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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-11
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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Continued from first page)

influenza, now sweeping over the country, had
made its appearance in at least twenty-five
army camps. It was also stated that the total
number Of cases had increased to 2O,211, with
out reference to the thousands affected in naval
camps and stations
At the same time, it was announced that there
were about $500 cases of the malady at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station, just north
OF Chicago, and that in the two weeks since the
epidemic made it's appearance there had been a
total of nearly 200 deaths. This number has
since increased, 68 deaths in "a hours being
reported on September Is. The $4,000 men at
the station are held under quarantine in their
quarters without liberty.
Captain Moffett is quoted as saying that the
death rate of the men contracting the malady
is about IA per cent, which is below the death
rate IN the East which has been about 212 per
cent
The disease attacks people suddenly, on the
street, In their homes or while at work. The
chief danger is not from the influenza itself,
but from pneumonia, likely to set in unless
one is very careful in avoiding drafts or
exposure to- cold The disease is highly com
municable
Aside from the epidemic of Spanish influenza,
introduced into this country from the army
camps of Europe hundreds Of people are suffer
ing from la grippe, caused by the cold wave Of
week ago and the fact that very few families
had heat in their homes.
In many cases, tenants have complained that
landlords refused coal supply on the grounds
of patriotism. Speaking of this, Raymond E.
Durham, United States Fuel Administrator for
Illinois, is quoted as saying that 1T may be
patriotic for the landlord to conserve his coal
supply but it ism t patriotic for him to give his
tenant influenza. He should use common sense
along with his COAL
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
OF Local Interest
s+ &C. B. W.
COKE SALES RESTRICTED IN wAUKEGAN
Hard Coal Entirely Shut Off in
That City For the Present
&C. B. W.

L. P. Erskine, Fuel Administrator of Lake
County, has served notice on the North Shore
Gas Company at Waukegan to sell no more coke
to people in that city who have even partial
supply of hard coal in their bins, and in no in
stance to deliver more than four tons of coke
to family.
The fuel administrator, it is claimed, holds
that coke is in the same class with hard coal,
and people who purchase it now will do SO with
the same restrictions that apply to anthracite.
The people of Waukegan also have been shut
off from receiving any more hard COAL
When Fuel Administrator Erskine asked Ray
mond F. Durham, State Fuel Administrator, for
an explanation of this ruling he received the
reply that Waukegan would not be permitted,
locally, to have than its proportion, based
on the amount to be shipped to other conmun-
tiles. 1t appears, therefore, that Waukegan will
not be allowed to get the rest of its allotment of
hard coal until the people in other cities in the
northern part of the state have received as much,
proportionately, as the people of that city.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28

suits at less expense than comes from forcing
the fire in one heater. In putting on an extra
heater | do not advocate an open CRATE They
make room cheerful but they are terribly waste
full To use two good heaters, allows both to
run slowly and efficiently. Last winter for the
first time | installed hot blast stove to help out
my furnace. The result was that have never
been SO comfortable, yet had left at the end
of May ton of coal, whereas | had, in Deem
Der, expected my coal piles to be exhausted by
the second week in March
Banking the Fire
"This slowing down of furnace, like every
thing else, is good thing which can easily be
overdone. learned three years ago to avoid the
common mistake of shutting off the furnace too
much at night. Nearly everyone goes on the
theory that the proper way to save coal is to slow
down the fire tremendously when retiring for the
night. If they heat the house in the day time to
seventy degrees, they allow it to cool off to forty
five degrees or even lower at night To insure
that the fire will hold through the night, they
put layer of ashes over the fresh coal. This
makes cooling of the house unavoidable
Il used that method and weighed the coal
necessary to raise the temperature in the morning
Then | tried another plan and weighed the coal.
know that to bank the fire with ashes causes
you to more coal in day than it does to
maintain a steady slow fire through the night
Therefore, | never allow the house temperature
at night to drop below ffty-eight Or sixty de-
grees- preferably the latter
After my experiments, | never use ashes for
banking 1t helps to start clinkers. Also it helps
to kill the efforts at making the needed hot fire
in the morning. Still, bank the fire. But
use either anthracite dust or btumnous screen
ings or slack coal. This dust can be had by in
curing of the retailer. [ never spread il en-
tirey over the fire. Instead, put a shovelful or
maybe two in the center of the frepot, thus leav-
ing room for the air to pass up around it in a
ring close to the sides of the furnace. This keeps
the heat up, moderately, all through the night.
By about four O'Clock in the morning, this dust
begins to take fire. 1t is generally pure coal.
When it starts to burn it makes very hot fire.
Thus, the house is comfortable at breakfast time
and there is the best of foundations for a new fire
for the day. | vastly prefer coal dust to ashes
as a means of banking the fire."
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
SAVE FUEL BY LETTING MOISTURE
HEAT YOUR HOME

