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Pasre Five ALLIES SUFFE i - POLL TAXES FOR WAR WORK ODGES THE LABOR STANDARD, APRIL 15, 1918 SEND CRACK AIRillAN Salvation Army Will Collect Refund at Wichita for Use of Troops Abroad. Adjutant Soulier to Demonstra! ; Morane Plane. ; AVIATOR D WILSON AS POTENTATE Gypsies Turn to President When Deadlocked on King. Wrangfing Over Election cf Successor to Late Ruler, They Adjourn With out Making Choice. I i 72 DAY! nis TOO Success in War Imperiled if American Homes Do Not I Come to Rescue. Oil PROPAGANDA AT WORK Ctorles Alleging Plentitude of Food In Allied Countries Jeopardize Cause of Allies Correspon dent Tells of Conditions in France. Washington. Irresponsible state ments from unknown sources, purport ing' to show that there Is ho food short ago. In France and other allied Euro pean countries, are creating a ,wrong impression in the public mind and se riously hampering the , government's food conservation program, declares the United States food administration. The administration can only repeat what it has said all along on the basis f official government statistics : There Is a serious food shortage In France; ano? In other allied European laitds.shbrtagfe which, if not made tip'by conservation in American homes and shipments from American ports, will imperil allied success in the war. f Any statement, innocent or mali cious, which alleges a plentitude of fftod over there Is German propaganda, pure and simple. Get Wrong Impression. iPersons returning from Paris have unintentionally Jeopardized the cause f the allies by giving American news papers 'their flash impressions of food Conditions in France. Explaining how tfcls happens, Fred B. Pitney, Ameri can ' correspondent, recently returned fnfcn France, said : i! T have kept house- in Paris during the war and I can speak from experi ence. One learns a great deal when keeping house of which one gets no inkling when living in a hotel and eat ing In restaurants. One can always go to a restaurant and get a meal. . , flX have heard many visiting Ameri cano who lived in France in that way, pooh-pooh the Idea that there was a food shortage In the country. If those same persons had had to search the tkarket before, they, had their meals, fbej-would. have gained a very differ ent Idea of the food situation.' . We paid, last winter In Paris 11 cents apiece for eggs, and $2 a pound lor butter;. and there was frequently aether, shutter, eor. eggs nor milk ta hadrrPiatevf,amiUes.were allow ed -to buy j oneelghth .of a pound of Jtattr At ai time. ' The grocers could not ell flour, only the bakers." i The Meat Situation. Reoffing at the idea that there Is a shortage in France, one article re cently published in the United States declared that a certain Paris meat market advertised "beef a la mode" and other - real meat items as "meat less day "specials." This, -according to Pitney; may eas ily have 'Occurred 1 without at. all lndi ca ting-that there was no meat shortage In -France. With -regard, to- the meat altnkHonr Pitnev said: Tne French government is very bu- '' not IJkeffta: b overgoverned. . They, ob ject "seriously to anything - that savors f meddling in a man's private affairs. "Saying- how. much or what a man shall eat Is getting pretty close to pri vate aifairs and therefore the French , government knowing, intimately the people, Uvftas to deal wftn, Is slow rl-ow in coming., to such measures even in face of the only too evident food shortage in the country. '. "So .far. mpflt has withstood nil f- fots..to control its consumption there has been - no attempt to control its price, and yet it is vitally necessary to control the consumption of meat in France or to increase the supply." ; Herds Are Disappearing. ;vWIth regard to the published state ment in this-: country that France's nerds are sleek, fat and plentiful, Pit ney, said ; -. "France's herds are disappearing rapidly. They are today far below the danger; point. Soon they, will have to reconstituted entirely. To what ex tent - the- herds have disappeared is shown by the cutting of the meat ra tion of the soldiers at the front. At the beginning of the war they were allowed i one pound of meat a day. Twenty per cent has now been cut grow, that ration. Only dire necessity will - countenance reducing the food vfJowance of soldiers at the front. -"At the beginning of 1914 France's cattle herds comprised 14,787,710 head ; eheep '16,131,390 