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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
SCOTT MADE CHIEF
OF ROCKIES AT d.
Former Staff Head Will Direcu
Training at Jersey
Camp
WASHINGTON, Dec. %.


Appointment Of Major General Husn
L. Scott. former chief Of stan, as COM
mander of the Seventy-eighth National
Army Division, at Camp Dix, Wrights-
town, ". j. has been announced by
secreta - of war Baker.
General Scott succeeds Major General
Chase w. Kennedy. who has been away
from Camp Dix for more than a month
on special duty. Brigadier General J.
S. Mallory, nomirally commander Of the
15ad Depot Brigade, senior officer Of his
rank at the camp. has been the acting
commander.
It was intimated by War Department
officers at the time of General Scott's
retirement on September 23 that he
would be recalled to active duty as COM
mander of n field division. He was put
in charge of the general plans for train
ing the draft forces and Immediately
went to Europe to study actual opera
tions In the field
While he was chief of staff. General
Scott went to Russia as the. military
member of the Root Mission. and wit
messed the July offensive of the Rus
SLAMS under Kerensky's leadership.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
EUODSAVIlVG
g AID TOALLES
Enabled the Nation to
bed Itself and Supply
the Entente
ACHES HUGE TOTAL

"a I7<EASHINGTON, Dec 27.--The Fed
m Food Administration Is highly graf
~ over the saving that has been made
consumption Of foodstuffs in the
6norican homes since the food conser-
4tlon campaign was begua about five
ponkhs ago.
y A1though no figures are available
owlng the actual amount and the
~ administration realizes 1t would be
Impossible task even to approximate
saving that has been effected in
1ibles. yet the fact that every mouth
n the United States has been amply
l1led and that we have been able. from
bur surplus, to supply every demand
Inade by our European allies. satisfies
HE food administration officials that the
3&htnl would reach millions and millions
i6< pounds of food.
The facts most pleasing to the food
|x1ministrat on as expressed by high
6Mcial Of that bureau today are:
4 First. That more than 12,ooo,OOo
E1A0oBewives signed cards issued by the
1food administration pedging themselves
10 9COnOII1lEe Oh lpouS oo
UossIble. especially OF wheat and meat,
the articles of food of which our allies
have the greatest shortage.
second. Reports from every large city
show that the amount of fats in gar
bage has been steadily on the decrease.
indicating that less food is being wasted
each day.
: Third. Such large savings have been
made in consumption of foods, especial
~ in wheat and meat, that we have
been able to supply everything In the
way Of food for which the Allies have
asked for the last three months. Enough
wheat has been saved from the Amer
lean crop to supply the Allies for the
next three months, by which time the
Argentine wheat crop will be ready for
. consumption.
Z Fourth. More canning of vegetables
and fruits was done in the United States
last summer than in any other year,
and the food administration believes
such proportion of these food supplies
II now held by the housewives. so as to
reduce the demand on the merchants for
food for the newt Few months very con-
siderably below that Of previous years.
Fifth. The fifteen Southern States
canned 100000 cans of garden prod
ucts of whicn the food administration
had record last summer. and large
portion Of this is still on hand.
Sixth. Reports made to the food ad-
ministration by the hotels and meat
hackers indicate that the "meatless day"
and everyday food conservation has re-
suited in materially reducing the amount
of meat eaten compared with former
years.
4 Tho United States is today far ahead
of its usual expectation of foodstuffs,
and there are still considerable guam
titles of food waiting for shipment to
our European allies, proving to the sat
+ isfaction of food administration officials
that the supply yet on hand represents
almost wholly the amodnt of food saved
through the food conservation cam
paign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
STRIKE PARTIAL FAILURE
Order Calling Out $4,000 Mechanics
in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.-Only
Il few of the $4,000 iron trade mechanics
employed in industries other than ship
building in the San Francisco Bay region
have struck for 10 per cent wage
bonus, according to reports to the Cali
fornia Metal Trades Association, the
employers organization.
II. W. Burton, president of the Iron
Trades Council, said the only men who
had not obeyed the strike order were
those who had not been formally noti-
fed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27

