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tion writes: AT the present time there
are 1900 employees cultivatlng land
rowed. 1t furnished seeds and gave
them the privilege of cultivatins the
land for one year free of charge we
are acting on your suggestion that an
as q reminder that he who serves his
country in this capacity serves the
flag and will in all probability erect a
large 1agpole With appropriate cere-
monies"
Although few letters out of many.
these nevertheless show what wide
spread interest Secretary Lanes letter
has aroused. An outpouring of patri-
otism such as this from single branch
OF this country's workers means big
results. The extensiveness of the
movement presages quite an addition to
the normal food production of this
country.
Van H. Manning director of the bu-
reau Of mines. under whose immediate
direction these results were checked
up, says that nine-tenths of the miners
are raising gardens and that they are
actually doubling the capacity of the
usual gardening facilities at the mines.
They are going farther than raising
vegeta bles. The companies are proVld-
ing means for teaching them to pre-
serve all vegetables which they do not
consume this summer.
y
One of the phases of the work which
demonstrates the American ability to
advertise is the poster making which
the companies have periodically gotten
out to arouse interest Many of the
posters are in patriotic colors and con-
tain a picture of the American flag.
One prominent mining company stated
on it's poster that when the battle
flags are furled and America sits at
the peace conference you will be glad
to know that you helped to place her
there
Put the hoe behind the flag" Grow
4 garden" and other slogans, with ex-
cerpts from President Wilson's war
proclamation. urge the people to effort.
One of the notices which put the propo-
sition most squarely reads: Now that
this country is at war, as well as prac-
tically every leading country in the
world it is necessary that each locality
endeavor to be self-sustaining as far
as possible in the matter of food sup
ply and thereby relieve the demands of
unproductive sections such as ours has
been. on the surplus food supplies of
the agricultural districts. SO that this
surplus can be directed to our military
needs and those of our allies. This war
will mean constant drain on farms,
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and travel and have a good time gen
orally.
But Hag is built of different stuff.
His whole manner in the war has i'm
pressed this fact. Once determined to
do a thing, he does it in the face of
every obstacle. He never starts a job
until all the spade work" is complet a1
and not until the most minute preIimi-
nary detail is arranged. 1t is the Haig
way. Having made up his mind to
follow military career. he held to his
ambition and succeeded Some gem
erals make a great fuss about their
campaigning. Haig. who is a Scotch
man, says nothing. But he does things.
1t is Just another revelation of the
character of the COMMUNICATIVE chief.
BY the same token, he likes to have
very little said about himself. He
Ioathes publicity. When I told him
that ! wanted to write something about
him he replied, quick as q flash:
Don't write about me. Write about
my men"
Haig has been called The Great I'm
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employing an expert, a graduate agri-
culturalist, whose duty it is to visit
from house to house and advise as to
the best way to utilize what ground
space we have and how to plant gar
dens to obtain the maximum result"
West Virginia coal company an
swered: when this country declared
war against Germany 1 Immediately
had a notice printed and distributed
at the various mining camps, urging
the men to plant vegetables in the
land owned by the company. plowed it
free of charge for the men and also
furnished tools and fertilizer free.
believe that rs per cent more ground
will be worked this year than ever be-
fore. and it is being worked and
watched with interest by our en-
ployes"
I'VE estimate that 5000 bushels of
potatoes and other vegetables will be
grown in our miners gardens this
year" writes an Ohio coal company.
land your suggestion that we place in
our &c dens an American flag is being
iuiic y sd. 70. &c arc ordering today
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the addition of quartermaster gen.
eral. who feeds. equips and clothes the
troops. and an adjutant general. who
ma intains discipline.
Thus. general headquarters becomes
the clearing house of an immense mass
of information covering every phase of
the army. and all of it passes across
Sir Douglas Haig's desk. In war
fact. information is so precious that
human life counts but little in its ac-
qurement
Like many of our own captains of
industry. Sir Douglas Haig depends on
experts He believes in specialists,
and he has rallied about him the mas
tiers of modern warfare. Some of them
are old campaigners; others are young
men swiftly grown to military man
hood in this great war. They are at
tached to his personal stan or in re-
sponsible posts in the various armies
under him.
One conspicuous trait of Haig is that
he is the parfect listener. That is why
they call him the silent Haig." He
let's a man exhaust himself or think he
has exhausted himself in conversation
Then, with a swift and searching Ques-
ton, he gets at the whole root of the
matter. Non-essentials have no inter-
est for him. He pares the business at
hand down to the bone. Generals of
high command have told me that Sir
Douglas Haig has the most incisive
mind that they had known. This is all
the more remarkable when you con-
slider that he is not the brilliant. fiashy
type. He is not only silent but he must
believe in that admirable maxim first
employed by Commodore Vanderbilt:
Never tell what you are going to do
until you have done it,"
Like all really big men. Haig is not
only simple, but he is always open to
