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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
$4,000 PAY CHECKS GONE
Northern Pacific Detectives Seek Miss.
ing Paper at Spokane-Back
Wages Of Men. ..a ''

Spokane, May 21.-Northern Pa.
cific railroad pay checks tOtaling
$4,000 and issued for engineers and
trainmen as back pay from January
and for extra time under the Adj
amson law are missing. The entire
force of special agents of the railroad
are working on the case. ls !" 4
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
To Grade Iowa CITY Road.

Grading of the Iowa City road. the
Great White Way. east Of Oskaloosa,
will commence at once. County En-
giheer Tumy and his surveyors be-
gan work this morning. The road
will be widened and put into first
class shape.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
ENGINE ExPLoDEs; IS KILLED
Fifteen Others Injured by Blast in
Plant Of Republic Iron and Steel
Company In Ohio.

Youngstown, O., May 21.-Five men
were Killed and fifteen injured, several
of them probably fatally, when tur-
Blne engine exploded at the Bessemer
plant OF the Republic Iron and Steel
company. officers, who have started
an investigation, say they are unable
10 assign a reason for the accident.
A majority of the men killed were
American steel workers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
ATHLETES PREPARE FOR WAR
for Commissions as Officers in
Marine Corps.

New York, Nay FIFTY college
athletes We're given examinations here
for commissions in the United States
Marine corps. Among the fifty were d
number. or well-known stars. Including
Harry lie Gore, John w. Overton and
Alex Fprg'iSop of yalej and IIarola
Hopkins, tyill Jcwett and William
Eddy Of Princeton, ... i.s..,.. 4.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
BalIastinu Railway.

A gang of fifty laborers is EN-,
ployed in ballasting on the Rock Isl
and between Washington and Aims.
worth, under the direction of Road
master El Sullivan of Washington
This stretch OF track will all be rock
ballasted. VI
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
Are Still Early Risers.

Present day farmers have not for
gotten the traditions of their fore.
fathers. In this modern age, the farm
er still clings to that old time policy
of arising at the wee-small hours OF
the day and commencing work before
the sun rises.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
Senator Lane Very III.

SAN Francisco. May 2l.--United
States Senator Harry Lane of Port
land. Ore, who Is III MT 4 hospital
here. was reported by the physicians
In charge to be very low. MS si
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24

powers will be necessary only in the
few cases where some small and
selfish minority proves unwilling to
put the nations Interests above per-
sonal advantage, and that the whole
country will heartily support Mr..
Hoovcr's efforts by supplying the nee
essary volunteer agencies throughout
THE country for the intelligent control
of food CONSUMPTION and securing the
corporation of the most capable lead
ers of the very interests most directly
affected, that the exercise of the pow
ers deputed to him will rest very sue
cessfully upon the goodwill and CO.
operation of the people themselves,
and that the ordinary economic ma
chinery of the country will BE left sub
stantially undisttirbed.
Only for War Emergency.
"The proposed food administration
is intended, of course, only to meet d
manifest emergency and to continue
, only While the war lasts. Since it will
be composed for the most part of vol!
iinteers there need be no fear of the
possibility Of a pefmahent bureaucracy
arising out Of It. All control of con
sumption will disappear when the
emergency has passed" ,...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
Voted Aaainst Consolidation

In the school election held at Jei-
fcrson Center for the purpose OF de,
Gliding whether or not Hartwick and
surrounding territory would build a
consolidated school, there We're rs
votes in favor Of II and 80 opposing
Ii a4Aa aso
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24
Three French ships Sunk in Week.

Paris, May 19.-Only three French
merchantmen We're sunk by subma-
rines in the week ended May 10, ae-
cording to official announcement just
made. During that period ore vessels
entcrcd french ports and a9l depart.
ed. ~. = K 81 ts4-l, x
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-24

Although It is absolutely necessary
that unquestionable powers shall be
placed in my hands in order to insure
the success OF this administration OF
the food supplies OF the country. | am
confident that the exercise Of those
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Experience of Hospital
Throws Light On Question

