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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

speaking recently before the Terra
pin Club of Philadelphia, Eugene G
Grace President of the Bethlehem
, Steel Company, said in part:
In a peculiar sense Bethlehem Steel
serves the American people.
For example, though we have been
able to obtain in Europe almost any
price. we have adhered, in our charges
to the United States Government, to
the basis of prices established before
the war began.
We agreed-if the Government would
abandon its plans for Federal plant
to make armor for our Navy at any
price the Gouernmeny itself might con-
slider fair.
Our ordnance plants are at the dis
posal of the nation at fair operating
cost. plus a small margin, thus saving
the Government investment and de-
probation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21
TO BUILD SHIPS
AT COST PRICE
Bethlehem Steel viii Make o.
fer to Uncle Sam.
BIDS ON 16 INCH NAVY SHELLS

No Chance For Profit In Them Under
Present Tests, Grace Says-Possibls
Explanation of the Prices Made by an
English Firm Which Bids Under All
American Manufacturers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

One of the special needs Of the new
navy is sixteen-inch guns-guns sixty
feet long and capable Of hurting a
20G0 pound shell with such power and
accuracy as to hit 80 foot square tar
get iiftenn miles away.
We have undertaken voluntarily to
construct. at cost Of $4,5NOOO, q
plant fitted to build siXteen-inch guns.
Under no conceivable circumstances
can orders which we may receive for
this plant pay even fair return on
the Investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fact that British manufac-
.urer recently bid less than American
manufacturers for sixteen and four
teen in h shells for the navy.
am unable to state the basis upon
whi Il the English bid was made. 1t
how'd be remembered however, that
mis- bid was for a specific shell. sam
piles Of which are being sent over for
test Il test not yet made.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

Two years ago we took an order for
2400 fourteen-inch piercing shells
at ontract price of $7GS,000, to be
delivered within a certain time or we
had 50 pay a large penalty
The only specifications for making
these shells are that they shall be
of p certain size and must pierce
ARM" plate at certain velocity on i'm
pa II is impossible to foretell the
exact conditions of the tests.
W had made large quantities OF shells
in the past which had been accepted.
But in placing this particular order the
Department altered the angle at which
The tested shells must pierce armor-
plate The result, however, has been
absolute inability on our part to pro-
duce in any quantity, shells which will
meet these novel tests. In fact. we
know If no process of prOjectile-mak-
ing through which it is possible to pro-
dnce in quantities shells which will
conform to the requirements
The result is that up to now on that
contract of $76S,000, we have put into
actual operating expense $447,S and
have been penalized for non-delivery
sos IA. total of $943625., with no
receipts whatever
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

Slrh was tie experience in the light
of whirh we were called upon recent
Is to hid for sixteen-inch shells.
Nc bid on these shells at approxi-
niatciy the same rate per pound as
fhai # a fourteen-inch shell contract
.af ~ year ago upon which the Gov
,egun.pnt awarded contracts
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

Ne have not the slightest idea what
profit there viii be in the making of
t:,es shells We do not know that
thcIt. win he any. There is no certain
+, Eat it would be possible for US to
def, ~ n she'll TO meet the test
go officers in the Navy to assume
thli qny bid made under such condi-
ZION. : .'exorbtant'' is utterly unfair.
w. bid on the new battle-cruiSers
suns which Navy department experts.
aftn- examination of our books, found
Is ~, yield a profit of less than ten
,a.r pirt Ne agreed 10 assume risks
far i..-reaspd costs Of materials and la
1sr hat made it possible that these
1. ontri.tS might yield no profit what
seger
rbe costs run beyond the amount APP
"a ar;ated by Congress on the basis of
tt,e aSt estimates made q year ago.
AL because shipbuilderS could not
1ai,cr he memorable cost facts and re-
dug. bids TO early estimates OF the
Va Department. the prices are called
exc ~bitant-
II vould be a real advantage to be
lie Il of this naval construction. The
; roft from it cannot possibly amount
- much. and the responsibility is enor-
aus
We nave determined to make this
der ~ the American Government
IF gu will build two of the battle
aiS. r. in Government navy yards,
viii build the other two at the as
rsai,,ed cost of building the ships in
!. Government yards. without addi-
ga, expense or commissions OF any
: nd We will also contract to have
~ si,ps ready for service ahead Of
lie Government ships
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21
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The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
CARNEGIE HERO COMMISSION
REWARDS 81 ACTS OF BRAVERY
Two Baltimoreans Included on Lists of Medal
Winners-More Than $4,000 Voted for
Pensions and Educational Purposes.

