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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
BOYS AT HOG ISLAND
ORGANIZE AS SCOUTS
~...,.
Formation, of Troop, First in
a Government Plant,
Proves Beneficial

Hog Island has the honor of being
the first Government plant to have a
Boy Scout troop organized by men work.
ing for Uncle Sam. The troop is known
as United States Service Troop No.
and comprises youths in their teens
WHO are employed at the plant
There are twenty boys in the troop.
which first came into existence last
January The organization was effected
at the request of Government officials,
who believed Boy Scout discipline
offered the best methods of controlling
tht activities Of messengers at the plant.
Prior to the formation of the troop
the messengers and other boys had con-
siderable difficulty in adjusting them
selves to conditions in the yard. Since
the troop has been formed they have
been taught how to dispatch messages
In haste and perform other tasks in
less time
The troop was organized under the
instruction of Edward C. Morgan, field
executive of the Boy Scouts in this city.
He was assisted by several Government
officials at Hog Island.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
PROFESSOR CARL BEHLER
HIT BY AUTO; MAY DIE
Former Language Teacher at Elkins
Park High School Victim.
of Speedster

rrof. Carl Behler until two weeks ago
Instructor in the French and Spanish
languages in the Elkins Park High
School, is believed to be dying in the
Arlington Memorial Hospital from in
juries received when knocked down and
run over by an automobile. After strik-
ing Professor Behler, the automobile
sped away, leaving him Unconscious on
the road.
The accident occurred yesterday, al
most directly opposite the Ivy, the Bos-
Ter country estate, on Ogontz hill
Cheltenham police officials are making
ar investigation to disclose the motor
list.
Professor Behler was born in Won
Werbe. Germany. and received his degree
from the University of Cologne and
Bonn. His father Is instructor in the
University of Berlin and was for a
time connected with the German diplo-
matte service. According to Prof. o.
W. Ackerman, superintendent of the
Cheltenham township schools. Profess
sor Behler was retired from the Elkins
Park High Scnool for his pro-German
sentiments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
WILL NOT HOUND
HARD LUCK DEBTOR
Uncle Sam to Be Easy With Those
Who Lost Any of 1917
Income

Government tax collectors will not
hound the man who made lot OF money
in 1917 and lost it in the first few
months of this year and because Of his
reverses Rnds himself unable to pay the
income tax on his lastC years earnings,
providing he has made no attempt to
evade the law, according to william II,
Edwards, Internal Revenue Collector
But while the man-the same thing
applies to corporations-will not be ask
ed to accomplish the impossible and pay
his tax in lump, it will stand as debt
against him on the books kept by Uncle
Sam. and as soon as he has reestablish-
ed himself and managed to accumulate
enough he will have TO pay up,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION
IS SPENDING MILLIONS DAILY
Men in Charge of Building Up of Merchant Marine
Handle Sum Equal to One-ffth Englands
Total War Expense

ington office are four travelling auditors,
who cover respectively. the North At
lantic Coast and Great Lakes. the Fab
ricated Shipyards, the South Atlantic
and Gulf coasts and the Pacific coast.
While the details Of the organization
and records of the auditing division
seem to he most intricate and elaborate,
the essential and fundamental plan Is
direct and simple, and this is another
factor that has contributed to the COM
plete control that exists.
The general auditor has war map
whereon the Offices Of the auditing di-
visions are marked by colored flags OF
various shapes, depending on the nature
Of the work handled by the office. and
where all the contracts that have TO be
supervised and watched are indicated
by colored tacks. This map tells when
the work is being done and Is supple
meuted by q chart of employees. which
tells at all times who Is doing the work
Every detail OF the organization and
records is charted in such a way that
the lines of responsibility and control
can be easily and readily followed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
HOG ISLAND WORKERS
WILL HAVE FARES PAID
Labor Board Rules Corpora
tion Must Bear Eight
Cent Expense

