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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
THE U COMMITTEE

Some day, possibly, the voters will wake up to the importance
Of electing the right kind of county committeeman. Here is, after
all, the real foundation of our political system. The county com
mittee runs the election machinery; it is the party organization,
and it decides which candidates are regular" Those not having
the backing of the county committee, even though the support is
given surreptfhously, are under the almost fatalhandicap of being
called independents
The direct primary was supposed to assure the voters the op-
portunity to select their own candidates for office. The direct pi-
mary does put the power in the hands of the voters, but unless
there is something very unusual to arouse interest, the candidates
backed by the county committee, and who, because of that back
ing, are known as the regulars, y are almost invariably successful
1t is apparent, therefore, that in order to get the right cali
bre of men on the ticket it is necessary to go further back, evee
than the direct primary as far as the nomination of candidates
is concerned. The group of men who head the party organization
and who, to a large extent, pick the candidates who are to run at
the primaries, must be of the right kind if the people are to have
good and efficient government.
But it is at the direct primary that the county committeeman
are elected. The Democrats, voting in the Democratic primary
choose the Democratic county committeeman, and the Republicans
voting in the Republican primary, choose the Republican county
committeeman. The trouble is, the voters pay little attention to
this particular office. They may show a passing interest, perhaps
in the men who are candidates for the nomination for alderman,
freebooter, assemblyman, and the other positions to be filed at
the general election in November, but the selection of men to serve
on the county committee is hardly given a second thought; an
x is put opposite the name printed on the ballot in a perfume
tory manner, and very often the voter does not even bother to vote
MT all for this candidate.
As a result, sy ward politician who is favored by the party boss
can get on the county committee. In this way the boss keeps con-
troll of the party organization and is able to WELD great influence
in the selection of candidates for the general election. And then
people wonder why the influence of the boss continues so great
even in spite of the direct primary. By being able to decide which
candidates at the primary are regular" the boss gets his fav-
orites in office and thereby, perpetuates his power. His continued
success is due to the lack of interest that the average voter takes
in the selection of county committeeman.
Any man can have his name put on the ballot for county
committeeman by circulating a petition and fling it with the
proper authorities within the specified time. Here, then, is the
place to begin to get the right men in public office. Get fit men.
on the county committee which is really the backbone of the party
organization, and they will see that only fit men get the backing.
CT the county committee which stamps them as Irregular
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
THE REFEREE
Prosperity
tBy Albert Apple)

Prosperity
Arthur l.. Lee, who manages two
of the New York hotels, talks with
hundreds of out-of-town merchants
who at this season of the year flock
to New York to buy stocks of goods.
Lee finds that the merchants are
buying heavily. Most of them ex-
lpect good business this fall and
winter.
When it comes to this kind of pre-
dieting, we'd rather trust a store
keeper than an army of economists
and business experts" Merchants
develop a sixth sense. They have
to.
Arrived
In the last fiscal year 522,919 i'm
migrants arrived to make the United
States their future home.
Treat them kindly when you meet
them, for immigrants early treat
ment in their new environment in
most cases largely determines the
kind Of citizens they make. Ameri-
~canization is more a matter of neigh
borliness and brotherhood than of
night schools and propaganda.
Coal
Periodical shortages are causing
many office buildings, factories and
homes to use oil instead of coal for
fuel. In New England alone it's esti-
mated that fuel oil has already dis
placed 25 million tons of coal a
year. Some combustion experts say
that 1873 gallons of oil do the work
of a ton of coal.
Dimensions
Movies that show a third dimen-
sion, depth, like the sterescope, will
be made in Chicago by the Spoor-
Berggren process. Movies at present
have only two dimensions, length
and width, but they seem real and
three-dim ensional to the audiences.
Life involves a similar illusion. Man
is a four-dimensional being, able to
perceive only three dimensions. So
called psychic phenomena, unex-
plainable, are activities in the fourth
dimension. SO claim some OF Elm
STEMS followers.
Junkman
Israel Joseph, Illinois junk deal
err, bought for 100000 an electric
line that cost 81, $685. 600 to build. He
started scrapping 1t. But farmers
along the line convinced the state
government that the road was a pub
lie necessity, so Joseph has to oper-
ate it as a public utility.
1t is more difficult to be-a trader
than in the old days, even for the
junkman-who eventually inherits
everything.
Booming
The railroads in the first half OF
this year broke all freight-hauling
records. And the enormous freight
business has continued since then.
This shows that business is travel
ing under momentum sufficient to
carry it crashing through ever bic
obstacles, just as an express train
carried by its momentum a consid-
cradle distance even after brakes
a ma ann1fad. us ittsF IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
II&
EiftlA
WOK[d
BY A. H.
NEA SerVica Writer

