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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
ITALY's ARMY CHIEF IS DEP0SED
In Effort to Stem Teutons, Allies
Create New Military Committee.

Italian Army Headquarters.-The
Austro-G German drive into Italy, with
its menace to the Italian army, Is be-
ing met with a big shake.up in the
Italian army.
The conference of British, French
and Italian representatives has result.
ed in the creation of a permanent in
ter allied military committee and new
leadership for the Italian army has
been provided.
Gen. Cadorna, supreme commander
of the Italian forces, has been sue
ceeded in the field by Gen. Diaz,, and
Cadorna, with Gen. Foch, chief of staff
of the French war ministry, and Gen.
Wilson, sub.chief Of the British gen
eral staff, will form the new commit
tee.
Gen. Diaz has been appointed first
In command, with Gen. Badogolio Sec
ond and Gen. Grandma third.
Among military officers the decision
of the allies to create a permanent
military committee has caused great
satisfaction. II Is accepted as evi.
dence the allies have awakened to the
necessity for the closest union Of the
whole length of the western front for
the political and military conduct OF
the war.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
CUT LIGHTING TO SAVE COAL
Fuel Administration Orders Use OF
Electric Signs CurtaIed.

Washington-The first order direct
ed against non-essential use OF coal
was issued by DR.. Garfield last Friday,
when he directed that in future cleo
trio signs used for advertising display
may be operated only between the
hours of 1880 and IL p. m.
In the first comprehensive survey
of the coal situation he has issued in
weeks, he announced two decisive
steps:
Immediate and thorough relief foc
congestion of railroads that is ham,
pering production at the mines.
Sharp discontinuance Of all coal sup
plies for non-essential uses in advance
ment of the war.
He also issued a rating of all coal
users, to show the order in which they
will receive their fuel.
Shipbuilding plants and aeroplane
factories come first. Special arrange
ments have been made to give them
enough coal to keep them all operating
at 100 per cent efficiency. After them
follow:
First-Railroads.
standardization and steel plants.
Third-Public utility companies.
Fourth-Domestic consumer.
Fifth-Non- essential industries.
Bearing out this program, instruc-
tions were sent to various fuel admin.
istrators covering handling of COM
plants and showing the order in
which various consumers are to be
supplied.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16

Names of the following Americans
appear in the casualty list issued AZ
Ottawa, Ont: Wounded accidentally
l.. +. Belney, San Francisco. Wound
ed, Ernest Edwards, Canton. :. ID.
Bertram Bowbeer, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
According TO advices received ii
Evansville, Ind. from Washington. II
Is doubtful If Mrs. Alice Dodd, mother
or James Gresham, one of the victims
of the German raid on American
trenches In France, will receive pen
sion, because she has Il second husband
living. ~
immigration into western Canada in
the first ten months of the present year
has more than doubled the returns for
the same period in 1916 and more than
tripled the 1915 figures. A statement
given out by the department of immi-
grafton at Winnipeg, Can, shows tAat
3d. persons have migrated from the
United States up to October ID this
year.
Lieut.. Hans Berg AMI Lieutenant
LOeschner, who escaped from Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga, October %, were arrest
ed six miles below Laredo, Tex. near
the Rio Grande. They were turned
over to military authorities.
Judge w. W. Morrow of the United
States district court at San Francisco,
upheld the right of native of the
Philippine islands to become a citizen
of the United States.
John F. Hylan, a county judge OF
Kings county. was elected mayor OF
New York by plurality of more than
10000. He carried with him the en-
tire Democratic city ticket. Mayor
John p. Mitchell, who sought re-elec-
ton as fusion candidate, was poor
second In the race. His vote was 145.-
459, compared with 2SS,435 for Hylan.
Norris Hillquist, the Socialist candi-
date, stood third, with 800. and
William NJ. Bennett. Republican. was
fourth with 51,956.
Guards were placed about the resi-
dence of Archbishop Ireland and other
Roman Catholic leaders at st. Paul,
Minn., while police investigated the
explosion which wrecked the parish
house of st. Agnes church. The po-
lice theory Is that a prot German was
responsible for the explosion.
The first dependent Of an Ameri-
can soldier killed in trench warfare to
receive compensation under the gov
eminent system will be Mrs. Alice
Dodd Of Evansville, Ind. widowed
mother of Private James b. Gresham.
one Of the victims Of the German raid
on American trenches in France, No
vember 3. She will receive at least
S45 month.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
Foreign

