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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-29

maize; the other being to use corn
planter with plates such as are used
for planting milo and double the
rows in moist soil. By the first plan
got a good stand, though it was
perhaps not thick enough to SUIT some
farmers. have preference for the
latter plan and believe in soaking the
ground thoroughly before planting,
and doing all the cultivating before
the seed is in the ground"
Grover Lotus of Mt. Signal has
found that on hard land best results
were secured by soaking the soil,
discing thoroughly, planting with a
press drill and dragging.
Mike Liebert Of Seeley advises its
use on lands somewhat too salty for
other crops and says:
IF you have any land that mas not
satisfactorily produced other crops,
Try Sudan grass. | have seen il grow
20 inches high on land that would not
sprout anything, and this, too, during
a severe water shortage when we had
but one irrigation. This Sudan grass
was planted from package Of seed
from the L. s. Department Of Agri-
culture on this barren spot of land to
see what it would do. planted il
in ridge with a oae-row planter with
milo plates. ! also know Of an acre
of land formerly used for draining a
cotton field adjoining. which was
planted 70 Sudan grass last year, and
in the fail was cut, paetured during
<he winter, and this spring went to
seed at q good HEIGHT, without any
water after The last cotton"
In extensive work carried on by
the California Experiment Station
from = to so days have been required
from seed to first cutting Of hay Late
October days, however, do not count
ike those in July. Ten pounds OF
eed will produce good results broad
casted or closely drilled, although ur
to fifteen pounds may be planted.
That Sudan grass viii withstand
flooding much better than alfalfa
when once established, has been the
experience Of Henry Hora Of Melo-
land.
The hay and pasture are palatabl.
and nutritious and feed very well with
alfalfa, balancing the ration. Plant
ed at this time, feed and hay is Sc
cured before frost, and the land car
then be planted to barley or othel
crops. Here is 4 forage plant 10 fiji
the early August gap and give hal
i for winter. Some fields have live,
over the winter and produced heav,
cuttings much earlier Titan stand
grown from seed. 1t is necessary +
withhold water during the winter il
this case, as with cotton to be volun
), teered 1t is not known whether sue
second year growth surpasss the frs
year in yield, but at any rate tn
. expense of seeding is avoidd.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-29

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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-29
The Labor Shortage
Nav Prove Beneficial

merchants alke ooC
equipment The available labor III hs country
Of
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general use o1
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-29

Vitalize tho savings habit Buy
War Savings Stamps.
The sun., 1918-08-02
LABOR ALLOTMENTS
OF STATES ARE FIXED
New York to Furnish sc, 400
to War Industries.

wAsBINGroN, Aug. Allotment OF
quotas OF unsltilled labor to be furnished
by the various States to war industries
In the next two months under the sye-
tenn OF Government recruiting. put into
operation to-day under the United
States Employment Service. were an
nounced tonight by the Department OF
Labor.
BY assigning quotas OF unskilled la
borers to be furnished in each State the
employment service took the first step
in meeting the shortage OF common
labor, estimated by reports received to-
day as approximating 100000.
Among the State quotas announced
were the following:
Connecticut. $3.50: Massachusetts. 49,
$50. New Jersey, 24.7o5; New York,
$1,000: Pennsylvania, 42,570; Rhode
Island, ISIS.
The quotas. II was said. are the net re-
quirements OF the various war industries
and do not make allowance for extra
needs or for labor turn over. Complete
returns Of the labor needs are expected
by August 10. State directors OF the
employment service were instructed to-
day to begin Immediately the apportion-
ing Of the State quotas among the local
districts
The sun., 1918-08-02
U. s. TAKES CHARGE
OF UNSKILLED LABOR
Bureaus Empowered to Send at
Will for Men in Non-essen-
tial Situations.

