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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-28
VIH.- Find the Man


TO the back PAGES and made pen
Gil mark on on" OF IN" parAgE'tph'
before tossing tn. book across 20
Smith.
I'm bet chanc" dcc!dH, Goa
tinu"d IinIhro"N. nat hi"-I"'"r
runs list OF missing people. ma
tn" man my pencil hit ana II 'A"1
You on.
/, would seem an exceedingly
difficult test rs many OF these pe"-
pie have been missing tor years
and are not often found: Smith.
however. took up tn" maC;sIin" as
II The proposal W"r" Il most or
dlnary one and read:
INFORMATION WANTED regard
,nc Robert Harrison. VINO "iSaP-
pearcd last New Year IN Ne"
York City. On" thousand dollars
toward for information leading L"
his discovery. Address: John
Eyran. 80 lHnEard Eo0lcVfrd'
Chicago.
Smith glanced m"dl,aiivelE at
the pencil which tn" d"t""tlNc had
used in marking the paragraph
Can YOU give me any informa-
ton about this man Harrison" he
asked.
DO YOU want me TO do the job
for youo" growlcd HolbroOk. How
do | know anything about Harri-
son when | picked him out by
chance"
Smith carried the magazine to
the window and looked very close
Is at the marked paragraph. H"l-
brook seemed rather surprised At
This action.
7 Looking for Harrison's finger
prjntsH" cuizzcd the detective
II will report in a week" said
Smith and walked out Of the office.
Had Smith glanced quickly over
his shoulders as he left the private
Office. h. would have seen sad and
wistful expression come over thc
features OF the old detective. lie
did not need to turn since it was
reelected for him in the glass OF
the door as he passed out.
An hour or so later Smith stood
on ;hc steps of IN uptown board
ing-house and questioned woman
who. arms akimbo. looked curl
Il say, my good woman. hnv"
YOU room and bawth?
"Wrll." replied the landlady OF
that far from fashionable institu-
and there's q bath in the house"
II would lik. to--uw-look over
your - NV - digSincs. don'tcha
know" went on Smith. tot&lly
ignoring the good man" which
had been hurled II him.
The result was that in half an
hopr Smith had engaged a room
=, t..icc tho amount which the
,or,,r woplt GLADLY have ar-
ca,,nL \n, having any baygage
y. b..d or,mh,intlv welded TO nav
,r.rt IN advance. The location az
m, h,th On anorher floor had been
an almost insurmountable OBJ
stacle. but a.u;n Smith had finally
Welded
Smiths next nc; was 70 tclC-
graph John FABIAN in Chicago az
follows:
"Vi'l discuss Whereabouts 81
Robert Harrison at four O'Clock
any afternoon mis- week AT lC49
West Nth Street. New York City"
The name II" signed TO the t"le-
gram was y. Cyril d. FirIr"y
Montgomery. which did not exact
l. r"Sembl" Smith.
The next day after lunch SmltN
sat in his now room ana Walt"u.
At foNr exactly. no caller having
arrived, he pnt on ms ha' ana ie't'
ON IN" street S'H!'h casual eye
took IN the lew p"''S"tS-o! oahH
and gloves IN on" mana, ne Saih-
tered slowly |" broadway ana en-
tered a subway station. on 'nH
platform he again took IN IN" peo-
pie with seeming indifference, anu
notcd a slender youth who had
been standing outside his board
.ng-houSe.
Smith paused TO hug Il paper ~
Tho newsstand and missed the first
-; =, ,L.,, .r,.;,..I Tho JpIth
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
MEANING OF ARM1sTIcE DAY

