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The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20
yyos one of the hardest days we ever

was one of the hardest days we ever
had. From the very beginning, as we
began our journey, the sun biazeu
down upon us. 1t is about 80 kilome-
tiers from Suippes1 to Chalons-sur-
Marne. This distance would not nave
been so bad, despite the heat; we had
already made longer marches; but the
beautiful road from Suippes to Chal-
ons goes with amending monotony With
out so much as curve or bend TO
the right or left. AS far rs we could
see It stretched before us like long
white snake.
Many soldiers tainted or were strick-
en- with sunstroke. They were picked
up by the infirmary columns which FOL
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)

or capable or experienced he may be.
1t isn't necessary that he be as old as
most of them, but he should be old
enough to give an impression of ma
turity. The average workman doesn't
care much whether the boss is thirty
or forty, but it might make a differ
ence whether he is thirty or only
twenty"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20

Only Woman Makes Home Possible.
A man may build a palace. but ht
can never make home. The spirit
uality and love Of woman alone car
accomplish this.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20
Cool Travelling in Egypt.

Tanks to hold half ton of ice and
electric fans to circulate the air from
them are used to cool the interior OF
cars on the Egyptian state railways.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20

Terrific slaughter marks the
opening of the battle of the
Marine, when the German hordes,
rushing forward so rapidly that
their supply lines are broken, are
caught in a French trap. The
next instaIIment contains vivid
story of the opening Of this his
toric battle.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-09-20

This world contains an oversupply
of average men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
SENATE PASSES NAVAL
APPROPRIATIONS BILL
An Amendment Also Knocks Out
Time Clocks Used In
Nayy-Yards.
BONUS YsTEM REMAINS
Colorado Senator Declares That
Abolition OF These Plans Would
Cause Slackening OF Production
Just When Ships Arc Needed.

WASHINGTON. May o2.-The Sen.
ate. without roll call, passed this
afternoon the naval appropriation bill
carrying q total of Sl.609.323.415. or
s224,5069o9 more than the House ap-
propriated. An amendment was adopt
ed disseminating the stop watch" sys-
tem OF controlling labor at naval sta
tions.
However. the Senate. by a,vote OF 81
to 81. refused to abolish the bonus
system In the navyyards.
There was consIderab BILE discussion CT
the stop watch and bonus" plans.
The Naval Affairs Committee had de-
cided to do away with both in navy
yards. but to-day Senator Ciallinger
endeavorcd to have the system continue
in operation.
that abolition OF the plans was what
the labor unions demanded. and Sena-
tor Calder, OF New York. said:
when we are asking our soldiers
TO work, not eight hours. but twenty
four hours a day. this is no time to
slacken production by doing away with
these schemes"
Senator Tillman. OF South Carolina.
assailed the stop watch,' but voted
for the bonuses. Senators Townsend.
OF Michigan: Walsworth. of New
York, and Underwood. OF Alabama, al.
were for continuation of the systems,
while Senator Hollis. of New Hamp-
shire. took the side Of labor. which
he said did not wish the plans TO be
retained.
Only two financial increases were
made in the bill to-day. The Senate
added 1l.l66.S15 to the appropriation
for ships batteries. making the total
sum for that purpose sl05.01i.llo. The
sum OF Sl0.60o.o00 was added for ships
ammunition. making the whole appro-
priation in that item sS4,2S9.53o.
The bill has now gone to confer
ence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
NO MORE 100000 MEN
At HEAD OF RAILROADS
In Future Salaries Will Be Based
Upon Their Ability and on
Work to Be Done.
WILL CURTAIL OVERHEAD
Members OF Brothcrhoods EXPRESS
Approval Of McAdoo's --latest
PIan-Declares 1t Will Bring Of
ffcials Closer to Employees.
WILL CURTAIL OVERHEAD

