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HeU£NM, mmm' M ~ Are Read* to Complete .' th#Ta*k. ; *J ... .'"This is the nation's war. | , ~.**To register, now for selection' for ^Military service is to list yourself as ope of the nation's man-power units. Every citizen owes it to himself and to his country to make this day a unanimous demonstration of loyalty, patriotism, and the will to win. V ;#v "WOODROW WILSON." fc:E WHO MUST REGISTER A11 male persons roust register who d^all have attained their eighteenth birthday and shall not have attained their forty-sixth birthday on or before the day set by the president for regis­ tration. The .only exceptions are: (A) Persons who, prior to the day , for Ahe registration by the presi­ dent, have registered either under the tprms of the act approved May 18, 1917, • or under the terms of the public reso­ lution of congress approved May 20, 1918, whether called for service or not; f n ' •'.(B) Officers and enlisted men of the \ regular army, officers appointed, and liien of the forces drafted, under the provisions of the act approved May 18, 1917; officers and enlisted men of the , National Guard while in the service of the United States; and the officers of the officers' reserve corps and enlisted reserve corps while in the service of tl|e' United States; and '(C) Officers and enlisted men.of the navy and marine corps, and officers •tid enlisted and enrolled men of the tiaval reserve force and marine corps reserve while in the service of the JUnlted States. K, , ~--- H HOW to ANSWER QUESTIONS ON REGISTRATION CARD AND 1N- / | . STRUCTIONS FOR REGlS- , It TRARS. A ' | ̂ j ;y' -JBoth Registrars and Registrants Wll be guided by the instructions herein contained. The Registrar should study them before Registration Day, and the Registrant should read them carefully and prepare the an­ swers in his mind before going to the Registration Table. The answers to •the questions shall be given and the entries made In the numerical order * stated. All answers will be written on the Registration Card in ink by the Registrar, who should be careful to spell all names, correctly and to whte legibly. JfDo not write on. mark, or otherwise mutilate the instructions. Do not remove them.] Jin some spaces as indicated In the di- A Tactions, checks will be used/ to indicate the answers, a device which is designed ' ; ;%8| save the time of the Registrar*.] REGISTRATION CARD. "V..,/SERIAL, NUMBER.--Registrars shall ' likve this space blank. ORDER NUMBER.--Registrars shall -•v,- leftve this space blank. J. STATE Y<OUR NAME AS INDI­ CATED. SPELL OUT EACH NAME IN . FtJLL. N •£. PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS.-- This means where you have your perma­ nent home NOW, not the place where you work, nor the place where you were born, unless that is your permanent home. Be prepared to give it this way: "100 Woodward Ave'., Detroit^ Wayne County, M!ich.," or "It. F. D. No. 2, Jonesville, Smith County, ,Pa." If the registrant lives In an apartment house, he should state the number of the apartment in which he lives. If his address is "in care" of someone, this should be stated. S. AGE IN TEARS--State your age to. day in TEARS only. Disregard additional months or days. Be prepared to say "34" or "38," not "34 years, 3 months," or the like. DATE OF BIRTH.--If you do not Tftmember the year, start to answer as • jrOu would if some one asked you your birthday, as "October 12." Then say, "On nsy birthday, this year, I will be (or was) ....... years old." The registrar will then All In the year of birth. This may be ob­ tained by the registrar by subtracting the age in years on this year's birthday from W8., RACE. §. WHITE.;--If you are white, the regis- " titer will place a check In this space ta proceed to the determination of your Ui iiahlp, leaving Spaces 6, 7, 8 and 9 ' Wank. 0. NEORO.--If you «re a negro, the registrar will place a check In this mace and proceed to the determination of your citizenship, leaving spaces 6, ?, 8.and 9 blank. ^ \ V. ORIENTAL.--If you are an oriental, the registrar will place a check In C||is space and proceed to the determina- I V • tton of your citizenship, leaving spaces 5, ^ 8 and * blaak. INDIAN. • *. CITIZEN.--It you are a citizen In­ dian born in the United States, the rpgts- trar will place a check In this space «ad proceed to space 16, leaving spaces 5, f, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13. 14 and 15 blank. An ' Indian born In the United States Is a clti- ten if a) he. or his father or mother prior to his birth or before he attained the age of SI. was allotted land or re­ ceived a patent In fee prior to May 8, 1906: <2) if he was allotted land subsequent to May 8, 1906, and received a patent In fee to his land: (5) if he was residing in the old Indian Terltory 09 March 3, 1301; (4) If he lives separate and apart from his tribe and has adopted the habits of civil­ ised life. i NONCITIZEN.-If you are a non- SHOW VOLUNTEER SPIRIT. I Our country must add more than s^fco million soldiers to the American army of today to beat the Hun back Into his den. ' It will pick these soldiers from the * '13,000.000 men who register next. J '|.