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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
Building Giant Locomotives by the Thousand to Help Win War



't'iE right i"i'' of i'anA -
PHILADELPHIA IA.
- HAVE come to PhiladelDhia to
1l -, .-.-,,,fr, -. tho
III
III mighty locomotives ~hlcn are
& Carving our food, fuel and other
,i1;. ,,d -,v.1 s,,-,-,14as over the
country Al no time in our history
has the railway locomotive been so
i,,-,,-,- ne now L ranks side nv
-, ....,
SIDE with the snip "h!ch Is lFiliSgor'-
ing food supplies and soldiers across
Tho Atlantic and i is ,,eeessar. to
,-.= ~ t:--,,..
Speeu the ~ "-'-e'4'i ~ 'i-9
possible point " men var was Hec!aFea
W. had = hon. g.. ODA locomotives The
number was greater than that Of the
railway system Of am other nation or
people bat i soon fell short Of the
transports don demands. There We're
rot enough locomotives to Raul the
cars The freight S0or Cioegcd all the
RAILWAYS outside the great ports and
i began &. Pile W ~ Industrial cen
te-s- The various war boards did all
they could to SPEED M the production
ana the economy experts tried 10 in
crease the efficiency Of tine tr1nsporta-
ton We have. They cut down the pas
senger travel and claim thereby 4 saw
ing OF something Ike 5v,D00,ppe miles
IN runhlns the engines Iney saved
1hli!l0hs OF niieS more by making eacn
same Tune shortening the laE-ofs Tor
,epalIs. IN snort theE so increased
iie tulEieIIc! o. tue o''o9o engines lhat
'les lain .lleS are no" DONG some
.t !" per ceiiI Hlote man IN
" st@'SS- NJ" iti's Nsi!iu4HS TINS
-, - , 80 =: m 80 SSi udl
-, H tl.i'-i.e = : d'er
.r+jro-.e a. 80 ~ 1855 tiIe
too1yIfsej,, f- ~ -, 80 ~. ~
e.1S5c 1-ta -. ~'tH
cllde the adfif7o., n go, - -.
= 600 locomotive.
As Il Is NOV ". have +er.- or millions,
N .e-,i-s1 ;--+.i -: T- - - '-''-,,,'2
and there az. f,et,re..r, MIR md So -,
s.o-rr,aIties which arr r,,aL5jr,sc e+es,,, 80,
eIeciric engines Of ooe E9>,d nv .+otta-
f. railway l.sA The, ar III ,ro.I ~,
a. their fullest tar,a..Ity- and -Le. ,ri,c,.I
ores are turning out engines at a speed
v-i.ic;, ma orc doomed -.~,s-5tls o. -. -
ago During IgI! The nnnaber Of lo-o9
motives ordered from our shops nv his
country and our allies in F,uron., vas r,cc.
rhan sac and ~ these ,,IC-a ,ba-7 . 200
were ordered nv the T-nited stsres 90
.rrr,6r+ Cor ee-,-ica IN .roar;c.,,, r.'i,,..,,,
in France over 500 rars contrsc+..I
for 10 h. exnorted IN EngTard -, 80
III i-Di-ed' Statas anI I,s,ada ~.
49, orri.r <,iI.ar ~, tba .o,.e-,,,,, ~ 'i'e
irco,(.i,.e 80 ,,,-,sf, ~. ,;,hi d
1870 - af,ar W. 80 ~. t%ells
- Is 90 o. 'ei nc " ~ va pltted
80 t1.T In tofaiiy;
- batu"Ih i-ocoiiio.iFe Coiilpahy ana
$3.50 80 'e'ii P1'i4i4ie ''ieii WITH as
~ 800. ..ex..;-.. -,
ne bSlI WIN l<ocoiioti'e company mere
at fhlaoelphla is the largest single loco
motive plant IN the United States, its out
put running side by side with that of the
!ann tl-cs LocomoSive Corr pany. which is
n combination Of number Of locomotive
concerns formed in 1901 The Baldwin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

