Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-02-14

showing rock off a precipice, beneatl
which Is seen the head and bust of tn,
emperor, crowned and sceptered anC
mustached, looking up In terror at tn,
fate impending. The last paragraph
Of the text is as follows:
Man of toll, awake from slumber!
| Recognize thy growing might
All the wheels will lose their motion
without thy strong arms devotion,
Down with the war! Down with the gov
| ernment!
Peace! Freedom! Bread!
Men Of the selective service age who
are accustomed to handling horses
have opportunity for specialized serv.
Ice In the enlisted veterinary corps
enlistments for which are now being
taken. The 1000 men wanted include
veterinary and agricultural students
farmers, stablemen, and others who
have had experience handling hQEDes
Pay ranges from $50 to $50 a nth
with clothing, food, and quarassA
Application for enlistment nHaD ke
Newspapers in Italy are now reg
ulated by the government as to size
and price. With some exceptions daily
papers must not contain more than
four pages, and ten times a month they
must be published in two pages. Re
turns by dealers must not exceed ten
per cent of the number of copies fur
nished.
In France DEGREES have been issued
which impose restrictions upon the use
Of paper, particularly for posters Ger
tain kinds Of advertising posters are
entirely prohibited while for other.
the size Is limited.
New regulations from the Office Of
the provost marshal general in regard
to compensation Of registration boards
read in part as follows:
'The rate Of compensation for men,
bers Of local boards up to and includ-
ing the completion Of the final ciassi-
hcation Of the registrants within the
respective Jurisdiction Of said board
shall be on the basis Of 80 cents, as ag-
gregate compensation to the member
ship of the local board, for each regis
trant to whom a questionable shall
be mailed and who shall have finally
classified in accordance with the provi-
si0ns of these regulations.
ch hn
paid In proportionate amounts to each
member of local board claiming COM
pensation for his services, unless 1t
shall be requested by the unanimous
vote Of the local board that the moneys
due shall be paid in some other pro-
portion. In such case no one member
shall receive more than Is cents Of
the allowance of 30 cents for each
classification and no two members
shall receive more than 25 cents for
each classification to be distributed
between them"
Director General McAdoo and the
food administration have arranged to
cooperate in the distribution Of cars
for the food and feed trades.
The grain and grain products and
feed shippers are to first apply for cars
in the usual way through railroad
agents; in case of not being furnished
within reasonable time they may
then apply to the zone representatives
of the food administration grain d.
vision at the various terminals, stat
ing the cars required. point at which
1t is desired cars should be sent, char
acter Of the product to be loaded, the
of shipment, and the con-
signee.
The shippers Of sugar, beans, rice,
vegetables, live stock, meat, and per-
generally. should first apply
for cars in the usual way through rail- |
road agents; in case not being fur
nished within reasonable time they I
may apply directly to the food admin
in Washington, stating the
cars required, the point to be sent, the
character Of the commodity to be load. /
ed, the consignee, and destination.
Persons In military service are per. ,
mitted, under certain restrictions, to-
write for publication in newspapers
and magazines. They may not re-
ceive payment for material furnished
by them.
All letters containing matter for pub
Iication written by men In service must:
be sent through officers, who will de-,
lete all references capable Of furnish
ing important information to the en-
emy.
Regular Newspaper correspondents,
not in military service are not required,
10 submit copy for censorship, being. /.
guided by the requests for secrecy pub
ished by the committee on public in
formation. n these are ignored the
privileges Of the camp may be with
1rawlS. In the discretion of the camp
None Of these rules apply to troops
n France, where the commanding gen.
.ral Of the expeditionary forces will ,