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Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
EXPERT MEN ARE NEEDED FOR THE
 AVIATION CORPS

That Americas air fleet is about to have exciting adventures is evidenced by the announcement that the Avia- ton Corps is in urgent need for 194 chauffeurs and motor-truck drivers, S,562 auto and gas engine men, 1880 machinists, 220 blacksmith forgers, 220 wheelwrights, 504 cabinetmakers, 460 sheet-metal workers and others to a total of 1000 for service in France behind the lines. They will belong to the Motor Mechanics Regiment" the first of it's sort in American his tory. Only men outside the draft ages are acceptable under this call, and they must be at least eighteen and not over forty. There are also wanted for the same regiment 200 cooks, 100 can vas workers, 80 house and sign paint CTS, 20 harness makers and 80 acety lene Welders. The U. s. Public Service Reserve of the Department of Labor, which has undertaken to get these r. 900 men for the Aviation Corps. states that the men specified are urged to enlist at any recruiting station, and that they should not leave jobs in shipyards or war industries for this service, attractive as it is. The regi- r1ent will have a short period of train ing at Fort Hancock, Ga, before going to France.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
REORGANIZE U. s. JUNIOR RESERVES
 AS AID TO NAVY

New York, Jan. 22-The United States junior naval reserve, whose object is the training of boys and men to man the increasing tonnage of the American merchant marine. has been reorganized in order that it's work may become wholly national with the erection of waterside schools at all important ports" on the Atlan- tic and Pacific coasts, it was an- nounced here today.
 Among the new officers are Dr. Will liam T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx zoo, acting president; Commo- dore J. w. Miller, president of the National Nautical Training associa- tion, first vice president: P H. W. Ross, president of the Natianal Ma rine League, second vice president
 Mrs. Walter Mclean. wife of Rear Admiral Mclean. commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, has been named president general of the womens aux Hilary of the reserve.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
BRITISH OBSERVE
 VIOLET DAY' IN
 HONOR OF QUEEN

It was F years ago today that Queen Victoria, best loved of modern rulers, breathed her last. The anni- versary is observed throughout the British Empire as Violet Day" when violets are worn in memory of the queen who governed Britain so wise ly. It has been the custom to hold annual memorial services on this date at F'rogmore, where the great mauso- leum which holds all that is mortal of the queen and her consort, is opened. After a brief service for the royal family and members of the court, the mausoleum is open to the public for several hours, At all other times it is almost dramatically sealed No one is ever allowed to enter the tomb on any other day of the year.
 Englishmen take no pleasure in re- calling the fact that when Victoria died, surrounded by many of her fam fly, the Kaiser, her grandson, was among the mourners at the bedside of the expiring queen.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
MINE WORKERS VOTE TO BACK
 GARFIELD WORK

Indianapolis, Jan. 22.-The United Mine Workers of America in biennial cunvention here pledged yesterday to Dr. Harry A. Garfield, federal fuel unqualified support and cooperation in his great task. The miners pledged '.!so 'naXinu:A production of coal
 Some of the delegates tried to start fight .gainst continuing the salary Of 5000 year paid to John P. White, former president of the union. Last fall ,.nite resigned as presiden t. become labor adviser to Dr. Gar field and the international board of the union continued Whites salary for the period of the war. He receives $1 a year from the government. The con- vention overwhelmingly endorsed the action of the board in continuing his salary
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
KEEPING TERMINALS CLEAR

AST NIGHT the committee raised to clear the Brdgepor A freight terminals able to the work we'll Howard completion This morning heavy is falling Storm general large sections which will move ment of traffic difficult than it already was
 of the injury to freight transport inflicted by this also the of the diligence and operative power of American business
 all or of the cities of America have taken such steps as were taken in Bridgeport the storm will little damage compared with that which will otherwise follow gestion of terminals
 Every crowded terminal is blow at American prepared terrific than German submarines will nflict by sinking American ships
 submarine when it sinks a ship prevents four to eight thousand of freight from reaching Europe break down of transport holds hundreds of ships in York harbor loaded with hundreds of thousands of tons.
 When this over and its events scrutnized fin their it will found that the greatest damage to the Allies by German guns by iner-
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
'REGISTRANTS WHO MARRIED BEFORE
 MAY NOT EXEMPT
Tuesday, Jan. 22

