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New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Fighting McCook Died
With Debts of $lS,Os9
Soldier-Lawyer Ensolvent, the
Transfer Tax APP
pTalsal Shows

Colonel John =, McCook, soldier. law
yer and one Of the foremost laymen
Of the Presbyterian Church, who died
IN 1911, was insolvent 4 member of
the family known as the sighting Nc
Cooks" he once declined Cabinet port
to!io from President Mckinley.
The condition of Colonel McCook's
estate, with deficit OF s1S, ,O99, was re-
vealed yesterday through the fling by
Appraiser Anthony P. Ludten, Of the
transfer tax appraisal in the Surro-
gates Court. This report places the
assets at s45, 400. Colonel McCook had
6,543 shares of stock of 10 value. The
deductions, mostly for debgs. amounted
to $63 ,548, which placed the deficit at
S1S,099 The largest deot was twenty
one demand notes amour tny to S62 ,224
made jointly by Colonel ara Mrs Nc
Cook to Charles B. Alexander.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Ford F ares To War
Manufacturer Believes as Soon as His Youno Men Get
Tuned Up JMney Submarine Chasers Will Be
Produced at Rate of One Day or Better

This Is the FIRST Of a series OF arti-
eles dealing scith the making Of
rorious Instruments Of lasting
.eoee in the Ford shops Of Detroit.
These Instruments, the making of
.,hich IN unprecedented nNmbers &C
.enti,atcs Mr.. Fords leaning toacara
ccnainc pacifsm, are besides the
"Eaqle," described IN this article,
Liberty motors, special type OF
tank, farm tractors and gln car
ricqeS.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
To Honor w. A. Jones

MANILA, April Gen-
eral Harrison. the President of the
Senate, Manuel Quezon; the Speaker
of the House, Sergio Osmena, and
other prominent persons have sent
messages of coincidence to the family
of Representative William A. Jones,
of Virginia, author Of the Jones bill,
providing for the independence of the
Philippines, who died last week. Flags
are being flown at half mast, and
plans are under way for memorial
service and also for the erection of ~.
mausoleum over the grave to repre-
sent the Filipino people.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Ships Will Not Be
Launched in Old Wav

The Ford idea of a standardized, fab
ricated ship is not radically different
from the fabricated merchant ships of
the Shipping Board, but the method of
assembling is sensationally new in
shipbulding. The growing ship at
Rouge will actually move along on
mammoth conveyor. There are no
end of 1,700foot aisle and be lowered
into the water at the other end. The
launching will not be an event. 1t will
simply be that point in the process Of
assembling the boat when it leaves the
land conyeyor and is conveyed by water
to the quthtting dock.
The conyeyors are simply trucks, not
unlike fiat cars, supported by standard
guage railway tracks, laid on concrete
foundations. Each truck is about 81
feet long, and six of them coupled to-
is planned to take not more than twen-
ty-one three-shift days to assemble
each boat, a boat day should be low
cred from the assembly into the water.
Lower" is the word, for instead of
the usual sliding into the water power
ful elevators, connected with each
aisle by transfer platform, will re-
ceive ship and trucks and descend with
them into the water. After the boat
floats OFF the elevator will ascend with
the trucks, and they will return by SER
vice tracks, of which there are four. to
the initial end Of the assembly, where
cranes will life them back to the as
gembly tracks to begin again their vo-
Iutionary journey. The service tracks,
though Of standard guagc, will not or
dinarily be supplied with locomotives.
Adapted Ford chassis. acting as trac-
tors, will draw the "fats" conveying
parts from the store rooms and ma
chine shop to the different points Of
assembling. Three overhead electric
cranes in each aisle will lift all parts
into place.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Just lacked on
New $4,000, 900 Plant

