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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
A PROJECT THAT IS WORTH WHILE

The commendable way in which the Perth Amboy Post of the
American Legion is getting behind the Evening News suggestion
that the state highway bridge across the Raritan river between
the Amboys be made the state memorial to the New Jersey boys
who fought in the World War, ought to bring results. They ought
to have the assistance of every organization in Perth Amboy and
in Middlesex county.
It would be no small honor to have the state memorial for the
the boys located in this county, and if we can show that this
bridge is appropriate for such a memorial there is no reason why
the memorial bridge should not be in Middlesex. 1t will soon be
time for the legislature to meet. The candidates are now before
the people. They can be put on record as to how they stand on
the memorial bridge proposition. They can be shown that there is
a decided sentiment in favor of making the bridge state memorial.
New Jersey is Oh record as favoring such a memorial. Many
other states have already erected memorials to their sons, and in
some instances the memorial has taken the form of a bridge. But
none of them has the opportunity that New Jersey has in this re-
gard. The prominent location, and the enormous travel over this
bridge, together with its size and its cost warrants serious con-
sideration Of the suggestion by the authorities.
The American Legion is doing a good work in keeping up the
ter. The Perth Amboy Rotary Club is on record as favoring the
idea, and so are several other organizations By a united effort
this project can be put across. 1t is something worth while and
ought to be done.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
Naval Reserves Has
Well Equipped Floating Armory

Accompanied by two tugs from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, the U. S. T. s.
Newton, which can now be safely
called Perth Amboy's Pride" aft
er spending several weeks in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. returned to
this city Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock, completely QUILTED and fur
nished as one of the largest and
most up-to-date armories on the At
lantic coast.
The deck is completely housed
ever from the after end of the sup
erstructure to the stern, which In
cludes the drill hall. the dimensions
of which are so by 40 feet. This
will be used for training, basketball,
hand ball and other sports. A spa
cious balcony at the after-end of the
ship overlooks the drill hall and on
this has been placed a four-inch gun
with sufficient space about it to carry
on practice in gunnery.
On the deck above the main deck
is the officers quarters and the of
flee of the ship. This is neatly furn-
ished and equipped with up-to-date
improvements and is outlined in or
der hat each officer will have ample
space for carrying on work in his
department.
A sickbay is situated on the super
structure and is completely equip
ped with all the latest sanitary ap-
planes used in frst-aid hospitals.
Today the ship baepers are placing
linoleum on the floor of the sick
bay and the office, while the interior
of the drill hall is receiving the last
touch of paint.
Below the main deck lockers have
been installed for the members of the
Third Battalion Naval Militia and
accommodations have been made for
500 men, which now comprises the
local organization, under the COM
Inland of Commander Walter w. Wig
man.
Enough coal for the winter months
with new radiators installed through
out the ship, decks planned, brass
ratings taking the place of the iron
ones leading up to the balcony in
the drill hall. windows at intervals
of six feet giving plenty of light
LII jug HOUN liiG ohAP db diAfAihiSo' III
other features of the Newton. The
cost of the alterations and new
| equipment is $4,000. while $4,000
worth of furniture has been placed
! on board by the Navy Department.
With plenty of equipment on hand
and the Newton one of the most up
to-date training quarters or the At
lantic coast, recruiting will increase
considerably. An opportunity is be-
ing offered at this time for every
young mar in this city to become
thoroughly versed in marine engi-
neering, navigation, and seamanship
in all it's branches. Persons to en-
ter the ranks of the Third Battalion
Naval Militia can enlist any Thurs
day night on board the U. S. t. S.
Newton, at the foot of Fayette
street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
Educators of State
Discuss High School Work

