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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-21

tuned very often. No matter how good
the violin is, it needs to be tuned every
day, and often many times a day.
Man is like a violin. He soon gets
out of tune with God. The wear and
tear of life, and the demoralizing at
mosphere which sin creates, so affects
his disposition that he needs to be
brought into harmony with God every
morning. 1t is not surprising, when we
consider the subtlety of sin, and the
weakness of the flesh, rather 1t is
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

misapplied funds of the institution,
his motive being to replace them after
they had served the purpose of MAX
ing a margin of profit with which to
build a home.
The man. went to Fargo last week,
without guard, and presented him
self before the court, making no at
tempt at palliation for his ~offense, pre-
pared to take his medicine like a
man.
And now the bankers issue the fol-
lowing statement: "We know this
man we'll enough to know that he is
not a criminal at heart. Had his
plans succeeded, he would have been
honored with a place on the very pin
nacle of glory by New Salem society.
He was thoroughly penitent, and
wanted to pay back everything by the
sweat of his brow, and given even
half a chance we believe he could. A
little more of charity mixed into our
department of justice would do a lot
to save the aching hearts Of those
mostly connected through bonds of
relationship and friendship with the
unfortunate victim. May we hope
there may yet be sunshine piercing
through the dense clouds now over
shadowing this man."
These officials are what we would
call men. There are some peanut
souled, microbe-brained purists, who
probably would be in Jail themselves
if some of their actions came to light,
who will ave and rant about show
ing mercy to anyone in a similar
case, but we string with the bank Of
ficials of New Salem.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

The whole number of Roman citi-
zens fit for military duty scarcely ex-
ceeded 10000. Hannibal had long
been in Italy with an army. His
brother, Hasdrubal, was now ap-
preaching from Spain with another
army. Should the two armies meet,
Rome would be conquered.
While on the march Hasdrubal sent
messengers to Hannibal to announce
his line of march, and to propose
that they should unite their armies
and wheel round against Rome.
These messengers were captured by
scouts of Nero, who, when he read the
letters saw at once the full import
ance of the crisis. If Rome were to
be saved, the brothers must never
meet alive. Nero instantly ordered
1000 picked men to hold themselves
in readiness for a secret expedition,
presumably against one of Hanni-
bal's garrisons, and as soon as night
set in he hurried forward on his bold
enterprise; but he quickly left the
southern road toward Lucania and
turned north toward Picenum. He
had, during the afternoon, sent mes
sengers to Rome to lay the letter of
Hasdrubal before the senate. There
was a law %forbidding a consul to
march his army beyond ire limits of
the province assigned him; but in
such emergency, Nero did not wait
for permission of the senate.
After being on the march for a
time, he did what every wise COM
mander should ~do-informed his
troops of the object of the expedition;
that he expected to reach the COM
mand of Livius during the nighttime;
that messengers had been sent with
information of their coming, that on
arrival at camp the troops should en-
ter the tents of those of the troops
of Livius, so their presence would not
be noticed by the enemy.
On the morning after their arrival,
0AVAuo "ollCCu w OC1dy VIC AASAAI1 OuG
Nero insisted that the call to battle
be sounded at once. This was done,
Hasdrubal was slain, his army routed
and Rome saved.
AS was custom in those days, the
head of Hasdrubal was thrown into
his brothers camp, who said, on view
ing the CHASTITY trophy: II now rec
ognize the destiny of my country"
To fully understand the bravery and
genius of Nero, it must be kept in
mind that he left the front of Hanni-
balls army without authority; made a
secret march; met the enemy, fought
and won the battle and was back in
his camp before Hannibal was aware
of his absence. He risked all; for had
he met with defeat his life would
have paid the penalty to the Roman
senate.
Nero in this march and battle is
said by military critics to have shown
the greatest Of military genius.|.W W.
Foley.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

