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presidency. They are McAdoo. Ford
and Underwood of the three the
one that gets the largest amount
of popular support - support OF
the kind that politicians call grass
roots" strengths Ford. No one
who aims to reflect current polit-
ical events in the United States with
any accuracy can fail to set down the
fact that in widely separated parts of
the United States there is lively and
constantly increasing talk of Ford for
the presidency. The writer has al
ready mentioned this phenomenon as
occurring in the middle west and the
eastern part Of the south.
The latest community in which this
talk Of Ford has come to the atten-
tion of the writer is one of the most
orthodox democratic communities in
the country, the state of Mississippi.
For that matter it is useless to par
ticularize states or communities.
Every politician who comes to Wash
ington from farming districts or from
states in which farmers and residents
of small towns compose the bulk OF
| the population. reports that about the
only democrats as to whom there is
real discussion in the popular sense
are McAdoo and Ford, and that there
is more of it about Ford than about
McAdoo.
K * X K
To the extent that this Ford talk
= oil
not among the politicians. So far as
the writer knows, there is no national
| or state democratic leader-with pos
sibly one exception-who is for Ford
This. however, is a condition that to
some extent automatically corrects
| itself. In almost any community
when the talk among the people
| reaches a certain volume, the local
leaders are compelled to reflect It.
Also, whenever any movement reaches
the momentum which this Ford talk
| may readily reach within the COM
| Ing year, there Is not wanting po-
litical leaders ready to take advan-
tage Of 1t. ready to jump to the front
| as the first Ford for President lead
ers in their communities, and hoping
| to profit by this priority in the event
| that things turn out favorably.
| In spite of this, however, the best
judgment would say that the idea OF
nominating Henry Ford is and will
| continue to be anathema to practically
| ever important democratic leader in
| the country, and that II Ford Is ever
| to make any really serious approach
| toward the democratic nomination, i,
| can come about only through an ex-
| preston Of popular feeling sc
! formidable that it is not now possible
to predict it as probable. Indeed. the
greater probability is that Ford at
| the outside. and even in the con-
! tingency that he should throw him
!, self and his resources wholehearted-
ly into campaign for the nomina-
ton. cannot possibly enter the demo
cratic convention with moro than q
third OF the Loss delegates who will
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BI MARK SULLIVAN.

are three men in behalf
of whom active and organized
work is being done for the
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One Of the conditions which makes
7Conun0ed on Third Page.l
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as reclassification Of the entire e66,-
600 personnel is now being worked
out by fiat of Congress.
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Much will depend upon the manner
in which the matter is handled by
the Department of Justice as to
whether there shall be a demand for
more stringent laws dealing with the
gamblers in food products at the next
session OF Congress- If the execu-
tive departments find they are unable
to cope with the situation, or to
bring the gamblers to justice and
prevent the manipulation of the mar
ket, it may be expected that demands
for legislation giving the govern
mem additional powers will be forth
coming
The government already has been
given powers through legislative ac-
ton by Congress to curb gamblers in
grain and cotton-to a certain ex-
tent. These laws were intended to
protect in large part the producers of
grain aud cotton. "a well as the cons
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Volstesd act modification plank in the
platform the democrats would present a
formidable front to the republicans.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
The ARNOLD" Trail.

