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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
BUCKINGHAM AVENUE PAVING CONTRACT

EAs The aldermen are right in favorlng a local concern over
one from out of town when there is a difference of but COM
'paratiyely few dollars in the bids. Local contractors employ
local labor and there are so many men out of work IN this
atty that anything that can be done to give them jobs IS TO
81 commended.
Buckingham avenue is to be paved by a local contracting
arm thus assuring local men on the job. The material TIC
be used is warrenite. This is a product OF the patent pave
ment crowd. No one has ever denied, however, that 1t was
a GOOD pavement. The objection to the patent pavement
neople has been the methods they employ in getting their
contracts and the fact that they persistentlX try to bar out
competition.
In the case of Buckingham avenue there was compete
lion. The people Lad the advantage of seeing what asphalt
Eblock and sheet asphalt would cost in competition with
.yarrenite. The bids show the asphalt block to be the most
extensive and as far as the successful bidder is concerned,
the warrenite is only about 81 400 more than the sheet as
uhalt. In a job costing about $4,000 this is not a very
great amount and, as the sentiment of the property owners
directly affected seem to be for warrenite, the aldermen
have every reason to feel justified in the action they have
taken.
There was competition in the bidding; a local firm got
the contract assuring the employment OF local labor, and the
FORK was given to the lowest responsible bidder for the ma
ii favored by the great majority of the property owners,
Stoise being so little more for the material chosen as
with the cheapest that it seemed only right to
oprn ma what they wanted. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Would you call the fight on poison
liquor a safety thirst" move?
Banks say the new dollars won't
stack up. The old ones didn't.
Health hint: Always laugh when
the boss tells a joke.
Maybe Will Hays will have charge
of the movie mail robbers ?
Some men expect a girl to buy SIS
stockings and wear long skirts.
With freedom won, the Irish peo-
pie want to stop picking fights and
start fighting picks. I
Perhaps business doesn't come
back because it hasn't the railroad
fare.
The small boy thinks sister covers
her ears to keep from washing
them.
Very few married men can drive
an auto with hand.
politicians are scarce" says "a
writer. We heard one was born
every minute.
All was fair in love and war, but
the peace parley changed 1t in war.
Fine motto: Don't look for wide
fields until you cultivate those you
have.
There is always room for another
rumor.
Reformers have invented a new
dance. All they need now Is to In
vent a new girl to dance 1t.
About the ~scarcest thing on earth
are ex-movie stars.
1--WE only work three hours a
day. says a senator. We can all
be glad they don't work six.
When a poor man gets married he
knows 1t is for love.
The flapper thinks a grand piano
lis one that plays by pushing q but
ton.
Mary Gardens life has been
Threatened. Some neighbors cant
distinguish between good singers
and bad singers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

