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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
Materials

The Chalmers. inch for inch pound for pound,
stands high above the other it, in size or
price.
Chalmers selects only the finest raw materials.
For the frame carbon steel For the axle shafts
and propeller shalt chrome nickel. For the front
axle drop forged carbon steel For the motor
casting close grained gray ron. For the rear
gears nickel steel heat treated to secure hardness
and toughness For the transmission housing
aluminium alloy.
So it goes throughout the car from end to end.
Examine the Chalmers carefully. The deeper you
90 the deeper You are impressed with the quality OF
Chalmers materials.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G AS Q r | a
CATALoc OF WAR BOOKS 4

London March l5-A committee of
librarians here is preparing a bibli-
waphl ol war books, their aim be-
10 make it eventually nothing
haa d complete catalog Of ey-
thns published anywhere in the
Untul 0n lhc subject Of war Only
c.cl ,o,s Of the complete catalos
re 90 be made, one of which will 70
20 the congressional library in Wash
mg.on
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
Frame and Body

An exceptional frame Light and stiff Sturdy
and strong. Made Of pressed channel section.
inches deep inch aanges. inch thickness
Braced by 3 cross members and reinforcing plates
A sheet steel body With frame Of select ash
Genuine leather upholstery. Luxurious cushions.
Soft and Deep High seat backs Wide seats.
-Four bow top Covered with Pantasote. Cur
tains equipped with quick and easy fasteners.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
Equipment

Equipment is costly and complete Westing
house electric starting and lighting. Willard 80
A. II. Battery. Stewart Warner Speedometer and
Vacuum feed fuel system Gun metal finish in
strument board Nickeled foot rest These fea-
lures indicate the high quality Of equipment used
on the Chalmers cars.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16

The motor is light weight, high power six
Walls are tested for uniform thickness, to prevent
the possibility Of distortion and loss of compression
A specially designed intake manifold improves
carbureton. Handles fuel economically. InsurcS
easy starting in cold weather.
The crankshaft is designed to transmit maximum
power of the motor without distortion or vibration
A one piece crankshalt of drop forged carbon steel
heat treated Noted for sturdiness. Strength.
Rigidity Balanced while rotating at high speed
on special machine. The balancing weights are a
unit with the SHAFT
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
C0RNS PEEL RIGHT
Off WITH "GETS-IT"
Drops, and The Corn is a
Goner!"

When you've got to wals oa the sMc,
Of your SHOES 10 ger away from tbos'
awful corn pains toere's ou" one com
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16
Manufacture

Chalmers builds from the ground up" in Chal
mers own shops Motors are Chalmers built, from
rough castings to the final test Built with skill
perfect facilities and untold care
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-16

Here are a few reasons. Only few. Read
them Then come TO us and let us prove to you
that meaning of the word Quality in amotor car.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

various military and civilian relief organizations call for the labor of hundreds of thousands of women. The munitions works and the factories which must continue at work to sup ply the needs of the civilian 'popula- tion, and in which the male staff of former times has been largely re- placed by feminine staff, account for hundreds of thousands more.
 Stores, hotels, tram lines. dining cars, railway stations, farms and the like are served by women now. The German woman whose time is not talk en up in one of these ways, or by the cares of her household, is expected to enroll as a voluntary worker, to be assigned according to her capacity and aptitude.
 Economy in the use or the human material may be observed in the man ner in which the fragments of men that come back from the war are be- | ing utilized.
 am not referring here to the very remarkable relief work, in which crip- pied men are being taught to make themselves self-supporting. This is really a part of the machinery which ! is being gradually created in Germany to meet the after-the-war conditions. The present day need is such that men who have been so seriously in- jured that they would be permanently discharged from duty in any of the allied armies are still doing @ mans part.
 Men are used about the various af- filiated services who have been de- prived of the use of one or more limbs and sometimes are suffering from very serious wounds.
 Apart from the demands of the military and of the affiliated services, I am assured by those who have first hand knowledge and other very eX- cellent information of present day German conditions that no manufac- turing whatever Is going on except that which is necessary for the con- tinued existence of the people.
 In summing up, it may be said without exaggeration that every ounce of energy possessed by Germany to- day is directed toward the one pur- Ipose-that of fighting out the war
 All the external things which make
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

