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of territory in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia. On the Pacific coast routes will be established be tween San Francisco and Sacramento. Cal, via Stockton and Fruitdale, q dis tance of 125 miles, and between Red lands and Los Angeles, Cal, via On tario and Pomona, Cal, a distance of 76 miles.
 IL Is the belief of the post office de- partmeht that the operation of these routes, and others to be established, will materially aid in the distribution and in lowering the cost of food prod- ucts.
 The existing law does not provide for the employment of goyernment= owned motortrucks or rural delivery routes, nor does it require the rural carriers to use motorvehicles.
 In the star route service, however, where the mail Is carried under con tract, a recent law permits the post office department to designate the sort of vehicles to be employed, and in awarding new contracts the depart ment will specify that motortrueks shall be employed on all routes where the roads are such as to admit of their use. These contracts are advertised for bidders, and where payment asked for the service is deemed to be excess sive the department is authorized to provide g0vernment-owned motor trucks and to employ drivers for the operation of these routes.
 A further extension of the employ ment of gOvernment-owned motorve- hicles by it's adoption for the parcel post service of the rural routes. will be made whenever congress enacts a law now pending for that purpose.
 Operating under the law as it now stands as applied to the star route service, motortruck routes. some un- der contract and some operated with government-owned mOtOrtrucks, are in process of establishment as follows:
 New York city to Port Jervis, N. Y, via Belleville, Montclair and Dover, N. l., distance each way of SC miles :: New York city to Hammonton, N. Y, via Mount Olive, BOrdentown, Trenton. Princeton and Elizabeth, N. l., dis- tance each way of 114 miles: New York city to Easton, Pa, via Mont clair. Morristown and Somerville. N. l., distance each way of 94 miles i; New York city to New Milford. Conn. via Pawling, Yorktown Heights. Briar Cliff and Yonkers. N. Y, distance each way of 91 miles; New York city to Hartford, Conn.,, via Whiteplains, N. Y, Danbury and Waterbury, Conn, q distance each way of 105 miles; New York city to Port Jervis, N. Y, via Goshen and Suffern. N. Y. n distance each way of S4 miles. Other routes be- ing established are:
 Philadelphia, Pa, to Easton, Pa. via Hallowell and Doylestown, Pa. dis tance each way of 56 miles; Easton to Reading, Pa, via Bethlehem and Al lcntown, Pa, distance each way of 51
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

McAdoo. in statement given out through the federal reserve banks, 'I am sure that they have failed to con slider the effect which the acceptance of their offers have upon the situation. We are making the strongest effort to have these government bonds pur- chased for permanent investment by the people at large. to be paid for out of the past and future savings of those who buy them. Purchases thus made not only result in providing funds for the uses of the government, but they also effect a conservation of labor and material.
 When the bonds are exchanged for merchandise, the primary object of their sale Is defeated discouraging thrift and increasing expenditure. In addition to this, such bonds, when talk en In exchange for merchandise, must in most cases be immediately sold in the open market. This naturally tends to depress the market price of the is- sue and makes it less easy to sell fu- ture issues at the same rate."
 Secretary McAdoo believes that the merchants of the country. upon a more careful consideration of the subject, will discontinue their efforts to sell
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
CREWS CRAZED BY SUFFERING