Draft registrants married on or af- ter May IT, 1917, should not be ex- empted from se5ect1ve service. accordz ing to ruling made by Provost Mar shal General Crowder, which indi cates that the draft rules and regula- tions of the first draft will be strictly followed.
 Local board for division six was the first to send out classification cards to all it's registrants. When all cards have been mailed, it is expected the examination of Class l men will be- gin.
 The Third District Appellate board was in session yesterday and passed upon classification of several regis trantS.
 Crowder also announces registrants will not be permitted to enlist in the service of the allies, while they are subject to service with the United States.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
LLOYD GEORGE TO LABOR

N HE ADDRESS of Lloyd George to Union Labor is in that 1 tone of perfect rankness in which all his speech couched He discusses problem that has not had large existence in America At the beginning of the war; Brit sh unions not in sympathy with the country They lay back in the traces and it difficult to carry industry
 But gradually British labor brought to that had stake in the country which ought not to be sacrificed to Ger man hegemony.
 British labor will take the lot and part in actual vice that falls upon other British citizens.
 In the United States the question has not arisen The ions of Bridgeport hang from the windows of the trade halls service flags that show many stars They have volunteered in proportion to their numbers and the draft takes them others excepting that there exemptions for industrial among them perhaps than among other classes.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
THE FARMER: JANUARY 25, 1918

unpreparedness And this preparedness will be found to consist less in lack manufacturing power than lacks of ordinating~ power.
 In America business has been largely indivdualstc The American manufacturing unit take goes greater pro ducng power than any other
 This indivduasm caused American business to neg lec those means by which the many be used What does it profit in military sense to make goods if they be delivered where they wanted when they want ed?
 The five days suspension of industry shock It should shocked every American into the understanding that transport must speeded up great deal of work has been done must be done. Empty the cars keep them moving
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
MEATLESS DAYS
 AND FOOD CARDS
 DUE WITHIN WEEK
Backed by Presidential Proclamation, More Dras- tic Regulations Will Be Enforced Than Any Heretofore Attempted d-Step Made Necessary By Failure of Voluntary Appeal Plan.

Washington, Jan. 22-When the Nation has sufficiently absorbed the shock of the coal curtailment order another severe jolt will be admins tered.
 Within a week a 1918 food card will be issued for the guidance of the American public, and this will be supported by a Presidential procla- nation making meatless and wheat less days enforceable. The number of meatless and wheatless days will probably be three each week
 Food Administrator Hoover is ab- sent from Washington today on vacation. It is learned on good au- thority that when he returns, revital ized by a period of rest, he will issue new regulations for the Nation con- taining provisions more drastic than anything heretofore attempted.
 The American Commission sent to Europe to ascertain actual food con ditions has returned, and it's observa tion of conditions abroad will be the basis of the movement to further curtail American consumption. Its report will be made public on We'd nesday morning.
 The vital necessity of our exporting between now and Sept. 1, the time when the new crops of our allies will be available, 90C00,OO0 bushels of wheat and greater quantities of fats than has been thought necessary here i tofore is the reason for the new food regulations. 1 The American Food Commission will formally submit to MT. Hoover this week report, which has already been made informally, calling for greater ] food sacrifices on the part of the United States if our expeditionary forces. the Allied armies and the civ ilian population of Great Britain and France are to be adequately fed dur ing the next eight months.
 The report of the American Com mission is formulated on data secured by tours of inspection. conferences
 and personal contact with the soldiers and civilians of the Allied countries, including high governmental officials, and especially those responsible for the food supply.
 The ability of Britain and France to produce food crops was carefully investigated and the situation of the American commission was not. one to inspire optimism. They found cond1- tions growing steadily worse, and the only rift in the clouds was the unmis- takable evidence they secured that conditions in Germany are becoming Iacute with greater rapidity than in either France, Great Britain or Italy.
 It will not be the policy of the
 American government to pin its faitF
 to an economic collapse in the Cen
 tral Powers. Immediate steps are tc be taken. in the light of the repor i of the American commission, to pro vide a surplus of foodstuffs for ex
 port by reducing to an absolute mini
 mum the food consumption of thi! country.
 II It is becoming clear to those re
 sponsible for the conservation of fooC \ that the appeal for voluntary absti
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
GERMANS DRAFT CLASS OF 1919
 FOR ARMY DUTY

