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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
SEEK LUSiTANIA GOLD
Divers Plan to RecoVer Treasure
From Bed CT Ocean.
Benjamin r. Leavitt lnvents Diving
Suit With Which He Expects to
Salvage S11, 600, GOO Lost With
L%usitania and Arabic.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the GOLD
sunk with the Lusitania and the
Arabic, some S11 100000 in all is the
object of Benjamin Franklin Leavitt,
who recently sailed from New York
for the spot off Ireland where the
Lusitania went down in 1915.
The expedition is costing $250,OOO,
and some 600 stockholders are back
ing Leavitt.
Divers will have to go down 2S5
feet to reach the Lusltania and 80
for the Arabic-twice as far, Leavitt
SAYS. as any diver has ever been able
to go in an ordinary rubber diving
suit.
But Leavitt has spent six years in
venting his own diving armor. In his
first test, in 1916, he made the worlds
record descent of 361 feet in Lake
Michigan.
Eight diving suits have been built in
Leavitt's own factory here at a cost
of $1,000 each. The Leavitt suit is
made of manganese bronze, q quarter
inch thick. the torso and headpiece
solid and the arms and legs made of
ribbons of bronze incased In rubber,
with ball bearings at the shoulders.
millions in treasure at the bottom
of the ocean never has been salvaged
beyond a depth of $50 feet" says
Leavitt, because the pressure is too
great. Air lines get tangled and no
diver can work at that depth more
than 20 minutes, with an hour and a
quarter to lower and pull up"
Leavitt says a novice can go down
in his suit from 300 to 500 feet and
remain four hours.
Air is manufactured within the suit
from a tube containing eight cubic feet
of oxygen and nitrogen drawn from a
four-pound cylinder of caustic soda. A
valve outlet discharges the air, keep
ing pure air circulating at least four
hours.
The only line that connects the diver
with the ship above will be a half-inch
nontwisting cable that costs S1,120. In
side this will be a telephone wire con-
Meeting with a transmitter and receiv-
ers within the headpiece.
The diving suit weighs $50 pounds
but the enormous pressure of deep wa
ter reduces the weight on the ocean
floor to 70 pounds.
Another Leavitt invention is a deep
sea light. a glass globe half an inch
thick containing a 300-candle power
bulb. A series of these will be dropped
on weights enabling the diver to see
over a radius of seven feet.
The salvage ship will be held direct
ly over the sunken ship by six five-ton
anchors.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
PERSONAL NEWS

Miss Henrietta E. Bailey is spend
ing a two-week's vacation with rela-
tives at Centreville, Md.
ris leave this Wednesday for a weeks
stay in New York City.
Mrs. Anna Knorr, who spent the
winter with relatives in Philadelphia
has returned to her home in Linwood
Mrs. M. E. Allemann, who has made
her home in Atlantic City for some
time, has gone to Atlantic Highlands
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reitzel and fam
lily and Mr.. James Palma, all of Ches
and Mrs. L. E. Powell, of Is N. First
street, I is city.
Herman Kirscht, of this city, has
been entertaining his nephew, Chas
Bailey, who resides in Narbeth, Pa
Mr.. Bailey remained in Pleasantville
for about a week, returning to his
home recently.
Thos. l. Dunlap, well-known realty
dealer of this city, has returned from
a weeks stay in New York City. Mr.
Dunlap, accompanied by Mrs. Dunlap
left Pleasantville last week, and while
in New York Mr.. Dunlap attended tt
some important business that needed
his personal attention. The trip was
a most enjoyable one.
Miss Marjorie Thomas, who has
been away for some time, returned to
her home here a few days ago. While
out of town Miss Thomas attended
the commencement exercises of Rus
sell Sage College, at Troy, N. Y, from
which she was graduated last year
Before the commencement there were
many social affairs given by the grad
uating class, and Miss Thomas attend
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
DIDN'T KNOW OWN BABIES
Hospital Mixup in Montreal Deceives
Two Mothers; Infants Are
Redistributed.

