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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
More Than $16,OO0,000 Insur.
ance On Lives of Soldiers
Written.
HANDLES MORE POLICIES
THAN 20 LARGE FIRMS
All Kinds of Problems Have
Been Met With Already.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, May 22--More
than $lG,000,000,000 Insurance on the
lives Of more than 100000 soldiers
and sailors already has been written
by the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
aice, That is said to be more insur-
anee, all written since the middle OF
last October, than is today on the
books of the twenty largest life in
sfance companies in the world. All
Kinds of problems have been met with
IN achieving this gigantic task, ac-
c2rd'ng to information furnished to
Congress by Thomas B. Love, AS
sistaht Secretary of the Treasury in
charge of the bureau, and other off
cials
Ihe war risk law provided for pay
ment Of family allowances and allot-
mehts and for administration Of 9
compensation insurance law applica-
ole to 100000 risks and for the writ
ihs Of this insurance on the lives Of
possible 100000 soldiers and sail.
ors. The applications for allowances
ard allotments of the soldiers anC
sailors pay had to be obtained from
the ends Of the earth to which those
N war service have been scattered
from individual checks to families o.
dependents in the United States, ap
lYo%imately $60,000,000 has been paiC
out IN allowances and allotments; ant
n addition many thousand claims
Ior compensation have been made
some paid and others disallowed,
More than 95 per cent Of the sol
d!ers and sailors listed at the burea,
nave taken the insurance application
i2r u have come in at daily rat
involving from $50,000,000 to 500,
V0o,J10 Of insurance during the las
m2nth. A clerical force of about A.
2Vo people is employed by the bureau
y the work. A bill is now pending
y Congress faVorably reported by tn
house interstate commerce commit
tee' amending the law in a number o
aetalist providing for instance tina
automatic insurance shall be payabl
y the mother whether dependent o
h6t and to the father as we'll, an
maklng other broadeuing features i
sne interest Of the soldiers nearest Q
Bureau records show that there ar
I'o2,o9l application blanks returne
On which the man states ne has n
aependents Of any kind. There is
surprisingly large percentage of thos
iaen who do have dependents the frs
knowledge Of whom the bureau learn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
EXPECT 200 TO
REGISTER HERE
LcGore County VIII Not Come Up
With 10 Per Gent Quota
Volunteers Cause.

According to information from the
Local Board office, it is not expected
by officials that Lefore will fill the
estimated 10 per cent quota Of be-
coming youths, who are booked to
register for military service, through
out the nation on June 5. The 10
per cent Is based on the number OF
registrants who were eligible for reg
istration last June.
This number, If the county had the
men, would amount TO approximately
$50 men. Officials Of the Board "tafed
yesterday afternoon that they hardly
expected more than two hundred be-
coming Il youths to register;. they
looked more for from 1856 to $50 men,
than 200.
The cause Of this shortage Of elig
able military young men in this cOun-
ty is the fact that most Of the men
have already volunteered There were
many members of Battery c from this
county under the eligible draft age
at the time, but who would register
here on June s. Besides these men,
scores of young men from this city
and county have volunteered during
the past twelve months in various
branches Of service,
The becoming twenty-one youths
are needed very much right now by
the Local Board in order to fill the
present calls on file, which can not be
made up, owing to the exhaustion Of
all class one men and calls to be
made during the coming weeks.
The young men will be welcomed in.
TO service not only nationally but To-
cally, as well,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

on several occasions, and she Is a
most delightful speaker. Feeling sure
/ that men and women both would en-
Joy hearing her, | wish to urge their
attendance.
MRS, I. Il. HENDERSON, Chm'u,
School Children Raise $50.
The Junior Red Cross composed Of
students of the Jefferson Davis School
city. who are very efficiently organ
lied hy Miss Irga Mitchell, "a pop
ular member of the faculty, this morn
ing were reported by Supt. Z. r..
Saunders us having raised among
themselves $50. This sum goes to the
Red Cross drive in the county.
Beat Four over Top"
Dr. c. c. Moore ,of ltta Bona,
chairman of Beat -Four, this morning
reported that part Of the county was
"oyer the top" in the drive.
Berclar is solidly over and Dir. A.
+, Clarldon and Mir. h, ]. Nelms are
to be congratulated for their wonder
full and successful work in that sec
tion. The quota of $500 has been
over-subscribed in Beat -Four aud cV-
cry individual has been visited.
Hon. Firman Smith Talks.
One Of the most intensely interest
ing and eloquent five minute address
es vet delivered in Greenwood was
that one last night, when the packed
house at the Greenwood Theatre lis
tened with deepest attention to Hon.
/ Firman Smith.
That the speaker is wrapped up in
this patriotic work was impressiyely,
rofpd in his every utterance. In a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
McAdoO Asks Federal
Directors to Replace
Railroad Presidents

