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THE TIMES, TEXHOMA. OKLAHOMA.
HUSBAND OBJECTS ULTIMATUM
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia EL
Pinkham's Vegetable
f
t Compound
Des Moines, Iowa.—" Four years ago
I was very sick and my life was nearly
spent The doctors
stated that I would
never get well with-
out an operation
and that without it
I would not live one
year. My husband
objected to any
operation and got
me some of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound. I took
it and commenced
to get better and am now well, am
stout and able to do my own housework.
1 can recommend the Vegetable Com-
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
if it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound."—Mrs. Blanche Jeffer-
son, 703 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to a surgical opera-
tion it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
"Write to the Lydia E. Pinkliam
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for
advice—it will be confidential.
HAS BEEN SENT
TO GERMANY
WILL BREAK RELATIONS UNLESS
DESTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL
VESSELS IS STOPPED.
WANTS AN ANSWSR AT ONCE
Wilson Puts Message In Unequivocal
Terms—Submarines May Only Be
Used When Noi Interfering With
Rights of Humanity and Interna-
tional Law.
tack*without compunction against ves-! unhappily, It does not stand alons.
■els of every nationality and bound I "Recent events make the conclusion
upon every sort of errand. Vessels of I Inevitable that it is only one instance,
neutral ownership, even vessels bound even though it be one of the most ex-
from neutral port to neutral port, have ' treme and distressing instances, of the
been destroyed along with vessels of spirit and method of warfare which
belligerent ownership in constantly in-: tb-e imperial German government has
Of Course Not.
"I certainly do enjoy reading the
conclusions of scientific gentlemen."
"They exasperate me sometimes by
their fatuous assumption of wisdom."
"That's because you don't go about
it right. The sort of conclusions they
reach in the Sunday newspapers
should never be taken seriously."
FRECKLES
Now Is the Tim® to Get Bid of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckle*. as the
prescription othine—double strength—Is
guaranteed to remove these homt ly spots
Simply get an ounce of othine—doubls
strength—from your druggist, and apply a
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce Is needed to com-
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautlrur
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee of
money back If it falls to remove freckles.—
Adv.
Cooling It Off-
Bill—I see a pocket-size electric fan
has been invented.
Jill—To keep money from "burning '
in the pocket, no doubt.
Thousands Tell It
Why dally along with backache and
kidney or bladder troubles? Thousands
tell you how to find relief. Here's a
ease to guide you. And it's only one
of thousands. Forty thousand Ameri-
can people are publicly praising Doan's
Kidney Pills. Surely it is worth the
while of any one who has a bad back,
who feels tired, nervous and run-down,
who endures distressing urinary disor-
ders, to give Doan's Kidney Pills a trial.
A Kansas Case
Mrs. Jennie Jack- , . .. .
son. Avenue E, W.. TjW MrtwMb • *>
Kingman, Kan..
says: "Shooting pains
darted through the
small of my back and
my limbs swelled
badly, In fact, I was
In a terrible shape
with kidney trouble.
Last summer I had
the worst attack of
all and was nothing
but a skeleton of my
former self. I tried
different m e d loincs,
but nothing helped
mt, until 1 t o o k
Doan's Kidney Pills. They cursd me
and from that day to this, I have been
In good shape.
Get Doan's at Any Store. 80c a Bo*
DOAN'S
FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
Washington.—President Wilson, In
an address to a joint session of Con-
gress, announced his decision regard-
ing the controversy with Germany re-
garding submarine warfare.
Before his address to Congress the
President announced that he had sent
to Germanay a note containing the
warning of a break in relations.
The President made no request of
Congress. He had simply fulfilled a
promise that he would advise Congress
in case he took action such as he re-
ported.
Following is the President's address
in full:
"Gentlemen of the Congress: A sit-
uation has arisen in the foreign rela-
tions of the country of which it is my
plain duty to inform you very frankly.
"It will be recalled that in February,
1915, the. imperial German government
announced its intention to treat the
waters surrounding Great Britain and
Ireland as embraced within the seat
of war and to destroy all merchant
ships owned by its efeemies that might
be found within any part of that por-
tion of the high seas and that it
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo-
ing with "La Creole ' Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.—Adv.
Something Accomplished.
Bacon—Do you believe he'll ever
learn to write a good hand?
