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The Farmington times., 1918-03-01
AUGUST A. BUSCH TO
AWARD GRANT FARM
Pig AS ESSAY Prize
Boys and Girls Invited to Tell How
to Keep and Fatten Hogs
on Table Scraps.
A>CoNSERvATIoN MEASURE
Conditions of Contest Explained. Prize
To Be Fine Thoroughbred White
Yorkshire Pig.

The United States Food Admins
tration has asked Missouri farmers to
increase pork production so per cent
in 1918. To accomplish this result
and help our country win the war it
will be necessary to produce 1884
900 more hogs than last year. The
task is great, but loyal Missourians, |
am sure, will make every effort in
their power to comply with the re-
quest of the government.
1t is not question of hogs alone,
but also of feed. An increase of so
per cent of feed will be necessary,
but considerable part of this feed
can be obtained from table and kitch-
en- scraps, which are too often wasted.
The table scraps wasted by the av-
erage American family will keep and
fatten for the market at least one
hog, and possibly more. There should
be one or more garbagc-fed hogs on
every Missouri farm and suburban
home.
To encourage the boys and girls to
do their share toward increasing the
pork production of Missouri this year,
l am making the following PROPOSE
ton:
To the boy or girl under Is years Of
age in the 18th Congressional Dis
trict who writes the best essay on how
to raise and fatten hogs on table and
kitchen scraps will give a thorough
bred White Yorkshire pig from my
Grant Farm herd, the pig to be ship
ped express prepaid to the winner.
You could not buy pig from a
breeder equal to this prize pig for
less than S100.
AS a grand prize l will award a
pair of fine White Yorkshire pigs
from my Grant Farm herd to the boy
or girl whose essay is declared by the
judges to be the best submitted from
any of the thirteen Congression Dis
tricts of Missouri.
Conditions of Contest.
Essays should be limited to 300
words, plainly written on one side of
the paper.
Each contestant should submit q
written statement from parents, guar
dian or teacher that the essay was
WIlJlCll ny lilc tOuISoGdtJ anu LIdb CilS
writer of the essay will be permitted
to retain the profits from the pig, if he
or she should win.
All essays must reach me not later
than noon, April 15, 1918. Awards
will be made as soon as possible after
close of contest.
The judges of the contest will b.
Hon. Jewell Mayes, Secretary of tn,
Missouri Board of Agriculture, JEFF
ferson City; Hon. Charles w. Greer
of Brookfeld, president of the Boarc
of Regents Of the Kirksville Norma
School, and Mr.. Ii. J. Blanton of Paris
former president of the Missour
Press Association.
This offer is made to encourage The
Missouri boys and girls to practice
conservation by converting ordinar!
waste food-pFoducts into meat for oul
soldiers, and to stimulate them TO be
come the owners of valuable, thor
oughbred live stock. Every boy anC
girl under Is in this Congressiona
District is invited to join this contes
and try to win. Mail all essays tt
AUGUST A. BUSCH,
The Grant Farm,
Sappington, st. Louis Co, Mo.
| (Adv)
The Farmington times., 1918-03-01
Pennington Postoffice

of seed corn is about five cents an
acre. No other labor which the
farmer can do in early spring will
pay greater returns.
5. Individual ear tests are absolute
ly necessary for maximum produc-
ton. Of course seed corn testing will
not insure a maximum crop if other
conditions are not favorable. But the
most favorable condition will not
produce maximum yield with poor
stand.
The Farmington times., 1918-03-01
THE PNEUMONIA SEASON

The cold, damp weather of March
seems to be the most favorable for
the pneumonia germ. Now is the
time to be careful. Pneumonia often
results from cold. The quicker the
cold is gotten rid of the less the dam
ger. AS soon as the first Indication
Of a cold appears take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. As to the value of
this preparation, ask any one who has
Used it. Obtainable everywhere. (adv.l
The Farmington times., 1918-03-01

In reply to inquiries regarding the
possibility of redistilling seized spir-
its for alcohol the War Department
has announced that the small amount
of alcohol recovered, the cost of trans
portation, re-cooperage, and re-distill-
alton would make the cost to the gov
ernment greater than it is now paying.
The average yield from confiscated
liquor would not exceed 5 per cent Of
alcohol.
The Farmington times., 1918-03-01
Dependency Dne 10 Constellation

