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JO LI mjOR LAWS APPROVES QLIART A MO'ITH LEGISLATION WHISKLT ADS BARRED OncJ-ul /iNMomblj IVohlbttM AdvertU Aajf in Any Mato Publication and Nioftti Ih© Sale of For©4fn Publka In)|Hnlation of Quart H IUmmI Solely I pon Medicinal t'a© IVHb F>w Kxccptiomi. Th© “quart-a-niontli” act and that ^rohihitinK whiakey advertialng were signed Saturday nltflit by Governor Hanning in the preHence of three Mwvpapor nien. The first statute fcaeom©:* a law UU days after being *|®ped April 26-and the latter in 2# days - March 16. Hie “quart-a-month" law prohi bits the importation into South Caro- Haa of any but one quart of whiskey dor medicinal purpose to any male aidult, or female who is the head of a Caxnily, each calendar month, but al lows one gallon of wine for sacra- mentn) purposes to any church or otter religious body. Ajd affidavit has to be presented to tke probate judge stating the pur poses for t which the .Intoxicants are to be used, and he Is to present a certificate which Is to be filed with Che common carrier before the liquor is to be gotten. The consignee must get his intoxl- rmnts In person at the station or of fice of the carrier nearest his resl- c!exx*« All packages are to be plain ly labeUd. showing their exact con tents, but the transportation of not over s quart Is allowed tn personal baggage for the use of carrier or his Immediate family. Storage Is prohi bited except In the house. The head of a Jewish family Is allowed one Itallon of wine for religious purposes during the I’assover season. Tbe set does not affect the present laws relative to the transportation of alcohol for scientific or manufac- CsYing purposes, but limits the aasrxmt for the latter usage The ■Mhtmg of over five gallons of wine ly In the home from fruits Is Heavy penalties accrue conviction of the violation of was a concerted fight In the general assembly on various sundry prohibition measures House passed the Klchey * bone *• bill, which the Henste burled in without any obsequies Tbs upper body then gave Its ap- to the drastic DuRant mess ilbftlng all but a quart a of whiskey for medicinal pur- m quart of wine for aacra- wrposes and alcohol for and manufacturing usages >ver. this measure contained iniqulsltorlal storage and provisioas upon which the ' blew up “ After flirting with bill for some time, the hoyd dry*' substitute was put over the genate refue d to concur In frtv ronferenca the present law mas worked out and adopted by both Hoeses Gov. Manning signed It Sat- wnlsv night at 7 4 1 o'clock. The Dul.ant bill prohibiting ad vertising of Intoilrqtlng liquors of any de«« rip Ion. which was signed by 4Jo* Mscu ng at 7 4* orlo<k Satur day night, had easy sailing in both brani'hc* of the general assembly It •remed tv hav** no enemies, for no voice w-m raised to protest its Iran •isll glide The m aaure prohibits snv news paper m gazlne. etc . Inserting any edvertlsirg or rerdlng matter of any specific Intoxicant or to run pictures of beer cr whiskey kegs oe-any such tewrsim. etc. The posting of signs for tnto> Wants In street cars, on bill boards. etc , is made contrary to law. as b. the distribution of handbills or etrrolnni containing any such adver- tlarmenlm. However, the law can not prevent the dis’(ibutior through the mails of wcwsprpers or magazines or circu lars rjBtalnlof such objectionable wradinr matter, but does prohibit thvlr ‘ale at pews stands after being ncrii d by the dealer through tho mall The following is the full text of 4he “quart-a-month" act: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for nay person, firm, corporation or '•eomiany to receive, store, keep or have In possession, or to ship, trans port. or convey any alcoholic liquors from any point without the State into this State, or from one point to ainother in this State, or to deliver tthc aamn to any person, firm, cor- 'porjUnn or company within this sJState,oxcept as hereinafter provided. Sac. 2. Any natural person over ttlH 1 .*bre of 21 years, except as here- InaAer forbidden, may order and re- ^eivo -or transport in his personal from any point without this ‘k^ate not exceeding one quart of al coholic liquors containing not more thm 50 per centum by volume of al- cdhol within any one calendar month, fwr medical purposes for his or her ^own nse or the use of his or her im- nodiate family, and not more than tme gallon of wine for religious pur poses. JSec. 3. It shall be unlawful for mmj common carrier to deliver or any person to receive any package con- Gaining such liquors in the night which shall be construed to from sunset to sunrise. Boc. 4. It shall be the duty of the carrier to keep is true and record of all alcoholic llqvon transported and delivered by them to kny person or