-"' Use every effort to learn where yon qnust register. Register as early and *.fup quickly ns you can. 1 - : Go prepared, to give the vital facta about yourself. Answer the questions •of the Registering Board. Don't ask ^/Westions. , t , I, EVERY "MAN A VOLUNTEER • Selective Service has but shifted fife burden of the whole task of fight- : "iag for our country from volunteer afcoulders and guided Enthusiastic pa- " fflotism in the right channels toward A- the quickest and best results. , -"No! The day of th£ American Vol- *tinteer is not past; for volunteer serv­ ice Is a matter of spirit--the willlng- 'V feess to do. v> It can still speak; it can still art on vlfhe Day Selective Service R«s>«- ttation. X*e NationcaUsupoa Its .mok, .. s # * '/ V ' . * * a'sTh - VJ V ' v- • +**• <"* *9**k 5, f, blanlei Jm I*' Statss shall be dian «nles« he classss of citizen apace 8 i n i<fa >||f Ma.;: i' aftlfesa IndlM bora to tto ITaitsd States. the registrar will otac* a check (..) ia this space to apftM 1ft, **•- ^5 WIS as a n<^H«Mil|tin In- within one «C the Indians desaiaibed m r 'M UNITED STATES CITIZEN. 1®. NATIVE BORN.--If you are a nm? tlve-born citizen of the United fl|afcBa. the register will place a check impll space and proceed to space 16. lcawng spaces 11. 12/ 13, 14 and 15 blank. If' you were born in the United States, including Alaska and. Hawaii, you are a native-born citizen of the United States Irrespective of the citizenship of your parents. Any Inhabitant of Porto Rico, who was a Spanish subject on April 11. 1899, and who resided in Porto Rico on that date, and continued to reside therein until April 11. 1900, is held to ,be a citizen of Ponto Rico, except such: Inhabitants, natives of the Spanish pe- \ nlnsula, who elected to preserve their | allegiance to Spain on or before April • 11, 1900, by making a declaration, be­ fore a court of record, of their decision to do so. Any citizen of Port© Rico, as; above defined, and fcny native of Porto Rico who was temporarily absent from the island on April 11. 1899, and has since returned, and is not a citizen of any foreign country, is held to be a citizen of the United States, provided he did noj: elect to retain his politic*! status by making declaration under oath 01 his decision to do bo within six months after March S, 1917. I£ you were born abroad, yon are still a citi­ zen of the United States if your father was a citizen of th® United States at the time you were born, unless you have expatriated yourself. 11. NATURALIZED.--If you are a naturalized citizen of the United States, the register will place a check In this space and proceed to space 16, leaving spaces 10. 12, 13, 14 and 15 blank. Tou are a naturalized citizen If you have completed your naturalization, that Is. If you have "taken out final papers." But you are not a citizen if you hava only declared your intention to become a citizen (that Is, if you have only "taken out first papers"); In the latter case you are a declarant. 12. CITIZEN BT FATHER'S NATU­ RALIZATION BEFORE REGISTRANT'S MAJORITY.--It you are a citizen by your father's naturalization (or your mother's naturalization In case your father died) before you attained your majority, the registrar will -place a check in this space and. proceed to space 16. leaving spaces 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 blank. The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under the laws of the Unit­ ed States, being under the age of twenty-one at the time of the naturali­ zation of their parents, are, if dwelling in the United States before attaining their majority, considered as citizens thereof. (See. 2172, U. S. R«v» and 84 Stat. I*, pt. 1, p. l22&) ? ALIEN. ~ , 13. DECLARANT.--If • you are * a <fe- ciarant alien, the registrar will place a check in this space and proceed to space 15, leaving spaces 10, 11, 12 and 14 blank. You are a declarant If, although a citizen or subject of some other coun­ try, you have declared before a natural­ ization court your intention to become a citizen of the United States. This is re­ ferred to as "taking out first papers." _ 14. NONDECLARANT--If you are a nondeclarant alien, the registrar will place a check in this. space and pro­ ceed to space 15, leaving spaces 10, 11, IX and 13 blank. Tou are a nondeclarant alien If you do not fall within one of the classes described In spaces 10, 11, 12 and 13 .and are not an Indian. In other words, you are a nondeclarant alien if you are a citizen or subject of some other country than the United States and have not de­ clared before a naturalization court your intention to become a citizen of the Unit­ ed States, that is, have not "taken out first papers." IB. This need be answered only by de­ clarant and nondeclarant aliens. Remem­ ber that a declarant Is not yet a citizen of the United States. If you are an alien of either class, state the name of your country, which the registrar will write in this space, for example, "Great Britain," "France," "Italy." State also the name of the subdivision of your country In which you were ordinarily resident be­ fore proceeding to the United States, which will be written by the registrar in pareptheses after the name of your coun­ try, as "Great Britain (Scotland)." In the case of Czecho-Slovaks, German or 'Austrian Poles, Alsatians, Lorralners. and persons of like status, the reg­ istrant may answer "Czecho-Slovak. claimed as subject of Austria-Hun­ gary," "Pole claimed as subject of Germany or Austria-Hungary, "Alsatian claimed as subject of Ger­ many," etc., and such an entry shall be made by the registrar. If not a citizen of th« United States, of what nation are you a citizen or subject? 