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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
PORTAL" TO BE
DEDICATED SEPT. 6
Try Tho Associated press.I

BLAINE, Wash. Aug 10-Dedi-
cation of a huge Peace Portal
built across the Pacific Highway
where it crosses the boundary line
between Canada and the United
States here will take place Sept. 6.
The portal vas built to commem-
crate the century or more of peace
between Canada and the United
states. The dedication will be at
tended by representatives of the
Canadian, French and American
governments. as'well as by hundreds
of residents of British Columbia and
the Pacific nGsthwest.
The ceremonies will also include
dedication of the Pacific Highway.
which runs nearly 1000 miles south
from Vancouver. b. c., across Wash
ington Oregon and California, 10
Tia Juana In Lower California.
The Pacific Highway will be paved
It's entire length by 1925, 1t Is ex-
pected, making It the first trans
continental road in the nation TO be
hard-surfaced every inch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
WOMAN LEAPS FROM BARGE,
CAUSES ARREST OF CAPTAIN

BAYONNE, Aug. 19:-Her con-
tempIatcd trip by barge to Boston
terminated last night in an alleged
assault upon Mrs. Emma King, OF
172 East 122d street, New York, and
a hasty leap by Mrs. King into h
waters oil the Kill Won Kull. The ar
rcst Of the man who She declares
assaulted her in the hold OF the
barge Flashlight. Charles l. Klom,
captain Of the barge, followed. He
was held under $500 bail by Re-
corder Cain Of this city yesterday:
Mrs. King was held under $1,000 pan
as a material witness.
According to the story which Mrs.
King told the police, h went 70
Klom, an acquaintance, and made
ARRANGEMENTS to take the trip TO
Boston with him. as she said ms
barge was soon to set out for the
Massachusetts port. She wished to
get away from her husband, from
whom she is seeking a separation.
She said. While in the cabin of the
boat, Mrs. King asserts, klom at
tackled her. She jumped overheard
and. being n good swimmer, was able
10 stay up until she reached shore.
Patrolman Daniel Talbot vas the
first person 10 see her as she walked
along Second street in the rain, light
ly clad and drenched. He escorted
her 10 the police station where she
made the complaint.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
DROWNED BOYS
BODY |SFOUND
Body of IA Year old Douglas
Baughman Recovered After
Eight Days Search
In, EvenIng News corre,pondentl

by EEFlfiHk ANfNN " fNbbNHfNNHI
JAMESBURG, Aug. l9:-Thc
search that has gone on INCREASINGLY
for IN Of the body of four
t-cen-year-old Douglas Baughman, an
inmate of the state Home for Boys,
! who was drowned eight days ago.
hwas successful on Tuesday. The boy,
who II rs said could not swim. "A
a member OF q party In camp In he
rear of sthc homo proper on Mana
Japan Brook and while In bathing
disappeared without making ny
outcry. A search was instituted that
resulted in the recovery of the body.
The stream, usually n small ono, a
swollen by the recent rains, making
IL dangerous for unskilld swimmers.
Services for the dead were given
the dead youth on the lawns OF the
home on Wednesday with the entire
population of the home present rho
rasket was drapcd with the national
roIors and special music by The home
band was rendered. A pathetic fare
well was given the body when all the
boys, members OF his cottage at the
home, marched to the limits of the
grounds when the body left h
grounds, the band playing a dirge.
The Rev. w. j. b. Edgar, pastor OF
fhe Jamcsburg Presbyterian church,
ofjciated at the services. lie eulo-
Uized the dead youth owing to the
s tragic death. Taps were sounded.
Additional services were held at
4 passaie, the home OF Baughman,
where the body was taken an. inter-
ment was made in Ridgclawn Gene
terry, Passaic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19

BaDy'S Skin
Nothing Heals Like Sykes
Comfort Powder
Brooklyn, N. VI am sendingyou
the photograph of a happy, healthy

baby who suffered
from a chafed, sore,
infamed skin and
was relieved imme-
diately by Sykes
Comfort Powder.
Tn NV work as n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
CONGRESS TO ACT ON
PLAINFIELD Street
BY GEORGE II. MANNING
Washington Correspondent OF Inc
Perth AmbOy Evening New

