THE RALSTON TRIBUNE. RALSTON. OKLAHOMA
HEREMTHERE
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS
Peace Notes.
Independent action by the Tyrolean
landtag on the question of union with
Germany is in prospect according to
Austrian dispatches. The landtag, the
advices state, has decided to bold a
plebiscite on this question if the Au-
strian government doeB not act on It
by next month.
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The council of the League of Na-
tions has been summoned to meet at
Geneva February 21, it was announced
in London recently.
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Heavy fighting has been going on
at Flume and Italian carabineers have
entered the city for the purpose of re-
storing order. Some of the military
.forces within Flume have mutinied and
they, together with supporters of Pro-
fessor Zanella, leader of the Italian
people of the city <ind some of the re-
maining legionnaires have been engag-
ed in the fighting.
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A new party, having as Us purpose
the reunion of Austria afid Hungary,
has been formed at Budapest with
Count Andrassy as its president. It
'will seek the restoration of ex-King
Charles.
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Abandonment of the plan of fixing
the total amount of reparations to be
paid by Germany and the substitution
of annual paymen.s has been agreed
upon by French, British and German
delegates, says a Berlin dispatch to
the Paris Journal.
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British troops are being withdrawn
gradually from Mesopotamia as the
country becomes pacified. Official cir-
cles in London den> that any change
in the fundamental policy has been de-
cided upon.    %
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The fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the German empire af-
forded the Nationalist press opportun-
ity for indulging in partisan contem-
plation of tbe nation's present polit-
ical and economic plight and the ulti-
mate working out of democracy as
Insuring tbe future unity of the Ger-
man people.
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It is certain that the sur eme coun-
cil, which will meet In Paris soon,
will send a sharp note to Germany
protesting against the maintenance
defenrive troops in East Prussia
and Bavaria and demancl:r» their Im-
mediate demobilization, the London
Dai'y Express says.
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Washington.
Both the senate and tho house ad
Journed recently out of respect to Hep-
sentative Boober of Missouri, who
died at his home in Savannah. Both
branches of congress appointed com-
mittees to attend the funeral serv
ices. The house committee will in
elude members of the Missouri dele-
gation and be headed by the former
speaker, Champ Clark.
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A department of labor table, says
that If the maximum wage cut of 22 Vi
per cent so fur reported from any cot-
ton mill were applied generally In tbe
industry to 1920 scales, It would leave
an hour wage 2.5 times as high as
prevailed In 1913, or 1.4 times us high
as in 1918
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After an extended debate in which
attempts were made to strike out many
of its items, the house passed the an-
nual Indian appropriation bill, the sixth
of fourteen supply measures to be sent
to the senate this season. As report-
ed to the house the bill carried up
proximately 12 million dollars.
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Limitation of the house of repre-
sentatives membership to 350 by con-
stitutional amendment was proposed
in a resolution introduced ecently by
Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma.
The nieusure was referred to the ju-
diciary committee.
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At the end of the .uo;» turbulent
session of the present congress the
house adopted the reapportionment
bill with an amendment limiting its
membership for tbe next ten years to
the present total of 436.
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Of ten manufacturing Industries
showing a decrease In the number of
employees last December as compared
to the same month of 1919, th- great-
est decline. 52.4 per cent was shown
In the woolen Industry, according to
figures announced by the bureau of
labor statistics.
Domestic.
Two unmasked men, rbout 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, held up the Citizens'
State bank. Washington avenue and
Heights boulevard, Houston, Tozas.
sailed about $7,100 In currency and
$12,500 In Liberty bonds and escapad.
While lumber, hardware ud other
manufactures of materials entering in-
to construction of homes are reducing
prices in the hope of stimulating a re-
vival of building operations, business
agents of tbe thirty-two unions affil-
iated with the Chicago building trades
council met recently and voted unan-
imously to stand pat on the $1.25 an
hour scale for the next three years.
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Guy Kyle, formerly rector of the
Free Methodist church of Mount Ver-
non, who was arrested in c nection
with the theft there recently of thir-
ty-one packages of registered mail,
containing $185,000 in cash, has con-
fessed that he was Implicated in r>e
robbery, postoffice Inspectors an-
nounced.
