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By WILLIAM A
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'IIAI'TKU XXVII
Two On The Trail.
?ii?-s> <>r iiiiiin<n luol mm ! ' i??t
m'?? Ins .irin.w Now sli>- <lr?'W i ?v
from In in > la >I> TIm- <oiiv?ntloiis in
vvh:< h sin- h.i'l In on luouKlit u|> 'i
- rt I tlii'iiisi-lvi's Shi t>u roim inlii-r
I Unit tlo \ Ii mI In o cairicij liv thi'
IiikIi wa\of tin ir -motion past all
the usual pri'liiriinariis Hi- h.ul not
M il toM tui Dial In- lovoil licr. An
ilisill'l 11111 fi-ai oMruiji-'l I'si-lf into
tn-r li.i|>|iin< sy H i-! sin* i ushed mid
his arms like a lovnsp-k Kill. takuiK it
ti.r Ki.iiititJ th.it !i<: <;?! ? 'I for her?
Von ? :??n?- to look fur us'*" sin*
asked. with til'- littli- shy stiffni-s.s uf
< inhntrnssiiiint
"For you?yes."
Hi- u.ll'l nut tnK - Ins eyes fi'iuil
l.i'f It si mi*'I tu him that .1 lord
was siiikIiiK in Ins hi-Jirt the Kladness
tn- i-iiuM nut express. Hi- h:t<l for
many hours pushed frnlii his mind
in' tiiK-s uf her lying white ami ricid
"II til" SllliW 1 list I'll 11 sin- StllOil hi's;
1 i|i- him, tier delicate hi-aUtv vivid as
tli'* Hush nf a llaliii*.
"I Mil t |ii-\ telephone that w \\ i'i*i
i llst ""
"Yi'S I was trtiulilt'il when tIn-t'iriii
grew I i'Oiili! not s|i-i-|' So
I 1-alh'il 11 |i tin- roii'lhousi* hy long
list.in- Thi'.v hiul ii"t heard from
fh. stage l-ater I culled aKalll.
Win 11 I eniil'l staii'l it no longer. I
started."
"Nut on foot
\u With Holt's iloK team. He is
hark tin re. His Iok is hrokeii. A
snow -sliile rrushetl him this niurnitiK
w In ( We rnmped."
"ItrniK him to the eahin. I will trll
the others voii are coming."
Have von hail any food?" he asked
A tired smile lit up the shadows of
weariness under her soft, dark eyes.
' Moiled oats. plain |i||il<linK and
rhocolates." slie told lull)
"We have plenty of food on the
sled I'll brilti; it at onee."
Sin- noddi'il. and turned to tiu to
tlit cabin. Me watched for a moment
the lilt in her walk. An expression
from bis readme jumped to his
mind Melodious feet' Some poet
bad said that, hadn't he'.' Surely it
must have lieen Sheba of whom be
v\as thinkitit,'. this i;irl so viritinal of
body and of mind, free and liitht- J
.rrr itrr.tr. .r, the^nil.v
Cordon returned to the sled and
drove the team up to the draw to
the eabin The three who had been
marooned came to meet their reseuer.
"You must 'a' eome riitlit throintli
the s'orm liekitty s|dit." Swiftwater
snld.
"You're I'tKlit we did. This side
partner of mine was hell-bent on
wrestling with a blizzard." Holt ansivcn-d
dryly
"Sorry you broke your laiK. Hid."
'Then there's two of us sorry.
Swift water. It's one of the host la ins
I've got."
Slicha turned to the old miner impulsively
"If you could he knowing
what I am thinking of you, Mr. Holt
how full our hearts are of the
gratitude?" She stopped, tears in her
i olee.
'Slio* No need of that. Miss. lie
dragged me along." His thumb jerked
toward tlie man who was driving.
I've seen better dog punchers than
Klliot. hut he's got the world beat at
routin' old timers out of bed and pcrsundin'
them to kick in with him and
buck a blizzard. Me. o' course. I'm
an (dd fool for cumin'
The dark eyes of the girl Were like
stars in a frosty night. "Then you're
the kind of a fool I love. Mr. Ilolt. I
think it was just line of you. and I'll
never forget it as long as I live."
Mrs. Olson had cooked too long in
lumber and mining camps not to
know something about hone-setting.
I'nder her direction tJordon made
splints and helped her bandage the
broken leg. Meanwhile Swiftwater
I'etc fed his horses from the grain
on his sled and Sheba cooked an appetizing
breakfast. The aroma of
coffee and the smell of frying bacon
stimulated appetites that needed no
tempting
Holt, propped up by blankets, ate
with the others. For a good many
vears he had taken his luck as it
tMiiif with philosophic endurance.
V?nv ho wasted no tiino in mourning
, what oouhl not be helped. Ho was
luoky tho too sliiio had not hit him
in I ho hoail A hrokon log would
mond.
Whilo they ato. tho party wont into
v oommittoo of the whole to decide
what was host to he done. Gordon
notn-od that in all the tentative suggestions
made by Holt and Swiftwat
or tin- comfort of Sheba was tho first
thing m mind
Tho girl. too. noticed it and smilingly
protested, her soft hand lying
for a moment on the gnarled one of
tho old minor.
"It doesn't matter about me. We
have to think of what will be best for
Mr. Holt, of how to get him to the
proper care. M.v comfort can wait."
Tho plan at last decided upon was
that Gordon should make a dash for
Smith's Grossing on snow-shoes,
whore ho was to arrange for a relief
party to come out for the injured
man and \irs. Olson. He was to return
at once without waiting for tht
rescuers. Next morning he and Sheba
would start with Holt's dog team
for Kusiak.
Macdonald had taught Sheba how
to use snow-shoes and she had been
an apt pupil. From her suitcase she
got out her moccasins and put them
on. She borrowed the snow-shoes of
Holt, wrapped herself in her parka,
and announced that she was going
with Klliot part of the way.
Gordon thought her movements a
miracle of supple lightness. Her lines
had the swelling roundness of vital
youth, her eyes were alive with the
eagerness that time dulls In most
faces. They spoke little as they
UKON ;
ML
fcLEOD RA1NE.
i
Leod Uaine. t
swept forward over the white snowwastes.
