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New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
Campaign for Volunteers Fails.

Washington, June 3o.-President Wilson's call for volunteers to bring the regular army up to It's full war strength of 3oo,000 men by today has not been realized. War department figures indicate that there is still g shortage of 5o,000 men. This discrep- ancy probably will be relieved by talk inr .reservists from the ranks of the new selective army.
 With recruiting week" at an end, only nine states he ve furnished the complete quota requested.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
Financial
DECISION BY l. [. [.
 UNSETTLES MARKET
Rail Stocks Slump From 1 to 5
 Points


 Wall Street-Rejection by the In- ter1stAte Commerce Commission of the f per cont. rAte increase caused tenn porary unsettlenent of the market today. Rails were offered in fairly large volume at gross losses of l to 5 points. Industrials and the so-called war groups yielded to 26 points with metals, shippings and miscel- laneous stocks. The last half of the session was attended by general ral- ly and the closing was strong. Sales were estimated at about 45O,00 shares. Bonds were irregular. Lib- erty 311 were less active at par to g small advance.
 New York Stock Exchange quota tons furnished 4hY Richter | Co. merdbere of tho New York Stock Ex- chsn9e. Represented by E. ". Eddy.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
Last Drive at Boston.

Boston, June 30.-A recruiting rally in common today will be the final effort of the regular army week here to stimulate enlistments.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
roo LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

WANTED-A Roadster in trade for
 touring car. Address Box K18X,
 Herald Office. 6-30-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
.SOUCHEz DEFENSES
 TAKEN BY BRITISH
{continued from First Pase)

Italian vessels last month to only ono vessel of over 1,6O0 tons also were described in the despatches. The country's commerce at present is guarded among other things by coast guns on trains. fast motor boats, hy- droairplanes, small dirigibles, torpedo boats and even submarines.
 Germans Report Advance.
 Berlin, June 30, via London-Ger. man troops yesterday captured sev. eral enemy lines south of LaBovells. farm on the Aisne front, army head quarters announced today.
 A line 500 meters in length on the eastern slope of Hill 304 northwest of Verdun was also captured.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
American Brass .s. U. 321' American Hardware ,sf 36
CLEARING HOUsE sI.AlTll

New York, Juno IT ment of the actual condition ing house banks and truat od for the week. shows thAt " $104,814,320 reserve n TT gsl requirements. This iia A@ Of $62,ss7,0so, over last - M x x
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30

1caency has displaced the old l0ned Cab with the Ford .nivver.'''. Y acaeency in weaving, cutting, and n4 rken's caothing Sives you bet nafs than eyee. before
 s sEln lnll su1inl laer Suits
 lxnal,le U tle edlciency In
 a~alklng. tako . loolx At tl,e suats yye are at $15 and 4z0 n blg values. you syant m extra Ane suit see at 9so.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30

This picture is that of John McCar- ethy, twelve years old, newsboy, who is probably the first American to re- ceive Uncle Sam's official thanks for contribu&ing to Americas war chest.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30
LOCAI STOCK HI
(Furnished by Richtar Fl III

(Furnished by RichtA S
 Tho local market TIT TIT ,4 && && today except for NA H Y chine which was acttye N " $ X The market closed
 asked. Niles. Bement. TT M n stock also held firm Til N l ket clossd I6s bid. 1k kt 4sll s M are the closing quotatio1la: a
 li a ss American Brass ..s. U .3 21 ss sE American Hardware 36 ssi Bristol Brass :. z. V. q 2 Ss Billings ' Spencer 100 Colts Arms .. . ..3. ,. n n s, LanderA Erary &t Clark IT K X New Britain Machine. s5 North q Judd ;# Stanley Works V. . o4 <, x Stanley Rule and Level. 390 Standard Screw s Scovill Mfg Co .... S2x Niles, Bement-P Pond cIn l 65
New Britain herald., 1917-06-30

Buy an Indiana truck.-aAvt.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28
LUMBER HIGHEST
AT CLOSE OF WAR
But Local Dealers Predict
Gradual Rise Because of
Governments Needs

