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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-03
Officers Are Reelected.

Except for. the changes in the fire
department, all of the officials were re-
elected unanimously by the city faith
ers, as follows: City Attorney, E. A.
Nisbet; City Marshal, w. T. Maynard; /;
Recorder, T. o. Marshall; Sexton OF
Oak Grove cemetery ]. P. Raiford; Sex
ten of Colored Cemetery. Charlie
Lewis; Mayor Pro Tenn, E. l.. Bell;
City Engineer, J. B. Ansley; Chief Of
Fire Department, John Monohan; AS
sistant Chief, j. B. Parker; Foreman,
Hill Paschal; City Physician, DR.. d.
b. Mayes.
On Board OF Health.
DR.. w. M. Riley was unanimously
elected as a member of the Board OF
Health, or motion of Alderman Kali
mon, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of D. M. Borum.
The matter of directors of the Car
negie Library association was referred
to the committee on education, with a
request that report be made at the
next meeting.
The Special License Tax.
Cider came into its own after the
entire special license tax ordinances
had been adopted by sections. A IL
cense of $40 per year for selling cider
in connection with other businesses,
and a license of $25 for selling cider
alone, was adopted by the council.
The street tax was made So as here
tofore. but the ordinance was so
pmended whereby the city marshal was
ordered to collect an additional amount
Of 30 cents, if the tax was not paid by
Nay 15th, after it became due on May
first.
Bell Is Mayor Pro Tenn
Alerman E L. Bell was elected as
mayor pro tenn, succeeding H. o.
Jones, who retired from the council on
the nrSt OF Cne year.
The salaries of the city employees
rnd officials were taken up, they being
sci as follows: Mayor, s720; Clerk
ard Treasurer. $1,000; City Attorney
S4O0; City Marshal $11OO; Recorder
$500; Sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery
$3.50; Sexton of Colored Cemetery
S240; Aldermen, $50 each; Mayor Pro
Tenn. $50; City Engineer and Superin-
tendent of Waterworks. $4,000; Assist
gnt to Superintendent, referred to Wa
.erworks committee and the superin-
.endent; Street Overseer, $S40; fore
ran. $3.50; City Health officer. SIS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-03

The Times-R corder is the ONL Y
paper in Z Third Congressional
District WIN Associated Press
service
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
TORCHES FOR THE TRENCHES
How Uncle Sans Soldiers In France
viii Be Kept Warm.

School children In many cities are
making trench torches to be used by
the Sammies across the sea.
The torches are made from news
papers, which are cut in column widths.
Eight of these columns are required
for one torch. The paper is rolled,
one strip at time. until the article is
complete. Then it is boiled four min
utes In paraffin.
The torches are to be used to warm
the hands of the men in the trenches
and to boil their coffee. They first or
iginated with the Italian soldiers in
the Alps. One and half million have
been used by the Italians. They are
only slightly more than two inches
high, but burn long time.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

seem to strive for, one is fame, the
other is friendship. To be pros1
porous as individuals and as an or
ganization, we should aim to develop
and maintain friendship.
"Fame is the scentless sunf1ower,
with gady crown of gold;
"But friendship is the breathing rose
with sweets in, every fold.
"You may break, you may shatter
the vase if you will
"But the scent of the roses will hang
round it STILL"
Though my attitude of mind herein
expressed may not be beneftting, there
is one thing l am thankful for. i
thank God that if l am gifted with
little of the spirit which is able to
raise mortals to the skies l have yet
none, 1 trust, of that other spirit
which would drag angels down.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Newark Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, has reason to be proud of the
officers elected at the meeting last
Sunday, a list Of which appears else
where. Those who succeed them
selves have proved their worth and
efficiency, and those newly chosen
will surely give evidence that they
are worthy successors to their pre-
decessors. Excellent judgment was
shown in the reelection of William
M. Morgan to the office of President.
This is the eighth consecutive term
Mr.. Morgan has filled this important
and responsible position, and we. be-
heve we may assert, without fear of
contradiction, that a more capable,
conscientious and efficient man could
not be found in the city. He is
fearless leader of organized labor,
ever ready and willing to devote his
time, labor and money for its ad-
vancement, and has proven time and
again his value as an advocate for
the cause. No mistake was made in
the reelection of William M. Morgan.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
BIG FL0CKs ONLY SOLUTION
Why Idea of "A Sheep for Every Fam
lily" Would Be of Little Value.

