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and Lodge heading the finance and
foreign relations committees and
Senator Smith retiring, Senator
Page is next in line for the chair
manship but is expected to prefer
the agriculture committee chairman
ship leaving Senator Poindexter to
take the naval affairs.
May Have Choice.
The judiciary and commerce COM
mittee chairmanships also rest upon
preferences finally made by ranking
Republicans. Senator Nelson of Min
nesota, is senior on BOTH. If he should
choose the latter of which he was
once chairman, Senator Dillingham;,
of Vermont, who once headed the
immigration committee, would be in
line for the judiciary body and if
Senator Dillingham; should prefer his
old committee, Senator Brandegee
of Connecticut, ranks next for the
judiciary leadership. Preferment by
Senator Nelson for the judiciary
committee would leave Senator
Tones of Washington, in line to take
the commerce committee.
The interstate commerce commit
tee with its jurisdiction over legis-
lation affecting government control
in the railroads and telegraph and
telephone wires, falls to Senator
Cummings of Iowa, as successor to
Senator Smith of South Carolina.
Besides these preeminent COM
mittee chairmanships, prospective
chairmen of other important COM
mittees follows:
Banking and currencA Senator
Mclean of Connecticut, vice Sena-
tor Owen of Oklahoma.
Privileges and election, Senator
Kenyon of Iowa, vice Senator Pome-
rene of Ohio.
Manufacturers, Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, vice Senator
Reed of Missouri.
Postoffices, Senator Townsend, of
Michigan, vice Senator Bankhead of
Alabama.
Education and labor, Senator Bor-
ah of Idaho, vice Senator Smith of,
Georgia.
Selection by the Republicans of a
president pro tempore to succeed
Senator Salisbury of Delaware, who
failed of reelection, is a matter of
some speculation. Senator Lodge is
scheduled to remain leader of the
Republicans, with Senator Brandegee
mentioned for the honorary presid-
ing position.
Senator Martin Of Virginia, now
majority leader, is expected to head
the Democrats again in the new cong
-ess with Senator Gerry of Rhode
Island. mentioned for the nlace of
Democratic whip now held by Sena-
tor Lewis of Illinois, who was de-
rcated. :
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Welfare Workers Serve
Soldiers During Epidemic

During "Fu" Scare succored BY Y NJ G. A,
Community Service, American IL
o. bray Association And Other Organizations
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18

every available man into the army or
into the governments service produc-
ing for that army The purpose of
the economy board is TO encourage
and assist in the elimination of all
waste.
Zone of the first of our serious en-
deavOrS will be 10 eliminate excessive
deliveries. We look forward, in the
grocery trade, for example, to not
more than one delivery day to any
one household and over any one route
and probably it will be necessary to
reduce suburban deliveries of large
grocery stores and department stores
to two or three per week.
''Where this reduction has already
been accomplished merchants have
been surprised and gratified at the
hearty cooperation of the public and
have received practically no criticism
for so doing. Department stores i'm
a number of our large cities have cur
tailed deliveries to one a day and have
eliminated special deliveries and spe-
cial service, or have made a satisfac-
tory charge for this service, sufficient
ly large to discourage it.
From time to time this office will
put forth various concrete proposi-
tions looking toward the carrying out
of the general policy of saving waste
and when it is possible will inaugurate
local campaigns to carry out these
propositions.
Mr.. Fell makes an appeal to public
officers, chambers of commerce, mer-
chants associations and other civic
bodies of the state, to cooperate with
him in bringing about the reforms
which are in his care. Mr.. Fell is a
graduate of Swarthmore College in
the class of 1883 and is president of
the Franklin Printing Company. He
is on the membership committee of
the Union League and three wears as
president of the United TypOthetae of
America-the printers national organ
izatiOn. Mr.. Fell has devoted himself
to the education of his craft in fac
tory management and cost-accounting
He has spent fifteen years in lecturing
and writing on these subjects through
out the United States. He was select
ed by the Commercial Economy Board
because of his experience in the elm
ination of waste and the study he has
made of efficiency methods.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
Hollands WindmlIIs.