An interesting sideiight on this question
comes from Bellevue Hospital, New York. This
Institution probably has the largest number of
trained nurses under a single management In
the United States. They are fed with scientific
regularity and by system. Miss Mamie Porter,
dictician for the nurses home at Bellevue,
SAYS that the women under her supervision eat
graham bread from a sense OF duty. They eat
white bread because they like II.
Our daily supply Of bread, which we get
from the commercial bakers OF New York. is
one.fourth graham says Miss Porter, and !
have thought OF reducing that amount as the
nurses. with few exceptions. do not care for II.
preferring the white bread, During the sum
mer months WI do without II altogether. II is
not an expression TO hear the nurses
say that they eat the graham bread because
II is healthful. not because they prefer IL"
Leon n Condor, chief OF food and drug.
Kansas State Board OF Health. adds his opin'
ion and at the same time takes quite a fling at
the part the imagination plays in the human
dietary.
white bread Is a legitimate and digestible
food. and especially more digestible than a
number Of forms OF other bread.
4 am Of the opinion that people should not
he worried over the things they have read
about the dietic value OF white bread.
The trouble with most people IL that they
get a fad or fancy aud try to live ON one kind OF
food, and such a practice of a one food diet has
no scientific basis. Even II we could live on
one kind of food. such a diet would be extreme
~ mOnOtOnous.'
Western food experts stick together. Further
testimony Is afforded by Or. Barney. State Com
missioner of Dairy and Food OF Iowa.
Some OF the statements made concerning
the food value OF bread made from whole wheat
seem 90 ridiculous AS to Justify a few state.
ments OF facts relative TO it's food value as com.
pared with the value OF white bread.
In the American home white bread has, for
many years. rightly and cheaply supplied a
large portion OF the carbohydrates required In
the diet, During the past year or SO. many
popular articles on foods have been published
which tend TO create the impression that white
bread is no longer TO he considered the STAFF
Of Life aud tina. bread khaldd he made from
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Mrs. Allen Favors
Eating More Bread

Says Mrs. Allen: 1T Is rather fortunate.
after all, that potatoes are high. tor bread is
being given n chance TO come into it's own
aFain. To be sure, It has always been called
the SIAN OF lfc. hut of late years many an.
other rood has crowded out bread from it's right.
tl place in the dietary. to the detriment OF
both the family and national health. Potatoes
have become even more of a habit than bread
and set there r. no comparison In food value.
for bread contains all the elements found IN pO.
tstoes and infinitely more. II potatoes we're
entirely wiped OF the face of the earth IL would
not be n tragedy. for bread served In any one
OF i's many forms is always there TO furnish
protein and starch and minerals and fat.
The trouble with the menu OF the average
family IL that il is too complex. too many mix.
lures OF foods that are not well combined must
result In indigestion. dyspepsia and autointoxi.
cation We need simpler meals, planned &C.
cording 60 the rutimepts OF the balanced ra.
ton, and bread should be served not as an &C.
cessory but as a food.
We speak sentimentally Of the good old
days. when our luncheon, or our supper con.
sisted OF a bowl OF bread and milk. together
with Q saucer OF fruit. and yet IN our Grass IT,.
norance We do not realize that what we need.
not in memory. hut IN actuality. is more sim
Pile meals OF this type"
In The wilds OF Maine experiments In the
n%utritiye value of whole wheat and patent
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Coarse Particles Good
Food For Animals

The coarse particles OF bran removed in
the milling Of -four while possessing value as q
food for domestic animals Is not a wholly
desirable ingredient OF human food. IL Ia true
that this course material Is valuable 10 some
individuals for the parastalic action which IL
promotes. but this in no sense implies that the
bran Is a necessary or desirable constituent OF
80 common and necessary articles OF food as
bread. II may be that the diet Of many city
people is deficient In ash and vitailines. IL
this be true, the remedy does not lie In the
consumption bran in our bread and cake any
more than II does In the eating OF raw corn.
peanut shells and wood ashes"
When II comes TO the vitamine content OF
bread there Is as wide a ya,iety OF opinions n
exists among expert alienists at the trial OF o
millionaire homicide.
pr. Ralph II, Lee, chemical expert OF New
York. insists that they reside primarily In yeas,
and lind their way into bread through thai
medium.
Dr. Harry gnyder. former professor q
chemistry OF the University Of Minnesota, in
clinos In the same view and this Is shared by
Miss Louise Stanley. home economic depart
ment OF the University OF Missouri. On the
other hand, ether leading authorities insist that
grains are wholly lacking In %viiamineH. and that
these are found only. or chiefly. In butter fats.
Recent experiments with guinea pigs are
cited In proof Of this contention. What seems
10 be the real essential truth is that every day
diet OF bread and butter will supply practically
all the essentials of food whether the yitamsnes
be In the bread or the hutter. The average house
wire Is but vaguely informed on the matter Oh
protein content. calorihc value. gluten and vita.
mines. She will observe, however. thar among
the things upon which all scientists agree are
the necessity OF a high protein content OF bread.
The availability OF that protein as well as
the carbohydrates and the necessary vita.
mines, whether these be derived from yeast.
from -four or from butter Is the important
thing. The arguments among scientists will
continue TO wage. But the person who can
insure an ample supply OF bread and butter for
his familg Cau rest cOmfOffable I'm the COuNtc.
ton that not alone have they been provided
With the best and cheapest OF foods. but that
IL Is a perfectly safe and sound. muscle build
ing. brain r~evivlng. health-giving diet, and that
the poet was not wrong In ascriblnR TO Il the
attribute OF being the STAFF OF life"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