A pat of butter is a little thing
there are about ga of them in a
pound, though we have often thought,
when eating in a restaurant or a
hotel, that. there must have been a
million in the particular pound from
which our atomic portion was taken.
In many households throughout the
land, it is also held in light esteem.
The butter left on plates in each
home might equal n pat, one-fourth
ounce daily-scraped off into the gar
bage pail or washed off in the dish
pan.
Buff every one of our 20,00O,OOO
households should waste even this
small quantity daily, on an average,
it would mean 312,500 pounds a day
114,O62,5O0 pounds annually.
To make this butter would require
zee, 261,56O gallons Of milk-the pro-
duct of more than half a million
COWS.
Some may say that butter is not
eaten in every home-that it is not
wasted in every household where it
is used. Then, say only one home in
100 wastes even a pat of butter a
day-there is more than 100000
pounds wasted in a year.
When butter is so valuable as a
food and for S in cooking, this is
still an intolerable waste. Remember
the little tale Of the waste of the
slice of bread. Save the bread and
while you are doing that, take the
trouble to also save the butter. Now
is the time to start.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

tary academy, at the commencement
of our Civil war, few indeed showed
military genius, until they learned on
the field of battle; even then many
dropped by the wayside. The battle
field makes the military. genius, not
the academy.
Mr.. Roosevelt has personality and
magnetism, the greatest forces in
war. We believe he could secure
thousands of the kind of men who
would, in a short time, make the best
soldiers in the world; men whom no
other general could secure. Is it jeal-
ousy that stands in his path?
History tells that Hannibal was not
defeated by the Roman people, whom
he had routed a hundred times, but
by the jealousy of the Senate of Car
thage.
This article will give a short his
tory of the battle of Mctaurus, in the
second Punic war, which brought
forth the genius of one of the great
military leaders of any age. Claudius
Nero did not receive his military
genius in an academy, but on the
field of battle.
The battle was fought in the year
2O7 B. c., when Hannibal had almost
completed the conquest CT Rome. But
the strong will and quick action of
Nero saved a state, just as such
action might save democracy today.
The Roman armies were, in the time
of which we are writing, commanded
by c~onsuls. This year the consuls
were Claudius Nero and Marcus
Livius. The lot had decided that Livi-
US was to be opposed to Hasdrubal,
and Nero should face Hannibal.
A quarrel had long existed be-
tween the consuls, but, at the entreaty
of the senate, Livius consented to
forego the feud, and cooperate with
Nero for the benefit of the country.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
VACATIONS ON FARMS.

Popular Mechanics magazine is out
with an appeal for city workers to
spend their vacations on the farms,
instead of frittering away their time
at a summer resort or some place
from which they return as exhausted
as at the start of their vacations.
This year, more than ever before, this
plan should be followed, due both to
unusual scarcity of help and increased
acreage.
A week or two of outdoor life on
a farm will not only be a novel ex-
perience to many, but it will work
wonders in the physical well-being of
the man or woman who tries it. A
complete change in ones work con-
stitutes a real vacation nor than
does complete idleness or the strenu-
pursuit of pleasure. Farm work
is much lighter than in years past,
and while the city man may not be
able to perform properly all kinds of
farm work, there are many things
that he can, do.
Money will be earned instead Of
being spent paying exorbitant prices
at a resort, there will be a big return
in health and strength, and there is a
positive asset in the getting to-
gether of the farmer and the city
man. All farmers are not rubes and
all city men are not dudes, and
they both can work in conjunction for
the good of their country at this time.
Get out in the open, acquire a few
blisters and a healthy coat of tan,
and a real appetite, the kind which
only manual outdoor labor can give
you, and you will be repaid many
fold. There is joy in the old oaken
bucket and the fragrance of the new
mown hay beats that dispensed by any
perfumer.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

A case of barbarism, which demands
attention of the humane officer of the
city, was reported Thursday, and
steps will probably be taken toward
punishment of the offender, if investi-
cation discloses that the fact in the
matter r as stated by the local
man.
An employee of a local ice company,
it is stated, cruelty lacerated the
throat of one Of the horses attached
to the wagon on which he was work
ing. He is said to have become in
censed at the animal when it did
not move as he wished, and seized a
stake. tanning it in the mouth of
the horse, he broke the stake off in
the flesh, then jerked it out, tearing
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
JUSTICE

These are the days of high-minded
justice, when the man who steals a
million has a wreath of laurel placed
on his alabaster brow, and the man
who steals a loaf of bread has a ball
and chain placed on his left leg. But
there are still some people left on
earth who know what it means to
temper justice with mercy, and among
them are a group of bank officials
over in the little city of New Salem.
Recently it was discovered that the
cashier of the First National bank
there had embezzled $4,000. He had
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
THE RATTLE OF METAURUS.

