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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
WILL REPLACE BREMEN.
Germans Busy Building Another CT
pantIc Submarine.

Washington Another great trans
Atlantic merchant submarine. to take
the place OF the Bremen. sister ship OF
the Deutschland. which was lost with
all hands on her maiden voyage to the
United States. now is being built In
Germany.
Definite Information regarding tie
new vessel ia lacking
II is not known when the vessel will
he ready for her first trip to the Uni;.
ed States.
Tho Deutschland, Il was announced.
will not carry any regular mails from
the United States TO Germany on the
seturn trip. Negotiations for a trans.
Atlantic submarine mail service have
baen carried on between the German
embassy and the postotfice Depar,
ment. but the operating company has
not yet agreed 10 the service. because
Il 10 felt that the submarine service be.
ing the nature OF an extraordinary
one should command higher rate.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
IMPORTANT MEETING ,slLL ~
HELD AT NAsNylLIE-Nor.
co MEN WILL ATTEND
WILL BE IMPORTANT SESSION
Ninth Anssual Meeting Of River I'm.
proSemeat Association viii Ole
cass important Matters Par.
tanning 10 River News

Nashville, Tenn.--~The ninth annual
meeting OF che Cumberland River I'M
proyesnons Association win he held In
the assembly room at the Hotel Tu.
lane. Nov. 90. The call for the meet.
ing was issued by w. u, Myer Of Car.
thage, president Of the ASSOCIATION.
Prominent Tennessee and Kentucky
men viii be inyited TO address the as.
eociation, Including Gov, Tom c, Rye
and Gov. A. o. Stanley, Other mem
bers Of congress from both states will
be present, Several prominent local
men have been invited, among tho
number being Major Lyle Brown, u.
2. engineer In charge Of this district.
and NJ. r. Bryan.
Postmaster Il. $. shannon Is seerc-
taIy Of the association, The work Of
the association is OF great Importance.
In view OF recent Interstate commerce
rulings.
II is expected that many OF the dele
gates to the meeting win remain In
Nashville until Nov "a. when the fed
eral land loan board will meet In this
city 10 hear the claims OF Nashville
presented Tor one OF the Twelve land
loan banks TO DO established by tho
government
River improvement and the land
loan bank are bath important proposi.
tons.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
ARREATEAs
TO NIX UP IN WAR
cohrRovE Fey WITH FRANCE
oyER rtENTstN TERRITORY
MAY CAUSE WAR.
FRENCH HOLDING PRISONERS
CHINESE officiais In Deadlock with
with French Over Occupation of
Land and Prisoners Held BY
Frenh--situatIon Serious.

Now York--A possibility that China
may become involved In the world war
because Of diplomatic complications
with France over possession OF terri.
tory In T!ea.Sin adjoining the French
concession Is suggested In cable
gram from Picking made public by Pat
rick Gallagher. editor OF the Far East
era Bureau, 10 Aston Place.
According to the bureaus Picking
representative. the situation is seri.
Gus. The French charge datialres at
Picking displeased. the cable mes
sage says because the Chinese minis
try delayed In ceding 10 France half
of the 7p0,aere district in Tientsin
known as Hal Kuangse Wa author
tied the sending OF French police into
this territory on Oct. 81.
Nine Chinese policemen and citi-
sens were arrested and put In prison
This action by the French officials
called forth protest from the Chi.
nese ministry and aroused indignation
among the inhabitants OF Tientstn, the
message continues. .a
In spite OF several attempts at set,
Element. the Chinese and French su'
thorities are represented to be at u
deadlock and the men are stili In
prison On Nov. 6 the French minis.
Ter at Picking, acting In behalf OF En-
gland, Russia and Japan, attempted TO
mediate, He failed because the Chi.
nose ministry claimed lack OF time TO
prepare written memorandum of the
conference for forwarding to the
French charge d'araires,
mot only are the people OF TieHtsin
now exceedingly indignant over tho
affair" says the cablegram, but Il is
apprehended that the military classes
throughout the whole country may be
aroused to demand vigorous action In
vindlcation Of ChIna's rights"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

New York After trailing four bur
glars and giving them 70 minutes tsy
inside operations, detectives rrustra,.
cd al attempt 10 loot tAe safe IA he
olace OF the Rockefeller Institute i1
National Research.
There was sS.c0e IN the safe and the
burglars were within five minutes az
getting il when the detectives erose
IN. After \ fight, three OF the men
werc caught They described them.
selves as John vosel, john o'Br.su
and Robert Mccatteru,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Bic riaht on Bell Nss.ii.