@. What is the speed of the ele-
vator in the Washington monument?
How fast does the fastest elevator
runs. c. w.
A. The Office of Public Buildings
and Grounds says that the elevator
in h Washington monument makes
100 feet a minute, AS the elevate
shaft in the monument is 500 tee,
high, it makes this distance in tss
minutes. The two elevators IN ~
Woodwork building which operate
from the ground to the s4th ,i".
rise 700 feet in one minute an
these are the highest rise and fast
est travelling elevators in the wof.u
Although elevator service is provided
in the Eiffel Tower, Paris, TO Il
height of nearly 1000 feet. three
lifts must be used to reach the TOP.
the highest rise of a single lift be-
ing about $50 feet.
O. Is it true that a man who has
a Congressional Medal of Honor gets
q pension Of So a month NV. M.
Mob.
A. The period for which an addi-
tional 50 a month is given to q SOL
der who has a Congressional Medal
of Honor dates only from the time
that the act was committed Tor
which the medal was granted, to h
date of discharge from military sers
vice.
@. How many counties are there
in the United States collectively p
J. FL. P.
A. The Bureau OF Census says
according to the 1920 census. there
were 5000 counties In the United
States.
@, What did the early Egyptians
shave with "A. L. G.
A. According to Herodotus n
Egyptians shaved continually and
only let the hair and beard grow
| when they were in mourning. The
| barber of the ancient Egyptians was
| known as the haq. He employed
| various instruments. A razor some
| times in the shape OF a small short
| Ratchet with a re-curved handle and
other Instruments shaped ike q
| knife were most generally used.
q. What became OF Rafsult?-S.
l.. d.
| Perdicaris, a n~aturalized American,
| for RANSOM in 1904, has been report
ed dead twice, but each time
sfatemant has been Withdrawn
| Through several such kidnappings,
Raisuli vino was a. Moroccan me-
reef, accumulated much money n
land.
O. What is the name Of the foun.
tain in front of the Congressional
Library, and who designed N!-G'
A. Roland Hinton Perry was the
sculptor of the Fountain OF Nep-
tune" This was me II his carrier
works. and while vigorous and al
fective, is not considered to be as
finished and artistic as some OF mas
later efforts.
t1cky. a state school?-O. T. s.
A. Central University of Kentucky
ia a, s~ectarian institution nde the
auspices of the Presbyterian churcn.
@. Where was the first chamber
Of commerce organized in his ~
try?-G. I. T.. 49,.
"A. The New York City Chamber
of Commerce organized in 1853 n
Incorporated under a royal chartef
from King George III in 1770, was
the first Institution of it's kind IN
the United States?
O. Were the republics of Central
America ever united in ore govern
ment?-F. Q.
A. In 1928 the five Central Amer
lean states were united n a ma
tional federation which SUBSEQUENT
iv adopted q constitution modeie
after that OF the United states,
1'he Federation was partially endeu
bv 1888, practically dissolved ~
1889, and completely dissolved ps
1S47.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
This Man Was Helped

John Grab, 1889 Jackson avenue,
New Orleans La, writes: My
kidneys were weak and had a sore
ness and dull pain across my PACK.
I felt dull and languid and my Kla-
news didn't act right. ! began TAX
ing Foley Kidney Pills n tney soo.
condition." Foley Kidney Pills help
the kidneys rid the system OF acids
and waste that aus lameress.
backache, sore muscles. swollen
Joints and rheumatic pains. Tonic
in effect, quick in action. Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

congress, has written the
article on the proposed nationwide
coal tie-up. Nolan has served In Con-
gress ten years. o of the time as
mittee.
BY JOHN i. NOLAN
Chairman, House Labor Committee
WASHINGTON, March 25.-As I
view the proposed tie-up of the soft
coal mines Of the country, now
scheduled for April 1, it seems to me
the first purpose is the breaking
down of the miners organization
by simply closing down the mines,
after refusing to meet with the min
ers according to the agreement OF
March, 1920, thus causing a tie-up
to start April 1 and to last all sum-
mer with the intention of thus starv-
ing the miners into commissioners
pecting that when they return to
work, it will be at reduced wages
and changed conditions, all to oper-
ate to the profit of the n
Meantime, it Is doubtless hoped,
the public, SO anxious to get coal,
will readily purchase the large sur
plus supply now on hand, at great
ly increased prices, forgetting n
arbitrary increase and the cause
thereof and allowing the original de-
mand for lowered prices on coal to
be lost sight of entirely.
The general public should not over
look the fact, however, that even a
reduction of rs per cent in wages to
miners. would mea less than 50
cents the ton in the retail price OF
coal, even il the public got full bene-
fit of the reduction in wages.
What Operators Plan
That being so, it is well to try to
realize what the operators really
have in mind.
They must intend to perpetuate
not alone the high price now pre-
vailing at the mouth of the mine U
also through their intermediate SELL
ing agencies, through which they
have been enabled to reap ire
mendous profits. 4.
1t is a notorious fact that the coal
operators make most of their prohts
through these selling agencies, as
illustrated in the difference between
the price of coal at the mouth or the
mine and that which the consumer
eventually pays.
The coal operators of this country
| can be forced by the United States
government to respect the 1872
dRTetIIleIll IL LllO pASEAuShI @"
| torney general will adopt the same
| methods in dealing with the coal
operators that were used in forcing
the railroad workers of the country
to give up any thought of a strike
in 1921.
q. s. Action Needed
The attorney general at that time
| undoubtedly with the support of the
| president, called into conference
| United States district attorneys from
| all the large railroad centers of the
| country, his idea being no doubt To
bring indictments against the rail
| road workers and their officers IN
event of a strike.
The coal operators at this tim.
should receive the same treatment
from this administration that It wa
intended to mete out to the railroad
workers last year.
If the administration will take the
proper stand the operators will NEE
the miners and If this meeting takes
place It will go a long way toward
averting the threatened tie-up OF the
soft coal mines.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Wishes He Had Known 1t Sooner
st only wish I had discovered
Foley's Honey and Tar So years
ago, as I have been the victim of
attacks of influenza and bad colds
until 1 found this wonderful relief"
writes w. H. Gray, S54 Nowita Pl..
Venice, Cal. Foley's Honey and
Tar helps coughs and colds. bron-
chial and la grippe coughs, tickling
throat and hoarseness. 1t is good
for Group and whooping cough. Mr..
Gray adds: worth its weight in
gold. Marvelously effective" Sold
everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
Questions Answer