WASHINGTON. May 22.-There will
be no more 100000 railroad presidents
while the various systems rema in under
government control.
This. In part, is the effect of the
announcement made yesterday BY d.
rector-Gencral McAdoo; putting a Fed :
eral manager in charge Of each and
every line. Mr.. McAdoo will pay the
new members salaries based on their
ability and the work that each will
have TO do" but those salaries will run
probably around $4,000 to some of
the managers and not more than $50
600 TO any OF them. The average will
be much lower.
Even then these men will be receiv-
ing several times what the director
general Is getting as a cabinet officer
$4,000 year.
Mr.. McAdoo's economy in this re-
spect is part of the general plan 10
curtail overhead expenses wherever
possible in order that better pay NAV
be given to the workmen and those
ofiicials who are carrying the heaviest
part OF the operating burden.
Members of the brotherhoods were
pleased with the decision to put in
federa! managers. w. S. Carter. di-
rector of the division of the labor O.
the railroads administration, and grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Firemen
and Enginemen. would not express All
opinion. excusing himself on the
ground Of his public Office But other
brotherhood chiefs said that Mr.. Nc
Adoos order brought the railroa d
managers into closer relations with the
men. 1t established better feeling
all around inasmuch as the high Off
clais would be paid for actual SER
vices rendered, and paid well.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
NEW TOBACCO DISEASE
wild Fire Destroys Plants in Three
Virginia Counties and Spreads
Rapidly.
IRv Associated Prcss.l

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Wild fire.
new tobacco plant disease. is giving
considerable trouble to tobacco plants.
according to bulletin issued to-day by
the Department of Agriculture. Nine
teen counties in North Carolina and
three in Virginia arc affected
Plants in many sections .perished,
necessitating replanting second
and third time. Warmer weather
checked the disease. However. q rainy
period following caused a second cpl
demic.
This disease was first definitely rec
ogniZed in 1917. In that s-ear the epi-
demic spread rapidly that il was
given the name of wild fire. 1t is con-
sidered the most destructive disease
that attacks the plant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
BIG EXPRESS MERGER
Leading Companies Agree on Plan to
Pay Railroads Hnlf Gross
Receipts.
tBy Associated Press ]

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Director-
General McAdoo to-day received from
his advisory staff a report that tho
leading express companies. including
the Adams. American. Wells Fargo
and Southern. had agreed to the pro.
posaI to form single corporation to
handle most of the express business
with capitalization of about s35,0Oo,-
900. and operating under an agreement
TO give the railroads about half Of
their gross revenues for hauling SER
vice. Some doubt is felt whether Mr..
McAdoo will approve the plan. since II
docs not include some OF the smaller
companies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
YOUTHS MUST REGISTER
OR SUFFER CONSEQUENCES
All Cabinet Onlcers Arc Ordered to In
form Congress on Number Given
Deferred Classes.
tBy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, May 22-Men sinh
)ect to the draft under the law lust
enacted requiring registration OF
youths who have become twenty-one
years oil age since June ). last, were
hotihed to-day by Provost. Marshal.
'eneral Crowder TO protect themselves
bE arranging for registration before
June o. II they are to be away from the
jurisdiction of their home boards on
registration day
Necent statements by members OF
tne House that Secretary Houston had
obtained deferred classification for
ooo men of draft age i'm the Deport-
meht or Agriculture brought rcsoIu-
'iohs to-day calling on all Cabinet
o'hcers TO inform the House the num-
"er OF men liable for military service
employed in their departments. for
whom exemption has been reoucstod
ana obtained. and the character of
work they arc performing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
WANT HIGHER COPPER PRICE
Of Industry Ask ro-
incrcnse to 30 Cents
Pound.

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Declaripr
that the present copper price fixed by
the government at o3l-o cents per
pound is insufficient owing to the high
cost or labor and material, represents
yves or the copper industry TODAY
asked the price-iiNing committee of the
war industries board to grant an in
crease TO 90 cents a pound for the three
months beginning June |.
The smaller producers said that
many OF them would probably have TO
discontinue business unless the new
price is fixed at at least 80 cents. Rep
rcscntativcs OF every branch OF tho
industry attended tho conference, which
occupied the entire day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
Red Cross Total
Reaches $43,457,610