Aus;ia. Tex At the request OF Sec
rotary OF Agriculture David r. Hons.
ton. Texas commissioner of agrscult.
are. Fred W Davis has announced
that he and his entire CORPS az assist.
ants wpald cooperate with The federal
department OF agriculture In an effort
10 proven, the spread 10 Texas OF the
pink bell worm. recognized as the
worst known pes; 70 cotton, which is
reported 10 be In Mexico.
Commissioner Davis states that he
will personally visit tae co.toaseed oil
mills o. Texas
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
sAprlsrs MAKE ANNUAL REPORT
State Mission Board Files Annual Re.
port OF Activities

Nashville, Tenn The state mission
board OF the Tennessee Baptist con-
vention has just completed IFS annual
report The total receipts for the
causes fostered by thu Tennessee Hap
list convention for the year are $751;.
secs These funds were all collected
In Tennessee. The causes represent.
ed are state, home and foreign mis-.
sions, colportAge work, orphans home,
ministerial relief. ministerial educa-
tion, Christian education, the Memo.
rial hospital and Sunday school work.
In the state mission work there
were employed this year Ga mission.
sry pastors. II associationai mission.
aries. end these have occupied 81
fields. The total numbers Of workers
was l27. and the total number OF days
lahored by all workers WAS 1878.
There were III stations supplied and
1850 sermons preached, There were
1892 conversions, i,04i bap,isms and
Lilo received into mission churches.
Three churches were organized, n
meeting houses built and 70 meeting
houses repaired, There were Il Sun.
day schools organized by missionaries
and 1915 enrolled In new Sunday
schools. There were 1862 Bibles and
Testnments sold. sos donated. i.Toh
books sold and 1.lGs.i2e pages Of
tracts distributed Religious Visits
we're made to 1852 homes, s,OSe fam.
lilies were prayed with and ESQ fam,
lilies were found without Bibles. The
total contributions OF mission churches
amounted 70 &se.724.SS.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

New York. The French line steam
er Chicago, with 20 passengers from
Bordeaux. reported as having pu, into
Fayal, Azores, with fire In her holds,
reached here. The fire was discover.
ed in the coal hunkers two days out
from Bordeaux. II spread to the bag
gage room and forward hold. where
considerable damage was done. Capt.
Mace, az q matter Of precaution. and
to allay fears of his passengers. set his
course for the nearest port. Fayal.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Teutons Are Pursued.

Bucharest txia Lapdoal ,7pEIom the
border at Western Moidavia to the
Slanic and Oltuz valleys, IN Transyl.
vania, Austro German forces are be.
Ing pursued beyond the frontier by
Roumanan troops, according to an.
nouncement of the Roumanian war Of.
flee, In the jiul valley Roumanians
have been forced back TO second line
trenches. and also have been Obliged
10 yield ground in the Ar valley.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

london Statistics prepared sy the
Irish registrar and issued by ;as gov,
9rnrlen, place the total aunber Of rien
Of military age Ia Ireland. based on
the national ,ssisystion AZ 1918. ~
SAg.Ss,, Dcdacting .45.S15 who .re
considered indispensable 10 The indus
tries OF ireland. $50, s4i who have join.
cd the army since the cuthresk OF the
war. and Nose who arc unfi; for mil
ftsry service or unavailable for other
reasons. there remains total az 1851.
fss men in Ireland now available Tor
military service.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
u. 8. Ship Seized.

New York.The seizure by British
officials In the Bahama Islands OF the
l00-ton American schooner Griswold
|. Keensy OF New York is reported by
passengers arriving here from Mas
sau. Bahamas. on The steamship Es-
peranza. They said that the schooner,
leaking. put In at Rum Cay. one Of the
Bahama group. October 81, and pilot
and constable were put on board to
take her to Nassau.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

Jackson, r enn. Eleven Shetland
ponies, the property of X. A. Hurt and
Robert Leiper. were killed by freight
train on the ~, c 4 ST. l.. railway.
The pasture where the ponies graEsd
adjoins the right OF way OF tbs rail.
road company. All but two were XIII
ed instantly. while these were 10 badly
hurt that they were killed.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
SOLDIERS VOTED
|. BIT NOT COUNTED
TENNESSEE SOLDIERS had aLL
THE FUN OF VOTING EVEN
" 'rAgy DIDN'T COUNT.
TROOPS ON BORDER PATROL
Tennessee Soldiers Are on patrot
Duty Along the sle 0rsnds This
Msek--can ons lkln Rat.
tieenakea.
Nashville.

