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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

usual with me. He accepted
the letters l riied; and that
was an end to it.
/ waited upon Major-Gcneral
Sir John Burgoyne, Second-in-
Command.
There is a man one could
love and die for! A winning
grace, warm and friendly
eye. charming politeness
which turns an order into a re-
quest or amiable suggestion.
Every inch a soldier, a cult
waited gentleman.
He received my credentials
and my dispatches as though I
did him a great favor to fetch
them. He inquired cordially
concerning Colonel Faucitt and
our German mission. He
seemed sorry that I had not
been assigned to his personal
military family by my Lord
George Germaine, but con-
graduated General Riedescl on
the acquisition of so useful a
staff lieutenant.
1t was from him l learned
that the Baroness Won Riedesel
and Mrs. Foy and her sister
were still in London, and were
to sail hither in company when
convenient.
When he had read Faucitt's
letter he smiled at me.
"Come. Scadrift," said he
with gentle humor, edo you
also believe that this charming
lady whom you are secretly de-
tailed to squire is capable Of
real mischief"
"Well, sir, you have read
Colonel Faucitt's secret report,
and you know how the Baron
and Baroness Won Leasing OBJ
structcd our plans in Germany.
Whether Madame de Leasing
would venture, or even wish,
to show discomfort and mis-
chief among German troops in
America, I cannot say"
"Do you believe SOP"
His question distressed me.
"At any rate, sir, ought to be
able to detect and prevent it,"
said I.
every CALAMITY put" said
he lightly. "Mr. Seadrift, all
this smacks too much of the
thcater to alarm me. Certainly
l shall not mention it to Gen
cral Riedesel who is under my
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
PART FIVE

a lie 6EOl you may accomplish
is to get you to Stade and go
aboard the Athene. If the winds
be not contrary you shall sail
for Fryburg and the Gluckstadt
Fortress; and the next night
lie off Cashaven. And report to
me by courier. On the fourth
day you shall see Dover; and on
the fifth, Portsmouth.
snow, off Spithead there
should be lying a British fleet;
and you shall send boat and
this letter"-he handed me a
sealed packet-"aboard the Ad-
miral. And thence you shall sail
to Plymouth and send ashore
boat bearing your last report
= to me. You may be nine weeks
to Quebec; you may be nine
teen; you might be no more
than four.
. Sand l think you'll find your
gentle lady love there with the
Baroness Riedesel and her
brats. I think so," he repeated
with his kestrel glare and
cackle. "Or you might even out
strip her and be at the wharf
to welcome her!" He cackled
horribly again. Then his eyes
grew hard and piercing:
"You keep your eyes on herr"
he said harshly. america is
not Germany. Our military law
runs from the Arctic Circle to
the Florida Gulf!
"But recollect this; our Mill
tary law is powerless without
valid evidence. We can neither
arrest nor deport a person of
rank who is a subject of our
ally, the Prince of Waldeck,
without the knowledge, ac-
quaintance and cooperation of
the German General command
ing the German troops in
/ America.
"That means any evidence
SMust be carried to Won Hester
in New York, approved there
by him, carried back to RE
DIESEL, who will be convinced
only with the greatest difficulty,
and then laid before General
Burgoyne.
Therefore, Mr.. Seadrift, pro-
coed quietly and wisely. If she
Hampers with the Hessians and
Waldeckers, if they begin to
show sullenness and discomfort,
if they prove uncertain and un-
reliable in battle, if they begin
to desert or, worse still, if they
desert to the enemy, go pa
tiently and cleverly about pro-
curing any evidence connecting
the Baroness J.. Leasing with the
decaying morale of the German
soldicry-"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

