The Byron Promoter. (Byron, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, June 22, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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“Doans Saved My Life"
1 KaJ Given Up Hope” Says Nr
Bat “Bat Boa’s Kidney Pills
Cared He Permaently”
Hf kidney trouble began with back-
ache which ran on
about a year” eaya
& yea
W H Dent 2213
Reynolds Street
Brunswick Oa “My
back got so I was at
times unable to sleep
even in a chair Of-
ten the pain bent me
double I would be
prostrated and aome-
one would have to
move me Une acid
’ got into my blood
and I began to break
out This got eo bad
I went to a hospital for treatment I
stayed there three months but got but
httle better Dropsy set in and I bloat-
ed until nearly bait again my size My
‘ i were ao awollen the flesh burst in
stripe I lay there panting and iui-t
sheet able to catch my breath I bad
doctors each one said it was im-
possible for me to live
“1 hadn’t taken Doan’s Kidney Pills
lee before I began to feel better I
kept on nnd vias soon able to get up
The swelling gradually went away and
when I had used eleven boxes I was
completely cured 1 have never had a
bat rf trouble since I owe my life and
jr health to Doan’s Kidney rills"
Get Doentts aft Any Stare 60e a Bos
DOAN'S KJ!1V
WIEaMLBURN CO BUFFALO N T
Venal Justice
Former President Tuft during a
visit to Texas said at a dinner la
Wrcston i
“There Is n story which Illustrates
the Importance of keeping our judges
at of business or trade
“It’s a story ubout a magistrate who
was also a flour and feed denier A
fanner was brought before the man
for fulling to notify of a case of cattle
sflgcase The magistrate delivered
Judgment as follows:
“‘You are fined $3 for this offense
wifh $250 costs milking $750 and $9
yo i owe me for your lust bill of feed
r $1050 in all — $1050 or thirty
MHTATION IS 8INCEREST FLATTERY
Bat like counterfeit money the imttd
tied has not the worth of the originall
tavlilt on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
Wtm the original Darkens your hair In
Ike natural way but contains no dye
Mce $UX) — Adv
COT HIS FRYING PAN BACK
indt Gold Miner in New York Loees
Utensil Valued Not for Itself
hot for Ita Contents
Rot many persona who come to the
Waldorf-Astoria travel with a frying
paa as an Important part of their bag-
pgt and when a guest from Nevada
telephoned down to the office that his
fltyteg pun was missing nnd that he
m anxious to catch a train for hts
Beane Inside of half an hour there was
consternation among the clerks says
e New York Times Investigation
Mowed however that the man from
(Be quick-divorce state bad not been
Indag to lower the cost of living by
taming his room Into a kitchenette
dnring his visit He Is part owner of
n gold mine out In Nevada and when
Be mine east he brought the pun along
tashew his-old friends here what pan-
ning gold was Hkp He lmd been dem-
onstrating this during the morning be-
Bara an Interested group using the
washstand as a sluice w hen receiving
sadden call he put the pnn with
gold in It la the handiest spot
hurried dbwnstuirs When he
back Inter to pack his gr'ps the
was missing ‘ Investigation re-
vested that the mnld who uttended
(Be room had found the foiug pan
nd its presence was such nn unusual
thing that she had turned it over to
Ike housekeeper for safekeeping With
s contents Intact It was restored to
Wtm owner In time for hhn to catch bis
tain
A Fee to Gardening
How’s your gurden getting along?"
"fra hating a hard fight of It I
planted a lot of vegetable seeds but
cuy neighbors own chickens nnd con-
found It I believe every one of those
Bt-n lij working for the kaiser"
Wrong Time
“Ro Rlie refused you?’’
