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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
NEW WAR LOAN Is
OPEN TO EVERYONE
SMALL INVESTORS CAN pAor,o,
PATE IN NEW PLAN TO -
NANCE PREPARATIONS

Here is Secretary McAdoo's ovn,.
nation of the new war.loan pJan r
puts liberty loans" within t.,o ra~
of everyone:
These Government obfoan.
take two forms: one is a cortfo.,
bearing twenty spaces, TO each ana y,
which may be affixt a Goyonmon,
stamp costing about SAP each Tb,.
stamps will increase in value At .,
rate of 4 per cent. interest nor ~
mum, compounded, so at their n,nt,,.
ity, at the end of five years thew win
be worth s. each, Twenty Of thoy,
stamps pasted upon a warsaviro.
certificate will represent a cost -,
approximately $S2.4O. At the end =,
five years the Government will >.
deem them and pay in cash tbD own,
of 500.
THE second form is United St,to.
thrift cards, and these are based rnor
the same principle as the war-sayiro,
certificates, except that amounts .,
small as 25 cents may be invested
In stamps and pasted in the Thrift,
cards. When the requisite amount q,
Is cent stamps has been bought tbov
may be converted into a five doIla,
war-savings certificate.
"These two simple methods nut
within reach of every class of tbe
American people, however small their
means, the opportunity of saving their
money, however small the amounts
and lending it to their own govern.
ment at 4 per cent. per annum, in.
'erest compounded, with the right on
their part to have their certificates
dashed by the government at anv'
line at a sum in excess of the actual
cost or the stamps they have bought
can not emphasize too strongly the
wonderful opportunity now offered to
Ill Americans to help the nation
trough this war-saving plan"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
REGISTER DEEDS
TO AVOID TAXES
HENCEFORTH FEDERAL REEVE
NUE. OF 10 CENTS A HUNDRED
MUST BE PAID.

There was a rush to file deeds,
mortgages and other papers for regis
tration in the office of County Regis
ter Sam Taylor yesterday. which was
the last day before the federal reve.
nue. tax of 10 cents a hundred dol
lars went into effect. Henceforth all
persons filing such papers for regis
tration must pay a little to help
finance the war. twenty-five papers
were filed yesterday, which was
truly a land office business, accord
ing to Mrs. Brownie Mcknight who
said that the average is not more
than four papers a day.
Banks also had a busy day, the
federal revenue on notes becoming eff
fective today A number of persons
who had notes that would fall due
within few days after the first of
December renewed them yesterday in
order to save the tax of two per cent
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
DRAFT CLASSES DEFINED By
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL

I'm Glass 4 we find the men whom
we shall take as a last resort. Be
fore that class is reached it is per
fectly safe to say that by the addi
ton of other classes as to age, say
those who have attained Fl since
registration day and perhaps adding
the classes of IS and 10 and 20 years
old men, we shall have included two
or three million men in our available
list, and thus have saved Glass 4.
Glass comprises the field of alb
solute exempts.
There is one thought that l must
impress to eradicate an erroneous
view that may be taken of this clas
sification:
1--WE are dealing in the field OF
labor supply Presenting that tn {
labor supply of industry and agricul-
ture comprises men between the ages
OF, IS and so, and assuming, for the
purpose of this exposition, that there
are 100000 men Of each of these
ages, we are dealing with thirty-two
classes, appurtenant to agriculture
and to the various industries. The
draft affects ten thirty seconds of
this supply or only about thirty-one
per cent. Therefore, turning to Glass
2, when we find skilled farm labor
listed there, it does not mean that
when Class 2 is exhausted all skilled
farm laborers will have been taken.
From these figures, it would seem to
mean that thirty-one per cent of all
skilled farm labor will have been
taken. But even this figure is mis-
leading. Without the definite Stats
tics that the present draft swiH event
ually afford can say, think, thai
within this class Of skilled laborers. at
least sixty-two per cent of those liza
BILE to draft will be found in classe
more deferred than Class 2 by rea
son of dependents, alienage, and tbs
like. The result is that when we
have exhausted Glass 2, we shall,
have taken only twelve per cent of
the skilled labor appurtenant to agri
culture. The same figures apply to
other industries" ....'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07