SAN FRANCISCO.-Had o.
Henry's character set out to find the
voice of the city, in San Francis
CO instead of in New York, he would
have had a more difficult job.
For San Francisco is a city Of i'm
pulse. changeable as a woman.
She acts from the heart in time
of emotional stress; the head plays
a secondary part.
Thus, when the boys came home"
| the large eastern cities planned elab-
crate ceremonies long in advance,
! and held them exactly as per sched-
ule. Here, too, committees planned
| and schedules were announced.
The parade started up Market
street, according to program, but
then came impulse, triumphant. A
| mother saw her son whom h had
| been notified was dead. She broke
! the rope barriers and rushed to him.
| With a cry OF joy the rest of San
( Francisco followed. The boys were
engulfed in swarms of relatives and
| friends, kissed, swamped in a riot
of gladness.
Then the parade proceeded. But
| each soldier boy was the center OF
a group of civilians, his gun n
| helmet were carried for him, he was
the adored of his knot of welcomers,
all oblivious to the fact that he was
supposed to be part Of a parade
So II was that San Francisco acted
straight from the heart when Presi-
dent Harding died.
No official proclamation was Is
sued before San Francisco, bowed
with grief, had acted.
Merchants, business men, profess
sional men, women in industry, all,
everybody in the city was sad and,
| being sad, called off the days labors
to mourn
Offices and stores were opened only
| while the gay red, white and blue,
hung out to welcome the President,
was being replaced with the black
and purple of grief; that his pic
lures, displayed in all windows,
might be decorated with signs OF
mourning.
Then San Francisco went home to
be alone with thoughts of her dead
President.
A San Francisco police reporter,
basing his observations on long con-
tact with swindlers and swindled, re-
Gently remarked hat the average
person will fall for almost any
thing
He receives confederation from
the householders in a certain district
across the bay.
Just off San Pablo avenue. much
Travelled paved highway for autos
and street cars, is a sign reading
key Route Right Away" evidently
a mistake of the sign painter who
was instructed to reserve a right-of-
way for the Key Route Traction
Company.
"And you'd be surprised how
many people ask how long before a
lcar'li be along" says M neighbour
ling property owner, despite the fact
that there isn't a a track within
two blocks"
One word was enough to bring
grief to a certain Los Angelesean
and to land him behind prison bars.
The one word came from his par
rot pet.
A group of federal prohi agents
went to search the home of one sam
Beck. resident of Los Angeles.
They ransacked the usual places
without result, and were about to
admit defeat when the parrot cut In
with upstairs. Upstairs. Upstairs.
Taking the tip, the agents loon
| descended with several bottles OF
contraband, and Sam accompanied
them to the county Jail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. Did one president decline to
witness the Inauguration of his sue
cessor? Fl. G. D.
A. When Thomas Jefferson pro-
l-ceeded to the capitol to take the
chamber of the Supreme ACourt,
John Adams refused to accompany
him.
@. How many letters do passen-
gers on a big ship write en- voyage ?
c. l.. A.
A. The Post Office Department
says that more than "a 900 post
cards and 10000 letters were mailed
on the Leviathan during the ships
maiden voyage from New York to
Southampton.
Q. Were Columbian quarters coin
ed in 1893? T. L. Q.
A.. Forty thousand Columbian or
Isabella quarters were coined in
1893. These are the only United
States coins bearing the head of a
foreign ruler. Five million Column
bian ~half-dollars were coined bear
ing the head Of Columbus.
@. What is the meaning of the
words Ku Klux? A. R.
A. The present organization
known as the Ku Klux Khan adopted
the title of an organization formed
shortly after the Civil War. This
organization originated with a meet
ing in Pulaski, Tennessee, with an
ayowed purpose of combating condi-
tons which had arisen as a result of
the Civil War. The name Ku Klux
was decided upon at this meeting
when some member suggested the
word "Ku Kloi" from the Greek
Kuklos, meaning a band or circle.
Another member called out "Call 1t
Kukluz' and it was further suggest
ed that the word "Klan' be added.
The full name Ku Klux Khan was
adopted at this meeting.
@. Why are some remedies called
specifics? G. c.
A. The specific remedy is one
which Is supposed to have a peculiar
efficacy in the cure of a particular
disease, or one which has a special
action on some particular organ.
Q. How can lightning be collected
from the clouds for experimental
purposes? w. NJ.
A. The Bureau of Standards saws
a kite can be used to collect electric
ity from the clouds for experimental
purposes. Use wire in place of string
in making it, and preferably a wire
for the kite string. A kite string that
has been dipped in salt water should
prove a fairly good conductor, how
ever. Do not hold the string In
your hand. 1t MY be held through
a silk ribbon several feet long and
kept dry. Connect hand end of this
ribbon by wire to the ground. At
tach condensers to the end of the
string, the other side being ground
ed. This experiment first attempted
by Benjamin Franklin Is a danger
Gus one.
Q. Which motion picture house
west of the Mississippi is the finest
j. N. S.
A. Probably the largest and the
most beautiful motion picture thea
tire west of Chicago is the Egyptian
at Hollywood.
@. Please advise the minimum and
maximum wage scale in Henry
Ford's plants? T. G. T.
A. The Ford Motor Company says
that skilled labor such as tool MAX
ers are paid from 80 cents to $1.25
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. CLIFFORD C. RoBINsoN
REDUCING WEIGHT


