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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
FORMS NEW U. S. AIR BODY
President Splits Aviation and Signal
Corps-Oraanizat Headed by
John D. Ryan.

Washington. May 22.-As his first
act under the new law permitting
executive management and CONSOLE
dalton of departments. President Will
son on Monday took production Of air
craft from the army signal corps and
established as a separate organization
the air-production board. beaded by
John y. Ryan of New York. This
leaves the signal corps Of the army a
separate organization.
Coils. S. y. Walden r. L. Mont
gomery and Edward A. Deeds, signal
corps, e. s. a. have been detached
from their present duties and ordered
TO report to the attorney general for
cooperation and assistance in the air
craft investigation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
APRIL SHIP LOSSES LOWER
Figures on British and Allied Shipping
Last Month Show Decrease of
Is Per Cent.

Washington. May 23.-Figures Of
British and allied shipping losses for
April show a decrease of % per cent
from the previous monthly average,
Acting Secretary of the N.vy Roose-
welt said. He ascribes the reduction In
stnkings to the increased activity of
the allied fleets, saying that the raids
on Ostend and Zeebrugge undoubtedly
win have an effect on the May ship
ping losses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
POWDER BLAST KILLS 200
Plant Of the Aetna Chemical Company
at oakdale. Pa, pestroyed-ln-
jured Hurled Half-Miie.

Pittsburgh. Pa, May 2t.-Prohably
200 men were killed on Saturday when
an explosion OF r. y. r. demolished the
plant Of the Aetna Chemical company
at Oakdale, on the Panhandle division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, l6 miles
from this city.
Coroner Samuel C. JamiSon ordered
q census Of the town In an effort to as
certain the number of persons killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
MEN n TO REGISTER JUNE 5
Male Persons, Whether Citizens or
Not, Must Appear Before Elk
emption Boards.

Washington. May 22.-Upon ap-
proving the act of congress bringing
under the army draft law all men at
tanning the age of twenty-one years
since the first registration day, June
2. 1917, President Wilson issued a
proclamation on Monday formally fix
ing next June : as the date for new
eIlgihles to appear before their local
boards.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
HUNS TO QUIT U-BoAT BASES
bruege and ostend Following
British Raids.

Berne. May 24.-German naval au-
thoritles are preparing to abandon Zee
brugge and Ostend as U-boat bases be-
cause OF the recent blockade effected
by British naval forces and the CON
slant harassing by British bombing
planes. according to information re-
ceived from Berlin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
TO LAUNCH SHIPS JULY d
Every Yard Asked to Speed Up Work
and Make Day Greatest
in History.

Washington, May 24.-Every ship
ward was asked to speed up and make
July 4 the greatest launching day in
history. Commissioner Colby and Iii
rector General Charles NJ. Schwab
will go to San Francisco to launch
nine ships.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
,ternes Men Escape Second Tim.

Chattanooga. Tenn, May 22.-Arn-
old Henkel, Jacob C. S. Bruer, Robert
Beese and William II. J. Wagner, en-
envy alien prisoners at the concentra-
ton camp near here, escaped and still
are at large. It is the second time
HenkeI and Wagner have broken from
the camp.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Drew charaeters Erom lie.

Thomas Hardy was once asked If he
had seen the most Of his characters in
real life, and he said that he had.
Tess once saw in the flesh" he said.
Il was walking along one evening and
a cart came along in which was seated
my beautiful heroine, who. l must con-
feSs, was urging her steed along with
rather unnecessary vehCnence Of Ian
guage. She coIoreG up very much
when she saw ne but-as n novelist
fell i'm love with her at once and
adopted her rs my heroine. Old Mr..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Eorty.Four kIIIed In london RaId-

London. May 24-The casualties in
Sunday nights air raid are given in a
supplemental statement issued here as
A killed and 119 injured. The king
and queen visited the bombed area on
Tuesday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

Washington, May 24.-An addition
M list Of lS men probably lost with
the naval collier CycloaS was received
by the navy department The an
nouncement said they had been trans
ferred from other ships 10 the Cyclops.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
MOB HANGS W0MAN'S SLAYER
Georgia Negro Is Taken From Jail and
Strung Up on Scene of
Crime.

