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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
By Isabel M. Lewis,

Connected with the Nautical Almanac office Of
the U. S. Naval Observatory at Washington
TIL HE most troublesome member of the
suns family is the planet Jupiter
Far exceeding all the other planets
combined in mass and in bulk, he holds sway
over a miniature solar system of his own and
exerts in addition a disturbing pull upon all
the other planets.
He seriously interferes with the motions
Of the comets that chance by on their
journeys to and from the sum- and the
numberless asteroids that circulate around
the sun between the giants path and the
orbit of his little neighbor Mars placed at
a safe distance of 340O0O,0O0 miles
In fact to Jupiter'S disturbing presence is
attributed the existence of the fragments of
planetary matter known as the asteroids in
place of a single planet revolving between
Jupiter and Mars. 1t is believed that
Jupiter gravitational pull was so great that
he kept separated the particles of matter
that would have otherwise formed into one
body.
1t is the comets, however, that have suf-
fered most from Jupiter's gravitatiOnal
power. More than thirty comets have been
captured by this thief among the planets.
If Jupiter Is IN a distant part of his orbit
when a comet crosses it no harm is done, but
if the comet is unfortunate enough to so time
It's arrival that Jupiter is in the immediate
neighborhOod disaster is sure to follow.
In such a case the comet S rate of motion
is either increased or retarded according to
whether it is approaching or receding from
the planet and It's path is radically changed
I'm form. If the comets speed Is accelerated
by the encounter it is driven away from the
solar system into interStellar space possibly
to try its fate in the vicinity of some other
sun. If, on the other hand the comets
motion Is retarded, Its path is shortened and
bent into an eclipse passing around the scene
of the encounter. 1t then becomes a member
of Jupiter'S captured comet family.
An example of Jupiter's influence over
comets is furnished by the little comet known
as 1889 V, discovered by Brooks. 1t was
found after this comet 5 orbit had been COM
puted that in 1856 it had CHANGED to pass
very close to Jupiter, in fact so close that it
came between Jupiter'S surface and the path
of his nearest satellite and was even dis
rupted into two parts under the force of
Jupiter attraction BY this encounter its
previous period of twenty-seven years was
reduced to seven years and il became
member Of Jupiter comet family.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
Of the Sun S
Family.
Who 7 axes
Everything
That Comes
Within His
Reach and
Probably {
Probably Once Broke to Pieces
Good Planet

one or two of the larger of them may
be the abode of some forms of life, thev
possess an added interest for as. Jupi-
ter beyond doubt supplies his satellites
with a certain amount of heat, and be-
low his dense canopy of clouds he may
possess some luminosity as well.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05

The fact that a few
comets have b e en-
found to have the most
distant points in their
orbits grouped at GER
tain definite distances
far beyond Neptune's
orbit has caused some
astronomers to b e
lieve that Neptune
may not be the outer
most member of the
suns family and the
future may disclose
the presence of one or
more additional plan
cts.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
Maninulatinn a Blanket

Learning how to manage a blanket
that is little short at one end and
not quite long enough at the other,
with similar deficiencies in width, is
one of the first things the young SOL
der should be taught. If he is not
taught it, he will probably have an ex-
perience like that of a western recruit
who says that in his first week in camp
he lost great deal of sleep at night.
When he lay on his back his stomach
was cold; when he turned over his
back was cold; when he pulled the
blanket up around his shoulders he got
cold feet, and when his feet were I'M
der the blanket his neck was uncom-
Portable. A veterans recipe may,
however, be worth considering. He
says the only way to manipulate an
army blanket, on a cold night, is to
pull your knees up to your chin, lie
face downward, and hold the four cor
ners Of the blanket in your teeth
Christian Science Monitor.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
GOVERNMENT MAY
SEIZE WHEAT CROP
PLANS BEING LAID BY FOOD ADJ
MiNlsTRAToR FOR CONTROL OF
WHEAT, FLOUR AND BREAD.
All Speculation in Foodstuffs to Be
Placed Under Ban, With Prosecution
Certain for Those Holding Sup
plies Exceeding Business Needs.

