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Evening journal., 1919-08-16
With the Photographers

Friday was a day OF high water in every direction.
gues branches branches creeks creeks were
rivers-Batesville Record.
Among the recent honor awards made in England was
earldom for brewer. In this country the recipient
would have been delighted TO he left brewer-Ney York
sun.
They're going 10 investigate the claim N Kentucky
say IL he feels that old he ought TO be let aone-Dero
Journal
Guy Hoefer residing DriftNVood has installed an
eleetrlc light plant on his farm recently He had the
electrician run wire 20 his pond and number OF
Hohes were suspended the water The bugs OF
course gather around the lights and The ns iump foot
out o tle water after the enticing bait Then GUY takes
niue dip net and gets them on tho nyCherokee re
publican. " ~"
with the making the air almost A. boi a. az, ,s
young baekird in the Jim Boyle yard at this pece s
afternoon sped crock OF water setting i'm tbs s,r -,
making dart for II, plunged in Mfr Boyle AYERS e MA
gave sharp squAwk OF pain touched The wafer ,hc,
turned couple Of nps in the air and besiinq a ne tba
WIND for the shade OF tree, shook itself Vgorosl f
some tins, dsi0dsing handful feathers oing "a H.
crock AP Boyle found the water hot he could moi he
his hand in t-fopeks Cspitsl
Sir Edpsfd Grey is an ambassador Of the Brves ,vns
and will not be satisfied with being merely eredaed o
gOvernment-he will be the spokesman Of one ienoc
racy TO another No in British public life i hefter
fitted perform The task 20 which he is assigned
great business Of bringing together in vhoe-hearted
good will the tHe peoples whose harmony is not only
essential 10 BOTH Of fiief f 7f5sE Slod FeTafEiis
the whole world is vitality nteresed-Aev York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16

which a labor leader can threaten DO
/ "tie up the railroads so tight that they
will never run again" if Congress. pre-
sumes TO pass an act to which the
/ brotherhood autocracy objects as un-
equal to its imperative demands.
Tho railroad brotherhoods have en-
barked upon a policy that even the
most conservative of them must admit
is economically revolutionary. II their
scheme Of naturalization under class
control lis TO be carried out I'm respect
to railroads, nobody can draw the line
where IL shall stop until all industry is
under Soviet direction. Yet they are
not putting their programme out as a
matter TO be discussed and deliberately
considered by the American people.
They are trying to force the issue and
bring about a revolution by ultl-
matum.
In the last three years the railroad
employees have received hundreds OF
millions Of dollars in wage increases
for which the general public is paying.
As a reward for its generosity the
country Is 10 be taken by the throa,
and chOked into submission II the most
complicated economic issues that have
ever confronted II are not settled forth
with. II there Is any difference be- !
tween that kind Of arrogance and the
arrogance Of the German General Stan |
in July. 1914, we should like to know !
what it Is.
The legislative branch OF the United /
States Government long ago desener-
ated into a Congress Of towards. Il |
may prove 10 be as subservlent 10 the
brotherhoods as It has been to the Anti
Saloon League: but II the American
people can be kept forever choked into
a state OF submission by private organ
zations taking over the functions OF
government. the United States might
as we'll apply for the appointment Of
receiver first as last.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
FRoM THE rNsKILLrn ro rnr sln11rn rrr, n

fNVLoNEL ARTHUR WOODS, assistant to the Secretary
- OF War made public yesterday list OF eighteen ad
'"onal lrms that have organized industrial training
oissses Tor soldiers and sailors
in@ is in line with his plan that factory owners and
spafacturins corporations throughout the country nm
aerake the creation Of skilled labor from the bodv % e
surned lighting men who have hitherto had no trade
In every case these workers will be maid ,,aeos go,
ncient for them TO live upon during tbc, course -
training
Soldiers and sailors who have been merely laborer
heretofore have their great opportunity 10 realize
their ambitions.
AS rule. plant has been able only 10 carry small
number Of extra and select for training those
whose natural ability gives the best promise for i'm
provement
Under this plan any ambitious soldier or sailor has
chance or learning while the job. In every case the
plant VIII pay full during the OF appren-
ceship considerable after the becomes
a skilled workman.
fortnight Colonel Woods made public the first
list OF such This list Is supplementary
We advise discharged service who IS ambitious
to learn trade and become skilled workman at full
wages. 10 write 90 him
We notice. however. that no Wilmington firm or cor
poraiion figures in this list public by Colonel
Woods
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
YACHTSMEN MAROONED
AFTER SEVERE STORM