life pleasant have been cast aside. The whole nation is fighting in a sense which is not equally true of any allied nation, and which it is to be hoped. need never become true of any of them.
 These things must be realized by America, together with the fact that Germany's advantageous position and her thorough initial preparation en- able her to get a greater value from each foot-pound expended than can any of the allied nations.
 Germany is Respondent and over- taxed and under nourisled and over- worked, to an extent that cannot be comprehended except by some meas ure of personal contact. She fears the future in a fashion that cannot be ex- aggerated.
 But as yet Germany is not ready to quit-Boston Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18
CERMANY'S VAST WAR MACHINE. CONTINUES TO MOVE ALTHOUGH
 PEOPLE ARE WEARY OF FIGHT

Bern, Switzerland-Much has been said of the manner in which the Ger man Empire has been converted into a. great war machine. That this is literally true can only be comprehen- ded in its entirety by those who are now living in Germany. Even across the border, however, it is possible to discern this much:
 Not one wheel is turning in Ger many today unless that wheel is di- rectly or indirectly engaged in the futherance of the war.
 This statement may be challenged as an exaggeratfon. It happens, how ever, to be susceptible of proof. There are no freights except war freights in Germany.
 The roads are government owned and wholly militarized, as is well known. For a time pretense of con- tinuing the general business of the first two years of the war was kept up. The freights were listed under three heads:
 War freight.
 Contributory war freight.
 Freight of the usual civilian char acter.
 War freight was given preference, of course. Next to it came the "con- tributory'' freight such as raw mater ials for munitions and food for the people. In this connection civilians are considered as war material" Un- less they are kept in condition to work the army must eventually fail to func- tion.
 Last of all came the freights of a purely civilian character such as baby arriages and brooms and table china nd mahogany bedsteads, If there were room and freight cars left, thil
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

countries are obliged to present them selves for military service if it is pos sible for them to do so.
 Every German in the United States today is due in the German army. The time will come when he must explain to his imperial master why he did not wear the green gray of the German army.
 Germans in the United States will be forgiven-or many of them will because of the impossibility of getting to Germany across a well-guarded sea. But here in Switzerland no such pro lection avails them.
 I have been told of cases in which men have been mulcted of all they possessed-of well-to-do men who have been reduced to penury because they refused to go back to Germany to do their military service. These men can never return to Germany ex- cept upon a proper and we'll paid for permission.
 It is quite clearly understood that one of the sources of revenue Ger many hopes to tap after the war is the fat pocketbooks of the Germans resident in the United States, and who have been paid good wages or made rich profits during the period of the war They must pay if every. they hope to go back.
 With every valid man at work for the war or fighting, there remain oth- CT Germans to be accounted for. There are the women, for example. Women are working at almost every sort of job in Germany today from cleaning streets to running lathes in shell fac tories. The woman problem" Is one of the innumerable problems of after the war which even now are growing permanent wrinkles in the foreheads of thoughtful Germans.
 | Whatever may be the after the war activities of the German women, those who have recently visited Germany tell me there are practically no idle women in Germany today. There is a voluntary civil service" in which German women are expected to enroll together with those men who by req son of age or disabilities are exempt 1 from service with the military or the affiliated lines.
 The needs of the hospital and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

class of freight was hauled. It is still on the classified list, but the Germans have given up the effort to ship it.
 There are not men enough in Ger many outside of those engaged in war, to handle this freight. Nor are the German railroads in condition to han dle it. The demands of war are eX- hausting them. Germany's supply of valid men has been completely taken over for the army.
 Boys of 16 1-2 years of age are now taken from their homes and schools and sent to barracks for the years drill and disciplining they must have active operations.
 Men are taken for the army up to 50 years of age. They are taken be- tween 50 and 55 years of age for some forms of civilian service. Over 55 they are still free to die comfortably in their beds of dysentary induced by underfeeding or pnuemonia induced by weakness plus chill.
 A certain proportion of these men are permanently exempted because of physical unfitness. Others are tenn porarily exempted. Still others have been called and released subject to further call.
 Perhaps not 10 men in the Empire know how many men there are ac- tually in service; or what proportion of each class is still subject to call; or what the net man resources of the German Empire is today,
 It is practically impossible for a valid German man to escape service, however. The man who evades ser vice, or attempts to deceive the gov ernment inspectors, is severely pun lished, Germans resident in other
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18
MEN ARE NEEDED IN
 CANADIAN ARMY

