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for this offense. The offenders were
MeNicanS, negroes, and some unfortu-
nate women. In nearly all these cases
| there was no sale. but the arrests
cants. warranted by tho character OF
the person arrested. In tho most of
the cases arrests wcro made where
tho bootleGger offered tho intoxicant
for sale to n detective. At Waco tho
docket OF the police court did not show
tho arrest OF soldiers for drunkenness
to amount to even one n day
Mayor Dollins. OF Waco. made this
statement to me. II was a policeman
for five years. eight years chief OF
police two years fire commissioners
and am now mayor. In all my life
nave never como in contact with a
better lot of men in morality and gen.
tlemanly conduct than this division Of
soldiers composed or men from Michl-
Fan and Wisconsin. There Is no drunk
enncss among them. and at no time.
aay or night. do they show any rowdy-
ism In the streets"
The city marshal of Waco testified
TO the same thing. At Fort Worm
the city marshal and the police books
testified to the sobriety of the Texas
boys in the same way
II would be we'll to state that Mt
Gan Antonio perhaps 100000 or moro
soldiers are assembled. since, besides
camp Travis. there are two aviation
neids at Fort Sam Houston. AT san
antonio / was told by General Alien.
IN command OF Camp Travis. that he
ilau never seen drunken soldier while
IN command Two jitney men informed
me that their traffic from the pu,,
once through Fort Sam Houston 70
lamp travis amounted to about $50
soldiers each per day. One had carried
durins his business Of four months one
soiuier whom he thought had been
ufIhkihg and on one occasion tho col
uieFs were searched as they cnterad
me camp and bottle OF whisky was
iouno on one Of them. The other had
carried a soldier that he could
hau even been drinking.
,o,a, miuch LOT the report that our
1oioiers are rolling in drunI<cnness F."
1t Is false. And base that st,,a
on my personal and painstakinr oh
servations and Investigations and IN
lie testimonies and assurance OF civil
anu military officials, Of priyates In rho
"I"S' or police officers, OF sherifrs and
| their deputies. OF 1itaey drivers s:reat
car conductors. BARRIERS barkcener.
iruit stand proprietors. soft drink stnn,l
operators. and. in fact, from all classes
ol men VINO the soldier comes In CON
tact win. And the intolerable and
.oalhsome story OF the prevalency of
aeneeai diseases among the soldiers
unus It's nat denial In the facts ,rh, ,
this disease. immoral and des,rro.;,.o
In Its far-reaching more than any VIC
suher' exists In the army is a fact. II
came into the army from civil life and
! II is Kept In the army by civil life
LOT the records of the division aurpeons
sno" that the percentage In the cases
In camp HE goes up in the exact pro-
portloh or the Introduction Of recruits
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10

