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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
ERECTING NEW SCHOOLS

while Perth Amboy finds considerable f.
nancial embarrassment over the erection OF an
addition to the high school, not to mention the
construction of an entirely new school building
which II declared utterly impossible. Jersey City
Il planning to erect seven new schools at once.
OF these new structures for Jersey City two
will be elementary schools and three will be
intermediate or Junior high schools There
WIN atse,. be a new building for the "continua-
con school" and another school is going to be
enlarged 30 as to add twenty-four class rooms
which addition is considered a new building it.
self.
It has been several years since Perth Amboy
has built q new school house or added to the
existing structures. In the meantime the pop
ulation has increased enormously. Had it not
been for the new parochial schools that nave
been erected the public school system would
DOT begin to care for the children. Every child
Is entitled to at least q high school education
1t public expense. The fact that private inter-
ests decide to erect schools of their own and
educate children at their own expense should
make no difference as far as the city is con-
cerned. There ought to be room for all these
children in the public schools should they choose
to attend.
Perth Amboy has a grave responsibility In this
I matter. If the city is not in a position to issue
bonds for a new school this year, when will 1t
be in such a position? Must we wait until
the city's debt Is gradually reduced year by
wear? In the meantime what is to be- done
with the children?
Then there are other improvements that de-
mand attention. The CITY cannot stand STILL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
LARGE NUMBER OF BABIES.

The United States today is the leading nation
,nrf the world. The white race stands first In
nigilization, progress, wealth, education, abil-
ity, energy, and war strength.
But how about tomorrow-the tomorrow Of
your ct.ssdren's children?
Which nation will be supreme? Which race?
Walter B. Pitkin, author of a new book, Must
We Fight Japan" has the seemingly correct
answer to both those question, for the same
answer fits each. It is:
War of no war, supremacy belongs to the
race that produces the larger number of babies
that grow up"
Not to the nation, or race. that is most In
ventive, best educated, most highly civilized,
wealthiest. but to the nation and race that leads
In the production and rearing of babies.
Understand, it is not alone that a nation, or
race. must have a high birthrate. The babies
MUST GROW UP! This they stand the best
chance of doing when the nation. or race, Is
educated. civilized, progressive. But they must
be born, too! That Is very necessary.
The EVENING NEWS a few days ago,
printed a picture of the mothers and their babies
that have been attending the baby clinic at the
public library during the past year. 1t told OF
IN important work being done there. but when
We consider the great number Of babies born
in this city. the mothers making use of the
clYiic are surprisingly few in number.
There are other clinics. however. and then
mere are the district nurses all Of whom are
rendering excellent service. This is a compare
lively new feature in municipal work. It's i'm
portance is just beginning to be realized.
saving the babies so that they will grow up
\ serving the nation in one of the most effective
ways possible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
O

I always use Goosh Brothers
Soap 20 wash my nose and ears; I've
read their advertising dope for years
and years and years. The dealer
sometimes says Its grand, that
much is understood; but it is not the
only brand-here's something just
as good" And then he'll talk of
Jimpson's Soap, and give it quite a
blurb, and through the language he
will grope for adjectives superb.
1.-The Brothers Goosh." make reply,
have advertised for years. their
soap is made from wholesome I've.
and fat from moral steers. They've
built a national renown for making
soap of worth; they wouldn't let it's
fame go down for anything on earth.
Their advertising wouldn't pay, their
rame would lose its charm. if any
customer should say. This soaps a
false alarm My father used that
kind of soap, my grandsire did the
same, and l will buy that brand, I
hope, until I quit the game. And
when the water goes kerswoosk into
the bathtub warm, I'll use the soap
that's labeled 'Goosh' to cleanse my
swanlike form. And when l come
to buy a thing whose fame long
years has stood. I do not like to have
you spring some junk that's just as
good"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

