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1 JOBLIZING
WAR-FOOD MOVEMENT IN
WHICH EVERV ONE CAN TAKE
PARTBr Frank G. Carpenter.
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to help win the war? Do 70a want
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to cut down your meat bill and
at the Nni Tim add to tba food sup
plies of oar allies la Europe?
If so. why don't 70a aat fish? Tt
will give you mora brain and Just a
good muscle. It will, digest quite aa
easily and fit 70a for yoar duly In
these attiring times of oar Nation. The
Japan people, who ar among-th
braveat On tarth. ara fiah eaters. Tha
Chine, who ar aa strong aa w are.
live largely upon the same food, and
sjntil th war broke- oat nearly every
an an la Northern Europe waa eating
twice, aa much fish aa w do. Our
present consumption of neat la about
17 tlmea aa great aa otrr consumption
f fUh. and every pound of fish w at
will release that much beef, mutton
-nd pork, for shipment abroad.
Herbert C. Hoover, th food admin
istrator, la advising that every Amer
ican add to th fish on his table. This
la th adrtc also of Hugh it- Smith,
th United State fish commissioner.
Dr. Smith la oar' world authority on
ftah. and under him la a large corps of
scientists who ar always studying- th
possibilities of sea food as a National
Asset. Their recant experiment show
that fish meat will build up tha body
as well aa beefsteak and that men can
replace all other meat with fish erery
day in th year without 111 effects.
They adTls us to cat fresh fish If we
ar near th source of supply, and salt
fish and smoked fish wherever w ar.
The bureau of ftaheriea haa a book of
recipes for preparing salt fish and
smoked fish for th table, and If you
will write Dr. Smith be will aend It to
you. He will tell you also how to can
fish and smoke It. and about other
ways In which' to put up your supply
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IVki Canned 300.000.000 Juncfc Ol .
1 2.00 9 men ther who ar catching
hundreds of millions of pounds of sea
food every year. W hav 14.000 fish
ermen farther south la tha Pacific
ocean and about 20.000 In th Great
Lakes and tha Mississippi River. We
hav 22.000 fishermen la rew England,
1S.0A0 along- th Gulf of Mexico And
more than 70.009 working- along- th
Atlantic Coast from New England to
Florida. Altogether ther la an army
of 1(6.000 engaged In fishing aa a busi
ness and the capital Invested la nearly
ISO. 00 0.000. Th number of vessel em
ployed I more than 7000 and th total
catch run high Into th hundreds of
million of pound.
Bat I want to tell 70a something
about our fisherlea aa a National asset.
Th waters of the sea and land con
tain D.00O different kinds of fishes, and
those in and about th United States
have ao many varieties that you could
start a a 1-year-old baby and eat a
nw fish every day until you were old
enough to hav bablea yourself, and
not reach th and of th list. W ar
now producing more sea food than any
other country. The value of ail th
fish caught by man in one year is esti
mated at less than li'JO. 000.000. Of this
our product Is fully one-fifth. It Is
twice aa large as that of Russia. 10
time that of Great Britain and more
than (0 times that of Austria-Hungary.
It la about one-third again aa big- aa
that of Great Britain, which ranks sec
ond a a national fisherman, and the
same la true of Japan, which catches
fal. 000.000 worth of fish every year.
The sea food of Germany ha been
cut down by th war. Th Baltic Is a
poor fishing ground, and until now the
most of the Kaiser'a fish has come
from th North Sea. which he haa so
peppered with mines and submarines
thai thousanda of fishing- boats and
tens of thousands of lis fishermen ar
out of a Job.
Th North 6e Is on of th beat
fishing grounds upon earth. During
th year prior to the war It produced
about S.S0O.00O.0OO pounds of sea food,
so much that, if It were loaded on
wagons the fish train containing It
would reach all th way from New York
t.lty to baa t rancisco. via Galveston,
and back. The amount that Great
1. main got from It waa mora than
1.000.004.000 pounds, and this meant 22
pounds of sea food for every
woman and child In that country.
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great part of th fish for th British.
bat It vu the main source of sea food
for Holland. Denmark. Belgium and
ranc. and also for Switzerland and
German jr. and other countriea of Inte
rior Europe, where th fish were sent
smoked, salted or dried. Most of th
risnj eaten la Europe la salt fish, and
- - - irnvvai ok sucn xooa win t con
sumed by th soldiers. Th supply
from th North Sea haa been greatly
reduced, and th food loss there will
hav to b replaced by fish and meat
snipped in from other part of the
wona. . .
