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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Harrisburg Letter Carriers
Home From New Castle

Four prominent members of the
Harrisburg Association of, Letter Car
riers who attended the sessions of the
State convention at New Castle this
week. have returned home. They are
H. c. Young. Joseph w. Naylor,
Thomas ]. Carpenter and w. H. Cock
lin. The entertainment of the dele
gates was most hospitable and among
those who addressed the association
was ex-Postmaster John N. Dersam,
formerly of McKeesport and now a
hotel proprietor at New Castle.
Among the resolutions adopted was
one urging the Post Office Department
to take such action as will provide for
substitute carriers at salary Of $500
at the end of three years, increasing
500 a year until the full grade of
$1,000 per annum shall have been
reached.
Thomas J. Carpenter was reelected
secretary of the State association for
the fourth year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
COAL OPERATORS SPLIT

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. s.-Twenty-
one coal companies operating in Okla
homa and said to control half of the
coal output of the State, withdrew
last night from further negotiations
as members of the Southwestern In
terstate Coal Operators Association,
in the conference here with conferees
of the Southwestern districts of the
United Mine Workers of America, re-
garding wage and working conditions.
Their withdrawal was confirmed by
Ira M. Fleming. president of the
operators association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
that exhibits all the new models.

This new series National Twelve
were exhibited for the first time at this
show. National built the first Ameri-
can siX-cylinder cars and was one, OF
the pioneers with twelve-cylinder cars.
Two distinct advantages are claimed
for the Twelve" more even flow of
power with consequent absence of
gear shifting, and the elimination of
vibration which has been so destruc-
tive to automobile motors.
With the twelve, the crankshaft re-
ceives six propulsions every time the
motor turns over" Thus, the power
stream is unbroken. The individual
cylinders are small and the explosions
are more gentle but more continuous.
In other words, the superiority of
the Twelve, is that of the trained ath-
lete over primal force. Vibration has
become obsolete in the Twelve, that
car-racking bogie that marks the
'one-yer" automobile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
First Auto Show of
Season at Indianapolis

That the twelve-c cylinder car is at
tracing universal attention was evil
denced at the opening day of the In
dianapolis annual auto show last
week, when more than three thou
sand show visitors inspected the new
series National Highway twelve-cylin-
der cars. This annual auto show at
Indianapolis is of more than usual in
terest to the automobile industry, be-
cause it is the first show each year
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
IMMENSE CROP OF TOMATOES

Waynesboro. Pa. Sept. 9.-Robert
M. Renfrew is harvesting and canning
his immense tomato crop near Fay
etteville. Mr.. Renfrew has eighteen
acres planted in tomatoes and has
and canning his products. He esti-
mates his crop at 5000 bushels
enough when canned to fill six cars
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
STEPPED ON RATTLESNAKE
Sbeciol to tie Telserobh

Hagerstown, Md. Sept. 9.-Mrs Da-
vid T.. Kanode. living in Green Valley.
near the South Mountain. stepped
upon a rattlesnake when she entered
the pantry at her home and promptly
tainted after reaching the yard. The
snake was killed. 1t had crawled into
the house through rat hole.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
NEW SERMON SERIES

The Rev. w. S. Booth, pastor of the
First BAPTIST Church. will start a series
of sermons tomorrow on the Attitude
of Jesus" Three sermons will follow
in order-'The Attitude of Hospi-
tality." The Attitude of Perplexity''
and The Attitude of Devotion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
BODY FOUND ON ISLAND
Special to the Telegraph

Marietta, Pa. Sept. 9.-Yesterday
the body of a man. supposed to be that
of Benjamin Rhoads. was found on
Elsie's Island. near Safe Harbor.
Rhoads mysteriously disappeared last
December. He was ~ years old
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
MRS. MARGARET KING DIES
Ch-<.of fo AZ T-,I-ox,hL
SPectdI to the TcIeg'

Chambersburg, Pa, Sept. 9. Mrs.
Margaret King, widow of Colonel
James King. died here yesterday,
aged SS years. She was born at Fort
Louden, Pa, and was sister of the
late Thomas A. Scott, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad. She is sur
vived by six daughters, all living here
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
PRAYING BAND TO MEET