Montreal.-A couple of t~wo-year-old
babies who were mixed up in a hos
pital four months ago and have since
been living In the wrong households
without either mother realizing it were
properly redistributcd.
The babes, Pansy Dyke and Myrtle
Bartlett, both w~eb-footed, were given
to the wrong mothers upon their recov
cry from diphtheria. Pansy is fair and
Myrtle is dark, and, while the parents
now say they had their doubts al
along, 1t was not until a third mother
investigated at the hospital that the
mistake was revealed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
EAGLE BATTLES ELECTRICITY
Tears Up Four Hundred FeetrdftT ele'
phone Wire in Losing Fightsfor
Life in Kansas.

Frankfort, Kan.-Two large Ameri-
can or white-healed eagles have re-
Gently been killed near here as a re-
suit of coming In contact with tele-
phone and electric transmission wires.
Joe Bradley. telephone manager, ex-
presses the belief, that the birds struck
the wires accidentally while making
an aerial nose dive" to swoop down
on unsuspecting prey.
The eagle which struck the tele-
phone line wrecked the line for a dis
lance of 400 feet, tearing the brackets
off the poles and breaking a number
of heavy No. 10 wires.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
LOCAL EVENTS

ST. Margaret's Guild will meet in
the basement of st. Marks Church
Thursday afternoon, June %, at $50
o'clock.
On Sunday evening, June 25, at 8
o'clock, the Girls Friendly Society
will have their first admission service
in St. Marks Church. The public is
cordially invited.
Enclosed find check for renewal of
The P~leasantville Press for both edi-
tons. l am glad to keep in touch
with the people down there, even
though l do not get the opportunity
to visit very often."-Oliver J. Stetser,
Gloucester City, NJ, ].
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
SERVICE EDALS.

Ex-service men and who
should be considered for medals of
honor, distinguished service crosses
and distinguished service medals for
meritorious services during the World
War will be considered for these
awards until April, 1923, by a special
act of Congress passed upon the rec
ommendation of the Military Affairs
Committee of the American Legion.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
NATIONAL COMMANDER TO
ADDRESS G. A. r. VETERANS.

National Commander Hanford Mac
Nider, of the American Legion. has
tentatively accepted an invitation to
speak before the National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, to be held in Des Moines, Ia,
during the week of Sept. "a. In his
invitation to Commander MacNider,
Lewis s.. Pitcher, Commandments
of the G. A. r., says: Let me assure
you that the veterans of the Grand
Army appreciate highly the senti-
ments of regard expressed by their
younger comrades in the great war.
In a special degree We look upon
them as the successors in promoting
the highest spirit of patriotism in the
country in the years to come"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
CHURCH PlCNICS.

The Sunday School of the First
Presbyterian Church will hold its an
nual picnic at Lenape Park, Mays
Landing, on Thursday. Trucks will
leave the church at 8 o'clock and the
day will be spent on the water and
roaming through the park enjoying
the many amusements. A number of
races and games will be held, as well
as a baseball game, which will take
place in the afternoon. Everyone is
invited by the committee in charge to
attend and spend a pleasant day.
The annual picnic of the Sunday
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

the seventh by Dump" Adams, who
held the Egg Harborites to one hit for
the rest of the game. Bauer did the
twirling for Egg Harbor. Pleasant
vile registered seven hits to five for
Egg Harbor.
Next Saturday afternoon the strong
P. R. r. team of Camden will again
play here. 1t will be remembered
that the locals defeated this team ear
ly in the season after a strenuous bat
tie. They are expecting to have
"Jing" Johnson, former big Lacquer on
the mound. Manager Gegan will have
Myers back at third, Carmack at sec
ond, and is expecting a short-stop
and pitcher, and a good game is antic.
ipated.
On July LIST, the Bridesburg team is
scheduled, and on the 4th the goth
Ward Pros, of Philadelphia, are book.
ed for two games. These are all
strong teams and the FAM should turn
out in numbers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
Wine of DandelionS
Under Official Ban