W do not pretend to b a nation of
nsnermen. but oar waters ax so fat
In sea food that we could multiply our
product an hundred-fold. He hav not
oniy to intted Mates proper, but we
v our colonial possessions, about
wnicn ar fisheries now Draducinr III
.. worth of sea food every year.
The Filipinos ar Ilk the Japanese In
that they live largely on fish, and our
islands nave many klnda of fishes, from
those that live In the sea to some that
win about la th mud.
On of th ft he In which ther la
bound to be a great shortage In Europe
1 th herring. This forma a large part
of th catch of th North Sea. amount
ing In some year to about 3.000.000.000
flahea weighing on th average about
one-half pound apiece. We hav vast
schools of herring In th Northern At
lantic and they swarm In the waters of
Alaska. They are dried and smoked In
vast numbers and there Is hardly a
small country store anywhere In the
United Statea that doe not keep them
on sale.
We hav on kind of herring: which
I so abundant that w catch more
than 1.000.000.000 of them every year
so many that their weight would ex
ceed that of three or four million men.
or more soldiers than we are likely to
end fr soma time to the trenches of
France. This la the menhaden, a palat
able food fish, so abundant that our
fishermen catch It In order that It may
be turned Into oil and fertiliser. The
fish Is almost as fat as the famous
rand! fish of Alaska, which when dry
will burn Ilk a candle. Just before
the war began the Bureau of Flaberlea
Investigated thla Industry. It estimated
that the catch of that year produced
. 500.000 gallons of oil and nearly SO.000
tons of fertiliser, and that the number
of fish caught were so many that If
they were laid end to aid tbey would
reach In aa unbroken line six times
around the earth at the equator.
We have mors fishermen catching
menhaden than any other branch of
the Industry. The fish are taken In
seines, hundreds of thousands being
sometimes pulled up In a single net.
They swim about In Immense schools,
their heads close to the surface, and
often tier above tier, packed almost aa
rlosely together as sardines la a box.
They are of a bright silver, and ar
phosphorescent at night, so that a
school then looks Ilk a moving bed of
flaming fire. As they swim below the
surface la th daytime one may see
their glittering backs down tinder th
water and th boats seem to be gliding
over a floor Inlaid with blocks of sil
ver. This statement cornea from one of
the reports of th Bureau of Fisheries.
The menhaden Is good not only for
man. but for many of the other fishes
w eat. It Is th principal diet of th
mackerel, th blueftah and awordflsh.
nd many other fishes prey upon It. It
Is caarftt a:i along tha Atlantlo Coast
from Main to Florida. Th industry Is
well organised and could b easily
mobilised by th food administration.
Oar most Important fisheries Just
now ar tho of Alaska. Puget Bound
and the Columbia River. Thla I on ac
count of th salmon, which la pat ap
In can so that tt can easily be shipped
to tha soldiers. Salmon bag become a
popular sea food all over th world. It
la known to avery nation and eaten In
every country. Last year we took out
of the Pacific ocean enough salmon to
fill (.000.000 eases, each holding l on
pound cans. In round number the
amount waa 100.000.000 pounds, or more
than th weight of th first 1.S00.OO0
men we shall send to th -war. Th
whole catch waa almost enough to
rive a ran to every man. woman and
child In Europe or three can to every
cltisen of the United State. It was
worth more than $70,000,000. In- addl
Hon to this an enormous amount of
salmon haa been salted or smoked. This
also can be shipped abroad for th us
of our allies. Th same Is true of hall
but. herring and cod.
The coast of Alaska winds about to
such an extent that If It wera stretched
oat It would be 1000 mile longer than
the distance around th world. Nearly
every part of it swarms with fish, and
we have caught ao many since we
bought the territory of Russia that
the amount received 1 40 tlmea aa
mnch as we paid for th country. It Is
now close to f 300.000.009. and th bu
reau of fisheries says that with prop
er care the product may be mad con
tinuous for all time to come.
Nearly every part of tha Alaskan
water swarm with fish, and ther are
certain banka or bed of th ocean
which ar paved with halibut and cod.
W used to get most of our halibut
from the Atlantic and It haa been on
of th chief sea foods of th eastern
part of our country aver sine Captain
John Smith wrote of it In his history
of Virginia.
