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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04
SAVE 100000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHlNG
Farmers, Urged by Food Adninistra-
ton, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
Of Bread for Every American.

BY adopting cleaner threshing meth
DDS and by literally combing harvest
fields to gather grain formerly vast
ed, threshermen and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
l6O00,000 bushels OF wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven One-pOund
loaves of bread for every person in
by corresponding savings of barley,
oats. rye and other grains, is shown by
reports from 33 grain states to the U.
). Food Administration. Other states,
although not prepared to furnish def
mite figures of conservation in the
grain fields, report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
accomplished in scarcely six months
time, was in direct response to re-
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked farmers and thresherinen
to reduce harvest losses from about
81 per cent.-the estimated average
BILE minimum. Country grain thresh-
ing committees carried into every
grain growing community the official
recommendation for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous instances drivers Of
racks with leaky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip
ment and frequently bad order thresh-
ing machines were stopped until the
cause of waste was removed But In
proportion to the number of persons
engaged in gathering the nations grain
crop, cases of compulsion were COM
paratively rare. The Food Admins
tration freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triotic service by farmers, thresher-
men and their crews Incidentally
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars sin pocket"
as a result of the grain saved
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04
PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY
Voluntary Basis of Food Saving
Showed Heart of America
Beat True for Freedom.

To the voluntary service and sacri-
fee of the American people must he
attributed the continued health,
strength and morale of the Allied ar
mics and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit of service and sac
rifice will depend Europe's fate in the
months to come. In the past year we
have carried out an export program,
the magnitude of which is almost be-
yond comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
the liberation of nations freed from
German oppression, our exports must
be almost doubled. Instead of 11,S2O,-
600 tons, we must ship twenty million
tons of food to Europe in the coming
through our ports.
II the Allies had not been fed by
America, it would have been impos-
sible for them 10 maintain their de-
Tense against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a purely
voluntary basis, the American people
have conclusively proved that democ-
racy Is a success ano that in time Of
need 1t will rise to Its own defense.
II there were no other accomplish
ment to its credit the very fact that it
has shown the strength of democracy
has in itself more than justified the
existence of the Food Administration
In the eyes of the world.
Less than four months after the
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet Americas
food problem on basis of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
that awakened democracy would prove
Irresistible
"Many thinking Americans" said
Mr.. Hoover, "and the whole world
have been watching anXiously the last
four months in the fear that demo-
cratic America could not organize to
meet autocratic Germany. Germany
has been confident that 1t could not be
done. Contrary proof Is Immediately
at our door, and our people have al
ready demonstrated their ability to
mobilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efficiently In many di-
rections and upon the mere word of
inspiration aside from the remarkable
assemblage of our Army and finances. -
. The history of the Food Adminlstra-
tion has clearly shown that the trust
of those who put their faith In democ-
racy has not been misplaced.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04
Big ACHIEVE
MENTS MARK
M'ADOO'S LIFE
Successful as Lawyer, Promot-
ter and Head of Two Great
Government Bureaus.


William Gibbs McAdoo has been
doing the unexpected all through his
career. He quit college in his junior
year to hustle for his living when the
family funds ran low. He tried to
give Knoxville, Tenn, its first street
railway line back in 1892 and left that
town for good when the city admins
traitor blocked bis efforts He surpris-
ed New Yor!; and its New Jersey
suburbs by giving reality to a rapid
transit vision of fifty years with his
North River tubes. He failed in eff
forts to complete with the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company for
the extension of the old subway, and
then dropped out OF the local field to
become the director of Woodrow Will
sons campaign for the Presidency
and eventually Secretary of the Ire
asury and Director General of Rail-
roads.
what is McAdoo going to do
now?" was the question that people
wanted answered last night after they
had recovered from the shock of
hearing tina the most powerful figure
of the Government next to the Presi-
dent had abdicatcd. OF course they
wanted to know first why he did it.
The answer TO that is in the desDatch-
es from Washington.
What the Secretary will do when he
quits his post remains for time to de-
velope. He said last night that he in
tends to look for a job. He will have
scant trouble in finding one. There
are many commercial houses that
would be glad to have him apply him
self in their interest. His experiences
comprehend those of successful law
yer, successful promoter of big
railroad enterprise and Government
official who has had supervision OF
two great Departments, banking and
railroads.
Became Lawyer at FL.
William Gibbs McAdoo is So years
old. He was born near Marietta, Ga
His father, also named William Gibbs
McAdoo, served in the Mexican and
Civil wars, was "a judge, and late in
life became professor of English lit
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

