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find that the impression / shared with
most Americans that Mr.. Lloyd George is
the idol of working men aud women iu
England is not proved by the facts. MIR.
Lloyd George has been exceedingly uu-
popular with workers and q Labor member
several months ago: because there is no
piece of legislation associated with the hon
orable gentlemaus name which is not
tainted with the curse of slavery" Mr..
Lloyd George knew, when he began to
form his Cabinet. that IL could not persist
without the help OF the Labor party: lie
conciliated its leaders rather than the Lib
eTal leaders, ON the other hand he ap-
pointed. to a high office man thoroughly
hated by all the labor unions. The occasion
is still remembered by loudoners when
Ben Tillett, the union leader, prayed in
public that the Almighty might strike this
man dead because he would not let the
dock workers live, Yet he is now a member
of the same Government which Arthur
Henderson and other labor members sup
port
Mr.. Lloyd George has, however, caught
the imaginatiOns of the vast ma iOrity of
British men and women. They admire him.
whether they trust him or not, Even his
enemies agree that his first steps are those
of a man sobered by his position. So the
disappointment felt by his friends al his
first speech turns out TO be a blessing to
those who distrusted him. Several months
ago he was reported to be at luggerheads
with the chiefs of the army today he
seems 10 recognize the right Of the army
10 direct itself. IL is stil not clear why
ne should be where he Is, But most per-
sons are beginning 10 believe that he viii
do Well At the same time there is "a re-
sumption of the talk OF hmEng the Ger
mans back TO the Rhine-talS which was
slowly dying out in the Asquith regime.
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y nation with a decimal coinage
should have no place fsr am autiuuatei
system OF weights and measures
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THE SOUTHWEST EMPIRE

Strawberries are featuring Local Al@leli -
IA the Brownsville country. straw @4si -
In southwest Texas. pork sausass -
Panhandle. Hurry along 70 Texas ths -
with the sunshine ana snoWpah
elimate-Forth Worth Star-IelssfsA
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Put it down to the credit Of Con-
stantine that he is the greatest accepter
of ultimatums yet discovered. Rarely a
day passes that he does not have an
ultimatum for breakfast and another for
lunch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-13

Scarcity OF public schools is the
fault OF the Legislature. Judging by It's
achievements, it is possible that it's mem
bers have always been opposed to all
kinds of schools.
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That label, FOR waste paper and
refuge" on the new cans on the street
corners must mean that the Highway
Department is preparing a place Of safety
for pedestrians threatened by autumo-
biles
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Examination of MiIls

r. A.-rhe office Of the Register of wills
furnishes the information that Wills. being
public property, may be examined without
charge,
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Penrose Says lie Is

Dear Tom-In Massillon, Ohio, lamped
a sign;
RRUMBATGH
FOR AUDITOR
Can he be leading the double life
RALPH BINGHAM.
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Casuals Of the DAVIS Work

NNI
COME day VIC are going 10 write tho -,
~ story of what it means TO he news.
paperman Blythe has done 1t part,.n.
and Chesterton. iC one reads bet,roos ",
lines, has done some other part of II NY NY
for opening up the wound, scrapinp ~.
bone. CautcranE the flesh, and ali the
other hospital chcrRies which have IN ~
eXertcd on the one who would know yhss
the newspaper mans life may-and bss
been--made to mean there is vet a stos,
TO be written,
In the sentence up above we have ssa
what we propose to 90
Let us sum up the matter for tho mor,D,
briefly Get out your imagination and Ia, {
II register Fear.
He came into the office of tbe p,ot,.
Mountain News a good many years AK
lie was tall, thin angular Ills hair ws,
uuduly long and he wore the chaps of liz
New Mexican cowboy.
John Martin. then city editor was at Nj.
desk The man approached him "T wan,
to write for your newspaper he eg
claimed
John Martin never looked uu
We'll, dammit. write 80 he said
"l know about the labor meeting down m
Arapahoe street" said the man "WouN
YOU like to have g story about l?"
Hell, yes said Martin. They're goin'
TO strike. and thcyll bust you wide open n
YOU try to get H."
"Lemmc cover it2" said the man
you're on" said John Martin.
And 50 the man went down to the inset.
ing Of the labor union went in as q deie.
gate from New Mexico, up to find out what
was going on. Then they discovered him
aud threw him out Of the hall down thres
flights Of stairs and into the street
But he had the story
And it IS history in Denver TO this days
that the one man who told his newspaper
what was being done that night was a man
who had the courage to say that he wanted
TO write.
lie was pretty nearly all iu-staryihg,
IL you like, but John Martin said. dammit,
write :"
Aud he wrote truth, and he stirred a city,
and eventually nation.
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What Do You Know?

