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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
COUNTY NEWS
IN A NUTSHELL
RAMBIE CREEK.

Bob Jones is reported on the
sick list this week.
l.. L. Watson and family visited
Fred King Sunday.
Curtis Moody and wife visited
Fred King Sunday.
Bob Floyd visited the family of
Isham Jones Sunday.
Miss Nora Cole was the guest of
Miss jamie Cole Saturday.
Miss Flossie Watson spent last
Monday afternoon with Miss Nora
Cole.
There will be q debate at PEI
ford's School House Friday night,
February %.
Miss Nora Cole and Bob Floyd
visited the family of Il. l.. Watson
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Matte Barnes spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 7. w. Floyd.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16
CLATD.

Royal Melton visited on Sulphur
Greek Sunday.
e. W. Hartley visited relatives
in Camden last week.
Aunt Winnie Nester is reported
on the sick list this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Melton Of
Way visited here Sunday.
Horace Melton Of Camden was
here a few days last week.
Luther Ausment has returned
from lengthy stay at Martin.
Trey Alsup .end John Cole Of
Sulphur Greek were here Sunday.
Commy, William and Clarence
Hartley of Harmon Greek visited
here Sunday.
Mesdames Ida Melton and Joe
Melton of Harmon Greek visited
here last week.
James Wheatley wnl soon move
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

into his new dwelling, which is
nearing completion.
Everybody sis invited to come
out to preaching at Halls Valley
next Sunday. The text to be used
isII Corinthians v ", Therefore,
if any man be in Christ be isa new
creature; old things are past away;
behold, all things are become new.."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

presiding Elder w. w. Adams
will hold quarterly meeting at
Luterton Saturday and Sunday.
John Pierpont -and Miss Eva
Wheatley were married Wednes.
day, Rev. q. G.. Wheatley oficiat-
ing. We wish them a long and
happy married life.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Miss Alta Moody and sister of
Big Sandy attended the meeting of
the literary society at Pafford,s
School House FRIDAY evening.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-16

Rub-My- -Tism, antiseptic, relieves
Rheumatism, Spraips, Neuralgia,
FAtc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
SEVEN DEAD. q MISSING
IN CHICAGO GHETTO BLAST
Firemen Tunnelling Ruins for Buried
Victims of Explosion and Fire

Victims of Explosion and Fire
Chicago, Feb. More than hun
dred men worked tonight over the
smouldering, ice covered ruins of
tenement house wrecked by an ex-
plosion at an early hour to-day. The
tenement. located in the heart of the
West Side Ghetto district. contained
between eighty and ninety sleeping
men, women and children.
OF the number tossed in all direc-
tions and buried beneath debris by the
force of the explosion, these results
had been established tonight:
Known dead, z; injured, 81; missing,
27; rescued uninjured, %.
Twenty-four hours more at least, &c
cording 10 Ere Marshal O'Connor, would
be necessary to clear away the debris
in order fully to determine whether
there are others in the ruins. Late to-
day five persons were taken out. II is
believed there are about twelve others
buried in the ruins.
The intense cold-10 below zero
retarded the fremen, and the streams
turned on the burning tenement turned
TO ice as the water fell.
The explosion is believed to have
been caused by leaking gas. Accord
ing TO the janitor of the building, COM
plants have been made by him several
times to the company officials without
result. This report is being investI-
gated by the coroner. The States At
torney announced tonight he would
begin an investigation.
Most of those rescued soon after the
explosion sustained frozen hands and
feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03

House, but now goes back to that BODY
for action on the amendments adopted
in the Senate. The bill prohibits the
sale. manufacture or distribution IN
any way Of alcoholic beverages, and
would permit druggists to sell only
pure grain alcohol for medicinal pur-
poses. Ii would give clergymen per
mission to use wine for sacramento!
purposes.
Leaders of the Legislature say the
Senate amendments, chief of which IS
one 10 FIX the time the state goes dry
a. April 2, 1918. instead of January
/. 1918. as stated in the original House
bill, will be concurred in by the House.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The Alaska
"bone dry" prohibition bill. already
psssed by the Senate, was passed to-
dav by the House without a roll call
after an unsuccessful fight to prevent
its consideration.
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 2.-Governor
Rye to-day signed the bone dry" bill.
which puts an end to all shipments OF
liquor as a beverage into the state
after March 1. Between to-day and
March l individuals may order one
gallon for personal or family use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Lewis Calls Hunger
Strike "Farce-COmedy''

