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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CARPENTERS STATEMENT.
Concerning the Controversy Over En-
ployment in the Shipyards.

! New York. Feb 23.-The union car
penters side of the controversy with the
| United States Shipping Board was set
| forth here, yesterday, by +. Nj. Guerin.
| member OF the Executive Committee
| of the Carpenters Union, on his return
here from Washington, where, withe
| President Hutchcson of the union, he
took part in conferences with officials
of the board.
'The entire difference between the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joincrs
and the government officials. is in an
interpretation of the term conditions
of labor, said Gucrin. The history
of the matter is that an original agree
ment was made between the Secretary
of War and President Samuel Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor,
in which the term hours, wages and
conditions was specified. After this
memorandum was agreed to, correspond
ence took place between MIR. Gompers
and Attorney Whale of the Shipping
Board, in which 1T was agreed by Mr.
Gompcrs that the term conditions
did not mean strictly union shop
President Hutcheson, through MIR.
Gompers, sent memorandum to the
Wage Adjustment Committee of the
United States shipping Board, in which
ne agreed To bind our organization to
abide by the decision OF this committee,
on wages and hours. reserving tho right
II the conditions were not satisfactory
to the men. that they would have the
privilege To take up their grievances with
their employers, with further appeal to
government officials This proposition was
turned down by the unanimous vote of
the Wage Adjustment Committee
(fIprIu pyDreSseS confidence that n
satisfactory settlement would eventually
be reached
Thesr are DBL, ,761 skilled and mnskilled
mechanics. 80, $50 working on wooden
ships. lie, ,366 working on steel ships. and
II. 600 at work on fabricated ships, en-
ployed in the Shipyards of the United
States, according 10 figures made public |
today by Guerln. The figures were oh |
tanned, he said, from the United States |
Shipping Board Ninety per cent Of the |
working on wooden ships are !
members of the brotherhood, 20 per cent |
on steel ships, and ID per cent on fabri- |
Gated ships
William l.. Hutcheson. president Of the |
National Brotherhood of Carpenters and :
.Iolncrs, also returned yesterday from /
" ashI .gto He approved the statement
previously issued by Guerin, and said he
had nothing TO add. Sunday night he will
return to Washington. he said 10 meet
with q committee composed of flve manu- /
facturerS and five labor union delegates. |
which Will confer with committee of |
five men named by the Shipping Board /
relative To points In dispute between :
workers and employers The first meet
ng Of these committees will be held
Monday I
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
COUNTRY'S CREDIT GOOD.

The credit OF the United States was
so high and unquestionable that in 1900,
two years after the Spanish War. per
cent bonds were offered at par and over
subscribed. This IS a financial performance
10 other nation has ever equaled.
United States ! per cent bonds in
1855 sold a. high as 130 and in 1901
brought l39 IS on the stock market
The United States has never de
faulted on any of its bonds Not one
OF Is bondholders has ever lost a cent
Of principal or interest except those
who voluntarily have taken losses by
selling their bonds in a period OF tenn
porary price depression One hundred
cents on the dollar, principal and in
terest has the United States always paid
Back Of the $3.50, 900, ,000, 900 to $500, 1
000, 600, 900 Of our national resources
stands the rugged honesty Of America.
Liberty Loan bonds are the safest security
In the world.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
DEATHS.