Mr.. George H. Gushing, writing in the Review
Of ReVie70s, gives some points on "How to
Economic Coal in Your Own Home"
Mr.. Gushing claims that he has tried out all
the suggestions he makes and therefore knows
them to be of practical value. He believes that
if every householder will follow the methods he
has outlined it will result in decided saving of
fuel, especially in the Great Lakes region.
He brings the issue home to us by stating that
Chicago has the reputation of having bad eli
mate, but adds:
"The plain facts are that, as compared with
Cincinnati, ST. Louis and Philadelphia, Chcago's
temperature winter and summer is, on the aver
age, from four to six degrees lower than that of
surrounding cities. Yet in winter Chicago seems
colder than other places. In summer it seems
hotter, but is not according to the thermometer
The point of difference between the testimony of
the senses and readings of the thermometer is
that Chicago air is humid Always the Lake
humidiies the air to the point of near saturation
1t is, to borrow threadbare phrase, Not so
much the heat as it is the humidity"
Mr.. Gushing therefore draws the deduction
that if we keep the air in our living rooms at a
certain degree of moisture we can be as com
Portable with the thermometer at sixty-four de-
grees as we would be with it at seventy, and the
air dry. sas.r OIL
He cites the instance of family which moved
to Chicago, who were constantly bothered with
colds in winter. The head of the house, being
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28

of scientific turn of mind, investigated the mat
ter and found that the air in their living rooms
was very dry. To counterfeit this, he attached
to the back of his radiators copper pans filled
with water and with wicks extending upward
into the air He soon discovered that the air
absorbed more than a quart of water per day.
He also noticed that the house became uncom-
fortably warm, and that the tendency to colds
disappeared.
Mr.. Gushing cites the testimony Of experts,
that houses should be heated to only sixty-four
degrees, and if the air is properly moistened the
effect of that temperature will be the same as a
dry heat of seventy or seventy-two.
In outlining his methods, he says:
The question is as to how to get that humid
ity. For house heating, there are but four heat
ing systems-hot air (arising from the use of
furnaces stoves or open grates) hot water,
steam, and vapor systems.
"When house is heated by stove, pan
containing water should always be on top of the
stove.
when house is heated by hot air furnace,
a pan containing water should always be in the
drum where the evaporated water can pass up
with the heated air through the registers.
"When the house is heated with hot water
plant, pan containing water with wicks which
extend upward into the air should be hung on
the back of every radiator
"When heating with either steam or vapor,
there is a valve made which can be attached to
the radiator to spray vapor always into the air.
"The evaporation of water should never be
less than one quart per room per day. Arrange
ments should be made for evaporating if neces-
sary, as much as four quarts per room per day,
although that is extreme. Such excessive
amounts are necessary only when the air is al
lowed to enter the room co1d-say through an
opening Of the bottom Of the window and when
the foul air is allowed to pass out at the top
say through an opening at the top Of the window.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
A Coal Saving Of One-third

"The question which will arise instantly in the
practical mind of the householder is: What do
gain by all this violent changing of conditions
in my house? This is going to amount to a
revolution at home. It is going to be bothersome
and perhaps costly to rearrange my air supply
and to humidity my house. What do save by
it ALL?
"My answer is: About one-third of the coal
you now burn to keep your house hot, though
dry.
Reduced to concrete terms it means: If you
have been using twelve tons of anthracite at So
ton, you can get along with eight tons and thus
save $32 next winter. Or, if you have been us
ing fourteen tons of bitumnous or soft coal at
So a ton, you could get along with ten tons and
save $24 next winter. The cost of installing
the most costly humidihers in house of the in
Dictated size, would not exceed $40. Once in
stalled, they would last for years. It is good
investment to humidity the air, paying 200 per
cent at least in cash. Besides, it saves coal
which the world needs. M
:" The reason say that one-third Of the coal
can easily be saved is because have done it.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28

have seen others do it. The whole thing is the
result of the use Of but little common sense
applied to house heating It merely makes water
warm you- and water is cheap-instead of burn
ing coal to do it-when coal is expensive
TO prove that to raise the temperature so
little as five degrees is COSTLY needs strong sup
porting data. We all know that it is easier to
walk than to run, or to travel light than to carry
load That is so because we are built that way.
The same is true of a furnace It uses less coal
to it at the rate it was intended to run than
at much higher rate.
THE fact about most house furnaces is, TN
fortunately, that they were installed with the
idea that they would heat the house easily when
the outside temperature stood at twenty degrees.
The furnace builder attached draft acce1erating
devces-such as draft slides-to allow the fire
to be forced to heat the house when the outside
temperature stood at zero or below. Forcing
furnace in this way is the to it as it would
be to us to or to carry load 1t is obvious,
then, that most house-heating plants have been
installed according to an entirely wrong theory.
They presuppose that during protracted cold
spells, coal shall be consumed at wasteful rate.
They should, of course, have been big enough to
heat the house easily when the outside temper
ature was at zero or below. If they were that
large, the house owner could slow them down.
by leaving ashes on the grate by closing the
damper; or by opening the check damper-when
less heat was required because the outside tenn
perature was higher.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
SOFT COAL MUST BE BURNED UNTIL
CHRISTMAS

