Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1919 — Page 3

After 15 months hunting of German U-boats in the Irish sea. the flotilla of submarines shown above returned to the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia. The AL-11 (third from left) had many desperate encounters with the enemy boats including a fight below the surface with a Hun sub, which AL-11 subsequently vanquished.

GET AFTER BOGUS STOCK SELLING

Federal Trade Commission to Curb Widespread Misrepresentation. CLASS SAYS MENACE EXISTS (Holders of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps to Be Protected - Against “Qet-Rich-Quick” Schemes. I Washington.—The federal trade Icommlssibn has officially announced (that it will co-operate with the treasury department, the capital issues comtaittee and banking and commercial Institutions throughout the country to [curb the present widespread misrepresentation in the sale of stocks and securities, recognized as being at this [time a particular menace to holders [of Liberty bonds and War Savings (stamps. The commission will accord immedijate consideration to complaints presented to it involving alleged fraudulent practices in the sale of securities In interstate commerce., The commission has designated Commissioner [Huston Thompson to supervise the lentire subject. The commission’s action follows appeals made to it by representatives of the treasury, capital Issues committee, federal reserve board, Associated Advertising Clubs of the World and numbers of banking and commercial interests, that the power given the commission under its organic act to prevent unfair methods of commerce In interstate commerce be at once employed to protect holders of governiment war securities from bogus, “get-rlch-qulck” schemes under which promoters offer to accept Liberty bonds In exchange for stocks of doubtful -value. i It was urged that the commission act on the ground that misrepresentations in the sale of securities constitute an “unfair method of commerce.” *Federal courts, it was pointed out, have held that securities are “articles of commerce.” Glass Sayg Menace Exists. Secretary of the Treasury Glass, stating that promoters of worthless stocks have “already displaced a very large amount of government bonds by taking them In exchange for stock,” ■declared in a letter to the commission that “a menace exists which may seriously Interfere with the placing of the new issue, if the stock [promoters are left' without any restraint or restriction.” His letter in part follows: “The treasury department is peculiarly interested in the effort to restrict improper stock flotations at this time for the following reasons: ,fi The offering of investments to the public competes with the offering of government securities, and, as you are iaware, treasury proposes to invite the public to subscribe to a very large

CURES BY WIRELESS

New York —Diagnosing and successfully treating a case of illness on a ship 100 miles away without seeing his patient was the unique experience of Lieut. Commander A. E. Younle of Portland, Ore., senior surgeon of the transport Sierra, which docked here recently. . ‘ A few days later, however, this ■episode in naval surgery was eclipsed wlflff six doctors, evenly divided between the transports Selrra and the "attended” a conference regarding an outbreak of Influenza on board the latter vessel, though they were separated by fifteen ( miles of water. In the first Instance the wireless telegraph was used; in the second, the wireless telephone. While the Sierra was in midocean it received a radio from the captain of the British ship Pollac, saying that a tnember of his crew had been suddenly taken ill and that he was in a critical condition. The advice of surgeons in the Sierra was asked. Though

AMERICAN U-BOATS BACK FROM THE WAR

issueof securities shortly. Stocks and securities of a legitimate investment character compete with the government, but not nearly so much as highly speculative stocks offered with all the allurements customarily held out by irresponsible persons whose principal design is to obtain money from Investors without regard to the value of the stock sold. The operation of the government in the past, in endeavoring to induce persons of all classes to purchase government bonds, have, to a large degree, brought into being a very large and new class of investors who are without experience or knowledge to guide them wisely in making investments. But the very efforts of the government agents, in persuading such persons to become investors, have prepared the way for promoters to place many worthless stocks. “The result has been that these promoters have already displaced a very large amount of government bonds by taking them In exchange for stock, and to such an extent as to undo the, work which is so essential for the sue-

U. S. HAS DYE TRUST

Washington —An American monopoly of German chemical patents has been organized by Alien Property Cusr todlan Francis P. Garvan, under United States government protection, according to the custodian’s report. The title of the federal protected trust is “The Chemical Foundation." with Custodian Garvan as president and a coterie of American financiers on the executive board. The avowed object of the organization is to drive out German Influence from the American dye Industry. The basis of the combination is 4,500 German chemical process patents seized by Custodian Garvan and his predecessor in that office, A. Mitchell Palmer, now attorney general. Mr. Palmer sold to the foundation for $250,000 the German patents. The corporation was capitalized at $500,000, of which $400,000 is to be 6 per cent cumulative preferred stock and SIOO,OOO common stock, limited to 6 per cent dividends. A voting trust, composed of Cleveland H. Dodge, Otto T. Bannard, H. Griswold, Ralph Stone and former Supreme Court Justice George D. Ingraham will control the finances.

