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Railroad Administration Giving
Careful Consideration to Nec
essary Measures.
EXPECT GREAT WHEAT YIELD
Tonnage of Grain Will Exceed That
of Last Year by Large Margin
May Try Permit System
Again.
Washington. The rnllroad udmlnls
tnttlon Is giving careful consideration
to the measures necessary for the sat
isfactory tnuiHportutlon of the antici
pated large crops of grains, according
to a statement authorized by Walker
TJ. Illries, director general of rail
roads. The depurtment of agriculture
3ins estimated that tho yield of winter
wheat will exceed OOO.OWIOOO bushels.
A fair estimate of the yield of spring
wheat approximates 300.000,000 bush
els. The totol yield of whent this
year will In nil probability exceed tho
total of last year by from three to
four hundred millions of bushels. No
estimate of other grains Is, of coursu,
possible at this time, but, barring
unusual climatic conditions, It can per
haps be properly oxpoctcd that tho
tonnago In grain that wll bo pro
duced this year will exceed that of
last year by u considerable margin.
Tho stable price llxed last year by
the government on wheat naturally
provoked a doslro on the part of the
producer to reallzo his oarnlngs as
quickly ns possible, and slnco a stable
price hlis again been fixed by the gov
ernment for this yenr's crop It Is as
sumed a slinlfar condition will obtain.
Last year this economical condition,
coupled with tnoro or less disarrange
ment In ocean tonnage and consequent
disruption In shipping, resulted In
such nn acute situation at tho Interior
grain markets and at seaports, thut it
became necessary to Install the so
called "permit system," which was
early made operative at tho ports, and
in September, 1018, at tho priucipql In
terior murkiits.
Controlling Traffic
Tho permit system Is n highly bene
ficial system of controlling traffic at
tho sources to prevent serious conges
tion on tho road and nt destination.
This system prevented In tho fall of
1018 a serious transportation paralysis
of forlner years duo to widespread
congestion of traffic which had been
shipped but which could not be dis
posed of at destination. This pitruly
els of traffic In former years was most
apparent in tho East, but Its Injuri
ous effects wcro felt throughout the
country.
Whllo tho permit system at the
ports la still In operation, It was sus
pended a few months ago at tho in
terior markets, due to Improved ocean
shipping and the fact that tho bulk of
the grain had been moved. It is, how-
TURKS IN HUNGER
Hero In front of tho Yeul DJaml mosque In Constantinople hungry Turk
Jlsh citizens are holding n meeting asking tho government to feed them.
Live on Grass Roots
Tale of Cannibals In Armenia Is
Confirmed.
IStarvatlon and Misery Prevail Among
Armenian Refugees in Cau
casus Region.
Constantinople Stnryntlou and mis
icry provnil among Armenian refugoes
!ln tho Caucasus region, uccordlng to
n telegram sent to Herbert Hoover In
Paris by Howard Uelnz, American
!food commissioner for tho neur East,
who Is in this city!
Mr. nelnz 1ms returned from a trip
tot Inspection In the Caucasus, on
which he wns accompanied by Walter
George Smith of Philadelphia, former
, president of tho American liar assn
'dution and a commissioner of the
(Amerlcnn commlttou for Armenian
and Syrlo.n relief, which bus charge of
. Crops:
over, to be expected that the system
will again be Inaugurated with the
opening of the now wheat neason, and
in view of that possibility the railroad
administration Is already preparing
the necessary machinery so that It
mny be prepared to act without delay
at the proper time. Conferences
have already been held with represent
atives of the grain corporation.
As graphically illustrating the ne
cessity of regulntlug tho transporta
tion of this tonnago, and the results
obtained from such regulation, the fol-'
lowing fncts are of value and Interest
ing: For thanlnc months of tho crop
year, July 1, 1918, to Mny 1, HW), there
passed through tho grain handling fa
cilities of the country elevators and
mills a tatnl of .'1,4-10,2:10,000 bushels
of nil grains, although tho highest
point of grain storage of all kinds at
any one time In that period was 480,
000,000 bushels. That Is, In nine
months the How of grain wns seven
times the quantity which accumulated
In storage at tho highest point during
that period. This Is a direct Illustra
tion of tho necessity of keeping the
grain-handling fncllltlctt of tho coun
try liquid to nvorld the distress to nil
Interests that would follow the block
ing of this How of grain.
Relnaugurate Permit Plan.
The permit systoiri as operated last
year contemplates the closest co-operation
between the railroad administra
tion nnd the United States food ad
ministration grain corporation. The
local representatives of the grain cor
poration were in dally contact with
Most Deadly of '
All War Gases
X-
Ten Tons a Day Being Made
When the Armistice Was
Signed.