and hogs .7,035,850. By. the eid of 1914,' after five mouths M ' Warj lwr cattle wiere r&&tice&:t& 12eS4:j, Uer sheep th&$88Wl &n$ . kegs : t i,92&,291. Tftday.. er . e tfle perils are-down more tnn'n l&'per cent, while -her sheep number no more than 10,000,000 and her hogs 4,000,000. "Cattle feed is short in France and the cattle are. poor and .underweight.' , National Price Fixing. . -.Ooneerhing the statement that there taw ptenty-. of. beans and potatoes in , Fraace, Pitney said : ... . scheme rf national price fixing is to. be tiled now with beans and pota toes. Both of these' crops are far be low the requirements of the country. I have seen many days when potatoes, could not be bought In Paris." rt'Ttil3 is a time when all workers must soberly face the grave impor tance of their daily work and decide "industrial matters with a conscience mindful of the world, relations of each act.- ; . ! -' - - . - . Wichita, Kan. Some weeks ago the Kansas supreme court ruled that cer tain cities did not have to collect a poll tax. Wichita is one of them. Then the Salvation Army officers here conceived a bright idea. "Why not ask the ineii for their poll tax, and use the money in fur thering the war work overseas of the army?" they asked. Now accredited solicitors of the Salvation Army are collecting the poll tax receipts "of business men and oth ers. They will present them to the city officials when the refund is made. LEADS A FAMOUS REGIMENT Young Ohio Officer Is in Command of Gas and Flame Contingent of United States. Canton. An Ohioan, Lieut. Col. E. J. Atkinson, thirty-four, formerly of this city, is in command of the famous gas and flame regiment of the United States. He recently was elevated from the rank of major and is one of the youngest men in the United States army to hold such a high commission. Atkinson is now stationed at Fort Mey er, V&. FEEDING FOWLS FOR MEAT AND EGGS In feeding the flock an effort should be made to do so as cheaply as pos sible, consistent with the production ol eggs. To accomplish this all table scraps, kitchen waste, etc., should be utilized. Scraps of meat or leftover vegetables which cannot be utilized in any other way make excellent feed. There are also many other waste prod ucts, such' as beet tops, turnip tops, carrot tops, potato parings, onion tops, the outside leaves of cabbages, waste lettuce leaves bread and cake crumbs, etc., all of which, are relished by the .hens and can be used to the best ad vantage. ... Int saving the scraps and waste it is well to separate the por tions adapted for feeding to the flock and place these in a receptacle or pall of their own. Decomposed waste ma terial or moldy bread or cake should never be saved ; to feed to the hens, as it Is harmful to them and may cause serious bowel trouble. Sloppy mate rial, such as dishwater, should not be thrown into their pall. It is also use less to. put in such things as , banana peels or the -skins of oranges, as these have little or no food value. Any sour milk which isl not utilized in the' house should beT given to the chickens. This should '' b fed separately, however, either tof allowing! the thens to drink 'itf or by- allowing. It' to clabber on sthe backof 'ttie stbve and then feedingit in that . condition. .'When, the family's table, waste Is, not; sufficient for, feed ing, the flock, it Is usually,, possible to get some of the neighbors who : keep no hens to' save material "suitable for feeding. Many people We glad to do this If a small pail in which to place the waste is furnished, Table scraps and kitchen waste are beat -prepared for feeding-by running them : ; through an . ordinary . meat grinder. ; After the, material has, been put through the- grinder it is usually a rather moist mass, and it is. well to mix with it some cornmeal, bran or other ground', grain until . the whole mass assumes a crumbly condition. The usual method Is to feed the table scraps at noon or at night, or at both times, as may be desired, in a trough or on a board. All should be fed that the hens will eat up clean, and if any of the material is left, after one-half or three-quarters of an hour it should be removed. .If allowed to lie it may spoil and would be very bad for, the hens. With the table scraps it is well to feed some grain. Perhaps this may be given best as a light 'feed In the morn ing. Four or- five handfuls of grain (about one-half pint) scattered in the litter will be sufficient f Or a flock