Twin City Star

THE TWIN CITY STAR. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FRENCH CAVALRY PURSUING ENEMY FRENCH CAVALRY PURSUING ENEMY AMERICAN INFANTRY CLEARS WAY FOR HORSEMEN TO GET INTO ACTION. GERMANS LEAVE AIRPLANES Just South of Soissons Yankees Capture 3,300 Prisoners, Fifty Cannon, Thousands of Machine Guns and Other War Material. With the American Army in France, July 19.—The American troops carried all before them and proceeded so fast that cavalry was thrown into action. All the American headquarters staff are well inside the territory which the Germans held this morning. The American troops just south of Soissons captured 3,300 prisoners. Fifty cannon had been counted and thousands of machine guns. Northwest of Chateau Thierry the Americans captured large numbers of prisoners and an equally important quantity of munitions and stores. Germans Leave Airplanes. The captures south of Soissons in the way of stores were immense and included some airplanes which the enemy was unable to remove, so swiftly did the storming troops sweep through. Many prisoners and many guns still remain to be counted. The Allies have reached, roughly the line of Belleau, Courchamps, Chouy, Viller-Helon, Chaudun and the heights dominating Soissons. French cavalry has crossed beyond the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry road to openings made by the Franco-American forces. The greatest progress made up to latest reports was about ten kilometers or a little over six miles. After passing the third objectives set, the Americans in co-operation with the French south of Soissons launched a second powerful attack. Tanks Play Important Part. Showing the effect of splendid training the American troops went forward swiftly and fought with fury. Nothing seemed to stop them, especially in the region of Soissons. Light and heavy pieces were moved up as the troops advanced, and soon after each barrage ended, shells from the American guns were deluging the enemy's rear areas, playing havoc with his forces, whether those in retreat or reserves endeavoring to come up. It was open warfare, with all the attending excitement and through the gaps made by heavy guns and infantry, the French cavalry dashed, beating down those, in their patch. Terrific losses were inflicted at all points on the enemy. The tanks did all that was expected of them. The great lumbering engines rolled along in front of the infantry, driving the Germans before them with streams of bullets and clearing away many obstructions that had escaped the artillery. The enemy early began to bring up strong reinforcements. Fresh troops have appeared at various points and a heavy counter attack will probably have to be withstood. On the line south of Soissons the American troops carried all their objectives in the second attack with the same dash as the first, even proceeding further than had been expected. The enemy was routed and for the most part fled before the American advance, abandoning even light guns and ammunition. Only here and there along the line was strong resistance offered and at these points the Germans were attacked with rifle and bayonet, before which they retreated steadily. ONE LONE AMERICAN TAKES 159 BOCHES Rakes German Trench With His Automatic Riffle Until Survivors Surrender. With the American Army in the Champagne, July 19.—After killing or capturing, the crews of four machine guns and raking a boiled trench with his automatic rifle until the survivors surrendered, Sergeant J. F. Brown walked into American headquarters with 159 prisoners. "I am sorry, sir, that I was unable to bring in all I had," he said in reporting, "but four of the wounded died on me." Entitled to Full Pay. Washington, July 19. — American army officers and men, under a ruling of Comptroller Warwick of the treasury, are entitled to their full pay and all allowances, including allotments to dependents, while held prisoners of war by the enemy. Members of the nurse corps, field clerks and other army civilian employees do not come within the ruling. SINGLE COPIES 5 CTS. LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT Lieutenant Roosevelt, who probably fell to his death during an air battle behind the German lines near Chateau Thierry, is the youngest son of the former president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. TWENTY VILLAGES REGAINED FRENCH WAR OFFICE CALLS ADVANCE IMPORTANT. Plateau Dominating Solssone on the Southwest Also Has Been Paris, July 19.—More than twenty villages have been recaptured by the French and American troops in the offensive, according to the War office announcement, which reports also the occupation of the plateau dominating Solissons on the southwest. "We have made an important advance into the enemy lines and have reached the plateau dominating Solissons on the southwest and the region of Chaudun," the statement reads. 4'Between Villers-Helon and Norcy-Sur-Ourcq, violent engagements have been in progress. South of the Ourcq our troops have gone beyond the general line of Marizy, Saint Genevieve, Hautevesnes and Belleau. "More than twenty villages have been retaken by the admirable dash of the Franco-American troops, as well as several thousand prisoners, and important war material." SEVENTEEN YANKEES KILLED IN BATTLE Army and Marine Corps Casualty Lists Also Show Twenty-four Wounded. Washington, July 19.—The last army casualty list shows: Killed in action, 14; died of wounds, 10; died of disease, 6; died of accident and other causes, .2; wounded severely, 20; wounded slightly, 1; missing, 4; total, 57. The name of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt has not yet come through in the official list either of killed or missing. The marine corps casualty list shows: Killed in action, 3; died of wounds, 1; wounded severely, 3; total, 7. The following northwest names appear on the list: Private F. M. Wenzel, Little Falls, Minn., died of disease; Private H. H. Shook, Cherokee, Iowa; Private C. D. Schultz, Hubbard, Iowa, wounded severely. AMERICAN PLAN IS APPROVED BY JAPAN Tokio Government Accepts Washington Proposal for Intervention in Russia. London, July 19.—The Japanese government has reached a decision, which was the outcome of proposals from the United States, says a dispatch from Tokio to the Times, for joint American-Japanese intervention in Siberia. The American proposals, the dispatch adds, were different from those made by Great Britain and France. PRESIDENT EAGERLY SCANS WAR REPORTS Keeps Intimately in Touch by Telephone With All the Latest Developments. Washington, July 19.—The great news of the Franco-American offensive was dispatched to the White House as rapidly as it came into the Washington press offices. President Wilson scanned the reports eagerly and was kept intimately in touch by telephone with all developments as carried over the wires. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JULY 20, 1918. GERMAN SALIENT IN GRAVE DANGER SUDDEN ALLIED OFFENSIVE MAY CATCH TEUTON LEGIONS IN A TRAP. WASHINGTON IS DELIGHTED General Foch Now Has Sufficient Men to Enable Him to Assume an Aggressive Defense Against Teuton Hordes. Washington, July 19.—The heart of the American nation is in France. It marched and fought proudly with the boys who went over the top and still are gallantly smashing their way ahead beside their French comrades. It was a tale of splendid victory and daring that cannot be estimated until details of the action along the whole 25, mile front from Chateau Thierry to Soissons, from which the surprise attack was launched, are available. Germans in Difficult Position. It was clear beyond mistake, however, that in the rush of the first day of this answer of General Foch to the German attack east and west of Rheims, the enemy had been placed in a position from which he may have great difficulty in extricating himself. Not only may the German effort west of Rheims and south of the Marne be wholly nullified, but all they have accomplished since the battle of the Aisne began months ago may be overturned. There was little effort here to measure the scope of the Franco-American stroke. Officers were toc vitally interested in the swift development of the attack as it was unfolded, to devote much time to cold calculations such as form the basis for military predictions. It was the instant news that held them, from General March to the junior staff officers. The War department was a place of smiles and hand grips as the boys oversees wrote new and glorious pages in American history. Mr. Baker's statement paid instant homage to the dash and gallantry of the American forces and his elation as well as that of the officers who surrounded him, was clearly written between the lines. The statement, which summarized General Pershing's reports, follows: Yankees With French and in Divisions. "The War department has received from General Pershing official confirmation of the opening of the counter offensive along the line indicated in the newspaper dispatches. American troops are participating both as complete divisions and as units in association with the French. "The first objectives seem everywhere to have been attained. No accurate count has been made, but it is clear that many prisoners have been taken and many guns and much war material captured. "Our official reports also confirm the fact that American soldiers advanced with great dash and gallantry and were still advancing when last heard from." The most promising consideration of the counter attack, officers believe, aside from renewed proof of the fighting qualities of the new American armies, is the fact that General Foch now has sufficient forces to unloose a major counter stroke, for the blow today is nothing less than that. The supreme commander now has shown clearly that a definite turning point has been reached where his resources in men and munitions are great enough for him to assume at least an aggressive defense. WHOLE DIVISIONS OF YANKEES IN ACTION General Pershing Reports His Men Assumed Offensive With Great Dash and Gallantry. Washington, July 19.—Whole divisions of Americans are involved in the great counter offensive launched by the Americans and French on the Marne-Aisne front, Secretary of War Baker revealed. Official reports from General Pershing declared the onrush is still continuing. There are 27,500 men to an American division. BOLSHEVIKI DENIES GERMAN REQUEST Refuses to Allow Teuton Troops to Enter Moscow as Guard for Embassy. London, July 19.—Germany recently asked permission of the Russian government to send a battalion of German troops to Moscow to guard the German embassy. The Bolshevik government in reply declared it would not permit any foreign troops to enter the capital. LIEUT. GEN. HORVATH Copyright. Underwood & Underwood Lieutenant General Horvath, vice president and general manager of the Chinese Eastern railway, who assumed the position of provisional ruler of Siberia. FRENCH GUNS MAY CUT GER- MAN COMMUNICATIONS. London, July 19.—The great counter attack in which the French and American troops are participating between the Aisne and the Marne has succeeded well, according to the latest advices received here, and the situation for many reasons is considered promising. Cwing to the fact that there was no artillery preparations, the action was a complete surprise for the Boche, and the enemy artillery reaction was very weak. On the other hand, the French counter battery work was unusually effective. Enemy aviators entered into the action and attempted to impede the advance, using their machine guns at a low altitude. French troops have gained the ravine at the River Crise running into Soissons on the five-mile front down to the east of Buzancy, which means a maximum advance at this point of five miles, according to news received in London. The Americans operating in the region west of Soissons, the dispatches add, have taken 4,000 prisoners, 30 guns and much other material which has not yet been estimated. The French reached a point menacing the most important German railway centers, which feed the entire front west of Wreims. The French artillery was within easy shelling distance of these railways at that time and should be able to make life miserable for a large section of the German army. STEEL PRODUCTION BELOW WAR DEMAND Government Is Prepared to Commandeer Any Surplus Stocks in Existence. Washington, July 19.—With the government and allied steel needs approximating 21,000,000 tons for the last six months of this year, and the greatest production in the history of the industry for the same period recorded as only 16,500,000 tons, the war industries board now is considering means for increasing mill capacity to meet the situation. It was announced that all non-war industries consuming steel will be required by the board to submit sworn inventories of stocks on hand to Director of Steel Supply Replogle. The government is prepared, if necessary, to commandeer any surplus stocks to meet war requirements. VICTORY CLAIMED BY TURKISH TROOPS Assert British Division in Palestine Has Been Practically Annihilated. London, July 19.—According to a dispatch from Amsterdam, an official statement has been issued at Constantinople relative to the fighting in Palestine on July 13 and 14. The statement says that east of Jordon a Turkish assault provoked a British counter-action which was supported by a cavalry division and armored cars. The Turkish war office claims this division was almost annihilated, only some stragglers succeeding in escaping. AMERICAN TROOPS ARE ON OFFENSIVE AMERICAN TROOPS ARE ON OFFENSIVE JOIN FRENCH IN ATTACKING EN EMY,ON FRONT OF TWENTY- FIVE MILES. Commander at Glivray, Reporting Capture of Town, Says, "Boches Turned Tail and Ran Like Hell, Pursued by Our Troops." London, July 19.—From the region west of Soissons to the northwest of Chateau Thierry American and French armies have begun a strong offensive against the Germans which possibly may have a marked influence on the future of the world war. In its initial stage the movement has been rewarded with great success. All along the 25 mile front, the French and American troops have dashed in brilliant fashion across positions held by the Germans, killing, wounding or capturing thousands of the enemy and taking towns, villages and large quantities of guns and other war supplies. With the American Army in the Champagne, July 19.—The Americans are advancing with the French on the 40 kilometer front (25 miles) between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. The Americans had captured more than a dozen towns and villages, taken numerous prisoners and advanced more than three kilometers (nearly two miles). Up to the hour of cabling the Americans had captured the following towns west of Chateau Thierry: Villers Helon, Dammard, Courchamps, Lice Clignon, Monthlers, Tory, Belleau, Glivray, St. Gengolph, Hautevesnes, and other small villages, farms, heights and woods, including Givery wood. The drive reached a depth of three kilometers within three hours after it began. Many towns within that depth northward clear to Fontenoy, were taken by the Americans and the French. Tells Story in American. The American commander at Givray, reporting the capture of the town to headquarters, sent the following message: "Met boche on his line of resistance. Sharp fight. Boche turned tall and ran like hell, pursued by our troops. Hope have more prisoners." At headquarters messages were coming in from everywhere asking permission to push on farther. Hard to Hold Troops. It was essential that the line should be kept straight and in some instances it was necessary to order the troops to hold back until adjoining units came up. It is the greatest pursuit of bochies the Americans have yet engaged in. Enormous numbers of prisoners have been taken. It is impossible to estimate how many. American airplanes, flying over the lines, fought the bochies above while the doughboys and machine gunners fought them below. Aerial observers dashed through the clouds and others carried back messages. The surprise not only was complete, but the concentration for the attack was unusually rapid. Field guns were loaded on trucks and these dashed up to the lines. The horses were carried up the same way. DENOUNCES FRIENDS OF IRISH FREEDOM Senator King of Utah Declares Persons Signing Their Petitions Are Traitors. Washington, July 19.—Persons signing petitions of the Friends of Irish Freedom asking the United States to procure independence for Ireland were denounced as traitors in the Senate by Senator King of Utah. When Senator Lewis of Illinois asked to have a petition placed in the Record, Senator King objected, declaring it was an attempt to strike an ally and that such petitions are being signed by "a number of traitors, so-called Irishmen." "KILL THEM UNTIL THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH" Portion of General Gourand's Order to the French and American Troops. With the French Armies in the Field, July 19. — "Kill them! Kill them in abundance until they've had enough!" That was a portion of General Gourand's order of the day to the French and American troops, on the eve of the new German drive. NO.19. SCHEMING TO COVER FAILURE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE MAGN FIES MINOR SUCCESS. Seeks to Justify Himself Before People for Sacrificing About 100,000 Men. Paris, July 19.—The German crown prince, military observers here say, now is trying to convert a large scale failure into a showy minor success which will make up in the eyes of the German public for the 100,000 men he has sacrificed. His goal now apparently is Epernay. The operation includes two parts. In the first the Germans who crossed the Marne in the Dormans region are struggling to widen and strengthen the bridgehead on the south bank. In the second the German right center, which at the beginning of the action was along the Dormans-Rheims road facing southeast, is now pivoted on Virgny and runs north and south along a line through Virgny, Bouilly, Marfaux and Courton and Roy woods. As the country in this direction is thickly wooded, and consequently easily defended, some military commentators believe the Germans will soon find the game is not worth the candle. Pursuing his now familiar opportunist policy, the enemy would content himself with establishing a defensive front toward the east and turn his efforts southward in the direction of Montmirail, near Epernay, which strategically is second in importance only to Chalons. This is the opinion of the military writer, Colonel de Thomasson. Lithuanians March on Petrograd. Geneva, July 19.—Thirty-five thousand Lithuanians, after defeating Bolshevik forces and capturing Vitebsk on the Dvina, are marching to Petrograd, according to a dispatch from Lausanne. The Bolshevik are said to be in disorderly retreat. BASEBALL SCORES American Association. Minneapolis, 10; Milwaukee, 7 Indianapolis, 3; Louisville, 1. St. Paul, 5; Kansas City, 4. Columbus, 1; Toledo, 0. American League. St. Louis, 6; Boston, 3. Cleveland, 5; Washington, 3. Detroit, 4-2; New York, 1-4. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 1-4. Philadelphia, 1; Pittsburgh, 0 (13 innings). Brooklyn, 3; Chicago 2 (16 innings). New York, 8; St. Louis, 5. Boston at Cincinnati postponed, rain DAILY MARKET REPORT. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, July 19.—Oats, July. 76½; Sept., 70½. Duluth Flax. Duluth, July 19.—Flaxseed, Sept. $4.59; Oct., $4.57½. Chicago Grain. Chicago, July 19.—Corn, July, $1.60; Aug., $1.61½. Oats, July, 77; Aug. 73½. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, July 19.—Estimated receipts at the Union Stock Yards; Cattle, 3,600; calves, 1,000; hogs, 5,000; sheep, 150; cars, 201. Steers, $7.50@11.50; cows, $8.00@12.00; calves, $7.50@15.75; hogs, $17.20@ 17.40; sheep and lambs, $8.00@17.50. Chicago Live Stock Chicago, July 19. — Hogs, receipts, 34.000; good hogs, strong to 5c higher; others slow; bidding lower; four loads prime heavy, $18.30; packers doing very little; bulk, $17.45@18.30; butchers, $18.10@18.40; packing, $17.50@18; light, $18.15@18.40; rough, $16.50@17.10; pigs, $7@17.50. Cattle, receipts, 18.000; good to best steers, steady to 10c higher; top, $18.25, a new record; common to medium, slow to lower; best butcher stock steady, others unevenly lower; calves and stockers and feeders, steady. Sheep, receipts, 18.000; steady to strong; best range lambs held higher. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Minneapolis, July 19. — BUTTER—Creamery extras, per lb., 42c; extra firsts, 41c; firsts, 40c; seconds, 29c; dairy, 36c; packing stock, 32c. EGGS — Fresh prime firsts, new cases, 38½c; current receipts, new cases, rots out, $10.95; old cases, rots out, $10.65; checks and seconds, dc.25c; dirties, candled, 29c. Quotations on eggs include cases. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, fat, 10 lbs. and over, 25c; thin, small, 10@12c; cripples and culls, unsalable; roosters, old and young, 18c; ducks, 14c; geese, 13c; hens, 3½lbs. and over, 23c; hens, under 3½lbs, 20c; broilers, all weights, lb., 30c. --- OR FOR N s Have h Red ferring ewards NEW HONOR FOR AMERICAN HEROES President's Orders Have Cut Away Much Red Tape in the Conferring of War-Time Rewards 1 2015 may be conferred upon women in the service of the army. To date, no measures have been taken to make similar provision for the navy, but this will undoubtedly follow. As it is, the only war medal open to the American sailor or naval officer is the Congressional Medal of Honor. This places the marines in a strangely and malous position with respect to honors. While at sea, the marines are under the navy and are subject to the rules regarding war medals obtaining in the navy. But the marines now in France are under the army and are technically entitled to receive any of the new army decorations. There can be no doubt that the institution of new medals by President Wilson will have a beneficial effect upon the morale of the American troops in France. Acts of heroism—of which we have already had more than one instance—deserve recognition, and from the military standpoint such recognition serves better than anything else as a stimulus and incentive to all the troops. News of the president's action is said to have been received with the greatest enthusiasm by our men now serving in France. The Distinguished Service Cross is to be a bronze cross with ribbon. It will be awarded by the president, or by General Pershing, to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the army, shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself, or who, since April 6, 1917, has distinguished himself or herself, by extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States or under circumstances which do not justify the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The Distinguished Service Medal will also be of bronze with a ribbon, and will be awarded by the president to any person who, while serving in any capacity in the army, shall hereafter distinguish himself or herself or who, since April 6 last, has distinguished himself or herself, by exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility in time of war in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States. Thus it will be seen that to win the D. S. C. it will be almost necessary for a man to see service in France, while the Distinguished Service Medal may be won by a man whose duties in the army are confined to this side of the water. and activity in our premises. Our printers are working in a room which is covered with debris; we are writing on a corner of a table in a room which is open to the four winds, and as we pen these lines rapidly we are not yet certain whether or not the printer will be able to set even one of our machines in movement! Will this number appear? We do not know. We hope, just the same, that it will reach our readers and carry to them, together with our affectionate greeting, the assurance that despite the increas- MERICAN soldiers in France who distinguish themselves by deeds are now honored by their own government in much the same fashion as are the heroes of other warring countries. From a nation which has never gone in very heavily for honors and decorations— MERICAN soldiers in France who distinguish themselves by deeds are now honored by their own government in much the same fashion as are the heroes of other warring countries. From a nation which has never gone in very heavily for honors and decorations—and whose representatives are distinctly forbidden by the constitution to accept them from foreign governments—the United States has stepped into the larger circle of nations, among whom the bestowal of military honors of many kinds and degrees has long been an established custom, writes Foster Ware in the New York Evening Post. Not that exceptional heroism in war time has hitherto gone unrecognized here. Since the days of the Civil war there has existed a congressional medal of honor, which, though little known, is regarded by many as one of the highest military or naval decorations to be won in any land. This medal always has been and always will be the most coveted honor in our army and navy. But it has remained for President Wilson, acting upon the recommendation of General Pershing, to institute not only several new honors, but new rules for their award, which in some respects will revolutionize American practice in such matters. In a word, the order establishing our new war decorations is expected to cut away much of the red tape which enveloped, unfortunately, more than one American hero of the past. New Decorations Briefly, the new war decorations instituted by the president are these: 1. The distinguished service cross. 2. The distinguished service medal. 3. War service chevrons. 4. Wound chevrons. Coupled with the congressional medal of honor, these new decorations give to the American soldier virtually the same rewards for especial service that are offered in the French and British armies. The British have their Victoria Cross and the French their Medaille Militaire, and to these the American Congressional Medal of Honor—sometimes referred to as the "Valor Medal" or "American Star of Valor"—may be said to correspond. The new American Distinguished Service Cross has no exact counterpart in the British army, inasmuch as the nearest thing to it, the D. S. O., is offered only to officers. The French Croix de Guerre (with palm) corresponds perhaps more closely. The American Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix may be won by men or officers, regardless of rank. Perhaps, it was to meet this deficiency that the British in 1916 established a new military medal for plain soldiers and noncoms. "in recognition of bravery in the field." Within the two years 42,000 of these military medals have been given out. For the new American Distinguished Service-Medal there is the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the British army (limited to non-coms. and men), while in the French army its place is taken in part by the Croix de Guerre (with star) and the Legion of Honor. The tendency in the British army has been to distinguish between officers and men in recognizing services, whereas the French pursue a more democratic policy, and in general treat officers and men on an equal footing in bestowing honors. Indeed, such distinction as is drawn in France is in favor of the common soldier. The highest of all French military decorations—the Medalilla Militaire—is given only to the plain soldier and noncommissioned officer, or to a commanding general. Joffre and one or two others are the only officers who have received it. Follow French System. It is the French system that is to be followed in respect to the awarding of American honors. Courage, heroism, bravery, or the signal performance of duty—at home as well as in France—are to be rewarded without regard to military rank. All our medals, new or old, are offered to officers and men alike. More than that, they Issue Newspaper Under Difficulties. The Union Republicine de la Marne, in a recent issue, contained the following: "To our readers: We have no need to make excuses to our readers for the issue which we are publishing. They know and they understand! Our object in publishing our paper, despite everything, is not to furnish them with a newspaper, even incomplete, but to avoid interrupting relations between them and us, and, in so far as we are able to maintain a little life DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS For Extraordinary Heroism. The war service chevrons will be of gold, worn on the lower half of the left sleeve by each officer and enlisted man who has served six months in the zone of the advance in the war. There will be an additional chevron for each additional six months of such service. Officers and enlisted men of the aviation service on combat flying duty in Europe will be credited for the war service chevron with the time they may be on that duty. The wound chevron will be identical in appearance with the war service chevron, but it will be worn on the right sleeve. It may be worn by officers and enlisted men who receive or have received a wound in action with the enemy necessitating treatment by a medical officer. An additional chevron will be given for each additional wound, but not more than one chevron will be worn for two or more wounds received at the same time. Disablement by gas necessitating treatment by a medical officer will be considered as a wound. Red Tape Is Cut. In the rules governing the manner and method of awarding these medals, as well as the Medal of Honor, red tape is conspicuously absent. Time was when it was a matter of months, if not years, before a candidate for the highest military or naval honor within the power of the United States to bestow received his coveted prize. Not so under the generalship of Pershing. "In the present emergency," reads the general order, "whenever a recommendation for the award of the medal of honor reaches the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces in Europe, he is authorized to cable his recommendation for immediate action, and to hold the papers until a reply is received." Upon the approval by cable of his recommendation, General Pershing, or some officer whom he may delegate, is authorized to go ahead and award the medal as the representative of the president. It is even provided that in extreme cases, where the candidate for the honor is severely wounded and in danger of death, the commanding general may take matters into his own hands and confer the medal without waiting for the presidential O. K. The new system, in short, preserves the form of the old, while virtually leaving it to the judgment of the commanding general whether a man is entitled to the medal or not. Spreading Japanese Language. One or two universities or colleges in America have instituted or chair of Japanese, as has the University of Leyden in the Netherlands. The Japanese lectureship was tried in Oxford for three years; there is a professorship of Japanese in King's College, London, while Japanese is one of the subjects that receives special attention in the new British school of oriental languages lately established in London. The teaching of Japanese abroad, so far, has been confined to special schools or seminaries, but in New South Wales Japanese is now being established in the ordinary schools as an instrument of cultural discipline and instruction on precisely the same footing as what may be characterized as the great orthodox cultural languages—French and German. This we consider to be one of the finest practical acknowledgments of the Japanese entry into the comity of modern culture that could possibly be given.—Exchange. ing difficulties we shall continue publication.—E. A."—From the European Editition of the New York Herald. "Yes, but Freddie wouldn't only forget to send a card; he's the kind of a man who'd forget to send the candy." (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago). (Copyright, 1918. Western Newspaper LESSON FOR JULY 21 LESSON TEXT—Psalms 145:18, 19; Luke 11:11. GOLDEN TEXT—Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.—Hebrews 4:16. DEVOTIONAL READING-Luke 11:5-13. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS-Paulis 7:4-8; Matthew 7:7-11; II Corinthians 12:8-9; James 4:3-8. PRIMARY MEMORY VERSE - Jehovah them that call upon him. -Paulus 145:18. STORY MATERIAL—Matthew 14:23-25 Acts 1:1-12 INTERMEDIATE. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Why and how to pray and the results. Prayer ought to be a matter of great concern to every believer (Psalms 145: 18). Prayer is a matter but little understood by Christians; in fact, only as divine aid is given can we really pray. The range of prayer is from the depths of the soul to the very thoughts of God. There was something about the praying of Jesus that so impressed the disciples that they requested him to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1). We nowhere read of them asking him to teach them how to preach. Praying is more important than preaching. No one is fit to teach or preach who does not know how to pray. May each one enroll at once in the school of prayer with Christ as our teacher. He is a most willing and capable teacher. In response to the disciples' request he outlines the following principles of prayer: 1. The Right Relationship of the One Praying (Luke 11:2). In order to pray to God, the supplant must be a child of God. God is a father; his gifts and blessings are for his children. This relationship can only be entered into regeneration. Not all men have a right to say, "Our Father" when addressing God. Only those who are children of God by faith in Jesus Christ can so address him. It is not only professing to be children but living like God's children. Children have rights and privileges which are denied to others. 2. Fraternal—"Our Father." God has more than one child. His children are bound up together in nature and interests. Even in our secret prayer we should address him as Our Father, which is a recognition of the interests of others, alongside of ours. II. The Right Attitude in Prayer (Luke 11:2). 1. Reverent adoration. As children we have certain privileges, and yet holy reverence becomes us. We should hallow his name; we should adore him as the eternal God. 2. Loyalty. When praying to God we should come with the spirit of loyalty which cries out "Thy kingdom come." 3. Submission—"Thy will be done." We should have no will of our own regarding the rule of God. We should let him direct us in all things. III. The Right Spirit (Luke 11:3-8) 1. Dependent Faith—"Give us our daily bread" (v. 3). We should realize that not only what we have, but life itself is ours to enjoy because of him, and that he is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. 2. Penitence and Love—"Forgive us our debts" (v. 9). We should come to him realizing that we have sinned, and cry unto him for forgiveness. Our hearts should be so filled with love for others that we will forgive` those who sinned against us as God is willing to forgive us. 8. Holiness and Caution—"Lead us not into temptation" (v. 4). Because we are God's children and realizing the deprivacy of our natures, and the consequent tendency to practice that which displeases him, we should shrink from that which, if indulged in, would dishonor him. 4. Intercessory (vv. 5, 6). The man who asked for bread did not ask for himself, but for a friend. Prayer which pleases God is unselfish in its requests. 5. Perseverance (vv. 7, 8). Prayer which pleases God and gets results is importunate, perseveres until the object is achieved. IV. Encouragement to Pray (Luke 11:9-12). 1. God's promise (yy. 9, 10). True prayer cannot fail of an answer, because God definitely promises that every one that asketh receiveth, he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 2 The example of an earthly father (vv. 11-13). No father will give a stone to his son who asketh for bread, or a serpent instead of a fish, nor a scorpion instead of an egg. God is infinitely more willing to answer the prayers of his children than earthly parents are to give good gifts to their children. V. The True Goal of All Prayer (Luke 11:13). God's gift is himself in the person of his Holy Spirit. All those who practice the principles which Jesus taught in this model prayer shall be blessed with the gift of the Holy Spirit. God's best gift to man. CALLS FOR BRAKE Middle-Aged Man Would Slow Up Wheels of Time. Is Living in Hope That Some Man Will Devise a Workable Scheme for Renewing One's Lease of Life, and Do It Quickly. "What we really need," said the middle-aged man, "is some way of slowing up the wheels of time. "As every man who has begun to get on in life knows, the older we grow the faster time seems to fly. In our youth even single days seem to be endless; but when we get to be about so old the years go so fast that they seem to spin around like pinwheels. "There was once an advertiser with a patent medicine to sell who started off his advertisement by describing himself as a retired physician whose sands of life had nearly run out. A well-meaning friend in the far West wrote to him saying that if he would mix a little molasses with the sands they wouldn't run out so fast. "Of course there was an idea in that; but the minute you come to think it over seriously you see that there is really nothing to it. To make the wheels of time turn slower you'd have to have something more than molasses. I have thought that perhaps we might invent some sort of brake, a very powerful brake, for this purpose, but I guess there's really nothing in this idea, either. "Lacking the means of making the wheels of time turn slower, so that we would seem to have more time, I have thought that perhaps somebody may yet devise a way of renewing our lease of life. If we could get an indefinite renewal of our life lease we wouldn't care how fast the wheels turned, because we'd have endless years for them to turn in. "The man who could devise a workable plan of this sort would get rich beyond any sort of dreams whatever; that is, if he could prolong his own life as well as sell life-renewal leases to others; for I fancy that, hard as this world may be in some respects, the great majority of us would like to continue living in it a long, long time, and would give all we had for that privilege. "For myself, I can say that I like the world very well and I would like to stay on it interminably. If there is anybody now working on this life-lease-renewal device I hope he will get it running before the sands of my old-fashioned life shall have run out completely; and if when he opens up for business he will let me know where to find him I shall go to him; and, if I have the price, take out as a first extension a renewal for about a century." Dealing With the Occult An astonishing number of books on occult subjects are being published in these days, especially on lines relating to the future life, the theme taking on a new interest because of the war and its losses. One writer, Prof. W. J. Crawford of Belfast, is dealing with so-called spirit manifestations in a new way. For one thing, he has tried seating the medium on a weighing machine while the manifestations are going on and watching the varying record of her-weight. He has found that where a chair or table was levitated an increase in her weight almost corresponding to the weight of the piece of furniture was noted. When there were rappings her weight lessened, the amount lost varying with the intensity of the sounds. What these phenomena indicate to his mind or what he expects to prove by them does not appear. Balzac Would Have Starved Some of the genluses of earlier generations would have a hard time of it with civilian rations in Europe. Many of them are still remembered for their appetites. Thackeray and Dickens were both masterful at the table. Balzac was equal to making a dinner of eight dozen oysters, twelve cutlets, a duck, a pair of parridrids, and all the custom "trimmings." Herbert Spencer once went upon a vegetable diet, and declared that after he returned to meat he had to rewrite everything he did in the interval to get virility into it. Regardless of the effect on genius, rationing is spreading. Even walking sticks have come under governmental control in England, and presumably a prospective purchaser will soon have to present a license to carry such an ornament—Nation's Business. Bld Tuna Cannery. Half a million dollars is to be expended in the construction of a large tuna cannery on the island of Maul, in the Hawaiian group, states The Canner. The waters around the islands swarm with fish of every description, among which the tuna is predominant and attains an enormous size. The operation of this plant will be a valuable addition to the food supply of the United States and may lead to the establishment of an important fishing industry in the island territory. Puzzling the Kaiser. "Dere's one t'ing puzzles me," said the katser. "Vot's dot, eggsellency?" asked an underling. "Mid dose Yanks sbending all dere time making money und inventionions fine machines for us to swipe veneer did dey learn how to fight de way day dot?" THEIR FINAL REST TOGETHER Soldier's Intensely Pathetic Description of the Burial of Youthful Scottish Officer With His Men, I stood one night on a certain hill that commands the firing line in an almost soundless panorama. Beside me was an officer of the Second Canadian division, who had just come out. There that night, by its white trail of iridescent light, we could trace the course of the firing line for many miles through France and Flanders. Just to our left the line of light jutted far out, like a lone cape into the sea. "What is that jutting-out place?" my friend inquired. "That," I answered, "is the Ypres salient, the Bloody Angle of the British line." To mention the name of Ypres is to have one's memory awakened with a veritable kaleidoscope of pictures. That trail of light that jutted out into the night looked like a cape, and an iron cape it has been through months and years of war. But the holding of that cape has been at an awful cost, and there was not an inch along that trailing line of light that had not cost its trailing line of blood. Just after the first gas attack in April, 1915, the whole countryside was in a panic. The roads were filled with civilians in alarm, fleeing down country, and with limbers and marching troops hastening up. I was passing through the town of Vlamerthigne, which is situated two miles beyond Ypres. In a field at the side of the road I saw a funeral party. It consisted of several ploneers, serving as grave diggers, a gray-headed Scottish major, and a corporal's guard to act as firing party. I learned that this inconspicuous group were burying the last original officer of a battalion of the Cameron Highlanders. The dead officer was a young subaltern, and the gray-haired old major was his father, who had come from another regiment to attend the funeral of his son. So, over in a great deep trench, where a number of the rank and file of the fallen Camerons were already laid, the body of their dead subaltern was placed. As I saw the officer and his men of the bonnie Highland regiment thus laid to rest together, I thought of the requilem of Saul and Jonathan; "They were beautiful in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided."—Capt. Arthur Hunt Chute, in the North American Review. Repair Ship Mysterious. The manufacture of a large part of machinery to replace anything broken is almost impossible in the limited space of the battleship's machine shops. But wondrous feats are performed in the repair ships that accompany fleets on stations remote from dock facilities, states a British war correspondent. The repair ship is a huge floating smithy and machine shop packed with everything that the wit of man can concentrate into the space for treating wounded battleships. These ships employ some of the best artificers from our naval dockyards and are scattered in every quarter in which the British fleet is stationed remote from dock facilities. The Boche has nothing like them and it has been stated that no inquisitive Boche has ever been allowed to intrude his nose aboard one to investigate its mysteries and take the information to his employers of how the strange feats performed by the repair ship are effected. The repair ship is the abode of secrets. Rides Well at Ninety-five Jockeys, no matter what their age, are generally referred to by those not closely in touch with racing as "the boy on So-and-So," but a stable "lad" still going well at ninety-five is certainly hard to beat. There is one, as shown by the following clipping from the London Sportsman of recent date: "One of the brightest and most alert of the 'lads' riding horses around the paddock at Windsor prior to their races was old Faulkner, the grandfather of the steeplechase jockey of that name. He is ninety-five years old. His memory is of the best and so is his hearing. He has been connected with horses all his life and many a tale of the turf he can tell." Sailor Invents Fire Escape One of the boys aboard our navy's fleet has invented a fire escape which is similar to the rope ladders used aboard ships. His principal object was to provide a collapsible fire escape which could be compactly and conveniently arranged at the window of a dwelling. It consists of a container hinged to the sill in such a manner that by opening the window and folding the container on its hinge the metal ladder may be unfolded and dropped. When this operation is gone through, a means is automatically provided whereby the ladder is held at a distance from the walls of the building. The advantage of such precaution is obvious. Journalistic Dilettante "What's the 'matter with the city editor? Two members of the staff are holding him and he looks as if he were about to have a fit." "It's the fate of that wealthy 'cub' reporter hired last week. The c. e. told him to cover a Red Cross meeting this afternoon and he said it would interfere with his, game of golf."—Birmingham Age-Herald. Extravagance of Economy. "There's one form of extravagance I'll tolerate." "What is it?" "I don't care how much money my wife spends for thrift stamps." | HEAD OF GIANT BUSINESS na I ‘Who's Teagle? Th tion generally asked w P nounced that Walter — | .| had been chosen pre Fo Standard Oil company ee the world’s greatest ol tr. the disintegration of _ Standard Ol! company. fii, business associates ae a friends few had ever h \~— oo He is only thirty-nine Le ca 8 e his su®cess in life has les & : dustry and the careful \ Fe. ; | mind in absorbing {ni \ : In Cleveland, wher \ 2 on May 1, 1878, both b Ce ily were known perhaps ees citizen of that commun Mr. Teagle's fathe English birth, became 1 f oll business and it wa: i offices that Walter Tea t Pe | ceived his first busin university when eighteen years of agé, and three years later was graduated with the degree of bachelor of science. He took a place in his father’s firm, and from that beginning has risen to his present high degree. It requires only a short talk with Mr. Teagle to convince one of his encyclopedic knowledge of the oll business, but while he is so packed full of business detail he is described as having a singularly attractive personality. He is a warm advocate of co-operation, not alone in business but in all rela- tions of ‘ife. @ Stories of the herole daring of ‘American naval officers and men in rescuing 34 of the 75 members of the ¢rew of the American munitions ship Florence H., which caught fire and broke in two in French waters last April, are told in the report of Rear Admiral Wilson, commanding Amerl- can naval forces in France, made pub- le by the navy department. le Among those commended by thelr commander for their bravery in the rescue is Lieut, Howard R. Eccleston, U.S8.N.R. Lieutenant Eccleston is thirty years old and was an examiner in the patent office for six years prior to en- listing in the naval reserve force in June, 1917. Before coming to Wash- ington he had attended the United States Naval academy for several years, which fitted him for a leuten- ancy. ‘He was born in Baltimore and at- tended the Baltimore City college. Shortly he went to Washington, and while employ« the National Law school. Besides his fat sister and three brothers, His father hol¢ and Ohio railroad. a a ie a tended the Baltimore City college. Shortly after leaving the naval academy he went to Washington, and while employed in the patent office studied at the National Law echool. Besides his father, Lieutenant Eccleston has ¢ sister and three brothers, His father holds a position with the Baltimore and Oblo railroad. es Monash valley, one of the name: ~ with which the Anzacs have enriche¢ ar the geographical nomenclature of Gal 2 Po . Upolt peninsula, was so called by the ca Re men of an Australian regiment it a + honor of their colonel, now Sir Johr oe wv Monash, who has just been promote¢ aimee to the rank of Meutenant general anc Re SN, placed in the command of a Britis! a cn army corps in France. we Ten Sir John Monash has the distinc ee tion of being both the first Australlar ae | and the first Jew to reach so high ¢ ee] position in the British army, ‘The dis ba tinetion Is all the more notable beeaust Me aki he comes from outside the ranks o ee the regular army. His promotion ha: - been won entirely by merit, persona a qualities and technical abilities. Mon aes eS ash was born in Melbourne on June 27 4 veg 1865, and is thus fifty-three years o i an Pere age. a foes His first big fighting chance cam Tible ordeal of the Gallipol! campaign he commanded an Australian regiment and left his name on the peninsula along with Quinn, Pope and other leaders after whom their men named various hills, valleys, etc. Colonel Monash was adored by the soldiers who fought under him, and was fully appreciated by the commander in chief. Thrice he was mentioned in dispatches for his efficient work and gallant conduct, and royal recognition came in the form of a Companionship in the Order of the Bath. Maj. Gen. W. 8. Brancker of the British army has been in Washington to establish an air route from the Unit- ed States to Europe in order to bring the full force of American effort in the air to bear against Germany. Plans are already well advanced for the in- itlal alr flight to take place in August. General Brancker believes that alr planes driven with Liberty motors will be crossing the Atlantic in fleets next summer, General Brancker {s controller general of British alr equipment and a member of the new British air coun- cil. He was born in 1877 and joined the Royal artillery in 1806. In 1918 he whs attached, to the Royal Flying corps, and a year later was appointed assistant director of military aero- nautics, He has seen much active service as an alr pilot, ‘The Aero Club of America is in hearty atcord with General Brancker’s plans and already has asked for bids for transatlantic flight, Caproni, designer of | will maka 2 machine for the purpose, . Suh) sri eile ek amet Oe | 7 7 ‘Who's Teagle? This was a qhes- tion generally asked when it was an- nounced that Walter Clark Teagle had been chosen president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the world’s greatest oil refiners since the disintegration of the original Standard Oil company. Aside from his business associates and personal friends few had ever heard of Teagle. He is only thirty-nine years old, and his sutcess in life has been due to in- dustry and the careful training of his mind in absorbing fnfinite detail. In Cleveland, where he was born on May 1, 1878, both he and his fam- ily were known perhaps as well as any citizen of that community. Mr. Teagle's father, who was of English birth, became interested in the oll business and it was in his father’s offices that Walter Teagle as a boy re- ceived his first business inspirations and instrictions. He entered Cornell ,and three years later was graduated He took a place in his father’s firm, 1s present high degree. h Mr. Teagle to convince one of his ness, but while he is so packed full of ing a singularly attractive personality. , not alone in business but in all rela- iiaciniiOiasaainandieadmeaempeianiidemeatenaat: — . @ - » {+ 2. 1 <<“ = ey ™ € Cg Ca | ortly after leaving the naval academy iployed in the patent office studied at is father, Lieutenant Eccleston has a * holds a position with the Baltimore oi a Us Monash valley, one of the names with which the Anzacs have enriched the geographical nomenclature of Gal- lipoli peninsula, was so called by the men of an Australian regiment in honor of their colonel, now Sir John Monash, who has just been promoted to the rank of Ieutenant general and placed in the command of a British army corps in France, Sir John Monash has the distine- tion of being both the first Australian and the first Jew to reach so high a position in the British army, The dis- tinction is all the more notable because he comes from outside the ranks of the regular army. His promotion has been won entirely by merit, personal qualities and technical abilities. Mon- ash was born in Melbourne on June 27, 1865, and ig thus fifty-three years of age. His first big fighting chance came elit. Hea hisned® Tiamabc’ tha tore y Ss 5) a ‘ % J yA ld l A fi ee Pa s for airplanes capable of making the f of the giant Italian plaue, probably ' TNR a) he mt ie Eg be ‘ee OR ee ee a here ay Se Rl Ae pe ae Ba oe ses eae hag oes Re a ees eee eee ee PS tke ee eas = ia ieee Bin ed ne eer ct ee An pe ee ares ee coe A, OED ak ae ee FS aA a 2 hee TR 2 Mo NR OS eo ak PN SAG MOR LOE AMER View of Muscat. _ fs an unknown water, a land- locked arm of the sea where slave trading, gun-running and piracy survive as legitimate occu- pations, with a coast of towering cliffs and desert wastes where yellow sands rise in waves and float in stifing clouds of heat—a region whose ob- ecurity and perils guard and screen mysteries and romances that date back to the beginning of mankind, writes Louls A. Springer in Asia, To the European statesman, however, the Persian guif is an issue fraught with deep significance in the struggle for world commerce and power in Eastern politics, : ‘The traveler after leaving Aden and rounding the Ras-cl-Hadd feels that he is truly departing from the beaten lanes and entering a land that lies buried in a world of its own. The un- friendly coast, range upon range of high hills without a sign of vegetation or life, seems to raise a barrier aghinst the mysterious: Arabia beyond. In a recess of the cliffs, and so securely hidden that you do not catch a glimpse of it until the ship suddenly points {ts prow to the narrow entrance of its harbor, les Muscat, the first port. ‘Two towering rocks, crowned by the ruins of old Portuguese forts, stand sentry on elther side, and below, built close to the sea wall, is the town. Few places have a more pictureaque situation and none could present @ more enticing picture than Muscat's compact mass of little white houses set in the azure of an eastern sky and re- flecting in the shimmering waters’ of {ts harbor. But unfortunately for the forelgners who try to live there few places have such an appalling heat, a heat which a Dutch traveler described as-“'so intense that it burned the mar- row in the bones, the sword in its seabbard melted like wax, and the gems which’ adorned the scabbard were reduced to coals.” Muscat Once Held by Portugal. ‘Muscat was one of the first towns of this region to fall to the western conqueror. In 1506, Alphonse d’Albu- querque began here the peculiar, sys- tem of domination, religious persecu- tion and colonization undertaken by the Portuguese in the time of their aval supremacy. They held Muscat against all attempts at capture by Arabs and Turks until the middle of the sixteenth century. The forts above the town, a line of fortifications, and a cathedral remain as evidences of thelr occupation. ‘As the capital of Oman, Muscat 1s supposed to belong to the Ottoman em- pire; but, lke other gulf provinces, It Is necessary for the Turk to come and get It if he is to hold it. As he has falled to do this, Muscat is in reality ruled by its own sultan. While Muscat 1s not a political dependency of the British empire as is Aden, it 1s practically under the suzerainty of the Indian government. ‘This was brought about early in the last century, when it, was believed that Napoleon was about to selze Muscat as a base for attack upon India, through a treaty of which one of the stipulations was “that the friendship of the two states may rémain unshook to the end of time, and until the sun and moon have finished thelr revolving careers.” ‘Muscat has, however, proved for years a constant source of trouble to the British, by being the headquarters of supplies for the persistent and cunning gun-runner. Thfough the pro- vistons of an old treaty certain Buro- pean nations have the right to ship arms and munitions to Muscat. ‘There they are purchased by unscrupulous dealers, loaded upon dhows and land- ed upon the coasts of Persia or Balu- chistan to be transported by caravan {nto the interfr of Asia, Through this source arms and ammunition reached the Africans of the Red sea opt. the Afghan army and every fghan with money enough to buy & rifle, the Hill tribes of India and Per- slan and Arabian revolutionists, Along the Arablan Coast. + From our steamship we catch a glimpse now aud then on the Arablan coast of low white-walled, tile-roofed houses clustered around a minaret. ‘On the opposlte coast is to be dis- cerned a forlorn little town built upon the ruins of the great trading elty of | task. Here was the site of the first English factory on Persian soll. pullt in 1617, and here the wires of the {ndo- Buropean telegraph, line, after travel- ing overland from Karachi, disaypear under the waters of the gulf, to reap- pear 500 miles away at Bushire to complete thelr long Journey to west- ern Europe. The shimal, the drended wind and rain squall of the region, suddenly settles down upon the vessel and seems for a time about to drive it upon the rocks. But as suddenly as ‘they came, the thick, black clouds lift. As they roll away there appear alend a rocky promontory jutting northward ‘out into the sea and behind it rising to the helght of 7,000 feet from the waves that pound at Its base the mighty ufscalable rock of Musendan. It towers a gigantic citadel bullt by nature guarding the entrance to the gulf. ‘The low, crescent-shaped coast, of which the vessel 1s abreast, is broken here and there by cliffs rising sheer ont of the sen. Behind, rise range at- ter range of reddish hills, and far in the distance the shadowy peaks of South Persian mountains. The water 1s studded with islands, some scarcely more than rocky pinnacles, others rich in the green of tropical growth and showing minarets and mat roofs of vil lages. Here in this green bend much of the modern history of the gulf was made. Here after the capture of Mus. ‘cat came Albuquerque to continue his Conquest in the name of Portugal, and following him the Dutch, French and English in their early struggle fot Eastern dominion, : Bullt on Ruins of Ormuz. ‘The only port of entry is Bander Abbast, once the starting point for the great caravan trade to Shiraz and southern Persia, now a sorry little vil- lage with a shore line of stone and mud structures that may in the past have been defenses but are today merely screens to the poor bulldings behind them. But Bander Abbas!, old and ragged as it looks, 1s built upon the ruins of another town, ancient Or. muz, Its crumbling plers and founda. tons of public bulldings and palaces show that Ormuz must have been a place of wealth and importance, It was at lenst a prize worthy of fre quent rafds of Tartar horsemen, raids 80 frequent that the inhabitants rath: er than suffer their wealth and trade to be thus imperiled moved thelr town to an sland four miles from the main. land, ‘The eastern coast 1s rough and for bidding; the cliffs drop in sheer preci. pices of hundreds of feet and the tre waters are strewn thick with uangerous reefs and hidden perils t¢ the seaman. Nature generously ald: Persia in keeping her secrets and hold. ing the vell of her exclusiveness ‘There 1s no port of large vessels until Bushire is reached, near the head o! the gulf. Bushire is the largest tows and the most important commerclalls of the coast. Visit Your Parents. If you live in the same place, let your steps be, if possible, daily a fa- miliar sound in the old home. If you are miles away—yea, many miles away —make it your business to go to visit your parents as frequently as possible. In this matter do not regard time or expenses; the one 1s well spent, and the other will be even a hundredfold repaid. When some day the word reaches you, fiashed over the tele- gtaph, that your mother ts gone, you will not think them much, those hours of travel which at last bore you to the loved one's side—Eixchange. We Need Self-Confidence. The more’ friends we possess who have faith in us, the better. There is something wonderfully inspiring in the atmosphere of confidence. But if every one else goes back on us, be sure that the friend within keeps his faith and trust in us, We can better do without the encouraging words that come to us from outside, all the inspiration due to the faith of our friends, than we can dispense with self-confidence— Girls’ Companton. “Why do you persist in letting that’ fake doctor treat your wife's throat?” “Doctor's all right. She can't speak above @ whisper now.” One Result. “Andy, Old Girl” By See Eanoansansemnercccroanceneeasaceneed Copyright, 1818, by the McClure Newspa- . per Syndicate.) Cassandra Andrews had done every- thing she could think of. She had worn her most becoming blouses and her best stockings—she had spent hours doing her hair and brushing her eye- brows and polishing her nails, but a whole school year had almost disposed of Itself and the young professor of English literature had never seemed to notice her at all, Before and after class he joked and jolted with other girls, ‘The vivacious Roberta Stevens nearly always stopped at his desk for a moment of chatter—Bertha Marvin, the class beauty, the athletle Agnes Burns and a dozen others were on the friendliest terms with him, but Cas- sandra Andrews slipped demurely into her seat four mornings a week, appar- ently unnoticed. “They're all crazy about him,” she thought scornfully, as she watched the professor's reception before class one morning. “Every single one of them!” After the professor had delivered his lecture that morning, there was a gen- eral discussion and he called on her for an opinion on certain passage. She arose difdently, offering her little statement of disagreement with the generally accepted theory, And right there is where the professor made his first mistake. He smiled a tolerant, skeptical sort of smile, the trend of which/ Cassandra Andrews caught immediately, and she leaned forward impetuously and fintly contra- dicted his comment. Then she - fol- lowed up’the contradiction with « tum- ble of words in support of her own opinion and sat speedily down again. ‘the professor was surprised. “Well,” he sald, crisply, “I'm glad that at least one student in the class thinks for herself. I was afrald you were all sheep.” On the instant the bell rang and the xirls arose and passed out in chatter- ing groups, congregating in the court outside with light-hearted banter. “We're all sheep but you, Andy, dear,” sang out Edna Phray, dancing up to Cassandra delightedly, “And you are a blessed Inmb, but you'll grow. 1 never knew you had so much spunk ‘Where do you keep it?” And the two of them strolled off to- gether, arranging to play tennis in the late afternoon, Later that day the professor of English and his crony, the Professor of economics, sought the courts for thelr regular afternoon's tennis bout. The English professor patted @ ball aimlessly into the net while his contemporary changed his shoes. “Guess I've got a touch of spring fe ver,” he said, absently watching Edna and Cassandra tightening the net three courts over, And right there the pro fessor of English made his second mis take. “I feel,” he sald, “almost friv olous enough to suggest mixed doubles ‘What do you say, BI?" And Bill, the economics expert, wav ed his racket, and called across tc the girls: “Want to make it doubles?” ‘The girls drew together for an in stant’s consultation, and then assent ed, walking over to the court where the two men were. “How'll ye pafr off?” demanded Pro fessor Bill, “Well,” sald Edna Phray, practical ly, “I hate English and I love econom fes—and I'm very temperamental.” ‘The professor of e¢onomles grinne: as the two of them moved toward the other side of the net. “But,” continued Edna, slgnificantl to the professor of Engilsh, “I'm a bet ter tennis player than Cassandra An drews, even if I am a sheep.” Whereat the professor of Englist shouted with laughter, Cassandra glanced at her stalwar partner at those words and in he young heart there leaped a might} flame, the golden points of whicl shone in her shining brown eyes, Sh forgot everything but the game. Shi darted about, diving across the cour ‘and smashing her return drives like lttle flend. Twice she collided with her partner and shot him a dazzlin Uttle glance as she flung her head bac! to shake the hair out of her eyes, Tim after time the professor of Englts! shouted at her, “Good girl!” after | particularly dificult shot, and he spirit soared on the wings of the win with the professor's not far behind She had forgotten that she had wort her best stockings, but they were s much in evidence that it was fortunat. that she wore them, for the professo was getting more observant every mo ment of the afternoon, At the beginning of the third se they were even, with a set aplece fees ek Ae in Pe a ie And so they fought on and on win-” ning the next five games. “One more!” she gasped breathless. ly, and played on. Five times that last and deciding game went to deuce, and then came the shot—the shot that stood between vic- tory and possible defeat—and she made it. Leaping high in the alr she smashed the ball in a gray streak down, the alley; and the game was won! “Game—set—and match! Whee!"