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PROCLAIM RUSSIA
A REPUBLIC.
Government Acts as Freedom
is MenaCed.
KEREKSKY FIRST PRESIDENT

Gen. Alexieff's Forces and Revolution
lists Near Clash During Negota
tons, But Premiers Firm Stanc
Saved Situation.
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LEAVE BEARS WITH BERRIES
Pickers Run Like Mad When Owner
shin is DISPUTED


ship is Disputed.
Johnsonburg, Pa. Sept. 17.-That
bears like blackberries has long been
known; but the fact was proven to the
entire satisfaction of Elias Peterson
and John Larson. of Highland, while
they were out picking berries in the
vicinity of Maple Run.
Peterson and Larson left their home
with two ten-quart pals each to PICK
berries They had both succeeded il
filling one pail when the lunch hour
arrived, and they decided to eat.
Selecting a shady spot under small
tree. they seated themselves on the
ground and ate their lunch after
which they decided to leave theii
well-flled berry pals W. 'er a log
nearby while they picked enough Der
ries to fill their other pals.
About four O'Clock in the afternoon
they succeeded in getting their othe1
two pals filled and started to the
spot where they had eaten their lunch
and left their full berry pals. They
reached the scene. and to their com
plete surprise discovered an old fe'
male bear and two large cubs eating
the berries they had left under the
log.
Peterson. badly frightened, let out
a yelp. following which the old bruin
turned around and growled at the two
men. who dropped their pals OF Der.
ries and started running home.
Both men returned to the forests
the following day to get their pals.
but found three of them empty and
about three quarts of berries in the
fourth.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
u, s, LINER SAVED BY
DEFECTIVE TORPEDO
100 Had Narrow Escape When
U-BOat Attacked.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 1.-THE
defective mechanism of a German
torpedo. discharged by an invisible
submarine, is said to have prevented
disaster to a large American steam
ship which arrived from a British
port.
According to several of one hun
dred passengers on board the liner,
a submarine attack was made on the
steamship the second day out, shortly
after eleven A. NJ. The wake Of the
torpedo was observed by lookouts and
an immediate sharp change in the
course of the steamer was ordered by
the captain. The torpedo. the passen'
gers asserted, when about 100 yards
away from the steamer suddenly
Ieaped from the water. and on return
ing to the water, headed in a new di
rection, which carried it past the
stern of the vessel by twenty yards.
No submarine was sighted, but the
liner fired one shot from a stern gun
at an object which, it was asserted
might have been a periscope. There
were no Indications that this shot was
effective.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
SIX SIDED SNOW CRYSTALS.
That Is Natures Law, but Why Ii Is
So Science Cannot Explain.

Snow crystals obey az. immutable
law of six. They are six sided jewels
or six pointed stars. They never an
Swer TO the law of four OF five. Snow
is cryStalliZed water. and water always
cryStaliZes i'll six sided forms. Why?
No one ever will know. There is no
more apparent reason for the siXneSs
of cryStalliZed water than there is for
the monoclinic prismS of sugar crys-
tails. Water and sugar and the COM
pick minerals which make the granite
rock all follow laws which are utter
ly interchangeable. but which are as far
as we can see. without any special rca-
sou. 1t is as profitable to speculate
why the chlorophyll of vegetation Is
green and why the blood Of animals is
red.
The whiteneSs of the snow is under
standable. 1t is due to the fusion of
priSmic coIorS scintillating from the
countless surfaces of minute crystals.
Human science comprehends this. 1t
also cOmprehends the fact that snow
is a poor conductor of heat and thus
prevents terrestrial radiation and keeps
the earth and the things in the earth
snug and warm under the white blan-
ket which is softer and finer than
lambs wool or eiderdown. Science
knows why snow is white and why it
is benefcent, but it cannot explain the
law of six.
1t is we'll that SNOW cannot be al
together explained. 1t is one Of the
earth's most beautiful mysteries. 1t
would lose something in beauty were
it to lose all its mystery.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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CITIES THAT N0URlSH
INDUSTRIES THRIVE
Citizens Should Take interest In Poll.
tics to Insure Encouragement OF
Manufacturing Enterprises.

