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The spectator., 1919-04-11
From Nal Council
New York, March 25.


 Dear Mother:-Will write you just a reminder that 1 am again in the good old U. s. A. and am so happy l am in love with the whole world and never felt bet ter in my life than l do now. l landed last night. Came over on the Manchuria. which sailed from St. Nazaire the afternoon of the 14th.
 Everything was taken away from us last night when we came in that there was any possible chance of having germ or a cootie in it. and we dipped the dip" and then had our throats treated and were given suit of pajamas and a robe. so at present that is my sole earthly possess ions, and my senses are equally balanced. Some girls have come in and they have started a dance. All the other boys are dressed in the same apparel as myself, but no one lseems to care We will get a uniform tomorrow and a twelve hour pass. Oh. they are treating us royalty so far and the boys who have been out say they are treated as well everywhere they go. 1 will be here at least ten days and probably longer, so they say. then will go from here to Fort. Root. It probably will be a month or more before l will ret home. but l am progressing all the time. slowly but surely.
 am trying to pass the time away until 1 can get out. l can't dance so am trying to write, and am making about the same progress that swould trying to dance. though l have just written to John and have read two books and am spassing the time fairly well. l thought l would get out of the way of their enjoyment, but a Red Cross worker came over and grabbed all the uninterested ones and started some games where was writing and we played some thing, 1 don't remember what the name of the game was, but anyway we had a real nice even- ing and am finishing this after all the excitement is over There is nothing l can think of that would interest you and besides they are making so much noise couldn't write it if l knew any. so l will close.
 Lovingly.
The spectator., 1919-04-11
From Army of Occupation
March 17th. 1916. Neyenahr. Germany.

NoVondnr, Gormanv. Co. L. 168 Inf. Rainbow Div. "A. E. F.
 MT. 1. w. Plvmale. Dear Father.and Mother:
 1 now drop you a few lines, to let you hear from me. am we'll and hope this will find you folks well. This is certainly fine daytime flowers are blooming here and it looks like spring.
 We are still doing great duty and drilling little the saying IS now that we will sail for the states some time in April. And too. think it is pretty sure thiug if we do l will be home soon.
 We'll, Dad, l told you about visiting France. l went tolParis, Lyou and other places, sure en- joyed my trip fine.
 have seen many interesting things since 1 have been over here. couldn't of course begin to tell you by writing.
 We are still on the Rhine river l took a trip down the Rhine the other day to Cologne and had a nice time.
 Isaw Walter Standrige. today, and he is getting along fine. He said that Dover..died the Eth of February with pneumonia. That is the first boy l have met since l left the States. that 1 knew.
 So l will close for today. hop ing that l will be in the States before have time to hear from you again.
 With best wishes to all.
 Bye bye
 Pvt. Ben H. Plymale
The spectator., 1919-04-11
Surveying New Road

Two crews of surveyors are working west from the Johnson county line, the advance crew locating the new hard-surface road and the second establishing the grade.
The spectator., 1919-04-11
Sunday Night Closing
 Service

Earnest preparations are being made for Sunday in the Hamil- ton meetings at the Christian Church. MT. Hamilton gives a chemical experiment in the Sun- day school Sunday at 9:45 a. m. as an illustration. Morning ser mon at II.
The spectator., 1919-04-11
Last Men Meeting

He speaks to men only at 3 o'clock. subject, The Man Who Couldn't Beat God" All church men and non-church men are in- vited to cooperate in this meet ing. Every citizen can help make this meeting a blessing to the city and country.
 The closin g service comes Sun day night at 8 o'clock. Hamil- tons last sermon, The Bolted Door,"
 Good crowds are in nightly at tendance. If you have not en- joyed this great revival. start to- night
The spectator., 1919-04-11
Preaching at Oak Grove

Rev. Jno. D. Edgin will preach at Oak Hill Sunday morning at II o'clock.
 Everybody cordially invited to hear him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
II ostal to Contest
Merging Of Offices
With Western Union
Mackay Co. Officials Say
Suits in States Will BE
Pushed: Apart From In
junction Against Burleson

