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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
PENSION EXPERIMENT.
Interesting Plan Being Tried by
Mercantile Concern.

A large mercantile company, which
has branches in nine of our cities, has
put into effect an employees old age
pension system, which is an interest.
ing experiment. To this the employees
themselves contribute nothing, but all
are eligible at sixty years of age II
they have served the company for 20
years. Provision, too, is made for
those who, at any age, are incapaci-
tated for work after 20 years of SER
vice. The amount of a pension is
based upon the salary of an employe.
The salary figured on is the aver
age salary, during the five years pre-
ceding retirement, and the pension
amounts to one per cent. of this, mul.
uplied by the number of years of ser-
vice. Thus, man whose salary is
$4,000 a year, upon retiring after 25
years service, will receive pension
of $500. The smallest pension paid is
5000, the largest $1,000; so that the
system strongly favors those who
have received small or moderate sal
aries and who. unable to save as they
have gone along have looked forward
to old age with consternation.-
Worlds Work.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
HONOR MEMORY
OF FIRST AUTO
MONUMENT MARKS THE PLACE
WHERE 1T BEGAN TRIP.
Big Steam Wagon Built in Fifties to
Cross Western Prairies Went
Only Seven Miles.

This is the story, not of new In
vention, but of an old one that was
forgotten, the father of automobiles"
The Nebraska State Historical Associ-
alton has just erected at Nebraska
City a monument to clumsy, un-
wieldy "steam wagon" with which
some prophet of half century ago
dreamed he could race across the
Western prairies at ten times the
speed attained by the famous bull
wagons" which were the chief means
of communication between the Gold
en- West and civilization east of the
Mississippi River. The monument is
erected on the exact spot from which
the big steam wagon, the forerunner
of the automobile of today, started on
its memorable attempt to go from
the Missouri River to Pixies Peak.
The inscription reads:
Steam Wagon,
Invented and Owned by
Joseph r. Brown of Minnesota.
Manufactured by
John A. Reed, of New York
Landed at Nebraska City from Steam
er West Wind, July u, 1862.
Started for Denver, Self-Propelled,
July %, 1862.
Disabled and Abandoned Seven Miles
Out.
But it was the first automobile in all
the country. The prairie motor" as
it was called bore slight resemblance
to the trim automobile of today. 1t
was equipped with four engines of
twelve horsepower each. The drive
wheels were 10 feet in diameter and
the tires, which were of boiler iron,
were Is inches wide. The steering
wheel was feet in diameter. Wood
was used for fuel and one cord would
drive the machine for eight hours.
After trial trip in New Jersey ap-
parently demonstrated the success sof
the steam wagon, the machine was
shipped to st. Louis by rail and there
loaded upon steamboat, the West
Wind, which brought it up the Mis-
souri, River to Nebraska City.
In those days Nebraska City was
me of the chief Quitting points for
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
Nav Soon Breathe Aosln.

We are living in an era of expan.
sion in more ways than one. For in
stance. now, from some indefinite
source (you never can tell where to
lay the blame, or exc the credit for
such things) comes the news that
the directoire gown is to yield even
the scant space 1t occupies, and to
pass from sight to memory. In it's
place our sidewalks and street car
seats are to be crowded with more
voluminous skirts. The inhabitants
of these costumes, freed from fash
ions policy of repression, will like.
wise expand to more normal condi.
tions and comfortable sighs.-1ndian-
apolis News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04

Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and the
Northwest country. Omaha was a
mere village, more than half the
houses being the tepees of Indians.
But Nebraska City did tremendous
business. In one year more than 1000
wagons, each drawn by from four to
eight oxen or mules, left Nebraska
City for Denver. This does not take
into consideration the vast amount of
freighting between the Missouri River
point and other portions of the West.
The swiftest stage coaches, travelling
night and dav. required week to go
between Nebraska City and Denver.
and the stage fare was $75.
1t was to capture a portion Of this
lucrative traffic that induced Capt.
Joseph Brown of st. Paul to build
the prairie motor" and bring it out
to Nebraska City. 1t was his intention
should the first one prove as success
full as expected, to equip complete
fleet" and monopolize the freighting
business of the West.
AS the prairie motor started off on
July %, 1862, the whistles of the boats,
the ringing of bells and the cheering
of the people accompanied her.
Four miles and half we're covered
in. less than an hour. But after the
big wagon had gone seven miles there
was stop. Something was wrong. A
piston rod had broken. The engineer
walked back to town, got teams Of
horses and returned to the steamer
The loaded wagons were returned to
Nebraska City. Tie steamer was
pulled to one side of the road and
left standing until new piston rod
could be brought from New York. But
the specifications had been misplaced
and several letters passed back and
forth before the repairs were shipped.
And in those days considerable time
was required to get an answer from
New York.
Then the new piston rod was ship
ped. 1t became misplaced and never
reached it's destination. A new one
was ordered. Winter came on and the
SHOWS blocked the roads. Then the
government chartered the Union Pa
cific Railroad and the promoters of
the automobile line to the mountains
saw the end of their dreams.
The prairie motor was hauled back
to Nebraska City and put cut in j.
Sterling Morton's back yard, where
it made very convenient place for
the chilren and the chickens. 1t was
finally broken up and sold for old
iron. The boiler was used in the
gas works for several years and after
wards taken to Hamburg, Iowa, where
it furnished steam for grain elevator.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
Few Women Vote Who Have Rish.

Few Women Vote Who Have Right.
There are 6O5,5J6 women in Eng.
land and Wales c'Ialified to vote for
members of county councils; 265.S62
women to vote for county borough
councils, and l31,324 women are quail
fled to vote for non-county borough
councils These totals have just been
completed and they are being used as
an argument against the suffragists.
They provide strong argument, too
for the women who exercise their
franchise privilege form only trifing
fraction of the total. These qualified
voters show the Indifference which it
is charged the average woman wol,d
show were she to have an unresisted
ballot. There are many boroughS in
England in which the women might
WELD the balance of power, but they
exert no influence as they do not 80
to the polls. This is the first time
the noses of the women voters in Eng
land have been counted. and the COM
pleted lists, c3ntrasted with the seat
tering votes actually cast, mean one
of the hardest blows the suffragist
cause has received since 1t became
live issue several years ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
TELLS WHY THERE ARE
SIGHTS ON A RIFLE
Without Them the Marksman Firing
at Long Range Could Never
Hit His Mark.

T'it Fl'S mdTNs
The average person, kf asked to ex-
plain why a rifle is Sighted would
probably be unable to do so beyond
some vague remark about taking cor
rect aim.
Sights are necessary because a bull.
let does not travel in straight line,
but under the influence of gravity and
friction, begins to drop almost as soon
as it leaves the muzzle. Thus the bull
let of the army rifle drops six inches
in the first 100 yards, but when 1t has
gone 200 yards it will have dropped,
not twelve inches, but two feet. The
drop increases by leaps and bounds
with the distance. Where there no
sights on the rifle and you wanted to
hit mark at 200 yards, you would
clearly have to aim two feet above 1t.
This would be awkward, for you
lose sight of the object aimed at, to
say nothing Of the difficulty of cor
rectly estimating at a distance of two
feet at 200 yards.
The sights on rifle enable you to
keep your eye on the mark, although
the muzzle of the rifle is actually point
ing above 1t. The moving slide of the
back-sight enables you automatically
to point the muzzle just so many feet
above the mark aimed at as is neces-
sary to counteract the down drop Of
the bullet at various ranges.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
The LIama's Load.

When the llama is too heavily
loaded, about 125 pounds, the wise
beast lies down right then and thee
and goes on strike and refuses to
bulge a peg despite any amount Of
coaxing, beating or swearing
ly knows the weight his burden should
be almost to an ounce, or that's what
they all say in the Andes. Most men
know when they are overloaded. but
they are afraid to lie down.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
M acaroni.

