Youngstown Times, 1918-09-28

              YOUNGSTOWN TIMES. Devoted to tlie Interests of tlie "Village of Youngrstown and the Town of Porter. VOLX YOUNGSTOWN, N. Y; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. No 52 Local Items.  You find to get next winter's coal, You've got to sign away your soul, You first make vow and printed form That you'vea housethatyouwill warm And take an oath you're putting in No more than will fill the bin. And swear by all that's good and true You haven't hid a ton or two. « -»♦«—:— Gasolineless Sundays have brought on an epidemic of pedestrianism. Vesuvius is erupting again. Everybody is getting violent now that the kaiser is on the run. Kaiser William observes that "This is the time for kings to hang together." Hang is right. ««— The third car of early cabbage is being loaded at Tully; the price is now $10.00.—Tully Times. -«>»■  Hindenburg says he'll yet pluck "the fruits of victory." Foch will see that he's handed a lemon at least! Mrs. Gertrude Jameson of Montreal very ably occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian church last Sunday evening.■<«»  Be patriotic. Save gasoline. Buy a single harness at Thompson's store. Bargain prices on the few now in stock. ■«»»- There is only one class of people who should not write letters to soldier—the kind who cannot write cheerful letters. «■» Cablegram from Switzerland says that the kaiser's hair has ibcome as white as snow. The wonder is that he has any hair at all. In order too keep quiet all controversy it may be well to state that the war aim of the United States and the Allies just now is the German army. .««».  Remember way back in 1894 when whisky sold for a dollar a gallon and beer was served in "boot-leg" schoooers? "Them" were the groggy days! Think of sitting around a table and talking peace terms in secret with that crowd of cutthroats just as our boys are beginning to clean up the gang! ■«••■  We hate safety razors and hope the advance of civilization will take us one step ,beyond—to a chemical that will enable one merely to wash off his whiskers instead of shave them. •••  All newspapers must now be paid for in advance, under the new law law, and if neglected it means imprisonment and fine. So if you are in arreage you as well as the publisher may get into trouble. ■««»■ The tanks which were used in the American offensive were manned by American soldiers, but they were French tanks. What would we have done without France to make up for our lack of preparedness? The state department now has official news of the massacres in Russia which have been going on since May. Its news merely confirms what press correspondents have been reporting, but the horror of it is almost unimaginable.The indications are that it will be necessary to postpone until next week the lottery which determines the orderorder of calling the new men to service The postponement is to give local boards time to correct errors made in assigning serial numbers to registrants.The manufacture of beer in the United States is to be prohibited after December Ist next. This decision was reached by the fuel and railroad administrations as a measure of war economy. It will anticipate the prohibition lav.T so far as most saloons are concerned. «»«■  That well known sport of hunting pearls in oysters will not ,be indulged in as much as heretofore, according to dealers of the shell fish, who report that few oysters are finding their way to this section. Scarcely enough for restaurant trade are available, owing to the shortage of labor to gather tho oysters, it is said. President Wilson has announced that a fair price for raw cotton will be fixed by the government if the special committee deems price fixing i necessary after its investigation of the cotton situation. In the meantime, another committee will buy cotton for the use of this government and of the Allies at prices to ,be named later. The expectation is that this buying 'will stabilize the market somewhat. **>  The Fourth Liberty Loan drive will begin Saturday, and will continue for| three weeks. The time has comej again for every citizen to decide to: make new pledges to his utmost financial ability to help end the war. Our boys have the "Huns" on the run but. the war is not yet over. However, if we follow up our advantage with substantial aid to our boys it will not be long before our victory will |be complete. Will you do your bit? The warfare between man and his insect competitors is one that is unending. Man has many times been beaten by locusts devouring his pastures, meadows and grain. Crawlers on the ground and buzzers in the air, moths with wings like silver down and caterpillars with brilliant regimental stripes flutter about the gardens and orchards and march up and down the trees and shrubs, either devouring as they go or planting eggs from which future devourers will spring. The Kitchin bill, which is expected to raise $8,000,000,000 revenue a year, has passed the House and is now before the Senate for ratification. The bill met much discussion in the House, where Kitchin's tax ideas were opposed as penalizing the Northern States, while the Southern States were favored. The Senate may debate the bill for'several weeks