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VOL. XXVII
AFTER WEEKS FINDS HUSBAND^ BIOAMIST
Calasaiiqiia Woman Learns She is Wile Number Two, Accused fc In Jall.
r Her hiisbiind thrust into the Jail at i ^iientowM on his confession of big- Kiny, ">•' martial romance cf Miss Lillie I. Fogel was rudely and cruelly jhattorod three weeks atter her mar¬ riage.
Miss Togel, aged twenty-eight the only support of her widowed mother, moved from Catasauqua a year ago to beconi" bookkeeper for thu Union Transfer Company. Both at her old iome and Ailentown she made many friends. It turns out that' for some montlis i)ast she kept company with ClinU"! Long, aged thirty-fivo, an employee of the transfer company, vith whom she was thrown into fre¬ quent contact. She accepted his pro¬ posal and while she thought it a bit atranKe lhat he did not want the cere¬ mony performed in Ailentown, aoced- red to llis plan for a trip to Wilkes- Barre on March 30, where they were married by Rev. Richard B. Webster. Married life for Miss Fogel was a happy dream until Saturday night, when she accompanied her husband to a Iiarty at the home of a lelative. Thcy had such a good time he sugges¬ ted remaining in Slatington over night. She told him to remain, but she herself would return home that Dlght in order to attend Sunday ichool, which she had not missed for twenty years.
On the trolley car a niece of lyong asked Miss Fogel whether she had looked up his antecedents, informing her that he had been marrie 1 before and had never been divorced. The bride ot three weeks collapsed. On Sunday she reported to Alderman Gottliardt, wha began an investi¬ gation, with the result that he found from llie Court records that on Feb¬ ruary IL', 1906, he had married Mary MllHiduse, from whom he had been leparated for three or four years, but never divorced. Wife No. I confir¬ med Ihf lack of a divorce, saying Long had deserted her. Long's ex¬ cuse for entering into the second al¬ liance was that he had heard his first wife had secured a tUvorce. The de- celvfil liride will go back to her book- keeiiin^. The mistake was that on account of her trustful nature she did IKII inquire into her lover's past, as all who worked with hiii knew the mini liad not b(>€n divorced. N'ow that thn explosion has occurred they wish lliey had  told  her.
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1918
NO. 21
I'KNNA. LKADH IN THK MKDI- CAL. OKFICKKS' KKSKRVE CORPS.
WAR GAKDKNKHS MAKE
»4c I'ER HOUR.
Re-emphasizing the fact that pa- trloti.-m is profitable to t.'ie indi¬ vidual a.s well IS to the nation, the story (jf how employes of tho Fire¬ stone Tiro & Rubber Company, of Akron. Ohio, made 94c an hour out ot their war gardens furnishes an Intere.KiiiiK sidelight on the impor¬ tance 111 this angle of the food con¬ servation movement.
One fit' tho first to respond to the OoveriiiiKMit's appeal for war gardens the Fill stone Company placed at the disposal of its i-mployes a tract of land mar its factories which had previously been plowed and put intj condition  for  planting.
Altoi;. ther there were 265 plots. A. supei iu tendent of the gardens was employcii. In order to check the re- JUlts sy.stematically a time clock was Installed to record the time when each gardener started and stopped work, thon when the gardeners gathered the vegetables they were weighed or measured and their val- ae re<orded. This idea mado the Firestone garden work particularly Taluable because it allowed the Com- Wny to arrive at definite figures which should be an inspiratUn to all other big companies and to Indivi¬ dual homo owners as well.
WorkiiiK an average of only 2 hours L'9 minutes each a week, the 265 patriots raised food stuff valued at U4,:'orj.59. For every hour spent on his or lier garden each individual received as a return food products worth IMr at retail prices.
The foUciwing statistical  summary of the Firestone War Gardens shows how records were kept and how flnal '» Jgures  were obtained. J    Number of gardens assigned 265.
Number of hours worked  15,313.
AveragL' number of hours per gar¬ den, 57.
Number ot weeks, 23. Average hours per  man  perweek, 2 hours 29 niinutes. Value of products at retail prices,
Tctal cost of seeds, $500.17. I9n-*"^'    "¦^''^li'iian,     plowing  $2,-
Mlscellaneous   expenses   1134.22.
