THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
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POLICE KEEPING
STATEJ ORDER
Of Third-Cities Cities, Reading
Leads in Number, Wilkes
Barre Per Capita Largest
CARBONDALE COST LOWEST
Corry Hat Smallest Force, and Erie
Expense Par Capita Exceedt a
Other Towna Larger Citlea
Need Traffic Police.
Harrlsburg
The cost of policing 31 Pennsyl
vania citlea of the third clasa has been
determined by the Bureau of Munlcl-
' palitlee of the Department of Labor
and Industry, and the results were
made public by Commissioner John
Price Jackson.
The Bureau of Municipalities was
created In the Department of Labor
nd Industry by the last Legislature.
The Bureau wae formerly a division
in the Bureau of Statistics and In
formation. Its work Is in charge of
J. Herman Knlsely, chief. -
The compilation shows that Read
Ing, with the largest population of
the 31 citlea cited, baa 104 policemen
the greater number of the cities in
eluded in the list. Corry, the city of
the least population, has the least
number of police four. The popula
tion of each of the cities for 1917 has
.been estimated by Increasing the 1916
estimate of the United States Bureau
of Census by one year's ratio of In
crease.
Carbondale has one policeman to
- every 2799 Inhabitants, while Wllke
. Barre has one for every 768 Inhabi
tants. The total annual cost of main
taining" the police force In Corry is
$3820, while In Reading the total an
nual coBt is $116,000. The lowest an
nual cost per capita of population Is
In Carbondale, at 36 cents, while the
highest cost per capita Is In Erie, at
$133.
In the larger municipalities the
greater cost of policing Is attributed
to the necessity for greater numbers
of traffic police, as well as for more
patrolmen and. officers. The annual
wage cost per policeman varies from
$800 In Wllliamsport to $1140 in Johns
town. The complete tabulation show
ing the number of policemen In each
municipality, the total annual police
cont, the annual police cost per capita
of population and the annual wage
cost per policeman Is:
City. No. police, Total An. An. Pol.
Incl. officers Pol. Cost cost
per cap
Allentown .. 49
Altoona 47
Bradford .... 10
Carbondale .. 7
Chester 44
Coatesvllle .. 15
Connellsvllle. 10
Corry 4
Dubois 6
Easton 29
Erie 101
Franklin .... 6
Harrlsburg .. 70
Hatleton .... 20
Johnstown .. 55
Lancaster ... 45
Lebanon .... 17
Lock Haven. 7
McKeesport . 50
Meadvllle ... 6
Monongahela 5
New Castle.. 28
OH City .... 9
Plttston 15
Pottsvllle ... 13
Reading 104
Titusvllle ... 5
TJnlontown .. 12
Wllkes-Baire.102
'Wllliamsport. 29
York 35
$49,518.00
46,950.00
11,792.50
7.140.00
44,683.00
18.613.72
10.600.00
3.820.00
8,276.00
29.290.00
101.566.00
7.800.00
78,275.00
17.000.00
68,380.00
44.900.00
14,820.00
6.180.00
E8.000.00
6.600.00
4.700.00
33,900.00
10,300.00
14,880.00
12,000.00
116,000.00
6.000.00
14.230.00
95.637.00
27.200.00
32,724.00
.76
.79
.81
.36
1.07
1.24
.66
.69
.55
.95
1.33
.68
1.07
.59
.97
.87
.71
.76
1.20
.47
.61
.81
.62
.78
.53
1.03
.67
.63
1.22
.80
.62
Miner Disobeyed Order.
; The State Compensation Board haa
made an important ruling In a coal
mine compensation case, that of
Ourski vs. Susquehanna Coal Com
pany, Luierne county, which it. was
nntpnded that a man met fatal in
jury by going back for tools which
were necessary for him to nanaie me
work assigned to him. The Board
ivi that "it is clear his orders pro
hibited his going into the place where
be met his death" and that there Is
n ovMnnra that another machine
could not have been provided to re-
that which he went to get.
in another mining case, that of
Tourish vs. Philadelphia and Reading
.i A Iron Company, scnuyiKin,
compensation was allowed the widow
of a miner who suffered apopiexy 101
lewlng the firing of a "shot" in a
mine. Death was due to "pressure
of air created by the force of the
explosion of the dynamite," which
was one of considerate violence.
tin Onlv Their Dinner.