London.-Much has been written about the hardships endured by the crews of vessels sunk by German sub marines. Here are some particulars dealing with the plucky deeds per formed by officers and men belonging to all branches of the sea services, naval and mercantile.
 The first case is that of passenger steamer which had been torpedoed on a Monday, without warning. as usual, in the Atlantic, 320 miles from land ,Fhe chief officer took charge of No. 2 lifeboat, which had on board 31 per sons, including two women and baby four months old.
 Bad weather prevailed all that day and throughout the night, increasing the plight of the miserable people. Pro- visions too were scarce, but what ex isted was taken charge of by the chief officer, who doled out half q dipper (half-pinD of water to each person night and morning.
 They had been barely twenty-four hours in the boat when the horrors of
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miles; PottsYiile. Pa to Easton, Pa, Yia QrWigsburg and Danielsyille, Pa; Harrisburg. Pa, to Reading, Pa, via Lebanon and Rohesona, Pa. a dis tHHee eaeh way of 51 miles. and Hnr- risbHrg, Pa, to IIagerstown Md
 Routes extend from Cincinnati to Springfield, Ohio, via Dayton and Mi amisburg il distance each way of 76 miles Portland Me, to Nashua. N H.. Hia Portsmouth and Exeter, \. IT,, a distance each way of 105 miles; Nashua. \. IL. to Hartford. Conn. gia Stafford Springs. Conn, and Worcester and East Pepperell Mass, Il distance each Wuy of l27 miles; flag efstown. Md. to Staunton, Va; Staun- ton, Va. to Roanoke, Va; Winston Salem to Charlotte. N. C.; Concord to Statesville \. c; Charlotte to Cam den, \. C.; Camden, N. C.. to Colum- bia, $. C; Florence To Columbia. $. C., via Darlington and Lydia Columbia. $. C.. to Ghapin and Lexington, dis tance of 70 miles and return; Charles ton. $. C.. to Columbia. $. C., via Som 0i Nitlt dtd Vi dtiZ0Afti Es t.s u AlN- tanee each way of f26 miles Orange burg. S. C.. to Augusta, Ga, via Lang ley and Wi1liston, $. C., distance each way of - miles; Savannah to Statesboro. Ga, via Pooler. Blooming dale. Marlow and Brooklet, distance each way of D miles; Augusta to Ma con, Ga; Macon to Columbus, Ga. Co lumbus to Montgomery. Ala; Green vile, S. C., to Atlanta, Ga; Atlanta. Ga., to Montgomery. Ala, and Birm- ingham to Montgomery, Ala, via Yer bena and Marbury, Ala, q distance each way of fo6 miles.
 With the exception of q branch be- tween Washington. D. C.. and Rich mond, Va, the course of which has not yet been decided on, chain of routes has been adopted linking Portland. Me. with Nashua, N. II. Nashua with Wor- cester, Mass: Worcester with Hart ford. Conn.,; Hartford with New York
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Gets Brass in Ordnance Equipment.

Included m the equipment furnished each infantryman by the ordnance bu- reau of the war department are 627 ounces of brass. This Is exclusive of the uniform equipment provided by the quartermaster corps.
 Used in the haverSaek are 1 8 ounces of brass in the bayonet seabbard, o.5 ounce; in the canteen cover 0.2 ounce |; cartridges Q00), 47.4 ounces; cart ridge belt. 10 ounces; gun sling, l ounce; oler and thong case, f.5 ounces; pouch for first-aid packet. O.3 ounce.
 Equipment from the ordnance bu- reau for 100000 infantrymen contains almost i96 tons of brass.
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the situation were added to by mad ness. On the Tuesday the cook lost his reason, and on the Wednesday he died. That night witnessed the insan- ity of the storekeeper. who had to be ashed down. On Thursday he too died. On Friday an A. B. expired.
 Water Begins to Get Low.
 The water was now beginning to give out and the boats company suf- fered from intense thirst.
 A fireman was found dead in the bottom of the boat on Saturday morn ing, and the third-class pantry boy died during the day.
 On Sunday the catt,eman tried to jump overheard three times, and sue ceeded at the fourth attempt. The sur vivors were in too feeble state to save him, although they turned the boat round and searched for him. The water gave out on Sunday.
 There were occasional showers of rain, but everything was saturated with salt, and the little water they got was undrinkable. They licked the
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FRICTION INFAMILY IS FATAL

fitted to enter upon the work of life is friction in the family. Young people are by nature loyal to their parents and it is almost never that young person will give IS reason for his leaving home the fact that his father and mother quarreled or nag at each other or dc not agree upon certain points.
 Friction In the home creates an in- tangible. impalpable atmosphere in which the sensitive child ehekes and pants for the free air of happiness. or is warped and stunted mentally and morally.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01

vegetable or fresh raw animal food and fat are the staple. and where food and drink are unstimulatinf, fresh and cool-that is, not far above Hood heat. without toxic matter, say a medical authority. In all countries ~he highest comparative rates are In populations accustomed to alcohol. tea, or coffee in large quantities, or to excess of food condiments or other irritants. Large increases have been noted cor responding to the increased amount of unnatural or intlammatory foods eaten or toxic liquids drunk.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
The Iron Aqe.