The word is derived from the Mac
aroni Club. instituted by set of
fiashy men who had travelled in Italy.
and introduced Italian "Maccheroni"
at Almack's table. The Macaronis
were the most exquisite fops that ever
disgraced the name of man-vicious.
insolent. gamblers, drunkards, duel
lers; about 773 the curse of the Vaux-
hall Gardens.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04

The century plant is case Of age
before beauty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04

Makes Living as Pawning Agent
A woman who appeared in a Lon
don police court the other day was de.
scribed as "pawning agent" She
makes her living by pawning things
for her neighbors, who pay her com.
mission because they believe she can
secure larger loans than they could.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
Names of Provinces.

Names of Chinese provinces have
a personal Interpretation. the same as
Indian names. For example, the Kan
sub province signifies Sweet-Sedate.
while Chih Ii translated, reads Direct
Rule, and An-Hwei means Peace
Glory.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04

Constipation causes headache, in
digestion, dizziness, drowsiness. For
a mild, opening medicine, use Doan's 5
Regulets. 25c box at all stores.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-03-04
Victin1's Wall.

It's all right for a woman to save
time, but making cherry pies with the
stones in 'em is poor way to do it.
Detroit Free Press.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
BRIDE
REFUSES 7OBE
INTERVIEWED

Although reporters have haunted the
Pleasanton hotel today in search Of
copy and pictures, Mrs Howard
Spaulding, Jr.. the $3.50, COO 600 heiress
of Chicago, and her husband, staunch'
~ refuse to give out; interviews re-
garding their impressions Of Honolulu
Mr.. and Mrs. Spaulding arrived In
the steamer Manoa last night and went
immediately to the PleasaRtons The
Spaldings plan to spend two weeks in
the islands. They will then sail for
the Orient and will make round. the
world honeymoon trip.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Spauid-
ing was Miss Catherine Barker! Mr..
Spaulding Is an official of the Haskell
& Barker Car Company of Michigan
City, Indiana, which concern the wife
practically owns. Following his grad
uation from Yales Mr.. iSpaplding took
a minor position with the company.
Prior to sailing for Honolulu, Mr..
and Mrs. Spaulding toured British
Columbia, and then went to San Fran
cisco where they saw the exposition.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
SPECIAL BOARD
HEARS.
DNSlINDAY SMASH
Navy Officers Inquire Into Par.
tlcuars Of BANNING Of Sub
marines by U. S. S. Supply

After passing all the morning in
hearing testimony OF witnesses of the
accident, when the U. S. shin Supply
rammed the three remaining subma
. rines OF the e. 'fotilla Sunday after.
noon, the special board Of navy off.
cera appointed to Investigate the COLI
sios went into session again at | 80
o,clock this afteraoo:
This morning the remaining two
members Of the board were named.
They are Lieut.. Ellis Lando, aid to
Rcar-Admiral Clifford ]. Boush, COM
mandant at Pearl Harbor; and Lieut..
X. B. crittenden. commander of the
= submarine flotiIla The chairman
OF the board Is Lieut. -eomdr. Mark
st. G. Ellis or the u. S. s. Princeton,
as announced in the Star. Bulletin yes
terdsy 80 80. .s<..., -.
Asked whether the board has been
INSTRUCTED to place responsibility for
the accident, one OF the members told
me reporter he was going too far
81 asking such a question. The board
q holding its session today ON board
the submarine tender Alert. ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
BODIES OF TWO
MORE D T: VICTIMS
TAKEN FROM F-4

