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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-25

piled the big something, "would be
right if it were true, but I'm not a
bird at all, am an aeroplane."
THELMA BAGHURST,
Telford, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-25
Pin Money

Those who wish to Earn
money after school and on
Saturdays should write a let
ter to Farmer Smith, Room AIS,
the EVENING LEDGER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-25
MR.. BLUEBIRD

Vhe nice sunny day Mr.. Bldebird
usht ne would take a walk. He
,a.s walking and hopping down the
when he heard something, He
.spsa upon stick and looked at it.
s0naered what it was. He thought
81 9sg'a y, harm him. 1t had wings, but
~ 'Ae MS. For a long time he sat
s a. It. At last he said, What
Hany bird you sre?" THAT. re-
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
SOCIAL NOTES

The Misses Jennie and Anna
Smith entertained Saturday after
noon, August 26, from three to
five, in honor of their cousin, Miss
F. Emily Smith, Dec Moines, Iowa.
Among the guests were: Miss F.
Emily Smith, Miss Edith Frede-
rick, Mrs. w. J. Rowan, Mrs. j. r.
Frazer, Miss H. May Chamb ,rs,
Miss Edna Chambers, Mrs. w. E.
Holton, Mrs. H. H. Kitchens, Miss
Ola Clark; Miss Florence Town
send and Miss Marley of Whining
ton.
Miss Mary Mitchell entertained
the Misses Nottingham and their
house guest, Miss Mary Moss, at
dinner on Friday evening.
Mrs. Nottingham gave water
melon party on Tuesday evening,
in honor Of their house guest,
Miss Moss of Annapolis, Md
Dancing on the front porch, which
was hung with japanese lanterns,
added to the enjoyment of the
evening. The guests included
Miss Eleanor Duffy, Miss Char
lotte Armstrong, Miss Mary Moss
Miss Mary Mitchell, Mrs. Whit
tingham; Midshipman F. H. Dean
Midshipman James w h t fl c | d
Midshipman Haight, Mr.. George
Wilson, Mr.. Morris Mitchell, Mr.
Ellis Armstrong, Mr.. Warrel
Armstl ong, and Mr.. Richard
Whittingham.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
Troopers Publish
Camp Paper

The Delaware troops at Dem
ing, N. NJ, have started the publ
cation of a four-page sheet that is
called the Camp Deming Bulls
Eye. 1t was issued for the first
time on August Is.
The paper is eleven by fifteen
inches and is edited by Corporal
James P. Arthur with Private
Harry A. Carpenter as business
manager. The cost of the sheet is
five cents and it will be published
every Tuesday. There are six
teen columns to the paper and of
these six are given over entirely
to news of the camp by compan-
les. Most of the news" is witt
cisms on the soldiers. The rest Of
the paper is filled with the adver-
tisements of Deming dealers. The
morning routine as published in
the Bulls Eye is as follows:
Baskerville.
6.OO-Assembly.
6.30-Mess.
7.15-Police Call.
7.45-Sick call (not necessary
here).
8.0O-Drill call.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
Couerdale Bros.
Reports From The
Border Land

Members of Company E send
thrilling reports of adventures in
the land of cacti and rattlesnakes.
One party a week ago took thir-
ty-fve mile hike, during their lei
sure hours on Sunday, encoun-
tering on their way every detail of
their boyhood's imagination-the
ranch house, the cowboy, the de-
serted mine, the steep mountain,
the cave, and the rattlesnake..
Reports have also drifted to
town of proposed visit to Colum-
bus, by Lieutenant Ramsay, a
broken down truck, and an unex-
pected twenty-mile hike for home.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
SOL
DIERS TO VOTE
Ballots To Be Brought From
Deming

Among the two battalions of
Delaware militiamen now at Dem
ing, New Mexico, there are 250
voters who were registered before
the troops left the State Rifle
Range at New Castle. 1t will re-
quire considerable trouble to get
their ballots, but preparations are
being made to that end. Procla-
nations will be posted in Deming
several days before the election.
The ballots for the districts
where the soldiers have their
homes must be sent from here
about seven days before the cleo
ton. 1t takes four to five days to
reach Dening, and the ballots
must be there the day before the
election. The messengers who
will be sent to Deming to bring
back the returns will vote before
I leaving Delaware, it is understood.
The full returns will not be in
for at least six or seven days after
the election because of the SOL
| diers' votes.
When the board of canvass
meets it will probably be neces-
sary to adjourn to await the ar
rival of the messengers from Dem
ing with the votes of the soldiers
so they can be added to the vote
canvassed.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
New Teachers Accept Schools