Has civilization reached "the part
ing of the ways" and will it be
thrown backward for II thousand
a as it was when the Roman En-
pire fell?
If ever the time was when strong
men we're needed to guide the destl-
MES Of our country, the time is at
hand. J~ealousies should be cast aside.
1t is men who are required today; not
pygmics like those by whom President
Wilson is surrounded.
Mr.. Roosevelt may not be a military
genius, but, perhaps, he comes as near
being one as the military men who
are close to the presideay.
Of those who came from the mill
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

Resolutions were introduced at the
tri-county picnic at Belfeld Saturday,
aiming at expulsion of the publisher
of the Press from the Farmers Equity
Union, as result of an editorial ap-
pearing in last weeks issue Of the
Press. This editorial scored Governor
Lynn J. Frazier for prancing about
the state in the wake Of Gear Town
lev and other. %rifraff, boosting for
the "cause," when his presence at
the capital city was urgently re-
quired. A number of farmers have
expressed themselves as of opinion
that the Press was striking directly
at the agriculturists of the state,
when no such implication was intend
ed. 81
The Press has at all times been in
favor of everything that makes for
the advancement of the farmer, and
always will, realizing that the tiller Of
the soil is the bulwark Of the nation,
more so in these troubled times than
ever before in our history.
We are making no fight against
the rank and file Of the Nonpartisan
league, or of any farmers organiza-
ton. But we stand, and will continue
to do So for the elimination of Town
leyism, Coatesism, Bowenism, and
other parasitic growths with which
the league is afflicted. b
There is no lack Of clean, capable
men in this state to handle the reins
Of government. We do not need to
choose men Of the stamp Of Townley,
Bowen, Coates, Thomson, ct al. to
lead us to the promised land Their
respective pasts reek with corruption
and rottenness, yet, ~discredited for
years, they bob serenely to the the
front, and gather the pissing While
said picking is good. There will be an
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
flesh terribly as he did so.

the flesh terribly as he did so.
Investigation has been started, and
if case against the brute who perpe-
trated the revolving act is established,
he will probably receive the penalty
he so richly deserves. Such an in
human savage deserves 20 be punished
to the limit.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
CHURCH.

Services will be held in the audi
forum of the high school. Hours:
1913 a. M; 8'p. m. Bible school IL m.
Epworth League, Z p. m. Good sing
ing morning and evening. Teachers
and professors attending summer
school, and strangers in the city
are cordially invited.-R H. Craig,
pastor.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

awakening, and it will be a rude IN
for those who placed their faith in
Townley and the other dregs of hui
mainly who aid him in spreading his
gospel"
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23
CHURCH.

St. Johns Episcopal Church, Alex.
Coffin, Rector.
Services on Sunday: Morning
prayer and sermon at 10:30. There
will be no evening service. The Sun
day school will meet at IL o'clock.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-23

Potatoes for rs cents per sounds
good after a four-dollar-a-bushel
siege.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
GAUGE HEIGHT OF RIVER
COLORADO FALLING EVERY DAY
AT HANLON HEADING.
Irrigation District Secretary Arran.
ges for Receipt of River
Readings.

Readings received at the office of
the Irrigation District today indicate
that there is fall in the Colorado
river, which officials say is usual just
before the peak load OF water is car.
ried late this month.
The Irrigation District has an
ranged to have the gauge height OF
the river at Needles, Yuma and Han,
Ion Heading telephoned to the District
offices here at noon every day, ant
the readings will be posted so that
the public may have access to them
Yesterday the readings were as
follows: Needles-Gauge height, 12.l
feet; Yuma, gauge height, 1896 feet
discharge $1,000 second-feet. Han
Ions, gauge height, 114.6.
Today the readings were: Needles
III feet; Yuma, % feet; discharge
e5,200 secocnd-feet; Hanlon's, 1142
|1eet.
Discharge into main canal 1857 sec
cnd-feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07

TOTAL IS 1888
COUNTY POPULATION SEEMS TO
BE 10000.
LARGE NUMBER ALIENS
FEWER NEGROES HERE NOW
THAN EVER BEFORE.
Smaller Percentage Claiming Exemp-
tiOns Than Most CaIifOr-
MIA Sections.
LARGE NUMBER ALIENS