Now is the time for the builder to
buy his lumber before the price rises
higher. Prices have advanced with
in the past ninety days because OF the
large orders being placed by the
government. Local lumbermen be-
lieve the real advance will come
when the war is over and the work
of reconstruction begins. The fol-
lowing orders 60 to show what will
pull the price up from the demand
side of the market.
The government last week locat-
ed one of the sixteen environments at
Admiral, Md. 1t has been estimated
that an average of about 13,500,OOO
feet of lumber will be required for
each of the environments, but the one
at Admiral, it is said, will be almost
twice the size of some of the others,
which, if true, would mean the use OF
approximately 25,OO0,OOO feet. In
fact, this is the estimate Of the re-
quirements generally accepted here.
The Committee on lumber Of the
Council of National Defense today
issued the war departments revised
specifications for lumber required
for the construction of environments
in the sixteen divisional training
camps for the new national army.
The specifications call for 16,520,-
500 feet of lumber for each canton
ment, for northern construction
that is, north of the south line OF
Virginia, Kentucky and Kansas-and
16,314,461 feet south Of this line
These figures do not include mater.
ial for stables, wagon sheds, post ex'
changes, storage and school build
ings, etc.
Word was received at the genera
office of the Georgia-Florida Saw
Mill Association at Jacksonville, Sat
urday from Secretary E. c. Harrell
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

cent on the investment, and 7.31 per
cent on total sales.
Why Houses Cost More
A recent comparison made be-
tween the present cost of a modern
home and the same cost of that same
home had it been erected without
modern improvements and conven-
fences, shows the following result:
The present cost of this modern
seven-room house, with all conven-
fences installed, was $3,450.00. The
deductions for full excavated base
ment, with concrete floor, hot water
heat, sewer, gas, water and electric
light connections and fixtures, paving,
bath room and fixtures, closets, etc.,
were $4,000 of this cost, which
shows that in order to install these
modern improvements So per cent
was added to the first cost of the
house, and that Al per cent of the
total cost of this modern house was
in improvements and conveniences,
very little of which was due to the
use of lumber.
1t is not question of the high
cost of building, but the cost of high
building. This does not refer to sky
scrapers, but is due to the greater
buying ability of the public, and de-
mand for better living conditions
made possible by modern improve
ments, about most of which our faith
ers knew nothing. When your father
built the house in which you were
born he not only did not include these
now considered necessities, he abso-
lutely knew nothing about them. In
stead Of adding these to cost, and
making them part of the house, he
went to the hardware and furniture
stores and bought his heating plant
in the form of stoves; his lighting
plant in the form Of coal oil lamp,
and his closets and pantries' in the
shape of wardrobes and kitchen cab
inets. There was time when most
people slept in the house and had a
bath room in the shape Of tub in
the kitchen, and the children fought
for the first chance at the hot water.
The toilets were in the back yard.
We have now reversed the order.
We have the toilets in the house and
sleep out Of doors.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

at Atlanta, advising that the Georgia
Florida Saw Mill Association will be
given contract today to supply the
lumber for the government canton
ment at Atlanta, requiring 27,00O,-
900 feet.
Over 26,000,000 feet Of lumber, or
1926 car loads of timber, all of
which will be used in the construc-
ton of the national army canton
ment at Battle Creek, Mich, the con-
tract for which has been awarded by
the War Department to Porter Bros,
general contractors with head offices
in Portland, Ore, and large branch
office in Detroit.
The contract covers 1000 build
lngs of various sizes-a vertible city
in itself-and calls for the expendi-
ture of more than $3,500,000. The
contract is awarded on a percentage
basis. Under this arrangement every
delay caused by the ever increasing
cost of building material and labor
will be avoided. The percentage ba-
sis means that the contractors will
charge only about 7 per cent above
the cost of materials and labor. The
NAHUM fee that can be charged on
any one contract is about $250,000.
The cantonment will be built on a
90O-acre tract, four miles west of
Battle Creek, which the government
recently purchased. 1t will be de-
signed to house 100000 troops.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

