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Monday, January 8, 1917.
THE YEAR AHEAD
The political problems of 1917, stal
ed in. terms of National legislation
and administration, belong exclus
ively to the Democratic party. Tney
?will inaugurate a President, tor a sec
ond term, in March; and they may Do
able to organize the House of Repre
sentatives in ruber. . Tiiey ha\e
and "will retain the control of the Sen
ate. It will be their duty to conduct
our foreign relations amicably and
honorably, to administer our domestic
affairs economically and efficiently,
and to provide revenues for the Treas
ury equitably and adequately, lhey
will find ample occupation. The He
publicans also have ?work for 1917. it
is their duty to prepare for 1918 and ror
1920. The weaknesses of the party, as
revealed by the results of election,
must be overcome. The organization
must be strengthened and perfected,
purged if need be, and the party spirit
must be stimulated for the contests
?which are to come.
Freed from responsibility for na- ,
tional affairs, the Republican party j
nevertheless retains responsibility for
the government of many .of the States
and for all of the important States. In
these legislatures and in these State
^ministrations the Republican party
has the opportunity to demonstrate its
character as a political organization,
its efficiency as an instrument of gov
ernment, and its value and usefulness
to the people. This opportunity em
braces no backward steps. Legislative
advance ? using the word because
progre8slveism has taken on a nar
rowed political interpretation in re
cent years, must continue; the Re
publican party must carry it on. This j
way safety lies.
In West Virginia there is a divided j
responsibility without either party j
^cn'rolling. All of the State offices !
are under Republican direction with
the exception of governor, and the
legislature Is equally divided, the Sen- j
ate being Republican and the House j
Democratic with equal majorities or
ten each. There is not likely to -come j
up any question requiring a Joint ses
sion and a consequent deadlock. Hap
pily the election of a United States
Senator no longer disturbs the legisia- '
tive functions. But with this divid
ed responsibility it behooves the Re
publican Senate to be all the more
watchful of measures that not only
come before it, but those which origi
nate in the Democratic House. More
than ever should party solidarity De
sustained, and more than ever should
the enlightened spirit which has dom
inated the party In the past be main
tained. The Senate stands as a check
against revolutionary schemes the
Democratic governor and House may
have up their sleeves, and for that
reason it must keep a clear outlook
and a straight vision.
The yeat: 1917 Is prolific with prom
ise for 'Republicanism, and Republi
canism cannot afford to neglect its
opportunities.
DEPARTMENT OF DECEPTION
Time and again attention has been
called to the arbitrary action of the
partisan Department of Commerce in
bolstering up the administration's j
claimed credit for the prosperity we
are enjoying. It has constantly a.mi
persistently attempted to minimize
the promcitiTe character of the Eu
ropean war on our revived business !
and industry, -which were throttled
by the Democratic tariff measure, un
til relieved by the demands of the bel
ligerents and the conditions created
by the stupendous conflict now- soingi
on* Now comes Dr. Pratt of the De
partment. in an artfully prepared sum
mary of our export trade, who tries
to. prove that "less than half of tin
increase is due to war orders.". By an
arbitrary classification of commodi-1
ties into war and non-war supplies!
he shows an increase in exports of the
former of $974,^00.000 and In the Jat
ifc?_ of $995,000,000. He prefaces his
article with the. following: statement:
"'Our experts may he> divided Into
three groups: fi) ??xpo rt?s >?( a~!tm! mu
nitions o' war, Including cartridges,
loaded project!', s. nun ,tKiwd?r. nttrotu
le.d and r>;h?>r high explosives. (unnon.
rifles. etc: (2) exports of what may h?
called secondary army supplies, iticlii !
lng horses njifl automobile trucks
and aeroplanes. horse bar be. I
wire. harnrs?i and satl<!!rs. m'-N's boots
and sho*s, wool clothing and blankets,
and glass, copper. !??:'.<! and zinc in pi?s.
bars and other mjirut'-!Ctur>-s : i::> .\
ports of other products that have no di
rect relation r<> th?? war. inrl'idine
breadstuffs. meat and d?|iry pro .tiers,
cotton, and its nianut'ucturvs. agricul
tural. el?ctrl?-al and ??th--r machinery,
rails, t-in plate. ? structural and other
manufactures of s : ? ?? f and inn. o-ith'-r.
mineral and ves"-'rab!<? oils, tobacco,
lumber, and ???h??r manufactures <?:'
wood, ar>d <>th? r axri. nltiiral. ndniti".