give the city and its JERSEY suburbs
railroad connection by tunnel under
the North River. In March Of that
year the Hudson and Manhattan Rail-
road Company was incorporated at
Albany with capital stock OF $1,000 20
and William G. McAdoo as president.
Mr.. McAdoo's original project was
for tunnel of two miles and an ex-
pendture of 100000 Ultimately he
built eighteen miles of tunnel under
land and water and spent 10000, 900.
He met with many obstacles but he
had men like Friedrich B. Jennings,
f. II. Gary, f. c. Converse and Wal
ter G.. Oakman with him and in 1908
success and public recognition were
accorded to him in emphatic fashion
with the opening of traffic in the tubes
between the Hudson Terminal Build
ing and Jersey City.
Mr.. McAdoo's sons chose Prince
ton as their university. While visiting
them the father met Woodrow Wi,
son, then president of the university.
A friendship began which was streng-
thened by meetings that took place
when Wilson became Governor of
New Jersey and Mr.. McAdoo was
business mai with important interests
in that State. lie was one of the origi-
nal boosters of Mr.. VI son for the
'einocratic nomin: :ior .or Pres Gent
and was delegate to the Baltimore
convention of 1912.
During the campaign Mr. McAdoo,
though vice-chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee, was in &C
tive charge of affairs because of the
illness of William F. McCombs, chair
man.
| Mr. McAdoo assumed control Of
the Treasury Department on March
4, 1913. He devoted himself to the re-
Organization of the nations banking,
| system with the Federal Reserve
| Bank as the foundation for the new
structure. The system had been hard
| ly more than established with the
Federal Reserve Board at Washing
ton as the central supervising agency
when the outbreak of the European
war confronted the nation with SER
! ious financial problems
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04
USED MELTING POTS
TO BOIL HUN BONES
Atlanta Soldier Tells of Find In
One Of Last Charges
of War.

1.-THE most unique find we made,
after our charge into the German
lines, just before the armistice was
signed, was a melting pot used for
boiling down the German corpses, and
also bone-crushing machine. Conse-
quently, there were not many bones
around, but few skulls were here and
there"
That is remarkable statement
made by Arthur MacKnight of the
Forty-frst battalion, Canadian High
landers, in letter to his father at At
lanta Young MacKnight is twenty
three years of age. He was reared
and educated in Atlanta and has been
in France for several months.
Describing his first real "over the
top" charge the young soldier writes:
"The first thing knew I was facing
Hun machine gunfire, but just about
from then on a dense fog came over
the whole front, and then we could
get right up on them before they
would get bead on us. Every Hun
we came across had his hands up
crying 'kameradv They were so thick
in numbers that we could not shoot
on account of our men being on the
other side of them.
"As we came onto our first objec-
tive we could see the cavalry going
ahead, and also our tanks. One time
we had a laugh when one of our@tanks
got after German general and chased
him quite a ways. until finally he
stopped and the tank crew took him
a prisoner"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

erature and history in the University
of Tennessee. His mother. zone of the
Floyds of Virginia" wrote several
novels.
When the younger McAdoo left the
University of Tennessee he was made
deputy clerk of the Federal Court of
Chattanooga. lie studied law and was
admitted to the bar in his twenty-lirst
year.
While practicing law in Chatta-
nooga, Mr. McAdoo was counsel for
two local railroad companies, acquir-
ed knowledge that was to lead him to
be an important factor in the transit
systems of New York city and ultim-
ately to the war time control of all
the railroads of the country.
Mr. McAdoo undertook in 1892 to
give Knoxville, Tenn, its first street
railway line. He was opposed by a
rival company that had the favor of
the city administration. The officials
sent the fremen to dispense his work.
men with hose lines. There was a
riot. A workman was killed and many
persons were hurt. McAdoo closed
his business affairs there and came to
New York. He did not again see
Knoxville until 1912, when he spoke
there for the candidacy of Woodrow
Wilson for President. When he did
go back, the city gave itself for day
and a night to demonstrations in his
honor.
1t was when he was 30 years old
that Mr.. McAdoo came to New York
and started to practice law in an Of
flee in the back of Wall street build
ing. He had wife and several chill
hren as responsibility and no assets
of much value except a winning man.
ner in presenting matters in which he
felt an interest In 1898 he formed a
law partnership with Chief Magistrate
William McAdoo, who had been Rep
resenative in Congress, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy and Police Com
missioner. There was no blood rela-
tionship between them.
Starts Hudson River Tunnel.
1t was in the spring of 1903 that
New York began to hear of plan
that appeared to have substance to
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.

