SWISS PUT CHECK | ON UNDESIRABLES Demand Ironclad Passports of All Foreigners Entering the Country. HOSPITALITY IS VIOLATED Switzerland Has Suffered From Fort elgn Element as No Other Neutral 8ince War Began ? Country la Overrun With Spies. Berne. ? Switzerland finally has tak en Initial steps to control the undesir able foreign element from which she has suffered as no other neutral coun try since August, 1914. New regulations udopted by the fed eral council ?re intended to make it difficult for the agent of one of the warring countries, for the deserter from any side, for the foreigner with out obvious, legitimate means of liveli hood and occupation to flock, us here tofore, into the little country thut Is trying desperately to maintain an up right neutrality and at the same time weather the storm until peace arrives. Switzerland hitherto has permitted, without any material objections, scores of thousands of strangers to enter al most as freely us in peace times. Now action has been taken to stop this only because her hospitality lias been gross ly violated, her neutrality at times even threatened. The new rules, which will become effective as soon as the Swiss diplo matic and consular officials throughout the world can be notified, require that all foreigners entering the country must be equipped with lronclud pass ports from their own countries, or equivalent papers of Identification ; that prior to coming to Switzerland all foreigners must furnish to Swiss diplo matic or consular officials adequate reasons for wanting to come here, and ihat, after arrival, strungers must reg ister with the police of the city or town they Intend to Inhabit. Overrun by Undesirables. There always has been a dally traf fic between France and Switzerland in the neighborhood of Geneva, and be tween Germany and Switzerland near Basel, on the part of laborers und oth ers Many undesirable foreigners have smuggled themselves across the bor dei and have fulled to return. Once In Switzerland, they have been able to hide because of the lack of control over foreigners. That all is to be chunged. Every person crossing the border at other than the ordinary points where iron clad jmssports will be required will be numbered. If he fails to return, the police will be put upon his trail. Ho will have little chance of escaping, for without the right kind of credentials he is unable to obtain bread. A bread curd t?day Is more Important even thnn the money with which to pur chase it ? and a bread card is issued only on presentation of identification papers. The hotel at which the newcomef stops, the pension thut takes him in, the private family to whom lie may go, are all liable to heavy penalties if they fail to announce his arrival. rroDiem ror ueserxers. There remains the problem of the deserters who have uianaKed to flee across the boundary from one army or another and of the near-deserters, those who have come here with the permission of their respective govern ments, and then have declined to re turn. Swiss law prescribes that these deserters and refractlonarles, as they are called, cannot be forcibly deported. There are In Switzerland now, It Is estimated, between 10,000 and 15,000 of these gentry. Not all of them are bad citizens. Hundreds of them, at least, are gainfully occupied and are living model lives. Others are unde sirable to the point of being out-and out criminals. Figures for Geneva alone show that out of 70,000 foreign ers among its 170,000 population, 1,836 are deserters and 2,452 refractlonarles. while in Zurich these figures are ex ceeded. The agitation for the utilization of the man power represented by the de serters and refractlonarles is so strong that It will surprise no one to see steps taken to incorporate the majority of them Into a civilian service of manual l?boi In agriculture. LAW VIOLATOR IS FORGIVEN Man Who Broke Game Law When Child 8ays He It Now Study ing for Ministry. Columbus, Ind. ? Fred II. Ehlers, deputy flsh and game warden, has for given a violator of the law. Besides, the statute of limitation may have something to do with the affair. Ehlers has received a letter from Kampa, Idaho, from W'lllard Isgrigg, The writer says : "When I lived near Hartsvllle, at the age of seven tc twelve years, I went seining with a crowd of men when it was against the law. I also disobeyed the Snaring law, perhaps others in that line. I ask you here to forgive me. If there are any charges you want me to pay let me know. Qod has really saved me and 1 hit. studying for the ministry. I did these things eleven to fifteen years ago. Where will you spend eternity?" Ehlers says Isgrlgg's heart evidently Is in the right place and he forgive* him lor seining. Ehlers declines tc answer the question al>out where ho means to spend eternity. ROY GOT HIS COOKIES Naval Paymaster Helps Out Grandmother in Distress. Sha Stole Away From Home to TaHf Boy Goodies and Waa Barred by the Guard. Great Lukes, 111. ? One morning an old-fashioned grandmother from Chi cago carefully climbed off a train at Great Lukes. She might have stepped from the duguerrotype pictorial page of an old maguzlne. A black bonnet crowned her silver hair and was tied with bluck ribbons under her chin. She gripped u lurge puper bag. The guard stopj>ed her. "You can't come in today," he told her. "Wednesday Is visitors' duy." Her eyes filled with tears. "Hut Roy Is go ing to sea today," she said. "I came to give Koy his cookies. I hud to ruu uway from home to get here. My daughter won't let me go out of the house much. She thinks 1 am too old." She took a letter from a handbag. It was from Koy und it read in part: "Grandmother; I leave for sea on Friday and all that 1 lack to mako me happy is some of your ruisin cook ies. The food here Is good, but I hud to leave without