Total $3,024.56.
^'et value 111,181.03.
Average valuo of products from •"Oof the 2fi5 gardens 153.60.
Average aniount per hour received .y„ ^^}^ gardener In value of pro-  ducts 94 cents.
,^"">«8lastie over tho possibilities "the war garden H. S. Firestone, ""ident of tho Company, has pub- «»M an illustrated pamphlet tell- "}« about the Firestone applicaUon « the war garden idea.
"ARM OITI ITH MAY
BE TAKEN TO fANADA
FREE OF DUTY.
meet the demand for
of foodatuffs,
been    issued In
In order to
ZX Prc.duetlon ^•^"ctiona have h j,^^»aa permitting the free admls- aadotL"' ''»^'>»1<^1««. Implements, •Mfor? """"^ ''*"'''' ^ave been in lot th«(,   """^ purposes, conditional
The Department of Health of Pennsylvania has just completed a tabulation of tho number of its offi¬ cers who have been commissioned In the Medical Oflicers' Heserve Corps, together with a list of those who have entered the various branches of the Federal Service since the United States entered the present world¬ wide war. The record is one of which Pennsylvania has every reaaon to be proud.
With Pennsylvania for more than a hundred yeara leading all other States in medical education ond tor twelve years under the leadership of Dr. Samuel G. Diron, far in advance in public health and sanitary work, it might have been expected in a great National crisis that Pennsyl¬ vania with many men well trained In public health work would stand first in response to the Surgeon General's call for medical men.
Tho honor roll from the State De¬ partment of Health begins with seven .Medical Offlcers who have been com¬ missioned as Majors, twenty-eight Medical Offlcers and eight sanitary engineers who have been commis¬ sioned as Captains, one hundred sixty-edght medical offlcers, two sani¬ tary engineers and one health officer as First Lieutenants, five State offl¬ cers to various special branches of the service, and thirteen nurses to the Nursing Corpa of the Army. In addition to two hundred thirty-two persons entering the Army two sani¬ tary engineers have entered the Fed¬ eral Public Health Servico doing cantonment work and two stenogra¬ phers have accepted Federal posi¬ tions for war work.
It is doubtful if any State organ¬ ization in America could havs sent to the Federal .4.rmy in this great crisis any such number of persons trained to serve as offlcers.
Dr. Royor, the Acting Commis¬ sioner, was commissioned a Lieuten¬ ant In 1911, a Captain in April 1917, and in addition to his public health duties, has served as Chairman of the Examining Board at Harrisburg. In thia capacity he ha,s passed upou tho professional and physical quali- licatlons of those entering the Medi¬ cal and Sanitary Officers' .Reserve Corps, and on the physical qualifi¬ cations of those entering the Veteri¬ nary Offlcers' and the Dental Officers' Reserve Corps.
The Medical Committee of the Council of Defense reports that Pennsylvania leads all other States in tho number of Medical Officers en¬ tering tho Army. This is as it ought to bo and I'ennsylvania stands ready to keep on giving lo this branch of tho service, giving until it hurts, so long as this world-wide war contin¬ ues.
FOOD AI>MIMSTRATI<)N
FURTHER   I.I.MITS
USE OF WHEAT Fi-OUR.
Under the new baking rules issued by the Food .\dministration, lhe sub¬ stitute for wheat-flour conte'it of all bread and rolls must amount to 25 per eent. The substitute content hereafter required in various pro¬ ducts follow:
Sweet yeast dough goods, 33 1-3 per cent; crackers, 15 por cen.; cook¬ ies and ico cream cones, 33 1-3 per cent; cakes, 33 1-3 per cent; pies 3 3 1-3 per cent; fried cakes, 33 1-3 per cent; pastry, 33 1-3 per cent; bat¬ ter cakes, waffles, quickbreads—such as muffins and Boston brown bread, G6 2-3 per cent.
Under the new rules no puhlic eat¬ ing place may servo more than 2 ounces of bread and rolls or mora than 4 ounces o? quick bread to any ono person at any one meal.
