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SHOULD GO SLOW.

desrableof course TO reduce the spending Of pubic
IS soon as possible. btu the authorities at Wash
nzoa ought TO recognize that it Is m their power to
ID dsal Of ham By too sudden closing of gov
.IIae1t ants throughout the country. The money that
you'd ake 70 keep these establishments going until a
ii SoIt out industrial program arrived at would be
llns matter as eompaed with what the cost OF INDUS
eulotaEza6on would be.
sstf-tllE government plants that have been making
have 70 Be conducted by the government for
Sn tiae Ohes vii be converted to the uses of peace
@ rdtsty under private control but if all Of them are
os eSn without any warning while the details are
out as the phosphorus plant at RNesvHe was
ne working forces which were built up at great labor Will
8 md the transition from to peace bass
WI beTendeTed very difficult.
HAT s most dangerous lies the probability that
e4eas condition Of ressinn throughout the eoun-
hsby al means should be prevented if it's possible.
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Food Administrators
Are in Conference

Wheeling, ". Va. Nov. he. w.
oge1by. food administrator for West
Virginia, and L. NJ. Davis, director Of
education for the Federal Food admin
Istration, are In Washington attend
Ing a conference OF the Federal Food
administration OF the various states.
The sudden termination Of the war
has altered the plans Of the food ad-
ministration considerably, and it Is
nov believed that moro strenuous
conservation plans win be fnauGur.
ated to Geeed the epople of Europe.
many OF who mare IN destitute CIR
cumstAnces.
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81 q for s5.lss1 lllzt ffzelliss would h dsdsdg
srzl.c NV EEsat fiess Has ended n 4 great +
4 were nat for lie fat that de nezies which hey are
n common do not permit ten 70 tink much about theE
Sooa Or Isbe however .e old egudss WIN Be revived.
and IF they do attempt some kmd Of republican form
Of government they are finally very Likely 70 split mp with
Prussia m one camp and the rest Of the German states.
inrEudng German Austria m another. Bun Il Is by no
means certain that they vii ty the republican form. OF
that any Of diem would be able to get along with If
they did Try Il After the war of 1870 France m spite
Of the fac4 &at her public men better adapted 10 them
task han the Gemans are gong to be- unless al signs fad.
had stormy time Of before was safe say that the
third republic was firmly estabIshed-
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DR. Garfield announced last night the signing OF
the aruistice will have no effect upon the Fuel admin
tsratfon and that the Of the mining industry
will continue until signing OF the peace treaty This
ia in line with legal opinion In this country and Great
Britain. war does not end until peace trsaty is
signed In the case OF the administration act
and some of the other control legislation the time after
the war; begins to with the date Of the signins
1nasmueh as there prospect that several months
will elapse before peace treaty is signed this will help
steady matters until the and the interested
parties can work out program.
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What People Say
and Some SideRernarks!

Some one down at Huntington tried
to kid q. E. Meredith, head Of the E.
E. Meredith Press Bureau, Of Fair
mont, about the "Wilson Needs Wat
son" publicity stunts. Mr.. Meredith,
who Is frank to fault, said:
Ell did not have anything to do with
the Watson campaign, either for the
nomination OF IN the election. Pol
tics is practically adjourned for me.
The only political work I have done
in q year Was some little press work
for Congressman NJ NJ. Nicely"
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cERM4NY As REPUBLIC.

IEUTONIc repubic which embraces the German
psrt q what was the former Ausro- hungarian en-
pres not as simple and logical as It seems. 1t IS
Be extremely hard to work out scheme OF gov
EEs that which will be equally satisfactory to the
and 10 the Other members of the compact. The
Sc die EIohenzollems was able to force the other
&c German empire TO- give it what it wanted
oday de Iussians if hey really want to BRING about
Ia orn Of government, may ind 1t necessary to make
nu-r6er 81 important concessions.
Even behre the war there not much love between
lie Fdaas md the South Germans, and II may safely
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-14

