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The evening leader., 1918-10-30
SHORT ON FORESIGHT
(Bv ]. E. .Jones.) }


Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane remarks: "The thing democ-
racy is short on is foresight"
incidentally it may be said that Mr..
Lane is the only cabinet officer who
has definitely put forth plan for
meeting the conditions that must ex-
ist after the war. His receipt is to
provide lands which may be entered
by the returning soldiers. This plan
has a good many difficulties to con-
tend with, as there are no millions Of
broad acres of homestead lands such
as existed at the close of the Civil
war. In the same connection with Mr.
Lanes remarks comes the statement
by one of the senators that we are as
unprepared for peace as we were un-
prepared for war. AS a matter Of
fact the readjustment for the war
time period has hardly been compiet-,
ed, as indicated by the difficulties now
being experienced by the short-line
railroads, the power and traction COM
panies, oil interests and many other
activities.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
A Son of a Hun.

The preacher in the pulpit said, these
Bible words are true,
The wicked sinner feeth when NO
man doth pursue;
The gambler in the pew cried out, a
dollar to dime,
If you put some one on his trail, he'll
make much better time.
[ will not preach a sermon, would not
if | could,
But want to tell you something and
have it understood:
A sinner is a Stacker in the war 'twixt
wrong and right,
And Stacker is a sinner, morning,
noon and night.
There are no slackers in the trenches,
you have not heard of one;
The soldier boys are hustlers and stay
until the fight is done.
But there are slackers in the ship
yards and l can prove it, too;
Just hold your breath a minute, pal,
and see if I mean you.
The man why lays his tools away be-
fore the hour of five,
Who has been as dead, since early
morn, now becomes alive;
Who lodges work the whole day long,
now watch him, he's the guy,
And when the hour to quit arrives, he
throws his clutch in high.
His tools are packed, his ears are
cooked, and when the whistle
pops
He is off the ship and half way home
before the footing stops.
If you are that man, pray change your
ways, for northerner or cracker,
You are acting the part the traitor
plays-you are a dirty, sneak
ing Stacker.
Birds of a feather flock together, and
open shooting has begun,
So beat it over to Germany. you slack
er son of a Hun.
UNCLE SANS NEPHEW.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
INFLUENZA BULLETIN
Estate Board of Health. J

Estate Board of Healthy
To keep well, keep clean. Wash
Your hands before each meal. Don't
go to crowded places. Avoid the per-
fson who sneezes. Smother your
cough in your handkerchief. Keep out
of dirty restaurants. Warmth is
necessary. Be we'll clothed. Soda is
unnecessary. Why run the risk of in
fection from dirty glass? Safety
lies in boiled dishes. A common tow
el is only for filthy people. You would
MT use my toothbrush; why use my
drinking cup? Sleep well. Eat well.
DON'T WORRY.
Instructions to HOuseholders.
Keep out of the sick room unless
attendance is necessary. Do not han
die articles coming from the sick room
until they are boiled Allow no visi-
tors, and do not go visiting. Call a
doctor for all inmates who show signs
of beginning sickness. The usual
symptoms are: inf1amed and watery
eyes, discharging nose, backache,
headache, muscular pain, and fever.
Keep away from crowded places, such
as movies, theatres, street cars. See
to it that your children are kept warm
and dry both night and day. Have
sufficient fire in your home to disperse
the dampness. Open your windows
at night. If cool weather prevails,
add bed clothing.
Instructions for Workers.
Walk to work if possible. Avoid
crowded street cars. Avoid the per-
son who coughs or sneezes. Wash your
hands before eating. Make full use of
all available sunshine. Do not use
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
DIGGING COAL FOR PERSHING
(By ]. E. Jones.l

Ore day last winter, when the coal
famine was ct it's worst, a senator
from Ohio recited the blunders by rea-
son Of which the great coal producing
state was deprived of even enough
fuel to keep its university open and
its pacp,e from freezing. A visitor in
the gallery remarked: "I wish that
senator would stop talking; he is
breaking my heart" Out IN Ohio this
year they are no longer breaking
hearts, but they are producing coal.
Production Manager j. j. Roby, of
Cleveland. calls attention in a state
ment to the fact that General PERISH
ing demands 100000 tons more a
month than Washington figured on.
"All right" says Roby, "we'll come
through with our part, and we are
now going $4,000 tons a week over
our share. and we will make it $4,000
tons" That's the kind of response
that is coming from every portion Of
the country. and the fuel administra-
ton is confident that it will have
enough coal for Pershing and all the
rest of our fighting military and in
dustrial forces this winter.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
GREEK AND TURK