While the Pennsylvania State Socle-
nmnoHed of the heads of tne va
dnnartmenta and commissioners
of the State Government, has given up
Its annual dinner this fall becauee of
the war, its monthly luncheons will be
t.tiniied. They will be held on the
first Wednesday of each month In tnls
t-Hv nd a number of State omciaia
and prominent men will speak at the
functions. Considerable attention la to
be given to the historical features of
the State Government and the early
legislative days.
8hlft In Live 8tock Board.
Th State Live Stock Sanitary Board
announced the appointment of Dr. T.
E. Munce, deputy State veterinarian,
to be acting State veterinarian and
Twutlve officer of the board, as Dr
C. J. Marshall, State veterinarian, has.
been appointed a major In the army
Veterinary Corps. Dr. It. M. Staley,
chief of the division of diseases, com
missioned a major, and Dr. William
Brod. State Live Stock representative
at Lancaster, commissioned a Heuten
nt, were granted leavee of absence
for the war.
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I. PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS I
inimiiiimimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir:
Howard McComsey, of East Dm
more, on a twelve acre field has an
average of 150 bushel of potatoes, to
the acre. This is in striking contrast
with what he had on six acres last
season, when ne had few more than
supplied bis own family.
Norrlstown women gladdened the
nearly 1,000 men "of the United States
Ambulance Corps, encamped at Betz
wood, with all sorts of pies, which were
served at evening mess.
Altoona Insurance offices are em
ploying women aa solicitors.
Drought has compelled the Green
Mountain colliery to put on the water
train.
Army enlistments have created va
cancies In the four troops of State po
lice., Lebanon county's 272 teachers are
in annual institute in the county
Courthouse.
Commission government has re
duced Altoona's city debt $196,600 in
four years.
Ed Jenklna, McVeytown, caugnt 400
Juniata salmon In the Juniata river
this season.
H. F. Schrelber, of Old Zlonevllle,
raised 1,700 bushels of potatoes.
Berks Red Men will raise $10,000, by
each giving $1, 'to purchase war am
bulances. The school of Emaus'have been
closed on account of an epidemic of
diphtheria.
Absolom Yergey, 84, of Fox Hill,
procured a gunner's license from a
Pottstown magistrate.
The 137 acre farm of the late Joel
Long, of Upper Bern township, Berks
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fcoumy, wan oviu w ..no. . "--01
Shartlesvllle, for $6,423.72.
"Out of town buying" Is ascribed as
the reason tor ten .tenantlesa store
rooms In the neart of Royereford.
Vallev Foree Chanter. Daughters or
American Revolution, has decided to
adopt a French orphan for a year.
John W. Balthaser sold his 120 acre
farm in Tilden township. Berks coun
ty, to Jacob L. Balthaeer for $7,100.,
Altoona Y. W. C. A. has raised
$20,000 of the $50,000 it set out to
raise a week ago.
Lack- of milk threatens to close
Hobble Creamery, a farmers' co-operative
plant, north of Hazleton, after
ten years' operation.
Three thousand, four hundred and
sixty-six bank accounts, for a total of
1267.09. were opened In Hazleton a
newly organized school thrift system.
Veeetsbles rlased by seventy pu
pils of the Newport public schools
sold for $91.05.
ifMn cases of diphtheria rave
developed in Marflnsburg, all the
nrhnnlH in the borouKh are closed and
no services were held In the Sunday
schools.
A French language class in the
Altoona high school is patronized by
forty-two graduate nurses in local
hospitals, anxious to prepare them
selves for possible service In France.
The last toll turnpike in Blair
county Is a thing of the past, the
Duncansvllle and Newry Turnpike
Comnanv. after a year's bickering,
having decided to accept an offer of
$4,000 for the road, to be paid equal
ly by the state and the county.