NEW BRUNSWICK. Oct. o.
| When the Sixth Annual State High
School Conference convene at Rut-
gers on November 2. the campus of
| the College on the Banks of the
Old Raritan" will be placed at the
disposal of the hundreds of New Jer-
sey educators who will gather for
the meetings. Superintendent, high
school principals and other school
officers will gather on Friday morn
ing for a conference o N High School
Administration. In the Afternoon the
first general session will be held at
which time President j. II. PENN
man of the University of Pennsyl-
vania will speak on High School
Preparation and It's Relation TO
University Work" The Annual Con-
ference Dinner will be held at Gas
o'clock in the Ballantine Gymnasium.
Present Indications point to a re-
| cord attendance of six hundred at
the dinner. Music will be furnished
by the Battin High School Orchestra
of siXty-seven pieces. Following the
dinner the second general session of
the conference will be held. Pro-
| fessor Thomas Nixon Carver of Har-
1 Ndid Sly VI opOoh Oh va
| cation from the Point of View of the
Economist" and DIR. Albert Parker
| Fitch will address the conference
the topic us Teaching Ceasing to be
| a Profession"
Saturday will be given over to
meetings of the vari0~s sections of
the conference. These section meet
ings will sonsider topics of instruc-
ton in Vocational Education. Physi-
cal Education, Mathematics. English,
History, Modern Languages, Latia
| and a number of other important
fields. Among the prominent speak
ers who will deliver addresses are:
Mr.. Robert O.. Small. Peputy Com
missioner of Education for Mass.
Professor David Snedden. Columbia
University; NJ. Fortunat Strowski,
| Professor a la Sarbonne Paris;
Bruce Carey, Girard College, Phila-
delphia; DR.. Charles H. Miller. Di-
rector of Music. Rochester, New
York; Clarence Linville. American
Smelling Company, Perth Amboy;
DR.. Henry Kummel, State Geologist
of New Jersey; Professor Radcliffe
Heermance, Princeton University;
DR.. Cheeseman A. Herrick. Presi
dent Girard College. Philadelphia
e. w. Barnhart. Federal Board for
Vocational Education. Washington;
d. c.; Professor j.. Duncan
Speath, Princeton University:
DIR. George r. Seikel, State Director
of Physical Education; Trenton. N.
j.; DR.. George E.. Dawson. ~Psyeholo-
gist, Springfield. Mass: Professor J.
Preston Haskins. Princeton Univer-
sity: and Jesse b. Davis State Super
visor of Secondary Education, Hart
ford, Conn.
One important event of the day
Is the annual conference luncheon
which will be given by Rutgers for
all visiting delegates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT

Government has become a high-priced luxury. Every man,
woman and child must pay SOL annually toward the salaries of
public employees.
The National Industrial Conference Board finds by a survey
that there are 100000 public servants on the payrols. They
range from President to white wing. There are approximately
SIS 900, 900 adult ~inhabitant in the country. That means that one
out of every twenty is engaged in the business of governing his
fellows. We have come a long way from the theory that the gov
eminent is best which governs least.
There is general agreement that something should be done
about decreasing the vast governmental overhead. Everyone will
shake his head in dolorous agreement with the assertion that there
are too many commissions and boards dealing out government in
the nation, states and municipalities. There are countless costly
agencies, undreamed of in the simple philosophers of the fore
fathers.
But, suggest a trimming of the governmental tree and see
what you get. Abstractly we are all for cutting down govern
mental overhead. But concretely, we find it difficult to pick the
place for the pruning.
Enthusiasts for old.fashioned home life will point to the Shep-
pard. Towner Maternity Bill as an example of government expan-
Eastern business interests will point out as costly fads the recently,
enacted laws designed to encourage agriculture. The wet sees the
~pxlaibdion agent as an expensive and useless parasite. The rail
road interest sometimes views the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion as a total loss.
The truth is that all the commissions and agencies minister to
Advocates of special causes seek constantly to add to the load.
The breaking point might come, if we go far enough, but it is not
likely that we will, being a nation of commonsense people.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