In a period of rising prices, money
for most people is easier to get and
we speak of good times. The article
that rises least in price is the one to
buy providing you have need for it.
Today that one thing is lumber. 1t
hasn't nearly kept pace with the
other products some Of which have
doubled and even tripled in value.
How Lumber is Distributed
Eighty per cent of all lumber sold
in the average community is sold in
wagon loads or less, not in car lots.
1t is possible for lumber yard to do
fair amount of business and not sell
as much as carload to any one con-
sumner in whole year. If it were
possible for all consumers to buy in
car lots land it is notl it would, Of
course, cost less to sell it, but not 10
per cent of the lumber consumed in
the average community can be sold in
car lots. No mill-either North,
South or West-can fill an order for
the average house even if a carload
is required because the average home
today requires from two to eight
pieces Of wood, each Of them grow
ing in widely different parts of the
country,
Retailers Make Small Profits
1t has been charged by some that
retail lumbermen have been making
exorbitant profits. Mail order lum-
Der companies have been quick to
take this up in order to mislead the
public into buying their product. For
those who really believe that retail
lumbermen make undue profits, the
following is submitted from the Of
ficial report of W. B. Greedy of the
National Forest Service: "The Gov
eminent report covered an investi-
cation of 1000 operations Zone OPP
Grafton being one full years bust
ness) of line yard companies doing
business in Missouri, Kansas and Ok
lahoma during the years 1912,1913,
1914 and 1915, and shows a net pro-
fit of $2.08 per thousand feet, or
1853 per cent on the investment,
which is 7.02 per cent on total sales.
Returns are obtained also from
lightweight town and country yards
operated by independent retailers on
the business transacted in 1914.
Their net profit averaged TAG per
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

be beaten. Our service is the best. Build
that barn, granary, chicken house, hog
shelter etc, before the icy blasts of winter
find your livestock unprotected. We will
gladly give you an estimate. Try us.
ware and can satisfy your every need. Now
is the time to buy hardware as it is bound to
rise. We also handle the celebrated Mon
arch line of paints.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28
NOW is THE TIME
TO BUY LUMBER
Price Has Risen Least of all
Products With Exception
of Wages

In speaking of the high cost of
living we can almost forget lumber
for it has risen the least of anything
today with the exception of the price
of labor. Rising prices in everything
else makes the purchasing power of
money greater as refers to this par
ticular product.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

Luther Gentzler of Wichita, ac-
companied by his sister-in-law Miss
Lena Foulk, came in Tuesday morn
ing to help his father j. H. Gentzler
through harvest.
Mr.. Gentzler, S. has out 500 acres
of wheat. He reports that most of it
will average between six and eight
bushels per acre.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

Miss Jennie Keith who has been
stenographer at Wits Real Estate
Office, left Tuesday for few days
visit with her uncle, E. G. Putnam, at
Guyman, Oklahoma.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28
Buy Lumber Now and You Can
Save Money

Indications are that Lumber will make
stiff advance before very great while. The
government is using large quantities and
cheaper for some time. Now is the time to
build. Good buildings are an investment
and will repay you.
We have large stock of lumber in any
grade you want. Our selling price cannot
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Heston, of
Guymon, visited friends in Liberal
Sunday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Skinner and
daughter Lucille, came in Tuesday
from Topeka where they had been
visiting Mrs. SINNERS parents.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

Mrs. J. ]. Lantry left Tuesday after
a visit of several days with Mrs. B.
M. lyman and Mrs. o. E. Dobson.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-28

]. s. Montgomery and family left
Tuesday morning for a two-weeks
visit in Colorado.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
ID1 n n e r
8 tor / G s.

