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History of
Past Week
——
The News Happenings of
Seven Days Paragraphed
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INTERMC JNTAIN.
A conference between the employes
of the copper companies of Utah, Mon
lania aiwl Arizona anil the department
of Inlwir, to discuss the present labor
situation in the big copi>er producing
states, lias been called by the secre
tnry of labor for January 31 in Wash
ington.
A hill providing for double election
hoards, one board to receive ballots
and unother board to begin counting at
1 p. ni„ on election days lias been
introduced in the Washington legis
lature.
Three lives were lost and consider
able damage was caused in the mining
town of Ladd, Wash., when a great
Jain of logs and debris, loosened by
flood waters, swept down the canyon
uf East creek and carried the entire
settlement with It.
jiesoiuuons opposing smeiuiiKm
ownership of the railroads and urging
early return of the railroads to private
control under adequate federal regula
tion; favoring federal licensing and
regulation of packers and stockyards
hut opposing government ownership
of marketing facilities; advocating un
iversal military training and endorsing
the federal woman suffrage amend
ment were adopted at the closing ses
sion at Denver of the twenty-second
annual convention of the American
National Live Stock association.
Cattlemen contributed $43,843 to tlie
American lied Cross through auction
of a herd of 1053 heifers exhibited at
tlie Denver stock show by Ked Cross
chapters of Wyoming and Colorado.
The average price was $15.50 a hun
dred.
DOMESTIC.
A wagon loaded with explosives ex
ploded In tlie residence section of the
little town of Big Heart, Oklu., and as
a result four people are dead and a
score of others Injured.
Behalves of sick and wounded sol
diers admitted to military hospitals in
the United States will be advised of
liie whereabouts and condition of the
{■atients at the time of admission, un
der u plan soon to be put into op
eration.
Less than fifty enemy alien women
were interned during tlie war, it was
disclosed by tlie department of justice.
Most of tlie women now are being
transferred to special barracks at Fort
(iglothorpe, Ou„ and instructions have
been issued to treat them with i«urtic
ubar courtesy. Heretofore they have
been confined in various institutions
about the country.
The Nebraska state law giving
women partial voting rights, operation
of which lias been suspended for near
ly a year by efforts of anti-suffragists
to have the suffrage act submitted to
a vote of tlie people for ratification or
rejection, went back Into effect Jan
IMII j *>**'
Predicting that the country will “get
buck into lits normal swing’” witliiu sir
months after the signing of the armis
tice, William B. Wilson, secretary of
labor, declared In an address at New
York City tliat the nation facets eight
or ten years of "the greatest Industrial
activity ever known."
Sirs. Clara Hanson aged 35 years,
shoi and killed her live children and
then attempted to take her own life
at the family home at Sherman, S. D.
Misses Gladys and Dorothy Crom
well, sisters, of New York, leaped from
the rail of the French steamer La Tor
raine as the steamer was In the Ga
ronne river hound for New York. Both
were drowned.
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines, chief of em
barkation for the army has sailed from
New York for London to work out with
Lord Beading, British ambassador to
the United States, a tinauelul settle
ment for American troops carried to
France in British ships during the war.
The Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific
Railway company has terminated its
litigation with the Colorado & South
ern railway, and on payment of SL
OOP,000 will own outright a half inter
est In the Trinity & Brazos Valley
railway, with a permanent outlet to the
gulf ports.
Weather bureau officials declared
that records show less snow to have
fallen in New York City thus far than
during any previous winter since re
cords have been kept, although It Is
not the wannest winter.
Thirty-one acts of heroism were
recognized by the Carnegie hero fund
commission- at its fifteenth annual
meeting held at Pittsburg. Nearly all
the recipients of medals were east
erners.
Two soldiers out of every thousand
who fought with the American army
overseas lost an arm or u leg.
James G. Blaine, Jr., of Providence,
It. I., has retired as director of the de
partment of development of the Amer
ican Bed Crosr to become a vice presi
dent of the Liberty National bunk of
Kew York.
Qulmly referring to “the next war.
