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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
NAVY YARD WAGES
DROP 4 PER CENT
$4,000 Men Throughout the
Country Affected by
New Ruling
SOME EVEN CUT IN HALF

Washington. Sent. S.--Reduction in
the rates Of pay for Navy Yard employees
throughout the United States. amount
ing generally to Il per cent and run
ming in specific cases from 10 per cent
for technical employees to as much ms
20 per cent in certain overhead posi-
ti0ns were announced Yesterday by the
Department Board of Review.
Tho cut in wages will affect 10000
men and will be applied on the same
principle in every Navy Yard. whereas
heretofore rates Of pay have varied The
five day week which was recently put In
force in order to keep as many men as
possible at work is to be continued.
I.aborcrs employed by the Government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08

under the order, which Is effective Sep
tember 10, will receive forty zone cents
an hour Skilled mechanics will get
seventy three cents an hour. That. the
board which made the award says. is
45 per cent above the pre- war scale,
but at the same time It points out that
the cost Of living Is still so per cent
higher than It was in 1913.
shop committees are recognized in
the boards award and the opinion II
expressed that they should have the
same access to the commandant of the
yards that enlisted men at sea have to
the captain Of ship.
The board reported excessive over
head expenses at all of the yards partly
due to the fact that military expcndi- J.
lures were being charged to the yards,
but also because the ratio of overhead
positions to mechanics employed was
too great.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
Road Named for Rockefeller

Auburn. n. V. Sept. S.-The Fling
or Lakes Association. comprising twen e
tv-three communities In the lake re !.
gion Of central New York, has voted
70 name tho improved highway from
I,hhca to Auburn, via Frcevillc, as the
Rockefeller highway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08

opened by Upper Darby Fire Company
No. 1. The fair this year surpasses
that Of previous years in interest. Sev.
eral special drawings will feature the
event. .......
The Garretford and Drexel Hill Fire
Company open its fair on Friday eve
ming on the lot opposite the fire house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
Fall Breaks Mail Carriers Arm

Charles l.. Diedcl. jG4O Carpenter
street. a letter carrier. of the Pascha'
station, 1921 Woodland avenue. suf
fcrcd broken arm in fall when at
tackled by vertigo Yesterday at Sixty
third street and Woodland avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
Carrying Out Mayors Order

Captain Van Horn" continued Tia"
assistant director. "is. of course. car
rying out Mayor Moore's personal
orders"
The other two lieutenants transferred
were George Wagner, Fifteenth aud
Vine streets station. to the Twelfth
and Pine streets district; Frederic: H.
Matter. from the Park and Lehigh
avenues district to the Fifteenth and
Vine streets station.
Patrolman John Walls. tho Sixth
District strong man. was promoted TO
district detective. Andrew 4. Scanlon,
district detective of the Twcntirth and
Federal streets station. was sent TO
the City Hall detective bureau.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08

Charles Lee, Lieutenant Fem mas been
transferred to the Park and Lehish
avenues station.
When asked IL these facts were truc,
Assistant Director Tempest said that
"all the changes were made for tie
good Of the service at the suggestion OF
that Captain Van Horn was whipping
the Second Division into shape. and
that during the last three nights he had
rounded up about 300 suspicious
characters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08

Tows Freight Cars. Pulls tons OF
materials in small cars about fac
tories, inside and out; hauls trailers
loaded with lumber, coal and
crushed stone; drags logs, does
excavating and hosting; crushes
stone; mixes concrete; drives piles;
hauls street cleaning equipment;
plows snow and hauis 1t awayi
grades and rolls streets and roads.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
DR.. Barton's Daily Letter

a farmer is poet. He looks at d
lump of field mud, and his poetic
eye paints it with the promise of d
glorious stalk Of corn with ear fully
ripened. The scientist is a poet, and
he knows it. Listen to Prof. Tyn-
dali, as hard-headed an investigator
aS England produced in the nine.
teenth century:
"The scientist cannot consider,
much less answer, the question,
What is Light? without transport
ing himself to a world which under.
lies the sensible one, and out of
which, in accordance with rigid law
all optical phenomena spring. To
realize this sub-sensibe world, if !
may use that term, the mind must
possess a certain pictorial power. 1t
has to visualize the invisible = St
This conception of physical theory
implies, as you perceive, the eXer.
else of the imagination. Do not be
afraid of the. word. | do not mean
riotous power which plays caprici-
ously with facts, but a well-disciplin.
ed power whose sole function it is to
form conceptions which the intellect
imperatively demands"
| like that phrase "He must Wis.
aalize the Invisible" That is what
the poet does. And, by the way, it
reminds me of a word which | have
read in the Bible:
He endured as seeing Hib who
is invisible"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
7-''1E13FF ~ FN7'8F ~ -
THE BOOK OF MARTHA.
Idleness and Filtration