Now four-fifth of our halibut comes
from th raciflo ocean and tha ullc of
it from th waters of Alaska. Th
fish ar caught with hook and . put
upon Ice as soon as tbey come out of
th water. They are ahlpped over th
United State by fast train of cold
storage cars. Bom of tha halibut Is
salted and put up In hogshead for
shipment abroad. The Germane have
been laying- in a stock of such fish for
their army, and I doubt not we could
us some in th same way for our sol
diers. The Germans imported the fish
In hogsheads of 850 .pound each, at a
ooaLof $100 per hogshead.
I saw them curing halibut thla way
at Prince Rupert, In Canada. Th aver
age fish used was aa heavy as a
srood-sixed man. It was sliced In two,
the back and front forming two slabs
of snow-white meat. It was then hung
up ' lika side of beef, and the back
bone waa cut out. The slabs wer then
aalted and laid on on top of another
In tho hogshead until It was full of
what was practically solid meat. . .
Another fish from Alaska which
could easily bo shipped aa food for our
allies Is th cod. There are grea.t
banka about th Aleutian Islands,
where th cod swarms as thickly as it
once did on the banka of Newfound
land. We are now catching; millions of
pounds- of Alaska codfish every year,
and the amount Is steadily increasing.
Wa take a great deal from the waters
of the Atlantic and wa ara planting
cod eggs and cod iisn in those waters
tq Increase the supply.' About 10 years
asro more than 100,000.009 little cod
wer planted by the United 6tates bu
reau of fisheries during on season.
Th cod la prolific Ten million eggs
hav been taken from a single female,
weighing- 75 pounds, and it is a poor
cod that will not lay a couple of mil
lion eggs.
Th ced I raor popular In Europe
than here. It Is greatly relished by the
French. Italian and Spaniards, and it
baa formed one of the chief commer
cial dishes for hundreds of years. The
Rom-ns and Greek both ate It, and
also the Anglo-Saxons, who gave It
tne name of gad, from which the word
cod cornea, gad representing the rod
on which it was dried. It is claimed
by gome that when the Danes came
from Iceland, along- about the year
1000, and discovered North America
they were looking; for new cod-flablng
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Abou i 31CO0, 000,000 ervny Z.i'-? 772ese3r&
grounds, s.nd It Is said that the banRs
of Newfoundland had been visited by
Spanish fishermen Ion? before Colum
bus crossed the Atlantic r, '
' The codfish come to the shallow
banks of the ocean to feed. They pas
ture on the bottom of the sea, eating
almost every sea animal smaller than
they. They eat fish of many kinds,
and also crabs, starfish and lobster,
and even the great sea clam.. In
browsing along the bed of the ocean
they pick up all sorts of things which
have been lost from the ships, and
fishermen record the finding of sclesors
and oil cans in their stomachs. ; The
heel 'of a fisherman's boot was once
found Inside a cod caught off New
foundland, and about SO. years ago a
wedding ring was found inside a cod.
The ring; belonged to Mrs. Pauline
Burnam, an Englishwoman, who was
lost when the steamship Anglo-Saxon
went down. In 1861. The fisherman
traced the ownership of the ring and
sent it ack to the son of Mrs. Burnam,
who is said to have rewarded hira with
a present of 50, or $250. i
In connection with the planting of
codfish and cod eggs it. will surprise
some to know that Uncle Sam now
hatches fish as farmers hatch chickens,
and that he plants the young where
he pleases. Within . late years he has
been greatly adding to our food sup
ply by jiicking out the best kinds of
fish and scattering them through the
Waters of the United States especially
fitted for them. Just now his fiBh
scientists ares devoting themselves en
tirely to work along the lines of the
war, but in the year before it broke out
he planted three or four billion eggs
or tiny fish and turned loose in the
waters 20,000,000 fingerlings, yearlings
and Adult fish of different varieties.
The bureau of fisheries has now 34
permanent hatcheries and more . than
100 sub-hatcheries, and egg-collecting
stations located in 31 different states
and In Alaska. , It has a floating hatch
ery In- the steamer Fish Hawk. The
Alaskan hatcheries distribute great
quantities of salmon in the rivers and
streams where the fish swarm, and
they are planting shad eggs in similar
places along our eastern seaboard. They
are planting white fish in the Great
Lakes and are setting out oyster beds
where the oyster has never grown In
abundance before. Some of the best
oysters I have ever eaten are those
which grow in these artificial beds In
the Gulf of Mexico and along the coast
of that. Pacific Ocean. In San Fran
cisco you can now get excellent oysters,
whose forefathers came from the At
lantic Ocean across the continent in
refrigerator cars; holding 200 barrels
each. The oysters are planted inside
stockades to protect them from their
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zisn enemies, ana axcer two years uiey
begin to produce for the market
The bureau is nlantins: fish not onlv
in the waters along our coast.) iruf ' in
those of our streams, Jakes and ponds.
