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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

eft themselves and the public by elm.
mating congestion and delay.
Theodore W. Schimpf had an audi
ence with the Governor Monday night.
and il was understood his name would
go into the Senate as the Governors
appointee TO the Circuit Court bench.
Governor Silzer submitted 10 the
Senate the nominations of four Judges
and of five members OF a board under
the terms of the Hershheld resolution
adopted al this session, providing for
an inquiry into the feasibility of com
pulsory liability insurance for drivers
of motor vehicles.
Frank T. Lloyd. Camden, was named
for the vacancy in the Supreme Court
caused by the recent retirement OF
Justice Francis J. Swayze, who pre-
sided over the Hudson County district.
Henry E.. Ackerson. OF keyport.
named for vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Judge Luther A. Campbell.
". Harvey J. Ely. Rutherford, was
named Judge of the District Court for
the Second Judicial District OF Bergen
County and Frederick ". Mattovks,
Closter, was appointed judge of the
same court for the third Bergen Coun
" district.
Appointments to the Hershfleld Com
mittee were: Mr.. Hershheld. Passaic;
Senator Whitney. Morris, Commission
er of Motor Vehicles William L. Dill,
Paterson; Robert D. Benson, Passaie,
and James n. Butler, Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30
ANNouNeEMENT

DIR. Robert NJ Grier has removed bis
offfce from West Washington Avenue
to "a East washington Avenue adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

Weckerly's Taxi Service. Phone
26-R. City rates, soc for / or . per-
sons, adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

houses IN The PO1nt be ~numbeTed, vas
acknowledged. after Mayor Coll stated
that he thought the best time for the
numbering would be when the city
map was made.
Equipment on hand belonging to the
city was ordered looked owe by the
Highway Committee, and necessary
repairs needed will be made.
City Clerk James G. Soul was or
dered 10 write TO the Pleasantville Gas
Company and request that Bay and
Higbee venue be placed In proper
shape. The company had placed larg-
er pipes in the ground on those streets
some time ago.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

Vim. e. Mathis, Plumbing ana Heat
ing 43 E. West Jersey Ave@adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30
POINT COUNCIL
FILLS OFFICE
Names Eisenmann to Board of
School Administrations
Roberts Appointment.
DECLARE HOUSE Is SAFE

At the regular meeting of the Som,
ers Point City Council, held last Fri
day night, John Eisenmann was APP
pointed a member of the Board of
School Estimates to succeed Council
man George W. Roberts, who recently
resigned from the Board. The APP
pointment Of Charles X. Roberts to
the Board of Health for four years.
by Mayor George Coll, was confirmed
by Council.
Organizations thai have been meet
ing in the city hall the past year were
given the necessary permission to
meet there this year, following a re-
ceipt OF a written request. and its ap-
prevail by Council.
The Women's Republican Club was
given permission to meet the second
Tuesday night of each month, the City
Fire Department was granted permits
sion to meet the last Wednesday of
each month, and "R" Band was given
permission to meet on Monday and
Thursday night of each week.
Communications are expected to be
received from Troop No. l, Boy. Scouts
of America, and the Somers Point
Building and Loan Association.
a mouse, the Vi Wlllldn L.
Merriatt, located on Higbee avenue,
was stated by a special committee of
three councilmen, detailed to investi-
gate the structure, to be safe for alter
ations. providing a back wall and part
of the side wall be taken down. The
building inspector had refused to issue
a permit for the alterations.
A letter was received from the Bell
Telephone Company stating that the
company would hook the house of the
Volunteer Fire Company No. ! on to
the city fire alarm system, and would
also place extension bells on the out
side OF both fire houses. 1t was re.
ceiyed and filed.
A report of the Somers Point Com
munity Club. regarding expenditures
made for the Christmas tree, was read,
received and filed.
Councilman Eisenmann reported that
temporary repairs were made on the
City Hall, which. it was stated, had
been allowed to get into a d%eplorable
state. Further repairs will be neces-
sary until the place is satisfactory to
the new administration.
A communication from the Women
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30
BILL PROVIDES
SECOND JUDGE
Assemblyman Corio Introduces
Measure to Provide Relief
From Court Congestion.
N. BUTLER HONORED

