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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
PETITION FOR GAS WORKS PURCHASE

a petition of more than ordinary significance was pre-
scented 10 the Board of Aldermen Monday night asking the
city to buy the gas works property adjoining Caledonia
park. The significance of the petition is found in the fact
that, contrary TO general opinion, it was signed by residents
of all sections of the city, many of the signers living in the
fourth, fifth and sixth wards.
In other words, the people who live the fartherest away
from the water want the aldermen to know that they desire
an adequate space reserved for them on the shore in order
that they may enjoy the water as well as the first ward
residents who live in the immediate vicinity.
1t is a very foolish idea that some people have that a
park along the shore overlooking The bay and river is mainly
for the benefit of the people living in the southern section OF
the city. AS a matter of fact, a great many of the people
living in that vicinity do not want the park at all. When the
Evening News was advocating the purchase of the Johnson
property on the Bluff a few years ago to be used for park
purposes the strongest opposition came from the property
owners in the immediate neighborhood. They objected to
The crowds that the park would attract.
The Evening News maintains, however, that the beau
tiful bay, the cooling breezes and the delights that only the
water can give in summer are things for everyone to enjoy
This waterfront is a priceless asset and its value lies in the
pleasure it can afford the people as well as in the possibilities
for commercial development.
Now is the time for the city TO make sure that an ade-
quate stretch of this waterfront is reserved for the people
for all the time. The purchase of the gas works today will
mean more and more to the people of the city as the years
pass. The time will come when Caledonia park, if made
adequate in size, will be to Perth Amboy what Battery park
is to New York.
Then, again, there is another excellent reason why the
city should take a particular interest in preserving for the
people the land in the vicinity of Caledonia park. 1t was
on that particular tract where the first settlers of Perth
Amboy built their houses. Thus from both a sentimental
and a material point of view, including the welfare of the
people of the entire city, the purchase of the gas works
property is desirable.
The petition presented to the Board of Aldermen Mon
day night bearing over 500 signatures representing all Sec
tions of the city, fully warrants such a step being taken.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
D A BIG T

"A mysterious object-apparently the Petrlhed sole and
heel Of a shoe-has been discovered in solid rock far under
the surface of the earth.
The discovery was made by Albeit Knapp, mining prospec-
tor, in blue limestone Of the Humboldt mountain range,
Nevada.
The Triassic rock, in which this peculiar object was en-
tombed. was formed between 100, 100000 and ~3OO,0OO,OOC
wears ago. So saws DR.. William d. Matthew, paleontologist
of the American Museum Of Natural History, to whom the
fossil was rushed.
John T. Reid, mining engineer, thinks Knapp's find is a
clue to an extinct civilization that existed millions of year.
ago. If so, mere youngsters in time are the Piltdown Skull
and Java Ape Man which, scientists say, date back hundreds
of thousands OF years.
The fossil found by Knapp is . perfectly shaped soL
and heel for a shoe worn by q modern 1O-year-old boy. II
has beveled edges as smooth as could be made by q shoe,
makers knife. Inside these edges are two rows of neat per
forations such as would be made in stitching the sole to
the shoes upper.
to iron sulphide, which however, was not present in the sur
rounding rock.
Veteran cobblers, who have examined the object, insist it
is unquestionably the work of q master shoemaker.
DR.. Matthew says that Knapp's find is an accidental ere
alton of the period before man first appeared on earth. 1t is
the most perfect specimen of its sort ever found, better even
than the recently discovered stone that looks amazingly like q
petrifed human eye.
Farmers have noticed such freaks Of nature in gourds or
potatoes that mature into striking hkenesses Of human or ami
NAL faces, infinitely accurate copies.
Chinese scientists, who believe that civilization travels
up and down forever, like an endless chain of hills and valleys
would pronounce Knapp's find the real thing.
1t is important, whether you believe in it or NOT, for il
calls attention to how little man knows Of the earth's past.
William Jennings Bryan, who is fighting the followers Of
Darwin's theory of evolution, might stir up a hornets nest by
contending that the Piltdown Skull and similar trophies,
which scientists recognize as remnants of prehistoric man,
also are accidental creations, like Knapps petrifed shoe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

