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tar-Oanaral Bur’eaon and man of his typ* do not want It to b«. It Is no use blinking the fact that we are drifting Into a policy of government ownership, with all that this involve* of political management, which Is not Iflreiy to be affected by the ending of the war. If the people favor so important and periloat a changs to our system of government there can be only aoQuiescence, but It should not be thrust on them without giving them a chance to be heard.

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biggest Be. The modern method is to tell the truth. This, of course, makes advertising more valuable than ever before. People are learning rapidly that they can depend on the local advertisements. If they have cause for complaint the Better Business Bureau Is glad to adjust tbs trouble for thefc. Telling the truth tn advertising has been found to be extremely good business. It brings the seller and the buyer into a closer spirit of relationship The old barrier, which gave the public an excuse to think it was retting "skinned.'* has been removed. Now all merchandise is labeled for what it really Is and

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AMERICA ASD JAPAN'

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now being dons by hi* gallant country- i vention centered

which women may tod the time to be busy and helpful to them solve* and to th* boys who have gone across When each woman sits down with her conscience and cons **er the events *f these days, it Is not going to be esusy to admit that nothing wms added to the record of usefulness In which so many take pride. Find something to do—work is nS around you. And above all. do not be a wall flower.

Care of the Refrigerator; instructions by Barnard

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men In Franc* Th* man who doss not nooevslt. The report that his youngest take pride in it- or feel his heart beat * j ^ had Just been killed in battle placed UtUs higher, Is no American. Olvir.f b}m j a t b« attitude of a father who has f«U weight to the warnings against op- * mtte h. The speaker did not ask we may aJI feel that the smash- ^ but h * dw d€HMl nd that

those who have died shall not have died In vain There 1* sound American-

lug victory of yesterday Is an event of the greatest Importance, and full, of promise. To the French, who fought side by side with our men, a large amount of credit Is due. Our commander. It should .not bs forgo* ten. Is s Frenchman, and the tactics employed were hi*. The great offensive could not have been undertaken without bis con-

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But when the American# got their orders they carried them out In masterly fashion, They drove the Germans before them in something very like a rout, took town after town and captured thousands of prisoners The difficulty was —If (hart was any — In holding them back. The great German offensive - and it is now certain that this was what II was — has at one stroke been converted Into an aillad offensive. For a second time the enemy has mat with disaster on the banks of the Mama It la now abundantly Bear that the American soldier is a far better man than the German. This has been demonstrated whenever they have come In contact with each other. The men who, according to Berlin, could not or would not flght, have shown themselves the masters of th* Germans at their own game. Of oourse. the army of the enemy la not what It was four years ago. It has suffered greatly, as all accounts agree, In morals, and the man are weary and disheartened. But th* German army la still a powerful fighting machine, powerful enough to smash through the allied front only a few weeks ago There has Indeed been plenty of hard lighting In th* battles of th* last week. The victory, of oourse, is not conclusive, but It a 111 have a tremendoue moral effect The superstition of German Invincibility ha* bean forever dispelled That th* Teutons ar* not supermen win now be clear to the whole world. Their army will not soon again go on to ths field with th* idea that it can not bo beaten The allies will now go about their task with greatly bightened spirits, forgetting their war-weari-ness, and keen for victory. Neutrals who have bean looking for, and fearing a German victory, will now realise that thar* can be no such thing. Those who desire to be en the winning aide, or feel that they must be. can no longer have any doubt which It la There will be no more talk of peaoe except tn the central empires For the blood of th* Tankaee la up, and they are out for victory. They and their associate* know that there are a minion Americans in France who wtu, after a brief training, b* as good Aa those who won yesterday’* victory. Aa for th* Junkers and pan-Germans. If th# people of Germany, ah* certainly ought to be shocked to the bottom of their souls by th* fata of the kataer-Hindenburg-Ludendorff of fMuAve, do not deal with them, th* Tanka will Yesterday was a great day for th* American soldier and th* American nation. The most careful expert will surely permit us all to bo optimistic about th* ultimata result.

QOYEKSMJSyT OWNERSHIP Tbs understanding seems to be genoral that th* President will soon take over the telegraph and the telephone Unas; and yet no reason has boon offered for suoh a oourse. The resolution passed by congress authorised th* President to tak* over the lines; It did not request him to do so. Th* public and the congressmen who voted for the measure would have been Justified In aaeumtiig that the authority would not be used unless circumstances made it necessary. No such circumstances have arisen. There is not now. nor has there been, any good reason for government Interference with th# private management of th* wire*. No guaranty can be offered that the government will conduct th* bustnees as efficiently and as cheaply as ths private owner*. It looks aa If an attempt were being made by politic!ana to commit the government to a policy of government ownership without consulting the wishes of th* country. If th* people want government ownership of utilities they can have It. but th* isaue ought to be squarely put. not represented as a "war necessity." It is easy to say that ths recent steps were taken only as war measures, and that the utilities will go back to their owners after th* war. No such plan. It is suspected, la in the minds of the men,who are pushing th# present govet^ment ownership measures. Public control, tn their minds, ha* coma to stay. The railroads are being thoroughly ••scrambled." and the telegraph and telephone tines will be. If the men who are expected to be in control have their way. Fortner Congressman David J. Lewis, the leading candidate for th* Job of wire administrator, says that If he has the opportunity he will consolidate the telephone companies in every city where more than .on* exists as “rapidly as the

made.” Unscrambling to be an easy Job, and sry Indication that

lain in his declaration'

Our young men have gone to th* other side-very many of them to gfv* up In their Joyous prim# all tk# glory and all th# beauty of life for the prise of death in battle for a lofty ideal. Now while they ar# defending you. can’t we. men and women at home, make up our mind# to try to InsUrt m public and private on a loftier Idealism her# at home? I am asking for an idealism which shall find expression beside th# hearthstone end In th# family, and in the councils of the statt# and nation. And I ask you to see that when those who have gone abroad to endure every aperies of hardship, to risk their llvs#, to five their live#— when those of them who live com* home, that they shall come horns to s nation which wa, by our actions, have made a nation they can be proud to have fought for and to have died for.

