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The sun., 1918-07-28
BIG CONCRETE BARGE
is LAUNCHED HERE
Oil Carrier First of Kind
Built in NeU York.

In the prebence of representatives Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation the
first concrete boat built in New York
city was launched yesterday afternoon
at the yards of the Fougner Concrete
Snip Building Company, North Beach.
Flushing Bay. 1t Is an oil carrying
barge for the Standard OIL Company OF
New York. 1t has been three months
building
II was declared to be a complete sue
cess by the shipping men who inspected
II both prior to and after launching.
Later 1t was lowed ID the yards of the
Empire Ship Company. and will be put
INTO commission at once. 1t Is the first
Of seven similar barges.
AS the big barge started to leave the
ways II was christened by Mrs. Herman
Fougner, wife OF the president or the
constructing company, who broke a bot
tle OF champagne over the bow. II IL OF
500 tons displacement, with six COM
partments below deck for carrying oil
and wide sweep of decks for carrying
cargoes. 1t is 100 feet long and 80 feet
wide The builders made the statement
that II cost less than a similar sized
barge Of either steel or wood.
The Fougner company Ia completing
FIX large ways which are to be used in
constructing ships OF $500 ton displace-
ment for the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton,
The sun., 1918-07-28
DUAL SYSTEM OPEN THURSDAY
Shuttle Plan at 42d street VIII
BE Started Then,

II was announced yesterday that the
different subway lines OF the city are
practically ready for operation as a dual
system and that there Is every expecta
ton of their being so opened to the pub
lie by Thursday. The formal opening
will be lnaugurated by running a special
train after appropriate ceremonies.
The dual plan of operating the sub
ways will separate East Side and Yves,
Side lines with a single connection by
shuttle train at Forty-second street
The East Side service will be maintained
over the existing subway from Brooklyn
70 Grand Central Station. and from there
north by the new Lexington avence line
The West Side line will be made up OF
the new Seventh avenue subway from
the Battery to Times Square where II
will Join the original subway north
along broadway. ...
The Lexington and Seventh avenue
lines are now operated as separate units
with transfers issued. to the old lines
IN connecting the east and west lines
a. Forty-second street only two OF the
tracks under that street will be used as
part Of the dual system. Later the two
other tracks will be operated as an ex-
tension Of the Greensboro subway to
Broad g..
The sun., 1918-07-28
WILL DIRECT FUEL SAVING.
Edward ". strump of Syracuse
state Conservation, Engineer.

Edward v. Strump Of Syracuse
state Conservation, Engineer.
Delos w. Cooke. State Fuel Admins
traitor. said yesterday he had been noti-
fed Of the appointment Of Edward n.
Strump of Syracuse as State conserva-
ton engineer. The selection was made
by p b. Noyes. director~os conservat ton
OF the Federal Fuel Administration. Mr..
Strump has named c. A. Graves and
Charles c. Strump as assistant admin
istrative engineers for New York, State.
Mr.. Graves will direct the conserva-
tion campaign In New York city. on
Long Island and In westchester and
Rockland counties Charles c. Stump
will have similar charge in the rest
of the State.
Edward y. Strump. State Conserva-
ton Engineer. and his assistants will
have the duty of facilitating the conser-
walton OF fuel in the generation Of steam.
power and light, They will survey plants
aud advise as TO the best methods of
getting value out iof fuel.
State Fuel Administrator Cooke an
nounced he has received word operators
have been granted an advance OF . cents
ton for picking run of mine coal, 10
cents ton for picking prepared sizes
and so cents ton for washing slack.
The sun., 1918-07-28
RABBI WISE GIVES
WEEKS WAGE AWAY
Hands II to LoWest Paid Fell
lou Loborer.


STAMFORD. Conn. July 27.--pr. sam.
uel s. Wise, founder and rabbi OF the
Free Synagogue Of New York city. COM
pieted his first weeks work as ship
yard laborer this afternoon with an &C,
OF generosity. When the employees OF
the Luders Marine Construction Com.
psny were being paid of he asked the
paymaster who was the lowest paid man
OF the lot. The man was pointed out
to him and the rabbi forthwith handed
him his own pay envelope containing
SIS
He needs It more than I do" the
rabbi said, land I'm sure II will dc
him more good than could possibly ge,
out Of IT,"
Previously Or. Wise had praised the
spirit OF the men who worked with him
In the yard. They are splendid fellows
intent on doing all they can to help win
the war and realizing fully the neces.
sity OF giving the best there Is in them
The sun., 1918-07-28
SHOWS Big GROWTH
OF SHIPYARD CHAIN
Hurley Tells of~118 Plants
Now Ready to Manufac-
ture Vessels.