? shouted the professor of English. “Great work, Andy, old girl!” And he patted his drooping little partner on the shoulder. ‘The racket slipped from her ex- hausted grasp and she swayed weakly, “We won!" she murmured, and would have fallen if the professor hadn't put his arm about her and led her to a bench. " “Why, you blessed lamb, you, Andy Andrews,” sald Edna Phray, sitting beside her and shaking her by the shoulders. “I never knew you to play ‘such tennis. The lamb has turned tl ger-cat,” she laughed up at the two men, who stood over them. “Don't maul me, Eddle,” protested Cassandra, feebly; “I'm all in,” and then she smiled up at the professor, her professor, “But we won, didn’t wet” “You won,” he sald. “T didn't, because you played some tennis yourself.” ‘The next morning she slipped into her sent demurely as usual. As usual, too, there was a cluster of girls grouped about the professor's desk, chattering gaily. But then, what did she care? Hadn't he called her “Andy, old girl,” only yesterday? And she smiled in prim superiority. And when the recitation was over he would have detained her a moment, but she ig- nored the intention with a fine indiffer- ence and passed out with the rest, For a week she avolded him suc- cessfully, then Inte one afternoon he met her face to face on the campus. “And what did I ever do to you?” he demanded when she wotld have spoken calmly and passed on. “You called me ‘Andy, old girl',” she said grimly, “and I've hated you ever since.” “You're not going to bite me, are you, Andy, old girl?” grinned the pro- fessor of English. She could maintain her gravity no longer and little sparkles of gold flek- ered in her brown eyes. “I'll try not to," she murmured with a little laugh agilely dodging the eager sweep of his arm. And then the professor threw his dignity out of the window and started in pursult through the trees, catching her right where she'd planned he should, In @ narrow and secluded path. ‘Then after he had kissed her, she reached up and clutched his head be tween her hands, shaking it flercely. “And remember,” she sald between her clenched teeth, “I will not be called ‘Andy, old girl’ I won't love you any more if you call me that. I hate it.” “All right, you darling Andy, old girl," chitckled the professor. But when he kissed her again she only clung to him eagerly, Queer thing, a woman! PUZZLED BY QUEER NAMES Writer Finds It Hard to Understand Why Parents “Impose Burden” on Their Children, ‘What extraordinary names some people are compelled to bear, or choose to assume! I hesitate to call them “Christian names,” because they aren't Christian, very often, “Given names" {s perhaps the better way of describing them. Perhaps you have heard of the Irishman assisting at a baptism, who, when he heard the god- mother answer “Hnzel” to the ques- tion as to the child’s name, broke forth: “For the love of hiven! the ‘whole calendar 1s full of the names of blessed female saints, and they do ‘be callin’ the baby after a nut!” I thought of that when T looked through the entalogue of a girls’ col- lege the other qay, and noted these Inbels: Golde Mae, Eura, Arvilla, Kathryn, Elva, Melba, Tzer, Neva, Ra- mona, Mabelle, Vidah, Esta, Millis, Mayme, Mable, Arthetta, Lilyan, Bu- ah, Arbita, Narmle, Ara, Jonnie, Roxa, Zurelle, Zullene, Vanja, Mote, Corenna. Tt was ‘a comfort to gct back to Brid- get and Margaret! Names are not ar- bitrary combinations of vowels and consonants; they have, or should have, significance, a historic setting, a personal and family relationship, that dignifies them. ‘To invent fantastic Inbels for pet dogs may be allowed; but human be- Ings ought not to be put on that level. So, misspellings of familiar names, Christian or family, seem elther undig- nified or ignorant, now when fixed spellings have been accepted. Can some one explain Ga Nun and U'Rell, ‘both of which variants fatigue me?— Living Church, ___ Buffalo as Beast of Burden. _ ‘The buffalo has always been rated as untamable and many scientists have regarded him as one of the most stu- pid beasts that ever existed. It has temained for Maj. Bob Yokum of Pierre, 8. D., after five years of effort, to accomplish the wonderful feat of training a pair of buffaloes to trot to ‘wagon, and also to do many other re- markable stunts, Major Yokum is a former United States marshal and is known in the old ranching and cowboy life of the American West, from Kan- sas to Oregon. One of the accom- plishments of the Yokum team is to race against horses, and they distance their speedy ' competitors. ‘They loathe the saddling process and when the rider mounts them will “buck” in a way to shame a veteran broncho.— St. Nicholas, a eenrensney tres — sh) PUBLSHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL*NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR .....$2.00 SIX MONTHS .....$125 THREE MONTHS ......65 ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our ad- vertisers. We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv." and an increasing account. Write all Checks payable to THE TWIN CITY STAR 1317 North Sixth Ave. MINNEAPOLIS N. MINNESOTA Call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesday to insure matter for publication. The Star's Phone, Hyland 1205. Send your subscription. Our prices have not changed because of the war. Let your dollar do its duty and The Star will reach a higher standard of service and better circulation. --- "THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE SHIP; ALL ELSE IS THE SEA," said Frederick Douglass. Now is the most important time for Negroes to stand by the old party of Lincoln and Grant. Keep Minnesota a Republican State. If you approve of the Colored Y. M. C. A. contribute a dollar to them by subscribing for the Twin City Star for $2.00 per year. They will receive One Dollar and you will get the paper and also become one of the Dollar Donors. Let us not draw the color line. Reciprocity between the races will be the salvation of the Negro. FINE VERBAL OUTPUT. Congressman Pou, Democrat, North Carolina, said in debate: "As I stand here now I can see all over the South the vine-clad cabins of this kindly race. They have their faults, but disloyalty is not among those faults. In their homes you will find a burning love of country, a burning love for the flag. From these little homes throughout the South responding to their country's call the young Negro men are now answering, 'Here; we are ready.'" Why then not enact a law that any man, white or black, who serves in the military or naval service of his country in this war, shall have the right to cast his vote in any election hereafter and to have it honestly counted? Why not a law against lynching, which is even more important to the loyal young and old "Negroes" of this country? Why not, by Presidential order, stop the numerous colorlines being drawn in the governmental departments at Washington, D.C., principally, and elsewhere in the country against Afro-Americans, who are eligible to appointment to clerical positions as a result of passing civil service examinations? Some one should inform Mr. Pou that fine words are good up to a certain point. Fine acts count.—Cleveland Gazette. THOSE GEORGETTES. Of the creation of fads there is no end, and for every one fad, there are a thousand fools. The Georgette Crepe fad is on and as a result, thousands of women are naked. They put on thicker clothes to go to bed than they do to go into the streets. The "indications" are that some of these wearers are "kinder" shy on underwear. They haven't the quality that goes with Georgette. In fact, Summer is a tell tale. We find that we have an army of "outside show" ladies who dare not faint. Through the airy, gauzy, slezy "creations," we see coarse, solled, dingy, underwear. Then too, size and shape of arms should regulate the style and texture of the material for waist. Broom sticks and mill posts should not be covered with Georgette. Have you seen the one inch shoulder strap girls? Surely she must wear that simply as an "expression" of patriotism. She likes shoulder straps and in these days when patriotism is expressed in every possible way, she dons the strap. But isn't it strange that these sleezly dressed women and girls cannot keep their arms down. Perhaps they feel light enough to fly, but we wish they would keep their wings down until they are ready to use more "mum."—Miss Nannie E. Burroughs in "The Worker." Tillman is dead, but his program of discrimination against Negro citizens still lives. For that alone, he will be long remembered. Read the Negro Papers. --- "The colored troops fought nobly." That was more than half a century ago. They "fought nobly" on the plains, in the islands of the Pacific and the Atlantic, wherever they have been called on to fight. Properly led, they are magnificent fighting men; faithful, fearless, devoted, cheerful. And now in France they are living up to the reputation they have won on other, far distinct fields. We have been told of the particularly valorous acts of two of them. Harry Johnson of Albany and Needham, Roberts of Trenton, N. J. They have been enrolled among the heroes of the world and have been cited for the Crox de Guerre before the French army. They accomplished some incredible thing—fought with skill and calmness as their wounds accumulated, substituted one weapon for another as their assaultants crowded about them, finally beat back a score and more of Germans before they sank unconscious at their posts as help came to them. For the arriving squads there was nothing to do except to carry them back to the lines for transport to the hospital; these two men had finished the job and Johnson's sole thought was of his duty: "Corporal London, out the guard!" were his first words when consciousness came back to him. They will get well of their wounds, but not as soon as they want to, and their only wish is to return to the trenches. Of them the French General, a soldier not unaccustomed to heroic and skilful military deeds, wrote to his superior: "The American report is too modest. As a result of oral information furnished to me it appears that the blacks were extremely brave and this little combat does honor to the American." If the good and the great who have preceded the hero of the present are privileged to read the citation for conspicuous bravery that mark their honorable successors, how must the shade of Robert Gould Shaw rejoice! The New York Sun. WAR DEPARTMENT WILL Special to The Twin City Star. Washington, D. C., July 1.—The War Department has made it clear that it will tolerate no discrimination against colored draftees by the local draft boards in any section of the country, and that cases of alleged unfairness will be fully investigated and corrected by the Departmental authorities. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in a recent interview, speaking with reference to alleged discrimination against colored draftees, said, in part: "I have heard that draft boards in adjoining counties take a different view of practically identical facts with regard to colored men; but the answer in all these cases is that a review is provided directly by the President, and all that is necessary for anybody to do who thinks there is a grievance, is to point it out to the War Department, and it will be investigated. If the draft boards act unfairly, we will correct their action. "The War Department will brook no discrimination, and any cases of alleged or suspected discrimination brought to our attention will be investigated, and any wrong done will be righted." We have never known two injustices to make anything right. The Saturday News has prospered by being as just to the white man as it has ever been to the Negro. We have never gone off half-cocked upon any proposition. Whenever we grope, we are in search of the truth. We want to be right and avoid as nearly as possible being wrong. We are not for the Negro right or wrong. We want him to be right. We complain because a majority of white people will always side with a white man when a question arises between him and one of our color; still certain colored newspapers, without making any investigation whatsoever as to the evidence, would have the entire Negro race do identically what they condemn the white people for doing. Be cause the white people do, wrong is no reason why the Negroes should do wrong. The best preparedness to receive justice is to be just yourself. —Hopkinsville (Ky.) News. We are living in an age and an epoch which is characterized by a growing and insistent demand for justice and democracy. The United States is sending men, money and munitions to the battle fields of Europe as its demand for justice, freedom and equality of opportunity for all peoples, and it would be well for the Americans at this time to remember that here in our own country for the past fifty years since the abolition of slavery, is a race loyal, patriotic people who are not enjoying at the hands of this government here at home the principles of that democracy for which we are fighting to make the world safe, and in which fight God helping us, we will be victorious. W. T. FRANCIS "ENLIST OR WORK" CAMPAIGN. The military authorities intend to push the enlist or work campaign among the Negroes. There are many idlers who have no lawful means of support. They will be drafted into the industrial army. Get work, gentlemen of leisure, even if as a side line. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. EVER OBSERVE THESE? Somehow or other we'd rather a man would flatter rather than tell the brutal truth just to be hurtful. We can understand a lot of things, but the necessity for a bit of plink fringe on the bath towel is not one of them. He is wise who keeps his own counsel, but he is wiser who knows enough to follow good advice when he gets it. A girl may not be very smart but whenever she gets a note from a man containing the injunction: "burn this," she knows that's the letter to hang onto. Many a man tries to keep pace with a neighbor when it comes to spending money. The difficulty is that he won't keep pace with him when it comes to earning money to spend. It's a queer world. Some men will buy any number of drinks for men who can afford to buy their own and are not thirsty, and yet will refuse a dime to the poor man who really needs refreshment. AROUND THE WORLD Texas cattle ranges have been suffering from lack of rains. Pennsylvania farmers are willingly employing women farmhands. New York has employed a woman as maid in Sing Sing prison. Negro orators are to spread war gospel in the United States this summer. Kansas City lawyers are mobilizing to assist in harvest work on farms. SHOTS FROM THE MAGAZINE That new-born Russian republic proved to be a litter. War prices and scarcity of labor have not yet affected the supply of red tape. Bring on your German super-submarines! The bigger the boat the bigger the target. If the government will only beat the paper trust to a pulp, everybody will be satisfied. Diplomatic relations have apparently become more fragile than marriage ceremonies. The only German offensive this spring has been the conduct of her peace envoys. Some one has figured out that a hundred new bolshevik are born in Russia every minute; one a minute was supposed in other countries to be the record. ALL TRUE The true patriot also loves his neighbor's boys. There's nothing new in war. David had a hand-grenade. The grand appeal is the lonely headboard on the scarred field. After all, the love of a good girl is more comforting than knit socks. In emergency the American farmer can shoot as straight as he plows. And we may all stand "meatless days" as long as there is strength in codfish. There's a "bit" for every one. The professional musician may furnish hair to pad the boxing-gloves. WORLD WORKERS The equivalent of the labor of 20,000 men for a month has been lost to the government's shipbuilding program through strikes and lockouts. The total amount of timber cut on the national forests in the fiscal year 1917 was 840,612,000 board feet, as against 714,505,000 board feet in 1916. It is estimated that the daylight saving plan in the United States will save the country 1,000,000 tons of coal and enough gas and electric energy to aggregate a total saving of $40,000,000. The largest service flag in the country bearing 19,135 stars was swung as a canopy in a hall at Indianapolis, where the United Mine Workers recently met, each star representing a coal miner who has enlisted. Over 341,800,000 barrels of petroleum were produced and marketed in the United States last year, but even this record output was insufficient to meet the demand. About 21,000,000 barrels of oil held in storage had to be drawn on. BATTLE FRONT ETIQUETTE Steel trench hats should not be raised upon the arrival of a big Bertha. Arriving German shells have the right of way. Always stand aside for them. Spats are no longer de rigueur in trench service, and may be done away with altogether. It is considered a serious social error to ask for a fingerbowl when dining on chow in the trench. Loud and boisterous comments are considered bad form when out on listening post at night. It is not necessary to have a formal introduction to a Boche before transacting war business with him. It is not necessary to purchase a hatbox for your steel helmet, and in place of a hatbrush carry a cake of sand soap. Calling cards are seldom used at the front. It is much better form to engrave one's name on the bayonet and present it to the Hun in the customary manner when visiting in No Man's Land. Week-end parties are practically abolished at the front. When the enemy accosts you with the cheerful greeting, "kamerad," make it plain to him that he must remain your guest for the duration of the war. NEW IN SCIENCE REALM Tokyo has about 45,000 telephones and 60,000 persons are said to be seeking the service. An imitation wool for filling mattresses and pillows is being made from cork in Spain. By treating eggs with certain gases a Frenchman has succeeded in keeping them fresh for ten months. Japan is now producing about 6,600,000 pounds of camphor annually, a little more than half the world's supply. Peaches are ripened by high tension electricity, discharged directly upon the fruit, by a process invented in England. More small towns in Norway use electricity than in any other country, owing to the abundance of water