THE FULTON COUNTV NEWS. WrCONNF.LI.SBURG. PA.
STATE'S MEDICAL
FORCES LISTED
Data About All Hospitals, Doc
tors, Dentists, Pharmacists
and Veterinarians.
CAN ANSWER INSTANT CALL
All Allied Profession Are Included
Can Supply Government with
Anything It Needs on Mo.
mtnt's Notice.
-Harrisburg.
One of the departments of the Btate
Committee of Public Safety of which
comparatively little has been heard has
Inwa comment of the moat favorable
nature from the headquarters of the
Burgeon General of the United States
Army. This Is the Sanitation, Medi
cine and Red Cross Department, which
.was commended for Its work in cata
loging and classifying Information con
cerning the medical and allied profes
sional and Institutional resources of
this State and organizing syetems
jtnrough wbfch they may be made avail
tl for emergency use by the Medical
Department of the United States
Urmy.
One of the department's first activi
ties was to compile and Index complete
lata relating to every Pennsylvania
organization, Institution and profession
In the field wboee capacities, opera
tions or personnel could- in any way be
applied to war time service. Probably
it be most comple collection of data In
regard to dentists, veterinarians, phar
macists and nurses In Pennsylvania
,that has ever been collected Is now on
iand at the headquarters of the com
nlttee. These list do not include all
,the members of these professions,
however, and every efTort is being
made to list them all.
; Each dentist on the llt Is asked to
ubmlt a report of all the surplus stock
J-i has on hand that the government
may call for when needed. This In
cludes all dental apparatus, lnstru
menta and other necessities. A com
plete survey is made of each man on
the list. This includes not only his
training and experience, but he is
classified according to his specialty.
They are divided under different
groups, such as exodontlHts, ortho
dontists, pyhrrea experts, crown and
trldge work specialists, extractors and
aurgeotis.
Practically the same thing applies to
the veterinarians. The survey of den
tists la being made under the joint
auspices of the Committee on Dentis
try ot the General Medical Board of
the Council of National Defense, the
Committee of Public Safety and the
Tartous dental societies. The State
Veterinary Society is co-operating in
the enrollment of the veterinary ex
perts. . The task of listing all physicians in
the State has not been completed as yet,
tut that of securing a complete classi
fication of the pharmacists is far ad
vanced. Even the various languages
that each person on the l!ts can speak
1b known. There Is an elaborate trip
licate card index system covering
every special qualification. An In
stance of how this will work out would
fce given should the government call
for the services of an expert on han
dling cases of chlorine gas poisoning.
' Should the government suddenly
' jeed large laboratories with special ac
commodations for the manufacture of
any sort of drugs, medicines, Instru
ments or In which to conduct experi
ments, It would be a matter of a few
minutes' search to name every labora
tory in the State that could fill the bill.
Complete Information regarding
very hospital In the State Is also on
hand, down to the most minute detail.
A complete list of all prospective camp
tteB for convalescent, reclamation, de
tention, isolation, or temporary hospi
tal camps Is also on hand. The de
tailed Information covers the site, loca
tion, ownership, condition, proximity
to railroads and public highways,
water, lighting and sewage facilities.
In this way the government can be
furnished with a tract of land In any
part of the State at any time for any
eorvlce, up to a tract 600 acres In size,
and probably even larger if necessary.
Colonel F. P. Raymond. U. S. A., as
serts that the work will be of Inestima
ble value to the Surgeon General's De
partment. Booze Hits Army Camp.
After getting along swimmingly
without any trouble from drinking for
almost throe months, rum has cropped
up as the principal annoyance to the
officers of the United States ambu
lance camp at Allentown. Officers
raided a keg party of about a dozen
soldiers on the river bank, of whom
five were caught. When the officers
returned to get the kegs as evidence,
they were gone.
After a Grjde Trap Again.
The Pub'lc Service Commission has
ordered an Inquiry of Its own volition
into the condition of two grado cross
ings at points whero the tracks of the
Black Lick branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad's Clearfield division cross a
State hinhway In southern Cambria
. county.
This is tlie second ocension on which
tho commission lias proceeded against
a crossing on Its own Initiative, the
other case being at Mr. Dallas.
The commission arranged a hearing
In this case.
