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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15

-.SHINGTON. Nov. l4.-America
w is successfully forging sea
W power. The Atlantic will be
,adsed- ..-..s .h,ohni,dsr.
iii win. - h,..;,...
,onverted into shiPwrights, made
-. start. and then had 20 adjourn
'..sJings while they settled some in
- differences that were productive
- noise than ships. After thai,
=, il and before it. they made
fmistakes. They are making them
They are learning. We are all
Earning
s.w DAYS ago a group Of news
.nsn were plying Chairman Hur-
- the Shipping Board, with ques-
~. !" designed to bring out informs-
w. wbieb they would probably be
" "a not TO publish. Oae OF them
80 particularly ridiculous ques-
~ which brought out general laugh
Il bis expense.
Never mind" said %r. Hurley con-
r,,,v Were all learning. l ex-
~, 70 know something about ships
-,..lf after awhile
We're is an inventory Of some OF the
stakes maze by or with the board;
r-Omitting to appoint shipbuilders
w.mbers Of d shipbuilding body.
u-Disastrous delay in composing
+. ovsrrel between General GOethals
and NJ. Denman.
m Making the board responsible
q, Ne aess Of the manager. but at the
~. time making him TO a very large
.,rse independent Of the board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15
Nike Wooden Ships
loo Large for Speed

II. Too much early attention 70
,.ojep ships and TOO little to steel, and
hhre to convert talk into energetic
raOa resulting in unnecessary delay
il bailding ships.
7 Making the standard wooden
ain TOO large for rapid building.
II Giving contracts to people with
,s,ting but an option on future ship
building yard and financial hopes.
VII. Encouraging too many new
Yards TO start instead Of encouraging
going yards to extend.
VIII. Delaying the fabrication yards
for At least three months.
TX. Wasting tine in driving close
Bargains with builders.
Y. Failure TO grapple early with the
hbor supply problem.
". Allowing strikes TO drift on for
weeks before taking adequate steps TO
settle them and prevent others.
XII. Failure to drive the lumber
men into rapid production Of ship tim
bsrs.
XIII. lnperviousness TO new ideas
and reluctance 20 test them.
This is no. intended TO be captious
criticism. To record mistakes is not
to say that all Of them could have been
syoided Il we had been a nation pre-
pared for war, practically all Of the
mistakes above enumerated would have
been avoided Preparedness is fore
thought followed by performance. IN
Preparedness IS performance followed
By bsck-thought. That is the way we
ia7s done q lot Of things in this war,
5si as we we're particularly unquali-
led Tor the shipbu.lding job that is
where our national sloth has displayed
.sslf most ANONYMOUSLY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15
Drama
Grace George Acts Superbly
in "L'Elevation" at
The Playhouse

Grace George and her Playhouse
company in "LElevstion,' by Henry
Bernstein.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15

The long run Of the most suce e,iu
Of ali the Ziegfeld Midnight froIies
will terminate on December g ne
revue mas been drawing large AUDIENCES
atop the New Amsterdam Theatre LOT
over eight months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-15

The war, young as it is over here,
has dropped distilled acid on the
souls Of all of US. To the raw surface
it burns more deeply every day, such
play such as "L'El6vation," which re-
,,o,,., .bo con,parv a. tho PLAYHOUSE
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
A. w. SEWARD.

lMr. Seward once lived here
with his family and was a faith
full one among US in the Office of
the Advocate. His wife. who
was q Carmichael before marri-
age. took another man and left
the city and Mr.. Seward bspDght
suit and Obtained a divorce. He
a naE hnpPQy nasFlal QIR'
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
The LacrymOse Pratt.

DR.. E. E. Pratt, former chief
of the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce, who was fired
for offciousness, continues to
give out interviews seeking pub
lie sympathy for the treatment
accorded him. His former chief,
Secretary Redfield is charged
with incapacity and delay. With
out doubt the charge is true. and
Redfield is quite as inefficient as
was Pratt. and should have been
canned long ago. But Pratt will
get little sympathy by whining.
He is reported to have said that
he lis considering several flatter-
ing offers" 1t is suggested that
he accept one of them and shut
up.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
/ Told You So.

