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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-07
Washington

President Wilson, in an address be-
Washington, indicated in a guarded
way that he is seriously considering
the offering of his services as media.
tor in the European war.
In note to the British and French
governments. made public at Washing.
ton. President Wilson calls on the
allies to cease at once their interior.
ence with American mails, which is
proving so costly to Americans aid in
many instances profitable to British
business interests.
The $43,000.000 rivers and harbors
bill was practically doomed in the SEN
ate at Washington when, on a tes:
vote, the flibusters won 30 to 20.
The house at Washington passed
the Oregon-C California land grant bill
by vote Of 1856 to 6. No roll call
was demanded. The measure revests
in the government title to all of the
unsold portion of the original grant
| OF land to the Oregon & California
| railroad. of which the Southern Pacific
| is successor.
Half million dollars will be the
| governments internal revenue tax toll
| for the fiscal year ending June 30
next. according to statement issued
at Washington by Secretary EcAdoo.
This sum. McAdoo says, exceeds by
many millions all previous estimates.
| The naval appropriation bill, the
| biggest national defense measure -
was reported to the house at Wash
ington from the naval affairs commit.
tee. 1t carried total Of $241,449.
161.ss, about SO. Q0o. 900 more than ,,As;
years Dill -------
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+ >, ! INV
| Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European, War" News
Observation-Disclosures

At the French headquarters in the
Balkans it was announced that Bull
garians had occupied the Greek forts
OF Rupel, Dragontin and Spatovo and
were advancing from Demir-Hissar to-
ward kavalla.
The mayor Of Vicenza, Italy, de-
clared that eight towns in his province
had been evacuated, not through fear
OF their occupation by the Austrians.
but to prevent the loss Of life in the
towns, as all were within range of the
Austrian artillery fire.
After crossing the Aegean sea with
out loss, the Serbian army in full
strength now has been landed at Sa-
loniki, according to a dispatch re-
ceived at Paris by wireless telegraph.
Serbia's new army has been variously
estimated as numbering between &c.
900 and 100000 officers and men.
Lieut.. William Thaw, an American
member of the French air corps, shot
down Fokker machine at Verdun. it
was announced by the war Office He
was wounded in the arm.
Austrian troops have stormed and
captured the strongly fortified Italian
positions at Chiesa. II miles northwest
of Vicenza, after a three-day battle, it
was officially announced at Vienna.
Eighteen persons we're killed and
q score Of others injured in an air
raid on Bari, on the Italian Adriatic
coast, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Rome. The victims were large
ly women and children. the dispatch
says
The repulse of three counter-at-
lacks by the French on the village of
'Cumieres, west of the Mouse, on the
Verdun front, was announced by the
war Office at Berlin. The capture of
additional French trenches southwest
and south of Fort Douaumont, and the
recapture of the Haudremont quarry
by the Germans, are also reported.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-07
Senate Recess During Conventions.

Senate Recess During Conventions.
Washington, May 3l.-The way was
cleared in the Senate for the national
political conventions by the adoption
of resolution providing for three-day
recesses from June to June 10. Moth.
ing but the introduction of bills and
resolutions and the reception Of com.
munications from the President will
be in order on meeting days.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-07
Domestic

