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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

The principal private gun. ammunition,
owder, shrapnel and explosive factories are
ocated as follows:
At Hartford, Connecticut, which is but
three hours by train from New \ ork
and three hours from Boston. are the
Colt Patent Fire Arms Company and
Pratt & Whitney Works.
At New Haven, three hours from Boston
and one and a half hours from New
York, is the Smith & Wesson Revolver
Company.
AT Bridgeport, one hour and half from
New York. are the Bridgeport Arms
Company (Which is of such magnitude
that it has been able to take many
enormous European war order con-
tracts-one order alone amounting to
66.00O,000). the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company, the American
British Manufacturing Company, which
makes rapid-hre guns for the Loco
mobile Company.
At Troy, N. Y, four hours from New
York. are big gun factories and one of
the most important high explosive
works in the United States.
At Schenectady, four hours from New
York, is the General Electric Company
which has already contracted for
100000 European war orders.
At Utica, which is distant from New York
but nine and ten hours by two different
routes, is the Savage Arms Company
At lion, nine hours from New fo-!i is
the Remington Small Arms Company.
At Carneys Point, Parlin Lakes and Pomp-
ton Lakes, each not more than two
hours from New York, are the Du Pont
Smokeless Powder Works
At Dover, N. j., but one hour and half
from New York Is Picatlnny Arsenal
At Bethlehem, Penn, only three hours
from New York, is the Bethlehem Steel
Works with its big gun factories, shrap-
mel and torpedo works
At Philadelphia, two hours from New
York and on the Atlantic Coast. is the
Baldwin Locomotive Company.
At City Point, Va, is the new mammoth
Du Pont Powder Works.
And there are also the Westing-
house Company, the American Car
and Foundry Company. the Amer
lean Locomotive Company. the Aetna
Explosive Company, the Pressed Steel
Car Company, the New York Air
Brake Company, the Crucble Steel
Company. the Hercules Powder Com.
pany and the Studebaker Corporation
all fitted to make supplies OF war.
But, with the exception of a very few es-
Adjustments, all of the foregoing are within
en- hours by rail of New York. Even Pitts
'urgh. the centre of the steel industry of
he United States. is. for military train max
ng no stops except for change of engines,
,ut ten hours either from New York or
X Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Girl Robbed of $1,000 Payroll

New Haven. April lf.-Miss fIsnce.
T. Martin. bookkeeper for the Phaensf
Hardware Specially Company nefe' Wa
hold 10 on the street az the entrance 20
h. c r Offices to-day by an
unidentified man. and robbed o. >S'o'o,
Tho company payroll. which she vas
carving In a satchcl. The man escaped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15
Are We Prepared?

The Tribune the tcelh articles
preparedness whcb m appear The Tribune daily Their roacd for
By ranking the United the United
States Ny The Tribune blr them to be the cLat and most striking account
national defnc Mriten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-15

have been stolen from him by corpora
tons"
Four engineers Of the North German
LLOYD liner Friedrich der Crosse VINO
we're arrested Thursday on charge OF
conspiring 20 manufacture bombs and
put them aboard ships OF the A!ies
we're arraigned yesterday before United
States Commissioner Houghton. a
hearing was set for April p.
Carl Schmidt. the chief engineer. was
held in $4,000 and Frederick karbade,
George Praedel and Wilhelm Paradis,
engineers Of the fourth class, were held
in $4,000 bail.
Schmidt is considered an important
factor in the bomb manufacturing
scheme. and, Ike Captain Otto Nolper'
and Captain Emo Bode, Of the Ham
burg-American Line. arrested on
Wednesday. was held in higher baa'
than his subordinates. who made the
bomb containers on shlpboard.
Wolpert, Bode and Schmidt have
given excellent limitations o. the SPHINX
since their arrest, and their attitude
has strengthened the belief OF the
United states Attorney that they are
next IN importance 10 the persons
higher UP" in the alleged consplracy.
Meyer Dircks, an employe OF knauth'
Nachod & Kuhne. bankers, OF ID W III
lam Street, who recommended Ut
Scheele TO the First National Bank OF
Hoboken. said yesterday that he kne"
the missing chemist for seven years,
but had not seen him IN several
months
pircks said that Or. scheele was
manufacturing chemist IN the Ridge
wood section Of Brooklyn, but sold out
and moved in February, 1915.
4 man who refused 20 give his name
hut who said he was member OF The
Knauth. Nachod & KUhne firm, decla q
.bat the firm knew nothing OF the
.,vontv-odd checks drawn by Or.
Scbeeie in his account with the bank,
ale started an account with Us by
denosi.ing check for $4,000" he said.
"Wo knew the check was good, but
onart from the fact that he drew against
/. for short while and subsequently
checked out the entire account We
know nothing
seek Higher-Up in Bank Books.
P,nresenta,ives Of the United States
Attorney have several bank examiners
~ work upon six accounts that Dr'
ccbeole and others Of the fertilizing
company had ~ lioboken bshss. -
believed that when their work IS m
shed the Federal authorities .~ll DC
able 20 ascertain the persons VINO we're
/ backing Or. Scheeie apart from captain
Bov-Fd. Captain Won Papan ana + RAM
Won Rintelen. nj, l.,
Detectives Barnitz and Busby de
clared Yesterday that they found papers
in the deserted factory in Hoboke,n
and that these. with papers and book,
FOUND in the chemists home. showed
rat the alleged conspirators were
working through agents IN savannah
and New Orleans.
The police also said that schmidt al.
ritted that about three hundred bombs
were manufactured on the Friedrich
der Crosse. ten TO be secreted on eaon
Of thirty vessels OF the Allies marked
for destruction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19
Miss Bernice Johnson visited from