1t happened that Mr.. Ford was just
tnen at work on a S20,000,000 blast fur
mace at Rouge, where he purposes to
make all his own iron directly from
the ore to the casting. 1t was a little
matter to tack on S3,000,0O0 ship
assembling plant for the navy and
agree to take it over when the navy
was through with it.
Work on this plant, whose actual
buildings cover more than five acres.
began in February and should be done
in May. The ships are to be put to-
gether under root. which is something
unusual in shipbuilding. and the great
assembly building that is to house
them is LOO feet long and 300 feet
wide. This structure requires 1000
tons of steel and an enormous amount
OF concrete, brick and glass. More
than one-third of the steel is already
erected; about one-third is in sight
and the whole of it will be in place by
May 10, about ninety days from the
time work began. The fabricating
Shop, OIL mill construction, 45O by $50
feet, was put up in thirty days, and
most Of the machinery is already in
stalled and at work. 1t will do every
bit of fabricating that is done in every
plate. channel and angle that goes into
the destroyers.
Here is where the land flivvcr was
sacrificed to the sea flivver. 1t being
Impossible to purchase machine tools
for the new shop and secure delivery
anywhere within six months the shops
of the Ford Motor Company at High
land Park were robbed of enough
presses, brakes and rolls to equip the
ship plan shop, and the special dies,
drills. etc.. were quickly made in those
shops: This and other government
work have cut down the output of Ford
cars about SO per cent. The turbine
engines for the new type of destroy
ers are being built at the Highland
Park factory and the boilers will be
assembled at Rouge. The horsepower
of these turbines would not be allowed
to pass by the censor, so all that can
be said here is that it is sufficient for
the purpose. And so, by the way, will
be the guns and other talons of the
Eagles.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Plays and Players

Selwyn & Co. will star Adele
Rowland next season in a musical
comedy for which Jerome Kern will
write the score. The success of
"Rock a-Bye Baby" on the road has
prompted them to purchase the musi-
cal rights to still another play, which
was produced few seasons back.
Charles Ram Kennedy, author of
"Ihe Army with Banners" and "The
Servant in the House." both of which
are in Edith Wynne Mathison's reper-
at the final lecture-recital of the sea-
son in the Peoples House Auditorium,
7 East Fifteenth Street, this afternoon
at 3 o'clock on IA Few Pertinent I'M
pcrtinences.'
The entire receipts of the Century
Grove for Monday evening. April 20,
Committee of Women on National De-
fence. The money will be used in the
establishment Of the open air canteens.
Tomorrow afternoon at the Globe
theatre. the final Of the fancy ice skat-
! ing contest will take place on the stage
after the performance of Jack oLan-
'e'tH' riSU otOHc anu II. II. burn
side will act as judges.
B. f. Keith's Boys Band, composed
of 1876 boys, who have received a free
musical education, will lead the Lib
erty Loan campaign parade to-day,
having their place at the head of the
theatre representatives, who form the
first section.
sThe Henderson Players tonight
give the third of four special perform
ances at the Bramhall Playhouse. on
Twenty seventh Street, near Lexing-
ton Avenue. This week the programme
includes three Of Alfred Sutro's one
act plays.
There will be free vaudeville en-
tertainment for men in service at the
Playhouse, Sunday night, April 28th.
Frank Vincent. of tho United Booking
Office, has arranged the programme
eiven under the auspices Of the Stage
Womcn's War Relief.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26

looked beautiful and sang passably
we'll. The concerted numbers are at
tractive and the new Urban set ex-
tremely handsome. Nobody has urged
the saving Of chorus girls yet, and they
were present in the usual lavish num-
Der and quality.
The revival of "The Servant in the
House" at the French Theatre will be
reviewed in The Tribune tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
First Destroyer
Ready in June

Thus is completely carried out In
shipbuilding the idea Of "line produc-
moyes along a central line toward com
Dietion ~ the parts flow into it from
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26

Hotel Webster
80 West 45th st.
San Reno
75,h 81. Central
PARK Wsst}.
Park Aycnue Hotel
Park Ave. Al 32nd -.
Hotel Martinique
E'wsy al 32nd *.
Hotel Majestic
Central Park w. and
72nd 1T.
The BF0xtel1
27th ~. and 9Th Ave
Herald Square Hotel
3tib 81. w. OF B'waJ.
Hotel Continental
B'gsy .. 4lst 81.
Hotel Irving
~ Grsne1cy Para.
Hotel Margaret
bysotiyu. ~. Y.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
One Water-Going
Ford a Day

ANYWAY, the naval constructors drew
up general plan of 2oO-foot de-
s,rover and Mr.. Daniels invited Mr..
Ford to work out the details to fit jlt-
nev methods of construction and go to
it with all possible speed. Mr.. Foru
"ruesscd" that after his young men
had tuned themselves up to the idea
Of building water-going Fords they
would be able to turn them out at the
rate of one day, and possibly, II the
demand were insistent, at the rate OF
three a day. But I am warned to go
slowly on predictions. Mindful OF the
delay in aircraft production that fol-
lowed roseate forecasts, the Ford peo
pie don't care to go on record as say
ing any more than that they are going
TO build the first batch just as fast
as they can and then try to beat their
own record with subsequent orders.
1t is not permissible to state the pre-
else number of the eagles" in the
first order, but, large as it is, the fact
that the Ford company IS duplicating
the Rouge plant in the Newark mea-
dows, so that the freezing up OF the
Great Lakes next winter will not in
terfere with production. indicates that
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Sundays Tribune will con-
tain an announcement OF in
terest from the following
Hotels:

