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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
EXPECT NO UNIVERSAL
TRAINING BILL NOW
Officers Necessary to Handle
Men Needed on Firing
Line

WAS1ilNdloN. Det. g.
1t is highly improbable that universal
military training legislation will be
passed by Congress at this session.
Chairman Dent, of the House Military
Affairs Committee. stated upon leaving
the War Department after a conference
with Secretary Baker.
Chairman Chamberlain, of the Senate
Military Committee. made somewhat
similar assertion several weeks ago.
II Is generally believed that ma
jority of both houses Of Congress would
vote for universal military training now
II the matter was brought up. but II
will not be brought before Congress for
a vote this session because the Admin
istration and the War Department are
not ready for it.
Speaking of the matter today, Mr.,
Dent said the principal objection to
universal training at present Is that
the officers who would be necessary TO
train the young men are actively en-
gagged in waging war and there would
be difficulty In getting the proper train
ers for the raw recruits. Another rea-
son he gave was that the War Depart
ment has now an enormous task on its
hands training the thousands and thou
sands of officers and men for actual war
and cannot well give time to training
men who may not be needed at once.
Chairman Dent said he believed there
need he little doubt that legislation for
universal military training will easily
pass Congress when the Administration
Is prepared for II and wants II. but
said il Is not desired now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
CAPITAL WILL HOUSE
5000 MORE WORKERS
Citizens Throw Homes Open
to Employees Needed in
War Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z,


The civilian Personnel Division of the
ordnance Department completed today
a canvass of the housing situation in
Washington with respect to available
recommendations for new Government em-
ployes The net result Is there are now
ready for occupancy in the city rooms
which will house comfortably nearly
1000 persons
The Washington Chamber OF Com
merce, Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion, Council of National Defense and
Young womens Christian Associ Ition
have given attention TO the problem.
The vastness of this undertaking is ap-
preciated when It is understood that
Washington is being called upon to ac-
commodate approximately $4,000 per
sons. or nearly one-seventh of its norm II
population of about 1000
An effort Is being made to systenatize
the proposition so detailed information
will be available at one central point
as to the accommodations on any given
date. At the Y. NJ. G. A. II was re-
ported that l75 rooms, ranging in price
from $40 to $40 month. are available
Likewise, at the Y. W g. A. II is re-
ported that there is list of 500 rooms
single or double, the average cost for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07

room and table board being ss5 per
month
The Council of National Defense has
undertaken n canvass of the entire city.
precinct by precinct. and an inspection
OF all available places by volunteer
workers.
A call has gone out TO all churches
requesting them to obtain from mem
bers OF the various congregations the
list of available rooming quarters. Gen
eral willingness of citizens to open their
homes to the newcomers has been com
mendable, according to the persons who
have been handling the situation.
The Civilian Personnel Division Is
y irticularly interested in this question
because of the large number of clerical
employees required. The Ordnance De-
partment Is charged with providing all
munitions for the army, and II requires
tremendous force of civilian employees
to carry on this work. At the present
time the imperative needs of the ord
nance Department at Washington for
clerical work include:
Schedule clerks, 1872.
Index and catalog clerks. il3.
Clerks qualified in statistics and ac-
counting, 80.
Filing clerks, g.
Clerks (miscellaneous). 10.
Clerks, 2l5.
These needs have been communicated
to the representatives of the department
in various parts of the country with the
request that persons having the neces-
sary qualifications make application for
the positions. This can be done by ad-
dressing the civilian Personnel Division.
Ordnance Department, 1888 + street. ~
w, Washington, II. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
Will Hold Competitive Examinations

