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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
FRIDAY, MARCH 22. 1918.
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Chairman Hurley would build ten
15,000-ton merchantmen. Headline.
Then why doesn't he?
About all Spain can do to keep a
place in the headlines Is 'to pull off
periodic cabinet crises. , ,
If the hens refuse to furnish eggs
for Easter, then that burled hatchet
Ought to be resurrected.
Ukraine Is being" givfn .some Im
pressive lessons by the kaiser on what
it means to be Independent.
The Virginia legislature has passed
over the governor's veto a bill creat
ing three new salaried officers.
Texas Is In, the act of passing; a
suffrage bill. Is there no place under
the sun "safe for democracy?"
It Is to be hoped that commandeer
ing the little kingdom's merchant ma
rine will not get its Dutch up.
Editor Brisbane thinks it might help
some If one of tho biggest battleships
mere named the Susan B. Anthony.
Von Hertllng's recent speech seems
to have switched the Issue from
craps of paper to the question of hy
pocrisy. "Why ws take the Dutch ships" Is
an editorial headline. Beems to be
because we can't get along very well
without them.
For some unknown reason ths ur
gency and Imminence of Japanese In
tervention In Siberia are not so no
ticeable lately.
The small boy Is not lying awake at
nights worrylnV over the trouble ex
perienced in getting a sufficient supply
of castor oil beans raised.
Saturday Is thrift atamp day In
Tennessee. Vat Holism and the culti
vation of a wholesome habit are out
standing motives for a big drive.
Jackson, Tenn., can testify to the
progress of ' the government's alrplnne
program. It has seen some of the
planes sailing over It in the air.
In making tip his Itinerary for the
next liberty loan campaign, Secretary
McAdoo probably decided that Chat
tanooga would do Its duty anyway.
Perhaps Htndenburg, on account' of
the stress of his other engagements,
had forgotten about his I'arls data
until bis attention was cnlled to the
oversight
Sir Erlo Oeddes probnhly reasoned
that some time the people would bsve
to know about the submarine losses
and decided that the present was as
' good a time as any.
A rlsltor from the canal sons to
Washington declares that earth slides
are a thing of the past. It Is a mat
ter of observation that they had dis
appeared from the headlines,
Many experienced army officers
hsve now Joined ths bolshevik general
taff, which welcomes them regard
less of their politics." was a significant
item in Thundny' dispatches.
Supt. 8. W. Bherrlll takes an honest
prlds In Tennessee's hlph school sys
tem. Fine progress has unquestion
ably been made, but the development
Is Just get. ng good tnrti1.
It Is an old boast of the packers
that nothing but the squeal jf the
hogs Is wasted at their plants. Plnee
Heneyhaa taken their trail, the wast
ing f squeals Is greater than ever.
Eleven persons were said to have
been bitten by mnd dogs In Jackson
ville, in one day recently. Hut, strange
to say, while the remedy was close at
hand, not a single snake bite was re
ported. Announo.. ents that the New Tork
legislature has killed the ratification
proposal are usually folio -ed a day or
two later by the intelligence th t It
has come back to lift and must be
killed again.
The passage of Senator Gore's
amendment fixing $2.(0 a bushel for
wheat will afford a fine vantage
ground upon which to begin the agl
tatlon for a fl price. At the earn
time it will discourage the use oi
wheat by making It more difficult to
obtain-
Under ths caption of "When Patter
son Was a Democrat," the Montgom
ery Advertiser prints a coli' o of se
lections from one of for .er Oov. M.
R. Patterson's messages against pro
hibition. This will proab!y nu.ke the
Memphis gentleman more than ver
anxious to erae every trace of these
documents from the memory of man.
CANNOT SUCCEED.
Well, the big German drive has been
started. Ths grim reality Is upon us,
Von Hindenbnrg has, In the manner of
the military war lord, calmly calcu
iated that It would cost 300,000 Ger
man boys yielr lives, their limbs, or
Incapacitate them otherwise.
The Verdun attack cost him 800 .""O,
so ths eatlmata ha has made Is perhaps
iindaa- the mark. While th 800,000
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Germans are biting the dust there will
be nearly -as many, probably, of our
friends. Such is war. We coolly cal
culate th flow of blood and for what
reason? .
So that the kaiser hall be a second
Alexander. Caesar. Charlemagne or
Napoleon and hold those vast domains
which have been added to his realms
on the east.
