The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 146, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
SEES NO REASON TO BE GLOOMY
Herbert Hoover Says Success in
This War Is a Question of
Resources.
FOOD PROBLEM IS SOLVED
Spontaneous Volunteer Effort on Part
of People Provides Great Stock of
Food—American Women Re-
spond Nobly in Great Crisis.
By HERBERT HOOVER.
Washington.—No one ean rightly be
gloomy over the outcome for the Amer-
ican people in this war. Success in
this war is a question of resources,
and the will and ability of the people
to organize themselves to use their re-
sources rightly and to endure. Many
thinking people, in America and
throughout the whole world, have been
watching anxiously the last four
months in the fear that Democratic
America could not organize to meet
autocratic Germany. Germany has
been confident that it could not be done.
Contrary proof is immediately at our
door. Aside from the remarkable as-
semblage of our army and financial re-
sources, our people have already dem-
onstrated their ability to mobilize, or-
ganize, endure and prepare voluntarily
iand efficiently in many directions and
upon a mere word of inspiration.
Food Supply Increased.
We entered the war four months
ago, and it \vas announced by the pres-
ident that one of the great problems
of the war would be food; that we
must prepare to increase and to save
our foodstuffs for a year in advance,
not only for ourselves, but for our
allies as well. There has been no con-
sequential national or local legislation,
!yet thq greatest spontaneous volunteer
effort ever made in history has pro-
vided us with a larger stock of food
supply as a result of patriotic plant-
ing in every quarter, and waste is be-
ing eliminated out of every crack and
cranny of our homes, and of our indus-
tries. This is being doife without com-
pulsion of the law, and by spontaneous
effort and self-denial of the people.
There have sprung ^ up over night
throughout^the United States, in every
city, county, village and state, defi-
nite and positive organizations, prac-
tical in their ends and unflagging in
■their efforts, which have the will to
tsolve food-supply questions. No au-
tocratic government could accomplish
this. Germany accomplished less in
twelve months than our. people have
done in four. The only need of our
legislation and authority is to curb
those who would profit by this volun-
teer movement. The proof of all this
lies in the fact that our present pros-
pects indicate an increase of produc-
tion of cereals by 850,000,000 bushels.
Our farmers planted an increased
acreage of wheat, but the weather has
not responded for this product. Liter-
ally millions of new gardens have
been planted or extended everywhere.
We have the largest supply of vegeta-
bles in our history.
Women Respond Nobly.
The wolf is at the door of Europe,
and with all these surpluses, our stock
of foodstuffs would still have been too
little for the demand upon us during
the coming year if our people had not
responded to the call for wise and eco-
nomical use of food and for the elim-
ination of waste. The response not
only in planting, but also in conserva-
tion has been of such spontaneous,
magnificent order as to justify confi-
dent optimism in the ability of our
people to prepare and to preserve. In
the matter of our great surplus of per-
ishables, because of our inability to
ship these to our allies, a call was sent
out from Washington asking that our
■people should consume the perishables
during the summer and fall months
in substitution for the great staples
which should be held for the winter,
and for shipment to our allies. They
were asked to substitute corn for
wheat and to conserve the waste of
meat and fats by the use of substi-
tutes. That this is being done is al-
ready evidenced by reports of dealers
in cereals and in meats, which indi-
cate a most remarkable decrease in
demand for these commodities and an
increased demand for substitutes. A
call also was sent out asking that all
perishables that could not be consumed
should be preserved and stored. This
call, since the arrival of perishables in
May, has been met by the response of
millions of women in the country, not
only In the matter of preserving in the
household, but also by the creation of
innumerable committees, clubs, demon-
stration trains and instructors provid-
ed by our educational institutions,
making a complete system throughout
the country. Although we are only
half way through the canning season,
we can begin to see magnificent re-
sults. It is obvious enough that the
American woman has not lost the
household arts of her pioneer mother.
Will Supply the Deficiency.
Our American canners will this year
produce about 1,700,000,000 cans of
fruit and vegetables. Our government
and the allies will require about 200,-
000,000 of these cans. The returns we
have from various state organizations
based upon the results obtained for the
first half of the season indicate that
the American women will preserve
200,000,000 jars and cans of fruit and
vegetables this year, and will thus
supply any deficiency called for by
the armies.
A few days ago we sent out a call
to the women of the country that they
sign a pledge to us to accept our sug-
gestions as to substitutes and waste-
elimination in their homes,, so far as
their circumstances would permit. Al-
ready we have over 2,000,000 home
pledges en route to Washington, Phil-
adelphia leading with . 250,000. St.