1t was at one time stated that there
were in Holland at least $500 large
windmills, of which the sails ranged
from go to 100 feet long. At that time
their yearly cost was reported to be
nearly $1O000,000 The mills are used
for many purposes-for saving timber,
beating hemp, grinding but their prin-
cipal use has always been to pump wa
ter from the lowlands into the canals,
to protect the little country from be-
ing inundated.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
To Insure Pleasant Dreams.

The bedroom should be the sum
niest and best room in the house. It
should be rounded, with no corners
for holding dead air." The bed should
be in the middle of the room, and the
bedclOtheS light and warm III winter,
but never exerting pressure on the
sleeper. The bed should be aired all
day, and made up just before retir-
ing. Sleep in the most comfortable
position, avoiding all theories against
special positions.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
APRIL | LAST DAY
FOR Federal RETURNS
Penalties for Income Dodgers Are
Severe-Get Your Return
in if You Are Liable.

April l, 1918, is the final day al
lowed under the federal income tax
law for the filing of federal income
tax returns. Persons who are reQuir-
ed to file returns under the provisions
of law and who fail to get their re-
turns in on time are subject to Sc
we're penalties, as follows:
For making false or fraudulent re-
turn, not exceeding $4,000 or not ex-
;ceeding one years Imprisonment, or
both, in the discretion Of the court,
and, in addition, 100 per cent. of the
tax evaded.
For falling to make return on time,
not less than $50 nor more than ST.
900, and, in addition, so per cent. Of
the amount of tax due.
If on account of illness or absence
from home you are unable to render
your return within the time prescribed
by law you may obtain an extension
of 80 days if a request therefor is filed
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18

tiOn Of foods and fuel. "The war must
be paid for" says Commissioner Roper.
Congress has as much right to con-
script a just portion of income as it
has to cOnscript our boys The tax
for 1917 is designed to reach moder-
ate as well as large incomes, so that
all persons who are In financial posi-
ton to bear a portion of the heavy
government expenses can be assessed
in proportion to their ability to pay.
"The man who is barely making a
living or barely supporting a family
is not affected by the 1917 law. But
the man who is able to bear a share
Of the burden has been reached by
the new law, and he should accept his
responsibility in the same patriotic
spirit that our young men have shown
in offering themselves for this great
purpose of the country to make the
world safe for people of all kinds to
live in and to govern themselves"
This tax is one which recognizes
women as on an equal basis with men.
The unmarried woman or the married
woman with a salary must make tax
return just the same as any man. Only
the woman supporting her mother or
other members of her family may take
out $4,000 exemption.
Under the law the head of the fami-
ly is the one whose earning power con-
tributes to the family's support.
Similarly a widow with small chill
dren to support can take out $4,000
exemption and $500 additional exemp-
ton for each of her children under
eighteen. Thus it is intended that
the law shall work no hardship to wo-
men having to struggle to get along.
But each must file return if her in
come is $1,000.
A man whose wife dies and who Is
left with small children to support
upon a moderate income may also take
full exemption under the new tax law
and also claim $500 exemption for
each of his children under eighteen.
The widower under the law is q
single man and must make tax re-
turn accordingly. Married men need
not file returns unless they are earn
ing $4,000 or more.
''This is as much a national obliga-
tion as the reporting for duty of a man
drafted for service with the colors,"
says D. G. Roper, commissioner Of in
ternal revenue. LAS it stands, it is
much a matter of the man or wo-
mans own conscience. 1t is for him
or for her to determine just how far
he is liable to the tax. He must figure
his own income and if it reaches the
figures named in the law must make
faithful report upon it to the proper
authority
This tax Is distinctly a war meas
ure and will be in effect during the
war.
'This is a peoples tax-it reaches
riglt down into the pockets of the
small wage Garner; 1t makes him a
partner IN the job Of winning the
war"
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with the collector of your district be-
fore the due date of the return. In
this request you must state the rea-
son why the return cannot be fled
within the time prescribed by law.
Collectors Of internal revenue are
not authorized to grant extensions of
more than 30 days, but the commits
sioner of internal revenue has author
ity to grant a reasonable extension
beyond 30 days in meritorious cases.
If you desire an extension of more
than 80 days your request should be
addressed to the commissioner and
should contain a detailed statement
covering the reasons which make it
impossible for you to file your return
on or before April l.
The internal revenue men are now
completing their tour of the country,
during which they were in touch with
the people Of every city and town. If
you failed to get in touch with the
deputy which visited your section it is
not too late to get advice. Consult
your postmaster as to where the near
est deputy is now. Get your blank
form, study the directions and the re-
quirements as shown thereon and
make your return without fail if your
income was sufficient to come within
the bounds named in the law
1t is pointed out by Commissioner
Roper that it is important that the
people comply with the federal laws
as fully as they are complying with
the drafts for men and the conserva-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
Pigeons as Carriers.