Letter to the Editor Kennebec Journal
Whatever else we may call it will
be nlisnomer. Arnold and his brave
comrades first passed that way and
left trial that has endured. Few
people realize how near Arnold came
to success. If he had not been
wounded at the critical moment of
attack, the Americans would have
captured Quebec and the exploit
would have surpassed Wolfe's pre-
%ious capture of the same city
Greasy calls the second battle Of
Saratoga one fthe fifteen decisive
battles of all history. Certain 1t is
that If we had not won that fight, the
American Revolution would have
tailed, and without Arnold's dash,
daring and indomitable courage, we
would have lost. Again he was
wounded, this time at the moment of
victory. So, when we speak of the
Arnold trail. 1t reminds US of the
hero of Ticonderoga, Quebec and
Saratoga and If We think of his later
aife, II is as a warning never to for
sake the paths Of recitude and
loyalty. Among the heroes of the
revolution, Washingtons place is Sc
Sure. He will always stand first,
probably Greene is second, and If
Arnold had fulfilled the promise of
his first years of service, he would
make a strong bid for third place, if
not second. So, for one, ] vote to
rall 1t what it is. "The Arnold Trial. -
not only in honor of Arnold's better
qualities but in commemoration Of
ihe brave men. who made up his
expedition.
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GOOD ROADS WILL KEEP
BOYS AND GIRLS ON FARM
Expert Autoist Says Better High
ways Will Stop Imuigra-
ton to City.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
"The Kansas Automobile owners
Association believes gopd roads VII WI,
induce more country boys ana siIis i,a,
to stay on the farms and more cry
boys and girls to go to the rarnis'
declares T.. ]. Heckle, manager.
Government statistics compiled a.
intervals during the past enir's
steady tide If immigration OF farm
boys and girls into the cities,
HeckIe said. "Within the past de-
cade the receding wave from tne
portions.
But the automobile owners see
a powerful counter-irritant, whlch
II generally adopted. Will reverse the
girl back to the farm and take with
them a number of their city-reared
cousins.
For Real state System.
THAT is a state system of high.
ways. such as the project proposed
for Kansas. which would inciude
6,575 miles of hard-surfaced road
that could be travelled 365 days a
year, without one cent OF additional
cost to the taxpayers.
''One of the principal causes OF the
pull Of the cities is the unimproved
which are an effectual barrier be-
tween the farmer. his wife and chill
dren and the undoubted pleasure
and gayety that the city and town
life offers. With the advent of the
automobile this barrier was in a way
removed. but rain and bad weather
promptly replaces II periodically.
Break Down Barriers.
This project to break down the
last barrier between the farm and
city in Kansas includes the passage
OF a bill. at the next Legislature,
submitting to the people of Kansas
proposition authorizing a state
system of highways to be paid for
by the funds raised annually by the
present automobile license fees.
The plan also includes removal
of the automobile from the personal
property tax list. This feature in
itself would tend to reduce the taxes
of every automobile owner and give
Kansas an improved system of 365-
day roads touching every county and
every important trade. center in the
state"
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|CiuiI War Debit
Carried on Books
OF Post Office

The Post ONCE Department has
carried for more than sixty years q
debit of more than $4,000 charged
against four southern cities. Every
time a balance Is struck and every
time the Postmaster General issues
his annual report those debts must
be taken into account.
In 1851, he said, Confederate forces
took possession of federal postal
funds at the New Orleans subtreas-
ury in the amount Of s31,16444. and
In United States depositaries At Little
Rock in the amount of $b,s23.bo ~
Savannah, Ga. of $205.76 and at Gal
weston of 1896.
In 1912 legislation was offered In
Congress to have the accounts wiped
from the books. An amendment
however. was accepted providing that
the books should be kept open so that
the money could be received in the
event it was offered. The amendment
had the effect of nullifying the Dill
SO the accounts are still carried on
the books.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Nirvana a Strange Sense.
From the Kansas City Times

From the Kansas city Times.
In Brahmanism nirvana is a syno-
nym of moksha, meaning spiritual
freedom and ecstasy. In the Bud
dhist religion 1t means the final re-
lease of the soul from the necessity
of transmigration and its consequent
enfranchisement from the Ills of ex-
iStence by absorption into the divine
essence.
Complete nirvana. or extinction,
cannot, Of course, take place till
death; but this state OF preparation
for IL. called simply nirvana. seems
attainable during life and was. In
fact, attained by Gautama himself.
The process by which the state is
attained is called dhyana, and Is
neither more nor less than ecstasy,
or trance. which plays so important
part among mystics Of all religions.
The individual is described as losing
one feeling after another. until per-
feet apathy is attained, and he
reaches a region where there are
neither ideas nor the idea of the alb
sence of ideas"
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How Porterhouse Got Name
From the New York Sun