AGE 108, HAS NEVER DIETED

St. Louis Patriarch Hale and Hearty, Eats, Drinks and Smokes as He Desires. St. Louis, Mo. —Simon Sobelman, who lives at the Jewish Old Folks’ home in St. Louis, chuckled after having read with interest an account of how Leonard Matthews celebrated his ninetieth birthday by walking six miles. “What do you think of that young-

the Sierra was 100 miles away from the Pollac, Commander Younle took the case. By wireless all symptoms of the sailor’s malady were reported and by Wireless Commander Younle prescribed treatment.' Reports of the sick man’s condition were sent by radio ’hourly for two days thereafter. At the end of that time he showed marked improvement, and when last heard from gras recovering rapidly.

Timely Change.

San Francisco —Right In line with . the dry wave. Fred Blerwagen Is changing his name to Bergen. His sweetheart refuses to go through life harnessed to such a vehicle as his present name. '.

Tarentum, Pa.-—Clarence Hanson has some “eggs-tra" fine hens. His twelve white leghorns produced. 815 eggs in November, December, January and February. '

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER, IND.

cess of the government’s financial operations; because the government cannot expect successful flotations of its own securities, or the preservation of a proper price therefor in the financial market, unless the great number of small buyers continue to hold their bonds. May Interfere With Loan. “Warned by the past, the treasury department feels that a menace exists which may seriously interfere with the placing of the new government issue, if the stock promoters are left without any restraint or restriction. “It cannot bd expected that proposed legislation, even if promptly. enacted, can become operative in time to be of' substantial benefit to the government in the next loan campaign. “It has been suggested that the federal trade commission has""Authority, under its organic act, to take action which would remedy the evil, at least in part. If a way can be found whereby even the fraudulent pnflnoters and those who indulge in unfair practices in selling stock can be stopped, the treasury department feels that such action will be of great benefit to it in the immediate future. “This department xyill welcome action by you to that end, and will be glad to co-operate in every proper manner". “CARTER GLASS.”

ster?” he, said to Mrs. Lena Gellman, the matron. “Here I am, one hundred and eight years old already, and I never walked that far in my life. He must be a-scared of the street cars.” “The trouble now,” said Sobelman, “is that people pay too much attention to what they should eat and drink. Everybody, it seems, is on a diet. I eat and drink whqt I HJce and take a little liquor or smoke if I feel like It.”

DISABLED SOLDIERS TO BE GIVEN TRAINING

Washington, D. C. —A man disabled in a cantonment or , concentration camp or during training ig just as much to retracing and placement as if he had been injured. on the western ’front, and the federal board for vocational education is trying to get in touch with men who were discharged before having been fully advised as to the assistance available to them without cost. “Up to the first of February,” the federal board announced, “there were registered for vocational training 22,851 discharged men, 13,000 of whom were discharged prior to the granting of j permission to the federal board i for interviewing them at hos- [ pltals in order to deal with their i cases. “The federal board is bending all efforts to get in touch with , these 13,000 men in order to acquaint them with the neflts which they may have _.>solutely without cost."

GOLD SEEKERS QUIT KOYUKUK

Famous Alaska Mining District Gradually Becoming Thing of the Past Anchorage, Alaska. —The Koyukuk mining district, one of the very oldest in Alaska, dating from 1884, is now In the throes of a fight to remain on the map. Prices of necessaries, always high In that region, when given additional Impetus during the war, started an exodus of the few remaining miners out of the country. Travelers arriving here from the diggings 150 miles north of the arctic circle say that the Red mountain region. In the lower 7 section of the Koyukuk district, is practically deserted. Arctic City and Bergeman, small localities, are no more. f Bettles Is still in existence; Cold Foot, Myrtle Creek and Nolan Creek are also hanging on to the name of CamP- But the old miners have largely gone, and whether the famous mining district Is ever rejuvenated again, none can foretell.

THE TIMID MAN

By JULIA A. ROBINSON.

