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The four girls In this photograph are the United States navy finger
print experts. They hove recorded, classified and filed an Impression of the
digits of every inun In the navy from the rear admiral's down to the rawest
recruit's. They can do the Job they are working on now In five minutes, and
In another five minutes, they can tell whether his print has ever been made
before In the department.
HOW GREAT FUEL
Distribution of Coal Regulated
and Profiteering and Hoard
ing Prevented.
DRASTIC ACTION NECESSARY
Failure of Transportation During Win
ter Months Adda to Difficulties of
Situation Arising Out of In
creased Consumption.
By E. D. LEACH,
Assistant United States Fuel Adminis
trator for Ohio.
The United States fuel administra
tion has three definite purposes, name
ly: to regulate production, distribu
tion and prices.
In mobilizing the resources of the
nation to meet war conditions many
drastic Innovations have been neces
sary, but none of them required more
prompt nnd complete regulation than
coal. This Is preeminently a coal war.
To supply the enormous Increase In
the demands for fuel by the United
States government alone would upset
ordliinry distributing facilities.'
The capacity of the coal mines Is
limited as Is also the number of men
which enn be spnred from the army to
work them. Last fall Dr. Harry A.
Garfield, United 3tates fuel administra
tor, announced that the demand for
coal during the coming year would ex
ceed possible production by fit least
100,000,000 tons. This shortage has
been greatly aggravated by the failure
of the railroads during the winter
months to transport any where near the
potential output of the mines. Real
izing that a shortage was Inevitable,
the fuel administration's conservation
program was promulgated.
The fuel administration does not op
erate the rnllronds and until the gov
ernment took them over, had only a
most Indirect connection with them.
Doctor Garfield was not appointed fuel
administrator until August 18, 1917,
four and a half months after we went
E. D. Leach.
Into the war. lie faced the task of
aupplying not only the government
with Its war needs, but also the enor
mous Increased consumption of manu
facturing plants nnd the domestic
needs of most of the 110,000,000 Inhab
itants of this country.
Fuel Crisis Comes.
The difficulties were greatly In
creased because very few domestic con
sumers hud secured their winter's sup
ply during the spring and early sum
mer as Is usual. The coal had all
been going to manufacturing Indus
tries. A fuel crisis existed before there
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was any sort of an organization. State
administrators were appointed who In
turn appointed county and local ad
ministrators. In this manner every
section of the country was covered.
This organization, from Doctor Gar
field down to the local administrators,
Is made up of volunteers men who are
not only giving their time but, In most
cases, ore paying their own expenses.
The fuel administration has suc
ceeded Insofar as Its powers extend.
Potential production Is and has been
In excess of transportation. Doctor
Garfield has so adjusted price and
wage matters that there has been very
little difficulty among operators and
miners.
While distribution Is very largely a
transportation problem a matter out
side the powers of the fuel administra
tor It Is not that entirely. The fuel
administration has regulated the dis
tribution of conl so that government
needs have been cared for, and, inso
far as transportation has permitted,
has cared for industrial and domestic
needs. The administration has divert
ed coal from non-essentlnl to essential
war Industries, and from all industries
to domestic consumers, hospitals, pub
lic utilities, etc.
Prices Regulated.
Prices have also been regulated.
Prices at the mine and Jobbers' mar
gins have been established. This Is
done by the president upon recom
mendation of the fuel administrator.
Retail prices are regulated by local ad
ministrators who recommend to the
state administrator the amount of
GIRL GETS MEDAL
Young English Woman Volunteers
for Dangerous Task in
Munitions Plant.
NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH
Explosion Occurs While She Is Hunt
ing for Foreign Substances In Powder-
Predecessor on the Job
Was Killed.
London. Miss Gladys Herrlngton,
twenty years ojd, undertook n danger
ous task In a munition factory, al
though she know, sooner or later. It
probably would result In her death or
serious Injury. She narrowly escaped
death In nn explosion, and now she has
received the British empire medal. At
first It was thought she would not live.
Then It was believed she would be ter
ribly disfigured. She Is nllve and will
still be a handsome girl, and a very
happy one.
