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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
THRILLERS

Do you remember the old-time blood and thunder novels
about the exploits of Deadwood Dick, Frank Merriwell
Young and Old King Brady, Nick Carter, Fred Fearnot and
the Liberty Boys of '76?
DR.. Frank P. O'Brien spent 26 years rounding up the larg
est collection of these thrilers in existence. He has 2400 dit
ferent specimens, and these recently have been triumphantly
touring the country, on exhibition in various cities. They'll
probably be preserved as historical relics in the library Of
Leland Stanford University.
Historical relics? Decidedly. The nickel novels, with
their famous colored covers thrilled the American youth land
more grownups than would admit it, from 1860 until about
1910, when the movies began putting the pa~perbacks out Of
business.
The height of deviltry, for a boy in the old days, was to
hang around" a livery stable, read nickel novels and
smoke cubbebs. A lad who read nickel novels was supposed
to be going to the dogs. Yet, now that we have a little per
spectlve, the nickel thriller has become respectable.
1t was morally clean. That was the memorable rule Of
nearly all the thriller publishers, from Beadle on.
Virtue always triumphed and the villain was punished
Big stakes, desperate chances and the teller gifts tn gall
this was the formula.
The sophisticated youth of our jazz generation would roar
with laughter if he read the old-time nickel thrilers. Youth S
heroes now, are the Jules Verne sort, using radio and airplane
where a former generations fiction heroes used horse and
buggy and a phone that had to be cranked to get Central
HaTer comes Jazz and sex fiction, dsreputable sue.
cessor of Nick Carter and The Dude Desperate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
THE EIGHT-HoUR DAY WORKS

The great business men who operate the United States Steel
Corporation shook their heads ponderously and gravey. They
kept on shaking their heads negatively for years. The country
was bound to consider with respect and to accept with submissive
alarcity such mighty shakes of the head as the steel magnate might
grant.
The steel men said the great basic industry they managed
could not be successfully operated without the 12-hour day. And
that settled the matter. The public, from time to time, made sug
gestions that the 12hour day be given up. But the steel men
shook their heads.
The 12-hour day has been given up, The establishment of the
Shour day as the regular schedule goes on steadily. And far from
being a calamity to the great industry, it is turning out to be quite
satisfactory.
Wages have been increased from % to 80 per cent. All Of
which goes to show that common sense of the general public is
sometimes as capable Of determining successful business policies
as the most acute attention of great business minds directed only
toward the financial balance sheets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. CLIFFORD c. ROBINSON
ReSuSci1afinn

&NN9h1&LhlA1oA
If the great public could be trained
in all safety first and health prin-
ciples, we could save thousands of
lives every year. Emergency cases
in drowning, heat stroke, asphyxia-
ton or fainting can easily be ham
died IL you only know what TO do,
and do it as soon as possible.
In drowning accidents the lungs
partially fill with water. This must
be expelled as soon as possible. The
respiratory organs must then be
artificially induced to perform their
normal functions If life is to return.
The action that is generally used
now Is known as the Schaefer
method. 1t is simple and effective.
1t should be taught in every high
school.
For your own protection here it is:
Place the subject prone (face
ground, with a folded garment or
blanket under the epigastrium
(belly). Kneel athwart (across from
side to side), facing the head and
place your hands on each side over
the lower part of the back (the low
est ribs). Slowly throw our weight
forward on you arms. thus pressing
down upon the thorax of the subject
and squeezing the lungs so that the
air is forced out of them. Then grad
ually relax the pressure by resuming
your erect position without removing
your hands from the subjects back.
This permits the air to enter The
chest as the ribs respond from their
own elasticity.
Repeat these movements at the
ate of IL to 16 times q minute. Keen
It up as long as necessary. The sub
ject's hands rest palms down on the
ground just above the head which
is turned to one side. This posture
allows any water in the chest to
drain from the mouth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

