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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-04
STATE DATA BEFORE GRAND Jury.
SAY MOISTURE LACKING AT PLANT
GRAND JURY PROBES
EXPLOSION AT NIXON

NEW BRUNSWICK, April a.
Consideration of the circumstances
surrounding the fatal explosion of
the Ammonite Company plant, in
Raritan township, which took toll
of nineteen lives, will occupy the at
tention of the Middlesex county
grand jury at a special session to-
day.
This investigation follows the in
struction given by Supreme Court
Justice Kalish, Tuesday, when
charging the new grand jury that 1t
would be their duty to return indict-
ments for manslaughter if it was
found that the fatal blast was
caused through the criminal negli-
gence of the companies handling ex-
plosive substances or the officers and
agents.
DIR. Martin Szamatolski, explosive
expert of the State Department of
Labor. and Fred P. Rearwin, in
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Declares Coolidge Will
Have Enough Delegates
Butler, His Manager, Says He
Will Have 620 by April 22,
65 More Than Needed

WASHINGTON, April 4-Predic-
tion was made here today by Will
liam NJ Butler, manager of President
Coolldge's campaign, for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination that by
April 22, total of $40 delegates on
65 more than necessary to nominate.
will have been selected and pledged
to vote for Coolidge.
Mr.. Butler listed 3S5 delegates in
structed or favorable to the Presi-
dent to date, including the fifteen in
structed yesterday by Maine, the II
chosen by Connecticut, and an
nounced as favorable to the Presi-
dent, and eight district delegates
pledged to the President yesterday
in Missouri. The Coolidge manager
predicted that the President would
get the twelve Nebraska district dele
gates, in the state primary April s.
and the seven delegates-at-l large
from that state to be selected at a
state convention May 1. although
Senator johnson is making a spirited
campaign there.
No plans have yet been made for
a campaign manager in event of the
Presidents nomination, Mr.. Butler
said, adding that he hoped to take
an active part in the post-conven-
ton campaign because of my inter-
est in the party and IN the probable
candidate" He mentioned in this
connection, however. that he had an
nounced himself as a candidate for
the Republican senatorial nomina-
ton in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Butler said he thought the
senate Investigations would pass
from the public mind and that the
campaign would proceed in a normal
way after the convention.
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MAY ABANDON
TROLLEY LINE
Between South Amboy and
New Brunswick, the Public
Service Tells Freeholders

NEW BRUNSWICK, April A.
Abandonment of the New Bruins
wick-South Amboy trolley line is be-
ing considered by the Public Service
Street Railway Company, according
to a report submitted to the Board
of Freeholders by Freeholder George
S. Applegate yesterday afternoon in
reporting on a paving project on
Main street, Sayreville.
Mr.. Applegate declared that at a
conference between representatives
of the trolley company. the borough
council of Sayreville and a commit
tee of the freeholders Tuesday
night in reference to the company
paving between their tracks on Main
street, the inference was given by
the trolley people that the cessation
of service was being considered.
The Board of Freeholders have
practically agreed to pave a mile
and a half of the road to width of
eighteen feet, while the borough au-
thorities are pledged to the laying of
curb and cutters and the portion not
paved by the county. The Public
Service franchise calls for a ma
cadam pavement between their
tracks which is not acceptable to
the municipal bodies, who insist on
a concrete and block pavement at
that point.
Trolley company representatives
in suggesting that the line might be
abolished, declared that their fran
chise requirements would entail an
expenditure of $500 a mile while
the pavement favored by the muni-
cipalities would throw a burden of
$4,000 a mile on them.
The paving project remains unset
tied but a further meeting will be
held at Sayreville next Wednesday.
at which time the freeholders hope
to settle the issues involved.
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spector of that board, will be the
principal witnesses called by the
state today in an effort to show that
dangerous explosive materials were
found at the Ammonite plant after
the explosion had occurred.
Assistant Prosecutor Toolan and
Chief County Detective David, who
were at the scene of the blast short
ly after it occurred, anu investiga-
tors in the employ of the Board of
Freeho1ders who have collected a
mass of data concerning the opera
tion of the plant shortly before it
was demolished are expected to give
the result of their findi gs to the
grand jury. It is also possible that
some of the employees of the Ammo
mite company who were injured in
the blast will be called to testify.
Several other cases have been list
ed by the prosecutors Office but the
explosion investigation will be the
main order of business for the day.
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GERMAN CHILDREN RELIEF
COMMITTEE ORGANIZES