Newark, n. J.-Dandelions are
not fruit, and hence cannot be
used legally in the manufacture
of wine for family use.
Dandelion wine addicts with a
conscience are responsible for
this ruling of Federal Prohibi-
ton Commissioners Haynes,
made public by Collector of in
ternal Revenue Ferguson. Con-
slant inquiries by law abiders
who feared dandelions might
not be one of the fruit wine
stocks permissible for household
ers to use on permit caused him
to send the query to Washing
ton, Collector Ferguson said.
While he ruled what a dande-
ion is not. the commissioner did
not render a decision on what a
dandelion is-whether 1t ranks
as a vegetable, a flower or a
"eeo' sse,~f 49, 49,"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
USHERS' UNION DINNER

Those in charge of the dinner that
will be given by the members of the
Uushers' Union of the Wesley M. E
Church are all ready for the big
event. 1t will take place on Tuesday
evening, June 20, and the committee
in charge of the arrangements has
decided on Lily Lake as the most en-
joyable place to hold the affair.
A delicious home-cooked chicken
dinner will be served.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
CRICKET.

Members of the Paris, France, post
of the American Legion are putting
in their spare minutes studying the
technique of cricket, in preparation
for a mixed international athletic con
test with members of the British Lee
gion. The ex-Tommies have challeng-
ed the former doughboys to a game
of baseball, on condition that the
Americans meet them on the cricket
field.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
LEGION MEMBERSHIP DAY.

Reports coming into national Legion
headquarters from every section of
the country indicate that American
Legion Membership Day, July l, will
be eminently successful. Each Le-
gionnaire has been asked by National
Commander Hanford MacNider to get
at least one new member for the serv-
ice mems organization on that day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
o S BUYS ISLAND.

An island in the Maumee River,
twenty miles from Toledo, Ohio, will
furnish the setting for many Robin
son Crusoe outings of a Toledo post
of the American Legion. The post
has bought the island outright and is
erecting thereon tents and barracks
so that Legionnaires and their fami-
lies may spend their week-ends and
vacations there,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
PLEASANTVIILE DEFEATS
VINELAND AND EGG HARBOR
Manager Gegan Booking Strong Teams
For Coming Observation-Disclosures
To Be Staged July 4th.

Pleasantville Regulars defeated the
strong Vineland team last Saturday
afternoon at the local ball park. For
six innings the locals were on the
short end of the score, but in the
lucky seventh. with the bases filled,
Brownie Sanders connected for a ter
rifle two-bagger that cleared the sacks
and put the game on ice. Vineland
had a irst-class team of good, clean
players, and kept the locals on edge
at all stages of the game. The score:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
FREE LIBRARIES.

Oklahoma is furnishing American
Legion posts with free travelling IL
braries. After keeping one collection
of books for two months, a post may
return it and receive another or re-
quest that it be held for an additional
two months.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
MALE CHORUS.

A male chorus of thirty voices has
been formed by sick and disabled SOL
diers at the government hospital at
Fort Bayard, N. NJ. Under the guild
ance of the American Legion this
chorus gives frequent concerts for the
benefit of the less fortunate bed-rid-
den patients.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
LINEN FOB

A sheet, pillow case or towel was
the price of admission to an enter
tainment given by the American Le-
gion Auxiliary at Wildwood, N. j., to
acquire needed linen for sick and
wounded soldiers confined in a New
Jersey hospital.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
TOURING ON BICYCLE.

Planning to cover a total distance
of $500 miles, Donald F. Chase,
prominent American Legion worker of
Reno, New, has started to New York
on a bicycle. He expects to visit
American Legion posts on the way.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
HONOR LILLIAN RUSSELL.

A squad of her comrades of the
American Legion fired a last volley
over the grave of Lillian Russell,
world famous opera star, at her burial
in Pittsburgh. By official warrant in
the World War, Miss Russell held the
rating of gunnery sergeant.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

Gran'pa says; Funny how much
like mules some men are. They
stretch their necks and pretty near
cut their throats trying to get that
grass on the other side of the barbed
wire fence, while the best grass is
growing in the enclosure behind
them"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
2M% &sg;;se@@"

gov, Kentucky, by the Kentucky Am
erican Legion. 1t will place a monu-
ment in the cave, at the base OF
which will be a sealed stone o con-
tanning the names of the dead.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

School and congregation of st. Marks
Episcopal Church will be held at Lily
Lake Park on Monday, June 26.
st. Johns M. p. Sunday School will
hold their annual picnic at Mays
Landing on Thursday, July 10.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
MEDALS FOR STUDENTS.