O. What is the largest banking
institution in England?-B.S.T.
A. The London Joint City and
Midland Bank Is the greatest bank
ing organization of It's kind in the
world. 1t now has besides its Lon
don Office, 1876 branch offices.
! O.. What does the mark s25-1o0O
on silver mean Pr
A. 1t means that the silver in
the article so stamped contains rs
1000 parts of alloy. 1t is exactly
the same as sterling silver.
@. I see there is opposition to
| Muzzey's American History. How
many schools use it?--E.C.C.
A.. The text is used now in $3.50
schools,
@. How many kinds of pine trees
and oak trees are there in the Unit
| ed States ?-A.T.S.
A. The Forest Service says that
there are 38 species OF pine and Al
of oak found in this country.
Q. How much land in Alaska is
suitable for grazing reindeer ?-K.O.
A. 1t is estimated that more than
200, 900 square miles of this terri
tory, not suitable for farming or
other animal raising, a be used
for reindeer grazing. This vast area
would afford pasture for millions of
reindeer.
@. While on an automobile trip
| to Niagara Falls, | saw In the pub
lie square of the little town of
Painted Post" New York, an eiab-
crate bronze statue of an Indian.
What is the connection between the
town and the Indian ?-F.E.W.
A. The monument at Painted
Post was erected by Indians over
the grave of their chief, Captain
| Montour, Originally the name Paint
ed Post was applied to the entire
country in New York and Pennsyl-
! vania drained by the Tioga (now
Chemung) and its tributaries. The
confluence of the three tributaries
forming the river was known as the
place of the meeting of the waters"
1t was a place of rendezvous and dis
persion of the various tribes when
preparing to nov upon their enc
mics or to go on hunting and fish
ing expeditions. They also met there
for games of chance and to ex-
| change various articles. Posts were
set out by them to commemorate
important events and upon them
they painted rude characters de-
scribing the results.
O.. Why r white potatoes called
| Irish potatoes when they are not
native to Ireland ?-M.T.
A.. They are so called because of
their general cultivation and use in
Ireland.
@. Was Col. Robert E. Lee offer
| ed the command of the Union forces
at the outbreak of the Civil WARP
CIV.
A. The command of the United
| States Army was offered to Robert
e, Lee by President Lincoln on April
| IS, 1851. Francis Preston Blair was
designated to approach Lee on this
subject. The following reply of
Lees is recorded: IT declined the
offer he made to me, to take COM
mand of the army that was to be
brought into the field, stating as cam
didly as 7 could that, though opposed
to secession and d~eprecating var I
could take no part in an invasion of
the Southern States"
@. Was there ever a broadcasting
station in this country known as
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
sHERIFF,s SALE

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY
Between Emil Koyen. complainant, and
Fa.. for sale of m~ortgaged premises,
dated September l3th. 1928.
BY virtue of the above stated writ 10
me directed and delivered. l will exlose
to sale at public vendue on
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER THIRTY
FIRST. NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-THREE
at two O'Clock in the afternoon OF said
day at the sheriT's oTlee in the City of
New Brunswick, N. j.
All tract or parcel OF lands and prem :
ises, situate, lying and being IL The City
sex and State of New Jersey.
Being known as Lot No. 4 on Rlock
SAG, on map entitled Map OF ITO lots
ed by Koyen & o%stegaard,' Surveyed
May, 1907. Mason and Smith. Civil Engi-
neers.
Beginning at a point on he outherly
side of lawrence street at the distance OF
one hundred one feet and ntty-three one
hundredths of a foot (101.b3 fl e~asteTly
from the e~asterly line to road TO Wood
bridge; thence "a southerly yearly par.
allel with h road to Woodbridge and
along the rear line OF lots Nos, W ard ]
aighty-hve feet and seventy five one hund-
rAdths of a foot (s5.76 ft.l shencS Cd
easterly parallel with Lawrence street
twenty-five feet (25 ft); thence 81 north
erlv parallel with the first course and
along the line OF Lot No, b eightv-uVe
feet and seventy-f1ve one hundredtls OF :
foot (s5.75 ft.) to the southerly line oil
lawrence street; thence (t)westerly along
the said southerly line OF Lawrence street
twenty-five feet t25 it, to the point OF
place of beginning,
Decree amounting to approximately
$3.50.
Together with all and singular the
rights, privileges. hereditaments and APP
purtenances %thereunto belonging or In
anywise a~ppertaining,
Sheriff.
! ADRIAN LYON.
$3.50 Solicitor.
2s547-10-2-9-16-23.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
YOUR HEALTH
THE KIT
By DIR. cLITFoKDc ROBINSON