Open competitive examinations 70;
the positions of dynamo tender, 5000 n
year assistant physicist, $1,000 to $500
"a year; clerk, qualified as craftsman,
$1,000 year: laboratoran, qualified IN
strength of materials. $3.50 per diem
shop apprentice, si50 to S540 a year.
January .. 1918, and Inspector of fuel
and forage, $1,000 a year January s.
are announced by the United States civil
Service Commission. Dates for the en-
aminat!ons of cement inspector. 5000 to
$1,000 a year; assistant inspector of hull
material, s4.4s to S5.04 per diem graph
otype operator. $3.50 to $500 year ;
] addressograph operator, 5000 to
$1,000 year; automatic 3 addresso-
graph operators, $1,000 10 $1,000 year,
and proofreader. 5000 to $1,000 a year,
will be announced within a few days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07

t..
tht vine ana III give a second cup to my
Poilus
You must give II to the Germans
he responded. 1t Is military orders
Their habits after the war do not con-
cern you
mile. Granne and were dressing a
flesh wound In another Germans side.
To hear hin, complain IN German. French
and English you would have thought
that we were extracting his heart.
when we got to the roller-bandage
stage he sought to entertain us with
dscourses on the subject of German
thoroughness and efficency--a whole
series of discourses that continued
through his entire sojourn with us From
him we learned that all had been pre-
pared down to the last button on their
tunics. that every detail for the lives OF
all the children OF the captured cities
had been mapped out before any cities
had been captured. Already many
French children at the age of four have
been transferred from their homes to
boarding schools which the French adult
Is permitted to enter.
THE little children In the part Of
northern France now held by the Ger
mans OF course do not know much
French. In these schools they are pun
ished II they speak French even IN the
hours of recre ltion. They must learn
not only to speak In our language
he said. but to think in II too. They
must be and are being made Germans
You see. this is really a kindness to
them. since their country's now German
territory And after tine war, which we
know will last for years, we shall have
these little people to repopulate the em-
pirc. and the discipline will be less din
cult for the boys when they are ready
to enter the German army as a result
of this early training. SO you under
stand why II is best that the mothers
of these little children are not perm tilted
to visit them, though they may live close
by'"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
HONOR WOMAN FARMER
Mrs. Newton A. Downs Receives
Montgomery County Award

YOUNGSTOWN. Dec. THE leading
woman agrlculturist of Montgomery
County. according TO exhibits at the
corn show. now In progress In Norris
town under the auspices OF the Farm
Bureau of Montgomery County and the
Horticultural Society of Montgomery
County, IL Mrs Newton A. Downs, OF
Upper Dublin. who. while not n prize
winner, was awarded first place in the
honor class.
william A. Anders, of Worcester. was
awarded first prize for the best white
corn exhibit Isaiah s. Anders. also Of
Worcester, received first prize for the
best potato exhibit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07

ERE OF NURSE
de California" Says
ded Soldier Saw
inquest of U. s.
HOWELL THOMAS

E0NE, FRANCE. Nov. rs. /,
california girl OF Irish de.
&lven me n remarkable inte; =
Mich she tells with fascinating
sof her experiences as nurse
u Quentin Hospital, fewer than
|ee from the French front. She
~ wounded Germans very ego
1bout the vaterland and what II
- Accomplish--this being caar-
boastfulness. One wounded
1oid her that Germany is going
n the United States and intro
1nan methods there, even as they
6ermanizing the territory cap
'IIom the French. so that the chill
~ punished II they speak French
= recreation hours. .
told me of her emotions when she
~ to attend wounded Germans.
l>der French military orders. are
u to wine, just like the Poilus.
NY vivid and graceful language
}of her adventures with death
(r1a met by Boche. Poilu and Mo-
Han, giving an inspiring account
.1i{kerence between the Frenchman
~ German in the supreme test of
D.. Her experience with the Mo-
MANS was picturesque but sad.
~ II was announced that we were
|G1vo Boches at the hospital I re-
rated" she said. because | had
from California TO nurse the
u But was asked whether IL
my harder for me than for Mile.
Il whose brother had been killed
~ champagne, or Mime. Nelter,
! hupband was even then facing
~ Alsace.
n READY TO PROTEST
eoB on second watch in Ward one
Z. heard the ambulance putting up
vpnue at . a. m. | saw the in
'1os Of day service come down from
They were men who
u had been wounded--not fit for
| service yet, maybe never. In
corner I stationed myself. curious
Iow how they would handle the
4 ready to demonstrate at the
vt evidence of cruelty
remer,' ] asked one of the French
. he came down bearing the empty
hers after the fiftieth German
len put to bed. whom did you think
Ibre carrying? Poilus? You ad-
q them SO respectfully
Fell. what would you do" he re-
They are folks like the rest of
heir Emperor told them to fight
ley fought. We were told to fight
ID fought. Those fellows UP there
punded. Would you have me make
n q wounded man? What would
Ave me dor
UCHESSE DE CALIFORNIA
On thereafter wounded Poilu
me good morning. addressing me
cheese de California. I was just
q Lady (the French Government.
-, ] was mobilized at the debut
Two legs, neither of them at all
Dtrfcal. Along came a discrimi-
Boche shell and took off the left
had always noticed passing the
, In the Louvre store that. II any
my left calf was less well devel-
than my right. Now my dear
y will present me with an arti-
81 leg, symmetrical as to design.
1teed against rheumatism and
nd q proof positive that during
nat war was not an ambusque
NJ
y day l saw a Frenchman hurry
Mt some wine for wounded Ger
~ protested. saying: But these
1sre not brought up to drink the
zine of the Nievre. There Is no
them to something they
= have after the war. Give me
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07
Provost Smith to Move

