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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-28
S.ATE OF NEW JERSEY
STATE nIGnNai COMMISSION
s,an


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that seal
ed bus Will be received 10y the Stale High
way Commission of New Jersey Tor the
construction OF the following:
Route / Section Ia from stelton road to
M~etuchen, MiddleseX County; estimated
amount OF Marrenite Bitulitnic Pavement
on a nine 80 inch Portland Cement Con-
crete foundation, 1850 square Yards.
Bids will be received at the Office OF
the state Highway Commission at the
Broad street bank Bldg, trenton, y. j., on
Friday, July l4th. lY2Z, at IL a. Al. stand
ard Time. and opened and read imme-
diately thereafter.
contract and bond for the proposed WORK
are on file in the office of the state Hlsh-
way Department, Trenton. New Jersey
and may be inspected BY prospective pld-
ders. Plans Will be furnished on deposit
Of len Dollars Cs10.00J upon application to
the State Highway Department, 9Th floor,
Broad Street Bank Building. Trenton New
Jersey. Bids must be made on the stand
ard proposal forms in the manner deslgna-
ted therein and as required by the lyz-
notifications, same to be enclosed In seal
ed special addressed envelopes bearing the
name and address of bidder and the name
and section of the route on the outside,
and must be accompanied by a certified
check drawn to the order OF the treasurer
of the State OF New Jersey for not less
than ten per cent COFo) or the amount
Of the bid, provided that said certihed
check shall not be less than $4,000 or
more than $50, 900. 90, and be delivered at
the above place on or before the hour
named. Copies of the standard proposal
form and special addressed envelope will
be furnished on application. Bids not en-
closed in special addressed envelopes Will
be considered informal and will not be
opened. -,
Each bidder must his bid
with a certificate from surety company duly
authorized to do business in this State,
stating that such surety company Will pro-
vide said ode with a bond in such sum
as is required in and in accordance with
the provisions of said specifications, con-
ditioned for the faithful performance OF
the provisions Of the contract and speci-
locations. Each bidder must also accom-
ment properly hlled out.
Bv order Of the state Highway Com
~ A. LEE GROVER.
151as-e-9s-7-1-s Chief Clerk.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
SCHOOL LIGHTS
SEVERELY
SCORED
chlIdrsn's Eyes Being Ruined,
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter
Tells Club.

How candles were recently used
In Q school in order that night
meeting Of q parentteaoher associa.
ton could be held. and flashlights
had to be impressed into service be-
fore those who attended the meeting
could find their way out of the school
building, Ii related by Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter, president Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso-
Citations.
Mrs. Rafter drove this point home
yesterday afternoon at a meeting of
the civic section of the Women's City
Club, when she pointed out that hun
dreds of school children are still in
their classes at 4:15 o'clock in the
afternoon when the rooms are in q
state Of semi-darkness and ade-
quate lights are absolutely essential
to their welfare.
I'VE are running the risk of ruin
Ing the eyes of the future genera.
ton Of Washingtonians." Mrs.
Rafter implored.
To demonstrate her point, Mrs.
Rafter had the lights of the assembly
hall of the meeting place yesterday
turned out at 4:16. II was found
that although there were windows
on three sides that darkness had set
1t to such an extent that visibility
was almost impossible.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
Lloyd Georges French
Proposal Seems Joke
to Baron de Waelfe
BY BARON MAURICE DE
Famous Political Satirist
ueurlal Wireleos To Universal 0og

Famous Political Satirist
Special wireless to Universal Service.
PARIS. Dec. 15.-Lioyd Georges
articles have this importance. that
they reveal the man formerly con-
cealed by his mantle Of diplomatic
authority. Shedding this mantle,
he also throws off his mask and ID
standing revealed as the false friend
France always suspected him Of
being.
Given equal provocation. would
any other nation but France have
withheld from dealing directly with
Germany any time in the last four
years7 p
America held off from intervening
in Mexico until forced to do so by
insults to her citizens and her
pride. Yet her provocation was
nothing beside what France suf'
fered repeatedly from Germany.
Despite this she does not act.
When Lloyd George applies the
term "militaristic" to France, he
must be employing some Of that
subtle British humor. France has
only suggested a peaceable occupa-
ton of the Ruhr. But Lloyd George
supplied Greece with money and
munitions for a great war.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
GEORGE 'LAUlED
W|THHEARST !.
FOREXPOSE
Sir Charles Highams Com
mends Articles In Washing
ton Times Herald.
By UniverssI Service.

