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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-29

Labor Day assumes a deeper signi-
iicance with each succeeding year.
More thought is given 70 vital things
to the value Of the power TO create;
to develop life itself.
The organized labor movement IS
the expression Of this ideal. 1t IS
spokesman for the wage workers. Il
is responsible for this day, now uni
versally acclaimed.
The past cary has been one Of pro-
gress for labor. This advance has not
been confined to material improve
ments. Our most substantial gain Il
a widening public opinion favorable
to the workers cause.
The great religious movements are
unit in defense of the trade union
theory. In increasing numbers
churchmen of every belief appreciate
the trade union ideal that the worker
must have free expression in his en-
ployment, not only for industrial rea-
sons, but that he may carry this in
dependence into ether activities. This
harmonizes with the historic Chris
tian ideal of the worth of the individ-
ual, as against the pagan ideal that
the NoIhtI - Dul Il NbiAtiteS NpS III
the machinery of state.
What is popaIarly known as Gary
ism in industry" is recognition of the
pagan ideal that would substitute
democracy for an autocfacy that
grinds every ideal and hope out of
the workers lives. Against the pagan
ideal, organized workers throw every
power they possess. No issue is more
important than this. 1t is the ground
work of progress. Democracy is i'm
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-29
By FRANK MORRISON
Secretary. American FEDERATION Of Labor.

pa.sibIe If wage workers in a country
Merged 10 democracy are denied the
thing that makes democracy possible.
TIE Federal Child Labor Amend
meut that has been submitted 10 the
states By CONGRESS Il another proof
Of the value Of public opinion that
organized labor has developed. The
amendment is doubly significant be-
cause it is the first social addition TO
the Nations organic law.
This Labor Day marks a wider
acceptance of Labor's non-partisan
political theory. Thoughtful citizens
In every walk Of life are agreed on
the viciousness Of political partisan
ship that is so well summarized by
the Father of our country.
The coming campaign will witness
a greater non-partisan nolitieal ae-
tivity by labor and sympathizers.
The wage workers will urge their
program of national and state rene
idal legislation more vigorously than
ever. Success is assured as labor,
fcr the first time, enters the cam
pagn without divisions on the practi-
cabilty of nom partisan methods.
For the first time Labors energies
will not be spent in discussions Of this
issue.
The workers have j greater faith
In themselves, and in their cause.
Through experience and a knowledge
of the past, they know that progress
can only come through intelligence
and orderly development.
Possessing that knowledge, they
face the future with every confidence.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-29
What Wall Street Thinks of Davis
BY JAY LOVESTONE.

What does Wall Street think of
John w. Davis, the Democratic NOM
inee of president?
Here are some of the opinions taken
from authoritative, recognized spokes-
men of the biggest business interests
in the country. We present the ex-
pressions from seven widely recog-
nized organs of the most powerful
financial and industrial groups of the
country
Wall Street Journal.
Mr.. Candor of the Washington
staff of the Wall Street Journal,
which has the largest circulation Of
American financial newspapers, said
the following about the nomination
of Davis in the issue of July 10, 1924:
"The Democratic National Con-
vention has reached the best pos
sibe solution of an almost i'm
possible situation, with the nom
ination of John W. Davis of West
Virginia and New York, for Presl-
dent of the United States.
From the strictly non-partisan
point of view, the Davis nomina-
ton insures clean campaign
conducted on thoroly national is
sues.
This writer knows many men
of both parties who served In
Congress with Davis, and he has
yet to hear one say that the new
Democratic candidate is anything
but able and clear visioned. Su-
preme Court Justices have said
that Davis, as Solicitor General,
was the most able government
lawyer who ever appeared before
the high court. His record as
Ambassador to the Court of st.
James is one of the outstanding
spots of the Wilson administra-
tion."
Coal Age.
The July 18th Weekly Review is
sued by the Coal Age, organ of the
strongest coal magnate, sums up the
nomination in this significant fash
ion:
"Clutching any straw within
reach, the coal industry rejoices
that the long, drawn-out conven-
ton of the Democrats has finally
come to an end and heaves sigh
of relief that the choice of a can
didate fell to enc not likely to
indulge in rampages for regula-
ton if his campaign for election
should prove successful. Whether
this is the herald of the early APP
proach of the long hoped for up
turn in business, or not, it makes
the passing of what, in some
quarters, has been regarded as
one of the obstacles in the path
of business resumption"
The New York Commercial
This oldest of our financial news
papers which prides itself on being
called 1.-THE National Business News
paper" made the following observa-
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
Staten Island Hard Hit