Miss Bernice Johnson visited from
Friday until Sunday night with
friends in Minneapolis.
Mrs. D. B. Caughren entertained at
bridge Wednesday afternoon of last
week, two tables being played.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Scott of Min
neapolis visited several days this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Hines.
Eugene Grundman, formerly of this
city, but now located in business at
Pella, Iowa, arrived Friday for a visit
here with relatives and friends for
several days and also to look after
business dealings.
If you do not want to be numbered
among the worlds failures learn how
to do some one thing well. Learn
shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping,
banking and craftsmanship at the Lit
tie Falls Business College.-adv Fl
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Head, accom-
panied by their two nieces, the Misses
Estella and Doris Mckenzie, motored
to Baker, Mimi, last Saturday to visit
in the w. P. Chase home and with
Mrs. A. F. Warren. They returned
Sunday evening.
Mrs. j. P. Mergen of Winnifred,
Mont, best remembered here as Miss
Rose Hyland, visited Tuesday with
her grandfather, Jno. Kusba, and 9TH
er relatives. She left at noon for her
home, but will stop enroute to visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Hyland, at White Earth, N. D. Mrs.
Mergen had been visiting for month
in the Twin Cities.
WE CAN SELL YOU A STOVE
OF QUALITY THAT WILL GIVE
YOU BETTER RESULTS IN ECON
OMY THAN YOU HAVE EVER
BEFORE HAD.-G. HILLERUD &
co. adv
William Albert who removed to
Ashley township from Martin county
four years ago, will leave with his
family this week for his old home at
Mimi, where he made ar
to go into the mercantile
business. During their residence in
Western Stearns county, the Alberts
family made many friends who sin
cerely regret their removal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19
COMING-A Hummer! Oct. 2;

COMING-A Hummer! Oct. %.
A Rummage Sale, by the Ladies of
the Episcopal Guild, at the Tobey
building, Main street. adv 21-22
Why not buy your paint oil of Lee
Gingery Co., at rs cents per gallon. al
Mrs. Lynn Whitson entertained at
two tables of whist at her home last
Friday afternoon.
The Ladies Monday Musical Club
will meet at the home of Mrs. r. E.
Hansen Monday afternoon, Oct. %.
T. Aefner, well known farmer re-
siding near Long Prairie was trans
acting business in Sank Centre on
Tuesday.
You can save money on your hat
and get the latest style and best quail
ity at the Bee Hive Millinery Satur-
day, Oct. FL. Mrs. J. F. Coyle. adv
The Misses Rose Pung, Bernice Fir
hes, Josephine Pung and Rose Welt
eel of Melrose visited with girl
friends in the city last week.
Henry H. Luken and family who
were guests of Sank Centre friends
and relatives for a couple of weeks,
returned the first part of the week to
their home at Yankton, S. D.
The many Sank Centre friends of
Miss Avis Rowe will be pleased to
learn that she has been elected secre
tary of the Senior Class of Wheaton
college, Norton, Mass.
Wednesday afternoon, Oct. II, Mrs.
o. c. Otto of Birchdale very pleas
antly entertained the Crochet Circle,
of that vicinity. Eighteen ladies were:
present. A dainty luncheon was served
by the hostess.
IF IN NEED OF A HEATING
STOVE-SEE OUR STOVES GET
OUR PRICES, GET THE STOVE
YOUR MONEYS WORTH OF
SATISFACTION is THE RESULT.
G. HILLERUD & co. adv
C. E. Clutches of Long Prairie, &C
companied by his two grandchildren
and his daughter, Mrs. Haines, autoed
down to Sank Centre Sunday. Mrs.
Clutches, who had been visiting her
sister, Mrs. S. Beidleman, several days
returned home with them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

