Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 281, 8 October 1918 — Page 5
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HIGH WAR BILL OF U.S. DUE TO HIGH STANDARD American Soldiers Get Best Care of Any of Allied ArmiesBonds Pay Expenses. Fv Associated Ptss. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Why does it 'cost the United States so much more to make war than It costs any of Its co-belligerents? - What is being done with the tens cf billions being raised froui Liberty bonds and taxation? One often hearb these questions. Tfce answer Is not difficult. It is, simply, that It costs an American more to do anything than It costs anyone else In the world. That is the best reason why Americans should buy Liberty fconds. The American army Is composed of worklngmen. The American working man demands a higher standard of everything than any other working man in the world. When he becomes a soldier he carries that standard with him, and, comparatively, gets It. Napoleon said, and everybody ever since has repeated, that an army travels on its stomach. So naturally the subsistance of the American soldier comes first in the long bill which is rapidly running to 150,000,000 a day. The regular ration list of the American army calls for forty-nine different items of food. It includes many things which are luxuries to the soldiers of the foreign armies. At that, it only costs 32 cents a day to feed a soldier. The figure is low because the government has the advantage of dealing in billions and tons where the individual deals in. dollars and pounds. Even so, Jhe army has felt the Increased cost of living because It cost only 12.81 cents a day to feed a soldier during the Spanish war. Highest Paid Lighter. Take into account the almost staggering sums the government has spent for food alone since the war began: $37,000,000 worth of flour; $14,000,000 worth of sugar; $43,000,000 worth of bacon? $12,000,000 worth of beans; $9,000,000 worth of canned tomatoes; $3,000,000 worth of rice. It sounds almost like a food bill for a nation. Without any disparagement whatever of the rationing system of the co-belligerents It may be said that while the food of the British soldier compares favorably with that of his American cousin, the French ration Is loss acceptable to the American and that of the Italians would get a very cold reception. The equipment of the American soldier 13 no loss up to standard than his food. Since the beginning of the war the government has spent $126,000,000 for shoes. Only recently a contract was let which is Intended to keep every soldier with two pairs one for marching and one for general wear. The price In quantity of millions was well ovpr $5 a pair. Old soldiers of the regular army can remember when the government Issued "brogans" far removed In quality from the army fhoe of today. The American soldier's clothing so far has cost a round $500,000,000. For his blankets the government has spent $150,000,000. Kverything else Is in proportion for in every particular of his equipment the government has supplied the soldier with the same relative high standard he was accustomed to at home In civil life. The extra cost of maintaining an army on foreign soil has entered into the huge bill because it has been found that it costs $423.27 to equip and maintain a soldier a year abroad as against $327.78 at home. Of this sum $251.85 goes for food. The rationing expenses at home is $180(80. The high standard has been carried to the soldier's pay. For all practical
purposes of estimate the American soldier is the highest paid fighting man In the world. He actually gets more than the average German officer. To the $33 a month a private receives from the government is added a sura for his dependents, depending upon their condition and number. Canada and the other British colonies more nearly approximate the pay of the American soldier than any others of the co-belligerents. Taking into consideration all these items it is not strange that America's war bill is greatest. JANE STEVENSON DIES Miss Jane Stevenson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Stevenson, former residents of this city, died of Spanish Vifluenza Sunday in Philadelphia, Pa. Burial will be Wednesday afternoon in Akron, O., where the Stevenson family now reside. WOMEN TO MAKE SHEETS All members of the Ladies' Aid society of the Hold Memorial hospital who are willing to take sheets to make are requested to call either Mrs. O. S. Ward, Mrs. Eugene Price, or Mrs. E. O. Hill. The sheets are badly needed. i GERMAN ACE KILLED. AMSTERDAM. Monday, Oct. 7. Flight Lieut. Fritz Bumey of the German army, who claimed forty-four air victories, has been killed, according to the Lok.'l Anzelger of Berlin. CAMP COMMANDER DIES CAMP GRANT. Oct. 8 Col. C. B. I'asadorn, acting commander of Camp Grant, was found dead in his quarters at the camp this morning. At camp headquarters it was announced that he was found dead in his quarters arout breakfast time. VEUtlINt TABLETS The Ideal Laxative and Liver Toole. Very few people are entirely free from constipation; the man or woman who has never experienced that dull, sluggish, bilious feeling of distress which re suits from irregular bowel movement is a rir Trti,,n t n lh nil,, Tha him.. safest relief for conditions resulting from improper activity of the bowels is to take only what is best suitable for your condition and which nature has provided in Vcgetlne Laxative Tablets. These tablets are compounded from purely vegetable ingredients that drive the pcironous waste matter from the system, stimulate the liver, tone the intestinal tract and tend to restore a natural healthy bowel movement. Sold by druggists everywhere at 25c per package.