Cordele. Ga. May 24.-James Cobb,
the negro. taken from the Jail here by
a mob shortly after midnight, was car
ried TO the scene where he attacked
and killed Mrs. Roy Simmons. seven
miles east of Cordele, and hanged.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

San Francisco, May 23.-Thomas ].
Mooney was resentenced to hang on
May 2S as a result of his conviction on
n iirst-degree murder charge growing
out of the bomb explosion, which killed
ten persons in 1916.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Send Australian Wheat

Melbourne, Australia, May 22.-In
response to request from the United
States, the commonwealth on Monday
afternoon decided to charter Ameri-
can vessels to carry wheat to the Unit
ed States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Auto In River; TMo Drown

Manitowoc. Wis. May 24.-Miss
Gretna Fetzer, a schoolteacher. daugh-
ter of Henry Fetzer, banker Of Sur
geon Bay, and Raymond Napledin xxi
of Manitowoc drowned when their au-
tomobile plunged into the river.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
captaIn Hall Alive in Enemy Hospital

With the American Army in LOr-
raine, France May 2S.-Capt. James
Norman Hall of Coifax. Ia. who was
brought down behind the German lines.
is alive in German hospital, it was
learned. He is wounded.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Freezing weather in North nakOta.

Fargo, n. n. May 22.-FreeZing tenn
peratures occurred I'm many sections OF
North Dakota, the mercury dropping
to so degrees at Devils Lake and Bis
marck. The extent of the damage
done cannot yet be estimated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Troop Train Is Wrecked

Texarkana, Ark. May 23-one sol
der is missing, IS We're injured. \. ].
McAllister, engineer, was killed when
a north-bound ST. Louis Southwestern
train was derailed by a broken angle
bar rear Garland, Ark.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
MexIcans XII U. S. Soldier

McCauen, Tex, May 22.-Sergt.
Herbert Ulrich of Kawkawlin. Mich.
was killed by a shot from across the
Mexican line near Hidalgo. Four
Mexicans were killed in the return fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
FIGHT OR WORK
is U. S. ORDER.
SPORTS ARE HIT
Baseball Players, Theater, Club
Employees and Gle. ks to
Get Rifles.
CROWDER IN DRASTIC EDICT
Sweeping Amendment to Selective
Service Regulations to Make Ma
tion Efficient in War May Solve
Great Labor Problems for
Farmers and Ship -,
builders.

Washington, May 24.-The war de-
partment issued a statement regarding
baseball players and other professional
>portsmen, which said: mo ruling as
TO whether baseball players or per-
sons engaged in golf, tennis or any
other sport come under the regulations
regarding idlers and nonessential pur-
suits will be made until a specific case
has been appealed TO the provost mar
shall generals office"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

Lake Charles. La. May 24.-Lieuts.
Latham Polk Of New York city and
Spencer Charles Williams of Buffalo
were killed AT Gerstner field when two
airplanes collided at an altitude of 3
coo feet. il was announced.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
U. S. Aets in car strlke.

Washington, May 24.-The Philadel-
pbia street car strike was taken up
by the national war labor board. Rep
resentativeS of the transportation
company. its employees and the emer-
gency feet corporation were present.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

Washington. May ga new worlds
rveting record-5.G20 in nine hours
was announced by the shipping board.
The new mark, beating the former fig
ures OF 4,S75. was made at Oakland
Cal, by Tom Horn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Three Killed In Tornado

Plaiuyille. Kan. May pa tornado
destroyed part of Codell. this county,
on Tuesday. Mrs. Walter Adams and
her baby were killed. A child Of Frank
Jones also was killed and two are re-
ported missing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
CHICAGO Club Gusts Germans.

Chicago, May 1S.-Eighteen alien
enemy employees were discharged by
the Chicago Athletic association in
pursuance of its policy of excluding
such aliens from the premises of the
club.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
U. S. AlrpIanes pestroyed.

