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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
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MERIDEN.



Meriden, Ill.,, MAJ H. This Mon
day. morning seems more like spring
as there was no frost Last week
there WAS ice on the watering trough
every morning. | don't remember
ever OF seeing the fruit SO late in
biossonlug. this the nth of May and
not any blooms hut plenty of buds
except peaches and the cold February
killer them
Farmers are busy planting. some OF
the early birds are through The
ground is very dry
Mr.. and Mrs. GUY Booth and Mrs
Dan Warreufelt2 were Aul IRA visitors
Friday.
Meriden's new pastor is brother
to Phillip Benscher who organized
the church here, lie comes will rec
commended. AMI will preach his first
sermon Sunday morning. Come and
hear him give a good attendance and
keep it up.
Lucille McCuIlen visited her grand
parents, MIR and Mrs Potts in Eearl-
Vile from Saturday till "Wednesday.
On Thursday Miss Laura Warren
hid good bye to Meriden and started
for her hame in Chautauqua, n. Y.
We were all 10th to see her go. but
since the death of her parents it has
not seemed home to her here We
wish her health and happiness in her
new home Meridcn's loss of one of
her best citizens in Chautaudua'
gain a card from her states they had
a big snow strOrm there last sun.
day
Mr. and Mrs L. b Rex. Ben Sutton
ami Madames W. p Twain and Il.
Dillon were MENDOZA shoppers Satur.
day
Mr. and Mrs Chas Bushy, Of
Trimph and Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Brownileld. of North Meriden, spent
Sunday at the home Phil Cars home.
/ Mrs. Pearl Knopp and son Albert
of Aurora. came Friday to visit her
parents Albert was very sick and
continued to get worse, so they called
Dr.. o. T. Harris, Of Mendoza. lie
came twice and pronounced it tonsil
ties. He soon got relief and We1nes-
day morning returned to their home.
We read so much about farmers in
/ their crops. We think the city folks
don't know what the are talking
4 about Let some Of them go to a
\ farm and work as the farmers do, put
! i'm fourteen or fifteen hours day, and
! let the city women try 1t too. DO
their own washing, baking, make
their own butter raise chickens,
make garden, in fact, do all farmers
wife has to do and they will find out
where their living comes from. Talk
IA cheap, il living Is not. Don't all
farmers raise all they can for the
benefit Of their own pocket book, and
il they happen to hit the mark those
that don't work envy him.
On Monday morning big stout
looking man came to the door and
wanted Il hand-out My first thought
was why not have government
office at each station and make or
draft every able .bodied tramp in the
army and let them work and be fed
by Uncle Sam and our boys. whoare
willing to work stay at home whhere
they are so much needed. Capt
John Smith said in an early day
Those that do not work. shall not eat
make the tramp work for his country
or go hungry.
VIII Rex and family spent Sunday
with his parents Although we will
have married man for pastor here
the society have postponed building
the parsonage til some more con
venicnt season when lumber and
other material are cheaper
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
SCHALK FEARS THE YANKS.
Catcher, However, Believes White Sox
Arc Class Of the A. L.

Ray Scbalk, hnckstop of the White
Sox, believes the Yankees are going to
be the team that will have to he beaten
for the flag IN Ban Johnson's circuit.
Ray admits Boston Is tough PROPOSE
tion. but ie is willing to do most of his
worrying over ponoyuu's dynlmitcra.
Tho Browns, Schalk agrees. are an
Al defensive team and will cause a
good dea of trouble before the race il
over
But" said the White Sox star, ITS
long way 70 October, ana you can't
ever tell what viii happen"
Naturally Schalk figures the Sox nrn
the real class Of the league He l,c
lcvcs the team through It's good condl.
tloning work this spring Is lit
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
SPORTS
SCOOP
++*+*s+*++++++*+++****.+as

Friend SCOOP:
knew that Uncle Sam likes &c
poftcrs. II youII lamp tire list Of e.
emptions from the CONSUMPTION you'll
notice that practically everybody is
exempt from service but rcportcrc
and guys that arc not workin', which
means, in Uncle Sans opinion. tina;
we'll make aood soldiers. I'm strong
for the oonscription act, but don't be
lcvc that It should exempt so many.
II looks as tho they won't take any
body but clerks, stenographer. bell
Toys, Jockeys, bali players and dane
ing professors. | doubt like - If
VIC can get 5O0,0co uniess they change
tho exemption list a little. or course
everybody will have TO register but
then they'll start markin' EN- out
The way il cads now. II you work at
any factory that is directly OF ind.
rectly making IN article or a prcduc,
that comes into the use OF war, why
you went lave to 60. It's good stuff
PEP.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
CONSUMPTION PREFERRED.