4 USED to think that AIMS flirta-
ton with Van had come about sm-
ply because she and he had nothing
TO do. AlsNI believed that Martha
would be delivered from a similar
temptation because she was so very
busy. But all theories of conduct
seem to go wrong in this strange era
of social change. Romance pulls both
the idle and the occupied hither and
thither.
felt sure that Martha could be
trusted to take care of herself; Or
perhaps l loved Martha so much that
| would have approved of her under
all conditions. | did not approve of
Ann; she could not be trusted to
guard the honor of the house of Lor-
inner.
Ann must be cured Of her folly
Her menace to the happiness of my
husbands clan made me nervOusly
alert to what she was doing. She was
so absorbed in writing her play with
Van that she did not see that our
precious Jimmy-boy was not getting
well.
There had been an operation. jim
was home from the hospital, very
weak and depressed, and asking 4 for
his wife every hour of the day. Sim
ply because he had been brought
home, Ann was sure that her husband
was improving.
| could have shaken the silly bebe.
She was too shallow, too frivolous,
Too selfish to perceive the truth, and
she was not to be told it, DR.. Mar
shall and Daddy Lorimer had agreed.
Also they agreed that Ann should be
spared the knowledge that she was
responsible for the hurt to her hus-
band which would result in his death.
1t became my duty to keep Ann
within call of Jim's sickroom. When
she should have been with Jimmy, she
was searching the shops for the first
ghowings."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10

POETS ARE BORN, NOT MADE. "
All men are born poets. The Ian
guage Of childhood Is The language of
poetry, not Of cold fact. Inc earl
lest literature Of all ancient peoples
is poetry. Only by long processes
of cuItivating our stupidity do we
become as commonplace and matter
of-fact as we are.
Will Carleton told us long ago of
4 farmers son who was SO much a
poet that he never became anything
else. Among his misadvenjures was
his attempt at matrimony:
Tom he went ACQUIRING: she liked
him, | suppose,
But certain parts of counting a Teller
must do in prose.
He I'hymed her each day a
letter,
But that didn't serve to get
her.
tie waited so long she married an
other man from spite.
And wrote and told him she'd done
it, and not to forget to write"
Yes, there are certain parts of
counting and of most other serious
matters which must be done in
prose. But we are attempting to do
quite enough of the constructive
work of life in that way.
A bridge-builder is a poet. He
filings a highway through high air.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10

Railroads are handling almost as
many cars of freight as in 1919.
In the first six weeks of 1921
--latest figures obtainable) the num-
Der of acres loaded with freight on
all American railroads was 4,796,-
883. Compare this with 4,927,483
cars loaded in the corresponding
period Of 1919.
Pcssimists retort that the average
car may be only partly loaded. Here s
something they can't explain:
Hugh Bank Clearings.
These are averaging less than q
year ago but bigger than 1919. To.
tai bank clearings in United States,
from Christmas to March T:
1921 .-.----.-..-.--- S73, 1856, 100000
1920 .-.---.--......- SSS,ll1 100000
1919 -..--.,..-...--- 500, 1888, 100000
In addition, prices are lower now
and 500 in bank check represents
as much business transacted as $160
did two years ago, according TO Brad
streets price charts.
Last weeks clearings were two
and half times as big as the same
week in 1915. Business is slowly re-
turning to normal.
All Eyes on Stcc:.
United States Steel Corporations
mills arc 40 per cent shut down
Judge Gary is not as emphatic in de.
nying that he will cut prices. Two
months ago his companies were at
capacity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
THE WEEKS BUSINESS REVIEW.
Rail Freight Nearly Is Normal
Car Claarngs to Early Business Revival
Says Apple, Trade Observer
BY ALBERT APPLE.

