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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14
Photograph of Brgand Who Had Been Captured By
Soldiers; the Type of Took Miss Dorothy
Robinson OFF With Them Into the Mountains.

he drew me from behind the wagon, and
took me to his hiding-place.
1t all happened silently and swiftly
in few seconds. My driver was not
aware of the occurrence for he plodded
on, coaxing his animals, little thinking
that his passenger had been captured. |
tried to struggle free. but could not; the
terrible truth dawAed in my mind had
been taken prisoner by Comitadji. Now
the very worst fate might we'll be mine.
Ere my puny effort to free myself had
ceased. there appeared from gully in
the hillside eight or ten rough-looking fell
lows mounted on mules. They were
headed by the most ugly, loathsome man
l have ever seen, gaunt, bearded giant.
so big as to dwarf the animal he rode.
shall never forget the look of ,exulta-
ton that stole into his face when he first
saw me.
Leaping from his mule, he first con-
graduated my captor with a pat on the
back, then came and eyed me up and
down with an insulting stare, turned me
round, felt my flesh, and made me feel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

without q halt till,
about midnight, we ar
rived at a rough old
tumble-down village.
Here we were joined
by another band. and
after a short rest, dur
ing which / was given
a mug of water and
some bread, the jour-
ney was resumed.
We had not trav-
elled far when my
mule fell lame and /
was lifted from it's
back and placed astride
in front of the Chief.
Ugh! even now | can
seem to feel his horny
hand near me and his
hot breath striking my
neck. Dawn found us
near the summit of a
high m o u n t al n up
which the poor an
finals had tl.udged for
hours; we came to a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

A, LMoST like. the hairbreadth adj
"A ventures We see in the movies is
the real life story Of Miss Dorothy
Robinson, of Yorkshire, England, who
went to visit the grave of her fallen
soldier brother in Macedonia. The ven
turesome young lady fell into the hands
Of the Comitadjis, lawless band of des-
perados. Her attractive face and figure
led the chief of the bandits to have her
shut up IN a mountain cave to await his
pleasure, and she escaped from fate
worse than death by her own courage and
good fortune. Miss Robinson's story, as
written for the Edinburgh Weekly Re-
cord, is as follows:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

have TO share the cham
Der Of my husband .
So / waited my doom,
asking myself whether
there was an eleventh
hour chance Of avoiding
It. / could see none
till, just before the hour
fixed for the ceremony.
In preparation Of my
bridal. the chief had
generously allowed the
desperados more than
the customary amount
Of liquor. My sentry
was not neglected. From
. jug he took repeated
nips and as the intox-
icating beverage began
to Supply him, / gra-
ciously condescended 10
wait upon him and
pressed the jug so FREE
quently to his lips that
in time he fell off his
seat helplessly and hone
lessly drunk.
Quick as lightning l
evolved a plan and put
it into operation. I
strinned him IF HE .e0ak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

accommodated in small cave which gias
to be, was told, my apartment till fhe
wedding day arrived, after which would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-14

Miss Ellen A. Stone,
Who Was the American
Missionary Who Was
ALSO Captured by Brig
ands Some Years Ago
and Was Not Released
Until SOS, 900 Had Been
Paid to Ransom Her.
driver offered to conduct
me to a hamlet at the
$50 kilo peg" where he
promised / should be
assured good lodging.
Agreeing to his sug-
gestion, we commenced
our homeward trek, and
were climbing up a steep
hill named Orljack when
things began to happen.
It was now almost
dark. The last glimmer
of sunset was edging
with gold the grim pur-
pie outline of the dis
tant mountains. | was
W a k in G behind the
wagon rather than add
my trifing weight to the
labor of the oxen.
Deep in tn o u G hit,
thinking of the one who
lay SO far away from
kith and kin, my medi-
tations were suddenly
disturbed by a quantity
CARRIED man who silently
stole from a assure in a
rock, leapt across to me,
and placed his hand over
my mouth. Then, catch
ing me by the wrist,
he drew me from behind
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fc 1923 American Britain Rights
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
HOW ABOUT A REAL MEMORIAL?

