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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-10-29
cARTERET BANDITS GET PLANT PAYROLL
I AT POINT OF GUNS; Then MAKE ESCAPE
4 CHALLENGE

To the Assistant Prosecutor of
Middlesex County and to the
City Attorney of Perth Am
boy:
Gentlemen:--
On Monday evening, at mid
night, I heard the hero" of
Middlesex county say: II told
the attorney general to go to
hell, I'll testify when I am
ready"
Both of you made special
pleas for him, and therefore I
challenge both of you to q de-
bate on Armistice Day on the
question:: "Is it good American
ism to tell officers of the law to
go to hell?"
1 want the negative side.
am willing to debate this ques-
tion before the American Legion.
Are you?
ROBERT SCHLOTTER
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New Jersey Ruling

NEWARK, Oct. 29:-Persons who
wish to inspect income tax returns
at the local internal revenue office
today learned that to do so they
must fill out two cards, stating
among other things their names and
address. business, and purpose in in
specting the returns.
One of the cards is sent to the per-
son whose income tax return. is ex-
amined, the other is kept on file and
In case the tax return is published
is forwarded to Washington.
Collector Ferguson of the Office
said that he had received no orders
from Washington to put into effect
the. card indexing system.
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Own a Chevrolet-the new way buy a
- Purchase Certificate at JEFFERSON Mo-
tors, Inc. Tel. 15 1o649-10-29- -tfs
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Ford FAN show ends Nov. 1st. DOM
miss It. Dorsey Motors. Inc. open un-
I'll 1000 p. NJ
i05s0--l0-27-6ts
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Many exceptional bargains in Used Cars.
Dorsey Motors. Inc. open until 10;o0 p.
NJ. 1o550--i0-27-6ts
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LOOK! 2 Big Dances LOOK!
Thursday Friday

Fhe Junior Club are presenting the
Fifth Annual Masquerade Dance,
Thursday and Friday evening, Hal
lowe'en Eve and Halloween night.
At this occasion there will be cash
prizes awarded to the prettiest and
most original costumes.
17fusic furnished by I,ekvis Hoffman
and his Melody Aings.
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| Storage Batteries for the Ford and
many other makes, SIS 80 At Dorsey Mo-
torss 1os{0--1o-2e-st*
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For WIffys Knights overland Cars and
Federal Knight Trucks See Stllweii. Phone
1884. 1o01s--10-11-1Sf.
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BERNARD 1. STARK

Mason ana Building Contractor
22t MADISON AVE. TEL, s55-W
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Delco Service Station. Garretson Co.
els Market Street. Phone 1000.
10600--10-29-1ts
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WEATHER

Fair tonight and
Thursday; cooler
tonight; fres h
north and north
east winds.
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Pull Down Curtains for the Ford Car,
s53 90 installed. Dorsey Motors.
1O646-10-2s-4ts
Evening star., 1924-02-13
Buy Your Supply for
Season

You will practice true economy by supplying your
future needs, for such rare values are certain to
appeal to the thrifty buyer. These dresses arc
smartly and daintily trimmed made perfect i'll
every detail. Fresh neat and clean, shown for the
first time tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-02-13
How Well They Are Made

Every garment is thoroughly we'll made, effectively
combined with imported and novelty trimmings,
deep hens and bound seams in Is choice styles
Novelty checks and plain shades, made in such
charming styles that will serve for street and out
door wear as we'll as for home and porch. These
dresses will be shown for the first time tomorrow
in the Down Stairs Store.
Evening star., 1924-02-13

space saepeo provided for this valugving
sale We advise that you shop early the day. thereby avoiding
crowds Please that the sizes range from So to regular
and 4o to 81 complete range These dresses will
be sold in the Down Stairs Store only.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25

made when such arbitrary ratings
under the board have obtainedP A
fair efficiency rating win be irnposGI.
Of the board.
Does Congress know that the
Bureau Of Efficiency used coercive
methods In allocating to grades and
services, If the chiefs held out for
the protection Of the employees?
Wide Range In Pay.
Does Congress know that the
Bureau of the Census was aliocated
once according to the Classification
schedule, but that now the Bureau
Of EFFICIENCY acknowledges that
such a classification was Impossible
and has attempted to revvrite n
classification for that Bureau?
Will the members Of the board
tell Congress the reason for the
wide range Of pay in the profess
sional and scientific services, where
difference Of say $500 il com
mon between the departments? viii
they tell why some employees work
ing under lump-gum appropriations
are paid and will be paid around
81, 500 more than those ON the
statutory rolls?
Will Congress learn the EN-.
ployes' side when your COMMITTEES
| listens only to those connected with
the Personnel Classification Board?
| VIII Congress learn specific In.
stances Of mistreatment and favorit.
ism when general questions only
win be propoundsd to members Of
the board2
The Washington times., 1924-02-25