DISCOVERED BY PROF. LEWIS
Ten Airplane Loads of This Super
Poison Sufficient to Have De
stroyed All Life in Berlin
Known as "Methyl."
Washington. At tho educational ex
position, Illustrating tho wurtlmo and
reconstruction activities of tho depart
ment of tho Interior now being held
there Is being shown under guard a
Bumple of tho most terrible super
poison gas known, the discovery of
Prof. W. Leo Lewis whllo In tho em
ploy of tho bureau of mines at Its
American university laboratories.
This gas, formerly called "Lewisite,"
DEMONSTRATION
H great part of the relief work1 there.
Mr. Heinz silys reports that some of
tho refugees, driven frantic by hunger
nml sufferlug, huvo resorted to canni
balism nro true In his opinion. Ho
adds that food for 000,000 In that ter
ritory will have to be provided by out
side sources for another year.
"Tho lack of food' (s so serious,"
says the telegram, "that tho women
nro forced to go Into the fields and
obtain grass roots, which they cook
into a kind of broth and serve as
boiled greens, occasionally getting u
bit of rice to mix with It. This con
stitutes tho principal diet of many.
The little children, naturally, gel the
worst of this situation, because they
cnunot ent such material, and It Is
among tho children that the death rate
Is the highest.
"It Is difficult to mako comparisons
as to the degree of destitution and dis
tress in different districts of towns,
III I U)J ui nuyb i ww
Knoxvlllo, Tenn. It in noth
ing unusual to find illicit distil-
tinliia Million In piivi.m. roll II r or
In dense undergrowths of inoun-
tain laurel, states j. u. ivins,
veteran moonshine raider of the
Internal revenue department.
Hut to find one perched In the
top of a towering oak tree Is
nulto a novelty, he savs.
Mr. Ivlns located a largo cop-
per still In such a plnce when
conducting n raid In tho famous
old Tonth district, or Sevier
county, Tonnowee. The outfit
was dislodged and destroyed.
the grain control committees at each
market, and in view of tho very com
prehenslvo "tlatn and Information In
their possession ns to storage facili
ties, anticipated movements out of
markets, the needs of different sec
tions of the country, not only as to
wheat but as to other cereals thnt flow
colncldentnlly with wheat, etc., were
of Invaluable aid In the accomplish
ment of tho permit system with n
minimum economic disturbance. Tho
snine character of assistance Is being
arranged for from the grain corpora
tion, or tho wheat director. In antici
pation that It will be necessary to re
Inaugurate the permit plan within tho
next one or two months.
The wheat director Is as vitally In
terested as the railroad administration
that tho grain tonnage shall ho bun
dled with the least possible friction ns
between all Interests concerned, and
Is In entire harmony with the rnllroad
administration as to the plunsr pro
posed In thut direction.
later known ns "methyl," because the
latter name meant nothing to curious
persons, was being manufactured' by
the war department nt the rate of ten
tons a day when the armistice came,
The gns Is being variously described
as "the climax of the country's
achievements In the lethal nrts" and
ns "the most terrible instrument of
manslaughter ever conceived." The
department Itpelf declares that It Is
the most deadly of all war gases
Most Deadly of All.
It is suld that ten airplane loads ot
"methyl'', y,ould have been sufficient to
destroy nil life In Ilerlln, If such ex
treme measures had been necessary,
and that a single day's output would
have been sufficient to snuff out the
4,000,000 human lives on the island of
Manhattan.
This gns was not onlyldlseoverod by
Professor Lewis, but was also devel
oped by him to n point where It was
ready for. production at the American
university while those laboratories
were still under the control of the bu
reau of mines, one of the organizations
of the department of the Interior.
When this work was tlrst taken up by
the bureau In behalf of tho military
authorities Professor Lewis was calleil
from his civilian duties as professor of
chemistry at Northwestern university.
Kvanston, III,, and at the request of
the bureau was commissioned as eat-
tain In tho ordnance department anil
assigned to the gas warfare service of
. the bureau of mines. While acting In
this capacity Professor Lewis dlscov
red and developed this gas. and 18
days after the" gas work of the bureau
ot mines was transferred to the Juris-
I diction of tho wur department an 11
acre plant for Its manufacture was
Parted near Cleveland, O.
"Mouse Trap" Plant.
This plant, which was dubbed by the
' workmen tho "mouse trap," because.