Pigeons have been used as meSsen-
gers for many thousands of years
Dove is the Anglo-Saxon name; pigeon
the Norman name. During the fifth
Egyptian dynasty, 5000 years before
Christ, it was the fashion TO domeSti-
cate pigeons and to train them as car
rierS and messengers. The promptness
with which Caesar was informed OF
the rebellion in Gaul, and thereby en-
abled to cross the Alps before those
uprising could possess the entire prov
ince, was due to the use of carrier
pigeons. In the CruSades, these birds
were skillful and faithful messengers.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
What Food Control Does

Congressman A. w. Overmyer, speak
ing in the House of the Food Admins
tratiOn a few days ago, said:
"What the Food Administration has
done is to regulate the worlds food
supply so that America and her allies
may be fed at as reasonable prices as
it is possible to obtain. Reasonable
prices are not necessarily low prices.
They are the best that can be obtain
ed under all conditions of the situation.
"And whatever may be said, no one
is heard to complain that our armies
are not being fed and that is almighty
important. Nothing else matters much
at-this moment. Ii they are fed
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18

Every evil tendency in childhood
must finally be conquered, not by force
or punishment, bat through the culti-
vation of a higher tendency. The good
man or woman is one whose life has
been slowly organized to act upon his
good impulses and to restrain his evil
ones. There is a thief or a robber in
us all, but fortunately for the major
ity of u.s. he has become too weak
through inactiOn to be able to do us
any harm.-Chicago American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18

Philadelphia, May 7.-AIr. E. Law
renee Fell, of Philadelphia, has been
appointed director of the Commercial
Economy Board for Pennsylvania
This board is a branch of the Council
of National Defence. Mr. Fell has
entered upon his duties, working in
close cooperation with Howard Heinz,
.. S. Food Administrator for Pennsyl-
vania and chairman of the Food Sup
ply Division of the Committee of Pub
lie Safety.
In setting forth the scope of his
work, Mr.. Fell made this statement:
"It must be evident to merchants
and business men that in order to
win this war we will have to put
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18

Win hold out unUn we can get more
men and airShipS and cannon and am
muniriOn TO them.
what if our population is Calle
upon TO fOrego and sacrifice and prac
tice Self-deni0l. 50 long rs our armief
and allied armies are fedy'
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1918-05-18
The First Garment.

Come to think of it, Eve must have
worn a coat of tan even before the
apple episode.-New Haven Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18

In Pennsylvania II has been decreed
that crackers are In the same category
as bread, and that hereafter II will be
contrary TO the food administration
rulings for oyster houses, restaurants,
quick lunches. hotels and clubs TO
serve more than two ounces W crack
ers with an order Of soup or oysters In
any shape. In one way It is possible
that the restaurants will regard this
n blessing in disguise. for II IS no
secret I'm the trade that a great many
customers consume at least one-thlrd
the value Of their soup order in crack
ers that are served ~ side dish, says
Hotel Gazette. 1t will be a money
saving proposition to the restaurant
man and will doubtless he regarded
by him in that light. The admins
tratlon is going thoroughly into the
matter, and investigations viii be insti-
tuted to find whore and by whom this
order Is violated in the ranks of oyster
houses and restaurants.
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When aJack" Is Abroad.