(The following item was received by
The Leader some time ago, author un-
KNOWN:
The Greeks have saying that if
you take a snake and put it In your
bosom, when it gets warm it will bite
you.
There is tale now going the rounds
here in which this saying seems to
have proven true.
This is a case of Greek and Turk,
between whom an unnatural friend
ship existed. But the inevitable hap
pened, and the Greek is now nursing
the bite and counting his losses.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
PROTESTANT
MINISTERS
PLEDGE AID
tGonrInued from page 1:

pdSC
increase of the army and navy over
seas since the budget was compiled,
we respectfully urge large oversub-
scription.
(Signed) "W. A. Hobson, Gordon
T. Jones, J. 7. Boone, NJ. R. Worsham,
W. W. William, A. H. Cole, Bishop
Cameron Mann, Louis G. Wood, S.
Patterson, Alfred Evenden, Charles
HI. Trout, R. 7. Bell, A. E. Household
er, W. L. C. Mahon, D. H. Rutter, j..
F Pickard, |. c. Jenkins, G. S. Rob-
erts, J. H. Martin, J. William Foster,
Fred R. Marsh, c, W. Duke, Ray NJ.
Busler, Jno, G, Anderson, N. B.
O'Kelley, Geo. Waldron, F, E. Hoyt,
L. E. M"Nair. H. S. Rightmire, c.
Fred Blackburn, W. A, Cooper, S. B.
Rodgers, B. Mitchell"
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
GERMANY MAY
WIN WORLDS TRADE

That Germany will win the war by
trade victory if peace is made upon
the abdication of the kaiser, even
with the enormous indemnities she
will be compelyled to pay, is the bur-
den of an argument put out in PAM
phlet form by the American defense
society and written by Charles Stew
art Dawson, chairman of the sociaty's
board Of trustees. He says, in part:
"Germany's war is openly and avow-
edly a commercial war. She started
it, as she has repeatedly said, for "a
place in the SUM- She seeks CONNER
cial expansion. Neither is her subma-
rine campaign for the mere pleasure
of numbering, but quite avowedly for
the purpose of diminishing the gross
amount of the worlds tonnage.
Germany knows that once military
operations are over it will be imposi-
i bic to keep the allies together for the
purpose Of insisting on commercial
protection being enforced against her,
unless it be agreed beforehand. She
breads such an agreement, and there
fore hurries peace proposals. Even
gigantic payments, if stretched over
a hundred years, can be advantage
ously made by Germany if she be al
lowed to retain unimpaired the COM
mercial supremacy which she has es-
tablished by rapine, and she counts on
a war weary world to say, when the
end comes, that these considerations
are minor matters in comparison with
what will mistakenly be considered to
have been a success, a mere military
defeat Of her army. We should stand
out for the rehabilitation Of France,
Belgium and other lands by Germa-
Iny's workmen as an essential condi-
ton, and her machinery must be tax
On to replace that destroyed"
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
Mrs. Rufus Guthrie
Dies of Pneumonia

Mrs. Rufus Guthrie and her whole
family contracted influenza about two
weeks ago, there being five sick in
the house at the same time, and no.
body to care for them but the 9-year-
old daughter of a neighbor. Mrs.
Guthrie gave birth to an infant sew
eral days ago, which died, after which
she developed pneumonia which re-
suited in her death at o'clock last
night.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
THE COST OF LIVING.
(By ]. E.. Jones.)