IN FAX
Conservative bankers and manu-
facturers are telling each other
Watch steel When its prices col
lapse, business is due for quick re.
covery."
The Core-No More.
Number of business failures in
Fcbruary-1512. This was fewel
than same month 1915 and 1916. Ii
February, 1912, normal year, fail,
urcs totaled 1906.
Number Of unemployed steadily de.
creasing, says National Industrial
Conference Board.
Money grows cheaper. Gail money
in New York last week averaged less
than Z per cent, against average OF
10 per cent year ago.
Wheat exports last week two and
half times as big as year ago and
corn exports over Is times as big
as same week, 1920.
Number of shares sold on New
York Stock Exchange last week g.
1925, against 1894 $3.50 same week
week, 1919. Course of the market
is traditionalIy upward in March.
Wise men will remain in the cyclone
cellar.
Lumber mills on Pacific Coast op
Grating AZ per cent capacity.
Sears Roebuck mail order sales 10
February half less than year ago, re
Fleeing farmers decreased buying
power.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
ConEeSsio Bride
npTEo AoA AVEN ASpUAaCa nt1x8AaLW AANaoam9N

To keep her with jim, invented a
game. l induced her to parade, like
a mannequin, for Jim's delight. 1t
was a weird and tragic spectacle, per-
haps the queerest method ever devils
ed to hold the attention of one who
was about to die.
Ny plan wasn't altogether sue
cessful. l discovered that Ann did
not care about her fnery for it's own
sake, nor to interest jim. Why? The
answer was too obvious She wished
only to attract the attention of Paul
Van Eyck!
Ann must be cured. Again I urg-
ed DR.. Marshall and Daddy Lorimer
TO talk to her. They refused. She
was too hysterical, they said; we
would have two invalids on our hands
instead of one, they insisted.
The old men were obdurate. |
went away in great indignation.
l possessed another hard truth Mis-
tress Ann ought to have, and l deter
mined to hand it to her.
(To Be Continued.)
A Missourian has designed an adj.
Unstable bookmark with guide that
moves sidewise or vertically.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder, MarcI
10, 1919

Judge Chas. R. Crisp yesterday re
ceiyed official notification of his APP
pointment as clerk to the speaker OF
the house Of representatives with the
request that he report at Washington
for duty March Il. 1t is not yet
known who will be Judge Grips sue
cessor as Judge of the Americas city
court. Two names prominently con
nected with the vacancy are those of
former Judge James "A. nixon and
w. W. Dykes, Esq.
Ten thousand dollars is the amount
demanded in an interesting suit for
personal damages resulting from
an automobile accident, occurring
near Americas in July of last year,
wherein Dr.. c. K. Chapman was very
seriously injured and while others in
the car were hurt as well. The suit
is directed against w. j. Joscy upon
whose premises the accident occurred.
The accident occurred when DR.. c.
K. Chapman's touring car dashed
into an obstruction near, or on the
roadway, and was overturned. A
large number of baskets filled with
peaches were left overnight by the
side of the read at MIR. Josey's farm
and in the darkness the automobile
party dashed into the baskets and
was upset, Dr.. Chapman suffering
a broken limb and Sheriff Feagi1l
and Superintendent Christian in
jured.
Twelve more dollars dropped into
the treasury Of the Carnegie Library
yesterday, each one representing a
contribution from a friend or user
of the library, responding to the re,
cent appeal from the directors for
contributions to assist in Whining oul
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(trom The Times-Recorder, March
10, 1901
The fishing season was opened yes,
tcrday when Ed Argo and Will Spi-
vey caught with a bed at Kidds mill
eleven magnificent trout, the lot
weighing nearly fifty pounds.
The two-story building located at
the corner of Hancock and Hill
streets, owned by the Atlanta Build
ing and Loan Association and occu.
pied by G. w. Hardy and family, was
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday
morning together with all furniture
and effcts, Mr.. Hardy and family
are staying at the Allen House until
he can secure another home here.
Not in years perhaps have the
farmers of Sumter county sold to
Americas merchants more home.
raised meat. 1t is no uncommon
sight to see half a dozen meat
wagons on the streets here any day
all loaded with juicy hams, should.
ers and bacon.
The hundreds of people on the
streets at 8 o'clock last night saw
the fire trucks make q fine run to
the alley in the rear of The Times
Recorder office where a vigorous
blaze had started in a trash box.
Miss Eugenia Glover left yester.
day for Augusta to visit Miss Sweig-
ert, whose presence here last sum
mer is pleasantly remembered.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10
.OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