In existence this organised and militant resistance to th# Germans and their friends in P.ussia Working through and with it much may be accomplished In addition to th# American* and Japanese there will be small British and French contingents

MR! BTRAUST STAND Some time ago Oscar S. Straus, who has had considerable experience in national and international affaire, said that be would be willing to run for congress is New York If ha could run as an independent. Without consulting him, one of the officials of th* National Security League, wrote to Tammany and to Republican committee officials, urging them to unite on Mr. Straus as a fusion candidate from the Twelfth New York district. This district to now represented by Meyer London, a Socialist, who Is a candidate for re-election. In his letter, declining this nomination Mra

Straus says.

I stated some time ago that I would be witling to go- to congress and give whatever services my past experience In national and international matters had qualified me for, provided I would receive the nomination, not on partisan lines, but on purely patriotic lines, from both parties • • • While I am an enrolled Republican. I am pro-administra-tion and hope to remain so until the war is ended. I live In the Seventeenth congressional district, and. while I would prefer to run there. I would run ip another district, but not in th# one

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What part of a refrigerator is coolest? Does wrapping in newspapers save ioe? Although every home may have a refrigerator, every housewife can not pess an examination in the proper care and conservation of perishable articles of diet, according to Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, who gives out th* following advice. "Many put their butter and milk right next to the ice because they think this Is the coldest place, but as a matter of fact the coldest place Is at the bottom of the refrigerator. Hot air rises, and air that is not being constantly purified by circulation around the blocks of ioe soon becomes unfit to oome in contact with the food. When the warm air in the refrigerator risea. it carries with it impurities and moisture which are absorbed from the surface of the food, and which if permitted to remain in the air spoil the food. The air. which is warmed by passing over the food, comes in contact with the lee where the moisture is condensed on the surface and the impurities are carried off by the melting ioe. The air is thus dried, cooled, and purified The cooled air immediatelv descends to gather up more moisture and impuritie*. and thus the process to repeated continually. Anything placed directly on or around the ice tends to Interfere

WAR HINTS, WAR HELPS, WAR DUTIES

Compiled and Condensed for the Indiana Stole Council ef Defense by Geers# Ada

We are learning things every da/, thanks to war instruetom For instance. don’t wash eggs if you expect to keep them for a while. The shell of an egg is coated with a gelatinous substance which prevents air and germs from entering. Washing removes this substance. The dirty egg is probably In better condition, as regards the department of the interior, than one that

has been scrubbed.

Boiled-down information concerning price of wheat: The regulations of last year are no longer in effect. The minimum price of No. 1 wheat, delivered at elevator in Chicago, is 12.26. For No. 2 wheat a discount of 3 cents is fixed, and for No. 3, the discount is 7 cents from No. L The food administrator has fixed

to pick up and go and many stay-at-homes will have to dispense with the

with the circulation of the air. *Tn addition to the necessity of hav-

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The fathers and mothers of ths men across th* sea aaa heartily agree with this; and those who have sent no one abroad agree with th# spirit of such doctrine If they ar# to he found worthy of those brave lads who defend them on the field of battle No !*** valuable and striking was Mr. Roosevelt’s Insistence for a right kind of peace, "a peace conditioned upon th# complete overthrow of Germany and the removal of all threat of German dominion.” Th# country will stand with him In hts declaration that "we must treat agitation for premature or inconclusive peace ae treason to ths republic.”

leaders ar# reported as favoring a larger movement than that suggested by this government, and It Is thought that later their program may be adopted, j But the important thing now is that there is a complete understanding between thla country and Japan. If the plan works successfully It will be no difficult matter to enlarge it Nor will there be any objection to allowing Japan to direct any more extensive operations that may be undertaken. There will be the closest oo-operatlon between all th# powers now fighting Germany, Of course the fullest economic help

will be extended to Russia.

There are certain cheering signs in the east. It is believed that the British and Americans wll be able to hold the territory that they now occupy on the Kola peninaula. The Cxecho-fltovaks have won several Important successes tn certain parts of the country there has been organised resIstanVe to the Bolshevik!, and It is said that a column Is already moving on Petrograd. Altogether the world today, considered from an allied point of view, has a cheerful

aspect.

TWO TYPES

In connection with the record that our men made In France yesterday, and remembering that thousands of them must have been killed or wounded, we think that the American people will find the following dispatch from Brockton, Maas., full of interest: Striking shoe cutters, who since quitting work Monday have formed a new Independent union, voted today to reject a proposal of John F. Tobin, president of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, that they return to work withy the understanding that the general executive board of the union would confer with the manufacturers on wages. Five thousand shoe worksrs, half of whom are strikers, were Idle today in Brockton and nearby towns. Here are two type# of American etttsens. Our soldiers are giving all they have to the service of their country. The striking shoe cutters refuse to do their part to see that th* soldiers do not go barefoot. Th* American people are noting the con treat between th# two types, and are drawing their own conclusions. It occurs to us that the men who have been idle In Brockton since Monday are neither working nor fighting, and that they might very properly bs daaith with under ths work-or-flght order. But if they are to bq left to public opinion, public opinion should make itself felt In th* strongest possible way. Th# question, as loyal Americans see it. Is not whether the Brockton men ehall get In wages all that they think Is coming to them, but whether our soldiers in Franc* shall have ahoea Th* increasing number of strikes at this time has suggested to many that perhaps German conspirators and plotters are still at work. Whether that is true or not, it is certain that strikes in American industries at this time give great aid and comfort to th# enemy. Thla la. we are sure, th# way the American people feel about it There could be no more noneasentlai ’Industry" at this time than strike*. In this Brockton caee there ts rebellion within the union. It Is a most modifying exhibition. Whatever the motive, the strike Is in its effect wholly pro-German. Just as much so as If It had been engineered

by Bernatorff.