Major General Iuxmard Wood made a
strong appeal before a joint session of
'be Kousas legislature for n system
°* unWotsal training for national de
twsa.
' Twenty labor union officials and
striking street car men were arrested
at Kansas City charged with consplr-*
ary to hinder operation of street cars
8n interstate traffic, and conspiracy to
Interfere with the injunction order of
John C. Pollock, federal judge for Kan
sas. which placed operation of the
Kansas City, Kan., cars in the hands
of the United States marshal
Losses of the 35th division (Kansas
and Missouri national guard) in killed
and died of wounds during its entire
service in France up to November 7
were 8i!7 men.
A decision of the superior court held
the ordinance closing the theatres at
Stockton, Cal., as an influenza pre
ventive measure is legal. Theatre
owners and members of the Churches
of Christ Scientist, brought the legal
action.
WASHINGTON.
An extra session of congress next
spring now seems certain, in the opin
ion of Democratic and Republican
leaders.
An American ‘‘field of honor” in
France, In which may rest forever the
bodies of American soldiers killed in
the world war, is promised in a bill
introduced by Representative Simon B.
Fess of Ohio.
Restriction on the taking of photo
graphs anti moving pictures of men in
American expeditionary forces and in
sections occupied by American troops
have been suspended by orders from
American general headquarters.
J. Ogden Armour, testifying before
the senate agricultural committee, sug
gested a monopoly, under government
supervision, of the entire meat indus
try of the country as best for producer
and consumer.
Arter a ween or spirt reu oenaie, me
sennte, by a vote of 53 to 18, passed
the administration bill appropriating
$100,000,000 for food relief in Europe
and the near east.
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift &
Co., told tlie house Interstate com
merce committee that the food admin
istration in stabilizing tlie live stock
market had accomplished “wonderful
things both, for the producer and con
sumer,” and that its control wus
needed now ns much as ever.
Railroads in 1018 under government
control and unusual war conditions
earned about $718,000,000, or $250,000.
(KK) less than in 1917, $370,000,000 less
than in tlie record year of 1910, and
about tlie same as in 1915.
FOREIGN.
At tlie session of tlie peace confer
ence on Saturday, January 25, the del
egates unanimously adopted the league
of nations project, ,and questions of
responsibility for war, reparation and
kindred matters were discussed. Pres
ident IVSlson and Colonel House are
to l>e the American representatives ou
the league of nations.
Tlie Austrian parliament has passed
! a motion to admit women to juries,
| thereby deciding a question that lias
been engaging the legislature for years.
A dispatch to tlie Exchange Tele
graph from Copenhagen quotes advices
from Revul that Leon Trotzky, Bol
shevik minister of war and marine, es
caped from Narva before the town was
occupied, but that a regiment of tlie
red guard and a number of its offi
cers were made prisoners.
It is announced that President Car
j ranaa 1ms reorganized tlie Mexican
I army to a considerable extent, ob
] tained sufficient anus and equipment,
! and inaugurated a new campaign
! against tlie rebels and bandits operat
ing in different parts of the republic.
The government has requisitioned
the Paris subway, street car ami auto
mobile bus system, the employes of
j which are on strike. The government
| considered it amposwme u> nunm
a tem|»omry suspension of transporta
tion facilities In the capital.
Bolshevist attempts to bombard Re
vnl, capital of Kstlionla. from the sea
j have resulted in complete failure, ac
j cording to rcisnts received at London.
S Kvery vessel in the tleest is said to
have been sunk.
The German social democracy polled
more than 10,000,000 votes in the elec
tions of January 10, according to the
Kreiludt, as nnginst 4,250,000 in the
1 last reichstug elections. Twenty added
i mandates would give them an absolute
working majority In the national as
j sembly.
I According to dispatches from Lis
1 hon, the situation is developing ad
i vorsely for the government. The nion
■ archist cause is gaining many adher
I ents In Lisbon and is rapidly extend*
| ing the Held of operations to the north.
