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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15
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Strenuous Tratnlna.

"But are you strong enough to ham
die heavy trunks" asked tho hotel
manager Of the lightweight applicant
for a Job as porter.
"Sure thing" answered the appli.
cant. my best girl agitates the scales
at the 225.pound NOTCH"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15

have nothing else. for they know that
q gown of it is worth six Of another
material, SO there's method In their
madness.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15
Southern Ry. Co., IN Mise.
Greenwood StaLlOn.)
WEST BOUND TRAINS,

No. Destination. Time,
3 Winona to G~reenville. acc.
leaves .....-.. .-!:Z 0 q, III,
y Columbus to G'ville, acc.
leaVeS :U6 D., m,
IL B'ham to G'ville, thru. tr.
leaves So -~~--.-..v:o6 p. m.
u G,wood to Webb, dly ex.
Sunday, leaves..........2:25 .. m.
EAST BOUND TRAINS.
II G'ville to B'ham, thru tr.
leaves -. .---~.-.. 9:zO q. m.
20 G'vllle to Columbus, acc.
leaves ... l:l3 D. m.
4 Gvllle to Winona, acc.
leaves .... 7:O8 q, m,
T Webb bch., Oily. ex. Sun.
arrives ...-.-.lO:35 q. m.
Connection for Belzoni branch Tvs.
Greenwood 1870 a. m, also Tvs. Grren-
woou o:U5 y. H., connecting at ltta
bena $40 p. m.
Sunday service-Webb- Belzoni bch.
alternate, lvng. Greenwood 4:ao p. m.
G. V GAGE. TEX. Agt.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15

Postmasters are being %enjoined to
saw the Irvine because Of the abnor.
NAL price. What does war use Irvine
fort
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15
On The strIet {. 7,

Hlx-What business are you en-
gagged In At PRESENT.
DIXON, I'm a silent partner IN q.
deaf and dumb asylum.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15

According to a western philosopher,
the reason why hoys leave the farm 10
that Willie's calf grows up to be pa's
COW,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15
T. B.
Artesian Well Contractor
Greenwood, Miss.

If interested in an. ~artesiun well
write or see me and get my prices
on same. =
No contract too small or too large
to handle, especially in the Greenwood
territory.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-15

Leather II 40 valuable that many 4
mnn Is now chIrking up and swelling
with pride on account Of his binding.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Gain Greater Than 10 Three
Months at Ypres;

British troops, driving at Cambria
have advanced to a depth of six and a
half miles at the farthest point on a
front of ten miles, said General F. B.
Maurice, Chief Director of Military
Operations, at the War Office in Lon
don. This is a record advance in "a
hours on the western front. and is fur
Their than the progress made during
three months fighting at Ypres.
I'VE were able to give the Germans
a surprise blow at Cambria said Gen.
Maurice, because they had skinned
this sector like they did along the re-
mainder Of the line in order to pre-
vent us from taking Passchendaele.
After we took Passchendaele they
brought up a division from the Rus
sian front in an effort to retake it.
"The fighting in the Cambria opera
ton is all in the open, enabling the
cavalry to assist the tanks and infan-
try. There are no German defenses
prepared in this section, and their
next line evidently is beyond Cambria
THE Ypres-Cambrai battles must be
linked together. because the former
made possible the latter, and the men
who fought at Ypres deserve as much
credit for the success at Cambria.
Our operations are continuing salts
factorily"
General Maurice indicated that the
British casualties we're very consid-
erably less than the number Of pris-
oners taken (more than 10000.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
DEATH CLAIMS WIN. S. CRISP
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
Passes Away Suddenly At BROOKLYN
Home

Flags on all the public schools in
Annapolis and throughout Anne Arun-
del County are at half-mast today in
honor of the late William S. Crisp,
President of the Anne Arundel County
school Board and one of the leading
Democrats of this county. who died
suddenly at / o'clock this morning at
his home, Patapsco avenue, Brooklyn.
Death was due TO congestion Of the
lungs. He was IS years old
Mr.. Crisp was taken i'll at II o'clock
last night shortly after returning from
Firemen's Hall, where ne had attended
an oyster supper given by the menu
bers of the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire
Department. DR.. Charles H. Brooke
was summoned and stayed with Mr..
Crisp until he died.
Mr.. Crisp had been president of
the school Board for is years.
He IS survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Crisp; one daughter, Mrs. Stella
Pitts. of Scottsville. Va; two sons,
William n. Crisp, of Brooklyn, and
Byron 4. Crisp. of Richmnod Va, and
four grandchildren.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
CURTAIN FALLS TOMORROW
ON FOOTBALL AT ACADEMY
Middies Unable To Get College Team,
So They'll Close With A
Practice Affair.