16. PRESENT OCCUPATION. -- Thlf means your present occupation, trade, or employment, which the registrar will en­ ter In this space. Do not state what you once did, nor what you have done most of the time, nor what you are best fitted to do. Simply state what your Job la right now. State briefly, as "farmer," "miner." "student." "laborer" (on- farm. In roiling mill, in automobile, wagon, or other factory), "machinist in autbmoblle factory," etc. If you hold an office under State or Federal Government, name the office you hold. 17. EMPLOYKR'S NAME--If you are working for an Individual, firm, corpora­ tion, or association, state its name. If In business, trade, profession, or employ­ ment for yourself, so state. If you are an officer of the State or Federal Govern­ ment, say whether your office Is under the United States, the State, the county. 01 si municipality. The registrar will make an appropriate entry. 18.--PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINE88.- This means where you work. Give the number and name of street first, then city or t<>wn. then county afnd State or R. F. D. number first, then town, then county and State. The registrar wtti make the entries. ' NEAREST RELATIVE. U. NAME.--If you are married and your wife Js living, her name should be stated. If you are single or your wife is dead, you should state the name of your nearest blood relative. If you are not married and have no blood relative, the name of a close friend should be stated. The registrar will make the entry. 20. ADDRESS.--In stating the address, give the number ,and name of the street first, then the city or town, then the county and State: or R. F. D. number first, then post office, then county and 8tate. The registrar will make the en­ tries. » VOLUNTEER SPIRIT RELIED ON , Let the volunteer spirit express it- Self among the men of America, whom Mr government has decided shall next register for Selective Service. "It will voice Itself by the readiness and quick­ ness of its response to the command of oar country. Our nation has set for Itself the task of registering thirteen millions of men between the ages of eighteen and twen­ ty and thirty-two and forty-five years. It will register them only If Amer­ ica's volunteer spirit speaks and acts. IDEA OF SELECTIVE SERVICE The man, who, on the day oh which our country has commened all men in America between eighteen and forty- five years (both inclusive) to register for Selective Service, rises eagerly, and hastens to place his name on the Se­ lective Service Roll, unless he has al­ ready registered. Is ah American Vol­ unteer. > He is as much an American Volun­ teer as the. men who shouldered a mus­ ket in 1770^ or answered the first «all in 1861. OF Buying It (s Merely Lending Money to Yourself for i ? Great, Necessity. " ™ 1 Yl\ -y-JS ^ Stupendous Amounts Are Needed to Pay for Work an# Materials, So ' Our Old-Time Extravagances Must Be Dropped. By JOHN PALMER GAVIT. One of the good results that will ac­ crue to the American people,from their participation In the war is a better understanding of the purpose and function of money. Also, they will more fully appreciate their relation to the government and the fact that It is their government--as much theirs as their homes and farms and factories. For purposes of poetry and sentiment it is well enough to talk about "Uncle Sam," your devotion to him, your will­ ingness to lend to him by the purchase of bonds. War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps, and to give your own life and the lives of your sons on the actual fighting front; but you must not lose sight of the fact that after all, the United States, "Uncle Sam," .U. S.," "Our Country," and so on--whatever poetic phrase we use to represent the nation in its united action and aspi­ ration--Is Just US, ourselves in our own proper persons, working and sav­ ing and applying our joint strength, for ourselves, our children and our chil­ dren's children. Too much have we thought of the government, the nation, Uncle Sam, and so on, as something separate from ourselves; something to which we give and lend, eagerly or willingly or grudgingly or undpr compulsion, as the case may be. We have had too little of the practice of team work for a great common purpose--our own pur­ pose. The Liberty Bond campaigns fur­ nish occasion for reminding ourselves that U Is our country, ourselves in