RoN CT ~ stanton. Del on February p
i4l~. Uriel Wright Boyce in hls seth
Rcia,iye, and friend, are invited 10 a,
'snd fhc fune-a' from fhe residence OF his
son -in-lav NJ Irwin u " Whiteman. stanton,
prl services in - James Episcopal Church
stanton Del. on >unday afternoon. Febrn-
a-y - ~ > clock lntcrment ST James
Churcl ward
DENNEY Townsond Del on February
y lalS sarah Denury, daughter of the
lstr benjamin and sarah Z. Denney
Relativ'S and friends are invited 70 at
md he funeral services AT the residence
~ Mrs Geo NJ u Hart Townsend Del on
Monday afternoon III ] O'Clock Interrnent
~ Hickory Grove cemetery
DJ GGI\ In thi, rity on February -
tats Rose Hilar wif- Of William {;
NugEin
Relatives and friend arr invited to a.,
emo n, funeral services AZ SO We>f
street on Monday afternoon. - o'cIocI
Int,rment private
Jo%F~-In TINS city on February - 1915
Fila ZONES nee Williamson aged ] wears
Relatives and fri~nd> are invited "a al
t.nI he funeral scrSico> a. thr rcsidenc,
uf bsr husband. s06 spruce str.s.7 ~,
Nlonda1 evening Februar. - q. 30
= cloak lnterm"n' - Milford Del on
"Wednesday February 41
81 fAHoNEN In this cit! ou February -
f4ls Mary wifc q Michael AIah0uet
Relatives frirud, and members 'I51Y''is5 Of n.
aides Auxiliary A. - ~ are invited -,
attend the funeral from her late residence
80 CnIon >treet. on Monday morning
hurch. lOfrrmen' Cathedral crnte
t.r-
PILRC E-At Marcus Hook Pa on Febru-
cry II 1919 Orpah J. wife Of tie l.t,
Lrwiu ". iiercC. age! - years
Relatives aud friends arc invited to At
end the funeral services a. the residence of
ireorgs L Palmer No = West Ninth street
Marcus Hook Pa on Monday afternoon
February - a. o'clock Furt her ser v-iee.
~ Nj Pleasant ~ r Church al , O 'cIosk
intermeut at NJ Pleasant cemetery
II LEY In this city. on February y
1918. TTancia 4 Trlley. son Of CATHERINE
aud the late Patrick Tulley
Relatives aud friends are invited 10 At
tend the funeral sery ices at his late resi-
deuCe l3O stroud street. on Monday morn
lng az O'Clock Requiem mass al 81
Ehlabeths 8 Church. Intcrment at Cathe-
dIal cemetery
MELDlN-On February u 1918 Jacob
AtwOOG Neldln. aged G3 years
Relatives and friends are invited Ia IT.
Tend the funeral services at his late resi-
dence Blue Bah BrandyWine hundred an
Monday afternoon. February % at , al
. clock lnterment Lom hardy cemetery
WORRALl~-At Newark Del on Februar,.
q. 1918. Calvin s. WOrral aged "a vear:!
Funeral services al tho residence Of bi
son. Sorris 5 Norrall. Cnoate street NpwarL
Ilei Tuesday February 2e at , O'Clock
intermeut a. VI r. cemetery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
OBITUARY.
AIRS. KosE L. II. DrGA>

Aftc- kJ>E L. Ii. DIf5AN.
Mrs Rose L. II Dugan aged 33 wears
died in this city Yesterday She was the
wife OF William G, Dugan, living near
Price : Corner She is survived in ad-
ditlon 10 her husband, bv one son and an
infant born about four DAYS ago. Mrs.
Dugan was well known In Newport
Stanton and New Castle and was active
In the work for equal suffrage, being
deeply interested III securing the right OF
franchise for women. and member of
the New Castle New Century Club. She
at one time lived IN California and was a
sturdy and energetic woman
MRS. MILDRED r. BOWMAN.
Mrs. Mildred T. Bowman died vestnr-
day at her home in Holly Oak after an
illness of ten days death being due TO
Deritonitis. Mrs Bowman was well
known in Wilmington and Brandywine
hundred having many friends, and being
Of a cheerful disposition She is survived
by her husband, Oren II Bowman. and
two small children-Ruth, aged years.
and Dorothy, aged months; her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William +. Thielman. and
brother, William n Thielman. Funeral
services will be held at her home. Holly
Oak Road, Holly Oak, on Monday morn
ing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
NEW CHARTERS.

Special CORES spondence OF Every Evening
Dover. Feb. % Charters were filed
here Yesterday, a follows.
Liberty Refining Co. Philadelphia
Pa capital. s1.OO0.00O
Wallace Syndicate and Securities Co.
Chicago, H.; s500.00O
Economy Screw Corporation, Winning
ton, Del, 10 manufacture screws: $3.50
600
Bel, Caughey * Cunningham Co.
Wilmington, Del, investments: s2750OO
Vernon. Green d Sipes Co, Whining
ton. Del. investments: 100000
JonothaD Coal Mining Co, Philsdel-
phia, Pa; 500, 600
Crazmere Accessories. Edge Moor.
Del. electric supplies. $4,000
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CURB MARKETS.

