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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 16I7
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Aba REFOOT boy.
A white birch pole,
A can of worm*.
I A pwimmln' hole,
A baited hook, ;
A tug and a wish,
A steady haul,
A string of fish.
A white duck suit,
A canvas boat,
A costly rod.
A patent float,
A gaudy fly,
1 A ^ast and swish,
A pi“tty sight.
But nary fish.
-Detroit Free Pres*.
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FOOD SITUATION IN GERMANY j
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The food situation in the central !
empires will be more serious this win
ter than at any time during the war. I
It is reported on what seems to be re-.
liable authority that the crops are
short, and a factor this year will be j
in America’s refusal to victual the
German empire and its allies through
the neutral nations of the European
continent. The food blockade is about
as stringent as it can be made.
It Is difficult to know how much
the people of Germany have suffered
as a result of underfeeding, but re
ports have come from numerous
sources, buth within and without Ger
many. that the allied anaconda Is hav
ing an effect upon its victim. Muni
tions factories, according to dis
patches, are unable to come up to for
mer standards of output because of
the undernourishment'of the workers,
and the people in general are on a
starvation ration. There is no indlca
ton that the army has been seriously
affected by the shortage of food altho
it has long been on short rations.
The Press Association of England
publishes what purports to be a re
liable review of the conditions in the
central empires made by order of the
German chancellor, in which it says
the food situation next winter will de
pend manly on the results of the po
tato crop. At present potatoes are be
ing delivered with fair regularity, but
should frost, lack of labor or other
reason cause a shortage in potatoes
it will spell disaster. It is estimated
that Germany’s total harvest will be
about 40 per cent short of normal for
wheat and 45 per cent for rye, oats
and barley. The total harvest of rye
and wheat will be 7,500.000 tons, as
compared with 13,000,000 tons in
1913. The shortage will be partly
compensated from the Rumanian
granaries.
Line oi me umivuu piuuicmo
Germany has had to (ace during the
war was in harvesting and distribut
ing the crops. Most of the work is
done by old men, women and chil
dren, although prisoners are forced
to help in many parts of the couhtry
Because the rolling stock is mostly
used by the mlitary much perishable
food is lost for lack of transporta
tion facilities. Whether this condi
tion is any worse or any better this
year than usual is not known.
It is hardly reasonable to believe
that the central powers will be starv
ed out this year unless the unexpect
ed happens, although the situation
in Austria is worse than that in Ger
many. No doubt the suffering will be
more acute than ever, and the effect
will count in the end, but there are
no signs at present that an empty na
tional stomach will lead to an early
collapse.
SPEAKER Clark, of the house of
representatives, says he is puzzled to
know “why the 3% per cent bonds
went like hot cakes while the 4 per
cent issue is low,” but he says one
thing is "cock sure"—“congress is
going to raise money enough to car
ry on the war; if the people do not
buy bonds then taxes will be increas
ed, which is not a pleasant prospect.”
JOFERE is to be elected to mem
bership in the French academy—
which causes the Chicago Herald to
rise and remark that he certainly
wrote one of the greatest chapters in
the world's history at the battle of
the Marne.
THE —MPRESS
THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
J. STUART BLACKTON & ALBERT E. SMITH
present the Vita graph Blue Ribbon Feature
A PRICE FOR FOLLY
CAST
Dorothea Jardeau . Edith Storey
Jean de Segni . Antonio MOreno
Henri Langdon.. Harry T. Morey
Duke de Segni ..—CJhartea Kent
Duchess de Segni . Louise Beaudet
Blanche Mounter ..—- Ethel Oorcoran
Maurice. Arthur Oozine
ALSO LATE HEARST PATHE NEWS
SUNDAY, Lionel Barrymore in DORIAN'S DIVORCE
Tuesday, “RAMONA”
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Admission 30c
THE McCarthy Weekly News came
to our exchange .table on the last
boat. It Is a live, Interesting publica
tion, devoted to McCarthy and the
surrounding district, and is full of
advertising, showing that the citizens
of that progressive burg are behind
the paper to the last word. C. M. F.
Cole is publisher and M. M. Cole edi
tor.
MURDER, XOT SUICIDE,
RELIEF OF FRIENDS
SPARTA, Wis., Nov. S.—Friends
of Lieut. "Malcolm McCoy of this city,
announced as a suicide at A ancouver,
Wash., today began an investigation
of the shooting of the young officer
after local doctors announced that
the case looked like one of murder.