our organized capacity, that is engaged in the war to abolish autocracy; that "Uncle Sam" Is us, in common de­ termination to do and give all of our­ selves to an enterprise as thoroughly worth while as the American Revolu­ tion or the war to preserve the Union and free the slaves. And one of the ways In which we can participate di­ rectly and actively this enterprise Is to turn our money--all of It that Is not absolutely and honestly necessary to the essential purposes of living and keeping well and>fflcient for the other things we have to do to help along the enterprise--over to ourselves in our organized capacity; that is, to the government, fcr the work of the war which It is conducting for us. Money Useful Only for Exchange. Money Is nothing In itself--just pa­ per and metal. It Is useless unless somebody else will accept it In ex­ change for something he has or some­ thing he can do. The measure of Its value to you is the othevfellow's need of the materials or the labor which It will in turn command for him. Spend­ ing money is the way we have of get­ ting from other people the things they have or the work they can do--"Goods and Services." Our responsibility, therefore, lies In the question of the kind of things for which we choose to exchange money, an<i the time and circumstances In which we exert that choice. Now, we have been a very wasteful and extravagant people; we have not thought much about the effect upon ourselves and other people and upon the nation as a whole, of the ways in which we spent our money, or the time and circumstances In which we spent It. But the war Is compelling us to think aboujt that. Not even the great­ est nation, or the most powerful gov­ ernment, or the shrewdest financiers can make something out of nothing. And when war, the most ravenous kind of waste and extravagance that man­ kind has devised, comes along to take workers out of industry and off the farms, and to turn them from produc­ tion to high-power consumption and destruction--no matter if the ultimate purpose of the war be quite worth Its cost in life and property--there simply are not material and labor enough in the country to permit both the contin nance of the old kinds of expenditure and the taking on of the new. Why We Must Do Without For the purposes of the war the government of the United States must have stupendous amounts of materials and work, and there is not enough of these to' giv« the government what it must have and at the same time allow the people generally to have ak much material and work for their private uses as they have in ordinary times. Therefore we must to the greatest possible extent keep out of the market for materials and labor, so as (1) to GATHERED FACTS tr6» making other' folks sell s and work for us lostead of far «q|Pfpent, and Wjilnfc<2) tBe the work that be and efforts for-^""' i3d enjoyment shall ftirn to the kinds/^ ucts and work that the government must have to *'!n the war. Every dol­ lar, every cent, that we spend for something that we could go without competes in th£ market with the gov­ ernment, and by ^ost so much impedes the big cause. Even if we saved the money and burled It In the back yard we should be helping the government. But there Is a better thing to do with It. The government must have money, In Im­ mense amounts, in order to buy ma­ terials and work. And we are asked " |to lend it to the government for .that purpose. In addition to what we pay as taxes. v< Bonds Are More Thai! Rec4ipU. The Liberty bonds are the receipts which the government gives us for this loan. But they are more than re­ ceipts; we get receipts for the taxes, A Liberty bond is not only the gov­ ernment's acknowledgement that you have loaned the. money; It Is Its prom­ ise to pay it back upon a certain day, and to pay you In the meanwhile, at certain Intervals, for the use of the money. All of the resources of the country In materials and the labor of the people--our own good faith to­ ward each other, our permanence as a civilized nation--are pledged to the payment of principal and interest in strict accordance with the terms of the transaction as printed on each bond. There is not a safer or more valuable piece of paper In the world- When this war Is over there will be only two kinds of folks In the United States--those who did all they could and gave all they could, and those who didn't. Among those frho didn't will be the ones who tried to keep on using and enjoying things and the work of other people, as they used to do; those who failed to do their utmost In the way of really useful work, and"those who demanded for themselves unnec­ essary things and labor which might have been used for the purposes of the government in winning the war. All You Can, Is the Measure. Every man knows In his heart what he can do and whether he is doing it. He may be able to deceive the govern­ ment ; by loud-mouthed professions of patriotism, saluting the flag, cheering at meetings, and other noisy and con­ spicuous displays he may deceive his neighbors; but he cannot fool himself. He knows whether he has