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Evening journal., 1918-07-12
Government TO BUY.
Distribute SUGAR
Equalization Board is Or.
ganized TO Meet the Ex-
pected Rise
PLAN WILL AID
ALLIES NEEDS

WASHINGTON, July i2-To deal effec-
lively with the expected increase in the
price Of sugar, due to the shortage
threatening the country the food ad-
ministration has announced the forma-
tion Of a sugar equalization board cap
itallzed at 100000
The purposes Of the board. which will
take charge OF the semirationing plan
initiated July 4. are to equalize the cost
Of various sugars and accomplish a
better distribution. The arrangements
Will facilitate Joint dealing with the
Allies in foreign sugars and the adjust
ments Of dlferentials in overseas
freight rates.
The plan is 10 take up the slacks be-
tween production costs Of domestic and
foreign consumers so as to work out a
p<ce for the public upward OF one
cent a pound less than would be the
case If the price Of sugar were ad-
vanced to a price that would cover the
high peaks in cost from all quarters.
Maintenance OF such a price would
mean millions 10 the American people
on the 100000 tons Of sugar to be con-
sumed in the United States in the next
six months.
The capital Of the board will be sup
piled by the President from his special
funds, in order to enable 1t to deal with
facility In foreign sugars and otherwiss
and the whole stock will be held by the
President.
II is expected that the board will
make a small margin on the low cost OF
certain foreign sugars, which may be
purchased and thus bring about an
equalization OF the price to the public
on a lower level than would otherwise
be possible. Any profit will be equal
lzed to the consumer over the year i
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
TSCHERN0FF ARMY
Is OF SINGLE TAKERS

WASHINGTON, July i2.-The band Of
peasants that Tschernoff is leading
against Moscow. Is the first single tax
army the world has ever known.
Tschernoff, a believer In Henry
Georges doctrine, has adapted IL to
Russian conditions. Six months ago,
while he was in the government Of
Kerensky, he was considered the most
radical Of Kerensky ministers. Today
he is considered by the Bolshevik
government which he is opposing, as a
hated conservative.
The present movement, under fischer
noff. is based on the fact that the peas
ants are beginning to realize that Ger
man domination Will prevent them from
putting into effect their planned land
reforms.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
RUMELEY DECLARES
HE WILL TELL ALL
BY The United Press.

DN llN AAAAi4 AANoos
NEW YORK, July i2.-Seeking Senate
investigation into the acts which
brought about his arrest by the Fed
eral Government on a charge Of per-
Jury, DR.. Edward A. Rumeley, former
publisher OF The New York Evening
Mail, today sent the following telegram
TO Senator King Of Utah:
81 see by the morning papers that
you propose Senate investigation and
are in doubt as to my position with
regard TO testifying. waive immunity
and will willingly place at your dis
posal all the facts in my possession"
Il is alleged that DR.. Rumeley bought
the Evening Mail with money supplied
by the German Government and COM
mitted perjury by making a false state
ment regarding the newspapers owner
ship. TO the custodian of alien prop
erty.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
SAVE HORSES FROM
BURNING STABLE

Patrolman Charles West while patrol
ing his district this morning discovered
a fire in the stable Of John Phillips In
Sycamore street between Van Buren
and Harrison. He sent in an alarm from
Box No. 242 and then with the aid OF
nelghbors rescued several head OF
horses and all the harness in the burn
ing building. The district flremen ex-
tingIlshed the blaze after damage esti-
mated at $500 had been done.
The cause OF the blaze Is unknown.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
SAILOR ENTERTAINED.

William IT. Stuber, son OF Mt. and
Mrs. Frank Stuber, Of No. si6 dupont
street, who enlisted list year In the
navy. and now at the barracks in
Brooklyn, n. Y, has been visiting his
parents. Monday evening his many
friends were entertained at his home
when a pleasant evening was spent II
singing and music. Mr.. Stuber LEI
Tuesday evening for Brooklyn. He Il
now a second seaman.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
ALFRED RETURNS BY PLANE.