The body of Rosa Luxemburg, the
j Spnrtacan leader who was killed by a
I mob recently has been found in the
' landwehr canal, according to a report
from Berlin. The body was terribly
mutilated.
Three American mine owners of t'hl
hnuhuu — Holmes, Mnthewson and
Deavltt—were captured recently by
Pancho Villa and released after they
had given tip a supply of powder and
listened to a lecture from the bandit
on better pay and shorter hours for
their employes.
Revision of the Ohino-Jnpanese
treaties of 1915, signed after the pre
sentation by Japan of her twenty-one
demands, will he asked at the peace
conference by the Chinese delegation.
A campaign against Jewish residents
is In progress In several South Ameri
can cities. Billboards In Buenos Aires
j have been covered with the Inscription,
. “Down With the Jews."
In the discussion of labor problems
1 which will come before the peace con
ference, it is said that the British la
bor leaders are preparing proposals to
he handed to the conference.
i
LATE WAR AREA
AN EERIE PLACE
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Strange Quiet Now Rests Over
Land Torn by Shot
and Shell.
TRAVELER AGAIN IS WELCOME
Plain Vegetables and Certain Meats,
Even Choice Wines, Again Are
Plentiful—Friendly Lights
Seen at Night.
Behind the Lines in France.—This
lund of recent battles a queer land
now. Over the shell-torn villages and
blasted woods, the pitted fields and
ruin of all that once was Is u strange
quiet. The winter sky is lucking in
airplanes und great flocks of crows
have taken their place.
A few villagers have.crept back to
see what remains of their homes and
holdings, but probubly the winter will
have passed before reclamation and
reconstruction are undertuken on a
lurge scale.
Along the roads repaired and re
bridged for the allies’ advance into
German territory long camion trnins
move slowly and always southward.
They travel leisurely now, for the need
of hurry ifc gone. They bring buck
the salvnge of battlefields, all the
things that go to make war, abandoned
or captured.
Endless Trophies of War.
Truck loud after truck load of rifles
and shells, of wuter bottles und haver
sacks, cartridges, machine guns, bayo
nets and trench knives and pistols,
mess kits, overcoats, caps, an endless
catalogue of paraphernalia are brought
in. The battle zone Is still full of it
all, in heaps und racks, waiting sal
vage.
Now and then come trnins of air
plane camions burdened with disraun
tled flying machines of every type and
every nation, engine und fuselage and
running gear on the truck and the
great wings on Its specially designed
trailer. Some of them are unharmed,
but many show bullet holes through
the frail fabric or the ruins of a crash.
A fair proportion of them bear the
Maltese cross that marks them boche.
There are truins of captured enemy
artillery, particularly of motor bat
teries, driven and manned by French
men, and these are happy outfits.
Often the guns are decorated with
evergreens und always the French sol
diers laugh und wave a greeting. As
they creep through the villages the
populuce flocks out to view the can
non that for four years sent death and
devastation to their lund, and the
children clamber on the carriages and
out on the grim burrels.
But It is the troops on the way back
that are most Interesting, returning
to rest areas or to their ports of em
barkation for home. French or Amer
ican, their behavior Is the same. Al
ways they greet everyone cheerily or
boisterously anil always the French
officers salute with a smile when they
meet an American cnr, while the men
wave and shout: "La guerre eat finis
or a similar greeting. Kven the chil
dren cry “Finis! Finis!” to the pass
ing car.
Travelers Are Welcomed.
Strangest of all are the lights at
n!,,ht in the hamlets and villages, or
shining friendlily from the isolated
farmhouse. In regions further buck.
For so long France seemed a deserted
land to the traveler by night. Hour
after hour the press correspondent
has traveled at night without a glim
mer to be seen in the countryside, and
now from every hill and vale the
cheery windows shine and the villages
are ablaze. The papers devote col
umns to the illumination of Paris, hut
It is here in the remote part of France
where war has been that lights at
night seem most wonderful, even If
they are hut caudle or little lamp.
Where once ^“^‘^[.-‘’roads^to the!
loomed Hghtf*** “lllslon( and often'
Imminent thren brilliant bead
its accomplishment, the nniau.
lights stab the night.
