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The sun., 1918-09-08
New York Railroad Men
in War Jobs.
FROM THE ERIE ROAD:

FROM THE ERIE ROAD: -
vice-President De.os w. Cooke, re-
Gently appointed state Fuel Admins
traitor.
Coal Freight Agent Andrew X.
Norris, now director of tidewater coal
traffic for the port of New York. who
will direct unloading Of coal ship
ments to this city next winter.
Assistant General Traffic Manager
d. L. Gray, now manager Of inland
traffic for the Shipping Board. with
Offices in Philadelphia.
General Passenger Agent r. III.
Wallace. now Of the Eastern region
passenger traffic committee.
FROM THE LACKAWANNA ROAD:
Traffic Manager Nat Duke, now re-
gional director for the Food Admins
tration.
General Freight Agent A. g. Lea
royd, assistant to the Fuel Admins
traitor in Washington.
Passenger Traffic Manager George
A. Cullen. now organizing all the
joint ticket offices for the Railroad
Administration in Chicago and
throughout the East.
FROM THE NEW YORK CENTRAL:
President Alfred II. Smith, now re.
gional director. Eastern division.
Senior Vice President A. Il. Hardin
assisting Mr. Smith.
. Traffic Manager Francis La Bau
also assisting Mr.. Smith.
Walter Pollack. now deputy marine
director of New York Harbor.
FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.
Traffic Manager Robert c. Wright,
now assistant traffic director OF the
Railroad Administration.
Eastern Traffic Manager George d.
Ogden, now chairman of the exports
control committee.
FROM THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC:
Traffic Manager L. ]. Spence. now
chairman Of the coastwise steamship
advisory committee.
FROM THE NEW HAVEN ROAD:
Vice President Ben Campbell. now
Eastern territory head Of the frelgh'
traffic committee Of the Railroad Ad-
ministration, whose problem is freight
rates.
FROM THE LEHIGH VALLEY:
Assistant Freight Manager II. {
Burnett, who heads one OF Mr.. Camp
BELLS sub committees.
The sun., 1918-09-08

TINE legend "Long Distance Moving
l. is familiar on the sides of moving
vans, and trips of thirty, forty or fifty
miles are common enough nowadays. But
here in front of an apartment house up
town unloading household goods was a
motor moving outfit from Boston, a dis
lance of approximately $50 miles.
This was not a van; it was a giant high
sided wagon, and they had put into and
on that great wagon more probably than
could have been put into a van. The
packing of the load had been done with
great art and skill.
When the long, deep wagon body had
been filed they built the load up with an
overhang on each side. The load was SO
slowed that nothing in it could move.
Then over the square sided flat topped
load there were stretched tarpaulins in
several thicknesses.
The tarpaulins were brought well
down on the sides of the wagon, while
over fhe top, evenly and trinity spaced,
there were numerous lashings which were
carried down to the body of the wagon
The sun., 1918-09-08
Real Long Distance Moving Common Now

and there made fast as snug and taut as
the rigging of a ship. 1t was beautiful
job of packing, and it made load that
could be carried any distance with never a
fear of shifting.
Only two men came with the outfit,
which left Boston at o'clock one morn
ing and arrived here the next morning at
s, making the run in twenty-eight hours.
Now here they were in front of the apart
ment house, carrying in the pots and pans
and the furniture and bedding just as if
instead of coming $50 miles they mad
come little matter of twenty-five blocks.
From here this Boston outfit was going
to Philadelphia, there to load the house
hold effects of somebody who is moving
from Philadelphia to Boston, this being
a motor moving job Of approximately $50
miles.
OF course, people have been moved in
tins manner much greater distances still,
and yet two moving jobs, one from Bos-
, ton to New York and the other from
Philadelphia to Boston, might fairly be
set down as rather striking examples Of
really and truly long distance moving.
The sun., 1918-09-08
New YOrk'S Star Railroad Men.
Busy Handling War Tasks
What the Experience Under Government Will Mean When
Executives Return to Old Positions

