Lafayette College to Give Degree to Joffre Kaston. Pa., May 4. Lafayette College, the greatest memorial to the Marquis de Lafayette on the American continent, will confer on Field Mar shal Joffre and the Marquis de Chani brun, a great-grandson of Lafayette, the honorary degree of LL. D. This action was taken at the meeting of the board of trustees at the college yes terday. Through the State Depart ment the matter will be laid officially before-the members of the French mission, and the president of the col- is- empowered to arrange for a special occasion when the college will do honor to the French patriots of to day. The meeting of the board of trus tees was given over largely to the re lation of the college to the war. Pro vision was made for turning over to one of the local munition plants the building and equipment of the depart % nient of mechanical engineering for the manufacture of shells. Many of the students at the college will be em ployed in this college plant when it is completed. WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS SAVE HIKXIXG TOWN Frederick. Md., May 4. Vnionville, a town of about 300 population, four teen miles from this city, was saved from destruction by tire Wednesday by fifty women, who kept the ilames from spreading, while the neighbor hood. which had been alarmed by tele phone girls, was gathering. There were but two men in Unionville, tha remainder being on farms. Armed with washtubs, boilers, buckets and anything that would hold water, the women began climbing ladders and dashing water on the tire. Three properties were destroyed. Embers fell on many homes, but were saved by the women's bucket brigade. ASK FOR and GET Horlick's The Original Malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Same Pries. Style C-436 M llwi >1 1 This attractively finished modtl lacts in back, Tht I Ist; I ! I elastic stctions allow tht wtarer complete frttdom of I /f? 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The crown lands In Siberia, which the jiew pro visional government has confiscated from the imperial family and turned over to the State, include almost the whole of the provinces of Altai and Nerchinsk, embracing a territory larger than Germany and probably richer than Germany in its natural resources. Since the eighteenth century, these lands have been the personal prop erty of the Russian emperors, who being occupied with other matters, have paid little attention to their de velopment. Both provinces are rich in minerals, including gold, iron, zinc and load. Included In these crown lands also are the coal fields of Kuznetsk, which are said by ex perts to be among the richest In Europe. The Altai region includes also thousands of acres of unde veloped farm land of high fertility. The opening of these lands is ex pected to simplify the agrarian prob lem and facilitate the work of eco nomic adjustment after the war. MAKIXG AND CI'RIXG TIKES BY A NEW PROCESS Automobile tire casings are made in one continuous mechanical pro cess by a method of recent inven tion, which includes the weaving of the fabric that forms the base of the tire, impregnating it with rubber in a special friction calendar, forming it to the required shape, and vulcan izing. This method, employed in a Rhode Island factory, is said to be the only one that makes the loom and the calendar parts of a con tinuous process. The successive steps of the operation are described in the Popular Mechanics Magarine. The time required for the whole process is about thirty minutes. BELL HELPING FIRE SERVICES Wardens' Names and Ad dresses Will Be Placed in the Next Telephone Directory Commissioner Conklin announced to-ilay that by the terms of an agreement entered into between the Rell Telephone Company and the State Department of Forestry, com plete lists of the forest fire wardens In fifty-six counties of Pennsylvania will be published in fourteen of the new telephone directories to be is sued during the next few weeks. The wardens will be listed by counties and townships on a pasa in the front advertising section of the direc tories. They will be indexed also un der the heading "Forest Fire War dens," and numbers and calls will be given for all lines which connect fire wardens, whether the lines are part of the Bell systein or not. This move is part of the campaign of the Department of Forestry to re duce. the damage from forest fires by making it easy to turn in an alarm. Most of the fire wardens have telephones, and after the new directories come out there will be small excuse for anyone not report ing a forest fire immediately to the nearest warden. The first conviction of the year for seeting forest fires has been ob tained in Johnstown, where two boys were fined for setting fires in the hills of Lower Yoder township, Cam bria county. The boys were haled before Dr. Bertha Caldwell, proba tion officer of the juvenile court, with their fathers, but after fines and costs had been imposed, the fa thers in some way got out of the room without paying. As a result the boys will probably be sent to the Ebensburg jail for a short term as a lesson to them and to other boys of the community. NEW FUELS l'SI'11) ix SPAIN' TO REPLACE COAL Shortage of coal in Spain has led to experiments with various substi tutes, including the husks of rice and inferior qualities of lignite. In the provinces that raisw rice, the husks have lately been mixed with tar and formed into briquettes under hy draulic pressure. In their natural form rice husks make an expensive fuel, burning with little heat, but thfe briquettes are said to ignite readily, give off little smoke, and can be used to some extent as a substitute for coal.