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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
THE CANToN,rENT SCHOOLS

There is little doubt that the plan for using
cantonments for vocational training schools for
disabled service men will be carried out.
Under the plan four United States Vocational
Universities will be put into action, in the East,
South, Middle West and on the Pacific coast.
In each case a government army cantonment
will be used as the site for the new school. The
branches to be taught will be agriculture, ele-
1nentary and academic sciences and trades of
infinite variety.
In speaking of the plan Director Forbes or
the veterans relief bureau said:
The system of farming out vocation patients
is all wrong and the veterans bureau will cor
rect it. 1t is my plan to establish four vocational
universities. These universities will properly
house the men, properly provide them with the
right kind of subsistence, and permit men with
antilles to have their families at the univer-
stiles"
The use of the c-antonments for vocational
training is a favorite idea with President Har-
ding and he has asked for prompt reports on its
feasibility and the best way for going about it.
The present plan is to start the first university
within ninety days. the initial work to begin
with 1000 men in training.
The cantonments offer space for going about
the rehabilitation of the nations 10000, or more,
patients on a scale commensurate with the prob
lem and the deserts of the men involved. The
more quickly the plan goes into full operation
the better.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05

We were going up the Tennessee
river and we a at a table across
from a pleasant couple who had, as
nearly as we could discover, only
one fault. They could decide upon
nothing without long discussion.
Those discussions were wholly har-
monious. There was no disagree
ment, but only the long and pains
taking weighing of all possible and
impossible considerations.
They found hat they had brought
with them more wraps than they
needed; and as they planned for a
trip by carriage before their return,
all superfluous wraps were in their
way. They discussed long what they
should send back, and decided upon
a heavy cloak. Then they discussed
how to get it back to their home,
and after long conference decided
upon parcels post.
Then the mighty question rose.
from what point should they ship
it back? After much inquiry a port
was decided upon, where the boat
would make a long stop on a given
afternoon.
These good people had a state
room next to our On the night be-
fore the eventful day when the
cloak was to be returned, they dis
cuSsed the matter long into the
night. They rose earlier than usual
next morning, and folded and wrap
ped the cloak.
They inquired of the captain, the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05

attend largely to outdoor duties.
Marriage is by contract; generally
arranged upon the birth of a child.
A oma exercises nj choice but
has a veto power in respect to her
husband. Should she not wish the
man of her parents arrangement
she may reject him, but In hat
event, must take vows to- remain
a virgin, u the status Of a man
and in some regions she dons mems
clothing. Should she marry another
man her rejected suitor's family
must seek blood vengeance upon herI
male relatives.
'cShocked at Western Laws
"These customs seem strange, but
no less so than some of our ways
to the Albanian. When told that in
England a woman must hang for
murder an Albanian company was
deeply shocked. 1t was beyond
their comprehension how a man
could be found who would hang a
woman and they concluded that
England must be a barbarous island
indeed. No less surprise was caused
among another group when inform
ed of the firtatious tendencies of
the Anglo-Saxon maid. They could
MT see how the parents of a young
woman who Tilted a man could es-
cape dire vengeance by his brothers
brothers meaning all his male
relatives of near and far degree.
Even the minor faults in the
daily life of so isolate a people r
novel. To be without a mustache
is a disgrace in many parts of North
or High, Albania. The Albanian
mother tells her child stories in
which, unlike our stage melodrama,
it always is the hairless man who
figures as the villain.
New Moon Bars Hair Cutting
"An Albanian barber shop. were
there any, would have periodical
vacations. For the hair must not be
cut during the new moon lest 1t turn
white. One Albanian explained to
a traveller that his mustache was
white because he had clipped it
thoughtlessly at new moon Fort
unately he had waited until the
moon was on the wane to trim his
hair.
1.-THE thinsg that people laugh at
might readily be considered an In
dex to their development. A speci-
men of Albanian humor is furnished
by a visitor who relates how a viii
lager would ruminate and then
laugh uproariously. This visitor
took pains to find the cause of his
merriment. A typical reply was this
suppose a COW fell from the cliff
opposite. Every man would III
to pick up a bit for supper. Then
suppose. just as they got there all
the bits Joined into a new COW again
land ran away He burst again into
peals of laughter at his fancy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
Lean One New Thing Every Day
Bulletins By
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY


Sometimes news depends upon
nomenclature.
Attacks by Jugo-Slavs upon
towns of Northern Albania claim ca
BILE space as news.
Put differently, the Southern
Slavs have resumed fighting with
the Ghegs, but that item would
deserve nc more than a place in
textbooks where subheadings mark
the Slavonic invasions on the east
Adriatic coast.
With this introduction a bulletin
from the Washington, D. c., head
quarters of National Geographic
Society continues:
I'm Albania it isn't so much that
history repeats itself, as that it en-
cages in process of monotonous re-
iteration. Albania is the enfant
terrible among European nations. 1t
simply refused to grow ND.
Baby Nation Has Oldest People
"It was the baby nation of Eu-
rope in 1914; people by the oldest
race in its national neighborhood.
1t does not Turk in the b~ackwaters
of Europe because of inferior peo-
PIE: for it has a stock which is stur-
dy, intelligent, and resourceful. The
vitality of the Albanians is exempli-
fled in the mere fact that they con-
tinue to exist as a homogeneous peo-
pie amid geographical and histori-
cal handicaps that have absorbed
or displaced many of their old time
neighbors.
I'm recent years contracts with
Vlachs and Greeks have modified
the Tosks or South Albanians. The
wilder part Of wild Albania, and the
more primitive among its people
the Ghegs, are in the north, along
the River Drin. where the Serbians
now are reinforcing their claims by
capture.
The Drin is formed by the con-
fuence of the Black Drin which
rises in the beautiful Lake Ochrida,
and the mountain born White Drin.
The Drin proper flows due west be-
fore 1t empties into the Adriatic
near Lake Scutari south of Dalma-
tia, hair-trigger ,%littoral of postwar
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
MOLEHILLS
BY DIR. W. e. BARTON

purser and the chambermaid, and l
presume of others, the direction
from the landing to the postoffice,
and whether it was quite certain the
boat would stop long enough for the
man to get to the postofice and back.
They had prolonged discussion as
to the amount Of postage. and
whether. after all, it would not be
better and safer to ship 1t by ex-
press; but they returned to the plan
of the parcels post.
They were both at the side of the
boat when the landing was reached,
and he scrambled up the bank and
disappeared. He mailed the package,
and was back on board painting and
perspiring and tired out with half an
hour to spare; and the reunited cou-
pie hailed each other with great joy;
they had met and safely passed a
great crisis. ,
We have learned in our family
not to make much fuss about little
things. 1t is not worth while to
worry and fret about %trifes, or to
spend half ones life making noun
tains out of molehills and the other
half trying to climb the mountains.
l am satisfied that not every one
has learned that simple lesson. and
l know that it would add much to
the comfort of many lives If people
could learn to treat molehills as
something to be stepped over and
left behind, and to save life's energy
for real mountains.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Editorial Comment From Other Newspapers
SAVING PUBLIC MONEYS

Assistant State Purchasing Agent Joseph
NJ. Coyle told the convention of state treasurers,
comptrollers and auditors, at Atlantic City last
week that in seventeen items of food bought for
various institutions his department had in one
year saved TO the state $44, 600, the purchases
having been made for that much less than the
average market price, which is the best whole
sale price at the original source of supply.
Under the old careless method the institution
heads would have bought from personal or po-
litical favorites and paid considerably more
than the best wholesale price.
Last year Mr.. Coyle said his department
bought $4,000 tons of coal at a price of s1.40
per ton under the market, making a saving OF
s21. 600; on a single item of printing recently a
price was obtained 81, 900 less than had been
quoted to the using agency itself, which had
endeavored to get a fair estimate" Undesirable
v~endors-dealers who attempt to foist upon the
state articles that are under the standard agreed
upon. are disqualified from doing business with
the purchasing department.
That is the kind of news the taxpayers like to
hear-not the stuff that is being put out by the
salaried publicity agents employed BY several
Of the departments TO satisfy the vanity or mag
nifty the Importance of department heads or to
boost some scheme, such as the Lewis $4,000
600 bonding fad. Mr.. Coyle says his department
has no favOrites and fears no power or influence.
II is perfectly safe SO long as it is giving results,
and there is no doubt that 1t Is saving many
thousands of dollars yearly to the taxpayers
Trenton Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
THE SENATORIAL CANDIDATES

