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The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-29


Savoy BY fellow officer who had
bet three other friends Of mine that
would be home by Christmas This
wager had been made at the time he
heard that was a prisoner Of war,
and the dinner was the stake.
The first intimation he had of nav
safe return from Germany and the
fact that he had won his bet was a
telegram / sent him reading as fol-
lows:
Lieut.. Louis Grand:
War bread bad, so / came home.
.'PAT.p
He said he would not part with
that message for a thousand dollars.
Other banquets followed in fast sue
cession. After I had survived nine of
them I figured that / was now IN as
much danger of succumbing to a sur
felt of rich food as I had previously
been of dying from starvation, and
for my own protection, l decided to
leave London. Moreover, my thoughts
and my heart were turning back to
the land of my birth, where knew
there was a loving mother who was
longing for more substantial evidence
of my safe escape than the cables and
letters she had received.
Strangely enough, on the boat which
carried me across the Atlantic, I saw
an r. q. @. man-Lieutenan Lascel-
les.
walked over to him, held out my
hand and said 'Hello +"
He looked at me steadily for at least
a minute.
My friend, you certainly look like
Pat O'Brien." he declared, but can't
believe my eyes. Who are your
] quickly convinced him that his
eyes were still to be relied upon, and
then he stared at me for another min
ute or two, shaking his head dubi-
ousIy.
His mystifcation was quite expli-
cable. The last time he had seen me
l was going down to earth with a
bullet in my face and my machine do
ing a spinning-nose dive. He was one
of my comrades in the flying corps
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and was in the fight which resulted
in my capture. He said he had read
the report that / was a prisoner of
war, but he had never believed 1t, as
he did not think it possible for me to
survive that fall.
He was one of the few men living
out of eighteen who were originally
in my squadron do not mean the
eighteen with whom / sailed from
Canada last May. but the squadron
joined in France.
AS we sat on the deck exchanging
experiences, I would frequently no.
tice him gazing intently in my face
as if he were not quite sure that the
whole proposition was not hoax
and that / was an imposter
Outside of this unexpected meet
ing, my trip was lineventful.
l arrived at st. John, New Bruins
wick. and eventually in the little
town of Momence, ILL.,, on the KAN
kakee river.
have said that I was never SO
happy to arrive in country as / was
when / set foot on Dutch soil. Now,
I'm afraid ] shall have to take that
statement back. Not until / finally
landed in Momence and realized that
I was again in the town of my child
hood days did | enjoy that feeling of
absolute security which one never
really appreciates until after visit
to foreign parts.
Now that am back, the whole adj
venture constantly recurs to me as
dream, and I'm never quite sure that
| won't wake up and find it so.
(THE END)
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-29

as much concern as the unexpected
sight of German spiked helmet had
caused me in Belgium. It read as
follows:
Lieut.. P. A. o'Brien, Royal Flying
Corps, Regents Palace Hotel, Lon
don:
"The king Is very glad to hear of
your escape from Germany. If you
are to be in London on Friday next,
December 18th, His majesty will re-
eeive you at buckingham palace at
10 80 a. m. Please acknowledge.
CORONER"
OF course. there was only one
thing to do and that was to obey ord
ers. was an officer in the army and
the king was my commander in chief,
had to go, and so l sat down and
sent off the following answer:
Earl Cromer, Buckingham Palace,
London:
81 will attend Buckingham palace
as directed, Friday, December 18th, at
1880.
'LIEUT. PAT o'BRIEN."
In the interval that elapsed, must
confess, the ordeal of calling on the
king of England lcomed up more
dreadfully every day, and really
believed I would rather have spent an
other day in the empty house in the
big city in Belgium or, say, two more
days at Courtrai, than to go through
what 1 believed to be in store for me.
Orders were orders, however, and
there was no way of getting out of it.
AS it turned out. it wasn't half as bad
as'I had feared-on the contrary. it
was one of the most agreeable expe-
riences of my life.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-29
CHAPTER Xxx.


