TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 191.
THE NEWB SCIMITAR
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Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin Asserts Ger
many Should Admit Blunder!
and Tell World She Is Sorry.
GENEVA Deo. 17 l By the .Wooisted
I I re.sn i Uermany made a great blunder
r enterica the ar and ahould admit
.he wis in the wrong, declared the
tirsnd Din he.: anajtiaata MAckleil-
j 1 un-Schwerln, mother of the former
iiertnan crown princess, tn an interview
The grand duchess, who is a Russian
and a cousin of the late Russian em
peror, came to Geneva at the outbreak
of the war She hurt many relative!
fighting against one another on all
t fonts.
The correspondent was the first news
paper man she had ta.aed with since
the beginning: of the war. Replying to
a question about the rentier emperor
and the former crown prime she said
pathetically
"There l.s a splendid maxim In your
language 'Don't hit a man when he
is down.' Ix't us preserve this sporting
principle during our conversation."
Asked why she had lett Germany as
soon as that country uegan military
operations, the grand G lichees aatd:
I could not remain In a country
which had declared war on my own
country Russls This war came as a
great surprise to me and my son (Fred
erick Frani IV. grand duke of Meok-iriihurg-Sehwcrtti.
who abdicated sev
eral weeks ago I, although we were In
constant touch with Hie royal families
of Germany, Russia and Denmark. It
has been said that not more than -0
pci nous In Germany understood what
a cruel mistake it was going to be.
I was one of them. However, as I
never meddled in politics and never In
tend to I was not able to Interfere.
"But 1 continue to tntnK thst Ger
many made a greed blunder In enter
ing this terrible struggle, not only from
a humane point of Mew. hut also for
political and commercial reasons as her
commerce was prosperous. Now she
has lost all. Germany should re-create
a political, financial and artistic nation
by openly admitting:
" We acted wrongly; we are sorry.'
The grand duchess said she had
no news from her daughier, the former
crown princess, since September ex
cept through a letter from her eldesl
daughter, the queen of Denmark, say
ing OOth of them were well. She made
an appeal for the country of her birth,
saving: "If the allies abandon Russia.
Russia Is lost. The al:ies do not seem
to understand the situation clearly
Aboul 18 pci lent oi the Itusslans have
roapect I'or only two inings. God and
the I'sar The peasants now say: 'We
have no czar, whom shad we obey
"It will take the population SO years
to understand the meaning of the word.
republic and president. The Russian
people waul some one to worship, he
cause It la their old custom, their re
ligion and their lives Lei the allies
take note and help poor Russia before It
Is too late "
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Dr. Kenneth K. MacAlpine AdCr
New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Says that Nuxated Iron
Is In His Opinion The Most Valuable Tonic, Strength and
Blood Builder Any Physician Can Prescribe.
Trobably no remedy has ever met
with such phenomenal success as has
Nuxated iron -over three million peo
ple annually are taking II In this coun
try alone. It lias been used and highly
indorsed hv such distinguished men as:
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary
of the Treasury and Bx-Oovemor of
Iowa, former InHed States Senator
ant Vice-Presidential Nominee Charles
A. Tnwne: i'nited States Senator E. S.
Johnson; Judge . 0. W. Atkinson of the
United States Court of Claims of Wash
ington. Judge Samuel S. Yoder. States
man, Jurist, formerly Surgeon-Mnjor
In the Army; I". S. Commissioner of
Immigration Hon. Anthony Camlnctti,
and others.
WHAT DR. MACALPINE SAYS:
"During sixteen years as Lecturer
and Adjunct Professor of Special Sur
gery (Proctology) In the New York
Post Graduate Medical School and Hos
pital, I never had recourse to so valu
able a remedv for building up the
health and strength of debilitated, con
valescent patients as Nuxated Iron. Se
vere tests recently made with Nuxated
iron have absolutely convinced me that
It is a preparation of most extraordi
nary merit.
"If people would onlv realize that
Iron is Just as Indispensable to the
blood as Is sir to the lungs, and he
just as particular about keeping up a
sufficient supply at all times, there
would. In my opinion, he far less dis
ease resulting from anaemic, weakened
conditions. For years II was a prob
lem with physicians how to administer
Iron In a form that could he taken up
by the system and Increase the red
blood corpuscles without upsetting the
stomach, blackening the teeth or pro
ducing other disorders almost as seri
ous as the lack of iron Itself. But
the introduction of Nuvsled Iron has
done away with nil nhjertlnnable fea
tures of the old mineral salts of iron
and gives to every careful thinking
physician a tried and valuable prescrip
tion which he can recommend nearly
SPECIAL TO PHYSICIANS
Doctor What Do Yon Recommend to
Renew the Supply of Iron In the
Blood of Peop'e in a Weak.