needed. aged 10, schoolboy, attempted
echoolboy from drowning, Bridgeport,
Ccnn., January 16, 1915. Potter broke
through weak ice on berkshire Pond,
275 feet beyond the wadable limit, and
was unable to climb out. Fifteen or
twenty boys gathered on the ice forty
feet from the hole. but were afraid TO
go nearer. Conley, with a clothes
lire tied to him. walked toward Pot
ter. His foot broke through once, but
he withdrew it and kept on. Six to
eight feet from Potter he broke
through, and he then swan to Potter.
breaking the ice as he went. He
seized Potter and was drawn back to
the edge of the ice. but the clothes
Inc broke and allowed both to sink
back beneath the surface. Conley held
to Potter and regained the surface.
but he became numb while unsuccess-
fuI attempts were being made to
throw the line to him, and Potter
slipped from his grasp and was
drowned. A rope was later thrown TO
Conley. and he was drawn out of the
water. lie was too weak to stand
and was unconscious by the time ne
had been taken to his home. but he
recovered.
Andrew McA. Stovall, Jr.. Jasper,
Ala. (bronze medal and $1,000 for edu-
cational purposes, as needed. aged
16. student. saved E. Irma Brotherton.
aged Is. and Mamie NJ. Appling. aged
l.. from drowning. Jasper. Ala. Au-
gust Is, 1913. lrma and another girl
were with two boys in rowboat on
Black Water River. They tried to
take Miss Appling, who was clinging
to the stern, aboard, but the boat cap
sized in water eight feet deep. Irma
and Miss Appling seized one of the
boys and made him helpless. The
other boy saved the other girl. Stovall
dived from a canoe and swan thirty
feet to Irma and Miss Appling. The
boy they had seized was released by
them and swan to shore. and both
girls seized Stovall around the neck.
He sank two or three times with them
and then succeeded in pushing Miss
Appling at arms length from him. He
then swan twenty-five feet to wadable
water, holding Miss Appling and al
lowing 1rma to- hold him around the
neck. His bathing suit was torn in
the, struggle with the girls.
+. Clinton Martin, deceased (widow),
2Oi Elliott avenue, Nashville, Tenn,
(bronze medal and $1,000 to the widow,
as needed. aged 20. clergyman, died
as the result of an attempt to save
Bessie White. aged %, from burning,
Vinegar Bend, Ala, September 2. 1916.
Miss White was in a second-story
room of a frame hotel building that
caught fire at night. Martin, who was
stranger to Miss White, but had
helped her take her baggage to the
hotel, occupied a room at the other
end OF a hall from Miss Whites room.
When Martin was awakened. he
partly descended stairway that led
from the hall outside his room, but
returned to the second story and went
toward Miss Whites room. The hall
was dark and full of smoke, and Mar
tin did not find Miss White. He was
next seen jumping from a porch near
her room. He died sixteen hours later
OF burns he had received in the build
ing: Miss White got to the porch her
self, and she tainted and fen from II
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

