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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
MERCHANT SHIPS
Every Six Minutes One Arrives And
Another Oeparta.

Every Six Minutes One Arrives And
Another Departs.
Washington Aug. .7-Eyery six
minutes a merlhan vessel arrives and
m1.hor departs from American loris.
Fiom N0rth Atlantic seaports. there
is a departure cycrr eleven minutes,
aad ere for Europe every forty min
u;cs This rate Of operation does not
hcMdc vessels in ths service cf the
army and navy.
The merchant ae,; OF 1900 ships
under the control Of he Shipping
BOARD are run rs railroads on time
schedule. The duty of measuring
ships performances with their tasks
is lodged with the Planning and
Statistics Division of the Shipping
Board, headed by +. H. Gay, formerly
of the Harvard Graduate school OF
business.
Obviously. the division must know
the tasks in details, and so il co-ordi-
mates with the War Industries and
War Trade Boards in determining and
providing for the countrys needs from
abroad Il works on month to month
schedules or as far in advance as it is
feasible or possible to forecast.
La planning the use OF ships, the
division works with the Food Admin
isuation i'm determining the shipping
requirements for food; with the war
department in cOrrelating shipping
with the requirements of the line Of
supplies to the western front; with
The war industries board in seeking
solution Of the problem Of bringing
necessary raw imports into the coun-
u5; and with the war trade board in
preparing the lists of essential inn
ports and exports.
As the country has gone more and
more Oh "a war basis. il has been re-
garded necessary to limit the list of
essential imports to less than hun
drcd Data ON the ships and their
trade provides the basis for operation
lof the vessels under the shipping
boards control Likewise, records
are kept of neutral vessels coming TO
llhis country or linking mp with It's
foreign trade. Thus the division
checks daily about 1000 vessels
1900 of them being those of the ship
ping board. 5000 engaged directly in
American commerce and $500 scat
tered over the globe and trading foi
the most part with the allies or theii
colonies. Roughly, onefourth Of The
merchant ships of the world are
watched by the Shipping Board.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
PROBLEM OF FOOD
This Year We May Be at Height Of
Agricultural Production.

agricultural PRODUCTION,
Washington Aug, 1--we cannot
administer the food problem on the
basis one years war. We must pre-
pare for ils long continuance if we are
TO insure absolute victory" declare
the Food Controllers of the United
States, France. Italy and Great Brit.
ain / ma Joint resolution adopted at a
conference in London. The resom.
ton. which was cabled today to the
United States Food Administration,
emphasizes The necessity Of building
up reserves in North America as an
insurance against possible crop fail.
ures here and elsewhere and the di.
minution Of agricultural labor. The
cable follows:
Resolved, that while the increased
production OF the United States rem.
ders it possible to relax some of the
restrictions which have borne with Pc
Culiar hardship upon all our peoples,
yet it is absolutely necessary that
rigid economy and elimination of
waste in the consumption and handl-
ing of all toodsufis, as we'll as in.
creased production, should be main.
tanned throughout the European Al
lied countries and in North America,
1t is only by such economy AMI elm.
inauon of waste that the ransporta.
ton OF the necessary men end sup
plies from North America to the
European front can be accomplished
and that stocks OF foodstuiis can be
built mp In North America as an IN.
surance against the ever-present dan
ger of harvest failure and the possible
necessity for large and emergency
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17

drafts to Europe We cannot admin
ister the food problem on the basis CT
one years war We must prepare for
It's long continuance il we are to in
sure absolute victory.
Before tie war. only about 70 per
cent OF the food deficit in the allied
countries was provided by America
Approximately so per cent Of tie al
lied deficit was filled last year by the
United States and Canada And from
the 1918 crops we will very probably
be called upon to supply much larg-
en- proportion of this, ever increasing
European deficit
About 10000 tons of shipping
could be saved if we made il possible
10 withdraw ships now taking to
Europe food from Australia. India and
South America Were this done, it
would be possible to transport and
maintain in France a much larger
army OF American soldiers. Many Of
the difficulties of convoy could he
overcome il the bulk of shipping piled
the single lane between Europe and
North America Interpreted in terms
OF men on the lighting front, every
ship diverted from Australia could
perform an equivalent service from
American ports and in the time it had
taken for one round trip from Europe
TO Australia could make two addition
u trips from Europe to the United
States In other words. il could fur
nish Europe with the same amount of
food and in the same length of time
could make one trip a. a troop ship
and another to transport additional
p food.
With men leaving our farms in ever
increasing numbers 10 engage in di-
rect war work, we probably see this
year the height of our agricultural pro-
ductionTo protect ourselves and the
allies against the inevitable shortages
of the future we must take advantage
of this years production to lay by re,
serves
Although public eating places and
households which voluntarily went to
a no-whoat basis earlier in the year
have been released from their promise
to forego entirely tho use OF wheat
they must still practice economy. Re.
lease from their pledge only places
them on the same basis as the rest OF
the American people, Probably as
long as the war lasts they must use
Victory bread They must face as
rigid economy in other directions
Especially is this true at present in
the case of sugar. The American
people as whole are expected Ia
adopt on August /, an honor ration OF
two pounds of sugar per person pei
month.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
eERMANVs POOR RETURN
For the Many Evidences Of Spanish
Regard, Is Resented.

