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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17
Entertain az AYeneI

AVENEL, Jan. 1z-Miss Wilhel-
IniRa Smith, of AVenel, entertained
a number of friends Sunday. Many
piano selections given by
Misses Francis Dermyak and Will
helnlina Smith. A buffet supper was
served.
The guests included! Mr.. and
Mrs. Doryak, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
smith, Francis and Hilda Dornyak,
Ida Herr, Stella Herr, Annette Ty-
rall, Amanda, Irma, Dorothy, VIII
ilelHaina and Gloria Smith, Moe
Herr, Sidney Dornyak and Earl and
Andrew Smith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17
Today and Tomorrow at Crescent

For real entertainment the shCw
which appears at the Crescent the
atre today should get the blue rib
bon. Here is a performance that is
a variety in every n of the word.
The acts are evenly balanced and
the arrangement Of the performance
could not be improved upon. There
is only one act of a kind and not the
usual all song and dance attractions
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17
ACTION AGAINST FLOODS

WASHINGTON. Jan. ia con-
tinning program for flood control Of
the Mississippi river was proposed
IN a bill reported today by the House
Hood control committee which would
authorize annual appropriations Of
$40, 000, 600 TO carry out the plan of
The Mississippi river commission,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17
POWELL GETS 20 YEARS

MOUNT HOLLY, Jau. IT. -
Charles M. Powell, confessed slayer
of Honest" John T. Brunen, circus
owner, was today sentenced to not
less than twenty 0 more than thir-
ty years in the New Jersey state
prison at Trenton. Sentence was inn
posed by Supreme Court Justice
Kalsch. after Powell threw himself
on the mercy OF the court,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17

anteed to keep everyone who sees 1t
.~spellbound. 1t ran for three months
at the Cameo theatre. New York,
after having PLAYED to record bust
ness at the Capitol, the worlds big
lgest theatre.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Playground Progress.

Progress is being made in the mat
ten of Fairgrounds, and conditions are
better this summer than in any pre-
ceding year. This is the, result of un-
tagging effort on the part of munich
pal officials and of citizens interested
in giving to children proper play
spaces that they may indulge their
natural desire for play and be guarded
against dangers of the streets. The
growth of the playground sentiment
indicates that finally. Washington
will have as many and as large public
play places as the children Of the city
require, but the realization of this
much-desired condition is still some
way in the future. and persistent en-
deavor will be needed to bring it
about. With the opening of the play
1ard of Van Ness School as a summer
recreation center there will be sixty
one Fairgrounds In service. which is
the largest number in the history of
the city. 1t is said in the news that
the opening of the Van Ness School
that the Catholic Big Sisters, through
Mgr. c. f. Thomas. offered to Com
missioner Oyster the use of plot of
ground near the school for use as a
municipal playground. There have
been a number of favorable replies
to Commissioner Oysters recent ap.
peal for contributions to help main.
tain Fairgrounds that could not be
maintained under the current appro.
priation of public money, and several
affirmative answers have come to his
appeal for the services of volunteer
play leaders. On the whole, the play.
ground situation goes fairly well, and
conditions are better than earlier in
the season it seemed they would be.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Chinese Complications.

Americans who have had some hope
of understanding the Chinese complex
will be discouraged by news that
comes from Shanghai to the effect
that Canton has been taken by 5000
Yunnanese troops, who split with
Gen. Shu Fsung Chi, chief military
henchman of Sun Vat Sen. These
troops walked out of the battle line on
the north river front returned to Canton
and seized all points of strategic value.
From the east river front comes also
news of menace to Sun Vat Sen.
Troops of Gen. Chen Chung Ming.
who drove Sun from Canton last sum.
mer. have forced the constitutionalists
TO retreat.
There seems to be no end to the Chi
nese mix-up. At Peking there is only
a skeleton government. The president
has quit Office. and half the ministry
has resigned. The various provincial
armies are still maintained. watching
each other jealously, and occasionally
making moves to increase their re.
Sl'eSeiHS eai COS VI JuiiSoiCtioI- HI tne
south Sun Vat Sen is having a see-
saw OF time, now holding Canton,
now losing it. as in the latest develop
ments. Evidently nothing resulted
from the exploit of the bandits. who
captured number of foreigners, and
whose daring enterprise it was hoped
would possibly cause, through interna-
tional pressure. a restoration Of order
in the land. Suspicion develops that
the Chinese divisions are being pro-
NOTED by Russian influence, it being
obviously to the interest of the soviet
government at Moscow to cause the
breakup of China into several com
paratively small states.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
To Put Ford to the Question.