Two more of the bodies of its dead
crew were given up by the F4 today,
making II Of the submarines crew Of
Il accounted for to date. The re-
mains found today were so badly de-
composed that Identification is impos-
sfble.
Work was concentrated today on
cleaning out the remaining batteries
and their accessories, also removing
the debris, bones and mud from the
engineroom compartment, In which a
dozen bodies were found last week,
making, with today's find OF two more,
IA OF the 81 men whose remains were
found there. This compartment is in
the rear of the boat, probably indicat-
ing that something happening up for
ward must have driven the crew aft
to the engineroom, where they died.
Navy officials said this afternoon
they hope to have the engineroom
compartment entirely cleaned out by
Thursday morning. After this is com.
pleted the next problem win be dis.
posing Of the dismantled huh OF the
submarine. None OF the members of
the special board appointed to arrange
for this would give any inkling today
40 to what will be done with the wreck
: =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
Loves
Bakery
SOON EXHAUST
JURY LIST IN
MURDER TRIAL

The case OF William Pieper, indict.
ed by the territorial grand Jury on a
charge Of first degree murder. went
to trial In Circuit Judge Ashford's
court this morning. It Is alleged that
the defendant shot and killed bis Ha.
waiian wife. Susie Pieper. several
weeks ago.
Challenges BY both the defense and
prosecution soon exhausted the list
Of names In the trial Jury box, leav-
ing 10 unchallenged men on the panel.
The court ordered 4 special venire Of
Is names. the venire returnabIe at 3
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The members Of the special Henire
are w. NJ Templeton, r. Z. Turner.
Sam Nuuanu. G. w. Moore. G. H. Bel
lima. = A Noble. ]. II. be Fries, ]. M.
Levey. @. w. Bridges, H. ]. Aud. f. G.
Betters. r B. Cosgroye, J. f. Morgan,
II. G.. Reinecke and Frank Gerard.
The present panel Is composed Of
q. c. Bechert, A. Y, otremba. w. X.
Rees. B. F. Heilhron. H. E spicer. A.
w. Howe. e. r Aguiar. w. I. Raposo,
r. E. Colby and G. +. Frasher.
The trial will be continued at 8
O'clock tomorrow morning. Those
persons who have been summoned as
witnesses in the case have been notl-
fed to appear at that time without
further summons.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
ToWSE rs CERTAIN
CRACK LINER WILL
CALL DIT HONOLULU

With the. arrival tomorrow on the
Makura of Cal Stone, general mana,
ger Of the Great Northern Pacific
Steamship Company, tangible results
are expected concerning the com
pany's offer. to put the liner Great
Northern on the San Francisco Homo.
lulu run, provided a sufficient guaran.
tee of freight for the mainland can
be obtained, ~
Prospects for securing the big pas
senger steamer appear brighter than
ever, according to Ed ToWse, who re.
turned yesterday on. the Ventura. Mr..
Towse and H. p. Wood, Hawaii expo
sition commissioner, interviewed Mr..
Stone in San Francisco.
We both feel certain" said MIR.
Towse, that the Great Northern Pa
cific Steamship Company will put its
giant liner Great Northern on the Ho-
nolulu run"
On arriving here tomorrow, Mr..
Stone will at once commence inter
viewing business men of the islands
relative to freight guarantees.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07

b After an interval Of two DAYS the
local exchange was no nyeIIer thar
last week, and had II not been for oIaa
onlg three sales would have been Re.
corded At this morningis session. olaa
Y small blocks changed hands Is 4
tqtal Of 500 shares the price being
arm ct s. Pioneer. Wafalua, Hawaiian
Commercial and Eva were the other
issues dealt II between boards and az
the call this morning. Quotations on
the other issues listed are unchanged
or weaker by shade.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
.ASANO PLANNING
Tiki. EXPANSION
IN PACIFIC Lines
(continned from page onel