A good many years ago there was
celebrated hosiery in what is now
the downtown section Of New York
that served meals as we'll as porter
The sailors that landed in New York
with their ships were in the habit
Of going there because of the delici-
Gus quality of the steaks that were
served, and which were furnished by
New York butcher who cut them in
accordance with instructions that
were given by the proprietor of the
porter house. The butcher cut steaks
in this way for this one customer
only, and the men in the market, the
men who did the cutting, soon got in
the habit of referring to them as
porter house steaks instead of steaks
for the porter house.
In time other eating houses as well
as housewives demanded steaks cut
in the same way, and the butchers
all over town were soon cutting them
That is one story of how the porter
house steak got it's name.
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Plant q Tree.
From the Pathfinder.

At last the. people are beginning to
realize the vital need of tree planting
and are attacking the problem In a
practical way. Massachusetts VIII
plant 100000 spruces and pines this
year on waste lands near towns. Lake
county, Ill, reports 100 per cent tree
planting for the schools. All over the
country trees are being planted, and
none too soon, as II takes from TWEEN
ty to fifty years to grow trees that
are of much use for manufacturing
purposes. Our forests are being dew
astated so rapidly that in a few moro
years lumber will be too costly for
common use unless millions OF trees
are planted each year Trees have
much to do with health. beauty and
rainfall and IL is time that every fam
lily in this country planted at least
one tree each year. Every farm fam
lily should plant at least twenty trees
a year.
The kind of trees to plant must
be determined by the locality. Ger
| tain trees will grow best on certain
| kinds of ground. Almost every home
needs more fruit trees Many homes
can be greatly benefited by planting
evergreen trees both for beauty and
to serve as windbreak. Soft naples
grow quickly and make good shade
trees,
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The Jefferson Bible.
From the Pathfinder.

The Jefferson Bible is a collection
of scriptural passages arranged by
Thomas Jefferson. While Jefferson
was living in Washington he bought
two cheap copies of the New Testa-
ment and with pair of scissors he
clipped from them all the words at
tributed to Jesus. Some other pass
ages in close accord with the words
OF Jesus were also added. These clip
pings he pasted in a little book which
he entitled The Philosophy of Jesus
Extracted From the Text of the
Evangelists." Two evenings were
when 1t was completed Jefferson re-
marked: "A more precious morsel OF
ethics was never seen"
Evening star., 1923-06-29

school who never spoil the picture
for a pennysworth of color He had
just given the last touch to a
purple and blue landscape when his
wife came into the studio.
MY dear" said the artist, "this--
er-lsadscape waS--er-teiling you
about. ] am at a loss for a title. Can
you suggest one?" -
why not call IL Home" she
asked. after a long, lingering look.
"'Home?'" said the artist: Why
call 1t Homer '" &
"Beoause," she answered meekly,
there's no place like it!'- T..
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Porto Rico Shows Loyalty.
Irmy and Navy Journal.

FROM the Army and Navy JournaI.
The 2s5th Regiment of Infantry,
Porto Rico National Guard, now has a
strength Of sixty-two officers an 1868
enlisted men, the largest regimental
enrolment in the entire National
Guard, according to returns from the
militia bureau of the War Depart
ment Second honors belong to the
162d Infantry. Oregon National Guard
which has a strength of flfty-nine Of
ficers and 1858 enlisted men. When
II is considered that the maximum
strength allotted to an infantry regi-
ment is sixty-two officers and 1.52C
enlisted men, the record of Porto
Rico seems all the more remarkable
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Not What She Expected.

FrOm the London Punch.
Woman Candidate (to heckler who
has been pestering her for a plain yes
or no to his various questionable =
ask you a question will you answer
Yes" or Mo-
Heckler-With pleasure.
Candidate (employing we'll known
device) - Have you stopped beating
your wife?
Heckler-No; / beat her this morn
ing.
Candidate-What! .'' r
Heckler-Yes-3 up and to play.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

America by Columbus. 1t was car
ried to Central and South America
by the spaniards. and It existed there
a hundred years before being trans
planted to the English colonies OF
North America From = small be-
tuition grew and spread to other col
onies as they were founded, and at
the opening OF the revolution there
were about 100000 slaves tn the col
onies.
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boat, which Is fitted up in a neat style
for passengers, and is intended TO run
from New York to Albany as a pack
ct, left here this noon with ninety
passengers, against a strong head
wind. Notwithstanding this. II was
judged that she moved through the
water at the rate of six miles an
hour.
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His Part.
From Judge.

From Judge.
McIntyre-when was in the army
was considered a hero.
Heath--What did you do In the
army?"
II done picket duty"
What is picket duty?"
DE soldiers catched de chicken and
they got me to pick it; dat's what ]
calls picket duty"
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Summer Girls.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript. -
Summer girls have the faculty of
breaking engagements without break
ing hearts"
THE reason girls learn to swim
more easily than men is because 20
body ever has any fun teaching a
man to swim"
"The summer girl is a perfect
enigma. She keeps us guessing all
summer and we must give her up III
the fall"
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It Was So Pointed.

From the Boston Transcript.
Dearest, answer me-" he pleaded.
"T am on the rack"
so Is your hat" came a voice from
the head of the stairs. Whereupon
the young man took the hint, his
headpiece and his departure.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
OHIO BOY WINS.
Defeats St. Louis Lad In Marble
Tourney.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.. June 20
Harlin Mccoy, fourteen. of Columbus,
Ohio, today won the marble-shooting
championship OF the United States.
defeating eleven-year-old Sammy
Schneider, the "shootin' nash" of st.
Louis. in the final round of the na-
tional tournament.
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Great Speed for the Times.

An extract from the New York Eve
ming Post Of October g 1907, may af-
ford some amusement to travellers by
water in these days: ~5' .
Mr.. F'ulton's newly invented, steam
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Negro Slavery's Start.

From the Adventure Magasine.
The enslavement of the African
race for commercial purposes had its
beginning In southern Europe about
half a century before the discovery OF
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Musical Note.

From the Boston Transcript.
Married life may not be one grand
sweet song, but there's generally
plenty of chin music.
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Living Sponge Different.
the Adventure Magazine

From the Adventure Magazine.
AS taken from the water, spouges
differ from those on the market as
widely as the divers plunge into the
sea does from the business mans
bathtub. To most persons the sponge.
as 1t comes from the water, would be
wholly unrecognizable. A solid-look-
ing, Shiny feeling, feshy body, which
varies in color from a grayish yellow
to a sooty black. the living sponge is
a. cake shaped mass. The commercial
sponge is only the supporting frame
work Of the living animal.
There have been some raw deals in
raw sugar and some not so refined in
Cd
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Appropriate Title.

From the New York Sun.
He was an English artist. What
is more, he was an artist of that
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-01-06
NAVAL
MILITIA UNIT
IS AUTHORIZED
Adjutant General GiIkyson Is
sues Orders for Formation
of Unit
ALREADY ORGANIZED
Will Be the Third Battalion
In State Naval Militia
Brigade

TRENTON Jan. 6.-There will he
another unit added to the Naval Mi
litia Brigade of New Jersey, when
the third battalion, with headquar-
ters at Perth Amboy. is organized
according to an announcement today
by Adjutant General Gilkyson, COM
n,anding the states military and nav
al troops. General Gilkyson has is
sued orders for the organization of
the additional naval battalion. There
are now two battalions in the brigade
one with headquarters at Jersey City
and the other at Camden.
The new naval unit will embrace
territory in addition to Perth AM
boy, surrounding New Brunswick and
Keyport. The battalion will have a
station ship for armory purposes and
an Eagle boat for cruising and train
ing. Perth Amboy has given the or
ganizatlon docking privileges at that
place.
Men whwo have been active in the
formation of the new unit are Lieu
tenant Walter w. Wigman of Perth
Amboy and Lieutenant George B.
Biting, of New Brunswick. Both of
these men are members of the naval
reserve. Hereafter, all men enlisted
in New Jerseys naval militia will be
required at the same time to be-
come part of the United States Ma
val Reserve Corps. Wigman will
likely be the commander of the new
battalion and Biting is mentioned
as lieutenant-commander.
With the brigade consisting of
three battalions instead of two, the
brigade headquarters staff will con-
sist of captain, commanding the
brigade: commander, who will be
chief of staff, four lieutenant COM
manders, who will be respectively,
gunnery officer, engineer officer, me-
dical officer and supply officer. The
enlisted personnel of brigade head
quarters for the naval brigade will
consist of three yeomen.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-01-06
1iddIesex County tuberculosis Hospital Again Ureed
South AmbOy'S Mayor
Names Body To Act
I'm Water Problem

1t cannot be denied that those re-
sponsible for the step, felt that they
were acting for the best interest of
the taxpayers and the city. 1t was
to say the least an adventure. Had
it proved successful, the story would
have been written i, much brighter
lines, but unfortunately it has been
a burden to the taxpayers.
Someone, off handed, has said:
Abandon the whole thing, and buy
the water from Perth Amboy,
charge the same rates, and within
the course of a few years the debt
of the whole affair will have been
wiped off. Others ask if the water
cannot be sold outside of the city.
The question is worthy of repetition,
before and drastic steps be taken on
abandonment. Can the City of
South Amboy sell water?
1t is understood that the plant last
year with operating and Interest
amount of water sales amounted to
proximately $4,000.
Can that deficit, of $4,000 be
overcome anyway at all, or does it
mean that the plant is doomed to
be either burden, or a thing that
might have been? Are some of the
questions being asked every day.
It is surprising to note, the vast
number of persons about the city
interested in the water question. The
eyes of these persons will closely fol-
low the Investigators. and their re-
port will be awaited with interest.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-01-06
HEAR GERMANS
ON PARAT|ONS
Before Any Action Is Taken
on French Proposal on
Coal Deliveries

PARIS, Jan. 6.-(By The Associ-
ated Press) ).-Germany will be
given a hearing by the Preparations
Commission before any action Is
taken on the French proposal to
have her declared in default on coal
deliveries, the Preparations Commis-
sion decided today.
When the question came before
the commission il approved the Ger
man request for hearing.
Berlin was Immediately notified
and asked to send experts so they
can be heard by the commission
next Monday.
Sir John Bradbury, the British
member, attended the session. There
was no discussion of the merits of
the case. The Germans are entitled
under the Treaty of Versailles to
present their arguments, and Louis
Barthou of France, the proponent
of the default measure, offered no
objection to granting the hearing.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-01-06

LAUSANNE, Jan. (By The AS
sociated Press. 1.-The Turkish dele
cation to the Near East conference
left the meeting hall today, as pro-
test against the allied insistence up
on the establishment of an Armenian
national home.
According to the Turkish account
of the incident, which produced a
sensation in conference circles, Chair
man Montagna of sub-commission
on minorities read a statement ia
voring the Armenian home, and was
followed by Sir Horace Rumbold of
England, who spoke in advocacy of
establishing the home in Cilicia. Sir
Horace also wanted the Turks to
give an independent district to the
Assyro- -Chaldeans. in the region
south of Lake Van.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-01-06

SOUTH AMBOY, Jan. 6.-Mayor
Daniel c. Chase has appointed a
committee of three men to investi-
gate the entire water department.
The committee named are Christo-
pher /. Bergen, Samuel Newton, and
r. Filskov.
In the letter to the committee, Mr..
Chase, asks that an investigation be
made in all the branches of this de-
partment and to report to him how
and to what extent the operating
department and to report to him
how and to what extent the operat-
ing deficit can be reduced.
The mayor it is claimed has exer-
cised wisdom in appointing those al
vestigation board. All men named
qualified to do the work the mayor
has asked them to do.
The water question in South Am
boy has for many years been the
subject of much discourse. Before
the building and drilling adventure
Of a water works here there were
talks of a water famine, with
threats from Perth Amboy's water
department, that unless the council
make speedy arrangements to Sc
cure water from other sources, they
would awake some morning and
find the city without water. After
some deliberation, the water plant
was erected here, and from that
time until the present the wisdom of
the body that caused it's erection has
been questioned.