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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

Mrs. J. B. Messick was recent
Dover visitor.
Miss Mary Beasten was a Whining
ton visitor Monday.
Miss Letitia Pool has returned to
school at Overlook, Pa.
Mrs. v. p. Northrup is entertaining
Mrs. Hilles, of Wilmington.
Miss Leone Ladley, of George School
Pa, Was home for the week END.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Byron are visit
ing relatives at Easton, Md.
Miss Grace Williams, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday at her home here.
Misses Helen and Addie Dugan were
Wilmington visitors Wednesday.
Miss Helen Jones, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with her parents here.
Miss Bertha Jones, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend at her home here.
Miss MaysBeasten, of Wilmington,
is being entertained by Mrs. Howard
A. Pool.
Miss Florence Bloom visited her sister
Mrs. William McCInry. of Wilmington.
Monday.
Mrs. Margaret Darlington, of Balti:
more, is visiting her mother Mrs Maria
H. Jones.
Private Frank c. Lesser, of Camp
Dix, spent several DAYS this week
with his wife here.
Miss Josephine Maloney, Of Chester,
Pa, visited her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
John Maloney Sunday.
Miss Lena V. Staats was entertained
over the week end by Mrs. T. H.
Messenger, of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs W. D. Bradford, OF
near town, have had Rev. and Mrs. w.
J. Wilkie, of Quakerstown Pa, for
recent guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Richards and
Joshua Richards, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Grassland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Voshell and
little daughter, of New Haven, Conn.,,
are guests of relatives near town.
Miss Bernice Metten, of Wilmington,
was the guest of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Metten on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard s. Rodney and
little daughter, of New Castle, spent
Sunday with her mother Mrs. f. c.
Green.
Private William c. Gallagher. of
Camp Meade, Md, spent the week end
with his pasents Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nj. Cochran and
daughter Miss Margaret, of East
Orange, N. j., and DR.. G. b. Pearson.
Of Elkton, were week end guests of
Mrs. M. H. Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Donohue and
son Edward, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
Sullivan and son Franklin, of Whining
ton, and Mr.. and Mrs John F. Murray,
of near town, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. George H. O'Neal on the
Levels.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
Notice

Anyone holding a Christmas Parcel
Label sent by soldier overseas. should
call on Mrs. Dorsey w. Lewis for a
carton and instructions for sending him
a bit of Christmas cheer. All packages
must be in Hoboken, N. Y, by Novem-
ber goth.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
| Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS
Dame Nature is wearing her frost
4 trimmed brown suit.
Partridges scarce.
Thanksgiving next.
Big croc of apples.
Hog-kil!ing time soon.
Turkeys are trembling.
Leaves are everywhere.
Corn husking about over.
Buc!iWheat very popular.
Autumnal season passing.
Christmas goods arriving.
Pumpkin pies are in order.
Wild geese are flying south.
Fine days for country hikes.
The wishbone prophets are at work.
It's easier to catch cold than it is to
let it go.
Many people in Berlin have never
seen the American flag. But they will
before long.
Halloween was quietly observed in
Middletown Thursday night. There was
some masquerading and much jollity
among the young folks, but little van
Galism.
You can find no better savestment
than thrift stamps. 1t teaches you and
the children to be saving and at the
same time helps Uncle Sam to win the
war and bring about peace.
MATINEE RACES at Smyrna Driv-
ing Park Saturday, November 9, 1918.
Some of the best horses from Sudlers-
vile, Dover, Middletown and Smyrna.
Any enjoying good racing 60 down.
John Heldmyer Jr., Real Estate
Broker, North Broad street, has sold
the George Il. Johnson farm, near
Christiana, to Mr.. William L. Elliott
Mr.. Elliott has purchased this farm for
a home.
Christmas packages for 2.5OO,O 900 or
more American soldiers who will be in
France during the holiday season this
year will be delivered under an arrange
ment with the Red Cross, the VAR De-
partment has announced.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office for week ending Oct
31st. 1918: Mrs. Rebecca Anderson,
Miss Marion Comfy, Miss Lizzie Drissi1,
Nics O!evia Holmes. James Burris,
Samuel Came, John harris, Charles
Pencil.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
Cuessford- Alfree Wedding

MIR. Levi Guessford son of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. W. Guessford. of the Levels,
and Miss Dorothy Alfree daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Alfree, of Townsend.
were quietly married at Blackbird on
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guessford will reside
on farm near Townsend.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE
STATE SENATE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY

First District--,James W. Robertson
R.
Second-*Thomas +. Gormley. ID.
Third George ". Webster, K.
Fourth-*JOhn Nj. Walker. X.
Fifth. +. Richards, Il.
Sixth-*Frank K. Pool, =.
Seventh-John E. Latta. n.
Democrats, 2; Republicans, 5.
KENT COUNTY
First District-Lewis NJ. Price, D.
Second Robert Hollett, d.
Third. Frank Alice. Jr., r.
Fourth-*Charles d. Murphy. D.
Fifth-Wallace S. Handy, r.
Democrats, 3; Republicans, 2.
SUSSEX COUNTY
First District. d. Short, R.
Second Edward B. Brown, R.
Third-Samuel N. Culver, D.
Fourth-*lra W. Long, R.
Fifth-Charles G. NAPLES, D.
Democrats. 2; Republicans, 3.
Entire State Z; Republi
ans. 10.
*Holding over.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
MRS. SALLIE NJ. VINYARD

Mrs. Sallie NJ. Vinyard, widow of the
late Charles Vinyard, of near Sassafras,
died Friday morning al Union Hospital,
of pneumonia. aged thirty-th three years.
She is survived by four little children.
The funeral was held Sunday, with
interment at Bethel Cemetery.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09

We pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for WHEAT and CORN on order, loaded
on rail and water at ANY POINT.
Phone !; and Al.
JESSE l.. SHEPHERD.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09

The Transcript $l.OO per year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25

gress in political harmony with
President Mckinley should be
elected so as to sustain him in
the war.
Col. Roosevelt, then candi-
date for governor of New
York was one of the most ar
dent takers along this line. He
said that European nations
would draw no fine distinc-
tions but would view the cleo
ton from the war standpoint
only. Former President Harri-
son in a speech in Philadelphia
said:
eff the word goes forth that
the people of the United States
are standing solidly behind the
President, the task of the peace
commissioners will be easy,
but if there is a break in the
ranks-if the democrats score
a telling victory, if democratic
senators, congressman and gov
ernors are elected-Spain will
see in it a gleam of hope; she
viii take fresh hope, and a re-
newaI of hostilities, more war,
may be necessary to secure to
us what we have already won"
If that was good policy in
1898 why not in 1918? If a
president who had conducted
little war needed support
why not give similar support
to a president who is conduct
ing a big war and under whose
leadership this country has
performed the greatest mill
Ltary achievement in the history
of the world? If Mckinley
needed a harmonious congress
why does not Woodrow Will
son need harmonious con-
gress If there was danger in
making a change in '98 is there
not greater danger nOw?Ht il
1t is a poor rule that does not
work both days. Politicians
who set forth a principle and
then try to escape it when their
tturn comes to obey make a
poor spectacle of themselves.
Are they to be trusted?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
GERMANS STRIP
BRUGES OF ALL
ITS VALUABLES

LONDON. oct. 25.-Scenes of hap-
piness at Bruges eclipsed those, at
Lille after the liberation OF the two
cities, according to the correspondent
of the Daily Mail. The correspondent
writes
when the only American woman
left in Bruges was told of the deed
os Americans in France, she cried
with happiness: oh. IL 1 had only
known that
"Bruges was fined enormous sums
on various occasions, the correspond
ent says, and everything made of met
al was taken away
THE city was searched four times
for copper. The works at Bruges were
robbed of every scrap of machinery.
The Germans paid for nothing except
food and drink, and then only in pa
per money. The town itself is intact
and the old belfry and the front of
the Hotel de Vile were uninjured.
Most of the pictures remain in the
galleries and Bruges seems to be as
restful as in the old days except that
all the bridges are gone. German
mines completed the work done by
British torpedoes which were launched
at the submarine base at Bruges."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25