THE thriving Industrial cities of to
day are those that seek to do the best
for their industries says prominent
Milwaukee, manufacturer. Even the
practice of giving factory sites free to
manufacturers as an incentive to locate
In the smaller communities is still in
vogue.
There are many towns well located
with respect to railroad facilities and
waterways, and also convenient to good
labor markets, that are seeking indus
tries, yet, despite this competition for
industries, there are many cities that
are actually hostile to them. Some are
unWittingly driving away the support
Of the populace. 1t can only result In
industries leaving, and if industries
continue to leave what is going to be-
come of the population?
In my opinion, it rests with the pe0
pie. The people themselves should take
a greater interest in their town coun.
ellis, i'll their state legislatures and in
their national government. Then much
of the unfair, unreasonable class legis-
lation could be prevented. AS it is, the
professional politicians often have fun
sway."-IHdastri0l Conservation, Nex
York
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The Arabic Language.

Though the Arabs number less than
the population of London, their Ian.
gmge is one Of the most widely spoken
and influential in the world, for 1t Is
the language of the Koran. Seventy
millions OF people III Asia and north
Africa speak some form of Arabic al
iheir verI-acular. and quite as many
more know something of the language
from the Koran which IN the Origina
t: II text book in the day schools OF the
N0hammedanS from Turkey 10 Afgha
uiStan ard New Guinea. Nor IS Arabic
unworthy Of this extensive use. Re
uan. uftc. expressing his snrpriSe thai
such d language should spring fror
the desert regions % Arabia and react
perfection in non:a lie camps. declares
that it Surl:, rsCs All its sister Semitic
languages in richness OF vocaau'ary
deIicacy Of expression and the logic o
It's grammatita construction London
Chronicle
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
CHARGE POLITICAL
PLOT At SCRANTON
Printer Accused Of Giving Voter
Official Primary Ballot.

Scranton. Pa, Sent IA sensa'
ton was ep-rng in tie local political
campa.z IN when a warrant was issu d
for the arrest Of Fred kauEus, fore
man OF t'e Sc!an;on Printing com
pany. & rred with conspiracy
District Attorney George F. Maxey
is the prosecutor. Eankas is alleged
to have given car5ain ycter mum
Der of official primary election bal
lots The firm employing kaukas ha6
the contract for printing the official
ballots.
The name of Alderman Smith, Of
Scranton, has also been brought into
the case. It is claimed that he gave
the voter in question a note which
resulted in Kaukas giving out the bal
lots. The proceedings are the out
growth of a warm political race be
tween Maxey and Kabatchnick for the
Republican nomination for district
attorney in Lackawanna county.
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British Raid Foes Lines.

London. Sept. IA German attack
in an efforl to recapture positions
taken by the British near Iyerness
Ccpse. was repulsed, the British wal
office announces.
The British raided the German
lines near Chrisy. penetrating as far
as the ives. ern outskirts Of the town
The British official statement fol
lows:
British troops attacked the Ger
man lines in the region of the Ypres
Menin road and near Cherisy. The
German official statement says that
atta1 ing troops We're thrown back
except at one point north of the
Ypres- MeIin road, where they forced
their way into the German line on a
small front.
Il lowing their successful raid
west of Cherisy our troops ralded
enemy trenches in this neighborEood
a second time and penetrated the Ger
man positions as far as the western
kirts of Cherisy. We captured a
few prisoners and two machine guns
Our casualties were again slight. In
addition to the prisoners taken by us
the enemys casualties in wounded,
over seventy Germans were killed in
the course of these two raids. His
dugouts and defenses were completely
wrecked
During the night a hostile party
attacked one of our posts north OF
ems. but was driven off.
Early in the morning the enemy
counter attacked north of Iverness
Copse. in an endeavor to retake the
strong point captured by us in this
area This attack was also repulsed.'
Northwest of Rheims strong at
in the region of Louvre was repllsed
by our fire" says the French official
statement.
"The artillery fighting was rather
severe in the sector between Maisons-
de- Champagne and Massiges, with no
infantry action. -
ION the Aisne front the two artil.
leries were cutie active in the region
of Braye-enLaonnois and Cerny. On
the right bank of the Meuse the Ger
mans delivered a new attack on our
positions north OF the Caurieres wood.
Our fire. directed with precision,
compelled tie enemy to retire in the
direction of the trenches which they
had left. On the left bank of the
Meuse there was lively artillery fight
ing in the region of lie Morte HON.
me-
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Successful Trapping.

