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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
THE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
BY Herbert Quick

The farmer everywhere loves
peace. The American farmer espe-
cially loves peace. Since the dawn Of
history, the farmer has been the man
who suffered most from war. ALI that
he possesses lies out of doors in plain
sight and is spoil Of war--his house,
his grain, his livestock. The flames
that light the skies In the rear Of
every invading army are consuming
the things that yesterday represented
his life work, and the life labors Of
past generations of farmers.
Everywhere the farmer is a warrior
when war is the only thing which will
make and keep him free. He cannot
rally to the colors as quickly as can
the jewellers in the cities, because IL
takes longer to send to the farms the
call to arms. II takes longer to call
the farmers from the fields than the
city jewellers from the shops. Many
do not hear the first blast of the
trumpet Others do not at first under
stand its meaning because they have
not had the time to talk the matter
over with their acquaintance. Instead
of reading half dozen extras a day,
the farmer may read weekly papers
only. He must have more time in a
sudden emergency to make up his
mind.
1t is impossible to set the farmers
of the United States on fire by means
of any sudden spark of rumor. But
when they do ignite, they burn with
o slow, hot fire which nothing can put
out. They are sometimes the last to
heat up; but they stay hot. In long
fight they are always found sturdily
carrying the battle across No-Man's
Land in the last grim struggle. The
American farmer will give all that he
has and all that he is to win this
great war against war.
This war was at first hard to under
stand. No armed foe had rvaded the
United States. The night skies were
not Redeemed by burning ricks and
farm houses. No raiding parties
robbed us Of our cattle or horses. No
saber-rattlers insulted our women. It
seemed to many Of US that we were
not at war-the thing was so far of.
We did not realize what a giant war
had become-a monster with a thou
sand arms that could reach across the
seas and take from us three-fourths Of
everything we grew. But finally we
saw that it was so.
If the Imperial German government
had made and enforced an order that
no American farmer should leave his
This is the first of three articles. T
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

own land, haul grain OF drive stock
to town, II would have done only a
little more than IL accomplished by
its interdict against the freedom Of the
sea. What was the order against
which we rebelled when we went In
to this war? Look at the condition OF
the American farmer In the latter
part Of 1914 and the hrst half Of 1915
and see.
When the war broke out, through
surprise and panic we partially gave
up for while the use Of the sea as
highway. And the farmers OF
America faced ruin. l know an Iowa
farmer who sold his 1914 crop Of 26,.
900 bushels OF wheat for seventy cents
bushel. Farmers in the south sold
their cotton for half the cost of pro
ducing it. All this time those por-
lions of the world whose ports were
open were ready 10 pay almost any
price for our products. When finally
we set our ships in motion once more,
prosperity returned to the farms. But
it never returned for the farmers Of
from ocean traffic.
Take the case of Australia. There
three crops have remained unsold on
the farms. No ships could be spared
to make the long voyage to Australia
So in spite Of the efforts Of the gov
eminent to save the farmers from
ruin, grain has rotted in the open.
Millions of tons have been lost for
lack Of q market
Such conditions spell irretrievable
disaster. Such conditions would have
prevailed in this country from the out
break Of the war until now il our
government had not first resisted with
every diplomatic weapon, and finally
drawn the sword.
Why did we draw the sword? To
keep up the price Of wheat and cot
ton, and to protect trade only? II
someone should order you to remain
on your farm, and not to use the pub
lie highways, would your resistance
be based only on the fear Of loss in
profits from failure to market your
crops? BY no means! You would fight
20 the last gasp! Not to make money,
but to be free!
When a man is enslaved, all he
loses in money is his wages. But the
white man has never been able to &C
cept slavery. He has never yet been
successfully enslaved. There rises up
in him against servitude a resentment
so terrible that death always in
preferable.
e second TO be published next ,yeekO
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

roads to withstand any loads but
the cost would be enormous and it
is considered more economical to
build roads to carry reasonable
loads. Inasmuch as the roads are
the peoples property they should
not be disposed to destroy their own
property. The 1918 session of the
Legislature has passed a law which
limits the load that can be hauled
on any kind of vehicle. 1t is prac-
tically the same law that is in eff
feet in all states that have laws on
the subject. No one is required to
purchase a new wagon but simply
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
SOAP RATI0NlNG
IN NETHERLANDS