More enlightenment as to those
constituting the five different classes
is contained in pamphlet addressed
to local board members by Provost
Marshal General Crowder.
The men who compose each class
and why is given in the following
words:
In Glass / we shall have, in every
community, Immediately available for
military service single men and few
married men whose removal will not
disturb the reasonable adequate sup
bort OF their dependents. In the
agricultural aspect, we shall have seq
regate into this class. men who
have not especially fitted themselves
for industrial or agricultural pur-
suits SO that our only incursion into
the labor supply will affect but small
percentage of unskilled labor
I'm Glass 2 we find men who can
be taken without disturbing the sup
port of any dependent and, as shall
presently show you, if the necessity
of drawing on Glass 2 arrives, we
must demand even from agriculture
and industry and adjustment to re-
place a small percentage of skilled
labor affected by the draft-men who.
while occupying no pivotal or I'm
portant position, can serve industry
or agriculture better than unskilled
men.
SHOULD the pinch Of military ne
eessity increase beyond Class 2, 1t
would mean that the nation would
have to begin to commit itself to
hardship and to an adjustment IN
agriculture and industry to meet the
paramount necessity.
1--WE take in Glass 3, very small
class OF persons upon whom others
are dependent for support, but we
do not break up the closest and most
sacred of the family relationships.
We also invade the field of agrlcul-
ture and industry to the extent of TAX
Ing. in the small percentage affected,
men who have specialized themselves
or who occupy rather pivotal posi-.
tons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07

In another place the publication
says: in order to win this war, or
at least to shorten its duration, in
creased transportation facilities are
absolutely essential"
In short, a strike move that would
tie up the railroads of this country
and cripple it's transportation eff:
cheney, even for day, at a time
when they are bending every energy
to serve the Government, is unthink
able.
The patriotic attitude of the rail-
roads of the country with respect to
this matter is reflected in the state.
ment of the rail heads in Washington
who have unreservedly placed the
adjustment of the whole matter in
the Presidents hands with the asslr-
ance that the railroads are willing to
leave it to Wilson" 4.
What has been accomplished
through the Railroads War Board
and the several subsidiary commits
sions in the matter of handling the
problems since the be-
ginning of the war. has been nothing
short of miraculous, and the man or
set of men who would attempt to
cripple this important arm of the
at such a time should be
classed as a traitor to his country
and dealt with as such.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
leased to learn that there is at leas;
one dreaded disease that science has
oeen able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being great
ly influenced by constitutional con,
ditions requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Medicine is
taken internally and acts thru the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, giving the pa
tient strength by building up the cen
Stitution and assisting nature in do
ing it's work. The proprietors have
so much faith in the curative powers
If Halls Catarrh Medicine that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send fol
list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., To-
ledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggist,
75c. ADV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
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. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
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The following deeds have been re
corded in the office of County Regis
ter Sam Taylor during the past two
weeks:
]. B. Holley ct ux to w. B. White
half interest in 81 acres in Fourth
district, $3.50.
G. W. Foster to ID. C. Cannon, 13.4s
acres in Fifth district, $53S.2O, Mora
B. Fariss, C. and M. to c. C. Williams
land in seventh district, $429.56.
George Ezelle to c. H. ArNis, los
acres in Fourth district, $50.
G. B. Southall to T. S. Southall
half interest in 1877 acres in Eighth
district
j. H. Dining to E. l.. Wiltshire, in.
terest in 102 ga acres in Eighth,
district, $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Haywood to Andrew
Sellers, Sc acres in Second district,
$1,000. .. .....
M. H. Fly, ct ux, to VIM. vanzile,
2 acres in Eighth district, $500
C. c. Cothron to John Renfro, lot in
Fourth district, 1925.
M, Zingarell ct al to c. C. Ross
lot in Killebrew Hill, $3.50.
l.. B. Morrow, ct ux, to w. H. Mo
row and R. M. Foster, SO acres in Oh
sixth district, $500.
Angie Patton, ct ais, to T. w. Pa,
ton, is interest in land, $232.50.
W. M. Green to Felix Weatherfocd
77.35 acres in Fifth district $4,000
Petrified Bone Mining Co. to Mid
die Tennessee R. R. Co., land il
Seventh district, 500.
w. C. Sewell to Middle Tennessee,
R. R. Co., 2.9 acres in First district
81 and other consideration.
Fortified Bone Mining Co., to Nj
die Tennessee r. R. Co., lots il
Seventh district, $4,41153.
w. L. Grant and w. ]. fowler
house and lot in Ninth district, SAL
E. H. Ayres to Glenn Campbell, 81
acres in Third district, $500.
w. C. Brooks to c.. w. Brooks
67.14 acres in Seventh district, So.
O42.60.
G. w. Brooks to w. S. McAnal
67.14 acres in Seventh district, 81,
375.
Geo. C. McFall to w. D. Hastings
quit claim deed to land in Ninth dis
trict.
R. D. and ]. A. Whitaker to w. T
Gaskill, 43 acres in 18th districi
$3.50.
Francis Brady to D. W. Dodson
house and lot in Ninth district, 5000
A. p. Church to J. L. and w. F.
Church, 1-9 interest in 100 acres ii
First district, $3.50.
]. N. Jaggers to w. M. and Jno. s
Jaggers, $4,000.
Mrs. Sallie D. Love to N. w. vii,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
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MCDOWELL HONOR
ROLL NOVEMBER