(By j. Il. JoneS.)
Official statistics based upon data
obtained from forty-two large cities
n different parts of the United States
indicate that the increase in the cost
of living will average: Food, So per
cent; rent, 10 per cent; clothing, AZ
per cent; fuel and light, 81 per cent;
sundries, 35 per cent. The percentage
of increase, graduated according to
income, is as follows: Families with
Incomes up to 5000, 40 per cent; with
comes from $500 to $1,000, SO per
80; families with incomes from ST.
00Tto $4,000, 81 per cent. These fig
ures show how much more it cost to
live January /, 1918, than on January
l, 1916, provided the standards of liv-
ing remained the same. They proba-
bly, fall short of the true increase, be-
cause when prices are rapidly rising,
cheaper articles are substituted by the
producer as we'll as by the consumer.
It is indicated that the rate of in
crease at the present time over that
of January would be obtained if about
6 or 7 per cent is added to all of the
above figures. The actual statistics
fail to bear out the generally accepted
remark: 1T costs twice as much to
live now as it used to-"
That people as a whole have ac-
cepted a lower standard of living is
proven by the official figures showing
that the actual increase in annual ex-
panse runs from twenty-three to thir-
ty-one per cent in different sections of
the country.
It is likewise interesting to follow
the industrial situation, and to find
out how it is hit by economic changes,
The labor situation has become a big
problem in all industries, owing to the
rapid increases in wages. The cost
of materials, fuel and transportation
has added to the burden of the situa
ton.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
AN ORANGE
GROVE BARGAIN

A 50-acre tract of land at Wall
Springs on Gulf side of the rock road,
IL miles south from Tarpon Springs;
cleared, fenced with hog-proof wire
fencing. Has 2,GOO orange and grape
fruit trees, about half of same dam
aged by cold, but have good root
stalks. Land IS high but always moist.
A splendid fouadat on for a fine and
paying grove. Land cost S s. an acrn
without trees and care. Owner viii
take $4,000 for the entire property
ard give ter'"s.
Inquire of header Real Estate Co.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30

q common towel. 1t spreads disease.
Should you cough or sneeze, cover
nose and mouth with handkerchief
Keep out of crowded places. Walk in
the open air rather than go to crowd
ed places of amusement. Sleep is
necessary for well-being-avoid over
exertion. Eat good, clean food. Keep
away from houses where there are
cases of influenza. If sick, no matter
how slightly, see a physician. If you
have had influenza stay in bed until
your doctor says you can safely get
up.
The evening leader., 1918-10-30
SWAT THE STACKER.

(The following lines were submit
ted to The Times by worker in the
shipyards OF Tampa. Contempt for
the Stacker workman, who loafs on the
job, and listens for the stop-work sig
nal, is expressed in terms which can
not be misinterpreted. Slackers, take
heedD
The evening leader., 1918-10-30

FARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA
Member The Associated Press.

Member The Associated Press.
The ASSOC ated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication Of
sll news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited IN this paper,
and also the local news published
herein.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
SHIPYARD WORKERS q
IN HAMBURG WALK OUT
Clergymen Exhort Strikers. in
Vain-Disaffection Extend
ing to Many Towns.

Amsterdam, Jan. 31.-Evidenee oi
the extent Of the strike in Hamburg
| is found in the Cologne Gazette
which says that almost all the ship
yard Iaborers of that city have quit
| work. After the men in the Vulcan
yards walked out the others struck
yesterday, declaring their solidarity
with the Vulcan workers.
Clergymen vainly exhorted the
strikers in Hamburg yesterday to
continue their work, the Cologne Ca
zette says.
No Resort to Violence.
The workers proceeded to the
trades union headquarters and adopt
ed a resolution opposing the pam
German fatherland party and de-
manding immediate peace without an
nexations or indemnities, better Ia
Dor conditions and improvement of
the food supply. A deputation waited
ION the general in command Of the
district and said the strikers would
not resort to violence.
The strike has been extended in
districts near Berlin, Especially in
Tegel, Aldershof, Spandau and Ma
riendorf, where 100000 men have quit
work. A similar number of workmen
are on strike in the remainder of the
empire.
Site of War Industries.
Important war industries are loca-
ted in Spandau, city Of some TO-
900 inhabitants, nine miles west Of
Berlin. The government has large
establishments there for the manu-
facture of artillery, fire arms and am
munitiOn.
Tegel, Aldershof and Mariendorf are
smaller towns, all within a few miles
of Berlin.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
100000 STRIKE In
BERLIN. ALONE
Movement Spreading in Capital
and Provinces Stormy Ses-
sion in Munich Reported.

