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NATION NOW ON WAR DIET »«<■.■< Food Cno.—pH.o Aabod for Pwywi o# Croot bag Lorgor 5wr»l— for Euro poow Alliw Two W booties* Ono Mootloao and Two Porb loa* dojri • Wook. Curtail moot to bo Acompliabod lar gely by Voluntary Effort, but Low will bo uaod Whoro Ap plicoblo. Washington, Jan. 26.—The Ameri can paopla will go on a war bread diat Monday aa a port of a war ra tioning ■yatem prencribed by Presi dent and U>« food administration. "Victory bread." the administration calls it. Tha reduced ration* ara asked for tha piirpona of creating a larger ex port »urplu» of food for tha European allies. Curtailment of coniumption will be accomplished largely by volun tary effort, but force will be employed wherever permitted under the food control act. The rationing «y*t«m, as presented by the President in proclamation and by Food Administrator :Ioover in a li»t of regulation*, forms tn» food ad ministration'* 1918 food cur.narration program of which the chief feature* are: A baker'* bread of mixed flour*, be ginning Monday with a five per cent substitution of other cereal* for wheat until a 20 per cent (ubetitution ia reached February 2$. Sale by retailer* to houaeholder* of an equal amount of *ub*titute flour* for every pound of wheat flour pur chased at the time the wheat flour la bought. ■Sale by miller* to wholesaler* and wbolaaalai* to retailers of only 70 per cent of the amount of wheat flour sold last year Two wheatle** day* a week- Mon day and Wednesday—and one wheat less meal a day. One meatless day a week—Tuesday and one meatless meal a day Two porklesi^day* a week—Tuesday and .Saturday Text of War Rationing Proclamation. The text of President Wilson's proc lamation follows: A proclamation. Many cause* have contributed to create the necessity for a more inten sive, effort on the part of our people to save food in order that we may supply our associates in the war with the sustenance vitally necessary to them in these days of privation and stress. The reduced productivity of Europe because of the large diversion of and power in the war, the partial failure of harvests and the elimina tion of the more distant market* for foodstuffs through the destruction of shipping, places the burden of their subsistence very largely on our shoul ders. The food administration has form ulated suggestions which, if followed, will enable us to meet thia great re sponsibility, without any read incon venience on our | art. In order that we may reduce our consumption of wheat and wheat products by 30 per cent—• reduction imperatively necosaary to provide the supply for overseas—wholesalers, job bers and retailer* should purchase and resell to th«'ir customers only TO per rent of (he amount u^cd in 1017. All manufacturers ,>f alimentary pa ms ilts, cr»ck»r*, pantry and breal.fnst cert.ils hoi<M redui e their purchase" nn<^ consumption of wheat and whc.i fl■.ar to 70 per cent of their 1017 le iuireme.i: and all tal ker* of broad nnd roll* to 80 per cont of tleir current rern:Trem -nts. Cor aumers should rc ' ice their purchases of wheat pmdur-t ■ for b' me prepnra tion to aluK^it 70 per • < ■ t of ih>»e of laat year, or, when buying bread, should purchase mixed cereal breads from the bakera. To provide sufficient cereal food, how, ' iibUe oating plarae, dealers and aMuiufacturer* should substitute potato**, vegetables, corn, bar lay, oata and rice producta, and tha mixed raraai braad and othar products of tha baker* which contain an admix ture of othar cereal*. In order that consumption may he restricted In thie extant, Monday* and Wednesdays should be observed as whaatless days each week, and one maal each day should ha obeerved as a whaatless meal In both homes and public eating places, in order to reduce the con sumption of beef, pork and sheep producta, Tuesday should be observed aa meatless day in each week; one meatless meal should be observed in each day; while in addition, Satur day in each week should further be obeerved as a day upon which there should he no consumption of pork products A continued economy in the use of *ugar will be necessary untif later in the year It is imperative that all wast* and unnecessary consumption of all oorts of foodstuffs should be rigidly elim inated The maintenance of the health and strength of our own people is vitally necessary at this time, and there should be no dangerous restriction of the food supply; hut the elimination of every sort of waiite and the sub stitution of other commodities of which we have more abundant sup plies for thorn which we need to nave, will in no way impair the strength of our people and will en able ua to meet one of the moat press ing obligations of the war. I, therefore in the national inter est, Ehk* the liberty of calling upon every loyal American to take fully to heart the suggestions which are being circulated by the food administration and of begging that they fee followed. I am confident that the great body of our women who have labored so loy ally in co-operation srith the food ad miniatration for the success of food observation wdi strengthen their ef fort* and will take it as a part of their burden in this period of national service U- see that the above sugges tions are observed throughout the land WOODROW WILi-ON. - The White House, 18 January, !JH. We Must Save Food. Raleigh, Jan. 26.