Perth Amboy has every reason to celebrate tomorrow. ARMS
tiee Day means a great deal for America because it is a day that
touches the hearthstone in every village and hamlet throughout
the land. Every community did its part in sacrificing its young
manhood for the cause of humanity. Tomorrow the memory OF
those fellows is recalled in a fitting manner. This city has lost
rome of its patriotic spirit as the preparations for tomorrow show.
France fighting for democracy, for humanity and for the preser-
yation of our civilization, would it not be well for us to consider
carefully whether or not, as We are now drifting, these men have
led in vain. In other words, was our part IN this great struggle
q with the ending of the war? Is our democracy, our clVllza-
lion. is humanity any more secure today than when the struggle
was on? Would the boys who gave their lives lighting Tor a
Great cause approve of the isolation and aloofness which this ma
fon has chosen TO adopt since the war was ended? Ii they were
willing to risk their lives on the battlefield, why should those VINO
Survive refuse to take such risks as must be taken IN time OF peace
10 continue the cause tor which those boys fought?
Armistice Day has a great meaning for everyone TINS year
st as much as it meant a great deal on November III, 1919 Ihe
.box-h+ that comes to us as we consider the event to be celebrated
tomorrow Is whether we, the living, are doing our part Tor human
~, and for civilization as well as those who died IN the great
STRUGGLE. As a nation, we fear that we are not Perhaps tnere
wa something of this thought that influenced the result II Jill
election held on Tuesday. Perhaps it is not too much u nope
,hat the new blood that has been injected into congress VIII Orn9
.hopt the desired change and that the future Will ma us acOms
more IN accord with the spirit that dominated the boys VINO lougnc
md died and who now lie sleeping under the poppy heloS OF
Trance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
HIS MOTIVE

Gold medals are being pinned on various corporation e1-
ecutives, for their good work in the Safety First movement.
A specially large medal should be struck off for that pow
erful force, Human Selfshness. For selfshness is back OF
the Safety First movement, just as it is back OF most other
human activities.
Corporations originally began campaigns against accl-
dents, not primarily to save human life, but to save themselves
against damage suits arising from the list of killed and IN
jured.
The humane motive is more existent now.
Incidentally, corporations have discovered that 81 spent
in preventing accidents often pays back 800 in lower acciuen.
claims. The safety movement is profitable, so it'll go on, o.
a simple matter of investment, long after all OF us are deaG
In Analysing a situation or a suggestion OF any sort '
clear comprehension of the matter is more quickly arrived at
NV remembering that SO times out of 100 some one is seeking
a profit.
When pulley wheels had spokes, people occasionally got
cauoht in them and were either killed or crippled. Some one
invented a solid fy-wheel, without spokes. 1t is easy to sell,
on the simple argument that it will save human life and limb
But the selfish element crops out in the invention and manu-
facture of the improved, safeguarded wheel-for proht, a
selfish motive.
So it goes, all the way from a politician seeking office,
down to the simple transaction of borrowing a lawnmower.
The presence of a selfish motive in nearly every possible
situation and proposal should not make any one cynical.
The very fact that the hackers OF the thing are a1ter
q profit makes it's success more certain.
Men do those things best, in which they have a chance 10
nroft personally. 1t is the old law Of achievement, working
toward a definite goal-harvesting the crop from toll.
The profit sought by the force OF seltlshness' OF course, Is
not always money. 1t may be fame or the inner Satisfaction
n ones vanity in having accomplished a good deed.
n Even charity, according to psychologists, usually Is a
manifestation of vanity-makes the giver feel better"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
GERAN IN APPLEBY's PLACE

1t is to be regretted that the people of third district saw
fit to retire Congressman I. Frank Appleby at this time. If ever
{ man deservd an endorsement at the polls for the work he has
accomplished it was Appleby. He went to Washington a stranger
and during the time that it usually takes a man to get acquainted
and Jockey himself into a position to really do something, Appleby
got right down to work and the result of his energy is to be seen
in all parts of the district.
But we do not believe it was so much Appleby himself that
the people turned upon as it was the present congress as a whole,
and the only way they had of showing their disapproval of the
congress was to defeat the present members regardless of their
personal record. Congress was made to feel the peoples wrath
all right, but the third congressional district lost a valued rep
resentative in showing its feeling toward congress in general.
There is a great deal Of satisfaction, however, to be found in
the fact that as capable and high class a man as Elmer Geran has
been chosen in Mr.. Appleby's place. We predict a great future for
Mr.. Geran at Washington. He is just the type OF man who will
make his personality felt wherever he may be placed. He is a
skilled lawyer, brilliant in debate, quick at repartee and an op-
ponent to be reckoned with on any occasion.
The third congressional district will never have cause for
apologizing for its representative as long as that position is held
by Elmer Geran. He represents the new blood that is coming for
ward in national affairs; the progressive element that is destined
10 lead the country forward to fulfill its real mission in the world
Congressman-elect Geran is a man far above the ordinary; he will
be heard from in a way that will bring honor and distinction on
the district he represents before his career is finished
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
THE REFEREE
9Moonshine"
(By Albert Apple)

