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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
FEWER NEWSPAPERS

Another notable event in the newspaper world has taken
place in the purchase by Frank Mansey Of the New York Globe,
an evening newspaper that was supposed 10 be among the most
prosperous in the metropolis. Mr.. Munsey, a few years ago,
bought the New York Sun and later he bought the New York
Herald. Both of these newspapers were recognized as among the
leading daiIes in the country.
At first the Herald and Sun We're combined, then the Eve
ming Sun was discontinued and The Sun took the evening field
while the Herald continued as a morning newspaper. Along Nth
the Herald Mr.. Munsey became the owner Of The Evening Tele-
gram. This newspaper he has continued as an independent enter
prise. Prior to the purchase Of the Sun and Herald, Mr.. Munsey
bought The New York Press. This paper he merged with The Sun
Now comes his latest venture in metropolitan journalism. The
Globe, which is the oldest daily newspaper in New York, passes
into the control Of Mr.. Munsey and today he announces that next
Monday The Globe and The Sun viii be consolidated. Thus there
will be one less newspaper in the evening field in New York. In
making his announcement Mr.. Munsey says:
Newspaper making has come to call for 50 large a daily
outlay in news gathering, in salaries, in print paper, in the me-
chanical departments and in the delivery Of papers, to say moth
ing Of the investment in the newspaper property, and the invest
ment in the printing plant, that small units are uneeonomc."
This increasing cost Of publishing a newspaper has been felt
all over the country. Many newspapers have been discontinued
during the past few years, and more have been consolidated. Only
a few weeks two Of the leading newspapers in Pittsburgh were
consolidated with the papers already existing there. In Chicago,
the second largest city in the country, there are now only two
morning newspapers and three evening newspapers, two of the
latter not amounting to a great deal. In st. Louis, where the
Globe Democrat bought the Republic a year or two ago,
there is still only one morning newspaper to cover this great terri
tory in the Middle West. And there are only three evening news
papers there, with one dominating the field. In Philadelphia there
are only two morning newspapers left"
In a great many of the smaller cities there is but one news
paper, because the tremendous increase in the cost Of pro-
duction has made it impossible for more than one to live.
With the consolidation Of The Globe and The Sun there are
still six evening newspapers in New York. But several of these
are merely Changing on" 1t would not be surprising f NOR
consultations took place before long. The Evening Mail and The
Evening Post are none too prosperous.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01

O. How are the fielding averages
CT ball players determined?
A. To determine fielding averages
divide the total of putouts, assists
and errors into the total of put-ou's
and assists.
Q. How many gallons of gas were
used in the transcontinental flight
of the T-2?-C. II. d.
A Seven hundred and twenty GAL
Ions of gasoline were used.
Q. How are stars photograph
ed ?-D. s. c.
A. They are photographed by
making long time exposures of SEN
sitive plates in the focus of a tele-
scope.
Q.Before railroads used standard
time. what time was used?
A. 1t was formerly customary for
a road to use throughout large sec
tons of its territory the local time
of one of the principal cities
through which it passed. On Oc-
tober IS. 1888. a convention was
called by w. F. Allen, secretary of
the General Railway Time Conven-
ton, which decided on the introduce
ton of standard time to take effect
at noon on November IS. 1888, and
the change was made without diff
1culty
@. Did the Federal government
originate Forest Protection Week
which was recently observed?-C.
o. P.
A The idea of a Forest Protec.
ton Week originated in the heavily
timbered states of the Pacific North
west in 1920. 1t proved to be so
popular and such a widespread de-
mani for its observance sprung up
in all sections Of the country that
President Harding made it a ma
tional affair in 1921 by issuing a
proclamation. 1t has been observed
nationally each year since then. It
has no official connection with Arb )r
Day. though in many states Arbor
Dar happens to fall within Forest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01

