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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
Wilson Calls on People to Re.
new Pledge.
LOAN RALLIES ARE PLANNED
With s1,ose, 7s4, 900 Subscribed And
Campaign Almost Half over, Dis
tricts Are Urged To Make Ex-
traordinary Efforts.


be Liberty Day throughout the United
States under a proclamation just is
sued by President Wilson calling on
citizens of every community to hold
Liberty Loan rallies and literally
pledge anew their financial support to
sustain the nations cause"
Patriotic demonstrations similar to
those on the opening day of the cam
paign will be held on April 26 and the
day devoted to giving the race toward
the $S,o00,0OO,0O0 war credit goal a
new impetus for the final week.
Now, with the loan campaign almost
half over, $1,0S9, 734,900 subscriptions
have been reported to the Treasury.
THE PROCLAMATION.
President Wilson's Liberty Day
proclamation follows:
BY the President of the United States
of America.
A proclamation:
IAN enemy who has grossly abused
the power of organized government
and who seeks to dominate the world
by the might Of the sword, challenges
the rights Of America and the liberty
and life Of all the free nations of the
earth. Our brave sons are facing the
fire of battle in defense of the honor
and rights of America and the liberty
of nations. To sustain them and to
assist our gallant associates in the
war a generous and patriotic people
have been called upon to subscribe to
the Third Liberty Loan.
"Now, therefore, /, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States
of America, do appoint Friday, the
twenty-sixth day of April, one thou
sand nine hundred and eighteen, as
Liberty Day. On the afternoon of that
day request the people of the
United States to assemble in their
respective communities and literally
pledge anew their financial support
to sustain the nations cause. Patri-
otto demonstrations should be held
in every city, town and hamlet
throughout the land under the gen.
eral direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the immediate direc
ton of the Liberty Loan committees
organized by the Federal Reserve
Banks. Let the nations response to
the Third Liberty Loan express in
unmistakable terms the determination
of America to fight for peace, the per-
manent peace of justice.
For the purpose of participating in
Liberty Day celebrations all employees
of the Federal Government through
out the country whose services can
be spared may be excused at ~
o'clock noon, Friday, the twenty-sixth
day of April.
"In witness whereof, l hzve here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed
Done in the District of Columbia,
this eighteenth day of April, in the
ear of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen, and of the in
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty.
second.
WOODROW WILSON,
"By the President:
Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
cYcLoPs IN STORM.
Officer On Merchantmen Reports
Severe Weather Along Path.

Norfolk, Va.-W. ]. Riley, third Of
ficer of the steamship Amolco, said
here he believed the missing naval
collier Cyclops went down in heavy
storm which the Amolco encountered
off the coast last March 8. The Amol-
CO left West Indian port three days
ahead of the collier. Riley said his
vessel, which was bound to Boston,
was badly damaged, and that her radio
room was flooded, the wireless being
put out of commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
BIG EXPRESS MERGER URGED.
Consolidation OF All Companies Pro-
posed.

Washington.-Heads of express
companies discussed with the Railroad
Administration proposal for consoli-
dating the express companies into one
corporation which would be author
ICED by Director General McAdoo to
conduct all the express business in
the country. The corporation would
have capital stock of about $4,000
900 divided among the companies in
proportion to the physical valuation
of their properties
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
NAVY YARDS BOOST PAY.
Workers On Atlantic Coast To Get
Increase May I.

Washington.-A new scale of wages
for civilian workers in Atlantic Coast
navy yards will be put into effect May
/. the Navy Department announced.
1t grants Is to 20 per cent. pay in
creases and makes the navy yard pay
conform with wages paid in shipyards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26

Field and garden seed are uncondl
tionally exempted from all embargoes,
according to the department OF agri-
culture. Instructions are issued to all
railroads to do everything possible to
expedite the movement of seed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26


The alien property custodian has
been given power to sell, at private
sale without advertisement. enemy
owned live stock. feed or food stuffs,
hides and other animal products, agri-
cultural products. fertilizers. chem
icals. drugs, essential oils, lumber,
cotton. tobacco. furniture, books, glass
.and china ware, wearing apparel, jew
elry, precious stones, pictures. orna-
ments, brie-a-brac.. objects of art.
raw or finished textile materials.
trunks, boxes, partially or completely
manufactured metals, fabrics, rubber
and rubber products, and all kinds of
merchandise, in lots having market
value of not more than $4,000.
Such sales may be held at places
and under conditions prescribed by the
alien property custodian.
Federal reserve banks are to redis-
count notes secured by farm tract
ors, according to the department of
Agriculture Instructions have been
issued to all federal reserve banks au-
thorizing them TO rediscount tractor
paper presented by any member bank,
provided it has maturity not exceeding
six months and the tractors are pur-
chased for agricultural purposes.
In Oklahoma. county councils of de-
Tense are securing pledges from auto
mobile owners to furnish tranSporta-
ton to speakers for community coun-
ellis. The pledge provides that the
chairman of the county council may
hire car at the expense of any signer
who fails to furnish transportation at
the time promised.
Investigations by the department of
agriculture in l5 states show that of
total of 6.SS6.492 sheep. 34.GS3 were
killed by dogs in one year and were
paid for by the counties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26