Whether tlSre is anything more
than a coinc t0ence in il or not, the
fact stands that just following the
Minnesota election, which demonstrat-
ed a pronounced radical tendency in
one of the hitherto stanchest of re-
publican states, there started quiet
movement on the part of certain I'M
democratic leaders, to sound out
Henry Ford on the subject of his poll
cies and political beliefs. News to
this effect comes from Detroit. where,
il is said, attempts are now being
made by national democratic chief
tains to ascertain just where Ford
stands on national issues and how
loyal he would be TO the party if he
were supported for the presidential
nomination.
1t is planned, according to this dis
patch, for delegation of prominent
democrats who favor Ford's nomina-
tion to meet in Detroit soon to draft
"a skeleton platform. which will be
submitted to the motor maker with
the understanding that if he sub
scribes to it he will be given their
support for the nnmina tion at the con
vention.
The business of writing a platform
for Henry Ford will not be particu-
larly easy. Thus far little is known
of his political ideals. or concepts. 1t
is hard TO classify him. He has
shown no pronounced radical tenden-
cies nor any particularly conservative
disposition. He is a manufacturer on
large scale, reputed the wealthiest
man in the world, certainly one of the
most active and most successful. He
pays big wages-too big, some of his
critics aver, for the good of industry
and he exacts a high standard of per-
formance on the part of his working
force.
The nearest TO closeup" of Henry
Ford as q thinker on affairs in gen
eral ever obtained was that afforded
in the course of libel suit, when he
was quizzed regarding his ideas and
iuediS. II Hhusl ue Sdiu thdI ne pre-
sented a rather sorry figure. But it
is always to be borne in mind that at
no stage in his remarkable advance
to, industrial power and great personal
wealth has Henry Ford's honesty ever
been questioned.
1t may be possible to write a plat
form for Henry Ford, but will it be
platform that the democratic party
will adopt? The truth is that this
platform-making movement is simply
sort of questionable. 1t is vitality
important before anything is done to
make candidate out of Ford that
he should be reduced to a political
formula.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
"Wobblies" to Invade Texas.

Kansas has had it's grasshopper in
vasions. Other states have been eaten
up by locust armies. And now Port
Arthur, Tex, is to be overrun by
0,O00 "wobblies''-I. w. W.'s-in re-
taliation for alleged mistreatment of
three members of that organization
by Texans. According to the instruc-
tions issued by the headquarters of
the Marine Transport Workers, in
New York, the largest 1. w. w. or
1. w. WIS are to converge on the
Texas town.
No force is to be used in the attack
on Port Arthur. In fact, there is to
be only a passive" attack, taking a
cue from German passive resistance
in the Ruhr valley; perhaps. The
only weapons to be used are mouths,
hungry mouths. The I. w. WIS fig
Arthur and are placed in Jail they will
have to be fed; that food costs money
and that the people of Port Arthur
will soon weary of digging down into
their jeans to buy food for them at
the present high cost of living.
The officials of Port Arthur, on the
other hand. are reported to be in
readiness for the invasion They ex.
pect to get lot Of city work done
through the labor Of the incarcerated
Evening star., 1923-07-19
The Philippines Incident.