orders. IF his wife chooses to
join him ard make the cam
pai%n with him as she did at
Minden, and as the ladies Of
others OF r,y officers intend. |
shall make no slightest objec-
ton.
"And if the charming
Madame lie Ricdesel chooses to
make the Baroness Leasing her
companion on the coming cam
paign, l have no apprchensions
whatever.
"The affair, then merely re-
solves itself into this: my Lord
George Gormaine and Colonel
Faucitt desire that you serve
as A. d. C. on the staff of Cen
eral Riedesel, with the object
Of observing the behavior of a
lady who is likely to &c
company the Baroness Riedesel.
every well. Mr.. Scadrift,"
he said. laughing a little. "you
have your orders from primary
sources and will obey them.
And if ever you a"e in any real
perplcXity. pYay feel free to
come to me-"
He was still laughing frank
ly when he did me the honor
of shaking hands with me: and
took and rendered my officers
salute with a gayety that utter
ly won my heart.
Walking away on air, I took
my calash and did myself the
honor to wait upon General
Won Riedcacl.
The good man was in his
shirt sleeves. eating beer
soup and zwieback.
"Comc in, Herr Lieutenant"
he called out to me from the
breakfast room Of his quarters
as soon as his orderly an
nounced me and. taking my
stiff salute with Teutonic and
stiff solcmnity, relaxed imme-
diately and read my dispatches.
letters and credentials while
still eating his beer soup.
"Ach." said he, still reading;
and 49," said he, swallowing
a hunk of zwieback. He was
hard-faced man, gourmand and
gourmet both; and his break
fast was making him feel
pleasant.
He sent for his two other
English aides-de-camp, Lieu
tenants Cleve and Freeman;
and then dismissed me sans
facon. still busy with his bowl
of broth. These two skylarking
youngsters carried me to thei,
lodgings where we hal dirncI
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21

And so without anything re-
markable, H. NJ. S. Afhrnf. %
came to an anchor off the vast
menacing Rock of Quebec on
the last day of June, 1776, hav-
ing made the voyage in about
six weeks without a single
noteworthy or untoward event
to record.
WENT ASHORE and was as
signed to quarters in small
house in the Lower Town.
l caught a glimpse of two
big, brown, lusty, healthy
Canadian girls washing and
wiping the stairs where my
boots had left some mud.
But though all lieutenants
have a receptive eye and I
mechanically noted their hand
some faces and agreeable pro-
portions, my thoughts were
elsewhere involved, wandering
in the dreamy melancholy of
the rain, and entangled amid
memories of one whose lowell
ness was equaled by her heart
lessness alone.
Trooper Ernst unpacked for
me, laid out linen, pressed my
dress uniform, cleansed and
shined my boots and metal.
"Ernst?"
cat orders, Herr Lieuten-
ant"
"Has Madame the Baroness
Won Riedescl arrived in
Canada?"
"No, Herr Lieutenant"
elias General the Herr Baron
Won Riedescl news of his we'll
born Lady Baroness?"
"No, Herr Lieutenant"
elias the gracious Lady Bar
oness Won Leasing, by any
happy chance, arrived in Que
bec?"
He knew nothing about this
high-born and gracious lady's
voyage. Should he make in
quiry?
"No," said I carelessly, "Pll
inquire from the Commander
in-Chief myself. Give me a
laced handkerchief and pour
some scent on it."
waited upon his Excellency
the Commander-in-Chief, Ma
jor-General Sir Guy Carleton.
A stiff, reserved and unap-
proachable gentleman, quietly
civil, wasting no words, invit-
ing none.
didn't dare ask him a ques-
ton. Which reticence is I'M
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-01-21
LOVE
and the
LIEUTENANT