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Theodore Hammond, 3 years old,
was burned to death and two other
children narrowly escaped death wh3n
fire destroyed the dwelling of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hammond at Detroit, the
other night. Edward Hammond, 2
years old was saved by his father.
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Announcement that the heavy
weight championship boxing bout be-
tween Jack Dempsey, title holder,
and Caorges Carpentier, Eur an
champion, for which tbe enormous
purse of V& million dollars had b~en
offered, has been definitely declared
off, is made by the New York Times.
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Receipt of information that Ameri-
cans were being virtually excluded
from trade in Siberia caused Senator
Johnson, Republican, of California, to
Introduce a resolution proposing an
investigation by the senate foreign
relations committee.
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A Roosevelt two-cent piece is fav-
ored by the house coinage committee,
w-ich reported favorably a senate bill
ing tfca coin. The commit-
tee’s report said there was "genuine
need” for a t vo-cent piece.
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Southwest.
Surprise and some indignation was
expressed among suffragettes at Mus-
kogee, Ok., when it became kno’vn
that a man instead of a woman would
be the private secretary to Miss Alice
Robertson, who next March will be-
come the nation’s only woman mem-
ber of congress.
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Unauthorized reports from McAles-
ter. Ok., that “unwelcome” Mennon-
ites from Canada, wbo caused the
American Legion of Mississippi to
make a vigorous protest against their
Immigration to that state, were to be
invited to McAlester and Pittsburg
County, are denied.
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The midwinter reunion of Oklaho-
ma Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons,
closed recently with the laying of the
corner Btone of the 1% million dollar
Scottish Rite cathedral being erected
on Capital square at Guthrie.
The entire panel of 100 jurors as-
signed to the court jf crim'nal correc-
tion in St. Louis was discharged by
Judge Calvin N. Miller, following the
failure of the state to obtain convic-
tions in two cases in the first trials
by jury for alleged violation of the
state prohibition law.
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Foreign.
Aristide Briand. France’s new pre-
mier, and the members of his min-
istry, have been given a record vote
of confidence by the chamber of dep-
uties. By a vote of 475 to 68 the
deputies put their stamp of approval
on the policies of M. Briand. who in
a two hour speech answered inter-
pellations.
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Calm has been restored In Flume,
where mutinous soldiers and legion-
naires recently took over the barracks
after considerable fighting Nine hun-
dred carabineers and regular Italian
soldiers will niaintaiu order by re-
quest of the Fiume government
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An Armenian uprising against wheat
requisition at Delljan, fifty-six miles
east of Alexandropol, has been sup-
pressed by bolshevlst troops with
much bloodshed according to advices
from the affected region.
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A wireless dispatch from Berlin re-
ports that an encounter has occurred
at Brogutschutz. Upper Silesia, be-
tween an armed mob and the plebis-
cite zone oolice The fighting lasted for
several hours, the report adds, and
casualties occurred on both sides,
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A military funeral for Lieut Warren
H. Langdon, United States navy, was
held at the Y M. C A. building. Vladi-
vostok. close to the dock where the
United States cruiser Albany, of which
he was the chief engineer. Is moored.
The Russian and foreign military offi-
cials and the civilian authorities at-
tended the obsequies.
A Central fJew£ Agency dispatch
from Home states that d'Annuntlo
has arrived at tbe ’tallan capital, and
‘hat he went direct to the palace at
ilarbarigo, refusing to see or talk with
anyone
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POULTRY
CACKLES j
GRAINS FOR POULTRY FLOCK
Corn and Wheat Are Best and About
Equal in Feeding Value—Scratch
Mixture la Good.
Corn, whent, oats, nnd barley are
the principal yralns fed to poultry;
kafir corn nnd buckwheat are used al-
so. but are not so generally available
and usually cost more. Corn and
wheat are the two best grains nnd are
about equal in vnlue as poultry feeds,
although wheat can be fed alone bet-
ter thnn corn, which Is inclined to be
fattening. Oats and bnrtey, on account
of their hulls and higher fiber content,
are not so good as corn or wheat. Rye
is not well relished by fowls and Is
seldom fed. Wheat screenings or
slightly damaged grains sometimes
A Well-Developed Flock Scratching In
Litter for Feed.