Any reader can get the answer e
any question by writing The Fefto
Amboy Evening News lnformatiou
Bureau Frederic J. Haskfn. Director
Washington, d. c. This oner ~
bureau cannot give advice en- legal
medicinal Inc financial troublsst ~
does not attempt to settle domestle
troubles. nor to undertake sxnAos.
tive research on any subject. write
you question plainly and brleIiy.
Give full name and address ana en-
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to the inquirer. y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
Coon For rhat .sF1uu Cough

For. quick relief from the wearing
coughs that chang on" after the
grippe or influenza, take Foley's
Honey and Tar. Mrs. K d. Drake,
tack OF the flu that left me with a
severe cough nothing seemed to re-
lieve me till l tried Foley's Honey
and Tar, which I al highly recon-
mend" 1t is also good for Group,
whooping cough and colds. 1t puts
a soothing. healing coating over the
infiamed surfaces, cuts the phlegm.
eases hoarseness, clears the air pas
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Z IA u11y WILL, YE DIE?As live, saith the Lord God, l
S, ~, Measure in the death of the wicked. urh
"a. turn We from your evil ways; for why will ye de- y nou'e
If Israel-Ezekiel 33:11.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Tomorrow every saIesperson Will
learn some really valuable facts that
will help increase earning power.
Let Miss Leigh answer your bust
ness questions on selling, buying, ad-
yertising, employment, etc. ASK
your questions clearly and give an
the facts. Questions requiring tecn-
meal answers will be sent by, mall
Others will be answered in this col
umn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

nXXAIIkE" Nk0SCg4Sh&2
II YOU are selling in q shoe store
and receive 2 per cent commission
on your sales, would you consider II
more important to make sales rap
idly or to take q great deal OF time
with one customer and lose otner
sales? Sometimes, / can sell quick
Iv. without spending much time with
a customer, and in II store we muSc
do this to earn u commissions. Stiil
manv of my statesmen friends state
NAT IL is more important to have a
customer satisfied. What do you
' WALTER H.
~ course. these two results'should
20 hand in hand. That is, you should
try 10 make as many sales as pos
sible and at the same time satisfy
YOUR customers. / know that when
one is selling on commission there
A. an inclination to make the imme-
date sale and to overlook the fu-
ture. Time spent with one thorough
Iy satisfied customer reaps Its own
reward in good will, IN future pat
ronage. and in the Recommendation
that this satisfied customer will give
YOU and your store. Personally. l
would rather make a sale to one
thoroughly satisfied person than two
| sales to two people. neither OF whom
| is really satisfied. There Is always
| the danger, moreover, that a custo-
mer will come back with goods II
| she is not completely and carefully
sold. s..
You should, in selling, try to
| achieve both objects. and steer a
middle course.
| Copyright, 1922. Public Ledger co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
Urges Government
Action In Strike

Congressman John I. Nolan OF San
Francisco, leading labor authority OF
Congress, has written the following
article on the proposed nationwide
coal tie-up. Nolan has served in Con-
gress ten years. most of the time as
chairman OF the House Labor Com
mittee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Maybe Will Hays will have charge
of the movie mail robbers ?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Health hint: Always laugh when
the boss tells a joke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Would o call the fight on poison
liquor a safety thirst" move?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Banks say the new dollars won't
stack up. The old mes didn't.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Some men expect a girl to buy SIS
stockings and wear long skirts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

