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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
A GAP WE MUST FILL

France mobilized seven million men
for war. OF these, two millions have
been killed or incapacitated for fur
ther fighting. mere are no able-bod-
led Frenchmen left to fill the vacant
places in the ranks. That is what
Marshall Joffre meant when he told
Us that American troops were needed
Immediately at the front American
brain and Drawn must fill the gap in
Frances fighting lines.
In proportion to her military
strength the casualties of France
seem to have been relatively higher
than those of the other belligerents,
except perhaps Austria. Russia lost
three millions, but her reserves are
incalculable. England lost heavily,
but she is only now arriving at the
zenith of her man power. Germany
is believed to have had a million and
half killed and probably as many
more permanently disabled, but she
has fought On many fronts and has
had to bolster up the Austrian lines
many times.
The rejuvenation of the Russian
armies has made Frances man prob
lem less acute, for its inevitable con-
sequence is to relieve the pressure on
French lines by forcing new German
concentrations in the east With Rus
sia in the fight again the allied su-
periority in man power has again be-
come complete. But the need for
American troops has by no means
abated. To exhaust German man
power by mere attrition would seem
policy too slow and too horribly
costly to be considered. Overwhelm-
ing superiority on the western front
is the end to be desired, and this SUI
periority America alone can provide
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
DENMARK'S PLIGHT

Even harder than the transgres-
sor's way is the way of the small
neutral in this war, as the case of
Denmark sadly exemplies. The ruth
less submarine campaign has laid a
grievous burden upon her. Gone are
the prosperous days of 1914 and 1915,
when she waXed fat on her traffic with
Germany in supplies imported from
the United States. The lean year has
arrived. Exports from America are
being measured with a judicious hand
and even threaten to be stopped alto
gether. One hundred and fifty Dan
ish ships have been sent to the bot
tom of the ocean by the Kaiser's u
boats; and there are enough left to
carry the coal and oil that Denmark
must import for her own uses.
Who will come to Denmark's relief
with the needed ships? Not the al
lies for they have urgent need of ev-
cry ton of shipping they can borrow,
build and maintain. Not Norway. for
she has lost $50 vessels of her own
to submarines and mines and is hard
put to maintain her sea-borne COM
merce. Sweden is in a similar plight
with about 25O ships lost, and neither
Holland nor Spain are much better
off.
1t is far from the intention of the
Entente Powers to force with eco
nomic pressure the remaining small
neutrals to declare war against Ger
many, but self-preservation is a first
duty. There are no ships to spare
for neutral trade and none to take
the place of the neutral ships that
German ruthlessness has destroyed.
Neutral nations which dare not re-
sent the German submarine policy
cannot expect material aid from the
allies.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
WHISKY PROHIBITION

Following is the prohibition amend
ment to the food control bill adopted
Saturday by the Senate by a vote of
45 to 37:-
THAT from and after thirty days
from the date of the approval of this
Act no person shall use any foods,
fruits, food materials or feeds in the
production of distilled liquors, except
for Governmental, industrial, manu-
featuring, scientific or medicinal pur-
poses, nor shall there be imported in
to the United States during said war
any distilled liquors.; provided, that
the President of the United States be
and hereby is directed to take over
for and on behalf of the Government
of the United States all distilled Ii
quors that are held in bond at the
time this Act goes into effect, and he
is hereby authorized to pay to the
owners of such liquors the actual
cost of the same plus profit not ex-
ceeding ten per centum;
"And provided, further, that the
collection of all excise tax on dis
titled spirits in bond at the time of
the passage of this Act shall be sus-
pended so long as this Act is in force
and the distiller, in event that said
distilled spirits shall be taken over
by the Government as herein provid-
ed, shall be discharged from all obli-
cations for any and all taxes levied
and assessed against said distilled
spirits, provided, however, that the
owner of the distilled spirits snail
not withdraw any part thereof with
out the payment of the excess tax in
force.
ANY person who shall willfully
violate this section shall, upon con-
Viction thereof, be punished by a fine
of not exceeding $4,000, or by i'm
prisOnment for not more than two
years, or both"
1t is practically certain that this
bill will shortly be the law of the
land.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
FOOD-SAVING FOR HEALTH AND
PATRIOTISM