Said 70 be too weak to move hand
or speak above a whisper, Mrs. Ethel
Byrne. released from BlackveI's ISL
and after her hunger strike, was in
charge OF two trained nurses at her
home. FAC West Fourteenth Street, yes
terdsy.
DR.. Moses Kahn and DR.. Goldwater.
her physicians, said that the patient
was still at the point where all sorts
of complications might result.
Commissioner Of Correction Burdette
C. Lewis. on the other hand. referred to
the hunger strike as celebrated farce
comedy" and said that doctors had re-
ported to him late Thursday night that
Mrs. Byrne was in a better condition
upon leaving BlackwelPs Island than
she had been when she came 10 the
workhouse.
ave will not permit, and do not an
.icipate, any disorder at BlackwelPs
Island because of the Governors de-
cision with respect TO broad public
question" he said. However, we will
h, quite able to handle even q general
hunger strike. IL one should result
Mrs. Byrne's case has been handled
,by eminent physicians, who were under
no obligation TO me nor 70 any one else
TO support the Department Of Correc-
ton in any way These doctors are
prepared 20 stand by their medical
statements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
WHITMAN OFFERS P. S. G.
POST TO SUTHERLAND
Picks Former Justice Of Syracuse to
Prevent Row Among Leaders


rBy Telegraph to Ths rabunsl
Albany. Feb. 2.-Governor Whitman
is steering a shrcwd course in the mat
ter Of the appointment Of new Public
Service Commissioner for the I'd Dis
trict, which has left two powerful up
state Republican county leaders in o
quandary. The Governor has offered
the appointment as successor to Devoe
?. Hodson to Arthur Z. Sutherland, of
Rochester, former Supreme Court jus
tice, who retired from the bench and
from politics few years ago and now
has a large law practice in George Al
bridges home city.
The upstate commissionership threat
ened two weeks ago to cause o split be-
tween the Governor and Francis Hen
bricks, CO Onondaga County. Governor
Whitman had then about decided to
give the place to Aldridge, Republican
boss of Monroe County, or at least to
some one named by Aldridge. Then
along came Hendricks with the ap-
pointment of his chief Lieutenant, vii.
lard A. Rill, in his pocket and almost
demanded that the Governor accept il.
He was supported a few days ago by a
delegation OF Syracuse leaders.
Governor Whitman then decided on
Sutherland. The upstate leaders can
not charge him with favoritism to one
over the other. nor can they rebel
against the appointment without stultl-
flying them selves, because Mr.. Suther-
land is regarded as one Of the best men
that the Governor could find for. the
job.
Judge Sutherland has not yet &C.
cepted the appointment tut the Gov
ernor is urgipg him strongly to do so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Iron rhs Tribune Bureau