Nervous, Run down State?
Pr. MacAlpine. for IS ycHrs Adjunct
Professor in the New Vork Post Grad
uate Medical School and Hospital, says
the Introduction of Nuxated Iron gives
to every careful thinking physician a
tried and valuable prescription which he
can recommend nearly every day with
benefit to his weakened and run-down
patients.
Dr. MarAlptne's opinion is borne out
hv the indorsement of such physicians
as Dr. Schuyler ( .laques, formerly
Visiting Surgeon si Klliabcth's Hos
pital. New York ; Dr. A .1 Newman,
late House Burgeon of Jefferson Park
Hospital, Chicago; Dr. James Francis
Sullivan, formerly Physic. an of Relle
vue Hospital (Outdoor Dept.), New
York, and the Westchester County Hos
pital: Dr. Kerdinand King. New York
Physician and Medical Author, and
others.
Wllilam R. Kerr, former Health Com
missioner of Chicago, snys Nuxated
Iron shoyjd be used in every hospital
and prescribed by every physician in
this country.
NOW, Doctor, when you wish to pro
scribe a true tonic, strength and blood
builder one that puts the vim and en
ergy Into the veins of the weak, in
firm, run-down and agedwhy not try
the same kind of iron Nuxated iron
that Dr. MacAlpine and other physicians
have used with such success in their
practice? Two five-grain tahlris of
Nuxated iron taken three times per
day after meals will often Increase the
strength and endurance of delicate,
nervoua, run-down folks In two weeks'
time. Your druggisl will refund your
patient's money R it doesn't.
every day wllh benefit to his weakened
and run-down patients Nuxated Iron
by enriching the blood and creating
new blood cells strengthens the nerves,
rebuilds the weakened I issues and helps
to instill renewed energy and endur
ance Into the whole system whether
the patient lie young or old. In my
opinion Nuxated Iron is the most val
uable tonic, strength and blood builder
any physician can prescribe.''
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PARIS, Dec 1? -The French gov
ernment Is considering, with a proba
bility of presenting before the chamber
of deputies Dec. 1!4. a bill proposing the
establishment among the allies of an
international financial union to dis
tribute war expenses between the na
tions on the basis of populations and
power to contribute, it Is understood
a similar plan is under consideration
by the British government.
It is estimated the expenses of the
allies totaled 41!4. ,000,000 francs,
while the central powers' expenses ag
gregated I70,000,000,0v0 francs.
Annual budgets at 5 per cent with a
one-half of one per cent premium for
amortisation would total tt,oon,ovo,000
francs. To avoid International bank
ruptcy, It is declared such an asso
ciation Is necessary to float an inter
national fund, estimated at (18,000,000,
Unit francs, to be distributed on a basis
of population and production l-'aeh
state would guarantee Its proportion
from customs and other revenues
All exchange questions, Freight rates
and prices of raw material would be
handled through the centralized agency
of the association. Provision Is made
for the admission of neutral states.
Kven the central powers, upon terms
prescribed bj the allies, may Join, thus
re-establishing International credit,
which is held to he an essential condi
tion of the economic development of the
world.
Just Think
Of It!
A Best Quality, Hand-Made Cake Enough
for a Medium Size Family, for
13c Each; 2 for 25c
(In Individual Wax-Sealed Cartons)
Aunt Mary's Cakes
Now Greatly Improved As We Are Relieved of the
Necessity of Using Substitutes
Four ) Srr (Fresh
Maple Nut ) fanv
Chocolate Marshmallow ( Uall V
Arc von depriving yourself of the sweets your system
requires because of the war prices of butter and es ?
Our contracts for these ariieles, at much lower price,
make this unnecessary, as we are enabled to keep AUNT
MARY'S CAKE reasonably price.!.
Satisfy yourself today. Buy "AUNT
MARY'S SAFETY FIRST CUTIE CAKE" and
be convinced of our statements. Just the thing
for all lunches.
Order from You r Grocer Today
MEMPHIS BREAD CO., Wholesale Bakers
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SAYS BURLESON
DR. KENNETH K. MACALPINE
Prominent New York Surgeon
WHO HE IS
Mr. MacAlpine graduated from the
New Vork University Medical College,
was Assistant Surgeon (Outdoor Dept.)