Among recent graduates o. the
Newark High School who will take
sup teaching this year, are Miss
Myrtle Wakeland, who has re-
Sceived the appointment at Salem
School, and Miss Sarah e. Potts,
who will preside at Hillside. Both
|young women studied during the
E19l6 session at the Delaware Col
Slege Summer School. The school,
owing to the recent ruling of the
State Board of Health, will not
open before September eighteenth.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
Camp Fire Girls Entertained

Welsh Campfire Girls held their
weekly meeting at Baptist Green"
Saturday afternoon. After bust
ness affairs were discussed all
had a general good time. Misses
Sara and Annie Wilson acted AS
hostesses and served picnic
dinner on the green. All left
early in the evening, expressing
best wishes to their chaperon.
Mrs. Leonard Dressner, whose
marriage was announced recent
ly.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
Suffrage Worker
Returns To State

Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles,
state chairman of the COMPRESSION
bal Union, returned to Delaware on
&Tuesday, from Colorado Springs,
|Colorado, where she attended a
conference of the Woman's Party.
Eollowing the conference Mrs.
lfIilles remained in that state to
manage a short suffrage cam
paign. She organized the city of
Denver.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
Camp Fire Girls
Plan Festival

The local chapter of the Camp
Fire Girls will hold a festival at
the Welsh Tract schooihouse this
Friday evening, September first. 4.
cordial invitation is extended to
the public.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
PERSONALS


Maryland, DR.. H. G. M. Kollock,
and DR.. and Mrs. H. J. Watson
motored to Rehoboth Beach on
Saturday, spending the weekend
at that resort.
Mrs. Rebecca Wilson has return
ed after visit with her sister,
Mrs. J. P. McClurg, Oxford.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Cam have
returned after stay at Ocean
City, N. j.
Mr.. G. L. Brooks of City Point,
Virginia, returned today after a
weeks visit with relatives in New
ark.
Miss Mary Moss, who has been
the guest Of the Misses Whiting
ham, returned today to her home
at Annapolis.
Miss Charlotte Armstrong of
Cooches' Bridge is the guest OF
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mis-. E
S. Armstrong.
Midshipman F. H. Dean is home
on Senior leave of absence from
the U. S. Naval Academy at Ann
apolis.
DR.. w. H. Steel and family re-
turned on Monday after an extend"
ed stay in their bungalow along
the North East river.
Mr.. G. Fader and daughter,
Miss Winifred Fader, are spend
ing the week in Boston and vicin-
ity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Osmond
spent the weekend with friends
in Oxford, Pa.
Mrs. John Burnite and Miss
Geneva Burnite have returned
after visit with friends IN
1 Coatesville, Pa.
| Mrs. Ray Jacobs has returned
] after visit with friends in Har
rington, Del.
Miss Marion Butterworth, sec
rotary at the D. G. Experiment
! Station, who is camping with
= friends along the Rangeley Lakes,
Maine, returns to Newark on Sep
y TENDER fifth.
= Mr.. Albert Burrls, husbandman
j at the College Farm, who has been
ill with typhoid fever, has resum-
n ed mis- duties.
q Dean Robinson Of the Women's
II College, who has been spending
u the month at New Fame, Vermont,
81 returns to the college on Friday
M of this week.
Nj Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Worrall
s# and family have returned after q
ID week along the North East rive~,
81 near CharlestoWn, Md.
j. Miss Mildred Ferguson is visit
II ing friends in Zion, Md.
Miss Mildred Williamson Of
IL Greensboro, n. c., and Miss Sarah
Scott Of Bellevernon, Pa, return
"a ed today after a visit with Mr..
|# and Mrs. Frank Smith.
n Miss Martha Chamberlain of
g. Wilmington, is visiting her sister,
z Mrs. George G. Kerr.
% Mrs. J. B. Miller and daughter,
s Miss Audrey Miller, nave return
g ed after a vacation at Rehoboth
- Beach.
o. o. Mr.. w. A. Lintner and sister
~ Miss Lintner, of Indiana, were the
e. guests of Professor and Mrs. Nc,
Ez All Cue last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Rhodes are
80 60 spending a week at Wildwood
= N. J.
Mrs. w. l.. Fader and childref
as have returned from visit witt
~ relatives at Wyoming, Del.
Miss Pauline Kennedy of Ches
- ter is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
49, James Walker.
s Miss Mary Mother all, who wa
80 painfully burned last SaturdaJ
asS week, in trying to remove a burn
ID. ing oil stove from her home OF
- Delaware Ave, is very much i'm
proved. 1t later developed tina
8 the burns on the face were sur
face ones which healed readily
One hand which was burned deep
ly is healing nicely. Miss Moth
erall is at present at the home o
- her sister, Mrs. Barr of Whining
K ton.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-30
COVERDALE'S