great extent on tho breed In tho
light active. nervous breeds. such az
the Leghorns. from fifteen to twenty
n'e mems may be allowed to each male:
In the medium weight breeds. such as
the plymouth Rocks. from ten 10 hf-
teen Is about the proper proportion:
while with the heavy Asiatic breeds.
from eight to ten is n liberal allotment.
II the breeding male is to give sat-
isiactory service during the mating
season he must receive careful atten-
sion. Not infrequen.ly it happens that
ne Is under-fed, as many males are 20
attentive to the welfare OF the hens
mat they will not eat enough food to
maintain themselves in vigorous
cohoitlon. This can be remedied by
feeding the male separately. The clay, $
ana spurs SHOULD be kept blunt on the
sldcs and points in order to prevent
injury TO the backs OF the hens Like
Wise the feet should be kent in good
shape. since case OF humble foot or
similar injury will prevent satisfa O.
tory service. II seems needless 70
warn against lice. yet very few breed
ers give the males regular treatment
to eliminate these pests. a thorough
busting with lice powder every two
weeks will be ample.
AS general rule. young. well-devel-
oped cockerels make the best breeders.
however. valuable male birds are fire.
quently used for several years. In
case pullets are used for the breeding
pen iacy should be mated with cock
birds instead of cockere!s
exercise is OF vital Importance to
both males and females In the breed :
ing pen. Plenty of yard room should
be provided and the grains should be
fed in deep litter
The general utility breed among
ducks is the White Pekin. It Is a
good layer and thrifty, rapid grower.
The possibilities OF this Oriental emil
grant are discussed in next weeks ar
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or additions to tho army from civil life
In other words. IL no now men are
brought into camp tho medical corps
will reduce the number OF cases by
processes OF cure and prevention. II
new men nre brought in the percentage
goes up. There are cases that cannot
be cured. But preventive cures are ef-
fective.
Stations for the prevention arc es-
tablished in each camp and at tho police
stations or other points In each city
near which tho encampment lies. A
member OF the surgical corps Of the
army has charge of and is always
present at these stations. at Camp Nc
Arthur. Waco. L copy note or memo
randum given me by Colonel Seamans
division surgeon:
Total number OF men in camp. APP
proximatcly $4,000. Number OF vene-
real cases. 212. At least two thirds Of
cases occurred before service in camp.
Station for each regiment and one in
city OF Waco. Camp Offices cooperate
with police and health department. at
Waco to control prostitution and pre-
vent venereal diseases. Rate of yene-
real diseases very low"
That is an enlightening memoran-
dunn. showing less than per cent of
venercnl disease among these young
soldiers from Michigan Sand Wiscon-
sin. And again--this Isl from Colonel
Mercalf. division surgeon OF the Thirty
sixth Division. at Camp Bowie, Fort
Worth:
I'm tho division OF 10000 men there
are 400 cases of venereal diseases. 289
Of which are chronic cases and existed
prior to their reporting at Camp Bowie.
One hundred and eleven cases have
developed since the encampment. This
makes l l-2 per cent of cases in the
division, including both chronic and
acute. and only four-tenths Of 1 per
cent contracted since the concentration
of the troops"
If any one doubts that these figures
testify in praise to the morals of our
soldiers and the efficiency Of our Off
GERS in caring for them. let him ask his
family physician what no thinks of
them in comparison to tho figures OF
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grayish- white fowls were Matched from
tho eggs OF certain flock OF Barred
Plymouth Rocks. These were albinos,
or sports" and breeders undertook tc
develop White Plymouth Rock from
them. Their efforts were successful,
and the fowl soon became popular.
White Plymouth Rock hens are ex-
ceptionally good layers Of large. brown
eggs; the chicks are rugged and active.
and make amazing development. For
this reason White Rocks arc especially
desirable for broilers. When full
grown. these fowls weigh eight to ten
pounds for males, and six to eight
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pounds Tor females
Size and type have made the Rocks
leaders for market poultry. In this
respect they arc rivaled only by White
"yandottes and Rhode Island Reds
These thrce arc the most widely bred
OF the American breeds. and every one
is profit payer.
The characteristics of the White
Rock should be the same rs those de-
manded for all other varieties of the
breed. They should be pure white,
the surface color. the quilts. and the
under color absolutely white. Their
eyes are red: legs. feet and beak are
golden-yellow. The shanks and feet
must be smooth and free from feathers.
Williams news., 1918-11-29

{To be ContInued).
Williams news., 1918-11-29
l.. J. Olson
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.

State of Ohio. City of Toledo.
 Lucas County. ss.
 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 6 Co.,, doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE FRANK J. CHENEY.
 sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 9th day of December. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
 (SeaD Notary Public.
 Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken i'm formally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo. O.
 Sold by all druggists, 75c.
 HalPs Family Pills for constipation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
TO ENACT ANEW
CHILD LABOR LAW
Children Swarm Back to Cot
ton Mills After Supreme
Court Ruling