The name Jack or John is a very
common one and seems to be found In
general use IN many countries. True
II Is not spelled and pronounced as
we use It In America. however. II
means the same thing and the Jack"
of our United States will be Johann"
In Bohemia or Sweden. "Jaos" In Por-
tugal. "Jean" In France, Hans" or
johannes" in Holland and Germany,
"Jnan" In Cuba. 'GiovannI" In Italy,
"Ivan~in Russia. "Jan" In Poland. and
"Janos" In Hungary.
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VALUE OF SPANISH.

Accepted MS conclusive the general
resolution to exclude from the schools
The tcachlng Of the German language
1t Mould seem the part of Wisdom to
substitute another and more attrae-
Tive tongue. says Las Vegas IN. NJ
Optic This is Spanish, spoken by
millions Of close neighbors and the ma
live speech of the residents Of our is
lani possessions. Even now, with the
Teutonic competitor excluded, strong
Efforts arc being made by bankers and
tradesmcn Ia obtain for the United
States the commerce Of South Amer
len. The great war has operated
to turn these peoples away from
Germany and toward this country,
once unjustly suspected of an am
bition TO dominate the entire western
hemisphere politically. To carry on
business with them and TO be in a POI
sltion 10 exchange the treasures Of art
and lileraiure MS friends, It is almost
en- imperative necessity that their
speech be acquired. The time to be-
KIN acquiring 1t Is now, and not later.
From the head OF the national govern
ment, the Initial and energizing i'm
pulse should he given by proclamation
calling upon the directors OF educa-
tlon in all the states to take up and
forward the work Of installation of the
teaching machinery In this worthy la
Dor. no doubt valuable cooperation
would cheerfuuy be offered by the va
rious South American governments.
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Haydn,s cheerfuInese.

Carpani. the poet, once asked his
friend, Haydn, 'hpw-tt happened that
his church music was s'most always Of
an animating, cheerful and even gay
description" TO this Haydn's answer
was: Il cannot make it otherwise.
write according TO the thoughts which
] feel. When ] think upon God ing
heart is so full of JOY that the notes
dance and leap. as ii We're, from my
pen, and since God has given me
cheerful heart. 1t will he easily for
given me that serve him with cheer
full spirit"
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can.srburx,s Famous Ghost.

OF course. Canterbury cathedral has
its ghosts II .rumor be true the ghost
OF the murdered Thomas Beckett is
periodically TO seen engaged in thai
last deadly struggle OF his with the
four miscreant knights at the foot of
the altar and groans and other queer
noises are reputed TO be heard on the
anniversary of his death. The crime
was committed on December 20. ll7O.
and the stains Of his blood are believed
TO be in evidence; no amount OF wash
Ing ever having effaced them.--Pear-
sons Weekly.
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The family OF Fred Harrington are
III.
Perry Murphy and children are con
fined to the house by Illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Green OF Ben
nington were at Henry Rosters Sun
dac. b.,
Miss Ruth LOOMS spent the week
end with her mother, Mrs. l.. NJ.
LOOMS. m w
SUNDAY was Rally Day m the Bap.
list Sunday school. There WAS Rgeod
attendance.
The Senior pathtindar society will
maef W IN, MAJ sGlYlaSe TvvhQntA n TNes
day evening t-,a-eavs .n a.
NIiss r,oranee Tawsie, ,,as scIosed
her resi,lence for the wintar and win
STAY in Hennlneton
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MT anu Mrs, hastiiai OF ruthuni'
n, l., haVe ooine !" sperm tue winter
WIN '"''' '""S"'e'' ,"''' ~ ~ ''"V'
me new assistants IN inc ioSa'
fisn scnooi are MISS Doyie OF 400.
slck rams ana MISS Laura Lippey Oh
fhliiips' milne
Louis Wilmington and son Herbert
have returned from SALISBURY Val.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
Avoid unnrofItabIs Moods.