'Moonshine"
The country's best "moonshine'
liquor is made around Peoria. Ill,
according to John w. Former, gov
eminent chemist. He should know,
having analysed nearly $4,000 sam
pies of white mule" in the last few
years.
Even at that, Peoria's moon
shine" is a poison. Customers OF
bootleggers should remember this:
All whisky Is "moonshine" in the
raw state, before years of aging in
wood. In the old days it took a
very INSCRIPTIONS bartender to sell
green whisky" even triple-distilled.
Seven-year-old was the safety line.
Heredity
Former, government chemist, says
the reason the best "moonshine"
liquor is made around Peoria. ILL.,. is
because that section had so many
big distilleries before prohibition.
Distilleries, most of them, have
shut down. But the art of making
liquor lives on as part of community
knowledge. Through succeeding
generations 1t has become almost
hereditary.
Possibly a few generations will
produce some excellent home-brew-
ers in our community. But present
samples make this extremely doubt
full. Liquor-making marches to join
the lost arts.
Selling
The made in Germany" trade
mark is having a hard time regain
ing it's pre-war standing.
Economists, analyzing Germany's
foreign trade for the first three
months of 1922, find her exports
only a third as much as before the
war.
This will please people who fear
German competition. But it makes
payment of the indemnity more diff
ficult. In the long run, at least
three-fourths of the balance of the
indemnity a be paid only in goods
exports.
A warship used 1900 years ago by
the Vikings will soon be placed on
exhibition at the national museum,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
This ship. dug out of a bog, is so
small that it Is being shipped in Is
large packing cases. 1t was AZ feet
long and less than Z feet wide.
Manned by ten oars. Its ancient
crew, like other early explorers, had
admirable curiosity as well as our
age. SOHlpdTS luelE craft Will d
modern steamer and you have a pic
ture Of how mar has progressed in
twenty-five centuries.
Babies
The average baby at birth weighs
eight pounds. One is born, weigh
ing only n pound, in London,
England.
This seems a marvel. More mar
| velous is the doctors predictions
that the baby will live. Not many
years since its death would have
been a certainty. Science has to its
credit many admirable achieve
ments, but nothing mor so than
what it has done for saving the lives
Of babies.
Mistake
A postage stamp honoring Column
bus is issued by the Leeward Isles
of the West Indies. The stamp
shows the d~iscoverer of America
standing on deck, sighting land
through a telescope.
Columbus would not recognize the
| picture, for he died over 100 years
before Zachariah Haussen, spectacle
maker, devised the first telescope.
The discovery was made by his chill
dren. They noticed that two lenses,
held apart, made a church steeple
seem nearer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
TIME FOR A NEW DEAL

With the decision Of the supreme court upholdmg liz "'|oN
of The Public Utility Commission in granting PERMISSION " JIG
par+h Ambov Drv Dock Company to lay tracks across "asmns-
tn stree II would seem as if the city officials ougnt 10 cndns''
,ba;r attitude toward the industries generally. 1t reIectS no
.red;t unon the city that every local concern mas u hsn' {,
ovarvtbinc it needs in the way Of developing IL ouSineSS ""
,ringinp more prosperity to the people. .
It is about time. now to adopt a spirit OF cooperation aa
.rorL with the industries instead Of against them. Ihey are what
a.La perth Ambov. Practically everybody depends on them III
- " . n another for a living. What benefits these ouS'rl
t,on benefits all of us. Why not acknowledge TINS 1act' Uhen anu
han ourselves by helping them in every way possible
There are two other important matters still pending that oil
.aouv concern the industries here. One IS the siding along hlgn
street for the benefit Of the Standard Underground Gable Com
,anv-a development that will not injure the city IN any way out
viii do much toward enabling this plant to provide more work. III
a. its nav roll and thereby bring additional prosperity 10 tue
city.
The other matter is the need of a siding through Front street
from Washington to Fayette street so a to give the hoessler q
.Fasslacher Chemical Company the facilities 1t so badly needs ana
elso furnish rail accommodations for the General bakelte Com
nanvS I it not feasible to extend one OF the sldmgs that VIII
now extend INTO the dry docks so as to accommodate these otner
nlants another siding ought to be laid into Front street 1r the
.urnose. AS far as crossing Washington street is concerned, there
miohr as well be five tracks as four. These industries that NEAR
10 much to the city, are entitled to this consideration. A boaro
If Alderman that refuses to grant the request for such sldlngs are
standing in the way of the city's progress and are holding III
municipal development.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
NEW TARIFF BEGETS
REPRISALS BY ENGLAND
Daily Letter by Frederic }. HasklI

