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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
LOYAL FAT men OF.
COUNTRY TO MD IN.
CONSERVING FOOD.

Fat men can help the government
in fine shape, according to Capt.
Frank III. Henning, who resides at
$40 South Palafox street, who, in an
open letter to Herbert C.. Hoover. ma
tional food administrator, details the
manner in which he is going to try
and add his bit to the conservation
of the food supply, at least for one
week, and then suggests that but two
meals per day be eaten during the
remainder of the war.
Captain Henning last night gave
out the draft of letter which was
addressed by him to the food admin
istrator, and his suggestions are
worthy of consideration, and his ex-
ample one which it would be wise to
emulate, to contribute to a foodsav-
ing plan.
This is what Captain Henning sug-
gests:
The Henning Letter.
Pensacola, Fla. Oct. %, 1911.
Hon. Herbert c. Hoover, Washington,
u. c.:
Dear SIR
As my contribution to Food Week,
October 2sth to November 4th, 1917,
/ hereby pledge to abstain from food
Of any kind during the above period.
| also call upon the rest of the five
million fat people throughout the
United States to join me in this one
weeks fast. This would mean a saw
i'm Of one hundred and five (105)
IN ion meals for the week, which is
in itself no small amount of food.
A man six foot tall and weighing
two hundred and thirty pounds means
he IS carrying around thirty pounds
of fat that belongs to his country.
The way to reduce this fat is to fast,
which can be done with little or no
inconvenience.
As a further help to the food stu
alton | agree to eat only two meals
day during the term of this war.
and | again call on my five million
TAT friends to join me in this two
neal pledge. sy@1
Yours very respectfully,
FRANK III. HENNING,
No. SIC S. Palafox St., Pensacola,
Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
DIE
BY STARVATION
Continued From First Page)

pared, offices were opened and men
chosen to direct the distribution. The
people waited. Their hopes were
raised high.
"Week followed week and month
followed month"; suspense the peo-
pie daily looked out to sea for her
but the ship which meant life and
hope to thousands never appeared
She was held by military necessity
while the people starved.
"'God has forgotten us? was heard
again and again as hopeless and hun
cry they stood face to face with
death by starvation.
IF the Caesar had arrived it would
have meant that other ships would
follow, but her failure to come dashed
all hope for relief. Her cargo was
sold and the funds finally found their
way to Beirut for the purchase and
distribution of food there, but there
was little food to be bought.
eve know for a fact that thou
sands of our friends there will die
this winter, despite the great good
that can be accomplished by sending
funds from America to buy what
food can be obtained on the ground
for distribution in an effort to save
as many as possible"
The city of Beirut is as sorely af-
flicted as the mountain districts, Mr.,
Hall went on, and day or night one
hears the cry along the streets, I
am hungry-give me bread This is
not from beggars but from laborers
and tradesmen, people who have
known the comforts of life.
I'm Jerusalem" he continued, "one
cannot pass along a street without
being beset for prayers for aid. There
are mothers with babes pulling at
their barren breasts and children
whose parents have succumbed and
left them to face starvation alone.
Syria and Palestine have no story
of massacre or deportation, but these
districts, once prosperous and self
supporting. are now caught in the
world strife, and the people are slow
~ but surely starving to death
through no fault of their own. Fig
ures appan one-competent authori-
ties assert that not less than 1900
600 persons are today in dire distress
in these historic Bible Lands.
'Of this number at least $4,000 are
children below the age of 12-boys
and girls and little children with no
older person to provide the food with
out which they will perish, or to
soothe the last hours when hunger
will have overcome the forces Of ma
ture and the hour has come for them
to face the great eternal without
father or mother near
A plague of locusts; the denuding
of the fields of men for the armies;
the blockade of the coast; the lack
of tourists and the breakdown of
transportation are given by Mr.. Hall
as the reasons for the failure Of food
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
LARGEST CHURCH
CONVENTION MEETS