WASHINGTON. Aug. ia bill
authorizing the secretary of the ;rea-
sury to convey by putt claim deed
to P~lainfield for street purposes, ell
right to a strip Of land in front OF
federal building in order that
Watching avenue can be widened,
was introduced in the senate and
House simultaneously yesterday by
Senator Joseph Frelinghuysen and
Representative Alderman.
Watchurg avenue, Plaintield, was
RECENTLY widened and the sidewalk
set back several feet except along
the front of the federal building,
where the city was without power
to disturb the federal property.
Some weeks ago Representative
Alderman Introduced a bill provid-
ing for setting the from steps and
wise walk back. but laying the cost
of the work upon the government.
The Treasury Department would not
sanction this expense and no action
was obtainable on the bill.
The pill introduced yesterday
places The cost of putting the side
walk and front steps upon the city
of Plainheld. In this shape 1t Is
likely to pass without much diff
ptI1tu
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
TWO SISTERS OF MERCY
OBSERVE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY

PLAINF1EItD Aug. 1o.-Special
Ceremonies, beginning with "A sol
emn high mass IN the chapel yester-
day morning. marked the hftleth an
niversary of the induction of two
sisters into tho order of Sisters OF
Mercy At Mt. 81. Mary College, North
Plainfield. The two sisters honored
were Mother Raymond ODonohue
and Sister M. Isidore Tally. both OF
whom were stationed at Borden
town many years. Bishop Thomas
J. Walsh omciated at the mass yes
terday morning.
Mother Raymond went 10 Borden
town when q young ona and FOR
several year, had charge OF st.
Mary's parish school. later gong to
st. Joseph's convent, North ram
field Before going to the college
Sistsr lsidorS spet. "A number OF
years al the borough convent A re-
ceptiop was held for Mother Ray
mond ana Sister Isidoro yesterday,
to which many friendn were invited.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19

nurse l have found Comfort Powder
to be "a healing wonder for itching.
chatting, scalding and skin soreness:
Martha B. Pursel, Reg. Nurse, 679
E. 21st ST., Brook lyn, N. Y.
Not a plain talcum powder, but a
highly medicated preparation which
combines healing, soothing and anti
septic qualities unequaled to heal skin
soreness of infants, children and sick
people. Used and endorsed for twenty
years by leading physicians, nurses
and mothers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-19
Services for Mrs. Caroline MacDowclI

IBy bv~nins Newn CoWehpOhuthT'I
xEYPORT. Aug. ~1o:-Funeral
Services Tor the late Mrs. Caroline
MacDoweil, who died at her home on
Broad street after an Illness of sew
hMal moths, ~T~sulting from a brok-
on leg, wers conducted from her late
homo this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
1nterment followed in Rose jim
ceuactarr IN charge of Undertaken
Harvey 3 Bodle. The deceased, who
4 I'd resided In the borough for many
years, is survived by one daughter.
Miss Belle MacDowell, who resides
ht home.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
The Sheep-Herders Paw

A telegram from Kalispell, Mont. Ga
town of wide horizons and wide-arched
sky of fOX-glOve blue), brings sad
news and good. The wages of sheep
herders have fallen with a dull thud
from 800 month to $50, but the
number of herders is just the same.
For here is a life where the wage
never was in cash, but rather in that
satisfaction men get from far and
lonely places, where no elevated trains
rattle overhead, and no shrill urchins
are ''shagged' by the police. To the
sheep-herder the prairie and the roll
ing lOwlands must ever be the sea to
him who longs for the sea. This week
and next the little wagons will go off,
one by one, into the loneliness and de
light of vast Montana. Even at only
$50 per month many will flick their
whip as they start and say: This is
the life !''-Christian Science Monitor.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Fine Enqineerinq Work.

A notable feat in road engineering
was the recent repair in New Mexico
OF section of concrete highway that
had been undermined by heavy rains.
The engineer of the United States bu
reau of public roads first placed a
shield of brush alongside the guard
against further washing, and then
quickly substituted a solid built-under
bed for the damaged portion of the
foundation. Sagging concrete slabs
were brought into proper position on
wooden stringers raised by hand-Op-
Grated jacks. All lOOSened parts of
the rOadbed were then filled in with
wet sand and this was firmly CONSOLE
dated with a heavy ram worked by
four men. Cribbing was placed I'M
der the stringers before the jacks were
removed. The concrete slabs proved
of high quality. and are said to have
withstOOd setting and restoration with
out development of crack or flaw.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
ABOARD THE ARK /
Noah'S Passenger List Must
Have Been Long One.
Either the Bark Was a Mighty Flota-
ton, or the Voyaeers Were De-
cidedIy Crowded.