power. PRACTICAL THRIFT Milk is the best source of calcium. New knitting bags are made of raffla. Raisins have in them much nourishment. Use a clothespin for scraping pans, etc. The simplest meals are the best for health. Never waste even the smallest amount of milk. String beans and corn make delicious succotash. Honey is one of the best kinds of sweets for children. FLASHLIGHTS Tradition is the finest of a fine race that is past, that the youth of the present struggles ever to be worthy of. Philosophy, as a general rule, is just a fine sounding statement of how a man wishes he could bear his troubles. We can understand a lot of things, but the seemingly perpetual grouch of the railroad ticket agent is not one of them. The best kind of an optimist is the fellow who hustles to get as much hay in the barn as possible before the storm strikes. An American flag flying over a German-language newspaper building is the best definition of camouflage we can think of. About the best praise that a man can get is to come to the end of his life and still be the man his wife is glad that she married. WORDS OF WISE MEN Presence cf the farmerettes may end the problem of boys leaving the old farm. Your success is but a place where you stop for one night. When morning comes, march on. Faith stimulates duty, but duty, rightly performed, strengthens faith. They react upon each other. For everything you have missed you have gained something else, and for everything you gain you lose something. What may be termed a one-man submarine has been invented to aid in searches for underwater objects, especially vessels that have sunk. --- ELKS' ANNUAL OUTING THE STAG Ames Lodge, No. 100 WEDNESDAY —A PARKER DANCING BOATING TO GO TO PARKER'S Leave St. Paul via Interurban cars (U utes before train time, given below. Walk two blocks to Electric Short L Avenue North. Phone Main 1987. Trains Leave LUCE LINE Dept 7:30, 11:00 A.M. a Returning Leave Parker's Lak These are the Only Trai The Elks Special Train Leaves at 2 Committee: Luke Tichenor, J. E. Stewart, N. C. Stone, ROUND TRIP FARE: Ad Everybody will be as Hennepin DGE, No. 106, I. B. P. O. WEDNESDAY, JULY —AT— PARKER'S LAKE BOATING BATHING GO TO PARKER'S LAKE FROM ST. PAUL Mia Interurban cars (University Avenue Line time, given below. Get off car at Second to Electric Short Line Depot, Seventh St. Phone Main 1987. Leave LUCE LINE Depot, 2nd Ave. No. a 1:30, 11:00 A. M. and 2:00, 4:20 P. M. Leave Parker's Lake 4:10, 6:29 and 1 se are the Only Trains. Don't Miss T al Train Leaves at 2:00 P. M. Sharp. Luke Tichenor, Harry Kimbrough, J. E. Stewart, Chas. Sumner Smith N. C. Stone, Fuller Thompson, TRIP FARE: Adults 60c. Children Everybody will be assured of a good time nepin Lumber Ames Lodge, No.106, I. B. P. O. E. of W. TO GO TO PARKER'S LAKE FROM ST. PAUL Leave St. Paul via Interurban care (University Avenue Line) Forty-five minutes before train time, given below. Get off car at Second Avenue North. Walk two blocks to Electric Short Line Depot, Seventh Street and Second Avenue North. Phone Main 1987. Trains Leave LUCE LINE Depot, 2nd Ave. No. and 7th St. 7:30, 11:00 A. M. and 2:00, 4:20 P. M. Returning Leave Parker's Lake 4:10, 6:29 and 10:00 P. M. These are the Only Trains. Don't Miss Them. The Elks Special Train Leaves at 2:00 P. M. Sharp. Take This Train. ROUND TRIP FARE: Adults 60c. Children 45c. 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"Because of the counterattacks delivered by the army of General Degoutte and our American allies, the Germans were unable appreciably to widen or deepen this pocket," says the Echo de Paris. According to the same newspaper 40 German divisions have been fully engaged in the battle, while 20 support divisions were obliged to take more or less active part in the fighting. BELGIUM IS PEACE Position Taken by Fatherland Party in Germany. Amsterdam, July 19.—While declining to give its interpretation of the recent statement of Chancellor von Hertling regarding Belgium, the Ger- --- N. W. Main 5040 S, I. B. P. O. E. of W. JULY, JULY 24 T— 'R'S LAKE BATHING FISHING LAKE FROM ST. PAUL University Avenue Line) Forty-five min- Get off car at Second. Avenue North- one Depot, Seventh Street and Second Spot, 2nd Ave. No. and 7th St. and 2:00, 4:20 P. M. e 4:10, 6:29 and 10:00 P. M. ins. Don't Miss Them. :00 P. M. Sharp. Take This Train. Harry Kimbrough, J. N. Sellers, has. Sumner Smith W. T. Dodson, uller Thompson, Chairman. Results 60c. Children 45c. insured of a good time Lumber Co. 74. Dining Room—Main 2831. and Electric Lighted Rooms. Hours—Popular Prices. 'S HOTEL Chas. Brody, Mgr. S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Room for Ladies. Special Temper- Grill; Billiards; Barber Shop in Antion. Work Called for and De- City. One Day Service. BROS. HAROLD C. ORS "PROMPTNESS" ing, Repairing and Pressing ork a Specialty. Minneapolis Minnesota. man fatherland party, according to current German newspapers, has issued the following statement on the subject: "As far as we are concerned, Belgium is a pledge to safeguard a lasting peace, to strengthen Germany's hands in Belgium, to preserve it from Anglo-American exploitation, to preserve the Flemings and their industries from becoming Frenchified and from English tyranny. We want free Flanders, as a real guarantee for the vital necessities of the German people." DECORATION FOR GEN. MARCH King of England Bestows Order on U. S. Officer. Washington, July 19.—King George has awarded the Knights Grand Cross of the distinguished British order of St. Michael and St. George to General Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the American army. Paris, July 19—Fifteen persons were killed and about 50 others were injured, 20 seriously, when a passenger train was derailed near Vierzon, 20 miles northwest of Bourges. Auto. 37032 IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE Unless notes are written plainly and properly arranged they will not be inserted. Many people send in notes regardless of names, initials or composition. Arrangement by the publisher will be charged for. Free notices must be correctly written. The Episcopal picnic was a bigger success than last year. About 1,000 persons went to Parker's Lake last Thursday and everybody enjoyed the outing. EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION The public is invited to attend the Emancipation Celebration exercises at Glenwood Park on August 1st. A committee of citizens will make it pleasant. An appropriate program has been prepared. Noted speakers will deliver addresses, and a large gathering of citizens will spend the afternoon at this ideal resort. Everything free. Take Glenwood Park cars direct to the Park. Mr. John W. Cheatham, the veteran freman, continues quite ill at his residence, 3020 20th Ave. S. Mr. Oliver H. White, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. R. White of St. Paul, died July 15 in New York City. He is the brother of John R. White, Jr., of the Post Office Dept. Sergt. Irvin Rhodes left Friday night for Nashville. Tenn., to visit his brother and sister, Mrs. Mamie R. Neal and George Rhodes. AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. Sergt-Major Webster S. Stovall, serving with the American expeditionary forces "somewhere in France," writes his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Thos. B. Stovall, that "they are being well taken care of, have plenty of food and are treated very well." Webster and his brother Thomas B. are examples of our best young men in the National Army, and such optimistic reports are encouraging to those who may be called to follow them and to their relatives and friends at home. Mrs. E. Wright, 414 E. 14th St., has gone to Kansas City to visit her husband. Mr. Zach Hawkins, 516 16th Ave. So., is very ill from heart trouble at the City Hospital, where he has been for three weeks. Mr. Hawkins has resided in this city over 27 years, and has a host of friends who extend their sympathy. Starts Home From Manila Mr. Phillip McCullough, son of Mrs. Nellie McCullough, has started from Manila, P. I., on a trip home. He accompanies the remains of Mrs. Hart, wife of his employer, who died recently. Mr. McCullough is the chief clerk for Mr. J. F. Hart, who owns a rice plantation. Mrs. Mary White Ovington, noted author and one of the leading women of the country, is speaking in Western cities for the N. A. A. C. P. The Northwest has been recognized by the War Department in the appointment of Attorney W. T. Francis as one of the speakers to present the war aims of the government to the colored people of the United States. NEGRO NURSES WANTED. Major Jose H. Sherwood, 971 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul, will be glad to receive the names of any graduate nurses among the colored women. He has been requested to forward such information to proper authorities for the organization of Colored Red Cross workers for overseas service. PROMINENT INDIANA VISITORS. Mrs. Elwood Knox and baby, and Miss Ellen Miller, of Indianapolis, Ind., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hilyard, 790 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul. Mrs. Knox is the wife of Mr. Knox of "The Freeman" and Miss Miller is a school teacher. They are being well entertained and are enjoying their stay. St. Anthony Lodge of Odd Fellows will hold their annual outing and Basket Picnic at Glenwood Park on August 1st. Mrs. Emily Abbey is very sick. The employment record of all persons in the "Enlist or Work" campaign is causing a scare among the idlers. It means that they may be called to the harvest fields in the Industrial Army. This is another condition caused by this war, which is a great benefit to many Negroes. WILL SHOW NEGRO PICTURES "Trooper of Troop K" and other interesting movies of Negro life, will be shown in this city at an early date. The famous Negro star, Noble M, Johnson will be featured. "Trooper of Troop K" is a reproduction of the Battle of Carrizal, showing a detachment of the famous 24th Infantry in action. It is the movie masterpiece of the year and a military love drama, consisting of an entire Negro cast. Mr. Johnson is supported by Beulah Hall and Jimmie Smith. SEND IN YOUR NEWS FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN FOR ATTUCKS ORPHAN- AGE AND HOME REV. THOMPSON, OF WILBER- FORCE, O., WILL CONDUCT SPECIAL SERVICES. A Statement by the Board. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE CRISPUS ATTUCKS ORPHANAGE AND OLD FOLKS' HOME MAKES STATEMENT. To the citizens of Minnesota: Feeling that the public is interested in this institution which cares for the dependent Negroes of the Northwest, we wish to make public the following conditions: There are at present twenty-one inmates in the Home. The Matron, with her assistants, is well qualified to properly care for them. The present location, 469 Collins St., is very desirable. A large building with thirty-five rooms, on a beautiful lot, was purchased for the consideration of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). We have paid one thousand and six hundred dollars ($1,600.00), leaving a balance due on the purchase price of three thousand and four hundred dollars ($3,400.00). The building is very much in need of repairs. To pay off this indebtedness and properly repair the building, the Board of Managers are appealing to the public for the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00). The Board is very fortunate in engaging the services of Rev. Eugene Thompson, of Wilberforce, Ohio, to run a financial campaign. Rev. Eugene Thompson comes highly recommended. We feel that the success of this effort will place us in a position to accomplish much greater good. The business of the Home is looked after by a board of managers, as follows: John Sellers, Minneapolis, president; Mattle R. Hicks, St. Paul, secretary; M. R. Krauft, of the Merchants National Bank, St. Paul, treasurer—Paid Advertisement. HOME GUARD NOTICE— 16TH BATTALION Co.'s C and D of Minneapolis. Company C—Regular drill nights every Monday and Friday. Assemble at 8 p. m. in Room 30, Courthouse. CAPT. GALE C. HILYER. Company D—Regular drill every Monday and Thursday evening at 8 p. m. Assemble at Headquarters in Room 30, Courthouse. CAPT. CHAS. SUMNER SMITH. SERGT. ARTHUR STEWART. The Negro Home Guard Companies and Band of the 16th Batallion are making rapid progress. They will soon be in uniform. THE SUNDAY FORUM. NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS. The newly elected officers are: Dr. W. E. Burton, president; Mrs. Lulu Maxwell, vice-president; Miss Tiny Whiteside, secretary; Miss Hattie Hill, assistant secretary; Mrs. Clarence W. Beil, treasurer; Miss Viola Jackson, organist; Miss Frances Duncan, journalist. Dr. Burton, Mrs. Bell and Miss Jackson were re-elected. Dr. Elmer E. Cheeks, the dentist, made a brief address. G. U. O. OF O. F. ST. ANTHONY LODGE NO. 2877. Officers. W. W. Williams, N. G.; David Murray, V. G.; J. J. Turner, P. N. G.; N. Boice, N. F.; I. S. Bogie, P. N. F.; Wm. R. Morris, P. S.; A. L. Drew, E.; S. O. A. Lee, Chaplain, S. Davis, Warden, Jno. W. Harper, Jr., Guardian, N. C. Stone, W. T.; J. A. Withers, R. S. N. G.; Jno. W. Harper, Sr., L. S. N. G.; M. L. Brown, R. S. V. G.; Wm. Burgess, L. S. V. G. LOAN OFFICE OPENED. Mr. Joseph Young has opened a loan office in 818 Metropolitan Life Bldg. He has negotiated several substantial loans on residence property in this city. Owing to the increasing business he has secured an office with Atty. Wm. R. Morris, where he will make loans from $10.00 up, including chattel mortgages. Mr. Young has made a study of real estate values during his residence in this city, and is financially able to meet the demands of the trade. AN INVITATION. Visit Simmons Cafe, 500 Fourth avenue south, for Clean Food and Cool Beverages. Popular Prices. Sanitary Service. EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE, 407 Nicollet Ave. AGENTS WANTED—NOW! Reliable and intelligent agents always wanted to solicit business for TiE TWIN CITY STAR; also correspondents in principal cities. A chance to earn a good living. Write The Twin City Star, Minneapolis. Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. A John Preston Jackson (Sandwich Jack) (From a group photo taken at the Elk's convention at Chicago in 1916.) IN MEMORIAM JOHN PRESTON JACKSON, Born in Chambersburg, Pa., December 25, 1866. Died in Minneapolis, Minn., July 19, 1917. In loving memory, by his sister, Mrs. Jennie Johnson. BAND CONCERT A SUCCESS. Prof. Howard Highly Complimented. The 16th Battallon Band showed its rapid progress as a real musical organization last Sunday at Union Hall in St. Paul. Prof. W. H. Howard made a host of admirers and received many compliments on the splendid showing of about 41 musicians. After the public rehearsal, a large crowd went to the drill field of the St. Paul companies of the M. H. G., where Adjt. Robt. L. Robinson began instructions in battalion review. The boys and the band were doing nicely, but had to quit on account of rain. St. Paul turned out to see the Home Guards, and the band gave new inspiration to the movement. Major Jose H. Sherwood attended the review, and Red Cross ladies served refreshments. This Offer Expires August 1, 1918. One dollar will be given to the Colored Y. M. C. A. in this city for every paid annual subscription to the Twin City Star. (Editor.) SUBSCRIBE NOW. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SEE McDFW! for real estate. NICE FRONT ROOM For Rent— Suitable for two; gentlemen prefered. Snelling and 4th Ave. car lines pass the door; good location; walking distance. Call So. 117 before noon. Mrs. E. A. Mitchell, 1828 4th Ave. So. MODERN FLAT FOR RENT. Modern Five Room Flat, 1st floor. Good location; walking distance. Apply J. S. Wright, Main Postoffice. Tel. N. W. 19 W. FOR RENT—Five rooms, 803 Basset Pl. modern except heat; reasonable rent; 3 rooms first floor, 2 rooms second; very good basement. Call Leviton, 1317 No. 6th Ave. Hy. 2875. FOUR UNFURNISHED ROOMS. Four elegant unfurnished rooms, in absolutely modern home, near Lake St. residential section, near two car lines. Call at 3008 Bryant Ave. S. LARGE FURNISHED ROOM—Reasonable rent; modern except heat; one block from car line. Mrs. W. W. Williams, 2900 Eleventh Ave. So. Tel. Drexel 4728. FIVE MODERN ROOMS FOR RENT—Very reasonable; in good order; on the North Side. Call Leviton, 1317 No. 6th Ave. Hy. 2875. Wanted—A live, honest, correspondent and agent. Apply to Twin City Star. House for Rent, six rooms choice location. 1108 E. 36th St. See McDew, 802 Sykes Block, Call Nic. 621. SUBSCRIBERS WANTED — Make the Twin City Star a live and dependable weekly Negro newspaper by sending your subscription. Send a dollar on your account, or get a new subscriber. The Star is THE PAPER. THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY. If you-wish to add to your income, you can do so by accepting an agency for The Twin City Star. Good commission to competent agents. Use your spare time in soliciting ads and subscriptions. Only honest and intelligent agents wanted. Call Hyland 1205. READ THIS CAREFULLY. If you receive a newspaper by mail and do not wish to pay for it, just refuse it by informing your postman. Then it will be returned to the publisher and he will be notified to discontinue sending it. There is no reason why a person should pay for a paper forced on them, but every reason why it should be paid for when ordered and accepted. COLORED Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Secretary Makes Report—Much Interest Shown and Material Aid Given. We are glad to announce to the public in this our first monthly report of the Y. M. C. A. work among our people in this city, that the enthusiasm with which the work has been generally received and the willing cooperation assured by all, to help to successfully push forward the work is extremely encouraging and portends for the future a glorious outcome, and a powerful influence in our city for Christian citizenship and race betterment. We believe by uniting our efforts and entreating Divine assistance, the time will not be long before we shall have an organization and a building of which both the city of Minneapolis and our race will be proud. As the giant oak grows from a little acorn, we hope a great plant will be the outgrowth of our Y. M. C. A work, started one month ago at 1016 Sixth street south. We are gradually getting our house furnished, and the Y. M. C. A. activities started, and within a week or so we hope to have the rooms so equipped that the men can find sufficient entertainment and reading matter as to make the place attractive enough to cause them to spend much of their leisure time there. We are grateful to the following for donations: Mr. Chas. Gibson, a piano. Mr. Skellet, free hauling of plano. Mrs. E. Peale, the loan of two pictures. Mr. James Adams—Pole and fixtures. Mrs. N. Stone, pair of portieres. Mrs. N. Stone, pair of portieres. Mrs. Hutchinson, one center table. Mrs. Trevan, one rug and hammock. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, one large picture. Mrs. Eldridge, magazines. Mrs. Pope, gas fixtures. Mr. J. A. Withers, gas chandelier. Mr. James Williams, three chairs. Mr. Lipscomb, books. We also extend our gratitude to the ladies under Mrs. Kennedy who gave the entertainment at 'the Pillsbury Settlement House on the evening of the 25th of June. $16.50 was realized. On the evening of the 18th of June, at our informal opening, pledges amounting to $24, and cash to the amount of $5.75, was taken. Mrs. Chas, Sumner Smith donated $5. A list of those who pledged and the amounts given will be given in July's report. A collection of $3 was taken up at our meeting Sunday afternoon, June 23. Total cash receipts during month of June was $25.25. We hope that our people as a whole, seeing the much needed work which has been started in our city, will be liberal with the means, and help to speed on its success. Send all donations of any kind to O. A. LAWRENCE, 910 Eighth Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. and due credit will be given to the donor. THE MOOREFIELD Report of Local Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. It is very gratifying to be able to submit at this time the results of the drive which gives us an enrollment of 478 members. The Branch feels proud of its membership, and thanks all those who so willingly contributed in awakening the interest of our people in this very worthy cause—making the drive a success. But especially the Branch feels grateful to its president, Hon. B. S. Smith and his helpful wife, for the very active part they took, bringing in as their combined contribution 253 members. It must be remembered that there are many who have not as yet taken out memberships, who ought to do so, and the Secretary will be pleased to accept the same at any time. The Branch realized $27.59 from the dance given at the Collisseum, and after remitting to New York its portion from the Drive, and defraying all expenses to date, there is now in the hands of the Treasurer, $259.94. A general meeting will be held in the very near future. All members will be notified as to the time and place. Let each member strive NOW to get one more member, and make the Minneapolis Branch foremost in the West. This is your organization, take a special pride in it. Think it! Breathe it! Advertise it! Let us unite in combating the wrongs and injustices heaped upon us and so make America a safe place in which the Negro might live. Pay goodly heed, all ye who read, And beware of saying "I can't." "Tis a cowardly word and apt to lead 2817 Chicago Ave. CLARENCE BELL MOVES INTO NEW QUARTERS Having secured a more desirable building for my barber shop and pool hall, I have moved to 250 Third Ave. S. (same block), where everything will be complete for the accommodation and comfort of my patrons. Up-to-date service and courteous treatment extended to all. Public patronage solicited. CLARENCE W. BELL. (Advertisement.) 