An organization meeting of the
committee for the relief of starving
German children was held last night
in the city hall. Albert Leon was
selected as secretary and in this
capacity will direct the work of the
Arrangements were made
for the showing of a motion picture
film in the theatres of the city, which
will picture more than any words
the conditions under which the chill
dren of Germany are living. Unless
food is supplied to the little ones, it
was declared, thousands will starve.
A committee was appointed to have
charge of the showing of this film.
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RARITAN TOWNSHIP
WOUNDED, WILL RECOVER
SENATOR LARSON Will
RUN FOR REELECTION

was Mr.. Larson's opponent three
years ago, has made no announce
ment, but it is generally expected
that he will be in the race again
this year.
Assemblyman Harold Hoffman, of
South Amboy, made statement in
Perth Amboy yesterday that he
would not run for reelection or
seek any political Office this fall. He
gave business reasons as the cause.
Mr.. Hoffman, whose name was mem
toned in the race for state senator.
declared yesterday that even II he
did seek that office he could not run
as he is too young for election to
the upper House.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, April A.
Senator Morgan F. Larson will be
candidate for denomination to the
senate, according to the declaration
made by him when questioned yes
terday afternoon.
The senator declared that he would
make the run on the record he had
established during his three year
term in the legislative body, and he
expressed the belief that he would
be better able to represent his dis
trict If sent down for another term
with the knowledge gained by him
during his present term.
Fred w. DeVoe, minority leader
in the 1924 House of assembly, who
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STOKES AT CONFERENCE
BY LEO j. MANNING
Trenton Correspondent of The Perth
Amboy Evening News.

TRENTON, April 4.-The pres
ence in Washington today of former
Governor e. C. Stokes to be the
luncheon guest of President Coolidge
in the White House Is taken here as
an indication of the seriousness with
whicn the Republican organization
leaders in the state are taking the
coming contest at the April 22 pri-
maries for the delegates from New
Jersey to the national convention.
Undoubtedly the situation in this
state. where friends. of Senator Hi
johnson have placed an entire slate
of delegate candidates in the field
against the Coolidge people will
form the basis of the conference
which Mr.. Stokes will have with the
President today. Whether the
initiative for the meeting in Wash
ington. which is expected to include
United States Senator Edge, was
prompted from sources in this state
or from the White House is only
of interest because it has been ex-
thing Is that it is being held.
Certainly some of the impetus
radiated from the meeting here last
Monday of prominent Republican
organization leaders. On the sur
face this was an apparently inno-
cuous session to discuss the financ-
ing OF the campaign to precede the
November election. But it now de-
velops that the Coolidge e-Johnson
delegate contest was one of the big
topics OF discussion. 1t was so i'm
Continued on page A.
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KLE|NHANS DENIES FARM
AND RESIGNATION RUMORS

During the past few weeks there
have been rumors in circulation to
the effect that Edgar H. Kleinhans,
principal of the high school. is to
tender his resignation to the Board
of Education and leave the city. The
latest rumor had IL that Mr.. Klein
hans had purchased farm and was
planning to live on It.
When interviewed at his ofi1ce In
the high school today by an Even
ing News reporter. Mr.. KleinNans
said: 'I do not own farm. / have
no intention of buying a farm now.
1 have no intention Of buying farm
in the future. have not resigned"
Mr.. Kleinhans' family now reside
in Easton Pa. and he spends his
week-ends there. He has a little
garden patch, he says, which he in
tends to plant this summer during
the vacation.
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LANGLEY SAYS NOT GUILTY

WASHINGTON. April 4.-Repre-
sentative John w. Langley, Repub-
lican. Kentucky, entered a plea of
not guilty when arraigned in district
of Columbia supreme court today on
conspiracy charges in connection
with alleged liquor Withdrawals per-
mits and asked the court for an early
trial
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johnson Wins South Dakota

PIERRE, S. D., April 4.-Senator
Hiram w johnson won the South
Dakota Republican Presidential pref
erence primary by a vote of 40,65S
against 39,4S9 for President Cool
idge, according to an unofficial count
announced last night by the secre-
tary of state with returns in from
all counties except one.
The unreported county has a very
small population. In the Republican
senatorial contest. Governor w. H.
McMaster received 44,995 and SEN
ator Thomas Sterling 32,121.
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CUT INTO Vault

WARSAW, n. Y, April 4.-one
thousand dollars in silver and an
undetermined number of Liberty
bonds and other securities were
taken from the Bank of Wyoming.
seven miles from mere, during the
night. Acetylene torches were used
to cut into the vauft.
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Arch Dnke Iaid tD Rest

NEW YORK, April 4.-The body
of DR.. Orlof n. Orlow, by many be-
lieved to have been the missing
Archduke Johann Salvador. will be
laid in its final resting place today
Late last night all arrangements for
the funeral. a simple affair. without
pomp or formality. We're completed.
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SIGN MANDATE TREATY