A delay OF several days may be suf.
fered by the feet Of cruising yachts oi
the Riverside Yacht Club, now in tht
Chesapeake bay. on its return 10 tho
Delaware river. through the breaking
Of one of the dams in the Delaware and
Chesapeake Canal which has cut off
all traffic through that thoroughfare.
One Of the most serious storms ID
many years was the cause Of the break.
ing OF the dam and much other damage
in the whole Chesapeake section. II
will not be reopened for several days
and the smaller boats Of the Riverside
fleet, which were planning their re-
turn today, according to schedule. may
be held up indefinitely The damage Is
wire service has largely cut off con-
nection with the fleet. They were last
heard from at Queenstown.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
THOMAS r. DUNN.

rTHoMAS F. DUNN. editor and owner Of the Dover
Index. one Of the best Of Delawares weekly news
papers. died suddenly in Dover this morning Not in many
years has the Fourth Estate Of the Demarya Peninsula
suffered such shock An who knew Mr. Dunn expected
That he would live for many years 10 come so wen had
Dc looked and seemed IN recent years
He was former president Of the Delmarvia Press As
soeison and Of It's most prominent active and bene
acial members
Mr. Dunn came Of an old and prominent Democratic
family down the state His father. Francis NJ Dunn
was former sheriff Of Kent county and assnciated in
tmaely with the leaders OF the old Wocolt Democratic
faction in Kent county. When the Wolcou faction
founded the Index to fight the Salisbury faction former
Sheriff Dunn was selected to the property Fol
lowing his death 1t taken over by his SON who lust
has died
Young Dunn devoted himself intensely TO the uphuid-
ing Of the property and thanks to his business ability
energy and personal popularity it one Of the best
newspaper plants down the state
1t is pity that death has claimed in the prime OF life
man Of his type and good influence in the newspaper
profession.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16

Writing Of the railroad problem,
Theodore NJ. Knappen, in the New York
Tribune presents interesting figures OF
/ the growth Of railroad wages:
I As the railway wage problem pre-
sents itself. in the light Of demands for
/ increased pay aggregatng about $780,
100000 and the fact that the Railway
Administration, instead OF having funds
To- meet them with. is already incurring
a deficit of S2jOO0,OOO to sJ0OOOOOO a
month, IL becomes one OF getting all the
workers OF the country TO share a part
Of their incomes with the railway work
crs
People Would make Up Increase.
This would be done, OF course.
through appropriations by Congress and
taxation, but the net result would be
That the people as a whole would make
up the added income the railway work.
ers say 'hcY must have This is another
way Of saying that 100000 workers
would be asked TO contribute TO piece
out the incomes of about 2.OO10OO.
Today II is estimated that the total |
number OF persons in the United I
STATES who are engaged in gainful oc- .
cupatlons IS not less than 100000.
compensation mouHttu HdplOly.
In recent months the number OF /
steam railway employees have been al |
most up 10 100000, and for the last
reported month, March, was 100000
The compensation received by these
employees has mounted rapidly in the
last three years.
In 1916 10 was si.470OOOOOO.
In 1917 It was 81, ,739 100000
In 1918 IL was (estimaled) $780,
100000.
In 1919 1t is (estimated) S3OOOOOOOOO
II increases now demanded are grant
ed II viii be at the rate Of $500 100000
Would Eat Up All Funds.
To-day out Of every $40 the railways ,
pay out in operating expenses close TO
$50 goes 10 the employees.
II the present demands for ssOO.OOO- :
300 more are granted wages will take
practically all Of the fund ordinarily n
set aside for all eXpenditures-leavi r
nothing for other expense Items. In fact n
such an addition would bring the total n
payroll mp almost 10 the total operating b
'eyenues of the railways, which were n
'nly S},9i3,0O00OO in 1918. and are con- 1
iiderably less so far this year. y
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
GIVE TIE pIlRI-Ic nr1mr

