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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18

and two balls hit one back OF third
which the Clifton left fielder came up
on. but not fast enough to take it from
the air. He picked it up on the bound
and by a quick throw to the plate
forced the Alton base runner TO stay
on third; but while this play was being
enacted the Alton catcher reached sec
ond.
The Alton pitcher was next to bat.
Here was chance for him to win his
own game. and the set of his jaw
showed he was determined to do it.
Steve. out IN center. watched him anx-
iously as he swung and missed the first
ball.
slope he doesn't send it out this
way" Steve muttered. his mind still
troubled by HazeI's request His wish.
however, bore no fruit, for the Alton
pitcher knocked the ball high in the
air toward center.
Steve, gauging correctly, saw that he
would not have to move more than a
few PAGES from his tracks to catch the
ball. He braced himself and watched
the sphere descend. 1t seemed as if it
would never get to him. He held out
his hands, cupped for the catch. Some
of his teammates, displaying a SUI
premc confidence in him, already had
left their positions and We're on the
way to the bench.
Hes got til" roared an enthusiast
on the bleachers. ''That boy never
misses emp
The ball struck Steve's glove, and at
the same instant he seemed to see Ha-
zel's face rise before him. The sphere
bounded from his hands, and, while he
chased it frantically, two Alton base
runners scored. Steve recovered the
ball and threw it to second in time to
stop the Alton pitcher, bat the tie was
broken. with the score 4 to 2 in favor
of the enemy. The next batter struck
out, and it was Citizens turn at the
bat
The last half of the ninth opened
with the tallies unchanged. The Cliff
ton captain went among his players
pleading with them to do something
for the old school" And they re-
snonded. The first man up knocked
a sizzling grounder past second and
got to the initial base. The one who
followed duplicated the feat. back OF
first, and succeeded in acquiring pos
session of that sack, while his pred
ecessor landed safely on second.
The next man hit one nearly to the
left field fence, and the Alton man
holding down that position scurried
back and nailed it: but each of the
base runners moved up a notch after
the catch. Ciifton's prospects were
good, but her stock declined somewhat
when the following batter fouled out.
Steve came to bat. With two men
on bases. two out and two scores need
ed to tie, more critical period Of tie
game would have been imagined with
difficulty. His face was pale. he clutch
ed his bat nervously, his lips trembIed.
He did not even glance at the grand
stand, but simply waited for the pitch
er-HazePs cousin and the man whose
skyscraper he had missed-to throw
the sphere.
AS Steve was about to enter an au-
tomohile after the game he heard his
name called and saw Hazel coming to-
ward him. She drew him to one side
and he motioned for the car to leave
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
Points in Cooking Cereals.

There are several practical points
to remember in cooking cereals. One
is that there is more danger of not
cooking them enough than of cooking
them too much. Uncooked cereal
preparations, like cracked wheat and
coarse samp. need several hours cook
ing, and are often improved by being
left on the back of the stove or in
the flreless cooker overnight. Cereals
partially cooked at the factory. such
as the rolled or fine granular prepara-
tions, should be cooked fully as long
as the directions ON the package. sug-
gest.
Flayoring is also an important part
of cooking cereals. The flavor most
commonly added is salt. Such added
flavor is perhaps less necessary in
some of tie ready-to-eat kinds which
have been Drowned at the factory and
have thus gained the pleasant flavor
which also appears in the crust of
bread and cake or in toast. but in the
plain boiled cereals or mushes the
careful use of salt in cooking them
may make all the difference between
an appetizing and an unpalataSle dish.
A good general rule is one level tea
spoonful OF salt to each quart Of water
used in co6sling the cereal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
Technical Training Seasoned Mechanics Solves Problem Of Keep
ing Up Adequate Supply of Licensed Men to Drive New
Ships-Land- Trained Engineers Taught Secrets
of Engne-Room Practice on Salt Water.

