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WILL CITE EMPLOYERS

given. signed by Secretary Baker of
the war department. Secretary Dan
iels of the navy department. and by
Colonel Woods. representing the war
and navy departments. The certifi-
cate. which is headed "War and Navy
Departments. United States of Amer
ica," reads:
"This certifies that - has assured
the war and navy departments that
he will gladly re-employ everybody who
formerly worked with him and left to
serve in the army or navy during the
great war. (Signed) Newton D. Baker.
Secretary of War; JOsephus Daniels.
Secretary Of the Navy: Arthur Woods,
Assistant to the Secretary of War;"
In addition to the certificate. the
council of national defense, consisting
Of the secretary of war. the secre-
tary of the navy, the secretary of In.
Dor, the secretary Of the interior, the
secretary Of commerce and the secre-
tary Of agriculture. will authorize the
holder to display on his service Tag
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in the mess halls. military formations
and general gatherings Of the men.
Instruction except in the elementary
classes was given in English.
Made Good Progress.
Within three months men who could
entered the battalion became suffi-
GENTLY proficient in military English
to fulfill the ordinary functions Of
soldiers both in organization and on
separate missions. In addition prac-
tically all Of the recruits proved their
spirit of Americanism by becoming
citizens.
The recruits upon being accepted
for the new center will be classified
according to their knowledge Of Eng
fish and assigned to battalions accord
ingly. A school Of instruction of the
illiterate and notwithstanding re-
cruits is being established. The
course of instruction will be normally
four months. or six months in eXceT
tional cases. The men will be classed
in groups Of Is to 20 and will be grad
ed according to the progress shown.
A board of examiners will examine
the recruits for classification and pre-.
pare suitable tests to determine the
rate of progress especially of slow
learning men and the reasons for their
backwardness. When the recruits
have developed sufficiently for assign.
ment Major Ferris will report them
to the adiutant general of the army
for disposition.
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Peace Army To
Be Au-American

of training and educating them at
tracted attention in Washington. In
the notification sent tn General Mich
olson by Maj. Gen. Henry .Jervey. as
>i>tant chief of staff. he said: Your
camp has been selected not only
because it is centrally located
but also because of the excel
lent results in connection with the
teaching of English that have been
obtained in development battalion No.
q. Camp Upton"
On August q. 1918. the Sixth devel-
cpment unit was organized and all
rockies who were illiterate or did not
speak English. except Il few who had
physical defects. We're transferred to
it. The teachers selected were pri-
Yates or noncommiSsionvd officers who
held university degrees or who We're
teachers in civil life. Race was not
considered in the choosing of officers.
II was soon proven that squads and
platoonS composed OF different nation
al1ie> received their military instruc-
lion as easily as if racial groups had
been organized for the purpose. Only
English was permitted To he spoken
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Antwerp 4ivens Up

AntWerp.-Antwerp appears to be
passing through Il process of resurrec-
,inn. although the tonnage handled
since the port was re0pened more than
three months ago represents what
would ordinarily come through this
port in one week during the days prior
to the war.
Ships now come struggling in. and
along the seven-mile water front the
winch is heard crcaking here and
there. and the vision in some Of the
great sheds is INSTRUCTED hy unpreten-
,i"n> stacks of bags of American rice
and ROWS of barrels Of Chicago pork.
aud there are foodSluifS. clothing and
manufactured articles, most of which.
however. Is for immediate Use.
The American commission IF relief
in Belgium had Il steamships in port
early in April and the American base
for supplying the American army Of
occupation in Germany WAS unloudin.
five others.
Shippn. men are anXiouSly awaitin.
the opening of the American base at
Contich. about two miles outside of
Antwerp on the MalineS road. Bar
racks are bcin. erected ut Contich for
the accommodation OF 2O.oM soldiers
at n time. This is expected to in
.iect IL little more life into Antwerp
port.
The ground picked out for the Amer
lean base is a vast plain, dry and well
irrigated. and the douShhoys will find
living and sanitary conditions there
much better than in other bases which
have achieved greater prestige.
The Americans have taken over
some of the piers where North Ger.
man Lloyd steamships formerly dock
cd. The early work was arduOus. rs
the piers were incumbered with gravel
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Daniel Is Fireproof.