Franklin county farmers have paid
as high as $4 a day and board for
men to cut corn and do other rush
work, and much farm work was done
by moonlight. Men who worked all
day In shops went on the farms and
worked until mldnUhf cutting corn
and hUBklng. Women also worked
by moonlight on scores of farms
Seventy draft soldiers left Bridge
port for Camp Meade, while massed
bands nlaved "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." There was the usual weeping
and cheers of the assembled parents
and oonulace. Five left from Norris
town, 20 from the First district and
43 from the Third district
A new use has been found for old
newspapers by David Armstrong, of
Falrvlew road. Leiperville, who has
newspapers wrapped around the stalks
of 2,600 celery plants growing in his
truck patch in the rear of his home.
Armstrong is using the newspapers for
blanch ne the celery
Notices were posted at the mills of
James Lees & Sons Company, Bridge
port, announcing an Increase of 10 per
cent In the wages of all the 800 em
Dlovees. This will mean an added pay
ment of between $50,000 and $60,000 a
year
A large number of shell making ma
chines were Installed in Jeanesville
Iron Works, which is being altered to
handle a 5.000.000 order for the United
States government, after turning out
600.000 Bhrannel for the Russians
The time for paying taxes to enable
soldiers to vote has expired.
Encourased by getting work this
fall In the farming districts, the brawny
wives of Polish. Austrian and Italian
miners up state now seek employment
In the timber yards of -the anthracite
collieries.
Using their husbands' passes, wives
of the Junluta Valley Railroad men
are cutting the cost of living by trips
to the farms for produce.
It cost Henry W. Heidenreich $288.05
to be elected Mayor of Hazleton by
getting more than 51 per cent of -Hie
vote at the primaries.
Charles E. Jefferles. who obtained
the Democratic nomination for County
Controller at the primary election, nl
ed an unusual expense account. In a
letter to the Pr- honotary he said
"To secure 2,336 votes and the Demo
cratic nomination for County Control
ler In Blair county cost me 25 cents."
The harvest home and farmers' pic
nic of Franklin county was held at
Red Bridge Park. There was' live
stock judging by. 62 boys. The big
cattle sale takes place soon
Falling on his face in the sandy road
while helplessly intoxicated, George
Laucks, 34 years old, of New Brlge
vllle. smothered to death. Laucks
mother said that It was his habit to
wander about at night when under the
Influence of Uauor.
William W. Focelman. of Lock Ha
ven, has obtained three bushels of
English walnuts from a fifty-year-old
in la thm vard '
10 KEEP THE BOYS
Four Times Aa Many Blankets As
Men At Cantonment Great Mo
bilization Of Textile
Industry.
WaahJnirtnn. Nearly 13.000,000 arti
cles of clothing and sleeping equipment
have been shipped to the 16 National
Army cantonments, according to offi
cial figures made public by the war
Department
Of thla enormous total. Camp Meade,
with 20,300 men in camp, has received
the following: Bedsacks, 30,000; blank
ets, 80,632 ; cotton breeches, 16,096;
woolen breeches, 21,295; cotton coatB,
16.691: woolen coats 24,188; summer
drawers, 60,817; winter drawers, 116,-
811: hats. 42.062; leggms, 24,m;
overcoats, 22,034; flannel shirts, 03,
996; cotton stockings, 66,878; light
woolen stockings. 41,453; -cotton un
dershirts, 48,015; woolen undershirts,
77,695, and shoes, 36,642.
The fleures cover shipments up to
October 2. They reveal a tremendous
response on the part of the American
Industries to the emeigency demands
of the Government. Deliveries that
have already been mnde seemed only
a few weeks aco to bo utterly Impos
sible of accomplishment. When the
war broke out the manufacturing
establishments were without large re
serve stocks of any kind, owing both
to domestic consumption and the in
sistent demands from foreign coun
tries. In the few months since then
these industries have been practically
made -over to the needs of Uncle Sam,
and there has been such a mobilization
and realignment of their facilities as
to stagger Imagination in many In
stances.'