Home Again.
That same day, in the evening, /
was rendered banquet at the Hotel
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27
TENANT HOUSE ON
FARM KEEPS HELP
Found to Be Real Solution Of
Labor Problem.
HERE is PRACTICAL DESIGN
Plans Call for one-story Building,
20 by rs feet, Containing Living
Room, Kitchen, Bedrooms
and Bathroom.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRp.

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufactures, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all injuries
to William A. Radford. No. 1897 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, Ill, and only enclose
three-cent stamp for reply.
1t Is surprising how many people
nre discovering this year that what
they need is farm tenant house. 1t
is a fact that the farm tenant house
Is the only real solution of the farm
labor problem, for 1t is the depend
able married man who makes the best
help, and he Is attracted quite as much
by comfortable and attractive living
conditions for his family and himself
as by extra wages. The little ram
shackle cabins which in some places
have served to house the SHRED man"
are being repaired and made more
comfortable. New tenant houses are
being put up, and they are relieving
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room, good-slzed kitchen, two nice
bedrooms, and convenient bathroom
The basement Is exeavated for base
ment heating plant (pipeless furnace)
and laundry. A special section for the
cold storage of fruits and vegetables
II excavated under the front porch.
One Of the advantages Of the plpeless
or one-register furnace is that It
doesn't heat the cellar bnt delivers all
of the heat up into Re living rooms
Of the house. This being so. prac-
tieslly any part Of this farmhouse
basement can be used for storing po-
tatoes. apples, etc.
There is some attic space above for
storage. or possibly for extra sleep
ing space.
IL we were called 10 build this house
or similar one. what would be the
right way to bsginf This would de-
pend a hftle on the conditions. but In
most cases the first step IS to stake
cut the lot for excavation.
Being out IN the country there is
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no sidewalk or street grade to be fol.
lowed or measured from. The owner
win tell where he wants it and the
drawing shows how high it is to be
above the ground,
Having the house face the east, lay
out the rectangle 25x2S feet, getting
the corners square, and running the
lines level and marking the height Of
the wall at each corner. With tram
sit this would not'take long, but you
may need to use a level and square
the lines by the OSLO rule.
Next set out the lines for the front
porch, as this is to be dug out like
the cellar, which seems to be a good
idea, as 1t gives more room.
For this, run a line Q feet from tho
front line and make 1t 3 feet shorter
at each end. Then there Is the cellar
way at the rear. The pier is out feet
from the wall and It is 10 feet from
this to the farther wall For the other
measurements one may scale the draw
Ing and get IL feet from the corner
of the wall to the wall of cellar way.
Establishing the Lines.
Before the excavation is begun 1t
Will be necessary to drive a stake
back each way from the corners so
they will not be disturbed And as
you will want more lines, for the In
side of the walls and for the fOotIngs
and perhaps a center line. 1t win be
best to drive two stakes and put n
board on them to hold these lines.
You may as well get these boards
level and the same height so that the
lines will serve as guides for the faces
Of the walls and also for the height
and depth.
While the cellar is being dug you
will want to get some material on 20
the job for the forms for the concrete
wall, and material for the wall.
We will suppose that the wall forms
are to begin at the bottomand are to
be on both sides of the wall Let us
see what we can use Of the stuff for
the house without hurting 1t. The
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floor joists will be IL and 10 feet
long, and 10. inches wide. These will
work nicely for the long sides on the
outside and can be used on the short
sides by letting them run by.
We must not cut these joists, but
shall need some shorter stuff for the
inside of the walls and for the studs
of the forms. The joists at the ends
of the stairs will be shorter and can
be cut. Also those stills on the porches.
There viii be short jolsts on the
porches, though the front ones seem
to be shown full length, we viii hard
ly run them % feet.
Studs for the Forms.
The wall being low the studs for
the forms can be most any length we
have at hand, or can get without
waste, even though they stick up
above the forms. There are the raf-
ters and ceiling joists for the porch
and rafters and plates for the rear
porch and dormer and some studs for
the lower part of the front porch.
some cellar beams In hesattlc, all Of
which may be worked in for forms. It
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FLOOR PLAN OF FARM TENANT HOUSE.