Mary Gardens life has been
theatened. Some neighbors can't
distinguish between good singers
and bad singers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25

With freedom won. the Irish peo-
pie want to stop picking fights and
start fighting picks.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-27

try stand. as it was giant in the world
OF industry and not wet nurse il lite
a baby in a crib"
Points to Living Costs in l.. s
\. senator McCumber. Republican, Of
NoTtn Dakota, in charge of the tariff
oiil. argued that it was not enough
20 write rates that simply would eoual.
lze production costs. He declared that
the matter of the difference in trans.
por'atlon costs should be taken into
conslderatlon and that. even where
production costs in the United States
ana foreign country were equal al
'o"ance should be made for the higher
standard of living obtaining in this
country than in any other country in
the world.
Senator Walsh. Democrat. OF Massa-
chusetts. declared Republican Senators
were hearing from home and were re-
celVlng letters and resolutions prov
ing that the people had become aware
,hat the Democratic contention that the
oil would increase prices was correct.
IN TINS connection. the Massachusetts
senator read letter from Julius c..
Moss, OF Boston, vice president of the
National Association of Retail Cloth
'ers, stating that as a result Of the
agitstion relative to the proposed in
crease in the tariff on wool prices Of
cloth costs meant an increase of from
Already, Mr. Moss said, the advance in
cloth costs meants an increase Of from
81 to So for each suit of clothes.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-27
Two More Men
Suspended in
IreasuryProbe
Chief Pay Roll Examiner
and Clerk Ousted Pend
ing Inquiry Into Removal
of Papers From Office
Appeal Made to Harding
Ohio Congressman Urge Re.
Instatement of Childs.
a Dismissed Supervisor

WASHINGTON. May 26-The Treas.
ury remained intact to-n!pht ofter q
day of explosions in connection with
the removal of A. D. Sumner of Iowa
1ormer deputy commissioner, and Ma
lor {. c. Childs, of Ohio, former suncr-
VISOR of collectors. Both were ap
polntees of Assistant Secretary Dover
and were removed by Revenue Commis,
sloner Blair acting with the approval
OF Secretary Mellon and upon the rec.
ommendation of the smpljfication
board for the consolidation of the ec.
counts unit with the supervisor of col
lectors' office.
carrying the signature of more than
dozen ONO congressman, q petition
addressed to President Harding was
presented at the White House TO-DAY
by Representative Foster, of Ohio. rc-
GREETING the dismissal of Major Chi)ds
and asking that his abilities be MIL,
1zed somewhere in the government
service. ~
Almost coincidentally Mr.. Blair an
nounced the suspension of Samuel G.
ratchell, chief payroll examiner of the
accounts unit. and Frederic Geilnger,
clerk, pending investigation into the
beng made, it was explained, into the
removal of papers from the office of
mr.. Sumner after his dismissal. which
the bureau alleges were official and
Mr.. Sumner says are personal.
Two Assistants Transferred
AT the same time it developed that
Joseph H. Shawhan, former assistant
to Major Childs, had been transferred
TO Atlanta, and E. P. Smith, another as
sistant, had been transferred to Boston
Although bureau officials were nom
ceommitta as to the progress of the
investigation, it was indicated at the
treasury that further suspensions
were possible before The incident of
the removal of the papers would be
regarded as closed by the bureau.
An unexpected factor was injected
INTO the situation tonight by James P.
shock, OF New Orleans. an accountant
of the income tax unit detailed for
special duty with the accounts unit
which was under Mr.. Sumner, who de-
clared his room at local hotel had
been searched by some one whom he
believed connected with the revenue
New-York tribune., 1922-05-27
Politics Behind
Prosecution. Say
Cotton Brokers
Dismissal of the Indictment
Against Exchange Denied
and Attorneys Declare
Operations To Be Legal

