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CO^^tTTCC OH PUBLIC INfOI?MAT|OM miimim* STORTHING PftSStO J5Y CGfl. OH. PUB. iNr, WWJJ Western Nmpapcr Uni' UnJtrwsod & iindtf*#4<S ■>x^ : ■mm '• • y &£&« STOLEN FROM THE ROUMANIAN PEASANTS tit iias fallen off so that nearly one- third of the barley had to be Imported In France last year. “The normal consumption of rye Is about the same as for barley, but nor-/ mat Imports-are only about .8 per cent. In 1015 the-production was about 400,- 000 tons tuqdor-notwnl and -uu Imports / were available. , fj - - ItAly \jforse Oif Than' France. % “The annual cwauroptkitew corn uv- i efage 1,150,000 tons about one-half he^ (, ing Imported. The proportion of fm- ports in 1010 hud "risen tq two-thirds. “The annual consumption of oats .’before the war was 5,500,000 tontj, of 4 wkleh-TSkM’OQ-q+His- were- importo-d, -lu- 1010 these imports rose to over J,CXW.». - rOOO tons and tin* stork was still 500: • 000 tons short.” Broad general statements have heen . A*** ' . * ■ published saying there is no food <». supply slmrtagedn Italy, They are <• ilie same .stripe as tin* statements con cefnjng France. Italy’s plight-, if any thing, Is worse tTmn that of France according to official reports in tin hands of tip* United States govern' tuenj. 3 WOMAN SITS IN Pliot.yFai.ii from German >ourtvs show irtgT fell linn troops with provisions and slitvfr Hint have been taken away from tin* Roumanian .peasants to feed the apmy op tTn* kaiser. i. ■ Miss Sara Christie Takes Place % Norwegian Parliament as Repre sentative of Trondhjetn* ... ALLIES SUFFER FROM FOOD SHORTAGE Success in War American Homes Do Not Come to Rescue. Imperiled if '^ns 01 ' point. Soon they will have to l»«: reconstituted entirely. To what ex tent -the herds have disappeared is shown by the cutting of the meat ca- ' ^ tion a.f iIn*, soldiers at the front. At the beginning of the war they Were ______; hllovvtHl one-pound of meat a day. HUN. PROPAGANDA AT WORK ? |,,r /"•' !"/ n :; w ; ut from that ration. Only dire necessity -—-—*: * will countenance reducing the food allowance of, soldiers at the front. “At the beginning of 1014 France's <*attle herds comprised 14.7S7.710 head; sheep 16,131,SIX) and hogs 7,035,850. By tire end of 1014, after tive months j of wax, her cattle were reduced to 111.ilOs,L!43, her sheep to 14,038.361 and logs to 5,!f_’5,poi. Today her cattle herds are down more than lit) per cent, while her sheep number no more than lo.ooo,.too and her hogs 4.000,000. “Fattie feed,is short in France and the cattle- are poor and Underweight." National Price Fixing. (’oncernlnfc the statement that there, are pleiiiy of beans and potatoes in France, Pitney said: “A scheme of national price fixing is to be tried now with beans and pota toes. Both of these crops are far be low tin* requirements of the country. I, Stories Alleging Plentitude of Pood in Allied Countries Jeopardize Cause of Allies—Correspon dent Tells of Conditions r. . in France. , Christiania,, Norway. - Miss Sarn-i Christie has taken lu*r^seat in the Nor wegian lyirliafnent as a conservative representative ’of the city of Trohd- lijem. At parliamentary elections In Norway substitutes for members of j phrliament nre .always elected at the same time to take tin* member’s place in case of fllnes>r7Tr death,’so elections to fill vacancies never fake place. All [.members of the storthing are engaged in special committees to prepare legis lative work or dealing with the govern •nent’s proposals before they are sub- mlttjed to the storthing. In this way Miss Sara Christie, who Is now sum moned to take the seat of Professor Sofajmd, becomes, a member of the de fense committee to consider the army and navy estimates instead of her pre-‘ deeessor. '’•> * Miss Christie is a director of a girls' school in Troridhjem and has for many years been a member of the town coun cil. She Is esteemed ns a prominent The British tank Britannia, which recently demonstrated various interesting phases of tank warfare as wyged by the British* army in France, before th«* officers and men of Brig. Gen. Kvun M. Johnson's division of the National army at Camp Upton, Yuphank, N. Y„ lias started on a recrtiltlng tour of the United States for the British and Cana dian recruiting mission, which js headed by Brig, Gen. \V. A. White. The Brltunnln. known as a female tank, .weighs 30 tons, travels over rough country, hills, hanks, and trenches at the rate of-about four miles an hour, and is armed with six Lewis machine guns. She fought in the battle of the "Homme and has been "over the top*’ three ’times. GERMAN SUBMARINE CREW SURRENDERS TO AMERICAN DESTROYER Washington. — 1 Irresponsible state ments from unknown syurces.