CARLISLE. Pa, Dec. 27.---An inves-
tieation placed the blame for a s25000
f-a at White Hill on an over
reated furnace. The blaze which origi-
rated In the cellar of the home Of Har-
ycy s. Fortney, burned property owned
by him and w L. Gorgas's garage and
automobile shop, double dwelling house
and Elk notorcars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-EnEagement OF
Miss Virginia b. Loney. $l,5OO,OOO heir
css. survivor of the Lusitania, to Robert
Howard Gamble, naval corps aviator
Of Jacksonville. Fla. was announced to-
day. Siss Loney, who lost her parents
in the sinking of the torpedoed liner, Is
not Vet seventeen years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
Fire Damages Leather Plant

BALLSTON SPA, Dec. 21.-The
leach house. of the American Hide
and Leather plant at this place was de-
strCyed by fire here today at a loss Of
$4,000. The fire gained great head
way and for time 1t was feared that
the dozen big buildings of the company
adjoining were doomed. Aid was sent
from Saratoga Springs. The fire is be-
lieved 10 have been Of incendiary origin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
DIR. Reed to Address Schools

MARYSVILLE Pa. Dec. 27.--W. d.
Reed of Philadelphia, a Sunday-school
expert will be the principal speaker on
the tour of the ten Perry County Sun
day school districts, January 1918, un-
der the auspices of the Perry County
Sabbath School Association.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27

READING, Dec. 27.--C. Henry Scho-
fer. seventy-eight years old, one of Read
ing's leading citizens, who for years con-
Quoted a large bakery. is dead. He was
president of a local State bank and iden-
titled with a number of the city's insti-
futiops
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27
U-B0ats' Weekly Toll
of British Vessels

Since the middle of April 500
British vessels, 600 of more than
1900 tons, were sunk. The weekly
total follows:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27

10 trncee mel basso corso del Piave A
tai uopo II Commando italiano mise a dis
poslzione di Mr.. Carroll del carri-auto-
mobili. I regali consistevano in fazzo-
iettl. tabacco, dole! ed altro. La con-
segna del pocchl ha dato luogo a con-
tinue manlfestaziori di simpatia all'lndi-
rizzo dell'America.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-27

rs Misses Suits OF Velour, Broad
cloth and Velvets; full fur collars
and fur landings. gs...............)
Coats in plain and belted models, oil
Velour and Cheviots .............(
Plain and Diagonal Velour Coats, \
with or without fur, lined through
out and interlined ...............)
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

Some men are most laxative when
they have nothing to say.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

! rail disappeared, aud a moment later
the round, red face again appeared.
"Aye, we'll take y<ss. sir" he called
down, a touch Of defarence In his
hoarse voice. "Ye'll understand the
trouble once yer come aboard. Yer
all able to climb, reckonr'
Eve have woman with us.~
'It'll be quite job to rig up q
swing, sir"
I turned and looked at her; then up
the straight steel sides looming before
us, but before could speak, she had
made decision.
II can go up the ladder, Mr.. Hollis"
she said firmly. II am not afraid"
"All right" I called. "Lower away,
and send man dOwA TO steady it be-
low"
The little dinghy vwept in easily,
and, under my directions, Mccain awk.
wardly Tended it or from scraping
against the steel sidas. AS the rope
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

because am the only one on board
knowing the ways of the sea. I told
you plainly what you were to do, and
l propose to enforce my orders. Not
another bite will be given you today.
or tomorrow"
us that so?" he drawled, wicked
smile revealing his teeth. "You must
think you are dealing with foremost
hand. 1t takes something besides
threats to run me, Mr.. Robert Hollis"
He half arose to his feet, but forced
him back onto the thwart none too
gently. His face was red with passion.
his eyes malevolent.
Cd you! take your hanGe off
mel" he snarled. mo clustering sea
bully is going to make me jump at the
crook of his finger. You touch me
again, and I'll show you who I am, yot,
big brute. Me take orders from you?
Why, pooh; I've got more money in
New York than you ever saw"
IF you owned the Bank of England
1t would mean nothing to me. You will
do what I say, or I'll make you"
You will? HOw?"
mo matter how; I've trained more
men than you to obedience in my time,
and always found way"
"Huh! the bucko-mate business,
hey?" he sneered. "Well, just try that
on me, If you think it safe. I'll show
YOU"
His hand darted back toward his hin
pocket, but was looking for the move
ment, and ready. His fingers had bare
ly gripped the butt of his weapon when
my clinched fist crashed into his face.
have struck harder blows, for I was
not poised to put my whole weight be.
hind 1t, yet the man went over as
though fioored by an ak, and lay hud-
died in the bows quivering like q
jelly fish. jerked the revolver from
the grip Of his hand, dropped it into
! my pocket, wrenched the open knife
from the wood in which 1t stuck. and
closed the blade.
Get up now. you fool" I ordered
sharply. ooh, yes. you WILL" and !
gripped him by the collar and lifted
him roughly to his knees. "That is
likely to be the last time you will ever
attempt to pull gun on me. Make an
other movement, Mccain, and I'll
throw you overheard. You take your
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

