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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
MUN|T|ON BIDS
ARE CRITICISED

Washington, Jan. 6---Advocates In
congress Of government manufacture
OF all war punitions today literally
denounced American dealers who
were outbid 5000 per projectile by
a British firm on an order for l6-inch
shells.
1t only emphasizes" Congressman
McKellar, Tennessee. OF the house
military committee. said. "the danger
OF relying on our private manufac-
turers for munitions"
Where Is the splendid patriotism
so extolled IA actuating American
manufacturers' These bids are an
example OF t."
Congressman Gordon. Ohio. an
other member Of the committee. de-
clared for accepting the British bid
az a rebuke to the American firms,
The American concerns. he said.
went ahead with their policy Of
bleeding the government without con-
siderlng the possibility OF outside
competition. They have slipped up.
Let the government, II II has to
buy from private concerns. buy where
II can buy the cheapest"
"The British bids" Representative
Hull, Iowa, declared, should open
the eyes OF the American people, It
is folly to place further reliance OF
private manufacturers"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
WITNESSES CALLED
IN NOTE LEAK PROBE

washington, Jan. 6.--The leak to
Wall street on the presidents note
to belhgerents was caused by fin
ancial papers. unless the news came
back to Wall street from Europe, &C.
cording to the belief Of Congressman
Harrison Of Mississippi, expressed to
the house rules committee today.
Following this. the committee, be-
sides issuing subpoenas for thu entire
Washington STATS OF Financial Am
erica and the Wall Street Journal,
ordered the publication to produce
copies Of news sent out by their
Washington star on December 20.
Bernard M. Baruch, Wall street
broker. whom rumor-and Congress
man Wood OF Indana--conncct
with the leak. also ives asked to
preserve his brokers' sale slips dur
ing the period when the note was sent
and the stock market broke.
A telegram, read by Chairman
Henry. said the New York Stock ex-
change would preserve its papers
from December 10 to December 10
as requested but could not answer for
the Consolidated exchange,
The committee Immediately decided
to ask the New York and the Consoli-
date stock exchanges to have their
members preserve individual records
OF transactions during the period,
John Boyle and Henry Eland Of
the Wall Street Journal and John
Walsh. w. A, Crawford and A. u.
Geyer. N. M. Sheppard and A. ".
Jameson Of Financial America. were
the financial reporters the committee
summoned.
Charles II. Sabin. president Of the
Guaranty Trust company. mentioned
in newspapers as. having advance In
formation on the note and r. G. No
Kinney. attorney for Otto Kahn, OF
Kuhn, Loeb q Company, New York.
were present when the committee
met. tg vi
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
GOV, DUNNE COMPUTES
y SENTENCE OF MURDERER

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 6.--CIovernor
Dunno today commuted the sentence
OF Dr. Haldono Cleminson.. Chicago
physician sentenced to life imprison-
ment, for the murder Of his wife, "a
expire In February, 1923. Clemin-
son at the time OF the trial. declared
burglars entered his home and kill
cd his wife. with chloroform. but
the web Of criminal evlence against
him was too strong, The murder
occurred In 1908, as
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07

Selous was Sc years Of age. and
was known rs one OF the world's s
authorities on African fauna and
flora. He was the author'of numer-
GUS books on hunting and exploring
and visited Canada and the U. 8,
about 10 years ago. Selous was with
Colonel Roosevelt in 1909 on the
iatter's hunting trip in South Africa,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
s5 LIVES LOST WHEN
TRANSPORT IvERNIA SUNK

London. Jan. 6.--Losses In the
torpedoing OF the transport Ivernia.
formerly the Cunard liner. totalled
s5 Of the rank and file, the admir-
atty announced today.
The original estimate of those lost
was 150.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
ExPBCT SETTLEMENT OF
THE PETROIhTE CASE

Washington. Jan. G.---Settlement
satisfactory alike TO the United
states and Austria will be reached In
che case OF the Austrian shelling OF
the Standard OIL tanker Petrolite.
soon after the new Austrian ambas-
sallor, Count Tarnowski. arrives here.
according to hopes expresse here to-
day by oficials,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
FAMOUS AFRICAN HUNTER
Is KILLED IN ACTION

Gloucester. England. Jan.6-Death
in action OF Captain G. s. Selous.
famous African explorer. was re-
ported in a message received here
from East Africa today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07