Fred W.. Devoe, who is the Democratic can
didate for senator, has announced his platform
upon which he seeks election. In his statement
ACCOMPANYING his platform Mr.. DeVoe practt-
cally repudiates the Democratic platform as
drawn I'D by the state convention yesterday
even before the convention is held.
At IT was practically a foregone conclusion
that the state convention would adopt whatever
kind of a platform Jim Nugent drew up and
took to Trenton with him. no one can blame
Mr.. Devoe for staying away from the conven'
lion and announcing his own platform. His ac-
ton shows a commendable independence that
cannot help but strengthen his candidacy. Mr.
Devoe is a loyal Democrat and an organization
man, but he is no dummy for Jim Nugent-never
has been in all his career in the lower house OF
the legislature and apparently never intends
to be.
The platform on which Mr.. Devoe will stand
in the campaign is a good one: 1t will meet
with the approval of a great majority Of the
people. His economy plank and open specihca-
tons on all bad work are especially good. They
are eommonsense ideas wholly within the posi-
bilities of being carried out.
The Democratic senatorial candidate is very
we'll and favorably known in this section and
were it not for the even better known and popu-
lar gentleman from this city, Morgan F. Larson.
who is his opponent. he would poll a big vote
here. It is a fine thing 20 have good men on
both tickets, but the regrettable feature is that,
in such q case, one good man has got to be de-
feated.
II almost anyone else besides Morgan Larson
were running on the Republican ticket we would
wish that Mr.. DeVoa might be elected. As 1t
is, however, the voters of this section, regardless
of politics. will almost unanimously cast their
ballot for the popular Perth Amboy man and
he will run strong everywhere else in the county
where the people have a chance to know hin.
But we will all keep Mr.. Devoe in mind for
another time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
where Tribal Life Prevails

politics.
Where Tribal Life Prevails
North of the Drin is a mountain
land, the Karst, a Sahara of rock
akin to a fireless cooker in its eff
feet after a hot day. Here lives
tribes, unconscious of national in1u-
ences, except to fight invaders. Only
once under Scanderberg, Kesciuszko
of Albania. did they achieve a brief
national unity. but it flew apart
again upon that hero's death.
Here is the land of the blood
feud, a code by which 25 per cent
of the men in some tribes are killed
off in their prime. Yet this prac-
tice is not to be COMPOUNDED with
mere lawlessness. Rather it is a
poor substitute for any recognized
legal system or any central power
to enforce justice.
TT is both more rigid and seve
and more elaborate, than the com
mon law of advanced nations. One
student of it's working found hat a
failure to make good a promise of a
trifing present cost a dozen lives
in a day. Because one man killed
a pig that was eating his crops. the
male relatives of the pigs owner
killed many of the pig slayer's clan
over d iOnS pcIiOu VI years.
Male Relatives All Brothers,
Under such a system made rela-
tionships assume great importance
A mans third cousin becomes his
'brother;' a woman's family ties.
outside her parents, husband. or
brothers, r matters of small mo-
ment. In many places there is no
consciousness of kinship between
niece and aunt.
But the ramifications of this
same code makes a woman's posi-
ton higher in Albania than in the
Orient or even in many a more
m~odernized region of Europe. For
one thing the man who has a
blood foe is immune from attack
while in company of a woman.
Some men are known not to have
gone abroad for years without fe-
male escort.
During times of feuds which
amount to tribal warfare. women
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT OWE YOU?

