STRENGTH OF THE
WARRING POWERS
? 1
i.
Statistics Show Huge Preponder
ance in Favor of the
Entente.
WORLD HAS A GREAT TASK
Ta Nullify th? Plan* of tha Kaiser I*
? Ltrgt Oraer?Strength In Wealth
?m| Man Power of Nations
at War Compared.
New York. ? The com pa rati re
strength of the allies and the central
power* la graphically shown by "The
Balance Sheet of the Nations at War,"
which has Just been compiled by the
Banker* Trust company.
The world has a great taak still
before It In order to nullify the plans
of the Ilohenxollerna," aaya the Intro
duction. "The taak must not be belit
tled, but It la at least Interesting to
aee resources existing successfully to
accomplish this taak, provided that
the natlona of the world now opposed
to Germany. continue to cooperate In
telligently and loyally until Germany
and her allies have been absolutely de
feated and their plans of world domin
ion rendered permanently ineffective."
Figures showing, for both sides, the
combined area. Income and Interest
charge, and coat of the war in treasure
and men, are presented with the expla
nation that they have been gathered
with great care from the "best avail
able source*" and are believed to "re
flect with substantial correctness the
relative economic strength of the op
posing groups of nations," although It
la Impossible to vouch for their abso
lute accuracy.
Controlled by Alllaa.
The alUea. Including the United
States, are shown, by thla tabulation,
to control 19,523,000 square miles of
tba earth's surface, or 04.1 per cent of
the total area held by the natlona at
war. as compared with 1.222.000 square
miles, or only U per cent held by
tba Teutonic combination. The ag
gregate population of the alllea, exclu
sive of the large Aalatlc population
trlbntary to the British empire, reaches
the huge total of 473.280,000, or T&3
per cent of the total of waning peo
ples. while that of the central powers
la but 147.000,000, or 2S.7 per cent
Without counting AMatlcs and Afri
eaaarthe alllea have available fnr-mW*
tarjr service 91,700,000 men. or 78.5 per
c?*t of (be total possible fighting men.
wklle the Teutonic powers can com
mand bat 29,000.000. or 21JS per cent.
The number of men actually enrolled
la the armies and navtea of the alllea
Is 21,400,000, or 06 per cent of the to
tal, while the enrolled military
000,000. or S4 per cent, aa shown by
the following table:
The segregate national Income of
the alltra U placed at t82.100.000.000
and the Interest charge* each J ear at
13.801.000,000. which la 44 per cent of
the Income, while the combined In
come of the Teutonic alliance la esti
mated to be 119,(500.000,000, and Inter
eat charge* 11.970.000,000, which U
114 per cent of the Income.
Regarding the coat of the war a ta
ble la presented showing that the al
lies bare spent 172,200.000,000, or M.1
per cent of the total cost of all warring
nntlooa. while Germany and her allies
have apent * 100,600,000,000, or S5-9 per
cent.
In killed, wounded and missing the
conflict has cost the allies 8402.9M
men, or 58.7 per cent of the total hu
man loaaes, While it has cost the cen
tral powers 0,301.778, or tlJ per cent
of the total of 13.284.728 for laat Sep
tember.
In the Introduction to the balance
sheet It la pointed out that, while the
exact figures are not available. It !?
a well-known fact that the surplus
food producing sections of the world
are practically controlled by the en
tente allies, either directly or through
their control of the seas. Th? same I*
true, to a great extent, of territories
producing metals and coal.
"Japan bos not yet been an active
factor In the European theater of the
war," comments the pamphlet. "It
baa.- however.- effectually guarded the
Pacific ocean. It has enrolled in Its
army about 1.500,000 men, out of an
effective man power of 10,500,000. The
entire army and navy, as well as the
unenrolled man power, may be aald to
be still In reserve. ,
"While Russia has nominally about
5,000,000 men enrolled In Its army and
navy. It still has an enormoua reserve,
as the total number of men available
for military purposes aggregsies
around 90.000.000.
Russian Situation Grays.