The United War Work campaign continues to suffer
from the let down which followed the that the
zar had been brought end. And yet there never
vas a more urgent need for money. The training Of
men in this country can be wound up soon, but the
army in France will have to stand at ready for
any eventually until peace treaties signed and mat
ters begin to return to normal in the zones No
enc knows how long that will take, but all the welfare
work will have to be maintained at full schedule while
Il does last.
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Official estimates are that the caUualties Of the
American forces in Europe viii be under the 100000
mark. Considering the tremendous effect our partic
patton in the had and the severe character OF the
pee1. Of the conflict this announcement Is little short
Of amazing It shows that the preliminary training
ven our troops was most thorough in spite OF the
speed that attended It
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Practically every important nation involved in the
great war has had carefully thought out reeonstruc-
ton program for the past year two. at Washington
they have not yet made up their minds whether recon
struction is to be managed by commission appointed
BIZ the President or by Congressional committee AT
this rate the world will be reconstructed before we
begin and the mony we paid directly to the
1ar win be one Of the smallest items the total cost
to u.s..
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neil lie people, By he people. for the people, Dhose
a ,ozes are deDed from The consent Of The seyened;
snoaaey n republic sovereign Nation Of DnaaD
s1g S6ata; a perfect Union, one and 1nseagGbtc.
ea6ae upon 10se principles Of freedom. equatHy Jus.
ifs lDesald fortunes I Therefore beLepe Is my duty
Is rs eon1Ss 70 lope IL to support its Constitution; TO
55s Is dps 70 repeet lis flag; and TO Defend against
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more about the epidemic than the
states experts.
Nov they can suffer.
That s the penalty every one has
to pay for having swelled head.
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Preston County BuekWAeat. Home.
style for brealdaSt each IleEH1llGl 8.
Boyer's ResEalEant AN
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Home baked pies ana P1saisE
Royers Restaurant. ART
Home baked Pies anarasertss pa
er's Restaurant. 4aSs5
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together with insufficient storage q,
cilities IN this country.
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
BOARD RESCINDS
SURVEY ORDER
HAD NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO
PROVIDE FOR THr PRO.
POSED UNDERTAKING.

The board Of supervisors which a
short time ago appropriated $4,000
for o pollution survey Of Lowndes
county. has recinded It's order, hav.
ing been advised by County Attorney
G. L. Lincoln that there was no legal
authority for such action.
The proposed survey was to have
been made under the supervision of
the state board Of health and was to
have been sponsored by the Rookie
feller foundation. Its estimated cost
was $4,000, and the county was to
put up one half of this amount. the
remainder being furnished by the
Rockefeller foundation.
II Is understood that bill Is to be
introduced at the present session of
the legislature delegating to boards
Of supervisors throughout the state
authority to appropriate money for
SURVEYS of this 'haracter Even
should the bill pass, however, it Is
feared that difficulty will be exper-
'enced in inducing the local board
to make the necessary provision for
a survey in this county, as there was
strong opposition to the undertaking
when it first came up for considera-
ton, two out Of the five members
Of the board having voted against
the appropriation.
Many enterprising citizens, how.
ever, recognize the value Of the pro-
posed survey, and when the matter
again comes up for consideration will
put forth every effort to induce the
board to make the necessary appro-
priation.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
0CT0CENARIAN is
CALLED TO REWARD
FUNERAL OF Mr.. J. NJ BLAsIN.
GAME WAS HELD HERE
TUESDAY MORNING.

Mr. J. N. Blasingame died at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs II, l..
Bowlin, sos South Fourth street,
Monday afternoon. Deceased was
nearly 90 years old, and death re-
suited from complication of all
ments incident TO his advanced age.
Funeral services were held at the
Bowlin home at 1880 o'cloesS Tues.
day morning, having been followed
by interment in Friendship ceme-
terry. The services were conducted
by Rev. s. L. Pope, pastor of the
First Methodist church.
Mr. Blasingame, who was an octo.
genarian, being born September 2l,
1928, was a noble Christian gentle
man, having during his lifetime been
a member of the Methodist church
He was native Of Pickens county
Ala, having moved to this city q
number of years ago. He was loved
and admired by all who knew him
lis daughter, Mrs, Bowlin, has the
nrtfelt sympathy of many friends
her bereavement.
The following gentlemen officiat
cd as pail bearers; Messrs. c. B
Lowell, T. A. McGahey, l.. l.. Locke
Fred Vaughn, George Senter and
w. Myrick Cox.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
VOLUNTARY ECONOMY is
FOUND TO BE IN.
EFFECTIVE.
MEASURE DRASTIC
VIII Force Hotels, Restau-
rants and Dining Cars to
Prevent Waste.