The idea of "a sheep for every fam
lily" is good in intent and purposes.
Both manufacturers of woOlen goods
and meat distributors would like to
see a larger supply of raw material.
Sheep raising, however, Is not like
gardening, says the Albany Journal.
To be successful 1t must be conduct
ed In the open and on a large scale.
Breeding itself is large and COM
plicated matter. Also, the nature of
the woOl-grOwing animal is unsuited
to combined cOmmerciaIism and do
mesticity. The family who had sheep
running around the doOryard would
form an attachment for the animal
that would cut the latter on the foot
ing of family pet, that could be
separated from It's valuable wool only
if the sleeps comfort were consid-
cred.
AS for the use Of family sheep for
meat, such would be rare. LED like
q lamb to the slaughter" has more
than a literary meaning. One who
could see a sturdy steer felled by a
hammer blow or an uncouth and
sQuealing pig slashed in the throat
would turn from the sight Of lamb,
without fight, held helpless while slow.
ly bled to death. Most people like
lamb or mutton. and most people re-
quire woolen clothing, but for both
food and warmth the sheep-raising in
dustry will depend upon commercial
lized f1ocks.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
National Association
Postal Employees.
Thomas F. Flaherty Delivers Splendid
Address in Chicago.

Chicago, Ill.-"The United States
is the hope of the world and the
labor movement is the hope of the
United States" was the keynote of
splendid address delivered by Thos.
F. Flaherty, legislative representative
of the National Federation of Postal
Employees, at a mass meeting held
under the auspices of Local No. l.,
National Federation of Postal En-
ployes, and the Chicago Letter Car
riers' Association, both of which are
affiliated with the American Fedora
tion of Labor.
Many important facts relating to
the conditions among the employees
of the Post Office Department were
aired by the speakers at these meet
ings and while the meetings expressed
their loyalty and willingness to sup
port the government during the pre-
sent crisis of our country, Postmaster
General Burleson came in for a we'll
deserved and justified criticism in re-
spect to many of the actions and
treatment of the postal employees and
assertion that organized labor is
menace to the United States govern
ment.
While, according to the post office
clerks, the Post Office Department is
the only paying department of the
government and cleared more than
$8,000,000 last year, the postal en-
ployes are the lowest paid and most
overworked of any in the govern
ment service. Experienced and eff
cient men are resigning daily and the
service is deteriorating in conse-
quence.
The salaries of postal employees
have not been changed in ten years
and the only remedy that they have
got is an appeal to the people and
Congress for relief. Fair play re-
quires that efficient employees be paid
a wage sufficient to enable them to
live comfortably and render an eff
cient service to the public. This
should be the first requirements of
the Post Office Department.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
TWINS EATEN BY ALLIGATOR
Swallows Boy and Girl, and Bodice
Were Later Found In AMI
mails Stomach.

An alligator swallowed twin babies,
boy and girl, while the mother
washed clothes on the banks Of river
near Belize, British Honduras.
The mother had left her babies In a
basket near where she was washing,
and failed to notice an alligator that
stole up on the bank and suddenly
guIped down the twins. The woman
notified her husband, who was work
ing In a nearby field, and he led band
of men to the spot.
The alligator was captured before 1t
succeeded in getting back into the wa
ter. When it's stomach was cut open
the dead bodies of the twins were
found, almost unmarked.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
ITS OFFICERS AND THE DUTIES
OF IT'S DELEGATES
By John Bush