So that he may extend hl domln
Ions over ths earth.
Because the minds of men are so
absorbed In the passion of human de
structlon that they cannjt cease and.
through negotiation, come to an agree
ment.
We do not believe the enemy can
hn.nu through on the wesi Even if
they do 'the war will not be over. It
will only hurry us to the aid of our
aora cressed allies. We shall continue
to control ths sea. If the Germans
fall, then their people must realize
that the "good German sword" cannot
bring them ths fruits of victory, and
probably revolution will occur at
home;
This great battle la the last effort of
Force to Impose itseir as ma con-
at. -
trolling factor in the destinies or uio
world. If it succeeds, It will be only
for a time; but we shall pass through
such another wretched period as did
Europe after' Frledland. If it falls,
then there will be a hope for perma
nent peace and the prompt setting up
everywhere of more democratic gov
ernments. THE AIR SQUADRON.
Soldiers of the slltles must feci
themselves bewildered when they con-
Ider the features of ths present war,
uch as they never dreamed of In the
days of their valorous exploits.
They were quite content to fight
their battles on ths lana ana on
the sen, but now destruction is
wrought from under the water, while
scouting snd skirmishing ara done
from smong the clouds. Ths following
blrdsnye view of this Inst mentioned
branch of army service Is clipped from
the Memphis News-Sclmltar:
"The fliers In the signal corps have
been designated ns 'the aristocrats of
the army." That la a mistake. Tho
flying section Is. tho most democratic
branch of the service.
"Politics may get a man 1n the
training camp, but performance alone
will get blin a commission.
"The man who delivers the goods
gets his insignia, and the one who does
not gets his discharge.
"The law of gravitation is stronger
than the recommendation of a con
gressman. The air service may be termed sn
aristocracy In the annie sense that we
speak of sn aristocracy of Intellect
but It is a democracy . that It
provides equal opportunity for all snd
awardn tho race to the swift. As In
dicated In the foregoing extract It Is
a form of work which requires full
grown men for Its successful prosecu
tion. No weakling no petted child
of fortune or politics need apply.
Men who enter the flying corps and
mnks good will not only serve their
country well, but will re trained to
meet a popular and profitable demand
titter the war. The navigation of the
air Is destined to be something much
more than a fascinating psstlme when
peace returns. It will be a distinct fea
ture of industrial and commercial ac
tivity. INTEREST ONLY IN WAR.
Our people today are thinking of
nothing but the war snd, how best to
prosecute it. This Is the big task that
we now have in hand, and until there
Is a respite we cannot lay It down. Ho
it is that Interest In local political
contests la not nearly so keen as In
former years. H will, Indeed, ha diffi
cult to arouse the people to Issues other
than those bearing on the war. We
note that In democratic Tennessee a
republican Is to be permitted to con
tinue without opposition In one of the
judicial offices In West Tennessee.
Parly lines are pretty well abandonee
and the old factional and personal dif
ferences no longer count for much.
This sentiment has ths effert of mak
ing It much the more easy for men
who are In office and who bava ren
dered fair service to be returned. In
the United Kingdom, as Is well known,
no parliament has been elected since
the war began. In France the old par
liament has held over, even thomgli
perhaps It was unconstitutional for It
so to do.
The urns of the day Indicates that
the crisis Is bring reached. The great
est tuitions of Christendom art at grips.
There Is no way out except through.
Our men are there, courageously
standing the assault. Their hltxd is
Incarnadining the soil of Fiance,
wbirli country helped to save us In the
Involution. Kven If the mind would.
It cannot be concentrated on any other
subject. It alisorts us, and the whole
eiif-rgira of the nation mentally, eco
nomically, as well as physically, ait
being drawn ti nhe for use.
ho the . i n t apathy in our polit
ical COfltrMs.
A Florida Mchange. ffsrs tv it the
report of Secretary llaker'a recent re.
treat Into a wine cellar mar stimulate
somebody's ambition to take tlie sr
secretary's place.
BUSH ON STAND. .