TOTTENVILLE, April 2-Staten
Island like the rest of the surround
ing country throughout the east was
hard hit by the freak storm that
visited this section yesterday. Tel
ephone, telegraph and electric light
wires are down in all sections and
trees not able to bear the weight of
the heavy snow were broken and
are lying on the ground Radio
aerial wire salso suffered and many
are seen hanging from their fasten-
ings, where they were broken off
from the weight of the snow. Traf-
fic son the Staten Island Rapid
Transit railroad was disrupted yes
terday afternoon and last night
when trains were running behind
time. The cars of the trackless
trolley became stalled about 4:30
O'Clock yesterday afternoon tying up
the en.ire line between Tottenville
and Richmond until IL o'clock last
night.
Snow ploughs of the highway de-
partment and those of the depart
ment of plants and structures were
out after midnight and cleared
both Arthur Kill road and Amboy
road for traffic this morning. An
army OF snow shovelers tackled the
snow and were making great head
way in clearing the streets. The po-
lice were seeing to II that all side
walks and cutters were cleaned to
let the flow of water to the river.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
IRRIGATION COMMITTEE
WANTS HUNT TO TESTIFY

WASHINGTON, April z--Thd
house irrigation committee today
voted to repeat its request thai
Governor Hunt of Arizona appear
to testify in regard TO the recent
charges by him that Secretary Work
was using his position TO favor the
state of Colorado in the proposed
Colorado river development. The
vote was Z to 2.
The action was taken after Chair.
man Smith had read a telegram
from the governor In which he said
important business would prevent
his appearance.
Governor Hunt several days agc
charged the interests OF Arizona
were being neglected in the pro-
posed development. Upon receipt
of telegram containing the
charges the committee requested the
governor to testify. E
The motion to insist that the gov.
ernor appear was made by Repre-
sentative Baker. Democrat. Califor-
MIA.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
HARLAN STONE
IS APPOINTED
ATTY. GENERAL
Former Dean of Columbia
Law School Is Named by
President Coolidge
RESIDES IN NEW YORK
ls Native of New Hampshire
and a Graduate of
Amherst College
RESIDES IN NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, April 2-Harlan
Fiske Stone, of New York, has
been selected by President Coolidge
as attorney general. Since his re-
tirement from Columbia University,
where he was of the university law
school, Mr.. Stone has been asso-
ciated with the New York law firm
of Satterlee, Canfield and Stone.
He is native of New Hampshire
and a graduate of Amherst. He is
fifty-one years old.
Mr.. Stone has served since 1910 as
lean of the Columbia University
Law School. and recently resigned
to become an active member of the
New York law firm of Satterlee,
Garfield & Stone. He received his
law education at Amh:fst and
Columbia, and was admitted to the
New York bar in 1898. He is di-
rector of the Atlanta & Charlotte
Air Line Railroad Company and
other corporations. and Is Repub-
Iican, although he never has taken
leading part in politics.
Summoned TO Washington yester-
day. Mr.. Stone had a breakfast con-
terence today with President Coo
lidge and was presented by the fres-
ident to a number of his callefs IN
cluding the Republican leaders OF
the Senate. g., xuL,ta
House officials said, the President
believes he has been able to accom-
plish the purpose he announced yes
terday of finding $4,000 or $ioc'-
900 man to serve in a $4,000 job.
The prospective attorney genera
is not a stranger to the President,
the two having been friends since
college days at Amherst. Mr.. Cool-
idge received his bachelors degree
one year ahead of Mr.. Stone.
The names of Mr.. Stone and Chler
Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Mass
achusetts supreme judicial court
have been the two most prominently
considered by the President from
the time of the retirement of Harry
M. Daugherty, and decision finally
was made on Mr.. Stone because 01
the executives feeling that Massa~
chusetts already had more than her
share of high federal officers.
Mr.. Stone has been on leave OF
absence from Columbia for the past
wear and his resignation as dean OF
! the law school is effective at the
end of the scholastic year in June.
The resignation now will be made
effective Immediately upon his con-
firmation by the senate, however.
His nomination was sent to the cap
itol today.
Selection of Mr.. Stone doubles the
representation of New York in the
cabinet as Secretary Hughes is ac-
credited to that state.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
Freak Storm Causes
Heavy Damage; Work
All Night On Streets
Warm Sun This Morning Aids
Street Department to Clear
Away Heavy Snow Fall
MANY WIRES ARE DOWN
Thunder, Lightning and Snow
All Come in One April
Fools Day