TBR YALVB OF TRUTH For t&* second time, stnoe the Better Business Bureau was organised in Indianapolis the Indianapolis Advertisers' Club has won ths Baltimore Truth trophy. Th* local bureau, which was organised and sponsored by the Advertisers' Club, also won th# trophy at th# Chicago convention of advertising clubs in 1ML Th* second victory was at the recant San Francisco convention of the advertising clubs of th# country. This award is made only after a fair investigation of th* records of th* various committee*. Coming to Indianapolis again, it brings with It tho evidence that in this city treater progress has been made to bring about truth In advertising than in any other large city in

the nation.

AU of this has aa appeal to th* buying public. There was a time when advertising was regarded aa a mere Jumble of words. There also wae a time when a man felt he had said everything possible if he carded the newspapers with an announcement that he was a "dealer in staple and fancy groceries.” Next tom* th* ag* ef exaggeration in which each advertiser tried to outdo the other, and in numerous instances It was a race to see who could tell tbs

THAT IRISH PETITION Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, displayed further lack of statesmanship when be sought to introduce and have printed In th* Congressional Record, a petition from th# Friends of Irish Freedom, asking the United States to secure independence for Ireland. Senator King, of Utah, denounced such action, and called attention to the attempt made in this manner to strike one of our allies. Our congressional leaders very likely would resent any petitions filed in the British parliament at thl* time, in which an attempt was made to have England bring about the immediate Independence of the Philippines. We should think such action ill-timed, because we should realize that there are more vital things to be done Just now. When the house is on fire the thing to do Is to put the fire out — not sit down and haggle about the proper distribution of the household goods. The Irish question is a live one, and In due time it will be settled. This country will have a sympathetic Interest In its settlement, but to make suggestions as to the proper method of procedure would be going far afield for the American nation. We have demanded the right to handle our problems and we ought to let other nations have the same privilege. Senator Lewis has made a reputation largely because of the excellence of the clothes he wears, because of his Impressive beard and because of his clos* relationship with the administration in th# capacity of mouthpiece. Any one who ever played a horn knows that without the mouthpiece the instrument Is mute. But if one mouthpiece disappears today, there always Is tomorrow, when a new one can be produced. The senate will be able to stand the loss of Senator Lewis, his personal beauty and his many sngaging qualities — to make way for some one of better Judgment and sounder idea# who will mind hla own and hla country’s business and not try to legislate for our allie*.

WAR'S WALL FLOWERS

A woman, writing about th* work that women can do in wartime, speaks of a class which she aptly terms th# wall (lowers in this war. This claaa is composed of women who think that there te nothing for them to do in such a time. They nit with their hands folded, idle because they are at a loss to find anything to occupy their time. Yet these san e women would suffer the pangs of bitter disappointment were they to go to a dance and not be invited to take an active part. Were they wall flowers at such a trivial affair their hearts would be broken. How much greater Is th* “party" to which every loyal, patriotic American woman is invited! How much more urgent is the demand that every person, to th# limit of his capabilities, have some share in the great work we all must do! Some of the wall flowers have eagerly seised on a recent report that women should not knit because there is no ne ; ceasily for knitted garments. The Indianapolis Red Cross chapter alone must furnish 1,000 sweaters, 34.099 pairs of socks and 1.000 helmets by the first of September. There is something to do every minute of the day or night. The testimony of thousands of soldiers is ! sufficient to prove that every knitted garment la welcome. And this is not all. Those who do not knit and who can not knit may find other ways of employment. In th* Red Croes shops there are surgical dressings to be made. There is work to be done at home, such as conserving food and preserving th* plentiful supply of green vegetable# and

fruit, against th# winter season.

There are sounUsas useful ways in

1st* reside, would he in effect an appeal for s-ipport on sectarian grounds. This Is so abhorrent to my Americanism that I would, under no circumstances, accept

th* nomination.

The country will praise such a stand The plan of the practical politician has been to run a German where th# German vote was heavy, to bring out a Catholic to get th# Catholic vote, to run a Protestant where there was antiCathollo feeling, to cater to the Swedes in their settlements — In short, to get th# votes. What we need now ts more men who are willing to run for office as Americans.

Important that, as nearly a* possible, a

uniformly low temperature be maintained. For this reason, refrigerator doors should lit tight, be dosed tight, and not opened any oftener than la

recessart. because every time they are opened the cold air pours out and the

warm air that takes Its place is cooled at the expense of the ice. The practice

f covering the Ice with paper should

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be avoided, as the whole surface of the « needed to purify the air properly. "It Is advisable to permit heated food to cool off before placing it in the refrigerator. If put in when warm it raises the temperature of the refrigerator higher than It should go. and besides melts ice unnecessarily. The trap door through which the meltage passes out at the bottom of the refrigerator •hould be kept in place, because 5f it is broken or lost a constant stream of warm air flows into the refrigerator."

If the kaiser is. as Sancho Pansa Karl Rosner tells us. watching that battle he Is sure getting an eyefull.

The German anxiety for peace must be prompted by the desire for more time to prepare for another war. this one having failed.

Also the women who are eoundihg that no-new-dress-no-new-hat slogan probably didn’t intend to buy them anyway.

Hohensollern may conclude pretty eoon that he doesn’t car* so much about getting Parts as about keeping Berlin.

Th# kaiser, after listening to "the terrible orcheetre” at the front, may be greeted by a few vocal selections at home.

Even Hun discipline can not keep soldiers from becoming sleepy at their posts.

Maybe the picturesque back log will come back if farmers use wood for fuel.

Even if cutting weeds does give you hay fever, what’s that compared to trench fever?