Without venturing to discuss the
merits of a case which Is now before
so learned and fair a Judge as Chan
ccllor Garvin it" may be remarked in
passing that Sheriff Bush; during ths
nine hours he was on the witness
stand in the case against him for
ouster made an interesting witness,
The whole record of the sheriff and hi
organization of deputies in the textile
and street car men's strikes was gons
over. After the direct evidence of ths
sheriff, in which he waa questioned by
his attorney, T. P. Shepherd, the able
assistant attorney-general, the defen
dant was subjected to a severe and
snarchlns cross-examination at the
hands of W. B. Miller, the astute at
torney for the manufacturers who have
brought the ouster proceedings, along
with the state.
As our readers know, a great deal of
feeling was aroused by "these labor
troubles.' They Involved large num
bers of employes. There was more or
less disorder, several assaults, and in
the street car strike several serious
riots. TheVhole question at issue is
whether or net the sheriff took suffl
dent precautions against such out
breaks and whether ho did his sworn
duty to enforce the law. As a witness
the sheriff was calm and collected, and
his memory of most of the events
about which he waa questioned was
apparently good. In connection with
his story of his presence at the mass
meeting at the courthouse on the night
of Sept. 10 he made a favorable lm
prcsslon, which was strengthened by
his narrative as to his participation on
Sunday afternoon following in we
effort to protect men on one of the
cars attacked.,'
Much that occurred in connection
with these labor troubles the commun
ity would like to forget indeed it
would be well to erase It from memory
and after this trial it Is to be trusted
It will go into oblivion.
' WON'T WORK BOTH WAYS.
In the following, paragraph, the
Springfield Union expresses thoughts
that are revolving through the minds
of many of the American people:
"What the ultimate consumer prob
ably never will be able to understand
why a 5 per cent Increase In the
price of hides causes an increase of 80
per cont. or more In the price of shoes,
while a 30 per cent, reduction In the
price of hides will only the shoe man
ufacturors declare cause a reduction
of about 6 cents a pair In the cost of
making a pair of shoes. It seems to
be one of the mysterious and peculiar
rules that do not work both ways."
The foregoing is not the only rule
that refuses to work both ways In these
piping times of world wnrfare. The
poor ultimate consumer runs up
against the hoads-I-win, talls-you-lose
game every way he turns. About the
only reciprocity feature of the case is
the reflection that while be is consum
ing he is at the same time being con
sumed. Nearly every form of production Is
organized, but the consumer, when the
profiteers get through with him, is left
to take care of himself. The pinch of
necessity has long existed, but It Is
not cany to jrnlly consumers Into an
effective and protective organization.
The. fact, that most consumers are also
producers enables many of them to
counterbalance the exactions of other
producers, but this remedy is not al
ways available.
The consumer belongs to an element
of society which cannot very well go
on a strike. Ha must stand and de
liver. It may not seem a very logical
proceeding, but Instances of which the
above Is but a mild example are doing
their bit In tho making otf socialists
of anarchists even. He may not be
advertising the fact, but Jones Is as
suredly paying tho freight
TENNESSEE WILL RATIFY.
Ex-tlov. lUnly, of Indiana, Interested
an audience here. last; night In the
Htntus of the prohibition movement. Al
though only a few months have elapsed
since the federal amendment prohibit
ing the manufacture or sale of Intox
icating liquors was proposed by con
gress, nine states have ratified it. An
other state has adopted the amendment
In one branch of the legislature. In
only one state has It failed Rhode
Island and In New York In the Mute,
senate It received two votes less than
a majority on a preliminary roll call.
There seems no doubt that two years
from now even the great Kniplre State
of tho Union will ratify the amend
ment.
Tho arguments for prohibition aro
strengthened by the necessities of the
war. Hlght now, with a large propor
tion of the woild threatened with tdur-
vatlon, ono hundred and ten million
bushels of grain annually are being
used lor the manufacture of beer. This
grain would furnish eleven million
rolls of bread dally. Thirty thousand
freight cars are tied up In this traffic,
while freight congestion Is puralyslng
the country. Millions of tons of coal
are being used; sugar and other ma
terials. This Is a colossal waste. It
roust be stopped. Today Tennesseans
are told they must limit their pur
chases of flour. Gov. Hanly accused
thu liquor interests of treachery to our
causa at a time when every 'otner in
terest In the country was showing pa
triotism, and be said that the president
actually ft'incd to stop this traffic, be-caut-o
f its enormous power, and abil
ity to harm the government The In
dictment he brought against the liquor
trntllo was a fearful one. The public
mind convicts It of failure to unite In
the conservation policy.