Washington.-A new Federal Child
Labor bill backed by leaders in the
Child Labor Associations of the
country will likely be introduced in
the Senate and the House in the
next few days. Officials of the or
ganizations gathered in Washington
to confer in regard to framing such
a bill. Prompt action is anticipated.
Every effort will be made, 1t is said,
to have the bill pass during the pres
ent session that the work already
accomplished by the government and
the organization already built up for
the enforcement of a child labor
law may not have to be wasted.
That public opinion is behind some
form of legislation to protect the
children no one doubts. The only
question Is how to frame a law which
more than four of our Supreme
Court judges will hold is constitu-
tional. The plan most favorably
considered here is that of levying
upon products in the manufacture of
which children under fourteen have
been employed Federal tax so great
as virtually to prohibit their manu-
facture and sale, as in the oleomar-
garine case where the levying of
such a tax by the Federal govern
hiChb mas bOSii upnSlu ny the courts.
Reports received here say that
the day after the Supreme Court
rendered its decision that the Fed
eral Child Labor law was unconsti-
tutional. little children began to
swarm back into the cotton mills
of North Carolina and into the glass
factories and textile mills of other
states.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, of the Ma
tional Consumers League, COM
menting on the decision here said:
Sooner or later we will inevitably
have to have an amendment to the
Constitution which will leave no
doubt in the minds of any one as to
the power of the Federal govern
ment to enact laws establishing
standards for our workers. The field
of labor is our front line of
trenches"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
BY TOM A. MARSHALL

Fish who are deaf, dumb and
blind! The Mammoth Cave OF
Kentucky contains a continuous
succession of marvels. The All Wise
creator retired to the bowels of the
earth, where in seclusion he created
rock formations and living curiosi-
ties, which men of the past and
present generation are permitted to
enjoy The noble red men who in
the early days blazed their way
through the intricate caverns, halls
and avenues, at all times stood in
awe of this creation of nature and
attributed the wonderful acoustic
properties of the cave to the Great
and Evil Spirits which they thought
Inhabited this cavern. Yet they
made the rotunda or assembly room
in the cave their winter homes. as
the temperature was always found
at 81 degrees.
The cave is located ninety-six
miles south of Louisville, KY, in a
h1lly region, known to the natives
as knobs, which lay adjacent to the
Green river.
During the trip south from Louis
Vile much is seen of typical south
ern life, as it existed before the Civil
War. The old plantation cabin, with
stone chimney up the side, puncheon
floors and clapboard roof. A white
washed fence is not the only thing
running around the yard, as picka-
ninnies are much in evidence, being
scantily dressed, their clothes usually
four sizes too large. When the train
whistles it is the signal to stop all
work and remain idle until the rum
BILE of the cars dies away in the dis
tance. Matt Bransford Jr. was my
colored ghide, who piloted me into
the cave, through the intricate un-
derground streets and alleys. halls
and chambers, supported by Corin-
THAN pillars and columns, until we
arrived at the banks of the E"', -
river. the home of blind white and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15

craw fish of which l had seen so
much written. The crawlish that l
saw were about three and half
inches long, known to scientists as
Amblyopis spelaeus, "weak-eyed cave
dwellers" or fish without eyes, they
are indigenous to the Mammoth
Cave, and it is claimed have attained
q length of eight inches. They are
the denizens of darkness, shaped
much like a "dogfish," with catnsh
head, no semblance of eyes can be
found. The crawfish have claws ana
feed upon aquatic crustacea. the
blind white fish live upon the spawn
Of the rawfish or the young Oh lts
own species. The blind fish locate
with small feelers and are extremely
susceptible to jar or conclusion, Vi
brations Immediately putting them
in motion. The cave fauna or fsh
with atrophied eyes have fully estab-
lished q blind fauna in this under
ground stream. Blind as bat,
they are equipped with feelers for
locating food and sensitive nerves
which protect them through Vibra-
tions. Both crawfish and white fish
are of light pink color, and may
be seen along the shores of Echo
river This is a black. sluggish
stream $50 feet below the earth's
surface and directly under the hotel
You are surrounded at all times by
Egyptian darkness, weird shadows
are cast by your open lantern lights
and you at all times anticipate a
meeting with Charon, who will vol
unteer to ferry you across the River
Styx. 1t is uncanny from start to
finish. You fishermen or anglers,
don't go to the Echo river equipped
with rod, reel, dry fly plug or live
bait, you will not get a rise from the
deaf, dumb and blind fish of the
Mammoth Cave, your only means of
capture is the dip-net; you will then
have a specimen which will occupy
your time in studying this marvel of
the aquatic world-the white fish
without eyes, denizens of Echo river
in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15