orders from me. and you must Jump
when I speak, or I shall take pleasure
In breaking every bone in your body.
Do you understand that?"
I doubt II he could see out Of one
eye, but the other exhibited a terror
almost pitiable.
yves"
Say sir. when you speak to me-"
"Yes-yes. sir"
you'll keep to this end Of the boat
hereafter; whether I am asleep or
awake, you stay forward Of the Jury
mast"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

Rope Firmly in Her Hands.
ladder Strengthened, caught the lower
coil, and held it firmly. Down the rat.
lines, hand over hand, until he dropped
sprawling into the boat, came one Of
the crew-a coal black negro. The
fellow above, now staa ling on the
rail and clinging to a bacxstay, roared
down at. him.
Haul her in, Simms; haul her in:
That's more like it. NV hold all
taut. Send up the lady +, st, captain:
there'll be hand to helr her in the
chains"
She did not hesitate, giasping the
rope firmly in her hands az the negro
and lifted her high enough to get
fOothold.
"You are all right, Miss vera7"
eyes," she called down.
'Then go up, but hold tight; the
vessel may roll"
Mccain followed, too glad to thus
escape me to refuse, yet plainly enough
half dead with fear. As soon as saw
his legs dangling, while the seamen
above dragged him inboard, I drew
myself up to the lower ratlints, leavine
the negro alone to hold the line.
'Hey, above there" shout. d. "What
shall we do with the boat?"
"Let her go; there is no room to stow
it on deck. Come aboard, Simms."
We went up together, the ladder
swinging dizzily TO our movements.
The voice of the man who seemed to tie
in command growled down from the
poop:
Haul in the ladder, and stow 1, {;
then 60 forward and get some O. that
rifle overheard afore dark. This way.
captain; I'd like private word with
yer afore yer 60 below"
There were perhaps dozen men "a
view, typical freighter's crew, 1
Judged. mostly foreign faces, two Of
them negroes. They worked silently,
and then shufled forward, without ex-
hibiting the slightest interest in ny
presence. or giving glance aft. Evl-
IDENTIFY something unusual bad o.
Cured, but just what was the nature
Of the accident to the Indian Chief ]
was unable to decide. I climbed the
few steps, and Joined the red-faced
man waiting me on the poop.
II am very glad to welcome you on
board the Indian Chief, captain-Cap.
tain"
"Hollis." I answered shortly. "And
your name3"
masters Gideon Masters"
"In commando"
swell, yes. in a wav. I reckonsd
you'd want the whole story, an tibet
things he'd better be explained afole
yer went below"
"Of course; but nrst a question or
two, Mr.. Masters. What has become
Of my companions?"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15
CHAPTER vii.
We Sight . Tramp.

We 9iQht q Tramp.
The one blow, coupled with the loss
Of his weapons. had SO completely
cowed the fellow, that I scarcely gave
him another thought. I crept back to
the stern, and took the steering oar,
the girls eyes meeting mine question
ingly.
~ could not see all that occurred. be.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15
Carter'SIr Iron Pills
viii restore color to the faces Of
those who lack Iron irDthe blood.
% most pale-faced people do.
HIDE TANNING

Horse and Cattle Hides canned and manufao.
tured into Rebes-coats..Mittsns that viii last
buy Hides, Furs, Metals and Rubber, TOP
prices paid. Write for prices and tags.
FOSTER ROBE 4 TANNING co.
1920 9Th ST., S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

Hollis and Vera find their eour.
age severely tested. THE Tnal
decision 10 made by the atrl In
q manner that wins full admlra.
tion from .hsf protectors.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15
Wealth Of Australia.