We Im lleve that when the candidates
for governor and the Irglouuuir in
Tennessee are elected this fall every
last one of them will b pledged to the
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment. Tcnm-snee baa tried prohibition.
We know Its effectiveness, and we
would not deny to any other state In
the Union the Jos and benefits of a
sober population
WOMAN AS A CITIZEN.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner has the fol
lowing account of how a woman was
able to lake care of herself and the
cause she was Interested in in a run
nlng debate with two of the country's
big men:
"Mrs, Boole, president of the Worn.
an's Christian Temperance union of
New Tork, carried off the honors at
the Albany hearing on Feb. 28. Ex-
Senator Bailey, of Texas, made an elo
quent plea against ratification of the
prohibition amendment, and Mrs. Boole
Informed the audience that the distin
guished gentleman had used the same
speech against the suffrage amend
ment before a committee at Washing-
tort.
"Mr. Gompers praised Porto Rico's
wine rooms, and Mrs. Boole informed
the audience that Porto Rico's native
population had recently voted the sa
loons out of that island.
"Mr. Gompers belittled the value of
barley as a bread grain, and said that
he had never eaten any barley bread.
Mrs, Boole replied that she had eaten
both barley bread and barley cookies
and then modestly reminded Mr. Gom
pers that Christ used 'barley loaves' to
perform one of" His miracles.
"And the liquor Interests would, if
they could, exclude woman from suf
frage they would tie her hands while
they rob her home of the children in
whom she haa Invested her life.
"The women of New Yrk vote, and
they have a worthy representative and
champion in Mrs. Boole."
Senator Bailey has declared his op
position to suffrage on the grounds
that a woman cannot perform military
service, Jury service or sheriff service,
but he will probably not add to these
the contention that she cannot make
hersolf understood in a political argu
ment He has learned better than
that He may yet Concede that, in
case of emergency, she could fill the
"man-size" Jobs which he enumerates
with about as much prowess as he has
himself ever manifested.
It was once contended, as an argu
ment against their enfranchisement,
that negroes were Incapable of intelli
gently using and defending the ballot;
and with considerable show of truth,
but such an implication of Imbecility
will not bo urged against the women.
Their quickness of perception la pro
verbial. While a man is floundering
to a conclusion, a woman has already
reached It and Is waiting for him.
Opponents of votes for women are
hardly settled In a position u .til they
are dislodged from it. women are
meeting every requirement. They are
showing that they can do nearly every
thing that men can do, and many
things which men cannot Tennessee's
senior senator Is still out of the camp,
but he is being crowded for a reason
to the adoption of that one long as
crlbed to women: "Just 'cause."
Gen. Gorges has urged .on congress
that medical officers be given- higher
rank in the army. Many distinguished
surgeons have recently entered the
army medical service. They will be
called on to direct hospital work on a
scale hitherto unknown In the army.' As
the New York Tribune says, they find
already that they are hampered espe
cially at the front in France by lack
of adequate rank, being outclassed by
line officers doing less responsible
work and by medical officers In other
Hied armies with whom they come In
contact. We are going to a length not
known In other countries In the proper
qulpment of our medical officers. Why
should they not be given recognition In
ank and pay commensurate with the
rcmemlotis service they are making
for humanity, snd sacrifices unexnm-
led among men of the highest scien
tific attainments. ,
Lord Northcllffe for a long tiTue lias
begged the British admiralty to pub
Ilsh the. figures aa'to tonnage losses,
At last tho statement has been made.
t is frightening in one sense. The do
(ruction hss been tremendous. But
he net loss, after all the building and
purchases have been subtracted, does
not seem large. However, the war
needs are greatly Increased over the
pence needs. While we have only two
and a half million tons of shipping
ess than four years ago, we are need
,ng much more. One object in pub.
ilHhlng the statement was to arouse all
he allied peoples to the need of meet
ng the submarine menace. It Is well,
ndeed, to know the facts and then to
ako such steps as are necessary.
The Jacksonville Times-Union de-
hires that material is to be sent from
'ranee to construct a trench in New
ork nnd men sent along to ocVupy
It. Tho city Is to spend $25,000 for the
construction work. Our Florida neigh
bor would like to know the excuse be
hind such a theatrical exhibition. Its
publication, however, mlcM furnish
aluable. Information t the enemy!