After a careful study Of the best
method as TO relief of the congestion
OF the Atlantic County Courts, a de-
eision has been reached thai the best
can Of obtaining the relief sought
would be by having a second Common
Pleas Judge, instead OF having an ad-
ditional Circuit Court Judge. Accord
ingly Assemblyman Joseph A. Gorio
Introduced in fhe Assembly on Nor
day a bill 10 provide Tor The appoint
menl OF an additional Common Pleas
Judge. The bill is aimed 70 relieve
both The civil and criminal courts.
The bill stipulafes that the Governor
shall appoint an additional Common
Pleas Judge IN counties bordering on
the Atlantic Ocean having a popula
lion between 10000 and Joe, 900. This
makes it applicable TO Atlantic County
only.
4 am glad 10 introduce this bill and
if the Bar Association of Atlantic
wants il and will get back of il, be
lieye it can be put over" said Mr..
Corio.
Senator Woodruff. of Camden. some
time ago r~eintrodueed a bill which was
defeated last year, providing for two
additional Judges of the Circuit Court.
Some Atlantic City lawyers think that
this would afford relief better than q
second Common Pleas Judge, but 9TH
ers fear there may be objection again
10 the expense entailed by the Wood
ruff bin. They also contend that even
if the Circuit Court Judges are autho-
rized, Atlantic has ample work for an
additional Common Pleas Judge, and
that if they are not authorized, a Com
mon Pleas Judge could handle all civil
cases now going to the Circuit Court
except cases in ejectment.
II is an interesting faef that first
class counties in the State are also
trying to get the same method of re
lief in theory that Atlantic County has
proposed. Assemblyman Anderson's
pending bill, House 1873, provides for
Senior Circuit Court Judges in first
class counties to request Common
Pleas Judges TO assist Circuit Court
Judges in disposing of cases.
Attention is now focused on the At
lantie County Bar Association TO see
if they will agree on a unitedA
mnpl 70 RppaGt the lorio
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

Sewing Machines repaired. Singer
So. 116 n. Main ST adv
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-30

LEON HILTON. Plumbing and Heat
ing. Is N. Sd st. ADV.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Many Questions Are Raised
In Sugar Tariff Consideration

provided the degree of alteration in the
rates Is prescribed by Congress, II is not
a case of delegation of legislative power.
Finally, this discussion over the
tariff on sugar under the flexible tar
if has affected the standing of the
Tariff Commission seriously, and pre-
cipitated a lot OF comment, some ia
vorable, but more unfavorable-
comment not against the commission,
but against the situation In which
the flexible provision places the
commission.
The questions are again raised: Is
the tariff a political question? Is It.
possible to have a bipartisan" or
Bipartisan" commission determining
what the import duties shall be? Is
the Tariff Commission a judicial body
or simply a fact-finding commission?
Is it possible to obtain satisfactory
and practical results until the prin-
ciple underlying the activities of
Tariff Commission is determined
shall be what is known as protection
or a revenue or low tariff? These
are matters the future must deter
mine. 50
These questions are of vital inter-
est to the Chief Executive, to Con-
gress and to the business men of the,
country. The controversy over sugar
seems to go to the yitals OF a large
question.
This article simply undertakes fa
point out the facts and principles in-
volved.
Evening star., 1924-12-21

This Capital power plant. at VirS
ginia avenue and r. street southeast,
Is Gus" Cooks baby" He built it
and is still boss" there. From this
plant the light, heat and power is
furnished to the Senate and House
Of1ce Buildings. the Capitol Building
the Library of Congress, the National
Botanic Garden, the Government
Printing Office, the Washington City
Post Office, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey (Which alone is a labyrinth
OF buildings on 16 different floor
levels) and the Public Health Build
inEs.
This plant consumes about 42,500
tons of coal per annum and is the
functioning of Congress- for, as can
readily be seen, II a serious break
down should occur Congress would
be compelled to adjourn. The Gov
ernment Printing Office, with its $500
employees, and the City Post Office,
with $500 or more, and the Library
of Congress, with all It's employees.
would also have to shut up shop.
Very serious damage would result at
the Botanic Garden from any falling
off In the steam pressure, because
there are hundreds of valuable plants
that could not be replaced.
In connection with the operation of
this power plant, "Gus" Cook also has
developed a pumping station on the
Potomac River, directly south of the
Capitol. Here 100000 gallons of
water are pumped daily for boiler
feed and condensing purposes. This
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Is the only Government plant that is
using Potomac River water for that
purpose. All the other plants are
using specially treated water from
the District of Columbia reservoirs.
A 36-inch water pipe. $3.50 feet long,
connects this pumping station to the
power plant, and the overflow Is re-
turned to the river through a 4S-inch
reinforced concrete fiume
All the buildings named above that
get heat and power from this plant
are connected by tunnel feet high
and feet inches wide, OF reinforced
concrete. This tunnel is $3.50 feet
lines in case of an accident to either
by electric conduits with two sets of
Ca bles.
All Of this construction work was
done under the personal supervision
OF Gus" Cook. He drew the plans
and specifications and supervised the
construction.
This year he has installed a
water-softening and filtration plan,
and Installed ,o00-horsepoye or
water-feed heater to heat the water
to 210 degrees before II goes into
the boilers. In each building has
been installed a steam flow meter
that shows the consumption OF
steam every "a hours and a Watt
meter, showing how much electric
ity is used. Recently Mr.. Cook in
stalled 16 5T1-horsepower water
tube boilers at the Capitol power
plant, and he is now installing q
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Gold Salt Is Used
In Phthisis Cure