Washington, JAN l6.--Stricter
eronomy Of food is to be required of
the American people by the new laws
put in the making Tuesday in Con-
gress.
Food administrator Hoover has ap-
proved the amendments and they are
expected to pass promptly as supple
mented to the present food control
act.
Wheatess and meatless days and
other economies necessary that
Nmerica may help sustain her CO.
bellgerents would become manda-
'ory by the law instead Of voluntary
rs at present. Such new laws, the
food administration hold, are neces-
sary to protect the millions Of loyal
Neficans cooperating in food saw
ng against the wastefulness of few
individuals and of public eating
houses which are said to handle pro-
bably so per cent of the food sup
ply,
In the Senate the administration
bill was introduced by Senator Pome-
rene. In the House it was introduced
BIZ Chairman Lever of the agricultu.
raj committee, who made this state
ment explaining its provisions:
"The food situation the world over
is acute. and demands upon US are
growing each day, With disrupt
ed labor situation production is ap-
proashing its maximum and the vital
a4estion. therefore, is ono Of cerser-
vation of foodstuffs We must strike
at the waste evil. The administration
has undertaken TO do this through
voluntary agreements and has sue
ceeded wonderfully well both in saw
ing and in stabilizing prices but there
is a percentage Of reealcitrants, who
constitute the fly in the ointment OF
the whole situation, and these we
have not been able to reach by ap-
peals to their patriotism. We pro-
pose to reach these under the bill
which Senator Pomerane and are
Introducing today
"The bill is especially aimed at
hotels. restaurants and dining cars
public eating places. In such estab-
'shments, should think, probably
50 per cent Of the food of the coun-
trv is consumed, and it is in such
places that we find the greatest
waste There should be power in the
hands Of the food administration to
fix the portions of the vital neeessl-
ties that may be served to any one
Individual. There is no excuse for
-nv hotel carrying on its bill Of fare
for serving steak whirh would cost
s8 to $40. The waste is too great.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
MEN Il YEARS OLD
MUST REGISTER
BILL MAKING THAT PROVISION
SOON TO M ENACTED
ny CONGRESS.

Washington, Jan. i6.--The gov.
ernment has decided on draft reg.
istration of all young men as fast
M they become II years old m the
means Of keeping filled the ranks
OF the war army II was decided
against raising the draft age limit
above 81 years.
An administration bill was intro.
duced Tuesday at the request Of the
var department, by Chairman Cham
berlain Of the Senate military COM
mittee to register for draft all men
who have reached 21 since June g.,
1917, when the law became effective.
The Administrations support seems
to assure its prompt passage. The
bill agrees with the recent recon-
mendations of Provost Marshal Gen.
aral Crowder.
Other administration bills intro
duced Tuesday by Chairman Cham.
berlain at the request Of the war de-
oartment will supplement the draf
aw to make it workable under con.
ditions that have developed. One
would permit furloughing of nation.
Al army troops for harvest work or
other civilian duty; another would
eliminate enemy alien population
from basis Of calculations for draf'
quotas by making the basis for each
state the number of men available in
class /.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OVER THE COUNTRY
CIST OF THE NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE AND PRE-
SENTED IN BRIEF FORM.

