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The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Diplomacy Wins.

Frank speakers Cor whatever they
may term themselves) should remem-
Der that certain kinds of frankness
bring lot of uneasiness and often pain
to others, and those of us who stop to
think at all will admit that it is by
far the better part of valor to refrain
from telling everyone at all times just
what we think. We should study the
temperaments Of the persons with
whom we come in contact, and while
before some we may express ourselves
freely and without reserve, we must in
the presence of others be most careful
and guarded in our remarks.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Biblical War Bread.

The Scriptures give us many lessons
in thrift, according to writer in
Thrift Magazine. Ezekiel warned the
children of Israel that during the siege
of Jerusalem they would have to be
thrifty. He said: "Take thou also unto
thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and
lentiles, and millet. and fitches, and
put them in one vessel. and make thee
bread thereof."-Ezel1iel 40. The b.
BILE shows that Ezekiel ordered the
children of Israel to eat their meat by
weight, and even thus only "from time
to time"
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Jasper Boy Among Fighters.

''The Wild West" division is over in
France, ready to rough-ride the boches5
Official announcement from Wash
ington is to the effect that the Ninty-
first Division, trained at Camp Lewis
formany months, is now included in
the Fifth Army Corps, ready and fit for
its share of the big job. Brig. Gen.
Frederick S. Foltz is in temporary COM
mand Of the Westerners.
In the ranks of the ninty-first are
men of the fighting breed-cowpunch-
ers, lumberjacks, miners, hunters,
railroad builders, ranchers - clean
limbed, clear-eyed, brown-skinned men
who have fought and conquered in the
battle with the wilderness. And with
these plainsmen and mountaineers are
the cream of the Vests famous athletes
stars or gridiron, diamond, track and
swimming pool.
Indian-like in their method Of fight
ing, these men have, too, the self.re-
lance and poise that come from years
spent in the open, the fortitude to defy
hardship, the fearlessness to face death
unfiinchingly.
They're going to be bad medicine for
the kaiser. Fritz is aready complaining
about the American wild men," He
hasn't seen the widest Of 'em yet.
Charley Little, son of Isaac Thomp-
son OF. Jasper, is q member OF the above
division.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24

Daily Thought.
Health consists with temperance
a1one.-Pope.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Eiuures Never Lie.

1t Is amusing, though, how much
printed figures can lead the imaginn-
tion astray. One good lady came to
sell a quite modern coffee pot, with the
catalogue number, 1431, stamped on
the, bottom. Now, 1t might have been
worth, perhaps, a dollar and n half,
and. she asked five hundred for 1t be-
cause it was made 'before Columbus
discovered America."-Alice Van Leer
Carrick, in the House Beautiful.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Tact Always Wins,

OF this truth we may rest assured:
The tactful person never gets into trou-
BILE. She may go anywhere. mingle
with all types Of people, and then pass
onward leaving only a most favorable
impression in their minds. Therefore,
the truly practical one will gladly put
herself out wee bit in order to retain
the good will of others. For this at
titude will not only help her immeas-
urably, but will certainly make easier
and smoother the ways of all with
whom she comes In contact.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Know What You Want.

i. Do you know whit you want most OF,
Ill In Efe2 Most peopieeimaginc they
have an object in life, but some have
never found out what 1t Is. The first
essential to getting what You want is
to know what you want, and the sec
ond is to war,y 1t enough. Purposes
40 vague that they cannot be defined.
wishes so faint thnt they do not in
spire to sacrifice are not factors in the
successful life.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Just to Be on Record.

We have observed for some time
that there is a disease called auto-in-
toxication. The possibility for pleas
antry and punnlng on this word is so
wonderful that there'ssprobably not n
chance in the world that n slde-split-.
ting joke has not been madeaof it. We
dare not taReethe. chance.of passing 1t
by, however, and want to be on record
as knowing 1t exists.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
BLUE STAR {.
Mrs. MYRTLE CoINER.