"The extreme gravity ef the present
situation In Russia la, therefore, ap
parent, especially when it Is borne In
mind that, if Germany can gain con
trol of Russia or force a separate
peace with Russia, even if Russia re
mained thereafter simply neutral. It
would be possible for Germany to draw
therefrom an enormoua quantity of
foodstuffs and the raw material for
munitions of war. Gn the other hand.
If Russia can be kept In line with the
entente allies. It would seem that the
Teutonic allies mnst be compelled to
capitulate, at a reasonably evly date,
from sheer exhaustion.
?"While?csaaldtrtnK??danger
points we mnst not overlook the fact
of the virulence of the Teutonic sub
marine campaign. It Is Impossible,
however, to present figures In this con
nection which have statistical value.
"The fact shoubl not be lost sight of
that Qermnuy now controls Belgium. I
northern France. Serbia, Ronmanla.
-Montenegro, and a large portion of
I'oland, having a combined population
of about 82.300,000. It Is true that
the Teutoaic sltkaa. the I'nltad State*,
with Its (r?ut wealth and icmm
Mtered the conflict. with a poaalble '
B,WJO,(JUO uien to draw upoo. ?t|U tta
uutlnual wealth of rj2S.0U0.0UMM). Ml- |
Uoaal Income of MO.OOO,000.000. aa
tlonal Murini* estimated In the netgh
borhood of 15.000.000.000 a year, and
has thrown Iti weight Into the acale,
prepared to put behind the entente ?
group effective co-operation to aacure
the eucceaa of the prtndplea of damoc- !
racy." *
The task la called a "tremendous
one," but. according to the vlewa of |
the Bankera Trust company, there can ,
be no doubt aa to the ultimate vie
tory of the United State* and ber |
alllea.
WATCHING FOR U-BOAtS
I?. wr -i
!
The Germans have placed their
hop** of victory Id submarine warfare
but owing to the measures taken by
the allied governments the hope has
not-materialized. All merchant ships
have been armored and every hour of
day and night finds a man on watch
for periscopes while standing high up
In the crow's nest of the ship.
WINS BRIDE ON SOUP RECORD
Cook in Ohio Regiment Find* Way to '
So run nun or~xiabama T
Girl.
Montgomery, Ala.?Robert Fisher
of Company C of Lima. Second Ohio
Infantry, knows the way to a woman's
heart. He met Ulra LUIle Belle Sweatt
of Oreenvllle and won her hand upon
proving to her that he was the best '
soup-maker In the Ohio guard. He
proved his worth as a citizen by hav- |
Ing the mayor of Lima and the chief
of police of that city, as well, wire to >
the young lady that be was a regular
fellow, and held down the position of i
second cook at the Manhattan hotel,
Llina. He Is at present second cook of
Company C, and has promised his
hiide to save for her each day a por
tion of the soup made for the Lima aol- !
dlers at the camp.
,[?<niiimHnniiiiin i
:: suspect evasion of
:: t u. s. coal prices ;:
? i Newcastle, Pa.?What are \ \
J J suspected to be methods of evad- ? ?
< ? Ing the coal price fixing regula- \ \
\ | tlon* of the United State* rot- ? >
? i eminent are being practiced \ \
\; here. It Is charged. Consumer*. ? ?
> ? when offering their order* to ! \
' \ *ome of the big mining com- ' ?
?? panics, are told that the entire \ !
\ output has been nold to broker*. ? ?
? ? Inquiry at the brokers shows
11 that the coal can be bought at ' *
? ? a considerable advance over the ! !
! set figure*. Coal prices contloue ' '
?1 to advance here In spite of the ?!
[ government regulation*. 1'
h 11111 mm 111111 :
cats are unpopular here
i
Kankakea People Mak* Reprisal* on
Milk Dealer* by Turning
Feline* Over to Them.
Kankakee, 111. ? Kankakeeans are
getting rid of their cot*, and Incident
ally making reprisal* oo member* of
the Milk Producers' a*soclation In this
district because of the price of milk
being r*ls^d two cent* ?iquart.