Washington.-Herbert C. Hoover.
me food administrator, announced, on
August II, the plan for the control Of
wheat, flour and bread.
'Ghey are specific and comprehensive.
They have been worked out fully in
view of the dlsruptlng and disturbing
conditions of the European war and
the part this country stiil has to play.
They provide
For the vigorous prosecution of
all persons who hold more wheat and
Hour than is required in their normal
business.
For the maintenance Of n fair
price throughout the country. by seiz-
ing II necessary, the entire 1917 har-
vest and determining the cost to the
consumer.
3-For food administration agencies
at the principal wheat Terminals
throughout the country.
For the restriction of storage 70
thirty days unless special permit is
given by the food administration.
a--FOr the elimination of specuIa-
lion by compelling all mills and ele-
'ators with more than one hundred
barrels daily capacity to take out
government license.
Effective September I.
The regulations will go into effect
N September /.
Mr.. Hoover believes that by rigid APP
'licatton Of the regulations the price
I wheat can be stabilized throughout
he year
with the price Of wheat stabilized
Is believed that the price of flour
MI conform and thus a stabilized ,
rice of bread viii be maintained.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
FEEDING FARM WORK HORSES
F lrmers Are Urged to Utilize Home.
Grown Feeds to Fullest Extent
Grain Is Essential.

In feeding horses utilize home.
grown feeds to the fullest extent. Tn
a section where corn can be well ma
tured, this grain ought to constitute
the greater portion of the concentrated
feed for work horses.
Corn alone can be used as a grain
feed for work horses if a good quality
of alfalfa or clover hay is fed for
roughage. When combined with mixed
hay or timothy hay, a grain combina-
ton of three parts corn and one part
oats by weight is satisfactory mix
ture.
If oats are scarce and high in price,
cottOnseed-meal or oilmeal may be
substituted for the protein furnished
by the oats. One-third to one-half
pound of linseed meal will. with the
amount secured through mixed hay.
furnish sufficient protein for a 1000
pound working horse.
A horse at farm work requires from
Ia to IL pounds of grain per 100
pounds live weight daily. Feed grain |
sufficient to keep the horse In good |
working condition. Hay may be linn
tied to the standard of Il pound of hay
to 100 pounds live weight daily. Re
duce the grain One-half on days when
the horse is idle to avoid azoturia.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
CROWDER SCORES
DRAFT DODGERS
EIGHTY PER CENT or MEN
CALLED UP IN SOME DIS.
TRicTs ASK FOR RELIEF.
Wholesale Claims for Exemption
From Military Service Results In In
struetions 10 Local Boards 70 Re-
duee Discharges for Dependency.

Washington, Wholesale claims for
exemption from the army draft, re.
ported from muny sections, caused
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
telegraph the governors Of the states
Thursday night directing that local
boards reduce discharges for Deepen
ienCy 10 fnr more restricted ana 10
very necessltous and clenrly defined
circumstances"
In some districts as high as so per
cent Of the registronts called for ex
animation are filing claims for dis
charge on the ground Of dependent
relatives General Crowder said TINT
unfair advantage Is being taken OF the
regulations designed 10 protect men
who properly should be exempted FROM
the military service, aud actually /
threatens 90 Interfere seriously with /
the rnlsing of the national army.
General CrOwder declares that "the
controlling necessity Is 20 raise mn
army Il Is advisable to disturb de-
3endeuts just as little as the necessity
IF raising an army viii permit. 10
his end section IS Of the regulations
vas complied carefully and after the
most earnest consideration. II exper-
ence IL to prove that the generous con
iiuons prescribed by section ls, or
iny abuse Of them, win Interfere with
he raising Of any army, then Il Is no
onger advisable 10 discharge SO wide
class and the conditions stated !
herein win have To be restricted I'M :
u an advisable rule Is reached. l
III Is true thar eases Of discharge i
n the ground Of dependency are APP
called TO the district board, but this
lause Is only inserted to secure uni
'rnity Of action. District boards are u
examine these cases 10 discover Il
epartures from the law, regulations q
nd rulings, and they will not, and can g
lt open every case on ms merits. II II
IN the local boards alone, there. N
re, that the solution OF the dinicul. N
and the protection OF deserving te
almants lies" IN
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
"LaIIah Rookh" Centenary.