O. In making a United states
Flag, what should the proportioii
of the blue field be?-G. /. s.
A. The blue field should be zig
of the hoist in depth (seven stripes)
and 76-10O of the hoise in length.
@. What does Tokalon mean?-
A. i. r.. 49,
A.. The word "Tokalon" is deriv-
ed from the Greek. ITO" meaning
"the" and "Kalon" meaning beau
tiful." A professor of Greek In m
of the United States universities lost
his health and went to California
where he purchased a vineyard
which he named "Tokalon."
@. A says that orange trees have
fruit and blossoms on them at n
same time. B says that it is not
so. Who Is right?-A. A. D.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture a y that A. is right and that 1t
Is common to see fruit and blossoms
on orange and lemon trees at the
same time.
q. Was Robert Raikes. the
founder of the Sunday school, a iii
lister Of the gospel?-H. w. r.
A. Robert Raikes, the originator
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
W TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing b Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J.. Haskin. Direc
tor. Washington. D. C. This onef
applies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake sxhaus-
tive research on any subject Write
you. question plainly. and orietly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Neither is it desirable to pile up an enormous
municipal debt. For one thing. the greatest
economy in handling city affairs is necessary.
Then, some means must be found for carrying
On essential work without embarrassing the
taxpayers. Truly, Perth Amboy has not reached
the point where it can no longer provide an
education for all of its children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Hooverizing, which once meant kitchen coop
GRAFTON. now spells business cooperation Il
keep American exports flowing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
SOrn.

ScOrn.
A woman scorned can scorn, that's true'
But, II you'd see scorn rip,
Just gaze upon a waiter who
Has failed to get a tip.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

An honest heart and q bottle of hootch are OFT
beneath a ragged vest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Offering a reward for a Pink nameled ladyis
watch" There sure are plenty of that Kind OF
ladies in New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
Paw Knows E,erythi

Willie-Paw, what is the largest poho IL
the human anatomy?
Paw-The wishbone, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

II. G. Wells says the United States was bui
up by the railroads. Careful. SAM or youH
unbuilt the same way,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
BErwEEN THE DEVIL AND SEA.

Americans talk so much about how the allies
are going to make Germany pay. that they Tor
get the little problem Of how we are going to
get back what the allies owe us. That debt
grows steadily.
Last year we shipped England $1,s11,1s3,ooo
more in goods than she shipped us. In 1919
the surplus was 1859. 1858. o00-"in our favor"
as bankers love to put it.
But was 1t in our favor?
The only way England and other countries
can ever pay what they owe us is by selling
more than we sell them. There isn't enough
gold in the world to wipe out the debt, And
gold, of itself. would do us no good.
Either we import more than we export, or
else the debt owed us abroad must be carried
over from year to year, indefinitely. That does
not appeal to those who believe that an excess
OF imports over exports would slow down our
own industry.
Uncle Sam, storekeeper, in his foreign trade is
between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Supreme courts mineral land decision re-
afirms the law that when you give you give. 1t
also suggests that a state ought to know what
it is giving before 1t gives.
''Fiction is our environment" says franklin
X. Lane. "Brewster's Millions was 1919. De
cameron was 1920. What book describes 1921?
Uncle Toms Cabin ?"
Railroad workers make an average of $1,S06
a year, says a government report. That's a
better showing than the whole railroadins In
dustry makes.
H.. G. Wells says the United States was built
ND by the railroads. Careful, Sam. or you'll be
unbuilt the same way,
Hooverizing, which once meant kitchen coop.
Grafton. now spells business cooperation to
keep American exports flowing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

LUCKY DMUys
The cost of living doesn't faze
Our baby in these high price days; ,
Into his mouth he puts his feet
And in that way makes both ENDS meet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
The Wise Fool.

1.-TWO and two always make four observed
the sage.
commented the fool.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Railroad workers make an average Of $1'soe
a year, says a government report. That's .
better showing than the whole railroadins In
dustry makes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Alta Boy!
Will Waters has scales at the side of his BARN
Where he weighs up your hogs and your nay
He stops other labors to wait on his neighbors,
Fol where there's a will there's a weigh.
Similar Goober.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11
Haw, Hawi

A friend sends us a copy of the newest Eng
fish picture post card. 1t is labeled: lmmi-
grants From the United States" and shows
a herd of red-nosed. THU sty-looking hypo-
critics, wearing American flags on their coats,
dashing down the gangway of the IS. 5: Pussy
marked BAR"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Dear Luke: If a man presents his place of
Worship with a stained glass window, can you
saw that he gives his church a pair ?-Holyoke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-11

Fiction is our environment" says Franklin
X. Lane. "Brewster's Millions" was 1919. DE
cameron was 1920. What book describes 1921?
Uncle Toms Cabin ?"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Police Hero Loses Life
Hating Runaway Horse

