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Show KAISER'S Cl'lll DRAFT IS Lffi BEST FREE ILL PEOPLES UPHELD I ffllCIIIE FOR VOMEII ALLIED PEACE CODE Wtal Lydia E. Pinkhami BERLIN ENGULFED IN POLITICAL STRIFE BETWEEN MILITARISTS AND CONGRESS VESTED WITH POWER TO COMPEL CITIZENS TO GIVE. MILITARY SERVICE. BRITISH n. ltn hack-dow- n re-lrte- pan-Ger-in- lirest-I.itovs- k -- capital. Rut their skepticism was ladled by dispatches uiam dNpntehex from Rerun telling of an unflinching determination upon the pitrt of the Socialists, reinforced hy large sections of the Hie era Is, to fight this buttle through to a finish. Vague as they were, after careful doctoring hy the German censors, these advice allowed con nci ugIn the throes of ly that the empire the gravest crisis In It history. Thus Germanys pence offensive, which wus to have pierced the home fronts of her adversaries, has after strengthening them.' The rets 11, sped hy Lloyd George, has cracked, wide ojHjn the empires own internal lines, Now comes the cable from Amerlcu with the full text of lreldent Wilson's war alms sieech. The effect this momentous utterance, frith Its direct challenge to the relcbstags majority to assert itself, will have uihu the situ1 ation In Rerlln and beyond estimate. I 1 ed Ilrest-Lltovs- ALLIES CHEERED BY MESSAGE. Washington. contention Every raised against the selective draft act was swept aside by the supreme court Monday in a unanimous opinion delivered by Chief Justice White, upholding the law as constitutional. Authority to enact the statute and-t- o send Torres' to fight the enemy wherever he may he found, the court held, lie in the clauses of the constitution giving congress the power to declare war and to raise and support armies. As the mind cannot conceive an army without the men to compose It, said the chief Justice, on the face of the constitution the objection that It doe not give jower to proride for such men would seem to be too frho-lofor further notice, The opinion then proceeded to take PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TEMPO-Bup and definitely dispose of each of RARILY SUSPENDED the many questions raised by the eoun-ae- l THE GERMANS. for the convicted jenains whose appeals brought the law before the Demand of Russians That the Confercourt ence Be Resumed at Stockhelm the No action was taken by tbe court In . Rock Upon Which a Continuathe several pending case involving tion of Pourparlers Split charges of conspiracy to prevent the carrying out of the purioejof the law. It la understood that these cases, which Washington. The pence negotla Include the apial of Alexander Berk-ma- tlons between the central Rowers and Emma Goldman, Louis Kramer the Bolshevik! government In, Russia and Morris Becker, convicted In New have been temporarily suspended by York, later tnay be made the subject the Germans. From the meager advices received, of a separate opinion. t appears the rock upon which a con llnuatlon of the pourparlers split was AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. the demand of the Russians that the Eight Lives Lest When Vessel Goes conference be resumed at Stockholm Down' In English Channel. nstead of at Dissatisfied with the for New York. The American steamship peace made proposal the allies tbe rebefore Teutonic by Luckenhneh been has Harry torpedoed cess of the conference, and sunk with loss 'of life, according to word reeetved by the owners of the Leon Trotzby, the Bolshevikl foreign mtnlster, had been Insistent on the devessel Monday.' liberations soil Eight of the crew are missing, the instead of being held on neutralhead German eastern at the owners were Informed. The crew consisted of thirty men, not Including the quarters. Germans Equally Firm. naval guard. The Germans, however, had been When last heard from by the owners, in their determination equnliy the Ilarry Luckenbach was In France, not to as firm treat with the Russians at any having been requisitioned at a French other than place port October 15 by General Pershing were to German for use a a supply vessel under the the effect advicestheSaturday Bolshevikl delethat general requisition order of the United gates, on finding that the represents States shipping board. It la believed tlves of Teutonic allies were k at the vessel was Mink lb the English for started awaiting them, had channel. this town, but nothing, has come through to show that these had any FINALLY GET ACTION. foundation, in fact The decision of the Germans to discontinue the sitOil and Coal Land Leasing BUI Passea ting was arrived at during a crown the Senate. t council held In Berlin