Very Dangerous Job.
Her part of the work was to mix
powder of a very dangerous nature.
The woman who preceded her was
burned to death, and as the manage
ment did not care to assign anyone to
the tnsk it asked for volunteers. Miss
Herrlngton offered her services. Now
she Is in a hospital gradually recover
ing her health and beauty. She worked
all alone from nine o'clock at night un
til six o'clock In the morning, and her
constant aim was to discover foreign
substance which might have been
placed in the powder.
Her story as told by herself Is as fol
lows :
"For a time all went well. I liked
the Job and I never felt afraid. I wore
a fireproof suit. Eight weeks ago the
accident happened. It was at ten to
six In the morning. I suppose some
foreign substance must have got Into
the powder. Suddenly there was an
explosion and a great blnzeup, and in
spite of my suit I caught fire. I think
that the powder hnd eaten Its way Into
my sleeves and rotted them a little, be
cause my anna were terribly burned,
and as my face was not protected at
all It was badly hurt. The worst of it
was that I never lost consciousness.
No 8leep for Week.
"I dashed out of the shed all alight
Fortunately ,ona of the workmen had
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gross profit which the rctull dealer
In their Jurisdiction may add to the
cost of fhelr coal. In actual practice
It Is Impossible to have a fixed maxi
mum price for retailers, owing to the
fact that coal coming from different
districts under varying conditions car
ries different prices. Freight rates
also vary. Consequently, the retail
er's margin of profit Is fixed, ond this
mnrgln Is added to the cost of the coul
delivered at the dealer's yard.
Had It not been for the fuel ad
ministration some localities and some
persons would have hnd all the coal
they needed, while other sections and
people would hove had less or none.
Prices would have been Ulted out of
the reach of tho ordinary person, ond
the government would have been flt
the mercy of the operators and min
ers, each fighting the other, for Its
supply essential for wur purposes.
Thief Overpays Watcman.
Los Angeles, Cal. Sixteen dollars
Is what It cost a burglar to secure $200
worth of Jewelry from the home of
Lewis Meyer, one night recently. If
the burglar had not been so nervous he
could have done It for $1. Nlghtwatch
man Hoslck cnlled at the house to re
oMva his monthly dollar which he Is
paid for guarding the home. A tall
young man met him at tne door, nana
in? him a five snot, which he changed.
Later, Hoslck discovered that It was
really $20 that hod been given him.
When he went back to return the ex
tra money he discovered the residence
ransacked.
MARGUERITE OGDEN
Marguerite Ogden, state chairman
of the California department of con
servation of the Federation of Wom
an's Clubs, hns left off worrying obout
the conservation of forest, wild life
and waterways, to lay special em
phasis on the conservation of food.
She Is Interested now In the market
ing of the canned and dried fruits
which will soon be offering the prob
lem of distribution to war workers.
FOR HER HEROISM
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heard the explosion, and he flew to my
help and rolled me In blankets, and I
was taken straight to the hospital.
They cut my clothes off, and for two
days I could not be moved from the
ground floor. My mouth was so badly
burnt that for ten days I could take
no food except brandy. For five weeks
I had no sleep, and at first the doctors
thought I should be blind. I cannot
tell you how thankful I felt when, after
a little while, I was able to see again.
"My friends have come to see me
frequently In the hospital, and I have
been very happy here.
"The head man at the factory came
himself to see me, and the manager
sent one of the girls with 5 to spend
on any little comforts I might like. My
wages are being paid every week.
"But I am a coward. I have not
once looked In the glass since the acci
dent. I cannot bear to see my face un
til It is better."
STAMPS CARRY SPY MESSAGE
American Dealers Meet to Consider
Government Censorship Which
Threatens Thlr Trade.
New York. Information that the
government hns discovered that Ger
man agents In this country have sent
military Information to Berlin by
means of codes derived from arrange
ments of postage stamps was placed
before the American Stamp Dealers
association.
The association met here to consider
the government censor's action In hold
ing up dealers' letters, since about Dec.