Bristol, i'a.-Daniel Sweeney, Il
shipyard employee, is fireproof.
Sweeney Went 10 sleep in II clubhouse
with II lighted cigarette in his mouth
\ few minutes later some of his com.
panions noticed smoke issuing from
his room. Sweeney was found sleep.
ing peacefully With the bedding ahlaze
suffer Il burn. He was arrested and
held until he could pay FOR the cost
of the bed.
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Has Grand Little Scheme.

KcnoShn. WiS.-To make sure that
his wife was not away from home
with some one else. Fasmus Gedved,
street car conductor, is said to have
compelled her to ride miles and miles
on his car. That was not so bad. but
when he locked her up In the house
and marked the bottoms of her shoes
SO that he would be able to tell If
she left the place. she objected. Mrs,
Gedved was given a decree when she
told her troubles in the divorce court
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tl0trlQ Town
!4ktlglp sA
TREES FOR THE ROADSIDE
Western Journal Advocates the Plant.
ing Of Apple and Various Other
Kinds Of Fruits.

The example &C Il Minnesota village
which is planting rows of apple trees
along its roahsides instead of the more
conventional Lombarly poplars. Nor
way naples, box elders and white elms,
Is capable Of adoption to almost every
American community. The practice.
like good many others which now
commend themselves to favor. is the
result Of individual initiative. About
70 years ago. it seems, a retired min.
lister introduced fruit trees to the road
way, running through his own property.
The school district. seeing their value.
has now arranged for planting 25O
more apple trees of an approved va.
riety and has committed itself to care
FOL them. These are theoretically the
property Of the lot owner, but it Is u
safe guess that the public will harvest
Il good deal Of the crop.
1t is nevertheless pleasing custom.
and one which is not likely to liner.
fore seriously with the commercial side
OF fruit growing. The spring months
must be particularly beautiful in this
part Of Minnesota, to say nothing Of
the annually recurring harvest festival
every autumn. One would not begrudge
the passcr-by his share of the ripe
PONIES. and it is practically certain
that the privilege would not be great.
~ abused if planting Of this kind were
general. The experience of orchardists
in such regions. for illustration, rs the
great prune-growing belts of Oregon
and Washington shows that when GER
tain fruits become reasonably common
loss from pilfering Is negligible. But
part Of the value Of the roadside tree
would be the tacit invitation to share
in the product thereof.-POrtland Ore
CONAN.
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RESEMBLES OLD LOG CABIN
Remarkably Pretty Bungalow Fash.
Toned From Concrete, the Mod.
ern Building Material.

American pioneers have handed
down an affectionate regard for log
architecture, and many city dweller
would prefer plain log cabin to
modern mansion for his country home.
\ builder in Yankton. s. D.. has COM
bined both in a pretty and homelike
bungalow whose clogs" are made OF
concrete. The loglike units are pre-
cast separately. fat on top, bottom and
inside, but with the outside surface
nodded round and with I'm imitation
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imported from Holland by the Ger
mans. ostenSibly to repair roads. but
actually t" build REINFORCED concrete
shelters. dugoutS and trenches. One
hundred cubic yards Of the gravel had
to be removed before the piers could
be used. 1t is estimated the Germans
had enough gravel there to repair Bel
sian roads for 30 years.
Fifteen thousand longshnremen and
>tevedoreS are idle here and the only So
luton shipping men find when queS-
toned as To how the situation can be
Hemedied may be summed up in one
word: "America."
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Had Old Bank Account.

Burlington. la.-]ames Bryant, sew.
ent:-five years old. arrested here ON a
charge of horse theft. suddenly re.
called while in Jail that 20 years ago
he deposited $1,000 in u Burlington
bank. An officer accompanied Bryant
to the bank, and, sure enough, he
found his account intact with interest
accumulated. Bryant says he is af.
tiicted with lapses of memory and
says he does not recall stealing the
horse, which was taken from Musca-
tine stable.
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Pure Air.

On every mote that dances in q
sunbeam there rides many disease
germ. The dust particles sent flying
by motor vehicles or gusts of wind
are so many intinitesinml Omnibuses
carrying loads of passengers who wish
to be put off in some warm nose,
throat or lung where they may multi
ply. And the same holds true Of
every particle Of SCOT that escapes
unburned from chimney.
To the man who knows this much
of science. dirty streets, and so0ty air
arc more dangerous than all the MUIR
lerers ut large in the world. But to
tho average person street dust and
smoke are nothing more than unsisht-
" and disagreeable objects .-Engi.
neerin9 and Contracting.
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Changing Jobs.