—The intensified food conservation program that has been planned by the Food Adminis tration as a result of the desperate cries of need from the other side calls for the observance of two wheatlesa days in the week, Monday and Wed nesday, and one wheatlesa meal every day; one meatless day, which shall be Tuesday, and two porkless days, which shall be Tuesday and Saturday, in each week. On the two wheatless day* and at one meal every day all consumer of foods, private homes, hotels and res taurants, etc. are requested to use no wheat bread, biscuits, crackers, pas try, macaroni, or breakfast food con taining wheat and to use wheat flour in no form except in such t>mnl! amounts that may )>e needed for thickening soups or gravies or 'or u binder in corn bread and other ieieal bread On Meatless Tuesday no meat huold lie used except fith, poultry anil game. On PorkIe*« Saturday wit ton 1 and lamb should I e used in profetence to lieef. "Porkle i" means wiihuut pent, bacon, ham m>i] !i»'d or other products. If Un United States ru«vt» the lood demands of its Asocilt' ■ in the Win ai d provides for the -tar> in* neu I :tals of Europe anything like the !:n unt which our shipping will be ' nble to take to them our own people ni.iat save at least t-3 of (heir normal consumption of wheat from now until the next harvest. The mime thing is true of pork and approximately true of beef. WHAT THE FOOD SITUATION IS The man of England, Scotland, Ireland, Franc*, Italy and Belgium are fighting; they are not on the farm*. The food production of these conn trie* ha* therefor* been greatly reduced. Even befor* the war it wa« muoh le*« than the amount consumed. The dif ference waa supplied by the United State*, Canada, and other countries, including Hussla, Houmania, South America, India and Australia The difference between production and consumption is now great** than ever, and, at the same time, food can no longer be obtained from most of th* outside coon trie*. Therefore, our A**ooi*t«s in th* war for Democracy depend upon North America for food as they hare never depended before, aad they ask us for it with a right which they have never had before. For today they are our companions in a great war against a com mon enemy. For the present it is THEY who are doing the fighting, the suffering, the dying—in OUR war. One million of th* finest Young Men of the United State* will soon be fighting side by side with the mil lions of brav* soldier* of Franc*, Oreat Britain, Bel gium and Italy. Millions of th* men, women and children of th* United Stat** cannot go abroad and fight the enemy fao* to fae*. Bat they caa fight by HELPING THE FIGHTERS FIGHT 1 SHALL ENLIST. By George W. Terwilliger. A righteous anger, held long in re straint, will inevitably develop into hatred, especially of the act* that have caused such anger continue with out abatement. For month* I have been developing a deep hatred for the German*. I have been told by a minuter of the gospel that my hatred ia unjust; that it ia the kaiser and the Prussian gov ernment that are responsible for Ger • many'* reprehensible warfare I am a business man, and I am no longer young I have many home tie* ami responsibilities, but I have one responsibility that 1 believe is greater than all the rest. That responsibili ty is the outcome of my hate. I shall enlist to fight against the Germans. I have a great love for my country, and 1 think her present course in this terrible war i* right. But it i* not love of country nor exactly a sense of i duty to my country that compels me to take this step. I am outside the pale of the draft, and, *o far as ray duty to my country is concerned. I can sit back and let the other fellow do the fighting. Nevertheless I shall enlist to fight the Germans. My country did no« enter the war when Belgium was ravaged and her people enslaved. She did not resent with the mailed Ant the Lusitania tra gedy. She looked on with complacency while the Turku, Germany'* inhuman ally, massacred with shocking brutal ity the defenseless and the innocent. She did not accept the gauge of battle when it was thrown in her face in the form of the continued submarine men ace. Hatred in a government and people i is slow to arouse. My country is now in the war io cru-h the power of autocracy a- ex emplified by the kaiser. That is just and right, but it was the Germnn peo ple who rejoiced and made merry on the holiday declared in celebration of (he murder of the women and children of the l.usitaiiia. It was th<- women of Geimauy who spnt in the fn o; of their prisr ner». It w.m the men of Germany who inocu ' lU 1 Uioxe nine prisoner* with loath »mr 'li-ease. It was the men of Ger many who -urp«v"'"K the vandalism of »hr early agi «, bume I, pillaged an J' l«,i4ed conquered cities. It was the m.