WASHINGTON, May 22-Direetor
General McAdoo today instructed The
regional directors Of the Railroad Ad-
nir.istration to recommend imrned-
istely a federal director for every
railroad to replace presidents, as chief
operating officers
The Federal directors are IN be re
sponsihle to only the Railroad Admin
istration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
CHAUTAUQUA TO
BE RATlON
T0WAR WORKERS
President Wilson Urges Need of
This Institution in Time Of
War.
MRS. GILLESPIE HAS
IMPRESSIVE STATEMENT
Silver Cross and Red Cross
Wears Well Together.
BY Mrs. j. l.. GILLESPIE.
L InnInr nf L ;nm,n nnmnhInrN


"Chautauqua" IS the next big drive
to be put on in Lehore county by the
Kings Daughters, which viz be held
in Greenwood on June 6-l0
Our country's need is urgent and
carry on means that the great work
must go or--no matter who fails, falls
suffers 1t means the cause -
greater than any one enlisted in the
cause. 1t means that every individual
must do his or her part and fulfill his
share in the victory for which we
are fighting.
The work Of the Kings Daughters
must be carried on. That for which
the order has stood for in time Of
peace is doubly needed now in time
of war. The service in II S name
was never SO real as now. Sympathy
and charity never called SO !oud
feel rue that the good and gen
ters will do all they are asked to do
and thus do their part in helping
make the chautauqua a success. Be
cause the demand and need for funds
has never parallelled the present in
stance. Our new hospital must be
supported and maintained We must
not neglect our Kings Daughters
work in caring for tine destitute and
sick and needy i'll our midst.
! Wear Silver Cross and the
Red Cross Tog ether.
In addition we will need our coun-
try's call to service.
We can wear the silver cross ard
the red cross together and thus faith
fully sew, knit and fold as well as sell
chautauqua tickets "m His name"
| We must be busy
An idle parsoB- paye no G&tler Who
| it is, man or woman, rich or poor
is a Stacker.
So. let the Kings Daughters say;
81 can do more; | can be more; be-
cause the call has come for me to
"carry on"
Ifeel sure that the good and gen
erous people of Greenwood and Le-
fore county will keep up their repu-
tation and help the Kings Daughters
go cover the top"
The program Of the chautauqua Is
an unusually interesting one. Great
ing and sustaining as it does, sound,
patriotic public feeling--thus helping
the country's cause. President Will
son said "The work that chautauqua
is doing has not lost importance be-
cause of war, but rather has gained
new opportunities for service" Do
not fail in the support of patriotic
institution.
You need the recreation and inspi-
ration. The Kings Daughters need
the money. Make chautauqua great
week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

"And all Of this work has beer
quietly gong on Gen. kcesler said
we have not been blowing so much
about what we intended to do. With
other counties in the state loudly as
seting that their quota was raised
the first day, Leilcre mas gone aheac
with its perfect organization and
raised an amount which will double
The minimum allotment to the coun'
.ty'
l. has been noted that the entire
state has been entirely wrapped up
in their work and many counties have
tbeo,j2aI their campaign on promis,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22