Survives 92-Foot Fall.
Wllllum Maxwell, of Vancouver, D
C., who rime here several weeks ago
to repair a stack at the Harrlsburg
Light and Power plant, fell a distance
of nlnetv-two feet from the stack and
mbyslclans declare he has a good
chance to recover.
hi nnl? annarent Injuries are a
tirnken am and a badly lacerated face.
With three other men he was at
work on the stack. He apparently be-
muk dizzy and plunged downward
"When olcked up it was bellev?d he
was dead. He rallied at the hospital.
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1 PENNSYLVANIA I
BRIEFS 1
niiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iii.iiir.
Curbstone markets are being agi
tated In Norrlstown and Conshohocken,
where prices of foodstuffs are much
higher than quoted for the first curb
etone market in Allentown.
C. E. Carothers, chairman of the
Milk Commission, la a practical farmer
and has raised his own cattle In west
ern Pennsylvania.
B. J. Bowers, superintendent of the
Johnstown school gardens, says that
Interested directly In the work are 650
school children, together with 350 chil
dren from outside the schools and pa
trons. There are fifteen vocational schools
In Pennsylvania.
Alleging that her earning power was
permanently Impaired by injuries sus
tained when a trolley car, two years
ago, bit a taxlcab In which she was rid
ing, Miss Ava M. Riest, daughter of J.
Frank Kiest, a former hotel man of
York, filed suit for $20,000 damages
against the York Railways Company.
Milton women say they will boycott
lucent milk.
Allegheny county rotten egg dealers
will be arrested.
Out of eighty-two men so far exam
ined In the selective draft at Brad
ford but sixteen have passed and been
accepted.
The American Car Company, at Mil
von, will spend $30,000 for shower
baths, bubbling fountains, etc., for
employees.
For the first time in four years a
detachment of State troopers is on
duty In the Hazleton region, after auto
speeders.
Dr. Edgar G. Miller, pastor of the
First Lutheran Church, Columbia, has
been given two months' leave of ab
sence to engage In gospel service for
soldiers.
Perry county Is perhaps the only
county in Pennsylvania that has two
election districts In which the Repub
lican, and Democratic voters met in
Joint session and named candidates for
the primaries at Marysvllle and in
Oliver county.
Royereford and Spring City girls
have entered into a popularity contest
with Phoenixvllle maids.
Burgees Bloomhall, of Conshohocken,
has put the ban on carnivals, because
of the trouble they occasion.
Given kerosene in mistake for med
icine, an infant son of George Fowte,
Carlisle, died. ,
Speeders to the number of 23, near
Thonipsontown, were fined by 'Squire
Cameron.
Work that will cost $14,000 has
started on Improvements to the Indus
trial building at the Danville Hos
pital for the Insane.
Fifty farmers of 'he nearby val
leys have petitioned the Hazleton
Council and the Chamber of Com
merce to create a curb market,
promising to lower the cost of living
there.
Tetanus resulting from a splinter
penetrating one of his feet caused the
lpath of Edgar Relghtnouer, a foils-
town boy.
Company I. National Guards, left
Reading for camp at Mineola, L. I.,
without any demonstrations.
Dr. G. R. Fetherolf is Readings
new milk ana meal inspector, auu
succeeds Dr. H. B. Roshon, now a
second lieutenant In the army.
Grief over his wife's death la sup
posed to have caused Samuel FreeB,
62, for years Janitor at the Reading
Station at Port Clinton, to hang him
self. Suspicion aroused by his offer to
sell an automobile for $95, a stranger
fled from Finland and It was then
ascertained the car was the property
of Titus M.'Relss, Frledenville.
In sDlte of the fact that the licenses
now being Issued at the State High
way Department are good only until
the end of the year, the revenue rrom
this source being turned Into the State
Treasury by the automobile division
every day runs between $2,000 ana
1.1.000. The revenue from licenses Is
far and away beyond expectations this
year.
Hog cholera has broken out In Con
yngham Valley, near Hazleton. '
Blight is doing much damage to the
famous Sober giant chestnut farm at
Irish Valley, Perry county.
Three brothers called In the draft at
Hazleton received notice to appear be
fore the exemption board, and none
will ask exemption.
