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' V * :k**\ • V* McHENRT PX.AIKDEALER, HcHElOtY, TLIm FORM STATE INTO, f FOOD DISTRICTS , 11 1 1 _ ̂ * Organization of Illinois That Will 5 / " Help H r̂ to Do Her War "Bit?" $y: * « fs.' HARRY A. WHEELER, DIRECTOR • ' Young Men of llllnola Urged lo Finish ... .Their Hlgli School 'and College iBtudlw by Governor Frank O. Lowden. Springfield.?---Harry A. Wheeler fed- era^ood administrator In Illinois has been busy organizing the state into food districts, with the townships as units, and these grouped into larger districts, with a local superintendent In charge. Such organization is to 'be effected that the state's food supply .may be conserved. The superintend­ ents of the districts will acquaint themselves with the conditions in townships and report to the central or­ ganization. In most cases a banker or some nwia connected jvith a bank wtll be select- «id[ as the township representative, as the banks in rural communities are better centers of information than most other places. Out of 800 letters sent men to serve, replies have been received from 500. Three chairmen will keep headquarters Informed of crop conditions and production, live flljDCk conditions and the labor situa­ tion. Illinois will be asked to raise 44 per cent more rye and 24 per- cent more wheat, and to greatly' increase the production of its sheep. The work will be both educational and regula­ tory, "Recent government statistics,** says Mr. Wheeler, "show that the sur­ plus wheat production of the United States this year will be 88,000,00 bush­ els. Canada will have 120,000,000,000 bushels. Together we will be able to supply 208,000,000 bushels to the allies. And the allies are asking for 400,000,- 000 bushels, not to mention the crying need of the neutrals. Of course there will be some wheat from South Amer­ ica and from Australia, but the difficul­ ties and expense of transportation are a big Item. "The people of the United States will have tocut down on the consump­ tion of wheat. To meet the responsi­ bility we must face we must save 75,- 000,000 bushels. We must cut it out of our eating. ' We will have to mix wheat with other grata. .tt" * "Illinois, too, will have to produce more sheep. The meat is needed and the wool is very valuable. It will %e the duty of every local representa­ tives of the national food adminis­ trator to accomplish that through this office." . Mr. Wheeler, who will be located in Chicago, will be assisted In his work by Howard B. Jackson. Mr. Jackson will be the agent of the grain cor­ poration whlcfc win represent the gov­ ernment as the purchasing and dis­ tributing factor. 1 Cars to Be Distributed. To facilitate the prompt movement of grain and food products as well as lumber and munitions, the car service commlsison of the railroads' war board has ordered the immediate dis­ tribution of 20,790 additional cars among the lines operating Ifc the South, the middle West and the South­ west, according to information given out by the local railroads. This will make a total of 106,053 empty cars that have been ordered moved from one railroad to another, regardless of ownership, during the past two months, in order to mobilize in different sections of the country a sufficient number of cars to handle the abnormal government and commercial traffic that war conditions have pro* duced. The road# which run through Springfield to which the latest order of 20,790 cars has been consigned, to­ gether with the number of car# con­ signed to each, are as follows: Chicago, Peoria & St. Lends, 300. Illinois Central, 600. Wabash, 1,000. Chicago & Alton, 500. Of the latest cars ordered by vthe war board to be distributed where they will be mostly needed 7,800 are to be placed in the grain producing country. To protect the vegetable and southern watermelon crops more than 5,000 cars have been sent to roads op­ erating In the southeast. Meanwhile hundreds of cars are being rushed daily to the lumber states of the South to take care 'of the tremendous move­ ments of lumber to the army canton­ ments and ship-building yards. More than a thousand stock cars have also been sent into Texas to enable the cat­ tle raisers there to get their herds Into the western pasture country. F. Q. Blair Honored. State Superintendent