1t is the common expression
that goes the rounds just after
the election-"I Told You So;"
Didn't tell you that you were
going to be traded off," and all
such stuff as that. When, in
fact. the people had their minds
made up to do what they did do,
and in the event they made up
their minds to vote without
money they did it just that way,
and those who intended to sell
out sold, for there was lots of
''brazen coin" to get and they
got it.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
JESSE D. TUGGLE,
. The Next County Judge.
BurleSOned Mail.

Representative Tague, Demo-
crat, and Representative Dalling-
err, Republican, both of Massa-
chusetts, tell a weird story of in
reference with their mail some
where between the time it was
deposited by them in the post
office at Washington and the time
when it reached their correspon-
dents in some cases members of
their families. They infer, and
indeed they charge, that this was
done by postal clerks by order
or with the knowledge of some
higher-up in the service who have
looked with disfavOr upon Con-
gressmen who do not sustain the
present administration of the
Postoffice Department. 1t is prob
able that these charges are not
susceptible of legal prOof-but
the opened envelopes have been
submitted to Congressional
committee who can draw their
own conclusions.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
MINERS
WALK OUT
\ circular letter dated
Pineville, Kyy August
7th, 1917, reads in part
as follows.

To.the Officers and Members of
Local Unions, United Mine Work.
ers of America, of Southeastern
Kentucky and Tennessee. Greet
ing:
Therefore. the re-convened
Wage Scale Convention reaffirms
the policy adopted July the goth.
1917. at the Special Wage Scale
Convention. In accordance with
sec. /. of the policy adopted by
the convention we refer t h j s
matter to the vote of our men,
bership in this district and re-
commend that unless the opera
tors meet your representatives
for the purpose of negotiating a
Wage Scale. that a stoppage of
work will occur at every mine in
this competitive field on Satur-
day, August the 18th, at a p. m.
This strike to remain in force I'M
til the operators accede to the de-
mands adopted by the miners
representatives in Special Wage
Scale Convention.
Van Bittner, Floyd Davis, Sgd
ney ]. Jones. John Coyal. William
Feeney. G. H. Walsh, Thos M.
Gam, J. E. Mckinney, j. C..
Claxton. w. H. Foster, T. j.
Smith, Van Robinett, David Robb
R. D. Collett. John Jeffrey. VIM.
Turnblazer, P. P. Lynch. E. l..
Reed, G. P. Brown.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
16 To 1 Matches.

How many of you have cussed
out the sixteen-to-ope match
strike sixteen to get one light
which has recently made its ap-
pearance in the American mark
ct? With about So of it's compan-
ions it comes in a box bearing a
yellow label with a three-masted
schooner imprinted thereon, and
along the side reads, Made in
Sweden. " 1t is of the safety
match variety, and it certainly
does not belle its name for it is
about as safe as a toothpick. A
man pays one cent for a box and
jeopardizes his salvation every
time he tries to light his cigar.
Its flame is as fleeing as a
Presidential decision, and the
Presidential signature to the pre-
sent tariff laM which reduced the
duty on matches so per cent is
responsible for its presence in our
market. 1t is a Democratic match.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
PREACH NOT TO S.
THE RIGHTEOUS