With customers who buy loaf bread, bakers are urged to promote the use of the three-quarter pound loaf, following the Food Adminis¬ tration's request that the 12-ounce loaf be used where the IC-ouuce loaf was used before.
Bakers are urged to introduce "quick breads'" as a wheat-saving measure. These quick breads, in¬ cluding muffins, baking-powder bis¬ cuits, corn bread, Boston brown bread, griddle cakes, and waffles, must contain two-thirds wheat-flour substitutes.
The use of the words "milk" or "cream" on wrappers and labels is no longer prohibited, but milk bread must still be sold at the same price as bread  made without milk.
FEDERAL FAIOI  LOAN UOARD. APPROVES  LOANS TOTALING
)|l 100,000,000 IN YE.VR.
A review of the first year of oper¬ ation of the Federal Farm Loan Sys¬ tem shows that 2,808 national farm loan aivsociations were Incorporated, representing about four associations to each flve counties of the United States. They average 20 members, or a total membership of about 56,- 000  farmers.
Tho 12 land banks have received applications for over 120,000 loans amounting to about ?300.000,000. .\bout 80,000 loans, amounting to over $160,000,000, have been ap¬ proved, and on 30,000 of these loans over $80,000,000 has been paid to tho farmers.
CONSUMITION OF ItUE.II). IS .\GAIN CUT IIV
FHKNCII  ORDER.
Tho latest bread allowances In France, placing the ration at about two-thirda of that heretofore main¬ tained, limit maximum consumption, per day, as follows:
Children le.ss than 3 years old, 3 Vi ounct<a.
Children from 3 to 13 years old, 7 ounces.
Persona from 13 to 60 years old, lO'i ounoea (hard workers In this ago class may receive 3V4 ounces more).
Persons over 60. 7 ounces.
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WHEN Noah went to work on the blueprints for the ark, he was handicapped in what¬ ever effort he made to arouse popular interest in his enterprise, inasmuch as the sky had not yet begun to cloud up. If the storm that was to come had threatened or even been predicted by competent weather experts, a few weeks in advance, Noah not only would have been a hero for his farsightedness, but he could have floated stock for a whole squadron of arks. I venture to say that once the Big Rain got well started, and people saw that it was really going to be not a mere shower but a humdinger, breaking all spring re¬ cords, they would gladly have bought Ark Bonds, redeemable at maturity, to the full limit of their resources and no questions asked—if only they could be carried along to safety.
The man who would have quibbled about the expense, if offered a chance to buy first- class passage on the ark just before it sailed, would have been unceremoniously kicked to one side for blocking the aisle.
The only thing, I repeat, that prevented people from clamoring for reservations on the ark, weeks in advance, was the fact that they didn't believe any flood was coming. Today we have no such excuse for not buying Liberty Bonds. We KNOW the war is here. We know, too, what kind of people we are fighting—what kind of treacherous, merciless, double- crossing bullies we would be obliged to deal with if the enemy should be victorious. Victory is a bargain no matter how much it costs. Mere money would hold small charm if Teutonic autocracy should prevail in the world. For the world would not be fit for a self-respecting human to live in. Compared with having a Prussian officer with an arrogant strut and a peak-shaped head standing on my street telling me where I may go, and what I may think— and what my boy may be permitted to believe when he grows up	
GOVERNMENT BADLY NEEDS
TRAI.NED .MEN.
W. 8. S. CAMPiilGN IS VERY SUCCESSFUL
Compared with that sort of thing, I started to say, being drowned in a historic flood is a trifling hardship. The man who refuses to buy Liberty Bonds is still more stupid than the fellow who refused to pay his last penny, if need be, to get aboard the ark. It is too bad these two couldn't have been personally acquainted. They doubtless would have enjoyed each other's company.
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BOY FARMERS PINCH HITTERS FOR NATION
Lieutenant Governor Expects Them
to Supply Land Labor
In State
Buy   Liberty   Bonda—best   Inveet- ment on e«rth.
"Pinch hitters for Uncle Sam" Is the title Lieutenant Governor McClain has bestowed upon the schoolboys and college students who will go to work on the farms of Pennsylvania this spring and summer.
