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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
US. GUNNERs DOWN AlRMEN
Anti-Alrcraft Batteries Win Victory
Against German Airplanes Over
Trenches.

With the American Army in France
The American anti-aircraft bat
teries have come off victorious in
their first actual test against German
airplanes and repealed attempts OF
Hun airmen to cross over the Ameri-
can lines. Two German planes made
Intellectual attempts to fly beyond the
trenches and the anti-aircraft gunners
opened lively fire upon them. After
being shelled heavily. the Hun avn
ators finally abandoned their at
tempts and returned to their bases
behind the enemy lines.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Lesson In Geography.

Readers of General Allenby's dis
patches, unfamiliar with the peculiari-
ties of the Dead sea, were mot little
puzzled at HIS description of British
airplanes flying four hundred feet be-
low the sea level. But reference to
geography brought the information
which solved the riddle, the Dead sea
lies 1892 feet below the surface Of the
Mediterranean, so that afrplanes sail
ing four hundred. feet below sea level
were still at an elevation Of eight hum
bred and ninety-two feet. Lessons in
geography abound in the papers now
adays!
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
SEBASTOPOL MAY
FALL TO TARTARs
Russ,A's BLACK SEA NAVAL
BASE is HEslEGEo AND FALL
Is EXPECTED SOON.
WOMAN LEADS MOB FOR FOOD
Rioters Enter Cellar Of Brewery and
Conflscate Large Quantities Of
Potatoes-Red Guards Join
Mob, Headed by Woman.

Petrograd.-Tartar forces have oc-
cupied Yalta, In the government Of
Taurida, and are advancing ON Sebas-
topol, Russia's chief fortress and
naval base on the Black Sea, accord
Ing to dispatch received from Sc
bastopol.
The dispatch adds that the Tartars
are dealing mercilessly with Red
Guards, sailors and soldiers.
In the Crimea and the Caucasus
regions Of Russia, according to the
latest available statistics. there are
near 100000 Turko.rartars. They
are descendants of the Tartar war
riors who in the Middle Ages swept
over Asia under the leadership of
Jenghiz Khan and threatened Europe.
There has been much intermarriage
between the Tartars and the Turks,
Cossacks and other races.
General search for food supplies Is
being conducted in Petrograd by 5000
Red Guards, who surrounded ware
houses, railway terminals and the
larger docks. There was an immedi-
ate drop in the price of foodstuffs in
the markets. Potatoes fell from one
and one-half rubles pound to 70 ko.
pecks; butter from IL rubles pound
to six rubles.
The food commission has an
nounced an increase in the bread ra-
ton from one-fourth to one-half a
pound daily.
A mob, led by woman, attacked
a brewery where large supply of po-
tatoes was stored, entered the cellars,
and refused to dispense even when
the Red Guards fired. Many of the
rioters were wounded
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Tonight! Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
Better Than Ca|omeI For Liver
Calomel sickens! If bilious, constipated and head
achy read my guarantee.

straighten You right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning. I
want you to 60 back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause 1t is real liver medicine; entire
" vegetable, therefore 1t can not SAIL
waite or make you sfek.
I guarantee that cae spoonful Of
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work end clean your
bowels Of that sour Bile and cousti-
pated waste which is clogglng your
system and making You feel miserable
I guarantee that a bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tome win keep your entire fam
fly feeling fine fer months. Give 1t to-
your children. 1t is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they Nike Its pleasant taste,
Adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
ROOSEVELT RESTING EASY
Ex-President Has Abscess Removed
Which Has Bothered Him for
Twenty Years.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt's
condition is reported as splendid. The
former president, whose operation for
an abscess few days ago was made
public after his removal from his
Oyster Bay home, is resting com
fortably and 1t was predicted he would
be out within few days.
The abscess developed from fever
contracted during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. becoming malignant on his
Brazilian journey, has since troubled
MIN. 1t was said the operation would
effect a permanent cure.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
MILITARY MORATORIUM.

Washington administration sol
disrs' and sailors dval rights bill,
which passed the house unanimously
last year and provides for q military
moratorium, was ordered favcTahly ~
ported by the senate judiciary COM
mittee. Minor amendments were add.
cd, but the purpose Of the biil--to 70.
Meve men at the front from legal pro
ceedings--was retained.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
TOWN IS TeRRoRizEo.