of Public In­ struction Francis G. Blair has been honored by being appointed by Robert J. Alery, president of the National Ed­ ucational association and president of the University of Maine, Orono, Me., as a member of the Red Cross commit­ tee of the association. The committee will have charge of the Red' Cross work in ail the public and' private schools of the United States. LftaaiSs -Miyaov FOOD MAP OF ILLINOIS. ' The above (nap shews hew the state has been divided into food conserva­ tion districts by Harry A. Wheeler, the state representative of the national food conservation department. The dots show the location of towns la which a focal food conservation official is Icated. Woman's League Active. The Woman's Emergency league Is preparing for a state-wide financial drive in September in the Interest of the proposed new constitution. The organization is making rapid progress, and each week sees a large number of well-known and able women enlist­ ed In the league's forces. Successful conferences have been held at Elgin, .Peoria, Dixon and Champaign, officers of several divisions taking part in these meetings. Mrs. Trout of Chica­ go, prominent suffragist, Is commander Medical Offoers Name* - V The resident medical andsanltary force for service In the health districts assigned by the state department of health In the vicinity of military es­ tablishments of the state Is announced by Dr. C. St. Clair Drake as follows: For Camp Qrant, Rockford, Dr. C. W. West, 8prlngfleld. medical officer In charge, and P. H. Cooney, Chicago, : federal sanltal hureau, sanitary health £ officer. Pood Inspectors appointed are 1 F. C. Marney and J. Hoover, taken from food division of the state depart- «£ agriculture. i; Million for Highways Forty-one miles of hard road will be constructed In Sangamon county at an approximated cost of $1,000,000, In connection with the state and federal government appropriation of $3,173,- 000 for the construction of hard roads out of Springfield, according to B. H. White, county highway superintendent Mr White said that Sangamon coun­ ty's share of the appropriation had not been determined. Mr. White estimate*} that this county's share would equal two-thirds of the cost. In regard to the beginning on the construction work, Mr. White said that not until an amount sufficiently large to cover all expenses of constructing the roads, would the work start. He said that the $900,000 appropriation for the building of the Springfleld-St Louis road' would equal about two- thirds. of the necessary funds. The counties, through which the road passes, will be asked to subscribe the other third. The same conditions exist on the Springfield-Chicago road, ac­ cording to Mr. White. Motorists will soon be able to go from Springfield to Bourdstown without meeting bad roada, • "« 1 ~ J&'-si&S'i: PR E81 DENT WILSON'8 UNIVER •AL EMBARGO PROTECT® COUNTRY'S NEEDS. LICENSE /FOR • vU \ j V f ALU WOpS • liil*', ft"- ^ -1* 1 tWfrstAril tin \f«ana ijlaf iwmylfc Afe ' BaSra ntiaQQ uy Vine® Wwui iiirvr m. Have Entire Charge of Issuing Per* . : mits to Ship Commodities From American Ports. \ Washington, Aug. 29. -- President Alison on Monday night issued a proc­ lamation giving the government con­ trol over all commodities exported from the United States. It is the most drastic step for econ­ omy control taken by any nation duty ing the war, The president said he alms at control, not at actual stop­ ping of exports. All articles of commerce must be licensed for export to enemy coun­ tries and European neutrals. This, will give the United States for the first time control over certain muni­ tions and money sent ,to the neutrals. The list of commodities for which license Is required is widely extended. "This," says the president, "is for the protection of our own needs." The proclamation was accompanied by an explanation in which the presi­ dent detailed the difference between the divisions established in naming the commodities coming under the ruling. "The purpose of this proclamation Is not export prohibition, but merely export control," the president said. "It Is not the Intention to Interfere unnecessarily with our foreign trade, but our own domestic needs must be safeguarded and the necessities of all the nations at war with Germany must be protected. After