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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
Fat Folks Learn
How to Reduce
Your Weight
, Simple, Safe. Reliable Way.

Pcoplc who arc ovcl -burdcned with
sl;ncrflucus fat, know only too well
the discomfort and r;dicule that over
stout peOplc have 20 Dear.
l. You are carrying around j or 10
pounds of unhealthy fat you are un-
necessarily weakening your vital or
cans and ere carrying burden which
destroys the beauty Of your figure.
There * no need of anyone suffer-
ine from superfluous. fat. if you
want to reduce your weight in a SIM
PIE, safe and reliable way, without
starvation, diet or tircsome exercise,
spend a much time as you can in the
open air. breathe deeply and get from
any good druggist a box Of taScc;
take one tablet after each meal and
ono before retiring at night.
Wo.gh yourself once 4 week so rs
to know lust how fast You are losing
weight and don't leave off the treat
mont or even skip a single dose until
you are down to normal
Tasco is absolutely harmless, is
pleasant 10 take. helps digestion and
j. I.si"n7I 70 consume the excessive
fatty tissue by Increasing the oxygen
carrying power Of the blood. Even a
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
MILK IN WINTER.

Why DO your COWS give less milk
IN winicr than they 90 in summer
Just because nature does not supply
them with grasses and green tcod.
But We have some to the assistance
of Dame Nature with B. A. Thomas
Stock Remedy which contains the
very ingredients that the green feed
supplies in season, only of course, in
q more highly concentrated form. We
guarantee shat this remedy will mako
your COWS give more milk and better
milk with the same feed.-F. F.
Braun & Bros.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
OH MY STOMACH

81 had stomach trouble so badly
that nothing | ate would digest as i
should aid Sadie f. Hamilton, Port
land, Me-, as she began a remarkable
story of the relief she has secured
from Argo- Phosphate, the new recon-
structive. stomach tonic and system
purifier.
"Evervthing that | ate would lie in
my stomach like lump" she explain
cd. "Gas would form and I would
suffer distress all the time. | got 20
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21

Miss Jos. VI. Johns.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
ARRESTED, HAD NO
REGISTRATION CARD
Andrew Metz Taken In St.LOuis
When lie Applied To Police
For Lodging

ST. Louis. No. Dec. 1S.-A man who
said he was Andrew Metz, q years
cid, Of Benton, No. ard who applet for
lodging last night at the Central Pc
lice Station, WAS found to be without
IN army registration card. He sad
he had registered at Benton and had
lost his card. He was ordered he'd
for investigation.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
Startling Results
inCapeGirardeau

People report incredible results from
pure Lavoptik eye wash. A girl with
weak. strained eyes was helped by one
kpplicatson. Her mother could not
sew rread because of eye pains. IN
one week her trouble was gone. A
small bottle Lavoptik is guaranteed
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
LUCKY NIMRODS Get.
; Wild TURKEYS.
Cape Hunting Party Spent Day
Near Alienville.- Proud Of
The Kill

Three heavy turkeys We're bagged
by Cape hunting party in the vicinity
Of Dutchtown and Allenville yesterday
They were the first wild turkeys
brought home this season. Besides
the turkeys the hunters stopped num-
Der of rabbits and some other game.
In the party were John Rudert,
James Miller, and Albert and Georg0
Boren. They left early yesterday
morning reach;g tie woods before tn
morning sun rose over the horizon. The
hunters say heavy snow has weakened
The game to such an extent that It was
almost possible to catch a rabbit which
had taken refuge under some under
brush.
Harry Seitz, clerk in Dalton's DRUG
Store, and Roy Ryan, the local repres-
entative of the Studebaker Motor Ca
Co. spent Sunday in the Allenville
neighborhood huting quail and rabbits.
They returned with half dozen quail
and enough rabbits to reed two hungry
nimrods.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21
TEST VOTE IN HOUSE SHOWS
MAJORITY FOR SUFFRAGE