1t is probable the human population
of this earth, itself only a spinning
atom in sidereal darkness, rises TO up
ward of two billions, and is certainly
not less than 1,650.OOO,OOO. But how
many creatures of all kinds has pro-
life nature spawned upon this rela-
lively minute speck in cosmos? If
Noah took pair of every living spe-
cieS aboard his ark, how vast an army
did he have with him on his great
flotatiOn, and how large must have
been that mighty ark?
Sir Z. Ray Lancaster gives some il
Illuminating and surprising figures in
his Secrets of Earth and Sea-" He
says that it is. to be sure, impossible
to estimate the number of individuals
In existence. But naturalists have iden-
kinds, breeds, or more correctly, spe-
cies Of animals and plants. Not all,
it is certain. There are 10000 spe-
cies of mammals, about il, ZOO of birds,
1000 of reptiles, 10000 species Of
fishes 100000 sorts of siX-legged in
Sects, $4,000 of crustacea such as the
ShrimpS, Holsters and crabs; 1000 of
molluscs, such as snails, mussels,
oysters and the like; 5000 cOrals and
pOlyps, 5000 sponges, 5000 microscOp
ic protocol, and many others.
liz all, about 100000 species of ami
mails have been found The scientist
says probably as many more remain
to be recognized, and described A
single species may contain far more
individuals than there are men on
earth.
THE total number of described spe-
cies of plants" adds Sir Ray, has not
been estimated, but some idea may be
formed from the fact that $3.50 species
Of Towering plants alone have been
found in Britain, 1900 in British In
dia, $4,000 in Brazil, not to mention
those of Australia and Africa These
figures do not include the vast num-
Der of fiowerless plants"
Sir Ray might have advanced even
more startling figures if he had in
Guided insects in his list. One of the
early American jokes about the ark
was credited to Andrew Jackson, who,
after grievOuS annoyance during one
of his Indian campaigns, remarked that
he surely wished Noah had accident
ally stepped on that pair of chiggers
he took with him into the ark
The remark about single species
containing numberleSS individuals
might be applied TO varieties in the
case of insects.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Plants on a Daylight Ration.

1t will come as a surprise to many
persons that plants may suffer by rea-
son of being allowed too much sun
light. In other words they sometimes
thrive better if they are put on ra-
lions as far as light is concerned. A
recent discovery by w. w. Garner and
H. A. Allard, of the bureau of plant
industry, United States Department of
Agriculture, shows that, entirely apart
from any effect of burning. it is pos
sible for plants to have too much sun
light, or, in other words, too many
hours of daylight in comparison with
the number of hours of darkness Too
long Il day as well as too short a
day will prevent many kinds of plants
from ever reaching their stage of
Towering and fruiting.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Day of Force Is Gone

The real dictator has small right for
existence these days. This strOng-arm
stuff is associated with the aSSaSSin's
method and doesn't reach into mans
reason. Anything that is put through
by brute force is doomed to failure.
To be sure it may live a temporary eX-
iStence, but sooner or later it is 60
ing to run the gamut Of reason and
public opinion. In some sections this
is at low ebb. But taken the nation
over you will find that there is more
thinking on things that affect the fam
lily larder and the after-supper COM
fort than most folks realize. It's a
mistake to apply methods that suit
Russians in a land of freedom like
America, where liberty is part of the
national nheritance-Grit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
MARINE NOW MURKY STREAM
Once Sparkling River Seems to Mirror
the Horrors of the CHASTITY
Years of War.