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 21.-Ten
thousand delegates, constituting one
Of the largest religious gatherings
Of the year, will meet here this week
for the general convention of the Dis
ciples Of Christ. The convention
promises to be one of more than ordi-
nary Importance to the denomination.
The formal launching of new mis-
sionary enterprise will be a feature
Of the meeting. Big plans for work
among enlisted men, already formu-
lated, will be pushed forward. So
will the 100000 men and missions
effort, which is to be completed by
the end of this year.
The convention also will mark an
advanced step in the great project
Of the Disciples of Christ, to bring
about unifcation Of all Christian
denominations The Presbyterians
and one or two other denominations
are to be represented at the general
convention for the first time.
Among the speakers at the CONVEX
ton will be Bishop Charles P. Ander-
son of the Episcopal diocese Of Chi
cago; the Rev. Robert e. Speer, presi-
dent of the Presbyterian board of
foreign missions; Rev. Frank B
Coffin, of Albany, N. Y, president
of the American Christian conven-
ton; Daniel Polling of Boston, repre-
senting the United Societies of Chris
tian Endeavor, and the Rev. NJ Shell.
don of Topeka and the Rev. S. Fl.
Woodrow of ST. Louis, representing
the Congregational church.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22

and prosperity in these lands (which
boosted they never could suffer fam
inc, so rich was their productivity.
But particularly were conditions due
to speculation in food supplies by
Turkish officials and their friends,
he said.
"Some men in high positions, hold
ing the food of the country in their
hands, have gambled with death and
won," Mr.. Hall said. THE people
have died while they stored away one
knows not what fortunes in gold.
The Ottoman government, he said
has done something in relief meas
ures in opening hospices for children
and distributing food, but such help
has reached only few thousands,
while the work Of the American Red
Cross at Beirut was stopped by the
breaking off Of diplomatic relations
between this country and Turkey.
But relief money can yet be sent
to buy and distribute food, as there
are still enough American mission
aries remaining In the country to
attend to il" he added. THE whole
people cannot be saved but a good
is worth saving. Theirs is a land
which historically has claim upon
the charity of the world, but its chief
claim now is not historical, it is hu
man. We are in war to liberate
humanity. 1t is on this ground that
Syria appeals to the world.
"The funds collected in this coun-
try by the American Committee for
Armenian and Syrian Relief are be-
ing disbursed through these Amer
lean missionaries and teachers Of the
American College in Beirut. Even
though hundreds die for lack of food,
because money cannot buy enough
there to go round, great good can be
done, if funds are Forthcoming from
this country generously enough.
"At least one-fourth of the popula-
ton of the Lebanon Mountains has
already persisted from hunger and
diseases directly caused thereby. The
story which must be written when
this present winter is over will be
even more terrible to read, unless i'm
mediate help is provided
Mr.. Hall graduted from Union Col
lege in 1896 and Mccormick Theo-
logical Seminary in 1902, in which
year he was ordained a Presbyterian
minister. His home is in Kalamazoo,
Mich.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
DISCUSS WAR AND
CIVIC PROGRESS

s.. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 21.-Meeting
for the first time west of the Mis-
sissippi, the American Civic Associa-
ton opened it's 18th annual conven-
ton here with a large attendance of
delegates from all sections Of the
country. The sessions will continue
three days and will be devoted to the
consideration of important questions
relating to the maintenance and the
fur.hering in war time the civic prog
ress achieved by the various Ameri-
can cities during the past decade. The
tention will include community CEN
tiers, country planning. small town
problems, national and state parks,
and housing problems in industrial
cities.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
MAKING PLANS TO
AVERT COAL FAMINE

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 21.-Pursuant to
cal issued by ]. D. A. Morrow, Sec
rotary of the National Coal Associa-
ton, general conference of coal op-
orators is to be held in this city to-
morrow, to take steps to help the
Fuel Administration Avert coal
fAnine. The plans of the coal asso-
citation, as outlined by Secretary Nor
row, include better transportation for
coal, more efficiency in mine labor,
prompt reports to the government,
cooperation with government agen-
cies and establishment of a public
information service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
:. HOTEL ARRIVALS

SAN CARLOS-R. L. Burnett.
Birmingham; E. w. Abel and wife
U. S. Navy; D. r. Deal, City; j. E.
Walker, Louisville; c. II. Gamer
Tennessee; j. A. Wise, Mariana; L..
Kropman, New York; Geo. A. Brown,
Boston; B. ]. Lambert, Philadelphia;
w. F. Rundell, New York City; J.
N. Hickman, St. Louis; J. F. Van
Brocklen, Memphis; Chas. A. Marker.
Indianapolis, Ind; C. L. Smith, Mus
cogee; l.. c. Miller, Chicago; G. r.
Hatcher, Atlanta; w. J. Mcclellan,
Montgomery; r. L. Taylor and wife,
Cleveland, Ohio; J. M. Barrow, St.
Andrews; H. A. Stein, New York
City; w. A. Davis, Nashville; A. L.
Gum and wife, Lexington, KY: w. j.
Burgin, Birmingham; Albert Spencer,
Birmingham; w. P. Huidelang,
Donoughville, La; II. R. Moore, Lex
ington, Va; w. w. Mardis, wife and
daughter, Birmingham; P. w. Carl
ton, Atlanta; j. A. Marsh, New Or
leans; E. L. Duclos, Nashville; Nellie
and Jessie Wilson, Wichita, Kans.;
c. j. Barnham and wife, Richland
Center, Wis; A. F. Miller, Baltimore.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22
AGING RUSSIAN TROOPS
BEING DEMOBILIZED