suggestion. Every one of the experts
who assemblies in his council room has
the freest possible speech, and any
civilian who happens to be at &c. H.
O." is invited to make any comment on
the service that is based upon his oh
servation in the field or upon his bust
ness or professional experience.
Knowing these facts, you realize that
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American flag be placed in each garden
as reminder that he who serves his
country in this capacity serves the
flag. The replies indicate that this idea
Is being extensively carried out, the
mining companies having purchased
hundreds of small flags.
The result has already been ire
mendous awakening of the spirit of
patriotism in the men, with the ad-
ditional benefit Of working in the open
and the subsequent harvesting of the
foodstuffs which will undoubtedly
prove an important factor in feeding
the country. From the great amount
of enthusiasm manifested by the work
ers, il is evident that they realize that
the war is their own fight and that
their fellow workers throughout the
world are to be the greatest gamers in,
the triumph of democracy. 1t is
great inspiration to see the earnestness
with which the millions of workers in
this one profession of mining alone
have taken up the task of stamping
out the autocrats who brought this ter
rible cataclysm upon the world to
battle peace-Ioving countries in blood
4
In his letter. which started this agr-
culture ball a-roliing among the
miners. Secretary Lane took particu-
lar pains to impress upon them the
fact that the war today is az much
ihattei VI lo'u actual iShl-
ing in the trenches. and that the man
who raises enough vegetables this
summer in his garden to feed the fam
lily places at the disposal of the man
at the front fighting just that much
food. And aside from the increase of
foodstuffs for this country this work
will probably result in the lowering of
food prices. says the Secretary, and
mean an additional food supply for the
allies.
glance at the contents of the many
replies reveals the attitude of the min
ing companies toward the gardening
project A large Pennsylvania cement
manufacturing concern. which numbers
among its workers many from the
stone quarries. sent this reply: LAS
soon as we read of the movement being
started for the conservation of the
food resources of the United States we
planted six acres of potatoes, one acre
of onions and have planted enough
land with corn, oats and wheat to give
about 900 bushels of each. In ad-
dition to that, we have notified our
men who wanted ground to advise the
company and we gave them plot sized
fifty by eighty feet. We have given
out ffty-seven of these plots. together
with sufficient seed potatoes. costing
US S5.25 per bushel. and we are very
much gratified TO say that the men
who asked for the plots are working
them with enthusiasm. The yolicy Of
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of military aeronautics the results
gained by the intrepid bird men: from
the director OF artillery operations he
knows precisely what guns have been
in action and what guns are available.
From a dozen sources there is laid be-
fore him the precise statement of the
amount of food and ammunition on
hand. the condition of all transport,
including railways. motor trucks and
live stock.
This whole process OF assembling an
the news of that widespread battle
world is made possible because each
army In the feId-and England has
FIVE of them in France-has its own
headquarters. a replica in every de-
tail of the general establishment. with
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several hundreds for this purpose"
From a company in Tennessee came
this answer: "All of our employees are
very enthusiastic over the movement
and seem to feel that in helping them
selves they are helping the nation"
great iron company OF the middle
west "begs to advise that this COM
pany has rented a ten-acre tract near
its mines. inclosed the same with a
fence. ran a water line into the mid
die of the tract, divided it into gar
dens to provide a garden plot for each
employee without cost to him and urged
him to sign statement that he
would cultivate the garden this year.
All of the plots are now being Gull
tivated and we are offering prizes for
the best garden and doing all that
we can to encourage our employees in
this way"
:. .en known New York corpora
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aged to get away with their lives. Not
all of them do. because scores of them
have been killed either by collision
with heavy motor trucks in the dark or
by skidding Off the road into trees and
fences. These are the men who help
to keep Haig supplied with certain in
formation and who sometimes trans
nit his orders straight to the front
when the telephone wires are shot
away.
To return to Haig's day. Its routine
is as rigid as If he and every member
of the establishment punched a time
clock. The man who controls the des-
TIMES of the British armies in the field
is up at o'clock and has had a brisk
constitutional before his breakfast.
which Is served promptly at 8. BY 9
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in a championship foot ball game? War
is more strenuous than the fiercest foot
ball game"
I discussed a great variety of sub
jects with the commander in chief I
found him amazingly we'll informed.
He has deep and admiring interest in
America. He was looking forward to
the union of the Ang1o-S Saxon fighting
men with great eagerness and enthusi-
asm.
One thing that he said made very
deep impression on me. and it is of es-
ecial interest now that our own fight
ing men are in France. 1t dealt with
the men who had risen from the ranks.
and with that old but ever interesting
institution. opportunity.
Every man in this war has a chance"
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Mine Workers Raising Foodstufs for Famie