Raymond E. Durham, Fuel Administrator for
the State of Illinois, has announced that no
hard coal may be delivered until after October
90 Soft coal must be burned in all furnaces un-
til Christmas, and, even after October 20, hard
coal may not be delivered to any consumer who
has not stored soft coal sufficient to last him
until the required date.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Those desiring sugar for canning purposes
should call at the office of the Food Admins
traitor in the Administration Building between
200 and 100 o'clock, p. M Sugar certificates
will not be issued at any other time during the
day.
O. W. FARLEY,
Local Food Administrator
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-28
GREATEST TAX BILL IN HISTORY OF
WORLD PASSES HOUSE

The $751; 100000 war revenue bill-the larg-
est tax measure in the history Of the world-was
passed by the national House Of Representatives,
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
LICENSES FOR FARM
EQUIPMENT RETAILERS

The Department Of Agriculture
has received many inquiries from
retailers dealing In farm implements,
asking II they are required to OBJ
tain Q license as result Of Presi-
dent Wilson's recent proclamation
establishing a licensing system for
the farm equipment trade. Officinls
Of the Department Of Agriculture
say that II the business is retail ex-
ciusivcly. and the gross annual sales
(tncluding all lines of merchandise ms
well ~ farm equipment) do not ex-
coed 100000, n Federal license Ia
not required. However. II the gro.r
annual sales AS retailer exceed
100000, n license is required md
the necessary application blanks
should be obtained Immediately bv
applying to the Department NJ Agri.
culture or the License Division Of
the United Stntes Food Administer
ton, Washington, D. C,
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
ARMADA TOWN BOARD
IN REGULAR SESSION

The, Town Board Of Arvada had
its regular meeting Monday night
with all members present and little
work to do aside from allowing the
bills for the month.
In response to 4 communication
from the State Firemen's Association
requesting that the Arvada Fire
Department send q delegation to
CeorRetwon for the three day meet
and tournament. the Board voted
unanimously to allow the Fire De-
partment $500 to dcfrny expenses.
The boys are taking great interest
In the volunteer Fire Department
and tho present Board believes that
they should he encouraged and given
opportunity to learn new phases Of
fighting fires. etc.
The contract for cleaning the wa
ter tank inside and giving II n thoro
painting inside and out was let 10
the same c0rnpnny. which did the
work before. the acceptance Of the
contract being received and rend by
the clerk. Tho contract price II $40.
The work will be done ns soon ~
the company has Rnny OF men
working In this part Of the state.
which will DO In the near future. Tho
paint has already arrived.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
PARENTS WARNED BY U. 8.
AGAINST FAKE TELECRAMs

The war department has issued
general warning oginst the swindling
Of parents Of soldiers thru fake tele-
grams. Be sure that the telegram
you receive Is from your own boy
and not from some schemer, The
warning follows:
It IL believed that publicity should
be given to the following described
swindle, which is being perpetrated
sufSsssfully upon the parents of
soIdtc1 In various camps.
A telegram is sent informing that
the soldier has furglough and re-
questing funds by wire to come home.
waving Identification. The rest Il
mere matter Of detail. III
Parents and friends should he
warned Of this game and Of the
9pt1lAe one whore the esleIrpphic
request Is to mail monye to the SOL
dters care general delivery.
respectfully,
r. H. DENMAN,
Colonel, General Staff.
Chief Military Intelligence Bureau,
Executive Division.
BY w. C. SMILEY,
Captain, National Army.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE
COUNTY TICKET MONDAY

The Republican organization Of
Jefferson county met in assembly at
Golden Monday afternoon at
o'clock and put ticket in the field
for the primaries in September.
There had been slight intima.
ton that the organization might de-
eide to rescind the resolution adopt
ed a few years ago regarding the
ent incumbents, Bond, Lawrence and
Newcomb, treasurer, clerk and as
SCISSOR respectively. But after due de-
alterations this plan was abandoned
and the ticket was nominated with.
out contest as follows:
Observation-Disclosures Hall, Lake
wood;
Clerk-Frank N. Felch. Wheat.
ridge;
Treasurer-Guy Juchem, Arvada
Sheriff-Albert E. Jones, Golden
present incumbent.
Assessor-Jacob Klein, Golden;
Superintendent of Schools-Mrs.
Myrtle Combs;
Commissioner-R. L. Downs;
Coroner-Wm. Woods;
Surveyor-Mr. Wright.
The judicial delegates were in
structed for VIM. G. Smith.
John F. Vivian, state chairman,
and former Republican boss Of the
county. was on hand and in confer
ence with selected few prior to the
meeting Of the assembly and
everything went on strictly accord
ing to Hoyle, We understand.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
HUSBAND ~. WIFE

