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The Snowflake herald., 1918-11-22

,sa;3 y, l. Wiltbank, we'll known
bS S~vnt Of Eagar, was a visitor
'"O"Hake last Sunday.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-11-22

Geo. A. Gardner was a Hol-
brook visitor Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
PAPER MILLS WILL
 | BE PUT UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL
Bankhead Thinks Smith Bill Regulating Industry In-
 trOduced in the Senate Certain of Passage
nx HIGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, January -(SpeciaL)-The Senate is apparently convinced that manufacturers of print paper are plum derers. For it is apparent that the bill of Senator Smith of Arizona, putting such manufacturers and their plants un- der government control, will be enacted into law.
 '"The sentiment of the Senate" said Senator Bankhead, ''favors the passage of the act. The bill will be called up at the first opportunity. I am convinced that under it's terms. the United States can put paper into the hands of pub fishers at great saving. This will be particularly true in the case of week. | lies and smaller dailies."
 TERMS OF BILL | The bill provides that the produc- tion Of manufacturers be acquired by the government and pooled for equitable distribution It provides that the cost shall be the cost of production plus the cost of distribution plus a reasonable
 profit. It is provided that if any pub l isher believes his cost excessive, ht
 shall pay 75 per cent of the bill. and su'
 the government for permanent adjust
 ment.
 | Senator Smiths committee on printing
 in reporting the bill, says in one para graph: "The findings of the fedora
 trade commission show. beyond any ques
 tion that the print paper industry, in it greed for excessive profits has i'm
 posed most unjust burden on the Amer can press. which faces serious d1sas
 ter unless relief can speedily be hal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

the ring at that time and stopping the ficht. Johnson became recognized gener- alIy as the technical heavyweight cham nion of the world. But Jenries stll was the ring champion. and was so re- rarded by the fight fans. Just the same Jeffries' retirement made Johnson prac- tically supreme as a heavyweight.
 Along in 1909 Johnson made tneatri- cal tour and included among his posters was a huge one which read:
 Jack Johnson. the pugilist that every white man is afraid to meet.
 This naturally stirred up sometnlne akin to racial enmity. The white figh' fans at once began looking around TOT man who, they figured, might have g chance to beat Johnson. But they couie find no active warrior who ranked 1T Johnson's class. There was only ons white fighter who was regarded as tns possible conaueror of the negro-and tha was Jim Jeffries.
 So the press and the public agitated Jeffries-Johnson fight. Every possible pressure was brought to bear upon Jef fries to re-enter the ring. For manl months the big Californian refused tt consider the proposition. He reiterated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

and the incidents leading. up to it that
 am going to tell the story as l know II.
 I feel that am in position to relate
 the real facts because for two months l
 was in Jeffries' camp and acted as one
 of his advisors.
 As everyone knows, Jeffries retired Tn 1905 after beating every formidable foe; not once but twice. Jeffries cleared the pugilistic horizon of every rival and when there was none left to give him battle he quit the ring. When he laid away
 his gloves in 1905 it was his firm resolve never to carry them again into profess sicnal prize ring. But fate ruled other wise.
 Some months after his retirement in 1905 Jeffries was called upon to referee a contest between Marvin Hart and Jack Root It took place on July of that year in Reno, Nev. Hart knocked out Root in the Twelfth round and after Je fries had declared Hart the winner he announced to the crowd that he was be- slowing his vacated title upon Hart. The ring rules do not permit champion to turn over his crown to another but the public generally approved Of Jen's ac- ton, and Hart became recognized as the champion. He retained the technical title until February 23, 1906, when Tommy Burns outpointed him in 2O-round de- l cjsion in Los Angeles. That made Burns the titeholder. and he remained as the | king of the heavyweight division until | he tried conclusions with Jack Joh1son | on Christmas day. 19oS
 | Johnson, then almost at his prime,
 met Burns in Sidney. Australia, defeated
 him in 14 rounds, the police Jumping into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
Get In There-Knock Elm Dead>
Famous Evnngelist)
 By BILLY SUNDAY