Recruiting for an army is a many sided affair. Three men are needed behind the lines to keep one soldier in a front line trench ready to go over the top. Men who fight must be backed by men who work, and experts in all sorts of trades are needed. The British and Canadian Recruiting Mis- sion. for example, through the Inland Waterways and Docks Section of the Imperial Royal Engineers, is now in urgent need of blacksmiths, boat builders, carpenters, caulkers, drill- CTS, frame benders, heavy timbermen, platers, platers helpers, pile drivers quarrymen, triggers, rivetters and their mates, seamen, shipwrights, shipyard machinists and stevedores.
 This corps offers a special opening for service to men between the ages of fl and 56, and to younger men who are highly skilled or medically | fit to carry on their trade occupation They are being enlisted for the dura- tion of the war, provided they are needed that long, and their transpor- tation is paid to the point of enlist ment. Applicants are required pre- ferably to produce references certify ing that they are efficient in their trades.
 These working soldiers rank from prtvates to sergeants, a private re- ceiving 76 cents per day, lance cor poral S4 cents, a second corporal ] $1.OO, corporal $1.08 and a sergeant | SIPS, and Separation allowances are paid to dependents. The Canadian Patriotic Fund also gives an allow ance to dependents residing in Can ada.
 The fact that there is plenty of thrill and adventure in store for these working soldiers was demonstrated recently when United States en- gineers, caught in an attack near Cambrai, picked up British rifles and fought the Germans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18
BIG PROFIT IN SHEEP BRED FOR
 FUR
A writer in the December Farm an

A writer in the December Farm and Preside says:
 "One of the latest industries intro- duced into the United States is that of breeding Karakul sheep, natives of Asia, for the production or tur. While the ultimate aim of the business is the sale of Karakul lamb skins for use in garment manufacturing, owing to the limited number of these sheep in the United States and the difficult ties incurred in importing new ones the sale of adult pure-breds and high grade animals is at present the most profitable features.
 The Karakul may be said to repre- sent a distinct type of sheep, but many persons have hesitated about calling them a breed
 Tn 1912 L. M. Crawford began the experiment of crossing Karakuls with Lincolns and other long-wool sheep on his 1900 acre ranch, near Cotton wood Falls, Kansas. This ranch is now known as the Kansas Karakul ranch and is one of the few in the United States to be devoted to this in- dustry. As result of crossing Kara kuls with Ldncolns the half-bloo6 lambs were all black with the lustel and curl typical of the pure Karakul Pelts of some of these lambs, borr dead or dying soon after birth, were priced at an average of $5.50 each bJ the tanner to whom they were sent Four belts which were sent to a tailor to be made into two overcoat collar, were reported as worth $6 each.%
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18
SOME HINTS ABOUT GASOLINE

In the December Farm and Firesida a writer says:
 "A woman driver complains that she gets only about two thirds as much mileage from a gallon of gas as her friends who have the same kind of car, and wishes to know how to increase it.
 "A book might be written on this subject, but here are a few practical helps: first test the compression by turning the motor over by hand. A car that seems to be a gasoline eater frequently has poor compression, which indicates that the valves need grinding, or that poor oil is being used, or, in the case of an old car. that new piston rings are needed. When compression is poor the explo- sions in the cylinder are weak, and the throttle must be opened considers ably more to secure the desired po1t- CT. This wastes gasoline"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

The Fisk Jubinee singers will give concert tomorrow evening at o'clock at United church. The concert is given under auspices of the Mems club and admission is free but by tickets which can be procured at D. M. Read co. and Rowland D. c. Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-18

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
About People !
Movements Of individuals to
and From sns CITY.
SSCSTSSESCn