Women often become nervous and
despondcnt. When this is due to con-
stipation it is easily corrected by TAX
ing an occasional dose of Chamber
lain's Tablets. These Tablets are easy
to take and pleasant in effect. OBJ
talnabIe every. (adv.)
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

ordnance, aviation and signal service
OF the army allowed all girl employees
to depart.
Officers in charge Of the closed build
ings refused to disclose the source OF
their orders
The Fire and Police departments sug-
gested tho opening of windows in build
ings. The Fire Department suggested
at / 80 o'clock the complete clearing of
the Municipal Building, and this was
followed as far as circumstances per-
mitted.
"All windows to be opened: get out
if possiblc,' was the dictum to the
Equitable Building tenants. Some Of
the windows had already been opened
by the shattering force of the blast.
Produce Exchange Damaged
The Produce Exchange probably suf-
fcrcd the greatest window casualties of
any single building. fifty of them Civ
ing way before the detonation, causing
the police TO divert traffic while the
glass was being swept up. An immense
plate glass window of the Wanamake T
store was broken shortly before noon.
In the newer department store section
Of the city Gimbcl's. Rogers, Peet g. Co.
and other stores lost windows.
Fourteenth Street, especially between
Fltth and Sixth avenues, was studded
with plate glass particles. The Little
& Co. store, at d and 40. had one plate
glass window smashed, while two were
broken in the wholesale wall paper
house of Alfred Peats & Co., Al and
AZ West Fourteenth Street.
In addition to the wholesale smash
ing of window panes in Bay Ridge
Bath Beach and other near-to- the bay
sections of Brooklyn, the downtown
shopping and administrative districts
felt the detonations in heavy glass
losses. Eight valuable stained glass
windows in the Hall Of Records gave
way, while a plate glass window in the
building also failed to withstand the
concussion. Along Fulton Street signs
such as "A broken window can't stor
our business" appeared where glass ha(
! been.
Coney Island Hit Hard
Scores of windows tnklcd to oblivion
IN Coney Island and Brighton Beach
especially those structures facing the
ocean, many Of which are now 100 pc,
cent wlndowless. Freeport, Mincola
Lynbrook and other Long Island town:
received full measure of the sount
and the shattered panes
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
Jersey Blasts Bring
Showers of Glass
Over Ne.U York

Many windows were smashed in New
York yesterday by the eoncussion Of
tho explosions at Morgan. y. j.. and
the Office forces in downtown buildings
were released at an earlier hour than
usunl in many Instances. The most
damage done 80 windows was between
rwonty third and Fifticth Streets.
lower Manhattan being shielded to a
largo extent by tho barrier of Staten
island. Goologsts pointed out shat
the more extensive damage done here
by the Black Tom explosion was due
largely TO the fac, that lower Man
haitian structures were based on the
samc rock stratum which undcrlies the
Jersey Gity peninsula.
Plate glass insurance brokers at first
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

reported comparatively few claims, but
as the day wore on and the excitement
wore off they changed their estimates
The big detonetion at II o'clock cost
the companies thousands OF dollars.
The Standard Oil Building, at 26
Broadway, not a member of tho young
or set of buildings, shivered nervously
under the terrific blast. Just before
noon the officials of the company or
dered all the women employees to leave
the building.
Order Buildings Closed
The naval authorities were on tho
alert through the morning to detect
buildings wholly or partially under
their supervision which were showing
possibly dangerous effects. As re-
suit the building at 80 to 45 Broadway
eight stories, occupied by the War
Trudc Board, and the American Trust
Company Building. i6 Wall Street.
forty-two stories, were cleared and
guarded The West Street Building. 90
West Street, eighteen stories, was not
closed. but officers in charge Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

Mayor received the information that
there was no occasion for his first or
der. The Mayor, as is his custom, re-
fused to be interviewed.
Jersey Commuters Held Up
Commuters from South Jersey, whose
homes had rocked all night to the ex-
plosions at the T. A.. Gillespie plant,
discovered, many Of them, when they
sought their accustomed trains to New
York, that no trains were running Fer
hours a considerable part of New Jer-
sey was isolated. The New York &
Long Branch Railroad was the worst
hit At it's most westerly point this
road approaches South Amboy, swcrv-
ing thence to Matawan, Red Bank, Long
Branch, Asbury Park and other coast
resorts.
Direct service on this line, which nor
mally runs fifty trains a day to New
York, was cut off by the explosion. The
train from New York which reached
Long Branch at :39 a. m. was the last
to be operated. A makcshift service by
way of Sea Girt was eventually estab
lishcd.
Telephone connections also had been
severed in many instances, and neither
commuters nor railroads were able to
get the information which they sought.
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
said that its service was practically un-
affected. The main lines to Philadel-
phia and other important points re-
mained clear, and the only interruption
was on an unlmpOrtant feeder to At
lantic City by way of Camden. Two
trains were held in readiness for some
time at the Pennsylvania Station in
case they should be needed as relic
trains. When no call came for them.
however, they were sent out on their
regular routes.
WASHINGTON, Oct 5. - General
March, chief of staff, late to day
authorized the statement that the war
Department had issued no request that
snbways under the East and North
rivers at New York be closed because
OF danger of further explosions at the
Morgan, N. j., munitions plant.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
Rock Foundation
OF ". Y. Lessons
Force of Blast