Egbert—No; I guess he'll be able to
make his mark.
warned all vessels of neutral as -well
as of belligerent ownership to keep.! own rick; but the imperial
creasing numbers.
"Sometimes the merchantman at-
tacked has been warned and sum-
moned to surrender before being fired
on or torpedoed; sometimes passen-
gers or crews have been vouchsafed j
the poor security of being allowed to ■
take to the ship's boats before she was
sent to the bottom.
Tragedy Followed Tragedy.
"But again and again no warning |
has been given; no escape even to
the ship's boats alloNved to those on !
board.
"What this government foresaw
must happen has happened. Tragedy ;
has followed tragedy on the seas in
such fashion, with such attendant cir-
cumstances as to make it grossly evi- i
dent that warfare of such a sort, If
warfare it be, can not be carried on
without the most palpable violation of
the dictates alike of right and human-
ity.
| "Whatever the disposition and in-
: tention of the imperial German gov-
ernment. it has manifestly proved im-
possible for it to keep such methods
| of attack upon the commerce of its
| enemies within the bounds set by
either the reason or the heart of man-
kind.
"In February of the present year
the Imperial German government in-
j formed this government and the other
| neutral governments of the world that
1 it had reason to believe that the gov-
ernment of Great Britain had armed
all merchant vessels of British owner-
ship and had given them secret orders
to attack any submarine of the enemy
they might encounter upon the seas,
and that the imperial German govern-
ment felt justified in the circum-
stances in treating all merchantmen
of belligerent ownership as auxiliary
vessels of war, which it would have
the right to destroy without warning.
"The law of nations has long recog-
nized the right of merchantmen to
carry arms for protection and to use
them to repel attack, though to use
them in such circumstances at their
German
A New Remedy for
Kidney, Bladder and
all Uric Acid Troubles
Public Officials' Bonds.
We bond more people than any
other company in the world. Maintain
a special department for bonding pub-
lic officials. Agents everywhere. Write
for rates to Official Bond Depart-
ment, National Surety Company, HO
West St., New York City. "America's
Leading Surety Co." Adv.
Hard to Understand.
Patience—It is said that a noted
British entomologist recently paid
$1,000 for a rare specimen of flea
which is occasionally found In the fur
of the sea otter.
Patience—But I don't understand
what the man would do. with the flea,
or what the sea otter would do with
$1,000."
out of the waters it had thus pre-
scribed, or else enter them at their
peril.
America's First Protest.
"The government of the United j
States earnestly protested. It took
the position that such a policy could
not be pursued without the practical j
certainty of gross and palpable viola- j
tlons of the law of nations particularly j
If submai'ine craft were to be em- j
ployed as Its instruments, inasmuch as !
the rules prescribed by that law, rules j
founded upon principles of humanity j
and established for the protection of
the lives of the non-combatants at sea.
could not, in the nature of the case, 1
be observed by such vessels.
"It based its protest on the ground
that persons of neutral nationality and i
vessels of neutral ownership would j
be exposed to extreme and intolerable 1
risks and that no right to close any i
part of the high seas against their i
use or to expose them to such risks j
could lawfully be asserted by any I
belligerent government.
Rules Based on Humanity.
"The law of nations in these mat- j
ters upon which the government of
the United States based its protests,
Is not of recent origin or founded upon j
merely arbitrary principles set up by
convention. It is based, on the con- i
trary, upon manifest and imperative j
principles of humanity and has long j
been established with the approval and j
by the express assent of all civilized
nations.
"Notwithstanding the earnest pro-
test of our government, the imperial
German government at once proceed-
ed to carry out the policy It had an-
nounced. It expressed the hope that
the dangers Involved, at any rate the
dangers to neutral vessels, would be
'reduced to a minimum by the instruc-
tions which it had issued to its sub-
marine commanders and assured the
government of the United States that
It would take every possible precau-
tion both to respect the rights of neu-
trals and to safeguard the lives of
noncombatants.
Offenses Grew Worse.