persons, and tm file with the clerk of court of the covnty In which such liquors are de- Uvered, at least one a week, a veri- ted statement, either printed, plaln- lr written or typewritten in dupli cate. clearly statfng what Uquora were delivered by it alnce Us last statement, the date on which the said life liquors were delivered, the aad poet office address of the the place of delivery, aed liquors delivered, aad the canceled permits upon which said deliveries were made. Said report aad permits shall be kept In condition for con venient reference for two years and then destroyed. Sec. 5. -Such common carrier shell permit .any person to Inspect and xeamlne from time to time said records, kept as Tetroffed in the pre ceding paragraph, as and when they may make reasonable request there for. and any person shall have a right at any time to examine and in spect the reports tiled by such com mon carrier In the office of the clerk of couib^or other officer as herein provided. Sec. 6.v Any peftce officer shall have the right at any time to Inspect all packages of alcoholic liquors in the possession of any common car rier tn this State, and seize such as are being transported for unlawful sale or In violation of law. - Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person or any common carrier, servant, agent or employee thereof,, to knowingly ship or transport from, without this State into this State, or from any one point or place in this State to another point or place in this State, any trunk, valise, or pack age of any kind, containing any alco holic liquors, unless the true naturq and character of the contents of such package is clearly and legibly mark ed on the oqtHlde thereof in letters at least one inch high. This provision shall not apply to one quart or less of such liquors in the baggage of a passenger and carried for his per sonal use of that of his immediate family, or for sarramental plrposes. Sec. 8. In prosecrtlons rnder this act for unlawful shipment or trans portation of alcoholic liquors, the of fense shall be held to be committed in any county of the State through which or into which said alcoholic liquors have been carried or trans- ported, or to which they have been conveyed or delivered. Sec. 9. No person shall receive any alcoholic liquors shipped to him within the State except at the office of the common carrier transporting same nearest the residence of the consignee. Sec. 10. Any person desiring to import any alcoholic liquors under this act shall apply to the judge of probate of the county In which he re sides and file with him an affidavit . . that he has n<* rfeeifed any im» teefmtT* or sanltorla for treat mit during the same calendar month, and containing one of the following statements: (at The amount and kind of alco holic Uquora desired, not exceeding one quart, that the consignee Is not a minor nor a atudent of any Insti tution of learning, and If a woman, that she Is the head of a family; the office of the common carrier from which delivery la dealred and that same is the near eat office of said common carrier to the residence of the applicant, and that same la de sired for medicinal purposes; or <bi Applicant Is a minister, pas tor. prieet. rabbi or regular consti tuted officer of n regularly orgnnlxed religious congregation or church, and tbe name and location of the chnrch or congregation for which the seme is dealred. and that the same la pur chased In good faith to be used for sacramental or religious purposes, and no other, the amount and kind of alcoholic liquors not exreedUg one gallon of wine; or ' * (c) That the applicant Is the head <•< s family of the Hebrew faith. Is not s minor, the amount and kind of alcoholic liquors desired not exceed ing one gallon of wine, snd that the seme is desired for religious purposes for use during Passover This appli cation shall only he filed during the month of March of sny year I pon the receipt of such affidavit and the payment of a fee of 10 cents the Hnld probate Judge nhall issue a permit under his hand and official seal to receive the alcoholic liquors spetMled. which |»ermit shall contain Hu* name of the consignee. the amount and kind of alcoholic liquors and the office of the common carrier from which deli\ery is to be made The said probate judge shall keep i©cord of all permits issued in a permanently bound book. In which the namea of the applicants are en tered alphabetically and said per mits shall be numbered consecutive ly and the number, the name of the consignee, the amount of alcoholic liquors and the office of the delivery carrier and the date of said permit shall be entered on said record. The said probate judge shall, out of the foes received, procure the permits and records herein required to be kept, snd