Whenever ! catch an animal that
leaves a natural odOr in the vicinity
am almost sure TO get another in the
same place An animal will come
long distance to investigate scent Of
its own kind. One should be very care
ful not to leave human odor of any
kind when killing trapped animal
since this will frighteL away another
fur bearer who has epme to find the
cause of the scent
Few trappe : stop to think how keen
iy sensitive is the nose of a game or
fur bearing animal. Ut suppose that
you could smell as many things as you
San see. Cover carefully every human
odor on the trap line and you have half
caught your animal Then use some
good scent to tickle his sensitive nose
and you will win.
One OF the best single drugs that can
be used to allure fur bearer is oil Of
anise, Oil of lavender. asafetida, rho
dunn and peppermint are often used
together in manufactured bats. think
the most dependable scent bait that |
have used is fish oil.-F. e. Brimmer In
Orange Judd Farmer.
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Standing Of the Clubs.
Wonderful Siberian Railway.

The great railway of 5000 miles In
length that runs across Siberia Is one
IF the most marvellous in the world,
first because of the difficulties that had
TO be faced in building it and, second
ly, because of its enormous length.
For nearly 1000 miles along this steel
track the line crosses an almost tree
less plain. All the stations along those
weary miles are at least thirty miles
apart, and most of the villages are
long way from the stations.
In winter this Siberian line is one
continuous view of snow, stretching
for miles along the seemingly endless
desert Sometimes the villages and
stations are almost buried in snow, and
not infrequently the train gets showed
up. Water for the stoves and the en-
gines has to be brought steaming hot,
lest it should freeze on the way, and
often men at the stations in the depth
of winter have to chop off long icicles
from the engine and cars. But even
the intense cold has its advantages, for
dairy products, such as cheese and but
ter, can be carried by rail without hav-
:ng to be put into refrigerating trucks.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
Pot and Kettle.

There is a proverb much heard now
adays that we never could see the sense
of, ''The pot can't call the kettle black"
Why not. we should like to know? The
kettle is black. 1t ought to be called
black. Who has a better right to speak
with confidence about the faults Of the
kettle than the pot, which has for years
hung on the tame crane and inhaled
the same smoke? If there is anything
that would make the pot seem less
soOty in our eyes it is giving us 9. clear
reflection of the image of the Kettle.
Shall no one point out blackness any
where unless he knows himself to be
speckless2 Would the pot rise in cur
estimation if it followed the custom
Of its critics and said, The kettle is
white, as white as I am?"-Independ-
ent
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
New York City'a BRIDGES.

Irrespective of the elevated railroad
system comprising the Second, Third,
Sixth and Ninth avenue lines and the
elevated portions of the Broadway and
LenOx avenue sections of the subway.
New York city has forty-two bridges
spanning the East and Harlem rivers,
Newtown creek and other waterways.
These roads over rivers. including the
Brooklyn. Manhattan. Williamsburg
and Greensboro spans. among the great
est in the world, represent, with the
real estate requisite for their ap-
proaches, an investment by the munich
pality Of more than 13;.,00O,O00.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
Store Economy a Success.

Washington. Sept. 17.-Unusual
success has attended the nationwide
campaign to reduce deliveries of re.
tail stores to minimize abuses Of tbs
returned goods privilege, said a state
ment by the commercial economy
board of the council of national de
Tense. In the larger cities deliveries
have been reduced from four or five
to one or two. while in many small
towns merchants have organized a co
operative system. Special deliveries
have been eliminated to a ggrelt ex
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allow compensation.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17
BAYONET FIGHT
FOR U. S. TROOPS
Men in France in Contest For
a Generals Trophy.