in central Asia is almost entirely depend
ent on irrigation, and there is no proSIece~
OF increased irrigation under present corr
ditions. So the kaiser is not likely to get-
much cotton from middle Asia unless ths-
whole section should be Gerrnanized ard
syStematiZed. and that means the CONF
plete subsection not only OF Russia in ESSs--
rope. but Of . large section OF Russia An
Asia In other words. completed chap
ter Of kaiSe;ucIuS world power. ---
Before that chapter can BE- completed. so
many factors are TO be reckoned with that
it hardly Needs present discussion Yet a.
know ledge OF the railway systems of mid
die asia explains why the German war
lords dream OF the line from Berlin to
BokhaIsa, as well as to Eladivostok as an
offset FOR the loss of Berlin to Bagdad
The TaShE end line is the sequel of the
Transsiberian line. Whatever governments
controls the TRANSIT berian railway may
also count on controlling the railway sys-
TENS of middle Asia -.
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lieve VIII be the railway locomotives
of the future. They include, in short,
engines Of every description for use
not only by ourselves and our allies.
but for almost every country all over
the world.
In order to show You what We are
Doing in building locomotives, | have
spent Il day IN the Baldwin shops, go
ing through tho plants whore 2b.uUp
men are employed and talking with
the officials in charge. ! first visited
the shops in Philadelphia, and later
went by automobile TO EddYStone,
twelve miles away. where a great FAC.
tory has grown up on the banks Of
the Delaware river. The shops IN
Philadelphia have always been consid :
cred remarkable. They cover eighteen
acres. and that notwithstanding they
are in the heart of the city.
x <
The business has long since outgrown
Philadelphia The Eddystone plant
which was first used for the overflow
is now the main factory, and it viii
probably take in the Philadelphia plant
at some time in the near future. 1t lies
in the arms of three railroads. and At
lantic steamers can come TO its wharves
and load locomotives for Europe. The
plant altogether covers 400 acres and
there are single shops whose ground
floor is twice as great as that of the
Capitol building in Washington. The
erecting shop where the engines are
assembled has a roof of steel and glass
which would take in the State, Wal
and Navy building and that of the
National Library of Congress and leave
room to spare. There are also immense
forging shops and pattern making
shops. There are some yards filled with
finished locomotives, and others for ex-
perimenting with them before they &c
out 10 the tracks of the United States
to the Battlefields of France, or to the
mountains and plains of other lands
over the world. The French of late have
been having their engines carefully
tested, and to satisfy them a trial track
like figure eight has been laid tt
show how the locomotives will act upor
the shortest and most intricate curves
Upon this track they make double
loop as it were, flying around horse
shoes much smaller than is found il
the railroads
The beginning of the locomotive is
still farther away than the Eddystont
plant II starts as a low, phosphorus
pig iron, and this metal has to be rur
through furnaces and transformed into
castings of the finest of steel This
work is done in a little valley in the
Allegheny mountains. not far from the
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NE of the early residents of r
III " street and whose name ap-
u ~ pears in a number of the old
records was Clotwortby Steph-
enson. In number of instances his
name is spelled Stevenson, but our an
cestral scribes and clerks had divers
opinions as to how names should be
spelled. Sometimes the title captain
is prefxed to his name Titles were
granted, or imposed, in the olden time
with the same liberality with which both
titles and degrees are distributed now
In 1900 Clotworthy Stephenson was the
owner of two lots. Nos. IS and II. on
the south side of F street between 18th
and 18th. Those were original" lots.
and were the third and fourth east or
the corner of 14th street In the nara
tive concerning DIR. William Thornton.
author of the design of the United States
Capitol and one of the pioneer settlers
on F street. the Rambler quoted what
follows from Christian Hines recoliec-
tionS of Washington in 1I95-l7eI: On
the square bounded by f and f, 18th and
18th streets. there were six houSes-one
two-story brick, occupied by Richard
Forrest, Esq. and one two-story frame
with a carpenter shop attached. occu-
rled by cant Clotworthy Stephenson"
So far the Rambler has come upon
very little satisfactory information re-
Iating to Capt. Stephenson. The papers
IN the administration of his estate are
on file in the city Hall. He died toward
the end of 1919, and was buried IN the
PTesby terrain cemetery in Georgetown. q
riace of sad memories, which was long
neglected and abandoned. and is now
public playground.
There lies before tho Rambler a yell
low paper with lines of faded ink, bear
irE the date of February Q. 1920. being
F,r lac C@ -ba al
estate Of Clotworthy Stephenson. de-
ceased. made by David Bates. auction
Ger" The whole amount realized from
the sale was $500
It is Interesting to glance at the arti-
c'es which made up the house furnish
.1Cs Of this man. whose F street hold
srEs are now worth "a kings ransom
whatever that may mean. At any rate,
the two original lots \ef Ny. stephen
soH. out Of " mich perhaps eight or ten
building lots have been created. are
worth today more than all the land on
both sides of T street from Rock creek
To the Eastern branch was worth when
Capt. Stephenson lived there. The Ram
blar has no personal recollection of the
matter. but there is no doubt but that
Capt. Stephenson raised cabbage and
turDlps on his 7 street lots. and there
is proof that he kept COW, valued at
sI4- That COW was enc Of the items 81
r-- rs~z1S2I estate.
Among the other items Of the estate.
aS enumerated ana sold by the auctio7-
Ger. David Bates, were a Lot IF locks q
suyClaSs. three volumes OF tiol1suith's
History" 4 saw. measuring line, EEer-
sons Astronomy Two volumes Of
The Laws o. maryland" three volumes
oe Martins Philosophy" Il Concord
aucp Of the PihleT JoScrbuS and a
large seat" His sideboard sold for
SIS: the contents OF the sidehoard. s2-31;
q painting, so cents: two bottles and
dvcaa-cFs. 50 cents; a tray of knives
and forks, $3.50; three cardlesticks so
cents; clock, S20.5o: desk and book
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B E E; G.: :: {: s; =; !, +
q is exnected to replace the old
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
TOUCHED BY SERVICE FLAG
Youngster on Brink of Disgrace Re
solved TO Be Worthy of Emblem
Displayed in His Honsr.

