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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10
FEEDING SOLDIERS
. ON THE TRANSPORTS
MESS OFFICER OF THE VESSEL
MUST PROVIDE 10000 MEALS
AT SEA.
SOME OF THE 1870 VARIETIES
Money Instead of Merchandise Should
Be Sent to the Troops in France
Dental Corps Can Care for 100000
Men.

An account Of how soldiers are fed
Mt sea is given in the daily newspaper
| published. on a transport:
"Outside of providing 100000 meals
| at sea, the mess officer of the ship has
very little to do. Very little.
"He is only called upon to provide,
by the regulations, $50 different vari-
cites of food. That's all Every try
to order $50 different things to eat?
Yet this is the authentic list.
1.-The food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the gluttOn's dreams. You get the an
sWer in the ship down below the water
line, where 1920 loaves of bread have
been baked in one day, and where you
stumble over every variety, from co.,
600 pounds of beef to 132 600 eggs, or
compartment of brick ice cream in
a ten-degree-above-zerO vault.
"And if this doesn't suit you can
bump along into 1924 pounds of po-
tatoes, 100 pounds of ham and bacon,
$500 pounds of butter, 5000 pounds of
sugar, and 81, 800 pounds of flour.
IF you can't get a meal out of this
you can fall back on 1900 pounds of
sausage, 5000 pounds of sauerkraut,
26,OO0 pounds of apples, 1880 pounds
of oranges, and 1920 pounds of onions.
And this leaves out 1,600 pounds of
jam and 9,400 pounds of lima and navy
BEANS"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears II
Signature q: Of &zzzzZ9
Best Graphite From ceyIon.

Best Graphite From CeyIon.
The largest graphite mines in the
world and those producing the best
grades Of graphite are in Ceylon, and
there are also important deposits in
Mexico and Chosen. In the making Of
crucibles graphite is combined with
clay, and the best clay for this purpose
was formerly obtained in Bavaria, in
which country are also graphite mines.
but producing grades distinctly infe-
rior to those that are mined in Ceylon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

There are now AZ theaters, which
cost over 100000, in operation in
camps and environments throughout
the country. Nearly 100 vaudeville
acts have been brought from the large.
circuits to play in these theaters only;
about 80 acts have been secured from
Chautauqua and lyceum bureaus; IS
comedy companies are playing in these
theaters exclusively. Some of these
are original New York companies,
playing the summer season only, with
expenses reduced about two-thirds.
The camps have been divided into
two circuits. In one the Liberty the
aters seat 5000, in the other the
houses are smaller having a capacity
of about 1000 each. 1t takes from IA
to % weeks for a production to be
staged In each house Of either circuit.
"Smileage" books, sold throughout
the country under the direction of tbs
commission on training camp activi-
ties, contain coupons good for adj
mission to all attractions in camp the
aters.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

The quartermaster's department Isl
now supplying gas-proOf food contain
ers to the soldiers in the zone of OPP
eratiOns in France These containers
prevent seepage Of gas into The con-
tainers and guard against contamina-
ton of the food. The men carry their
emergency ratiOns in the containers
and all food brought up to the
trenches is carried in the new tins.
After the food is packed in the con-
tainers they are hermetically sealed.
It is planned to. use paratfin for seal
ing, as it settles in the crevices in
such a way that it must be cut before
the lids can be taken off. 1t can be
applied by running the containers
through parafIin bath.
Because the supply of tin is limited
and there may not be enough to sup
ply the needs of the army the quarter
masters department is experimenting
with the wax paper box. Tests made
show that these boxes meet all condi-
lions satisfactorily. The tins and
boxes both are vermin and water
proof.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

To assist in meeting the present
shortage in unskilled labor restrictions:
have been temporarily removed on the
importation of Mexican labor to be-
used in certain occupations. This step
supplements the order by which the
department of labor has arranged to-
bring Porto Rican labOrers into this
country for work on government con-,
tracts. 1t is estimated that 10000 is
landers can be brought in while trans
portatiOn is available.
New regulations on the subject of
Mexican labor contain rigid provisions
to prevent any attempt at exploitation
on the part of prospective employers.
Wage rates current for similar labor
in the localities in which the admitted
alien is to be employed are assured,
as we'll as good housing and sanitation
conditions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10
Optimistic Thought.