E1HE miners of America-em-
ployes of $4,000 mining COM
panies and embracing 10000
q coal miners. 100000 metal
miners and 100000 workers around
quarries-are growing patriotic gar
dens. They have planted American flags
in their garden plots to indicate that
vegetables are being raised to help
the nation.
When Secretary Lane of the Depart
rnent of the Interior sent out letter to
the mining companies of the United
States urging them to encourage their
employees to grow vegetables in their
Yards and vacant land owned bv
the companies. he did not anticipate
the hearty cooperation that greeted
him in response. Letters have poured
into the office by the thousands some
indica ting that gardening projects were
already under way and others announc-
ing that plans were being perfected for
raising gardens on a scale never under
taken before. and all revealing the fact
that 'great amount of patriotic en-
thusiasm was being aroused by the
movement.
4 have always had an abiding faith
in the Willingness and ability Of the
american business men TO accomplish
great things whenever they set about
them. said Secretary Lane, he dis
cussed the results OF his communion
tion with the mining companies but
] was not aware of the extensiveness
Of this gardening movement as fos-
tered by the mine operators and the
big unselfish. cooperative spirit that
IS directing it
American mining CAMPS, especially
those of the coal companies have as a
rule large surface rights in connection
with their mining operations. These
companies in the past have to q won
derful degree encouraged the utiliza-
tion of this land by the employees in the
raising of sta pie vegetables which have
proved considerable factor in supply
ing the men and their families with
fOodstuffS.
From the letters which ! have re-
ceived within the last few days. il is
apparent that the companies have ex-
tended their ordinary activities. in some
instances, more tnar 100 per cent. Many
more mining companies throughout the
country have under tiilasc this year
from 100 % 500 acres of land. Many of
these companies have not only fur
uished the land. but have pIowed and
narrowed il and placed fertilizer upon
II. and have even gone to the extent OF
supplying the seeds free of cost In
ABOLITION, they have offered substantial
Iy"rcH uric for the best gardens
II urEecf in my letter that a small
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and this may bring about a shortage
unless steps are taken to overcome it.
Therefore it behooves each and every
one of you to plant garden on every
available foot of ground. not only as
your patriotic duty, but in order to re-
lieve your living expenses"
The vision of more than a million
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men and their wives and children tak-l
ing part in a national movement for
food production, aided and encouraged
by the commercial companies which
employ them, is a particularly crafty
ing one to officials of the Department
of the Interior. 1t assumes the proper.
tions of an inspiration for patriotism.
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movies as worse than a siege in the
dentist chair.
When I first went to the war Lord
French was n-chief in the
obscure cog in the fighting forces, de-
spite the fact that he had been a sue
cessful cavalry commander In the Boer
war fhaving led the famous ride y"
Kimberly and had borne some of the
brunt of the heroic retreat from Mons
When l went back the second time
French's name was still Synonymous
with British army sovereignty, and
Haig was in command of an army. To
the general world, he was merely a
name.
But the soldiers knew him. He is a
soldiers soldier, implicitly trusted and
respected by his own. When you con-
slider that the military temperament is
sometimes as tickle and cratic as the
artistic temperament, it is very. great
tribute.
After this silent, modest man succeed
ed Lord French as communicative chief,
or as &C in c. as the phrase goes,
there was vast satisfactio among the
troops. This did not imply the slight
est dscredit to the gallant soldier who
had led the contemplate little army"
s the kaiser dubbed the first expedi-
ttonary force that went to the aid of
France and Belgium when Prussianism
first ran amuck. French was an older
man ard he had been through the most
grueling ordeal to which any modern
general had ever fallen heir. He had
been accustomed to units of thousands
of men. This war speaks and fights in
terms of millions. IT is superfighting
Besides. Haig was and stIl is in the
prime of life. He needed all his vieor
and vitality for his work
Generals like Hindenburg and Joffre
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30
RUSS WORKERS PREVENT
"STRIKE" BY FOREMAN