and it is not likely to pass that body before election. It is highly probable that many amendments to the bill will be made in the Senate. Railway Director General McAdoo is authority for the statement that there will be no repetition of last winter's railway congestion and consequent shortage of fuel and food. This does not mean that a relaxation; of care in the use of fuel and food is! warranted. So far as coal is concerned the factor of production at the j mines must be taken into account. The fact that railway cars and locomotives will probably ,be available for transportation of the vitally necessary commodities will help matters] materially, unless the output of the mines is maintained annd increased. Even if food is sufficiently plentiful, hoarding of staple food products must be avoided. For the desired result, will not be attained solely by provid! ing transportation facilities. The in-J I formation was convyed in an address by Secretary McAdoo at Pittsburgh, > and was doubtless intended to stimu- I 1 late the work of mining the requisite 1, amount of coal. Clever Bunco Game. s ivlfii»y deep thinkers see in Austria's | peace move one of the cleverest bunco games the Central Empires have yet conspird against the Allies. They 1 believe the whole thing amounts to a little more than a concerted move i by Emperors Wilhelm and Charles to save their thrones by throwing the blame for continuation of the war on the Allies and leading the dispirited Teutonic trooops to believe they must keep up the fight, however sick of the war, in order too "defend their homes from invasion by jealous and covetous nemies.' . Grand and Trial Jurors Drawn. Among the grand and trial jurors 1 drawn by County Clerk T. T. Feeley ' to serve at the October term of Su- ] preme Court, which convenes at Lock-;1 I port, on Monday, October 7th, are the ; following: " < Grand Jurors—Edward R. Cole, 1 Jesse Read, Henry Lauer, John C. ( Burke, Emmet E. Clancy, Leo Austin ] and Ira W. Swick, of Niagara Falls; ] Arthur Mackey, of Youngstown; Rol- ' land it. Singer,1 Wilson. ] Trial Jurors—Edward J. Skimin, ] Anton Leslie and William Lynch, of,: Niagara Falls; Leo E. Dailey,  j Sherman, Bryant J. Smith, G. Herbert;' j Swick and William B. Traviss, of Wil-|! I son; J. Henry Parker and Silas F. |f iHopkins, of Porter; Abraham L. ] Pletcher and Jefferson Girard, of ' Lewiston. Read, Mothers, and be Proud. A word of comfort for the mothers, and the fathers, of the khahi-clad American hosts in France. It comes from Brig. Gen. Mary Shepard, of the Salvation army, who has returned to the United States after months of i work with the Yankee soldiers near the battle front. Says Miss Shepard: "I want every person in the United States, and particularly every person who has a relative with the United States forces now in Europe, to know that every man on the firing line, every man and woman behind the men in the trenches, and every person connected in an official manner with the j United States Expeditionary forces in! Europe, is living a fine, clean, moral life, and doing his or her duty in a manner which has won for the Americans the highest respect of all with whom they have come in contact." Soldiers Pick Fruit Any Day.  The Niagara County Farm Bureau '< reports that the demand for pickers ' for Niagara fruit growers is being i rapidly met. With the offer of five 7 hundred soldiers from Fort Niagara to assist in the work Saturday andj1 Sunday, arrangements have also been 1 made to have the services of the soldiers on week days, also, on what are ( known as 24 hour furloughs. This 1 will permit soldiers going to farms, : which must, however, be within one hour's ride of the fort and remaining '. two days and one night, returning the i following night. Under this arrangement the farm i bureau announces, it will not be able i to utilize the services of the soldiers 1 any further away than on the Lake road, and that all other help it is able to secure will be sent to farmers in the eastern and southern sections of the county. Forty volunteer pickers were placed at work Sunday by the Farm Bureau for fruit growers in the county. Many Lockport plants have permitted their men to pick fruit and numerous stores and various concerns also plan to do so later when the apple harvest begins in earnest. Concerning Newspapers. The Government has ordered that all newspaper subscriptions must be paid in advance. The purpose of officialdom at Washington is to save pa- I per by cutting off the subscriptions of those people who do not find it convenient to pay in advance. Undoubtedly the publishers lose some money because of operating on a credit basis. That is also true of grocers who sell sugar on credit and merchants who sell clothing on credit. The Government is trying to conserve sugar and clothing. Why not make an order that grocery bills and clothing shall be paid in advance? In a very large portion of the country, particularly in the grain raising sections, it is the practice of farmers to pay a great many of their bills "after harvest." Some of their expenses are paid from month to month, or paid in cash, but there are many accounts which are settled at the end of the year. In the grain growing sections the