Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-26

~ AIuCSe Uppe0I108 IN inc 0<Sme
]. fee1el Zeltgae:
"A soldiers wife who had gathere'
wood In the common forest of VALID
kirch, near Freiburg in Breisgau. wa
sentenced for the offense in the follow
ing terms:
"'MrD. Clara Ganter, on June Is
1917, las removed from the common
forest of Waldkirch, Sec. I %, ont
fagot Of dry fir twigs of the value O.
10 pfenning. In punishment Thereof
she is sentenced to q fine of l mari
and one days Imprisonment
"Tf husband of the culprit has beer
for three years at the front, she her
self has four small children to support
in the direst poverty. Similar reports
Of punishment should be reported in
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy un-
derstands how to employ this period
of sh )rtage of wood and coal on 8
large scale for the benefit Of the treas
ury."
In bulletin on the employment of
women In the storage and wareh0using
depots Of the United States army is
the following:
The census Of 1910 reported that Of
every 40 men and boys ten years Of
age and over, only 10 were not gain
fully employed. This group Of 10 in
cluded old men not able to work, chill
dren too young to work, the sick and
and men in schools and
colleges.
Assuming that 100000 of the num-
Der called BY the selective-service law
have had some form Of gainful employ
ment, We may estimate that one out of
every 60 men in the industries and
professions of the country has been
called into military service. while an
other in every 60 has voluntarily join
ed the forces of the army or navy.
Thus, about 3 per cent of the gainfully
men have been taken out Of
their occupations"
The largest shoe factories in Italy
have started manufacturing the nation
al standard shoes, using leather sup
piled by the ministry of industry. COM
merce, and labor. The standard types
were established by the central shoe
in Rome. but every factory
is making little notifications, accord
ing to its means and system of manu-
featuring.
The government is organizing sys-
tens Of sale of Shoes to the public.
They provide for the opening of stores
in the principal italian cities, to be
engaged exclusively in the sale of ma
tiOnal shoes and to be controlled by
the government authorities. 1t is like
Iy that buyers will have to obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup
Piled with an adequate number Ct
shoes and will be granted a reason
able commission.
The army and navy commission on
training camp activities, in addition to
he work being done in army camps
md environments, now has its repre-
'entatives in every training station of
he navy and at every place where en-
listed men are preparing for sea serv-
&c.
There are sc clubs for sailors ut
camps and in adjacent cities. There
ire reading and writing rooms. assem-
,ly halls. and some of the cities have
for athletics. swimming
POOLS. and gymnasiums. In the Is
camps there are given each week 90
ranging from profess
;iOnal performances. lectures. and ex-
libitions, to club nights and weekly
lances.
More than 10000 books have been
furnished ships and stations by the
american Library association. The Y.
II. C. 4. has AZ buildings and tents in
he various camps.
According to the bureau of labor sta
istics Of the department of labor, in
he year from November Is. 1916, to
November Is 1917. prices of food as a
Whole advanced % per cent. Potatoes
$ the only article that shows a decline
n price. Cornmeal advanced 81 per
emf: bacon, &c per cent; pork chops.
8 per cent; beans, 80 per cent; sal
non. So per cent: milk. 33 per cent
nd lard. 81 pnr cent.
Food as whole was 4S per cent |
igher on November Is. 1917, than on |
November IS. 1913. and 46 per cent |
i~her than on November Is, 1914 !
)uring this four-year period cornmea! |
dvanced 1877 per cent; -four. 100 per
emit; lard. 104 per cent: bacon. Il per
emf; sugar. Is per cent; and potatoes.
> per cent. No article declined in
rice.
Examination Of the records of 10000 |
lcn passed for military service by To-
al boards and then rejected by camp
urgeons show that nearly % per cent
f the final reflections were caused by
elective eyes.
Teeth were responsible for $50 per
emf hernia. 747 per cent ear, 5.94 per
emit heart disease, 5.S7 per cent; tu-
erculosis. 537 per cent.
Attempts to avade military duty by
r"%arding physical condition
ere very few.
The year of 1917 established new
Ugh production records for corn, oats,
We, white and sweet potatoes. tobac-
D, beans, and onions.
Arrangements have been made for
)me relaxation of the restrictions on