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Bellefonte, Pa., March 7, 1919,
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BIG PACKER AS
WAR TIME AID,
A new idea of the great part play-
ed by America in feeding the allied
forces in Europe is given in the 1919
Year Book of Swift & Co., which has
just been issued. ;
In 1918 these products shipped
abroad totaled 590,359,769 pounds—
more than three times the amount
shipped in 1914, the first year of the
war. The pork product shipments to-
taled 1,691,454,529 pounds as against
921,913,029 in 1914—an increase of 8
per cent.
During the year ending November
1, 1918, Swift & Co. alone shipped
760,000,000 pounds of meat and meat
products to the American army and
navy at home and abroad and fo the
allied nations for their armies and ci-
vilian population. The Year Book
says: “This amounts to about 25,000
carloads of meat, which would make a
single train 200 miles long.”
Some of the difficulties encountered
in shipping are shown in the follow-
ing: :
“The meat for Europe has gone in
fleets of vessels under convoy, and the
Food Administration has often been
unable to know very far in advance
when cargo space would be available.
For this reason Swift & Co. has fre-
quently been notified that a certain
number of millions of pounds would
be wanted at a certain port within a
few days. Swift & Co. has often had
shipments on the way to the seaboard
within a few hours after the orders
have been received, and believes that
it has met with signal success in the
filling of such rush orders.
“The packing industry was able to
adapt itself to wartime demands per-
haps more quickly than any other in-
dustry. If this industry had not been
organized on a large scale along na-
tional, and even international lines,
it weuld never have been able to ans-
wer all demands as promptly as it has,
War demands have, of course, caused
many changes in methods and have
made it necessary for us to increase
our facilities in many respects.
“For example, when the United
States entered the war, there devel-
oped a demand for canned bacon for
shipment to our soldiers overseas.
Swift & Co. immediately took over a
semi-completed soap factory and with-
in thirty days had installed the neces-
sary machinery and was filling gov-
ernment contracts. More than a mil
lion pounds of bacon a week have oft-
en been canned in this factory. This
means that our soldiers have been get-
ting fine, cured, smoked bacon, where-
as the Allies have been demanding
only salt, unsmoked bacon, which does
not have to be canned.
“Another example showing the co-
operation that we have offered the
government was when the government
found it necessary to have large
quantities of butter, which it had
bought for overseas shipment, put in-
to cans. Swift & Co., alone among
the big butter handlers of the coun-
try, was willing to install the neces-
sary equipment, and in the course of
three weeks, under the most unfavor-
able circumstances, began canning
butter for the government. Up to the
time this Year Book goes to press,
we have put up some three million
pounds of butter owned by the gov-
ernment and also two million pounds
which we have gathered for the gov-
ernment, making a total of five mil-
lion pounds of butter that have heen
put up in tins.”
REBERSBURG RAPS.
Lieutenant Smull is visiting his
friends, accompanied by his new wife.
Word has reached us of Willis Best
and John Klinefelter, who have ariv-
ed at the home base from the foreign
war. How glad their friends will be
to see them here again!
Paul Detwiler, one of Uncle Sam’s
boys, was home on a furlough and he
was accorded a reception on the even-
ing of Washington’s birthday. Paul
is modest about his honors. He isa
son of Prof. H. Detwiler.
The parents and friends of Samuel
Gramley Hubler hope for his early re-
turn home from France, but they have
not heard from him for some time,
He has been silent before, in all lan-
guages. It is his way, but he turns
up all right.
_The High school class prepared to
give a play recently to raise funds for
graduation exercises. Rebershurg is
much in need of a town hall. Now if
’Squires Carlin and Corman and
“Hackie” and a few others would put
their shoulders to the wheel of im-
provement they could have one, sure!
“Daddy” Hackenberg spent Sunday
at home and was cordially greeted.
His gifted daughter Gladys, who is at-
taining high marks in her course at
Bucknell University, and especitlly
in music, much to his delight, also
ent Sunday at home. We are advis-
dl that Gladys has attained a high
rank as pianist in the Senior class at
Bucknell,
All who personally knew the late
honored editor of the “Watchman”
join in expressions of regret that good
men are mortal and must die at the
hight of usefulness and glory. He
survived nearly all of his old-time
friends and partisans in old Miles
township, who always followed where
he led, in the palmy days of his activ-
ity for truth and democracy.