Petrograd, Oct. 21.-Troops COM
posing classes of 1896 and 1897, of
Al to ~ years old, have been de-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22

So far ss natural obstacles are
the Italians along the Austrian front,
ward ever such terrain as this, drag
field gun being hoisted up noun
soon to thunder against the Austrian
the cliff, and can be seen scrambling
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-22


side
ladder and
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
The Old Reliable
l,t. SCEK LIN US T.
COMPANY

"Guody'' said the fellow ! was
talking t. today. when | said Il see
the Lester Lindsey show is going To
he here Monday, Nov 2G. and all
week
II certainly does sound good to
Uurant people when they hear Les
ter and his show will b" hero. Mr.
Lindsey says he has the best sho"
he ever had. better band and orches-
ira. and the best acting cast he ever
had. and We can depend on Lind
scy's word. because he has always
fulfilled his promises in full
They open their weeks engage
ment with new high-class royalty
play. THE Convict's Sweetheart. -
This is the play whore you will
see the best scenery ever presented
by any show in Durant One of the
much talked of features in the seem
ic environment is the Electric Foun-
tain. Beautiful Lawn Scene.
They say the show is simply great
this year Many new musical fea-
lures are added-the Tri-City Quar-
tette. the Two Browns. and the
Beach, Grimes and Star Trio all fea-
ture vaudeville between acts.
Come down town Monday noon
and hear real band and make il
your point to be there tady)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
TEN CONVICTIONS. FIVE NC-
Q(ITTALS IN THE DIS
TtICT COURT

District court finished with th"
criminal docket Saturday. with ten
convictions and five acquittals as u
record of the weeks session. The
cases disposed OF were;
Bill Stapleton, horse theft. years
In the penitentiary.
J. B. Threadgill, forgery. year
IN the penitentiacj.
Oscar IIouchin. forgery. is months
in the penitentiary.
Simpson John. forgery. 6 months
in the penitentiary.
John Harris. theft of n COW, .
years in the penitcntiary.
Ed COopr. theft of a COW. 3 years
in the nenitentiary.
M. r. Morrison, stealing pigs. :,
years In the penitentiary,
Joe Daugherty. assault, 500 fine
and 30 days in county Jail
Joe Nelson. grand larceny. was
adjudged not guilty.
Jim Thomas, charged with assault
with intent to kill. was acquitted.
Charles ID. Langston, murder; YER
dict of not guilty.
G.. G. Hill. assault with intent to
Kill; acquitted.
Ben Byington. grand larceny, YER
dict of not guilty.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
MILLION GOES To FRANCE
SOON

f. &. Million. president of the
First National Bank of Durant,
will leave between the 25th and the
last of this month for Paris. France,
where he will devote his energies
during the remaining time of the
war 20 administrative work for the
International Y. NJ. G. A. Mr.. Mil
lion received his commission from
the National headquarters of the
Association at Chicago. and draws
no pay whatever for his work. only
actual expenses being betrayed. Mr..
Million was here the end of last
week winding up business matters
and bidding Durant friends fare
well. His address will be "Interna-
tional Y ". {. A.. Paris, France
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
CITY CONTKA(TE FOR NEW
FIRE APPARATUS
Equipment Cannot lse Secured I'm
der 100 DayS.-Seigraves Fire
Engine Go. Get Contract.

The city council at a recent meet
ing contracted with the Seagraves
Fire Engine Company of Columbus,
Ohio. for a new fire-fighting equip
ment to be paid for from the pro-
ceeds of the recent bond issue voted
for the purpose.
Th equipment consists of fine
siX-c:lindcr l2O-horse-power combi-
nation hose wagon and pump, the
capacity of which is $50 gallons per
minute. and smaller four-cylinder
75-hOrse-power hose and chemical
wagon for smaller fires.
Conditions under which the man
ufactMrer is operating prevent the
procuring OF the apparatus under
five months.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
"BItE LAWS" MAY CLOSE III
RANT INSTITUTIONS ON
THE SABBATH DAY
The city Council Favors Closing Nv
rrstiing lf the Garages Must
(IO>c.-Will Settle Matter
at the NrNt Meeting.

