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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
SAYS WILSON PLANNED COUP ON
THE 8-HOUR BILL MONTHS AGO
Wilson Prejudiced Case.

The last piece of evidence needed to
establish the case was afforded by
Chairman Adamson of the HouseCom-
mittee on Interstate Commerce after
negotiating between President Wilson
and the railway executives and man.
ayers had begun. On August "a the
Atlanta Constitution said regarding a
conversation between its Washing
ton correspondent and Mr.. Adamson,
which occurred on August %: "Mr.
Adamson said he had a conference
four months ago with the President,
and a conclusion was reached as to
his course at that time"
The President has acted throughout
like man who had enrered a previous
understanding that he would do GER
tain things and who was anxious to
deliver the goods as promptly and in
as good condition as possible. If he
was playing politics. recent develop
ments have been showing that he has
been playing very poor politics. He
has done nothing in his Administra-
ton that has worked him as much
harm as the policy he has adopted in
dealing with the railway strike crisis.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
New Army To Be Efficient Force

Revised figures on the army reor-
ganization bill as agreed upon by
House and Ssaat. conferees and sub
mitted to the Senate by Chairman
Chamberlain show that the new army
will be even larger than announced
when agreement was reached last
Saturday.
Careful analysis shows the maxi
mum strength in time of peace will be
2l1,OO0 officers and men, including
25,0O0 staff troops. Philippine scouts
and unassigned recruits, and that the
war strength will be 236,50O officers
and combatant troops, which, with
staff troops, scouts, etc, added. will
bring the aggregate maximum
strength of the regular army to 261,-
800. The national guard as reorgar-
lied would total Asst 900, making to-
tai of 718,500 available.
"The results of the work of the
conferees, while possibly, disappoint-
ing to some few who have made hob
bies of certain features" Senator
Chamberlain told the Senate, "must as
a whole be welcomed by all who are
reasonable and unprecedented as a good
bill. For the first time in our histo' V
we have provided for an army that is
we'll balanced throughout, and viii h
will be an efficient fighting machine.
1t provides for troops enough for tue
required overseas garrisons, and the
remaining troops at home will be su,h
as will make up complete brigadcs
and divisions, and the regular army
will no longer be hit and miss collec-
ton of regiments and battalions, as it
has heretofore been, due to piecemeal
legislation of former years. Not only
are the higher tactical units properly
provided for, but the internal strive
ture of regiments and companies Of all
arms has been improved to meet the
requirements of lessons learned in re-
cent wars.
The company units will no longer
be skeletons but real working units cf
about twothirds war strength. An
infantry company will be 100 men m
peace and $50 in war; troop of cav
airy will be 70 in peace and 105 in
war; battery will be 1876 men IN
peace and 100 in war.
"The officers reserve corps and the
reserve officers training corps have
been adopted as written in both oriEi-
nal bills. They provide for the educa-
ton. selection and training of civilians
in time of peace for the duties of Off
GERS in time of war, and to great
extent they will obviate the hasty Sc
lection of untried and unknown per-
sons for commissions on the outbreak
of war.
"The National Guard will have
greater inducements to improve and
progress than was hoped for before
this year. and it will be on trial dur
ing the next few years to prove that
the claims made by its representatives
were correct. and that it was only
held back from becoming a real asset
in our national defense by forces over
which it had no control. These ohsta-
cles, it is honed, have been removed m
the new bill, and time alone can tell
whether or not the national guard will
take its place as an important factor
in the army"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
WHY PINCHOT
CHOOSES HUGHES
Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. Z, 1916.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. Z, 1916.
Mr.. F. f. Williams,
Editor. The Cecil Wing, EKton, Nd.
Dear Sir:-It is the duty of every
American citizen to make and support
openly his choice among the candi-
dates for the Presidency. That duty
is especially solemn this year because
great events and great decisions are
certain to confront US during the next
Administration. | am writing to give
you my reasons for my own choice. If
you care to lay them before your read
ers. please do so, but not before Mon
DAY morning, September II.
| am neither a Democrat nor a Re-
publican, but Progressive. Yet,
there being no Progressive nominee,
unless | choose to support a candi-
date who can be elected. L must vote
for either Wilson or Hughes.
For many months after his inaugu-
ration, | thought well of President
Wilson. In many respects | liked
what he said about what he was going
to do. He talked we'll and made a
good impression. 1t was only when l
began to check up what he said by
what he did that | was forced to
change my view.
In the end | came to see that Presi-
dent Wilson has a greater power
than any other man in public life to
say one thing but do another. and get
away with it.
The facts which justify this state
ment are common knowledge.
We have all heard him tell Ger
many publicly that she would be held
to strict accountability; and have
learned afterward that he had actual
ly let her know secretly at the time,
by the mouth Of his Secretary of State
through the Austrian Ambassador
that what he said he did not mean. We
have all seen him prove that he did
not mean it by his total failure TO
exact PREPARATION. apology, or even dis
avowal for the murder of Americans
on the Lusitania
do not say that Wilson should have
thrust US into war There was no need
Of war. But there was need OF cour-
age to give US peace with self-respect
If Wilson had shown courage this
country would not have skidded from
one crisis to the next, again and again
narrowly escaping disaster.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
What The War Is Costing