Tho Lieutenant Governor is very hopeful about the success ot the Government's campaign to supply farm labor in this manner. He be¬ lieves the movement will be bene¬ ficial to the boys themselves, their farm employers and to the nation. Mr. McCIain speaks from experience, observation and the viewpoint of the practical   agriculturist,     He   said:
"My views on this point were ex¬ pressed in my talk to tho University of Pennsylvania boys the other day. I said to them:
"It is a patriotic duty to plant and I believe the farmers aro willing and anxious to do their duty notwith¬ standing the handicap due to tho scarcity of labor. It is imperative that we do many things now that wo would not do at other times.
"The farmer can't compete with the big war industries. President Wilson, foreseeing the emergency, is¬ sued a call to the boys of the reserve age sixteen to twenty-ono years, in the schools and colleges to woik on the farms in the coming vacation period, and if that call is responded to in hearty fashion tho result in lielpfulness will be infinitely greater than is imagined by those who are inclined to be skeptical about this plan for farm help. There should bo no scoffing at what boys of ages six¬ teen to twenty-one can do for their country. A year ago, I frankly con¬ fess, I was one of those inclined to minimize the importance of boy and young man labor with no previous experience in farm work; but my eyes have been opened to the fallacy of that notion. Results, facts, are in evidence to prove the valuo of such kind ot help.' "
In concluding his address to the University students, the Lieutenant Governor said:
"The situation resolves itself Into this: 'What are you going to do for your Uncle Sam?'
"I speak to you in a vernaucular which I am sure you will all under¬ stand.
"The game Is war; we have got to score;
"America Is up at the bar.
"And as captain of the 'All Penn¬ sylvania team' I want to ask, here and now, how many ot you are ready to go in as pinch-hitters'?"
ASSISTANT SECRETARV OF LAHOR .SAVS WAGES DO NOT  KEEP  PACE  WITH RISING COST OF LmNG.
Wage increases In the United States are not keeping pace with the advance in the cost of living, Aasist¬ ant Secretary of Labor Post asserts. Figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of tho Department of r-abor, he says, show that while the cost of food last year increased 25 per cent for the entire country, wages roso only one-half or two- thirds of that rate.
Tho statement issued by the Bu¬ reau of Labor Statistics showing the increased living costs throughout the United States for the year ending January 15 says:
"Comparing January 15, 1918. with January 15, 1917, the price of food as a wholo increased 25 j.er cent .Ml articles show decided 'ncreases with the exception of potatoes, which docrnased 16 per cent. Corn meal shows tho greateat price change, an in<-n»a8e of 77 per cent. Bacon in- (•rt«»se«i 6 4 per cent; lard, 53 por cont pork chops, 44 por cent; ham 4 2 per cent; milk, 35 per cent; hens, 29 per cont; butter, 25 per cent; eggs, 23 ixvr cent; bread, 19 per cent; sugar, 18 per cent; and flour, 17 i>er cent. "
CO-OI'ER.VTING WITH EXIST-
ING GOVERN.MENT DEP'T.
In addition to the City of Phila¬ delphia, many other cities, towns, or counties are no doubt contemplating i issuing securities for public -mprove- ments of ono kind or another, some of which are probably not absolutely essential at this time. In referring to this phase ot credit conservation, Richard L. Austin, chairman of the Sub-Committee on Capital IfFues in tho Philadelphia Federal Ileserve District, gave out the following state¬ ment today:
"Very naturally, security Issues of municipalities comprise the major portion ot the work of the Capital Issues Committee. Capital Expen¬ ditures by municipalities generally may be divided into the following classes: road improvements, school buildings, public buildings, sanitary improvements, water works, and sewer plants. Tho Commiltee at Washington has heretofore announc¬ ed its policy with respect to ita method of cooperating with existing Government departments and bu¬ reaus, with respect to the three clas¬ ses first named. It now announces, that. Surgeon General Blue, of the United States Health Service, has placed his organization at the dis¬ posal ot tho Committee for use in connection with the consideration ot capital expenditures for sanitary im¬ provementa. In his letter to the Committee, the Surgeon General states, it is one of the functions and purposes of this bureau to collect information of this character and it will be a pleasure to furnish you with such information in any speci¬ fic case which may come before the Committee.