The marvel of our voluntary food
saving, now that we are getting re-
Suits lis that no one ever actually
suffered any hardship from it; that
we all are better in health and spirit
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause of our friendly self-denial.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

In no other nation is there so willing
sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as
in America-that was shown In the
abstinence from wheat.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Food control in America held the
price of breadstuffs steady, prevented
vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquility at home.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Good will rules the new world as
fear governed the old world. Through
sharing food America helps make the
whole world kin.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Food control made sufficiency from
shortage, kept the rein on food prices,
gave the nations full strength exer-
else.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Find more wheat, It came; more
pork, 1t came save sugar, II was done.
So Americans answered the challenge
Of German starvation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Food conservation In America has
been the triumph of individual devo-
ton TO the national cause.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

Starvation by Germany challenged
all the world; food conservation in
America answered the challenge.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-04

The Abbot Thuilliez of Cambria Is
shown here talking with Canadian
officer in the streets of that city. The
fearless act of this brave man will
most surely be remembered in years to
come. Although he was threatened
with death by the now defeated Ger
mans, he stayed with sick woman.
thereby risking his own life in the pro-
cedure.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Velvet IS REPLACING SATIN
Worn Against Face Without Re-
lief After Twenty.

More and more we notice velvet re-
placing satin. There is no fabric on
earth which softens and beauties like
velvet. 1t Is the kindest material In
the world when 1t is placed next a
woman's face and 1t is about the only
material that Is safely worn against
the face without relief after one Ia
Over twenty.
One Of the loveliest Of velvet models
is shown in black (good black velvet
always looks like a million d~ollars).
The waist has a deep V In front which
extends at least nine inches below the
waist. This is filed In with q Ma
donna blue georgette. The top Of the
geOrgette at the neck Is cut square
across. The V is then outlined with
fur and the fur, of course, goes around
the back Of the neck.
The skirt Is made with two tunics
which open at the front. Both are out
lined with this fur edge, the fur going
around the bottom and then up to the
waist. The sleeves are quite long over
the hand, smooth-fitting and without q
bit of trimming. There is not a touch
Of embroidery or braiding of any kind
on this frock and it is quite handsome
and distinctive.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
LONG COAT SUITS
Outer Garment Serves Well Over
Sheer Afternoon FrockS.
Knee Length and Longer Is the Rule
Followed by Many Of the Lead
Ing Designers.

Many Of the high-grade, expensive
suits now being shown for winteb
have coats that are so long that they
may, If desired, serve as separate
dressy coats over sheer afternoon
frocks, especially if the color Of suit
and dress blend satisfactorily. Knee
length and longer Is the rule fol-
lowed by many Of the suit designers
who are regarded as style authorities.
OF course, these very long coats are
used only with the suits made OF
handsome rich materials. Suits for
general and sports wear are equipped
with coats that average "a to 80
inches.
The suit shown In the sketch is an
example of the type that will be Of
fered in velvet, velveteen and many
Of the handsome, soft pile fabrics.
Fur trimming is featured. Touches
Of handsome, heavy embroidery add
to the beauty Of the garment.
Satin suits are playing an impor-
tRnt role in the showing Of winter
models. Some Of these are made Of
regular, heavyweight satin; but a
fabric that Is wool on one side and
satin on the other IS being very much
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01

featured, the wool side being often
used as a trimming for the garment.
That Is, a suit Of the fabric may have
the satin side turned out, and bands
of the other side trim the skirt and
be used for cuffs and collar. Heavy
silk crepes are also much used in the
development Of suits.
An interesting suit of b%roadcloth re-
Gently seen had the coat skirt round
ed at the back lit was full knee
lengthy and trimmed with several
rows Of two-inch-wide velvet ribbon
In contrasting color. The front of the
coat was of the cutaway type.
Detachable fur cuffs, collars that
may be snapped, fastened down to
form shawl collars or v or wrap
ped around the throat scarf style, de-
tachable vests and panels that fold
up to form muffs are special suit fea-
lures.
The straight silhouette Is the pre-
vailing one.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
AND WHO WEAR THEM
Popular Shades for Blondes and Bru.
nettes Of Any Type-suppIy ls
Adequate for All.

If more women had q finer appreci.
alton Of the part that color plays In
making them attractive or unattrac-
tive, and In affecting their feelings.
there would be a noticeable decrease
in the list Of the popular shades So
called, declares a fashion writer. Take
for example the craze for tango color
that possessed the feminine world not
sc very long ago. From lily white
tlonde to florid brunette everybody,
or nearly everybody, managed to In
troduce tango somewhere on her per-
son.. The result? Well, that Is best
Judged now that the craze Is over.
However, there Is still plenty Of
Of room for color crimes, for another
season Of brown Is being prophesied.
Now there are as many shades and
fues and tints Of brown as there are
ladies to wear them. But somebody
whispers that the red browns are de-
cidedly to be the thing. Which means
that all types and ages of women
from the blondy blonde Of tender
years to the sallow woman well past
her first youth Is going to go 'In" for
ed brown, confident chat she has
Dame Fashion for a sponsor.
Now all typo and all ages Of WON
en- a find oui one brown to suit,
all except the mature woman who Ia
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01