The usual order of "men Bcarce" was
reversed at Conyngham, where It was
impossible to find a woman to substi
tute for a girl telephone operator.
Fourteen per cent, larger average
of wheat Is asked bf Pennsylvania
farmers.
Hazleton malls, cut off by cancella
tion of passenger trains, will be han
dled by fast freights. ,
Peaches have sold In Hamburg at 23
to 50 cents a basket.
F. B. Eshleman, of Cordelia, planted
thirty-six early Irish Cobbler potatoes
in the spring, and the yield was five
bushels, most of them big ones weigh
ing twelve ounces or more.
Several hundred washerwomen In
Lawrence county have gone to work In
railroad yards and roundhouses.
Activities are being gradually re
sumed at the North Bristol plant of
the Chester Shipbuilding Company.
Immense quantities of lumber are ar
riving and other supplies preparatory
to building operations.
A point of Interest about the filing
of nomination papers by candidates at
Dr.ylestown Is that the Democratic
party failed to secure a candidate for
the two-year term for Director of the
Poor, so that John V. Birkey, of New
portville, is left without opposition.
Members of the Y. W. C. A., Read,
lng, are making candy to be forwarded
to soldiers In France.
The first receipt for direct Inherit
ance tax under the act of 1917 was
charged, sealed and counterslgnod at
Hurrisbtirg for $3.50 from the execu
tor of a Delaware county estate of
$183.97.
Another bjaHt furnace was fired at
the Coatesvillo branch of the Midvale
Steel and Ordance Company. The
torch was applied by little Miss Mary
Grace, 7-year-old daughter of H. A.
Whltacker, superintendent of the
mllli
WILSON
REJECTS
PEACE PROPOSALS
President's Reply to Proposi
tion of Pope Benedict
GERMAN MENACE MUST GO
President Declares Such a Peace Plan
As the Pope Suggests Would Give
Present Military Masters Of Ger
many An Opportunity To Recuperate
In Their "ight For World Domina
tion. Washington. President Wilson has
rejected the Pope's peace proposals.
In a note dispatched Monday night,
and made public here TiiHpdp.y, the
Tit-sldent says that while every heart
not blinded and hardened by the ter
rible war must be touched by the mov
ing appeal of His Holiness, it would
be folly to take the path of peace he
points out If it does not In fact lead
to the goal he proposes.
Permanent peace must be based
upon the faith of all the peoples and
upon Justice and fairness and the com
mon rights of mankind, he adds, and
"we cannot take the word of the pres
ent rulers of Germany as a guarantee
of anything that is to endure unless
explicitly supported by such con
clusive evidence of the will and pur
pose of the German people themselves
is the other peoples of the world would
be justified in accepting."
The President's Note.
The text of the note follows:
"August 27, 1917."
"To His Holiness, Benedict XV., Pope:
"In acknowledgment of the com
munication of Your Holiness to the
belligerent peoples, dated August 1,
1917, ttie President of the United
States requests me to transmit the fol
lowing reply:
"Evey heart that has not been
blinded and hardened by this terrible
war must be touched by this moving
appeal of His Holiness the Pope, must
feel the dignity, and force of the hu
mane and generous motives which
prompted it, and must fervently wish
that we might take the path of peace
1ip so persuasively points out. But it
would be folly, to take it If It does not
In fact lead to the goal he proposes.
Our response must be based upon the
stern facts and upon nothing else. It
is not a mere cessation of arms he de
sires; It is a stable and enduring
peace. This agony must not be gone
through with again, and It must be a
matter of very sober judgment what
will Insure us against it.
Woul.J Foil War's Purpose.
"His Holiness In substance proposes
that we return to the status quo ante
bellum, and that then there be a gen
eral combination, disarmament and a
concert of nations, based upon an ac
ceptance of the principle of arbitra
tion; that by a similar concert free
dom of the seas be established, and
that the territorial claims of France
and Italy, the perplexing problems of
the Balkan states, and the restitution
of Poland be left to such, conciliatory
adjustments as may be possible in the
new temper of such a peace, due re
gard being paid to the aspirations of
the peoples whose political fortunes
and affiliations will be Involved.
