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The Adair County news., 1919-09-24

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ders of babies McGEE'S BABY ELK
IR is remedy of genuine merit. 1t
acts quickly, is pure, wholesome and
pleasant to take. Sold by PAUL
Drug Co. Adv.
The Adair County news., 1919-09-24

number every summer.-Louis-
will Post.
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minal station under the quick eye OF
Mr.. Mooney, who knows all about let
ters and the quick handling Of them.
THE whole postal system has been
upheaved." said he, "since went into
the business. but after all the changes
have been so gradual that one who has
been in the service continuously hardly
notices them. New machinery, new
methods OF handling mail. were intro
duced after a good deal of discussion,
and we became accustomed to them
really before they were introduced.
1.-THE day went into the post once
they set me to work putting letters
into packages. We had more time on
our hands then than We have now. SO
Pthe letters were sorted into bundles
according to the towns. and each
bundle was done up into neat pack
age and nicely pasted. It probably
kept the envelopes much cleaner than
they are now. but imagine the time we
would have for that kind OF thing
these days. Millions OF letters must
be sent every day from the post Office
OF New York and thousands OF men
keep at top speed to ds It." -
In the midst OF all the hurry OF the
Terminal station the. calmest man OF
them all is the assistant superinten-
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lobby OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel. then
only recently opened, he scrubbed on
his card the following message to
Postmaster Kelley:
I recommend to you my young
friend. George Il. Mooney.
r Il. FENroN.
Mr.. Mooney had been leading n
bright and gay life as Governors mes
senger, for he had come in contact
almost daily with the men who We're
great figures OF the day. Among
them was Gen. Philip Sheridan and
Gen. Sherman.
He went 10 work with n will, how
ever, Mt his new job, Tho post office
at that time was at Nassau and Lib
erty streets. The building which II
occupied was the old Dutch Reformed
Church. Around 1t was built an ar
cade. above which projected the
peaked roof OF the old house OF wor-
ship. A dim and dingy place 1t was,
and lily adapted for the purpose.
New York in 1869 had a population
OF about 100000. The great CORE
spondence drive had not yet begun
The receipt OF n letter was something
OF an event. There were no letter
carriers. The people did not drop mai
into convenient boxes at the street
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corners. but took their misslves to
the post office.
The first appearance OF a letter car
rier created n sensation, and II was
not until about the time of the Cen
tennial Exposition that the people OF
the large cities began TO feel at home
with tho gray coated couriers. The
days OF ponderous trucks for the car
rying of mail were far distant. The
light mail wagons did not 90 careening
through the streets, for there was
more leisure in those good old days.
Then wonders of wonders, some
genius devised way of putting let
tiers into leather boxes and shooting
them for blocks and blocks in n pipe
under ground. The pneumatic tube
revolutioniZed the sending OF mail In
the city of New York.
When few weeks ago the de-
spatching of letters by airplanes was
introduced George u. Mooney, schoolec
to innovations. said that 1t was nc
moro than was to be expected. and
that probably before he left the SER
vice all the light letter mail would
be sent through the air.
Inside the ISpst office since the da!
that he went To work there have beef
many changes. The hand stamp an,
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He's All Bedecked With Honor Ensign Campbell but He'll Only Yarn
About Ohers-How "Od Dele" His Captain, Came Home
War Stricken Lille After