According to yry Belgie, the German
administration In Belgium has decided
to appropriate for German use half the
entire crop Of potatoes, fruit and vcge-
tables.
The American gunboat Palos was
fired upon by Chinese bandits on the
Yang-tse-Kiang, near Chungking, In
the Province of Szechuan. The gun
boat was damaged slightly.
villa followers, who dynamited a
Mexican Central train ut Armanderiz
station In Mexico. killed 125 soldiers,
women and children.
The foreign relations committee Of
the chamber Of deputies of Brazil has
adopted resolution favoring the proc
lamation Of state Of siege.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
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Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
u. S.-Teutonic War News
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The first three American soldiers
killed in the trenches in France are
sleeping i'm French soil, hOnOred by
the American army and the people
and army of France. Their final in
terment took place Wednesday, says
dispatch from France.
IL was announced at Washington
that the American steamship Roches.
ter was torpedoed and sunk on No
vember .. Four sailors are known to
have lost their lives. One boat with
the second mate and ID men is miss
Ing.
Information that an American shell
fired by an American naval gunner
sank Teutonic submarine in the
Mediterranean is contained in report
made TO the navy department by the
officers of an American freight steam
ship which arrived at an Atlantic port
The German artillery is very nc
tive ali night and day, and shells of
various calibers rain around the
American position in France. So
thickly did they come at one time 1t
was thought another barrage was
about to be placed for another raid on
the American trenches. The Ameri-
cans were ready for the Boche and
hoping he would try another raid. But
none developed.
Americas mission to the allies con-
ference In Paris has arrived safely In
England. Announcement to this effect
was made at Washington, with the
comment that the gathering is to be a
war conference" with the object OF
co-ordinating all the fighting forces
against the common enemy. The dele
CATION is headed by Col. E. NJ. House.
1t was officially announced at Wash
ingtOn that Americans responded to
the call for second Liberty war loan
by subscribing $4,617 $4,000. an over
subscription by ga per cent of the 3d.
O00,000O00 asked, and only 1888, 00O.-
600 less than the $4,000, 100000 maxi
mum fixed by the treasury.
The navy department at Washington
announced that the converted yacht
Alcedo was torpedoed at 1 80 a. IN.
November 8. The official announce
ment reads: Zone officer and twenty
men are missing. The ship sank with
In four minutes after she was struck.
Several vessels were searching for
possible survivors at the time the re-
port was made. The Alcedo carried
seven officers and IS men,"
A small detachment of American In.
fantrymen was attacked In the front
line trenches In France by much SUI
perior force of German shock troops.
Americans were cut Off from relief by
the heavy barrage in their rear. They
fought CALAMITY until overwhelmed,
solely by numbers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
Domestic

An agitafor against the war or
against conscription does not have 10
oppose them openly to violate the es.
plonage act, but may do so merely by
expressing admiration or by idealizine
persons who have INSTRUCTED recruit.
Ing, according to the decision of Judge
Henry Wade Rogers Of the United
States circuit court of appeals In the
Masses case. the text Of which was
made public at New York.
Gov. Samuel w. Mccall, Republican.
of Massachusetts, was reelected by
5000 plurality, defeating Frederick
w Mansfield, Democrat who opposed
him last year. The whole Republican
state ticket was elected with the gov.
ernor.
Somewhere In Illinois" deliberate
attempt was made to wreck O special
train heavily loaded with soldiers
from Camp Grant To the vigilance
Of the engineer and to special precau-
fions taken In the movement Of troop
trains is due the foIling of the plot.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
European War News

AuStrO-German forces in northern
Italy have crossed the Livenza river
Berlin announced. Italian troops to
the number of 1900 were cut off
from the Tagliamento and captured.
Germany called up her last reserves
within the last few days, according to
dispatch to London from Zurich.
This action is attributed to the inten-
ton Of the central powers to make a
final effort on the western front be-
fore Americas help becomes effective.
1t Is announced at the Austro-Hun-
gar1an army headquarters, according
to dispatch TO London from Amster-
dam to the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany, that the Teutonic armies operat-
ing against Italy number five.
A marked decrease in the British
merchant ships sunk during the last
week is noted In the admiralty report
issued at London. Only eight vessels
over 1000 tons were sunk by mine or
submarine and four vessels under that
tonnage. No fishing vessels were sunk.
This is low-water mark.
The Canadians, In their drive
against the German lines, have ad-
vanced about 800 yards beyond the
center Of Passchedaele, having bat
tied their way to their final mark, says
a dispatch from London. A consider
able number of prisoners already have
reached the cages.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
Hunter Shoots Arm or.