The solid rock foundation Of Man
haitian Island and the surrounding ter
rtory probably lessened the force Of
yesterdays explosion and saved the citv
from consi siderable damage Just how con-
, cussons are transmitted from far dis
lecture among scientific men yesterday.
The rock foundation Of Manhattan
not only makes possible the erection
of skyscrapers, but also furnishes q
foundation with great resistance to lat
eral shocks. Parts of Staten Island,
which are marshy, are much more like
" to be shaken violently by the lateral
explosion than the rocky strata which
prevail generally.
DR.. Henry Arctowski, chief of the
science division of the New York Fub-
lie Library, was Of the opinion that
most OF the destruction wrought by
high explosions at some distance was
caused by compression of the air.
at is net so much the shock of the
explosion along the ground as the com
preston OIL ar resulting from 1t that
produces destruction" he said
Dr. Arctowski explained that the
transmission of explosive force through
rock bed depends more on the folding
of the rock than on it's stratification,
The rock bed underlying New York
City, he said, is composed of series
of blocks more or less loose throughout
all the strata. A shock would be dis
tributed along the various strata with
moro regard to the folding of the lay
ers than to the hardness of the rock.
Because OF the unknown explosive
strength of 7 n 7 and the even more
violent amythol DR.. Arctowski was I'M
willing to hazard any prediction as to
what damage might be done to the bor
oughs OF New York City from across the
bay.
shattered windows and other damage
were much less likely, in his opinion.
to result from the concussion carriad
along or through the earth than from
compression OF the air or flying par
ticlcs e r"'
Chief Engineer Ridgway of the Pub
ne Service Commission also discounted
the possibility that explosions in Jer-
sey would be carried along noticeably
IN the rock foundation underlying Man
haitian.
The rock foundation would nm.
doubtedly carry conclusions, but the
idea that they would be felt enough in
Manhattan to throw modern building
out or line is ridiculous" he declared
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

guards pushed them back gently
across the Raritan, where they spent a
night Of torture and uncertainty.
From the time of the first series Of
explosions, a little before o'clock,
until nearly midnight they waited.
Then the inferno within the plant
burst forth into new series of ex-
plosions that rocked Monmouth Coun-
ty. The people rushed back to their
homes-some to prepare for flight and
others to hide in the cellars a
determination not to leave while the
safety of the head Of the house was
in question.
With these midnight explosions Nor
gan and South Amboy we're cut off from
all communications with the outside
world. AS the hours advanced the men
ace became more threatening. The
flames spread to the unit where the
shells for the 75's were assembled, and
they went off with a crash. Burning
screaching projectiIes were hurled high
in the air, threatening to blow up the
entire plant.
Scenes as on Battle Front
Master of Arms Brooks Curry, Of the
Coast Guard, was standing about a mile
from the plant talking to a civilian
when shell blew the civilians head
off Near by Coast Guard officers had
shouted the warning to newspaper re-
porters, and by falling fat on their
faces these men escaped the bombard-
ment.
When Morgan sent out its first ap-
peal for help, P. Floersch, owner OF
the new Pamker House in Perth Am
boy, put his hotel at the disposal of
the authorities. AS soon as the
wounded filled the hospitals the hotel
was turned into a temporary receiving
station for the victims being brought
in who did not need il mediate surgical
attention. Cots were placed in the
halls and lobby and many hundreds OF
those only slightly hurt spent the night
there.
Early in the evening the exodus of
panicstriclen men, women and chill
dren from the danger zone was not
very great After the midnight explo-
sion the refugees began pouring into
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
Airman Fly Through
Explosion Debris