/ would vote Tor such assistance r.
be rendered them.
But both Mrs. Harding and Mrs
Wilson are rich women. enjoying
every luxury wealth can afford
Under the Constitution which pro
'hibits gifts OF public money being
made TO one individual, and not q
eli. ! am against giving q pension
of 5000 to one widow when It 4
not given to other deserving widOwf
in the United States. They all have
equal rights under the Constitution
and no one should be favored oyel
all the others"
Cites Mrs. RoOsevelt's Case.
Congressman Blanton cited the
case Of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
who, he said he had bean told, en-
ployed sixty servants at her Oyster
Bay estate. Anyone familiar with
the modest Roosevelt home at Saga
more Hill knows that twenty guests
would crowd the premises and thai
more than four or five servants
would have to sleep In tents
President Mckinley died In far from
affluent circumstances and his
widow, an invalid, was largely de
pendent on the $1,000 year from
Congress.
There IN now, pending before thG
pension committee OF the house Q
proposal to pay Mrs.. Benjamin Har
rison $1,000 a year, 1t having been
ascertained that President Harri
sons widow II about at the end Of
her financial resources.
Mr.. Griesf. author Of the House
bill for franl1ing privileges to Mrs
Wilson il authority for the follow
ing interesting statement:
"The first extension of the frank
ing privilege was made to Martha
Washington. This precedent wae
thereafter followed for Dolly Madi'
son, Louise Catherine Adams, Mar.
garet s. Taylor, Mary Todd Lincoln,
Julia Dent Grant, Lucretia Garfield,
Mary Scott Harrison, Ida A. Mo.
Kinley, Frances #. Cleveland, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. War.
rem Harding"
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
MAN ACCUSED IN GEORGIA
FOUND IN SOUTH JERSEY

GLASSBORO, ". j., Feb. 26.--
County officers surrounded 3 house
on Popular street and captured
Charles Waiter Lengley, q negro,
said to be wanted at Macon, Ca,
to answer charge OF accessory
to murder and another crime.
Sheriff Leap and his deputies went
to the house prepared for O fight
in rounding up Lengley, but he
surrendered without a struggle.
Although he emphatically denied
knowledge Of any crime, q telegram
from Sheriff Hicks, Of Macon, this
afternoon, answering one sent by
Sheriff Leap, stated that he Ii the
man wanted. Lengley said that he
formerly lived at Dublin, Ca, ana
that he left there last June and
came North and married q widow,
with whom he has been living here.
He was taken to the Gloucester
county jail and viii be held for
extradition.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Spain Quits League
Farley On Naval
Disarmament

ROME, Feb. Is Spain for.
malIy withdrew today from The
League Of Nations naval dis
armament conference after the
Spanish navy had been placed
on an equal footing with South
American countries.
The conference offered Spain
$4,000 tons Of naval craft, but
the Spaniards insisted upon 1O6,-
600 tons. q
1--WE were compelled 70 with
draw because Of the absurd be-
havior Of the conference to-
ward Spain" said Commander
Montague, head Of the Spanish
delegation. 'aThe conference
first accepted SPANS offer to
limit her naval tonnage to 1861
600, but upon second vote re-
fused to authorize Spain to con-
struct the difference between
$1,000 and Loo, 900 tons.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
IS
|. PLAN TO HELP
GERMANY
Investigators Expected to
Offer. Comprehensive Flnan-
Cial Relief Proposals.