n It's all the same 10 you, Mr.. Re.
cru'tn1 Officer, will you kindly sec
that those garllc-cating gentlemen
who infest thcaters are pla-cd on the
liz, that is to enter. Never scratch
;hc name of = earlic.catng gentle
man-NEVER-DONT no IT-7nd
VIC add:
RUMMY FiENDS,
THOSE AS TALK ALOUD IN THE
MOVIES.
PUBLICITY AGENTS,
THEM AS CARRlC3 CANES.
TELEPHONE PESTS.
COPY BOYS,
GUYS WHO TAKE ALL THE
|CAD WITH THEIR AUTOS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

There VIII bo no golf competition
CONDUCTED hY the Western rpmsylyo.
min Golf Association this year, and all
funds Adore those required for the cx-
pcnscs Of the association VIII be do
nnicd 10 the Pittsburgh chapter of the
Rcd Cross.
In taking this action the Western
PENNSYLVANIA body is following the cx-
ample set by the Metropolitan Golf as.
rotlailon Of New York. the New .lcr.
Sey Golf association ana other lead va.
organiaationsfin the United States ms n
patriotic move resulting from the dec
larailon OF war,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
LARGE CROWD At
TRACK MEET IN
Ia SALE TODAY
WRITERS SAYS OTTAWA MEN
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PLACE
IN TRIAL hEATS-PICkS la
SALE TO WIN HoNoRS.

La Sale. H., May l7-With wealth.
or conditions perfect and the athletes
in the pink of condition, record at.
tendance WIS on Matthiessen field
this afternoon for the Illinois Valley
High School Tourney. La Sale is
generally conceded TO be the favortc
Of the meet, altho the "huskiea" from
Spring VALLEY are looked upon with
much respect Coyeny and Ferris are
slated to be the main point makers
for the Hall township school.
little Is Enown of tho strength ol
tho Strcator team. They are not cx.
pcctcd to put up hard fight for first
or second place. The arrival of She
Morris delegation of hooters and
track men boosted their stock little.
Morris has not done much in track
work, this being the first year the
Grundy county school has ever en-.
ltAeu Z ltIIH.
Ottawa with two men entered in
the meet, Is considered rank out
slider and the ardent La Sale root
CAS- are predicting that these men will
not even place IN the trial event.
The fo, owing Is the list of entries
ann9uncod.
80 yard dash D. Fitzkce, Nelson,
Moellcr La Salle-Pe,u; Dougher'y,
Blk, Dunn. Lynch, Streator; Ferris,
Hall; Brandon, Ottawa.
Pole Vault Lee, Heath. La Sale
Peru; Burnell, Dougher,y, Strcator;
Ferris. Hall
100 yard dash-D. Fit,hce, Nelson,
Mccllcs, Fitzminnons, L. Salle-Petu,
Boughcrty, Brix. Dunn, Lynch, Strca
tor; Ferris. Hall, Brandon. Ottawa.
Mile -Finkler, Cohen. karol
sky, Smith, LA Sallc.Pcru; Brandon,
O'Donnell Partridge, Williams, Stroa
tor; Coveny, Hail.
Running high jump Vohs, Clancy,
Warein. Rice, La Salle-t cru; Dough
erty. Reed, Wagner. Burncll. Mohan
Stieator; Hclffrich, Ottawa.
22c yard dash--D. Fitzkce. Nelson.
Moellel. NJ Fitzkec, Ia Salle-Pern;
Brix, Dunn, Lynch, Burnell, StrcatQr,
Ferris, Hall
Discuss Moclcr, Schneider
Dierks, LII SallcPeru, Donpherly,
Wagner, Stfcator; Ferris, Hall
Running broad iump-D. Fitakee
Nelson, NJ. Fitzkec, l.? Saiio.pcru,
Doupherty, Bundy, Brix, William,
Stroator; Ferris Hall
440 yard dash Moollc., Cannon,
Finklcr, Allen, LIE SallcPclu; lynch
Burnoll, Bundy, Strcator; Coyeny,
Hall.
Shot put Dierks, Moeller, lloar.
La Salle.pcru, Dougheriy, Wagner
Burncll Strcatar; Ferris. Hall
$50 yard run Hta, Kogoski, Fink.
lie IL Salc Peru; Williams, Bundy
S'rt ator Covcny, Han.
l20 yard hurdles ID fit2Ecc NJ
ut sec iioa La SalloPcfu,
Half II lie relay Strcator, La Sale
Peru
Thursday evening from to . there
viii be held at the Harrison house
banquet to which pupils OF the La
Sale Peru and visiting hieh schools
are invited At this banquet the med
ais will be awarded to the winners.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Oii writer's had no idea that the
brain had anything to do with the
mind. They associated the mind with
the heart or with other organs of tho
body, doubtless because these organ.
are moved or affected by mental ~
ton. Aristotle, the lrst informed
the Greeks, said that the chief bust
ness of the brain was to cool the bloc
for the heart.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
DID YOU KNOW.

