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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-20
GERMANS MAKE ATTACK.
uation, the chancellor said.

((By Associated Press)
Paris, July 20--The Germans made
general attack last night on the
whole sector on the Aisne front be-
tween Craonne and Vauclerc, using
large bodies of troops. The war Of
fee announces that the French with
stood the furious assaults and main
tained their positions. everywhere it is
generally believed. The French posi-
tions are streaming with dead.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-20

will be expected to. have before it a
comprehensive plan TOR the practical
study Of thrift in the schools OF
America. "''
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-20
ARE DRAWING THOSE TO FIRST
TAKE THEIR PLACES in RANKS
Numbers Being Drawn Today in Washington
Hundreds From Lef1ore County Are Listed
Many of The mNegroes.
AAAAAA
(By Associated Press)

normal districts Of three to ten thous-
and registrants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
THREE CENTS TO MAIL A
LETTER UNDER new Law

lcents charged on parcel post pack.
lages. u
There are new set Of taxes on
estates over $4,000, reaching 10
Iper cent on $1,000,000.
Yachts pay so cents to 81 pei
linear foot, and moter boats S.
each.
Sporting goods and cameras
pay per cent, toilet articles, pat
emit medicines and chewing gum
pay 2 per cent Of the wholesale
price.
Tickets to admission to all kinds
of amusements pay 1 cent for each
ten cents Of the price. Taxes dc
mot apply to movies where charge
Is 5 cents or less, or to other ten
cent shows.
And to wind up, there are a host
Of stamp taxes on all kinds of doc
uments, the mere enumeration OF
which would occupy an entire
column.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15

The income and excess profits
provisions do not begin to cover
the multitude of taxes imposed by
the new revenue bill.
In the first place there is an ad-
ditional 4 per cent corporation
tax" which must be paid by every
corporation upon the amount OF Its
net income.
Then there are internal revenue
taxes of $1.10 and $2.10 a gallon
on distilled spirits, $3.50 a barrel
on beer, s to 20 cents q gallon on
sirups for soft drinks, cent q
gallon on grape Juice, soft dranks,
near beer" etc.
Cigars are taxed from Is cents
to 81 per 1000, depending on
duality, with a tax Of 81 per 1000
| on the five-cent variety. Cigar
cites are taxed s to IL cents pei
hundred.
Tobacco Hit
Tobacco pays s cents q pound
and cigaret papers 1 cent a hun
dred.
lHeu LuoTC dIC tn0 sIuh0pOAtor
ton taxes, 3 per cent on all freight
bills, / cent on each 20 cents OF
express bills, 8 per cent on pas
senger Jackets and 10 per cent on
Pullman car charges, and 5 cents
ON each telegraph or telephone
message costing over 10 cents.
|. On all jewelry, autos, motor.
cycles, piano-players, monographs
and records in future per cent Of
the sale price. New life insur.
ance policies pay cents for every
hundred dollars OF face value or II
under $500 40 per cent of frs
weekly premium, and all other new
insurance policies l cent for eacf
dollar of the annual premium.
Letter Rates Raised
After 80 days the postal rate OF
all letters, except drop letters vii
be 8 cents, and there will be al
extra charge Of cent for each q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15

thirty million feet of lumber
= much Is the first order for the
Camp Lewis construction--costiag
n s 90 % 00--more money than
31f the lumber used at the camp
has been ordered by the Foun-
1stlon Co. from the Pacific Ma
11ennl Lumber Co. Of Tacoma, to
~ 6olivered in five months.
& d said to be the largest or
~ ever given BY 9 single con-
era 20 one company.
n ~ Foundation Co. will use the
nmber n the construction OF 70
1t66oh vessels for the French
1oy1(nunent
NJ shall distribute the order
o1hone Various mills." said e. W.
|onnreot, president Of the Pacific
11nllona1 Lumber Co.. Saturday,
- our own could not handle Il
"a 0ub-confroc1s will be placed
- Ioccno and Pierce county -
i v estinassd The monthly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
1000 AT CAMP
STUDY FRENCH

Every consideration is to be
shown drafted Sammies who wish
to learn French. An order posted
Monday at Camp Lewis provides
that ample time for study be al
lowed all men studying In night
classes organized by the Y. M.
G. A.
At present 1000 men are en-
rolled for this work, and many
new classes are being formed.
The Y. M. G. A. also is teach
ing English for the benefit of for
eign-born Sammies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
l3l MORE ARE
DISCHARGED