pew idea for training engineers. Pro
fessor h. +. Miller, head of the engin-
eering section of that high-class insti-
tuition, holds marine engineers IL
cense, and is an authority on marine
practice In engineering.
The first shipping board class at
Tech approved of Professor Miller
and the college STUFF so decidedly
that 1t he'd not been at the college a
week before the value of the new sys-
tenn was fully demonstrated.
Professor Miller had been designated
by the board as its chief instructor in
marine engineering, and classes were
started at other technical lleges, in
Guiding Tulane university at New Or
leans, Armour Institute at Chicago.
the Case School Of Applied Science,
Cleveland, University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins university,
Baltimore, and Washington university,
Seattle. Later schools were started at
the University of California. (Berk-
eley), In New York City and Jersey
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18

iiagton-"Where you going to
get engineers for all them ships?"
This somewhat colloqulal inquiry
was directed many times to represen-
tatives of the United States shipping
board recruiting service when the big
ness of the plan for bridging the At
lantic with American cargo carriers to
supply our armies and allies In Europe
first projected itself upon the lay mind
of the country.
The public had been told there were
not even enough marine engineers who
were citizens to man the ships flying
the flag in peace times. So the man
In the street could not see where the
supply was coming from for the thou
sand ships to be manned as merchant
men out of the 1900 to be built by the
shipping board for the new merchant
marine.
The shipping board has provided,
and continues to provide. an answer to
the question through training system
for marine engineers which 1t has de-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18

City, and at the Pratt institute, Brook
lyn.
The attendance ut these schools to
date has been more than $500.
The course of instruction is based
on the premise that the man taught
is already a thorough mechanic. In
struction is given him in the things he
would find hard to pick up by rule of
thumb experience.
Some of the schools hold day SEES
sions only, others have evening class
es in order that the students may fol-
low their usual occupations by day.
Subjects for Intensive Study.
In a day school. as at the Massachu-
sets Tech" the forenoons are usual
ly devoted to lectures and the after
Moons to laboratory and demonstration
work.
The men are tested first in simple
mathematics and given a text book to
aid them. They are then instructed In
such subjects as the action of salt wa
err under heat. chemical tests of wa
er. the character and use of fusible
plugs for boilers, capacity of coal bunk
ers, the character and combustion of
coal used on ships, the relation of coal
consumption to spe ID. the character of
propellers, the element of slip"
pumps. valves, gauges and Indicator
cards.
For demonstrating work the class of
sixty or seventy members is divided
into small groups. each under an in
structor, who conducts the tests. These
for the first week include engine de-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
Cattle and corn-A Coco Combination
in Profitable Farming.

IN FFofiIiple Farmings
ucts, and a comparatively small per-
centage of the income from the sale
of crops, because for the most part the
crops are sold to better advantage by
feeding them to live stock. The types
Of farming and the general conditions
which prevail in this section make the
size of a farm very important factor
bearing on the income, according to
the bulletin. There is also direct re-
lation between the amount of capital
invested and the labor income of the
operator. Generally speaking, the
larger the farm and the greater the in
vestment, the greater the percentage
or rate of income.
The cropping system and the proper
distribution of crop area, it vas
learned, were important factors in
profitable farm management. On the
more profitable farms studied in this
territory, from 80 to so per cent of the
total crop area was in corn, an average
of 10 per cent in oats, an average Of
80 per cent in wheat, from to 10 per
cent in barley, and from 20 to 80 per
cent in hay.
As a result of the study it was found
that the following rotation is wei
adapted to conditions in this area:
First year, corn; second year, corn;
third year, oats and barley; fourth
year, wheat, and the fifth year, hay.
Alfalfa is valuable addition to tho
average cropping system and the bal
letin suggests an increase in the acre.
age of this crop throughout the region.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18