Washington. Dec. 49, On a test
vote today, indicating sentiment in the
House toward the women suffrage
constitutional admendment,thes uffra-
gists pO,led seven more than a two
thirds vote.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21

few days treatment should show a no.
ticeabe reduction in weight. footsteps
become lighter, your work seem easier
and lighter and more buoyant feeling
taxes possession of your whole being.
Every Icrson who suffers from su-
rerfluous fat should give this treat
ment trial, there is nothing better.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-12-21

to help EVERY CASE weak, strained
or inflameG eyes. ONE WASH start!es
with it's incredible results. Pure
aluminium eye cup FREE. Finney'>
Drug Store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Favors Resolution of Coalition

Basel Switzerland, July l9.-The
'Neueste Nachrichten of Munich says
that the declaration of the new Ger
man. chancellor DR.. Michaelis. before
the reichstag today, will be for peace
having the same general trend as the
resolution prepared by the parties OF
the Left.
This resolution is the one which was
drawn up by the radical, socialist, and
Catholic deputies in the reichstag be-
fore the resignation Of DR.. Won Beth
mann Hollweg. aF
This resolution. which the majority
bloc decided to introduce upon the re-
assembling of the parliament, stated
that theerreichstag was laboring for
peace and reconciliation that forced
acquisitions of territory and political
economic and financial violations were
incompatible with such peace that
economic peace must be assured. and
that the reichstaS would promote the
creation of International juridical or
ganlzations.
Private Berlin dispatches state that
the speech will be delivered at 3
o'clock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Alias a Mud Puppy.

Clarion, July 19.-While fishing in
the Iowa river al Dows, Raymond Pet
erson caught strange fish. Local
scientists have pronounced it q "hico-
perotisbygoshaway," but some Of our
nimrods say It IL q mud puppy. Any
way, It was strange looking animal
with body shaped like an eel. 1t was
twenty-four and one-haf inches Iona
It had head like fish except 1t had
q collar Of fur Just back Of the head
It had four legs and In some respects
resembles q baby alligator The little
animal but mp a pretty game fight for
q while. but It soon died when exposed
to the air., It Wiz 81 sent to large
museum In New York, 50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19

| process and make it possible for the
| 1000 numbers drawn to reach every
man in every district q so-called mas
ter key, has been devised. This will
| be obtained by drawing slips numbered
from naught to nine, which Will be
listed in the order they are drawn to
form the key.
Process Of Drawing.
Then will begin the drawing Of the
numbers one to one thousand. For
the district with not more than one
thousand registrants there will be no
problem to determine the order of ap-
pearanse before the exemption board.
The number drawn first will AK the
man whose card bears that serial
number as the first to appear before
his board. In the district with only
1S5 registrants, the 1856 will be liable
for appearance in the order In which
their numbers are drawn, and when q
number higher than that appears the
district, Of course, will not be affected.
Application Of the master key makes
It possible to apply fairly each Of the
1000 numbers drawn to districts With
more than 1000 registrants. AS num-
her Is drawn 1t will be added to each
Of the thousands in excess Of one thou
sand In each district.
For instance, if as is the first num-
Der drawn It will represent Is; 1925;
2,025: 3O25; 4,025; 6,025; 6,025; TOPS;
s.O26; s.O25 and 10.025.
BY applying the master key the or
der in which these numbers will be
listed in each district will be deter-
mined. If the drawing Of ten numerals
for the key should result this way:
3. 2, i, 3. 3. 0. 8. 4, 9.
Then the drawing Of Is as the drst
number OF the thousand would AK the
fast men to appear before the exemp-
tbn board In this order: s.026; 7.025;
1,O25; 1925; 5.o25; 2.025; s,025; Is;
S,O25; 4,02S, and 6.025.
Aseian Evarv Man Registered.
The district with more than nine
thousand resistrants thus will have ten
of its men assigned to- their places Al
the head Of its list, with 9,025 on top
The district with less than 1000 mon
will have one, number rs, at the head
Of its list. This process Will be con-
t.nued until every man Of .ns ten mill
| lion has been assigned his place on the
roster OF his district.
Order Of Exemption. &.
In his explanation Of the process anG
Of the reason for, fixing the order ol
liability for all Of the men when onl,
$4,000 are need, General Cr0wdel
b T:It " w.r. dealing WIN tie aaessa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
ALLTowN, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1917