Over 100000 applications for insur-
ance by officers and enlisted men of
the naval service had been filed by
March 81. The average amount of in
surance on each policy was about ST.
800, making total of more than 81
5O0,000000. Payments on war-risk
allotments are now about 100000 a
month.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26

Wednesday, April 8, was peak day
in sales of war savings stamps, when
$4. l20,932 was recorded at the treas
ury for the days receipts from stamp
sales.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-26
World War in Brief

U-boats last week sunk one large
italian ship and only one small French
vessel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
CIRCUIT COURT JURORS.

The following Petit Jury was drawn
for the August term of Court, subject
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
Our Saved Food
Fed the Allies

Conservation measures applied By
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,-
0OO,000 bushels of wheat and S44, ,6O0.-
600 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at 81 400, ,0O0, 900.
This was accomplished In the face Of q
serious food shortage In this country
bespeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrators Hoover, in let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up OF the millions of bushels of wheat
during 1918 and the shipment of
meat during 1918.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 81 400, 100000, all this food being
bought through or In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 80, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
Qnciuding meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1916-17 -. 2, ice, 800 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-1S. ..9,O11, 100000 lbs.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
Farmers
Are Uniting
Cooperative Association Mem
bership Increasing Rapidly.

The East Jordan Cooperative Asso-
ciation what organized in this city June
18th, has increased in membership un-
til today there are some one hundred
and fifty representative farmers of this
region enrolled as paid members.
II is the hope of the officers of the
organization that there will be a one
hundred per cent representation of the
farmers and horticulturalsts of this
region in the association for it is only
through united effort that a maxi
mum AMOUNT of good results can be
obtained.
The officers and directors have held
several important sessions and consid-
cradle work accomplished. The organ
ization has leased the Supernaw Ware
house on Safest and will use this in
handling their produce the coming
year.
The Bylaws of the Association have
been issued in booklet form and are
now ready for distribution to the men,
berS.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
Michigan Men
In Big Battle
Thirty-secOnd Division in SOis-
sOnS-RheimS Sector.

Washington, Aug. Announcement
by General March, chief of staff of the
army to newspaper correspondents,
that the Thirty-second division had
been moved up into the Soissons-
Rheims sector, indicates that the for
mer Michigan national guard compap-
les including our own Company |, will
be in the hottest part of the fighting
from now on.
1t shows that they have completed
their course of training on foreign soil,
and are now considered the equal of
any of the veteran troops. They took
their training in the Vosges section on
German SOIL near the Swiss border,
wnich has been used as training
ground for the Rainbow and other
crack divisions.
The Thirty-second is now consoli-
dated with General Hunter Liggett's
lst army corps, which is announced as
fighting continuously along the ten
miles of front which the American
army is now holding. AS the Germans
are now in almost full retreat it is not
believed that the Thirty-second will ex-
perience such heavy casualties at pre-
sent as other divisions which have oc-
cupied this sector
This was announced Saturday by
General March, chief of staff, who re-
vealed in his semi-weekly conference
with newspaper correspondents that
eight American divisions now are en-
gagged on the sector where General
Foch's offensive is in full swing.
Declaring that the objective of our
forces is still the destruction of the
enemy's army General March present
ed confidential report showing the
success of the American-Allied advance.
An officer of General Muir's staff back
from Fere-en- Tardenois, made the re-
port saying it did not seem possible to
gather all the guns and material aban-
doned by the Germans.
Discussing man-po.wer March said all
troop shipping records went by the
board in July when more than 1000
American soldiers were sent to France.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
SHARE OUR SUGAR
WITH The ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a Month.
French Pound and Half,
italians One Pound.
GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL.
All Nations Permit Use Of Sweetenlno
for Home Preserving Purposes.