The spell of the great north
was over her. Its mystery was stirling
in her heart. Just as it had been '
when her lips had turned to his at the v
sunrise. As for him. love ran through ^
ins veins like- old wine. But he allow- '
. ! his feelings no expression For '
though she had come to him of her s
own aeeord for that one blessed mo- *
ment at dawn, he could not be sure *
what had moved her so deeply. She *
was treading a world primeval, the !l
wonder of It still in her soft eyes.
Would she waken to love or to dis- '
illusion
He took care to see that she did
not tire. Presently he stopped and
held out Ins hand to say good-bye.
"Will you eonie back this way?" *
she asked. 1
"Yes. I ouKht to get here soon
after dark. Will you meet me?"
She gave him a quick, shy little
nod. tutii'*'l without shaking hands,
and struck out for the cahin. All *
through the day happiness Hooded ?
Iter heart. While she waited on Holt '
or helped Mrs. Olson cook or watched *
Swift water while lie put up the tent
in ilie lee of the eabin. little snatches y
of song bubbled from her hps. Some- *
times they were bits of old Irish bal- '
lads that popped into her mind. '
< nice, while she was preparing some '
ooffee for her patient, it was a stanza 1
from Burns: 1
"Till a* the seas gang dry, my dear, a
And the rocks melt wi* the sun: t
I will luva- iiici' sun, rny ucur, (
Whila- tin- sands o' life shall run."
I
Sin- uuht old < I ida-on looking at
her with a i|Uc?r little smile on his <
weather-tan lied face and she felt the
color heat into her cheeks. I
"I haven't hoiiKht a wealalinK present
for twenty years." he told her t
presently, apropos of nothing that t
had heen said. "I won't know what's i
the proper thin? to Ret, Miss Sheba."
"If you talk nonsense like that I'll
Ko out and talk to Mr. Swiftwntcr
INte." she threatened. tdushinR.
< ild ?Jid folded his hands meekly. ^
"I'll ha- Kooal ? honest I will. Ix-t's
sea-. I uot to make safe and sane conversation.
Iiava- IV 11m' Wonda-r when
u
that lazy. lonK-IOKkcd. Rood-for- ,.
nothing horsethief and holdup that t
calls himself Cordon Klliot will Ret J.
ioritr-te ?
Slia-ha looked into his twinkling (?
a-ya s suspiciously as she handa-al hlin l
his a-offa-a-. For a moment she hit ha-r j
lip tai ka-ep hack a smile, then said
with mock severity? I
"Now. I am RadtiR taa leave you lo '
Mrs. Olson." !,
\Vh? n sunset came it round sneua t
on the trail. Swiftwater Pete had offered
to go with her. I?ut she had c
ln-en relieved of his well-meant kind- [
mss hv the demand of Holt. f
"No, you don't Pete. You ain't a- v
coin' off gallivantin* w^th no young (
lady You're a-goln' to stay here and f
tlx my game laig for me. What do I
\oii reekon Miss Sheba wants with a *
fat. lopsided lummox like you along t
with her?"
Pete grew purple with embarrass- \
tmnf. He had not intended anything J
more than civility and he wanted this j
understood. \
"Hump! Ain't you got no sense a- N
tall, ilid? If Miss Sheba's hell-bent 1
on goin' to meet Klliot, I allowed some j
one ought to go along and keep the s
dark often her. Vourse there ain't s
not Inn' going to harm her. unless she .
goes and gets lost?" v
Sheba's smile cooled the heat of
the stage driver. "Which she isn't J
going to do. Hood of you to offer to j
go with me. Don't mind Mr. Holt, c
Kverybody knows he doesn't mean 1
half what he says. I'd be glad to
have you come with me. but it Isn't }
necessary at all. So I'll not trouble v
you." J
Darkness fell quickly, but Sheba |
still held to the trail. There was no t
sign of Klliot. but she felt sure he
would come soon. Meanwhile she j
followed steadily the tracks he had f
made earlier in the day. s
She stopped at last. It was getting J
much colder. She was miles from s
the camp. Iteluctantly she decided i
to return. Then, out of the darkness,
he came abruptly upon her. the man '
whom she had tome out to meet. f
I'nder the magic of the northern \
stars they found themselves again in '
each other's arms for that brief nto- J
inent of Joyful surprise. Then, as it
had been in the morning. Sheba drew t
herself shyly away. J
"They are waiting supper for us." j
she told him irrelevantly. s
He did not shout out his happiness
and tell her to let them wait. For c
c
Cordon, too. felt awed at this won- ,
ilerful adventure of love that had be- s
fallen them. It was enough for him J
that they were moving side by side,
alone in the deep snows and the bit- t
ing cold, that waves of emotion crash- c
ed through his pulses when his swing- j1
ing hand touched hers. t
They were acutely conscious of r
each other. Excitement burned in I
the eves that turned to swift, reluct- t
ant meetings. She was a woman.
an<l he was her lover. Neither of
them dared quite accept the fact yet,
hut it tilled the background of all
their thoughts with delight.
Sheba did not want to talk of this a
new. amazing thing that had come "
Into her life. It was too sacred a
subject to discuss Just yet even with
him. So she began to tell him odd c
fancies from childhood that lingered c
in her Celtic heart, tales of the "lit- ?
tie folk" that were half memories and
half imaginings, stirred to' life by s
some odd association of sky and t
stars. She laughed softly at herself c
as she told them, but Gordon did not (
laugh at her. t
Everything she did was for him J
divinely done. Even when his eyes *
were on the dark trail ahead he saw
only the dusky loveliness of curved c
cheek, the face luminous with a radi- *
ance some women are never privileg- ^
d to know, the rhythm of head anc
?ody and slender legs that was par
>f her individual, heaven-sent charm
The rest had finished supper he
ore Cordon and Sheba reache<
amp, but Mrs. (dson had a hot mea
vaiting for thern.
'I fixed up the tent for the worn
n folks?stove, sleeping baits, plent;
>f wood. Toueh a'match to the lip
ind it'll he snuit as a hut: in a rut:.'
xplained Swiftv\.iter to Cordon.
Klliot and Sheba were to start earl;
or Kusiak and later the rescue pai
v would arrive to take care of Hoi
md Mrs. < dson.
"Time to turn in." Holt advised
You better light that stove. Klliot.
The young man was still in tie
ent arranging the sleeping-bag
v hen Sheba entered. He tried t<
valk out without touching her. in
ending to call back his good-night
Hut he could not do it. There wu
lomething tlamey about her tonigh
hat went to his head. Her tender
remulous little smile and the turn o
he buoyant little head stirred in hin
i lover's rhapsody.
