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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
THE AMERICAN POSITION.

Speaking for the world as a whole, the less
MONEY spent on navies the better.
II the United States had four gunboats. Great
Britain three and the Ja1s one, then each eoun-
try would be just as well off. navally speaking
as If the gunboats were translated into dread
nougbts and the numbers multiplied by twenty.
Actually the people of each couI try would be
better off to the tune Of billions of dollars ssved
annually in taxes.
Weary from the great war and tax-ridden to
the point of suffering, people all over the world
are interested in disarmament, or at least re-
striction Of ornaments. Americans are as much
interested as anybody else.
But the war has taught US that we are no
safer, when a pirate nation breaks loose. than
any other country. Actually we are not as safe
as any of the other countries because we are
richer than any of them, and hence better prey
for such a pirate nation.
1t was only the accident of locality that made
France. not America, the objective of the Ger
maa kaiser.
As long as there are navies in the world the
United States navy should be as powerful as
any OF them. But we would be Just as well sat-
isfied If this were en- a four gInboat basis as
any other.
Right now the British navy Is a better one
than ouis, and the japanese bette" IN some par
ticulars.
While Great Britain shows an inclination to
slow up in naval construction Japan is starting
a race with US that, unless some agreement is
reached very soon, will mean bankruptcy and
war for both nations. When we realize that
lightweight cents out of every dollar that we
pay in taxes goes for war purposes it is time for
the American people to sit up and take notice.
An international agreement for disarmament
is what is needed more than anything else in the
world tLday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Prospects FOR A NEW FERRY.

Revival of the agitation for another Aeiis
20 he operated between this city and Totten-
vile gives a great deal of satisfactions 10 the
neopie Of Perth Amboy. The wretched ae-
communications and inadequate service OF tHe
present ferry conducted by the staten lsianu
Ranis Transit is we'll known There is every
reason to believe that a new ferry would be a
paying proposition.
perth Amboy granted a franchise for a new
ferry to be operated from the foot OF WASH
,n~.o, street several years ago. The Staten ISL
"a Ranid Transit. however. has been success
,ul thus far in blocking the move through
IN fluence with the Department of Docks ana
Ferries in New York. Latest reports are that
new persons interested in the project are IN d
nositlon to overcome this pull that the haplo
Transit has enjoyed and that there is good pros
pects of the necessary permission 10 iano lhe
boats on the Staten Island side being grahleo'
since the franchise for a ferry at the foot OF
washington street was first granted by the CITY
and additional reason for a ferry at that point
has developed. This is the convenience that
the Washington street route would be 10 auto
lists coming across Staten Island bound Tor tne
New Jersey coast resorts. The plans Tor the
new state highway bridge now agreed upon
provide for the approach at Smith street ana
conyery place. Automobiles coming by FERRY
and landing at the foot of Washington street
could pass directly out Washington street to
New Brunswick avenue and then across Con-
very place bridge direct to the new structure
across the Raritan, thus relieving Smith street
of the. extra travel.
Under any Circumstance the new ferry route
would be much more direct, the boat coming
.,noost straight across the sound from the Tot
tenyilie side. thus saving five minutes or more
in the ferry ride.
Perth Amboy and Staten Island need TINS
new ferry and it is to be hoped that 1t VIII
be in operation before the summer Is over
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Wild beast had been turned loose from the place
TO siay and destroy? Is 1t possible that this
Iawless traffic has been carried on without the
knowledge of the local authorities? II so, they
must be blind. Men do not get drunk on water
II they were sober when they arrived in Perth
Amboy and intoxicated when they departed, 1t
is obvious that they must have obtained the
liduor in that city, Why was the illegal traffic
permitted until It ended in a crime so horrible
as to shock the country? Let Perth Amboy
answer"
This is a severe Indictment for this city and
the worst of it is, it cannot be successfully
denied. Why is it that the interest and the
welfare Of the rum-sellers. who are deliberately
violating the law. are considered of more inn
p~ortance than the good name OF the city? How
can we ever hope to lift Perth Amboy out Of
the mire as long as the dregs Of society from
all surrounding settlements come here on Satur-
day nights and load up with the poison stuff
and depart by train and trolley, a shocking
evidence of wide open booze selling here?
Perth Amboy has had its lesson. 1t has
been a severe one. Does it mean anything to
the city authorities. or are they willing to as
sumo the responsibility for more crimes of a
similar nature due to their refusal to do their
duty?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Q. What is a Kiwanis Club and
what does the Same mean Pr. g. L.
A. The Kiwanis Club is an or
%ganization of business men to pro-
mote industry. The name is a coined
word derived from a Cherokee
phrase meaning 1--WE trade"
Q. What is meant by the FT1th
Monarchy?-F. II. N.
A. According to Daniels proph-
ecy four great monarchies OF Anti
christ-Assyria, Persia, Greece. and
Rome-were to be succeeded by a
fifth monarchy-the reign OF Christ
on earth for 1000 years.
@. How much does 1t cost to drill
an oil we'll in Oklahoma ?-T. e. M.
A. The Bureau of Mines states
that in the mid-continental field. n
costs of drilling wells vary from
S1.75 a foot in shallow pools of Ok
lahoma, to $3.50 in some new and
actively developing areas. In addi-
ton to this, the owner u supply
casing. The total drilling costs In
Oklahoma average from $1,000 to
$500 per foot with exception OF
wells in the old shallow district in
northeastern Oklahoma, where drill
ing costs are as low as $500 to $500
a loot for wells to a depth OF 1850
feet.
@. What is the origin of the
the word gun ?"-S. B. B.
A. The word has been used since
medieval times, and its origin is OBJ
scure, probably having been some
persons. name.
@. ) Is it rue that the japanese
government has refused to allow the
Philippine government to put a
weather observation station on the
Island of Yap?-D. +. d.
A. The State Department says
that the Japanese government has is
sued a permit for this purpose and
the station will. be established.
Q. How often is mail sent to the
marines stationed at Port-au-Prince?
A. G.
A. The P~ostofice Department
says that mail is sent from the Unit
ed States to the marines stationed
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, about six
or seven times a month. Mail comes
from Haiti t o this country about
as often.
@. Who took the leading part in
Shakespeare's plays when they were
first produeed?-A. A. d.
A. Richard Burbage. the fore
most actor of that time. was one of
the earliest. if not the first Hamlet.
Lear and Othello. He excelled in
tragic roles, his most successful i'm
personation being Richard III.
Q. Does the moon attract posts,
boards and shingles?-R. C.
A. The Naval Observatory says
the moon does not attract posts
boards or shingles, and there is no
basis in fact for the superstition hat
posts planted under certain phases
| of the moon will not stay in the
ground.
Q. What does Canada meant
NJ. C. B.
A. Canada is Indian for village.
and the French settlers were called
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
NOTICE TO

