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The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
SCHENECTADY TIE.UP.
City Employees Vote to Strike.
Ask Slight Increase.

Schenectady. N. Y, Aug. 4.-Prac-
tically all city work was tied un to-
day when five hundred city employees
voted to strike. The workers and
the city council have been wranr-
ling for some time over the wa9s
question. the council Offering a f,st
advance OF 81 a week and the work :
ers demanding fifty cents extra per
day. 30
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-10-12
S30.0s9,s9s.ts
LIABILITIES.

Capital NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., So, 900 900. 90
Surplus NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 1000, 900. 90
Undivided Profits ,,,,,.,.,,.,. 63S,663.7b
Reserved for Taxes. Int, and
Dividends ....,............. 5ss,sSas5
Demand Deposits =, 6,i0l,372,54
Time Deposits ,,,.ls,75l,b72,S 25,s529i63s
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-10-12
Continental and { Commercial
Trust and Savings
Bank

Chicago,
statement Of Condition ut CONNIE ncement
Of business sept. 3, 1918,
RESOURCES
Time Loans Isecurcd by col
lbteraD ,.,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,f 6,ObslIfl2
Demand Loans (secured by coll
iateraD .,..,..s 5000
'Bonds and Securities. ..,.....
,,,,,,,.,,,,,,, l735s,GOa75
Cash and Due from Banks
....,,,.,.,..,.. 6.2Si,b92,s2 35,2iis3G.73
adjusted to Cost or Market
Price whichever Is Lower.
Sal $685. io.sS
LIABILITIES.
Capital E. .,,,,,s 5000. 10000
Surplus .,.,,,.,.. i,500. 900 90
Undivided PROFITS 1907, 2GsSs
Reserved for Taxes.
Int. and Dividends 6,blT.5i 6,673,slT.b2
Demand Deposits $1,000, G6gi5
Time Deposits -. l20G6, sT3gt
Special Deposits iO,6Gi,6i9.0i 9,62g,ie333
sii.3oS .Oio.sS
Officers.
GEORGE NJ. REYNOLDS. ..... President
JOHN JAY ABBOTT. .... Vice President
ARTHUR REYNOLDS. -, Vice. President
CHARLES c. WILSON ....... Cashier
WILLIAM T.. K0PF..... Secretary
EDMUND j. CI.AUSSEN ........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Assistant Secretary
HENRY C. oLcoTT. Mgr, Bond Dept.
ROBERT J. HERCoCK.. Asst. Cashier
ALBERT S. MARTIN. Assistant Cashier
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-10-12
s30s.esI.s21.0g
sSG2,s7i.s?7.Gs
Officers.
Of Chicago


GEORGE NJ. REYNOLDS. President
ARTHUR REYNOLDS. Vice President
RALPH VAN vECHTEN. Vice President
ALEX. RoBERTSoN..... Vice President
HERMAN wALDECK. E. Vice-Preside1t
JOHN c. CRAFT ......... Vice. President
WILLIAM T. BRuCKNER. Vice. President
JOHN T. wASHBURN. .Vicc-President
WILSON W. LAMPERT Cashier
HARVEY G, VERNON Assistant Cashier
GEORGE n. SMITH. Assistant Cashier
WILDER HATrERY. Assistant Cashier
II. ERSKINE SMITH. Assistant Cashier
DAN NORMAN 1900. Assistant Cashier
GEORGE A. Jackson. Assistant Cas .lier
REUBEN q. DANIELSON.......
neutrality-suspicious. Assistant Cashier
JOHN Il. CRADDoCK. Mgr. Credit Dept.
JOSEPH McCURRACH. ............
.....................M Mgr. Foreign Dept.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-10-12
The Hibernian Banking
Association
RESOURCES,

chicago,
statement OF Condition at Commencement
OF Business September 3, 1918.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-10-12
S30.O89.S02.iS
OfNcers.