"It's to be a long trail we cover to
nor row, Shoba. You must sleep
iood-night."
"(Jood night?Oordon."
There was a little Hash of audaeit;
n the whimsical twist of her mouth
t was the lirst time she had eve
'ailed him by his given name.
Kiliot threw away prudence am
'aught her by the hands.
"My dear?my dear!" he cried.
She trembled to his kiss, gave her
iclf to his embrace with innocen
assion. Tendrils of hair, line as silk
rushed his cheeks and sent strung*
brills through him.
They talked the incoherent langu
ige of lovers that is compounded o
nurmurs and silence and the tout!
if lips and the meting of eyes
There were to be other nights in thei
ives as rich in memories as this, bu
lever another with unite the satin
lelight.
Presently Sheba reminded him witl
i smile of the long trail he had men
ioned. Mrs. Olson hustled into th<
ent, and her presence stressed thi
mint.
"Good-night. noignbors." Gordoi
silled hsick from outside the tout.
Sheila's "Good-night" echoed soft
y hark to him.
The girl fell asleep to the sound o
he light breeze slapping the tent am
o the doleful howling of the husk
es.
(To Be Cont nued.)
SHIPS OF COMCRETE.
fessels of This Material Are to Bi
Given a Trial.
To the average person the notiot
if building a ship of concrete seetni
ather absurd?not less so. indeet
ban the idea of using iron for a liki
ntfpose appeared to our great-grand
others.
"Nov> rtTieless", the Thing is beini
lone successfully. I-, is within th<
aiunds of reasonable likelihood tha
nany of our contemplated cargo-car
iers will bo concrete vessels.
To build a ship of concrete is choajj
ts construction demands half tin
abor. half the time, and half th?
noney required for the making of i
iteel or wooden ship. This is to pu
he matter very roughly.
Why. then, if concrete ships are si
heap and quickly built, should we no
five preference to that material in thi
onstruetion of our projected cargi
leets? Why bother with steel o
vood?
The answer is that concrete ship
milding is as yet in an experinienta
itage. Xo vessel of that materia
.i.r.roi- thfin l JOft tons has been con
itructed up to date. For all that any
>0(ly knows to the contrary, large
>iu-s may not prove serviceable.
The earliest experiments in this lim
vere made with boats no bigger thai
aunchcs. Kach new success was fol
owed by the building of larger craft
t has been a progressive performance
vith nothing taken for granted in ad
ranee, because there were no rcliabl
lata to go upon.
At San Francisco there is now ii
trocess of construction a cargo ves
icl of 5,000 tons of concrete. Will I
iwitn? Presumably yes. Hut nobod;
eally knows. Of course, it can be pu
itloat. but will it stay afloat? It
veight might break it down.
Consider the steel ship. Its skin i
lalf an inch thick?sometimes more
lometimes less. Concrete, weighs les
han steel, per cubic foot, but the skii
>f a concrete vessel is four or flvi
nches thick. That is why such a craf
ireighs so much more.
The 5000-ton ship now building a
van Francisco is to be used, to begli
vith, for experimental voyages be
ween the Golden Gate and Portland
)re. If it proves serviceable, other
ife it, and bigger ones of similar pat
ern will be constructed.
A concrete house is cheap because i
an be "poured." Wooden "forms." an
daced in position, and the mixture in i
luid state is dumped into them. Thi
in me method is adopted for the pour
ng of a shii>?which, lowevcr. may b
milt upside down, to be launched ii
lueh fashion that it turns right sid<
ip when put into the war or.
One easily sees that lids method o
abiding a ship must be cheap. becnus<
?f time-saving and labor-saving. Bu
low serviceable will the ship be? Am
vhat will be its qualities for the prac
ical purpose of carrying cargoe
(cross the ocean?with possible attacl
>y submarines to reckon with?
h our government experts were abb
o answer these questions, much ligh
vould l?e thrown upon a very impor
ant war problem. But they cannot d<
t. The possibilities of the concrete
hip today are undertermined.
It may be said incidentally that tin
onstructional "recipe" for making i
'oncrete ship is different from tha
itilized for building on land. Thi
(tuff used Is (ordlnarllv) about 1 pe
ent cement. 1 1-2 per cent gravel o
iroken stone and 2 1-2 per cent sand
' here is to be considered, of coui'sc
he item of resistance offered by thi
oncrete shio to attack by hlgh-explo
ilve projectile or torpedo. The poln
s undetermined, but it is undeniabli
hat such a vessel, if wounded, couh
?ot patch Its skin for emergency pur
>oses as a steel vessel might.
One should realize, of course, tha
he skin of a concrete ship is no
nerely a coat of artificial stone. Th<
oat has a skeleton of steel rods, run
ling fore and aft. with ribs or inter
aced vertical rods of steel, supple
nented by wire mesh, to hold the ma
erial together. Thus the structure is
is a whole, of great strength and dur
ibiiity.?Philadelphia Ledger.
Ships and Man.?Pour hundred ship
iverdging S.SOO tons displacement, it
ontmuous service, are required, ac
ording to the war department's reck
ining. to maintain 1,000,000 Americai
roops in r ranee. aiivwuis iur munw
>f men. which must be nmde good b;
i steady stream of re-enforcements
or the supplying of food and other no
icssarles to maintain them.
These 1.000.000 men are enough t<
lold no more than 10 per cent of th<
>attlefront, allowing, that is to say
or the necessary utilization of one
mlf the total force as auxiliaries be
llnd the fighting line.
So statement?and that may be ac
epted as official?could better illus
rate the enormous scale on which thi
iperations of the present war are con
lucted.
1 MAN WHO DOEiS THINGS.
t
Secretary McAdoo the Live Wire
the Cabinet.
' Theodort H. Price In The Outlook.
1 The I'ntted States is financing
world at war. Including our loans
the Allies, the treasury will have
' provide some eighteen or twenty 1
" lions of dollars lietween April. 19
and June, 191S.
This is nearly one-tenth of our >
k tional wealth. It is about five tin
all the actual money in the countr>
' Karly last summer two billions
Liberty bonds, bearing interest at 3
per cent, were sold to more than fi
million persons. Over three billk
were subscribed for. Brfore the s
was undertaken and while it was
' progress there were many who said
would l>e a failure.