At a midsummer outing of Mas
sachusetts Republicans the speak
ers with practically lone accord
advised the abandonment of part
isan politics in orderL to present
a united front to the enemy in
time of war. The advice was
.good-but it was taken to I h q
wrong party. 1t is not the Re-
publicans who are playing politics
with war and war conditions.
They have surrendered PARTISAN
ship in Congress and have given
constant and cordial cooperation
to the President in everything
that he has suggested as helpful
to his war programme. Indeed,
without Republican votes and
without Republican advocacy the
President would have been power
less to advance any essential fea-
ture of his war schedule Of legis-
lation. But his party, spurred
doubtless by his example in prac-
tice if not in precept. has not
displayed any inclination to aban-
don partisanship. Their major.
ity in both houses of Congress
has been employed for partisan
purposes. They have created Of
fees by the thousand and have
refused to permit them to be fill
ed from civil service eligibles.
These places have been filled by
the, personal selection of func-
tionaries whom the President has
designated and who are, with
few exceptions, Democrats most
ardent. When it becomes incum-
bent upon anyone to preach the
doctrine of -partisanship, the
preacher should seek a congre-
cation of Democrats, not Repub-
leans. He should seek to call
not the righteous but the sinners
to repentance.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
To My Many Friends:

want to tell you how CRATE
full l feel to you for the loyal
support that you gave me in my
race for the Republican nomina-
ton for the Office of County At
torney of Knox County and for
the glorious victory you made
it possible for me to win.
Words are inadquate for me to
fully express my feelings at this
time, but ! do desire to say that
| want to and will repay you by
making you the best officer that
is in my power to make. l will
always be found at my post Of
duty, ready at all times to take
care Of your business whether
you be democrat, republican or
what not. ! want to serve all
the people in the same way, and
show to each the same courtesies
that would expect should |
come to your Office or home to
see you on business. | shall
look after your business. safe
guard your home, look after the
welfare of your treasury and see
that the laws of the State are
fullyanforced as written by the
lawmakers. l shall faithfully
endeaSor to carry out all my
pledges made during the cam
paign and especially those where
in l promised YOU a business
administration. and with the
assistance of the good citizens
and other officers Of the county I
trust we may accomplish much
of good for our people, to the
very best of my ability.
Again thanking you for past
favors and assuring you of my
very deepest appropriations, l am
Your friend.
JAS. S. GOLDEN.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10

Last Tuesday Mrs. Elizabeth
Archabold and Miss Gertrude
Black made a trip to Gray, KY,
in behalf and in the interest of
the Red Cross Society. T h e y
We're met with the greatest cour-
tesy, and were assisted by the
citizens there. and within three
or fonr hours they had there they
toCK In 80 members. These two
girls are certainly hustlers and
deserve much credit for the
splendid work they are doing.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10

1t is said through the columns
of the papers that there will
soon be a suit which will termi-
nate in the United States Su-
preme Court testing the con-
stitutionality of the laws requir-
ing drafted men to invade other
countries. We are all willing
and ready to fight in case of an
invasion, but none are banker
ing to tour the European coun-
tries.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
Card of Thanks.
Barbourville, KY,
AA nAl 1nH-

August 9Th, 1917.
To My Friends and the People of
Knox County
The vote has been counted and
the returns show that Mr.. d. w.
SIusher received Gas votes and |
received 624. This gives Mr..
Slusher a lead of q votes. On
account of sickness was unable
to get out among the voters I'M
til a short time before the cleo
ton. | want to concede Mr..
Slusher's election and pledge to
him and the other nominees of
the party my hearty support and
to especially thank my many
friends for their splendid loyalty
and support. | can never forget
them for this.
| have no word of criticism for
those who stood for some other
man. | have no sore places. /
am just as good Republican as /
ever was. Thanking all of you
again for your support and kind
ness in the past. | remain
Respectfully yours,
B. p. WALKER.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10

Rev. S. F. Kelly, who is pastor
of the M. E. Church at Cold
Springs. KY, was with US for a
day this week. Brother Kelley
says that though he is in a fine
country where the fields bear the
golden grain, that there is no
spot on earth so dear to his heart
as Barbouryille.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
Produce Wanted.