Madrid. Aug. 16-ln note ad.
dressed by Spain to Germany regard
ing the torpedoing of Spanish YES.
sells. the government points TO Ger
manys poor return for service spain
had performed in pursuance of her
neutral policy by which Germany had
benefited, according to 1l Sol.
Germany has received numerous
evidences Of Spanish regard, the note
says In substance, as summarized by
this newspaper Nevertheless. the
note continues, Germany has persist
cd constantly in causing injury to
Spanish interests.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-17
POSTING NOTICE

Whereas my wife, Irene Mabel Ilar.
rington, has LETT my bed and board
without just cause and provocation, /
hereby forbid all persons trusting her
on my account after this date.
Buel Harrington.
Bennington, August 10, 1918.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The city council at it's September
meeting reiterated its desire to pros
ecute all speeders who violate the
traffic laws. The police were again
instructed to prosecute all who ex-
ceeded the speed limit in the cOrpor-
alton confines.
The matter of a city service flag
was referred to a committee COM
posed of Tiller, Goble and Walker.
Lancaster Fair This Week"
George Reed and family of Madisol I,
spent the weekend at the DR.. ]. H.
Reed home.
Mrs. Jas. Walker went to Fenni-
more, Sunday, to visit her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Remmert.
Miss Jane Fruit of the Lancaster
State Bank, went to Madison, Sun
day, for a few days visit.
T. A. Finnegan of Mcintosh, S. D.,
is visiting friends and relatives in
this locality for a couple of weeks.
JOS. and Clarence Birch of Beetown,
were released from fine for speeding
as DR.. Kraut who drove the car as
sured Mayor Bailie that he was driv-
ing to visit a patient.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
IN EXPLOSION
BLOOMINGTON CORRESPONDENT
TELLS OF THRESHING ACCI-
DENT ONE DIES; TWO HURT.

Word was received here of a very
sad accident which occurred near
Bridgeport, Wednesday,, in which Jos.
Mesera was killed and his son, John,
very seriously injured. John Mayne
was also quite badly hurt. They had
been threshing and were moving to
another place when the engine ex-
ploded with the results mentioned.
The injured men were taken to a hos
pital in Prairie du Chen. Three of
the Mesera boys are in the army, two
of them serving in France. There is
some talk among their friends of get
ting up a petition to have the one who
is still in this country sent home to
look after their large farm near
Bridgeport.
While threshing at the Herman
Lynas farm last Thursday, the boil
er of ellison Tyler's engine exploded
and scattered things about somewhat.
One load of grain was burned up, but
nobody was hurt. The engine will
need considerable repairing before it
can be used.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
Phillip
WINS THE

The returns from all Wisconsin
counties up to Saturday gave E. l..
Philip a lead of 100 votes over Roy
P. Wilcox. The actual totals for the
candidates are:
Philipp-71,364
Wilcox-71,174
Tittemore-45,110
The vote is so close that the official
returns may yet upset the present in
dications.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Ezra Abraham of Mt. Hope, brought
his four children to DR.. Doolittle, Sat
urday, for throat operations.
Roy Chase and wife and son of Ok
lahoma, reached here Sunday by mo-
toring through. They will visit at
the Groenier and Basford homes.
Thos. Griffin of Platteville, aged 81.
was examined for insanity last week
and committed to the county home
Mr.. Griffin is a bachelor and a labor
err. His lonely life and fear of pow
erty are thought to be responsible
for his mental state.
-LancaStar Fair This Week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
NJ. I. D|V|NES PLACED
METHODIST MINISTER'S LOCAT.
ED FOR COMING YEAR-REV.
CAMPBELL HERE.