X x X X X 4 X X X X X X X
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
doses of Black raught."


Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford's Black Draught q
standard, household remedy. Every
member, Of every family, at times.
need the help that Black Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re-
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, Indigestion, lazy liver.
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black-Draught. 1t acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. II you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
25c. q package-One cent dose
All druggists. ]. 60
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
DOUGLAS M. PAGE
NOW LIEUTENANT
SON OF THE LATE w. w. PAGE
Is COMMISSIONED AT
FIT. SHERIDAN.

Another Columbia Military Acad-
envy boy has landed a commission as
second lieutenant in the United States
army. 1t is Douglas NJ. Page, who is
at Camp Sheridan. He has just been
commissioned a second lieutenant
Young Page is a son of the late w.
W. Page and has many friends and
relatives in this county
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-12-07
Penny Banks

The Treasury thinks somebody is
hoading pennies"
why should anybody want to
hoard pennies? But hold"
"Yes7'
Come to think, I guess it's true"
"True?"
Yes, true Of about three million
kids" ..
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
MOOSE ID SEND
 A t|NE PRESENT
 ID MOOSEHEART

Again has the Territory of Alaska been honored, this time by the Loyal Order of Moose. But it is justly entitled to the honor. for the reason that 1t was earned by the Alaskan members of the great order when they contributed more money, per capita of membership, toward the building of new halls and dormitories at Mooseheart. the home O. the Moose, than did any other section of the country.
 The honor comes in the naming of one of the boys dormitories at Moose heart. Illinois. Alaska Hall" No state or other territory in the United States has been similarly honorcd. Consequently it is with pride that the members of the order in Alaska point to the distinction which has been conferred upon them.
 It is now up to the lodges of AL aska to fittingly decorate the new hall. and they have set about to do it. Fairbanks Lodge No 1892 is sending of very handsome moose hide emblematic of Fairbanks and Interior Alaska. The hide has the figure of a heart burned on 1t, under which is the slogan Fairbanks, Al aska's Golden Heart; There's a Soft Spot in It for You" Within the heart is the Moose emblem and the number of the Fairbanks lodge. The work on the hide is that of William Betzler (Moose BID. The hide is on exhibition in the window at St George & Cathcart's.
 This is the gift from the Fairbanks Moose to Alaska Hall at Moose heart. It will be sent first to Alaska headquarters at KetChikan, where it will be boxed for shipment to the national Moose convention at Pitts burg. with emblems of other Alaska lodges, and will then be sent to Mooseheart, there to adorn the rooms of the building which has been nam- cd for Alaska.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
GERMANY BLAMES
 ]. 5. FUR BREAK
Associated Press)