They may be hyphenated Ameri-
cans, but their Americanism is unhy-
phenated." This is one of number
of epigrammatic phrases in "creed"
which was submitted by tho German
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION to a representative gather
ing of Germans from all over the
country at Chicago.
Fire which destroyed the administra-
ton building Of Pen college at Oska-
loosa, Ia, took toll of four lives.
The body of Robert H. Williams, thir-
ty-five, financial agent Of the college
and state secretary of the Prohibition
party, was recovered.
BY vote of 434 to $50, the Metho-
dist Episcopal general conference at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. refused to lift
the ban on amusements.
Barricaded in a houseboat on the
edge of San Francisco bay, desper-
ado was shot to death by policemen,
who surrounded his lair after he had
killed a police sergeant.
Margaret Moreland, fifth wife OF Nat
Goodwin, is seriously i'll at St. Eliza
beth's hospital in New York, where
she underwent an operation. Miss
Moreland was formerly an actress in
Mr.. Goodwin's company.
DR.. Arthur w. Waite was called to
the witness stand in his own defense
in his trial at New York for the MUIR
der of his father-in-iaw, John e. Peck,
a wealthy drug manufacturer of
Grand Rapids, Mich. Waite's nara
tive virtually became a story of
thievery.
Jack Verhoye. a nineteen-year-old
boy, is alleged to have confessed to
the police that he lured Gwendolyn
Holden, fifteen years old, into an un.
used room in her home at Aurora, ILL.,,
and choked her to death.
Maj. Robert r. Motion, a negro of
unmixed blood, was installed at Tuske-
gee. Ala, as principal of Tuskegee
institute, founded by Booker T. Wash.
ington for the uplift of the colored
race.
Rev. Francis Schlatter, pastor of
the Baptist Church. 1nc.," OF Los An
geles, and his secretary, DIR. Gus AL.
gard. were arrested at New York by
postal inspectors on charges of using
the mails to defraud. The men we're
indicted in Los Angeles.
Boston sentiment for national pre-.
paredness found expression in the
greatest street demonstration in the
history Of the city. Forty thousand
men and women marched three miles
Only the national emblem was car.
ried.
Lieut.. James Vincent Rockwell was
killed when navy aeroplane he wal
plotting dived into the Gulf at Pensa
cola, Fla. His three little children
saw him fall. Rockwell was born IL
Indiana and appointed to tho service
from Iowa. .- ,;..,
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THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
Two Onarmed Steamers Are Sent ia
sottom, According to LIoyds.

London June 3.--Lloyds reports that
the british steamers Baron Tweed
mouth and Julia Park, both unarmed,
have. been sunk.
Inc British steamer Lady Ninian ia
reported sunk.
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Personal

Katherine Harkins Sullivan, wife of
John l.. Sullivan. once heavyweight
champion, died of cancer at Boston.
Mass.
Most Rev. Joseph Ferguson Pea
cooke, archbishop of Dublin from 1897
to 1915. is dead. He was born in
Queens county, Ireland. in 1885.
-
Meyer Livingston, the wellknown
theatrical man and treasurer of the
firm Of Klaw G. Erlanger, died sud-
denly of heart disease at New York.
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ALL FORE|GN:B0RN
CITIZENS WARNED
MUST NOT SET THEMSELVES
AGAINST PURPOSES OF NATION.
WILSON DECLARES.
TALK TO CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Calls Upon Young Men to Perform
Voluntary Military Service and De.
tends Suggestion for Alliance
OF Nations for Peace.

Washington, June 1. - President
Wilson delivered Memorial day ad.
dress here in which he defined the
spirit OF America, warned citizens of
foreign birth not to set themselves
against the purposes of the nation,
called upon young men to perform
voluntary military service and defend.
ed his recent suggestion for an alli-
ance of nations to preserve peace.
He spoke at Arlington National
cemetery before an audience made up
largely of Civil War veterans, who ap-
plauded him vigorously.
"America Must Come First"
While he declared he had no harsh
ness in his heart for Americans of for
elgn birth and expected them to still
love the sources of their origin, the
President said:
America must come first in every
purpose we entertain and every man
must count upon being cast out of our
confidence, cast out even of our toll
erance, who does not submit to that
great principle"
Speaking of America, made up out
of all the peoples of the world, as the
champion of the rights of mankind, he
said:
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Ready to Fight Aggression.

I'VE are not only ready to cooper
ate but we are ready to fight against
any aggression whether from within
or without. But we must guard our.
selves against any sort of aggression
which would be unworthy of America
We are ready to fight for our rights
when those rights are coincident with
the rights of man and humanity"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-17
Views OF The ress