The recently completed census Of
wealth in Australia shows that the
country's net assets are equal to ST.
875 per head of the population. The
migration returns show loss of 279,-
600 males since the war began and
white women now outnumber the men
by 5000.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver.
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative. three for q cathartic. Ad.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

Human nature is to want to fly LII.
tie higher than your neighbor.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15
Didn't Give Her a Chance.

Didn't Give Her q Chance.
'You'l have to pay fare for that
child, madam" said the conductor.
But he's only eight years old"
I'VE collect for all children over
seven"
swell, why don't you have your silly
old rules put up where people can see
them?"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-11-15

ITO De e,oNTlaUEo.3
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-01
CABBAGE PLANTS.

We will have them sOOn-IeaVe YOUR
OrderS-PIantS scare. Hunters Phar-
macy. 2.1-Stc.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-01
STATE ASSOCI.
ORGANIZED In. ST. PETERSBURG
DIR. Ennis Writes Interesting Facts.
C. HI. Whitaker Makes Adj
dress of Welcome.
St. Petersburg, Jan. ri, 1917

st. Petersburg, Jan. Fl, 1917.
Editor Hustler:
Last Wednesday we organized the
Carolina State Association, embracing
both North and South Carolina. The
attendance at the meeting was larger
than we expected. Although the room
was large and spacious it was crowded
with Tarheels and South Carolinians.
Hendersonville was represented by
Mr.. Jackson. Mr.. Whitaker, Miss. Jor-
dan and Mrs. Gaines. Fletcher sent a
delegation of eight. Asheville, Green's
boro, Charlotte and Raleigh were well
represented. Mrs. McFadden and
Mrs. Walker of Naples, who took a
great interest in forming the associa-
tim were detained from the meeting
by slight illnesG.
The music and addresses were ex-
lcellent, especially the welcome adj
dress of Rev. G.. w. Garrison, and Mr..
Whitaker. No association meeting
eveh held could be pleasanter than
this one. 1t. seemed a meeting Of
cousins. auntS parents and old
friends. An association is now be-
ing formed consisting of various
Southern States, and we were invited
in a short time. be a large one and
we deem it best to decline. AT the
close of our meeting a free Inch was
served sht.
The officers chosen for the. year are
as follows: President, L. D. EChilds;
secretary, i. E. Ennis; treasurer, E. G.
cunningham.
State associations are great ben
! eft to any tourist town, and here such
associations are encouraged and aided
by the city commissioners, the board
of trade and the citizens. Every church
is open for their meetings any day in
i 70 week save when they have classes
On such occasions they gener-
ally use the hall belonging to the
Womans Town Improvement Society
HendersonviIle should encourage and
secure more State associations by Of
fering them numerous places for their
meetings. Your board of trade should
have good room on the ground floor
and the secretary should always be
presents to give information as to
rooms, apartments and hotels. This
rooms can be used daily by officers Of
State associations.
Showing the effect of our goI1
grounds in bringing a wealthy class
of tourists here l would state thai
Mr.. Charles Weyhauser, one of the
wealthiest men in the United States
with his family arrived here -yester-
day He brought with him in a
/ special car retinue of his servants
! He Immediately secured a palatial
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-01
make ROOM FOR
|. IDLE CHILDREN
Only One Way-Increase School Build
ing and Number Of Teachers.
COMPEL 1876 TO ATTEND.