Calumet.-Joseph Smith, Is. OF
Raymbaultown suffered the loss OF his
left arm when shotgun he was carry
ing in boat, while hunting ducks, dis
charged accidentally.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
Personal

John N. Williams. pioneer theatrical
man, died, aged sixty-nine, after long
illness with pleurisy at Oshkosh, Wis.
He was the owner of the Grand opera
house and was widely known over the
country among theatrical and circus
people as Honest John Williams"
Mai. Birdseye Il. Lewis, detailed TO
and attached to General Pershlng's
staff, whose death was previously re-
ported to relatives In private cables,
committed suicide last Saturday.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-16
Warrington

The American corn crop of 1917, ag-
gregating 3,191 ,0S3,000 bushels, breaks
all previous records, and the 440, OOO,-
600 bushels potato crop also exceeds
any former production, according to
final reports of the department of ag-
riculture at Washington on the har-
vest Of the first war year.
President Wilson issued at Washing
ton his 1917 Thanksgiving proclama-
ton calling upon the nation, even In
the midst of the sorrow and great peril
of world shaken by war, to thank
God for blessings that are better than
peace Of mind and prosperity Of en-
terprise. The proclamation named
Thursday, November 20, as Thanksgiv-
ing day.
The United States agreement to rec
ognize Japan's special interests In
China, made public at Washington,
was declared by international experts
to be the greatest diplomatic achieve
ment Of the present administration.
Henceforth japan must guard against
pernicious political activities of her
subjects. japan voiced her eagerness
to aid the United States In suppress.
Ing Prussian militarism.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18

If the thumb nail does not very readily
puncture the skin of the fruit, the best
stage for eating has passed.
Scallop or Pattypan squashes occur
in white and yellow colors. Yellow
Summer Crookneck is also much plant
ed and is a good variety. These
squashes have short vines and are
usually called bush forms. English
forms Of summer squashes are called
vegetable marrows, and a be OBJ
tanned from many American seedsmen.
There is also an Italian summer squash
under the name of Cocozelle, which is
offered by a few seedsmen. These last
have long vines, and should be given
as much as eight or ten feet between
hills.
Winter squashes such as Hubbard.
Green and Yellow, Delicious and Bos-
ton Marrow require the cultural treat
ment given above, but should be given
ten to twelve feet distance between
hills. Winter squashes should be
stored in a dry place where the tenn
perature does not go below 45 degrees
or so degrees F. An upstairs room Is
much better for this purpose than a
cellar. The fruits must be thoroughly
ripened, but not frosted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
MAKING MONEY OUT OF cows
Seven Fundamental Principles OF Sue.
cessful Dairyins-Weed Out All
Poor Animals.

There are ten rules for making
money out of COWS and they all begin
with milk good cows"
To put the case in a nutshell, or
rather to skim the cream from the
whole matter, let us admit that there
are, say, seven fundamental principles
of successful dairying, about as fol-
lows:
/. Weed out the poor COWS by means
Of the scales and the Babcock test.
2. Feed the good cows plenty OF
clean, choice stuff as close to a bal
anced ration as possible.
8. Eliminate competition by produc-
ing q better product than the other fel'
low and demanding a good price for 1t.
4. Head the herd with a high-class,
pure-bred sire.
5. Raise the promising calves from
the best cows only.
6. Develop a market for your sur
plus bull calves and other stock.
Z. Feed the mind Of the man behind
the cow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
FOR INCREASED CORN YIELDS
Gain of 6.31 Bushels Per Acre by
Thinning Secured at Ohio Sta.
ton on Tested Seed.