The cltlions declnred that they
could not afford to feed the cat* on
milk, so they took the feline* to the
fanner*, who are member* of the milk
associl tlon, to feed.
One farmer had eight cata left at hi*
door recently.
Ohio Girl Real War Brld*.
Mlneola. N. Y.?A real wartime wed
ding wa* solemnlced at the camp of
the rainbow division when Sergl. Wal
ter Valentine of the 10(lth Infantry,
formerly the Fourth Ohio, was mar
ried to Ml** Mary Winter of Delaware,
Ohio, at an outdoor altur by Chaplain
Puffy of the IWith Infantry. Sergeant
Valentine and MI** Winter inurched
aero** the Held, escorted by (WO sol
dier* of the Ohio regiment. The troop*
al*o escorted them to their automobile
when they left camp on an 18-hour
wedding trip. ?
naHTIMO STRENGTH.
Army-Nary. Pet.
Original Man Present Present
Power Present Man Estimated Man
A to ft. Power. Strength. Power.
EnteaU Allies and the United States:
Untied Kingdom 12.0nr.000, 6.000.000 |
Canada. Newfoundland. Australia. New V 11.800.000 V 4171
Zealand, Union ef South Africa *.22 .000 1 100,000 '
France f.000.000 C.fiOO.OOO 1.000,000 4<.l
Italy 8,000.000 7.700.000 *,000.000 S8.9
Japan 10,800.000 10.500,000 1,800.000 14.2
Portugal .*... 1.200.000 1.200.000 400.000 S3 S
1'nlted States .. 22.000.000 22.000,000 1.040.000 7J
Russia (excluding Poland) S4.000.000 10.000,000 6.000.000 111
Total 06.t20.000 01.700.600 21.400.000 21 3
Teutonic Allies:
tlerman 14,000.000 6.400.000 ?.100.000 <4.1
* Austria-Hungary <. 12.000,000 11,150,000 M00.000 ?S
Turkey 4.000.000 1.100,000 1.000.000 28.*
'Bulgaria .7777777777777777777777777. 1.00*060 1.000.010 IOOJOO 10 0
Tstal tl.000.000 26,060.000 11.000,000 41.9
Per cant Per cent. Per cent
Entente Allies and United States 7<.S 78.6 06.0
Testonlc Allies fi.7 21.6 ' 64.06
?Figures fsr theee countries especially unreliable.
The combined national wealth of
tha allies Is estimated at $553,000,000.
000, -or 80.3 per cent of the total of
the nation* engaged In the present
conflict, while the wealth of Germany
and her allies la placed at $134,000,
006.000. or 19.5 per cent. Contrasted
with this Is the national debt of the
allien. (83.960.000,000, or 14.7 per cent
of their aggregate wealth, and the
combined debt of the Germans and
their alllea* $38^00,000.000, which la
28.7 per cent of their aggregate
wealth. Tha figures for the various
countries are found In the following ,
table:
men of all thow nations nre nerving
In the armies of the entente allies,
and tltat Belgium la maintaining an In
dependent arm? of moderate alze. The
control of these countries, especially
Belgium and northern Prance, has
Itlven Germany a gr?%c advantage be
cause of the supplies of coal .and iron
ore thus made available, and also be
cause of the ability thus obtained to
turn to use the factories of the manu
facturing sections In making muni
tions of war.
"Just at the critical moment, when
the scnles were almost evenly bal
anced between the entente allies and
^ WEALTH AND DEBT. *
Dn? nf
Kntente Alii Ml and United States:
United Kingdom
Newfoundland ...T j
Australia . J
New Zealand (
Union of South Africa )
Total British Colonies
France
.... Japan ~
Portugal
United Ststes ,
Russia (excluding Poland).....
Total
Teutonic Allies:
Oermany
Austria-Hungary i
Turkey
Bulgaria
Entente Allies sad United. States.
Teutonic ADIes .....i A...?