A. The Land of Cockaigne wal
an imaginary land of idleness and
plenty, in which the houses wer,
rooted with cake. and rivers q
with wine and roasted fowl offered
themselves to be eaten. The nams
was applied In derision 10 both Lon
don and Paris following the writing
of q satirical poem entitled The
Land of CockAigne" about 1900.
Q. Is gas used to heat an incu
bator? ]. H.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that 1t is not q common practic.
to use gas to heat an incubator.
Electricity and oil have proven
successful.
Q. Must cows be fed salt? F. z
A. All cows require salt.
@. ! stutter and would like t1
know whether I can be cured. T. =.
w.
A. The Public Health Service says
that stammering is frequently over
come by comparatively short treat
ment. 1t is generally due to a ner-
vous condition which does not az
feet the general health. There are
many schools where pupils are
taught to overcome stammering.
Q. How much saliva does a per-
son secrete in a day? ]. A. McC.
A. Man ~secretes about a quart Of
this fluid daily. An OF secretes fifty
times as much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
WHY NOT DESIGN A MEMORIAL BRIDGE?

The publicity that has been given the action of the
State Highway Commission in engaging a designing and
consulting engineer for the new Amboy bridge has served
to draw attention to the importance of this structure ana
The large amount of money to be spent on it. The estima-
lions now run as high as 81, 100000. One fact that seems
to have been lost sight of, however, is that, as we under
Of this cost.
But now that statewide attention has been focused on
the bridge and its tremendous cost is realized, the Evening
News would once more advance the idea that the structure
be made a memorial for the New Jersey boys who fought in
the World War. Perhaps it was with this idea in view that
the State Highway Commission desired TO employ a high
class designing engineer in spite of the fact that a design
had already been prepared by the department engineers.
Naturally, if the bridge is to be a memorial it will have
to be more ornamental than otherwise would be the case.
The bridge as designed by the highway engineers is one of
utility only.
When the memorial idea was advanced earlier in the
year the legislature was nearing the close of its session.
Senator Larson, who became interested in the project, had
proposed TO introduce in the senate. The resolution, how
ever, did not cover the idea, providing merely for a memorial
arch on the bridge, SO the resolution was not introduced and
there was not time enough in the rush of the closing days to
prepare another one.
Now, however, with the State Highway Commission
considering a new designing engineer, and with the entire
state realizing the importance of the bridge, it is possible
that the memorial idea may yet be adopted.
Costing three or four million dollars, being wholly
within the state and linking, as it does, North and Soutl
Jersey and being traversed by millions of people every year,
no more appropriate memorial to the Jersey boys could b.
efecteds The idea is worthy Of further discussion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
MUST Be RIGHT ON PORT
PLANS, SMITH DECLARES

ATLANTIC CITY, May Give
cannot afford experiments; we wan.
to know we are right before we go
ahead" j. Spencer Smith. vice chair
man of the Port of New York Au-
thority told members of the Manu-
facturers Association of the State of
New Jersey in convention here to-
day.
.'The public must be patient II
they wish the job we'll DONE" he de-
clared. THE troubles of today in
tho port of New York were boril
nearly 100 years ago when carrying
of freight began. 1t will take years
to eliminate the evils that have been
multiplying with the passing years.
THE Port of Authority as an in
strumentality for the upbuilding OF
the commerce of New York and
New Jersey and the nation at large
Is more important than is generally
recognized. Business cannot go for
ward II hamstrung through lack OF
transportation facilities or is handi-
capped by EXCESSIVE cost of services
rendered"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