Reverence is ennObling and felt to
be degrading only by the vulgar mind
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

Special attention Is being given by
the medical department of the army
in all camps to cleaning up spots
where mosquitoes and flies breed. In
some cases it has been necessary to
dig channels in streams, drain sWamps,
and put in elaborate ditching systems
to clean up stagnant pools and streams
In cases where it has been impossible
OF impracticable to drain swamps and
do similar work, there has been in
stalled a system for keeping slow-mOy--
ing streams and still bodies of water
covered with oil. At all points within
the camp where there is the slightest,
possibility Of mosquitoes or flies breed
ing daily spraying Of oil is done.
Arrangements have been completed
with the federal public health service
to carry out a similar program in the
territories adjacent to the camps. The
health service has agreed to fill boys,
open streams, and drain swamps, and
continue the oil spraying for dis
lance of l mile around each camp.
Special precautions have been taken
to prevent the spread of disease by
flies. Instructions were given on the
Of materials that were likely
to become breeding spots. Arrange
ments were made to protect all food
from flies. With this end in view, alb
buildings in which food is prepared Or
stored were screened. Entrances toa
the buildings have been vestibuIed..
An average of 5000 aytraps have been
placed in each camp. More than o.,
100000 square feet of screening has
been placed in all camps.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

The original order that the approval
Of regimental or higher commander
was necessary before packages might
be sent to members of the expedition
airy forces has been modified 50 officers
with the rank of major and higher
may approve shipments. The APP
prevail of company commander is
not sufficient.
The question of the shipment of par
cells to France first came to the atten-
ton of the war department when the
commanding general of the expedition
airy forces cabled that congestion of
such articles had reached such a point
that French railroads were unable to
handle the load. A board appointed
by the secretary of war and the post
master general examined 5000 sacks
of parcel-pOst mail, and found that the
articles being sent not only, in the
main, were absolutely unnecessary, but
undesirable. The investigation showed
that the amount of such mail had
reached a total of 100000 pounds a
week, and was steadily increasing.
Relatives and friends, according to
a recent statement by the war depart
ment, will find they often can do a
greater service to soldiers by sending
them money for the purchase of ar
ticles. Tobacco is now being supplied
as part of the army rations, and mer-
chandise of nearly all kinds may now
be purchased in France through the
huge general store established by the
quartermaster corps at lower prices
than charged by retailers here.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

Forty-six societies representing %
nationalities of foreign-born citizens
are planning monster celebrations, pa
geants, parades and Speech-making in
the principal cities of the United
States for July 4. Represented in the
groups are Armenians, Assyrians, Bel
gians. Chinese, CZecho-Slavs, Danes
Dutch, Films. French. French-Canadi--
ans, Germans, Greeks. Hungarians.
Italians, japanese, Lithuanians, Nor
wegians, Poles, Portuguese, Russians,
Roumanians, South Slavs, Swedes and
Swiss. In May these societies ap-
pealed to President Wilson to issue
a proclamation calling upon all native
Americans to unite with the foreign
born in observing the national holi-
day, and plans for the many celebra-
tons developed after the proclamation
was issued.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

The dental requirements of an army
of more than 100000 men can now be
met by the present force of the dental
corps of the United States army. Ex-
aminations have been closed and no
further additions will be made to the
corps for some time. The number of
dental officers has expanded since war
was declared from 50 to $50. Com
missions were offered to 5,467 dentists
in all parts of the country, and all but
271 were accepted.
The average number of tooth fill
ings in the army ranges from 225,000
to 100000 a month. Special dental
infrmaries have been established in
the camps and environments, to which
newly indicted soldiers are sent for
examination shortly after arrival in
the camps.
A school for dental instruction has
been established, where So officers are
assigned each month to take the two
months course.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