Amsterdam, Jan. 31.-The number
of strikers in Berlin is estimated at
about 100000, according to q semi
official statement issued in Berlin
yesterday, when there had been only
an ineonsiderabIe increase in the
strike since Tuesday.
! The Berlin newspapers, with few
exceptions, have been published. The
streets Of the German capital, the
statement adds, show no signs Of a
strike. All traffic is proceeding quietly
and undisturbed. The statement says
there have been no disturbances any
where in. the empire.
STRIKES SPREADING.
Both in Berlin and the provinces
the strikes are spreading, according to
Wednesdays edition of the Koelnische
volks zeitung, which reports that
or iabor IN the various
cities in the industrial region were ex-
pected to meet in Berlin on Tuesday.
Agitation for general strike in
Munich is said to have failed after a
stormy meeting, but the movement
spread to Nuremburg and Furth, the
largest manufacturing towns in Ba-
varia. The newspaper says that the
demand of the fatherland party for
the continuance of the war and the
bad food supply in the towns were the
reasons given for the strike at sew
eral meetings.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
SMITH CRITICISES CLOSING
HYDR0-ELECTRIC PLANTS

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
Smith, of Georgia. in the senate to-
day, criticised the closing of hydro
electric plants i'm Georgia under the
fuel conservation order. The senator
said he did not believe DR.. Garfield
contemplated his local agents closing
these plants or that there was any
legal authority for such action. A
number of southern mill owners yes
terday protested to DR.. Garfield
against the order. id Senator Smith,
who added that he believed the fuel
administrator would advise the local
agents aaginst closing or making any
threats against hydro electric plants
to compel the INTO close. Many Of
these plants, he said, have govern
menC contracts nd If compelled to
follow the fuel order, will be retarded
in making deliveries.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
Reject NONE ACCOUNT
FOOT OR TEETH DEFECTS
New Regulations Announced by
1 Proyoft Marshal- General
as to Draft Men.


Washington, Jan. 3t.--New reg.
uIations for physical examination
Of draft registrants, changing
weight, height and other condi-
tions and providing partial mill
tary service for men not actually
rejected, were announced today by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Local boards are directed to reject
no registrant on account OF foot or
teeth defects and to accept in
most cases all men with temporary
or remedial defects.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
55-FOOT STAGE
REACHED IN OHIO
Weather Man Says Flood Win
Last Only as Long as Ice
Gorges Hold,

Cincinnati, O., Jan. 3t.--With gorges
at CarroIIton, Ky, and Madison, Ind.
holding, the Ohio river at this point
has been rising one foot an hour for
tho last twenty-four hours and has
reached stage Of fifty-five feet at
11;30 o'clock today, or FIVE feet above
the danger line. The Central Union
railway station was abandoned inso-
FAR ast tha soss " trains was con-
ccrned when the flood reachSd my
four feet, with water and ice flooding
the tracks.
The government weather bureau ex-
plains, however, that the flood will last
only as long as the ice gorges below
this city hold and that break in the
gorges will send the river stage here
down faster than it rose today. Suf-
fering is being experienced by the res
idents of the bottom districts, where
the waters have invaded homes. The
rapid rise also caught several busi-
ness establishments and considera- 4
BILE amount Of perishabIe food has un-
doubtedly been ruined, according to
several commission experts.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
STONE DENIES BEING
ASKED NOT TO SPEAK
Senator Says Reports Broke
the Force of His Charges
Against Roosevelt.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Speaking as
a question of personal privilege today
Senator Stone charged that pub
lished reports, saying democratic
leaders had sought to dissuade him
from making his recent attack on the
republicans, had been calculated to
break the force OF his charge that
Col. Roosevelt and other republican
leaders had been playing partisan
politics in the war. Mr.. Stone denied
categorically that any democratic
leaders of Postmaster General Burle-
son, as published. had conferred with
him on the subject at all.
Dispatches sent out to. the news
papers OF the country on that day,
saying democrats were advising Mr..
Stone not to deliver the speech, were
based on statements several demo-
cratic leaders at the capitol made to
the newspaper correspondents. in
which they uureservedly declared
they were apprehensive of the effect
of the speech and were advising the
Missouri senator not to deliver. It.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
WANTED" MAN
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Federal Agents Leave Charlotte
for Chicago-Important
Results Expected.