By agreement between the gov
eminent and the soap manufactur-
ers, all sale of soap from the fac
tories has been temporarily sus-
pended. Meanwhile arrangements
are being made to standardize the
national production of soap in or
der to husband the supplies. There
will probably be henceforth only
three STANDARD" soaps available,
a soft soap, toilet soap and a
high grade soap for medical uses
only. The new products will be sold
at fixed prices, and dealers will
"ration" customers to prevent
boarding.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

Above four inches add 400
pounds for each quarter of an inch
in width of tire.
1t is easily seen that more pres
sure is allowed than is produced
by II ton road roller in building
the road.
The bill also limits to 800 lbs.
per inch width of tire the amount
that can be hauled on motor trucks
equipped with rubber tires. AS an
example, if a motor truck is equip
ped with tires five inches wide,
10000 pounds could be hauled in
Guiding the weight Of the truck
More is allowed on rubber tires
than ON steel tires because rubber
tires being more or less soft are
not so destructive provided the We
hicle is not driven too fast. The
law also specifies that trucks can
not be operated at a greater speed
than Is miles per hour and when
the weight is in excess of the six
tons the speed must be reduced to
eight miles per hour with iron tires
and ~ miles per hour with rubber
tires.
The speed of automobiles shall
not exceed 20 miles per hour.
Persons violating any Of the pro-
visions Of the Act are subject to a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09


fine Of not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000 and it is the duty
of the Courts and all Peace Off
GERS to enforce the law and when
the officials, when properly inform
ed, fail to enforce the law they are
subject to a fine of not less than
$4,000 nor more than 800.
All fines go to the credit of the
road fund in the county or the
street fund in the city or village de-
pending upon where the offense is
committed.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
THE NEW LOAD LIMIT LAW

(By Rodman Wiley COMMISSIONER
For years the people have been
complaining about the destructive
agency of automobiles on Public
Highways yet very little thought
was given to the fact that heavy
loads on narrow steel tired We
hicles do more damage than motor
vehicles.
Practically every state in the
Union that has any roads has laws
regulating the weight that can be
hauled on certain width of tires.
Engineers can design and build
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
ERROR IN PROGRAM

A number Of the programs pass
ed out Saturday by the Tabb Thea
ire were dated April 18th, when
same should have been dated April
Sth. If your program is dated the
18th, please remember the correct
date is April Sth. An especially
strong program has been arranged
for this week.
W. S. S.
The Advocate Tor nrintinP
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

to limit the loads hauled on the
wagons they now possess.
On wagons the following amounts
can be hauled depending on the
width of tire. The amount includes
the load and also the weight of the
vehicle:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
w. s. s.

If Secretary Baker had had any
idea he would ever want to run for
office, he should not have permitted
the report to get past the censor
that he hid in a winecellar in France
during an aerial bombardment. At
least he should have had creditable
witnesses to smell his breath when
he emerged.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

Mr.. John P. Cline, who had the
little finger on his left hand severe
ly cut by glass while fighting the
Traders National Bank fire several
weeks ago, had same>removed at a
Lexington hospital Monday. He is
reported as having stood the ordeal
well and is getting along nicely.
w. S. s.
The Advocate islands for Good
Printing"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
ELECTED PRINCIPAL

Miss Virgie Mcclure, daughter of
j. E. Mcclure and granddaughter of
William Sledd, of this city, has been
elected principal of the Cynthiana
High School for the remainder of
the present school term and for the
coming year. Miss Mcclure is
graduate of the Cord school here
and the University of Kentucky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
The Human Factors
In Good Service

There are three parties to every tele-
phone conversation-the party calling,
the trained operator, and the party who
answers All three share alike the respon-
sibilty for quick and accurate telephone
service.
The calling party should give the cor
rect number in distinct voice, speak
ing directly into the transmitter, and
wait at the telephone until the party an
swerS or the operator reports. The called
party should answer promptly.
Patience on the part of the telephone
user and the telephone operator is also es-
sential to good service.
When yoH TslebbOns-Smils
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE M1M
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY g @ u
incorporated 10y
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
w. S. S.