! A prominent citizen of Henderson.
vile recently asserted that he would
be willing to vote for an increase In
! the rate of taxation for school pur-
poses if the school authorities would
first compel the very large number OF
children who are now loafng on the
streets and around the Southern Rail-
way depot to attend school. This
seems to be reasonable demand for
any citizen to make upon the board OF
school trustees. for everyone will
readily admit that child given over
to life of idleness, unrestraincd. I'M
taught, and free to choose his own
companionship, is surely promising
candidate for our reformatories, asy-
| lums, and other places of correction
and punishment. The community
THAT produces such an element of cit
! izenship is preparing itself to be tax
ed in the future for the maintenance
of jails and houses of correction
while, on the other hand, the COM
munity which compels it's youth to be
trained in mind, body, and heart, is
rearing for the future citizenship of
producers. Therefore, why shouldn't
the gentleman's suggestion be carried
into execution?
If anyone who is interested in the
education of the MASSES of Hender-
sonville will visit our graded school
he will soon be convinced that there
is reason for the children's not be-
ing compelled to attend school. AS a
matter of fact the school authorities
are apprehensive lest these children
who are not now in school should de-
eide to go to school. If they shuld
attempt to enter school it would be
necessary to carry the chairs, Or a
large part of them. from the little as
cembly hall to the recitation rooms,
place these chairs around the rooms
next to the walls. and thus provide
seating capacity for the increased at
tendance. There are now five hun
dred and seventy-nin children, en-
rolled in the graded school, and there
is an average daily attendance of
forty-two pupils per teacher. Every
room in the house from the attic to
the basement is in USE Even the
cloak room has been converted into
music room.
There are seven hundred and forty
five children on the Hendersonville !
census list. The difference between |
seven hundred and forty-fye and five
and seventy-nine shows how
many children are not in school, or
how many there are in Fassifern, Blue
Ridge, Fruitland, or elsewhere. How
ever we believe that very large per |
cent of these children are in no |
school But how can the school au-
thorities compel these one hundred |
and sixty-six children to go to school
without first providing housing space |
and an adequate number of teachers!
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-01
EVER SAbVlTED BY
GAL0MEI7 HORRIBLE
Calomel is quicksilver and acts
like dynamite on
your liver.

Calomel loses you a dayF You
know what calomel is. It's mer-
curry; quicksilver. Calomel is dam
gerous. It crashes into sour bile
like dynamite, cramping and sick
ening you. Calomel attacks the
bones and should never be put into
your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
constipated and all knocked out and
believe you need dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your
druggist sells for so cents a. large
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which
is entirely vegetable and pleasant to
take and is perfect substitute for
calomel. It is guaranteed to start.
your liver without stirring you up
inside, and can not salivate.
Don't take calomel! It makes you
sick the next day; it loses you a days
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight
ems you right up and you feel great.
Give it to the children because it is
perfectly harmless and doesn't grippe.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-02-01
NEW BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI
ONE OF WORLDS MIGHTTES1

\
The United States battfeship Mis-
sissippi launched January rs at New
port News, Va. will be even a larger
ship than the Pennsylvania, the new
flagship of the Atlantic feet. She will
have for sister ships the Idaho and
New Mexico. The old Mississippi and
Idaho were sold to Greece a few years
ago.
follows:
Length over all, 625 feet.
Beam, extreme, 81 feet 2 IL inches.
Draft, % feet inches.
Displacement, $4,000 tons.
Horsepower. $4,000.
Speed, 81 knots.
She will have powerful armament,
consisting of the following guns:
Twelve 14-inch breechloading rifles.
Twenty-Five 5-inch breechloading
rifles.
Four 3-inch aircraft guns.
Four submerged torpedo tubes.
The fourteen inch guns are mount
ed in four turrets, three in each tur
tEet.
The weight of metal thrown at a
broadside of the twelve 14-inch guns
is approximately $4,000 pounds, and
the amount of powder used in each
broadside is 1890 pounds. :
The ship will be driven by four pro-
pellers, one on each of four shafts.
Nine boilers of standard type will fur
nish steam for the six main turbines.
These turbines are of the Curtis type,
and four of the six weight approx
mately 160 tons each In the build
ing of these turbines approximately
half a million packing pieces are
separately installed one at a time.
These blades. if placed end to end
would cover thirty-eight and a half
miles.
The only fuel on board ship will be
oil. No coal will be burned.
This battleship, if it could be trans
ported to city street, would cover
more than three blocks, filling the
thofoughfare completely from side to
side to the roofs of f1ve-story build
1ngs, with the military masts tower
Ing 100 feet still farther in the air, or
If stood on end alongside the Wash
ington monument with stern on the
ground the bow would tower sixty
nine feet above the top of that monu-
ment.