"Why the service flag?" is an ole
question but from one of our middle
West towns comes a new answer.
y wealthy family i'll All indiana
town had a son, who had never done
anything to reflect honor on his fam
ily--a family which was proud of il;
famous ancestry. He didn't enlis,
when this war broke out, and thee
tried to evade the draft, but was com
PEELED to go in a recent call. He en-
tered a training camp few mile,
from his home town.
Rules and regular life were hare
for him. Smarting under a well
deserved reproof, ne one night decided
to desert. He slipped away from thl
camp and under cover of darkness
made his way to his home in order tc
get his civilian clothes and better eff.
feet his escape.
Just as he was ready to scale th9
front veranda of his home he noticed
the service flag in one of the houses
great front windows. There it was
In the most conspicuous place the
house Afforded great silk flag witt:
it's one blue star.
sits for me-" the boy thought.
Through his mind passed the mem
DRY of his life-a failure in winning
any Of the honors his family haC
wanted for him. No college diploma
not even a high school one, had he re
ceived-nothing except this one star
in this flag had he ever let his people
claim as his contribution to the family
famous name.
He turned back toward the sidewalk
.sssThey'll get to keep that honor" he
told himself. "Pll make it bigger, too,
and he slipped back to camp, elatcC
to find that his absence had not beer.
discovered.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09


The bark Of the yellow birch can be
compared with nothing else. The tree
is unique among trees. The yellow
birch, often better called the silvery
birch, has a bark more tinsei-like than
that of any other tree. II seems to
have been made for campers to I'D.
mire, or perhaps, in an emergency, tc
use to kindle the camp fire, says Ed
ward F. Bigelow in Boys Life. But
do not allow the appreciation OF the
useful to overcome your appreciation
OF the beautiful. It is true that the
bark may thus be used for kindliag.
and it is also probably true that tue
removal Of the lo0Sc bark does not in
jure the tree, but such removal Injuries
the beauty Of the tree, as you then de-
prive it of it's chief characteristic. The
manner in which the bark breaks on
the main trunk, expands and rolls back
In ribbonlike curls and strips, which
long REMAIN attached and rustic in
every passing breeze, could not fail to
elicit the admiration OF every lover Of
the forest.
II is noticeable that on old trunks
the character of the bark il different,
as there it is roughened by Irregular
piatelike scales.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
WHO CAN RISE TO oCCASl0Nf
Name OF Man Capable of FormuIatin!
"UmhreIia Regulations" Will
Live in History.

With the passing of each rainy day
1t becomes increasingly strange that
no benefactor of the race has beer
prodded, gouged Or spattered into pre-
pairing manual of Umbrellas" PEG
pie have been carrying some sort o!
protection against the rain ever since
anybody can remember, yet the onlg
thing they have really learned to do
we'll is to lose umbrellas. No two
persons, not even lovers, can walk IN"
der one umbrella without getting wet,
and raincoats probably were first de-
vised by man who tried to carry al,
umbrella over his wife's hat. What
excuse is there for the person who
goes through a crowded street holding
an umbrella before him in & charge.
bayonets fashion? An apology does
not exactly 4meet the requirements
after the tip of an umbrella rib has
been thrust into some ones eye.
Folded, the umbrella is just as dam
gerous, when some one comes plung-
ing along the sidewalk holding thu
umbrella at an angle Of about 45 &c.
grees ahead Of him. tripping every
one but himself. Then there is the
person who tucks the handle under
the arm, so that an innocent person
may become speared on the sharp enc
which sticks out like a G0-foot teie-
phone pole on 15-f0ot truck. Fur
thermore, wet umbrellas never were
intended as partitions between seats.
even at motion-picture theater.
There is no desire to distract the best
brains Of the country from consider,
alton of war problems, but some sort
Of umbrella regulations are needed.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
AIR CHOPPED Up BY SHE'LL
Aviator Describes Effect Of Heavy
Missile Which Passed Some Hun
dreds of Yards From Airp'ane.