~-SA&hvilla~
Returns are coming In from the
Tennessee soldiers now doing daty
along the border, Although they were
not allowed TO vote, an election was
held In the Knoxville and chAtranoogA
hattaiions anyway, Both were At I'D.
lneurg election day, enc going to and
the other coming from the La Gloria
rifle range. 30 Just for tha fun of the
thing. an election was held Sentiment
was almos, equally divided between
the two candidates for president. Ben.
son. the Socialis, candidate, got three
votes The Upper Tennessee hattaI.
lon hasn't been heard from YET. but It
liz believed II went for Hughes, AZ
there are two Carter county companies
In THAI battalion.
The next turn of duty for the Ten.
nesseans Is border patrol or guard
duty along the Rio Grande. The sec.
tor the regiment viii have TO guard 10
between the towns OF HldAlgo and
capota. and the regiment will begin
Its course there Friday, The regiment
will also take this duty by hattaiions.
The first battalion. went ON duty Frs.
day. and viii be relieved by the sec
end battalion next Friday, which viii
in turn be relieved by the third To
reach the river, the troops will make
a march OF about ten miles, Their
camp will be along the bank OF tho
Rio Grande. al some points right along
the waters edge and al others prob.
ably three hundred yards from the
river The men are looking forward 10
this duty with much interest. az II
Aill be their first taste Of actual guard
Or patrol duty since they came to The
border almost two months ago.
The Tennesseans aren't killing any
Mericans, but they are staying the
rattlesnakes to fare-ye-well Two
or three were killed by the members
OF the first battalion on the trip TO
the range, and couple OF MORNINGS
ago one OF the men In the Euardhouse
awoke TO find huge RATHER asleep
under hts cot. The snake vas killed
and the skin Is being held as trophy,
He wore mine rattlers.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

New York, An eighthour day has
been t1 faroe with tho Standard OF
Company of New Jersey for year, Il
vas stated here by officials OF tina,
company. When asked II the eight
hour day Eas. or would be pu, in
force In ati Standard oil nlan,s, they
said they could not speak as to tee
yrActice or intentions Of the other
eampaniea
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
crulssr Reported Aground.

Berlin. According to the Overseas
News Agency q report received from
Stockholm is to the effect that large
Russian arInored cruiser, either the
Rurtk or Grunoboi, has run aground
outside Hango, in the Gulf Of Finland.
Attempts to salvage the vessel have
been withou. success, and II is fesred
ira. size Will become wreck.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

Memphis. Tenn. The American Oah
Manufacturers Association. a national
organization, was formed here whom
about no OF the leading men In that
business elected officers. The charter
list bears the names of II different
firms.
Officers elected were: T. A. Lang.
Chicago. president. W, H. Russo. Mem.
pitts. first vice president. James ~
Starke, Memphis second vice prest
dent; X. l. Jurden. Memphis. treas
urer. A secretary will be named later.
Twenty-one directors from various
sections were elected. The home Of.
fees will be 10 this city.
The object Of the association In to
exploit oak forest products and adopt
such measures ~ will improve meth.
DDS OF manufacture and marketing th4
products.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
AMERICANS HIDING
N THE MOUNTAINS
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MINERS
At PAHRAL ELupED VILLA
AND HID IN MOUNTAINS.
ELUDED THE VILLA BANDITS
American Scout Finally Released From,
Jail NJ luarsr--WAs Held BY
Carv9nxa snd Threatened
With Execution.