P, j.. McGce returned last night
from Hornbrook where he spent ssv-
eral days visiting friends.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07

Tho Amerian shell contract. on
which Hadfleids submitted a bid low
ar than domestic firms. Sheffield de-
livery. must be made within 10
months from date the contract was
let, The award has not yet been
made.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07
PR0JECT|lES
MAY Be MADE
BY THE us.
The Bids Submitted BY Priv
ate Firms Are So High
That Secretary Daniels Fav-
ors a Government Factory

Washington. Jan. G.---Caliing AM
erican bids on high projectiles for
The navy outrageous. Secretary OF
che Navy Daniels announced today
thai tho government armor plate
board ID also working upon plans for
. government projectiie factory,
He declared that the American bids
showed lack OF competition. being
more than $500. 900 higher than on
. previous occasion when u had been
announced the Hadficlds OF England
would not compete.
The English firm bid again this
time. but tho fact was not known In
advance.
1T appears that American firms
are 40 busy making shells for foreign
nations that they are not partiuiarly
Interested In our business" Daniels
declared, II consider their bids out
raxcous but cannot call the English
hid outrageous In The light Of high
coat - asss-s
Daniels said he might ask congress
TO double the appropriation for a
psoiectile plant.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07

W. II. Fluhart, OF the Copper King
Mine was In town Friday. stopping
at tho Josephine hotel,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-07

London. Jan. 6.--The bid for man
ufarture OF shclls~pbr the American
government. submitted by Hadfields.
Hmited, OF Sheffield. ia contingent
upon the ending OF the war. II was
said today. Hadfields. like every
other munitions plant In the united
Kingdom. Ia now under government
control.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29
State Sunday School
Convention at Pine Bluff

The Twenty third Annual State Con
veution of the Sunday School Associa-
ton will convene in Pine Bluff. Ark.
April 24-26 Every white Sunday
School of the state is urged to send at
least three delegates besides pastor and
superintendent. A delegate should be
sent from each of three general di-
visions of your Sunday School. name
ly, Elementary. Secondary. and Adult
Divisions.
This State Sunday School Convention
promises to be the best and finest and
greatest ever held in Arkansas Some
nation famed speakers have been Sc
cured and many of the best Sunday
School men and women of the state
will participate on the Convention Pro
gram. One of the principal speakers
of the Convention will be Mr.. John
Alexander of Chicago. Mr. Alexander
Is the Superintendent of the Secondary
Division of the International Sunday
School Association. He Is recognized
az one of the Worlds greatest Teen
Age specialists.
Professor T. W. Shannon of Della
ware. Ohio. author, editor and lecturer
of nationwide fame. will also be one
of the Convention speakers one ad
dress which Professor Shannon will de
liver is entitled. Forests Protected -
Hogs Inspected Children Neglected. -
Every father and mother of the state
and every teacher of boys and girls
should hear that lecture.
Among others who will participate
on the program are the following
Governor c. H. Brough; DR. II. X. Me
Keen, author, chautauqua lecturer. and
rural specialist; DR.. J NJ Workman,
President of Henderson Brown College;
DR. c. f. Dicken. President of Ouachi-
ia College; Mr.. s. W. Hutton. Fit
Worth, Texas, Sunday School Field
Secretary of the Christian Church; Rev
c. n Baker. Sunday School Secretary
of Little Rock Conference: Rev. For
ney Hutchinson. Pastor First Methodist
Church. Little Rock Mr. Albert T.
Buss of st. Louis, Mo, great song
leader and cornetist. will lead the Con
vention music There will be about
seventy, all told, who will participate
on the program.
The Arkansas Sunday School Assoc
citation is an nterdenominatioal co
operative organization that has "a its
purpose. the helping of every Sunday
School in the state. This Is done thru
Conventions. State, County, and Dis
trict, Institutes. Schools of Methods.
and the distribution of free literature
treating every phase of modern Sunday
School work
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29
Lyceum Course Next Year.