Judge H. H. Gregg was aroused
from his slumbers about 80 MoA.
day morning and requested to ~
to the Town hall to issue warrnrt
for Mrs. Eva Nicoll. charging he.
with stealing her husbands aut,,-
mobile from the White City park
He issued the warrant and retired
to be disturbed by constable Boeh.
mer, who announced that he had
captured the auto thief and had her
In custody.
A preliminary hearing was given
Monday about 10 80 when ths> hug
band. Chas. Nicolls. Of East Deayss,
the complaining witness. and THE
check man at the White City appear.
ed. Inasmuch ~ the Nicolls' nre no,
divorced and there Is re- statrfs
covering the case, the case was dis
missed.
Mrs. Nieolls was rather cute in
the way she got away with the car
which her husband had checked
0Ae got some man to crank Il fos
her and when the check man cama
up she told him she had only stop
ned for few moments, and not nee
Ing anyone to yet check from
she had no check, but paid him the
Is cents In lieu Of the check and
was allowed to depart.
District attorney johnson WAS In
charge Of the case.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
STOP. LOOK. AND LISTEN

Stop! Recall how the brave Rus
sian armies were defeated for lack
Of guns. munitions. and supplies. The
Germans laughed at the Russian
Governments failure to stand by il
fighting men. Let them have no
such mirth at our expense! Give our
Government the support Of our peo-
pie, our resources. and our money.
20 that Il can arm. equip, supply.
and maintain our fighting men ut
the very highest point Of efficiency.
Look At the war map and see what
absolute devotion Of . nations re-
sources to military purposes has &C.
complished for the enemy! Increase
production and lend money to the
United States. no that our support
Of our fighting forces will equal
II not surpass that Of Germany! II
10 Better 10 spend our money that
wsv than In paying Germany's bills.
Listen to the call Of duty and pat
riotism. and economize! Do your ut
most In every way to win the war
BY Increased production, BY decreas-
cd consumption. and by lending to
the Government. Let nonessentials
20; make sacrifices! How little and
innocent they are compared with the
ereat purpose they help to attain !
How we'll worth making they will
appear when our troops come home
Observation-Disclosures by their own
courage and ability. backed by the
unselfish whole. hearted support Of
their Nation.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
BOULDER BOY
DROWNED At LAKESIDE

Earl Coahlcy, II years old, ron
Of Edw. Coahiev Of Boulder, was
drowned In the lake Mt tho Lakeside
Park about 4:3O, July 4th. Tho body
was recovered In very short time,
and vain efforts were made to re-
store life. He was taken to Col
den and after word had been re-
ceived from the boys father, who
came to Golden, was shipped 10 Boul.
der for burial.
Young Coahisy, In company with
George Cotton. son Of Ralph Cot
tom Of BOULDER. had gone 70 Lake
side to celebrate the 9TH and decided
TO 20 In the lake bathing.
Each were floating Sabout on
plants and Coahsly is supported to
have either taken cramps or for
some reason slipped off the raft
into deep water. and before help
could resch him was drowned.
Tho occurrence was \ peculiarly
sad ending to perfect day for the
parents and for many Of the fnmily's
friends In Boulder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton were spend
ing the Fourth with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Cotton, when the news rcsch-
ed them Of the tragedy. George Cot
ton came out to Mr.. Burton's that
evening and was greatly overcome
with grief 1t tho sudden loss Of his
chum.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-07-11
SIX CENT FARES ON
TkAMN1AYS UP TO WILSON

Washington, July 8. - The presi-
dent has before him recommended
tons OF the war labor board, which
II carried out, and everyone expects
that he will okeh them, will probably
mean a Scent minimum street car
fare for American cities.
The recommendations are the re-
suit of the recent hearing by Joint
Chairman w. H. Taft and Frank p.
Walsh of the board in the applica-
ton of street car men from more
than twenty cities in the country for
increased wages. The cities include
Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and
Newark, N. j.
The representatives of the men
Ana the companies involved agreed
VIII the board during the hearings
that is was financially impossible for
the companies to pay the wage in
creases ut their present rates of
fare and the board agreed to make
recommendations to the president for
the financial relief of the companies
before it ordered the wages raised.
Inc companies conceded tath the
men were undergrad and should have
more money.
Attorneys for the men and the
companies gave the board a legal
opinion that the president. and the
authority to order increases In fares
under present war conditions and
It was indicated by the board that it
accepted the opinion as correct and
would recommend to the president
the appointment of street railroad
admin:trator who should examine the
financial conditions of tho various
companies and determine just what
fare would be reasonable.