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Show THE GRANTSVILLE Gzcsofl New York UTAH. NEWS, GRANTSVILLE, DRILL AT FORT RANGE-FINDIN- G Military Census- - Redolent MPHERSON of Humor NMV YORK. Those who took the state military census in this city have considerably to their knowledge of the human units which make up the industrial fabric of a great city. The answers given to the question In regard to occupation elicited some curious information. One negro who presented himself for registration on the lower West side answered that he was the man who brushes oil the gents after they have had their shoes 'shined. revealed that this was the only gainful occupation which he had ever pursued in the whole course of his twenty-fou-r years, lie brought his whisk broom with him. Another applicant for a registration card at the same location also Members of the officers' training brought proof of his occupation in the shnpe of a He of was an artistic photographer, he said, and after portfolio thepictures. with range finders. as practicing portfolio submitting proof of his assertion he endeavored to sell some of his works to the staff of registrars until he was ejected. Four Greeks who came in together reported in answer to another quesWAR tion that they were the Joint owners of one horse. The census blanks Were OUR WORK very searching in their inquiries regarding the ownership of horses, mules, automobiles and such tilings, but apparently no thought had been given to the possibility of Joint ownership of these accessories. The problem thus presented to the registrars was solved by reporting each son of Hellas as the Army and Navy Journal Asserts owner of That It Has No Parallel in of a horse. Still another odd occupation was reported by an applicant who gave his Military History. occupation as handy man about the house. - Cross-examinati- comp IH one-fourt- h Mary the Cooper Prominent Figure in Boston CRITICISM j IS SILENCED BOSTON. Do you know Mary? Mary who? Mary the cooper Mary of Ilall Market district Ask any man down In the wholesale quarter Service Paper Points Out That No of the city who Mary is and he will tell you all about the old, bright-eye- d Italian woman, whose eyes the joys of honest labor have kept sparkling, whose cheeks outdoor work- has kept rosy, and whose healthy constitution a cheery disposition has done much to promote. Mary earns her living and a prosperous one at that too by scouring the market district for empty and broken barrels. With her husbands aid she repairs them, in their little garret down In the North end. She hns every dealer, broker and lumper for her friend. Any man will tell yon that there is not a more honest Oman In the district and that every penny earns she comes by honestly. Never has she been known to steal or try to she, do" a person. You might well be surprised nny day to see a barrel, supposedly suspended in midair, gliding down the street Upon closer examination you would see that the barrel is supported upon the head of a woman Mary-- on her daily rounds. K mnn can Put a storehouse to rights as quickly and make it as free from debris as con Mary. And to the question often put to her: "Mary, why do yoh work so hard?" she replies with a little of her shoulders, as a shrug smile spreads over her wrinkled face and a twinkle comes Into her brown No work, no can eat." eyes: - back-roo- m Intelligent Bulldog Mack, the SAN ANTONIO. II. C. Js Pride fonrteen-year-ol- of San Agtonio d registered English bulldog Flint of 810 West Evergreen street, first e acquired fame several months ngo when he prevented a burglar from his robbing master's home. He hns long .been a neighborhood celebrity, however, his many less spectacular performances gaining him friends among people of all ranks of life, except burglars. Aside from being an efficient watchdog, as was demonstrated when he seized the burglar, who was escaping throagh the window with a bag full of silverware and cut glass, he has many other accomplishments. He herds chickens as a collie does sheep, he brings in wood' In the evening, and brings in the newspaper and the mnli. When all the members of the are too far away to hear the telephone he calls them to It as soon as It rings, and on one occasion he saved the house from burning when he called his mistress into the room where the rug had caught on lire from the grate. Moreover, in spite of his age, Mack is an expert mouser. Ills intelligence is far above that of the ordinary bulldog, and his understanding of speech is said to be so nearly perfect that when people do not want him to understand what they are talking about they resort to spelling, as one would do with a child. Before getting into bed he carefully turns down the cover. Macks favorite dissipation is riding in the automobile, and the fact that he has been in wrecks does not seem to have made the pastime lose any of Its charm. Perhaps some of his many unusual qualities can be tracied to the fact that he was born on