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New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Mobilization of Material

navy developed American mine believed good point.
OF various types OF ufactur ouonities
Largest type OF naval 6nch completed batcship.:
1t throws Proccile weighing pounds.
several hundred submarine hers rvon,
private and Atlantic .o,
n weather ~ '"e
Tho Signal Corps Of troned pigeon. - F,,rc
mo ordnance Department manufactures items. Ono
type OF with has exclusive of accessories.
ing than 400 producing parts and
supplies ~
The Emergency Fleet March A2s
vessels contracted for 72O Of
dcdish tonnage Of se45os: let con,r,ct. g.
4So wooden vessel de.d.oh
ton repaired and put deadwcigh
sliced from Germany and Austria
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Doubling the eNauy
tuice IN q Year

DURING the period of war appropri-
IL ations have been made amounting
to total of s6o,0oo,o0o, together with
previous appropriations totalling $685.,
600 600, for the specific purpose Of new
naval construction. During this period
there have been expended for general
work Of the Bureau of. Construction
and Repair s5o.oOoooO and for new con-
structon $4,000 600.
On April i, 1917, there were build
ing or authorized for the Navy 1923
vessels. as rs:
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

the United States Naval Reserve force.
while 600 medical and dental students
are subject to call.
During the year the hospital beds
available for naval sick and wounded
$4,000, and, further increase of some
5000 is being made
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Other Departments
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

THE medical department of the
a navy on April G, 1917, quietly
passed from peace to war footing.
Tho work of nursing the navy sick
is performed by female nurses and bv
members of the navy hospital corps.
The number of female nurses has in
creased from 1G0 to $50. the latter in
cluding. both the navy nurse corps and
reserve nurses on duty.
The hospital corps has expanded
from about 1000 mcn to 1000 members
- .ne regular force and LOCO mon of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
COAST GUARD

NA]llEN war came the Coast Guard
w was transferred from the Treas
ury Department to the Navy Depart
ment. The vessels of the guard were
assigned to the several naval districts.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Geo fund for tho operation of the cor
rc1xt;on. b. join. resolution Of the
Senate and House CT Representatives,
approved May 11, 1917, the President
was authorized to take over the Ger
man vessels within the jurisdiction of
the United States, its territories and
insular possessions. And under the
emergency shipping fund provision of
the urgent deficiency appropriation act,
approved June SO, 1917, the President
was authorized to requistion any yes
sci under construction or contracted for
IN shipyards within the United States.
Selling the
German Ships
BY Executive orders, dated June 80
and July 8, 1917, the President ordered
the Shipping Board to seize the German
vessels in United States waters, and By
another, OF July II, 1917, delegated to
the board the power Of requisition
which Congress bad vested in him.
To perform the tasks assigned to the
Shipping Board and its operating COM
pany, the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
large expenditures were necessary.
Congress has met the demands by sup
plementing the original appropriation
of s50,000,000 with succeeding author
izationa, which on March last agcyc-
gated s2,034 100000, to he expended for
construction. recuisiticring and pur-
chasing CT ships. the construction Of
yards and the erection Ct housing faci.-
tiles. Of the sum authorized, S1,l35,-
o00,o 900 had been appropriated on March
!. The expenditures Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation ur to that date to-
tailed $685., 3,247 ,955.37, distributed as fol-
lows: Wood ships, s74,59O.5 1892; steel
ships, s77,968, 1889; steel ships regui-
sitioned, Size, 9,s71 ,s6o55; plants, $780,
7l7,4G2.71.
Under its powers Of seizure the Ship
ping Board has taken over 112 German
and Austrian ships, of 1884, 900 dead
weight tonnage, all Of which have been
repaired and are now in operation.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

A T THE outset of the war the na-
~ tion, in addition to expanding
the army to proportions ade-
quate to wage the struggle, was con-
frontcd with the problem Of providing
facilities to transport it's expeditionary
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT

Jefferson Bee: The reasons given
1 by Mr.. McAdoo are plausible but not
Satisfying. He says he quits because
he wants to make more money. Some.
how or other the public does not be.
lieye that is the real reason. The
best guess is that all is not happy as
it might be in the presidential family.
McAdoo may have notions of his own,
and it is quite impossible for him to
have a mind of his own around Dad
in-law Wilson. There is only one
mind that cerebrates to any real pur-
pose around the white house, and that
| is Wilson's mind. .E ~,
Eagle Grove Eagle: His (McAdoo's)
resignation indicates he has shelved
any ambition he may have had to Sc
cure the democratic nomination for
the presidency There is little to en-
courage any democrat in such ambi-
ton. The recent election has discour-
aged any hope Of success for the dem
ocratic nominee in the next campaign,
whoever he may be. .
| ROlfe Arrow: To our mind McAdoO
has been one of the brilliant men Of
the Wilson administration and of the
war. Big things have happened while
he held the office of secretary of the
| treasury.
Dubuque Times Journal: AS long
as Wilhelm Hohenzollern is free to
go and come, to plot and scheme, the
peace of the world is not secure. And
| it is perfectly unthinkable that the
allies will allow a condition to exist
from which the return of the kaiser
to power might develop.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04

Iowa City Republican: If Wilson
goes to France there is no necessity
to send any others as peace commits
sioners, for he will do what he pleas
es and the others will be considered
disloyal if they differ from him.
Mason City Globe Gazette: The one
man who should be on the American
peace commission is the man who
first suggested world peace league
and a league Of nations to keep the
peace-William Howard Taft.
DEBORAH Republican,: There have
been pro-Germans of every nationality
except one. No one has ever heard
or known of ro-German negro. The
conduct of the negro soldiers In the
war gives them a commanding place
in American citizenship, even though
they cannot votein some states.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04

Cedar Falls Record With the pres
ent high price of food it seems like
waste of time and energy to advocate
the conservation Of food No one ex-
cept millionaire is going to waste
food or use more than is required, if
he expects to keep in the swim flnan-
cially.
Eldora Ledger: We hope the legis-
lature that convenes January 18th
takes up two matters and disposes Of
them judiciously. The first is the pri-l
mary law, that needs amending, and
the other is the insurance law, so the
excessive rates can be supervised by
the state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04

There Is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be lncurable Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment pronounced
it incurable. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by +. J. Cheney g.
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is constitutional
remedy. is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04
HAVE you BEEN sIcK?.

Then you realize the utter weakness
that robs ambition, destroys appetite
and makes work a burden.
To regain your strength nothinghas
ever equaled or compared with SCOTS
Emulsion; its blood-enriching proper
ties give energy to the body while it,
tonic value sharpens the appetite ia
a natural, permanent wav.
IF you are run down, tired, nervous,
overworked or lack strength, be sure
to get SCOTS Emulsion today.
Scott s Dowue. Rloomdcl MI kai
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-04
6Head Of Horses
81 Head Of Cattle

yearlng 10 yearng hei
es calves; bred shohons
andp
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
First Automobile Patent
Taken Out in France Fifty
Years Ago by Pierre RaveI

The first automobile patent was
taken out in France 80 years ago by
Pierre Joseph Ravel, says New York
World. His patent covered "a steam
generator heated by mineral oils, to
be applied to steam locOmOtiOn on or
binary roads" Ravel constructed q
small Tilbury and fitted 1t with his new
engine, which developed three horse
power. Ravel seemed on the verge Of
success, when the Franco-Prussian war
began and upset all his plans for the
time. Later he built several motor
cars in which petroleum was used for
the direct generation of motive power
by burning 1t under special conditions
in connection with certain quantities of
air. Later George b. Selden, in Ameri-
ca and Johannes Spiel, In Germany,
simultaneously carried on experiments
that eventually resulted in the auto
mobile Of today. To Selden, however,
belongs the credit Of applying gasoline
to motOrcars, as the plans Of the Ger.
man contemplated the use Of kero.
Sene to supply power.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Fruit Pits Make a Highly
Porous Charcoal Which Acts
as Filter in War Gas Mask