—From the Popular Me chanics Magazine. CHILEAN HEIRESS WOl'l.D HIKE SHIP TO liET HOME New York, May 4. Mrs. Blanquitta Krrazuriz de Saulies. who obtained a divorce from John-Longer de Saulies, ex-Yale football star, applied yester day to have an odd agreement in her divorce decree rescinded that she might take her child, John Longer de Saulies, Jr., to Chile to see her mother and friends, saying she was willing to charter a special ship for the voy age if the Court would consent. Mrs. de Saulies pleaded that her dis tress would bring on ill health, for she is placed in the dilemma of having to < hoose between remaining here with l J} e cl Jil d "r soing to Chile without him. The divorce agreement prevent ed Mrs. de Saulies from visiting Chile with her son until England was at peace. Mrs. de Saulles is heiress to vast wealth. CANVASTREADS PREVENT TIRES SLIPPING IX MUD ! Canvas triads have been patented recently which enable one to get a car out of the mud or mire with a minimum of inconvenience, accord ing to the Popular Mechanics Mag azine. Each of these coverings con j sist of a long strip of strong ran ' vas. provided with numerous grips in the shape of short pieces of rope i attached to it transversely. When a | car is mired the driver inserts a I box. containing a tread, into a holder attached to the under side .of the 1 running board and. partly withdraw j ing the canvas, ties one end of it to a spoke of the hind wheel. The | other rear wheel can be similarly provided for, If desired. 'Then, by attempting to "spin" the wheels in | the mud, the canvas will be wrapped I about them without further trouble, and. because of the grips, they will suddenly acquire a traction that even chains do not give. The canvas also prevents the tires from being over heated by slipping. PATROL BOAT OP NEW TYPE ADDED TO THE NAVY Among recent additions to the navy is the 60-foot patrol boat "Chingachgook," officially known as "No. 10," which was exhibited at the last annual motorboat show in I New York, as a sample of the type approved by the Navy Department J tor coast defense. It was hoisted , from the water by a floating derrick | and transported on a special truck to the show. Its beam is 10 ft., draft 3 feet, and steel bulk-heads divide tjie hull into six compartments. Its arm ament consists of a three-poundor rapid-fire gun aft, and a .30-cali j ber Colt automatic forward. The gasoline tanks have a capacity of 810 gal. and two 8-cyl. motors, "give it a maximum speed of about 26 miles an hour. At that speed its radius of action is 600 miles, but at a cruising speed of 12 miles it can cover a distance of approximately 1,200 miles without refilling its tanks. Berths are provided for a crew of eight. A picture of the craft appears In the Popular Mechanics Magazine. completely with I Resinol I I{ you find yourself "left oat" because of a poor skin, and want w a clear, fresn complexion, use Resinol Soap at least once a day. Wash thoroughly with a warm, creamy latherof it, then rinse the face with plenty of cold water. It does not. often take many days of such 'regular care with Resinol Soap to show an im provement,,. In severe cases, a little Resinol Ointment should be used af first. All druggists ■ell Resinol Soap and Ointment 6,000 Men in Binghamton For Gardening Work Blnghatnton, N. Y., May 4.—Stir red b>' thte campaign of tlie National Emergency JTood Garden Commis sion, of AVasdiingtonr for a larger food production, twelve manufactur ers. of this flty and officials of the D. L. and \T. railroad, have agreed to 'release with pay for two weeks every employe who will agree to work on a farm. At the conference between the manufacturers and the railroad of ficials. a committee was appointed to Investigate the requirements ot' the farmers in the vicinity of Blng hamton. The Lackawanna agreed to furnish free transportation for the farm volunteers and to release be tween 600 and 800 track hands for this service. The project is expected to produce 6,000 men fey: farm work during the summer. * The city officials are also co operating with this committee. The city judge to-day proposed to re lease on parole men arrested for in toxication who would agree to do farm labor for periods equivalent to their sentences to the city stone yards. This patriotic action on the part of Binghamton manufacturers ami Um Lackawanna railroad, will do much toward relieving- the scarify of farm labor in the Bingham ton district. The shortage of farm labor is one of the biggest problems facing the farmers of the country in their effort to increase their crop produc tion, and If other corporations in the country follow the example set by the Binghaniton