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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-08
GREAT BR|TA|N'S FLEET READY TO FIGHT

ian for that vital thread of shipping.
Every hour since the declaration of
war in 1914 the fleet has been in readi-
ness, and it's maintenance under such
long strain will constitute one of the
glorious chapters in the history of ma
val affairs.
Provisioned for Two Months.
In the fleet are some thousands of
vessels of every kind, aside from the
battle cruisers themselves. Each bat
tie cruiser carries a complement of
from eight hundred to thousand men,
Uaking in human element we'll up in
to six figures. The exact data cannot
be given, but the enormity would al
most be beyond conception even if put
down in terms of hundreds of thou
sands. Just one item that seemed i'm
pressive and which brought up visions
of the herculean tasks confronting the
commanders of the fleet was the state
ment that each cruiser must be contin-
ually supplied with two months pro-
visions Of food, oil and everything else
that would be needed by small-sized
city in case of siege.
His majesty's ship st. Vincent is of
the battleship type, built in 1908, and
1t was aboard her that l lived during
my visit. She was engaged at the time
In daylight target practice, carried out
within the harbor in conjunction with
the other vessels that made up the
squadron. Every man was in his fight
Ing position, carrying out his duties
just as If the squadron were attacking
an enemy. They were firing small
shells through sub-caliber guns inside
the monsters that are ordinarily used
In battle.
Mock Engagement Every Day.
Behides this actual practice of en-
gaging the enemy the entire fleet car
ries out daily mock engagement d.
rected from the flagship. This is done
| altogether on paper, the admiral of the
| fleet sending out messages giving the
| imaginary location Of his vessels. At
| a given hour he sends out message
| saying the enemy is sighted in GER
tain position. The fleet is supposed to
| be sailing at a given speed and when
the various vessels come within range
they proceed to engage the enemy. On
J paper many German fleets have been
sunk and many allied ships have sunk
to Davy Jones' locker. Another meth
cd of keeping the men involved in the
fighting is through a war "game," in
which the whole fleet is plotted out on
charts and certain men designated to
command the enemy vessels, directing
their movements and playing their wits
and knowledge against others who are
supposed to be commanding British
cruisers.
The same methods are used aboard
all the hundreds Of craft that dot the
harbor. There is continued movement.
One squadron is always in action some
place on the water between the dreary
brown hills or is steaming out to sea
for patrol. Submarines disappear and
reappear constantly and are sworn at
by captains who are attempting to
keep some target in line.
Throughout the whole of the seem
ingly confused mass of ships there is
order and system. Daily or weekly
charts show the efficiency of each boat
Not tin can nor bone is wasted. and
the economy Of each ship is known
down to the last penny.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-08

The boys in France Who have
thoughtful friends at home are wear
ing these warm wooden helmets which
protect the head and part Of the face.
They are especially suitable for avia-
tors.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-08
CHYOTES WILL HELP
DEFEAT THE KAISER

Macon, Ga.-Few people have
heard of a chyote. No, 1t is not
an animal. 1t is vegetable
which grows on a vine and may
be used as a pickle or relish.
1t is aRpetizing and "hits the
spot" with all who have tried it.
It is suggested as another article
adding to The supply of food in
the country's effort to beat the
kaiser" The vegetable is about
the size of a cucumber.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-08
BRIEF AND BREEZY

The best isinglass comes from Rus
STA. It is made from the giant stur-
geon, which abounds in the Caspian
sea and other waters Of that country.
For the use of bow-legged men a
light, flexible frame has been invented
to be strapped to leg by a garter to
make trousers hang straight.
--"ien i'lstlv iG to nav an honest
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