Woman stenOgraphers and typistS
are now being enrolled in the naval
reserve as yeOmen.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

Three temporary Office buildings
providing working space for $3.50 per-
sons, have been built in ten weeks in
Washington, d. c., by the construction
division Of the army, without the en-
ployment Of a contractor. One, a three
story structure, 491 feet long, 260 feet
wide, with q floor space of 27OOOO
square feet, was ready for occupancy
~ days after the first spadeful of
earth was turned.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-07-10

The box-car situation is better at
present than it has been at any time
during the last three years, according
to advice received by the department
of agriculture from the railroad ad-
ministration.
On May l box cars began to move
into wheat territory, and wheat-carry-
ing roads are expected to have on
their lines more than the normal
amount of cars owned by them. Cars
are being parked in wheat-loading ter
ritory, which was impossible last year.
The railroad administration will con-
tinue to move cars into wheat dis
tricts as long as there IS any indica-
ton that additional cars will be
needed.
An advertisement in a Berlin news
paper, reported by the Information
Belges, shows some Of the many uses
to which paper is being put in Ger
many:
paper stuff for dresses and aprons.
paper stuff for business suits.
paper stuff for manufacture Of
suits.
Paper stuff for upholstery and tap
estries.
"PapSr stuff for trunks and bags.
Paper stuff for bags, pillowcases
and mattresses.
"Splendidly assorted lot for sale"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-05
THE INCOME TAX
DEPRECIATIoN-How TO FIGURE 1T.

which depreciation dependent
local conditions,
property
conditions specific rates at which it may be claimed have
claimed and the determine what consttuts
reasonable allowance To compute the amount which be
then divide him by the number
tanned will represent the which claimed each
deduction frame building the probable lifetime which,
without repair replacement rs cost $4,000 Divide $5
900 25 and claim $500 each year depreciation
While determine the probable lifetime of
disable lifetime
building SO to The lifetime of
machinery 10 that automobiles used business
taxpayer wishes to claim the full amount of depreciation
estimated have occurred the value building
used for business trade he do but this
cude his claiming deduction expended
repairs their be deducted
depreciation and the balance then be claimed
payer expend making building
value $500 during the calendar
$500 depreciation and nothing for repairs the
exceed the full of depreciation estimated have
repairs
representing
replacement broken window
has claimed)
In claiming depreciation the following fundamental
taken into consideration.
depreciation
claimed. Depreciation
article of property such automobiles used for personal
(b) Depreciation that arising and tear
conditions the neighborhood in which located
values etc.
Depreciation the land, whether
ordinary
cannot be claimed.
claimed its full depreciation his Income Tax returns
further claim will be allowed
invested property
arbitrarily otherwise
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they will not bring peace; they will
not define our national aims; they
will not even obstruct, even if OBJ
struction were contemplated, and
their purpose is easily misapprehen-
ded. In every gathering of this sort,
when feeling runs high, violent
words are sure to be spoken. utter
ances untruthful or foolish, or tru-
thful and tactless, are to be eXpec-
ted. and the press records those mat
terS only which are extreme and I'M
seemly. But the suppression of
such matrings BY force is equally un-
fortuna illegal and unWarranted
repression has its still longer train
OF evils.
Lord Courtney, of Penwith, as
sures us that war time is the op-
portunity of FOOLS" and extremists
Oh both sides live up to their oppor-
tunities. But in this I'VE are sim
ners ALL" and if every foolish word
in war time were punished we should
have to recall our armies; We should
all be in jail at home.
To speak seriously, We should
avoid needless diScord. Unless some
point is TO be gained by standing
out. some matter of conscience or ad-
vantage in action, we should present
a solid front. No worthy achieve
ment comes through aimless discon-
tent But our aim should be toler-
ance and Cancellation, not lip service
and conformity. As Europe has
proved through the ages, there are
no hereSieS that can be cured by
stamping them out" Free discus
sion and friendly relation are the
high road to sanity.
1t is a necessary part of the dy-
nastic scheme to fill the civilized
world with its professional spies and
agents. No nation has ever devel-
oped this system on so great a scale
as Germany. With the expansion of
transportation and the dissemination
of intelligence, this organization has
been correspondingly expanded. 1t
has had a disreputable part in stir
ring up discord within the United
States
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-05
Farmers Exchanges