The situation confronting one who
is fat, gaining, or trying to reduce,
often is trying. 1t requires the dag
nosis of a skilled physician to deter
mine the nature of your system and
whether your fat trouble is familial,
glandular or overweight. The latter
may be successfully treated. In case
of family tendencies or the glandu-
lar type there is not much hope of
reducing.
FIRST determine what your normal
weight should be. No distinct gain
should result after the age of thirty.
Ten pounds either way should not
bother you.
Often reducing the use of fat
forming foods seems ineffective. One
a is you expect results too
quickly.
Again, one may work strenuously
at diet and exercise and register a
gain. If so. your obesity probably
has resulted in some disease. Your
attempts have reduced the trouble
to such an extent that your over
worked fat body is relieved and ac-
tually registers a gain.
In establishing yourself on a nom
fat-forming diet, use these foods:
Thin vegetable soups with rye or
bran bread, toast and a moderate
amount of lean meat and fish with
fresh vegetables, raw or stewed
fruits with very little sugar.
Start the diet first; then walking
and regular exercise. Do not at
tempt rapid reducing, 1t is danger
Gus. A pound, possibly two or three
each week, is sufficient. Cold baths
taken under your physicians orders
will help. Walk from three to six
or eight miles every day, rain or
shine. No mysterious systems or
drugs are needed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06

per hour, depending on skill. Com
mon labor is hired at 62h cents per
hour for a periol of so days, after
which the rate paid is rs cents to 90
cents, depending upon proficiency.
Q; What is a meander line? A.
L. G..
A. A meander line is usually ir-
regular-not a boundary line-but
one following approximately the
outline of a plot Of land with inac-
cessible boundaries.
Q. Should nasturtium seeds be
picked green and dried, or left on the
vine until ripe? v. G. s.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the seeds should not be
gathered until very ripe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

Worlds Chess Congress is over
without improving chess pies any,
Ffrpo has signed to box Wills. He
Will run out of boxers and soon have
to start wrestling.
Best lightweight boxer in Chile
Is coming. Reminding us to remem-
Der the heavies If it gets chilly.
Please get your blame coal strike
out of the way for the world series.
Coolidge says he doesn't eat beans.
After the navy vote.
Windshield cut Edison's finger.
Bet he invents a cutless Windshield.
That or cutless fingers.
Ford went hiking in the Michigan
woods. The squirrels didn't get him.
Proves he isn't a nut.
They claim Wood made an ex-con-
Wet a Philippine mayor. Better than
making a future convict mayor.
Fall furs are so high, look out
there house cat, look out.
Wild geese are flying south, prov
ing they are not such big geese.
Fall news from Canada. Trapper
got his foot into it setting a trap.
Typhoon Is over in Hong Kong.
1t doesn't matter, but the place
sounds like an auto coming.
Same London burglar robbed a
Jail three times, but failed to escape
with any policemen.
Arrested IL detectives and hotel
clerks in Vienna, perhaps to make
Americans there feel at home.
Hay fever has started. Sneezing
at strangers is bad etiquette.
Detroit woman demands $50, 900
for a broken heart, proving the
thing isn't even cracked.
New plane Weighing 10000 pounds
flies. Nail down the postofice. 1t
may get restless.
Burbank has crossed peaches with
plums. Maybe he could cross a
street with heavy traffic.
Terrible news for fish in British
streams. Great Britain's unemployed
is increasing.
Gas sold for six cents in Los An
geles. Must be the climate.
Snakes are being kept to catch
rats in Sawtelle, Calf. Like keeping
mosquitoes to chase flies.
School teacher Is missing in
Pennsylvania, but the kids are afraid
she will be found.
Reservoir broke in Pueblo, Colo.
and vail we hope is that it washed
away some picnic ants.
Omaha, Neb., has a water short
age. May be one in New York. New
Workers haven't looked to see.
They are making substitutes for
coal. This winter you may have to
sit in somebody's lap to get warm.
The Cinderella of today Is the girl
who has to sleep in a nightgown In
stead of pajamas.
Must be awful for a movie star to
mistake a former wife for a stranger
and marry her again.
The yellers, as you will find, are
the yellers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06