THosE officials who are responsible for the present
outrageous condition. OF the driveway on Van Buren,
street bridge across the Brandywine should lose no time
IN putting 1t in shape for safe and comfortable use by
drivers OF automobiles and other vehicles
The roadbed It existsstoday is a series Of rufs and
holes which tries the patience OF drivers and the frame
and springs of vehicles
The bridge an important one It should be kept in
proper repair at all times and especially in the sum
mer season. when drives through tho park are SO at
tractve.
Inc fact that Washington street bridge soon is to he
orn down and that much OF ITS trafc win be diverted
10 Nan Buren, street is added why quick and ade
quate repairs should be made
The public has right TO demand relief from existing
conditions.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16

stipulated places or suffer the conse
quences. But. he did plead that hi
mind had been affected by antl-semitit
propaganda. He had read numbei
Of the pogrom pamphlets, and then hac
gone to the place OF publication, wheN
about twenty persons were congrs
gated
There the suggestion was made tha
the Jews should be oppressed. Just az
in Russia, and that money should bt
extOrted from them wherewith TO con.
tinue the props ganda work.
Bietze said that he supposed thin
suggestion had been the inspiration fo1
his own deed. for he at once set about
TO send letters. signed the "Secret Al
lance" 10 the merchants. While
were warned not TO have anyone ac
company them. they al once called ID
the police and had Rietze apprehendet
when he came to receive the deco1
packet Of marks.
Communism may come 20 the aid oi
Cupid here.
Fearing that returning soldiers wiz
be deferred from marrying and making
homes for themselves because Of the
high cost of furniture. an enterprisins
communist has suggested that the
cOmmunize the old furnL
ture business. He says the storei
charge too much, whereas IL the gov.
took them over, there'd be
nothing in the way Of returning soL
iiers making homes for themselves.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
HUN PRISONERS
ARE COMING HOME
Men Are Jubilant Over
Fact That They Are to
Meet Families Again
EACH MAN TO GET
50 MARKS CASH
BY CARL ID. GROAT

United Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, (By Nall Germany is
preparing for the Homecoming OF
thousands Of its prisoners. While
their return will probably infllct on
the labor market a great new burden.
Germany hasn't reckoned that in the
reckoning, and Just now is iubilant
over the fact that they are soon to
be released.
Their return to the fatherland will
be accomplished with customary Ger
man methodical plans. A complete re-
ceptiOn machinery has already been
created. A number OF stations for de-
livery in German territory have been
erected, and there the homecomers
viii be officially greeted. From these
delivery stations. the prisoners will
pass TO transfer camps, where they
will remain three or four DAYS while
they receive military discharges and
are examined to ascertain whether
they are in need OF hospital attention.
Each man will receive 80 marks
cash and an additional sum which will
permit him 10 have an eight weeks
vacation. From the transfer camps
the men will be distributed TO sta
tions. nearest their own homes. Ptovi-
sion has been made to furnish all with
tobacco, cigars aud cigarettes.
As for their future. the government
has devised means whereby temporary
aid can be furnished each prisoner II
he cannot at once find work, but every |
effort VIII be made to assist the men |
TO places in the industrial structure
Demobilization Of what is left OF the !
German army will release Al 100000 !
meters of cloth, to say nothing Of hun |
1reds Of thousands Of pairs Of snoes. |
As a result, the government expects !
that there will be material decrease
N the price Of clothes and shoes.
It proposes 10 distribute the cloth
md shoes, which had been stored up
against further prosecution Of the war,
It low prices to deserving families.
Rates will be made according to the
ize Of the family.
Out Of the sordid annals Of the Ber-
in criminal courts came today the
tory Of "Black Hand" persecution
which had its inception in the recent
agitation here.
Karl Rietze. recently returned from
Russian prison camp. was accused
( trying to extort several hundred s
housand marks, from two Jewish mer-
hants under threat of death. I
Retze told the court he was at a Y
,ss to know why he had sent the mer-
hants BLACK Hand" letters, saying
hey must deliver packets Of money at !
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
Revolution by UIfimafum