Washington. Feb. 2.-Just four small
destroyers constitute the total increase
in the fighting value of the navy au-
thor;zed and commissioned under Pres
ident Wilson's administration, Repre-
sentative Britten, Of Illinois, Repub-
lican member of the Naval Committee,
pointed out in opening the debate on
the 1851, 100000 naval appropriation
bill to-day.
1--WE are not prepared to fight TO-
day.- he declared, because Of short
age Of $4,000 ordinary seamen in the
navy. Doesn't it give you goose SKIN
when our country's Tnpreparedness for
a great emergency Is so apparent, and
don't you hope that the President Will
continue too proud TO fight?
Including the amount carried in the
bill now under discussion, the present
Administration during its four years Of
incumbency will have appropriated the
enormous sum of 1851, 100000 for naval
expenditures. covering a period when
the United States has been constantly
poised upon the very brink of q preci-
pice of frightfulness, and where II to-
dav stands quivering beneath a decla-
ration of war and the resumption of an
apparently fruitless endeavor for world
peace.
Not a Submarine Completed
.Recognizing the offensive, as well
Al defensive. fighting value of subma-
r;nes, which should be constructed in
SIX months time. doesn't IL cause you
to blush with shame when you realize
that the present Administration will
not place in commission single one OF
these destructive engines Of war au-
thorized under President wilson's two
Congresses? OF the fifty-nine subma,
rines authorized. exclusive OF the Dill
now under consideration, the NJ. which
was 70 per cent completed on January
10, is probably the nearest to compile
ton, and at its present rate of prog
ress should be fit for sea duty with a
trained crew a year from now, or hve
years after the Presidents first inaugu-
ration.
"The thorough inefiiciency Of the
present Navy Department is all the
more accentuated by the ridiculous. but
sad information contained in the re-
pert of the chief Of the Bureau OF
Construction and Repair, dated January
10. 1917. showing that four Of the eight
L-.ype boats authorized under the Taft
Administration in August. 1912 Give
years ago., are still uncompleted.
with American shipbuilders COM
Melting twenty submarines for England
in Ave months, as well as an S00-ton
submarine Of the U-53 German type
for Spain in twelve months. does not
the business administration of the
department stand out as a monumental
failure?
Four Destroyers the Total
Exclusive of the little 1,200-ton tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03

operation until sentence is imposed
Il will make the same objection Mon
day that | have made to-day" Mrs.
Sanger exclaimed holly. THE finger
print law is k;deous. Some one has TO
rebel against il, and I have no oolec.
ton whatever TO being the rebel. IL
my Hnger prints are taken they VIII
have 20 be taken by force"
Miss Mindell felt the same way
about it.
Undecided on Hunger Strike
will you 60 on a hunger strike IL
you are sent to the workhouse! J" Mrs.
Sanger was asked as she was leaving
the courtroom yesterday.
81 have not yet determined she re-
piled. IL do not expect TO cross any
bridges until come TO them"
Mrs. Sanger asserted that Mrs.
Byrne's condition was so bad "a re-
suit Of her experiences with forcible
feeding on Blackwell's Island that she
would be sn invalid for at least year:
The bail bonds OF both Miss Mindell
and Mrs. Sanger were continued.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
ADAMSON CANNOT FORCE
CHANGES IN BUILDINGS
Appeals Court Sustains Ruling Against
Fire Commissioner in Browning Case

The Court of Appeals has sustained
the contention of William II. Brown
ing. Of Browning. King e. Co.. that
Fire Commissioner Adamson has no
legal power 10 order the fireproofng Of
shafts or the making OF any other
structural change in "a building. Such
change was ordered by the Fire De-
partment in a building owned by Mr.
Browning. who brought the proceeding
TO get a court ruling on the extent OF
the Commissioners authority. In up
holding Mr.. Browning the Court OF
Appeals affirmed the decision Of the
Appellate Division.
This decision is the final disposition
of the case and is important TO many
owners OF factory buildings. ware
houses and other mercantile buildings
who have been ordered TO make exten'
siye changes. In the last three years
according to Alexander c. MacNulty,
counsel FOR Mr.. Browning. more than
40 600 Ere prevention orders have been
issued BY Commissioner Adamson,
probably 10000 Of which required
structural changes. e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
REVIEW AT OLD GUARD BALL
One Thousand Officers in Dress Uni.
forms TO File Past Governor

One thousand National Guard officers
of this and other states will file in
dress uniform past Governor Whitman
at midnight of February 9. when the
Old Guard holds its annual ball at the
Astor Hotel.
The grand march, in which all the
officers present will join, is always the
most colorful military affair which
New York sees throughout the year.
Dancing in the Laurel Room and the
Rose Room will begin at l0:30, and
will cease when the bugle calling the
Assembly" announces midnight. The
officers will pass the Governors box
first in twos, then fours. Fights and
sixteens. =,
Three other Governors beside Mr..
Whitman have promised to be present
Edge of New Jersey. Holcomb OF
Connecticut. and Mccall Of Massa,
chusetts. Officers high in the guard
and the regular army will also attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Navy Not Fit to Fight, Britton
B1ames Wilson Administration
Only Four Small Desroyers Added in Four Years Says
Representative in Naval Appropriation Debate
lt| Scores Daniels for Delay