From now on. It is stated, the flow of
supplies for the army will be steady
and constant The total figures on
shipments made to all 16 cantonments
follow: Bedsacks, 422,346; blankets,
1,402,390; cotton breeches, 436,749;
woolen breeches, 259,805; cotton coats,
267.679; woolen coats, 204,728; sum
mer drawers, 912,272; winter drawers,
1,047,690; hats, 607,374; legglns, 459,
310; overcoats, 289,713; flannel ehlrts,
797.997: cotton stockings. 1,606,532;
light wool stockings, 1,276,023; heavy
wool stockings. 12.975: cotton under
shirts, 1,019,801; woolen undershirts,
1,023,093; ehoes, 937,734. Grand total,
12,974,111 articles.
WARM
GAMP
lany Clothes and Sleeping
Things are Shipped.
MEADE GETS BIG SUPPLY
INDICTED FOR BOMB PLOTS.
Four Accused Of Conspiring To De
stroy Munition Ships.
New York. Indictments charging a
conspiracy to "plant" Incendiary
bombs aboard ships carrying munitions
of war from this port to the Entente
Allies In 1915, were returned by a Fed
eral grand Jury here against Eugene
Reistere, Joseph Zeffert, Walter Uhde
and Bonford Boniface. Three of the
men were taken into custody last night
by the police "bomb squad" and the
fourth today.
Ball for Zeffert was fixed at $8,000
and for the others at $10,000 each, In
default of which they were sent to Jail.
Others Involved In the conspiracy
and previously Indicted Included Franz
von Rintelen, a captain in the German
Navy; Dr. Walter T. Scheel, alleged
to have operated a "bomb factory" In
Hoboken; Captain Otto Wolpert and
Carl Schlramel.
Evidence that Sohimmel had know!
edge of the placing of bombs aboard
the Lusitanla prior to her Inst voy
age Is being investigated. The indict
ments returned today charge that
Schlmmel carried through the streets
of New York three packages contain
lng tombs Intended to be placed
aboard ships.
SANK THE LIEBENFELS.
Captain and Editorial Writer Con
victed Of Conspiracy.
Aiken, S. C Paul Wierse, editorial
writer of the Charleston (S. C.) Amerl
can, and Captain Klattenhoff, of the
German steamship Liebenfels, were
convicted in Federal Court here of con
spracy to sink the ship In Charles
ton Harbor, and sentenced to two years
In Federal prison at Atlanta and to pay
a fine of $1,000 and cost each.
The Liebenfels was sunk Just before
the diplomatic break with Germany
presumably on orders of the German
Government.
CRISIS FOR MICHAELIS.
His Downfall Predicted At Result Of
Naval Mutiny.
Copenhagen. Germany's paper
crisis over the Pan-German propa
ganda, which loomed so big in antlcipa
tion but was so small in results, has
passed. In its place has arisen a new,
and this time a really serious crils
caused by the attempt of Chancellor
Mlchaelis, vice-chancellor Hplfferlch
and Minister of the Navy von Capelle
to use the alleged plot In the German
navy as a political wrapon against the
party of the extreme left in the Reich
stag.
MORE LOANS TO THE ALLIES.
Chip In
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STAPLE F000S
UNDER
CONTROL
iit Under License By Presi
dential Proclamation.
20 COMMODITIES AFFECTED
Manufacture, Storage, Importation and
Buying and Selling Brought Under
Federal Registration To Pre
vent Unreasonable Profits.
Washington. Government control of
foodstuffs is extended to take in vir
tually all the essential articles of diet
by proclamation issued-by President
Wiltion directing the Food Administra
tion to license after November 1 the
manufacture, storage. Importation and
distribution of some 20 prime com
modities. Many small dealers are ex
empted, as are farmers, who were
especially excepted In the Food Con
trol Law.
The Proclamation.
After quoting the Food Control Act,
under which the action Is taken, the
President's proclamation says:'
"It is essential, In order to carry into
effect the purpose of said act, to license-
the importation, manufacture,
storage and distribution of necessaries
to the extent hereinafter specified.
"All persons, firms, corporations and
associations engaged in the business
either of (1) operating cold-storage
warehouses (a cold-storage warehouse,
for the purpose of this proclamation,
being defined as any place artificially
or mechanically cooled to or below a
temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit,
in which food products are placed and
held for thirty days or more); (2)
operating elevators, . warehouses or
other places for storage of corn, oats,
barley, beans, rice, cottonseed, cotton
seed cake, cottonseed meal or peanut
meal, or (3) importing, manufacturing
(including milling, mixing or packing,
or distributing (Including buying or
selling) any or the following commodities:
Commodities Affected.