Negro troops, by their splendid eagerness on the battle line in France for world freedom, are paying their debt of gratitude to the heroes of *01.

Of course the Americans can’t stand up with the "seasoned German troope.” because the latter are in such a hurry to get somewhere else.

Perhaps numerous persons would claim that liquor, if they could just use it unmolested.,

Now that th# manager of a storage company haa said that persons often store goods under fictitious names for the purpose of concealing them, it looks as if it would be worth while for the authorities to investigate the situation generally.

Aw, that waan’t anything, Wilhelm! The Yankees were merely warming up for the big show.

That wave of enthusiasm that swept over th# war department was more than a ripple when it reached these parts

One can imagine the kaiser's demanding to know whose offensive this is, anyway.

Bless the courageous mothers whom these are hours pf anxiety!

Russian women and children will be much safer when the Americans land in Siberia

Possibly Lew has been reading Emerson's views on consistency.-

The crown prince might atone to the German people for th# loss of those 100.000 men by getting In front of a Yankee bayonet

With a federal administrator on holidays of other nations, the list would be complete.

After all, though, Americans in a flght are only used to going in one direction. and you couldn’t expect them to change their habits since leaving home

Liquor may have some friends left but they are not anxious to appeaLr when th* boose is in the hands of the police.

It to not easy to understand where the customers of those fellows who are selling necessities at higher than legal price# get th# money.

The news from ths west front will not make the soldiers in horns camps feel any less eager for action.

You can’t keep a good man down, nor the former mayor of Anderson out of the public prints.

Further destruction of German airplanes in their aerodromes will save the American a via tors some trouble and obtain the same results.

France seems to be able to make up its mind as to what constitutes treason and to act accordingly more quickly than the United States.

However, it was perfectly natural for Ferris to Ignore the distinction between practice and fighting planes In a political speech. Otherwise he might have spoiled the speech.

Grocers that are charging more than ths prevailing prices these days must be raking in a good bit ef money.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS

AT THE THEATERS TODAY. Murat—Stuart Walker Flayer* to “The Fortune Hunter” ...At S:N Keith’s—Vaudeville At 2:». 7:» and *:» Engltoh’a—Vaudeville At ; 7 45 and #:U

Notes of ths Stagq.

The Stuart Walker Company, at the Murat, will give three more performances of ’The Fortune Hunter" and then comes '‘Alice-Slt-by-the-Flre,’’ one of J. M. Barrie’s most delightful comedies and one of the .most popular. It was written not long after ‘Peter Pan" and, though the story is not at all similar. It has the whimsy and wistful ness that mark all Barrie’s work. Few living authors have so long a list of successful plays to their credit. And what other

dramatist has turned out so man^popu

lar playa that also have high literary merit? “The Admirable Crichton” was one of the first of Barrie’s successes; it was preceded by "The Professor’s Love Story,” which was revived recently by George Arliss. “The Little Minister,” "Quality Street,” ’’Peter Pan,” "The Legend of Leonora," "What Every Woman Knows” and "A Kise for Cinderella” are all well known Barrie plays associated with the name of Maude Adams. ”A Slice of Life’’ and "The Twelve-Pound Look” are equally well known short-length plays. The latter was played by Ethel Barrymore, who

also created th# witching

, witching Alice in the =AT»,-^F"r,- ,n Mrfe.O revival of this comedy, which Barrie subtitles “A Page From a Daughters Diary.” will be one of the events of the

Murat season of repertory

Aquatic feats performed in a big glass

un U y w.»s, j, ’S« h « er isas vaudeville bill at English’s. Miss Mayer

is well known for her mermaid accom plishments, and is the holder of several International professional trophies. Harry Brooks, who comes to B. F. Keith's next week in his comedy playlet, ‘The Old Minstrel Man, is one of the best known character comedians row appearing in vaudeville. His present offering deals with an oldtime actor, retired to private life, but still having the fire of youth and the desire again to "tread the boards." Comedy predominates throughout the sketch with an

Women in Overalls

To the Editor of Tha News: Sir—In regard to the current protests against women in overall# appearing in the streets, permit me to say that I recently saw two of them, and that they were much more decently clad than half the other women who were in the street all dressed up. PASSERBY.

In Handers Fields

Ths poem, “In Flanders Fields,” generally considered the finest lytic called forth by the world war, was written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, of the Canadian expeditionary forces in France. He was in continuous service from the outbreak of the war until the time of his death, which occurred at Boulogne, France, January 28, 1918. In his answer, Mr. Galbreath voices the rising spirit of America that is leading our khaki-clad boys by the million to the theater of war. Both poeme have been widely published.

IN FLANDERS FIELDS . [By Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae] In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved; and now w«e lie In Flanders fields.

no definite price which dealers shall pay

No one has

and farmers must accept,

authority to fix prices. Owners of wheat can sell to any one and ship to any point without the consent of the government. Grain dealers must buy on government grades Wheat with a

high percentage of moisture will not grade and will sell at heavy discount

The farmer should not thrash his wheat wet. No profiteering will be permitted in handling of crop. The expenses of handling grain have been increased, and the dealer s margin of profit will have to be greater. The food administrator has indicated that 5 or even 7 ents margin for handling wheat will not be regarded as profiteering. The dealer who demands a 10-cent margin may lose his license. Ts this clear? Indiana ha* more doctors in proportion to the population than any other state In the l nion. The government has been calling a certain percentage of all the doctors for army service. That ts why Indiana's quota was very large and why the total of enlistments has not put us very high tn the list The facts seem to be that more doctors will have

luxury of illn

The’ Indiana state council of defense wishes to announce in a loud voice that it has NOT made any change of policy relative to road construction or other

public improvementa The only work that counts now is work that will help

us to win the war. Our country is making a superhuman effort to move vast armies and their equipments, to handle

armies and their equipments, to handle a grain crop of overwhelming bulk and to ward off a coal famine. There is a

shortage of locomotives and cars and terminal conveniences. With the fat* of

the world depending on the speed of our

war preparations and the effectiveness of our transportation, are we to undertake the hauling of stone and brick and lumber and sand and cement and steel, etc, etc., so that some man may have a nice new automobile roadway in front of his house or another may live in mere pretentious style next winter? Men. money and material must be used to help win th# war. Construction Jobs of all kinds must be postponed unless they will put us in the way of striking a harder blow at Germany. Highway projects must be deferred even if the contracts were let before th* war and the bonds have been sold and the work started. Necessity knows no favorite*. If you have elaborate plans that hapto conflict with the war program, them “Business as usual” ts

