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telescope you see two stars, both of
which are brilliant
+ The first visitor in line is a per-
son who has tried to make a study
of the stars, and he proceeds to ask
! many questions, the last of which
shows that he has only taken pri-
mary course in the subject, but the
teous as ever. You feel that were you
in his place. you would administer "a
sharp rebuke.
The next is a gushing young wom-
an who just assure that she will not
be able to see, and she asks John" to
look first, so If she cannot get the
range. or something like that, he can
tell her all about it when they get
home. The next is the same sort of a
person that you meet every day. Even
in the dim or rather half-light, You
can see that he is one of the sort that
is not going to be convinced He
takes a peep, and then turns as II
him and he takes another look. When
he draws away from the eyepiece.
you can see that he has been con-
WINGED there is something in as
tronomy after all.
X 4 x x
n TENT we have the bride and bride
~ groom. and while they have
sighed at the moon during the months
of billing and cooling previous to the
happy event. they have never really
seen fair Luna before, and they gaze
at the bright object in the heavens
with a sort of wonder.
Now, along comes fidgety old lady
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state that the sleeping room of the
men was once a stable, and this room,
as well as others, despite the very
energetic efforts of Lieut. Dean and
his men. cannot be kept In the con-
| dition that it should be kept. 1t is
not the fault of the men. for they
have labored for years to make the
place one that might pass muster,
and they nave provided this and that
cut of their own pockets to improve
the station. but YOU cannot do the
impossible.
The harbor police group consists of
| eighteen members of the force and
seven civilians, such as engineers.
| firemen, etc. The men work about
ten to fourteen hours a day, and that
means in all sorts of weather for
accidents 90 not always happen on
nice warm and balmy days; neither
do lawbreakers select the bright sun
shiny part of the day to carry out
their schemes of pillage, nor do the
gangs that usually prey upon motor
| launches and sailboats do their work of
robbery in the MONDAY rays of light.
You. can imagine how an expert
river thief would act if some one
suggested to him that he carry out
his plans while the day was light or
the rays, of the moon fell full force
on the object of his attack.
The men who are charged with Civ
/ ing protection TO life and property
work all sorts of hours. They have
| to patrol many miles Of river front,
have to be ready to respond to any
emergency call that may come from
any section of the twenty five mile
beat that they are in charge of, and
have in the summer months to pro-
/ vide for the safety of thousands who
sail down the river. for every now
and then an accident will happen or
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have a certain effect. both on the
earth and upon the seas. The largest
telegraph company in the world ex-
changes notes with the man in charge
of the big teiesc ope, and they appre-
ciate the fact that Intense magnetic
action has been caused by the spots
They produce decided difference on
the land and cable lines. and when
ever the observatory people discover
something new In the line OF sun
spots, they at once communicates with
the telegraph people. They. in turn.
send monthly chart as to the effect
on their. lines. Occasionally the .teIe-
graph lines get a>real jolt, and then
they know that something unusual
Is taking place on the surface OF Old
Sol.
The warnings sent cut from the OBJ
servatory permit the commercial
bodies to prepare for emergencies. so
lIt win be seen that the work OF the
men at the telescopes is avery day
benentfng mankind.
lsTT viii be Remembered BY those
- ! Who were Interested In the mat
TIER that just about two $ ears .so
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master. The larger craft need lot
of territory, and this year there is
to be a great number of these from
out of town, more especially during
the Shriners' week. All OF them must
also have location where they may
drop their anchors, or mud hooks"
as the nautical one would say. This
task of assignment is not an easy
one. by any means, for unless great
care is taken the boats would be so
placed as to cause damage.
Then the question of lights is an
other thing that has to be looked
after. for while the regulations that
concern the illumination of the bow
and stern of all craft do not come
directly under the man In charge Of
the harbor precinct he has for
safety's sake to see that all craft are
displaying the prorer night signals.
Some persons have often wondered
why the harbor police do not go after
a Iawbreaker on the Virginia shores.
The answer is that the jurisdiction
of the local men extends only to a
point called ''highwater mark on
the Virginia side of the river. Beyond
that il is a matter that must be ham
died by the authorities of the Old
Dominion.
There is a law that no one shall
fish with nets in the waters that are
under the supervision of the District
of Columbia. and here again is a
point that comes under the jurisdic-
tion of the harbor police. To see that
all persons obey this law is not a
simple task. for there have been
for years many who dared the wrath
of the law in order that they might
secure a good catch" either for their
own use or for the purpose of sale
1t has been a constant fight between
the lawbreakers and the authorities.
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might happen that, the whole place
,yof,ld tumble down before morning.
There is a legend along The water
front that the reason they do not
paint or scrub the walls is that they
are afraid, the walls viii fall to
pieces under the strain of brush
~ $3.50 -
rot are delighted that summer is
mere for the old fashioned egg
stoves that are in place look as If
they were on their last legs Assyou
walk into the Office of the efficient
man VINO has charge OF the many
miles of water front. YOU wonder
what. would happen IL. four people
should. be in his Office at. one time
It looks. TO You as if some one would
be suffooated. for the office where
this qua rdian Of the public. veal is
expected to receive those who have
business with him is, less than twelve
by twelve feet. and II You want to
know where he Keeps some Of his
records and papers. you will have to
go outside. There you will see an
old fashioned cupboard That was part
of the junk they, moved from the d
police headquarters, ages and ages
ago. The whole place reminds one
Of the siums of Limehouse Point,
England, and this is but mild de-
scription or the quarters Of the harbor
master OF the city of Washington, the
capital of the nation.
It Is not considered, safe to lift
some of the few boats they have out
Of the water by means Of the chains
ana hooks that, are suspended. They
ara afraid that II they did 30. the
weight of one end of a boat might
pull the whole collection of shacks
into the river. M
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it would also have most beneficial
effect on the rest of the. force. 80
One must not get the idea that be-
cause Lieut.. Dean is sixty three years
of age he has grown too old -fersae-
tive duty, for the contrars,sis quite
the case. If YOU ever saw hinaaept
after a bunch of alawbreals eRs --sogI
would think that he was a. young
man just in his prime. and when ! Ii
comes to handling a boat I'M had
weather, you will see a sturdy man
at the helm, a man. that y6a,$kno~ is
entitled to the rank OF master -Fs1s
/. Down to the sea- in ships, Is ,axh8Ea
game, and, lest. the reader sinla2ilfe
l.that there is but one man On. tribe
force down on sthe water front that
holds masters ticket y may he
well to say that Sergt. Charles IN.
Mundie is sdeep-water man who
holds a ticket that reads master, 81
oceans. He is pilot OF Fthe1shrst
class on the Chesapeake. Afteis iat-
ing served In the Navy during The
last war as a lieutenant COMMANDER
with the cruiser and transport forces
from here to the shores of our aiiiess
he was made a master of several
ships that were under the Jurisdictions
OF the Shipping Board, and his record
with this department OF the govern :
ment was such as to gain for bins
the respect of his superior officers.
He was honorably discharged In 1921
and returned to the police forces be-
ing sent immediately to the harbor
precinct.
THE equipment of the force at the
i waters edge is not exactly what
you would call up-to-date- There aia
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some one will not. conduct himself
the boat lands, action must be taken.
The .harbor police must be at the
wharves when the excursion boats
come in with their loads of humanity,
and must see that order is main :,
tanned and that no one lis injured In
the rush that is made to get on the.
street cars, for every one is in a hurry
to get home Tired mothers. with
their little ones in their arms, must
be escorted to places of safety. and
generally the. -blue-coated ones help
these women on the cars and see that
they are not pushed to one side or
injured. rs
ETHE men have to be on the patrol
i boats many long hours. for there
must be a constant watch kept along
! the banks Of the river. canoe
might eapsize. A member of. assw inn
ming party. might be- seized with
cramps and drown and the body must
be dragged for. Order must be main
tanned at all points. Watch must be
kept on fishermen who do not respect
the law. The man with seine must
be kept away. The chap who goes
after something along the water that
IL out of season must be brought to
1.-THE bar OF Justice. The person that
cares inaught for property rights must
be captured anu brought in to the
station house.
The average person docs not stop
Itt6 think Of the number OF sailing
boats. launches. meteor boats. schoon-
ers. yachts and other craft that must
be accounted Tor and given the right
70 anchor: There are about i,6pe
lscfafl iii the river that have to be
Under the Supervision OF the hArhor
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BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN.