One hundred and 81 more
drafted men were discharged
Monday at Camp Lewis on recon-
mendations Of army physicians.
This and other daily patches let
off for physical disabilities indi-
Gates that fully 10 per cent of the
three first quotas will be dropped.
Army physicians criticise Paci-
fic coast examining boards Sc
verely for what they term ineffi-
cheney in passing these men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
COAST
VESSEL
SUBBED

(unite0 freDs Leased WIre.D
NEW YORK. Oct. 16. - The
American steamer Lewis Lucken-
back, which left Puget Sound last
spring, has been summarized off
the French coast and nine Of her
crew are missing, according to in
formation received today by the
owners here.
The Lewis Luckenback was In
command of Captain Adams. She
was built at Camden, N. j., In
1909, was 355 feet long and her
engines were able to develop 5000
horsepower.
The boat left San Francisco
April 28 for Puget Sound where
she took on cargo for trip thru
the submarine zone.
The Lewis Luckenbeck former
ly was operated in the trade be-
tween Alaska and Tacoma aud
Puget Sound ports. Three, or
four. years ago she made frequent
visits to this port.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
Losses Not So Heavy

AS losses by submarines during
the last few weeks have been only
from IL to Is vessels per week, Il
will be seen that, at the present
rate of sinkings, our new con.
struction will, by early sprinN
virtually offset losses.
In addition to these deliveries,
however, which are OF new vessels
contracted for by the Fleet Cor
poration, there will, in the mean
time, be moving into service some
400 vessels under contract and
building in this country for pri-
vate individuals and foreign COZ.
porations.
These have been commandeered
on the stocks by the government
and are being rushed to compile
ton as United States vessels. Sew
eral of these already have left the
ways and are being QUILTED.
What u. 8. Is to Get
These Communicated vessels,
and the new construction of the
French and British governmental,
are expected to offset losses BIZ
submarines during winter months,
when the subs operate at a handi-
cap because Of rougher seas and
shorter days.
Vessels now on the ways or UNI
der contract for Uncle Sam In
clude:
Four hundred vessels com.
Wandered in course of con.
struction; to give 2,8OO,OOO
tons.
Three hundred wood YES.
sells, of the original Denman
program; to give 1,253,0OO
tons.
Fifty-eight composite yes.
with steel frames
Ito give 100000 tons.
Two hundred and twenty.
five fabricated steel vessels to
give 1908, 900 tons.
This. latter type Of ship IA
counted on to furnish the greatest
additional strength to our ship
ping resources.
These fabricated ships have
now been standardized in three
sizes--9000 tons, 1900 tons and
5000 tons. Contracts for addi-
tional vessels of this type will be
let Just as soon as vessels now
under way near completion SO ar
to provide more room in ship
yards.
Want 200 More
The Fleet Corporation is ready
to let contracts for these vessels
up to 200 OF each size.
These vessels will be driven nv
turbines and equipped to burn fuel
|oil. This will give them greater
cargo capacity, greater speed and
lower cost of operation than the
lordinary coal burning tramp. {
That the shipping program. az
now laid out, vii enable this coun-
try to block the effectiveness Of
Germany's submarine Campaign.
10 confidently believed in official
circles here. This result. 81
course, is due very largely to the
greater effectiveness Of our war
fare against the subs, and to the
fact that every American vessel
now crossing to England or France
|is under convoy thru the submar
rine zone. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
BAD COLDS? TAKE
"cASCA REFS" FOR
| BOWELS TONIGHT
They're fine! Lven your
liver and bowels and
clear your head.
No headache, sour stom-
ach, bad cold or consti-
patton by morning
Get a 10-cent box.

