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MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1911.
THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
WORD OF LIFE FOR
DAYS OF DEATH
"Jesus Restoring Life and
: Health" Theme International
Sunday School Lesson.
(By William T. Ellis.)
Soldiers'
crosses
graves marked with simple
cover a considerable part of
earth's surface today; and their num
ber will greatly increase before the
boon of peace which they were spent
to purchase is secured. In Britain It
seems as if every family has its dead.
With a shock and a suddenness and
an overwhelming comprehensiveness,
death has become a factor in the whole
world's thinking. War means death;
all victories are won by the sacrifice
of precious life. 80 the minds of mul
titudes are turned with an immediate
and personal interest in the theme of
death. :
Some spirits canntt stand up under
this burden; they turn to spiritualism
and occultism and strange new cults.
It is said that any religious charlatan
may secure a vogue nowadays by ap
pealing to the grief of those whose
sons have fallen in battle. How cheap
and inadequate all these expedients
seem alongside of the simple dignity
and reasonableness of the faith taught
by Jesus. His assurance of a life
transcending death is the Christian'
eternal hope.
In the very character of Jesus there
Is comfort for all who mourn. Doubt
less, one reason why Jesus walked so
tenderly through the days was His
knowledge of the aching hearts of peo
ple. To Him there was nothing strange
in the appeal of Jairus, the distin
guished citizen of Capernaum, coming
to Him with an appeal ?for help in a
deep personal grief.
Where Wealth and Power Fail.
The traveler who takes boat from
Tiberias to the head of the Lake of
Galilee finds himself amid the exca
vated ruins of the old synagogue at
at all, the few monks whc possess the
compound and the native workers who
dig and carry, are less real to him than
the figures who once people this mag
nificently simple structure. As he
stands on the porch and looks out over
the glittering lake, he realizes that on
these same stones the feet of Jesus
and His disciples and the Roman cen
turion and Jairus trod. It waa doubt
less of this very synagogue that Jairus
was one of the overseers, or rulers.
From the vantage point of these beau
tifully sculptured pillars, we look back
upon Jairus, the prosperous, influen
tial, learned, clean-living, distinguished
cltlren of Capernaum. All that this
world can give a man seemed to be
possessed by this leading Pharisee.
Prosperity, influence, learning and
righteousness cannot keep out Sorrow
from a homo. There come to every
family hours when all stand on a com
mon plane of humanity and suffer the
primal griefs of man. King a: 1 peas
ant feel the same kinds of sorrows and
pains. The impotence of worldly pow
ers to ward off the really essential Ills
of life has appealed to every thought,
ful man. Little did Jairus care for
his st nding in Capernaum at- this
hour. His daughter, apparently an
only child, lay dangerously ill. All
that he had would he give in exchange
for her life.
Neither son nor friend. can twine the
tendrils of love about a man's heart
like a little daughter. She seems en
dowed with a genius for affection. Soft
and sweet words of affection, lisped
into a father's ear at the bedtime hour
of cuddling confidences; warm little
arms clinging around his neck; win
some attentions and acts of devotion:
and a hero worship of father that lifts
even mere man to his height such
memories as these burned in the brain
of Jairus, and tore his spirit with
sorrow.
That deep rrlef drove that proud
aristocrat to the feet of the new
Teacher from Nazareth. Sorrow has
been the school wherein myriads have
learned Christ. "For sorrow and death
are strong messengers, and men will 1
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TOLL OF LIVES LESS
THAN FIRST REPORTED!
Tornado Wrought Damage to
More Than Million Dollars'
Worth of Property,
Columbus, March 11. While re
ports continuing to dribble in show
that Saturday's tornado wrought per.
haps more than a million dollars dam
age in Van Wert and Paulding coun
ties. Ohio, where it did its greatest
destruction, it is thought today that
tne numDer 01 fleams will not exceed
six or seven. Five are known to be
dead and there are several injured who
may die.
The storm's path, which contains
much evidence that the wind was a
"twister" was as narrow a fifty yards
in some places, while in other places
is spread into a wind storm miles
wide. " - .'