velcped since the war began. This
system is entirely novel and distinctly
American. Under il no outside talent
has been required to provide instruc-
tors and no student not citizen has
been given instruction.
When the war began the board pro-
ceeded on the theory that there was
plenty Of material in the country for
an adequate supply of mai tae engn-
GERS. Ii estimated that there were sew
eral thousand men in the engine rooms
and firerooms of existing merchant
ships-oilers, water tenders and fire.
men-who could be made into engin-
GERS by little encouragement and in
struction. II estimated also that there
were many hundreds of marine en-
gineers following other pursuits ashore
when the war began, who could be In
terested by the government in a propo-
sition to return TO the sea.
Finally it estimated that there were
thousands of stationary engineers, To-
connective drivers and machinlsts who
had worked on marine engine construc-
ton or repairs ashore who could be
quickly trained TO become marine en-
gineers. These men were known to
have the groundwork of knowledge
necessary for handling marine en-
gines. 1t remained merely question
of teaching them the things they should
know about saltwater practice In en-
cheering and to give them their "sea-
legs" before starting them off On voy-
ages in the new merchant fleet.
College Stuff" Makes Its Bow.
OF the many revolutionary training
practices growing out Of this war, none
waa more striking than the shipping
boards plan for giving these men tech
nicaI drilling. The plan originated in
Boston with Henry Howard. the
boards director Of recruiting. Mr.
Howard, is a graduate of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology and a
firm believer in the value of technical
training to every kind of mechanical
worker.
His idea was to give the men needed
as marine engineers a short. intensive
course of training at the best techni-
cal colleges before sending them to
sea.
The idea was so novel that the
gr4my-handed mechanic was little
Inclined to shy at 1t. college STUFF
seemed too "hifalutin" to be worth
much. The old-fashioned engineer got
his knowledge in the same way as the
boys in the Dotheboys hall. by manual
demonstration. He was Showed" nv
his superior on the job. That had be-
come the accepted way of training en-
gineers on American ships.
But the new method had not long
made its bow before mechanics seem
ed to see something in it. The firemen
and oilers took to il; ana they came
out with second or third assistant en-
gineer's licenses in such a surprisingly
short tine that the method of their
advancement commanded respect.
The Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology was chosen to launch the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
PROFITABLE ON MOST FARMS
Dsiryine and Stock Raising wb.,.
Good Crop Rotation is Practices
Are Recommended.
prepared by the United States Depsr..
ment of Agriculture

prepared by the United States Dan...-
ment Of Agricultural
General farming and live stool, ro;o
Ing, with limited amount of darwin,
and a good crop rotation is, on the ay
erage, the type most easily made prof..
able on most farms in the northern
edge of the corn belt. This is brouqbt
out in study made by farm man.
agement specialist of the United State.
department of agriculture, of 300 own.
or farms and 153 tenant farms in lem
awee county, Michigan, which is typieaI
of southern Michigan, northwestern
Ohio and northeastern Indiana.
1t was found that specialized dairy
farms paid better normally than dairt
and grain farms, but on the average
did not pay as well as the combination
of dairying and hog raising. Dalryina
with hogs and grain usually yielded
better labor income than any other
combination. The outstanding advaD.
tages of this type as compared with
others are greater diversity of income
a large percentage of receipts from
sale of live stock aud live stock prod.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
INCREASE NUMBER or COWS
Dairy Herds Of al European Countries
Depleted to Appalling Degree
We Must Help.
By CARL vRoOMAN, Assistant Sec
rotary of Agriculture

CBy CARL VROOMAN, Assistant Sec
rotary of Agrculture)
The dairy herds of the old world
are depleted to an appalling degree.
There is not country in Europe
where the people have enough dairy
products. and this process of depletion
is going on every day, and every week.
and every month, and will continue to
so on as long as this horrible war
lasts.
When the war is finished, we viii
find the world w'ts' demand for dairy
products twofold, fourfold, tenfold
greater than the supply.
Europe will come to US with OUT
stretched hands, every country in Bu-
rope, and say TO us: "We must have
milk; give us canned milk give us dry
milk: give us butter; give us cheese
give us dairy cattle; give Us animals
to build up cur herds again."
And unless America has stimulated
the production of dairy products has
increased her supply of dairy animals
far beyond anything in the past, she
will be utterly unable TO supply TINS
demand.
We win supply as much Of this as We
can, because they are going to be WIZ
ting to pay practically any reasonaolS
price for our live stock; and We vi"
supply SO much of it that our own re-
sources viii be exhausted.
Then this country viii be ~1;hou'
sufficient dairy products.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18