Chihuahua City Residents Fear
Streets After NightfalI.
Juarez, Observation-Disclosures have
grown so bad in Chihuahua City few
venture from their homes after dark.
report passengers arriving here. Rob-
berries and murders occur almost
nightly and there is an organized
league which has terrorized one Sec
ton of the city until all the police
and gendarmes in that district have
resigned for fear of them.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
CAN'T DRAW ON FUNDS

Bolsheviki Adopt New Attitude Toward
Diplomats.
London.-The Bolshevik government
has adopted another method to COM
pei foreign governments to recognize
It, The Bolsheviki are refusing to per.
NIT British and other foreign embas.
sizes and consulates to draw on sums
deposited in Russian banks until the
Bolshevik government is allowed to
have complete disposal of Russian
funds in the Bank of England.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

Listen to me! Take no more sicken-
Ing. salivating calomei when bilious OF
constipated. Don't lose a days work 7
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel. when It comes into contact
with sour bile. crashes into It, break
Ing 1t up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. II you
are sluggish and "alI knocked out" II
your liver Is torpid and bowels constf.
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, II breath is bad or
stomach sour, Just take q spoenful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone for few cents. Take
spoonful tonight and II 1t doesn't
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
RInteIen 10 Guilty.

New York.-Franz Won Rintelen,
German naval officer and q reputed
member of the German war staff, was
found guilty with 10 other defend
ants in federal court here of conspir-
acy to destroy food and munitions
ships of the entente allies by placing
"fire bombs in their cargoes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Daniels To Visit Memphis.

Washington. Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy, has agreed to
serve as a member of committee on
100 laymen of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, which will meet
in Memphis March 10 to determine
the missionary budget of the church
for the next five years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
SUGAR for One.

The announcement Of Mr.. Justice
Bray that bigamy is rampant ut the
present time has been drawn to the
notice Of the food controller, who
wishes 1t to be clearly understood that
under no circumstances will the head
Of family be allowed sugar ration
for more than one wife.-LondOn
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
AMERICAN TROOPS
VICTIM OF U-B0ATs
TRANSPORT TuscANIA. WITH 2,sa7
AMERICANS ABOARD, IS SUNK
OFF THE IRISH COAST
WAS UNDER BRITISH CONVOY
The official Statement Says All Ex-
vspt 101 Of the 1887 American
Soldiers and Crew Have
Been Accounted For.

Washington.-Latest official advices
to the war department accounted for
all except 101 of the 1897 American
soldiers and crew who were on board
the British liner Tuscania when a sub
marine sent her down off the Irish
coast.
The troops, composed chiefly of de.
tachments of Michigan and Wisconsin
national guardsmen, were travelling on
the Tuscania, British vessel, under
convoy Of British warships.
Because of the nature Of the military
organizations carried by the ship, the
war department announced that 1t
would be impossible to say definitely
what troops were aboard until the list
Of survivors was received.
The state departments dispatch
gave the number of soldiers on board
as 2,173, six less than the war depart
ment's report. 1t told of plans prompt
ly made for caring for the survivors.
The state department issued this
statement:
"The latest advices received by the
state department from the embassy at
London regarding the Tuscania are
that 1912 officers and men on the Tus-
cania were accounted for out Of 2,173.
"The ambassador has sent an assist
ant military attache and another army
officer to Belfast, Ireland. Represent
atives of the American Red Cross and
the Y. M. C. A. also have gone, with
full power to spend all the money
needed, and authorizations from the
British Red Cross to use their equip
ment at Belfast. The ambassador fur
Their reports that the lord mayor OF Bel
fast 10 giving all the aid possible"
Second Transport to Be Torpedoed.
The Tuscania. was the first ship car
rying American troops to Europe to be
sunk by German submarines, but the
American transport Antilles was tor
pedoed and sunk in the war zone while
returning to the United States from
France and IA soldiers were lost, with
1856 other persons, including several
members of the naval armed guard.
American warships conveying trans
ports to France last June twice fought
off submarine attacks. Since then,
however, there has been no report Of
an attack ON ship carrying Ameri
can troops to Europe.
Recently the navy department has
feared that the Germans would make
concerted effort to intercept trans
ports, the recall of many Of the sub
marines to their bases being inter
preted as preliminary to such cam
paign.
The position Of the Tuscania when
she was sunk is taken to indicate that
she was bound to England.
Her sinking definitely discloses that
British ships are being used to carry
American troops abroad, supplement-
ing American transport tonnage. This
fact has been intimated before, and
probably arises from the decision of
the supreme war council to make ev-
cry effort to augment Gen. Pershing's
army during the present year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
.Hunehp Was Costly.

Bayonne, N. J.-Sam Bridinik. a
baker of this city, had 'hunch" re-
specting the rise in prices and bought
900 barrels of flour, storing the har-
vest in warehouse. The local food
administrator confiscated 800 barrels
and sold them at the market price.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Assured Of SIS Per Week.

Washington. - Ambassador Francis
and members of his staff in Petrograd
are assured Of 15c rubles per person q
week, according to information which
has reached the state department The
ruble is now valued at approximately
10 cents
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
interchange.