Mrs. John Conrad Of Rutler, Pa. mas
returned homo after 4 pleasant VISIT u
her daughtrr.r Mrs. Archie MaGGlnnls.
Miss Sarah White 81 Pleasant valley
is. suffering from Il broken collar pone'
sustained while sled riding.
DR.. Arthur iiruSc Of the syracuse
University. syracuse. y. " Will Spehd
the holidays with his parents.
Miss tiur.ucr \. Rces Of lunataw-
ney Pa. will spend IN" holidays with
Mrs. Edward Handy IF tn" south side.
Or Thomas Grier N""ntZ has return
cd FROM Il trip " mountain missions.
ricurs" N.lf"r and Edward Art'l-
brr,:ht students ~ III" University "t
PenuS ylvalIia. will arriv" home tomor>
row tor tn" christmas holidays
Rudolph Apprls. w?to has been attend
ing school at Phillips. \nd"vcr academy
has arrived h"tnc. to spend tn" Christ
mas holidays with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs ~ .lppels of National road
George l.. Goodwin Of washington
u. - int.rStat" secretary of III" Young
Mems Christian association. was the
guest eff SECRETARY Lynch Of the Y. NJ.
nrr.. yesterday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
NINETY FROM
MARSHALL COUNTY

\iu,iv-"juh; Marshall county men.
rl,, iasi ruuiInprut al the first qu"ia
r,ll..d for service. l:,d"r III" S"l"ctiN"
draft. ,uIininr,i from Muund*viIl" yes
,,rday af,rrIiunn. shortly after o'clock.
TIN. men CO Ia Fort Scrircn ia. where
they will enter lhr coast artillery SER
vice. All six alIrrnatrS were sent To
,h,. Fort S,ry"u camp. Thirteen for
cirucrs failed 70 appear. OF these. Two
wrr,, already in the service. Oscar fnst
arrived too late IL get the train. Flo had
been living in another section of the
state and was not notified in time To
report.
\ great crowd assembled at the court
hnlS.. and marched To the railway STA
iiuu with The boys 10 say good bye'
h;,i the crowd WINS not nearly so large
aS Witnessed the departure OF tn" Two
in,rrmrris sent from this county TO
Camp Lac. Neither was the crowd so
emotional rs on former occasions. few
faces in thu aSsrmhlagc being stained
with tears.
Before In" hoys left thu draft quar-
trrs all Of III. boys were given comfort
kits by Nh Red Cross, 'whil" at noon
they w.rr hauuunicd at the First NJ. H..
rhNrtN.
Mus! q! In" mon called In cnirain
Yesterday, r.purt"d early ut the draft
quarters in the court hnuS". Many ".
them hruught along e. o: SUITS. Of UNI
d, rrlolhiug. etc, III" Wal department
warming that there WIS 4 shortage OF
such articles.
The band hired for III" occasion by
the county council uf defense. turned out
carly and played from II O'clock until
train time At noon the boys were mar
ShaIird into line and marched To the
First NJ. Il. church. where III" Indies Of
;h,. Red ross served an npp.tizinG din
ucr. The basement at the church was.
as or previous occasions of n similar
nature beautifully decorated and the
tables were spread with all the delica-
clos Of the season.
Following lunch 1t the church the mon
reported back tn the draft hunrd. and
shortly aftcrward marched to the b. &
u station.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
MEAN THIEVES ROB
TWO DRAFTED MEN
Boys Arc Victims OF P1ckpockets at the
B. s. o. Depot.

Hanging would be too good for tn"
NCknOCli"t that Stol" thirty-tirc dollars
from the pocket Of Thomas Bennett. one
Of tn" draft,cS who left yesterday with
the last contingent of tho first quota "C
drafted men Ter Fort SCcv"n. Ga, lear-
inr tn" young man but nfly-ttvr cents
,u So. hl,n through his trip Of $50
mics. where he is going Into training
with his comrades TO tight for his cuun-
try and our flag.
Bennett was robbed at thr Is. Il q.
station shortly bctnr" tn" train depart
ed, but did not discover his loss until
the train reached Bcnwuud junction,
when ne needed the money for some pur-
pose and reached into his pocket. To lind
his wallet missing. The discovery that
he had lost his money Sron spread
through the car. and all tn" boys begun
Il search for their bank rolls, with ;hc
result that James Russell discovered
that hn had lost his all--$llSD which
he had slowed away for emergencies.
Did these boys continue on thsir jour
ney broke? Net by juEful. In Il few
minutes the fellows were busy passing
the hat around In the car. and "a substan-
ti;,l sum WAS given to the two unfortu-
mates, who Insisted that they would not
accept It. az il would place them in an
embarrassing position. 1t was finally de-
cided that thoy w"r" to accept the funds
and out Of. their first pay donate to the
camp mess the amount received.
At the request OF Hcnn"tt the Wheel
ing police were notified and they PROM
Used To b" on tn" lookout for the thieves.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
DECLARES BOARDING
OF SUGAR CAUSED
THE NEAR FAMINE