part time, as shown by. the August
payroll. F444 !,
Many OFFICERS Employed.
Second company had 10 Officers
and As privates. Third company had
IL officers and so privates. Fourth
company had IL officers and 43 pri-
yates
Besides the general officers, there
are four captains Geceiving 5000 "a
month each: four fiIet liehtenants re-
ceiving S166.67 month each; four
first sergeants receiving S100 each; Is
corporals receiving $9S a month each (:
two mechanics receiving $9S a month
each, and 147 privates on full time
and 40 on part time, receiving pay at
the rate of $50 month each.
Governor Defends Police.
Much of this criticism emanates
from political prejudice and from the
disgruntled lawless element which has
been rudely disturbed by the state po-
lice, says Governor Withycombe in a
statement issued on the subject. This
applies particularly to bootleggers.
many of whom have been arrested and
convicted through the work of the
military police.
For months, details of the state po,
ice nave peeH -BHaEuulSsl StllA3 al uSs'
elevators, warehouses and docks along
the Portland waterfront. and they
have also been guarding Industrial -es-
adjustments in various parts of the
state as well as the grain fields and
food depots of eastern Oregon. t,-,
Details we're stationed during the
harvest season at Condor, Heppner
| lone, Moro, Maupin, Madras. Helix, La
Grande. Dufur, Neiin, Echo, Pilot
Rock. Athena and Shaniko. from
which points the men, mounted usual
ly on horses, patroued the surround
ing country, visiting farms, ranches
and harvesting crews, investigatins
everything that might be detrimental
to the best interests of the state, and
being especially on the lookout for the
I, w. w element and for the setting
Of fires in the wheat fields. A
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
DRAFT CALLS SENT
OUT IN FEW AREAS

WASHINGTON. oct. 25.-Draft
calls. suspended three weeks ago be-
cause Of the Influenza epidemic. now
are going out again in certain zones
where the surgeon generals office has
decided it Is safe to send the men to
cantoDments. The localities and the
exact number Of men will not be an
Hounced for the present.
The October program Is under
stood to provide for the induction OF
about $35O.OOO men and the number
not called out during the remaining
DAYS Of the month will be added to
succeeding monthly quotas, all being
called az quickly as precautions for
safety will permit. The largest single
call suspended was for 10000 men
who were 10 have entrained october
IA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
THE RULE WORKS BOTH
WAYS

I'm the fall of 1898 all the
republican leaders and
newspapers were most
earnes in arguing that a con-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
MILITARY POLICE
PROVE EXPENSIVE

SALEM. oct 25.-If the charge
made by senator Gus c. Moser is true,
that the state military police is being
used for a political machine to ad-
vance the political fortunes of Cover
nor Withycombe. then the taxpayers
are paying pretty penny for this sort
of activity.
Since the first of February, when
the special home guards were organ
lied in Portland as the forerunner of
the state military police the payroll
of the state police alone has cost the
taxpayers of the state the sum OF
$135.673.
The state police was launched on
the plea that it was military neces-
sity. But since then the state police
has been used for all sorts of activities
from hunting escaped convicts to
keeping cases on bootleggers. Some
of them engaged in bootIegging them
selves.
More Pay Than Soldiers.
While military necessity was the
reason given for the organization of
the state police, the men were not
asked to enlist on a military basis.
The boys who are in the trenches in
while the military police receive $50
a month and their uniforms and
equipment.
When Governor Withycombe asked
the state emergency board to author
tze deficiency appropriation of
s250,000 for the state police, he stated
that the Organization would be re-
duced as soon as the danger which
he Insisted then threatened the state
was passed. But instead Of being re-
dueed, the organization grew from
February to September. It's largest
payroll was in August.
Payrolls for the various months
were as follows: February, s9,55O.O0;
March, s11.577; April, $14,245.09;
May, S1S,349.5S; June. S19.724.35;
July. $21,1443s; August, $21, 1,247.s8;
September, s1S.834.19.
The payroll for August shows that
there are almost as many officers as
there are privates in the state police.
That accounts for the big payroll, as
the officers receive considerably more
than the privates.
Major Deich, commanding officer,
receives $3.50 a month; Major John B.
Hlbbard 5000 a month; S. NJ. Gellert,
captain of the medical corps. $166.67
a month, and William J. McGinn, seC-
ond lieutenant. S141.67Aa month un-
til recently, when he was advanced to
first lieutenant at s166.67. Those are
the general officers.
There are four companies. First
had 13 officers and 32 pri-
Yates on fun time and 16 privates on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
THE MOTHERS
ANSWER