For some time past friction be-
tween Gov. Gen. Wood and the Phil
.ppine cabinet and council of state
has been manifest. 1t has just cul-
minated in the resignation of the
members of the cabinet and the coun-
Gill; headed by Manuel Quezon, presi
dent of the senate and chief of the
collectivista: party recently organized.
AS result of the designations the
administrative work is being con-
Quoted by the undersecretaries and
subchiefs, under the direction of the
governor general. Thus the manage
ment of insular affairs passes out of
Filipino hands for the present. But
there is no thought of retrograde
step in the matter of Filipino admins
tration. The United States will not go
hack on its policy of giving the Fill
pinos steadily a fun participation in
and control of their own affairs. despite
the naneuvers of politicians who for
their own interests thwart the benevo-
lent purposes of this government, as
in the present case.
This immediate te issue arises from the
who was accused of bribery, acquitted
by a native court and then by the
governor general was restored to his
position, which he at once resigned.
The QueZon party accused Gen.
Wood of an encroachment of author
IN, ,S.to oh
as the man Immediately quit the serv-
ice. it would seem that the subsequent
action of. the collectivistas in with
drawing from the administration was
merely political move such as has
been made in the Philippines hereto
fore on the eve of an election.
In protest sent to Washington by
the Filipino leaders the case is mag
niied into an 'usurpation of power
in direct violation of existing laws"
A trifle has been magnified far beyond
its importance. There can be no ques-
ton of the sympathy Of Gen. Wood
for the Filipinos in their aspiration
for practical if not literal indie
pendence. Nor can there be any rea-
sonable doubt of the purpose of this
government TO advance them to that
point with the greatest speed con-
sistent with their own interest and
welfare.
The government at Washington will
surely support Gen. Wood in his posi-
tion. 1t will doubtless recognize the
action of Quezon and his partisan sup
porters as a political gesture. made
for campaign purposes and sustain the
governor general in proceeding to re-
organize the insular administra ton,
perhaps to the exclusion of those who
have thus without warrant sought to
precipitate an issue.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

been enough work to keep the splen
did force Of the Washington navy yard
together, but the people of the whole
country cried out at the close of the
war for deep cuts in government ex-
penditures. Obedient to the call of the
electorate, Congress cut down appro-
priations, and the departments have
been forced to get along on greatly
reduced allowances.
Mixed with the hard luck of the
government workers has been some
that is good. 1t was good luck that
the cuts in the navy yard force came
at a time of tremendous demand for
skilled labor and high wages. Many
men who had worked at building guns
deftly turned their hands to other
things. and it is believed. that most
of them are doing well. Many have
found work jim other cities. and some
of these were forced to part, with. their
homes here, but this necessity came
when the demand for houses was the
greatest In the city's history.
There has been a good deal of hard
ship for many government, employees
or ex-employes in readjusting them
selves even in this time of prosperity.
but it is believed that the mechanics
and machinists off the navy yard, be.
cause of their peculiar equipment,
have Jared better! than other employees
forced out of government service by
reduced appropriations and general
retrenchment. 1t is hoped that the
reduction in the navy yard force has
at last touched bottom, and that the
historic old yard will have plenty of
work to keep 1t busy and happy even
though it cannotrtake- a hand in scrap
ping warships.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

1. w. WIS. mo work. no eats" may
be method OF bringing recalcitrant
''wobblies'' into line.
The method of attack planned by
the i. W. WIS is at least novel. 1t
Is the converse of the plan adopted
by militant suffragists in Washington
and elsewhere during the struggle for
votes for women. The women went
TO Jail, not to eat, but to starve. How
much more pleasant stay they might
have had in the 5ails had some clever
member OF the militant party evolved
such a scheme as that of the
]. w WIS, and thousands of the
women had insisted upon being fed
by the government, in arr effort to
make resistance to votes for women
an expensive proposition.
If there are 10000 foot loose men
in this country capable of making
their way to Texas. either afoot or
in ''side-door Pullmans." the outcry
of some of the industries for increased
immigration seems somewhat untime-
ly. The invading army may, how
ever, be found to be considerably less
than 20.006
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Disputes Baldwin.
Writer Takes Issue With Pre-
mier's Reparation Talk.