~ ONE day.. if you are down on
Water street and you see a low,
dismal and dingy building. do
- not imagine that you are gazing
at the the home OF lot of squatters,
for you are not. It.is collection of
shacks used by those who have but
holding" privileges. 1t is the home
of the harbor master and his gallant
crew
As you stand and gaze you are not
proud of the quarters that have been
provided for these men. who work
long hours in all kinds of weather.
You are not filled with JOY at the
prospect of some visitor. whom you
are entertaining. asking you to show
him the water front and then. when
you do take him down to the foot of
9Th street, having him ask you to
show him where the place where guar
dians of the peace of the river is 10
Gated
You can even. in a moderate wind.
hear the roofs creak. and when you
enter the composite building you in
stantly note the poor arrangement
and the insanitary conditions.
You are in constant dread OF some
large rodent, a regular water rat,
jumping out from the dark and dis
mai recesses with which the place
abounds. You see a room where the
men are supposed. 10 get their rest.
and you would not house last year S
fiivver in the room. You would be
afraid that the oiIroom might over
flow or the woodshed fall in on your
car. You would be afraid to- step
along any of the passageways with
out stout club in one hand and an
electric fiashlight In the other, and
even then you would be pleased when
the time came for you to leave. for IL
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Housed in Dingy and Dismal Quarters,
Harbor Police Serve City With Energy