Mrs. Cora Bouteil left today, Thurs
day, with Mrs. Jonn Boutell, for Min
neapolis. After a few days visit there
she will return to New York and sail
the last of October for Paris to
make her home with her daughter, the
Countess Rene de Montrueje. The
lady was guest at the Boutell home,
Sank Centre, for the greater portion
of the past summer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19
The L. ]. Irish family and o. B.
Boobar motored to Glenwood Sunday

The l.. j. Irish family and y. b.
Boobar motored to Glenwood Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Mildred Simonton returned on
Friday from a visit in Grand Forks
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. William Kay of Melrose visit
ed here several days the past weeE
with Mrs. Arthur Brecount.
Rev. C. S. Sparks preached at the
Home School chapel last Sunday. Sew
eral from here attended the service.
Mrs. Robert R. Kells returned Tues
day evening from a visit Of several
weeks with relatives at Milwaukee,
Rev. w. J. Brown will conduct SER
vices at the Congregational church
next Sunday at 1890 A. M. and 1880
P. M.
Miss Edith Boobar, who is teaching
at Westport, spent Saturday between
trains here with her cousin, Mrs. c..
C. Tobey.
M. A. Cole is prepared to do house
wiring of all kinds for electric lights.
Farm lighting plants speciality
Phone 276. adv20tf
Mrs. S. d. Marshall and Mrs. Hen
ry Smith entertained the officers and
the divisions Of the Congregational
Ladies' society on Monday afternoon.
Linseed oil has gone way up but
that does not effect what we have
contracted for and are selling at rs
cents per gallon. -Gingery Co. ad
B. F. Carr, who is in federal en-
ploy in the northern part of the state,
visited over Sunday at his home here
He went to the Twin Cities on Mon
day night and left again Wednesday
morning to resume his duties in the
north.
Robert Carr visited from Saturday
until Wednesday noon with his mo-
Their, Mrs. B. F. Carr, and sister, Miss
Clara. "Bob" is engaged in cattle
ranching at Ranger, in the extreme
southwest corner of North Dakota,
and came here for his visit after TAX
ing two carloads of stock to the Chi
cago market. He reports that cattle
men in the west have done splendidly
this year.
All old settlers who received cop
les of the Herald anent Homecoming
Week were much interested in it's
success even though they were unable
to be in attendance and eagerly watch
for an announcement that it will be-
come permanent institution and per-
nit them to visit the old town on an
other similar occasion. C.. E. Bohall
is in receipt of communication from
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dimond, who re-
sided in Sank Centre many years,
Mr.. Dimond conducting lumber yard
here, but who moved to Newburg,
Ore, about IL years ago. They stated
that they were sorry not to be in at
tendance, realizing that they would
have had the "time of their lives, but
owing to their physical condition were
not able to make the journey at that
time: They sincerely hoped, however,
that the custom of holding Homecom-
ing Week would be firmly establish
ed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

WANTED-The Fergus Falls State
Hospital, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota,
has in its training school for nurses
opportunities for several young ladies
who would like to take, a course in
nursing. Applicants must be from
eighteen to thirty-five years of age.
and must have completed the eighth
grade or its equivalent. Salary for
beginners, twenty dollars per month,
with board and laundry. 22-3
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

STRAYED-From slaughter house
pasture, one red 2-year-old bull, about
Sept. rs. Finder please notify Corner
Meat Market for reward. adv21-1t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

FOR SALE-Good team of farm
mares for sale cheap if taken at once.
Inquire of L. Picard, Sank Centre. 20
22pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

FOR SALE-Good heating stove,
practically new. Inquire of Jesse
Rose, Sank Centre. te
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

A CHANCE-to buy an electric
iron at cost. For ten days ending
Oct. 18th, you can purchase the well
known Thermax Electric Iron, which
is guaranteed for five years at fac
tory price, which is $275 each. Tel
ephone 276 and M. A. Cole will de-.
liver for inspection one of these irons.
Itch
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

FOR SALE-Good secondhand an
tomobie, 35 horsepower, $3.50. Sal
mond & O'Gara. 1921
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

FOR SALE-Emerson typewriter
in good condition; price $500. In
quire of Ralph Pickett, Sank Centre If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

ROOMS ROR RENT-Inquire of
Mrs. Beidleman, over North Ameri-
can Creamery Co. 21-1t-pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