At a meeting of the Danish Medi-5
cal Society, in Copenhagen. DR.. Hol-
ger Moellgaard. professor of physiol-
ogy at the Agricultural High School.
lectured on his treatment of tuber-
culosis. -
He stated that his preparations,
sanocrysia, was a gold salt made up
in such chemical combination that
it avoided the risk of metal poison
ing, even when given in very large
doses. 1t originated from the dis
covery Of the German doctor, Robert
Koch, who proved that gold salts,
could act as a poison to the bacilii
of tuberculosis, and in the develop
ment of this discovery he Prof..
MoellgaardD had produced a gold
combination which could be injected
either into the veins or the muscles.
and killed the bacilli in the organ
ism. Sanocrysia was the first COM
bination that attained this end, but
there was the risk that the disinte.-
grafton of the dead bacilli could set
up poisonous substance, and to coun-
teract this risk q serum was also Ia
5ected. The t.eAtr ~at was liable to.
give rise to several reactions. such
as fever, skin rash, nausea and sick
ness, but those reactions gradualfsg
disappeared. and the treatment could
be then continued without further
risk, even in the most serious cases.
The sanocrysia is being produced
in Copenhagen laboratory. and the
State Serum Institute has undertak-
en- the preparation of the serum. In
quiries are already being received
from all parts of the world, particu-
lsrly America, and a book on the
treatment by Prof. Moellgaard Ia
now in course CT publication,
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
This permits the fling of requests
before the Tariff Commi ssion for the
raising or lowering of the import
duty on any article, not exceeding so
per cent Of the duty laid down in the
act The facts ascertained by the
Tariff Commission are laid before the
President, and IL is up to him to
grant or withhold the request or
petition. The President may raise
or lower any import duty, if the facts
warrant in his opinion. not to exceed
so per cent of the existing duty.
Figures Small But Vital.
Acting under this law. certain
American interests requested that
the import duty on sugar be reduced
one-half cent a pound, making the
full import duty 1.7o6 cents per
pound; and, after the Cuban reciproc-
ity reduction is made, the net duty on
Cuban raw sugar is 1868 cents per
pound. Other interests, notably the
beet sugar manufacturers and the
growers of sugar beets, opposed the
reduction. These fractions and deci-
mails doubtless seem small and in
significant to the average reader, but
they spell success or ruin to the
American sugar industry.
The Tariff Commission gathered a
mass of Information and made two
reports to the President-one signed
| by two members against any change,
the other signed by three members in
favor of a reduction of one-half cent
| q pound on the import duty. One
member of the Commission was dis
tn onf
Theoretically, the whole controversy
rests on a correct answer to the Ques-
ton: Is the difference between the cost
of production Of Cuban raw sugar plus
TRANSFORMATION to the American refining
markets and the cost Of production Of
American cane and beet sugar sufficient
to warrant the present import duty Of
1.764S cents per pound. which Is the net
| duty on Cuban raw sugar. This involves
lot of figuring in decimals and frac-
| tions, but decimals loom large when
| the total volume Of sugar imported ex-
ceeds 5000. 100000 pounds annually.
Many Questions Involved.
The public is interested in one oues-
ton: Does the present duty OF 1.764S
cents (net) per pound on Cuban raw
sugar tend to increase the retail price
of sugar used in the family or in the
industries? If not, then the only
question is this: Does the existing
! import duty benefit the farmers who
grow sugar beets, and does 1t tend to
make the United States less depend
ent upon foreign countries for its
sugar supply?
This debate over the sugar tariff has
raised another question: Is the flexible
tariff provision a success? Is 1t practi-
cal? There are different opinions. Some
say that it has overburdened the Presi-
dent, who must study and decide; that
| IL has made import duties variable
whereas they should be stable: that q
delegation Of rete-making power affect
ing the public revenue is unconstitu-
tional.
Others say that the tariff is nom
partisan, scientific. and should not be
handled by Congress. but by the Execu-
| tive with fact-finding commission be-
| hind him; that the power to speedily
change a tariff rate Ia case Of injustice
1 Or wrong is necessary and fair; that
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Everyday Religion
BY RIGHT 2EY. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D.
Bishop Of Washington.
OF a Talk on Theology, But Upon 1
and Right Living.