Si

forget

burled ten feet deep. We hare only one lob ahead of us now and that Is to wipe up the earth with every child-kill-er who has a head shaped like a croquet

ball

Can vegetables freely. Encourage the drying of fruits and vegetables. Get readv to store fresh fruits, which will keep in a cool cellar. Yes, you mav eat bologna and ’’weenies" Also the following by-products of beef: Heads, talia tongues, livers, hearts, tripe, feet, barreled beef, potted beef, beef loaf and chili con torn*.

SHORTAGE AND FAMINE

“The retailer who presume# to be governed by recent press dispatches,

■which announced ttfat there will be no sugar famine in America, would do well to* stop and think before he places in Jeopardy hla privileges of doing business, by any hasty or Ill-advised conclusions.’’ said Harry E. Barnard, federal food ad-

ministrator for Indiana.

“There is, right now in America, enough sugar tq go around, provided— and this is all important—provided the regulations are followed carefully. That is why the regulations were made—to make the supply adequate. If possible. There is no guarantee that the amount of sugar available in the United States for the months of July. August and September will be sufficient. It can be. onlv with strictest economies. ‘‘Without regulation of the distribution and prlee of sugar, the poor peo-

ple. and many who would perhaps resent being so classified, might be deprived entirely of sugar. This might

ave been due both to profiteers who have been driven from the sugar market by the food administration, or the transportation facilities might have failed as they did In reference to coal. Certainly the sugar ships have heen limited to the ihoro press’ng war de-

mands.

“These are sufficient reasons for the limitations that have been placed on alt forms of businesses consuming sugar, and why the householder ought to assist the retailer in every way to make individual rationing on the three-pounds-a-month basis effective. “A sugar shortage becomes a sugar famine onlv when some on# ts actually deprived of sugar. Such a time has not jet come. It will be prevented only and In such measure as the genuine patriotic spirit of th# people asserts itself in effective co-operation with the food administration’* program."

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

PETERSBURG—Registration of voter* In Pike county for the fall election* 1* dragging. not more than half of those entitled

to vote having been Jieted.

DANVIIXE—J. E, Newman ha* been elected as a member of the Danville echool board to fill s vacancy caused by the resig-

nation of S. M. Hendricks. •

SEYMOUR—Under a new ordinance which haa been passed by the city council, all ice dealers here are required to sell only by weight. They declare that thay will be unable to remain In business If they have to

weigh lota of lass than ICO pounds.

CROWNPOINT—The Lake county council of defense baa ordered all signs which ad

vertise Intoxicating liquors in places formar-

to be taken down. Other-

ly used aa saloons. „

wise. It ts asserted, it will be assumed that these places are still aelllng liquor and the proprietor* will be liable to a fine of *!W. ELKHART—Ae soon as men and Material are available, the New York Central railroad Is to increase Ha trackage In the gravity classification y*rds here, according to an official who is in a position to know the company’s plana. Fourtaen so-called ehort tracks are to be extended about fifty car lengths

and other changes will be made,

HUNTINGTON—Two Wabash railroad engines, pulling a west-bound freight, were derailed here Thursday when the towerman at the Wabash and Erie c rose tag, opened the Wabaah derail and "lined up” tha Erio to let a paseenger train pass Two

track

tng

wreck chews worked all day to clearing the

track before traffic could be resumed NEW ALBANY—Blight hundred Evangelical church excursionist* war# stranded Thursday on the steamer Virginia, which ran or. a bar. a abort distance below this elty. After remaining on the boat for more than eight hours they were returned here in coal bargee towed by the United States government boat. Warwick, which was summoned from Dam 43. twenty-five miles below tMa

city.

NEWCASTLE—The ■late of Indiana ha* bought from the city of Newraatle a trect of eleven acres of land which joins the Indiana Village of Epileptics. Tha state paid *1S0 an acre for It....Fire, which started in the boiler room, resulted in a 13.000 damage at the factory of the Newcastle Casket Company, Wednesday. The fire waa confined to the roof and aides of the building. The loss is cov-

ered by insurance.

TERRE HAUTE—Members Af the county council of defense will begin an Investiga-

tion of a number of military registrants who assert they have been victimized by credi-

tors who are alleged to have forced them to make settlements entailing heavy losses to tha men. Earl Houck, chairman of the council, announoee that if the evidence warrants In any cases, legal action will be taken against the unpatriotic creditors.

W1NA11AC—The oldest voter to register at

la F. C. Kilns,

He wae born to the court-

Pole. born In Germany, and that ha did not have to register, but subsequent aeaertlons made by him and the nature of hts conversation convinced the police that ha wa* in-

sane.