Louis, for example, has had over 150
mass meetings of women in arrange-
ing the enrollment. There are 2,400
organized women in Virginia making
a house-to-house canvass. We shall
have the millions of homes in the
United States enrolled as members of
the food administration, joining us in
volunteer regulation within Sixty days.
This in response to a simple request
nnd with no extended organization on
our part, but in reliance upon the sup-
port of the women's committee of the
council of national defense, state coun-
cils of defense, the multitude of exist-
ing women’s organizations and the
strong support of all the churches and
fraternal organizations of the country.
As soon as we can formulate the vol-
untary regulations we., shall ask for
similar pledges from every public eat-
ing place and every trade in the coun-
try.
The elimination of waste in the
country has been most gratifying. The
best index of this saving is in garbage
returns from our large cities. We
have returns for the month of June
from cities aggregating a population
of 15,000,000, showing a reduction of
their garbage by 32 per cent below the
month of June last year. These fig-
ures are a tribute to the energy of
American women, not only in the work
of their households, but in the organi-
zation of public opinion for the elim-
ination of waste.
Spells Germany's Doom.
If we make a broad survey of the
country, we find every state spontane-
ously creating a definite and active
food organization presided over by
capable and devoted men and women
who are sacrificing every Interest in
this national service. We find a well-
-considered and well-defined organiza-
tion of subcommittees (on the various
phases of food production and coii-
| H00SIERS PLAN TO AID
SOLDIERS BY BIG FUND
Richmond, Ind.—The citizens
of Wayne county, through the
county council of defense, ex-
pect to raise si large fund for
the benefit of the soldiers called
to the colors of the United
States. Under plans being de-
veloped financial aid will be giv-
en in meeting premiums on in-
surance, that may not have been
invalidated by reason of military
service; payment of taxes owed
by soldiers, and other financial
assistance that will be needed.
The plan is to meet problems
iS larger than giving aid merely in
[£j the manner of comfort kits, lit-
& tie luxuries and the like.
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More than $300,000,000 was spent on
highway construction and maintenance
In the United States In 1916. Of this
amount 16 Southern states spent ap-
proximately $52,000,000.
HOLD COURT DURING AIR RAID
London Judges Hear Evidence While
Bombs Are Exploding in Nearoy
Streets.
London.—While bombs rained in the
streets nearby and a hundred guns
roared at the sky, judges, counsel and
witnesses in London courts went right
along with the dull job of boiling down
evidence into justice.
Rose Witten, a pretty girl of seven-
teen, stayed in the witness box in one
court and gave her evidence in a lit-
tle louder tone to be heard above the
bombs.
“You need not continue if you
are frightened,” said the judge to Miss
Witten.
“I’m not frightened,” she replied.
“Let’s go on with the story.”
Before continuing the case the jus-
tice appealed to all in the courtroom
to “die like Englishmen” if they must
die.
Heels made chiefly of colled springs
covered with flexible leather are a
Kansas Inventor’s footwear novelty.
servation), and we see these re-dupli-
cated by sub-organizations in counties
and municipalities. This is the or-
ganization of democracy, and this is
positive proof that at the call of na-
tional duty our people will rise, and
rise overnight, to the real defense of
their faith. I feel sure that the su-
perior intelligence of our people, their
capacity for self-denial and their will
to persevere, will px-ove a wall that
will withstand the best efforts of the
Germans for the next flVe years, if it
be necessax-y.
Even though the situation in Europe
may be gloomy today, no American
who has knowledge of the results al-
ready obtained in every direction need
have one atom of fear that democracy
will not defend Itself in these United
States.
I recall that shortly before we joined
the war, I had a conversation with a
prominent German official Who -had
spent some time in the United States,
and who had a much deeper apprecia-
tion than most Germans of what
America’s entry in the war would
mean. His final remark to Me after a
long discussion was: “I do not fear
the American soldiers becaO.se they
cannot arrive in time; what i fear is
the intelligence and devotion of 100,-
000,000 of original minds and people
ti’ained to a faith in individual Initia-
tive. The day that these people, now
so materialistic in outward appeai*-
ance, are stirred spiritually, that day ty
the day of Germany’s doom.”
ACTIVE IN WAR WORK
Marchioness of Londonderry in the
uniform of colonel of England’s Wom-
an Volunteer reserves. The members
of the reserves are taught signaling,
dispatch riding, telegraphing, motoring
and camp cooking; to be ready in the
event of an invasion of England from
land, sea, or air.