Quotations furnished by l.. l.. WinkeIman
4 Co. Ford Building. Wilmington, 1872 \.
Brosd street. Philsdelphis. Noon Prices.
Tonopabs Bid Asked
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
WANT HIGHER FREIGHT RATES.
Clyde and Mallory Steamship Lines ASK
Increase for Cotton { ARRIVING.
}y Associated Press 10 Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington, Feb 23 Increases rang
ing up 10 fifty per cent IN some cases III
rates on cotton from South Atlantic
and Gulf ports to New York and Boston
have been asked Of the Interstate Com
mercc Commission BY the Mallory and
Clyde steamship companies
The increases, II granted. probably
will not affect the present extensive move
ment OF cotton by water from the south
to north Atlantic ports. since that l.
likely TO be completed by the time the
commission acts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
Tax Payers Take Notice

The Levy Court has notified all County
Tax Collectors TO settle their duplicates
for l9i3-f9l4 and 1915 at once.
All persons who owe county taxes for
i9l3-l9i4 and 1915 will be put To extra
costs ii this is not attended to at once.
1916 taxes must be paid not later than
May, I9iS.-AdV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
IN NiENfORIAM.

n loving memory Of our beloved wife
and mother sarah G Hoopcs. who departed
his life February * 1918
Three years have passed our hearts are sore
A. time flies on miss her more
~be sleeps w leave her il peace TO rest.
The par ing was painful but God Enoveth
bfNt
Husband son and daughter
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
Mine Disaster Cost is Lives.

BY Associated Press To Every Evening
Crystal Falls, Mich. Feb 23-Re-
vised figures on the loss of life in the
Amasa Porter mine accident Thursday
show that sixteen men were killed when a
hulkhead gave way, permitting water
and quicksand to rush into the mine
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CHICAGO CATTLE PRICES.
ny Associated Press % Every Evening

Chicago, Feb 23 Cattle. receipts
5000: weak Native steers SIS 14.l5;
stockers and feeders 50 1000: cows
and heifers 6.60 llo0: calves S75 a
li25
Sheep, receipts 1000; steady Sheep
1000 1928: lambs - 30 1875.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
CHICAGO HOG MARKET.

by Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Chicago. Feb 23-Hogs, receipts a.
coo; unsettled Bulk l720al7 40; light
16.aOal7 80; mixed 16n0a1745; heavy
l6!50al7 40; rough I55OaI6.s5; pigs
275a1625
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Soldier conference Sunday
school convention will be Sunday at
the Sunbeam school house near Kill
mer
Pat Verify will leave for the Great
Lakes Naval Training station Wednes-
day to acquire the art of sailing the
seas.
Jack Foose of the Shawnee Milling
company left Thursday for Denver to
enlist in the navy.
Topeka Central w. c. T. U. will meet
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the Y. w. c. A. Members are asked to
bring their knitting.
The county treasurer's office will be
open Saturday afternoons until June
20 to take care of the taxes. The of
flee is open this afternoon.
Tom 1. Herren, formerly of Topeka,
has returned after a few years spent
in California. Herren will engage in
the coffee business in Topeka soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Skinner and
| daughter, Frances Esta, 1913 West
street, left today for Muskegon, Mich
igan, where they will spend the sum-
mer.
The Luther league of the Swedish
Lutheran church held a farewell party
for John H. Isaacson Friday night at
his home, 1877 Grattan street. Isaac
son will leave Monday to join the
navy.
Col. W. W. Smith took office as de-
partment commander of the G. A. R.
| today. A meeting of the department
council of administration has been
called for Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The Free Methodist church is now
holding its last quarterly meeting for
| the conference year at the usual place
of worship, 726 Lake street. Rever-
Of ic
| ing.
| Manhattan. government plant pathol-
ogist, a dangerous black scurf fungus,
! known as rhiZoctonia, is threatening
potato growers here and in Kaw val
| ley; also blackleg; remedy not given.
DR.. Stephen S. Estey will preach
| Sunday evening at the First Presby-
terrain church on the subject Heroes
men in the service will be read and
the church quartet will furnish spe-
cial music.
THE Ancient Civilization of the
Eastern Mediterranean" will be the
sugject of the lecture of Prof. Roy
Towne, of Washburn college, to DR..
Arthur S. Henderson'S Bible class Sun
day at 10 a. m. at the First Congre-
gational church. corner Seventh and
Harrison streets.
Geo. S. Allen, of the firm of Allen
G. Allen, attorneys at law with offices
in the Crawford building, has received
notification of his appointment as
registrar of the local rand office and
took up the duties of his position this
morning. He will succeed Harry
Green. who resigned a few months
ago to take up Red Cross work in
Texas where he is now stationed.
Allen is well known in Topeka, hav-
inc nj To- fnr oI,av-
of years. His commission is now on
the way from Washington.
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OFFER HIM GUARD
Kansas Is Waiting for Return
of Wilder S. Metcalf.
Place Him in Charge of One of
New Regiments.