LONDON. Dec. 15.-Sir Charles
Highams. former M. p. and director
OF the recruiting campaign during
the war, commenting on the ex-
posures by Lloyd George, as print
ed In last Sundays Washington
Times-Heraid and other Hearst
papers, says:
III there be one compensation
for the loss to this country OF
David Lloyd George as premier. 1t
is that he is able to express him
self freely in his articles on the
Franco-G German problem.
He Is the greatest living Eu-
ropean statesman, and when he
says that the occupation by France
of the left bank Of the Rhine in
evitably would lead to war, It 10
sufficient. I think. for the people
of the British empire and the
United States to support him to
the full.
IT would take this opportunity
to compliment William Randolph
Hearst on his courage in present
ing these articles to the American
people. That they will do q world
Of good in clearing the world OF
misunderstanding there Is no
doubt"
Another article by Lloyd George
will appear In Sundays Washing.
ton Times Herald.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15

ct Providsncs Hospital as Q result
or bAing trapped IN q burning snack
on the Burnt Free golf course at
-Four Corners, Maryland. yesterday.
Donovan's clothing caught nrs In
the shack following an explosion
Of q five.gallon gasoline container.
Unable to unfasten the door OF the
shack, Donovan eventually suo'
essaed In getting out through z
window. Fellow worlemen rolled
him on the ground until the fire
had been extinguished.
Only Donovan's mother, MRS.
Hannah +. Donovan. 10 permitted to
see him ct Providence Hospital.
Should Donovan's injury prove fatal,
he viii be the second Of his family
to meet death by fire. Miss Anne
Donovan, his sister. was burned to
death at her homo several years
ago, when her clothing caught fire
while she was gliding . gas fixture.
Employed as o foreman at the
Burnt Tree course. Donovan went
to the shack to obtain gasoline
used In tractors. AZ he started to
leave. the container exploded.
Irving Ray, who was operating q
tractor on the golf course near the
shack at the time Of the explosion.
was hurled from the drivers seat.
He escaped with minor bruises.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
BILL WOULD INCREASE
POSTAL LABCRERS' WAGES

CONGRESSMAN Nathan Perlman OF
New York. introduced a bill IN the
House yesterday providing for In
creased pay for postal service labor
ers. The workers, under the pro-
visions of the bill are divided into
three GLASSES according to length OF
service. It awards an increase of
800 q year for the first three years
with q maximum Of $3.50.
A bill authorizing the retirement
Of mechanics and city and rural mail
carriers at the age Of sixty-five years
was also introduced by Congressman
Periman. Both bills were referred
to the committee on reform OF the
Civil Service.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
ADvERrIsEAlENr.
Sore Throat Prudence

Your medicine shelf is not we'll stocked
without . bottle Of TONSIlINE, for you
don't know what moment it may be
needed to relieve Q sudden case Of Bore
Throat. Relieving Sore Throat u TOM
SHINES special mission. 1t IL made for
that-sdvertised for that -sold for that
one purpose. TONSIllNE is the Nat
donsl Sore Throat Remedy, Il il sold In
every State in the Union. You -
will need TONSuINE one Of S<1
these days, or some night when
the drug store 10 closed-better 81
have . bottle ready ct homo IA
when you need It most. S5c.,
md Go. Hospital Size, el.00. u
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
RjverdaIe p. o. Robbed.

Unable to break the safe In the
Riverdale. Nd. postoffice, a thief
yesterday took 81 in small change
that was left in the money drawer
Wednesday night. Mrs. Webb
worley discovered the robbery when
she opened the postoffice yester'
day.
The Washington times., 1922-12-15
WORKMAN NEAR
DEATH FROM
I. Blast
Robert Donovan ID Second Of
Family to Be Caught In
Coils Of Flame.