utors who attended the Dealers Con-
vention held recently at Detroit.
As Sales Manager E. c. Howard ex-
pressed 1t. 1T was very gratifying to
realize that not merely certain sec
tions of the country reflect this con-
dition, but that virtually every distrib-
utor from the Pacific Coast to the At
lantic. and from Canada to the Gulf.
is looking forward to the biggest year
he has ever had.
And practically every distributor"
he continued. had some constructive
thoughts along the line of efficiency,
which could be profitably used by the
entire organization. This interchange
of ideas has given every distributor
something to think about. and shown
them ways in which they can even
more intensively cultivate their terri
tory"
At the banquet held during the con-
vertlon. r. II. Collins. president of the
Cadillac Company, delivered 4 stirring
talk on the Importance Of maintaining
the quality for which the Cadillac has
always been noted. and showed how, in
the face Of rising costs, that there had
never been the slightest thought OF
saving money by lowering the stand
ards which have prevailed during the
entire fifteen years OF Cadillac history.
Theodore L. MacManus also delivered
n mastorful address on the power of
insistent and consistent advertising.
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later suffered a nervous collapse but
recovered.
Ralph f. Scholl, 1861 Twenty-sev-
enth street, North Birmingham. Ala.
(bronze medal and $500 for a worthy
purpose. as needed. aged IS. student.
saved Genevieve Carter. aged II, from
drowning. Pensacola, Fla, June 70.
1912. Miss Carter fell from n launch
two miles from the shore Of Pensacola
Bay, which was infested with man.
eating sharks. Scholl dived from the
launch without removing any cloth
ing and swan twenty-five feet to Miss
Carter. He seized her and swan sew
eral strokes toward the launch, but
then stopped ard supported Miss Car
ter, waiting for the launch TO return.
There was much confusion on the
launch. but 1t was turned GO feet
from SchoIl and Miss Carter and
brought back to them. after they had
been in the water about ten minutes,
and they were taken aboard.
Carl II. Enderlin, 3li East Fourth
street, Chillicothe, Ohio, AGED 81. man
ager (coal company. saved Anton
Barleon, aged "A, printer. from being
killed by n train, Chillicothe. Ohio,
September %. 1873. Barlcon, who was
feeble and deaf, started slowly across
track fifty feet head of a passenger
train that was moving at n speed Of
ten miles an hour. Although doubtful
whether he could reach Barleon in
time. EAderlin ran after Barleon and
leaped against him. reaching him at
the middle OF the track when the
locomotive was only three to six feet
away. Both men fell clear OF the
track without being struck. Awarded
bronze medal.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Peoples Council, and other similar ir-
responsibles undertook campaign to
swerve American labor from the
standpoint of loyalty to self and coun-
try. Their futile efforts have only
demonstrated that among all the mil
lions of American workers there were
only a handful mean or silly enough
TO join the traitorous plan.
Labor's Concern In War.
It cannot too often be emphasized
that American workingmen are con-
cerned in this great struggle not only
as Americans. but as workers. They
must help destroy Hohenzollernism
not only because it menaced America
and democracy, but because the work.
ers more than any other class stand
to suffer by the triumph of Prussian-
ism.
To the capitalist it need matter lit
tie in what country he lives, his
wealth exalts him above the laws and
political government of any country.
With the worker the existence of a
enilitarX absolutism is of daily con-
Germ. Whether he is the slave of the
state, as in Prussia. or whether the
state is his servant. determines his
whole existence. Therefore labor has
modified for an early and lasting
peace.
1t must be recognized. however. that
labor's unserving loyalty is not MAIN
tanned without sacrifice.
Loyal Though Prices Mount.
Not only have the men OF labor
gone forth as soldiers. not only have
they redoubled their efforts in mine
and factory. but at the same time
they have had to see their families
suffer through ptce increases far
beyond any increase in their earn
ingS.
Already the standard of living has
been reduced far below what is ne
CCSSary TO maintain their energy un-
impaired. All this labor has borne
with wonderful patience.
The toilers of America are willing
to make sacrifices, but they must
be sarifices for the republic and not
for private profit.
Labor is with the government in
this war because We know the gov
ernment is with labor to a degree
surprising any other administration.
We believe, aye we know, that the
wise. good-hearted man in the White
House will not endure abuses. but
will descend upon the war profiteers
and put an end to their pernicious
practices.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. 5-At the fall
meeting Of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission. held here recently fifty
four acts Of heroism were recoS-
nized. In eight cases silver medals
were awarded; in forty-six cases
bronze medals. Twelve of the heroes
lost their lives, and to the dependents
OF eight of these pensions aggregating
s., ,4eO a year were granted; to the de-
pendents of two of the others who lost
their lives the sum of $500 was
granted, to be applied as the commits
sion may sanction. One of the heroes
sustained injuries which disabled him,
and he was granted disablement bene-
FITS in the sum of s375. In addition to
these money grants, in eight cases
$1,000 was appropriated for educa-
tionaI purposes, payments to be made
as needed and approved; and in twen-
ty-six cases awards aggrcgating
81 200 were made for other worthy
purposes. Payments IN these cases
will not be made until the benef-
ciaries' plans for the use of the
awards have been approved by the
commission.
List of Awards.
A partial Iist of the awards follows:
William A. johnson. deceased
Cwidow). 54i Hickory avenue. Balti-
more. Md. Cbroize medal and s35
month to the widow with s. a month
additional for her son until he reaches
the age of 16. or until further notice..
to save Thomas Duvall. aged 81, plum
Der, from drowning. Baltimore. Nd.
February a. 1917. Duval broke through
the ice on Hampton Reservoir eighty
five feet from the bank, where the
water was twenty feet deep. The ice
broke OF when. he tried to support
himself by it. and he called for help.
Johnson walked from the bank toward
Duvan, but he broke through as he
was reaching for Duvall. and he was
unable to climb out. A rope was
thrown toward johnson from the bank
but fell short of him. Duvall had al
ready drowned. and Johnson sank and
was drowned before the rope could be
thrown again.
= George Campion. 1906 Kuper street.
Baltimore, Nd. (bronze medal and
1900 Tor a worthy purpose, as need
ed), aged Is. laborer, saved an inde-
terminate child or children from a
rabid dog, Baltimore, Md, March 10.
1914. Campion saw the dog bite one of
group of children. and he pursued it,
knowing from its behavior that there
-Sas something wrong with it and fear
ing for the lives of other children. 1t
attacked another man as Campion fol-
lowed 1t. and 1t turned on Campion
when he attracted its attention by
stoning II. 1t sprang against his chest,
but he Knocked it to the ground with
his fist and then threw himself flat
upon II, his chest upon its head. Be-
fore he could seize its throat IT bit
him twice, but he held it until Others
ssrriyed and killed 1t. Campion and the
sother persons bitten took the Pasteur
and suffered no serious ef
fects
Robert +. Conley. 9S5 Grand street,
bridgeport. Conn (bronzc medal and
s~soo for educational purposes, as
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
Gompers Says Labor Gains
By Patriotism in Crisis
Points to Extension of Principles of Industrial
Democracy Since United States
. Entered War.
By SAMUEL GOMPERS