Lady Londonderry Is wife of one of
England’s richest peers. She is one
of the most beautiful women in Eng-
land’s court circles, apd from the be-
ginning of the war has been foremost
in stimulating Interest and enthus-
iasm in war work to aid the govern-
ment, and in charities caring for those
affected by the \Var.
Schoolgirl's Perfect Record.
Hayward, Wis.—Miss Dagne Bra-
then, a member of the 1917 graduating
class of the Hayward high school, has
a perfect mark for regular school at-
tendance, as she did not miss a day,
nor was tardy, from September in
1905, when she entered the kindergar-
ten of the local schools, until this year,
when she received a high school di-
ploma.
To aid in using sealing wax an alco-
hol lamp has ben invented the flam®
of which burns under a shallow recep-
tacle in which wax is melted and from
which It can be poured.
| TYROL’S GIRL SOLDIER f
| WOUNDED IN BATTLE
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ij Copenhagen.—Victoria, Sanz
4< of Meran, an eighteen-year-old
^ Tyi-olean girl who has been flglit-
•}" ing in the trenches on the Italian
it fi'ont for the past two years, was
T seriously wounded in battle a
2 few days ago, says a dispatch to
a Berlin newspaper. She was
T operated on and later pro-
* nounced out of danger, although
it was said she would be inca-
pacitated for further service.
The girl Is the holder of a
bronze medal for bravery and is
on the list for further decora-
tion.
Laws prohibiting the use by paint-
ers of white lead or products contain-
ing it have become effective in Fi’ance.
Michigan Is the leading state in the
manufacture of sand lime brick, fol-
lowed by Minnesota and New York.
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By Veronica M. Maher
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(Copyright, 1917, by W. G. Chapman.)
Willard Ross tried to act uncon-
cerned and indifferent as he ascended
the stairs in a public building leading
to the office of his lawyer. He did not
attempt to feel that way. For a year
he had not seen his wife, nor had he
heard from her direct. Absence, liow-
eyer, had not hardened his heart, just
as travel and change had not made
him forget the home he had once
cherished.
Looking back, he tried not to feel
angry or revengeful. They had pai’ted
at her wish, or, rather, her demand. It
came back to him vividly now—a de-
lightful year of love, engagement, an-
other of wedded felicity 'and then a
dark cloud spread over their lives, in-
sistent, blighting, destroying.
His sister, a widow, had never liked
Lura Mason, and Lura Ross less, and
his wife was well aware of it. Be-
cause of this, Ross had been vei’y care-
ful not to tell his wife of his regular
weekly visits to his sister, sacrificing
confidence to peace. The time came,
however, when he could no longer de-
ceive Lura. His sister was taken
down with a fateful malady. The doc-
tor told him that she could not live
more than two months. She -was a
nervous, selfish and capricious wom-
an, and not only exacted a daily visit,
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Informed Her Husband That It Was
All Over Between Them.
out, when taken with “spells,” would
send for Ross, no matter what the
hour of business or sleep.
“Your sister has no right to make
a bond slave of you!” burst forth
Lura unrestrainedly one day. “I can
endure it no longer.”
“Remember, she is dying, and I am
her only relative, Lura,” spoke Ross
gravely.
“More than that, your visits are
causing comment,” continued Lura,
growing excited. “Your sister has hex-
old friend, Miss Dunbar, nursing her.”
“A kind, sensible woman, who de-
votes her life to her,” replied Ross
warmly.
“And the girl she hoped you would
marry!” cried Lbra.
Ah ! thex-e was the pang—jealousy
added to dislike. Ross laughed deris-
ively at the Insinuation.
“Why, Miss Dunbar never cared for
me. Her life romance only included
fervent affection for her fiance, who
died, and whose memory she has sa-
cx-edly chei-ished.”
That conversation was the start of
the trouble. Daily Lura nursed her
fancied wrongs; daily Ross went his
patient way. Then one day a desert-
ed home, a hard, bitter letter from
Lura, in which she inforxned her hus-
band that it was all over between
them. His sister died that same week,
and his senses were fairly numbed
with all of the distress that had bulked
about him at a critical moment of his
life. He did not know that a trouble-
breeding gossip had imparted to his
wife that he was quite lover-like in
his attention to Miss Dunbar, a base
lie fabricated from whole cloth.