] will be found in the Sewers
building at the resrof J. 4 H, L.
Millers store. ! pay cash for all
kinds Of produce. Old hens l2c;
exgs. market price. ROSTERS 70;
fryipe chickens under z lbs 20c;
2! Dss1: ~ sst 9: I'll '';v !s'..
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10

Read Black in the primary last Saturday by the largest
majority of of the candidates of Knox
countys best known and highly respected citizens He his
his merits and all factions it united
him. This his third for county office and that the
further he the faster he GETS He would if he take
the notion Congress- but he that he is contente with
the place he and will do all in his for the people
who have stood noby by him. Mr. Black also received the
largest number of votes of any of the candidates.
Mountain advocate., 1917-08-10
Letter from A.W. Seward
Maysville, KY,
July 81, 1917.

"oy SNAhS, N.Y.,
.l-- July 81, 1917.
Mr.. Read P. Black,
Barbourville, KY.
Dear Read
Mrs. Carpenter and ] were
married last night at 500 o'clock,
by Rev. Joe Evans, of the
Presbyterian church. We had a
nice. wedding and Miss Lena
Green played and sang the we'd
ding march.
Mrs. Seward and | will leave
this evening for our country
home.
With all this, yet there is a
sort of sadness at leaving dear
old Barbourville, and the hope
still fingers that we may some
day become residents of beauti-
full Barbourville, and again en-
joy the blessings of associations
with that noble people. And
then to- sever my connections
from the dear old Advocate, and
the very pleasant associations of
the editor, Mr.. w. H. Mcdonald,
all summed up. including the
efficient Office force, Messrs.
Steele, Churchill, Duncan. and
happy, good-natured Charley
Mills and Mrs. Mcdonald.
l amsupremely happy and con-
tented to possess my new bride,
Mrs. Ne d. Seward.
1t is rather warm here and l
am a convalescent from the
matrimonial fever.
Very truly,
A. w. SEWARD.
Hispano América., 1917-11-18
HISPANO AMERICA.
Y e1 banana.

man y ell banana.
Africa es representada por medic
de una matrona arabe de color tosta-
do, cubierta con una cabeza de elefan-
bundancia ,un quitasol en- la otra y a
un lado un scorpion, un leon y una
serpiente.
Asia Sc representa- con una figura
de mujer vestida a la oriental, cor ra-
mas de arbo1es aromaticos en- una
mano y un i%ncensario en- otra. A su
lado palmeras y un elefante y a 10
lejos una %mezquita.
Hispano América., 1917-11-18
Ell Tesoro de San Pedro.

De todas las maravil1as que consti-
tuyen el tesoro de San Pedro en- Ro-
ma, entire las mas apreciadas estan
u cruz y unos candelabros de pla-
ia dorado que alderman el altar pom
%tificio, durante largo tempo atribui-
dos a B%envnuto Cellini, y que en- rea-
lidad son obra de Antonio Gentilli,
orfebre de Faenza, que trabajaba en-
Roma durante la segunda mitad del
siglo XVI.
Hispano América., 1917-11-18

Sc representa- a Europa bajo la fl
gura de una mujer magnificamente
vestida, con I'm trofeo de armas, IL
bros, globos y pinceles a sus pies.
Sc representa- a America por una
matrona morena o bronceada, peina-
ia y vestida con plumas; en- la mano
o a los lados, arco y flechas y un ba-.
rril con alas. Como attributes Ell cal
Hispano América., 1917-11-18
10 de Noviembre de 1917

rales, y buscando la soledad y la NOR
~tificacion, edificaron ALI un conven-
to, el que mas tarde, con sus mora
dores, obedeciendo a las leyes del
tempo, dejo de eXistir por varias
causas.
Oueda solamente el ~convento des-
habitado, en- r%uinas, y en- los alrede-
dores la fantastica leyenda del de
sierto de los Leones".
Hispano América., 1917-11-18
DIR. SCAPARON
office: e1o kearny Ct.
CASESE