~pI< RESIDENT WILSON has
- at all times been heart
and soul committed to
thorolIgh victory His speech
es and his replies to- German
peace offers show this abso-
lutely.5 4 He says there can be
no peace with German auto
cracy. He says that any peace
arrangement must leave Ger
many helpless to do more
harm and must call for pun
ishment for the guilty nation
and reparation for the wrongs
committed. He goes the limit
and the record shows it.
But the Presidents task is
not merely to secure victory.
The game is to secure this with
the minimum of sacrifice in
life. The President is the com
mander-in-chief of two million
American soldiers in France.
They are ready to die for this
country if necessary. But they
should not die needlessly. The
President is trying to shorten
their task. He is in line to sue
ceed. He has placed the Ger
man autocracy in bad light
before the German people. 1t
is admitted by every fair critic.
He has unmasked the kaiser
and shown the Germans that
he is the source of their misery
and their infamy. There is
good prospects that through
brilliant diplomacy President
Wilson will soon bring about
results that would otherwise
require another year of fight
ing to secure with the accom-
panying losses to our men.
Is the President doing his
duty in noble way; is he en-
titled to support or should peo-
pie listen to partisan politicians /
and newspapers that for cam |
paign purposes carp and sneer
and try to misrepresent his (
methods when they know his
policy is right?
Let those who have loved .
ones in France give answer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
20 YEARS AGO

CFrom the East Oregonian. Octo-
Ber 25. 1900
Mrs. r. W. Vincent is visiting Port
land friends
Mrs o. W. McFarIoud has arrived
from the willamette valley to join
her husband. who has taken position
iti Howard Brothers store.
3if. and Mrs. Legrow arrived today
from Colorado Springs. and left on the
branch train for Walla Walla. Mrs.
Legrow has been sojourning for
several months at the health resort
but Is not greatly benefited.
Miss f. Weiniand has arrived from
Missouri on visit to her cousin. Mrs.
George T. shaffner
Robert Dev@aux is a new clerk at
the Peoples Warehouse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25

worlds magic and only genuine corn
rceIer, -Gets-It" Then. a1d then
only will you be cure that your corn
will loosen from your toe 50 that you
can peel IL right Off gloriouslF easy
with your fingers Take no chances OF
continued pain and sOreness--why use
greasy, Irritating Ealyes, plasters that
SHIFT and press into the quick Pa
zors and "diggers" that make cOrns
bleed and also grow fastcrs tTe pain
les easy always sure "Gcts-IL"
There's only one like Il in the world
that's "Cfets-It-" Millions have tried
and o. E'd II for years. II never
fails.
"Gets-It." the guaranteed. money
back corn-removeF, the only sure way.
costs but n trffIe at any drug store.
aFfd by T. Lawrence AZ Co, Chicago. ]
~. Sold in Peudleton and rceom-
81 thn worlds best corn REM 7
ady ~ Tallman q Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
POPE ASKS BOCHES TO QUIT
DESPOILING BELGIUM

ROME, Oct. 25.-An appeal was
made to Prince Macmillan. the inn
perial German chancellor, by the holy
see. asking that Germans refrain
from devastating portions of Belgium
through which they are retreating, ae.
eording to the Osservatore Romano.
.he semi official vatican organ. A re-
ply was received October IS giving
assurances that categorical instruc-
tions have been issued by the German
general staff that localities should be
preserved and respected in every way
possible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25

of drunkenness. Campbell was ar
rested by Sergeant F.. E. Parody. of
the Vancouver Military Police. when
the former ordered Parody to his bar
racks. The testimony showed that
Campbell. in an intoxicated condition,
was. demanding enlisted men to pre-
sent their passes and when they did
not comply, he ordered them 10 re-
turn at once TO Vancouver. Prior to
his arrest. Campbell had been dis
charged from the service by Major
Deich, but claimed to have no know
ledge of such discharge. He was in
uniform when taken into custody ana
also was wearing the star under
which members of the Oregon Mill
tary Police operate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
BRAIN VS.. NOISE