Broker — Yes hut It wus my own
fsnlt 1 proposed on a declining mnr-
ket PARENTS
who love to gratify
children’s desire for
the same articles of
food and drink that
grown-ups use find
Instant
Postum
just the thing
“There's a Reason”
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War Hews
The massing of Entento troops in
Thessaly south of the center of the
line now held by General Sar’ail’s
forces taken in connection with the
withdrawal of British forces on the
extreme eastern wing along the lower
reaches of the Struipa river seeming-
ly is an Indication that big events are
in the making in the Macedonian the-
ater in an attempt to retake Serbia
A reeent British report says: "We
captured twenty-one prisoners In the
course of the enemy’s unsuccessful
attempt to regain his lost positions
on Inrantry Hill Our troops also
gained ground slightly on tho Mcs-
sines battle front in the direction of
Warneton
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“The hobtile artillery continues ac-
tive south of Croisilies southwest of
Lens and at a number of points be-
tween Armenteres and Ypres" a re-
port from British headquarters in
France Bays
An attempted German attack north-
east of Cerny on the Aisne front was
broken up by the French the other
night the war office announces Ex-
tremely violent artillery fighting oc-
cuned near Hurtebiae
y The British forces recently deliver-
ed an attack upon and captuied fur-
ther parts of the Hindenburg line
northwest of Bulleeourl notwithstand-
ing the resistance of the Germans
who suffered heavy casualties accord-
ing to the official communication '
( '
On the western front the British
armies have captured 434 guns since
July 1 1916 In Mesopotamia 132 guns
have been taken since the beginning
of the' war exclusive of those lost at
Kut-el-Amara and subsequently recap-
tured In Egjpt eighteen guns have
been taken
Fort Saliff on the east shore of the
Red Sea has been captvred by Brit-
ish warships It was officially an-
nounced recently Ninety-four prison-
ers three machine gune and two
mountain guns and military stores
camels and the harbor plant were
captured One Britisher was killed
4- 4-
The enemy’s withdrawal In the vi-
cinity of the Messine3 Ridge Is extend-
ing somewhat farther southward The
German heavy shells are generally
reported as falling at the extreme
range which means that the enemy
has withdrawn bis big guns as far as
possible short of actually putting
them out of action
Washington
The American people have respond-
ed to the government's call for funds
to finance the war with an oversub-
scription to tbe two billion dollars
Liberty Loan of proportions so huge
that officials were burled beneath a
landslide of untabulated returns Tbe
exact figures will not be announced
until tabulations are completed
4 4 4
President Wilson has slgl ed tbe
8000 million dollar War Bulget bill
which carries appropriation i for tbe
new army and other war preparations
It is tbe largest single appropriation
measure ever enacted by any govern-
ment Full approval has been given by tbe
War Department tj tbe air supremacy
program of the defense council's air-
craft board and President Wilson has
been asked to put the administration's
support behind the great project for
which an appropriation of 600 million
dollars is sought
4-
Herbert C Hoover has outlined hts
plans for enlisting the Nation's house-
wives as actual members of the food
administration and appealed to them
to Join him in the fight for conserva-
tion measures and the elimination of
waste The women will be enrolled
during a period of registration from
July 1 to July 15 through the Council
of National Defense and the state de-
fense councils
A severe rain and hall storm struck
Washington the other afternoon The
Senate and House sessions were
forced to recess (luring the height of
the storm as the noise of hail stones
on the Capitolr roof drowned out de-
bate 4 4 4
Domestic
The submarine chaser building pro-
gram is more than a month ahead of
schedule The navy department an-
nounces that nearlv three times the
expected number of 110-foot chasers
will be delivered by August 1 accord-
ing to present indications and that all
of tbe large number of boatB ordered
are actually uuder construction
4 4 4
Governor Burnquist announced re-
cently thnt shortages ol more than
$38000 and pci haps as much as $30-
000 of government military property
issued to the Minnesota national guard
are discloaeJ by an investigation of
1916 records
4 4 4
The British union jack was taken
up Bunker Hill for the first time re-
cently in a military and civic parade
commemorating the historic battle on
the heights of Chariestown between
the Americans and the English 142
years ago
4 4 4
A statement that the grain trans-
portation situation throughout the