PARIS, Feb. 26.-A moratorium
to enable Germany to repair her
shattered finances will be pro-
posed, it Is understood, by the
international committee of rep
aration experts headed by Cen.
Charles G. Dawes, Of Chicago.
The committee met In plenary
session today to begin the final
draft Of the report which will be
made to the interallied repara-
tons commission.
Foreign Office Silent.
Foreign office officials refused to
make any comment upon the work
Of the committee. One of them.
speaking for the foreign office, said:
I'VE believe that comment at this
time would be inopportune. We
have no wish to influence the de-
cisions Of the experts committees.
Newspaper criticism il certainly not
inspired from official circles"
The foreign office statement auto
natically repudiated official respOn.
sibility for articles In the Rhode
Paris and Journal urging France to
refuse any demand that she cease
economic exploitation Of the Rulr.
The fact that "Pertinax'' wrote the
article In the Rhode Paris had
strengthened belief that 1t was ''in-
spired," owing tc his close contact
with the government.
German Finances Chaotic.
Members Of the Dawes com.
rnittee, who made a thorough study
Of the banking, currency, indus
trial, commercial ana railway situa-
ton in Germany, said the country
has vast potentialities but fiscal
affairs are In such chaotic shape
that II win require q considerable
period and expert management to
restore them.
German railways, industry and
shipping are fundamentally sound,
the committee said. but the collapse
OF German money has impaired
their earning ability.
Germany's holdings abroad have
shrunk tremendously. but still run
into billions Of dollars.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
BOOZE DRIVING
COST DRIVER
LICENSE
Alexandria Police Judge Puts
Added Penalty on to
500 Fine.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Feb. 26.---
Judge Frederick q. Duvall has
added another penalty to the usual
fine Of 500 that il imposed II one
10 found guilty Of operating an auto.
mobile while under the influence Of
liquor. The added penalty is the re-
vol1lng Of the license Of the con-
victed one for one year.
Lee Rose, who was arrested late
Saturday night charged with vio-
lating the prohibition law and driv.
ing while under the influence of
LIQUOR, was the first one to receive
this penalty. He was arraigned be-
fore Judge Duvall today and 1t was
testified that Rose was driving q
Ford truck when It crashed into an
automobile owned by George G. Cole.
The police state that half-pint bot
tie, in which there was hardly more
than q gill Of whiskey, was found
under q lap robe in the DEFENDANTS
car. The charge against Rose for
violation OF the prohibition law was
dismissed because Of lack of evi-
dence. He was fined 500 and costs
and his license was revoked for one
year on the other charge.
Louis Burr, colored, was ar.
raigned in police court this morn
ing charged with violation of the
prohibition law. It WAS testified
by the officers that when they came
upon Burr, standing beside his
automobile in front of his house,
he reached in the car with q crank
in his hand and made q downward
motion as II striking something.
The officers also testified that when
they reached the car they found q
half.gallon Jar broken to pieces on
the floor Of the car and whiskey
flowing all over 1t.
Burr was held for the action Of
the grand Jury on $500 bond.
Walter Meekins was arrested yes
terdAy on the charge OF being
drunk. Officers state that when
Meelkins was searched q half.pint
Of liquor was found on his person.
He IL being held for the action Of
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
POLICE SEARCH
FOR MISSING
INVENTOR
So 6uB Ouu
Local Force Joins In Guest
for Dr.. A. w. Swanbsrg,
Jersey Chemist.

Washington police have been en-
gagged in tho nationwide search fol
DR.. Arthur w. Swanberg, Newark
N. j., chemist, who IL said TO have
invented recently a process by
which gasoline would be made more
highly volatile. for the patent rights
Of which he refused an offer Of
100000. DR.. Swanberg ana hi
formula disappeared February s.
A couple Of weeks before his sud
den disappearance. DR.. swanberg d
said I'd have told Of being attacked
by two thugs who sought to steal
his formula, which he carried with
him. They did not find It, how
ever. This occurred only a few
days after he, declined the 81.
100000 from q large oil company.
DR.. Swanberg, according to infor.
nation reaching the local police,
was perfecting his formula at the
time Of his disappearance. Recent
tests had proved II what the IA.
ventor had purportsd It to be, II
was stated.
A description Of the missing man
gave his age az about sixty.five
years. His height is five feet six
inches and his weight about 10
pounds. He has steel gray ewes.
His forehead is SCARED. His hair
Is gray, according to the statement.
and military nustache is partly
gray.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
VEAL THY PLOT
. BONUS DEATH.
CHARGE
Quinn Claims Rich Clique Il
Trying to Deny Justice
to Veterans.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