The Government suggests that far
mers having farm crops, seeds, hogs,
cattle, etc, for sale, should notify
the County Agent, where it will be
placed on a bulletin board, and also
a notice sent to the Federal Govern
ment Those needing, can then write
or come to the Exchange and get the
necessary information. The copy
sent to the Government will be sent
in duplicate to the other Farmer Ex-
changes throughout the State where
it will be read by those farmers. In
this way your commodity will re-
ceive wide publicity, and thereby aid
you in finding a good market that
you might not be able to locate at
all by yourself. The more farmers
using this Exchange, the more valu-
able it will be. This is another CO.
operative idea, and one that will be
very valuable if used.
Let Us cooperate more fully. We
need the good coming from such a
system. Send all information or
questions to the County Agent, who
will be glad to cooperate with you
in this valuable movement.
C. E. LEATHERS,
Emergency Demonstration Agent,
Cambridge, Md.
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getting, property will not pay them,
with taxes according to new assess
ment. What does that mean? The
property will not be kept in it's usual
good condition, and in a few years
you must surely see the effects. The
tenants say they are paying more
rent now than they can afford to
pay, all things being considered, so
where are we? Simply taxing our
property owners to standstill, and
where does the money go? We will
see the effects CT what is being done
now in a few years.
Mr.. Lawmaker, don't give the
State Tax Commission any more
privileges, and 1 think it would be a
very good plan, and in an opportune
time, to pass a law relieving our
County Commissioners from making
new assessment on personal prop
erty in this county. We are tired OF
assessments, and l think justly so.
Surely, the oyster industry does
not need any more taxation. 1t is
over taxed now. Let some of the
officeholders go to work, instead of
being maintained by the taxing of
the oyster industry. Do away with
the Conservation Commission; l do
not consider it success In nv
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-05
Farmers Institutes

The Farmers Institute for Dor
chester county will be held on the
following dates:
March 18th, at Cornersville.
March 18th, at Cambridge.
March 18th, at Hurlock.
March 18th, at East New Market.
March 18th, at Vienna.
Good speakers from the United
States Department of Agriculture
and the State College will be here to
discuss Pork Production, Tomato
Diseases, Tomato Culture, Peas and
Farm Labor.
The United States Food Commits
sion is sending a man to discuss
prices on tomatoes for the canning
industry. Several very important
questions are to be taken up, and
plans formed to meet emergencies
that we may have to face from time
to time during the summer.
1t is a patriotic duty to attend
these meetings so that we may in
crease the amount of food produced
in this great crisis. Come out. 1t
will pay.
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WANTED: 10000
SEA EAGLES
Rear Admiral Peary Outlines Plan
For Protecting Our Coasts.

(Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U.
S. N, in the National Geographic
MagaZine.)
In the midst of our great plans for
carrying the war home to Germany
through the air we must not forget
to protect our own valuable and Vul-
nerable coasts and coastwise ship
ping with aeroplanes.
The eagle is our national emblem.
Give us 10000 fighting sea eagles
far-seeing, swift flying, steel taloned
to render our coasts immune from
the bloody killers of the sea.
- Give HIS thousands of swift seagQ-
ing hydroaeroplanes, with capacity
for carrying powerful guns and
bombs; perfect deyice-bOmb,t tor
pedo or gun-that will enable a
plane three times out of five to de-
stroy a submarine on or just below
the surface; then drill, and drill and
drill with this device until our air
men have the deadly precision of the
dead shot with his gun, the whale
man his harpoon and the cowboy
with his lasso or revolver.
Anyone who has seen fishawk or
sea eagle sweep over the surface of
the waves, then pause, hover for a
moment, dive like an arrow and pro-
coed with a fish in it's claws will I'M
derstand the statement that when we
have 10 powerfully armed aeroplanes
to assign to every lurking, murder
Gus submarine, the finish of the I'M
dersea craft will be as inevitable as
that of the fish.
This method of defense can be
made so effective by American skill
and energy as to constitute a COM
plete protection for our coasts, leav-
ing our swift battle cruisers and de-
stroyers free for a far flung offensive
in any one of the seven seas.
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Tax Payers Should Have Rest

