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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01
The Final Railroad Proposal
The final proposal made by the railroads for peaceful settlement the
but which rejected by the brothcrhoods follows:

Ia The railroads will, effective September 7, 1916.
keep the time of all men represented this movement
upon an hour basis and by separate account. monthly
with each man, maintain record Of the difference
between the money actually earned by him on the
present basis and the amount that would have been
earned upon an hour basis-overtme on each basis
to be computed pro rata.
Tie amounts so shown will be subject to the
decsan of the Commission provided for in Paragraph
IS Of this memorandum and payable in money. as
may be directed by said Commission in its findings and
decision.
b The Interstate Commerce Commission to
supervise The keeping of these accounts and report the
Increased cost OF the hour basis after such period Of
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01
Trustees for the Public

As trustees for the public served by our lines and
tor the great Of the less powerful employees mot
ess than 80 per cent of the whole number interested
the railroad wage fund-as trustees also for tie
millions 81 people that have invested their savings and
capital in the bonds aud stock Of these properties
and who through the saving banks, trust companies
and insurance mpanics vitality Interested tina
extent Of millions Of dollars, in the integrity and
solveney Of the railroads of the country we cannot in
conscience surrenderwthout hearing the principle
involved undertake to transfer the enormous cost
that will result u tie transportation of the commerce
Of the country.
The eight-hour day without punitive overtime
involves annual increase approximately in tho
aggregate Of Sixty Millions Of Dollars, and an increase
OF than per cent. In the pay Of Ehc men,
already the most highly PAID il the as2ortalion
service
The ultimate cost to tie railroads Of an admission
n this manner 81 the principle under contention
cannot now be estima .ea the eject upon ,he ell-
cheney Of the Transportation Of the country now
already under severe te. under the tide 81 bu mess
moving. and at -iae when more INSTEAD Of less
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01

Jar covered "Wednesday Lazz.e
ode# Fho was with him. was ua
bic oGay 10 give an account of tae
4ccident
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01

tae Deaf which viii continue two
days Al reception was rendered the
delegates before the opening Of the
convention. a sssxa ~
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01
Public Investigation Urged

The questions involved in Our respectful judy
n1snt, eminenty suitable for the calm investigation
ard decision by the public through the agency of fair
arbitration and cannot be disposed of, to the public
satisfaction. in any other manner.
The decision Of Commission or Board Of Arbi-
traton having the public confidence, will be accepted
by tho public and the social and financial rearranga-
nents made necessary thereby will be undertaken by
the public but in no less deliberate orderly
manner.
The railroads Of the country cannot under present
conditions assume this enormous increase in their
expenses. # imposed upon them. it would involve
many in early financial embarrassment and bank
ruptcy and imperil the power Of all to maintain
their credit and the integrity Of their securities.
The immediate increase in cost. followed by other
ircreaecs that would be inevitable would substan-
italy appropriate The present purchasing power Of
tie railroads and able them from expanding and
improving their facilities and equipment. to keep
abreast u The demands Of the country for efficient
Transportation service.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01
Statement of Executives to the President

In submitting this proposal the President the fifty railroad executives called to
all
him 0
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01
BODY RECOVERED

The body OF J Busheld, who was
drowned from boat in the ONO
river near st, Margs last Sunday
when he attempted 20 peeosea alI
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-09-01

The absolutely fair, .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Sweepings From Inkpot Alley
By TANSY M'NAB

bought up about fifty million eggs. Got
'em in the summer at % to % cents and
held 'em back into the winter until the
suckers mean the public-was will
ing to pay 80. Nice little business
deal"
He licked his lips in a reminiscent
manner
q remember reading about it in the
newspapers" ! remarked, coldly.
'The newspapers ought to leave
mans private business alone" he cried.
"They seemed to think hen was Gre
ated to lay eggs. Not at all. It's created
to lay profits, just as cow is created
to yield, not milk, but dividends, and
railroad is created not to rustic goods
and people from place to place, but to
make decent return for the stockhold-
ers, and, for the insiders. what they
can grab. That is the law, on which
our government was founded the key
stone of the arch of freedom, the pal
ladium"--
81 am not a socialist" | interrupted
What do you WANT
Il made a fortune he repeated, "and
! lost it.
| looked at my watch.
After | cleaned up" he went on, Eve
entered the three-motor-car caste and
took house on the Drive. The wife
and daughter began buying their
clothes by the square inch and got
box at the opera Daughter was ambi-
tious. She wasn't satisfied with Just
being smart. She insisted on class. The
egg business wasn't good enough for
her. II was low. It dragged her down,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