CORN FOR SALE-On the Mel
rose road 21a miles southeast of Sank
Centre, on the old Abner Irish place,
Geo. Rubsam. Route 6 1tp 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

FOR SALE-A few Jersey cows,
three registered Jersey bulls and
thoroughbred Chester White hogs,
both sexes.-F. E. Dodge, Sank Cen
tire. = 21-tf '2 - tsti
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

STRAYED-From my farm, Sum-
day, Oct. Is, four pigs weighing, about
35 pounds each. Finder please notify
the owner, Charles Farrow, t.. F.. D.,
No. a, Sank Centre. Pit
The sun., 1916-09-25

to ask II they want their eggs turned,
their coffee mellowed by hot milk or
cream.
And how those commuters on the
upper decks on clear days, In the
roomy cabins In the rainy seasons.
talked politics, Shakespeare. the must.
chi glasses-what not! Many an
election settled there. Those COM
muters were the despair Of San Fran
cisco and Alameda county political
bosses.
"Those ferry politicians" the bosses
used to say. "knock the devil out Of
our calculations" True. many n time.
And sometimes put the devil In.
And they were great fellows for
art. Literature, too. naturally, for
there was the Berkeley influence.
Little that Is comprehended In mans
mental vision hut a we'll backed,
or got husky body blows on those
long trans-bny ferry rides.
II will he n handsome bridge. no
doubt. with decks for overland trains,
for slow moving trucks, speedy auto
mobiles. But the lazy half hours on
the beautiful bny Of illimitable blue {.
Why. those commuters will become
just ordinary folk. no better than
Atlantic const people.
The sun., 1916-09-25

To II EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: In
these days of disturbed la Dor conditions
Il Is singular that the most temp,ra-
mental laborers of al. the professional
ball players. simply dote OF overw ork.
The union rules of tho Baseball Players
Fraternity seem to have been made to
be broken. We have only 10 refer to the
frequency with which the ma jor league
pitchers strive to win two games IN one
afternoon. something unprecedented N
the major leagues except during tho
time OF Joe McGlnnity. the "lron Man"
In tho short time Of live or six weeks
have been recorded the deeds of Daven-
port, Tyler. Rudolph, benton, ~I'erri,t and
Dcmarec. who mountc the pitching hill
to make II two wins in one afternoon.
OF course all of the above notables won
their first games. otherwise they wouldn't
have been permitted to come back In the
second.
What Is the incentive that actuates
these hurlcrs to do more than their lot ?
Ia It because they love to bowl their OPP
ponents over twice in onc afternoon, or
Ia II because they love their managers
so well they wish to show their affec.
ton? Wen have TO draw our own con.
illusions. but to tho man in tho stree,
it appears the motive is the desire 10
obtain u portion Of the worlds series
plum. which grows SO luscious at this
time Of the year. A. ID.
NEW YoRk, September -.
The sun., 1916-09-25
Food on F%espybOsts.

1t Is comforting to learn that San
Francisco and Its neighbors In Ala
media county IRE In such a comfort.
able state OF finance that they can
;.fford to build Il S2o,0OO,O 900 connect.
ing bridge GRO five miles Of San
Francisco Bay, their common harbor.
Yet those who are familiar with the
social aspect developed in generations
Of Oakland. Alameda and Berkeley
commuters on their mighty ferrybOats.
double the size of those New Workers.
are familiar with. will question II
something Of loss will not he charged
against the gain when rapid electric
bridge cars make the twenty or TWEEN.
ty.Ave minute ferry ride u thing of
the lamented past.
How those lower deck restaurants,
not to mention the snug little bars.
will he missed! None Of your ready
to serve food there! Chops, steaks,
ham and eggs cooked to order in sight
and while you wait coffee. rolls hot
or cold served with admirable speed
by smiling old negro cooks who know
their patrons by name, who need not
The sun., 1916-09-25
THE LOST SISTER-IN.LAW.
Ought the Police TO BE Notified. and
Who In Thunder Is Eric!