Queries of gcucrGi interest tUAl Dc dnStcersd
IN ms column. TCr questions. thc duSUCTa to
whirh cr,ry frcll INFORMED person should L1lolr
ara uSkCd dIiIy,
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Or al The Base Of the Column

A quatrain Is the fourfold grace
OF wisdom uttered by sage.
Exactly fitting in the space
Left at the bottom Of the page.
SOLOMON GRUNDY.
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SAM LoYD's PUZZLE

A LITTLE girl visited the food show
n ana ate seventeen different kinds
OF breakfast food aud gathered ZEN
pounds OF sample packages. Then she
stepped on the free weighing machine
aud found that her weight bad i,,-
creased ten per cent, whereas N sba
had eaten twice as much breakfast food
the gain would have been eleven per
cent. What was ksr weight when sbs
arrived at the food show?
Answer TO Yesterdays Puzzle
THE I'VE coins aggregating "a cents
1 must nave been 50-cent piece. two
cent.
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The Northeast Corner
Rubaiyat of a Commnior

PerpleNed with Human and Divine r.,.
tomorrow" says my loving wife 10 ,ss
Don't lose Your Temper, but we rtsiv
Invite the Baptist Minister to Tea ,o
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THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR
CCLATGON or THE EVENING LEDGER
FOR NOVEMBER WAS tgi.ou
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-09
PROF. DICK MOVES TO CANON

Prof. Il. l.. Dick. musical director
elect in the Canon City public schools
as the successor of Prof Tom g. Tay-
lor. with his wife and four.year-old
daughter are removing here this week
and will make their home in The prop
eriy lately occupied by Dr. and Mrs.
c. w. Wolfenberger at 731 Harrison
avenue.
Prof. Dick and family at one time
lived at Penrose. but the past year
they have resided at Gunnison where
the former was Instructor in music at
the Western Slope Normal school. He
was identified with the Penrose
schools before going to Gunnison TO
take a position there.
Prof. Dick mas been chosen director
OF the choir OF the First Presbyterian
church and entered upon his duties
in that capacity Sunday morning.
Prof. Dick is brother-in-law OF Il. r.
Olmstcad of Beaver Park
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II. U. NUDGE,
f. S. KOLLER.
c. H. BRISTOL.
A. +. WICK ROY.
GEO. w. MARTIN.
Committee.
JEFFREY AND STINEMEYER
APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR TO
REPRESENT GOVERNMENT

jeffrey & St.nemeyer, county attor-
neys. have been notified by Gov. Gun
ter of their appointment to represent
the government to take appeals on be-
half of the government from decisions
of the local exemption board granting
exemptions or discharge from liabil-
ity to military service.
The notice directs the attorneys
ito proceed at once TO the discharge
of the important duty entrusted u
you and to give all possible publicity
10 the fact of your appointment and
the nature of your duties. TO the end
that all persons having information
leading them. or the community at
large to believe that exemption or dis
charges granted are not in the best
interest OF the nation. may know to
whom to apply to obtain review Of
such action, if such review seems to
you desirable"
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WILL HONOR FOUNDER OF osTe
oPATHY