steamship line OF his own, with Mar
seil!es its port.
"a crackajack airnian," says Camp
bell. land the finest old fellow you
ever saw-but 1 want to tell you more
about Delesalle.
He's 26. l think. Good height and
spare. and always Mt. athletic. He's
got the most wonderful eyesight in the
world, and when he's up looking for
Boches. those eyes are-I mean were
peeled and on the Job every blessed
instant. He'd copied Guynemer's meth
DDS, flying with him. I didn't see
Guynemer's work myself-he was
killed before my time-but they tell
Never surprised. and saw enemy
planes further than any one else could.
We'd be up, and he'd signal in a GER
tain direction. Sometimes we couldn't
see what he saw at all.
I'VE had it pretty comfortable at
the flying field. We were within. the
long range German shell fire. and
sometimes their airmen tried for US
ut night with bombs. I think our own
bombing squadrons were the worst
you'd hear 'em go humming and snor-
ing around in the dark when you
wanted to sleep. We had pretty good
chow, and cotild rest mp on all the
cloudy days. We needed that It's
fascinating work, but the strain OF il
does get TO you after a while.
"Delesalle considered his pilots well
fare first. He looked after every one
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dent. SlXty-nine years old, his eye Is
not dimmed nor his strength abated.
In all his life he has never touched
strong drink or tobacco. His nerves
are steady and even when the pressure
of work is tremendous he never be-
comes excited. His mind Is so trained
to meeting emergencies that the hard
est kind OF work has become TO him a
steady routine.
His ability at nearly threescore and
ten not only to keep pace with younger
men, but to keep a little ahead of them,
may be due, to the American country
stock from which he sprang. His Irish
ancestors camn to this country about
the time the Puritans did. and there
were plenty of them in New York
State in Colonial days. Mr.. Moneys
father was q farmer near Rhinebeck,
N. Y. His great grandfather and great
grandmother are buried in Trinity
churchyard.
Hts first induction into q public Of
iice was as confidential messenger
for Gov. Fenton OF New York. He
was then less than 20 years old.
Toward tho And OF his administration
the Governor was looking around for
a place In which young Mooney could
begin life. Standing one day in the
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pose. Families broken up, torn apart
on the shortest notice. not even a dog
decent chance to say good-by-Did
you say something's"
Nothing important" said THE Sun
man. who was wishing his next inter-
view could be with the aforesaid Ebert
60 on"
"The old gentleman walked right
through the guards and went inside.
I got this from some OF the women
themselves. They say the talk he
made to them was wonderful. He told
them no living God could witness the
thing that was happening there and
suffer France to remain undelivered
the women before him were as truly
soldiers of France as the men who
were fighting. He exhorted them in
the name OF France to be brave. And
they told me they stopped crying then
and held up their heads once more in
front Of the Germans. AS the Mayor
went out-he's III heard a young
Prussian officer knocked him down.
Those women are back now. a good
many are. back with their heads UP
still. The ones who didn't come back
are dead, expect. The Germans put
them to work. day labor in munitions
plants or in the fields. under awful
hardships. Whether that was the
worst, l don't know. OF course they
didn't say and of course you couldn't
ask anybody. My idea is they'd have
killed themselves, judging by the ones
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l met. They're great people-splendid
''Deie's own household was broken
up. He was married. don't know
who OF his family were taken. Natu
rally. never thought ofNtalking with
him about it. know when the armi-
stice was signed the'd only had two
days in Lille. and then the squadrilla'd
gone on with the pursuit) he said
quietly: All. They did all that to us
all those years. when we could not
prevent. And now / can give them
back what owe they slip out! They
quit!'
self and some about Bill van Fleet"
There are limits to endurance Of GER
tain kinds OF mental pictures.
1t developed slowly and casually that
Ensign Campbell went over two years
and a half ago with Morton Hodges's
Red Cross unit and, his age being not
quite 20. arrived in time for the last
OF the Crown Princes picnic mach
Verdun. and drove an ambulance that
was very busy.
The Ensign had been a Hobart I'M
dergraduate, class of Is. He'd been a
quarterback-you could spot his eye
and his smallish, falconine figure for
that, or else for an end OF the pick and
dive type. He wanted to get really
into 1t with the Lafayette Escadrille.
His first taste of aerial combat came
near scissors with Spad squadrilla
| No. IL. Early In the spring-it was
| before the opening OF the Germans
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Efficient, He
Has Grown With
the City and Has
Seen Business Ex-
pand From Thou
sands to Millions
Daily
By JOHN w. HARRINGTON.