Petrograd, March 2S, Via London.)
The factory workers have reversed
the uusual order and prevented a
strike threatened by the bosses" who
have been deposed or have had their
authority curtailed, as the result of
the new liberty and equality. In a
certain munitions factory the dis
gruntled administration, seeing their
old berths slipping from their grasp,
decided to declare the factory on
strike, but the workmen, inspired by
the appeals of the new government for
their support, refused to walk out. On
the contrary they insisted that the
foremen directing the engineers
should begin work with them at day.
break and put in an equal number of
hours.
Every hour Is precious" declares
the spokesman of the workers. We
must work to support our comrades
at the front. Every man who goes
on strike will be treated as a traitor,
and we will not guarantee his safety"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30
WAR SACRIFICES EARN VOTE FOR
ENGLISH WOMEN

London, March 2S-After an inter-
esting debate today the House of
Commons by a majority of 279 ex-
pressed approval Of legislation on the
lines of the speakers conference
recommendation for franchise re-
form. The small minority against
such a measure represented not the
actual opponents who were DESTROYS
of postponing legislation of such
contentious character until after the
war.
The great feature of the debate
was the frank acceptance by ex-
Premier Asquith and Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor Of the exchequer, of
women's right to vote as a result of
their war sacrifices and services, and
Premier Lloyd Georges whole-heart-
ed acceptance of the conference rec
concentrations. except proportional
representation. He was even willing
to 60 still further and make the quail
flying period three instead of six
months.
AS a result of the debate, the gov
eminent, as Mr.. Bonar Law an
nounced, will proceed with legisla-
ton to give effect to the recommen-
dations of the conference. The bill
will embody all of the recommended
tons, except proportional represen-
tation and women's suffrage. These
will be omitted, first, because the
question, and, second, because it is
held that parliament must first of all
express acceptance of the principles
Of women's suffrage
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30
JURY Is SELECTED FOR SECOND
DEAVER TRIAL