officers.
GEORGE NJ REYNOLDS. ..,., President
DAVID II. LEWIS. ...... Vice. President
HENRY i. CLARKE. Vice President
LOUIS u. CLARKE. ..... Vice President
FREDERICK s. HEBARD. ..... Cashier
EVERETT II. McFADDEN. -. Secretary
JOHN p. v. MURPHY,Mgr Savings Dapt
GEORGE ALLAN .....Assistant Cashier
THOMAS e MeGRATH. Assistant Cashier
The capital stock Of tho coNTl-
MENTAL AND COMMERCIAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS BANK $4,000, ooo) and
tho capital stock Of THE ALDERMAN
BANKING ASSOCIATION 1900 0oo) are
owned by the stockholders Of the CON-
TiNENTAL AND COMMERCIAL MA.
TioNAl BANK OF CHICAGO.
Combined deposits OF these banks.
,.,,,.,,.,.,.,,..,..,. $3os,96t ,34o34
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Manufacturers using sugar. except a
make essential food products, have
been on strict rations, the United
States food administration announces
in order to assure sufficient supplid
for home Gamers and the commercial
manufacturers of preserves, jams, and
other foodstuffs regarded as essential.
The restrictions went into effect May
Is, and limit the consumption by man.
rfacturers Of the less essentials, par
tieularly confectionery and soft drinks,
to 80 per cent of last years require
ments.
Manufacturers Of nonedlble products
will be forced to go entirely without
sugar.
Included in the class with confec-
tionery and soft drinks are condiments,
soda water, chocolate, candies, bever-
age sirups, fruit sirups, fiavorlng ex-
tracts, chewing gum, sweet pickles,
wines, cereals and invert sugar. Those
who entered the business or increased
their capacity after April 1, 1918, how
ever, will be cut off entirely.
Manufacturers Of essential foodstuffs
will be permitted to buy sufficient
sugar to meet their full requirements
In this class come preservers and
packers Of vegetables, catsup and chill
cause, fruits and milk, manufactur'
ers Of jam. jelly. and preserves, to.
bacco and explosives, apple butter and
glycerin, ice cream (not including sher'
bets and water ices), druggists (fol
medicines), and producers of honey.
Ice cream is put in the prefsred
| class.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
News of the
Week Cut
Down for
Busy Readers
U.S.-TeutOnic WarNetvs

The avenging of the death of Maj.
Raoul Lufbery has begun. Since the
American ace of aces was brought
down his flying partners have succeed
ed in bringing to earth two German
planes. At the same time their French
comrades of the air engaged the en-
emy plane which was responsible for
Lufbery's death and shot it down.
Americas first field army-approxi-
mately 100000 men-has been formed
in France. 1t is understood to consist
Of two army corps of three divisions
each, with Col. A. W. Bjornstad as
chief of staff
Capt. James Norman Hall of Colfax,
Ia, who was brought down behind the
German lines, is alive in a German
hospital, it was learned. He is
wounded.
The American tanker William Rookie
feller has been lost at sea, according to
official advices reaching Washington
The navy department withheld formal
announcement of the disaster.
Maj. Raoul Lufbery, who has beer
regarded as the best aviator in the
American service, was shot down IL
flames and killed by a big German tri
plane which he was attacking over the
American front in France. Lufber!
| jumped from his flaming machine Wher
| 800 yards above the ground. He haC
IT victories to his credit. Lufbery'
home was in Wallingford, Conn.
Upon approving the act of congress
bringing under the army draft law al
men attaining the age of twenty-on
years since the first registration day
June 5, 1917, President Wilson issue
a proclamation formally fixing mex
June as the date for new eligibles t
appear before their local boards.
General Pershing's request tha
American soldiers and sailors be pei
mitted to accept and wear foreign dec
orations given by our allies was grant
ed, by the senate in a resolutio
adopted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Files Made of Sandnaner

In cabinet making, fitting and finish
ing of parts must be done frequently
where sandpaper cannot be applied on
the usual sandpaper block. A help
for working to advantage in such cases
is set of files made of sandpaper.
Strips Of the paper are glued to dowel-
pins OF various sizes, to molding, and
other shaped pieces, as required for
special jobs. A set Of standard shapes
and sizes can be prepared and kept at
hand for frequent use. They will LAST
q long time If given the proper care
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Washington