patriotic drive. While reports arc not
in such shape that definite figures can
be given out for the first two days of
the campaign, it is probable that only
$4,000 or $4,000 has as yet been in
vested during the drive 10 war savings
stamps. Since the amount to be raised
is $222,0 and the drive is planned to
last six days this is far behind the
daily average.
Last evening the little boat on the
painted ocean strung across Central
avenue at Washington street indicated
that between S25, 900 and $4,000 had
been invested in stamps so far in the
drive. These figures even discount in
measure the belief in what has been
done outside of the Phoenix district
for from outside sections reports are
few and far between
The novelty campaign sign alluded
to is planned to indicate the progress
of the sale of war savings stamps in
this county. The ocean from France to
America on the sign is laid off in s10,-
600 sections, the little ship moving ev-
cry time another $4,000 is invested in
war-srvings stamps. 1t will take o.
such moves to land the little ship be-
meath the shadow of the statue of
liberty. Last evening the boat, which
is electrically illuminated from the in
side, was lighted for the first time and
presented novel and striking plea for
the fund ITO Bridge the Sea and Bring
the Boys Home Again as the slogan
on the sign runs.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
PAY PLEDCE" IS
TO[)AY'S SLOGAN
NW.S.S.S.D DRIVE
Little Boat Makes Small
Advance On Ocean OF
Canvas On Central Ave.
To Show Drive Progress

"lf the people of Arizona who
have given pledges to buy definite
quantities of war savings stamps
during this year would all live up
to those pledges Arizona as a state
would find its task of meeting its
quota for investment in these Sc
curities far easier than it Isl" said
Harry r. Tritle, state director for
the war savings stamps, in state
rnent made public today.
Because of the epidemic of in
fIuenza," continued Mr.. Trltle,
land the consequent fact that many
OF the war savings societies did not
hold meetings for some weeks,
scores of secretaries of such or
CARNATIONS were not able to keep
in touch with the members to see
that they did live up to their Pledg-
es and SO, with a number of ex-
ceptions, these societies have
Jagged behind.
"The pledges to buy certain def
mite amounts of war savings
stamps during the year were for
warded to Washington months ago
and the government has counted
APOli tiel HI OiiiJ 'iSiO'
able thing to 90 is to live up TO
pledges thus given for on the
strength of such pledges the gov
eminent has made expenditures
which must be met.
I'VE have all taken pride in the
fact that the American army was
/ the best clothed, best fed and best
equipped army in the field and now
our ambition is to bring that army
home when its work is finished. 1t
takes money to do all that-biIlions
in money, and the war savings
stamps in the aggregate bring in
hundreds of millions for the cause.
Because the men are not now actu
ally fighting, for which we are all
truly thankful at this holiday sea-
son, does not mean that the cost of
war is over by any means. We are
still keeping millions of men in
service, operating hundreds OF
great ships and doing scores of
other equally necessary and expen-
sive tasks. That is why we should
all meet \our debt of honor-our
pledges to buy war savings
stamps"
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
The Angora Goat

Since the convention of the mohair growers in
this city last week have felt new interest in
the goat; he is in our young lives than
had supposed and have been trying to find out
more about him since have learned that he is
something than a receptacle for such garbage
as cannot be liquefied burned, such as tin cans
wall paper and other traditional goat delicacies
We were therefore surprised to learn from
the colorado CTexas) Record that The angora goat
has risen 10 dignity. If you are possessed of
an angora goat and live in the drouth stricken area
you can put him up security and borrow money on
him We suppose that that can be done in other
communities than those that drouth stricken The
Record though probably that because the goat
is impervious SO to speak, to the effects of drouth
nc becomes collateral under conditions in which
COW, horse other animal requiring water would not
But the Record negects to tell us = lust what
way goat may be put up for security. Whether he
is to be pinned to the promisory the promisory
note is pinned to him in the bankers practice
with other collateral security There are other de-
tails Of the transaction neglected by Record such
the coau.gcncy CT foreclosure a frequent one in
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
No Mooney Strike