country shows marked improvement
was authorized recently in New Yorl
by Fairfax Harrison chalrmah of the
railroad war board
4- A A
Emma Goldman editor of “Mother
Earth” and Alexander Berkman edi-
tor of "The Blast” have been locked
up In the Tombs at New York on a
complaint charging them with engag-
ing in a conspiracy to induce men ol
military age not to register undor tb
elective draft law
The act of registering under
the selective draft law does not
prevent men from enlicting in
any of the government’s forces
that are now organized Men
between the agea of eighteen and
forty can volunteer for the regu-
lar army the navy the marine
corps the national guard or the
naval militia Men are needed
at once to fill the ranks of all
of theca branches of the sarvioe
Widespread attempts on the part of
munitions makers to avoid the pay-
ments of profits taxes imposed ' by
Congress last September have been
reported by- the 4nternal revenue
agents who have been working quiet-
ly for the last two months checking
up the manufacturers’ returns
4 ”4 4 '
Secretary Daniels has ordered coal
and oil producers to siipply the enor-
mous quantities needed by the navy
at prices to be fixed later by the
President when the federal trade com-
mission has determined a fair rate
4-
The Boy Scouts of America’s 4-day
Liberty Loan campaign according to
returns thus far received totaled $15-
214350 from 1943 cities and towns
4 4 4
Three women are dead the resi-
dence section of one town has been
destroyed crops over a wide area
burned about one thousand persons
have been made homeless and several
settlements and resoits were In peril
at last reports from two brush fires
which for the last twenty-four hours
have been burning furiously in the
Santa Barbara Cal National Foiost
riftioth Illinois general assem-
bly quit work at 7 a m after an all-
night session that was said to have
broken records fer duration and work
accomplished
4- 4-
Southwest
The federal grand jury has begun
an investigation into tbe high prices
of foodstuffs in St Louis The in-
vestigation will deal with the food
situation generally but it is under-
stood it will be directed particularly
against alleged speculation in sugar
rice flour and potatoes -4-4-4-After
more than doubling Us ap-
portionment of 2 M million dollars for
tbe Liberty Loan Tulsa Ok has sub-
scribed In a 9-hour campaign $104000
for the Red Cross The drive had
been for $100000
4 4
Arthur Gammon a young oil oper-
ator of Tulsa Ok will sail from New
York for France In a few days to
drive a field ambulance contributed
by himself Gamman and his business
partner Raymond W McIntosh were
among the first in Tulsa to volunteer
as officers
4 4 4
AH tbe ten anti-draft agitators ar-
rested and Indicted at Kansas City by
the federal grand jury have been re-
leased by Judge A S Van Valken-
burgh of the federal court on bonds
of $2000 each Those released pre-
viously were required to furnish $5000
bond
4 4 4
William A Hamilton was found
guilty on one of two counts of a
charge of white slavery by a jury
which returned a sealed verdict in
the United States district cojirt at
Kansas City He was sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary at Lea-
venworth and ordered to pay the costa
of tbe prosecution
4 4 4
Foreign
The town of Kirsanov In the prov-
ince of Tambov in Central Russia
has proclaimed itself an autonomous
republic A fight between partisans of
opposing parties there followed the
proclamation and eight persons were
killed and many wounded
4 4 4
An official statement issued by the
British admiralty says that a Teuton
submarine probably has been sunk bv
Japane e warships in the Mediter-
ranean 4- 4-
The durna in secret se sion has
adopted a resolution for an immediate
offensive by the Russian troops The
resolution declares a sepnrate peace
with Cermany or pioionged Inactivity
on the battle front to be ignoble trea-
son toward Russia's allies
f 4 4- 4-
It was announced in the House of
Commons recently that the govern-
ment had decided to release all the
prisoners taken In tbe Irish rebellion
of Easter Sunday a year ago
4 4 4
General Pershing was given a re-
markable greeting by the deputies
when he entered the diplomatic
French box in the Chamber of Depu-
ties just before Premier Ribot rose to
ell the Chamber wbat the Allies pur-
posed doing in Greece The first part
f the session partook of the nature
of an official parliamentary reception
to General Pershing
4 4-
Sixteen German airplanes flew over
tbe North Sea recently and dropped
many bombs on the small towns and
villages in Essex and Kent Only four-
teen of them returned to their homi
base for two weie brought down by
British guns So far as lute reports
show only two persons weio killed
(f J
Fifty persons weie lulled and many