vi Paso.--Ameriean and other for
sign mining men Of Parrai made their
way safely out Of that town and are
believed to be hiding In nearby rsdsa-
tains to deceive Villa bandsst.' AcSss4A.
| ing 10 4, Mexican refugee who has ar.
rived here from Parral. He said the
Carranxs troops evacuated the town
Nov. 4, and that Villa. at the head OF
his command OF coo well armed men,
rode In the following day.
villa the refugee said, made q
speech In the plaza and announced
that his chief desire was to fight the
American forces.
The refugees said be knew that r.
G. Hawkins. Jr.. Howard Gray, A. w.
Morris and Bernard Mcdonald had
left parral safely, Other Americans
known to have been In Parral and be-
iieved by him,to have left at the same
time. were DR.. A. H. Whattley and
son. DR.. T. J. Flanagan. d. +. Cowell,
w. G. Palmer and Jacob Meyer
A fight occurred at Santa Barbara
on Nov o. he reported. between the
rear guard Of Gen Herreras forces
and the villa troops, A number OF
CarranIs prisoners we're brought back
TO Parral the following day, he said,
A number Of Chinese and Arabs
were beaten by the bandits, 10 force
them to reveal the hiding place Of
their savings, the refugee stated He
also said be had received an uncon-
firmcd report that three Chinese had
been killed. Two hundred residents
OF Parral we're imprisoned. he report.
cd, adding that one French resident OF
the town who remained there was not
harmed.
Pcrshlna Scout Released.
After being In the Iuarez Jail since
Nov. T. during which time he expected
to be shot ms villa spy. Benjamin
Brahan was released at the military
headquarters In Juarex and came TO
the American side of the river Wed.
nesday.
Brahan said he knew OF no reason
why he was arrested other than the
fact that he was scout for Gen.
Pershlng In Mexico.
There IL an American scout" he
said to another officer when he saw
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Plan Bio Terminal,

New York Plans for what will
probably be the largest marine and
Industrial terminal IN the country, TO
be built al Bayonne. ~ j.. az an esti.
mated cost OF over s1,Ooo.00 were
made public here The site Is easily
accessible from New York. and one OF
tAe principal objects Of the proposed
expenditure fl 10 relieve the harbor
csasostion in this port,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
WIN Rule pohrudia.

Paris.--A dispatch = TO the Temps
from Salontkt says:
1T Is semi-oifcially announced from
Sofia that the Bulgarian government
will take over the administration Of
the Dobrudja region OF Rouman!a,
consequent upon an agreement, with
the central powers recognizing Bulga.
rtan sovereignty over the occupied re-
gion."
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
New State Corporations.

Secretary Of State II. r. an~ed has
snsued the following charters:
Comargo Coal Co. Knox county.
capital $4,000. lncorporaiors. l.. |.
Coleman. II. r. Knox, J. NJ. Thorn.
burxh, J, p. Powers. Jr., and A. J.
Bowers
Tensas Land a Lumber Co, Shelby
county; capital $4,000. lncorporst.
ors: o. r. Woodland. r. r. Rehori. G..
L, Smith, A. n. Woodland and J. v.
BruegEe.
Wiisell Brss. Manufacturing Co.
Shelly county; capital 100000. In
eorporators: n. v. Witseil, w, A. Wit
sell. Allen Hughes. Fl. N. nrawiey. J.
W. Cunningham and r. II. Hooff.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Calendar Ia Place o. riseal Year.

Washington. Substitution OF the
calendar rear for the fiscal year In
interstate accounting methods was
urged before the interstate commerce
commission AT hearing OF commit
tee OF railroad accounting officers.
approximately IS per cent OF the
railways are said TO have advocated
the change, Ia letters 20 the commits.
slon.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Americans Released,

The Hague (yia Londonl 49, Courier
Thomas Smith and the ether American
passengers on board the Dutch mail
steamer Koningin Regentes when that
vessel was taken by German subma.
rine into zeehruSse last week. were
finally permitted by the Germans 10
return 10 Holland
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Rides Miles To Vote,

Ozark. William Ailten, who
voted bis first time when Taylor
was the Democratic candidate In lsiat
rode six miles on mule to Ozark to
cast a ballot for Woodrow Wtlsoa-
Milten is SIS years old.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Governor Welcome. Social Worker.

W. r. Gross OF Chicago. secretary OF
the National Conference Of Charities
and Corrections, attended a confer
ence OF the social workers OF Nash.
vile. Mr.. Cross has held his present
position for about four years, prior to
which he was secretary Of the Mis-.
oouri State Board OF Charities. z..,.
Gov Rye and other state officials
and members OF the Davidson county
charities commission were present
The governor warmly welcomed the
visitor to our state.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
chIeks.sw Guard Gets Tumble.