Did you ever pipe a ball player being sent up to the plate In plnch' gridiron athelete being hurrleo out from the side lines when the game was knotted up, or a scrapper being started for the center or the ring in a big bout?
 Did you ever hark to the aoVice they get from their teammates or trainers?
 The manager or the coach or the second does not chirp: "Now Harold, I wish you to oo your utmost"
 Or,
 "Archibald, I expect great things from your coming endeavor.'
 Or, .,. "Reginald. strive to conclude the axhibition as soon as possible"
 Nothing like that. They say:
 "Get in there! Kick 'em dead!
 And the boys starting for acton don,t get a kiss on the brow, but a hearty slap on the back, and that inc best encouragement a regular man can get. That's the way we should seno in our lads who are about to crash forward into the biggest game Tn the world. not looking for that kind Of stu1t.
 They're not children, and its not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

that he was tired of fighting, out of training. and that he had sufficient money to last him lifetime; that no matter how big the purse might be it could not lure him.
 But finally the folks began to play upon Jeff's pride in the white race. They pointed out that Jeff was the only man who had a chance to take the title from the negro. They implored, they begged, they beseeched. They told Jeff that it was up to him. And. in the end. Jeff fries gave his reluctant consent to go back into the ring and fight Just one more battle. A purse of slo1.00o was hung up for the battle. of which 50 per cent was to go to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser. In addition to this each fighter was guaranteed bonus of $l0,- 900. and each was assured of at least $50, 00o more through the medium of moving picture sales It was a tremendous sum -the biggest ever hung up in ring his tory-but it was not this that brought Jeffries back. It was only his desire to uphold the honor and the fighting ability of the white race by dethroning Jack Johnson.
 CTo be continued tomorrow.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

This is the first of three articles which Mir Corbett is writing concerning Jim Jeffries' defeat by Jack Johnson. The second instalment will appear tomorrow:
 The worst case of nerves" that ever afflicted an athlete-that is what sent Jim Jeffries down to defeat in his mem orable battle with Jack Johnson in Reno, New, in 1910, The oft repeated story that Jeffries was drugged before he went into the ring is bunk" There is no disputing the fact that Jeffries acted "dopey.' but it wasn't drugs that brought about that condition. It was the. abso- lute shattering of his nervous system.
 So many persons have written to me for the inside story of Jeffries. defeat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

Pulyerized limestone continues to be in favor as soil sweetner or fer tilizer, according to the United States geological survey. Since the figures of production were first compiled in 1911 the industry has steadily increased, and the output for 1916 of 1,O66,376 short tons, valued at s1,136,5S2, repre- sents a gain of 512 per cent in quan- tity and 460 per cent in value for the six years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

childs pastime they're going to en- gage in
 Impress them with the fact that it's up to them. and that we folks on the side lines are full of confidence that the lads will put it over.
 Send every soldier in with slap on the back. and loud, hearty.
 Knock 'em dead!'
 For that's -tae kind of boys they are-and that's what they're going to do when they get over there.
 Of course. you've all kicked in to the Red Cross, and the Y. M. c. A. and you've sent reading matter to records. and maybe you and your family have occasionally packed q box and shipped it to camp, You haven't? We'll, then, get busy.
 But you can do more. Put wise the individual soldier that you're behind him. whether you know him or not Talk to him on the street, or while you're strap-hanging in a troI ley or, if you run across him in business way. let him know that his old o. D. uniform makes him brother of every yanlS, even if you'v never lamped his map before You re | one of his seconds, and you've got an awful big bet down on the game hes | starting.
 Send him in with the good old slap | on the back!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07
from the oppressive prices now exacte for print paper"
 COLyER SAYS THUNDER"