president of the American Federation of Labor)
Organized labor of the United States represented in the Ame
can Federation of Labor will be when assemblies for
annual Buffalo few days hence than before
This great strength evidenced whether
by the growth membership than two and half Millions
by the great of industrial activities which scales
and obligatory by the increasing
milton of organized labor. by the degree of solidarity
Il is no exaggeraon there has been in all labor
history such rapid the principles and practices of indus
, democracy as the United States forced the
world conflict
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Aceelerates u. s. Work.
And, mark this point-in every case
this extension has been made not to
impede the nations war preparations
but to accelerate them by promoting
cooperation between employers and
labor. The initiative in this extern
sion of democracy to industry has
been taken by organized labor, but
its wisdom has in every instance ap-
pealed to Federal officials.
The workers in hundreds of estab-
lishments. in the past denied every
form Of recognition. with their wages,
hours and working conditions arbi-
trarily determined. are now receiving
the union scale and have their griev-
ances equitably adjusted.
In four great branches-shipbuild-
ing. cantonment construction, mer-
camille marine, and lonEshore work
agreements have been perfected be-
tween the government, the employees
and labor to safeguard even the un-
organized men. These agreements
have government sanction because of
an evergrowing realization Of the
necessity not only for Industrial sta
bility but for proper standard of
living as the basis for efficiency.
Already the eight-hour law for gov
ernment contracts has greatly eX-
tended the eight-hour day. for in
many branches there Is hardly a
firm not working on government con-
tracts.
Check on Long Hours.
Although many establishments are
now worHing nine or ten hours. the
basic eisht-hour day is in effect and
the payment of time-and-a-half for
overtime beyond eight hours is suf-
ficient check on the employment of
men more than eight hours except in
cases of genuine emergency, such as
the present.
1 predict the wars end will find the
eisht-hour day practically universal
in American industry, as the result
not OF any spectacular general
strike" but of the recognition, at the
insisterce of organized labor, that in
the long run more and better work
can be produced in eight hours than
in any longer period.
There is n rapidly growing recoEni-
ton that the workers are the true
basis Of national strength. If labors
hand is not strong. skillful and will
ing. not a ship will sail, not a gun
will roar. Through this recognition
nations councils.
Some of our American "Bolsheviki''
Of the Socialist party. of the so-calied
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