Should General Wilder S. Metcalf
of Lawrence. desire to enter nationai
guard service. he will be placed In
command of one of the new guard
regiments in Kansas That was the
sentiment of members of the state
military board as expressed today at
a meeting in the office of Charles 5:
Huffman, adjutant general. Generai
Metcalf, recently retired from active
service, will return to Kansas In few
days and will be offered a national
guard command.
Plans to place General Metcaf In
guard service were announced several
days ago. The matter will be held In
allegiance, however. pending confer
ence with the we'll known kansan. II
is believed the war department Will
waive the age limit question in the
case of General Metcalf should he be
given a state command.
Col. Perry NJ. Hoisington. general
recruiting officer of the new national
guards. met with members of the
board today. General instructions
concerning methods of orga nization of
new guard companies and induction
of officers. are contained in special
bulletin issued from the adjutant
generals office. The new bulletin is
known as General Orders No. and is
to be supplied to all persons interested
in orga niEation work The general
orders cover in details plans for or
ganiZation work as outlined recently
in instructions from the war depart
ment
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N. Y. BANK STATEMENT

of clearing house BANKS and trust COM
panies for the week Give aaysl shows that
they hold So. 81. $50 reserve In excess OF
legal requirements. This Is a decrease OF
So. O1C. 10 from last week.
The statement follows:
Actual Condition.
Loans. discounts, etc. .505.52s00o; de-
crease. 81, $4,000
Cash in own vaults, members federal re-
serve banks (a). $9s.710OOO: decrease.
$4.I140O0.
Reserve in federal reserve bank of mem
Der banks $50. or. 600: decrease. $1.tS0.0OO
Reserve in own vaults state banks and
trust companies OBJ, $16.5I2.O00; increase.
$laG.0OO.
Reserve in deposita ries. state banks and
trust companies. $s.2030oo: increase.
.Net demand deposits. sa.72i.6i7.o 900; in
crease, $1611S0O0.
.N.t time deposits, si5aG7i.ooo; de-
Circulation. $si. a1s.ooo; increase. $ass.ooo.
Specie included in (a) and (b). SO. 791. 900.
st-nited States deposits deducted, $685.
Aggregate reserve. $527. 707. 900
Excess reserve, $32,952 $50; decrease,
$9O1O.11O.
in clearing house statement:
Loans. discounts. etc, 1851 .256.l 700; de-
crease. S4.6i2. 600.
specie $12.914. 900; decrease. $21S.400.
Legal tenders. S66.2S4.I00: decrease,
Total deposits. ss1242s,ioo; decrease,
Ranks cash in vault. $13.524.7OO.
| Trust companies cash In vault, $65,6I4,-
900
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At Cantigny Americans Won
Over Veteran Troops.
Not Only Won but Held in AL
Counter Actions.
GERMANS ARE PEEvED NOW
Enemy Trying To Get Even by
FrightfulneSs.
Infantry Advance a Great Sight,
Say Airmen.

London. June 1.-The brilliant
American victory at Cantigny has, re-
ceived the attention it merits the
Star declares. THE more we hear of
the American army, the better it ap-
pears. The Americans, in this latest
venture, beat the crack Silesians and
Brandenburgers and held their gains
against all comers'
With the Americans in Picardy,
May 81 (night).- In the face of the
heaviest commandments and almost
constant counter-attacks. the Ameri-
cans are proving they are just as good
they are at capturing it.
The same dash and determine ton
is marking their consolidation and oc-
cupation of the newly won ground at
QUESTION, bringing the highest praise
from the French soldiers and officers
in this region.
Was a Great Sight.
American aerial observers told me
that the greatest sight they ever wit
messed was the advance of our infan-
try into Cantigny. At first they re-
fused to mention their own exploits.
Later. however, they admitted they
had flown as low as fifty yards over
the heads of the infantrymen
During the battle, practically all
their work of maintaining commune
cation between the artillery and in
fantry was done at a height of 200
yards.
Penetrating far into the boches rear
areas, one American airman was at
tackled by nine Hun planes, but es-
capped.
Cantigny is completely wrecked.
Only the skeletons of buildings re-
main.
German tanks are reported to have
been in action in this region in the
last "a hours, but no official confirma-
ton has been received.
Are Using FrightfuIness.
In addition to the bombardment to
which the enemy is subjecting our
gains, the boches are utilizing fright
fulness schemes, apparently in wrath
at the loss of Cantigny. Scores of
bombs have been dropped, not only
on the rear areas, but on a town far
back of the lines.
In preparation for some of their
counter-attacks, the boches have used
considerable phosgene and 'sneezing
gas
Prisoners taken from the German
SIND division first fought at the
Somme in 1915, then participated in
the Galician offensive and later re-
turned to the western front
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SCRAP OVER BABY
OLA Busey, Who Was Arrested fol
Beating Baby, Is in Again.