Uncle Sam took charge yesterday Of
all of the unskilled labor in the country,
put into effect new and drastic resula-
lions and proceeded to supply the short
age OF 100000 unskilled men that are
needed for the industries OF. the country.
Under the system now in vogue the
Government not only takes entire charge
OF all employments, but the agents in
charge OF the various bureaus are en-
powered to send at will for such men
as are listed as being engaged in nom
essential employment and conscript
them for the army of toll.
J. b. Densmore. Director-General at
Washington Of the War Employment
Service. started the ball rolling yester-
day While It was expressly stated that
the plan Is war measure, many em-
ployers think that 1t will be necessary
to continue it during the period OF read
1ustment Immediately following the war.
The order. which had resulted from
a previous conference between State
Director Henry d. Sayer OF New York
and various State employers Tuesday
afternoon. that they might continue to
use established employment agencies for
thirty days by applying for permits. was
modified on instructions from Washing
ton.
Under the modification all employ
ers, manufacturers and producers who
employ 100 or more men, who are en-
gagged wholly or in part in war work.
cannot In future use advertising to get
labor. but must apply in all cases to the
nearest and most convenient bureau.
New bureaus were opened yesterday
at these places:
Manhattan-24o West Twenty third
street. liz West Torty-s!xth street. Hall
Of Records, ~ East Twenty-third stree.
Clearing House, eel Bowery. Lenox ave-
nue. and ,'4th street. 129 Worth street.
70 Centre street, 9 East Eighth street
Is Pearl street and 149 West street.
The Bronx-149th street near Third
avenue.
oueens-f71 Hunter avenue. Long
Island City.
Rchmond-s Union avenue, Mariner.
Harbor.
BrookIyn-3i0 Jay street. II Broad
way. 1874 Eleventh avenue. 1873 Leroy
street, SIS West street. 1l3 Forty-second
street and 16 Atlantic avenue.
All applications for these bureaus
should be addressed to tho examiner in
charge.
The sun., 1918-08-02
LAKE UNIONS RECOGNIZED.
ship Owners Sign Working Agree
ment With Employees.

WASHINGTON. Aug IA working
agreement between unions OF great lakes
seamen, fremen and stewards and v.H
lually all Independent lake sh!powners
was signed to-day by representatives Of
the unions and the companies meeting in
conference here with the Shipping
Boards labor adjustment commission.
The lake unions were recognized by
the shpowncrs. who agree to grant ac-
cess to their docks and vessels to the
union representatives. Wage questions
will he left to the Shipping Board for
adjustment 1t also was agreed that
boys and ordinary seamen should be
trained as able seamen and coalpassers
as firemen.
The appeal OF the Shipping Board to
shipowners to train men for the mer-
chant marine also was signed by the In
dependent lake shipowners. Pacific, At
lantic and Gulf shipowners signed the
appeal some time ago.
The sun., 1918-08-02
SMOOT FEARS FUEL
FAMINE IN CAR JAM
Senator Attacks Federal
Methods Of Running
Nations Roads.


WAsHINGToN, Aug. This American
people will be freezing again as last
winter and the side tracks of the
railroads again will be TANNED with
cars Of coal unless something 10 done to
change the present drift of the Federal
administration of the railways, Senator
Smoot Utah, informed the Senate to-
day. Senator Smoot said that II the
railroads had been run under private
Management as they are under Govern
ment control 30 far as passenger trafYic
Is concerned there would have been a
rebellion.
The Senator was replying TO a de-
fence OF the railroad adnhnistra tuon
voiced by Senator Pittman tNevada).
Tho Senator must know that the
hot days Of July and the hot days of
August 30 far as the transportation of
coal Is concerned, are quite different
from what It was In the cold days of
January and December" said Senator
Smoot. UNLESS something takes place
between now and the first OF December
the side tracks will be TANNED with
cars OF coal again and the people of
they did last winter"
After predicting a rebellion" IL pa s.
senger schedules were run under private
ownership, as they ara now. Senator
Smoot said: Trains have been taken
or by the hundreds and accommoda-
lions are nothing compared to what
they were before. The cost OF admin
istration Is going up. Wages have ad-
vanced. the people Of the United States
would not stand for the service they
are receiving to-day from any corpora
ton or company that might operate a
railroad.
81 voted for the railway bill because
I favor Government ownership Of pub
lie utilities. I voted for the telegra phi
bill not upon any d!singenuous utter
ance that the power should be extended
because 1T never would be exercised but
upon the fundamental idea that I would
have the Government own every public
utility that has a monopoly Of that In
which the public deals and which the
public has the right to expect to produce
n successful kind Of service"
Senator Smoot said he refused to have
the efficacy Of Government ownership OF
the railroads measured by the records
Of the administration OF railroads for
the past half year and more.
AT the time the railroads were taken
over last December ! said in a public
statement that the success or failure
the efficient management or the lack OF
efficient management might determine
for generation whether or not we
would have Government. ownership" he
said. What has transpired in the last
few months in regard to the Govern
ment control OF railways should not be
taken as the measure OF efficiency In
Government ownership or OF the mode
The sun., 1918-08-02
CAPTAIN CONFESSES
TO RAINCOAT PLOT
Aubrey w. Vaughan Admits
Manipulating Huge Con-
tracts Given Here.