"What actually happened in the year
which has since elapsed has shown
I that those hopes were not justified,
those assurances Insusceptible of be-
I lng fulfilled. In pursuance of the pol-
icy of submarine warfare against the
commerce of Its adversaries, thus an-
nounced and entered upon by.the im-
perial German government in spite of
the solemn protest of this government,
the commanders of fierman undersea
vessels have attacked merchant shtys
with greater and greater activity, not
only upou the high seas suroundlng
Great Britain and Ireland, but where-
evpr they could encounter them In a
way that has grown more and more
ruthless, more and more indiscrimin-
ate as the months have gone by, less
and less observant of restraints of
ny kind; and have delivered their at-
government claimed the right to set
these understandings aside under cir-
cumstances which it deemed extraor-
dinary.
"Even the terms In which it an- j
nounced its purpose thus still further ;
to relax the restraints it had previous-:
ly professed its willingness and desire
to put upon the operations of its sub-
marines,"carried the plain implication
that at least vessels which were not
armed would still be exempt from de-'
struction without warning and that
personal safety would be accorded ,
their passengers and crews; hut even |
that limitation, If it was ever practid1 ;
able to observe it, has in fact con- !
stituted no check at all upon the de
Btruetlon of ships of every sort.
Promises Repeatedly Violated.
"Again and again the imperial Ger-
man government has given this gov-
ernment its solemn assurances that at
least passenger ships would not be
thus dealt with, and yet it has again
and again permitted its undersea com-
manders to disregard these assurances
with entire impunity.
"Great liners like the I.usltanla and
the Arabic and mere ferry boats like
the Sussex have been attacked with- !
out a moment's warning, sometimes
before they had even become aware
that they were in the presence of an
armed vessel of the enemy.
Lives Wantonly Sacrificed.
"The lives of noncombatants, pas
sengers and crew have been sacri-
ficed wholesale, in a manner which
the government of the United States
cannot but regard as wanton and
without the slightest color of juslfica-
tion.
"No limit of any kind has, in fact,
been set to the indiscriminate pursuit
and destruction of merchantmen of
all kinds and nationalities within the
waters, constantly extending in area,
where these operations have been car-
ried on.
"The roll of Americans who have
lost their lives on ships attacked and
destroyed has grown month by month
until the oniinious toll has mounted in-
to the hundreds.
"One of tlie largest and most shock-
ing instances of this method of war-
fare was that of the destruction of the
French cross-channel steamer Sussex.
The Sussex Case.
"It must stand forth, as the sinking
of the steamer Lusitania did, as so-
singularly tragical and unjustifiable as
to constitute a truly terrible example
-of the Inhumanity of submarine war-
fare as the commanders of German
vessels have for the past twelve
months been conducting.
"If this Instance stood alone, some
explanation, some disavowal by the
German government, some evidence of
' criminal mistake or wilful disobedi-
ence on the part of the commander
j of the vessel that fired the torpedc
j might be sought or entertained; but,
mistakenly adopted, and which, from
the first, exposed that government to
the reproach of thrusting all neutral
rights aside In pursuit of Its immedi-
ate objects.
United States Is Patient.
"The government of the United
States has been very patient. At
every stage of this distressing experi-
ence of tragedy after tragedy, in which
its own citizens were involved, it has
sought to be restrained from any ex-
treme course of action or of protest
by a thoughtful consideration of the
extraordinary circumstances of this
unprecedented war, and actuated In
all that it said or did by the senti-
ments of genuine friendship, which
the people of the United States always
have entertained and continued to en-
tertain towards the German nation.
"It has, of course, accepted the suc-
cessive explanations and assurances
of the imperial German government as
1 given in entire sincerity and good
faith, and has hoped, even against
hope, that it would prove to be possi-
ble for the German government so to
order and control the acts of Its naval
commanders as to square its policy
with the principles of humanity as em-
bodied in the law of nations.
Only One Interpretation.
I "It has been willing to wait until
the significance of the facts becoms
i absolutely unmistakable and suscepti-
ble of but one Interpretation
"That point has now unhappily been
reached. The facts are susceptible of
hut one Interpretation.
"The imperial German government
i has not been able to put any limits
or restriction upon its warfare against
either freight or passenger ships. It
has therefore become painfully evident
that the position which this govern-
ment took at the very outset Is Inevit-
able, namely, that the use of submai*
ines for the destruction of an enemy's
commerce i« of necessity, because of
the very character of the vessels em-
ployed and the very methods of attack
which their employment of course In-
volves, incompatible with the princi-
ples of humanity, the long established
and incontrovertible rights of neutrals
and the sacred Immunities of non-com-
batants.