Christmas day. by Mother Had Kept city-wid- Demented Children "Political General Hac Appeared to Hinder Operations Praise for Defense Council. That the achievements of the army and navy of the United States In the first three months of the war have worked forward with a smoothness and an absence of scandal that have no parallel in our history of warfare, is the editorial statement made by the Army and Navy Journal in a review of the part this country is playing in the great struggle. In material accomplishments we have set up, the Journal says, a record before the world (lLwhich we may well be proud. The great outstanding facts of these three months of war is that our military and naval operations have been conducted solely by army nnd navy officers, with never a political general showing Ills head above the horizon. Between the people and the work of the navy there has been drawn, of military necessity, a screen of secrecy more effective than anything we have ever known before, and which redounds to the highest credit of the press of the country. When that screen has been lifted now and again we have seen our fleets of destroyers operating in British and French waters ; we have learned of another fleet being in the South Atlantic on patrol duty ; we have learned of hundreds of merchantmen, armed and manned by nary guns and gunners, fighting and losing their lives in that arduous duty ; anil finally, we have learned of the navys superb achievements In convoying to France the greatest body of troops we ever sent to foreign soil in one expedition, without the loss of a man. Great Growth of the Navy. Our navys personnel has almost doubled in that time, so that now we have over 129,000 men In the navy, while in the Marine corps we have .29,361, as agnlnst the 13,206 on April 6, the day the state of war was declared. The auxiliary patrol fleet manned by the Fleet Naval reserve is gradually assuming the form of a really effective body of young men who are learning navy traditions more rapidly than would have been thought possible six months ago. In addition to its herculean task of training the great influx New York. SETS NEW RECORD language. Is awakening to the fact that we are a foe to be reckoned with in the field instead of being merely a race of dollnr-hunterOn the civil side of what hns been done in these three months there is another admirable tale of high achievement. Through the council of national defense and its advisory commission, the matter of the purchase of supplies (fruitful source of scandals in the past) has been worked out in a manner hitherto unknown in the history of the wars of the United States. Through s. of recruits to the regular service, the officers of the navy have taken on their shoulders the added burden of training thousands of young men to be officers and crews of the great fleet of merchantmen that the government Is building as a part of the allies' strategical plan to conquer the Even greater than this has been the armys achievement owing to the signal change that has come to the nations policy regarding a large army since the entry of the United States into the war. For on the army lias devolved the task of increasing the regulars up to the war strength set by the national defense act and putting that army on a war footing, while it has also had to face and carry through the many problems presented by training the Natlonnl Guard for duty oversells, preparing the plans for the first selective draft registration and seeing they were carried out, the plans for the working of the draft Itself and for housing, provisioning and equipping the 000,000 men that are to be in cantonments some time after the these bodies the railroads have been brought Into a relation with the government more close and practical than most of ns would ever have thought possible. War has brought about economies in railroad operation that were frankly declared impossible a year ago. Manufacturing plants have also been brought into really effective cooperation with the government, and It would appear that the problem of supplying a great air armnda is ulso to be brought about through this agency. TO TEACH FOLK DANCES first of September. Coincident with this the army has had to perform the hitherto unheardif task of conducting sixteen training schools for the making of officers and of three camps for the training of officers of the medical relief corps. d as every4 corps is In the service they have had not only to Htruggle along with the routine of the service but also to handle the problems of this enormous expansion of the regulars, the Natlonul Guard and the national army that is In the making And with all this, the army bus sent to France General Pershing' and his staff, General Slbert and his expeditionary force; has taken over completely the conduct of six of the British base hospitals; hns sent army surgeons up to the firing line ; has landed its first unit of woodsmen In England fully equipped with sawmills