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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-08
SAYS AMERICAN
RAILROADS MUST
Be CONSCRIP ED
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Recommends Seizure OF
Lines as War Measure.
REPORT MADE TO CONGRESS
Declares It Is Absolutely Necessary
That the Railways Be Operated as
a Unit by the President
of the U. s.

! Washington Dec. 6.--The America
railroad systems must be conscripted
Tia y TIE verdict saf TIE lDkarsaatl
commerce commission, and that body's
answer III the railroads petition for a
general advance of Is per cent h
freight rates.
In special communication transmit
ted to the congress, the commission
declares that one of two things mus
be done to put American railroads On
an operating basis that will expedit
the winning of the war:
First-The pooling of every railros d
in the country into one mammoth sy
TEN, to be operated under the directlop
of some central body to be designate
by congress, and the temporary 81 s.
pension of antitrust laws now prohtb-
iting such mergers.
Second-The taking over of the en-
tire American railroad system by tn
president and it's operation as wa
measure.
Speedy action is demanded by the
commission This Is no time for ten
PORTING" the letter states.
Action Absolutely Necessary.
1t is absolutely necessary, the com
missions report says, that the rail-
roads of the country be operated as
unit. One proposal is that the rail
roads themselves might pool their in
terests and operate them as unit
But the real proposal of the commits
sion is that the carriers be operated
as the road by President Wilson. The
commissions report says it follows
that the government must finance the
railroads and extricate them from
their present entanglements.
1t adds 1t will be necessary, what
ever course Is taken by congress, that
the government regulate issues OF Sc
curities In the event of the seizure
taking place the commission affirms
that the government should take steps
to guarantee proper return to all in
vestors on all present outstanding
stocks and bonds of the roads.
1t had been rumored about Wash
ington that the commission would
hand down a decision in the freight
rate increase case and the commune
cation, when it was made public, came
as a distinct surprise.
SABBATH Would Include Mines.
For many weeks government owner
slip and operation of the carriers has
been talked of but none supposed the
commission was ready to recommend
such action. The letter followed close
upon the introduction of a resolution
In the house by Representative SABBATH
Of Illinois that proposed that the gov
eminent take over not only the oper.
alton of the railroads but of coal mines
as well.
Secretary McAdoo TO Conrroi vessels
Washington. President Wilson
gave Secretary McAdoo absolute au'
thority over every vessel moving in
territorial waters of the United States
In a proclamation the President EN-,
powered the Secretary of the Treasury
to control the movements and anchor.
age of any vessel, foreign or domestic
Customs officers or other agents of the
treasury may board such vessels at
any time, search them, place guards
on them, or, when necessary, take full
possession and remove the crews and
others on board.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-08
Pope May Send Note.

Rome AS soon as Pope Benedict
has perused the text of the secret dip
lomatic documents just published by
the Bolsheyiki he proposes to send
joint note to the nations of the world
Cardinal Gasparri indicated The Sec
rotary Of State for the Vatican declar
ed that the Pontiff was following de
velopments in Russia with eager in
terest.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-08
TAR DUTsCH AT HUGO, COLO.
Guard Named Kaiser Conveys Man
I Charged With Pro-German
/ Talk to Denver.

. Hugo, Colo, Dec. 6. - Henry w.
Dutsch, said to be Denver man, was
seized by a mob of citizens here, fol-
lowing alleged pro-German utterances
by him, stripped to the waist and a
coat of tar and feathers applied. His
clothing was put on over the tar and
he was placed on Denver-bound train
In charge of a. guard named Kaiser,
with instructions that he be turned
over to the federal authorities.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-08
FRENCH MEDAL TO WILSON
Commentaries Entrance of America
Into the World War for
Liberty.