Considerable headway had been
made up to noon tonay by the street
department in clearing up the snow
from Smith and State streets. The
department started work at the five
corners and with the aid of the sun
began to make way with the six
inches of snow that covered the
thoroughfare. Twenty men of the
department worked all last night,
keeping the cutters open and clear
ing the cross walks. and this morn
ing everyone who wanted work was
given a job with n shovel. At 10
o'clock a force of ssixty-five men
were at work, forty of these being
extra men.
In the early evening the depart
ment arranged to keep busy all
night and twenty men were placed
at work, on gutter plows and the
regulation road scrapers. Every
gutter in the city It was said. was
kept open throughout the night In
some instances. especially on Smith
street, merchants cleared off their
sidewalks and thus filled the cutters
allowing the water to back up, but
the street department employees soon
removed this and the water flowed
again.
Five trucks were at work this
morning carting the snow to the
river and sound where it was dump
ed. Unless the sun does a large
amount of the WORK, it was stated
today that it will probably be three
days before the department will
have completed the work of remov-
ing the snow.
Police, telephone and Public Ser
vice wires fell during the storm OF
yesterday afternoon and last night
and many trees and limbs of trees
were broken. The April storm. one
of the worst of the year in this see
ton, caused damage in every section
of the city.
The police were busy throughout
the night making reports of wires
falling and other storm damage, in
some places wires being down for
blocks on the same street. The storm
also interfered somewhat with the
call boxes of the police system. A
tree on lower State street was sci
af1re by fallen wire.
Snow shoveling about the police
station and city hall was taken care
or by four patrons of the Hotel De
Gink'. Under the direction of Po-
lice Janitor Nels Jensen. the four
dodgers made a thorough cleanup.
one of the men was minus a right
arm and Lieutenant Morris sug-
gested that he assist the janitor in
bossing the crowd, but he decided
to help out and welded a chopper
and broom in classy fashion. A
prisoner. Felix Slender, of Brooklyn,
who was arrested by officers Nolan
and Patten, for acting disorderly,
accepted an offer of the court to
work for Chief Tonnesen for a half
day He also assisted in the snow
removal.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
Wires Down, Other Damage Done, In April Fool Storm
Want ALL P|CR|C ACID PERMITS REVOKED
MELLON ATTACKS INCREASE
IN ESTATE TAX RATES

WASHINGTON, April 2.-The in
crease in the estate tax rates made
in the revenue bill by the House was
denounced today by Secretary Mellon
before the senate finance committee
as economic suicide"
"The estate tax is a levy on capt.
tai primarily and carried to an ex-
cess differs in no way from the revo-
lutionists of Russia Mr.. Mellon
said. He argued this form of taxa
tion should be left principally to the
states.
Concluding the hearing of Secre-
tary Mellon on the estate tax, the
senate finance committee renewed
its efforts to report the revenue bill
by the end of the week.
Aside from the estate tax, which
has drawn considerable opposition.
the committee must dispose of the
excise and miscellaneous taxes.
Estimates were prepared for the
committee today by government ac-
tuaries and the budget bureau on
receipts which would be collected
under the bill as it is now framed
and the amount of expenditures the
government may be called upon to
meet next year, including the cost
of soldier bonus and several pend
ing special appropriation bills.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
WOMAN DIES IN
RAH " AY FIRE
Mrs. Elizabeth Dotzert Is
Found Dead and Her
Home in Flames

RAILWAY. April Mrs. Eliza
beth Dotzert. seventy-five, was
burned to death in her home here
shortly after noon. Firemen found
the woman dead and the house in
flames. which destroyed the kitchen
and part of the second story.
1t is believed that Mrs. Dotzert's
clothing became ignited while she
was preparing her monday meal. A
daughter. Mss Henrietta Dotzert.
who lives with her, was away from
home at the time.
A truck driver. who hear Mrs.
Dotzert's screams was unable to en-
ter the smoke filled house to rescue
her
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
CONTINUE FIGHT
7 D RID COUNTY
OF P|CR|c ACID
County Solicitor Richardson
Asks State to Revoke
Licenses of Owners
CHANcERY ACTION ALSO
Refusal of Owners to Move
Material Results in Quick
County Action
CHANcERY ACTION ALSO
NEW BRUNSWICK, April !.