military officer with agricultural cX-
prriouce was appointed hy each army
20 consult with the projects OF tho
department in which the loops wcfe
stationed aud to nnd out what work
was Co be- done and how many hands
We're required to do II.
The zone occupied by each army
was suh-dit.ded into small districts.
zach containing about twenty-five VII
lages cor hlulets Tho commanding
officer of the troops Stationed Ia each
district va. directed to get into touch
with the clvil official ana place ~ his
disposal ~ many men us are needed
or can sc spared tor agricultural la
hor.
The artillery and engineering repair
shops OF the army we're ordered to
mend damaged farm implements ana
replace missing parts and array far
Ijefs 10 shoe Irec OF charge AN horses
working on the land
The result of theSr arrangements Is
that. almost up 90 the hriug line. all
available laud In France is now ln cul-
tyation. ana soldiers In uniform,
whenever they can De- spared from
the trenches and dugouts and their
main task 81 destroying the Germans.
work chcorluily with The women,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

TOURS have been conducted for a number OF
years. DIR. Charles d.. Wood. director OF the
Maine Agricultural Station, says: Nothing In
the last year or two has disturbed In any way
the authority Of our deductions and observa.
tons made in conjunction with the federal gov.
eminent which established conclusively that
patent wheat -four. ard bread made out OF II.
il better food than any other bread made In the
world. Our experiments show that the highest
percentage OF digestible nutrients Is yielded
by white bread made from roller-process nodr.
Next comes entire wheat and last graham
bread.
This order also holds good when computing
the number OF calories of heat per gram CT
bread. white bread yields the largest number,
whole w..eat bread the second largest and era
ham bread the least.
The ndtritive value of bread depends not
only upon chemical composition, but also upon
dignstihility. and digestibility. in turn, seems to
depend largely upon the lightness OF the loaf
The lightness and sweetness of bread dc.
pend as much on the way In which II is made
as on the materials used. The greatest care
should be used in preparing and baking the
dough and in cooking and keeping the finished
bread. Heavy. badly raised bread is a very
dangerous food. and unfortunately very rom.
mon, and probably more indigestion has been
caused by It than by all other badly cooked
fn,dg 90
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
ELEPHANTS COMPELLED TO
HAUL \ CIRCUS TRAIN

when "a circus train ON the south
crn Pacific came TO an Involuntary
stop near Galveston not long ago, In
V~esiigatlon by the engineer revealed
the cause. Il IL reported, in a carload
OF elephants right behind the water
tank of the engine tender Being
athirst ana dusty, the Intelligent AMI
mails had reached with their trunks
through the end window of the car
INFO the tank. and every drop " he
water had gone 20 assuage %elephan-
tine thirst and spray vast areas OF
dusty hide. The elephant trainer was
called from tho oaboose to a consul
tatlon and solved the problem OF
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

machinc-Ruu Co lake In hand temper
arily the hoe. the spade. the harrow
and tho plough IN many of the dis-
tricts Of eastern and northeastern
France.
Tho toconuurs, OF large tracts Of
territory from The Germaus ana tho
return uf the Civilian inhabitants from
the places where they had taken ref
ugc confronted the authorities with
the problem ur rcstoring these lands
Il cultivation Farming Implements
to the value ui hundreds Of thousands
81 dollars. IL was found, had been
damaged or destroyed since the be-
ginning Of the MAR m what is known
as the gone 20. the armies. The
young peasants we're all serving IN
The ranks ANA the older men. even
with the sid Of the womcn and child
rem. We're unable 90 itll their places for
IN. proper cultivation 81 he land.
The army decided To step into the
breach. The greatest proportion "a
the soldiers boz the French ranks come
from the peasant on farming class IL
was therefore on easy ask 20 hnd
capable hands The organization was
more dimcultn but coordination be-
tween the cNil aud military authori-
ties was effected very rapidly A
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Men Among Defenders
OF the Staff of Life