Grandma Stockdale spent Sunday
afternoon at Homer Stockdale's.
Ed Calvert and family visited Satur-
day at H. e. Coiner's.
Mr.. Lucas called at Rene Lucas
Thursday.
Mrs. Wade's sister from north .Mis-
souri, is visiting her.
Miss Nellie Whicker was taken quite
sick Tuesday morning and was unable
to teach the remainder of the week.
The Stockdale family are almost all
over the influenza except Mr., Stock
dale, and he is still quite sick. DR..
Schroeder was out to see him Sunday
and reports him doing very we'll.
Mr.. Goddard's family visited Mr..
Thompson's Sunday.
Jake Kaderly and family spent Sum
day with J. 4. Hull and wife.
Will Law helped his brother Harve
last week.
Mrs. E. ID. Owen and daughter Edna
and Roscoe Baucom spent Saturday
night and Sunday at H. E. Coiner's.
Harry Bunnell and family spent the
afternoon there.
Miss Clara Miller Of Rinehart, Mo-,
visited from Wednesday till Saturday
with her cousin, Miss Elsie Kaufman.
The Frakes brothers are moving to
Jasper this week having sold their place
few months ago to Mr.. Larabee Of
Carthage.
Earl and Lester Wade spent Tuesday
afternoon with Lloyd Coiner.
Ella Mikesell called on Mrs. Cecil
I<aderly Saturday.
Miss 'Sallie Baston called on Mr..
Mikesell and daughter Ella Tuesday
morning.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Wonderful Giant Sauid.

Tho giant sQuid is the largest animal
In point of length that exists or ever
did exist. 1t destroys It's prey by en-
folding it in Its huge snakelike arms,
white 1t blackens and poisons the water
with its inky fluid. 1t rs relative Of
the octopus, which Is also furnished
with arms, but the latter creature Ia
smaller and considerably different in
structure.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Cheering Him Up.

Sergeant Instructor Ito Cadet)--"Na,
yen no max an officer. But It's Just
possible If the war; keeps on a whils
an ye practice harrd-verra harrd---ye
micht-micht, mind ye-begin to hae
a glimmer that ye'll never ken tn
e-rudiments o. the wurrk Punch.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Destroys Plant Worms.

Worms may be killed In Jars Of
potted plants by taking q dozen horse
chestnuts and pouring over them two
quarts Of hot water. Let stand over
night and with this water thoroughly
saturate the earth in the jars. 1t will
not injure the plants, but the worms
will be dead in few hours.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24

When 1t Becomes Interesting.
After sober elaboration one becomes
convinced that the only time the mas
culine ankle is interesting is when 1t Is
sprained. Chicago News. d,
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24

Fireless Cooker ls Norwegian.
The fireless cooker originatedin Nor.
way and was brought to public atten-
ton for the first time at the Paris ex-
position In 1867.
The Jasper news., 1918-10-24
Your Own WAY.

Many have an idea that 1t would be
pleasant always to have their own
way. It is sometimes pleasant. but
the results are not gratifying. It is
the road that leads 10 temptation and
bondage Of sin.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05

missioner refused American registry
so Wagner decided to "eliminate'
Jensen.
Wagner sent Jensen his unsecured
plromissory notes for s2,654,OOO, pay
able at the rate of s5oOO0O per year
Then he returned to Commissioner
Chamberlain and told him that he had
paid 81 5000 to Jensen in "real Amer
lean hard cash" He said he had sold
stock to Americans to the extent of
S900,000 and that he had sold secur-
ties of his own for nearly 100000
To Mr.. Garvan, Wagner confessed that
his kinsman, Edmund Wagenknecht,
also residing in Copenhagen, had ad-
vanced him the money. Wagenknecht
is on the enemy blacklist.
Mr.. Palmer then appointed Charles
81. Sabin, Irving T. Bush, Henry L..
Doherty, John Quinn, Frederick b.
Lynch, Joseph S. Qualey and Henry
Thompson to represent him as direc-
tors of the two companies Former
Judge James A. Delehanty and William
NJ. Coleman are named counsel
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
Weeks Coal Output
Largest This Year
{ Speci1 Dispatch to The Tr;buuc)

(Specin Dispatch to The Tr;bunc)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-Anthracitc
coal production for the week of Augus t
81 was the largest recorded this wear.
The estimated output Of ,S06,121 gross
tons exceeded the production Of the
preceding week by 100000 tons. For
the first time this year the daily out
put passed the O0,0OO-ton mark.
The official figures on the distribu-
tion of anthracite this coal year are
encouraging. Domestic sizes of an
thracite have been distributed closely
in accordance with the schedule of al
lotments for the first third of the coal
year, and in some regions are ahead of
schedule.
New York is only 25o,ooo tons behind
and all the Atlantic states are we'll up.
Moreover. their location is such tina
their deficiencies can be made up
easily. 1t is important now to gain a
surplus in New England. Canada and
the Central and Northwestern states.
as weather conditions later will make
1t more difficult to coal them.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
Labor Board Faces F allure
Unless CivenP unitiveP Powers