"Thfs prohibition proposition" com,
mented Bronch0 Bob, went be work
in right for Crimson Guleh until Jug
willie gets Just us dry as we are"
why should you care about neigh
boring settlement"
"Wefl, it's little too close. Some o,
the boys are driftin' into the way Of
spending their money for liquor In Jug
vile and usin' old Crimson Gulch as n
sort Of dormitory to sleep 1t off,"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
KIN 1920 Noncombatant..

London.-German U-boats, accord
ing to reply given by Andrew Bo-
mar Law, government leader in the
House of Commons. have done to
death 14,120 noncombatant British
men, women and children.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Grain Ships to Sail.

The Hague, Observation-Disclosures
tons have been completed between
Dutch ship owners and the government
regarding conditions under which grain
ships now in American ports will be
free to sail.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
submarine Was Also sunk.

Londonderry, Ireland.-The subma-
rine which torpedoed the Tuscania
was attacked by a destroyer. An
American officer gave an intimation
that the submarine was destroyed.
This officer was one Of the last to
leave the Tuscania. The second tor
pedo fired by the submarine missed its
mark, he said. Thereupon Destroy
or, which was near behind the liner.
dashed off toward the submarine.
using bomb-dropping device. The
claim is made that the submarine was
done in by the bombs thus ex-
ploded.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
-Four and one-HaIf Billions.

Washington.-All credits were
increased to s4.6S4. 100000 by a loan
OF S155,000, 900 to France. The funds
will be spent largely in this country
Tor military purposes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Roumanlan Gold Seized.

The Hague.-The Vienna Neue Erie
Press reports that the amount of gold
belonging to Roumania that was seized
by the Bolsheyiki was valued at $780,
600 600 francs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Ares. German strlk. Leaders.

NI0Ug Oo' tfIu5t WITT ~cNcFes
Amsterdam.-A Munich dispatch
says that several strike leaders have
been arrested there, including the writ
or, Kurt Eisner and Frau Sarah Lerch.
The troops prevented demonstration
which was attempted before Wittels.
bach Palace, where the king resides.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Washed Off Battleship.

Paducah, Ky.-William A. Wells, rs
years Of age, former newspaper
man OF Evansville, Ind. was washed
off Of the battleship Iowa, on which
he was a gunner, and drowned at
Norfolk, Va.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
FUEL OIL UNDER CONTROL.
Mark L. Requa Selected As Chief Of
MI nsuiefou

Mark L. Requa Selected As Chief OF
Oil Division.
Washington.-Gove control
of the oil industry became effective
under a proclamation Of President
Wilson authorizing Mark L. Requa,
chief of the oil division of the fuel
administration, to establish licens-
ing system for all manufacturers or
distributors whose gross sales exceed
100, 900 barrels annually. The procla.
nation does not extend to gasoline or
kerosine
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Literal.

Agnes, aged three. had got some but.
ter on her hand, and to get 1t Off she
put her hand around her mothers
waist and wiped her hand on her
mothers apron. Her mother said: ITS
this an embracer "No," Agnes re-
piled. TITS butter"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Thouoht OWNERSHIP CHANGED.

A little boy and his mother were
seated across the aisle from me In the
car and asked the mother to let the
boy ride with me. After sitting beside
me few minutes, he asked: "Do
belong to you nowT'-Exchange.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Steamer louvau Sunk

London.-The British armed board
ing steamer Louvsn. lieutenant Com.
mander NJ. G. Easton commanding, was
torpedoed and sunk by German sub
marine IN the eastern Mediterranean.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Eormsr Grand Duke ples.

Petrograd-Former Grand Duke
Nicholas Constantinovitch, nephew of
Emperor Nicholas and son of the late
Grand Duchess Alexandra Josefowna,
Is rear at the age Of 6S years at fash
kend, Russian Turkestan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
RoishevikI in ControI.

Petrograd.-The capture of Kiev by
the Bolshevih virtually without re-
sistance insures the authority of Boil.
sheviki rada in the Ukraine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
uoo.Ier Reformatory BURNS.

Jeffersonville, Ind.-Fiye OF the Is
buildings in the group comprising the
Indiana State Reformatory were de-
stroyed by fire here entailing an esti-
mated loss of 100000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Australia Has Wheat.

washington.-Millions of bushels of
wheat are available in Australia to
feed the armies of the allies II only
ships can be obtained.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

Bad Colds, Pneumonia, and Group
may be prevented by using Vacher-
Balm In time. Everyone should keep
It In the hOuse.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

THAT GRIM WHITE SPECTRE,
Pneumonia, follows on the heels Of
neglected cough or cold. Delay no
longer. Take Mansaelds Cough Bal
sam. Price Soc and $1.0O.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

81 can imagine many things, but"
"But whatr "But Russian making
peace"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
GEN. BARRY RETURNS

10 Optimistic After inspection OF the
French Front.
An Atlantic Port.-Maj. Gems. Thorn
as H. Barry and H. F. Hodges OF the
United States army, who have been
making tour Of inspection along the
section of the French front held by
American forces, arrived here on an
American steamship. They expressed
optimism regarding the general situa-
ton abroad and said their mission had
been an enlightening one.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Az the neceptIon.

