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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Retain Money Standard.

London (by maii)-Retcntion of the
pound sterling as the monetary unit
and its division into 900 parts or mills
has been agreed upon by the Institute
Of Bankers, the Association of Cham
bers of and the Decimal
association. This would permit the re-
tention of the existing gold and silver
coins down TO and including the six
penny piece. without any alteration i'm
their respective values. For example.
the siXpense is represented exactly by
% mills.
In regard to coins of lower denom-
nation. il was unanimously agreed
that they shall consis OF |, =. 3. 4, {,
and 10-mill pieces. of which the latter
two you'd be of nickel.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Cowboys of the AIR.

TEe airman is constantly finding new
lines of activity fuf his skill and cour-
age. In South America the airplane has
been used With great success in survey
ing remote areas where it's speed read
lily outciaSSeS the laboriouS chainmen.
An e%nterprising mining company in
Mexico is about to utilize airplaneS for
carrying ores under unique conditions.
The ore Is mined at an altitude of some
5000 feet and carried to the valley be-
low by pack mules. The mules carry
only small loads, two-thirds of which
consist of fodder and provisions. Sew
eral days are required to wind down The
tortuous path on the mountains sides,
The alrplanes can vulplane to the valley
in a few minutes. and have no trouble
with their Dads i'm reaching the two
mile altitude.
The herds "f cattle which Craze on
the San CriStobal ranch i'm New Mexico
once required the attention OF $50 POW
boys. by using automobiles the herd
ing was done as We'll by seven men.
The management is now installing avi-
ators. whose vastly superior speed will
round up the most widely scattered
herds with great saving of time and
money. A great future is prophesied
for the aero .c~owpuncher.
The first aerial lineman started on his
unique round of duties more than three
years age. An experienced airman.
Robert g.. oWier. vas engaged by Il
power company in Sacramento. Cal. to
carry an expert once a week to inspect
two divisions oil Wire lines some GS
miles in length.
The wires are strung over several val
leys, the deltas of the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers, and into the Contra
Costa range of mountains, where their
elevation is at times 1000 feet. A large
force of men had previously been re-
quired to patrol the lines, looking for
broken insulators. fallen wires and 9TH
err damages. Tho work was done much
better by Il single aerial lineman. 1t
was found that :: broken insulator could
be discovered while flying at an aiti-
tude of 1000 feet.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Coffee and Its Substitutes.

FROM the Scientific American.
Coffee contains three essential prin-
clpleS; caffeone. an aromatic principle
developed during roasting; a bitter
febrlfuge; and finally, caifein. which is
a or eXcitant. i. is the pres
ence of this last which forces many
nervous persons to forego a drink they
are fOnd of.
1t is true that in Madagascar and the
~nelghboring stands wild coffee trees
arc found whose seeds are lacking in
catfein. bat they are married by an eN-
ceedinS bitterness. of which thus far no
manipulation has been able to rid them.
though possibly cultivation may sue
ceed in doing so. Meanwhile since 1908
'decaffeined coffeeS' have been on sale.
which have been deprived by chemical
treatment of the stimulating effect of
the caffein without losing their aroma.
The pseudo coffees do not possess the
properties of coffee and recall its flavor
but vaguely. They are either miNed
with real coffee or used alone for in
f%usions; they all contain a bitter prin-
cible and imDart a deep color to water.
Reasons of health. or taste
have contributedato their use. and some
have acquired commercial Importance.
The use of feigen kaffee or fig cof-
fee" had it's birth in Austria-Hungary
about half n century ago. Thence it
spread into Germany and the Balkans.
1t has been used in France for the last
10 years. especially during the war. and
is found in stock in many groceries.
In 1908 dried figs, destined flo
be roasted. anne mostly from the vicin-
ity OF SMYRNA. Subsequent to "A num-
Der of poor crops In Asia Minor the
Austrian dealers gave orders to pro-
ducers in the south of France and i'm
Algeria.
The success enjoyed today by fig
coffee in France is a result of the war.
Many persons have substituted for
chicory, because scarce and dear. the
roasted figs offered by producers cut
off from their customers in Central
Europe. Fig coffee" resembles ground
coffee amazingly; it is sold i'm tightly
closed packets. for it easily absorbs
moisture. forming Jumps which must be
broken. Used alone it yields Il sweet
infusion of agreeable flavor. Mixed
with coffee in the proportion of one
third 1t col"rs he infusion deeply and
modifies its bitterness in place Of max
ing it acrid. as does chicory: ii sweet
ems and makes it unctuous and nutri-
tious. The use of fig coffee makes ii
possible Ia give children Il nutritious
cafe an !ait whose taste pleases them.
yet which contains not a single grain of
coffee. II thing not possible with Chi
cory.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
new CONSTITUTION
NEEDED BY CHINA
President Outlines Needed
Changes in Fundamental
Laws.