National National Debt to
Wealth. Debt Wealth.
I 16.000.000.000 t2S.500.000.000 *7.6
( 1.100.000.000 )
I 16.000.000 (
? 66.000,000.006 716.000.000 f 64
I 190.000.000 \
1 660.000.000 '
6.660,000.000
tt.ooo,ooo.ooo to.ooo.ono.ooo 62.6,
26.000.000.000 6.000.000.000 24.0
js.oon.rmo.noo 1.600.000.000 4.6
6.000.000.000 1.100.000.000 22.0
226.000.000.000 4.100.000.000 to
68.000.000.000 f4.06Q.000.000 41.4
6656.000.000.000 666.960.000.000 14.7
?
6 R2.oon.ooo.000 f20.000 000.000 24 4
40.000.000,000 16.000.000.000 4O.0
6.000.000,000 1,600.000.000 16.7
4,000.000.000 1,000.000.000 26.0
164.000.000.000 fM.500.000.000 217
Pet Pot
66.6 66.6
16.6 SL6
BR'TISH BOOTS COST $1.68
280,000 Standard Pair to Ba Turned
Out Bach Weak Mad* ef
Laathar.
Northampton. ? Arraogementa ur*
now complete for turning oot rrtrrj
wock 250.000 pair* of atandard boota
made of leather, aa aoon aa the gov
ernment gt?ea the word for the work
to be atarted.
There will be three gradea of men'*
fcoota at ^rlcea ranting between *1 OS [
and 12.06. Women's shoes will cost
them from 91.68 upwsrd and booti
from 11.80 up.
It U expected that children's boot*
will be turned oat In greatest qunntlty
?t first, owing to tba shortage.
There will he no wood flher. canvas
or patent substitutes In these stand
da rd boots. Leather will be used
throughout '
The growth of th? nails on the right
hand Is. In moat people, more rapM'
than those on the left band.
Dog Travel* 400 Mil**.
Aatievlllc, N. C.?Making hi* wa)
over 4(10 miles of territory hihI crowd
ing two large fir*? on the way, a
black ?hepherd dog belonging to John
Smith recently retained home after
traveling from Tarboro. On. The <f.,g
wa* aold to It. A. J, MavCurthy cf
the Georgia town and was chipped hy
expreaa. He nwmied to h* doing well,
but escaped. The next heard from
him vai when b* scratched at th*
door of Smith'* home and wagged him
self all over the plaea.
IIL CONDITIONS
UNSATISFACTORY
rWENTY-FOUR INSPECTED BY
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
? HOW LOW MORIS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happening* That Mark
ths Progrtaa of North Carolina Pao
?lo. Gathered Around tha Stata
Capital.
Raleigh.
Twenty-four county Jails, recently
Inspected by officials of the State
Board of Health, have made an aver
age soore of 56 out of a possible 100.
which the State Board of Health pro
nounces as unsatisfactory.' The In
?peclon was conducted under the au
thority conveyed by an act of the last
Legislature. The examination had to
do particularly with provisions for the
health of the prisoners, and examln
era dealt mainly with precautions
against vermin, ventilation, floor
space, water supply, sewerage dis
posal, furniture, recreation, clothing,
bathing, beds, flies and mosquitoes.
Before the last examination seven
other county jails had been Inspected
with similar results. The results of
Inspections for the entire State will
he Included in a booklet to be pub
lished by the State Board ot Health
not later than March. 1819. whloh will
contain, in addition to the reports of
the surveys and gradings determined
by the score card system, actual pho
tographs of conditions.
The jails Inspected, with the'#
scores, are: Buncombe. 53; Burke,
40; Caldwell. <7; Cabarrus. 66; Cra
ven. B5; Edgecombe. 80; Franklin, 67;
Halifax, 69; Harnett. 62; Haywood.
40; Henderson. 52; Hoke. 60; Madi
son, 73; McDowell, 40; Mecklenburg.