Complete returns from the registra-
iticn Tuesday of all men between the
ages of Fl and 81 received by the
county clerk show that 1888 men reg
iistered-a figure exceeding the es-
innate of the federal government by
1000.
The federal census bureau believes
that one-tenth of the population of
the country is between the draft
ages. In Imperial Valley, it is be-
lleved, there is greater percentage
Iof young men. Even using the null
ltiple 8 in estimating the population,
lit is believed that there are $4,000
persons in the county.
All precincts reported by mail to
the county clerk today with the ex-
Iception of three small precincts along
the Colorado river. A message from
that region indicates that there are
i55 registered in the three precincts.
Small Total of Exemptions.
The total shows that 1853 claimed
exemptions in some form or other, de
pendents being claimed by the great
er number than any other reason.
There are 1917 aliens of draft age
lin the county. This would seem to
indicate that there are $1,000 aliens.
Perhaps, however, there is still
greater percentage of alien young
men here, and the actual alien popu-
lstion is less.
The total number Of colored men
registering is 80. Thi. is a surpris-
ling figure to those who imagined there
were about thousand colored per-
sons in the valley.
Brawley Aliens Lead.
Brawley led in the percentage of
aliens, registering 47s in her total
of 1888 men registered. The Ell Cen
precinct led in the num-
ter of negroes, there being 25 coclored
men registered out Of total of 314.
There were no negroes registered in
the following precincts: Alamo, Melo-
lend, McCabe, Date, Tamarack, East
and West; Westmoreland, Magnolia
and lockwood. There were aliens
in every precinct in the county.
County Clerk Cook states that he
will continue to register men of the
age specified whether they have
good excuse or not for failure to reg
lister on June 5. Note is made of
any excuse, however. A liberal pol
icy will be exercised for the next
few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
CLOSE VALLEY BUREAU
TO BE REOPENED'IN THE FALL
is THE PLAN.
development Agent Assembling an
Exhibit of Products for Ex-
position Park.

1t has been decided to discontinue
the Imperial Valley Information Bu-
reau in Los Angeles, on June Is. In
the fall, however, it is probable that
it will be reopened and kept as y
permanent institution.
A. L. Richmond yesterday report
ed to the supervisors the progress of
the work of the bureau. Hundreds of
inquiries concerning the Valley were
answered every week, and the queries
continue to come into the office re-
garding the Valley and it's resources.
IT. is now in charge of Carl r. Brown,
Ie well known publicity man, who is
familiar with the Valley.
The supervisors passed resolu-
tion authorizing the county develop
|ment agent to go to reasonable ex-
lense in attending an exhibit to be
sent to Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
COUNTY LOCKED
FOR AUTO THEFT
ONLY ONE AUTO NOT RECOV.
Erred IN YEAR.
THE SHERIFFS RECORD
FIVE HIGHWAYS LEADING OUT
ARE SAFEGUARDED.
If the Sheriff Is Notified Within u
Reasonable Time, You Will
Get Machine Back.
THE SHERIFF0S RECORD

Probably no other county in the
state has made such a record in the
recovery Of stolen automobiles as has
Imperial.
So efficient has Sheriff Applestil
made his auto-thief catching machin.
cry that but one auto stolen has moi
teen recovered in the past two years
OF during his term of office.
eff the owners of stolen machines
fotify the office within three or four
hours of the theft, he will get his ma
chine back, and we will probably have
the thief in JAIL" said Sheriff Apple
still yesterday. "But a great many
pc ople telephone the sheriff's office
six of eight hours after the auto is
gone, and even then the sheriff re-
covers the car. To be sure, lock your
car over night, if it is outside a ga
rage"
Sheriff Applestill has the five road :;
leading out of the county locked
against auto thieves as surely as
safe doors. Immediately word comes
Ct the theft of a naAchine, these ave-
nues of escape, these highway gates
hundred miles away, are closed to
the thieves, and the machine, at least,
l. as surely trapped as is rat in
cage.
During the past year more than
eighteen machines have been recov-
cred in this way, and half as many
auto thieves placed behind the bars.
The greater number of auto thefts
reported are of machines which are
recovered in the valley not many
miles from the place from which they
were stolen. These machines are
taken by sportive young men who
wish to take a drive out into the
country at the owners expense, with
no intention of keeping the auto.
But this class of thievery is viewed
in the same light as the theft OF
autos for sale, permanent possession
or wrecking.
The number of autos recovered
within few miles and a few min
utes of the place and time of theft
are so numerous that no account is
Eept of them at the sheriff's office.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
HONOR SYSTEM
MAY Be DROPPED
OVERDOSE OF HONOR SYSTEM
SAID TO BE CAUSE.
WOMEN ARE AT FAULT
Oil SQUEEZE YOU UNTIL YOU
SQUEAL," WRITES PERFORMER"
Ard Acting Warden Barden Decides
to Forbid Indiscriminate COrre-
spOndence With Prisoners.
OVERDOSE OF HONOR SYSTEM
SAID TO BE CAUSE.
WOMEN ARE AT FAULT
(By Associated Press)