of twenty or-twenty-five hens. By hand ful is meant as much as can be grasped in the hand, not what can be scooped up in the open hand. By scattering it in the litter the hens will be compelled to scratch in order to find the grain and in this way to take exercise, which is decidedly beneficial to them. If the house is too small to feed in, the grain can be scattered on the 'ground outside. A good grain mixture for .this purpose is composed of equal parts by weight of wheat, cracked corn and oats. An other suitable grain mixture is com posed of two parts by weight of cracked corn and one part oats. Live in Suspended Huts. In the lowlands of the delta of the Orinoco river the natives build huts suspended between trunks of Mauritla flexuosa, :a : palm.. They also eat its fruits, its, pith,. Us , juice and use. the fibers . of -itft leaf,: .steins for making ropes, hammocks, etc.- HAS UNIQUE COAT OF ARMS Washington Woman Uses 25,000 Can cered Postage Stamps in Mak e ing It. Aberdeen, Wash. Twenty-five thou sand canceled postage stamps, repre senting 13 administrations, have been used by Mrs. Sarah Erickson, of this city, to make a government coat of arms. The stamps were gathered in the last 25 years. The coat of arms represents an i American eagle: with" outspread, ' wings I and below it are five spears and a shields i' Three , stamps, are from the George Wa sbington administration A lodge has offered Mrs. Erickson $2,200 for the picture, but she has refused it. She still, is. gathering stamps for the completion of the work. She will add the xvoi&s T '"Liberty" and "B Pluribus Dnuui." ' iii I. a. I II ill III; m Ililllll'l , WIMI!8.l'Jj.wJ.XMIIiUII.'.WIIMIIIIK.wlAlM.'MI.M.MMI.l.l.U K K&.:':':- :':'.: . i. iv.::i ... :;:; :' .:.;.; . ': :::;.:..:,::::.:::.;;::...-.:;:.;.: jr:;;'::; : ''i-yi'&Jti' imi i id i , i ; mtfju jfflwj' it 1 ' ., , n , .1 ijll . nwmmiWMbf! tt' jylWAW Wt'JH.l -iy :l J-: Victory- is- m z ;l .Qiiestidil of. Slaitiiliria. titie Fuel 'Far f&fffitfersL :,amiT&z states ioon'MmiTionp Protection bf Democracy Must Gome From Those It protects By THEODORE N. VAIL - , President of tLe American Telegraph and. Telephone Company Two thousand years ago a now era, a new religion, dawned upon the world. :; Whatever of, civilization,, ol, freedom or of liberty we hr.ve arid'iehjoV comes from the, subordination .y man of human pcVssion and selfislmess because, of the teachings, the --incarnation or . reincarnation of the ideals and principles of that reliff ion. Peace and. goo'd ;'wiUh" . earth". 4)j.''.mfeirv;-; l-1 sarth-to men of good will is the basis of liberty of fjn mankind. Our democracy is based on liberty, the liberty of. all to live and enjoy life, the fullest liberty to each individual consistent. -gith same right to all other individuals. More is impossible. . , , , Under this civilization has come greater peace throughout the -world. Wider intereommuni cation and more neighborly, feeling, toward ot!r fellow men have been .developed. i?,;s- ; v - . Man'? . self-dependence, or independence of others, has passed but in its-place have cornet greater i possibilities .of i , Ufe . JDepiidenfie of man upon man-implies : serticeof' mart ?to man.. v'L : , : - ; c To maintain democracy, civilization and semce; convention regula tion and law, an organized government is necessary.. ; ? The difference between the organization of the, government by democ racy and that by autocracy is that democracy is government by the will of the governed, and not the government of a few acting, by usurped power or that of an insurgent minority.: ... ... -. -.; ...... Government by democracy must be enforced as vigorously, impar tially, unflinchingly as that by any other government. They who differ may express their difference, may do all possible to convert others, so long as it is not done in open defiance or in active rebel lion, and so long as their actions, are subordinated to. jthe?rill and authority Df the majority. i.r1 If and when a majority of all cannot be trusted , to express the will f a people, cannot be trusted., to act wisely, and all are, not willing to abide by it, any government except government by force will fail. Our democracy is now threatened from without-and the democracy of the whole world is at stake. . . The protection .of onr democracy must come from, those it protects. Every individual to its protection owes all life, liljerty, substance. To the protection of that democracy he