WINCHESTER—Charles A. Puckett has been named as county probation officer by the Randolph county circuit court to succeed G. Walter Hiatt, who haa resigned and gone to Louisiana. Mr. Puckett la now attendance officer, probation officer and deputy county sheriff....The James MoorOrphans 1 home, situated two m’ilea

man

west of Winchester, has been made the beneficiary to 140 acres of land near Union City by the will of Rebecca Brown, who died recently at Fountain City ...The yearold daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Howard HUI. of Farmland, swallowed a Red Cro*e button five weeks ago. Last Friday the child became sick at the stomach and threw up the button. She had been in good health until then. The button wa# tn perfect condition. SHELBYVII,LB- Mr. and Mra. Earl Harrell and Mr*. Virgil Harrell, all of Falriand. were poisoned and made seriously 111 by eat-

ing tomatoes which they had picked from garden. Earl Harrell wa* tn a eritioa’ condition for some tlme....Francl* L Thomp

their

eon, a Shelbyville attorney, suffered a fracture of the right leg at tha ankle, when a motorcycle, on which he wa* riding, skidded and turned over. Wilbur F. Pell, another local lawyer, who wa* with him. wa# badly brulaed and hla wooden leg wae broken.... Opposition to a motion for a change of venue from the county, filed In the Shelby circuit court by Don J. Marshall, who is held here on five grand Jury Indictments, accusing him of grand larceny end embewlement. developed with the filing of a motion by

Claude R. Henry, prosecuting attorney, asking that change of venue be refused. Mar-

XMOkt ' itevn{ten wa twmwc* ww swauwa*. - shall wae formerly president of the National Finance Corporation, which ts now In the

hands of a receiver appointed by the court. CONNKRSVILLB—John Hubbell. a Poaay township farmer, haa filed chargee of assault and battery with intent to kill against William Blue and wife, tenants on hla farm. He alleges that they pumped water fer cattle, believing that a patent watering device which he had set In the field where the cattle ran waa out of ordar. Ha adds that when he tried to expoatulate with them they attacked him. the woman with stones and tha man wtth a hickory stick, and heat him until he started to run. when the man stabbed him tn the back with a pocket kntfa. Mr. and Mr*. Blue are under bond

to appear in court for the preliminary hear-

ing on

:1c.

Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch. Be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies blow In Flanders fields.

the courthouse here this year age elghty-stx, of Wlnamac. January 31. 1833. He came

house this week and registered In pereon.... Local banks are now open in the evening from 8 to 10 o’clock for the transaction of business. The action la for tha benefit of farmera, who are so busy that It is difficult for them to come to the city In the daytime. JEFFERSONVILLE — William Meadow*, found guilty In city court of petit larceny on June 17, WH, has filed Injunction proceedings in circuit court to prevent Sheriff John Dellinger or hla daputy from taking him to the Indiana state farm. He waa, he alleges, sentenced to ninety days in jail and a fine of $5 and costa and was committed to jail. On July II. he says. Mayor Myers Issued a commitment for him to be committed to the Indiana etate farm for ninety

days.

RUSHVTLLE—Th# path of Clarence and Paul Talbert, Philip Maliot and Carl Rhodes, four boys who are accused of having stolen an automobile here last Sunday night and who were caught In Louisville Monday evening. wa* marked by a string of alleged forged checks, on which they obtained »120 according to local officials who returned Thursday with tha prisoner*. The Louisville police would not permit local officers to take the boy# away until they had positive assurances the quartet would be prosecuted here for the theft of the motor car. ANDERSON—Under special Instructions from Mayor W. J. Black, policemen of Anderson Friday began to enforce a work er fight ordinance, passed by the city council of Anderson Thursday night. All men passing time In leisurely faahlon were required to explain their hours of service, if employed, and unless they could give satisfactory answer they were taken before the city oourt to explain. The penalty for a loafer range* from a 18# to a MOO fin*, with a chance for suspension of th* fin* if tk# loafer obtain* useful employment or i* drafted for military

service.

BEDFORD—Four separate suit* were filed in the Lawrence circuit court. Tbureday. against the Chicago, Indianapolis ft Louisville Railroad Company, to recover damages totaling IH.7W. The suit* follow an automobile accident at West Baden on July 10, mi, when a aw Itch engine at that place ran into the automobile of R. E. Martin. The machine wa* torn to pieces and the occupants were severely Injured. The plalntlffa

afternoon....Ralph Him#

licV, district prosecuting attorney, haa learned, to hie surprise, that all storekeeper* in Liberty. Union county, which te in hi* Judicial district, have agreed not to eeli revolvers or revolver cartridges, under any circumstance*. The prosecutor ts urging dealera In Connersvllle and BrookviUe to make the same agreement. He believe* the ease ■with which revolvers and ammunition may be procured is contributory to disorder*,... Fifty dentists from W*yne. Union, Rueh and Fayette counties held their annual Sbclal meeting at Hawkins playground, Thursday afternoon. The only busines* done wa* th# selecting of Dr. B. H, Chadwick, of Ruahvllle, to repraaent th# iocaJ association of dentist a, aa a member of the board of trustees of the Indiana Dental Association.

INDIANA DEATHS

MUNCIE, Ind„ July It.-Mrs. Ida Millar, age thirty-eight, of Lima, O., died in a local hospital following an operation. She was the wife of Charles Miller, a Lima bustnees man, and lived In Muncle. Besides th* husband. two children and a stater, Mrs. Tliden Harper, of Muncle. survive..,,Mrs. Louise Schaufelberger, age eighty-eight, member of a widely known local family. Is dead at her home here. Children surviving are’two sons, George, of Jackson, Ky„ and Charles, of Jonesboro. Ark., and four daughters: Mrs. J. H. Smith, Mis* Amtlla and Mias Louis* Schaufelberger, all of Muncie. and Mra Margaret R. Martin, of Los Angels*, Cal.

Th* Tilling

Th* dull ox, Sorrow, treads my heart.

Dragging the harrow, Pain,

And turning the old year’s tillage

Under the sod again.

So. * all do I know the TUlar Will bring once more the grain:

Fbr grief come# never to the strongdull despair's benumbing wrong-

But from them spring a hidden throne

Of *"-ds. for new life fain.

So heavily do I let the hoof*

Trample the deepe of me:

tor only Brought

But when the ox la stabled

For only thus ta spirit

ecundit:

to fecundity.