WASHINGTON, May 2:.-The to-
tnl subscriptions OF the American
Rcd Cross second war fund cam
pniKn Tonight, Mt the end OF the
third dny, were s43,457.O10. The re-
sponse of the American people has
been such at the outset of the drive
thnt tho Rcd Cross In looking for
ward to n generous ovcrsubscrIp-
tlon.
The stnndinE of the various diyi..
ions reported Tonight IL ns follows,
Atlantic, excluding Greater New
York. Si1.I5:."s"; Greater New
York, S5.49",940, Central, 5000. 900,
Gulf, s942.T71, Luke, SI,GS45iI;
Mountain. s!f9.a55, New England,
s1,544.OO0i Northern, s.,38: ,OOD,
northwestern, sI,:;1O,0SJ; Pacific,
s554,03f' Pennsylvanin, sI,5I5,II1;
Potomac, S1.077.Gi:; Southern. ST.
6s2,65t; Southwestern, s5,iOI,Is8,
Foreign, Incomplete.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
WORK OF 4LRMEN
HOLDS ATTENTION
Secretary Daniels Makes Strong Appeal
to Public to Assist Red Cross in Work

WASHINGTON. May cc.-Joscphu.
Daniels, Secretary of the navy, to.
niEht mndc tho following appeal for
the He'd Crossi
"rhe Ited Cross recognizes neither
party, race nor creed. II In world
wide In scope md huma nc In pur-
ponc. 1t has no political or economic
endsjtO serve. 1t only nSks where Il
cnn be helpful to men nnd women
In distress, afflicted by disense,
orertnken by somc sudden disnster
OF caught In the ordeal of wnr.
There 1t hnds Its place md oppor-
tuuity. There IL springs TO serve
mankind.
"Thc Rcd Cross is the great
ncighhor; Il treats every mnn ~ n
brother and nHks no return. II the
world OF toiIinE people Ia mndc
little more omfortnble, n little hap
pier, n little stronger for the strus-
gle OF life through it's effort, the
Red >Cross Is content. And while
II II not affiliated cxclusively with
my religious body. 1t L. essentinIIs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23

lny brotherhood and sisterhood of
NIL denominations. putting In prnc-
ttcc the tcnchiinEs of NIL religions,
unSci0sh service aud good deeds.
The works of mercy which IT Is
banded together to accomplish nre
the result md evidence Of it's noble
sincerity md inspiring faith.
I'm the great emergency OF the
present rnr, the Rcd Cross Is doubIy
enli"tcd. In NIL It doe. to help NV
to win, 1t is helping to snvc and
mnintnin those Ideals of faithful
ness and honor, Kindness and 10y
atty on which Its own existence
rests.
land every man, woman and child
who realize this. realizes the peril
we are In, md who cun hcIp the
Red Cross In no other way. cnn MT
ienst support the generous efforts
OF the Rcd Cross. 1t In the hest
equipped nEency In the world ,u
bring succor in the day when only
organized md we'll directed helm
cnn avail"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
r<tIlcd in Sen Accident.

WASHINGTON, May 22--The Navy
Department was advised tonight that
John Canister, quartermaster. second
class (aviation) was killed in sea
plane accident In France. May 90. His
next OF kin is his father. Harry w.
Canister, 5i2 North Guy Street. BaltI,
more. Md.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
BALTIMORE MAN NAMED
W. J. Fcdders Appointed Superintend-
ent OF Employment for
VhlS State.
my Associated Prcss.l

WASHINGTON. May CIV. j. Fed
ders, of Baltimore. was appointed super
intendent of employment to-day for
the district comprising the States Of
Virginia. North and South Carolina and
Maryland.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23

so we have" continued Caldwell.
over two million men under arms. of
which 100000 are in France and 1.0oo,-
900 more are already trained, awaiting
ships"
100000 men under arms. there are
100000 in class !. or in the draft.
and tnat soon another 1000, 900 mcr
can be mustered in through men who
have become twenty-onc. lie pro.
phesied an army of 500. 900 in a year
all from class /.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
BRITIyH BRING nOwS
TWENTY GERMAN AIRPLASEs

LONDON. May 22,-Twonty Germsn
machines were brought down by the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
MOTHER DECLARES WIF's'S
CONDITION NOT AS ALLEGEI

Letters from her daughter to Df.
Johnson and the accused's letters to
the daughter were read by Attorney
Smith during the cross examination OF
Mrs. knight for the purpose OF basing
upon them question as to tho moth
Continued on Third Pagc.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-23
SHOW SIZE OF AR,

II submit the following figures as 20
our cnlisting forces to-day:
The Press., 1918-07-25
Formation of the States,