these needs are met, it Is our wish and Intention to administer to the needs of the neu­ tral nations. This task will be dis­ charged without other than the prop­ er qualification that the liberation of our surplus products shall not be made the occasion of benefit to the enemy, either directly or Indirectly. "No licenses will be necessary for the Importation of coin, bullion, cur­ rency and evidences of indebtedness until required by regulations to be promulgated by the secretary of the treasury at his discretion." The administration of the proclama­ tion, except as It refers to coin, bul­ lion and currency. Is placed In the hands of the exports administrative board. This board a few days ago had no authority to act. Its members, headed by Vance McCormlck, chairman, ad­ vocated a strict rationing system with regard to allies and neutrals alike. OFFERS {J. S. AID TO RUSS American Government Will Give Every Material and Moral Assistance < 8ays President. > Washington, Aug. 29.--That the United States will reject the peace pro­ posals of Pope Benedict, because'they have failed to take into consideration the necessity for the overthrow of Ger­ many's autocracy, Is considered cer­ tain. Simultaneously with the Intimation that the reply to the pope will go for­ ward this week, the state department made public on Monday the text of a cablegram of greeting sent by the president to the great council of the Russian people, now In session In Mo#» cow. The president's message to the Rus­ sian people follows: "To the President of the National Council of Assembly, Moscow, Russia: "I take the liberty to send to the members of the great council now In meeting in Moscow, Russia, the cordial greetings of their friends, the people of the United States, and to express their utmost confidence in the ultimate triumph of the ideals of democracy and self-government against all enemies* within and without, and to give their renewed assurance of every material and moral assistance they can extend to the government of Russia in the pro­ motion of the conynon cause In which the two nations are unselfishly united. "WOODROW WILSON." NEGROES PUT IN STOCKADE Battalion of 24th U. 8. Infantry Reaches Columbus, N. M., From Houston, Tex.--Arms Taken. Columbus.^ N. M., Aug. 29.--A bat­ talion of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry arrived here on Mon­ day from Houston, Tex., in charge of Maj. H. Bradford, Jr., of the Nine­ teenth infantry and under guard of two companies of the Nineteenth. The men charged with Implication in Hous­ ton riots were placed in a stockade, while -other members were disarmed and assigned quarters prepared for them. NQTSTRONG • • .. ' ,,, YET I . ^4^ / U. S. GUNNERS LOST AMERICANS BELIEVED AttDAfeD DESTROYED U-BOAT. » • , , • . .. v r •urvlvors of the Camparis Reach perl on Warship and te|f ' Battle. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 24.--Five U. S. navy gunners as well as the im­ prisoned captain of the Standard Oil tanker Campana may have died In the submarine U-2, which sank the vessel, according to Third Officer J. H. Bruce, who. with 40 members of the ship's Crew and eight of the gun crew, ar­ rived here on a French steamship. It had been feared that the five naval gunners, captured when the Campana was sunk, would be treated by the Ger­ mans as pirates (as threatened) and executed with short shrift. However, according to the stbry brought by the survivors, a French war vessel sent to the bottom a Ger­ man diver, which may have been the one that sank the Campana, In a brief time after it had put an end to the Campana, and at about the same spot, without taking anyone off. The .Campana, it seems, fought oft the U-boat until its ammunition was exhausted. One hundred and eighty shots were fired by the tanker, against 400 by the diver, two of which hit HARD COAL PRICE CUT NEW ARMY TO CAMP SEPT. S President Directs Married Men Who Have Dependent Wives Be Ex* cuced Frpm Provisions of Act. Washington, Aug. 28.--Two impor­ tant orders in connection with the mobilization of the National army were Issued hfer on Saturday. By direction of President Wilson practically every married man upon whom his wife is actually dependent or who has children will be exempted. It Is not wlthlQ, the spirit of the law the new order states, that women should go to work or be dependent upon the support of wealthy relatives In order that the heads of families may be sent to fight for the country. 