To THE Epiron OF THE SrN-Sir: You
print to-day a letter OF 1T. p" and
have seen other letters about BIZ. Eric
n a lost blonde s!s;cr-in-law. Kindly
state whether these letters are serious
or not. sometimes they seem 10 be in
territorial and sometimes they seem
actual. Kindly explain wha, steps have
been taken towar notifying the police.
II the poor writer's s.ster-!n-law Is
really lost something ought to be done
about 1t.
II il your duty TO take the matter IN
seriously. Perhaps 1T. r." does not
want TO find his s~ister-in-law. II you
know this. why do you go on printing
letters about her?
I was much interested IN n letter
about q pair Of handouts and u traffic
signal. II ct. p" really injured the
policeman when he and b.! pushed him
of the automobile they ought 10 be
punished.
Please explain about Eric. Is he a
detective or is he a dog? lie has so
much intelligence! CHARLES JCsrUs.
e YoRK. September &c.
The sun., 1916-09-25

hour day as a%rbitrable." No one
wanted to arbitrate' the principle.
But the effect Of an eight hour day
and pay and q half for overtime was
arbitrable. "You ore asking" Mr..
WILSON says he told the railroad
managers. "for arbitration Of a con.
lecture" In no part Of his speech
did the President state the point Of
view Of the railroad managers hon
estly and fairly.
Fallacious. as a man Of his intel.
lectual keenness must have known,
was his pronouncement that In rela-
ton to the railroads the eight hour
day had the approval Of society.
Tint was a wanton confusion Of senti.
ment with practical management and
the limitations under which work Is
done on the railroads. And what Mr..
WILSON had to say about arbitration
was dlsingenuous, II not wilfully sub
tie. Arbitration Is not essentially n
word ASSOCIATED with the dealings
Of hostile interests" Mr.. WILSON
trod on dangerous ground when he
said that organized society must
never permit my organization to be
stronger than itself. All his dialect.
cal skill cannot obscure the appllca-
ton in this cnse.
What appears clearer than anything
else In President WILSON'S address at
Shadow Lawn II that he designs to
Use the "Eight Hour Law" as n
Democratic campaign slogan. Mr..
HroHEs cnn be depended upon, how
ever. to expose the lmposturc.
The sun., 1916-09-25
HUGHES the FIGHTER,

With n Irregular" smile md u
regular handshake. and with strong
arguments and a fine fighting front.
CHARLES EVANS HroHEs has stirred
Indiana through and through. Indi.
nnians r not now In doubt about
"hc kept US out Of war" and "what
would HUaHEs have DONE" their
minds are not clouded on the "eight
hour" scamp legislation. they sec
Mexico with clear eyes and are not
afflicted with pOst-bellum economic
obfuscation.
Compare the Hughes campaign. Us
1t takes shape and gathers mo.
mentum. with the pre-campa!gn criti-
cisms and some feeble endeavOrs to
Justify them by the event. The Re.
publican candidate was "cold"; he
would shoot over the peoples heads:
he had n case. but could not popu.
larize 1t, and he had parliamentary
skill but no argument ; his was the
temper Of the Judge. not the advocate.
and he was a partisan pleader and
not n patriotic leader. Paradox ruled
the prophets.
; Mr.. HUcups took the field. His
campaign has been cumulative. gain.
Ing weight ind speed rs It advanced.
One by one the issues have been made
definite. stroke by skilful stroke the
picture OF Democratic futility has
grown o the canva And now the
appeal to reasOn echoes In the cheers
Of multitudes of voters f~oretasting
the glories Of america First and
America Efficient"
The sun., 1916-09-25

Mr.. WILSON'S speech ut Shadow
Lawn in defence of the eight hour
legislation was special pleading at its
worst. The issue of the surrender Of
the Executive and Congress to the
Four Brotherhoods q cvaded. In
fact, Mr.. WILSON interpreted II as q
service to the people. What they
consider IL shame. m ignominy and n
backward step In representative gov.
eminent he lauds as u virtue; he
anl those who covered under the up.
lifted bludgeon Of the labor organiza.
tions are b~enefactors and forward
looking men.
The legislation proposed "was rea-
sonable and was based upon right"
That is the regulation plea of not
guilty.
1t will be observed that Mr.. VIII.
SON says that he thought 1t was his
duty ito try my hand mt the difficult
task of accommodation" But 1t was In
no spirit Of accommodation that he
entered upon this duty. THE tlrst
thing ] told both sides before I re.
Gucsted their opinion a that l stood
for the eight hour day" he says
What business had the mediator IL
take sides at once against one Of the
parties to the controversy?
Mt. WILSON did not regard 1.-THE
question Of the principle Of the eigh,
The sun., 1916-09-25
An Applicant for u Trucking Job.

want the trucking job OF moving the
furniture and personal effects of Pres
ident Wilson. J~osephus Daniels and other
members Of the Cabinet out Of their re-
spective residences on March 3 next. I
know there will be competition for this
job. but the fact that | was one Of the
delegates to the Baltimore convention
who supported President Wilson's cam
didacy. and n Of those who praised
his Administration during the first ten
months OF II. should entitle me 10 q
preference. VIII THE Sun help me get
this' LAWRENCE GoDkIS.
NEW York, September %.