A British aviator who had been fly
Ing In France since the beginning Of
the war told the story of meeting Il
shel; from German 17-insh gun while
be was in the air, says Popular Me-
cilaaics Magazine.
81 was at an altitude Of about 5000
! feet one day and climbing higher at
an easy, angle, when. one Of those big
fellows, almost at the end Of its long
flight, came Flowing along in the OPP
Dosite. direction" he says. "f'irst
dark little blur appeared ahead at
an angle of about 35 degrees above
me. AT first it seemed to be- coming
right at me and I swerved to the left
in an instructive effort to dodge the
threatened blow. Then a sort of dron-
ing hum became audible and that
sound increased during the two or
three seconds that elapsed before the
big missile came up to me and swent
past. 1t was probably-several hundred
yards away at its nearest, but the dis
lance seemed less.
/ 50 few faint STRINGS of air began
TO rock my machine even before the
shell went by, but the full force Of
the air wash came a fraction of
second later. Then an almost solid
wall Of air nearly threw me on my
beam ends and was really hard put
to it to get the Keeling machine back
on an even keel. For the next mile
or two the air was like water in the
e L. Il -
7 a springless lorry going over cobbles.
The air was disturbed for some sec
onds after loud roar astern had told
me that the shell had come to EARTH"
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
CONSIGNED FLAG TO OBLIVION
bIem and Then SoIemniy Buried
the Ashes in the Earth.

"The war is making a wonderful inn
preston on the mind of American
childhood" remarked DR.. Edgar De-
Witt Jones, Bloomington Cll.) pas
tor, discussing current topics with
some friends the other day.
Doctor Jones relates a little story
about his young son, age ten, to illus-
trate. In 1910 the pastor made tour
of Europe and brought home with him
flag of every nation visited. Occa-.
sionally they would be brought forth
to exhibit to visitors, but for the last
two years had been kept undisturbed
in a box in the doctors study. One
day two months ago the little son
very earnestly said to his father:
papa, haven't you a German fiag?"
The pastor replied that he thought
there was one in his collection, at the
same time explaining to the lad thae
the Teutonic banner was not popular
these. days and was not to be exhib-
tied.
A few days later the little son was
more insistent. "Papa," he said, 4
want that German flag; please get It
out for me-"
IT got the boy the flag" said Doctor
Jones, "and through the window of my
study watched what followed. First
the boy called his sister, Dorothy. The
children took the flag into the yard
and with much ceremony burned it.
When it had been reduced to ashes
the children carefully gathered them
and put them in a cigar box. Then
they dug a little grave and buried the
ashes. There is little mound in
the yard to show where the ashes of
the kaiser's colors are resting. have
never mentioned the incident to the
children and they do not know that /
watched them indianapolis News.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
CONCERT PROGRAM
BY the Twenty-fifth Infantry
Band Sunday Afternoon, No
vember 10th, 1918, at the
City Park, 800 p. m.

1. March, TRUMP of True
Tones" Clay Smith. (Dedi-
Gated to the Buescher True
Tone.)
2. Overture, Fest in c." Vim
cenz Lachaner.
8. Trombone Sofa Song; Good
Bye" E. P. Tosti. (Musician
Miles Terry.)
4. Spanish Mazurka "Senorl-
ta," Barclay Walker.
5. Grand Selection from the
Opera Cavalleria Rusticana, !
Pietro Mascagni.
). Vocal Solo, when Taps are
Softly Blowing" H. L. Wat
son. (Pvt. Albert L. Carter)
I. A Trench Pastime, "At the
Grasshoppers Hop" John w.
Bratton.
Leslie King Band Leader
18th Infantry -(Conductor).
The kegimental Chorus Of
Five hundred men will sing in
che Park during this concert.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
Popular Prince.

The bearing Of the Prince Of Wales
all through the war has won him the
admiration, respect and affection of the
British peoples, here and overseas.
We need not enlarge upon this, for
every one knows that to say so is no
courtly form of words. The prince will
go to the overseas countries of the
empire when the time comes with the
unique advantage of having seen with
his own eyes the shining qualities
revealed during the ultimate test Of
character-of the races that make up
the empire. He will go, too, for his
own instruction and enlightenment. as
the king said frankly of himself last
year when he foreshadowed his visit.
London Times.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
Used Liquor as Bait.