may be bought to advantage, their
value depending entirely upon their
quality and condition, but as a rule
only sound grains in good condition
shonld be fed to poultry, and moldy
grains should never be used. The
locally grown grains, which poultry
will eat freely, may generally be used
to the best advantage, say poultry spe-
cialists of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture. A scratch mix-
ture, consisting of whole or cracked
grains, made of a combination of any
two or more of those mentioned, can
be fed to advantage. It is not advis-
able to feed continuously any single
grain, especially con*
A mash made of ground grains, mill
products, nnd meat scrap should be
fed usually in addition to the scratch
mixture. Corirmeal, wheat bran, wheat
middlings, and mea* scrap form the
basis of a good mash, while corn chop,
corn-nnd-cob meal, ground oats, nnd
low-grade flour may be added or sub-
stituted to advantage. Just as good
results can he obtained from a simple
mash, containing three or four ground
grains and meat scrap, ns from a high-
ly complicated mash, containing ten
or twelve products.
A large number of commercial mix-
tures, both of scratch grains nnd of
ground grains, are prepared for poul-
try feeds, hut the value of mixed com-
mercial feed depends upon the com-
position nnd the quality of the grains
used In Its preparation. If a poultry
raiser does not produce any grain and
keeps a comparatively small number
of fowls. It Is often better for him to
buy commercial mixed feeds. The
average farmer, however, should feed
home-grown grains, supplemented with
mill feeds nnd meat scrap, ami the
Inrge poultrymnn usually can mix Ills
own feeds to best advantage. When
two or three kinds of grain are raised,
and ground or mill feeds ar£ not read-
ily available, good results can he ob-
tained by feeding only the grains,
piovlded they are supplemented with
meat scrap or milk.
PROVIDE FOWLS WITH TEETH
Fine Gravel or Coarser Part of Ground
Limestone Will 8upply Grit Need-
ed by Hens.
Give your hens teeth so they can
get the most out of the feed. Fine
gravel or the coarser pnrt of the
ground limestone used for add soils
will supply the grit needed for use la
the crop. The limestone will help sup-
ply needed lime.
CAP
HE WAS EN-LIGHT-ENED. •
During a flood n few years ago the
river reached the power plant about 3
a. m.. cutting oft the power.
Hie operators In the telephone ex-
change called the wire chief, who
started to the office In his flivver, and
found his lights out. Before reaching
the office he was stopped by a police
officer, who asked him why he had no
lights. Doing a little thinking, he told
the officer:
“Of course, my lights are out, the
Juice Is out all over town.”
The officer studied a minute and
said : “By golly, that's so; go ahead."
—Science nnd Invention Mngnzlne.
"AIN’T IT A SHAMET”
Mr. Pfogy:    I declare 1 Women’s
clothes are getting more and more
disgraceful.
Hia Wife:    What now?”
Mr. Pfogy:    Just listen to this ad.
In the paper: “Another startling cut
In evening gowns. All ladies’ gar
ments half off.”
Sound and Senes.
flow oft the force that one employs
A scant result will bring.
The tinhorn makes the loudest rolse
And never suys a thins.
Too reminlne.
“What bccuine of your net’ girl
clerk ?’’
“We had to let lier go," said the
head of the firm. “She had tit head
for business.”
“Too had."
“Yes, she parked her gain op the
adding machine and her powder puff
In the rush register.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Preparation.
Jtistwed—Don’t bother about gtt
ting ready, ('wine home In dinner wdh
me just as you are.
Oldbatch—It won’t take me long. I
Just want to run up to my room and
down a can of henna for a little filling
before I start.—Houston Post.
Literal Impressions.
“They say John’s new wife has an
awful temper. How did she strike
you ?"
"With anything that came handy.”
Impossible Advice.
“Never deceive your teacher, Wilde.
Always be open with her.”
“How can I ho when she Is a’wnys
shutting me up?”
SYMPTOMS
WOMEN OREM
Mr*. Wilton's Letter Should
Be Read by All Women
Clearfield, Pa.—“After my last child
was born last September I was unable
to do all of my own
work. I had severe
pains in my left side
every month and had
fever and sick dizzy
speDs and such pains
during my periods,
which lasted two
weeks. I heard of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Com-
pound doing others
so much good and
_thought I would give
it a trial. I have been very glad that I
did, for now I feel much stronger and de
all of my work. I tell my friends when
they ask me what helped me, and they
think it must be a grand medicine. Ana
it is. You can use this letter for a tes-
timonial if you wish. ’’-Mrs. Harry A.