ing among employers everywhere that
the whole war administration is along
class lines. with labor always at tho
front and in favor, always petted and
coddled and honored, whereas the en-
ployers arc banned as profteers and
plood-money suckers" condemned by
the President and castgated by the
Federal Trade Commission.
AS the employers see it, it never oc.
ours to the powers in Washington that
there may be such a thing as labor
proliteering.
The Labor Dilemma
There is apprehension on the part of
the board that unless it is to have more
'hah moral powers, based on Presiden-
tlal proclamations without statutory
force. it will soon sink into completc
impotency and disrepute But if Con.
gress is asked to give it power to en-
force its decrces, such a stem will he
considered conscription of labor. and
Will doubtless be bitterly opposed bv
organized labor.
Yet, one reason why the boards
moral decisions are not enforceable
against labor is that labor as a whole
IS not organized.
VINO is to keep unorganized men
from quitting work under a decision
they do not like and going elsewhere
to accept higher wages?
1oc
the principle Of collective bargaining
which the board always supports would
naturally lead to the unionization of
employees everywhere. But their hopes
are meeting with disappointment. The
unorganized men eagerly accept any
auVantages organized labor secures for
them, but they see no advantage in
joining union in these PROSPEROUS
times.
Unions Morally BANKRUPT
In fact, one close observer of labor
problems gives it as his opinion that
with the government taking such an
advanced stand for labor the labor
unions are morally bankrupt. They no
longer nave anything to offer to the
unorganized. They are like politi-
cal party without an issue.
IN the genera view, both employers
and organized labor are now dissatis
hed. The employers find that the de-
clsions are going against them and
the unions find that the government
war labor policies are taking the words
out OF their mouths and robbng them
of their reason for existence.
1t is believed that there must be
further steps along the path of real
authoritative control by the govern
ment OF relations between labor and
capital or else the present attempt
at control by mere moral authority will
collapse.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
Fleet of Eleven Vessels,
Valued at $780, 900, Pre-
viously Taken Over
German Agent Here
Confesses Part in Deal
Richard C. Wagner Tells
How He Obtained Con-
troll for Teutons

The American Transatlantic Com
many and the Foreign Transport and
Mercantile Corporation, whose fleet Of
eleven ships is owred almost to the
last rivet BY German capitalists, resid-
ing in Germany, have been taken over
BY A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian.
The ships Of the two companies were
= bought with German gold furnished
through the intercession of that vet
sran of German secret agents, Count
Won Bernstortf. former ambassador to
the United States. Their value may be
gagged by the offer made by the Hud-
son Bay Company to pay $4,000 for
the feet. This offer was made to
Richard G. Wagner, native of Milwau-
hee, founder and organizer of the ship
ping firms and agent of the German
interests which advanced the capital.
Wagner refused the offer. although he
might have made a handsome profit for
the enemies OF this country by selling.
wagner DIOAt AONI ana maze a 1UIl
confession aft5r Mr.. Garvan had virtu-
ally traced ali lis ship-buying vent
ures. He admitted that with his full
knowledge and consent he had allowed
Count Won Berastorf and his German
propaganda agents 20 make capital out
of stirring up trouble between this
country and Great Britain and France
because the latter had taken over four
ships alleged to be American.
Wagner told Nj. Garvan that he and
Jensen drew up the whole ship pur.
chase plan in Copenhagen. Albert Jen-
sen, managine director of the Copen-
hagen Coal Company. owned by Hugo
Shines. wealthy German ship owner.
vas to furnish the money and Wagner
was TO proceed 10 the United States and
organize an American company which
was to nominaay own the ships, so as
to secure for them American registry
and American protection.
Wagner returned to this country via
Italy. and on March 90, 1915. he organ
Jed the American Transatlantic Com
rany with capitalization of 100000
under the laws Of Delaware. He then
began cabling Jensen for money, but
he received no reply He then took the
matter straight 10 Count Won Bern
storm. Thereafter everything was easy.
tie received $4,000 from Berlin almost
at once. Jensen began to buy ships
under DANISH. Norwegian, Swedish and
creek reg stry, and to transfer them to
the American Transatlantic COMPANY.
Then he was caught by the Danish gov
ernment, smuggling copper into Ger
many, the manifest being represented
to be sugar. He was sent to jail for
sixty days.
Wagner told Mr.. Garvan that almost
before lie realized it. the American
transatlantic had fleet worth about
E,000,000, which had cost the company
not penny. Then came the tussle
with the Commissioner of Navigation
70 get permission to hoist the Stars
and stripes over the boats
Wagner told Commissioner Chamber
lan that he owned all the ships him
sell he Commissioner demanded to
know how he had financed the company.
wagner admitted that Jensen. who. he
sad, was Dane. had bought the ships.
out thar he himself had the right to
'uy oo per cent of the stock. The Com
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
BY Theodore M. Knappen