It was alleged that the amount w
' too large. that the rate was too l<
that no bankets* commission was pi
j vidi d for. and that Wall Street had
been consulted. The offering w
nevertheless it great success, and l
bonds are ;i I ready at a premium.
Now the country is being asked
I hi > from three to live Idllion in<
bonds. Of course they will be taki
Mut this is only tin- commencerne
I
If the war noes on. there will be bo
r issue after bond issue, for the tnobi
station of our financial resources
I pre-essential to the mobilization
our man power. This is an econon
struggle, and money has become tm
than ever the sinews of war.
j It is not surprising, therefore, tl
the world should want to know som
thing of the financial Held tnarsl
uinb-r whose leadership the wealth
tiie richest country in the world is I
j. ing enlisted for the defense of deinr
rae.v. Oraanisce it as you will, \v
cannot be made an impersonal aft'a
Justly or unjustly, victory or deft
( will become associated with some ti
man.
The issue ot the struggle will depc
largely, it not entirely, upon his ablli
to inspire and retain eontldenee. I
upon him devolves the responsihili
for the decisions and policies th
make for success or failure. In t
case of u minister ot finance, or st
rotary of the Treasury, as such
minister is called in our country, ti
factor of confidence is especially it
^ porta ill, for lie is directly rcsponsil
I to the president only, and cannot
removed or forced to resign by t
people or the national legislature,
in Knglund. ?fhere a majority in pa
I lament ma> vote a 'want of con
deuce" and force a general electi
and a change of ministry.
There have been many such chant;
b in the French ininistty during the w:
and the British cabinet has been coi
pletcly reconstructed more thun on
i since August, 1914: but in the L'nil
^ States out of ten department hea
I there have been only three resignatio
b since 1913. A secretary of state and
secretary of war gave up their poi
folios for reasons of their own, and j
? ? 1 ?I-.?
5 Uliui iir.v-K'-'iiuiui iviiiii^uiDiiru mo ,
6 lice because he had been promoted
t the supreme court. The secretary of t
- treasury now is the same secretary
the treasury that .Mr. Wilson nppoint
i. in 1913, and there is every pros pi
e that lie will continue to lie the ch
c financial officer of the nation until t
i war shall end. L'pon him there res
t and will rest, the responsibility of ra
ins and disbursing an inconccivat
o large sum of money. Under his dirt
t lion our fixed assets must be convei
e ed into liquid credit, and taxes ti
0 are heavier than any before impos
r must be promptly gathered into t
than nine billion in the world, he mi
almost be endowed with the pow
1 that was attributed to the alchemii
I of old. for. with only three billion di
- la i s of go d in the county and li
- than nine billion in the world, he mi
r find a way to meet expenses that w
probably aggregate forty billions,
p June 30. 1H19, if the war shall last I
"I then. To do this and maintain a
protect the credit and commerce
the nation withal will require an e
' traordinar.v man. The people mi
- first of all believe in him, and their t
p lief must be justified. He must
both courageous and honest. I
II courage must be reinforced by sou
- judgment, and his honesty must be
I tlie sort that makes him true to hii
y self, and thereby renders It impc
1 sible for l int to be false to any otl
8 man. Above all. he must have visi
and a faith in the nation's future tl
8 will enable him to see and to make I
' countrymen see the glorious plcti
t of America, triumphant and at pea
1 thai we have all glimpsed, but sotr
times lack the imagination to dlsce
1 vividly on the darkened screen of w
Is William tfibbs AlcAdoo, the pi
I sent secretary of the treasury, su
II a man?
In an effort to answer this questii
' the following study of his career li
8 been prepared. We can only infer t
- future from the past. This is true be
hi' men nncf of historv but as a ge
1 t-ralizalion it is a safer guide in t
c case of men than of history. Wh
* then, is the story of McAdoo's caret
p First of all. let it l?e said that he
- not a rich man. The fact that he or
p had an Office in Wall Street and rais
n some seventy million dollars to bu
e the tunnels under the Hudson rit
that are still called the MoAdoo tu
f nels had led many people to think
p must have made a fortune. Such
t not the case. When he became s<
1 rotary of the treasury four years ai
- he had only a hare competency, a
* those who know anything of official 1
k in Washington will realize that a ca
inet officer's salary harely suffices
p pay his necessary expenses,
t Mr. McAdoo was born near Marlet
- Georgia. in the foothills of the App
0 lachian mountains, on October 31. 18
p He is therefore nearly fifty-four yex
of age. His forebears on his fathe
p side were Scotch-Irishmen who si
1 tied in N'crth Carolina some two hu
t tired years ago. and many of his rel
p tlves fought in the American Revol
r tion and the War of 1812. His mot!
r was Mary Faith Floyd, whose peo'
had t^ine from Virginia to Geon
early in the nineteenth century,
e His father. William Gibbs McAdi
- had sorted as a lieutenant of volu
t teers through the Mexican war. a
p twice attorney-general for the Knc
i ville circuit of Tennessee. He foun
- in tin- southern army during the Ci
War, and at the close of hostillt
t found himself stranded with his fa;
t ily at Millcdgevilte, Georgia. Genei
p Sherman In his march to the sea h
- devastated all this part of the count
- and the McAdoos found themselves I
- duced from affluence to extreme pc
erty.
' The first fourteen years of the life
- young McAdoo were spent amid the
surroundings. The poverty of the pe
pie was so great that the struggle I
g existence was often tragic. He und<
1 went all of the privations of the grin
ing poverty of that period. It was
| lawless time and a trying time for t
' people of the south. The reconstrv
e tion period, with all of its horrors a
. humiliations for a proud people, e
dured through fourteen years. T
men and women of the south lived
nightly terror of the Klu Klux, a bo
first organized for the protection
the lawabiding whites, but whi
afterward, falling into the hands of t
lawless element became an lnstrume
for all kinds of atrocities and opprs
sions. In a speech delivered at El
boken, before the Board of Trade,
the winter of 1908, Mr. McAdoo said:
I was brought up la Georgia is the pc
of General Sherman'* famous riareh to 1
* tea. A* Henry Grady onee remarked. **C.
eral Sherman was a bit careieei with ft"
and for this reason. among other thin**, he , to
never has been a popular man in Georgia, t h
For myself. I feel that 1 owe General Sher- j
f man a debt of gratitude. He produced con- .
ditions and an environment which made it
necessary for the individual to develop every ;t
resource and every power with which nature ?'
had endowed him in order to exist. 1 believe fa
a that character is produced and developed to jjt.
to highest degree by hardships, suffering and
poverty. I have never douh'ed that whatto
ever of character and capacity 1 have deii
velotad has been. in a large measure, due
' J" to the surroundings and conditions which to
il", General Sherman forced upon the j>eople of oc
iny section during that great war.