Robert Shank, pilot Of the mail aero
plane which reached Belmont Park
yesterday from Philadelphia. passed
directly over the crupting munition
plant at Morgan, N j., at height of
about 1000 feet. Some of the debris
reached that altitude, he said. He
could see the flash of explosions and
saw buildings collapse, but the noise
of his propeller prevented him from
hearing the detonations. None Of the
fragments came close to him.
He did not linger in the vicinity,
but made his trip in what almost was
record time. His trip from Phifadel-
phia took 46 minutes, and from Wash
ington to Philadelphia his flying time
was hour and 20 minutes. Max Mil
Ter, who took the mail to Washington,
started just as an explosion came
which shook his hangar at Belmont
Park.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

defiant as it faced the roaring fur
mace at Morgan where, lurking behind
the smoke, 100000 pounds Of powerful
INT was hidden, threatening to wipe
the last trace of the town from the
map.
When the first explosion in Unit
Gil shook the city on Friday night
the hysterical people rushed toward
the plant from all directions. They
came half in sympathy and half in
fear. The power Of the explosion
seemed to draw them to it. Frantic
women and children, whose husbands
or fathers were employed in the works,
perhaps in the building, led the way.
Guards Fight Back Women
They fought the guards for the right
to sec their own or claim their dead.
Disregarding the danger that lurked
near the flames. they tried to break
through the barbed wire fence. The
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06

the roads leading to Perth Amboy, Red
Bank and Keyport. Some who lived
near Morgan went to South Amboy, hut
the panic among the people of this
place soon LED them to seek another
haven.
Roads Choked with Refugees
The refugees filled the roads. Women
carrying children and pushing their
household goods in front of them IN
baby carriages made a scene similar 20
those that occur on the Western front
in France. They stumbled along Wild
eyed. Some were suffering from shell
shock and had to be led Most OF
them headed across the old wooden
bridge over the Raritan and made their
way toward Perth Amboy.
Not all in this struggling crowd
reached the city. There were among
them men who had been injured at
the plant, who in panic had fed from
the scene without getting medical aid.
They walked until exhausted. and then
fell in the open countryside. Many
walked of these were picked up by the
women of the Motor Corps of America,
who fearlessly worked through the
bonn bardment
Near the plant the scene was dis
Continued ON page seUen
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
Other Plants VIII
Speed Up to Offset
Gillespie Disoste,

other munifion plants wilt hayc TO
-peed up, n was announced yesterday,
- compensate fer the loss ia prodHc-
fsoa eaused hs the destruction OF tho
GILLESPIE plant To da this and keen
ihe ehciia moving 90 the firing liue sc
cerdiur So schedule the United S'ptef
f.mpios gneut Service called fnr l.b00
men al opee to report at the various
headauAftpra ~ thia city for work on
tht projcct st May tanding. \ j.
his caii for workm"u wns ISSUED uu
dsf Instructions from the Ordnance
Department aud construction division
- the army. which began TO marshal
their renourres and rediafi their plans
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
continued from page

tson Of explosives, went up "a fast ms
the stores could explode. few tre
mendous concuss oNS, hartnyc OF
debris that showere- thc lower Hudson
River waterfront for few hours and
10 WIS all over When day broke there
was nothing lcf. TO explode.
lt all had occ1rred when the greater
ra~t of the city WAC IN bed and asleep.
The most powerful dctonatlcn, shortly
before z o'clock. awoke householdcrs IN
furthest Queen. but the shattered
gfass IA downtown sections tinklcd into
dear rtcd streciA
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
SO to 200 Dead
In Munition Blast

disaster became known.
Construction work on new plants is
to be rushed and production work in
established plants redoubled in order
that there may be no decrease in The
munitions output during the time nee
essary to rebuild the Gillespie plant
Government bureaus consider the cmer-
geucy vital. and the United Sites En-
ployment Service has been called upon
TO DO its utmost.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-06
Bursting Shells
Bring Scenes of
Battle to Jerse,

After sleepless night of terror the
orave little city of Perth Amboy Law
crushed and in ruins yesterday as II
1t were the victim of some sunerdo,.;,
'sh enigma. Its bewildered, dishev-
eiled, panic stricken people were in
n'en' and the city was silent, almost
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
REFoRMER MONDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1918