The president of an Indianapolis
bank. who is far from being Beau
BrummeI in his dress. was standing on
the sidewalk in East Washington
street near a tray of ShoeStringS, and
styli>hly dressed woman approach
ed him:
Here's Il dime: let me have one Of
Your longest pairs Of black shoe
strings"
The banker gave the woman his card
and they laughed over the mistake.
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Those Who Hire Service Men to
Be Recognized.
Special Certificate Will Be Sioned by
Baker, Daniels and Colonel
Wood.

Washington. - Patriotic employers
who perform their duty in employing
returning soldiers and sailors will re-
neive Il citation from the government,
Col. Arthur Woods. assistant To Sec.
rotary of War Baker. announced.
Colonel Woods said his office has
completed arrangements with both the
war and navy departments for this
recognition of employers who pledge
themselves to take back employees who
entered the service and to show prefer
ence to soldiers and sailors in taking
on new employees.
For those who join this new legion
Of honor special certificate will be
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the shield Of the United States os q
symbol that he has pledged himself
to fulfill his obligations.
Certificates can be obtained by an.
plying I" Col. Arthur Woods, assistant
to the secretary of war, war depart.
ment, Washington, d. C.
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Drilled for Water:
Read What He Found

De Pere. Wis.-l'he discovery
came, too early for the day II
the big thirst, hut jules iulrene
says he expects I" enjoy tor
many II day IT, come four
Jugs of 3oO-year-old cognac.
The jugs bear the seals of
Louis NH. with the tieur de lis,
and had been buried by carly
traders.
uufreue found the jugs when
drilling for Il we'll on the site
of an old French trading post.
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In This Pretty Bungalow the Logs"
Are Precast Concrete Units, Laid Up
With Mortar, Like Any Masonry.
and Stained Wood.Brown on the
Outside to Look Natural.

bark finish. Ends are cast with dove
tails, and interlock ut the corners. Or.
binary mortar joints are used. aud the.
exterior is finished to n natural effect
with IL wood-brown stain. preserving
=. form all the eSthetic value of the
rustic model. but with the cleanliness
and sanitary value of the modern int
terial.-popu!ar Mechanics Magazine.
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Just 4 Little Late.