Disclosure that the United States
government has gathered evidence in
this country Of conspiracies between
Irish Sim Fein leaders and German
agents to precipitate rebellion in Ire
land was followed by announcement
that government agents have uncoy-
cred similar German intrigue with 9TH
er nationalistic groups in the United
States. German money, it was said,
has been used to finance agitation
among negroes and among Films, Lith-
uanians and other of the so-called "op-
pressed nationalities."
Every railroad president in the
United States was relieved from ac-
tive duty as executive manager of his
road by Director General McAdoo. He
will appoint a federal director for
each road, responsible only to the rail-
road administration. In many cases
the president of the road may be
named federal director.
Holland has been notified by the
O11lCu OldISO Ii1cL It's &
quest for three ships now in American
ports to carry the balance of the grain
promised it by President Wilson can
not be granted and that to prevent
further delay in the movement of the
grain Dutch ships should be sent for
| it at once.
President Wilson signed the sedition
bill, giving the government wide pow
ers to punish disloyal acts and utter
ances.
AS his first act under the new law
permitting executive rearrangement
and consolidation of departments
President Wilson took production OF
aircraft from the army signal corps
and established as a separate organi
zation the air production board, head
ed by John D. Ryan of New York.
President Wilson nominated three
generals. Maj. Gen. Peyton G. Marcel
was named chief of staff, General Bills.
was nominated brevet general, Gen
John J. Pershing, as commander IL
chief of the expeditionary forces, be
comes a full general.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
NaiI.swalioulnn Rusiness-

1t is a delight slightly tinged with
horror to watch lathers at work. A
delight because their hands move with
such speed, but you do not feel alto
gether easy at seeing them stuff such
quantities of nails in their mouths.
There seems to be no other way to do
this work than to use the mouth as a
small storehOuse for nails. 1t must be
a narrowing experience, learning to be
a lather, unless one has plenty of prac
tice at swallowing things never meant
to be taken lnternally.-Harry Irving
Shumway, in the House Beautiful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Thomas ]. Mooney was resentenced
at San Francisco to hang on May 2s
as a result Of his conviction on a first
degree murder charge growing out Of
the bomb explosion, which killed ten
persons in 1916.
One soldier is missing, 18 were in
jured, A. ]. McAllister, engineer, was
killed when a north-bound st. Louis
Southwestern train was derailed by a
broken angle bar near Garland, Ark.
Fifty airplanes being constructed for
the government were destroyed at San
Francisco when six buildings occupied
by the Fowler Airplane corporation
were burned. An enemy plot is not
suspected.
German women in the United States
are required to register with chiefs of
police or postmasters between June
II and 20, under regulations issued
at Washington by the department Of
justice.
The first ships built for the govern
ment on Lake Michigan will take on
cargoes for overseas at Chicago. The
sailing of the first of these ships will
mark the opening of Chicago as a war
port.
Sergt. Herbert Ulrich of Kawkawlin,
Mich, was killed by shot from
across the Mexican line near Hildalgo,
Tex. Four Mexicans were killed in the
return fire.
| Freezing temperatures occurred in
many sections of North Dakota, the
mercury dropping to 80 degrees at Dew
IFS Lake and Bismarck. The extent
of the damage done cannot yet be es.
timated.
Three men were blown to pieces b!
the explosion of a quantity Of nitro
glycerin being hauled to the oil field
near Pleasant City, O., by John Huey
whose horses were killed. The othe
victims were farmers.
+ =
June has been set as the date 70
registration of youths who have al
tained twenty-one years since the frs
army draft registration, June las
year.
Porto Rican laborers are to be tran!
ferred to the United States within
month for farms in the souther
states and shipyards and other wa
industries along the Atlantic coast
Almost a mutiny broke out anon
: the 2,200 interned Germans at Hc
: Springs, N. c., when they learned {
the governments plan to move thel
before July 1 to army posts at For'
Oglethorpe and Mcpherson, Ga.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
right RaId In Chain Mail.

During one of the recent air raids
the largest antiaircraft gun in the Lon
don district was worked by gunlayer
armed cap-a-pie in medieval plate arm
or, breech worker clad in chain mail
and sight setter attired in silk tights
and velvet coat. The reason for this
motley attire was that the alarm came
While the gun crew were taking part
in some theatricals in their barracks
and they rushed off the stage in their
medleVal attire straight to their duties
on the gun platform.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Both Plainly In Sight.

The platter, heaped up with steam
ing ears of corn, was being passed
around the table. The family was
large, and Tommy knew his choice
would come late. "Gee," he muttered,
II see the piece 1 want-and see the
piece I'm going to get"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Intermarriaue of Races.

There is plenty Of historic precedent
for the intermarriages of warriors and
the women of the lands they enter
Consider the Roman legions of I:ajan
and Titus, quartered in Scythi; and
the native girls of the district. This
resulted in the race of Rouma ians,
who claimed to be the purest de- end
ants of the race of the Caesars.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
SCRAPS

Not far from Fresno, CAL, sum-
mer home has been constructed un-
der ground.
A German woman spy was caught
trying to cross the French border,
wearing a rubber corset and petticoat.
both filed with alcohol.
A new arctic meteorological station
eouipped with a wireless outfit has
been established at the mouth of the
Yenesei, and is sending out daily re-
ports to stations to the south Of 1t.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
nshortedp by Spiders.