-purport- ing ffi show that then* is no foot! short* age in France and,other allied. Kuro- pt*:fir countries, are cheating "Uf wrong impression in the publlFmiind .;ud se riously hampering tin* government's food conservation program, declares tin* United States in >d administration, t The administnation can only repeat vvle.it It has said all along on the basis *4 ntliclal government statistics: There Is a serious food shortage in France! and In other allied European latiils.;—shortage vv jhch. if . not made 'lYave seen many days when potatoes up bv consctvatlon in American homes eoqhl not he'bought in Paris.” and shipments from. American ports, , 'iq H . statement that there is plenty will imperil allied success in the war. j „f rye apd barley in Frame, which has Any statement, innocent or mall- , i>,4*n given wide .publicity in this coun- cious. which alleges a plentitude of (r.v. ls tlatl.v refuted by-'Pitney, who food oyer there is German propaganda, said: pure ami simple. • teacher ami a great administrator. ^■M-f4-M-M*HH*H*l4*H-4-M-f-M* “USE THE WATEPWAYS AND WIN THE WAR” Get Wrong Impression. Persons returning from Paris have unintentionally jeopardized the cause of the allies hv giving American news*' papers their thlsli Impressions of food conditions In France.' Explaining how this happens, Fred B. Pitney/Ameri can correspondent/ recently returned from France, said: “I have kept house in Paris during iTh* 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. Om\can always go to n restaurant ami get a n»al. “I have heard many visiting Atneri cans, who lived in France in that way, pooh pooh the’, idea that there *as a food shortage iti the country. If those -ante persons had had to search the market before they had their meals, they would have gained, a v**rv differ _ cjil iihaTof til** food situation. “We paid last winter in Paris 11 1 -p cents apiece for eggs and $2/a-poumL[ —log. butter and there wtis frequently neither butter. nor eggs'nor milk to l>e had. Private families vvvVc allow- 1 ed to Jitiy-one-eighth of a pound of flour at a time/ Thc-grnqers could not -**11 flotir^ only the bakers.’’ The Meat Situation Sending at Hie ide;i tluit there is n. ,'liortagc in Fraincc. one article re cently published in tju* Fnited Stnt’es. declared that a certain Paris meat market advertised “beef a la modeS and <»ther r<*ai meat items as > -"nn*atv- less day-specials." This, according to Pitney, may ens-’ ’ ily have occurred without at 'n 11 indi cating Unit there .was no meat shortage in ‘France. With regard to the meat situation Pitney said : - "The French government is very bu reaucratic, but the French people do nrrt like to tuxxxvexgovemerl —They ob ject seriously to anything that savors of meddling In a man’s private affairs. “Saying how much or what n man shall eat is getting pretty close to pri vate, affairs, ami therefore the French government' 'knowing Intimately rife -people It has 7b deni with, Is slow— -s-l-o-w—iu coming to such* measures even in face of .the only too evident food shortnge In the country. - “S(V far, meat has withstood nil ef forts to control Its consumption—there has been Tin attempt to 'control its price, and yet it Is vitally necessary to control the cbhsumption of meat ,ln France or to Increase, the supply.’* Herds Are Disappearing. “It is m>u«»nly wheat that is short in Fnjnec, Imt Jril.cereals. Aee*»rding to official llgures, the uiuiual consumption of barley in Frn% <* la*fon* the war was approximately IjjrtOJHsLvjons, 15 per ccjgH <if which was im[Hirtcd. Produe- Washingt«»n.—"Use the watyr- “tvnys ami win the war!” Is the slogan of the National Rivers and IIarb*»rs congress, which opened Its fourteenth annual Convention here. The auditorium of the New National museum welcomes governors of states and territories, mayors of cities, towns and villages and many prominent representatives of commerce and business. The fundamental purpose of the con clave, it is announced, is not. to urge appropriations for new pro jects, but to plan how the vari ous branches of government may most effectively Co-operate to use t!i« waterways at .this time of railroad crisis and congestion. »+■!■♦ 4»+4H»M-*M*»»+f*H i I 1 I l f Crew of a German submarine surrendering to tin* crew of the American destroyer Fanning after their vessel had been crippled by flit* Fanning ami the Nicholson, which were convoying merchant ships. Jm*t after this pho tograph was taken the T.’-bout sank. Most of the crew Were saved, some by -American seamen who Jumped overboard To-rescue them. *. HELPING M’ADOO RUN THE RAILROADS antizeppelin bullet man ONE-ARMED SERBIAN HERO CIRCUS PEOPLE WILL HELP Routing Experts to Assist in Railroad Problems, and Kitchen Experts Will Give Advice. New York.