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If you wish to add to your income, you can do so by accepting an agency for The Twin City Star. Good commission to competent agents. Use your spare time in soliciting ads and subscriptions. Only honest and intelligent agents wanted. Call Hyland 205. --- Orex 1269 ```markdown ``` Wash Laundry Cedar Avenue Allists in Wet Wash Family Laundering BEST ADVERTISEMENT BARBER SHOP BELL, Proprietor. DOP, POLITE BARBERS BILLIARD HALL BERS, SHOE SHINING ...MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Eastern, Main 2511. Barber Shop e. S., Minneapolis ; UP TO THE MINUTE. D TABLES IN CONNECTION. SHOES SHINED. CARVER, Props. LEVITON COATS MADE TO ORDER. of Ladies' and Gent's Garments. 1317 No. 6th Ave., Minneapolis. AGENTS WANTED—NOW! Reliable and intelligent agents alway wanted to solicit business for THE TWIN CITY STAR; also correspondents in principal cities. A chance to earn a good living. Write The Twin City Star, Minneapolis. Read the Negro Paper. Automatic 61809 ```markdown ``` Handshake Swallows Fight for Farmers They Are the Light Cavalry of the Bird Army "The army of the birds" is a familiar phrase, yet the picture it paints in most minds is, perhaps, an army on the march rather than an army in combat; the birds in annual migration from zone to zone rather than the birds on daily city from field to field. The latter and more accurate idea comes only when special branches of the service are pointed out—when, for instance, a bird experts says, "The swallows are the light cavalry of the army of birds, ever on the move, always on the skirmish line, foraging the fields of air, constantly on the alert to cut off stragglers from insect camps and missing no opportunity to destroy these enemies of the farmer." The phrases quoted are used in the opening paragraph of a bulletin issued by the United States department of agriculture. It is entitled, "Food Habits of the Swallows, a Family of Valuable Native Birds." It is the last work done by one of the greatest economic ornithologists the world has produced, Prof. F. E. L. Beal, for 25 years an assistant in the bureau of biological survey, and whose death occurred October 1, 1916. The bulletin deals with the seven species of swallow that are of wide distribution in the United States, the Purple Martin, the Cliff swallow, the Barn swallow, the Tree swallow, the Violet-Green swallow, the Bank swallow and the Rough-Winged swallow. The food habits of all the species are, of course, similar, but they vary in certain more or less important details. It is shown, for instance, that while the other six species eat practically no vegetable food except such as is incidentally taken with insect food, the Tree swallow occasionally makes a full meal of berries or seeds. It is definitely shown, however, that no swallow consumes any vegetable food that is of use to man, only worthless forms of wild berries and seeds being taken. And even this forms such a small part of the total diet as to be negligible. Except for the Tree swallow, the vegetable element will not average one-half of 1 per cent of the total diet. With few exceptions, the insects eaten by swallows are injurious. Since swallows take their food on the wing, it follows that they must feed upon flying insects, and, for the most part, predacious beetles and other beneficial ground-frequenting forms escape. The biggest single item in the swallow diet is Diptern, the order of insects to which belong flies, gnats and mosquitoes. This item constitutes nearly 27 per cent of the total when averaged for the seven species. The next largest item is Hemiptera, the order of insects including the chinch bug, plant lice and the like. It is shown that, of the beetles eaten, a large part is made up of weevils, including the cotton boll weevil, the clover weevil, the strawberry weevil, the alfalfa weevil, which is a recently imported pest, and other highly destructive weevils. On the whole, the swallows are shown to be a highly beneficial bird family and deserving of all the encouragement and protection that can be given. Pitcher Jack Coombs Is to Retire This Year—To Look After Business Interests Jack Coombs announces that this will be his last year in baseball. At least he declares it to be his last year as an active player and perhaps nothing short of a managerial job will tempt him to remain. Colby Jack's contract with the Brooklyn club expires this year, which is the reason he is making the announcement. He feels that he has Underwood & Underwood Jack Coombs. served his time as a pitcher, but he has also built up a number of business interests which are paying him good dividends, and this is probably the real reason why he intends to retire from the game. Coombs makes his home at Palestine, Texas, where he has a general merchandise store in addition to being interested in two banks. His business has been growing with the boom times and he feels that there will no longer be any necessity of playing baseball for a living. Importance of a Tan Coat Depends on How Acquired. Tan is the result of the action of chemical rays or of the ultra-violet rays of the solar light on the pigment of the skin. It proves nothing, says an authority, but that the skin has been exposed to photographic rays of one kind or another. The skin is also tanned by exposure to the rays of a mercury lamp, but such tan has nothing to do with health. Tan is important and of meaning according to the circumstances under which it is acquired. Acquired at sea or by the sea as a result of life and exercise in the open air, it is a sign of health, because it accompanies general effects which are lacking in the conditions of electric tan. Electric tan is accompanied by no multiplication of red corpuscles in the blood, such as exercise produces, insuring a renewal of physical strength. Eggless Breakfast Soon. Pennsylvania, which has been taking a census of its fowl population, finds that it has 4,000,000 less chickens than a year ago. Three-fourths of the decrease is in laying hens. About 90 per cent of Norway's dentists are graduates of American dental colleges or have taken post-graduate courses in the United States. ```markdown ``` Don't allow your hens to eat decayed flesh of any kind unless you want them to get down with limber-neck and have many of them die from the effect of it. Don't allow filth and dampness to abound in and around your poultry roosting house; it will cause roup and its various attending ills. Don't let the mites and lice get the upper hand about your place and cause you untold trouble and loss of both old and young stock. Don't be afraid to give your fowls an abundance of green stuff at all seasons and all times; it is their salvation, whether they are old or young. Don't be afraid to invest a few dollars in good stock any more than you would in improved seeds and grain to insure success. Don't keep any males with the females unless you intend hatching the eggs. Eggs for market will keep much longer if they are not fertile. Don't put all sizes, shapes and colors of eggs in one lot for market; learn to grade them so they will look as much like one hen laid them all as possible. Don't allow a dirty, stale egg to go into your market basket, no matter how high they are or how badly you need the money. Don't be afraid to work with your poultry the year round, as it is the only road to success, and one must stick to the right track. Keep up interest in your poultry both winter and summer. No matter what other duties you have, they should not be neglected. Don't expect every egg to hatch when you buy eggs for that purpose from some good breeder. Your own eggs as a rule will not do that well. The Slamese government has consolidated a civil service college and a medical school into a university to provide instruction in all the higher branches of education. A method for rebuilding worn-out automobile tires and making them puncture proof with fabric woven from thread and a vegetable fiber has been invented by a Californian. Oils obtained from Antarctic sea leopards, seals and penguins have been tested by scientists in London and found useful for soap and leather making and for heating purposes. Ants in the Kitchen. In regard to the question as to how to get rid of small ants in a kitchen, the Indiana state entomologist says: "One of the best remedies is to make a srup of four ounces of sugar to one-half pint of water, and after this srup has bolled add one ounce of sodium fluoride. Molsten a sponge with this and put it in a can that has some holes punched in it; then place this where the ants are most numerous. The idea is to get the ants feeding on this and in that way carry some back to their nest. If they stop feeding, move the can back a short distance and they will again start eating. The can should be kept moist with this sirup and the ants will soon disappear." Japan has superseded China as the chief source of supply for tea used in the United States Underground Railroad and One of the curiosities of the capitol is the miniature railroad that connects the senate, via underground passage, with the senate office building, relates a Washington correspondent. The cars of this railroad operate on a monorail by electricity. The road is about 150 yards in length and has a double track. When one car is at one end of the track the other car is at the other end, and vice versa. The railroad was intended originally to al senators in making speed from their offices to the senate chamber. Roll calls do not require much time in the senate and there is danger that if a roll call is asked when a senator is in his office he will miss the roll call unless he uses the electric car. That saves him about ten or fifteen seconds' time. The road is open to the public and it costs nothing to ride. As a consequence messenger boys, clerks and janitors use the railroad freely, while senators, except on days when the weather is inclement, prefer to walk in the open air between their offices and the senate chamber. Besides the initial equipment, the road entails an expense of about $50 weekly for the employ of two operators and probably half that amount for electricity. This would make a yearly expense of $3,900 as a very conservative estimate. As a matter of fact the railroad probably costs more like $6,000 or $7,000 a year. The senate has another extravagance that is almost an eyesore. This is the palatial caucus room that cost no one knows how many thousands of dollars when the senate office building was constructed. The room is finished throughout in marble and has immense crystal chandellers. It has the largest seating capacity of any room in the capitol except the hall of the house and the senate chamber. Yet the acoustic properties of the room are so bad that it is never used, and it stands there as an expensive monument to some one's mistake in planning the senate office building. Of course a person would ordinarily pay no attention to such a thing as bad acoustic properties, but in this room it cannot help but be noticed. HUMOROUS Those Amateur Musicians. "Professor, how is my little daughter?" "Fine, Mr. Sprechelnitz; she can play the scale without sticking out her tongue." Mab — I Bear that you are going to marry Jack Swift. Congratulations. TWO WOMEN CONVERSING Ethel—But I'm not going to marry him. Mab—Oh, then, my sincere congratulations. Its Class. An officer on board a warship was drilling his men. "I want every man to lie on his back, put his legs in the air, and move them as if he were riding a bicycle," he explained. "Now commence." After a short effort one of the mer stopped. "Why have you stopped, Murphy?" asked the officer. "If ye plaze, sir," was the answer "Ol'm coasting." A Successful Student. "Will you give me a crust of bread an' a cup of water, mum?" A man is giving a book to a woman. "Certainly. I'll fix you up a nice lunch. But why didn't you ask for something substantial?" "I'm a student of human nature. It's mighty seldom I strikes anybody what's mean me just a crust ter." enough to give an' a cup of wa- "What has become of that hypnotist?" "Had to quit hypnotizing. Putting people to sleep wore down his nerves and gave him insomnia." Law Forbids Hoarding. Persons who have sought to excuse their violations of rules and regulations of the United States food administration on the assertion, that "there is no law requiring it," are warned that there is a law governing such cases. According to the law, persons who willfully hoard any necessaries shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding $5,000 or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. The statute sets out just what "hoarding" is and includes, not only the act of hoarding, but the withholding of necessaries to gain a higher price for them. Hoarders will be prosecuted in the federal courts. The Hidden Treasure Once upon a time, many, many years ago, there lived in the palace of Jupiter a beautiful goddess whose name was Merci. Every evening as the sun went down, Merci would go to the walls of the sky city to look down to the world below. She loved the earth people and watched over them. One day, as Merci watched over the wall, she saw great excitement in one city; men were polishing long bright pieces of metal that shone in the sun. In a neighboring city men were marching out of the gates with a great banner at their head. Merci was puzzled. She had never seen anything like this before, and because she was immortal and knew nothing of the passions of men, she did not understand. Intently she watched as on the plain below two great bodies of men came together with a clash and smote each other with those shining things they carried. Above, Merci watched in amazement and sorrow. Oh! she must help those men who were suffering so. Copyright Underwood & Underwood Vivian A. Brown. Age Five Years. What could she do? What was it the went to Jupiter and told him what we asked him where she could find the Jupiter only shook his head sagely and "Merci, I cannot tell you where the children. Only you can find it." Then Merci wandered about the s they knew where the treasure was, but ure houses in vain, but the wise men found. At last she went back to the wall down on her suffering earth people s "Oh! where is the hidden treasure. Suddenly, forgetting her helplessn forgetting herself, she flew down into water and bound up the wounds of the happiness to the hearts of the men sh day, as the men watched her standing ished and among the glorious color appeared; Merci had found the hide those who wear that scarlet cross and precious treasure, the Spirit of Mercy What could she do? What was it they needed? She must find it! So she went to Jupiter and told him what was happening to the earth people, and asked him where she could find the thing that would help them. Wise old Jupiter only shook his head sagely and replied: "Merci, I cannot tell you where the treasure is that will help your earth children. Only you can find it." Then Merci wandered about the sky palace, asking everyone she met if they knew where the treasure was, but no one knew. She searched the treasure houses in vain, but the wise men could not tell her where it could be found. At last she went back to the walls of the city, and as she stood looking down on her suffering earth people she exclaimed: "Oh! where is the hidden treasure? What can I do for the earth people?" Suddenly, forgetting her helplessness, forgetting the treasure she sought, forgetting herself, she flew down into the planet below. She gave the dying water and bound up the wounds of the injured, giving help and bringing back happiness to the hearts of the men she loved. Then, just at the end of the day, as the men watched her standing on the blood-red battlefield, she vanished and among the glorious colors of the sunset a tiny scarlet cross appeared; Merci had found the hidden treasure in her own heart. And all those who wear that scarlet cross and carry it in their hearts have found a precious treasure, the Spirit of Mercy. Find Markets for Canned Goods By the U. S. Department of Agriculture Housewives and members of canning clubs are urged to study their market at the beginning of the season and pack according to the local demands for different products. They are advised by the bureau of markets of the department to secure orders for canned goods before putting them up. Small lots of nonstandardized products are difficult to sell except among local buyers and are not purchased by the army, navy, commercial dealers or any department of the government. Many appeals to the department of agriculture to find a market for home-canned goods have been made during the past year and often the canners believed that the government was in the market for such goods. Subject to whatever regulations may be made by the federal government, the marketing of food products will proceed in the usual manner and the bureau of markets points out that proper grading, standardizing and careful preparation for market are especially necessary in handling canned goods, jams, jellies and preserves. Home-canned products can be kept over from one season to the next and those who have not sold their goods have reserves to draw from for their home table. It is good policy, say the specialists, for the housewife to provide a reasonable surplus beyond the probable home consumption for the next crop year. While the bureau of markets is giving aid to producers on marketing problems it says that it is difficult to place producers of small quantities of different kinds of products in touch with buyers and urges home and club canners to learn the marketing end of their business just the same as producers in other lines of industry. More than 190 canal boats are regularly navigating the creeks and tributaries of the Thames. Among them 56 carry families which aggregate 250 children. --- y needed? She must find it! So she was happening to the earth people, and thinking that would help them. Wise old replied: The treasure is that will help your earth sky palace, asking everyone she met if no one knew. She searched the treasured not tell her where it could be of the city, and as she stood looking exclaimed: "What can I do for the earth people?" less, forgetting the treasure she sought, the planet below. She gave the dying injured, giving help and bringing back he loved. Then, just at the end of the on the blood-red battlefield, she vanished of the sunset a tiny scarlet cross a treasure in her own heart. And all carry it in their hearts have found a Magazine Writer's Close-Up of Our General Pershing, as a Man and American Soldier. What of General Pershing, who may one day have as great an army as any? The question is asked as often in Europe as in America. It is not. I think, known in America how deep a first impression his character as man and soldier have made on the British and, indeed, the French, writes W. Beach Thomas in Harper's Magazine. When he landed in England in June, 1916, one of the British newspapers, whose correspondent had been for a long while in his presence, compared him with Moltke, who was "silent in seventeen languages." What General Pershing, the master of several Philippine dialects, said was little and good. When General Joffre shook his hand in Paris a few weeks later—a scene worthy of a great historical memorial—he said to one of his staff, "General Pershing will think first and act afterwards." At all junctures the general has been cool and prompt and determined. His colonel in Cuba wrote of him, "He is the bravest and coolest man under fire I ever saw in my life." His own recorded maxims are few; but at the most worrying crisis in France—when news of the arrival of American troops was published while some of those troops were still in the danger zone at sea—he said, "I do not worry, and when the day's work is over I go to sleep." Notes of Interest. In the schools of the Philippine Islands there are 11,000 native teachers and 500 American instructors. Within the foreign concessions of Hankow there are 2,257 licensed filnikshas, 67 public carriages, and 83 private motorcars. The reason why opals are often lost from their settings is that they expand with heat more than any other precious stones, and consequently force open the gold which holds them in place, with the result that they ultimately fall out. --- O who will give us a song for them,— The silent marching