VVaGA4aC0 HULQ poSS OaO
- - 2 L. -
an underlying tone of confidence, not
only In himself and his coadjutors TO
carry the Togo Kisen Kaisha to the
dominance Of the Pacific, but also in
the ability of his countrymen gener.
ally to seize and fulfil opportunity.
Sorry for Americans.
Il am sorry for the American peo-
ple," he began. THE loss Of an en-.
tire fleet of liners like the Pacific
Mails must be terrible material and
national loss. In so far as we are
concerned, our Immediate policy now
is, more ships and still more ships.
Our purchase of the Persia was the
first step in this direction. We have
to build another two or three big liners
and We may even build liner APP
preaching the mammoth Transatlantic
vessels In size. - a.. ''-s y
Our three South American freight
and passenger liners, the Anyo Maru,
the Kiyo- Maru and the Seiyo Maru,
which heretofore only touched at San
Pedro. will now cali regularly at San
Francisco. The. Anyo Maru j shall
take out Of the South American trade
altogether, and she win run between
Japan and San Francisco with the Per-
STA and our other regular liners. ~.
"But with all these additions we
still lack sufficient vessels to handle
the immense amount of transpacific
business which has unexpectedly come
our way through the sudden passing
away Of the Pacific Mail. So We must
build more ships. We have made all
arrangements for the supply OF fuel
with the Western Fuel Company.
Provision For Coal.
They will now provide US with coal
from British Columbia, Instead OF the
Australian coal we received Ia the
past through. the company Of James
Rolph, your mayor. We sincerely re-
greet that this company can not con.
tract with us this year, but the war
has made it impossible to obtain Aus.
tralian coal here.
The La Toilette seamen's bill is
the most remarkable piece OF un- Amer
lean legislation ever saw. / call II
from two points Of view.
In the first place 1t is bad business and
short-sighted. In the second place
think 1t narfoW-miRded In so far as 1t
Affects other nations. It seems some
what parallel with the aIti.Japanese
feeling we hear so much about, and |
which also prevents the growth Of
.rade between the United States and
Japan. s .ss
Your late railroad king, e. Il. Har-
imam, was my friend, and we worked
n unison. He did on land what l en-
leayured to do on the sea.
On our first trip to the United
States I met the late Claus SpreckeIs /
It Honolulu. The islands at that time
we're not cultivated, and only produc-
ID 10000 tons of sugar year.
q said to Spreckles, why don't you
leyelop this fertile landg and he ans
Vered, fcannot get the labor, said.
viii bring You japanese labor, and
did. The result IS that today the
stands produce ten times as much
ugar- namely, 10000 tons. There
ore" Asano continued jocnlarly, his
yes twinkling. 4 say that whereas
he Japanese have developed Honolulu
md made it valuable, the United
states should give Japan q share In
t. In California, the Japanese have
endered the same service. . |
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07

Such items in the accounts as tip
to walters and deck stewards. and
rents for steamer chairs, were not
raid # These have been taken Hnde1
advisement by the court for further
determination The total accounts, as
paid by the marshal, amounted tt
$350. 40.
Heads and Wardell left for Sar
Francisco in the Siberia this morning
Wardell is the defendant in an actor
brought by Farm Cornn, the local Chi
nese Interpreter. the complaint aHe2
ing trespass in the. case. Cornn asIs
$1,000, alleging lie was called "aa i'm
rudent dog" an OPIUM smuGS'cr' and
other names by Warden.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-07
VESSELS TO AND
FROM THE ISLANDS
Especial Wireless to Merehants'
Exehanse.)
Tuesday Sept. 7.

Tuesday, Sept. 7.
SAN FRANC1SCO-Sailed, Sept 6,
1920 p. m, S. S. Korea for Homo
lulu.
SAN FRANCISCO-Arrived, Sept. 6,
U. S. S. Maryland from Honolulu,
Aug 81.
PORTLAND-Arrived, Sept 6, bkt.
Lahaina from Kahului, Aug. 49,.
BELLINGhAM -Sailed, Sept 6, sch.
Helene for Honolulu.
Wireless.
s. s. SONOMA will arrive from Sgd
ney Thursday Sept. with II sacks
CT mail, $50 tons of cargo for Homo
lulu. Will sail for San Francisco at
> p. m.
S. S. WILHELNINA will sail for San
Francisco tomorrow, 10 a. m.