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Show Are to Scenes and Persons in the Current News way Ti ZtM 8jn kat Mlrei al tn t V' in V icest Rational J lildr ? the Building ei .shington. It was fntirej, station. of The Lord bered, that Arch' Ferdinand ridden la", a Spark duke a child was al( ow Lsassln's bullet In a remote railway ers of lice of Austria. At the time, was front'Pa2e y- ilunt3SSa3sinatIon most of the newspapers for I I a real import was not gener- recognized. Nevertheless, from e Ri incident sprang the greatest Ome S' be world has ever known. ihin a few months of 22 years f hat a Jr the assassination at Sarajevo 'or,(J secs a situation in Europe ds at enJm anotlier 8uch indent would Nice ! c,ise(iuenees Just as violent pe a11present time, ammunition ja over E,rope are waiting elv di vff: spark to set them off. It may ;a'n ' accidental spark or It may be owed 081 T3 arj deliberately cast Into that ?nt ke" 1 do not mean t0 Bay momh,er wil1 P11 but I do wish to jer ,, eVlsisize that at no time since the has there , .j. . i juke's assassination Pi er bed f1 field so fertile for the pro it the de! n of a gigantic war as the safe to say that before con gress determines definitely what the permanent policy shall be, there will Expect Hot Debate be bitter debate. In examining the problems. It Is to be remembered that when thegovernment lays an embargo against all nations at war It takes away possibilities of tremendous profit This profit accrues to those lndusrles by which sustaining war materials are produced. Neutrality legislation, therefore, may prove costly, not as costly as war, perhaps, but nevertheless a costly action. Hence, there is no question that many lines of commerce and Industry are going to be drawn Into the preliminaries of this decision. nt To explain how disturbing to cermay seem, and it undoubtedly tain lines of Industry this thing Iseein to many, that the can be. It Is only necessary to rein the European sit-i- n call events of the last month or so at present are afar off. But In connection with the sanctions 'n be recalled that there were proposed by the League of Nations. I? In this country who, as late The league has tried to force the 16, said the European war was dictator,Mussolini, to withdraw miles away. Before It ended, from Africa by the use of embarver, 5,000,000 American boys goes, which Is what sanctions are. jvoung men had been drafted to The league proceeded with considjrown into that European caul- - erable vigor until It reached the It may happen again, question of oil. Immediately, shoes fiile there Is no Immediate pos began to pinch and the feet that of the United States getting were ty pinched were in every couned up In the European political try where oil Is found, even our pms which spring from hostil own. between Ethiopia and Italy, As a result, they have led the who know history cannot fall oil horse up to the watering trough ,Tee with the statement that it from a half dozen different apver too early to plan for pre-in- g but they have not yet proaches war. For that reason, then, been able to make him drink. Our ieve almost every family in the own oil Interests have not been quied States has a stake, either escent If the league bans oil shiptly or indirectly, In one of the ments to Italy, the United States, iems with which congress must Tills legislation Is known by which Is not a member of the league, obviously will do likewise. short and rather Indescriptive of the neutrality policy. It fs, Profits of the oil companies and the hundreds upon hundreds of ed, Just that, but the point I would to make Is that the title does thousands of shareholders be cut convey by any manner or means nil importance or Its full effect Further, Mussolini has announced i the lives of each of us. If a publicly that Imposition of the emy ean be worked out, a policy bargo upon oil would mean war. He Is effective, obviously our did not say with whom he would ees for remaining out of any go to war but the British and the lities in Europe or In Asia for French know and they are getting matter are certainly much ready. The British have the entire r. I do not know and I do not home fleet in the Mediterranean at re anybody can say accurately this time and the Blue Jackets it Is possible to develop a neu-aboard the British men of war have f ; been drilled thoroughly anew In policy that will be prop's lat w(jj to us the the science of manning their big guarantee IQ Possil,le entanglements, guns. navii j ,al So It Is seen how delicate this ndingl J whole circumstance is. It is plain 1 1 year ago about this time, that when congress deals with the fi enacted a bill which was j signed to prevent neutrality legislation, It Is molding relief Keep Us the shipment of a pattern over which there will be pain lit of War w'ar materials to undoubtedly an alignment among person as sharply drawn as any belligerent our citizens were It a purely domestic a or nations. manda-Tlie though It wfas irin at President was directed question. There will he those, of never congress to lay an embargo course, who favor a permanent polpirin'' icy which will make It mandatory iYER ist the shipment of arms, amupon the President to apply embition of war to any countries red in hostilities regardless of bargoes against shipments of anytier their claims were right or thing usable In war and treat all g. Ve