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The War
LABOR Board is discovering that it is
an industrial court without a sheriff or
ponce force to enforce it's DEGREES. So
long as its decisions favored the em
pioyes, which they invariably did until
the Bridgeport, Conn, community dec;.
sion OF August 26, everything proceeded
smoothly, on, the surface at least. The
employers, remembering what hap
pened to the telegraph companies when
the Western Union refused to abide bv
the boards policy, have been compelled
to accept the decisions against them.
But who is to compel employees to live
up to decisions?
The Bridgeport case shows that there
Is no compulsion for them. Sixty-five
hundred machinsts are on strike
there week after the decision was
rendered and they are rapidly leaving
the city to seek employment elsewhere.
On the other hand, the decisions of
the board against employers are put
ting both of them into an embarrassing
position The companies that have
government contracts are saying that
they afe perfectly willing to comply
with the boards decisions that wages
must be increased, but where they have
flat contracts, with small or uncertain
margin of profit which was figured on
existing wage scales, they politely in
Of
money is coming from.
The Profit Problem
Those that have cost plus contracts
comply and shove the increase onto
the government.
The situation is even more difficult
IN the cases of companies, as the var-
Gus street railway companies that have
been ordered to advance wages but have
not the funds nor the government to
fall back on.
Still another phase is the growing
discomfort among employers, who feel
that on account of the basic policies
which the board is administering thew
are bound to get the worst of it in al
most every decision. Even in the
Bridgeport case the employers feel that
the decision was against them, though
the employees Cor at least the union
labor element among them) are of the
contrary opinion.
There is reason to believe that the
metallic trades are organizing to op-
pose the radical course of the board.
There is undoubtedly a growing feel
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
$500 to Join Red Cross

Franklin Simon & Co. will have a
meeting at 8 p. m. next Wednesday,
when their $500 employees, who have
been modified as Red Cross workers.
will be accepted by the New York
chapter as the Franklin Simon auxil-
iary
New-York tribune., 1918-09-05
Putting investors in I ouch
With All Bond Markets

HE NATIONAL CITY COMPANY, in
establishing its office the southwest corner
OF Fifth Avenue and Fortyhird Street, aims to provide
tor investors generally and for bond particular
convenient service.
he new office connected by private telegraph telephone
wires with the Home Office in The National City Building
and with of our thrtyone Correspondent Offices throughout
the country The office in charge long and wide
experience IN the investment 1eld-men are thoroughly
equipped to advise with respect O problems.
Local rkwn6 Fifth Avenue once
extraordinary facilities for
y may be interested special department woman
investors consult they specially
for this
IN addition hgh-gr handle United
States Government issues including
Thrift
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01

The annual report Of the Union Nat
Qfal Gas Corporation for the year ended
Qecember 81 shows gross sales 81
&t.Q1e.el3. an Increase for the year OF
,xl.<54.05@- Gross income increa sed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
NEW YORK, March /.


efforts incentives
forcing prices unexpected resistance
disposition shown outstanding short lines which had
put out
Important that the action Of
the St in the
Notwithstanding those stocks found
buyers whenever
The a !. and the
this
Utah which dividend
$3.50 this
action United states
which the ~ dividend and
yielded this in demand when lower
established good rally after midday
small and easily a
restricted but with
Of the
through both houses of Congress accord
ng to the Government
bond market St Paul refund
Steel made advance Of
u 10 SAY.
is which traded
arges scale al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
LOCAL TRADING FALLS OFF WHEN
TICKER SERVICE is OUT OF ORDER
Market Is Inclined to Higher Levels, but Business
Limited -Cramp Scores Big Gain.
P.R. T. Higher

Trading on the Philadelphia stock
Exchange fell on materially today. due
TO the lack Of ticker service resulting
from the breakdown Of the Philadelphia
Electric service.
Efforts TO help brokers and others
were made by sending local sales over
tho New York ticker, but this caused
confusion and the market virtually stood
still until after midday. when the electric
current came on and made Il possible
TO send quotations over the home tape.
Prices were generally Inclined 10
higher levels and good gains were re-
corded by some issues. William Crainp
trust certificates. on block sale. ad-
vonced "a, to S2a, Rapid Transit GER
tificatcs were marked up y. Lehigh VAL
ley full point and Electric Storage Bat
terry II fraction
After selling trinc below last nigh; s
close Philadelphia Electric was un-
changed and United Gas Improvement
and Lake Superior also changed hands
at yesterdays final prices.
steel common did not 10 ,much and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
GRAIN AND FLOUR

