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The spectator., 1918-11-01
Harlan Arrington's Reply
 to His Opponent.


 campaign dope, will say that Mir. Crawford seeks to mislead the people and make them be- lieve that 1 started those reports on him in order to gain some votes. The public well knows that the reports were out on him long before l became a candi- date.
 In answer to H. B. Findley s statement: 1 did have a talk with Mr. Findley, and asked hi i'm to vote for me, just as l did other democrats. and he said, "I would like to vote for you. but went in the primary and l will have to support the nomi- nee." l did not say to Mir. Find ley that knew that MT. Craw- ford had assisted in getting Herman D. Huggins deferred classification. only said that 1 had heard that MT. Crawford signed a petition to retain MT Pendergrass on the District EX- emption Board. Mir. Finley said. If I knew he did, I would not vote for him" 1 said. You might find out by going to Mir. Guthrie. /" and he left me and went to L. M. Guthrie's office.
 MT. Crawford says, Now let US weigh Mir. Arlington on the scales of justice. '' Let US. . When he says US he means us Ozark ring l am indeed glad that 1 don't have to be Weighed in the scales and found wanting.
 The public we'll knows how US" this Ozark ring, has been weighing some people in the last few years. If Mir Craw- ford is such genuine red blood ed American as he would have people believe he is and does his his duty in every respect, want him to tell the people why he didn't do his duty as an otfic- CT, and arrest some drunk en parties who were swearing and fighting among woman aud children. at picnic at Jethro, as he was there in their midst.
 MT. Crawford invites me to in- vestigate his record and l would see why the Democrat Party endorsed him." 1 don't believe that the majority of the Demo- cratic voter endorsed MT. Craw- ford, as he obtained the nom- ination over MT. Rosson. only hy a small ajority in the primary. and that by paying the poll tax for women and girls and sending cars after them and bringing to the polls to vote One of his best friends told me that he paid several dollars and l believe it
 Now tothe Bonds. Mr. Crawe ford well knows that l have bought some bonds. and have also donated to the Red Cross and Y. M. c. A. work, from $l. .0O to $25.00 every time l have been called upon. have the bond receipts in my pocket to show if any person doubs my statement. My opponent would have you believe that am draw ing a Federal pension, but l am not; and that l am financially able to do great things. have obligations to meet just the same as other people and 1 con slider that every man knows more about his own obligations and his financial circumstances than the other fellow does. Did you notice that Mir. Crawford did not say that he had bought any bonds? A man who has held the sheriff's office four years an has and interest in a coal mine, ought to be able to buy some bonds.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Senate Approves
Bill to Increase
Postal Salaries
Favors More Pay for Clerks,
Carriers, Postmasters and
Other Employees

WASHINGTON, May 15.-An amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation bill
providing for an increase of $500 year
in the salaries of clerks, letter carriers
and certain other postal employees, and
increases of 20 per cent for rural mail
carriers and for employees receiving less
than $500 a year, was adopted late to-
day by the Senate. Employees receiving
between $500 and $1,000 annually would
be given increases of Is per cent, and
the pay Of substitute clerks and car
riers would be fixed at 40 cents an hour
For fourth class postmasters, the
amendment provides that they shall re-
ceive 100 per cent of stamp cancella
tions on the first 500 or less, or in the
event cancellations do not exceed $50, q
20 per cent salary increase.
This amendment, offered by Senator
Bankhead, chairman of the Postoffice
Committee, is practically the same as
the Madden-M Moon bill, which was
adopted by the House as a separate
measure, except that the amendment
provides increases only for the fiscal
year instead of making them perma-
nent. Senator Bankhead estimates that
about $40,000,00U will cover the in
creases.
Practically the entire day was de-
voted byf the Senate to debate on the
amendment. Most of those who spoke
said salary increases were necessary to
meet the increased cost of living.
The debate was made the occasion for
a sharp attack on Postmaster General
Burleson by Senator Calder, Republi-
can, of New York, who declared the
Postmaster Generals attitude had been
one of unremitting hostility to any in
crease in the wages of postal employees
Mr.. Burleson's opposition to an amend
ment to give fat increase of Is per
cent to postal employees is due, the SEN
ator said, to "his ambition to show a
surplus in the Postoffice Department" /"
The Postoffice Department had advo-
Gated fiat increase of s120 a year in
postal salaries.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
By Ralph Block
Special Dispatch to The 7'ribume)