| A sufficient number of guarantors
has been secured to assure Lyceum
Course for Dermott for next winter
and the contract has been signed with
the Dixie Bureau of Dallas, Texas, for
four excellent numbers The course
promises to be an extraordinarily good
one, the Bureau having made an es-
pecialy attractive offer on account of
numbers on the course purchased from
them last year.
The course for next year includes the
following:
Castelluccis Neapolitan Band, a
musical organization of eight people,
including grand opera soprano sololst.
Vierra's Royal Hawaiian Singers and
Players, company of five native
Hawaiin $, who appear in native dress
and present this popular music at its
best. This company ranks among the
foremost of all the Hawaiian companies
playing in the United States.
The Zedeler Symphonic Sextette. a
company of four men and two ladies,
each one said to be real artist. This
company was sold for return dates this
year to some of the best musical col
leges in the state.
The Hettie Jane Dunawav Company
in The Red Rambler. which is said
to have the most elaborate and expen-
sive stage setting of any production
now on the Lyceum platform. There
are three members of the company.
and the play is said to be one of the
most fascinating romances ever staged.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29
Highway Board
Employs Engineer.

The Commissioners for the Arkansas
Louisiana Highway met Monday and
elected the firm of Ford & McCrea of
Little Rock as the engineers for the
district There were seven applicants
for the appointment Major Parks of
Pine Bluff. the firm of Humphreys K
Tovey of Pine Bluff; Ford & McCrea
of Little Rock Lund & Hill of Little
Rock; Dickinson & Watkins of Little
Rock; and two Mississippi firms.
The engineering firm selected by the
commission will start at once and make
their surveys and estimates on the va
rious types of road and submit them
to the Commission for their approval
or disapproval 1t is said that it will
take at least thirty to forty days to
complete the work of making the sur
veys. After that time, the bonds can
be sold and the contract let Engineers
claim that to complete this road will
take at least ten to twelve months, as
Stunning that the contractors have tive
outfits in each county in the district.
As the Arkansas Louisiana highway is
the longest road improvement district
ever formed by margin of five miles
it is thought that the competition for
the contract bids will be keen
The nature of the road is not yet
known because each county will have
to settle the matter as to the kind of
road they desire in their county, but
the surveys will be pushed to COM
pletion so that estimates may be as
certained as soon as possible on the
various types of road.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29
The Children's Delight

is to be accommodated at frequent in
tervals during play time with nice
large slices of pure and wholesome
bread. We advise giving them plenty
because they need it to nourish and
strengthen their little bodies while
growing so rapidly. Our bread is just
suited for the children. Its the best
that CON ha hakad
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

In his address before the Arkansas
Branch of the League to Enforce
Peace in Little Rock Monday night.
Elk President Taft predicted that war
would be declared between the United
States and Germany within ten days,
and would probably last about a
year. He spoke strongly in favor of
preparedness. and urged unqualified
support of President Wilson. He said
Bryan was a PACiist and Roosevelt
was PaciFIST. but unreservedly en-
dorsed Wilson's policies He aroused
the greatest enthusiasm. and was wild
ly cheered by his audience of 1900
people.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

Governor Brough last week issued
proclamation designating the week of
April 1928 as Arkansas Battleship
Service Week, at which time a state
wide campaign is to be made to com
plete the raising of funds to provide
the silver service for the Battleship Ar
kansas. Friday. April 9th, was es-
pecially designated as school donation
day.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

According to the report Just issued
by the U. S. Department of Commerce.
the total amount of cotton ginned in
Arkansas from the 1916 crop was
l. I02, 40S bales, as compared with a
total of 7s9. 5S3 bales ginned from the
crop of 1915. In Chicot county the
total number of bales ginned from the
1916 crop was l6, 9l2 as compared with
Is. 433 bales from the crop of 1915.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

First Lieut.. w H. Walker. of the
United States Army. has been desig
mated to make the annual federal in
spection of the Arkansas militia. and
began the work in Little Rock this
week. He is scheduled to be in Der
mott to inspect Company X on April
18th and 18th.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

Hon Badly Vinson, attorney-at-law
and representative in the last legisla-
tive from Chicot County. died at Lake
Village Monday evening, after an i'll
ness of only a few days. The body was
taken to his former home in Little
Rock Tuesday.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

Governor Brough has announced the
appointment of Attorney Robt. c.
Knox of Monticello to succeed w A
Coker as Judge of Drew County. Judge
Coker recently resigned to accept an
appointment as a member of the State
Penitentiary Commission
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29
Announcement.