prevention is the watohword in all
ranks of health seekers. An .emer-
gency kit, home doctor or first aid
outfit Is a blessing. But a little ad-
vice on using 1t may be of help. b
Cuts, scratches or bruises, lame
arms or sunhurned shoulders may
call for a little help and if you try
to be too strenuous and overdo this
thing" you may have to take care
of a severe case of fatigue or faint
ing. Sick stomach" from overeat-
ing, Is also down on the program
and a summer cold may come your
way %unsought. This is about all I'M
less you have a more severe case to
attend to. such as a bad cut or
wound which may require the Use
of a tourniquet. q
For the kit:
one-half ounce tincture of iodine
in a strong bottle, to be applied on
cuts or wounds by means of a small
swab made from a small stick and
a tuft of cotton. Two-ounce carton
of absorbent cotton. A spool of zinc
oxide adhesive tape, one inch wide.
A large collapsible tube of plain Pc
trolatum or zinc oxide or plain boric
acid ointment. Any abrasure or
burn from heat or acid or friction
should be smeared with ointment
and protected by small pieces of
gauze held in place by tape.
Five or ten yards of bandages are
also necessary. and are helpful In
many ways. Also put in your kit a
small vial OF aromatic spirits of am
monia. A te~aspoonful in two ounces
of water (about one inch in a COM
mon drinking glass) is a good stimu-
liant for fainting, nervous shock or.
collapse.
Use a sedlitz powder for your sick
stomach and make up your mind not
to overeat again. Don't forget the
little scissors, some safety pins and
a ball of Irvine. Do it at once and
practice safety first.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
Two.DAY MAIL TO EUROPE

The world has ceased marveling at aerial developments. HUI
man emotions are not equal to the task of thrilling at each new
marvel in the realm of the air, when indeed it seems that aerial
achievements themselves are limited only by the boundaries of the
air.
Calmness therefore greets the semioficial report that the time
of two4day air mail service across the Atlantic ocean is near. 1t is
stated that the United States navy is ready for transatlantic SER
vice. and that the completion of the ZR, now building in Germany,
is alone the condition precedent to bring the navy plans to realza-
ton. Reason demands that the approach of 4Shour mail between
Europe and the United States be celebrated as one Of the supreme
accomplishments of the ages; but a world surfehed with wonders
will find it difficult to pay the proper respect to the new won
der.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
THEOLDTOWN
treet by Street-Know Your City
WILLIAMS. STREET

Williams street extends from
smith street west to Park avenue
and was laid out or the property or
70. w. Barnes in 1891 by Charles G.
Hommann. Mr. Hommann Is unable
10 state why the name of Williams
was selected for the thoroughfare.
The street has been graded, has some
sidewalks and curbing and also a
sewer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Any reader can get the answer to
any. question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, pirec.
tor. Washington. D, c. This offer
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau will not attempt to answer
medicinal and financial troubles, II
foeS not attempt to settle Domestic
troubles, nor to undertake sxhaus.
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly
give tull name aud address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent dlresi
to the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

U. S. A. ?-C.M.
A. These initials have never bee,
used In this country. All statiaI,s
in the United States must have To-,
a first initial X. w. or Ms KlikN
for Pittsburgh; WIZ for New Y.o
City: NAA for Naval Air Station
Washington.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
Bible Thought For Today

TINE NO OBJECT But, beloved, be not ignorant of this
one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and
a thousand years one day. Peter 3;S.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
DIR. M. HULsART
IROPO

Successor to DIR. j. Morrow
RARITAN BLDG. ROOM 304
PHONE 1871
Office Hours
Monday and Friday 0;sO A. MIS- 80 p. NJ.
Tues, Thurs, Sat. 0.s0 A. NIB 80 r. NJ.
Not Open on Wednesdays
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Since goats are taboo in Pittsburgh
who buys oil stock there?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

check Saturday night?
Philippine elections went against
General Wood, Certainly are knock
ing on Wood there.
King Of Denmark risked his own
life to save a sailor. There Is moth
ing rotten in Denmark.
A New York mar who locked his
son in a cellar two weeks will be
locked in a Jail ninety days.
Earthquake hit P~yrenels moan
tains, which were named after tooth
paste or fire extinguishers
German cabinet has resigned.
Things are so quiet owe there now
you can hear a bomb drop.
Esquimos' long silent winter be-
gins this month. SO quiet there you
can hear a gumdrop.
Berrien Springs (Mich.) thieves
walked away with 1900 shoes.
Girls shoes have thicker soles
now. One pair will last back from
1000 auto rides.
1 Ludendorf says he is Germany.
1t can't be true. He isn't hungry
and broke and in debt.
1t is getting so you have to look
on the back page, to see whom the
Chinese bandits captured.
ATArunr--. 1XU W. Ior Io,,c
twice daily. Trouble with this world
is we work too hard.
Built a house of packed sawdust
In Hoquiam, Wash. Sawdust Is fine
wood. Read it again.
News from Chicago. Judge SABBATH
won a golf cur That's all right. He
won it on Friday.
Corn sold over a dollar a bushel In
Chicago. We said oyer a dollar a
bushel, not a quart.
Buffalo man had stomach taken
out without anesthetic.[ Perhaps he
was raised on green apples.
Statistics show marriages are
growing FEWER. Just the am tney
don't seem far between.
Cowboy shot a barber in New
York. Another trouble with this
world is we talk too much.
Scientists are back millions OF
years without knowing II the egg or
the dinosaur came first.
-
Working is good exercise If II
doesn't develop a crouch.
4. News from Pittsburgh. Health of
icials run all goats out. Wonder II
It includes husbands?
Pittsburgh doctors say goats carry
Eerms. How about COATES? Are
there germs in soup?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Bad Los Angeles news today,
Movie director robbed of 1000.
Whole weeks pay gone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Possibly hearing our plea not to
make goats of cows, Pittsburgh has
even banished goat milk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Imagine a movie director borrow
Ing $4,000 until he gets his pa,
check Saturday night?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