must if necessary devote all. Let us dedicate to our, country, in whatever way, whenever and wher ever we may be called, our unhesitating, Unflinching service, implicit in its obedience and subordination to cluty and authority. Bread Made From Cow Peas Is Both Novel and Nutritious Ccwpea bread, made from fresh green cowpeas, is still a ivov elty to many. This bread is not only wholesome and nutritious, but it also has a very agreeable flavor and a delicate green color which permits its use for dainty sandwiches when prepared with a tilling of soft white cheese or a lettuce leaf and a bit, of mayonnaise. Like other legumes the cowpea furnishes considerable protein, so essential in our diet. It also contains valuable mineral salts which are also of benefit to the human system. . Used in bread the cowpea serves as a wheat flour substitute, henco helps tt conserve wheat. Moreover, in districts where these peas are grown, this should prove an economical kind of bread. Boil the cowpess in. the pods from one to two hours. When sufficiently cooled, shell them and put the peas through a ineat grinder or vegetable press. For each loaf of bread take one cupful mashed cowpeas, one teaspooaf ul salt, one tablespocnful sugar, and mix thoroughly. For every loaf allow one-fourth cake yeast and two-thinhs cupful lukewarm water (or one-eighth cupful liquid yeast and about one-half cupful water). Mix yeast and water and add to the cowpeas. Eicnd with this one cupful of lifted flour, cover and let rise until quite light. Work in additional flour, about iy2 cupfitls per loaf, until of the proper consistency Knead until smooth, cover and allow Jto rise again. Wlien light mold ; place in greased pan3; let rise until two or two and one-half times it's bulk; bake fifty to sixty minutes in a moderate oven. , Patronize Advertizers . .. In The Labor 'Wtma rap C -At. Standard Lieut. Pat. O'Brien of Illinois Tells of Wild Adventures in Germany. JUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN American Strategy Triumphs Over German Efficiency One of His Hardest Stunts Was Swimming River Me use. Chicago. Pat O'Brien of Momence, 111., is back from the fighting front. In the British flying corps the young man from Momence is known as Lieut. Patrick Alva O'Brien. He is famous for several reasons. His real story be gan when he made a descent of nearly two miles in his airplane after a Ger man bullet in the face had rendered him unconscious. The fall cost him a bump on the head. , He jumped out of the window of a moving trafn on his way to a German prison camp, and escaped. Then he spent 72 days in getting to Holland, a distance of 250 miles as the airplane flies. And the story ends with one of the longest interviews With a king on record 52 minutes by the royal stop watch. Many times during those 72 nights of travel through Germany, Luxemburg, and occupied Belgium, American strategy triumphed over German effi ciency. "Usually," said Lieutenant O'Brien, "when a bunch of fellows get together, they talk about women. But in our first prison, in Flanders, we talked only about escape and food, and got very little of either. There were, eight officers going to an interior prison camp, and a guard with a rifle for ev ery two prisoners. Leaps From Train. "We rode all day . and all night. Twice I put up the window to jump and lost my nerve! it looked too much like sudden death. As I 'put It up again, about four in the morning, the guard gave roe an ugly look. ' I knew it was then or never and dove o$t.' ." "For nearly a .month,, afterward I thought my left eye was gone. The scars are there yet. By the time tlje train stopped, a half-mile on, or more; I was up and stumbled to a hiding place. Those Germans looked every-wherer-oh the side of the tracks to "yard the border. I was in the oppo site direction, f "It was a month before I got rid of my English uniform. I, stole a pair of overalls one night. J. got a., cap the next,, and a shirt later, A Belgian gave me a scarf. 