In the poverty of the* reconstruction pi
>a* period there was one thing for which ?)
tes the weli-liorn mothers ami fathers of
the south were willing to make any m
. sacrifice It was the education ut their r,
01 children. That he might bring up his
1-2 family where there were good schools, m
)ur Mr. McAdoo's lather accepted the chair
k of Kngiish and History in the I'nivcrsl- j<t
>n' t.v of Tennessee, at Knoxville. and id
ale moved Ids family there. In due time m
in William ?... Jr.. entered the university
if but left in ds junior year to become
deputy clerk in the 1'nited States circuit
court for that district, so that he tit
,-as Could supitort himself while studying hi
,w law. He was admitted to the bar in of
1881, and, despite his youth, soon be- th
ro" came state counsel lor an important cO
n't railwa> eompany, now part of the vi
;>s Southern Uailwaj system. In that w
. employment he gained his tirst knowl- th
edge of the railway business. It fas- to
ciliated him, itnd it was not long be- th
to fore he became president of the Knox)r4.
'Hi,, street Itailway Company, which
was one of the very first roads in the
en- country to be electrified,
nt. It wsis a grilling experience, for the
nd operation of electric railways was but Br
poorly undeistood, and a financial reorganization
of the property ultimately
ly became l ecessary.
of To complete it, young McAdoo came sa
llc to New York, in 18?2 being then |1(
twenty-nine years old. Attracted by
the opportur.ities of the metropolis, he 11
stayed there and Opened an office for pr
uit the practice of law. interesting himself |,):
especially in southern enterprises that j{|
needed capital in order to keep pace
1a' with ihe development of the "New 111
of South" just coming into being.
In 1 sf?s lie formed a partnership with tj,
another William McAdoo, who had been .
K* a member id congress, assistant secrear
tary of the navy, and police commis- tr:
dr. sloner ol the city of New York. Al..,t
thougli th.- partners bore the same
name, they were not related, and the
ne lirm was called "McAdoo ?.*: McAdoo."
It was shortly after this that the ea
nd plan of building the Hudson tunnels ;u|
jjy began to liiKt- snapc in ins minu. u
hail been frequently suggested. and at
01 least two previous efforts to realize it nu
Ity liail l en made. In IsTs a man named
lat "t Witt Clinton llaskins had actually
. commenced to dig a tunnel front liol>ok)>n
toward New York. In the face
'c* of many dh'tleultios he had bored 1.1
a eighteen hnr.dred feet under the river.
lis wh?*n his ii oney gave out. Another
company took up the work in 1S91 and 011
11_ extended tin tunnel nine hundred feet ev
>le farther. Then it failed. pr
be Meantime the idea of building steel
, tubes instead of tunnels under water
had been developed by Charles M.
a8 Jacobs, and Mr. McAdoo was led to in- fo
ir- vcstigate it. He came to the con- ,1,,
lj. elusion that t could be successfully applied
to, or rather under, the Hudson
un river, and he went at it. This was ci|
l'JOl. lie had been in New York then th
:es only nine years. He could not hu'-e
ar, "had many friends among the tlnaneial11
ly powerful, but his enthusiasm and *' '
ice force were such that he was able to at
ed raise over $70.000,000 for a scheme that a.(
ds had twice failed, and by 1908 four ..
ns tubes were in successful operation
, a under the Hudson river. In the in>.,(.....1
th/, 1 t,.?riu>Irani!) Itnilenml had r>u
^Mh^',w?*d"his lead iintl built the station !h
37? WrtffinamriHBiAiia. for ~
to two'mote tubes. Then the Long Is- th
he land Railroad built two more. Now m
of the tulnvay has six or eight tubes un- ,|t,
ed der th?- rivers that surround New .
;ct York, and a pair will shortly be built
ief from Fort Hamilton to Staten Island, oi
he bringing that rather remote part of ca
its the greater city within a few minutes . _
is- of I'ilth Avenue. While this multiplidy
cation of fa.'ilities has diminished the I"
C- prolit that might have been realized th
rt- from the tul es that McAdoo construct- th
iat ed. it really emphasizes the public .
ied value of his work as a pioneer in prohe
Stress. Kven if he had never lived,
jst these tubes v. >uld no doulit have been ra
rer built in time, hut it was his vision and I||(
sts enterprise t iat accelerated their conil
struction an 1 revolutionized the trans- ,'t'
?ss portation facilities of the metropolis th
jst years earlier than would have been th
rill the case otherwise,
by It Is in this fact that the peculiar
till quality of the man's genius is apparent. 'If
nd He gets things done, and by his ex- mi
of ample induce^, others to hurry in acx
tion. He was studying law before he
jst had finished college. lie was one of or
>e- the itrst men in the country to apply At
be electricity to the problem of urban sh
lis transportation. He came to New York ....
nd and bad his tunnels under the Hudson
of built while other men were talking ta
m- about them; nnd almost within a week pe
is- after he went to Washington tie com- tj,
ier m< need to electrify nnd energize the
on treasury department,
iat Those who have had to do with that
lis department under his administration re
ire and previously will realize tin- change,
ce, Rusiness is promptly despatched. Ictie
tors are answered without delay, and
rn tin- entire force, from the colored mes- m
ar. sengcrs to the secretary himself, seem KtJ
-e- to Ik* animated by the spirit that he .
ch expressed when, as president of the '
Hudson Tunnels Company, he address- *1'
in, ed the employes of that company as ft*
ins follows:
he Safely and efficiency of the service arc.
>th the first consideration, but among the things v '
m- of 'he highest importance are civility and ca
he courtesy in your dealings with the public. It .
. re<iuiros a great deal of patience to be cour- '
, ter,u? to people who may be rude and of'f
fensive to you. and it is human nature not ?
is to lie. but, at the same time, you must learn
**.i*? -"-s >hin,m in irood temper; it is a m
ed Part "f your job. You must treat people , l.
j|(j courteously, no matter how they treat you.
