Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-09

York every weekend. told him once,
in fun, he must have a girl in New York
IL he would spend money TO 20 over there
every week when he was only making
about S11 a week and was always COM
planning about how little he made and how
hard Il was to live He said he didn't
have a girl but he had TO go over to New
York on important business in connection
with munitions.
''The 2sd OF June we had a Red Cross
celebration in Cheltenham, and the day be-
fore that-the 22d--I asked him for ten
cents for the Cheltenham Red Cross, He
wouldn't give II to me. He said he wouldn't
give a cent for war / said this wasn't for
war II was TO help the wounded-any
wounded soldier, whether he was an Ameri-
can or not. He said Il was all for war just
the same and he wouldn't give a cent for
war, no matter what soldiers 1t was for.
zone day said something about the Car
being dethroned, and he said this would
never be a real country until we did the
same thing with President Wilson that
Russia had done with the Gear. He said
you only had to work six hours a day in
Russia and you got Sc, and when he was
there he got $4,000 year. Well said,
why did you come over here II you got
along so well In Russia? Then he just
laughed and said. L have reasons of my
own for coming over here
Then I had picture OF my son and
was showing 1t to some of the people here
Then he said an American soldier was not
MS good as a street cleaner The street
cleaners clean the street for the people,
lie said but the soldiers just go out and
kill the people. I was pretty mad, and l
told him he didn't belong here. I was about
ready TO hit him a crack, I was so mad,
but Sarah Mass, another woman that works
here Gained me down and he apologized.
so that ended the argument. He said he
didn't mean any reflection On my son. l
told him he'd better not
zone time he came back from New York
and said the hospitals in New York were
full of American soldiers and sailors, but
there was never anything In the newspapers
about It. / asked him how he happened to
know so much and he said he had a friend
in New York that worked for one Of the
newspapers--this man he went TO see about
munitions-and he told him about It. l
asked him what the soldiers and sailors
were in the hospitals for and how they
happened to be there, but he wouldn't tell
anything more about II.
"He worked for about four weeks and
then he was given slip to fill out to regis
ter. All the employees have TO be registered,
you know. You have to give your name
and the last three places you worked and
other information. He had a man help him
fill out his slip. but he never took It to the
office Then, after while q boy came for
his slip, and he said he had lost 1t and he
got another one to fill out
"Then he started off for the office with
the slip, but he never went there He
did not come back for about two weeks
Then he came back to get some things
he had left here--some shirts and one thing
and another. He said he wasn't coming
back because he had better job.
80 he never registered at the office I
guess he thought he would rather quit than
register.
Joseph Cabrie, Of 2633 South Third street.
another ironer in the laundry, said he saw
the picture of Lagoda in the EVENING
LEDGER and recognized him as Loyde even
before he saw the name Lagoda in the
paper. He had always known the man as
Loyde until they were talking one day
about munitions work and Loyde said he
guessed he would go to work at Edystone
"I said I guess he would have to have
pretty good recommendations to get a Job
there" said Cabrie. He said he had good
recommendations and then he showed me a
letter just for minute. It wasn't long
enough for me to read it, but 1 saw the
name Lagoda on it and I thought it was
Michael ] didn't say anything to him about