Apparently its first fury was felt
in the neighborhood of Conway, O.,
west of Van Wert. Wreckage shows
It Jumped Van Wert and then swept
down upon Middle Point, to the east.
It then veered north, striking Miller
City and Paulding county. Where the
tornado Itself did not strike a temnc
wind storm did great damage blowing
down buildings, trees ana damaging
orchards."
That greater loss of life and a more
Imposing loss of property was not left
In the wake of the wina is aue to xne
fact that it did not hit any larger
cities. Van Wert felt the effects, as
did Lima, Ottawa and Tiffin. Convoy,
Miller Citv. Continental. Hamler, Dess-
ler, and Napoleon suffered the most.
GERMAN HEIRESS TO MARRY
BARON VON KUEHLMANN
Dinner in Honor of
West Point Cadets
"l1!" J"I! ri.Md Lima, Ottawa and Tiffin
iui a wv cut uiuc.a. iiu f.uuu lieu u&
this pre-eminent citizen bent In sup
plication before the Galilean Carpen
ter, hie only hope.
Soma Unknown Consequences.
Nobody can run a tape-line to the
limit of his influence. Men who write
and speak are frequently finding evi
dences of their touch upon persons in
remote places. Probably the disciples
of Jesus never suspected the high cir
cles to which the words of the Master
had penetrated, and In wlrfch they
were -,. eagerly discussed. Probably
Jairus, the distinguished, had more
than once stood furtively on the edge
of a crowd, listening to this uncon
ventional rabbi, or had peered through
latticed windows at Him as He walked
and spoke. We know that, like Nico
demus, he had become convinced of
the Messlahship of Jesus, yet, like
Nicodemus, because of his worldly
position, he had not avowed himself a
disciple. The power of Jesus over
Jairus Is a reminder to us that the
true life reaches farther than the one
who lives It ever dreams.
NATIONAL ARMY MEN AT
CAMP DODGE SENTENCED
Professed Socialists Are Found
Guilty of Refusing to
Obey Orders.
Don'f fail to attend the
big shoe sale of the entire
stock of the Kelso-Neal
.1 1 .1 1
Shoe Co. They are almost
giving them away.' Sale
starts today at 9 a.m. 704
Market Street.
"If only we strive lo be pure and true,
To each of us will come an hour
When the tree of life shall burst
into flower.
And rain at our feet a glorious
dower
Of something grander than ever we
knew."
Jairus was never so high as when
he bent low at the feet of Jesus.
Greatness always knows how' to hum
ble Itself. The urgency of love and
need had made a childlike suppliant
of this synagogue official. He be
sought the Master with earnestness
and pleading to hasten and lay healing
hands upon his dying daughter. Jairus
believed greatly. His faith, like his
love, was of a magnificent quality. As
we behold him. conventionality laid
aside, pleading for help in his sorrow,
our hearts throb in sympathy with
him. " 1
Camp Dodge. la., March It. Found
guilty by a general court martial of re
fusing to obey orders, eight national
army men from St. Paul, all professed
socialists, have been sentenced to long
terms of imprisonment In the Leaven
worth penitentiary, it was announced to
day. A. S. Broms was given twenty years
and the other seven were sentenced to
twenty-flv years confinement, all at
hard labor. The seven arei W. H. Trea
eler, It. A. Carlaon, Carl W. Johnson,
Axel W, Carlson. O unnard JohnBon,
Forris Kcmman and Nlekolaus Unpar.
Broma and Treseler were native Amer
icans. The others were born In Sweden,
but had declared their Intention to be
come American citizens.
The court-martial ends proceedings In
which the eight men had been Involved
sines shortly after June B. 1917, when
they refused to register for servlrs In
St. Paul. They were arrested, found
guilty of draft evasion and sentenced to
eight months.
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A West Point dinner and program
Is being planned for Saturday evening,
March 16. Gen. Erwln has appointed
a committee to make arrangements for
It The place and hour of the dinner
has not been arranged, but the dinner
will be at some hotel in Chattanooga.