That down at Culver tn. Ottawa
high rchool cadets wen the first kor.
ors In wall scaling, negotiating the
wall In eight seconds, and that the
youngsters would have been in line
for first prize if it hadn't been for tho
petty jealousy of high school youths
from kankakee and Monmouth who
we're assigned to their company.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Adams, Fittory, Oeschger, Layend
Games To-Day.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburgh at philadelphia
st Louis al New YORK
Cincinnati at Brooklyn'
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
Another Vanishing Race.

Tue Hawalms when they follow
the American Indian at last upon thu
road That has no turning. viii leave
only n little wild music In The air br
hihd them as Il memorial They ar
an incurably ingcnno1s people. glflc,
with qualities that might be valuable
as leaven In this tlmultuous worl,
II they were more widely cultivated
idNllic faith. generosity, crcdulIly
courage and Il love of beautiful things
1t isn't surprising that attributes ,ik
these should have served them poorl,
IN these times Of kultur and counter
kliltur, OF speed and efficiency aud ,h
cSactlng demands Of industrial proc
csscs. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Batteries. Henry, Gala; Spencer,
G.. Jones. tunninchlm
Games To-day.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Washington at Detroit.
New York at ST. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

shooters League series recently con
Guided.
Walter McCreedie, the Portland,
Ore, pilot, has a TO- . per centage in
the development of high class short
stops His pupils, who are not in
the major leagues, are Pcckinpangh,
Olson and Bancroft, and Ward IIo-
blcher. now covering short for Port.
l9nd. is said to DC as good as his pre-.
dcceSOrs
Al G. Field, the minstrel man. is
the latest convert to the trapshooting
game He likes it so well that he has
purchased an IDEAL Leggett Trap and
has installed it in his private grounds
in Cincinnati.
Never leave cut Jack Coombs when
backs" Coombs has pitched II
games against the New York Giants
and won them all This in itself is
quite feat
-. f. Mcmahon of the New York
Athclciic Club, won the first Of the
"MaplWood 100" shoots and Fred
Plum, of Atlantic City, won the sec
ond Mcmahon broke 80 at Lake.
wood, Plum IS in Boston
No bah club has won the worlds
series honors three times in success
sion II Is up to the Red Sox to get
IN tho series again this fall and pull
over something the Cubs and Athletics
could not do
There was time when there was
nothing in the city parks except
benches Then someone worked in
tennis courts, then COLTS links were
made, and now IL cities have installed
traps for trapshoOters.
If EIughey Jennings could pick
pitcher from the bush. as he does out
iielders. Detroit would so through the
American League like q reaper through
4 field OF rye.
Whom Charley Newcomb won the
Amateur 'Gfapshooting Championship
at 200 targets at Travers Island re.
Gently it was sthe fifth time a Phila-
dclphian had won the title in the IL
years Of competition.
Ono Champion who has u monopoly
on his title is Jay Gould For IL years
he has successfully defended the
court championship against all
Corners.
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Edward Bealo Mclean, owner of the
Washington Post, is paying Jockey
Fred Williams $500 month to ride
his jumpers at pimlico This Is the
largest salary ever paid u steeple-
chase rider.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Mrs. H. c Vogcl Of Detroit Mich.
is the best woman amateur trapsnoot-
or in America and great deal bet
ter than many of the sterner sex In
the recent Amateur Championship
of America contest she broke lS5 ira.
gots The champion broke six more
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

One hundred and twenty three thou
sand and fifty clay targets were
trapped in the Philadelphia Trap
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

ALTER JOHNSON Of the Washington the American
MI leagues whtewashrc
W full the
opening Washington these
he held
batting
games Q
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Whom Charley Newcomb won the
Amateur 'ffapshooting Championship
at 200 targets at Travers Island re.
Gently it WAS sthe fifth time Phila-
delphian had won the title in the IL
years Of competition.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Ono Champion who has 4 monopoly
on his title is Jay Gould For Il years
he has successfully defended the
court championship against all
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

shopper DO you keep stationary
floorwalker No madam; II did III
lose my job, Puck.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
At Boston.