Employees of the Hog Island shpyard
will have their trolley fares up to eight
cents paid by the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, it was announced by the ship
building labor adjustment board in n
decision handed down today.
This decision was reached after seri-
Gus consideration Of the lack Of housing
facilities existing for the shipbuilders
II is intended to induce laborers and
skilled workers to take positions at Hog
Island. even though they are unable to
live in the vicinity.
The decision of the board also applies
to the workers who come to the ship
building island" by steam train The
desire of the board is, to prevent any
employe from suffering through the lack
of housing facilities, It is intimated
that following the completion of the
housing program this practice of paying
fares will be discontinued.
1t is necessary for any employe wish
ing TO obtain this commutation of car
fare to apply to the business office at
Hog Island, Each case will be decided
on its merits. but II was said that tick
cts will be issued by the Emergency
Fleet Corporation in many Of the cases
presented.
Another decision handed down by the
board recommended the adoption Of the
eiGht-hour day for all shipyards. Work
Of more than eight hours during the
week and four hours on Saturday has
been designated As overtime, and is to
he paid as time and half time. the hoard
ruled Work in excess Of sixty, hours
week shall not he permitted, they say,
under any circumstances except In dry
docks and by special order of the Navy
Department.
Other reforms in the decision are the
elimination of bonus or premium
schemes. in favor of universal fat-wage
payments and also Standardization of
wages for piece workers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
INJURED FIREMAN BETTER
Harry Brockleman, Hurt Fighting
Water Front Blaze, Improved

Harry Brockelman. fireman at
tached to Engine Company No. SO. who
was seriously injured while fighting 2
100000 FIRE in the plant of the General
Manufacturing Company. Delaware
River front near Greenwich Point YES
terday, was reported improved today.
Two other f1remen--Jacob Caspar and
Bernard Casselman, of Engine Company
No. 53--were slightly burned when the
roof on one of the three buildings burned
collapsed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01

CREAT BRITAIN spends daily some
VI thing like S25,OOO.O0O on the war.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation is
spending from S3,OOO,OOO to S5,O0O0Oo
a day on one detail OF this country's
war program; that is to say, the pro-
vision of ships. And the mountain head
Of this stream Of millions is located on
the third floor OF n building, the lower
floors of which are occupied by five
and ten cent store.
Up TO March /, S392 .Oooo had al
ready been disbursed by the Fleet Cor
poration, hut this sum, large as II Is,
shrinks into insignlicance when II Is
considered that the present program OF
the Fleet Corporation already contem-
plates expenditures of more than $1,000
OO0. 900.
Tho home office of the auditing divt-
sion is the hub or center Of two far
reaching organizations. one Of men and
one Of records, Reporting TO the WASH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
FIGHTING FOR CARS
ENDED BY p. X. T. MEN
Inspectors Put Stop to Rough Tac-
tics at Forty-ninth street and
Woodland Avenue

tolIeneSS fISt
This slogan was carried out between
o'clock and 3 o'clock this morning at
Forty-ninth street and Woodland avenue.
where six inspectors were stationed by
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany to assist passengers in getting on
cars. From. Forty.nnth street and
Woodland avenue about 10000 persons
leave daily on the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit cars, which take them to am
munition plants at Chester and Eddy
stone.
Heretofore II has been p custom fer
passengers to make a rush To get on
cars which leave from this intersection.
II WAS different today, Passengers were
asked politely to fall in line At the
entrance to each car stood two inspec-
tors, who assisted women passengers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
GARAGE BURNS AT MORTON
Overheated Gasoline Engine Respon-
sible for $4,000 Blaze

An overheated gasoline engine is said
to have been responsible for a $4,000
fire In a garage adjoining the substa-
ton of the Delaware County Electric
Company at Morton. Delaware County,
this morning A hreproof wall pre-
vented the flames from reaching the sub
station, and the service of the COM
pany was not interrupted,
Two cars which were stored In the
building were destroyed. but through
the efforts of the Morton fire company,
aided by the companies from Swarth-
more and Rutledge, the damage TO the
structure was slight.
A quantity of explosives stored in
the garage was carried to safety by
Robert Beechner. an employe of the
company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
SAILOR is FIRE HERO
Unidentified Blue Jacket Disappears
After Rescuing Woman

Mrs. John Canning, $500 Spruce
titv Of a young United States sailor
who last night rescued her in true
movie" style from a fire In her home
and then disappeared
The fire started in the second-story
rear room. The sailor jumped back
fence, made his way by a porch roof
10 the window. He smashed the glass
and. finding Mrs. Canning asleep, awak-
ened her and led her to the street
through the smoke-filled halls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-01
CHILDREN WILL RECOVER
four Youngsters Poisoned by Easter
M Dyes Getting Well

rour children who were poisoned by
Ne''rlhs ON Easter eggs yesterday are
hospital said today.
.,ne children are Myrtle Elbeaksons
6s, sntren years old Howard ElbertApn.
e,f ,'s years old Mabel Farrow. four yedrs
t,n fnd Walter Farrow. two years cid.
tli Nv az lbl6 Forter street Miss
tQms. ap'e 70 return 10 her
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
DANGERS OF a COLD.
WatertoWn People Will Do Well to
Heed Them.