Rebersburg Lodge of Odd Fellows
held a banquet on Saturday night,
(Washington’s birthday). As usual,
all enjoyed the affair. There were
speeches galore and they were regaled
with music, not only by wvictrola but
also by violin. Miss Geraldine Hack-
enberg, an apt pupil of Miss Alberta
Stover, played some selections on the
violin. The Order is flourishing.
The last letter from Philip Sidney
Bierly, youngest brother of Karl
Reed Bierly, was written from Bonn,
Germany where the Canadian Second
army was stationed. The call of Pre-
mier Borden has brought them on
the homeward journey promptly,
When he returns he is expected to vis-
it this region. He will have some ex-
periences to relate, as he was in every
fierce battle fought by the Canadians
from Vimy Ridge to Valenciennes and
the Hindenberg line.
BET OPEN TO CHRISTIANS
Officials Have Invited Missionaries to
Enter Freely Into the *“For-
bidden Land.”
Those disciples of Christ who inter
est themselves in foreign missions are
aroused over an invitation coming to
American disciples from Tibet, accord-
ing to the Boston Evening Transcript.
This land, occupying the “roof of the
world,” has heretofore been practical-
ly closad to all foreigners, That it has
been =o was due, so Tibet officials tell
American disciples, to the influence
of China. Now Tibet has thrown off
Chinese control and one of its first acts
is te appeal for Christian missionaries.
The disciples have a mission station
at Ba tang, one of the farthest west cit-
fey of Ching, nearly 34000 miles up the
Yangste river.
A venturesome American doctor,
sent out by the disciples, journeyed
18 days farther west, getting into Ti-
bet and into a city wherein disease in
its worst form, unattended and not un-
derstood, ravaged the people. The
doctor set up an impromptu clinic and
dispensary. The relief was so great
that one of the highest civic officials
in all Tibet begged him to stay, or if
he could not do so to return, build a
hospital and official Tibet would help
him.
Now the disciples argue that here is
fn cai} they are not at liberty to ignore.
Their missionary society has acted to
this effect. An ampeal has been made
for four families, two of them phy-
sicizamnn fanilies, to go. It is said there
are mo hospitals, no churches, no
schools, no Christian agencies of any
kind in that country of 4,000,000 peo-
ple. American manufactured goods
are beginning to reach Tibet and
Scoteh whisky has been there for a
decade or two.
OLD BOXER DIES ON FIELD
Dick Burge, Once Well Known in This
Country Met His Death Fight-
ing in France.
Late Private Richard Burge of the
First Surrey rifles never was a quit
ter, =and, despite the fact that he was
at the half century mark, he enlisted
und died the death of a soldier. He
was once the lightweight champion of
England, and was born December
19. 1806).
Idec Burge was a name well known
tu tire light fans on both sides oi he
Atiarnatic 20 years or so ago, chieil)
veca use of his remarkable battle with
ivi E.avigne for the lightweight chawn-
proneshup of the world. Dick was sev
cond inches taller than the Saginaw
h.d, and he had a considerable ad-
vantage in weighy, but, much to his
surpstise aud that of the English fans
he was knocked out in the seventeenth
rouzadd. He gave a good account of
him olf before he tell, however, and
theres were times when the Kid had
renson to fear that he had taken on
too good a man. After Burge quit the
ring he becalne a Szht promoter. That
wes in 1900. He enlisted as a volun:
teer in the British army in 1915 and
served with the colors for three years,
~-Detroit Free Press.
Rulers With Business Instincts.
At the outset of his imperial career
the grandfather of the former German
kaiser, Irederick William, owed his
accumulation of money to his com-
mercial dealings. One of his commer-
cial undertakings was to start milk-
rounnds, which did exceedingly well, in
spite of being carried on sub rosa, for
the German courtiers found that the
imperial favor was dependent upon
their patronizing the imperial dairy.
In this way the old emperor created
a huge milk monopoly in various cities,
and reaped a correspondingly large
profit. Kaiser Wilhelm himself had
keery commercial instincts, and had a
finger in most of the big German un-
dertakings. In Germany it was cur
rently reported that Ballin was mere-
ly the figure-head of the North Ger-
Man Lloyd line of steamships, and
that the kaiser was the real man at
the helm, and the same thing was said
of wnany other money-making con-
cerns.
Avery's Pride.
Conservative—By the way, Avery, I
understand you want the universal
franchise!
A very—Yes!
Con.—Why, man, do you want your
wife to become a politician?