story of the family emblazoned on
the poles in front of a house.
Height Indicates Rank
Not only does the pole tell of
family connections and deeds of
valor, but it also indicates rank. The
most powerful members of a tribe
might have the tallest poles, and
some of the standards of the great
have stood so feet or more in height.
Totem badges govern all matters
of social standing. Some of the
totems are regarded as representing
higher castles than others. Members
of those clans could take precedence
at feasts, could have bigger funerals,
wear more elaborate clothes at cere-
monials, and build bigger houses
than possessors of less pretentious
crests.
There was never, so far as scien-
lists know, any use of the totem-pole
as an idol. though by the uninitiated
person it is often mistaken for one.
The Indian merely held his pole in
reverence because of its significance,
just as other men have defended a
codt-of-arms or a banner.
Unfortunately for the curiosity of
the white man, the vanishing totem
pole is carrying a good many mys-
FERROUS secrets with it into oblivion.
The Indians of the Alaskan coast
have never been communicative with
strangers regarding their customs,
and nov only the Oldest of the In
dams recall the more obscure and
complex meanings of the totem code.
The totem-poles are not at all easy
ia read Tho tooth ar .aFFe aF . En,trn
may be carved all out of proportion
to the rest of the face, with some
special significance. If the creature
portrayed does not fit into the space
available in a natural way, the body
may be r~eassembled in some new
arrangement. Often a man is pic
tured with some of the features of
the animal ne regards as his protec-
tor. And often, too, an animal is
shown as a man, in accordance with
an Indian belief that animals could
remove their skins and become like
men. Old legends, some known only
TO the passing generations, are
carved into the poles.
DIR. Waterman r%ecounts one Of
these legends which may be taken as
fairly typical:
Bull-head used to be a beautiful
fish, the prettiest of all that swan
in the sea. Raven when walking
along the shore saw Bull-head dis
porting himself, and called out to
him, Come on shore one moment
Buil-head paid no attention. Come
ashore a moment" said Raven. you
look just like my grandfather"
Il know you" said Bull-head,
You might as well be still. Future
generations also viii know what kind
Of a person you are!" Bull-head was
thus too smart to come ashore.
well, then" said Raven, from
this time on your head will be big,
and your tail will be skinny, and you
will be ugly" That is why Bull-head
is so ugly today.
These legends are losing their sig.
nifcance so far as the modern Indiar
is concerned. They do not fit il
with his p~honograph, the village
store, and the white mans school
house.
DIR. Waterman says that the In
dams are not apathetic regarding
their traditions. The real inner feel
ing seems TO be that the old time.
are gone and that the monuments o
the vanished past should be allowed
also to decay in peace and vanisl
quietly from the face of the earth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
Many Being Destroyed

Dr.. Waterman reports: THE mon
uments left in Alaska are often in
The last stages Of neglect and decay.
Worse than that, even, many Of them
are being deliberately destroyed. The
Indians themselves, under the infu-
ence of the whites, learn TO despise
these monuments of their past, as
being reminders of their state OF I'M
regenerate barbarism. One Indian
chap, trained in the white mans
ways, and educated perhaps some
what beyond his intelligence, cut
down with an a lot Of fine old
totem-poles, sawed them into sec
tions, and used them in building a
sidewalk"
The Indians are willing to sell
their poles to collectors, too. An ex-
ample of carving which cost his an
cestors several thousands of dollars
in furs and other goods may be sold
by the modern Indian for as little
as 500.
This is a strange state of affairs
for the once reyered ~totem-pole. For
generations these Indians of south
eastern Alaska have used the totem
pole as the symbol of everything i'm
portant in their social order. There
are three kinds of poles. One is the
personal pole, showing the genealogy
Of an individual, and especially the
claims of his family to any kind OF
distinction. Then there is a type OF
pole which could be erected by an
Indian to commemorate some great
event in his life. The third type is a
sort Of tombstone. On all of these
poles the Indian displays his totem,
exactly as an Englishman displays
his crest on a coat-of-arms.
Every member of one of the tribes
Of the totem region belongs to one Of
the main groups. One of these
groups claims the eagle as its protec-
tor and the other the crow. There
are members of each of these clans
in every tribe, and the unwritter
law is that members of a tribe may
intermarry. but individuals having
the same animal crest are regarded
as blood relations and cannot wed.
The clans are further subdiyided
into groups having other ANNA
crests such as the whale, wolf, shark
frog, and salmon. A genealogical
totem-pole with the carvings ar
ranged according to established Gus
tom. thus becomes literally a family
tree. Every Indian can read thu
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
TOTEMIC CARVING LOST
OUT, HASKIN SAYS
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The fine
old art of carving totem poles is
about TO be catalogued as Cost
along with the making Of Cremona
violins. Damascus steel, and Aztec
feathe" nantes.
DR.. T. T. Waterman. recently re-
turned from Alaska, reports to the
Smithsonian Institution that totem
poles are indeed vanishing. The In
dams seem to have forgotten their
skill at carving and design. No poles
worthy Of the name have been
carved in the past thirty years. and
for twenty years before that the art
was degenerating, The totemlc sym
bols of bears, whales, and eagles dec
orate quantities of souvenirs for
tourists, but the Indian has practi-
cally given up his totem-pole and
many of the traditions that went
with it.
Thus a real American art is pass
ing, mourned only by ethnologists
and to some extent by the Indians.
Most Of us think Of a totem-pole as
a grOtesque, rather humorous sym
Dol Of savage life. To take a tree
trunk and cut distorted figures Of
crows, frogs, and other creatures one
above the other, and then to paint
the whole thing in queer colors
seems 10 US self-expression in an ex-
tremely crude stage.
Ethnologists point oft, however,
that the totem-pOle at its best repre-
sents a highly developed and highly
perfected art. There are, it seems,
totem-poles and totem-poles, some
revealing remarkably skillful carving
and intricate patterns. while others
are miserable specimens scarcely
worth looking at. That good totemic
carving is far from simple is shown
by the fact that the Indians of the
present generation, and white men
az well, have rarely succeeded in re-
producing the fine points of the mas
ter carvers. Souvenirs and the few
totem-poles produced show the style
of the totem art without its old-time
intricacy Of technique.
Not only is no new totemic carving
of any consequence being produced,
but many of the old totem-poles
have disappeared. soon compare
lively few samples will be left save
those that have been taken to mu-
seums.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01