In order to prevent the leakage of In
formation, It was understood that the
men who entered would not leave un
til tho war was over, Was in operation
within a miraculously short time, and
plans were mode by the war depart
ment to have 3,000 tons of this most
diabolical gas at tho American front
by March 1. 1010. When the armistice
came tho plant was well ahead of its
production schedule, but tho opportu
nity had not como for tho use of tho
gas at tho battle front.
hut I think the worst situation that
enmo to my knowledge was In Igdtr
where there Is n larger proportion of
sickness and a higher death rate than
In either Hrlvnn or Aluxnndropol.
"Itegnrdlng roports of cannibalism
which have' como out of this district
from Con I have been forced against
my will to believe thoso reports to be
true. I saw with my own eyes mutl
lnted remains of corpses which had
been exhumed from newlvuiude
graves. I did not see unybod'v who
had actually witnessed tho eating of
human llesh, but there Is so much clr
cumstnntlal evidence that I personally
ennio tp believe It true.
"Typhus has been epidemic during
tho winter, and has laken away thou
sands, but with tho moderation of the
weather It Is now decreasing; but
cholera Is making Its appearance, and
tho outlook Is threatening."
King Albert to Visit America.
Paris. Klug Albert of Ik'lglum is
expected to visit Washington, to nt
tond the Initial meeting of tho league
of nations next October.
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MILLIONS GOING INTO ROADS
Western States to Spend Much Money,
in Highway Construction and
Needed Maintenance.
Millions of dollars will be expended
In highway construction and brldgo
work and maintenance by the stutea
of the central West during tho pres
ent year, according to data recently
compiled by highway authorities.
Colorado has 51 miles of highways
under construction at n cost of $300,
000; 01 miles ready for contract to
cost $300,000, and HO, ml lea nnd three,
bridges contemplated, to cost $350,000.
The Photograph Shows a Portion ol
the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean
Highway.
Maintenance on 4,000 miles will
amount to about $500,000, while local
road and bridge expenditures will
amount to about $2,200,000.
. Idaho has 87 miles, costing $720,000,
under contract; 45 bridges, costing
$425,000, ready for contract, and about
$1,800,000 worth of additional work Is
contemplated during the season.
Iowa will expend $10,000,000 on tho
road system of tho state, of which
about $11,000,000 will be for road und
brldgo construction.
Missouri has GOO miles under con
tract, costing $1,785,000; 8S8 miles,
costing $3,101,000, ready for contract,
and about $3,000,000 additional con
struction contemplated. Local road
and bridge expenditures in the stnte
will amount to about $7,000,000.
Nebraska has 173 miles, costing
$431,000, under contract; 145 miles,
costing $550,000, ready for contract,
nnd about 010 miles, estimated at
$1,310,000, contemplated. Local road
and bridge expenditures will amount
to about $3,000,000.
Nevada hus four miles, costing $54,
GCG, under contract; 302 miles costing
$057,412, ready for contract; 123
miles, costing $523,000, contemplated.
Local expenditures on maintenance
will amount to 000,000.
Oklahoma hus 128 miles, Including
80 bridges, costing $1,300,000, under
contract Additional construction of
105 miles, costing $2,500,000, contem.
plated.
These amounts will be suplemented
by increased federal aid appropria
tions and later, It Is hoped, by ' na
tional construction of main trunk lines
under tho supervision of u federal
highway commission, as provided for
hi, tho Townsend bill which will come
up for consideration by the next con
gross.
SAVING OF IMPROVED ROADS
Report of Congressional Committee
Shows 8 Cents Per Ton Per Mile
Can Be Saved.
Tho report of tho Joint congressional
committee which Investigated high
way economics In 1014 shows thnt n
saving of 8 cents per ton mile can bo
effected In transportation costs when
a road Is lifted from the dirt to tho
durablo class. This does not tnko In
to account increased real estate valua
Hon or social advantages resulting
from tho Improvement.
Build Roads Now.
If roads nro a good thing, why not'
build them Immediately, Instead of
waiting nnd suffering Inconvenience!
for years to como, because It should
bo rcmombored that we nre not snv
lng any money by acting in such a
munuer.
Big Change In Sentiment
Pcoplo nro apparently ready and
willing to spend huge sums for roads
whero n few years ago it would have
boon impossible to secure even n small
appropriation for this purpose.
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To Mend an Ugly Tear.
, Sometimes you nre unfortunnto
enough to mnke an ugly tear In a
hnndsome new gown. It may be mend
ed very successfully, and If In nn In
conspicuous place It will not show at
all. Lay the tear edgo to edge, and
bnste across It, being enreful that
while the edges meet, they do not
overlap. Cut n piece of rubber tissue,
which may be obtained nt nny tailor
ing shop, to amply cover the tear. Liiy
the garment on tho ironing bonrd right
side down, place the rubber over the
rent, and over tho rubber lav a
piece of goods of the same material ns
that of tho garment to bo mended.