Restaurant and SWeet Shot,
Main Street, NeWark, Delawar
A fine line of Homemade
Candies, Delicatessenand
Light Lunch Counter
Modern Rooms at Moder-
ate Rates. Hot Water
Heat, Electric Lights,
Bath Rooms, Ladies' Rest
Room, Gentlemen Room.
Special Rates to Clubs,
Picnics and Lodges.
Automobile Lunches.
Everything: New and up
to-date.
Pure Food, Cleanliness,
Quick Service and reason
able prices.
Breyer's Ice Cream.
Soda Water and Oysters
i'll Season.
We invite your patronage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
Railroads .Show Their Side of
the Present Wage Controversy

The Association of Western Rail.
ways has authorized the following and
! requested its publication that the pub
! lie might see the railroads side OF the
present eight hour day service demand
, ed by organizations Of engine and
trainmen:
The railroads of the United States
, have received formal demands from
the four large organizations of EN-
i ployes in train service for the adoption
of new wage schedules The first de-
/ mand Is that 100 miles or less. eight
| and that after eight hours all overtime
shall be paid for at the rate Of time
and a half
AS ten hours now generally consti.
tute a day in railway train service, Il
reduction to eight hours means a 20
per cent reduction in time and 25
per cent increase in wages per hour.
! AS overtime is now on pro-rate basis,
! the adoption Of time and half basis
after eight hours would increase the
hourly rate for overtime 87% per cent.
The total pay roll in 1914 for the en-
ployes nvolved-en gineers, f1remen
conductors and other trainmen-was
1887 100000. A % per cent increase
/ in the rate per hour, plus an increase
for overtime would amount to over
$40 100000 a year.
The aim of the train employees is not
to secure an eight hour day." as that
! term is understood In industries In
which the limit of work can be fixed
by the blowing Of whistle or the
| sounding a gong. The movement Is
one to increase wages. all assertions to
the contrary Notwithstanding Val
Fitzpatrick, vice president of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen, in
a statement published in the January
! issue of the Railroad Trainman, said:
There is quite difference between
, an eight hour work day and an eight
! hour basic work day. The eight hour
:, basic work day (Which is the system
! proposed by the train service brother
| hoods) contemplates that eight hours
| shall be the basis for days work,
and any time in excess shall be paid
! for as overtime. Under such system
! there is no limit to the hours that may
be worked"
The admission In the last sentence
! disposes Of the contention that the de-
mands of the employees provide for the
establishment Of real eight hour day.
It Is a striking fact that the propo-
stion for this enormous increase In
wages comes from men who are re-
ceiving the highest wages OF any class
of railway employees. The 309,174 men
| in train service in 1914 received $751;
81 ,5O8 in wages. or an average each
Of $1,253 year. They constitute about
one-fifth of the total railway employees.
All other employees, numbering 1881
413 exclusive of general and other Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18