N~~--S-----SNy =
huge wealth 10 trying to sell ont
the veteran, trying to deny him Jus
tice for fear some Of the War.Won
richest viii be taken from its nleni.
bers.
Never in the history OF nations
has there been such an outrageous
attempt to lobby against q specific
piece of legislation approved by the
people and their representatives.
The inside story Of the intrigues.
chicanery, Hobbies, slush funds
raised and apparently deliberate at.
tempt to besmirch the reputation OF
the veteran has been kept from the
public.
It il my purpose to tell the truth
about the fight for adjusted com.
pensation to readers OF The Wash
lngton Times. I shall tell Of the
organized propaganda that deluged
Congress; Of the Treasury Depart.
ment's garbled figures; coercion Of
veteran employees by corporation
employers. There win be the story
or the anti-bonus league and its at.
tempted sale to Wall street: Sec
rotary MELONS Billion dollar error
radio censorship, suppression Of
papers opposed to adjusted com
pensation.
II you were to believe these Oh
ponents YOU would think that the
ex-service man In q red" trying
to destroy the country instead OF
the man who came to It's defense In
time Of great emergency.
One point must be made clear in
The justice of giving adjusted
compensation to ex.0ervice men has
never been denid: the fact that the
veteran suffered an economic dis.
ability has been admitted; the
principle OF adjusting compensation
is founded on presidents as old az
this nation.
The only objection to paying this
honest debt to the veteran advanced
during the four years battle to get
IL, has been that the country can.
not afford It.. Always the cutlery
against It has been based on money,
money, money! And this Wall
street group IL responsible.
In 1920 the veteran was told his
debt could not be paid because
Liberty Bonds were below par.
In 1921 when Liberty Bonds were
at par, the veteran learned his bill
could not be met because foreign
nations had not yet begun payment
on their debts.
In 1922 when Great Britain was
planning to refund her huge debt,
the country and the veterans were
fooled by the greatest arithmatical
mistake in the history Of the nation.
This was the billion dollar error
made by Andrew Mellon, Secretary
Of the Treasury. This was the error
that resulted in the third excuse for
postponing payment Of an obliga-
don that everybody admits. It was
the greatest characterization, the most
stupendous blunder any intelligent
man ever made. It was this error
that has convinced the ex-service
man that the Secretary of tho
Treasury IL q greater enemy Of the
veteran than any met with overaeas.
Tomorrow / want to go into the
history Of this billion dollar mis-
take" that resulted in the veteran
entering the sixth year after the
war with the debt owing him still
unpaid.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25

maJ0E1ty OF the I11ongagef
and tributes. wOre official, or aeini
official, coming not only. from per
sons OF important position IN the
United States but from presidents
crowned heads and potentates b
every part Of the globe, IL ID mani
testify unfair that Mrs. Wilson
should be called upon to nav this
enormous postage bill for replies
from her personal resources.
With this In mind, Congressman
Griest, Of the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, offered q
resolution in the House, ON Safur.
dny, granting the franktnR priyl.
lege to Edith Boiling Wilson. q like
measure having passed the Senate
On reading Of the Griest resOlti.
ton Congressman Blanton infl1e
diately objected and an indefinite
delay in granting the courtesy "a
Mrs. Wilson resulted.
Mrs. Harding Frank Granted.
Exactly one month previous a
bill introduced by Mr.. Griest grant.
Ing the ranking privilege to Flor.
0nc9 King Harding passed in the
House without objection from Mr.
Blanton. Almost the same cOndi.
tons existed 40 to the amount OF
mail to be answered. In the Senate
q bill had gone through providing
q $1,000 a year pension for Mrs.
Harding. The bill which grants
Thanking privileges to the widow Of
q President IL entirely separate
from that establishing the pension
and passes through the hands of
different committees. Mr.. Blanton
was asked what objection there
could be to giving the franlxing
privilege to Mrs. Wilson.
He replied IT do not object to
granting the franking privilege to
the widow Of a deceased president.
It is a courtesy that cost the Gev.
eminent practically nothing and no
one objects to it.
But connected with such resolu.
lions there are always Nthers to
grant a pension Of $1,000 year for
life to such widows. Were they in
straitened circumstances financially,
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
the grand jury, charged with violat
ing the prohibition law.