The West End Praying Band, newly
organized. will hold its first church
services tomorrow in Kelker Street
Market Hall. w. e. Silks will have
charge of the services
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
It's Double Power-Range

In performance the Peerless Eighty
Horsepower Eight is two cars in
one.
1t has two distinct power ranges.
For light work it performs with
graceful agility and smoothness,
consuming fuel at so low rate
as to make it the envy of many
six-even many four.
1t will crawl along-dash ahead
give all the little evidences OF
superior motor car which make
you proud to drive it.
In all this kind of work you are
feeding it fuel at half rations.
1t is serving your social require
ments, let us say, with consum-
mate grace and distinction.
But there comes a time when you
want a brute of a car-for a
brush on the open road with
contender of class-or for an
emergency demanding rough,
hard work.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-05-26
What Others Cot

On the other hand, the classifca-
ton of other trainmen was getting in
1903 $2.17 per day, and in 1872, 81 90
per day, an increase of SO per cent.
In percentage, this is the largest ad.
vance received by any single class Of
railway employees during this decade.
A general survey of wage coudi-
tons in the railway service and in
other industries, it is believed would
show Tat in the last fifteen years
the highly organized and favored
classes Of rail way wage earners have
had their incomes increased more
than almost any other class of work
ers in the country, while the much
more numerous, but less effectively
organized classes of railway workers
have probably received rather less
increases than other industrial work.
ers in general.
In view Of the strong feeling that
these most fortunate classes Of the
railway employees are now making
excessive and unrcasonab e demands,
attention is now being called as
never before to these general dis.
crepancies.. There is a strong dis.
position to inaugurate a General and
sweeping Investigation of the whole
question of railway wages with a
view ia establishing somp sort uf rub.
lie regulation not unlike that already
applied to raiIroad rates, in the in.
terest of employees and public alike.
Meanwhile, there is a marked indis.
position to extend further fayors to
those classes already most highly
favored, at the expense Of other
classes of employees who appear to be
getting very low wages.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-05-26

= -Four national railroad unions
q threaten to tie up every steam
> road in the country. The mum
4 Der of employees involved may
+ total AGO. 600. They seem to
r have it in their power to stop
+ all freight and passenger traf-
= fc on 25O,6OO miles of track.
= We have never had a strike
= of such scope and magnitude.
+ It would paralyze all American
= industry and commerce and ex-
= port trade. A nation Of 1OO,-
y 100000 people would stand
= still, while its biggest industry
= fought out a question Of wages
: and hours. A deadlock would
+ be inconceivabIy destructive
= Bangor tMe,) News.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-05-26
Rate Rising Rapidly

hate hISIH9 hdPluIJ
Not only are these four classes paid
much more Hberal'y than other EN-
ployes, but the figures show that
their rate of wages has been rising
more rapidly than that of any other
classes.
In 1914 the Interstate Commerce
Commissions report showed the num-
Der of railroad employees for the en-
tire country to be ~1,710,29G. out Of
This number there were 62,02l en-
g%ineers, G4,959 fremen, 4S,201 con.
ductors, and 13G,S09 other trainmen;
a total of 81 $50, or Just about me
sixth of the entire number.
At that same date, the number Of
trackmen, exclusive of fCrem"n, vas
337,451. That is, the number Of com
mon laborers on the section was
greater than the entire roll Of en-.
gineers, fremen, conductors, and
brakemen. Yet this huge army OF
trackmen was working for an aver,
age wage of $1.5S per day, While en-.
gineers were getting $500, fremen
were getting $2.13, conductors were
getting $4.39, and other trainmen
were getting 1904. These figures are
the commissions averages for the en-
tire country.
Condition Bettered
Largely because they are the best
organized classes or railway workers
and have been unremitting in their
demands for better wages, these four
classes have succeeded in lettering
their condition rapidly and regularly,
at the expense Of the other classes,
which are not so highly organized.
The trainmen, whenever they Insist
on a wage increase, have, on their
side, the tremendously potent argu-
mcnt that if they don't get what they
ask, they can walk out and tie up the
whole railroad system. No other
class of employees could do this, be-.
cause no other is so instantly Gadis.
pensable.
How effectively the four favored
classes have used their power is
shown by the cold figures. In the
ten years from 1903 to 1912, inclusive,
the salaries of general officers in.
creased an average of II per cent.
In that same ten-year period the
salaries of engineers increased "a
per cent.
During those same ten years the
wages of general office clerks increas.
ed - per cent, while the wages of
Rremen increased 80 per cent.
During those same ten years the
wages of telegraph operators and dis.
patchers increased - per cent. while
hose of trainmen other than conduc.
tors increased 3C per cent.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-05-26
BEST PAID MEN
ARE NOW ASKING
FOR Higher PAY
Government Of iCia.s Fail To Find Any
Justice IN Dtmanls Of Train Ser
vice Employees.
BY Judson C. WeIliver in The Wash
ington Times.