Fwfl be safe to cut up a few by Is
II needed for they viii be used later
for headers and under and beside win
iows and doors and at corners. Notice
the size of the windows and cut them
long enough for two headers, or to 90
up at the side. A Is or 16foot stick
makes three.
The roof boards can be used and
may be cut as needed. The cellar win
dows are above the forms and at the
door the boards can run across and
need not be cut Some short pieces
win be used In the cellarway and I'M
der the porch. but you may put some
Of these on end and 50 save cutting.
There win no doubt be some lumber
used In the forms which cannot Be
used later. but BY a little care and
thought this can be made small item.
Some Of the boards can be used n the
coal bin. for bridging. for the forms
for the piers and chimney base. and n
other places and save eating loBa
boards
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JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER

With the resignation of Viscount
Ichiro Motono as minister Of foreign
affairs, the Downing street Of japan
received as his successor a statesman
totally different in type from those
who had successfully held that port
folio.
Baron Shimpei Goto, the present
foreign minister Of Japan, unlike his
predecessors in the foreign Office, is
not a diplomat by training. He had
never occupied any position, important
or Insignificant, in the consular or dip
lomatic service. In his school days he
never studied international law or POI
lltical theories. On the contrary, he
was educated and trained to become
physician.
Baron Goto was born In 1857.
Graduating from a local medical.
school, he was attached to q public
hospital of which he eventually be.
came the director. In 1888 he became
assistant director Of the bureau OF
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27
HE LISTS ENEMY ALIENS

Rufus w. Sprague, Jr., Is the man
who made the plans and organized the
machinery for the registration of more
.. than 100000 German males, enemy
aliens, who live within the jurisdiction
of Uncle Sam. BY these same plans
about the same number Of German
women were card indexed later.
Mr.. Sprague is now the head Of the
New York port enemy alien bureau.
All the alien enemies within this dis
trict come under the jurisdiction OF
Mr.. Sprague. If, after registering,
they do not behave, or II they fall to
register and are caught, 1t Is his duty
to see that they join kindred souls In
one Of the internment camps.
Mr.. Sprague was born In Boston
In 1876 and after preparatory course
in the Boston Latin school went to
Harvard. In 1896 he received his A. B.
and four years later was graduated
from tho Harvard Law school.
Then he went to New York and
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fierce bdian car broke our IN our
state and we wele driven from hoiGe
and lost everything, Afterwards my
husband was very severely wounded
and when he came home vas unable
TO do any kind of work. Our situation
was similar 20 that of thousands, but
We never heard any complaint of the
government, and all this time our en-
ergles were bent upon supporting the
government and saving the Union"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27
HINT TO FARMERS
ON LIBERTY LOAN
JUDGE WADE or IOWA SUGGESTS
HOW THEY MAY DETERMINE
THEIR SUBSCRIPTION.
TEST OF THEIR PATRIOTISM
Present Sacrifices Not Comparable to
Those Made During the Civil War
Durbln Of Indiana Hits Roosevelt
Presidential Boom.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

Washlngton.-An idea was advanced
by government official recently In
regard to the coming Liberty loan
which ought to be considered carefully
by people In the rural districts, partlc-
ularly those who live on farms. Judge
Wade Of Iowa was responsible for put
ting the idea into the heads N gov
eminent officials. His argument to
the farmers In regard to the Liberty
loans is this: Let every farming com
munity, say an agricultural county,
figure up just what Its taxable valua-
tion Is in the matter Of wheat, oats,
corn, barley, rye. cattle, hogs, horses,
sheep and poultry. Let every indlvid-
ual farmer take stock of what his tax
returns are for these various articles
which are produced on the farm and
OF which the surplus Is sent to mar
ket. Then let him consider what was
the cash value of his stock and prod
uce before the war, and also figure
"A'Nt Ah"t sloSh NuluS 10 nOhs LSt h'ih
consider just what he is making out
of the war, and then II he doesn't have
an idea that he'd better put some of
the profits into Liberty loans he Is
lacking In that patriotism which is
supposed to exist throughout the ng'
ricultural communities of the United
States. 1t has often been claimed
that, whatever else may happen, the
honor of the United States will always
be sustained by the patriotism of the
agricultural classes. In this coming
Liberty loan campaign there is an OPP
portunity for the farmers to show
their. patriotism by subscribing TO the
full extent of their means,
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CHAMPION NAVY RECRUITER