earned royalties for James wbit
comp Riley amounting 10 $500 rnr
go Word. n is said Ia he tba
done. "titing even
Q'How old should a collie MN ia
10 be weaned Pr. D.. NJ
A; All puppies should be wea,
at the age OF about six weexs a.,
d st@rt to prepare them Tor ieav,n.
ne nother should be mace wne9
icy nave reached the age of abonr
three weeks. At this time give fne,,s
d ltttie VAIN milk which NAV b..
e.,ehanged Tor soup and stale bread
"nen tneS ale a month old.
y; VINO was tho poorest President
OF the United States?-O -
"A 1T would be impossible to OBJ
am official information On this
point. 1t is currently renortaa
however, that James Monroe while
maintaining the Presidential Office
n sufficiently good style retired
IRON office completely "bro,xe."
" what was the price or passage
from the United States to England
by inc first steam vessels Y-M. 70. q
A, Inc passenger rate quoted In
the Royal William, one of the earl
lest transatlantic steam vessels
winch sailed from New York Al-
gust 4, 1928, was $40 (ror which
Vine and all stores of all kinds will
be ~furnished)." This vessel also
carried letters for 25 cents a single
sheet, or 81 an ounce,
@. Why is Filipino spelled with an
1 Instead OF ph?-E. J.
A. The Philippine Islands were
named originally isles Filipinas' IN
hOnOr ne phitin TT 90 C-o Trrt.
this name became translated into
English 1t was spelled with a "ph"
instead Of an 'f". The term "Fiil-
pino" as applied to the inhabitants
has still been retained in it's Spanish
form.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Any reader can get the answer ;.
u question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
buredu, Frederic j. Haskin. Dirao-
tor. Washington, D. G. This OFFER
spp.ies strictly to Information. The
n,ad WIN not attempt to answer
ICES not attempt to settle domes,ie
trouoles. nor to undertake klaus
i've research-on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briafiv
nv" iull name n address and en-.
~postags 1ents IN stamps for return
to the inquirer e" u"ec
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
Bible Thought For Today

DEPENDENCE:-Thine, o Lord, is the greatness, and the
power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all
that lis in the heaven and in the earth is thine thine IS the kingdom,
o Lord. and thou art exalted as head above ALL Chronicles ~ IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

They are insuring cows in Texas.
Good money in it. Insure the cow
and send her for a walk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

San Francisco street car men got
a raise. Their work isn't SO much
fun with skirts longer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Government will sell % battle
ships. If a little smaller they would
make fine school shoes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
H EOLDTOWN
treet by Street--Know Your CITY
Wagner Street

09AAS oALACI
Wagner street was laid out n
1871 by Mason and Smith on the
Lehigh Park property. It Is sixty
feet wide and extends from Amboy
avenue a S to the Pennsylvania rail
road. The street Is not Improved as
yet, but will be benefited by the
new Lehigh Park sewer which IS
niw in course of installation. The
str ct was named after Samuel l..
Wagner n of the OF the
property.
Fort Worth (Texas) b~ookkeepors
fought ove their totals. which was
n regular fiscal fight.
Bricklayer shot a man In BirmirR>
ham, Ala. Man may have asked IT
he was a layman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
SMILES
By TOM SIMS

Toupee shortage is reported in
New York. Which is good. The
world needs q toupee shortage,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

News from Washington. Senator
gives position on a point. Indicates
he is sitting on q tack.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Great news for boarders today.
Ship which cans salmon has been
wrecked off the coast of Alaska.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Argentina will raise more cotton
next year. Tell the boil weeYils.
They like to travel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

it need not be described here. But,
within the National Press Club, there
are small groups which might almost
be called clubs in themselves. Mem
bers having similar interests gather
for luncheon on given days and dis
cuss their affairs. In one room there
may be a group of botanists, in an
other a group of geographers.
Among newspaper men there are
several small groups, all more or less
subsidiary. of course, to the Nation
al Press Club. THERE'S an organi-
zation called The Overseas Writers.
This is composed of correspondents
who went abroad during the war or
at some other time to report for
eign news.
When the late President Harding
was making his front porch cam
paign in the summer of 1920, many
correspondents were stationed at
Marion to report the news. These
became well acquainted with Mr..
Harding and when he came to the
White House he organized a little
club composed of these men. 1t was
a dinner club and about once a
month all of these reporters were in
vited to meet for dinner with the
President at the White House.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

We still have some o~ld-fashioned
boys. One arrested in Syracuse for
stealing a horse.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