Is the war holding back any poem
comparable with "Lallah ROokh," the
publication of which was delayed by
the Waterloo campaign, and took place
just century ago?
Perhaps few read the famous ORR
entail romance nowadays, but Moore's
reputation when he wrote it was such
that he was able to sell it when he
had scarce put pen to paper. Murray
offered 1000 guineas for it, but the
poets friends thought this too little,
and approached LOngman, STIMULATING
that the price should be mot less than
the largest amount ever paid for a
poem" That" said -Longman, "was
the $4,000 paid for Rokeby,'" and on
that basis a bargain was struck, the
publishers only stipulation being that
MOore's poem should be equal to
SCOTS in length. Even so, Longman
had the best of the bargain. Seven
large editions were sold within a year,
and a quarter of a century later Long
mans still regarded "Lallah Rookh" as
"the cream of Observation-Disclosures
ter Guardian.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
QUICK AID GIVEN WOUNDED
Rapid Treatment After Battle and
New Cleansing Methods Save
Lives of Many Soldiers.

Lieut.. Col. Gilbert Darling, G. B., a
famous English SURGEON who is con.
sulting surgeon to the great base hos.
| pitfalls at Rotten, which accommodate
| 5000 patients, says that since the war
began immense strides have been made
in the surgery of the battlefield. Two
improvements that may be noticed 40
having taken place since the oUtbraok
of hostilities, writes a Correspondent ~
the New York Times, are in coDnection
with the rapid treatment Of the wound
ed after a big battle and the cIeanein,
Of wounds:
Five or ten miles behind the fighting
sufficient casualty clearing stations
each holding about 1000 men-bovo
been organized to deal with all the
casualties that may reasonably he ey-
pected, so that once a man is picked nm
by the stretcher bearers he receives
adequate treatment within very short
time. Here also is a special hospital
perhaps Of so beds. for abdominal
cases, which are the most urgent.
In the old days such wounds, because
If the delay before they could be treat
ID and cleaned, were generally consid-
red to be fatal; but under the new
by which a man so hit is
Dlaced in an ambulance and sent off
if necessary, without
raiting for other wounded to be placed
4 with him, the dangerous delay is
vercOme, and the wound kept aseptic
nd more amenable to treatment
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
CLEAN AND STORE PLANTERS
implements Should Be Put Away Care
fully for Another Year-Keep
In Good Condition.

As soon as the farmer has finished
using the planters for this year, they
should be cleaned and put away care
fully, so that they will be in good con-
dition for another year. Often by
carelessly allowing planters to lay
around uncared for one has to buy
new one the following season, or nj
least hunt for lost parts. Every plate
and other part Of the planters should
be stored carefully away, and the
planter left ready for use another
year Prices Of machinery are adj
vaEcing as well as prices OF roodstufs,
and there IS no reason why the farmer
should not take unusually good care
OF all implements on the farm.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
WEIRD STORY From wYomINe.
Man Claims to Have Lived Twenty
two Days on Water.

Cody, Wyo.-David Grootch. a
stenographer Of Jonesboro, Ark. who
was found on small island in tbe
Shoshone river near here By Under
sheriff Walter Barber, told weird
story Sunday Of having been marooned
for twenty-five days on the island
within sight of a wagon road over
which people We're constantly travel
ing. During this time he said his
only nourishment was water.
Grootch said he had been working
on II ranch near here and came to
Cody for Il visit He set out for n
walk toward the river when his mem
DRY left him.
When he regained consciousness he
found himself on the island POO rods
below wagon bridge. He could not |
swim and the current was too swift
for him to wade.
Finally, GrOOtch said he became
so weak he could not stand and Law
helpless in the underbrush until a
saw him
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
SOIL FOR STRAWBERRY
ONE OF FIRST REQUISITES OF
RlPENING FRUIT is MOISTURE.
Stiff Clay Is TO Be Avoided Because II
Cannot Be Worked Early in Season
Without Becoming cIoddy and
Is Apt to Bake.

The soil and location best adapted
to strawberry culture viii vary some
what in different sections. In a gen
eral way we have said that any soil
that would grow good crops of corn
or potatoes would grow good straw
berries, and while this seems to be n
pretty safe rule, it is also true that in
order to grow them to the best advan-
tage II Is necessary to have the soil
especially adapted. One of the first
requisites Of the ripening fruit is
moisture, and care should be taken
that this Is provided. Hence a very
dry or loose, sandy soil would not be a
safe location, although in moist sea-
sons fair crop might be harvested
Neither is stiff clay adapted to
growth. as very early in
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
Proper and Improper Method of Set
ting Observation-Disclosures at Top,
Properly Set; at Left, Too Deep; at
Right, Too Shallow.

visit neighbOring farmers of that local
ity and determine by their experience;
or, limited number of plants can be
tried. Setting poor plants will often
bring failure. 1t should be rule
never to purchase any but strong,
hardy, vigorous plants.
On an acre of rich, cultivated land,
a crop of strawberries can be grown
that will net $500; an acre of such
land should produce at the rate of 200
bushels to the acre.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
NO PLACE FORI.W.W.
UNDER THE FLAG
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA
TELLS WIVES DEPoRTED MEN
ARE NOT WANTED.
Openly Declares Himself Against the
J. w. w. Members and Declares That
They win Never Be Given Employ.
ment IN the 5isbee District.