Ultimatum to Germany.
"I have deemed it my duty, there-
fore, to say to the German imperial
government that If it ii still Its pur-
pose to prosecute relentless and Indis-
criminate warfare against vessels of
commerce by the use of submarines,
notwithstanding the now demonstrat-
ed impossibility of conducting that
warfare In accordance with what the
government of the United States must
consider the sacred and indisputable
rules of International law and the unl-
versally recognized dictates of human-
ity, the conclusion that there Is but
one course It can pursue; and that
unless the Imperial German govern
ment should now Immediately declare
and effect an abandonment of Its pre '
ent methods of warfare against pas-
senger and freight carrying vessels,
this government can have no choice
but to sever diplomatic relations with
the government of the German env
pire altogether.
Acls With Keen Regret.
"This decision I have arrived at with
the keenest regret. Tlie possibility of
the action contemplated l am sure all
1 thoughtful Americans will look for-
ward to with unaffected reluctance.
"We can not forget that we are in
some sort and, by the force of clrcum
stances, the responsible spokesmen of
the rights of humanity.
"We can not remain silent while
those rights seem in process of being
swept utterly away In the maelstrom
of this terrible war.
"We owe it to a due regard for our
own rights as a nation, to our Sense
of duty as a representative of the
rights of neutrals the world over, and
to a just conception of the rights o!
mankind to take this stand now with
the utmost solemnity and firmness.
"I have taken this stand and taken
it in the confidence that it will meet
with your approval and support. All
sober minded men must unice in hop-
ing that the imperial German govern-
ment, which has in other circum-
stances stood as the champion of all
that we are now contending for in the
interest of humanity, may recognize
the justice of our demands and meet
them in the spirit in which they are
made."
Dear Readers;
I appeal to those of you who are
bothered with kidney and bladder
trouble, that you give up the use of
harsh salts or alcoholic medicines and
in their place take a short treatment
of "Anuric." I have taken many of
Dr. Pierce's medicines for the past
twenty-five years with good results. I
suffered with kidney trouble for some
years. 1 recently heard of the newest
After Grip-
Winter Colds—
Bad Blood
You are pale, thin, weak—with little
vitality. Your liver Is sluggish and
the bad blood causes your stomach
muscleB to lose their elasticity and b*
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Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
ery, purely vegetable and free from
discovery of Dr. Pierce, namely, his alcohol or narcotics, is the great and
"Anuric" Tablets. After using same
I am completely cured of my kidney
trouble. A doctor pronounced me a
well preserved woman for my age, all
due, 1 believe, to Dr. Plerce'B aid.
MRS. MEL1NDA E. MILLER.
If you suffer from backache, lum
bago, rheumatism, get "Anuric" now. | It.- Adv.
powerful blood purifier of today. Ex- (
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Taken as directed it will search
out Impure and poisonous matter
throughout tho system and eliminate
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colts, stallions, all ages and conditions. Most skillful sclentlflo
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Longing to Escape.
"While Miss Pounder was playing 1
noticed you had a far-away look In
your eyes."
"Yes."
•"Were you so much affected?"
"Oh, no. I was merely thinking of
certain far-away places where I wished
I could be."
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the
builds up the system. 50 cents.
Modern Methods.
"Well, well. 1 see where another
member of the so-called upper class Is
charged with murder."
"Does he accuse a mysterious 'little
man' from Afghanistan of Inciting him
to commit the crime, or 1s he going
to enter the old-fashioned plea of in-
sanity?"
Iron
When some men Btart out to look
for the deserving poor their first stop
is before a mirror.
Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Pelletf are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
. They regulate liver and bowels.—Adv.
Somehow the average boy lacks a
mania for acquiring good-conduct
marks at school.
A man who thinks the world Is
growing worse Imagines he is growing
better.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of 1
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorisl
In .the neighborhood of Reading,
England, there are three army horss
depots staffed entirely by women.
WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY
is her hair. If youra la streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray haira, use "La Cre-
ole" Hair Dressing and change it la
the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adr.
Among the "things to worry about"
Luke McLuke has discovered that you
can't drown a bedbug.
Penny postage began in England in
1840.
Resinol
the easy way to
heal sick skins
Resinol Ointment, with Resinol
Soap, usually stops itching instantly.