Americas new sugar ration of two
pounds month per person is equita-
BILE when compared with the sugar ra-
ton enforced by rigid governmental
order In England, France and Italy, ma
tions with which we are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation-in the matter Of
sugar consumption-is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardships
imposed by greatly altered conditions
In the world sugar situation.
Formerly classed as a luxury, sugar
is now a war time essential. The fair
and just division of this essential is
In the hands Of the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administra-
ton has asked this nation to observe
q voluntary sugar ration Of two
pounds per person q month.
- In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar Is one of the scarce
articles on every menu-whether In
the households Of both rich and poor
or in the hotels.
England today has q sugar ration
Of two pounds per month per person.
In France the ration Is pound and a
half and In Italy 1t Is one pound a
month. And the prices in allied coun-
tries are from two to three times as
high as In America.
II you 60 to a hotel In England or
France these days and order tea or
coffee they serve absolutely no sugar
with 1t. II you want sugar you must
bring II with you.
In England II Is allowable to use
one-seventh of an ounce of sugar In
the preparation of each luncheon. In
France many persons carry little sac
charine tablets about with them for
use in hotels and In England rich and
poor must take their sugar with them
If they wish to have sweetened tea
while visiting friends.
Before the war started France had
900 acres devoted to sugar produc-
tion. BY 1917 the French sugar acre
age had decreased to 10000 acres.
Today the French man or woman with a
sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she will be able to actually
buy sugar. To buy 1t, one must first
find It.
Italy Has Estate Sugar." -
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use of sugar in Italy. It's manu-
facture, distribution and sale are close
ly controlled, and In part actually
taken over by the state.
Saccharine Is permitted to be sold
and used as substitute for sugar and
the government manufactures a mix
ture Of saccharine and sugar called
estate Sugar" which is largely used.
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
great surplus of sugar and exported
large quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out Of the export
business, but have plenty Of cheap
sugar for home use.
Wholesale prices prevalent In the
Allied nations, according to informa-
tion received by the United States
Food Administration are as follows:
England, 10 cents pound; France,
IL cents; Italy, 20 cents.
While these high prices are being
paid abroad the American wholesale
price Ia being held at TN centA
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
WOMAN'S CASE
STARTLES EAST JORDAN

A business mans wife could not read
or sew without sharp pain in her eyes.
For years her eyes were red and weak.
Finally she tried pure Lavoptik eye
wash. The result of ONE application
astonished her. A small bottle Lavop-
tik is guaranteed to benefit EVERY
CASE weak, strained or inflamed eyes.
ONE WASH will startle with its quick
results. Aluminium eye cup FREE.
Gidley & Mac, Druggists.
Health makes wealth for some, but
not for the physician and the under
taker.
Marriage may be failure or it may
not be. In either case there is lot OF
indisputable evidence to the contrary
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09

Fortune smiled upon the Gaylol d
School Board when they engaged Mr..
M. X. Keyworth as Superintendent OF
the local school three years ago.
So well pleased were'the school board
and people of the school district in
general with Mr.. Keyworths manage
ment of our educational institution that
he was engaged for another two years.
Supt Keyworth is an able instructor.
He is an executive OF the first order
and has been highly successful ir
managing the difficult school affairs in
a harmonious, yet aggressive manner
He is progressive in every thought and
action. He believes the school building
and grounds should represent some
thing more than synonyms for learning.
He believes that the school should be
the social center for the young people
of the community, and is striving per-
sistently to make the school room so
attractive and the course OF study SO
practical that young men and women
will bercompelled TO recognize how en-
joyable and essential high school life
may be.
Under Supt. Keyworth's administra-
ton for the past three years the inter-
est in the school has very materially in
creased, among students and citizens
alike, and the coming year promises to
be one of the most successful in the
history of the school" ."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09

Increase .......... S44 900, 900 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning Of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight Of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half Of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2,139, 100000
pounds, as against 1,266, 5000 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
s01 ,000, 900 pounds of total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
prs-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1851. 25e, 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-1S. .84O, 800, 900 bushels
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
Our Schools in
Safe Hands
Supt. KeywOrth of Gaylord Will
Y Have Charge.