For the third time in his fifteen years
on the force. Patfolman John H. Conk,
forty-five years old, Of the Wilson
Avenue. Brooklyn. station, won the
right t. be cited for a feat of spectacu-
lar heroism when, last Thursday, he
leaped to the back of runaway horse
in an effort to stop it.
In performing the feat Conk sacri-
feed his life. He died yesterday in
the Wyckof Heights Hospital of a
fractured skull. received when he was
thrown from the horse and under the
wagon. rear wheel passing over his
head.
On the left sleeve Of his uniform
Conk wore both the silver and bronze
ars awarded by the department. for
exceptional acts Of bravery. The for
mer he won at a spectacular fire in
Greenpoint Avenue FIVE years ago,
when he rescued two persons trapped
in . tenement house. The bronze star
was awarded for stopping a runaway
at Knickerhocker Avenue and Grove
Street.
In response to his dying request
every effort ia to be made to have him
buried in the soldiers plot in Cypress
Hills Cemetery. 1t had been q source
of regret to Conk that he was too old
for service in the war
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Blackhanders Held
For Plot to Kill
Bomb Investigator
Deserter From Band Slain
as l9 Are Betrayed by
Informers at Scranton
Through Fear of Death

SCRANTON, Pa, May 3.--A black
hand gang in Carbonate, west of
Scranton, has been threatening the life
Of John Cartusciello. city detective
here, who a few weeks ago brought
about the arrest of Tito Ligi. Wall
Street bomb suspect The police ar
rested fourteen members of the ranp
late last night after FIVE men, who said
they had been members of it, revealed
the groups plans to the police and
Identified its members. These fourteen
men are being held in $4,000 bail each
rive more were arrested late tonight.
Late tonight the gang shot and
member of the group who was sus-
tet who informed the police. An Italian
has been arrested in connection with
the crime.
The gang members who acted az in
formers said they were tired of being
browbeaten, of being compelled to
puncture their own wrists and suck
their own blood as a test Of loyalty to
the gang, and Of paying tribute to the
groups treasury
The lnformers told the police how a
member was selected when "cutting''
or killing was planned. They asserted
that jobs were done in New York and
Brooklyn as we'll as in New Jersey and
pennsylvania. They told the police how
they had been compelled to carry out
the wishes of the gang even to the
cutting" and killing of persons who
refused to accede to the society's de-
mands. The informers, in giving their
story. asked police protection.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Detective Bill, Raising
Pay, Vetoed by Hylan
Plan for Permanent Division
Has Merit, Mayor Says; but
Can't Be Afforded Ncuv

Mayor Hylan yesterday disanprov.d
the bill passed by the last Legislature
which would have created a permanent
detective division in the Police Depart
ment, instead of the present detective
bureau In vetoing the bill, the Mayor
praised the men of the department and
declared that, although the plan pro
posed by the Legislature had merit in
the present financial crisis Of the city
ne could not justifiably approve the
measure. The bill also increased the
salaries of all members Of the force who
happened to be in the detective bureau
on March Is last, to $4,000. 1t would
have added several hundred thousand
dollars to the city pay roll.
yesterdays action by the Mayor was
the second within a week against legis-
lation raising the salaries of members
OF the police force. He had already
vetoed twin bills increasing the salaries
OF. first grade policemen and firemen
from S2,240 to s2,500 year. Had these
! increases gone into effect, it was esti-
mated it would have added s., 100000 to
! next years budget.
In his memorandum Of disapproval Of
the detective division bill, the Mayor
said:
"This bill, if it became a law. would
add several hundred thousand dollars to
the budget. There is a deficiency now
in the Board of Estimate of $4,000, 900
caused by mandatory legislation at Al
bany which deficiency must be met in
next years budget. I regret exceed
ingly to be obliged to withhold my ap-
proval from q bill which has such merit.
but the financial condition of the city
will not permit me to approve it,"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
WOnnarl's Threat
To Whip Brickley
Revealed In Suit
$lO,227 Judgment Given on
Note Against F Forner Foot
ball Star After Holder's
Sister Had Menaced Him