Husbands and mosquitoes seldom
take vacations.
For the love of Mike, the Irish
are getting things straight.
China, poor China, she almost has
no government to cuss at,
The sad thing about spending va
cations is spending money.
Turkey is trying to slip up on
Greece again.
Stop listening to idle JUNIORS and
give your airs a vacation.
If Henry Ford is running for presi-
dent, he is going a long way on very
little gas.
Stay away from China and give
the bandits a vacation.
An ideal business combination is
a doctor and a lawyer with their
Offices near a bootleg joint.
Nothing looks sadder these days
than a Goa dealer wondering if VIM
ter really has gone.
Women wearing knickerbockers
only.
Getting out in the pen is fine,
but never keep you teeth out in
the open too long.
You can't keep a good man or a
good weed down.
Quit wearing high collars and give
your neck a vacation.
Being showed under with work
doesn't keep a man cool.
Diamonds are beautiful chiefly be-
cause o can't get them.
Quit looking at the dresses and
give your eyes a vacation.
Tt is spring. and the farmers are
feeling their oats.
Take your voice out to the bal
| game and let it exercise in the open
Things could be worse. Just sup
pose now that you had to lathel
your lawn before cutting the grass
Nice thing about spring is it keep!
the home fires from burning.
Every day is Decoration Day fol
people who wear fancy clothes.
And, by the way, campers leav'
too much trash by the way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01

Protection Week. Also the same
people and organizations interested
in Arbor Day are usually interested
in forest protection.
@. When and by whom were
pear necklaces first worn?-W. E.
A. Pearls were known TO the
ancients and used by them for per-
sonal adornment. 1t is probable that
they wore pearl necklaces. 1t is not
definitely known Just who was the
first person to wear one Marco
Polo, the famous ~traveler~ of the
Middle Ages. describes the King of
Malabar as wearing around his neck
a necklace of 104 large pearls and
rubies.
@. What is the population of the
United States as to races?-H. H.
G..
A.According to the 1920 census
there are 94,SS2.431 white persons.
1~0.462,013 colored persons. 24S.
$50 Indians, 61,66S Chinese, Ill.
OPS Japanese. or 18TH Mongoliaus
in the United States.
Q. Why was the Plimsoll Act
passed?
A. Mr.. Plimsoll had at heart the
good of sailors when he urged this
bill upon the Parliament of Eng
land. Unseaworthy ships were
overloaded. sent to sea and sunk.
for the collection of insurance so
often that it did not seem a coin
cidence The Pfimsoll Act was pass
ed, prohibiting vessels loading to a
submergence over their load line
mark which was painted on the
side of the ship, and which came
to be known as the Plimsoll line.
This law reached beyond Great Bri-
tain because it was applied by that
government to all ships entering tho
British ports. While willing 20
protect her own sailors in such a
fashion. she was not willing to give
her ships unfair competition by
allowing ships of other nations to
overload.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
The Old Town
Street by street-Know Your City
Clifford Street

