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New-York tribune., 1918-02-27

'' ,nrnefs were opposed to trading with
the big packers.
Miller testified that his business had
been undermined and curtailcd bv tho
activities of the big packers, who. he
charged, had carried out programme
o. flexible prices to throttle all comno-
tition
Wants Protection
.: Il. Hogan. of Carrollton. Mo-. after
giving testimony in regard to tho mach.
ers' activities made an appeal for gov
ernment protection, as he feared hc
s"'d, mat his business would be com
pietely wrecked by the packers, in re-
TAXATION Tor his testimony.
" am Ike flea biting an elephant. f"
Hogan said, "and | won't have nnn,s
change if the packers start after me- ="
III there isn't enough fighting spir;t
left among the small dealers 70 romo
before the Federal Trade Commission
and let the government know what is
gong on, Just as You have done. | am
indeed sorry for the small dealers and
Tor the people of this countrv.o said
Mr.. Heney. ''''N
examination of Hoban revealed NOT
only that w. F. Priebe, now head of the
poultry, egg and cold storage division
OF the Federal food administration.
sun is IN the employ of Swift e. Co.,
at monthly salary Of $275. but that he
owns owns tne NJ, lrm of Stamper & Co. at Mo-
oeI'y' MO-. competitor of IIoban's.
ffieoe d Hoban, the witness said.
were engaged in the poultry and egg
business in Missouri for several voars
untll Prlebe went broke" when the
packers encroached on his territory.
CdrlVlng him out of business. Then he
became associated with Swift & Co..
llooan SAID, and acted as their rcnre
sentative IN buying out smaller nrod
uce men. Al one time priebe declared
himself in favor of eliminating the
country buyer" IIoban testified
Women were frequently used bv rem
l,eseh'a'lves OF the packers to learn the
business secrets of the small dealcrs
Hoban said %
At the hearing before Judge Alschu-
ler, Mr.. O'Hern was on the stand sta 1'1om nrac a.
tleally the whole day =
DO you agree with the reno,.t of
the Presidents Mediation Commission
mat the wages paid unskilled stock.
yard iaborers are inadequate. in view
OF the increased cost of living Q" asked
attorney Frank 2. Walsh. rcprosentinC
the workers.
o,Hern said the wages paid at the
5tockyards are in line with wages paid
by other industries for the same clas
of labor. ~'''''
Our scale may be slightly below
the average paid in Chicago, but | be-
lieve 1t compares favorablv with
Kansas City, Omaha and other outside
CITES he said. 81 think the cost Of
I,vlng has increased about 40 per cent.
we have increased our wages 81 per
cent in two years"
The witness admitted that the four
increases made by the packers since
1915 had been decided upon without
consulting the men and without an in
Tes'lga'ion regarding the increased
living cost.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
New England to Urge
Albany Bridge Bill
Construction of Crossing Would
Aid Coal Distribution to
Section

BOSTON. Feb. 26.- Announcement
was made tonight that James ]. Stor
row, New England Fuel Administrator.
and representatives of boards of trade
and industrial interests in this city,
Worcester, Springfield, Pittsficld and
lolyoke would go to Albany mex,
Thursday to appear in favor of lcgis-
lation to expedite the construction of
high level bridge across the Hudson
River twelve miles below Albany to
link the West Shore Railroad with the
Boston & Albany Railroad.
The construction of this bridge as
projected by the New York Central
lines would save about three days on
coal and other freight between New
England and the West.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Parcel Post Limit Raised

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-As a means
OF stimulating movement Of farm prod
ucts to the consumer, Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson to-day increased the al
lowable weights of parcel post pack
ages, effective March IS.
Packages when mailed in the first or
second zones for delivery in the first,
second or third zones may thereafter
be as heavy as seventy pounds. They
now are restricted to fifty.
The weight limit for all other zones
was increased from twenty to fifty
mounds
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Loft Burglars
Reap Fortunes
In Many Raids
Police Unable to Cope With
Epidemic of Robberies
Sweeping the City
Bands Well Organized
Rob at Will and Insurance
Companies Lose Thou
sands of Dollars
Bands Well Organized

