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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Q, When did Egyptian civilization
decline? w. D.
A. The decline of Egypt dates
from the fall OF the Roman Empire.
Immediately after this period Egypt
was the scene of innumerable re-
volts, many of which later OCCASION
ed Intervention of the greater Euro
pean powers. This naturally detract-
ed from her development both econ
omically and politically. In 1882 the
country vas occupied by Great Bril-
tain and although the Khediye was
allowed to retain his throne he was
nominally under British control.
Since hat period, however, the
country has advanced in prosperity.
Q. Do trout give birth to young
or do they spawn? L. H. r.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that trout spawn. There are ten or
fifteen species of fish which give
birth to their young. The most COM
mon of these species are the guppies
and the top minnows.
@. Can a monkey be taught to
read? N. S. d.
A. Monkeys have keen sense Of
sight and discrimination. They can
be trained to remain on a perch
when shown a card bearing the word
no, and to come down when shown
one saying yes. This is not reading,
however, in the usual sense OF the
word.
@. When was cotton first used in
making paper? f. A..
A. Paper was made from cotton
probably as early as 600 A. d.
O. How much gold has been pro-S
duced in the Yukon district? +. G. :
A. The total gold production OF
the Yukon to date is 1910, 600, 000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

larger han the one now being tried
out at Lakehurst. having a gas ca
pacity of 100000 cubic feet.
Can Fly Sixty Hours
The ZR-1 is driven by six engines.
each of 800 horsepower, and a max
mum speed of rs miles an hour can
be attained. Her cruising speed will
be 65 miles an hour, and fully load
ed and manned the ship will be
equipped to fly about 60 hours dur
ing which she should owe at least
1000 miles. This would make a
flight across the continent COM
paratiVely an cas- matter, and a
trip across the Atlantic should pre-
sent few difficulties.
The frame of the ZR-1 is construc-
ted of duralumin, an alloy developed
by the aircraft industry that is as
strong as steel but only one-third as
heavy. The fabric which covers this
frame has been weatherproofed and
rendered resistant to the heating ef-
fects of sunlight by painting 1t with
a material known as aluminium dope.
Living quarters for the officers
and crew are situated on the keel in
side the hull, where a runway 600
feet long is divided into messing and
sleeping apartments. Cooking is
done on special stoves that are heat
ed by the exhaust gases of the en-
gines. The interior of the ship is il
Illuminated by means of detached
light units %energized by special bat
teries. Ladders lead from the liv-
ing quarters to the top of the ship,
where they terminate in observation
platforms.
Helium gas, which is non-inflam-
mable and Is not readily explosive, is
used in the new air monster. AL
together there are twenty gas cells,
each one of which is a separate
unit. These cells are made of gold
beater's skins, obtained from the in
testines of cattle, and Approximately
$50, 900 cattle were required to sup
ply the skin.
Suspended directly below the hull
are the six power ears and the con-
troll car The control car Is the
nerve center Of the ship where are
assembled all the operating, steering,
shifting and altitudina1 appliances
that govern the manipulation of the
great craft. The radio equipment is
also located there in a soundproof
apartment, and complete telephone
and voice-tube systems communicate
with all parts of the ship.
Water is carried as ballast for the
Fri in bags holding from 500 to
1000 pounds. When the ship drops
too rapidly during a descent her
speed can be checked appreciab1y by
dumping this water overheard, treat
ing the earth Immediately below to
something approximating a young
cloudburst.
Nothing that human ingenuity can
devise has been omitted and no tests
have been neglected to guarantee
that the Fri will be as safe as any
aircraft hal can be constructed. II
was determined that there should be
no repetition of the zR-2 disaster il
such tragedies can be guarded
against. and it is for this reason that
the trial flights at L%akehurst are tc
be short and repeated until when g
real flight that is worthy the posi-
bilities of the new air scout is essay
ed she will be thoroughly prepared
and ready.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Applet