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any question by writing The Perth
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Bureau, Frederic J.. Haskin, Direc-
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
Bible Thought For Today

THE HEAVENLY SONG-They sing the song of Moses
the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great anc
marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are
thy ways. thou King of saints-Revelation Is %.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-06
THEOLDTOWN
Street by street-Know Your CITY
Pulaski STREET

y NBthOFhN OIT1FlEI
Pulaski street extends from Par
ker street west to State street and
was laid out in 1916 by Mason q
Smith on the property Of the North
Amboy Investment Company. Puf-
asky street was named after the
Pulaski family. The street lis sixty
feet wide, mas sewers and Is thickly
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05
SKINNER TACKLES
JOB AT BOYS CLUB
New Superintendent Rolls Up
Sleeves to Restore Morale


Pulling the Boys club aas % shs
chaotic condition into which il has
- ....,,,s. a. srin 4 the hiz iab
~" f,'" "sss, ss,aas, new sueerin-
800, rs undertaken. Nc. skiRr
$500. ,,,s naasaias that ~ was
~ s.s 500 snea,,rs.sa IN The xay in
'ss "' ~ aa,.s are returnins 10 the
49," s ,ha ,a,arest which is l,sinH
s'ea $50 ,ha,.
's' -. sxs.s. NJ keeoins track Of
ssrs aas.,e neeessary hy the neg.
~, - ~ a,a svs,em mas heen in.
-...a,aa H.. Nr skinner which In
$3.50 Inc rs.registering of an meme
,s..s
~, ,.al sama nj the activities Of
.,,,,, ,,,,, ~ resumed and others
"a, 80, ans, as Readily AS satisfae.
80. $500 can ne nroeured and ar.
,a,,.s,,,en,s oamn,eted. There will he
49, n,aa,hershi.s aeeofdlng 10
~. a,,,,,nar hn, ! minimum member.
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05

he dispensed with this year Mr. Skin
ner feeling that the boys can use
their time in a more profitable man
ner.
Next week the moving picture ma
chine will be overhauied and equipped
for movie programs this winter. and
nne night each week will be devoted
TO that purpose.
The social room for older boys VIII
be continued. II the boys 80 desire,
for reading and other social purposes
but smoking will be prohibited any
where Ia the club.
The kitchen will he re-opcncd for
special occasions when hot dogs
sandwiches and coffee will be sold.
Upwards OF 50 music rolls for the
player piano have been presented TO
the club by Mrs. a. y. Bennett OF 20
Highland street. More of these rolls
and magazines OF any kind suitable TO
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05
Saloon Man VIII Close
Rather Than Go TO jan

est ssioOns here. that OF wm, y
FseneY. is expeeted 70 be closed, or
al least dismantled under eenH aes
ton in his ease today when he prem'
ised 10 go cut Of business Nhfa
Judge Samuel Young suspended a iail
sentence which had been added 70
slAa and costs for liquor ias Nleiss
tea. FesHey had been In business se
Years. The Jail sentence would hsfs
been for 90 days,
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05