An attempt ut "hroncho busting"
Sunday resulted In bad tumble and
a broken collarhone TO Harold G. Mat
tison. Memphis guardsman stationed
a, Eagle Pass. Tex. He Is resting cas-
lily at the base hospital under the
care Of army surgeons, Accounts Of
the accident which reached Tennessee
tell OF Mattison's attempt to "hreak"
an outlaw horse Madison Is a mem.
Der OF the Chickasaw Guards, and was
detailed for service as mounted scout.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Commission Asars Complaint.

The Tennessee railroad commission
heard the argument In the complaint
Of citizens OF Newport against the
Southern railway. involving the ques.
ton OF better depot facilities at tha;
place The commission has the mat.
ter under advertisement.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

81, Louisa 81. Louis woman gave
an elaborate funeral for her pet car
airy. Pete. The body was emoalmsd
and placed In an oak coffin. silk lined,
and buried in the family plot in the
cemetery With appropriate service aud
floral OFFERINGS.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Rev. f. w. Rocsr Buried.

Bristol. Tenn. The body Of the late
Rev James w Rogan, who died In
Newark. ~ J.. few days ago, was
buried al Johnson City. Tenn, with
relatives In attendance from Bristol.
More than twenty years ago
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24

Po,eau, 0kla.-Mrs Joseph HilSlrt,
living at Shady Point dropped dead
when whipping her ls.yearold son
Physicians say heart disease Superin
duce6 ~ exef,ion caused death.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Can't Agree on Law.

THE brotherhoods asked for this
conference" said MIR. Lee. We dis
eussed the application OF the law and
found that there was no basis upon
which we could possibly agree. An
other setback, besides the elimination
Of the mileage system. was the de.
termination OF the railroads 10 con.
tnue their suits 10 determine the con.
stitu,ionality OF the law"
The mileage system OF compensa.
ton, the basis OF which is the number
OF miles traversed by train crew. and
not the actual hours OF work. ID the
crux OF the new problem that a rail
road authority said may result In the
development OF a situation similar to
the one which brought .nto being the
Adamson law.
Frankly" said Chairmaa Lee Of the
conference committee. "the trouble
lies In the fact that neither the rail-
roads nor the men know definitely
how the Law should be applied. We
have our own ideas az 10 how the law
shall~zhe applied-if at alias suits
TO test rs validity are now pending.
while the brotherhoods have their
idaas"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Tennessee's Vote.

VIZ. Ta:aTns from two counties I'm.
reported and estimated aud the re-
naming "a counties practically com.
pletay the vote In Tennessee last Tues.
day was as follows:
For President Wilson 1915.
Hughes la2,3ia; for United States sen.
--McKsllar l.1 .gsa, Hooper e..
sac; for governor-R RYE i3i.s7i. Over
Ill 1887; Scr railroad commissioners
--Enlce I2e.ii2, AbernAthy s5,s4i.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
Named Alternate To Aavsi Academy.

Gallatin, Harry A. Guthrie.
son o; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T Guthrie
Of this place. has been appointed by
Congressman Corden HUI as alter.
nate Us the Annapolis Naval Academy.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-24
RAIL STRIKE NAY RESULT
Threatened Disagreement May Result
In Strike by the Train
men.

New York,--panger OF q nation
wide railroad strike, which was be
lieved to have been ayerted by the
passage OF the Adamson eight.hour
law, has not entirely disappeared. II
developed here, when representatives
OF the railroads and the four brother
hoods, comprising 100000 employed
failed to reach an agreement as TO the
proper application OF the new law.
The stumbling block, both sides ad
mitted. was the existing mileage sys
tenn OF compensation.
The announcement OF the latest
deadlock between the railroads aud
their employees came al the conclu'
sion OF an all day conference between
the national conference committee OF
the railways and the brotherhood
chiefs. which had been arranged In
September.
we met" said Elisha Lee, chair
man OF the railroad managers and the
conference. for tho purpose OF ex
changing ideas on the application and
operation OF the Adamson law. We
failed TO reach an agreement and we
are not certain that In the event OF
evasion by the railroads OF the Adam
son law summary action would be tax
en- by the brotherhoeds. He said that
the strike order, which Was directly
responsible for the law, was still In
effect, and the brotherhood would not
hesitate TO enforce II II the occasios
warranted N