persons were Injured by an explosion
at Ashton-Under-Lyne Andiew Bon-
nr Law chancellor of the exchequer
announced in tbe Houso of Commons
recenllj
4 4 4
The Gorman submarine toll of Brit-
ish met chant shipping since February
17 as shown In official British fig-
ures compiled in Washington la 322
vessels of more than sixteen hundrei
tons and 135 of less than sixteen hun-
dred British steam fishing vessek
sunk In that period numbered seventy-six
4- 4- 4-
Two persona were killed and sixteen
injured in the latest aiP raid on Lon-
don during which a Zeppelin was
brought down A large number ot
bouses were damaged
“FORCED INTO WAR” —
PRESIDENT WILSON
Chief Executive Lays Blame for
Conflict Upon Germany
Declares - American People Had No
Choice But to Take Up Arms— Du-
plioity and Intrigues of the Kaiser's
Government Forced the Conflict In
Which the Nation Is Engagsd
Washington June 15 — President
Wilson in his Flag day speech set
forth the alms of the United States In
the present war practically as fol-
lows: My Fellow Cittsens: We meet to
celebrate Flag Day because this flag
which we honor and under which ve
serve Is the emblem of our unity our
power our thought and purpose as a
nation It has no other character than
that which we give It from generation
to generation The choices are ours
It floats in majestic silence above the
hosts that execute those choices
whether in peace or In vvur And yet
though silent it speaks to us — speuks
to us of the past of the men and wom-
en who went before us and of the rec-
ords they wrote upon it We celebrate
the day of its birtli and from Its birth
nntll now It has witnessed a great his-
tory has floated on high the symbol of
great events of a great plan of life
worked out by a great people V e are
about to carry it Into battle to lift It
where it will draw the Ore of our en-
emies We are about to bid thousands
hundreds of thousands it may be mil-
lions of our men the young the Btrong
the capable men of the nation to go
forth nnd die beneath It on fields of
blood far away — for what? For some
unaccustomed thing? For something
for which It has never sought the lire
before? American armies were never
before sent across the seas Why are
they sent now? For some new pur-
pose for which this great flag has nev-
er been carried before or for some old
familiar heroic purpose for which It
has seen men its own men die on ev-
ery battlefield upon which Americans
have borne arms since the Revolution?
These are questions which must be
answered We are Americans We In
our turn serve America and can serve
her with no private purpose We must
use her flag as she has always used It
We are accountable at the bar of his-
tory and must plead in utter frankness
vi hat purpose It Is we seek to serve
No Choice But War's Arbitrament
It Is plain enough how we were
forced Into the war The extraordi-
nary insults and aggressions' of the Im-
perial German government left us no
self-respecting choice but to take up
arms In defense of our rights as a free
people and of our honor as a sovereign
government The military masters of
Germany denied us the right to be neu-
tral They tilled our unsuspecting com-
munities with vicious spies and con-
spirators and sought to corrupt the
opinion of our people In their own be-
half When they found that they could
not do that their agents diligently
spread sedition amongst us and sought
to draw our own citizens from their
ullegiance and some of those agents
were men connected with the official
embassy of the German government It-
self here In our own capital They
sought by violence to destroy our In-
dustries and arrest our commerce
They tried to incite Mexico to take up
arms agaluBt us and to draw Japan in-
to a hostile alliance with her — and
that not by indirection but by direct
suggestion from the foreign office In
Berlin They impudently denied us
the use of the high seas and repeated-
ly executed their threat that they
would send to their death any of our
people who ventured to approach the
coasts of Europe And many of ou
own people were corrupted Men be-
gan to look upon their own neighbors
with suspicion and to wonder In their
hot resentment and surprise whether
there was any community la which
hostile Intrigue did not lurk What
groat natloa In such circumstances
would not have token up arms? Much
as we had desired peace It was denied
us and not of our own choice This
flag under which we serve would have
been dishonored hod we withheld our
hand '
Relations With German People
But thnt Is only part of the story
We know now as clearly as we knew
before we were ourselves engaged thnt
we are not enemies of the German peo-
ple and thut they are not our enemies
They did not originate or desire this
hideous war or wish thnt we should be