PARIS. July i2-lHavas Agencyl-IHs
King and Queen Of Belgium, VINO had
been visiting England, have returned
10 France by the same means whion
ihev used in crossing the channel 70
England-through the air. The return
massage. the newspapers say, lasted
thirty minutes. The royal couple sald
they were delighted with the experi-
ences Of the aerial voyage.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
WANT 5 BLACKSMITHS
FOR RGREATNORTHWEST

Adiutant General Wickersham today
received a telegram from Provost Mar
shal General Crowder, instructing him
10 notify the Local. Exemption Boards
TO secure 1--WE blacksmlths. Delaware's s
allotment, 10 be sent to Vancouver
barracks, Washington. on July %.
These men Will be placed In limited
military service. They Will be used
In connection with the work OF getting
out spruce for alrplanes In the great
northwest. II Is a great opportunity
for men 10 see the country and at the
same time serve the country.
Registrants qualified can volunteer
for this service. but In case enough
have not volunteered by July 20. the
boards are instructed TO MI the alott-
ment from the conscripted men avail
able IN Glass 4.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
CAPTAIN LYMAN NOW MAJOR.

Captain C. B Lyman, who as senior
officer was in command Of the battal-
ion Of the 50th Infantry on guard duty
at Wilmington shlpyards, has been pro-
NOTED to major and assigned to the
A2d Infantry. Major Lyman, who is
Hawaiian and a West Point graduate,
made a host Of friends in this city.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
LESS BREAD FOR GERMANS.
. rhe limited Press.

BIZ The InIteu PIess.
wASHINGTON, July i2.-Bread ra-
tIons for German soldiers are psins
nared down because Of food scarcity
according to reports reaching here To-,
day. Scarcity OF foodstuffs has forced
abolition OF extra rations for all order
lies mess attendants and other soldiers
not engaged in combstant or heavy ser
vice. These will be forced to suDslsi
on the same ration with clerks ana
others not performing heavy work.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
THIS DAY in THE WAR
JULY ~, 1917

Russians capture Kalusz, Southern
Galicia. -, o
J. Austin Chapberlain, British score
tarv of state for India. resigns because
of report on mlsmanagemeIt Of Meso-
potamian campaign.
JULY IL, 1916
British improve positions. hussisns >
snd acknowledgements in bloody conflict
along StOkhad river.
JULY IL 1915
Germans start new offensive on Wes'
front from Swiss frontier to sea. Ao-
vance at S0uchez
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
RAINS PREVENT NEW
HUN OFFENSIVE
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES in
FRANCE, July ~. = Heavy rains
throughout the British front seem 70
assure further delay in resumption Oh
the German offensive.
There have been intermittent show
ers during the past two days. which
increased 10 a steady downpour last
night and today
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
FIRST rom CHASER LAUNCHED.

DETROIT. Mich, July i2-Without
any demonstration, Eagle 4. the first
submarine chaser 10 be built by Henry
Ford for the Government, was launched
here yesterday. Several hundred work
men at the submarine chaser plant Wit
messed the launching.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
PEASANT ARMY AT
GATES OF MOSCOW
Bv The United Press.

BY The United Press.
STOCKHOLM. July i2-An enormous
army. composed mainly Of peasants
and led by NJ. Tchernoff, leader OF the
Social Revolutlonaries has reached the
outskirts OF Moscow, according to a
dispatch from that city today.
Evening journal., 1918-07-12

lege n. c.. VIII make an address at me
meeting tonight. Ho Is being sent 70
delaware by the National Security
League
Evening journal., 1918-07-12
1n,INING CAMP SPEAKER.

Announcement was made this morn
ing al the Speakers Training Camp,
Newark, that C. C. Pearson, OF the De
partment Of History, Wicke Forest Col
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
LITTLE SINGING ON MARCH.
British Soldiers Have Changed Their
Tactics Greatly.

Behind British Lines in France, July
24-The picture which portrays the
British soldier as continually vocal while
he tramps along the roads of France, is
oyerdrawn,
The period of modern intensive train
ing in England somehow has a curbing
effect on the marching song. When the
men first Join the service, marches are
short and equipment light.
In those days they seldom march in
silence But as the marches grow longer
and the packs heavier, their songs be-
come proportionately shorter BY the
time they begin marching in France with
full equipment, songs have become the
exception rather than the rule.
A l5-mile march along the cobbled
highways of northern France with full
kit and 100 rounds of ammunition leaves
little breath for singing. Whistling re-
auires less exertion, and mouth organ
il very popular, but brass band is the
ideal accompaniment to long march.
1t sets an even rythmical step which is
the secret of endurance.
If the soldier cannot spare the breath
to sing when on the march, he makes up
for it at other times, and concerts are
the most popular form of recreation be-
hind the lines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
ENGLISH WOMEN
MAKING THE SHELLS
Which Are Beating Back the Enemy and
They Are Working at the Rate
Of $40 Per Week.