@. / have a tract of so acres of
land. How shall / go about having
It set aside as a forest reserve p
Z. ID.
A. The Forest Service says that
tracts smaller than 100000 acres In
area are not considered of sufficient
size for this purpose.
". Are there more playwrights
tha!. there were twenty-five years
ago "A. r. S.
A. Dayton Hamilton says hat at
the end of the nineteenth century
our American playwrights could be
counted on the fingers of both
hands. Today there are one hun
dred and ninety-fve members of the
Dramatists' Guild of the Authors
League of America, each of whom
has had at least one play produced
professionally; and this body does
not, by any means, include all the
men n women in this country who
are actually earning their living by
writing for the stage.
@. What was the parsons
cause PC. P. D,
A, This term was applied to an
episode in Virginia history. The
English king annulled a statute of
the Virginia ~burgesses which COM
PEELED the clergy to accep, the de-
preciated currency of the colony In
payment of their annual salaries
in lieu of 10000 pounds of tobacco
as heretofore. Tobacco was then
selling at a high price.
@. How long are college vacations
in England?-W. r.
Ain an article contrasting Eng
fish and American Universities, Will
liam A. Robson says, Between five
and siX months of the yea are vaca-
ton in most English universities and
these long periods provide the
undergraduate woth what are In
MAJ cases the most valuable of all
his opportunities for the process of
intellectual assimilation, and devei-
opment. He is expected to work
during vacation.
@. Are Jewish people apt to take
drugs ?-T. A. C,
A. Charles B. Towns says that few
jews except in the underworld
knowingly ACQUIRE the habit of TAX
ing drugs. He, himself has met
with only four cases of drug taking
among Hebrews.
@. What is the record In royalties
received for a poem3-L. E. r.
A. An OLD Sweetheart of Mine"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Mr.. Weisendanger is in 1ail in
Lodi, Calf. showing he was not
what his name implies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

hCWo slOt DOuTQtIS IOuuY.
ship which cans salmon has been
wrecked off the coast of Alaska.
next year. Tell the boil weeyils.
They like to travel.
We still have some ol~d-fashioned
boys. One arrested in Syracuse for
stealing a horse.
Mr.. Weisendanger is in .iail in
Lodi, Calf, showing he was not
what his name implies.
Man in New Orleans stabbed an
other over bootleg, which was an IN
furious as giving it to him.
Bandits got a truck load Of eggs
near Rye, Ind, SO actors should
steer clear Of that place.
What's in a name? Modeso,
Calf, has reduced taxes.
We say a Portland (ore.) mar
caught with three wedding rings
could be freed as punishment.
Salda (Calif.) choir had a picnic,
which may have sounded more like a
few heated arguments.
Men don't work hard these days.
Took 80 masked bandits to loot one
Bristol (Pa.) warehouse.
Stockton (Calif.) boys are putting
up a school building, so may leave
a nail in teachers seat.
-
Near Pine Bluff. Wyo., Al freight
cars were blown off the track by
wind resembling a politician.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Man in New Orleans stabbed an
other over bootleg, which was an IN
furious as giving it to him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Bandits got a truck load Of eggs
near Rye, Ind, so actors should
steer clear of that place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-06

Distinguished visitors from other
countries speak at The Penguins.
Russians E~nglishmen. Frenchmen,
even Hindoos, have been heard at
this little club and scarcely n day
passes that some one does not drop
In who has just returned from the
far ends of the earth and has an
interesting story to tell.
The National Press Club is one OF
the most important organizations at
Washington and is 80 well known
Evening star., 1923-01-03

All-metai frame, link fabric
spring couch. Complete with
heavy aii-cotton mattress, Gre
tonne covering with valance and
pillow to match.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
Uncle Sam Starts Ne,U Year
With Driue for Income Tases