The war is now costing in direct
governmental expenditures S11O,-
100000 day; $4,5S0,00O an hour;
$4,000 minute; and S1,270 a sec
ond.
The end of the second year of the
great war finds the Germans in pos
session of more of Europe than they
held ON August l, 1915, the first ami
yersary of the start of the great con-
flict.
This is practically the only respect
in which the situation is more favor
able to them. Russia, her vast man
power at last organized and furnished
with implements of destruction in
plenty, is battering the Teuton Tires
ON the east and has already won back
4,5OO square miles. Great Britain
boasts five million men in her army
and navy. France fights as strongly
as ever. Italy is increasing her formi-
dableness.
Austria appears to be losing heart
and efficiency. Bulgaria refuses to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
Real Estate Transfers

Samuel B. Grant to John T. Moore
property at Cherry Hill, $1084 anc
other considerations.
Lucinda A. Work and others to Ed
ward c. Work, property at Cherry
Hill, $3.50.
Chesapeake Land Improvement Co
to Wilhelmina Newcomb, of Baltimore
lot of land at Grove Point, $3.50.
Linda w. McClay and husband, OF
Wilmington, to Mary L. Burroughs
property on Maffitt street, Elkton
81 900.
John A. Hasson and wife to Harvey
E. SINNERS. Is acre property in Sew
enth district, $1675.
William T. Fryer and James F
Evans. property in Cecil county, (deed
of trust).
Gustina Suter and Frank X. Suter
her husband, to George M. Potts and
wife, property on West Main street
Elkton. $1,000.
Emerson R. Crothers to John M. l.
Williams, of Baltimore. SO acre farm
in Eighth district, $4,000.
Nathan B. Karl and wife to William
II. Rector. lot of land on Clinton ST.,
Elkton, 500
Robert c. Thackery. Trustee, to
Walter c. st. Clair. lot of land at
Port Deposit, 500.
Walter c. st. Clair to Woodward
W. Abrahams, property above S. and
other considerations
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16