Picking, (SpeciaD.-The Chinese re-
bublic must have a new constitution, a
new election law and parliament must
be recognized, in the opinion of Presi-
dent Feng kwo-Chang, and Premier
Tuan Chi-Jui.
An effort To achieve these objects is
in progress IN the sessions of the new
national council. called by the president
and the premier for that purpose.
Most OF China's governmental diff
culties during the last six years were
attributed by Premier Tuan in AN adj
dress to the national council to imper-
fectionS in the constitution. 1t is the
desire OF the president and the premier
that Il new constitution shall be adopted
and that it shall contain provisions for
satisfactory coordination of the execl-
tive, legislative and judicial branches
of the government. Both officials
pointed out in addresses to the council
that il was the absence of such pro-
visions in the present constitution that
led to the outbreak of numerous dis
orders and revolts which have trans
pred in this country since the begin
ming OF the attempt to organize q re-
public form of government.
The president and the premier APP
parently have divergent views as to
whether the new constitution should be
promulgated by the national council or
by Il new parliament to be
after the work of the council is fin
ished. President Feng told the council
that he sincerely hoped that after it
had revised h Chinese election laws,
parliament would be called to draft and
promuleate the constitutions; but Pre-
mler Tuan urged the council itself to
amen the fundamental law of the
Chinese state.
Unless we lave a strong and sound
government, we never will be able to
survive the struggle of the nations"
declared the president. TO form a
nation and to establish it on a firm
basis is a colossal task. Six years is
too shor a time to prove whether COW
by the people is suitable for
ChifSa. Therefore. I entertain great eX-
pectations for the success of your task"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Lord Lansdowne'. Error.
stfto1kI IT. 1uTt, TIT VII0
Public Ledger

Public Ledger.
Lord Lansdowne has the unhappy far
ulty OF saying things at the wrong time.
Ills letter on peace is not the first ir-
stance. 1t may be possible to analyze the
letter and make it mean the same thing
at President Wilson's declaration OF our
policy: but at this time. when a Hol1en-
zollern is regnant it Is a distinct help Il,
a premature. temporary and inconclusiy..
peace.
No greater danger in this wal confronts
us and our allies than such a peace. This
is the hope of the military dynasties or
the central powers. This is the poison
which has destroyed Russian strength ;lad
betrayed her to the manipulation Of Gar
man propagandists. The pacifists. social
lists and traitorous elements of the Eng
lish public seize upon I.ansdo vines letter
as new encouragement.
AS we do not realize the strain upon
English patriotism. sacrifice. courage and
%tenacity to continue this war, we cannot
measure the injury by this letter of al
old sick statesman Of reactionary tradi-
tons. out of sympathy with the present
British government and hopeless ia his
forecast Of the domestic and world future.
Coming from an English gocial quarter
supposed to be stalnch for a fight to n fin
ish. ite effect is bad. German parliament
tary leaders delight in the letter to show
their ~restless people that the English are
divided and ttat q demand for immediate
peace Is growing among them.
Whatever the letter may mean. there
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
A Garaen Of Allies.