and factory pm<|ni:s that we sell
Tibroad during ?;m.->/
He then asserts that the total in
crease in articles included in the third
* group, which are normally exported In
I Limes of peace, forms practically one
half of the increase in our total ex
ports and amounts to more Uuin the
combined increases in tbe groups ot
I actual and secondary war supplies,
j th?> inference being that the lJepart
j menr of Commerce is on the job, and
that our Democratic prosperity is in
j the main cm a peace foundation, IJut
j the table submitted by Dr. Pratt to
! prove his contention will not stand
j analysis. Why should passenger au
j tomobiles, motorcycles, railway cars, i
I and other vehicles be relegated to the
; third group? Increases in exports or
; these four items amounted to j
j 000. the bulk of autos and cycles went
j to England and France, while Uussia
? increased her purchase of railway
! cars from us by 519.OUO.OOti to lie used
j in transporting troops and supplies to
the front. lie absolutely disregards,
in the iron and ste?-l schedule siicb
items as pig iron, bars, billets,
i blooms, band and sheet iron, cutlery,
J gasoline engines, locomotives, metal
I working machinery, nails and spikes,
: rails and track material, and tin* "all
? other" item which in 11)16 included
shell steel. For all of these there was
an inordinate demand on the part ot
! the warring powers, resulting in au
| increase in exports of these commoui
i ties of 5293.000,000.
i To say that food products "have
[ no direct relation to the war" is rnlicu
| Ious in view of the tumble which
I wheat took when peac?' was broached
j by Germany. Exports of bn-adstutts
j increased $260.000. 0''i0, meat and dairy
| products $145,000,000. fish S7.UUM.UUV, 1
I hay 52.5O0.000. vegetables 5SU?UUjUU0. j
j sugar $78,000,000. Ditl t he war play j
! no part In causing these increases?!
i How absurd the partisan classifica- 1
j tions are. The second grouping which ]
j is excluded from war influence has j
i notably depended on the war for its!
! swollen .totals. The abnotmalitv of!
1 %
I the demand in articles under this !
I
' grouping shows an increase of 51.104,- '
! 000.000. Adding to this increase the j
! $.974,000,000 increase admitted by Or. I
| Pratt to his first and second group !
j we have a total increase in exports '
I of articles fairly credited to war de- j
mand of 52,078.000.000. The Pratt |
table shows our total exports, foreign j
and domestic, to be $2,364,579,148 tor!
1914, and 54,333.658,865 for 1916. or aj
total increase or 51.969.079,717. That j
the increase in exports of war muni-j
tions is larger than the total increase j
| in exports is due to the fact that there |
I was a falling off in the exports ot
| many products of a peace nathre, re
| suiting in a lesseniug of the total in- j
i crease.
The fact remains that it is beyond I
the power of the Department of Com-!
merce to prove that less than halt'
our increased exports is due to warj
orders and that the United States is j
j enjoying a period of "genuine pros- j
I perity." We are almost provoked to !
I exclaim with the Psalmist, "Why do
the heathen rage, , and the people
j imagine a vain thing?" Is It. !n thisj
i case, a conundrum of conceit or of ob- !
stinacy?
?
The conferees retained the literacy
I teat in the Immigration bill, which
| means a veto by the President. Both
houses have a two-thirds majority to
j override the veto, but will they use it.
MR. WATSON RECONSIDERS
National Committeeman Clarence
W. Watson has withdrawn liis resig
nation almost as suddenly as he made
it. He has changed his mind, and in
that respect he is only emulating the
gifted mental acrobat who sits in the
White House. The announcement of
Mr. Watson's reconsideration of his
subordination of further political ac
tivities to strict business is made au
thoritively by the Democratic state
Chairman, who also in the same
breath , rescinds his call for a meet
ing of the State Committee. Mr. Sha
ver, however, neglects to inform us
whether he, too, has withdrawn his
resignation as chairman of that body.
But as there Is to be no meeting or
the committee as advertised there
can. of course, be no action taken to
fill his place.
I Of course the reasons Mr. Watson
gave for relinquishing the important
'political post of National Commit
teeman. and the consultive and dis
pensing power appertaining thereto.!
are as cogent as they were when they
j were first stated. If bis business in
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$1.98
SIZES 6 TO 12.
On January 4, lOlti, we bought;
S"> twenty-four-pair cases of these:
Work Shoes, knowing that leather
would advance and style would I
i not change, leather at that tiniej
selling at about o2?* a pound, and
today at about $1.00 a pound.