certainty. But as soon as the Govern
ment policy began to be grasped and the
railroad men began to appreciate the
great part that transportation was bound
to play in the national defence, there was
a reviviication in all railroad offices.
II have in mind railroad official who
is now holding down big job, almost al
the top, in the administrative department
of one of the big railroads and is also put.
ting in certain amount of time every day
as director of an important traffic bureau
connected with Government department.
So enthusiastic has this man become con-
corning the service which he believes his
road can render to the Government that
he is communicating his enthusiasm to all
his associates, both in railroading and in
his special Government work as traffic
expert.
'Recently, as a railroad official, he in
stituted an inquiry as to the length of time
it took cars to be unloaded from the floats
of his road at such outside terminals as
the street terminal, the Brooklyn East
em. District terminal and the New York
Dock Company.
Showed Chance for Improvement.
"The inquiry was prompted by desire
to find out whether his road was giving
as prompt delivery as possible of material
consigned to New York for Government
use or overseas shipment. 1t concerned
the unloading of floats, the handling of
lighters and conditions at car terminals,
and it revealed the fact that some of these
operations could be materially improved.
- "'Our present rate of movement will
never do he said. Government supplies
must be moved faster than this if America
is to win the war;
"At the suggestion of the operating
head of the road it was decided to put it
up to the agents of the road for transfers
and ligherage, who were directly respon-
sible for the movement. A meeting was
called and he made short address.
"He pointed out the confusions and de-
lays, and asked for special effort from the
men in cutting down the time consumed.
The result has been quicker yard and
lighterage movements and the setting of a
new standard for prompt handling. An
average period of only a little over two
hours is now consumed in loading and I'M
loading floats at the outside terminals
No one made any violent protest in ante
bellum days if "A full day was consumed
now and then IN such work.
"This is merely one instance of the way
railroad men are rising to the situation.
Sand what is going to be the result
The experience is going to make these
men into new type of railroad man
Each man is bound to have new vision
of railroad efficiency and of what tn,
railroad means as service agent to tn,
public not only in time of war but il
peace as well.
"He will get the habit of seeing thing
in the large. Instead of being merely
paid servant awaiting orders he will b.
on the qui vive to initiate some improve
The sun., 1918-09-08

the pier within few hours of its arrival.
No longer will he even avail himself Of
the free period the first forty-eight
hours, which has heretofore been con-
sumed by practically all consignees. All
the big consignees are right on their
mettle. Men who before could never be
got to haul their stuff away under two or
three weeks, preferring to pay demurrage
rather than TO haul the stuff to a store
house and pay storage before selling, are
proud now to get it out in few hours.
Zone man who received fifty-seven car
loads of freight in two months made the
splendid record of removing each load
from the terminal point to which it had
been delivered in an average of less than
three hours. Another consignee who had
a very poor record and whose cars stood
unloaded last winter on an average of
fourteen days each is now one of the most
active in prompt removal o. each consign-
ment as it comes in. This is typical of
the new cooperation between the railroads
and the public.
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Calls for New Cooperation.

"Only few days ago Regional Director
Smith issued call for a new kind of CO.
operation by the public. He desired the
railroad managers to assist him in voicing
this appeal. Inside of twenty-four hours
the road with which l am connected had
its men out, going from one receiver to
another.
"The circular letter issued by the Re-
gional Director sheds light on the new
spirit" Here it is in part:
"'To the Federal Managers and General
Managers Railroads, Eastern Region:
"In order that the experiences of last
autumn and winter, due to severe weather
conditions and the large volume-o freight
traffic which the railroads were called upon
to move, may not be repeated in the COM
ing autumn and winter it is of the
utmost Importance that manufacturers,
wholesale concerns and distributors under
take at once to accumulate before October
l supplies sufficient for their necessities
during the winter.
"'SOme concerns have already under
taken this. To produce imme-
diate and substantial action please enlist
the freight traffic representatives of the
railroads under your jurisdiction to visit
the homogeneous of all such concerns and
appeal to them to take prompt action on
grounds of patriotism and OF ordinary
business prudence.
"'Please advise me Of any concerns that
obviously can but fail to respond to this
. appeal; also, Of anyswho encounter trans
portation obstacles in their endeavors 70
comply" ..
The sun., 1918-09-08