Joliet, ILL.,, June IA radical re-
vision, and perhaps abolition, of honor
privileges at the Joliet state peniten-
tiary will follow the riots of June !
in the prison, which are attributed
to an Overdose of the honor SYSTEM
according to prison officials today.
Acting Warden A. L. Barden an.
rounced that he will forbid indiscrim-
mate correspondence with women Wis
itors who are not relatives of the
prisoners.
Publish Excerpts.
He today published excerpts from
letters received at the prison for pris-
oners, but which were confiscated by
the Officials, sent by women who had
been put in touch with the prisoners
through leagues organized for uplift
work and prison reform.
The ages of the women who wrote
the letters confiscated varied from Il
to Is, those Of older ages being the
ilncst Objectionable.
Will Make Him Squeal.
One wrote to prisoner serving a
life term for revolving crime:
81 fell asleep and dreamed Of you,
my hero"
Another wrote: "Tell me my let
tarS make Won hapDy or 7 shall
sc Cueeze you until you squeal."
A complete revision of the entire
prison system in the state is prob
able.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
'0PEN RED CROSS
HEADQUARTERS
SIXTH STREET STOREROOM is
TO BE USED.
$1,000 IS COLLECTED
ANOTHER AUXILIARY FORMED
AT HEBER LAST NIGHT.
Chairman Richmond to Move His Desk
Into New Room and viii
Assemble Supplies.

Red Cross work in Ell Centre will
Itegin in earnest Monday morning,
when headquarters will be opened in
the storeroom formerly occupied by
the Hayward Market, on Sixth street.
and the work of assembling and dis
tributing the supplies and further
ii:g the campaign for this great work
will be prosecuted,
A. L. Richmond, chairman of the
board of managers for Imperial coun-
ty, will move his desk into the room,
and will give most Of his time to the
work. All chapters in Imperial coun-
ty will get their supplies from this
headquarters, and the general work
Of relief at home and abroad will be
conducted from the office. Secretary
Mrs. Helms will give part of her time
to the work at headquarters T.
At Heber last night another I'M
perial Valley chapter OF the Red Cross
was formed under auspicious circum-
stances and with large member
ship.
At Seeley, tomorrow night, there
will be meeting cf citizens for the
formation of a chapter in that place
Trere are now, including Ell Centre,
five auxiliaries of the Ell Centro chap
ter-Heber, Holtvil,e, Brawley, Cali
patria and Imperial.
Calexico is the only city now which
las not called meeting for the for
NATION Of an auxiliary. 1t is prob
able that one will be formed at West
moreland and INLAND and that fully
1000 persons will be enrolled in the
great work.
1t is reported by Mrs. Helms that
about $1,000 has been collected in
memberships, and that the member
ship cards have arrived, and they
Will be distributed as soon as possible.
Pledges for large sum in addition
have been received and the Imperial
Valley chapter and it's auxiliaries are
in as flourishing condition, compar-
atlvely speaking, as any in the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-07
$500 IN BONDS SOLD
LLKS SUBSCRIBE $500 FOR BOND
LAST NIGHT.
Patron of Local Bank Places 5000
on Liberty BOnd-Rich-
mOnd Interested.

Ell Centxo has made a start toward
buying Liberty bonds.
Last night the Ell Centro lodge of
Eiks voted to purchase $500 worth of
the bonds.
Today a patron of the Ell Centre
National bank took a $4,000 block of
the bonds.
There is more interest being taken
in this important issue and it is
probable that by the end of the week
a large sum will have been invest
ed in this patriotic security by Ell Cen
tro people and Ell Centro institutions.
A. l.. Richmond brought the mat.
ter of the bonds to the attention OF
the Board of Supervisors yesterday,
in an informal way. Later Mr.. Rich
mond hopes to interest the supervi-
scrs in plan for the investment Of
;ole county money in the bonds. Mr..
Richmond deplores the lack of organ.
ization for selling the bonds.