San Francisco, May 23.-Fifty air
planes being constructed for the gov
eminent were destroyed here when six
buildings occupied by the Fowler Air
pIa7e corporation were burned. An
euelay plot is not suspected.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Iowa Contest Given to Scot.

Washington, May IA house cleo
tion committee. ia the contest OF T.
J. Steele against Representative
George {. Scott Of the Eleventh Iowa
district. reported Scott properly
elected.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
U. S. Men 70 Wear Foreian MedaIa.

Washington. May 22.-General Per
shing'S request that American soldiers
and sailors be permitted to accept and
wear foreign decorations granted by
cur allies was granted by the senats
10 q resolution adopted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

1t has been noticed that the ash tree
is very injurious to vegetation under
its shade, while scarcely any plant win
grow under a yew.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
NItro-starch Possibilities

Nitro-starch, more compact than the
allied nitro-cellulose or gun-cotton.
seems to promise great efficiency as a
blasting explosive.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
New Rule Is Sweeping.

''The new regulation will also affect
the following classes:
"(al Persons engaged in the serving
of food and drink, or either, in public
places, including hotels and social
clubs.
"(b) Passenger elevator operators
and attendants. doormen, footmen and
other attendants of clubs. hotels,
stores, apartment houses. office build
ings and bath houses.
"(c) Persons including ushers and
other attendants, engaged and occu-
pied in. and in connection with games,
sports and aInuSements. excepting act
ual performers in legitimate concerts,
operas or theatrical performances.
"(d) Persons employed in domestic
service.
~tel Sales CLERKS and other clerks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29
Natural Thouuht.

Isn't there some way for a cor
poratlon 10 monopolize the walking
and then put up the priceI-Kansas
City Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-05-29

Clare was a famous Dorsetshire parson
whose name is still loved in this neigh
borhood."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
FISH, FROG, TOAD SHOWERS
Infrequency Of Such Events More to
Be Wondered At Than Fact
That They Occur.

Probably the most remarkable thing
about the many reported showers Of
such objects as fish, frogs, toads and
the like is the skepticism with which
the accounts of these occurrences are
greeted. The wonder is, observes a
writer, not that they occur, but that
they are so infreQuent. Everybody has
seen the wind carry away, TO be de-
posted In parts unknown, such light
objects as leaves and scraps Of paper.
Everybody has also heard, at least, Of
the astonishing feats performed by tor
nadoes and hurricanes in transporting
much heavier articles.
For example, at Beauregard, Miss,
April %, 1888, the solid iron screw Of
a cotton press, weighing 675 pounds,
was carried 900 feet. On another oc-
casion a heneoop weighing 70 pounds
was transported four miles. In a tor
nado at Mount CARMEL, ILL.,, a piece
of tin roof was carried 10 miles and a
church spire II miles. What goes up
must come down. We know, from the
facts first cited that the fall Of so
light and common an object as frog,
for example, must happen rather fire.
quently In any part Of the world SUBJ
ject to high winds.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Ashanti Cocoa GROWING.

Cocoa growing is rapidly becoming
prominent industry in Ashanti, which
has hitherto been associated with
nameless horrors perpetrated by King
Prempeh, which necessitated repeated
punitive expeditions down to 1900, the
most famous being Lord WOlseley's
campaign through the trackless jungle
in 1894 Now the Gold Coast is the
largest exporter Of cocoa in the world.
and Ashanti supplies a very large pro-
portion. Archdeacon Morrison writes
from Kumassi: "In the last five years
Ashanti has made great strides in COM
mercial prosperity. This is owing to
cocoa. When the rubber boom came
to an end there was stagnation for a
short time, but cocoa has more than
taken its place. Ashanti makes an
ideal cocoa-growing country, and the
Industry is very suitable for the West
African, as 1t requires no great out
put of labor"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
WERE TWO GREAT STATESMEN
bismarck and cavour, Men Of the
Highest Genius and Most Profound
Diplomatic Skill.