Postoffice Is Getting . Ready for Christmas Christmas preparations are being provided for at the postoffice even now. In order to be sure that the iinal Christmas rush may be met. Plans for a special campaign to get the citizens mall their parcels early in December will be carried out. since the possibility of getting competent assistant mail clerks is growing mora difficult all the time. Regarding Christmas packages for soldiers, Postmaster . Beck recommended most strongly that more use should be made of the overseas service which large stores in Dayton, Indianapolis and other cities have established, whereby people may choose their presents here in America, and then the duplicate order is fulfilled from the European branch house thereby saving the congestion of shipping conditions, and removing the danger of loss by the submarine menace.
$60,000 PAID OUT OF G0UN1V TAXES Sixty thousand dollars will be paid out from the office of the county treasurer today in taxes. The Western Union Telegraph paid today $2,072.57 for 1916 and 1917. This is the total taxes for those years. The taxes were held up by the Western Union on account of assessed valuation, but that has been corrected by the supreme court. Part of the $60,000 will be paid out in claims. C. M. Kirkpatrick will be paid $6,936 for the Dunbar road; $4,659,56 for the Gipe road, and $5,000 for the Jacobs road. James E. Mamars will be paid $4,800 for South Eighth street, and I. E. Smith will be paid $7,650 for the Main street bridge. Local Board Examines 25 Registrants a Day Twenty-five men from 18 to 36 years of age are examined every day before the physician of the conscription board. A call was received by the board for 35 men qualified for general military service to entrain for Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C, In the five day period beginning October 21. The men to be sent will be those in the recent call for the 36 men which was postponed because of the epidemic of Spanish influenza. Three men are needed to go to Warsaw, Ind., for instruction in automobile transport work. The registrants of September 12 between the ages of 18 and 36 may volunteer. Committee Prepares for Fall Election The election committee composed of Demas Coe, Lawrence Handley and Michael Kelly met last evening to discuss plans for the coming election. All the parties have filed their lists of nominees with the exception of the Socialists. As yet they have not no tified the committee whether, they will have a county ticket in the field. The committee will begin immedi' ately to prepare the ballots for the election in November. If you have old waste paper, sell it to the junk man. Don't burn it, as new paper is made of old paper. This is a conservation proposition in which all of us must do our part. TO REDUCE DANGEROUS VARICOSE VEINS People who have swollen veins or bunches should not wait until they reach the bursting point which means much suffering and loss of time, but should at once secure from any re liable druggist a two-ounce original bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil (full strength). By using this powerful, yet harm less germicide treatment improvement is noticed in a few days and by its regular use swollen veins will return to their normal size and sufferers will cease to worry. Moone's Emerald Oil treatment is used by physicians and in hospitals and is guaranteed to ac complish results or money returned. It reduces all kinds of enlarged glands, goitres and wens and is used exclusively in many large factories as an unfailing first aid to the injured antiseptic. Your druggist can supply you. Adv. Serviceable School SHOES For all ages of children from the Kindergarten to High School. The two cardinal points in the selection of children's shoes are FIRST: Correct Fit. SECOND: Sturdy wearing qualities. If you are interested in good Footwear correctly fitted, give us a call. Gunmetal Lace .... $3.00 Tan Lace . .$3.50 TEGfclASaVES
FAIR PRICE RATE FOR RETAIL FLOUR
H. W. Gilbert, food administrator, issued the following statement Tuesday: The wholesale price of flour has been reduced and it will be necessary for persons selling flour in a retail way to readjust their prices on all new flour purchased. The government provides that persons selling flour in a retail way can have for profit $1.20 per barrel. Therefore, it is necessary to figure from the cost price of your flour and establish a price so that your profit will not exceed $120 per barrel at the present price of flour. Subject to change without notice the following prices should be charged for flour in this Immediate vicinity: Bulk flour, 7 cents per pound. Gold Medal. Pillsbury, Polar Bear, Community (Hard Wheat Brands), 12 pound sacks, 78 cents each; 24 pound sacks, $1.55 each. Pride of Richmond. Carpenter's Fancy, King of Wayne (All soft wheats), 12 pound sack, 75 cents; 24 pound sack, $1.60. Barley Flour, 7 cents per pound; Corn Flour, 7 cents per pound; Corn Meal (Yellow or white), 7 cents. H. 'W. GILBERT, Federal Food Administrator for Wayne County. U. S. INVESTIGATOR IS EXPECTED SOON An Investigation of the National War Labor Board will be in Richmond within the next few days to make investigations of the labor situation here according to a telegram received by the Central Labor Council. The telegram is as follows: "An investigator of the National War Labor .Board has been detailed to proceed to Richmond for preliminary investigation of situation complained of in your telegram. W. JETTE LAUCK, Sec'y National War Labor Board. GIRL SCOUTS CALL OFF SPELLING BEE The Girl Scouts spelling bee will be postponed until the reopening of public gatherings. Those having tickets should keep them as they will be good for the entertainment just as soon as it can be given. A drove of 1,500 hogs at Wichita, Kan., is fed from the garbage of that city. mm