WASHINGTON. July -. - Americas
great chain of ship manufactures is
approaching completion.
There are now lis fully equipped
shipyards In the United states and forty
four others partly complete, of which
twenty-three are more than 10 per cent.
finished and only six less than rs per
cent. ready to begin building tonnage.
Many have been built from the ground
up, while the others have been extended
and enlarged to such degree that many
of them amount almost to new yards.
The building of ships has been such
a fascinating problem to Americans that
they have been quick to lose sight OF the
herculean task of organization and de-
velopment which had to precede the con-
struction OF new vessels to beat the sub
marine. Back of the weekly outputs of
tonnage has been a long stretch of work,
sometimes .discouraging. always neces-
sary. which only Just now Is nearing
completion.
steel Yards Nearly. Doubled.
Thirty-seven steel yards which the
United States had when war began have
have been increased from 16o ways to
1875, and more are being added. Eighty
yards for building wooden ships now
,, are in operation or nearing completion.
The remainder of the total number Of
yards are for building concrete ships. a
new Industry developed by the war need.
Hog Island. the greatest of all ship
yards and one OF the four Government
| fabricating yards. is 30 per cent. COM
plete and will launch it's first ship next
| month. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson acting "a s
sponsor. Bristol and Newark. two other
| tabricating yards. are almost complete.
while Wilmington. y. C, the fourth. was
commenced only in May and is still in
its infancy.
Wherever expansion can be mace ef-
fic!ently the Shipping Board is lending
its aid to increase the capacity OF exist
ing yards Within the month eighteen
new ways have been ordered added TO
the country's ship manufactures, as
| Chairman Hurley prefers to call them,
for America is getting ready to man
| ufacture" ships instead OF building them.
Lotions for Extens:ons.
| The Alameda (Cal) plant of tnS
| Bethlehem Shipbuildng Corporation has
| been authorized to add ten new ways
at an estimated cost OF $50 900. 900. The
| same company's yard at Sparrow's
Point Md. is adding three more ways
at cost OF 100000. The New York
| Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden is
| building five new ways at cost OF
| $1,000, 900.
| The us yards which are complete are
| distributed sectionally'as follows: Pa
cfic coast, AS; Atlantic coast, IS; Great
Lakes, IS. and Gulf coast, is.
The sun., 1918-07-28
GUSTAV KOBBE IS
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Continued from First Page.

OF music, art and the drama, however,
one OF his interesting efforts being an
article for the Century Mdgdstne on
life on the South Shoals Lightship."
He also wrote for the same publica ton
series of five articles called THE
Heroes Of Peace" He also wrote for
Scr!bners. the Forum, the North Amert-
can ReUieW and other magazines. In
recent years he contributed weekly ar
ticles on art subjects to the Sunday
magazine Of the Herald. ...
Founded Lotus ssfasasine.
In 1909 Mr. Kobbe founded the Lotus
Magazine The various works ,cf which
he was the author include the following
"Signora. A Child of the Opera House
(roveD Miriam, 4 Story of the Light
ship" (noveD; Some Famous Actors
and Actresses in Their Homes" Opera
Singers" "wagner's Life and Works"
(two volumes). "Wagner's Music Dram
as Analysed" wagner and His Isolde. 4"
Loves OF the Great Composers" How
to Appreciate Music" Famous Ameri-
can Songs" My Rosary and Other
POEMS" 1.-THE Pianolist." THE New Jer-
sey Environs." plays by Amateurs"
"a Tribute to the Dog" Gallery OF
Great Composers" Modern Women
ana opera olhsers NsiA'n eoitionD'
Mr.. Kobbe Is survived by Mrs. kobbe
and four daughters and a son, who are
Mrs. Gerald V. Hollins, Mrs Raymond
ID. Little. Mrs. Hildegarde X. Stevenson
and Miss Carol Kobbe. and George NJ.
w. Kobbe.
There also are nine grandchildren.
Miss Isabelle NJ, KobDe. George C,
Kobbe and Major-Gen. william A,
Kobbe, Y. s. A., who has lived In Pasa-
dena, Cal, for some time. are his sister
and brothers. The late Walter Kobbe
was another brother.
The sun., 1918-07-28
2 FRENCH OFFICERS DROWN.
Automobile Runs Into Flooded Ar.
royO Near silver city.

