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have been trained in canteen work, to give first aid to the injured, in home hygiene, dietetics, and infant care, in manner to render them capable of performing such duties as a meas ure of home relief, which will be of real value when the majority of trained nurses have gone abroad.
 In cooperation with the Depart ment of Agriculture and the Food the Girl Scouts have taken up the study of home econom- ics in the most whole-hearted man ner with the result that in some cities they are employed to assist the Gov ernment's trained instructors in their demonstrations in the making of Vic tory breads, in the uses of substitutes for meat, sugar and fat and in war emergency generally.
 Flag From Mrs. Wilson.
 The Girl Scout organizations are linking up with the States Relations Service of the Department of Agri- culture in the 1atter's Boys and Girls Club Work, and are raising gardens, COlA, CIiiSheAS anu P1So as d A1dleiIdi addition to the food supply of the nation. In their canning clubs they are cooperating with the Govern ments youthful workers for national conservation. In the Treasury de- partment the work of Girl Scouts is recognized as a valuable factor. The first and second Liberty Loans had most efficient helD from them and the Womans National Liberty Loan Committee looks to their Girl Scout allies with confidence in their ability to bring in rich returns on the third Liberty Loan. In recognition of theil efforts in this direction Secretary Nc Adoo will present the Girl Scouts the same service medal for achieve
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test.
 After a girl is a second class scout she becomes eligible for proficiency tests, and works for the proficiency badges, of which there are approxi- mately forty. These she attaches in picturesque manner to the sleeve of her khaki blouse in the order of their attainment. Among the subjects for which she may strive to obtain the proficiency badge are, first aid, art, athletics, automobile driving, avia- ton, bird lore, boating, child-nursing, cooking, civics, public health, horse manship, housekeeping, laundry, lan guages, music, craftsmanship, nat ura1 history, photography, signalling, telegraphy, writing and swimming. "A fair number of proficiency badges on a girls sleeve implies a liberal education" remarked an official of the organization, in referring to the scope of the subjects taught.
 The Golden Eaglet. ;
 The golden eaglet is tLe highest honor attainabIe by a Girl Scout, and to gain this the Girl Scout must take fourteen of seventeen required badges. But three American girls have gained this distinction of wear ing the golden eaglet. A fourth is to receive it this month.
 Della Damon, of New Bedford, Mass, was the first Girl Scout to re- ceive the beautiful gold insignia of highest honor. This was awarded for the attainment of twenty merit badges, and was pinned upon the khaki costume at a special ceremony. by Miss Agnes Baden-Powell, director of the Girl Guides of England. Eleanor Putzki, of Washington, D. C.. was the second Girl Scout to receive the honor, bestowed last year by the honorary president, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Eleanor McWhinney, a, Massachusetts Girl Scout, received the third golden eaglet, and the fourth is to be presented to Edna Ruth Col- man, of Washington, D. C., the daugn- ter of Mrs. Edna May Colman, Di. rector of the Girl Scouts of the Dis trict of Columbia.
 The expense attached to Girl Scout membership is normal, the only abso- lutely necessary expense for the in dividual Scout being the annual reg istration fee of 25 cents. The uni forms may be purchased from the organization or the simple khaki dress may be made by the girl herself. ac- cording to an official pattern.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-27
Germany's piratical submarines.