AT nearly the same date the world
beheld an empire Of Germany and a
kingdom of Italy reviving the old glo-
ries of distant past and giving a ma
tional character and a national spirit
to millions who had long cherished a
common language and common habits
of life.
Two great statesmen were foremost
in the achievement of that splendid his
torical result, Bismarck In Germany,
Cavour In Italy, says the Youths Com
panion. Both were men OF the highest
genius, Of wide insight, of profound
diplomatic skill and of indisputable
patriotism. But their aims were total
ly different. Bismarck had no faith In
the people and sought to make an abb
solute empire on the medieval model
of fixed classes, each working in its
sphere for the good of the state, and
the whole eliminating in a God APP
pointed, God supported monarchy. Ca
YOUR, although he believed 1t best to
retain the monarchical form, worked
from the beginning to establish thor
oughly modern democracy; a govern
.ment that should be essentially Of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie.
Bismarck summed up his theory Of
government In the celebrated phrase
that power must be sustained "by blood
and IRON" Cavour said of himself In
a phrase far more deserving of ce-
lebrity, 81 am the child of liberty, and
to liberty I owe all that am" The
hearts of modern Germany and modern
Italy are disclosed in those two say
ings of their greatest sons, and we can
see today what different results are
produced by different teachings.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Poets and Politicians.

Recently elected a director Of the
North Eastern Railway company, Wis
count Grey Of Fallodon Is man Of
great personal charm, says London
Tit-Bits. He hates swank and often
displays an amiability which can
even tolerate a bore. He is said to be
the most cordial host that ever well
coined a guest.
A mystic and a poet at heart-he
has been accused of writing clever
verse under a nom de plume-he is a
politician by command and duty, for
1t was the late Mr.. Gladstone who in
sisted that with such brains he owed
Ii to his country to busy himself with
affairs Of state. Formerly he In
dulged In championship form at lawn
tennis; now he is the leading expo
nent of f1y-fishing In England.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Pretty BRIGHT Mule.

The farmer alleged a freight train
of the defendant company had hit one
of his mules.
"Now, Mr.. Jones'" said the attorney
for the corporation to the aggrieyed
party, who occupied the witness stand,
"will you kindly tell the court whether
or not your mule was on the track, the
property of the defendant, when hit
by the train?"
"Well, sir" replied Mr.. Jones, II
didn't witness the occurrence, but l
suppose things must have been about
as you say. This was a pretty bright
mule and / reckon 1t that train had
took out after him In the woods which
fringe the track there where he was
killed he would have got behind a
tree"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Ii You Have Amy News for this De-
partment, Call TWO-One-Five
or TwO-Seven
Heart of All the World

(Belgium)
Heart-struck she stands-Our Lady
of all Sorrow
Circled with ruin, sunk in deep
amaze;
Facing the shadow of her dark to-
morrow,
Mourning the glory of her yester-
days.
Yet is she queen by every royal token,
There where the storm of desola-
ton swirled;
Crowned only with the thorn-de-
spoiled and broken
Her kingdom is the heart of all the
world.
She made her breast a shield, her
sword a splendor,
She rose like flame upon the dark
ened ways;
So, through the anguish of her proud
surrender
Breaks the clear vision of undying
praise.
Marion Couthony Smith.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Conservation Kitchen

On account Of the meeting to be
held at the courthouse Thursday aft
ernoon there will be no demonstra-
ton at the conservation kitchen. Mrs.
Weaver urges all women to attend
the meeting instead as there will be
discussed the food situation both now
and the future. The men who will talk
are in position to know the condi-
ton of the South and what will be her
share in the food conservation work.
There will be a demonstration at
the kitchen on Friday morning at ten
o'clock. Go and take your housekeep-
ing problems; you can find help 70
solve them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

eral days visit to their cousin, Mrs.
7. R. Herndon. They expect TO spend
some time in Ocala and will go to
within a few days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

Mrs. Adela Lynn, son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. William Lynn and Miss Ada
Lynn of Bristol, Tenn, who have been
in Lakeland for some time, arrived in
Ocala yesterday afternoon for a sew
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Y. w. A..