Charming individual favors for each
guest at the Christmas dinner are found
in a bit of holly tied to "a card on which
is painted the national flower Of each
of the allies. The United States is
represented b: the soldenrod; Canada
by the maple leaf: England by the sin
gle petaled wild rose; Ireland by the
shamrock: Scotland, the thistle: Wales.
the ieek. and Australia, wheat. France
is known by her Frenct. lilies, the aeur-
dc-lis: Belgium 10y the ros.-of-I1lan-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Beating the zepos.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The somewhat ~disconcerting inability OF
the I.Ondoner to take things too seriously.
especially when he is intended to. was
apt.y illustrated. the other evening. by q
street market gardener in Westminster.
The moon. respiendent i'm all her glory,
was bathing London with her unwelcome
light. when he anticipating that his hours
for doing business might possibly b. cur
tailed. cltaiked above his stall, ..Shop
early! The Bang Boys are cominz'"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03

fore. American public opinion in its ex-
preston and comment should be clea,
that We can have no peace 20 which tho
kaiser and H%inaenburg and I.udendorff as
directors of German imperial policy are
parties. y league of nations to enforce
future peace of the world with the kaiser
as a sisnatory would be a pact whose
German promises would be writ ip
water"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Not a Pleasant Passenger.

1FOin tEe BO9tOJl IFHHsCTIpt.
"Dcn't yon ever take your wife out IN
your a~utomo5ile?"
Not very often. Whenever l run over
a1ybhty she screams so it makes me-
nervous
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
THE SEARCH.

O. God. whom men ignore, whom
everything reveals.
Hear now the fastest words of him
who now appeals.
IT'S searching ont Thy law that
hath bewi;Lcred me:
Ny heart may &c astray. but 1t ID
full Of Thee.
-voltairs.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Conflicting reports as to what the
major leagues intend to do regarding
a revision of their admission prices in
by the government and> yet avoid the
nuisance of handling tons of pen
MES by SO arranging the tariffs that
they will be multiples of five, con-
tinues to be topic of live interest
among the fans. According to John
Heydler, secretary treasurer of the Ma
tional League, who was a member Of
the committee which conferred with the
commissioner of internal revenue here
recently, there Is no foundation for the
report that big leagues will increase
their admission prices.
Unless there is complete change
in feeling among big league club own
ers. there will be no change Of prices.
with the exception that the govern
ment's 10 per cent war tax will be
added to the general admission" says
Heydler. The major leagues at the
joint meeting in Chicago in Decem-
Der decided not to increase prices to
meet contingencies in connection with
the war tax"
However. John B. Foster,s secretary
of the Giants who was chairman of the
war tax committee, while confirming
Heydler's statement regarding the ac-
ton taken at the joint league meet
ing, says an effort is being made to
reconsider it.
Many of the clubs have come to the
conclusion that it practically would be
a physical impossibility to make
change for big crowd where the gem
eral admission is SO cents" Foster
says. "on some busy Saturdays we
have been forced to handle 10000 per-
Evening star., 1918-02-01
BASE BALI. MOGIIs WILL ERR
IF COST OF CANES IS RAISED
Owners Should Meet Fans Half Way in
Solving Problems Provided in Col
lection of Government War Tax.