During the dry season in Argentina
a certain species of spiders webs col
lects on the telephone and telegraph
wires in enormous quantities. AS soon
as the sun sets they become soaked
with dew and cause short circuits be-
tween the wires. Eleven pounds weight
have been swept from four wires over
a distance Of six miles.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Two Famous Bells.

1t is claimed that the largest bell in
the world is in Canton, but know Of
no accurate description of its size and
weight that would finally determine
the matter. The great bell at Moscow
has long been known as the largest,
and probably will hold that distinction
until some one has furnished figures
regarding the Canton bell to disprove
it. The great bell of Moscow, cast in
1873, is u feet high and p feet in
diameter, with a weight of $4,000
poundS.-EXchange,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Tornado Kills Five in Kansas,

Hays, Kan, Mays PA tornado
sweeping over the northern part of
Ellis county killed five persons and
caused considerable destruction of
nronerty. Mr., and Mrs. Alexander
Geist and their three grandchildren
were killed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Foreign

Argentina is at peace with all ma
tions and has no reason to change her
present policy of neutrality, declared
President Irogoyen in his annual mes
sage at the opening of the fifty-sev-
enth congress session at Buenos Aires.
Count Plunkett, member of parlia.
ment from Roscommon, was one Of
the 500 men and women arrested in
connection with the Gerrnan-Irish re
volt in Dublin. With his arrest, four
of the six Sim Feiners in parliament
have been apprehended. The two 9TH
ers. GinneIl and McCartan, were in Jail
when the new plot was discovered.
United States, the commonwealth de-
cided to charter American vessels to
carry wheat to the United States, says
dispatch from Melbourne, Australia.
The German commission appointed
to examine the decline in the birth
rate has reported a recommendation
for the compulsory marriage of Ger
mans before their twentieth year is
passed, says dispatch from Amster-
dam. Provision also is made for the
punishment of married couples who
remain childless.
A proclamation issued in Dublin
saws German plot in Ireland has
been discovered. In the proclamation
the viceroy calls upon all loyal Irish
men to defeat the conspiracy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Time for Tolerance.

None of US is as charitable as he
ought to be, and we believe that when
a citizen is met with jug these days
we should frankly accept his explana-
lion that he is taking home some nicO-
tine wash for the rose bushes.-Grand
Rapids Press.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
More Sensations.

There might be several more ground
glass sensations if few girls should
take q notion to consult an expert
about the things that sparkle on their
engagement fingers. - indianapolis
News
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Slow Service.

Waiter (to guest who has been wait
ing a very long time)-Did you ring
the bell, sir?
Guest-No; 1 was tolling it. 1
thought you were dead.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
CLASSIFYING Them,

: lane has classmates in kindergarten
named Brown, White, and Green. Her
mother asked her what their names
were and Jane answered: 'Mary,
Jean, and Louise, and their last names
is illst different colors."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Maklno Use of Worn Trscinos.

If tracing becomes worn from eras-
ares, causing the ink to spread, trace
the lines on the reverse side at the
worn spot-POpular Mechanics Mag
lzine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
European, War News

The sinking of a German submarine
Washington in an official dispatch
from France. The trawler took pris-
oner the entire crew, including the
captain. The captain of a Spanish
schooner who was on board the SUBJ
marine was released.
The city Of Abo, Finland, has been
captured by the Germans, who have
taken prisoner the Russians found
there, says dispatch from Moscow.
The German submarine U-39, says
an official dispatch from Cartagena,
entered that port in damaged condi-
ton, according to a dispatch from
Madrid, Spain. The U-39 is in seri-
ously damaged condition as the re-
suit of a battle.
Thirty-seven persons were killed and
161 injured in an aerial attack on Lon
don and the provinces. Four enemy
machines were shot down. Of those
killed IA were women and six chill
dren.
British casualties compiled at Lon
don from the official lists published
during the last week totaled 39,889.
The casualties were divided as fol
lows: officers killed, 322; wounded
1,024; missing, ATT. Men killed, 1883
wounded, 20,701; missing, 1902.
Mussulman and bolshevik forces are
engaged in deadly conflict at Baku
on the Caspian sea. According to dis
patches to the Moscow newspapers
/ 1000 persons have been killed and g.,
600 wounded,
German troops have occupied Bjor
ko, an island in the Gulf of Finland
south of Viborg, and 80 miles north
west of Petrograd.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