To the Editor of The Star:
In your issue Of July II | read an
account of the speech of Prime Min
lister Baldwin outlining the new Eng
lish attitude to the German repara-
tions. He said:
THE indefinite occupation of the
territory of one country by another
is a regrettable phenomenon TO which
an honorable end should be found as
soon as possible" This remark was
made in regard to the present occu-
patton of the Ruhr by Belgium and
France. Does this also apply to the
presence at this time of British
troops in German territory?
About 16o years ago England IN
vaded Canada and by force Wrested
that country from France. have
looked over Wells Outline of His
tory and cannot find the date on
which she withdrew her military
forces and returned Canada to France.
Likewise the dates on which Gibral-
ter, Malta and Crete have been evac-
uated I cannot find. Can you inform
me when England returned the Ger
Versailles treaty? / have a short
memory and somehow cannot recall
the date on which Britain renounced
her sovereignty. Am l right In
thinking England kept her military
forces in Ireland some ESQ years be-
fore she discovered that it was Il
''regrettable phenomenon" to do such
a naughty thing?
OF course, Germany kept large
military force in France until the
last franc of the Bismarckian repara-
tions was paid, But that apparently
did not interfere with British trade.
If am rightly informed, William the
Conqueror never did return the coun
try he conquered to its inhabitants
of 1866.
1t Is only fair to say that Mr.. Bald
win was not premier when these re
grettable phenomena" occurred. We
hope he will at least restore Canada
to France when he finally determines
that the Ruhr be evacuated.
l wonder il Premier Baldwin has
considered the attitude of the million
and more brave British soldiers who
lie in Flanders fields as voiced by
one of them. Col. John McCrea of
Montreal?
I'VE are the dead :.
Take up our quarrel with the foe.
To you from falling hands the torch we throw;
BE yours to hold Ii high.
II ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep though peoples grow
On Flanders helds."
H. w. WILEY.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
EDITORIAL DIGEST

defensive power. But we have
pledged ourselves against oven self
defense. One achievement of the war
seems to have been TO have. e-estab-
lished certain imperiaIistie preten-
sions of the : land of Napoleon"
Frances loss in delaying ratification
has been her owu,' the Richmond
News Leader asserts. "a loss of many
thousands of supporters across the
channel and over the Atlantic."'
1t is the belief of the Syracuse
Herald that by joining the quad
ruple entente for naval Limitation the
United States government already
has knocked into smithereens the
whole structure Of protest or argu-
ment built up by the American op-
ponents of the world court and the
league of nations" This view is not
accepted by the Wheeling Register.
which holds "the Washington con-
ference was a poor excuse" and that
failing to gain anything here, France
went home and feverishly built to
gain control of the air. She is today
in a position supreme, ready and
willing TO barter control of the sea
for that of the air"
Evening star., 1923-07-19