When the funeral was over, Ross’ at-
torney informed him that an at-
torney representing his wife had
culled upon him to discuss a mutual
separation. Lura had vanished, they
thought to the home of some distant
relatives. She was apparently immov-
able in her decision. Sorrowfully,
Ross directed his attorney to proffer
her a liberal independent income. He
wrote to Lura through her lawyer, but
received no reply. Then Ross sought
relief in travel. He had now returned
to his home city and his first visit was
to his lawyer.
The latter greeted him with uncon-
cealed satisfaction. A few minutes
were devoted to casual conversation.
Then the attorney plunged directly
into a subject near to his heart, hard,
practical man that he was.
“Ross,” he said, “I have had your
marital troubles on my mind greatly
of late, and I hope for a remedy to a
situation that, knowing your true,
manly chax-acter, must be a soux-ce of
regret and sadness to you.”*
“My wife—” began Ross.
“Is, I am pex-suaded, convinced of
your sterling worth and her own folly
in adopting a coux-se probably directed
by false friends. A month ago her at-
torney called upon me. He hinted at
the lonely, bx-oken life she was lead-
ing. He made a statement that
amazed me.”
“What was it?”
“That she could no longer consent
to receive the payments provided from
a husband who cared nothing for her.
Ah, the ice was broken! I counseled
a discussion. Yesterday Mrs. Ross,
through her attorney, stated that ‘she
would be willing to xxieet you half
way.’ ”
“‘Half way?’ ” repeated Ross, and
there was a queer catch in his voice.
“Why, I will go all the way for an
opportunity to convince a really good
woman at heart that I cherish hex-
good opinion as fervently as I always
have in me past.”
“Come here tomorrow,” directed the
lawyer briefly. “I will have something
more definite to tell you.”
And then It was that "Willard Ross,
tx-ue, generous soul that he wras, hun-
gering for a reconciliation, the follow-
ing afternoon started upon a queer
mission—he was going “half way” to
meet his wife.
“Half way” meant that he, at Lex-
ington, she 20 miles distant, were to
meet half w’ay. That might be at the
little hamlet of Clyde. It might be
at the bridge Spanning a little trick-
ling stream, the curving romantic road
he had driven along with Lura many
a time during their coui-tship. The
hour was approximately set. He knew
ever inch of the x-oad, and dx*ove his
'automobile in a sort of feverish haste,
wondering how, when, where he should
once more greet the wife he pardoned
and really loved.
A shade of disappointment crossed
his face as he neared the old bridge.
The road beyond it showed no vehicle
or pedestrian in view. Was Lura go-
ing to disappoint him? His heart
sank as, a mile farther on, he followed
the winding road.
“Half way!” murmured Ross, with
a sinking heart.
He slowed down, wondering if after
all this was some spiteful, cruel act
intended to humiliate him.
“Hark!”
He brought the machine to 'a halt
and listened intently. Ahead a scream
rang out in the accents of a woman's
voice, but muffled. Ross speeded up.
Turning one of the numex-ous sharp
curves of the winding highway, he
came in full view of the soux-ce of the
outcry. An automobile stood at one
side of the road. Its chauffeur con-
fronted the woman who had screamed
—Lura, his wife.
The chauffeur had secured posses-
sion of her hand-bag, now he was
reaching toward her throat to tear
from it a chain having a pendant
locket.
“Oh, don’t rob me of that—please!
please!” pleaded Lura. “You are wel-
come to my purse and rings, but spare
me that.”
“You scouudx-el!” shouted Ross,
making for the man, who, hired to
convey Lura on her way, was bent on
plundering her. The feliow faced him,
x-ecognized the superior strength of his
prospective adversary and drew a re-
volver-. Crack! With a sharp cry
Ross dropped to the ground, and his
assailant, springing into his car, van-
ished from the scene.
“Oh, he has killed him!” wailed
Lura, and she was on hex; knees by
the side of her husband. A bullet
hole showed in his coat. She tore the
garment loose. Next the vest, Vxnd
then his chest bared showed a
bruise, rather than a wound exposed.
The bullet had glanced across the
breastbone. Lura uttered .a sob of
hope and joy. Her hand came in con-
tact with a card outlined in his vest
pocket. She drew it forth. The bullet
had penetrated it through and thi-ough.
A wild cry of delight pierced the air
—it was a photograph of herself.
“Is she safe?” came from the lips
of her husband, reviving. Her face/,
tear-stnined, was close to his own. He
smiled, drew her lips across his own
and was conteixf.
And then she opened the locket she
had so striven to save from the
greedy grasp of the despoiler, and he
knew that she was constant and true,
“ ‘Half way!’ ” he murmured in
rhapsody. “Let us forget the past,
and go all the -way through life to>
gether.”
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