If Chateau Thierry itself has tried
10 erase all signs of the occupation,
the Marine still reveals its tale of
CHASTITY yesterday. 1t was once a
sparkling stream flowing through
charming valley that was particularly
noted for its wooded scenery Nova
days the Marine writhes through a
valley Of tree corpses. Its waters are
discolored and foul. Its surface is COW
cred with a thick. oily scum. The
stream flows with great WEAKNESS, and
as though in great pain.
Even then you must look beneath
the murky water to appreciate the full
horror Of the Marine. The story of
what this river has mirrored in its
troubled waters of yesterday is best
told by the accumulation of rubbish
that cutters the rived bed. There one
sees ruSted shells and broken artfl-
lery pieces, sometimes old shoes,
broken rifles, helmets, for the Marine,
as those who fought there will tes-
tify, is a continuous sepulcher to the
unknown dead.
Yet, despite this, the oldest sight
in trip through the valley OF the
Marine is the gypsy caravan one fire.
Quently encounters on the roads. The
brilliant cOlOrs of their wagon wheels
flashing in the sun, contrasts strangely
with the dead underbrush by the road
side. At first you wonder why these
people, who depend so much on forag-
ing, should select these devastated
areas. Certainly the returned peas
ant has no brass kettle ware for them
to mend, and there is little food that
the natives can afford to share with
the gypsy beggars.
/ finally was told the reason for the
presence of these odd tourists. 1t
seems that the gipsies have had great
difficulty in holding their younger gen.
eratiOns to the old rowing life. This
is particularly true of the young men,
who succumb to the comforts and at
fractions of town ways. So, by way
of lesson, the gypsy chieftains are
taking their children across the battle
fields. When they reach a particular
ly desolate spot the grizzled leader
points a bony finger and cries:
'See! There is the civilization that
lures you George F. Kearney in
the American Legion Weekly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Americans and Their Wives.

l am picking my words. In spite Of
their proclamation, / doubt whether
the American man is quite as much
at his wifes feet as is made out. 1t
seems to me that he respects his wife
as he respects an expensive picture.
He talks a great deal about the high
qualities of women, but tends to treat
them like little dears. He seems to
revere women in general, but perhaps
not in particular, his wife the most
particular of instances. In America
women do have a great deal of power,
but l suspect that this is because the
men are so busy that they have no
time to argue, and too little time to
exercise all the powers themselves. SO
they hand over some of the minor pow
ers and honestly believe that this con-
StituteS a feminine cOrOnatiOn.-W. L.
George in Harper's Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Radium for Goitre.

DR.. A. n. Clagnett, writing in the
Illinois Medical Journal, believes ra-
dunn should be given a trial in eXOph-
thalmic goitre, because there is no
mortality, no scar, no pain and only
three or four days disqualification. Its
advantages over the N-ray are that it
produces no discOlOratiOn of the neck.
there is less time consumed in the
treatment and it is simpler to apply.
The Selective action of radium de-
strOyS the harmful cells, while not dis
turbing the healthy cells. Surgery
has not been necessary in any one of
AZ cases extending back over three
years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
In Ruby Mountains.

In the Humboldt National forest
there are no movies, nor any jazz
bands to split wide open the quiet of
the night, but just a bit of unspOiled
wilderness where one can hunt with
camera, fish, climb not too rugged
mountains, or just rest to full con-
tentment amid interesting and restful
surroundings, says the American For
estry Magazine. The gems of Ruby
mOuntains-the lakes, streams, peaks
and canyons found here-are all yours
to enjoy if you will but come and
camp near the three lakes that nestle
in the high valley amid pine dotted
meadows.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Little Animals Do Good Work.

Though mice and chipmunks often
damage food supplies, and have an
appetite for pine and fir seeds that
interfereS much with reforesting
burned areas, their work appears to
be sometimes beneficial. The di-
rector of the Wind River forest ex-
pertinent station reports that much of
the young fir grOwths of Oregon and
Washington is evidently a product of
seed buried by small rodents. The
Douglas fir produces a heavy seed crop
every two or three years and the
rodents bury large quantities for win
ter food. Much of this store, lost to
the animals under deep snow or dis
placed soil, remains in the ground
ready to terminate when numbering
clears space for a new forest to start.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
What Muskrats Did for MARYLAND.

Maryland has many muSkrat farms.
Owners of the marsh land of Dorches-
ter county harvest from 100000 TO
$4,000 muskrat skins year. There
is market for the meat as well as
for the fur A single Baltimore firm
handles $4,000 to 10000 muskrat car
casses a year, and is unable TO sup
ply the demand at that Hotels in
Maryland offer them on their bill of
fares as marsh rabbit" Marshes for
merly considered valueless are now
worth $50 to $40 an acre for muskrat
culture.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Pretty Irish SuperStition

An old Irish superstition says that
it is dangerous to sleep out of doors
in the month of May, for that is the
time when the fairies are most pow
erful and on the watch to carry off
the handsome girls as fairy brides,
the young mothers as nurses for the
fairy babies, and the handsome young
men for husbands for the fairy prin-
coSSeS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
No Advocate but Itself.