The Dermott News is authorized to
announce r. A. Buckner of Dermott
as a candidate for delegate to the Con
stitutional Convention, subject to the
action of the democratic pramary,
April IA Adv.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-03-29

Try one of Hanchey's Liver Pills to-
night and you will feel better in the
morning. ct
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
NOW LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stillnes everywhere,
While, like winged spirits, here and
there
The freight shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from further room
Comes, "Now | lay me down to Sleep.
And somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
Ny thoughts go back to distant years
And linger with loved one there,
And as / hear the child's Amen,
NY mothers faith comes back to me;
Crouched at her side / seem to be,
And mother holds my hand again.
o, for an hour in that dear placei
O, for the peace Of that dear timel
o, for that childish trust sublime!
o, for glimpse of mothers face!
Yet, as the shadows round me creep,
/ do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic Of that treble tone
And "Now / lay me down to Sleep.
Eugene Field.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07

this medicine will cure tuberculosis in
any form, and ! know you do not rec
ommend it for that, but it seems to
have built me up and strengthened me
in every way.
Before taking this Tanlac / had
tried so many different kinds of med
icine that my house looked like drug
store. / will be glad to tell anybody
what it has done for me, but / won't
have to tell them, for the difference
in my looks will show for itself"
Tanlac is sold by Alexander Drug
Co., Covington; c. L. Taylor, Mason;
DR.. McLister, Brighton; Alternately
Drug Co., Munford; M. E. Tenant,
Atoka; w. H. Barton, Gilt Edge; j.
R. Bartlett & Son, Detroit; Upton
Supply Co., successors to Ellis &
Burkhardt, Upton; A. T. Lacey & Co.,
Richardson's; Burlison Store Co., Bur-
lisOn, and W. H. Barton, Dixon,
Tenn. adv.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
PULLING HARD AGAINST THE
STREAM

In the world I've gained my knowl-
edge,
And for it have had to pay:
Though ! never went to college, X
have heard that poets say:
Life is like mighty river,
Rolling on from day to day;
Men are vessels launched upon it,
Sometimes wrecked and cast away.
Chorus
So, then, do your best for one another,
Making life pleasant dream;
Help worn and weary brother,
Pulling hard against the stream.
Many bright, good-natured fellow,
Many a undetermined man,
Finds himself in water shallow,
Then assist him if you can.
Some succeed at every turning,
Fortune favors every scheme;
Others, too, though more deserving,
Have to pull against the stream.
If the wind is in your favor,
And you've weathered every squat
Think of those who luckless labor,
Never get fair winds at all;
Working hard, contented, willing,
Struggling through life's oceal
wide,
Not a friend and not shilling,
Pulling hard against the tide.
Don't give way to foolish sorrow;
Let this keep you in good cheer;
Brighter days may come tomorrow
If you try and persevere.
Darkest nights viii have morning,
Though the sky be overcast;
Longest lanes must have a turning,
And the tide win turn at last.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07


per cent in dressed beef. The oifal Of
~ per cent is also Of great value. The
hides, heads, bones, horns. blood and
hair are all used. The average NUM-
Der Of hogs killed per year was 1905.
Figuring the average weight per hog
at 100 pounds, the loss was 47S pounds
Of pork yer day, as hogs net rs per
cent ia dressed meat. This loss ii
cattle and hogs combined constitutes
waste to the nation Of 4,571 pounds
of meat per day, which is sufficient to
sustain approximately 5000 people.
| appeal to every man, woman and
child living along the Illinois Central
lines, employe and non-employe alike,
to cooperate with the railroad COM
pany in wiping out this wastage. Ev-
cry person who fails to do his or her
part in the saving of single animal
will be guilty Of helping the country's
enemies reduce the food supply to that
extent, and reducing the food supply
is the thing relied upon to defeat our
country in the war.
T. ]. FOLEY,
Gen. Mgr. |. G. R. R. Co. and
Y. & NJ. v. R. R. Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
WASTE OF FOOD UNPATRIoTIC