shall keep the remainder as his compensation for the issuance of the said permit. Sec. 11. No common carrier shall deliver any alcoholic liquors to any person until he has filed with the de livering carrier a permit issued as above provided and dated within two ^\eeks of said delivery, which permit shall be immediately cancell ed by said common carrier. Sec. 12. The making, uttering or using of any false permit shall con stitute the crime of forgery. Sec. 13. Whoever shall knowing ly transport or convey from one place to another, or from one person to another, any - alcoholic liquors known by him to have been illegally sold or procured shall receive the same punishment as Lf convicted of the illegal sale of such alcoholic liquors. Charges of illegal sale of alcoholic liquors and illegal trans portation thereof may be joined in the same indictment. Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful forii any Intoxicating liquorvto, J^e stjlred n or kept except for one’s own personal use, or that of his immediate family, or for religious purposes, and then only at his usual place of residence, and only when the same shalWiave been procured in a lawful manner. The residence of a person shall be where his family resides, if he has a family residing in this State, and if not, at the place where he usually sleeps: Provided, however. That it shall be unlawful for any person id hare In his possession, or to store or keep, for any purpose, any quantity of such liquors in any room in which, or in connection with which, there to maintained or conducted any place of amusement, club house, fraternity house, lodge or meeting place, cafe, rent room, store, office, shop or fac tory. and no such place shall be con- lag jot this act?. - */ tec. 14. Storage of any amount or In an unusual way of any alcoholic HqOrs shall be evidence of n violation of this act. Sec. It shall be nlowful for any common carrier to deliver to any minor, or any person not the con- - gitt-e. or to any woman not .the hr ad of a family, or to any student of an Institution of learning; or for any minor, or any person Xot the consignee, or any woman noK.the head of a family, or any student of an institution of learning to receive any package containing alcoholic liquors. > Sec. 17. The original record which common carriers are required to maJ<e under the termS of this act shall be kept In the county in which the delivery of said alcoholic liquors is made, and If practicable, at the same office making ' aelivery, and said common carrier shall produce such records for the use and benefit o' any officer of said couiity or of the courts of the State when so re quested so to do. Sec. 18, Any violation of the pro visions of this act for which no other punishment is provided, shall be pun ished by imprisonment for not more than one year, o^*a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. Sec. 19." The words "alcoholic liquors" as used herein shall be con sidered to mean any liquor, beer, beverage or compound, whether dis tilled, fermented or otherwise, by whatsoever name known or called, which will inOduce intoxication, or which contains in excess of one per centum of alcohol and Is used as a beverage. Sec. 20. This act shall not affect any existing law regulating the transportation for, or .the receipt, storage, sale or . use by druggists, hospitals and laboratories, or for scientific or mechanical purposes of alcohol or preparations containing alcohol, or any law regulating the transportation and storage of medi cines orextracts which shall remain as heretofore: And,* provided, that this act shall not apply to alcoholic liquors required and used by hospi tals or sanitoria bona fide establish ed and maintained for the treatment of patients addicted to the use of liquors, morphine, cocaine, or other deleterious drugs, when the same are administered to patients actually In ment, and when the same are admin Intered as an essential parti of the particular syatem or method of treat ment. and exclusively by or upder the llr.H tion Of a dTrtrTTrrft^tf-fhd reg istered physician of good moral char acter and standing: And provided, further, that shipments of such liquors be shipped In the name of such hospitals or sanatoria, and that the amount of such shipment shall cot exceed five gallons In any one calendar month, and no permit shall be required therefor. tec tl. That any person, firm or corporation manufacturing In this State ginger ale or aim Aar soft drinks In which there is an alcoholic Ingredient not exceodlng one-third of one per cent, mny Import alcohol Into thin State, or ordor and receive the same from another Bute, in quantities not exceeding 10 gallons, for which no permit ahall be re quired: Provided, that seeh firm or corporation first