drawn kito It and we are vaguely con-
scious that we are fighting their cause
as they will some day see It as well as
our own They are themselves in the
grip of tbe same sinister power that
hns now at last stretched Its ugly tal-
ons out and drawn blood from us The
whole world Is In the grip of that pow-
er nnd is trying out the great battle
which shall determine whether It Is to
he brought under Its mastery or fling
Itself free
The war was begun by the military
masters of Germany who proved to be
Iso the musters of Austria-!! ingary
The Fesr of Fear '
The other day I caine across a
tine Yogi saying’ “There la nothing
to fear but fear” If more people
would realize the truth of that life
for them would become a braver and
better thing So many of us go
about weighted with fear and appre-
hension of calamities that may never
happen Even fear of death Is but a
commou form of tea" of life It la
not these things thv-selves not
death nor pain that are truly terrl
ble but the fear of them That man
would find his capacity for me in
creased a hundredfold v ho could really
grasp and make Siis own the truth—
"there la nothing to fear but fear"—
FUson Young
' Close Packing Best
Moat peote are afraid ot rrusnlng
tbeir clothes by packing tiiem too
tightly yet 'hla la the secret ot auc-
cessful packing If they are allowed
room to slid l and slip they will come
forth wrinkled and mussed whereas
ir they are firuly held In place -n a
trunk which Is not too large for Its
contents yoa will get tar better re
These men have never regarded na-
tions as peoples men women and
children of like blood and frame as
themselves for whom governments ex
Isted and In whom governments had
their life They have regarded them
merely as serviceable organizations
which they could by force or Intrigue
bend or corrupt to their own purpose
They have regarded the smaller states
In particular and the peoples who
could be overwhelmed by force as
their natural tools and Instruments of
domination Their purpose has long
been avowed
Military Masters Dominate Germany
Their plan was to throw a broad belt
of German military power and political
control across the very center of Eu-
rope and beyond the Mediterranean In-
to the heart of Asia and Austria-Hungary
was to be s much their tool and
pawn as Serbia or Bulgaria or Turkey
or the ponderous states of the East
The dream bad Its heart at Berlin It
could have had a heart nowhere else I
It rejected the Idea of solidarity of
race entirely The choice of peoples
played no part in it at all They ar-
dently desired to direct their own af-
fairs would be satisfied only by undis-
puted Independence They could be
kept quiet only by the presence or toe
constant threat of armed men The
German military statesmen had reck-
oned with nil that and were ready to
deal with It In their own way '
Deceitful Cry for Peace
Is it not easy to understand the eag-
erness for peace that has been mani-
fested from Berlin ever since the snare
was set and sprung? Peace peace
peace has been the talk of her foreign
oftice for nbw a year and more not
peace upon her own Initiative bnt up-
on the Initiative of the nations over
which she now deems herself to hold
the advantage Through all sorts of
channels It hns come to me and In all
sorts of guises but never with the
terms disclosed which the German gov-
ernment would be willing to accept
That government still holds a valuable
part of France though with slowly re-
laxing grasp and practically the whole
of Belgium It cannot go further It
dare not go back It wishes to dose
Its bargntn before It is too late
The military masters under whom
Germany Is bleeding see very clearly
to what point Fate has brought them
If they fall back or are forced back
an Inch their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like a
bouse of cards If they can se-
cure peace now with the Immense ad-
vantages still In their hands which
they have up to this point apparently
gained they will have Justified them-
selves before the German people they
wilt have gained by force what they
promised to gain by It: ap immense
expansion of German power an Im-
mense enlargement of German Indus-
trial and commercial opportunities If
they fall their people will thrust them
aside a government accountable to
the people themselves will be set up
In Germany as It has been In England
In the United States la France and
In all the great countries of the mod-
ern time except Germany If they suc-
ceed they are safe and Germany and
the world are undone If they fall Ger-
many Is saved and the world will be at
peace If they succeed we and all
the rest of the world must remain
armed as they will remain and must
make ready for tbe next step of ag-
gression If they fall tbe world may
unite for peace and Germany may be