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MADOO TRUDGES THROUGH RAIN SELLING BONDS Secretary of Treasury Goes Out to Canvass for Subscriptions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. From door to door William G. McAdoo trudged in the rain Saturday selling Liberty bonds. It was not the secretary of the treasury, but Mr. McAdoo, citizen, member of a canvassing team, who gathered a pocket full of signed pledge cards from Washington residents, including President Wilson, a negro maid, an Armenian grocer, a score of women war workers, a Janitor and a millionaire or. two. In a middle class neighborhood to which his team was assigned, Mr. McAdoo got the most subscriptions and those which made him comment when his work was done: "It's a cinch to raise billions when folks come across like that. Plenty of people have money to lend the government, just waiting for the opportunity." Total Amounts $1,800,000. Late in the day, after an hour and a half of tramping about, Mr. McAdoo and his working partners counted up the total. They had a little less than $1,800,000 in pledges. A round mijlion had come from Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, Into whose house Mr. McAdoo dropped on his way home. One pledge for $20,000 bore the signature of Woodrow Wilson, payable on a ten months' instalment plan. Another, from Eugene Meyer, a member of the capital issues committee, was for $500,000. Most of
To Relieve Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises If you have Catarrhal Deafness or are hard of hearing or have head noises go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to It 4 pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar. Take one tablespoonful four tiroes a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing, become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant to take. Anyone who has Catarrhal Deafness or head noises should give this prescription' a trial. Adv.
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the balance was In $50 .'. and $100 amounts, subscribed by householders who on answering their doorbells displayed amazement to find a tall man whom they recognized as the secretary of the treasury. Mr. McAdoo's success was not uniform. One man, who seemed quite frightened, said: "I'd like awful well to buy a bond from you, Mr. Secretary, but I've already promised some one else." The solicitor did not press the sale. ' Marietta Thompson, a negro maid at a home for war workers, had subscribed, but agreed to buy another $50 bond if Mr. McAdoo would take the $5 initial payment in "small change." He went away with a pocketful of quarters, dimes and nickels. Not Arranged for in Advance. " The" sale to the President had not been arranged in advance. On leaving his home Mr. McAdoo directed the solicitor's car to go to the White House. He found the President preparing for a drive with Mrs. Wilson and, although Mr. Wilson already had subscribed for $10,000, he agreed to buy $20,000 more, adding: "But I haven't any money just now. You'll have to take this on the installment plan." Thereupon the card was signed, with designation that payment was to be made 10 per cent in cash and 10 per cent a month, arranged through a bank. Not satisfied with this single subscription at the White House, Mr. McAdoo turned to other members of the canvassing team and signed them up.
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They were Charles J. Bell, a Washington banker; William J. Eynon, Eugene E. Thompson and Corcoran Thorn, Washington business men, and Frank R. Wilson, national publicity director for the loan. He also got the pledge of a negro doorman at the White House.
11,000 Volunteer for Merchant Marine in Month (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Nearly 11.000 young men volunteered for service in the merchant marine during SepV. ,KA cttlnnfnry Vinord trtdav fin. nounced. As the enrollment was more ; than the capacity of the stiipping; . 4,000 men a month the surplus of re- J cruus was placea on a waning usi. i Spanish influenza, wnicn nas retara-: ed training, has been eliminated from the training ships, the board announced, l Save paper. Sell it to the junk man. Your government asks it. SALTS IF BACKACHY AND KIDNEYS HURT Drink Lots of Water and Stop Eating Meat for a While if Your Bladder Troubles You. When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region ins too much meat, says a well-known ! aUI llJl ll, . A'l KZO. I, 1U1 UIO UHV v- ujwu overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have i backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine. Is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable physician at once or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts ; take a tablespconful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acid3 in the urine so it no longer iritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat teaters. It is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effervescent lithia-water drink. Adv. Like a mm Ira?. mm -.V M Now CO. 726 Main Street
WORSE THAN GAS Kidney disease Is no respecter ol persons.- It attacks young and ole alike.. In most cases., the vli tlm -t warned of the approaching danger. Nature fights back. Headache, indigestion. Insomnia, lame back, lumbago sciatica, rheumatism, pain In the lolnt and lower abdomen, difficulty In urinating, all are Indications of troubl with the kidneys. When such symptoms appear yon will almost certainly find quirk relief It GOLD M !i DA L Haarlem Oil Capsules. This famous old remedy has stootf the test for two hundred years in helping mankind to fight off disease. II Is imported direct from the home laboratories in Holland, and mav be had at almost every drug store. Your mnnay promptly refunded if It does not rllev you. Be sure to get the genuine GOLD MEDAL Brand. In sealed packages, three sires. Adv.
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