Manchester, Eng, July 24-(Corres.
pondence of the Associated Press The
women Of England are making the shells
with which the British army is beating
back the enemy, and are doing the work
at an average pay equivalent to $40 a
week
The managing director Of big naval
construction works here is unable 10 EN-
ploy domestic servants because all the
women formerly employed as servants
have gone to work in she'll factories.
When the factory men were called to
the colors, women quietly stepped into
their places. The vast majority Of the
women had neither skill nor training in
munitions work, but the factory engi-
neers by installing what is known as
single-process machines, made it possible
for the women to do the complicated
work that previously only skilled men
had been able TO accomplish.
In a week or ten days woman learns
how to operate single-process machine.
She does her work efficiently and faith
fully. Recently in one factory the WON
EN- made $1,000 as inch shells in eigh-
teen weeks and not flaw could be found
in any she'll.
Many Of the women workers before
the war were operatives in plants for
textile manufacture, the chief industry
in this region. In peace time their wages
averaged about the equivalent of five
dollars week. Now the average is well
over ten dollars and, in exceptional cases,
fifteen and more.
In some factories women work three
shifts Of eight hours each, rotating each
week. Their employers say that they
are not affected by the strain of night
work. A large number Of the women
are doing the hardest kind of manual
work.
Piece work is the system used in most
Of the shell factories, and the managers
say that the introduction Of piece work
increased the output to an amazing de-
gree.
Women" one of the managers com
nented, "are more competitive than men
workers, Men will work up to a certain
point and stop either because they are
Indifferent and easily satisfied with the
amount of their earnings or because
thcli mates NOuAu HAoNcsNs pu bHt Obu-
er hand, women do not seem to care
what their mates think or say. Each is
out for herself"
He pointed to a machine where girl
was working at a great rate Of speed.
THAT young woman" he wen on,
doubtless wants new ribbon for her
hair, and she is going to make the shop
pay for it,"
The minimum wage paid to women in
shell factories where the piece work sys-
tenn is in effect is about $3.50 a week,
but unless a girl proves herself capable
Of making at least 50 a week she is not
regarded as a good worker. 1t is not
uncommon for a particularly intelligent
and energetic woman to draw each week
from SIT to $40.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
WAS NEARLY MoBBED.
Because Won Tirpitz Reserved Railroad
Compartment Himself.

New York, July 24.-Grand Admiral
Won Tirpitz, leader of the Fatherland
party and one Of the most rabid of pan
Germanists, had narrow escape from
being handled roughly by an angry crowd
at the railroad station at Freienwalde,
Brandenburg, recently, according to a
letter published in Vorwaerts of Berlin,
a copy of which has been received here,
A passenger train was crowded and ex-
cited passengers were struggling to get
on when one discovered a compartment
in which sat one man by himself.
A rush was made for the compartment,
but the door was not opened. Force was
about to be used when the conductor
opened the compartment The lone, nas-
senger looked at the intruders, removed
his hat to show his bald head and
stroked his beard. 1t was Admiral Won
Tirpitz. He maintained studied ST.
lence even when some stepped up to him
and cried out:
''Yes, that's the way the fatherland
people are. They reserve for themselves
the comfortable compartments and don't
care if the people next door are crushed
to death"
No reply was vouched and no passen-
ger dared take seat in the admirars
compartment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
TO PREVENT SCRAMBLE.
For New Business BY Nations After the
War,

London, July .-(Correspondence of
Associated Press The American Cham
Der of Commerce in London is endeavor-
ing to work out practical plan for the
cooperation of American export firms
for postwar activities so as to prevent
a scramble for new business after the
war.
The London body has sent invitations
to twenty of the leading foreign trade
organizations in America and elsewhere
to send suggestions. From these it is
hoped it may be possible to work out a
composite method of developing Ameri-
can export business.
Officers of the chamber say this will
comprise preaching to exporters the ne
cessity OF carefully studying territory
and of exporting goods for which there
is the greatest need and for which there
is the least competition.
Since the American labor delegation
visited England and France desire has
been expressed for the visit of dele
CATION Of business men. Should this not
be done during the war the American
Chamber of Commerce here proposes to
have such an interchange OF ideas after
the war.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
FAST TRANSFORMATION
Was Affected By the Manufacturers of
Northern England.