In his proclamation of April 10Th,
President Wilson warned the nation
that food supplies in this country are
running low. He impressed upon the
minds of the people the imperative
necessity of the conservation of food
of all kinds. 1t is feared by next fall
the scarcity Of food will become acute.
Some of the foreign countries are now
threatened with famine. The govern
ment is considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
inaugurating meatless days onaccount
Of the scarcity Of meat. Under such
conditions, it is not too much to say
that the wastage of food is unpatri-
otto.
During the last five years there
have been killed upon the waylands Of
the Illinois Central system, 5,122 head
Of horses, and mules, 1921 head Of
cattle and 1926 head of hogs, total
and absolute waste. We have done
everything we can do to prevent kill
ing this stock, having spent large
sums in building and repairing fences
and having tried, and, we, think, hav-
ing succeeded, in educating our en-
ployes to do their utmost, at all times
and under all circumstances, to pre-
vent the killing of stock, but in spite
of these efforts the killing and the
wastage continues. The only thing
which can and will stop it is the full
and hearty cooperation of the public
and of owners Of stock. Much of the
stock is killed inside station limits
Citizens Of the various towns can dc
a great deal towards keeping this
stock of the railroad tracks. Hun
dreds of head Of stock are killed BY
reason Of gates being negligently left
open. / appeal to the farmers to co
operate with the railroad company il
keeping gates closed. The danger Of
derailment Of trains by reason Of
striking live stock is now second in
Importance to the wastage of food
One who viii leave a gate open anc
expose live stock to the danger of be
ing killed by trains at the present
time is guilty of an unpatriotic act.
The average number Of head of eat
tie killed per year on the waylands Of
the Illinois Central system, during The
last five years, was 1924. Assuming
that the average weight of these ami
mails was 800 lbs, the loss in dress
ed beef was 4,098 pounds per day
cause the average animal will
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
MT. CARMEL NOTES

Mr.. ]. c. Chumley is repairing his
barn.
Miss Ruth Chumley, the daughter Of
Mr.. j. c. Chumley, has been very i'll
from eating too many strawberries.
Mr.. Bud Smith gave an ice cream
supper Saturday night.
Mr.. c. B. Peck is having some re-
pairs made on his home.
Mr.. Paul Cook visited Hopewell
Sunday.
Misses Dorothy and Pauline Peck
are preparing to visit their aunt in
Cairo, Ill.
Miss Ruth bearing has been very
ill. BROWN EYES.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD"
SAYS ROBERT YOUNG
Had Taken So Much Medicine His
House Looked Like Drug Store -
Gains Rapidly After Taking Tanlac.

"If forty men had sworn to me 'un-
til they were black in the face that
any medicine on earth would have
helped me as much as Tanlac has in
only ten days time, would have
laughed at them, said Robert Young,
who lives at 5l2 Baxter avenue, Knox
vile, Tenn.
"This medicine is worth its weight
in gold, and if the price was $50 q
bottle instead Of ST, would buy it
just the same, if / had the money to
pay for it.
eff the next bottle helps me as
much as the last, / am going to throw
these crutches away. / feel like a
different man, and if it were not for
my back and legs, which were opeF-
ated on, / would be able to walk again.
II have been suffering for years
with tuberculosis of the bone, and if it
had not been for a prominent surgeon
here in Knoxville whose name ! will
be glad to give to anyone on request
] guess would have died long before
this.
ut was wonderful operation, and
there was whole lot Of talk about
my case here in Knoxville. | don't
believe there has ever been another
case as bad as mine. He sawed nine
inches out Of the bone in my leg and
grated it to my spinal column. So
far as the operation was concerned, it
was complete success, and saved my
life, but my constitution was SO weak
ened at the time I had never fully
recovered from the effects Of it, ano
have been very weak and gradually
| losing strength ever since. finally
got SO could hardly eat or sleep, anC
was gradually going down hill.
eff you remember the day came
after the first bottle of Tanlac, | was
so weak / could hardly get about.
now feel like new man. can ca
better and sleep better, and have
gained several pounds in weight.
"Of course, | do not mean to sa!
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
CYRUS JUMBO and SAMPSON

weighs $50 lbs, carried off the prize
at the Upton County Fair for the
best in the county.
Breeders are cordially invited to my
barn to see these animals, which ] am
standing on their merits in breeding
and individual qualities. You will find
each as represented "a first class
animal.
Terms: Bob Hughes, Jr., $40 to-
insure; and the jacks, $40 each to
insure.
Care taken to prevent accidents,
but will not be responsible should
any occur.
"A. N. YOUNG
CONVICTION, TENNESSEE
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-07
BOB HUGHES, JR.

IS a line driver. IF you want to
raise high class and useful horse.
you will find what you are looking
for in him.