Especial Dispatch to The 7ribune)
WASHINGTON, May 15.-History
has its own whimsical notion of the
significance of events. Once it makes
up its mind how it wants the record
to stand, all mems piety or wit can't
lure it back to cancel half line. And
it takes certain amount of shrewd
ingenuity and a gift of prophecy to
understand what is going into the ledg-
er of the beyond days. The past is. a
poor guide; the future, because it is the
future, is different.
Maybe the five thousand-odd per-
sons who struggled down across the
parks in Washington this morning to
see the first aerial mail flight to New
York guessed right. Perhaps all their
souvenir aerial stamps and their films
of the aviator and the President and
his wife, and the machine taking the
air, will be handed around reverently
a hundred years from now, command
ing great prices at auctions, beTowing
distinction upon the lineal descendants
of those who first acquired them. OLD
subscribers may even in that far day
pester newspaper editors with copies
OF Washington newspapers of May Is
1918, gaining Importance in the public
eye by their ownership.
Yet who knows what slip histor!
may make, forgetting the first aeria
mail flight in the flood of more ire
mendous events? The future has way
Of treating the past with irony.
And after all what difference will i
make?
They had no doubts to-day, though
the gallant five thousand. They came
from. all directions, in motors ant
chaises and horseback and afoot
They wound down across the Mall
past the monument, on both sides O.
the White House, converging finall,
at the Speedway, not far from where
the Lincoln Memorial rears it's white
and silent pile. Most of them were
private-cxtremely private-citizens
and they stacked themselves al
around the roped-in grassy area of the
Speedway, motors and all.
The privileged few showed pass tt
stern young corporal who gave tn,
passing sign to a soldier on duty HI
was sentry who looked for all the
world as if he wouldn't hesitate 6
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
President Sees F 'iirst Mail Plane
Sail Away From Washington
Mrs. Wilson and Postmaster General Bureson Also in
Throng of 5000 That Witnesses Start of
Flight to New York

minute to use his bayonet if the right
word wasn't forthcoming.
Inside there were the planes, two of
them, and motion picture men around
them like mountain birds lowering for
the feast. There were dozens Of as
sistant aviators of all kinds, business
like. looking youngsters, tinkering and
the bowels Of the big wasp-like things
that stood still, awaiting the human
hand
Then the crowd parted, and there
were scattered hand clapping and little
cheers, and an open motor car came
through the fence. In it was the Presi-
dent. He stepped out and gave his
hand to Mrs. Wilson. 1t was we'll
dressed President, with a soft, creased
brown hat and a dark suit and one
hand gloved in white. There was just
the lighteest hint of girth that the
inertias of winter had left behind. Mrs
Wilson wore hat of fine Phenician
purple, a color that shattered the
quietudes of Washington May green
round about.
The mailbags arrived in two Post
Office Department motor lorries, and
then Mr.. Burleson hove into view, in
a black f1at-crowned Southern hat and
hair that ran halfway down the side OF
his cheeks from his temples. The pict
ure men pushed and scurried anc
wound their reels and cursed each
other for getting in the way. Mr.
Wilson posed with Mr.. Burleson anc
Second Assistant Postmaster Genera
Praeger and Postmaster Chance, OF
Washington.
Julius Rosenwald, of the Council Of
National Defence, borrowed an aeria
stamp from spectator and put let.
ter into mailbag just in time. The
President had his picture taken with
a letter in his hand, and again talking
to Major R. H. Fleet, one of the tliers
who had come from Philadelphia ir
the morning. The bags were CLOSED
and hoistcd into the hold of the winged
car.
The crowd scattered little. General
Burleson carried large bouquet OF
carnations to the waiting plane ant
the aviators took them little help
lessly, hardly knowing what to do with
them. Finally they put them down or
the wings. They tried out the engine
a little, listening with careful ears to
the pop-popping of the engine. Majo,
! Fleet shook hands with Lieutenant
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
MAY Report Taken as lndi-
cation of Improving
Conditions
Operating Costs High
Future Increase Will Result
When Wage Advance
Is Granted