? From the difference in Ipriee of
j leather you can rcadilj" figure
'your saving.
i Comfortable Shapes and All Sizes.
No Style to Change.
See Outside Case for Display.
M. H. & M.
SATISFACTORY SHOES.
1047 Main St. Wheeling.
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TWIXT MEXICAN FRYING PAN
AND INTERNATIONAL FIRE
We Stand a Strong Chance of Soon Landing in an Alternative
That Is Painful.
BY JOHN L. W. BIRKINBINE
Formerly Chief Engineer ol' the Ostxacu Coal wind ln?n Company and
of the Pueblo and Pacific .Railroad, Mexico; -Author of "'J'he
Story of Iron."
The I'nitcd States today stands a
jverv strong chance of exchanging the
| Mexican frying pan, in which our. dig
mity and our interests, as well as
jmany of our citizens, have been siz
jzling, for an international fire that
| will be painful, lingering and will
I have a touch of boiling oil to ii. for
|i* involves the continuous operation
I of the Tatnpieo petroleum field and a
| direct menace to our Monroe Uoc
j trine.
New intimations, lei out of Wash
ington wiili the most dribbling cau
jtion, have begun to prepare the Amer
ican people for an ultimate compre
jnension of the hideous conditions pre
vailing* now in Mexico. Here, how
lever, are a few really illuminating
; facts:
I The population of Guanajuato City,
[one of the most beautiful places in
| Mexico, numbers 40,000: and all are
| in a condition of absolute starvation,
j When, recently, the three great min
ing companies of Guanajuato sent
idown two carloads of corn from the
il'nited States with the express under
standing that it: was not 10 be sold
I but must be given to relieve the com
| moil suffering, scrupulous care was
[taken to obtain ali the requisite pa
jpers from the Carranzu government.
| No sooner did the shipment reach San
i Luis Pet os i than the i.rranza gCeneral
j there seized every grain of it, con
fiscated ii for the use of his soldiery
land paid no attention whatever to the
[orders of the First Chief. The people
i of Guanajuato have gone right on
| starving.
j This is merely one. typical example
of the conditions obtaining through
'out Mexico. A glance at the map of
'thai distraught country will show
how near Guanajuato is to Mexico
| City ? no further than 300 miles. It
is in the densely populated section of
Mexico and ii exemplifies the fright
ful condition of the whole republic.
For that frightful condition the people
of the L'niieii States are undoubtedly
to blame because of their reluctance
to insist on a firm policy in dealing
with the anarchy so long rampant.
We accuse the Mexican portion of the
joint commission of vacillation and
bad faith: but has the Cnited Stales,
in its policy, been any more definite
and consistent? '
Now, as to Mexico's ways and
means of self control: The question
has been mooted, of late, why Obregon
with his army in Mexico City does not
start north and overpower Villa. As
suming that the Carranza government
desire the elimination of Villa, it
would still be impossible for Obregon
to abandon his present situation. The
followers of Felix Diaz are slowly
advancing upon Mexico City and are
now not far from the City of Pueblo
? so near to it, in fact, that the cap
ture of Pueblo is rumored. In the
south are the forces of Zapata. He is
practically on the outskirts of Mexico
City and is in control of great sec
tions of the fertile country of the
State of Moroleo, which have been
wrested from him. These two insur
gent forces are so close to Mexico
. City that their presence lias consti i
tuteil one of Curranzu's reasons fori
removing his government to Quere- j
taro, 200 miles on the mail to Guana- j
jaaio and only 100 miles from the:
scenes of permanent liorror in t hat j
city and its environs. Carranza him-1
self, even in Quen-taro, i.- without any f
real effective authority, for lie is vir [
tilally subject to the ambitions and ?
Obregon and Dbiv.con s ambitious!
; t ibregon's ambitious rivals ill the dej
facto militari establishment ; he has
rimmaged tliu!- far in survive as First)
[Chief only |>\ playing otf Obregon and |
iniimiron's rivals, one against t he ?
jot hers. I
The steady insistence -of Secretary'
Lane and his American colleagues!
; upon tangible guarantees from Car- 1
iraiiza has at last punctured the front!
; oi dignilied diplomacy that Carranza'
i sought so anxiously to preserve and j
jhas left the de .facto government in i
;the position, oi suppliant instead of j
: adversary to the United States gov- j
'eminent. The cards are all now in!