| tails. slide-valve setting, gauge testing,
Indicator card taking and finally indi-
Gator card reading, which involves
familiarity with a special instrument,
the pianimeter.
During the week every man in the
class has his special practice In these
matters. In the second week the sub
jects are measurement of horsepower,
lining up of engines, piston valve set
ting and the condenser and mir pump.
The third week the laboratory sub
jects are the salinometer, duplex pump,
water column and safety valve, while
in the last week there are exercises
with injectors. turbine-driven pumps,
and an afternoon spent in large sta
tionary power house.
Special Courses for Special Work.
This is the course ut Massachusetts
"Tech." 1t may vary at other schools,
but the underlying principles of in-
struction are the same. In the school
at Philadelphia the largest in attend
ance, now holding its sessions in the
hundred. special attention Is given
to refrfgerating machinery.
1t is part of the plan of the board to
train men in knowledge of every
kind of special equipment carried in
the mechanical outfit of a modern ship.
Turbine ships. for example, must
have specially trained engineers. The
latest development in these wonder
machines for driving ships are in the
geared turbine, complicated and high
~ delicate piece of mechanism.
To provide a proper proportion of
mands the shipping board has sent
picked men to the works where most
of its turbines are made, with instrue-
lions that the men ''grow up with their
engines" An engineer so instructed is
supposed to watch his engine grow
from the castings to it's final assem-
bling in the shop. and then follow 1T
aboard ship, superintend it's erection
there and run it when hnally the ship
is ready for service.
The same idea of special instruction
is applied in the case of watertube
boilers, the engineers who are to ham
die them being given a special course
in the works where the boilers are
made.
One of the most recent developments
in the driving machinery of ships be-
ing the so-called Diesel type of crude
oil engine, the shipping board is now
planning to instruct Diesel engineers
in addition to those trained to handle
the ordinary types of engine.
In order to reach the men it wishes
for training, the shipping board re-
cruiting service employs officials In
various parts of the country known as
section chiefs" who supply informa-
ton to constantly growing number
of applicants Much of this is contained
in a pamphlet entitled "How to Be
come an officer in the Merchant Ma
rine." National headquarters of the
recruiting service is at the custom
house, Boston.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
college STUFF DOES WONDERS
IN SHAPING OUT MARINE ENGINEERS Ill1EEEsRElS
HUN HATES COLUMBUS:
He FOUND AMERICA

Pittsburgh. Pa.-Rev. Daniel
L. March. just returned from
the western front after a six
months visit. tells this story:
A German prisoner was out Of
humor and was being 'kidded"
by the Americans.
why so glum. Fritzie?" ask
ed one doughboy. Are you
sore at France7"
No Fritzie wasn't sore at
France. nor England, nor Bel
GUM.
''Well, what's the matterp'
SIN sore at Christopher Co
Iumhus," was the reply. "He
discovered America"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18
Substitutes for Sugar.

The principal sugar substitutes rec.
commended by government chemists are
corn strip, maltese (sirup made from
potatoes), honey and high-grade REIN
ers' strip.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-10-18