men? A martial song with a swing in it, With measured rhythm and ring in it, The breath of a deathless thing in it, A song for marching men. O who will give us a song for them,— The silent marching men? The silent marching men? A gallant song with a cheer in it, A tender song with a tear in it, And never a taint of fear in it, A song for marching men. O who will give us a song for them,— The silent marching men? Trumpet and bugle and life in it, The passion and pride of life in it, And the old mad joy of strife in it, A song for marching men. O who will give us a song for them,— The silent marching men? With a sacred wordless space in it, With a clinging last embrace in it, A song with a woman's face in it, A song for marching men. O who will give us a song for them,— The silent marching men? The silent marching men? A scorn for the tyrant's rod in it. A thought of the crimsoned sod in it. A faith in the Living God in it. A song for marching men. —Theresa Virginia Beard, in the Bellman. Immigration Promises to Set New Record—Smallest Since the Colonial Days When the present fiscal year ends, June 30, it is highly probable that a new immigration record will be set—the smallest since colonial days, says the Washington Herald. Immigration statistics of the first six months indicate that the year's total may be less than 100,000 persons. For the half-year ending January 1, 1918, only 57,715 came to America, and since then the monthly totals have dwindled to a few thousands. The war, of course, is responsible. The real dwindling began when the United States entered the war. Since that day only one country has sent anything like the normal number of immigrants. That is Japan, which country now leads all nations in sending immigrants to America. Japanese immigration this year will reach 12,000 as against 8,925 in 1917, 8,714 in 1916 and 8,609 in 1915. During the first half of this fiscal year 6,008 Japanese arrived and they've been coming over at the rate of more than a thousand a month. Italy, which before the war sent over seven times as many immigrants as Japan then did, this year will send less than a third as many. Mexico, which sent 16,438 immigrants in 1917, will send less than three thousand this year. Those who live on the mountain have a longer day than those who live in the valley. Sometimes all we need to do to brighten our day is to rise a little. A Few Cooling Drinks Drinks that are cooling always find a place any time of day and the housewife who keeps a well-stocked ice chest will always be popular with her friends. Ever-Ready Lemonade. Boll together a cupful of sugar, a cupful of water and a half cupful of lemon juice; multiply this any number of times and keep in a cold place, adding iced water and using a tablespoonful of the sirup to a glass of water. Boll the mixture for five minutes before bottling. Almond Drink Blanch three dozen sweet almonds and pound to a pulp; boil them in two quarts of milk, adding a vanilla bean, which may be removed in a short time; sweeten with half a pound of sugar or a cupful of honey, cool and strain. Serve in lemonade glasses. Barley Water Wash two ounces of pearl barley and add to two quarts of water; heat slowly and boll until reduced to a quart. Add two ounces of sugar and the juice of a lemon; strain and set aside to get cold. Fruit Sirup. Boll together a pint of juicy fruit and a pint of water, stirring from time to time, then strain and add honey to sweeten; boll for ten minutes and then bottle. When serving allow a tablespoonful of the stirup to a glass of water. Tea Punch Make a strong infusion of English breakfast tea, using a teaspoonful to a cupful of boiling water. For a quart of tea add honey to sweeten, and the juice of two lemons and an orange. A few slices of the fruit may be served with the punch. Mint Julie. Boll a cupful of sugar with a pint of water 20 minutes. Crush six sprigs of mint and a cupful of boiling water over it. Allow it to stand ten minutes, strain and pour into the sirup. To this add strawberry, raspberry and lemon juice; serve very cold. Save the whey from cottage cheese, chill it and serve with any desired fruit juice flavor. A lemon with a slice of pineapple and a few cherries will serve two or three thirsty throats Assisted by a Tornado By Maud Leonard Towson (Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Co.) "I do not understand in the least Robert!" said Miss Mackay. When Louise Mackay called him by his full name in this tone of voice, Bob Murray usually backed down at once. But this time he felt amply supported by the facts in the case. "Tm sorry, Louise," he said with apparent distress. "Of course if I had known you were upon this especial Santa Fe train nothing would have induced me to get on at the last station. Just because my business demands that I should reach Chicago instantly would not have counted in the least, and I should cheerfully have waited over a day in that charming Kansas village—the hottest, most glaringly isolated spot of paralyzed nothingness I ever struck." By this time Mackay was repenting her attack on him. She felt she could easily be accused of taking too much for granted. The beautiful face beneath the severe travelling hat flushed. She even managed a smile. "Don't be absurd, Bob," she said politely. "But of course—your suddenly appearing out of nowhere—and in a situation where I couldn't escape you—and after I had told you—" Mr. Murray with one motion picked up his traveling bag and moved into the vacant seat beside the girl. "You didn't think for a minute, did you," he began calmly, "that because you refused to marry me when I asked you a month ago in Frisco, adding the kindly afterthought that 14 Stood Watching. I was to stop bothering you and keep out of your sight unless sent for, that I was going to spend the rest of my life skulking in the tall timber dodging you? Just because you think you don't care for me is no—" She drew herself up stiffly. "There was nothing haphazard about my decision," she said coldly. "I am quite sure I don't like you well enough to marry you. As you won't be just friends, there was no course open to me but to ask you to stay away." She sighed as she looked at him, for Bob Murray was a well favored, manly fellow. Then she turned her head sharply and gazed out on the everlasting prairies with their scorching crops drooping in the heat. "As I was saying," went on Mr. Murray imperturbably, "your whimsical idea that we were not made for each other in nowise interferes with my intention of showing you where you err." The shoulder nearest him shrugged expressively, the visible ear turned wrathily pink. Mr. Murray grinned, then grew serious. It is no laughing matter when the girl of your heart tells you pointblank you are mistaken as to the state of her emotions. What new line of attack he opened his mouth to make no one ever knew, for of a sudden the hum and thump of the car, and the silence of the weary passengers was broken by a scurry and rush towards the rear door. With one accord Murray and Miss Mackay also jumped to their feet. The cause of the excitement needed no explanatory words. Coming after them, exactly down the track, whirling, lifting, dipping, was a black, funnel-shaped cloud. It was miles away, but nearing rapidly. With what looked like diabolical cunning it persistently kept to the track. There was one instant of horrified silence, and then the passengers went crazy in a few minutes. Like penned rats in a trap they fought for doors and windows, but conductor and brakemen locked the exits, and the speed of the train effectually discouraged the window route. The engineer had seen the danger and opened the throttle wide; the train whirled and bumped over the ties with much the same motion as the death-dealing black cloud chasing it. After the first shock Murray instinctively drew closer to the girl. Her face had turned quite white, her tips were tightly pressed together. Amid the screaming, frantic women she stood seemingly dazed staring with fascinating eyes at the whirling demon in their wake. If it caught them, it meant death, nothing less. Every ounce of steam was on, yet their pace seemed agonizingly slow. The cloud was gaining on them. With a quick impulse Murray crushed both her limp hands in his own, and she turned frightened eyes to his compelling ones. There was a certain solemnity about his face which was new and impressive. "Louse!" He spoke low and fast. In the confusion nobody paid the slightest attention to them; they could not have been more alone had they stood in the middle of the gray desert far back on the Santa Fe line or on one of the lonely mountain peaks long since passed. The situation had become instantly primeval. There was but a man, a woman and the warring elements of the air. "Louise," he said, "be honest with me now—it can't matter much one way or the other—from the looks of things there aren't many more minutes left for either of us—but tell me, dear, honestly—don't you really care for me? Didn't you intend to tell me yes finally—after you had humbled me sufficiently?" As this was a most accurate guess at Miss Mackay's intention, though she had never admitted it even to herself, she turned instantly angry at being discovered. For a second she forgot the cyclone, and her eyes flashed as she wrenched away her hands. "You are conceited and—and impertinent!" she gasped, keeping her balance with difficulty in the swaying car. "How dare you assume I love you?" "I don't assume!" flashed back Mr. Murray sternly. "I know it! But you are too proud to give in! And now—and now you'll never have the chance!" With a start the girl looked out at the rear door again, recalled to their danger, and the sight she saw sent her blindly groping for shelter, her superb nerve at last shattered. As Murray put both arms around her and shut her eyes against his shoulder, there was both desperation and victory in his expression. For the ugly roar of the thing pursuing them was drowning out all other sounds; the whole world outside the rocking, throbbing train had grown dim and black. "Tell me," he whispered to her commandingly. Her trembling hand crept round his neck. "Oh, yes, yes!" she sobbed. "I was wicked—why—why didn't I tell you before? And now—" "Don't look!" Murray cried sharply as she raised her head. He shut his own eyes and waited the bare instant for the end of all things. There was the sudden silence of utter terror in the reeling car full of doomed human beings. But nothing happened, absolutely nothing. When Murray opened his eyes again, wonderingly, the whirling cloud was gone. At a rise in the track it had leaped, swerved, and taken a sharp tangent, abandoning the prey just in its clutch and roaring its way south across the open country. The engine stopped the next minute at the little station of Honey Creek, and the crew and passengers staggered out into the open air with dazed, white faces. Murray and Louise Mackay stood watching the disappearance of the cyclone in the distance. Then he looked at her, and as he remembered and marveled at her happiness, she turned towards him a face on which there was a mingling of tremulous thankfulness, exasperation, and helpless surrender. "I believe," she said, half laughing, half crying, as their hands met. "I believe, Robert, the whole affair was a sham you arranged on purpose, and pressed a button or something when you were done with it!" "Of course!" agreed the irrepressible Mr. Murray. Pretty Indoor Plant. Perhaps nothing gives such brightness and good cheer to a room—next to a sunny window—as a pot of wandering jew hanging in the window. The trailing stems with their tiny, almost transparent leaves, are exquisitely lovely against a sunny background, and wandering jew costs almost nothing, demands almost no care at all, and will grow anywhere, if it has a little sunlight. It will grow in water as well as in dirt, and astonishing is the speed it makes in growing; long, trailing stems will begin to droop over the side of the pot in no time, and before you know it there is fairly an umbrella of green falling from your hanging receptacle. It may be grown in a glass bowl of water hung from a hook, high in the window; or the bowl may be set on a bracket where the sunlight will fall across it; or the plant may be grown in soil, in an ordinary flower pot on the window ledge or on a small plant stand set in the sunshine. Every home should have a pot of wandering jew growing luxuriantly during the months of autumn, winter and spring. Grateful Relief. "I suppose my old friend, the bartender, is rather gloomy since Crimson Gulch went prohibition." "Not a bit," replied Broncho Bob. "He's pleased to a finish. He said he was plum tired of stayin' up all night an' bein' the only sober man in the crowd." THE HAT MARKET Swagger Military Styles in Habits THE HOME OF THE HOLY SIXTEEN When July inaugurates the season for vacations and women buy the last of their summer millinery, experience proves that they turn their backs on flowers and summery straws. Heretofore they have bought light felt hats, or the heavier straws, like milan, with white trimming, or have even anticipated the natural season for velvet and chosen to wear it out of season. For several summers considerable black velvet has been worn in August. But this anticipation of the season for velvet spoiled their zest for it when fall really arrived. There is a new order of things this year. Designers appreciated that women wanted for late summer something different from the hats that had gone before and bought velvet because little else was offered them. They have produced some lovely hats of fabrics that are to serve for late summer and between seasons wear and they have proved immediately successful. These hats are made of taffeta or ribbon or georgette crepe or felt velled with georgette. Their trimmings are odd, flat ornaments, made of materials in the workroom, or embroidery with chenille or silk or braiding with soutache braid. Ornamental pins, having rather large fancy heads, help out in this respect. Besides these fabric hats, turbans made entirely of feathers, and white Milans, wing-trimmed Swagger Military We just can't get away from the military influence in styles; but it has centered on that portion of feminine apparel that is made to withstand hard wear, as riding habits and service suits of various kinds. There is the military cape among wraps, but it appears to be an inspiration of other days or other lands—none of our officers and soldiers are going about in picturesque and flowing capes. Wherever it came from it is something to be thankful for as an addition to fair woman's wardrobe. It has spirit and grace; lending its "air" to the wearer who knows how to carry it off. In riding habits and outfits, colors and lines are reminiscent of khaki and olive drab uniforms. Shoes and puttees vie with high boots, and small military caps with regulation riding hats for favor in the eyes of this summer's sportswoman. For midsummer Palm Beach cloth, linen and heavy shantung are offered in place of the substantial wenues in wool that provide habits for other seasons. Besides these there are lighter weight wool mixtures, in khaki color, with almost invisible threads of green and red shot through them, among the most practical of habits since they are adapted to any season. One of these appears in the smart habit shown in the picture, to be frantically indebted to military uniforms --- turbans and small hats, swell the number of designs that furnish July and the following two months with their own peculiar millinery. In the group of hats pictured there are three that are entirely different, represented. At the top is a large hat of gold-colored georgette crepe faced with black panne velvet. Small figures embroidered in black, white and blue silk, make up its decoration. Below it is a hat of taffeta braided with soutache. Navy blue, black and white are the best looking models of this kind. Navy blue taffeta either embroidered, or machine stitched or braided in white, is a great favorite. The third hat is of white yedda braid trimmed with a wide feather band and three small white wings that are an extension of the band. This hat will have ended its service with the last day of August, but the others will last through September or longer. Make Own Fireless Cooker Take a wooden box or a large butter firkin or an old castoff boiler; line it thick with newspaper or asbestos, and then pack with good excelsior or hay, leaving a place for your kettle. Cover well with paper and an old quilt or pillow. It is a help to put your soapstone heater underneath. Styles in Habits for its lines and details of finish. The breeches are cut on the same lines as those of khaki-clad soldiers and, instead of high boots and riding hat, puttees and a cap are worn, adding strength to the military flavor of a swagger habit. There are two large patch pockets at the left side of the coat and a small slit pocket, for the handkerchief, at the right. The blouse worn under the coat has a high turnover, collar with a four-in-hand tie slipped under it. Coats are full skirted and therefore appear a little shorter than they were, but the length remains the same—that is eight inches above the top of the puttees or boots. Puttees may be regarded as a fad, for they are not as trim as boots and probably not as comfortable, but they make a pleasing variety for women who can indulge themselves in fancies. Julia Bottomly For Identification. Write your name and address on one of the broad steels inside your corset with ink. This is a valuable means of identification in case of accident. Mark Waistline. Children's waistlines are marked by a belt slipped through eyelet. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CITIES Champion Mean Man Evidently Operating in Chicago Champion Mean Man Evidently Operating in Chicago CHICAGO.—Deliberating the evidence in the pay roll robbery mystery at the central bureau, Capt. Stephen B. Wood, commanding, we reach the conclusion it is no longer safe for our policemen to be left alone in a great presents at the paymaster's office in case he she master visits the station. Our four heroes were: It was June 14, pay day being June 15, when central bureau. When he went off watch he turn Meehan. Now, in the interim, the slips were safely protected from the slick-fingered "dip" or as though in a safe deposit vault, mightn't one? One mightn't, because when the four copper slips they were missing—four slips, each call total, $243.76. "Well, it's all right, anyway, a bit inconvenient them out the window or something," explained land and O'Donnell one to the other. Certainly. Who would dare brook the majest. That's what the four coppers want to know paymaster's office in the city hall bright and o' were told that their slips had been presented and signed and cashed and everything. We'll say a policeman's life is not a happy one. Simple and Pleasant Method NEW YORK.—If persons who are carrying a would pay attention to the methods pursued want to get themselves in trim there would be presents at the paymaster's office in case he should not be in when the paymaster visits the station. Our four heroes were not in. It was June 14, pay day being June 15, when the slips were left at the central bureau. When he went off watch he turned them over to Lieut. John Meehan. Now, in the interim, the slips were in the lieutenant's office as safely protected from the slick-fingered "dip" or bold robber, one might say, as though in a safe deposit vault, mightn't one? One mightn't, because when the four coppers visited the office for the slips they were missing—four slips, each calling for a check for $60.94—total, $243.76. "Well, it's all right, anyway, a bit inconvenient, that's all; wind's blown them out the window or something," explained Messrs. Burke, O'Brien, No land and O'Donnell one to the other. Certainly. Who would dare brook the majesty of the law? That's what the four coppers want to know, for when they visited the paymaster's office in the city hall bright and early the next morning they were told that their slips had been presented and that their checks had been signed and cashed and everything. We'll say a policeman's life is not a happy one. Simple and Pleasant Method of Reducing Flesh NEW YORK.—If persons who are carrying around too much avoidrupoles would pay attention to the method$^{5}$ pursued by prize fighters when they want to get themselves in trim there would be no excuse for taking drugs 30 days. You needn't exercise at all if it is disagreeable, or if you haven't the time, though I should advise plenty of fresh air and a walk every day. Will you do what I tell you?" 30 days. You needn't exercise at all if it is dired the time, though I should advise plenty of fresh. Will you do what I tell you?" The other agreed to do as told. "Very well," tall glass of fresh milk with a raw egg in it four enough food and drink. If you find yourself go small quantity of orange juice now and then. If in 30 days." At the end of the trial period the trainer can that the patient had lost 30 pounds. "Eat sparing drink orange juice. Very soon you will forget you liver." A simpler or more effective regimen for kine never been devised. Clairvoyant: Could See Spirits, KANSAS CITY.