The Kaiser is said to be dill
gent student of the career of Ma
poleon. There are a few incidents
toward the close of that career that
are not calculated to give william
any great amount of satisfaction if
he would emulate the little Corsican.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

This paper wishes it understood
that it welcomes spring poetry, and
can not secure too much of it. We
intend to start in time to lay in our
winter fuel.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09

The Advocate Tor printing
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-04-09
HAS FINGER REMOVED

the of to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Snyder Holds Up Pay;
Charges Duplication

Charging that he is trying to co.,
lect pay for work in two departments
on Capitol Hill and is not now ac-
tually employed in either. Auditor
General Charles A Snyder to-day
held up the salary warrants of Jo-
seph A. SHELTON, Jr., of Montgomery
county, for pay as u state factory in
spector and rs an extra clerk in the
Insurance Department during the
last two weeks of March.
The Auditor General says that
SHELTON is an inexperienced man and
was appointed factory inspector in
place of Il. Frank Roller. of Rogers
ford. an inspector of experience, at a
salary of 81, 500 a year, although Rol-
Ter received only $500. and that
shortly thereafter he was hired as an
extra clerk in the Insurance Depart
ment by Commissioner Amber. Az
terward he was transferred entirely
from the factory inspection bureau
of the State Department of Labor
and Industry to the Insurance De-
partment, but notwithstanding war
rants for pay for the last half of
March have been presented in his
favor by both departments at the
rate of $1,000 year each.
Mr.. Snyder says he understands
that Skepton is not now working at
the Capitol, but is engaged eXclu-
sively at the Amber campaign head
quarters in Norristown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
FRUITING GIVES WAYTO
GRIM NECESSITIES OF WAE
Safer and Easier to Eat Radish Is Only Solace of Many
Bredkfasters Soon to Feel Shipping Shortage

My breakfast is not what it was
In. days before the war.
They've Hooverized the grapefruit;
Can't get it any more.
That's the situation. No room in
the ships for the big, juicy breakfast
fruit. Sad? Rather. Greatest of
indoor sports, was grape-fruiting
Do YOU remember how you struggled
with the first one to eat it with a
spoon and without n macintosh.
Nevertheless, grapefruit became
popular. So popular that the res
taurants had the nerve to charge
10 cents for half one; many hotels
soaked you twenty-five cents.
You may still have "A pineapple or
banana. but who the Sam Hill wants
a banana for eye opener! These do
not come under the embargo on
Cuba shipments. Take up nearly as
much room as a grapefruit, too. and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Ratification Committee to
Endorse Candidates

Candidates for the Legislature in
Dauphin county will be discussed at
meeting of the Dauphin County
Ratification Committee in the Anti
Saloon League headquarters, Dauphin
building, tomorrow afternoon at .
o'clock. 1t is understood that def
mite action will be taken regarding
endorsement of candidates at this
meeting. Those aspirants for the
Legislature who have declined or
neglected to state their position on
the proposed prohibition amendment
will likely fall outside the breast
works so far as any endorsement is
concerned.
Previous TO the meeting there will
be a luncheon for members of the
committee at 1915 o'clock at the Y.
NJ. c. A. building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
SCHOOL BOARD TO STUDY
RIVERSIDE SITUATION

a special committee of the School
Board will be appointed at the meet
ing tomorrow for the purpose of
comforting with the Susquehanna
township authorities on the anneXa-
ton of Riverside and the addition of
the school to the Harrisburg district
While Riverside was formally add
cd to the city early in the fall becom-
ing the Fourteenth ward, the schools
in that district will not come under
the jurisdiction of the local board
until this July. All arrangements for
taking over the schools and continu-
ing them in September, will be made
during the summer months. AL
though no meeting has been held by
the old teachers committee to act
on the demand for salary increases
presented by teachers, according to
reports, it is likely the question will
be discussed tomorrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Red Cross Gets $3.50 From
Lecture and Auction Bridge