! Worst of all is this. When every
principle of freedom and equality for
which our fathers fought was at
stake in the great war, when our
whole country eagerly awaited the
| leadership of the President, Wilson
| lodged. He refused to take sides on
the greatest moral issue of our time
| He advised our people to be neutral
, even in thought" undecided between
| right and wrong. While our friends
abroad were fighting for the principles
We held equally with them. he taught
| US that profits and ease were better
than self-respect. President Wilson
has done our Nation the most serious
injury that any leader can do to any
people by making US finch with him
| from great moral decision. Thereby
he weakened our hold as nation on
the principles which alone can make
| any people self-respecting, safe and
strong.
Having led US wrong on the ground
that We must be neutral in the face of
the deliberate breaking of the worlds
peace, he has just reversed himself
again, and in his speech at Shadow
Lawn now assures US that "No nation
can any longer remain neutral as
against any wilful disturbance of the
peace of the world"
1t is bad enough that Wilson's for
eign policy has left US, as the war
draws toward its end, without friend
among the great nations of the world,
and without the respect of any one of
them What is worse is that he has
kept US from standing up for what We
know to be right.
The ignoble standard of profit over
principle, which Mr.. Wilson forced
upon the country in our foreign rela-
tions, he has applied to himself as
President. In what he has said, done.
and left undone the record shows him
steadily dominated by political ex-
pediency.
These facts, and many others like
them. have forced me to see that what
Mr.. Wilson says is no sign of what he
has done. or of what he will do. The
one thing his record shows is that
what he stands for now he is not likely
to stand for long. / do not care what
his platform or his campaign declara-
tons may be, because the common ex-
perience of us all has taught us that
to him they are simply "molasses to
catch flies"
Hughes. on the other hand, is a man
of his word. His record as Governor
of New York proves that It shows
him to be honest, fearless, and free
from the domination of special inter-
ests and corrupt politicians. So far
as the Conservation policies are con-
cerncd, both what he said and what
he did could hardly have been better.
| am confident that under him these
policies will be safe. He is a strong
man who will dodge no moral issues,
and he will give us an honest and an
efficient administration.
As Progressive | believe in Nat
ionalism. So does Hughes. | am GER
tain that under Hughes the progress
sive policies will fare better than un-
der Wilson, and that the safety, honor
and welfare of the country will be in
UNNECESSARILY surer hands.
can not vote for Wilson because |
can not trust him. He does not do
what he says Hughes does. There
fore my choice is Hughes. and | shall
work and vote for him
Very truly yours,
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16


send requirements to the west or
Russian fronts. Turkey shows slight
offensive power.
The British navy, following the
much-disputed naval battle of Jutland,
still shuts off Germany from use of
the seas. One German merchant sub
marine has reached America, but the
supplies which can be carried over to
the beseiged nations in U-boats will
be of little account.
Germany and Austria both feel the
pinch of hunger. Their armies are
sufficiently fed, but their industrial
workers complain of lack of nourish-
ment. The present harvest is watched
with anxiety. and if it fails or is only
of fair size, famine will stalk into the
situation next spring. or earlier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
(From the Railway Age Gazette.

The nation naturally continues to
ask itself what could have caused
President Wilson to adopt so extra
ordinary and unprecedented course
in dealing with the railway wage
question. What is back of it? Why
did he propose and insist that, with
out any public investigation of the
questions involved, the railways
should grant increases in wages
amounting to many millions of dollars
to men who are already the highest
paid workingmen in America?
We do not intend to make any
charges against Mr.. Wilson. We do
intend, however, to present series of
facts. the knowledge of which has
forced US to reach certain conclusions
regarding his conduct.
Some of the facts which we will pre-
sent already have been published.
Others have not been. 1t is those
which have not been which are the
most important in this connection.
Controversy Old One.
This controversy between the rail-
ways and the labor brotherhoods is
not a new development. 1t began
year ago. 1t was already acute six
months ago. When the brotherhoods
announced they were going to demand
a "basic eight-hour day. they began
by saying they would not arbitrate,
hut would tie up all the transportation
lines of the country if the companies
did not concede what they wanted.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. the greatest organiza-
ton of business interests in the coun-
try, became concerned about the sit
Uation, and submitted to its members
a resolution asking the President and
Congress to cause an investigation of
the entire wage situation by the inter
state Commerce Commission. Mean
time. on May 8. meetings of members
of the labor brotherhoods were held at
st. Louis. in which addresses were
made by w. S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, and w. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
At one of these meetings both Lee and
Stone made the statement that they
We're absolutely confident Of winning
out, but that they were going to do a
certain thing which only the presi-
dents of the four brotherhoods knew
about. one that they did not propose to
tell anyone what this way, but that it
would be the deciding factor in Win
ming out in this fight" The report of
this meeting. containing the words
quoted, has been in our possession four
months. Until within the last two
weeks we We're never able to get a
clue to the meaning of those words.
Malone's Speech Hint.
Finally the strike vote was finished.
IT was TO be presented TO the railways
IN New Ork on the morning of Aug
ust .. IWo days before, Oh the even
lag OF August y, the DrotherhOodS held
d puUnc meeting i'll New ! ork, at
Mhlch they were addressed by some
more OF less distinguished speakers.
but the most niarhcu success OF the
evening was speech by Dudley Field
A4a4OLc. Ana VINO Is Mir. Malone?
Wen, good people, ne was the personal
representative OF FreSluent Wilson at
the Inauguration OF the Iresident OF
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
Forget Your Aches.