The curtain. will be rung down on
the football season at the Naval
Academy tomorrow afternoon, when
the Midshipmen's eleven will engage
in practice struggle with the Hust-
lers. as all efforts to arrange a game
with some strong college team faded
when officials of the Navy Athletic As
ISOLATION received final word from the
management of the Georgia Tech
eleven that they would be unable TO
make the jaunt to Annapolis.
But while it was expected last week
that such would be the resulting sit
uation, yet the players kept in train
ing this week, hoping against hope
that something might turn up, but all
In vain To accommodate the naval
contingent and those Of the local fans
who will not attend the St Johns
Hopkins game in Baltimore, it was de-
cided to stage first class game be-
tween the first and second teams to-
morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Mr.. CIRDW0OD RESIGNS
Secretary OF State Tax Commission
Will Enter covernment Service.

Allan c. Girdwo0d yesterday ten
dered his resignation as secretary to
the State Tax Commission. with
which he has been identified since its
organization. He has accepted an i'm
portant post as assistant to the
United States Commission Of Internal
Revenue in Washington. He VIII be
called upon, in his new position, to
give opinions on intricate tax ques-
tions constantly arising in the IN
ternal Revenue Department Mr.
Girdwood is we'll qualified to perform
the work to be undertaken by him, as
he has made taxation a life study. He
IS largely responsible for the legisla
ton by which the tax commission was
created.
He served as secretary of the COM
mission appointed by Governor Colds
borough to investigate tax problems
in Maryland and to formulate legis-
lation looking to Uniform system of
taxation in the State He is well
known throughout the country as an
epert on taxation, being called upon
frequently to make addresses in lead
ing cities on taxation. He is lawyer
and served two terms as member Of
of the House of Delegates from Balti-
more City. He is native of the West
Indies. his parents. however, being
Americans
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
P. L. GOLDSBOROUGH PRES.
Former Governor Elected Head Of
Eastern Shore Society.

With former Governor Phillips Lee
Goldsborough as its president for the
ensuing year, the Eastern Shore So
ciety of Baltimore elected officers last
night at the Emerson Hotel. John II.
X. Shannahan was reelected secre-
tary-treasurer This maeks his fifth
term in office Percy G. Skirven was
made assistant ecretary-treasurer. B.
Howard Hannah, the retiring presi-
dent, presided.
An address was made by Mr.. Colds
borough and a paper on Colonial
Churches on the Eastern Shore" was
read by the incoming assistant secre-
tary-treasurer. The vice-presidents
elected to Office were James w. Chap
man, OF Kent County; Harry Mason,
of Talbot; Joshua w. Miles, of Som
erset; George L. Radcliffe. of Dorches-
ter; Curtis o. Tyson. of Cecil; Ralph
Robinson, of Queen Anne's; DR.. John
Bishop. of Worcester; Albert G. Tow
ers, of Caroline, and Edward f. john
son, of Wicomico Each is a governor
of the society by virtue of his Office.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
BEWARE SPIES"
is WARNING SIGN
In Navy Yards Large Placards POST
ed In Boston District Read: Enemy
Has Ears Everywhere .

Beware OF Spies reads big sign
prepared by Lieutenant Wilbur j.
Carver, communication aid to the
commandment OF the First Naval Dis
trict. and posted in conspicuous places
in the navy yards and bases of the
Boston district, as it should be at
every naval station in the country
EIaborating the warning, the sign
reminds navy men that THE enemy
las ears everywhere" and that
secrecy means safety"
II urges them to refrain from dis
GUESSING naval affairs or movements of
ships with strangers and TO report any
person who tries to get information
from them.
The enemy has ears everywhere,
even in Annapolis, where there is a
disposition to trust all implicitly
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
DAIRYMEN TO CURTAIL
DAIRY PRODUCTION
To Dispose Of Herds For Other Pur-
poses Maryland Council Of
Defense Disturbed