TIFTY years work In the New
X York post Office have not made
a dead letter Of George r..
Mooney. When few days ago he
stepped up to receive the congratula-
tons of Postmaster Thomas G. Patten
and the resolutions and the fifty gold
pieces from his fellow workers in the
Hudson Terminal, where he is assist
ant superintendent. Mr. Mooney was
as lively as he was when he first
got his notice TO come to work
That notice, duly signed and on the
quaint stationery of the period. was
one that he has obeyed implicitly, for
he has been working steadily since. A
man of the right stamp is George r.
Mooney, as the records show for this
half century. Had he worked a year
or so in the service back in the early
.7Os and then after a few decades gone
back to the tables a most bewildered
person he would have been, for mighty
changes have come to pass since he
put the Southern mail for all New York
on a wheelbarrow and sent It on its
way to the ferry.
From $50 10 1000 Workers.
When George r. Mooney went to
work there were in the post once Of
New York 100 men; now there are moro
than 10000. The entire mail Of the
city In February. 1869, despatched
from its one Office was $4,000 pieces.
At the Hudson Terminal alone the
average is now 100000 Gay, and
often the mail sent from there mounts
to 100000 pieces. There are 5000
persons in the two skyscrapers, so and
80 Church street. which cover the
tubes station. and most of them are
either writing letters or circulars and
mailing things all day long.
There are fully 100000 letters
mailed in New York everyday and
the daily output OF circulars and
| packages reaches a colossal figure.
Five hundred clerks work at the Ter
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One Old Church in
the sos Handled
All the Mail and
$50 Men Were
II e e d e d Now
10000 w ork ers
Are Busy

the inky pad have been replaced ~
the patent cancclling machine, with
the aid of which the stamps on thou
sands OF letters can be cancelled in an
hour. Conveyors take mail matter
from one part of the Office 10 another
and hoppers and chutes are at hand
for getting 1t into motors in record
time.
: When the old church was abandoned
in Nassau street and the huge granite
pile at the southerly edge OF City Hall
Park was built even those in the
postal service believed that the big
General Post ONCE would never be out
grown. It reared it's dark bulk where
had once been q fountain 10 display the
crystal clearness of CrotOn water. 1t
was not long before the quarters in the
&c. i. O." became so crowded that tho
clerks gasped for air. The postal work
OF New York was divided among var!-
'-S:s stations a7d-Asi' -statiQEs.S I'd then
there was talk OF tearing down the
building and replacing it with really
| adequate one.
The trend OF business UP town
changed those plans and hence the
| splendid ediflce, the new post Office
near the Pennsylvania Station. The
grim &c. p. o." OF other days was
designated merely as the City Hall
station. and although its glortes have
departed it is still doing O great volume
of business.
The Terminal station, where George
r. Mooney has so active a part. was
opened IN July, 1908. The $50 clerks
who were assigned 10 il, together with
the carriers in bright new uniforms
formed Il procession and marched tw5
by two around the old post office and
then advanced in a steady column tC
their new home. headed Ny a hrass
band and bearing enormous horse.
shoes OF red and white roses
That was an occasion that George r
Mooney delights To remember, al
though OF course II was not 50 impor'
tant TO him personally as that day
February 4, 1919. when Thomas {;
patten, postmaster Of the city ~ New
York, presented the resolutions an,
memorial to him and made n speed
extolling those who We're faithful il
the service OF their country. By, tn,
side OF the veteran OF tk.' post stood hi
! daughter, Miss Estellc Mooney.
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Ensisn HUGH GORDON CAMPBELL,