WASHINGTON, May ia rail
road administration report to-day or
all earnings showed that in the first
..ek of May the railways earned pei
..nt more than in the same week last
~.ar. and this condition caused the be.
i;ef that conditions later this yea,
xould show considerable improvement
rs.sern lines in the first week of the
month showed earnings Z per cent
ereater than last year, Western roads
ner cent and Southern roads IL per
cent
operating revenues in the first three
months of the year were $5S,000,OOO
more than in the corresponding period
of 1917. but expenses were $162,00O,0OO
Greater. This increase was caused by
higher prices for coal and other sup
niles and equipment. Few wage in
rreases have been granted since the
government assumed operation of the
Tosds. but when Director General Nc
; Adoo acts on the pending recommends
.on of the Railway Wage Commission
the higher wages will go into effect as
Of January /, and be charged to operat-
ing expenses of future months.
For these two reasons the Interstate
Commerce COMMISSIONS report of earn
ings to-day, although showing material
Improvement, did not affect the railroad
administrations plans for announcing
big rate increase soon.
The commissions report showed that
the railroads in the first three months
this year earned only $71,705,000, as
compared with S179 9,431 900 in the same
neriod last year, making a loss to the
government of 100000.
The net income in March was $63,-
osS,oOo, or s7,ooO,0oo less than in
yarch, 1917. This difference, much
less than in the preceding months. in
dicates that conditions are becoming
better for government operation and
returns from later months may go far
toward making up the loss. Operating
revenues in March were s365, 5,000,0OO
and operating expenses s282,000,0O0,
making net revenue little over $S2,-
100000. From this was deducted taxes
Of s15000,000, and rents for equipment
and joint facilities, leaving the net in
ccme, the item on which government
compensation is based, S63,00O,00O.
For the three months period, the
falling off in net income was caused
mainly by the record of Eastern roads,
which reported a deficit OF $15,924,000,
as compared with earnings of $780,
900 last year. Western carriers earned
s56oOOOOO, as compared with $S4,O0O,-
900 last year, and Southern roads s31,-
100000, as compared with $43,000,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Copeland Pledges
His Help to Blue
Especial Dispatch to The T,lbune)

WASHINGTON, May 15.--Dr. Royal
S. Copeland, Health Commissioner of
New York City, to-day assured Surgeon
General Rupert Blue, head of the Pub
lie Health Service, that the New York
health administration was anxious and
ready to cooperate with the Federal
government in the preservation o!
health. Similar assurances were con-
veyed by Commissioner Copeland to
Surgeon General Braisted, of the navy
and Colonel A. L. Furbush, acting sur
geon general of the army.
The visit of DR.. Copeland to Wash
ington was said to be at the request Of
Mayor Hylan, who recently indicated q
change Of front in his original plans of
crippling the health service Of New
York. The changed attitude of Mayor
Hylan early this week brought forth
letters of commentator from the Fed
eral health officials. 1t was in ac-
acknowledgement Of these letters that DR..
Copeland was sent to convey 20 the
Federal health officials assurance that
the New York health administration
was prepared to cooperate with the
United States officials in the future.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16

the capacity Of the plant will be more
than doubled and new work will be
started
1t is known that the deal is some
what different from that with the
United States Steel Corporation for the
plant at Neville Island. Under the
agreement made with the Steel Corpo-
ration the output is furnished the gov
ernment at cost, while in the MidyaIe
deal, it is understood that the govern
ment stands ready to advance money to
the company on future orders, but that
the product will be furnished on a cost
plus basis to be agreed upon.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16

The smaller a mans cap
ital, the fewer risks he can
afford to run.
Clothing should be looked
upon in the light of invest
ment.
Are the fabrics the best,
Will the colors holda
Is the tailoring the high
est possible typea
Will your dealer make
good if the suit doesn't9
You know us!
Everything men and boys wear.
Straw hats, including
highest quality Panamas.
Low shoes. Silk shirts. Soft
*"Shire" collars. Neckwear.
Athletic underwear.
Solo" socks.
Registered Trademark
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
at 18th St. "The at 34+h 81
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st S+
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Mail Air Line
Opens; Fast
Flights Made
2:45. But there were bags from his
own town as we'll.
Continued from page 1
Mishap at Waldorf, Md.