HaIIcricS' EIIiOlt, A'drIdHe; Gov
dy, Reubaca, Raglan
At Ph,Iadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17
Timely Bits Of Sporting Chat

The Is cent heachcr scat isn't a
thing of the past, but it soon will be.
Trapshooting has came along so
well as a sport that the American
Amateur Trapshoo;ers Association
formed a little more than year ago,
has more than GO,ooO members.
One of these days there will be a
universal rule for basketball and then
it will become a regular game.
The worlds baseball series wasn't
lnaugurated for the benefit Of Jack
Barry. but he has been in six OF the
last seven and with excellent pros.
poets of getting in again next fall.
Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, n j.,
has developed into one of the best
amateur trapshooters in the country
His run of PSI at Maplowood last sum.
mcr was the best of the year, and re.
Gently he was high average man
SO Of 400 in the New York Athletic
Club shoot.
Profession football coaches will not
be asked to serve as official in inter
collegiate games next fall providing,
of course, that intercollegiate football
games are played next fall,
When the Chicago CuDs were In
Cincinnati recently several accepted
the invitation of II G. Bonser and
tried the clay target sport on the Gin
cinnati Gun Club traps Pendcrgast
broke ~ out of 100, Wilson % and
Zeider s.
Billy Sunday hit 1853 in the Ma
tional League in 1887 Thirty years
later he Is batting 1900 in the Saliva
ton League,
Mrs. H. c Vogcl, Of Detroit, Mich.
l.. tho 49,, ,.t,,,,Y ,,,,,,t,,,, ,,.,,n,t
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

TatIclIeH. Thomas, Mays, One
Billingc, Bagby, BocblinE
At Detroit.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Billy Sunday hit .359 in the Ma
tonal League in 1887 Thirty years
later he Is batting 1900 in the Saliva
tion League
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

If EIughey jennings could pick
pitcher from the bush, as he does out.
FEEDERS. Detroit would go through the
American League like q reaper through
4 field Of rye
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

One of these days there will be a
rule for basketball and then
it will become a regular game.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

There was 4 time when there was
nothing in the city parks except
benches Then someone worked in
tennis courts, then COLTS links were
made, and now II cities have installed
traps for trapshooters.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-17

Al G. Field the minstrel man. is
the latest convert to the trapshootnc
game He likes it so well that he has
purchased an IDEAL Leggett Trap and
has installed it in his private grounds
in Cincinnati
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21

Many members Of the medical pro-
fession are indignant AT the fact that
medical students have not been eX-
empted from military service under the
conpulsory-scrvlc bill. although theo-
logical students have been exempted.
The need for u supply Of physicians Of
course. will he Increased by the war,
which will take many Of them 10 the
front. Keeping enough doctors AT home
10 take care of the civil population is
one Of the pcrpleXing questions faced
hy the council OF national defense.
Also. the number ~ students In this
country has been reduced in recent
years 10y the strict standards imposed
upon schools which has put many of
them out ~ business and increased the
length Of time required for a physi-
clan 10 qualify for practice.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
When the Statue Nodded.

Before lie attained 40 the front rank
In his profession. Fred Kitchen the fa-
nous comedian. used 10 tour Europe in
an ncrohatic turn with partner named
Royal.
one week they were nj the Edo
RADIO thenter. Naples. and after the
performance they went for Il stroll
along the famous emhankment. known
as the Waterfront.
Pretty soon said Fred. In tell
Ing the story. "we reached statue.
and To- il nodded grnvely toward us. -
Did you see that statue nodT said
my partner
II certainly did said I.
"'Well.' said he. I'm going back to
the hotel and 10 bed before get
run In. It's that COMPOUNDED Capri
wine
$50. ashamed of ourselves. back we
went. and sncaked up 10 bed
but nj breakfast time next morn
ing both of ~ seemed 10 be amazing
~ fresh considering our dissipation Of
the night before. and we could not I'M
derstnnd why we had such good APP
petites until the waiter said:
Did the gentlemen feel last nights
slight enrthqunkeT
~4N
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
THREE LOSE LIVES
IN FOREST FIRES
HOMELESS AS RESULT OF
BLAZE IN CALIFORNIA.
Only Business Section and Few so.
lated Dwellings in One Town Left
Standing, Many Country Villas
and Winter Homes Burned.