Saturday, which oil was attended' hy Field Marshal von Washington. The and coal land leasing bill was passed Hlnderburg and General von Laden-tjorfby the senate late Monday by a vote first quartermaster generaL of 87 to 32. It now goes to the house. A belated dispatch from Berlin gives The oil land leasing hill has been pend- as the reason Jfor the refusal of the Germans to consider Stockholm a ing In the senate for four years. As finally passed, the bill provide place where peace might be advantafor the general leasing of coaL phos- geously discussed, the fear that Britphate, oil, gas and sodium land by tbe ish, French and American diplomats In secretary of the Interior, with royalties the Swedish capital would, hy Into be paid to the government, and for trigue, render all endeavors futile. Dispatches from Berlin Indicate that purchase of the lands by lessees under although the relchstag parties in the prtaln conditions. main are supporting the government, considerable political unrest Is prevaWILLIAM M. COLLIER lent, and that strong efforts are being made to hold the Socialists In line. The Socialist organ In Berlin characterizes the situation as extraordinarily serious. u Y n, 1 Rrest-IJtovs- Brest-LItovs- k Brest-LItovs- Brest-LItovs- Walsh-Plttma- n f, Associates In War Against Germany Now Solidly In Line. Washington, The t radlt Ions of d! plomacy continue to prevent any formal statement from any of the foreign chancellories In Washington ujton the president's address. From source close to the various ambassador and1 miulsters, however, ha imen obtained comment which hov that no Incident of the war ha so solidified the allies a has the presidents address. These commeut are a follow : British 4 If course the president has said the right thing. We knew he would. French Today marks a peat day In the history of the world. The president has uot only assured Justice to France, hut justice to all the world, Italian The claims of Italy are recognized at last. Recognized as claims based on Justice and not on BRITISH FRONT IN ICY GRIP. Reads Impassable Owing to Snow Drifts and Fighting Desultory. London. Freezing temperature continues to hold the British front In an any of the roads are imley grip,-Mto cars on lag to snow motor passable drifts and the fighting necessarily desultory owing to the weather conditions. The Germans, however, are exceedingly active, carrying out raids on various parts of the line. self-lntcr-es- L - - Russian The tire of the prerident's word will kindle a new life in Russia. Within a few days the change will ap-pea- r. 1 Serbian Access to the ea for Serbia, w l.lch the president for the first time demands, wjt solve the Rulknn jwohlem. It will renioe the great There- - haa Ity In the air lv Won considerable-set and also continual wrangling between the big guns as a reminder that the war has not beeVi finished. Aside from this, however, comparative quiet prevails. and Turkey. There will never he another "Rape tf Relglum or any other small country If the prtsldeut's demands are met and they will lie met. Belgium .Missouri Farmer Slays .Sweetheart. Kansas City. Jess Weaglev,- - a Clay county fanner, is In Kansas City hospital with three bullet wounds in bis .breast, and Mias Elizabetlu Clements,, his fiancee, Is dead as the result of a shooting In front of the latters home neur Linden, Mo. According to Mis mother.. IVeagley- - culled 4W-gifrom the house and shot her. lie then walked down a road a few hundred yards, where he was found wounded a few minutes later. ri ilan-gerouh- ly Use Wood in Place ef CoaL Chicago. Use wood where wood is available and buy coal from the nearest coid mine. Is the message sent to members of the National Retail Coal Merchants association by Dr. IL A. Garfield, fuel administrator. Australian Prime Minister Resigns. Melbourne, Australia. Frank Cwyun Tudor, leader of the labor party and a member of the house of representatives, will be the next iwime minister of Australia, the Right Honorable William Morris Hughes having resigned. I -- Woman Shot by MK Frauces Reetx, Chicago. - -- FEDERAL CONTROL OF TO CONTINUE CURING PERIOD OF WAR. TRANS-PORTATIO- N - -- ''" fO'rmeY'business associate,-wh- Measure Guarantees Administration Government Will Compensate Private Owners and Keep Roada in Good Condition. Washington. The American rail roads are not to be turned back to their private owners until congress decrees, under the terms of the administration's railroad bill introduced January 4. Austria-Hungar- nt 0. Three Cardinal Points. The three cardinal points of British term as enunciated by British prime minister, are: tabllshmeiit (f the8anetity of treaties; territorial settlement based on the right of or the consent of the governed; the creation .of air International organization to limit armaments and diminish the probability of war. then -- Smelter Threatened by Fire. the smelter. y, Austro-Hungaria- turned the weapon on himself. wiilt h Omaha. The entire Omaha plant of the American Smelting it Refining company was threatened hy a mysterious fire Sunday, which completely destroyed the office and laboratory of cro-tag- Re-es- Rdckefefler 'F'urhlsHeV taifiTonaT Woodmen to Treat Soldi era. - New Yorlu John EL Rockefeller has Colorado Springs, Colo, Announce-rueu- t made a further gift of $5,500,000 to the Is made that the Modern WoodRockefeller foundation. The gift Ts men of America, operating a large sanview of the Increasing demade In at Woodman, north of here, itarium mands on the foundations fund ou offered to treat 500 soldiers at have aecouut of the war. any time the government may direct. Have You Your Sharef Washington Money In circulation la the United State January 1 amounted to $5,120,424,000. or $48.78 per capita, as compared with S5.0S5.S70.000 one month ago. In the last year money In circulation ha Increased $GS0, 000.000. could hardly around to do get tny work, and as I had four in my family and three boarders it made it very hard for me. Lyaia E. Pinkhams Vege- London. David Lolyd George, the British prime minister, on January 5 set forth Great Britains war aims mere specifically and at greater table Compound was recommended length before the delegates of the trades unions than he had ever done to me I took it na it has restored before. Having first declared, that, it was not a war of aggression against my health. It i certainly the best Germany or the German people, and for womans ailments I ever that the breaking up of the German medicineMrs. Saba Shaw. IL No. i saw.' people or the disintegration of their Portsmouth, Ohio. ' state was cot one of the objects for Mrs. Shaw the merit proved of this which the allies were fighting, he pro- medicine and wrote this letter in order ceeded to mention the fundamental is- that other women may find sues for which Britain and her allies relief as shesuffering did. were contending. Women who are suffering as she was First among these was the restora- should not drag along from day to tion of Belgium and reparation for without giving this famous root day and the injuries inflicted. Next came the herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegeand table Compound, a trial. For special restoration of Serbia, Montenegro the occupied parts of France, Italy advice in regard to snch ailments write to Lydia E. Pinkh am Medicine Co., Lynn. and Rumania. France must have The result of its forty years Mas. and to this end, the preis at you r service. mier said, the British nation would experience stand by the French democracy to the Started His Train of Thought death. Mrs. Kawler Then you and young Poland Necessary. Independent The question of Russia was touched Mr. Sharp are not on speaking terms upon, and Mr. Lloyd George said that any more? Mrs. Blunderby No, Indeed. The Britain, as well as America, France and Italy, would have been proud to last time I met him I told him my fight by tbe side of tbe new Russian husband had locomotive atacksia, and democracy. But now Russia could only the young whlppersnapple had the Ims be saved by her own people. He de- pudence to ask If he whistled at clared an independent Poland an uri j .j gent necessity for the stability of western Europe. , RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. Rumania is to be protected, and the To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay British and other allies are with Italy In lier desire for complete union of the Stun,14 aox.small box of Barbo Compound, of glycerine. Any and can jwople of the Italian race and tongue. put thu up or you can mix itdruggist at home at Of he felt that, very little cost. Full direction for makwhile the breaking up of the dual king- ing and use come in each box of Barbo It will gradually darken dom was lo part of the allied war Compound. alms. It was Impossible to hope for the streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft removal of causes of unrest In that and glossy. It will not color tbe scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. part of Europe unless genuine n was granted the Red Cross Canteen Service. nationalities. men now The The measure. Introduced in the house after the president made his special address to congress, carries behind the full weight and influence