Mother
Convicted Of beating his aged
mother and throwing her out into
thesstreet, a young man in Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, is sentenced by the
judge W. to see her again.
His mother, of course, will soon
forgive him-probably already has.
Mother love is more than In emo
ton. It is a definite force, like
gravity or magnetism. A great
many of the things we call emotions
are natural forces, too powerful to
be controlled by the individual. In
their clutches, we get our great in
spirations or make big blunders.
Man is a violin played by the bow.
nature, producer of more discord
than harmony.
Chance
Scientific magazines tell how ]. d.
Dunlop invented the pneumatic rub
Der tire. His little child, riding in a
baby carriage, objected to the bumps
Of ordinary wheels. So he took rub
Der tubes, filled them with water and
fastened them to the wheels. Later
he got the idea of filling the tubes
with air instead of water.
From this came the pneumatic tire
doCQ On dulOb anu WY CAS0s
Big services to humanity usually
result from attempts to make life
happier for a near relative or friend
Of the inventor. Love-service-is
the mother Of more inventions than
necessity or l~aziness.
Devout
Do you attend church? Sixty mil
lion Americans-six out of every
eleven-are not church-goers, ac-
cording to Investigations by/a New
York clergyman.
The religion of sixty millions
seems to be golf, movies and the
auto.
Shakes
A convention of postage stamp
collectors recently Cancelled an en-
gagement to shake hands with Presi-
dent Coolidge. It's part of the cam
paign to relieve the President of this
form of physical exhaustion. An
average of 1900 people a day show
up at the White House to clasp mitts
with the chief executive.
The League Against Hand Shaking
claims that the complete elimination
of handwriting would do a lot tc
curb communicable diseases. They
are right. After all, shaking hands
is as foolish a custom as oriental
humping Of foreheads or rubbing Of
noses.
Gone
A doctor in Texarkana, Texas, Il
buried In his $4,000 coat of Russian
sable furs. Such was his last re
quest. It's an exception to the rul'
that we can't take our wealth to tn
grave with us.
The good doctor apparently ex
pected cold weather on the othe'
side of the River Styx.
Change
1.-THE cable now cannot successful
ly compete with radio, due to tn
greater advantage of speed on tn
part of radio and also to direct com
~munication." This is said by Owei
D. Young, chairman OF Genera
Electric Company and Radio Cor
poration of America.
It's his natural viewpoint, consid
ering his business connections, bu
it's logically true.
Later 1t will be discovered hal tn
4, steam railroad, running on stee
tracks, cannot compete with the air
~ y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
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World
BY WILLIAM
(NEA Service Writer)

NEW ORLEANS-His parents
gave him another name but he goes
down in history as "Fiddlefoot."
Black as a fly in a bowl of milk,
he made his professional start as a
scraper of catgut at New Orleans
SWEETEST Senagambian dances. Then
came a dearth of sliphorn players.
'Fiddlefoot" became a trombonist.
For years, even as leader. the
trombone remained his medium of
musical expression. Then, all at
once, he cast aside the sliphorn and
blossomed out as a wielder of the
bull fiddle bow. All Darktown won
dered.
It SO happened that among lid
dlefoot's' acquaintances was one
George, porter at a butcher stall In
the French Market and an expert
at assembling alcohol, g~lycerin,
water and juniper oil in the proper
proportions.
Thither, at 2 o'clock one morning,
repaired "Fiddlefoot" and his band,
refreshment bent.
ALI went merry for about an hour
and then there broke loose, beneath
the green cloth covering Fiddle
foot's'' bass VOL, a most unearthly
ringing and Changing.
At the same instant George,
glancing toward the m~antelpiece,
noted the absence of a little alarm
clock, studded with brilliants.
A free-for-all followed, ending in
the administration of a sleeping po-
ton to "~Ffddlefoot" and an exam
ina tion of the hull fiddle.
In the instruments back was a
little door. Behind this door the
missing clock was discovered. Also
other articles which, 1t vas learned
later, had vanished from the house
where the band recently had played.
The fact that George worked in
a butchers stall and was forced to
| set his alarm clock for 3 A. M. had
proved "Fiddlefoot's" undoing.
The past week has witnessed the
passing of mi of New Orleans best
known characters-a rich man, self
| made and possessed of a shrewish
wife with a wonderful faculty for
keeping him by his own Preside.
But about ten years ago the hus-
| band, whom we'll call Mr.. Jones, hit
on a plan by which he got about as
much liberty as the next individual.
Aware that his wife had a horror
Of attending wakes, Jones suddenly
developed a mania for reading fu-
neral notices. 1t was surprising how
the mortality rate among persons he
had known jumped Immediately
thereafter. Every time he read of
a friends passing, Jones insisted
that the "missis'' accompany him to
the wake, and just as often Mrs.
Jones replied that he'd have to go
alone. There were folk unkind
| enough to doubt, had Jones mad
vertently found himself at a wake,
If he'd have known how to conduct
himself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