file with t clerk of court of the county In whtc said manufacturing plant Is located a bond with an approved lorety com* paay as suretjr In the sum of one thousand dollars (91,0001 io be for feited to the State upon the misuse of inch alcohol or disposition • otherwise thsn contemplated In this section for the manufacture of the said product The solicitor shall bring action upon said tend upon In formation or belief as he may see fit. Sec 22. This art shall not affect any existing law regulating the man ufacture, sale or disposition of ethyl ot methyl alcohol from sawdust, slab* or other wood substance, which shall remain as heretofore. Sec. 23. Any person shall have the right to manufacture not exceed ing five gallons annually of wine from fruits, berries or grapes, and to keep the same for his o*n use and that of his immediate family, or for sacramental purposes. Sec. 24. The making of any false or untrue statement in any affidavit required herein, or the taking of such affidavit by any officer or person who knows same to be false, shall be deemed a violation of thla apt. Sec. 25. That If for any reason any section, paragraph, proviaion. clause or part of this act shall be held unconstitutional or Invalid, that fact shall not affect or destroy any other section, paragraph, provision, clause or part of the act not in and of itself Invalids but the remaining por tion shall be in force without regard to that so Invalidated. Sec. 26. Should any agent or agents of any common carrier violate any of the provisions of this act, the said common carrier may be indict ed, and upon conviction.« fined for agent or agents may be personally indicted, and upon conviction, fined or imprisoned or both for the same violation. Jurisdiction of said com mon carrier, if a corporation, shall be obtained by serving upon said cor poration a certified eopy of the in dictment against it in the same way and upon the same persons as pro vided for the service of a summons in civil actions. Sec. 27. Any buggy, wagon, auto mobile, railroad car, bicycle, motor cycle, or other vehicle, or any boat, aunch or other vessel used in the illegal transporting of * alcoholic Ittffiorai as herein forbidden, with the knowledge or consent of thef owner thereof, or of the agent of such own er in charge of such vehicle or ves sel, is hereby • declared forfeited to the State, and may be confiscated by any peace officer, and after due ad vertisement! sold, and proceeds paid into the county treasury: Provided, that where said vehicle or vessel is of greater valne than $1,000, the owner thereof may at any time before sale redeem same by paying into the county treasury the sum of 91*000. Sec. 99. The act entitled “An act to regulate the shipment of spirit- ous, vinous, fermented or malt liquors or beverages into this State, etc.** approved February St. ISIS, Is repealed Sf The provisoes of thin to he in oddities to ♦ . FARMERS COLUMN ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«. SOY BEAN USEFUL CROP > Mny He rtilized in Greater Number Agricultural Product. of Waya Than Almoat Any Other The soy bean, which already is one of the most important cash crops of Xsia and which promises to take an important place In the agricultural industry of the United States, may be utilized in a greater number and a greater variety of ways than almost any other agricultural' product. The whole beans may be utilized for food as are the seeds of other legumrs, or the oil alon<? may bd consumed. The oil resembles that of cotton seed in many ways, but is of a more pro nounced drying character. In addi tion to its availability as a food, soy bean oil has found important uses in the markets of the world for making paints, varnishes, soaps, rubber sub stitutes, linoleum, waterproof goods, and lubricants. It fs also used in the Orient for lighting and in the manufacture of printing ink. In Japan the soy bean £orms one of the most important articles of food in use. It is one of the princi pal ingredients in the manufacture of shoyu (soy sauce), miso (bean cheese), tofu (bean curd), and natto (steamed beans). The beans are eaten also as a vegetable end in soups; sometimes they are picked green, boiled, and served cold, with soy sauce, and sometimes as a salad. A "vegetable milk." is also produced from the soy bean, forming the basis for the manufacture of the different kinds of vegetable cheese. This milk is used fresh, and a form of con densed milk is manufactured from it. Al! of these foodstuffs are used daily in Japanese homes, and for the poor er classes are the principal source of protein. The use of the meal remaining after the oil is extracted from soy beans has become an important fac tor in several European countries during the last few years,* and to some extent in