have again driven into the Galician
village of Noviza. south of Kalusz, and
now occupy the eastern end Of that
place.
Germans Gain Footing; Are Expelled.
Paris, July ta.-The Germans made
an attack last night on front Of 500
meters south of st. Quentin. The war
office announces that the enemy
gained a footing in the French first
line but was expelled from the greater
part of these positions by counter
attack. A German attempt to regain
ground captured by the French near
Avocourt wood on the Verdun front
was defeated.
There was rather lively artillery
activity in the region of Cerny and
Hurtebise and in the sector OF
Craonne." says the official statement.
in the morning we repulsed Ger
mar attack west Of the Cerny sugar
refinery -
"On the left bank Of the Meuse
(verdun front) the enemy did not re-
act in the course of the day west or
Hill 304 except with it's artillery.
I'm the forest of Parroy there were
patrol encounters. We took prison
ers.''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Cro,uder Announces Plan Of Draft Drawing

that this makes it certain that men in
the first thousand would be called first.
men in the second thousand next. and
men with high serial numbers last or
all.
Since the assignment of numbers Is
also done by chance. this does not In
terfere very greatly with the even
chance Of all men. but 1t does interfere
to some extent For this reason it was
decided to have one drawing determine
the order within any group Of 1000.
and another drawing to determine the
order In which the sheets Of 1000 each
should appear on the master list. In
stead of arbitrarily assigning the
sheets Of 1000 in their natural order.
This reduces the whole matter to an
absolute equality Of chance.
Details Of tho Drawing.
"One group of numbers. from 1 to
1000, and a second group from naught
to nine, have been carefully imprinted
on opaque slips OF paper. black on one
side, counted and checked. These slips
have been rolled up and each put In
side a gelatine capsule with the black
side out. To insure absolute accuracy
OF count, the capsules containing num-
bers from to 1000 have been counted
into ten glass jars In groups Of 100
each: the glass jars have been sealed
and kept in safe, awaiting the day OF
drawing.
"The contents OF the jars will be de-
canted into large glass receptacle
from which the capsules can be readily
drawn.
"A blindfolded man will stir tho cap
anles in the receptacle thoroughly he
fore any are drawn, and will keep
stirring them during the drawing.
"A blindfolded man will then draw
car psules out one at time. AS each
capsule is drawn it will be handed to
an announcer. who will break the cap
sule and announce tho number drawn.
While he Is announcing the number. a
second capsule will be drawn and
! HANDED: &c &c 8 second announcer who will
break the capsule and read the num-
Der. The drawing will proceed in this
way until an the capsules are drawn.
"Three tally sheets Will be kept. One
keeper Of a tally sheet will repeat each
number as 10 Is announced. and all
three will write 1t down. In case OF
disagreement between tally sheets on
any number, the sheets that agree will
control.
Immediately before the drawing OF
the numbers from to 1000 the draw
| Ing of the numbers o to 10 will take
place to determine the order in which
the thousands shall appear on the mas
| ter lists" M sl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19

draft, we should take every fourteenth
man. But we are not conscripting.
We are selecting for military service
those whose civil service can best be
spared. Therefore, the question Is not
who shall go first?' But who shall De
nrst called for examination? And what
we must do Is to make q LIST showing
the order OF examination.
Nov no ono knows how many men
must be examined to yield 6S7 900 SOL
diers. Therefore, no one can say just
how many men 1t Is absolutely neces-
sary to put on this list.
"A moments reflection will prove
that the whole 100000 must be CIV
en- their places on the list Of order Of
examination
EVERY registered man is in state
of uncertainty. He does not know
when he will be called. He hesitates
to plant a crop for fear he will not
reap 1t. Employers hesitate to engage
his services. fearing they will be but
temporary. This condition ought to be
cured for the repose Of the public
mind. It can be cured to some extent
by putting every man on the list.
..For this reason the whole 10000, 900
names are to be given places on the
list Of order Of examination.
SEGREGATION Into Groups.
"Obviously no single agency could
examine 100000 men. Therefore, the
10, 00O. 900 are segregated into groups OF
suitable size for convenient eIamina-
ton. There are 4,557 Of these groups.
For each group board has been ap.-
pointed to examine selections. BY far
the greater number Of these groups
consist OF approximately 5000 men.
Since this Is so, our problem ID noe
to put the whole 100000 names IN
one list arranged in the order OF ex-
animation. It is to determine the order
Of examination in each group.
47 Esosss:.y Ec. Drawing
"since all registered men stand tn an
Iequaiity or right anu auty, the Vuess:e:
|of priority can only be determined by
lot or drawing. It would be possible to
have 1857 separate drawing-one for
each group-but since methods would
vary and since supervision and abso-
lute insurance against the charge OF
fraudulent manipulation could not be
had In that way, every consideration OF
expediency and Justice urges on draw
ing In Washington.
Method For the Drawing.
I'm each group, every registration
L card has = red-inked numbe1< written
on it, face and these numbers run In 4 4
angle series from unity az 70 the
lnumRsr corresponding 70 the sreetess
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19