Tomorrow is Memorial Day. 1t is the one occasion IN all the
year dedicated to the memory of those who fought and died for
their country. 1t is significant that just as the veterans of the
Civil War are passing out, even the thin blue line of a few years
ago having almost disappeared, the veterans of another war step
up to take their places. The glories of the Grand Army Of the
Republic are to be perpetuated by the American Legion.
And as we observe Memorial Day tomorrow would it not be
fitting to give a thought to the permanent memorial that was
talked about so much when the boys came back from the other side
after it was lover, over there?' Would it not be appropriate to
ask the City Plan Commission to select a site that may be deyel
oped as a civic center, and upon this site erect a building that
would be a permanent home for the boys who fought in the wars
of this country, having as one of its features an auditorium seating
from five to eight hundred people where all kinds of civic affairs
might be held. There could be a trophy room where the historical
society could have an exhibit of the relics of Perth Amboy of
years ago. The auditorium should have a pipe organ and be other
wise equipped for musical festivals and entertainments. The need
for such a place in Perth Amboy is great. The high school audi
+0rium is too large for the ordinary events that take place here,
ID the council chamber is too small. There is nothing between.
Perth Amboy has promised the boys a memorial. Naturally
he boys themselves cannot advocate or push the project. 1t re-
mains for the citizens who were so anxious to honor the returned
soldiers a few years ago, to make good. Tomorrow being Ne
mortal Day, is a good time to think over this project and get the
~ork started.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
YOUR LONGINGS

Snoakinp of pleasant sensations, how about Sunday
morning when you're loungnng comfortably and getting
hungry while the savory fragrance OF roasting chicken or
beef drifts in from the kitchen where ma Is Dasung ana
seasoning for a dinner fit for a king?
Possessed of a healthy appetite, no one has to be called
twice The sense of smell whets our appetltes, and that's
one reason a meal at a hotel rarely tastes quite as me as one
at home. The hotel kitchen is far off, behind swinging
doors, and its aromas- do not reach the waiting guests to
tantalze the stomach.
The chief reason for the popularity of steam-table cafe
terias is that the food is out where we can smell 1t. The
odors stimulate our appetite. So most of us cart away more
on our tray than we really care for after we sit down to eat.
You re walking along a street, not aware of hunger. Sud-
denly to your nose floats the fragrance OF something de-
licious cooking. You yearn for a dish OF 1t, the response
being instantaneous.
The stomach seems to do a lot of thinking for itself. 1t
(or weq) starts thinking of the food its going to get, hours in
advance. The stomach and its allies begin preparing for
the work. Gastric juices start forming. Presto, hunger!
When the food comes impromptu, the stomach-ehamber has
not been sufficiently tantalized, so it's not prepared.
Obviously, We should never eat Except enough to keep
our energy up) except when we are hungry. ,
And the person with stomach trouble7-no appetite-can
produce hunger by anticipating mea[time as certain to be a
pleasure. Instead Of worrying for fear the food will not
agree with you, try imagining how tasty and easily digestible
it will be. Kid yourself that you want it, and when you get 1t
you really will want it. A physician recommends this for
people with nervous indigestion-a common malady, partly
due to imagination. ,
If bothered with insomnia, the same system may help
you. To go to sleep quickly and sleep soundly, keep imagining I
how soft and soothing the bed will be tonight, the rest and
peace away from worldly cares. "
Think of the enjoyment and restful sleep you are going to
have. Most insomnia victims reverse the process, worry all
evening for fear they won't be abble to sleep, steadily work
ing themselves into a psychic nervous condition that makes
sleep impossible. eE$%HHxHYdafwf4
We get what we want, in a great many things, if we make
proper use of the powerful force, imagination.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
A WONDERFUL STATE PARK
ork started.