period from 2000 to 2500 B. C. as mark ing the transition from bronze to iron, declares the Christian Hera'd. Pref.
 I. B. Wilson. in a recent article in the Princeton Theological Rev lew, pre- sents pretty nearly all of the available evidence on the subject The iron
 age" seems to have begun earliest in Asia Minor, where iron was used for various purposes as early as 2500 B. c. The people of Nippur used iron knives and arrowheads as early as 2000 B. C..
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Oeported Men and Prisoners Are Driven Into Slavery by Ger
 man Authorities.
MAKE STARTLING DISCLOSURE
HoIlander Tells How Deported Bel gians and French Prisoners of War Are Compelled to Work in Munitions Factory
 in Essen
By w. J. L. kIEHl.

Correspondent of the Chicago News.)
 The Hague, Holland.-A Netherland- CT who until four days ago was em- pioyed at Krupp'S intuition works in Essen, Germany, makes the startling disclosure that some 1000 Holanders are working at Essen in the munition and war material factories. Most of these men get there through the machi- nations of what this "escapedo Hol- lander calls "Seelenerkaufer''- < OSsendegner of Rotterdam, who seem to act as agents fo. supplying Germany with greatly needed labor. Eighty or ninety men day generally find their way across the border by means of their agents, lured by the prospect of very high wages and good food. What they find in reality and how next to impossible it is made for them to return to their own country is thus told in the Hollander's words:
 No Return Pass Given.
 When this firm of agents secured my services they did not mention war work" he said. "I was given to under stand that field labor and trade work was required. Also l was promised that l could return any Saturday to Holland to stay through Sunday. The promised wages were high and food was said to be plentiful. I accepted, my pass was ready in a few moments, but l did not know that the signatures and ViseS required for my return to Holland had been omitted, as they al- ways are in the passes given by these agents, no doubt because they know perfectly well that after week in Germany no single Hollander would ever think of returning there after his weekend in Holland.
 Soon after my entrance upon Ger man soil at Elten, where l found sev- eral compatriots like myself, We were met by an agent from an 'arbeits bu- reau,2 who secured our services for shellmaking at Krupp's by telling us that food was good there and wages very high. He said that in other branches of labor food was but indif- ferent and the wages nothing like krupp'S, so we men went to Essen. How good the food was there you can judge of by the fact that my weight was reduced by 24 pounds while there.
 "For breakfast we received two slices of bread without any butter or fat whatever. For dinner potato soup that left us hungry an hour after eating Then in the evening again two slices of bread like at breakfast.
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Languages in California.

A trial which occurred in San Jose illustrates the multiplicity of tongues in California. A Spaniard accused q Tartar of assaulting him, but as the Tartar and his witnesses could not speak English the proceedings were delayed. At last another Tartar. named Arghat, was found who could speak Chinese, and then Chinaman. who went by the name of Alab, who could speak Spanish, and with these interpreters the trial began. Another difficulty then arose of swearing the
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Had Seen Pictures.

Quite recently Bessie. an inquisltive little miss. was out walking with an aunt who weighed something in ex- cess of 200 pounds
 "When good people die they go to heaven. don't they auntie?" the little girl inquired inneeently.
 "Yes. dear"
 And they have wings and fly all around everywhere, too, don't they?" she persisted.
 "Yes." returned the aunt.
 Well. auntie." the little child finally said, T bet when you die and get wings and fly all about folks will think you're n Zeppelin"
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
HOLD LIBERTY BONDS
People Urged to Retain Them as
 Permanent Investment.
Government Discourages Practice of Merchants in Accepting Them In
 Exchange tor Merchandise.

United States treasury officials are seeking. to discourage the practice fol- lowed by many merchants throughout the country of offering to accept Lib erty bonds of the first and second is- sues it par and in some cases at premium. in exchange for merchandise. They hold that such practice defeats the primary object of the sale of the bonds, discouraging the general thrift movement and increasing expenditures, thus depriving the government of la- bor and material needed for war pur- poses.
 While l have no doubt that mer- chants are actuated by patroitic mo tives." sad Secretary of the Treasury
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Says He'll Enlist; It's Easier.

