The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-01


Buerger-Zeitung
"A soldiers wife who had gathered
wood IN the common forest of VALID
kirch, near Freiburg in Breisgau, was,
sentenced for the offense in the follow.
! ing terms:
"Airn Clara Ganter, on June 10.
1917, has removed from the common
forest of Waldkirch, Sec. / %, one
fagot of dry fir twigs Of the value Of
10 pfunning. In punishment thereof
she is sentenced to fine of / mark
and one days Imprisonment
TIE husband Of the culprit has been
for three years at the front, she her
self has four small children to support
In tho direst poverty. Similar reports
of punishment should be reported In
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy I'M
derst&nds how to employ this period
Of sh )rtage of wood and coal on
large scale for the benefit of the treas
ury."
In bulletin on the employment Of
women In the storage and warehousing
depots of the United States army is
the following:
"The census of 1910 reported that Of
every 100 men and boys ten years Of
age and over, only 10 were not gain
fully employed. This group of 10 in
Guided old men not able to work, chill
dren too young to work, the sick and
handicapped, 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 GO men in the industries and
professions Of the country has been
called into military service, while an
other in every go has voluntarily join
ed the forces of the army or navy.
Thus, about per cent of the gainfully
employed 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
committee in Rome, but every factory
is making little notifications, accord
ing to it's 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 i'll the sale of ma
tional shoes and to be controlled by
the government authorities. 1t is like
ly that buyers will have to obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup
piled with an adequate number Of
shoes and will be granted reason
able commission.
The army and navy commission on
training camp activities, in addition to
the work being done in, army camps
and environments, now has its repre-
sentatives in every training station Of
the navy and at every place where en-
listed men are preparing for sea serv-
ice.
There are Sc clubs for sailors a
camps and in adjacent cities. Therd
are reading and writing rooms, assem-
bly, halls, and some of the cities have
arrangements for athletics, swimming
pools, and gymnasiums. In 1.-The is
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entertainments ranging from profess
sonal performances, lectures, and ex-
hibitions, to club nights and weekly
dances.
More than $4,000 books have been
furnished ships and stations by the
American Library association. The Y.
NJ. G. A. has AZ buildings and tents In
the various camps.
According to the bureau of labor sta
tistics of the department of labor, in
the year from November Is, 1916, to
November Is, 1917. prices of food as
whole advanced % per cent. Potatoes
is the only article that shows decline
in price. Cornmeal advanced 81 per
cent; bacon, 81 per cent; pork chops,
4S per cent; beans. 80 per cent; sal
mon, IS per cent; milk, SO per cent;
and lard, 81 per cent.
Food as whole was 48 per cent
higher on November Is, 1917, than on
November Is, 1918, and 40 per cent
higher than on November Is, 1914.
During this four-year period cornmeal
advanced 1877 per cent; flour, 100 per
cent; lard, 104 per cent; bacon, n per
cent; sugar, IS per cent; and potatoes.
72 per cent. No article declined in
price.
Examination of the records of 10000
men passed for military service by To-
cal boards and then rejected by camp
surgeons show that nearly % per cent
of the final reflections were caused by
defective eyes.
Teeth were responsible for $50 per
cent; hernia. TAI per cent ear, 5.94 per
conk. heart dicoasa 81 nor cent Tn