{, things of childhood and youth. Our
best moods are those where we live
over again our early experiences
So Christmas comes to us with its
story OF the humble birth Of Christ.
There is nothing Of pomp or cere-
mony about it. Its setting Is 80 hum
BILE that the poorest may feel kinship
with il. and yet II speaks of dignity
and power so great that the highest
of earth bow in reverence before II.
It speaks Of the sovereignty OF child
hood. Little wonder is 1t that at
Bethlehem the world finds the center
and source of its Joy and the fnspi-
ration of its highest and holiest
hopes.
1t was Jean Paul Richter who de-
clared that the birth OF this enid
marks the birth of new universe.
Renan, the skeptic, in his life OF Jesus
says: THE chief event in the worlds
history Is the revolution by which
the noblest portions Of humanity
passed from the ancient religions.
comprised under the name Of paga-
nisr, TO a religion based on the d.
vine unity and the incarnation OF the
Son Of God"
This Christ Child when grown to
manhood taught that the highest
reaches or our human tnougnt were
prompted by the impulses of our
childhood nature-inded, 1t was upon
the qualities and graces of the child
that He declared man Mt for the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Thus Christmas comes again to the
world to sweeten and soften its life,
to give it refreshment and renewed
courage. to tighten its burdens and
give IL a fresh start as II faces
new year. We shall wholly miss Its
high purpose IL we let 1t become
a holiday and not a holy day. Its
generous impulses that disclose them
selves in giving and receiving are
but small expressions of its deeper
Significance Our gifts grow old
and the holly and the mistletoe lose
their charm, and we lay them aside
as the faded emblems Of our festi-
val, but the eternal spirit of Him who
was born on this happy day lives on
TO gladden. and sweeten human life.
His Is the religion of Joy and the
religion of youth. The world is still
waiting, waiting through the long
ages for the fulfillment Of tho mes
sage that marked His birth: peace
on earth TO men Of good WILL" II Is
the good will of the Child that we
seek today. We would recognize His
sovereignty and yield our Wills and
all our conceits to Him, and SO make
true the prophets's word: "A little
child shall lead them"
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-21

seven days ended Decem-
Der 20:
The British Empire.-Admiral Jel-
licoe, Viscount of Scapa, commander
of the British grand feet in the battle
Of Jutland and one Of the greatest of
seamen, retired from active service
December on his sixty-ffth birth
day.
The new British government sent a
note the other day to the league Sec
retariat stating that tho London
treaty Of 1921 establishing the Irish
Free State could not properly be
registered with the seoretariat. The
secretariat replied that 1T had been
registered. Tho British government,
to which doubtless that was no news,
replied that the registration was an
impropriety, as the treaty Is an IN
ternal affair Of the British empire,
wherewith the league is not compe-
tent to deal.
Addressing the House Of Commons
on December Is, Austen Chamber
lain, British foreign minister, had this
to say about the Anglo Egyptian
condolninium in the Sudan: I'VE have
no desire to terminate the con-
dominium. II, as hope and believe,
the new and friendly government of
Egypt will work with us, the con-
we will recognize it and be loyal to
1t. But we must, after our past ex-
perience, take the powers which are
necessary and without which we
cannot discharge the duties for which
we are liable"
y + y y
svafn,-The Spanish forces in the
Spanish zone of Morocco have COM
pleted their. retreat to the positions
it Is proposed they shall occupy per-
manently.
REPORTS differ as to the casualties
suffered In these difficult operations.
Apparently they were heavy.
The French government has re-
uuested of the Spanish government
clear statement OF the iatters inten-
tions regarding Morocco.
The Spanish directorate has omcia4-
lv announced that talk Of It's resig-
nation and restoration OF CIVILIAN gov
ernment is pure nonsense.
X X 4 Z
Rusxfa.-Addressin the sixth Fed
eral Trade Union Congress the other
day, Alexander Rykov, president Oh
the Russian Council OF Commissars
made the following statements:
That despite partial crop failures
in certain districts and by reason OF
improved methods Russian agricui-
ture had remarkably advanced within
the past two years; that the area
sown in cotton had been Increased
from 100000 to 100000 acres; that
the total area sown was now 81 Per
cent OF that sown in 1915; that de-
spite alarmistS reports this year
harvest was only 10 per cent less
than last years and would suffice:
Evening star., 1924-12-21
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
CHILDHOOD,

