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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

I of State Highway Commission. has
not healed. These senators refused
to play the petty partisan game OF
the so-called party leaders, and
stood firmly behind Governor Sill
zer in his state highway fight. For
this attitude these eight senators
won the admiration of the state, as
is shown by the big majorities given
those who were up for reelection
in the recent election.
Senator stevens was the leader in
this stand and because he defied the
party leaders an effort. has been
made to defeat him. He had a real
fight on his hands for reelection
until Governor Silzer went down in
Monmouth and openly attacked him,
which so aroused the people that
they turned to the support of the
senator causing him to win hand
somely. Now some of those senators
who heed only their masters voice
would prevent him becoming presi-
dent of the senate.
AS majority leader in the last leg
islature Senator Stevens has just
issued call for a party con-
ference at the state house in>Tren-
ton tomorrow when the senators will
be forced to show their hands. That
there will be opposition to Senator
Stevens goes without saying. but
just how persistent those opposed
to him will be remains to be seen.
The fact that Stevens was made
chairman of the recent state conven-
ton shows in what esteem he Is held
by the majority of his party, and
II the leaders who are out to pun
ish him want to defeat him they
will have to defy very substantial
element in the party. 1t is for these
leaders to show whether they prefer
their own selfish ends to party sue
cess next fall. The eight senators
headed by Senator Stevens saved
the Republican party from disgrace
last winter. The men who are
backing Stevens for the senate presi-
dency are the same hlgh-minded
men who were with him in the high
way commission fight. They have
the confidence of the rank and file
OF the party, and the leaders would
do well to forget their old grudge
and permit these senator's to carry
out their program. This is the only
course to Republican victory next
fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Is 451 feet and its base is $50 feet
The Pyramids are built of stone. the
material for which was taken from
the hills on the opposite bank OF
the Nile.
@. What is the largest town In
South Africa "A. II.
A. The largest town in South
Africa is Johannesburg. Cape Town,
however, is the seat of the legls-
lature, and Pretoria the seat of the
government.
Q. What is the difference between
double house and a duplex?-G. b
A. A double house is one bull
alike on both sides of a partition
for the separate use OF occupants
A duplex house is one in which tn,
first floor is a complete home, anS
the second floor duplicates 1t.
We get more coal when it is haul
cd in wagons because wagons donl
weigh as much as trucks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

equal to $4,000 in American money
year. The observer rented 1t at
the rate of $2.75Na year. This meas
ured the extent of depreciation OF
the Austrian crown at that time.
The rich family which once could
count on that $4,000 a year rent
had to content itself with an income
from that house of $2.75.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
AS IT APPEARS
Turning Swamp Into Park

Woodbridge is in a fair way to
make a real park out of the swamp
that has disgraced the very center
of the town for so many years.
Dave" Brown Is the man behind
this great improvement, and he is
doing wonderful work for the town
ship. He ought to have the coop
Grafton of everyone.
The Evening News is particularly
gratified to see this project going
| forward as the Evening News urged
| this park idea several years ago.
and this newspaper has advocated
such development ever since. Wood
bridge is a mighty pretty place and
it has drawn a large number OF
Perth Amboy people there to live.
1t is attractive, however, only on the
north side of the railroad station.
Between Main street and Green
street, the two principal thorough
fares in the town, flows Hurd's
brook and the low lands on both
sides of the brook form swamp
that was a breeding place for mos
quitoes and a disgrace to Wood
bridge generally. With some filling
and the proper care of the brook,
this spot can be made beautiful
park that will not only be the de-
light of all the people of Wood
bridge, but will be admired by the
thousands of people passing through
the town by train and automobile.
This improvement should not
stop until the old buildings facing
Pearl street between Main and
Green streets are torn down and
the whole tract turned into a park
or commons, such as is to be found
In so many of those delightful New
England villages. Once the people
see the attractiveness of it they will
not be satisfied until the whole tract
is developed in this manner. This
will be the making of Woodbridge
| as a residential town. 1t looks now
as il something really worth While
is being done in this direction.
Germany is sick. There is no
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
Tbat Ambov Avenue Deal