1t is reported that $5,000,000 worth
of jewelry was stolen in New York last
wear. Horriblei Now we shall have
TO spend a lot of time worrying over
the sorrows of the poor people from
whom it was stolen.-Dayton News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Ans+ria Has Much lin

Biologists have estimated that Aus
trials little-developed tin deposits
could be made to supply about three
eourths Of the country's need of
the metal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

The United States is said to produce
over one-third Of the meat consumed
in the civilized world, exclusive of
China. Argentina, however, has 4,437
head of cattle for every 1000 inhabi-
tants, while the United States has only
739 a thousand.
The total of taxes collected through
out the territory Of Hawaii for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1917, was
greater by $660,114, or approximately
16 per cent, than the amount for 1916.
The taxes for 1e16-1917 amounted to
$4,362, $50.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Reiuns Sunrenna

Speaking of home rule, wha"; the
matter with the first baby?-S.. Paul
DiSpatch
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Domestic

Federal Agent G. K. Berge was sent
out to get Jess G. Wilson, Chicago
draft evader. He caught up with Will
son near Spanish Fort, Ala. Wilson
said: "I'll kill anybody who tries to
come after me-" Berge drew his re-
volver and shot Wilson dead.
Tornadoes in central Iowa caused
the death of at least seven persons
and injured approximately sixty-fve
others. Property damage was estimat-
ed at S750,000.
Ter persons were killed, dozens in
jured, two probably fatally, in a tor
nado in northern Ellis and southern
Rocks counties in Kansas. Codell,
Rocks county, was practically wiped
out.
The total of the Third Liberty loan
is $4,170,019,650, an oversubscription
of 80 per cent above the three billion
minimum sought, according to a treas
ury statement. The number of sub
scribers was about 100000 Every
federal reserve district oversub-
scribed.
Wooden ships have been launched
at the rate of more than one a day for
the past four weeks. The shipping
board announced that just II wooden
craft, aggregating 10000 tons burden,
had been added to the American mer-
chant marine in the first II days of
this month.
The family of the late James J. Hill
will take about 100000 of ST. Paul's
| S500.000 quota for the Red Cross. The
| announcement was made by Louis w
| Fi} rs lie viewed the Red Cross pa.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Mrs. James Hastings Snowden of
New York, who is daily risking her life
in nursing wounded Belgian soldiers
at her hospital at LIE Panne, only four
miles from the actual battle line. Bonn
bardments are an everyday occurrence
at the hospital.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

American prisoners of war In Ger
many are entitled to receive and send
letters, money orders, and valuables,
and parcel post packages weighing not
more than IL pounds, when intended
for international mail, free from all
postal duties.
Mail should be addressed to the pris
oner of war, giving his rank, the name
Of the prison camp where he is held,
IL 1t is known, followed by Prisoner
Of War Mail via New York" All such
mail should also bear the name and
address of the sender.
Parcel post packages for prisoners
OF war in enemy countries may not
be sent by organizations or societies.
and only one package a month may
be sent. If more are received the one
apparently from the prisoners next OF
kin will be forwarded and the others
held in New York pending communi-
cation with the senders, with whose
consent such excess packages may be
sent to other prisoners of war who
had received no packages during the
month. Lacking this consent, the pack
ages will be returned to the senders.
Only the following articles may be
included in the packages: Belts not
made of leather; hair, hand, tooth,
shaving. and shoe brushes; buttons |;
hard candy; cigars and cigarettes; !;
combs; crackers and biscuits; gloves
not made of leathet; handkerchiefs
pocket knives, needles and thread !;
pencils and pens; penholders; pins /;
pipes; safety razors and blades; shaw
ing soap, powder, or cream; shirts
and scarfs; shoe laces; smoking or
chewing tobacco; toilet soap; socks ;
sweaters; tooth powder. paste or
liquid mouth wash; towels; under
wear; personal photographs: periodi-
calls published prior to the beginning
of the war.
Letters and packages will be sub
ject to careful censorship.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Love subdues everything except a
svelled head.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

pitv the Sorrows of the Poor!

A man may joyfully revolt from an
unjust ruler.