of saving tie sur
cfrors more than half million of
whom must perish unless aid comes to
thnn soon America is their only hope
General Azgaperian served gallantly
in hp Russian armies i'm the Caucasus
orafrs. the Turks His wife, who ac-
companfed him to The front, did noble
work for the wounded and sick. and
# was while i'm this service that her
habg was born in q hospital tent during
battle An army blanket swung from
fwo nalps i'm one corner of the ,ent was
ne habys crib during the rest of that
terrible winter rampaign With the
collapse of the Russian armies after
he Boshevtst revolution the AzgaRe-
nans returned TO Armenia for brief
snpn and did their hest to alleviate
hp suffering they found on every hand
But with a Turkish price on his head
the father finally made his way with
Dis family through Russia 70 Finland
and then to this country What they
lp.D of conditions and needs in Armenia
is first hand evidence.
IN the Caucasus, Armenia Svria,
Turkey and Persia are more than 250,
ono orphans, helpless little victims Of
war; massacre and deportation. and
for the great majority the only hcr be
tween them and absolute starvation
is bowl of hot bean soup every day
This soup is supplied by the Near East
Relief now making an appeal ia
the American people for sufficient
funds to increase This dole and TO pro
vide these suffering little ones with
clothing and give them an education
that will help them to become self sup
porting 1t is estimated that more
than 100000 in Western Asia viii
die Of starvation unless American ai6
is continued.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06

mn,4 nave told your wife that she
esr ,sr 60 to the mountains.
me- ts taa's 5 all right, doctor; now tell
wat must 50 to the seashore."
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
| 10000 STAND
IN Dread Line
More Than 100000 Face
Death Is Message Brought by
Miss DakeSian.

Imagine a bread line of 100000 fam
ished people waiting for twenty-four
hours day for the dole of food that
is the sole barrier between them and
death from starvation. That is the
situation in Alexandropol, city in
Russian Armenia. according to Miss
Hermine Dakesian, pretty Armenian
girl. one of the survivors of four years
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
WORM IN THE BURR.

Worms have gone up. They cost
more by the quart this fall.
The unpleasant tenant OF the
chestnut is the offspring Of beetle
with an enormously long snout.
The mother beetle crawls over the
ripening burr, and, by the help Of
her snout, thrpsts her eggs down
into it. When they hatch, tiny white
grubs emerge and, boring into the
nuts, proceed to fatten and grow.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
CHURCH COUNCIL.
ENDORSES N. {. R,
FEDERAL Body Says No More
Compelling Need in All
the World.

'enartlng from custom, the FEEDER.
a council of Churches has endorsed
WORK being done by Near East
7" ! Madison Avenue. New York
the former committee for Ar.
''"" and Syrian Relief which has
,oo oo''eu the task Of caring for 1880.
Starving people in Western Asia.
resolutions adopted by the executive
u .".'Iuee, as announced by Charles s
follows: 99e' e'"i y are a.
'odr committee recommends tba,
%ayyFs FL. {, be offered in all. our churches
h. ,na, ,ne suffering children throughout
d.stroo ~OI'u' especially those who are in
vo, ''' ana peril as the result of the
esany frgy further recommend that we
,od ,r''''m and emphasize our Interest
Te.. cooperation in the plans Of
need IL East Relief. We know of no
peIInn III Ihe world that is more com.
SyrIas u'an that of the Armenian
want 8u J., ana other peoples in the I.e.
must @4O stiO nave already received and
pat5v ~. receive the generous sgm.
' 0t the American people"
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
VAR NURSE FROM
lRMEHIA ASKS
AnE4IGA'S AID
49,, husband and Battlefield
SIoIS, oaSy touring Country With
OaJJ 1Ior for Near East Relief.

,o+bor. father and daughter. the
A mourn norn in a tattered Red Cross
latter r. OJIe }be icy Caucasus while guns
rent II ii al IIl around and Turkish shells,
"aTeu e,oo a. tbe mercy emblem, burst near
ignoTI's ,,rinp America in behalf Of
it. are ,Gr 3ro Armenia. They are Cen
their ,,luron Iomn Newton Azgapetian. his
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
AGREED.
LEATHER EXPORTS INCREASE.

The value of all domestic leather
and tanned skins, exported from the
United States during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1919, amounting to
$126,471,264, broke all previous rec
ords and was three and one-half
times the value Of similar exports in
the prewar year Of 1914.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06

Emerging from the chestnuts after
the latter have fallen to the ground,
they burrow into the earth, where
they spend the winter, making their
appearance in the following year as
beetles.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06
CAN'T STOP TALKING.

ooh, professor, while you were
playing closed my eyes. 1t was
heavenly
''Thank you, madam. If the ladies
would -ahem-close their mouths
when they close their eyes the soul
Of an artist would not be tortured" "
The Snowflake herald., 1920-02-06

This picture painted especially the Near East Relief Leone
wildly
u
frghtfuI
Belgium children
escaped terrible
death by starvation AT the time estimated that lOO adults
fully children
Of death
The Near East IS
still
reaching
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30
Girl Forger and Mother
Create Scene in Court
Attendants Called to Remove
Them After Former Is Sen.
fenced to RefOrmatOry