"Wheat, wheat flour, rye or rye
flour: barlev or barley flour: oats, oat
meal or rolled oats; corn, corn grits,
cornmeal, homony, 'corn flour, starch
from corn, corn oil, corn syrup or glu
cose; rice, rice flour; dried beans; pea
seed or dried peas; cottonseed, cotton
seed oil, cottonseed cake or cottonseed
meal: peanut oil or peanut meal; soya
bean oil, soya bean meal, palm oil or
copra oil; oleomargarine, lard, lard
substitutes, oleo oils or cooking fats;
milk, butter or cheese; condensed,
powdered or evaporated millt; fresh
canned or cured beef,- pork or mutton;
poultry or cpes: fresh or frozen fish;
fresh fruits or vegetables; canned peas,
dried beans, tomatoes, corn, salmon or
sardines; dried prunes, apples, peaches
or raisins; sugar, syrups or molasses.
Small Dealers Exempted.
"Excepting, however, the following:
"Operators of all elevators or .ware
houses handling wheat or rye, and
manufactures of the derivative prod
ucts of wheat or rye, who have already
been licensed.
"Importers, manufacturers and re
finers of sugar, and manufacturers of
sugar syrups and molasses, who have
already been licensed.
"Retailers whose gross sales of food
commodities do not exceed $100,000 per
annum. x
"Common carriers.
"Farmers, gardenerB, cooperative
associations of farmers or gardeners,
including live stock farmers, and
other persons with respect to the prod
ucts of any farm, garden or other land
owned, leased or cultivated by them.
"Fishermen whose business does
not extend beyond primary consign
ment. "Those dealing In any of the above
commodities on any exchange, board
of trade or similar institution as de
fined by Section 13 of the act of Au
gust 10, 1917, to the extent of their
dealings on such exchange or board
of trade.
"Millers of corn, oats, barley, wheat,
rye or rice operating only plants of
a daily capacity of less than 75 bar
"Canners of peas, dried beans, corn,
tomatoes, salmon or sardines, whose
gross production does not exceed 6,000
:aHes per annum.
"Persons slaushteilng. packing and
diFtrlbuting fresh, canned or cured
beef, pork or mutton, whose gross
Hales of such commodities do not ex
ceed $100,000 per annum.
"Operators of poultry or egg pack
ing plants, whose gross sales do not
exceed $50,000 per annum.
"Manufacturers of maple syrup,
maple sugar and maple compound.
"Ginners. buyers, ajcents. dealers or
other handlers of cottonseed, who
handle yearly, between September 1
and August 31, less than 150 tons of
cottoncced.
Effective November 1.
"Arc hereby required to secure on
or before November 1, 1917, a license,
which license will be issued under such
rules and regulations governing the
conduct of the business as may be pre
scribed. "Applications for the license must
be made to the United States Food
Administration, Washington, D. C,
law department, license division, on
forms prepared by it in advance for
that purpose, which may be secured
on request
"Any person, firm or corporation or
association other than those hereinbe
fore excepted, who shall engage In or
carry on any business hereinbefore
specified after November 1, 1917, with
out first securing such license will be
liable to the penalty prescribed by said
act of Congress."
The penalties prescribed for viola
tion of the act are a fine of $5,000 or
imprisonment of not more than two
years.
I
WILL
SOON
LEAD THE WORLD
Construction Program Calls For
787 Vessels.
SAVE FOOD
LEND YOUR
Hoover's Men Will Make Bio
unve mrougnout Nation for
Sale of New Bonds.
EVERY TYPE. IS INCLUDED
Total . Program Coata $1,15a400,000.
Work Of Construction Being Rush
ed Some Vessels. Completed
and Now In Service.
' Washington. The American Navy's
war construction program consists of
787 vessels, Including all typea from
superdreadnoughts to submarine
chasers.