America, as a food of low-starch content. Soy beans con tain at the most but a slight trace of starch, and extensive experiments in America and Europe Indicate the value of the bean and Its products ns the basis o£ (oods for persons re quiring a "Tow-starch diet. Soy-bean flour enters largely as a constituent In - many of the so-called * diabetic breads, biscuits, and crackers manu factured ns food specialties. • The flour or meal can be used success fully In the household as a constitu ent rff muffins, bread, and biscuits In much the way In which corn meal Is used Hoy-Bcwa Milk. An artificial milk like that manu factured in the Orient has been pro duced In small quantities In the United States, and recently n factory has been equipped to make thla pro duct. Such milk can be used for cooking in tke household and by bakers, confectioners, and chocolate manufacturers. If, however, the milk from the soy bean la used In the manufacture of products as a substi tute for milk, tbe labels of such pro ducts should indicate that the substi tution has been made; otherwise It would constitute adulteration under the Food and Drug* Act. In addition to Its uses for flour and the soy bean can be prepared in food in numerous ways, ©n bean. wlt«»n irom three- fourths (o full grown, has been found to compare favorably with the butter or Ulna bean The soy bean has been utilised not only in the United States but In Kuro|*ean countries ss a substitute for the coffee bean. When roasted and prepared. It makes an excellent substitute for coffee. In Asia the dried beans, especially the green-seeded varieties, are soaked In salt water and then roasted, this pro- duct being eaten after the manner of roasted peanuts. Slock Feed. The value of soy-bean meal for producing meat, milk, and butter is well established, it is one of the cheapest of the highly nitrogenous feeding stuffs and is therefore one of the moat economical for balancing rations deficient in nitrogen. Its use In America is confined at the present time almost entirely to the Pacific States, where it Is considered a valu able feed not only by dairymen but also by poultrymen. Owing to Its high content of protein, the meal should be used with the same precau tions as are observed with other highly concentrated feeds to avoid digestive troubles. As regards diges tibility, soy-bean meal compares very favorably with other oil meals. The utilization of soy-bean meal for fertilizing purposes has been con- fined almost entirely Ho Asiatic coun- such violation, and In addition, suctr tfles.- FoMowln* the recent produc- tion in the Southern States of bean cake and oil from American grown beans, however, fertilizer manufac turers have taken an active Interest in the fertilizing possibilities of the meal. Analyses by the United States Department of Agriculture have shown that while soy-bean meal, like cotton seed meal, has a high fertiliz ing value when applied directly, a more economical practice would be to feed the meal to stock and apply the resulting manure to the soil. < Soy-Hean OH. In the United States two methods of extracting oil from soy beans— the hydraulic and the expeller pro cesses-—are uged by oil mills, the lat ter producing the highest yields. Ex tensive tests with domestic beans in dicate that one ton of seed will yield by the expeller process an average of 30 gallons of oil and 1,600 pounds of meal, the difference (about 175 pounds) representing the \osb due to cleaning and the evaporation of mois ture driven off after the beans have the existing laws on the same sub ject. and not intended and shall not operate as a repail of any such laws except insofar as same are inconsist ent with this act Sec. SO. This act shall taka effect 10 days after Its approval. .See. tl. All acts aad parts of^aeta tad |lird Five big game preserves and 67 bird reservations are maintained by the Biological Survey of the depart ment. The mammal reservations In clude the Montana Olson Range, the Wind Cave Game Preserve In South Dakota, .the Niabrara Reservation In Nebraska, the Elk Refuge In Wyo ming, and the Sullys Hill Game Pre serve in North. Dakota. The Nio brara Reservation was intended as a bird reserve, but has been stocked* with big game and* is at present maintained chiefly for buffalo and elk, according to the annual report of thd chief of the Biological Survey, Just Issued. In the first three reser vations mentioned the herds of buf falo have shown a notable increase since their establishment a few years ago, says the report, and now include 207 head, or morie than & third of all the buffalo which now belong to the government. The elk number about 160 and the antelope 40, making a total of about 400 head of big game. — The number of bird reservations was increased during the year