— Experts in the booking ami routing of circuses will come to tin* aid of the government in Its prob lem of transportation For flit* country. It was learned here, and the eflielent methods of the show* business will he applied directly to the work of mov- —Mtig. supplies for the United States. Nor will the Circus methods to be placed i»n the military roster be con fined to the booking of transport]}- Hqn. The kit<^*u system of thH lag top4\u ; lll also be transfene<l-do tin* jiritTy" chiijonments. and nn*n 5Cho have long traveled with tin* circuses and es tablished tlu* 1 kBclicus of tin* outdoor organizations will shortly be enlist ed into* the service of the country for tln*Tairp*).sc hf standardizing the kitch ens at tin* various army cantonments. FRENCH WOMEN PAINT GUNS Thousands From Fourteen to Past Sixty Years of Age Working . for the British Army. ^ • Thifc Is a photograph of Lieutenant/ Colonel Nenadovltch of the Serbian mission which recently arrived In Washington to call upon President Wil son amtvexpress Its gratitude for the. extensive relief-* wbrk utrried on In stricken Serbia by the United States.'* Lieutenant Colonel Nenadovltch, who With regard to the published state- fis a cousin of King Peter, was aide-de- ment Ip this cotfntry that France’s camp to the Serbian crown i>rince at herds are sleek, fat and plentiful. Tit- the commencement <rf the war. but left ney snltF: , Hiis post t*i engage in active Rervlce at ^ ‘Frances herds are disappearing.. the fgontMle was severely wounded In ties. She Ls Miss Me ' rapid’y. They are today far below battle. . | Cleveland, O. Behind the British- Lines In France, —ManyTlTousand French women and girls, ranging in-age from fourteen to well past sixty, are employed by the British army at various kinds of work, behind tlRT lines. One task* at which they excel nil other worker* is the painting of camouflage on gnns. T They ulso make good packers at the various army' storehouses and ordnance dumps, their deft, active fingers making it possible for them to do this work with 50 -per rent more efficiency and speed than nn*r other class of workers. In many 6f the clerical sections of the ordnance department they work side by side with the uniformed Rng- Hsh ^rls belonging to the women’s auxiliary army corps. - The French girls have"ju> knowledge of English-. . n. • '-'Id Woman as Pastor's Secretary. New, York.—Rev. I>r. David .1. Bur- rell of the Mar7>Ie Collegiate Reformed cjiurch, realizing that war Ls claiming practically:all young riien eljipble.to the position of sesxetary, has engaged a young woman to perform such du e E. Boyer of Here an* the five members of the railroad advisory board a|*pointed to assist Director tbuieral McAdoo. They are (1J Ivlwanl . (’haiuhers, former- traffic director of the food administration; (2) Hale'Tbdden. president of the Burlington: (3) Henry Walters, chairman **f th** board g*f. directors of the Atlantic Coast Line .and the Iiouisvllle Sc Nashville ; (4) John Skelton .Williams, comptroller of the currency, and (5) Walker D. Hines, railroad attorney. ~/ IN A NUTSHELL The govern men t is rep«*rted to have reached a decision that'three nails, or w<Mxlen {tins, used in shipbuilding must / There' are probably limit* natural b*> of loeusf or eu**alyptus". The black bridges in America tlian^ in nny. oth- locust. wTTf !>♦* the paiilcular specie* er country. Rainbow, the larg**st in ex- us<*d. ; 1 • “ Istence, Is 30^ feet blgli. Its span is It j<4 nnrt<IIM - H .^, f „ Jl( . the. Balt 1 in ore A six times as jjrettt *a s ti*at of the Nu- Ohio railroad Infs ht-gun to instuil elec* tufal Bri*lgt* nt \ it ginia# l !nh ■ has /tG<* headligiits on nil *tf fts locomo- three of these natural bridges that tiyes. The impyov«*ment will he’made of higher an*l gr**at.*r »paii Th?u t ayy, xat*r„f imi>L-75 Tr. 160*,*.^.^** ■ other natural bridges iu the. world.-month. ———i r ^ Kr ‘ tj—■■ ■■ ■■ J. I’omerey of Hammersmith, Eng land, tlie inventor of the Bomerey bul- l«*t which has been us«*d with great suc cess in combating Zeppelins. Hereto- •f«re one difficulty in^ fighting.the giant C.erman airships-was tin* impossibility <if penetrating find destroying the huge gas bags with the projectiles In use. Mr. Fomerey's new bullet Is of an en tirely different type and was put to an actual teit during a recent air raid on -London. The bullet proved to be high ly successful anil the big air raider feji. a flaming mass, to the ground. This photograph shows/the Invent&f and,ids little duughter Mary, who Is holding a model of an airplane on which Mr. Poinerey is working. •/• Laying It on Thick. Beryl had been told many times that . '* she was pretfy, she wanted to find out Just how-.pretty the man who mat tered thought her. ' ’ * ' “Do you think any of t;he other girls ini-the. office are as pretty as I am?" she questional. -"No," he. uiiswered judicially, “and I don't think one could assemble enough features from the entire crowd 1 to.nmke.ii girlag.pretty as youare>" That satisfied het*. —; —-/ MM I