One of your greatest friends and benefactors is water.
Over four-ffths of your body is composed of water. You
use more of it than of any other substance-for drinking,
cooking, washing.
1t does not often occur to us, but adequate water supply
is one of civilizations greatest achievements. The old Indian
knew what he was talking about when he pointed to the water
faucet as the most wonderful thing in New York City.
Yet the water used in American cities, always within easy
reach, costs an average of only IL cents a ton, according to
the Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee. A
ton of it is transported from source of supply at a cost Of
only 2 IL cents a mile. The price seems almost ridiculously
low to anyone who has ever had to carry his water supply
uphill in a pail from lake or stream-as in the accompanying
pen-picture by Artist Satterfeld.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

After being single 98 years Blue
field, CIV. Va.) girl got a hubby at
last, thank goodness.
Mishawaka (Ind.) maiden sisters
aged 60 and TO-, married same day.
Live and hope, girls.
Boston man Of go swan IA miles.
after him or not.
Great news for horses. Italy has
decided cavalry is useless.
Printers will hold their next con-
.vention in Canada, much to their
wives suspicious.
Bad news for boarders. Potatoes
are plentiful this year.
Leather dealers hold their next
meeting in Iowa. A ruling on res
Itaurant steaks is expected.
-
Women are so touchy. Detroit one
asks divorce just because he split
a plank over her head.
"
1t seems only natural that the
throne is slipping in Greece.
Seven ohioans held a picnic up in
a balloon, which is n way to keep
things out of the lunch.
First frost reported in New York.
That place claims everything.
Detroit robber was a college grad
uate. but they caught him.
Los Angeles girls wear mems
trousers. Girls will be boys.
Man in Santa Rosa, Calf, cussed
a telephone. Fined SO. Probably
worth $40 to him.
Girl of II swan the Mississippi.
Not long ago girls of that age could
mt even spell it.
Michigan mans auto tag was Is
years old. New things don't last
like the old ones did.
Even basketball is dangerous. In
New York, a girls cheering a play
err led to marriage.
Chicago woma lost a $4,000
necklace in Paris. Could have lost
mora than that at home.
WiIconsin farmer found dynamite
in oats. Suppose he had fed the
horse and kicked him?
About 5000 patents are sought
monthly and pickle bottles as hard
to open as ever.
About twenty million pieces OF
mail reach the dead letter office
yearly, none, bills.
There would be a peach shortage
lie you didn't have to peal them.
Somebody is always favoring 6
drastic change in something.
Voliva thinks the earth IL fiat. HI
says the sun doesn't rise. He SHOULD
get up earlier.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington, D. C. This offer
apples strictly TO information. The
bureau VIII not attempt to answer
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and eR<
close W cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
Other Standards of Comparison

Or, again, we are told the cloth
used in the construction Of the ZR-1
would make a tent measurably larger
than the biggest circus tent that was
ever set up. That will mean some
thing to the boys to whom the main
top of the circus is still the biggest
thing in the world. And then it is
stated that there are forty miles of
wire in the air monster. That may
not convey so much of a picture, but
we all know that it is a lot of wire.
Also we are informed that on Aug
ust 20 the ship vas moved from her
construction cradle on one side of
the hangar to a housing cradle over
on the other side, and that since
then the ship has been literally up
In the air inside the hangar and sub
ject to tests approximating stresses
and strains to which she will be sub
jected in actual flights. And those
statements are really informing and
impressive in what they tell of the
size of the hangar. If they do not
suffice it may be pointed out that
the hangar could be set down over
the Capitol at Washington and
would cover it completely, save that
the dome would protrude some
eighty feet through the roof, or that
the Treasury Building would rattle
around in it like a die in a box.
The official name of the FRI in
naval aviation circles will be Fleet
Airship No. l, and her function will
be that OF long distance scouting In
connection with fleet manouvers.
She was built at the naval aircraft
factory in Philadelphia. the parts
being shipped to the station at Lake
hurst where they were assembled.
This country was to have three
ships of this type, the others being
the zR-3, which is now being com.
pleted in Germany and is to bC
turned over to Uncle Sam in s~ettlinl
war claims, and the ZR-2, which wal
purchased from the British anC
which, on her first trial flight, me
with s5e tragedy that shocked tn,
the world. The last named was tn
Largest Of the trio. with q gas ca,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Street by street-Know Your City
PINE STREET

