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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LOSE TO AMBOY HIGH
Have Local COurtSterS
Encountered A SIump

as team work is concerned. than the
National Turner outfit. Some of the
best men in Newark and vicinity
perform with the Wheelmen outfit
The Wheelmen team has an excellent
record for the season, having a clean
slate on their home court and a re-
markable record for games on OF
ponents courts. Last Sunday night
the Wheelmen defeated the Newark
Triangles in a sensational game
The Speedways hope to make uf
for their last three defeats by TAX
ing the of the Junior Me-
chanics on Thursday night and the
Newark quintet on Saturday night.
1t is probable that a practice SEES
sion of the Speedway team will be
held tomorrow night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
NEW BASEBALL
MAN At kEASbEY
Sickle, Former Ironside Toss.
er, Making His Home
There

KEASBEY. Feb. 2S:-Charles
Sickle. a professional ball player
who performed with the strong
Ironsides of Newark last season, is
making his home here. With ths
baseball season fast coming on tho
Keasbey Field Club will no doubt
be after his services. Sickle has
expressed his intention of playing
with one of tho local teams and will
make his home here for the sum
mer. With the addition of such q
man the Keasbey Field Club would
greatly increase its strength and the
management will 40 doubt make Il
strong bid for his services.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28

The teams of Bill Pemberton and
Edgar Ma!let will clash On the Y.
c.. A. alleys tonight in the five
man bowling tournament. At the
present tiroa P~emberton's combina-
ton is tie for second place with three
other teams, while Mallet is further
down the line. Three straight for
Mallet tonight would put him ahead
o9 PemDertOn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28

field in the last half. Grieve la
aged to make eight points for AM
boy via the free throw route. Hughes
broke into the scoring column with
two pretty shots from the field
while Ratajack scored his first
double counter.
The game was witnessed by a
good sized crowd and ably refereed
by Townley. The second game in
the series between the two teams
will be played here in the near
future.
Tha score.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
-FOUR MORE INDUSTRIAL
VOLLEY BALL MATCHES


flour more matches in the indus
trial volley ball league are sched-
ltTled to be played tonight in the
~" gym. AS the schedule nears
cDfmpletion added interest is being
shown by the players and those who
lave been attending the games as
SPECTATORS. The schedule will be
cpmpleted two weeks from tonight
after which the city volley ball
league games will be played on>Tues-
day nights.
The games tonight will bring to-
gether the following teams: Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining VS.. Stand
ard Underground Cable Works;
Perth Amboy Dry Docks We. General
Bakelite; Atlantic Terra Gotta VS..
Perth Amboy Chemical; Lead Works
Is. U. S. Cartridge. The games will
start at s o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
Had That Tired, worn-out Feeling

Had That Tired, Worn-Out Feeling
Do you know that lawful tired
feeling" l~anguidness. lame or weak
back, sore muscles. stiff or swollen
joints, or rheumatic pains usually in
dictate kidney trouble? Foley Kid
ney Pills act promptly and effective
". Mrs. Roberta Lilly. 100 Alton
street, Alton ILL.,, writes: "For three
years I had a tired, worn-out feel
ing. Various treatments failed. j
began to improve on the second dose
Of Foley Kidney Pills and today !
feel like new" Sold eyerywhere.-
Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28

several vaudeville numbers. The
Police Quartette of Jersey City
which made a decided hit in con-
nection with the last Police smoker,
will be here for st. Mary's show.
Tickets for this show are rapidly
being sold, and there is every indi-
cation that this plan TO raise funds
to erect a high school building for
ST. Mary's parish, will be success
full in every way. Rev. Father
Prendergast and his committee of
twenty-five members in charge of ar
rangements for this show will meet
in st. Mary's hall at s o'clock to-
night to make final arrangements
for the affair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
Reformatory Wins Another


The Railway reforn7atory basket-
ball team defeated the Kappa
Phi basketball team quintet OF Eliz-
abeth at the reformatory Saturday
afternoon by q score of 1873. On
Tuesday night the Railway Y. M. G.
A. will play the ~reformatory quintet
on the latter's court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
FIRE ALARM BOXES

sf-Gordon and Meade Streets
25-Madison Ave. and Paterson St. =
24-Me-ket and Sheridan Streets
25-Smith Street and Central r. II.
c6-Market and First Streets
librarian Copper Works
2S-High and . Streets
34-Madison Avenue and Smith Street.
35-Smith and High Streets
3s-New Brunswick Ave. and New street
37-Smitb and State Streets
H-Standard Underground Gable Co.
42-Atiantic Terra Gotta Works
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81.
45-Commerce and Front Streets
46-State and Washington Streets
47-High and Washington Streets.
52-Cort1andt and Easton Streets
54-State and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker st. and Pulaski Ave.
5G-Hall Ave. and Charles ST..
57-State and Wayne Streets
Shear Lead Works
59-Maurer
62-Washington Street and Park Avenue
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm Street
6{-Smith Street and Watson venue
65-Comnaerce and State Streets
72-Fropts and Smith streets
T3-Watev and 9ornon Streets
74-kearny Ave. and Gordon Street
Sl-Brace and Hanson Avenues
s2-Smith and Herbert Streets
Ave. and Washington st.
Ave. and Stanford Street
s5-Near City hospital
ss-Cleveland and Brace Avenues
n Hall e
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
3|NTER-CLUb
GAMES PLAYED
WaWayandas, Comrades and
First Employed Boys Teams
Win at ~"