sons in ten minutes. one can ima8ine
what confusion and congestion Will
arise II we are forced to make change
in pennies and attempt to handie 9. aea suen
a crowd. On careful thought 1t seems
that we must alter prices to make the
general admission with the war tax w
or So cents, but this would be only Ior
the duration of the war, and with the
convenience Of the fan considered as
much as the convenience OF the clup-
owners.
"As the cost of base ball operation
has gone up in such leaps and bounds
the clubowners could not attempt 70
operate cheaper. We are taxed at every
step, including taxes on railroad fares,
balls, uniforms and our other EQUIP
'ment, without considering the increase
in hotel rates."
Organized base ball now is awaiting the
promulgation by the Internal revenue bu-
reau of regulations to govern the colec-
ton of the war tax on admissions and
until the government officials announce
their rulings the question OF prices Will
be held in abeyance: 1t Is true. as IT T9s. S.
ter points out, that the magnates Will pc
compelled to shoulder additional financial
burdens this year, but it is equally true
that the public, which makes the game
possible, also Is being called upon to meet
advances in the prices Of food, fuel, cloth
ing and other necessities in addition to
subscribing to war bonds and paying
taxes on various commodities
With the prospect that loss of many
stars through enlistments and the draft
will rob the sport of some Of Its at
tractiveness from an artistic standpoint
the magnates would do well to consider
long before deciding to make it increas-
ingly difficult for fans to attend the
games. II the owners attempt to boost
prices they are bound to feel the effects
in an adverse manner at the box office.
Their cue would seem to be to meet the
public half way in the matter of solving
the problem presented by the government
tax on admission.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
FRENCH CHESS MASTER HERE.
Janowski to Give Exhibition at Cap.
ital City Chess Club.

David Janowski, chess champion OF
France, will show his prowess in a
simultaneous exhibition against all
comers at the Capital City Chess Club
Washington Loan and Trust building
tomorrow evening. 1t is expected the
pick of the local talent. including some
noted soldier players in nearby camps
will be arrayed against the brilliant
Frenchman, consequently some chess
pyrotechnics are in order.
The club extends a welcome to WIS.,
iotors for this occasion, who may also.
IL they desire make arrangements with
Chairman Veerhoff to take a board
against the champion. The exhibition
begins at o'clock.
Evening star., 1918-02-01

President Of the United States Of
America. by virtue OF the powers
conferred upon me by said act OF
Congress, hereby find and determine
and by this proclamation do an
nounce that 1t is essential. in order
to carry into effect the purpose OF
said act, to license the Importation.
manufacture and distribution OF nee
essaries to the extent hereinafter
specified.
All persons. firms. corporations
and associations who manufacture
for sale bread in any form. cake.
crackers, biscuits. pastry OF other
bakery products Excepting, how
ever, those already licensed and
those whose consumption OF any
flour and meal in the manufacture OF
such products is. in the aggregate.
less than three barrels month"; are
hereby required to procure license
on or before February 4. 1918. This
includes hotels, restaurants, other
public eating places and clubs which
serve bread or other bakery prod
ucts of their own baking.
All persons, firms, corporations
and associations engaged in tho
business of importing or distributing
green coffee are hereby required to
procure a license on or before Feb
ruary 4, 1913.
Application for license must be
made to the United states Food Al
ministration, Washington. D. c.. IL
cense division, on forms prepared by
II for that purpose, which may be
obtained on request.
Any person. firm, corporation or
association. other than those herein
before excepted, who shall engage
in or carry on any business herein
before specified after February 4,
1918, without first procuring such
license. will be liable to the penalty
prescribed by said act of Congress.
In witness whereof 1 have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done in the District of Columbia,
this 30th day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and eighteen, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty
second. WOODROW WILSON.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
ARE ASSIGNED
Members Ordnance Reserve Corps on
Duty in Office at 1880
F Street.