own town as well.
Mishap at Waldorf, Md.
1t was Lieutenant Paul Culver who
few from Philadelphia to New Yorl
and Lieutenant George L. Boyle who
Philadelphia leg. Boyle, who had start
ed with $50 pounds of mail, was forced
to make landing at Waldorf, Md, only
thirty miles from the capital,
culver got under way-or over way-a'
e15, Immediately news of Boyle's pligh,
reached him. He dropped down into
the Belmont Park infield at 3:37, anc
after him landed the six machines OF
an air squadron from Mineola which
be had picked up in cloudland.
Frankly, the postoffice was out tc
make record The mailbags Lieuten-
ant Culver brought were put into 8
waiting auto, in two minutes were on
special train and in one minute more
were speeding for the city.
"A great celebration greeted Culver
Movie men and photographers with
sstili. cameras, reporters and local
aelAbles, the guests of Postmaster Pat
Ten, crowded about him. For some min
utes it was question, click, cheer; ques-
ton, click, cheer.
but the lieutenant, who had made
the flight in thin sweater and bare
headed, had his mind on other things
than glory.
Didn't Take Time to Eat
u haven't had my lunch yet" was
MS repeated complaint. "Haven't had
my lunch"
Until at last they simply had 20 let
nun go and have it. Torrey Webb's
getaway had been less elaborate than
tue reception to Culver.
AZ twenty-seven minutes and some
,,nlrty-eight or forty seconds past the
aour Of II in the morning an humble
put historic fivver might have been
observed as it snooped through the
gates to Belmont Park and then in
nlgh haste went bouncing over the
nnmpy infeld.
u was there to be observed, anyhow,
snd coughing prodigiously to attract
sstention. Several hundred yards
from the crowd, a man in leather
Jacket displayed certain signs of in
!erest He eyed the fivver as it leaped
..eward him, that is; and then, for all
sne world as if the act had been
prompted by its advent. he made a
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Midvale Company to
Make Heavy Ordnance
Capacity of Plant at Nicetown
To Be More Than
Doubled
(Speciai Dispatch to The Tribunl

WASHINGTON, May 15.-The War
Department and Midvale Steel Company
are expected to complete negotiations
soon for the expansion of the com
panys plant at Nicetown, near Phila-
delphia, for the manufacture of heavy
ordnance. Assistant Secretary of War
Crowell to-day said that the Midvale
plant would be greatly enlarged to
manufacture in quantity heavy howit-
zers and other ordnance for which
there is vital need.
The Midvale Company has been en-
gagged on large war orders for some
time, but under the new arrangement
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Lieutenant Culver, who arrived
at Belmont Park, with mail from
Washington.

took the air, settled a little in the
cushiony atmosphere, found support
hum of the engine faded. At the
margin Of the sky the tiier dipped
turned around and sailed back, high
up in the air. Around the field he
came, and. scarce distinguishably, his
arm came over the side of his perch
as he waved farewell.
Thirty miles away. at Waldorf, Nd.
Lieutenant Boyle was forced down be-
cause of a broken propeller. The ma
chine made safe landing and Lieu
tenant Boyle notified the Philadelphia
Postoffice by telephone Of his mishap.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16
Catholics Pledge
''Complete LOYALTY"

"Complete and unquestioned loyalty
to the end" was pledged yesterday at
the meeting of the Supreme Council of
the Catholic Benevolent Association in
Brooklyn. A copy of the resolution
will be sent to President Wilson. Rich
ard Tippett was elected president,
Christopher keenan,, vice-president;
John G. Mcclure, chancellor; A. Ferrari,
orator; John E. Dunn, secretary and
Gottfried Reebhausen. treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-16