Capt Aubrey W. vaughan. the army
officer around whom an alleged con-
spiracy to manipulate Government con-
tracts for raincoats and other soldiers
equipment revolved. pleaded guilty to q
charge of conspirdng to 'defraud the
Government yesterday in the Federal
District Court before Judge Learned
Hand.
Afterward in a long interview with
Joseph A Burdeau. Assistant United
States Attorney. in charge Of the In
vestigation OF the raincoat scandal.
Capt. Vaughan explained the details OF
the transactions which led to his arrest
with Felix Goudel, a lace maker. who 10
alleged to have been the principal fig
urs i'll a conspiracy to direct contracts
to manufacturers who had agreed TO
give up 6 per cent of tho amount OF
the contract, and David l.. Podel.
lawyer who is alleged to have drawn
UP certain agreements to hide the ma
ture Of the transa ctions.
R2O,OOO,OOO Contracts Here.
Contracts for army raincoats aggre-
eating $40, 100000 have been awarded
to New York manufacturers since the
alleged conspiracy was formed in March
last
Mr.. Burdeau refused to give the de-
tails of Capt. vaughan's disclosures.
Edward A. Freshman. counsel for
Vaughan, declared that his client ac-
copied the blame for all the manipula-
ton Of contracts which has taken place
in the Quartermaster-Gener office at
Washington.
Mr.. Freshman was asked IL Capt.
Vaughan's position in the supply and
equipment division Of the Quartermas-
ters Department enabled him to award
contracts in carrying out the alleged
conspiracy without the cooperation of
other officers. The lawyer said he be-
leved that Vaughan had sufficient au-
thority to have been able to do this.
He said that in big office congested
with business It was probable that
whatever approval was necessary from
officers OF higher rank was given in a
rubber stamp manner OF official routine.
Capt. Vaughan pleaded not guilty
when arraigned Wednesday and was
given until to-day to raise ball in &c.
900. His change OF plea over night was
surprise In explaining it Mr.. Fresh
man said:
Couldn't support Family on Salary
Certain facts developed which re-
suited in Capt. Naughans admission to
counsel that he had received money IN
connection with the transactions men.
The sun., 1918-08-02
LABOR BOARD RAISES
CAR MEMS WAGES
Increases of 35 to IS Per Cent.
Applied on Twenty
two Systems.

WARRINGTON, Aug. Wage increases
ranging from IS to IS per cent. were
granted to-day to employees Of twenty
two street and interurban railway COM
panies in seventeen cities by tho War
Labor Board.
Wages of motormen and conductors in
the larger cities were fixed at from 4s
to 50La cents an hour, while the pay OF
similar employees in smaller cities and
on interurban lines was placed at from
So to 45 cents. with a general minimum
wage Of az cents for trackmen, pltmen
controllers oilers and similar employees
Approximately $4,000 were affected by
the awards.
The cities affected are Chicago, De-
troit. Cleveland. Pittsburg. Schenectady
New Orleans, Rochester, Buffalo. New
ark. Trenton. Scranton. St Louis. Co
lunbus. Ohio: Galesburg. Ill Omaha.
Albany and Joplin. Mo.
President Wilson is understood to
have declined to act recently on a sug-
gestion OF the War Labor Board that he
| take some drastic action to increase
street car fares generally throughout
the country on the ground that the Fed
eral Government should not shoulder the
financial responsibilities for thousands
Of utility projects whose needs and ma
ture Of service are best known locally.
Persistent reports that President Will
son might take over street car lines
to the Railroad Administration were dis
voHt toA nv NJ
ficials.
Recommendations that the President
urge enactment of special legislation
which would enable some Federal agency
to consider the very perilous financial
condition" OF the street railway COM
panies of the country with a view to
increasing fares wherever warranted.
were made by the board. which declared
this to be a war necessity.
Past wrongs Of street car companies.
due to overcapitalizatlon. corrupt meth
DDS or exorbiant dividends. should be
| forgotten. the board declared, and "in
justice the public should pay an ade-
quate compensation for a service which
can not be rendered except for war
prices"
The awards and recomm en- dattons
were made by former President Taft
and Frank p. Walsh. Joint chairmen OF
! the board. after extensive investigation
in which a large number Of witnesses
and great masses Of statistics were ex-
amined. Controversies between en-
ployees and sixteen other street railway
and interurban companies still are be-
| fore the board
The increases were on a sliding scale
and varied. being based on local condi-
tons and facts peculiar to the individual
| cases In virtually all instances the
! awards we're made retroactive, and In
all cases where employees are compelled
to work In excess of the period Of their
regular runs the companies must pay
overtime on the basis OF time and a
half. which places the employees on the
same basis with skilled mechanics in
| Government industries.
The sun., 1918-08-02