The Plaza Hotel
Fsih Are. al Je,h 81.
Rits-Carit0n Hotel
Nation Ave. and
.s,s 81.
AsAip'n Hotel
Broadway a. 24th ~.
Hntel Imperial
k'sty Il a2nd A.
FRINGE George Hotsi
Fi''h Ase. l. 2sth 81.
HoieI BeiiscIaIre
EssJ 4. 77.h ~.
Hotel Hargraye
s-sc =, Columbus Ave.
Hotel Ls Marquis
i--Is gU. 1Is, VI.
Holis5 Hotel
#uh'ncln Taysrs ~.
hoset CoiiiDxwood
- "ss, anh ~.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26

II the war or the U-boats do not come
to sudden end every German sub
marine will have flock OF Eagles"
looking for it.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26
Bv Theodore M. knappen
DETROIT. April 9

DETROIT, April 25.
TARTING with one man who is
~ reputed to have worked on a
~ steel ship as a riveter at one
time, Henry Ford is preparing to build
thousand warships more or less
doubtless more if the first flock does
not exterminate the submarine. IN
less they should be gathered in by
chance there will be no other expert
enccd shipbuilders in all the force OF
5000 or more that are to incubate the
Eagles" whose titanic eyrie is now
being built of huge sticks of steel at
River Rouge, just south of Detroit.
Builders of ships at the seaboard need
NOT worry about Mr.. Ford "lifting"
their skilled workers. Any man who
has worked on ships before will have
to prove that he is mighty good for
retter before he will be knowingly en-
gared for work on the Eagles"
But, first, let us consider what an
Eagle" is. The Navy Department de-
cided that submarine antiseptic meas
calleQ 1Of Ii CudScI SOiACW lClS
between the super-destroyers with
their enormous propelling power and
terrific speed and the 80-foot power
boats that were built in such large
numbers at first by both the British.
and American navies. About that time
Henry Ford appeared in Washington
and talked with Chairman Hurley OF
the Shipping Board about his ideas OF
building ships on the same prlncipfes
OF quantity production that are cap
able of turning out Ford car MN
,te It was even announced that Mr.
Ford had COINED" the Shipping board
1t appears, however. that Josephus
Daniels was a better wooer than Mr'
Hurley. for the next thing the country
knew Mr.. Ford had industrially joined
the navy. Possibly the idea OF killlng
tho submarine by direct blows instead
Of bv feeding it to death with mer-
chant ships appealed more to Mr.
Ford's ideas of the best way to deal
With the underwater devils.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-26

THEATRE. lth Sc. and
7th Ave. Spring ssos.
orrow. $50. soc. ST. $f.ks.
BIG SCENE"; "uE"s
MAID OF FRANCER
Every Tuesday. 6os Z ets
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NO ARMISTICE
Continued from Page One)

the details of the downfall of the
German autocratic government might
be arranged lated. But this is what
an armistice would entail:
First-A stop to the atrocities on land
and sea and the systematic destruction
and devastation in the wake of the re-
treating German armies. Then the dis
armament of I'll the German forces an
the depots of their arms and munitions
at points 20 be chosen by the Allied mil.
ltary cammonders. Then the occupa-
ton by Allied forces of certain Germa l.,
cities or strongholds of strategic i'm
portance. Probably also the occupation
OF all the submarine bases. a turning
over of the German fleet
In short it would entail a taking from
Germany of everything with which SIZE
might break her word to an armis.:c..
from that point the United Stat; s
and the Allies might proceed to disr,se
OF what remained of Kaiserism if .be
German people have not done it befor,
as President Wilson in his note PLAINLY
invites them to do.
while nowhere in the note does the
iresioent openly join with the Entente
statesmen in the demand that the "c;,,e,
CRIMINALS must be delivered up e.
'riai' the Presidents confidants point
out that he plainly subscribes to the
doctrine that the guilt of bringing on the
world war is personal.
1t will be noted that the President
completely rejects the German sugges-
ton for mixed commission to arrange
an evacuation and reminds the militar-
lists that they will accept the terms laid
down by Marchal Foch and the associ-
ated commanders in that they will have
no part in framing the1- He makes it
plain that he does not accept the new
German government headed by Chance!-
Tor Macmillan as anything less auto
cratic anything less creature of Ger
man militarism than it's predecessor
and warns the German people unless
they destroy it the Allied armies will
do SO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15
CLINTON