Many officers of the Ordnance Reserve
Corps were today assigned to duty in the
office OF the chief of ordnance, at 1880 F
street, this city: They are:
Majs. Samuel E. Whitaker. Linn w.
Searles. Frank NJ. Masters and Reuben
Hill. Capts. Gordon H. Gerould, Bonnifield
G. Mcbride, Wilkinson Stark, James w.
S. Peters, David P. Taylor, Thomas F.
Geraghty. John NJ. Boggs, Amos J. Peas
lee, Francis c. Frary and William H.
White, First Lieuts. Wrestling c. Brew
ster, James Benton Grant. Chester c.
Darling, John c. Smith. Mott B. Schmidt,
Robert c.. Gowdy. Douglas c. Arnold.
Joseph P. Huger, Gilbert N. Nutting and
Harry B. johnson and Second Lieuts.
Frank L. Lagay, Howard N. Petrie, Da-
vid A. Thompson, Marshall de Angels.
Duane E. Washburn. William A. Holland,
Paul F. Wiggin. Alfred H. Lawson, Henry
Shepherd. Clyde C. Linerode, Roger Bird
sell, William L. Durrant, Robert Potter A.
Taylor, Harold L. Jillson, Harry T.
Warrington. Kenneth H. Gordon. Philip
p weisberg, Francis ]. G. Dorsey, Harold
Boeschenstein, Lorin P. Nichols. Theo-
dore r. Snyder. John F. Wheelock, Frank
E. Rust and Frank E. Pershing.
First Lieut. Kenneth G. Stern. Ord
nance Reserve Corps. is relieved from
duty in the Office of the chief of ord
nance and detailed as representative
on the clearance committee of the war
industries board.
First Lieut.. George E. Stookey. Sani-
tary Corps. has been ordered to duty at
the Army Medical College: First Lieut..
Edward Brooks of the Engineer Re
serve Corps to duty with the goth Engi-
neers. at Camp American University.
and the following-namedo officers of the
aviation section of the Signal Officers
Reserve Corps to duty with the equip
ment division Of the Signal Reserve:
Capt. Levin Dirickson Laning, First
Lieut.. Samuel Silas Chilcote and Sec
ond Lieut.. Hayes Hall.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
ORDERED FOR DUTY HERE


Lieut.. Coils. Samuel NJ. DeLoffre and
William A. Duncan of the United States
Army, retired, have been recalled to
active service, the former being as
signed to duty in the aviation section
of the Signal Corps at 613 G street, and
the latter to the Walter Reed Hospital
at Takoma Park, D. C.
Other officers ordered to duty in this
city are:
Majs. George s. Miller and William
H. Wardwell, Signal Corps, to chief
signal Office.
Mai. Louis B. Wilson, Medical Reserve
Corps, to surgeon generals office.
Capt. William E. Hoffman. jr., First
Lieut.. John R. Suydham. jr., and Second
Lieut.. Walter H. Silpath. Ordnance Re-
serve Corps, to Office Of chief of ord
nance.
Second Lieuts Samuel A. Naugle and
William F. Brown, Engineer Reserve
Corps, to Fort Myer. Va.
Maj. Rukard Hurd and First Lieut..
Paul w Belcher, Engineer Reserve
Corps. to general engineer depot.
Capt. Howard A. Manning, Quarter
master Reserve Corps, to quartermas-
ter generals Office.
tional Army, to provost marshal gen.
erals Office.
Second Lieut.. Frederick A. Pawla, in
fantry. National Army, to acting quar-
termaster generals Office.
First Lieut.. Peter J. Mccoy, jr., avi-
alton section of Signal Reserve Corps,
to chief signal office.
Capt Alexander d. McConachie, Med
ical Reserve Corps. to Fort Myer, Va
First Lieut. William B. Ricketts,.
Ordnance Reserve Corps. to office of
chief of ordnance.
First Lieut.. Martin r. Broman. Med
ical Reserve Corps to Army Medical
School.
Second Lieut.. Emmett r. Curtin, jr.,
Ouartermaster Corps of National Army,
to depot quartermaster's office.
Evening star., 1918-02-01
STANDISH HANGS ON WELL,
Medalist at Pinehurst Reaches Semi
Finals in Match PLAY,

PINEHURST, N. c., February III
D. Standish. jr., of Detroit. medalist, in
the fourteenth annual st. Valentine
golf tournament, will meet L. D. Peters
of Boston in today's semi-flnals, and
E. E. wilbar Of Fitchburg. Mass, will
play H. c. Phillips of Pinehurst.
The tournament. delayed by rain. was
brought down to the semi-f1nals yes
terday by playing of the first and sec
ond rounds. In the former Standish
won by default. and Norman Fl. Max
well of Philadelphia defeated H. A
Tennessee of Cooperstown, 8 and Z. In
the second round surprise came in
the elimination of Maxwell. 1 up, by
Wtlbar, while Standish was forced to
go to the nineteenth hole to win
against John d. Chapman of Green
wich.