Swathed in bandaSes. Robert
Donovan. twenty-five years. ASS
Fourteenth street northwest. today
IL lowering between life and death
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-16

stood and stared. The mufled blows aai
screams were the only sound in the packed
street-that and the whine of the hurdy.
gurdy a block away, playing Some Sunny
Day"
Prett. soon & woman came hurryinds
along the sidewalk from the direction Of
the river. She stopped at the edge of the
crowd and she threw her shawl over the
side of her mead so that no enc cou1i see
her face. This was Iona McCauley Those
nearest could see that she was trembling
violently, but she made no movement
toward the house. She listened silently
with the others to the thing that was go.
ing on behind the tight-shut :ndowa.
The screaming stopped after a while,
the sound of the blows with it, and tho
front door opened. A man came out--a
big, towering hulk of man who had -
stoop 70 avoid knocking his head on the
jamb. He remained on the top step foy \
moment, lccring at tho crowd with b,cod.
shot eyes. He had rope in his ha1d---a
clothes rope coilo1 several times and knot
ted This the big man tossed behind hirl
anu SlidHIDlCu UpN Al me steps. ne ClGW u
gave way to let Harry McCauley pass.
When he was good and gone Lena Nc.
Cauley crcpt in to her child.
She testified in court that she founi
Agnes under the he'd That was the LAST
thing Agnes herself could remember
crawling under the bed like a puppy Shs
was unconscious when Lena McCsuley
picked her up. Her dress was li,c'aUy
fayed from her shoulders. Ii clun2 on
her in rags. And beneath The rags on her
baby's body was that which sent Lena
McCauley to the Gerry Society-her frs:
complaint against her husband.
The police arrested Harry McCauley in
a corner of what used to be a saloon. Hs
was seated at table and they had to dra:;
him to his feet.
He could have been tried for relorioua
assault but in that case he might h9ys
been admitted to bail And Mrs. NJ eau
ley said she was afraid So the charge
was simply disorderly conduct. For that
he got the limit, six months, and Ihe CON
domination of the magistrate as "the most
contemplate coward and brute the court
has even seen" He is at Blackwcll's
Island now
Agnes McCauley is listed as GONZALES
cent in medical records. She WAS suffer
ing from internal injuries. Her left shout
der was dislocated, her right shoulder was
lacerated and bruised, her back and chest
were rallied with red welts her right elbow
was cut, her face was slashed' hei fora
head was cut and bruised, her right eye
blackened, her left wrist sprained
That is the record of her visible wounds.
In surgery there is no such thing as broken
hearts.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-16

to 80 away, while McCauley sat in his
sock feet and glowered.
Only once was McCauley arrested. Six
years ago, when May was only eleven, the
ambulance came and got her In Harlem
Hospital, moaning with pain, she accused
her father of injuring her. McCauley got
two and half years in Sing Sing for that,
but when he came out Lena McCauley was
at the gate. He went home with her and
before long the screams and the thud Of
blows began again.
Robert the little boy, took to sleeping
in halls and areaways carly this Summer.
He told folks he was afraid to so home.
The two eldest girls kept away as much
as they could They were not so tight-
Tipped as their mother. They admitted
they didn't want to be in The house bG-
cause whoever happened to be there when
McCauley came home would be sure to
catch it. If McCauley had been drinking,
they caught it worse, said his daughters.
One recent Summer twilight, when Nc
Cauley staggered up the steps there was
nobody home but May and Agnes, "the
baby" Mrs. McCauley mad gone to mat
ket. McCauley shouted for her. When
there was no answer he told Agnes to go
TO the store and call number for him.
Agnes went dutifully, but the number
didn't answer. She went home and re.
ported this to her father. He was sitting
in chair by the window-all this she told
the court-in his sock feet, with bottle
at his hand. He glared at her for a mir
ute before he heaved himself up and yclet
at her, That's a lie, you ~
May was in the room and she saw what
was coming. She called out. Don't beat
Agnes, father!"- so she testified and
then she shrank. For McCauley was add
vancing across the room. Agnes retreatc&
before him into the kitchen. May
screamed and ran. The last thing she
saw as she flashed into the corridor was
a glimpse of her little sister covering
against the stove and of her father lung,
ing through the kitchen door and yankin6
a clothes line from the knob as he passed
May stayed out in the street screamins
and crying A little crowd began to col
lect The peddlers deserted their push
carts and a hurdygurdy man cursed be-
cause his trade left him for the new eX-
element. Shopkeepers came to their
doors; heads craned out of windows. Some
fifty people, mostly women and children,
mlled around May. She stopped scream
ing and stared with the rest of them at
the windows of her home.
McCauley had closed the windows tight,
but not tight enough To the crowd in the
street came muffled noises-whoosh, spat
WhOosh, spat!-and above them shrlI
little voice that screeched and screeched
and broke every now and then into hor
rihie, whimpering wall.
Nobody spoke in the crowd. They Just
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-16
Above, a Photograph of
Little Agnes McCauley,
Whose Father Was
Arrested and Jailed
for Beating Her.