What will doubtless prove to be one of the greatest assets
that New Jersey has, is the wonderful gift Of Colonel and Mrs.
Anthony K. Kuser, known as High Point Park. A vast estate
including the highest point in New Jersey and on which there is a
large mansion, has been turned over to the people for such use as
the state may choose to make of it. This wonderful spot was
last Wednesday. The possibilities Of the park are almost I'M
limited.
Governor Silzer has already outlined a development Of the
tract that meets with universal approval. 1t is an ideal camping
site for the various organizations of the state; it makes a wonder
full tour for motorists, and as a location for a sanitorium for the
young men who lost their health in the World War it is unsur-
passed.
The Newark Sunday Call makes the following interesting
comment on the trees that surround the house:
"The large mansion which Colonel Anthony R. Kuser built
on an eminence In High Point Park, which he has given to the
state, is surrounded by pines and spruce trees. There il a good deal
Of rock underlying the soil, and naples, lindens and larches, and
other trees of that tender kind, would not grow there, and more
especially for the reason that the strong winds and ice storms
would destroy them. In fact even the native pines and spruces are
not hardy enough to thrive on the exposed hilltop. The visitors
to the park last Wednesday saw several of them there, but they
were sickly and apparently doomed to an early death.
''But there are healthy and beautiful trees adorning the
grounds. Some years ago Colonel Kuser learned that from a
nursery near Boston he could obtain some Rocky Mountain fir
and spruce trees. They were grown from seed obtained in the
Far West. He ordered a hundred. or more of them, and they came
to him a foot high. Today they range in height from four to ten
feet, and every branch Is covered with vigorous foliage. There
are two varieties of fir, the con color and the Douglas, and white
Colorado green and Colorado blue spruces. Winters have come
and gone with their storms Of seet and snow, winds that were
young hurricanes have rocked the house, which stands at an ali-
tude of 1852 feet, but these tough trees of Rocky Mountain lineage
have laughed at them and can boast that they have not lost Il
single branch. That they will guard and adorn the house as long
as the latter stands is as certain as that the rocks beneath insure it
lasting foundation
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29

This is a sample bed bug that may b fou.j
10 TINS section Of the state. Should you 6nl
them during house cleaning time don't vrsrrS
csitis easy to rid them with the use Of the Nev
UnemieaiP D. G.. (Pesky Devils ouietus.)
No matter how large they may be. collar @,
sex or where they came from. P. D. O. will Kill
them. "A
NOT an insect powder, no dust or muss. vii
not inlure clothing. and will actually xiii Moths
coaches. Coolies. Bed Bugs, Fieas and Ant
and puts an everlasting to the Peskv Dev;js.s
" destroys future generations. Impossibls fo4
snem to exist with its proper use.
Get from your Druggists asSc package. thA
~ make a quartz each package contains 4
oatent spout to geti them in the ha~rd-to-Ret-sss
places; Special Hospital and Hotel sizs ma
I'VE gallons P o Q, can also be purehssedy 8
iquid form in 4 handy bottle with ssssnt 49,
ret It for you.
Sold by City Pharmacy. Inc, ana
leading druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
THE REFEREE
tBy Albert Apple)