Unless the trouble is due to some
•erious internal disorder, it quickly
and easily heals most cases of ec-
zema, rash, or similar tormenting
akin or scalp eruption, even when
other treatments have given little
relief. Physicians have prescribed
Resinol for over twenty years.
RfHinol Ointment in an excellent
healing ointment for burns,
scalds, wound*, etc., and with the
help of ReBinoi Soap, clears awar
pimples and daudruJT. Sold by all
druggists.
IF YOU HAVE,
no appetite, Indlsestlpn. Flatulence, Slc!t
Headache, "all run down" or losing flesh, you
v 111 find — ww
Tuffs Pills
lust whst you need. They tone up the wert
Stomach and build uu tb« flagging coergles.
BRINGS MONEY TO FARMERS ammunition.
Cottonseed oil is used to manufac-
ture glycerin which goes into the man
ufacture of nitroglycerin, and thus
helped to put the price of seed up to
an unusual figure. About 3,000,000
bales of cotton have been used In a
year In the manufacture of explosives.
Not content with that, starch and al-
cohol are being used In the composi-
tion of high-power explosives.
The different Industries In this
country have more than doubled their
War Which Must Inevitably Cause
Poverty In Europe Has Been
Source of Advantage Here.
It's an 111 wind that doesn't blow
the farmers some good. The armies
of Europe look to them for a great
deal of their supplies. The soldiers
are fed ai"l clothed with the products
of the farm, and mw they are look-
ing to the farmers tor a ;<u-t of their conaumptlon of corn on this account.
Greece Protests to Allies.
Athens, Greece—The Greek govern-
ment has made a formal protest to tlie
entente allies against the establish-
ment of a naval base in Suda Bay, on
the northern coast of Crete.
German Troops Into Greece.
Salonikl—German troops crossed the
Oreek frontier Monday and destroyed
railway bridges between Dolran and
Aklndual. according to dispatches r
ceived here.
A barrel of pork, a cask of alcohol, a
side of beef or a consignment of ex-
plosives may not look much alike, yet
In a measure they are concentrations
of cotton meal and corn. A soldier
Is clothed with cotton. His occasion-
al bath Is with cotton oil soap. His
beef, pork, butter, eggs and con-
densed milk represent corn and cot-
ton; when he helps to flre a shell he Is
still using corn and cotton. His life
Is sustained, and that of bis enemy
taken, by the use of the same prod-
ucts of the farm.
Sorry He Did It.
It was with considerable trepida-
tion that we approached the shade of
Sir Francis Ilacon, whom we had
crossed the Styx to Interview.
"Is it true," we asked, "that you
wrote the plays usually attributed to
Shakespeare?"
"Yes," he replied, sadly. "It's true
enough, but since I've seen some of
the Hroadway productions of my stuff
I'm not bragging about It."
Sweet Potato Plants
$l.l5per 1000; aad all other kinds, Cab-
bage, Tomato, Etc. Send for our list.
Hayes Seed House, Topeka, Kan.
PATENTS
■ " 9 ■ ** f). 0. Advice and books frss.
Bstes reasonable. Hlfksst references. Beetserrlcs*.
A score of women are now employed
to take the place of policemen by Scot-
land Yard.
l'earssll Mfg.Oo
"inaufl, ifvuuutw!
ilg profits. Hxclu-
lies Moines, lows
Wichita Directory
If a girl In love becomes thinner it
is a case of "loved and lost."
Light moves 192,000 miles per sec-
ond.
t
I heat neal and Masquersde I
FOR RENT or SALE
Costnoies Made to Order. Dress Hnlta for
Rent. All coslnmes disinfected after oss.
IUHHMMM comas CO., Ml Bsiu BMfWUklt*,
txiu, she Dallu, UUihxai CM}, Sums CUT
W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 18-1916.
Wanted 50,000
Farm Hands
f of experience at once on the farms of
Western Canada
To replace the young farmers who
have enlisted for the war. Good wages
and full season's work assured.
There is no danger or
possibility of Con-
scription in Canada.
References required from all applicants. For spe-
cial railway rates and other information apply M
G. A. COOK, 2012 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
AsllioriisJ Caaadiaa Government Agcst
NO PASSPORTS ARE NECESSARY TO ENTER CANADA
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