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE
reprisals against the United States
because of the protective tariff act
recently passed by congress, which
were predicted during its tendency,
have begun. Great Britain a
struck the first blow and aimed it
at the American rubber industry.
1t will be recalled that during the
months when the tariff act was
pending, British interests protested
against the high rates which would
| keep British products out of the
American market. Delegations of
business men from England ap-
peared before the Ways and Means
and the Finance Committees asking
lower rates. Their appeals fell on
deaf ears. This amounted to a decla-
ration of economic war, The United
States erected a tariff wall to keep
British goods out. Now Great Brit
ain, in retaliation, is striking back
at a very tender spot in the Ameri-
can industry.
The British have well advanced
a plan to make the United States
pay a vastly increased price for
crude rubber. Not a pound of rub
Der grows on American soil. We
must import all the rubber we need
for the hundreds of thousands of
automobile tires, for electrical ap-
paratus and for the hundred and
one other usese to which this prod
uct is put.
The method being employed by
Great Britain is to lay an export
tax on the export of rubber from
her possessions which produce this
valuable commodity. Such posses
| sions include the Island of Ceylon,
the Straits Settlements and the Fed
Grated Malay States. These r the
principal rubber producing treas of
the world. Brazil produces rubber,
but because of a difference in quality
and especially because of the man
ner of conditioning for export, the
American rubber industry uses
chiefly the product from the British
rubber producing regions.
The United States consumes as
much crude rubber as all the rest
of the world put together, so any
governmental action by Great Brit
ain tending to increase its price is
a direct blow at the United States.
The tax must be paid to the gov
eminent before the crude rubber
can b exported so the price of rub
Der laid down in the United States
will be substantially higher. 1t is
too early to make n definite esti-
mates, but the rubber industry ad-
mits that the action of Great Britain
will add millions of dollars a rear to
the American public's bill for tires
as well as for the numerous other
rubber articles of every day con-
sumption.
The American rubber industry is
protesting vigorously against the ac-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10

Dor. The first patent for the appll'
cation of steam power to machines
was taken out by Thomas Slavery IN
1898. Watts experiments on the
steam engine date from the year
1865.
O., Can a woman who married a
foreigner before the new law went
into effect regain her American clti-
zenship &c. P.
A, The New Naturalization Law
provides that a woman who, oeIore
the passage of this act, has lost hef
United States citizenship by reason
of her marriage to an alien eliglole
for citizenship, may be naturallzed.
No declaration of intention shall be
required. In lieu of the five year
period of residence within the United
States and the one veal period of
residence within the state or terri
O where the naturalization court
is held, she shall have resided con
tinuously in the United States at
least one year Immediately proceed
ing the filing Of the petition. (
@. In playing stud poker, two
PLAYERS were late in coming in ana
the dealer started dealing cards. DO
these cards stand or must they be
thrown away?-L. H. r.
A. The rules for stud poker say
that if, before the betting is con-
cluded on a round, he begins serv-
ing another, the card or cards SO
shown must be thrown in the dis
card and the dealer made to pay q
forfeit, to be agreed upon before
hand. In many localities, this pro-
cedure is not followed, a card being
discarded from the deck for each
player who is still in the pot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10