Separate sealed bids Will be received at
the rooms OF the Board Of Chosen Free
holders OF the County of Middlesex. in the
County Record Building in New Bruins
wick. N. ]. on Thursday. March gath.
1891. at 2.se O'Clock in the afternoon by
the Board of Chosen Freeholders
FOR SUPPLYING BITUMINOUS
CoNCRETES
Warrenite. State Highway Specifications
General File number 705-W. Listed on
page Sol OF the 1918 New Jersey State
Amiesite. State Highway Specifications.
General File number 7o5-A. Listed on
Topeka. state Highway Specifications.
General File number 7oS-T-l. Listed on
type r.: SPECIFICATION. on nls in the
Engineers onice.
Engineers Onice.
Bids must be made on the proposal
blanks furnished upon request. Bidders
are cautioned not to alter or add to any
Of the conditions or provisions Of the pro-
posal as such proposals will be rejected.
Proposals must be signed by the bidder
or his duly authorized agent and his post
enice address must be given.
The proposal must be placed in a seal
ed envelope addressed to the Board O.
Chosen Freeholders OF the County of Mid
dlesez. New Jersey. and marked with thu
type OF material bid upon and the nam'
and address OF the bidder.
Each bid must be accompanied with 4
certificate from a Bonding Company. au'
thorfzed to do business in the State o
New Jersey. stating that they will be
come bound as his security for the faith
full performance OF the contract IL award
ed to him.
Each bid must be accompanied by I
certified check for 100000 payable Il
the order OF r. William Hilker. Count,
Treasurer. to guarantee. the execution o.
a proper contract by the successful bid
der.
n Board Of Chosen Freeholders re
serves the right to purchase as much o.
as little material under any bid as the,
may desirs or to purchase otherwise 4
they 90 desire. and to extend the contrac
| one az or two CD years beyond thu
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
WHAT is THE