PARIS. April 4 (By The Associa-
ted Press) s).-Premier Poincare and
Ambassador Herrick this afternoon
formally signed the Syrian nlandato
treaty under which Americans ar6
assured full equality of rights IL
Syria and Lebanon.
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APPROVE STONE

WASHINGTON. April 4.-The
nomination of Harlan F. Stone of
New York to be attorney general
was approved today by the senate
judiciary committee.
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state streets, exclusive Gruen Watch
Dealer. 4l67-s-Ss-Fri-tf'
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Cars washed and polished by Louis Sol
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WEATHER

Increasing cloudi-
ness tonight prob
ably followed by
rain and sOme-
what colder Sa =
urday. Moderate
20 fresh shifting
winds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-04
Charge GOnlpers
Nth S0bOtdging
hid L1bOrers
BY ]. w. LEIGH
neeiaI IN The Daily Workarl

NEW ORLEANS. - Miss Alice
Odenheimer in an address before a
representative gathering Of women
said Samuel Gompers showed he had
not the welfare Of humanity at heart
when he deliberately gave the child
labor amendment entrusted to his
care to an Indifferent senator who
deliberately pigeonholed it, which
statement was loudly applauded.
The occasion was the annual meet
ing Of the local consumers league at
which it was stated that manufac-
turers in the north and east were
preparing to descend on the south
where even the pretext Of protection
for children of tender age and women
was a mockery as compared with
manufacturing sections in other
parts of the United States.
Isaac Heller, prominent in Jewish
circles was another speaker who said
1t was necessary that another amend
ment to replace the one nullifed by
the supreme court be passed to pro-
tect children and women, and advised
all to speak to their congressman and
senator's in the only language they
could Observation-Disclosures.
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might develop investigation Of public
finances which would result in a po-
iltical cyclone. The governor, who is
a candidate for United States Sena-
tor, may not care to invite the cy-
clone.
Advanced Political Spirit.
Not only is South Dakota a finan-
clal storm center, but it has a stormy
political future. In this respect II Is
likely to outrank Minnesota before
the end of the 1924 campaign. In
contrast with North Dakota. whose
Nonpartisan League elements have
not yet discovered that the League
is dead, and who are still enmeshed
in the sticky fly paper of the repub-
mean organization, the South Dakota
Nonpartisan League began its career
as an independent political party and
went thru the campaign Of 1918 la
Deled as a "farmer-labor'' element
1t had distinctive national view
point in 1920, as contrasted with
other League states. 1t sent dele
cation of forty people to Chicago
that year to participate in the delhi
erations of the gathering where the
Earmer-Labor Party was organized.
The influence Of this delegation
turned the tide in. favor of the Fitz-
patrick group as against the Com
mittee of Forty-eight during that
convention. In the first deliberations
of this convention the advanced
viewpoint of the South Dakotans was
well shown. When asked what thew
thought about platform, the South
Dakota delegation unanimously SUBJ
mitted one plank: proportional.
Occupational Representation" This
Knocked the Chicago trade unionists
off their pins. They could not take
the rough fodder of the South Da-
kota farmers. The Leaguers, how
ever, stuck to their plank, inserted IL
in their platform that year and have
kept it there. They have advocated
it persistently in their publications
and on the stump. 1t is a part of
their faith.
Land for the Users"
The quick transformation of this
group of fifty thousand farmers and
workers into a Farmer-Labor Party
at their convention last December,
and the unanimous adoption Of the
leading planks of the Federated
Farmer-Labor Party, Gland for the
users" and a "five-year moratorium
for working farmers on their farm
mortgage debts" shows the fexibility
of this group, its alertness to chang
ing conditions and its grasp of the
cold fact that the time is close at
hand when class lines in politics will
be strictly observed. This places the
South Dakota radicals in the lead Of
the political thought and action of
the northwestern states. 1t is safe
to predict that within the next year
the struggle in this state will be be-
tween the radicals and reaction
aries, wiping out old party align
ments. It is certain that 1926 will
witness this if it does not come this
year.
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Start Open Shop
Association in Big
Sou thern City
By.J. w.
(staa Correspondent Of the Federated !