The Belgians continue to nay
striking tributes to their German
rulers. The total is now said - be
about l0o,0OO,OO0.-chicago Hcr1ld
Considering the mission Of the
0scct H. won't the Pacific Ocean
feel slighted?-WGshing'on Post.
The san Francisco Fair closed
with surplus, which IS more than
some Of those who visited II had
when they got back home.-PAas
deiphia Eeeaia1 Ledger
Wen. maybe there isn't anything
suspicious about powder-factory
blowing up. but how about that as
Unsatisfactory that burned down tho
other day'-Bosion Transcript.
Germany Is soon to float another
war-loan. this one for s2.500.e00 0oo.
Her chemists must have learned how
to make synthetic money as well g
synthetic food.-Neio York EreniH.
sen.
After scanning the rames =
Peace Noyagers. we adv.se Hn-l
TO put up its windshield.-Ici0 Icis
Nail.
Tic reason for Woodrow Wilson's
success s. now disclosed. lie was
once "A managing editof.--Pkiladt.-
phia Ereniag Ledger.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-17

THERE ARE MORE than 250.000 cor.
porations in this country. according
to figures compiled by the Federal
Trade Commission, OF which more
than 100000 have no income what
ever. Those must be the good cor
porations. .-AcU York Tribune.
We suppose the Ford critics never
spent any Of their money foolishly.
--Columbid state.
Total Bulgarian captures Of Ser
Wan troops make the last Servian
census return look suspicious. Wall
Street Journal.
Perhaps another sign OF peace ap-
pears in the Willingness Of both
armies on the Western front TO let
the artillery do it.--Bosfon Herdld.
France forbids the export OF nuts.
We show a welcome disposition 10
encourage it-fall street Journal.
Let rs hopc that when they settle
the war and fe,uia 70 New York they
viii be able 10 pasa the mental tests
usually required at Ellis Island
Boston Yrapscpi.
Some people claim that Fords
peace program IS doomed TO failure.
but wiser ones expect 10 see the
sales doubled next year.--Bosioa
Transcript.
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erafly when he said the country is
governed too much hy lawyrs, who
are strong on LEGAL theories but short
on business sense iie said that our
statutes are made by lawyers. con.
strued hy boards and commissions
composed Of lawyers. enforced bN
lawyers Nho prosecute business men
Who do not agree With the lawyers
who compose the commissions and
finals decided by lawyers who sit as
judge In the courts
Tbs is not the first time the asscr'
ton tha, there Is too much lawyer iq
our governmental machinery has been
made. There is q somewhat undefin-
ed hli widely existing. impression.
that our whole government Is OF. Tor
and hy lawyers This is What Is the
matters Rith the courts Their rules
o. practice their customs their tech
uicalities and an the hocns pccus
that makes litigation so endless, so
costly. So ircenclusise and the courts
themselves so irreyeren'lv consider
cd IS the public. are an The creation
of laVYrs Pain business sense is
carefully rNclndel while linesp1n
sonaIsiry and verbal haIrsllliiin-
take iis nlace
4 feN fc.orm a8fo been olie .tcd
hv reason Of ihc constant pressure
90 popular dissatisfaction with ine
work of fho courts hlt little has yct
boon t0rp TO Fuh them Of their char
acfor as means Of livelihood for
LAWYERS and restore their true chaf-
actor of means ol settling the dis
un,es OF citizens and admlnisiering
Justice
CLEARLY the practical answer to Mr.
simmons arraienment Of lawyer con-
trolied legislative bodies and commits
sions is TO elect more business men
to congress and state legislatures an'
get more of them appointed on con
missions and as heads of departments
Ohliously LAWYERS must sit on the
bench and other lawyers must prac-
ticc at the bar But ii business men
control the making OF the laws aud
their administration outside the
courts. they will IN time be able so as
to refulate the courts and their meth
ods Of procedure as to. in measure
az least. have business methods ana
common sense introduced into court
proceedings. In that way the delays
and defeat of Justice resulting from
their present decentralization and
slavish following of precedent might
be at least partly eliminated. Let
business men offer themselves for
office and lei other business men
support them That is the road 10
business sense IN legislation and in
the courts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-17
HAPPINESS AND HEALTH.