In making this announcement, Sec
retary Daniels said some of the vessels
have been completed within the past
few weeks and are now In service and
that the remainder of the program Is
being rushed. The total cost is esti
mated at $1,150,400,000.
Many of the vessels are destroyers
and arrangements have been made foi
can-vine out the $350,000,000 supple
mental destroyer program, which the
Navy expects to be completed in is
months.
Examinations of contracts by the
legal representatives of the builders
prevented the formal signing or me
agreements with the six companies
which are to build the crart, but Mr.
Daniels said only minor details stood
In the way of getting the vessels under
construction.
Secretary Daniels said he expected
the first of the new destroyers to be
launched and commissioned within
nine months. They will be of the
latest, largest and improved type,
which have Just been tried oy tne
American Navy, he said, and found to
be unsurpassed by any destroyers In
the world.
GERMAN NAVAL REVOLT FAILS.
Crews On Four Battleships Mutinied.
Several Shot
Amsterdam. A mutiny among the
crews of four battleships of the Ger
man fleet has occurred at Wllhelms
haven. One of these battleships was
the Westfalen, whose captain was
thrown overboard and drowned. The
crews landed. MarineB refused to fire
on them, whereupon soldiers surround
ed the sailors, who surrendered.
A mutiny Is reported to have occur
red on the German warship Nurn
berg, which was at sea. The men
seized the officers and proceeded In
the direction of Norway, with the in
tention of being interned. The Nurn
berg was overtaken by destroyers and
forced to surrender.
Emperor William went to Wllhelms
haven and ordered that one out of
every seven mutineers be shot. Chan
cellor Mlchaelis protested, with the re
sult that only three were shot. Heavy
sentences were Imposed on the others.
Emperor William's visit to Wll
helmshaven In company with Chancel
lor Mlchaelis was made after the
mutiny had been suppressed.
One of the reasons for the mutiny
was bad and Inadequate food.
PLANS FOR NEXT DRAFT.
Practically All Eligible! To Be Sum
moned For Examination At Once.
' Washington Plans for calling up
the next draft of designates for the
National Army are now complete.
The exact number of men that are
to be called up is about the only ques
tion still undecided.
That, however, Is a detail, inasmuch
as General Crowder has determined
that a majority, If not all, of the
eliglbles will be summoned without de
lay for physical examination and to file
exemptions If the latter are to be
claimed, so that eliglbles will know ex
actly how they stand on the list.
Revolutionary changes are to be
made In the methods. Complete ad
vantages is to be taken of every mis
take that was made in the first call.
AT LAST 'TIS ANSWERED.
Scots Don't Wear Anything Under
Kilts In Cold Weather.
London. At last Borne one has had
the hardihood to ask the question
aroused by the sight of a Scot In kilts.
During a trial at Old Bailey a Scottish
laddie In kilts was a witness- One of
the jurors restrained himself as long
as possible then asked him.
"I've never known anyone In my
regiment to wear anything under them,
even in the coldest weather at the
front," answered the Scot.
The judge and Jury heaved a sigh of
relief.
PREDICTS NEW DRAFT LAW.
England and France Each Receive $40,
000,000 More.
Washington. Loans of $40,000,000
each to Great Britain and France were
announced by the . Treasury Depart
ment. This advances Great Britain's
total to $1,280,000,000 and that of
France to $730,000,000. The aggregate
of United States loans to the Allies
since the war began Is $2,598,400,000.
For the first six months' participation
In the war the loans averaged $14,000,
000 a day.
Kahn Wants To Reach Thoee Who
Have Become 21 Thla Year.
Washington. Representative Kahn,
of California, who led the administra
tion forces In the House when the
Army Draft law was passed, said a
new Draft Act would have to be pass
ed at the next session of Congress to
reach the many young men who have
become 21 years of age since May 18
last and that it probably would amend
the existing law so as to register
youths from 16 to 17 to become auto
matically subject to call on reaching
the age of 21.
AMERICANS WOUNDED.
Two Suffering From German Shellfire
In France.
Paris. Robert Lamon, of Evanston,
111., and Henry Thompson, of Green
ville, Del., members of the munitions
transport section of the American field
service, were wounded Sunday by a
German shell while on duty near the
front It Is reported their Injuries
are not serious.