5,400 Harvard Men in War. Cambridge, Aug. 29.--A catalogue compiled by the Harvard Alumni bul­ letin shows about 5,400 Harvard grad­ uates und undergraduates engaged In war work. Nearly every page bears the asterisk that designates death. America's Greatest Enemy. Minneapolis, Minn.. Aug. 29.--The "Hun withour own gates is Ameri­ ca's greatest enemy." Col. Theodore Rooseveltf said in a telegram accept­ ing an invitation to speak before La­ bor's Loyal Legion here. To Cut Price of 8ugar. Washington, Aug. 29.--An agree­ ment was made here by the country's beet sugar producers to limit the price of their product so as to effect a reduc­ tion of about 1% cents a pound in the present price of sugar. See Plot of Wide Scope. Washington, Aug. 29.--The blowing op of the Mare Island navy yard black powder magazine with its resultant loss of life, was but part of a plot of much wider scope. This became known tosm on Monday, • ---m • "i;"' * % v * ̂ '1 -V" •*'. "* v-v-" INDIANA MAN HEADS G. A. R. Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Elected . at Boston Encampment--No j Other Candidates. Boston, Aug. 25.--Orlando AI So- mers of Kokomo, Ind.,! was elected on Thursday commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the closing session of the annual-en- campment. ' •; . Minora Get Eight-Hour Day. . Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 27.--Confer­ ences here between representatives of district No. 19, United Mine Workers of America, and more than 00 coal operators of the Kentucky-Tennessee fields have resulted in the signiAgs of agreements recognizing the miners' union and granting the, eight-hour workday. Blast Was Deliberate Act. Washington, Aug. 28.--The explosion of a black powder magazine at the Blare Island navy yard July 9 was Dot an accident but "the deliberate act of some person or persons unknown," the naval investigation board reported. v German Steamer Torpedoed. London, Aug. 28. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Rotterdam says the German steamer Renate Leonhart, bound from Rotterdam for a German port, was torpedoed off the Dutch coast, and sank in deep water. HARRY A. GARFIELD NAMED AS ADMINISTRATOR. " '•'-jM • mctkJttwri, imatibn^lfxpected ft Knock Off $1 a Ton in Goat to the Consumer. Washington, Aug. 25.--Prices of an­ thracite coal were fixed In a state­ ment Issued on Thursday by President Wilson and Harry A. Garfield, presi­ dent of Williams college, Was named coal administrator. The anthracite prices, effective Sep­ tember 1, range from 94 to $5 per ton (2,240 pounds) f. o. b. mines. Jobbers are allowed to add a profit of not more than 20 ^cents per ton for deliveries east of Buffalo and of ttot mure ihaii 30 cents west of Buffalo. The Jobbers' profit on bituminous Is limited to 15 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds, wherever delivered. The anthracite coal price scale bet comes effective on September 1. The bituminous scale, announced on Tues­ day, goes into effect at once, according to a telegram sent by Joseph TttmuL- ty, secretary to the president, to SI J. Wallace of the St. Louis Coa) club. Limitation of Jobbers' profits is ex* pected to have a greater effect toward reducing the price of anthracite coal to householders than the fixing of the prices at the mines. The following prices are fixed: White ash. Red ash. LykfetSS. Vulcaa H56 *4.78 tf-06 Egg 4.76 tff 4.9(1 Stove 4.70 4.90 Chestnut .W «... 4.80 * " iM Pea % 4.00 ,4* V 11 KILLED IN RAID ON 00VER Ten Qermsn Airplanes Attack Kent After Dirigible Attempt on York­ shire--Two Shot Down. London, Aug. 24.--Eleven persons were killed and thirteen injured at Dover on Wednesday In a raid by ten German airplanes a few hours after an attempted rald^.by German airships off the Yorkshire coast ou the North sea. Two of the enemy machines in Kent were brought down. None of them seemed to be able to penetrate inland* The raiders also dropped bombs over Margate and Ramsgpte after attacking Dover. K OF ILLINOIS WlMiB 6P GENERAL STAfE IN* |"*I**8T, FBESH FRO* *•" telegraph, - *; LINER: DEVONIAN IS SUNK Leyland Steamship of 10,435 Tons Tor- ,. pedoed by German Submarine • '^"iij|Left U. S. July ' lfcwttm. Aug. 25.