Get lucent DOx.
Colds-whethe in the head or
any part of the body-are quick
ly overcome by urging the liver
to action and keeping the bowels
free of poison. Take Casoarets
tonight and you will wake up
with clear head and your cold
will be gone. Casoarets work
while you sleep; they cleanse
and regulate the stomach, Ne
move the sour, undigestad food
and foul gases; take the excess
bile from the liver and carry off
the constipated waste matter and
poison from the bowels.
Remember the quickest way to
get rid of colds is one or two Cas-
carets at night to cleanse the
system. Oct q 10-cent box at
any drug store. Don't forget the
children. They relish this Candy
Cathartic and 1t Is often all that
Ii needed to drive o cold from
their little systems.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
u. S. LEADS AS
SEA CARRIER

CONTINUED From Page One.)
sured by his own war risk bureau,
and all new construction will be
on his order.
Means Lower Rates
Private owners, continuing to
operate their vessels, will do so
solely under government direction
and control.
Relief of French munitions con-
gestion on piers in this country,
more efficient operation for war
purposes and lower freigh rates
on overseas trade are among the
first results expected from the
requisition order.
Actually, present operation of
the merchant fleet will be dis
turbed little. A government
chartering commission in New
York city and a transportation bu-
reau under Edward Garry in the
shipping boards offices in Wash
ington will handle the details Of
official regulation. .
bcSlu OuH.
Despite the disputes that ham,
pered progress during the first
few months of the war, a great
American merchant marine is rap
idly taking shape.
The first of the new vessels
contracted for by the Fleet cor
poration will be ready for delivery
before Jan. 1.
A few deliveries will be made
In February and March. With
the coming of April the new units
of the shipping fleet will begin to
come in quantities sufficient to
make their presence felt. More
than 40 vessels are under contract
for delivery in April, an equal
number in May, and the-number
increases rapidly each month from
May till November, 1918.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
AMERICAN KILLED
(United Press Leased Wire. }


LONDON. Oct. 15.-One Amer
loan was killed and q second Sc
riously wounded by shell fire from
a German submarine against their
boats as they were leaving tor
pedoed steamer, 1t was announced
today. The American killed was
James Fringer. Frank Donoghue
was wounded. Ten other Ameri-
cans, members of the crew of the
steamer, escaped.
Two Englishmen, members of
the vessels crew, were also killed
by the submarines gunfire, d.
rected with apparent deliberate in
tent. The name of the ship
which was torpedOed was not an
nounced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
EXPLOSION!


CAMDEN, N. j., Oct. 15.-
Camden was shaken by terrific
explosion this morning. Cooper
hospital received telephone
message from the Dupont Powder
plant at Gibbstown, N. j., saying
an explosion had occurred in the
switch light building and to
make ready for victims.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
TOO UNSETTLED
FOR EMPEROR KARL

ROME, Oct. 15.-Emperor
Karl of Austria has abandoned his
plan for a visit to Sofia, Bull
garia, owing to the serious inter-
nal situation there due to food
shortage, according to reports re-
ceived here today.
Dispatches late last week report
ed the German kaiser in Sofia for
q visit with Gear Ferdinand.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
SLOVAK SOCIETY
BUYS SECOND BOND

Tacoma assembly All, National
Slovak society. Sunday voted 5000
to buy a second Liberty bond.
John Lesko, who spoke on the
Liberty loan, Andrew Hreha and
John Soltis, were appointed a
committee to buy the bond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
sHIPYARD STRIKE
BEFORE U. s. BOARD
tUnited Press Leased wire.)

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 15.-
The federal shipyard adjustment
board began its efforts to end the
Willamette and Columbia river
shipyard strikes here today. En-
ployers and representatives Of the
men appeared before the board
this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15

Following is tho final arti-
Gle of q series by Manly de-
scripdve Of the provisions Of
the great war tax law recent
~ enacted by congress:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
Y. II. G. A. AT CAMP
HOLDS SERVICES

Services were held in the Y. M.
G. A. buildings at Camp Lewis
Sunday, and mass was celebrated
at knights of Columbus hall at
8 a. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
FOUNDATION CO. GIVES
LARGEST LUMBER ORDER

payroll OF the Foundation Co. will
amount to nearly 100000 when
the plant is fully under way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15
WASH. BOYS
in MONTANA

OUnited Press Leased Wire.)
BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 16.--Eight
hundred coast artillerymen from
Washington today relieved Mon
tsna guardsmen who have been
stationed at Butte, Anaconda and
Helena during the labor troubles.
The Montana troops will leave
Immediately for an unannounced
destination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15

Clsarines .........s1.14s,7ss.61
B11ancee ......... 114,le6e3
TfanGactions ...... 2,1es,s36.3s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-15