The loss which resulted from Q
fire in the automatic control box
Of the Alexandria Light and Power
Company Saturday night IL esttmat-
ed at $4,000.
The fire was Of an undetermined
origin and 1t was with great diff
Guilty that the wrecling crews Of
the company tore the live wires
from the control and reconnected
them SO that the service could be
temporarily restored. The wreclxing
crews have been continually at
work on the damage and it is ex-
pected that all of the lights Of the
city win be in working order to-
night.
Robert McCauley, fifteen. Of Del
Ray, while riding his bicycle at
the intersection Of Duke and Wash.
ington street, crashed into an auto
mobile driven by William M. F1tz-
gerald, yesterday afternoon. He
was rushed to the hospital, where
stitch was taken in bis scalp and
he was then removed to his home.
1t is said that he admitted losing
control of his bicycle.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
FRUIT MEN WILL ADOPT
COOPERATIVE MARKETING

HAMMONTON, N. J.. Feb. 26.-
Hanimonton fruit growers have de-
cided to adopt cooperative market.
ing Tor their products. An organise.
ton for that purpose, to be known
as the HaInmonton Fruit Growers'
Cooperative Association, viii b
Incorporated, q number Of the lead.
ing fruit growers Of this place hav-
ing already signed tho articles Of
incorporation.
This action win result In commits.
sion merchants and cash buyers at
the open street market here having
considerably less fruit and berries
placed before them by local growers.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Lehlbach Requested to
Ask Pointed Questions
In Classification Probe

Request that Congressman Lehl-
bach, chairman Of the House Civil
Service Reform committee conduct
ing hearings concerning the Per
sonnet Classification Board, ask
specific and pointed questions of
Chief Brown, r. J. Bailey, chairman
of the board, and Guy Moffett was
contained in a letter transmitted
today to Congressman Lehlbach by
Loren H. Wittner, chairman, De-
partmental Classification Protest
committee.
Following are some Of the ques-
tons contained In Chairman Witt
ner's letter to Chairman Lehlbach:
When your committee IL having
its public hearing investigating the
members and ex-ofqcio members of
the Personnel Classification Board
looking to the transfer Of all per-
sonnet matters to the Civil Service
Commission. will it ask Herbert D.
Brown, chief Of the Bureau Of Eff
cheney whether Senator Reed Smoot
and Congressman Martin B. Madden
influenced him to ignore the classl-
fciation act Of 1898. VIII you ask
Cs Os 60AASys SAA1AEIAdA Oh ZIG R0T.
sonnet Classification Board whether
the appropriations committee influ-
enced him or whether any outside
influence was used to make him
evade the law. VIII your commit.
tee ask Guy Moffett II they ever
tried to reach him?
Doing Identical WOrk.
VIII the head Of the Bureau Of
the Budget tell Congress why esti-
mates based on the initial recon-
mendations in bureaus Of the Treas.
ury Department were carried in the
budget instead Of estimates based
on the findings Of the board9
Regardless the suggestion by any
individuals that a public hearing OF
the employees grievances is un.
necessary in the consideration Of
classification, we hold that the facts
we have at hand are SO pertinent
and necessary to the logical treat
ment Of the whole problem that at
the present moment we are In q
position to place before your com.
AAAeSOS AhAOAAAASAOA WIAACA WOUlu I0~
veal much you could not possibly
learn from an investigation Of the
Personnel Classification Board mem.
bers or ex officio members.
How IL the public and Congress
to know that those doing Identical
work are placed In three or four
grades In every department and In
dependent office Of the Government?
WIN your committee ask such cues.
tons Of the members of the board:
Does Congress know that in the
Department Of Agriculture, three
men doing very similar work as
heads Of the hay, feed, and seed
marketing In the Bureau Of Mar
kets are placed, two in the clerical,
administrative. and fiscal, while the
other IL allocated to the professional
and scientific services2
Does Congress know that the
right Of appeal was denied in sew.
eral Of the department offices when
the employees thought their ratings
were unfair and unjust?
VIII Herbert d. Brown tell your
committee how he expects fair and
impartial efficiency ratings 70 be