Mandenos I'm dollar y lie remitiremos
nuestro Catalogo Matrimonial que
contiene nombres, direcciones, des-
cripciones y fo~tografias de muchas
muchachas simpaticas y varias viu-
das que desean un matrimonio pro-
ximo. A todas elias les puede listed
escribir directamente y en- POGO ITEM
DO estar en- canine de la felicidad
conyugal. No hay mas cargos, I'm do
lar 10 cubre TODD. Relaciones honora-
bles y confidenciales. Mande su pedi-
do a
RELIABLE CLUB, Dep. IS
Box ass Los Angeles, CAL.
Hispano América., 1917-11-18
CHASCARRILLOS

Milo, no tie admira Ell milagro de
Jinas, a quien Sc 10 trago una bale
ma?
81, senorita; pero me admiraria
mas 81 Jonas hubiera sido quien Sc
hubiera tragado a la ballena.
Hispano América., 1917-11-18

4 4 K y " r = 4 y X 4
COMPRAMOS BILLETES
DEL BANCO NACIONAL
Dirigirse a M. M. B. cargo
'HlSPANO AMERICA"
$40 Sansome St. San Francisco
4 4 r X + 4 + 4 4 4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19

Though the Arabs number less than
the population Of Tendon. their iau.
guage il one OF the moat widely spoken
aud influential In the world. for ii Is
TIE Language Of The Koran. Seventy
millions Of people In Asia and uerth
Africa speak some foria Of Arabic as
their yeFnaeniaT, aud quite as many
more know something OF the language
from tile Koran. which, Ia the original,
IS a textbook III TIE day schools OF the
Mohammeaans from Turkey 20 Afghan
fstan and New Guinea. Nor is Arabic
unworthy of this extensive use. Renaa,
after expressing his surprise that such
Language should spring from the des-
crit regions OK Arabia and reach perfee.
ten III nemadic camps, declares that 1t
surpasses ali its sister Semitic Ian
gRages In richness Of vocabulary. deli
caey OF expression and the logic of
its grammatical construction London
Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
soas an AntisspsIc.

Some medical authorities. explaining
the abatement Of epidemic diseases
In modern years, are sufficiently free
from professional ties 10 attribute shss
retirement OF conditions not 70 med
lral scssnee. but to the Increased use
OF soap and water. The Homeopathic
g.nyoy Ii Of the opinion that with a
clean house and q clean person no enc
laed have much fear Of Infection, a
writer in the New York Medical Rec
ord says: Soap IL now recognized %
be antiseptic and 10 be efsleaclous must
produce lasher. Bacteria rubbed into
soap Or dropped On Its surface are In
capable Of multiplication. The typhoid
bacillus IL very sensitive TO seap. being
killed by a s per cent solution In q
short tiine More than bali the total
number will die in one minute The
thorough use Of pure potash soap IL
net only q mechanical method IT cleans
ing, bat is an active factor ia cutting
down germ life,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
It nnra Ieaai Fiction.

III We legal calendar the 18th OF oc-
sfssber III worthy 81 notice. as on that
sy. III sSsssa1. fwo individuals. though
rsoFsa siv knawa to 10 one and en- 10y
an extensive regafa ton among law
s-.rs. ceased 10 exist in England These
ssrsogas were Iolan Doe and Richard
Log, ard no two persons were more fire.
q sessssv referred to Id legal documents
til every process Of ejectsDent, Instead
oe The rgal parties to the suit being
rasnea, Joa2 Zoe. plaintiff. sued Rich
ara Roe defendant. Their aaaes we're
aaso inserted iii criminal proceedings.
This fiction was introduced into Elg-
fish legal practice In the time OF Ed
Ward III, IN consequence. il was said,
Of Ii provision IN Magma Gharta wiasch
required alae prod action Of witnesses
fsegssse seerf cTlI iaal trial, and hence
firth 5attsa Doe asid Richard Roe were
sEsse aed az re MINES OF the alleged
Il iss sss. i sssaosa which YVES carried
AGREES the Atlantic 10 this country. -
sIssssaa III sssi Fl Sevs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
,4,.,er,o Roumanisn CITY.