done all he could! ' And "ail he could"--honestly, on the level, every man the judge of his own effort In the squarest kind of dealing with his own soul in a kinrf of Judgment day--that Is the measure. He Is a poor creature who thinks of the Liberty bond solely as an Invest­ ment--a grudging gift to his country, with a string on it. But no one need be ashamed to lend to the govern­ ment. Uncle Sam will take what he needs without money return, in' the form of taxes, and we shall pay in will­ ingly. cheerfully. We are doing a work for the future--the world will be cleaner and better to live In for all time by reason of what we are doing now; therefore It Is right that a part of this burden should be met by those who will come after us and reap the long-time benefits. In the finest spirit our young men are going to the battle front to offer their utmost, their very flesh and blood, in unutterable toil and agony, in doing what must be done there. They hope to come back, but they are will­ ing to die there ff that must be. And thousands of our best are doing just that. In like unswerving spirit we who stay at home must do our part--going Without things and making those we have serve to the utmost--and through this self-denial furnishing to the gov­ ernment--your government--which is taking care of our boys, the means to get the enormous amounts of materials and labor needed to take care of them and to equip them for what they have to do. This Is the meaning of the Liberty bond. Uncle Sam Turns Tlflhtwad. The money which you are lending Uncle Sam by purchasing Liberty Bonds, and with which he In turn pur­ chases foodstuffs for the boys In khaki, goes much farther than one at first realizes! Formerly all scrapings from plates and all refuse from camp kitch­ ens was burned. The old order has changed. Garbage waste Is now sepa­ rated into various classes such as bread, raw fats and meats, cooked meat, cooked grease, bones and other garbage. These materials are weighed after each meal, and a statement of the weights forwarded to the conservation and reclamation officer In each camp. In this way, the army has an absolute check on wastes of unit kitchens which enables it to prevent over-ration­ ing and individual wastage. The gar­ bage from these separations is turned over to reduction plants, whi.ch in turn utilize these wastes for the man­ ufacture of nltro-glycerin and for fer­ tilizers. ; A pure white mineral wool is being manufactured at Yarravllle. a suburb of Melbourne* from basalt rock or "blue stone." Spanish inventors have developed a method of treating cork so as to form a substitute for wool in mattresses, cushions and other articles. A ptKverful wireless station In New Jersey now In government control I® exchanging messages directly with a similar station Irf Argentina. If examined under a glass the thread of a piece of khaki will be found to consist of a mixture of fine hairs of bronze, light olive green, lavender and brown. John Philip Sousa, the composer and bandmaster. Is an American, born In Washington. He has lately been made a lieutenant In the United States naval reserves. Japan has a glycerin manufacturing plant which has a capacity of about 800 tons a month, and it is promised that in the course of a few years the present importations of this commodity will cease. Feast of the Assumption of the Vir. gin Mary, commemorating her resur­ rection and her miraculous ascent Into heaven, is celebrated August li». Experimenters in New Zealand haiM proved that pig iron can be obtained from iron sands and are producing about 15 tons a xlay in a new plant. Official reports made by some na' tional banks In the Northwest to the comptroller of the currency show that some bank directors in that section cannot write their names and so use a mark. An illuminated door knob for which a patent has been granted Is covered with a glass panel on which can be painted a house number or a name. Because he had Invented a paper sack for potatoes, the manager of a British textile engineering firm re­ ceived y six months' exemption from army service. Germany has been mak­ ing paper sacks for years. A curious tree stands on the top of Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Pa., about four miles from town. It la a sugar maple about one hundred yenrs old, which has prolonged Its own life by grafting a branch" into a much younger tree. i:n• "iSHII* News from Illinois Springfield,--The rule which limits bakers to use only 70 per cent of wheat flour in bakery products other than bread and rolls Is no longer in effect, and bakers may use as much wheat flour, with the correct amount of sub­ stitutes, fcs they wish In products of all kinds without exception. The rules for use of substitutes follow: The dif­ ferent kinds of substitutes that may be used are unchanged, with one ex­ ception--that is, rye flour may be used in the proportion of 40 per cent of the combined amount of wheat and rye flour, at least two pounds of rye for each three pounds of wheat flour, and when so used Is regarded as a substitute. Where a baker uses less