Now that we have elected our of
few remarks that l believe and hope
will be for the good and welfare of
organized labor. | am sure we have
elected men to fill these important
positions who are fully qualified to
perform the duties that devolve upon
them Those who have been re-
elected have given US very able ad-
ministration in the past, and I am
certain that our newly elected officers
will prove equally efficient.
1t is the duty of every delegate to
support the officers in every way
possible,a land unless we do this our
organization will suffer, and we do
not want it to go down in the estima-
tion of our employees or our associate
organizations. We want to build it
up, and we have the talent to accom-
plish this if each one will help a
little. We should not leave the work
to few, but all must lend assistance.
Some of US can only go a short
way, while others, being possessed of
. greater ability, can accomplish great
things. If each one uses the talent
he possesses we are going to progress.
Remember, "unless above himself he
can erect himself how poor a thing
is man."
We should all make an effort to
restrain the impulse to hasty pre-
judice, and cultivate leniency in our
judgment of others, and so order our
daily acts, in and out of the Assembly
hall, that the brilliancy of our achieve
ments may never be dimmed because
of recourse to methods which the
conscience of an honest and intelli-
gent citizen could not approve.
We should let petty differences be
forgotten and let hospitality and
good fellowship prevail to such an
extent that when the present period
passes into memory we may, when
speaking of the conduct of our af-
fairs and the advancement of the
work of our organization, say, with
an air of dignity, that we are dele
gates to that honorable body which
stands and acts for things which are
for the advancement of all upright
and laudable causes. The whole life
of men is but a point of time, so let
US improve it while it lasts and not
spend it to no purpose.
We may at times be intimidated
because of lack of education, but re-
member the worlds greatest men
have not commonly been great
scholars nor its great scholars great
men.
There are two things most men
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
Continued from 1st page).
is THE WORKER PATRIOTIC?

majority. The American Home!
What is happening to it? What can
save it? Who are it's friends, and
who it's enemies? Wherein lies the
hope for the future of family life
and the home?
Have you a Union card? Get into
your Union it means better citizen
ship, more patriotism, and a better
home. Yes, home, sweet home, the
sweetest place on earth. AS a gen.
eral rule, it is what we make IL.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Cigarmakers at Red Lion, Pa,
recently obtained an increase in
wages. Rollers receive 22 and "a
cents per hundred, bunch breakers II
cents. The old scale was 20 and %
cents for rollers and 9 cents for
bunch breakers:
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

After a brief strike, the iron
molders of Tacoma, Wash, secured
the advance asked for and recognition
of the union.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

The window glassworkers of Kane,
Pa, have been granted an increase
of from 25 to 35 per cent. This will
make wages almost equal to the
scale of 1902, which was the highest
on record.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Fort Smith, Ark, street car men
compromised with the local traction
company. They secured an increase
of cents an hour and an 18 month
contract.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

The platform men employed by the
San Francisco-O Oakland Traction Co.,
have secured an increase of IL per
cent, through the decision of an ar
bitration board. 1900 men were in
volved.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

The policemen of Dallas, Tex, after
a long fight, have won an eight-hour
day, which goes into effect Jan. 1st.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
PLUMBERS LOCAL, 271

Meets every two weeks on Friday
evening at Druids Hall, S. 3rd St.
P. r. Settles, Pres, Chas. Edmunds,
Fin. Sec'y., VIM. Daugherty, Rec. Sec.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

San Francisco contractors recently
indorsed the new wage scale of Sc
per day, presented by Carpenters
Local No. 483.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Street Car Mems Union No. 1852,
Aberdeen, Wash, has secured an in
crease from 80 to 81 cents an hour,
with improved working conditions.
This union has a 100 per cent mem
bership.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
TRANSFERS LOCAL No. 25S

TRANSFERS LOCAL No. 25S
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday eve.
of every month at Trades Assembly
hall. Elmer Shaw, Rec. Sec'y.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION Nose
Meets 1st Monday of each month,
Ais p. M, at Trades Assembly Hall.
Jas. McGough, Pres, w. E. Burton,
Secretary-Trea
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Two hundred teamsters of Topeka,
Kan, have signed a charter applica-
tion to the Brotherhood Of Teamsters.
This is the largest number of charter
applicants in the history of trades
unionism in that city.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

LICKING LODGE No. 80, ]. A. of NJ.
Meets 1st, 3rd and 9Th Tuesdays,
Trades Assembly Hall. Chas. Bucking-
ham, Pres, A. B. Uffner, Sec'y. J.
P. Wolfe, Business Agent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

ELECTRICAL WORKERS No. 172
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
Trades Assembly Hall, VIM. Hall,
Pres, Sam Alsdorf, Sec'y-Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

Engineers Local $50, /. U. of S. & o. E:
Meets End Wednesday and 4th Sun
day at their tall, 111a E. Church st.
Henry Kelley, Pres. C. r. Kinney,
Sec'y. w. H. Cocanour, Fin. Sec'y
and Treas, Masonic Bldg.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
LABOR NOTES