ment that will make his station or his de-
partment of larger value. This applies
to every man of the rank and file as well
as to department heads.
"There is positively no place in the
railroad field to-day for the man who is
SO welded to his old methods that he can
not change. Dead timber Of that char
acter is being cut out. Only those men
who are sufficiently keen to be able to get
out of their old ruts are going to stay
in the railroad business, and these will be
the men who will direct the new kind of
railroading that is here to stay. This type
of man will be at the top in all depart
ments of railroading after the war.
"The cooperation which. the general
public, as represented by shippers, han
ders and receivers Of freight, is now
giving the railroads is splendid and cor
dial. Such freight congestion as gripped
New York's business activities last win
ter, hampcred Government work and held
up shipments to the Allies for weeks and
even months is thing of the past. No
clearer proof is needed than the fact that
the Government has already sent overseas
within few months not only more than
a million men but all the supplies re-
quired by such vast army, and that the
railroads are now handling, under the ex-
listing control, all the raw material and
the finished products of the many war
industries, all this in addition to regular
business, and with despatch and without
friction.
"The railroad men had to learn how to
handle this tremendous increase in traffic
bulk. They did. But it was not until
they asked and secured cooperation Of
shippers and receivers that the problem
was solved.
Fast Ending the Congestion
"Thanks to this cooperation the days
are past when the railroads coming into
New York will be obliged TO dump tons
of automobiles and machinery on the
Jersey meadows because there is no plat
form or pier space in any New York ter
minal where they can be unloaded, or be-
cause the cars which brought them to the
seaboard are needed for other shipments.
Also, the time is past when loaded cars
must lie for weeks in the freight yards
around New York because crowded yards
made shunting on much of the trackage
impossible.
ITO say that the freight congestion
problem was solved merely by getting
consignees to unload their shipments i'm
medately upon arrival carries little in
formation to the average New Yorker
He will be inclined to say: well, if it was
so easy as all that why need there have
been any freight congestion at allF
at does sound easy, but this coopera-
tion was not effected in twinkling. The
public, like the railroad officials, had ia
get out of its ruts and get new habits.
"Receivers of freight in New York have
learned to hustle as they never did before
Every consignee knows now that he mus,
get his produce or raw material or manu-
featured stuff taken out of the car or of
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Necessary to Work Out New Plan.

"When at last the policy of the Rail
road Administration was defined it be-
came necessary for the operating officials
to find themselves, so to speak, TO estab-
lish new routine and lay down all sorts
of new regulations. Under Federal con-
troll, the operating department of the
roads is separate from the corporation,
and there has had to be an adjustment all
along the line. 1t is not to be wondered
if good many things had been going
rather loosely during the months Of un-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
BAISDEN URGES
CONSERVATION
Of AUTO TIRES

Just now when 40 much difficulty
10 experienced In securing the ships
10 transport our oountry's crnd. rub
her needs overseas. IL the time that
motorists must conserve their tires.
10 tho end that every available pound
Of rubber may be USED whore Il will
best help 10 win the war.
Along this line. the remarks Of
John s. Baisdcn. manager. John 4
Baisdsn. Inc. distributors for tho
Goodyear Tire a Rubber company.
are pertinent. The solution Of the
problem he Gays. lies In tho oduca
lion Of the urr user thru his service
station dealer
- motorist has no more right 10
waste tires than he has to waste
flour or sugar In his hom.--and has
no more desire To do so
our service station dealers arc
helping TO cut dawn this enormous
waste in tire hf~ with tho pur
chase Of his tire. the user gets the
proper instruction as TO how he can
got every possible mile from ". We
have found. OF course. that tire users
Will use own pleasure about applying
conservation principles TO their tires
you can lead horse TO water. but
you cannot force him to drink-but
Il is our object TO 30 thoroly impress
methods. that the chance viii be bet
ter than ever. that he viii put them
into practice"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
FISHERMEN'S DOPE

Here Il the dope for fishers. gotten
out by Piper s TAFT
Lake Menatehec tncar t.raven.
worth Medium high and medium
clear Fishing Is fair some perch,
outthrnat and Eastern brook trout
are being caught with bait
Dungenrss river tnear Dungenesai
Water IL clear. Fishing II good.
salmon trout and ateelheads biting
skykomish river tncar indext--
water rather hish Fishing Improv
ing Some nice catches are being
made with bait and spoon
B-ckier river tnoar skykomlHht--
Water Is medium hlgh and cloudy
Fishing Is fair with eggs.
North fork ~noaualmic river lnoar
Sorth nendt Water medium nigh
Fishing ~ good Some fine catches
have brcn made ia the lakes near
here
Lakes karh-Ss and koech-Ius
tnear EaAtont-Watrr ~ high and
muddy. Fishing Ia very poor. \
few ANAL trout have been taken IN
the small streams
Lake SAmmsmish tnehr Richmond
Water IL medium high and clear
Fishing IL very good. Bass and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
1t All Depends