"It Is manifest that no pnrt of this
program can be successfully carried
out unless the restitution of the status
quo ante furnishes a firm and satisfac
tory basis for it. The object of this
war Is to 'deliver the free peoples of
the world from the menace and the
actual power of a vast military estab
llsbment, controlled by an Irrespons
ible government which, having secret
ly planned to dominate the world, pro
ceeded to carry out the plan without
regard either to the sacred obligations
of treaty or the long-established prac
tices and long cherlHhed principles of
international action and honor; whicn
chose its own time for the war, de
livered Its blow fiercely and suddenly;
stopped at no barrier either of law or
mercy; swept a whole centinent with
in the tide of blood not the blood of
soldiers only, but the blood of inno
cent women and children also, and of
the helpless poor, and now standB
balked, but not defeated, the enemy of
four-fifths of the world. This power is
not the German people. It is the ruth
less master of the German people. It
Is no business of ours how that great
people came under its control or sub
mitted with temporary zest to the
domination of its purpose; but it is
our business to see to it that the his
tory of the rest of the world Is no
longer left to Its handling.
Cannot Trust German Rulers.
"To deal with such a power by way
of peace upon the plan proposed by
His Holiness the Pope would, so far
as we can see, involve a recuperation
of its strength and a renewal of its
policy; would make it necessary to
create a permanent hostile combine
lion of nations against the German
people, who are Its instruments; and
would result in abandoning the new.
born Russia to the intrigue, the mani
fold subtle interference, and the cer
tain counter revolution which would
bo attempted by all the malign lnllu
enccs to which the German govern
ment has of late nccustomed the
world. Can peace be based upon a
restitution of its power or upon any
word of honor It could pledge In a
TEN SUFF PICKETS ARRESTED.
Six Of Them Were Out On Bail For
Similar Offense.
Washington. Ten women carrying
suffrage banners and extracts from
President WilBon's speeches wero ar
rested In front of tho White HoUBe.
Six of them1 were the banner car
riers out on bond pending appeals
from the Police Court sentences o!
$25 fines or 30 days in Jail imposed
for a similar demonstration. All were
bMed to appear for trial.
treaty of settlement and accommoda
tion? "Responsible statesmen must now
everywhere see, it they never saw be
fore, that no peace can rest securely
upon political or economic restrictions
meant to benefit some nations and
cripple or embarrass others, upon vin
dicative action of any sort, or any kind
of revenge or deliberate injury. Tho
American people have Buffered intoler
able wrongs at the hands of the Im
perial German government, but they
desire no reprisal upon the German
people, who have themselves suffered
all things In this war which they did
not choose. They believe that peace
should rest upon the rights of peoples,
not the rights of governments the
rights of peoples great or small, weak
or powerful their equal right to free
dom and security and self-government
and to a participation upon fair terms
In the economic opportunities of the
world the German people, of course,
included, if they will accept equality
and not seek domination.
"The test, therefore, of every plan
fit peace Is this: Is it based upon the
faith of all peoples Involved or merely
upon the word of an ambitious and in
triguing government, on the one hand,
and of a group of free peoples on the
otherT This is 'a test which goes to
the root of the matter, and it Is the
test which must be applied.
.United States Alms.
"The purposes of the United States
In this war are known to the whole
world to every people to whom the
truth has been permitted to come.
They do not need to be stated again.
We seek no material advantage of any
kind. We believe that the Intolerable
wrongs done In this war by the furious
and brutal power of the lmperiar Ger
man government ought to be repaired,
but not at the expense of the sov
ereignty of any people rather a vin
dication of the sovereignty both of
those that are weak and those that
are strong. Punitive damages, the
dismemberment of empires, the estab
lishment of selfish and exclusive
economic leagues, we deem Inexpedi
ent and In the end worse than futile,
no proper basis for a peace of any
kind, least of all for an enduring peace.
That mutt be based upon Justice and
fairness and the common rights of
mankind.
"We cannot take the word of the
present rules of Germany as a guar
antee of anything that Is to endure,
unless explicitly supported by such
conclusive evidence of the will and
purpose of the German people them
selves as the other peoples of the.
world would be justified In accepting.