The bullet which killed McCoy en
tered behind the left ear and emerg
ed near the right temple*and there
wer no burns or powder marks on the
scalp.
Doctors who examined the body
here yesterday are convinced that the
youth did not take his own life.
STRIKE IN SOUTH
WEST IS DEFERRED
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 8.—The strike
of 35,000 coal miners in the South
western district, embracing Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas,
which was to hav« begun tomorrow
morning, has deferred pending nego
iations between representatives of the
Southwestern Coal Operators associa
tion and the men. The dectson to de
fer the strike was reached at a con
ference her today between Alexand
er Howat, president of the Kansas
district miners; D. A. Erampton,
president of the Missouri district, and
John Wilkinson, president of the Ok
lahoma-Arkansas district.
Oak Olson, the "Lovera King" anti
"Black Bear" Smith are two Knights
of the Grip who are working the west
ern territory and are passengers on
the Mariposa.
TWELVE BRITISH VESSELS
TORPEDOED LAST WEEK
LONDON, Nov. 8.—Twelve British
vessels were torpedoed the week end
ing Wednesday, November 7. This is
the lowest record for many months.
i.ester Henderson, Territorial Com
missioner of Schools, will leave on the
steamer Evans for his home in Juneau
after a several thousand mile trip
over the territory investigating edu
cational conditions in the territory.
Mr. Henderson reports that he found
the schools he visited far ahead of his
expectations, and that the teaching
corps is unusually procient. Mr. Hen
derson went from Juneau to Nome,
via Seattle, from Nome he visited the
schools in the Seward peninsula, and
thence to Iditarod, Ruby, Marshal,
Fairbanks and over the trail to Chi
tina thence to Cordova, and Anchor
age, returning to Valdez. Mr. Hender
son was accompanied on the trip by
Mrs. Henderson.
French Sea losses Light
PARIS, Nov. 8.—-One merchantman
of more than 1,600 tons and one of
less than that size were sunk by sub
marines or mines in the week ending
October 14. Arrivals at French ports
numbered 855 and clearances 849.
Five vessels were attacked unsuccess
fully. ^
Two Insane Refugees Captured
SPOKANE, Nov. 8.—C. Thompson
and Walter Nooslund, two of the five
inmates of the Eastern Washington
hospital for the insane, at Medical
Lake, near here, who escaped yester
day while excercislng in the yard were
recaptured today. Thomas Ferguson,
who also escaped was recaptured last
night Thompson was committed to the
criminal insane ward of the hospital.
He killed Judfce <3. Mehd* Etabry it
Seattle in 1906. _
“Aviator” is Polygamist
ROCAbstfiR. to. 'y., Nbv. 8.—Lu
cile A. Hilly, who passing as a mem
ber of the Lafayette Escadrille, the
famous French flying corps, lectured
throughout the country, today was
sentenced to serve one year and seven
months in Auburn prison on his plea
of guilty to the charge of bigamy. On
December 31, 191*,'he married Mary
Slocum at Ithaca, and on June 16,
1917, he married Geraldine Shadbolt
in th'is city. Several other women also
claimed Hilly married them.
SNOW IN DAKOTA
BAR TO TRAFFIC
FARGO, to. D., Nov. 8.—Traffic in
North Dakota was seriously hamper
ed today as ft result of the heavy
snowfall which started last midnight
tad Which was falling heavily today.
the shortage of coal In some cities
'Was tatting acute, reports said, and
W this Weather conditions continued
And traltfc Was tied tip the situation
Wodltt bAWmecrltidal.
' HoreUan'sii ffcaHsbf snow Is re
nofttf fWfe Hfbntafcta With a eeftsls
quehthblky fo'ttntlfe.
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STRENUOUS COUNTING.
A Cbm of Fight or Marry That Had a
Happy Ending.
William Kenrlck. a Berkshire gen
tleman of 100 years ago, left his prop
erty. which was considerable, to an
only daughter. Tills young lady bad a
mind of her own and. finding none of
her suitors to her liking, simply deter
mined to wait until the right gentle
man should come along.
It so happened that one dn.v she at
tended a wedding at Beading, where
she met a young gentleman named
Benjamin Child. lie was a poor at
torney. With tills handsome young
man the young lady fell violently in i
love. Imt still she was cautious. She j
reasoned with herself for several days, j
trying to shake herself free of the slid '
den passion, hut all in vain.