Even so discomforting, not to say
serious, a thing a. an epidemic o.
grip is not without it, uses or iis con
tributlons to the Joy OF living II
has brought out earnest discussion
o. WAYS and means TO cure the trouble
and avert a repetition that range from
the most advanced Thought 81 the rec
ognized experts % the revival =
scme OF the ancient and helt fe"
edies grandmother knew were al
riehi because taaso wn0 didn't 1
oi the disease survived The cure llt
(. has done something more "a alf-
tng the peoHle nice liti'e talks tn4t
in themselves are interesting anf
thereby carry indaeeueni 70 ihe reaa.
or TO remember the aluaHle aayine
ther contain We no longer care 70
have our medicines eisiaslei1l' ta
mentors in things medical realize.
too. thai We are reading people ana
insist On being interested 80. tax
ing leaf out Of the best publiciif
books. they attract attention stir a.r
preeiat.ou. create a desire ane. le.
before they know it trey have con.
vert.
Oklahoma has ore 81 those bring
ers OF JOY al its own in Dr Nahr.
whose articles can be counted on 10
add pleasure to the dinner table
reading. this In itself starting
reading Another eminent member
o. the profession given 70 sane and
attractive health talks IS General
Gorgas N an address az CHICAGO
he urged that the people be educated
10 knoN What the er4 germ Is. aa-
ding thai he thought science before
long would find serum which
would prevent the disease Among
his "healthgramsa were
shun anyone and everyone who is
victim o. the grip. get ~ much
fresh air and exercise as you can.
"Ahsfe The smoke nuisance let TIE
sunshine in"
Not the least Of sunshine r that o
the spirit Ever dag the gospel Of
sunshine and fresh air gets more io'-
lowers The urseifishnrss o. the
rhvsiclan who preaches ibe folis Tor
TIE most par, Of Deople being sick.
WREN II Is profitable for him te h.
them so. Is one Of tho wonders o.
~ s'rna In keeplne with the time
zoo. Is the physician's recagnltior &
the value Of publicity Of the interest.
frr Wind
publicity Is the raison d'eire Of ihe
rewsaarer ard the 1ewenarer Is pnf-
lscsts's best medium Wherefore ihs
newspaper greets the modern phvsi
clan as a fellow sayior OF t'le people
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Health Talks
The Passing Of Tuilght Sleep
BY WILLIAM BRADY. MD.

Now THAT the far.famed DINNER
sthlat or twilight sleep" has been
introduced into the movies. we feel
that We are safe in venturing TO
speak Of H.
Twilight sleep Is the strange name
given 20 a method o. producing for
Fetfulness and partial loss OF pain
sense in childbirth. The eject Ia
produced by he Injection into the
skin of mixture OF morphine or
derivative thereof and scopolamine.
the latter narcotic which makes the
patient forget her experience.
Authorities differ. That Is one
grand thing about competent autkori-
ties Haven't you noticed how cor
daily they differ about everything.
oven thc constitution and the law
Medical authorities diner because
what rs ono patients food happens
t. be another patients poison. and
the authorities viii diaer Just as
hard as they can without considering
how different people are In that re.
spcct But then, Il is fortunate for
the world In general that authorities
do differ about everything Wouldn't
This BE- q dreary. cut.and-drled exist
cnce II authorities always agreed?
Now twilight sleep Is a fine thing
If you can afford the prolonged at
tendance Il requires on the part OF
the doctor. Twilight sleep Is fine
thing for some patients even If they
can't afford it-ard great many
patients who cant afford n doctor.
saying nothing OF a nurse, are re-
ociylug il IN various hospitals Yes.
even IN some Of those hospitals man.
AGED by lay hoards-but kept going
by the charity of the medical staif.
The fact Is that twilight sleep,
like salyarsan. tubcreulin the X-ray.
radlum, and nearly all new medical
discoveries, Is only about thirty per
cent as valuable as the first head
lines regarding It would lead one
TO think.
And by the way, hyoscinc and NOR
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-17
Real People of the War
Hassan The Goatherd Bathes His Feet
And Talks OF War
BY ROBERT MOUNTsIER