As means of bringing the appeal
for food conservation directly home
to the individual citizen, Herbert c..
Hoover has devised a card for con-
sumers containing this pledge:
1. To eat one wheatless meal a day
2. To eat beef, mutton or pork not
more than once day.
8. To economic in the use of butter
A. To limit my daily allowance of
sugar in tea or coffee and in other
ways.
5. To eat more vegetables, fruit and
fish.
6. To use in my own home or the
restaurants I frequent the necessity
of economy.
These injunctions are not onerous
they involve little if any self-denial
Many persons, except for the zone
wheatless meal" have practically
adopted them as a result of the health
diet propaganda of recent years. They
have voluntarily limited their con-
sumption of sL.eat to one meal, in
| creased the proportion of vegetable:
] and fish and curtailed their allow.
ance of sugar.
In fact, the pledge as respects per
sons of sedentary habits, the elderly
and all adults not engaged in hare
| manual or mental work is merely {
programme for keeping well. 1t is &
| hygienic measure for Americans from
which their allies will also benefit b.
obtaining for their real necessitie.
! the food now wasted in our own ex
| travagant diet.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Cape May is experiencing some
thing like a revival of it's aforetime
prosperity, now that Uncle Sam is
making it centre of activity in con-
nection with the war. There has been
an exceptional demand for cottages
for the season, the hotel bookings are
larger than usual and, best evidence
of all that there is boom on, re-
newal of the publication of daily
issue of the Star and Wave is an
nounced. Now if Cape May gets a
trolley service that is not a joke, and
revive some of the old time social &C
tivities and amusements, it should
"come back as one of the well-pa-
tronized, as it is one of the most de-
lightful summer resorts on the East
ern coast.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
THE INTER STATE FAIR

We are all glad that the manage
ment of the Interstate Fair has de-
cided to keep open house again this
fall. To thousands of people in New
Jersey, and especially to the hard
working people of the neighboring
farms, the Trenton fair is the one,
big satisfying picnic of the year. 1t
furnishes day or two of relaxation
for many just at time when relax
alton is needed.
And urgent as war work and war
economies may be, life cannot be all
war and no play. Even the soldiers
in the trenches must have opportuni-
ties for diversion and relaxation. In
fact, the more earnest and the more
strenuous people become in war en-
terprises, the more they will need
days and diversions for relieving
nerve-tension.
Besides, the ringing together of
great masses of people will furnish
opportunities for the promotion of
many war measures, for stimulating
patriotism and for creating feeling
of community interest in the success
of Americas struggle for righteous
ness.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
BADGES

This is the day of the badge. Am
ericans have always been fond of
wearing badges and buttons and
things, as any of our convention cit
les can attest. and now we can all
satisfy the propensity without shame.
Everybody's doing it, and everybody's
proud of it. Just look around you at
the multifarious insignia displayed in
coat lapels, on manly bosoms, on
shirt waists and belts and hat bands,
on office walls and furniture and on
domestic doors and windows.
First came, with our declaration of
war, the craze for wearing the flag.
Buttons and pins bearing the nation
al eolors sprung up by millions Then
came the various badges signifying
that the wearer, or a member of the
wearer's family, had volunteered in
some branch of the army or navy
service. Then came the Liberty Loan,
with its 100000 badges justly earned
and distributed. Then there were
the Red Cross badges, displayed in
token of service rendered or money
given. Now there is the badge of
membership in the great, feminine
order Of food economists inaugurate1
by Food Administrator Hoover. And
this is but a partial list. Who could
name all the varieties of insignia
produced in these three months of
war preparations, as emblems for the
countless groups of men and women
engaged in all the complex phases of
public and semi-public activity?
It's amusing, much of it. The ma
mia for adorning ourselves with gilt
and tinsel and bright colors of mys-
tic Or exclusive significance is essen
TALLY child-like. But what of it? The
practice bespeaks vigor and enthusi-
asm and whole-heartedness We're
not ashamed of being children. On
with the badge-if you find room for
it,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
FOREST REGIMENT

1t takes all kinds of men to make
a modern army. The War Depart
ment is now recruiting forest reg
iment' consisting of picked woods
men, for service in France. It is in
tended primarily as mobile logging
and milling crew., and its work will
be to convert available timber back OF
the battle lines into railroad ties,
trench timbers, mine props, cordwood
cts. The call has gone out for ex.
perienced axemen, savers, tie hewers
skidders, millwrights, etc. 1t will be
one of the first regiments to carry the
American flag abroad.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
"S.AMMIES"