Many bad cases of kidney trouble re-
suit from a cold or chill. Congested
kidneys fall behind in filtering the
poisonladen blood and backacAe, head
ache, dizziness and disordered kidney
action follow Don't neglect a cold.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills at the first
sign of kidney trouble Follow this
Watertown residents example:
VIM. Lundeen, car inspector, 1116
3. Kemp Ave- says: Il was miserable
with pains through the small of my
hack and had had such serene and lame
ness over my Kidneys, / could hardly
straighten up after bending over.
Whenever i took cold, the pains ii
my back became worse and my kid
Ineys acted irregnlarly. A friend told
me to try Doan's Kidney Pills and
after | had finished two boxes. I was
saling fine. MY kianegs acted as
they should and the soreness and
lpains left my back. z
| Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
l.simply ask for kidney reInetl get
Doan's Kidney Pills-tile same that
| Mr.. Lundeen had. Foster M burn
Co, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. ADV. As
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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
Sam Shupe's Mental
Condition Cause Of
Much Apprehension

Samuel A. Shupe, sometimes known
as Sam" for short, is in very serious
trouble. He has appealed to us to
help him out of his dilemma, but we
are unable to reveal the secret.
Unless some kind friend comes to
his rescue at an early date the worst
is to be feared-and then the good
people Of Watertown will be called
upon to waste their valuable time in
attendance upon the funeral.
We are spreading Sans, problem
broadcast in the hope that some one
may be able to help him out. Such
reason as he has been harboring in
his Uranium Is fast oozing away, and
it is only matter of days, perhaps
hours. possibly minutes, when his
brilliant mind will have become a
blank in fact as we'll as in name.
Herein lies the difficulty:
Watertown. S. D., April ~, 1918.
Ny Dear Friend Frank:
| dislike very much to write you
this letter, but I consider you one of
my very best friends, and feel that
can call upon you in confidence, in
this most trying moment Of my life.
The time has come when l am sadly
in need OF advice from an intimate
friend. and am going to ask you to
give me your unbiased opinion on
this most important question.
This matter has caused me many
days of restlessness and nights of
worry. and feel that perhaps you
can relieve, or at least somewhat al
lay, this anxiety.
When I tell you that my happiness,
and even my future life, has been
ruined over this terrible affair, you
will understand why am writing you
this letter
/ feel that should tell you the
worst, for in all sincerity it means
lot to me.
dare not contemplate the sad
state Of my mind, nor will it be men
toned to any one but to you. and in
my distress will only go to you, for
of all my friends, feel that there
would none be so willing to help me
to solve this desperate problem.
This is asking a great deal of you,
but your friendship for me warrants
the confidence
In deciding this for me. / ask that
you lay aside all friendship and 10y
atty. and tell me from the fullness Of
your heart. do you think JEFF will
ever be as tall as Mutt?
Trusting that may have an early
reply, and thanking you in advance,
beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
S. A. Shupe.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
John Bowe, Veteran Of Many Hard
Fought Battles, to Speak in City

battles the western front France and former of Candy
Mimi. where he is living, will speak WATERFOWL next
day night May He has been through the
Sunday school class of H Wood Baptist
will deliver his address Mr. speak impressions
Of the and while he trenches
He fought member Of Foreign Legion in France
prior to the time America entered the
the service at the front before and
given honorable discharge United States
Bove viii have Monday night war exhibits which
he viii show and explain Admission the Baptist this
address will be free and no collection viii be taken
The Sunday school class has special the
home guards and the members Of the local G. post
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
Where Your Red Cross
Money Goes in War
And How Expended