--The Leylahd'finer Devonian, which left an Atlantic port on July 28, has been sunk presumably by a German submarine. Officers erf the line confirmed the report that the vessel was lost, but stated that they had received po word as t6 the safety of the crew. Tbe Devonian, a vessel of 10,435 tons gross, was built In Belfast in 1900. '•^Portugal Banishes^Csrdinal. Lisbon. Aug. 28.--Cardinal Anthony Mendes Belle, patriarch of Lisbon, has been given five days by the Portuguese government; to leave the capital. A decree Issued forbids the cardinal to reside in Lisbon fdr one year. 17 Cleveland Slackers Seized. Cleveland, O., Aug. 27.--Police and federal agents struck twice in quick succession In two slacker raids. Seven­ teen men were arrested ms suspicious characters and will be turned over to federal authorities. Reserve Officers to Train Men., Washington, Aug. 27.--Names of foe 405 reserve officers assigned as instruc­ tors at the second se^es of officers' training camps, which had their pre­ liminary opening ou Friday, were made public by the war department 'Accused of Illegal Action. WafehlngtojD. Aug. 28.--Charges of concerted action to raise book prices were made by the federal trade com­ mission In formal complaints filed against 23 manufacturers and the head of their bureau of statistics. Crops Call/ German Girla. le, Aug. 25.- - Numerous German girls , employed in Switzerland as nurses received an official call to re­ turn home for harvest work. Others now in Germany are prevented from returning for the same reason. " To Fix Price of 8ugar. Washington. Aug. 25.--Investigation of sngi r cosfs production as a basis for price fixing is under way at the food administration. Hope of lower prices tc the American housewife is held out. SECURES A SHELL CONTRACT *•;- " •- - rm m • - - RpdkfdNl Company to Replace its De­ livery Men With Girls In KfcaM J -^Reck Falls Corn Carnival • ^ October 4-6. .. ~. Mettnfcr'-yg'he Boot Engineer iraatt- pany announced the award of a con­ tract by the United States government for the manufacture of 40,000 eight- Inch shells of the American lype. Rockford.--The Carty-Dever com­ pany will replace Its 25 men delivery car drivers with girls. They will wear suits of khaki furnished by the com­ pany. < ^ Rock FaUg*--1Thp Rock Falls corn carnival wiU be he|d October 4, 5 and 6. Arensville.--Mr. and Mrs. John Kirchner, aged respectively eighty and eighty-one, celebrated their sixtieth wedding aniilversary. Virginia.--Lewis Bins, pioneer "real- dent, is dead, r.ged eighty-one. Rockford.--Brfg. Gen. Giles Irwin and Lieut. Col. R. S. Fitch have ar­ rived at Camp Grant. Dixon.--Illinois Refining company has leased 400 acres in southern part ' of Lee county and will drill for oil. Spring Valley.--Third annual auto race has been abandoned by miners here. Rochelle.'--F1 te 'G. Rossman, Ogle county's oldest citizen, will celebrate his one hundredth birthday October 28. Sterling.--The Illinois Northern Utilities company will ask state utili­ ties commission for permission to raise gas rates to $1.25 per 1,000 feet. Hettick.--Red Cross society has been organized here with 67 members. Mooseheart.--Oscar Olson, twenty- two, fell, Into a • thresher and was killed. Carllnville.--Senator C. A. Walker celebrated! his ninety-first birthday. Byron.--Clammers In Rock river re­ port good success this year, receiving $14 a ton for shells, besides occasion­ ally finding valuable pearls. Freeport.--Federal efBclals here have been investigating the Jails and inclosed bail parks here, with a view of using them as camps for slackers. Manlto--Array woym is working havoc with the oats on several farms near here. \ Rockford.--A 8f>Wlal election Will be held in the seventeenth judicial dis­ trict October 80, to fill out the unex­ pired term of the late Circuit Judge A. H. Frost. Rock Island.--Schooli children here are waging relentless war on the tus­ sock moth, the Y. M. C. A. paying a bounty of 25 cents an ounce for the cocoons. f Danville.--Bert Linoleum, member of a threshing gang, struck Emory Stack- house, fifty-two, and knocked his false teeth dawn hie throat, choking him to death. : . Belvidere.<--Mrs. Fred Smith, propri­ etress of the Commercial hotel, tied by two robbers and the eash drawer rifled of $150. Springfield.