Humor is not entirely absent from
tho wars developments. The recent
Ir raids over Paris damaged the
property of the German emoassy,
whereupon a bill for repairs was im
mediately presented to the French
government by Germany's neutral
representative.
The Nashville Banner generously
utslts O.K. on the Tennessee ceie-
iratlon In congress the whole bunch.
This has been done several times in
so much that we fear it protests too
much. The people may discriminate.
Even If Col. George Bailey were not
oval, which he t. the constitution
prohibits cruel and excessive punish
ment. The Texas legislature should
ave a heart In passing so many
bone-dry measures.
Saturday Is wnr savings stamp day.
Nothing is finer than an exhibition of
thrift at this time. let every patriot
moke the utmost sacrifice fvr bis be
loved country.
'SATISFACTION
OVER WAR NEWS
First Round of Violent Fighting
Appears to Have Gone in
Entente's Favor.
-SOLICITATION ATTENDS
COMMENCEMENT OF DRIVE
London, March 22. "We are
now entered on a decisive bat
tle for general peace," says the
Taegllche Rundschau, of Ber
lin, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Co
penhagen, in announcing thatj
the commencement of the Ger
man offensive in the west is
received with great felecitatlon
by the German people who
will follow It with feverish In
terest. The newspaper adds: -"A
single combat between En
gland and Germany, which is
to decide the. war, our future
position in the world, and
whether the Anglo-Saxons
shall continue to press, their
will on the world, opened to
day."
London, March 22. The eagerly
awaited British official statement of
today, which was expected to give fur1
ther details of the tremendous fight'
ing indicated in last night's reports,
was read with great satisfaction in
sofar as it revealed that ths enemy
had been held and had suffered great
losses.
If this turns out to be the great
German offensive that has been pre
dicted, the preliminary round appears
to have gone in favor of the entente,
although, as the official report points
out, further heavy lighting is still to
be expected.
Tho tremendous artillery duel was
heard more distinctly man ever in
Kent laBt night Houses were contin
ually shaken as the result of the vio
lent concussions.
View in Washington.
Washington, March 22. American
military observers, already having cast
their doubts on whether the German
drive begun yesterday really heralds
the long expected German offensive,
were closely scanning the official dis
patches today for evidence to support
their view that the German onslaught,
terrific as it may be, really is the fore
runner of some other movement.
There is a marked tendency among
American army officers here not to ac
cept the present movement as the real
offensive until it Is more fully demon
strated. Despite announcement from London
that tho German war machine Is at
tacking on a wider front than ever be
fore attempted In the west there is a
distinct feeling that the move may
not prove, more than a gigantic demon
stration to overawe European neutrals
or cloak some other purpose" Germany
has in mind.
May Be for Effect.
American observers think that the
military situation in France is against
the probability of a real German of
fensive at this time. The view pre
vails that Germany now would hardly
stake the Issue of the war on a 'des
perate drive against the all but im
pregnable allied line in the west
Reports from Holland that Germany
semlotllcinlly has inade a peace offer
to tho entente, coming at the same
time as the attack, engaged immediate
attention. Although there was noth
ing to confirm the reports, it was
pointed out that the threat of (nrman
guns may be for its errect on tne peo
ple of England and France. Some see
Bignillcance in the fact that the drive
follows closely on the seizure of Dutch
shl pa in American and British waters.
Supreme confidence is expected on
every hand, however, in the allies'
ability to arrest the Germans even
should the attack, now reported under
way from I-a Fere to the Scarpe, prove
to be the grand offensive.
hrWELVE ADDITIONAL
DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Washington, March 22. Twelve
additional deaths as a result of
the collision between the destroyer
Manley and a British man-of-war
March 19, were announced today
by the navy department.
This brought the death list to six
teen. John C. Holmes, carpenter's
mate, of Boston, Mass.. was one of the
twelve men reported killed today. Tho
names of the eleven others have not
been received. i
It was announced aleo that ten
men not reported yesterday also
were injured. All of those hurt
were reported doing well.
Injured Named Below.
In addltfon to those previously
reported the following Injured have
been landed and sent to the hos
pital: Kinle P. Nelson, electrician, Wa
terloo, la.
William J. Luckock, gunner's
mate, Newport, R. I.
Isaac Higgs, mess attendant,
Norfolk. Va.
Charles D. Dwlght, seaman. Chi
ca to.