There in every village now the trnv
M,ranger can obtain food, not In
variety ^ perhaps, hut enough and
hospitably. The ..epreca ory -
me and necessary refusal to request!
for refreshments thut usually wen- re
I'Pived in little hamlets or single farms
has given way to a cheerful offering -f
,U K O, ,b,
now thut the specter of a "‘"ter
short rations has disappeared 1
rationing of certain foodstuffs Is stll
^ effect Bread tickets are necessary
in public eating places, no matter how
unpretentious; butter and milk are sel
dom to be had and cheese is scarce
hut of plain vegetables and certal
meats there Is plenty, and the light red
and white wines of the country are
forthcoming when demanded.
At this season there is game In thf
small town markets, hares and rab
bits. venison, red legged partridges and
the lnrge French quail and wild boar.
It is high, but not so high us it always
Is at home.
BATTLE SHAFTTO
AMERICAN MEN
Washington.—The first three Amer-1
lean soldiers to die in battle on French
soil fell In the village of Bethelmont, |
about twelve miles east of Nancy. The
population of this region decided to
erect a monument commemorating ‘
their sacrifice, and a replica of this j
proposed monument was sent to Pres
ident Wilson by Ambassador Sharp
ut Paris a few months ago at the re
quest of those In charge of the proj
ect. Originally it was the Intention
to hold the ceremony of dedication In
the very village of Bethelmont, where
the three young heroes had given their
lives for freedom, but the community
was situated so near the firing line
that the ceremony had to be held ut
Nancy. Ambassador Sharp has sent
to the state department a graphic re
port on the subject. A large crowd
of distinguished people were present
ut the dedication exercises.
M. Mirman, in his address before a
huge assembly ut Nancy, emphasized
the fact that the three young heroes
in whose honor the monument had
been erected were not, indeed, the
first Americans whose blood had
tinged the battlefields of France.
Young men from the United States,
impatient to fight, had enrolled volun
tarily In the French und English ar
mies and already In 1010 their num
ber exceeded 20,0(X).
Carried American Flag.
A very touching incident Illustrates
the patriotism of those Americans who
hod Joined the French Foreign Legion
before the United States entered the
war. Not being able to fight openly
under the Star-Spungled Banner they
procured an American flag and decided
that each of them, in turn, should car- j
ry it wrapped around his breast. In j
this way our flag was present in all
those numerous combats in which the
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ODD SLEEPING QUARTERS FOR YANKS
Though London In overcrowded now more than at uny time during Its
history, American Jackies are being well taken care of by the American Red
Cross. This photograph shows where 7UO of our tars are accommodated each
night In the magnificent halls of the Luw Courts building.
colors of the Foreign Legion partici
pated. Twice it was pierced by bul
lets and stained with the blood of
wounds. Once lie who carried It fell,
the American volunteers searched the
field and found their dead comrade,
took from his body the well beloved
colors, and, armed with this etnolem,
they went forward to new exploits.
When the United States took up the In
sulting defiance of Germany these
American volunteers, already veter
ans, took their places In their Nation
al army and presented to France this
ting which so proudly they had borne
through numerous battles, and the
French revertmtly deposited It ut the
Invalldes.
A few days after the first Ameri
cans entered th*- trenches the Germans
desired to test the worth of their new
enemy. They directed an nttuck
against the sector. Valiantly did the
American soldiers support their bup
tlsmal fire.
Old Not Yield an Inch.