Then, feeling Unit something must |
tie done, but unable from confusion of j
mind to devise a proper course, she
took the extraordinary step of sending
the voting man a letter deinnndlng sat
isfaction for alleged Injuries. She ap
pointed a time and place for the hostile
meeting.
Mr. Child was much surprised and
quite at a loss to conceive who the
challenger could tip. By the advice of
a friend he decided to go to the duel
ing place. Here he was met by the
young woman, who. much to hla sur
prise. told him be would have to tight
her or marry her. He'naturally chose
the latter, and. ha the saying goes, they
lived happily ever afterward.
WHEN MEN GROW OLD.
On* 8ur* 8ign I* Said to B* an In
creasing Waistline.
When doe* a man get old? What are
the signs? Some will say Instantly
gray Imir. baldness, stiff knees, short
ness of breath, and so on. An eastern
authority rejects all of these as proofs
of age and cites doctors to prove that
there are two Invariable signs—an In
creasing waist line and a decrease of
physical agility. These indication* may
not show themselves until a man Is
forty oi fifty, hut they may manifest
themselves at twenty-five. Whatever
the time, the man Is old.
This Is rather an arbitrary ruling, but
it has a sane basis no doubt. There
are many men. of course, who by force
of nature rather than any care of their
own. retalu a spareuess Of figure until
they are far along In life, and usually
with this slimness Is activity of move
ment. Hut the average man not en
gaged in active pbyalcal labor that
keeps superfluous flesh down Is ex
tremely likely to develop Increased
girth In comparatively early yeara, and. ,
whether or not It classes him among
the old or even elderly, it does take him
out of the realm of youth. However
youthful a mail may feel, no one longer
mistakes him for a hoy when that ldg i
Waist line comes.—Indianapolis Star.
F«m« and Shynatt.
In his book. "A Soldier's Memories.'
Sir George Young husband tells a typi
cal story of Kudyard Kipling and Cecil
It hoiles.
it was during the Boer war, when
they came to camp and Introduced
themselves unconventionally. As they
were leaving the soldiers guthered to
see and cheer them.
Said Cecil Rhodes hastily:
"Take off your cap; they are cheer '■
lug you.”
Said Itudyard Kipling:
".No, they arc not. They are cheering
you. Take off your cap.”
Then some one at their elbow sug
gested:
“I think they are cheering you both.
Whereupon both, clinging close to
gether for support, shyly took off tlieti
caps.
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Tha Handy Man.
The "Jack of all trades,” known fa
inlliarl.v as the handy man. la a seri- -
ous drawback to the iudustriea of the
Cuited Stales, because bis knowledge
nud training are not based on the funda
mental rules of any craft. Such men
are the bane of any industry, and more
especially of high grade machine abopa,
for their work cannot be relied upon.
Doubtless it is a good thing to know
something about everything, but the
perfect mechanic and high grade fore
man is the man who knows everything
about something.—George W. Bowie in
Industrial Management.
A Good Trick.
Dasha way—You say your sister will
be down in a minute, Willie. That’s
good news. I thought she might refuse
to nee me, as she did the other day.
Willie—Not this time. I am mad at
her and 1 played a trick on her. Dash
away—What did you do? Willie (tri
umphantly)—! said you were another
fellow!—Pearson's Weekly.
An Undiscovered Best.
"Are you iretriug well paid for your
work ?”
"No. That's why I'm not doing my
best work. Seems to me nobody ever
Is willing to pay enough to find out just
how good I can be." — Detroit Free
Press.
Mlaplaosd.
He—At the club a motion was made
to buy a handsome velvet carpet, but
It was laid on the table.11
She—What a queer place to put a
velvet carpet!—Baltimore American.
8tnall Waist.
"The idea is for every housewife to
make the waste as fcnvsD as possible.”
“Wen, they can't beat my Wife Bsr
tight lacing."—Kansas City Journal.
Just the Bams.
"Daecber selected kia wife as be
Wodld pfck out a fcotprcar."
"And W bat B*4h busy buying aeeew
eVtreiwe.^PVirt. - ;
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like old friends
are always
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How about the old folks at home
:his Xmas? Is there anything that
would please them better than your
photograph? Jenner the Photograph
er makes them in all 'styles especially
tor Xmas gifts, but see him soon. kl2
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