Los Angeles.-As the result Of the
starting Of two brush fires in the Santa
Barbara National forest, three women
are dead, the residence section of one
town has been wiped out, crops over
wide area have been destroyed, about
1000 persons have been made homeless
and several settlements and resorts
were placed in great peril.
The dead are Mrs. John Warder
Mrs. Frances Marroquin and Miss
Swayer, nurse, all Of whom sue
cumbed to shock and prostration due
to the fire.
The greatest damage was done in the
Ojai valley, ninety miles northwest Of
Los Angeles. Only the business sec
ton and "a few isolated dwellings in the
town of Ojai were left standing by Il
fire which swept through the valley
Sunday night. Many large and expen-
sive country villas, the winter homes
of eastern business and professional
men, were burned - the ground
The second fire, which started near
Carpinteria, Cal, on the Santa Bar
bara coast, and for time threatened
the town, changed its course and swept
toward Stanley Park and Sheppard's
inn, two summer resorts.
After burning over fifty sugar mills
and causing damage estimated to be in
excess Of 100000 the flames were re-
ported burning fiercely on the high
ridges north of town and still beyond
control of the 500 fire fighters.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
HOOVER DIRECTED TO ACT.
Will Proceed With Immediate Organ
zation of New Food Administration.

Observation-Disclosures delay in
passing the administration food bills
drew from President Wilson, on June
lG, an order directing Herbert c.
Hoover to proceed Immediately with
organization of the new food admins
tration in so far as it contenplates
food conservation and elimination of
waste through the cooperation of vol
unteer forces.
while it would in many ways be
desirable to await complete legislation
establishing the food administration"
the president wrote. lit appears to me
that so far as volunteer effort can be
assembled we should wait no longer"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21

to try Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken it with good
results. did so, my weakness dis
appeared, gained in strength, moved
into our new home, did all kinds of
garden work, shoveled dirt, did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds of chickens and ducks. | can
not say enough in praise of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
if these facts are useful you may pub
fish them for the benefit of other
women. Mrs. M. o. JOHNSTON, Route
d, Box 100, Richmond, Ind.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
KING CONSTANTINE
ADVOCATES THRONE
DEPOSED SOVEREIGN HAS BEEN
SUCCEEDED BY HIS SECOND
SON, PRINCE ALEXANDER.
Climax in Affairs of Greece Brought
About Through Joint Efforts Of
Entente.-Deposed Sovereign
Will Quit Native Country.

Athens.-King Constantine Of Greece
has abdicated his throne in favor Of
his second son. Prince Alexander, and
with Crown Prince George il to leave
Greece.
The abdication was made on the de
mand of the entente powers and thus
ends the anomalous situation which
long has existed in Greece because OF
the refusal Of Constantine and his fol-
lowers TO acquiesce in full i'm the de
mands of the entente allies for the
freedom Of movement Of their forces
in and through Greece and for their
safety from attack.
That the entente was prepared to
move with expedition in bringing Il
change in the situation in Greece is
Indicated by the fact that simultan-
eously with the arrival in that country
OF the French senator. Jonnart. who
bore plenary powers 10 act for the en-
tente, came the occupation by the
Italians in northwestern Greece. near
the Albanian frontier. Of the strategic
town Of Kanina. and by other entente
forces of ElassOna. in northeastern
Greece. situated at the foot Of Mount
Olympus and near the Gulf of Salon
Xxi >
Both the former king and Prince
George. it was announced by Premier
Iaimis, intend to leave the country
Immediately. II is reported that they
will embrak on British warship and
proceed to Switzerland by way of
Italy. 1t is presumed that Prince
NeXander will take up his kingly
duties with full acceptation of the
ideas which the protecting powers de-
sire TO he put into effect in the gov
eminent of Greece during the present
war. He is "a years old and has been
free from antientente proclivities.
The reign of Constantine I as king
of the Hellenes was brief dating only
from March Is. 1913. when his father,
George l, was assassinated in Salon
Xxi.
Brief as the reign was. Constantine
had enjoyed prior to the beginning of
the great war in 1914. period of re-
markable popularity and had in
creased the territory of the Greek
monarchy by over 80 per cent. His
attitude of opposition toward the en-
tente powers when their troops occu-
pied part of Greek territory in the
Macedonian campaign against the
Teutonic allies. however. brought him
into conflict with the statesmen of
Greece and resulted in the establish
ment of Il provisional government
headed by Eliphtherios Nenizelos
whom the king had driven from the
post of premier.
Throughout a long series of negOtia-
lions and conflict with the entente
commanders Constantine was often
accused of being pro-German in SYM
pathies. largely. il was charged. as q
result of the influence of Queen
Sophia. sister Of the German emperor.
whom he married in 1889. Constan-
ne declared throughout that he de-
sired only to maintain neutrality and
that he was actuated not by pro-Ger-
man sympathies but by considerations
of the welfare Of the Greeks.