Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1917 — Page 3

i A POUND OF FLOUR. H j ee : ou ;^^ < x a “- a I ’ [ The wheat crop of our allies is short. Our allies look to u. to t: ruXvx at " u “ h - g . B XX“ they Can ' tfiflht ou. d have to carj We have only 88.000 000 bushels of wheat more than we use aach ! Mor. Th., we can send them, but it isn’t sufficient. We can »nd ” | them corn meal for it doesn’t keep in shipp,ng. We can’t send them H Krn. for they haven’t the necessary mills to grind it. Where muo S I these 132,000,000 other bushels of wheat come from? U S From our savings—from you! if There are 100.000,000 of us. using an average of 5 pounds of wheat ” | Hour a week per person. w g I H you. by the hundred million, use only 4 pound, a we.k-1 pound 8 SSjss re can sh.p those 132,000,000 bushels of wheat. And YOUR H ■Mound is easily saved: * m | By having ONE wheatless meal a day-more. if you can-eating | I r ye bread, corn bread, barley bread, and other kinds, instead of wheat 0 R bread, and by serving less pie and cake; ” jf By ordering your bread a day or two in advance; then the baker U g Will not bake too much and have it go stale; " ,-i By cutting the loaf on the table as each slice is needed; then H Eatone will go stale; jj « By making into pudd.ngs or toasting every crust or piece that 8 | DOES go stale. p e xnat :: •i YOU are the guard over the soldier’s ration; he will attend to H | Mie enemy. UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION. [the RLX theatre I Showing Universal, Mutual and other I First Class Pictures. ITODAY I “THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.” This is a I patriotic feature of great interest, in three reels. I and one that every one should see. I“FARMER ALFALFA.” A rural comedy. I T HE R EX T HEATER

EXPENDITURES WILL BE BELOW ESTIMATES. A feeling of relief was experienced throughout the country at the .statement of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in Baltimore before the Inveutment Bankers’ Association on November 14, that the actual expenditures of some of the departments of government were much less than the estimates the departments submitted in-July last, and that the task of providing for the expenses of the government for the fiscal year is not regarded by the treasury department as one which will in any way strain the rapacity of the resources of the United States. The secretary said in part: “Vague and unfounded appreher.-, slops seem to exist in the public raiadl as to the extent of the financial re-1 . —

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quirements of the United States during the current fiscal year. It may be helpful to the country to know that these requirements have been greatly exaggerated, and that in the judgment of the secretary of the treasury there is no reason whatever for apprehension on this score. This opinion is based upon the latest estimates of our financial needs. “The splendid success of the second Liberty Loan shows that the people are fully determined to support the war and are prepared to make such sacrifices of luxuries, pleasures, comforts. and conveniences as may be necessary.” The secretary explained that his optimistic statement was based upon actual figures in hand. Q.. , ■ .—J DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.

BRIGHTER DAYS lor Russia, Following Rev* olutions and Internal Crisis, Says Shepherd. THRILLS TO CONTINUE “There’s Never so Much Lost, But What There’s a Little Gain.” (By William G. Shepherd, United Press Start Correspondent) Stockholm, Oct. 23—(By Mall)—lt will be some weeks before this article will be printed in America. At that time anything may be happening in Russia. But 1 am willing to have this article placed beside the newest, hot-from-Petrograd caglegram, no matter how bloody and disturbing the news in it may be and have these following words run side by side with , the description or the latest Russian crisis: Russia is following the lines of all revolutions—and she is hurrying toward ironing out her difficulties. If any American readers do not chance to see this article alongside exciting news from Russia, the chances are that the exciting news will have occurred a few days before; or that it is due to occur shortly. For crises are going to occur in Russia at an alarming rate. I expect bloodshed in the streets of Russian towns and cities. I expect anything in the. way of a human storm that imagination can picture, but I stand pat on the declaration that Russia is being rushed through the series of crises that must come to any country in a revolution that each crises makes the Russian people saner and the Russian republic stronger. Kerensky knows revolutions by heart; as a physician might desire to hasten the various stages of a disease in order that the cure may bo made the more quickly, Kerensky has not avoided one single crisis. Bloodshed at wholesale, danger of death, the apparent risk of civil war —he has shrunk from none of these. He will not shrink, if his life is spared, from any crisis that may come in the future. This grim man knows of only one path for the Russian revolution to take; it is the path that all countries must follow, and he knows there are no daisy fields or resting places alongside that rocky, bloody way. The world may expect crisis after crisis, thrill after thrill, shock after shock in Russia—but it will all mean that Russia is forging ahead toward new strength. I have been in Russia almost six months and through three great crises. The first crisis was a bloody one —the Bolsheviki uprising in Petrograd and other cities and towns of Russia. It was a crisis that made us lose faith in Russia. The killing of 500 men. women and children in the streets, the terrifying of 3,000,000 citizens of the capital of the largest country on earth, the orgy of blood in which the Kronstadt sailors and i the working men of Petrograd indulged made it appear that Russians were madmen, lusting for blood. There seemed no hope for Russia It such madness were to have sway. But today, after having seen two other great crisis, and looking back the ten weeks to thise bloody days. ! it is easy to see that those blood-let-tings helped Russia along the road toward liberty and national unity. I There came the second crisis of the Moscow conference, when we who sat in the beautiful Moscow theater that sunny August forenoon, expected, with good reason, that a rifle shot from the troops outside the teater, • or a shot or a bomb in the theater itself would dye mighty Russia in blood and set its cities and towns I aflame. The Moscow conference end- > ed on the edge of a catastrophe, and again we felt that Russia’s case was • hopeless. But today, looking back, and putting together into one whole the red results of the Bolsheviki rev-, olution and the bitter ending of the Moscow conference, Russia's ap- [ proach toward success is plainer than ever. B. C. HENRICKS DC YOUR CHIROPRACTOR Above Morris 5 & 10c Store. Phone 660 Office and Dwelling, Over 5 and 10c Store Office Houri Ito 5 7to LADY ATTENDANT 11 Decatur, Ind.