The coat will be reasonable, and It
is tirrently desired that every graduate
and officer or civilian In the vicinity
of Chattanooga who has ever been a
cadet at West Point be present for the
dinner. It is desired that those who
have not given in their names to
phone Oglethorpe 89 and ask for Capt.
Ttow and have their names placed on
the guest Herat -an early date. It is
further honed that any one having a
suggestion to offer that will help to
make the affair a success will submit
It to Capt Row. I
NOT THE RUBY ALLEN
ON EAST EIGHTH STREET
Mrs. I. 1 Allen, who lives at 1101
Kast Eighth street wlshea to can ai
tentlon to the fact that the Ruby Allen
who was arrested for vagrancy Satur
day Is not ftr daughter, but another
Uuby. The duplication of names is
causing Mrs, Allen considerable embarrassment.
CONTRACTS TO BE
LET BY CITY BOARD
In the commissioners' meeting Tuesday
contracts will b awarded for the pave
ment Of the following streets! Bailey
between King snd Dodds; Vane avenue
between' Lyeriy and Dodds; Water street
from Broad to Pine, and will alao con
alder making asaeaaments on the follow
ing property: Georgia avenue between
ISlahth and MeCflllle, on North Market
square and McCallla, East K nd avenue
A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT FOOD
'Sim mm
r jrjgAi How difficult it was to procure ifQxi
your coal last winter. (0
ow much more difficult it was L 5j
'te c I That you can now procure
essmaaimeBHa-aaaaa-Baa -"V"
That you
LUMP
make less than 2rc
than 6ft.
can now procure
Coal that will
ash, and MINE RUN less
What a saving in your coal bill, and time in remov
ing ashes, this will mean.
That you had better be safe than sorry.
To let us enter your order tomorrow for your next
winter's coal.
"No long waits when you want it;
No short weights when you get it."
Lookout Coal Co.
9 Elizabeth Avenue
W. S. Dates, Manager Phone Main 6404
Mllford, Ta., Feb. 20. 1918.
The President The White House,
My Dear Mr. President In this crit
ical time, when it la the duty of every
American to support the government
in winning the war, I . venture moat
respoctfully to lay before you certain
facts with relation to the food supply
of our people and our allies, whose im
portance would appear to Juatify my
doing so. The study of conservation
has required me to become familiar
with agricultural problems, and I have
been in close touch with organised
farmers, in order to guard against
making any statement which might he
mistaken, either in letter or in spirit,
the substance of this open communica
tion has been submitted lo the leaders
and representatives of farm organiza
tions numbering many hundred thou
sand members, and has received their
assent, t .
The war has now entered a singe in
which the steadfastness of civil pupa-
lAtlone ranke In ImnortMiic.A u-lfh thn
fighting spirit of armies. Abundant
I supplies of food become a factor of the
first Importance in maintaining the
morale of a people under heavy stress.
Great Rrltaln, as we know, still re
lies on the United Stairs and Canada
for 65 per cent of Its eaaentlRl food
Stuffs. The Canadlnnu are moat seri
oualy handicapped In the effort to In
crease production by the lack of man
power, because they have already sent
to Europe so large) a proportion of
their men of military age. It Is well
known tnat New Zealand, Australian
and Indian wheat Is Inaccessible for
lack ot ships. The responsibility,
therefore, rests mainly upon the pec
pie of the United Btatcs. Without the
food which we alone can supply, not
only England, hut France and Italy
must lose their power to carry on the
war. "
It Is not famine were are facing In
the United states, as some have
sought to show, but a food shortage so
serious that It threatens to become de
clslve. As a man of great authority
among American farmers has said
"This war cannot be won by the forces
of clvlllratlon unless the farmers of
the United fltatea can substantially
Increase their production of foodstuff
to feed our allies and the people of
our own country.' But we are fared
with the certainty of a reduction in
stesd of an Increase unless present
conditions are promptly and radically
changed.