than 40 per cent of rye there must be idded enough of the other permitted (substitutes to make "up the difference; for example, a baker using one pound of rye to three pounds of wheat flour must add one pound of other substi­ tutes. The rule fixing the proportion of substitutes Is chroiged as follows: Baikers shall use one pound of sub­ stitutes to each four pounds of wheat flour in bakery products of all kinds, except crackers, class 3A, In which one pound of substitutes to nine pounds of wheat flour .shall be used. The name "victory" may be used for all bakery products baked In accord­ ance with this rule. Tire rule limiting the amount of flour a baker Is per­ mitted to carry in stock is changed, and a baker Is permitted to carry 60 days' supply of wheat flour. Chicago.--The seizure under the "spy act" of upwards of two million letters and other mailed documents-- alt of alleged seditious, import--on more than three hundred search war­ rants Issued secretly to post office In­ spectors co-operating with United States Attdrney Charges F. Clyne, be­ came known here. Through this "war measure" coup the post office depart­ ment and department of justice have delivered a body blow to obstruction­ ists to the government's war program. Practically every pro-German and anti­ war organization has been maije a tar­ get within the last few months and the use of the malls denied to them. Into the government's hands has fallen Incriminatory evidence which presages numerous new indictments throughout the country under the espionage act. It ls asserted the prosecuting officials have in their possession a list of prac­ tically every German propagandist and war obstructionist in the United States. Chicago.--In an effort to decrease by 20 per cent the amount of fuel U3ed in Illinois In 1918 as against 1917, Jo­ seph Harrington, administrative /engi­ neer for the United States fuel admin­ istration In Illinois, issued an appeal to all classes of consumers in the state to conserve fuel In every possible way. For home purposes Illinois last year Used "more coal than any other state, with the exception of Pennsylvania, Mr. Harrington points out In his plea for conservation. The amount Was 87,755,000 tons. In the amount of coal used for purely "domestic purposes, Illi­ nois is the largest consumer, with 9,- 721,000 tons as compared with 4,900,- 000 tons in Ohio, the second largest consumer of this class. "The oppor­ tunity for patriotic service In fuel con­ servation, therefore, comes to Illinois In a large measure," declared Mr. Har­ rington, "and for the tsredlt of the state Illinois must stand second to none In the amount of coal saved this year." Chicago.--This city has pledged it­ self to heed the request of the United States fuel administration to save gas­ oline, and at the name time the county fuel administrator, Raymond E. Dur­ ham, stated that If the reqyest were not complied with It was probable a .drastic order would be Issued: "We have orders to report back to Wash­ ington in ten days," Mr. Durham said, "on the success of the pleasure as a voluntary uiove. The administration is anxious to avoid the necessity of Issuing a mandatory order, and it is hoped a full and cheerful compliance with the request will make that un­ necessary, It should be emphasized the request urges the curtailment df the use of motor vehicles not only on Sunday but at all times, when It Is not necessary " Spriflgfield.--A * petition containing the names of the Prohibition party's candidates was filed with the secre­ tary of state. Owing to the fact that the party fell below the required quota of votes in the last election, It was necessary for it to make Its nomina­ tions In this manner. The candidates are: United States Senator, Frank B. Vennum of Champaign; congressmen at large, Charles P. Corson of Tallula and Edward Blake of Oak Park; state treasurer, Orrln L. Dayton; superin­ tendent of public instruction, E. G. Burnett of Griggsvllle; trustees of University of Illinois, Mary Whltte- raore of Peoria, W, M. Hamilton of Jdarlssa and Carrie V. Buff of Dan­ ville. ° Springfield.--With the organization here recently of the commission ap­ pointed b^y the Fiftieth general as­ sembly to revise the election laws of Illinois and to. submit a new code to the next legislature, active work on the task at hand Is abotit to begin. State Senator Clarence E. Buck of Monmouth is chairman of the commis­ sion by appointment of Gov. Frank O. Lowden. Secretary of State L, L. Em- merson has been made secretary. Re­ duction ' of the number of elections, for one thing, Is a desired end, it Is said. , Chicago.--Chicago's new quota of unskilled labor which must be fur­ nished by nonwar industries for war work was announced as 33,382, an In­ crease from 17,000. The Chicago com­ munity, which includes Cook county. Is given nearly half the Illinois quota of 78,670. The next district is that entered about Waukegan. which must supply 7,780 men. The Springfield dis­ trict is called on for 4.'045 men, the Peoria,^district for 2,998 men, the East St. Louis for 2,872 and the Rockford district for 2,592. A careful, canvass of the industrial concerns In the Chi­ cago diktrid Is being made. . v ^ Springfield.