Perth Amboy Must Answer" is the heading
she Newark Sunday Call puts on an editorial
which reads as follows;N
~-1sFAeze is no doubt that speedy and righteous
Justice will be meted out to the vile wretch who
Z week ago committed an atrocious crime at
Perth Amboy, a crime that as no other stfs
men to vengeful wrath and prompts them 10
resort to lynch law. And richly Will ne deserve
his fate. But what of the person VINO SOLD MN
the liquor that for the time turned him INTO d
savage and lustful beast; and the law enforce.
menf odjcers who failed to prevent the GALE?
almost every Saturday night passengers on
the 9.14 train from Newark to Shore points are
ANNOYED, disguised and frequently insulted py
drunken rowdies, both black and whlte, VINO
Natawan and Cliffwood. We understand pass
engers on late trolley cars going south or Perrin
Amboy are frequently subjected to the same re-
voting offences against common decency atls-
ing from the same source. 1t was obvious Ihat
somewhere in Perth Amboy the law forbidding
the sale of intoxicating liquor was being viola
ted with impunity. According to the confession
of the murderer of Mrs. Wilson, he and three
others went to a saloon in that city and each
bought a pint of gin. Ia is common knowledge
that the stuff dispensed these days as gin is
rank poison. Evidently that consumed by the
self-confessed criminal craZed his brain ana
fired his passions TO such a degree that ne was
ready to commit any crime, however, heinous-
responsibility for his crime, but 1t makes the
constituencies scoundrel who sold him the pol
son morally, though perhaps not legally, his
abettor and accomplish.
mo time was lost by the authorities in raid
ing the place where, according to the murder
er's confession, he obtained the gin. shameful
and shocking as the fact may be- II is owned by
a woman. She, her brother-in-law and the bar
tender were arrested and her stock of liquors
confiscated. Why was not this done before a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

The battlefield of Waterloo is
easily reached from Brussels. A
half day is sufficient to go out and
see the principal sights and return.
He who makes the journey now can
but be amazed to consider that "a
hundred years ago a battle so mo-
mentous could be fought in so small
an area; and he will turn back and
trudge YEARLY over the long miles
of trenches which at no great dis
lance from Waterloo mark the
scenes of a more terrible conflict.
Beside the battles of our great
World War, Waterloo seems a
small affair. Yet it settled the fate
Of the world for a hundred years,
and laid the foundations of the
Rothschild fortunes, and did some
other things.
Nothing will impress the modern
visitor more than the fact that the
lion which marks the spot where the
decisive events occurred, has been
turned around. AS erected, he faced
France; and was intended az a re-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
PROPOSAL

Sealed bids will be received on March
20. 1921 at $3.50 p. NJ. by the Township
Committee of the Township of Woodbridge
for the improvement of Second Street
from KIM Georges Post Road to Fifth
Street in said Township. with either
warranite on Concrete Base. Asphalt
Block on Concrete Base or Reinforced
Concrete.
Plans, syecihcations and proposal sheets
may be examined at the office of Morgan
F. Larson, Township Engineer, IFS Smith
Street. Perth Amboy. N. j.. any week day
from $3.50 A. NJ. to $500 P. NJ. Bids must
be made on proposal sheets furni-
shed by the engineer, enclosed in
sealed envelopes and addressed to
the Township Committee of the
Township of Woodbridge, bearing the
name and address of the bidder on the
outside.
Bids must be accompanied by a certified
check payable to che Treasurer of Wood
bridge Township without any conditional
endorsement or cash in the amount Of
81. 10000. The successful bidder will pc
required to furnish a surety company
bond in the full AMOUNT OF the contract
Torrance of the work and indemnifyins
the said Township Committee from all
proceedings. suits or actions OF any name
or description.
The Township Committee reserves the
right to reject any or all bids IL In their
opinion. it is TO the best interest Of the
Township so to do.
March II. 1921.
ANDREW KEYES.
Township Clerk.
l26s-3-17-22-4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
UNCLE SAM. LIQUOR DEALER.