William A. Johnston, ship's cook.
North Portland, Ore.
John I.eo Cardln, fireman, Wll
klnsonvllle, Mass.
Edward F. Russell, seaman,
Natiek. Mass.
Frederick Hanson. Coxswain,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Kirk W. Morse, chief gunner's
mate, fnohomish. Wash.
Charles William Cagle. fireman,
Monroe. Okla.
The man reported In the list of cas
ualties issued yesterday as Richard S.
G&llman. seaman, seriously injured,
was Richard E. Gallman. His emer
gency address was Trough, S. C la- :
l.aii nf '"Troth."
The navy department's advices did ;
not make it clear whether the add!- j
iionsl men reported dead were killed !
at the time of the accident or whether
they died later of injuries.
An Irtth Pert. March 22. The bed- j
its of three men from the American ;
destroyer Manley have been brought j
here to be embalmed for rtmoOal to j
America.
Fire broke out In the after rart of
the Manley and the .Irpth charge kept
there was Immediately thrown over
board In the hope thnt the vessel
would steam clear. The explosion.
however, blew off th after part of the
vessel. Several survivors were landed
and are now in a hospital.
Announcement was made In Wash
ington yesterday that an officer and
three men on the Manley had been
killed and eleven others Injured by the
explosion of, a depth charge on the
destroyer caused by a collision In the
war cone on March 1 with a British
warship. . t
TWO CATHOLIC PRIESTS
EXECUTED IN BRUSSELS
London, March 22. The exscution
in Brussels of two Roman Catholio
prists on the charge of espionage is
reported in an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam.
Eight ether priests, ths dispstch
says, have been sentenced to impris
onment at hard labor for life at Brus
sels on the charge of espionage.
EXCELLENT SCORES
BY ARTILLERYMEN
Greenville, S. C, March 22. Brlg.
Gen. G. G. Gatley, commander of the
Fifty-fifth field artillery brigade, who
haa been at the military range since
the Second battalion of the 114th field
artillery went there FriJay, paid Camp
Sevier and Greenville a hurrieu visit
yesterday. While here he fou id time
to say that things at the range were
going along nicely, and that nothing
could be C .sired. It is expected that
the Second battalion will be replaced
by the first In about ten days.
Firing was commenced Monday, ac
cording to schedule, although but few
shells were thrown on fit day. The
full program calls for 400 rounds per
day, 100 shots from each of the four
3-inch guns making up the battery
which was taken to the range. Time
fuse shells are being used, and the
firing has been at distances as great
and greater than 6,000 yards. Indi
rect firing has already been per
formed, the crews laying the guns on
observations sent In from observation
posts located at a distance. Excellent
scores have been made, twelve of the
twenty shots fired on the very first
day being direct hits.
THIRTY GERMAN SOLDIERS
KILLED IN EXPLOSION
London, March 22. Thirty German
soldiers were killed and more than 100
others injured and 500 munition wag
ons wire blow ftp by an explosion at
the Nevrignies station near Mons, Bel
gium, according to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Amsterdam, filed
yesterday.
The Germans had stocked enormous
munition trains under camouflaged
sheds at Mevrignies.
Motion to Evacuate
Aland Islands Is Lost
Amsterdam, Thursday, March 21.
The main committee of the Ger
man reichstag has voted, 12 to 10,
afralnst a motion of the independ
ent social democrats to evacuate
the Aland islands and not inter
fere with the Internal affairs of
Finland by the dispatch of troops
and the supplying of arms.
FARM LABOR PROBLEM
NOT GOVERNMENT ONE
Washlnrton. March J2. The pri
mary responsibility for furnishing la
bor for tho farm this year is com
munity and not a governmental one,
said Clarence Ousley. assistant secre
tary of agriculture, in a statement last
nlRht on women working; on farms.
"No agency of the government," he
said, "can create labor laws to compel
men to pursue any particular voca
tion." He urged that women seek to re
place men in cities at brief intervals to
enable the men to work on the farms
during the cultivation and harvesting
season, pointing; out that "it should be
understood that the man power of the
country Is not yet exhausted and that
except for certain liprhter tasks, men
are better adapted than women for
farm work."