NEW BRUNSWICK. April
request that the state deparfu1
labor revoke the licenses or PERM
now held by the Butterw worth-J JudDo1T
Company and w. ]. Bradford for the
storage of picric acid on the Nixon
Nitration Company's property At
Nixon. will be made this afternoon
by County Solicitor Frederick f.
Richardson in a conference at Tren-|
ton with Deputy Commissioner Of
Labor Charles w. Weeks.
There is stored at the present time
2,5o0, 900 pounds of picric acid on
the Nixon property and the protests
of this condition have been SO siren
uous that the county has decided To
carry their fight to the courts The
Butterworth-Judson Company and
w. ]. Bradford. owners of the picric
acid, have refused the request of
the freeholders to remove all of tbl<
material, considerea IN Sjre ~
the residents and the freehofde{H
within ten days. The freeholdefs an
now endeavoring to force the owners
to remove the picric acid through
court action
The request by Solicitor Richards
'soh today that the state revoke the
owners licenses or permits Is the
preliminary step to rfddfng the coun-
ty of this undesirable material. If the
permits are revoked the owners can
not continue to store the materials
on the Nixon property and the chan
Gerry court will then be asked tc
issue an order to the owners instruct-
ing them to remove the picric acid
Immediately. The freeholders be-
licve it would be only the work of
fe wdays to move all of the pieric
acid from the present storage loca-
ton If an effort is made to speed up
this work.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
PANIC IN FIRE; KILL

MEXICO CITY, April 2 &
Associated Press) The sh
cutting of an electric wire il
tion picture theatre at ~
City, a suburb Of the capi
night caused a fire and sui
panic in which twenty-six
are known to have been XII
at least fifty-six injured.
The wire. carrying high
dropped from above and hu
high in the main aisle.
death to those touching
mad scramble for the exi
were seriously injured or
to death under the feet OF
peding crowd.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
Storm Sweens East.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Mild April.
tongue in her cheek and tragedy In
her wake, all day yesterday crashed
deep thunder, spat forked lightning,
blew from the northeast at fortyfive
knots, and whipped to a mad furry
ing a snow storm which made slush
and snowdrift from the Virginia
Capes to Eastport. Maine, all in
striking contrast with the arrival in
New York of the first Louisiana
Strawberries and new green peas
from California.
For today the weather bureau
here vouchsafes nothing more opti-
mistic than cloudy" although for
tomorrow it cheerfully promises
fair"
Snow clouding the vision of a
motorman brought on a collision of
elevated trains here in which one
man was killed and thirteen taken
to the hospital with broken bones
and other injuries. Piling on the
tracks the drifts delayed and held
up trains, in Baltimore caused the
postponement of t2e races at the
Bowie track. in Washington para
lyzed traffic and caused the adjourn
ment of the senate two hours earlier
than usual.
Wind and snow carried away
telephone and telegraph wires
| throughout the east, harried har-
Dor traffic in New York and
Boston, and impelled the dis
play of storm signals at Cape Hat
teras. A tongue of lightning licked
the roof of a chfropractor's house
in New Jersey as he bent over a
patient. Before aid could be sum
moned the flames had caused dam
age estimated at $1,000.
The storm came from the south
venting it's fury in Maryland early
yesterday morning, creeping north
to burst on the Metropolis shortly af-
ter noon and speeding on spreading
hail and havoc far up into Canada
Baltimore reported nine inches OF
snow, the Cumberland Valley six
and New York shortly after mid
night three.
These tantrums were taken in all
tranquility by the weather bureau
who let it be known that except for
1922 and 1923 no April since 1911
had been without its snowy outbursts
and that in April, 1915 and 1917 ten
| inches fell.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
RECORD APRIL
FALL OF SNOW
Reported in New Jersey
Storm Caused One Death
and Much Damage