of the union -
Practiced Campaign of 'Deceit
The present particular aim of the
masters of Germany Is to deceive all
those who throughout the world stand
for the rights of peoples and the self-
government of nations for 'they see
whqjt Immense strength the forces of
Justice and of liberalism are gathering
out of this war
The sinister Intrigue Is being no less
actively conducted In this country than
In Russia and In every country In Eu-
rope to which the agents and dupes of
the Imperial German government can
get access
Is a People's War
The great fact that stands out above
all the rest Is that this Is a People’s
war a war for freedom and justice and
self-government amongst all the na-
tions of the world a war to make the
world safe for the peoples who live in
It nnd have made It their own the
German people themselves Included
nnd that with us rests the choice to
break through all these hypocrisies and
patent cheats and masks of brute force
and help set the world free or else
stund aside and let It be dominated h
long nge through by sheer weight of
arms and the arbitrary choices of self-
constituted masters by the nation
which cun maintain the biggest armies
and the most irresistible armaments —
a power to which the world has af-
forded no parallel and In the face of
which political freedom must wither
and perish
For us there Is but one choice We
have made it Woe be to the man or
group of men thnt seeks to stand In
our way In this day of high resolution
when every principle we hold dearest
Is to be vindicated and made secure for
the salvation of the nations We are
ready to plead at the bar of history
and onr flag shall wear a new luster
sults A hostess shudders too on be-
holding the arrival of a mammoth
trunk It la very Inconsiderate to in-
cumber her with too much luggage
and this Is a point to remember If
you would be a welcome guesL
Ladylike Boxing Glove
A pneumatic boxing glove baa been
patented by a Philadelphia man Tbe
glove Is Mown up through a tube and
when Inflated is of the general ap-
pearance of the ordinary boxing glove
Being filled with air Instead o$ horse-
hair however it ia much less likely
to cause damage to tbe countenance
In a friendly bout It Is said to be
Impossible to cause cuts or bruises
with this pneumatic glove — Techni-
cal World Magazine
Flowers on the Bark
The United States agricultural de-
partment is endeavoring to acclima-
tize the jabotlcaba tree from Brazil
which unlike any other tree bears
Its fruit and flowers on the bark
The fruit is like a grape and has
excellent qualities — Exchange
U S AD ML IS
HIGHLY HONORED
ADMIRAL SIMS 18 COMMANDING
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES IN
IRI8H WATERS
BfG SURPRISE TO WASHIK8T0N
Tremendous Responsibility Rests on
Him — American Government - Had
No News ef U S Naval Officer’s
High Appointment Until Yesterday
Washington June 20 — A brief mes-
sage from -London today brought the
navy department Its first news of the
appointment of Vice-Admiral Sims
to command the allied naval forces In
Irish waters during the absence of the
commander of that district Tbe de-
partment had no other Information as
to tbe new responsibilities placed up-
on the American officer
The goverlment has given Admiral
Blms wide powers to enable him to
meet any situation that may arise Be
cause of tbe distance from Washing
ton to the scene of operations no
effort was made to hamper the officer
with requirements that he report for
orders The admiral has full author-
ity to act on hls own Initiative In dis-
posing of the forces at hls command
Mach of his time has been spent In
London and Paris and today’s advices
are tbe first to Indicate that he has
been at sea with bis ships The news
led to much speculation ns to what
American warshlo he might be using
as a flseshlp Tbe only fact dtsclos
ed by the department as to vessels
now In European waters have been
that destroyers have bee nBent to Brit-
ish ports and the naval collier Jupiter
to a French port with supplies "
Trefiiendous responsibilities have
been placed on Admiral Sims’ should
ers The tale of torpedoed ships In
Irish waters Is an oft-repeated one It
baa been said that even without the
American vessels the British have bad
thousands of destroyers aubmraine
chasers of all sizes and kinds mine
sweepers aircraft and every other
known method of combating sub-
marines posted in these waters in the
effort to keep open the shipping lanes
All these forces are now under tA
miral Sima On him also rests prob
ably the doty of arranging for the ar
rival and -departure of all vessels that
play Irish waters
In some quarters it was pointed out
that England’s action might have a
political effect in Ireland It might
tend to show beyond ouestion It was
suggested that the British and Ameri-