The nation wide Mooney strike last Monday did
not take place. There never any probability that
there would be such a strike. Not enc laboring man
in ten favored such strike In every orsanlza-
ton in the country there may have been small
handful of radicals who favored such a strike and
it was these small handfus that gave the impression
that country wide strike contemplated. The
better informed laboring always declined to
regard Mooney a representative of labor His own
organization the Mouders never SO regarded him and
refused to enter into the movement in his behalf
Whether he being made a victim of in
justice or not his record bad that respectable
organized labor could not afford to let it appear that
he was it's representative that his conviction was
the conviction of organized labor.
1t was the furore raised by comparatively few
I w W. and by anarchists in this country and abroad
that misled the president into attempted interview
ton and gave the case "a degree of Importance to
which it was never entitled.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

IF the people of Maricopa county
had all lived up to their pledges we
would have had to raise but $4,000
this month 10 meet the allotment for
the county made by the government
for investment in war savings stamps.
That is why we have set apart today,
Wednesday, as Pay Your Pledge
Day"
This statement by County Chairman
J. G. Dobbins of the Maricopa county
war savings stamp committee again
emphasizes the slogan for Wednesday,
for today an especial effort will be
made to get the people of the county
who have given pledges to redeem them
before nightfall. Sluch more than half
of the sum sought to be invested this
week in war savings Stamps would be
invested by tonight if all of the hun
dreds of pladges made by Maricopa
county people, pledges which have been
forwarded the treasury department at
Washington and counted upon by the
government We're met today.
Secretaries of war savings societies
in particular are urged by the cam
paign committee to check up with
pledges wherever possible and to ask
why they have not made good. This is
HiN VI INC liiO5l llAljCl leitAt NAllIiSo " pS
done today, say members of the com
mittee, since practically all of the
pledge cards We're signed by members
of some one of the scores of war saw
ings societies formed earlier in the year
all over Maricopa county.
Elks Will Boost For Cause
Thursday has been set apart in the
campaign as a tribute day for Frank
Luke, Jr., the Phoenix aviator whose
heroic work in the air is known to all
Amos a. Belts will take that occasion
to work among the members Of Phoe-
nix lodge of I1lks. He plans TO secure
as many Elkish investors in war saw
ings stamps in honor of Frank Luke
Jr., as possible and judging by the well
! known enthusiasm of the Elkish clan
this means a big boost for the cam
paign.
Details Of the plans for the drive
among the antlered men will be per-
fccted by Mr.. Belts tomorrow in CO.
operation with the other officers OF
Phoenix lodge of Elks.
Campaign Work not Up to Hopes
SO far the drive for the war savings
stamps has not been up to the hopes OF
the committee, frankly state members
of the organization devoting their time
without cost to the government in this
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

There is illusion in Great Britain as to the
place of the president and the American delegates
at the peace conference we learn from the Spec
tator of London:
1T must be remembered that the governing fact,
as in all foreign policies of the United States is the
absolute power Of the senate No foreign treaty
be ratified unless two-hirds of the senate in its
favor In other words President Wilson has not the
least chance of getting any treaty ratified which is
rcpusnant to the sentiments of the republican party.
we take it that the opinions of the republican
party may fairly be summarized by saying that they
arc framed in unreserved support of Great Britain
and France. 1t is well to understand this situation
as it enables US to approach the peace conference
with all confidence. 1t gives ourselves the French
a position of great power which we must neither
abuse fail to use"
This observation made in connection with a
discussion Of the presidents peace plans concerning
which it stated there "a great curiosity
and not absorbing interest. The Spectator prob
ably in supposnS that tho republican party is
moro friendly to France and Great Britain than other
Americans The republican leaders the senate
when they to the ratification of the treaty will
probably try interpret the will members of
heir party but of the whole people Of tho country
There will probably not be great deal Of interest
in those phases of the treaty which will more espe-
CItly concern Lnc entente dleS ana as 10 tnen, we
suppose the senate would ratify any agreement that
may be reached at Paris They would be matters
Of indemntes and changes of territorial boundaries
But the treaty may very easily be made to include
subjects in which have deep concern, embrace
ms matters "repugnant to the sentiments of the
publican party which have proper place in
peace treaty and as to them, the treaty would Ger
tainy fail.
1t would perhaps be well for the entente delegates
to inform themselves the extent which they can,
as to the sentiment Of the American people toward
exaneous matters which may be introduced at Yer
failles. On that subject this side are very
much at
We know only that want such an adjustment
that will feel that thousands of American lives
have not been a vain sacrifice and that such guar
antecs as possible will be given that many genera
tons will pass before this country can be called
upon again for such sacrifice.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
The Late German Navy