The dairymen of Maryland have
been sent the following letter from the
Maryland Council of Defense.
The Maryland Council of Defense is
very much concerned on account of
the reports which are reaching it with
respect to disposition on the part
of some of the dairymen to curtail
their production, and to dispose of
their herds for other than dairy pur-
poses.
The Council has been expecting
that the United States Food Admin
istration, which has been considering
the matter, would feel warranted in
taking some definite action with re-
spect to prices of milk, but appreciates
the magnitude of this undertaking
throughout the whole country
So. in order to expedite a solution in
Maryland, the Council has asked DR..
A. f. Woods, President of the Mary
land State College of Agriculture, to
undertake, Immediately, an investiga-
ton and report upon the question of
the cost of producing milk in Mary
land, also the cost OF bottling and dis
tributing milk in Baltimore City and
other centers in the State, and will
publish these findings at the earliest
possible moment
Any action which would produce
milk shortage in Maryland at a time
like this would be a public calamity.
Everyone is being asked to make
great sacrifices, and we appeal to you
as patriotic citizens, upon which a
great deal depends, not to make any
change in your business which would
tend to reduce the milk supply, but.
on the contrary, to increase it in
every proper way We feel that you
can safely await these public findings.
which viii not be delayed a minute
beyond the time necessary to give this
important matter the Investigation re-
quired to get at the facts.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
THE SUGAR SHORTAGE
NOT UNDERSTOOD GENERALLY
The Why's And WherefOres HOOve
Insists On Ten Cent Sugar.

There is a real sugar shortage, 10
some extent temporary, however. and
among great many it is not under.
stood and by some denied. At the
same time sugar is cheaper than il
was and stays around ten cents.
The explanation is chiefly Hoover
The war caused an unprecedented de-
mand for and shortage in the sun
ply of sugar. British, French and
American refiners began bidding
against each other for raw sugar in
this country and the West Indies
Prices went up rapidly
Then Hoover took a hand He Or
ganized the refiners and jobbers here
in France and in England. An agree.
ment was reached that none would
pay more than certain price for raw
sugar The producers, especially
those in Cuba. refused to sell. This is
really the cause of the present scare
ity. But they will be forced TO sell.
because there will be no marke; at all
for their raw sugar except that which
Hoover controls, and at his price they
can make good profits. The Cubans
are now negotiating, in an effort to
edge up the price a little They will
eventually come to Hoover's terms.
And when they do Hoover comes to
the bat again. He has working
agreement with the refners that they
must not sell above a certain price.
The iobbers must sell at another fixed
price or their government licenses to
sell at all viii be revoked. and more
over they must not sell to any re-
taller who charges more than about
ten cents for sugar.
That is the reason why sugar has
not gone to twenty cents or thirty
cents. or higher, at present Hoover
insists ON ten-cent sugar, appealing
at the same time to Americans to use
as little as possible, so that our Allies
shall not suffer
Hoover is the arch foe of profiteer-
ing and extortion. He is doing great
things quietly and efficiently Amer
leans should trust him implicitly.
whether they understand all the
moves he makes or not
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
r o AIRING
GOOD BARGAINS!
THIS WEEK.

A large assortment Of Boys Suits, in
Serges. Worsteds, and Cashmeres,
in Pinch Back Model, 3-piece Belt
and Patch Pockets, prices $500,
$3.75, $500, $500 and $500.
Boys Mackinaws, double breasted
Coat with Shawl Collars, Patch
Pockets, and Belt all around, worth
500, Special $4.9S.
A large assortment of Boys Over
coats, worth $500 to $1,000, Special
$3.50 and $500.
bIenl Buy your Suits and Overcoat
now, all wool Suits, worth $500 to
$500, Special $1,000 to $500.
Overcoats of the newest styles, worth
1890 to $4,000, Special $40 to SIS.
Mems Khaki Pants, worth sl.5O, Spec
ial $I.IO.
A large selection of Ladies' all wool
Serge and Poplins Skirts, also the
latest in Satin Skirts, with the
Sheered Waists and Gathered Pock-
cts Price Sf.9S to $500
Just received large assortment OF
Ladies' Coats in Plush, Velours and
Velvets, with Shawl Collars, in as
sorted colors. prices $500, $3.50,
$1,000 and $780,. These are excep-
tiOnally good values.
;hildren's -Velvets, Plush and
Cloth, in very nobby patterns, prices
81 to $500.
Ladies Shirt Waists. in silks, Voiles
and Crepes de Chine. in the newest
designs, prices from $l.00 to $500.
Bath Robes for Ladies and Men, from
$500 TO $500.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Schools For Seamep.