Wilson, R. F. D. 6, Clearfield, Pa.
The experience and testimony of such
women aa Mrs. Wilson prove beyond •
doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege-
table Compound will correct such trou-
bles by removing the cause and restor-
ing the system to a healthy normal con-
dition. When such symptoms develop
aa backaches, bearing-down pains, dis-
placements, nervousness and “the
blues'’a won
fort and happiness.
Chinese Remedy.
The Chinese laundry had ruined his
collars. Their saw-edge wus cutting
tils neck. Besides, they looked dis-
graceful. He thought it was time to
complain, because they hud been laun-
lercd only a few times.
“Sec here, Lee Sain,” he began. “I
s'on’t have this! You ure simply ruin-
ing every collar I possess! Why don’t
you take a little tnorfe pains? What
ure you going to do about It?”
The laundryinan looked at him with-
out emotion, and said: “You buy more
collar!”
The prices of cotton and linen havw
been doubled by the war. Lengthen
their service by using Red Croat Be.W
Blue In tbe laundry. All grocers, fie.
Mora Widows Than Widowers.
According to the United States cen-
sus of 1020, there are In this country
at this time 3,170.000 widows and only
1,471,200 widowers. This Indlcutes
that the chances ore, on the uverago,
two to one that u man will pass away
before his wife. The main reason for
this condition of affairs la that the
wife Is generally several years young-
er than the husband, nnd then, too,
at the ages above fifty the mortality
rate for men Is much higher than for
women.—Bankers’ Life Bulletin.
Stop That Backache!
Those agonizing twinges, that dull,
throbbing backache, may be warning of
serious kidney weakness—serious if neg-
leeted for it might easily lead to gravel,
dropsy or fatal Bright’s disease. If you
are suffering with a bad back look for
other proof of kidney trouble. If there
are dizzy spells, headaches, tired feel-
ing and disordered kidney action, get
after the cause. Use Doan’s Kidney
Pills, tbe remedy that has helped thou-
sands. Satisfied users recommend
Doan’s. Ask your neighbor I
Mrs. R. M. War-
nlcke. Pleasanton.
Kam., says: “1 had
kidney weakness
and my back com-
menced to ache.
Sharp palna caught
me and caused
great suffering and
my Kidneys acted
too often. 1 became
weak and nervous,
tired out easily and
was generally run
down. I read of ... . . . _
Doan's Kidney Pills and two boxes
entirely rid me of kidney complaint.'
DOAN’S VSBff
FOSTER-M1LBURN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
Skin Troubles
-Soothed-
With Cuticura
2S aad 58», Ta
SORT OF PULLET TO RETAIN
Fowl That la Wall Matured, Has
Strong Constitution and Lays
Early Is Valuabls.
No matter what the breed. If the
pullet Is well matured, has n strong
constitution, begins to lay early and
Is of good size nnd shape, she Is valu-
able as a future Inhabitant of the poul-
try yard. Gull out the poor birds.
Looks Insures Better Cars.
Rtnndnrd-hred chickens look hette»
ind for that reason will gel bette-
rs rs.
CIPHER
Cholly—They say. you know, that
what a man aata hs becomes.
Peggy—Dear ms. You must be
sating practically nothing.    _
In Both Senses.
‘Man wants but llttla her* below**—
The poet quite forgot •
The man about to build a house.
He alwaye wants a lot.
In the Hospital.
Nurse—I am afraid the society pa-
tient Is losing Ills mind.
Doctor—Well, keep quiet about It
uid nobody will ever know tbr dif-
ference
MACHINE WORK
Of Sll kind a. WRLDINO AND AUTO SO-
pairing. Manufacturers ef Acetylene genera-
tors, torch-* and w-ldlnt equipment.
BROOKS MACUMB CO.
XM W. Lewie St.    WlehMa, Xan
niRE UUHT KXTBACTKD MONEY. SS
lbs. (11.40; terms on larger quantities, remit-
tenco with order. J. J. Durkin. Leaser, Cote.
Baby Coughs
require trief mt with a remedy that sen-
tatne no nplnlm. Ptee’e la niU hot aSe-
Use; pleasant tn tabs. Aak ynnr dnagBt IW
PISO’S
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