--Health conditions In B* lifiois are unusually good. In a sunt* mary on the situation sent to the fed- oral authorities at Washington and covering the week ending August 24, the state department of public health soys: "With .the exception of a few localities, conditions throughout Illi­ nois continue to be unusually good. During the last seven days, 82 cases of diphtheria were reported from nine different communities; Chicago report­ ed 52 cases and Peoria nine. Nevf cash­ es of scarlet fever reported during the week numbered 16. These were re­ ported from eight different communi­ ties, Chicago having nine of the totat. A total of 22 cases of smallpox were reported from nine communities. Ful­ ton county having 11, Jackson county three, Chicago four, and O'Fallon, St. Clair county, two cases. There were 19 cases of Infantile paralysis, Chicago having seven, Kankakee three and Evanston three, the others being scat­ tered throughout the northern portion of the state. Fifty-eight new cases of typhoid were reported from 18 commu­ nities; Jacksonville having 12; Moline eight; Wheaton four; Effingham four. Buncombe, Jackson connty, three, and Chicago 12. The typhoid epidemic at Moline, which was caused by pol­ luted water and which has existed for the past two months. Is now rapidly subsiding. The outbreak of typhoid at Wheaton has been found to be due to polluted milk supply. Investigations of the epidemic of typhoid at Jackson­ ville are still under way, but evidence points to a polluted water supply. Chicago.--The udminl*ttation's atti­ tude toward corKcr'ptior- of labor waa outlined before the association of com­ merce by Louis F. Pest, assistant sec­ retary of labor. "The lime may come,1* be said, "when we will have to con­ script workers iu unities, forests and factories, but In lh« ni.tce of democ­ racy these men *hall r.ct be conscripted until we have first co»fcrlpted the places where 1hcj thai! work. This democracy will not stand for conscrip­ tion of men to work for the profit of ether men. The cor scr'j. >ed man must work for Uncle Sam acd no one else.** Danville.---After hclding a grievance f »r almost live years against 48 men, whi he says wronged him, Alfred Adamson. now a rt-Kklcn* of Missouri, has sued Amos Ilanna, James Land, Tom Warren and 4,1 other members of an alleged gang, for Sl'iO.KiC. The pe­ tition for the damage suit was filed In the ofti<M> of the clerk of the federal pourt in this cl:y. Adamson says in his petition that formerly he lived In Crooked Creek township, Jasper conn­ ty ; that after being subjected to rough tieatment for more than a month ho was forced to leave his home and move to the state of Missouri, leaving behind him much valuable property and grow­ ing props; that also he suffered bodily Injury, besides financial losses. Springfield.--An effort Is being made by state flsh experts to determine why there are no flsh In the Sangamon river between Springfield and Decatur. The Scarcity of the flsh in the stream dur­ ing the past months has been usually noticeable. Sportsmen made com­ plaint. It resulted in the investigation. One theory advanced Is that the sewage from Decatur is responsible; another that acids from the Western Cartridge company plant kills the flsh and an­ other that an Inefficient dam located near the city- does not permit a free enough circulation of fresh water to keep the flsh alive. Springfield.--A Liberty sing prob­ ably will be arranged for Illinois soon. In keeping with a movement launched at Philadelphia, when 50,000 persons sang the "Star-Spangled Banner." Gov. Frank O. Lowden has given his approv­ al to the plan, which was suggested by the Liberty sing committee of tl\e war camp community service and the na­ tional council of defense. The plan Is to have all residents of various com­ munities assemble at a given point, and sing the national air at an appointed hour. When the sing was held at Phil­ adelphia, the Liberty bell was tapped lightly for the first time In many years. Springfield.--German alien women subject to registration regulations who change residence without obtaining the official permit required by the de­ partment of justice are subject to ar­ rest aad detention for the duration of the war. Detailed Instructions re­ ceived by V. Y. Dallman, United States marshal and ohief registrar for thia district, show that the department la determined to rigidly enforce regula­ tions governing change of residence by German alien enemies. Notice has been sent out to all chiefs of police and postmasters in the district. Bloom ington.--The new draft rules, calling for men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one," will, it is feared, place a quietus upon prep and college athletics during the coming year. In the ».rep schools the trained athletes are of draft age In most instances, while a large proportion of the men who maku up the college ath­ letic teams are bet- w twenty-one. The change In the agec fcr draft men was •iisconcerting to the coaches and ath- !eil»: directors of the *. ari.»us education­ al institutions and may have a serious effect upon football ar.u basketball daring the com* ng, fen son. Chicago.