Judgment for $10,227 obtained by
default against Charles Il. Brickley,
former Harvard football star, was
fled in the Supreme Court yesterday
The Judgment was obtained by Joseph
S. Jackson, OF liz West 10th Street,
on note given him by Brickley on
December 81 last ard due on March 81.
Before making the note on which the
suit was brought, the former football
star had some Improbable experience
in the firm of Charles E. Brickley &
Co., bankers and brokers. An affidavit
indicates that Bricklcy narrowly es-
capped at least horscwhipping at the
hands of an irate female member of
Mr.. Jackson's family. Mrs. Miriam
KeInhardt, sister Of Jackson, and Mrs.
Jennie jackson, his mother, while the
holder Of the note was iii, called at
sne once of Brickley and it was
aiieged that Mrs. Reinhardt left word
shac unless the matter was adjusted
she would go to the Harvard Clrh
and publicly horsewhip Bricklev 1'
The illness of Mr.. jackson nhv.;
c!an se n SAID, was aggravated by the fear
VI the patient that the note would NJ
~! pe PAD. The two women who v;sifsd
!he ONCE of Brickley cried bitterly ssv.
ing the money was needed for hcn.s-
noid expenses. Mrs. Reinhardt sIso
vas was quoted as saying she would spnt 'a -
nuliet ,a through his brain." unless Brick
Charles s. Sinsheimer, attorney for
yacRson, "a to', said Brickley called him on
short ho 's,fpnone of non ana told him he was
draw the note from the ban ban, " .sr;n,. ~lHn-
ne ne expected to be able to meet tho note t,te
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Mans Body Bound Hand.
And Foot Found ON Beach

The body Of Newton j. Dockery, of
$50 West Fifty-third Street, bound
hand and foot, was found on the beach
near Cliffwood, N. j., Monday. 1t had
been in the water about three weeks.
The body was found by August Men
eel, fisherman, and taken to the
morgue Of Harvey S. Bedle, in Key
port. There friends of Dockery identi-
fed it Detective Jack Smith, of the
Monmouth County prosecutors office,
in Freehold, has begun an investiga-
tion Of the case.
Dockery was civilian employee in
the Quartermaster's Corps and was
stationed on the ferryboat running
from New York to Governors Island.
He drew his pay on March 80 and that
was the last time he was seen alive.
County Physician Jamison, who ex-
amined the body, said that he believed
that Dockery was robbed and thrown
held in Keyport,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Tells Jury of Love for
Widow of Man He Killed
Mrs. Benzler ON Stand Says She
Had Wanted to Get Divorce
and Be Married TO Reissing

Wilfred Reissing, on trial for the
murder of Rudolph Benzler March 3
last, repeatedly declared his love for
Mrs. Benzler when he took the stand
yesterday in his own defense in the
Queens County Courthouse at Long
Island City.
81 loved that woman from the first
time ] saw her, and loved her when
she told me of her unhappy married
life" testified Reissing. He admitted
that he had served term at Sing Sing
and a term in the Federal prison at At
lanta. The shooting of Benzler. which
occurred on a trolley car between In
wood and Jamaica, was accidental, he
declared.
Mrs. Benzler was on the stand two
hours, and in her testimony said that
Reissing had been kind and her hus-
band unkind, and she had been willing
to get a divorce and marry the de-
fendant. The attorneys in the case
summed up last night. Justice Faw-
cett will charge the jury to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Mrs. Rankine's
Body, Jewels
Missing, in Bay
tcontInucd from rass one,

'cuHtsnucu from eAeo 0ne)
and then looked at the bottom of the
shoes. They bore the name "Jantzen, y
dealer of whom Mrs. Rankine bought
footwear. This convinced Miss Sphinx
that she need look no further. She
nodded her head, whispered to the de-
tectives and turned from the body.
Chauffeur Also Positive
After Miss Sphinx had looked at the
clothing. Clouding made an examina-
with the detectives and Miss Sphinx q
few minutes later. 1t was said that
Mr. Merton would call at the morgue
to-day.
Detectives were convinced last night
that Mrs. Rankine drowned herself.
Several of those assigned to the case
following the wealthy widows disap-
pearance said at the outset that they
were certain she had committed suicide.
This belief was also expressed by
many of Mrs. Rankine's friends, who
knew her to be morbid at times and
who were convinced that she was seized
by one of her melancholy moods on
the day of her disappearance,
1t had been learned that on the after
noon of her disappearance Mrs. Ran
kline stopped in her automobile at the
Spalding store in Fifth Avenue and
there tried to buy a revolver. Since
her chauffeur later let her out of the
machine near Fifty-ninth Street nc
real trace was ever found of her. The
chauffeur's story that she was in search
of pawnshop caused detectives to
visit every loan Office in the vicinity of
the Greensboro Bridge aid for miles
in various directions without any clue
being found
Annette Kingsley Norton Rankine
was the widow of William Birch Ran
kline. who died in 1905 and who made
his fortune whens he formed the
Niagara Falls Power. Company.
Mrs. Rankine was forty years old.
She had been suffering for many
months from mental depression. She
disappeared on Friday, April l, at 6:15
O'clock, after dismissing the chauffeur
with her limousine at Fifty-ninth
Street and Second Avenue, near the ap-
proach to the Greensboro Bridge
Mrs. Rankine's nearest relative il
her brother, Benjamin Vernon Norton,
who is assistant secretary at the Fifth
Avenue branch of the Guaranty Trust
Company. Her home was at IA East
Sixtieth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
City Paymaster a Suicide
After Confessing Theft
Boston Employee l8 Years
Takes Poison; Lost $l,5OO
of Funds on Market
Spectral Dispotcjs to The Tribuu