Ralph McMurray. eolored waiter at the Hotel McCurdy in Evansville, re- ceived his questionnaire few days ago.
 What is it?" he asked some of his friends.
 "Oh, you just have to answer those questions" he was told.
 Answer these?" shouted McMurray, turning over the numerous pages. Nope. I'm going to war instead. En- ustin' is lots easier"
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MADE BIG MISTAKE
Of Course They Had Plenty of
 Money Now, But
Farmer Had Forgotten Int Time Was Robbing Him and His Wife of Youth While He Was Pil-
 ing Up the Dollars.

The farmer sat in the circle of light shed by the lamp on the reading table. His brow was wrinkled as he ran over the figures in his handbook with stubby lead pencil, While he figured, his wife sewed steadily and the old clock on the mantel counted the sec onds under it's breath.
 At length the man placed his spec tacles in their case, put his clasped hands above one knee, smiled slowly and said: The last payment on the Dawkins farm has been paid, Jimmy, an Eve got a right smart balance left iR the bank That last bunch of shoats l sold brought more money than l thought they would"
 For time he sat evidently waiting for his wife to make some remark, but her needle clicked steadily along hem, while her eyes appeared glued 10 her work. The farmer leaned forward. touched his wife upon her knee and continued: Don't you remember, Jin- ny, ever so long ago. I told you that just as soon as the Dawkins place was paid for you an 1 would take trip, great big trip, anywhere you wanted to go?"
 "Yes," the woman answered without taking her eyes from the hem, 'yes, remember very well. It was just b years ago that you said we'd take that trip, John"
 'Well-but-say. Jimmy, ain't you bit glad it's come at last?' the man asked.
 q don't know, I don't know. You see, John when We planned that trip was just little bit over thirty. 1 hadn't got iQto the rut like l am now. Honest, I've stayed out here in the country year after year by myself un- til I'm sensitive. When I go to town look an act like I WIS from the eoun- try Maybe I don't look that way, but I feel that way on the inside an l might just as well look that way. If the trip had come sooner i'd been all right, but it's toe late now
 But, Jimmy. you know was payin'-"
 Never mind that John, I've heard that same or story of payin' for more land for years now. You've done it all for the best, but it has been for the worst. We've got money to spend an we've gotten plumb by the time of life when We can get any pleasure out of it. l believe Tn putin some thing by for q rainy day all right, but I don't believe in it when you kill youth an pleasure. I'm sorry as 1 can be, John, but I don't want the trip" Farm and Family.
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woodwork, hoping to gather up the raindrOnS

woodwork, hoping to gather up the raindrops
 Then they broke up the water keg. and licked the inside, which they found saturated with moisture. and delicious. At 3 D. m. on Monday land was sighted. but it was long way off, and by the time they drew near darkness and a heavy northerly swell made landing impossible. They lay to. and during q squall their mast carried away at the heel. but that did not matter much. for 1t acted as q sea anchor
 At daylight on Tuesday they were sighted by Il couple of fishing boats, which towed them into port. The baby lived for some time after being landed The linen keeper died as he was being lifted from the boat. Two of the crew refused to leave the boat, having gone mad. A trimmer died from gangrene two weeks later.
 The chief officer remarked 'I would like to testify to the excellent behavior of the boats crew throughout our pe- riod of eight days hardship and ex- posure."
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Judging by Appearances.

Dat tree ha been struck three times by lightnin'. boss" said sam.
 Impossible. Sam. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, you know"
 Well, say, boss. the thing what struck 1t yesterday bears strikin' 'semblance to what struck 1t before"
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-01
Ne70 RoAfes f0rPa1=:
 oe/ P0sf Expected 10 ZozUer Fool C0SIS

THIN, perhaps, the next few months m0t0rtruck parcel post routes will be in operation in Xa- rious parts of the eouH- try, aggregating be tween 5000 and 1000 miles. One chain of motor routes will eX- tend from Portland. Me, to New Orleans. Another will cover much of a large stretch
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Where Deported BeIgians Work.