With the British Army in the Field. Jan. 22.-Hindenburg is attempting to reJuvenate the west front, according to all indications today. Only young sters of the storm troop" kind are now coming into the line. Older men are being held for war work in the rear.
 There has likewise been a general combing cut of all line troops of more than 45, apparently still under way.
 It Is positively known that the best Of the 1919 class of Germany's men are being drafted into the infantry and that fathers with large families, which families have already lost some members in the field, are being allow eo to return home
 Certain categories of workmen have also been sent back from the fight ing lines. It is believed discharge from the army of about 50,000 coal miners has been requested by the internal government of Germany and that about half of these have already been thus relieved from fighting duty. Mechanics for speeding up submar- II e construction have also apparently been grabbed out of the army.
 All of which suggests Hindenburg is thoroughly reorganizing the entire German and Austrian armies on the basis of youth on the firing lines, the E:iddla-aged fighters as reserves, and the oldest soldiers switched to garri- sen duty in the interior. Skilled la borers arc apparently also being util- ized as far as possible in the factories Father than in fighting ranks. The Russian crumble freed 1,600,- coo German troops for the west and Italian fronts, according to recent an- lnauncements, and Hindenburgs "key- | ing up" is the direct result of this. All prisoners recently taken by the British seem to believe that linden burg desires the end of the war as soon as possible. All are vaguely ex- Iecting some dazzling new linden burglar strategy and some new forms | of frightfulness.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25

hence as means of reducing wheat and meat consumption has failed to bring the results hoped for. The majority of patriotic Americans in every community have done all that was expected of them in this particu- lar, but there are many restaurant and hotel proprietors who have given no heed to the voluntary appeal. It is to reach this element that it has become necessary, in the view of Food Administration officials, to sub stitute methods not heretofore applied in this country, but which are famil- jar in England and France.
 Up to Jan. 1 it was evident that 25,0O0,0 900 to 5O,000,000 bushels of wheat had been saved by the volun- tary plan. This rough estimate is based on the saving in certain com munities, the only method of measur- ing the quantity saved in the country at large. From reports reaching the Food Administration from all sections an average has been struck. The sav- ing to date in wheat will not fall be- low 25,O0O,OOO bushels nor go beyond 50,000,000. Enough will have to be saved in the United States between now and Sept. 1 over normal demands to enable 90 100000 bushels of grain to be exported.
 Under the food control regulations in effect in England imported flour is now adulterated 25 per cent. This amount of adulteration is compulsory, and a 50 per cent adulteration is per missible. Even with these steps the British food authorities are being hard pressed to provide a sufficient supply to take care of the domestic demands and the needs of the armies fin the field.
 Ample authority for a Presidential proclamation exists under the terms of Section , of the Food Control Act. If supplemental legislation is neces- sary it will be enacted without delay While the legal ban will be clamped down tight on the restaurants and hotels, a renewed appeal for volun- I tary sacrifice on the part of the do- | mestic consumer will be embraced in
 a statement from the President. i Food conditions in the United King i dom are reflected in the Liverpool
 Market where flour is now selling at | $16.S9 a barrel. When the freight to inland points is added, the cost of bread is abnormally high. This is in i contrast to the American price, which
 is now ranging around $1O.50 bar
 rel American flour prices for do-
 mestic consumers will be held at the
 present levels, according to Food Ad-
 ministration officials,
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25