Our friends across the water have
found new name for the American
soldier. There's long term, as ev-
erybody knows, for everything and
everybody connected with the war.
The French soldiers are known as
"Poilus" or hairy ones" The Ger
mans are called "Boches". The Brit
ish soldiers are "Tommies'. What is
more natural, then, than that the Am
erican soldiers should be called
"Sammies'?
"Sammies" is derived, OF course.
from Uncle Sam. It's a perfectly
obvious and felicitous name. which
we might have adopted ourselves lone
ago if we'd thought of it. Whether
we owe it to the French or the Eng
lish We are not informed. 1t sounds
as if it came from Tommy Atkins
But however that may be, it seems
destined to stick.
It's so peculiarly appropriate that
our soldier boys should be known by
the name of our national saint, es-
pecially when that saint is in such
good standing abroad as he is now
1t sounds far more friendly thar
"Yankees"-which many of our peo-
pie dislike and resent-and it's in.
comparably better than "Yanks.'
What young American wouldn't fee,
fiattered by a name which implies
that he's a khaki edition of Uncle
Sam?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

There were thirteen cases of infan-
tile paralysis reported to the State
Deartment of Health in May. While
these sporadic cases do not give
cause for serious alarm, yet the dis
ease is likely to spread and it is well
for local health authorities to take
extra precautions against it. All
suspected cases should be promptly
reported, of course. Cleanliness is
the best preventative measure against
contagion and is especially needed in
this torrid weather.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
Saturday, the TWenty-First Day
of July, 1917,

between the hours of twelve and
five in the afternoon, that is to say:
at two O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day, in the corridor of the Court
House, at Bridgeton, New Jersey.
All those certain pieces or parcels
of land situate in Landis Township,
Cumberland County, New Jersey, and
bounded and described as follows. to
wit.
No. 1. BEGINNING at the intersec-
ton of the centre of Oak and Malaga
Roads; thence Q) along the centre
OF Oak Road North 50 degrees West
gu rods to land deed to one Van
Vechten; thence (2) along the same
North 8 degrees East 20 rods to a
stake; thence (S) South so degrees
East 1885 rods to the centre of Ma
laga Road; thence (4) along the cen
tire of the same South 7 degrees and
so minutes West 20 rods to the nlace
of Beginning.
CONTAINING 10 acres of land
more or less.
| No. 2. BEGINNING at a point in
| the centre of Malaga Road 20 rod.
| North of the intersection of the CEN
tres of said Malaga and Oak Roads.
tnence extending % North SO degrees
west 1896 rods along the North line
OF land owned by Antonio and Josenb
LaBrasca; thence (2) North 8 d.
grees East 1896 rods: thence 70,
South 80 degrees East 1890 rods ~
the centre of Malaga Road. thenoo ~
| (4 along the centre of tho noe sa,oe
o0oen ooo I degrees and 50 minutes West
1896 rods to the place of beginning %
CONTAINING 1896 acres of land
No. 3. BEGINNING at a point in
the centre of Oak Road twentu roan a.,
eastwardly from the intersection ,ous ns
the centre of Oak Road and OroI, -,
Road and thence running in Iilu u
Eastwardly along the centre as n' 6,ne
So"thu O~I rerdy fous 10 stake; thence
in laroth oy ao oetween parallel lines
IN e ,ength or depth eighty rods ''neS
| CONTAINING twenty acres Of ,.na
strict mesaure. S VI land
Also that certain tract sitno+o :
me Borough OF Vineland Cumhar1o - L
County, New Jersey, describad iboedisnd ea
lows: loeo as fol-
| No. 4. BEGINNING on tbo No..,
| ~ side of Lands Avenue % Nortner-
lance OF 100 feet East 80 '4e ols-
Street and thence extending oa a,on rourth
Northerly side of said Landis s A sne
Eastwardly a distance of 80 feet atenue nu =
at right angles thereto to said ieT. ian. and
Avenue, between parallel I Iinoa mahals .
length or depth Northwardlv nGes in1i. IN
feet. VI lou
| CONTAINING 1900 scuor
land and comprising Lot NJ iees OF
Block No. "a of the West Distuia S. - OF
Vineland Dlstrlct OF
: TOGETHER with the bon.,..
ments and appurtenances. Aeieaita-
Dated June 21, 1917.
GEORGE HAMPTON
Special Master in Cbanoo,u
! Pioneer Building
A1vora g Tuso Bridgeton. N. ]. o
tOlicitors.
s-@o NV - = ig7
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
WOMEN TO WIN THE WAR