Postal Telegraph officials will vigor-
ously contest the threatened wholesale
consolidation of the Offices of their
company with those of the Western
Union.
William j. Deegan, secretary of the
Mackay companies, stated yesterday
that if the contemplated action is car
ried into effect following Postmaster
General Burleaon's decision to merge
the land lines of the two companies,
the Postal Telegraph authorities will
push suits with the Public Service
Commissions in the several states.
AS far as we are concerned" said
Mr.. Deegan, "things are perfectly sat
isfactory as they are running now.
Nothing has been done since their
seizure on August first to affect our
lines directly. A committee on opera
tons, and personnel and organiza-
ton committee have been appointed,
but they have made no changes, and as
long as they leave us alone we shall
sit tight.
ga special committee is now investi-
eating the extent to which messenger
and delivery service of the branch Off
ces may be coodinated with the postal
service. Thus far only q very few
- e'iNuS9 VI VIC w eSlcIn Union ana
Postal Telegraph have been combined.
but II the Postmaster General attempts
to extend the merger on scale, we
are determined to contest it. We don't
believe that It was the intention of
Congress to interrupt so radically or
break up our system"
This phase of the wire controversy.
he explained, has developed apart from
the pending injunction suit brought bv
the Commercial Gable Company and
the Commercial Pacific Cable Company
to restrain the Postmaster General and
Newcomb Carlton, Federal Director of
Cablts, from further control of these
Ilnes. Argument on the case will be
continued this morning in judge
Learned Hands Federal District Court.
with the submissioi of briefs by
Charles Evans Hughes and William
"; Cook for the compainants, and
Edward f. McClennen and Harold Har
per Tor the government. Judge Hand
VIII take the briefs under advisement
ana render decision later.
MI: Carlton, president of the West
ern Union, will not sail for England
tomorrow, as had been reported. The
poStponement IS believed to be due to
qelay IN the receipt of his passports.
u was understood that his mission was
concerned with adjustments in Great
britain, arising out Of the cable seizure
by the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Gov. Coolidge in Office
Takes Up Reconstruction
Brilliant Gathering Sees In
auguration Of 48th Mas
sachuselfs Executive

BOSTON, Jan. .. Calvin Coolidge.
of Northampton, took Office to-day as
the forty-eighth Governor of Massa-
chusetts. His inauguration, held in
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives in the presence of brilliant
gathering of statesmen and military and
naval officers. marked the retirement
to private life of Samuel w. Mccall
after more than a quarter of . cen
fury of public service, three years in
he Legislature, twenty years in Con
gress and three years as Governor.
The attention of the Legislature was
directed to many problems Of recon
struction by Governor Coolidge in his
inaugural address.
"Housing and working conditions"
he said, "are a matter of the gravcst
public concern. 1t has been by a con-
servation rather than a destruction Of
human resources that civilization has
advanced. If in any respect you find
conditions bearing too heavily upon
those who toll, 90 what you can for
their relief"
Speaking at length on transporta-
tion, particularly as concerns street
railways, Governor Coolidge said;
Public ownership is no answer to
this problem, as it would increase no
revenue. The question is one of our
needs and our duty and must be
squarely met. AS a public necessity
the government is warranted in giving
aid. In the period of reimbursement we
may have to apply extraordinary
remedies"
He urged every possible provision be
made to insure proper employment for
returning soldiers and sailors and care
Tor men who arc incapactated. He
recommended that a service medal be
given eacA Massachusetts man return
ing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Great Britain Is
Facing Shortage
OF 100000 Houses
One Plan Suggested Is That
Government BrliId Homes
and Either Sell or Give
Them to Former Soldiers