toned in the indictment. As soon as
counsel learned the facts and with the
consent Of Capt. Vaughan he notified the
United States Attorney and at once sur
rendered Capt. Vaughan to the court.
Capt Vaughan was advised by his
counsel to make a full statement OF all
tho facts to the United States Attorney"
The indictment charges in effect that
Goulcd went to a number of manufac-
turers of soldiers equipment and told
them that he could secure contracts for
them IL they would give him, Gouled, a
contingent fee interest in the gross
amount of thu contract. In the specific
tran ctions alleged in the indictment
II Is asserted that Gouled demanded rs
cents for each raincoat manufactured,
The sun., 1918-08-02

brokers in raincoat war orders on
per cent basis was n million dollars, on
the Governments figures.
Judge Hand remanded Capt. Vaughan
for sentence In the custody Of United
States Marshal Thomas D. Mccarthy.
He was taken to the Tombs prison
At the time OF the arrest OF Gouled
sixteen raincoat manufacturers also
were arrested. The charge against all
was the alleged bribery OF Government
inspectors to pass rotten raincoats. No
charge OF participation In the alleged
conspiracy to defraud the Government
through the manipulation OF contracts
by Vaughan at the instigation of Gouled
has been lodged yet against any manu-
facturer
The sun., 1918-08-02

or approximately per cent. of the
whole amount involved. Gouled is al
legged TO have been able to swing the
contracts to these manufacturers when
they were not the lowest bidders through
Capt. Vaughan.
Mr.. Freshman said that Vaughan ac-
cepted bride money because his salary
Of $3.50 a month was inadequate to sup
port his wife and four children. Mrs.
Vaughan and her children are in West
Newton. Mass Before entering the army
In April. 1917, Vaughan was a civil en-
gtneer in Lowell, Mass.
Mr.. Freshman said that the brides ac-
cepted by Capt. Vaughan aggregated
but small amount. The Illegal COM
missions obtained by contingent fee
The sun., 1918-08-02

In which Government ownership ought
ultimately to be determined and ought
ultimately to be rum"
The railroad discussion started when
Senator Sherman Gll) and Senator
Warren (Wyo.) complained OF the bad
freight service they had experienced
themselves. Senator Sherman said that
the transportation OF non-perishable
freight was atrocious, but that TIE ship
ments of perishable goods by freight
were far worse by comparison. Senator
Warren backed up this statement.
The sun., 1918-08-02
YIN. <. MEN AT WEST POINT.
Secretaries Are welcomed by SUI
pertuteudent After Boat Trip.

WEST PoINr. Aug. 1.-The thousand
o erseas secretaries of the National
War Council OF the Y. NJ. G. A. under
command Of Lieut.. Col. George w. Bur-
leigh. visited West Point to-day. sailing
up the Hudson.
At the Military Academy they as
semhled In the gymnasium and were
welcomed in n brief address by Col. TILL
man. the superintendent. The principal
POINTS Of interest were visited.
The party returned TO New York by
boat in the evening.
The sun., 1918-08-02

TRENTON, Aug. 1.-The Republic Of
France to-day filed in the Supreme
Court a suit for s53.755.26 against the
central Railroad OF New Jersey for the
loss OF 596 cases OF guncotton destroyed
in the Black Tom explosion in 1915.
Newark post., 1918-12-11