rLongSu
Keeping tchof the Gangs. s. IS -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
Spending a Night With the Stars
At Americas Naval Observatory

How the Scientists Obtain Photographs Of
the Great Bodies That Are Set IN the Skies
Above = Interesting Phenomena of Stars.
Planets, Moon. Sun and Other Objects That
We're Mysteries for Ages.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
FEMALES RACE
HERE TONIGHT
Second Heat of Half Mile
Event to be run at
Auditorium
4 dozen or more contestants and

A dozen or more contestants and
a big crowd of spectators are eX-
pected out for the second heat oil
the half mile female roller skating
race at the Auditorium skating rink,
on New Brunswick avenue. this eve
ming.
Wednesday night of last week the
promoters put on the first heat and
about a dozen entries toed the mark
when the word Ego" was given. Miss
Kate READER finished first, and the
Misses Hortense Hull, Mary Demko
.aud&A4a HOPPER, the latter oil
Keyport, finished in the order
named.
There will be four heats in all and
the winner of the final will be pre-
scented with a pair of roller skates
1t is likely that tht final half mile
will be run at the Auditorium. two
weeks from tonight. and two per"
Scns will participate in m
Messrs. Powers brothers. the pro-
motors, will decide tonight how
many racers to allow in the semi
final contest scheduled for next
week. In the recent male race,
there were four entries In the SEMI
final and two in the final.
The promoters are making ar
rangements for the appearance oil
big time racers at the local rink,
and also a strong North Jersey roller
skating basketball team to oppose
the Bjork squad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
POLICE SCOUTS
At PRACTICE
BIuecoats of Other Cities Will
Visit EIkS' Alleys This
Afternoon

Representatives of the South Am
bow. Woodbridge, Elizabeth, Hillside
and Westfeld police departments are
expected in this city this afternoon
TO see the bowling team of Marlnus
L~udwigson, representing the loeal
Police Social Club, in action on the
Elks' alleys, Madison avenue.
The police bowling team was or
ganized during the latter part OF iast
week and Manager Ludwigson called
the first practice for Monday after
noon. Six men, Frank Burke, Bill
Seiboth, Frank Seiboth, Jim Egan'
Bill Bachman and the manager re-
sponded, and a spirited session was
put across.
About a dozen men are on
TO report for today's workout and II
this number is on hand, a fve-game
match will be rolled to test the
strength of the bluecoats under nre'
Ludwigson is planning to roll the
first match early next week with BIZ
Campbell's Washington All Star
team.
After the Washington match, the
police will be ready for engagements
| with the representatives of other po-
lice departments. The Social CluD
representatives did not do so well in
baseball and shooting, against the
police of other cities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
SO. AMBOY PRODUCT
WILL Fight FEATURE
BOUT FOR NATIONAL

