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Show PAGE TWO. THE PRESS-BULLETI- P mmmmmrmKmmmammmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmim So the convulsions of this horrid monster are alarming only !o its masters in Berlin. ' .' The rapid succession of over-subscrib- ed Liberty Loans and a still more rapid torrent of military power toward France pres-".j- e its certain re!or.1loss doom. Wiggle, Wilhelm! Wiggle! ' WIGGLING! J There seems to be evidence that the desperate Prussian war machine is to be driven over the peacful lowlands of Holland. The I latest prospective victim appears to think so, anyway. As a prostrate wrestler, pinned with the toe-hol- d or the body I ' scissors, which he knows he cannot break, wiggles and writhes j to make a showing before his audience thus liindenburg wijr- - i pries today! i Ioes he imagine, in the' stillness of his midnight billet, far i; behind the lines, that he has frightened a single robust Yankee? i What docs this "great offensive" of his amount to, in the ; ultimate? 4 - If so, let him look back through Yankee history! ? Hoes he attempt to tickle himself with the not ion that he can J frighten the French or the British? j ' 'If so. let him look. hack through his own very recent history! I , America will win this war nothing else will answer. Years and lives and money matter not! PRESERVE THE LEATHER LIQUIDS AMD PASTES fOR BLACK, WHITE, TAN, DARK BROWH ORQXBIOOO SHOES. I The Chocolate Shop I Invites you to spend your leisure time at the most I lelightful place of amusement in town. " I Our dancing pavilion, our light lunches, our hot and I cold drinks and our candy are growing in popularity every day. Come with the crowds, and see how well we can entertain and please you. ; Our friends will 'find the Chocolate Chop a most 'de-lightful place to spend a few hours in the evenings. We assure you of the most courteous treatment and that, you will be pleased with our place. After the entertainments of the evening there is no better place in town for refreshments and dancing than The Chocolate Shop OXFORD p (Formerly Budweiser) H V Pocket Billiards First Class Cafe, Modern Rooms in Connection. " Tobaccos, Cigars, Drinks, . w .499 MAIN STREET J. W. MATTHEWS, Manager. V S The True Secret of Success h thrift in all its phases, and principally jjj thrift as applied to saving. A young I man may have many friends, but he will Sjj find none so steadfast, so constant, so ready to respond to his wants, so capable of pushing him ahead, as a little leather- - j )l$ covered book with the name of a bank cn l j its cover, H i M , mMl I Hape You Purchased a ' f w I Liberty Bond 1iBiiniiiJii j iH C. II. THOMPSON, President. 8! P T. II. QUILLEN, Vice President. i U EARL RANDALL, Cashier. POLITICAL PULL GETS SMOOT A COMMISSION (From The IP iovo (Herald) Many citizens of Provo and Utah County are highly incensed over the appointment of Harlow Smoot to a commission in the regular army as a second lieutenant without any training whatso-- , ever. Young Smoot made a trip to Washington, and while there he and his father (Senator Smoot) put the deal over in some fashi-on, and secured for the son the coveted goal. Had he gone to a training camp and taken the required training of three months or so, as did his older brother, and then secured a commission we would have nothing to say. But when the politicians can put such things over the war department in time of a great crisis like this it looks to us as if there was something rotten. In times of peace it is not unusual for young men to get appointments which will later give them a commission in the regular army, but in time of war these courtesies should be cast aside. Only those who are thoroughly qualified and equipped by experience, either in busi-ness or by special training, should be given such honors. Such appointments from civil life cannot but help discourage those young men who have volunteered their services or entered the service through the selective draft and have been promised that if they showed proper qualifications they would be given a chance at a commission. Many of these young men from this are now city serving in F battery, and some of them have worked hard for nearly two years and served their country through thick and thin, and yet when they go to an officers training school and manifest to the instructors that they are thoroughly versed in the essentials of military training are refused commissions. Under these circumstances we feel that it is very unfair and unjust to pick some fellow from civil life and give him an appointment which will place him in command of those who are in reality his superiors in training and military discipline. We are proud of a young man who wishes to serve his country in any capacity, but where is the justice in such appointments as the one mentioned above. We will venture the assertion that at least 50 per cent of those young men who have already gone into the service of their country could pass a higher test in every way than the young man who has been commissioned a sec-ond lieutenant in the regular army. We would also like to sug-gest that the senior senator from Utah might serve his consti-tuency better if he would give more time to the grave questions which concern the future of this nation instead of so much time to securing political plumbs for his son and political friends; EDITORIALS (By C. D. McNeeley) BLUE SKY LAW NEEDED For the protection of investors in the various stock propos-itions brought into this state Utah should have what