To secure this result l suggest
the adoption of School Code such
as the Code used in neighboring
States, somewhat modified perhaps
to fit our particular needs and
local conditions. In Pennsylvania,
New York or New Jersey it is re-
quired by law that all new school
buildings shall have incorporated
in their planning and erection cer-
tain basic principles, for example
there shall be provided in space
twelve square feet and two hun
dred cubic feet per pupil. The
light shall come from one source
only, to the left of the pupil, and
that all class rooms be ventilated
with supply of fresh air equal to
thirty cubic feet per minute per
pupil.
These principles are important
yet so far as | know there are but
two rural school buildings in the
State in which they have been car
ried into effect.
To enforce the application of
this Code l suggest that power to
approve or disapprove the plans
for any new school building be
vested in the State Board of Edu-
cation, providing by legislative
action that no contract for the
erection of school building be valid
without the signature of approval
by the State Board.
1t seems certain that in the near
future that there will be many new
school buildings needed through
out the State. Let us take these
steps to make these buildings cor
rect as school buildings, adapted
thereby giving their facilities the
proper equipment with which to
work.
Delaware should take first rank
in its system of education for in
the final analysis Public Educa-
tion is the most important of all
public Enterprises.
Newark post., 1918-12-11
Paint on Radiators
Affects Heating Capacity

Experiments made in Michigan
show that the paint used on radia-
tors has considerable to do with
their heating capacity. The poor
est coverings are the bronze made
of copper and Aluminium. The best
material is enamel, while white
lead and zinc paints give good re-
suits. The number of coats of
paint on the radiator made little
difference-it was the last coat
(which told.
Newark post., 1918-12-11
President of Delaware Col
lege Trustees Goes Abroad

Mr.. Henry B. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of
Delaware College sails for Europe
on Monday, December 2, in the in
terest of the American University
Union in Europe. This Union
maintains hotels in Paris, London,
Rome and other large European
cities for the benefit of all college
men serving in the army and navy
abroad. Delaware College is a
member of this Union and many
Delaware men have shared the
privileges of the Union in the past
year.
Mr.. Thompson expects to return
in time to be present when the
Delaware Legislature visits the
college. He will greet the men,
bers of this body and lay before
them every fact pertaining to the
conduct of the college. In public
mindedness, Mr.: Thompson fur
nishes signal example.
Newark post., 1918-12-11
One-ffth of. Naval Boys
to be Released

Discharge of 20 percent of the
navy's wartime personnel, about
one hundred thousand men, has
been authorized. Secretary Dan
iels said today the men would be
released as quickly as possible
with due regard to the convenience
Of the service.
Private yachts, motorboats and
other craft taken over by the navy
for war, already are being turned
back to their owners. Mr.. Daniels
said by February seven hundred
craft will have been stricken from
the navy list.
The release of enlisted men is
authorized not because the navy is
over-manned but to permit the re-
turn to civil pursuits of youths
who Joined for the war and who do
not intend to follow the sea.
Members of naval units in
schools and colleges will complete
their training and then stand dis
charged. In the cases of special
student bodies, such as the pay
masters school at Princeton and
the Ensig1.s' school at Annapolis,
students in the present classes
upon graduation will be commits
stoned in the reserve.
Newark post., 1918-12-11
Movement for Better Roads

Col. Robert H. Tyndall of the
150th Field Artillery, U. S. A.
writing from France speaks in
glowing terms of the excellent
highways they found in France
and compares them with the aver
age highway in the United States
as a whole much to the detriment
Of the latter.
There will be a couple Of mil
lion real boosters when the war is
over" he says. This statement
contains suggestion that is of
vital Importance. In providing
work for discharged soldiers, sail
ors and munition workers, road
building offers one solution of a
perplexing problem. The United
States is behind most foreign
countries in the matter Of good
highways.
Poor roads are a reason for the
high prices of farm produce in
many cases; they are reason why
more automobiles are not pur-
chased and used they are a reason
for heavy upkeep cost of vehicles
of all kinds; a cause of the low
prices of real estate in country
sections; a reason, in short, for
slower development of national in
dustry and production that should
be expected of a country as pro-
gressive in other ways as ours.
The vast sums that would other
wise be spent in destruction can
be we'll spent in highway construc-
tion in order that trade may be in
creased between rural sections and
urban points and the great army
of war workers may be employed
and that tradesmen may enjoy en-
creased trade.