"What strange manners that author
has" YES. If you didn't know he
was literary Hon you'd mistake him
for an educated pig. Boston Trans
cript.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

No excuse will serve when he who
has been saved to service fails to serve,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Dry Towns and Dry Vegetables.

A dehydrated or dry vegetable is one
from which all the water has been ex-
tracted, but a dry town Is town
where there's nothing but water
Portland Press.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

Many women are to be found in the
uttermost parts Of the world.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

And In this era of man-hunting. lots
of men are stalking" the field.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

The highest liberty is the liberty to
do right.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Tho Difference.

"That young actress, see. Is just
incoming along"
II thought she was starring"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Pretty.

SIS she very pretty?"
"very. She keeps her father broke
buying gowns to equal her face
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
WASH THE KIDNEYS!

All the blood In the body passes thru
the kidneys every few minutes. This is
why the kidneys play such an important
role In health or disease. BY some mys.
terious process the kidney selects what
ought to come out of the blood and
takes 1t out. II the kidneys are not
g0Od-workmen and become congested-
p0lsons accumulate and we suffer from
backache, headache, lumbagO, rheu-
matism or govt The urine Is often
cloudy, full Of sediment channels often
get sore and sleep is disturbed at night.
So 1t Is that DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute In Buffalo,
N. Y, advises washing the Kidneys"
by drinking six to eight glasses of water
between meals and then If you want
to take harmless medicine that will
clear the channels and cure the annoy
ing symptoms, go to your druggist and
get Anuric double strength), for coo.
This "Anurlc," which Is so many times
more potent than lithia-will drive out
the uric acid poisons and battle the kid
neys and channels In a soothing liquid.
If you desire, write for free medical
advice and send sample Of water for
free examination. Experience has
taught Doctor Pierce that "Anuric" 10
most powerful agent in dissolving
uric acid, as hot water melts sugar.
Send DR.. Pierce 10c for trial package.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15

Lots Of men don't have to travel far
when they 60 to the bad.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
Rede,ent L.uxurIes

"That man eats onions r
"What aeplorable ostentauion- Of
wealth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-30

unless and until by the exerton of the military power of Congress that area had been circum- scrbed or totally disappeared. This therefore, is what dealt with by the militia provision It diminished the occasion for the exertion by Congress of it's military power beyond the strict necessities for it's exercise by giving the power to congress to direct the organization and train ing of the militia, (evidently to prepare such militia in the event of the exercise of the Army power) although leaving the carrying out of such command to the States. It further con duced to the same result by deegating to Con gross the right to call on occasions which were specified for the militia force, thus again ob viating the necessity for exercising the Army power to the extent of being ready for every conceivable contingency. The purpose is made manifest by the provision preserving the organ ization of the militia far formed when called for such special purposes although sub jecting the militia when so called to the para mount authority of the United States. (Tarble's Case, 13 Wallace 397, 408.) But because der the express regulations the power was giv en to call for special specified purposes with out exerting the Army power, it can not fol- low that the latter power when exerted was not complete to the extent of its exertion and dominant. Because the power of Congress to raise armies was not required to be exerted to it's full limit but only as in the discretion of Congress it was deemed the public interest required, furnishes no ground for supporting that the complete power was lost by it's partial ex- ertion. Because, moreover, the power granted to Congress to raise armies in it's potentiality susceptible of narrowing the area over which the militia clause operated, affords no ground for confounding the two areas which were distinct and separate to the end of con- fusing both the powers and thus weakening or destroying
 And upon this understanding of the two powers the legislative and executive authority has been exerted from the beginning. From the act of the first session of congress carrying the Army of the Government under the Confederation to the United States under tke futiO of 1 Stat, 95) down to 1872 the authority to raise armies regularly exerted as distinct and substantive power, the force being raised and recruited by enlistment. Except for one act formulating plan by which the entire body of citizens (the militia) subject to military duty to be organized in every state (act of May 8, 1792, c. 33 1 Stat, 27I which was never car ried into effect Congress confined itself to providing for the organization of a specified number distributed among the States accord ing to their quota to be trained as directed by Congress and to be called by the resident need might require.