Burglars who since the first Of the
year have devoted their time to loft
buildings lave gathered an assortment
Of merchandise the valuation of which
was estimated yesterday at between
sS0OOoO and S350,oo0. Burglary in
surance underwriters issuing loft poll
ces will pay approximately one-haIf
of the loss.
Burglar alarm companies. locksmiths
and first grade city detectives devot
ing their time exclusively to running
down the burglars have found them
selves, as each new case developed.
just d step behind the men who have
been almost uninterruptedly engaged
in disposing Of other peoples property
ever since the advent Of lhe Hylaa
administration
The police had hardly accustomed
themselves to the trick Of burglars
getting into lofts protected by burglar
slarms by the simple process of cut
ting through a wall. floor or ceilino,
when they We're startled to learn the
thieves had eliminated the danger of
ieaV'ng hnger prints as a possible cley
by using collodion and later nitric acid
which burns the skins from finger tins
burglary insurance underwriters
agree with the SILK Association that
the Ponce Department loft squad will
NOT oe successful until attention IS
centred ON the fence" as the means
through which the burglars dispose OF
their loot, rather than on the individ
ual burglar or band of burglars.
\ Lofts Continually Watched
Lofts equipped with standard bur
gar aialn systems attract the bur
giars' as that precaution is indicative
ol valuable stock. Once selected.
the lott is continually watched. On
one preteNt or another members of the
oand get IN during the day to examine
'he premises Particular attention is
pad to the location Of the alarm wires.
In almost every case the walls. ceilinos
and falls are left unprotected.
Most OF the big burglaries have been
accomplished by cutting through the
wall or partition separating the loft
from the hallway. Entrance to the
building IN such eases is accomnlished
by one of the band secreting himself
IN the building before the close of
business At given time he admits
ms partners through the front door
leaving one as lookout.
j., underwriters yesterday admitted
that The police were faced with a prob
lem that is in many ways new to crime
investigation and prevention. When ar
rests have been made, as IN the case
or the detectives trailing four SIX
burglars for forty-eight hours before
arresting them on Monday, it has been
ieund that the burglariee haye heen
committed by youths who save been
taking their initial step in crime. In
other cases it was found that the
burglaries were committed bv voufhs
and men under the influence Of mar
ootics.
The poHce are frankly puzzled over
the epidemic. Arrests are frequent.
but there seems no hating the crime
wave.
Stool Pigeons Needed
IT'S caused by the gangs of burglars
VINO have sprung up during the last
four years. one Of the loft squad said
yesterday. without criticising Arthur
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Hoover Denies His Aids
50 Are In Paw of Packers

WASHINGTON. Febs 26-Charges
made in the Federal Trade Commits
slon's meat packing stigation that
men still in the pay of the big packing
interests are holding important posi-
tons IN the food administration drew
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
The Dictapl1or1e-
makes you more valuable

The Dctaphone is as helpful The typewriter
Think OF the hours spend
oca1or Think OF the time lost the
the worry the strain and write
each letter
The Dictaphone will
with lhe ocaphone have once Freed
ror SO many Interruptions plan
produce 500 letters
6eer letters tooexacty Dictated
goes out time overtime S unnecessarv
1he time with The Dctaphone
OFT from letterwltng other kinds Thus
yourself Still more valuable employer the monotonv
of doing just thing all the time.
Your salary the number wa, ~
0 Dctapnone- nearly doubles
chances Tor better pay also increases the
your POSITION There growing
Operatorsa bright future for
me sooner you persuade employer Dctapone in
your o1ce on yonr work. the you'll
onsradons short Obligations Phone or write
New-York tribune., 1918-02-27

It's caused by the gangs of burglars
VINO have sprung up during the last
four years" one Of the loft squad said
yesterday. without criticising Arthu.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
HOWaCORN Is UTILIZED
Numerous Products Are Manufactured From
the Raw Material