There are over 10000. 900 gallons of liquor
in about 900 bonded warehouses in this country.
Some of this liquor is coming out for lesiti-
mate purposes; much more. though, accord
ing to Wayne B. Wheeler. Of the Anti Saloon
League. is going to dampen thirsty dry spots
particularly in large cities.
Wheeler has a remedy: Let Uncle Sam go
into the wholesale business. he urges.
1.-THE government should take over the
liquors, sell them for legitimate purposes.
and return the proceeds to the owners,
less the expense of SALE"
This would. undoubtedly, halt the flow of
conded liquors into bootlegging bottles, especial
" if the liquors. as Wheeler suggests, be medi-
Gated or denatured before it is withdrawn from
the warehouses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
1.-THE LION OF WATERLOO"
BY DIR. W. E. BARTON

minder that Great Britain had stood
in that spot and there had beaten
Napoleon, and that she stood ready
to meet all corners from his direc-
ton. But during the World Wal
the lion was quietly turned around,
and made to face Germany.
This is enough to make the ghost
of Napoleon smile grimly. He
expected to be called up onethe ouija
'oard and informed OF such a per-
Torrance.
1t would be better. however. to
mount that lion on a swivel. The
situation in Europe affords no as
uranc that the Lion of Waterloo
will be content to face>any n point
of the compass with perpetual roar
In that direction. Changes in Euro
pean politics may make it advisable
for someone to slip across the cham
mel almost any dark night and erect
a derrick and lift the growing old
king of beasts and face him with q
menacing roar toward some other
nation.
Lions are restless just now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Direc
applies strictly TO Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles. 1t
does moi attempt TO settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research IN any subject Write
you. question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address inc en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

first year in accordance with the specis
ncations.
Bids will be received at the hour named
and not before and not after.
The right to reject any and all bids II
bidders must use proposal forms pre-
pared by the Board OF Chosen Freeholders
which will be furnished on request.
New Brunswick. N. j.
March S. 1921.
THE BOARD OF cHosEN FREEHOLD
IHs' MaTpg0IMssH o4uHvrs M!
11ss-s-14-1s-22 Clerk.
PROPOSALS
Sealed bids viii be received On March
Is. 1921. at $3.50 p. NJ. by the Township
for the Improvement Of Fifth Street.
from Ford Avenue to the Westerly line OF
Fords Terrace in said Township. with
phait Block on Concrete Base. or Rein
forced Concrete.
Plans. specifications and proposal sheets
may be examined at the ofies Of Morgan
Street. Perth Amboy. N. j., any week day
from $3.50 A. M. to $500 p. NJ. Bids must
be made On proposal sheets furni-
shed by the engineer. enclosed in
sealed envelopes and addressed 10
the Township Committee of the
Township OF Woodbridge. bearing the
outside.
Bids must be accompanied by a certified
check payable TO the Treasurer of Wood
bridge Township without any conditional
endorsement or cash in the amount OF
100000. The successful bidder will be
required to furnish a surety company
bond In the full! amount OF the contract
price. conditioned for the faithful per-
formanee OF the work and ~fndemnifying
the said Township COMMITTEES from ali
proceedings, suits or actions of any name
or description.
The Township m reserves tho
right to reject any or all bids II in their
opinion. it is to the best interest Of this
Township so to do.
March IL. 1871.
ANDREW KEYEs,
- Township clsrk- !
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
THIS wOMAN

Mrs. II. A. Leaman Sturgin. Colo,
writes: IT suffered with bladder
and kidney trouble for years. Doc
tored and tried everything. No help.
Finally a friend sen me Foley Kid
ney Pills. They helped me SO much
/ used seven bottles. Now l feel
fine. Spent sleepless nights. Suffer-
ed SO it seemed l hardly could live.
Recommend Foley Kidney Pills to
all who suffer from kidney trouble
as / did" Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
NOTICE

All persons concerned may take notice.
tha the Subscriber. Administrator, etc.,
OF Mike Mindesok, deceased. intends to
exhibit his inal account to the Orphans
Court for the County of Middlesex. on
Friday. the fifteenth day of April 1~92f..at
10 A. NJ, In the Term of April 1921. for
settlement and allowances; the same being
first audited and stated b the Surrogate.
Dated. March 7. 1921.
c.ORRIS L.. GOLDBERGER.
Administrator
1019-3-s-15-22-29-l-6.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
BITS OF BYPLAY
3D. Luke Luke
Copyright. 1890. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.