Buenos Aires--The Foreign Min
ister has signed an agreement with
the British and French ministers 70
sell 2,500,0O tons Of wheat to the
Entente Allies.
Washington-The food admins
tration announces that it intends to
make compulsory the employment OF
certain percentage of potatoes u
bread making. This is for the pur-
pose Of saving cereal foods.
Amsterdam--Austria Hungary has
officially recognized the indepen'
dence of Finland, according to dis
patch received here from Vienna.
Ruleyille, Miss.--Fire here Mon
day destroyed three buildings in thf
business district. causing loss es
timated at $4,000, covered by in
surance. For a time the princp-
part Of the town was threatener
with destruction. The origin Of tn
fire has not been determined.
Observation-Disclosures who buT
and sell securities for investment o.
speculation will not be consderef
"dealers in securities" under the n
ternal Revenue Bureaus recent ru'
ing on the optional plan for report
ing inventories.
A Pacific Port--The second Of en-
5000 ton standardized steel mer
chantmen under construction for the
emergency fleet corporation waf
launhed Monday, thirty days atteF
the first launching and sixty days
after the second keel was laid
Washington-The American Ref
Cross, it was announced Monday
night, had appropriated S4,77l,990
for military and civilian relief in
italy for its seven month period be
ginning last November |.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson
has given his approval to the day
light saving bill which has been pass
ed by the Senate and is before the
House Committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. The bill, if made
law. will set the eaocks ahead an
hour and Senator Calder, author OF
the bill, asserts il would save 1900
900 tons of coal year.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
MERCURY RISES AND ELE.
MENTs BECOME
TRANQUIL.
OLD SOL APPEARS
Freeze Reminds Old Citizens
OF Colder Weather in For
mer Years.

People of Columbus are slowly re-
covering from the effects Of the Sc
verest weather which this section has
experienced in many years, and il
the coal famine, which is now the
greatest local menace, can be reliev-
ed, normal conditions will soon be
restored.
According to the government ther-
mometer the weather was the cold
EST experienced here since 1898, and
he low temperature probably oc-
tasioned more suffering than was in
duced by similar conditions two de-
cades ago, as the shortage of coal
made it impossible for some people
to secure a sufficient amount of that
commodity to made their homes and
places of business comfortable.
While press dispatches report the
Tombigbee froze over at Aberdeen,
which is only about 25 miles above
Columbus, the stream did not solid
ify here. Some ice formed in the
river, but it was confined to COM
paratively small particles, and there
was nothing approaching a complete
congelation of the streams waters.
According to statements made by
some of the Oldest local citizens, the
last time that the Tombigbee froze
solid at this point was in January,
1877. 1t is a matter Of local history
that the river was frozen so hard at
that time that it was not only posi-
bic but comparatively safe to skate
on its CLASSY surface.
An old citizen who remembers the
freeze in 1877 states that while
many Columbians desired to skate on
the iae they were a little afraid to
take the risk and that Mr.. w. R.
Shaw, who was then among the
young residents of the city, but who
now resides at Temple, Texas, set the
pace, having been the first to cross
the frozen body Of water on metallic
runners.
Old Sol was in evidence Wednes-
day, and many citizens who are
heartily tired of icy winds and slip
perry sidewalks sincerely hope that
the backbone of the cold snap has
been broken.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
Mutilated German Soldiers Give
Back Iron Cross to Kaiser

London, Jan. l6.--An appeal is
being circulated among the mutiat-
ed German officers and soldiers hav-
ing the iron cross asking them to re-
turn the crosses as a protest against
the fact that number of 'home
warriors" and leaders of the Father
land partyare wearing the same insig-
MIA, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Amsterdam.
There has been large response, H.
ana crossessfron Berlin alone being
sent to the war minister the first day
the appeal appeared.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
Little Baby Dies.

The Angel of Death entered the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn +
Hatchett, 220 Fourth street, south,
about 6 O'Clock last evening and
took to heaven their three months
old baby boy, Llewellyn, Jr. The
Commercial joins many friends IN
extending to them deepest sympathy
Funeral services will be held at
the family residence at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon, conducted by Rev. S.
L. Pope, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church, and the remains will be
tenderly laid TO rest in Friendship
cemetery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
SCHOOL OPENING
TO BE POSTPONED
INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL
MAKE 1T IMPOSSIBLE TO
OPEN BUILDING JAN. 2S.