The United States Treasury Department ac-
cording to estimates of the Investment Bankers
Association Of America, is holding more thah
sSs. oOO. 600 in unclaimed interest on various Cd
LEGATIONS of the government. mostly Liberty
bonds. Here is a great sum altogether ldle'
which the business of the nation could use 10
advantage.
Today the government has outstanding more
than 7.4oo,OOO separate pieces Of Liberty bonds
Of various issues, representing Obligations TO-
falling more than s21,132,%o 100000, and appar-
eptIv many thousands, perhaps hundreds OF
tbonsa nds of the owners have forgotten what
they own.
The number Of unclipped coupons reposing IN
s.fe denosit boxes, In Office safes, in cupboards
"a mattresses is enormous. The number OF
holders of temporary bonds who have neglected
=. axcbanre them for those bearing the fun
cot ~ commons is altogether out of proportion
t. "a nroof nositive that the American people
whatever the strength and purity of patriotic
enthusiasm, does not yet constitute a nation OF
intelligent investors.
The investment bankers are suggesting that
members of the organization when they offer Sc
c~urities. set forth these facts to their prospec-
tive customers with a view to Fastening the ex-
change of temporary Liberty bonds and the col
lection Of interest due. Savings and commercial
banks might we'll inform their patrons. like
wise.
There may, of course. be many people VINO
from a mistaken sense OF patriotism have post
poned the cashing of their coupons because they
felt they should not crowd the government.
They forget that the money is ready for them
and that the government is anxious to pay It,
There is no other legal way in which it may be
used
OF course. the sum of such unclipped coupons
Is small indeed in most cases, but the total is a
big one, the sooner this money, and any other
can be put into circulation and set about its
business OF financing the nations industry and
the better 1t will be for bondholders
garment and everybody slss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
SMILE WITH ME
BY Tom Sims.

Russia is having a blunder storm.
A self-made man puts in a self-starter.
Will the anti-beer measure hold water?
That still small voice is money talking.
Hootch hounds are used in still hunting.
Some men kiss their wives; others don't shave
The longest day in the year is a rainy one.
A fool and his honey are not parted until
midnight.
We have had high times; but we need hire
times.
People who get into everything usually in
clude debt.
The biggest piece of money in the world is
your last dollar.
Speaking Of secret lodges, Senator Lodge
hides behind whiskers.
Ziegfeld may cut the price of his "Follies.'
Other follies remain the same.
Bow-legged girls report great success from
their long skirt propaganda.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer 70
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. ID. C. This offer ap-
plies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake KLAUS
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stanmps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02

MEN WANTED--I want q few more men to
y train as craftsmen. Experience not nee
essary Craftsmen earn $40. to $500 per
month and more. Big demand. Splendid o
portunities. Learn quickly at home. Let me
send you free lesson. No charge. Address
Charles w. Morley, Director. 2272 Chica 90,
Tech bldg, Chicago, III.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
TWO VICTIMS OF
ALLEGED RING SAY
THEY WILL TESTIFY
Continued From Page II

with it, | did not know it, as l never
discussed any of my business mat
ters with him.
"An papers in connection with my
business L keep in my safety deposit
box at the Atlanta National Bank
which bank | have dealt with in a
small way for nearly 80 years. My
access to my box there.
THE only possible papers in con-
nection with the Pine street lease
were letter or two and there never
was any reason to place these pa
pers in d safety deposit box any
where. 1 did not know even of the
existence of he safety deposit box
Il know Mr.. Joe Ewing very
slightly. | have seen him only four
or five times and he never at any
time has represented me as law
yer"
Another development Thursday in
the buncO controversy was the re-
port that Floyd Woodward was seen
last week in GreenVille, S. G., and
neighboring cities. where he was said
to be living under the alias of Woods
1t was said he left there suddenly
Saturday night, when Atlanta papers
were received in which was his pic
ture.
GLOWING up MS speech at the
citizens mass meeting at the Pied
mont hotel Tuesday night, in which
he appealed for support Of the solici-
tor-geaeral in the anti-bunco cam
palgn now III progress, Attorney
Robert C. Aston on Wednesday night
spoke to the members of the Atlanta
Retail Merchants association, VI 81 g
the heartiest cooperation Of ma
body
Mr.. Aston charged that the police
department either connived with the
crooks or is guilty of gross incom~
petence in failing TO stop their oper-
atoms.
The solicitor general spoke We'd
nesday night to the Gate City coun-
Gil, j. o. U. A. NJ, at their hall,
% IL Capitol avenue, appealing for
the cooperation of the membership
in the anti-bunco campaign. The or
ganization pledged him its hearty
support and expressed its confidence
in his activities. Carl Hutcheson,
counsel Of the organization. presided.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
Coney' S Body Leaves
For Brunswick for
Funeral on Saturday