The United States navy Is to have
Its first petticoated junior lieutenant
In the person Of Mrs. George Alex
ander Wheelock. chief yeoman and
champion recruiter Of the world. The
bestowal Of this rank Is Mrs. Whee.
locks reward for the 1900 young men
she has brought Into the se-vice In the
past IS months through her oratory.
She has made recruiting speeches
all over New York city, In Buffalo,
Syracuse. Binghamton. Cleveland,
Pittsburgh. Philadelphia. Cincinnati.
Columbus. Allentown and many othen
large places. She has given I'D her
luxurious home for days at a tine to
ego on the road In behalf Of the navy.
Her attractive aubun-topped figure
has become an important feature Of
recruiting rallies.
The champion recruiter was not
always accompanied by an escort Of
bluejackets and a band when she went
recruiting. She began the work hum
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CHIEF SEA SCOUT

- James Austin Wilders, chief sea
scout OF the Boy Scouts of America.
took his first degree in scouting from
General Byng, the hero of CaIhtFai.
Later he visited BaIen-POwell, and be-
CAME so enthusiastic for the movement
that he wrote to his home In Hawaii
that ae intended to inaugurate 1t there
Just as soon as he returned. When
ne arrived In Hawaii he was met by
boy scout troop. AS soon as the boys
In Hawaii heard what he was going to
do they became SO impatient that they
couldn't walt for him.
The sea scouts, Of whom Mr.. Will
der is now chief, is a new organization
designed to meet pew development In
American life. We now have the sec
ond greatest navy and we shall soon
have the greatest merchant marine in
the world. Where are the Americans
who will man this fleetl It now costs
Uncle Sam $1,000 to turn landsman
fnto full-fedged jackie. But most OF
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department Then Germany
medicine from the University Berlin
1892 promoted the dictatorship Of the santa
appointment 1897 the post Of civil administrator
his opportunity demonstrating his real abilities arrived In
in the house In the
civil administrator of Fomosa and assumed
duties president organized South Manchma
Railway
he successful as In Foros In the kasura
minister Of communications
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27

There was no politics in the criti-
clsm Of the agricultural survey or ex.
tension bill. Senators on both sides
OF the political aisle said some very
caustic things in regard to the APP
preparations. In the course of these
criticisms Senator Kenyon, Republican,
Of Iowa, remarked: ut is crime
for congress not to take some action
looking TO intelligent cooperation for
intelligent expendlne and auditing of
money Of the people. Let us look Mt
a few other financial jokers In this
bill" And then he went on to show
some of the expenditures which he
claimed were absolutely without justi-
fication.
Senator Johnson of South Dakota,
a Democrat. said: Il think this is the
most extravagant, the worst, and the
most ridiculous appropriation bill |
have ever seen since have been a
member Of the senate"
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of Colo
RADIO, quite frequently criticized the
bill, while Senator Sherman, Repub-
llcan, of Illinois, several times vigor-
ously attacked its provisions. On one
occasion Senator Thomas discussed
an appropriation Of $4,000 TO stimu-
late the production Of poultry. "Poul-
try is so high" asserted Thomas,
"that 1t is very hard for the traditional
darby to reach the tail Of a rooster.
even when standing upon stills. paid
80 cents for plate of chicken soup
the other day and 1t only had two
feathers In It-just enough to give the
liquid the flavor of a chicken"
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the training necessary can be done ashore Lashng speciality
Inc swinging OF boa be learned pier require
cruiser to teach Craftsmanship swimming
fundamentals Of discipline
To be sea scout one must be thoroughly qualified first and thu
natural sailors OF the organization camorng admitted the
degree That Uncle Sam will need those
and more appreciated and equipment for full rapidly
being loaned donated
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the farm labor shortage wonderfully.
It is by urging Improvements Of this
kind that lumber dealers and country
builders are helping the government
In the solution of this yexing problem.
The shortage Of farm labor has been
serious for a number of years, even
before the war began. Since this coun-
try has become involved, thousands
Of our young men have left the farms
to fight and to 90 into the munltlon
plants and the other war supply indus
tries. The agricultural department,
cooperating with the United States
labor department, is endeavoring to
attract the older men from other
walks of life to go out into the rural
districts and become real producers
on the farm.
Practical Tenant House.
For this reason, In view Of the great
urgency of the farm labor problem at
this time, 1t is with special satisfac-
ton that we present working plans
for this very practical tenant house.
1t is a one-stOry building, size %
by 25 feet, containing a large living
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hlr and alone speaking afforded by
grange Of these failed her from time to time she
as suen enter the nearest saloon and there seek
erui1s through her patriotic talks
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27