washington, Dec. 6.-.-Ambassador
Jusserand presented to President VIII
son bronze medal from the people OF
7rance to commemorate the entrance
he United States into the world
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

was hideous affair, padded and puff ed and stuffed with wire and straw, an object of torture, it would seem, to the uninitiated. The hustle of 1917 is entirely different. It is really back drapery, and is exquisite in the soft materials favored by Fashion for this year. ....
 "But is it becoming" ?" you ask. Yes, and again yes; for if you are short and plump, it gives length of line! Sounds like magis, does it not? It does not cut off the figure as has so often been feared; it but serves to ac- centuate the good points of the figure and cover up the bad ones.
 The skirts must be rather short, and narrow, and the hips and front must have no unnecessary fulness of material. The waist is either fitted or semi-fitted, and if the hustle is on the coat, there need not be one on the skirt.
 What Are Bustles Made Of?
 Bustles are made of silks, satins, velvets-in fact, anything nice. If the material is soft and crushes when draped, slight stiffening is used. On evening dresses, the hustle effect may be given by bouffant bow of maline or dress net, which is stiff enough of itself to assume the perky lines so chic just now. It is surpris- ing what transformation can be worked with hustle sash on the eve ming dress of last year.
 Linings That Contrast.
 Many of the new designs have sur prises in the way of Things. Often the hustle of dress is lined with a contrasting satin showing only every now and then, as in the dress illus trated here. No other trimming is used, the lining being repeated for for the collar and sometimes the cuffs. The soft pleated hustle is the most becoming as a rule. This one is shap- ed, being longer on the sides than in back, and as usual, the front of the skirt is absolutely plain. Any of the soft materials could be used, and there are very many attractive color schemes, one of the most effective be- ing black and white. The dress is black satin with white satin for the lining and the collar.
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

What can you do to help in this worldwide meat emergency?
 Every farmer can raise more and better poultry and do it far more prof itably.b by disposing of all surplus males, by keeping only the yearling hens, and the earliest and best ma tured bullets, thus keeping no "dead- heads" or "slackers" to consume what should go to the profitable producers. It is a crime to dispose of a laying hen or a bullet that is just about to lay. Keep the hen house neat and clean. Repair the roof, the windows, and stop any direct drafts that are possible by knot holes or cracks. Too much glass and not enough open front is bad. Write your state experiment station for needed information. Every state in the Union except Florida and Wy oming, maintain poultry departments which are pleased to aid the home folks with their poultry problems.
 Poultry is profitable. No source of meat supply is as rapid or as cheap. Every pound of poultry produced will help in sending pound of meat across to help the boys at the front that are fighting your battles. Every farm should have carefully culled flock of not less than two hundred fowls. The larger the farm, the larg- CT the flock, and such flock should be maintained largely from economi- cal reasons. Poultry will pick up ninety per cent of its living from scattered and wasted grains. They act as scavengers in consuming a large part of what would otherwise be lost. Poultry will prove valuable in eating obnoxious bugs, grasshop- pers, worms and insect pests, that would otherwise destroy food that is valuable. To the dweller in the will lage, town or city, well-kept flock of dozen laying hens will prove profitable. They can be kept from the lawn, garden, kitchen and table offal, all of which makes the choicest kind of poultry feed with but small addition of grain.
 During this next year every effort should be made to raise and consume
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

though the long lines and loose style of one-piece frock are considered very smart. Sleeves are long and tight, short and full, or puffed; in fact, made as you like them! The callar- less neck is also good style.
 The Bustle Coat.
 The bustle-back coat illustrated here is very smart. Braid is exten- sively used, for binding and trim ming. Made of dark blue French serge, with narrow black soutasche braid and fur collar, this suit is ap- propriate' for any occasion.
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
PUTTING SHOTS AT
 THE GERMAN KAISER
By E. E. Richards, President Ameri-
 can Poultry Association. .,