The Red Cross has issued printed
circular showing where the funds have
been expended and for what purpose.
For our own forces, according to
this report, it has
Outftted and maintains forty-eight
base hospitals, of which six have al
ready gone To- Europe.
Taken over the task Of caring for
the needy families of all soldiers and
sailors absent on service.
Maintains ten canteens at the front
for men returning from the firing
Z line. "a canteen can keep 125 gal
Ions OF drink at the boiling point at a
time. Foar thousand portions of hot
coffee, tea, cocoa, lemonade, and soup
can be served by a canteen in day.
Has established twenty dispensaries
In The American war zone
Maintains a dental ambulance in
France.
Maintains casualty service, for
gatherin information for wounded and
missing.
Maintains factory for artificial
4 limbs, and plans for making nitrous
oxide gas for operating purposes.
Has twelve rest stations at import
ant railroad centers.
In France.
Remember that France is bearing
the runt of the war tragedy, and
her courage and morale must be kept
part in the struggled
Established warehouses with sup
plies in every port of entry, and one
MP < III tFxN. nv sp,
Paris.
Has purchase and supply stations in
France, Switzerland, Great Britain,
Spain and Portugal Gas well .as in the
u. SD for buying all kinds of ma
terials necessary to rebuild civiliza-
tion-ranging all the way from saw
mill oat6ts, portable engines and gas
tractors to bales Of flannel and alb
sorbent cotton.
Is supplying hospital necessities to
3,817 hospitals in 1856 towns.
Is using 500 cars (and has arranged
for 400 more) in making this distri-
button.
Has appropriated 100000 francs
for the relief of sick and wounded
French soldiers and their families.
There are 100000 French wounded or
crippled. Refugees coming in from
desolated districts number 1000 day
haggard, hungry. helpless The
Red Cross meets them with the human
hand.
Is supporting 10000 children chill
dren who are picked UP in ravaged
districts, often mere drifting waits,
with no one left to whom they can
turn, sometimes so frightened that
they cannot speak for days and have
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
Ever See Type: Louise!
Then Ask Billie Peek

The presence in the city this wf,ak
ofe A. w. Ransom OF Mitchell s. Is
former manager Of this paper. -.
minds early associates that even NJ
printing Offices methods and c0ndi. u
tioms and time-honored practices ara
undergoing radical changes.
For instance, among Mr.. Ransnna,s
early experiences as q printer, while
the Indians were still dancing on the
prairies OF South Dakota, was getting
acquainted with type louise.
If any of the younger generation
of Watertown has any special curi0s.
ity to know what sort OF an animal &
type louise Is, he can and out by
inquiring at any well regulated priat-
ing establishment and interviewing
the head devil.
A type louise in indeed becoming
rarely, owing. in part, to the introdnc-
ton of modern machinery, but there
has never been an occasion, even In
modernly equipped Offices, when the.
devil couldn't scare up one OF there
little animals by diligent search
therefor # NJ
In what is known by psychologists
as the animal kingdom it's character
istic for each to want to keep unto
himself all the good things he finds.
The hog, for instance, tries to get
away with everything worth while
which he finds before another hog
comes along to share with him The
dog, to continue the illustration,
growls whenever another dog sneaks
up to get his bone. Even the noble
horse doesn't particularly care to
have another of it's kind stick Its
nose into the bin of oats that has
been discovered with the lid OF.
But the animal known as man is
built along different lines. One Of
the first things he wants to do after
finding something interesting is to
show it to somebody else-to share
the discovery with him.
/ This human popularity has been
!. developed in marked degree with
respect to the type louse.' No sooner
has a fellow become acquainted with
this little insect, or reptile, or ami
NAL, or whatever it may be termed,
for neither biologists nor physiol-
ogists have been able to determine to
a nicely whether it belongs to the
animal or the vegetable kingdom, than
he wants to show it to another fellow.
/ AS a matter of fact, the type
louise" is contagious-not in the sense
that one catches the measles or the
whooping cough, but in that as soon
4 as fellow has caught it he wants
to communicate it to some boon coma
panion, and at once.
So far as Watertown. is concerned
it is believed that it has probably
been several years since one of these
creatures has been seen, but any OF
the old-time printers, like Artie Eng
lish, Louie Eastwood, Willie Lambert
Billie Peck or Genie Barker could
show it to you upon application.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02