Mr.. Editor:
l have read with a great deal of
interest the article in your paper by
Mr.. John G. Mills, under date of
March LIST, and l fully agree with
Mr.. Mills, and compliment him on
his public expression.
l think the State Tax Commission
has too much authority, now, and We
surely should not permit them to
have more. In my judgment. if we
had less commissions and unneces-
sary officeholders, and less assess
ments, our treaury would be in bet
ter financial condition, and our taxes
would be lower. When you consider
what assessments have cost this
county for the past few years, and
we are still having assessments, is it
not time for the taxpayers to wake
up and do something?
What incentive is there under
present conditions for anyone to
spend money in improvements in this
town or county? l hear of many
complaining, some property owners
saying, with present rents they are
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Water Consumers
Please Take Notice

Our rules and regulations filed
with the Public Service Commission
allow us to charge an extra fee or
One Dollar for turning on water that
has been turned off because of fail
ure to pay rent promptly.
Water rents to April first are now
due, and the above rule will be en-
forced after this week.
DORCHESTER WATER CO.
Adv. AIT. m.tu.f.S.
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Judgment, the oyster industry is not
handled as well now as it was under
the Commander. When we are pay
ing taxes. we expect some results,
and not SO much of the tax used in
the way of paying salaries to unne-
cessary off1ceholders.
Lawmakers, taxpayers, get busy!
We must do something in self pro-
lection. Very respectfully,
LEVI B. PHILLIPS.
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TOMATO PRICE
OBJECTED TO
Eastern Shore Farmers Say $21 a
Ton is Too Low.

Farmers in Dorchester county are
stirred over the price of $21 ton
fixed by the Government for toma-
toes.
They state that the crop is too IN
certain for one to grow it on a close
margin of profit and that the aver
age yield per acre has been less than
three tons, and that the cost of cul
tivating an acre of tomatoes is 500.
Farmers in this vicinity last year
made money on their tomatoes, bu!
it was because of the price and not
because of the crop, which on the
average was poor. They claim that
they were not consulted when the
price was fixed. Two meetings have
been held in Dorchester, one at East
New Market and one at Cambridge,
and, according to reports, the con-
census of opinion was that farmers
would leave tomatoes alone.
1t is likely that large delegation
will go to Denton Tuesday to attend
a meeting of farmers from all the
counties of the Shore and from Della
ware.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-05
Laundry Notice

Send your laundry to No. Poplar
street, and we will guarantee that it
will be returned to you in splendid
condition, and we will have the work
done at reasonable prices. Have Sc
cured the agency for Archer's Laun-
dry, Philadelphia. Deliveries made
twice a week.-Adv. 3-4-2t.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

This is to give notice that the SUBJ
scriber, William E. Phillips, hath OBJ
tanned fro mthe Orphans Court of
Dorchester county, in Maryland. let
tiers of administration on the personal
estate of Margaret Phillips. late of
Dorchester county, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof. legally authenticated. to the
subscriber, on or before the first day
of September. next; they may other
wise. by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of February, 1918.
WILLIAM E. PHILLIPS,
Administrator of Margaret Phillips, de-
ceased. RUSSELL P. SMITH,
True copy. Test: Register Of Wills
Russell P Smith PIG
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Porto Rico Goes Dry
Except For Light Beer

San Juan, March 3.-Porto Rico
went dry at midnight last night.
This followed an act of Congress,
which the election of last July failed
to repeal. The act prohibits the i'm
portation, manufacture, sale, or gift
of intoxicating liquors or drugs.
A local law permits the manufac-
ture and sale of beer containing not
more than 2 II per cent. of alcohol
Many cafes were closed at an ear
lier hour than usual last night, after
disposing of the last of their dimin-
ished stocks.