During the week just passed, the Committee at Washington dispose of 25 applications, aggregating 10,- 105,000, of which $762,000 were dis¬ approved; the $9,343,000 approved included $300,000 of refunding obli¬ gations, so that the new issues ap¬ proved aggregated $9,043,000. New issues of the corresponding period laat year amounted to $14,547,000, 60 that a comparative saving of 37.8 per cent was effected. In addition to this saving, however, postpone¬ ment was secured informally ot Is¬ sues aggregating $5,560,000."
LIBERTY LOAN
DAnOMORROW
Nazareth Teams Will Canvass District
Thoroughly   Public Meeting at
Y. M. C. A. Auditorium.
How many of us realize what would become of our forces in France if the organization at home for producing the material of war should fall? Charging armies and thundering baltleships are easy to visualize, but not so easy to accomplish. There '•an be no going "over the top," no paralyzing broadsides, unless, to sus¬ tain tlie blow, theic! is material in ahundance to back up th9 human effort.
Kight now the civilian branches of
the   Army   and   .Navy   are   in   urgent
need  of thousands of highly  trained
workers, and before this year passea
theee branches must be increased by , ,„  h„,„  ,^ ., .    .v,  ¦
at least  20,000.    The Ordnance  T>l'it^^}^  [^'\ ".Ti"      l" .'*»«'; ^.«ft«'
partment  of  the  Army  needs   great i ."'"rlH'n    .  1^     #    „ T^^l  ^^T
numbers of men who are trained as   1" ?,'^i" ,^'T''  f.. ,h       ^^?^f iT
came the banlter for the pupils in hU
or her room.     Simple    bank    books
for the pupils and account books for
! the  teachers    were  supplied.       The
Pupils of Nazareth Public Schools Given iixcellent Opportunity- Teachers Co-Operate.
When the Wur Saving an I Thrift stamp campaign opened January 1, 1918, the Nazareth Public School* at once realized that there waa a work in which they could profitably engage.     Plans w«?re forthwith made
mechanical engineers, meihanical and other kinds of draftsmen, chem¬ ists, metal lugrists, and the like. Literally thousands of inspectors are also wanted foi the work of passing upon the quality of everything con¬ ceivable in the way of ordnance, am¬ munition, and other munitions; For offlce work the Ordnance Department wants a great many statisticians, ac¬ countants, experts and assistants in business administration, and clerks trained in special lines, such as clerks qualified   in   business   adminstraton.
plan in operation is very simple. In each room there is set aside a cer¬ tain period each day, generally be¬ tween bells morning or afternoon, during which the teacher receives de¬ posits from the pupil. A pup 1 brings any amount of money he may have and the teacher gives him due credit in his bank book. As soon as the  pupil   has accumulated   '^'>   cents
.   , J.I ,    , ; I the    teacher    invests    it in a Thrift
index     and   oatalogue     clerks,     and , .^^^        i^^^ t^^ ^^ ^^ t^^ i,
clerks   qaulified   in  statistics   or   ac-: „„,, ^h,,„„„ ,, ^«  >,«-V^v-. -¦ j- -» u.-. accounting. The     Quartermaster;
i and charges it on the debt sile of his
-~ •"=•     .   *"^,    .¦'*""'^"r'"''"°'-''' i book.     In this way the teacher Is re.
Corps of the Army is in nee I of sev-! ,; ,   „»  .i,_   •_.¦-   _.       —  •
rate clerks are aKso wanted in this branch. The Signal Corps of the Army is short of aeronautical me¬ chanical draftsmen. The Navy has an unlimited number of places for draftsmen of various kinds and for a
long list of technical  workers.   Prac- ¦     .  ^.    . excellent     work   but
tieally all branches of the service are : ^^^7^^, \Z^  wH  do  stll,"more  ex-
ibUi'^:ipe°riri^iircZks,'riit I-.'.'-'.--^'- ^'-^ --"- =^' p--t
graidi operators, and calculating ma chine operators
Many pupils have taken a decided intereat in this method of saving and more are becoming interested from day to day hut too many are still uke warm or indifferent. The teach¬ ers have all worked enthusiastically and  energetically and  have,  without
will   give   them   their  whole-hearted support.