. _ You must not entrain* in unnecessary con- so
vers-ation with passengers. and you must not .
J1" address passer irers before they enter into eonho
versation with you. You are not there for g(j
is the puritose of entertaining the public; you
:C- are there for the purpose of seeing that the
r0i road is safely and properly operated. Attend to
_j strictly to your duties, answering questions ,f
" when they are addressed to you. No matter
if questions seem to you foolish. Rive civil isl
b- replies. s,.
to The amount of courtesy you display is goine
tc have an important bearing upon the "<
^ popularity of this road. The day of "the i.
' public be damned" policy is forever Rone. It
Jv always was an objectionable and indefensible
6"* policy, and it will not be tolerated on this
irs road under any conditions.
r s But it is in the economic reforms and ,,r
;'* construetior. that Mr. McAdoo has ac- nr
n" complished since he became secretary Jc
n' of the treasury that we find his chief ltj
u" claim to public consideration,
ter -pho list Is a long one. It includes: I"
'le The revision of the tariff: E'
',a Ti]e creation of the Federal Reserve jr,
banking system: f
l>0. The organization of the Federal Ren"
serve bank*: it;
nd Tlie establishment of the Farm Loan w
*" banks;
The creation of the Shipping Board
v" and the building of a government- ca
les owned merchant marine: fa
t1" v ihd to South America in the in- or
ra] terest of I'an-Amoricanlsm which is
ad already hearing fruit in the nearly
r5, completed alliance of Latin America to
"e" against Germany. Ie<
v" The formation of the Marine Insur- t0
. ance Bureau, which provides shippers.
01 ship-ownera and their crews with war ra
f8? risk indemnity at rates at which it al
*>" would have been otherwise unobtain- vc
or able: '
The plan for insuring the lives of .
American soldiers which promises to 8,1
,a end the pension abuse and provide be
ne liberally for the wives and children of at
IC" men who are killed or Injured in the
nd war: ca
P* The sale of the Liberty Loan and the
organization for the second bond-sell- w<
Ing campaign, now in progress. ?h
ay. In addition to ?rfl this he has organiz?J
ed and conducted numerous confer- wl
9P ences to protect American interests
** that were jeopardized by the war. The
cotton-growers have him to thank for Dr
the bank credit that enabled them to
?" hold their crop over the depression aI
caused "by the outbreak of the war in! wi
and he hastened also to the relief 0f
rhe western farmers when the dls-: p
lion of the foreign exchange markaade
it almost impossible for them ar
.
move their grain. He was among
f first to see the need of American
lips that would follow the prolongs- ,
jn of the war. and was the father of
( ill which, if it had been passed,
ould have given us a merchant fleet
r sooner than we are now likely to ,
t it.
His vision seems to have broadened
ith the opportunities of the country, i
id Ids activities have been soliciusly
inclusive of every phrase of our
'ononsic life.
He it was who first coined the
wise. "The public be pleased." as a
otto for those whose duty it was to
rve the public, and at the age of
Ity-four he has behind him a longer
cord of things accomplished in the
iblic interest than almost any other
an of his time.
That he has made this record unu is
ill comparatively poor is proof of h.s
talisin and courage. He seem to he
le
"Who works for the joy of working.
And struggles for love of the fight." '
This is the man to whose custody the 1
lancial interests of the United States
ive hcen intrusted during the period
the war. It is for the people of
is countr> to decide whether his .
linage, resourcefulness and self-de tion
are equal to the responsibility .
ith which lie has been charged. If !
eir belief in him has any relation |
what he has already accomplished. ,
en he is entitled to their fullest sup- ,
irt. I
LABOR IS IN ACCORD. ;
-itish Workers Send Message to the J
Russians. i
The liritish labor party, in a mes- !
ge to the Kussian people mude pub- ,
: this week, announced that the
itish people accept the Russian 1
uiciple of self-determination of 1
oples and no annexations for (he j
itish empire, particularly in the ?
idillc east, Africa and India. v
The message, which was issued by
e labor party in conjunction with f
e parliamentary committee of the I
ides union congress, says:
"We have reached a crisis in the j
ir The negotiations at Hresl- t
tovsk have been interrupted be- 1
use the Germans have refused to '.
niit the principle of self-determina- i
>11 of peoples and the doctrines of
i annexations, in thus acting, the *
intra! powers are speaking clearly ,
the name of a militarist state. :i
"In this crisis the British people *
ust speak because the Russians can J
ly succeed in their great and peril- \
is task if supported by the people r
cry where. The British people must *
oclaini to Russia and the Central .
avers that its aim is identical with t
issia's, that we, too, see no solution si
r the evils of militarism except selftermination
and no indemnities. \
"In applying this Russian prinl?le
to our case, we are conscious of
e problem raised, but we do not t
rink therefrom. The British peo- s
ir accept the principle of no annex- .
ions for the British empire. This j
'plies in our case to the middle east. \
rica and India. I
"We wish to remind the Russian
ople that Great Britain, taught by t
eJj|gj of the American colonics in <
e eighteenth century, was the first J
udern state to grant complete self- j
termination to uny group of its in- 1
.bitants, for example, the Domin- 1
us of Canada. Australia, South Afriand
New Zealand. We accept the i
inciple also for India and other de- ?
ndcncies of the British empire. y
ough we believe that the record in
e British government here gives lit-/c
occasion for reproach. jf
"We intend to meet this by more \
pid development of self-govern- ,
ent. We respect the sovereign in- \
pendente of the Turkish people in x
eir national home, but we believe
at the domination of their governent
over other peoples is a hin- s
a nee to their own national develop- t
ent. f
uur government i? iiivukoi iu hulk
those peoples, Arabs, Palestinians,
"nienians?that the Ottoman rule
all not again be imposed on them,
lis responsibility should be underken
by the peace conference and a
rmanont international organization
at we hope will be there constited.