65; Moore. 51; Northampton. 31; Or
ange, 60; Richmond. 60 ; Scotland. 55;
Transylvania. 28; Vance, 78; Watau
ga. 42; City of Ashevllle. 53. Tran
sylvania and Northampton county Jails
scored lowest, while Vance and Madi
son, It may be said, made the only
passable' scores.
Among the conditions found that
were vlolatlnos of the rules and reg
ulations for the sanitary management
of county jails, as provided for In chap
ter" 286. Public Laws of 1917. were: In
a number of the jails the present of
vwIII ?Bg failure id separate prison
ers having Infectious diseases, and In
the majority of the jails inspected
lack of proper and sufficient clothing,
particularly night clothing; lack of fa
cilities for bathing, lack of cleanliness
as to beds, as well as sufficient bed
ding; lack of screens against' flies and
mosquitoes and lack of the requi'-eJ
measures for comfort and recreati'*!.
Tobacco Sales Show Increaae.
Total leaf aales on North Carolina
tobacco market* tor the month of Oc
tober were 87.004.114, representing an
increase of 5.012 380 pounds over the
same month of 1916 according to the
report of the State Department of Ag-1
rlcolture made public. With an aver
age price of $28.50 per hundred
pounds, this would Indicate an ex
change of $19,096,172.49 on fifty mar
kets Wilson led In the report with
8.600.291 pounds. Seven markets had
reports exceeding 2.000.000 pounds.
They were Wilson. Durham. Hender
son, Klnston. Oxford, Rocky Mount,
and Greenville.
Apex. 1.063.219; Ayden. 454.188;
Ahoskle. 201 226; Burlington. 760,164:
CrMdmoor. 208.346; Carthage. 88.765;
Durham 2.069 674; Elkln. 698.902;
Farmvllle. 1.691.296; Fuquay Springs.
760.611; Goldsboro 663.834; Greens
boro. 363,713; Greenville. 5.4i3XK?0;
Henderson, 2.808.221; Klnston. 4.
656 618; Leaksvlllp. 86.064; LaOrange.
1 209.225; Loulsburg. 1.063.697; Meb
ane. 788.966; Madison. 637.454; Mount
Airy. 1.368.039; New Bern. 400.484;
Oxford 2.429.345; Ptnetops. 394.920;
Roxborn 676.663; Rlchlanda. 151.306;,
Reidsville, 1.471.862; Rocky Mount,
? 166.834; Rohersonvllle. 461.796;
statesvllle, 171.013; Snow Hill. 582
*24; Soring Hope. 400.242; Smlthfleld.
1.029.606; Stonevllle. 485.311; Vance
Knro, 249.315; Ws'-enton. 602.664;
Wilson. 8.600.291; Wllllsmston. 763.
0*17; Warsa^r. 700 2S4: Wendell. 1
165.634; Washington. 972.141; 'Wal
las 4M 057r y>linlmi-Wt?W: THTTT
?i!4: Toungsvllle. 1.0S2.485; Zebulon.
734 790.
The following wsrehonsos did not
"end In report In time to be included
In the above report:
Stokes county warehouse. Walnut
'"'oVe. 113 748; Facers' wa-ehouse.
Wn'ntit ri??. 74 939- Hv<*o warehouse,
"nxhoro 602.781; OorroIVs warehouse.
Wlnaton-Salera. 1521 123; Zebulon
warehouse, Zebulon. 202.866.
Col. Young Elected President.
Col. James R Young, Insurance
commlaeloner and ex-officio fire Mar
shal of Nort hCarolina. was elected
president of the fire Marshals' Associ
ation of N^rth America at the con
cluding session of the annual ronven
?<on of that organisation at New Or
leans. The 1918 meeting plare will be
selected later. Resolutions adopted at
the concluding session called unon the
Federal government to bestow great
er power upon the Couacll of National
Defense in -.gard to Are prevention
measures
26 Counties Building Roads.
Twenty-six counties 1 nthe State are
now doing road building under State
supervision. seven starting In Septem
ber and nineteen more beginning work
In October* District supervisors, un
der the act of the last general assem
bly placing road maintenance In the
State Highway Commission's hands,
have been placed In seven districts
and supplied with car*. The work of
mtrklng the State system of roads
will begin In a short time, markers
havlai been ordered and placing as
soon aa routes are determined.