The Colonial mansion at fO37 pine
street, which has been acquired by the
of Pennsylvania as the future
official residence of its provost. is soon
to he occupied by Dr. Edgar f. Smith,
present head of the University.
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06
Card of Thanks

want to thank each one of my
friends who so Loyalty assisted me in
the recent contest: your efforts were
not in vain. for it has proven to me
that | have number of interested
friends that | appreciate more than
words express.
These are the things that make me
rich,
My heart where faith still holds its
place.
Nv hands that have no miser itch
To grasp the prize before the race.
My soul that waits its day serene.
A hope that falters not. nor ends
When life seems sordid crude and mean.
am thankful for these and my com
pany of friends remember you
kindly. Mrs. {. q. Henry.
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06

Elsewhere in this paper may be
found an itemized financial seport of
the County Farm of Chlcot County, a
copy Of which is on file with the Goun-
ty Clerk. 1t is the first report of the
kind ever gotten out in this county and
will be read with much interest by the
general public. Even casual glance
at the figures shows the farm to be IN
a most prosperous condition, and It's
affairs have evidently been eXcellently
managed Very conservative estimates
have been placed on the value of the
products on hand, and the report re
fleets much credit on the officials IN
charge. County Judge L. ?. Foney
and Manager L. E. Frazer have every
reason to feel highly gratifed with the
excellent showing which the report
rskes, and the citizens of Ghieot
County will not be slow to appreciate
such excellent service.
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06
Urges Lawyers to Help

Legal advisory boards have been APP
pointed by Governor Brough for each
county in the state. the duty of which
is to assist men called in the selective
draft to properly fill out the questions
contained in the QUESTIONABLE recently
issued by the government. This ques-
tionaire contains sixteen pages, anC
must be filled out by all drafted men,
whether exempted or not.
Judge f. P, Toney is chairman OF
the advisory board for Chicot County
and w. G. Street and f. G. Hammock
are the other members.
An effort is being made by the State
Bar Association to get all lawyers to
assist in the task of getting these
questionaires properly filled out, in be-
half of which the following letter has
been issued:
Little Rock, Ark, Nov %.
ITO the Lawyers of Arkansas:
The president of the United States
and the provost marshal general nave
called upon the lawyers of the United
States to aid and assist registrants in
with the new selective serv-
ice regulations The American Bar
Association, which is the national or
yanization for lawyers, pledged itself
ind the lawyers - country in this
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06

tons to be based upon estimates pre-
pared by the medical director in charge
5. If the town of Dermott accepts
the conditions as outlined above for the
period dating from April LIST, 1918, to
April LIST, 1919, medical director es-
pecially trained in measures for the
control of malaria win be provided
during this period by the international
Health Board The mayor and town
council Of the town of Dermott will in
vest this medical director with authori-
ty for supervising this work. His du
ties will be to lay out the work to be
undertaken, to organize the work, and
to supervise it after it is under way,
and to select the sanitary Inspector,
laborers and what ever additional per
sonnet may be needed. He will have
full authority over all persons directly
engaged in the work. will audit all
vouchers and certify all bills for pay
ment, and will seek to obtain from the
local physicians the reports they are to
furnish by which may be measured the
progress being made in the control of
the disease.
6. The medical director will furnish
the town of Dermott at frequent inter
walls with copies of reports maps,
charts, etc showing the status and
progress of the work
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06