Superintendent NJ. r. Keyworth OF
Gaylord has been rendered and has
accepted the Superintendency of the
East Jordan Public Schools for the
coming year. Our School Board may
we.leongratulate themselves on secur-
ing zach an able man, particularly in
these war times. And our citizens can
rest assured that our schools will be in
competent hands. Supt. Keyworth has
had charge of the Gaylord Public
Schools for a number OF years and his
work there has stamped him as an
educator of value.
The below tribute was paid Supt
Keyworth by the Otsego County Ad-
vance on the occasion OF the graduation
exercises, 1917
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
10000, 900 bushels

increase ......... cO,tOU,OUU pubneih
or these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year
1o17-1S to Allied destinations were:
Wheat 131, ,00O 900 bushels and of rye
$4,000 900 bushels, q total of IA, ,9O0,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1916-17 were,
Wheat 135,1OO,OO0 bushels and rye
1900, 900 bushels, a total Of 1877 400, 900
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
600 bushels, or q total Of 154, 100000
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad-
dition to this we have shipped some
10,0000 900 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly II we bear in mind that we had
available In the fiscal year 191617
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
2OO, O,OOOO 900 bushels Of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home Loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. "This last year however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and imports
or a
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De
spite the magnificent effort OF our agri-
cultural population In planting a much
increased acreage In 1917, not only was
there a very large failure In wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote In
concluding his report, ''that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In q year Of
universal food shortages In the north
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
"It is difficult TO distinguish between
various sections Of our people-ths
homes, public eating places. food
trades, urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these re
suits, but no one viii deny the domN-
nant part Of the American women.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
Commission Proceedings.

Regular meeting of the City Commls-
sion held at the commission rooms,
Monday evening, Aug 5, 1918. Meet
ing was called to order by Mayor Cross.
Present-Cross, Gidley and Crowell.
Absent-None.
On motion by Crowell, the following
bills were allowed
Z. w. Giles, cleaning streets $500
Chas. Logan, handling cement. 800
Hite Drug Co., express charges 7lS
Henry Cook, salary, -. go. 300
Reid Graft Plumb. Co., labor and
material go. go. ...... 1917
ID. II. Fitch, salary & rental. -. 24.17
Hersey Mfg Co., meter bottoms
etc 80. ........... ..... ll.o3
C. B. Crowell, salary ........ =. 5000
A. B. Knowlson, joint filler. 1910
w. H. Supernaw, repair work LIS
Northern Auto Co., airless tires 1896
Otis ]. Smith, salary, ......... $500
Mich, State TEL Co., rentals. 6.25
Er4erprise Pub. Co., printing. 27.8O
X. iegham, draying .......... 744
Z. B. Clark Seed Co., storing
cement. ...' zo.UO
G. A. Lisk, printing -. 49,. 1.25
M. j. Williams, painting Sign. 500
John Porter, expense -. 49,. 2OOO
F.. Gruber, rental, ..... -. 25.OO
The State Board of Health, having
maintained that health officer must
be appointed each year, DR.. Robert A.
Risk was re-appointed for the ensuing
year.
The following named persons were
appointed as members of election
boards for the primary election to lie
held Aug q, 1918
First Ward-Wm. +. Bashaw, James
GAey, II. j. Carpenter, ii. A. Good
man and David j. Whiteford.
Second Ward-Fred Longtin, NJ. j.
Williams, w. X. Barnett, j. A. Nickless
and w. F. Empey.
Third Ward-C. c. Mack, w. 7. Bos-
well, A. G. Rogers, Arthur Ward and
C. B. Crowell.
Moved by Gidley, supported by Gro
well, that the above appointments be
confirmed. Carried.
On motion by Crowell, meeting was
adjourned.
Otis j. Smith, City Clerk.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09

nalkative people seldom say much,
Nk.as long as they think they do they
are happy
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-08-09
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WRITES

When the kidneys are not working
properly, back ache, stiff joints, rheu-
matte pains and suffering result. George
McLain Turtle Lake, N. ID, writes: 81
am locomotive engineer. had bad
pain in my back and my bladder action
was very irregular. took Foley Kid
ney Pills and was relieved in a couple
Of days" Hite's Drug Store.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-06
collE6IANs RETURN TO
CANON CITY.

Franklin Little and Max Hardy re-
turned to Canon City the first of the
week from Colorado Springs. where
they have been attending Colorado
college during the past year. Other
students rturning from that institu.
tion Wednesday night for the summer
vacation included Miss Irene Hamii.
ton. Miss Juliet wilkin. Miss Grace
Farmer, Miss Theo Emmerson. Philip
Wilkin. and Alfred Sinden
The commencement exercises at
Colorado college were held wednes-
day and graduation degrees were con
ferred on Miss wfikin. Miss Farmer
and Roger Sinden. all of this city.
Mr.. Sinden. who is an expert in wire
less telegraphy. both in theory and
practice. has entered the employ of
the government and will be an in.
structor in the army radio school re.
Gently established by the war depart.
ment at Colorado college during the
summer months.