1t was stated some weeks ago that the suggestion
had cmanaed from Great Britain that the great Ger
man navy should be taken out to sea and sunk. 1t
was difficult to believe that such disposition would
be made of it, If the navy consisted of ancient huks
such thing might be possible but it contains many
modern vessels and of them so late that they
not yet quite finished when the surrender was
MADE.
1t was stated that the reason for the destruction
CT the vessels the fear that an attempted dvi
Sion Of them among the vctors would lead to such
bitter differences that the peace conference would
be affected One hardly believe that. If that
were So if the allies so easily set at swords
points We have very little hope of an amcable
settlement of the at Versailles. Bigger things
than the disposition Of the German navy things more
calculated to national jealousy will be pre-
scented at that conference
The vessels of the late German navy should not be
destroyed for any such for any reason that
would be a confession of a peril always overhanginy
the peace conference. Beside, such a wanton and
whole destruction would be contrary to the notions of
conservation which the world has come to entertain
within the last four years. There has been enough
destructica already.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
THE FIDDLER OF BERLIN

"And there came Fiddler whose
Truth"
Night and a black pail over the city,
Mist, and the winds cry shrill and thin
Who is he who goes in pity
With his fiddle under his chin?
His brow is grave, his eyes are stern,
A slow dawn wreathes his hair
And the music he makes shivers and shakes
Like hands the high windows where misery wakes,
And faint breath bubble, breaks
The dying lamp the stair.
Winds. and blown fogs the city.
Lo the white-faced huddled throng!
Who is he who goes in pity
Fiddiing his terrible sonb?
The babes in their mothers arms
Hear it, wide eyed;
And the children come in swarms
And at his side,
Hearing the silken, sad refrain
OF the fiddler's magical, tragca strain
Warm the wind and soft the rain
And terrible as the tide.
Out of the houses the women come,
Mothers and daughters and wives.
From loving and remembering numb
White through the night, the women coma
Bearing the shards of their lives.
1o, the fiddler plays his song
Of madness and defeat.
And out of the houses the women throng
And follow him down the street.
And the dead the dead arise and come!
Pallid from burden bearing
Tho sons of the drum from slumber come
With eyes like torches flarng.
From their cory bed the battle dead
Rise up. resolved and strong.
And follow the shimmering glimmering thread
of the fidder's terrible song.
The children moan. the women cry,
The ghosts wall like the wind
But the fiddler's eye is fixed high
And he heeds not the host behind.
But loud the roaring tide in flood
He plays his terrible chant of God.
And the houses crumble and fall,
And the steeples reel like ships,
and the rulers rush from the council hall
With wild cries their lips
10 the fiddler plays his high refrain
Over and over and again.
But the rulers and their boasts
a~e trampled under the feet of his hosts
The feet of fatherless children,
And broken women and ghosts.
Herman Hagedorn in the Outlook
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

Maj. o. B. Zimmerman Of La
Grange, H., and Capt. E.C Weis-
gerber are the two army engineer
officers who, it is said, have dis
covered the new liberty fuel, a sub
stitute for gasoline. 1t is said the
fuel can be produced at half the cost
Of gasoline, can be used in autos
without changing the carbureter and
is more economical than gasoline.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

Every conquered temptation repre-
sents a new fund of moral energy.
Every trial endured, if weathered in
the right spirit, makes a soul nobler
and stronger than it was before.
james Buckham.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

all loaning operations In the note with the goat
collateral falls due and is not paid is the banker eN
pected to catch the goat in order to foreclosures
Bankers as a rule prosperous looking cor
pulent gentlemen and drouth-stricken angora goat
flight before Of them would be sight tor
gods and
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
OIL WORKERS ELECT OFFICERS