Before I came across his win
And chioroformed my Uncle Bnl.
had no motor horn 20 Fquuwk
And was then Obliged To walk.
Each day aa | strolled down the line
Some car would try to climb my
spine
The motorists all seemed to be
Intcnt upon destroying mo.
ycarned to yank them from their
cars
And show them lots Of pretty stars.
These streets are mine" so ran
my thoughts.
They're not for snoring jugRer.
nautA."
But when fleet cars a spot bestride
lis better 10 have stepped aside.
Grim drivers shaved mo with n bus
Then had the nerve TO turn and cuss.
They'd steal behind me unawarcs.
And startle me with siren blarcs.
| favored feathers and Some tar.
For every jay that drove a car.
But now that I possess boat.
Pedestrians all get my goat
They cross the street where'or in.
clincd
And leave their arms and legs be.
hind
Scant wonder motorists have folied
Tho reckless mortals. sclfpropcilcd.
Who. deaf TO drivers shrlll appeals.
Get tangled in our polished wheels.
Pedestrians arc all insane.
And guides should lead them by a
chain.
II Is a task 10 drive hack,
When fools on foot dodge forth and
back.
I've braked so hard to spare some
runt
My rear wheel bumped against the
front.
And after ! had saved his life
He wished 10 carve me with "A knife.
Oh, thus It is. all men bemoan
our cars until they get their own.
And then they join with you and me
To roast the dad blamed infantry.
JOHN b. TERMS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10

II YOU value your watch. Jet
Haynes repair II. Next Liberty
theatre --Adyertiscrnen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
A Simple Way to
Remove Dandruff

There IL one sure way that has
never failed 20 remove dandruff At
once. and that IL 20 dissolve II. then
you destroy IL entirely. To do this.
lust get about four ounces OF pain.
common liquid arvon from any drug
store Ohla IL all sou win need. ap-
ply II at night when retiring. usr
enough to moisten tho scalp and rub
Il in gently with the finger tips
BY morning. most n not all. or
your dandruff will be gone. and three
or four more applications viii com
pletcly dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace Of H.
no matter how much dandruf you
may have
You will find ell itching and dig
ginR of the scalp will stop instantly.
and your hair viii be fluffy. luEtroua.
glossy. silky and soft. and look and
feel hundred times better-Adver'
tisemeut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10

grayiinE arc biting good now Some
very biR catches made this week.
Lake suthrrinnd--svia Port Ange
lcsl Water 10 clear. Bait nshing
and trolling good.
t,ood sport at Lake th~lan
Lake thrlan and tributaries tnear
Chclant- Water ntiii rising Fishing
IL excellent. especially in stshskin
river.
Quinault lake. (nsar Quinault
Water la getting warmer Weather
II fine. Fairly good trolling Bait
fishing II good. From this time on
tho trolling on the Lake viii 10 good
Lake Hins- and Lake Alexander
tnear Charieston,-W water dark and
low. .Cuiihroat fishing fair Fishing
az thh time 10 uncertain.
Lake hitsap tnear charirstpnl--
water clear and medium loe Crap
pie and perch fiahirg Ia good. iia Sc
arr beginning 10 take pork rind.
South fork snoauAlmio river
near North Bend Water high but
clear. Fishing fair In the river. but
very good In tho small creeks.
Chico 1-~h tnear chArie-toni--
water Is low and clear. Fishing
poor WIN be better with a good
rain
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
400 ELCINS TO
BE SHIPPED BY
JULY, HE SAYS

NJ. Edwards. Jr., general sales man.
ager OF the ElRin Six, was "A visitor
last week with Seattle Motor Car
Northwest distributors
for this car, From Seattle Edwards
went East direct TO tho factory
Manager Hunt. of the Seattle com
pany, received assurances from I'D
wards that at least 400 Elgin Skies
would be shipped TO Seattle before
July !, OF this year Arrangements
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
HANSON NAMES WOMAN