tonohile after the game he heard his
name called and saw Hazel coming to-
ward him. She drew him to one side
and he motioned for the car to leave
him.
She opened her mouth to speak, but
he got ahead of her with:
Miss Norrin, / wish you to under
stand that got your letter all right,
but also want you to know that
didn't miss that ball on purpose in the
eighth. / love you, just as said, but
/ couldn't betray my teammates and
my school in such a dishonorable man.
ner."
Her eyes glistened unnaturally, and
one big tear started down each cheek.
There was remarkable softness in
her voice when she said:
81 knew you didn't try to throw the
game. Steve. I wouldn't have had you
do 1t for the world. l said you would
have to prove that you We're the kind
of fellow l would marry, and 1 hope
you didn't think could have a traitor
for a husband. If you had thrown
the game would never have spoken
to you again. / was almost afraid,
must CONFESS, that you had yielded
when you missed that fly, but when you
you knocked that home run in the
ninth and redeemed yourself and won
the game for Clifton, just CREDITOR
joy-as / am crying now"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-08
Liberty Ball Rolled 48 Miles;
Greeted by Cheering Crowds
Uncle Sans Push 1t From Buffalo to Batavia Where 1t Is
Repaired-Rolers Expect to Have 1t Here on Last
Day of Loan Campaign

the stimulus to subscriptions has been
remarkable
There's Clarence, for instance, the
village where the coach party, and the
ball pushers spent last night. Clar-
ence isn't much more than a four cor
ners. Before this it never has got
het up much abou. war loans or even
about the war The farmers who get
their groceries in Clarence are mostly
OF German stock ard their neighbors
had fallen into the habit of not expect
ing much of them in patriotic way.
But, all by itself, Clarence arranged
a reception to the coach and ball that
was second in enthusiasm to none along
the line. Half the farmers of the COM
munity were in out of their fields and
waiting when the ball rolled in and the
other half journeyed up street in the
evening. There was a rousng meeting
in Odd Fellows Hall and since then
the Liberty Loan chairman of Clarence
has been burning up the wires to New
York City with ecstatc messages.
The war has been brought home to
Clarence and Clarence is coming
through. If the Liberty Ball is re-
paired in good time both ball and coach
will be in Caledonia, Livingston.
County, tomorrow night and the dis
tance to Broadway will be seventeen
miles less: Followed through, the
schedule will put both in New York on
Nav 4, the last dav of the loan.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-08
100000 Subscription
Blanks Ready TODAY

More than a score of huge printing
presses worked yesterday and through
out last night In order to turn out a
sufficient quantity of Liberty bond sub
scription blanks to enable the campaign
to proceed without delay. The Liberty
Loan Committee received by telegraph
from Washington on Saturday night
the authorized text for the subscription
forms. The long telegram giving the
intricate particulars governing the de-
tails OF the financial arrangements nee
cssary to subscription had to be cor
tlrmed by telephone, and it was late
Saturday night before an approved COPY
had Leen turned over to the printers.
The printers proof was corrected at
midnight Saturday and early yesterday
the type was turned over to the cleo
trotypers to produce the plates from
which the subscription forms were to
be printed.
AT $3.50 yesterday morning one of the
largest printers in town set the plates
on seventeen presses and turned out
l,0Oo,OO0 copies yesterday and last
night. Five other printers, represent
ing large part of the printing press
capacity of New York, turned out an
other 100000, insuring delivery this
morning in a quantity sufficient to set
the subscriptions going full tilt today.
The reason why the work had to be
done at such speed was because of the
lateness In the passage Of the act. The
circular is dated Washington, April 6.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-08
$50, 900 for Charity
Is Pledged b. Jews

Two hundred directors of jewish
phlanthropic institutions met yester'
day afternoon at the Jewish Centre
131 West Eighty-sixth Street, and
pledged themselves to raise 100000
additional for the maintenance of the
eighty-eight institutions of the Fedora
ton for the Support of Jewish Philan'
thropic Societies.
Felix NJ. Warburg. president of the
federation, announced to the directors
that the $4,000 900 in the treasury OF
the organization would not meet the
expenses of the various hospitals
homes and asylums of the federation
due to the increased cost Of foodstuffs
and equipment. The directors. who
represented q membership Of $4,000
responded to Mr. Warburg's announce
ment with promises Of immediate aid
One hundred and :hlrty-five thousand
dollars of the amount will be used tc
cover deficits for the year 1918, and
S1S5, 900 will be held as a reserve fund
for emergency cases.
William Fox made plea for the
needy Jews who are helped by the
institutions of the federation.