--Site fdr the Stephen A. X)ouglas statue ' tn the *tatehonse grounds has been selected^ • Virdeu.---Body of an unidentified man was found cut to pieces along the Chicago & Alton raed. ; t Plalnvlew.--W. H. OtWell, seventy- two, prominent citizen of ^Macoupin county, is dead. Glrard-- Barn and contents belong­ ing to John G. Stead was destroyed by lighting. Springfield.---Falling wall at the state fair grounds buried seven Work­ men, three probably fatally. / Freeport.--Hazel Mullarky of Lena, nineteen, was killed and G. A. Salzer, twenty, of Savanna, seriously injured by lightning. « Green Valley.--Safe In the post office blown, but thieves only got fl and a few cents." Manchester. -- Alva W. Dawson, postmaster here, sentenced to Leaven­ worth prison for defalcation, Pana.--Coal miners at the Penwell, Pana and Smith-Lohr Coal., company mines were paid $140,000 for 15 day*' work, the largest sum ever paid the miners at any one time. Paris.--An observation balloon' of the United States Aviation corptf was fired upon while passing over the city. Patyi.--A big new tractor on the Cor- bett farm threshed L390 bushels of oats in a day. Bloomington.--Charles A. Rosemand,| forty-eight, secretary of the Illinois Wholesale Grocer's association, died from an operation for appendicitis. Warsaw.--B. F. Marsh of this city Is reported Injured in a Canadian casu­ alty list. Shelbyvtlle.--John A. Miller, seven­ ty-six, and Mrs. Sarah E. Tipsword, sixty-three, were married here. . Woodale.--Seventeen freight ^jflars loaded with oats and wheat wrecked here when one of the car trucks broke. Hill view.--A state bank has been or­ ganized here with local stockholders. Chicago.---Harry A. Wheeler, food di­ rector for the state, has returned from Washington and taken up liis work. Joltet.--Frank Gogan, convicted mur­ derer of a detective, has escaped from the hospital at the penitentiary. Chicago.--In their desire to show their Americanism, Mr. and Mrs. Da­ vid S. Palnsky, of Russian birth, Bled a petition to have their norae changed to Paine. Chicago.--Hogs sold for $20, the highest price ever paid in the United Rockford.--Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, commander of the Eighty-first division of the National army, and his stuff have arrived at Camp Grant. 4 Rock Island.--A home-friend ment to include every man In the army and the navy service of t e United States engaged in foreign serv­ ice has been launched by the cham­ ber of commerce here. . Tampico.--The Galesburg. Rockford & Northern Railway company has asked permission of the public utilities commission,to purchase the Hooppole Yorktown A Tampico. issuing **W,UUO in bo» V and $-'00,000 stock. THINGS THAT SALT WILL W Das lt to Remove Statas and DW T.PriMit Chi nil, Enamel and Carpitafi •--Big Help In the Kitchen. Salt and hot water will thfcw frozen drain pipe. Remove tea stainsfrom dell cat* chirm cups. Spread In blackbeetle hftUQts It wtlii kill the pests. Added to snow It wiB msj». tlM( mixture much colder. Salt and water, warm, Will stopchil* Mains from aching, t s „\ Thrown on 'a fire It will extinguish, a burning chimney. Added to the rinsing water tt willj prevent clothes from freezing. Placed under baking tins in an oveo( V • %jf It will prevent their burning. 4/ ? u Salt Is said to stop neuralgia Iff V'O sniffed into the nostril on the affect-t - ed side. . ^ It will quickly clean a discolored! bath or enamel utensil. A lump of salt placed in the sink; Will keep the drain clean. - Placed first in the frying pant'It will.i prevent grease from sputtering. Salt and water rubbed into the scalp- Is good for falling hair after illness. Salt and water removes the lines in new curtains and makes washing' easier. Salt and water will prevent the *®dr> borders tn towels, etc., from running; If the towels are steeped In It for 24*; hours. Thrown on the fire once a day it{ will prevent the accumulation of soot' In the flues. A teaspoonful of salt to a plnt^of warm water rubbed Into weak ankles* Is said to strengthen them. Added to potatoes when nearly done salt Insures flourlness and pre­ vents them from going to pieces. Sprinkled ofer carpets before sweeping it will preserve the colors and keeps away moths. Rubbed Into an lnkstain en a deal1 table, after the ppot is dampened, salt will remove the mark. Salt and coa! dust mixed with wa­ ter, put Into tins to mold and drledi ?; ® make excellent briquettes. Thrown on fallen soot salt Willi; prevent the carpet marking, and en­ ables the soot to be swept up cleanly.