I the American hand. Conditions in!
(Mexico are infinitely worse than they
I were when Washington decided to j
j support Carranza against the field, j
j Villa is for the present merely the dog J
.in the manger, gathering to himself j
(adherents on the sole basis of an J
: individual campaign under which he
? declares that, if he cannot be Mexico's
?president. Carranza shall not be. His!
.invasion of our territory and the nnir
Ulers he committed here were purely
J for the purpose of forcing the United [
I Stalls to intervene and the Pershing j
i invasion was precisely what Villa j
aimed to provoke. His. next objective j
jwill be the oil fields of Tampico, which
? he will attack for the purpose of cut- 1
i ting off England's supply of fuel for!
jlier war ships, indispensable for her!
i conduct of her sea campaign. The |
British government will never permit i
? it can never permit British subjects j
land British investments, especially i
jwhen British sea supremacy depends
, on them, to be injured. Britain can- 1
inot afford to display towards the
safety of its subjects and its enter
prise's the indifference evidenced bv1
i the- United States for the safety of its \
?citizens and their affairs in Mexico.:
: Great Britain would not at this time'
I attempt an invasion of the whole of1
?Mexico. But, should the United States'
.fail in its self imposed duty of pro-,
jteetine British interests there, and;
: especially those vital interests nt '
; Tampico. Great Britain will establish
I a naval oil supply base at Tampico
j which, once created, will never be
j surrendered.
| The Mexican situation is on the eve
'of focussing upon Tampico. with the j
: flames of anarchy extending to Brlt-i
Iain's oil supply. ' There is only one!
| way to put out an oil fire, and that is
by means of sand. A littlf more sand j
i in our Mexican policy now will pre-'
'vent danger of an international com
! plication in comparison with which
lour painful position in the Mexican]
jfrying pan will seem like sheer com-'
' fort.
terests were pressing at all then, they
are certainly as imperative now.
What, theu, is the true situation? The
Intelligencer not being honored wiitt
Mr. Watson's confidence cannot state
with any particularity his reasons tor
his reversal of mind. It cau only sur
I inise. The only suggestion that in
trudes itself at present is that the
formidable number and diverse char- '
| acter of would-be successors that
[ sprung up on the announcement ot
I Mr. Watson's retirement, was ominous
I of the future direction of the Demo
j cratic party in this State.
j Looking over the list of applicants
I the most obtuse observer could not
i have failed to see some menacing rig
! ures, like small clouds rising on tne ?
| horizon of party amity ;lnd peace. Mr.,
j Shaver assures that Mr. \V atson was j
1 induced to withdraw his resignation J
at "t^e solicitation of his friends," a
phrase of convenience and very com
mon use. a term that covers a few
close advisors or may include tne
I frightened many of the subservient j
! class. "Pressing business interests isj
? another elastic phrase, often resorted I
'to lo conceal one's motives and termi- j
inal limitations. The Intelligencer only
| hopes that disappointment will not sH
too heavily on those who were moved
to the high aspirations the committee t
meeting, now recalled, once invited j
and not unreasonably promised.
Commissioner Blue recommends the!
enactment of a law lhiit would provide
j for Hi- uustinc of in- 1 11 !?- ip? I officers
who rail to en force within the munici-i
pallrics the laws relating t<^ t li?- sale of
| lntoxirni inc liquors. ?'an if l>e possible
that any such delinquencies 'as fir? imi
i mated exist anywhere in the State?
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED
In his address before the Ameri
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, a lew days ago, Mr. O. 1*.
Austin, former Chief of the Govern
ment Bureau of Statistics, dispelled
some of the illusions about the con
ditions of international trade after
the Huropean war is over, and our re
lation to it. While the leading com
I mercial nations of Europe will have
! suffered heavy losses in destruction
'of property, exhaustion of capital, de-|
1 pletion of labor force and disorganiza
tion of industries and of trade. It is
i easy to overestimate the effect or
, these. There will lie no crippling that
| cannot be rapidly repaired by ener
i getie effort, which is sure to be ap
i plied.
In some respects we will possess
' some advantages at the dose of the
j war if they are .properly taken rare ot
and wisely nurtured. But it is pointed
! on I that in oti^ respect we will find
outs"|ves at a di>advnnince in the rlv
J airy for world trade, unless we take
to heart the lesson that other nations
have been acquiring by experience.