Htkttfi Thanksgiving Proclamation
Cruveruor ttckflt Issued hls annual
proclamation designating Thursday,
November M. ai Thanksgiving Day. In
accordance with the recent proclama
tion by President ? Wilson tor the Mr
tloa at large Th egovernor's procla
matlon deals 1 Da unique way with the
world crlala. The proclamation fol
lows:
THANKSGIVING DAY. 1t17
A Proclamation by the Governor.
Sal ratios cdmea through sacri
flee.
He who would truly save his
life must be evor ready to a-se It.
The man or the nation that
prizes breath above honor, and
rlcbee above righteousness. I* dust
already, and can never hope to
put on Immortality."
In the providence of Ood ihs
world today 1s engaged In Blood
red debate to determine wl etner
governments shall henceforth bo
guided by the love of Justlro or
by lust for pelf snd power.
Not In rashness nor In anghr.
but thoughtfully. In the fear of
' Ood, and out of reason for Its own
conscience, this nation has <-?a
secrated Its unlimited resources
and Its unconquerable spirit to {
the maintenance of governments
that will guarantee fair treatment
to every man and every nation.
It la cause for universal
thanksgiving thst In the most
august hour of human history the - j
conscience of our people triumph
ed over the counsel of selfishness
and fear.
This Is the blessing of the year.
Now, therefore. I, Thomas Wal
ter Blckett, governor of the State
of North Carolina, In obedience
to the sacred custom of our fa
thers, and In accord with tho
proclamation of the President of
the United Statea, do hereby set
apart Thursday, the 29th day of
November, one thousand nine hun
dred and seventeen* a day for
univeraal thanksgiving.
And I do call upon the people
of North Carolina to assemble on
that day In their places of wor- j
ship, and with humble and con
trite hearts give thanks to the
Lord of Hosts and the Harvest for
His omniscient care.
And let us remember in help
ful ways the widow and the or
phan and all who walk In the
ahadow of adversity.
And let us pray unceasingly
that He who
"Rides the whirlwind and directs
the storm"
may crown our forces on sea and
land with everlasting victory, and
that war may come no more upon
the earth.
Dona in our city of Raleigh, on
?UUIlHt seventeenth day of No
vember. In the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and in the one hun
dred and forty-second year of our
Amsrlcan Independence.
T. W. BICKETT,
Governor.
By the Governor:
8ANTFORD MARTIN,
Private Secretary.
Women Agent* Are Named.
Announcement* made some time
ago that the North Carolina Agricul
tural Extension service would place a
home demonstration agent as well an
a (arm demonstration agent In every
county In the State, ia now followed
by the additional pl.*n to place vomen
agents In some of the larger cities of
the State to aid in tBe movement for
food conservation
Miss Mary Clifford Bennett, a gradu
ate of the State Normal of Harrtsburg,
Va, and ? post-graduate in dietetics
at Battle Creek. Mich., will be sta
tioned In Wilmington; Miss Ethel Mc
Donald, a graduate In home economic*
of the Kansas State Agricultural Co;
!oge. and a post-graduate with the d*
gree of Bachelor of Science at the
same school, will he stationed at
Ashevllle; Mr*. M. M. Davis, a gradu
ate cef the Tennessee State Norma!
School and with considerable experl
ena# In special work at the University
of Tennessee and in Columbia Uni
versity. will be stationed at Durban.1
and Raleigh, devoting her time be
tween the two cltlee; and Mrs. Kate
Brew Vaughan. one of the best-know?
demonstrator* of the South and teach
?r of home economics In the recent
summer school held at the college at
West Raleigh, will be stationed In
Winaton-Salem.
Governor Grant* Seven Pardona.