Hiram Briggs wanted a wife. He wanted one badly, for he was living alone, and he knew very little about housekeeping, although he-was a firstclass farmer. He owned one of the best of farms, horses, cattle and a fine house, nicely furnished, and with every modern improvement—everything, in fact, was hfs except the one thing needful, a worthy helpmeet. Hiram knew just the girl he wanted to marry. He had long loved her in secret, but was too bashful to pop the question. From his corner pew in the church he watched her as she sang in the choir, her sweet voice rising above the others. Sometimes he found courage to walk home with her, but he always left her at the gate without the decisive word, but with a timid glance of lova that Sally did not resent. He would walk past her house evenings, longing for boldness to go up to the door and knock, then would go back to his lonely home, to dream of her. Sally lived alope, and she was a good housekeeper; bright and witty, and the best of company. There was every reason why these two should join forces, if only Hiram could have made the first move. Sally would have been perfectly willing—if Hiram would ask her. Sometimes it happens that circumstances favor the faint-hearted, and circumstances helped Hiram at last. He had beento’town to buy grain and was returning, home just before sunset. It was a pleasant ride, and he let Prince walk up the long hills while he mused, thinking of the wife he would have some day. Yes, he would ask Sally to marry him —he always said that until he came face to face with her, when his tongue refused to speak. Her bright face would make the home cheerful. It was a happy future that he pictured, but he had seen that picture many times with his mind’s eye, and had come no nearer to the realization of it He had reached the top of the hill where he always stopped for a rest for from this point Sally’s house was visible, a mile away. Sometimes he would see her in the dooryard, and she would wave to him, then he would ride on perfectly happy. Prine* stood still of his own accord. But as Hiram looked across the fields he saw something that made him start in fear. Fire! Sally’s house was burning! Was she at home?" Did she know? The house stood by itself in a hollow, far away from neighbors. Had anyone seen the fire and come to help her?

Hiram grasped the reins and touched the whip to Prince’s back. Never in all his life had the horse traveled so fast as he now flew over that mile of country road. The house was nearly burned to the ground when Hiram reached it. There was Sally trying to put out the flames and to save a few of her cherished belongings, lugging great buckets of water from the cistern, with only two small boys, who had been attracted by the smoke, to help her. Jumping from the wagon, Hiram rushed up to her and caught her in his arms. She was so wearied that she clung to him with a stifled cry, but with a feeling of comfort arid protection. “Cheer up, Sally!” he cried. “Ain’t it nice I happened round in the nick o’ time?” He was feeling strong now, and the feeling of her arms clinging to him took away all his fear. “Your house is gone and all there is in it ’Taint no use trying to save anything, and ’tain’t necessary. My bouse is big enough fur us both. It’s been waiting for you a long time, Sally. I always meant it for you.” He carried her to the wagon and seated her by his side, and she had not spoken a word, but he knew by the feeling of her arms clinging to him that she was willing. He took up the reins. “Go. ’lang, Prince!” he called, “and be quick about it” Then he turned to her with the old shy look. “Mebbe ’taint quite the fair thing to take you so sudden,” he blurted. But I’ve wanted you all the time, Sally, only I hain’t darst to ask you.” Sally blushed and the laughter came back into her eyes through her tears, with a roguish look she answered, as she crept a little closer, “Mebbe you never would have got the courage to ask me, Hiram, if the old house hadn’t burned down, so I shall h’ave to count that as one of my blessings.” Her lips were so’near, and so smiling that he could not help kissing them. (Copyright, 1919, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

New Observatory in Arizona.

In consequence of a gift of $60,000 from the late Mrs. H. S. Steward, of Tucson, as a memorial to her husband, a new astronomical observatory is about to be erected on the campus of the University of Arizona, at Tucson. The principal telescope, a(J 37Inch reflector, was ordered some time ago, but work on it has l»een delayed by the war. the observatory will be under the direction of Prof. A. E. Douglass.-—Scientific American.

Change Did Him No Good.

Doctor—What you’ need most is a change of'diet. Dyspeptic—Come again, Doc! That’s what made me what I am today. Doctor —What do you mean? Dyspeptic—Five different, cook* la as many months.

KEEP YOUNG CHICKS GROWING BY USING FEEDING SCHEDULE GIVING BEST GAINS

Starting at the Bottom to Learn the Chicken Business.

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Every poultry raiser . wants his chicks to grow fast whether he plans to get them on an early market or to develop profitable layers. Early hatching is one of the first steps in this direction, but the next, which Is of equal importance, is proper feeding. Undoubtedly chickens will grow faster when fed five times than when fed only three times daily, say poultry specialists of the United States department of agriculture, but it should be borne in mind that more harm can be done to the young chicks by overfeeding than by under-feeding. Young chickens should be fed not more than barely enough to satisfy their appetites and to keep them exercising, except at the evening or last meal, when they should be given all they care to eat. Greater care must be exercised ■not to over-feed young chickens that are confined than those that have free range, as leg weakness is likely to result. Chicks’ First Meals. Inexperienced poultry raisers are tempted to feed chicks immediately after they are hatched, but this should not be done. No feed should be given before the chicks are thirty-six or for-ty-eight hours old. During the first week feed them stale bread, pinhead oatmeal, rolled oats, hard-boiled eggs, or • johnnycake. Crumbly, but not sloppy mashes, made by mixing with milk, are considered valuable. During the second week add cracked wheat, finely cracked corn and hulled oats to the chicks’ ration. After the chicks are ten days old a good growing mash, composed of two parts by weight of bran, two parts middlings, one part cornmeal, one part low-grade wheat flour or red-dog middlings, and ten per cent beef scrap, may be placed in a hopper and left before them all the time. The mash