In the defense OF bread, men are quite as nu.
mcrous as women. Ono of the very earliest
10 take up the cudgels was DIR. Harry Everett
Barnard, State Food and Drug Commissioned
II Indiana. who in public talks and In printed
articles calls attention TO the fact that is not
what is taken into the body that counts. but
what the body gets out OF the food supply that
makes for health and vitality. Here are some
OF Or Barnard's pungent phrases:
Faulty information gratuitously given. is
establishing a fixed idea in the minds Of many
otherwise we'll informed people that white
bread is no longer the stan OF life hut, be.
cause Of extreme publication AT the -four mill,
has been robbed OF its nutritive value. on all
the wrong ideas that are being spread about
food. The notion that white bread is unfit for
use is the most unsound.
A a matter of fact, experiment after expert
mont. conducted by the best experts OF the
world has shown that while graham or whole
wheat bread contains about 3 per cent more
protein, that white bread - far more thorough
~ and completely digested than whole wheat
Tread and after all, IL isn't what we take into
the BODY that counts, n Is the amount OF food
that is converted to the body's needs that ac-
tually determines It's food value, Wheat bran
is better digested by cows than men"
Back OF the men and women of Uncle sam
is an established international authority. a man
who is quoted IN every school where home eco.
nomics is studied.
Dr Robert Hutchinson, OF the London Hos.
pital, says
When we pass on TO consider the relative
n~u'ritiye values OF white and whole meal bread
We are on ground which has been the scene Of
mauy a controversy. II is often contended that
whole meal is preferable 10 white bread. be,
cause IL IL richer In protein and mineral matter.
and so makes a better balanced diet. But our
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Eighty Men Enlisted
In National Guard in
The Past Three Days

special Correspondence ~ The Herald
santa FC. y. Nj. Mas. Recruiting
for the Nat,ouai guard Of Ncw Mexico
during the last three days of last wroE
resulted I'm securing so men, according
To- reports received by Adjutunt GEN
cral Bach. Eighteen men enlisted IN
Battery \ 81 Roswell, and g. I'm th"
companies ~ the New Mexico rcsi-
mcnt
The reports cover recruiting up 10
last saturday night The culistmori
u men Tor the guard started last
Thursday. April 20
Tho oulistmouts by companies Lass
week follow
Company \. Las Cruces. = n
Cnrlsisad. -. g. Artcsia, B. u. Las
Cruces. mons. T.. santa re, o. r
Santa Fc. %. g. Albuquerque, q ",
Silver CITY. I. / p,ming, . Is, CLOVIS,
none. I. Albuquerque .; NJ ioriales'
>. headquarters company, ! supply
COMPANY. g.. sanitary detachment J.
Tho reports show that santa fc led
In rrcruitinr. 20 men cnlisting iu Ia"
two comuanits here. Carlsbad was
second with 20.
Supplementary Information In con
ncctiou with the war departments or
der fur the discharge Of men with de-
pendants has been received from the
department by Adiutant General
Raga. The department says.
'Dischirgc oi men solely because ~
tn, fact that they are married or
have families IL not authorized. When
"a mans means are ample for the sun
uort ~ his family in his absence or
when his business can ne 50 conducted
In his ubscuc" as To afford 4 means ot
support for his family. discharge
should not Doe granted.
Tho rules ip regard To- the dis
charge 90 ncu also appl' 20 enlist
m'nt
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

examination. OF the chemical composition OF
whole zeal bread has shown that. es regards
protein at least. this Is not always true. ano
OF whole meal bread, which we have seen TO
occur, would tend TO annul the advantage. As
regards mineral matter. in the case of ordinary
bread this Is not all absorbed. while the absorb
ton IL 80 much less In wholemeal bread that
the two are about on an equality. There Is,
therefore. no justification as regards the
amount Of mineral matter yielded to the blood
for recommending the use Of whole meal bread
by growing children or nursing women.
"On the whole. We may fairly regard the
vexed question of wholemeal versus white
bread as finally settled, and settled in favor OF
the latter. and had due regard been paid to the
behavior OF bread IN the intestine instead OF
merely TO It's chemical composition, the Bread
Reform League would probably never have
come into existence"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
NEW YORK IL BURSTING WITH
WEALTH.