Administrative and legislative Ia
thorities in Washington are taxing d
distinctly different views OF the pres
ent effort of railway trainmen TO
compel an advancement III thelT
wages, from any that has been taken
on former occasions.
1t is very apparent that the case
for the employees seeking hlSher
wages is viewed with less amlablilly
than ordinarily. In legislative CIR
rles there has recently been serious
talk of legislation to prohibit strikes
by employees of interstate carriers
and to provide a procedure for com
pulsory arbitration.
The impression has gained a goou
deal of ground, that certain IaFore !
classes of employees have for a long
time been Systematically a~ggregatLhS
to themselves most of the increases
in wages.
Highest Paid Glass OF Men
On behalf of the enginemen and
trainmen who are making the DE
mand for a large wage increase, II Is
urged that the higher cost Of living
iustihes their demand. Yet these
men, the engineers, iremen, conduc
tors and brakemen, are the hlghes'
paid classes of railroad labor, I4l
question being asked why an engineer
getting an average wage in 1913 Of
$500, should require an increase
while trackmen, who were gettlns
$1.5S per day, should be left out?
Again. the average wage of conduc
tors in 1913 is shown by the slallsuc'
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
SON to have Teen $3.50 per day, A
the same time, telegraph operator
and dispatchers were getting IN aver
age wage of $2.52 per day.
If the increased cost of living 10
the $4.39 conductor necessitates
large increase in his compensation
where does the $2,52 dispatcher com
in?
No demand is being urged on be
half of the operators and dispatcherS
and some of the railroads have lateI.
been intimating vigorously that if
big additional burden must be lal
on their labor funds they would lik
to give the benefit to the poorer pal
classes of employees.
The tr;tl ,oe tho o,holo husin"eo
that, as a whole, The railroad erI
ployes of the country are not YER
highly paid as compared TO other pee
pie. A few classes of railroad me.
are paid very high wages, The mos
fortunate of all these classes are tn
engineers, tremen, conductors an
brakemen.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1916-05-26
Impressive Statement

H5ie j. an iu-prc siye statement OF
fact about railway wages that ought
NOT To escape attention. There were
a total Of 37,S13 employees classified
as switch tenders, crossing Ienders,
and Watchmen. These We're rdceiv-
ing in 1872 an average of $l.7O per
day, which was actually s cents a
day less than they had been receiv,
ing ten years carrier.
Al that time there were 4S,2O1 con-
ductors with whom the statistics
dealt. The conductors, therefore,
we're only a slightly more numer-
Gus class than the tenders and watch
men; yet, while the conductors had
had their wages raised from 1898 to
S+.29 per day, the less fortunate
class of tenders and watchmen had
TO stand a reduction from SIG to
$1.7o per day.
II the cost Of living has been stead
lily advancing for conductors. so as to
justify an increase of u per cent in
their wages, it seems difficult to ex
plain why that same cost of living
should have fallen sufficiently to war
rant a decrease of 3 per cent in the
wages of switch tenders, crossing
tenders, and watchmen.
Take the single classification Of
general Office clerks. There were
SI,loG Of these according to the Of
fetal report. A much larger number
than Of either engineers, fremen, or
conductors.
These general Office clerks were
paid an average Of $2.21 per day in
1903, and of $3.50 in 1912; an in
crease Of only 10 per cent in the ten
year period,
General Office clerks, without eX-
ception, are compelled to live in
cities, where cost of living is high.
Engineers Better off
Engineers, on the other hand, are
distributed between large towns and
small towns; on the average, their
living circumstances ousht to make
heir expenses average considerably
less than those Of Office clerks, yet
the statistics show that engineers
have received in the ten-year period
an increase Of "A per cent in their
wages, making them ave age exactly
s. per day, While general office
clerks have received an increase of
only 10 per cent, making them aver
age $3.50 per day,
One of the worst u%nderpaid CLASH
fcations of railway employees is that
of the station agents. There are Just
about $4,000 Of these in the country,
or nearly as many as the number of
conductors,
In 1868 station agents averaged
SlSO a day, and in 1912 they had
been raised 10 only SEQ a day, while
in that anne time conductors had
advanced from $33} to $4.2G.
That is, the station agent in 1871
was getting Just about half the wages
of The conductor, and in Ten years he
had had an average in. reasesof II
per ccot while the conductor mi
r." ID haen pr PCT .4a
t.ere are two OF The most nualer
Gus classes of railway employees.
Trajnmen, other than en- inecrs.
tiremen, and conductors. nun eied
136,S09, while trackmen numbsre.
S37,45l. The statistics show that the
trackmen were getting in 1903 an
average of $1.31 per day, and in 1872
an average of $l.50 per day, an in.
crease Of IA per cent.
What Others Cot
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08