Three games were played in the
inter-club basketball league at the
Y. NJ. C. A. last night, resulting as
follows: Wawayanda, ~; Second
Employed Boys Brotherhood, 10:
Comrades, 20; Junior Employed
Boys Brotherhood, 10; First En-
ployed Boys Brotherhood, 10; Yam
KEGS. II.
The scores follow:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28

The Orioles defeated the Spartan
Jrs in a well played game on a local
court recently by a score of 35-27.
Ford and Jago starred for the losing
team, while Rivellini and kilsby
were scorers for the winners.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28

The girls game between Amboy
and Ma%nasquan scheduled to be
played yesterday was postponed I'M
til a later date.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26
Uncle Sam to Own the Cape Cod Canal

and New England ports by some 65
miles, and so avoiding the graveyard
of ships on the ocean side Of Cape Cod.
1t is 13 miles in length, with a width
varying from 100 to 800 feet. and a
depth of % feet at mean low water.
The charter was granted by Massa-
chusetts June 1, 1899; excavation was
begun June 90, 1900, and the canal was
opened July %, 1914. The cost of con-
structiOn has been estimated by en-
gineers at approximately S1.O00,OOO a
mile.
AS a war measure the canal was
placed under the jurisdiction Of the
railroad administration July %. 1916,
by order Of President Wilson, and the
railroad administration operated II I'M
til February %, 1920. Since that time.
except for a short period. it has been
operated by the canal company.
The federal government instituted
eminent domain proceedings. After n
jury trial In the Federal District court
the canal company was awarded &c.
sol POI as the price TO be paid by the
government. This verdict was set
aside by the Court of Appeals. Confer
enceS subsequently led 10 a tentative
offer by government officials OF SILL
100000. which was accepted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26
Want to Try the New Liberty Calendar?

a RE you tired of our present calen-
- dar? Well. here's a new n YOU
can work for. a movement directed at
O u %antlquated time calendar is get
ting under way. The Liberty Calen-
dar Association OF America" is behind
Ii.
IL IS proposed that there be 13
months. - weeks, and 364 days, with
the odd day called New Years day"
10 come between the last day of De
eember and January /. In leap year
the odd day would he called Leap
Year day and would come between
June 2S and July /. The extra month
is 10 be called "Vern," because 1t takes
in 'vernal equinox" and would begin
spring. Each month would consist Of
rs days.
BY the arrangement outlined in a
bill introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Thomas II. Schall Of Min
nesota. each day of the month would
always come on a certain day. Easter
would fail on March II, corresponding
with the present April 9. and would al
Ways be the ninety-ninth day OF the
year. AS ii is now. Easter is a variable
day. This year IL is April Is. Last
year IL "a March %.
The proponents declare that this
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26
Something New i'm international Law

SOMETHING new and possibly en-
~ barrassing In the way OF a point of
international law relating To the o N
fiscation of church PROPERTY in war
time has arisen in the British prize
court. Claims aggregating many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars have
been entered by the owners Of such
articles as regalias, SUPPLIES, altar
cloths. memorial glass windows. statu-
airy, gold communion cups. cruclfixes
and roSaries. all of enemy origin,
which were shipped by German and
Austrian agents or manufacturers 10
American merchants, churches and col
leges while the World war vas In
progress.
The ships conveying the goods were
seized by British warships and the
goods were sold by public auction as
enemy prizes.
Owners in the United States, under
the leadership of Goetzes & Co. of
Chicago and of Treffel in Germany,
represented by former United States
Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
claim the amount realized from the
prize sale and losses and damages.
Claimants argue that under the laws
of wal Of all nations, all church prop
erty is sacred and exempt from war
seizure.
The British government, however.
contends that the money paid to the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26
WNAIIONALW
CAPITAL AffAIQS
Bolivia Wants Free Access to the Sea