going. Not French soul would put
a foot inside. That made the Germans
mad. Their commander went to the
Mayor to know what was the matter.
Couldn't the French appreciate music
and all that was being done?
"'Ah.' said the old man. They are
French. That is a difference. They
do not enjoy things you enjoy
"The Germans didn't like that. They
Jumped 1t. though: they didn't try to
coerce 'em into attending. But OF
course there were the ugly things.
There was the deportation Of the
women. I don't know IL you'd want
to write this"
"S.oot." said the man who is writing
it, thinking of a specimen named
Ebert, who is talking mighty biggity
Just now.
well. the Germans posted an order
that at o'clock on a stated morning
all French families were to be lined
up in front OF their houses. That
morning they had q machine gun
posted at every street corner. They
went through the streets and took
every woman between 16 and 80. They
Clcu tilcIt " tHC railway
and shut them up there, and then
ordered the other civilians indoors on
pain Of being killed. Their general
sent a message to the old Mayor. He
was to stay in all day or be shot on
sight.
HE replied by the same messenger.
1t was always within the Germans
power. he said. to have him shot. II
| that must be. 1t must. Meanwhile he
was Mayor OF the people OF Lille and
had no intention OF failing them in
| the duties his Office owed. And he went
| out. He went to the station.
THE first thing the Germans had
done was to have every woman exam
lined by German surgeons. Every one.
The examination was medically bona
fde. suppose you can imagine what
| II was and what the effect of the order
was on those poor things. the young
| girls especially. When the Mayor got
/ there II vas over and they were all
huddled 70 the station building. cry
| ing-hys;, rical, a lot OF them, l sup
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Of US like-lilke mother. He knew
our boats were right before we went
up. but he knew We were right, which
he thought was still more important.
He carried it through the whole per-
sonnel-kept track OF the mechani-
clans. II a man even looked as IL he
might be sick some day next week that
man was laid off to get right.
And then"-the some time Hobart
quarterback grinned-"hc everlast-
ingly had us playing his darned French
rugby TO keep us in condition. He's
IL star Mt It himself, and a great be-
lever in II as training exercise. Every
hour we could spare for it he had us
out there chasing that ball around.
That got tiresome! He was so good
and we were such dubs, and-I don't
care much about that game myself.
But il Dele wanted anything the
escadrille was for it.
Hes n wizard in an air fight at
man9uvring for position, jockeying
for the advantage OF the sun and wind.
and to have any clouds near by where
they'll be handiest. He always at
tackled from the best position, and
when he went for n Fokkcr said FOX
ker was a pretty far gone goose. How
many victories? Officially he had ten.
But on that Belgian front ten meant
forty or fifty. The Belgians didn't
have observation balloons up and there
wasn't much chance of getting off,
cial credit"
How many are you down for?"
1.-TWO"
What's the wound stripe for"
Nothing very much. Inever stopped
a bullet Got shot down once. and
when she crashed I broke a wrist and
things Another time I remember
was being too smart trying TO get q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
SEEMS
TO LIKE HIM
The Memorial Day Address Of Ed
ward w. McManus Was Well
Received BY people Of
That City.

Nauvoo Rustler in Memorial day
services report:
The address OF the day was by
States Attorney Il. w. McManus, Of
Keokuk, and it was a grand talk
along the lines Of patriotism, giving
praise alike to the civil war veter-
ans and those who took part in the
world war. He dwelt on historical
facts and gave credit for the win
ming Of the war to the christian men,
and not to the socialists and boil
shevikis. He recited that General
Foch always devoted his spare mo-
ments in the little church to prayer,
which, the speaker stated. was a
great factor in the generals success.
1t was the opinion of those present
that Attorney McManus' address was
the best ever heard here at a like
observance. He is one of the bright
and up-to-date young attorneys of the
Mississippi valley, and his oratory
in pleading cases has won for him
much praise. He has bright future
before him. Nauvoo hopes to hear
him again and often. He paid a
nice tribute to Nauvoo and Its beau
tiful location. saying that many OF
its people have left and located else
where, but those who remained are
the happiest, for here's the world s
paradise.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
HOPES VICTIM
WILL EXPIRE
Collins in Jail Smiles With Satisfae-
ton When Told Batcheider
is Likely to
Die.