Germany's piratical submarines.
 Steel ships are perhaps preferable to all others on account of the feeling of safety which one has when travel ing aboard them, although a well aimed torpedo will send them to the bottom with as much ease as it does wooden ship. They are, however, longer in the making and haste is a great item in the present need of ships and still more ships. Then too they are more expensive than their wooden sisters.
 Standardization"
 One of the greatest helps in the ship building programme is what is called Standardization" or "Fabrica- tion'-that is that certain ship yards build vessels of certain sizes only, and certain factories prepare the material for each yard.
 In the old days when one visited a ship yard vessels of various kinds and sizes were found on the ways and iron and steel in all shapes was scat tered about the yard. Today all this is changed and you will find $500 ton carriers being built at one yard, 5000 ton carriers at another and 1000 and 5000 and 5000 and 12,000 at others. Before the work of Stand ardization" was completed model ships were built and tested and then taken apart and these parts were then sent to different fabricating factories. The output of these shops was then communicated by the Government. Consequently only about IS per cent of the actual work of ship building is done in the yards, while S2 per cent is done in the ,fabricating shops. The benefits as to workmanship and speed are incalculable and if all goes well by the end of 1918 the United States will have built S,OO0,OOO tons of ships be sides the 2,ooO,O0O tons comman deered. One hundred and fifty shir yards are busy turning out ships tc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-27

ment as is being awarded the Boy Scouts. As further stimulus to su- preme action in this cause there re- in New York a beautiful white silk flag, the gift of Mrs. Woodrow Will son, honorary President of the order, to be presented with personal mes sage from the donor to the Girl Scout troop in the United States which gives the best service to the third Liberty Loan. A flag is also to be given in each Federal Reserve district to the troop which sells the greatest num- Der of bonds in that district. It is not the amount of the bonds that will to different persons or in different homes.
 In the Bureau of Education the Girl Scouts are performing distinct war service in connection with the Americanization of aliens, Their mission in this connection is to make foreign children who come within their influence substitute English words and sentences for those in foreign language. With the Depart ment of Labor the Girl Scouts are cooperating to the extent of assisting jobless men and women to the bu- reaus of that department in the vari- ous cities which seek to fit each man and each woman to his and her right place in the national service of to- day.
 Enthusiastic Gardeners.
 The Girl Scouts all over the coun- try accomplished splendid things in emergency garden work last season, and canned and dried their products with enthusiasm and skill which will stand them in good stead this season when the need for food production and conservation is more than ever pressing. In Washington, where many women of the official and social circle have allied themselves with the Girl l Scout movement as a definite and valuable war .endeavor, the garden work for the coming summer has
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This Fine Organizationls
 Active In Many Direc- lions, Icluding Red Cross Work, Home Economics, Garden Work, Canning Clubs, Helping the Alien, llingLibertyB yBonds,e etc.
Copyright, 1918, by The International
 Syndicate.

ND ACK OF THE FIRST, and back EM of the second. and still farther
 back, behind the third line of ~ defense, is another line, which for over year has been slowly but steadily and very thoroughly prepar- ing to do its part in behalf of victory in the great war for liberty. This line represents the boys and girls of the nation, organized as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, eagerly watchful for op- portunity for helpfulness, alert to perform the good deed, the right ac- tion in a trained and efficient manner.
 There are now well over one hun dred thousand girl scouts in America, a fifth of the world supply. Some of these girls will be the wives of the men who today are in the front line trenches, and their war work today should be, as it is the aim of the organization that it may be, "Wom- ans work cut down to girl size"
 In All Fields.
 There is scarcely an avenue of war work which has not been entered by the Girl Scouts of today. In the Red Cross service they have knitted and sewed and rolled bandages for the fighting men under the sacred in signia. For the same service they
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
LITTLE FELLOW WOULD
GO BACK HOME
Thirteen Year Old Edwin Miller Tells
Police He Stole Money at Home
in Pennsylvania

The wild, wild world is not nearly
as allpring to Edwin Miller, thirteen
years old and resident of Williams
port, Pa, as it was 8. fortnight ago and
the small boy repressed a sob at the
police station today when he teld the
police that he wanted to go back home
He also told the officers that he had
stolen fOrty-seven dollars from his
uncle, Jacob Miller, of the eastern city
and that he was willing to go back and
face charge of larceny. Miller left
his home fortnight ago and he had
been in Waukegan where he was held
at the jail for nearly week and then
the officers here sent him on to Keno
sha. The local officers are making an
effort to get into touch with the rela-
tives of the boy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
WILL MEET AT RHINELANDER.
Kenosha Urged to Send Delegates to
Annual Meeting Of Municipal
League in August.