Good old country butter is the
best when it's good.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
"Roses of Sharon

There was an agent in town this
week selling "Roses of Sharon. :"
They are small plants resembling a
little bunch of dried sea weed and
are supposed to have come from
Egypt. The instructions for prop
agating them are given on a print
ed pamphlet. The first thing to be
done is to pour boiling hot water
on the plant and in less than five
minutes it will turn a beautiful
green and begin to grow. The
plant is to be left in the water for
seven days (the agent will be out
Of the country by that time and in
about six weeks beautiful roses will
bloom from the plant. The agent
says the roses can be carried in the
buttonhole of ones coat for two
weeks without wilting-we're from
Missouri. Anyway Claud Craig of
Leland bought three at fifty cents
apiece. He said he, hadn't bit on
anything for a long time"-Claud
is somewhat of a plunger anyhow.
There were others who invested but
not quite so heavily. What will
the harvest be?
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
EXCHANGES

Good old country butter is the
best-when it's good.
No matter how well you know
your barber, the minute he slaps
the towel over your eyes and turns
away you wonder what he is up to.
The Van Quentins have cut out
fruit for breakfast. 1t got down
to point where either the table
expenses had to be cut or Con-
stances poodle would have to go
without bon bons.
At Dusk
"She walks in beauty like the
night,
Lord Byron wrote of old,
And little dreamed his precious line
A satire would unfold.
"She walks in beauty like the
night, I"
1t sounds just like, old pal,
A colored man would start to write
About his niger gal.
Those Belgians who were ordered
to rebuild the church at Dinant
with subsidy out of their own
budget. will realize how we feel
when we kick on the price of bread
and are told to eat rice.
The Huckleberry Finn students
will all remember how Niger Jim
relieved the counterfeit quarter OF
its slick, greasy "feel' by splitting
an Irish potato and leaving the
quarter in between the halves al
night. If Jim lived today nothing
less than $40 gold piece would in
duce him to spoil a good potato ir
that fashion, for.Jim was a mos
uncommon wise niger.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
THE PRESIDENTS CABINET

Continued rumors are afloat to
the effect that there will be de-
cided shaking up in the presidents
cabinet with the incoming OF the
new administration and this is in
accordance with what ought to be.
The president will doubtless need
no advice in the selection of new
men and would probably not heed
the advice especially if it were
good. While not wishing to embar-
rass the president with uncalled for
advice, the Gazette nevertheless de-
sires to place itself on record as
helping him to select the right man.
It goes without saying that the
president will be compelled to rec
ognize the West in the selection Of
a new cabinet. Let all the states
west of the Mississippi be raked
over with a fine toothed rake, if
you please, and what must be the
inevitable result? 1t is clearly ap-
parent to even the casual observer
that Idaho will appear in the list of
successful states.
The lucky man will be, or should
be, Fred T. Dubois. Admitting the
brilliant career of both Senators
Hepburn and Borah, yet no one will
dispute the fact that Ex-senator
Dubois is the peer, if not the SUI
perior, of either of them. He has
been a power in the political affairs
of this state in times past and in
the recent Campaign he was one of
the most potent factors in holding
the West in line for Wilson. In
view of his splendid career, both
past and present, the name of Fred
T. Dubois, one of the most illus
trious sons of Idaho, should be
placed in nomination for the great
est honor within the gift of the
President of the United States.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
Presbyterian Church