The most striking thing about him
was not his need of complete renovation,
from a haircut to pair OF new shoes,
but the puzzled,
FROZEN hangdog look of his
FICTION. eyes. There was
sincerity about that
expression that marked him as no in
considerable artist. 1t lent to his rag
gedness and detection distinctive APP
neal Yet he did not look like a type
of frayed gentility. The lines OF his
sunken countenance were too aggres-
sive for that. His square jaw and firm,
straight mouth and the little straight
nose spoke eloquently of aggression. by
his face he should have been a success
i'm the rough-and-tumble of business,
but here he was standing. broken and
apologetic and unshaven, inside my Of
flee door.
/ braced myself for the usual hard
luck fable-the war, the high cost OF
living. the little starving family in Jer-
sey.
"Well?" | said, sharply.
"My name is Schmalz," he said. "Lud-
wig Schmalz."
| nodded. The name meant nothing
TO me.
''You don't remember me?" he asked,
almost wistfully.
Il can't say do
"Schmalz," he repeated, thoughtfully
''the Cold Storage King"
A glimmer of recollection came to me-
you went in for eggs, didn't you,
long time ago?"
"Only three years ago. he said. :"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

syria. The banks of the Nile, urged by
pick and shovel, give up their secrets
Mounds are cut away, slice by slice, and
cities are found that antedate Babylon.
Pompeii still richly rewards the scien-
tifcally curious. and here in America
the iungles of Yucatan bristle with car
ven puzzles that professors are trying
desperately to solve. Miles away they
90 to dig and delve, and all the while
beneath their feet, right at their very
doorsteps, or below them, lies the bur
led civilization of Long Acre Square.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

she said. She kept at me to go into
something else. If could only think
of some scheme to have go at art or
the drama or literaturel
yawned.
"She seemed to get more unhappy
over it every day" he continued. at
worried me. I'd have brought her the
moon in basket, if she wanted it. But
art and those things weren't much in
my line. | used to run a delicatessen
store in Newark before went in for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

New York is being dug up pretty
generally. Everybody who lives here,
every stranger in town who tries to get
to and from his hotel, knows that from
definite experience. Therefore, why
not little digging for Science as well
as for Subways? Especially since
something we'll worth digging for is
there, waiting, as Pompeii waited for
centuries, for the light of day. Until
comparatively recent years the Roman
Forum itself was choked with rubbish
TO a depth of many feet. and while the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Planting Your Christmas Tree
By A FOREST CONSERVATIONIST

the evergreen trees have been carefully COW
cred with rich soil and wrapped in bursp
bag, which is protected by wooden STANDARD
You received your tree in good season iof
Christmas Eve. Perhaps il was five or ~
feet tall, perhaps ten or fifteen; or, If SUD
day school affair, twenty or twenty-five fai
1t cost all the way from five 10 fifty dolls's
and it came with guarantee that II wood
grow if properly cared for and planted.
Well, you may plant it, as your neishod
planted one last year. Last sumner he 81
under the shade Of it, and, as you think OF IN
Joy of it, a wonderful idea comes into Jour
mind.
Backward again goes the fancy
Carload after CARLOAD Of discarded Christ
mas trees have been crowding out the ssnss
and the old candy boxes and other evidences o.
the festive season. You have seen them year
after year going on to the dump. Wne"'
What if all those Christmas trees had been
planted Man alive. Talk about conserva1'o'
Of the forests
Forward goes the fancy. Years have passe@
AOA oAO oh oiu man yNNh S~~'N
are lost in forest OF evergreens On ~
you have been taking the advice Of that L0ns
Island nurseryman year after year and pian.,
ing your Christmas trees. And every one "
them has grown because they were all gusr'@
teed.
Suppose everybody had planted them. "'''
back yards we would have!
This news Is worth sending broadcast
Well, and what did he say TO you!
Who7 Why, that old fellow up in the Ge'.'-'
Heaven; that old chap who brought the n's.
Christmas tree to America. Well, told ~.
how had planted all mine, and that every ~
one Of 'em grew.
But what did hesay?
He said: "Du Dist verrueck, mein kino'
But can show you the "ad' In the m.s
zine, and have another Christmas tres 80
am going to plant it Tuesday. II can w
enough room in the yard for It.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