Two hundred school boys in Penn
%sylvania public and private schools
have been awarded medals of merit
for superiority in class DON work
and athletic activities by the Penn
sylvania American Legion.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
COM MUNITY RESORT.

One hundred and sixty acres of land
near Hobart, Okla, have been pur-
chased by the American Legion, which
will erect thereon a community sum-
mer resort.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

Plant alfalfa; it feeds your soil
with nitrogen, your cattle and hogs
with protein and your heart with con-
tentment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

The melancholy days have come
for king rooster. He makes a far bet
ter fricassee than leader of the sum-
mer flock.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

and dinner parties that were gv6nol4
honor of the graduates. Many forfnexI
graduates were present at the closirg
exercises of the college, and there
were many grand reunions. Many yqf
Miss Thomas classmates were pEPe-
ent at the festivities and this made
her visit all the more enjoyable.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

For a honey crop, plant Hubam; for
a money crop, think twice of the yir-
tues of that faithful biennial sweet
clover.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

Fence posts, fire wood and lumber
enough for the whole farm can be fur
nished by the properly managed farm
wood lot.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
r MONUMENT.

The names of soldier dead from
various States of the Union will be
buried in Mammoth Cave, near Glas-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
VineIand.

Two-base hits: Sanders, Pence.
Struck out: By Gardella 6, Ferris 9.
Base on balls; Gardella l. Ferris $.
The Pleasantville Regulars journey
ed to Egg Harbor on Sunday and de-
feated the strong aggregation of that
city by the score 5-3. The feature of
the game was a home. run by Tony
Long. Gegan started the slab work
for Pleasantville, but was relieved in
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

Get EN- early, treat 'em rough and
tell 'em nothing" is not a bad slogan
for the home gardener out on a weed
rampage.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21
klWANlS CLUB.

The Kiwanis Club will hold their
regular weekly meeting and luncheon
at the Atlantic City Country Club this
Tuesday afternoon, during which the
principal speaker will be Rev. Marina
s.. Poulson, of Ventnor. A fine pro-
gram has been arranged and a number
of songs and other selections, as well
as addresses, will be heard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

Some Employers Report Labor Turn
over Is Decreased by New System
Improvement Shown in Relations
Between Employer and Employee
Where Management and Men Have
Worked Together With Common
Interest in Experiment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-21

New Jersey produces annually about
1000, 900 bushels of wheat, 1,400, 600 of
rye and $4,000 0 of oats.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-22

when we reach King Indie's
palace" went on the pen. IL must
leave you. for I must take my place
among the other feathers in the
wing of the furious falcon that
guards the gate. King Indig will
receive you kindly. He knows you
have the record with the magic
words. which may permit him "a
marry Princess Therma- Your ad-
ventures. however. are only half
over. You must make the journey
across the Seven Valleys to the
Kingdom of the Korsknotts and
bring King Verde back with you
With that il jumped back into
Nick's pocket again and the Twins
made their way TO the town of Co.
bait which was the name Of the
place where King Indig lived.
AS they came near they could .
that all the houses. except the PAL
ace itself. were blue. The trees.
grass and flowers were blue. even
the paving stones. The one bit Of
color was the large bird which
walked up and down yer the gate
of the palace.
1t was bright red.
There's the furious falcon" said
Nancy. do you suppose it will al
low us to enter?"
.(To Be Continued)
Copyright. 1922. NEA Sesvice)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-22
OUR FIRST YEAR
=BY A BRIDE