These men are the pick of Battery
E This statement, OF course, excludes
6u, sergeants and corporals, who were
not piyen an opportunity to get in on
tbs "good thing" as well as it does
tbe men who arc already in France
from this organization. No doubt we
iii come out victorious. We are
GOOD men physically" and are glad
10 do our bit in France.
1t looks little bit hard for us to
haze to 20 over in "a strange country
and fight, but we know it is our duty
to 90. and when we look at ii in that
way, we are only too glad to go.
NE all send our best regards to the
good people Of Greenwood and Lehore
county and hope some day to return
10 you safe and sound.
The list of the volunteers follows:
CNota-When names of the men
only are given, their addresses left
of, it indicates that these are from
GreenWOod.)
GORDON MINTYRE.
JOHN f. TURNER.
ED, H. MAGRUDER Y,azoo City.
/. c. OVERLY, Moorhead.
V. +. WOOLARD, Oxford
". j. CHRISTENSEN, Sidon.
JACK L. WILSON.
c. W WATSON, Avalon
Il. c. DEMPSEY, Doddsville.
I. Z, LOVE, Sunfower.
H, B. DAVIDSON, Yazoo City.
j, ]. SMITH, Heathman.
PERCY DOSTER, Blaine.
b. L. SMITH, Pickens.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
9 Killed; go Hurt
In Iowa Tornado
Asscriated pYesF

rlEGM0IsEs, May 22-N!se we're
killed end more than sixty injured in
D lorna 10 in central Iowa iate vostar-
dsg. The property damaec !2 ~
tlr1ated . the acess of si00Ge9 The
towns Of Boone and Newton suffered
the most damage.
Later advices indicated that nearly
a score were killed and hundred in
iured. The properly damaged ~ es-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
The WilsOn-Senate
Breach Cleared BY
A New Resolution
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, May 22 With less
than two minutes of debate the
threatened breach between President
Wilson and the Senate disappeared
today when by voice vote an ac-
ceptable substitute was adopted in the
place Of the Chamberlain resolution,
which the President contended was
nothing less than proposal 10 con-
stitute the Military Affairs Commit
tee committee conduct of the war.
The substitute eliminates entirely
the proposed authority for the sub
committee to sit during the recess
of Congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
FARMERS OFF TO
CAMP ON 18th
Eleven From LefUrc County All That
Can Be Supplied on Call For
Seventeen Men.

Answering a call from the War De
partment for seventeen white men,
eleven farmers, who had been TEN
porary deferred to work on the farm,
are the only remaining members OF
class one to make the trip. These men
are to leave for Camp Pike, Ark, 2:3O
o'clock May 25th.
The quota is made up Of the follow
ing: Cicero F, Chandler, Grover c.
Watson, Wister Phillips, Wesley
Crowel, K. S. Afford, Walter Poe
John Lloyd, Frank Davis, Robt. Pin
kerton, Jim +. Paterson, j. |. Adei'
man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
HOUSE LOST IN
FLAMES TODAY
Residence Owned by Mr.. Gid Mont
Joy, Occupied by Messrs. Car
outhers, Wilson, Burns.

The residence of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
A. Carouthers and Mr. and Mrs. W.
c. Wilson, east Market street, owned
by Mr.. Gid Montjoy, ST., was destroy
ed by fire at 2:30 o'clock Monday
morning. The origin Of the destruc-
tive blaze has not been discovered
The alarm was given after the dwell
ing was practically destroyed and II
was only through the efficient work OF
the fire-fighters that the adjacent
buildings were saved.
The house was insured for $1,000
Mr.. Carouthers had his furniture IN
sured for $500. The Wilson furnl-
ture was uninsured.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
LeHOre Drive viii
Total Sum $4,000
Every Organization Every Individual Every Institution eore County
Working Mammoth Campaign To Put LeOre in
Proper Place With Other Generous Pariots-Mrs
Watkins Speaks Tonight

it
tUm 0
thousand
in o
the gan
$4,000 be-
rAl Ln l the conL "n the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

very Appealing and comn'ehdao"
manner he paid tribute to me work
of the Red Cross and made a snosiAn-
tRl plea for monetary assistance 70
the work during this campaign, ~
the end OF his briet taiA' Ih' mouse
rang with applause for the speaker
What Soldier Says.
NV Urprv u,ffmor has received
4hn follnvhrg letter from, his brother.
Cnrn Fred Hoffman. ffb company,
2rL Tr Rn IG2nd Dpnot brigade.
Camn pike. Ark..
~ yon ,pn giya ANYTHING In ihc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
BRI7ISHERS
RAIDFOE.G GET
men. GUNS
British Raid Enemy
Trenches At Two
Points.
FLYERS GET
1000 PLANES
Americans Deliver Sc
we're Gas Attack.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
l NFRANCE, May 22-American ar
tillery northwest Of Toul this morn
ing launched terrific local gas at
tack upon German positions and can
comments in Gerenchamp wood. A Sc
we're punishment was inflicted unon
the enemy. Many Germans were
sleeping in the wood at the time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
w. p. KimbrOugh Is
Named as Food Chief