DR.. Smith will preach his second
sermon on Advent next Sunday at
IL 100 A. M. The choir will be up
to it's usual high standard.
Junior Christian Endeavor at
2:3O. The Juniors are live bunch
of workers. Come and visit them.
Fred Florance will lead the Sem
ior Christian Endeavor. Fred is a
hustler. He will have a full choir
and a number of specials. Two
short addresses are to be given.
Sunday School at 1000 o'clock.
CHRISTMAS is in our minds. Look
for something good.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
A THRIFT CAMPAIGN

Announcements have been made
that the American Bankers Associa-
ton is inangurating a Thrift Cam
paign. the object being to teach the
individual to do we'll with money
after he has earned it. There is no
suggestion of Commercialism in the
official campaign. 1t is distinctive
ly civic welfare movement to be
fostered by banks and encouraged
and aided by every public spirited
citizen. The following is clipped
from a circular at hand: "Some
are born thrifty, some achieve
thriftiness, and some have thrift
thrust upon them with the force of
dire circumstances, The Nation
Wide Thrift Campaign is not for
any particular class. It is for all
classes. 1t will aid millions to for
stall dire circumstances; it will
make people who have leaning to-
ward thrift make life habit of it;
it will bring the prosperous into
more intimate relationship with
banks"
There is no doubt room for such
an organization. The time to en-
courage people to administer money
wisely is when they have money in
plenty and are spending freely.
Our public schools in some cities
have tried to teach thrift to the ris-
ing generation but not much can be
expected of them as they have thus
far failed to teach the rising gener-
alton and the generation that has
already arisen, how the president
of the United States is elected.
Now that the official count has
been completed and the Statesman
of Boise has withdrawn its charges
of fraud originally proclaimed in
the hope of securing partisan advan-
tage, it may be we'll to point out a
few things not generally under
stood. 1t is said in many quarters,
that Governor Alexander was a
weak candidate and ran way behind
his successful associates on the
ticket. This however is not in &C.
cord with the facts. The Republi-
can managers well understood that
Alexander was the strongest man
on the ticket and that they had him
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
Methodist Church
KENDRICK

KENDRICK
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Junior League 800 P. M.
Evening Preaching 7:3O P. M.
Good Singing, a subject of spec
ial interest.
Thursday evening prayer meeting
1880.
AMERICAN RIDGE
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Preaching Dec. 3. HOO A. M.
FAIRVIEW
Sunday School 200 P. M.
Preaching and special music 800
P. M. Dec. II.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
CHICKEN TALK.

+ Don't neglect to fix up all the i
+ leaky spots in the houses. The
i rains are again with US and 1
+ dampness il the foe of fowl life 1
+ and vigor. I
+ Perches must not be nailed 4
+ down. Fit them into slots so I
+ they can be easily removed for i
+ cleaning.
+ Get the pullets into their win I
+ ter quarters so that they will I
= become familiar with their en- 1
+ vironment and commence the I
+ winter campaign for producing I
+ eggs. I
= Don't allow animal food (beef 1
+ scrap, etc. to lie around expos I
= ed to the air; it tends to vitiate 4
+ its purity. A good plan is to tie I
+ 1t securely in paper sacks until /
+ wanted. 1
+ The fellow who overcomes 1
+ difficulties is usually the fellow 1
+ who makes poultry pay. 4
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08

to beat believing that he was the
only member Of his party that had
a possible chance of success. 1t is
an open secret that Davis and Will
son" were emphasized by leading
Republicans throughout the cam
pai9n. Had they not concentrated
their guns on Alexander there would
have been a different story to tell.
The Governor would have been
found leading his ticket.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
Good For Constipation

Chamberlain's Tablets are excel
lent for constipation. They are
pleasant to take and mild and gen.
tie in effect. Obtainable every
where.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-12-08
The Red Cross Pharmacy. The
make it right people.
Nervous Women

When the nervousness is caused
by constipation, as is often the case,
you will get quick relief by taking
Chamberlain's Tablets. These tab
lets also improve the digestion.
Obtainable everywhere.