by the addition of the Big Lake Reservation in Arkansas. Sixty-seven reservations are now maintained primarily for birds. The report urges, the impor tance and necessity of retaining as breeding grounds for water fowl and other birds tracts of land which are not especially valuable for agricul tural purposes. The area of marsh land necessary for breeding grounds 1s insignificant, it is said, in com parison with the benefits which will accrue to the public through the in crease in our supply of game birds. Hatching and Rearing Chicks. During the next two months far mers and farmers’ wives will place thousands of eggs under setting hens in an effort to hatch early chicks. It is particularly necessary that the best eggs be selected In order th^ the percentage of chicks may be in creased. Eggs intended for hatching should preferably ^be kept in a cool room with temperature between 40 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. They will not hatch well wb?n stored in a room with a temperature over 80 degrees at any time, since the germ develops at this temperature and the albumen loses density. Place the eggs in a basket* cover them with a muslin cloth, and do not disturb or turn them.^ Do not keep eggs desired for hatching (or for table use) on cot ton seed holla. It Is not advisable to use eggs more than two weeks old for hatching, while for best results the eggs should not be more than five days old. ‘ Big Egg* Produce Rig Chicks. 'Experiments conducted by the poultry expert at Clemaon College to determine the weight of chicks hatch ed from eggs of different weights prove conclusively that a uniform lot of chicks can not he obtained from a mixed lot of eggs. The re sult of these experiments went to show, with little variation for small or large eggs, that 71.6 per cent, of the weight of an egg nt the com mencement of incuhntlon le the weight of the live chick hatched from that egg. The chick was weigh ed as soon as dry. In other words, a large egg hatches a large chick and a small egg hatches a small chick. Since large chicks In n mixed led retain their Increased site through out the growing period and generally lay or crow earlier than the scalier chicks, it is evident that only large eggs with good shape and smooth shell should he incubated. Do not set any egg smaller than standard stxe ( I 5-8 Inches In diameter cross wise i Reject extra long, sharp- pointed or roughfshelled eggs, snd all double-yolk eggs. In addition to those under standard size. Collect the egg^ twice dally.. Do not allow them to be chilled. Keep sitting hens sway from the nests used by the layers. If a hen sits on an egg for s day, snd such an egg is removed the next day snd stored In the cool room, It Is ’ exceedingly doubtful If the egg m*!!! hatch. GREECE SUFFERING Legation Says Entente Measures Have Been Her ere on HeHenen. More information about suffering in Greece resulting from the En tente blockade was submitted to the state department Monday by the Greek legation. Cases ot starvation and the poor quality of flour avail able was said to have brought on an epidemic of dysentery and ptomaine poisoning. "These diseases will grow worse,** said the legation ctatement, “and will continue even after the block ade should be raised, because of the drudgery imhosed by England and her allies upon the Greek merchant fleet which will deprive the country of its means of transportation. "The cargo boats loaded with wheat and flour which had arrived during the blockade, instead of sim ply having been detained by the Allies so as to be turned over after it would be raised, have been turned over to the revolutionary committee. "Despite all these ordeals, the Greek people have not lost their pres ence of mind and endure the dread ful effects of the blockade with courage and pridet**'—— ^ — EMPTIES MOVE WESTWARD Railroads Strain Energies to Relieve Congestion of Trade. Many empty freight cars are roll ing west at passenger train speed from congested railroad yards in the East, according to Interstate com merce commission advices from its investigators. Fair weather and a holiday combined, gave the roads the first real opportunity in more than a week to exert their maximum ener gies to relieve the car shortage that has threatened near famine in some sections of the country* ‘ Officials of both the railroads and commission expressed the conviction that the acute stage of the shortage had psssed and that steady Improve ment in the situation won Id tlnos At no time it was sab ssnditloas reached tho aentsnsss of Us tteap a GREECniTFERING muflTRY ALMOST ENTBELY CUT FROM OUTSIDE WORLD -g- • — GOVERNMENT PUN FAILS / Imagined AlUes, as^VSuaJ, Would Lift Food Embargo Before Food Supplies Were Exhausted—Mes sage Leaves Greece on Jan. 97 on First