Tou have all heajd of the carp. That
is an aUen-rderman subject which has
been Interned in our American ponds
since his first coming In 1877. He has
grown rapidly, and, according to our
last fish census, is giving us more
than 43,000,000 pounds of food every
year.
There are now millions of carp in the
United States, and the number mlRh-t
easily be run high into the billions. Tho
fish are raised on the farms of differ
ent parts of Europe, and in Germany
almost every farmer has his carp pond.
We have something like 6,000,000 farms
In the United States, and If one farmer
in six should start a carp pond the in
terior of our country would have more
of this food than It could possibly eat.
Some may object to the taste of .the
carp, but that is because they do not
know howto cook it. The fish has
been sometimes called the hog of the
waters. It likes to wallow in the- mud,
and when It is first taken from a mud
pond it is apt .to have a mud taste.
This disappears if the live fish is kept
for a few days in clear water,, and
then the meat will be found to taste as
fresh as that of our fish from the lakes
or the seas.
If a carp is cooked the right way it
is hard to distinguish It from some of
our choicest sea food. ' A few years
ago 200 members of the American and
Canadian fish associations met together
for a fish dinner. They were supposed
to be experts on fish, and they ate
what they thought was red snapper and
called it delicious.' -After the dinner
was over they were told it was carp,
which had been prepared by a chef who
understood how to cook it. In protein
food values carp meat Is equal to mut
ton and almost to the best of sirloin
steak. The bureau of fisheries can
give you simple recipes how to fry, boil
and bake it and how to make carp
pickles, carp salads and - . carp ' cro
quettes. . t
ffodem Poultry 'Culture
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Th poultry ld of farming
has been aadly neglected. Moat
farmers hav not made money
from their fowl. As a rul tbey
hav not tried. Tbey hav kept
a few scrubs which prove poor
layer and table fowls. With
meat growing scarcer and war
price prevailing for all klnda of
foods, th day haa com to grade
up th farm ben and mak her
a paying proposition.
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Oar bt fishing ground In propor
tion to th number of mea employed
ar th waters of Alasks. W hav
BT PROF. JAMES B. MORMAN. .
Farmer Expert for the United state De
partment of ASTtcnllar.
TIE last census figures show that
th average annual value of eggs
produced on each farm was a little
lea than $iS and of poultry raised at
$42 aa average total value of poultry
products of $100. When th expense
of feeding and marketing Is deducted.
the net profits ar therefor small.
Thla showing I poor la th fac of
th natural advantage offered by th
farm for poultry keeping. Th farm
hen usually haa fre rang. Thla la an
advantage which can be mad to yield
dollar and cents. Th feed bill for tha
grain eaten la th cost of production
only. This la aa additional advantage
which makea the cost of producing egg
less, therefor It should Inerease the
farmer' profits. Lastly, th farm hen
can procure a greater aounaacc ot
natural food. Thia la not only cheaper.
but more satisfactory than th com
mere ial feeds sold to take th place
of grub and Insect.
With these natural advantage to
her credit the farm hen ought to excel
her competitors. But sb ha not don
so. Th average egg production la (4
egg a year for each farm hen. Th
average weight of eggs laid by th
poorest grade of farm fowl I about
20 ouncea to th dosen: by th better
grade of mixed barnyard hens, largely
of Plymouth Rock origin, about 21
ounces, and by hen from pure-bred
flocks of specially bred Leghorns or
American varieties, 24 to 35 1-5 ouncea
per dosea. Evidently, th kind of fowl
kept baa much to do with thia poor
showing. ,
Farsaera Lack SysteW
Th day of th livestock scrub oa th
farm I rapidly passing. Th farm hen
should be Improved by cross breeding
or be displaced by a standard breed.