Following denial by Supreme Court
Justice Marcus OF motion to dis
miss the indictment. the defense onenod
It's case Yesterday in the trial of the
american Cotton Exchange on a charge
of hucketng
Aioert Massey and George Gordon
battle made the motion for the dismis-
sal OF the Indictment Mr.. Massey
argued that no crime was CHARGED in
the Indictment, that the prosecution
mad tailed to make out ease and that
'he testimony in support of the
charges of bucketing had been given
by men who themselves admitted in
dulglng in that practice and who.
therefore, were nccomplices.
Continuing his plea, Mr.. Massey said
the American Cotton Exchange had a
membership of GOO men Of good char
acter and reputation. Augustus Gra-
nam, president of the exchange, he
sad, was formerly d Judge on the
bench OF the court of North Carolina
and onetime speaker of the House of
Representatives of that state. Mr.
Massey promised to prove the limo
cence Of the exchange by reputable
witnesses as against the gamblers"
and confessed crooks" depended upon
by the District Attorney to prove the
case of the state.
Mr.. Massey declared that the success
OF the American Cotton Exchange had
aroused the jealousy of the New York
Cotton Exchange and that some Of it's
members in conjunction with some men
who have been expelled from the
smaller institution, including some of
the prosecutions witnesses, set about
mahgning the defendant exchange.
A lot of politics also has been in
lected into the case. according to Mr.
Massey, who mentioned the name of
Governor Hardwick Of Georgia in this
connection. One member of the Amer
lean Cotton Exchange was doing a
business of 100000 bales a month in
November. 1921, said counsel, and this
aroused the jealousy of Louis Brooks,
of Georgia, where the broker was get
ting his cotton
Brooks, | will show you,' said Mr.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-27
Child. 10, Sleeps
Strapped to Tub;
Parents Are Held
Kitchen Floor Only Bed Of
Girl. Whom Siepmothcr
and Father Declare To BE
Menace to Other Children

Magistrate Short in Fifth Avenue
Court Brooklyn. yesterday held
Stephen La Rosa. thirty-six years old.
in $1,000 bail, and paroled his wife,
Frances. twenty-one years old, until
June |, when both will be examined on
charge of endangerinC the health Of
La Rosa's ten-year- old daughter, Paul
inc. Mrs. La Rosa is the child's step
mother.
1t was alleged by the agents Of .hc
Chlldren's Society that from April II
to May 20 Pauline was strapped every
night by four foct strap, to the leg
to sleep on the bare floor without COW
erning all night. The strap was at
tached to the child's ankle by a pad
lock, according to the charge. and by
another paddock to the washtub
The emacated condition of the child
attracted the attention of the nurse Of
Public School Co. and she asked the
Children's Society to investiga te
Agents learned. they say, that La Rosa
frequently beat the child with the
strap.
The girl is now in Kings County
Hospital. She was born in Italy and
lived there until last October Her
father came to this country five years
ago, wher her mother died, and married
the present Mrs. La I,osa, by whom
he has four children.
Samuel Liebowitz. of so Court Street.
brooklyn, attorney for the parents, said
that the father tied up the child be,
cause she was dangerous" and had a
hablt OF getting up in the night and
biting, scratching and pinching her
half sister, Josephine. The Children's
Society agents said that a careful in
vestigation of the bodies of the four
other children showed no marks or
signs of such scratching. biting or
ninchinr
New-York tribune., 1922-05-27

Massey, "is the man who financed the
campaign of the present Governor
Hnrdwick of Georgia. We will show
that Mr.. Louis Brooks had made
heavy contributions to the campaign
of the present Governor Of Georgia
and was placed upon his staff He
himself testified to that. will show
Louis Brooks went to the Governor of
Georgia. in that state, and thereafter
the Governor wrote to the District
Attorney of New York.
Joseph s. Levy. member of the
American Cotton Exchange, was the
first witness for the defense He said
ne spent his early life on Mississippi
cotton plantation and could qualify as
an expert on cotton Transactions Mr.
Levy testified that the conduct Of the
brokers on the American Cotton Ex-
change was within the law and that
rules covering trades on that exchange
were more strict than those in effect
on the New York Cotton Exchange
The witness said also that the defend
ant exchange had the approval of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
The trial was adjourned to next
Wednesday.