and other tools, nnd hns at least one unit of aviators on British sflL Anil nowhere at home hns the routine of army life been allowed to drop below its nc-customed efficiency, although the army hns had to handle the additional tusk since May 1 of crentlng two new departments nnd providing them with headquarters staffs. Praise for Defense Council. Criticism and have entered, like rumor painted with a thousand tongues, but they have pretty well disappeared since, in common decency, these elements have had to acknowledge the army and navy officers have carried out their allotted tasks' efficiently and well. Europehas rung with praise of our men abroad, and our enemy, by the tone of hla abusive Tnder-offlcere- fault-findin- g Signe Patterson, the favorite dancer of the king of Sweden, who is here to teach the folk (braces of her native land to the children of former subject of Sweden, is appealing to the women of this country who were former subjects of Sweden to supply their countrymen now serving in Uncle Sum army with tobacco and pipes. Farlnpd, Jess Willard, Sam Langford, RUBBER BOOTS SAVED HIM nnd others. Boxing is fine bayonet the' war training, department has Barn Undo flam to Provide 8ome in Which learned. Kiplinger Entertainment for Boye Was Struck by" Standing Such masters of cue as Willie the in Training. v Lightning, Hoppe will give exhibitions in the billiard halls. camp Washington, D. C. Uncle Bam will Charlotte, Mich. The fine net have all kinds of entertainment for bam on the large B. Lamb fare his first 500,000 drafted Sammies In west of this town In Carmel townnhi cantonment camps this fall. GIRL MARSHAL ARRESTS which Is occupied by Grant Ki piInge Each camp will have a monster thewas struck by lightning and the MAN CALLED SLACKER si ater. Broadway successes will tour lng was torn off from top to botto' them on a regular circuit. on both gubles, the bam being' aboi Huntington, W. Va. Miss Caruso, Farrar, John McCormack, 50 feet In height nnd Gladys Cornwell, dainty Frits Krelsler, the violinist, PaderewsMr. Kiplinger was standing In tl pretty, who, besides being secartists will ki, and other barn nt the time, and the stable door to Marsha! United States retary appear. within two feet of him, were sllverc William Is the only Osborne, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and he was stunned, but not hurt t woman deputy marshal in West Douglas Fairbanks, and kindred movie the shock. The fact that he was wen a has Virginia, begun campaign stars, including a brigade of vampires, ing rubber boots probably saved hi: against slackers. Miss Cornwell will appear in person. from Instant death. conshe a hns says profound There will be picked vaudeville acts. The bam fortunately did not catc n tempt for slacken. theatrical men will orfire. It is 40 by 80 feet in size, coi She naked permission to go 13,000, and Is being built to ganize home talent shows, famous repla out arto clnb the and country the the large barn destroyed by fire plots. playwrights framing lai rest an was it who, employee, To teach wrestling and boxing will autumn. failed to register alleged, had be Frank' Gotch, Mike Gibbons, JohnShe told her prisoner to submit If yon will leave your smoke till ny Kllbaue, Tom Gibbons, Johnny quietly and he did. Dundee, Frank Moran, Fred Fulton, after luncheon youll never nave rerk Stick Dillon, Kid McCoy, Packy Mc- er's heart. Hidden PUNS TO AMUSE SOLDIERS High-Cla- Mystery growing out of strange noises, like the bark of PITTSBURGH. from the residence of John Sinzlskl, at 5408 Carnegie avenue, LawrencevUle, and the queer actions of Mrs. Sinzlskl, who died In St. Margarets Memorial hospital after an illness of two months, was cleared when neighbors entered the house to view the womans body and found two children, apparently demented, crawling about the floor. The two children, both boys, were attired in girls clothes. John, aged fourteen, the oldest boy, crawled along the floor on his hands and knees, according to the police, and barked like a dog. The other, Joseph, aged nine, was pounding his head against the floor. Policewoman Ethel Cronin was notified and the oldest boy was taken to central police station by the detectives and placed in the matrons department The younger boy was turned over to the Humane society. According to the police, neighbors asserted that they had never seen the two children during the five years the family lived there and thought that Bteve Sinzlskl, aged ten, another son, was the only child the couple had. Steve was permitted to play outside. Policewoman Cronin soys Mrs. ainiirf never permitted any outsiders to enter the house. The police believe that the woman feared Juvenile authorities might take the children from her If their condition was brought to light. Because of the womans actions, neighbors flay that the heme was known as The House of Mystery." at Fort McPherson, Ga., candidates for commissions in the'field artillery, ss - a t world-famo- us Well-know- Mj . |