the floating debt of the institution,
Those who contributed yesterday
were: G, M ,Eldridge, Mrs. G. NJ,
Edridge, Miss Eldridge, Miss Eliza
beth Eldridge, Griff Eldridge, B. L.
DeBruyne, Frank Sheffield, Miss Sa-
rah Sheffield, Henry Mitchell, Miss
Ada Wooten and Miss Claire Harris.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-10

ourselves change He hasn't reached that point his articles
but that the logical from the old condition
INSTRUMENTATION such has been going than
for cooperative marketing of the Sous and the
nancng OF that marketing either home abroad by the
themselves The Shapiro plan, of much been
and said TO be the best practical PLAN because simple
and because has already been successfully pracd other
ducing interests will solve the present oveproducon of
cotton but will solve the marketing crop and overproduc
ton will take of itself after normal world consumption has
tun
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
- The ~
Scrap Book
HOW SHE CAPTURED GEORGE
Proving That There Are More Ways
Than One Of Bringing a Dila-
tory Swain to Time.

"If you were going to propose to
a girl" she said, 'how would you
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
DYKING OF SUMAS LAKE
PROCEEDING WITH DISPATCH

Dyking of Sumas Lake, a project
of considerable interest to the Lyn-
den district, is proceeding speedily,
according to the following article
from the Sumas News-Advocate:
At meeting in Chilliwack on last
Monday afternoon, Hon. Il. d. Bar
row, minister of agriculture, made a
statement of the progress being mad .
on the Sumas dyking project, refut-
lag the statement contained in an ar
ticle appearing in recent issue of
a Vancouver paper
Mr.. Barrow stated that the present
contractors are retained under reor-
ganization arrangement and under di-
rect control of the government, and
that the work will be carried out eX-
pediciously and in accordance with
the schedule, which will bar the 1922
waters without reasonable doubt,
ANYTHING to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The big suction dredge, which is
to complete the Vedder division part
Of the project. and the important
part to expedite, is now on the works
This machine has a capacity of 3OO,-
600 yards of solid material per
month. 1t is the largest machine oil
it's kind in the northwest and can
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
LETTING the Club Do the Work.

The secret of the golf stroke is in
letting the club do the work. We have
watched many golfers, some of them
champion buck passers. They have
been letting other fellows do their
work for years; whenever there has
been anything to do SO far as they
were concerned, someone else could
attend to it. But out on the golf
course they are different. Then they
persist in trying to do themselves, the
work which the particular club in
hand was designed to do. In other
words, the only time they should let
something else do the work they
stubbornly refuse, thinking they
themselves can do 1t better. 1t is
strange but it is hard to get into the
average golfers head that if the Lord
had intended his shoulders to loft a
ball into the air He'd have shaped
them like a mashie. = Detroit Free
Press.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04