The sum of $3.50 was turned in to
Red Cross headquarters this morning
by Mrs. James I. Chamberlain as the
proceeds OF lecture at the Civic
Club and an auction bridge tourna-
ment at the Executive Mansion sew
eral weeks ago. The money was ap-
propriated TO the home service sec
tion of the Harrisburg Chapter.
American Red Cross. The sum rep
resented the entire proceeds of the
two events, since there were no eX-
penses. The services of Milton c
Work. prominent bridge expert. were
contributed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Church Council Reorganizes
at St. Matthews Lutheran

Reorganization of the council of
the st. Matthew's Lutheran Church
took place at a meeting held Monday
night. These officers were elected
for the coming year:
President, G. A, Martz; recording
secretary, Albert E Burkholder;
financial secretary. Harry webb;
treasurer. l.. l. Zimmerman.
The council at present is made up
of the following members. all of
whom were elected at recent con-
gregational meeting: Trustees, w,
II. Runk and G. +. Shelter; elders, G.
A. Martz and w. II. Jacobs; deacons,
j. $. High. 4. Il. Burkholder, NJ. j.
Davis, Harry Webb. W. G.. Stretch, ].
S Bittinger, a. Householder. E. L.
Zimmerman and the Rev. f. f. sny-
der pastor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
SCHWAB WOULD
QUIT AS STEEL
HEAD TO SERVE
Tells Shipping Board of Will
!. ingness to Resign Beth
lehem Connections

Washington. April 1S.-Charles
NJ. Schwab has told the Shipping
Board that he is willing to resign
his Bethlehem Steel connections if
necessary to undertake the work of
director general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
Officials of the board do not be-
lieve it will be necessary for Mr..
Schwab to make such a sacrifice.
They have pointed out that he would
have nothing to do with the letting
of contracts, and that in addition.
virtually every yard in the United
States already had all the contracts
it could fill until 1920. The yards
which Mr.. Schwab controls are en-
gagged almost exclusively on work
for the navy.
Mr.. Schwah was TO confer here
to-day with Charles Piez, vice-presi-
dent of the Fleet Corporation, to
familiarize himself with the status
of the work.
Nation May Cali Grace
1t is said that the services of
President Grace, of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, will be Communicated
by the government TO assist in the
management of the Fleet Corpora
ton.
With these two men at work there
gram of theshrdII-ylUetao
is no doubt that there will be a
speeding-up in the shipbuilding pro-
gram of the nation and a concen-
tration OF energy where it will pro-
duce the greatest results.
Tonnage rather than numbers of
ships is sought by the Shipping
Board in making plans for a con.
tinuance of its work next year. Ere
quent conferences are held to de-
eide the kind of ships needed to help
win the war, and how the greatest
amount of tonnage may be obtained
from them
In the future, now that the gen.
eral building program is we'll under
way. all contracts let will be based
on the needs and approval of the
operating department. so that not
TOO many ships of any one kind will
he constructed to the detriment of
tank steamships, refrigerator ships
and other specia TYPES Especial at
tention is being given to the build
ing of vessels which can be used
ice. All ships built will be ct 5000
tons or more. in accordance with
the announced policy of abandoning
the Uneconomical S500-ton vessel.
Schwab TO Be Unfettered
The feeling in Washington is that
Mr.. Schwah must be given free rein
10 accomplish the great things ex-
recied of him. Many men OF largo
constructive talents have found
themselves fettered by lack of
authority in undertaking govern
ment work. Mr.. Schwabs greatest
achievements have been in an or
ganization of which he is the master
Freedom of action has been the
condition under which he has oper-
ated and it is felt that he will de-
mand free hand here and will re-
Ceive il.
NO forecast of changes which NAV
he made in the shipbuilding organ
lzation can be made at this time with
and degree of certainty. 1t is felt
that Mr.. Schwab will get the re-
suits at whatever cost and that all
instructions to complete success will
be removed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Coat Of Tar and Feathers
For Unpatriotic Major

santa Fe. n. NJ. April 1S.--Four
hundred convicts in the state peni-
tentiary tarred and feathered Mai jor
John NJ. Birkner of Camp Cody, Dem
ing. n. NJ, federal prisoner, and
then led him about the prison with
rope around his neck He is
charged with violation of the espion-
age act.
Birkner was allowed in the prison
yard for exercise with the 400 con-
Victs. The warden knew nothing OF
what was going on until he heard
loud cheering and rushed out in the
yard to find Birkner stripped and
covered with tar and feathers. The
prisoners, with loud boots. were lead
ing him about the yard by rope
around his neck
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
17,416,303 Catholics
Listed by New Directory