Without such guarantees, treaties ol
settlement, agreements for disarma
ment, covenants to set up arbitration
In the place of force, territorial ad
justments, constitutions of small
nations, If made with the German gov
ernment, no man, no nation could now
depend on. We must await some new
evidence of the purposes of the great
peoples of the Central Powers. God
grant It may be given soon and In a
way to restore the confidence of all
peoples everywhere in the faith of
nations and the possibility of a
covenanted peace.
"ROBERT LANSING,
"Secretary of State of the United
State of America."
U. S. DESTROYER BAGS U-BOAT.
Attacks Undersea Craft Which Had
Attacked British Vessel.
A Gulf Port. The capture and. de
struction of a t'.ermnn submarine by
an American destroyer and the killing
of four members of the submarine's
crew, who bad boarded a British
steamer, Is reported oy William Ray
mond Brown, an American seaman,
who arrived here aboard a British
steamer.
According to the Btory told by
Brown, the submarine emerged near
the steamer, but soon after she came
alongside the American " destroyer
came up and destroyed the U-boat.
After the submarine was destroyed
the men, who had previously gone
aboard the British steamer, tried to
take charge of the vessel.
One of the German officers was hit
on the head and killed as he was going
to the engine room and three others
were killed in the fight that followed.
Brown said that only two Germans
remained Hboard the submarine after
she came alongside the steamer.
The Germans who were not killed ln
the fight on the steamer were turned
over to the destroyer as prisoners.
WOMAN MAYOR A MAJOR.
Mrs Horwitz Named On Staff Of
Florida's Chief Executive.
Tallahassee, Fla. Mrs. George Q
Horwitz, first woman Mayor of the
South she Is Mayor of Moorehaven,
Fla. has been appointed major on the
nersonnl military staff of Sidney J
Catts, Governor of this State. She
will represent the Governor In nation
al defense work and food preparedness
movements. So far, as known she is
the first woman in the country to re
celve a military commission or be ap
pointed a personal aid to a Governor.
Mrs. Horwitz will be deputized by
the Governor to go to Washington at
once to consult with the President as
to the' increased production of food
stuffs. As a major she will be expect
ed to appear In uniform.
Amelia E. Barr. who celebrated her
plehtv-clxth birthday hist spring, has
been writing for almost 60 years, and
In that time has written 77 books,
though the first was not published
until she was 50.
THE CCUNTRY AT LARGE
Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahl
stroni, of the Marine Corps, was the
first officer connected with General
Pershlng'B American expeditionary
force to meet death In France. He
was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Unless they furnish bonds by next
Tuesday Alexander Berkman, Louis
Kramer and Morris Becker, convicted
of violating the Draft Law, will be sent
to Atlanta penitentiary.
10
GE
Hope That Spirit of Revolt May
Develop. ,
IT IS GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE
Entente Governments Unprepared For
Such Quick Action Telegrams
Of Approval Pour Into the
White House.
Washington. Discussion of Presi
dent Wilson's rejection of the Pope's
proposals In diplomatic circles reveal
ed that even somof the Entente gov
ernments were unprepared for the
prompt fashion in which the President
disposed of a matter of such tremend
ous importance.
It was realized, however, by the En
tente representatives in Washington
that President Wilson must have had
some good and sufficient reason for
acting so quickly. Speculation ascribes
the motive to a desire to Impress
favorably the great Russian conven
tion at Moscow while that body is still
In a plastic and receptive state.
While the Germans may wage war
with added desperation because of the
sweeping indictment of their methods,
It Is confidently believed here that the
spirit of revolt will develop steadily
and rapidly among the people In Ger
many, bringing nearer the day when
they will assert themselves to the
point where President Wilson may
feel safe in listening to peace over
tures, in the conviction tbat they are
from German people themselves and
not from the overlords and military
despots.
President Wi!on realizes the force
of the objection that has come from
some quarters to what might be re
garded as a disposition on his part to
Impose a form of government on tier-,
many. It can be stated that nothing!
was farther from his thought than
such a disposition. He meant Just
what he said in the note that the
word of the present autocratic rulers
of Germany cannot be taken for any
thing that Is to endure unless sup
ported by the w ill of the people them
selves. As to whether Germany has
an imperial or a republican form of
government, it is conceded that the
remainder of the world has nothing
to do with the question.