And the harrow set aside.

With calm I watch a new world grow.

Sweetly green, up out of woe.

And. glad of the

He too ts satisfied

Tiller, then I knew

—Cal# Young Rice.

SCRAPS

For lubricating moving parts of machinery an Inventor ha* patented a perforated bolt containing a wick to be soaked in oil. Boot* worn by diver* weigh twenty pound* each. Th* h*lm*t weight forty pound*, and th* diver also carries additional weight Cryolit—a source of aluminum, .uaed also m making soda and glass—is ne*r. ly wholly Imported from Ivigtut an Eskimo hamlet on the southern coast of Greenland. An average of 1,000 packets of mall are now being carried regularly every day between Vienna and Kiev by airplane. The distance between the two cities is 760 mile* and the claim is mad* that this ia the longest regular air express mail rout* now being operated in any part df the world. The trip takes from ten to twelve hours, compared to forty hour* by train. It to mad* in four stages, tii* intermediate atop* being Cracow, Lemberg and Proakurow. In moving some quilt* in th* summer cottage of Fred Hayden, of Northwest Abbot. Me., five little squirrels were •pilled on"th# floor, on# of them being killed. The mother squirrel wa* quickly on the scene, taking on* at a time and hastening upstairs with it Tit* fourth one she dropped at th* foot of the etaire and rushed back with frantic ha*t«. thoroughly looking over the contents of the room for th* fifth one. She even climbed to the waists of the men and smelled their hands In her search for her lost baby.—Boston Glob*. Th* longest and shortest day of the year varies. In 1118 the longest day waa June 19, fifteen hour* and eighteen minutes from sunrise to sunset In HIT from June 18 to June 22, inclusive, each day was fifteen hours and seventeen minutes long. In 1918, December 19, 21. 33 and 8S, will each be eight hours and four minutes from sunrise to aunaet. while th* Intervening day*. December 30. 23 and 24. will each be one mlnut* longer. In 1917 only December 21 and 33 were the shortest day*, each containing eight hours sund four minutes. Under a recent French patent an integral coffee extract ia obtained in th# following manner: Powdered coffee is heated In a aerie# of closed vessels to a heat lying near the roasting point, and it is traversed by a current of cold air or inert ga*. Such aJr charged with aromatic particles Is sent direct into another set of chambers holding a dry powder or extract of coffee, thla latter having been prepared from previously treated coffee, which haa been deprived of aromatic substances. Such dry extract to obtained by infusion, concentration, then evaporation and tran*formln* to a dry powder. To this extract the aromatic eubstsncaa are added. To make the artificial ey* practically indistinguishable 1* the aim of a British army surgeon who to experimenting with a bail made of cartilage aa a substitute for a metal or glass on*. A sphere of such construction when put in place establishes connections with blood -vessels and th* surrounding tissuss. When thus fixed in th# cavity it is supposed to be espabi* of movement corresponding to that of a normal eye, ftnd furthermore fills the space so that there is no depression ss is invariably tha cass when a shell is used. Although time must yet prove the practicability of tha scheme, there is reason to expect that the war has brought forth another triumph in plastic surgery. Th# reputation of being th* rainiest placs in th* world haa long been enjoyed by th# hill station Cherrapunji, on th* slop* of the Himalayas, in Assam. The latest official value, based on a fortyyear record at the Cherrapunji station, is 426 Inchea par annum. Blanford, the well-known authority on Indian meteorology, thought that the mean in some places at Cherrapunji exceeded 500 inches, but nowhere amounted to 600 inches. As far as actual records go the rainfall at the Indian station is surpassed by that recently reported by ‘D. H. Campbell, of Stanford university, at Watoleale, in th# island of Kauai, Hawaii. During the years 1912-16, inclusive. th# Hawaiian station, which is 5.071 feet above sea level, recorded the astonishing mean annual rainfall of 618 Inches, or more than forty-three feet

ANSWEBS TO QUESTIONS

IHVILLB, Ind., July If.-Mrs. Herman is, age thirty-*ix, died yesterday at her northeast of here, of tuberculoeta. Th*

RUSHVILLE.

Steven*,

heme,

husband, one eon and her parent*, survlv*.

ANDERSON. Ind., July If.-Mr*. Bmaltne Harpold, ace aixty-three, wife of Ira Harpold, la dead at th* family home, near Anderson. Mre. Harpold was a native of Anderson. The husband survives.... Aucuat Steiner, age stxty-flve, of Anderson, la dead,

ring

Children surviving are Mra. Carrie Fultc, John and Raymond Steiner, ef Indianapolis, and Mra. Raymond Martin, of Crawforde-

▼1U*.

IN FLANDERS FIELDS [An Answer by G B. Galbreath]

In Flanders fields the cannon boom

And fitful flashes light the gloom,

eagles, fly

The fierce destroyers of the sky;

While up above, like

With stains the earth wherein you

lie

Is redder than the poppy bloom In Flanders fields.

Sleep on, ye brave,

shell.

The shrieking

The quaking trench, the startled yell.

The fury of the battle hell

?hall wake you not, for all is well. >leep peacefully for all is yell.

Your flaming torch aloft we bear, With burning heart an oath we swear To keep the faith, to fight it through. To crush the foe or sleep with you In Flanders fields.

and'the amount* aaked by them are a* folMaggle Martin, 86.060: Robert B. Mar

Iowa:

tin.

86,700; Earl Hunter. S3.

Hunter. 86.000, and Lula

000.

LEBANON—The

Civic League

Thuraday

opened a market aa a medium through

which th* product# of the 300 acree of war garden# of Lebanon may be sold. The market 1* to be opened each morning and all

day on Saturdays to farmer* who have prod

The city echool board Tnura

uce to eeli. The city echool board Thursday employed Mlae Grace Norwood aa principal of the Lebanon high achool and teacher of hietory, to succeed L. B. Smeleer, who reae teacher of ectenee In the local high echool. Mr. Tatlock goe* to Indianapolis ae teacher at the Manual Training high echool.