DEMING. ~ NJ. July 27.-Two French
officers. Lieut.. Juan Jegou and Lieut.
Fernand Herbert. instructors at Camp
Cody, and Sergeant Ernest Picard. OF
the American Army, were drowned las,
night ten miles from Silver City. N NJ
They left here in an automobile late
yesterday.
The body of Sergeant Picard. driver
was discovered near the overturned
automobile. His home was Worcester
Mass. r.
Lieut. Herbert was an instructor In
light field artillery and Lieut.. Jegou
in bombing Their car ran into a flooded
arroyo. II was carried down stream
and dropped into the canyon. The
bodies Of Lieutenants Herbert and
Jegou were found buried in the sand.
The sun., 1918-07-28
Library and Living Room Furniture

$4,000 Suite, pieces choice of tapestries $155.00
$3.50 Mahogany Suite 8 pcs; danask covering. S275.O0
$525 Mahogany Suite, 8 pcs damask andveour $4,000
Dining Room Suites
Walnut Suite, 10 pieces formerly $4,000 at $233.OO
Sheraton Suite 10 pcs; formerly S5O2OO at $325.O0
Separate Bullets, China Closets, Serrers and
Tables Mahogany or Walnut)-HALF PRICE
The sun., 1918-07-28
by the company before the award be-
came effective early In July.
PRINT PAPER OUTPUT FALLS.
Smaller shipments, However, Pre-
vent Actual Decrease.

WAsHtNGToN, July 27.-Standard
news and total print paper production
showed a slight decline in the first two
weeks of July. but there was an In
crease In mill stocks because Of smaller
shipments.
The Federal Trade Commission to-
DAY announced that the mill stocks on
July IA we're 25.92s tons Of total print
and 20.09f tons OF standard news.
The sun., 1918-07-28
Paris via Honor Hoover.

PARIS, July 27.-The Municipality of
Paris officially will receive Herbert C.
Hoover, the American Food Administra-
tor. on August ..
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13

IOyaity CanulQate. his only
claim to this distinction seemed to
be the fact stated in his announce
ment that he had two sons in mill
tary service. This attempt to cap
italize the patriotism of his sons to
further his own political ambition
was denounced in most scathing
language before the committee.
Whatever elation the Sauborn
men may have felt over the passing
OF their resolution was pretty effect
ually quieted by the filing of a
protest prepared by c. J. Hartley
OF Superior. and signed by ten
members of the committee, this
being majority of those who were
actually present. To add to their
discomfort Frank Hammiil OF
Spooner, in fiery speech denounc-
ed the whole proceeding and de
clared that he was in the fight
against any man who would resort
to such tactics and that he would
20 the limit in support of some
reputable candidate who was will
ing to submit his case to the voters
at the primary. John c. Chaprle
also denounced the proceeding as
frame up and piece of political
trickery which was bound to react
upon those who were responsible
for it.
Following is the resolution of
protest. which was signed by repre-
sentatives G. J. Hartley, j. K
Smith, +. J. Kenyon, and r. J.
Nye of Douglas county. John c.
Chapple and Arthur Besse of Ash
land county. Frank Hsmmill of
Washburn county, +. r. Roth OF
Burnett county, Frank Marta OF
Iron county, and Andrew Oelhofen
of Lincoln county.
Ashland, Wis, July q, 1918
We the undersigned members of the
| Republican Congressional Committee
of the Eleventh District of Wisconsin
present at meeting of said committee
held at the city of Ashland this day
protested against the endorsement of
any candidate for the office of Con-
gressman to succeed the Hon. /. L.
LenroOt for the reason that We do uot
believe that it is within the province
of this committee to endorse any can
didate for this office. we feel that the
! Republican voters of this District have
been entrusted with the duty of select
ing their own candidate for that of
flee and that it would be highly pre-
sumptiOus and entiriy without the
province of this committee TO attempt
TO make such selection for the voters.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13

that they would sell the gas plant,
including all mains, appurtenances
and the franchise for $40, 900, and
to this the mayor Immediately
wired that the offer was accepted.
Of course Mayor Sutherland has
no authority to purchase a gas plant
for the city. nor was it his intention
to do SO. His acceptance of the
offer to sell the plant was purely
personal, but, it is his intention, if
the city so desires, TO turn over TO
it the gas plant at the price he has
agreed to pay for i If the city
does not wish to purchase it, he
will keep it himself.
The local gas plant is just eight
years old, the first gas having been
turned into the mains on July 5,
1910. The inventory value of the
plant is not on file in the Office
but the original cost of the plant
was about $50, 900, and, it is esti-
mated that the cost of replacing
the plant as it is today would be
approximately $40. 900.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13
500 Line Making improvements.