AERIAL RAID RESULTED
IN ENORMOUS DAMAGE
Geneva, Wednesday. March 20. In
formation has reached Basel that the
Rrltlsh aerial attack of Monday upon
Mannheim, Germany, did enormous
damage In the city, cnuslnr several
furious fires, which raped for many
hours, especially in the vicinity of the
railway station. A powder factory
and a s;as plant are reported to have
exploded. The population, according;
to these advices, is panic-stricken and
many persons are leaving town and
polnsr to Switzerland, especially worn-
en ana cnnaren. in. pumn uriumu
press is continuing: its campaign
against aerial reprisals, but the F.er
lin government Is declared to show
no disposition to negotiate.
CADET KILLED IN TEXAS
Plane Crashes to the Ground.
Michigan Man Dies.
Fort Worth, Tex., March 22.- A
Roval Flvlng corps cadet was In
stantly killed at Taliaferro field near
here yesterday when his plane fell
several hundred feet. Details of the
crash and the name of the victim
were not obtainable at R. F. C. head
quarters. Wichita Fails. Tex.. March 22.
John Ieschnmis. of Detroit, Mich., an
aviator cadet, who was Injured inter-
nally two weeks ago when hla aero
plane fell several hundred feet at
Call field here, died yesterday St the
camp hospital. He was 24 years of
aire.
P05T T0A5TI ES
Best of Corn JFoods
rpi Save
ViJ Fuel
Wheat
OCHAKOV TAKEN
BY HUN INVADERS
London, March 22. The Ger
mans have occupied the city of
Oehakov, on the Dnieper estuary,
forty-one miles northeast of
Odessa, Reutsr's Petrograd corre
spondent reports.
Berestb Wanfryman
Commits Suicide
An enlisted man of the Eleventh
infantry, sick at the base hospital,
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid Friday afternoon. Reason
for the act Is supposed to be despond
ency, Induced by ill health. His -name
was not available from hospital re
ports. British Miners Accept
Government Proposal
London, March II. It Is under
stood that the miners' federation
has accepted the government's pro
posal regarding the combing out of
men for military service.
Uric Acid in Meat
Brings Rheumatism
8ays a little Salts in water may
save you from dread
attack.
Rheumatism is easier to avoid than
to cure, states a well-known authority.
We are advised to dress warmly;
keep the feet dry; avoid exposure; eat
less meat; drink plenty of good water.
Rheumatism is a direct result of eat
ing too much meat and other rich foods
that produce urio acid, which la ab
sorbed Into the blood. It Is the func
tion of the kidneys to filter this acid
from the blood and cast it out In the
urine; the pores of the skin are also a
means of freeing the blood of this im
purity. In damp and chilly cold
weather the skin pores are closed, thus
forcing the kidneys to do double work,
they become weak and sluggish and
fall to eliminate the urio acid, which
keeps accumulating and circulating
through the system, eventually settling
In the joints and muscles, causing stiff
ness, soreness and pain called rheu
matism. At the first twinge of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about tour
ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoon -ful
of in a glass of water and drink be
fore breakfast each morning for a
week. This is said to eliminate uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys to
normal action, thus ridding tho blood
of these impurities.
Jad Salts is Inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes
fand lemon juice, combined with lithia
and is used with excellent results hy
thousands of folks who are subject to
rheumatism. Here you have a pleas
ant, effervescent lithia-water drink
which helps overcome urio acid and is
beneficial to your kidneys as well.
(Adv.) "
Girls! Use Lemons!
Make a Bleaching,
Beautifying Cream
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a whole
quarter pint of the most remarkable
lemon skin beautifler at about the cost
one must pay for a small jnr of the
ordinary cold crea.ms. Care should be
taken to strain the lenton Juice through
a tine cloth so no lemon pulp gets :n,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman know that
lemon Juice Is used to bleach and re
move such blemishes as freckles, sal
lowness and tan and Is the ideal skin
softener, smoothener and bea' tifler.
Jut try it! Get three ounces of or
chard white at any pharmacy and two
lemons from the grocer and make up a
quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage It dally Into
the face, neck, arms and hands. It
naturally should help to soften,
freshen, bleach and bring out the roses
and beauty of amy skin. It Is siftiply
marvelous to smoothen rough, red
hands. (Adv.)
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tried it say they will never do with
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The nap of your carpet Is not -affected
when CLE A NO is used.
Try a 50e can and be convinced
that CLEANO will do all we claim
for it.
After using, half of the can. If
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