They did not yield one Inch of their
positions. The enemy who had pene
trated for a moment Into their trench
es withdrew, having numerous dead
Three Americana were killed In the
French lines, one pierced by a revolver
shot, the other two stubbed with (>on
lurds. They were Interred In a field
below the hill on which are clustered
the houses of the village of Bethel
mont. It was decided that the names
of these three first victims should be
Inscribed on stone, and although the
project could not be given dimensions
In keeping with the Importance of the
historic fact to be commemorated, the
design Is artistic and was drawn by
Louis Majorelic. The cross and the
thistle of Lorrulne are entwined with
the stars of America. The Inscription
on one side reuds:
LOKKAINF. TO THE UNITED
8TATE8"
That on the other side:
Here
In Lorraine territory
repose
the three first
Amertcan soldiers
killed by the enemy
on November Id. 1917
Corporal JAMES ft < 'KESHA M
lot Evansville)
Private THOMAS F ENRIGHT
(of Pittsburgh)
Private MKR1.E I). HAT
<ot Clldden)
As worthy sons of their great
and noble Nation they have
fought lor Justice. Liberty
and Civilization against
German Imperialism,
the scourge of the human rare.
THEY DIED ON THE BATTLE FIELD
Thus It Is tlmt on the face of this
monument Is engraved in enduring let
tors the fact that In Lorraine territory
repose the tlrst three fallen American
soldiers.
Strap Identifies Fox.
Worthington, Mass.—Under the
thick growth of fur on the neck of
a fox which Walter L. Tower shot the
other day was a leather strap. It was
Identified hy Charles A. Kllhourn as a
strap which was on a young fox which
he once had. The fox escaped from
captivity 11 years ago.
fi “Watch Kaiser Lovers,” |
J; Says Chief of Police {
{| Leavenworth, Kan.—John T. J
J1 Glynn, chief of police here, hail ♦
a! the following placard hung in his *
office during the war: w
4, “Officers, keep a sharp lookout p
for German spies, llun agents, I. 9
41 W. W.’s, and ull other kaiser p
lovers In America and give ’em 9
P hell. Signed. John T. Glynn, p
f Chief of I’ollce.” 2
A group of Germans, many of #
j them officials, demanded the p
P chief he removed from office. He #
J is still the chief. S
Curbs Ambulance 8peed.
St. Louis.—By a general order ol
Acting Chief of I’ollce O’Brien, all po
licemen are Instructed to see that no
ambulance driver—public or private—
exceeds ‘jm miles an hoar in answering
or returning from calls.
HAD MIGHTY WEAPON
London. Phantom torpedoes’' from 1
the clouds sunk a Turkish ship eurry
Ing 3,000 troops. Just before the end
of hostilities. Only the armistice pre
vented other aerial “phantoms” from
operating effectively against the Ger
man warships In the Kiel Cunul and
other German navy shelters.
These hydroplanes discharging tor
pedoes above the water have" been
the great secret of the Hrtlsh navy
during the closing month of the war.
Scientific officers of this branch of
the navy agree that these mysterious
planes are designed to accomplish
from the air more effectively nm]
more swiftly what the torpedoes from
submarines can achieve.
An armored ship carrying twenty of
these machines met the German sur
rendered fleet at seu ready for action
in case the Germans should attempt
, some eleventh-hour trickery.
These amazing planes ascend from
land or deck, climb thousands of feet
1 for a sudden dive from the clouds at
■i speed of lao in lies an hour, straight
Z ?Ut nf,y f‘,H sea and
discharge a torpedo direct at the ene
my ship Then they disappear Into
h“ Cl;,u,’s "» suddenly as they are
smrml and so swiftly that the /-nemv
aft has no chance of training Its
guns or machine guns on It.
How the difficulty of dlsehnrci.
torpedo In the air Is overcome ? ?
",vul SMr«d. It Is known that J
nous accidents marked the ! xr "h
chine?'. U‘8’8 W"h
Common Law wife wina.
whi!' tiSErS? wnH*,Vhc.,“' Cl“rk’
ln" wife Of Walter I.. r '"ott
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An Attack of Influenza
Often Leaves Kidneys It
Weakened Conditiu
Doctor* in all part* of the country hjvt
been kept busy with the epidemic of j*
fluenza which ha* visited so many homes
The symptoms of this disease are verv
distressing and leave the system in a rua
down condition. Almost every vietim
complains of lame back and urinsry
troubles which should not be neglecp
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles Druggist*
report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer1,
Swamp-Root which so many people say
soon heals snd strengthens the kidneys
sfter an attack of grip. Swamp Root
being an herbal compound, has a gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which
is almost immediately noticed in most
cases bv those who try it. Dr. Kilmer
A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., offer to scad
, sample sfie bottle of Swamp-Root, os
receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer
who requests it. A trial will convince
any one who may be in need of it. Reg*
lar medium and large size 1 Kittles, far
sale at all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.—Adv.