O. When were ~cranberries first
served with turkey?-J. r.
A. American cranberries were
found growing wild by the early Pill
grims. 1t is thought that they serv-
ed them with wild turkey on Thanks
giving days, and for this reason nave
become associated with turkey and
Thanksgiving Day. Cranberries make
a tart sauce or jelly. These are pal
atable with meat, and contain rela-
lively large amounts of mineral mat
ter, especially iron, calcium ana
phosphorus which are valuable In
the diet.
@. Were bicycles used in England
or the United States first?-J. V. II:
A. The bicycle was introduced
into England about 1873 and into
the United States in 1877.
@. How does the refraction of the
earth's atmosphere alter the appar-
emit position Of the sun?-J. L.. j..
A. The Naval Observatory says
the refraction due to the earth's at
mosphere causes the sun to appear
slightly higher in the sky than its
true position. The maximum eleva-
ton, which occurs when the SUN Is
at the horizon, is about equal to the
SUMS apparent diameter.
Q. What English authors were
born in London 81. H.
A. Bacon, Blake, Broun, Brown
ing, Byron, Chaucer, Crashaw, De-
foe, DeMorgan, Dome, Gasken, Glib
bon, Gray, Herrick, Hunt, Huxley,
| Jonson, Keats, Lamb, Milton More,
| Morris, Newman. Pater, Pinero,
| Pope, Mrs. Radcliffe, Rossetti. Rus
kin, Shirley, Spenser, Swlnburne,
Walpole, Zangwill.
@. What will make 1t hard to see
| through screens from the outside?-
w. L. S.
A. If window screens are painted
with a thin white paint, instead OF
with black, those inside the house
may look through the creens easily,
| while outsiders can not see inside.
@. Who made the first steam en-
gine?-G. 3.
A. The first instance of the use
| of steam as a motive power is as
sumed to have been the Aeolipile OF
Hero of Alexandria. In 1543 a Span
| ish Captain, Blasco de Garay is re-
| ported to have shown a steamboat OF
his own invention in Barcelona har-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
Ouestions-Answe

ANY reader can get h answer TO
,pv question by writing The Fefth
Amboy Evening News
bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. director.
Washington, D. c. THIS one' ~ ~
hIrean cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. It
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject write
your question plainly and orie1ly.
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., 1922-11-10

About 100 years ago today all of
us were posterity.
If 80 is the freezing point, then
81 is the %sneezing point.
Twinkle, twinkle. movie star, how
We wonder why you are.
Another chorus girl has married a
rich mans son.. She took him at his
Pa value.
A Ch:eago woman was so years
old before she killed her husband.
One thing wrong with our homes
is too many couples think a pair
beats a full house.
Fuel hint: Pianos burn quickly
and MAKE q hot fire.
The small boy tells us his teacher
must be from Germany because her
marks are so low.
New Hudson River bridge will be
the most costly bridge in the world
except auction bridge.
-
A wise married mar never chews
tobacco or dynamite.
Fashion note: Goose pi.nples will
be worn his winter.
We may live too fast. but very
few girls born in 1900 are 20 yet.
We have setting up exercises. but
don't need sitting down exercises.
Beauty Sercret: Closing one eye
while looking at a girl often leaves
scratches On the face.
In the fall a very young mans
fancy nightly turns to thoughts of
Santa Claus.
Two stills were found in n
Georgia cemetery. We can prove it.
In Paris, it is officially admitted
that those crying down with the
short skirt have failed.
Strange things happen. A Los
Angeles man bought a church to
cuss in Instead of to sleep in.
In New Britain, Conn, a cat is
raising three mice. She evidently
expects a hard winter.
More than 800, 900. 900 postage
stamps are printed daily. Why don't
you people pay your bills?
Prunes are expected 10 go up.
Heaven helped the boarders.
One wa.7 to relieve traffic conges-
ton is sell autos for cash only.
1t is estimated too many want fur
coats for Christmas.
Two's company, three's an argu-
ment. .
All pigs try to make hogs Of
themselves.
coffee. This would bother the
United States as we raise no coffee.
This, however. is likely to occur
1t would not be surprising if Italy
and Spain should raise, by means of
an export tax, the price of olive
Gil. Those countries practically
monopolize that trade and the
Italy, France and Japan. should
they see fit, could follow the same
tactics as to silk.
One element which restricts the
reprisals which the other countries
can afford to make is the general
consumption of most of their prod
ucts. Under the most favored ma
ton treaties, no country could tax
exports to the United States with
out taxing exports to all other coun-
tries. The problem, then. is to find
something of which the United
States is the principal consumer,
Rubber is the most conspicuous ex-
ample. Rubber can be taxed and
the United States will be the only
country seriously injured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10
Bible Thought For Today

"a THE ONE GREAT FRIEND A man that hath friends
must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh
closer than a brother-Proverbs IS: "a,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-10

GEORGE 2. THOMPSON
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Jobbine Promptly Attended to
81 Lewis st. Phone 1409-W