present Long Acre Square is an inter-
esting and lively neighborhood, and IN
no wise comparable to rubbish, never
theless it should be willing to suffer
some slight inconvenience for the sake
of finding it's mysterious predecessor
in 1895. And, really, the experience
couldn't be much worse than that which
Forty-second Street underwent for
years. and which part of Broadway is
undergoing now. And think Of the sat-
isfaction from a scientific viewpoint.
A buried New York,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

Backward speeds the fancy to the days OF
THE Farmers Almanac" in yellow paper COW
err, hanging by string in one corner of the
chimney-jamb. Nervously pages are turned to
get the cream of the literary treat, and there,
under the caption Useful Hints" is found
AT this season of the year plant onions" And
on the last page but one is stirring woodcut
of winter in the woods, and a central figure
of person with fur cap and tippet and big
gloves. whom one takes to be the hired man,
and who is surrounded by several other smaller
figures in fur caps and tippets and mittens,
whom one takes to be boys. All are Justify
hauling a PROSTATE fir tree through the snow,
and ll-apparently- Justify cheering with
evident glee. And one takes it that they are
bringing in the Christmas tree, for the caption
above is December"
That was forty years ago. The best days OF
The Farmers Almanac" have gone. To-day
we have 1.-THE Country Gentleman's Almanac"
and the most useful hint of ali is under the
guide line, December 29-At this season OF
the year plant Christmas trees"
Plant your Christmas tree?
Surely!
After the electric light bulbs are taken OF
and the ribbons have been transferred to boxes
for next year flor one must be thrifty these
times), and the tinsel is removed and stored
away against next Yuletide, g. down into the
basement and take your fire shovel out of the
coal bin and then slp-this may be literal if
the ice holds out--into the back yard, dig
hole and put your Christmas tree in the hole.
Oh, yes; II has all been prepared for you by
the nurseryman on Long Island The roots Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
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eggs. However, kept puzzling my
brain and reading up about art and the
drama and literature. and at last, one
day when | was looking over one of
their trade papers, The Bookman' was
the name, | got the big idea. seen
could 90 into literature and make big
money.
Il got the scheme from studying the
list of best sellers. There seemed to be
Continued on Page Eight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Landslide or QnickSand May
Have Done the Trick

In 1910, according to maps on view
in the Public Library, there wasn't any
Long Acre Square. Or, if one did exist
the map makers overlooked it complete
". making sparse reference to the AS
tor and the Pen estates, and letting 1t
90 at that. Some time, therefore, be-
tween 1885 and 1910 something terrible
happened to Long Acre Square, some
thing which wiped it entirely out. A
belated glacial landslide (such as, we
are told, was responsible for Long ISL
and) may have arrived from the North
unannounced. and settled there. One OF
the underground springs with quick
sands. which modern subway builders
find regularly under the present city,
NAV have engulfed it. Nobody knows
The sum total of knowledge is that some
time between 1885 and 1910 Long Acre
Square disappeared, and when it came
again it came gradually, years after, as
souatters came still later upon the
heights of Harlem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

The expedition which finally clears
the Long Acre mystery will be able to
lay before the New York public positive
confirmation of what the accompanying
pictures indicate. Namely, the extraor-
binary similarity in the growth and
early development Of Gotham's public
squares. Here, in an authenticated
print of Chatham Square in 1912, (tak-
en- from Valentines Manual for 1864
the reader may detect the most marvel
lous duplicates of life in the lost Long
Acre Square of 1885. Not only were the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Why Dig Along the Nile Vine n
New York Is Nearer?