ViSiS DSP0i AS0 DN'Sio'io 'N'N'
 "Deported Belgians and French pris- oners of war also work at Krupp's. Discipline is strictly enforced, and any utterances of anti-German views are at once punished.
 II got the impression that Germany flung itself like mad into intuition work as its last card. But raw ma terial is getting scarce, especially cop per. In Essen all copper faucets and the like had already been replaced by iron and tin The general idea in Ger many is that the war can be prolonged at the utmost for another half year, so they are employing their last forces for q supreme effort.
 Every evening at Krupp's alarms is made-'Flieger Gemeldet' [airplanes reportedl. All lights are then eXtin- guished. This is done so that we should not know when flyers really came to lombard the factories. No one is allowed to talk of the damage done by allied bombs, and the newspapers are enjoined to keep silence on these matters. Still, can say that some damage has been done, although 1 can not say how much nor exactly where. On the other hand, stories likely to
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and iron is claimed to have been in use in Babylon five centuries earlier. India is known to have had iron in abun- dance in 1900 B. C., and the Chinese Annals" mention it as having been in use there in 2940 E. C.. or nearly 1000 years ago.
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GIVES HUSBAND AND
 3 SONS FOR COUNTRY

Lingle, Wyo.-A husband and three sons for Uncle Sam's lib- erty forces is the contribution of Mrs. John NJ. Bennett, of this town.
 With all the male members of her family preparing in various training camps for the fight for democracy and humanity. Mrs. Bennett and her two young daughters spend a great deal of their leisure doing Red Cross work.
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stimulate the energy of the people are eagerly promulgated, such as those of enormous submarines of dreadnaught type, of guns that can shoot 90 kilo- meters that are soon to be used against the allied armies"
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Women Conductors Quit.

New York.-The success of the ex- pertinent by the Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit company of hiring women conduc- tors is seriously threatened. Three of the first ten women employed have re- signed. Two resigned because of sick ness and the third said the work inter fered with the care of her five chil- dren,
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witnesses. The court. having ascer- tained that the Tartar mode of swear- ing Is by lifting lighted candle to- ward the sun, adopted that form. The judge administered the ordinary oath to the English and Spanish interpre- ters; the latter then swore Arghat as Tartar and Chinese interpreter, and he, In turn. swore Alab, by the burn ing candle and the sun. as Chinese and Spanish interpreter; and the trial then proceeded in four languages.-"Th Life of Bret Harte," by Henry Childs Merwin.
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Last Resource.

My dear, the doctor, says I'm In need of little change"
 Then ask him to give 1t to you. He's got the last of mine."
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Where Cancer Is Common.

Cancer is very common in the rich CT and more luxurious countries of the world. less common in the frugal eoun- tries, and very uncommon or absent in those countries where simple cereal,
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A New York hotel has roof gar den for the dogs belonging to guests.
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merchandise and take Liberty bonds in payment for It.
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the front. and these men are so afraid of being again sent to the front that they would rather work themselves to dpnfh af Krnnn'S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-19
INTERESTING WEDDING TODAY
Brides Five Sisters Her Attendants at Cere-
mony With Nuptial Mass This Morning

An interesting wedding took place this
morning when Miss Ella Cecilia Loughran
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Loughran
or 223S North Broad street. became the bride
of Mr.. Charles J. Donnelly. Jr, of this city
The ceremony performed by Monsignor
Gerald p. Coghlan who officiated at the high
nuptial mass at 10 o'clock at the Church Of
Our Lady of Mercy
Miss Loughran was given in marriage by
her father. and was attended by her sister
Mrs. Walter II. Congdon, as matron Of
honor Her other sisters, Misses Marie
arine Loughran and Miss Alice Loughran
brother Mr. Frank Donnelly, as best man,
and the ushers were: Mr. Louis Loughran
Mr.. John Loughran. Jr, Mr. Walter Ii.
Congdon and DIR. James Donnelly.
The bride wore gown of white satin trim
med with Brussels lace, and old family
veil of Brussels lace. Her veil fastened
with orange blossoms, and she carried or
chids and ilies-of-the- valley. The matron
of honor wore frock of old blue ch ffon
trimmed with lace, and two Of the brides
nR ids wore dresses of rose chiffon while the
others wore cream-color chiffon over flesh
color satin, with wide blue sashes. They
all wore hats of bronze tulle and carried
chrysanthemums,
Immediately after the ceremony a break
fast was served at the home of the brides
parents Mr. and Mrs ponnelly will spend
their honeymoon at White Sulphur Springs
and will be at home after the first of De-
cember at the Satterlee Apartments, Forty
sixth and Chestnut streets.