Keep both ruUber and goods norfoctlv
smooth, and press out with n hot Iron
for several minutes. Now cut out the
basting threads on the right side, nnd
shave off any rough edges remaining.
When there Is no manorial of the dross
on hand, a piece of lightweight woolen
goods of tho same color will answer.
'Hint the bottoms of men's trousers
nro held together In this wav Is a
;ood sign that the method Is nractlcal
nnd successful.
To Pad,, Embroidery.
In padding embroidery use tho chain
stitch. This is an especially good hint
for making scalloped edges.
In making natch work. If vou cut
your pattern In table oil cloth Instead
pf paper, you will find the work much
more satisfactory. The oil-cloth pat-
torn will not slln when cuttlnc and
there Is no- dnnger of snipping off a
portion with tho scissors.
A Dress Protector.
When the yoke of n nightdress be
comes worn, cut off the nluhtdress
skirt, take out the sleeves and sew It
to
;ethcr across the top, leaving a
No one Is prepared for midsummer
unless she has ready for warm weath
er n sport suit, or a sport coat that
may be worn with skirts of the same
character, supplemented by a swenter
of sweater-coat. The sport suit has
made a placo for Itself that nothing
else can fill. It Is not nn extravagance
even for the woman who belloves in
reducing her expenditure on clothes
to necessities, for the sport suit re
places dressier and less generally
wearable clothes. It Is smart enough
to tnko the place of afternoon frocks
nnd It remains Informal, whatever It
Is mndo of. "Suit'' Is a term that
covers the combination of n sport skirt
nnd n sport cont that do not match, as
well as skirt and coat of tho same ma
terial. A handsome example of the first
combination nppenrs In the suit on the
left of the two models shown In the
picture. In this the skirt Is of white
satin und Is made of one of thoo
now weaves that appear to bo better
suited to sport skirts than to anything.
flbe. It Is strong and brilliant. On
tbc overlapped seaiu nt tho loft side,
five lnrge, Hat peaif buttons nre set
near tho bottom. Nothing could be
done more to emphasize the diame
ter of the skirt.
The coat Is in the same class ns tho
Summer
and
smnll opening through which the hook
of a suit hanger mny bo slipped, and
use It to protect a nice dress hanging1
In the closet. Wnshed but seldom It
will last n long time, nnd will be found
more convenient than n bag, as It is
so much easier to Insert the dress
without crushing.
Uso for Old Leather. ,
One should nlwnys save the tops off
old shoes, or the gauntlets of heavy!
riding gloves or other pieces of leather
They are excellent us nn interlining;
for Iron holders.
Do not moke the holder too large,!
as It is clumsy to handle. Those
which nro oval In shape arc prefer-;
nble. Cut tho covering and the Inter
lining the same size and shape, stitch
all , the thicknesses on the machine
close to tho edgo of the material, then
bind with a tupe or piece of soiling
binding.
Pongee Again.
As sure ns the coming of summer
pongee In some form appears. Tlilsj
year there are lovely pongee parasolsJ
Some nre mounted on brown frames
and sticks, with no other trimming'
than brown cords on the handles nnd
brown tassels on the ends. Another
shows lovely blue butterflies em
broidered all over the inside of the:
pnrasol, with blue cord and blue
ends to tho sticks.
A Footwear Fad.
The few who wish to follow fnsh-!
Ion's whim in footwear can wear, this:
summer, white oxfords with blncki
shoo laces and blnck stockings. Thlsj
combination Is sanctioned by New,
York's latest decree. Of course tho
generality of women will use the con
servative all white.
nit
skirt, and Is made of bright green silk
trlcolette, with sailor collar and baud
of self-colored embroidery about the
bottom. A sntln vest worn with If
has small pearl buttons, set close to
gether, down the front. Bright green
taffeta coots with machine stitching
of white silk, nnd coats crocheted of
the green silk In laco designs are note
worthy among the novelties to bo
worn with white satin or silk sport
skirts. All the coats have belts or
sashes.
The suit at tho right Is made of a
heavy ribbed silk skirt and cont of
the same material. - There are several
patterns In these sport silks, some of
them in two colors, others in figured
designs of one color. Angora cloth Is,
n fnvorlto for embellishing them,
placed In bands about the skirt and
cont mid as cuffs and collars. Hut
many of these suits nro untrlmmed, as
the fanciful fabric makes variety
enough. Even in sport suits the vest
hns made a place for Itself, and It ap
pears In this model with cuff nt tho
bottom having six llttlo buttons set
along tho center. Hut there are nmnv
sport coats that Ignore tho vogue of
vests.
Sport