The burgomaster of Arnsberg, West
phalia, Germany, having failed Ia all
endeavors to induce the farmerssof the.
neighborhood to bring in supplies
placed this advertisement in the local
newspaper "This municipality. will buy
all agricultural products forl cash at
government prices. Every person wht'
delivers 100 pounds of breaddgrain or
500 pounds Of potatoes will receive a.
ticket emitting him to buyya bottle of
brandy or rum at reduced prices frorar
the municipal cellars Within twentyF
four hours the cellars were empty aasii
the residents Of Arnsberg enjoyed thae
first square meal they had had fes
weeks.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
When to Cut Walnut TreeAz.

Warming as to the proper time, ! <
cut walnut trees is sounded tnl al 10 t
ter to the American Forestry Assoc a
ton from Dr. Robert T. Morris; an
authority of New York city The Ea ok
walnut is destined to play a big. pa ,rt
in the war and President Wilson 3 as
called upon the Boy Scouts to mark
the trees. t"From September to April
is the time to cut these trees. says
Doctor Morris, in his better to. the as
sociation. eff the trees are cut at
other times the roots will die. It
is very important to observe this rule
to safeguard our future timber sup
NV" sd
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
RIPPLING RHYMES.
The Unhappy Bard.

Most workers pull down prncey reward of honest
sweat still the bards and kindred must take what they
get The who do chorng draws bones
day. odd he roaring because of
hire learned mechanic to tinker round my his
charges put panic and give soul jar The butcher
grocer the baker hed their prices high and I'm afraid
the undertaken will skin when die On everything the price
higher except deahess and ba1ds hardly find
buyer for products of their dom My wife declares she needs
bonnet she's her lid three years. and remark I write
plumber thing of smiles and tears and if feche in
plumber roll of good long green you'll have helmet that's
sonnet bnder thing of smiles and tears and it feche in
fan it, among the shopping gents but not buyer to
want for than forty cents They've raised the price
hens and hearse all the things that grow but soaring and
mortal verses won't bring ten cents throw
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09

When all weight and power available is thrown to elect
but one man on ticket sacrifice of all the ticket
"'there is something rotten in Denmark"
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
A Remarkable Actress.

The debut at the Hidalgo
Theatre, in Nogales, Sonora,
Tuesday evening, of the superb
dramatic company headed by
Virginia Fabregas, will be mark
ed as an epoch in the history>of
that temple of the muses..
The public Of Nogaies are
lager in their admiration of the
exceptional artistic endowments
Of the eminent actress, Sonora
Virginia Fabregas, who is with
out peer or rival upon the stage
If Mexico; and without distinc-
ton or exception all give hon.
lge to her greatness as an in
jerpreter of the lofty dramas
# the Latin race.
Fedora" the mastery dra-
natic production of the great
Iictorien Sardou, was the first
drama to be presented by the
talented actress and her very
capable support; and the inter-
,retation given was of the
ighest order from the opening
lines to the end.
The genial actress, whose
sreat work has been warmly ap-
olauded by public sentiment the
most exigent, such as those at
Madrid and Havana, was re-
ceived by the delighted audience
with a spontaneous and sym
pathetic ovation that was long
continued and repeated many
times during the evening, dur
ing the development of the ORA
matte theme.
The leading actor, Senior Mar
tinez, demonstrated his rank as
a magnificent exponent of the
dramatic art, with which he
manifested a profound knowl-
edge; and his work was receiv-
ed with a great deal of enthu-
siastic applause.
J All the artists in the compa-
ny demonstrated that they
stand at the very summit of
their lines of work, and they
impaired to the public mind in
Nogales a real appreciation of
the excellence of their effort.
Under conditions so auspi-
cious it augurs well = that the
Fabregas Company, whose spe-
cialties in the dramatic art ap-
peal to the sense of patriotism,
will continue the diffusion of
art and culture, the most COM
plete, and surely merited to the
end of their career.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
In Vaudeville,

Draft men coming to Camp Kearny
recently for training decorated the rail
road cars in which they Travelled with
all sorts Of notices and inscriptions.
When they got there they were re-
quired to wash them off. However,
one car got away from camp in SOME
unexplained fashion, while these words
still adorned it's sides:
"This is the bunch that's going to
make the kaiser whistle the Star
Spangled Banner
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-09
Peculiar Cause for Divorce.

In a divorce case at London, Eng
land, the petitioner, lance corporal
IN the Gordon Highlanders. said his
wife, an Englishwoman, refused to be
seen with him on the street because
she did not like him in kill. When
ne was on leave later she greeted him
with "Oh, those d kits" The
husband was granted decree.