are not! They're different! No two
alike! That's why they're 30 expen-
sive! Mary Smith has n dozen OF
them. I knew you'd want me to
! have things as nice al Mary's. But
I bought only sikh"
By getting Jack to admire the
many designs, ! expected to keep
him from asking the price of the
plates. He did not inquire, but he
must have done some figuring for
he exclaimed:
Gosh! I ought to be earning more
money!"
Wouldn't that be grand!"
agreed.
II ought to. At my age!" Jack
isn't often dismal. ! comforted him:
You mustn't blame yourself,
dear! Not even II some OF the boys
are earning $4,000 q year and
more. OF our 1t would be awfully
nice il We could have a car this
summer.
"But some Of the boys didn't 60
to the a And that set you back
awfully. Just as you had started.
too And now this business depres-
sion. But the slump won't last for
, ever. And we'll manage to get
along. until times improved"
My comfort didn't to do
my husband much good.
"Of course, some day." ] added,
you're going to be a rich mani"
Jack gave me the queerest look.
I didn't understand it. But 1t made
me feel chilly all over. He seemed
to say that he didn't care whether
or not, he ever was a rich man.
And positively SILVER to think
we may be poor all on" days!
(To be continued)
Copyright, 1922, NEA S~ervice)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-22

Neither the advent of the knicker
nor the increased popularity of the
sports dress has shaken the pres
tige of the separate skirt. What
every woman knows Is that there
are a dozen times in a week when
a separate skirt, worn with a good
blouse, Ia indispensable.
Fringe Is perhaps the most con-
spicuous note in the new skirts, but
distinction comes in the surprising
ways In which the fringe Is en-
ployed. .
Fringe often outlines the sides as
well as the bottom of the skirt. or is
placed in rows upon the fabric, up
and down, round about. spirally, like
Ia barber pole. OF in broken lengths
here and there across the front or
sides of the skirt. The fringe varies
from one to two or three inches. and
may consist Of fraying or real fringe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-22
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
GIRL SCOUT FEATURE
AT Benefit MINSTREL

An array Of pretty girls. clever
singing. eccentric and syncopated
dancing and a special number by the
Girl Scouts are some Of the attrac-
lions offered at the minstrel and re-
vue to be presented in the Majestic
theatre. Tuesday. April rs. by the Y.
w. H. A. girls, for the benefit of the
American Legion. The principals
and chorus are letter perfect and the
of the show is assured be-
cause of the clever cast, SO ably d.
rected by Mrs. Jack Josselson. and
Mrs. N. Preminger. The sale OF
tickets has been very encouraging
and a record crowd is expected.
There are still a number of good
seats to be had and they may be
procured at the box ofice which Il
now open.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-22
Your Health
(By DR.. II. ii. Bishop)
How TO Read Pulse

IL a doctor were not within easy
call and omeone felt sick and SEEM
ed TO have some fever. could you de-
termine his condition to some degree
by reading his pulse?
The normal pulse is usually u
beats to the minute and gives a sin
gle strong. but soft Impulse. In GER
tain diseases this becomes doubled.
or irregular or hard and small, or
soft that one can hardly feel II.
In fever the pulse rate increases
about eight beats for every degree
OF temperature: thus. at 102 degrees
+. n expects a pulse rate OF 100
or above. This is one way to mea-
sure your temperature or that OF
anyone that might feel I'll in your
family II a clinical Thermometer lie
not at hand.
or course this method is not al
ways accurate and a suspicious tenn
perature should always be measured
by the clinical thermometer.
Typhoid fever is one of the excep-
lions to this rule and q high tenn
perature with q slow pulse should
make n suspect the presence OF
this disease.
Pressure on the brain center, as In
apoplexy, or fracture of the skull,
also produces a slow pulse. So does
severe Jaundice. Irregular pulse
sometimes indicates organic trouble
and should be looked into by a ply
eicion.
The normal newborn baby has q
pulse rate of from 100 to 140. which
IL characterized by the uniformity
and quickness Of the impulse: that
10, the rebounds you can feel in the
adult pulse are absent.
The baby's high rate of pulse
gradually decreases with time. until
at the end Of two years. IL is a rate
little above the adult normal and a
normal type of impulse.