CONTINUED From Page One.)
sured by his own war risk bureau,
and all new construction will be
IN hia order
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29

being a nome mo year ROUND There
isn't any boat"
"No boat!"
"Not a sign Of one, that can ind
except this wreck" She indicated the
catboat.
"But you can't do anything with
this" he expostulated.
The deep, wide break In Its SIDE
placed 1t beyond consideration, even
If It should prove possible to remedy
It's many other lacks.
"No. The people who live here must
have boat saw a mooring buoy out
there"-with q gesture toward the wa
ter. "Of course. Hew else could they
get away?"
"The question is, how we are to gen
away" he grumbled, mOrose.
you'll find the way" she told him
with quiet confidence.
81! I'll find the way? Howf"
st don't know-only you must. There
must be some way of signaling the
mainland, some means of communica-
ton. Surely people wouldn't live here,
cut off from all the world Per
haps we'll find something In the farm
house to tell us what to do. | didn't
have much time to look round.
wanted clothing. moStly-and touno
these awful things hanging behind the
kitchen door. And then wanted
something to eat, and l found that
some bread, not too stale, and plenty
of eggs in the henhouse. Ana
you-you must be famished"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
OLD MINE RADIANT CAVERN
Shafts in Thuringian Forest F'iisd
With Stalactites Are eeauti.
full Sight.

An old abandoned mine near Saal-
field. In the Thuringian forest, which
in the time of Luther was worked for
silver, "copper" alum and vitriol. has
been discovered by Berlin geologist
to have developed into one OF the most
beautiful caverns. In the course OF
centuries the water percolaang
through the minerals has built up
throughout the mine wonderful
labyrinth of stalactites and atAlag-
mites. thrown together with d profu"
sion and brilliance of color which 10
said to be without parallel.
Deep green's vivid blues, the purest
white. yeliows Of all shades-in fact,
the entire scale of color Is reproduced
over and over again, and yet the col
ors melt into each other SO gently
that nowhere is the impression OF dis
agreeable contrast produced.
Although unknown before the war,
this fairy grotto has already become
famous among the scientific men OF
Germany. The aged Haeckel has had
himself carried through it In his In
valid chair, and has agreed with other
scientists that it is the most remark
able natural curiosity in Germany.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
Portable Medicine Chest.

The cartridge belt medicine chest Is
for use in peace as well as in war, but
1t is especially intended for hunters,
prospectors and such persons who
have need for remedies, but who can
not be burdened with chests and SINH
lar bulky paraphernalia. 1t has been
devised by DR.. Otto Sommer Of Seat
tie, Wash. The belt is made Of cam
vas or leather, as desired, and it has
numerous compartments for walls con-
tanning medicine, just as cartridge
belt has for the cartridges. When
person wearing the belt wishes to
take shot at some internal disorder
he plucks medicinal pellet from the
belt and swallows 1t. If relief does
not come he plucks another Of diff
ferent kind until his medicinal ammu-
milton is depleted. At this point he
dons another belt fully loaded and re-
peats the operation. The inventor
SAYS the belt is useful on long walks,
trips and on horseback expeditions.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29

him. For an instant he had both her
hands, warm and womanly, In his
grasp, while she rose by his aid, and
for an instant longer-possibly by way
of reward. Then she disengaged them
with gentle f1rmness.
She stood beside him so tall and fair,
so serenely invested with the flawless
dignity of her womanhood that he no
longer thought of the incongruity OF
her grotesque garb.
you've been up theref" he asked,
far too keenly interested to scorn the
self-evident-
She gave a comprehensive gesture,
embracing the visible prospect "All
over. When woke. thought
surely went to see, found
nothing living except the sheep and
some chickens and turkeys In the farm
ward. And the farmhouse-spparently
it's ordinarily Inhabited. Evidently
the people have gone away for a visit
It Eiyes the impression Of
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
On the Level.

At the Players club in New York
they were discussing the English poet,
Alfred Moves.
"Poor Noyesy" said an editor. "He
used to make poetry pay, but the war
has created q slump In the poetry mar
ket, and to get along today NOyes Is
writing advertising jingles. What a
come down, eh?"
"A come DOWN." said critic, his
eyes twinkling humorously behind his
pince-nez. "Humph. What kind OF ads
is he writing"
Sausage ads" said the editor.
"Then." said the critic, "its no
come down. Noyes always did write
doggerel."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
sInneritx of True Forgiveness.