A eloam of cold ferocity lit
his pale eyes.
And, by God, when you
have your evidence, carry it
over Ricdesel and straight to
General Burgoyne! And | war
rant you that the Commander
in-Chicf in New York Province
will drive a bodkin through Won
Holster and RicdcScl and the
Waldcck Prince himself, that
shall impale your pretty butter
fly and pack her off to Prussia
for her scholarly husbands
scientific dclcctation,"
A kind Of chilly horror en-
veloped my mind. took blind
ly the bony hand he offered;
salutcd; went out on lcaden and
dragging feet and mounted my
horse like a school boy trying
to make haste in a nightmare.
THE CHIEF TROUBLE with
youth is a headlong determine
alton to set the world right,
get rid of all involuntary VIC
tins of middle age and worse,
then rearrange things as they
ought to be.
1t can't be done.
I know that now, I did not
know it when / arrived aboard
H. M. S. Afhene. Captain Boun-
derby, % guns mean that the
frigate carried % guns, not the
Captain.
l believe I had begun to ad-
wise him how to run his ship. l
was capable of it in those days.
But he gave me a good-natured
lecture on young mans mind
ing his own business. Then in
PRODUCED me to the junior Of
ficers, with whom I enjoyed my
self, it being whispered about
that travelled on an important
and secret mission.
God knows, I tried not to
swagger; my recent catastro-
phe was still raw in my humb-
led mind. But to be suspected
of mystery delights any young
man. 1t was rumored that | was
an enigma; that l enjoyed the
secret confidence of my King;
that l was returning from
Prussia where l had been sent
to give. Frederick the Great
good wigging; that my Lord
George Germaine fed like pet
magpie out of my hand; that |
travelled to America to break
the British officers who had run
from Lexington; that l carried
his Majesty's pardon to Gen
eral Washington, DR.. Franklin
and Mr.. Hancock, who were
ready to repent and kiss his
Royal hand
To all of which I returned
an enigmatical smile or an
owlish look. 1t was a very
heavenly situation for very
young lieutenant-God forgive
the breed!
We sighted few sail; none
hostile. Fair winds favored US;
fair seas escorted us; fair skies
and silver clouds smiled upon
us.
She was a beautiful frigate;
her spars, sails, bulwarks and
planking brand new; ner officers
skilled; her crew disciplined;
her captain an abrupt but gen
ial soul. And what seemed best
of all. she was well provision
ed and her wine excellent.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
Newspaper Strike
Turns Into Flop
Guild Calls Chicago Strike
But Only % Walk
Off Jobs

Chicago GLNS). - The Chicago
Newspaper Guild called a strike on
the two Hearst Chicago daily news
papers on December s. All of the %
members Of the American Newspaper
Guild employed by the Chicago
Hearst organization walked out. The
balance of the 5000 Hearst employees,
a vast majority of whom are men,
bers of American Federation of Labor
affiliates, remained at work.
The Chicago American, the evening
newspaper, and the Herald and Exam
iner, the morning newspaper, con-
tinued to publish regular editions.
The American Newspaper Guild
threatened the Hearst management
with mass picketing, but only ten
pickets were on the line at noon on
the first day of the strike.
Police to Bar Red Help
In order to carry out the threat of
mass picketing, the guild will have to
get help from the Communist party.
The police will not permit this, ac-
cording to a statement made to In
ternatonal Labor News Service by
Edward G. Woods, Hearst attorney.
The Hearst papers in Chicago have
had contractural relations with the
regular printing trades unions and
union maintenance men for many
years.
Right now Chicago Typographical
Union No. 16 is negotiating a new
wage scale with the Chicago Publish
ers' Association, embracing all of the
daily newspapers in Chicago.
Guild Claim Disputed
The guild follows the old Commu-
mist practice of circulating doubtful
statements to further it's ends, par
ticularly in reference to the number of
persons involved. In it's most recent
claim it says that 1T branch man
ayers voted for the guild and two
against.
The branch managers themselves
| heatedly deny this claim. Evidence
taken before the National Labor Re-
latons Board in Chicago showed that
the American Newspaper Guild has
% members out of 5000 Hearst en-
ployes in Chicago.
AS counter-move to this latest at
tack of the American Newspaper
Guild, executives Of all of the Chicago
printing trades unions held meeting
in the office of Victor A. Olander, Sec
retary-treasurer of the Illinois State
| Federation of Labor.
Contract Observance Pledged
After a thorough and full discus
cussion, these printing trades union
executives unanimously voted to re-
quest Mr.. Olander to notify the Hearst
Chicago managers that the Chicago
printing trades unions will stand by
and live up to their contracts.
A certain gentleman who has long
record as a Communist agitator has
been caught red-handed trying to
double-cross the Chicago printing
trades unions in behalf Of the Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
Local 1O0 Asks
All Members To
Buy American
Purchase q Better Product
And Help Fellow
Americans