Stiff knees, aching limbs, lame back make
life burden. If you suffer from rheumatism
govt, lumbago, neuralgia, get bottle of
Sloan's Liniment, the universal remedy for
pain. Easy to apply; it penetrates without
rubbing and soothes the tender flesh. Cleaner
and more effective than mussy ointments or
poultices. For strains or sprains, sore mus
cles wrenched lgaments resulting from
strenuous exercise, Sloan's Liniment gives
quick relief. Keep it on hand for emergen-
cies. At your Druggist, 25c.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
Worth Their Weight In Gold

Il have used Chamberlain's Tablets and
found them to he just as represented, quick
relief for headaches, dizzy spells and other
symptoms denoting torpid liver and disor-
dored condition of the digestive organs. They
ere worth their weight in gold" writes Miss
Clara y. Diggs, Eiba, N. Y. For sale by all
Dealers. adv.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
Clear Bad Skin From Within.

Pimply, muddy compilations are due to inn
plrities in the blood. Clear up the skin by
taking DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Their mild
laxative qualities remove the poisons from the
system and brighten the eye. A full. free,
non-grioing bowel movement in the morning
is the reward o. dose of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills the night before. Al your druggist,
rs cents. adys
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16
Biliousness And Constipation.

1t is certainly surprising that any woman
will endure the miserable feelings caused by
biiiousness and constipation, when relief is so
easily had and at little expense. Mrs
Chas. Peck, Gates. N. Y, writes: About a
year ago l used two bottles of Chamberlain's
Tablets and they cured me of biiousness and
constipation" For sale by all Dealers adv
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-16

usually well informed regarding What
Is gong on behind the scenes in that
city wrote Il remarkable letter to
prominent business man in New York
remarkable because OF the accuracy
with which 1t forecast subsequent de-
Velopments. A copy of this letter was
hanued to US on August s, and we kept
it to see how good prophet the writer
OF 1t was. We quote from this letter
as follows TALL caps being Ours):
Il DeIeVe there Is an understanding
between GomperS, head of the Ameri-
can ederatlOn of Labor, and the Ad-
mlnlstratlon that this strike which is
threatened will not hurt the Admins
tration. |. AM FURTHER GIVEN
TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMP
ERS HAS ASSURED THE PRESI-
DENT THAT AN OPPORTUNITY
WILL BE GIVEN HIM TO MAKE
CAPITAL OUT OF THE DIFFI-
GUILTY. This is to be done in this
way: The men are to reject all com
promise offers by the railroads. they
are to look askance on the mediation
offered by the Board of Mediation and
Control lconciliation), THUS GIVING
THE PRESIDENT A CHANCE TO
INTERVENE PERSONALLY AND
BRING BOTH SIDES TO THE
WHITE HOUSE. The proposition
which he will submit Will IN ALL
PROBABILITY BE ACCEPTED BY
THE lABOR) LEADERS, THUS
PUTTING THE ONUS Or REJEC-
TON OF HIS SERVICES ON THE
RAILROAD MEN (OFFICERS). If
a commission is appointed under these
circumstances it is easy to see how it
will not he entirely friendly to the
railroads."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Collars high in the back
and open in front are In
\Creater favor than those
Mich all around.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
N1'LISS.
Letters to the Editor of the woman,s Page