Naturally It Would.
It was a tumbledown hole of a ^
frl, but Mip two “drummers" had a*
choice. They were stranded by a
snowdrift, und must lodge there or no
where.
Full of misgivings, they retired to
..nly bedroom available, arid, after
bewailing their hard luck, climbed Into
bed.
Presently a curious odor permeated
the atmosphere—In other words, they
smelt a smell. Vigorous search led
them to the gns-bracket.
“I say, Mac,” he shouted, shaking
his slumbering friend, “wake up! Tho
gas is escaping!”
“Well,” growled the other, drowsily,
“d'ye blame It?”
INDIGESTION, GAS,
UPSET STOMACH
HURRY! JUST EAT ONE TABLET
OF PAPE’S DIAPEPSIN FOR
INSTANT RELIEF.
No waiting! When meals don't fit
and you belch gas, acids and undigest
ed food. When you feel Indigestion
pain, lumps of distress In stomach,
heartburn or heudacbe. Here Is Instant
relief.
Just ai soon an you eat a tablet of
Pape's I>in[>eps!n nil the dyspepsia. In
digestion and stomarh distress ends
These |deasent, harmless tablets of
Pape's I >liipepsin always make slrk, nr
act stomachs feel fine at once and they
coat so little at drug atorea.—Adv.
Things That Passed.
There hud been a disturbance, and
the ruse bud come before the police
court.
“Now, tell us,” sold the magistrate
to the defendant, “what pnsw-d be
tween yourself and complainant ?“
Defendant—Well, your honor, thel*
was two pairs of lists, one turnip, sev
en bricks, u lump of coal, and uncount
able names.
To Hava a Clear Sweet Skin.
Touch pimples, redness, roughnesa
or Itching, If any, with Outlcura Oint
ment. then bathe with Outlcura Soap
and hot water. Itlnse. dry gently and
dust on a .little Outlcuru Talcum t#
leave a fascinating fragrnnee on akla
Everywhere 20c each.—Adv.
It's eusy enough to read a woman**
mind, hut almost Impossible to under
stand It. ,
Great thought* seldom come la
bunches.
Weekly Health Talks
A Word About the
Kidneys
BY DOCTOR WATSON.
People are easily frightened when th«f
think something is the matter with their
lungs or heart, and well they may be; bat
few people understand the dangers of diw
j eased kidneys. These organs have a duty
| of vital importance to perform, and if they
are diseased, there ia no telling bow or
where the syniptoma may appear. Tbs
kidneys are filters, and when they a1*
healthy they remove the poisons from lhi
blood and purify it. When the kidney*
sre diseased, the poiaou* are spread every
where, and one of these poison* i* “rl*
acid. The uric acid is carried all through
the system and deposited in various place*,
in the form <f urate salt*—in the feet,
ankles, wrist* and back—often formiaj
bags under the eyce. Sometimes the result
ing trouble is called rheumatism, lumbal*
■ciatica and backache. Finally, come stoo*
in the bladder, diabetes and Bright* die
ease.
Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., in ree*"1
year*, discovered that ft certain combina
tion of remedies would dissolve uric *®
(urate salts) in the ayatein. lie found tm*
combination to be harmleae, *o that •*
made it up in tableta, of double atrengt ,
and called them Anuric Tablets. They
dissolve uric acid in the human system ••
hot coffee dissolve! sugar. If yoU ****
uric acid troubles, don’t delay in takwl
Anuric Tablets, which can be secured
the drug store*. You can write Dr. l*wr*J
too, and he will tell yon what to eat •**
how to live so that more uric acid will ##*
form in your system. Dr. Pierce will tm
charge for this advice.