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Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
BLOCKED BY PROTESTS IN SENATE

WASHINGTON, Feb 28-Senator La Follette leader of the paci6st element in the senate, which is demanding an extra session of congress. has the bill conferrng the authority requested by the President
 Though official dispatches establish the fact that the Lacona case IS in the nature of an overt act the President and state department officials take the posi- ton that no further steps will be taken until gress has acted upon the Presidents request for thority President Wilson IS said to be opposed to calinq an extra session of congress-
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
THE YARROWDALE INCIDENT

WASHINGTON, Feb 28-A speech delivered by Bethmann-Hollweg. the German chancellor, IS inter- preted here as carrying an ll-concealed threat against the United States. The excuse gwen for failure to release the Yarrowdale prisoners is char acterized in official quarters even more of n- suit than had been implied by their simply being de- taned
 Ambassador Willard, at Madrid, has cabled that the American Yarrowdale prisoners have been re- leased.
 WASHINGTON, March 2-Germany, in note de- lvered to the state department today by the Swiss minister promises to release the Yarrowdale prison CTS on March 7.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Work of Underseas Craft

LONDON, Feb. 24.-Seven Dutch ships, with total of 27,000 tons, were sunk on Thursday at the western approaches to the English channel. The captain and six of the crew of the British steamship Grenadier were killed when that vessel was sunk to- day.
 Fridays reports disclose that eleven yes sels, with tonnage of 2S,000, were sunk, though four were torpedoed previously but were unreported Included in the list was the French transport Athos, l2,O0O tons sunk off Malta on February IT. Among those lost was an American missionary.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
DISCUSSING THE PRESIDENTS REQUEST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-Chairman Flood of the house foreign affairs committee, immediatcy y after the conclusion of the Presidents address on Monday last, called the committee together to draft the legislation necessary to give the President the power he wants. Today the committee reported, upholding the President, but with two important strctions Authorization for the use of other in- strumentalities aside from guns, gunners and money was stricken from the original Flood bill. The sec ond restriction was the insertion of provision against the use of the risk bureau to insure ships carrying munitions.
 WASHINGTON, March LA special rule for the immediate consideration of the Flood bill, to en- power the President to arm and protect ships under United States register was favoraby reported to- day from the house rules committee, and the house unanimously adopted the rule. A three hours de- bate on the measure was begun immediately.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-03
Mandamus Proceedings Begun

Wickcrsham's plurality.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
ALL SENSATIONS IN BRAIN
Persons Make a Mistake When They
Say They Feel Pain in Other
Portions of the Body.

Where do you feel the pain? asks
the doctor. In my finger, in my ear
in my foot, the sufferer replies, and if
the physician told him he did not feel
it there but in his head, the average
man would doubt the doctors sanity.
Yet the doctor would be right.
In an address at the University Of
California, Prof. G. H. Parker of Har-
ward told the students that we have
been obliged to give up the idea that
sensations are spread throughout our
bodies, for persons who have lost a
limb often feel sensations that seem
to come from the missing member.
"Our sensations" said Professor
Parker, "are not located in the peri
pheral parts affected, but in the cen
trail nervous system, and within that
portion of it known as the cerebral
cortex" This is the outer layer, or
gray matter of the brain. One may
lose an arm, yet have the sensation Of
pain in the hand; but if small piece
of that particular part of the brain to
which run the sensory nerves from
the arm be removed, one will never
again feel anything in that arm, not
even if the hand be placed in the fire.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
WANTED REGGIE STIRRED UP
Incident Sheds Light on Modern Meth
eds of Bringing Laggard Lover
to the Scratch.

"Jack," said a pretty girl to her
brother the other day. 81 want you to
do something for me-there's a dear
fellow !"
"Well, what is it?" growled Jack,
who is the brother of the period.
why. you know that wig and nous
tache you used in the theatricalsr
'WeH?"
Wont you put them on and go to
the concert tonight Reginald and
will be there, and want you to stare
at me the whole evening through your
glasses"
you want me to do that?"
Yes, and as we come out you must
stand at the door and try to slip a note
into my hand Take care that Reggie
sees you, too"
"Well, declare"
Because you see, Jack, Reggie likes
me, l know, but then he's so awfully
slow, and as he Is well off, and lots
of other girls are after him, he's got
to be hurried up, as 1t were"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
He Was Very Quiet.