1, containing stamp Imports and ex
ports. Stamps have been removed from
mnll consigned to or from American
dealers engaged In foreign trade, and
the resultant loss If this practice Is
continued throughout the war, would,
It was asserted, severely injure the
American stamp trade.
Pig Comes Near Being Twins.
St Thomas, Fa. A pig that came
very close to being twins was born re
cently to a registered Polln-Chlna sow
owned by John K. Heckmnn of this
place. The shoatlet has two complete
noses, two mouths, two tongues, two
sets of teeth aud three eyes, directly
In front of its head. The freak Is
alive, on its feet, and evidently thriving.
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By K.
O'Neill nnd W. 3. Klrkpatrlck.
Of supreme moment is the issue of
the war. The price of wheat and the
turn of politics are serious matters
but the Third Liberty Loan means
more than all. It means
Backing up the boys who have been
sent to the overseas battlefields.
Prompt and abundant loans of spare
cash to the war treasury, in local trade
terms, is the translation of money into
airplanes, guns, ammunition, provis-
ATTACK IMPENDS
Reserves, Long Ready, Expected
to Turn Tide for Allies.
HUN LOSS ENORMOUS
German Advance Checked Situation
Optimistically Viewed Events
Show Withdrawal Planned.
With the British Army in France
The British and French who co-operate
rat the junction of the two armies,
are viewing the trend of the German
offensivp with optimistic eyes. Hard
fighting was in progress, but the latest
reports showed little or no change in
the situation in favor of the enemy
since Sunday, while on the other hand
the defenders had pushed the attacking
forces back after a bitter struggle and
were holding strongly along the whole
new front to which they had with
drawn. Fighting of a most desperate nature
has been continuous since the initial
attack, but so far the British have
used few troops other than those which
were holding the front lines. These
shock troops have been making as gal
lant a defense as was ever recorded in
the annals of the British army, and as
a result they have enabled the main
body of the forces to fall back deliber
ately and without confusion and occupy
positions which had been prepared long
before the German offensive began.
The Germans, on the other hand,
operating under the eyes of the emper
or and the crown prince, have been
hurling vast hordes into the fray with
utter disregard for lives and have fol
lowed into the abandoned positions,
getting farther and farther away from
their supplies and finding their com
munications increasingly difficult
More than 50 German divisions al
ready have been identified by actual
contact and many of these men were
simply given two days' rations and
sent over the top into the frightful
maelstrom made by the allied artil-
United States Holds Key.
London The Daily News says of the
new military situation:
"Although the allied strength will
reach its maximum only as the full
force of America's contribution to the
war is felt the opening of the greatest
battle the world has known is received
with something like relief. . . . '.
The salient fact in the offensive is that
its authors can not afford to fail. They
cannot afford to face a country left,
after another summer of battle, to
count its gains and find them no more
than a myriad of nameless graves."
E.
BRITISH
COUNTER
ions, ships and every device of modern
war for the American. War expendi
tures reach every avenue of business
in the Northwest.
Prepare for the Third Loan which
open Saturday, April 6, with Victory
celebrations everywhere.
The governor and mayors will pro
claim the significance and urgency of
participation in the raising of our local
share of his defense fund. Rallies,
lery, machine guns and rifles. The
slaughter of the enemy infantry as it
advanced in close formation over the
open has been appalling.
The BritiBh losses have been within
the bounds expected, due to the tactics
of thefcommanders. The allies have
lost a considerable number of men in
prisoners and a certain number of
guns. But very few pieces of artillery
have been taken by the Germans since
the first day. In fact, the whole with
drawal has been executed in a master
ly manner, showing how thoroughly
the British had planned for the very
events which have occurred.
It is permitted to say now what
some have known for a long time,
namely, that the British never intend
ed to try to hold the forward positions
in this region if the Germans attacked
in the force expected.
There is every reason to believe that
harder fighting than has yet taken
place will develop shortly. The Ger
mans, in the British view, cannot now
hesitate in carrying on their attack,
and it is a case of break through or ad
mit defeat.