Charlotte, n. c., Jan. 31.-Agents of
the department Of justice have taken
to Chicago prisoner said to be one
of the most wanted of men by the
secret service. He is said to have
made an important confession. A nat
uralized American of German birth.
the man was arrested in southern
military training camp more than
three weeks ago and has been in the
county Jail here.
He is said to have made confess
sion that will cause the arrest and
conviction of some OF the most dan
gerous German agents in the north
west. The man was with the national
army from a western state and was
wearing the uniform of a United States
soldier until yesterday when he was
taken from the local Jail.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31

The Tennsssss river VII rise to !.
height Of 42.s fsst IN iAss Frids,
night or Saturday morning, whom th,
orest Of the tide will reach chatta.
nooga.
This Is the Iatsst prediction Of tn,
! weather bureau, and, in connection
with this, warning WAS issued to al
people living at places at an eIsva
tion Of Al feet OF less 10 move out a,
once. Those whose homes are on eIe.
vatIors Of 42 fest vsss wsrnsd 10 lkser
ia uisss tauels ,Nits u u 3fAsss
The gauge had reached 1914 Thurs.
day morning, showing a rise Of S.
feet for the past twenty.four hours
and little over feet for tho last
twelve hours. The rise Thursday was
not so rapid as it was Wednesday, but
it rose at the rate of rs foot per hour.
Merchants on Market, Broad and
Chestnut streets were notified to look
after their Easements and move all
perishabIe goods to upper floors, as
there is no doubt some of tho cellars
will be flooded.
River reports show that the French
Broad is still rising at cambridge, the
clinch at Spears Ferry and Kingston,
but falling at Clinton. The Powell fell
at Clinton; the Hiwassee rose at
Charleston, and the Tennessee fell at
Knoxville, but rose at Loudon.
There was rain at Murphy, N. C.,
which caused a slight rise in the Hi
wassee at Charleston, but this will
probably exhaust itself before reaching
Chattanooga. The weather was cloudy
at several upriver points, but no rain,
save at Murphy, was reported.
A rise of 42.5 feet will put the water
over the Rossville boulevard at the
Belt railroad, East End avenue and
Washington street.
Long street at Sixteenth, Seven
teenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twen-
ty- fourth. Twenty fifth, Twenty sixth,
Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth.
On Main street at William, Wash
ington, C. of c.. railway crossing, JEFF
ferson, Belt railroad. Highland Park
and almost over Gator and Orchard
Knob avenues.
On William street, at Sixteenth,
twenty fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty
seventh and Twenty eighth.
On Chestnut, at Missionary avenue,
twenty sixth.
On Beech street, at Main, Six
eenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine
eenth and Twentieth.
On Mulberry at Twentieth.
On South Orchard Knob, at Main, !
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Twentieth, Twenty first
md Missionary.
On Harrison avenue at O'Neal and
Kelley.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
ALL MUST SECURE I
LICENSE TO BAKE

3tPresident
biscuits
whose consumption of Hour and is less than
The includes
which serveb or o
aons importing distributing
United
prescribed Ga
Of
Of fsmaIes
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
MANY BOATS HELD
UP IN ICE G0RGES

Memphis. Jan. 31.-Ice goges in the
Mississippi river at Richardson land
ing, fifty miles above the city, and at
Barfield. Ark. further north, which
frightened last night, due to a sharp
drop in temperature. still we're hold
ing this afternoon, according to re-
ports to shipping interests here.
Meanwhile the mass of ice. released
by the breaking up of gorges In the
Tennessee river and other tributary
streams. was moving southward at the
rate of about five miles an hour and,
il was estimated. should strike the
jam. at Barfield tonight or early to-
morrow. A dispatch. from Caruthers-
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
RAILWAY DEMANDS
AVERAGE 40 PER CENT,

Washington, Jan. 31.-Demands for
wage increases pending before the
railroad wage commission are for an
aggregate average Of 40 per cent, it
was disclosed today. The demands
represent a total of nearly $500 0,000,-
900 this year, or about half of the
railway operating income of last
year.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
PRISONERS CAPTURED IN
BRITISH PATROL ATTACK

London, Jan. 31.--The official state
ment from British headquarters in
France and Belgium issued today
reads:
Our patrol secured prisoners last
night in the neighborhood of Epehy
There was some hostile artillery ac-
tivity south and north of Lens and in
the neighborhood of Passchendaele."
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-31
ZEPPELIN WORKS FIRED
RESULT AERIAL ATTACK

Zurich, Jan. 31.--A tremen-
dous explosion, accompanied by
gunfire and followed by a huge
column of fire, was heard in the
direction of Friedrichshafen
yesterday morning, telegram
received at St. Gall from Ros-
enberg, on Lake Constance, re-
ports. The explosion probably
was the result Of an aerial at
tack on the Zeppelin works at
Friedrichshafen.