, The home evening of the Wesleyan
club has been postponed.
Mrs. Hannah Hunton of Boston is the
guest of Mrs. George Bingham.
Mrs. Branard Steel has just returned
from visit in Castine
Mrs. Effie Pierce of Waterville is the
guest of her mother, Mrs Sarah Ross.
Mrs. Blanch Sylvester of Augusta is
at DR.. A. A. Shaw's caring for her
mother, Mrs. Cornelia Shaw. who is cick
with bronchitis.
DR.. A. A. Shaw, who has been confined
to his home by illness, is out and about
his work
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Hayes have re-
turned to Pennington.
Mrs. Floyd Bcsse has been in Albion
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas
Abbott
Carroll Adams is home from the ship
yards in New Hampshire.
The Wesleyan Club will meet Friday.
Oct. IS. with Mary Cain.
Sam Fuller :; home from his work in
Oakland for short stay.
Mrs. Ella Bremner is in Pittsfeld car
ing for her da .ghter, Mrs. Josie Dicke",
who is sick.
Mrs. c. II. Ne~comb has returned
from a visit in Dexter.
Merit Brown. is reported sick with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Frances Pickett, who has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs Ralph Sher-
man. has returne, to Orrington.
Mrs. Ralph Sherman, who was threat
ened with pneumonia, is better.
Ralph Sherman, who has been sick, is
able to be about his work again.
Mrs. Frank Richardson is quite sick.
Miss Blanch Pounoy is substituting
in the Pishor'- Ferry school while Mrs.
Nellie Luce Cain is caring for he,
brother, DR.. P. E. Luce. who is very
sick at her home
Miss Ila McNally Of Fairfield is pass
ing the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Herbert Grant.
Mrs. Alvin Bcothby. who has been
very sick, IS better.
Mrs. Evelyn Jones, who was teaching
If White Rock, has been obliged to give
up her school on account of the sick
ness of her mother.
MISS Florence L. Cain, who is assist
ant in Warren High school. is home for
two weeks as the schools are closed on
account OF Influenza
Miss Blomice Wooster of Farriaeton
mas been the les. Oh her brother, Pew.
Frank Wooster
Cecil Goodrich and Leon Gibson were
in Waterville Sunday
Miss Ida searles of Chelsea is pass
ing few weeks with Mrs. w. I. Cain.
franz Whitman was in Albion Friday.
Mrs. Frank 3esse, who has been con-
hned tc her ONE by illness, IS able to
be- out.
James Donai lson. who has been quite
SICK, is able t. look after his business
again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15
Arthur M, jackson

Arthur NJ Jackson of Thorndike died
in that town early Monday morning.
Oct. "A, after p long illness, at the age
of As years. Mr.. Jackson was born in
the town of Winthrop Sept. 19, 1870, the
son of George w. and Emily A. Jack
son. He attended the village schools
and after graduating entered the tele-
graph ONCE of the Maine Central Rail-
road in this place, where he learned
telegraphy. He had been station agent
of several different places on the line of
the Maine Central and was for num-
Der of years agent at Thorndike. He
had been in poor health for over two
years. Some :wo years ago he sus-
tanned a paEalytic shock from which he
never fully recovered.
Mr.. jackson married Bertha Parsons
of Thorndike, who died in April. 1906.
Funeral services will be held at Thorn
dixie Tuesday afternoon, and the re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15

Mrs. George Thomas has received
the following letter from her son,
Sergt. Leonard Thomas, who is
serving in the Quartermaster's De-
partment:
Somewhere in France
Dear Mother:
Have nothing much to do this
morning so thought would drop you
just line. Everything is going fine
and l am gaining weight every day.
Somehow l have a wonderful appe-
title since / have been here. Would
You believe me, l had a nice shave
this morning with real hot water and
for breakfast 1 had six slices Of
good white bread, bacon, jam, fried
potatoes and coffee. / maintain that
was some breakfast. The weather is
the most disagreeable thing over
here as it rains most of the time, but
l have nice pair of hip rubber boots
and good rain coat, so should wor-
ry. In most cases we are better
fired than the folks back home in the
way of clothes and eats. We have
fine location for an office-there is
pig pen and a chicken rooSt the
next door to us-but just the same it
is a wonderful little cozy Office
There are not many Franch people
around the town, only very old men
and women and they keep pretty
much to themselves. They have
built some good roads through the
country, most of them lined with
straight row of trees on either side
of the road, which makes it very pic
turesque." There are some very
pretty little towns over here. have
seen such views in moving pictures
but really didn't know how to appre-
ciate them until now. There isn't
much more to say only that am well
and happy. Love to all,
LEONARD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15