"In tropical Africa we repeat our
nuneiation of annexations. Nobody
ntends that the black races can
ivein themselves. They can only
ake it known that the particular
ivernment under which they have
en living is bud in some or all revets
and indicate the specific evils
om which they desire liberation,
e believe that the peace conference
riuld well advise to place all tropiI
Africa under uniform internution- i
control. I
"We adjure the peoples of Central
urope to declare themselves or ,
ake their governments speak for 8
cm in answer to Russia and our- |
hes. We call on them to renounce
inexations in Europe with the same ,
tod faith in which we are renounc- .
g them in Asia. We call on them
give the same self-determination
the French, Austrian. Italian. Polli
and Danish members of their |
sites as Russia has given to FlnlUnd. '
midland. Lithuania and Russian '
>land." '
The manifesto concludes:
The family interests or dynasties i
the desire of the German, Austri- '
i and Magyar governing classes to '
militate other classes and national,es.
must no more be suffered to ,
event self-determination in central <
urope. and thereby imperil it in |
urope or a whole, than the interests
British imperialism or British cap- j
ilism must be suffered to do else- ,
here." ,
"Peoples of central Kurope: This ,
tastrophe of the human race, this
tal schism in the civilized world can
ily be ended by the defeat of mlli- (
rism on both sides and by the vicry
on both sides of moral and in- ,
ctual fair dealing. If the world is
be saved, it must be saved by good
itn and reciprocity on mc pan ?
I. Do not fall us now. Do not let
tur governments drive the British
ople, as they are driving the Rua*n
people, into the terrible choice
tween continuing the war and
landoning the only principles that
n save the world.
"If this choice Is forced upon us,
t shall choose, as Russia chose. We
all continue, but te responsibility
ill be yours." *
President Wilt . has issued a
oclamation placing under license j
1 "dealers in feeds arfd malt, salt
iter fishermen and manufactures
tomatos, wheat and rye products." 1
;rmits must be obtained by Febru-; 1
y 15. i
GERMANY SEEKS CONQUEST.
Prominent American Arraigns Land of
Hie Birth.
"1'resident Wilson has once more
spoken to this nation and to the world
in u great and noble message of splendid
vision, rightly termed an international
Magna Charta?holding up a
veritable beacon light of light and justice
for all peoples.
"We all pray with eager and earnest
hope that the German people will
recognize the spirit and meaning of
that lofty utterance and that, casting
aside the leadership of the militarists,
they will grasp the hand stretched
out to them in such generous and unselfish
meaning."
So said Otto II. Kahn of Kuhn. Loeb
cfc Co.. New York, speaking at a meeting
in the Auditorium, at Milwaukee,
Wis., last Monday night. Mr. Kahn
emphasized the duty and opportunit>
of the American of German birth?
Milwaukee holds many such.
Ashamed of Germany.
"1 do not apologize for. nor am I
ishannd of my German idrtn. air.
Kuhn added. "But I am bitterly and
;rievously ashamed of the Germany
which stands convicted before the
high tribunal of the world's public
opinion of having planned and willed
tear, of the revolting deeds coinmitled
in Belgium and Northern France.
>f the infnmy of the Lusitania tnurlers.
of innumerable violations of
The Hague Conventions and the law
)f nations, of abominable and perUlious
plotting in friendly countries
tnd shameless abuse of their hospiality.
of crime heaped upon crime
n hideous defiance of the laws of God
ind men.
There is abundant evidence that
he overwhelming majority of Americans
of German birth. Indeed all but
in insignificant minority, meant what
hey said when they swore full nnd
toltf allegiance to America; that thej
vill prove themselves wholly worth}
if the high privilege of citizenship and
if the generous trust of their native
ellow citizens, and that they will not
ail or falter under any test whatsoever.
They will not permit the blood
n their veins to drown the conscience
n the breasts. They will heed the
all of honor beyond the call of race.
They will wear as a badge of honor?
is I do?the abuse and spite of those
ew in this country who love Germany
etter than they love America.
"The Germany of to-day is not the
In-many which you or your fathers
mew. The Germany which brought
ipon thi world the immeasurable disister
of this war. and at whose monstrous
deeds and doctrines the civilized
lations of the earth stand aghast,
itarted into definite being less than
hirty years ago. I can almost lay
ny finger upon the date and circumstances
of its ill-omened advent.
"I know something from actual and
lersonal experience of the plotting of
he Prussian war party, nnd how for
i full generation they had endeavored
ignin and again to bring about a situition
which would force war upon the
vorld.
When the Stage Was Set.
"I know of my personal knowledge
hat the stage was set for it six or
leven years ago in connection with
he Agadir episode. 1 know that the
'nil-Germans meant to have a footing
n South America, and, once there,
vould have threatened, and had prewired
plans -to threaten, this very
iountry of ours.
"A defensive war! There are cerain
telegrams from Sir Edward
rey, the British Minister for Foreign
1'flairs, tff-lhc'"Brm?ll Allltmmlui '
n Germany, sent during the week
irecedlng the outbreak of the war in
Ourope, which even to this day are
inknown In Germany, as they were
lever permitted to be published.
"We seek no 'place in the sun'?to
ise the German chancellor's term?
xcept the sun of liberty, and that
ve do not seek selfishly, but to share
vith all the world.
"America is incapable of hating an 1
ntire people, but we do hate, we are
iirhtinir and we shall tight with every
>unco of our might tho spirit which
las power over the people of Gernany,
and which, if it were to proail?as.
under God, it never will?
could destroy liberty, justlc and
lemocracy.
Cannot Both Live.
"The spirit of I'russianism and the
ipirit of Americanism cannot live in
he same world. One or the other
nust conquer. In the mad price of
ts cohtompt for democracy, l'rustianism
has thrown down the gauntet
to us.
"The enemy is of formidable
itrcngth. But even if he were far
monger than he is; even if we did
lot have the men and the means
vhlch are ours: even if our cornades
in arms had not demonstrated
heir superb und indomitable prow>ss,
still must our cause prevail?for
here is fighting with us, a force
vhich has ever proved itself stronger
han any other power on earth, and
igain and again has triumphed over
iverwhelming odds. That force, God
nspired, death-defying and unconquerable.
is the soul of man."
GENERAL NEW8 NOTES.
Record of Currant Happenings Collected
From Various Sources.
The German Press, the only German
newspaper in Seattle, Washington,
is to suspend publication.
rh?. v\?Wnl shiunine board has an
nounced that it will have 41 cargo
ships ready for service by February
first.
Allied airmen dropped copies of
President Wilson's war alms address
behind the German lines in Belgium
i few days ago.
Ten Mexican officers, charged with
plotting the death of (Jen. Alfredo
S'ovo and Governor Millar of the state
at Mexico, are reported to have been
diot.
Germany reports that Allied airmen
made thirteen raids on German
ities during December and claim
that only slight damage was done.