of the chief executive. Section 13 of the measure reads: The federal control of transjiortation systems herein and heretofore provided for shall continue for and during the war and until congress shall thereafter order otherwise. The bill was Introduced byr Chairman Sims of the house Interstate comStraits Must Be Neutral. mittee, who will handle the legislation The Turkish empire, within the In. the lower branch. The measure Is understood to have been prepared homelands of the Turkish race, with after consultation with Director Gen- Constantinople as Its capital, may be maintained. But the passage between eral McAdox It carries with It guarantees that the Mediterranean and Black sea must the government will compensate the be Internationalized and neutralized, private owners on the basis of the and In the British view, Arabia, Armenia, net Yallway operating income for the Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine turee years ending June 30, 1917, stip- are entitled to recognition of their sepulates that the government shall arate national conditions. The matter of the German colonies, maintain the roads in as good condition as they have been in under pri- all of which are now in the hands of vate control; and authorizes the use the allies, will be placed before a conof government funds up to $500,000,-00ference, whose decision, however, must consider the wishes and Interests of Prompt action will be taken by con- the Inhabitants the future admingress in the passage of the measure istration must be acceptable to the though there are objections to the bill various tribes. from the more radical elements. The premier made brief reference to Among these the contention Is that the the violations (International law by ! too llberaL rate of compensation Germany, with special emphasis on the sea, and the peace conference, he deRancher Plants Explosive. Oklahoma City, Okla. William Eas- clared, must not lose sight of the outley; Osage county rancher, was held In rage suffered by British and other $20,000 bonds for the federal grand seamen and the sen ices they had renJury after he testified he hired & dered. stranger to plan 153 quarts of nitroREVEAL APPALLING CONDITIONS. glycerine along a stretch of his land the Santa Fe railroad wished to use to complete a line of new road. In German Newspapers Not Allowed to Publish Newt That Is Bad. hopes the road would pay him $30,000 damages. Washington. Copies of secret and drastic resolutions Issued to the GerLADY ARTHUR PAGET man editor show not only that the German editors are prohibited from printing news that Is bad, but are required to comment only In terms of praise concerning events of a military and political nature. Some of the prohibitions are : - Advertisements In which dog flesh 1 offered for sale are not allowed. News about excesses and unrest in Prague may not lie published. 'The publication and discussion of the regulations adopted at a strike meeting of the Leipzig unions and of a telegram sent to the imperial chancellor are not permissible. "ImportaTIons from neutral countries and the occupied territories must be carefully concealed. Sit ' Austrian Socialist Dies. 'AmslerdamT The death of Kngleher. Pernst orfer, the Austrian socialist loader. Is announced In a dispatch from Vienna. He had been vice president of the lower bouse of the Austrian diet since 1000. Portsmouth, Ohio.4 1 suffered from Irregularities, pains in my side and u so weak at times I e-Lorraine M,un importer of'woimm's gowts, was shot three times and prob ably fatally wounded by J. J. Leve o H Vegetable Compound Did ; For Ohio Woman. Alsac- years- William Miller Collier, LL. D, a noted diplomat, la the newly elected president of George Washington university In Washington, succeeding Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton, Doctor Collier is'a'lawyer of International reputation and formerly was American minister; to Spain. OUT POINTS Let Captive Natione Vote as to Rule, With International Police to Crush Out Wsr, Teutons to Psy for Damage Done. German Empire in Three of Gravest Chief Justice White Declares the Mind Cannot Conceive an Army Withof Its History, Imperial ' , Crisis " out the Men to Com- Throne Beino Stake of Political Battle Now Raging. pose It Iwii Ifurniil Amsterdam, It hu here that jxdiiicu! (linos engulf Her-liA trap apparently yawns eon the uiflltarNt and the so wide and so deep that It seems Utihridealde. There w as the st routes t indication that the hnUer faces the IneseapuLle clioiee bet w eeii ttvo (smres: First To authorize n ornplete hy the central jsiwers on the Russian demand to eiueaate