New YOrk.-"Just heard about the
war aud want to enlist" said Ste.
phen Kresney, dashing up to a marine
recruiting Office. He was quite shocked
when told he was too late. the war
being over.
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day, nut It didn't bring even one atom
Of the Joy that my first hard-earned
check gave me. have everything on
earth that money can buy"
But why didn't you keep up your
art work-your Bohemian friends
wouldn't that have helped to make
you happy?' West was kindly sympa-
thetic. but there was beginning great
urge within him to try to keep this
rare girl within his circle. 1t seemed
sheer and unauthorized madness to
want to keep her. since she was mar
ried to wealthy man and her fancy
for Bohemian life and studio days
We're perhaps but passing desires. but
there--she was answering his Ques-
ton.
1T was not worth while my work
ing at art when l didn't have to. If
had possessed genius or even a great
degree of talent l would have kept
at it. But I only have talent enough
to keep the wolf from the door. As for
my Bohemian friendS--wen. | tried
keeping them in my life, but my hus
band called them all nuts and made
me so unhappy about them that gave
them all up. OH just cant tell YOU
what it means to me to he actually
back here with Il Smock on sitting in
my very own studio"
We won't quarrel either about the
studio or the smock,' said West. Il
am only glad that l happen TO be the
tenant here while you have chosen to
play at studio days again.
so am l." greeted Gretchen and
gazed contentedly al the slim boyiSh
man the while she realized that he pos
ses>ed tremendous charm. Il might
have found Il crusty old maid who
wouldn't let me in at all" She was
thoughtful for so long While that
West looked apprehensively at her
and wondered if he had done anything
to di>plea>e her. But before he could
form words to inquire. Gretchen asked
coaxingly: Are YOU going to want me
TO come again:'
West was just Il bit puzzled. lie
also knew that he wanted her very,
Very much indeed. 1t WAS difficult to
know how best to express his thoughts.
He decided that his habitual frankneSS
was the best course and after that she
must take the situation in her own
hands.
You have asked me straight queS-
ton. little wrath" he said and
despite himself Il great >oftness c-ept
into his voice and eyes. so must tell
YOU that if | had my own way | would
not let YOU 80 out of the studio again.
You have come in of Your own free
will just In humor 4 within which will
perhaps pass us quickly as it came.
but YOU have thrust something into my
studio and into my soul that | desire
greatly to keep"
So brilliant II color famed into
Gretchen'> cheeks and so tremendous
Il light into her eyes that West
stopped speaking. He had annoyed
her beyond forgiveness.
The sun traiicd dow 1rd away
from the window. leaving but the
>'''''H "'tAn 40" III '"H'"ilt.
Il should not have told YOU this" he
continued finally: YOU are the wife Of
another man"
hnt III h"t-noW, Gretchen put
~ iui'hi!. ifehuI"u>iH. Nautd not
nav '".''' h"'N 10 stun" DAYS ita" ne
peeh sun HING. Ana now IN All
-, ,,.:ft, =,
'''''I "'''' ~ '''''''l .''''''s t''"l IL
i''' ''NH anu JUST A'tHl l"
~ '''',''i''' "ii' l'aIll'
~ i5st"''N "i'a Set >h'itA ht'''
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MS canvas before the setting sun told
him that he must wait until another
day before finishing the delicate por-
traits head. A rotous little air fell
from time to time from his lips. but its
measure became gradually subdued
while the soft veil Of twilight cap.
tured the artists soul and babe him
express his joy in more quiet man
ner.
4 sunny smile Iurked in Vests
eyes: the gold of his hair was rumpled
and his Smock shockingly dirty. but
little did he care since the studio rent
was paid for the following month.
Also the canvas on his easel would
easily insure another six months liv-
Ing.
And outside his door stood a girl
whose eyes held all the wi>ttuneS> in
The world and whose heart was alb
sorhing every note of that magic,
happy Tilt that fell from Vests lips
Finally she Knocked.
West was not prepared for a visitor.
and such one rs he found on the
landing was Il challenge TO the most
sturdy of heartheats.
MAY I come in?"
absurd waste of words" West said
and with the little courily bow that
was a part OF the man he watched his
rlsto" cross the threshold.
The wiStfulneSS vanished swiftly and
Il tremendous gladnesS that took the
form of SliStening tears stood in the
girls eyes. She fled to the small Win
dow that held the glow Of the setting
sun and stood silently for Il moment.
Then West SAW her brush a hand
across her eyes before she turned
again to him.
You are NOT to think me mad"
she said TREMENDOUSLY. For three long
years have hUugered to be in this
studio again. and now-nnw my
hearts Humping like Il bird gone mad
Just because ann here" She
laughed softly with SO much of glad
emotion that West found the world m
even more wonderful place 10 dwell in.
He started To prepare tea on The i'm.
proyiSed tea cart beside his easel. but
the cir! slipped quickly over.
Il want to make the tea" she in
sisted. ..See. I have hrourlr some
cinnamon cakes from the same old
corner bakery that was there three
years ago somehow felt I would NE
allowed 20 stav for rea-if came in"
Her ewes were so adorable with
their ncw-found, hanni1ese that West
said frankly. Il would have dragged
Won in had I known You were out ON
thai lanling-So make Yourself pep
fcctly ut home"
The girl threw her great male~l1In
cape on the dusty armrhnir lust rs
carele>>ly rs in the old days she had
tossed off her thr"adhare tweed coat.
Her gown was = dream and hrr small
foqlfe Il hrilliant-huel affair with an
absurd something Wabhin@ uncertain-
" over the edge a A"u-h size WAS
rs chic ~ ANY wonderful poster. She
lltllei off the tonne and with - ~,H;f-
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lIIiterates Will Be Drilled Men.
tally as Well as Phys.
icaIIy.
CITIZENSHIP AS A reward
Major Ferris Development Battalion
at Camp Upton Furnishes Basis
for New Aetivity-Splendid
Results Already Shown.