Today Is the eighty ninth birthday
anniversary OF DR.. Andrew Taylor sill.
founder OF ostcopathy and the Amer
ican Osteopathic association. which
convened at Columbus. Ohio. this
morning. will dedicate the day to ap-
propriatc ceremonies in his honor.
During the past year. funds have
been contributed by prominent people
from Canada and the United States
for the edection OF statue of DR..
Still. This statue was recently un.
ve.ied at Kirksyil;e, Missouri, the
hona OF DIR. Sill. II liz OF heroic pro.
portions, and II the work OF the noted
sculptor. Julinn zolnay. 1t represents
the "Old Doctor as he is affection
ately called by his followers. ms he IL
often seen. stan in hand. wearing soft.
old-fashIoned boots which he refuses
10 discard. tramping the oak covered
hills about his home. getting in touch
nth things MS God made them"
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GERMAN PRISONERS
PREDICT REVOLUTION
BY HENRY WOOD

Omitted Press Stan CorrespondenO
with the French Armies. July g.
CBy Ma.D-German prisoners. belong.
ing to the socialist party. and who
have been recently captured in the
hghting on the French front. declare
tie socialists OF Germany are merely
continuing the war for the purpose OF
making certain a revolution In Ger
many afterwards.
One OF these socialists who was TAX
en- prisoner In the capture OF the ia
nous Dragons cave" Underlying
"Lady's Road near Huriebise on
June %. had just come to the front
from the aeroplane factories at Ber-
lin where he had been for some time
previously employed. He stated he
was a member OF the Socialist Demo.
cratic party. When asked to state his
objects OF the war. he gave the novel
reply:
Each bclligcrent should pay its
own costs involved by the war. Bel
GUM included. Alsace and Lorraine
should be returned to France"
''But why are you then making
war was the next surprised ques-
ton.
Merely to make revolution certain
afterwards.' was the prompt reply.
The prisoner said he was sub
scribcr 10 the "vorwarts' the German
SOCIALISTS newspaper. but that he had
not received II for some time past. as
the military authorities no longer al
lowed II TO be delivered to the sol
diers. especially al the front.
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MRS. STROMBERGER DIED
TODAY IN CANON CITY

Mrs. Kate Stromberger. wife OF
Capt. Gustav Stromberger OF the
uartermaster's department OF the
United States army. died at the hos
pital here an o'clock this morning
from cancer after a lingering illness.
The deceased was thirty-nine years
of age and had been in the hospital
here since the 18th of June. Early in
the summer she was given the radium
treatment in Denver hospital for the
cure of the disease from which she
suffered. but it was Intellectual and
she became gradually worse In spite
of the utmost efforts to arrest the
progress of the disease.
Capt. Stromberser. who Is at Fort
Sam Houston. San Antonio, Texas.
was unable TO be presen; at the bed
side OF his wife when the end came.
altho he was here Few weeks ago.
Mrs. Stromberger leaves FIVE chill
dren 10 mourn her untimeIy death.
The two oldest boys are with their
father at San Antonio; two daughters
are at a boarding school in Denver
and the baby Is with Mrs. Stromberg-
er's sister In this city.
The funeral will take place from ST.
Mlchaei's Catholic church on Macon
avenue at . o'clock tomorrow tTucs-
day. morning TO which the friends cf
the family are invited. Inierment VIII
be at Mount oliyet cemetery in Den
yer.
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Long Beach, Cal, Aug. /. 1917.

Long Beacn, Gal, aug. 1, i3li-
Dear Mr.. Hardy:
Just struck town and thoughtlI was
in good old Canon again VIII tell
you what made me think so. Got of
car and met w. l.. Hawkins and then
the rest OF his family: then B. ID.
Smith; the next corner I met Grant
Dickinson; crossed the street and
met Grace Miller. cher father did run
candy store in Canon. Then came
Bradbury who was conductor on the
c. c. & c. c. Herb Thompson and
his folks are also here as well as the
Mrs. McClanahan and her son Harry.
The Gardner girls are here and seem
perfectly at home. Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID.
BiggS, II. s. Taggart and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Campbell. Mrs. Hol-
land and her daughter Mrs. Anna
Huett. Frank Sheek. c. C. Conkle and
in fact about rs in all. who call this
home. Met John Cox in Los Angeles.
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MEICz0G TAKEN TO PUEBLO
BY UNITED STATES MARSHAL