The farmers of the United States are
anxious to lo tneir run aircy in grow
ing more food. Their leaders have
been active In this matter for months
psat Hut they are bamperea by con
ditions which they themselves cannot
control. Farmers generally are now
facing the moat unfavorable condition
of farm InNir they have ever known,
In part because more than one-quarter
of the men who have been taken for
the national army are farmers. Th
are short of seed, agricultural supplies
snd credit, sod they declare that a
crop smaller man last years is cer
tain unlcxa these conditions are
Changed for the better.
Hhortare In production st the com-
ing hnrvest cannot i met from any
surplus h-ld In reserve. Only three
crops of our six principal grains hsv
ever been e larre as the amount by
mhlrh our reserve of these grains waa
reduced between March, III, snd
Ma.rrh.OI17. Pine then our reserve
has been allll further dlmlnlahrd. end
It has been said that wa have now
reached the bottom of he granary.
Bualneea confluence j.lav aa large a
part In the production of food na tt
does In the production of any other
commodity. Nothlnr la ao fatal to pro.
ductlon a uncertainty, tt Is a matter
of national etirnlfV-anrr thtt the great
majority of farmers are today uncer
tain aa to their bualneee Oiitlo.g.
A year ago our farmers produced
abundantly. In patriotic reajionn to
tha riucet of 'he government, but at
harvest labor was wanting. Many
fields ';f pol't'oea were froirn In tha
ground, and much com remained un
gathered. There sra farmers three.
quarter of who corn crop waa allll
In tha Add In February for want of
handa. To men of small reeourrea
aurh Moma are etarrrrlnr. The pros
ecutions of milk producem. a very
numeroiia claea of fnrniera. for seeking
prices Mch enotieh tn meet the rlalng
coat of prod'ii tlon. have also had thetr
aliare In robbing the farmera of ronfl
denre In the f it tire.
roo4 !h flr' rr.nllMon of proa-
perl- at home and uc In the war
abroad. Tlw foo1 problem !. flrt of
all. a question of pro lurtion. The at
tention 'tt Mie t i.le ration la at this
moment directed to Lh question f
building ships, but food Is prior to and
more essential than the ships to carry
It Ho alao food la more eaHential than
munitions, for without It munitions
run neither be manufactured nor usoil
in nghting.
What we need most la an Increase In
wheat and pork. But the coming crop
of winter wheat Is more than MOO.OOu
acres below the area oftlclally recom
mended to produce the crop desired,
ami its condition Dec, 1 was the low-
cat ever known. The Hrltlali food ad
ministrator has warned us officially
that "it now lies with America to da.
cine whether or not the allies In Eu
rope shall have bread enough to hold
out until the United Hlatcs Is able to I
throw lis forces Into the fluid. Yet
because of Its iow price' In relation to
corn, wheat so urgently needed
abroad, is even now being fed to live
siock in America, as to pork, the
outlook for production Is, at best un
certain, because at the present time,
snd for some time past the price of
hogs has not been high enough to
cover the price of the corn fed to them.
As a nation, we have directed our
attention mainly to saving food al
ready produced instead of mainly to
producing more food which woula
make rigid conservation neceasary.
H u rely It is better to produce In plenty
than to consume our energy In the dif
ficult tank of stretching a short sup
ply. In Europe conservation measures
have been difficult to apply, dangerous
to the morale of the people, and (abort
of actual rationing) Ineffective In pro
ducing results. The; are properly
the lust measure against food shortage.
Production Is tha first How some of
the steps which are recesssry to In-
crenae production may be taken was
Indicated by the representatives of
000,000 organised' farmera, acting
through the federal board of farm or-
ganlsntlona. In their address submitted
to you on Feb. I.
If thn foregoing Is true, then the
danger Is so pressing and the results
of the threatened food ahortage will bn
so disastrous to ua, to our allies and
to thn neutrals who depend upon ua
for food that vigorous and immediate
action for producing more food Is the
first thing needed for our own aafi I
and welfare, and for winning the war.
There is only one powor la America
abln to meet this emergency, and that
power la yourself. All Americans look
to tho president Unless you Inspire
the action needed. It will not be taken.
The time is short and the emergency
has passed beyond ordinary control.
