Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — Page 3

SCHOOL GARDEN WORK PL ANNED

Enlist Many More Children This Year. DID GREAT WORK IN 1918 Profit Averaged $lO for Each of the 1,680,000 Garden Soldiers Engaged —To Enlist 4,000,000 in Work This Year. By LESTER S. IVINS, Regional Director for Central States. Washington The United States school garden army, organized at the request of President Wilson to stimulate food production among the children of the country, as well as to give them an opportunity to utilize their spare time In a pleasant I£nd profitable manner,, enlisted 1,680.000 garden soldiers in the United States during the year 1918. This number represents the boys and girls in cities, towns and villages who actually planted, cultivated and harvested crops at their home-or on grounds under school supervision. Many more than this number started, but only those pupils who did the work satisfactorily were granted the government U. S. S. G. insignia as a recognition of their work. The average profit was a little more than STO per pupil, of $16.500,000 for the entire army. This amount represents both the fresh and canned good* used and sold. The average amount of food canned was one dozen pint cans per pupil. This profit was produced on land which would not otherwise have been used and by children in many cases who would not have been otherwise employed. This food was in most cases consumed while fresh, where produced, without cost of transportation or handling and without deterioration on the market. Considering these facts, the real results are of greater value than the figures wquld indicate. More Gardens This Year. Reports from more than one-half of the towns and cities that were not organized under the federal plan in 1918 indicate they will be a part of the United States garden army in 1919. Many cities and towns had gardens, but the superintendents of schools for various reasons did not have the children to organize along the lines of the federal garden army plan. However, It should be added that these communities did a greut amount of work toward increasing food production in their localities. - The garden work is one of the first educational movements in the state and nation that has been enthusiastically supported by schoof authorities in public, parochial and private schools. All these school systems joined in many localities and employed the same garden supervisor and garden teachers. The garden division of the bureau of education was greatly increased lust September by the employment of regional directors for all the

CARRIED DEFIANT MESSAGE

Corporal Lowell HoUingsheqd of Mount Sterling, 0., a member of the “Lost Battaliqn” of the Three Hundred and Eighth Infantry, who carried the German demand for surrender that brought forth Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey’s now famous response of “Go to hell.” Corporal Hollingshead with seven companions had volunteered to penetrate the German tines to bring relief to the boys of the Three Hundred and Eighth surrounded in the Argohne forest. Four of the nien were killed and the remaining four'wohnded ahd\ captured. Hollingshead was sent back tp the American Hues with the German demand for surrender. He had been shot through the leg and after delivering hIA message fell unconscious.

states and some special state sentntives for the state council of defense In many of the states. These additional helpers make It possible to do more Intensive work. The Increased number of administrative federal and state directors will be very materially aided by the special garden supervisors that are to be selected in all of the principal dtles and towns of the country. Learn Valuable Lessons. Educational leaders representing systems that were most successful last year With the'garden work learned many valuable lessons. They find that children are much more Interested In testing seed if these seeds are to be planted in gardens of their own; that all school work was of greater Intel* est wrhem it be related* to Trome experience; money made as the result of garden work provided funds Tor .‘tamps, bonds, saving accounts, necessities of life, Red Cross and #rher such drives; children had greater appreciation of food after having had

EBERT TROOPS FIGHTING THE REDS

German government troops stationed upon the roof of a shack, armed with light machine guns, are shown protecting a government building In Berlin aguinst the Spartacans.