Bellevue Hospital, formerly House Sur
geon and for !ti years Adjunct Profes
sor Now Vork I'ost Graduate Medical
School and Hospital, which In the orlg.
Inal and largesi Post Graduate Hos
pital in the united siates, a member
of the New Vork County Medical So
ciety, the New Vork State Medical So
ciety, New Vork Physicians' Associa
tion and i'ost Graduate Alumni
etatton. rr. Ma. -Alpine, whne office In
at 131 West KTth St.. New York, in
re (fa rded a a leading a merloan mj
thority on Proctology and hit lectured
and operated bifore the Surgical Sec
tion of the New Vork State Medical
Socirt y.
MAM ! A'Tt RKRS' NOTE VuxMe.t I-,,,
whteh N uspti in fir MftcAlpltM anil niier wi-ti
mich MirrrklnR rwiiltH ami which U prfv-rrtN'ri
ami ifrrn,nt,ntf'l hv phyttrtanft. In tin) ;i sp" H
rrrIv hn ..r,.. ffhlrti ' well known t tlniR-Mi-
tn I'uvherf T'niikc Hi. -iiiir Inorganic Irnn prod
net., ti I- tuitv MtlmUated, deft not InjiiT- thi
Utth, tn;ih( ihoin blank, nor ur"t lfl ttomtth,
Tin- mioiufR'-tiirm BUartnta nuccfri-tful
tlrvly a.itl.ifii'ti'y rrxnltK Uj entry (mnthatcir nr
they witt refuml your monoy li itlapfltutftj
In tin- city by ail . .,,. drtgclrtl j
I Don't Know
of any K""l reason why you ran't get hT Just what she wants
this Christmas. If It's for the female of the species, I have it.
If I haven't, I'll get It for you or recommend you to some first
class house that has. Don't lei the fart that you can't spare
ull the money worry you I'll take care of that hy extending
you what credit you want without the usiinl red-tape refer
enee, or investigation. Mrs. Miller's Millinery Shop, at 2.'l S.
Main St., near Linden. Coats, Suite, Dresses, Hats, Kurs,
Waists, Skirts and a lot of other things that make sultahle
Christmas gifts. Thrift Stamps and Idherty Ilontls taken at
full value.
READ THE NEWS SCIMITAR CLASSIFIED ADS.
JUST A FEW MORE
REAL G00DFELL0WS
BY A GOODFELLOW.
There arn r hunch of Goodfellowi with
The Hub, Inc.. nn,l in the ofice of Mur
ray Stewart, county rPKlHtBi-. ThP for
mer sent in $H for the kirMics' ('hrlst-
mai and the latter Ifl.so,
Will that hring some poor children
a real 'hri.tma:' You nnow tt Here'
hoping t hey Rfiod Qood fellows have H
morry ChiiBttnaa themaelvaii, and i
know they will.
The HM follows:
'""nunty register office , Murr:i v
Htewart. Mills 'anns. Renr, WgHMMl,
H K. stpwjM-t, Min Mamie Mftdden,
Mrs ,1. m K reamer, Mn Alexander
Mrs F .1. Kills, Miss I ,11a Haaen. Miss
Annie Preacott,
The Huh. In- Howard Halle, have
Sen los, W .1 Kck ford. A . J . Sted
mun. K. T. I'age. 'ieorxe F. Lfine, Isaac
WrlRht. J. E Terrell, A L Bro'.kF,
Tetp Kat'caro, W !, Wilcox. U Dun-navartt.
M'KELLAR HAS BILL TO
SPEED DEMOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Bpl.) De
lays in the demoblUiatlon of the army
now In the ramps of the country have
exasperated members of both the hmio
and senate, and with a view of hasten
ing action Henator McKetlar has pre
pared a resolution which will bp Intro
duoert in the senate today Under ii
terms the eecrelary of War I directed
to accept immediately certain reslgna
tionti of officers and enlisted men wher
ever situated in the camps of ihi coun
try when the men presenting them are
In f,-" '"ir lol'-'wine- classes;
Off cpts or enlisted men who are mar-
rit-u, t. tes .ii uie ti.. ic ol uch mar-
rinRe. where thewy have dependents
drawing allotments from t he govern
ment ; where applicants present a f fl -davits
that be has a position awaiting
him In civil life; where there Is eti
OUB ilhicHH in applicant's family.
"The wHr Is over," aid Senator Me
Kellar, "and these men have a right
to get out right now Tht dilly-dallying
around I coating the country mil
lion of dollar and doing no one any
good."