All of this is, or should be, of fas-
chatting interest to those who finance
digging expeditions to Egypt and Asia
Minor. Men of science swelter in
tropic sun in search of buried civiliza-
tons in the mysterious sands of AS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

~ THE front cover of the pro-
gramme at the Long Acre Thea
~ tire lovers of Nothing But the
Truth" if they come in early and don I
Oo out between the acts, may notice
little picture of Long Acre Square IN
1855" The picture, in light tones, ap-
pears in an oval against a dark, richly
colored background, and for simplicity
and good taste it is doubtful if there is a
more attractive programme cover IN
New York. But, as Gilbert might have
Rab-balladed: 1t wasn't of the pro-
0ramme that | started for to sing
No; it was of the picture of Long Acre
Square in 1885. When even specialists
in old New York are under the impress
sion that all was open country and pm
vate estates in that vicinity then, 1t is
something stimulating to discover that
a Aourishing settlement with solidly
huilt-up streets existed in the Long
Acre neighborhood. eighty-odd years
ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

dwellings and their arrangement identi.
cal. but the same sort Of vehicles went
by, in precisely the same relation 10
each other.
Take the row Of houses on the ex.
IRENE left. All are two stories in height
but one, and that is three stories, and
in the centre of the row. The houss
in the extreme right foreground ran at
precisely the same angle to the street
in both squares, and each house had pre-
cisely the same sort of fence along.
side it. But these are not the most re.
markable points of similarity. A one
horse dray was about to pass two
horse coach in Chatham Square In
1912. and a one-horse dray was about
to pass two-horse coach in Long Acre
in 1885. There was stage coming
down on the far side, too, not in the one
square, but in both, and two horse-
men were riding leisurely uptown, while
a single equestrian, on a fiery black
steed doubtless belated commuter)
was gaIloping in to business.
Chatham Planted Naples; Long
Acre Preferred POpIars
Still other points Of resemblance are to
be noted-for example, the Long Acre
little boy and the Chatham little boy out
walking on the right with their respec-
tive Uncle Georges-and if delivers into
Pompeii found the citizens Of that hap.
less city in attitudes indicative Of their
daily toll, why may not the delivers into
the lost Long Acre hope to have equal
success with the dray and the coach, and
with Rollo and Uncle George? Only in
two res ects did Long Acre of 1885
differ from Chatham of 1912. Long
Acre had no use for a triangular fence
in the centre of itself, and where Chat
ham sported a pair of fourishing
naples, Long Acre preferred and
planted poplars.
No One WIN Interrupt You, ii
You Care to Dig i'm Long
Acre Square
Let any one who is enough interested
in this matter to see it through stan
digging in the area bounded by Forty.
second and Forty-eighth streets, and by
Broadway and Seventh Avenue. No
body will stop him or bother him. PEG
pie will simply step over or around the
hole. remarking as they do so, Gosh,
won't this town ever be finished?' They
will take it, you see, and naturally, for
another subway or sewer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

A n advertisement stood out bold and
. black in magazine:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Why Throw Away
YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES?

Plant them IN your
yard and they ,oiU
add to the beauty
Of your grounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

Continued on Page Eight
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

The most striking thing about him
was not his need of complete renovation,
from a haircut to a pair of new shoes,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02
TOLSTOI MINERS HERE
 TO PURCHASE MACHINERY