Henry Meic2og. recently arrested at
'he Wolf Park coal mine under the
espionage act for reasonable utter
ances against President Wilson and
the United States army, was taken 10
pueblo on Sunday by Deputy United
states Marshal McClelland of Denver.
Meiczog. who had been in Jail here
for several days. is German subject
and is about twenty-one years of age.
lie will be arraigned before The Unit
cd States commissioned. and If found
guilty as accused. viii. possibly, be
interned during the term of the war
as ar enemy alien.
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FORMER MAYOR EAST CANON
HERE FROM CRIPPLE CREEK

.Ionn Weed. AZ rmer mayor OF East
Canon. who with his wife has been
making his home E, Cripple Greek for
the last three months. was visitor
in irwn this ! .D-h ag. He came down
f,cri n. dis rict N an automobile
with his son-in-law. II. T. Coppage. 6
mining engineer there. They made
the trip from Cripple Greek here in
one hour and forty minutes. After
transacting some business in Canon
City they started on their return to
the district: expecting 10 arrive n,
destination for a MONDAY luncheon.
Speaking of the weather in Cripple
Crek this summer Mr.. Weed said that
were on the 18th and 14th OF the
month when the thermometer regis
tered maximum OF 30 degrees. The
morning Of the End of July there was
slight frost in the district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weed have two dsugh-
ters residing in Cripple Greek. Mrs.
coppage and Mrs. a. f Smith and
they are living in a cottage there in
order 10 be near their children. Mr.
Smith is the proprietor OF a grocery
store in the district and has five sales
men. all of whom have beer regis.
tered for the new selective army. The
examination of the drafted men In
Teller county begins Tuesday morn.
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Weed are planning 10
return to Canon City about the first
of November to spend the winter.
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LONG BEACH HEARD FROM WITH REPORT or
MANY CANON CITY FOLKS

his mother is in Long Beach. Walter
Sheek is in Los Angeles also l.. G..
Thompson. Harry Chamberlain. Chas.
Kinneil and his folks. Way c. West.
u. X Dawson. the McAdams family
who did live at 10th and Main street,
Canon. l.. d. Shuler and wife are at
Compton, which Is between here and
Los Angeles. Geo. Wbipple is At
Whittier where he is pastor OF the
Christian church. Bert Mcintire lives
at Santa Ana. Horace Hobson and
family also his sisters. Mrs. w. T.
Lester and Mrs, Fitch and her two
daughters. live in Long Beach J. M.
Hiedon and wife who did live in So.
Canon. also their daughter and her
husband. are all here.
In fact II II wasn't for the Canon
City people who are out here Long
Beach. and in fact. California would
not amount; 10 much
Yours. etc.
THE KID"
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KUHLMEYER BROUGHT
BACK TO CANON CITY

f. o. Kuhlmcyer. arrested in Kan
sas City. Mo. on Thursday Of last
week for killing Lutte Kellogg here on
November 29th. 1916. was brot to
Canon City on Sunday by Sheriff New
comb and locked up in the county jail
pending preliminary hearing, which
will probably be given him before
Justice John II. Kennedy on TUESDAY
The prisoner made no demand for
re1uisition papers and expressed his
readiness to stand trial at any time
for the crime OF which he Is accused,
He liz charged with murder in the war
rant under which he was taken into
custody. His trial is expected to take
place at the November term OF the
district court.
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GERMAN SUBMARINE BROWNS ITS
VICTIMS like RATS IN A TRAP
Crew of Torpedoed Steamer are Taken on
Deck Of Submarine, Lifeboats are Smashed,
Sub Submerges, Drowning 38

a British Port, Aug. 9.-Thirty-eight
members of the crew OF the steamship
Belgian Prince were drowned in a
most deliberate manner by the Ger
man submarine which sank her ac-
cording to the account given by sur
vivors of that British vessel who have
reached British shores. The chief en-
gineer of the steamer. who many
times after the steamer was torpe-
deed was perilously near drowning.
gave the following narrative of his
experience:
About o'clock on Tuesday even
ing when were were 200 miles on land
saw the wake of an approaching
torpedo. The vessel gave a lurch as
she was hit and ! was thrown to the
deck among the debris. The vessel
listed heavily and all Of us took to
the boats.
The submarine approached and
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-09
FIRST CONSCRIPT MADE AT
WASHINGTON THURSDAY