work. That association was called up
on by the president to initiate the work,
which has been done by aiding and as
slsting the governor of the state in Sc
curing a list of three lawyers in each
court, who are to be appointed by the
president as legal advisory boards for
their respective counties. 1t now de
wolves upon the lawyers of the state to
assist these legal advisory boards, re
gardless of whether they are members
of the American Bar Association. Bar
Association of Arkansas, or any other
bar association.
The QUESTIONABLE to be submitted to
to registrants covers sixteen closely
printed pages 1t would be impossible
for many of the registrants to answer
the questions and comply with the law
without the assistance of lawyers. The
task of rendering such assistance Is so
great that it cannot be accomplished
by the three members of the legal adj
visory board in each county 1t will be
necessary for those boards to call to
their assistance lawyers of the state.
The boards will have to maintain 4 sort
of roster of lawyers. so that there will
always be present at the office Of the
board force of competent legal adyis-
ors to whom registrants may apply for
advice on any matters pertaining to
their rights and duties under the selec
tive service law
AS stated by General Crowder, no
more important post could be offered a
lawyer at this time than the active
duty of assisting in the raising Of our
armies The Bar Association OF Ar
kansas. therefore. appeals to every
member of the legal profession re
gard!ess of his affiliations with the bar
associations. to give his service to this
work
BAR ASSOCIATION OF ARKAN-
SAS.
7. C. McRAE President
ROSCOE L. LYNN. Sec. =
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06
The Red Cross Christmas
Membership Drive

Reports from the various Red Cross
divisions of the country Indicate a tire
menduous interest in the Christmas
membership drive to add ten million
names to the roster of the American
Red Cross In advance Of the time for
starting the drive, which Is to begin
December l. and end ON Christmas
eve, there are signs of spirited rivalry
on the part of the membership boomers
who are organizing in the spectlve di-
visions. Every drive committee seems
DESTROYS not only of going over the
top for more new members than its
apportioned quota of the Christmas
membership, but of winning the dis
tinction of first place for its particular
territorial part of the organization
Since May LIST, following the estab-
lishment of the American Red Cross on
a war footing. the membership has in
creased from less than 500 600 to more
than 5, 000. 600 The success of the
Christmas drive, therefore, means an
organized army of Is, 600. 900 to carry
forward the important Red Cross aux
iliary work in the winning of the war
by force of arms.
The Dermott news., 1917-12-06
Attention, Masons!

Dermott Lodge, No. $50, F. 4 A. M +,
will hold its annual election of officers
on Tuesday evening, Dec. 18th. All
members are urged to be presnt.
BY order of the Worshipful Master.
2t Il. p Blythe, Acting Sec'ty.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-02-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

The lives of practically all men famous
in the business world as shown in the
history of industry during the past
twenty-five years will prove to you the
practical value of the stick to it, prin-
ciple of life Armour stuck to beef,
Hartman and Hill to railroads, Edison
to electricity, Carnegie and Schwab to
steel, Rockefeller to oil, Morgan to
finance, and so ON without end. All
these captains of industry and thou
sands of others that might be men
toned had the faculty of sticking" to
a job until they made good.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-02-15