Do not waste a minute, not a sec
ond, in trying to demonstrate to 9th
ers the merit of your own perform
ance. If your work does not vindi-
cate itself, you cannot vindicate it,
but you can labor steadily on to the
something which needs no advocate
but itself.-Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson, "a Letter to a Young Contrib
utOr"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
He Wished to Know.

"The extravaganza of the city wom-
en- is terrible" dismally said Deacon
Droan, who was just back from the
Big Burg. wherever / went in Kan
sas City [ saw them wearing costly
ION every hand ~ astoundedly ejacu-
lated Abner Appledry. 'Then, what
in tunkett were they a-wearing on
their-er-h IN Limbs l"-Kansas City
Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Spoilinu a Romance.

There was once a grand gentleman
who married q little barefoot girl"
Eyes" replied Miss Cayenne. but
was she one of those little barefoot
girls who command big salaries for
doing classic dances?"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
No Cause for Alarm.

Young Patrick (kidding red-haired
girD Sue, don't come too close
to me; might catch fire.
Sue-DOn't worry, Patty; green
things don't burn easily.-Houston
Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
RrQhahIX Not

With all the plethora of books to
choose from, 1t is doubtful If peo-
pie now read any better books than
their grandfathers and grandmothers
did-BOSton Transcript
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
Back at the Beginning.

Backward, turn backward! Uncle
81 Parks of Sullivan county, New York,
aged one hundred and one, has just had
his last tooth pulled, which puts him
where he was in 182O-Boston Tran.
script.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-04-23
eoina CHICAGO One Better.

Well-Dressed Girl Con street carr
Why, her and me were the best Of
friends before him and her met. OF
course, this is between you and L.
Boston Transcript,
The Coconino sun., 1921-04-29
THE LAWYER FOR THE DEFENSE

Many causes have been suggested for the prevalence of crime. One possible influence has had but little emphasis yet it is evident in case after case This is the lawyer for the defense, who may take case knowing the criminal guilty and yet use every known trick of his trade to cheat the law and secure release or light sen tence for his client Such men as these must be made to feel the heavy hand of society before crime will be controlled as it should.
 Two business men were driving through their home city recently with the payroll for their factory in the car They were held up in broad daylight by group of young thugs, and al- though they offered no resistance, were mur- dered in cold blood. The bandits escaped, but now their leader has been apprehended, has con- fessed and must soon face trial. The lawyer who has taken the case has announced that he cannot say as yet what line his defense will take. The one sure thing is that there will be 'legal bat tie" rather than rational trial.
 As matter of fact, there is no defense. The prisoner is self-confessed criminal. He is older than many fine lad who gave his life to defend his country in the late war. He has shown by his talks with police and reporters that he IS ac- auainted with many tricks for evading court sentences. He is entitled only to such defense by any lawyer as will insure that his case is con- ducted in accordance with court rules and the fundamental principle that every man must be considered innocent until he IS proved guilty. Yet there is every reason to believe that the usual attempts will be made to sway public opin- ion and divert the course of justice. Such pro- cedure should be condemned by public opinion and forbidden by legal ethcs.-Mesa Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1921-04-29
FREE TRADE AMERICA

Congressman Joseph w. Fordney, of Mchi- gan, chairman of the ways and means commit tee of the house. brought out some interesting facts in the discussion preceding the passage of the emergency tariff bill Last year the United States collected $325, ,527 OOO in duties on imports valued at more than $5,O00,O00,0OO. That sum represented S315 per capita. But Canada in the same time collected import duties at the rate of S19.50 per capita, and Great Britain collected S1621 per capita. Yet the United States has the reputation of being the great protective nation. Furthermore, according to MT. Fordney's figures, Japan collected an average ad valorem import duty last year of 17.64 per cent while our own average duty under the present free-trade law was only per cent. It is upon such unanswer
 able arguments as those that the republicans base their insstence for higher protective duties.