The union coopers of San Francisco
have secured a new wage scale which
increases wages so cents per day.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSO.
No. "a, affiliated with American
Federation of Labor, State Federation
of Labor, Trades Union Liberty
League and Newark Trades & Labor
Assembly. Meets 1st and 3rd Sun
day afternoons, Redmen's Hall. VIM.
Dover, Pres, Fred Rail, Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

BARTENDERS INT. LEAGUE, 412
Meets 1st and 3rd Sundays, 2 p. M,
Fromholtz hall, Cor. E. Main & Webb.
w. r. Jones, Sec'y and Business Agt.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

IRON MOULDERS UNION No. 152
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday nights,
Redmens Hall, Issac Pyles, Pres,
E. A. Ringer, Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

BARBER'S UNION, LOCAL No. ia
Meets 1st and 3rd Monday, 8 p. M,
Trades Assembly Hall. H. A. Wise,
Pres, Leroy Garrison, Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29

The business men whose ads appear
in the Leader are entitled to youl
support.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1917-12-29
Roster OfLOCaIUniOnS

TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL
Meets End and 4th Sundays, 9 a. m.
at Trades Assembly Hall. VIM. M.
Morgan, Pres, John ]. Callan, Sec'y.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
HOW TO save HOME
LABOR IS EXPLAINED
Housekeepers Alliance Hears Hints on
Household Economy.

How to Save Home Labor Of Women
was the subject under consideration at a
meetings of. the Housekeepers' Alliance
held in conjunction with the Gentlewom-
ems League at headquarters. 1906 Twen-
tieth street. yesterday afternoon.
DR.. C. F. Langworthy, who presided,
introduced Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes,
president OF the Gentlewomen's League
who spoke on the object of the league and
the work done. Mrs. Hoes set forth the
object of the league as dealing not only
with work done by women in the home,
but also with the conditions of domestics.
stenographers, factory girls etc. In the
fourteen years of its existence. the league
has held sales only twice a year, Easter
and Christmas. she said.
United States Commissioner General OF
immigration Camminerti told of the gov
ernents work in finding opportunities of
employment and people to fill positions.
This work is carried on by the Depart
ment of Labor.
The many branches of home work by
women were shown in an exhibition after
the meeting.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
FUNERALS.

Funeral services for DR.. J. S. Allen.
90, will be held at his home, 300 First
street northwest, this afternoon at 3
o'clock, with Rev. George Dougherty, of
the Catholic University, officiating. Dr..
Allen was born in Washington and had
practiced medicine here "A years. He
was graduate of the University OF New
York. He is survived by his wife, two
sons, Donald and Stanley Allen: his
mother. brother, DR.. II. Jerome Allen.
of Santa Barbara, Cal, and a sister,
who is the wife of DR.. William T. Gill,
of this city.
Funeral services will be held for Will
lard S. Robbins, of the Geological Sur
vey, this evening at his home, 254S Four
teenth street northwest The body will
be taken to Milford, Del, for interment
Funeral services for Maurice Joyce who
died Thursday at his home, 900 NJ street,
are to be held this morning at the Church
or the Immaculate Conception at 10
O'clock
The rites will be conducted by the Rev.
Nj. j. Riordon. The following pallbearers
employees Of the Maurice Joyce Engraving
Company, have been named: Walter Dew
Harrison, w. Palmer Hale, J. Harry Cum
ningham. Louis Turner. Thornton O.
Crown. II. c. c. Stiles, j. Oscar Fautn.
and Fred G. Metcalf
lnterment will be in Mount oHvet Gem
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
STUDENTS join HUNT
FOR LOST SCHOOL GIRL
Plan Mail and Phone Canvass of
Towns Around New York.
CBy the international News service.