ficers) received $945. 965,s57, an aver.
age OF $6S4.7S. The wages OF tram
service employees have been increased
1873 per cent in the last decade; the
wages of all other employees only 26.2
per cent.
The average yearly earnings OF the
various classes of train service employ.
es in 1914 were: Engineers $1,77l.SO;
firemen $1,037.49; conductors ii.
$3.50: other trainmen $1,O23.26.
For the railroads to grant wage in.
crease of $100.000,000 year, without
cially speaking, be impossible 1t Is
true that for several months railway
earnings have been increasing; but the
increase has not been great enough,
nor Is there sufficient assurance of its
permanence to warrant any large in
crease in such expenses which, when
once made, would be permanent.
The gross earnings per mile Of the
railways In the last six months of 1915
were only 2.S per cent greater than IN
the last six months of 1912. While
operating expenses were l per cent
less and the net operating revenue 10
per cent greater, taxes per mile We're
11.5 per cent greater and the invest
ment in road and equipment in 1915
was 10 per cent greater than In 1912.
The net operating income per mile in
the last half Of 1915 represented a re-
turn of only 500 per cent on the
property investment, while for the
same period in 1912 it was 500 per
cent. In the fiscal year 1913. in which
the total earnings Of the railroads
reached their maximum, the net re.
turn was only 4.87 per cent. In 1905
1t was 339 per cent. This figure has
never been exceeded.
The facts demonstrate; first, that
the highest paid railway employees de-
mand wage increase Of 100000, 900 a
year, with no change in he actual
working time. or character OF work:
second, that the railroads cannot pay
this wage increase unless freight and
passenger rates are CORRESPONDENCE
increased as their revenues come SOLE
ly from those rates.
The question Is, therefore: Is the
American people willing to pay an in
crease in transportation rates which
will give 800, 900 railway train service
employees an annual increase Of 500.
100000?
Another question of great import,
which American people may be called
upon to answer, is, Shall the four
great brotherhoods of railway en-
ployes be allowed to call strike, stop
every train and paralyze every indus
try, in order to force the railroads
managers to grant an unreasonable
wage demand, without first submitting
the question at issue to arbitration?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
GAN 7 GET GOODS
ON BOMB PL0TTERS
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ADMIT
CONFESSIONS ARE NOT VERY
VALUABLE.

New York, April Is. Federal inves-
tigators had made little progress early
today in their attempts to discover the
identity of the men who financed and
directed the alleged fire bomb consplr-
acy to destroy munition ships. In ex-
PLANTATION of the difficulty in tracing
the men higher up in the plot, Capt.
William M. Offley, agent of the depart.
ment of Justice said that the system of
the German agents alleged to be IN
volved in destructive activities IN THIS
country, is so perfect that none OF the
ring leaders are disclosed.
CHOSE who have comprehensive
knowledge of such an undertaking are
high class men who will neither con.
TESS nor betray single secret, SAID
Cant Offley. "The men who have con-
fessed are not entrusted with 1mpor-
tant secrets. For that reason the SIX
confessions we have obtained are OF
little value in going higher
The whereabouts of DR.. Walter T.
scheele, the chemist who conducted
the fertilizer factory in Hoboken
where it is charged the bombs were
filed with explosives, has not been
ascertained by the authorities. His
wife who lives in Bogota, N. j., said he
had gone on a two weeks trip into the
mining regions of Pennsylvania, Fed
eral investigators are examining the
banking accounts of DR.. scheele IN the
hopes of discovering the source
whence he obtained the $4,000 check
to finance the operations OF the fac
tOry 1".. .s' -.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
FARMINGTON.

Mrs Alice Ruthven of Ft. Madison
was a recent guest of her niece Mrs.
Il. S. Kelley.
Miss Tessie Lewis Of Keokuk Is WIS.,
itine her sisters Mrs. George Gray anu
Mrs. Will Hufford.
Miss Carrie Krenmyer who mas peen
visiting her sister Mrs. Geo. Manning at
Topeka, Kans., for the past seven
months returned home Friday.
+. NJ. Corwin left Tuesday tor san
Diego. Calf. where he will VISIT MS
daughter Mrs. George French
Mrs. Chas. Duty of Niagara rams
was a recent guest at the r. =. knapp
home.
Mrs. J. w. Lueckel has returned from
st. Louis where she was called by the
death Of her uncle Mr.. Walton.
Miss Clara Talbot Of Kahoka, Mo-,
spent Wednesday with her cousin Mrs.
J. c.. Schee while enroute to Lincoln,
Nebr., for visit with relatives.
Mrs. B. F. KGtcham left Saturday Tor
a visit with relatives at Bowling Green,
Mo
Mrs. Clarence McCrary and son Keith
were over Sunday guests OF relatives at
Milton.
Miss Cleo Richardson returned Mon
day from a visit with her grandmother
at Moulton. Her cousin Martina CoWell
returned home with her for a visit.
Miss Yuma Toleman of Kahoka, Mo-,
is visiting Mrs. H. H. Turner.
Miss Kathryn Rigby has returned
from visit with relatives at Birming-
ham.
A. II. Hartrick and wife entertained
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
ALBA.