'     Friday, April  26, having been set aside by President Wilson aa Liberty : Day when special    efforts    ahall  bo made for the sale of the Third  Lib¬ erty Loan Bonds it has been decided i by the committee and the teams to i revive the efforts of all solicitors by ; making  an  Intensive canvass ot  our
district on  that day. '¦     Tho teams,  both  ladles and  men, : will meet at the Y. M. C. A. at 1.30 P. M. to start the canvass und at 9 P. M. a meeting will be held in the I Y.   M.   C.   A.   auditorium   when   re- ! ports will be received of the results I obtained.     The  public  is  Invited   to : attend  this  meeting. !      It   is   most   important   that   every member of a .Vazareth team ahould set aside every other duty and pleas¬ ure on Friday ':o as to devote his or ' her energy to secure all po.ssible sub- ' scriptipns to tho Third Liberty Loan. '     No  better  expression of your  pa¬ triotism  is possible than your active co-operation  in  this noble  work.
No solicitor, committeeman, nor any one associated with the organ- . ization of the Third Libert/ Loan ; Campaign has received even one i penny for his or her services. Every I bit of this work has bee.i dono 1 gratis and in many cases at a sacri- ' fice to the individual worker.
Patriotism alone has prompted these tireless efforts and tho glory will be shared by those who s'ubscribe to the bonds when we can reach our quota of $309,210, subscribed by at least 10% of the population of our district and we receive our honor flag.
The United States Civil Service Commission, whose duty it Is to fill these civilian positions, urges as a patriotic duty, that qualified persons offer their services for this work, work vital to pushing the war.  Good
Parent should recognize the fact that this campaign has for its aim not only the saving of money for the government ( and t^at is highly Im-" portant) but also the formation of habits of thrift in the children.    And
^^lei'rie^Tvo~oifev;i,\:inrthe'^'o^^^^^^^ «frv,>e"'^tLl''hv
all  in  the United States.     With the | ^^Tg   them" o  sl^e " By'^aviS
sTti^il's "apSlcantr wlll'rot'^t^-rsU^m": i r^rtiet^La^.^'lf 7h"e "dt ^^L^en'^ll bled for written examinations, but ^ "" T ' h^kI .V ^^ o ^J* will be rated upon their education, I ^^^^^ "^^ wk **' ^^''¦' ^°''" ^ ^l^' training, and experience as shown i„ j ^dlef'i^ o^tsScr^^ S their   applications,   supplemented   by i „  „       ,    .       ••„<•.   v., <_
corroborative   evidence.       Represen-1 **."?    ,'°  ''^'   ' .'" «°™fo>-table or   n I tatives of the Civil Service Commis-' ''"'^'i^f'^ circumstances becaus • he did
sion at the post offlces in all cities are i Z ' "> lZV:i7J,'',^Z^t     n'^'il^n prepared   to   furnish   definite   inf^,. i At the basis of all happiness and suc- ma ion and application blanks. ! !''"««  'n  life are  nght  hab.ts.     Noth-
I Hlg in the world    that    parents ean
I'RIOHITIES HOARD
LSSIES LIST TO GITDE
IN CO.\L DISTHIurTION.
AMKRICAN ENGINEER.S
BUILD  RAILWAYS
IN  FRANCE.
The offlcial review of the first year of war issued by the Committee on Public Information contained the fol¬ lowing description of Che work of American engineers in France:
American engineers have gone in¬ to French forests and done the work ot the pioneers of our own North¬ west. They have frequently been under fire. One of their flrat tasks was the reconstruction and exten¬ sion of a railroad 600 milea long to carry our products from ports of dis¬ embarkation to general bases of operation.
Tho First Engineer troops, 1,100 strong, arrived in France about three months after war was declared. Since then the number has been greatly augmented. These troops have been constantly engaged in general engineering work, including the constructiDn of railways, docks, wharves, cantonments, and hospitals.
An American Army locomotive was built in this country in 21 days and shipped to the Expeditionarj' Forces. Many other locomotives, cars, logg¬ ing trains, trucks, dissembled build¬ ings, and other equipment have boen shipped to augment the output and facilitate the construction opera¬ tions of American forces abroad.