| The women of America are going to
Save the Waste and Win the War;.
| They are starting this week, under
the leadership of Herbert Hoover,
the United States food administrator.
They will soon form the greatest wo-
| mems organization in the world.
Our feminine millions are being
mobilized for kitchen duty, because
the authorities agree that it's in the
American kitchen that the war is to
be won. A women's army is to fight
with food for ammunition-surely a
congenial task. Their mode of oper-
alton is to make the food go, not as
far as possible, but as far as it ought
to. There is no plea for painful and
weakening privation. There is moth
ing negative about this campaign. 1t
is all positive and constructive. Food
the vital factor on which the war
turns, is to be used efficiency, that is
all. The rules are six in number, and
extremely simple.
First, buy with thought,
Second, cook with care,
Third, serve just enough.
Fourth, save what will keep.
Fifth, eat what would spoil.
Sixth, prefer homegrown food.
1t is easy to join Uncle Sans army
of food economoists. First, you sign
a pledge Womens councils for de-
fense in every state and women's
clubs and church DrganizationsD in
every city are provided with pledge
cards. They read:
II am glad to join in the service of
food conservation in the United States
and I hereby accept membership in
the United States Food Administration
pledging myself to carry out the di-
rections and advice of the food ad
ministrator in the conduct of my
household in so far as my circum-
stances permit"
The woman who signs this pledge
and mails it to the National food ad-
ministrator at Washington, receives
by return mail membership badge
which she can hang in her window.
1t reads, Member of the United States
Food Administration. 1t bears an
official seal, and the flag encircled by
grains of wheat. Also, she receives
printed cards to hang in her kitchen
and over her telephone, containing
the cardinal rules of food conserva-
ton. There will be uniforms, too-a
special design furnished by Uncle
Sam for 10 cents and made up by the
prospective wearer at cost of SO
cents. 1t is said to be an ideal SIM |
pie and serviceable house dress.
Millions of members are wanted for
this great organization The enlist
ment begins this week. Every woman
is eligible 1t is an opportunity and
duty. Let there be no slackers in
this city
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
"GINGHAM CLAD SOLDIERS,

A Washington physician and edu-
Gator says that "the Gingham Clad
soldier in American homes will do
as much to win the war as the khaki
clad soldiers in the trenches by prop
er food conservation" All true
enough, if the government gives them
chance by squelching the food spec
ulators.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
THE LAST STRAW

Two cents saved on each meal for
each person would mean $4,000, 900
saved in the course of year. Two
cents saved on each meal for each
person in some families would mean
a funeral.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Speaking of the anti-U-boat inven-
tions, what's become of those Italian
scientists who were saying, before
the war, that they could set off explo-
sives miles away by wireless rays
That would be an excellent way to
dispose of torpedoes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

The Fourth of July is getting to
nave almost as much significance
for other nations as for the United
States. Next year they may be cele-
brating it in Germany.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,
Estate of Louis M. Schiendelman,
deceased

deceased
Pursuant to the order Of Frank F.
Wallace, Surrogate of the County Of
Cumberland. made on the twenty-first
day of May, 1917, on application of
the undersigned Executrix of said
deceased, notice is hereby given to
the creditors of the decedent to bring
in to the subscriber their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate
of said deceased, under oath, within
nine months from the date of such
order, or they will be forever barred
from prosecuting or recovering the
same against the subscriber.
Dated May 21st. 1917.
MARY SCHIENDELMAN, Ex-
ecutriX of the estate of Louis
M. Schiendelman, deceased.
]. Hampton Fithian. Proctor.
5-22 9w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

He is not exclusively our Uncle
Sam any more. He is getting to be
about everybody's Uncle Sam all over
the world. ,lsz,.a & ts,ls-ss,,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Judging from the recent cyclones
and tornadoes and other exhibitions
of meteorological frightfulness, our
weather Sureaus been Prussianized.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

1t is not surprising that the Amer
lean troops abroad have trouble with
the language, but it will not be ser
ioxs; they can shoot in any language.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Now somebody's urging markets
for the poor" It's time. All the
markets we know anything about are
for millionaires.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Germany is building great fleet
of airplanes. Down in Washington
Congress is talking about doing
something of that kind some time.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

Whoever started the draft canar,
is about on level with the scoundre
who tipped off Berlin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

The amateur naval reserve cook
makes. better bread than father used
to make, anyway.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

If Congress only knew when to fire
and what to fire it would help more.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12

A baby saved is better than a dol
lar earned.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-12
MASTERS SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate.
In Chancery of New Jersey

By virtue of the above stated writ
of fieri facias to me directed and de-
livered, l will expose for sale at pub
lie vendue to the highest bidder, on
Arizona republican., 1917-05-30

'eased devotion to thd last full meas ighlv resolve that
 in Faiu; that this
 new birth of free he IPeople, by the t perish from the
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10
PAPER FROM SPINACH.

