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Show SUICIDE OF PRINCE JOACHIM When the kaiser, in the summer of 1914, decided for vvht. the head of the German empire bronghl wreck and ruin on his nation and his homo, and he started on its waj the lnll't which on Sun- day crashed into the bodj of Prince Joachim, liis youngest sun, and v brought death in n most disgraecful manner as an added torture to I the. Author of a crime againsl humanjtj II At the closi of tlo- conflict, the allies had planned on extra-ditin extra-ditin former EmperoT William, perhaps having in eiew the execut ing of the oner haughty monarch, bul lefl alone i.. Holland and al- '! lowed to quietl contemplate the horror oi ln misdeeds, the kaiser is reeeixint .uiiishiiiiit that grows in intensity as tin sinning brings to him the awful tragedies following in the wake of his offending I When the nnm maneuvers were held in 1913, ae laiser had his sons with him in reviewing the troops mid he waa extremely H proud of hii boyg He had cultivated in them a love of the mili tary and had trained them to command in battle, looking forward to the when the German legions would Btarl rat to conquer the world. Then the time arrived fot the young men tu perform, and, at n critical stage in the drive againsl France, the crown prince was placed in charge of the heavy artillerj nml n. fanny thrown acamst Verdun The strategists had planned to make the attack the j hreak-through umieh was to crumple up the resistance of the French and open th road to a triumphal march on Paris, n :th the crown prince riding at the head of the mighty army of victory. This dream was never realized, ami the crown prince became discredited among the military experts of German Then the kaiser himself looked forward to t glorious achievement achieve-ment which would earrj him to the French capital on me crest of the wave of the Prussian Guard. When the German were sweeping all before them in the early part of 1918, the kaiser v.ent down to the Marne salient, attended by a publicity agent who was to report re-port in a most vivid manner the beating Inn k ol the allies and the . rushing of nil opposition. Suddenlj there appeared belore him the Americans, and he never passed beyond the Marne From that daj I to this, the kaiser has I n more afflicted physically than was Job of old and in mind h has been tortured until life hoitls for him no peace. 1 No one would seek to heap upon the former ruler of proud Ger- , many more coals of fire than now burn and sear his soul ISSUE BASED ON DISLOYALTY. Governor Lowden ol Illinois and Mayor Thompson of Chicago are at outs. "During the war. it was nij duty, as governor to pu1 the entire strength of Illinois so far as possible back of the government in the prosecution of the war," Bays the governor in o signed statement, issued from Springfield "In doing this as is well known 1 came j into conflict with the mayor of Chicago One of the consequences t was that all the elements of disloyalty and discontent became ar rayed under his bannei I The attack upon Mayor Thompson by the governor, which he I had refused to make when his own fate was at stake iii the struggle , between them was directed in behalf of the candidacy tor governor of Lieuteuant Governor -John ; Ogles!. It was parr of a general ij statement in behalf of the lieutenant-governor prepared by Governor I Lowden after conference with a number of Republican leaders in the state. I In the statement the governor makes it plain that he believes that the issue in th. Republican primary fighl h be decided next September is one oi patriotism I He places this issue firsl m Iris appeal to the voters of the state , to punish Thompson and his followers for their cgllttuc; during the' war. J One of the puzzling features of the politics of Illinois is that aj man of the disloyal utterances of Thompson could have oeen elected mayor of Chicago. When General Joffre came to America .it the beginning of our entrance into the world struggle. Mayor Thompson! !' refused to invite the great French commander to visit Chicago j Later General Joffre went to the western metropolis without an of-j ficial invitation and was given a wonderful ovation. j No man of the type of Thompson should be in high position in j this country. j PROHIBITION TICKET I It hpjrins to ieem probabli that William J. Bryau mr president I tnd William A Sunday for vice president will he the make-up of the I Prohibition ticket j The prohibitionists are in session in Lincoln Neb and tin mov- I fog spirits of the organization are dissatisfied with botn the Re-pub I lican and Democratic platforms and nominees, and favor an inde-j pendent attitude W. Gh Calderwood, vice chairman of the national committee, I I in a statemeut to the press, says: "Up to the time of the convention of the two major parties, 1 I did not believe the nomination of a national prohibition ticket ad-1 4 visable, hut sine- the Republican and Democratic parties have ig. j nored the wet and dr issues it tfyeir platforms ! have changed my I mind and now am strongly in favor of tio onlj nominating a ticket, 1 but of making a vigorous campaign." From a purely prohibition standpoint, the two big parties are j open to censure Neither one of them has had th courage to declare positively for one side or the other the liquor question, and that I is justified on the ground thai the prohibition question waa disposed Lmw of, in faor of prohibition, by constitutonal amendment and su-J preme court decisions. , AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS j Three items of news covering the happenings of Sunday tell of j the hazards of the airplane I' At Couer d'Alem-, Idaho, an airplane crashed to the ground and the three men who were in the machine were instantly killed, the accident being witnessed by 1000 spectators, who, we presume, had Lmm gathered to see an exhibition flight At Tulsa Okla., the adopted son of Madame Schumann-Heink I and a passenger fell to earth and were crushed when a wing of the airplane they were in brolqe j At Oklahoma City Lieutenant Brown and his mechanician were I burned to death when a plane piloted by the lieutenant fell TO fe l f and burst into flames The airplane has not been perfected and the number of acci-I acci-I dents continue to DC startling, and they prove that even exhibition flights are attended by a it element of danger. I UNHAPPY MEXICO I Will there ever be an end to the revolutionary plots in Mexico? I With the ending of one outbreak, another starts, and the perform- i ance is made continuous. I With the defeat of the Carranza government, nope was ex- I pressed that Mexico would have I period of reapM from armed eon- i flict. hut the fighting goes OB as though killing wa one of rhe nn- tional pastimes of the people of the republic to the south of us. (jeneral Guajardo led in the latest attack OB the government 1 but his rebellion extended over a period of lean thr.n h week. He J was captured, tried and executed twM Soon a national election will be held and, when ?tie result is announced, the defeated side will appeal to the swonv That has 1 been the history of Mexico since l'orfiro Diaz was driven from the J presidency. I ' as HUnflRa MBmi&wm&W3BiXi&,sx BBBBBBS |