The struggle for parliamentary re
form is being watched with the keen-
f.st Interest, and while it was said at
thp State Department-that no official
advices are as yet at hand regarding
the developments. It would not be a
matter of surprise If there were some
sudden and important manifestations
of the popular will in Germany. Signs
of such an outcome are found In the
half-way efforts of Premier Mlchaelis
tn meet the demands of the Reichstag
committees by his projected cabinet
representative of the more powerful
political parties in Germany.
Telecrams from nil parts of the
country poured Into the White House,
approving President Wilson's course.
It met with appreciation at the Rus
sian Embassy.
"The renlv of the United States to
the Pone's peace note," It was said at
the PinhasBV. "seeniR to us Russians to
be nn act of hlghrest political wisdom
and closely corresponds to the prin
ciples and aims of the Russian people
as formulated in the declarations of
the Russian Provincial Government.
Mininrlsm and the imperialistic alms
of the German rule have received a
new and powerful blow."
Unnn motion of Senator Brady, who
characterized It as a last farewell to
the autocracy of the world, the Presi
dent's reply was ordered printed in tne
Congressional Record.
EARTH YIELDS TIDY SUM.
Gold and Silver Output Of 1916 Was
.$141,543,300.
Wnshineton. Gold and silver to the
value of $141,543,300 were produced
Murine 1916 In the United StateH, in
cluding Alaska. Figures of the Bureau
nf the Mint and the Geological Survey
lust made nublic show a gold produc
tinn of 4.479.057 fine ounces, valued at
J92 r.no.300. and a silver output of 74,'
414.R02 ounces of a value of $48,953,000,
California led In the production of
pnl.l. with 1.063.302 fine ounce's of a
value of $21,980,400. Colorado ranked
second with $19,185,000; Alaska third,
with $16,124,800. nnd Nevada fourth,
with $9,064,700. The Philippine Is
lands produoed gold to the value of
1 r.ia 9(1(1.
Gold was produced In 21 States and
silver In 24.
RAM SELLS FOR $1,500.
422 Sheep Bring $45,000 At Salt Lake
City Auction.
Salt Lake City, Utah. What Is said
to be the highest price In the United
States for a ram. sold at public auction,
won nnlrl fnr a thoroughbred at the
second annual sale conducted undor
the auspices of the National ool
r.rnwera' Association In session here.
One ram brought $1,500, and 422 sheep
were sold for a total or ?4&,uuu.
U-BOAT RAVAGE INCREASES.
18 Large and Five 6mall British Ves
sels Victims Last Week.
London. An increase In the number
of British veselB sunk last week by
mines or submarines is shown by tha
weekly Admiralty statement. Eighteen
vessels of more than 1,600 tons were
sent to the bottom, as compared with
15 the previous week, and five vessels
of less than 1,600 tons, as against three
the previous week. No fishing vessels
were sunk.
HARD
BLOW
RMAN AUTOCRACY
WHEAT PRICE
AT
Government Sets Chicago fig
lire on No. 1 Northern as Basis.
CONSUMER TO BE BENEFITED
Findings Of Board Headed By Gar
field Announced In Washington
After Being Submitted
, To Wilson.
Washington. The price of No. 1
Northern spring wheat was fixed at
$2.20 a bushel, at Chicago, for the
1917 crop by the Wheat Fair Price
Committee, headed by H. A. Garfield,
whose findings, reached after three
days' deliberation, were submitted to
and approved by President Wilson.
Labor representatives on the com
mittee Voted first for $1.84 and the
farmers for $2.50. After long discus
sion the compromise at $2.20 was ap
proved unanimously.
Announced By President
The announcement was made at the
White House In the following state
ment by the President:
"Section 11 of the Food act pro
vides, among other things, for the pur
chase and sale of wheat and flour by
the Government, and appropriates
money for the purpose. The purchase
of wheat and flour for our allies and
to a considerable degree for neutral
countries also has been placed under
the control of the Food Administra
tion. I have appointed a committee to
determine a fair price to be paid In
Government purchases. . The price
now recommended by that committee
$2.20 per bushel at Chicago for the
basic grade will be rigidly adhered to
by the Food Administration.