Suicide
Sixty thousand Germans a year
ara committing suicide. This is so
times as many as before the war.
1t is n a year for each 1000 popd-
lation. Most of the self-killers are
Germans who have passed 40. old
enough to realize fully what their
country has lost. Youth. able TO
fight again. is less morbidly gloomy.
The war that brought all this
about originally started over
whether or not Germany could have
the Berlin-Bagdad Railway. British
capitalists now own the controlling
artery. 1t was written in the stars.
The real Berlin-Bagdad highway
viii, soon be an air route. and that
will be open to all-in time.
Ice Cream
Sambo Jackson, great public bene
factor. invented ice cream by acct
dent about a century 81 II ne
had patented his discovery and the
patent could have run 100 years, his
heirs would be richer than Ford
and Rockefeller combined.
1t is doubtful whether anyone
ever really got his fill of Sambo's
delicious discovery. With n eX-
ception. The exception is w. =.
Baron, young farm hand. He re-
Gently walked into a drugstore at
London. o., and o N a bet ate Is
sundaes.
Personality and general attractive
ness of are as valuable
as efficient work to the woman who
wants to be successful in the busi-
ness world. This is the opinion III
a vote by 1900 Boston high schoo
boys and girls.
1t doesn't read that way in the
copy books.
Many will smile, But the real
joke is that the 1900 are absolutely
right. If nature made every woman
a Venus, nan would have a difficult
timo finding jobs. It's in the mems
favor that a Venus isn't allowed to
run loose very long.
Reformers
The Lords Prayer has been re
vised ito remove the thought OF
death" Miss Bertha
Lame, official of the Religious Edu-
cational Council of Ontario, Canada.
The Ten Commandments also
were recently revised"
Occasionally someone decides he
can improve the Bible.
II this iconoclastic age it wouldn't
surprise us to waken some morning
and find that a convention Of snooDs
has voted to amend the law of
gravity.
Death
What is your mental attitude
when you contemplate death, the
blacl. door through which we all
eventually must pass?
A New Jersey man decides to com
nit suicide by leaping over the falls
Of the Passaic river. Before jump
ing 80 feet to the swallow riverbed
below he drinks a bottle of carbolic
acid. Also coat n hat
and folds them neatly on the bank.
Try to analyze his thought proc
ess ). No m can.
W do queer things on the brink
of the grave, but not any queerer
than when going ahead as If be-
we shall live forever. All
our troubles are inside our skulls.
Hindenburg
Hindenburg tells Mcmahon, Amer
lea. captain. that he expects an
other war very shortly. II look tor
a struggle beween the United
States and Japan"
Hindy has been expecting that
for , good many years. He's an old
man, and the aged are unable to get
rid OF their obsessions. Nature kind
~ sends death about the time our
brain cells begin petrifying. No
one is really old as long as he can
change his viewpoint-keep up with
changing times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
PRESERVING HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

The efforts of the Perth Amboy Historical Society to preserve
me Kearny homestead on High street needs every encouragement.
Future generations will appreciate this work. 1t will always be
regretted that the old barracks were allowed to be torn down.
Every visit to Trenton, where Revolutionary barracks similar to
those that were in Perth Amboy have been restored to their
original appearance and preserved by the historical society, re-
minds us of what Perth Amboy has lost.
Down in Burlington county where there are a great many
historical landmarks, the Burlington County Historical Society
IS making an effort to buy the former home of James Fenimore
Cooper. This famous American novelist lived in Burlington and
the homestead can be bought for $4,000. The historical society
has raised about half Of this amount and it is assured of the re-
mainder.
This should be an inspiration to the Perth Amboy society.
There are few cities that are richer in Revolutionary history than
Perth Amboy. Once any of these old relics are destroyed it can
never be replaced. The Perth Amboy Historical Society, thanks
to the interest Of its president, Harold E. Pickersgin, is doing
more for Perth Amboy than it is given credit for. 1t is to be re-
7wstted that it vas not established long ago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29