is known as the blue sky law. It is a well known fact that this state is now one of the most inviting spots in the world for wild cat stock com-panies and millions and millions of dollars have changed hands , where the purchasers got nothing but a scrap of paper and no chance at winning anything. In the matter of all these developing projects it is necessary to sell stock and secure money with which to improve the prop-erties, but there have been so many undertakings where" the sel-ling of stock was the only object, and where the alleged company had nothing which it claimed in the way of valuable holdings. There are wonderful resources in this section of the country which are awaiting development and which should be developed and brought into use, but at the same time the law on this matter should be so rigid that no one who does not have a valid claim could sell stock where there is not even a ghost of a chance of the investors ever securing returns. If the unreliable stock promoters were put out of commission it would not only save thousands of dollars to investors, but it would open the way for a bigger and better development of legit-imate propositions. As it now is the wild cat proposition fre-quently meets with a better reception than the legitimate prospect because the man who is selling worthless stock knows no limit in boosting his scheme. He shows the unsuspecting prospective investor where he stands a thousand chances to one to win and that he is likely to get rich over night. And there are in all com-munities swarms of fellows who would like to get rich that way. And they fall for the soft stuff. Then those same fellows who lose out are inclined to place all stock propositions in a class with the one he fell for. ..." The present system is a great detriment to the concern which is doing a straight business. Therefore it impedes progress and should notionger be tolerated. If the company is doing a straight business it will not object to having the state pass on the ques-tion as to whether it is a legitimate proposition or not, and those who are not in the straight line should not be allowed to do busi-ness in this state. There are many companies that never do anything but sell stock. The money goes to pay salaries and expenses in connection with the promotion and when the work is all done the investors have nothing but valueless scraps of paper. When a man buys mining or any other stocks he ought to be assured that he has some chance at winning. , V At present there are a great many men in this state who have bought stock in various enterprises who do not know the name of Jhe company, or the home office of the company, in which they sunk their money. " Some of the small investors who have bought on the installment plan do not have any stock certificates. They were given receipts for their first payments by the stock salesmen and the receipts do not show the name or the location of the company. In cases like this generally the first payment is all that is collected. But with the vast deposits of oil, gas, iron, coal, copper, lead and other valuable properties in this section there is plenty of room for legitimate work, and the unscrupulous dealer should be put out oi commission. Pepple who have a little surplus money are generally desir- - ;., . ous to invest it in places where there is promise of good returns and the state would do well to make it so that such fellows would at least have a gambling chance for their money. , , The way it now is the fellows who have something that looks . good on the surface, butwould not bear investigation hit a bee line for Utah and with chin music par excellence proceed to divorce the people from their money. That's the May it goes, and that's the way it's going. This ought to be stopped. No concern which will not stand the most careful examination should be allowed to do business In this state. 1 Other states have taken step3 to protect their citizens along this line and Utah should do the same. Such a law would help the state, save the people money and make it possible to develop many good propositions which are now untouched. LOYAL WOMEN OF UTAH ORGANIZE HOUSEWIVES' VIGILANCE LEAGUE Planning New Ways in Which to Save That More Foodstuffs May Be Sent to Boys Who Are Fighting for Freedom on Battlefields of France. . i . Every woman in the State of Utah is praying that the war i will cease that ours shall be the Victory. And every woman in I the state is doing her best to help ; she is conserving, she is plan-ning new ways in which to save, she is in the home trench doing i her best. . . There is now a chance, however, for her to enroll herself with her sister fighters in the new conservation movement which has 'just been started by W. W. Armstrong, federal food adminis-- i trator for Utah. ! The "Housewives' Vigilance League," as the new movement called, came into existence for the express purpose of giving the women of Utah the housewives upon whom falls so much of the actual work of conservation a voice in the local food ad-- 1 ministration through the Vigilance League. There are no dues to the league, no formal, meetings, the sole obligation being to help the administration as much as pos-sible by enrollment as a member, and by the frank expression of commendation or criticism in his following out in Utah the regu-lations laid upon him by Herbert Hoover in Washington. The Housewives Vigilance League does not duplicate the work of any other organization ; it conflicts with none, but it d6es complement the various societies of