@. Please publish a list of the
cabinet members. ID. v. II.
A. President Harding's cabinet
consists of the following members:
Secretary of State. Charles E,
Hughes; Secretary of Treasury. An
drew w. Mellon: Secretary of War.
John w. Weeks; Attorney General,
Harry NJ. Daugherty; Secretary Of
Navy, Edwin DENLY: Postmaster
General, Hubert Work; Secretary OF
Interior, Albert b. Fall; Secretary
Of Agriculture. Henry C. Wallace:
Secretary of Commerce. Herbert c.
Hoover; Secretary of Labor, James
]. Davis.
@. How do the vessels of our
navy get coal when they are on a
cruise? N. F.
A. Naval vessels may be coaled
from Golfers; from coaling stations.
such as those 1T San Juan, Porto
Rico. Pearl Harbor. Hawaii; Page
Page, Samoa; Cavite, nea Manila,
and Guam; from coal "piles' which
are maintained at several points in
Alaska. or by purchasing it wher-
ever it may be bought in case OF
emergency.
Q. What is the value In our money
of a "yen"? c. c. w.
A. On a normal basis of exchange
the Japanese yen is worth 49.s cents
@. Is a special kind of coal re-
quired for coking? NJ. d. u.
A. Coal from the Connellsvil;e
section in Pennsylvania. from the
Pocahontas field in West Virginia
and from the Colorado field is gen.
orally used for coking. but with the
s of a by-product oven it is possi-
BILE to coke almost any kind of coal.
@. When does a thing that has
been hot become cold? T. NJ.
A. Cold is the relative want OF
heat, and there are no determinate
boundaries between cold and heat.
BY a mere arbitrary distinction the
degrees of q thermometer below the
freezing point IRE sometimes called
degrees of cold.
Q. What amount was the greatest
issued in Federal Reserve notes. and
the greatest In circulation? A. N. +.
A. The Federal Reserve Board
says that the total amount OF Fed
eral Reserve notes issued and the
largest number in circulation at one
time is the same-&3,755,246.0 900.
The peak in circulation was reached
December 20, 1920.
@. What Is or was the Land of
Cockaigne"? A. G. e.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
Business Questions Answered

What would you do IL, when you
were trying to sell a man, the pro-
prietor of a small dry goods store,
his wife kept interfering all the
time? That happens to me frequent
ly. I call on small trade" where
the wives or family help the man In
business. and ! am constantly meet
ing such interference. What do you
think is the best way to handle this?
8. e. l..
When one person keeps interfer-
ing all during q sale Of any kind.
the best thing Is to conflne most of
your selling talk to the person with
the strongest personality. Now, II
that husband is listening to his
wife, needing her advice, 1t Is your
part to try to get the good will of
the wife. 50 that she will ~favorably
influence your sale. Direct most of
your selling talk to the person who
appears to be doing the Influencing.
whether or not it 10 the ultimate
buyer, because that person will sway
your sale one way or the other.
Don't neglect the buyer entirely. but
try to secure the approval Of the
other person.
copyright, 1922. by Public Ledger
Company
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
Questions Answers

Any reader can get the answer TO
any question BY writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
plies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice en- legal.
medicinal and financial troubisa u
does mol attempt to settle domestic
troubles nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name q address ana en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
Petition 10 Hughes

WASHINGTON. May "a memo
rial urging that the United States be-
come . member of the permanent
court of international justice as a
step for ending warfare was pre-
sented to Secretary Hughes today
by the federal council of the church
es of Christ in America. A memo
rial. II was said. would be SEN to
President Harding and the senate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
lie KNOWS Whcreof lie Sneak.

he Knows ne speaks
j. f. Harper 416 Navarro. street.
San Antonio. Texas. writes: IT con-
slider Foley's Honey and Tar abso-
lutely the best cough remedy on the
having tried 1t in my own family.
My wife took q severe cough and at
night it was almost incessant. ]
gave her a few doses Of Foley's Hon.
ey and Tar. In a little while she went
to sleep and slept soundly the entire
night. Your remedy acts quickly and
relief is permanent."-Sold every
where-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
Children in Spring Time

Children in Spring Time
Mrs. c. Osborn, 1912 Hillside Rd.,
Cleveland, o., writes: "My grand
daughter was troubled with a cough
for nearly two years. She took Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar and her cough
is now gone. 1t loosened the phlegm
so she could raise 1t easily" Foley's
Honey and Tar is just what children
should have for feverish colds.
coughs, "snuffles" and tight, wheezy
breathing. Be sure to get Foley's.
1t checks crop and whooping cough,
too. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
Bible Thought For Today

PRAISE THE GOOD GOD:-Make a joyful noiss
unto the Lord. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving. For
the Lord is good-Psa. 400: 4, 4, 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Doyle says people are straight In
the next world. What else could
one expect on the spirit level?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
l6n%![ee
WkoMHsiiaMNs