FEDER,VL TRADE COM^flSSION PROTECTS    MAIL-ODER
LUMBER COMP.WIES.
Tho Federal Trade Commission has issued orders to 98 lumber com¬ panies of the Middle West and far West requiring them to stop certain trade practices in relation to mail¬ order lumber concerns. Among the practices which are barred by the or¬ ders are the following:
Obtaining fiom mail-order con¬ cerns, in bad faith or by subterfuge, estimates of the prices of lumber and building material and obtaining cata¬ logues and special information in¬ tended only for bona fide customers and prospective customers.
Through actual or threatened with¬ drawal of patronage. Inducing man¬ ufacturers or wholesalers to refuse to furnish supplies of lumber and building material to mail-order con¬ cerns.
Following or causing salesmen of mail-order concerns to be followed from place to piace with the object of hindering and embarrassing them in their negotiations with prospective customers.
possibly give their children can com¬ pensate   for  bad   habits.     .\nd   since children  will  form  and  are forming habits  constantly  the   vital   problem The first preference list issued bvi't'at confronts  parents and  teachera the priorities board, which names in-Iniike is to see that children form good ! dustries   whose  operation   is   consid-1 ^^''"»-     Thrift is one of these, ered of exceptional importan.-e to the!      ^^^^'^   '°   ^^^^^^   *'t^  ^^^  ^'''bit of countrv  during  the  war.   Is  for  the! thrift should go  the habit of indusr- guidance of all agencies of the United'""y-       Either  without    the  other Is ' Statea in the distribution of coai and- '^*'"- Children should be tauchl that coke.    Included in the list are plantsi f^»'"e may be other sources of income engaged     In     the    manufacture    of   ^°'"  t^iem  than  fathers   or  mother's the following: purse.     The saving and marketing of
Aircraft and supplies; ammunition niaterlals ordinarily going to waste, and small arms for the United States^ running errands, doing chore? of va- Government or the allies; chemicals: ¦ rious kinds, may all become sources coke; electrical equipment; electrod-'°' revenue for children and proflt- es; e.xplosi\es; farm implements and' ^'''J' occupy their minds. During farm operating equipment; feed; i ''^*' school vacation, opportunities for ferroalloys; fertilizers; fire brick: ' *^^'""'"^ money are especially nu- food;  food containers; gas;  gas-pro-! ™^''°"^-
ducing machinerv; guns; hemp, jute,' ^he results of the campaign to and cotton bags; insecticides; iron !'^^'^ ''^ ^'»'" as can be determined are and steel; machine tools; mining *8 follows. In estimating these re¬ tools and equipment; oil-well equip-1 suits It should be bome in mind that ment; locomotives, cars and other j'" accordance with government in- railway supplies; ships (not includ- ^'"""ctions, children were not en¬ ing pleasure craft); soap; tanned ''°"''»8^'l to invest funds saved prior leather, save foi patent leather; Un-''" ^^^ opening of this campaign, ning extracts; tin plate; binder twine; The amounts following are the total and rope; wire rope and rope wire, j values of the stamps possessed by all .\rmv and Navy camps and canton-i *^^ children in the different rooms, ments are included in the list as well I ^'""^t grade Whitefield building— as mines, newspapers, and perlodl- ^''^s Catharine Schmueckle, $4 8.75. eals oil refineries, public utilities. Second grade Whitefleld building— railwa.vs,  producers and wholesalers I ^'"l?- Hattie Hahn, $57.
of seeds, except flower seeds.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
FAVoaS .SCH<M>L DISTRICT
ORGANIZ.ATIONS.
In a statement urging the creation
Third grade Whitefleld building— Mrs. J. E. Balliet, 49.50.
Fourth grade Whitefleld building —Miss Helen  Bardill,  $27.25.
Fifth grade Whitefield building— Miss Emily Strohmeier, $9.75.