Ell PASO, Dec. 9.-officers were
tonight elected by the International
Association of Oil Field, Gas Wen and
Refinery Workers of America. in con-
vention here. +. Z. Evans, Saratoga.
Texas, was elected president: r. e.
Scott, Taft, Cal, vice president with
jurisdiction over Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah and California; John Sheehan,
Drumwright, Okla. vice president with
jurisdiction over Texas, Oklahoma and
Kansas; H. Hill, Vician, La. vice pres
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
WIFE TOO RELIGIOUS
HUSBAND COMPL A|h'S

That his wife was too religious for
his fancy was Oscar McCauley's COM
plant accofNng to Mrs. Marion Nc
Cauley who Yesterday was granted a
divorce from her husband in Judge
Lyman's division Of the superior court.
Mrs. McCauley stated that McCauley
complained that she was too spiritual
and that he had found someone else
far more to his liking. The fact that
McCauley drank was also brought to
the, notice of the court.
The couple married in 1911. and five
years ago the husband deserted his
wife. He has not provided for her
since that date.
Try our Supperette, at Donofrio's
from to p. m. 50c.-Ady. 1t
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
HER SACRIFICE

Il notice you have a small service flag in your
Limousine, with star
For my social secretary" said Mrs Grabcoin
she IS now IN France. She indispensable to
my comfort and welfare, but everyone should do
something to help win the war; Birmingham Age
Herald.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
MURMURED AGAINST THE Ioen

And We mumured in your tents and said Because
the Lord hated. he hath brought forth out of the
lane of Egypt, to deliver us unto the land of the
Amsrltes TO destroy us-Deuteronomy j. y.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

The next convention viii be held in
Fort Worth. where the international
headquarters will be established.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11
ARIZONA'S
HONOR LIST
Killed in Action

Reducindo A Lopez, Mrs. Antonio
Dobson, Casa Grande.
Slightly Wounded
Private Timothy L. Peterson. Jed
G.. Peterson, Mesa
Arizona republican., 1918-12-11

ident with jurisdiction over Louisiana
and all fields in the east; II. L. Hope.
Martinez, Cal. secretary and treasurer
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-18
few months ago many householders and

few months ago many householders and
landlords have been inclined to boost
prices until the "back-fire" has now
began which will endanger the splen-
did start that has been made by the city
along the lines of growth and general
prosperity. When these rent profit
eers' go just little beyond the limit
of the endurance of the men who are
here doing intense war work for their
country, reaction may set in which
win soon cause present workers to
leave and make it hard to get new peo-
pie here to take their places.
It is as much the duty of the man or
woman who has extra room in his or
ner home to pue that unused room at
the service Of the government as it is
the duty of the young patriots to an
swer the call to arms. Not only is the
duty of the householder and landlord
perfectly clear but it should be per-
formed as duty and not as profiteer-
ing engagement which removes ii out
side TIE pale of a patriotic response TO
the call Of the government. Rooms are
Being rented in Morgan City at this Jli:'e
fo. prices which the householder : QUILL
consider rank hold-up were the nosi-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-18

tions of the renter and the owner re
versed. Not all rooms are rented on
this extortionate plan. Many loyal cit
izens have come splendidly forward in
response to the call that rooms are
needed for the men who are here to
build the ships which are intended to
carry food to the boys in the trenches.
Many truly patriotic citizens have gone
aside from their ordinary living rou-
tine to extend such accommodations
and their prices have been fair and rea.
sonable. But many hav1 deliberately
set about to extract from the shipyard
worker price for accommodations
which has been only gagged by the greed
of the disloyal householder.
Not only is it the plain duty of every
householder in q shipyard community
to make every effort to see that the ma.
tion' need may be relieved as speedily
as possible by doing everything in his
power to hasten construction and to
care for the workers, but every cooper
ative effort should be constantly offer
ed to the contractors who are handling
the great work. Their needs and their
wants should, in so far as possible, be
the study of the business men in their
community who should stand ready at
all times to help.
Help the agents of the United States