New York. April 1S.-There are H.
il6,303 Catholics in the United States
mot including island possessions).
according to the 1918 edition of
The Official Catholic Directory, pub
lished and copyrighted by p. ]. Ken
nedy & Sons. OF Barclay street. New
York. and the net increase in the
number of Catholics for 1917 amounts
to $685. Fifty-nine dioceses and
archdiocese reported increases and
four showed decreases.
The total number under the protec-
tion of the stars and Stripes is Co.
266.642. New York state leads with
3.0SS. i06 and Pennsylvania is second
with 1.SS5,00 New Jersey ranks
sixth with 72S,0I3. Maryland, with
27S, 600, ranks fifteenth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
FOUR YORK COUNTY ROADS
FREE WHEN STATE BUYS

DE s2SSeL AaEc0 EFtSS
York, Pa, April 1S.-Four York
county turnpikes became free high
ways to-day when they were pur-
chased by the state and county on
fifty fifty basis. the consideration be-
ing SS6.930. The turnpikes trans
ferred were the Susquehanna and
York, York and Liverpool, York and
Gettysburg and York and Maryland
line. Travellers on the Lincoln high
way will no longer be compelled to
pay toll within the limits of this
county. The work of removing the
gates at the various tollhouses is to
begin tomorrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
Gen. Goethals Will Aid
Pershing in War Plans

Washington. April 1S.-In order
that he may concentrate all of his
organizing and executive ability
upon the single task of getting
troops and supplies to France in the
speediest possible manner, Major
General George W. Goethals. builder
of the Panama Canal. is to be re-
lieved of his duties as acting quar-
termaster general of the Army.
He will devote his entire time to
the work of the storage and traffic
DIVISION of the general staff. of
which he is the divisional head. and
which controls all Army shipments
to Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
PenbroOk to Attend
Big Patriotic Rally

The Liberty Bond sale in Penbrook
will be given an impetus tonight at
a patriotic meeting to be held to
stimulate interest in the Third Lib
erty Loan, Principal speakers at the
meeting will be Z. j. Stackpole. ed
itor-in-chief of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph, and the Rev. W. s. Herman,
pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church.
The meeting will be held at S
o'clock in the United Brethren
Church. All citizens of Penbrook and
vicinity have been urged TO be pres
ent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18

YOU ask why; but that's another
story.
Government says we need all the
space in steamers for sugar: further
more grapefruit takes plenty of
sweetening. The embargo starts to-
morrow. Try a radish.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
ARRESTED FOR THEFT

Edgar II. Myers was arrested by De-
tectives Murnane and Shuler. last
night. for the alleged theft of a
watch and pair OF shoes. Ii is said NV
police thta he stole them from an
Italian. whose name the police did
not secure. He will receive a pre-
liminary hearing this afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-18
MISS JULIA MCCARTHY

Miss Julia Mccarthy, daughter Of
inc late Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan Nc
Carthy state and Cowden streets
Geiphia. The only survivor is Dennis
Aictarthy, former member of select
Council from the Eighth Ward mis-
city. now, resident of Philadelphia.
Hheral arrangements are in charge
of George II. Sourbier. funeral jirace
tor. Services viii be held SATURDAY
morning at ST Patrick's Cathedral
following the arrival of the q:O5 train
from Philadelphia over the PhiIadel-
phla and Reading Railway. Burial
VIII be made in Mt. Calvary Gene
tery.
Miss Mccarthy was 42 years of age.
and well known in this city. Her
parents Tor many years owned the
Mccarthy House at State and Cowden
streets.