Clifford street extends from Smith
street to the tracks of the Lehlgh
Valley railroad. Located on a part
of this street is the Castle Ice Cream
Company's plant. The street has
several houses but is not paved.
There are some sidewalks and curbs
but they are not general.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01

NATIoNAL CASH REGISTER CO.
"KREBs' and "POwELL" authorized
agents for Middiesex County: new and sec-
ond hand Cash Registers on monthly paw
Broad st. Elizabeth. N ]. Tel. 6s45:
menta. Repairs. Supplies. 2S9 North
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-01
Bible Thought For Today

THE PRINCE OF PEACE-For unto us a child IS born
and the government shall be upon his shoulder; ana Us hame nai
be called, The Prince of Peace-lsaiah go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09

Who are the wanters? What do they want? The world IS full of them. Some want clothes and jewels and happiness. Others have that happiness and still want something else. There are want CTS who want high life; others money; some a baby's kiss; a mothers caress. All the wanters, their desires, their ambitions, are pictured here in a drama that never lets up. It keeps your att tention on the screen to the very end because it's convincing.
 John M. Stahl couldn't have picked bet ter theme. Like in "The Dangerous Age" he tells his story boldly, yet with that sympathetic treatment that brings tear and makes people like it. ,..,..,s,. ,.
Evening star., 1923-01-24
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DETROIT. January 24.-In spite OF
the increased production schedules of
the automobile companies, the most
encouraging factor in the industrial
situation here today Is that the short
age OF skilled labor has not gSown
greater. There ID still a slight deficit.
but no manufacturers are actually
cramped by the shortage.
EAST ST. LOUIS. January 24.-The
National stock yards here showed re-
markable receipts in hogs recently,
all the records for fifty years being
broken. but recent shipments have
been smaller. High-grade cattle con-
tinue to bring high prices.
PORTLAND. Ore. January "a
One flour mill here has stuck to its
price of s5.65 for club straight nour
for. export. but reports no business.
Other mills are selling at $S Shang-
hal. or an equivalent OF $3.50. but de-
clare there is no profit in these orders.
receipts at Kansas City fell of in
1922. totaiing only 14524.250 bushels,
as against 139.629.550 in 1921. There
was slight increase In corn ship
ments.
PHILADELPHIA, January 24-The
increasing demand for brick. coupled
with fuel and transportation difficulties.
has resulted In reducing the supply of
kilns today far below the normal point
for this time of year. About % per
cent of the brick yards have closed. as
usual, for a part OF the winter. Dealers
expect trade in 1923 to be active, with
prices firm.
MAIDEN, Mass, January 24.-The
Converse Rubber Shoe Company is
operating at capacity today. and is find
ing difficulty In supplying demand from
its customers.
ATLANTA. January 24.--The Central
Of Georgia railroad now Is marketing
for 10 locomotives. 500 box cars, 100
fiat cars and t'7e remodeling Of 25 old
locomotives. me Mobile & Ohio has
bought nine new locomotives and $50
freight cars, at a cost of $2,000.000.
PITTSBURGH. January 24-An ad-
day. Makers are not pushing their
products, and some Of the independents
are practically out of the market. An
advance Of SO in black and Kalvanized
sheets is generally expected. The regu-
lar price of blue annealed is $3.50, but
sales are being made at $3.50. Black 10
quoted at s3.2s, galvanized at $4.35 and
automobile sheets at $40 to $500.
United States Steel Corporation plants
are booked for several months
UNIoNTowN, Pa, January "a
While brokers said today by-products
coal was selling at $3.50 to $3.50, sales
have been made closer to So. Ordinary
coal is in plentiful supply, with buyers
making the market. ---y-.
Evening star., 1923-01-24
CLOTH PRICES STIFFEN.
Further Advance in Cotton Care.
fully Noted by Trade.
special pisps tch to The Star.