Those Hick-a-Thrift players are
no respecters of clubs in the Allison
Hill league. Their chief delight the
last week is in making the league
leaders look foolish. Last evening
they played rings around the Gala
hads. walloping- the latter aggre
cation by score of IL to 1. Thurs
day night they trimmed Rosewood
dropping them from first place. and
giving the lead to Galahad. Last
nights result changed the standing
again.
Goodiel tossed again for Hick-a-
Thrift and was chiefly responsible
for the fine showing of the last team
in the league. 1t is the third straight
win for the Pine streeters under the
management of Dana Griffin.
Goodiel famed eleven batters last
evening, and the evening before he
had ten strikeouts to his credit.
The victors clinched the contest at
the very outset by knocking the
youthful Shay out of the box. He
was succeeded by Boatman, and the
latter made a good showing, but the
"Eph" Minnich was the heavy artil-
lery for the "Hickies," clubbing out
three lWO-DdSe nltS. OSman clOuJeu
one of Shays fast shoots for a home
run. ....
Winning three contests in one
week. after losing nine straight
games, has increased the interest of
the fans in the "Hickies," and the
latter team is expected to make mat
ters more interesting for the other
teams as the season progresses. Mon
day night Reading and Rosewood
meet. and first place will go to the
team that wins the contest.
The lineup and summary:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
Willis and Jones
Out For Governor

Columbus. OhiO.-Both former Gov
ernor Frank B. Willis and former
State Chairman Edwin Jones have
declared themselves candidates for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor. fling their statements with
the Secretary of State. Both have
been careful to secure representa-
tives' support. Jones is on a win
the-war" platform and the same
sort of declaration is made by Will
lis, who says that he is running in
response to many unsolicited re-
quests. In part. Willis said:
THE supreme question before us is
the winning of the war If nominat-
ed and elected Governor, 1t will be
my sincere determination to marshal
and dedicate the resources of the
state that we shall give the most
thorough cooperation to the Nation
al Administration and to other state
administrations, regardless of their
politics. to the end that American
arms shall achieve the only peace
satisfactory, O peace based upon
overwhe Ginning victory over the Prus-
sian powers of darkness.
GAS the war will enlarge the
worlds freedom, we must provide so
there will come a larger recognition
of the rights of labor, a less sus-
picious and a more cordial treatment
of the needs OF legitimate business
and greater attention to our agricul-
tural interests.
81 favor the adoption of the state
,,~1hfbfffnY, cfifnfinnaI
and the ratification of the similar
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States"
James NJ. Cox. Dayton newspaper
publisher and Democratic Governor
of Ohio. announced his candidacy for
reelection at the November election
He announced that because of war
conditions he would make no cam
paign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
FONCK, THE NEW
ACE OF ACES
In Young Frenchman Allies
Have Skillful and Deadly
Airman

Paris - Not since Guynemer. the
Hawk" was shot down last winter
have the Allies had such skilful
and deadly airman as young Rene
Fonck, who recently brought down
six German planes in one day, an un-
paralleled feat. He is now known
as the "Ace of Aces"
Il am going out to avenge Chaput,"
declared Fonck, Chaput having been
killed the day before and having
been a famous and popular ace and
friend of Georges Carpenter. the
French heavyweight boxer, and of his
comrades in the air service.
In few minutes Fonck met a
squadron of six German planes With
in six minutes he had sent three of
them hurtlihg to earth in flames.
Later the same day he encountered
nine German planes and downed three
of them.
Lieutenant Fonck began flying a
year and half before the war. at
the mature age of 16. When the war
began he was able to start as a pilot
observer although he did not become
chaser until 1916. He brought
uoWn MS HrSI enemy alTpldne Au-
gust 6. 1916, since having accounted
for forty-one other planes, reckoning
only those credited under the strict
standard followed by the French
His wonderful success and skill
are counted not only by the number
of machines he has smashed, but by
the still more extraordinary fact that
his own machine never had been hit
by o. bullet.
That means that besides the clev-
erness with which he maneuvers to
get at the man he is attacking he
has a positive genius for deciding
when to strike and when not to
strike. using his Judgment as well as
his mastery of the acrobatics of fly
ing to choose the right moment for
assailing his quarry or retiring.
He is a wonderful shot, and in his
last affair he made six direct hits
out of so shots.
The daring young Frenchman has
fought a good deal with the British
for whom he has a great admiration.
He has two British decorations in
addition to the CroiX de Guerre and
the Cross of the Legion of Honor. He
is described as extraordinarily mod
ern, frank and likable. Just Jolly
open faced slightly built boy without
a particle of affectation or vanity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
NATION NEEDS
WOOL QUICKLY
Agricultural Director Assures
Owners Government Is
Acting in Good Faith