complete the work advance of sched-
ule. In this Connection Mr.. Barrow
said that the government is prepared
to expedite the work with two such
dredges if needed to shut out next
years water.
All of the other five machines will
be employed simultaneously carry
ing on the lesser units, for which
there is ampe time for completion
before the Vedder unit is finished.
Electric dredges three and four are
now working Westward from Wood
ruff. Two clam-shell dredges are
busy building the Atchelitz unit. Two
pile drivers, of the capacity of 10
piles per day, have completed one
mile of piling-having driven 400
OF the 5000 odd piles reQnired Oh the
Vedder diversion. The huge drag
line dredge is in position and ready
to complete the west end of the Fra
ser dyke and then follow in the wake
of the suction dredge to top off and
finish that work.
The engineers in charge are said
to be experienced men having
handled some of the largest projects
in the south similar to this and just
completing a $6,O00,000 project with
similar machinery. Mr.. Barrow S
statement indicated very fiattering
outlook for the completion of the en-
tire dyking system within the time
formerly announced.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
NORTHWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. H. V. Saltzgaber and
daughter Edna, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Day and daughter Myrtle of Belling-
ham, and Mrs. Sophia Knitted of Lyn-
den enjoyed picnic dinner with Mr.
and Mrs e. A KNITTED at their home
Sunday.
Viola Knitted is visiting her cous-
in, Edna Saltzgaber in Bellingham
this week. and is attending the Chau-
tauqua.
Mrs. Harold Bryant and Miss Lois
Smith visited their sister, Mrs. Fred
Shea "Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John otter, and fam
lily visited Mrs. Offers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Van Mersbergen, of LINDEN
Friday.
Mr.. Grim and Mrs. Russell returned
to Seattle Saturday. They have been
visiting the past week at the Morti-
boy home. Mrs. Mortiboy accompa-
MED them as far as Bellingham, re-
turning Sunday.
Mr.. Yount is still laid up with a
sprained ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Brown were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bolsby
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Otter visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Kragt. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Abbott were
guests at the Cavendar home, Sun
day.
Mrs. Arthur Riddle and daughter
Ruby were the guests at the Herman
Harvey home from Wednesday, until
Friday evening.
Grandma Cavendar was the house
guest at the Clarence Cavendar home
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. N Snider, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Snider and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Ashton picnicked at Nook
sack Falls, Sunday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Thomas and children
Wele uluhCl 6uSoto az thN >
home Sunday.
The Willing Workers will meet
with Mrs A. N. Snider.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wilton and
Miss Mollie Hiliker, Of Vancouver
B. c., Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Marchant
and Mrs. Harry Creviston visited al
the l.. A. Marchant home, Sunday
The Wilton's and Mollie Hiliker are
cousins of l.. A. Marchant.
The Willing Workers will meet
with Mrs. r. N. Snider next Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Matte Bradley and daughters
Dorothy and Florence and Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Williamson and family
picnicked at Birch Bay, Sunday.
Mr.. c. C. Strong and son John and
daughter Alice of Glendale, Calf.
Master Dick Schuster of Everett
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04

Ruth Maryott of Seattle, and Master
John Richards are visitors at the Ma
ryott home this week.
The young people of the Maryott
ranch accompanied by Mr.. and Miss
Jacobs went on a fishing trip to Squa-
licum Lake, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Leming and
three children of Eastern Washing
ton, and Mrs. Amos Johnson. of Ken
dali, were dinner guests at the How
ard Worthen home, Monday.
The young people of the Maryott
ranch enjoyed a marshmallow toast
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles of Geneva,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Maryott and their
guests picnicked at Birch Bay, Tues
day.
Miss Jennie Handy attended the
Grocers' Picnic at Ferndale, Wednes-
day.
George Hamilton and Mark Whip
pie attended the dance at Ferndale
Wednesday evening.
The young people of the Raymond
Hamilton and Whipple families and
Miss Jennie Handy, picnicked at
Birch Bay, Sunday.
Leroy Taylor, Fred and Glen Ar
buckle and Ralph Thomas, spent
Sunday up in the hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gustin and
children, Miss Ruth Williams and
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04

Winona Williams called on Mrs. ID.
! o. Russell, near Wiser Lake, Satur-
day.
Mark Whipple went to Belling
ham, Sunday evening, to see his cou
sin Charley Whipple, who is working
on boat.
Miss Tena Van Mersbergen of Lyn-
den visited her sister, Mrs. John
Otter, Saturday and Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Riddle and
family We're the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Kelley of Bellingham.
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Taylor and
family are going to move to Lynden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Nieveen have
rented the Taylor farm.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
Ta,cum Powder Killed Baby.

The ten-mOnths-old daughter of a
Middletown IN. W couple is dead
from tG:eum powder in her throat.
While at the home of her grand
mother, at Roxbury, the child filed
It's mouth with tacum powder from
a box she was playing with. Some
Of the powder lodged in her bronchial
tubes, and, owing to slight throat
trouble with which she suffered, the
irritation caused by the powder could
not be overcome.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
Quite Ready.

The case of Callahan VS.. Cohen was
called for trial in a municipal court
Of a western city. A big Irishman
arose and shouted, "Riddy for the
d'findint ~
"Where's the defendant?" asked
the court.
I'm the plaintiff" said the Celt.
"Then why do you answer Ready
for the defendant
Because, your honor" said Gala
han, II am riddy for tn d'findint. If
he shows up, I'll knock his head off y
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04

NECESSITY VS.. LAW
"Necessity knows no law"
"He'd be right at home among the
practitioners In my court" said the
old Judge.