Hallowell, whose professional fame
was more than state wide. From
her father she inherited strong
mentality, sound judgment and good
common sense. These traits devel-
oped by thorough education made
her a power for good and capable of
filling the high position sch so richly
adorned. One evidence of this was
the high estimate of her opinions en-
tertained by even scholarly men oc-
cupying high positions in our fore
most institutions Of learning. Add
ed to this superior intellectual en-
dowment there was a tender, gener
Gus and loving heart, always in search
of an opportunity for a kind, unset
fish act and always keeping herself
in the background.
Mrs. Curtis loyalty to friends and
acquaintance was unfailing, not one
was ever forgotten or neglected.
Such noble souls are rare and earth
is poorer for her going but Heaven
is richer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15

Clifton G. Spaulding, son of Mrs.
Ella Spaulding, has received a COM
mission as second lieutenant of Coast
Artillery, after a course in the fifth
training camp at Fort Monroe. Va.
Miss Flora E. Kimball, who is en-
ployed in Portland, is passing few
days at her home in West Winthrop.
Rev. N. r. Pearson has been con-
fined to the house for several days
by illness.
There will be work on surgical
dressings at the Red Cross rooms
Tuesday evening.
CENTER-Mr and Mrs. Walter
Clement and son Winthrop and Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Marstons, all Of
Roxbury,s Mass, passed the weekend
at Mr.. Clements summer home.
They were dinner guests Sunday Of
Mrs: l.. B. Lewis, as were also Mr..
and Mrs Daniel Clement and daught-
er Arleen.
Mrs Taylor Of Bath is visiting at
the home of her son. Frank Taylor.
Elmer Taylor has gone to Oak
Grove to resume his studies there.
Harold Tobey, who has employ
ment in Bath, passed a few days last
week at his home at the Center.
L. P. Morton made a trip Saturday
with Augusta friends down the Ken
nebec river.
The water in Lake Cobbosseecontee
has reached a high water mark sell
dom attained at this season of the
year. The rocks and bushes along
the shore are entirely covered with
water.
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Christmas. Package. For Over. Sea.


Those intending to send Christmas
packages to tbs boys in France should
cut out tie following complete instruc-
tons as they viii not appear in these
columns again. Read carefully the fol-
lowing:
Send name Of relative or friend over
seas to whom you wish to send Christ
mas boxes at once to Mrs. Charles II.
Gray, chairman Of Gardiner Red Cross
Chapter. Do it now. Every man abroad
will receive Christmas label with IN
structions to mail this label home to
relative or friend.
When you get this label apply to the
nearest headquarters Of the Red Cross,
which in Gardiner Is at Room at the
postofhce. and upon presentation of la
bel you will receive one ~ carton.
Pack your carton and take it to the
! American Red Cross headquarters,
whose representative will examine the
contents in order to exclude any article
barred by the postofice department
from Christmas packages; remove notes
Or messages from among the contents
wrap. tie and weigh parcel (weight OF
parcel must not exceed three pounds)
place on the parcel the Christmas label
received from abroad with correct ID
| dress of the man for whom intended
Persons sending the parcel shall then
in the presence of the Red Cross repre-
sentative. affix stamps sufficient to car.
ry the parcel to Hoboken. n. ].
Lastly, the led Cross inspection leba]
certifying to the complete inspection by
the Red Cross shall be placed on the
Parcel. Now, remember this: No Christ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-15
City Council Meeting

A petition signed by Maurice w.
Royal and some twenty-three or
twenty-four others asking for the
construction OF a sidewalk on Clin-
ton street, was received and dis
cussed. 1t seems that a similar pc
tition was received last year and
a walk laid as requested. The petit
ton received on Mondaw evening is
evidently a continuation of the same.
After discussion the matter was re-
ferred to Alderman Ross of the street
department.
Hon. Charles A. knight appeared
before the council in behalf of the
Amesbury-T wombly Co. Mr.. Knight
stated that the cellar of the above
named concern was wet and at times
considerable water stood therein.
This condition he claimed was due
to the caving in of one of the city
sewers on Water street. 1nasmuch
as the matter had been brought to
the attention of the council before
and the matter remained the same,
Mr.. knight asked that immediate &C
ton be taken. Alderman Russ stat
ed that he had already made arrange
ments for a man to undertake the
work and that it would probably be
begun forthwith. Routine business
occupied the balance of the session
Edwin w. Ellis has purchased OF
E. c. Bowler the house numbered SO
Dresden avenue. 1t is understood
that he buys for occupancy.