Without your help, the scourge or a
fond shortage will fall on our ajllc
and on us. very Ileapectrully,
QIFKOKIJ riNCIIOT.
ELEVENTH CAVALRY
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CAPTAIN ARRESTED
Capt. Walter L. Bishop Held by
Police of Leavenworth on
Oglethorpe Orders.
ftper to The New )
Ixavenworth. Kn., March 11. Capt.
Walter I 1IIk). Kleventh cavalry,
wanted bv the authorities at Camp For
reaf, GeotgU, on a harg of emheiil-
merit and ahurnee without leave since
Feb. I, arrealM lt night by local
police authorlilri and la being held pend
ing the arrlvl of officers from the south
ern camp to take chars of him. Hlahop.
whose wife la a relft.nl of tbla city.
cama here erly in renruary, and fia
been with his wife's relatives sine that
time. Th local authorities received In
atructlona Haturday to be on th lookout
for th defaul'lng captain and h
spprehended laet nlaht. Ix-al aufhori-
lea received word this morning ta lake
Hi el, op to th disciplinary barrarks at
Fort tenworlh.
Don't fail to attend the)
big shoe) sale of the) entire)
stock, of tho Kelso-Neal
Shoe Co. Thcjr are almost
giving them away. Sate
tarts today at 9 &m. 7v
Market Street.
to National. Reports are expected front
the City Water company and City Attor
ney Frank Card en Is expected to make
his report on the sinking fund and
Chsrles U Hayes cases. No ether busi
ness is anticipated ether than routine
business, .
Murdered Soldier Buried v '
In National Cemetery
The body of Private Charles X
Earle, whose throat was cut by thugs,
was burled In the National cemetery
Monday afternoon at o'clock.
OFFICERS RECEIVE r
REWARD FOR ROBBER
' Chief Deputy Will Frailer and Cou
ntable Frank Hendrlx are in receipt ot
a check for fioo as reward for tne
conviction of Frank Patton. who waa
recently tried and found guilty In the
criminal court and sentenced to serve
from five to fifteen year, for highway
robbery. Patron was convicted ot
holding up and robbing Motorman
Odum and Conductor Odum on the
Chlckamauga street car line. The
street railway employes claim the man
got on the car and at the point of a
pistol robbed them of $80 in money.
The reward was paid by the streetcar
company.
TRIED TO DESERT AND
HENCE GETS THREE YEARS
tSpeclal to The News.)
Oraenvllla. 8. C. March 11. The divi
sion JudK-advocat at Camp Sevier to
day announced the conviction of general
court-martial of Prlvat Groc C Tat,
of Company B. ilTth Infantry, en a
charge of desertion. He was sentenced
to serv thre year unless competent
authority deems fit te dlacharg him
sooner. He was apprehended at Embre
ville, Tenn.
Frau Von Frledlander Fuld, daughter of the Slleslan coal kin-, la abort I v
to marry Baron Von Kuehlmann, the German foreign minister, according to
me wenin papers, in ihj frau Fuia heesme the bride of J. P. B. O. Free
man- Minora, rounn son or ixrd Rosedale. but the marriage was shortly
afterwards dlsaolved. She Is the second richest woman in Germany, being
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Edwards & LeBron. '
Special After-Inventory . ;.
Cash Sale
. 25 f to 50 f Off
On standard patterns of Sterling Silver and Piste
Patterns we are discontinuing. ,
Three patterns of Royal Doulton China 20 off.
Sweeping reductions in Special China, Umbrellas,
Leather Goods, etc.
Sterling: Silver
Francis 1. .
s Reg. Trice
Tea rtpoon., trade . ...... ....,. ..I T.DO
Tea Spoons, medium t 160
Tea Hpoons, heavy . . . .........110.50
Dessert Hpoons .....M00
Table Spoons , ,.....,,..,.,......12150
Dessert Fork IK.00
Table Fork 120.00
Table Knives flt.50
Dessert Knives 117.50
Halad Forks flS-50
Ice Cream Forks ,,.115.60
Orange Spoons ,,. ft5.no
Butter Hpreaders $12.60
Oyster Forks I I IS
Three-Plece Carving Sets M. ,136,00
Norfolk..