VERY THANKFUL Reuben May Had a Great Time at Camp Custer— Serving Uncle Sam. AND IS ENJOYING IT Had Great Feast, Followed by Music and Playing of Various Games. Batlte Creek, Mich. Camp Custer, Dec. 3. Dear Friends: — Just a few lines to let you know that 1 am on the job. Thanksgiving day was a great one here, everybody on the jump and tuning up for the big feed. 1 was glad I was wearing khaki that day for it was one of the big , ones of my life. Uncle Sam, you know ; the grand old man 1 am working for. i spent an unlimited amount of money for us boys on that special occasion and we had one of the best dinners ever spread on a table. I can't tell I you all we had for it would take too . much room and so many would be I jealous of us but here is a part of the menu: Oyster stew, roast turkey ! roast pork, cranberry sauce, oyster i' dressing, fruit salad, apple sauce, lobi ’ ster dressing, creamed peas, mashed • potatoes, baked beans, lemon, mince, apple or rasin pie, chocolate layer or ■ , marble cake, fruits, nuts, candy, cider ■.coffee, celery, olives, pudding, cigais. i and many other items. What's the ' matter with the army? After dinner ' we had games and music and felt we had much to be thankful for. We also feel that Kaiser Bill should ’ be thankful for he is still alive and had the privilege of eating and per- ‘ haps he had more to eat this year than he will have next. I don’t think ]>eoj pie in civil life ought to complain eith.l er because we had this big day. What ,; if you lived in Belgium where you i would be thankful if you had a pair ,of shoes to put on Be thankful for what you have and not what you want. Sincerely yours, REUBEN MAY, i Co. O, 328, M. G. B. N. Camp Custer, Mich. n THE NET SAVING Will be Shown by Bulletin Soon to be Issued by Council of Defense. ON FOOD SITUATION Meatless and Wheatless Days Have Preven Efficiency of Program. Indianapolis, Dec. s—With5 —With the receipt of the blank forms showing the success of wheatless and meatless days, the conservation of sugar and fats, the Indiana State Council of De- ! tense and Dr. Harry E. Barnard, food ; administrator, plan to issue a bulletin showing the net saving over normal consumption in Indiana. Upon this report will depend largely whether food cards are to be issued for the remaining period of the war. f Reports from over the state indicate that the meatless and wheatless programs have been followed more generally in the larger cities and towns ' than in the rural districts. The facts that staple food usually is available in greater quantities in the country and the importance of conservation has not been so effectively impressed , on the original producers as in cities, are taken as explanation of this situation. i The federal food administration is pointing to reports received from New York City alone, as proving the effi- | ciency of the voluntary conservation ' program. Actual figures from New '■ York hotels show that 193,545 pounds or 96.75 tons of meats were saved [on November 13, alone. On Wednesday following, November 14, the city saved 101,295 pounds of wheat flour, or 517 barrels. The total meat saving for the week of November 12, was 232,254 pounds or 116.12 tons; of wheat flour 121,554, or 60.8 tons or about 620 barrels. Decreased demands reported on meatless days, as estimated by a wholesalers bureau total as follows: in hotels 30 per cent; in restaurants hospitals and institutions 25 per cent; in schools 25 per cent to retail trade for homes 12% per cent. The cumulative gain over the entire country cannot be estimated at this time, but when it is made, the Indiana State Council of Defense and the food administrator believe it will be entirely creditable. I

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