Arrangements have been made for
i ship carrying 400,000 bundles of
sats to leave an Atlantic port soon
for France.
A bill is to be introduced in the
United States senate providing for
the registration for military service
at all men who have become of age
dnce June 5. 1917.
une out 01 ever)" inret mm ?? i
Iraft age in Pennsylvania Is declared |
to be fit for army service. Already
101,626 men have been certified of
102.541 actually called.
Since January, 1917, 170 Belgians
have been executed by the Germans
)n various charges. The total includes
several women and girls and
everal youths under 20 years of age.
The death of Max Muller, one of
Germany's most successful airmen, is
reported as resulting from a falling
tirplane. due to a defective engine.
Muller Is credited with 38 victories
iver his opponents.
The United Mine Workers of Amerca.
with headquarters at Indianap>lis,
lnd? claims to have the largest
service flag in the United States. It
a 4Sx75 feet and contains 9,135 stars.
Assessment of Land.?A resolution ^
*as unanimously ad-toted in the,
louse of representatl>!avla*t Friday
taking the state tax cortVphBion to
rescind us order relative to the assessment
of all lands and personal
pro pert \ at 50 per cent of actual
values. Such action, it was argued
would t>e unwise and ill timed, with
the present high prices obtaining for
all commodities. Also that it was
not within the province of the legislature
to revise all tax levies to adjust
the ineidentul demoralization
The resolution was introduced by
Representatives Toole of Atkeli, Wasson
of ilroettville, Roberts of Jasper
and Crews of Richland It reads
Whereas, the state tax commission
has issued an order to the county auditors.
instructing them to assess
land and personal property in the various
counties at pi per cent of actual
values, and.
"Whereas, the members of the
house of representatives and of the
senate, believe that this.action would
be unwise and ill-timed, at this time,
for the very gr?at reason that prices
of everything are now above normal.
and on account of war conditions
and the increased circulation
of monev. and the said high prh ?>
are not likely to remain, and.
"Whereas, that it is not within the
province of the general assembly, at
this time, to tlx all the tax levies, as
the constitutional three mill tax cannot
be reduced, and that many school
.list rut.? \\ it It in th? state are now
paying eight mills additional for
school purposes.
"Therefore, be It resolved by the
house of representatives, the senate
concurring, that we hereby call on
the state tax commission to rescind
their order to the auditors of this
state demanding that they assess
property at .*><> per rent of its aetual
value, and in lieu thereof. Instruct
them to tlx assessed values of all
property m the same proportion as
have heretofore been assessed.
"That the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the president of
the senate shall appoint three members
of the representative bodies to
present these resolutions to the stale
lax commission at the earliest possible
time."
PALMETTO GLEANINGS
Happenings and Events of Interest in
South Carolina.
The Stafford lull, limiting the num
her of working hours in cotton ami
woolen mills and fixing payment of
certain classes of labor, was passed
by the house last week and sent to
ihe senate for notion. Sixty hours
was tixed as the working week
days of i'? hours each Met
engineers, firemen, teamsters,
men. yard employes and c!v'
are to receive time and oneover
time. Violations are pui
by tines of not more than $
less than $115 or imprisonment
exceed 30 days.
??r tK- i: :r.j ?<.ii., tm<>n
XornT^iniS-Soutl! Carol ImrtnTyWrT^"*""^^^
da, 1.975 or 11.12 per oenl were Bent
home because they were physically
disqualified. Such is shown In the
statistics Just announced by I'rovost
Marshal Ccneral Crowder. At the
time the selectmen were reporting at
i'amp Jackson the military officers
saw that the percentage of rejections
was very high, and in fact, had no
hesitancy in saying that some of the
examining physicians on the local
hoards throughout the three states
might have exercised more care in
selecting men to send to the National
army. It is a known fact that one
man was sent to Camp Jackson in
sueh a condition that his sister was
obliged to come with him and that
he had an epileptic tit immediately
upon arriving at Camp Jackson. The
provost marshal's report calls attention
to the rumors that some of the
men were found to have gluss eyes.
corn M'K!" iiiiu tin- imv. <> >< m?.. n
that ".such miitht have been the case
Bolsheviki Papers Divided on Wilaon.
?President Wilson's address has
been widely printed and commented
on by Petrograd newspapers. The
Holsheviki newspapers are divided in
their opinion. Izhestia, official organ
of the central executive committee of
the Workmen's and Soldiers' deputies,
says:
"The contentions for peace advanced
by President Wilson are a great
victory in the way of obtaining a
democratic peace. We hope that in
the American nation we will find a
real ally in the struggle for general
democratic peace."
Pravda. official organ of the Hoi shevikt
party, deprecates President
Wilson's address, and denounces the
president as a representative of
American capital. Pravda says the
speech makes old formulas of war.
Delo Xargda, the leading Social
Revolutionist paper, says Mr. Wilson's
address shows that he has made great
progress since his reply to the Pope's
peace proposals. It adds:
"In their present form the American
conditions may be regarded as
the basis of peace negotiations and if
the Holshevikl had not by their policy
strengthened the military annexationist
groups In Germany these conditions
would already have been
adopted as the basis of such negotiations."
Our Coal Supply.?There are wellinformed
persons who confidently assert
that fifty years from now the utilization
of "raw" coal for burning In
furnaces, kitchen ranges and other
purposes will be considered almost a
crime.
There Is Just so much coal in the
crust of the earth economically accessible.
Every ton taken out diminishes
the coal capital by one ton, and
nature does not replace it. Manifestly,
the available stock underground must
be cdeserved to the utmost.
When coal is burned for fuel in our
present wasteful way, great values in
possible by-products are lost. The
time will arrl\*e before long, it is
believed, when no householder or manufacturer
will be permitted to burn
"raw" coal.
They will burn coke?representing
the residue after all possible byproducts
have been extracted from *
the coal. Conspicuous among thes->
by-products are illuminating gas and
coal tar. From the latter are obtained
an enormous number of useful
things, including all the colors of the
rainbow (In the shape of dyes.) and
no end of drugs valuable for medicinal
purposes.
From coal tar is obtained carbolic
acid, which is the basis of all the important
war explosives. A by-product
of gas manufacture from coal
is toluol, which, by treatment with
nitric acid, is nriade to yield the famous
"T. N. T." for Ailing shells and
other purposes of military destruction.
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