Glow does the government make gas
masks out of peach stones?" is a ques-
ton that every school pupil has asked
Of puzzled parents since the schools
have begun the collection of peach and
plum stones to fight German gas.
The answer is that the stones are
not made into masks, but are trans
formed into charcoal that is used in
the masks.
The American Chemical society in a
bulletin explains the matter in this
way:
Peach stones are used as the raw
material for making the best grade Of
absorbent charcoal ever produced; and
the charcoal is used in the r%espirator
for absorbing the deadly gases in the
inspired air.
"HOw does charcoal act? In the first
place, IL is exceedingly porous. 1t IS
produced, by roasting wood, dried
blood, or other organic material, and
this roasting decomposes the material
into two parts, one of them gaseous,
which passes off from the r~etOrts, and
one of them solid, which remains be-
hind as charcoal. Every minute cell
Of the wood and every part of q cell
gives up some of the gas during the OPP
Grafton and thus leaves minute pores
all through the material. Thus the wood
charcoal that we know is very bulky
for It's weight and contains innumer-
able fine pores. Now this highly pOr-
Gus charcoal has remarkable prop
erty of absorbing certain kinds Of SUBJ
stances.
"In the gas mask contaminated air
passes through q layer of highly ac-
tive carbon before it reaches the
mouth, and the poisonous material g
absorbed. 1t is apparent that the more
active the charcoal is, the more the
absorbing power can be packed into
the small box on the front of the mask.
Now, all charcoal from all sources IA
not equally active. Hence, before char
coal was used successfully in masks a
very active form had to be produced.
And 1t was found that the hard, dense,
compact substance of nut shells and
fruit stones formed the most con-
densed and actively absorbing char
coal. The pores of the charred mate
rial are infinitely fine and numerous
and hence a given volume of the car
bon will do far more work than the
same volume of other kinds of char
COAL"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Military Training for Boys
Illinois Lad, Who Go TO Farms Next Year viii Be Uniformed
and Go Out as Companies.

An army of boys, Is well disciplined for their work M IS closely organ
lied as the United States army. is planned by the state branch OF M Ched
States Boys Working Reserve for Illinois next year. to help raise t@ mrSeS
crop the state has ever produced.
The organization, under the icy plan, VIII begin this flm the SchooS
and IN The farms Boys who will be fifteen years Of age by spring and below
draft age are eligible to be enrolled in the reserve. They will then b mi
formed and given thorough training as part OF the school course.
The boys will be organized int companies o 90 with eac company IN
charge of an instructor. These companies Will forn divisions bearing inc
nome of the high school the members attend. Companies from smaller
schools will be grouped under a combination name. The school division will
have al executive head.
In addition to the classroom work and military drill, will be laboratory
work and practical training in barns and machine shops. The companies
will be divided into squads of ten each. and will learn to groom, feed ana
harness horses, and to operate machinery. Team owners and machinery
people will cooperate with the schools by allowing the boys to use their
equipment.
The method of placing the boys in 1919 Will be radically different from
methods used in the past. Boys will be sent ut in companies. Each COM
any will have an instructor who will remain with it all summer. A head
ou rters will be established at some central point where the boys car gather
evenings and Sundays and will be a point Of contact between the reserve
the parents and the country director.
Rigid inspection of sanitary arrangements of farms will be a part of the
duty of the instructor in charge.
Farmers who make application for reserve volunteers will pay a fee of
So, which will make d fund to deray expenses of the instructor and the
Headquarters. Each county will estimate the number of boys needed, and
the estimates will determine the Number of companies. to be assigned to the
county
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Thousands of Girls Cut off,
Long Hair and Contribute 1t
to Country for War Purposes

AS proof Of the sacrifices women are
willing to make when their sentiments
or emotions are aroused, 1t is related
that thousands Of girls, both in Ger.
many and France, cut off their long
hair and contributed 1t to their coun.
try for war purposes, says the Peo-
pies Home Journal. The instance Is
not the first of It's kind recorded In
history, however.
An interesting example Of similar
devotion comes from northern Japan
where a great temple was in progress
OF erection. Immense timbers were
being hauled from the mountains to be
placed in the building, and the work
was delayed by the frequent breaking
Of the ropes. AT length an edict was
issued calling on the women to give
their long hair which could be woven
into ropes Of sufficient strength for the
purpose.
SO generous was the response to the
edict that two ropes were woven, one,
it Is claimed, was IL inches In circum-
ference and 1,400 feet long; the other
10 inches around and 1900 feet long.
With these ropes the timbers we're
dragged to the temple site without
further b~reakage.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Great Demand in Vienna for
Watchdogs and Prices Have
Been Raised in Proportion.