NACHIIZ, Miss, March 31.-The
ocdy of Lieutenant w. D. Goa ~,
?ans-continental flyer, who died late
yesterday from injuries received
when he fell near Crowville, La,
last Friday, while attempting n oqa-
stop flight from Jacksonville. Fla,
TO San Diego, Cal, left here today
for Brunswick, Ga, where the funer-
al will be held Saturday.
The body was accompanied by
Lieutenant Coney's mother, IN aunt
his brother and Major N. B. Clag-
Gett of the fourth aviation corps.
Lieutenant Coney was a son of the
late Edgar f. Coney, a lumberman
of Brunswick. He was born in At
anta in November, 1898. His youth
was spent in Brunswick.
At the outbreak of the Mexican
trouble in 1915 he enlisted with the
Brunswick Rifles. an infantry organ
i2atiOn, and saw service on the Dor
der. Returning to Brunswick in 1917
about the time the United States en-
tered the European war, he enterd
the officers training camp at Fort
OglethOrpe, Ga, where he was COM
misSloned as a second lieutenant of
infantry. Later he was transferred
to the air service, receiving his pre-
liminary training at the ground
school at Georgia Tech in Atlanta
He was assigned as flying instructor
during the war and had no OppOrtun-
ity to see service at the front. On
the day lie was injured the announce
ment was made at San Diego, Cal, of
his promotion to first lieutenantcy
Funeral and interment will be a.
Brunswick, Ga on Saturday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
DDNAHUE IS GIVEN
7-YEAR SENTENCE
FOR MAIL ROBBERY

Thomas Donahue alleged master
craftsman, bandit and confidence
man, was found guilty of rifling the
mails by Jury in United States
court Wed1 esday and sentenced to
seven years in the Atlanta federal
penitentiary.
The jury too1 but twenty-five min
utes to reach it's verdict. The defend
ant was charged with holding up a
government truck at Hunter and
Forsyth streets on the night of June
16, 1920, throwing revolvers in the
faces of the drivers and robbing a
registered mail pouch of $4,000 in
securities and Liberty bonds.
The drivers of the truck positive
ly identified Doaahue as the man
who leld them Up Other witnesses
from Philadelphia and other eastern
cities testified Donahue paWned many
Liberty bonds in the east shortly
after the date of the Atlanta rob-
tery. Postal inspectors established
the fact that the pawned bonds were
par of the loot taken in the truck
hOld-up
Branch & Howard, representing
Donahue, introduced several Witness
es in an effort to set up an alibi ;or
their client. His contention and that
of his Witnesses was that he was in
Phlladelphia on the date of the truck
robbery.
DO l1hue has been many times con-
victed OF crime in the courts of
America. He is "a years Old and
has served to date total of 2* years
and ten months in jails and peniten-
tiarieS, court officials declared
Atlanta postal inspectors have
made trips to all parts of the coun-
! try on Donahue's case. They esti-
mate that they have Travelled a total
of $4,000 miles on the case.
Cases are now pending against
!)onahue in various cities for work
ing confidence games and staging
daring hOld-uDs, it is stated
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
Bed Used by Kaiser
Brings Poor I rice

CHICAGO, March 31.--A bed in
which it was said former Emperor
Wilhelm Of Germany; often slept
With it went a marble washstand
a massive wardrobe and a miscellany
of carved wooden work and chan
deliers-all said to have been used
by the former emperor when a guest
in the castle Of the grand duke Of
HeSSee.
Although the auction rooms were
crowded, there was little bidding
and the furniture went to a dozen
different owners for total of So
90. This price was said to bare
Iy cover the original price plus the
cost of transportation and commits
sionss ...--....,-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
COMFY is PRAISED BY
MAJOR FITZAIAURICE

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 81
MAJOR w. r. Fitzmaurice, command
ing officer of the intermediate air
station near Montgomery, whose
guest Lieutenant Coney was during
a visit to this city, last night de-
cleared that the trans-cOntinental
flyer was. the most enthusiast avi-
atOr he had ever met.
'Lieutenant Coney made his flights
for no personal glory, but for the
good of the profession. He was a
close student of aviation and was
enthusiastic in its progress"
Lieutenant Coney came to Mont
gomery from Jacksonville to have
his machine repaired. While here
he was the guest of the Rotary and
kiManis climbs at luncheons.