GEORGE Fl. THOMPSON
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
J0bbing Promptly Attended "a
81 Lewis st. Phone 14n9. W
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

Health authorities say all goats
must leave Pittsburgh. 1t will cut the
population in half.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

Philippine elections went against
General Wood, Certainly are knock
ing on Wood there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-09

King of Denmark risked his own
life to save a sailor. There is moth
ing rotten in Denmark.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-29
Prof. Mariner Addresses WOman's
Clubs

A delightful meeting of the Woman's
Club was held Monday afternoon last
in the parlors of the Public Library,
with Prof. Ernest c. Mariner, libra
rian at Colby College. as the speaker
The hostesses were Mrs. Sarah 5.
Marston and Mrs. Ada r. Dascombe
Pink snap dragons were the flowers
used and the president, Mrs. Evelyn
w. Pratt, presided. The music fea-
lures were furnished by Miss Bertha
Geoffrion, violinist and Miss Dorothy
Dane, pianist. They played Edmund
Southards Polish Dance" and "A
Minute in G" by Beethoven. There
was a large attendance and the splen-
did address of Mr.. Mariner was lis
tened to with intense interest His
topic was Turning Books Into Lives
and he said in part:
Education is not merely acquiring
head full of facts, although facts are
important. 1t Is the process by which
one gains experiences which enable
him 10 act more efficiently in the
future than in the past. The goal of
formal education is to teach our boys
and girls to do better the desirable
things they are going to do anyway;
and some of those things are getting
living. being some kind of a citizen,
and employing leisure time.
One way to develop this sort of edu-
cation is acquaintance with the great.
Edward Box, at sixteen, sought such
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-29

Mukerji: Jungle Beasts and Men
1II-Early Man
Elliot: Prehistoric Man
Wilder: Mans Prehistoric Past
Tyler: The New Stone Age In
Northern Europe
W-Rise of Man Through the Ages
History
Shotwell: Introduction to History
of History
Van Loon: Story of Mankind
Wells: Short History of the World
INDIVIDUAL Man-Biography
Charnwood; Life of Theodore
Roosevelt
Life and Letters of Walter II. Page
Thayer: George Washington
VI-Man's Scientific Achievement
Caldwell & Slosson: Science Re
making the World
Thomson: Outlines OF Science
Slosson: Creative Chemistry
VII-Man's Money-Economic
Calder: Capitals Duty to the
Wage-Earner
Carver: Principles OF Economics
Noulton & MCGUIRE: Germany's
Capacity to Pay
Williams Relation to His Eel
lows-Sociology
Carver & Hall Human Relations
Anderson: The Hobo
Cooley: Social Organization
IX-Man's Ability to Rule-Goyern-
ment and Politics
Ogg: The Governments of Europe
Bryce: Modern Democracies
Kimball: National Government In
L. S.
X-Mans Thinking Powers-Psy-
chology
Dewey: How We Think
Robinson: The Mind in the Max
ing
Weeks: Control of the Social Mind
XI-Man's Aesthetic Achievements
Art and Letters
Drinkwater: Outline of Literature
Orpen: Outline of Art
Dickinson: Education of Music
Lover
XII--Man's Worship-Religion
Soper: The Faiths of Mankind
Bierer: Evolution of Religions
Wright: Faith Justified by Prog
ress