pedo boat destroyers authorized IN the
bill under consideration. the wilson
Administration has appropriated FOL
thirty-four OF these ships, costing about
S1.25O,OOO apiece and capable Of COM
pletion in six months time. II IS most
discouraging 70 admit that but TOUR
have been commissioned in service ana
that those behind all the others IN
point Of construction are the very ones
being built in government navy yards
for whose delay we can blame no one
but the Navy Department
"The transport Henderson, author
lied under the Taft administration and
costing less than S2,000.00O. was TO
have been entirely completed IN two
wears, according to circulars sent OUT
by the present Navy Department. when
requesting bids. A penalty OF $50
day was imposed for failure to COM
plete the ship on time.
"The bid of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard was lower than that OF private
contractors, so Secretary Daniels award
ed the contract to this government yard
in order that he might make showing
in speedy constructio On January ~
the machinery for this ship was 1871
ner cent completed, so that the govern
ment already owes itself SlOe,ooo lor
failure to complete this contract IN two
wears. and its ultimate completion can
only be guessed It.
"The supply ship Bridge was also au-
thorized under the Taft Administration
Mt a cost of s1,850,0O0. The Boston
NAVY Yard WAS awarded the contract
The department records show that the
machinery for this supply ship on Jan
uary 10 was GIL per cent. completed
and as this ship was specified for COM
pletion in twenty-five months the gov
eminent owes itself penalty OF ap-
proximately 100000 to date.
What Has Been Accomplished
Exclusive Of the pending bill, the
nresent Administration has authorized
thirteen first-line fighting ships, all OF
which are far from completion, ana
therefore not to be considered in our
programme of national defence IN the
event of war in the immediate future.
The dreadnought Idaho, being con-
structed by the New York Shipouildlng
Company. is 64.5 per cent completed
and il ahead of her nearest rival, wnlle
the big ships being constructed IN gov,
eminent yards are, as usual, the TAIL
enders.
"As a resume Of the increase IN ignt,,
ing value OF the navy, authorized ana
commissioned under President wilson
Administration, we have the grand total
OF no submarines, no battleships,. no
hospital or supply ships and but four
small destroyers Of 100 tons each!
Representative Oliver, Of Alabama, a
Democrat, of the Naval Committee;
contended that the government should
not appropriate at this time for ships
that would not be completed within the
time in which they would be required.
He said that postponements OF appro,,
priations now for the four additional
capital ships and three additional scout
cruisers would aid the navy in getting
the best possible terms from contrac-
tors and save the government millions
Of dollars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
WITCH" sTARvEs MID GEMS
Pittsburgh Recluse Found Dying, Sur
rounded BY Rare Treasures
by Telegraph to Tfs rrisune.l

By Teegraph 70 II, Triouhe.I
Pittsburgh, Feb. 2.AMIss Cecilia Me-
Cir, eighty years old, known among
the children of the North Side as "ths
witch" was found dying of starvation
in her home to-day. Examination Of the
two story shack in which the woman
lived revealed a dusty library OF 1000
rare old books, jewelry cases filed with
precious stones covered with dirt.
boxes OF old and curious gold and sill
yer coins, thousands OF dollars worth
OF silver plate, coats Of arms of media-
val times and deeds and mortgages TO
properties worth fortune.
In one small basket which the recluss
seemed TO prize most highly was a
crystal ball such as is used by crystal
Cazers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Birth Control Clinic Head
Will Be Sentenced on
Monday
UNDECIDED ABOUT
A HUNGER STRIKE
Fania Mindell, Interpreter,
Also Convicted-Fight
Finger Printing