Thinning corn has resulted in q
gain, as q four-year average at the
Ohio experiment station, Of 6.31 bush
els per acre in the case Of seed tested
for termination before planting, and
of SAT bushels in the Isl Of INFESTED
seed. The average time required for
thinning an acre Of corn was 81 hours.
In one case three kernels were plant
ed per hill, and on the plot in COM
parison q generous quantity Of seed
was dropped and the plants were
thinned to three per hill when 6 to 8
inches high. With tested seed an av-
erage yield of 1928 bushels per acre
was obtained with corn planted three
kernels per hill, and $3.50 bushels per
acre was harvested from thinned corn.
With INFESTED seed a yield Of 1898
bushels per acre was secured from
regular planting and $685. bushels per
acre where the corn was thinned. With
corn at only so cents a bushel, n
would make Is cents an hour by thin
ming on this basis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
INDUCING CALF TO EAT HAY
Animal Should Be Given Glover or Al.
faIfa as Soon as 1t Shows De.
sire for Roughage.

As soon as the calf shows a desire
for roughage it should be given a little
good hay, preferably clover or alfalfa.
Soon after a little dry grain may be
placed in a box where the calf can eat
it. Sometimes calves manifest a de-
sire for grain at first, that will lead
them to eat too much Of it, in which
ease they may refuse it entirely and
give the feeder a good deal Of trouble.
Only a very little grain should be CIV
en- the calf at first and the allowance
should be increased very slowly, al
ways being sure not to give too much.
Care should be used also not to feed
more hay than the animal will con-
sumo in from 1 to 2 hours. The hay
the calf does not eat does It no good
and while it Is not so bad to feed hay
to excess as to feed too much grain, 1t
is entirely useless to do SO and should
be avoided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Summer squashes are to many an at
tractive addition to the home garden.
They may be planted yet in practically
any part Of the country, and their cul-
ture is easy. Two or three hills will
furnish enough for an average-sized
family. They are not fastidious as to
soils, though they, like most garden
plants, prefer a warm, sandy loan. The
most important requirements for their
growth are abundance of manure and
good cultivation. The hills may be
spaced five or six feet apart. The
plants will occupy the ground all sum-
mer if the fruits are harvested at the
most disable stage.
Squashes' are tender plants, and can
not endure the slightest frost, so seed
should not be planted until the soil is
well warmed. Ten or q dozen seeds are
planted usually in each hill. These
should finally be thinned to one or two
plants. The soil must be stirred by
shallow cultivation until the plants
cover the soil.
There are in use in this country sew
eral types of these squashes. They
must all be used while very Immature;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
G.. A. NUFFER
PRESIDENT
EHHF Tiff
TOMATOES ON SINGLE STEM
Set Plants Eighteen Inches Apart In
Rows Three Feet Wide-Pinch
Out All Shoots.

Where tomatoes are to be trained
to q single stem, the plants are set 10
inches apart in rows three feet wide.
AS soon as the young plant begins to
grow after being transplanted it sends
out branches or shoots from the axis
Of the leaves. When these shoots ap-
pear pinch them out, which will cause
the main stalk to shoot up very rapid
ly. Put up a stake five feet tall and tie
the plant to it. As the plant grows
more suckers will form. Continue to
pinch these out and train the plant to
the stake. The fruit will be formed
on flower clusters about six inches
apart on the main stem.
The method Of training does not
produce as many tomatoes per plant,
but the fruit Is much larger in size and
of higher quality. This method al
lows a great many more plants per
acre, therefore the yield per acre is
greatly increased.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
VACANT LAND ALONG FENCES
Not Many Farmers Ever Think Of
Amount of Waste Strips on Either
Side of Barriers.

Few farmers stop to think how much
land is taken up by the fences. The
fence itself takes little room, but 1t is
impossible to grow anything for sew
eral feet on both sides Of the fence.
The department Of agriculture reports
that the ordinary rail fence occupies
a strip over IL feet wide. About 5000
feet of such q fence takes up an acre
Of land. Hedges take up a little more
than the rail fence, the width varying
according to the width Of the hedge
row.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
}. s. MORSE
SEC.-TREAS
MEASURE HEIGHT OF STACKS
Method illustrated to Ascertain Mum.
Der Of Cubic Feet Contained
In Large Pile Of Hay.