The 500 railroad is getting its
yard tracks in condition to haul
larger load from the Gogebic range
and is also fixing up its entire road
bed from here to the Gogebic range.
When this work is completed the
500 will bring much larger engines
to the Ashland division for use in
the ore service and will haul twice
as much ore per train-load as they
are doing now and have been doing
for years.
The reason for the change is the
government ownership of the rail
roads. When II. II. Ashton took
charge of the railroads in this dia
trict he Immediately began a sur
vey of the conditions and as he
knew exactly what the Northwest.
ern road was hauling in the way Of
ore, proceeded to notify the 500
officials that the ore would have to
be shipped by the short haul over
the Northwestern as it was a great
deal shorter than the 500 haul and
also that they were carrying more
tonnage to trainload.
The 500 officials got busy immed-
lately and got the order modified
to save their ore business on &C
count of the big iuvestmt nt il
their Ashland docks bat to do so.
had to agree to put their tracks in
condition to haul more ore to a
trainload. To do this they had tc
lay bigger steel and enlarge THEN
Ashland yards and also get heavier
engines to haul the loads.
This was done and before the
season is ended the 500 will be
hauling ore loads into Ashland
that will compare favorabiy with
the Northwestern, although it i:
doubtful whether they will be able
to carry the tonnage the North
western does from the range tC
Shland Press.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13

selves as very we'll satisfied, and
gave people 20 understand that they
would BID in the plant, but when
the sale occurred they failed to res
pond, and the plant was bid in by
the Union Trust company for a
sufficient amount TO cover the out
standing Indebtedness.
This sale took place on Tuesday
and Wednesday morning Manager
OsCIr Johnson received a message
from the trust company ordering
him to close down the Plant, imme
diately, not later than Wednesday
noon
With a realization of the great
inconvenience that the closing of
the plant would cause to the people
of the city who were users of gas,
a large number of whom have no
other means of cooking, and all of
whom had been to considerable ex
pense to install gas stoves and
other gas appliances, Mayor Suth
erlsnd, City Attorney O'Neill and
some of the other officials of the
city took the matter in hand. They
told Mr. Johnson to continue the
operations of the plant and that the
city would be responsible, and the
mayor wired the Union Trust com
pany as follows:
Union Trust Co,
Detroit, Mich,
Shortage of fuel and other con
ditions require continuous operation
OF gas plant, which city insists
upon in accordance with your con
tract. If Unnecessary, city will assume
responsibility for operation during
month of July. Can you have
representative at council meeting
next Tuesday night? Answer.
d + Sutherland, Mayor" "
In response to the above message
Mayor Sutherland. late Wednesday
afternoon, received a message from
the Union Trust company, stating
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13
CITY OF IRONW00D
OFFERED GAS PLANT
Another Chapter in the Famous Iron.
wood Gas Co. Case. lrOnwOOd
May Buy Outfit.
From the Ironwood Times,l

The city of Ironwood is offered
an opportunity to purchase the local
gas plant, and to purchase it at a
bargain price, if it so desires.
The local gas outfit has had a
precarious existence, and one which
has been far from satisfactory to its
patrons. ever since it was established
by Messrs Fyfe and Wallace, this
Notwithstanding the fact that it has
always been a paying proposition
up to a couple of years ago, when
the war was responsible for the
boosting of costs excessively, with
no corresponding increase in rates.
The men who installed the plant
Originally were evidently stock
promoters, rather than Legitimate
investors, and there is much I'M
savory history in connection with
the sale of the stock and bonds of
the gas company. The bringing
of this into the limelight little
over year ago resulted in the tax
ing over of the plant by the Union
Trust company of Detroit, under
order of the courts, and the plant
has been conducted under the
direction of this trust company ever
since. Under the present excessive
costs, the plant has not been paying
expenses for some time past, and
it was advertised for sale by the
trust company. under a court order.
This sale took place at Bessemer
on Tuesday, but previous to the
sale a party of the bond holders
from the lower part of the state
visited the city and looked over
conditions. They expressed them
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
MEETS AT ASHLAND.
Resolution to Endorse A. w. Sanborn
for Congressional Candidate to
Succeed Senator LenrOot
Passed.