as foot had done before. Little by
little she dropped back. Kazan
forged to her side, every ounce OF his
magnificent strength in the traces. BY
the time they were on the river chan
mel again Joan was at the back of the
sledge, following in the trail made by
Kazan. She was powerless to help
him. She felt more and more the lead
en- weight of her legs. There was but
one hope-and that was the forest. If
they did not reach it soon, within half
an hour, she would be able to go no
farther. Over and over again she
moaned prayer for her baby as she
struggled on. She fell in the snow
drifts. Kazan and the sledge became
only a dark blotch to her. And then,
all at once, she saw that they were
leaving her. They were not more than
twenty feet ahead of her-but the
blotch seemed to be a vast distance
away. Every bit of life and strength
in her body was now bent upon reach
ing the sledge-aLd baby Joan.
1t seemed an interminable time be-
fore she gained. With the sledge only
six feet ahead of her, she struggled
for what seemed to her to be an hour
before she could reach out and touch
it. With a moan she dung herself for.
ward, and fell upon it. She no longer
heard the waiIing of the storm. She
no longer felt discomfort. With her
face in the furs under which baby Joan
was buried, there came to her with
swiftness and joy vision of warmth
and home. And then the vision faded
away, and was followed by deep night.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
REICHSTAG ROW
SHOWS DUPL|CITY
GERMAN PEACE ADVOCATE Ac-
cUsEs cAPELLE OF MISLEADING
PUBLIC WITH STATEMENTS.
False Report of Damage Done by Ger
man Submarines Given to the Pub
lie in Order to Keep People From
Openly critieising.

| WashingtOn.-COn Informal
| ton of a serious rupture in the Ger
man government between the main
bloc of the reichstag and the admiral
| ty authorities over the submarine war
fare has reached Washington. It in
cluded violent denunciatiOn of Adj
miral Won Capelle, head of the Ger
man admiralty, by Dr. Matthias Err
berger, leader of the Centrum, before
the main committee of the reichstag.
DR.. Erzberger, a peace advocate, is
the man who brought about the re-
cent crisis which resulted in the over
throw of Bethmann-HOllweg as chan
cellor and led to an imperial rescript
promising the characterization of the
Prussian electoral situation.
The Outburst against Capelle is only
one evidence, according to these dis
patches of the growing unrest among
the German masses. The admiralty
chief was accused of classifying figures
of enemy tonnage losses in order to
keep down the wrath of the Germans,
which would have overwhelmed the
men who promised them victory
through the submarine and then failed
to make good.
DR.. Erzberger fatty accused Adj
miral Won Capelle of Justification and
defied him to deny it. CapelIe was
unable to make a satisfactory answer.
Erzberger then described the meth
cd of the admiralty in drawing up fig
ures of British losses for dissemination
to the public. He declared they were
ridiculous" and a plain falsehood.
When any ship was sunk, he said, the
admiralty had been giving, not the
registered tonnage, but the dead
weight, and in addition adding the
weight of the cargo. English mercan-
tile fleet was listing all tonnage de-
Stroyed as British. No matter wheth-
er a tOrpedOed ship was French, Ital-
ian, American or even neutral, it was
added to the British tonnage lost.
This Information and similar other
dispatches of growing distrust and
disturbances against the German mill
tary and naval leaders is said to have
played large part in determining the
attitude of President Wilson toward
the pope's peace proposal.
Officials here expressed the opinion
that the estimate of 2,500,OO0 tons as
the amount of shipping which would
be destroyed in the first year of I'M
restricted submarine warfare by Ger
many was in cOnsonance with figures
so far at hand.
This is in contrast to the German
boast that 100000 or 100000 tons a
month would be destroyed.
1t was pointed out at the navy de-
partment that the losses through sub
marines have been cut in half since
March. American destrOyers have
played a great part in this result.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
The Bio Execution.

81 don't understand this peace with
out annextion' idea" complained the
man on the car.
"Why, that's perfectly simple" ex-
planned his fellow straphanger. ut
means that it isn't right to annex any
other country as spoIls of victory"
"Mean to say that If we licked some
country we wouldn't have the right to
take some of their possessions?'
''NOt the moral right We couldn't
annex an island, for instance, whose
inhabitants do not speak our language,
sympathize with our civilization or
comprehend our institutions. SucR an
island would never become an integral
part of America, no Idatter what the
geography said"
"NOnsense-look at Manhattan
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06