bare hands. But the neighbors
saw and heard.
They heard mUffled screams
and they saw marks on Nc
Cauley's wife and NcCauley's
children. More than once they
called the cops. But Lena Me
Cauley met the cops at the
door. sWhen they asked her
why her face bled and what
made the blue places on her
wrists. she told them she fell
dow r'.t' RS And the cops had
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-16

New YORK only a
few weeks ago. Here
are the facts, as col.
lected by the New
York Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-16

=. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
Insulation OF Pipes

Having pipes and heater properly
insulated is another great saving of
heat. A warm basement proves that
pipes and heater are not properly in
sulated
Although anthracite coal is the fuel
most generally used for house heat
ing, and most satisfactory, various
other substitutes can be employed
One-sixth to one-fourth OF the coal
used may be saved by proper damper
control and the elimination OF too
much draft. The chimney damper
should be kept as nearly closed as
possible after a freshly made fire is
well started. Stun up all cracks In
the stoves or furnace. Keep fiues and
heating surfaces clean-clean them at
least once a month. Avoid stocking and
slicing the fire bed. Feed and tend
the fire regularly, irrespective of
weather conditions. Fill the fire pot
A thin fire wastes coal A very small
size of anthracite may be mixed with
larger sizes where larger sizes are
scarce. ~
Although the soft Goals are smoky
and dirty, their heat value in the bet
GContinued On Page 81
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
COAL SUBSTITUTES
AND CARE OF FUEL
Conservation Of Heat Being
Preached During Better Homes
Campaign Week
INSULATION OF. PIPES


Conservation of fuel this winter is
being preached as a part OF the cam
Daign for better homes. being carried
on this week throughout the country.
In order that distress may be averted
and business carried on as usual, con-
serYation will be vitality necessary
owing TO the shortage OF coal result
ing from the strike.
Weather stripping around Windows
saves fuel tremendously. and wood
and felt weather stripping can be
bought cheaply and put up by an
amateur and strip telling can be used
like weather stripping Although
metal stripping is expensive to install
fuel saving of from Is TO 25 per cent.
often results from completely outfit
ting doors and windows. and storm
doors are great protection against
coy. The mere pulling down OF all
widow shades at night is in itself a
greatanrotectlon from cold. for about
ten times as much heat goes through
window pane as through a wall.
Boot is another great consumer of
heat. Authorities aver that an eighth
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
CONTROL OF HOOKWORM
INFECTION IS OBJECT
OF SCIENTISTS STUDY

SAN JUAN. PORTO RICO. Oct IL
Investigators OF the International
Health Board of the Rockefeller
Foundation, studying the habits of
the hookworm in Porto Rico. have as
certained two things about this para
site which they consider of great i'm
portance. One is that the larvae are
shorter lived than had been suppos-
ed. and the second is that they pos
sess only limited powers of locomo-
ton.
The scientists are located at utuar-
do, in the heart of the coffee country
Some of them permitted themselves
to lie inoculated in order better TO
carry on their work. They declare
that life span for the larvae of from
two to three months is probably the
average. except under most favorable
conditions of longevity. Ordinarily
/ the larvae do not move of their own
accord more than foot or so from
4 their tase unless they are seized with
an ambition to work up through the
son. In this case they can work
through soil covering Of considerab-
/ ly more than one foot The larvae
seem to have greater capacity or
inclination for altitade than they dc
for cross country travel.
/ The studies which are now icing
made were undertaken with the hope
that they would lead to improved
methods Of preventing the spread o.
possible infection and, while the
work hes not yet Teen completed. the
discovery OF the relatively short life
OF the larvae hos convinced the in
vestigators that the possibility of in
lection from any given locality can
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
American History
DAY BY DAY
BY 7. p. Green
OCTOBER IL