again tasting the cookies that I loved so much." "I baked cookies for that boy since he was big enough to eat them, and he always had my cookies until he en listed," she resumed. "His mother is dead. He is In Camp Ross. 1 must see him before he goes away." The guurd was Iron. l'aynmster J. D. Doyle Is a busy man. Rut Paymaster Doyle was not too busy to stop and hear her story. He Is not u young man and his hair is gray, but he likes ruisin cookies und bus a hcurt us big us the administra tion building. He heard her story, heard that her daughter would not let her buke the cookies, heurd how she hud waited un til the daughter hud gone shopping und then mixed the butter and done the goodies to a perfect brown. This morning she hud stolen away and come to the stutlon. He helped her into his car and whisked her to Camp Ross. He found Roy for her and saw her weep for joy on Roy's blue Jacketed shoulder. He ate one of the cookies. Grandmother and grandson visited und suid good-by. Mr. Doyle took her buck to the de pot, helped her on a Chicago train, und returned to his neglected work. He was tickled us u kid. "Jove, she loved that boy," he said as he smacked his lips. GERMAN AGENTS START FOOD SHORTAGE SCARE Washington. ? The work of German agents among house wives to cause a disruption in the markets of household neces sities and incite a discontent with war conditions has caused a false shortage in some places ? in commodities that really ure J to he had in plenty. Tiie national food administra tion. commenting on the reports of three successive buying drives by housewives throughout the the country on salt, laundry blue and matches, says there is no lack of these commodities among small retailers by the excessive buying that the national stock Is as large as ever, with no pos sible likelihood of shortage with a normal demand from the con sumer. The housewife Is warned to disregard rumors and not to overstock, as such unnecessary buying may cause real shortages for a short time In certain lo calities. SAFETY PIN BRINGS IN $775 Auto Hits Man, Causing Him to Swal low Fastener ? Operation Neces sary to Remove It. New York. ? Mrs. Ann Kelly of Elm* hurst, proprietor of a trucking business in Brooklyn and Long Island City, must pay Joseph O'Lnughlin $775 be cause O'Laughlln swallowed a safety pin. O'Laughlln was struck by an au tomobile truck owned by Mrs. Kelly and operated by John Mackey. He had Just come from a barber shop and was adjusting the collar of his woolen shirt. The safety pin was In his mouth when the automobile struck him, and the force yt the collision caused the man to swallow the pin. An operation was necessary for its removal. Decks German Carp With Flag. Sioux City. Ia. ? When the patriotism of Chris Roumcllote, a Oreek restau rateur here, was questioned because of his window display, of Gdrman carp, Chris, who is a veteran of Balkan wars, wrapped a small American flag around each fish. The apparent adver tising value of his window display was Immediately doubled. Camps for Homeless. Washington. ? Among the largest of war relief work being carried on at the present time are camps Cor home less thousands of persons in and around Suloniki, which were started by I>r. Edward \V. Ryan, head of the American Red Cross in that region. There are 70,0* sufferers camping out In the tents which have been set op. READY TO GIVE | I TASTE OF STEEL I Americans in France Complete Their Training in Bayo net School. SPEED PLEASES INSTRUCTORS Give Demonstration of Energy and Ao> curacy Which la Truly American ? Graduates to Act as Instruc tors to New Arrivals. With the American Army In France.? The "graduation exercises" of the large bayonet school were watched by sev eral generals and their staffs. The men, who had been trained In the Brit ish system by British Instructors, gave a demonstration of energy, speed and accuracy which was truly American. They are ready to go over the top. A British sergeant major put the men through the drill so vigorously that more than one man was hurt. Hut their wounds were not serious. The Instruc tor himself so narrowly escaped a bay onet point that his tunic was cut. "Now, then," the sergeant would say, holding a heavy, long stick In his hand, "when I tell you men to turn, try to get the point to me. Now, turn ! Yeah ! Yeah! Give 'em hell! That's good!" They "Go Over the Top." The Americans worked like football players, every nerve and every har dened muscle struining. The sergeant, by reason of long practice, was able to ward off some thrusts with the point or butt, but from many he had to Jump." Even more vigor was shown by the men as they occupied the trench line and, with their officers, went over the top in a charge. The operations began by firing from the trench at the dum mies In the enemy trenches. Some of the men made perfect scores, while only three of the whole class fell be low 80 In a possible 100. The men went furiously at the charge, urged on by the most emphatic language that a British sergeant major might be credited with having at his command. He shouted to his men: "ntly arrived in France, will begin regimental maneuvers at once and will be trained in barrage fire, the American artillery working with Amer ican aviators. The site picked for the practice is rolling ground. The artillery will lay a barrage up to the first objective, over theoretical German trenches. The Infantry, fol lowing up the fire, will occupy the trenches and then execute a flunk movement. The signal corps will get the benefit of the maneuvers, for they will be car ried out as If an actual attack were being launched. FACES DEATH FOR DAYS Heavy Seas Wreck Vessel and Owner Is Prisoner on Ledge for 16 Days. Prince Rupert, B. C. ? Heavy seas wrecked an Indian fishing launch on a ledge In the open