Pine street extends from Lawrence
to Anton street and was laid out in
1915 by Mason & Smith. The street
is now being used as a detour. AL
though there are a number of houses
along this thoroughfare, 1t has not
been paved as yet, neither has it
curbing or sidewalks. Sewers will
be placed in this city within the
course of a few weeks. Both Pine
avenue and Pine street are named
after the pine tree.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
Bible Thought For Today

WHEN GREAT THINGS SHALL ocCUR-Then shall
the lame man leap as a heart, and the tongue of the dumb shall
sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams
in the desert-Isaiah Sc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

About 1900 miles could be cut
from the journey across the Pacific
Ocean from San Francisco to Cairo,
Egypt, by an airplane crossing the
arctic regions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Average number of people in the
world is one to every 2 0acres, 400
years hence it will be Ave to every
acre, IL present increase rate con-
tinues.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

A course in mineralogy has been
added to the first year course at the
College Of Dental Surgery at the
University of Michigan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

One man, formerly of Louisiana,
claimed to have shot 366 snipe in six
hours. a naverage of over a bird a
minute
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
NEW NAVAL AIR MONSTER
is DESCRIBED BY HASKIN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-With IA
voring weather conditions the first
trial flights Of the United States
Nays new air monster, the Fri,
will be made this month, and IL the
hopes of the builders are realized
and the plans of the operators do
not go a-wry these flights will be
extended gradually until within a
few months every important center
in the United States will have been
visited. The people in all sections of
the country will thus be given an
opportunity of seeing the first rigid
airship of its type ever built in
America.
Later a flight to the North Pole
regions may be undertaken. Such q
venture is under consideration and
tentative plans to that end have been
made.
Mammoth" monster" and
giant" are the only words that are
at all adequate to describe the new
airship and the hangar at Lakehurst,
New Jersey, where she has been as
sembled and Is now housed. Even
they do not convey concrete concep-
tions of size, and the dimensional
figures when they r stated are
more b~ewildering than impressive.
When we are told that the Fri
is $50 feet in length and that the
hull has a diameter of 10 feet with
a total gas capacity of 2,115,00 Gu
bic feet, we know that she is big,
but as to just how big the mind re-
mains a bit hazy.
When We are informed that the
Lakehurst hangers inside dimen-
sions are. roughly, 500 feet in length
by $50 feet in width and 40 feet
in height we know that it is immense
but the figures still leave us with
only a vague idea of what they
mean.
However, when it is stated that the
ZR-1, il brought down in a suffi-
GENTLY wide city street would over
lap considerably two standard city
squares in length and would tower
to the height of the ordinary eight
story building, we may get a mental
picture of the airship that conveys
approximately a real idea of her
size.
And when we are told that the
hangar would cover amos three city
blocks, that two average twelve-story
office buildings, that two average
twelve-story office buildings could
be pushed through its doors side by
side within it at one time without
ones encroaching upon another in
the slightest, we begin to realize
what mammoth" means when the
word is applied to the Lakehursi
structure.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Boston man Of 60 swan IA miles.
after him or not.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

After being single 9S years Blue
field, CIV. Va.) girl got a hubby at
last, thank goodness.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

pacity of 400, 900 cubic feet. while
the German-built ship is somewhat
larger than the now being tried
out at Lakehurst. having a gas ca
pacity of 100000 cubic feet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Great news for horses. Italy hi
decided cavalry is useless.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Mishawaka (Ind.) maiden sisters,
aged 60 and 10, married same day,
Live and hope, girls.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