] Bisbee, Ariz Attorney General
Wiley u. Jones, who Is here investl-
eating the conditions leading IN TO
aud following the deportation from the
Warren district July IL of more than
100 alleged Industrial Workers OF the
World members aud sympathizers. de-
nounced the ! W. w. as an organlza-
lan THAT cannot be tolerated." and
declared there Is no place for such
doctrines under the American flag" i'm
an address on Thursday to 300 women,
some Of them wives Of the deported
men.
Mr.. Jones had refrained from dis
cussIng the situation until this oc-
casion, when he openly declared him
self against the Industrial Workers OF
the World During his stay Mr.. Jones
has talked with many women whose
We're among those deported. |
In referring to these meetings In his
address Thursday, the attorney general |
snid
u made a statement to Il number of |
hose women whose husbands were
lepOrted I. w, WIS that no l. w. w.
ought to have labor in this district or
my other district; that they cannot
De tolerated that there is no place for
,uch doctrines under the American
lag.
Il have also stated to those women
whose husbands belong to the /. w. w.
hat they should not expect to come
mex here, for the reason that they viii
ever get employment In the district
thought Il was my duty to make that
nOwn to them"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
NATIONAL CONTROL
Of FOOD AND FUEL
PRESIDENT SIGNS FOOD elLEs
APPOINTS HERBERT HOOVER
FOOD ADMINISTRATORS.
EStortion is to Be Prevented, Vicious
Speculation Stopped, Prices of Foods
And Fuel Stabilized and
Waste Eliminated.

Washington The American govern
mept on August 10 assumed control o.
the country's food supply with IN,
signing by President Wilson OF the al
miaistration food survey and regu.
latory bills.
Formal announcement OF Herber,
Hoofars appointment as food admin.
isirator WAS mnde nc the White
House soon after the measures were
approved aud Friday night Mr.. Hoover
set forth the aims OF the food ad.
ministraiion 10 statement declaring
AIS purpose VIII be 20 stabilize aud
mot to disturb conditions.
Every effort VIII be made 70 cor
rect price abuses made possible by
abnormal times, Mr.. Hoover said. but
drastic measures win not be attempted
uniii it Is seen the purposes Of the
administration cannot be accomplished
through constructive cooperation with
food producing and distributing in
dustries
The very existence Of corrective |
power, Mr.. Hoover declares. win tend
% check speculation aud price lnfIa-
ton
The business men Of The country. I /
ain c9nyinccd says Mr. Hoovers
statement, "as result Of many hun
eneds " conferences with represents
tiYcs q Che great sources OF food sup
fsiy realize their own patriotic obllgn.
Zion and tho s0lemmity Of the stun
ton, and WIN FAIRLY aud generously co
operate - meeting use national emer-
gencY
Tie two measures signed give |
% the government sweeping wnr-tine
powers The regulatory bm Is de-
signed 70 put food distribution under
direct government supervision and
provision added as an amendment ex
tends ~ even more drastic government
control over coal Hnd other fuels, IN
aiuding Tie power % rs prices aud au- e
horiz1ng government operation Of e
nlnea The survey hiIl Is intended 10 =
.ncourage production aud gives the =
,nverpnenl authority 10 keep up a CON y
lnupus census u the amount d food Z
tufts Ia the United States. 10 viii =
e administered by the department OF q
grieulure
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16

! tBy r. w. THATCHER, Minnesota Elk
pertinent Station.)
Dried sweet corn is one of the most
nutritious foods. Sweet corn is more
easily dried than almost any other gar
den vegetable. For these reasons
very large amounts of sweet corn
should be dried this summer for use
next winter. 1t can be planted on
small tracts or in large fields and is
one of the most easily cultivated gar
den crops.
For table use, small lots of quick
maturing varieties like the Early
Golden Bantam should be planted but
for drying for winter use, the larger
and heavier yielding sorts, as Coun-
try Gentleman and StOwelrs Ever
green, should be used
Let everyone who has a garden or
field available plant plenty of sweet
corn to give a summer supply and a
large excess to be dried for winter
Ise
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
MOST NUTRITIOUS OF FOODS
Sweet Corn Is More Easily Dried
Than Almost Any Other Vegetable
Plant Good Supply.