Seven pardon* granted by Governor
BlcVett bring* hla to'al during the ten
mqptjis of hla.AdminiulraUoa~-f~IZtj.
against the 432 during Governoi
Craig's term. But the pardon gates
?re becoming Increasingly dlfffcult to
open Sweeping surveys of prisoners
ttie State have been followed by
batches of pardona for men who. alone
I and without ontslde Influence, have
not thought of liberty. Generally
. speaking. Governor Blckett Is getting
|<"own to the rock bottom and it Is un
derstood that pardons hereafter are
going to be few and far between.
New Enterprise* Authrrlxad.
The Smith Novotoy Electrical com'
wny, Inc, of Charlotte, eaoltai *10
COO authorised and $5 000 subscribed
by 8. J. Smith. E. H Isenhonr and A
|B. Justice, for manufacturing median
j leal toys and other purnose*.
| The N P. Sloan romnany. Charlotte
icerltal $20:000 authoriied and $10,000
j subscribed, by N. P. 8'oen. H. V.
Sloan W H. Dunn *"d others.
| The People'* Building company, of
Waahlngton. capital $100 000 author
lued and 11.000 subscribed, by F W
Co*. J. A. Jrlckett and F. Alllwood.
The East Coast Manufacturing com
pany. of New Hanover county, capi
tal $25,000 authorised and $2.BOO sub
scribed, by C. F. Howell, T C. Me
Facbern. Y. B Groom and othars. for
developing timber land*, operating
mills and the like
The Twin-City Motor company, of
Leaksvllle. capital Jso.ono authorised
and $5,000 subscribed, by B. M. Wil
son. S L Martin and other*.
* The Shelby Motor company, of
Shelby, capital $15,000 authoriied and
$8,000 subscribed, by J. W. Spangles,
J. F.' Jenkins and other*
\
to me Iniminr
|j COL. GARDNER DESERVEDLY POPULAfl
CM. Augustus P. Gardner, former
ly representative In congreaa from Ik*
Siztt Massachusetts district, and Om
mam who started the mfavihw
movement In congress, is the sdjotant
general of the Thirty-first division, Nn
tlooal Guard. #>w at Camp Wheeler,
Ga., six miles from Ma con. This M
vision, now commanded by Brig. Otm.
J. L. Bayden. In the abM? of Mst^
Gen. T. L. Kernan, la composed of the
National Guard force* of OeorgJ*,
Florida and Alabama.
A one-time Massacbnaetts member
of congress as one of the ranking ofi
cers In a strictly Southern division hi
a rather unique situation, bnt Coloasl
Gardner Is one of the most pofmlar
officers In the camp. He la held in Ote
highest esteem by all the National
Guard officers and especially by the
residents of Macon.
? After making an effort for tv*
years, apparently without much war
cess. to awaken the country to its unprepare<lness ror war, colonel uaranw
upon ihe outbreak of hostilities with German;, resigned as representative
tond offered his services to the war department.
Having seen serTlce In the Spanish-American war and having devote*
years of his life to a study of military affairs, the colonel was no novlee to
military matters. Mr. Baker, the secretary of war, recognized at once the
advantages of Colonel Gardner being in active service, by giving him a cot*
net's commission.
For a "down East Ynnkee" to come right into the very heart of the South
with a division of 27.000 men. composed of real southerners, and to make
friends with all the officers and men, "%nd at the same time with the residents
of Macon, ii no easy task. But the colonel bus done ail this and more. He Is
not only the friend of the soldiers and the Macon people, but be la the Idol ?f
the newspaper men "covering" the camp.
HEAD OF ABMV TRANSPORTATION [
The *nb]ect of srmjr transporta
tion Is so vast that la this article only
transportation by rail can be consid
ered. This Is the backbone of oar
modern transportation system, yet it
dates no farther back In army history
than the time of the Crimean war.