That lesson was taught in Germany
long before the war and gave it the
formidable strength which it has been
displaying in the struggle, it bad al
ready shown the value of co-ordinat
ing the forces of production and or
the distribution and iutercnange or
products, so as to get the largest re
sults at the smallest cost. This is
what is so commonly called the de
velopment of efficiency and economy.
It is what is mo6t effective in pro
ducing national wealth and power,
which may be put to a bad use In de
structive warfare, but may also have
a beneficent use in peaceful prosper
ity. Those nations that have been dtv
fending themselves against the on
slaught of Germany and her allies
have had this lesson . forced upon
them and are showing a determina
tion to profit by it. It is one that we
need to learn without going through
such a costly experience, and we shall
have to learn it if we are to take the
place to which wo are entitled in the
trade of the world.
There Is just about as much danger
of the United States becoming "militar
istic" by giving a few months' training
to all its young men as there Is for an
office clerk to get the bug of being a
prize fighter by taking fifteen minutes'
systematic exercie every day.
"Pussyfoot" Shaver ought, out of
mere human kindness, let Col. Tiernny
know whether or not he. too. has with
drawn his withdrawal.
Oklahoma's governor wants the death
penalty Imposed for bank banditry.
That would leave Villa without sac-tu
ary In that State.
The amended Adamson law would
make confusion worse confounded so
far as the Brotherhoods are conccrneti.
No one has had the temerity to accuse
Col. House of "leaking." He Is as
tight-lipped as Llnd used to he.
That's right. When In doubt blamo
jt on the reporters, which is the turn
the "leak" is taking.
The Nobel peace prize award will bo
passed up this year. What's the mat
ter? "He kept us out of war."
Mr. Watson's business Interests do
seem to be as "pressing" as they were.
A PERTINENT PABODY.
Under the spreading chestnut tree
The smithy used to stand;
The smith, a prosperous man Is he
As any in the land;
For many a shell in u foreign trench
Now bears the smithy's brand.
His clothes are new and fashioned well
His foods are rich and ran*:
His hands are nicely manicured.
And freshly trimmed his hair.
And he slaps thf wh>'l'- world in the face.
For he Is a millionaire.
Week in. week out. front morn till night. ,
And eke from night till day.
You can s?'0 his factory tires airlo.w ?
(Three shifts at double pay).
None niak.'s more profit than tin- smith
In all the I.". S. A.
And people coming lion:.* from work
l.ook in at the open door.
And say. what time they the tires.
And hear the billows roar:
"1 wished I'd bought som<- I'.lacksmil h :
common
When it was L'4."
Toillnc ? rejoicing? profiting . |
With pleasure evident.
Kaeh morning sees soiiii- shells begun i
For some belligerent
Something at tempted- some one done. 1
Has earned two thou, per cent.
? New York Tribune. ]
Our Entire Line of Street, Afternoon, Evening, Party
Dresses and Froeks
ONE-HALF
New Coats-New Prices
A Fortunate Purchase from a maker's Surplus-Material Stocks results in
Brand New Coats at Decisive Value-Concessions.
WOOL VELOUES, CHEVIOTS, RIPPLE CLOTHS
SPECIALLY PRICED AT
$12.50-$! 6.75-$19.50
DRESS GINGHAMS
New 1917 Patterns ? 12 12*(
EMBROIDERED FLANNELS
59? and 69p the Yard.
BASEMENT BARGAINS
$1.50 French Plate Glass Oval Jlirrors', white
. enamel frames 90<
98c Large Size Japanned Bread Boxes, each,
80f.
Buy Materials for
? A NEW COSTUME *
At Much Under Value.
January prices give One-Third to One-Half
More Value than you pay for.
Beautiful Velvets, now $1.00 to $2.95.
Plain and Fancy Silks, $1.00, worth up to $2.
Silk Poplins and Satin Charmeuse at $1.39,
$1.75, $1.95.
Fancv Pussywillows, up to $3.50 values, at
$1.95.
Three rare assortments of Dress Goods at 39<,
59?, 98?.
Wool Challis at 39? and 59?.
Important Sale of
WINDOW SHADES
New Oprtquc Shades, mounted on Spring
Rollers, fireen-and-Whitc or Buff-and-White.
:>Bx72-inch Shades. . . .690
36x84-inck Shades. . . . 75?
Big Display New
UTOPIAN YARNS
Remarkable for i.ts completeness is this
Mid-Winter display of Utopia Yarns, and our
Prices Are Less than inferior brands are selling
for.