BELGIUM’S RAIL DAMAGE BILLION

Commission Puts This Estimate on Destruction of Lines and Bridges. FOE DESTROYED 690 MILES Seventy Per Cent of Damage Wa* Done in 1918—French Coal Region Loss Fifteen Billions and Repairs to Take Ten Years. parts The Belgian commission which is Investigating the damage done by the Germans to railroads in occupied territory, while it has not yet finished its work, is in a position to give interesting figures relative to destruction caused by the Germans. The figures show that nearly 690 miles of railroad tracks were destroyed completely and nearly 260 miles virtually destroyed and rendered useless out of a total mileage of approximately 2,600 In Belgium. Done Mostly in 1918. These destructions mostly were in the Mons coal- valley, in the region of Tournal and around Ghent, Bruges, Jlstend and Courtral nnd 70 per cent of the destruction was carried out during the period from the start of the Belgian offensive on September 2S, 1918, and the signing of the armistice. The Germans appropriated 2,614 locomotives out of a total of 4,934, or about 57 per cent; 9,062 passenger cars out of a total of 10,812, or 93 per cent, and 80,568 freight cars out of a total of 94,737, or 86 per cent. Ihe block signal system in Belgium was destroyed nnd replaced by a German system, with which the Belgian K.co"TfiolTve "engineers are not acquainted It will have to be removed and the Belgian system again installed- The commission is not able to make public yet the numbej of bridges or tions destroyed. All the bridges leading in and out of Ostend and Bruges have been destroyed and virtually all In West Flanders, as well as those over the Meuse at'Liege, Namur. Huy, Dinant and Anseremme'. Eight bridges oyer the Ghent-Terneuzeu canal were blown up. Two of these bridges at Balzaete, near the Dutch frontier, weighed 3.000,000 pounds each. It is estimated by the commission that than 109,000,000 pounds of steel will be required to rebuiW the bridges in Flanders alone. ’ ■ * The commission estimates the damage to railroad material, tracks, bridges and other equipment at than $1000,000,000. France is faced with a most formid-

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experience In Its production and preservation ; parents became Interested while working With the children, who never before attempted the production of garden cropst that in addition to the health, civic and educational values, children were taught valuable lessons In thrift. Industry. - patriotism andTesponsibillty. Judging from past experience It Is only a question of time when the cities and towns in America, will have full courses in gardening In their schools as has been the case in the old world for many years. School officials throughout the country, in order to aid the nation In fulfilling its guarantee of 20,000,000 tons of food for Europe In 1919, and In order to give the cliildren under tneir charge this newer type of education are aiming to make a readjustment in their programs. They will use garden books as a part of the supplemen- • tary reading, and will change nature study, elementary and general science courses to garden courses. Such a plan or some other shifts that will provide a place for garden work in the school, as well as actual production at home, will once again convince the public in general that the schools will be just as able to aid in reconstruction as they were in winning the war.

able task in reconstructing the important coal and industrial districts of the department of the Nord and the Pas de Calais, and it will cost 75,000,000,000 francs ($15,000,000,000), according to a statement made to the French senate by Louis Loucheur, minister of Industrial reconstruction. The Germans completely destroyed 101 coal pits, and Mr. Loucheur said he hoped that if the French had luck and worked very hard they might be able to produce 34,000 tons dally by the end of 1919,' Instead of 75,000 tons, the output before the war. The repair of the mines will cost more than 2,000.000.000 francs ($400,000,000) and cannot be accomplished in less than ten years. * The factories In the district have no raw material and the machinery has been destroyed or carried away. Mr. Loucheur said it would take several years and 40,000 freight cars ,to bring baeji the machinery taken to Germany.

TO KILL DRUNKEN OFFICIALS

Bolshevik Government in Russia Decrees Drastic Punishment for Inebriates. Stockholm —A threat to punish Inebriety among bolshevik officials of high degree by death Is contained In a soviet decree printed Inflate issues of the Petrograd newspapers. The decree points out that drunkenness among such officials Is Increasing and proposes curative measures. If there do not prove effective, however. the offense. It Is threatened, will cause the infliction of the death penalty.