doctors collect most of their accounts with farmers after the farmer has sold his wheat. Merchants in farming communities collect the bulk of their accounts at that time. It may not be the best way to do business, but it has become a custom, and it has not been found disastrous. A newspaper subscription is something that is paid once a year. It is a small amount and,, could be paid at any time by almost any subscriber, especially if a newspaper is legitimately sought and honestly bought by the subscriber. Only such papers, in fact have stability and the ability to win out in the crisis now at hand. Resolutions. Resolutions on the death of Mrs. N. D. Haskell by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Man never dies, Jehovah wills it so, Tho' earthly life to death is but the door, Yet death itself thro' which wo all must go The entrance is to life forevermore. And thus we feel that: Our loving Heavenly Father, has seen fit in His far seeing wisdom to lead our dear sister, Mrs. Hskell, through the door of death which opens on the life everlasting, and WHEREAS, We with our weak human vision, see first our own loss even when looking beyond to her gain and happiness, in that glorious and blessed rest. Therefore be it RESOLVED, That while we as a society have sustained an irreparable loss, yet we cannot wish our sister back again in a weary world of pain, r RESOLVED, That we shall not. allow her memory to grow dim nor her splendid unselfish life to be lived in vain, but collectively, and as individuals to profit by her example. RESOLVED, That as she was ever, faithful to her church, while not neg-| lecting her home duties, a loving and wise mother, a loyal friend, a  entious officer, so each of us shall try! to make her life better (because our sister has lived among us. RESOLVED, That a copy of these Resolutions shall be given the sorrowing family, another published in the "Youngstown Times" and the Niagara Falls Gazette, and that they shall also be spread upon the minutes of this society. Resp3ctfully Submitted, MARY E. BEALS. MARY A. KELLEY, Committee. I PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Morgan spent Monday at Niagara Falls. Miss Garnet Clark expects to leave soon for Washington, U. C., where she has accepted a government position. Mrs. Sneider has returned to her home in this village following several weeks visit with friends in Toronto. Mrs. Florence Wilson has been en. tertaining her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Jameson, from Montreal for several weeks. Mrs. Carrie Gillett, who has been visiting friends in this village for some time, is now visiting friends in Lockport for a few days before returning to her home at Rome. -*«■»-  Have your trousers reduced at waist. Latest Hoover style. Congress has decreed that federal, tate, countyandmunicipaloffice-holders must hereafter pay income tax. «i>  Experts say that rust and weather put more farm machinery out of commission than service. Don't let these twin enemies put yours out of commission. In all probability Fort Niagara will be continued as a training camp for the National Home Guards during the coming winter, instead of being garrisoned by a mere handful of soldiers as has been the case for the past several years. Captain and Mrs. Fred Toy of Niagara Falls, formerly of Fort Niagara, announnce the engagement of their daughter, Winifred, to Sergeant Frederick Teigenbaum of Louisville, Ky. The wedding will be solemnized some time in the near future. The members of the Men's Club expect a treat at their next monthly meeting, October 7th, when they will have the privilege of hearing Congressman Wallace Dempsey of Lockport, who will deliver the address. Howard Allen Hopkins, who is chairman of the supper committee, promises a very tempting repast. ■•••■  Grant C. Frick, formerly of this village, and youngest son of Mrs. Clara Frick, was commissioned a captain in the U. S. A. Infantry, September 10th, 1918. of 152 Depot Brigade, at Asst. Camp Personal Adjutant Station, Camp Upton, N. Y. He was first commissioned as Second Lieutenant, First Officers Training Camp, Platts,burg, N. Y., on August 14th, 1917. «■» Harvey Stoltz, 34 years old, of Lewiston, who became paralyzed from an injury received when he dove into shallow water at Fort Niagara Beach eight weeks ago, has been discharged from Saint.Mary's hospital, at Niagara Falls. When hs entered the hospital Stoltz was unable to move his hands and feet and it was believed his back was broken. He was able to walk out of the hospital when discharged. With the death toll from the epidemic of influenza mounting steadily the schools of Boston, Mass., have been closed until the disease is stamped out. There were approximately one hundred deaths in the twentyfour hour period ending at noon Tuesday. Of those seven were among men in the first naval district. There are also more than 3500 employees of Fore River Shipbuilding Co., at Quincy, Mass., victims of the disease. The medical department of the first naval district has charge of the epidemic. Physicians from Philadelphia, Buffalo and Rochester have arrived to give assistance. All places of amusement have been ordered closed More than sixty deaths have already occurred.