* m Twelve Big Ones Growing. Twelve 10,000-ton ships are now on the ways of a single company in S<>- attle. Under the stress of necessity ,j: methods of construction have been de-v | veloped that promise to revolutionize! - the ship building methods of the world. To begin with, the vessels are al> standardized. Parts are fabricated for ^ a dozen snips on the same plans. The•' 1 .J, m a t e r i a l i s c a r r i e d f r o m t h e s h o p s t » T . the ship on aerial tramways. That work Is done largely by machinery-. ' . The old method was to rivet the sides : together plate by plate. The "hew^"-"7 method puts the plates together in the ' shops In large sections which are ' . swung Into place by heavy Cranes. This wholesale way of throwing ma- -, J* terial together makes It possible launch a large ship In 90 days Instead of six months or a year. If the East- ern shipyards are able to keep up with; • the Pacific coast in the race for quick building, the American merchant ma­ rine will be something for the world ;, to reckon with In a very few yeara.-- Nebraska State Journal. v ^ ' Alaska Coal Helps In WlV.' 4 ' The Alaska railroad from Seward, on the coast, to Fairbanks, 470 miles. Inland and located on the Tanana y river, a navigable tributary of the Yu­ kon, which was ordered by act of f congress In 1914, has been completed :f far enough to Justify the expectation , that it will be ready for use early in 1918. It taps two coal mines, the Ma- tanuska and the Nenana, which are believed to be inexhaustible, and the ^4 product of which has been found ex-' '4^" eel lent for use on locomotives and steamboats. The railroad w'"l bring }'/A' this coal direct to tidewater, and when >4* ^ the supply is brought into use. It will xf*, provide sufficient for all naval bases\vs \S*4 In the Pacific and release thousands' ^ ^ pf cars now used In transporting coatt, vt ^ across the continent. This will help*' fight the war by providing Increased! ^ s transportation for men and munitions.. T 1 f| Some Queer Moneys. v v Iron money has been put Into cfrcu' ; ^ latlon recently In Germany. In Bfex- Ico cardboard money is in use, owing ' jvj to the disappearance of metal cur­ rency due to the unsettled state of Umt country. Porcelain money is used in Burma and Siam, and feather money, manu­ factured from the short red feathers from beneath the wings of a species of parrot. Is the ordinary currency of ' the Santa Cruz Islanders. The Loy- alty Islands, which He in the Pacific to the east of Australia, are famous for their fur money. The fur, which Is taken from behind the ears of the; so-called "flying fox," In reality a , , . large,-fruit-eating bat. Is woven Into *.£ <? 1 cords of various lengths, and these v.&L--'i* «• constitute the ordinary currwHty s* ̂ " Islanders. ' % - • i * ' To Protect Eyes at Movies. 4 . j 'f; fjj In order to protect the eyes of those > who frequently attend movie shows, a special form of spectacles has been ^ devised, says the August Popular Me- chanics Magazine in an illustrated ar- " ' A tide. It consists of a pair of opaque l^' disks mounted in regular spectacle , ^ ^ frames, each disk having a narrow slit * , A J or opening through which the wearer peers at the pictures, while most of the ^ V:|| eye is covered by the disks. The prtn- . ||§ ciple is that of an old method of teet- -, ing the eyes for astigmatism, called the - ' ^ •*stenopalc" method, which consisted . ^ in trying the patient's vision with spec- " J tacles having opaque plates and smalt T central slits somewhat like those of , ^ the new protective movie device. w Promotion far Rear Admiral. "The title of rear admiral al#«£* seems odd to the layman, says the Springfield Union, but never more so» than when it is worn by a sival com4' mander who is at the front and. so far as oue may gather from the vague hints the cables carry, putting in good work against the eaemy. Comment­ ing on this, the Boston Transcript suggests promoting such o®tcrs lO tfeA. title of "frout admlraV* *" 4| r > ? :• J • j; ;; I? • •%*?,..«