Mrs. Corinne Simpson.Wilson.
North end real estate dealer. is tia
first woman TO serve on the eli
board OF appeals, to which app
from the decisions Of the superln'
tendent of buildings so for hearing.
Mrs, Wilson was appointed as the
member-at.large on the board by
Mayor Hanson. Thursday afternoon.
The other members of the new board
are T., J. Rounds, representing the
builders, and John \. Creutzer. rep
resenting architects.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
TAG DAY SATURDAY
FOR RYTHER HOME

Saturday will be tag day for the
Mother Ryther home. Boys and girls
will be enlisted to sell the tags thru
out the city. The funds will go to.
ward the new home. city heoduuar.
ters for the day win be at the Y. NJ
c. ~ building. In Ballard head.
quparters win be at the office OF
Young 4 Broberg, 5229 Ballard ave
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
PRICE ON THE
WAY EAST TO
JOIN CORPS

George NJ. Price, president OF the
Great Western Motors Co, Inc.
Washington distributors of the Paige
ear, left Wednesday night for New
York. whore the abulnnce corps to
which he belongs will assemble
From New York they will go TO Italy
20 take up their duties on the war
front.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
RADIATOR LEAKS

Radiator compounds are excellent
TO have for use when a leak develops
along the way. They should be used
only temporarily and as sparingly
as possible. As soon as possible. have
the leak soldcrrd hy a competent re-.
pair man,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
on A GRADE

II YOU must park on a grade. Il Is
well 10 take additional precautions
besides setting the brakes Place
the gears in first instead OF neutral.
as the resistance OF the motor will
hold the car hack Also turn the
front wheels into the curb II possible
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10
BRIGHAM GETS
TWO MORE BIG
AGENCIES HERE

Demonstrating tho ability Of the
NJ. S. Brigham organization TO sell
cars. comes the announcement tina,
this firm has been given the agency
for the Bethlehem and Indiana truck
lines. These two lines, combined
with the smith. Form.a Truck. which
this company has been representing
in seattle for some time. makes ono
u the strongest selling lines Of any
firm tn the city.
The trucks are made for any ca
pacity. up 20 five tons
While only having the agency for
a few days. Mr Brigham has CLOSED
several large orders. and at the pre-
cut time 10 working on one OF the
largest truck deals in the Northwest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-10

are now being made to ship the cars
In trainload lots from the factory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-02
DEPENDED ON THE MULE

Speaking at a political gathering
Congressman Frederick w. Dallinger,
of Massachusetts, referred to the
many amusing incidents Of the school.
rooms, and related little incident
along that line.
A teacher in a public school was in
structing a youthful class in English
when she paused and turned to a
small boy named Jimmy Brown.
James," said she, write on the
board, Richard can ride the mule if
he wants to-"
This Jimmy proceeded 20 do to the
satisfaction of all concerned
Now, then" continued the teacher
when Jimmy had returned to his
place, 'can you find better form
for that sentence?"
Eyes, ma'am,' was. the prompt re-
Spouse of Jimmy. Richard can ride
the mule if the mule wants him to-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-08-02
r. M. Green

r. NJ. Green, age 81, died Sunday
morning at o'clock at mis- home in
the Lanton community, after a long
illness, having been confined to his
bed for two months. He was one Of
the most highly respected end pros
porous farmers Of the community in
which he resided and was q member
of the Lanton Christian church from
boyhood. His life was beyond re,
proach. He was always ready to lend
helping hand to the poor and af-
flicted.
Mr.. Green is survived by his wife,
his aged parents, Elder and Mrs. L.
C. Green; four children, Alliue, Ruby,
Louise and Edwin Green; five broth
ers, William, John, Cane, Macon and
Frank; three sisters, Mrs. j. E. Price,
Mrs. ]. D. Derryberry and Mrs. w. S.
Crawford.
The funeral services were conduct
ed this morning at 1913 o'clock from
the Lanton church. Interment in the
Bunch cemetery. Brothers of the de-
ceased and his nephew, Mack Green,
acted as pail bearers. Arrangements
by Maury Undertaking Co., I. l.. Cur
ningham in charge.