sea off Dundas Is land and held its owner, Stephen Ityan, prisoner on the ledge 1G days after washing his two companions, Peter and Richard Robinson, off the ledge tn their deaths, according to reports reaching here. Ryan, who was given up for dead bj his fellow members of the Mctlaktlu tribe, was rescued and told how he was nearly submerged at nearly every higt tide, and when not almost drowned bj combers was soaked by constant rains He said he made a raft from the launch and put to sea, but it upset and h( swam back to the rock. At nights, he said, he tied himself tt the ledge with ropes. His only foo<" was a few raw potatoes rescued froti the launch. BERLIN BUTTER RATION One ounce of butter per week Is the ration for the population of Berlin. Our j-iefare shows one ounce of butter, about the quantity consumed by tha average American at a meal. HELP WIN THE WAR Opportunity for All Furnished in Thrift Stamps. Land Your Money to the Government to Aulit In the Battle for Democracy. Washington. ? War Ravings stamps. popularly kuown as "thrift stamps," are now on sale. These stamps have been termed "little baby bonds," by the treasury department, and the term comes nearer explaining them than any other, for they are virtually govern ment bonds issued in small amounts. Rack of them is the entire resources of the nation, and they steadily increase in value from the date of purchase to the date of maturity, January 1, 1923. This obligation of the United States government is issued in the form of stamps, in two denominations, the 25 cent stamp and the $r> stamp. For the convenience of investors a "thrift card" is furnished to all pur chasers of 25-cent stamps. This card has spaces for 16 stamps. When all the spaces have been filled the "thrift card" may be exchanged for a $5 stamp at post offices, banks, or other author ized agencies by adding 12 cents in cash prior to February 1, 1918, and one cent additional each month thereafter. Those who prefer may buy a $5 stamp outright. These will be on sale until January 31, 1918, for $4.12. They automatically increase in value a cent a month every month thereafter until January 1, 1923, when the United States will pay $5 at any post office for each stamp. It is also important to note that war-savings stamps increase each month in cost as well as in value, so that it is decidedly to the interest of the public to buy early. When you purchase a $5 stamp, you must attach it to an engraved foid^' known as a "war savings certificate," which bears the name of the purchaser and can be cashed only by the person whose name appears upon the certifi cate, except in case of death or dis ability. This certificate contains 20 spaces. If these are all filled with "war savings stamps" between Decem ber 1, 1917, and January 31, 1918, the cost to the purchaser will be $82.40 and on January 1, 1923, the govern ment will pay the owner of the certifi cate $100 ? a net profit to the holder of $17.00. This is based on an interest rate of 4 per cent compounded quar terly. The amount of war-savings stamps sold to any one person at any one time shall not exceed $100, and no person inay hold such stamps to an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000. If the 20 spaces on the "war-savings certificate" are not filled by January 1, 1919, the stamps which are actually attached will draw interest at the same rate. | If the holder of "war-savings stamps" desires to sell them before maturity, they may be redeemed at any post of fice, the holder receiving the price paid for the stamps, plus one cent a month on each stamp. SWEARS OFF ON CANDY FOR DURATION OF WAR Portland, Ore. ? When little i Jack Applewhite of Clarkston, j Wash., heard his father read about the shortage of sugar in ! France and the appeal of Her I bert Hoover, national food ad ministrator, for every pound of sugar, that can be spared, the lad dictated the following letter : "Dear Mr. Hoover ? I am sor ry about there being no sugar in France and about the Belgian and French boys and girls not even having enough to make i things sweet, and I am going to save all I can, for I am not go ing to buy one single bit of | candy, and I am not going to i ask mother to make one bit, ei | ther ? and she makes just awful good candy and I love candy ! dearly." LAD JERKED UNDER A CAR Presence of Mind of Brother Save* Boy's Life ? Escapes With Losa of Toe. Findlay, O. ? Frank Drals, eleven years of age, is In a hospital minus his great toe, and that he yet retains hi9 head is due to the thoughtfulness of his older brother Howard. The two were returning from school and were walking along a railroad. A train overtook them and when the ca boose came along young Drais caught hold of the steps. He was jerked un der and his great toe cut off. He fell with his head across the track, but his brother instantly grasped the situation and hurriedly pulled him from the track, the only thing that saved the lad's life. Lays a Big Egg. Santa Monica, Cal. ? An egg measur ing seven inches around the middle and 8*4 inches in circumference the long way was laid the other day by a hen belonging to George C. Harter of the Santa Monica fire department. The egg was so large that Harter's friends accused him of keeping an ostrich in disguise. The fireman keeps only four hens at bis home. No. 42G Colorado avenge, but he says that from this number he has averaged two eggs a day for more than a year. rlenty of Light Where You Want It Buy a lamp that is built to give mellow flickcrlcsa light ? a lamp that ran be lighted as easily as a gas jet. RAYO LAMPS are not expensive but 70a can't buy better lamps at an y price. Simple and artistic in design, easy to keep clean and re-wick, they give plenty of light where you want it. 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