can governments were in perfect ac-
cord VICTORY DEPENDS UPON FOOD
Food Power Is Co-Equal With Man
Power Lord Rhondda High Brit-
ish Official Asserts '
London June 20 — “In the war and
cspeclaly at this' stage food power Is
coequal with man-power" Lord Rhon-
dda the new food controller said to-
day In an interview "The problem
of Great Britain’s food primarily do
pends upon the supply and In the
main the solution of the problem o’
supply lies In America I am sure
they will not ‘let us down’”
Lord Rhondda took over tbe duties
of food controller today and this was
bis first interview with members of
the American press
"Unless we can be assured of food
sufficient to enable this and tbe other
allied countries of Europe to carry on
the war to a successful conclusion!"
he continued “It would be almost sup-
erfluous to appoint a fodd controller
The most perfect system of distribu-
tion and the most equitable regualtion
of prices would be a mere waste of
time and effort unless every measure
Is taken to keep up the allied food sup
ply
"For this we depend to a vital de-
gree upon the United States and Can
ada”
’ U S Treasury Condition
Washington June 20 — Condition o t
the United States treasury at the close
today showed: Net balance in general
fund $315 764921 Total receipts $26-
884923 Total payments $4549891
The surplus tblB- fiscal year Is $55-
610973 against a deficit of $34348-
759 last year exclusive of-Panama ca-
nal and public debt transactions
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Equal Suffrage For British Woman
London June 20 — The principle of
women suffrage was adopted in the
house of commons tonizht by the over
whelming majority of 330 votes Sir
Frederick Banbury’s amendment on
the proposal was rejected by 385 to 66
Bee’s Intelligenes Overrated
The Intelligence of the honey bee
has been greatly overrated according
to Everett F Phillips who Is the
government expert on bee culture
He says that this Insect really has no
adaptability at all but a wonderfully
perfected Instinct Success In bee-
keeping therefore depends upon study-
ing the bee and giving It exnctly wlinl
Its Imperious Instincts require For
example tho space between the wall ol
a hive and the comb In which the
honey Is to be placed must be exactly
a quarter of an Inch If It Is more
the bees will store honey in the space
nnd If It Is less they will seal It dosed
In either case the hive must he broken
open to get the honey
“The Terrapin War"
"The Terrapin war” was nick-
name used by the opponents of tin
war of 1812 oq nccouut of the em-
bargo against trade with Englund ot
commercial Intercourse with Canudn
They said this cutting of commerce
was like a terrapin drawing within
Its own shell though os a matter ol
fact a terrapin always has good rea-
son for such action
ilCAII
9 1 11
No Financial Depression and
None Since the War Began
'
A well-known correspondent of an
Important Western daily paper recent-
ly made an extended visit to Western
Canada and In summing np the re- -suits
after going thoroughly Into con
dltlons there says there Is no financial
depression In Canada nor has there -been
anything of tbe tort sines the
war began ' Anyone who has watched x
tho barometer of trade and seen the y
bank clearings of the different dues
grow and continue to grow win hare
arrived at the same conclusion The
trade statistics reveal a Ilka situation
The progress that the farmers are
making le highly satisfactory As this
'correspondent says: "It Is true there
have been adaptations to meet new
conditions end taxes have been re "
vised and that a very large burden of
added expense In many lines has been
assumed but It has all been done me-
thodically carefully and with full re-
gard for the resources to he called on
"That this has been done fairly and
wisely Is proved by the present com-
fortable financial position
“With tbe exception of $ restricted
area in the east Canada le not an In-
dustrial country Tbe greater portion
of the Dominion must be classed as
agricultural area with only an Infini-
tesimal part of It fully developed
"Lacking complete development tbe
agricultural portion of Canada has
naturally placed Its main dependence
upon fewer resources than would be '
the case in the States Even In peace
times business would be subject to
more frequent and wider fluctuations
due to the narrower foundation upon
which It rests '
"Thus Canada has been able to
come up to the war with efficiency and
sufficiency and to maintain and even
advance Its civilian activities
"Canada’s first element of financial '
strength lay In its branch bank sys-
tern This system hoe two great ad-
vantages: It makes the financial re-
sources ofi the Dominion fluid so that '
supplies of capital can ran quickly
from the high spots to the low spots?