A French horticulturist, M. de
Meyer, proposes the stems of spin
ach for making paper. These con-
tain 46 per cent of cellulose, against
4 per cent in the stems of wheat
straw, NJ. de Meyer claims that in
his experiments in making paper
from spinach stems he has followed
the methods of the Grenoble paper
making school and has produced
product equal to the best japanese
in its remarkable consistency. He
intimates in an article quoted in the
Journal of Industrial and Engineer,
ing Chemistry Of the American
Chemical society that with the
proper culture of spinach for this
purpose, remarkable economies in the
manufacture of paper may be
achieved.
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10

DR.. P. B. Sylvester, the veteri-
marian from Princeton, took up his
residence in this city Monday, and
for the present will have his office
at Schenck's livery stable.
Miss Emma Thorne, a nurse at
Mckinley hospital, Trenton, spent
Monday with her father and sister,
Scott Thorne and Miss Ella Thorne,
on Clinton street.
Lloyd and Lamar Quandell, of
Marcus Hook, Pa, were weekend
guests of friends in this city.
Miss Anna H: Green, of Sergeants-
vile, is spending a few days at the
home of Mrs. Anna G. Moore, on
Delevan street.
Ernest Huber, of Marcus Hook,
Delaware county, Pa, spent the
weekend with friends in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Meginnes and
daughter Miss Emma were Sunday
visitors with friends in Gardenville,
Bucks county.
Joseph S. Herring has returned
to his duties in New York city after
visit with his grandmother, Mrs.
John VanNatta, on Church street.
Mrs. William S. Hatch, daughter
of Mayor and Mrs. Theodore Bal
derston, who has been i'll at her
home in Davenport, Iowa, for a
couple of months past, is now much
improved, although not fully re-
covered. Mrs. Balderston, who has
been with her daughter since the
first week of her illness, expects to
return home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Bair, Jr.,
of North Main street, are the proud
parents of young son, born a few
days ago.
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10
GET POWER FROM VOLCANOES
italians Harness Escaping Steam Pres
sure for Use in Manufacturing as
Substitute for Coal.

Millions of tons of steam pressure
have been escaping annually from
the volcanic earth fssures in north
ern Italy, from the earliest recorded
times down to the preesnt. Natives
regarded the steam jets as nuisances
in all respects except that they at
tracted tourists with money to spend.
Today, however, Italy is very short
of coal, her supply coming mainly
from England, having to run subma-
rine blockades and pay enormous
freight rates. This coal shortage re-
Gently caused some scientists to con-
slider harnessing the volcanic steam
with the result that tens of thou
sands of horsepower have in this
manner been put to the uses of
manufacturing and heating.
Thers is almost no end to this sup
ply of raw" steam, and if the coal
shortage continues another year half
the mills in northern Italy may be
operated with power generated by
this long-neglected natural resource
of the country. War as a stimulant
of human ingenuity ranks with other
crises.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Lambertville record., 1917-05-10
Manager Wilbur Promoted.

Harold R. Wilbur, manager of the
Lambertville Public Service and New
Hope Electric Companies, and cap
tain of the Home Guards, has become
general manager of all the National
Utilities company's properties in this
state, which include electric plants
in this city; and gas plants at Dover.
Morris county, and Newton, Sussex
county.
W. E. McClintock, formerly To-
Gated here as manager OF the local
plant, and lately general manager of
the plants now under Mr.. Wilbur's
control, retains the treasurership of
all the companies, but will devote
most of his time to the National
Utilities company,
Extensive plans are under way
for the improvement of the North
Jersey properties. many having al
ready been made to the local plant,
which is giving this city and New
Hope the best lighting in their his
tory, and continuous service f or
lights, power or heating, the latter
branch of electricity being recently
developed locally.