The list of appointments resulting
from the Methodist Episcopal confer
ence held last week are listed below.
Lancaster people will be pleased to
note the return of Mr.. Campbell to
our city.
ARGYLE. w. Nixon.
Belmont-Thomas Harris.
Benton. 1. Sanity.
i Blanchardville-J. B. Braddock.
Bloom City-A. G. Jett.
Observation-Disclosures Snow.
Blue Riyer-Bibby Falk.
Boscobel-C w. Harrop.
Browntown-W. L. Meikle.
Cassville-F. j. Smith.
Cuba City-H. A. Waste.
Darlington. A. Vincent.
Dodgeville-L. E. Hoisinton.
Fayette-J. F. Dorland.
Fennimore-G. H. Kershaw.
Hazel Greene. N. Foster.
LaFarge-C. E. Dunlevy.
Lancaster-G. w. Campbell.
Linden-H. E. Evans.
livingstone. W. Apologize.
Mineral Point-C. W. Emery.
Montfort-F. M. Haight.
Mount Hope-W. j. James.
Mount Zion-Clement Crawley, p.
o. Boscobel.
Patch Grove-G. w. Vaughan.
Platteville-F. w. Harris.
Prairie du Chem. E. Fraser.
Rewey-Robert Davies.
Shullsburg-W. P. Burrows.
Soldiers Grove and Gays Mills
Daniel Hogan.
South Wayne-Rev. Jeffery.
Waldwick-J. r. Linssley, P. o.
Mineral Point.
Whig-David Hill, P. o. Platteville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
MONAHAN VICTORY
NOW A CERTAINTY
DARLINGTON MAN NOMINATED BY
MORE THAN 200 MAJORITY.
REBUKE TO NELSON.

James G. Monahan of Darlington,
will be the Republican nominee for
member of congress from this dist
riot! His majority was ZIG up to Sat-
urday with a possibility of more
with the official returns from the can
vassing boards.
Mr.. Monahan claims a plurality of
$50 in Dane county, 211 in Grant, Ga
in Lafayette and 240 in Richland, a
total of 665. He gives Nelson 81 in
Crawford, 80 in Green and 300 in
Iowa, a total of 449, and a net plural
ity for Monahan Of ZIG.
Nelson was second and Shuttle
worth third in the race. Pollard was
a poor fourth. The vote positively
shows where this district stands on
the war and is evidence of the vot-
ers' rebuke of John M. Nelson.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
CONSERVATION
License CreamerieS and Cheese
Factories.


Under the regulations issued some
time ago by the Wisconsin Food Adj
ministration, all cheese factories and
creameries in the state must secure
a U. S. Federal License. Up to this
time only about SO per cent have done
this. Failure to observe this regula-
tion will subject you to a heavy pen
atty. Application should be made to
the u. S. Food Adm. License Division,
Washington, ID. c., at nee
Effective September 1st consumers
may buy and retailers must sell one
pound of substitutes with every foul
pounds of wheat -four. $3.50 rule is
r~escinded. The housewife is asked to
bake all her bread on the eighty
twenty basis. List of substitutes in
clude barley -four, corr flour, corn
meal, oat flour, rice flour, potato
flour, buckwheat -four, bean flour,
peanut flour. Rye -four may be used
as a substitute on the basis of two
pounds of rye -four to three pounds
of wheat flour. Whole wheat or gra-
ham may be used without substitutes
if it contains 95 per CEN of the wheat
berry. Above rules apply to Gus
toners, exchange mills and elevators
and sale to farmers as we'll as to 9TH
ers. Millers selling direct to con-
sumers must obey the same restric-
tions as retail merchants. All Ii
censes including miller, wholesaler,
retailer and baker are o permitted
to have a so day supply of flour.
Many inquiries have come to this
office relative to allowing the farm
er to have extra sugar and -four for
threshing. You are hereby notified
that they are entitled to extra sugar
on the basis Of 2 lbs. of sugar for ev-
cry extra 90 meals and s lbs. of -four
for every extra 80 meals served.
Sugar. e
Rules governing the sale of sugar
for month of September are on the
same basis as during the month of
August. All sugar allotments will be
made on the same basis, that is to
say, 2 lbs. of sugar for each person
in the household per month for house.
hold consumption and in addition to
this sugar may be issued for canning
purposes in allotments of not to ex-
coed ten lbs. on a canning certificate.
Notice to Farmers Selling Wheat.
If the farmer is not satisfied with
the price offered by the miller or ell
evator he may ship his grain to the
u. S. Food Administration Grain Cor
poration, 226 S. La Sale St., Chica-
go, Ill.
LEN STAUFFACHER,
Co. Food Adm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
REGISTER TOMORROW
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 DATE
REGISRANTS WILL REPORT TO
USUAL VOTING PRECINCTS.