The formal acceptance of the first
conscript for the new national army
took place in Washington. ID. c.. at 3
O'Clock last Thursday afternoon and
was made by Hon. Merritt o. Chance.
cousin of Mrs. w. w. Emmerson of
this city. postmaster at the federal
capital, who is member of the ex-
emption board there. The young
mans name is Harry Chapman Gil
bert and the press dispatches state
that he is the first man to be accepted
for Uncle Sans new army in any part
of the country.
Gilbert lives in the third registry
district of Washington and his red
the series drawn by the war depart
ment officials few weeks ago. Ac-
cording to Dr. Sullivan. one of the cx-
amining physicians or the exemption
board in Washington. Gilbert is "a
perfect specimen He weighs 1876
pounds and is 5 feet. nine and a half
inches tall. From the doctors office
the first draft soldier took his ac-
ceptance papers to room 500 in the
District building in Washington and
filed them with the clerk in charge.
He went home declaring that he was
ready to go to the concentration camp
at any time. Giibert's notification to
appear before the exemption board
gave him five days in which to
straighten up his business affairs be
fore reporting for examination. but
he waived that Ieeway and went direct
10 the Washington postofrice. the
boards headquarters for the test. The
draft examination TO which he was
subjected was Identical with that
given the men .enlisting in the regu
lars.
Being drafted for the new national
army is not the closest young Gilberl
a year ago he went to Canada and en-
listed for overseas service. He was
in training for four months there and
his regiment was about to board a
transport at Halifax when his pa.
rents. thru the State department. Sc.
cured his release. He returned to
Washington and on the strength oil
his four months military training in
Canada, applied for a second lieuten.
ancy in the cadet corps OF the Nc
Kinley high school there. which was
granted.
Gilbert is twenty-one years of age
The members of the exemption board
in Washington agreed by common
consent to allow Mr. Chance to make
the acceptance as a compliment to
him as postmaster OF the city.
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ihelled the vessel and then ordered
the small boats alongside the sub
marine. The skipper was summoned
and taken inside. The others were
mustered on the deck of the submar-
inc.
"The Germans removed the life
belts and the outer clothing of all ex.
cept eight OF us. smashed the life
boats with axes and then re-entered
the submarine and closed the matches.
leaving us on deck. The submarine
went about two miles and then sub.
merged.
Il had life belt. Near me was an
apprentice boy of sixteen shouting for
help. 1 went to him and held him up
until midnight. but he became un-
conscious and died OF exposure. At
daylight l saw the Belgian Prince
afioat. was picked UP after eleven
hours in the water by a patrol boat
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-08-09
NEVER NEGLECT A COLD.

A chill after bathing, cooling of
suddenly after exercise and drafts,
give the cold germs foot-hold that
may lead to something worse. Safety
requires early treatment Keep DIR.
Kings New Discovery on hand. This
pleasant balsam remedy allays in
fammation, soothes the cough and re-
pairs the tissues. Better be safe than
sorry. Break up the cold with DR..
Kings New Discovery before it is too
late. At your druggist, soc and s1.oO
adv
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THIS SAFELY REMOVES WORMS.

Worms are n common disease of
children and every mother should
know their symptoms. Sallow com
plcxlon with dark circles under eyes.
Irregular bowel movement with stom.
-ach hard or swollen. grinding teeth
Or Itching may mean that Kickapoo
Worm Killer is needed at once. II
Is mildly laxative remedy In candy
tablet form that children like. Kills
and removes the worms and lets the
child grow strong and healthy. At
iruggistr, 2sc. adv