We pray that winter won't forget
That on Miss Spring we have a bet;
We pray that our coal pile will last
Until the frosty days have passed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

It doesn't shock father to see decolete waists
on other mems daughters the way it does to
see them on his own daughter.
A man spends the first part of his life wish
ing he was married and the second part wishing
Ee wasn't.
The average husband is a big enough egotist
to wonder why his wife should want candy
when she's got him.
Talking about nervy cusses, we once knew
a man who had nerve enough to turn over the
front page of his newspaper when the man sit
ting next to him in the street car was reading 1t.
A widow can act so innocent that she'll Won
der If it is proper for a man and his wife TO
remain under the same roof all night.
When a woman has a sick canary, a sick
poodle and a sick husband in the house her
husband isn't going to get much attention.
The reason a married man likes to be called
the Head of the Family is because he knows
it is a darned lie.
There are women and women-including the
kind who can make life so miserable for a
man ttat he regards 9linony as 4 good invest
ment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Fool Nature.

Dame Nature makes some funny breaks.
I'm here to tell you that;
The snow that starves the robin makes
The sparrow sleek and fat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Former Attorney General Palmer says 'the
ruling that physicians may prescribe beer may
mean beer at the soda fountain" Page the
fellow who wrote. "Taere, little barroom. do
not cry. you Il be a drug store by and by"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Canucks by the Indians.

Canucks by the Indians.
@. Who began character reading
from facial characteristics Pr. G..
A. In 1893 Baptista Porta. a sci
enlist, published a Folio In Naples.
which entities him to the position of
founder Of modern physiognomy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
That often Happens in Law.

NMdHCHVsltIr VIIUi bI5HdII
Attorney f.. P, ODonnell, of Maysville, and
c.. E. Roebuck, of West Union, tried a Sprigg
Township lawsuit here today. Ownership of
two thoroughbred calves claimed by Ella Gray
and Lillian Howard was the disputed question.
The winner lost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Bonar Law quits the British cabinet and re-
tires to pri ate life. Lloyd George is about <ae
only one Of the war chiefs that hasn't checked
out. Fleeing is fame.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Some Rainy.

'They tell me they have a rainy season down
here ever year. said the first-time visitor to
Havana.
'In say they do" replied the American who
made Havana his home. 1T rains SO long that
the ducks have to carry umbrellas"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Though his nose is a bright red,
No boozer is Meeks;
He's been counting a girl who
Has hand-painted cheeks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Is That So!

The long-haired man sat down in the bar
Der chair and ordered a hair cut.
"Ah," said the long-haired man, with a sigh
of relief as he felt the scissors shipping off
his ample locks. This removes a heavy load
from my mind"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Aw. Have a Heart, Barrie!

(NaShVlIle IenneSSeean.D
Some men are so henpecked that you get the
impression that Eve was made from Adams
backbone.-Luke McLuke.
And some women are so funny-looking that
you get the impression that Eve was made
from Adams humerus.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

"Some housekeepers are so nice that the
see dust on a new pin.-Luke McLuke.
But that doesn't seem to help them find tn
under the dresser and the bed.-Seena Lo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
WHAT

Dear Luke: What has become of the old
fashioned woman who used to be afraid to go
out on rainy days because she always got the
bottom of her skirt wet? Wet?-L. c. M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Ernest Christian, OF Greensburg, md, mas
been nominated for Chaplain of the Names Is
Names Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, what does Strengthened circum-
stances mean?
Paw-That's the high-brow way of express
ing the fact that you are poor, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Sign on the wall Of an auction house II
Louisville, KY:
mo Gentleman Will Smoke In The Presents
OF Ladies'"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
NIercYi

When he proposed to proud Miss Bred.
She said: ''Sir. stay right where you are!
I'll have you know I'll never wed
No man who drives a last years carl"
-Lu McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
go" he said.

I'll very gladly 60" he said.
ION you l ne'er again will look:
thought at first you were well Bred,
But now 1 see / was mistook."
= Newark Advocate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Keep EN- On a While!
Be keerful, men,
OF grip and cough:
Wen tell you when
To take 'em off!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22
CincIl!

Dear Luke: The old-fashioned Kentuckian
whose ambition was to have a notwithstanding
and a barrel of whiskey now has a son whose
is to have a barrel of whiskey and a
ostmastership.-Altch
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-22

Dcar old Rud KipiinS will be pleased to learn
that Mandy Lay has moved to Greensburg, Ind
Our Daily Special.
Kindness Is One Thing You Can't Overdo.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-07-28

First Published June 80, 1921
SHERIFF'S SALE NOTICE
In the District Court Of Seward
County, Kansas: ~
Chester Black, Plaintiff, >
f VS..
G. W. Chaffin and Bessie Chaffin,
Defendants.
SEWARD COUNTY. 81: