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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
WANT READING MATTER FOR
THOSE IN INSTITUTIONS

TRENTON, Dec. Ex-Governor
siIzer today appealed to the people
of New Jersey to help furnish the
state institutions with reading mat
ter. The executive urged that no
magazines, periodicals or books be
thrown away. but that they be made
I'D into packages and left at the pub
Alie libraries for distribution to the
of New jerseys institutions,
The State Public Library Commits
sion is cooperating with local
libraries in acting as receiving agents
and the Parent-Teacher Assocla-
tions. as we'll as other business and
social organizations were asked to
helm in the work also.
'fBy this means all of our instttu-
tions can be constantly supplied
with plenty of good reading matter
throughout the year.. 1t REQUIRES
very little trouble and will give a
great deal of pleasure and comfort
to the unfortunate" declared Gov
ernor Silzer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22

theory that the fewer people need
ing compensation Or attention when
i'll from their employment, the fewer
public charges.
Whether the present court of COM
pensation claims, under the depart
ment of labor, and made up of lay7
men, should be composed of indus
trial physicians.
Whether all diseases should be
considered as possible to result from
occupation or just the ten which are
now under consideration by the COM
mission.
V" ether the cost of compensation
insurance shall be apportioned
among all the employers in a given
industry or borne by the employer
of the individual afflicted.
1t has been estimated that the
probable increase in compensation
insurance rates will be from two to
four per cent. Before the bill to be
! drafted is presented to the legisla-
ture the commission plans to hold
another session, probably the second
week in January, and give all the
interested manufacturers, employers
and other parties an opportunity to
study it's provisions and be heard
either for or against them.
The ten maladies which are under
consideration by the commission as
possibilities for definition as occu'
rational diseases are anthrax, al
| animal disease, which may be con
tracted by slaughter house workers
tanners, hide and hair sorters, butch
ers, farmers, and others coming IL
contact with live and dead animals
Lead poisoning, contracted b!
printers, foundry and other workers
in metallic industries.
Mercury poisoning, contracted b!
persons in the hat industry ant
other forms of manufacturing.
Arsenic poisoning, contracted b!
employees in the smelling industry.
Phosphorus poisoning dangeroui
to persons working in phosphorus
fumes.
Poisoning by benzol and deriva
tives in the manufacture of explo
slves.
Poisoning by wood alcohol con
tracted by persons engaged in tn
vanishing and paint business.
Poisoning by chrome and its de
rivatives contracted by dyers ant
furniture stainers.
Cassion disease contracted b,
workers in compressed air.
! Occupational dermattis inflamma
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
CARTERET MAN SERIOUSLY
HURT IN FALL AT PLANT

CARTERET, Dec. 22-John Pra-
sko, twenty-one years old, an en-
ploye of the u. S. Metals Refining
Company, was seriously injured
when, it is said he fell from the root
of one of the plant structures last
night. At the Railway hospital,
where Prasko was taken, it was re-
ported this morning that the worker
has severe decorations of his scalp
and there was a probability of a
fracture. He may recover.
No information as to the cause
of the accident could be learned
this morning. An official of the
company said that an investigation
is under way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
OCCUPAT|ONAL
DISEASE BILL
Will be Presented to Coming
Observation-Disclosures Dis
cuSSed at Final Hearing

TRENTON, Dec. 22:-With the
series of hearings which the New
Jersey Commission on Occupational
Diseases has been conducting
throughout the state completed,
labor men today were interested in
the form of the bill which this body
will present to the incoming legisla-
ture defining bodily ills resulting
from employment which may be
made the subject of compensation
to the workman.
The final hearing was held here
yesterday with representatives OF
many of the big interests, like the
DuPonts, Standard Oil, Grasseli
Chemical Company, Edison Com
pany and the National Products
Company all present and ready To
lend their cooperation. The com
mission will meet next Friday here
and make a digest of the testimony
1t has taken and from this the at
torney general will be asked to whiI
into shape a bill drafted from the
medical stand Aoint. Some of the
questions to be determined as the re
suit of the five hearings which have
D6eQ conducted anu lue eAdIllldIlOi
of some two hundred witnesses are
the following:
Whether it shall be compulsory tc
have a physical examination of each
person before being employed.
Whether tuberculosis and certain
other communicable diseases shall
be made occupational diseases.
Whether the division of cost fol-
the increase in compensation insur
ance rates shall be split three ways
One-third each to the employer, tc
the employee and the public, through
the government, the latter on the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22

ton of the skin due to any irritant
used in industry.
Assemblyman Henry G. Hershheld
of Passaic is chairman of the COM
mission and other members are:
John b. O'Brien of Vineland, vice
president of the New Jersey State
Federation of Labor; Charles $.
Boyer of Camden, president of b. L.
Boyer Company. manufacturers of
wooden goods; Henry +. Hilfers,
Newark, secretary of the American
Federation of Labor; j. Philip Bird.
president of the Manufacturers AS
sociatlon of New Jersey; II. j. f.
Wallhauser, Md, attending derma-
tologist, Newark City Hospitals; DIR.
Martin Szamatolski, manager AM
tome Chris Company, Delawannai
N. J.: George A. Hulett, professor OF
physical chemistry, Princeton Uni
yersity. and State Commissioner OF
Labor Mcbride, of Paterson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL
HALF mill N. ]. STATE TAX

TRENTON, Dec. 22.-An addi-
tional half-mill state tax to raise
sS,964,094 for institutional construc-
ton was today asked for in a report
submitted to Governor Silzer by the
State Board of Control of 1nstitu-
tions and Agencies.
The additional funds are planned
to cover a f~our-year construction
of the more emergent pro-
jects and if the whole program out
lined by the institutions department
were carried out. 1t would cost about
$4,000, 900 more.
The additional construction funds
are needed according to Ellis p. Earle
president of the Board of Control, to
house a number of feeble-minded
persons who cannot be accommodate
ed in existing institutions and for
the proper enlargement of existing
institutions so that they may pro-
vide maximum treatment and train
ing services for the average number
of patients and inmates already
housed in institutions now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
BOROUGH EVENT
.FOR METUCHEN
Community Christmas Tree
and Song Service to be
Held Monday Night

METUCHEN, Dec. 22-Final ar
rangements for the community
Christmas tree and song service
which is to be held on the borough
plot at the corner of Main street and
Middlesex avenue at Z o'clock Mon
day night, have been completed by
a Joint committee of members of the
Borough Improvement League and
the chamber of Commerce.
The music for the occasion will
be in charge of Luther e. Riddle,
who requests that every resident of
the community be present to assist
in the chorus.
The progr-m for the event is as
follows:
Opening prayer by Rev. William
Knox of the Methodist church.
Address-Mayor Washington Will
. son.
Community singing of Christmas
carols.
seFnsdr. Proctor.
Address-Rev. Frederick thinner
man of the Reformed church.
Community Singing.
Closing prayer.
Following the community celebra-
ton a chorus will visit the homes of
the aged and infirm and carry out
the spirit of the occasion by singing
their carols.
The following committee repre-
senting the two civic organizations
have made the entire arrangements
for the celebration: Mrs. Aylin
Pierson, Mrs. Steel Manning. Mrs. r.
S. Johnson, Mrs. w. n. Campbell. DR..
J. Morgan Dix, r. II. Minton, i. A.
Whitaker, Aylin Pierson, A. *. Hill
pot and Luther Il. Riddle.
On Christmas day the ladies of the
b. 1. l.. will visit the homes of the
needy and distribute packages.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
SUCCESSFUL DANCE
GIVEN AT CARTERE1

CARTERET, Dec. 22:-A most
successful dance for the Carteret
Free Public Library was held in the
library headquarters here last night.
More than fifty couples enjoyed the
dancing to the tunes of Fred Sleek
mans orchestra. The first event OF
the library was a splendid financial
success, Miss Elizabeth Whalen,
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee, said this morning. Miss
Whalen had the able assistance of
Miss Helen Ryder. Mrs. l.. ID. Kelly
and Miss Mildred Bareford.
In view of the success of the dance
1t is generally expected that the
library will hold a series of similar
dances.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22

tomorrow.
Il don't know where they will
stop nor just when they will arrive
he said, however, 1 expect them to
come in to see me as soon as they
get here. We're ready for arraign-
ment early next week If the prose-
cutor's office wants u.s."
1t Is expected that the fuckers
will return to Ridgefield Park, n. J.,
where they made their home shortly
after their marriage. Their second
marriage in Carthage, n. c. Thurs
day is not expected to interfere with
the prosecution of the indictments
in Hudson county. Aloysius McMa-
hon, assistant prosecutor declared
yesterday second marriage If any
thing, tended to prove the perjury
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
GROOM BRINGS
BRIDE BACK TO JERSEY

JERSEY CITY, Dec. 22-Mr. and
Mrs. Burton S. Tucker. who left
Southern Pines, N. c., yesterday, are
on their way here to face the indict-
ments for perjury in connection with
their marriage at Union Hill. Oeto-
Der ., Judge J. Raymond Tiffany,
their counsel, said today.
Inasmueh as they are coming
north by automobile the exact time
of their arrival is not known, he
said. He expects them to reach the
early part of next week, or possibly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Sarah c. Voorhees,, William II. Voor-
hees and Doctor Florence Il. voorhees,
exeeufors of Daniel S. Voorhees,. deceased,
by direction of the Surrogate of the
County of Middlesex, hereby gives notice
10 the creditors of the said Daniel 5.
voorhees, to bring in their debts. delhands
ma claims against the estate of the said
deceased, under oath or affirmation. with
in six months from this date or they
will be forever barred of any action there-
for against the said executors.
SARAH C.. VOORHEES,
WILLIAM II. VOORHEES,.
DOCTOR FLORENCE Il. VOORHEES,.
Executors.
Dated. December 90, 1928.
t4O1-12-22-9t oew Sat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
'S24,5O4,OOO IN GOLD
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-On Christ
mas day S24,5 04, 900 in gold will be
found in the thousands of Christmas
stockings hung up all over the coun-
try. The federal reserve system and
the federal reserve bank of New
York In figures published yesterday
show that this amount was with
drawn during the week ending De-
cember 10. At the New York bank
the Withdrawals of gold amounted
to $10,339.578, the largest ever re-
corded for the week preceding
Christmas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
Falls Into Pot of LEAD

Joseph Sahala, forty-five years
old. of 252 State street, a laborer
employed at the A. S. & r. plant.
slipped and fell into a pot of ho.
lead yesterday. Both feet and legs
were severely burned by the hot
metal. He was brought to the hos
pital where it was said he would
recover.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22

charges against young Tucker ana
his bride. In Carthage Tucker &
reported to have given his age s.
seventeen, while he give it as II n
his application for a license here.
It is not believed that they viii
be arraigned until after the Christ.
mas holidays.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
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What could be nicer for a gift
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
Would Have ''BOotlea
Brides Beyond
Smile Limit

NEW YORK, June 15.-News
Of the New Jersey rum fleet has
penetrated into Syria, whence
comes a novel suggestion Of
bootleg brides"
The Near East Relief an
nounced today that delegation
Of leading residents of Sidon
recently called on Mrs. Florence
Stanton Kalk, of Omaha, di-
rector of a girls orphanage in
the Syrian city, and proposed
that the Near East Relief
charter a ship to transport the
girls to the three-mile limit.
The delegation suggested that
New Workers could come out to
the ship, select free bride,
be married there, and take their
wives back with them as citi-
zens of the United States, to
whom immigration quotas do
not apply.
The delegates said they had
heard of Rum Row, and that
they believed if Americans took
such trouble to get their liquor
they would take equal pains to
get handsome and capable
wives.
The suggestion was not ac-
cepted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
is GOLF STARS
STRIVING FOR
TITLE
Mid-Atlantic Tourney Brings
Out Fine Field at Chevy
Chase.
By LEONARD w. COLLINS.

By far the most capable six
teen shotmakers ever to compete
in the championship flight of a
tournament held under auspices
of the Middle Atlantic Golf As
ISOLATION began to tee off at
Chevy Chase beginning at 9:2O
this morning.
Nine different clubs are repre-
sented in the first flight. Colum-
bia leads with five, Chevy Chase
and Wilmington have two and
Rolling Roads, Maryland, Wash
ington, Virginia, Indian Spring
and Bannockburn, one each. But
two clubs failed to get player
into the honor flight-Kirkside
and the Baltimore Country Club.
Dark Horses Appear.
It was at first believed that Chris
Dunphy, the District title holder,
would experience little, If any, diff
| ficulty in golfing his way through
to championship honors. The quail
flying rounds, however, brought out
several dark horses WHO are Ho"
being given considerable considera-
| ton.
With Horace Chickering, Of viii
mington; Fl. Grim Peck, of the Coun-
try Club of Virginia; Guy Standifer,
Of Columbia: r. c. McKimmie, of
Bannockburn; Tom Moore, Of Indian
Spring; Walter McCallum, of Wash
| bia; Miller B. STEVENSON, Of Columbia
bia; Miller B. STEVENSON, of olumbia,
and l.. S. Barr, of Columbia, all
showing ability to negotiate the
Chevy Chase course under 80. Dun
ply has a highly entertaining pair
of days before him If he is to CONS
through.
Develops Good Golf.
This years Middle Atlantic has
brought out more good golf than
has ever been exhibited before III
one of these annual tournaments
1t is extremely doubtful whether a
tourney has ever been held in this
neck of the woods where the scores
as whole. have been any lower.
The prediction is being freely made
that the winner of the championship
flight will average better than IS fol
his four rounds in the finals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
SLAYER OF TWO is PUT
TO DEATH ON GALLONS

CHICAGO, June 15.--Caspar Pas.
troni, convicted of having slain
Mrs. Elizabeth Witchell and her
eleven.year-old daughter, Agatha,
when Mrs. Witchell refused to de-
sert her husband and elope. was
hanged today.
Pastroni attempted to commit sui.
eide at the time Of the crime and
was half blind and practically deaf
from self-inflicted wounds.
He went to his death without COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15

AOI UlC1 mai IdSCs
A verdict in favor of the widow
had been anticipated, as the judges
charge to the jury seemed to favor
her side, giving emphasis to the con-
flict in testimony concerning the al
legation that Mrs. Bula Croker was
married to Guy Marone at North
ampton. Mass. She wed Richard
Croker in New York in 1914.
Richard Croker, a son, was chief
Of the plaintiffs. His sister, Mrs.
Ethel Croker White, also was a
party to the suit.
Mrs. Bula Croker denied all the
charges against her.
The case opened on May 81.
Spectators in the courtroom greet
ed the verdict with cheers.
The jury found that the testator
was competent when he made and
signed the will and that no undue in
fluence had been exerted. 1t was
held Furthermore that the evidence
failed to show Mrs. Bula Croker was
Marone's wife.
Accordingly, a judgment was en-
tered in Mrs. Bula Cookers favor
and the costs were imposed upon
Richard Croker. jr., and his sister,
Mrs. Ethel Croker White.
The will is now admitted to pro-
bate,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
France and England
Agree on Program for
German ReparatiOns
By S. ID. WEYER.
international News Service.

BERLIN, June 15.-England and
France have virtually agreed upon
a definite program Regarding repa-
rations and the Ruhr and are pro-
ceeding in harmony toward a COM
mon policy. according to exclusive
and authoritative information OBJ
tanned in diplomatic circles today.
Premier Stanley Baldwin, OF
England, announced In the House
of Commons at London today that
Great Britain has not changed her
policy towards the Ruhr.1
Italy vainly tried to intervene in
Germany's behalf. it was reported.
but found deaf ears in London and
Paris. Italy was too weak to defy
the powerful allies, and all indlca-
tons are that the entente front is
as solidly united today as 1t was
at the end of the war, despite dis
putes that have arisen in the
meantime.
According to the informant 1t is
only a question of time-perhaps
days--before Germany will be COM
PEELED to ''sign on the dotted line"
promising Internationally to sur
render passive resistance in the
Ruhr.
It is doubtful If the Cuno govern
ment can survive the crisis which
will arise when the flat demand is
made for German surrender. The
next move probably will be a Brit
ish attempt at mediation, which,
however, will be purely for appear
ance's sake, according to one view
held here.
The last act In the Ruhr d.
plomacy, the informant believes, will
be peremptory demand from
France for ives or no" answer
by, Germany. England subscribing
to the French attitude.
In view of the tightening Of the
French stranglehold upon the Ger
man economic heart. Germany will
be compelled to say yes" no mat
ter who is chancellor.
German officials claim that Ger
man industry is just as much
pushed back to the wall az Il was
in 1918. Germany's last hope Of
an Anglo.French split has bean
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
FREIGHT TRAIN HITS CAR,
FOUR KILLED, ONE DYING

BUFFALO, N. Y, June 15.-Four
persons are dead and another dying,
the result Of New York Central
freight train hitting an automobile
at Hot Springs, a suburb Of Buffalo.
The dead:
Oscar Richardson, chief Of the fire
department, Woodlawn: Mrs. Ida
Richardson, his wife; Charles Bray,
Woodlawn, and Charles Bray, jr..
six years old.
Mrs. Charles Bray is in hospital
and her death is expected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
ACOSTA FLIES 21O MILES
TO FACE WRECK TRIAL

MINEOLA, l.. l., June 15.-Bert
Acosta flew here from Nantucket,
Mass, 21O miles to stand trial on an
indictment charging him with oper-
ating his automobile while intoxi-
Gated. He landed in field near
Nassau county courthouse. obtained
an adjournment until June &c and
then hoped off on the return flight.
In Roosevelt, last April. Acosta s
automobile ran into a street car
on which Chief of Police Van Ripper
of Freeport was a passenger. Van
Ripper declared Acosta was drunk at
the time Of the accident and arrested
him, the Indictment following.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
WINS BRIDE BY 20 YEARS
OF WooING THROUGH MAIL

BUFFALO, June 15.-Chief of
Police Claude c. Cashwell, of Will
mington, n. c., who is in Buffalo
attending the police chiefs confer.
ence, will start Friday for Los An.
Eeles to marry woman he never
seen.
His romance with Miss Louise
Moore, of the California city, has
extended over a period of twenty
years, and has been conducted en-.
tlrely by mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
BY InternatlonaI News Service.


!, LONDON, June 15.-Former
Premier Alexander Stambulisky,
Of Bulgaria, was killed by revolu-
tionary troops and his body later
was captured by them, said q
news agency dispatch from Sofia
this evening. A previous report
had Stambulisky captured"
Peasants Defeated.
Announcement was made through
semi official channels at Sofia that
the peasant forces have been de-
feated and that order is being re-
stored throughout Bulgaria, said a
news agency dispatch from Sofia
today.
Peasants Plan Blockade.
A Belgrade dispatch quoted NJ.
Daskaloff, a member OF the Bull
garian diplomatic service during the
regime Of Stambulisky, as saying
the peasants would blockade Sofia
and starve out the revolutionists.
According to a Bucharest report
Orange guards" - supporters of
mbulisky--captured Sumen after
heavy fighting.
Officials Of the Sofia revolution
airy government claim to have
found documents showing Stambul-
isky planned raids on June 10
throughout Bulgaria arresting all
his political enemies. They charge
that criminals were released from
prison Ito murder political op-
ponents of Stambulisky."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
EKPL ()SI)N
ON ROADS
SEEN As
CAUSE
Mayors Of Towns h Dortnund
District Arrested and
Heavily Fined.
BY Internasi6nal News Service.

BERLIN, June 15-French
military authorities today ex-
tended the economic blockade in
western Germany, occupying all
the depots between Dortmuiid
and Kray-South.
Several Mayors Arrested.
The mayors Of the small German
towns of Windschlaege and Eber-
swei1er in the occupied district
were arrested by the French follow
ing a bomb explosion in the
Windschlaege railway station.
Windschlaege was fined 10.00O.000
marks and Ebersweiler, 5,000,0 900
marks.
A French military court at
Landau sentenced Herr Heinz, q
high school instructor, to ten
months Imprisonment and to pay
a fine of 100000 marks on the
charge of posting placards urging
German women in the Ruhr to
passive resistance against French
occupation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-15
DICTATORSHIP IS
SEEN FOR
CHINA
Military Rule Necessary to
Avoid Civil War Is Latest
Opinion.
International News Service.

PEKING, June ia military
dictatorship probably will be neces-
sary to avoid civil war in China.
President Ii Yuan Hung is report
ed to have repudiated the resignation
forced from him by Gen. Wang
Cheng Ping after holding the presi-
dents special train eleven hours
while en- route to Tientsin.
The rump cabinet now functioning
here, however, regards the tele-
graphic message of resignation as
valid.
All ten of the state seals which
the third wife of President Ii had
hidden in her refuged French hos
pital are now in the hands of the
government, but 1t has developed
that many importank signed docu.
ments are tn< Tien Tsin.