Manchester, England, July PA typ
zeal example Of the enterprise and re-
sourcefulness displayed by the north Of
England manufacturers in converting
their plants into munitions factories was
given by concern in a Manchester sub
urb
When Lloyd Georges call came for
shells this plant had no equipment for
their manufacture. The manager made
quick tour of surrounding towns, visit
ing small shops, from which he borrowed
athes. These were converted into she'll
making machines and in a remarkably
short time the plant was turning out
1000 shells of large calibre a week.
The usual method Of "bottling" or
shaping the nose Of shell is by hydraulic
pressure. The plant, however, had no
presses available for the work. The gov
eminent engineers offered to supply a
press but that meant a considerable de-
lay. Il won't wait for one" said the
manager. II can bottle shells with a
steam hammer"
"The engineers laughed at me-" the
manager said, "but the hammer worked"
By the hydraulic process, shells are
bottled with the ends up. 81 turned the
shells upside down in a mold and ham
mered their noses in" the manager ex-
planned Both time and money were
saved" Many shell factories in the dis
trict are now employing this method.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
PRES. WILSON
TAKES WIRES
Postmaster General Is to OPP
crate Telephone and
Telegraph Lines
BEGINNING ON THE
FIRST OF AUGUST
For Duration of War This Is
Job of the Gov
eminent

Washington, d. G., July 24-President
Wilson's proclamation taking over for
the duration of the war operation Of the
telephone and telegraph lines, was issued
late yesterday. 1t did not include radio
systems and ocean cable lines. Govern
ment operation and control begin at
midnight July 81
Supervision, control and operation of
the wire systems are placed under the
direction of the postmaster general The
PRESIDENTS proclamation provides that
the postmaster general, if he so elects,
may administer the lines through the
owners, managers, boards of directors or
receivers. 1t provides further that until
the postmaster general directs otherwise
the present arrangements shall continue.
The postmaster-general in his discretion
may hereafter relinquish in whole or in
part to the owners any telegraph or tele-
phone system over which he has assumed
control.
Regular dividends previously declared
and interest in maturing obligations shall
continue to be paid until the postmaster
general directs otherwise; and subject to
his approval the companies may arrange
renewal and extension of maturing obi
cations. Mr.. Burleson said that opera
ton and control of farmers telephone
lines-~would be interfere4 with only for
the purpose of facilitating connection
With longer lines. No general policy, he
said, had yet been decided on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
TEA COSTS SWEDE
S2I PER POUND
New Potatoes Are Selling for $3.50 a
Dozen--The Last Rations of Coffee
Were Issued Some
Weeks Ago.

Stockholm, July Correspondence
Of the Associated Press Food supply is
so short and prices so high that the
situation is becoming serious for all ex-
cept the well.to-do. No potatoes have
been available for weeks The new crop,
is selling at the equivalent of $l,20 a
quart or $3.50 a peck. Tea costs the
equivalent Of S2l pound and is almost
unobtainable
The last ration Of coffee issued five
weeks ago amounted to 3h ounces for
each person and the same amount of in
ferior lard was issued a month ago
About one ounce of butter is issued to
each person once week
Virtually the only vegetables on the
market are spinach and asparagus Eggs
bring Sl,20 dozen and the cheapest
cuts of boiling beef Sl20 per pound,
mutton and veal outlets 81 a pound,
poultry as high as sl.34 a pound. No
pork has been issued since May 49,
Hothouse peaches, virtually the only
fruit obtainable, sell at 81 each. Neither
macaroni nor any cereal product is OBJ
tainable nor are there any leglrmes to be
had except an occasional issue of 3h
ounces of dried peas.
Long drought has affected the crops
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24