champion was willing to fight here.
The desire of the champion to pick
his w opponent, is the only thing
that prevented his appearance here.
The fans have had enough of the
champion stuff in former years. A
good man matched to fight a setup
will not phase the fistic followers.
So. Amboy Interested
Fans across the river are highly
pleased with the announcement that
the contender for the bantamweight
title. a boy born in South Amboy. is
to fight here in two weeks. Darcy,
during the better part of his career,
has fought in the flyweight division,
but of late has been taking on oppo-
nents in the next class.
A great many South Amboy fans
have been following Darcy by seeing
him in action in most of his battles,
while others follow his activities
through the papers. The chance to
see him fight here, should pack the
spacious Auditorium with South AM
boy fans.
The Darcy-Goldberg go is a bout
that would please Madison Square
Garden visitors, and there is little
doubt but that 1t will be a better
contest than the proposed Lynch
Goldberg go.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
MANASQUAN 5
At So. ANBOY
New Streak to Start for South
Amboy High at Home
Tonight

SOUTH AMBOY, Dec. 21.-Al-
though their string of wins was
broken by O. rare bit of luck on We'd
nesday afternoon, when they were
defeated by Woodbridge high school
basketeers on the township court by
a one-point margin in the last min
ute to 90, the local high school team
will endeavor to make up for the
defeat and start anew tonight when
they oppose Manasquan high school
courtsters on the John street audi
forum.
The game on Wednesday was a
hard fought one and both teams
have admitted that it was of a rough
nature. "Selly' Hoagland was re-
sponsible for the locals defeat when
he put his team ahead one point by
a. spectacular shot with twenty sec
onds of the contest left to be played.
This game broke the two-game win-
ming record of the John street boys.
Not much has been heard OF
their opposition in the encounter to-
night, as Manasquan is not a leading
team in Monmouth County, and the
local team should have ar easy time
in claiming a win. Coach Glass is
not disappointed by the defeat OF
| Wednesday, and holds that with the
form his boys are showing, Wood
| bridge high school will be defeated
ny the local team by such a large
margin in the next engagement that
the superiority of the John street
passers will clearly be shown by the
score. He is also confident of
| win tonight.
JEmes, oliver, Geant, Sheppard
and Lambertson will form the line
, up for the John street boys tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21

Although the local high school
track team did not make a good
showing in the meet held at the
Twenty-second Armory, New York
city. under the direction of Stuy-
vesant high school, big things are
expected from the State street har-
riers in the next few months.
In the big events last week end
the local boys were matched against
some of the leading scholastic attn
letes in the state and because OF
lack of practice and very little TX
perience the team, which consisted
of four men, were left far behind in
every event.
However, the experience was a
g.ea. deal toward the success Of the
athletes and Coach Wisner with the
assistance of Manager Han Fine
will go right ahead in mapping out
n complete program for tie new
year. Practice sessions will be held
after the return from the holiday
vacation, when many more candl-
dates are expected out and an effort
will be made to have a cracker jack
team ready to enter the big events
in the spring.
At present William Matuson, val
ter Yusick. Robert Hutton and Steve
Salaki form the high school rack
team and Coach Wisner expects TO
have before many days are over his
head a group of at least twenty-five
barriers. The Penn Relays are
of the big events to be entered ,)y
the local team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21