all occupied territories, and thus renounce e(ery veMljre of veiled annexation claims. That would mean, It la the Immediate resignation of Hlndenhurg and Ludendorff, resulting In incalcultthle depression among the Teuton armies arid a swslhle uprising. Second To take up the challenge of the Socialists and lllierul for a fnlsh light on the annexation issue hy standing put on the jeace tenns. That would mean a breakup of the relchstag majority bloc, the reunion of the whole Socialist party and it possible rising of the masses to force jienee. A Crown at Stake. j There are those who smiled skeptically at the suggestion that the lttie-ria- l throne Is one of the stake J per hnpe the principal stake. In thejsdlt leal battle ,iKw raging In the empire's PREMIER WAY GERMANY MAY END WORLD WAR. assiduous of Britie Lady Arw thur Paget, who was Mary Stevens of New York. Her husband is commander In chief of the home defense troops la England. Among the-m- ot ain's woman war workers 11 - - y BerlirTPay ji25 for Butter. Washington. Butter Is selling In Berlin at L2, per pound,, sugar at 56 cents a pouud, lutm aud bacon at $2.11 per pouud uid American, soap ait five bars for $1.12. V yra,.z.7 f Yi f C FZ.i.i pea- if. Loses Fight for Million. Boston. WITllara Jackson Phillips of Sioux City, Iowa, lost his fight for the mllllon-dollestate of the Phillip of Swampscott when the sufamily preme court decided that he was not the son of the late John Phillips. Agitator Imprisoned. Des Moines. Iowa. D. T. Blodgett, leader of an alleged band of radicals! was sentenced to twenty years In the federal penitentiury as a traitor to his country by Judge John M. Wade here . Saturday. Lower Death Rates In Camps. Washington. Lower death rates hi both the national guard and national army divisions in this country during tbe week ended December 2S are shown by the weekly report of the division of field sanitation. Bluejacket ar a Anti-W- ar Seattle. Wreck Newspaper Office. According to two witnesses, civilians, fifty-tw- o bluejackets entered the office of the Dally Call, a rtdicia newspaper, here Saturday and wrecked the establishment the type and fixture being thrown Into the street. number of being served by American Red Cross canteens throughout France has passed 15,000 a day, and with facilities being rapidly extended. It Is expected that the dally service will be doubled within a month. To keep dean and healthy take Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets. They regu- late liver, bowela and stomach. Adv. Plenty of It Talk is cheap. He (mournfully) I suppose that is why there are no speechless days. She (addly) Soothe Itching Scalps. On retiring gently rub spots of dandruff and Itching with Cutlcura Ointment Next morning shampoo with- Cutlcura Soap and hot water. For free samples address, Cutlcura, Dept X, Boston. At druggists and by maO. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. in 2. 8. Roper, retiring at sixty-fiv- e St Louis, has traveled CSC, 000 miles as a railway conductor. Keeping the 0tUty bp LAXATTYB KSOMO QLIK1NS, U WorM-FBCun tot Cold end Urj, la now tbe wr boa. W Um prtoa of Um all difeoeonei of Ua edr&noe ferent MadloinnL Concentrated Mxireete and Chew loala contained la lXXATlVB itOoMOQLIMiia, It aa neccaaary to Increase tte price to u Ornf-fla- t. It baa aiood the teat for a Qnarter ef a baate nry Ituuedkr arar? Ur Ulacd Jtauoa. Chicago may quarantine to check pneumonia. HEALTH WAS WRECKED lathing Biwtht l2kf CatO tw'i Vn CmA Wieiehl hBgmmet Vw Chdit T had snch awful cutting pains in the small of my back and hips, J often had to cry out says Mrs. Ernest Wiethoelter, 550 Madison St, St Charles, Mo. The pain was knife-lik- e and I couldnt turn in bed, In fact I was almost helpless. My feet and ankles swelled badly, my hands were puffed -- spS up aud there were swellings under my eyes. I often s got so dizzy I had to sit down, to keep from falling and my health was completely "broken down. Tbe kidney secretions pained terribly In passage and In spite of all the medicine I took, 1 kept getting worse until I was wreck. By chance I mid about Doant Kidney Pillt and bought some. After I had used half. a. box. there was a change and I continued to Improve; the pains, aches and swellings left and my health returned. Etc om to before vie, WM. F. WOLTER, Xolary TWO YEARS LATER, May 25, l&lT.Mra; W1 ethOeltcrsald : 1 think as highly of Doan't as ever. Whenever I have used them, they have benefited roe. ' C Dni'i at Amr Stan, 80 a B Public-ALMOS-T DOAN S CO, FG5TERACLBURN A DAD) k rky kwl 1? BUFFALO, N.T. 3US:i taka h la UaL ea roarhatzm by prxwpdy Uktac 6 |