Ola Busey. who was arrested Fri
day on a charge of child beating and
released on $500 bond, was rearrested
this morning on a charge of vagrancy.
Busey was arrested Friday by Pa
trolman H. Williams on a. warrant
signed by Kilmaurs King, welfare
agent, as the result of a complaint
made by Ella Buechner, colored. The
Beuchner woman told the police that
Laura White, her neighbor. who lives
or the corner of Curtis and Jackson
streets and with whom Busey boards,
had left d 20-months-old baby boy
with her for a few moments Friday
afternoon. The child had been in care
of Laura White for some time. Mrs.
Beuchner says she noticed that the
child was badly bruised about the
face and that its back was a mass of
stripes as the result of being beaten,
evidently with strap.
Neighbors Immediately notified the
police, and while Williams arrested
Busey, Officers Sam Jones and James
Kennedy placed Laura White under
arrest Kate King and Kilmaurs
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One-Third Shawnee County
Medical Society in Service.
Dedication of Service Flag
Honor Roll Monday Night.
THEY ALL HAVE Volunteered
Many More Will Leave Before
End of the Year.
Justice Mason and General
Huffman Are the Speakers.

Nearly one-third of the doctors of
the Shawnee County Medical society
have volunteered for the colors and at
a meeting of the organization at the
Chamber of Commerce at Sis o'clock
Monday evening service flag and
honor roll will be dedicated with
proper ceremonies.
There are seventy-five members of
this well known medical organization
IN Topeka and the county. Twenty
two men already are in active service
and many more are avn Waiting the call.
Before the year is over DR.. Robert b.
Stewart. secretary of the society. pre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-01
KANSAS QUOTA
Confined from rage One.
Beginning juno "a.


All men called under the order for
5000 class l registrants will entrain
during the five days beginning June
"a. OF the number. 5000 will be sent
to Camp Funston. Fort Riley. Kan.
A total of 1000 Kansans will be sent
to Camp Cody. Deming, n. NJ.
In filling the call for $50 special
service men. volunteers from all
classes will be accepted up to and
including June Z. If the quotas are
not filled by that time, men from class
1 will be indicted to fill the ranks.
The special training course will call
25S white men for special mechanical
training at Kansas university, Law
renee. Included in this list will be
Eugene Villepigue, an assistant in the
adjutant generals office, VINO will an
swer the special service call and to-
day volunteered for work at the uni
versity. The men will be taken from
all sections of the state under the
volunteer plan. Failure to fill the
quota, however. will require an in
duction order applying only to class
l men.
To Send Colored Men.
In addition to the men to be taken
for service at the state university, 1903
colored men will be enrolled in SER
vice at Quindaro institute. The regu-
lations applying to this service are
the same as those for men sent to
Lawrence.
Topeka and Shawnee county quota
estimates are based on the call late in
May which took 1000 men from Kan
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SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
More Than 1900 Topeka Riddles GU
for Summer Vacation.

The Topeka city schools closed Fri
day afternoon. when the children in
the grade schools received their re-
port cards for the semester and the
graduation exercises were held for the
eighth grades and the high school
More than 1900 children are turned
loose upon their parents for the three
months vacation this summer A
large number of the boys of the high
school already have found places for
summer work Many of them have
joined the state boys working reserve
and will help on the farms
There are four negro and eighteen
white schools in the city. The fall
term will begin the first Monday after
the free fair, or Monday, Septem-
Der 16
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diets that a large addition to the hon
or roll and flag will be necessary.
The doctors now in the service are:
George V. Allen Earl G. Brown
J. ID. Cook John A. Crabb
Albert NJ. Dawson Oscar T. Erickson
+. J. Ernest Wilson X, Hobart
Charles II. Lerrigo Merrill h. Lindsay
CIaud c. Lull Arthur X. Owen
l.. NJ. Tomlinson A. T. Weisgerber
c. A. Wyatt James q. Stewart
John l.. Work Milton B. Miller
:. T. Willard Charles NJ. Hensley
George +. Hesner Seth A. Hammel
At the dedication Monday evening
the public is invited All the doctors
of the city, their families and friends
expect to attend Justice Henry F.
Mason of the supreme court and DR..
c. S. Huffman. adjutant general Of
the state of Kansas, will make the ad-
dresses of the evening.
The officers of the Shawnee County
Medical society are: President, Mil
ton B. Miller; vice president, w. f.
Bowen; secretary, DR.. Robert B.
Stewart