number Of cards In the group. Nor
mally this Is from unity G) to about
| 5000.
Exact copies of the. cards in each
groub have been attested and sent to
the various state cap1tols. Lists showing
the name Of each man in each group
and the serial number Of his card have
been posted in tho office Of the board,
published in the press. and one copy is
on file in Washington. There Is, there
FORE no chance Of any mans number
being changed without detection. or
Of any card being lost beyond replace
ment.
Idea Of Central Drawing.
Suppose there were Just 5000 names
and numbers in every group. It Is at
once apparent that it would be a very
simple thing to have a central drawing
that would control the order Of every
name and number In every group Of the
whole o,0oo-1ust put 5000 num-
bers into a bowl and draw them out one
at q time Tho firet number drawn
out would place the ,557 cards bearing
that particular number at the head of
every list In the United States. The
second number drawn would put the
cards bearing that number second on
all the lists. and so forth.
"Now, tho thing can not be done In
precisely this way, because there are
not precisely 5000 numbers in every
group. But tho same idea with a few
necessary notifications Is the idea on
which the present drawing is>based.
Drawing by Thousands.
ITO draw 10000 separate numbers
would take ten hours and would multi
ply tho chance OF error. Moreover. II
the V-thpusands,' the 9 thousands
the '1-thousands' and the 'e-thousands'
were scattered all over tho master list
Unfortunately the cancellation by
board: having small groups will be
very tedious and would open the way
10 nuIner0us sTFvTs. ~; q this is easii!;y; easi!;
avoided. II
Suppose we drew only 1000 num-
bers. We could then provide that tho
drawing OF the number S7s would also
draw the numbers 1878. 2S78, 1878. 4S7s,
5S7s, ss7s. 1878. Ss7s and ss7&
I'm that way only 1000 numbers
need be drawn, and hV making our
master list consist Of ono sheet for
each 1000 we could provide master
list easily applicable to lists with only
1000 numbers, since such boards could
disregard AL except the flrst three
sheets. ~ = -
geuaiity in Drawins. I.
..W6 should % this but for the fact
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
WAR ARMY DRAWINGS FRIDAY MORNING.

nearly month ago by NJ. Psreverzeff
Russian minister Of Justice. In anin!-
teiview with a correspondent of a
Stockholm paper he said:
Il am convinced that the Bolsheyiki
troops will soon carry their activities
to crisis. Compared with all their
previous crimes, this will be the time
to make, a final reckoning with this
lawless element. We reckon that the
Bolshevikis already have two machine
gun regiments of desperate men who
sleep with weapons beside their beds.
Mondays riots, in connection with
the resignation of Finance Minister
Shingaroff, which is generally consid
cred here to indicate a critical finan
cial situation in Russia, caused drop
in the ruble exchange rate of 4 points
to Co.
Active Bolsheviki propaganda work
Is being conducted here, especially
among returning Russian emigrants.
by various agents Of the Lenine So
cialist faction, including especially
two women. One Of them accompanied
Robert Grimm, the socialist interna-
tionalist and German agent, from
Switzerland thru Germany to Russia
in May. He was, expelled from Russia
as result Of efforts on the part Of the
Germans to conclude a peace with
Russia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Majority Parties Unani-
mously Decided to Garry
Out Coalition Plan.
MICHAELIS SAID
TO FAVOR PLAN
New Chancellor Believed to be in Sup.
port of Terms of Peace Resolution
Drawn Prior to eethmann-ho oIlweQ's 8
Retremert-6erIin Tageblatt Says
221 Deputies Will Vote For Peace
Resolutions.