Kenosha has been urged to send a
complete delegation to the annual con-
vention of the League Of Wisconsin
Municipalities, which convenes at
Rhinelander ON Aug. IA, Is and l6 for
the reason that this year, of all years,
is one in which city officials have many
things in common and are confronted
with numerous problems as result
or war conditions. Notice Of the con-
vention and an appeal for complete
delegation came today from the Sec
rotary who said that the program this
year would be largely one which
would appeal to the delegates from the
smaller and the medium-sized cities
of the state. That announcement will
not come to the city of Milwaukee
with much pleasure as the delegates
from that city, when the convention
met in Racine last year, were displeased
with the way the Racine sessions were
conducted. The Milwaukee officials
feel that they are not in their class
and that subjects of no value to them
are taken up and discussed. It is be-
lieved that the Milwaukee delegation
this year will be exceedingly slim, and
it is possible that Milwaukee will not
be represented at all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
ENGAGEMENT RING AND THE
WAR.

The engaged girl flashed her ring.
"But just how do they use platinum in
the ware" she asked.
A good many girls are asking that
question these days. They hear of the
war demands ON the platinum supply.
They know that the war has sent The
price sky-high. Platinum rings are get
ting as scarce as hen s teeth. Just WHY'S
The answer is that our troops do not
shoot it from their guns, but they must
have it to fire them. Every branch
of the service, from the Artillery to the
Signal Corps, from the submarines to
the hospitals, depends upon this white
metal for some part of its efficiency.
Our chief source has been the Rus
sian mines They are now under Ger
man control. We are securing our pres
emit stock from Colombia. But Colon
bia 5 annual output is 10000 ounces,
while our normal prewar consumption
was $4,000 ounces
The War Industries Board is trying
to meet the deficiency in deriving plati-
mum from unnecessary uses to war in
dustries. 1t commanders such supplies
wherever it can find them, to turn over
to the war workers. A new typewriter
list of platinum to be commandeered
measures some two yards in length.
While the Government works to se-
cure platinum for the war, volunteer
organization has started campaign
to eliminate the use of it in jewelry.
This is the Woman s National League
for the Conservation of Platinum.
Only years ago this metal was dis
covered. Today chemists, engineers,
and host of others have added their
voices to the cry. They declare that
platinum viii win the war
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
OFF TO PICK
STATE CANDIDATES
Leading Kenosha Democrats Attend
State Conferences in Milwaukee
This Afternoon.

Kenosha Democratic leaders went Is
Milwaukee this morning to have part
In the state wide conference at which
nominations of candidates for state
offices are to be provided for. The dele
cation was not as large as was expect
ed and in the delegation there were
but four men-Andrew F. StahI, John
G. Slater, John r. Langan and James
German. It was expected that other
men who had been named as delegates
would be In Milwaukee in time fer the
voting this afternoon but the local
Democrats did not show interest In the
convention that had been expected.
The plan outlined by the state CEN
trail committee in calling the confer
ence provided for the nomination of
candidates for all places on the state
ticket. 81. A. Moelenpath of Clinton
and John F. Roemer of Milwaukee, are
mentioned for the Office of governor,
and it was expected that the main bat
tie of the convention would be be-
tween the friends of these two candi.
dates. It is possible that some
Kenosha man will be named for one
of the minor state Offices.
It is, understood that the organiza-
ton of the party viii give loyal sup
port to the candidates named at the
conference and have charge of the ear
culation of petitions for them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
PICNIC INDOORS.