~ HE way Roosevelt and
VI certain other dema-
gogues talk it would ap-
pear they regard it as wrong to
use headwork in winning the
war. They criticise Wilson be-
cause he has undermined the
enemy by diplomacy and is
making the task of our soldiers
easier. Roosevelt says to win
by laundering guns" in other
words only by slaughter. That
is autocracy's way to fight,
counting men as cannon fodder.
Democracy makes war on a
more efficient basis. Brains are
permissible when democracy
fights, and the nation can be
thankful we have a man of
brains and not a laundering
gun" in the White House.
..-,,... -.-.-e-s-s-s- . s-s-e7s7s77e M. ETH
Governor Withycombe is a
great admirer of the state mi
litary police and thinks they
did wonders this year. But
for real detective work a few
good plain clothes men are
worth more than a company of
military policemen. From a
standpoint of efficiency the mi
litary police, in eastern Oregon
at least. were a frost. Every /
body seems to know this ex-
,epting the governor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25

days in the Municipal Jail and fine
Of 800 wns the sentence pronounced
yesterday on Stuart Campbell, a mem
her OF the Oregon Military Police, by
Judge Rossman, before
whom Campbell was tried on a charge
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
DAY.

, DAY.
; Iinger. oh sun. for little, nor
: close vet this day of a
, millioni
, Is there not glory enough in
the rosecurtained halls of
, the West ?
; Hast thou no 10Y in the pas
sion-hued folds of thy
kinglS paYilion? -
= why shSuldst thou only pass
, titTp'it2 oh rest thee a
httle while. rest!
, Wl1 should the Night come and
take 1t, the wan Night
tiaati cannot enjoy it.
bringing pale argent for
, golden. and changing ver-
r million TO gray?
Why should the Night come
, and shadow it, entering
but to destroy it?
, Rest mid thy ruby-trailed
splendors! oh, stay thee
a little while, stay.
? Rest thee at least a brief hour
? in it,
p 'Tis a right royal pavilion.
, Lo. there are thrones for
r high dalliance all glor-
, iously canopied DER!
: Lo, there. ere -langings of pur- :
, Pile and hangings or Dfue and
!. YermilIion.
, Asld .theres are fleeces of gold
; .sf9D ,thyl feet on the shimT-
- Me&afl&s La12Aes tassfa Ets $50 i y
? flames Burton stephens.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
WREATH is PLACED
ON LILLE STATUE BY
u. S. AMBASSADOR

PARIS. oct. z5.-American
Awbassador Sharp has placed 4
ar tiIe-foot of the statue of the
city Of Lille "a wreath of flow
erE- He also deposited shield
bearing an Inscription Of hOm-
age to the city from the Unit I
ed States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-25
BE A JOY WALKER.
"GETS-IT" FOR CORNS

. Drops. ? SeeOnds-COTn Is Doomed!
When you almost die with your
shoes on and corns make you almost
walk sideways to get away from the
pain, take a vacation for a minute or
two and apply ? or 3 drops Of the
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-02
RAIL SHOPMEN GET RAISE
Director General McAdoo Grants Pay
increase to So Cents an Hour
to Mechanics.

Washington, July 26.-Wages of
railroad shOpmen were increased to
68 cents an hour by Director General
McAdOO, with proportional advances
for assistants and miscellaneous
classes in mechanical departments.
The new rates, retroactive to Janu-
ary 1, are from 8 to IL cents an hour
higher wages under the advance al
lowed two months ago, but somewhat
less than labor organizations sought.
Beginning August l eight hours will
he standard working day. Overtime,
Sunday and holiday work will be paid
for ut the rate of one and one-half
times The usual rate. Back pay will be
given as soon as 1t can be calculated.
The advances apply to about 100000
men in all sections, despite local diff
ferences heretofore.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-02
HUGE u. S. WAR BUDGET
CONGRESS SETS HIGH RECORD
FOR EXPENDITURES.
Total Appropriations Almost Reach
Thirty BiIlions-May Not
Use IL All.

Washington, July 25.--With total ap-
preparations only little short Of $780,
OO0,OO0,0O0 and more to be authorized
later, the second session of the Sixty
fifth congress will stand as record
session In point Of cash authorizations.
Succeeding congresses, leaders believe,
will be called on for even greater ex-
penditures as long as America main
tains its vast military establishment
In Europe.
A report compiled by Representative
Sherley Of Kentucky, chairman of the
house appropriation committee, shows
In detail the amounts authorized by
congress, the bulk of which is for pros
ecuting the war. In exact figures con-
gress has authorized In its second ses-
sion total Of 500, ,791, ,241, ,773, and re-
quests from various government de-
partments for additional amounts for
needs not anticipated when original es-
Inmates were made are being sent In
frequently.
Mr.. Sherley estimates that while this
amount has been authorized the eXpen-
ditures In the next fiscal year will not
reach that sum.