A great deal of uncertainty exists
in the minds of our farmers regard
ing the sale of the wool which is
now being clipped, says f. r. Ste
vens, Agricultural Director, in his
letter to farmers. and 1 am free to
confess, after reading carefully the
regulations issued by the Federal
government, and also abstracts made
from these regulations, he continues
that there are still several questions
in my own mind as to just how the
wool is to be quickly and economi-
cally gathered from the farmers and
handed over to manufacturers.
The government has fixed a price
on wool by grades, just as 1t did in
wheat, and the sales will be made
based upon the quality of the fleeces.
Many grades of wool are established,
and a price fixed for each grade.
The War Industries Board has gone
still further, and designated a sys-
tenn by which the wool is to be
gathered, the. general scheme of
which is as follows:
Approved dealers in wool have
been selected in Portland, Oregon,
Chicago, New York City, st. Louis,
Boston and Philadelphia. These are
the only agencies authorized to sell
wool to the government or to manu-
facturers of wooden goods. These
same dealers are authorized to buy
wool direct from farmers when these
farmers have 1870 pounds or more.
Farmers can combine their wool
clipping until it aggregates this
amount, and so sell direct to these
dealers.
1t is obvious, however, that even
this system alone would not immedi-
ately gather up the wool clip of the
vide for local dealers who may pur-
chase wool and sell direct to these
approved agents in the cities men
toned, and a small commission of
one and one-hah per cent. is allowed
these dealers, which commission will
not come out of the price to the
farmers, and II, therefore. may be
expedient for many farmers to sell
direct I'd the local dealer. In this
way, the war industries board has
endeayored to establish a system
by which few dealers will handle
the wool. and their commissions are
very light.
There seems to be no provision by
which the wool may be officially
graded before it leaves the hands of
the farmers. and therefore. the farm
ers cannot tell exactly what price he
will get for this wool when 1t leaves
his hands. A provision is made.
however. by which he may receive
seventy-five per cent. of the appar-
ant value and leave the adiustn,ant
of the. rest after the final grading
has taken place.
Our country is in need of wool.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
Advice to the LovelOrn
By.BEATRICE FAIRFAX
-: PROPRIETY

Dear Miss Fairfax: My girl friend
expects to become engaged soon. AS
yet her parents are unacquainted
with him and as she and | differ on
the subject we have decided to call
on you to settle our friendly argu-
ment.
1 claim that it is his mothers
place TO call on her family. She
claims that it is her mothers place
to make the first visit. Will you
kindly tell me which is right?
b. f. c.
Little questions of etiquette seem
to me somewhat beneath our notice
these days of tremendous problems!
However, this question is asked so
frequently that / see it seems a real
problem to many of my readers.
Their interest in the question war
rants it's having place in the col
umn that is their clearing house for
prob. ems. Generally, the mother of
the groom calls upon the bride and
her people in order to welcome the
new daughter into her family.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15

SteeltOn, Pa, June Is. Cottage
Hili was the Mecca to-day for a null
tltude of fans who had become so
hungry waiting for another big league
least that they nearly carried away
the ticket office. The last battle wit
messed here was such a hummer, and
the opponent to-day being Lebanon
the crowd expected to see a real
classic in baseball. Lebanon trimmed
Steelton on her last visit here, and
Manager Cockill's battlers were out
to even up.
A loud howl of joy and confidence
rang out when Edward Plank, of0Get-
tysburg and other famous spots. leis-
urely cranked up his high-priced south
wing and gave evidence of taking
part in the important pickering. Eddie
has but recently rounded into shape,
and he was ready to work through the
nine innings to-day.
The fans were glad to see a brace