Realize Your Personal Interest in this
UTOPIA YARN OPPORTUNITY
MID-WINTER REMNANT SALE
Next Wednesday ? January 10.
LONGCLOTH
Ten-yard pieces, worth $.1.50 ? $1.15.
A generous showing of $].f>0 and $1.00
BRASSIERES
Best makes now at 9St* and 690.
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ave You Beard the
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r\0 you know that there is a player-piano that enables
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IF you have a piano now, it will be applied against the
purchase price of the new Angelus Piano.
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Rippling Rhymes
By WALT MASON. j
SNOW.
When I was young I viewed t lie j
snow with dancing eyes and heart
aglow. It meant that I could .slid'1 and |
coast, with all the happy schoolboy I
host, and mouhl the snow into aj
sphere and soak some old gent in thej
ear. The falling of the sparkling ,
snow meant joy and laughter longj
ago. I. being young, was not aware,'
of sorrow in the world, or care, and
all I wished, beneath the sun, was)
just to have all kinds of fun. But'
now I'm old 1 view the snow, and
think of suffering and woe. 1 sit in i
comfort by the firt\ and punch the
sawdust from my lyre; but others, by
an empty grate, are shivering and
oussinK l'ate: and little, kids, too
thinly clad, are trudging through the
snowy grad: and poor old men feel
rheumatiz through their joints and
tendons whiz. And there :ire widows
needing spuds, and down-and-outers
needing duds. There's so inueh grief,
snow snslirouds the earth! But there's,
a little one ran do. to make the wintry
day less blue. I'll send some plunder
to t hr poor, to those who suffer and
on dure:
Itoili i ho s import tens anrt tho hrarinc
t'-jrs or ;m Hf con tnvi-nit.tr' su-plni1dor
i olocnpi. m, ttiat it wilt stand yii uneven
surfaces.
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED
WHEN ENGINE BLOWS UP
ERIE. Pa., .Ian. 7 ? Two trainmen.]
were killed and another seriously in- 1
jured by the explosion of a locomotive
attached to a freight train on the Now
York Central today between State
Line and North Bast. The dead were
SI. J. Durkin, brakeman of Erie and
Lawrence Mohler. fireman of Buffalo..
John B. Weast, engineer of Lackawan ?
na. N. Y.t was badly scalded but phv- ;
sicians belie%-e he will recover. Kail-;
road men believe the accident was ;
caused by the turning of cold water;
into the boiler. The engine was ?
wrecked.
MEDICAL COLLEGE FINDS i
REMEDY FOR PARESIS
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. ? Salvarsan ad
ministered directly into the inner cav- 1
ity of the brain may be regarded as 1
one of the most advanced and hopeful i
methods of arresting the destructive!
process of paresis, officials of the New,
York post-graduate medical school i
and hospital announced in a formal ?
! statement tonight. Their conclusion,
ilu-y said, was based on a number of j
j experiments made at the hospital.
I By the method used at the hospital.!
jii was said, an openinc is made j
i through the skull and the dura of thei
'brain and then with a blunt hollow!
jneedle that is passed directly through!
'the tissue of the tfrain to the main
cavity, salvaraan is conveyed directly
to (hp cerebrospinal fluid in the main
cavjty of the brain. From there It Is
carried by the circulation of the cerc
bro spinal fluid throughout the entire
cerebri .-pinal system. By thus reach
ing every cell of the brain with the
salvarsan preparation a uniform effect
is produced.
No symptoms of any serious nature
have been noted after any of the oper
ations, of which several dozen have
been performed at the hospital, it waa
declared.
The Gi?t of It.
"Last December I had a very severe
cold and was nearly down sick in bed.
I bought two bottles of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and it was only a very
few days until I was completely
restored to health," writes O. J. Mrt
calf, Weatherbv, Mo. If you would
know the value of this remedy, ask
any one who has used it. Obtainable
everywhere.
$25.000.000 IN GOLD RECEIVED
NEW YORK, Jan. 7? Gold amount
ing to I25.000.00fl, one of the largest
shipments received in a single day
since the present movement from
abroad began, arrived here today from
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was deposit
ed a i the sub-treasury. Twenty auto
mobile trucks, each with armed guards
were required to transfer the. gold,
which was packed in SOO boxes, from
the railroad station to ihe sub-treas
ury. A force of thirty five clerks was
kept on duty today to receive the sbi^
ment.