Itcg. Trice
Tea Spoon, trade ( t ... I 1.00
Tea Hpoons, egtra . . $10.60
Tea Hpoons, heuvy , , $12.50
Table Hpoons 132.00
Deaaart Hpoons .....11160
Table Forks $21.60
Deaaert Forks . , ,,,.$16.60
Ice Cream Forks .,..111.50
Ice Cream Hpoons $11.60
Ice Tea Hpoons . .... ................... .$!4.&rt
Two-IMece Carving Nets 1150
Two.I'lece Oumu Kits 111.00
Carmel Pattern.
Itcg. Trice Sale Price
Table Knives I1S.0O $12.00
Deeiert Knives . . I H.00 $10.M
Table Forks, heavy Ill 00 $14.00
Deaaert Forks, heavy 117.60 $12.00
Table Hpoons, heavy $31.00 14 00
Tea Hpoons, small , . ..$ 7.00 $ 5.00
Tea Hpoons, trade . , $ 7.60 I 8.50
Tea Hpoons, extra . ..,,,..,.. I 1.60 6.50
Houp Hpoons, heavy Mi. 10 $12.50 1
lea Tea Hpoons $15.00 $11X0
lc Cream Forks $1100 $ 9.00
Halad Fork '. $17.00 $11.50
Oyater Forks I I 50 $ $ 50
llutter Hpreader ,....$1150 $0.00
Itamekln Forks $1100 $ 7-50
One lot of "tetllng Hllver clutter Knives, estra heavy
weight, handaoma dealgn, regular price ranging from
$2.60 to $4.50; Hale Price .$1.00
One lot of Hfrllng Hllver Cream Ladles. Hugar rlpoons.
I'le Hsrvers, eta. ItegulSr prlrts ranging from $1.26
and $1.60, Kale Price .)
Sale Pries
$ 6.00
SAO
$ 7.00
$10.50
115.00
$10.50
$14.00
$13.00
$11.75
$11.00
$10.50
$10.50
$ $.50
$ 5.50
$18.00
Sale Tries
I 5.50
$ 7.00
I 0 ,
$15.00
11.00
, $15.00
$11.00
$ $ 50
$ 0.00
$11.00
$11.00
100
Holers Bros, and Community
Grecian, Verona, LaFayette, Georgian and
, Keg. Price
Table Knives ,. ..,.$7.00
!( it Knives .$4.09
Table Forks $5.50
Deaaert Furls $5 00
Tall Hpoona ...$109
IVeeert Hpoons ..$5"0
Tea Hpoona $2.7$
Houp Hpoons ..$4 00
Halad Forks i CO
Orange Hpoona .$1 2
Ilntti-r HpieaderS ......................... t 50
1. o Tea Hpoons $$ 7$
A. D. C'ofTre Hpoons $J "0
lloulllon Hpoons ... ....$1.00
0ater Fotka , . , II 0)
Mutter Knives ,.....$1.09
Hugar Hpoona , li 00
One special lot Ice Tea Hpoons, regular price $L?$
$1.60. Hale Price. et of
.$1.00
Plaje
St. Regis.
ale Price
$5.00
$3.7S
UM
$100
$175
$3.00
$:.oo
$4 00
$150
$2.05
$3 00
$2.50
$2.00
$100
$2.75
$ .$5
I U
and
....$1.00
Also one lot Halad Forks, regular price $l.!i.
Pii . .,
fUle
.$1.55
Hpeelal lot I'latt.ts and Meet Itsh- as follows:
I leg. Price Hale Pi Ice
On IJ-lnrh Well and Tree PrekUsi
flatter $11.69 $ e00
On 14-Inch Platter. Crap deilrn border. $17.04 000
On 20-lnch Platter, thread border $:0.00 $12-00
On 20-lnch Well and Tre Platter, thiead
border $30.M $40.00
On 20-lnrh Well and Tree Ilatter. Grape
border $i:.oe I1I0O
Edwards &LeBron