worked out which would meet the re- quirements of the situation satisfac- torily."
 Alluding to the enormous strain on finances during the last year of the governments war loans, and to the aid given by the federal reserve sys- tenn, the report says:
 'The federal reserve note will more speedily attain the position originally intended for it. From being an oc- casionaI emergency currency used to supplement deficiencies in the supply of other existing forms of currency, it is becoming the most important con- stituent of our circulation medium, responding promptly and naturally to currency requirements from whatever source proceeding, thus giving to our whole currency a kind and degree of elasticity it has never before pos sessed."
 The profits from federal reserve banks in 1917 were $15,80O,00O gross and $11, 100000 net, with declared dividends of s4,S00,000. The boards expenses were only about $250,OO0
 The entrance of state banks and trust companies during the year strengthened the system greatly, says the report. Although the gold re- serves increased enormously in quan- tity, the proportion of reserves to de- posits fell in proportion to the ex- pansion of credit
 No radical amendments of the re- serve act are suggested, although a few minor changes are recommended. M reserve banks by simpler method; provision for printing bigger denonfl- nations of federal reserve notes; pro- vision for incorporating foreign trade banks under federal reserve charter, and permission for national banks to ] establish branches in their cities.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
THE CLOSING ORDER

" HE CLOSING order extraordinarily drastic in its
 ture, is appreciated this morning in its true character of the severes quality That many thou sands unemployed fact and not theory People have the appreciation of the fact instead of it's anticipation
 One good result at least should flow from this discipline which the president has described absolutely necessary Every who railroads burns coal will feel the of doing his share to keep things moving It is the hundreds of thousands of individual negects that constitutes large ton of the railroad problem
 Why should not Bridgeport business organize unfy delivery and truckage cooperate with the railroad cas to keep terminals clear, that things will afer The storage of freight in failure promptly things frequently necessary could away with easily if the local transportation unified sort of direction through any of dozen we'll stood forms of private cooperation.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
ASSURING DYING SOLDIERS

T WAS PROPER to extend insurance to dying sodier
 the Commander of Camp did to Private Henry Private insurance commercial transaction conducted for profit unjust the insured and to the stockholders of the private company to insure dying men.
 But the object of soldier insurance is to replace pensions The which the soldier insured to compensate his survivors, right of soldier to be insured in the gov fund because he is sick; rather it in creases and this will remain true during the period in which the government keeps its offer open.
 The boy who goes camp and dies of pneumonia has gv his life to his country just certainly he had been killed by German bullet.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25

Goods and credit" says the re- port, "must be saved to the utterest of our ability in order to check the upward movement of prices and in order to free for the use of the gov ernment the goods and savings re- quired for the winning of the war"
 The present condition of a greatly expanded currency will be improved, the board believes. "as the public per- forms its duty of absorbing the gov ernment loans out of savings" Be- fore the third Liberty loan, the re- port adds, federal reserve banks must reduce their investments to strengthen reserves and avoid further expansion that has accompanied the first two Liberty loans. The board does not say specifically how it proposes to do this.
 Among the many radical influences of the war on the money markets, the board explained. one of the most pro- nounced had been the effort of cer- tain interests to have the federal re- serve system absorb 90-day notes or other short term paper accepted with the privilege of repeated renewals. The board had persistently opposed any such effort to destroy liquidity of the banks assets. on which the sys- tenn was based, the report said, but it admitted that the difficulties of pri- vate and corporate financing was so great as to justify action by congress.
 The most serious problem of cor porate financing has been removed by the government, says the report, but the situation is still serious.
 ''The board, therefore, respectfully suggests early consideration by con- gress of the problem of corporate financing in the belief that no satis- factory solution will be found that does not involve some degree of gov ernment intervention or aid can be
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
PUNISH DEvENs SOLDIERS