4 That was all the help I gpt.?,: : . : ; As an appetizer Lieutenant. O'Brien ate turnip. The entree Was sugar beet, and the meal closed' with a cabbage stump that even the Germans scorned. "And 'I never did like vegetables he1 said. T hope I never have to eat another. One night a German soldier saw him swimming a river, and raised , the alarm. ' - "I felt sure they would be on top. of me In-' a few minutes, he said, "so I ran upstream and swam. back to the other-side. I knew i the r ways of the Hun pretty well by then. They looked everywhere on.the other side, but not a German came near me. Swam the Meuse. One ' of the hardest things I did was to swim the Meuse river. I had all my clothes on, to niy boots, and the river was half a mile across. It nearly got me twenty-five feet from shore. I ;was chOklngj and I admit praying. My boyhood on the Kanka kee saved my life. "When I got up the bank I fainted. It was the only time I ever fainted." Lieutenant O'Brien coiild not speak German.. As a boy, a Momence baker of Teuton origin taught him a phrase of German, but he did not know what it meant. It was some "ten lifetimes" after swimming the Meuse he found the nine-foot death fence of the Hol land frontier. Death all but got him then, as his Improvised ladder dropped him on the charged wires. "A few minutes later," he said, I could have tripped the guard with my ladder. After he had gone I dug-lug as I never dug before in my life. My back was half an Inch from death when I crawled under and into Holland." SITE OF EL DORADO FOUND Ruins of "Legendary" City Reported to Have Been in a Brazilian Forest. Madrid, Spain. News has been re ceived, here of the discovery in .Brazil of the site of the Incan city, known to early Spanish and Portuguese explor ers as El Dorado, and hitherto regard d as legendary. The ruins are in the Manoa region, near the Bolivian fron tier, in. the midst of a dense ...forest. An archaeological expedition, including Brazilian, Spanish and Portuguese .sci entists, wj 11 make a detailed study of the district. VICTIM OF GERMAN RAID ENLISTS IN RED CROSS Chicago. Miss Victorlhe Van ; Dyke, whose borne was destroyed .when . the kaiser's army t crushed, Belgium Vnd who. eseapeit frbmf German bondage aiid came' to Chicago, is on her way back to her war broken country to aid the Red Cross. Her mother is in Belgium and her two soldier brothers are pris oners in German prison camps. ' Berkeley, Cal . The Gypsy world has a new potentate. He isPrerfdent Woodrow Wilson. To hiir een hun dred representatives of th. 3ndefing tribes have pledged their i j. : Assembled to elect a klngi, y have split up into factions and are" pigling over the candidate who shal cceed xhis late Majesty Alexander, .died several months ago at Sacramento. But while undecided as to whom they should choose to pledge thir al legiance, the Gypsy delegates are unit ed in the admission that no matter how strong may be their attachment to kingly rule, they and their sovereign must bow to the president of the Unit ed States. In automobiles, in Pullman palace cars, in buggies and wagons and old "pi'airie schooners" the Gypsies came from all parts of the country. For weeks they have been sloitering in northern California. " Queen Mary, widow of tiie late king, objected to the balloting for his suc cessor, claiming that she was entitled to rule. The necessity for having a male hand at the helm was pointed out. Then there arose Michael Adams, sixteen-year-old nephew of the de ceased sovereign, but the leaders pro claimed him but"-a boy. "A man must rule," became their slogan. "Woman has the vote. Why should woman not reign?" said the queen. Agreement was Impossible, and. the Gypsies decided that there could be no lawful selection of a new ruler un til the body of good King Alexander should repose in an appropriate mauso leum. A large delegation packed their tents, started their automobiles, "checked out" at their hotels arid de parted. . MORE AMERICAN MADE TOYS War Conditions Develop Industry , to Point Where Foreign Competi tion Is Broken Forever. ' Washington. America is now. first in the toy making Industry. Hereto fore the United States has purchased the majority Of its toys from Germany, Nuremburg being one of the chief man ufacturing centers in former years. Forced by war conditions to deperid upon their own resources, ,' the manu facturers of this country have been making toys and have been so success ful that buyers for large stores claim the hold of other countries on this line of business -has been broken, forever. A few toys " are still coming ' from France,' England. Switzerland, and Ja pan, but the American tpys jhaye prov ed . superior, as they ..are K more d,ue& tional. - . , . .. ... , WOMEN CUT OUT THE SWEETS "Do Their Bit" in Conserving the Na tion's Food Supplies at Ashland, Wis. I Ashland, Wis. In order to "do their bit" in conserving the nation's food supplies the women's