Miss Jennie Nedderman and Clar-
ence Potts Of Diamond Wyo., were
arrived at the home of the brides par
ents Wednesday noon. Rev. Ira Hol-
brook performed the ceremony. Miss
Nedderman has been employed as
stenogra pher in the Peoples National
bank for several years. They expect to
leave for their new home in Wyoming
next week.
E. 3. Morris is working this week on
the chautauqua proposition. ..
r. c. Hammond accompanied by
Pearl Yates made business trip to
Consol today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Millisack are the
parents of a daughter, born Thursday.
]. E. Morgan returned to his work in
Cedar Rapids after a visit with his
family here. E....
Helen Caldwell has returned from a
visit in Des Moines.
Frank Kissick is at home after a trip
to Des Moines a-a..~
Mr.. and Mrs. p H. Waterman and
daughter Louise have returned to
their home in Boone after visit here
with friends. ..
Miss Tressie Benton has returned
from a visit in Des Moines.
Mrs j. T. Porter and daughter Mar
jorie have returned from visit to
Chicago. q, T..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
TRA,NED-BUT NOT FOR WAR.

TRAINEO-BU1 NOT FOX WAX.
Anti-militarists have charged that
the Boy Scout movement is dis
guised method of recruiting men for
the army; that it begins at an early
age to train future soldiers. This
charge has caused many people to
look askance at the Boy Scouts.
Over in England, Boy Scouts were
among the first to enlist and anti
militarists there seized upon this fact
to bear out their charges. A noted
Briton has answered in this wise:
1.-THE Boy Scout movement is, prim-
arily and essentially. a peace move
ment, and it's main object in life is
purely and simply to generate good
citizens. It is only directly and acct
dentally. so as to speak that the good
citizen goes to war, and, as it is char
acter that makes the true soldier and
the civilian alike, it is the building of
that which the chief scout has always
kept in the forefront of the movement.
"The Boy Scout is undoubtedly one
Of the greatest assets we have in the
present crisis. In many cases he is
TAR better trained and often far more
Dchnically proficient, than the aver
age recruit-but he is something more
than he has yet shown himself as a
man of war. He is the type of the
man of peace whom not only the en-
pire calls for, but which civilization
itself demands to weld all humanity
into one vast brotherhood"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
FARM LABORER
NEEDED IN EAST

New York, April Is. Farmers and
market gardeners in New York and
nearby states are suffering an unpre-
cedented shortage Of laborers, says
John J. Dillon, state commissioner OF
foods and markets. Authorities say
there has never been such a demand
for farm help and so limited q supply
as at present. Unless laborers can be-
found speedily thousands Of acres Of
tillable farm land will be sown In
grass and prices of vegetables and farm
products will advance.
Employment agents are besieged by,
farmers and gardeners with requests
for workers at $25 or $50 a month with
board and lodging free. Only one man
can be supplied where ten are demand-
ed and most of them are inexperienced.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18
81 CHAM.
Mrs. Willard Wilson visited last week
Ottumwa with the family of her son

|
Mrs. Willard Wilson visited last week
in Ottumwa with the family OF her son
Lloyd.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. J. Finger were called
to Indianola last week by the serious
Hines of their daughter Mrs. Nellie An
derson.
Mrs. George Manning went to Des
Moines last week where she will visit
several weeks with her daughter Ava,
who Is attending Highland Park col
lege.
Mrs. Clifford Way is at the home of
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Green
field, suffering with typhoid fever, and
Is under the care of trained nurse.
Miss Pauline Shot visited part OF
last week in Fairfield with her aunt
Mrs B. +. West.
Mrs. J. w. Wolfe returned home Sat
urday from Keokuk where she has been
visiting her daughter Mrs. W. G. Wilde
man.
G. II. Simmons and son Clyde visited
Sunday in Ottumwa with the family OF
their daughter and sister Mrs. Flora
Grooms.
Mrs. Amelia Arnold and Mrs. Fay
Arnold, and daughter Gladys Of Mount
Pleasant visited last week with their
many friends in this vicinity, returning
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Woodrow re-
turned from different points in Illinois
where they have been spending their
honeymoon.
Claude Calhoun who has been work
ing at Vinita, Oklahoma the past eight
months returned home last week.
John Gilbert Of Fairfield visited here
several days last week with his uncle
AL Ebert and other relatives.
Neal Greenfield and family visited
over Sunday here with the Greenfield
and Teeter families