manufacturers part of the labor problem would be solved. Backyard Garden Soils Improved by Fertilizers The best garden soil is a sandy loam. Such a soil is well drained, well aired and warms up early In the spring. It furnishes a good medium | for the sprouting of seeds, is less in clined to bake than other soil types I and lends itself readily to cultivation and weeding. However, the prospective gardener who has a rather heavy, poorly drained soli should not be discour aged. Much can be done to Improve* a poor soil. Adding a little sand or coal ashes will "lighten up" a heavy Soil. A dense soil can be made more porous by the incorporation of or ganic matter, the best source of which Is stable manure. Other organic materials such as lawn clippings, vegetable remains, autumn leaves, shrubbery trimmings, etc., may be thoroughly composted and worked Into the soil. The decom position of these soils in a compost pile will be srreatly hastened by the Addition of lime and plenty of water. Where space will permit a crop of rye, seeded after the middle of Au gust and as late as October, will make good growth by the time it is spaded under in the spring. Have the garden soil as fertile as possible. Plant food is supplied in a number of ways. Spading under green matter not only adds a small amount of plant food directly, but its decay also tends to liberate other wise unavailable plant food in the soil. The application of barnyard manure is the best way of adding soil fertility. If applied in the spring the manure should be well rotted, it is best to apply fresh manure in the fall and during the winter. If ap plied in the fall and spaded under, the ground will be in good condition in the spring. It is frequently im possible* however, to secure manure in the ideal condition. Manure in any condition is better than none at all. The quantity of manure to be used j will depend on the v?rops grown and the previous treatment of the soil. I A good general recommendation is I to apply an ordinary half-ton load over a space of twenty-tlve by thirty i feet. If celery, onions, cucumbers. I lettuce or greens are grown, a half 1 ton to every 500 square feet will not | be excessive. For these crops, also, hen manure in addition, at the rate of a peck to 500 square feet, will prove beneficial. Too heavy manur- i ing will cause root crops to run to leaf. If stable manure is at a premium 1 there are other alternatives. Turn- j ing under green matter, as stated, i is one or these. Green matterislow in phosphorus, amineral needed to pro duce good vegetable fruit crops, like tomatoes and peas. Phosphorus may be supplied through what is known as sixteen per cent acid phos phate. applied at the rate of one j pound to fifty square feet. This element may be used to supplement manure or green matterwhen spaded under. Where rye is used as a green crop, pulverized or dried hen manure or sheep manure, either of which is obtainable at seed houses, will sup- ! ply the lack of nitrogen. Either of these fertilizers should be applied at j the rate of about two pecks of ma- ] nure to 500 square feet of land. Potash, which under normal prices may be used to advantage, is selling at a price which makes its use im practicable. Nitrate of soda, although high in price, may be used to top dress any crop needing additional stimulation, at the rate of one pound to 200 square feet. Circular No. 53, on "Backyard i Gardening" may be obtained free of charge by addressing file Department of Agricultural Extension. State Col- j lege. Pa. SMOKE "Gt'X" SAVES SHIP FROM SUBMARINE Equipped with a new device in- j vented by British chemists and en gineers for concealing ships by a cloud of heavy black smoke, the big Glasgow freighter "Lakonia" ar rived at Baltimore recently with a tale of thrilling escape from a Ger man submarine by the successful operation of the smoke "gun." as the captain called It. The Popular Me chanics Magazine reports that all that appeared above c".eck was a fun nel structure resembling a ship's ven tllator, the rest of the apparatus be ing described as n large cooper vat below decks. Into which certain smoke-producing chemicals are slow ly run and mixed, and a fan which blows the resulting smoke out hori zontally through the funnel on deck. The heavy smoke screen thus pro duced rises very slowty from the sur face of the sea. effectually hides the vessel from sight of an enemy, and "enables it to change its course unob served. SMALIj TRACTOR I'SEI) BV A TRUCK FARMER A Kansas truck farmer recently suggested to a Topeka foundryman the design of a small light-weight tractor to take the place of a single horse in the cultivation of his straw berry fields, and the result was the construction of a practical and use ful machine. The tractor Is described in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. Takirig three light binder wheels, the •fountfiyman made an iron frame for thertiLon which he mounted a sin gle-cj|4nder gasoline engine of the heavylduty type, with a sprocket, to the*rear wheels, a fueß'tank, and the necessary elec trical itquipment for ignition. A re serve *uel supply is carried on the front ted of the fram* and the trac