Th progressiva farmer everywhere
recognise th Importance of Improved
or pure-bred stock. Ther I no rea
son why this progress should not In
clude poultry. It has been shown by
th Illinois Experiment Station that
many farmer ar keeping cow -with
little or no profit; other at a down
right loss. It 1 th asm with farm
er who keep scrub hens. A wis
farmer will discard scrubs of all klnda
Th great trouble 1 too many farm
ers lack system In th management of
tbelr hen. Thla Is particularly true In
the middle Atlantie and many Southern
statea. The experiment stations have
called, attention to this fact Mm and
again. Th most important suggestlop
made Is th Improvement of farm poul
try stock.
Thar Is too much) Indifference about
maintaining the vigor of poultry. The
farmer who let th vitality of his flock
run down will not succeed. Farmer
should be more careful In culling their
young bird and selling them for table
use. Bulletin 221 of th North Carolina
Experiment Station haa pointed out
some of th practice of farmers In that
stat. aa follows:
"Th firmer very often makes a seri
ous mistake In taking th largest and
best developed chicken for market and
keeping th smaller and poorer, chick-1
ens for his own use. . This may bring
better money returns for the time be
ing, but a few generations of this prac
tice will bring th whole flock to the
level of the culls."
Not long ago a prominent mine owner
or Virginia called at the writer s poul
try plant to purchase some fowls. He
said that the farmers in his vicinity had
paid so little attention to the effects of
inbreeding on the vitality, development
and egg-laying powers of their fowls
that many flocks had degenerated Into
puny mongrels which wer not fit for
profitable marketing and of no value
egg producers. Too many farm
flocks' In all parts of the country have
had -the alio and vitality of the hens
reduced to a low level by this lack of
system in poultry management.
By keeping a better grade of poultry
the farmer will profit In three ways:
(1) The broilers can be sold at a higher
price: (J) the hens will lay a greater
number of larger eggs; and (3) they
will make better table fowls. These
point all mak for Increased income.
Better BrUers Needed.
Th maintenance of a vigorous line
of fowls la th first consideration of
a broiler trade. Tha pick of the flock,
both male and female, ahould be kept
on th farm for breeding purposes. For
grading up th farm hen. th introduc
tion of new blood every two or three
years la necessary. In a generation or
two thia practice will result in a race of
broilers which will grow larger and
more' rapidly. As they eat little more
than puny chickens, the gain will be on
th farmer' side of the ledger.
A now generally practiced, the far
mer succeeds in cheating himself. Un
der a better system culls of little or no
value for maintaining the vigor of the
flock may easily be turned to profit
able account. They should be fattened
for a broiler trade. .This can be done
without much additional labor or ex
pense. Broilers are usually sold live
weight. The farmer need spend no
time In killing and dressing, which is
an important factor.
The prevailing high price of all kinds
of meat has affected the price of poul
try. If the farmer is so situated that
he can build up a private broiler trade,
selling live or dressed broilers, he has
a chance to make still greater profits.
Private trade prices are frequently 6
cents a pound higher than the best
retail trade prices. The profits In sys
tematic broiler raising are sufficient
to attract attention at this time.
Mere and Larger 'Ega-s Alsa,
The mainenance of a vigorous flock
by a frequent change of blood also af
fects the number and size of the eggs.
Many teats have- been made to show
the advantage of high-grade hens- In
egg production over hens of low vital
ity. ' The average egg production of my
own flock la more than double that of
the average farm flock. Suppose a
farmer makes a little profit off the
eggs his hens now lay every year. If I
he can double bis annual egg output
from the same number of fowls, his
profits will increase greatly. " If , he
keeps 0 or more fowls of a high grade,
the net increased profit would amount
to a nice turn at the end of each year.
There is no difficulty in doing this if
the farmer will pick out his best birds
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Sl.GLE-COMB BROWS LEGHORN S.
LIKE, other of the Leghorn tribe
the'single Comb Brown Leghorn
Is a heavy egg producer and a
non-sitter. Breeders must depend upon
the hens of other breeds or use artifi
cial means to hatch and brood the
chicks. Because of the rich red and
green-black colors of the male and the
soft brown plumage of the female this
breed is much admired. It la popular
with the fancier aa well as with the
farmer. '
Several of our popular American
breeder ow their quality of heavy
egg production to the Brown Leghorn,
which has been used extensively as
foundation stock.
Brown Leghorn egg are white and
larger than those laid by other vari
eties of Leghorns, and find ready sale
in certain markets. The chicks grow
rapidly and reach maturity early.
Full-grown Brown Leghorns are
usually larger than any other Leghorns.