scientists to explore the spirit
world and fathom the occult mysteries
II Is interesting to note the early ex-
periments OF Baron Reichenbach, the
German scientist, who in the middle
years OF the last century made some
very serious and unconsciously humor-
Gus Investigations along tthe lines car
ried TO much more pretentious lengths
/ by such modern scientists as Stead,
Lodge and James.
The Baron in his independent re-
searches set about discovering what
force was responsible for the mystic
attraction of one human being TO an
other. particularly the attraction OF
the sexes. He was trying to discover
whether there was some occult guid-
ance or whether there was nothing In
II but physical attraction.
He made experiments with four
young ladies-Nflles. Maaix, Sturman,
Reichel and Atzmannsdorfer-w hom he
found to be particularly sensitive TO
masnet. They professed to see
strange blue lights about magnets in
darkened rooms and TO be thereafter
unable to sleep unless their heads
were to the north. They were in a
weird horror whenever their beds
pointed to the east or west.
The Baron deduced the theory that
every human body gave on this ghostly
colored magnetism and that education
could impart to every person the
ability to see this and TO specify its
kind in his low men.
For instance. he declared that the
human lips gave on this new force
/ more readily than any part of the
human anatomy. The four young
ladies testified that they could see
| crystalline fire playing upon the Bar
on's lips in the darkened laboratory.
From this the scientist worked out
I the belief that kissing was a purely
physical thing; that IL was a plea
SAINT procedure because OF this newly
discovered force. Magnetism spring
from the act Of kissing touched the
ffth pair OF nerves and carried the
enjoyable sensation TO the brain
conters-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
Washington Law College.

Seven women graduates of the col
Ioge were recently admitted TO prac-
tice before the Court OF Appeals on
motion Of the honorary dean, Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey. They were
Miss Bessie Cohen, Miss Clara Fried
man. Miss Elizabeth c. Harris, Mrs.
Edith Blaisdell Newman, Miss Adele
Smith, Mrs. Ella Royal Williams,
and Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Wright.
Miss Mary O'Toole, '0s, appeared in
the court on the same morning as at
( torney in case.
Miss Alice B. Preuss, 16. now a law
clerk with the Reclamation Service al
FL Paso. Tex, was recently admitted
TO practice before the California bar.
Harry F. Masman. 'l6. was recently
admitted to the Michigan bar and Is In
active practice in Detroit.
judah Lawrence Emanuel, '16, Is IN
active practice at Greensboro, n. c.
Miss Florence Etheridge, II, now a
member of the college faculty, was re-
cenly elected fourth vice president OF
the National Federation of Federal
Employees.
Mrs. Flora Warren Seymour, 'I5. now
In active practice In Chicago, was
elected recording secretary of the Ma
tional Federation OF College Women al
the biennial convention recently in
Portland. Oregon.
Mrs. Louis L. Korn. IL. Is travelling
in California.
Miss Ruth L. Halpenny, rs, is In
Chicago and will remain for several
weeks.
Mrs. Ethel Smith Boughton, 10, Is
In New York with the league TO en-
force peace.
Joseph -. Mcmahon, '16, was mar
ried to Miss Gaegler on October H.
On their return from a wedding trir
they will take possession Of their new
home on Mozart Place.
First Lieut.. George II. Foster, S. C,
u S. r., class IS. has been assigned
10 duty ~
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

The orientals typihed sorrows.
elites and calamities by plants {
poisonous or bitter nature. The n
OF the star which At the sound
the third angels trumpet fell on
rivers was called wormwood q
viii. ID.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Peach pudding-Soak two cupfui
cNaporated peaches over night
stew them. Then mix with two I
fuls Of fine breadcrumbs. half a
ful OF chopped, blanched almonds
a cUpful Of the water IN which
peaches are cooked. Put IN a butt
baking dish, cover with crumbs
bits OF butter, brown and serve
with cream.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Mrs. William P. Snyde. OF Pitts
burgh, secured in one day subscrip-
tions amounting TO over $4,000 for
liberty bonds.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Sealers brought 6o,G0 carcasses
Norway last year These are
the fur seals. but those OF WI
skin leather is made.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
CADILLAC CONVENTION
BIG SUCCESS.

The greatest optimism over the out
look for the coming years business
was expressed by 102 Cadillac distrib-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Onion and tomato salad-Bfince
a Bermuda onion and a little .
green pepper. Put a teaspoonfu
each thick slice OF ripe tomato
put each slice Of tomato on a little
or crisp lettuce leaves. Pour Fr
dressing over all
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WHY A KISS FEELS PLEASANT.

In the light OF the widespread mod
ern trend among psychologists and
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

Dates-wash the dates carefully
remove the pits. Put on a sha
plate and steam fifteen minutes. s
cold, three OF four on a plate.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-04

DINNER
Cram Pea Soup.
Cod Roast PORK. Baked Posatoo.
Apple Sauce. Celery salad
Peach Pudding.
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TOMORROW'S MEN

LUNCHEON OR SUFFER-
Onion and Tomato Salad
Baking Powder BiscuitA
NafenA Cofee.