have had some experl-wit- h nations engaged In war alike. There the force of that leglsla-alread- y will be set off against this senand It has not been timent those who think the Chief Executive should have discretionary out Its embarrassing and the government Now, however, It Is power and that osed to revamp that leglsla-whic- h should not be placed In a stralt-aekfrom which It cannot extriwas admittedly of a tem-ircharacter and Is due to ex-h- y cate Itself without congressional acandt' bred limitation of law on Febru-29- . tion. Whatever the conclusions may form the new legreturr Congress has been told be and whatever as one of It remains islation er definitely, I takes, ilm h think, that this 'try wants to remain out of the most Important policies to come lone elses war. The President before congress In many moons. the same Idea. So, Instead of Whatever Is done necessarily will be precedent toward which future ring our citizens to run wild, and everything, generations will look as time goes anything e contracts with the countries on whether civilization becomes or not. engaged in war or those that more enlightened be engaged later, It Is pro-thThe Treasury, operating on a fiswe have a permanent ?.nt 7 embodying whatever princl-ma- y cal year that runs from July 1 to ' June 30, has I be found wisest to protect just Cut o Mast 'rora ourselves and passed the us prevent point In the throwing ourselves again Into a volcano of molten lava as current tnoi present-da- y period. The figures show that Its war would be. are lagging far behind the ie problem Is not as simple as receipts ftypenrs on the surface. When expenditures and demonstrates the n resH enacted the present neu- - necessity for cutting down the fedJ legislation, It provided that eral outgo unless the nation desires to see Us public debt go far beyond 1 embargoes, when and If laid, total hitherto conceived. apply to all. It gave the any The official Treasury statement as no to lent discretionary power fmlne whether we wanted to of December 30 shows that the govthese embargoes as a weapon ernment has spent approximately 11, 850, 000; 000 more In the first six ""t one nation while aiding an- - months of this fiscal year than It Mr. Roosevelt, In accepting received In taxes and other revriglnnl legislation, shall he believed that he should enue. In consequence of this deficit, the uch discretionary power, was In line with the conclu-o- f public debt Is now approximately j the Department of State 130,000,000,000, the highest point It ever has reached and that total Is ossarlly must he the Tres-i,-? two billion dollars higher adviser on matters of this roughly than the public debt ns It stood last 1 when the present fiscal year fgress was criticized In many July trre when It began. e made the Since the expenditures were so to all belligerents. aowever, If we may Judge from much larger than the receipts, the Treasury has been operatng on a ord that comes to j. Washing- reduced to the minimum, seems to be swlng- - basis that, of about $1.90 for an shows outgo the o lila $1.00 collected in revenue durevery 1,n,y Is a considerable, If not first half of the current ent!ment for use of the ing the i iV ary provision as distin year. Wttr : j '. . 4 - i dan-Inhere- nt Mffft ? -- V.W.w. 1 Republican national committee In Washington selecting Cleveland for the convention city. 2 Mermaids of Venice, Calif., bringing the New Year in from the sea according to custom, 3 Gen. John J. Pershing entering the White House to call on President Roosevelt. Oklahoma Town Is Quarantined New Job and Woes Begin Next April (wwvwwws 'ff j YV TO.wy (1 George (Tiny) Parker of Miami, Fla., Is the latest addition to President Ford Fricks National league v- f you toss in bed and cant sleep on ight side, try Adlerika. Just ONE dose elieves stomach GAS pressing on heart io you sleep soundly all night. Adlerika acts on BOTH upper and lower bowels and brings out foul matter you would never believe was In your system. This old matter may have poisoned ou for months and caused GAS, sour tomach, headache or nervousness. Or. H. L. Shoub, New York, reports. In addi tion to in tea tinal cleansing, dlerika greatly reduces bacteria ind colon bacilli. Mrs. Jas. Filler: -- rought me relief. Now I eat as I wish, deep fine and never felt It Fits No good word has been found t ke the place of I" Still Coughing? should have It to them, as one who shock troops No matter how many medicines you have tried for your cough, chest cold or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and you ctnnot afford to take a chance with anything less than Creomul-slo- n, which goes right to the seat of the trouble to aid nature to soothe and heal the Inflamed membranes as the germ-lade- n phlegm 13 loosened and expelled. Even if other remedies have failed, dont bo discouraged, your druggist is authorized to guarantee Creomulsion and to refund your money if you are not satisfied with results from the very lirst bottle.. Get Creomulsion right now. (AdvJ laid an egg with mysterious on It? In my days on a newspnper this gifted fowl regular Journalistic feature. Her output might be and shy a yolk, but always the cryptic writing was there. Once she produced an egg bearing letters which many translated as prophesying war. But somebody pointed out that If you read the message the other way it spelt raw, which also seemed to cover the case. This barnyard phenomenon died too soon. Ilow the New Deal boys could use a hen capable of turning combinaout weird alphabetical tions and then going off and forgetting them ! Afterthought Among all the office seekers or office holders who have been or may be mentioned for a Presidential nomination next year or even for Vice President you will search in vain for the name of Governor Uoffmun of New Jersey. and Initials country was a olT 1 ,' ! 