Th'e hens weigh from 44 to 5Vi pounds,
while the males welg'h as high as 6H
to 6 pounds. They are active, are good
foragers, and thrive on open range.
They are also ideal for backyard flocks
and keep the table well supplied with
eggs.
for mating and will Introduce new blood
occasionally.
.". Better Table Fowl Wanted. .
'-But the farmer who will really take
pride in his hens should consider the
advantages of a better grade of fowls
as it affects the meat supply of the
country. The average scrub farm fowl
is a poor table bird. It is true that
many farmers only raise hens for their
own use. But even in that ease a nign
grade hen will furnish nearly double
the meat of the ordinary farm hen. So
this will be an advantage to the farmer.
For utility purposes there are several
good breeds, such as Plymouth kocks,
Orpingtons. Rhode Island Reds and
Wyandottes. When dressed for market
ing, the White Rocks take no second
place in appearance with any of the
above breeds. They are deep in'the
breast, yielding a large quantity of fine
white meat. A well-kept White Rock
hen has a nice yellow skin which gives
the dressed fowl a nice appearance, at
tracts the eye of the buyer, and when
cooked delights the palate of the con
sumer. . . . 1
When It comes to the quantity of
meat the advantage is plainly with the
high-grade hen. The difference is fre
quently from two to four pounds. Here
is an opportunity for the farmer to per
form a-duty for his' country and reap
financial rewards for doing so. If he is
going to' keep, fairly heavy birds, let
him raise .heavier ones and contribute
to the meatsupply., '
It is to bis regretted that .farmers
have not paid more heed to -the poultry
side of farming.- By selling chickens
for broilers without regard to the good
of the flock, ',by keeping small or scrub
breeds of fowls.a.hd by a lack--of. atten
tion to the maintenance of the. vitality
of their bens, many farmers are today
cheating"" themselves oot of legitimate
profits. Surely these plain facts and
figures ar worth considering.
of youth. .Every girl and every man
should find the one big love, and there
is no reason why it may not happen
on. the big, wonderful. Pacific"
How tho "Sea Chaperon'
Watches Cupid. r
CUPID, a regular passenger oa big
ocean liners, no longer is allowed
to shoot his darts with all the
reckless abandon of the past. On the
honeymoon route across . the tossing
Pacific to the alluring Hawaiian Islands
a rival has appeared. A "sea 'chap
eron," the first in the world, has been
appointed, and now the little god of
love is responsible to her.
Cupid's guardian is Mrs. Vein Latti
more. a charming young . war widow,
who followed her youthful soldier hus
band to the battle line in France and
who is now in California with rela
tives.
She is a thoroughly competent. Inde
pendent sort of person and quite nat
urally desired something more than a
social existence to occupy her time, so
she invented her Job. She went to a
steamship company with her idea and
now sails regularly on one of the big
liners. Though not In uniform, she is
rated as an officer of the ship. She
signs up regularly with the - rest and
at the end of each month receievs a pay
envelope like the captain, purser and
mate and the others who help to make
each run a success. . ,
It was from Europe and its war or
phans that she brought the idea. The
little widow scouts the idea that she
prevents anyone from having a good
time.
"You see, I make It easier for the
passengers to get acquainted," she says.
'I plan dances and tea parties and all
sorts of deck games. As chaperon,
too, I very frequently have young girls
entrusted to my care whose guardians
are unable to make the trip.
"Tou don't think that sea voyages
are conducive to love marriages r "Oh,
yes, I do." she replied to the question.
"I have had ever so many splendid men
on our boat. Love is the blessed right ,
CiTY OFFICIALS SHOT DOWN
Federal' Officer : Draws Revolver
Daring Quarrel Over Money.
MT. STERLING, Ky., Jan. 1. Follow
ing . an argument over . the proper
amount of change he should have re
ceived upon purchasing a- sandwich.
United States Deputy, Marshal Porter
C. Eubank shot andiinstantly killed
Henry M. Bingo, City Clerk,, in his
rafe here.
Eubank was placed under arrest and
confined in the county jail pending his
examining trial. Feeling against him
is high, as Ringo was -popular in the
community. Ringo was unarmed when
killed. Only one shot -was fired by
Eubank. The bullet penetrated Ringo's
heart.
The tragedy was unexpected. Eubank
who had been attending a dance in a
room over the cafe, entered and asked
for a sandwich. When the change was
tendered he claimed it was insufficient
and that 30 cents was still due. Ringo,
who was slicing bread, told the waiter
to give him the money claimed. As he
turned' from the bread board, Eubank
Is said to have drawn his revolver and
fired.