forgotten who they are, diseased,
hungry, forlorn. The Red Cross gives
them medical aid and homes.
Maintains motor bus line across
Switzerland from the German from
tier to transport refugees and ex-
changed prisoners.
Fights tuberculosis on a scale never
dreamed of before.
and to prepare fields once fertile but
now desolate for crops to come Am
erican portable houses are used
In Italy.
$4,771, $50 worth of supplies and
many workers were rushed in after
the recent Italian military disaster.
Hospital supplies, food for the hun
cry, forty-eight carloads of it, motor
ambulances, shelters for homeless
women and children, condensed milk
for babies, soup kitchens for refugees,
workshops for people who had lost
everything. etc, etc.
in Armenia.
100000 a month has been appro-
priated. 100000 Armenians are fac
ing death. From one town alone
came call to house 10000 fatherless
children.
In Belgium.
1t has taken over the relief work
where practically the whole nation is
IN dire need
In Serbia, in Russia, in Roumania,
all over the world--wherever there is
human suffering, there goes the Red
Cross with the hands Of mercy.
The entire overhead expense in
Cured to accomplish all these things
has been a fraction of one per cent.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
Primary Entrances
Are Now All Closed

The democratic party in Codington
county is not going to make fight
for legislative positions, it appears,
only one candidate having filed for
the place hauncy a. White, living
in the northwestern part of the coun-
ty.
Republicans seem to be well pleased
ed with this, since, they say, it augurs
that the democrats of the county are
likely to exhibit a Willingness to. rem
der assistance to the republican leg
islative ticket in return for fayors ex-
tended towards certain Of the demo-
cratic. nominees for county places.
! The he republicans have no CAM
didate in opposition to Clay Carpenter
for central committeeman, whereas
within the democratic party the con-
test lies between former Mayor n.
a. Wagner and CIR Goss.
The republicans have no candidate
4 for county commissioner in the Henry
district against Patrick Walsh, while
1.-THE democrats have no candidate for
commissioner in the Watertown dis
ltrict to be pitted against d. NJ BAN
mister in the fall campaign.
| There is a big scramble within the
Republican ranks for sheriff with five
lsaspirants, two aspifants for superin-
Itendent of schools, three for register
lof deeds, two for states attorney, and
/ two for county auditor
The democrats have no contests
whatsoever excepting for central
committeeman.
The following are the candidates
lin the respective parties for the posi-
Itions named
Republican.
1 For senator-J G. Southwick
1 For presentatives John T. Belk.
\ Hans Mathiesen, Fl. B. Case.
For states attorney Daniel X.
laoucks, John Weber.
For county commits sioner. first dis
4 trict %. M. Bannister
For county commissioner, fifth dis
trict u. Klatt.
For register Of deeds r. Veeder,
10. M. Kiriin, G.. Al Fountain.
4 For sheriff Carl IA. Hess. Frank
EElkins. John NJ Crabb, John b Heyn,
Nilliam Olson,
For. county superintendent 81
schoo Adah p, Minard, Nellie n
4 LOonis 9gSs
For county audit Clarence a
4 fIeaton. william n. Olson
For clerk q court Harry g, Wood
i For treasurer L. Eddy, p. D
4 WhNeIOck zsS
For county 3udg John Nicholson
For c0roney e3hew.
4 E0r eOsnty sslrv Paul Mead. .s
For stat0 central CON- isteeman
Il Clay SEDsnt sl' Ssl3' ss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02
LOYALTY OF EAST
AND WEST COMPARED

1t has only been week or so
ago since Senators Cummins of
Iowa, Borah of Idaho and Kellogg
of Minnesota felt called upon to
deny in the United States senate
Implications that the western
states were not as loyal to the
war as the eastern states. 1t is
true the east was clamoring for
war for a long time while the
west remained unperturbed. But
since war came, the east has been
no more loyal, no more determin-
ed TO carry on the conflict until a
final victory is won, than the
west. The best answer the west
, has given to the aspersions of
the east is the manner in which
it has oversubscribed the Liberty
Loan.-Aberdeen News.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02

She: What did papa say when 20,
told him you wanted to marry me?'
He: "He asked me if had an!
insanity in my family. -Baltimor
American.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-02

81 am unworthy of you,' he muir
INJURED.
Stick to that idea" said the girl
""and we'll get along fine.
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