Ship Carrying Passenger la Forty-seven Days. An Associated Press correspond® 0 ** writes: This message is sent by hand on the first ship carrying passengers for America that has left Greece since the declaration of the Allied blockade of Greece on December 8. The only persons allowed to depart were non-Greeks who had previous ly obtained permission from - the Allied authorities and Venizellsta released from prison* in compliance with the terms of the Allied ultima tum of January 8. For permission that the Americans so desiring might bo allowed to leave Athens, the American minister made personal re quests of his Entente colleagues, which were granted in each in-' stance. The blockade of Greece is abso lute. The only vessels of any mo tion allowed to make Greek ports are the rare Italian ones, them selves forbidden to discharge foodstuffs or mails for that part of Greece which is not Venizellet. \The grain ships originally cleared foh the Piraeus, which had been waiting seven weeks in the harbor for the blockade to end, so that they might dock, have all been ordered away. The Allied authorities have instructed them to proceed to Salon-* iki to discharge their cargoes for the use of the Venitelists In Macedonia. Were the blockade to end to-mor row, no foodstuffs from abroad could reach Greece under a fortnight. Tho price of ordinary canned goods has gone up five hundred pet cent. Tho banks refuse to accept drafts on foc=. eign countrioo ns. owing to tho stop page of malls, thete Is no way of forwarding them for collection. Tho blockade was originally d >- dared on December 8, but had boon In practical effect since the flrM of the time In Greece wan . that tbe available food supply of the country could hold out twenty-one daya, and that eattafactory assurances could he given the Entente powers within that period to Insure the lifting of tho blockado. “No measures were therefore taken to conserve tbe food supply until December 20. Then breed cards were issued, the bread ordered mixed with corn meal flour and bar ley. and seven-tenths of a pound al lotted per person per diem. No defi nition of tho Entente conditione for lifting the blockade was forthcoming until January I. Meanwhile the Greek government was forced to Issue, In addition to the bread cards, first sugar, thea potato cards. To save coal the res taurants were ordered closed at ten p. m , the moving picture theatres closed In the evenings, and tbe elec tric street limps suppressed. Shops and stores were shut at six Instead of half past eight, as usual. A sudden cold wave a week ago produced great suffering among the poorer classes throughout Greece, a large majority of whom wero already out of work owing to the stoppage of shipping and the shutting down of nil business for export. Both the prime minister and the king received hundreds of messages from all over Greece begging that coal be sent to relieve the suffering of the people. The king gave permission that the royal forest of Tatol be cut te pro vide fuel. After a week from the establish ment of the governmfnt control of foodstuffs, bran was ordered mixed with the bread flour. To-day the bread Is two-thirds bran. The prime minister informed the . Associated Press correspondent that twenty-nine Infants between the ages of three and ten had died In Athens alone of Intestinal troubles, due to the unfit ness of the bread as food for chil dren. By mid-December the hospi tals of Athens were compelled to re fuse to accept further patients, aa they could not feed them. All the wheat in private hands in Greece has long since been confis cated by the government. The store of foodstuffs reserved for feeding the army has been reduced by half and the portion thus rendered avail able added to the public stock. Under these conditions Athens it and has been perfectly calm. From the evening of December 2 following Ihe withdrawal of the Allied troop# from the capital of Greece, order has been easily kept by a company of sailors. A few attempts to raid bakeries in the early days of the government food control were quick ly suppressed and have not been re newed. Save for the darkness of the streets at night, the early closing of restaurants and theatres, life in Athens seems entirely normal. Rag- clad, emaciated women, babes in arras, begin, however, to appear in numbers before the better class cafes and at the doors of blubs, beg ging for bread. I AVALANCHE SWEEPS TOWN Nias Bodies Recovered; Six Still An avalanche swept down on 1 buildings of tbs North Star Mi twelve miles northeast of Hail Idaho, early Sunday demolishing ( compressor house, warehouse a bunk ho use, smearing and crnsll the sleeping men In the snow a debris. Tbs bodies of nine min had been recovered Sunday night, nnd probably dead • lajared. three