Uurant faces the probability of
real "l'lu" Laws" and tn" literal on
forc"iucnt Of tn" hitherto littl"-no-
ticcd statutes against the conduct OF
business and labor on tn" Sabbath
At meeting recently majority of
the council Wcr" OutSpOk"n in favor
of not only closing up the garages
on Sundays, but closing every other
business institution as well. Th" po-
Sitinu taken by the council L. that II
the law is worth having il is worth
the rnforccment and ii il l. not j.
should br repealed.
Tn" matter viii in all probability :
he handled through an ordinanc
aud finally settled At the next meet
ing. and citizens ar" invited to AT
tend the session and air their views
on tn" subject
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
Mrs. E.. u. MOUWON DEAD

Mrs. +. ID Mouzon. wife of Bishop
Mouzon of the Methodist Shurch
South. died at her home in Dallas
Monday morning. AT the age Gf IS,
after an illness of several months
Bishop Mouzon recently presided
at the conference of the church he'll
IN nmrant. and whose session wae
cut shm: by reason of the illness OF
Mrs. Moulon. The sympathy of the
"ntir" community goes out to Bishop
Mouzon He and Mrs Mouzon had
many sincere friends in this section
who will he grieved to hear of Mrs
Mouzon's death. lnterment was a:
Oakland cemetery. Dallas. Tuesday
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
NADIII. GIRL KILLED BY FALL
FROM SCHOOL. WINDOW

Miss Adelaide Henshaw. aged II,
daughter of Corporation Commits
sioner George A. Henshaw. of Ma
dill. now residing in Oklahoma CITY.
was instantly killed Sunday night by
fall from window in the dormi-
tory of the school she was attendin
in St. Charles. Mo. The family has
many friends in Durant, and Miss
Henshaw had number of friends
an dacquaintances in the coty who
will be grieved to learn OF the sad
affair.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
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TIL y Il SGIN I<(: %



President Wilson in his Thanks
giving Proclamation makes no at
tempt to recount the specific things
for which the Nation at this time has
cause to he thankful Had h" par
ticulariZed doubtless he would have
given the result of thu Sccand Lib
erty Loan a prominent place among
those things for which tn" Nation
should be thankful
For the great result of the Second
Liberty Loan campaign. with nearly
10.00O.0OO Americans rallying to
the financial support of tn" Nation
and subscribing over four and half
billion dollars for the purchas" of
Liberty Loan bonds. is Il cause for
deep thankfulness in III" heart of
every loyal American.
President Wilson says tn" Nation
should he thankful that we hav"
been given th" opportunity to srrv"
mankind as we once served our
selves in the great day of our Dee
iaration of independence" by taking
up arms against the tyranny that
threatened to master and d"haS,'
men everywhere.
So, too. can all subscribers To the
Liberty Loan be- thankful that they
have been given an opportunity to
aid in this great mission of America
and have done their part toward
giving to the world liberty and JUS
tice and security from the tyranny
that threatens to master and debasC
all nations and all men.
Every purchaser of a Liberty
Loan Bond has struck blow for
human liberty and for civilization
and humanity. Let them remember
this on THURSDAY. November 18th
and be thankful.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
HAVE IT HANDY FOR GROUP

Grandmothers and mothers who
have raised families of children have
learned from 'Xperi"nc" that il pay
to keep a bottle Of Foley's Honey
and Tar in the house ready for en-
Urgency. 1t gives prompt relief from
dreaded Group attacks. checks colds
and coughs. and relieves whoopinc
cough 4 safe medicine no opi
atcs. For sale by Stone Drug Go.
tadv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
W. 4. ARMSTRONG DEAD

W. G. Armstrong. who was among
nurant's old-timers. having made
this plac. his residence for some
ten years, died at Wharton. Texas,
and was buried here Monday follow
ing funeral services held at the res
idence of his daughter. Mrs. Il. l..
Grafa.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
DISTRICT COURT on CIVIL
nOCkET

District court has been grinding
away this week on heavy docket
OF civil cases of various kinds. There
q little In the docket Of public con-
eern, hence no detailed report is be-
ing given by the News.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23

gold star in memory OF American
soldier dead,
According To Mrs. Louise De ko-
ven Bowen. chairman of the women's
committee of the Illinois State Coun-
ell of Defense. the glory of the death
should be emphasized rather than its
sadness.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
10 Cure . Cold In Ooe Dsy.