HUNS DRIVEN BACK
Fresh Attacks Fail and Foe is Forced
to Recross Somme American
Engineers Aid in Battle.
British Army Headquarters in
France A further advance late Sun
day by the Germans at some points
along the battlefront is reported.
American engineers have again been
in the throes of fierce conflict in which
they have done excellent work in
transportation.
London Fresh attacks by the Ger
mans have developed northward and
southward of Bapaume, the war office
announces.
The British repulsed powerful at
tacks Sunday afternoon northward of
Bapaume.
The British drove back to the east
ward bank of the Somme bodies of
German troops which had crossed the
river between Li court and Brie, south
of Peronne.
The statement follows :
"The battle continues with great
violence on the whole front Powerful
attempts delivered by the enemy Sun
day afternoon and evening north of
Bapaume were heavily repulsed. Only
at one point did the German infantry
reach our tenches, whence they were
immediately thrown out Elsewhere
the enemy's attacks were stopped by
riflle, machine gun and artillery fire in
Chicago Purse Is Flat
Chicago. The city of Chicago is
broke. City Controller Pike so in
formed members of the city council
Saturday. He told them In a com
munication that outside of the payrolls
the city could not pay any bills after
April 1, until the 1919 budget Is
passed. The aldermen received tie
news in stunned surprise. Members of
the finance committee to which the
communication was finally referred
were even more surprised. "This will
give the city an awful black eye," de
clared Alderman Richert, "if the word
gets out that we have no money to
meet our bills."
open air gatherings, speeches, parades,
illuminations, the Ring-it-Again Lib
erty Bell on the door of every house
hold, and by every means, the citizens
of our community are urged to forsake
all other activities and join in the
spirit and the work of the day.
Begin buying a bond the first day I
This is the first of a series of car
toons and slogans by well known illus
trators and writers which will be pub
lished in this paper.
PARI
SHELLED
LING RANGE GUNS
Berlin, via London Paris has been
bombarded by German long-distance
guns, according to the German official
communication issued Sunday night.
Paris The German "monster can
non," which has been bombarding
Paris, has been located in the forest
of St. Gobain, west of Laon and exact
ly 122 kilometers (approximately 76
miles) from the Paris city hall.
The gun bombarded Paris during the
greater part of Sunday. The day was
ushered in by loud explosions from the
10-inch Bhells, and immediately the
alarm to take cover was sounded.
front of our positions and his troops
were driven back with great loss.
"During the night and morning,
fresh hostile attacks have again de
veloped in this neighborhood and also
to the south of Bapaume.
"South of Peronne bodies of German
troops who crossed the river between
Licourt and Brie were driven back to
the east bank by our counter attacks."
Persistent attacks with strong forces
of infantry and lavish use of artillery
have not enabled the Germans to break
through the British defense, and, after
four days, the great offensive blow in
Northern France has not yet brought a
decision for the attackers. Heavy
fighting is in progress around Bapau
me, near Peronne and where the Brit
ish and French fronts join.
U. S. ARTILLERY HURTS HUNS
Destroy Communication Lines, Ammu
nition Dumps and Billets.
With the American Army in France
On the Toul front there was consid
erable artillery activity during Sunday
night. American guns heavily shelled
the German front line positions. En
emy batteries replied, using many gas
shells. Later photographs were taken
from airplanes of the damage inflicted
by the Americans. American artil
lery on the Toul sector continued to
shell effectively enemy first-line and
communication trenches, the town of
St Baussant and the billets and dumps
north of Boqueteaa. Many of the
American shells have fallen in the
German trenches and the first two lines
in at least one place have been virtual
ly abandoned.
Resistance is Gallant.
London The Berlin Vossische Zei
tung's war correspondent telegraph
ing Sunday from thejneighborhood of
the Oise, is quoted by the Central
News correspondent at Amsterdam as
saying: "All our movements have
taken place with miraculous exacti
tude, according to the plans of the
master who organized the attack. The
English are defending themselves
bravely, but the British command was
not equal to the attack, which, al
though doubtless foreseen, probably
was not expected so early."