Isaiah II. part OF sixth verse: "a
little child shall lead them"
"a Y o day in the calendar so ex-
ats and makes sovereign the
NJ child spirit as Christmas
u Even the aged and infirm
the disappointed and soured
feel a new and irresistible impulse In
he season that recalls the birth OF
Christ. The worlds fountain OF
youth and renewal is found in the
humble stable in Bethlehem. One
wonders at the persistence Of the in
duence that proceeds from this ut
terly homely scene. Crossing the At
lantic, far removed from the clamor-
Gus calls of his great office, Phillips
Brooks felt again the spell of this
holy day and wrote his never-to-be-
forgotten poem:
O little town Of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above the deep and dreamless sIeep
The silent stars 70 by.
Yet In thy dark street shlneth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.
This great prophet never seems so
great, so noble OF so humble as where
In his prayer-hymn he says:
Holy Child of Bethlehem.
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast ont sin and enter IN.
Be born in US today.
Tt is the deepest aspiration of a
mighty soul for that renewal which
comes from the consciousness OF the
sovereignty Of this Divine Child.
:; x X y
No matter how old the world be-
comes, no matter how serious the
problems of life, We all turn with
renewed hope and expectancy TO the
spirit of eternal youth to which
Christmas witnesses. How wonder
fully Charles Dickens in his tmmol-
tai christmas Carol" brings this out.
The repellent and soured Old Scrooge
falls under the spell of the child
spirit and Tiny Tim becomes to him
an expression of the youth he would
eadeavor TO find. Life without its
springs of renewal grows unattrac-
tive with the fight Of years. IT
g a blessed thing that at the very
heart of our Christian religion God
has set the spirit of little child. AS
tho years come and go we lay great
stress upon our ripened and mature
Judgment, we come TO feel that we
know and understand the deeper
meaning Of life through experience,
and yet, large and varied as this
experience and knowledge may be,
the best things We have-yes, and the
most satisfying-come TO US from the
Evening star., 1924-12-21

up their minds as to what the public
mind really desires.
All of which is but new evidence
Of the degree to which Germany ts
still without adequate training or
tradition in the matter Of democratic
institutions when contrasted with
Britain, the United States or France.
It is also a striking illustration of
the evil Of the bloc system as con-
trasted with the two-party method.
Perhaps some vague appreciation Of
these evils explains the decisive
fashion in which at the latest cleo
tfons both the United States and Great
Britain returned to their. tradition Of
responsible party government,
. CaIzxlght 1as4A
Evening star., 1924-12-21
BY HENRY W. BUM.

NHE following is a brief sum-
mary Of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended Decem-
her %.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
German Politics Are i'm Chaos
AS Result of Last Election

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-12-21
Howe About
Those Perfect Women; Oscar and Sarah;
Virtuous Dumbells.
By E. ". HOVE.
"The Sage OF Potato Hill"

T G. WELLS is a writer with
u unusual equipment-educa-
ton, intelligence, informa-
i ton, experience. Therefore,
he ncca SionalIv SAWS an I'M
Evening star., 1924-12-21

I have observed during a long lifS
that two birthdays are much talked =
Of by men, the fortieth and sever
t!eth-
Evening star., 1924-12-21

Copyright, 1924
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

GIFT PRICES that tempt
Christmas values that beckon--tne
Christmas Gift Suggestions" Col
umns of the Classified Section are
full Of them,