 The committee quotes w. B. Colver. member of the federal trade commission. as follows. Early in January. the ma jority of publishers must make new con- tracts. There is every indication that they will be plundered."
 MT. Clover and other members of the commission readily agree that they are unable, without additional legislation, to cope with the situation. Prosecutions have up to the present time signally failed to solve the problem. Manufac- turers indicted and convicted are ap- parently willing. after long litigation, to pay fines which, in comparison with their profits, are infinitestima1. The commission urges the committee to in- sist on action of Congress. under which for the duration of the war the govern ment will control and direct paper manu- facturers.
 EDITORS GIVE ENDORSEMENT
 Newspaper men of the country have testified to the committee by a two to one vote that the bi should be enacted. In the beginning. they hesitated for fear of unjust and unreasonable censorship, and anxiety lest. because of expression of candid opinion, they would be denied their prorata share of paper under gov ernment distribution. Since then, how ever. the manufacturers have twisted the thumbscrews and owners and ed 1 itors have intimated a preference fol l control by government to control by greedy corporations.
 There Is little question but that de spite manufacturers opposition. the bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

will be enacted, and the great paper nils Of the country, like the railroads of the country, brought under direct control of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-07

builders the that II me  reliable who spending their
  market possible Only sand orie with tandin g
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-03-06
 CENTER IS ON
 THE DELAWARE

PHILADELPHIA, March More than one-third of the war vessels and merchant ships called for by the pro- sram of the United States govern ment are building in ship yards along the Delaware River, according to fig ures which have just been made public with the permission of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The tonnage con tracted for, according to government officials, has transformed the Della ware Valley into the greatest ship building center in the world.
 w. B. Ferguson, representative of the Emergency Fleet Coronation, es' inmates that an army of about S5,OOO will be required to com ple,e the 272 ships, inciILin. wal yes sels, contracted for by the eleven
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-03-06

shipbuilding plants between Trenton and Delaware City.
 Work on 120 cargo-carriers at the new government yard at Hog Island is progressing and this rlant is en- gazing to turn out 6,O00,000 addition al tons in 1918. More than 2,250,00G tons will be the Delaware Rivers first fuota in the fleet which Uncle Sam relies on to help win the war.
 At the new shipyard at Bristol, Pa, forty ships are contracted for. Here more than 5000 men are at work and it is expected that 10000 more will be necessary to complete the vessels on schedule.
 Ten vessels are being constructed ;,t another new yard at Ccnwells, p". The force there of 800 men will be in- creased to 2,OOO. At a well-known Philadelphia shipbuilding plant more than SO ships are to be turned ort. Most of these are government craft on which more than 5000 men are engaged Another thousand is needed In the big yard at Camden, N. J., across the river from Philadelphia, 7,200 men are building twenty four ships. More workers are needed her als,
 Two yards at Gloucester, N. J., are of about 5000 men. Twice this num- her of shipworkers is needed. turning out sixteen ships with force
 Two large plants, one new one, at Chester, Pa, have contracted for eighteen and twenty-six ships respect ively One plant has only l700 men on the payroll and requires at least 5000 more, according to the govern ment figures. Ire other yard is em- ploying 2,OO0 men whereas, at least 5000 are necessary to complete it's contracts.
 The plant at Hog Island is now em- ploying abont 10000 workers and off cials there estimate that at least 32, 900 are needed.
 Work in one plant at Wilmington, Del, is progressing on thirteen ships on which 2S00 men are employed. This company is in the market for another 1000 workers. At another plant in that city eight ships are being built by force of 1000 men and off cials require 1900 more.
 A drive under the auspices of the government, is now being conducted thou Ghout he country to regis'er all men in the eighty-seven trades allied with shipbuilding. Many of these mechanics are now engaged in other occupations and it is planned to trans fer them to the seaboards without dis turbing industry.
 Labor difficulties and shortage of steel and other materials, it is expect ed will treble the original estimate of the cost of the ships contracted for. Recent investigation of the Delaware River plants indicated tl!Jt most of the vessels being built will be com pleted in schedule time.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-03-06

Mrs. Peavish says that the reason shc doesn't permit Mir, Peavish to join he home guards is because he might rurr in an alarm when she reads the riot act to him.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-03-06
AMERICAN RED CROSS
 GIVEN FRENCH FARM

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. -. A 500-acre farm near Tours, France, has been obtained by the American Red Cross for the re-education of crippled and mutilated French soldiers, accord ing to a telegram received from Wash ington by Marshal Hale, manager of the Pacific division, American Red Cross.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
FROM "A PROTESTANT: SOLDIER"