George Boyle. tanned young aviator
flier climbed into his seat; the plane
was wheeled around into position.
The crowd audibly held its breath.
and away down the green lawn ran the
plane smoothly as sailing swan. 1t
seemed to hesitate an instant, then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
News of Society and
 Activities of W0mnem

| home and foreign committee had sent numerous gifts of comfort to the sol- diers during the past month.
 Mrs. V. S. Elliott, chairman of the Irondale unit, reported that regular community sing had been established in Irondale, through the council defense, and their four-minute speakers had been selected.
 Mrs. B. E. Walker. chairman of Lewis burg unit, reported S2 garments made for the Red Cross by her committee. and many sheets and towels given to Red Cross linen shower. Many worthy ac- tivities were reported from the Lewis burg unit, such as serving coffee and sandwiches to the miners during a re- cent period when the mines were flooded with water and the miners were doing rescue work. Other interesting reports were made ot the activities of the women throughout Jefferson county. The Rainbow division generals were present at the meeting ana discussed the plans for the united war work drive under the leadership of Mrs. w. D. Smith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

Mrs. George H. Dupeeof this city, has recently returned from New Orleans, where she went through the six weeks of intensive training for overseas ambulance service She is the only Birmingham graduate and Birmingham and the Bir- mingham Red Cross chapter are natur- ally very proud of her record, as she won a captains commission, receiving certt- ficates for first aid motor mechanics, military drill and French.
 She talks most intresetingly of the course under Commander Edith Haspell of the Gulf division. which must have been a most strenuous one, commencing at 6:30 in the morning and lasting all day. From 7:15 to S30 there was military drill, from 9 until 12 motor mechanics, when in overalls and heavy shoes the students learned to assemble and reas- semble their machines After one hour for lunch the motor mechanic class was continued until 3:30. A lesson in French came next, and at they were released, went back to barracks, dressed and dined. From to in the evening there was class in first aid and bandaging.
 Not one minute was spared for relaxa- ton during the day, and as the work was very hard, it was a real test of character going through with it to the end. In addition to completing the course, Mrs. Dupee was complimented by being put in charge of the barracks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

1 and looking after the girls. The stu dents were pleasantly entertained by the people of New Orleans, who gave them little teas and informal affairs and at the reception given to Mrs. Josephus
 Daniels at the Grunewald hotel, Mrs. Dupee represented the Birmin gham
 motor corps, and received with Mrs. Daniels.
 Mrs. Dupee is a great admirer of Commander HaSpells, and says she is one of the most wonderful workers in the Red Cross. Under her perfect sys- tenn, the New Orleans motor corps has become one of the finest in the country, and during the influenza epidemic rem dered invaluable aid to the city. The girls of the corps worked night and day and not only took food and carried char ity cases back and forth but nursed in the hospitals Their work in the Red Cross itself is well know. They not only drive cars but great trucks, and carry all of the materials of the chapter back and forth and so important is this de- partment in New Orleans that it is now housed in it's own large, commodious building. The costume of the motor
 corps- is particularly fetching, being of
 white duck with white soldiers cap and military boots.
 | Captain Dupee is now in Birmingham waiting orders for overseas service, which may arrive at any time, and the | Birmingham chapter will have every ] reason to be proud of its representative
 when she goes abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
By DOLLY DALRYMpLE

WS1 ' HEN Mrs. H. O. Moore, one of W\W Birningham'ss charming ma irons. who during the war spent quite a little time in the west at Lawton (Fort SID whete her husband, Lieutenant Moore, was stationed, talked to me about the delightful experiences she had and the glimpse thus afforded by army life, it was on the eve of peace; the things she told me, however, while obtaining during the war times, are none the less interesting, for if the camps are to be continued, as they probably will be for sometime yet to come, the particular feature of the work she did at Lawton will probably be furthered, for in sense it is necessary.
 Mrs. Moore emphasized especially the fact that women whose husbands have gone into the camps and whose home life has been surrounded with pleasures and entertainment and comfort, do not realize for a minute what the inconven- fences and the loneliness of camp life mean; indeed, Mrs Moore declares that it is a terrible experience. and one which one isn't likely to forget for many a day.
 Tn the first place" Mrs Moore said, "I do not make a personal matter of this situation, because I was not lonely, nor without occupation, for my two children were with me and that all ways means diversion as we'll as duties to perform. But the young war brides. the young girls who married and fol- lowed their husbands to the various camps, who probably had only been mar