According to an announcement
from F. Herr, county food administra-
tor Of Lufore county, Z. s. Food Ad-
ministration has appointed Mr.. W
p. Kimbrough, Of Itta Bena as as
sistant food administrator for Lee
fore county, with full authority to ad'
minister the regulations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
New Note Handed
u. s. BY the Dutch

WASHINGTON Uay ga sup
y araautar1 note oi protest s-sirst
tAe British ard American seizure Of
putch shipping has been banded ssc'
retary Lansing by the Dutch iegatloa.
TIE note cortends that the United
States explanation does not answer
the original objections Of the Dutch
government
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
u. s. Cargo Boat
Sunk by the Enemy

WASHINGTON. May 20 - The
American cargo carrier. J. G. Nc
Cullough has been sunk by mine or
torpedoed on foreign waters, the Navy
Department has been advised It
was reported that all hands, except
Engineer Daughtry saved.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
PARIS RAID FAILS.
Associated Press

PARIS, May 22--German aviatora
last night made Intellectual attempts
to raid Paris. Three persons were
killed and several were wounded on
the outskirts Of the city. But none
of the raiders reached Paris. One
German plane was brought down ir
flames.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
Grants Statue Is
Unveiled in State

EICKsBURG Mics, May 22--5
bronze statute of General Y s. Grant
was unveiled here today with appro-
pirate ceremony II is placed IN the
National Park and IL considered
rare likeness Of the Union leader,
The statute was designed by F. D.
Hiboard.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
MARTIAL Law IN BOHEMIA.

LONDON, May 2Z-~WartlaI
law has been proclaimed in BO-
hemia in consequence TO popular
excesses.v Many persons have
been imprisoned, according TO
Berne dispatch to the Daily Mail,
quoting SIoyenski Parod.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
BUDDIFS TAKE TWO HUNS.
Assnniatnh Irpse

WASHINGTON, May 22-Persh-
ing has reported to the War Depart
nonts the details Of the patrol raid
oMnday NIGHT by the American troops,
which resulted in the capture of two
Germans. There We're no American
casualties.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
8 Miners Caught
Behind Fire Wall

Associated Press
CHARLESTON, w. Va, May %
Nine miners caught behind a wall Of
fire, when the main entry of the Mill
Greek Camel Coal Co. mine at Villa
burst into flames from an undeter-
mined cause Monday, we're found dead
this morning.
The bodies Of four others were re.
covered Yesterday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
3 Men Lost When
Sub Gets us. Tanker

WASHINGTON, May 22--The
Navy Department announces that
three men were lost in the sinking Of
the American tanker, "William Rookie
feller, which was torpedoed in Europ-
can water May 18. Eleven officers
and sixty-one men landed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
GREENWOOD OBSERVATIONS
For Tuesday. MAY %. 1918.

Temperature-Highest, "a degrees;
lowest SO degrees. At z a. m. 10 de-
grees. No precipitation. River gage,
/ feet, 8 inches. Change in "a hours,
Z. (Miss) Annie Long Stephen,
Observer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
LOCAL MEN ARE IN
GREAT SPIRITS OVER
JOURNEY TORRANCE
Munson Waugh Sends Names of Those Heroes
Who Have Volunteered to Cross Seas to
Answer Democracy's Call
By MUNSON WAUGH.

QUARANTINE CAMP, Camp Beauregard La. Friday
ny Commonwealth Special mo doubt you people back
Greenwood are know what boys of Battery 60
inc to France And have nothing to do these days but sit
bnd this barbedwre fence by which encirced and in
known as the quarantine camp where sleep and
Inst wait for the time to for the pond thought
d send you list of the boys the organization who
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
IL IL MILE ADVANCE MADE.
Associated Press

PARIS, Msy 2O-French and
Italian troops have made an ad'
vance of twelve and a half miles
on the western end of the Mac
edonia front, the war ohice an
nounced last night.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

4 4 # = y = !: i !; i 4 =
MISSJSSIPPI--Fair today and
Thursday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
ENSIGN POTTER KILLED.