InCrc CUuiu nc Jul Vuc rUsuIL. aouel-
ness was demoralized, and the whole
country has felt the evil effects. Now
the public Is beginning to realize Its
error and in rather grudging way is
making some concessions.
Business Is being permitted to speak
for itself, and movement has been in
stituted by the leading business men
of the country under the title of the
National Industrial Conservation Move
ment for the purpose of repairing the
damage that has been done. Nothing
revolutionary is contemplated. The
plan is simply to educate the public by
taking it into the business mans conf
dence. Meetings will be held in vari-
GUS trade and industrial centers. All
classes of citizens will be invited, The
purpose of these meetings Is to give the
public a new and correct viewpoint as
to the effects of drastic legislation and
restriction of business on the prosper
ity of the country. Every effort will
be made to give the public clear view
of the problems and difficulties which
beset business.
Special favors are not sought through
these meetings, only fair play. 1t is
believed that once the citizen grasps
the situation his whole attitude toward
business will change and that he will
readily cooperate toward bringing
about better conditions.
Commercial and other civic organiza-
lions and the local press are already
showing great interest in this move
ment, and it is reasonable to believe
that much good will come from it
Industrial Conservation. N. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-02-15
GET TOGETHER FOR
PERMANENT PROSPERITY.

Every man and woman engaged IN
American factories, mills and mines,
whether they know English or speak
it, are naturaliZed or intend to De-
come citizens, have a direct interest
in maintaining industrial prosperity.
When times are good, all workers
should not only be thrifty in habit and
lay up little something for possible
rainy days, but they should do all they
can to keep the good times with US.
Simply because your language is diff
ferent from that of the foreman, over
seer, superintendent, manager or owner
of the plant in which you earn living,
is no excuse for misunderstanding your
own common interest in prosperity by
hating your partner in your own IN
dustry or listening to and following
the gospel of dissension and violence
which selfish agitatorS so often preach.
Do not blindly follow the man who
tells you how hard your lot is. Often
he is doing so untruthfully and for the
purpose of getting you to contribute
membership money for his own support
in idleness. Agitators get rich by prey
ing on the men in American industry,
whom they urge into unlawful or harm
full acts by misrepresenting conditions
or holding out foolish and false prom
ises of better things if they follow
their orders. You know conditions
yourself, and you know or ought to
know that the man or men whom the
agitator who pictures your employer as
on inhuman driving machine is actual
ly partner with you, interested in
having the plant or industry successful
The more successful your plant or
industry becomes, the more room for
you to grow with 1t there will be. 1t
should be your feeling, then, that you
will not do as little as you may find 1t
convenient to do, but to do just as
much as you possibly can do, and then
reasonably expect to share In the re-
wards that always come to the efficient
worker.
Do not be a clock watcher in the fac
tory. Those who wait for hours to
strike or whistles to blow and Soldier"
at the bench, machine or in the office,
never get ahead in the ranks Of In
dustry. They never get any more pay
because they are not worth any more,
and often are worth less than they get.
Remember the old adage that a man
who never does any more or as much
as he gets paid for never gets paid
for any more than he does.-Industria
Conservation, N. Y.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-02-15
PUTTING BUSINESS RIGHT
WITH THE PUBLIC.

A few years ago some big industrial
organizations and certain railroads en-
ployed business tactics which, accord
ing to the popular idea, would make
the financial adventures of Pizarro,
Morgan or Captain Kidd look as anna
flourish as the verbal exploits of Bobby
Make Believe.
All are more or less acquainted with
the details. We will concede that there
were some glaring abuses, but the pub
lie when it came to apply a remedy ig-
nored the fact that these were peculiar
to comparatively few institutions and
instead of tackling the trouble where
it lay furiously assailed everything
classiiable as business-the trust mag
nate, the independent manufacturer
ready and anxious to obey the law, the
small retailer. a law abiding and USE
full citizen-the innocent and the guilty
suffering alike. Seemingly the law was
invoked not to regulate, but to perse-
cute.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-02-15
Common Capitalists.

Every man or woman who possesses
dollar or owns a set of tools is a
capitalist. People generally make the
mistake Of thinking that the only form
Of capital in existence is the national
currency-the dollar. franc. ruble
mark. lire or pound sterling. Yet every
body knows that many a successful
business mans only original capital
was brains. knowledge. ability, deter
mination or ingenuity. 1t would be
well for more people to recognize this
truism before abetting. either by ac-
ton or attitude, ceaseless efforts on the
part Of some political or other self
seekers, to hobble business men and In
dustrial development. Such is the spirit
of industrial patriotiSm which is need
ed in merica.-InduStriGl COnSerUG-
ton, Nelo York.