have been answered by Chile invoking
the text OF the treaty OF October 20.
1904. by which Bolivia transferred 10
ii the sovereignty over her whole
coast. But the treaty of 1904 was not
a free. spontaneous act.
There is no people. no matter how
unfortunate. who will cripple their
own sovereignty. who will of their
own free will. give up intercourse with
the other peoples Of the civilized globe
through the vehicle Of all human ON
merce. the ocean. In order 10 bring
this about. the eXertiOn of a very pow
erful pressure, u necessarily
be presumed. That is just what the
pact Of 1904. the outcome of a war. I'M
just in its origin and unequal in its
progress, did.
But that treaty is not only I'M
just because it cuts a whole people
from free connection with the ocean.
which they have had from the day
they were born To autonomous exist
nee but as an enforced decision. ii
will forever be a source of uneasiness
and unrest 10 the peace of South
America, for so long as Bolivia is not
reinStated In the territory of which
she was despoiled. it will keep stirring
the conscience of the world with her
demands that justice be done in her
case"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26
IN

Uncle SAM Is 10 have another
- canal beside the big ditch at Pa
mama. 1t is the Cape Cod canal, the
purchase Of which for S11, 100000 is
nov before congress on recommended
lions by Secretaries Weeks. Hoover
and DENLY. The project was conceived
two centuries ago. says the New York
Tribune, and at different times was the
subject of various proposals, all of
which failed of fruition. 1t was not
until seven years ago the canal was
completed, cutting the long arm of
Cape Cod off from the rest of Massa-
chusetts.
The canal runs through the towns of
Sandwich and Bourne. Ii connects
Cape Cod bay and Buzzards bay. short
ening the distance between New York
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

shippers OF the sacred goods went TO
German firms TO be used by Germany
in the prosecution of the campaign
against the allies.
The British procuratOr generals
court has just decided that the Ques-
ton is so delicate and SO involved
with old and new regulations and var
practices that 1t must go in its whole
aspect before the full prize court, be-
cause there is doubt whether the Ger
man firms in Germany did not have
an interest in the American firms, and
also whether the prize court ought not
TO submit the case TO the new world
court at Geneva or the Washington
conference to be settled under the new
international laws of war.
In the meantime the money remains
in the British treasury. Roman Cath
ollcs all over the world are showing
great interest In the issue.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

XXTASHINGTON.-The request of
w the Bolivian government for
representation in the treaty Of Ancon
conferences in Washington between
Peru and Chile was refused with re-
gret by President Harding.
In his reply. which was made public
by the State department, Nlr. Harding
says that the matter of Bolivia's par
~ticipatiOn I'm the conference is n matter
for the exclusive consideration Of the
two governments concerned" and that,
In the circumstances. he was preclud-
ed from taking the initiative suggested
by the Bolivian government.
In his message TO President Har-
ding. the Bolivian president declared
Bolivia had been unable to gain the
ear of Peru and Chile. in the matter
Of its aspirations for a route to the
sea. and added, among other things:
MY country's insistent protests
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

simplitication will dispense with need
for printed calendars. saving about
S25.OOo,OOO a year from this alone"
Naturally the manufacturers of calen-
darS are not delighted with this DILL.
Would leap year proposals from the
fair sex be confined TO Leap Year day?
Would landlords claim an extrn
months rent?
Well, IL might be a good thing. but
II would be q trihe difficult TO get
started.
Just how Representative Schall
comes 10 present the bin nobody
seems 10 know. He Is a lawyer, prac-
ticing in Minneapolis and living in Eek
celsior. He Is blind. having lost bis
sight through M electric shock.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Warren. Ohio - after a serious
siege of influenza l took DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic
and builder and IL benefited me so
much that / take the greatest pleasure
in recommending IL. As a tonic after
an acute and prostrating illness DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Is
unequalled."-Mrs. Blanche a. Lewis.
312 Swallow ST.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical DIscov-
cry is a well known tonic and builder
that can be procured in tablets or
liquid from your neighborhood drug
gist or send Zoe 10 DIR. Pierce'S Inva-
lids Hotel in Buffalo. y. Y. for a trial
pkg. of the tablets and write for free
medical advice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Some woman writer declares that
kissing a girls hand shows a greater
respect for her. Ii is gallant. all
right, and graceful, and highly
courteous. but hand-kisSing and jazz
do not 20 together.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The women of New York have
formed IA golf club that shall be ex-
clusively for their sex. They want a
spot where they can putter round and
have tee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A news item n that the bobbed
hair craze is sweeping Central Ameri-
en-. It's bound 10 improve the looks
OF the girls down there-almost any
thing would.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A lecturer informs us that the
modern tiapper is better informed
about many things than was her sister
OF the Victorian era. but maybe she
only talks more about what she
knows.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