Aver, Mass, Jan. 21-Thirteen non commissioned officers of Co. B, 303rd machine gun battalion, all of Hart ford, were reduced to the ranks and given sentences at hard labor varying from two to six months for being ab- sent without leave at Christmas, ia court martial findings announced at Camp Devtns today. Nineteen other members of the company, also all os Hartford, were found guilty on the S. me charge and received sentences.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25

There needn't be any hurry about bringing around any coal or wood to the school house so far as the small boy is concerned.
 When the grocery boy comes around with a pound of sugar nowadays, the housekeeper feels like inviting him in to the best parlor chair, giving him handout of doughhuts and coffee, and inviting him to visit them for next Sundays dinner.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
MORE SOUGHT BY
 POLICE PROBING
 GIOMANI MURDER

New Haven, Jan. 22-With five persons already held for the coroner in connection with the shooting to death of Frank Giomani on the street in West Haven last Thursday night, the police are looking today for cer- tain other persons, said to have had a part in the crime.
 The latest arrest, that of Vincenzo Presto, 20 years old, of this city, was made early today, as Presto was about to enter his home after several days absence. The other arrests included that of the widow of Giomani. She and one man have since been re1eas- ed under bonds, being held as mater ial witnesses.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
ATTORNEY ELDER DEAD.

Boston, Jan. 22-samuel J. Elder of this city, one of the leading law yers of New England, who was one of the senior counsel for the United States government before the Hague tribunal in the North Atlantic fishery arbitration with Great Britain in 1910, died suddenly while visiting his daughter in a hospital. today.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
PLOT IN SAN JUAN.

San Juan, P. R., Jan. 21-hMlitary guards yesterday were placed about the federal building, in which are To- cated virtually all the o.--s Of the United States insular government, af- ter officials had received information regarded as important Guards were also placed on bridges near the city and at other important points.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
BAN LABOR ADS.

Washington, Jan. 22-Peremptory directions to many large industrial concerns to cease widespread adver- Using for help which was thought to be 'unsettling the labor supply and working hardship on individuals who answered the advertisements, have been sent out by the department of labor.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
NEWSPAPER FOR TROOPS.

Paris, Jan. PA weekly newspaper for the American troops in France. to be called the Stars and Stripes, will be issued soon. It has the sanction of Gen. Pershing. It will be directed and edited by men wearing the Amer ican uniform.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
CREDIT MUST BE
 CONSERVED, SAYS
 FEDERAL BOARD
Upward Movement of Prices to Be Checked Ry' Saving Goods and Potential Loans, Re- serve Banking Officials Declare in
 Annual Report to Congress-

Washington Jan. 22-Effect of credit expansion the rise of prices and the part the American people phasized today by the federal board port to congress
 Explaining that though credit expansion is not entire responsible for increase in prices the board lit regards of its most important duties to prevent prac cabe expansion of banking credit from running troled course"
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
NAMES CUSTOMS COLLECTORS

Washington Jan. P. President Will sons nominations yesterday included the following: Collectors of Customs. Edmund Killings of Boston, district No. 4 Villain H. Berry, of Philadel- rhia, district No. II. Other nomina tions included: Surveyors of customs Joseph A. Maynard in Boston.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
UPHOLD LIGHTERAGE RATES.

Washington, Jan. 22 - The inter state commerce commission upheld today existing rates to New York and he New Jersey shore, refusing the pplication of New Jersey interests or reduction in ighterage charges.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25
EONuNATES ASSISTANT
 TREASURER FOR N. '.

Washington, Jan. 22.-fNartin Vo- gel of New York was nominated yes terday by President Wilson to he as sistant treasurer of the United States in New York.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-25

Fishermen on the upper Mississippi have caught thousands of live turtles and are storing them until the Len ten season.