The Congregational manse was the
scene of very happy gathering Tues
day evening when the Kandoo girls
and guests gathered there instead of
going to the beach. Threatening
showers turned the pleasure seekers to
the home of their pastor and his wife.
The picnic supper was enjoyed fully
as much within the hospitable rooms
as by the tapping waves of old Lake
Michigan and the evening passed
pleasantly with games and stunts. This
was the last regular meeting Of the
club, till fall, although the Red Cross
work carried on by the members will
be continued in their homes and at the
Red Cross rooms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
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Bits From ''OUey There" D
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Nelson Of Evergreen street, was can
eelled at the eleventh hour. He writes
the following letter from an eastern
port where he is waiting to embark ON
his seventh trip across the high seas:
cit has been an awfully long time
since heard from you. "a sailor does
net receive his mail as regularly as a
soldier does How are you all I
know I don't write often, but we are
only here five or six days and we are
SO busy that I don t ct time to write.
] came very near coming home for the
Fourth, but for some reason all the
furloughs were cancelled until August.
IN just wild to come home, if only
for two days. I had my clothes all
packed and everything. I'll come in
August or September if Z have to get
transferred to another ship to do so.
I have made six trips now. I saw a
submarine on my last trip, but we soon
got rid Of it. Am getting along fine.
I am a first class petty officer now and
my working days are all over. I just
have to see that the work is done and
done right. Tell all my friends that I
viii always think Of them. But do
they ever think of US boys in blue
You hear so much about soldier but
never word about the sailor. Just
remember that we take the soldiers over
there and will bring him back to you.
We don't want any praise or anything
like that, but just think of US once in
while and please give us a prayer. "
TIT
Corporal Raymond S. Goshen, who is
serving with the 1o7th Field Signal
Battalion somewhere in France, writes
an interesting letter to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Goshen Of Ridge
street. Part of it is as follows:
HThere is one nice thing about our
camp life over here. We don It have
to answer any bugle calls any more.
If we sleep too long we miss our meals,
that's all. Believe me we don't miss
any meals by long shot. We'd rather
miss two hours sleep than one of the
meals we get here. They sure are great.
Whenever we have any travelling to
do by auto trucks, we do it in the Nash
Quad and believe me it gets there with
out any hesitation. Every time I see
our truck it reminds me Of when I
used to make those infernel gears for
them. AS long as we use that truck
I will not be apt to forget about home.
I have seen the Quad pull more than
one of the other trucks cut of the ruts
so you see it is still holding its good
reputation. The country around here
Is very pretty with its rolling hills and
mountains on either side of us. It sure
is a pretty sight to see the blood red
sun set Ia the distance, disappearing
behind a range of mountains. We
have a FY' here In our town and
they have a good supply of tobacco on
haza naost of thu timA.s
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
MORE PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH.
Mysterious Strangers" Are Seen in
Pews on Sunday Morning and Librar-
les Have Larger Patronage as Re-
suit Of Readjusted Conditions.

That Sunday closing of saloons in
Kenosha is. bringing joy to the hearts of
mothers in lot of cities of the coun-
try is the declaration of the Kenosha
post office and it is backed up by some
interesting statistics which have been
made or the two Monday mornings
which have followed the closed saloons
on Sunday in Kenosha. Mail boxes
have been found bullying out with let
tiers and it is declared that most of
these letters are letters sent by men
working in Kenosha back to the old
home--somewhere In Indiana, some
where in Iowa-somewhere in Italy and
somewhere in pretty nearly every other
place in the world except Germany
and her allies.
The great increase in the number of
letters mailed on Sunday was noted on
the first Monday after the saloons were
closed, Last Monday the increase in
the mail picked up in all parts of the
city was even more increased. edo
you know that closing The saloons in
KenOsha means revenue for the Gov
ernment,' - said one of the mail men.
My collections are double what they
used to be on Sunday and I know by
the appearance of the letters that a lot
Of boys who used to spend the Sunday
mornings and afternoons and probably
the evenings in the saloons discussing
the war are spending some of them now
writing home to mother and sister and
other relatives. They just never had
time to do it before. It is consider
able increase in the revenue of the
post office department and while it
may not be reflected in the annual re-
ports / am willing to bet that a lot of
mothers who hadn't heard from the
boys in some time have heard from
them the last two weeks. We are in
terested to see how long this increase
in Monday collections will keep up"
Churches have not reached the place
where they claim decided increase in
the Sunday morning or Sunday evening
service on account of the closed saloon
but it is admitted that lot of mys-
ferrous strangers" have been dropping
into the church pews on Sunday morn
ing. More people are using the library
on Sunday than ever before.
Of course it is admitted that it is GO
ing to take time for men to work out
o new program for their lives on one
day in the week, but a lot of people
are finding new and different ways to
spend a Sunday holiday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
VALPARAISO SOLDIERS
TO LEAVE ON MONDAY
Local Board Gets Orders to Entrain
Ten Men for Educational Train
ing at Indiana College.