Bedford, O.-The members Of Local
Union Nc. 1C8 are sponsoring a "Buy
American" campaign. Let's all make
certain that the goods we buy has
been produced by Americans. We are
not only helping them, but ourselves
because the American-made products
are better and will give much more
satisfaction.
Most of Us still have the major por-
tion Of our Christmas shopping to do.
We can make it a Merry Christmas
for other American workers as well
as for ourselves if we remember to
demand an American product for
every American dollar we spend. And
don't forget that it is these American
workmen that use our products. If
they are not busy they can't create a
market for our wares.
1t is not only possible, but quite
probable that you will be able to buy
japanese goods for a few cents less
than similar American-made products
But you will not be buying quality
Don't insult your friends by giving
them poorly made gifts for Christ
mas.
At our meeting last Monday eve
ming, we enjoyed spaghetti supper
The committee is to be congratulated
Cards and other games amused the
members, their wives, husbands and
friends. We also had door prize
which went to the holder of the lucky
ticket.
From what can be heard around the
shop, the members are hoping for
many Of these parties. Perhaps we
can make them a regular thing
Everyone take an interest and come
to the meetings and let's see what we
can do.-O. G.. 10S.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
Joint Meeting OF
'Ldbor-EmploYers
Mdssillon Trades and Labor
Sponsors Community
Dinner

Massillon, O. (OLNS).-A COM
munisy dinner meeting, sponsored
last week by the Massillon Trades and
Labor Assembly and attended by 100
men and women representing Organ
lied Labor and an equal number rep
resenting local business and indus
trial interests, was hailed as "mile-
stone in relations and cooperation" by
labor and business.
Principal speakers Of the evening
were leaders in their respective
fields, labor being represented by
Thomas J. Donnelly, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the Ohio State Federation of
Labor, and industry by Ralph P.
Ward, director of industrial relations
of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Donnelly touched on a number
of the important problems facing all
governmental bodies in the alton
and expressed the belief that labor
and industry would have to get to-
gether" and find a way of making the
millions now unemployed self-support-
ing consumers.
f"It is impossible to make consumers
out of men with families who are
working only two or three hours a
day." Mr.. Donnelly said. "If we can
reduce hours and put the unemployed
to work so that we can get that huge
market within our own borders, now
stagnant through unemployment, we
are going to see daylight and will not
have so much about which to COM
plain"
Mr.. Ward declared that meetings
such as the one held here, at which
labor and industry could get acquaint-
ed, would solve lot of grievances and
friction which have existed in the past
and exist now, as they create desire
for mutual cooperation and under
standing.
Management and labor" Mr.. Ward
said, "must realize that each is inter
dependent and that each needs the
other. Without both we would have
no products and no distribution. Busi-
ness must see that labor gets as high
an annual wage as it can give, and la
Dor must recognize that management
must have a profit"
He expressed the opinion that saw
! ings which result from lower pro-
duction costs should be passed on tc
workers in better wages, and declared
that "If we recognize these facts, we
will have a prosperity the like OF
which this country has never known.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
= OBITUARY :
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MELVIN r. COUCH

Melvin L. Couch, II, OF 419 Jeffer-
son street, Newell, died in City hos
pital, Thursday, December 8, at S:20
a. m. following short illness.
Mr.. Couch was employed as a
warehouseman at the Edwin NJ.
Knowles China Co. in Newell. He was
a member of Local Union No. sc, of
the National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters and the Newell Church of the
Nazarene.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary
Couch, and two sisters, Miss Laura
Couch of Los Angeles, Calf, and Mrs.
Salena Duddles of Lake City, Mich.
The body was removed to the Arner
home for funerals in West Fifth St,
Funeral services were held in the
First Church of the Nazarene, Sunday
at 2:3O p. m., in charge of Rev. c. c..
Hanks, the pastor. Burial was made
in Spring Hill cemetery, Wellsville.
X X X
SARAH CRESSWELL
Sarah Cresswell, wife Of Henry
Cresswell, 221ls West Sixth street,
was found dead early this morning by
G. C. Geer, manager of the local
wharf boat.
Mrs. Cresswell had been ailing for
many years and although able to be
about more than she had for some
time, she was in extfe11si r. poor health.
Mr.. Cresswell, long statistician for
Local Union No. 124, stated he had
retired about one-thirty this morning
after being assured Mrs. Cresswell
was comfortable. Neither he nor his
wife's sister who had been staying
with Mrs. Cresswell, knew that she
had left the house until six O'Clock
this morning when they found her
gone and a coat and hat missing.
Mr.. Cresswell Immediately recruited
the aid of Joseph Anderson at Head
quarters and they started search of
the city which ended when police in
formed them that the body was at the
Dawson Funeral Parlor.
Mr.. Geer had heard scream short
ly after 3 a. m. and had put out in a
small boat to discover the body. She
had walked down the steps near the
Chester bridge and on into the water
She was found at the foot of Broad
way
Mrs. Cresswell, who was SO years
old, leaves beside her husband, two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Ann Myatt of East
Liverpool and Miss Ada wright, Eng
land; three brothers, John, Albert and
Frank Myatt, all of England and a
stepmother, Mrs. Emma Bellshaw, also
of England.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Dawson Funeral Home by Rev
Chapman of the First Christian
Church, Saturday at 2 p. m.
Friends are requested to call Friday
evening,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
Supreme Court
Continued From Page Onej