. WHEihr-Ess,lr's :2iI5 bush, S'ssSs. sls.
Ts,or gs gov, stsndsrd Inspection, stand,
ard prices No. /. northern spring. ST.
No hard winter. 2.2'; 40. durlm'
7 GI5,cr. o g. 81 G.7a a5 do %nsS DO ~ 4 = ,g..;
soft. 10 ! t2.2i. -. No, =. sa;;3S Mint ad
gn gnn a. pF.rei,@Fsd g. Re- wi1ier 10 sam. no
pie grades. s2.0i q l3: soft No; 3. 81 r.;
20. 10. t2.l6. do. No 8. s2.l3 sample
special maximum nrices only to ne srpiire 20
When the other qualities In the wheat arr
30 wheats-ilaximum pricc. containing
Wois.dre &c a9dsr 80. Or = 50. .o red. '22S
~. o soft red. s2,2l. Maximum price con, .,ro
eni gnir 70 PEI s" or NG TO- EsS PG ';si :9! 10
:. No, I wheats-MaSlmum Price. &C. u9d1Sr ldS
80, J or No. red, s. II; No. soft req
No. : whea,s-Maximum prlc. CONTAINING
g. PtSF or No. PED rsd ;:ni 25s'g's %o soft @ie
Maximum price containing not over H. ner
.@s n%s'9TG &S .o, & fsa rRae; Msxma or prs
ron'sinlIs not over - psr cent moisture &c y,
gnS1er, N,2. or No. red. s2.l9; No. SOFT
sample wHes,s handled on merits; but in !,
- case shall prices be hiEher than &c uhue'
Smu'tv wheat-VaIue shall be determned
Dry each sample basis Of the class and SUBJ
cORN-Hoceipts aaO5 bush Offerings
were very Ush' and the market ruled firm
We ruoto. car lots FOR local trade
30. 3 yellow. sl9Sn >. No. yellow, sl,es
6ATs-recs,pts i57a5 bush. The mar.
Nsl ruled .rn but steady hut trade was
gllei quote etious: No white: ~ % q
81 "5'z standard white sl.oi a Oiiz !; No 3
whit" slo3'a q los. 80. { white Sl,o2G
-. FIoUR-Receln,s. 900 bbls, and 81, 40
lbs in sacks Offerings were light and the
market ruled firm with demand fairly
active. Quotations. per laf lbs. in oe-ln
cotton ss,ES. Winter wheat. ~ per cent
-four. SO TiH11: kansas wheat. 81 per
cent -four. SIC 15N ~ - spring wheat, Hd
per cent -four, $40. 50d II.
RYE FLOUR was n = good demand =
~" late advance. Quotations at 3.HNn
II 30 as to quality
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

cuba Cane Sugar. regular auarterIv a,
= per cent on preferred. PAYABLE Anrit /
TO stock OF record March Is.
Yale Towne Manufacturing Co,,r,,,.
regular quarterly of 2ia per cent nsW,h
April 20 stock of record March "a S"'''
Interlske Steamship Company r,r,,t.-
both payable April to stock OF record
International Salt Company. regular o,..
teriy Ia per cent, payable April TO stonL
of record March IL. " STOCK
Stutz Motor Car Company OF Auh-,..
Inc, regular quarterly Of si25 per ~ iss
payable Anril to stock Of record Ma r,,h -
United Dyewood Corporation. usual 49,, 70
ferly OF si.so share on common ana t1lI-
share on preferred. payable Anil - !"
holders of record March IA Ff' 10
ChesebrouEh Manufacturing Comnan,
ular quarterly OF 81 and usual estr.' ~,
cents; payable March 81 to stock OF recos9 es ~
Julius Kayser Co. regular
OF per cent on common, PAYABLE Ann /,
TO stock OF record March 20 Rect,Isr ~, .
dends OF y. per cent were decls rcd or ~. nnI,
and second preferred both payahh. Mn' ~
to stock OF rscord April 49, "as
Nevada Copper Company, utia rterlv az q,
PAYABLE March 30 TO to stock OF record
West Penn Traction and ws,.r 49,.
company. regular quarterly Of n. per s,en,
or preferr.d. payable March Is 10 stocl
Pepnsyivs Water. and Power comnav,
usual quarterly Of IA per cent. psysri.
April to stock OF record March ne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-01
AETNA EXPLOSIVES THE FEATURE
IN HEAVY TRADING ON CURB
Buying Apparently From Sources Opposed to Reor
ganzation of Company-Airplanes Slow.
Oils Quet-Mnes Strong
NEW YORK. March

Curb
from So unusually large trading
opposition
off a
speedy and property
to stockholders.
arpane
Martin and
with
247s 8 Chevrolet
and
with Cosden selling
ing 7c
att !. to he touched