The army officer now In charge of
transportation. Brig. Gen. Chauncey
B. Baker, became deeply Impressed
with the Importance of this branch of
the service during the Spanish-Amer
ican war, when he was chief quarter
master of the Second division of the
Seventh Army corps and acting chief
quartermaster of the Seventh Afmj
corps. He has served three times In
placing the army In foreign territory?
twice In Cuba and once In Vera Crux
?and last summer served as senior
member In charge of the American
military mlaslon~~to France and Eng
land.
He has straggled against Inertia,
and sometimes opposition, during almost zu year*/ or peace ro onng uua
branch of the service to a point where It would readily be made effective la
time of war.
It must be remembered that this enormous work. Including the tra?pog
tatlon of material and the mobilisation of troops, la taking place without the
suspension of commercial traffic and practically without inconvenience to Ik*
public.
ITALIAN PREMIER HAS HARD TASK ^
Orlando, tM new Italian premier.
Is by no meana tbe strongest man la
the country. Hla cabinet record aa
mlnlater of the Interior waa not nam
suring from the point of view of tbaaa
who want to subordinate everything
to the winning of the wVr. He did sat
handle the food supply situation with
very great aucceaa, and he lacked fore*
In dealing with pacifists, socialists, and
the German propagandists.
But at the present moment there
la all the reaaaurance that la needed
in the fact that Sonnlno la to stay la
the jablnet aa minister of forelga af
fairs. Sonnlno la the strongest maa
In Italy and tbe moat Inflexible. He
Is for everything that will make for
success for the armies and bitterly
opposed to anything that looks to a
discontinuance of the fighting ontfl
Germany and Austria are defeated.
He would not stay In tbe new Or
lando cabinet nnleaa he was anre of
the policy of Its chief. With all his strengtn ami greatness, nonnino iimmn
I* not the best man for the premiership. He Is not flexible enough. He cn
not compromise and cajole and trim to meet the requirements of dealing with
; the present queerljr constituted chamber of deputies. Bonnlno was premier
| In 19061' and again In 1910. Each ttme his power continued for only about
three months. He would fall agnln Id the present situation, and then tk*
country would lose him not only as premier but as foreign minister, in which
office he Is indispensable. '
GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN STATESMAN |
Have yon ever been In South At
j rlcaT Have you ever lain at anchor
In Table bay and looked at the red
1 roofs of Cape Town standing by the
fortress walla of Table mount T Have
yon ever felt the aoft, warm earth of
the Teldt under your feet? Have you
ever watched the ox wagon* winding
down a pass, or heard the monn of the
ostrich In the darkness, or llatened to
the andden rush of the torrent over
the dry river bed, or smiled at the
simple Jokes of the country folk? If
you have, you know "Jannle" Smuts,
ns be Is affectionately called In Soutt
Africa; "Jannle" who was born within
f>0 miles of Oape Town. You know all
about him without being told, for he I*
port of the whole acheme of natore
and things there.
There Is a theory that a man And*
his best Impetus In the country In
which he la born. South Africa can
certainly boast of one such great man
In General 8mut*. mlnlater of (Wenne of the I'nlon or souin Airni, annm
of the priTj council, mlnlater of aerial defense, and, at tbe prevent moment,
one of the prominent men of the war.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
During 1015 1.745 persons were
killed by wild animals to Rrltlsh tndls,
or B per cent more than In 1014.
Slxtr thousand home* hate been
' purchased In Canada by the allied (or
| ernmenta since the outbreak .of th*
, war.
The Chilean Indiana make a drink
jfrom malic. The grain la first baked,
then steeped In water for a certal'i
period, after which It Is boiled an4
oat Into bottles.
The wot flit lands of Ecuador pre
dace a vine yielding a fruit which,
whi n dried, forma a sponge sapcrlar
to animal sponges.
Rreaklng the (Ian of a new flrt
alarm box Intended for.hotel or oflk*
building room* permit* the iliia tr
l>e aounded and fress a Am aaraps
rope and harnaaa.
To aid men to carry beary
on their backs an ICn/tlnhmaa baa la
Tented pneumatic ohonlder pads, Oh
air they contain twin* eqnallwd tf?
central reaerrolr.