ArTuoR's NoTr-These are authentic in
torylews with real people from the masses
the class upon whom the real burden OF
War fal's always | have faithfully re-
corded their thought and pass II on 20 you,
without prejudice, without feeling. Nine
has been simply the work OF the chron-
icler. r., NJ.
Ir HAssAv THE GoATHrRn has not
been killed by British artillery or
Turkish surgeons-one Is almost as
deadly as the other--he Is still my
self-appointed friend. For. when |
gave him two packages of tobacco
and cigarette papers sufficient for
several days needs and meditations,
did he not wish me all the joys OF
Paradise and the blessing of Allah,
shdkur AHdhP
When | met Hassan through the
informal introduction of the tobacco.
he was sitting on his small iron bed,
one of 1900 in Galata Serai hospital
in Constantnople. Hassan's left arm
was in a sling and his bare feet in
q basin of water. AT this point it
should be recorded that even a hole
made in a Mohammedan arm BY
dog of an inndel cannot keep the true
believer from performing his pedal
ablutions, although not single
drop Of Sa may touch the remaining
surface of his body for weeks.
Il hope your wound will soon be
healed" | said to Hassan. ignoring
the fact that | was fnterrupting his
daily foot bath. "Then perhaps you
can go back home"
no. cfcadi, ! must soon again go
back and fight the InOiliz (Engfsh).
II Is the will Of Allah"
Since am not a Mohammedan,
might have told Hassan that 1t was
the will not of Allah--no, not even
of his representative here on earth,
Sultan Mohammed V--but Of the Sui
tan Of the AlicmanS, Emperor VIII
liam, who prays to his God for Holy
War. But Hassan Is a simple.minded
fellow who believes that American
bullets. dum-dummed by the English,
will kill his wife and children and
goats II he does not kill the inhdels.
He believes II because the Germans
have told him so, and TO strengthen
his belief they have distributed
pictures throughout the Turkish
Empire. showing how all Christians
the Germans supposedly dc not in
clude themselves in this category
mutilate and kill those who revere
the name Of Allah.
do you like Gallipoli as well "a
your home in Anatolia?" ] asked
Ilassan. with the hope of loosening
his Turkish tongue
NO. cGendi." he began. you must
know that Anatolia is very beautiful.
There | watch my goats and sleep
and eat. In our country VIC have
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big birds that are very, very bad.
They sometimes catch the kids and
lambs and chickens. Once I killed
one of these bad birds. But where
we are fighting in Gallipoli there IL
another kind Of bird. II is so queer,
not like those where | live at all
This bird is very big. but II never
catches anything. II always fies
very high. and do not like II.
Every time II comes" he frankly
explained. II am very much afraid,
for 1t drops things like big bullets
on us. and they make a great noise
and kill some OF US. When see this
bird | fall on my knees and cry.
'Amdn, Allah, | an finished! But II
never did finish me.
when we shoot with our can
non." Hassan continued, after I had
made certain that he had no idea
that acroplanes were anything but
enormous birds. "the balls are 90
very little, like coffee grains. but
the English balls. dmdn. Allah! they
are as big as watermelons."
yes" interrupted fellow soldier
lying in the next bed--his left leg
had been smashed by piece OF shell
and had been amputated-"yes. II
is like that. | remember well. The
English have 35's. Ddvshetli, day
ShetHi (Terrible, terrible.) I am
glad that | will not have to go back"
Il was wounded in a different way.
not like that" resumed Hassan, as
he pointed to his neighbor's leg.
Zone day came a shrapnel when l
was sitting in trench. When saw
this big thing coming | said 10 my.
self II is not worth while to 90
out but the trench went. Every.
where was sand. It was all over me.
tried to ask Allah to save me. but
the sand got into my mouth. Then
they came with shovels and dug mo
out. am glad to be here. There
is no noise here, and there are no
Germans to make me work"
BY this time Hassan had finished
his foot bath. A cigarette had been
rolled for him and lighted with the
contriyance of flint. steel and rope
that is part Of every Turks equip
ment. Hassan had a quiet. un-Cer-
manized spot and cigarette. and he
became silent.
rs there anything more that you
wish. now" I asked.
At first Hassan the Goatherd made
no answer. Then came this reply.
Home and my goats"
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phine have been used as an ancs-
theiic IN childbirth and surgicalw work
in this country for at least fifteen
years, and hyoscine. some authori-
ties declare. IS identical In chemical
character and therapeutic effect with
scopolaminc.
Certainly no woman should 90
through childbirth without the aid OF
an ancsthetic. Chloroform. in our
experience. has seemed absolutely
satisfactory for routine use-cnongh
10 take OF the edge yet not 70 pro.
duce complete surgical ancsthesla or
Inconsistencies.