The increasing insecurity Of life and
property in Vienna has brought about
a great demand for good ~watchdogs,
according to the following interview
with an official of the Vienna Animal
hospital, printed in a recent issue of
the Neues Wiener Journal:
at is a fact that persons frequently
come here early in the morning seek
ing dogs before our office hours begin.
Most Of them are wives Of business
men, foremen, professional men and
others, who have been called to the
colors, but there are also women who
have learned that we have nice dogs
for distribution and, consequently,
come looking for these faithful and
trustworthy guardians, especially In
view Of the wholesale robberies and
the sinister activities of numerous
gangs of youthful thieves. AS you
know, a close watch has to be kept
Owe the power belts in the factories
to prevent their disappearance, as is
also the case with lumber in the yards,
and all kinds of goods In the stores
and warehouses.
MANY women, whose husbands are
at the front, r afraid to stay alone
and wish at least to have q watchful
animal with them to give warning of
the presence of strangers at the door,
through growing or barking. So the
dog has become a much desired ami
NAL. People willingly pay the 81 tax
and don't seem to worry about the
problem Of supplying the dog with
food IL they can thus get a keen-eared
and loyal guardian. Such dogs are
very dear now. A Doberman' costs
from $50 to $500; shepherds, up to
$120; coachdogs, up to $40; fox ter
riers, from SIS to $50, and pure-blood
'Dackel,' from $12 to $50. Greyhounds
and poodles, On the other hand, have
gone out of style"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01

In the studio of Mrs. Ladd OF the
American Red Cross in Paris. Mrs.
Ladd is shown working on a mask for
a soldier whose face was mutilated in
the war, his bravery having cost him
his eyesight.
shells. Mrs. Ladd Is the wife of DIR.
Maynard Ladd, medical adviser Of the
American Red Cross, but her work has
nothing to do with medicine.
In many hospitals, Of course, plastic
surgery is doing much to build up shat
tered faces. Mrs. Ladd, however, finds
her subjects among those whom the
surgeons cannot help. They are SOL
diers whose faces have been so shot
TO pieces that they present "a hideous
spectacle, one which their friends and
relatives prepare to shun. The suf-
ferers realize this and become very
unhappy and sensitive and are inclined
to hide themselves away from their
fellow-beings. Mrs. Ladd has become
greatly interested In the work of Cap
tain Derveut, who improved on the
gelatine and rubber formerly used, and
made metal masks. To make these
masks, Mrs. Ladd takes a plaster cast
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
Soldiers of the Air Who
Have Given Up Their Lives

The first man to lose his life in an
airplane accident was Lieut.. Thomas
l.. Selfridge Of the United States sig
nal corps, who was killed in Septem-
Der, 1908, while flying as a passenger
with Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Va.
The next fatal airplane accident oc-
Cured nearly a year later In France,
when Eugene Lefebvre was enrolled
as one Of the martyrs to the conquest
OF the air. Since the outbreak of the
war, OF course, brave flyers without
number have given their lives to their
respective countries, and a list of them
would fill pages. The first and per-
haps the only woman killed In an air
plane accident was Nine. d. Moore,
who lost her life at Etampes, France,
In 1911.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
No More Kisses for Yanks;
French Now Shake Hands in
Comforting Croix de Guerre.