The Y. W. A. OF the First Baptist
church held its regular monthly meet
ing at the home of Miss Minnie Lee
Carlisle, Tuesday evening, April End,
the subject discussed being Church
Building Loan Fund"
During the evening delicious re-
freshments were served by Miss Fan
ny Carlisle.
After the devotional meeting, it be-
ing the regular evening for the cleo
ton of officers, the following officers
were elected:
President-Miss Ola Sims.
Vice President-MissW Winnie Hunt.
Secretary-Miss Mary Gates.
Treasurer-Miss Mabel Atkins
The meeting adjourned to meet
again sometime in May.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

Continued on Fourth Page)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

Mrs. H. S. Chambers, who taught
school at Cotton Plant this winter,
returned to Ocala Friday, her school
term having closed that afternoon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

Mr. and Mrs. 2. C. Chambliss of
ocala, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Williams
of st. Petersburg, and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sims and Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Connel of Dade City, were here Satur-
day and Sunday in attendance at the
monthly meeting of the Primitive
Baptist church.-Plant City Courier.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Notice to Knitters

A shipment of Red Cross wool for
socks and sweaters, 25 pounds, arriv-
ed yesterday. Anyone desiring wool
is requested to call for it at the home
of Miss Frances Tarver, the temper
airy chairman of the wool committee.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Notice to Mothers

All patriotic mothers of sons twelvs
years of age or under are asked to
let them represent Uncle Sans navy
in the Liberty Loan Pageant TO be CIV
en- Saturday night, and to phone their
names as soon as possible to Mrs. B.
H. Seymore. The boys to take part
are requested to be on Mrs. Harvey
Clark's lawn on Fort King avenue 1.-THE
Bell Flat on Saturday evening, at
$50 o'clock. Forty boys are needed.
IF
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03
Temple News

Mrs. Duncan Macdonald will return
home this afternoon from Jackson
vile, where she has been visiting
friends since Saturday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-03

Mrs. w. H. Wilson, SON and two
little daughters, formerly of Little
Rock, who have been visiting Mrs.
Wilson's mother, Mrs. George Martin
and Mrs. S. F. Sanders for several
months, will leave this afternoon for
Triton, Ga, where they will reside in
the future, Mr.. Wilson having been
there for several months. They will
be accompanied as far as Jackson
vile by Mr.. George Martin Jr
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-06

and the Briey-Longwy iron basin, to-
gether with the fortresses of verdun,
Tout and BeIfort and the intervening
territory;
Great Britain to give Germany back
her war feet and whatever naval
bases and coaling stations the latter
might designate;
Great Britain, France and the United
States TO pay all Germany's war ex-
penses. amounting TO no less than
s45, 00o, 600 ,O0o. and agree to an eco
nomic arrangement whereby they
would proceed at once 10 provide Ger
many with all the raw materials she
needed to insure her commercial SUI
premacy.
II il were now a question of a Ger
man peace, the Allies would be facing
some such prospect as this, only il
would be worse and there would be
more of it.
We have no great desire to do to
Germany all that she would like TO dc
to us and our Allies, even though she
is the aggressor and we are the
wronged parties. 1t is well, though
to study this German lesson, lest We
be oyer-generous.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-06
VEGETABLES GROWN
ON BROADWAY

Radishes worth 500 bunch! Car
rots at So piece! Cabbage at $25 a
head! War tine prices? No, indeed,
simply the real money value of vege-
tables grown on Broadway, New York.
Not that these vegetables are so much
better than those grown on Long Is
land, but because the plots on Broad
way bring such a high price.
Undoubtedly the most valuable war
garden in the United States, consider
ing the money value of the plot, is that
of the United States Junior Naval Re-
serve in front of their training station
on West 57th Street just off Broadway.
Active work on this garden began on
May Is. and it has flourished as well as
could be expected between the smell
of gasoline from the Broadway side
and the dry, artistic atmosphere of
Carnegie Hall nthe other side
Another war garden of value in New
York is the model garden in Bryant
Park, just back of the Public Library.
Here in an enclosure of wire are being
harvested corn, beets. potatoes, cab
cages, and other hardy vegetables.
Even poison ivy is trained in little
cage, marked with large skull-and-
bones sign.