Angry moods and "grouches' and
their twin sisters. "g'udges," serve alb
soluiely no purpose. II some one
hurts or wounds us generously forget
Il. Time heals the deepest cuts and
makes us Drawer ard wiser for the
experience. Let us love life and Its
Worthwhile things and avoid all I'M
profitable moods. Otherwise happi-
ness viii never come our way, and II
we search for II, 1t viii flee from as
like a phantom. for after all 1t Is the
state of our mind.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
Work with a VIII.

Whatever your work, do not wait to
feel just Ike It." before you begin to
do your best. II you wait for insplra-
ton you are doomed. Disregard yonr
moods. Pay no attention TO your feel.
ngs. II 1t Is time to work, set about
1t. not half-heartedly, but with the
whole-souled energy which Is an adj
mlrable substitute for enthusiasm. To
wait TIL you feel like 1t before you
do your best, is to waste life and pow
err.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
color.RIInS sees.

Bees have 10 ability TO detect red
10 other words. TO bees red Is The same
as black. A noted biologist recently
determined exactly all the colors and
shades Of color bees can sec. by feed
Ing experiments. In few hours bees
would learn that the professor put
sweets IN blue or yellow dishes. but not
tn gray dishes; and By varying the de-
tails twas easily possible to discover
the color senses of the bees. They.
were found TO confuse red and black
so uniformly that It was evident both
seemed black TO the bees. rei i
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18

Scarcity of oil in Denmark Is so
great that there has been danger at
various times that there would not be
enough for the railway signal lights
and the beacons on the coast. The
government has recently contracted
for 400 tons Of taIIow for candles 10
form an emergency supply for these
lamps and TO be used in the farm
houses Of the country. The coal short
age has made IT almost Impossible to
obtain dependable electric or cas- light
service. Alcohol lamps With mantles
similar to those used IN sas burners
are being installed In Sn.s and city
residences, and the governnrhl has re-
moved the ban from acetylouc, IN spite
OF the fact that It Is explosive.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18

The Slmla correspondent Of the
Times, London, In pointing o1t that
In the year which ended April last
the combatants enlisted in India num-
bered 2S5 200, stated that any estimate
Of midas man.power based on total
population would be fallaclous, since
large proportion of Indians are nom
fighting people. The latter fact partly
explains why lndlas representation In
the line OF battle IS comparatively
small. II the population Of that vast
country were OF the kind that peoples
the white mans lands It would form
an unbeatable aggregation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
Making Them Comfortable.

Ethel. who was ten years old. was
studying her reader and learned that
fish are placed In brine before they
are dried and prepared for sale. AZ
ter explaining that brine is very salt
water, the teacher asked why the fish
we're placed in II. Elhel's face was
nlumlned with sudden understanding,
and she promptly replied: Because
they are used TO salt water"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
German Is no longer to be required

German Is no longer to be required
at the University of California. En-
trance credits In German language and
literature will not be asked in any
department Of the university. The
last department TO mdorse the raj.
Ing was chemistry. Much authorlta-
tive material In this field is written
In German, hut the chemistry depart
ment WI arrange It's courses 50 that
knowledge of the language will not
be necessary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
The Main Question.

"0f course. you can support my
daughter In the style to which she has
been accustomed" said the wcary-look-
ing father, but can you support her In
the style to which She has been unac'
cuStolied. hui 10 which she feels that
she is fully entitled to become accus-
t0med"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
mod.rn cr,,soss.

BETWEEN the Island ~ Madagascar
ana tn coast 81 india there are sixteeni
THOUSAND Islands. only six hundred OF
winch are inhabited. In most Of these
islands man can live aud support
his family in luxury without working
more than % days in the year, or al
oil, as nature provides Tie food and
no clothes are required.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-18
Renovate wsllpsper.

y TO give Wallpaper Il n,uch longer
life. every year Slpe the walls with a
cloth wrung quite dry out Of warm
soapsuds. When the wallpaper Is dry
coat it With 4 wall tint. If there IS
a figure in the paper, this figure win
show a darker shade of the same tint.
Each year wash off the tint a little,
then apply another coat OF the same
shade.