Right on the heels of Happy New
Year" comes the income tax blank,
All taxpayers who made returns of
net income OF $4,000 or less for 1921
soon will receive blanks from collec-
tors of internal revenue, being mailed
today, for returns for the year 1922.
Forms for making returns on net
income in excess of $1,000 soon Will
be issued and mailed to taxpayers
who filed similar returns for 1921. The
filing period is from January / to
March Is. 1923.
From 1040-A for returns up to $4,000
is in six pages, two of which provide
for the return proper, and two for
making duplicate return.
Urged to Read Directions.
To avoid errors which may result to
their disadvantage, taxpayers are ad-
vised by the bureau of internal reve-
nue. in statement issued today TO
study carefully the instructions en-
the forms, especially those with re-
gard to credits for personal exemp-
tions and dependents.'
Married PERSONS, the statement
explains, required to make return
on form 1040-A, those whose net in
come was $1,000 or less. are allowed
an exemption Of $4,000. The exemption
for married persons whose net in
come was in excess of $4,000 is $1,000.
The exemption for single persons
is $1,000. Also. whether married or
single. the taxpayer is allowed
credit of $400 for each person de-
pendent upon him for chief support,
if such person is under eighteen
years of age, or incapable of self sup
port because mentally of physically
defective.
who Must File Returns.
1T should be remembered that the
requirement to file a return is placed
upon every married person whose net
income for 1922 was $4,000 or more
or whose gross income was $4,000 or
more, and upon every single per.
son whose net dncome was $1,000
or more, or whose gross income was
$4,000 or more. The fact that by
reason of the exemptions and credits,
persons income is not taxable,
does not nullify the requirement to
Ale a return If the income equals or
exceeds these specified amounts. Net
income, upon which the tax is assessed,
is gross income less certain deductions
for business expenses. bad debts,
losses. contributions. ETC.. provision
for which is made on the forms.
"A head of a farnily-'a person who
actually supports and maintains IN
one household one or more lnolVio-
uals who are closely connected with
him by blood relationship. relationship
by marriage or by adoption"-is al
lowed the same exemptions as a mar
ried person.
Both Must Make Returns.
an the returns of married persons
must be included the net income of
both husband and wife and dependent
minor children. Husband and wife
may make a joint return or separate
returns. They receive but one per-
sonal exemption, $4,000 or $4,000, as
the case may be. If they make sep
arate returns the exemption may be
taken by either or divided between
Evening star., 1923-01-03

them. The exemption of S40o for
dependent may be claimed only by the
one who furnishes the dependents
chief support.
"The taxpayers status on the last
gay of the taxable year-December 81,
1922. II made on the calendar year
pasis-determines the amount OF his
exemptions and credits. II married
ana living with wife or husband on
tnat day the exemption Is $2,50o or
$4,000. according to the amount of
net income. II single and without
dependents on that day he may claim
put $1,000 as his exemption, even
tnougn ne may have been married
or the head OF family during the
greater part of the year. Widowers,
arated by mutual consent are classed
as single persons.
Revenue Agents to Help.
"The bureau of internal revenue is
preparing to send into each county
In the United States revenue officers
VINO VIII aid taxpayers in making out
their returns. Similar services will
be offered city residents. But the
bureaus advice before seeking such
assistance is to read carefully the
instructions. Unless the problem is
particularly complex, study Of the
form will enable the taxpayer to
make a correct return.
"The normal rate of tax of 4 per
cent on the first $4,000 of net income
ana per cent on the remaining net
income above the exemption remains
unchanged. Surtax rates. which apply
only to incomes in excess OF $4,000,
are lowered. ranging for the calendar
year 1922 from l per cent on the
amount of net income between $4,000
and $4,000 to so per cent on the
amount by which the net income ex-
ceeds 100000. For the year 1921 the
surtax rates ranged from ] per cent
on the amount of net income between
$4,000 and $4,000 to 65 per cent on the
amount of net income in excess of
$1,000,0o0."
Evening star., 1923-01-03

crafts work which is being presented
here for three weeks, beginning with
the opening tea held at the Art Center
last Sunday afternoon. Miss Bial-
onowska was born near Warsaw and
has spent the score of years of her
life partly in her own country and
partly in the United States. She Is
the first individual in the United
States who had a thorough knowledge
of Polish shorthand. Miss Bialonow-
ska will wear a Cracow costume to-
morrow night for the "Wieczorek
Rozmaitosci," as she calls the enter
tainment.
Miss BiaIonowska will be assisted
by several members of the local Po-
lish club. and there will be, violin
and piano selections as well as a
short exhibition of native Polish
dances, given in national costume.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
SUPREME COURT UPH0LDS
NORTH CAROLINA TAX LAW
Levy on Property of Railroads
Within State Is Held to Be
Constitutional.