'It is the hope and expectation of
the Food Administration, and my own
also, that this step will at once stabil
ize and keep within bounds the price
of wheat for all transactions through
out the present crop year, and In con
sequence the price of flour and bread
also. The food act has given large
powers for the control of storage and
exchange operations and these powers
will be fully exercised. An inevitable
consequence will be that financial
dealings cannot follow their usual
course. Whatever the advantages and
disadvantages of the ordinary ma
chinery of trade, It cannot function
well under such disturbed and ab
normal conditions as now exist
To Cut Out Speculation.
"In Its place the Food Administra
tion now fixes for its purchases a fair
price, as recommended unanimously
by a committee representative of all
interests and all sections, and be
lieves that thereby It will eliminate
speculation, make possible the con
duct of every operation In the full
light of day, maintain the publicly
stated price for all, and,, through
economies made possible by stabiliza
tion and. control, better' the position
of consumers also.
"Mr. Hoover, at his expressed wish,
hns taken no part in the deliberations
of the committee on whose recom
mendation I determine the Govern
ment's fair price nor has he in any
way intimated an opinion regarding
that price."
SMASHED THE PERISCOPE.
Steamer Carrying Medical Unit
Escapes Destruction.
Portland, Ore. How a steamer
carrying a unit of the American Medi
cal Corps to Europe for service smash
ed the periscope of a submarine with
her guns nnd averted her own de
struction la told In a letter received
here by Dr. J. W. Morrow from his
son, Dr. Earl Morrow. "It was Just
after breakfast and I was Btanding
aft," writes Dr. Morrow, "when I sud
denly saw a periscope emerge 300
yards astern. Before I could shout a
warning our chief gunner had espied
tho periscope and opened fire. His
first shot struck nnd smashed it to
pieces. It' sank and we did not Bee
It or the submarine again."
U. S. PAYS SCHOOLBOYS.
Philadelphia Lads Make Money Sup
plying Tent Pegs To Army.
Philadelphia. Probably the first
payment ever made by the United
States Government to schoolboys for
army contrnct x work was recorded
when a War Department check was
received here to pay high school stu
dents for the manufacture of tent
pegs supplied several weeks ago. The
check for $125.87 Is drawn to Charles
C. Heyl of the Civilian Service and La
bor Department of the Pennsylvania
Committee of Public Safety.
INTERNES EXEMPT.
Department May Need Their Services
Before War Is Over.
Washington. Hospital Internes and
medical students who have been more
thnn a year at college may be ex
empted from military service under
theiSelective Draft bill by regulations
just Issued. The War Department is
anxious not to interfere with the pro
fessional education of these men
whose service as doctors may bo
necessary before the close of the war.
X.MAS MONEY FOR FRANCE.
Suggestion That Americans Deny
Gifts To Aid Stricken Villages.
Washington. Officials of the Na
tional Committee of Patriotic and De
fense Societies, in a statement Just is
sued, urged that the vast sums of
American money ordinarily devoted
to the purchase of Christmas gifts be
used this year to. relieve the sick and
wounded soldlerB In France, to re
habilitate devastated French villages,
and to support war orphans and cripples.
FIXED
(Conducted by the Natl,i ,?
Chrlntlnn Temporaii. pi"i
PROHIBITION AND COAL.
Under the above caption
number of The Outlook n 8 -I ;
correspondence" article direct
tion to the coal sltuntlon. wit 7Z
factories springing up everywiJ !?
. ...,, omjb J ,(l I
Homing jt IbtK.
, ,u, cuDcfK,,,
prices from reaching u rulnou.
Among the things which stand J
"I K-iiniiK Hie OUTpUt Urt L
TMilnts out. the draft, ttm i,,,....:.
nf omftlnvlnrr n rrrtnl.. h..., 'I
miners because of the fulling offijj
llllfciumm, linn uilMOUX Ullncultlct '
"speeding up" the organic ..."
workers. "Under these ,ni
continues air. ineiss, "it u IntfrmwF
output of coul In r. glong that k2
gone ary. lie reminds u tliatl
4t. Itw. 1. 1.. 1 .
Colorndo Fuel nnd Iron cnmnani ..
Its employees, the saloons dJ
the avernge production of coal pl
per uny was grentiy incronwd.