N ACCORD IN RUSSIA.
Democratic Congress Agrees To
Kerensky's Plans.
PetroKrad. After a conference of
three hours of members of the Govern
ment. Including Premier Kerensky,
with a delegation representing the
Democratic Congress and with repre
sentatives of the bourgeois, a complete
agreement was reached on all ques'
lions. The Premier declared that the
Government purposed Immediately to
form a complete cabinet, so that the
reconstituted coalition government
might be able to go to work at once
on the basis laid down.
PLOT TO BLOW UP CITY HALL."
Enough Dynamite Found Under Muni
cipal Building To Shatter It.
Philadelphia. What Is believed by
the police to have been an attempt to
blow up the City Hall was frustrated
when Nathaniel Rambo, a cit em
ploye, found enough sticks of dynamite
at the southeast corner'of the building
to blow the building to pieces. The
explosive was found directly under the
City Controller's window, in whose
room the vaults of the city are located.
MEXICANS GET- U. S. SOLDIERS.
Two Hunting Ducks On American Side
Imprisoned But Escape.
Fabens, Texas. Two American sol
dlers, hunting ducks on the American
side of the line south of here, were
overpowered and taken prisoners by
armed Mexicans, removed to Mexican
territory and imprisoned in an adode
building. The soldiers soon made their
escape from the building and fled to
the American side of the line, where
they rejoined their command.
THE MEXICAN VICE-CONSUL HELD
Charged With Non-Compliance With
Draft Law.
New York. Jesus Martinez, a Mexi
can, who has refused to comply with
the selective draft law on the ground
that he Is Mexican vice-consul here.
was arrested by Federal Agents. He
was arraigned before a United States
commissioner and held. In $5,000 bail
for examination. Martinez has been
supported in his action by Juan T,
Burns, Mexican consul.
"DROWNED" TO GET INSURANCE,
Fred. R. Spearing, Arrested In New
Orleans, Confesses Fraud.
New Orleans. Fred. Roe Spearing,
of Phlaldelphia, who, according to the
police, admitted he pretended to have
been drowned at Atlantic City, N. J.
two years ago in order that his wife
might collect his insurance, was arrest
ed here. According to authorities,
Spearing has made a complete confes
slon.
SENATORS TO VISIT FRONT.
Hale and Kenyon Will Study War On
Battle Fields.
Washington. Senator Hale, . of
Maine, who was on the European bat
tle front when the President summon
ed Congress in extraordinary session
to deal with war problems, Intends re
turning to France to study tho present
situation. He will be accompanied by
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, who also Is
anxious to get first-hand Information.
THE FREIE ZEITUNG BARRED.
German Newspaper's Mailing Privilege
Revoked.
Newark, N. J. Edwin S. Jrleth, pub
lisher of the New Jersey Freie Zel
tung, a German language newspaper,
was notified by the Postofflce Depart
ment that the paper's second-clasB
mailing privileges had been revoked
on the ground that It had violated the
provisions of the Espionage act by
publishing matter held to be seditious,
The plant of the newspaper was raid
ed by Federal agents last week.
COIN
YOU CAN HELP WHIP KAISER
Great Program la Outlined for Food.'
Pledge weeK Campaign, October
21 to 28 Those Who Fight
Must Be Fed.
iit-..l.l.,,HM rr..K ...ift
VUBI11H1SIUU. XVU 11IT1IIII loiul ...
servatlon pledges! Twenty-two iuij,
homes visited: A national cniniml
projecteu so large in us scope I hut
work to De accoimii s io, u .
us though a census of the country ,
io ue niKeii in a wwki
Such la the program oulllnni
the food pledgo week campaign,
toher 21 to 23.
Wliut is It ull about?
Why so much fuss?
What ore the motives buck of
n tremeiidouH drive?
Ill every state thousands of im,l
.. ..I. t . U .1 it. .. I
lire upkiiih iiirnc ju-niuiix nunc III
mi lulu nf others nru mvtinr ii id.
selves to furulsh a coiupMe unsn
to the query.