In the May American Mugazine
Walter Prichard Eaton says
"Not within the writers memory
have New York hotels been so crowd
ed, Broadway go packed with motors,
the thoatcrs go fun of people. tickets
so hard to get prices ~ high. old
General Prosperity a. c-omplaccntly
stalking down the glitterinE alley Il
* safe TO say that the scaso Of 1916
u. in New YORK. was the most pros
perpus ever known to the theatcr
managers.
"One day In January, at 81 o'clock
In the morning. I saw seven motors
standing b. he curb on one block of
Filth avenue, an of them 1917 mod
els. ind the cheapest OF the seven
custins yer $4,000. The most eX-
penslve cost at least tIo.5oO. ~" 9th
ers cost az least $1,000. and the other
three, $1,000. There was ut least
$45.O 600 worth Of brand-ncw mHchiu-
cry, employing probably a do2cn men
and burning up precious gasoicn TOR
the sole purpose of enablnk seven
To ride.
But the motors are not The only
sign OF bloated prosperity iu Sew
YORK. The average hotel yic,k nov
combines the autocratic demcuucr Of
the Russinn Car with the nuncha,-
ant indifference OF the newspaper IT.
fee boy. There being pt least two NJ
plican;s for every hotel bed "a New
york all winter. he occupied what IS
known a. a strategic position, and
mad. ,he most Of 1t Prices scared
accordingly. You didn't eat when
YOU were hungry. but when the heau
waiter. IN his Olympian majesty. con-
descended co let YOU have a table. II
you were wise. YOU reserved a table N
advance. a process accompanied uy
q liberal donation To The college ed
uCutlou t1d Of the head walters chill
dreu. Food cost whatevcr the patrons
would stand tor paying, and The more
popular the hotel or restaurant the
more they would stand Tor.
Let's rave some caviare-wo
never get II ri home q woman In =
party ct eight said one night az q
popular broadway hotel
They had u. scarcely enough 20
spread q single slice OF toast apiece.
aud when th,y left one ut the men
said. You may hc Interested tu know
that ctyinrr for eight people cost IN"
exactly ufl,ou dollars.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03
Here is What Prof.
Philip B. Hawk Says

In a personal letter, under recent cate.
Or. Philip o. Hawk, Of jefferson College,
Philadelphia. aeeords high praise to the out.
put OF the trst.class American bakery. He
writes: "our experiments indicate that
homemade bread (Shen properly eookod)
and bakers bread digest about the same In
the normal human stomach OF course we
all know that the country is fun OF poor
cooks and mankind has been made 10 sui.
fer accordingly. II is. Of course. true that
the bakery product is much better standard.
lied than the homemade product" Testi.
mony from college with home economics
departments in Massachusetts, New York,
ohio, Indiana. illinois and Kansas also ties.
tify to the low average quality Of home.
baked bread.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

children and older men behind the
lines.
The system has been extended 10
that q OF the hne-i5O miles in
lcngth-hcld by the British and Bel
pians. but here the task liz a more dif-
iCult M as most 81 the northern alo
lies are, ia ci,il life, engaged in indus
trial work In the cities. The Cam
adams and Australians. however, have
uccn OF IMMENSE assistance in restor-
ms French land to productivcncss.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

moving the stalled train by unloading
the four offending elephants. who
were then htched In tandem In front
Of the locomotive and compelled TO
pail Il for a distance Of three miles
along the tracks 10 the nearest water
supply where the tender was replen-
lshed.- From the May Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-03

unbolted -four. These articles have been for
the most part written by 'fadists' and not by
authorities on food matters.
AS a matter OF fact, white bread contains a
greater percentage OF all food materials. weight
for weight, and is more nutritious than graham
OF whole wheat bread. In the process OF mill
ing -four the wheat grain Is ground and bolted.
This process refnes che resulting -four until
most OF the undigestlble hbrous particles OF
the grain are removed, but all constituents val.
liable as a food are retained In the -four.