NEW YORK, January 24.-The ad-
vance of cotton shortly after the
opening to the 20 cent level had a
stiffening effect on the market for
cotton cloths today but did not lead
TO volume in trading. Mills were ex-
tremely firm in their ideas regarding
standard print cloths and dealings at
second hands practically disappeared.
Sheetings were very firm; with some
holders disinclined to listen to bids
at present prices. Drills, twills, sat
eens and fine goods were all strong.
The raw silk market was very quiet
here and dullness prevailed in Yoko-
hama with no changes in quotations
there Prices locally were nominalIy
unchanged at the same figures which
have prevailed earlier this week. but
it was possible to do five cents a
pound better in some grades subject
To counter offers.
Evening star., 1923-01-24
Railroads to Build
S1O0, 900, 900 Station
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, January 24.-Retail trade
and building activity are benefitting
by the remarkably open winter Chi
cago has experienced so far this year.
Goloshes and heavy underwear hayrl
been drugs on the market so far, but
the turnover in other lines has been
excellent Jobbers and mail order
houses report business we'll ahead OF
last year. and road statesmen are
sending in good-sized orders. Spring
woolens and worsteds are in brisk de-
mand from wholesale houses and job
bers. -
1t is estimated that $3o0.o00. coo will
be spent in Chicago this wear in con-.
struction of new homes, apartments.
Office buildings and industrial plants
Seven of the smaller railroads run-
ming into Chicago will unite to build
a 500. 100000 terminal to replace the
old Dearborn street station.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-01-24
COTTON AGAIN JUMPS
TO NEW HIGH PRICES
Both New Orleans and New York
Markets Continue to Dis
play Strength.
By the Associated Press.

BIZ the Associated Press. ..
NEW ORLEANS, January 24.-Better
cables than due stimulated the local cot
ton market into renewed activity to-
day and prices rose huoyantly on the
opening, the trading positions in the
contract department gaining 2s to "a
points in the first half hour. March
went to 1888 cents a pound and October
to $3.50. All months made new high
records for the season. Considerable
buying after the call was due To re-
ports that Europe had been a heavy
buyer of spots overnight in this market.
purchaser.
11:45 am. bids: March, 2s.72: May,
$3.50; July, 1882; October. 1864;
stady. -.-.-..-...
NEW YORK, January 24.-Cotton
futures opened firm; January, 1855;
March. 2s;ss; May. 1884; July, 2S.70;
Noon bids: January, $3.50; March,
2s.47; May, 2s.4s; July, 1888; Octo-
Der. 26.25; steady.
Evening star., 1923-01-24
ANOTHER PIGGLY WIGGLY
"CORNER" BEING PROBED
Chicago Board Of Trade Moves
After Member Is Unable to
Get Delivery.
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, January 24.-An investi-
cation Of the alleged corner of class
A stock Of the Piggly Wiggly Stores,
Inc. was reported in progress today
under the direction OF the business
conduct committee of the Chicaro
Stock; Exchange.
A QUESTIONABLE has been mailed to
all brokerage houses on the exchange
seeking full details of trading opera
tions in Piggly Wiggly for some time
past.
1t was understood the action of the
stock exchange followed the com.
plant OF a member broker who claims
he bought a block Of stock on the
New York market, but was unable to
obtain; immediate delivery, because
none was available.
Chicago trading in Piggly Wiggly
recently has been small. The stock
closed at 81 yesterday. an advance Of
6 points within q week. Yesterday's
sales were $500 shares.
This Is the second time Piggly
wiggly stock has been under the
scrutiny of Chicago Stock Exchange
authorities. On the first occasion the
board of governors asked Clarence
Saunders, president OF the PigEly
Wiggly Stores. Inc, to explain the
withdrawal of an offer to stock
holders Of 100000 additional shares Of
stock at $43. The result of this in
quiry was not known.
Evening star., 1923-01-24
Europe Cancels Orders
for New Orleans Goods
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW ORLEANS. January ga
Business in New Orleans continued
good this week but it is probable
the European situation. because Of its
uncertainty, has had an unsettlinE
effect in some lines. Several lines of
trade having dealing with Europe
report orders Cancelled and export
demand curtailed 1t is difficult, how
ever. to determine just what effect
the crisis abroad has had. At least
business men are far from pessi-
mistic.
Business throughout the country
districts is very brisk. and Increased
sales by jobbers and wholesalers have
come largely from rural communities
Money is very easy. with 4 per cent
charged for commercial paper carry
ing the best names. and ordinary
loans made at to 5l5 per cent. The
cotton and sugar planters have prac-
tically lfquidated their debts.