American Training Camp in France,
Sept lin the preseh o. NJ. j II
General Sibert and his brigade CO L
mandcrs teams picked from all the
regiments under his command com
peted in bayonet contests for a trophy
presented ly the general.
The cC,.~g i in was a cOmpreL
sive demonstration of the British sys'
TEN of teaching bayouet work ana set.
ting-up exercises The program Was
arranged by British mai r. who
with four non-commissiOned officers
has been showing the American units
the novel methods of this k'ni Of drill
now in vogue in the British army and
which. ii is understood, will be adopt
ed in the American eNpeditionary
force. The principle is to give the
men all the BENEFITS of calisthenics
through the playing Of games which
are amusi"" and interesting, where
plain exercises are dull.
The regimentai bayCnet com
petition consisted Of firing from
trenches. charging against line Of
hanging and lying dummies supposed
to be Germans. and ferociously jab
birg them. and continuing on into an
other trench. supposedly taken from
the enemy. The bayonet must pene
trate the vulnerable points of the
Germans" anatomy which are mark
ed on the dummies with bulls eyes
Owing to the rule against mention
ing numbers of regiments. the identity
of the winner of the contest cannot
be revealed.
A party of Canadian officers Of
American nationality called at the
American field headquarters on thei1
way to city in the interior of France
where they will assist in training a
number of reserve officers and gradu
ates of Plattsburg and other schools
in the United States.
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Mild weather aid treatment.

Don't be mis1ed into thinking that
Of winter weather will bring # bach
with all its discomforts.
But this is an excellent time to
thoroughly cleanse the blood of the
germs of Catarrh, and be forever
rid of the troublesome sprays and
douches that can never cure you.
S. S. S., the great blood purifier,
searches out the germs of Catarrh
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Now Is a Good Time
To Treat Your Catarrh

which infest your blood, and chases
them entirely out of your system. 1t
is by far the most satisfactory treat
ment for the disease, because it
reaches down to it's very roots and
gets at the cause. Write to-day for
full information, and expert medical
advice regarding the treatment of
your own case. Take advantage of
this chance to-day. Address Swift
Specific Co., Dept. G Atlanta,
Ga.
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HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the
past thirty-fve years, and has be-
come known as the most reliable
remedy for Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Medicine acts thru the Blood on the
Mucous surfaces, eXpelling the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the
diseased portions.
After you have taken Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine for a short time you
will see a great improvement in your
general health. Start taking Halls
Catarrh Medicine at once and get
rid of catarrh. Send for testimoni-
ais, free.
F. ]. CHENEY e CO. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.-Adv.
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SLEEPINESS AFTER MEALS.
II Indicates Something Wrong With ths
Digestive System.

Digestive system.
A condition of drowsiness, which
may become an irresistible desire to
take nap shortly after eating, Is
usually Il very accurate indication that
something is wrong with the digestive
apparatus. Usually this form Of tndi-
gestion is chronic in character, and ap-
parently there is no other evidence that
it exists, or at least such evidence
would not be detected by ordinary OBJ
servation.
In such cases the desire to take nap
comes on suddenly, but the nap Is
very short one, ordinarily not more
than fifteen minutes. Sometimes the
desire for these indigestion maps"
comes ON at other periods than those
Immediately following meals, but In
such cases this desire comes regularly
at certain periods OF the day. The
cause. however, is the same as In cases
where drowsineSs comes on Immediate
ly after the meal, the difference in time
being simply the difference in the In
terval required for the food to reach
the portion of the intestinal tract that
is not working properly.
Occasional drowsiness following an
unusually hearty meal should not be
confused with the type of periodic de-
sire for short nap referred to here.
Such droWsiness indicates simply that
the digestive apparatus is temporarily
overworked and may be in a perfectly
healthy condition. This sort of drowsi-
ness, if INDUCED, usually persists for
several hours, whereas the maps caused
by indigestion are always of short du-
ration -EXchange.
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PROMOTIONS FROM INSIDE
Non-Commiss Men in Stat
Guard 10 q Given Chanca

Non-Commissioned Men in State
Guard to Given Chance.
Augusta, Ga. Sept. 17.-Major Gen
eral Clement has perfected an ar
rangement by which the non-commis
stoned officers of Pennsylvania are tC
be given a chance at the officers
places now vacant.
An examining board is to make in
quiry into the capabilities of the ap
plicants for commissions.
General Clement and his staff paid
tribute to the memory Of General
Stewart at the time of the funeral
Chopin's Funeral March was played
by the Eighteenth regimental band
while the general and his staff 500
at attention.
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LANDS ON PILOT IN CRASH
Woman Driving Milk Wagon Marvel
ousy Escapes Death.