The city seems to have gotten the
wrong end of the stick in that AmAoy
avenue deal. When 1t was first sug-
gested that a trade be made with
the Barber Asphalt company where
by the Barber people would give a
strip of land west of the present
road IN front of their property in
exchange for the present road. it
was supposed that the new road
would be much further west than 1t
it, and that 1t would mean real
saving in the distance between Perth
Amboy and woodbridge. AS it is,
however, there is not much differ
ence, and the new route is found
unfit for paving in the bargain. The
State Highway Commission is inter-
ested now only in the Cleveland ave-
nue. route and it has refused to help
the city any further as far as Amboy
avenue is concerned, leaving the city
Ito finish the job itself. Now that II
has been started 1t has got ~to be
gone through with. but 1t looks like
Ia big axnenditura with Little or moth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
Red Cross Drive Lags

The Red Cross membership cam
Bpaign is not going as it ought to be
going in this city. Perth Amboy
owes a lot to the Red Cross; it ought
to be among the first to raise its
quota. 1t costs only dollar to join,
and almost anyone can spare that
amount for such a worthy cause.
One of the reasons, perhaps. for the
tagging is the lack of workers. Those
who are working are doing their
level best and they deserve a great
deal OF credit, but to cover a city
like this requires a big organization
and n great deal of personal solicit
tation. Going from door to door
pleading for any cause is not the
pleasantest thing in the world and
people do not like TO do it, but it
seems as if it is necessary to get
people to give. Many who are per-
fectly willing to give and who in
tend to give put it off day after
day until it is too late. The showing
thus far is very meagre for Perth
Amboy. The Red Cross is entitled
to the very best we can give.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

A nice way to make holiday candy
is to lead him past candy store and
admire the window display.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Safety first. Look out for trains
this winter while picking up coal
along the railroad tracks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Professor says we will all live
underground in 1000 years. but the
vets still have hopes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
Your 1924 Automobile License

Max Gibian is getting ready for a
rush on the 1924 automobile licenses
which will be'fready for the first of
the month. The wise autoist will
get his new license early so as to
avoid the rush at the end OF the
year. Drivers have a whole month
in which to secure their license
plates for the coming year, and not
a car will be allowed on the road
with this years plates after January
l. Every effort has been made to
get the work of issuing new licenses
started on time, and it behooves the
autoists to take advantage of it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Germany is sick. There is no
doubt about that. And the only
thing for her to do is to take her
medicine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

The German mark is so low now
1t is about as useless on earth as a
female impersonator.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
The City HosnltaI

Making money is easy. Making
more money is the hard thing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

In the New York street cleaners
jazz band the banjo player ought to
be a good rag picker.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

ing gained. 1t is to be hoped, how
ever. that the route will be complied
before work Is started on the Wood
bridge creek bridge, making the Sc
warren route impossible. The desir-
ability of opening Penn street
through to the city line to connect
with the Spa Spring road was never
more strongly felt.
We can all be thankful that frost
Isn't snow and snow isn't hail ana
hail isn't as big as hen eggs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Girl missing from Pasadena, Calf.
was found at Indigo, Calf, feeling
as blue as indigo.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Holidays are useful. The checks
you cash on holiday can't reach
the bank until the next day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

The reports of the observers oil
The American government show that
there is Just about as much actuai
wealth in Europe as there was be-
fore the war but that it has changed
hands. It now is in the hands OF
the pre-war poor while the pre-war
rich now have to go to work IN
the fields and at the forges. De-
nreciation of currency has performed
fhe miracle of leveling wealth more
effectively than the bloodiest imagin-
able revolution could have done.
one report furnishes an apt e1-
ample of Just what has happened,
A rich Austrian family owned several
mansions in Vienna. Before the war
one of these. which was rented for
a. few months to an American op-
server, commanded rent in crowns
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

Part of a wedding cake at Mont
clair, N. j., was fifty years old. These
bakers are something terrible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

An egg laying contest was held in
Petaluma, Calf. Luckily for the
hens no flies were entered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19

A magazine issue is a failure to a
great many people If 1t has no bath
ing girl pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