YOUNG CHICKS MUST HAVE GOOD SHELTER

No Particular Style of House Is to Be Recommended. It Should Provide Ample Ventilation, Dryness, Sunlight, Freedom From - Drafts and Can Easily Be = Cleaned —Avoid Crowding. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Growing chicks should be provided with a house that will give them a place to stay in bad weather and at night. No particular style of house is recommended, but it should be so built that it will provide ample ventilation, dryness, sunlight, freedom from drafts, and be so arranged that it can be cleaned'easily and frequently. The lumber from piano and drygoods boxes can be used in building such a house, and when covered with ordinary roofing paper so as to keep out the rain, will make desirable quarters. It is suggested that such houses be built.on the colony plan, so that they can be moved from place to place, thus providing the chicks with fresh ground to range over. Elevating such a house six Inches above the ground will help to keep the floor dry, by means of the circulation of air, and such space will also provide shade for | the chicks. In placing the chicks in their growing house for the first time, It Is best to confine them for several days by erecting a temporary yard wherein they can run for five or six days until they learn where to return when, the fence is removed and they are allowed their liberty. Care should be taken not to crowd the chicks by placr Ing too many in any one house. When the chickens cover the greater part of the floor at night, it is an Indication that they are too crowded. At such a time they should be thinned out and placed in another bouse.

TO MAKE EGGS PROFITABLE

Hens Must Be Provided With a Variety of Grain, Some Meat, and Constant ,Supply of Water. Do not forget that to make eggs in profitable numbers the hens need a variety of grain, some meat feefl, some green feed, grit, charcoal -and shells, and a constant supply of clean water.

may be fed either wet or dry; if wet, only enough moisture (either milk or water) should be added to make the feed crumbly. If this moisture is not used a hotter containing bran should be accessible to the chickens at all times. After the chickens are two months old they may be fed four times daily, with good results. When they ate three months old three feedings a day are enough. Hoppers for Feeding Chicks. As soon as the chickens will eat the whole wheat, cracked corn, and other grains—usually in about eight weeks —the small-sized chick feed can be eliminated. In addition to the above feeds sour milk, skim milk, or buttermilk will hasten the chickens’ growth. Growing chickens kept on a good range may be given all their feed in a hopper, mixing two parts by weight of cracked corn with one part of wheat, or equal parts of cracked corn., wheat, and oats In one hopper and the dry mash for chickens in another. The beef scrap may be left out of the dry mash and fed in a separate hopper, ‘so that the chickens can eat all of this feed they desire. It the beef scrap is to be fed. separately, it is advisable to wait until the chicks are ten days old, although some poultrymen put the beef scrap before the young chickens at the start without bad results. Chickens confined to small yards should always be supplied with green feed, such as lettuce, sprouted oats, alfalfa, or clover, but the best place to raise chickens successfully is on « good range where no extra green feed is required. Where the chickens are kept In small bare yards, fine charcoal, grit, and oyster shell should be kept before them all of the time, and cracked or ground bone may be fed. The bone Is not necessary for chickens that have a good range.

HURRY WITH HATCH

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Early chicks develop rapidly into provident pullets that replace the Industrious hens as flock breadwinners when the molting season arrives. These early pullets produce tn plenty during the period when eggs are scarce and hens high in price. In order that the late fall arid early winter stream eggs may flow to market uninterruptedly it Is essential to jump the traditional barrier^ 1 and hatch early and hence wisely.

POULTRY NOTES

Fresh air is one of the essentials in poultry houses. * • • Early hatching means well-matured pullets which begin to lay in the fall. Gradually poultry breeding is becoming more like live stock breeding. « • • Don’t use any except strong, vigorous males to head the breeding pens tlds season. • • • The egg with a dirty shell is one of the most objectionable factors of ths egg industry. ♦ ♦ * It is a serious mistake to cross and mix the breeds. There is no place for the mongrel fowL » The comb of a good layer is pliable and warm, usually well colored and of a soft, velvety texture. ■ ■ . • * .w, . It pays to padlock the poultry house every night and know how many birds are supposed to roost there. \V . v Pack the eggs according to size, placing the large eggs in one case and the small in another. To get fertile eggs for early hatching, the fowls must bahealthy. and green feed helps to keep them in condition. Do not wash dirty eggs and send them to market, for different forma of mold may result from packing th* eggs damp.