Pennsburg, Pa, Sept. 17.-Mcs.
William H. Espenship escaped death
when the Green Lane shifting engine
struck the milk wagon she was driy-
ing.
Her horse baked on the grade
crossing as the engine came around
the curve, and the impact broke the
animals fastenings and he leaped to
safety down a twentyfOot embank-
ment. The wagon was carried forty
feet and deposited a mass of wreck
age along the tracks.
In an almost marvellous manner
Mrs. Espenship was thrown from the
closed wagon onto the cow-catcher of
the engine. where she was found
when the engine was stopped, 200
yards from the crossing. Her right
arm was crushed and amputation will
probably be necessary.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-17

thousands of women have used ths
penetrating, safe and reliable massage.
Mothers Friend. It aids nature by
making it possible for the expanding mus.
cles to relax without the usual wrenchin9
strain and the Inflammation of the breast
glands is soothed. The abdominal mus:
cles expand with ease when baby is born
and the tendency to morning sickness OR
nausea is avoided; the crisis is one of joy
and happiness.
The exrectant mother should aid ma
ture in her work by all means, and the
scientifically prepared preparation, Moth
er's FRIEND. is Of the greatest help to
both the mother and the coming baby.
Write the Bradfeld Regulator Co, Dept.
y, 200 Lamar Building, Atlanta, Ga.
They will send you, without charge, a
little book which is very interesting and
valuable, Brotherhood and the Baby.
Get q bottle Of Mothers FRIEND from
the druggist today. No woman should
make the mistake of failing to use Moth
er's Friend for a single night. By so
doing the danger and pain at the crisis Is
sure 10 be less. 1t is absolutely safe.
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Slept on Railroad Track, is Killed.

Hagerstown. Nd, Sept. 17.-Rich-
ard Ward, formerly of Waynesboro.
Pa. was struck by Baltimore and
Ohio fast train in the railroad Yards
and died of his injuries at Washing
ton county hospital. He laid down
alongside the track and fell asleep.
one hand across one of the rails. His
nod nd hand were crushed
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AVERT RACE RIOT
Arrest Negro in Chester Who Shot a
Policeman

Chester, Pa, Sept. 17.-George Bur,
rows. alias Ford, the negro who shot
and seriously wounded Joseph Hard
man. a white policeman, was arrested
and held without bail on charge OF
assault with attempt to kill.
Burrows action for a time threat.
ened to cause a recurrence of the
recent rata disturbances, but after
his arrest the crowd of men and b US
who had searched for him throughout
the night dispersed and the police ex,
pect no further trouble.
Hartman was shot while attempt.
ing to arrest Burrows on minor
charge.
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BIG SCHOOLS DROP GERMAN
Last of Students Desiring it Give
Teachers Other Work to Do.

New YORK, Sept 17-Twelve teach.
ers engaged to teach German in the
high schools of this city have found
no classes awaiting them and have
been assigned to other branches.
The board of education announced
that no action tending to discourage
the study of German had been taken
by the board or by any school author
ity and it was said that the ban was
solely of the students own making.
Glasses in German are established
whenever seventy students in a
school desire it One of the surpris-
ing results of the system was the
elimination of a German class in a
lection where many Germans live.
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An lmaojnary Interview,

did You say that the times are out
Of joint?"
"Yes,' replied Hamlet. You see,
have to be content Wi it'll old time phrase
olOgy. If l could have used modern
terms l should have said that our en-
CINE is missing or that we're running
on fat tire Washington Star.
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CITY TO SILL coal CHEAP
Mayor to Manage Yard and Open
Municipal Mine.

Evansville Ind. Sept l7.-Mayor
Bosse opened municipal coal yard
selling lump coal to householders at
1898 a ton, delivered.
1t will be a good grade of coal at
that. Until the recent advance in
the freight rate the mayor had eX
pected to sell coal for $3.50.
The municipal mine he is opening
in Warrick county will not be com
plete in time to furnish coal before
the first of the year, but Mayer Bosse
has contracted with operators for a
supply until the mine is producing
His experiment is being watched W til
great interest by many other mayors
in this state.