Address
know
your
without seeing the animal Failing hair be due to oeedlng particularly
Cannot hurt and might prove Of great benefit
sun'ce to cure him.
sed sm me tme by W 81 Gnbsp whose @ cess peers % u
OF behaviour plenty
I've blood and position for
And IN twenty
agree you Phyllis very
o it,
I'm much paned to refuse
oan % spell I'Gi on the tho WY W GDti that ns uss
And grammaF's good as nelghbor's
AS for was born like rest
My behaviour is rustic but hearty
And I know where to turn for the best
When want particular party
Of the name
Nellie a Greek word meaning
slight" Women with this supposed be blessed with
Dear 1sscan you give me the recipe for tartar sauce and name the
A. ElITCHNER.
handful of parsley half of Glove and pickle all all minced min ano o" Mix @ @
well and strain through white cloth Add an ounce or two of mayonna
pending quantity DESIRE spoonful
so fact
with sea-fOOd of most kind
Dear 1ss-rhat many women workers prefer man to woman as
boss not surprising after all They prefer because
This the view the woman boss almost Invariably takes She cannot
Of job she consequently sld and written down yran The man
boss may and often does overlook little earSlesness and then
stand why such carelesnem should exist
.. % @. ' sss %S ' s' % @ s oa a H0 %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
HINTS ON SIMPLE METHODS
FOR RELIEF OF VARIOUS PAINS
Ru WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. D.

THE other day we observed that the
i skin of the thorax and abdomen is
supplied with sensory branches from the
lntercostal (between the rbs) nerves, IL
pairs Of which are given off from the
spinal cord We mentioned how pain In
the appendix region Cthe lower right
corner Of the abdomen) sometimes means
not appendicitis or surgery but pleurisy
or pneumonla-the intercostal nerves evil
IDENTIFY trying to play joke on the doctor
or the patient.
Take the sixth and seventh pairs, which
supply sensation to the skin over the pit
of the stomach They leave the spine
way up between the shoulder-blades, ana
there is the spot to apply your counter
irritation for pain in the stomach. There
Is the place for the mustard.
If counter-irritatlon is of any value In
the relief OF Inflammation, 1t must act
through the nervous system, certainly not
through the circulation. The proper place
to apply the hot stuff is therefore not
necessarily directly over the situation OF
the plan.
Vigorous humping of the seventh
cervical vertebra-the prominence of the
spine below the nape of the neck-is
recognized means OF stimulating weak
heart. The humping should be done
with the closed fist, not too gently, ana
at the rate of about flve times second.
Grandma instinctively thumped us
bit lower down on the spine when we
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
Asks Quilt Pieces for Invalid

"DEING much interested in your Help
- Ing Hand Corner notice the kind
offer of Mrs. NJ. S. to give quilt pieces
and an unfinished embroidered piece.
should like TO have these pieces for n
poor shut-in, so I ask you to forward the
address of Mrs. NJ. S. to me- In return
for this favor 1 offer a number of lovely
crochet and knitting patterns to any of
your Cornerites. ANNA H."
The big bundle of pieces offered by Mrs.
NJ. s. was given away before your letter
arrived. We shall have more for you
soon. l speak adviscdly upon this point.
Be patient and cNpectant. Many thanks
are duo you for the proffercd patterns.
They are "livcly stock" in the Corner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18
SEEN IN THE SHOPS

ANOTHER adaptation Of
~ the popular guimp Q
frock is shown in this
chlld's costume of butchers
linen. The color oomblna-
tlons include rose, white,
pink, navy, sky blue, tan
or copen with white linen.
The skirt is ample, the
material being laid in side
plaits at the hips and far
ing out at the hem.
Large pearl ball buttons
are used to good effect on
the little Jacket of colored
linen. The bindings are done
in white. Bands of color are
fastened to the white guimpe
by means OF hemstltching.
The whole is very neat and
decidedly prac tical, for
linen wears and launders
beautifully. Price, S6.95.
The name of the shop
where this dress may be pur-
chased will be supplied by
the Editor OF the woman's
Page, EVENING LEDGER, COS
Chestnut street. The re-
ouest must be accompanied
by a stamped, self-addressed
envelope and must mention
the date on which the article
appeared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

Even silk or brocade hand
bags are now being trimmed
with fur to match the gown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-18

choked on an excessively large hunk of
her homegrown turkey. That is the
place for bronchitis.
A patient Of ours who suffered much
from natulence Che had perniclous anemia)
discovered that moderate humping Of
the back half way down the spine would
relieve him for n time. There is the
spot to apply concentration for
troubles in the colon and the small in
testlne.
Cold applied to the back of the neck
will stop o moderate nosebleed.
Sometimes the "old women" after all,
display an uncanny intuition. They have
learned where to apply the mustard even
If they don't know a nerve from a
chronicle" tube.