WABASH—Robert Kinney, colored, seventeen, died suddenly while on a hunting

trip In th# city park wtth Charles Pattee.

Shortly after the two boy#

age fifteen. Shortly after the two noya left home, Pattee came running home, aaytng he bad accidentally ehot hie companion. Kinney was found dead tn a pool of blood at the park and it waa at ftrat thought a bullet fired by Pattee had glanced from some object and had atruck him. but no mark waa found on th* body. Physician* believe death waa caueed by a hemorrhage Buffered at the moment Pattee shot....John Miahowakl. arrested Wednesday by th# police as an unregistered enemy alien, will probably b# reW*«d eoon. as It Is thought he ts demented. MUhowski, whan arrested, aald be waa a

COVINGTON, Ind.. July 19.-M». Charlotte Darla, age eeventy-one. Is dead at her home la Hillsboro of hardening of th* arteries. The following children survive: Joseph. Hillsboro; Stephen, Waynetown; Robert. Bawling*. Wye.; Russell, who Is In military service In Franee: Mrs. Phoebe Sever, Attica; Mra Nora Brower, Spokane. Wash.; Mrs. Bertha Rice. Meilott, and Mre.

Nina Warren and Mrs. V<

bora

'esele Bybee, H1U*-

ALHXANDRIA, Ind.. July U.-Sarah Alice Clark, age fifty-six, died at th# home of her son. Reuben Clark, in thla city Wednesday night of a complication of dlaaasoa Children surviving are Reuben, of this city, and Mra

Olive Engl*. Dayton. Ky.

MARION. Ind., July 19.—Amos I* Cray, ag# slxty-e'ght, of Jonesboro, former national treasurer of th# Junior Order of United American Mechanic#, and also prominent In the work of tho Ben-Hur order, it dead at hts home of heart disease. Hla widow, three eons. Charles, of Indianapolis; Fred, of

Jonesboro, and Hampton, of Detroit, and a daughter. Mre. Opal Murphy, of Illinois, sur-

vive.

COVINGTON, Ind.. July to.-Jam** H. McGee. age seventy-four, is dead of th# infirmities of old age, at hla home tn Meilott. He wa# a veteran of th# civil war. Th* widow and three daughters survlv*.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July to.-Funoral services for Mr*. Fannie Levin, age fiftytwo. wife of Meyer Levin, a prominent merchant of this city, were held Friday dt th* Levin home. Rabbi Meastng. of Indianapolis, conducted th* service#. Surviving Mr*. Levin are th* husband, three eon a, Abraham and Harry, both to military service, and Loon, who Is at home. Th# eldest eon. Abraham, 1« In France.

SEYMOUR. Ind . July 1# —Mre. Georg# Mhrquett. ago alxty, te dead her* of p#

sixty-two. ta daad at Brownatowa.

J. g.-Frotn April, 178*. to December. 1790. congress met at New York, which wa# then the seat of government; from 1790 till 18<K> It met at Philadelphia; since 1800 It hae m#t at Washington. __ Walter 8. Chamslor-Th# army recruiting station hare know# of no order* prohibiting earners* in army camps in this country, though soldiers would not he permitted to take them acre#* th# eea. Th* state eonoertption office says that some camp# permit camera#, and some do not. Th# author!tie* at Camp Shelby, tn at least one Instance, objected to a camera. John J. C., Torre Haute—Th# Lee family, of which General Robert E. Lee, commander of th# Confederate army during th# civil war, wa# a member, waa of English origin. On# of his ancestors emigrated to Virginia In ths reign of Charlsa I and the family was prominent then, during and after th* revolutionary war. Live* of General I-** were written toy thro* or four different authors and can be found to public libmrtoe. 3. t —Pleas* advise m# why th# Rod Cross buys knitting yarn outsld# ot this city.—A Rod Creo# officer answers thla question as follows: "Th# Rod Croas haa mad# an arrangement with th# war Industrie* board whereby wool to coneorvod, flrot, to make clothes for soldiers; second, for the ua# of the Red Oroaa to make knitted article# for aoldisrs, and third, for euch outside purposes as can later b* supplied. The Red Crow has agreed to make no purchase# of yarn In th* open market; makes Its purchases through th# war industries board la th* jobbing markets of th# country, and distributee through Its supply depot to Its chapters at a price of about 82.40 a pound.” X, L. W.—Tb# word plantation la ueod principally In th* southern states whare It originated In old slavery time# to designate a farm cultivated by negro#*, a* a cotton plantation or a sugar plantation. In Maine It has a distinctive meaning, representing a form ot government smaller than a township. In that state most of th* functions of local government are performed by the town or township. In addition to 17 citlw and 898 to^ps. Main* has 78 plantations and 181 unorganized places under th* name* of plantations, grants, surpluses and gores. A surplus Is a small territorial division consisting of an irregular tract laid off by etate authority. A gore i# a triangular piece of land emallar than a eurplu* EL I* W.—Thar# never wa# a twaneh of the United States mine at Boston, but in early colonial days there was a mint there which coined moqey by authority of MauiachuaetU; permitted, of court*, or at least not forbidden by Great Britain. On May 37. M62, th* general court of Massachusetts colony paeecd an act eatabliahin* a mint at Boaton and appointing John Hull mlntmastar. He wa* a allveremlth and an emigrant from the old country. He must have been a mats of i*om* eoneequanc* for In addition to mlntmaater he became town treasurer of Boston, captain of an artllery company and finally treasurer of the colony A* tnitUttnaster he chined silver ahtlllng*. eixpenoe* and thrtpencea. all of which had a design on one aide of a pin# tree as an emblem of Massachusetts From this It came to be called Pine-tree money and lia* long been

was discontinued.