LU a, Slaiement urging the creation       Sixth grade Whitefield building— of "community councils" the Council: Helen Oswald, $18.50 of  National  Defense cites  these ad- j     Seventh grade Whitefleld building vantages of the school district as a i —Mias Hattie    Kessler.    Mi.sa  auco
GL.V,SS FOUND IN FOOD
IN  UUT ONE CASE OUT OF 2<)(» INVE.STIGATED.
NEW smNDLK
TAKES MONEV  FROM
PAKENTS OF SOLDIERS
Parents of soldiers in camps are warned by the War Department of a swindle which has been successfully operated in various camps.
A telegram is sent informing that the soldier has a furlough, and re- (liiesting funds by wire to come home, waiving identification. Tha rest Is a  mere  matter  of detail.
Parents and friends should be warned of this game and of the sim¬ ilar ono where th© telegraphic re¬ quest is to mall money to the soldier, care general delivery-.
The frequent and widespread pub¬ lication of statements concerning the presence of ground glass in food¬ stuffs has led tho Commiltee on Pub¬ lic Information to Inquire Into the authenticity of these reports. It has been advised by the Food Admin¬ istration that thorough investiga¬ tions of more than 200 of the cases ha? disclosed only one instance in which ground glass was found in the foodstuffs Inspected.
The caso in which glass was found occurred at Fort Smith, Ark. A baker in that town had had trouble with his employees, one of whom, desiring to destroy his employer's busnees. had fllled with glass a loaf of bread which was to be delivered to an orphanage. When the bread waa served to the Inmates of the In¬ stitution several ot them suffered laceratone. of tbeir lips. Mo more serious injuries re«ulted.
unit of community organization
The school district is small enough to permit individual coniact, and is non-political.
The schoolhouse supplies a meet¬ ing place in each district, and in many schools includes c'omestic science, manual training, and other facilities.
The school district reaches chil¬ dren and parents' alike, and in the citiea the school Is, to a large extent, alroady In touch with the alien pop¬ uiation.
The school Is an established center of information and education.
The school principal or faculty provides a tried agency through whose assistance community organi¬ zation can  be quickly ecected,
The    school    district,     with    the,       .  „ „,
schoolhouse as its center, la already : ing the summer a  social    community,    especially  in ! found farm districts
—Miss Hattie Kessler, Miss Alice Knauss, $74.00
First grade Fairview building— Miss Marion Hangen, $10.00
Second grade Fairview building— Pearl Schnerr $9.25.
Third grade Fairvlew building— Miss Lillie Brong $26.00.
Fourth grade Fairview building— Miss Sue Kern. $8.50.
Fifth grade Fairview building— Miss Edith Odenwelder, $51.50.
Sixth grade Fairview bu'ldlng— MUs Viola Boerstler. $28.00.
Eighth grade Fairview building— Miss Lizzie Dietrich, Miss Myra Druckenmiller,  $43.50.
High School—'Mr. R. R. Urlch, Principal. $74.50
Continuation School—Miss Flor¬ ence Nicholas, $21.25.
This work will not be dropped dur-
" " Some way will be
to    keep    up the    campaign.
Announcement   of  this  plan  will  be
made betore the close of the schools
in June.
E.lRTHgUAKES IN CALIFORNIA
STI1.L ACnVB.
GOVERN>IENT   PROVIDES SOLDIERS HKHK AND ARRO \n WITII  ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT,
Nearly 600 boxes of athletic goods havo already been distributed to I Three more earthquake shocks du- troops In the United Slates and Eu- ring the night and early Tuesday rope by the Commission on Train- morning made San Jancin'to and He¬ ing Camp Activities, which expect.3 met "shiver," but added nothing to to equip every company going to the destruction of the Sunday aftex- Franc<> with athletic goods. noon   tremors,   which   half   wrecked
Each  box  contains   1   dozen  base-   the  business    district    and severely
damaged  Hemet.
Electricity and water services were resumed and conditions gradu¬ ally are approaching normal agaiu »t San Jacinto at Hemet. Reoonstruo- tion work Is under w«y.
balls, 4 baseball bats, catchers chest protector, mask, and mitt, bAsenaan'? glove, 6 playground balls and 2 b«ts, 4 socoer balls, 2 footballs, 2 volley balls, 10 sets of boxing gloves, medi¬ cine ball, basket ball, and rule boofes.