Diplomats among the marines in
France have eliminated 0ne of the hor-
rors of being a hero, the Washington
Times states. The announcement was
casually made In a report from marine
corps headquarters, describing the
winning and award of 13 French war
crosses TO members of the American
legion, known to the Germans as devil
dogs. To be blunt about it, the news
is this: "NO longer do French officers
kiss on each cheek an American who
has won the crOiX de guerre. Instead
the officer comforting the honor pins
the bronze decoration TO the left breast
right hand.
AS yet the official files Of the marine
corps have not disclosed the name Of
the diplomat who brought about the
change in French tactics in -d,.allng
with American heroes. 1t 10 under
stood, however, that he is an officer of
no mean rank, who lately returned to
the United States.
According to the information at
hand, the first occasion upon which
the French adopted the Misunderstanding
tactics of the American as an express
sion of esteem was in May, just a few
weeks after a company of marines
sent In to relieve a detachment of their
pals had driven off a storm battalion
of Germans who had tried to stampede
them.
The men were ordered 70 a section
Of woodland to receive their hard-won
war crosses. A blare of t:ulnpets
greeted them. Then, after a few words
of cOmmendation, the French officers
approached the Americans and pinned
the medals. Some of the young heroes
were ready to turn the other cheek,
but to their surprise they found them
selves being shaken warmly by ths
hand.
1t was no surprise when the Ameri.
cans at the end Of the ceremony gave
a cheer, and a strong, lusty one, too.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
BEGIN CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING NOW
Citizens Urged to Observe
Six Rules

Every patriotic citizen is expected
by the council Of national defense,
Washington, to cooperate with the
merchants as follows:
1. Spread Christmas shopping over
the months of October, November and
December. Do not wait. Start now.
2. Shop during the early hours Of the
day.
3. Buy useful gifts (this does not ap-
ply to toys).
A. Send before December 5 all Christ
mas packages which must 60 by mail
or express.
B.. Avoid giving bulky articles, If
they must be sent by mail, freight or
express.
G.. Carry home your purchases when
possible, and do not request special
deliveries.
The above rules must be carried out
so that man power will be released for
war work and transportation not con
gested.
These rules are the outcome Of Oh
agreement between the merchants OF
the country and the war industries
board. The commercial economy ad
ministration of the state council of de
Tense is charged with the duty Of car
rying them out. The pubic must help
so begin your Christmas shopping now
and remember the rules.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
CamouAaging Mutilated Faces
Wonderful Work Being Done to Hide Hideous and
Shattered Features the Surgeons Cannot Help

Of the mutlle's face, and then from
pre-war photographs, or descriptions
furnished by friends, builds up in clay
Or plaster the missing parts until the
cast is q good likeness Of the man as
he was. From this cast a thin copper
mask is made and then plated with
silver. This is fitted perfectly and the
camouflage is held in place by a pair
Of spectacles. The final stage is to
paint the mask so that it is practical
ly indistinguishable.
In the accompanying illustration 1t
will be noted that the mutilation has
not been so general and the pair Of
spectacles with eyes painted in disks
behind the glasses serve to change this
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-01
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

When the first cold weather of the
season comes there is a temptation to
close the poultry houses quite tightly
In the belief that the fowls confined In
them need that protection from the III
creasing cold. 1t is true that the fowls
must be protected, but If they receive
so much protection that fresh air is
kept out of the house they will suffer
more from breathing bad air than they
would from a little lower temperature.
The air In a tightly closed building
soon becomes laden with impurities
from the breath Of the fowls and from
the filth that accumulates. To breathe
this air over and over again Is to take
back into the system many Of the i'm
purities that the system Is trying to
throw off. AS the oxygen Of the air
becomes exhausted 1t can give less and
less heating elements to the body of
the fowl and gradually the fowls pow
er of resistance to cold is reduced.
Unless there is sufficient ventilation
to keep the air reasonably pure the
house becomes damp and In time
moisture collects on the walls, which
In cold weather turns to frost. These
are some Of the reasons why sufficient
ventilation should be provided at oil
times and why the hen houses should
mo- be closed tightly at the approach
of cold weather. Drafts, however
must not be allowed to blow on the
fowls, particularly when they are on
the roosts at night.