A very—It isn’t that exactly. Fact
ts, she has always been a—politician.
Con,—Well, what is the reason?
A very—Pride, pride, my boy—pure,
brute, male pride!
Con.—How so?
nection.
Awvery—I don’t like the idea of be-
fng married to a human being who
Is classed with the idiots !—London
Tic- Bits.
1 don’t see the con-
United States’ Fliers.
Ir» his recent annual report Maj.
Gen. William L. Kenley, director of
military aeronautics, states that 4,980
men had been graduated as reserve
military aviators, the first rating for
pilots, by June 30, last, with 110 bomb-
ers, S85 bombing pilots, 464 observers,
889 observer pilots, and 131 pursuit
pilots. In the year ended last June
30 there were 152 fatalities in train-
ing, or an average of one death to
2,684 hours and 201,000 miles flown.
Stalled engines, usually due to an
error of the pilot, caused 86 deaths;
collisions, 30; and sideslips, 10. The
report goes on further to state that
440 balloon officers also had gradu-
ated, 155 of whom were fully qualified
observers during the year.— Scientific
American,
RED CROSS GIFTS $400.000,000.
Five Big Societies in World Wide Plan.
H. P. Davison Heads International
American Red Cross Commission,
Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent
Leader of Peace Organization.
Washington.— (Special.)—Henry P.
Davison as chairman issues the follow-
ing statement on behalf of the War
Council of the American Red Cross:
“To the American People:
“The War Council of the American
Red Cross appointed by President Wil-
son on May 10, 1917, to carry on the
work of the American Red Cross dur-
ing the war, at their request and by
vote of the Central Committee, ceased
at midnight, February 28.
“Immediately the armistice was
signed the War Council instituted
studies to determine when the strict-
ly war work of the organization would
have been sufficiently matured to en-
able the direction of affairs to be re-
sumed by the permanent staff. Henry
I’. Davison, being in Paris when the
armistice was signed, summoned a
conference there of the heads of all
the Red Cross Commissions in Europe
to canvass the situation. After con-
sidering all the factors it was con-
cluded to make the transition on
March 1. The very fortunate choice
of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new
chairman of the Central Committee,
and thereby the permanent chief ex-
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes possi-
ble the consummation of this plan un-
der the most favorable conditions.
Accounts Audited by War Department,
“Detailed reports to Congress and a
complete audit of i's accounts by the
War Department will constitute the
final record of Red Cross activity dur-
ing the war. Although it has been
the rule to make public all expendi-
tures when authoriized and to give de:
tailed information relative to all work
undertaken, the War (Council in turn-
ing over Its responsibilities to Dr. Far-
rand and his associates desire to give
a brief resume of Red Cross war time
activities to the American people, to
whom the Red Cross belong, and whose
generous contributions have made pos-
sible all that has been accomplished.
“During the past nearly twenty-one
months the American people have
given in cash and supplies to the
American Red Cross more than $400.-
000.000. No value can be placed upon
the contributions of service which
have been givem without stint and of-
tenrimes at great sacrifice by millions
of our people.
“The effort of the American Red
Cross in this war has censtituted by
far the largest voluntary gifts of
money, of hand and heart, ever con-
tributed purely for the relief of hu-
man suffering. ‘Through the Red Cross
the heart and spirit of the whole
American people have been mobilized
to take care of our own, to relieve the
misery incident to the war, and also
to reveal to the world the supreme
ideals of our national. life. .
“Everyone who has had any part in
this war effort of the Red Cross is en-
titled to congratulate himself. No
thanks from anyone could be equal in
value to the self satisfaction every-
one should feel for the part taken.
Fully 8,000,000 American women have
exerted themselves in Red Cross serv-
ice.
Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members.
“When we entered the war the
American Red Cross had about 500.000
members, Today, as the result of the
recent Christmas membership Roll
Call, there are upwards of 17,000,000 |
full paid members outside of the mem-
bers of the junior Red Cross, number-
ing perhaps 9,000,000 school children
additional,
“The chief effort of the Red Cross
during the war has been to care for
our men in service and to aid our
army and navy wherever the Red
Cross may be called on to assist. As
to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen-
eral Ireland of the U. S. Army recent-
ly said: ‘The Red Cross has been an
enterprise as vast as the war itself.
From the beginning it has done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wanted done, but could not do itself.’