The plan Of the railroad brotherhoods
for taking over the railroad properties
! OF the country Is a straightout adven-
ture into Soviet economies u contem-
/ plates collective ownership. but class
| operation and control. which is al tbe
| foundation Of the Soviet system
The American people, through their
! government. are 10 buy the railroads
! from the private owners and turn these
| properties over 30 the railroad en-
! ployes to manage and operate. In con-
! sideration of an. investment OF apprOxI-
Inately s2OOO OO000O0 the government Is
] tO appoint One-third Of the directors
, and the public Is TO share In such saw
ings in the cost Of operation as may
remain after the employees have paid
themselves what they think their SER
vices ought TO be worth. The spirit In
which the programme Is put forth may
be inlcrred from a statement made by
r. NJ. Jewell, acting president OF the
Railroad Employees Department OF the
American Federation Of Labor. in which
he said That II President Wilson's sIg-
gesiion to Congress was carried out
I'VE viii tie mp The railroads so tighf !
that they will never run again if that |
legislation Is passed" II might have |
been TrOtzky himself speaking 10 /
bourgeOisie that had offered mild and |
academic objections to being despoilec
Before any railroad plan can be work
cd out, one highly essential fact must
be establishcd-namely, whether the
sovereign power Of the United States
is vested in government and in the
American people or whether 10 is vest
ed in the railroad brotherhoods.
For three years now the brotherhoods
have assumed that the sovereign power
was vested in them, and Congress has
provided them with excellent reasons
for that assumption. When the rail
road employees in the critical period OF !
the summer Of 1915 demanded an eight
hour day and threatened a general .
strike President Wilson sent a mes {
sage to Congress IN which he urged q
that the eight-hour day be made the
basis OF work and wages, but he MADE G
four other proposals, one Of which '
called for {
An amendment to the existing a
Federal statute which provides for Il
the mediation. Cancellation and arbi-
tration OF such controversies as the
present by adding 10 It a provision 5
that In case the methods Of accom- a
modation now provided for should n
fail, a full public Investigation Of h
the merits OF every such dispute 5
should be Instituted and completed p
before n strike or lockout may be a
lawfully attempted" Il
Congress refused 10 enact this legisla- 6
ion because labor leaders objected to a
o. and now we have a situation m r
Evening journal., 1919-08-16

than does intervention in the afsirs a
a foreign nation by those unacquainte,
with the preiudices Of its population
and the peculiar facts OF its existencs
| whether that Intervention springs from
good will or from ofiiciousness or from
/ an incurable desire Ia NEEDLE.
Already the bad fruit Of Mr.. WILSON,
| personally defined idealism is ripenini
in Europe. Complaint is made tha
Americans bearing vague commission
or no commissions at all have been in
! terfering in the age long habits Of Eu
ropean countries and lecturing the chih
dren Of centuries Of civilization. Tn,
Wilson policy Of dabbling in other peo
pies business is producing its newt
able results.
This futile and dangerous policy h
opposed TO the disposition of America
It's practical application TO the affair
OF the world would never have beet
attempted had Mr.. Wilson conformet
his conduct 10 the ideals and the tenn
per Of the nation which repudiated hin
and which he misrepresented in Paris
The follies and the perils Of his trim
abroad came from his violent and sol
lsh disregard OF the wishes Of America
To build up and to sustain the m,th
OF magician Wilson righting with
word the wrongs Of all mankind, cur
ing with a phrase evils age old. set
tied straight with a happy sentence in,
justices that for centuries had balket
the most humane and enlightened ad,
ministratOrs, Mr.. Wilson disregardet
the verdict Of the voters and magnihed
his power until the higher power Of On,
American people was hidden by his eu
aggerated shadow. He got the applaus,
he wanted in Europe, but the whole
structure Of his creation has crashed
down about him under the operation
Of the supreme authority Of Americas
common sense.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16

THE WORLD, as established by
JOSEPH PULITZER, May 10, 1883 =
An institution that should al
ways fght for progress and re-
form, never tolerate injustice or
corruption, always fight dema-
gogues OF all parties, never be-
long TO any party, always op-
pose privileged classes and pub
iic plunderers. never lack sym
pathy with the poor, always re-
main devoted to the public well
fare. never be satisfied with
merely printing news, always
be drastically Independent, new
er be afraid to attack wrong.
whether by predatory plutoc-
racy or predatory poverty"
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
Raise Figures Shown.