bara nursed her father. She was ter
rtfed when, in his rawlings, he revealed
the fact that he had borrowed fifty
thousand dollars from the father Of
Nellls Wayne. She went at once to
the hardware store.
"Mr. Wayne" she said clearly, II
have come to tell you Of a discovery
l have made. My father owes you a
large sum Of money. Why were we
not advised of the fact7"
Because have cancelled the debt
by burning up your fathers notes." re-
piled Nellis.
"You did that" cried Barbara.
"Could see the family of the woman
/ loved beggared?" spoke Nellis in a
rare excess of emotion.
'Then you did 1t because"
Because ! loved you. Oh, Barbara.
is there any hopper"
She placed her hand In his. ASK
me that when your noble sacrifice is
atoned for" she said simply.
At the end Of that week there came
the glad news that the contract was
finished ahead Of time. John Allen
sent for Nellis, for there was enough
now to repay him the fifty thousand
dollars, besides further enriching Mr..
Allen.
as there any HOPPER asked Nellis
of Barbara, after that
~There was hope all alongi" whis-
pcred Barbara, placing both Of her
hands In his own this time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
NERVES UNSTRUNG
BY RUSH OF WORK

In these war zines we all want to
6eep ourselves at the highest point of
efficiency to be able to do our share in
the many demands for service thatare
made on all. Unless you stop the
mental fatigue and build up your
nerves you will be fortunate IL you es.
cape nervous breakdown, some form
of paralysis or other severe nervous
disorder.
'"The strain of a rush of work at the
i'll, due to war orders, was getting on
my nerves" says Mr.. Thomas Wagner
of 81 Marshall street, Lowell, Mass,
''and / had stomach trouble. NV an.
petite was poor and could not digest
food. / was uneasy all the time. I
wasreStlessand rolled and tossed about
in bed. When / got up did not feel
like working. A friend recommended
DIR. Williams Pink Pills, and / gave
them trial. soon noticed that they
were helping me. / can eat betterand
have more ambition. My nerves are
steadier and rest well at night. I
certainly can recommend these pills
after what they have done for me.n
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are nerve
tonic. They build up the nerves in
the only possible way, by enriching
the blood with elements the nerves
need. The treatment is one of nutri-
ton of the nerve cells, requiring a nom
alcoholic tonic, and DR.. Williams Pink
Pills have proved useful in so many
severe cases that every sufferer is justi-
fed in giving them trial for any form
of nervous debility. They contain no
opiate or harmful drug.
Your own druggist sells DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills. Price fifty cents
per box; six boxes for $3.50. Write to
the DIR. Williams Medicine Co., Schen.
ectady, N. Y, for free book on ner-
vous disorders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
JEWS CLAIM DISCRIMINATION.
In the Laws Which Are Proposed in Ru-
mania.

London, July 24-The jews OF Ruma-
MIA cabled request to the American
Zionist organization to petition Presi-
dent Wilson to bring his influence to
bear against the enactment by the Ru-
manian Parliament of contemplated laws
which, they say, will result in depriving
them Of the few remaining rights still
left to them.
The proposed laws provide that natur-
alization shall be denied to any person
both Of whose parents have not been
born in Rumania. This, they assert,
would prevent at least two-thirds of the
Jews Of Rumsnia from receiving natur-
alization papers. These laws are to be
enacted in accordance with the terms of
the German peace treaty.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
TOBACCO RArIoNs DROPPED.
Because So Many Non-SmOkers Applied
in Austria.

Amsterdam, July 24.GThe proposed
rationing of tobacco in Austria has come
to ludicrous and ignominious end The
number of individual applications from
smokers was prodigious. In VIENNA
alone it is calculated that scores of
thousands of non-smokers must have
registered as tobacco consumers, presum-
ably for the benefit of friends. The re-
suit would have been the apportionment
of about one cigarette daily to each APP
plicant. The whole scheme has now been
dropped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
First Irish Coaching Company.

In 1916, an Italian, named Bianconi,
started the first coaching company In
Ireland, running long cars over vari'
Gus regular routes. Long cars soon
became the safest and most reliable
means of travelling over Ireland, and
Blanconi turned rich and prosperous
Writing in or about 1912, Mr.. and Mrs,
Hall, who have written much of Ire.
land, tell us that persons of the high.
est responsibility" used the long cars
for travelling. At this time, although
these cars passed through 12S towns
they had not made their way into the
north of Ireland. The cars varied con.
siderably In size. requiring from one ia
four horses. The fare, even over the
rockiest roads In the West, was two.
pence farthing mile. The Halls care.
fully explain that passengers were pro-
yided with "dry and comfortable horse
hair cushions and aprons" and that, In
wet weather, the long cars never jour.
neyed more than two stages without
changing the cushions.