Cigaret Clash at Vassar Is Solved

New York. —An armistice has been signed between smokefs and nonsmokers at Vassar college. The matter was thrashes! out a few days ago and a decision was reached which now prohibits smoking by the girls In dormitories, but they can smoke elsewhere. "'7^' Consequently the girls avail themselves of many secluded nooks. Probably the most patronized Is Sunset hill. Here the girls are wont to gather and puff at* their cigarets, unmolested by the trustees or the warden, Miss J. C. Palmer. Vassar .college 'ls said to -be the only woman's college which has herethfore recognized that girls smoked.

TYRUS COBB WANTS NEITHER OF HIS SONS TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS IN BASEBALL

Ty Cobb’s Youngest Son Stealing Home.

Tyrus R. Cobb has two sons—he doesn’t want either to become a ball player. ■ • He would not have either become a ball player if he knew, in advance, that eacH would achieve lasting fame in the national game. ; “I have some very definite plans laid out for my youngsters,” says Cobb. all, I want them to learn the value of a sliver dollar. “When they complete their grade school work I want each to get into a factory where hard work will be the law of employment. After laboring there for six months, or a year (which should be sufficient time for "them to become familiar with the whims of money) I am going to send them to a military school. Doesn’t Want Snobs. “I Tealize, right now, that there Is danger of these boys of mine be l coming snobbish. I do not w'ant to appear egotistical, but I have succeed 6 ed as a ball player; I insist that my youngsters do not capitalize because of it. “A few years in a military school will set them straight in life, and in health. It will remove all thoughts of them ‘being better than the other fellow’ and they will also acquire the qualities of leadership. “After military school training I want them to go to some big unlver-

BARRY SIGNS WITH RED SOX

Former Manager Puts an End to Question of His Return to Baseball by Signing Up. Jack Barry, former manager of the Boston Red Sox, has put an end to the question of his return to baseball

Jack Barry.

by signing a contract to play this season with the Boston American club. Barry recently was discharged from which he served during the war as a chief yeoman.

CHINAMAN IS GRIDIRON STAR

Sammy Kai Kee Only Celestial to Make American Varsity Eleven -■ He Plays Halfback. In the international game on the world’s political gridiron China may be hopelessly outpointed, but there is one.. Chinese player who may be expected to come hurtling around the end for gains. He*s Sammy Kai Kee, and he’s learned to buck the line as halfback on the University of California football team. The only celestial who has ever' played on a big American college team, Satnmy Kee has’added some “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain* to pigskin lore —to the glory of hir varsity and the! delight of- the bleachers. .

sit.v. Completing their college courses they will be equipped to compete with the problems of life. ' . : * Where Fame Flees. “A hall player’s fame \s too fleeting. You are a star today and a hasbeen tomorrow. There is no permanency. I do not regret having played, but, at the same time, I cannot help but wish that I had established myself along more permanent lines. There are very few ball players who gdt paid in excess of $5,000 a season—and that is not a remarkable salary for a man in business. In fact, it is the rule, if the man is worth anything to himself, or his employer. Again, a ball player’s life Is limited. At best he cannot last more than a few years in the big leagues—and there is his single chance to earn real money. “When he is through as a player he has to start all over again. He starts under the handicap of age. It is harder for him to learn. He hasn’t the foundation and he has to draw on the money he has saved when a ball player to get along. By the time hq is capable of earning a decent wage hfs savings are exhausted and he is then starting where the yoqng fellow of 25 years left off. “Ball playing is all right if you know, in advance,' that you are going to be a star, but unless you do, my sons will do something else.”