| We are going to win this war. It
 is going to cost our treasury billions
 of dollars besides the lives of hun
 dreds of thousands of our bright
 young manhood, but we shall win. To
 win this war the quickest, and with
 the least loss of lives we must pro-
 vide the food, for as Napoleon said:
 An army marches on its stomach"
 This means that an army must be we'll
 provisioned to reach it's greatest eff
 ciency. In the war times that are
 passed, an army could largely subsist
 upon the country through which it passed, but there is no living upon the country through which modern armies are passing. There is no living upon the Greek or Balkan states, nor on Salonica, so that as Lloyd George said some time ago, the food supply is one of this wars greatest necessi- ties. The greater part of the food
 supply must come from the United States not only for our 1,760,OOO and more boys in the army and navy, but we shall have to feed oup people at home, and must also supply the Allies who are fighting this worlds great est battles.
 Mir. Herbert Hoover, the nations food administrator, asks for more poultry, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Mir. Hoover pleads as follows:
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

every pound of poultry flesh possible. It is one of the easiest and quickest ways of helping to increase food pro- duction, and that is what every red blooded American must do to help his country during the period of the war. Every pound of meat produced will help put a bullet at the kaiser. Do your bit.
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

cause two drops of "Gets-It" eases your corn-pains at once. and you know that that old corn has been makes cutting and digging at a corn and fussing with bandages. salves or anything else entirely un- necessary. Remember "Gets-It" is safe.
 You'll not have to take off your shoe or pumps under the table at the cafe to ease your squirming soul, See that you get "Gets-It" Don't be insulted by limitations. 25c Is all you need pay at any drug sent direct by F. Lawrence & CO, Chicago. Ill
 Sold in Flagstaff and recommendet as the worlds best corn remedy b! Wm. Marian and The Kahl Drug Co
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
, Important Message to Every c Poulterer f r m H Herbert
 Hoover, Head of the
 : Food Administration

To the American Poultry Asso- citation and Producers of Poul-
 try and Eggs in the United
 States:
 We are short of red meat. Our soldiers and our Allies require more than ever before. We are advocating in every household, every hotel and restaurant in this country the substitution of poultry for red meat. Increased production of poultry can be eff fected much faster than beef, pork, and mutton. While we want increase in all the latter, we must have a quick response in poultry and poultry products. There is a great waste of poul- try feeds from every household and every farm. Ii requires little labor. Cannot the poultry raisers of the country help us by providing the increased SUD- ply we need?
 HERBERT HOOVER.
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP
 DRIVE FOR RED CROSS

A nationwide membership drive has been planned by the Red Cross War Council. The building up of Red Cross membership to 15,000,000 in the United States is the goal of the cam paign. This means an addition of ap- proximately 10,O0O,OOO names to the present Muster Roll.
 The drive is to start December IT and continue unceasingly to Christ mas Eve. The general features of the membership campaign were work ed out and approved at conference at national headquarters of the Red Cross in which representatives of continental United States participated.
 A national Christmas membership drive committee has been appointed by the War Council to have general charge of planning and later conduct ing the whole campaign. Theodore N. Vail, president American Telegraph and Telephone Company, has accepted the chairmanship and Dr. H. N. Me Cracken, president of Vassar College, will be executive secretary. Other members of the committee are His Eminence, James Cardinal Gibbons; Bishop William Lawrence, Boston; Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former minister to the Netherlands, Princeton, N. J.; John A. Britton, San Francisco; Ben jamin, Gratz, St. Louis; Ban Johnson, Chicago; Harvey Lindley, Seattle; John Mitchell, New York City.
 Make it a Red Cross Christmas, is to be the recruiting slogan. Every one taking out membership in the Red Cross during the drive period is known as Christmas Member" and effort practically will be limited to securing annual members paying annual dues of one dollar or two dollars in the case of subscribing or magazine mem- bers.
 Division membership Christmas drive committees are to be selected by division managers, committees to work under the general direction of the national committee. Each of the 5000 or so Red Cross chapters also will appoint committee to cooper ate under the guidance of respective division committees. Division com mitteemen will communicate not la ter than November 13 with chair men of all chapters in order to map out campaign on local lines as this is the country's first Christmas in the world war.
 It is felt that people will be think ing of service rather than festivities and that minds generally will be turn ed to the battlefields of Europe and especially to our own soldiers and sailors. It is believed therefore, that the country will be in frame of mind at Christmas time to give ex- pression to all its anxiety and hope by showing and renewing evidences of it's support of the Red Cross.
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
The Expected Unexpected.