From the beginning of our history the tendency has been toward terri tOrial expansion in the formation of new states. Of the 13 original states seven contained less than 10000 square miles, as Vermont, 9,564; New Hampshire, 9,341; Massachusetts, S. 266; New Jersey, SPA; Connecticut, 4,965; Delaware, 2,37O; Rhode Island, 1,248. New York contains only 48,- 264 square miles. The middle western states were considered of great size when formed. Ohio, 41,O45 square miles; Indiana, 36,394; Illinois, 56,- 665; Michigan, 579SO; Wisconsin, 56,- OO6, but they are small compared with the far western states of California, 158,297 square miles; Montana, 146,- 997; Arizona, 113,956; Nevada, 11O,- 69O, and Colorado, 1O3948. Texas, with her 265, ,996 square miles, would almost make six states as large as New York.
The Press., 1918-07-25

say gOOd-by to the little man for a while. shan't be easy in my mind un- til we have him across the big water" i" Nanny hugged so hard she hurt the tender little body. Roy began to whim- per. There came a rap at the door. Mrs. Barton opened 1t cautiously, but seeing a slOuching figure with hat pulled low over the eyes, and a creel of saucy bullets upon one arm, said severely: Don't you know enough to go round back? Air them the chickens Miss Jones said she'd femme have?"
 For answer the man dropped the creel, darted past her into the big south room where the strangers were ssembled-grabbed the whimpering child, lifted him high on his shoulder, saying hOarsely to Nanny: 'I can't take you forcibly, May, no matter how much I want yOu-but I will have our child"
 Nanny crumpled in a sobbing heap. Big Injun got gray-faced-JOhnny sprang at the newcomer, but was pulled back by the other man, crying 'Remember the child!"
 
 him? All of yer! Nurse Anne cried, darting to the side of the intruder. "Ain't he got no rights, the angel? Rights to father, mother, home! tell ye, Master" to Big Injun unwinking- ly: "There's been packs and stacks of lies tOld-as I found Out-never you mind how. ROy's pappy was lied to, same as his Mammy-by two that had thar own game to win-you know how hard that Pascal girl tried to get Mir. HaughtOn tangled in her net-and her cousin Peter wanted Miss May and her fortune jest as bad. When found out thar game-I wrote MT. Haugh- tOn-that's how he comes here now. Not for his own sake nor Miss Mays they're big enough to know better. But I won't stand 1t no lOnger-havin' Roy ask me after he says his prayers: Why don't God send me back my daddyY"
 Nurse Anne stopped short, swallow ing hard. Through the hush, they heard Roy cOOing, his hands locked tight in the strangers hair: My daddy! My daddy! love my daddy."'
 May" young HaughtOn said low and entreatingly. She lifted her eyes, her arms; with quick spring she was beside him, held against his heaving heart, close to her boy. So the sheriff found them, when, answering Miss Prue's summons, he descended upon the homestead. Explanations fol- lOwed-here were no malefactOrs, only actors in domestic drama that had verged on tragedy, but was ending happily, as all dreams should. The handbill turned out to have been a practical joke played on Miss Prue- perhaps by some one who had suffered from her inQuisitiOns. It was fifteen years old at least and undated-its mention of a woman and child had perhaps melted the joker to fit it to the folks at BartOn's. Fate, which is called Chance, had done the rest. And Miss Prue took a lot of credit for the happy OutcOme-hadn't her chickens really served HaughtOn as card of entry?
The Press., 1918-07-25
"strafe" Made prIzo of War.

The British have taken "strafe." In an announcement from the Oxford Un1- verSity Press the fact is officially made known. The captured word has been included, not to say interned, in the latest volume. Volume TX, of the Oxford dictionary. And as a trophy of war 1t has been treated after a characteris- tically British fashion. Its fiat Teu- ton "a" has been changed to the long English "a" as of "safe," and from two syllabIes 1t is reduced to one, so that it may rhyme with "chafe."
 Nor does the process of eliminating Germany in this verbal instance stop on the mere point of pronunciation. To the cOmpilers of the Oxford lexi- con 1t Is "v. slang" So in captivity this word of pOrtent originally fierce loses not only in quantity but in quail ity. To quote the London Times, as cited by the dictionary makers, "strafe Is becoming a comic English word"
The Press., 1918-07-25
WHERE SOLDIERS ARE BETTER
Army Officer ExplaIns the Benefits 0f Development of Physiological
 Resistance.