Amsterdam, July 1s.-The Berlin
Tageblatt says the committee of the
majority parties in the German reich
stag have unanimously decided to
move the peace resolutions. Previous
ly the committee was divided, two
members of the center and one liberal
disasreeing with the majority. The
TaSeblatt says that in the reichstaS
221 deputies will vote for the peace
resolutions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Germans Making Desperate
Effort to Regain Lost
Positions.
GAIN FOOTHOLD BUT
ARE SOON EXPELLED
Attack on Front Of 800 Meters South Of
St. Quentin, Piercing French First
line-later Counter Offensive by
French Results in Throwing Germans
eaek-Teuton Attacks Near, Avocourt
Wood Fail.

While the world today is await
ing with keen interest the dscIara.
ton Of the German policy which
the new imperial chancellor 10 ex-
pected to deliver in the reichstag,
the military forces Of the beIliger-
ents for the moment are engaged
in infantry operations Of major inn
portance only along the front in
eastern GaIieia.
Reports from this theater Of in.
tense activity indicate a Iessen-
ing in the speed Of the Russian
drive. There has even been a re-
cession at one point, where Aus
trian and German reserves have
been thrown into tho fray in an
effort to stop the Russian onrush
which was threatening to roll up
the entire Austro- German limo
from Galioia down thru the Rou-
manian mountains and plains.
Otherwise, the French front in
northern France, 10 the most not
able theatsr Of nomentary inter-
est. A few days passed without
an effort on the part Of tho Ger
mans to get back some Of the val
liable territory wrsnohsd from
them, or to make local inroads
elsewhere in the French lines.
A new field was chosen for an
attempt Of this sort last night, the
first really sharp stack for some
time in The field Of the great Hin
denhurg retreat Of last March be-
ing delivered just to the south Of
St. Quentin.
: The crown prince chose a front
nearly half mile in extent whore
tho French occupied hiIIoek to
the east Of Gauchy. General Pc
tain's forces were taken back at
first by tho intensity Of the drive
and yielded some ground in the
first line. They rallied quickly,
however, and drove tho Germans
out Of tho greater part Of the 60
cupied positions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
CONFESSES KILLING
HUMPHREYS FAMILY
George c. Tompkins, Of Philadelphia.
Admits Staying Three Persons on
Road Near Carrolltown in Pennsyl-
vania Last Sunday.

Johnstown, Pa. July 1s-George {
Tompkins, of Philadelphia, held in con-
Rection with the shooting of Edmund
r. I. Humphries, prominent coal op-
orator, his wife, Mrs. Carrie Humphries
and their 15-year-old son, Edmund I
Humphries Jr, on country road neaI
Carrolltown, last Sunday. confessed te
the three murders today. according tt
announcement by the police.
The confession was made in the
presence of County Jailer Edward
Knee and Tompkins' attorneys.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Baby Cut by Moving Machine.

New Hampton, July 19.-Harry
Lovejoy, 2-year-old son Of Joseph
Lovejoy, Of Bassett is in a critical
condition, with his left leg cut off be-
low the knee and his left. foot partly
severed, as the result Of an accident
with q moving machine. The boy
lived with his uncle, Otto Lovejoy, on
his farm near Bassett, and he went
ont OF the house andsbegan playing in
the tall timothy. A short time later,
Mr.. Lovejoy drove thru the field NOW
ing the hay. and when it was too late
to stop the machine, he saw the child
within reach Of the knives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
Eat Goat Flesh.

Liverpool, June 19.-Goat flesh IS
being sold as mutton In considerable
quantities among the poorer classes In
Liverpool. With the sheep brought
over from Ireland there Is always
certain proportion OF goats, and these
carcasses are sold on the wholesale
markets without distinction from those
of the sheep and lambs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-19
sedfisld Cuts Hi. Claim.

Washington. July 19.-Secretary
RedfieId appeared VIII mis- ""fs" =
chiefs today before the house appro-
priatlon committee to explain the de-
partment of commences need OF de-
foiency appropriations and surprised
the committee by reducing his estimate
for administration Of export licenses
from s575, 900 to sss5.ooo for the pres
emf fiscal