LITTLE PICKUPS OF SPORT

Fred Fulton’s days as a fighter are about ever. • * • Artie Fletcher has signed to play with the Giants again. ~^= * * * Princeton is optimistic over Its football prospects for next fall. * * ♦ Pat Moran is planning on several more trades to strengthen the Reds. • * * New York fans are looking forward to enjoying Sunday baseball this season. * * * Clark Griffith says he would play Babe Ruth on first base if he had him. • * • It will not be surprising if Dempsey rules favorite over Willard when they enter the ring. * ♦ * Scott Perry is all ready to play ball for Connie Mack again. He didn’t even threaten to hold out. * * * The Terry McGovern-Bat < Nelson fight In Philadelphia drew a gate of $22,600. That was in 1906. * • * More big bouts will be held in London before our soldiers and sailors return from the other side. _ —— * — • — * -— Roy Thomas, who has coached the Penn baseball teams for six years, will be back on the old job this spring. * * * The national commission is active these days reinstating players who quit baseball for the shipyards last year. * * * Lieut. Larry Smart, former Delaware college football star, iB. one of the latest American “aces” to return to this country. ' * * • George Mcßride won’t make his managerial debut this year. When he does it may be with a major instead of a minor league outfit. * * A ", Lieut. H. B. Palmer; a former Western Reserve university football player, hrfs been promoted from "sbeond to first lieutenant in the United States army for gallantry, by order of Gen. J. J. Pershing : v v

TO BREAK BASEBALL HOODOO WITH ARMY

Middies Seek Revenge on Cadets t~~ in Game on May 31. i Navy Has No? Held Its Own With Cadets, but This Year Feel They Have Excellent Chance to Break Army's*Winning Streak. The renewal of the annual baseball and football games between the naval and military academies will almost certainly take placb, beginning with the baseball game,' which will probably be played at West Point on May 31. The last gaihe was played in 1916 at Annapolis. . The rule, which went into effect when the United States entered the war, that* the teams of the service schools should not play away from their home grounds, is still in effect, and no definite arrangements can be made until it is abrogated. However, it is believed that this will he done soon. The naval academy will have no objection to the plan of the military academy to use on their nine members of the class which was graduated ahead of time, but which has been ordered back for a post-graduate course. Sportsmanship dictated the course which the naval academy authorities pursued in agreeing to the playing of the post-graduates at West Point, as otherwise the army folks would have been confined to one class, the lowest, for material for their teams, but they might also have remembered what followed a game played under conditions somewhat similar to those which exist now, and the fact that a long-continued series of army victories followed. The series between the service schools is a remarkable one in several ways. The navy has not held its own with its army rivals, as it has done in football, but has lost all but three of the 15 games played. The first game played was at Annapolis in 1901, and the army won, 4to 3. The next year the navy won at West Point, 5 to 3, and each of 'the next three games played was also won by the team playing away from its own grounds. In 1907 the break came, and the army won at West Point, 6to 5. In 1908 the navy’s hoodoo game was played at Annapolis, and since then there has been an unbroken chain of army victories. The midshipmen feel that they have an excellent chance of winning this year. They will play at West Point, where all but one of the navy victories have been scored, but there are more practical reasons for their confidence. There will be a larger pick at Annapolis, and it Includes much good new material. In particular, confidence is placed in Baker, elusive left-hander, who entered the naval academy with the latest class. He has done great work In the class games. Finally, West Point will not have the services of Sammy Strong, who has coached the nine when It won most of its victories over the navy. On the other hand, that successful college coach, Billy Lush, is going to get the navy nine ready for its effort this year, and there is confidence here that the time has come to break the army’s winning streak.

UMPIRE MADE THORPE LAUGH

When Hit on Hand With Pitched Ball Indian Is Told to Show Injured Mitt to Trainer. Jim Thorpe, star football player and better than the average diamond performer, has played baseball engagements in the International league, American association, and with the National league’s Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. Thorpe says the big leagne arbitrators have pulled some good ones at

Jim Thorpe.

his expense, but it took a minor league official to give him his one best laugh. In trying to dodge a curve, the ball either struck his hand or fouled off his bat. Thorpe claimed he had been hit and showed the marks on his band, which was swollen and bleeding slightly. “Well, what shall I do about itJ" asked Thorpe, sure that he would be told' to go to first base. “If I were you Td have the trnlnas look it over," replied the Uixqfft. ■ - ......