CBy r. w. THATCHER, Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station)
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
Antitrust Laws of Old.

In one of the famous English cases
referred to in Chitty's Criminal Law"
1t was decided that spreading rumors
with intent to raise the price of par
ucular species of product, endeavOring
TO enhance its price by persuading
others from abstaining from bringing
1t to market, and engrOssing large
quantities in order to resell them at
the eNorbitant prices occasioned by
their own articles, are offenses indict-
able at common law, and subject the
party so acting to fine and imprisOn-
ment at the discretion of the court
in which he is convicted"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
Army a FulI War strennth.

WaslingtOn.-With the war volun
teers Of August the regular army
was raised to It's fun war strength Of
100000 Since April lS3, sos volun-
teers have been enlisted. Twenty
three states hlled their quotas and
twenty-five did not The states In the
roll OF honor are California. Colorado.
Connecticut, Delaware, Fmrlda, Idaho.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Massa-
chus"tts, Michigan, Montana. Nebus
ka, Nevada, New Jersey New York.
Oregon, PENNSYLVANIA. Utah Wash.
ingt0n and Wyoming.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
German Peace Talk siIeneed,

Copenhagen.-The Catholic centrist
party in the reichstag, which, through
the party's organ Germania, announced
II was satisfied with the cabinet ar
runscmcHts of DR. George Mlchaelis,
the imperial chancellor, and desired no
further concession to parliamentary
government, is suspected hy the pro
gressivc newspapers Of having lost
much Of its interest in the peace reso-
lmLinm
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
ENTRANCE IS CATTLE-PROOF
Posts Arranged in Such Manner as to
Admit Person, but Always Closed
to Animals.

To make a gate that person can
enter but cattle cannot go through,
set one post in each direction about
eight inches apart, or so you can go
with ease, says a Minnesota
writer in The Farmer In a fence run
ming east and west place one post on
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
SILO QUALIFICATIONS.

1t should be alright, to keep
the air out and the juices In.
II should be smooth, to permit
the sllage to settle without leav-
ing air spaces along the wall.
1t should be constructed of
durable material which viii not
decay or blow down.
The diameter should be such
that from two TO three inches of (,
sllage win be fed off each day.
There Is an advantage in the
tall silo, because the silage at !
the bottom is compressed by the
weight Of that above.
II should be so built that
it can withstand the bursting J
pressure of thea silage. The
weight of silage differs from
year TO year, according to the )
amount of moisture in the sill /;
age. !
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
0VERPASTURING IS RUINOUS
Not Only Injurious to Grass, but AMI
mails Fall Off in Flesh and
Products Decrease.

OverpaSturing not only ruins the
grass, but the animals will fall Off in
flesh and the products are decreased
Where there are too many for the
number of acres the grass is soon
eaten to the ground, which is not the
worst feature about it. The hungry
animals, roaming about searching for
Tits Of stray grass which NAV have
escaped their notice before. trample
out Il great deal Of the grass which
leads to the determination of much
valuable pasture and the introduction
of weeds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
U.eoat sInks Nineteen Vessels.

An Atlantic Port.--One German sub.
murine during a thrce-week period end.
Ing July 10, sunk nineteen vessels, ag-
10000 tons, and was sull in
condition to remain longer away from
It's base according to a report brought
here by Harold Hansen of Detroit,
Of the crew of one of the nine
teen ships, who said he received the
Information from the U-boat com.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-08-16
TEMPER CAUSES TRAGEDY.
Loss Of Flask of Whisky Results in
Murder in New Mexico.

Socorro, N. M.-William Tiger. who,
with his wife. children and Jesse AL
len, Jr., his wife's brother. was re-
turning in an automobile from Denver
to his home at Brtst9w, Okla. was
shot to death on the Belen-Socorro
road Allen is held in Jail here
charged with the shooting.
According to the story told by Allen
and his sister, Tiger attacked him
with knife when he interfered TO
prevent Tiger from chastising his 10
year-old daughter for throwing
flask of whiskey out of the car.