The Shipping Board has adopted a
plan advanced BY Henry Howard, Of
Boston. its director, OF recruiting for
training 100000 seamen to man the
governments merchant feet now
building. A number Of schools viii be
established in which the men will be
given intensive training for six weeks
before going aboard training ships for
experience aiioat Training of the
men viii cost the government about
50, 000. 900
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Changes Day For Distributing
Yarns and Receiving Sweaters

The Comfort Committee of the Navy
League, which has been open every
Thursday from 10 to IL A. NJ, in the
Fisheries Room, State Library Build
ing, will not be open on next Thurs
day, Thanksgiving Day.
Beginning Monday November &c,
the Comfort Committee of the Navy
League viii be open from 10 to Ii
A, M. every Monday instead of every
Thursday as heretofore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Personal Mention.

j. w. Cook, who has been residing
here with his wife On Cathedral street
has been ordered to sea duty and Mrs
Cook has left for her home in New
Windsor. Carroll county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ridgaway, and Mr.
and Mrs Styers, Of Baltimore. were
down on Sunday in their car, to be the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Kries.
Conduit street.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Offers To Give Capital
To Soldiers Rest Roam

An offer to pay for subscription to
The Capital and Maryland Gazette for
the rest room tBladen street State
Armory) was made at this Office yes
terday by Mrs George W Moss. The
offer Is gratefully appreciated, but
was necessarily declined because this
paper is sending the Capital gratis
every evening to the rest room.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
What Critics Say About
The Honor system

Dramatic News:-W William Fox has
given US picture that stands shoulder
to shoulder with The Birth Of a
Nation"
New York Times:-The Honor Sys-
TEN is the motion picture pretty near
" at its best. You must certainly see
the new picture
New York American The Birth
OF a Nation" at last eclipsed. Made
new history in the film business. The
most vital story ever put on the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
Returns Quick And Sure

1t always pays to advertise in the
Capital. The valuable papers in the
following ad:
L0ST-During fire Of November 20 be-
tween East and Charles streste, papers
Of honorable discharge from u. S. Navy.
Reward for return TO Capital Office.
in this paper last night were returned
TO the owner this morning through the
advertisement.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
MARRIHD.

SCHER WHEELER. On November
20, at the Naval Academy, by Chap
lain Sydney Kew Evans. u. S. NJ,
MISS VIRGINIA ANN WHEELER
of Eastport. Md. and DAVID BEN
& JAMIN SCHER, Chief Pharmacist
Mate on duty at the Naval Academy
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23

EADS-On November 81 at the resi-
dence of Mr. John Hopkins, No. 5
Holland ST., THOMAS EADS, aged
81 years.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 8
O'Clock from the above residence
Interment at Cedar Bluff Cemetery.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23
DIED.

BROWN-On November %. at her late
residence, SO Prince George street
MARY L. BROWN, aged rs years.
Due notice Of the funeral will be
given.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-23

HELLER-On November 90, at his
late residence 597 Severn Avenue,
Eastport, Md. GEORGE FREDER-
lex HELLER, aged 81 years.
Due notice of the funeral will &c
given.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
British Boat Is
 Converted Cruiser
(ASsOcia ted Press)

WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 19. A cablegram received at the state department tonight from the United States consul at Per nambuco, Brazil, is to the effect that the British steamship St. Theodore, one of those captured by the German raider which has been operating off the Brazilian coast. has been armed and man ned by Germans from the raider and has been converted into an auxiliary cruiser. The matter has aroused considerable inter- est in administration circles, for the reason that it involves a question which diplomacy may be forced to settle. There is no question of the authenticity of the report, dS lIlt IDI4llNll tltN of the St. Theodore has been landed at Pernambuco by a Jap anese steamer which itself was captured by the raider and re leased after it's cargo had been confiscated.
 The question being debated among officials of the administra- tion is whether or not a cap tured merchantmen can be con verted into a warship under in ternational law. American law refuses to recognize such a con version, but Germany always re fused, even before the Hague conference, to consent to the view held by the United States in this regard,
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
BASKETBALL TEAM OF THIS CITY GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT FOR SECOND TIME AT HANDS OF AGGREGATION OF NENANA BOYS.
NOME STARRED
 IN BOTH GAMES
ELONGATED CENTER MAN FROM NENANA SCOOPS UP HONORs IN BOTH GAMES-BOYS DUE HOME TONlGHT-NExT SERIES OF GAMES HERE.