without gloves the Labor Boards alb
surd argument that the Edison COM
panies had illegally signed agreements
with the Electric Workers Brotherhood
without giving employees opportunity
to choose a collective bargaining
agency. This contention, he said, was
conclusion "entirely too broad to be
sustained"
There were two minority opinions.
each dissenting from different sec
tions of the majority opinions, al
though agreeing otherwise with the
majority, filed by Justice Hugh L.
Black and Stanley F. Reed. The other
dissent came from Justices Pierce
Butler and James c. McReynolds who
held that the Labor Relations Board
was altogether without jurisdiction
over the labor affairs of the Edison
Company because it was engaged
"solely in intra-state activities"
Union Had Right
Pointing out that the membership
of the Brotherhood of Electrica
Workers and it's locals covered at
least oU,UOO OIL Cllc oo,OoO cllpioyeo VI
the Edison companies, the Chief JUS
tice said:
"There is no basis for finding
that the contracts with the brother
hood and it's locals were consequence
of the unfair labor practices found by
the board or that these contracts il
themselves thwart any policy of the
act or that their cancellation would II
any way make the order to cease the
specified practices any more effective
He found that the 10000 members
of the brotherhood, who constituted
so per cent of the Edison employees
had right to make the contracts.
"They had the right to choose the
brotherhood as their representative
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
Edison Case Rule
IsLduded By VOL
ClO Is Setback By Decision
Denying NLRB Right To
NullifY agreement

New York, n. dissatisfaction was
expressed in American Federation of
Labor circles here over the decision
of the United States Supreme Court
that the National Labor Relations
Board acted without legal authority
in ordering the Consolidated Edison
Company of New York City to abro-
gate agreements Of the company and
it's affliates with the international
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, an
affiliate of the A. +. of l.. The
Boards action was taken under COM
plant filed by the United Electrical
and Radio Workers of America, affili-
ated with John l.. Lewis's C. l. o.
Matthew Woll, third vice president
Of the American Federation of Labor,
said:
''The decision Of the Supreme Court
denies the right Of the National La
Dor Relations Board to invalidate con-
tracts with bona fide unions like the
international Brotherhood Of Electric
Workers or any other valid labor or
CARNATIONS.
"This is a distinct setback to the
c. |. 0. and to those in the National
Labor Relations Board who have de-
voted themselves to promoting the in
terests of the C. /. o. rather than ap-
plying themselves to the task of an
impartial administration Of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act.
"The decision leaves the judgment
as to the validity of contracts where
bona fde union is concerned en-
tirely in the hands of the courts,
where it belongs and where all parties
concerned may be expected to get an
importial hearing"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15
MARTIN HONORED

Cleveland, o. (OLNS) ).-Thomas J.
Martin, member Of Cleveland Mailers'
Union No. IL who recently took office
as national president Of the Mailers'
Trade District Union, was honored at
testimonial dinner last week, which
was attended by more than 300 per
sons, members Of Local L and dele
cations from Pittsburgh, Toledo and
Akron. Martin is also president of
the Cleveland Board of Education.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-12-15

Hawraney, the employer, constituted
violation of the minimum wage
mandate by reducing the pay of his
employees below the established rate.
Hawraney was fined $50 and costs.
Mandatory wage minima in the re-
tail and beauty parlor industries have
been delayed due to lack Of sufficient
funds to complete the work already
done by the Division, which has COM
pleted wage survey in both fields.