CBy the international News Service.)
New York, Feb. H.-one hundred girl
students of Wadleigh High School came
to the aid of the police today in the
search for Ruth Cruger, a pretty IL
year-old school girl, who mysteriously
disappeared from her home Tuesday.
They will conduct a mail and telephone
investigation covering all surrounding
towns.
Search for the missing girl was ex-
tended all over the United States to-
day. Police telegraphed her description
to all cities as far west as st. Louis and
as far south as Atlanta.
The girl left her home Tuesday fore
noon to get a pair of skaets sharpened.
She left the skates at the store. All
trace of her was lost at this point.
The police asserted today that they
have found evidence tending to show
Miss Cruger eloped. Her family insist
that she has been kidnapped.
The police declare they have established
that the girl left her home in response
to a telephone call. and that she was
seen with. a young man in a taxicab
that afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
'WAGE EARNERS' DAY"
FOR "SUFf" PICKETS
Special Deputstion Will Be Sent to the
White House Tomorrow.

Wage Earners' Day" will be observed
tomorrow by the women wage-earners
of the country for the second time in the
history of their campaign for enfranchise-
ment. A deputation will be sent to the
White House. No effort will be made to
secure a personal conference with the
President. With banners held aloft, bear
ing the inscriptions of the needs OF the
working women OF the country, they will
join tho suffrage pickets for the remain
der of the day.
The deputation Is composed of women
toilers from the factories, shops, and mills
of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Delaware, and Maryland. They will be
headed by Miss Rose Winslow, of New
York City, and Miss Anna McCue. Of
Philadelphia.
Miss Winslow. who contracted tubercu-
losis while working in a stocking factory
when she was II years old, became an
active worker for women suffrage because
OF the interest taken in her by a woman
philanthropist who sent her West and
brought about her cure.
Miss McCue is another factory worker
who knows the conditions of the working
,girl through her own personal expert
ence. Many women who were in the first
deputation to the President will appear in
line tomorrow afternoon. They will ar
rive on late morning trains and report
at the Congressional Union headquarters
at Madison place.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
TELLS OF COMMERCIAL
ADVANCE OF SIBERIA

Describing the development of Siberia
commercially by means of the sea routes
along the north through the Arctic Ocean
and the Kara Sea to the mouth of the
great 4enisei River. Jonas Lied. manag-
ing director of the Siberian Steamship and
Trading Company. lectured b, fore the
National Geographic Society at Ihe New
Masonic auditorium yesterday and illus
trated his talk with motion pictures of
his organizations first successful trading
expedition and with colored slides of in
dustries. peoples and scenes in this far
northern country.
Mr.. Lied is the Norwegian consul for ST.
IBERIA and makes his headquarters in
Petrograd. His ships are soon 10 sail
from New York to the north Of Iceland,
and thence through the Arctic to the
mouths of the Yenisei and the Obi. ST.
beria's two greatest rivers, connecting
with the river boats and carrying prod
ucts desired by the natives. returning
with fur, skins, grain and hides brought
down to the rivers mouths from the in
terror of this vast territory.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-17
Wilson's HEAR CONCERT
At NATIONAL THEATER
Miss Helen Stanley. Soprano. and Eddy
Brown, Violinist. Please Audience.

Miss Helen Stanley, soprano, and Eddy
Brown, violinist, were coartists in joint
recital given yesterday afternoon at the
National Theater. This concert was the
eighth of the '"Ten-Star Series" arranged
by T. Arthur Smith.
Miss Stanley has a high, clear dramatic
voice, full OF expression and beauty
which she uses with great charm TO the
delight of the audience.
Mr.. Brown is an artist. His faUltless
technique, exquisite tone. and matChless
touch were enthusiastically recognized.
Mr.. Brown plays with a great deal Of
sef-assurance and has a most vigorous
personality.
The following program was most pleas
ing: Concerto in E minor (Mendelssohn),
Allegro appassionata, Andante, Allegro
vivace. Mr.. Brown; Aria, Louise" Char
pentier). Miss Stanley; Larghetto CHan-
deb. Rondino (Beethoven). Caprice No.
2 Paganini-Brown), Witches Dance
CKuzdo), Mr.. Brown: "orpheus with His
Lutte" CSullivan). The Sleep That Fits
on Baby's Eyes" Carpenter, "Er LIST
Gekommen" Franz), 20 WUsst Ich Do h
Den Veg Zuruck" (Brahms), "ChansOn
dAvril" CBizet), La Cigale" CChaussonD.
Miss Sta uley; Ave Maria" CGounod),
"Elegie" (MasseneO, lie Nil" QerouEy,
Miss Stanley and Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. L. T Grunberg was a capable &C
'companisL
tained a few guests in their box.