also it places at the command of each
Individual branch the combined re-
sources of the whole Institution so
that there Is an efficient safeguard
against severe strain at any on
point
"Here In Winnipeg’ the all -Canada
banking houses maintain big strong
branches and as elsewhere In the
Dominion these held to an attitude of
saneness and solidity that prevented
even the start of any financial dis-
turbance That business generally is now com-
ing strong on an even keel Is largely-
due to tbe absolute refusal of the'
banks both branch and Independent -to
exhibit the slightest signs of' ex-
citement or apprebenslvenesa '
“For all Canada tho savings bank
figures are astonishing Beginning with
1913 they are for the fiscal year end-
ing March 81 :
1913 $622928968
1914 603650230 '
1915 683761432
1916 7381694212' -
1917 888705608
’ “These figures represent what Cana-
dians have pat away after paying the
Increased living cost which Is abont
the same as In the States all Increas-
es In taxes and Imports of all kinds
made necessary by tbe war and gen-
erous subscriptions to war bond Is-'
sues 1
"Prohibition has helped greatly In
keeping the money supplies ctrcnlat- 1
Ing In the normal necessary channels
Tradesmen generally attribute a large
part of tbe good financial condition to
the fact that the boose bill has been
eliminated Canada takes law enforce-
ment with true British seriousness
"Financially as In every other re-
spect Canada has developed snfflden-'
cy She has done It In spite of Initial
conditions which would not look prom-
Istng In the States and she has done it
tn a big strong way t
"One of the best things ws did" said
one of the leading Winnipeg bankers
to me "was to decide early in the
game that we simply would not borrow
troable -
"We started In Ignorance of how the
war would develop and without know-
ing exactly what our resources were
and had to find the way
"And yet Canadians are not overbur-
dened with taxes nor are they com-
plaining of them For the common
people there has been but a slight tax
increase if any In a direct way In-
direct payments of course are made
ia the shape of higher prices for living
commodities but tbe price advance on
such Items is no heavier than In the
States in the some period” — Advertise-
ment - ! t
11 " 1 1 -
What Could He Do?
i The Monon passenger car was filed
nnd jvhen stop was made at a small
way station a man and woman board-
ed It ’
Mr S who was occupying a seat
by himself arose and offered the wom-
an a seat She accepted but when
Mr 8 resumed Ills seat slie remarked: -"I
prefer my husbnnd to Bit by me If
you please” ‘
When asked what he did Mr S re-
plied: “Well what could I do but
comply?” — Indianapolis Nows
THIS 18 THE AGE OF YOUTH
You will look ten years younger If yoa
darken your ugly grizzly gray hairs by
using "La Creole” Hair Dressing — Adv
Heard at the Club
"That’s Fred Darling just come in '
You know bis wife made him"
"You mean that fellow with n waxed
mustache and manicured noils?”
“Yes”
"Well I know women did fancy
work but I never knew they did any-
thing ns fnney as that"
Will Have to Dig
They were talking in Washington
about putting a henvy tax on idle
lands In other words the landlords
will have to dig one way or another—
Houston Post
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