A few more days of practice upon
the return from the holiday Vaca-
ton and both the girls and boys
basketball teams of the local high
school will be all set to start their
respective seasons about the second
week In January.
Following the selection of the
varsity squads by Coaches Stauffef
and Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, two
workouts were held by the boys
quintet and three by the female bas-
keteers. The female team finished
their preparations yesterday and the
boys on Wednesday.
Probably due to the fact that
many high school teams have re-
fused to play on the local court, be-
IL of the disadvantages of the
low ceiling, is the cause of the delay
in the completion of Manager Robert
MacWilliam's schedule, but the high
school boys have not made sure with
whom their first game will be played.
1t is probable that the initial en-
counter will be played on the State
street court.
Then, too, the locals have started
their season probably later this year
than ever, as almost every institu-
ton court team has opened up and
some have played several games to
date, and the first encounter here
will not be played until after the
holidays.
Much comment has also been GEN.
tered about the teams to face the
State street boys this year and the
opinion Of many is that The local
| passers will have a big fight on their
hands 10 continue the record of last
year.
Last year and for several years
past the schedule OF the State street
Institution has seemed to many
as one picked" and this was given
as the reason for the bunch of wins,
This season will find some of the
leading teams opposing the local
high school courtsters and some in
teresting games are expected to be
seen.
Little changes will be seen in the
lire-ups of both girls and boys team
except for the fact that many OF
the interclass stars have turned out
for a place on the squads. The
new candidates are showing up we'll
however, and another splendid sea-
son for both teams is indicated. Tht
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
Team League
Way Be Organized
Az EIkS' Clubhouse

Arrangements are under way at
the present time, it is reported, to
start a three man team bowling
league at the local Elks lodge, to
take the place of the five man six
team league being run on the Madi-
son avenue alleys at the present
time.
The reason for the proposed
change is the failure of the mem
bers of the different teams to report
for scheduled contests. When tn
league was organized, the bowlers
were divided so as to allow for six
evenly matched teams, a captain
and six men on each squad.
The S~terlings, Ironclads, Madisons,
PAGERS, Starfish and Nationals are
the teams entered and this is the
manner in which the teams are
rated in the league standing at this
writing. All of the clubs are pretty
well punched.
1t is probable that the committee
in charge of the league will rule in
favor of finishing the first half
schedule. carded to end on Janual
IL. There are three postponed
matches still to be rolled, and these
will be played during the next two
or three weeks.
If the new organization. goes
through. it is probable that there
will be the same number of teams,
and games will be played on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday nights,
as at present. A schedule will be
arranged to last well into April and
there will be no playoff series.
In former seasons. at least during
the past two or three years, a six
team league has been formed at the
Elks clubhouse. A first and second
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21
Walkers Charity BOut
Should Not Increase
His suspension Term

Mickey Walker, Elizabeth's fam
Gus welterweight boxer, and the
worlds champion in his division,
probably will not be punished for
appearing at a church benefit show
In Paterson during the early part of
this week.
The suspended champion has at
tracted the attention of Newton X.
Bugbee, boxing commissioner for
the state. and if his term of suspen-
sion Is not increased, it will be be-
cause the commissioner has taken
into consideration the fact that he
was working for charity and did not
receive a CEN for his services.
Walker during the past few years
has been a willing worker for chari-
ty and there has never been a chance
for the fans to "squawk" about the
exhibition by the Betsytown lad in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-21

Willy Darcy, a product Of South
Amboy, fighting in the bantam
weight division in New T Clty
today, is to fight Larry Goldberg, OIL
New York City. in the feature eight
round contest on the seventh card OIL
the National Sporting Club to De
presented in the New brunswick
avenue Auditorium, in about t"o
weeks, it has been announced
The matchmaker of the local hstlc
Organization originally intended 70
bring oes Lynch, bantamwelght
champion of the world, to this city
for the next feature bout. Arrange
ments for the champions DIT were
all set and to give the fans their
moneys worth, Matchmaker Poulseh
desired to get a good opponent Ior
the titleholder. Lynch, it is sald,
wanted something soft and was de-
sirous of picking his own opponent
Poulsen decided on Goldberg, one
of the best bantamweights in the
game today, and when Lynch re-
fused to fight him, Darcy, a very
good boy, was given the bout. IL
il said that Tex Richard is deslrous
of putting the Iynch-Goldberg hght
on in Madison Square Garden, New
York City, but just what Is stopping
the match is not known. Goldberg
was willing to fight Lynch, and n