limited Press Leased Wire SERVICE
LOS ANGELES. Calf, June 81
hope he dies" was the openly judi
liant comment of Charles |. Collins,
at the city Jail today when told there
is little hope for the recovery OF
Joseph H. Batchelder, realty broker
whom Collins shot two days ago.
Then attendants told Collins 'nat
Batchelder is dying lingering
death, with much suffering.
1T is better that way" was Col,
Inns reply, smiling with apparent
satisfaction.
Collins shot Batchelder few hours
after they had signed a contrat
whereby Batchelder agreed to sup
port Mrs. Maud Collins for the re-
mainder of her life and in return
Collins agreed not to harm Batchel
der.
In the meantime, Mrs. Collins has
called on Batchelder at the hospital
where he is being cared for and de
clares that Collins made her life a
burden. She said she left him In
Minneapolis and fled to Denver with
her mother, but he followed her and
she returned to him before they
came to Los Angeles a short time
ago
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
ANTS PLOTTING
AGAINST HER
Southern and New England States
Could Combine and Defeat Rati-
ficaton Of Equal Suf-
fraqe.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON June 4.-ThougE
they concede passage of the woman's
suffrage resolution by the senate, anti
suffragists today limited that coali
ton of southern and New England
states might prevent its ratification.
The amendment must be ratified by
thirty-six states before 1t is part or
the constitution. Thirteen states by
rejecting the amendment. or by hold
ing off from ratification could tndeh-
nitely delay nation wide suffrage by
federal amendment, "antis" declared.
Sentiment is so strong in most of
the southern states against suffrage
nv federal enactment that it will be
long before some southern legislatures
ratify the decision of congress-, south
ern senators predict.
Senator Watson, in charge OF the
amendment hoped for vote late this
afternoon.
Workers Of the national suffrage
party today claimed forty republican
and twenty-six democratic votes for
the amendment total Of sixty-six, or
two more than two-thirds of the SEN
ate's total membership
Nine republicans and nineteen
democrats, a total of twenty-eight, are
listed as hostile, while two-Dial,
South Carolina, and Harrison, Mis-
sisippi-remain non-commital.
The impending vote is the fifth time
the senate has taken on the question
since it was introduced forty-one years
ago by Senator Sargent, California
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
TWO THOUSAND
MEN ARE HOME
u. S. s. Konigen der Nederlander
Arrives With Soldiers OF the
Eighty-eighth Division
on Board.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.1
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, June A.
Bringing more than two thousand OF
ficers, men and civilians, the U. 5. 5.
Konigen der Nederlander arrived
here from France today. The fol
lowing units, mostly of the ssth d.
vision, were on board:
The S13th supply train detacn-
ment, field veterinary unit, detach-
ment divisional medical supply unit,
dental unit, ambulance companies
$40, $50, 351 and 352; field hospital
numbers $40, $50, 351 and 352. total
ing twenty-nine officers and ISL
men: detachment S13th engineers,
thirty-six officers, 510th engineers,
headquarters and medical detach-
ments companies A and B, six Off
GERS and 4S1 men; S3sth machine
gun battalion, headquarters, medical
and ordnance detachment companies
A to d. inclusive, twenty-one OFFICERS
and 53e men; 275th military police
four officers and 1853 men; Ssth d1vi.
sion military police, two officers ana
$50 men; five casual officers, two
civilians, making total OF 2,256 or
ficers and men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
AND
MILK MEN
Called Out Tonight In Winnipeg
Strike, Causing Serious Famine
In Prospect for
City.

[By James T. Kolbert, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WINNIPEG, Man, June A
milk and bread famine was declared
in prospect here today following
peremptory noticeN by the cen raj
strike committee that milk and bread
workers and handlers will quit work
tonight.
The notice was served on munich
pal authorities, unaccompanied by
any explanation. Heretofore, these
workers have operated under per-
mission of the central commit ee.
Mayor Gray said plans were being
made to fill the places Of the men
called out by the order.
A hint that the strike may be settled
soon was seen in the action of the
striking commercial and newspaper
telegraphers. They announced meet
ing for late today when a vote on
whether they will return to work will
be taken. photographers union Off
Gals declared most Of the men We're
in favor of quitting the strike.
If the vote is TO return complete
telegraphic communication with the
outside will be resumed tonight, 1t
was said. 3l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
Daily Stock Letter.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, June 4.-The New
York Evening Sun financial review to-
day says:
The course of prices in today's stock
market received in considerable
measure the losses of yesterday, a
circumstance which tended that to-
days furry was mainly accelerated
by the prompt eagerness with which
the bears seized the opportunity to
make some recent misadventures of
no small proportions.
Aside from belief in the larger and
broader elements Of strength In the
market itself sentiment was disAnct-
w better because of the steadying of
call money rate 1t was obvious that
the forward movement of the first
half of the session was brought about
mainly by short covering.
In midafternoon with the most urg-
ent buying of this character out of
the way prices eased off in more re
stricted trading. Gulf State Steel suf-
fered bad break as result of the
passing of the dividend There were
few signs of Weakness elsewhere.