1t is probable that the extremely
cold weather will force the post
ponement of the opening Of the new
Stephen D. Lee High School, which
was announced to take place Mon
day, January %. When the date for
the opening was selected it was
thought that the building would be
completed by that time, but cold
weather. has retarded the work and
the postponement is now regarded as
practically certain.
In fixing new date for the open
ing the council will probablybe guild
I'd by the wishes of Hon. Blewitt Lee
general counsel of the Illionis Cen.
trail Railroad, who has been invited
to make the opening address, as Mr.,
lee is busy man and the council
will endeavor to fix a date upon
which it will be convenient for him
to come to Columbus. Mr.. Lee is the
son of the late General Stephen D..
Lee, after whom the building is
named, and is a native of this city.
Columbus occupies a warm place in
his heart, and he always seems glad
not only to further but to personally
participate in any local undertaking,
having been the principal speaker
when q monument erected by the
Stephen D. Lee Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, to the
memory of Lowndes county soldiers
who lost their lives in the civil war
was unveiled here in 1912.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
SUPPOSED BOMB is
FOUND IN DRYDOCk

An Atlantic Port, Jan. 16.-A
supposed bomb was found today in
a drydock at a United States naval
station in which one of the largest
United States battleships was dock
cd.
The supposed bomb was about SIX
inches long and shaped like tele-
phone receiver. A fuse was attached
to it. Written on the side, in Ger
man, were the words: "This is %
second explosion bomb.''
1t was found by one of the crew
on one of the top steps of stairway
leading down to the bottom Of this
drydock.
The supposed bomb was at once
turned over to the department oi
justice and agents started thorough
iryestigation.
The missile was lying Immediately
opposite the side of monster war
ship.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
Lima Cavalieri, Noted Opsratie Prima
Donna at Princess Today.

The patrons of the Princess, will
ne given a treat today in the showing
Of Cavalieri, the internationally IA
nous prima donna, in Paramount
production of Nine. de Gresac's
story "The Eternal Temptress." II
's maFnifciently staged drama OF
beautiful woman's power over men,
nd Cavalieri with her beauty and
ronderful magnetism VIII grip you
IN the role Of modern vampire.
Hundreds of thousands pay fancy
nrices every year at the Metropolitan
Opera house to see Cavalieri, who
aside from her ability as a singer, is
considered the most beautiful woman
in Europe. And this is probably the
only chance many will have Of seeing
this noted star.
Matinee at 800 and 4:45.
Night at 1880 and S:45,
Admission: Children 5 and Adults
rs cents
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-01-17
STUDENTS ADOPT
ORPHANS OF WAR
THREE FRENCH CHILDREN
TAKEN UNDER PROTECTION
BY COLLEGE GIRLS.

Students of the Mississippi In
dustrial Institute and College, who
for several months past have been
active in war work of various kinds,
have recently given additional evi-
dence of their patriotism and altru-
ism by adopting a number of French
children whose fathers have lost
their lives on the field of battle.
The work is carried on under the
direction of Mrs. Gessner T. Smith,
head of the department of modern
languages, and each one Of the
French classes has adopted an or
phan. The freshman class has taken
under its protection little Alex He
gron, who is not quite four years
old and who resides at Au Plessis-
Cellier, Naison Maize, Chatenay-les-
Nanteo, Loire-Inferieure, France,
while the second year class is sup
porting little Cecile Dutrey, who was
born December 13, 1907, and whose
address is Beaumardiss, France, and
members Of the Junior and senior
classes are jointly supporting little
Jeanne Jousselin, who was born June
A, 1908, and who resides at La Gras-
siere, Commune de st. Thomas dc
Conac, Charente-Inferieure, France
The children under adoption were
selected for the college students by
Mrs. ]. H. Gray, chairman of the
Vicksburg auxiliary of the American
Society for the Relief of French Wa
Orphans.