IA heartfelt tribute to the bravery
and patriotism of the catholic; Sis
tiers has been paid by "a Protestant
Soldier recently returned from
France. He is but one of~the many
thousands who owe their lives to
these noble women, who go about
their work of saving lives and souls
unknown to the outside world. He
wrote the following to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle:
81 am soldier home from France
on account of a wound which has
made me unsuitable for action. Since
| came home | have heard much of
the Red Cross over there but never
once have | heard the name of a
Catholic Sister praised for her work.
My father is a Civil War veteran, and,
although we are not Catholics, has
always made me respect the Sisters.
1t is to one of these he owed his
life. He had been lying on the bat
tlefeld day and night when, midst
shot and shell, one of these brave
workers rescued him. l no longer
have to be told The battle was over.
The dead were lying in heaps about
me. | was unconscious. When /
awoke I found two of these faithful
workers bending over me, and it is
through their work am alive today"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14

spent twenty years in Abyssinia dur
ing which he converted six thousand
Monophysites and two thousand five
hundred pagans.
In spite of civil wars and the. pre-
vailing anarchy from 1868 to 1889,
the Lazarists were able to continue
their work under the Lazarist Bishops,
Bianchieri, Bel, Delmonte and
Touvier. Everything promised well
when that heretical Patriarch, Athan-
asius, supported by Negus Johannes
II, caused a new persecution, closed
all the stations except Keren, impris-
oned all the European missionaries
and put to death the native priests.
Peace was restored again under
Menelik II, which lasted but a short
time; for, in 1895, the Italian Govern
ment expelled the LaZarist mission
aries In 1897 they returned, to be
banished again in 1900 In the follow
ing year they returned and. under
very trying circumstances, have since
shared the Apostolic work with tho
Capuchins, who have charge of the
Vicariates of Gallas and Erythraea,
which had been separated from the
original field of the Lazarists, who to-
day are restricted to the Irob tribe in
Alitiena, where seven Lazarists and
nine native priests are at work among
two thousand Catholics.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14

RECEIVE THOROUGH TRAINING.

We are appending few of the hun
dreds of clippings of similar nature
received during the past months.
These reports, it must be noted, are
the result of recent contests. They
speak more eloquently than any word
of pen concerning the thorough in
struction given in our Catholic schools.
Read this and be convinced that the
contestants not only expressed their
thoughts correctly, but they knew the
significance of the Liberty Loan. be-
cause they are taught that loyalty to
country and her aims come next in
Importance to loyalty to Gods :.,,
The first prize, offered to- all the
schools. public and! private. in the
Evansville Congressional District, for
the best essay on Howl School Chill
dren Can Help the Liberty Loan was
awarded to Beatrice Drew. of ST.
Johns parochial school, Loogootee,
nd. The contest was between chill
dren from twelve to sixteen years old,
the prize being a $50 Liberty Bond
In similar contest, held in Allen
County, in which $500 children took
part, four of the twelve prizes offered
were awarded to children of parochial
schools in Fort Wayne"
Peruse the following and note that,
though living secluded lives apart
from the noisy world, the members of
our religious teaching orders are we'll
Informed on topics of the day.
Zone of the Sisters of the Order of
St. Joseph was awarded the first prize
by Columbia University jury in an
essay contest on The Reasons for
Americas Entrance Into the War;"
Below is another indication of the
thoroughness in instruction 1t was
an honor to win such recognition over
so many competitors, and shows the
painstaking care exercised in their in
struction. 1t spells efficiency. FL
I'm the eighth annual contest for
the school championship in typewrit-
ing of the New York Metropolitan
District, which was conducted at the
High School of Commerce, New York,
La Sale Academy scored a signal
triumph, when it's fifteen representa-
tives won the team championship,
which carries with it the banner, a
token Of school supremacy in type
writing in Greater New York. The
contest was open to all commercial
high schools of New York, Brooklyn
and Jersey City,"
The result of the Regents examina-
ton held in January, 1918, show forth
most gratifying results so far as
parochial schools are concerned. These
examinations are under the control Of
the University of the State of New
York. Without any effort being put
forth except to teach the children day
after day, the pupils of the parochial
schools in the Brooklyn Diocese re-
ceived the high average of 81 per
cent. This speaks for itself and a
similar grade of efficiency exists in
Catholic schools throughout the land.
Exchange. s ..." i.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
ARE AMERICAN SCHOOLS.