, copies of long speeches are demanded.
They crave the handclasp OF old
friendship. They want to see "Bill''
or Tom" in the flesh, look him in the
the old stuff. Sad to relate. they're
not usually begui1ed by the minor
events OF Washington, and the west
ern statesman who Is wise lays off"
politics that dominates most thoughts.
Four democfatic state governors
now reign at western capitals
Bryan in Nebraska, Sweet in Colorado,
/ Davis In Kansas and Ross in Wyo-
| ming. Each was swept into office by
the 1922 landslide, supplanting in all
cases republican predecessors. Any
one or all of them may be candidates
for. the United States Senate in 1924.
and republican incumbents have a
healthy, respect for the opposition
they would be able to offer Sweet
and his newly appointed senator, AlVa
B. Adams. are almost sure to be the
democratic team in the race against
Senator Phlpps and Carl Schuyler in
Colorado. In highly optimistic mo-
ments the democrats dream of de-
feating Senator Warren i'm Wyoming
which would be a miracle-and pit
ting against him. for the purpose,
Gov. Ross. Wyoming governors are
elected for four years. and Ross is
disinclined to desert his present job
for the uncertainties of campaign
against the states grand old man.
Arthur Capper is strongly intrench-
ed in Kansas, and most authorities
consider him invincible. Yet the Sun
flower state has developed an antip-
athy to its overproduction Of editor
statesmen. Dirt Farmer" Jonathan
NJ. Davis election was to a certain
degree an expression of discomfort
with the tlme-honored practice of
taking Kansas governors and sena-
superpublisher. was governor for
two terms. and then became senator.
He handed over the state capitol to
Henry j. Allen. another editor. and
when Allen retired from Kansas poll
tics = temporarily - the republicans
nominated another scribe. Bill" Nor
gan, for the governorship. 1t was he
whom Farmer Davis overcame in 1922.
* x 4
The National Non-P Partisan Leagues
political campaigns are directed by
Henry G. Teigen OF Minneapolis, who
is hereby christened the Will H. Hays
of the farm-l labor movement The
sobriquet is appropriate for several
reasons. In the first place. 1t is
Teigen. to a considerable extent who
has organized victory for the N p. l..
in the northwest during the past
three or four years. Then he is
young, like Hays-still in the early
forties-and. again, like the grand
kleagle of the movies. halls from In
diana. Teigen is a graduate of the
Valparaiso Normal College. and began
life as country school teacher. He
Is American born, Norwegian by eX-
traction, full of Hays pep and energy.
and, like that prototype, Is small Of
stature. An only brother of Teigen's
backslided onto the plutocratic side
of the fence and is general counsel
poration.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-07-19

y. VIII the interior decorations
of the National Theater be completed
before fall?-C. ].
A. Manager Harry Rapley saws
that the work will be finished in time
Tor the first performance on Labor
day. The walls are being covered
with putty colored damask, and the
draperies will be made of blue opera
velvet. Miss Billie Burke in a new
play, will be the opening attraction
y: How many Pullman cars were
parked In the Washington railroad
yards for the accommodation of Shrin-
ers during Shrine week?-K. r.
A. The Pullman Company saws
Ihat 473 cars were parked in the ten
parking yards. This included the 1O1
cars at Shrine Park" in the Southern
railways yard at Alexandria. Va.
Q. How far up on the high noun.
tains is vegetation found?-K. X.
a. The British exploration party
Everest in 1922, reported the finding
feet. " "V''V'
Q. Where is the worlds largest
concert hail?-I. T. r.
A. The Cleveland auditorium. seat
ing lZ,500 is believed to be the largest
concert auditorium in the world. II
was opened April Is, 1922.
@. How much water power is there
in the world?-R. A. NJ.
A. The estimated potential water
power or the world is $4,000, 600
horsepower, of which about % 0(l0
ooo horsepower has been developed.
q. Can one-armed man learn 10
play golf?-J. l.. F.
A There are two one-armed pIay-
ers in Washington. These men are
Al Howard and Cen Drain. Al
howard is right-handed and lost his
IeIt arm when he was quite small
Gen, Drain is left-handed and lost his
old. Owing to these peculiarities Mr..
howard is able to give the general
a small handicap.
Q. Is there any part of the United
states where ice is not manufac-
tured?-H. G. w.
A. The federal census of 1920 shows
ice factories in every state in the
Union except Vermont and New
Hampshire.
=. How many members are there of
the Knights of Columbus?-R. S.
A. On April l, 1928. the total mem
oershIp OF the Knights of Columbus
was 761 61.6S3-223,195 insurance mem
oers and 644,4SS associate members
Q. What does it cost the United
States government for the upkeep OF
the national parks?-J. NJ. T.
A. The Congressional appropriation
Tor the fiscal year 1924 for the admin
istration, protection, maintenance and
Improvement of the parks and monu-
ments amounted to S1,6S9,730
.. What is the percentage of illit-
eracy among criminals?-k. r.
A. Criminal statistics of this SORT
are practically unavailable from Off
cial sources: The superintendent OF
the New York state reformatories
said that of $4,000 criminals whom
he had examined, only per cent
were college graduates; only z pei
cent had finished high school; 2;
per cent had finished grammer school
81 per cent had attended only primary
schools or none.