What is the price OF WHITE tape"
asked the lady.
Five cents per yard" said the
assistant.
That's very dear said the lady. :.
well, you see," said the hopeful
assistant, seeing his masters eyes
upon him." it's on account OF the scare
ity of tapeworms.
Derrigan lived in an old cottage
which stood in a field near the high
road to Dublin The foundations CT
the house were lower than the road,
through which ran a great water main.
AS the living floor of the house was
raised on posts to make 1t level with
the highway, it left large cellar I'M
derneath, where Derrigan kept several
hens. One day the water main burst,
flooded the cellar and drowned the
hens.
Derrigan Immediately put in claim
for damages. After a long delay and
much trouble influential friends assist.
ed the old man to get $40 In settle
ment of his claims.
That evening he saw Mrs. Cassidy
his next door neighbor. sitting on her
back steps.
'eI got me money from the disthrlct
council" he called to her.
"Did yez, then, Mr. Derrigan? It's
glad | am. How much did yez get?
1.-TWO pounds.
GLORY be! An hev' yez the money"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
Kaiser and People One

Samuel P. Orth in the Century Magazine.
II haste to condemn the German kaiser forget
that government whatever its FORM cannot live alone
- imposition. The German thing that fight-das
Deutschhum-is imperial partnership, Hohenzollern
and Volk And the of it's prosperity open
the willing bending of obedent folk a medieval
ambition.
1 is high time that the American people rid them
selves of the fatal delusion that there distinction
tween the ambitions of the kaiser and of his people They
terrible unity neither will forsake the other And
the hope of German democracy vanshes upon the
contact with realism historic contemporary
For generations the army has been the mpor-
tant unit in the state. Its social and intellectual effects
tremendous especially in the days before Industrial
ism had created trade unonism It organization
Of the people by the Junker for the Hohenzolen The
two years of absoutism, which AngloSaxon would
be of fearful suppression meeky submitted
to, and form Of petty brutality patiently endured
the barracks. Ecclesiastical social and industrial
pulsion joined their power to the army.
And what autonomy is left? Certainly political
autonomy Because such heritage breeds two traits
obedience in the the of command in the
In the word, obedience you have the the
partnerships The German obeys is habit.
From the cradle to the his life is regulated for him.
and he submits. That is the stuff democraces are
made of.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
What 1906, 900 Americans Believe

The Second Liberty Bond issue was oversub-
scribed by fifty-f percent.
More than nine million persons bought $4,-
81, 532 300 worth of bonds.
Secretary McAdoo in congratulatory state
ment to the American people halls the result as
evidence of the widespread interest of the peo-
pie in the purposes of the war, and Of their deter
mined support of the government in all measures
required for its vigorous prosecution"
The brief explanation of the secretary exactly
expresses the sentiment of the American people
Despotism must be wiped out and if it takes
the last dollar and the last ounce of blood, we
Americans will sacrifice them with an abandon
that will prove forever that humanity, righteous
ness and justice still actuate our national heart
1t is gratifying to note in this connection that
Wayne county was in the top-notch list of SUBJ
scriptions made in Indiana. We went beyond our
allotment. All of us rejoced in the achievement
Today enter into the greater pleasure
of knowing that we belong to that overwhelming
majority which will give unlimited support to the
government in prosecuting the greatest war of
all times. -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
The Presidents Thanksgiving Proclamation