Grant county lien between the ag-
es of Is and As will be required to
register for military service on Thurs
day, September II.
The hours of registration will be
from z a. m. to 9 D.. m. and all state
and local officials are called on to
make immediate arrangements for the
maintenance of registration places
on that day.
All men within the new ages wheth-
er citizens of the United States or
not must register, unless they are
diplomatic or consular agents Of for
eign nations.
In case of illness on the registra-
ton day, arrangements for tardy en-
rollment may be made with the local
boards and men who expect to be
absent from their homes may regis
ter by mail, sufficiently in advance so
that the record reaches the board be-
fore registration day. If a man has
no permanent residence he is to reg
lister at the place he is at on Septem-
Der IL. Those who are out Of the
country on that day are required to
register within five days after their
return.
At least 10000, 900 men will place
themselves subject to call for war
service under the new registration,
it is estimated, although only those
without dependents, in good health
and otherwise qualified for the ar
duous duties of soldier life ere to be
taken first.
Youths in their eighteenth year
will be placed in a separate group,
the war department has announced,
to be subject to 9, special educational
program, and will not be called until
the supply of available men in the
new classes is exhausted. This does
not mean their calling will be long
deferred, however, inasmuch as it has
been announced that all men in the
new registration accepted for gener-
al service will be under arms by June
80, 1919. The man power bill makes
no specific provision for separate
classification for the 18-year-old boys
and war department plans for their
treatment have been made on ex-
ecutive initiative.
Although the work or fight clause
which would have affected striking
workmen was taken out Of the bill
before passage, Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder has planned to apply
vigorously existing regulations re
lating to the idle men or those n
gagged in nonessential employment to
the newly registered men.
Lancaster Fair This Week
w. J. Richardson and wife of
Platteville, will keep house at the
John Mcmahon residence this week
while Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon attend
the state fair.
Win Webb of Keewatin, Mimi, was
here for the weekend to register and
visit his father, w. E. Webb. Frank
WeIb of Duluth, also spent a few
days here IN his way homeward from
an eastern trip.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
LOSE TICKET PLACE
DEMOCRATS AGAlF OFF BALLOT
THROUGH FAILURE TO CAST
ENOUGH VOTES IN PRIMARY.

The democrats will have no place
on the county ballot this year just
as they lost place two years ago. The
reason is that they failed to cast
enough votes at the primary. The
law requires at least ten per cent of
the vote cast at the preceding gener
al election. Two years ago this vote
was 3074. One-tenth would be 307.
The highest vote cast in the demo-
crat county primary was for Lee
Greer of Bloomington, who received
288 votes. D. c.. Johnson received
275 and the balance of the ticket were
below that. The only candidate to
qualify was John Kelly of Woodman,
for assembly. John received 174
sembly district.
The reason for the detection is per-
fectly obvious. Many democrats took
such a keen interest in the Republi-
can primary that they jumped the
fence and voted the opposition tick
ct. They have heen advised repeat
cdly to do this Ey interested politi-
clans and the only result is that they
lost a prime chance to carry at least
one and possibly more county Offices.
The county democrat leaders are
properly peeved over the outcome but
t. seems nothing can be done unless
the boys run Independent.
Lancaster Fair This week
Mrs. E. ]. Morse entertained We'd
nesday in honor of her niece, Miss
Margaret Dickey, who has been spend
ing the summer here and who left for
her home in Kansas City, Monday.
Mrs. J. II. Fowler and children left
Thursday for Texas where they will
visit Lieut.. Fowler, who is stationed
at an aviation camp at Waco.
The Mission Festival at the Evan
gelical church last Sunday was a
great success. Fine weather, very
good attendance, excellent speakers,
splendid singing rendered by the
choir of the congregation, a ladies'
quartette, Duets and trio. Speakers
were Rev. G. Krumm of Marion, Wis,
Rev. G.. G.. Bratzel, Brookfield, Wis,
Rev. Geo. Recht, Liberty. Offering
for mission and b~enevolence institu-
lions amounted to about $125.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
GARNER IS
HOME FROM FRONT
MADISON BOY WHO FOUGHT AT
CHATEAU THIERRY WILL GET
NEW COMMAND.