Fairbanks is off the map" so to speak, as far a5 the first series of basketball games with Nenana Is concerned. For the Fairbanks az Gregation of basketball players was defeated for the second time last evening in the series of games play ed at the new railroad town down the river The score of the game was thirty-siX . twenty-three, the Fairbanks boys making a slightly better showing than they did at the game yesterday morning. which re- suited in a score of thirty eight to eighteen, with Nenana in winning place.
 The reports received here from Nenana regarding the games indi- cate that Jimmie Momb, the elongat- ed center man of Nenana, was easl- ly the star of both contests. He is more than six feet tall, which ac- counts for the fact that he can nearly reach into basket and de posit the ball if such a course be- comes necessary. During the series he showed some of the results of his experience He has played with some of the best teams on the coast.
 The Fairbanks aggregation, com pozed of Logan, center; Hansen and Crippen, forwards, and Wood and Eschliman, guards, and Slim Pack ard, manager, will return home to, day It is probable that the next series will take place here at an early date.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
TROOPS LEAVE MEXICO SOON
 SAY OFFICERS
Associated Press )

FL PASO, Texas, Jan. 19.-The prediction that the American punitive expedition under General John J. Pershing now in Mexico will be on the move toward the border within seventy-two hours, is being made in army official circles here. The pre- diction is based on the fact that no more supplies are being sent to the field headquarters of the expedition. However, many empty freight cars and automobile trucks are being dis patched, which leads to the deduc- ton that they are being sent to the south to bring out the equipmen: of the force.
 It is therefore predicted that the force will soon be on the move to- ward it's border headquarters at Co lumbus, New Mexico, within the next few days at the most. It is expect ed that the troops composing the expedition will be disposed of along the border with headquarters here and at San Antonio, and that the national guard regiments will be sent to their respective home states.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22

The claims for extra mail pay from 1907 to 1911 were based on the ground that the postmaster general exceeded his authority in 1907 in changing the "deyisor." by which the average daily weight of mail carried was asccrtained, so as to in cludc Sundays. which previously had been excluded from the computations because little mail was formerly car ried on Sundays. When the six workings days" doyisor was adopted in 1873. mail transportation was con fined almost entirely to week days. and the railroads contcnded that con gress, in 1907, refused to change the "deyisor" to include Sundays as working-days" deyisor was adopted weight of mail to be the basis for payment of mail carriage.
 Having accepted contracts. al though under protest. and having carried the mails under the new seven-day deyisor plan, the govern mcnt contended that the railroads were not entitled to recover addi- tional compensation in the courts The railroads were not then requjr- ed, as prescribed in compulsory leg islation last year, 10 carry mail of fercd by the government During the fouryear period in question, the government contended, the railroads could have refused 10 transport the mails if dissatisfied with the seven day devtsor computation Although they might have so refused, the railroads replied that refusal would have disrupted business and social conditions in the country and that the reduction in mail pay resulting from the seyen-day devisor was, in effect, forced upon them by the gov eTnment.
 The test cases were twice argued before the court; in April, 1915, and again in December, 1916. former Sec retary of War Dickinson, who rep resented the government in the Steel trust prosecution, being among the railroads counsel
The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-22
MAY VISIT ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.- Delegate from Alaska James Wicker sham has introduced a resolution in the house providing for a visit to Alaska of a congressional committee composed of three members each from the house and senate commit tees on territories, appropriations, public lands, merchant marine and fisheries. The object is to give con- gress first hand information on gov ernment railroad construction and the legislative needs of the terri tory. It Is understood that Secre- tary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane is an enthusiastic exponent of the plan, and that he may accom- pany the party.