The liberty loving world has hailed with un-
stinted praise the great papers of state which
President Wilson has written anent the gigantic
struggle which today is being waged for the
cause of civilization
None of the statesmen of the Allies has pro-
trayed in such Illuminating words the great prin-
ciple at stake in this conflict.
The American people may be pardoned for in
sisting that President Wilson put the struggle on
an exceedingly high plane, far beyond the pur-
poses originally enunciated by our Allies, when he
said that we were fighting not for aggrandize-
ment or power but to make the world safe for de-
mocracy.
The presidents Thanksgiving Day proclanla-
ton is another example of his admirable ability
to make US see the real truth of situation.
In it he calls on us to appreciate the high serv-
ice which the world is asking and to thank God
for the grand opportunity of showing service in
a day when heroic sacrifice and devotion to duty
are demanded of ALL
I'VE have been given the opportunity to serve man
kind served ourselves in the great day of
Declaration of independence by taking against
tyranny threatened master and debase
where and joining with other free peoples IN demanding
all nations of the world what then demanded
and obtained for ourselves.
IN this day of revelation of duty only to
defend rights nation but to defend also the
rights throughout the world there has been
vouchsafed full and inspiring the resolution
spirit united action We have been brought to
mind and purpose A vigor of common counsel and
action has been revealed in us"
Thus tersely does he re-state our duty as a ma
ton toward other people who may be debased and
outraged by tyranny. Then he continues with an
appeal that asks to live up to the high sense of
our duty:
I'VE should especially thank God that in such cireum
in the midst of the greatest enterprise that spirits
of have entered we have. If we but OBJ
reasonable and practicable economy, abundance
with which supply the needs of those associated with
we'll new light shines about The
duties of day awaken and greater national
spirit u.s. shall again be divided wonder
what stuff made of.
And while render thanks for these things let
pray Almighty God that in all humbleness of spirit
may look always to him for guidance; that be
the spirit and of SERVICE that by
his grace minds may be directed and hands
strengthened and that his good time liberty and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
SUMMING Up THE
EVIDENCE
MANY Richmond People Have Been
Called as Witnesses.

Many Richmond People Have Been
Called as Witnesses.
Week after week has been publish
ad the testimony of Richmond people
kidney Observation-Disclosures victims
people who have endured many
forms of kidney, bladder or urinary
disorders. These witnesses have
used Doan's Kidney Pills. All have
given their enthusiastic approval. It's
the same everywhere. $4,000 American
men and women are publicly recon-
mending Doan's-always in the home
tauers. Isn't it wonderful, convinc-
ing mass of proof? If you are suffer-
er. your verdict must be TRY Doan S
first
Here's one more Richmond case.
Mrs, R. ". Routh, 207 Randolph ST.,
says. Several years ago had occa-
sion to use Doan's Kidney Pills and
found them to be an excellent medl-
cine, | have taken them since FOR
slight return attacks and they nave
never failed to relieve me In snort
time"
Price 6oc, at all dealers. Don't simp-
" ask for kidney remedy get Doan 5
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs.
Routh had. Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs.
Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
Backache? Rheumatism?
Rundown?

Those of US who are past middle age
are prone to eat too much meat and in
consequence deposit lime-salts in the
arteries, veins and joints. We often
suffer from twinges of rheumatism or
lumbago, sometimes from govt, swollen
hands or feet. There is no need of this,
as the new prescription, Anuric, is bound
to give immediate results as it is many
times more potent than ithia, in Kidding
the impoverished blood Of its poisons
by way of the kidneys. Simply ask for
Anuric double strength) for kidneys or
backaehe, the discovery of DR.. Pierce.
1t will overcome such conditions as rheu-
matism, dropsical swellings, cold extrem-
tiles, scalding and burning urine and
sleeplessness due to arising from bed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09

curity and peace and the comradeship Of JUS
tice may be vouchsafed nations of the earth"
Can any one read these words penned by our
chief executive without glorying in his American
citizenship and feeling that also he has been
moned to help in the great work that Providence
has set before us?
To the glorious establishment of liberty, Sc
curity, peace and the comradeship of common
justice among all the nations of the EARTH let us
apply hand and mind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09

me up in good health, cured me Of all
nervousness and my general health was
better than it had been for some time. I
can recommend 'Favorite Prescription
as being a splendid medicine for women -
-MRs: G. E: TIMERMAN, 5l3 William ST.
DIR. Plerce's Favorite Prescription has
been sold by druggists for nearly fifty
years. 1t is put up in both liquid or
tablets. Ii not obtainablc at your dealers
send SO cents to DR.. Pierce, Inyalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N Y, and he viii mail
direct package Of the tablets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
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from high sources that there will be
a sauerkraut famine this year
Let the enemy worry about that.
r. K. M: A picture store In the
Pennsylvania Terminal arcade adver-
tises that the Rheims Cathedral, for
merly worth Sc. now is worth 81.
Sherman was right. E. I. M.
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ent day American literature