1 soft-shelle- $ jf F iA 4 i. -- V, v ? N t ? N "? r ", i j 'Ofcv t v f & T J 1 smart-alec- r of the hen WHATEVER became time to time hauled i better. Jive your stomach and bowels a REAL ieansing with Adlerika and see how ;ood you feel. Just ONE dose relieves aAS and chronic constipation. Sold jy all druggists and drug departments. That Marvelous Hen '7 Gas on my stomach vas so bad I could not eat or sleep. Even ny heart hurt. The.f irst dose of Adlerika I 9 Poisonous Gossip Gossip is told with leers that en venom It , umpiring staff. Parker was seven An outbreak of spinal meningitis In Snyder, Okla., necessitated a years an International league umpire, receiving his promotion at the quarantine that closed up most of the business places as well as the schools. National Guardsmen enforced tne regulations. recent National league meeting. Cockpit Devised for Motorcycles Demerjl Made Premier as Greek King Returns frit Constantine Demerjl, appointed as the new premier of Greece with the return to the throne of King George, Is shown here Just after rrWvferc--'- I Is r f( ' 't f : x. . r i ' v X i j- A' 4 s V ' i fW t' Lv in ! - ,; ; ? 5 t wy y w "4 y t i . I difil-pliase- t ' ' X 6 4 y ' 1 1 c ' " I V - f ' 4 i) . V Z 5 Destroying a Skunk I'VE Just been reading until I to gag the latest novel of one of the new school of authors; you know, those reullsts who mistake filth for fiction and lewdness for literature. I wouldnt say this person was much of a writer, but he certainly Is a practical dirt-farme- r. Ive never believed In censorship for creative work; and as regards this group. Ive always gone on the theory, paraphrasing an old line of an old ballnd, that they were more to be pitied than censored. But for the Individual offender against common decency well, when I was a youngster down South, they told me the surest way to destroy a skunk was to pen him under a barrel and Just let him smell himself to dentb on his own personal perfumes. W: Ll .J .a to the post being appointed Greeces play-boking was welcomed back with ovations (and protests) which Jarred the ruins of the Parthenon. y Milady may now have the equivalent of a town car, or airplane attached to the side of her motorcycle. This was displayed In London. half-Outg- From America, but They May Die in Africa Our. Younger Generation TN THE paper I see where, for A their Sunday sermons, three ministers preached on modern youth with particular references to the shortcomings of same. I havent a doubt that the first caveman, surveying the antics of his coltish brood, remarked In tones of gloomy resignation to his hairy mate: Well, mommer, the world's done pretty well while we ran It Look at the hole In the roof to let the smoke out, that I thought up right out of my own head, And now when I get the trick of the new throwing-sticworked out, civilization will Just about have reached her peak. But heaven help the poor old earth when that bunch of crazy kids yonder takes hold I Before we start blaming the oncoming generation for everything. Including Its own sins, which are sufficiently manifest already, lets go lack to where this buck passing habit started. Lets go back to Adam, the derned old experimentalist ! 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God : fool-proo- ON LEFT form; a priest or a nun; a preacher or a rabbi, and always a Salva- just. Is DON'T SLEEP streets in New York where citizens went at their own risk, and policemen walked in pairs. But some were as safe as though theyd been in church a doctor with his kit; a nurse in uni- guished from the extension of discretionary authority to the President. To say it another way, the sentiment appears to be In favor of making the embargoes applicable to all belligerent powers and not Just to one nation whose claims our government may 'believe to be un- It Shock Troop Westwood hills, I knew Washington, D. C. Jn the sultry the summer of 1914, It will be remem Acute famine has driven hundreds of Chinese women In Anhwei province to offer themselves as slaves, the price averaging about $3. about: Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Pres WOMEN SLAVES s The spirit of adventure, or perhaps the love of a land they had all but forgotten, motivates the soldiers g of the Tiber division of the Italian army. They are soldiers drawn from the United States who are fight-lureview their the attention shown by at are during standing for II Duce In his war against Ethiopia. They king and crown prince of Italy. Love of the Beautiful The love of the beautiful calls man to fresh exertions and awakens him to a more noble life; and the glory of It is, that as painters Imitate, and poets sing, and architects rear up the gorgeous trophies of their skill os everything becomes beuutlful and orderly, and the activity of the magnificent mind rises to still greater and to better objects. 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