--The Illinois Highway Im­ provement association, which is con­ ducting the campaign in behalf of the $60,000,000 good roads bond issued opened headquarters In this city. It Is the purpose of these headquarters to furnish speakers to address meetings at. farmers' institutes, Chautauquas, county centennial celebrations, county fairs and other groups who are now holding meetings throughout the state, as well as to distribute maps of Illi­ nois, showing the proposed state-wide road system to be built after the war with the funds derived from the bond Issue If approved by the people. Springfield.--At a session of the state board for vocational reslgtration amounts from the federal fund to re­ imburse cities for home economics education were awarded as follows: Normal public" high school. Normal, 366;'Sparta high school, Sparta, Ran­ dolph county, $437; Leland high school, Leland, La Salle county , $334, and Chicago, for evening classes, $397. The board also allowed the University of Illinois, Urbana, $900 for the salary of Instructor In agricultural education. During the year the board has made apportionments aggregating - /. f , - r •. ' **301 -%?|S Or̂ W Rescued After Homing JUk iwight Experience in Lake ^ornu s - '7 ' ̂ HOLDS HEROIC VIGIL SAVED NT OH Signal* Bring Succor to Helplosa Craft . w Lake Michigan After All bufc^ ^ Oaring Young Woman Aro Exhausted. . . v':.! M Chicago.--Lashing herself to the mast of a disabled boat in the gala that swept Lake Michigan, Miss Mar­ garet Sturdy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Sturdy of 115 East Chicago avenue, maintained an heroic vigil until dawn. Then the American flag she was waving as a signal of distress brought succor. The boat was several times on the verge of foundering. » This was the etory brought to Chi­ cago after Capt. A. F. Brown and hla crew of the South Chicago coast guardt* station had responded to Miss Star- dy's signals and rescued both boat; and passengers. The boat, which waa eight miles out In the lake, twas towed in. Aboard it, besides Miss Margaret, were her parents and a crew of two 'men. • , * From Portland, Me. They had brought the Soat, a SB-foot sailing yacht with an auxiliary gaso­ line engine, from Portland, Me., where Mr. Sturdy purchased it for Mrs. Sturdy some weeks ago. It id named the Mikado. The voyage had been uneventful save for a few minor squalls until they encountered the storm. Even then they would have made Chicago safely had not the gasoline engine be­ come disabled. The aails were use­ less in the high wind. They drifted all night, Miss Sturdy told a reporter, while the crew tried in vain to repair the engine. Toward , midnight the violent pitching of the boat caused Mrs. Sturdy to become in. She failed to respond to emer­ gency treatment and her condition was such that the services of a physi­ cian were urgently needed. Girl Guards Vessel. The strain of keeping watch foe passing vessels, working with the agf ' glne, and battling the storr* exhaust* ; ':1; ifii Was Tossing About Like a Corik-vs ed Mr. Sturdy and his two-man crew, and they succumbed to sleep about three o'clock in the morning. The duty of guarding the little vessel thereupon devolved upon the da ugh- ter. . • The storm showed no signs of . abatement. Big combers were break* ** ing over the deck and the Mikado- was tossing about like a cork when ^ Miss Sturdy took the vessel's Ameri­ can fla" acd fought her way to th$ mast, just abaft the bow. Using a coil of hempen rope, she bound her- » self to it knd remained there until - about five o'clock, when Captain » Brown's lookout sighted her distreaa signals. * NEW SWINDLE IN CANADA '?V • Crooks Impose Fines on Farmers fse ,- ' Having Too Much Food to _ l»e*esiiorf.: Tteeonver, B. C.--County poUea 'tmSB the farming sections of British Colum­ bia are hunting for a number of clever J crooks who have been imposing fines on farmers for having too much meat, flour or other provisions on hand. ( One farmer reports having been $25 by one of these supposed inspec­ tors who had been fed by the fanner and housed all night. At breakfast the visitor waa served with bacon. The fine was then imposed for ~ ing meat on a meatless day. . x*i - Is Meanest Burglar. Springfield, 111.--Police here an " searching for Springfield's meanest X burglar. He recently broke into tw<* homes and rifled baby banks. On® yielded $3.80 and the other $30. jlMfc* : t i ing else was disturbed. Ten Big Fish. Lawreneeburs, Ind. -- George* W, Sears and Mll*nn G. Miller, fishermen, caught ten large catfish that weighed 861 pounds in a partly wrecked and sunken coal barge in the Ohio river. The men were engaged In taking tfc* barge apart to obtain what lumbar Could be used again from the W'fcofc. Baby Born With Toot*, ' BratMocJi, Pa.--The baby of Mr. aad Mr& Ralph Welsh, born recently, < found to have a full formed walghed 15 pounds at but*. *