BERLIN. Germany. Mar. 29.-Ger- many. through Chancellor Bethmann- Hollweg, today disclaims any respon- sibllity for war between her and America The chancellor. in a speech before crowded session of the reich stag. iaid the German side of the question before the German people.
 Germany has never desired to make war against the United States" said the chancellor. nor does she desire to do so today" Taking up the question of unrestricted warfare proclaimed by Germany. he stated. This method of sea warfare was and is necessary for the defense of the German nation and for the sue cessful prosecution of the war"
 He declared that Germany had ev- cry right to make war by this method and that her action in doing so was no more of violation of interna- tional law than the entente allies refusal to permit food supplies to enter Germany for the benefit of non-Combatants. No reference was made to any intention of the German government for a further peace pro pOsal.
 Nowhere in the address of the chan Cellor was there any indication that there would be any modification of he unrestricted submarine warfare. From the tenor of his remarks it is considered that such stop is not being considered by Germany. He concluded his speech by disclaiming any resp nsibility on Germany's part for a war with America. He said If he American nation considers this a cause to declare war against the German nation, with which 1t has lived in peace for more than a hun dred years; if this warrants an in crease in the bloOdshcd already flood ing the world. we, the German peo- pie, shall not have to bear the bur den of responsibility for it."
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
TRACY TRIAL
 DRACS ALONG
Associated Press)

SEATTLE Mar. zs-Testimony was introduced in the I. W. W. trial now going on here directly connect ing Thomas Tracy with the murders that occurred at Everett during the | w ". rioting there last Novem- Der This is the second time during the proceedings that Tracy has been directly implicated by witnesses.
 Walter Smith and William Bridges, two deputy sheriffs. members of the citizen posse that held off the Indus trial Workers, swore that they saw the first shots of the Everett battle fired. and that they came from the Verona cabin windows. They de clared positively that they recognized Tracy as the man who was doing the shooting.
 On cross examination, when they were confronted with transcript of the evidence given by them at the coroners hearing showing that they had answered no" to question of whether or not they would be able to recognize the man. they said that they did not remember making any such statement.
 8. A. Mann, former police judge in Spokane. was called by the state, and recalled the Industrial Worker trou- ble that Spokane experienced at the time he was in office. during which time the Spokane chief of police was assass mated The purpose of this testimony was to show that the I. ". W's had intended to make trouble, and that this is what their reference in the Everett proclamation meant. The Everett proclamation referred to stated. in effect. that the fight for free speech in Spokane cost that city 32500oo and chief of police, and the inference was that 1t would cost Everett at least as much if the right of free speech was not granted to the Industrial Workers.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
RIGGS HERE ON
 OFFICIAL TRIP

Thomas Riggs. Jr. member of the Alaskan Engineering commission with headquarters at Nenana, arrived here yesterday from the new railroad town. He comes to Fairbanks partly on business and partly pleasure bent his trip at this particular time hay ing been made with the idea of be- ing present at the ceremonies incl dental to the dedication of the new road commission bridge and other Potlatch activities.
 MT. Riggs statements regarding the railroad work to be done differ but little from those he has made be- fore. It Is the intention of the com mission, he says, to build the road south from Nenana to the Nenana coal fields and also to build stretch of road north from Nenana. The commission will not be able, he says, to follow out the plans first made, on account of the fact that the rail road appropriation failed to pass at the last session of congress, but 1t is hoped that the congress which is to convene in special session soon will do something immediately to- ward the matter of the appropria- ton. Then more definite plans can be announced.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
KNEzEY|CH IS
 FOUND GUILTY

After deliberating but short time yesterday afternoon, the jury sitting on the case of the United States vs. Martin Knezevich, the defendant in which proceedings was charged with assault with dangerous weapon, re- turned a verdict of guilty. The trial of the case occupied two days of the courts time, owing to the fact that the defendant made an attempt to defend himself rather than pro- cure the services of an attorney. The court has not yet set time for passing sentence.
 The complaining witness in the case against Knezevich was Peter J. Nikoloff. It seems that kneZevich met Nikoloff on May 28 last on the Dome creek trail and accused him of living in cabin in which he had no right. Nikoloff, in reply. told the man that he was crazy. where upon, as Nikoloff stated on the wit ness stand, Knezevich drew a gun and attempted to shoot him. Niko- loff took the gun away from Kneze- vich. and. according to his statement on the stand. was then hit on the
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
TANKER REACHES
 HOME IN SAFETY
Associated rress)