On the Chinese New Year old debts
ore maid, old enemies are reconciled.
II is recorded in "The Memoirs OF Ii
Yum Lung" that two notorious adver-
saries, Blu Nko and Chang Chong Hong,
met formally on New Years day,
shook their own hands-the artless
custom of Cathay-and were profuse
in their utterances of good will. The
SPECTATORS were edificed. Going out Of
the door, Blu. glaring, says to Chang.
81 wish you the same you wish me-"
"You want to begin again, do your
asks Chang, 'livid with rage" This
anecdote teaches us the sincerity OF
true forgiveness.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It worked
from the first bottle, so I took second
and third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now ] ann
Just as well as any other woman. I ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me. -
Mrs. ELSIE j. VAN DER SANDE, SO No!
York ST., Paterson, N. ].
Write the Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confdential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
- I'D you ever risk your life
and come within a breath
IF loeino IL NuhiIe frvino to

~lD you ever risk your life
and come within breath
of losing it while trying to
save a friend? There is
mighty thrilling episode pictured
in this instaIIment.
Taking up the thread Of the
story, you will recall that Hugh
Whitaker, returning to New
York five years after his sup
posed death. finds his wife, now
a famous actress known as
Sara Law, engaged to marry
Drummond, his old partner.
Drummond supposedly commits
suicide. Sara Law disappears.
Whitaker, assaiIed mysterious
ly, goes to the country place Of
Martin Ebmer.
He becomes acquainted with
charming Miss Fiske, living near
by, and discovers spies are
watching her. One night she is
abducted in a motor boat when
Whitaker starts to make a call.
He follows the kidnapers in an
other launch and sees their boat
wrecked on a reef.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-29
CHAPTER XIII.
---15--.
Debacle.

The Trouble, meantime, was closing
in upon the scene of tragedy with little
less than locomotive speed. Whitaker
applied the reversing gear; then, while
the engine reversed with q heavy and
resentful pounding in the cylinder
heads, he began to strip off his coat.
The boat, moving forward despite the
resistance of the propeller, drove
heavily against the wreck, broadside to
it's stern. AS this happened Whitaker
leaped to the wreck just in time to
grasp the coaming and hold on against
the onslaught Of a hurting comber
Thunderings benumbed him, and he be-
gan to strangle before 1t passed. =.
He found himself filling his lungs
with free air and fighting his way to-
ward the cabin doors through the wa
ter waist deep. In another breath he
had torn them open, wide, discovering
the woman, her head and shoulders
showing above the flood as she stood
upon a transom, near the doorway,
-grasping a stanchion for support. Her
eyes met his, black and blank with ter
ror. He snatched through sheer in
stinct at circular life preServer that
fioated out toward him, and simultane-
ously managed to crook an arm round
her neck.
Again the sea buried them beneath
tons of raging dark water. Green light
nlngs flashed before his eyes, and in
his ears there was a crashing like the
crack of doom. His head was split
ting, his heart on the point of breaking.
The wave passed on, roaring. He could
breathe. Now If ever
As If stupefied beyond sensibility,
the woman was passive to his hand
ling and he managed somehow to drag
her from the cabin to the cockpit and
to lam the life ring over her head and
under one arm before the next wave
bore down upon them.
They came to the surface in the hol-
low of q deep, gray swale, fully fifty
feet from the wreck. Whitaker re-
tanned his grasp of the life-preserver
line. The woman floated easily in the
support. He fancied CLEAN of live
Iier consciousness in her staring eyes,
and noticed with a curiously keen feel
ing of satisfaction that she was not
only keeping her mouth closed, but had
done so, apparently, while under water.
Then suddenly. the lift of wave dis
covered to him the contour of the
shore. Instead of being carried In to
the rock-strewn beach, they were in
the grip of a backwash which was
bearing them not only out of immedi-
ate danger, but at the same time along
shore toward a point under whose lee
he hoped to find less turbulent condi-
tons.
Three times he essayed to speak be-
fore he could wiring articulate sounds
from his cracked lips and burning
throat.
You all right7"
She replied with as much difficulty:
"Yes you may let
60 :"
To relax the swollen fingers that
Erasped the lifeline was pure torture.
Re attempted no further communion
tion. None, indeed, was needed. 1t
was plain that she understood their
situation