Printers will hold their next con.
vention in Canada, much to theil
wives suspicious.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-15
MRS. C. A. SQUIBB is
CALLED BY DEATH
Former Kennewick Valley Resident
Dies at Home Of Daughter
in Portland

Mrs. Martha A. Squibb, wife of c.
A. Squibb, former well known fruit
farmer of the Kennewick Valley, died
February z in Portland at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. r. F. Hanke.
Mrs. Squibb had been an invalid
for many months, but her death was
primarily due to an attack of influ-
enza, which she contracted while car
ing for her husband, who is recover
ing from a similar attack.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Thomas Gallagher, pastor of the
Sunnyside M. E. church and interment
was in Mt. Scott cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Squibb came to Wash
ington as years ago and made their
home in the Palouse country and Spo-
kane until II years ago when they
came to Kennewick. On account OF
Mrs. Squibb's i'll health they sold their
farm in the valley last summer and
went to Portland.
Besides her husband Mrs. Squibb
is survived by three sons and two
daughters.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-15
NORTHWEST
STORM SWEPT
Kennewick Shivers but is
More Fortunate than
Other Sections

Z Altho Kennewick is shivering it il
not experiencing as great inconven.
fience from the winter storm which
descended upon the Northwest Mon,
day as are many other districts. Re
gardless of the railroad and highway
blockade nearly all lines of travel are
open around Kennewick for a radius
of rs miles. The only exceptions are
the river ferries and the road across
Horse Heaven, to Plymouth, which
was closed to automobile traffic by
Tuesday nights drifting snow.
As result of the storm thru
trains on the N. p. have been stalled
both east and west, but reports re.
ceiyed at the local station indicate
that the line will be open tonight
AS result of the snow blockade in
the Cascades yesterdays trains from
Seattle were either annulled or rout-
ed over the S., P. & S. via Portland
No. 334, running as stub train from
Ellensburg, arrived this forenoon or
time. The first train across the
mountains will be today's No. 2
which will probably arrive two OF
three hours late. The thru trains
from the East which have been stall
ed on the Rocky Mountain division
are expected to begin arriving here
shortly after midnight tonight.
Locally traffic has not been inter
rupted except in some sections of the
Horse Heaven. The highways are
open to Yakima, Walla Walla and
White Bluffs. Only about five inches
of snow has fallen since the storm
started Monday.
The minimum temperature was
reached this. morning when the mer-
curry dropped to above. Mondays
and Tuesdays low mark was above,
altho Mondays cold was accentuated
by cold north wind which blew thru
out the day and night.
Little or no crop damage is ex-
pected as a result of the storm.
Farmers are of the opinion that win
ter wheat and strawberry beds, which
had already started to grow, have
been protected by the snow and the
temperature has not been low enough
to injure tree fruit. The storm has
fallen heaviest upon the sheepmen
whose flocks begun lambing the first
of the month.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-02-15
Superior Judge Rules Con-
trary to Attorney Gen.
erals Opinion
ASKS THAT CASE
BE TAKEN HIGHER
Supreme Court will Prob
ably be Asked to Con-
strue State Statute

ln decision handed down yester-
day Superior Judge John Truax holds
that c. E. DeBow is the duly elected
commissioner from the second district
and orders the board of commissions
ers to seat him at the next regular
meeting as successor to A. G. McNeill.
The decision is in an action brought
by Mr.. DeBow to be allowed to quail
ify for the office to which he was
elected in November. Relying upon
a ruling of the attorney general Com
missioner McNeill refused to give up
the office which he is filling by ap-
pointment.
The state law provides that in case
of vacancy the commissioners shall
fill place on the board by appoint
ment and that such appontee shall
hold office until the next general
election. The attorney general ruled
that the "next general election"
meant the next election at which this
office would have been voted upon
had no vacancy occurred. Had DR..
French, whom McNeill succeeded, con-
tinued to serve this office would not
have been voted upon until the gem
eral election in 1924.
Judge Truax, however, places diff
ferent Interpretation upon the stat
ute, holding that the "next general
election" means The first general cleo
tion at which this office might be
voted upon. In his findings he re-
commends that the case be taken at
once to the supreme court and this
will probably be done.