The Congressional Committee of
the Eleventh Congressional District
of Wisconsin met at Ashland Tues
day in response to call by Chair
man West. The district is COM
prised of fourteen counties as fol
lows; Ashland, Bayfield,, Douglas,
Iron, Villas, Price. Taylor, Burnett,
Polk, Sawyer, Washburn. Rusk,
Oneida and Lincoln. Every coun-
ty in the district was represented
at the meeting, either in person or
by proxy. Frank Marta represented
Iron county.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of talking over and decid-
ing what action should be taken
in the coming congressional cam
paign. But according to the Ash
land Press the Sanborn forces had
decided beforehand what action
should be taken and turned the
meeting into convention and put
through resolution endorsing the
candidacy of A. w. Sanborn of
Ashland. Here's what the Ash
land Press had to say about the
meeting:
In a session replete with dramatic
incidents and evidences of intense
feeling the Sanborn machine, work
ing in perfect order by the use of
proxies from absent members, jam
med through the Congressional
Committee of the Eleventh District
a resolution attempting to endorse
A. w. Sanborn as candidate to
succeed Senator Lenroot.
The committee was called to-
gether by the chairman of the state
committee to decide whether con-
vention should be held in order to
eliminate any disloyal candidates
that might arise. This has been
done in some other districts where
a convention of delegates has been
arranged for by the Congressional
Committee. But the Sanborn forces
saw chance to play sharp politics
/ by turning the meeting of the COM
mittee into a convention and
attempting to use the party machin
cry to further the ambition of a
single man. Strong arguments
were made against this abuse of
the party organization, but the
Sanborn men had secured during
the morning hours six proxies, by
wire, and these proxies gave them
control of the committee, hence,
the arguments made by c. J. Hart
ley and R. J. Nye, of Superior
and others were ithout effect
There were only seven Sanborn
committeeman present, but they
were under perfect control, the six
proxies gave them the needful votes
and neither courtesy, argument
nor parliamentary law was allowed
to obstruct the program which had
been framed in advance by the
Sanborn politicians. The Sanborn
crowd was there for just one pur-
pose, that of casting their votes for
a resolution drawn in A. w. San
born s Office and they pursued that
purpose regardless of the rights OF
other candidates or of the antagon-
ism they were arousing.
The whole proceeding was ap-
parently an attempt on the part Of
Sanborn to put the stigma of dis
loyalty on such men as c. A. Lam
oreux of Ashland. Crowley an6
Gillette of Superior, Nelson OF
Grantsburg, and other candidates
~, Lax,i,,oy l,ir,,caIf ,,ou1ad nc &
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13

tiet your fly dope for your nett
fishing trip at " hitmAns.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-07-13

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-24

strong, as the Germans were NOV
ing backwards too swiftly.
We were only within a few kilos
Of where the line was on the last
day.
Some Of our lads we're in the
front line at the time set for cessa-
ton Of hOstilities and TO minutes
after the set hour both sides were
out on top and in some cases car
led on = limited conversation. One
of the boys told ABOUT one of the
enemy who said 1T is no wonder
you Americans are so successful,
nothing viii stop you And that
has been the case with our bunch,
I know The only thing that | know
Of that would stop them is absolute
exhaustion, and after the Germans
once start you didn't need a lasso
to get them, but a motorcycle. for
they sure did go some.
This town was in the advance
firing zone and is populated only
by soldiers and one or two French
peasants, who have moved IN re-
Gently. One of them uncovered a
wine cellar and opened up shop.
but his stores lasted a very short
time.
Well. we will be getting back to-
wards civilization some of these
DAYS and then we will have the
pleasure OF spending money again,
We have had nothing to spend it
On here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-24
lOWAnS NABBED
IN BOOZE CASE
Department of Justice Official
Places Two Cedar Rapids
Men in Station Cell.

A United States department of
justice official placed Henry Hays
and ]. ". Wilson under arrest last
night in a case where Illicit liquor
traffic is said to figure.
Both men are from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and are being held at the
Rock Island police station pending
a hearing, which probably viii be
held late this afternoon.
Julius DuyvejOnck was arraigned
in police court yesterday afternoon
and fined SO on a charge OF dis
orderly conduct.
A charge of disCrderly conduct
against Ed Kramer and preferred
by Mrs. Frank Willard was dis
missed.
William A. Anderson was taxed
S. on a charge Of violating the mo-
or vehicle law.
F. c. Wilkerson and c. D. Collins
were fined So each on charges of
drunkenness. O. l.. Reeves was
taxed 81 on a similar charge.