The Tomahawk., 1918-01-31

she is sentenced to fine of 1 mark
and one days imprisonment
"The husband of the culprit has been
for three years at the front, she her
self has four small children to support
in the direst poverty. Similar reports
of punishment should be reported In
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy I'M
derstands how to employ this period
of shortage of wood and coal on a
large scale for the benefit Of the treas
ury."
In a bulletin on the employment Of
women In the storage and warehouslng
depots Of the United States army Is
the following:
1.-THE census Of 1910 reported that Of
every 100 men and boys ten years OF
age and over, only 10 were not gain
fully employed. This group OF 10 In
Guided old men not able to work, chill
dren too young to work, the sick and
handicapped, and men in schools and
colleges.
Assuming that 5OO,C0O of the num-
Der called by the selective-service law
have had some form of gainful employ
ment, we may estimate that one out OF
every 60 men in the industries and
professions of the country has been
called into military service, while an
other in every GO has voluntarily join
ed the forces of the army or navy.
Thus, about 3 per cent Of the gainfully
employed men have been taken out or
their occupations"
The largest shoe factories In Italy
have started manufacturing the nation
al standard shoes, using leather sup
piled by the ministry Of industry, COM
merce, and labor. The standard types
we're established by the central shoe
committee in Rome, but every factory
is making little notifications accord
ing to it's means and system OF manu-
featuring.
The government is organizing sys-
TENS Of sale of shoes to the public.
They provide for the opening OF stores
in the principal italian cities. to be
engaged exclusively in the sale OF ma
tional shoes and to be controlled by
the government authorities. IT. is like
ly that buyers will have to obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup"
piled with an adequate number OF
shoes and will be granted reason
able commission.
u,, ,,, ,,6 rovv coynmicSion on
training camp activities, in addition to
the work being done in army camps
and cantonments, now has its repre-
sentatives in every training station OF
the navy and at every place where en-
listed men are preparing for sea serv-
| ice.
| There are SO clubs for sailors at
| camps and in adjacent cities. There
are reading and writing rooms, assem-
bly halls, and some of the cities have
arrangements for athletics, swimming
POOLS and gymnasiums. In the IL
camps there are given each week 81
| entertainments ranging from profes'
sional performances, lectures, and ex'
hibitions, to club nights and weekly
dances.
More than 10000 books have been
furnished ships and stations by the
American Library association. The Y
NJ, G. A. has AZ buildings and tents n
the various camps.
According to the bureau Of labor sta
tistics Of the department OF labor, II
the year from November IS, 1916, tt
November Is, 1917, prices Of food as
whole advanced % per cent. Potatoes
is the only article that shows decline
in price. Cornmeal advanced 81 pc
cent; bacon, G. per cent; pork chops
4s per cent beans. 80 per cent; sal
mon, 80 per cent; milk, 80 per cent
and lard. q per cent.
Food as whole was 48 per cen
higher on November Is. 1917, than OF
November Is, 1913. and 46 per cen
higher than on November Is, 1914
During this four-year period cornmea
advanced 1877 per cent; flour, 100 pc
cent lard, 1O4 per cent bacon. II pc
cent sugar. Is per cent; and potatoes
- per cent. No article declined Il
price.
Examination of the records of 1000
men passed for military service by lc
cal boards and then rejected by cam
surgeons show that nearly % per cen
of the final reflections were caused b
defective eyes.
Teeth were responsible for $50 pc
cent hernia, TAT per cent; ear. 5.94 pc
cent; heart disease, 5S7 per cent t.
L. berculosis. 5.37 per cent.
Attempts to evade military duty b
deception regarding physical conditto
were very few.
; The year of 1917 established ne
: high production records for corn. oat
rye. white and sweet potatoes toba
co. beans, and onions. w
r Arrangements have been made 4
2 some relaxation OF the restrictions
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