Tshs LAXATIVE BRoMo ouinine. II stope the
cSu9h ard Headache and works OF the Cold.
OVv3rists refund money II II fails TO sure.
g. W. GROVES signature on each boz. Soe.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1917-11-23
GOLD STAR MAY TAKE PLACE
OF MOURNING FOR SOLDIER

A movement was begun in Chica-
go this week for the substitution for
the black garb of mourning OF some
designation. such, for instance. as a
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-29

returned 10 their home in Northington,
MINI
Miss Minnie Twait. of Ottawa, is
spending the week with her parents.
Miss Anna Omara, who for the past
three months have been visiting In
Dubuque Iowa, with her sister, Agnes,
returned home Thursday,
Misses Belinda Woodward and Mil
dred McCabe were Thursday Streator
shoppers
Miss Alta Necum spent the week
end i'm Ottawa Il guest OF Miss Elsie
Winkler
Miss Gertrude IIalton and Miss
Irene Corbett, a few days in Streator
this week with friends.
Miss Clara Richards. who has been
working in Hammond, Indiana, spent
Sunday with her parents.
Miss Louise Sheedy. of BroOkiield,
is spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. l.. c. Swisshelm
Mrs. Geo. Whitman is visiting at
Wichita, Kansas, with her sister, Mrs.
Hawks.
Mrs. Leonard Bruncr and sister,
Mae Casey, spent the forepart of the
week in Ottawa with Miss Julia Ken
nedy.
Miss Kathryn Bosley was a Satur-
lav Strnptpr uasspugpr
Leo. II. Gondolf and n. j. Scguin
spent Sunday in Ottawa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-29
FREEDOM.
= = = . = . = = . . = . . = 4

q
Mrs. Frank Olmstead was a Mendo
ia visitor from Thursday until Sun.
day.
Mrs, Willis Clark was in Morris
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Jack Mcclure visited friends in OF
tawa last week.
Miss Leelia Hall has been the
guest Of her niece, Mrs. John Hoy.
sey, near Wedron for tho past two
weeks.
Clarence Hall has returned to his
home in Eldon, Iowa, after visit
with relatives and friends here
The Prebian Circle will meet with
Miss Marie Hanson Saturday after.
noon. March 81.
Lester Clark was Morris visitor
Tuesday.
The Camp Fire Girls will hold a
home made candy sale at the home tai.
cnt play Saturday evening" March "a.
The Boy Scouts will meet at the NJ.
e. church Friday evening for brief
out. door session. There will be no
pictures because of the play.
liver Larson has been quite sick with
pneumonia hut is better at this writ.
ing.
Milton Terry was a Chicago visitor
from Tuesday until Friday of last
week
Miss Ruth Ohme, Of Baker. visited
her cousing. Miss Mary Fosse last
week
Mrs. Ruben Wright win entertain
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-29

Miss Paul Knapp and son. Ralph.
of Aurora, visited Friday and Sltar-
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Viokcry.
Geo Otterbach shipped hogs TO the
city Wednesday night. Messrs. Ben
Larutee and T. Dinsmore shipped
Tuesday night.
Lauterbach Bros, have purchased Il
ditching machine, which is operated
by a gasoline engine TO be used on
their large farm in Wisconsin.
Gus Booth is moving in the Landers
house.
Mrs Bert Vickery was a Mendoza
shopper Thursday.
Miss Mundc Stewart spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Philip
McGinns and family in Mendoza.
l.. A. Rex was an Aurora visitor.
Tuesday.
w. p. Flavin was called to Somon-
aux Tuesday to see his father, who is
sick with pneumonia
Mrs. FL Harris of Downers Grove.
visited her parents Mr..and Mrs Bert
Vickery Tuesday,
Mrs. Clara Adams returned from
Dixon Monday and will spend the sum.
mer with her father IL IL Eby.
Dexter Ranger. of Somonauk, is the
guest of his cousin. Dale Flayin.
Reuben Wood of Mendoza was in
town Monday delivering oil.
Mrs win Gould, of Ophir, called ON
Meridian friends Tuesday.
Horace Gardner, of Mendoza spent
Tuesday at the Bert Vickery home.
| On account of the ba droai and in
! element weather the literary was post
poned until Friday night. the SOth
Don't forget the date if the weather
and roads permit.
Meriden property is booming, Miss
Loura Warren sold her house and
! three lots to Mrs. Dan Warrenfeltz for
$4,000.