the state and every woman in Utah is invited to join. It is a separate enrollment from the home-pledg- e card signers. The advantages to the housewife are the privilege of wear-ing the official emblem, and the fact that her name is on the mail-ing list for all of the special food bulletins, recipes and garden pamphlets sent out by the food administration in Washington. Blanks are furnished on which to record suggestions, or to make helpful complaints which are designed to assist the food adminis-trator in his perplexing tasks. . Join the Housewives' Vigilance League, get your neighbor to join with you. Sign the coupon, collect a dozen or more and en-close in an envelope addressed as follows: "Housewives Vigilance League," 200 Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION FOR UTAH. i HOUSEWIVES' VIGILANCE LEAGUE &C0 Newhoute Bldg., Salt Lake City. I'leaae enroll my name im a member. siio(i ' . Address - 1 : TRAITORS TO THEIR OWN CLASS One incomprehensible thing is the fact that while the war demands of President Wilson are identical with those of the inter-national socialists as expressed for years before the war in their, platforms and propaganda work, this brandof socialists in every part of the world are pro-Germa- n. The demands of that organi-zation were for equal rights of all nations, big and little; no peo-ple to be forced under a government under which it does net wish to live; freedom of the seas; a concert of nations to guarantee peace and justice; limitations' of armaments on land and sea. If reason or honesty had controlled those socialists as soon ns President Wilson announced hU war aims, every one of them would have come to the assistance of America und the allies. That organization pretends that it is a working man's ' organi-zation, while it resists Ibis war for the freeing. of the working-ma- n of every nation. If Germany wins, this nation will hive to keep r.n immense standing army, support the largest navy in the world ar.d impose a taxation so heavy, that it will reduce the standard of living of every working man in the ecountry. There will be no escape from that, and jet this organization is doing all it can to bring.it about. They are traitors to their own prin-ciples and to their own class. SOLDIERS' INSURANCE Giving life insurance to soldiers a few years ago would have branded any man who proposed it, especially in time of a bloody war as a lunatic, yet the United States provides insurance for every soldier who applies up to the amount of $10,000. The work-- j ing out of the risk was simply a mathematical calculation. The soldier or his relatives pay part of the insurance and the govern- - j ment pays the balance. Every American soldier or sailor lost on i the torpedoed transport Tuscania was protected by the United States government insurance and government ' compensation, s This has been officially announced by Secretary McAdoo. ML SEED POTATOES REED TREATMENT BEFORE PLANTING Practically all need potatoes are nuf Heienily infected with common Honb ml Itbirortnnia to make potato nneii treatment profitable and oven enseie Hal, aeei.rtliiin to Dr. Geo, K. Hill of 'in! Hali Aurleultural College. To nii.trol mkIi Dr. Mill advo-cute- h that the. need potatoes be prop, i.rl treated ami teat tpey be planted m clean ground. j closer. Remember that lie given twice Mho gives quickly, b'.it don't Rive jthrugli1e8ty. Many elenn, second l'and book.s can be vised, but let uh jiot insult our brothers by sivins them what no one cIhc can ime. Call and see the librarian of the ji'iovo library. GI i BOOK FOR 1 SOLDIERS m SAILORS (.Mobilize, your books. Give the book you prize most; not the one you cure for the least. (Jive your favor-ite author; the novel that interested you last summer; that volume of s with a meaning and a message for you. Give the book that cuukcs ii pans at parting. Ten chnncea to one it will mean more to some soldier boy. (Jive your latest war book; You probably will not read it. annim 1 Hi' boy in khaki is waiting for it. I( ndiiiK it will 'prepare him for con-dition "over there," Give books on Uclianieal subjects; there Irt an call for works on aeroplanes, enloniihles, gas engines, and engineer-l"- topics generally. Don't think that t'li.v iiro Interested in fiction only.; V. rile your name and a message on the fly leaf; it. will make the bond' Rusty Door Fastening. The best door fastenings sometime rail to catch without n speclnl turning of the knob, the Inteh seemlnif slug, tflsh ond slow in action. Thl.i annoy-mic- e may be remedied by a few dropi of kerosene, which dissolves the nceu-mulut-rust. Apply with nn oil cut having a lontr tube, go that the oil mnj be thrown fur into the Interior of the luteh. Laboratory Equipment Costly. In n laboratory foi original research the various platinum dishes, crucibles nnd stirrlnit rods hnve nn aggregate wcljjht of about 2,(500 prams nnd nn approximate falue of SCi.OOQ. The Inruest vescU are 2 Incnes In diameter and V9 Inches in depth, weltfh n Kr K ,U)(1 nrt woffh about $) each. A slimle stir-- ring rod amy cost more than $100. Psaltery Llk Modern Guitar. The psaltery was a stringed musical Instrument to accompany tha voice, fil the prayer bunk version of the I'snlms the Hebrew word Is Riven at "line." This instrument resembles the piltar, but was lutxcr with a convex back, iw.'..Ultii u gourd. Alarm CIock v. Tvdn, Rnchelor (sadly) "I dreamed lust night that I was married. Xhe alarm clock woke me." lVncdiet (ore bhV i) "I l.)t ())Kht that Z Wilk ii'ifjK The twins woke inu." UufTaiO New ... 4 j |