BLUE WARNS AGAINST
FLU FIGHT RELAXATION
WASHINGTON, Per 17, - The dan
ger of relaxing efforts to check the
preH'i of influ ensa wa emphasised
aga in today by Surgeon -i (en. I Hue. of
the public health ervlce.
"The epidemic Is not ended," the surgeon-general
aid. "Any statement at
present that the epidemic has come
and gone for good,' can onlv do harm,
for It will lull people into a false ensft
of security and cause t hem to relax
precaution they should take"
FLORENCE WOMAN HURT
FUORKNCE, Ala., Pec 17 (Spt.i
M iss Amelia Boddte, onr of t he best
known women of Florence, was the Vic
tim f 'in accident which may result in
hei death, yesterday afternoon, when nti
automobile driven by the little 12-yenr-old
daughter of Andrew Sharp, collided
with Miss Hodd'e' buggy
The buggy was demolished and Miss
BoddlS was thrown from il. Physicians
stati t ha t she 1 suffering from t nn
cupslon of the brain a a result of the
accident.
GEN. SMUTS QUITS.
LONDON, Hc. 17. rien ,lan i-hrl-tlan
Smuts Imp resigned as h member
r1 the war cabinet en the grnunil thai
the end of the war has terminated the
need nf his servlee, according to the
Eiuress.
Plenty of exercise, fresh air,
regular hours is all the pre
scription you need to avoid
Influenza unless through
neglect or otherwise, a cold
gets you. Then take at
once
CASCARAE? QUININE
Standard cold remedy for 20 yesr in tablet
form late, lure, no opiate. breska up cold
in 24 hour relieve grip in 3 dayi. Money
back if it fail.. The genuine box hats Red top
with Mr. HiU't picture. At All Dtug Storca.
Postmaster-General Declares
Government Can Acquire
Wire Systems Without Cost
to Public Treasury.
UrAnwrNdTON Dec 17 ownership
hy the government of the telsgrsph gnd
ISlGpltOflS Systems oi inc iih
charsotsrlsed us "Impsrstlvs" hy Post-msstsr-Qeneral
Burleson Monday in a
letter to RepreBentatlvc Moon, chairman
n inc nous limiurr un i"'o. "
l.n.l nnatrnada Rnrlaami aald the HVH-
tpin can be acquired "without the M-
proprlatlon of a dollar from the public
treasury" hv applying an amortliu
tlon fund for 2B years the aavlngi nmde
under governmenl ownership through
elimination of duplications in plants mid
ocnting expenses.
in support ot tne government owner
ship resolution Introduced In the house
last week hy Representative Moon, the
postmaster-general quoted from the re
cent letter of Theodore N. Vail, presi
dent of the American Telegraph "nil
Telephone company and from the an
nual reports of a number of ihe post-maslers-gcncnil
since the Civil war,
nil of whom agreed, he said, that gov
ernment control or ownership would
greatly contribute to the efficiency of
the service.
Public Must Pay.
"The economic Importance nf the
proposition to acquire the properties
hv the government Is very great," ltur
leaon wrote "Private capital la Invest
ed in public enterprises wllh Ihc ex
peotstlon of 7 to S per cent, and often
a greater return upon the Investment
This, of course, the public is expected
to pay wlille the government can bor
row money at V.: per cent The public,
however, 'paya the charge n either
event. The difference between 4' per
cent and S per cent for the money In
vested In the wire systems of the I'nited
States would maintain and pay for
Ilia property In 1R years and 9 months.
The government as owner would no
more expect to charge for Intereat on the
investment lhaii It would for money
Invested In postal facilities, navy yards
ci other public property. "
As Justification for the permanent
laklng over of the wire systems, Burle
son said:
"To establish and maintain commu
nication la as much the function of the
government as Is Ihe provision for na
llonal defense, Moreover It Is es
sential to the development or the coun
try and to Ihe progress and prosperity
of' It H people, it Is a defense of the
national Interests as much In peace as
in war. Extension of the wire service
should he determined by public needs,
t.oi the opportunity for private gain."
To Eliminate Waste.
The poslmastei general said he be
lieved that an effective plan could h
worked out by which the waste of com
petition can be eliminated ami the ad
vantages of private Initiative In re
search. Investigation and experimenta
tion not he lost
falling attention to the fact that un-
oer existing law uie leiepnnne ami tele
graph properties will automat leally re
vert to the -private owners upon procla
mation hy the president of a state oi
peace, the letter says lhal many of the
i nilependent companies could not lake
hack the properties without serious loss
to ihe Investors and great detriment
to the service Many of these compa
nies, the letter says, were operating at
a loss owing to the waste incident to
competition and diversity of state regu
lation, and as proper depreciation funds
have not been set aside, the properties
t ere drifting Into a condition where
proper public servhe could not be rendered.