In pounds
OF and beans
feeding
Of
important industries such starch glucose corn OIL
production
high starch and oil content makes 1t primarily fat
roducn neimabe value In finishing STOCK Tor
this
and abundant yields Of the corn crop
types industry associated most closely
consumed the farm all except SMALL
stock feeding The extent or
used in feeding is fe as ear
blades used rougha either as pasuage
fed IN
siage Sag at present is OF more
stockdng industry
found
leading of farming While the so
almost section corn
10 Indiana
New York largely in other states of the
belta M IN central Eastern states
cornmeal dishes eaten in the South are
Of without salt cooked in frying pan
grde; with addition baking powder or
equivalent gdde prepared from thin
spoon Dad dnerng
usually
vegetables Cornmeal III pudus
fes,po ultry dishes
yellow although the
called hominy g1ts) white breakfast cereal
New England households since colonial
pudding prepared from cornea milk
regarded the necessary auJunctS 10 ue
gland
Other forms grs consisting of the hard
blu
cereal the gts but mied more
usually
as dinner dishes andser replace vegetables
food human ood
products manufactured Ihese PROD
ucts and suitable for food purposes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
wv. N4t~s
Jews in KaiserIand Unite
for Protection of Rights

German newspapers recently re-
ceived in London report the amalga-
nation Of all the Jewish associations
of the empire for the protection OF
the illegal rights of German Jews"
The program adopted is described as
their "irreducible minimum" The
president is James Simon, a Berlin
merchant prince contemptuously
known In Junker circles as the Court
Jew because OF the kaiser's professed
personal friendship for him. The
main demands of the new organization.
as set forth in the yossische Zeitung.
are illegal and genuine" equality OF
rights and opportunities with other
citizens sin all states including the
unrestricted right or emigration into
the Turkish empire. especially Pales-
tine. Similar Capitalization OF Jewish
associations. IL Is stated, is imminent
in Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bull
garia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Luminous Paint Is Put to
Good Use in Present War,
Greatly Aiding the Soldiers

Many ingenious uses have been
found of late for luminous paint.
Watches with dials which glow In the
darkness are becoming common, and
only the other day an order was given
for 100000 marching compasses with
luminous needles to be carried by SOL
diers at the front, says Boys Life. I'M
mense quantities of luminous cloth are
used by the soldiers who go over the
top. 1t is cut into small rectangles
about ten inches long and fastened TO
the collars Of the uniforms. The SOL
diers can thus recognize their own
men in an indiscriminate fight in the
dark. The luminous paint is also
smeared on the end Of sharpened sticks
which when stuck into the ground
make a fairly clear beacon.
Luminous tape is also used by the
mile for variety of purposes. In this
way the stretcher-bearers mark the
paths they are to follow. 1t has been
found that on dark night the lumi'
nous paint is visible for only go feet
A soldier can dip his hand in the paint
and signal by describing letters in the
air or by wigwagging, knowing thai
the enemy cannot see him a hundred
| feet away.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Cooks in the Army Learn
How to Economic on Food

Opportunities for the home eco
nomics demonstration workers of the
United States department of agricul'
ture are not limited TO farm and town
homes. Cooks in American army
camps also have had an opportunity to
hear about conservation methods from
the department specialists. AT one OF
the army schools for bakers and cooks
in Mississippi demonstrations in food
savings were much appreciated by the
cooks in training, according to a re-
port Of the officer in charge. who de-
scribed the demonstrations as won
derful success" The cooks are being
taught ways to utilize the leftover
food, the use Of flour substitutes, and,
particularly, new and attractive ways
of serving cornmeal dishes. Demon.
STATIONS In the making and use Of fire,
less cookers also have been conduct
ed in the field ambulance hospital di'
vision.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
FOR The POULTRY
GROWER
oooooooooOs 80 . .
(By the United States Department OF Agrf'
culture.)

(By the United states department Oh ABIi-
culture.)
Owners Of back yards in cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small flocks of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
flocks Of hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1913
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially in back
yards and on farms, where waste ma
terial is available and the purchase of
expensive grains and other material is
not required.
Increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by combining mother hens al
least ten days after the chicks are
Matched; by reducing losses on &C
count of rats, weasels and thieves, and
from cold, damp conditions; by thor
ough sanitation; by discouraging the
marketing of early-hatched pullets a:
broilers; by eliminating non-producint
hens and keeping good layers through
at least two laying seasons; and b!
the poultryman raising his own fec
as far as possible"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Take Tip From Old Mother
Nature When in Doubt About
Time to Plant Your Garden