(Stan Correspondent Of the Federated Press)
NEW ORLEANS.-The Mechanics
Cooperative Association is the de-
ceptive name of new open shop out
fit here which has filed its charter
with the secretary Of state and is
inviting carpenters and other crafts
men to join. The organization pro-
poses to classify workmen into grades
according to Skill and ability" wage
scales to vary according to grade.
The charter provides for the estab-
lishment Of training school for ap-
prentices and mechanics desiring to
increase their skill. In addition to
this sick benefits will be arranged,
but no life insurance. The president
of the organization is BENZ. Jackson,
who says that the association is not
a labor union, far from it, but close
alliance between contractors and
workers for mutual benefits"
One Of the features which appeals
to the contractors is a declaration
against the strike as a means Of set
Ting disputes. Nor is arbitration al
lowed. The boss sets the price, and
you take it or starve.
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their share Of the value which they
are creating.
$179, $4,000 in Year.
The total profits Of the steel cor
poration for 1928 amounted to
SITS, $4,000. After paying all in
come and corporation taxes, setting
aside depreciation and sinking fund
reserves and paying bond interest
there remained sos, 493,271 for
stockholders, or more than twice the
regular dividend requirements. After
paying dividends on preferred stock
S16.42 Of the profits remained over
for each share of common stock.
Take a look at that last figure.
The profits accruing to the absentee
owner of 100 shares of u. S. Steel
common stock exceed whole years
wages paid by the corporation to
the average worker sweating in the
mills. How about the few like
Gary whose holdings run into the
tens of thousands Of shares?
Extra Dividend Doubled
Such record breaking profits en-
couraged Gary and the directors to
double the extra dividend paid out
of the abundant profits of the third
quarter. This put an extra $2,541,-
512 in cash into the pockets of the
stockholders and brought the extra
cash disbursements for the year to
$3,812,263. Altogether stockholders
have received $54,447, 068 in cash as
their share of 1923 profits and total
disbursements to absentee owners,
including bcndholders, have amounted
to $74,151,7 13.
But Gary's misstatement has a
more sinister significance than would
appear. Big business is determined
to block the spread of the idea that
the great productivity of modern
industry should result in a steady
shortening of the work day. If the
increasing overhead Of private cap
ital is to escape bankruptcy, absentee
owners must draw all the benefits
of increased productivity. The ten
dency in Europe is all toward longer
hours. 1t will spread to the United
States. Already our business men
are hailing it with satisfaction. This
is the background Of Gary's attempt
to make the country believe that
the shorter work day really in
creased costs.
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COAL DIGGERS IN
N E W STRUGGLE
IN NOVA SCOTIA
F .ttling 20 Per Cent
Cut by Steel Company
By JOHN A. McRURY
(stan Correspondent Of the Federated Pre-

(stah Correspondent Of the Federated Preas)
GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia.I- The
miners of Nova Scotia are again
battling for their livelihood against
the British Empire Steel Corpora
ton. After many weeks of nego-
tiations between the provisional dis
trict executive, U. M. w. A., and
the corporation, the conference end
ed abruptly within ten hours of the
expiration of the contract.
AS the miners were leaving the
pits on January 10, they were at
tracted by large notices displaying
the new wage scale, which would 20
into effect the following day. This
was heavy blow to the miners as
no news had been given to the press
regarding the wage controversy.
Twenty Per Cent Cut.
The new wage scale contained a
20 per cent reduction in Cape Bre-
ton, from December to April, and
Tor the remainder Of the year the
1928 rate of wages would be paid.
Coal is increased to 81 a ton. Col
lieries on the mainland are not af-
fected by the wage cut, altho the
price of coal is increased. By g Nv
reducing the wages in one section
Of the district, it was thought that
a wedge could be driven into the
ranks of the miners and a split
caused. But the training the Nova
Scotia miners of since the days Of
1909 prevented this.
All mines in the district were
ordered to suspend operations"
pending satisfactory settlement.
Bosses Offer $3.50 a Day.
The demands of the union were
for the resumption Of the 1921
rates, or 20 per cent increase over
the expiring wage schedule. This
would increase the pay Of the datal
men from 1926 to $3.50 a day,
and contract men in ratio. The
rate offered by the company to af-
feet only the Cape Breton coal fields,
until May /, when the 1923 rate
would be paid, was $3.50 a day,
the rate paid in 1916. The cor
poration guarantees five days and
four days work a week to the col
heries, thus the miners would be
earning $1S and $1,000. The union
stated that it considered this a star
walton wage and it would be better
to see the men stay home and starve,
than starve while working.
go to Work." Says Premier.
Andrew Steele, U. M. w. A. rep
resentative in the district, later dis
patched a telegram to the premier
Of the province, who replied sug-
costing that the men go back to
the pits for fifteen days, pending
a kettlement. This was accepted
by the corporation, but rejected by
the union.
With 5000 tons of coal on its
sidings, the corporation gave orders
that no more coal would be sold.
In any effort to secure coal for heat
ing the most daring of the miners
dig coal from the surface mines on
the outskirts Of the town, while
Others resort to oil. Orders for
food supplies are being issued to
the most needy cases by the local
union.
Negotiations have been resumed.