NEWARK. April New Jerseys s
shore districts today found them
selves to be the worst sufferers from
a record April snowfall which
caused one death and crippled wire
communications in some parts of the
state.
Wires and poles were brought
down in the Asbury Park, Long
Branch, and Perth Amboy districts
In such numbers that wire compan-
les did not expect to have them all
untangled before night. While most
cities faced a task of shoveling out
with the aid of an April sun which
snow. few reported any serious traffic
delays.
George Van Buskirk. SO. was killed
by a truck which slipped and slid
backwards. crushing him against a
pole as he stood nearby.
Harold Warner, %, of Camden, is
recovering from exhaustion at the
Hammonton hospital today after
fighting the blizzard on the Allan
tic ity-Hammonton state road last
night After his automobile stalled
late last night he attempted o walk
for aid. He was found near the
A matol Arsenal where he was taken
in and fell unconscious. After he
was removed to the hospital he
again collapsed. and physicians said
his escape from death. from exhaus-
tion and cold had been narrow.
Weather bureau officials said the
five inch snow fall in this city was
a record. for any April / and the
third heaviesf recordpd in the mont n
since 1855.
The college baseball season which
was to have opened in New Jersey
today with games at Princeton,
Stevens Tech, at Hoboken, and Seton
Hall at South Orange, suffered a
postponement because of the blanket
of snow on the college diamonds.
Princeton was to have met Bowdoin,
Stevens Tech had scheduled St
Francis, and Villa Nova was to play
Seton Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
BANKERS HOME BURNS

e FAR HILLS, April 2--The twenty
mansion OF Reeve Schley,
New York banker and mayor. of this
borough, was totally destroyed by
fire last night with loss estimated
at $150.000. Only valuable antiques
were saved. Lack Of water prevent
ed the firemen from checking the
blaze, which started in the cellar
from an unknown cause.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
LAND FRAUD SALE

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Tele-
rams sent to former Attorney Gen.
ral Daugherty were brought to the
fttention of the senate committee
invest eating alleged land frauds in
fhe lower Rio Grande valley OF
fexas today by Senator Heflin
fe Aiocrat, Alabama. who with the
ad Of James r. Page of Kansas
eity. is prosecuting the inquiry.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
Suit Under sherman Act

BALTIMORE, April 2:-Trial of
the suit of the Alexander Milburn
Company of Baltimore, against the
Union Carbide and Carbon Company
of New York. in which the Milburn
Company asks $2,250,000 damages
for alleged violations of the Sher-
man and Clayton antitrust acts
was begun in United States court
here today. The sum asked is three
fold damages. as authorized under
the Sherman act
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
GREAT INCREASE REPORTED
IN TAX COLLECTIONS

WASHINGTON. April 2.--MarQ
collections of income and pro-
.taxes-the bulk of the first qua
ly payment on last years ina
and profits-ag segregated az
mately $4s0, 100000 about
600 greater than collections
same period last year.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
TRAIN CRASHES INTO BUS

NUTLEY, April 2-Nunzio Frun-
I'll jitney bus driver, narrowly es-
capped death today when an Erie
railroad train crashed through his
bus, which had stalled on a crossing.
No passengers were in the bus,
Frunzi having arrived at the end
of his route where he was turning
to make another trip.
Frunzi leaped from his seat just
In time to see his bus hurled fifty
feet in mass of wreckage.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
new FASHIONS IN HATS

CHICAGO, April Modes for
matrons hats follow the small
dropping, close fitting shape IA
vored by the debutante, according
to the fashion forecast of the mil
linery jobbers' association.
To wear the new shape, the mat
ron must alter her coiffure, the
forecast says. dressing it fiat or close
to the head to accommodate hat
styles designed for shingle bobs.
Fine straw is the favored mate
rial, with trimmings of hand EN-
broidered silk or braid, small flow
ers. or burnt goose feathers. Pearl
and sand are leading colors, in ad-
dition to black, brown. navy and
purple.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
ANNOUNCEMENT

The undersigned wish to announce TO
their friends and public at large that
they have bought the well known Greiner
Barber Shop at No 1854 Smith Street
Perth Amboy. N. J. II will hereafter be
known as Premier Barber shop I" where
they Will conduct a modern and sanitary
esta ablishment with Individual service
Special attention will be given to chill
dren's hair cutting.
An extra room is now being fitted up
for a Ladies' Department with an expert
In attendance Soliciting your trade.
We are yours for best service,
PROPS.