ed: "Nichts Zu essen" But we did
not know what that meant, so we just
hung around there and waited. Then
they started shouting, "Zuruck! Zu-
ruck !" and drove us back to the bar
racks.
Later we heard the words ''nlchts
Zu essen" so often that we thought
probably they meant mo eats" We
had u reasons for thinking so, too.
Those words, and 'zuruck" and
"'raus," were practically all we did
hear, except, of course, various kinds
of schweinhunde.
1t was awful to see the men when
we got back to the barracks. Some Of
the boys from the George, not much
over twelve years old, were almost
crazy, but even the older men were
crying, many Of them. 1t was nothing
but torture all the time. They opened
all the windows and doors in the bar
racks, and then we could not heat the
room with our bodies. When we start
ed to move around. to keep warm, they
fired q few shots at us. / do not
know whether they hit anyone or not /;
we had got so that we did LOT pay any
attention to things like that. But 1t
stopped us, and we had to stand still.
The Huns thought we would take the
rifles from the sentries and use them,
too.
l never saw a yellower bunch Of
nnnp1o In v,u 1tfn n 10 not y,npn nnn-
pie. L wish / could publish what l
really mean.
We had stoves In the barracks, but
no coal or wood to burn. There were
many boxes piled up there, but they
belonged to the Germans. We would
have burned them If we could, but
the Germans made us carry them
across the road. They weighed about
$50 pounds apiece, and we were so
weak that 1t was all two men could do
to bulge them. And we had to carry
them; they would not let us roll them.
We were so cold and hungry that even
that exercise did not warm us.
About 2:30 the whistle blew again,
and the Huns picked out q few men
and took them down the road. We
could not figure out why, but they
came back about three O'clock, all Of
them with bread in their arms. They
were chewing away on 1t when they
had a chance. Whenever the sentries
were not looking they would bite at 1t
like a fish going after a worm. Each
man carried five loaves.
When they got In the barracks the
sentries made them put the bread
down on the floor, and then, with
their %bayonets. the sentries cut each
loaf once down the center lengthwise
and four times across, which meant
ten men to a loaf about the size of an
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
SHAWL SCARF, NEW FEATURE
Finished With Firing. and So Ar.
ranged That II Can Be Left
Off Entirely.

The narrow shoulder cape Is seen
on many of the newest and smartest
wraps. 1t hangs only from the back,
however, and does not come over the
shoulders.
The shawl scarf, which can be
thrown over one shoulder, Is also q
new feature. 1t is finished with q
fringe and IS so arranged that 1t can
be left off entirely.
Some Of these heavy velours and
duvetyn wraps have beautiful en-
broidery in heavy wooden threads OF
contrasting color. This is not unpleas-
Ing, as such trimming is new and I'm
usual enough to be welcome for It's
novelty. For instance, a dark brown
coat Of military cut shows trailing
sprays Of flowers, done in this heavy
wool and outlined with black threads,
to give them tone. For the most part
the newest wraps are made for service
and utility and have nothing frivolous
about them.
Not so, however, are the dressy, de-
lightful brocades and ~velvets. These
have claimed all Of the foolish, perish
able, beautiful notions that the stern
winter coats forego, and reveal them
selves in fabrics as soft and transpar-
emit as possible, such as georgette,
crepe de chine and rare velvets and
brocades. Fur bands them from hem
to collar.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
CHAPTER XIX.
German Prison Camps.

herman PRISON camps.
A few days after / had been dashed
to the barbed wire fence some Of the
German officers came to the barracks,
and mi of them who spoke very good
English said Gall Of the neutrals who
were on unarmed ships step out"
Only a few stepped out.
Then he called for an the neutrals,
and the Danes. Swedes, Norwegians,
Brazilians and Spaniards stepped out.
But when ] did, he said, "No, not
Americans. Americans are not neu-
trail. America supplies our enemies
with food and ammunition" He raised
his fist, and I thought he was going to
hit me, but instead he gave me q
shove that caused me to fall and get
a little cut on the head. Then the
sentries pushed me over with the
British and the French.
After that they took the Norwegi-
ans. Swedes and Danes to separate
barracks, and gave them clothes and
beds and the same rations as the Ger
man soldiers. When / saw this I
made q kick and said I was a neutral.
too. and ought to get the same treat
ment as the Scandinavians. They took
me to the officers again. kicked me
about and swore at me, and the only
answer I got was that America would
suffer for all she had done for the al
lies. Then ! was sent back to the bar
racks again.
The next day at about one o'clock
they took US from the barracks and
drilled us through the swamps. The
men began to fall one by one. some
crying OF swearing. but most Of them
going along without q word. Those
who went down were smashed In the
head with rifle butts or belts.
Finally we arrived at q little rail-
road station. and had to stand In the
snow for over an hour while the en-
CINE ran up and down the tracks hook
Ing on cars. When we finally got In
the cars WI were frozen stiff. I could
hardly walk, and some Of the boys
simply cculd not move without intense