Disabled submarine R-9 returning
to Los Angeles in tow. after break.
ing down on route TO Panama.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

yides s1h per cent tariff on Brit
ian cars. This n IN tho nature Of a
reciprocal" move. Il has bosn sx-
planned and when England reduces
the tariff on automobiles. the Ameri-
can barrier will DO correspondingiy
lowered.
Even a srnail reduction In the
tariff against American made cars
would bs fatal 20 the English manu-
facturers. Except In the matter d
Appearance. American builders ara
now putting superior cars on the
English market AZ a figure local
factories cannot approach.
The English public "a being edB~
Gated 20 see tbs worth OF American
built mechanism under tho drab
black Of the tonneau. More and
moro they arc accepting the fact
that IN the cheap car line. their
cousins across tho sea are far SUI
perior 20 brothers az home.
Automobile manufacturers here
recognize the urgency Of the matter
and have made tentative efforts 20
effect an increase OF the tariff. Such
moves have been Immediately wal.
Hoped out OF sight by the public.
which figures home dealers are max
ing too much anyhow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
FEB. oath is
new SHOW DATE
New Exhibits Have Been Ar
ranged For

Undauntcd by tho discourage
mrnts thrown into tho wAy Of
tho auto show. twfoa postponed
because of tho unexpected
weather conditions. tho commit
tee has lost mono Of Its det~rmi
nation 10 -see tho thing thru. not
only aA We had planned Il, but
even better" w. A. SlnondA,
manager, announced Saturday.
Unless the NsathermRn steps Ia
and knocks All our plans into the
proyerblal cooked hat. va viii TO
open the show az Fourth ave ana
blanchard n. on Saturday. Feb. "a. :"
slmonds said. 1T Will continue thru
tho following week until March J"
Bath OF the largo tents. one OF
which In 20 house the motor exhibits
and the other the iatnst accessories.
will DO again erected on tho selected
sites. Tho first heavy fall OF snow
over tho week end caused the col.
lapse OF tho huge spreads Of canvas,
and Il was necessary 10 remove tho
exhibits before damage could result,
while tho delay has been 70.
ErettAblo. the short time that tho
show was IN operation served 20
show tho committee In charge that
moro heat and better lighting fhelii.
ties are necessary 20 tho full success
OF the affair. according 90 simondH,
II Is planned 10 double the supply
OF heat and 90 greatly increase the
total candle power OF tho ilmmina.
ton system for both tents.
In addition 10 tho imposing array
OF automotive apparatus on display
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

they desire and tho motorist has 20
obey. when violations OF tho traffic
code occur these men merely take
tho yiolator's number and name and
turn Il In TO the station. Traffic
officers never appear IN court
There. too. thsy have special traf'
10 court
-Ono OF tho things enabling per
feet control Of vohicular movements
II tho control over pedestrians. No
walker daroa cross stream OF traf
do. lilo il hailed into tho municipal
court. II no escapes going 20 tho hos
plthi.
when line OF traffic In broken
up by groups OF pedestrians crossing
Il tho officer NJ that intersection
loses part OF his control OF tho traf'
fic. In New York cars have right Of
way when the blocks arc open and
pedestrians wishing 20 cross streets
must obey tho sornaphoro signals.
too
Houston. T,rxAa. the mayor said. has
unique method Of control Here n
modified block system n used and
ono traffic officer controls traffic on
tho main street for nlpo blocks.
Tho control box Il located In the
middle or the nine bloekH." no con.
tinued. Prom this point the officer
controls the sonaphorca Of tho main
street. Traffic II allowed 20 move
IN ono direction for n sufficient
length OF time for one machine 70
80, from ono end OF tho block syn
tenn 20 tho other. When tho block
r. closed for crozn traffic the ma.
chimes stop at tho nearest interseo-
ton and wait for a clear block.
In putting this system In. Hous.
ton removed street car tracks from
tho main street and placed them on
side streets Nothing but vchicuiar
and pedestrian traffic IL allowed on
this street What In moro. everyone
In tho city approves tho aygtem- IN
fact. Dallas. San Antonio and
Shreveport are considering adoption
Of tho system. which In testimonial
enough OF In value"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
COOK UP PLAN
TO TAX AUTOS
Congress Considers Tax on
Gasoline
BY Join CARSON

WARRINGTON. Feb. i7.-Mr. Mo.
torlst they arc cooking up schemes
In congress for you 20 pay a. you
rida-
Tho gasoline tRI IDEA. now ioyfed
In II states. has found favor among
oonKrehamsn studying the automo-
bile tan problem OF tho District Of
Columbia. IN the state OF Maryland.
where tho gasoline tax may super
sods the property and license taIes
n present plans mhieriaiize.
John ~ Mackail. state road com.
missioner from Maryland. has bs.
come Tho evangelist OF the gasoline
tar. Ito convinced a senate commit.
tee that tho gasoline tax was the
fairest basis for state automobile Il.
oenss reciprocity. Tho result ls a
bin In congress
AZ thia time congress IN lsgislatinR
only for District OF Columbia motor.
uts. Tho bin would put a tax Of 2
cents a gallon on gasoline used by
District motoriHts. But tho adyo.
Gates Of a gasoline aI insist that
with tho government approving the
idea for the District. nation. wide
campaign for gasoline tar will be
started under very favorable eircum.
stances.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
DRIVERS TODAY
ARE MOTORWISE
Motorists Demand Class A
Product, Says Expert