Ringo was SI years old and unmar
ried. a He Is survived by two sisters.
Mrs. Dan Priest, of Fort Worth. Tex.
and Mrs. John A. Judy, of Mt. 6terling.
One brother. H. B. Ringo, of Mt. Ster
ling, also survives. The body will be
burled Saturday afternoon following
funeral services at the Presbyterian
Church. .
GIRL MAY ENTER SERVICE
Miss Doris Kay Passes) Examination
. for Ambulance Driver. .
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7. Ambitious to
do her bit in the war driving an auto
mobile in France. Doris Oonroe Day,
lS-year-old daughter of Burt W. Day,
Hutchinson, recently pased a rigid ex
amination before the State Automobile
Examining Board with a mark of 100
and received a state chauffeur's li
cense.
"I know Tm saying something for a
young girl and I'm nothing more, not
even a young woman yet but I do
want to go to France and drive an
ambulance as my little part in the big
war," said Miss Day. "That will not
be much, but it will be something and
I know I can do it as well as anyone."
Carrying the license and introduc
tory letters from state officials. Miss
Day left the Capitol anxious to make
application for a place in an ambu
lance corps on the French front.
VISITORS TELL OF . RIOTS
(Continued xrom Page 2.)
starts the soldier on his -self -authorized
"furlough."
Among the vivid remembrances of
the Stancliffs is the .cannonading of
the Winter Palace at Petrograd. Their
hotel was less than a quarter of a mile
from the palace. ' The Russian war
vessel Aurora, from the Baltic fleet,
approached within a half mile of the
palace and sent hundreds, of shells
through the great building, and firing
continued from 3 P. M. until 3 A. M.
Food is very scarce all over the em
pire. Meats of, all kinds are, almost
negligible. At the best hotels
breakfast consists or black coffee,
minus sugar, with occasionally aj single
small slice of black bread. Fish and
fowl are occasionally served for din
ner, but by no means regularly. Sugar
is not on the market at any price.
I tried to get Mr. Stancliff to give
me his opinion about the proposed
peace between Russia and Germany,
QUI 11 (3 WOU1U HUb BAlil QBB -4 (Wf Wfi
opinion. The nearest he would -oome
to it was to say that he believes th
Russians are getting their, ex.es open,
and that If the allies play their cards
well they may hold Russia to their
cause. He thinks that the Influence
of the United - States wl!l -count for
more than that of any-other,! country in
the Russian decision. - ' j - "":
As I was bidding the Stancliffs good
bye at the depot as their train departed,
Mrs. Stancliff said to me: "Mi1. Bennett,"
whatever you say in ypur article about
us or about Russia, do not forget 'to.
emphasize what we have said about
the Red Cross work and the work 'of
the Y. M. C. A. These two organiza
tions are the leaven we both believe
that will have more to do with settling
the Russian troubles than any other
mediums, and, after the war, when
peace comes, their work will be far
greater than now, and then their ex
ample will bring all to a better under
standing of right and wrong, and
through them a lasting peace will be
made and the world will be a better
place for all than heretofore. Tell your
readers that the money given to these
two organizations will bless the re
ceivers through its benefits and doubly,
trebly a hundred-fold bless the
givers."
EARLY HANGINGS RECALLED
Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians Killed in
Famous Uprising.
MANKATO, Minn., Jan. 7.--01d-time
residents are recalling that 05 years
ago 38 Sioux Indians were hanged here
for participating in the famous Indian
uprising and massacre of that long
ago period. - Colonel George W. Mead, .
then a member of E Company,. Ninth.
Minnesota, stationed at Judsoii, still-,
lives here and tells a vivid story of.,
the execution of the redskins. Benja-,
min P. Day. the only-pioneer surviving
Sheriff of that day, . also has many ,
thrilling reminiscences of the affair. ;
Brothers Sent to Prison.
ATLANTA - Ga.. Jan. '4. Will ' and '
Henry Granneman were each sentenced
to serve 10 days in the county jail for
contempt of court by Federal Judge' .
E. S. Farrinsrton. Thev refused to be .'
sworn or give the age of their brother, '
Mel Granneman, who was found guilty;
by a jury of refusing to register under
the draft law. He will be sentenced '
today by Judge Farrington. .
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