WASHINGTON, May ga dis
patch to the Committee ON Public In
Formation reports that Ensign Steph-
en- Potter, of the Naval Reserves, was
killed while fighting seven enemy air
planes in the North Sea on April Is.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

I. i 4 i T. 4 4. T. i !. I. 4. 4. + 4 T. !
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 22--The
casualty list for men in overseas
service for today follows:
Killed in action, 3.
Died of wounds, 2.
Died of disease, 2.
Wounded severely, 3S.
Wounded slightly, 3.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
ARTILLERY FIGHT VIOLENT.

HNsUTFdIVV T ItH9
PARIS, May 22--The war office an
nounces that artillery fighting last
night southeast of Amiens was most
violent,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22

Believe no story you hear Of bad
conditions among our soldiers until
certain 1t is not fathered by pro-
German.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
CUICACO GRAIN MARKETS.

Closed Z TO Oh dOWH
New Orleans Spots 29.00-25 off.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1918-05-22
THE MARKETS.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARK EFT

Closed b5 to VI down
New York Spots 25.70--49 off.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-12-26
Administrator s Notice of Sale of
Real and Personal Estate.

BY virtue of AN order of the
probate court, made on the l4th
day of December. 1918, | will, in
obedience 10 said order, on or al
ter the 4ih day OF January, 1919,
next, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said
day, in the town of Nezperce,
county of Lewis. state of Idaho,
sell at private sale all the inter-
est of James Miner. deceased, in
and TO a certain lot or tract of
land. described as follows:
Lot Ii, block IS, in the original
town OF Nezperce, Idaho; also the
following personal property: One
$50 Liberty bond. Photographic
equipment and supplies, personal
effects and miscellaneous proper.
~ of decedent.
Terms of sale: Cash. The ad-
ministrator reserves the right TO
reject any and all bids.
1913 w. II. Emerson, Adm r.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-12-26
IN THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS
Writer Let's Memory Go Back to
Times When Fourth Of July Was
"Fittinoiy" Celebrated.

On the third Of July--a quarter
century ago-mother said we might
sleep in the barn. We called it
sleep-though that wasn't the
proper word. We lay in the straw
and whispered-and perspired- and
counted our frecrackers. We'd
bought 'em with the proceeds of the
sale Of old iron and rubber. Iron
was half-cent pound-rubber was
two cents a pound. We arose and
sneaked out of the hay-literally--
an hour before midnight. We met
on the village green. The 1860 cam
non was there-being loaded. Two
OF us we're assigned TO each church
and schoolhouse. We broke into
those sacred edifices-they were
scary places at midnight-and stood
by the bell ropes. The cannon went
off at twelye-and We started ring
ing. All the adults in town tossed
and swore till dawn-for we spelled
one another, and the joyous peal was
not interrupted. The village select
men said they would call a meeting
on the fifth and take action TO bring
the perpetrators Of this high-handed
outrage to justice. But they never
did.
It's all over, now. Yesterday we
slept later than usual. Everything |
was so quiet Exchange.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-12-26
POINTS THE WAY
The Statement Of This Moscow Res
ident viii interest Our Readers.

Our neighboring town. MOSCOW
points the way in the words OF one
OF it's most respected residents:
Mrs. r. F. Bailey, 14s n. Asbury
St.. MOSCOW, Idaho. says: There Il
nothing better for kidney trouble
than Doan's Kidney Pills have
great faith in them because ! re-
ceiyed good results when ! took them
When / lived back east, ! suffered
with my kidneys. Ny back was al
ways weak and lame and ached so
much at times I could hardly keep
up. / had dizzy spells and felt
drowsy, too. As Doan's Kidney Pills
had been used in the family with
good results took some and they
soon cured me. ! don't have any
kidney trouble now"
Price COO, al all dealers. Don't
Simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills - the same that
Mrs Bailey had. Foster Mburn
Co. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y.