Columbus discovered America.
Sighted land at O'Clock in
the morning and went ashore
at San Salvador. one of the
Bahama Islands, on October
u, 1892.
University of North Caro-
lima founded on October -,
1898.
Mason and Slidell escaped
through the BLOCKADE at
Charleston, S. c., on October
u. 1861.
Death of General Robert e.
Lee on October II, 1870.
Male population OF the
United States announced by
Census Bureau to be 100000
in excess OF the female on Oc-
tober ~, 1912.
German Government an
nouncod that it accepted that
principle of President Will
sons terms of peace on Octo-
Der IL, 1913.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
RAGING CAR, SPEEDING
70 MILES, KILLS ONE,
INJURIES TWO OTHERS

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-one man was
killed and two others seriously in
jured today when racing car.
claimed by Barney Oldfield. TO have
been stolen from him. skidded into a
curve and then headlong into a tree.
while speeding along Riverside Drive.
Joseph II. Degnon. OF New York,
catapulted against the tree and was
instantly killed. Edward O'Donnell
and Edward Mckee. both chauffeurs,
were dug from the wreckage and
taken TO the hospital. Later they will
be called upon to answer charges of
homicide.
A fourth occupant OF the car leap
ed before the crash and fed as the
police arrived. The speedometer had
stopped at 20 miles an hour.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12

Confined ON Page 80
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
PROHIBITION ISSUE NOT
RAISED IN NORTH DAKOTA
eBy The Associated PressJ

BISMARCK. y. D., Oct. l2.-Can-
didates opposing the reelection of
North Dakota's representatives in
Congress, all three of whom have sup
ported prohibition programs, have
not raised the wet and dry issue in
prediction campaigning. The pres
ent representatives, O. B. Burtness,
George W. Young and F. II. Sinclair
have the support of the president OF
the North Dakota W. c. T. u
j. W. Deemy of Bismarck. opposed
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12

Of an inch OF SCOT on the heating sur
face OF boiler will make the coal
bill more than fourth higher.
II is also a well-known fact that at
least two degrees less heat is needed
when the air is moist and four or five
gallons OF water day IS not too much
10 evaporate in the average house.
For steam or hot-water heaters pans
designed especially for this purpose
can be secured and fitted behind the
radiators.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
MORTALITY OF 'FFr Tyrs
INFANTS HERE
HAS DECLINED
CONTINUED From Page u


to 81 in 1921 is evidence of this. Our
greatest mortality was in 1918. the
year of the influenza epidemic, when
deaths totaled 149 to the 1000. In
1919 1t was cut to 81 and in 1920, for
some reason, it reacted to 104
There never will be a very pro-
n0unced advance, however. until we
can educate parents in the proper
care of infants. Much good work is
now being done in the schools. but
this will not bring appreciable results
for some years.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
INCREASE OF S. PER TON
IN NEwSPRINT PAPER

MONTREAL, CAN, Oct. 12.-Con-
tracts for newsprint for delivery dur
ing the first six months of 1928 at 3.75
cents per pound, or SIS a ton, an in
crease of S. a ton over 1922 contracts,
are being made by the Canadian Elk
port Paper Company. The company
represents the Laurentide, Bromptoi
ara Price Brothers Mills.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12

Maudie-whars wrong y.A
car? 1t sQueaks dreadful.
Can't be helped: there's Il 81. .''..
the axles.-Colunbs I. ID
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12

lie very much reduced provided new
sources of infection are not intro
dueed.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-12
LINGERING COUCH RELIEVED

Hind bad cought for three years.
writes II. E. Campbell, Adrian. Mich
Found no relief until tried Foley's
Honey and Tar" Lingering coughs
severe colds, Group throat. chest anG
bronchial trouble quickly relieved
with Foley's Honey and Tar. No need
to suffer and take chances with neg
lected coughs and colds. Free from
opiates-ingredients printed on the
wrapper Largest selling cough med
icine in the world.-(Adv.)
Human life spans are growing
longer, but the earnest life-insurance
agent does not harp on that theme
Chicago News.