Camp Upton. l.. 1.-The knowledge
gained during the war in connection
with the training and instruction of
illterate and non-EngliSh speakers is
TO be turned to account in the recruit
ing of Il peace-time army.
Ey direction of the war department
there is hein" established here the
first recruit educational CENTER" for
which 80 barracks ana other build
ing> have been set aside. and II will
he conducted on the lines followed by
Mai. Ralph Hall Ferris when he made
such n success OF development bat
TALON No. y. which Went out of hein.
when the arm>tce WAS signed.
Major Ferris Is retiring as camp
morale officer TO become commander
of the center. which is the nutgrowth
OF his own plan.
Brgadier General Nicholson. camp
commander. received within Il few
days the order tn establish tile center.
and recruiting has begun throughout
the eastern and northeastern depart
mentS OF the army.
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Will Be Taught English.

An illiterate or Englisii-S speak,
III. recruit who cnlists under the new
plan will be taught Ia speak English.
Will receive thorough .AAleritan train
ing from officers horn here. and Will
IN addition GET citizenship papers
when his enlistment term oi three
year, has expired
Under the draft act o4,9 per cent of
the men enlisted, or practically one
quarter nj them. We're unable To- read
n newspaper or Write letter home.
There We're 800 such men sent here
and they were put in Major Ferris
development battalion. His method
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Studio Days
BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS

(Copyrght, 1919 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-03-07
STATNf ROZPOcET.

Guverner poZada Ultra legis
laturu o povoleni $40, 100000
ma vydrzovani statni spravy,
kteryzto vyrocni rozpocct jest
o osm milioni dollard vySsi
nez byl roZpotet lonsky. Ma
sledkem vSeobec 1e drahoty i
statni vydani isou vetSi, coz
guverler We zviaStnim posel-
S.vi sn6mu bude dovozovat.
Treba vsak pfiznati, lie guver-
ner svym rozpoctem pozaduje
c 9 miliOnu mne nez rnZnt stat
nj departmenty 81 vypoCitaly.
Ostatne zalezi vse ma legisla-
tufe same, ably bud rOzpocet
schvalila aneb iednotliv6 ieho
poloZky seSkrtala.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-03-07
ZE ZAJATECKEHO IA.
BORA.

ZdejSi vladni marSal Lapp
obdrzel vcera depesi cd wash
ingtonskeho odboru spravedl-
rOsti, ze clevelandSti N6mci V
dObt valky internovanl budOu
brzy re zajateckeho tabora
Fort Oglethorpe propusteni a
domu poslani. Je .jich tam z
Clevelardu asi padesa( a meZi
mimi byvali redaktori Waech
ter und Amzeiger, Fischer a ba
ron Nostitz, internovani pro
protivladni clanky. Rovn6z ne
r1ecky fabrikant Fritz Baum
gartner bude Z vazby propu-
stem. Lappovi bylo dale ozna-
memo, ze dotGAnl Nemci zusta-
nou na dale pod policejnlm
cohledem, musi kazdy tyden
IA poIicii 0 sve Gi1nosti repor-
tnvat. Dohlldka "a potrva rok,
nacez 0yvalym zajatcilm hpl-
na svobOda Sc poskytne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-03-07
PENNSYLVANSkA DRAHA
A MOVE UNION NADRAzf.

Mistopredseda pennsylvan-
! ske drahy, j. J. Turner pfijel
Ivcera Il Pittsburgh do naSeho
m6ata "a obchodnimi zalezi-
Itostmi Il pri te piilezitosli W.
Islovil Sc vuci zpravodajum, re
jeho spolecnost neni dosud roZ
hodluta, mali opustit sve ma
drazi na Euclid Ave. a pripojit
se k terminalni spolecnosti, kite
ra chce Zbudovat ma squaru
spOlecne Union nadrazi, KITE
remzto projektu I i cleveland
ske volicstvo nedavno hlasova-
10. Pennsylvanske draze dosa-
vadni nadrazi ma Euclid Ave.
upln6 pry postaci a pozadova-
re st6hovani pennsylvanske
draZe by financne je,l uskodi-
10. Beztak pry spolc6nost pO-
slednl dobu malo vyd6lava a
,rroto NJ, move podniky myslit
'nemuze.
4 vypovedi Turnerovy tudiz
vysvlta, Ze pennsylvainska spo-
lecnost Terminalni spolecno-
Sti sotva Sc slouCi a Union ma
drazi re pennsylvanskych Via
XII sc nedocka, cimz dotceny
,rroiekt zna6n6 byl by poSko-
zen.