a dispatch from Paris says that the
high price of oats is causing many
cabbies TO go out of business. In this
country II would be the high price
of gas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A hair restorer manufacturer has
been arrested on the charge of mis-
representing his medicine. he and
the law seem to have had a falling
out.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The law fixing the price of gold has
not. despite appearances 10 the con-
trary. been amended TO fix the price
of cement.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The use OF fingerprint signatures
will not, however, diminish the de-
STABILITY of knowing how to read and
write.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Grand opera is almost as good as a
phonograph record after you get &C.
customed TO the absence of that funny
scratching noise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A dispatch from Berlin says that
German chemists have learned how
10 make gold. Wouldn't that be a joke
on us. who now have about all the
gold there Is?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Do you suppose there ever was a
congress that was given credit for
doing things the way they ought to
be done?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The Humane society's attention
should be called TO cases of stripping
stolen automobiles during the cold
weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A society has been formed in Lon
don for scientific determination of YER
min. That Will put the fine comb IN
the discard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A woman who speaks u languages
has been married TO a mar who
speaks II. That's about the right
handicap.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A writer says nine-tenths OF the
people know how TO drive a ear.
Evidently he hasn't studied the police
court records.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

All that has saved Lenin and
Tr0tsky from winding up in the soup
Is the fact that there is no soup.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Talk is cheap, but it is a wise
mar just the same who is economical.
In the use of Ii.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A needle agent was arrested for
pinching a woman's ears. An eye
for an eye; a pinch for a pinch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

No wonder a hen gets discouraged
She n find things where she
lays them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A science note says: milk fresh
from the COW contains SO to SO per
cent of water" But fresh from the
can IL yields better than that in this
vicinity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

"Moonshine murders gain nothin;
In attractiveness from ALTERATION
artful aid.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Our notion of an old crouch is a
man who shifts snuff and then cusses
a lue streak when he sneezes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

When a man burns with ambition
IL sometimes takes the whole world
20 put him out.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

An effective pneumonia preventive
has been perfected. No vanity bag
should be without IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

A "superphone" which is said to in
sure secrecy of communication should
start a boom in party lines.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The fire record looks as If people
thought ii were necessary to set fire
to their houses to keep warm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

When Ii comes 10 stepping into a
fortune no man objects to putting his
foot into il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

1t is to be hoped that Russia has
mo- abolished the Cheka for purposes
of publication alone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

II ignorance is really bliss. then
why are so many of Us unhappy?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

How poor Eve ever managed Ia
knows.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Success is getting what you want ;
happiness Is wanting what you get.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

As a rule those go up in life best
who have been brought up best.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

Bodied hair is one of those foIlies
that grows less obvious as time
passes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-05-26

The trouble with the wobbly foreign
exchange is not enough loose change.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-18
POLICE ASKED
TO SEARCH FOR
VARIETY OF LOOT
Automobiles, Liberty
Bonds, Jewelry, Cloth
ing Reported Stolen.

Automobiles. Liberty bonds. jew
telry and clothing comprised loot
which police were asked to recover
yesterday.
George Bacher. jr., sos T stree,
northwest, and Ernest Engerman
32I3 Tenth street northwest, re-
norted the theft of their motor
cars. Bacher left his car parked
In front of downtown theater
only to return and find 1t gone
Engerman's automobile was re-
'Nved from the rear of his resi-
dence.
George e. Bedell. jr.. 200 O street
northwest. notified the police that
thieves entered his quarters and
-tole Jewelry valued at $3.50. two
800 Liberty bonds, and suit OF
,lothes. He gave the description oi
suspect.
Jimmy" thieves ransacked the
cleaning shop of Edward Williams
at IA l. street southeast, taking
clothes of a dozen customerS after
prying open the rear door Of the
room.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-18
LEGAL Temperatures.

Highest 20; lowest. Q.
Relative humidity-S a. m, 30; 2
p. M. 40; s p. m... SO.
Rainfall Is D. m. TO p. mo-, o,
Hours OF sunshine. ST.
Per cent of possible sunshine, 81.
Departures from Nermai.
Accumulated deficiency of tenn
perature, since January !, 1929. 10.
Excess of temperature since Feb
ruary /. 1922. IS.
+ Accumulated excess of precipita-
tlon since January /, 1922, 1.ss.
; Excess OF precipitation since Feb
ruary 1. 1922. .06.
Temperature same date last year
sc; lowest, IS.
Tide Conditions.
High tide 1909 a. m. and 1:34 p. m.
Low tide 7:0f a. m. and STA p. m.
Sun rises 6:57 a. m, sets 5:4S D. m.
Moon rises 1881 a. m, sets 11:09
a. m.
(, River Condition.. D..
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both muddy at Harpers Ferry yes
terday afternoon.
Forecast Of Flying Weather.
Washington to Long Island-fIigh
clouds; fresh south winds surface
fresh southwest at 1000 and 5000
feet.
Washington to Norfolk - Some
high clouds: moderate southeast
and south winds surface: fresh
south and southwest winds at 1000
and 5000 feet.