Raise Figures Shown.
The compensation of the RAILWAY
I workers in the mass has increased at
rate that would have supplied tht
country in any except the billion-dol
lar war times.
First, in May, 1918, they got slOO,-
100000 in one slice for all employees
general increase OF almost p PEI
cent.
On July 25 1918. the shopmen who
are now restive got si50O00.OOO, also
dating back TO the first of that year.
Clerks and trackmen tucked away an
additional S200,0OOOO0 in September,
1918.
On October f. 1918, clerks and track
men were handed an annual increase OF
S2OOOOOOOO.
In November and December tele-
graphers and agents got an increase Of
Si00,OO0,OO0 a year.
Would Mean 100 Per Cent. Higher.
In April OF this year the trainmen
and enginemen got an increase OF s60-
100000, and after them express en-
ployes, police and dining-car workers
all were increased in pay.
The cycle having been oompleted
once, new trip around is now pro-
posed. Such increases as are now de-
aggregating ssOO,OOOOOO. win
mean concretely. for example. a min
imum wage Of $3.50 a month for brake
men and 5000 a month for conductors
i2O per cent. higher than the pre-
war level.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
PRIVATE LOWE in
THICK OF FIGHTING

Harry r. Lowe, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Harry w. Lowe, or No. 1921 Adams
street. arrived homo Thursday from
France. lie was in the thickest Of the
flghtIng and took part in drives al
-ThIerry, ST. Mihiel. Scissor and
Argonne Forest.
Young Lowe went abroad with an
aviation corps, but was later transferred
TO the marines. He tells many interest
ing stories of his adventures overseas.
He expects 10 remain I'm this city for
several weeks visiting his parents. but
Will permanently locate In the West.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
PRETTY WEDDING AT PRESTON.

FEDERALSBUBG, Ma. Aug. i6-The
home Of Mr.. and Mrs 3. Ebert Doug
las, at Preston, was the scene OF a very
pretty wedding Tuesday evening at 9
O'Clock. when ther eldest daughter.
Miss Ruth Dennis. became The bride OF
y. Salisbury Geary. son OF the late
Edwin and Mrs. Maude Geary. Of Den
ton. The ceremony was performed I'm
the living room OF the home under a
large arch OF roses land dahllas by the
Rev. Dr. d. Grould. Jr.. Of Cambridge
The home was beautifully decorated
for the occasion. pink being the pre-
dominating color.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
MRS. II. n. CREsWELL DEAD.

ELKTON. Md, Aug. l6.-Nfrs. Hannas
| Creswell, died at her home, Cresveu
Hall, near Elkton, yesterday, aged "a
years. Mrs. Creswell was a Miss Rich-
ardson and more than 80 years ago,
married Mr.. Creswell, who later be-
came a United States Senator from
Maryland and served as Postmaster-
General in the Cabinet Of President
Grant.
Much Of their time was spent iu
Washington, but for many years Mrs,
Creswell has made her home exclu-
sively at Creswell Hail. near this town
She was a life long member Of the Elk
ton Presbyterian Church. Her funeral
will be held on Tuesday afternoon.
Search the Want Ads for opportun-
tiles in business partnerships.
Evening journal., 1919-08-16
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1919.
WHY NOT PROVIDE NOW TO MEET FUTURE STORMS

0NCh more the Delaware division Of the p. b. and w.
railroad is open for tranlc BY Monday It is thought
the passenger and freight services will be restored to
normal.
Inc railroad officials were confronted by several df
ncut problems as result Of the big storm Of last
wednesday. They met them with praiseworlhy energy
knowing That the Of much fruit and other perish
able freisht depended upon quick action
IN view OF the bitter experience at Canal Bridge as
result OF the work Of The water from the feeder
lake to the west Of the structure wouldn't It be well for
the railroad officials to take steps now TO protect the
Drluse and It's approaches against future floods?
me fact That that bridge is the only railroad connoc
ton between the Demaryia districts living north and
south Of the canal makes the protective work all the more
important.