CADILLAC, Mich. Feb iT~-Ro-
turning from attending a number OF
automobile shows including tho two
great national shows AZ New York
and Chicago. Jay w, Duniyan. man
ager OF distribution OF tho Cadillac
Motor Chr company, was impressed
with tho knowledge OF automobiles
shown by visitors at these exhibit
tons.
Aside from tho attendance and In
terest evidenced at tho shows ! at
tended. tho most Interesting thing
10 observe ls tho fact that tho public
Is no motor-wiso." Dunivan said.
Often you win nca visitors AZ these
shows particularly men visitors. ok
plain 10 friends the now features OF
the cars on display. OFTEN thoso men
know as much about these new fea-
lures as do tho statesmen at tho
booths
This knowledge OF automobiles en-
tends 10 tho interior mschAnlsrns as
we'll as tho more apparent outside
fcaturcA As result the automobiis
dealer OF tho coming year viii have
to sell real value IA never before.
1T has been estimated that 90 per
cent OF purchasers OF cars during
1923 win be persons who already own
them. who win got their new cars
on trade-ln- This In significant
fact Tho manner in which persons
examined automobiles at tho show
bears out the story OF ownership tina,
these figures tell As tho motoring
public becomes moro moior-wise Il
realizes the genuine economy OF buy
ing n car Of tho very highest grade
OF mechanical perfection"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
CAN CARRY 10
TON BOMB LOAD
Assemble Giant Bombing
Plane in u. S.

| DAYTON. o.. Feb. ia ieviathan
Of the skies was being assembled a,
Wilbur Wright Field here today.
Tho Barring Bombor-a govern.
ment proJect--dwarfs the largest
heavier than-air craft ever built Its
wing spread Is ITO feet.
Six 400 horsepower Liberty motors
win DO capable Of driving tho giant
dreadnaught triplano from New York
70 San Francisco In 30 hours with
one stop for fuel at Omaha
Fifteen men. including pilot, mo
chanics and gunners, VIII man the
bomber.
/ Altho primarily fighting craft.
tho Barring will be used In times of
peace for aerial map making. obser.
vations and transport service.
With It's heavy guns disrnounted
and the load llghtened In every way
possible. the Barring win be able to
carry ten-ton bomb to a given poin,
and drop It. a ten.ton aerial bomb In
sufficient TO destroy city of 20, 600
population
Tho triplane IN named for w. II.
Barring. OF the British air forcea, It's
designer. Barring cafno to America
during the war and was employed by
the government In special aeronau.
teal experiments.
Parts for tho hugo plano. con.
structed In New Jersey, were shipped
here on eight fiat cars. They were
routed over lines having no tunnels
or bridges with overhead construo-
ton When II arrived officials of tho
great intermediate air depot--McCook
Field--saw they would be unable TO
successfully assemble tho parts under
cover. The open spaces of McCook
Field also could not be turned over to
the work.
1t was therefore decided that work
OF piecing tho ship together would
have TO be done In tho open at VIII
bur Wright field.
Officials said the plane WIN not be
ready for trial flight before April.
Barling's plans call for complete
system Of telephone communication
between tho pilot and his six en-.
gineerH. Each of the 400 horsepower
motors will be manned by special
engineer. Each motor drives a eepar.
ato propeller.
Army air service officials Mt Nc
Cook field declared they had no Idea
what the bus will do whom she goes
on her own power"
They are not as Bkeptical concern.
Ing the Darling, however as aviators
usually are concerning new mir prof.
ects OF this magnitude.
Darling, II is pointed out, has
proved his ability In this field and
should know what he 10 doing. And
Darling says tho plane will fly.
II is admitted, however. that thus
far the Barllng's qualities have boon
worked out only on paper.
The men who are closely associated
With tho production Of tho big ship
have confidence 1t viii do what tho
plana Indicate.