practice in 1900 junior the Equitable Life Assurance
Three this and he formed partnership with Walter
later the present law firm of Russell Coe Sprague
formed
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-09-27

There seem to be two kinds
of German propaganda loose in
the United States. One Of them Is OF
that lnsldious character which con-
stantly finds its way into the public
prints as news items mlsrepresentIng
conditions In the Uniteds States and
trying to poison our people against
putting forth every effort to win the
war. The other consists of misstate-
ments In regard to Germany. For
some reason or other there has been a
systematic effort made to convince the
people in this country that the Ger
man people are not In earnest in the
war; that they are not behind their
government; and that they are In a
deplorable condition. Photographs
taken In Germany during the past
year or two tend to show TINT the hor-
rible condition which is alleged to ex-
list among the people has been exag-
gerated for some purpose. The peo-
pie WHO are familiar with the Germans
know that they are supporting their
government with more earnestness
than has ever been shown In any ma
ton In Europe with the single excep-
ton Of France. Evidently this propa-
ganda regarding the breaking down of
German support Is for the purpose Of
diseouraging extra effort on the part
OF the people OF the United States.
The sacrifices which the people are
making now are small compared to
those they made In the DAYS Of the
Civil war. Said a woman whose hus-
bad was in the var, and who Is now
8 very old lady: NY husband enlisted
As soldier IN Minnesota regiment
] had three small children. re had
to live on his pay Of SIS a month and
such other resources as We could get
out Of a farm on the frontier. While
~ husband was aHsg u me South
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The patriotism that has been
shown In the matter of saving
food and coal and other war necessl-
ties upon demand, and particularly the
recent demonstration when a simple
request from the fuel administration
resulted in practically complete cessa-
ton 10 the use of gasoline on Sun
days, has encouraged authorities at
the national capital to believe that the
same patriotism in the matter of self
denial and desire to win the war VIII
finally reach every branch of labor.
There is no denying that the govern
ment has felt a great deal of uneasi-
ness about the labor situation eyer
since this country entered The war. For
the most part 1t has known that men
on the farm, In the ships, and nearly
everywhere are working earnestly and
lndustrlously in the matter of produc-
Ing ships and supplies for our overseas
army. But there have been many
strikes, many days and hours lost.
There has been an estimate that some
thing like half a million good working
days have been lost by strikes. During
all this time every effort has been
made to conciliate the men who have
been dissatisfied and the hope is ex-
pressed that there will be no need to
resort to the drastic legislation which
has been predicted. At the time the
work-or-fght provision was abandoned
In the last draft bill. predictions were
made by several senators that It was
likely still more drastic legislation
might be necessary In order TO secure
the necessary man power In this eoun-
try TO carry on the war. Such legisla-
ton win not be enacted until II has
been demonstrated that 1t Is absolutely
necessary.