John Greer and Pat MaNulty, the owners of claims on Boob creek, in the Tolstoi dis trict, upon which pay was first discovered are in the city this week, arranging for the purchase of machinery with which to work their claims Messrs Greer and McNulty came in over the trail, and expect to have the machinery landed on the bank of the Dina before the close of navigation, whence it will be hauled over the snow to Boob creek
 Speaking of the activities at the camp, they state that while comparatively little work is being done just at present, there will be renewed activity during the fall and winter Duffy and Johnson at present are prospecting bench claims on Boob creek Louis Stroup and Fred Humphrey are work ing at the mouth of Glen gulch, and Lars Otness is working on discovery claim, on Boob.
 Messrs. Greer X McNulty have lined up pay on their ground for a distance of one thousand feet by a series of shafts. They expect to continue work all during the win ter as the ground is deep. They will make the return trip within few days,
 Ira Van OrSdal, who Was here last week. was met on the trail on his way back to the Tolstoi. He has secured a boiler and hoist of considerable size which will be shipped soon, and will be installed on No. l below, Boob, which he is working in con junction with James Pitcher.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02
GOING TO FORTUNA LEDGE

Joe Mcdowell, one of the old-timers who has been employed at the Yukon Gold Com panys power plant, on the lditarod river, was visitor in the city last Monday for few hours, and while here gave the resl- dents of this burg a splendid illustration of a very busy young man. Mir Mcdowell re turned home during the evening in a launch
 Since his departure for the power plant with his gatherings, Mr. Mcdowell has hearkened unto the voice of the Stampede siren," and on Wednesday afternoon he was telephoning for freight reservation on the Loew-Victor, and early Thursday morning accompanied by Mrs McDowell he had em- parked for this port and after a break down or two on the trip arrived in time to place his goods on the boat. Mr. and Mrs Mcdowell will leave here for the new camp on one of the boats leaving during the early part of the coming week.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02

Al Walsh and Jerry Ford were down from the Summit on Wednesday last.
 Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters. S1.50 per can. ldtarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02
IN HONOR OF MISS SMITH

An informal dance was given at A. B. hall last night in honor of Miss Lillian Smith, who leaves today for her old home in Fairbanks.
 The departure of Miss Smith from Idit- arod will be generally regretted. During her service of several years as operator in the local telephone office she has, by her uniform courtesy and attention to the duties of her position, won the regard of all the patrons of the company, and the esteem of all residents of the community. In leaving Iditarod Miss smith carries with her the best wishes of all for her future prosperity and happiness
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02
IOWA COUNTRY MERCHANT
 HAS HIGH OLD TIME IN CITY

He had a wire bound and hog tight sys- tenn for seeing Chicago, had Jacob Nelson of Mason City, Iowa, according to the Her aI.i of Chicago. It was given him by a friend who had been to the big town and enjoyed himself, and who surely ought to know.
 The first rule was to put up at good hotel The second was to visit number of cabarets every night The third, which was absolutely essential, was to have q different woman companion every night, and the fourth was to go wherever he went in a taXcab
 Mr. Nelson owns a store in Mason City, 3D. when he had packed his grip and learned the rules by heart. he took &2C0 out of the cash register, told the clerk to be a good boy and set out with wink for the railroad station.
 He arrived in Chicago July and fol lowed the rules faithfully, but something untoward happened to him. He had been out in taxi all evening and had instructed the chauffeur to take him to the best hotel in town He was accordingly driven to the B ackstCne, the La Salle, the sherman and a number of other hotels, but he said they weren't good enough fer him. So the chauffeur took him to place where he would be kept most securely-a cell in the central police station. He had only cents left out of his $200 The charge agans, him is refusing to pay taxi bill
 And now Mir. Nelson realizes that his friend overlooked the most important rule which should read: Have plenty of money; you cant become a loophound on $200'
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-09-02
LEAVE FOR MARSHALL

The gasoline launch Loew-Victor Gap tains Ali Hall and Dan G!llisl left this port Thursday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock for the Marshall diggings carrying about twenty passengers and small amount of freight.
 Frank G. Man!ey was on board the vessel, He is making a short trip to the new camp to look it over with view to investing
 The Hurst brothers Theodore and Charles after residing in this city for more than six years during which time they were prominent in business circles, were passengers, and are looking for greener fields
 Among the passengers were also William Maloney, the territorial mining inspector; Mrs Horvath and little daughter, and Shorty" Butts.