@. What were the main features
of the decision of the United States
Supreme Court as to territorial ex-
pansion? j. o. Z.
A. The principles settled by the
decision of the Supreme Court of
December 2, 1901, are summarized
as follows: (1) The Constitution
does not follow the nag until it is
planted on new territory by special
act of Congress; (2) The extension
OF the sovereignty of the United
States to new territory guarantees
the enjoyment of liberty, the right
to property and the protection of
the United States to the people thus
affected in securing justice and pub
lie order and promoting peaceful
progress; CD The islands acquired
from Spain by the Treaty of Paris
the Philippines-are property of
the United States" and Congress
can dispose of these islands in any
way conducive to the interests of
Of these islands.
Q. How close is the nearest star
to the earth? A. C.
A. One of the nearest stars to the
earth that we know of is Alpha
t1NiiAioNCo " pG 6OIllb 30
600, 600 miles away.
@. How much silt or sediment
does the Mississippi River carry
away each year? d. P.
A. Mississippi River annually
brings to the Gulf of Mexico more
than 406, 000, 900 tons of sediment
or material in suspension, enough it
Is estimated, to lower its whole basin
one inch in 900 wears.
Q. Is or is 1t not true that the
penalty for a shot out of bounds
in golf has been changed and is
now only a loss of distance? L. L.
A. The penalty for a ball out of
bounds, a lost ball and a ball in an
u~nplayable lie is the same-a loss
OF one stroke and distance. Thus
on a drive out of bounds the play
err is playing three from the tee.
Many clubs have made it a local
rule, however, that the out of
bounds penalty shall be loss of dis
lance only,
Q. Who was the Blacksmith as
tronomer"? c. F,
A. Lawrence j.. Ibach, who was
born at Allentown, Pa, in 1916, and
followed the blacksmith trade at
Sheridan, Pa, most of his life. was
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29
Defects Not Apparent

Because the e. has this tendency
to accommodation a person is inclin-
ed toithink his yes are all right so
long as vision is fairly clear.
1t is stated that of the MILLIONS of
people who have defective vision the
great majority are of any
defect. They do not know that they
lack the full measure of the sense of
sight. Others do not understand
that their sight is gained only
through nerve exhausting eye strain.
These conditions, shown through
ryey of industries and public
schools, led to the organization of
the Eye Sight Conservation Council,
which announces that its '~terest-
ed aim is to further the public well
fare and to increase the efficiency,
comfort, and happiness of humanity.
1t lists on its board of councillors the
Secretary of Labor, the Commission
er of Education, and officers of var
ious scientific and educational insti-
buttons.
This organization is collecting and
circulating information on the var
ious angles Of eyesight conservation.
1t particularly urges universal eye
examinations of industrial workers
and Of school children in city and
rural schools.
Special interest in the question of
eye sight in industry has been aroused
since Herbert Hoover's survey of
waste in industry. A group of en-
gineers made this survey from a
strictly economic standpoint, and
their report included findings close
ly connecting eyesight with effici-
ency.
The report stated hat correcting
substandard vision of workers is
! dollars and cents economy for ar
employer. 1t showed that thousands
of accidents to the eyes occur in fac
tories every year and that rs per
cent Of these accidents can be elimi-
mated by practical precautions. 1t
also showed that not enough atten-
ton is paid to lighting arrangements
in shops and factories - another
matter of dollars and cents ef-
ficiency.
Some firms already recognize the
truth OF these three points and scat
tered attempts are being made TO
conserve the valuable sight of the
n dustrial worker,
| For tbs past thee Years one large
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-29

willed all the charts, books and in
struments of the astronomer, Char
les Il. Engleman, upon the latter's
death in 1850. T~hereupon he took
up Engleman's work of making Is-
Economical calculations for almapAcs
and became well known as tbts
observation-disclosures"
Q. Is the practice of widow suicidsA
still prevalent in India? j. d. G.
A. Though this ancient Hindu
custom has long been prohibited by
British law, umor have been cur
rent of an occasional recurrence OF
the practice in remote districts. On
February %, 1923, however, a def
mite case was reported from Calcut-
ia. Musamat Rukka, the 25-year
old widow of Ganga Din Ahlr. on
his death Immediately announced
her intention of Suffice (widow
suicide) and, dressed as a bridss
followed her husbands body to II
funeral pyre, where, after perfornX
ing the prescribed ritual, she was
consumed in the flames.
@. How many cigars are expor-
ted from Cuba? A. l..
A. 1t IS estimated that $751;
749 cigars were exported in 1929
as compared with 5~3,776,4S4 in
1921.
Q. Was the Boston Tea-Party tho
first act of rebellion against England
in the American colonies? NJ. /. c.
A. The first formal C of .abel-
lion was the introduction of the Four
Resolutions protesting against in
Justice. These were presented in the
Virginia House of BurgesseL IN
1883.