Mrs. Madeline Cirricione, eighteen
years old, Of 10 Charles Street, Man.
haitian, appeared yesterday in Queens
County Court, Long Island City, to
receive sentence for forgery, to which
she had pleaded guilty. Apparently the
young woman was confident sentence
was to be suspended. She was dressed
in her best, wore expensive furs and
carried a shopping bag. Her mother
accompanied her.
Judge Humphrey, however, sentenced
her to the State Reformatory for Women
at Bedford for an indeterminate period,
which may be three years. AS he pro-
nounced sentence, Mrs. Cirricione flung
her hands high in tragic gesture and
burst into tears, sobbing:
Judge, please let me go home to my
mother! l want to GO home and be y
good girl! Please let me go home!"
At the same time there was COM
motion among the spectators, where
the prisoners mother, Mrs. Emma
Rathgen, of 106 Fifteen Avenue, Long
island City, was screaming Historically
that her daughter must be restored to
her. The efforts of several court at
tendants were required to get the two
women out of the room, the younger
through the barred door that leads to
prison and the other to an anteroom.
The indictment to which Mrs. Cir
ricione pleaded guilty charged her with
cashing check for $50 to which she
had signed the name Of another woman.
She is said to have spent the money
on clothes. Two years ago Mrs. Cirri-
clone eloped with a soldier, William
Cirricione, who, according to informa-
ton given Judge Humphrey, threw her
from third floor window of Balti-
more hotel during their honeymoon,
injuring her severely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30
Much Uncompletcd Work
New York Urged to Buy
More Milk F.; Price Drops

Prices Of all grades OF milk were re-
dUced yesterday, to take effect Thurs
day Grade B milk will sell at15 cents
quart. This is a reduction Of two
cents by the Sheffield Farms COMPANY
and of one cent by the Bordcn's Farms
Products Company. Pints will be sold
Tor nine cents, reduction Of one cent.
When bought at the stores and car
RED away in the consumers containers
Grade milk will sell for 10 cents a
quart a reduction of three cents.
Grade A milk will be 18 cents a quart
and III cents pint, reduction in each
case of one cent.
The reductions were the result of q
lower price to be paid to farmers. The
~ Conference Board, which fixes the
prices between the farmers and the
distributors, decided to give the farm
c. ~ cents Quart less than the .ex-
listing schedule.
Officials of some OF the distributors
organizations said yesterday that thew
ho,'e to inouce New Workers to con-
sumo 100000 quarts more of milk a
day Such an increase in consumption
would enable them to keep the price
down because of economy in handling
greater quantities, they said.
Daniel Horton, secretary of the
Sheffield Farms Company, said the re-
auctions just ANNOUNCED on the 2,200,-
600 quarts consumed daily in New York
would save the public about $4,000 a
day. The April prices, however, while
about equal to those for the same
month last year, are 66 per cent higher
than in 1916.
The reductions ala made in an effort
to increase consumption" said Patrick
ID. Fox. president of the Borden's Prod
ucts Company. "The season when there
IS surplus of milk has just begun and
VIII continue until June. 1t is hoped
that the public will take advantage of
the low price as a means OF reducing
the cost Of living"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30
Tax Office in
Bronx Closed;
ShaySuspended
Books and Records of Dep
uty Collector of Assess
ments and Arrears Seized
in Raid Ordered by Craig
Conditions Reported Bad
Investigation Resulted From
Complaints That ''Some-
thing Had Gone Astray'

The Bronx office Of the Collector Of
Assessments and Arrears, at 177th
Street and Arthur Avenue, has been
closed since SATURDAY., when Samuel T.
Shay, the deputy collector in charge,
was suspended by Comptroller Craig
and books and records of his office
confiscated in the course Of an investi-
CATION into the conduct Of the office,
which is said to have been in progress
for some time. The investigation OF
Shay's accounts is in the hands of his
superior, Thomas j. McAndrew, Col
lector of Assessments and Arrears.
The first that was known Of the sus-
pension of business iii tbs Bronx OF
flee was when twenty-five clerks re
ported for work yesterday morning only
to find new padlocks, sealed and locked
on the office doors. 1t was not until
the clerks had called Commiss Toner
McAndrews that the doors were allowed
to be opened and the clerks allowed
to enter. No business was transacted
there yesterday, however.
1t then developed that late Saturday
afternoon the Office was raided by q
squad of men under orders from Comp
troler Craig. Records and books APP
pertaining to the collection work in
the Bronx were taken by the men to
the Office of COMPTROLLER Craig in the
Municipal Building. The doors then
were locked to prevent any one alter
ing the remaining records or files.
Action Followed Observation
According to information received
from an authoritative source yesterday
afternoon, the investigation by Com
missioner McAndrews, whose duty as
supervisor of collectors requires that
he check up on the work of all city
branches, has been going on for many
weeks, and that the raid on the Bronx
Offices came after long observation OF
the accounts there.
"The condition of affairs in the Bronx
Office" it was said, chad been reported
as being bad on two or three different
occasions. On Saturday noon Mr.. Shay
was brought down to the Municipal
Building and suspended, pending the
investigation of his books"
Mr. Shay's keys were surrendered
and Commissioner McAndrews and the
auditor of receipt Henry Rathyen, to-
gether with examiners and accountants
went to the Bronx office, made a hur-
ried survey of the situation and closed
the office.
1t was said ap examination of the ac-
counts in the Bronx Office was started
yesterday morning and would continue
for some time.
Complaints Were Made
When asked if any specific charge had
been made against the deputy collector
or if any direct act had caused the
closing Of the Office, it was said that
complaints that something had gone
astray" had reached the Comptroller's
Office.
Deputy Collector Shay, whose home
is at 668 East 223d Street, is Repub-
lican, and formerly was Republican
district leader He was appointed as
Deputy Collector of Assessments and
Arrears December 20. 1917, his appoint
ment being approved by Comptroller