MARINE COMMISSIONS
AWARDED MEMPHIS MEN
- i m -
WASHINGTON, Pec 17 (Bpl.V
Three Memphlans are Included In the
list of 130 graduates from the marine
officers' training choot at QuantiOO,
Va , and received their commissions as
lieutenant! Saturday ney are:
.lohn Osbom l-'iauit. JrMacon road,
lleo Hart Towner. .Ir . 7l .Jefferson
avenue and .1 W. K. Warner, s;3 North
Second street
TWO MORE CLASSES OF
FRENCH TO DEMOBILIZE
PARIS, He,- 17 The war ministry
lias decided to demobilise Ihe classes
of IK92 and IHJ beginning Dec 2d and
ending .tan. Is
The claases of IfWI. 1X9N, 199(1 ami I917
will he demobilised beginning Jan. 21
and ending Feb. It
AGED ARTIST DEAD,
VONKKRS. N Y . Pec i; .lames
Renwlck Brevoort, Xfi, prominent as a
painter of landscapes, died at his home
here Mr. BreVOOr! had been a mem
her nf the National Academy of De
sign for r6 years
COLQUITT ASKS ABOUT
CONNECTION IN PROBE
WAHHINUTON, lec 17 -t'htitrman
overman, of-the nsnHte Judiciary iti
oommittee InvewtlarnMng tirman nd
brewer propgnnnrt. tortH v received a
let trr from Oov. 'olrjuit t . of Tcxa,
nuking; for detail concerning the tetl
monj of A Bruce Bletaakl, of the de
partment nf JtlltloSi regnnllng an al
leged conteretne between Ueorge Syl
entor Vlereck and Mr I'olnuilt In
IDIti. Mr. ('nlriuttt told Senator t ver
trian h( did not recall the Incident anil
aked for the dal of the reported Interview.
APPEALS TO WILSON.
STOCKHOLM. Dec 17 Hwtlman
Urnntlng, SOClSHSl lender, has tele
graphed Prudent Wilson, on behalf
of the Swedlh dtfnocrattc l.ihor party.
flHnrlng blm of the "moral lUttporl f
orgunUed 8welth labor In hi cndi'ii''
orh to currv nnl hfl principle for Ihe
welfare of liberated mankind agatnsl
eery attempt to thwart hi plana."
The Hwedlnh liberal pnrty hnn also
sent a teleRiam of grstltuds to l'rel
rient WIIhoti,
Bead News Scimitar Wants.
in !
CARRIES FIR TREE SEEDS
OVERSEAS TO AID FRANCE
., 0
NEW YORK I.e.- 17 To proffer.
American aid In reforesting nri-aa or1
FYance, Perclval S. Hillsdale, secretary
of ihe American Knresirv association.
Hailed today for Tails, where he will
confer with French government offi
cials In an ordinary traveling hag ait. .
Illdsdril'- carried enough , eed lo grow
&0, mill tlr I i ces
NO LETUP IN FLU.
URKNADA, Miss. I iec 17 iSpl I
The epidemic of Influenza In ilrenada
dues lot seem lo he abating, though
Ihere is not as much serious Illness as
there was in ihc first epidemic There,
are lust as many, or perhaps more,
cases here ih. 111 n i any oiher time, but
they are ic-civiiiy prompt attentinu,
and local physicians feel no alarm The'
schools have linen closed for the second
lime and all public gatherings haviv
been prohibited, liretiada college has
had a most remarkable record. There
are no cases there now.
FERTILIZER PLANT BURNS
KI.KTitN. Md . cc 17-leire de
stroyed the large plant of the. Scott Fer
tilizer company along Klk river. The)
loss Is estimated ai $260,000.
TWO KILLED. 11 HURT
AS TRAIN HITS TRUCK
Ss
KANPAH I 'IT Y Mo., ler 17 Two
person were killed and II Injured, ev
rS) fHtnlly. Int evening when u train
ftriirk n rommerciHt motor CI r loflded
with pHenger (ienr Kanea Ka
The vlctlmi were persons on their way
hAnu tram work.
P
J)feal, simon-pure
satisfaction
in eating corn
flakes .taking in
to considercttion
flavor crispness.
and texture, is
assured when
the f lakes are
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