LONDON, Nov 1s-One of the IN
usual plans suggested for bridging the
transition period while England is be-
ing changed from a war to peace
basis is a proposal that the govern
ment should build houses and either
sell them on longtime payments or
furnish them outright, particularly to
soldiers.
England is wrestling with many of
the same housing schemes that were
put forward IN the United States when
thousands of workmen were called to
centres Of war activities. In the opin-
ion of Sir J. Tudor Walters. a member
OF Parliament, who has given much
thought to housing, England faces a
shortage of 100000 houses, in addition
TO her normal requirements of 100000
new ones annually.
Thousands in the building trades
have gone into other work. as all
building operations ceased when the
war started. Materials are at exorbi-
tant figures or unobtainable. 1t is
much more difficult for a prospective
small house owner TO finance construc-
ton than it was four and half years
ago.
one OF the plans suggested IS that
the government pay the householder
the difference between what his house
will cost to construct immediately
after peace is declared and it's esti-
mated value five years hence.
Any plan that will result in large
expenditure Of public money Will be
met with considerable opposition
among members of the government.
This was made clear when a statement
was made in the House of Commons
that the government should give all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

Your super-statistican used to have
a green shade over his eyes and dusty
volumes piled on so much of his table
mat ne wrote on the wall and papers
huttering on his floor and young ladies
who thought him an old dear and
ruined his lifework by tidying up the
hoor while he was out. This person can
De seen on the stage now, which proves
ms absolescence. In life to-day YOUR
per-statlstician seems to be a tense
ana brisk executive who operates a
computation factory in which mass
o. employees take raw facts from the
receNine platform and refine them into
finished conclusions, fresh everv hour.
20 that on the morning of October d
Mr. Leshcr lets you know (by mimeo-
graph that on October 8 the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad loaded 104 cars of
coal IN the Wheeling district. thus
bringing the total Of cars loaded by
that railroad in that district for the
current week to 573.-New Republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
$4,OOo,00O Profit
For Ford Comp amy
Earned Last ear
New System Proved Big
Success, Says Official;
80 Minimum Wage Plan
Brings Many Workers

special Correspondence
DETROIT. Jan. 2.-The Ford Motor
10 closod -. b,,.i,,an. "a, 1o1o -, a.
~ .0'e' 10 ''9,''es7 ~ ~
claflhg a dividend OF zVo per cent or
$4,000, GOO. Half Of the dividend was
paid January 1. The remainder will be
,,oiJ Eoh.,,,.
P''lu ''l "'iS l.
since the pNoht-sharlng plan was put
into effect by the Ford Motor Co. pro-
duction has increased 80 per cent in
the Highland Park plant, according to
Charles A. Dgowneil, advertising man
ager for the company.
"Gving the men part of the prof
its has proved the greatest investment
ever made by the. company" said Mn.
Browneu. The mon in every depart
ment have doubled I'D on their work
since the So a day wage scale went into
effect
"Nothing was said to the employees
as to speeding up their work. They
realized they were part of the com
pany and that by getting bigger results
they were increasing their own wages.
The boost to ninimum wage of Sc
day was made as lust reward"
Edsel Ford win receive a salary of
SIT. 600 His father as president re-
ceived $50 600 Henry l5ord retired
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
II, 900 Babies
Suffer as MIX
Supply Drops

said that between Is and so per cent of
the normal daily supply would be re-
ceived He declared that the decrease
in shipments from nearby farmers
would be made up by express receipts
from producers of New England and
the Middle West. These farmers have
been signed up by the distributors, he
said, and would increase their ship
ments as soon as cans could be sent to
them.
Mr.. Horton added that he believed
that DR.. Copeland's report of yester-
days receipts did not include express
shipments.
The distributors have decided to pool
their milk, each firm to receive an
amount proportionate to its daily sales
with normal receipts. This plan was
determined upon, according to L. A.
Van Bomel, of the Sheffield Farms
Slawson-Decker Company, in order to
assure a supply of milk to all sections
of the city.
DR.. Copeland held lengthy con-
ference yesterday afternoon with the
distributors at the Office Of the Milk
Conference Board, 2 Rector Street. On
his return to his Office from his dis
cussion of the situation, he issued the
following statements;
City Faces Serious Crisis
"W hen the city awakens tomorrow
morning, it will find itself face to- face
with serious milk crisis. The amount
delivered to-day was $4,000 quarts
less than the normal amount. The
amount to be delivered tomorrow
morning will be one million quarts I'M
der normal
This has created a situation which
has an impo ttant bearing on the
health of the community and as far
as the infants are concerned upon
their very lives.
''The baby milk stations, from which
go out the food to supply the infants
of the poor, were short to-day 1900
quarts of milk. This means that H.
600 babies were deprived of their food
81 have made appeal tonight to
the hotel men and restaurauters, rep
resenting practically every public eat
ing place, where approximately 40 per
cent of the milk is consumed, to vol
UNFAIRLY decline tomorrow morning to
accept their usual quota of milk and
to ask their patrons for the next day
or two to refrain from the Use Of
milk as beverage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