—". . and you will marry Mme. Lou Byrnes, clairvoyant and medium skillfully into the soldier's eyes. "You will be The other agreed to do as told. "Very well," said the trainer; "drink one tall glass of fresh milk with a raw egg in it four times a day. That will be enough food and drink. If you find yourself getting a little bilious, take a small quantity of orange juice now and then. I'll drop in and look you over in 30 days." At the end of the trial period the trainer called on his friend and found that the patient had lost 30 pounds. "Eat sparingly now," he told him, "and drink orange juice. Very soon you will forget you have such a thing as the liver." A simpler or more effective regimen for keeping down the weight has never been devised. Clairvoyant: Could See Spirits, but Not Coppers KANSAS CITY.—" . . . and you will marry a very pretty French girl," Mme. Lou Byrnes, clairvoyant and medium, said, looking soulfully and skillfully into the soldier's eyes. "You will be, oh, so brave," she said. no—I the kill the kaiser. But no, I pick that out of the kaiser will be killed—but first he will be whippe for you, you will meet a very pretty, dark-eyed her. Now, are there any questions you would l kill the kaiser. But no, I pick that out of the ether—the spirits say the kaiser will be killed—but first he will be whipped. Ah, and for you, it says for you, you will meet a very pretty, dark-eyed French girl. You will marry her. Now, are there any questions you would like to ask? "When—when—will I marry this Frenchy?" "Ah, I can see two spirits—two airy spirits to approaching——" But Mme. Byrnes didn't see the two policen till they were in her house, 1204 McGee street, voyant training, was more observant. He saw t mind. He left. "I was born with the art," Mme. Byrnes Kennedy, in the North side court, "and I will die "Ah, I can see two spirits—two airy spirits to tell me. I see them gently approaching——" But Mme. Byrnes didn't see the two policemen that came to arrest her till they were in her house, 1204 McGee street. The soldier, with no clairvoyant training, was more observant. He saw the officers, and made up his mind. He left. "I was born with the art," Mme. Byrnes said before Judge John M. Kennedy, in the North side court, "and I will die with it." "You'll pay $100 first," said the judge. Boy Did His 'Rithmetic and Won a Pair of Shoes PHILADELPHIA—Meditatively, Eddie scratched his head. "Nine times nine 1:50'89." The guess instantly was perceived to be the wrong one. "It's 1:50'89." Eddie hastily corrected himself. Thus Eddie won a pair Boy Did His 'Rithmetic and Won a Pair of Shoes Boy Did His 'Rithmetic and Won a Pair of Shoes PHILADELPHIA—Meditatively, Eddie scratched his head. "Nine times nine 1-89?" The guess instantly was perceived to be the wrong one. "It's 81, isn't it?" Eddie hastily corrected himself. Thus Eddie won a pair of shoes. Louis Glychrist. Eddie's par- "Little boys must know arithmetic, and I fited in the little time you've been allowed to goplication table," the court ordered. Contemptuously running through the tables or branched into troubles. He rattled off "six time on the "sights." With a good deal of head-scratch other muscular efforts, he reached nine times nin. "Find that answer and your lesson ends for Eddie eventually got out his answer. "Get Eddie a pair of shoes," the court of patrolman. Eddie's father was placed on probation for a "Little boys must know arithmetic, and I want to see if you've benefited in the little time you've been allowed to go to school. Start your multiplication table," the court ordered. Contemptuously running through the tables of twos, fours and fives, Eddie branched into troubles. He rattled off "six times," the "sevens," and started on the "sights." With a good deal of head-scratching, shuffling of feet, and other muscular efforts, he reached nine times nine—errrorless. "Find that answer and your lesson ends for today," the court promised. Eddie eventually got out his answer. "Get Eddie a pair of shoes," the court ordered, handing a bill to patrolman. Eddie's father was placed on probation for a year. YOUR SIP HAS BEEN HANDED IN ANY PAID and no need to starve oneself. A man who trains prize fighters heard an old friend complaining of his fatness and his inability to reduce even by a strenuous system of exercise. "How much do you want to take off?" asked the trainer. "Oh, about 30 pounds," said the friend. "All right," said the fight manager, cheerfully, "if you will follow my instructions I will guarantee that you take off one pound a day for the next YOULL MARRY A PRETTY FRENCH GIRL- "You'll pay $100 first," said the judge. of shoes. Louis Gilchrist, Eddie's parent, was in court charged with falling to send his ten-year-old son to school. The boy told the judge he wanted to see his father before the latter went to jail. "He owes me 70 cents I made selling papers," he explained. "You see, I want to get some shoes." The boy displayed a shoe, the sole of which weeks ago had worn through. "I can get a first-rate pair of tennis slippers for 50 cents; I'm a good counter and I've figured it all out." e in the pay roll robbery mystery at B. Wood, commanding, we reach the policemen to be left alone in a great city, like little Red Riding Hoods to be preyed upon by every wolf in stranger's clothing who prowls our streets. But let us have at the why and wherefore of how Coppers Michael Burke, Thomas Nolan, Lewis O'Brien and Walter O'Donnell did not get their semimonthly pay checks of $60.94 each. It is necessary to explain that the mode of paying off in the Chicago police department is to give each member an identification slip which he case he should not be in when the payroes were not in. one 15, when the slips were left at the patch he turned them over to Lieut. John slips were in the lieutenant's office as "dip" or hold robber, one might say, hn'tn one? Four coppers visited the office for the each calling for a check for $60.94— inconvenient, that's all; wind's blown explained Messrs. Burke, O'Brien, No- the majesty of the law? at to know, for when they visited the night and early the next morning they presented and that their checks had been a happy one. Method of Reducing Flesh carrying around too much avoirdupois is pursued by prize fighters when they would be no excuse for taking drugs I CAN'T SEE WHY I STAY SO AWFUL FAT If it is disagreeable, or if you haven't any of fresh air and a walk every day. Very well," said the trainer; "drink one ing in it four times a day. That will be yourself getting a little billious, take a and then. I'll drop in and look you over trainer called on his friend and found "Eat sparingly now," he told him, "and will forget you have such a thing as the men for keeping down the weight has spirits, but Not Coppers will marry a very pretty French girl," and medium, said, looking soulfully and you will be, oh, so brave," she said, scanning a line on his palm. "I can tell that by looking here—see, those are two planets, Mars and Venus." "They ain't planets; them's callouses," said the prosaic soldier. "No, they're not," the medium said sweetly, yet with the practiced air of one who will not be denied, "they're two mounts, at the base of your fingers, and at one love and the other's war. You will be very brave, you will win the Crux de Gerry—let me see—no I thought it said here you would out of the ether—the spirits say the be whipped. Ah, and for you, it says dark-eyed French girl. You will marry you would like to ask?" Frenchy?" My spirits to tell me. I see them gently two policemen that came to arrest her bee street. The soldier, with no clair-He saw the officers, and made up his. Byrnes said before Judge John M. I will die with it." Judge. And Won a Pair of Shoes Dile scratched his head. "Nine times he was perceived to be the wrong one. acted himself. Thus Eddie won a pair 9X9 IS- IS - ER 89, NO-0 ITS - ER- ic, and I want to see if you've bene-owed to go to school. Start your multi- the tables of twos, fours and fives, Eddie "six times," the "sevens," and started head-scratching, shuffling of feet, and times nine—errorless. In ends for today," the court promised. The court ordered, handing a bill to a station for a year. Nothing Changed But the Price Sight Drafts Still the Same Fine Old Cigar You've Always Liked When your dealer asks you six cents apiece for your old friend Sight Draft, don't get the idea that he is trying to put something over on you. 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VALDO TURNER—Captain, Medical Corps. DR. JAMES H. REDD—First Lieutenant Medical Corps. Major Sherwood has appointed Ira S. Ashe Battalion Sergeant Major. Company "B" elected officers following Captain Sherwood's promotion to Major. ORRINGTON C. HALL—Captain. T. W. STEPP—First Lieutenant. JOHN F. COQUIRE—Second Lieutenant. Are you delinquent subscriber? If so, why not send your subscription? SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR THAT'S ALLI NEWS OF STATE TERSELY TOLD Recent Happenings In Minnesota Given In Brief Items For Busy Readers. Bemidil.—Sherman Misses, 50 years old, was killed by a dynamite explosion on his farm near Blackduck. He is survived by a wife and a large family. Hibbing.—Forest fires which are raging in the Sturgeon lake country are not yet checked, according to the latest information from settlers who are making a brave fight against the fire fiend. Virginia.—Efforts to find Mrs. Tony Zelech, who disappeared several days ago, have proved fruitless. The posse of officers and citizens have now scoured the territory in every direction without discovering a trace. St. Paul.—Fire losses in the state during the month were less than one-third as great as for the same month a year ago. The losses were $225,451 in 144 fires. The fires involved property valued at $2,235,175, insured for $1,624,477. East Grand Forks.—John Saunders, employed by the Northwestern Telephone company here, who was struck in the face by a loose, live wire, has lost the sight of one eye, and the sight of the other is threatened. His face and hands were also badly burned. St. Cloud.—A campaign of a few minutes originated by one of the leading business men of the city has resulted in a definite promise of an up-to-date hotel for St. Cloud. A building to cost $350,000 will be put up at once by a syndicate which will include a number of representative business men. Crookston.—A meeting of Crookston business men was held, the object being to get united action in co-operation with the farmers to make the coming Northwestern Minnesota fair, to be held in Crookston the week of July 29 to Aug. 3, the best ever in attendance, in exhibits, in racing events and in attractions. St. Paul.—A new call for 1,000 men to leave Minnesota during the five days beginning August 5 for Jefferson Barracks, Mo., has been received by Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow. This is the smallest regular call so far received. Only white men, physically qualified for full military service, may be accepted under the call. St. Paul.—Arrangements have been negotiated to continue the training of army mechanics at the University of Minnesota and the farm school. A class of approximately 900 men will enter the schools Aug. 15 for a two months' course, and other classes of a like size will enter each two months thereafter for a period of six months. St. Paul.—Minnesota saloons are required to close in the future on days when drafted men entrain up to the hours the troop trains leave, under an order issued by the Public Safety Commission. The order will take effect first during the five days beginning July 22, when 10,000 Minnesota registrants are to depart for Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Minneapolis.—Exactly 519 nurses in Minnesota have already signed questionnaires agreeing to enter Red Cross war service by Jan. 1, according to reports made at a recent meeting of Minneapolis and St. Paul superintendents of hospital training schools and representatives of nursing organizations in the state. Minnesota's quota was set by national headquarters at 450. Moorhead.—The Minnesota commission order closing garage and oil stations on Sundays, and after 6 o'clock p. m., religiously observed for a short time after it was issued, is not being observed in this section any more, according to reports of tourists. They say they are finding the garages open in all towns and cities in this district, giving service both evenings and on Sundays. St. Cloud—Charles D. Harrington, formerly of this city, was killed in Sioux Falls, S. D., when the walls of the second floor in his building, which was being repaired, collapsed and fell through the ceiling, burying all the occupants of the butcher shop and killing them instantly. Upon searching in the wreckage for the bodies all that could be found of Harrington was his legs and one arm. St. Paul.—E. J. Lynch, collector of internal revenue, says there is little doubt the retail liquor dealers are growing fewer in the state. Not more than 1,000 licenses have been taken out in Minnesota this year, while there were 4,500 issued by the internal revenue officials last year. A. R. Knox, assistant cashier in the collector's office, said many retail liquor dealers are going out of business in the cities and the country liquor sellers are growing gradually scarcer. The big dry areas in the north of the state, including Duluth, will account for another block of licenses that will not be issued this year. Hampton—William Friermuth, his three children, one boy and two girls, were killed instantly, and his wife and a housemaid were seriously injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Great Western passenger train near here. According to the engineer, Friermuth attempted to cross the tracks ahead of the approaching train and the machine was struck squarely by the engine. The bodies were picked up by the crew of the passenger train as were Mrs. Friermuth and the maid and taken to St. Paul. The two women were removed to a hospital there. Bemidji.—The new federal building here will go into commission in about 10 days, the work of installing mail boxes now being attended to. Pine City.—A contingent of 110 men from Pine county will leave here on Thursday, July 25, for the army training camp at Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Grand Rapids.—The haying in this section is well under way, much of the tame hay having already been cut. The hay will be light again this year, and will not average over a ton to the acre on new seeding. St. Paul.—Advances in subscription rates are announced by St. Paul papers. The Pioneer Press, a morning paper, which has sold for 2 cents, will now cost 3 cents and the Dispatch, an afternoon 1-cent paper, will sell for 2 cents. Emancip Thurs Addresses by the Hon. Wm. T. Francis St. Cloud—Thursday was the 80th birthday anniversary of Rt. Rev. James Trobec, former bishop of St. Cloud, who retired to St. Stephens, this county, where a nephew is pastor, there to spend his remaining days in quiet and rest after his long career in the priesthood. Anoka—The Minnesota Dry Milk company building here was destroyed by fire. While the night watchman was ascending to the second floor to find out why the lights went out, an explosion occurred in the basement. Five minutes later the four-story structure was a mass of flames. Wadena.—Max Pink suffered painful injuries at Park Rapids on the afternoon of the Fourth when an automobile, driven by one of the drunken rowdies of that village, crashed into Pink's machine and almost wrecked it. Morris Merickel and George Claydon were riding with Pink at the time of the accident and both suffered bruised legs. Virginia.—The legislative program of the Minnesota Federation of Labor to be presented at the next session of the state legislature in January will be formulated at the thirty-sixth annual convention of the federation, which has opened here at the Moose hall. The formulation of the program is expected to be the most important business before the convention. St. Paul.—Kaiser Bill might well look at the garden of Mrs. Mary Sauro, 36 Upper Levee, and worry. One radish raised in this garden would be sufficient for a meal for one whole family, if the family was addicted to radishes. This radish is twenty inches long and eight inches in diameter and is believed to be the biggest produced in a Minnesota garden this year. Minneapolis.—Officers in charge of United States army recruiting in Minnesota have announced that scores of soldiers are wanted immediately to fill up new units being organized. The men will be trained alongside veteran soldiers, and will have excellent chances of getting commissions, recruiting men say, because of the new policy of picking officers directly from the ranks. Bemldji.—The official call for 250 men to be sent from Beltramii county to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., has been received by the local draft board. This is the largest call for men yet received by the local board. Of that number 200 will leave Bemldji the morning of July 22, representing the south end of the county, and 50 will be sent from Baudette, July 25, representing the north end. Winona.—The financial budget for Winona county for the year 1919 was formally adopted by the county board prior to adjournment of the July session. The budget provides for an increase of about $25,000 over the expenditures of the present year, the advance being rendered necessary by maintenance of highways and payments on roads which have been constructed. The budget totals $192,000. Mankato.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiseman of this city received news by telegram of the drowning of their son, Clarence Wiseman, at Fort Hunt, Va., where he was a member of the United States coast artillery. Word has been telegraphed to the commanding officer to have the body sent to Mankato for burial. The lad was born in Henderson, Neb., nineteen years ago, and before his enlistment attended the high school here. Little Falls.—John Wosniak, a farmer living near here, killed three of his four children by cutting their throats. Mrs. Wosniak fled with her baby to the home of a neighbor. Wosniak admitted the crime when arrested. For some time the farmer has been in a doubtful senile condition. Mrs. Wosniak said he believed that his family was going to starve. "Hang me, if you want to," was the only statement he would make to the sheriff. Minneapolis.—Certain advocates of the Nonpartisan league and other agencies in North Dakota for changes in the method of handling grain were condemned and restoration of hedging privileges in handling of wheat to the same degree now permitted in other grains was urged in resolutions adopted by the Tri-State Country Grain 'Shippers' association, which closed its annual convention here. A. E. Anderson, Cottonwood, Minn., was elected president of the association. Vice presidents chosen were: W. M. Jones, Grand Forks, N. D.; Otto Nelson, Hills, N. D., and J. G. Brady, Aberdeen, S. D. St. Paul.—Fire in one of the warehouses of the Northern Insulating company here destroyed flax straw used in insulation valued-at more than $1,000,000. The fire had been burning in the straw, which was contained in a building 150 feet square, for at least three weeks and was not discovered until it broke out, freemen said. St. Cloud—The Minnesota Rural Letter Carriers' convention was held in this city. The officers of the association are: J. H. Long, president; K. M. Stokes, vice president; H. G Heinen, secretary; S. G. Schwartz bauer, treasurer. Emancipation Day Celebration GLENWOOD PARK Thursday Afternoon, August 1st Addresses by the following speakers: Gov. J. A. A. Burnquist, Maj. Jos H. Sherwood, Hon. Wm. T. Francis, Hon. Wm. R. Morris, Judge Ell Torrence, Past Commander in Chief, G. A. R. Committee: Sergt. John W. Harper, Sergt. Z. A. Pope, Sergt. Jere Banham, Lewis Mason, Mack Brady, of the G. A. R. Mesdames Ophelia Rice, Mary E. Pope, Emily Harper, Tennie White, Stewart. Ladies of G. A. R., Mesdames Noah C. Stone, Marguerite Washington, I. S. Bogie, Eva Robinson, Irene Jackson, Dr. R. S. Brown, Wm. M. Smith, Solomon Saunders, Will S. Simmons, Rev. T. B. Stovall, Rev. D. E. Beasley, Rev. V. S. Cooper, Rev. E. A. Mitchell, Fr. A. H. Lealtad, Rev. T. B. Smith, Prof. W. H. Howard, Capt. Gale C. Hilyer, Adjt. R. L. Robinson, Capt. Chas Sumner Smith. HOME GUARD BALL and Military Exhibition Thursday Evening, Aug. 1 Coliseum Hall, 27th Ave. S. and Lake St. Music by the 16th Battallion Band Moving Pictures of "Trooper of Troop K" under the management of Lt. J. Homer Goins Subscribe for The Star GLENWOOD PARK PROGRAM. Solo by Mrs. Addie Crawford-Minor. EVERYONE INVITED! EVERYTHING FREE! Featuring America's Premier Afro-American Screen Star, NOBLE M. JOHNSON, Ably Assisted by BEULAH HALL in a Three-Reel Race Photo-Play — Lincoln Production. THE RIDER A Re-production of THE BATTLE OF CARRIZAL See How Our Men Fought in Mexico! Hear the 16th Battalion Band! Watch the Exhibition Drill of Four Companies! A SPLENDID SUMMER NIGHT'S FESTIVAL Dancing and Refreshments Admission 50c