Mrs. Margaret Sanger, charged with
disseminating birth control informa-
ton at her clinic, as Amboy Street,
Brooklyn, was convicted yesterday in
the Court Of Special Sessions. She will
be sentenced on Monday.
No intimation was given by the court
as to whether she would be sent TO
Blackwell's Island, from which her Sis
ter, Mrs. Ethel Byrne, has just been
released. or would escape with a fine.
The same court that convicted Mrs.
Sanger likewise returned verdict of
guilty against Miss Fania Mindell, in
terpreter at the clinic, who is charged
with selling for 25 cents copy OF
What Every Girl Should Know"
Judge Freschi Dissents
Presiding Justice Freschi handed
down a dissenting opinion. in which he
asserted that the state had failed to
prove its case against Miss MindelI.
She. too, will be sentenced Monday.
Both women refused TO allow them
selves TO be fnger-printed after they
had been convicted yesterday. Ser
geant Barry determined to make the
wax records despite the objections of
the prisoners. but graeiously withdrew
his determination after he had been
frowned out of countenance by Mrs.
Sanger herself. He will postpone the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
MEXICO TO GREET FLETCHER
American Ambassador May Be Met by
Delegation and Special Train

Mexico City, Thursday. Feb. 1.-The
Foreign Office is prepared to extend
every courtesy and offer all possible
assistance to Henry P. Fletcher. the
new American Ambassador, in bring
ing his official family and household
effects to his post. A private car. and
probably a special train, will be given
him. A delegation from the Foreign
Ofice. IL is considered certain, will
meet the ambassador when he enters
Mexican territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
HREGON BONE DRY
NOW; INDIANA AND
ALASKA IN LINE
Governors of Two States Sign
Prohibition Measures-H0osier
Senate Passes Bill

Salem, Ore, Feb. 2.-Oregon is
bone dry" tonight Governor James
Witheycombe to-day signed the abso-
lutte prohibition bill recently passed
BY the Legislature and it Immediately
became law.
The new law prohibits importation
Of liquor except for medicinal or re-
ligious purposes.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-The statewide
nrohibition bill, which would make Ind
lana dry after April 2, 1918, was
passed by the State Senate to-day, IS
10 III. The bill had already passed the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
500 600 Fire in Jersey

Bla;rstown. n. j.. Feb. Fire in the
business section here to-day caused
about 500. 900 damage The flames de-
stroyed a moving picture house. n large
building and several smaller ones.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
The ChicagoDie
Squad" succeeded in

Squad succeeded in
cutting down the average
cost of each meal to 8-3
cents in spite of the high
cost of foods. And the
squad waxed fat and hearty.
The most expensive foods
are generally the least nu-
tritious. Two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits with milk
make a perfect meal, con-
tanning all the nutriment
any man or woman needs
for a half days work and at
a cost of four or five cents.
Shredded Wheat has all the
bodybuilding material m
the whole wheat grain IN a
digestible form. For break
fast with milk or cream, or
for any meal with fruits.
Made in Niagara Falls, NY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03

present menace to our people which
has greater weight with you than the
wish of the Administration, strongly
urge that You do not press this matter"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Dropped in Cell

Maioni. he declared, dropped in a
fit in his cell. and his plight was called
TO the attention of deputies by other
prisoners. They promptly got out the
fire hose, he said, turned on the water
and shot a powerful stream into Mai,
oni's cell. When the prisoner had
ceased his contortions and lay like
corpse in the water that flooded the
cured" the witness said, and turned
of the water.
Both Boyd and Patrick Quinlan, who
also was witness. declared that
money and political influence were
even more potent within the prison
than without. Boyd told of "the poll
ticians' wing" as Wing No. 4 was
called, to which, he said, ne was as
signed because Colonel Roosevelt had
taken an interest in his case.
In that comparative elysium, he said.
each cell held four men, and money
bought Injuries in the way of food
and consideration from keepers. SO
much were these favored quartets left
10 themselves, according TO Boyd, that
once two convicts INDUCED in duel
with knives in cell. One of the
duellists received fatal injuries.
Wants to File Report
Boyd asked permission to file a con-
fdential report, which. il is surrnised.
will contain names, dates and other
particulars, perhaps leading to prose-
cutions for bribery. Quinlan was by
no means so obliging. He confined his
testimony TO indefinite statements con-
corning the buying of extra food and
privileges, and, when names were
sought, replied that the deputies had
saved his life with their favors and
he would not injure them, as they
doubtless had dependent families.
He declared that when he entered
the prison his watch was taken from
him and he had never obtained it again
He thought that school teachers, psy-
biologists and humanitarians would
make the best keepers.
The commission adjourned without
date, and probably will make a prelim-
mary report to the Governor next week
advising the abolition of contract
labor.