Sir Douglas Haig. when he : sivon
dukedom, will be the third great
British soldier to be elevated fro tie
rank Of commoner to the highest dig
nifty of the peerage John Churchill.
who became the first Duke Of Mari
borough. and Arthur Wellesley. who
became first Duke of Wellington, were
his predecessors. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

where a publication is not contempt
nous on its face the defendants sworn
denial OF contemptuous purpose will
be taken as conclusive and the defend
ant discharged, in the absence Of def
mite pleading and proof by the state
that the publication tended to obstruct
justice. This is, in effect, disavowal
of the theory of some courts that
judges may convict on their 'intuitive
knowledge in such case and without
pleading and proof of the facts and
circumstances relied upon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Barnard Statue Offered
To City of Manchester
Lincoln Sculpture, Denied in
Westminster, Said to Have
Been rendered by C. p. Taft

LONDON. Jan. 2.-Commentng on
The report that George Grey Barnard's
statue of Lincoln has been offered to
the city of Manchester, "The Manches-
ter guardian" says:
"The Barnard statue is anything but
conventional, and to those accustomed
to the sentimentalism which marks
most of the statues in our squares and
buildings 1t comes as something of a
shock. Rather than refine one feature
of man who was rough hewn in every
limb and lneament, the sculptor al
most fiercely thrusts forward the
clums iness and disproportion of Lin
coins figure, as though to say: Here
is man who needs no sentimental
treatment
"lf the statue comes-as we hope
and believe it will-to Manchester, it
will be one of the few in the city of
first rate interest to all who care for
sincerity in art and will be an object
for pilgrimage by Americans for all
time to come
Nothing could more fifty mark the
historic connection of this city with
America; nothing could better recall
that great, self-sacrificing complement
to the Civil War which America will
never forget, when the Lancashire OPP
tratlNeS were content 10 go hungry lnat
America might be united and free"
The paper states that the offer of
the statue to Manchester was made by
Charles ?. Taft, of Cincinnati.
A London dispatch on December 20
announced that the statue of Lincoln
by Augustus Saint Gaudens would be
placed in the Canning inclosure at
Westminster in London, according to
the decision. of the American commits
sion appointed to decide whether Saint
Gaudens's work or the Barnard statue
of Lincoln should be selected for this
honor. The Barnard statue, it was
stated, would be offered to some other
large British city. This announcement
followed a prolonged controversy over
.he respective merits of the two stat
leS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Three Americans Win
Legion of Honor Awards

PARIS, Jan. DIR. Livingstone Fer
rand president Of the Rockefeller
lnti~Tuberculosis Commission. has been
named an officer Of the Legion Of Hon
or on the proposal Of Captain Andre
Tardieu, French High Commissioner
70 the United States. Selskar 81. Gum,
IT Boston, and Alexander Miller have
1een made cbevalicrs Of the Legion Of
Eapor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Phone Probe for Bullet

The inventor OF the Bell telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell, has another
invention to his credit that very few
know of; yet 1t is in constant use in
France. 1t il called the Telephone
probe" and absolutely locates the ex-
act. position Of Il bullet in the human
body. Omaho Bee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

war workers a six months holiday with
full pay as one means of solving the
tremendous problem OF changing Eng
land from war to peace basis.
AT least one member of the govern
ment. referring TO that statement, said
the government could not undertake
any gigantic financial obligation in It's
effort to bridge the transition period
as quickly and efficiently as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Yale Vmaugurates New Plan