To ascertain the number Of cubic
feet in a stack Of hay involves the
height Of the stack and which may
be determined by the following meth
cd: Two points are marked on the
ground on opposite sides Of the rick
or stack and at nearly equal distances
from its center as possible. A cord is
then thrown over the stack, stretched
gently from the point A in the &C
companying illustration, over the top
Of the stack to the point B, and marked
to show its length from A to B. The
cord is then removed and placed on the
ground in the position Of Al, 81, and
III, the points Of AL and B1 being e1-
actly the same distance apart as A and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
GUARD ALL ALFALFA LEAVES
.Two.Thirds Of Feeding Value Of Plant
10 In Leaves-Rake Into Wind.
rows Before Dry.

Two-thirds Of the feeding value of
the alfalfa plant is In the leaves. If
the leaves are lost in curing only one
third Of the feeding value remains.
This fact is regarded as important by
farmers who advocate that alfalfa hay
be cured so as to save the leaves. This
means that the alfalfa must be raked
into windows before the leaves dry
and fall of. Raking car be done two
hours after cutting, thus saving thu
leaves and preserving the green colo:
and desirable favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
cRooKNEcK is POPULAR VARIETY OF SQUASH
SPRAYING FOR POTATO BUGS
Mixture Of Arsenate Of Lead and Wa.
ter Makes Excellent Solution to
Destroy Pests.

A good spray for potato bugs con-
slsts Of a mixture Of two ounces of
a%rsenate Of lead to one gallon of
water. The %arsenate Of lead should
be well dissolved In a small quantity
Of water before being diluted. Enough
Of the solution to spray two-thirds Of
an acre can be made from six pounds
Of arsenate Of lead and so gallons of
water. This spray sticks to the plants
better than paris green and does not
burn them as paris green sometimes
does.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
GIVE HENS PLENTY OF ROOM
croWding Decreases Egg Production
and Increases Feed BilI-Have
Nests Clean.

If your house is built to accommo-
date so hens, keep that many, and try
to keep them in the best possible shape
for proft-you will get it. But If you
try to crowd in so. per cent more you
will require more feed and will have
fewer eggs. It is pure greed which
often renders a flock improbable.
Have nest boxes in inconspicuous
places for the shy pullets, and keep
them clean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
BREEDING FOR HEAVY LAYERS
Two H~undred-Egg Hen ls Possibility
When Attention to Essential
Points Is Given.

The 200-egg hen is a possibility when
selection and breeding are given the
necessary attention. The few who
took up this line Of breeding, with
such startling results, soon created q
spirit Of emulation among other fame
iers. Now there are a great many
locks of pure-bred fowls that have
been line-bred for egg production for
yearL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18

B. At I'll the cord should be made to
assume the shape Of that portion Of
the top Of the stack with which the
cord was in contact when 1t was
stretched over the top Of the stack.
The distance CT I'll will then be the
height Of the stack.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18
ESTIMATED COST OF DUCKS
Ranges From Eight to Twelve Cents
Per Pound, Depending on Current
Prices Of Grain.

1t is estimated by poultrymen max
Ing a speciality Of growing ducks that
the feed cost per pound Of producing
duck meat ranges from 8 cents to II
cents, depending upon the current
prices Of grain and other feeds,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-07-18

" was VI otoS
was fastened with an ~undeniable
pearl pin and he rested his gloved
hands on a gold-knobbed cane.
Come over here and sit by me-" in
vited Jimson. II want to talk to you.
You're looking we'll, William. Where
are you working"
"I'm occupying a responsible posi-
ton in Mr.. Uckersted's household,
sir" replied William. 81 am his but
Ter, in fact-major domo, you might
say, sir. He married, you know, sir"
Il did hear something Of it," said
Unison. "Well, we'll. You seem to be
prospecting, certainly"
"Ppetty we'll, sir, thank you" ad-
mitted William. 1.-THE salary isn't
very large. Mr.. Uckersted is a very
careful gentleman in some respects,
but" William allowed one eyelid to
futter down-"there Is something In
the commissions. Mrs. Uckersted en-
tertains a good deal. And then" add
ed William, through MIR. Uckersted's
kind suggestions ] have been able to
make some lucrative investments.
Yes, sir. In fact, sir, II 1t were not for
the opportunities l have for obtaining
hints in that direction, l think I
should resign my position. I have
really no occasion to work for any
body"
II think I understand William and
the genseal attitude toward moneyed
nea better now" Bsid JimSoa u ~
az O. 10 ssk e ~ ~. ,..i