(The Madison Democrat has the
following to say of Lieut.. Lloyd Gar
ner. Lloyd is a cousin of the Rich
ardson boys and a nephew of the Nc
Mahon boys.)
First Lieut.. Lloyd M. Garner, 211
North Murray street, has been in
France since the University of WITS
consin ambulance corps went owe
seas in 1917, a month before the
United States declared war on Ger
many, arrived home last night. He
has been returned to the United
States for assignment to a new di-
vision and expects to be back with
the allied troops soon.
He will spend four days leave in
Madison and then report at Wash
ington. Garner was in the midst OF
the fighting this summer about Chat
a Thierry and scissors but escaped
all harm.
After serving the six months en-
listment period with the students in
the ambulance unit, young Garner
was commissioned in the heavy field
artillery, End division. He did not
expect to visit the United States and
no word had been received of him
since May 8. The return was accom-
plished in IA days without incident.
Lieut.. Gamers older brother, Capt
H. L. Garner, former alderman and
manager of the University Coop, is
commandant of the gas defense
school at Camp Custer and nay &C
overseas shortly. Ee was commits
stoned in the engineers chemical war
service.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Miss Alma Henkel entertained Miss
Elsie Brockett of Norwalk, Conn, last
week. Miss Brockett and Miss Hen
KEEL were classmates and graduates in
June of the Thomas school of De.
troit, Mich. Miss Brockett left Thurs
day for Detroit City, Mimi, where she
supervises the work in physical
training in the public school the com.
ing year.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
FOODS
NOT SUBSTITUTES.

breakfast foods can no longer be
sold as substitutes with wheat -four"
A. H. Melville, executive secretary of
the Wisconsin Food administration
said last Friday. Oatmeal, rolled
oats, corn-1akes and rice must be
crossed off the substitute list.
with the new 1920 flour regula-
tons now in force the substitutes are
all 1ours with the exception of corn
meal and rye meal.
Barley flour, rice -four, corn flour
and meal, buckwheat, oat, potato and
bean fours maye be sold as substi-
tutes in the proportion of one pound
of substitutes to four pounds of -four.
AS a partial substitute rye -four or
meal may be sold in the proportion of
two pounds of rye -four or meal to
three pounds of wheat -four"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11
STRUCK BY TORPEDO
CASSVILLE YOUTH ON TRANS
PORT DAMAGED BY HUN BOMB.
VESSEL SAVED, NO LOSS.

The Cassville Record has the fol-
lowing to say Of Private Matt VIII
komm, a Cassville boy, who was call
ed into service last spring and had
a most exciting experience in eros
sing the ocean,, according to a letter
received by his sister, Mrs. John
were on the water about five days
when a submarine attacked their
ship. The ship was struck by a tor
pedo and badly crippled but didn't
sink. The soldiers were all compell-
ed to take to life boats and put on
life preservers, and there was con-
siderable excitement, but no lives
were lost. The boys were in the wa
ter about fifteen minutes, long enough
as Matt says to get good and wet,
when their ship put back to New
Yory harbor where she is now I'M
dergoing repairs. After being struck
their ship fired five shots at the sub
and the last one sank the U-boat.
The boys consider that they had a
lucky escape.
Lancaster Fair This Week
Ernest Naumann won $25 in priz-
es on his poultry at the P~latteville
fair. Ernest's biggest winning was
for the best pen. He shows at the
Lancaster fair this week.
500 was realized for the Red Cross
from the auction sale of a bushel
of wheat at the Big Badger fair last
week. At the end half dollars were
called for on bids and the silver roll
ed in.
DR.. Gault operated on Russell Hay
den Saturday, for tonsils and ade-
noids. A boy of Will Vesperman's
was also operated on for the same
trouble, Wednesday.