Paris, KY, March 2S-With the Sc
lection of a jury and formal argu-
ment of the case by the lawyers, the
second trial of Lee beavers, charged
with the killing of Sidneys G. Clay,
was begun in Circuit Court here to-
day.
The case has been one of the most
famous ever tried in Bourbon county,
because of the prominence Of the
parties concerned. At a fromer trial
the jury voted eight for acquittal and
four for conviction.
Commemorative Attorney Victor
Bradley, assisted by County Attor-
ney George Batterton and Colonel
John R. Allen, of Lexington, is con-
Quoting the prosecution. Colonel
Robert B. Franklin, of Lexington and
Frankfort, and Talbot & Whitney,
of Paris, are counsel for defense,
1t is expected that the testimony
will be taken and the arguments of
the lawyers heard Thursday and
Friday and that the case will be In
the hands of the jury Saturday.
The jury is composed of Arson
Squires. Thomas Mynes, E. F. Poe,
Thomas Patton, L. NJ. Kerns, George
Alexander, George Mcleod, Rufus
Kenney, w. E. Cook, w. 7. Calvert,
Percy Smith and e. N. Clifford.
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IDAHO WOMAN
MADE. WELL
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Did the Work.
Nothing like it.

Aberueen, Idaho. Last year I suf-
fered from q weakness with pains in my
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30
BOARD PLANS TO SUSPEND
RAISES

Washington, March 2S-Suspension
pending investigation of all increases
in freight rates proposed by the rail-
roads Of the country in their forth
coming applications for general ad-
vance appeared tonight to be the
course which the Interstate Commerce
Commission probably will follow
when the various railroad groups file
their proposals. Such suspensions, It
was indicated, would not be for the
customary period Of six months, but
probably would be for a period not to
exceed sixty days, during which the
commission will undertake compre-
hensiva inquiry into the reasonable
ness Of the railroads demands. Hear
ings will be held, 1t is understood, dur
ing the period of suspension, the ship
pers, commercial and civic organiza-
tons, state utilities commissions and
other interstate parties will be heard.
The commission Is understood to
have been prepared for an applica-
ton to advance rates sufficiently to
reimburse the roads for additional
wages paid under the Adamson law,
but almost totally unprepared for Pc
titions asking for a sweeping advance
in all rotes based on other grounds
as we'll.
Before a general advance could be
authorized it was said authoritatively
today, the railroads must show in un-
mistakenable manner the justification
tor such action.
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PEACE ADVOCATES PLAN TO
HAVE PARADE IN CAPITAL

Washington, March 2S-Oficers of
the Emergency Peace Federation came
to Washington from New York today
to arrange for a public demonstration
here at the converting Of Congress
Monday In protest against war with
Germany. They propose to have
peace advocates from various cities
march over Pennsylvania avenue to
the Capitol and there seek interviews
with representatives and senators to
urge the creation of German Amer
lean Joint commission to discuss the
information differences and a confer
ence Of neutral nations to consider
means of ending the war.
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table Compound is the best medicine I
have ever taken and 1 can recommend
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES
: 3'||1I|| @|a


No. II departs 6:35 .. m, daily e.
cept Sunday.
No. departs 100 p. m, daily ex-
lcept Sunday.
! No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $50 a. M, daily OK
fcept Sunday.
No. Is arrives 2:05 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. M, daily ex-
Ecept Sunday.
No. 16 arrives 1880 q. m, daily -
cept Sunday.
No. II departs 1850 q. m, daily sx-
Fcept Sunday.
Schedule effective Sunday. May ~,
subject to change without notice.
H. 8. ELLIS. Agent.
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BERLIN WARNS ROUMANIA TO
RELEASE INTERNAL GERMANS

London, March 2S--An official dis
patch received from Jassy, Roumania,
says the Swiss minister there has no.
titled the Roumanian government on
behalf of the German Foreign Office
that unless Rounmania releases by
April Il, all informed Germans lnclud-
Ing those Of military age. Germany
Will seize more hostages In the occu-
pied districts Of Roumanla and will
deport those now hostages to Bulgaria
and Turkey.
Tho dispatch adds that no reply on
the demand has yet been made. but
that II 10 not likely that Rounmania
viii acosda