WASH NOTION. Dee. @0.-A plentiful
supply az sugar for thG American pcu-
pl" during tho coming year was predict
eel today by Earl j.. l:ahSI. president of
III" American Sugar Refining company.
t"StifyIng before the senate Investigate
ing committees. II" opposed placing
limit uu domestic consumption. cuntend-
ing that any such pian would result IN
n larger surplus than the tonnage short
ag" would permit To be shipped abroad
Half Of The worlds sugar crop out
sid. Of tn" central powers, Mr.. BaoSl
said. is produced in the United States.
It's territories and Cuba and If properly
distributed this. production is more than
enough To mc"; domestic demands as
we'll az supply all that can be shipped
t. the allies.
OF this. years shortage Mr. Rabst
said that it had it's inception in unwar-
rantcd famine stories spread broadcast
carly in III" year. which resulted IN
boarding. and has been aggravated d!
Il series OF unav"dabl" conditions ever
since. When people began 10 hoard the
rrnurries held large stocks. hut soon
these were materially reduced because
Of strikes fom"nt"d by ihr Iudustrin'
Workers Of tho World. Then came an
unprecedented demand he said. h"chVS"
nj the food Administrations canning
campaign. The pinch cam" IL niue
earlier than might b. expected because
England took @nm.n0n tons of the Cuhan
crop which normally comes 10 TINS
country, and when the lat" beet crop
came on the railroads were unable 10
transport IL east.
George II. Rulnh. director "f III" t@"d
administration sugar lur"au. followed
Mr., Iiahst ON the stand. II" answered
critics of TN" food administration VII"
maintain that the price Of Ia cents
pound set for beet sugar WAS To" hiEn'
by saying that had not ihc price boon
set sugar prices now would he 20 or 20
cents a pound whrr" available. The
beet sugar growers who met here In ar
range for the price wanted much more
he asserted.
Chairman Reed wanted 10 know II CO.
crCiuu was not used in making the agree
mcnt. or whether rnhncries were threat
rncd with refusal nf licenses Il they did
not agree. The witness maintained that
the agreement WAS voluntary. and point
Cd out that three refnrric$ not entering
into It were running now on fnnd admin
iStratinn licenses.
Some members Of tho committee think
It is not necessary To go into some Snuh-
jects in such great detail. and ar" urg.
ing speeding M the inquiry. II WAS az
p"ctcd that Food Administrator Hoover
might b. called to-day. hut as tho trs,i-
nony of Mr.. I20lph was barely started.
and Il committee. Of bee, sugar growers
have been promised II hearing tu-lnOr-
row. it is unlikely that tho adminiStra-
tor Will ''r heard until lat" tomorrow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
VIM. P. BRENNAN
Formerly Of This City But Now Of Bar
ton, Passes Away at North
Wheeling Hospital.

William P. Brennan. aged fHrly-nn"
nf li;,rton. passed away al IN" North
Wheeling hospital yesterday aft"rn""n
ut n'clnrk. following mn operation. Mr.
Brennan has b-.cn III fur tn" rmst y"ar
hut was removed to tn" hospital iw"
weeks ago.
MIR. Brennan was born in Jersey city.
" T. He lived there for number 81
years and camo here about lSHh. y
fcw years ago h. moved To iart"n.
where h" has rcs!drd since. For mum
Dor OF years h" was "'.uu'"t"d with tho
Mcl.ure hotel.
William Brennan leaves Ia surv!E"
his wife. and four children. Gathering.
Eu,hlcr1l. J"au and Charles. Mrs. Er"n-
nan was Miss .I"IIn" I!"hmnm nf ih"
city. before her marriage. Deceased WIS
a member nf -. Authruy'% 'ath"li"
church and thr Eagle lodge IT this city.
Funeral services will hr held from
the late home at Stop Il. Barton PIKE.
Saturday morning ut $40 o'clock. Re-
uui"m high mas$ Will Il" observed at
st. Nuihuny'S church. and Iut"iIu''nt Will
br u:::,i, al Mt. calvary.