CFrom the United States Department Of
Agricultural
BY watching the processes Of moth
er nature and taking tip from her,
the home gardener who is not certain
when he should plant his seeds may get
some valuable information. Garden
specialists divide vegetables INTO two
classes = warm temperature" and
"cold temperature" vegetables. When
peach and plum trees are in blossom.
they say, it is time to sow in the open
ground such seeds as lettuce, radish,
parsley, beets, turnips, cabbage, car
rots, peas, and onions. The wrinkled
peas should not be planted until later,
as they are more likely to rot in cool
ground than are the smooth varieties.
When the apple blossoms fall 1T is
time to plant the heat-loving vege-
tables, such as cucumbers, beans,
sweet corn, pumpkin, and squash.
This is said to be an old but excellent
rule.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14

many and many thousands of dollars
would wander away from the turn
stiles.
The "aces' are the biggest assets the
magnates can boast of, and If you will
lamp the rosters of the sixteen major
league clubs you will find at least one
player on nearly every roster who fig
ures as the real drawing card of the
team on the road.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb is the greatest
drawing card In the business. He is
worth more to Detroit on the road than
all the rest Of her players put together,
for the fans In rival towns 60 out large
" TO see Cobb, unless the Tigers are
up there fighting for pennant, and
the rablds in small towns within easy
riding distance OF the big league cities
never miss u chance 10 be on the Job
when Cobb Is billed TO cavort at the
ball park. So Cobb alone is worth
thousands OF dollars TO Detroit at the
turnstiles in the course of season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
King Cotton, Autocrat

King Cotton Is threatening to be-
come the autocrat of the American
table. Not satisfied with having sup
planted wool in clothing. and provid-
ing the juice of his seed for olive oil.
he's the basis for fine lard, third part
OF a new-fangled butter, and they're
putting up scores of mills to grind his
seeds into -four that goes well In sew
eral delicious articles, sausage stuffine
among them. When he gets into the
soup tureen and the coffee pot, King
Cotton will have the incest, tightest
biggest kingdom that ever was. And
yet, only a few years ago his king
dom was largely confined TO gunpowd'
or and nightshirts. What a mighty
leap to pie. butter and wieners! =
Syracuse Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Fought in France at 73.

An American Civil war veteran who
faced the Germans in the trenches for
eight months before his age, seventy
three, was discovered. and he was dis
charged, Is j. w. Buscher, who
served In the Twenty-third Michi-
gan volunteers In the Civil war. He
enlisted recently in the Canadian rail-
way battalion. King George wishing
to see the Oldest soldier In khaki. sum-
moned Buscher 10 Buckingham palace,
and praised him heartily for his cour-
age and determination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
u. S. Insurance
Tremendous Business Conducted
by the Government

AS an insurance company the United
States makes all other concerns In
the business seem puny.
On April 6 the total amount of in
surance Uncle Sam had written was
over S14,OOO,OOOOO0. That sum had
been put on the books in six months.
In the whole year of 1917 all other
concerns in the United States, includ-
ing fraternal organizations, mutual
companies and the like, wrote approx
imately S6OOO,OOO,OOO worth of insur.
ance.
Some difference.
And Uncle Sam was still on the job.
The third week of April alone $780,
100000 worth of insurance was writ
ten.
Uncle Sans customers are soldiers
and sailors. They number about 1,SOO,'
600. The average policy runs close to
$500. The minimum is $1,000 and
the maximum is $4,000.
April II was the last day on which
men who joined the government mill
tary or naval forces before December
4, 1917, could secure government In
surance, but all new men joining either
army or navy can be insured and the
government urges them strongly Il
take the maximum sum.
In the meantime Uncle Sam has beer
paying out q great deal Of money or
salary allotments and for death ant
disability compensation. Up TO Apri
6 1,7O6,330 separate checks had beer
made out for such payments for sums
as follows: Salary allowances, $50,
400, 462; death and disability compen
sation, S60,958; government insurance
payments, $177,518.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Foch's Name Not Teutonic;
Almost Rhymes With FLUSH

Numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding the correct pronuncia-
ton of the name of the new generals
simo of the allied armies.
On paper Foch seems Teutonic, says
the Chicago Herald, and suggests
throaty gutturals of the kind that are
no longer popular in the civilized
world. But the name is pronounced
as If ii were spelled Fosh. with short
90" like "uh," and almost rhymes with
"hush." This Is on the authority of
lie Courier des Etats Unis, a French
daily newspaper published in New
York.
General Foch is a Basque from the
Pyrenees. not an Alsatian. All Basque
names terminating in "ch" have the
soft ssh" sound instead OF the Ger
manic cultural.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Sudden Retreat of an Army
Is Often Reduced to Chaos
Ard the Resultant Disorder

Moving q great army Is an affair
of timetables. There is room for only
q certain amount Of men and mate
rial on the roads and railways at one
time, and every man and every
wagon above that maximum becomes
q factor Of confusion and retards the
movement Of the whole mass to q
dangerous degree" writes G. Ward
Price In the Century. 'The sudden
retreat Of an army is often reduced
10 chaos. first, because a thoroughly
worked out plan of general retirement
exists but rarely in the strong-boxeS
of any general staff. and, secondly,
because Ia the absence Of timetable
drawn up in detail and strictly en-
forced, the elementary principle of
characterization leads every unit of
the ermy to put itself on the road
portation. This Is not to say that
confusion is an invariable indication
of personal panic; but 1t Is very nat
ural, and even very proper, that every
battery commander, the director OF
every military store and depot, and
the leader of every body of troops
which is not definitely ordered to re-
main. should have the individual de-
termination that his particular COM
mand shall not fall into the hands OF
the enemy.
"The artillery officer firmly resolves
that he will save his guns at all
costs; the heads Of the supply depart
ments are in charge Of valuable stores
which their army needs for its very
existence and which would be of great
aid 30 the enemy if captured, and the
troop leader naturally argues that II
would be futile to allow his men to
be cut off when a general retreat has
been ordered. So If the organization
of withdrawal is left to the discre
ton of the people involved in it, az
IT has to be when the whole thing has
not been deliberately arranged before
hand, confusion is almost inevitable
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Scientific Facts.

To enable photographers to
make portraits with artistic
backgrounds translucent shades
to be hung over windows have
been patented bearing pictures
of window castings and land
scapes.
That different classes of man.
kind can be distinguished by
their hair is the theory Of a
French scientist who believes
there is some relation between
the hair and strength Of body
and mind.
A form of detectaphone small
enough to be worn under mans
shirt front and record converse
tons on a cylinder attached TO
his belt has been patented by Il
resident of Washington, ID. c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14

When evening comes over the gray s"N
Softly my little One sings;
Cuddies and coos 10 little rag ooh'
And babbies OF wonderful things
Voice Ike a linnet. and eyes Ike ooVe'.
Little One rocks in her chair.
And tenderly sings. while her motheriy
warns TO her little one there.
I want to get down by the side OF her
too,
And rock-a-by back through the years.
voyaging the Sunderland River OF oiue'
Untrouhled by doubtings or ieas.
To drift to a nest In the crook OF an a'th'
And lie in a cuddle OF dreams;
All. Little one. sing me the wonderful
charms
On. up from the Lullaby streams
And sing while the heart OF you bursts
In q song.
For yours is a fieeting time. age Is so
long.
And you. little singer. viii grow.
Age Sill lay hand on your curly pro"h
hair.
Make you a grown-up too soon;
Hustle you out OF your little req Sna -
Sing. sing, while your heart Is In tuner
Softly gray shadows come deeping oo"n'
Little One journey away
Mother and Dolly TO Sunderland Town
Drowsy-eyed dreamers astray.
Leaving me here where a mist OF her
song
Falls on my heart like dew,
And heaven. I thank you. through age -
| so long,
I Many the dreams that come true.
Jay B. Iden in the Kansas City star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-06-14
Restricting Walnut Exports.

The authorization Of exports Of wal
nuts from the French colonies Except
TunIs and Morocco) TO American and
allied countries has been cancelled. ac-
cordlng TO dispatch from Consul Gen.
eral Thackara In Paris. Special IL
cense must now be obtained and from
the mother country as We'll Similar
action was taken regarding exports Of
animal hair from the colonies 10 this
and other allied countries.