gronins hags Niii u appreciated, a
ans tiHas
Eess RasFa of nlEestsss.
A heafa 81 directors e sehsiss 81
ahaut sa hogS Nall BE- eFganista es
~ neN superintendent fhess eess
Mil pass aRoR eli business sFaasae'
Items and al Hfs propositions eeseFe
ikay sFe adopted,
Nc, skinner is man peculiarly a.
led Tor the posiiiaR, he has hseH Ia
tsrested IN hOgs seFk for wears and
Aas the first BaF scout executive 10
this eiiY, tie left that office 10 eater
he armY aRd graduated from the
Central TFainiRs camp AZ Camp
Grant, ill., as q second lieutenant
lie has hsen se0utmasteF 81 fnosp
Al the Center church for several SaaFs
and vas enc Of those who plunged
into muddy water Al Willow hraek
park last spring when he and two
OF his Scouts saved three girls and .
boy from dEaNniag. He Il general Of
the the blue army OF kNeFymah's
Bible class,
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05
Woman Found In Stamford
Doesn't Know Her Name

stamford. Oct. a. wemsh who
was thought 10 he suffering from
amaesia Vas found on the street by an
eflieer last night and placed In local
saniiaFium. After medical attention
che wrote the name Of Norma Mac.
Danough. North Newell avenue, whit
tier. Cal. on a slip Of paper She said
she had heen decorated with several
medals hut Was al loss 10 give q
connected story about herself
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05

agills Il - planRea o. aolAhaae Ahs
regular eslisthsai0s eiih heaFse'As
gsmes.
superintendent SkiRasF snd fnnlef
AchieA ement Supervisor Mlllism NJ,
4. squire are cooperating N pish
10 re-apea the Junior Achievement
classes ana hFelsat'iy 20 hold . haHaaF
Il the uigb Ia ahe AiRtes
yhs eiecirie. tin-makiag, saoaT
aorking. and al clubs slil he feefs
gani1ed. The eisY madellag club Nl'l
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05
Dies of Injuries From
Motorcycle Accident

Ralasn, oct. k.=EFnest Harper. e
Rsfiek. n. L. whe IN = crash o. Ats
motorcycle siih a. sntemeeiie SUE
dsy Aas thresn nRea the susemetsts
TOP snd fsll upon the radiator, dise
ar his iRiaries 81 me Pss- h,sae@li
hospital todag, Harper on ms way NJ
hili climbing eontesss AZ ellllmshsie
met the auismabils Of Bert eeas'sAs
tins ~ Moesap AZ inrn IN inc reea
betHeeA Sterling and Mo0sun
New Britain herald., 1923-10-05
Man Killed al Fairfield
Is Partially Identified

bridgeport. Oct, a. mans hcds
was picked up near the fsilresa
tracks al the Mill river bridge IN Fair
neld yesterday. II Ia believed that
the body may be that OF Fred bneh.
man, 90, of 81 Jane street. who iet
the state farm AZ Norwich on the
night OF August 20,
Evening star., 1923-01-28
SEEK MORE LIGHT
ON SURPLUS DATA
Congress Committee to Hear
Officials Who Submitted
Various Reports.

When the joint congressional COM
mittee investigating the surplus
revenues of the District of Columbia
meets tomorrow morning in the Sem
ate District committee room to con-
slider further what report 1t shall
make to Congress. representatives of
the District government, the general
accounting office, the Department Of
Justice and of the citizens commit
tes will be called upon to explain
various matters which were dealt
with in their recent reports to the
committee. upon which the commit
tee desires further light.
Members of the joint committee are
anxious to wind up the investigation
and report finally to Congress on the
question Of the surplus revenues of
the District, now In the federal Treas
ury. They are working with this end
in view.
Would Prevent Delay.
Whether they will be able to COM
plete their labors and file their report
by the first Monday in February. as
they are required to do by the law
creating the committee, remains to be
seen. Senator Phfpps. chairman OF
the committee, is seeking to complete
the work in time IL possible. Even IL
1t is hoped that 1t will be possible.
with brief extension of time, to
submit the report before the present
Congress closes.
The expert accountants employed by
the committee to audit the Districts
accounts from 1911 until the present
time have in their report Indicated
that balance of some $5.00e.000 Is
found on the books. The experts.
however, made no recomme ndations
in regard to it, but have suggested to
the committee a number of circum-
stances that might be taken into con-
sideration in settling the matter.
Their report to the committee has
been analysed by Maj Donovan, the
District auditor; H. j. Galloway of
the Department of Justice, Earl Tag
CART of the general accounting office
and Edward F. Colladay of the citi-
zens' committee. These reports have
been distinctly favorable to the claim
OF the District to this surplus revenue,
Ii is contended.