advisory com mittee of the Ashland defense council has adopted resolutions asking all women to abstain from the use of Ice cream, candy, sweet drinks and conf eci tions in which beet or cane sngar Is an ingredient. Women's, societies, which have lieen accustomed rtbserving re freshments, are no longer doing so un less the refreshments have been made according to recipes approved by the advisory committee. UNIONISTS, BE CONSISTENT Have a Look for the Label Under Leather of All Union-Made Soft and Stiff Haa - - - QKfIMb .THCrTFRE PHONE CHARTER IKS THE BRIGHTEST 1087 MAIN STREET TWO SHOWS DAILY home op refined burlesque plating the attractions of ' the columbia circuit '" Week of Week of Million Dollar The Roseland French Aviator Selected by War De partment Officials to Come Here- - . 'as Instructor. . . Paris. Adjutant Soulier of - the French ' army, who shot down :; seven German airplanes In the shortest space of time of any aviator, has been se" lected by the undersecretary of avia tion to go to the United States to dem onstrate the newest and fastest flyins machine in the world the " Mortne monoplane. ! " ." Robert Morane of the Morane-Sanl-ier works, who lias created this en velopment of his "parasol" type, origi nally intended to send as demonstrator Sublieutenant Jean Navarre, who was tied with Guynemer, each having12 German machines ta his credit, In the spring of 1916, when he was woundf; and who ha3 since been declared in sane, following his running down a number of policemen In his automobile last winter. The French authorities have refused to permit Navarre to leave the coun try, on the ground that although he Is generally regarded as rational now, he might, exhibit further tendencies to insanity which might be embarrass ing to the authorities In the United States because, of his grade and deco rations, in the French army. Navarre has always been considered by-experts as the aviator' possessing the ;bst technique in the service. Soulier, who is only twenty years old, went to Flanders in May last vlth .a crack French escadrflle. He was fix ing the newest model two-gun S. P. A. D. and by-the end of June,, when .he was. wounded, he had destroyed seven enemy machines. - The Morane which" he will demonstrate has been tried out by Eaoul Givas Lufberry, the Ameri can "ace," who is highly pleased with its performance. It has shattered all speed .and climbing records, but can only be driven by the most skilled pilots. ' , i DAY-OLD SON SAVES DADDY Soldier. Overstays Leave When Heir ' Doesn't Arrive on Time and Is Arrested for Desertion. Denver,; .Cblo.-John JPexshfleld,.. Jr., , aged one day, saved Private John Perskfield, Sr., of Company , G, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh infantry, from being court-martialed on a charge of desertion from Uncle Sam's forces. Private Pershfield secured a fur lough from Camp Kearney, Linda Yia ta, CaL, where his company is training, to visit his home in Denver. When he failed to, return to camp at the expira tion of the. leave, CoL Patrick H&tu rocfcomihanding officer, wired Den ver authorities to arresVPersbfieldtas a .'deserter front the army ' The charge - was thangeo!' to al sent trithout leave" when local authori ties, notified Hamrock that Pershfield, JrM failed to arrive, as soon as expect-" ed, so the soldier-daddy overstayed hi -leave waiting for Mr. Stork to put ia an appearance. - v STATEMENT, of the ownership, manascment. etc, of .' The L&bor Standard, published . semi-monthly at Hartford. Conn, by The Standard Pnblidfaintr Company, Robert . Pyne, managing editor : post office addresar .284 Asylnm street. f StockhoMers: Robert E. Pyne, Hartford. Central Labor .Union,-. Brewery Workmen's Union, Harry E. Bliss. Wilbur H. Conway, Anna Kinsler, A. Wardinski, Josephine Brca feld, , Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union of Hartford; Plumber and Steam i lit ters Union, Theatrical Stage Employes Urfon. Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union of Waterbury. i J ' , " MortsaRee : Hersrentlialer .' Z4notype CaH' New York. ' . ' - v Sworn to and snbscribed to before me thm 12th day of April,. 1918. CHARLES J. WITTMAN. Notary Public The Woodruff Grocery Co. Everything in Accordance Wit ! Pure Food Law. Lowest Price. 122 East Main Street. " WATKBBUBY. CITIZEN'S COAL COr 11 South Main St., Watcrburj. , . : . - .- - . ti SPOT IN TOWN H ARtPORD, CONN. 2:15 AND 8i0d P. M. T : April 29 May 6 it li Polls Giirls