Speaking of surprises, the news from the Paris houses is full of in teresting and unexpected details. Now one hears of parasols and umbrellas with gun handles, made to simulate the rifle of the French soldier. One expects the hats and other parts of the custome to be on martial lines, and so the beret of the French sailor can be seen on the dainty lady of Fashion is not as astonishing as it might be, when one considers the fac tor of patriotism. War jewelry, too, reflects the spirit of the times, and brooches and other ornaments made from pieces of shrapnel are quite the vogue. .....
 Points on the Fashion Compass.
 Every one wants to know if the long skirt is really coming into it's own. The present indications are that it is, for the skirts are somewhat longer. How much? One authority says, for
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
GRACE AND THE HUSTLE
 PATRIOTIC ACCESSORIES

We have been hearing great deal lately about the hustle dress, the bus tie coat, and even the hustle hat, On the stage they have been featured in some of the most successful plays of the season. "Why, that isn't bus tle," one is tempted to cry, ''it is simp- ly draped sash, or soft pleats in the back.
 After all, what's in a name? Rath- CT less than nothing if the name does not describe the thing or if it is mis- understood. The hustle of yesterday
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16

street wear the skirts must not be shorter than eight inches from the floor nor longer than six. Dresses
 to be worn in the house or for even ing may be longer. The skirts are
 much narrower than for some seasons. Tight bodices are seen a great deal,
The Coconino sun., 1917-11-16
"I Should Worry
 Now About corns !"
They Peel of With Gets.It." 1"

Two corns are no worse than one, and one is nothing at all-when you use "Gets-It," the one real corn shrinker, corn loosener, peel-it- right -off corn.remover. That's be-
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-13
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ampaign provided the rules and regulations arec complied with
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The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-13
Itinerary of
The News Scimitar's
TRAVEL CLUB

The party will congregate in Memphis Tuesday. July Gath,
leaving at 8 p. M, over the Illinois Central railroad for Chicago.
and remaining their until Thursday at l O'Clock. Boarding the
steamer South America, they will enjoy a two and one halliday
cruise on Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Huron. from
Chicago to Buffalo. stopping at Mackinac Island: Detroit and
Cleveland. and arriving at Buffalo Sunday morning. The day
will be spent at Niagara Falls, taking the train for Albany at
daylight tour will be made by Hudson river steamer from Al
bany to New York, arriving at the latter place Monday night
at $50 Four days will be spent in New York City, leaving
there at 3 p m Friday on an Old Dominion line steamer and
arriving at Norfolk. the following morning at 1890. The day
will be spent at Norfolk, leaving at night on a Norfolk anf
Washington steamship for Washington. where the party Will
arrive the following morning. after an all-night trip on the
trip will be made by steamer to Mount Vernon, the home of
George Washington. The party will remain in Washington
three days, or from Sunday morning until Tuesday at Midnight:
leaving over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. After a trip thro'
the Allegheny mountains, they will arrive at Cincinnati Wed
nesday afternoon, and after a short stay. at Cincinnati, they Will
proceed On their journey over the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, and arrive at Memphis Thursday morning, Aug. ., hav'
ing been away fifteen days and seventeen nights.
The party will travel in frst-class style in every respect,
using standard Pullman cars and palatial steamers and stopping
at the very best hotels.
The tour has been so arranged that only one day will be
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either being taken at night or else by steamer. Altogether
there are six steamer journeys, including the trip to Coney
Island and Mount Vernon Nine cities. including two of the
aarges. iin the world, will be visited. Four days will be spent in
New York and three in Washington.
where ime will permit.
The itinerary has been ideally planned, and will indeed be
ettour of education, recreation and pleasure
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-13
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under the conditions above outlined. What fairer proposition
could be offered?
The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-13
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The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-13
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