Catholic lips have boosted for
generations that their schools in
structed the children in all the es-
sentials of a good education. Besides
training them in the teachings of
Christ, the Catholic system of educa-
ton employs the best methods to de-
velop the children along the lines of
better friend than his Brother or Sis
ter in the efforts made not only for
the saving of his soul but also for the
securing in the world of station
congruous with his talents. The
ability to read and write, to figure
and to think, to acquaint oneself with
other lands and with the peoples of
other ages is prime motive for Cath
Ollie education. ~
"The Catholic schools are anything
but alien to the genius of America.
They stand as monuments to the
liberty for which this land is noted.
They rest upon constant respect Tor
the law. The orders of the city and
State authorities are carried into eff
feet where just and reasonable. The
schools which the Bishops of the land
are now erecting aim at being build
ings constructed in detailed con-
formity to all the requirements of the
various departments of the city gov
eminent. The State places no edu-
cational law upon the statute books,
but the Catholic schools leap to the
fore in the effort to carry out faith
fully its provisions. Remaining a
self-supporting and a self-governing
system, the Catholic schools have
gained new admiration from day to
day through their prompt obedience
to lawful authority
The American nation welcomes
rightly into existence every agency
that makes for national well-being.
The retieence of Catholics has for too
long time kept their school system
from being appraised as gigantic
into the Catholic schools, perhaps
breathing the air of European dis.
content with obtaining governments,
but his graduation day finds him
grooved along American lines, de-
voted to the land and to it's flag. The
Catholic schools can no more turn
out Socialist ora Stacker than they.
can turn out non Catholic. The
language of the country. is the instruc,
tional medium of the Catholic school.
The little ones are taught that. liberty
is the possession of all, liberty, how
ever, with its duties as well as its
rights. Besides thus assisting with
large success in the Americanization
of the foreigner, the Catholic school
drills all pupils in the sanest and
staunchest patriotism. In peace as in
war, they are instructed that they
owe allegiance to no one in the po-
litical world but to their President
They are formed to be Americans
first, last and all the time. Their
talents and their lives are placed in
the keeping of the country to be
availed of at all times for the vel
fare of the nation at large. They are
impressed with the dignity of assist
ing in making America great'with tft
| greatness. of justice and liberty fal
all.aa The Eatholic school is an Ameri
can school"
sids.siE. t4ax II s siRsPs " K.sS i6eCIaHcps
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
- a6z2f zzAk(ll(K-4ll2e,z>

Since his: entrance in to the Church,
begun to; manifest the singular gifts
which Providence has bestowed upon
him. Intschool he surpasses all the
others. He reads the books of Ru-
haya and Kiswahili without difficulty.
He can solve the most complicated
problems; and he has acquired in
short time avery characteristic man
ner of writing. AT manual work, he
listens much and speaks little but
does not lose a moment of time. Our
Brother has never been so conscien-
tious and SO docile "a worker. But his
piety has astonished the missionaries
more than all else. At six o'clock in
the morning a bell intones the An
gelus. Peter is. there to serve the
first Mass. He has. walked haitian
hour through the darkness to be pres
ent. Seeing this angel serving Mass
SO well how could the priest help
thinking that God has destined him
one day to celebrate the holy mys.
teries, and he was scarcely astonished
when during the. first overtures which
he made to him he perceived that
God Himself had already spoken to
the heart of the boy.
This appeal did not please the
adopted father. Nov, Peter" he said
to him, could you think of relinquish-
ing your race by becoming a cell
bate?" He then went forth and pre-
sented to him the companion, the
girl he had chosen for him-Peter re-
fused to look at her. No, father,
shall never marry" he said, L wish
to enter the seminary and become a
priest @ ~,