BOSTON, May 3.-Dennis II. Maho-
ney, an "outside" paymaster in the
Treasury Department and for eighteen
years an employee of the city, com
mitted suicide by taking poison to-day,
shortly after confessing to the theft of
from $1,000 to $500 in city funds. It
was said he had lest money in the
stock market.
A red-labeled bottle, the contents of
which are as yet to be determined, was
picked up beside his body. Mahoney
was found on the bank of Muddy River
He was sent to q hospital, but died ten
minutes later.
This is the second case of pilfering
from the city's treasury within the last
few days. Former City Cashier
Thomas ]. O'Daly is now out on heavy
bail on the charge of larceny Of $40, 900
of city funds, to which he is alleged
to have confessed
A warrant for Mahoney's arrest was
issued to-day short time before his
body was discovered.
In his examination of Mahoney's rec
ords the city treasurer said he found
seventy-6ve signatures in pencil, all so
similar that his suspicious were
aroused. Mahoney's pay was $4,000 a
year.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Clothiers Score Smoot
And Other Price Critics
Special Dispotch to Tho Tribune

CHICAGO, May 3.-with a brisk at
tack directed against Senator Reed
Smoot, of Utah. the Federal Trade Com
mission and few others, the National
Retail Clothiers' Association to-day
welcomed investigation, demanded that
labor conditions be gone into with ere
lentless thoroughness" and asserted
that the retailers care not SHINING but
have been previously sinned against" )"
The defense of retailers was in the
form of statement issued by A. E.
Burkhardt, president Of the associa-
tion, with the approval of ,thirty-five
state associations, following the meet
ing here. The statement also attacked
collar manufacturers FOR failure to
reduce prices.
According to the statement, the buy
ers' strike was fast dying out until it
was revived by the recent report of
the Federal Trade Commission, which,
IT is asserted, utterly failed to take
into consideration some of the most
vital causes Of trouble"
Senator Smoot is accused of having
prejudged the case against retailers
and it is asserted that sthe clothing
and all other trades must be delivered
from the tyranny of Bolshevism."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Five of Detroit Auto
Theft Gang Get 2 Years
Sven Nyquist, New York Ex-
porter, One Of Mem Convicted
of Wholesale Stealing
Spscsol DiapctcA 70 TAe T,abur.

Special Dispctch to The TsSbNms
DETROIT, May 3.--The Ave defend
ants in the auto theft conspiracy trial
in the Federal court were found guilty
to-day by jury after sixteen hours
elaboration and sentenced by Judge
Tuttic Co two years each in Lcaven-
worth penitentiarv.
Three of the defendants--Earl Linn.
Douglas Moore and Joseph Calbo--sre
Detroiters, They were charged with
being the Detroit members CT the ring
which stole cars In this city and trans
ported them to the East for shipment
overseas.
James G. Burroughs, Of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, and Sven Nyquist, of New York,
we're the other defendants.
Burroughs. called the master mind
and Napoleon of the band. was charged
by government attorneys as being the
ring member who dishgured the cars
before they we're sent to Nyquist, at
New York, for shipment to Norway and
Sweden.
Nyquist is said to be wealthy New
York exporter. As the verdict was read
the wife and mother of Galbo both col
lapsed.
Ten persons in all have been con-
victed as members of this ring, which.
police estimate, shipped 81 ,O00, 900
worth of cars stolen in the United
States to Norway and Sweden throu1h
q system which has puzzled Department
OF Justice agents and police Of many
cities