In an interview with Surgeon Gen. eral Gorgas for the American Maga- zine, about the chances your boy has to come back alive. the author says, referring to another army officer for the moment:
 Major Grille said another thing which every mother and father ought to learn by heart. He said: "The thing which affects a wounded mans chances more than almost anything else Is physiological resistance. That is where the soldier puts 1t all over the civilian every time. When a man goes out from the worries. respOnsi- billties. anxieties. and irritatiOns of civil life to the peaceful pursuit of war
 He stopped and laughed. Then he went on seriously:
 "T mean that! I've seen these sal low, pasty young clerks get out and turn Into meni I've seen young chaps who were little more than fiabby hu- man Jellyfish transformed by their life in the trenches into husky fellows that were grit clean through. They laughed at things which would have finished them completely before they went into the army. They had developed the biggest factor in A wounded mans chances es-physiolOgical resistance. And 1t was their life as soldiers that gave them this new possession
The Press., 1918-07-25
NEED NOT SEEK POPULARITY
"Expert" May Achieve Highest Meas- ure of Success, but Naturally He
 Will Never Be Loved.

There is not much mystery, or even any at all, in the dislike of "experts" that is felt and expressed by not few. The expert man is a man who goes to other men and tells them that the way in which they are doing their work is not the best Way-that it is bad, costly, or even stupid way-and that if they will only listen to him and follow his advice their work will be improved and their efficiency increased.
 None of us takes pleasure in hear ing talk of that sort, and the displeAs- ure is greater in exact proportion with length of the hearers training and eK- perience in conducting his business, trade, or art. All that the expert says carries the implication of adverse criti- cism directed against the recipient of his suggestions, and usually it is criti- cism of that recipients father and grandfather. Of course that is re- sented, and the resentment is bittereSt when the expert goes ahead and gives undeniable proof that his new way of doing things Is better than the old ways which have long been productive of honor and profit.
 The expert, too, is always open to the convenient charge that he Is not 'practicaI'-that he is a man of the Ories and fads. Sometimes the charge Is true-but only of the expert who claims the name without deserving it.
The Press., 1918-07-25
TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF GEAR
Movie Operation Wac Privileged to Get "cIose-Up" We've of the Im.
 prIsoned Former RuOOIan Ruler.

In "DOnald Thompson In Russian" " the movie photographer tells how he succeeded In getting a picture of the czar after the revolution had begun. He went out to TzarskOye SelO, the palace near PetrOgrad where the royal family were confined, and from a dis. lance saw the czar and his sou walk hg in the yard. "The servants must have told him,T writes MT. Thompson, UfOr the czar sent word to me to come saying that he would allow me to make . picture as close as I wished. told him that had met him before in 1915, and had made pictures of him then at the front and at Lemberg. He remem- bered and immediately spoke of Mouse, the English photographer. While I was making pictures and the camera was being reloaded so that could put rn some new film, several of the soldiers came up clOSe,o while the czar was watching how the camera was loaded. They were smoking. One of them elbOwed the czar away and at the same time blew smoke directly in his face. But the cEar didn't show that he was annoyed by this. After had made some motion picture films of him and his son, and also some still photo graphs, saluted and said 'gOOd-by.' He answered 'gOOd-by.' While walk Ing away I glanced around. He was still looking after me and talking to his son.
The Press., 1918-07-25
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, JULY aS, 1918.

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 We are always glad to have neSOS items sent In, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning. or earlier, if possible It Is often nec- essAry to abridge items that are received after Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday at a. m.
The Press., 1918-07-25
~TeII r, R. It's Mike.'

F From New York comes the story O1 former resident Of Belleville who was kept busy night and day answer ing telephone queries regarding the health of Theodore Roosevelt during the latter's recent illness at Roosevelt hospital.
 The man had a telephone number similar to that of the hospital. The, limit of his patience was reached, however, when a man called and said: ''Tell the colonel that Mike Hicks called. He'll remember me I'm the fellow that shook hands witl him at the depot the day he came r. Allentown"