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 2.-Yale Uni
versity resumed its courses to-day
under 4 reorganization plan which in
Guides abolition of the select course
III Sheffield Scientific School, length
ching OF the scientific school courses to
lege, and the merger of the graduate
schools of arts and sciences, and Of
applied science and engineering under
one dean
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

WAsHfSGTON, Jan. 2.--Th'e Mcxi-
ran Congress, IL was reported to-day
10 the State Department, has granted
eDeciaj peweys 10 President Carranza
~ raise or tower import md export
duties at his discretion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03

relatives would learn of their condition,
but the information never was trans
mitted because of an order by the de-
partment prohibiting the mailing of
such letters. Meanwhile the relatives
had no knowledge as to the location of
the men, though later the order was
modified and the agency permitted to
forward the letters intrusted to its
care.
Accuracy as Theory
The theory Under which the order
was issued, Senator Weeks said, was
that the department wished absolute
accuracy, which was desirable, but he
commended it did not follow that such
information would be any more accu-
rate, or as accurate, as information OBJ
tanned by the Red Cross through its
individual representatives.
Adiutant General Harris, he explain
ed. was not responsible for the order.
cone of the most glaring errors
shown in the lack Of coordination be-
tween the War Department and the Red
Cross sorvcef," the Senator said is
found in the fact that hospital lists
were not, until the latter part of No
vember of this year, furnished the Red
Cross although in the possession of
the War Department."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Flu Ravages Esuuimaus

From 65 to rs per cent of the Esoui-
NOES of the far northwest have died of
the influenza epidemic according to
advices received by q Chicago furrier.
indianapolis News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
Swiss Watcli's Growth

The number of watches exported
f~om Switzerland increased from 49,
S15.727 in 1913 and 10.019,O05 in 1914
co 1S,643,208 in 1917.-P Pittsburgh Dis
patch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-03
W eeks (,ri-liicises
Bakers Aid fo1,
Casualty Errors
Senator Says Glaring Fault Il
Shown in Lack Of Coop
Grafton Between War De
pariment and Red Cross

,,.,,r,,>,~
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE War
Department was sharnlv criticized in
A., couo4o 1... W.
''i9 ''s'i''e 'O-U"5 ny senator weeks
Of Massachusetts. Republican, for de-
LAYS and errors in combine casualties
,,,,,,,,,'..
among O"e eApeuiVloaafy forces ana Tor
failing to cooperate with the Red Cross
in the matter Of forward;ne q, ,ot+o,., e,o,O,
,..o,,,.5o.l ao1,1;o,.. .,.l.
"0"''''00 S0i0i0'S " le'@'iFes IN lhls
country
Criticism was directed esoeciallv at
tho Office Of tbo Aa;,,4o,4 10000
tho o,.n11, S,,i'to.. .AV Tr ''et1'.' He!lel@, OIL
1faior Goro,.aI gfaCa;. 9"S ~ snae
tt1'Jo, 0e'iSt"l McOain, tAc AdJulant
command division and who was sue
e I by Major General harris should
ii iavo O zee nGg@'n 1 ne could not Pc
lgye' ne saia, mat change IN the
once Gurlng the war was ouslness-like
Or deslraolc.
Wrong Reports Given
Senator Weeks declared that the
War Dcpartment's information as to
casualties often had been wrong
Durng the week ended December
49, ne stated the Red Cross received
an average OF tweaty letters a day
from parents who had been advised by
the War Department that their sons
had been killed on e,,poif.c loto r..
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-14
Call For Economy

WASHINGTON. June 12.-"we
must be cautious in passing sppro-
priation bills and rertench wherever
we can since tremendous bills are to
be met" sad Representative J. Hamp
ton Moore Of Pennsylvania. We
cannot escape the obligations levied
upon this country by the admins
tration conducting this war, in the
name Of war. and must be prepared
to pay sooner or later"
Mr.. Moore said that taxes could
be reduced only by reducing appro-
prlations. that customs taxes would
not raise enough to pull the tax
payers out of this hole" and that the
numerous demands of the executive
departments could not be met with
out direct taxation.
That there will have to be another
sale of bonds or issue OF more Treas
ury notes was pointed out by Mr..
Moore as certainty.