“The Red Cross endeavor in France
has naturally been upon an exception-
ally large scale where service has
been rendered to the American Army
and to the French Army and the
French people as well, the latter par-
ticularly during the trying period
when the Allied World was waiting
for the American Army to arise in
force and power. Hospital emergency
service for our army in France has
greatly diminished, but the Red Cross
is still being called upon for service
upon a large scale in the great base
hospitals, where thousands of Ameri
can sick and wounded are still receiv
ing attention, At these hospitals the
Red Cross supplies huts and facilities
for the amusement and recreation of
the men as they become convalescent.
Our Army of Occupation in Germany
was followed with Medical units pre-
pared to render the same emergency
aid and supply service which was the
primary business of the Red Cross
during hostilities. The Army Canteen
service along the lines of travel has
actually increased’ since the armistice
“As for work among the French peo-
ple, now that hostilities have ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
fer as far as possible to provide for
their own, It has accordingly been de-
termined that the guiding principle of
Red Cross policy in France henceforth
shall be to have punctilious regard to
its every responsibility, but to direct
its efforts primarily to assisting
French relief societies, The liberated
and devastated regions of France have
been divided by the government into
small districts, each officially assigned
to a designated French relief organi-
zation,
“The American Red Cross work in
France was initiated by a comm‘ssion
of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June 13, 1917. Since then
some 9,000 persons have been upon the
rolls in France, of whom 7,000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
was signed. An indication of the pres-
ent scale of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services of 6.000
persons are still required.
“Our American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities of the Red Cross Commis-
sion there are naturally upon a dimin-
ishing scale period. Active operations
are still in progress in Archangel and
Siberia,
“The work in Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop-
ulation of that country. In the critical
hours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross, sent
a practical message of sympathy and
relief, for which the government and
people of Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude,
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
“The occasion for such concentra-
tion of effort in Italy, England, Bel-
gium and even in France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel in large measure to the aid
of those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible to out-
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
an effort to relieve immediately the
more acute distress.
_ “An extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitally needed supplies, and to work
this winter in the various Balkan coun-
tries. In order to co-ordinate their ac-
tivities, ua Balkan commission has been
established. with headquarters at
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
“A commission has just reached Po-
land with doctors and nurses, medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to aid in relleving the suffering of Rus-
sian prisoners still confined in German
prison camps.
“An [important commission is still
working in Palestine. Through the
war special co-operation has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
lief Commission, which was the only
agency able to carry relief in the in-
terior of Turkish dominions.
Red Cross Will Continue.
“Red Cross effort is thus far flung.
It will continue to be so. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an intimate place
in the daily life of our people at home.
The army of workers which has heen
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demobilized. All our ex-
perience in the war shows clearly that
there is an unlimited field for service
of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross. What its future tasks may be
it is yet impossible to forecast. We
know that so long as there is aA Amer-
ican army in the fleld the Red Cross
will have a special function to perform.
“Nothing could be of greater impor-
tance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies of the world
to develop a program of extended ac-
tivities in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone ef-
forts to relieve human suffering, but
to prevent it; not alone a movement
by the people of an individual nation,
but an attempt to arouse all people to
a sense of their responsibility for the
welfare of their fellow beings through-
out the world. It is a program both
ideal and practical. Ideal in that its
supreme aim Is nothing less than ver-
itable “Peace on earth good will to
men,” and practical in that it seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them ef-
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent in the |’
lives of all peoples.
“For accomplishing its mission in
the years of peace which must lie
ahead of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued support, sym-
pathy, and participation in its work
of the whole American people. It is
particularly fortunate that such a man
as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
of the organization. The unstinted
fashiod in which all our people gave
of themselves throughout the war is
the best assurance that our Red Cross
will continue to receive that co-opera-
tion which will make its work a source
of pride and inspiration to every Amer-
ican.”
Mr. Davison, as chairman of the In-
ternational Commission of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep-
resent the American Red Cross in the
preparation of the program for extend-
ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
the next several months in Europe In
consultation with other Red Cross soci-
eties for that purpose.
THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER-
ICAN RED CROSS.
Henry P. Davison, Chairman,
What Did She Mean?
“My husband saved me from drown-
ing.”
“That was romantic.”
“Yes, it was romantic at the time,
But sometimes I have an idea he Is
gazing at me with a speculative eye.”
—Lousiville Courier-Journal,
* His Feat.
“The detective who arrested the
fleeing criminal on the high seas
trampled on the impossible.”
“How so?”
“He landed his man in the middle
of the ocean.”
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