The revenue act OF North Carolina
of 1921, imposing a tax upon the
property of railroads within that
state, was held constitutional by the
United States Supreme Court yester-
day in cases brought by the Atlantic
Coast Line and four other railroad
companies.
The United States district court
for eastern North Carolina refused
to grant an injunction to restrain the
collection of the tax, but stayed it's
collection pending the appeal to the
Supreme Court.
1t also found that the tax was not
Objectionable under the federal Con-
stitution and that it was not invalid
under the laws of North Carolina
Evening star., 1923-01-03
NEW FUEL CHIEF.
T. r. Wad1eigh Succeeds Conrad
z. Spens in Federal Job.

r. r. Wadleigh, formerly chief OF
the fuel division OF the Department
of Commerce, yesterday took over his
new duties as federal fuel admin
istrator, filling the Office made vacant
last Saturday by the resignation of
Conrad E. Spens of Chicago. who has
served as fuel administrator for
more than two months. Mr.. Wad-
leigh was appointed fuel admins
traitor by the President last week.
He will continue the duties of the
ONCE until President Harding de-
clares the fuel emergency terminated.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

troduced by Chairman Ball, to set
up new insurance code of law for
the District, January IL. No meeting
OF the committee is to be held tomor-s
row, the regular meeting day, 1t was
said. Senator Ball has received from
the District Commissioners a report
favoring the passage of bill to close
part of Grant road
Evening star., 1923-01-03
WOMAN DEAD In FIGHT.
Throat Slashed With Razor-Hus-
band Is Sought.

Mrs. Lucy Day, colored. OF s26 I'd
street southwest. died early yesterday
following an alteration at her home
with her husband. Charles Day, dur
ing which the woman's throat was
cut with razor, according to the
police.
DR.. Sager, responding in the Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance to hurry
call, pronounced her dead. The body
was sent to the morgue. Police are
seeking the husband.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
POLISH FAIRY TALES
ART CENTER FEATURE
Miss Bia1onowska, Who Was Born
Near Warsaw, to Entertain Meet
ing Tonight.

Polish legends will be the novel
feature of the program to be given
at the Art Center, 1i06 Connecticut
avenue at o'clock tonight. Miss
Ella Bialonowska of New York city
stories Of her country. She is in
Washington for the period of the spe-
cial exhibition of Polish arts and
Evening star., 1923-01-03
q. C. BILL TO BE HEARD.
Senate Committee Sets Insurance
Measure for January II.

The Senate District committee will
have a hearing on a bill recently in
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-02-15
49-5t
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
January %, 1923.
Notice Is hereby given that Paul
t. Johnson, of Wolf Point, Montana,
who, on Aug. 18th, 1917, made home
stead entry No. O5O580 for Eh
NEA Sec. 81, and Eh SEA Section
16, Township IS ~, range AT E.,
Montana Meridian, has fled notice
Of intention to make three year proof
to establish claim to The land above
described, before John o. Garden, u.
S. Commissioner at Wolf Point, Mon
tana, on the 18th day Of March, 1928.
Claimant names as witnesses:
A. j. Isachsen, Stone Carlson, John
H. Appelgren, A. V. Appelgren, all
of Wolf Point, Montana.
E. NJ. KIRTON,
49-5t Register.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
January %, 1923.
Notice is hereby given that Albert
j. ~lsachsen, of Wolf Point, Montana,
who, on Sept. 10, 1919, made home
stead entry No. O541O2, for SEX
section 10, township 27 N, range At
f., Montana Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make three-year proof
to establish claim to the land above
described, before John O. Garden,
U. S. Commissioner, at Wolf Point,
Montana, on the 9th day of March,
1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles Gordon, Will Rygg, G. S.
A%pplegren, John Erickson, all of
Wolf Point, Montana.
E. M. KIRTON,
49-5t Register.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office, Glasgow, Mont, Feb. 7
1928.
Notice is hereby given that James
Cole Yandell. of Wolf Point. Mon
tana, who, on July 2, 1921, made. adj
ditional stock raising entry 049616
for So NWA Sec 27; Sh NEA
Sec. %, Twp. 27 N, range 48 E.,
M. NJ. has filed notice of inten-
ton to make three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before John o. Garden, U.
S. Commissioner, at Wolf Point,
Montana, on the 21st day of March,
1928,
Claimant names as witnesses:
Thos. Carr, C h as. Wambrod,
Claude York, Fred Williams, all of
Wolf Point, Montana.
E. M. Kirton,
51-5t Register