Nothing spells an old suit as mucn
as getting a new one does.
Many highbrow's mustache
looks like a low brow.
Russia wants to abolish capital By
spending it all.
Doyle says people are straight In
the next world. What else could
expect or the spirit level?
May flowers bring June weddings.
Only European crowns worth any
thing are the ones dentists put in.
Girl claims she can see with her
nose. That's where the others shine.
The burglar motto seems to be
"Where there's a till there's a way"
Women want the last word-espe-
cially the last word in clothes.
A mar Is steering an auto by ra-
] do; but success will come when YOU
can fix In auto by radio.
The latest Chinese puzzle is what
are they fighting about?"
They don't need b~roadcasting at
I Genoa. The concert of nations II
all up In the air anyway.
Divorce comes when there are
two people with but a single
thought.
-
Mexico City has daylight saving.
I What do they want with any extra
daylight in Mexico?
When he gets out his chewing to-
bacco the honeymoon is over.
II this coal strike continues the
man with money to burn will need
1t next winter.
"A husband should be helpfEl
around the house." says writer.
Yes, no home is complete without
one.
With a daughter in high school
there isn't much parents don:
learn.
In Nebraska a fully preserved
prehistoric tooth has been found.
Some tooth paste firm will be ad-
vertising he used their product.
Electricity travels II, 500, 900 miles
a minute. You would never guess II
ran the streets cars.
Some men tell their wives every
thing that happens and some tel
them even more than that.
Ford's ambition was to make \
thirty-cent watch; but he found II
would run, s. he called it a car.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Women want the last word-espe-
cially the last word in clothes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Girl claims she can see with her
nose. That's where the others shine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

A man is steering an auto by ra'
do; but success will come when yor
can fix an auto by radio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06
TRY THE NEW GRAY HALE
REMEDY

Gray Hair permanently dyed in Is min
utss at Miss Petsrson's Hair Dressing and
Nanicuring rsrior. Hair Bobeed ana
Curled-
l5s su,sh - Hasitas Dsii1iss. ~ ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Only European crowns worth any
thing are the ones dentists put in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

The burglar motto seems to be
"Where there's a till there's a way"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Some men tell their wives every
thing that happens and some tell
them even more than that.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Russia wants to abolish capital BY
spending it all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Ford's ambition was to make )
thirty-cent watch; but he found /
would run, SO he called it a car.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Many a highbrow's mustache
looks like a low brow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Nothing spells an old suit as mucn
as getting a new one does.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

Electricity travels Ii, 10000 miles
a minute. You would never guess II
ran the streets cars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

The latest Chinese puzzle Is "Wha
are they fighting about?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

May flowers bring June weddings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

In Nebraska a fully preserved
prehistoric tooth has been found
Some tooth paste firm will be ad'
vertising he used their product.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-06

They don't need broadcasting at
Genoa. The concert of nations 10
all up In the air anyway.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-27
FEDERAL REsERvE BANK
OF RICHMOND.
Notice Redemption,

To Holder. Of victory Notes and Other
Concerned:
Notice Is hereby given as follows:
1. Call for Redemption Of 3N Per cent
Victory Notes. AL Of the SIX per cent series
Of United States of America Convertible
Gold Notes Of 1e22-1923, otherwise known
as Sk per cent Victory Notes, are hereby
ralled for redemption on June 10. 1922, pur-
suant to the provision for redemption con.
tanned In the Notes and in Treasury Depart
ment Circular Number 13S. dated April q.
1918, under which the notes were originally
Issued. Interest on all Victory Notes of the
s& per cent series will cease on said re-
demption date, June Is. 1922.
2. Suspension and Termination Of Vic.
tory Note csnversion Privilege. In view Of
the call for the redemption ef all 3& cent
Victory Notes on June Is. 1922, and pus-
suant to the provisions Of said Treasury
Department Circular Number 13s. the priv.
ilege Of conversion Of Victory Notes OF
either series iato Victory Notes Of the other
series is hereby suspended from February o.
1922. to June Is. 1922 both inclusive, and
on June Is. 1922, will terminate. Victory
Notes accordingly cease to Be interconvsr-
tible. effective February Q. 1922, and on and
after that date no conventions Of the Notes
may be made.
8. Detailed Information a. to the presen-
tation and surrender Of Sx per cent Vic.
tory Notes for redemption 10 given in Treas
ury Department Circular Number 277, dated
February ., 1922, copies Of which are avail
able at the Treasury and the FEDERAL reserve
banks. A. W. MELLON,
Secretary sf the Treasury.
February .. 1sz1 !
The Washington herald., 1922-04-27
PRODUCE MARKETS
BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