-n of Geramny who, with lame cure, bombarded open and unprotect ed town and murdered non-combatant* It «>■ the man of Germany who took a fiendish delight in shooting to'piece* the lifeboat* *ent out from torpedoed vessel* and left thair occupant* to a wattery grave. It waa the men cf Germany who perfected for present war uae the abominable method* of poiiton ga* and liquid Arc. It wa* the men of Gerarany who, under the guise of fried*hip, ipied upon u*. blew up our factoriaa, burned our grain and meat aupplies and placed Oomb-t in the hold* of our of our pa aa en gar ■hip*. It waa the men of Germany wt» reeactad to audi eovanHet trkka aa tha placing of the women and chil dren of thair enemy before them a* a shield, compelling the men of Bel gium and Italy to Hhoot down their loved one* or surrender their country to the barbarian?. It wa* the men of Germany who, because they neede*' relaxation*, ravished the women of Kranea and Belgium, wantonly poinon ed the well* and ruined the orchards, looted factories, churches and homes' and crushed the old and infirm be neath a ruthless iron heel. " No, it is not the kaiser alone I shall enlist to tight. As a soldier of the United States of America, I shall be of fraternal kin to my valorous brothers in orm« Their sisters will be my sisters their parent* will be my parent* their chil dren my children their suffering will he my suffering and their glory my glory. Yesterday the German* broke into my father'* house. When my mother with gentle determination refused to ~erve meat anil wine to the vandals who were ransacking her home of everything she held most den: an officer seized a soldier's musket and struck her—struck a defenseless, gen tle old lady who hud never harmed a creature in God's sight. The brutal blow crushed, butt in, against those beloved lips that had so often socthed our childish troubles and murmered the prayers that guided us to manhood My fnther the tremble of his aged limbs steadied by the sight of the still crumpled form at his foot, sprang at the officer's throat, but was seized p.r11 dragged to the cobbled ..aid, where he wa llung against a wail al ready be pattered by the blood of his j townsfolk* and riddle 1 by i do*en bul lets, each of which aped to its mark from the shoulder of a grinning Hun. Late that night their bodies were re covered from the slime of the barn gutter, where they ha I been fljnft. ard buried quietly in tha .hell pited ccmetery on the bill. Yet only last night a minister of the gospel told me that I should bear no Katred in my heart for the Germans as It is the kaiser and the Prussian government and not the German peo pi* that are doing these thing*. Yeeterday th« Carman* fmwl my twe little baby brother* who had hid 'ton in th* old wall hark of ih* houaa. Thay wara retreating fiom th* village now a devastated man of looUd ruin* and had stopped at th* wall to potaon it So that ha would ba an inronipa tart and a drag upon tha community whan ha grow up thay rut off tha aldar boy's hand* at the wrii**—thoaa llt tla haby hand* that had *o often lov ingly crept about tha nark and patted tha chark* of hie big brother—thoaa handa that one day I had hoped u> *ae| carry out the mert'anicsl ganiu* that had manifaitad itaalf in the outpour ing* of hia childi. h fanciaa.Tha young er hoy, a pink charked, dimpled child of four, they *pitted on a bayonet and carrying him aloft, with linging and laughter, marched on their way. Vet only la*t night a minisUr of the go*pel told me tnat I should bear no hatred in my heart for the Ger man*; that in my heart for thenc no man*; that it ia the Pruaxian govern ment and the kaiser and not the Ger man people that are doin» these thing*. Yesterday the German* bombarded a Red Cross hospital My older uster *•> a Red Cross i.urse there. She had given up everything that the world holda highest for it* gifted wo men—had relinquished all without re gret that (he might succor the wound ed and the dying. I had hoped when my hour of pain and trial came upon mo to find mynelf under the minister ing care of her solf, capable hands, to listen to her comforting voice, to find sanctuary in her *00thing presence. The terrible explosive power of the German bombs obliterated that haven of wounded heroes, and only one in mate remained to give testimony to the mangled and unidentiAed dead. That inmate waa not my sister. Yet only last night a minister of the gospel told me that I should bear no hatred in my heart for the Germans; that it is the kaiser and the Prussian government and not the German peo ple that are doing these things. Yesterday the Germans broke into \ convent that harbored the stricken women of our village. My little sis ter was there—a novice, young, beau tiful, with sweet calm eyes anil the Virgin lips of a Madonna. The Huns smashed through the protecting doors and found their evil, lustful way into every corner of the sheltered home of God's handmaidens. When, drunk with the joy of their satifted lust, they had departed my sister was found torn bruised and disheveled. Those clear, calm eyes, now dry with the agony of unshed tears were blood-shot from the terror of what she Sad witnessed. Her sweet, moist lips that had so often kissed me in childish love, now twisted and bleeding, were calling upon God to deliver her from the shame that faced her; crying for the relief of a .tenth that would enable her to share eternity with the holy mother superior who hung, despoiled und desecrated, above her, crucified upon the convet door. Yet only last night a minister of the gospel —My God! I repeat, I shall en list to fight against the Germans. River Ice Gorges Break Entailing Much Damage. Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 27.—Ice irorire* whi.-h have hoen forming in1 the upper llrlston and French rivers, broke tonight, following the thaw aiij waini rain of tixlay. I>ank*i i;n both riverh a e beirc stripped of hip trees, ard all other movables ami tfroat dumn jc will be the result. The pack on th? Uoliton river was 25 indes long anil n ' if gorge in the Ten rcsnee rivfcr at K-ioxviile which threa tened railn.td br-d^eJ.. aw! -afety and the fede-al river imprr . i.-ment' Heet and I xai packer'. <ilM> broKe, but. no aerioua damage resulted. These ri. era are new at flo"d (tare. No official prediction ka made a* to the ultimata height of the tide*. Cirw P«rtiM Now Arm Murytly CUthiaf. The Herman chancellor'« »peach to the main camilttM of the w~*n j on CiiBiiy'i raquii wnntu for i wn ha« not cptanrhwl Um (hint nt Um great Mua at tile pnpb outatde tha milltanatk rwlm for a Nutllnn W kaaUIHlti. The furors created Muni thia branch of the people haa bean ao jraat, apparently that paa 'irrman newapapara are derlartNf that Plaid Maj-<hal von Hindenborg and tin right hand man. Gonoral von [.udendorff ara talking of retiring. Tha militaristic wir.it iiaawingty la of the opinoion that the arorda of tha chancellor ware too modorat »; tha pmletarata, deairing peace, ,o. -idera hia • peach an evaaion. One of tha Gar man newapapera characterise* it aa "equivalent to a battle won by tha Many.* • From Austria there is ■ notable lark in comant on the A uitro-Hungar ian foreign minister'i address to the reichatrath, poasibily indicating that the govarnamnt censors are holding back expressions of opinon by a ma jority of the nawapapera which gaug ed by previou* utterances, would be favorable to peace and antagonistic to the German viewpoint aa sat forth by Count von Hcrtling. Reports coming by way of Amster dam are to the cff"ct that Kir. pi re Charles haa accepted tha resignation of the Hungarian cabinet and charged Premier Wekerle with the task of forming a new one. On the battlefronvs there has been no change in the ger.eral situation. Intermittent artillery duels and pa trol encounters continue on various sectors. Near Capo Site, on the lower Piaver river the Auetrians again have attempted to penetrate Italian bridge head poaitions, but met with repulse. All over the Veiietian plain from Lake Garda to the Piave river there have been numerous air battles in which Austro-German aviators were worsted. In their incursions the enemy again bombed Treviso and Mestre, killing or wounding several noncombatants. Three hospitals in Mestre were badly damaged by bombs from hostile aircraft*. Recreation Center of Troop* Abroad Chosen. Paris, Jan. 27.—The department of Savoie in the French Alps has been selected by the army authorities as the first great recreation center for American troop* on leave. The Y. M. C. A. working in co-operation with the army, haa sent a large staff of workers to Savoie to receive the first contingent of 3,000 soldiers expected the middle of next month. The first centers will be opened at Aix-Les-Bains, Chambery anil rhals les-Les-Faux, where arrangements have been made with hotel proprie tors to accomodate soldiers at prices ranging from $2.20 to $3.40 a day for room and board. The Y. M. C. A. has l*ase<l the caa inos at Aix-Les-Bains and Challee Les-Eaux and a theater at Chnmbery. The present plan it to conduct all amusement* and baths free of charge. A large orchestra will be provided in the Aix-l/Cs-Bains casino while lec tures and dramatic productions will be (riven in the theater there. Canteens will be opened at each place. The Y. M. C. A. also ha* lensed tennis courts, baseball diam onds and icolf coui> Franklin Kd monds. of Philadelphia, if in charge of the Y. M. C. A. w ' ■ Ravojf I-arga i-enters will be opened in other [iarta of France as the need arUe*. The army wi'l provide special "ieave trains" to ca*ry soldiers to these pln'-es. Are Your Sewers (Tott jed? The bowels arc the wm-cnyre »y» tem of the body. Yon can wall ima gine the result when they are stopped up aa is the case tn constipation. Aa a purgative you will #n« Chamber Uia'a Tablet* excellent. They are mild and irentle In their action. They aLo improve the difrtlw,
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