A comparison made by the .J
Oak Conl compnny of Wot Vlrtis
covering the three months nrior J
June SO, 1914, the dute the dry U
went Into effect, imd the three mm"
following, shows nn increase (W.J
July, September nnd Ortuher d jj
108.35 tons. These figures r fJ
nlsheu ny Mr. w. n. Need, chief i
countnnt, who udds : "It u n(
nsfmme that tho Fame rate of itcmJ
would be carried out throughout tl
entire year, nnd If that lietherw,;
result would show nn Increased pro
tion per annum, due to thenhw
liquor In the field, of 12S.793 tct
And this Is tho Increase of a I;,J
compnny.
Mr. J. P. A. Morrow nf the Fb
burg Coal Producers' associate )
quoted ns stating to t ho interstate
moree commission that the jir-
of cotil In the Pittsburgh ilMrliu:-
would bo Increased o'i.O'iO tea
Strong drink were eliminated,
"In fnct," says Mr. Th-Is In i
slon, "nil testimony on the
from factory, mine nnd simp, tell -
snmc story take mvny drink asi : j
efficiency of the worklnyninn IriTtl-j
amazingly. Tho simplest, the 1
tho only certain way of ln'T-jlK'
production nt this time Ishypnt:
Ine drink. . . . If weratrM
coal during tho war we niut tttd
a wnr measure, the one nnd (icijr
that will surely Increase coal ptftl
tion."
FOOTSTEPS OF FATHER.
Tho story Is told of n satotH
who went home one nftenwooil
found his wife away from lmwil
bis three boys In the hack yard, -1
thov hnd n bench. sme hotilf! -1
tumblers nnd Were plnyinp "Mi J
Tha vimiiL'cst. who was Iwtinfl i
bnr, lmd n towel ti-d around his
nnd appeared to lie settin; up
ill-Inks i.rettv freely. The fatbff "
dismayed at the nature of tit J
ilren's piny, n feeling tinn rowi
.lnnni.ut nlnrni ns he reallM'-i
IJIU M.l..V ,
nctunl beer was being difpi'W'I
the mnke-belleve bar. nnd that Ui 1 1
were staggering, while a ne fw
lnv 41 11111 lr under n tree. MM
w.il,,,. rntiinwd she fiilinu t
In bed nnd her husband WjM
rhllfl. That night tm
closed, nnd Its former keerv
another line of business.
WAR BEER-INSPIRED?
Spooking of the use of befftl
students of Germany, Trou'5;
tho University of Bonn '
...,nh nndbrtii'
Hooding OI we Biu""" ,.
beer, so prevalent nmngoww;
I regard as a national eA-
considered from me
nomlc or Intellectual point o J
Speaking of its moral eff. .
Ford of the University of Z .
i ...U ml III I
"Among tho acnuoiu.i
many the drinking of '
killed the Wnd Klf
hns produced nn lncrMllwe
And Dr. Edward
of nil nations Germany ha iv
est capacity f"r cultuj;,
culture of its blgm etoj"
going WSMM'JS-
of the beer coibu-i-dents."
.-..era.
BARLEYCROP.NC;
More bmoi:
AVnsIiington sim.- - ( rf, yr
boenmo effective thnn ,
lng tolhe annual Bir
the fnct that tne o. ...-
for tho mnnui !" . tf
liquor hns been cut on
western states
Aft.
THE WHITE f" 7'imits tS
Tho white riW'oii
There goes to tne
Franco a motor nm t;.
nf tlin W. C. T. u. " " :ftK
rrK -1,.K.nr Is a nJOl"1'" , i
York Young Vlet
organization.
GOOD FOR w firJt
Mnlno ennno.i s
prohibitory Inw I" j. 0$
time It Hns elected ((fl
nors, 22 of wu.
law.
RALLY CRY.
licre we co.m-, -
Ready to help ' "
We'll dig nnd hue to
We'll help tho orr &
Dut hear, u - Jf!
Kill old King Vof'Lt
Hurrah for the fln
'gol
TRINITY IN UNI.J)I
A trinity In "jj
modern Industry, t M I
liglon bent oa F
saloon.
J
boo, state grum '"''"'f
that tho receipts
1 to November 1, J1iV$ tt
bushels ns flgiist .-'li'dD
..t 1! I.I. '"'
onnm tiitiiiii i. ' - ..arm