The reasons whv the food nl.-
cumpnlgn hits been projected uptin mi
broad lines are simple einniijli;
OIlllllL'll.
So simple and so plain Unit ti
have been Mated In the coimmsa o
card u curd that it W priKiil
hung In every home or Hie luml
curd Unit Is the "war creed of
kitchen," because, so closely tire
neoule In this country linked to
world war, thut ope of t lie ikim
the struggle must lie rmiglit out
the American kitchen.
If soldiers are to MM tliey must
fed. For the past three yenns, onr
one. our allies across the m 1
been taking the men from I lie I,
and from the factory ami sending t:
to the firing line. Kio li iiimi mi
the flrlns line tiiemit one lisi 4
could be relied upon i help pr
the food thnt "will win the war."
There nre stores of wheat in !i
trallil. There Is food in Smith Anj
leu, but ships are scarce. Time !
vital factor. The voyage Io AuMr
and to South America lakes too Id
If the needs of those who fluht fi
across the sea nre to he met, Hie
thut sustuius those fighters must rt
from this country.
If the laborer Is worthy of Ms
surely the fichter Is worthy of I
That Is n principle universally
ed by the American public. H
It Is not every product that
sent across the sen. lorn i
serve the need ; our allies liav
iikoiI It ns a food: they have i
to crind it : turn It Into mcul
country and It would spoil Den
rnv.UX rpncli mi European port
ore Just four classes of product
experts say, that we must wna
nllleR If nur duty to them Is to
charted : they need meat, wheat,
nnil ilnirv uroduets. ' can cor.
our wheat by Increasing our enn
ti, .,i nf nihpr crnlns. We am cot
nop ninnt liv making a greater 4
upon the resources of tins flh H
If the United States were u
erntlc country there would be ne
ulnr imiieiil for the consent
food. Thcw would he an autoJ
ml. The mailed m
nil In the kitchen. Imp'T'"1 'p"
p wnnld lie enforced at tne
of the bayonet. But ours l of
(.i-niiP rnitntrv. Food eontro
the hands of the people tlifl
nnd It Is to the people that W
administration has appealed m
food pledge card campaign.
ii-i..t TT..,,ver 1ms ternmltl
penl nn "unprecedented advent!
democracy" an odvcnm
i .. l,.,llw.r nr not a n
uenjriiiwit? win..-
form of government Is, after n
to engage In a death grm'
uutocracy. , ,
rn. ni.wi-r., work rami
solves Itself Into on effort to
a result of voluntary si
pledges Insuring the K,'l,f,J
for n well defined pn.gramofl
servatlon. The food pledge f
palgn represents tin effort um
,ny of the American li
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wine io uum- ...... j
........... ,nii he eim"'i
wneiu
l. tw.lna
ever, uwij .i.i-.,.
The American people nri
....iniiion
join togetnor ,. ,
on policy. a ,
,hu .u.llcv th' "f
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In l,n,r n dm! (1. Il ""
in the United S. ttZ
I
tion-in their window.
la H
n.,.. nmV I
the conservation
. ..... for II ""'
8IOOII. li e "" . s,rvW
'I'"1 ! ml!mZ. , on card
Herod cerinui. ; ,m.r,
Wnr Creed of tne
hung in the lionie. o,j
a.,,1 ,i,,,t ts what tne i' j
pledge week cump"1
... Cheap FIB
,w,n" . .. h-aUt
In order to mo ;
n largo liower
the bottom or n w i" . e
sponge iu It. Cover wltn
of powdered charcoal, , n
ami let it bi v' h(rtH
supported by
across. The wnlcr w
the charcoal win ' (0n
Impurities nnd will J)(
use. The ciinrcou.
mouths flUU
Rpvornl times a yr-
..Int.
.. .... urain
Use Your 1
There is not so muff '
. i ,i.o way tlfl . ,
urnins us " - i.0y or
them. Very ccn
envies onother's Keim- ,
Is as well endowed a ,
one brnln Is trnlnct I
trated thinking, t he ' ', ,
broken colt, or llko ,,,
grown lazy fro"'
of exercise. Set yoiiri yC
Guldo them wiselj. tey
need to couiplnln l"J'
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