SEATTLE. Mar. 29.-An official an nouncement today from Washington states The American tank steamer Sun arrived today in an American port from Europe" No further in- formation Is made public. What port she cleared from or what nation In Europe. or what port 1t arrived at in the United States, is not given out.
 This is the result of the request recently made by the President on the different news associations to discontinue shipping news in order to safeguard American sailings as far as possible and facilitate the movements of the armed merchant vessels as soon as they resume their regular schedules.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
TO TIE
 UP LABOR|TES
Associated Press)

PITTSBURG, Mar 29-In an ad dress before a gathering of railroad mon here tonight. President Alter bury, Of the American Railway As sociatiOn, predicted that the time is coming rapidly when the public will tie the labor unions hand and foot as radically as the unions now have the railroads tied up. The unions are never satisfied, he claimed.
 If they continue their policy of damn:ng the public. the President, congress and the supreme court as they are now doing, they will have to be curbcd," he declared. He also stated that the railroads demand on the Interstate Commerce commis- sion for authority to raise existing rates was necessary for them 10 re sume their normal growth.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
ALL CELEBRATE
 SEWARD DAY"

Seward Day" Is now not only a dream. but reality. For yesterdays dispatches from the territorial capi- tai brought word of the passage by the house of representatives of Al aska of a bill providing for it's es- tablishment as a territorial holiday It is practically certain that the sen ate will also pass the measure, which will give Alaska a holiday particular ly and peculiarly her own.
 In recognition of this fact. and recognizing Seward Day" as a holi- day. the greater part of the mercan- tile establishments of Fairbanks will keep their doors closed today and give their employees d holiday. When court adjourned yesterday afternoon Judge Charles E. Bunnell also an nounced that court would be at re- cess until 10 o'clock Saturday morn ing The other federal offices will likewise close, in accordance with the provisions of the bill passed by the house.
 Seward Day will also be recognized in the public schools, a holiday hay ing been declared by the Fairbanks school board. The two banks of the city have also announced that their doors will be closed for the day.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
SHORTER HOURS
 FOR THOSE WHO
 WORK IN MINES

Bill No. 5 was introduced in the house of representatives on March l2 by C. K Snow. of the Fourth di- vision. and provides for An Act to declare employment in undergro ind lode or placer workings, and in all other underground workings, of any kind or nature whatsoever, to be dangerous to life and limb: to regu- late and limit the hours of employ ment; to declare the violations there of a misdemsanor, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof, and repeating all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith to the extent of such conflict"
 Section of the bill provides that the period of employment of any person in underground lode or placer claim or in any underground work ings of any kind shall not exceed eight hours within twentyfour hours, except on such days as change of shift is made" The bill does not provide that the actual time going to or from work shall be counted in the eight hours of labor. it be ing the intention of this act to limit he hours of employment in any twentyfour hours to eight hours of actual labor at the face. except in cases of emergency where life or property is in imminent danger"
 The bill provides that any person, corporation, foreman. or employer, who shall employ or cause to be em- ployed. any person or persons in vio- lation of the act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $500 and also provides for i'm prisonment from 90 days to six months for the first conviction. The second conviction does not provide for fine, but specifics impriscn- ment of from six months to one year. The second conviction under the provisions of the act shall mean any conviction within space of two years after a previous convic ton for the same offense.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
NJ MOVEMENTS
 0N ANY FRONT
Associated Press)

LONDON. Mar. 29.-A summary of the days reports received from the different battlefronts. as issued by the war office. shows an unusual quiet prevailing everywhere. For the first time in several weeks there Is complete calm on the French front. both sides resting on the ground they occupied yesterday.
 It is stated that the Germans are apparently intending to attempt to make stand where they have halt ed. and the allied forces are making preparations for a big assault, which will be started in the next day or two.