r,raiova. Ia Rounasssa. was sDe .'
IRA Nova OF the Isoaass during 'nels
n.,rupatlon of Dneia, and 10 the in'uu'e
a-cs the place played 81 Important
rs,s /, was here that the Waslaeliah
nrsate Msrera the t)al defeated .Ns
'rurlslsh sultan Baseald !. In 'ssa.. Two
hundred years later tie nlest famous
81 yullaclllas cfisfta'tas. Michael tae
Hrav. held sway heFe Hs Dan, es
governor. aftefwaftl heeomlns pfihee
s.,t u;a,y III syallaetiE. bot Of Mo'dasia
MA pennsylvania as Nseli. thus for a
brief f~riod uniting iiiis'er one fo'er
the whole gou4aanian peaple
The leu, which II the ssaiiaafa 9
Yalae In Rouu4niG. Was sifst *o'hea
n ,.raioya. II derives It's name from
the figure Of ton stamped on lac
early cains. Its value Is eaAai " 'iias
o. the French frame 40 cents and q
fractsen,
trasosa was for centuries The capi-
sal Of Little Waiiaehia, that diFtsian
Of the country lying between ice All
tAIutM river and the Hungarian ahu
Serbian boundaries 10 tae vest bai-
letin OF the National Geographic so
ciety. s@
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
Familiar, but lgnssass.

Ihinxs Ne SEQ but dan't uotice were
under discussion af the club luncheon
table. This was the eI'fsortunity of
the naernher Wis took pride In his su-
1seraafise rnvers III observation. TAX
tx from his uose case crisp one
lssanl note. lie laid It On d plate ard
offered IT'S equivalent 70 esesy mem
lssr al the tahie who coala answer
correctly the following ssfnpie everr-
xsas questions. iii I'm locking al Iaie
faee If d peaaay With the dated side
toward yea and tie date at the bot
fura. slpn@ the head Of tho image on
lid cesn face toward your left hand Of
tswarsl yssar riglss IN How many
ribs are there hi the coror cf an UNI
larc1:as s3s RAJ pack X cards one Of
the ssags has nnir enc ere visible
that Is. lais profile only y pcrtrayed--
xnsela iii the ksngs Il IL? ta4 Which
rsr t1o The seesas Ia the ccre Of an aT'-
az .,esns. toward the STEM er opposite
tu sE rho one pound note did not
ussaage lands London Standard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19

side lrasa sa sloaksy. iaan IS tiis
only nm MAJ la z what we call hlsi9c
ular Sit gle vision shas is. he eau tel
not oais the direction Of IN object, hal
be can estimate fairly accurately its
distance This IS because both of III
eyes POINT Mt The sanJe object at tlle
same tine, Iiae two ratage anslegs. 9th
or aniasais 10 rot concentrate thel:
gaze ID this way. Their eyes are Sc
more nearis at slle sides Of the head
80 Frat tilay see MOI onlv forward, but
backward for a short distance Man
On the contrary, sees clearly only ths
et al which be locks directly =
isssGar Science Monthly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
Sacred Searahs.

Tie sacred scarab, or beetle. OF
Egypt was the tumble Insect" which
forms bits of manure into a bah for
laying It's eggs in Two individuals,
male or female. always roll the ball
together. and they do this merely for
the purpose OF conveying it TO a safe
place and hiding it. This insect was
regarded as symbol Of the Creator
among the Hindus, from whom the
idea passed into Egypt The ban was
imagined to represent the world be-
canse it was round aud was supposed
to lie rolled all day from sunrise to
sunset.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-19
sacrif;ee.; Tkeir Hats.

Msnv years ago the master butchers
of Washington market. III View York
city. used TO kick their hats about the
market at the close ef business on SAT-
1ssiav nsght. Under the custom IN the
market it was considered . sighting OF
the profession for any butcher not to
appear behind his counter With high
hat, ard 1t vas thought lad taste II the
meat seller MT the end of prosperous
week failed to destroy the hnt- The
apprentice butchers conlda't afford silk
heassgear and 80 used TO gather up the
broken hats and repair them for their
own Use.