The local exemption board for the
city this morning received formal
orders for the entrainment of quota
of volunteers from Kenosha to Val
paraiso, Ind, and the men will leave
over the North Western road Just be-
fore noon on next Wednesday morn
ing. Luncheon will be served in the
diner on the way to Chicago and they
will leave Chicago early in the after
noon for the university town in Indiana
reaching that city at 4:55 P. NJ.
The quota from Kenosha is ten men.
These men will be trained for service
at Valparaiso University with view
of fitting them for special service in
France at an early date.
It is understood that the new order
of the department providing that men
have six weeks training in this
country before being sent to France,
will not apply to men called for special
training and the ten Kenosha men
who offered themselves for this serS-
ice will probably be sent to France at
an early date.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
BIG DoINGs TONIGHT.
Boy Scouts Will Have Camp Fire on
the Beach and Have Great Time
Including Elaborate Spread.


Including Elaborate Spread.
Eats and plenty of them will be the
big stunt at the Boy Scouts camp fire
on the beach this evening. Aside from
this no regular program has been ar
ranged although there will be a very
interesting program consisting mostly
of amusements. But each troop is fur
nishing its part of the program and
the stunts each will pull off have not
been reported to the others nor to the
general headquarters.
One hundred and twenty-five Scouts
will leave Library park at 6 O'Clock
this evening and march down to the
beach and arrive there about $50.
From that time on there will be some
thing doing every minute until time
to break camp and come home.
Scout Earl McCarron will not be able
to enjoy the festivities with his fellow
scouts this evening on account of be-
ing confined as results of an operation
on his throat which was performed at
the hospital few days ago. How
ever, the operation was successful and
ne will be out in short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
RANDALL MEETING
AT EAGLES HALL
Patriotic Love Feast to Endorse Can
didacy of Kenosha Man Prom
Uses to Draw Big Crowd.

National loyalty coupled with home
town patriotism are expected to be
much in evidence at Eagle IS Hall this
evening when the campaign of Judge
G. E. Randall for the Office of member
of Congress in the first Wisconsin dis
trict, is to be formally launched. There
will be no political lines drawn and
the meeting is going to be in he nature
of home town recognition of Judge
Randall. Many prominent men are
coming in from all parts of the county
to attend the meeting. Loyalty to the
nation is to be the keynote for the
evening and it is expected that Judge
Randall will deliver short address
outlining his campaign and telling the
people what he stands for. The meet
ing is scheduled for eight O'Clock and
all people of the city and county
will be welcome.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-11
ORGANIZE TA11oRs ASSOCIATION

Twenty-Five Kenosha merchant tail
ors met at the shop of Louis Eichelman,
Tuesday night to organize an associa-
tion for the purpose of advancing the
prices for cleaning and repairing. The
following were elected officers of the
new organization. Pres. Louis M.
Eiehelman, Vice-Pres. J. o. Hylen, Sec.
and Treas. W. D. Richards. Further
announcements regarding the advance
in prices will be made later.