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0CATIONAL BOARD ' SOLVING PROBLEMS @& Soldier-Citizens Are Given Chance fo Learn i Washington, May 23.—To make the | number of returned citizens equal o | the number of returncd soldiers Is the | problem that is now before the Wed- eral bo: for vocational education. Abo > million of ot 1diers have been wounded but many of these will | 5 RS o . ically fit 1o take up their 3 . l y l Gt : Exclustve _ Exclusive ten per cent. of thcm | g 3 andicaps which must he over- Q=" 2 < come. From the latest reports tuber- i : / g‘en ) BN\ D gents culos responsible for per cent | B ) ) 1 > of the disabilities incur wonnds | f i J TN i not necessitating \mpu\u:::m\ and mwis- ¢ & ‘ | Parker : 4 : - \ Amencan cellaneous wounds for per cent. nerve diseases for 8.3 per cent. and : N ; osiery Co. To > these 20,000 disabled sol- diers tl equal of 20,000 it contributing economically and social- Iy to their community life, is the duty t to the Federal board by vernment, Tt is a difficult prob- lem but results are being found. The great majorily of thesec young men are under thirty vears of age; youth plus will power is one of the known quantities in the equation. The broad scope of the training given is one of the chief factors in the solution. Whatever a man wishes to train for, wherever he wants to train, the ed eral board stands ready to advise to the proper course and to provide n suitable place where his ambition may be attained T 8 one hundred different g already being given under direction of institutions of learning scattered throughout the country from Florida to the g North West to 1560 men who have begun their training. In the few months that have elapsed since the boys began their homeward journey, nee v 5.000 of these dis- abled soldier. after conferring with Federal board have started life agaim; me placed by the board and others If placed: some the old jobs, e e ' oo : NEXT FRIDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY—The day set apart by our nation to honor the interesting. Plumbers too disabled to work al their irade, have becoms | G memory of our illustrious dead. At Yorktown, Gettysburg, Santiago and Chateau Thierry they sanitary inspectors; farm laborers re helng trained for _agricultural . | gave their all that we might be free. To fittingly observe the day it is necessary that we look specialists; wounded tailors are study- Dol O ol ol ! our best. Besse System and Society Brand Clothes will certainly please you because of their wounded barbers,—while a stone 2it- : - . " = e wiin & weak heart is now dins : style and permanency. They're economical teo, because they ordinarily outwear two so'called Lo o Yoy e e e et | N B 8 cheap suits. They will give you satisfaction ne matter what price you pay for them. Buy affice, had approved courses for 4,376 | K o o of thise men. "The eauation is oeis | . B yours today and you will at least save the price of a new Straw Hat. ing that returned disabled sol- 3 s plus training and application, | & : S T e are equivalent to returned citizens apon whom the nation may confident- 4 : y depend for its future welfare and { RS : iy 5 1appine ; 2 - i BARNEY CAPTURED. i 4 : Alleged Murderer, Who Escaped From Jail, Caught After Chase. ; K Boston, May 23.—Herman L. Bar- g . 0 3 E ° ° ney, who escaped from the Charles street jail yesterday, where he was awaiting trial on a charge of murder was captured by the police last night in the Allston district after a running | B i > chase in which the police fired several { i3 v E B ‘{"\3 shots. : i N Five patrolmen surrounded an |4 Y apartment in which they were in- | £ : formed Barney was hiding and soon stopped a man and woman who came out of the rear door. The man said Dt R T KB For Young Men and Men that Stay Young inside he started to run, the police firing at him, and dashed out the front i door, where other officers joined in . t the chase. More shots were fired and g | i A ; 3 e v ° soon he surrendered. The prisoner, according to the po- lice, admitted that he was Barney and was removed to the Charles street jail. His woman companion escaped, | BY AIRPLANE TO POLE 3 i ; K 1S STEFANSSON’S PLAN, 1 b Dayton, O., May 23.—To discuss with Orville Wright, airplane inven- B o Mo Far e E § = This Live Store has the Largest and Finest Collection of NEW STRAW HATS in the City. Stefansson, Arctic explorer, pai a % o . it o Wraat at e et hom | § No other store hereabouts can give you the same values for the money you pay. The price range believed it possible to construct a spe- % 5 ] is fr(lm clal type of ?n';»vl:lnc. tl\a‘t w;(;um\'m»‘,r P i such a trip this vear, or the rst o K $290,000,000—the greates g ; 5 af " B i L) ) except 1906, when tt ” > : i s ancisco carthquake and confla- | § ) ; RE N > 3 . »n occurred—were reported for | | ; : b ’ 1918 to the r onal hoard of fire un- | j§ ¥ - -4 o 4 o — * £ Jerwriters today. The year also B . - ‘ . TR showed progress in bringing to bar persons responsible for incendiary fires, according to the report of the s . . . . grem e e = b i Largest Clothing Organization in which announced that 441 convictions | AT LR e Sl New England these cases, it was stated 172 were at- | ¢ tempts to d 1d the insurer, while | [ 156 were attributed to pyromania or other forms of insanity. | 38 CITIES TO MAKE RESERVE OFFICERS. shington, May -Effective properly accredited graduates , reserve officers’ training corps pifointed to the officers’ re- corps of the army, “in the low- grade authorized law in that rm for which graduates have re-' ceived special training.” In making this announcement today the war de- partment said the number of ap- pointments would be limited to 50,- 000. i