Montpelier as q commission from the
Tar TO investigate the request made
ty the attorney general for the dis
harment Of Ernest H. O 'Brien of Rut
land TIE commission will make it's
report at the next session of the su-
premc court.
Final entries made on the docket
previous to adjournment show that
three cases. from Rutland county have
been settled and discontinued. These
are William Potter aginst Annette
Pierce and Jennie Leonard. common
counts. and Potter against the same
defendants. tort, and Potter against the
town of Clarendon, contract.
In the Windsor county case Of state
against Eliza Blandin the entry wa,
that it will not be brought forward
In the ease of Matthew Hannah
against John Hannah. Judgment. OF
The lower eourt WAS affirmed.
In Orange county the case of state
against Fred Sanburn, practicing vet
erinafy medieine without a license
was not argued nor was the petition
for mandsmns in Washington county
brought by Fred Sanburn. asking the
court TO order the board of veterinars
registration to issue him a license t.
practice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
Football Results.

AT Springfield tSprinsfeld. 7. Massa.
chusetts Institute of Technology naval
unit 0.
At Amherst. Amherst 90 Williams 0.
NJ New York. Colombia ID, Wesley
an O.
At pittsburg, Ia, Pittsburg 81.
Pennsylvania O.
AT Ann Atbor. Mich, Michigan Is.
Syracuse 0.
At Andorcr. Exeter &c. Andover Z.
At Princeton. " J., Princeton %.
Camp Upton Z.
At Hanover, \. H.. Dartmouth &c,
Middlehurv 0.
At Medford. Tufts p, Boston uni,
vcrsity 0.
At South Bethlehem, Pa, Penn
State :, Lehigh G.
At Annapolis, Nd. Navy IL, Ur.
sinus o.
At Indianapolis, Ind, Purdue SO.
Wabash Z.
At Cleveland. o.. Cleveland naval
reserves s., Cornell service team 0.
At New York, Great Lakes 81, Rut-
gers IL.
Ar Philadelphia, Navy Yard 81.
Brown -
At lewiston. Nc, Bowdoin 6. Bates
o.
At Worcester Holy Cross %, wor.
ces.cr 'tTceh'' Z.
Al Worcester, Worcester academy %.
Wiiliston ID
|. AZ Greenfield Decrficld academy Is
Greenfield high Z.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Phillip Ban Bibber of Boston was a
guest over Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. +. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis II. Taylor
spent the week end in Guilford with
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. A. Whittemorc.
Harold p. White and Walter f. Bart
lett returned Friday night from a
week s hunting trip in Belmont.
The Home Nursing club will hold
its first meeting in the regular course
tomorrow evening with Miss Gladys
Stcllman.
Perry Wilder i, improving, after
having been confined TO the house sew
cral days with a fractured arm, and
was able TO be out Saturday for the
first time since the accident.
William Adams. ianitor at the Home
for the Aged, underwent an operation
on bis left leg Saturday in tho Melrose
hospital. Mr.. Adams injured his leg
several months ago aud il never had
healed. Robert Dwrer, ). of White
RIVER Junction was operated upon Sat
urday. Mrs John Pattison of Below
Falls was operated upon Saturday for
appendicitis. Mrs. Cecil Morse OF
Hinsdale also underwent an operation
on her hand, Dr. LaChainc being as
sisted by DIR. Lynch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
Sporting Notes.

In ssmet featured bv clever use of
thc forward lpsss, the Dartmouth stu,
dent army trainingf corps team closed
it's home season in Hanover. y. H,
Saturday with "a 26.to-0 victory over
Middlebury. -
The Cleveland naval reserve football
team defeated the Cornell service
eleven, SO to 0, at Cleveland. O.. Satur.
day. The Cornell athletes were unable
to stop the end runs and plunges of the
naval backs, who gained ground almost
at will. Forward passes by the Clevc.
land players also proved TO be great
ground gamers. Stinchcomb of the
navy team ran 100 yards for touch
down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
SPORTING NEWS.
DEERFTELD WINS TITLE
Beats Greenfield High for Franklin
County Championship.


Dcer6eld aca demy's football, team of
neerRtld again captured the Franklin
county championship by defeating
Greenfield high at Greenfield Saturday.
Is to :. Decrfeld's big huskies were
giants compared with the Greenfield
eleven. and fbcir:cxtra weight was the
deciding factor Of the game. The
game was much faster and the score
closer than was predicted, the Green
field boys making mp with speed what
they lacked in weight. Although it.was
Dcerfeld s weight that counted most.
there was nothing slow: about their
play. Deer6eld pulled off one sueeess
full forward pass. as did the Green.
field team. but most of the academy
gains were made on line pitinses. Green
field depended more on endt runs for its
gains. :;