tor is steered and controlled from a sad< le seat at the rear. It works satisfy itorily, doing several times as much* ti a day as a horse could ac complish in the field. t FOREST FIRES IN OUR COUNTY Scliool Teacher Accused of Permitting Blaze to Go Un checked on Mountain Reports of forest tires received to date by the chief forest tire warden indicate a fire season very much like last year's, with fires about the same In number, but being extinguished n\ore promptly and therefore cover ing smaller areas and doing less damage. The first forest fire of the season was reported as burning on March 2 3rd, whereas the tirst tire last year burned • In January. Wheather conditions so far have been rather favorable, and the Easter snow undoubtedly prevented many fires. The largest fire reported to date covered 1,200 acres In Dauphin county, and one of the most stub born fires burned about 600 acres of the mountain just east of the big stone-arch railroad bridge at Kockville. It was apparently ex tinguished no less than three times by different crews of tire lighters. It is said to have been started by nr butus pickers from Harrisburg. One of 1 the Dauphin county wardens last week found a Sunday school teacher from Harrisburg with her class of boys comfortably seat ed on a big rock on the mountain side. with a merry tire burning and a thirty mile galo blowing toward the mountain. She was under the impression, she said, that anyone might start a tire anywhere in the forest provided buildings were not endangered. The warden lost no time in extinguishing the Are and correcting her impression. TIIIS IA>NG BRIDGE HAS TRESTLE IN CENTER A bridge has recently been com pleted by the Burlington railroad across the Platte river at Yutan, Neb., which has girders at eitllfcr end, while the center is trestlework. This unusual form of bridge con strue! ion is described in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. At Yutan the stream often overflows, becoming over half a mile wide, and in winter destructive ice jams have formed on it. With a view to providing a bridge strong enough to resist the ice and yet not excessive in cost, the width of the Platte was decreased at this point from 2.000 feet to about 1,380 feet by building an embank ment on one side. This intensified the two currents that flowed near the two banks and automatically deepened their channels, so that the ice was more easily carried off in spring. The two current bods were spanned bv girders placed on piers, set 75 feet apart, while between these was built a trestle 700 feet long. How the Kaiser United the World Against Germany The Kaiser's eligibility for the Nobel peace-prize occurs to one editor as he contemplates the burning away ot* old distrusts and hatreds among the once hostile peoples now banded together in a spiritual as well as a military alliance against the Central Powers. England and France forget their, ancient feuds, England and Russia their territorial jealousies, Russia and Japan their quarrels in Asia, while the United States, brushing aside old wrongs and recent suspicions, steps into line beside Engv land and Tapan in the great alliance whose dominant purpose is to make the world "safe for democracy." As visible symbols of this new spirit of international brotherhood among former foes, he see 3 the flags of the Allies flying side by side in the various capitals, and the Stars and Stripes beside the Union Jack above the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa and Westminster, where no foreign flag was ever before unfurled. " • *■, In THE LITERARY DIGEST for May sth, the feature-article presents the consensus of Ameri can public opinion upon the visit of the British and French Commissions and the far-reaching results which the conferences at Washington will develop. v In addition to this complete description of one of the greatest events that has taken place in the history of the United States, and of the world, other articles that should be read in this number are? Should the Government Fix Prices For Food? The Arguments For and Against Such Regulation America's First Shot in the War Woman Suffrage Marching On Sense and Censorship Awful' America X* . No Separate Peace For Russia Islam Under German Rule Japan's New Chinese Policy The Banana—"The Poor Man's Fruit" The Value of Food Tests Doubted German Patents as War Prizes "U"-Boat-Chasers For the Navy A "Great American and Great Safety First in Movie Lessons Art-Connoisseur" Germany Poisoning French Letters For More Americanism in Opera No Church Denominationalism in War-Time Ten New Questions For the Church A Fine Collection of Cartoons and Half-tone Illustrations "The Digest" Prints the World's News, Uncensored and Ungarbled News that is really news, that is accurate as to facts magazines, has at its command avenues for securing In* and recent as to date, is certainly hard to get nowadays. formation uot available to the average periodical. It gives In addition to the ordinary difficulties that beset the path both sides of every occurrence in the language of the of newspaper editors many others have now arisen. 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