BALTIMORE, April 2s.-Butter-
Fancy creamery. ID. 40a41c; choice
creamery. 3sa3sc: good creamery
34as7c: prints. 41a42c; blocks, 40a
&c: nearby creamery s5a3sc: ladle,
2ea2sc; Maryland and PennsyiveS,ia
rolls. 22a23c: Ohio rolls. 22a23c;
West Virginia rolls, 21a22c: store
packed. -a21c; Maryland. Virginia
and Pennsylvania dairy prints, 22s
23c: process butter, 26a27c.
Eggs-Maryland and Pennsylva-
mia and nearby irsts. Csc: Western
firsts. 25c; West Virginia frsts
24a25c: Southern firsts. 23a24c.
Live Poultry-Chickens, old hens
IA lbs and over, 29a30c; medium
8 to 4 lbs, 2sa30c: white Leghorns
27a2Sc: old roosters. I6a17c; spring
chickens, TX to III lbs, 50a60c
white Leghorns. 1A to IL lbs. Asa
soc; young. large. smooth, 34a35c
young winter. 2ts lbs. and under
40a4sc; rough, shaggy, thin. 27a2sc
Ducks. young Pekins. 3ia lbs and
over. fat, 25a26c: puddle, lb., 24s
csc; Muscovy. 2Sa24e; Indian run
ner. 21a22c: smaller and poor. Id.
22a23c. Pigeons. young. pair. Asa
5oc;' old. pair, 45a50c. Guinea fowl
young. lbs, each 70a75c; under
III lbs, each, 35a40c; old, 40c.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-27
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

BALTIMORE. April 26-wheat-
Receipts. 1875 bus: No. red win
ter. spot, s1.43; No. 2 gsrlicky. spot,
s1.i2.
Corn-Receipts. 106.55S bus by
car and 1882 bus by boat. Track
yellow corn. No. 3 or better. for
domestic delivery, Tic per bus fo-
CarIots: contract. spot. 6SSc
Oats-No. . white, 49c; No. J
white. 4sa4sizc.
! Rye-Receipts. 165.112 bus; No. 2
western spot rye. sI.16L.
Hay-Receipts, "a tons; timothy.
light mixed and clover hay, s1S.00s
81 90 per ton.
Straw-Receipts. 5 tons: No. 1
tangled rye, $3.50: No. l wheat.
ls11.5oa12.O0: No. oat (nominal).
'sI2.O0a13.O0.
Mill Feed-City Mills winter bran.
per ton. in 10O-lb sacks. s35: Pa
tspsco mill feed. pe- ton. in 1oO-Ib
sacks. s33: white middlings, per
ton. in s0-lb cotton sacks. S39: same
in 100-lb jute sacks. s36
The Washington herald., 1922-04-27
GREATER ACTIVITY
in CONTRACT MART
Report of Overflow of Trinity
In Cotton Area of Ma
terial Aid.

NEW YORK, April 26.-There was
more activity to the trading in cot
ton contracts here this morning
with some further buying by local
trade and Wall Street commission
houses. This was stimulated by
reports in the papers of the over
flow of the Trinity River in North
east Texas being supplemented by
the Weather Bureau reporting that
nearly eight inches of rain had
fallen in the last forty-eight hours
in the Fort Worth district. Liver
pool markets for spots and futures
were better than looked for. and
what notices" for deliveries were
sent out on May contracts this
morning were as readily stopped
by some of the large spot houses
as the large quantity issued yes
terday. which then ranged up to
80. 900 bales.
There was an advance of IL to Is
points during the early trading for
the general contract list. This was
followed by enough selling pressure
under the lead of the near months
from the early high level before it
subsided. May going back to IS
cents; July 17S; October. 17.72, and
next December deliveries to 17&
cents. The Liverpool market closed
steady at near the best prices of
the day at 9 to Is points net ad-
vance. Spots there were 12 points
higher at 1O.23d for middling with
the days spot sales up to 1000
bales. Private cables reported a
firmer market there for both spots
and futures due to some investment
buying. stronger market for
Egyptian d tton futures at Alexan-
dria and less favorable crop reports
from this side.
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