drew herself to her feet. For mo-
ment Joan took his shaggy head be-
tween her two hands.
"WoIf!" she moaned. "Oh, Wolf !"
She went on, her breath coming
pantingly now, even from her brief eI-
ertion. The snow was not so deep on
the ice of the river But a wind was
rising. It came from the north and
east, straight in her face, and Joan
bowed her head as she pulled with Ka-
zan. Half mile down the river she
stopped, and no longer could she re-
press the hopelessness that rose to
her lips in a sobbing, choking cry.
Forty miles! She clutched her hands
at her breast, and stood breathing like
one who had been beaten, her back to
the wind. The baby was quiet. Joan
went back and peered down under the
furs, and what she saw there spurred
her on again almost fiercely. Twice
she stumbled to her knees in the drifts
during the next quarter of mile.
After that there was a stretch of
wind-swept ice, and Kazan pulled the
sIedge alone. Joan walked at his side.
There was pain in her chest. A thou
sand needles seemed pricking her face,
and suddenly she remembered the Their
mOmeter. She exposed it for a time
on the top of the tent. When she looked
at it few minutes later it was 80 de-
grees below zero. Forty miles And
her father had told her that she could
make it-and could not lose herself
But she did not know that even her
father would have been afraid to face
the north that day, with the tempera-
ture at 80 below, and a moaning wind
bringing the first warning of a biz
card.
The timber was far behind her now.
Ahead there was nothing but the pitt
less barren, and the timber beyond
that was hidden by the gray gloom of
the day. If there had been trees,
Joan's heart would not have choked so
with terror. But there was nothing
nothing but that gray, ghostly gloom,
with the rim of the sky touching the
earth a mile away.
The snow grew heavy under her feet
again. Always she was watching for
those treacherous, frost-coated traps
in the ice her father had spoken of.
But she found now that all the ice and
snow looked alike to her, and that
there was a growing pain back of her
eyes. 1t was the intense cold.
The river widened into a small lake,
and here the wind struck her in the
face with such force that her weight
was taken from the strap, and Kazan
dragged the sledge alone. A few
inches of snow impeded her as much
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
CHAPTER TX.
Out of the Blizzard.

1t was dawn when the baby snuggled
close to Joan's warm breast and
awakened her with its cry of hunger.
She opened her eyes, brushed back the
thick hair from her face, and could see
where the shadowy form of her father
was lying at the other side of the tent.
He was very quiet, and she was
pleased that he was still sleeping. She
knew that the day before he had been
very near to exhaustion, and so for
half an hour longer she lay quiet,
cooling softly to the baby Joan. Then
she arose cautiously, tucked the baby
In the warm blankets and furs, put on
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
NO MORE GRAIN FOR HOLLAND.
United States Refuses to Permit Cere-
al Loaded Ships to Leave Port.

Westinghouse grain will be per-
mitted TO leave this country for Hol-
land at present, it was announced Sat
urday Licenses for 100 Dutch grain
ships have been refused
The agreement by which the Hol-
Ianders were to divide their cargoes
between Holland and Belgium has
been cancelled by the embargo admin
istration.
In making the announcement, the
board emphasized that the United
States is willing to feed the neutrals
but that the needs of this country
must be considered first.
In refusing licenses for the 100
Dutch ships, already loaded with
grain, the administrative board made
u counter proposition that the vessels
be unIoaded, their cargoes taken over
by the United States at a fair price,
and the ships used to bring wheat and
sugar from Australia and Java.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Fruit Production

The production of apples in this
country during the last six years has
averaged over 6O,0OO0O0 Jarrels. The
estimated value of this apple crop for
1915 was S145,OO0OO0. The product
of peaches in 1914 was estimated at
540O0,0O0 bushels, and OF pears for
that year 100000 bushels. Consid-
ering all of the hardy fruits of the
North and the tropical fruits of the
South, what a vast bulk is gathered
every year. Surely famine and star
walton cannot come to a country thus
supplied.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
One Qualification.

Admiral Bradley Fiske was talking
in New York about a naval critic.
"ThIs naval critic" he said, re
minds lie of Swetson.
What's struck Swetson, a man
asked at the club. He failed in medi-
cine, he failed in the law and he failed
in the ministry, and now he's moved
into a $500 fiat in Riverside Drive.
"'Well, you see, said another man,
'Swetson has started to write magazine
articles on why Men Fair and he's
mnie a mighty good thing Of ii. Quail
fled, you know"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Important Discovery.

Commercial and technical papers
are printing an article from Manches-
ter, England, in which it is said that
an English chemist has succeeded In
d2vising method by which atmospher-
ic nitrogen may be fixed in England at
cost low enough to make the process
commercially practicable and that it Is
in operation on small scale. That
has not been possible heretofore be
:ause England lacks the abundant and
heap water power required for the
generation of electricity.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
TwinS2

Two young boys We're discussing the
identity of a certain man who kept a
store in the neighborhOod.
HE isn't the slim one, or the one
who has whiskers," the first youngster
was saying. "He doesn't wear glasses,
either"
"Oh, that must be Mr.. Jones'" an
Swered the other.
"Who does Mr.. Jones look Hke?" de-
manded the first boy.
"Well," responded the one ques-
toned, "he looks lot like Mr. Smith.
Yep, he does. 1 think they must be
brothers"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
CHAPTER VIII-continued.

Kazan's alert eyes saw Pierre start
suddenly. He rose from his seat OF
the sledge and went to the tent. He
drew back the flap and thrust in his
head and shoulders.
asleep, Joan?" he asked.
almost, father. Won't you please
/ colne-soon|
after I smoke" he said. "Are you
comfortableT"
"Yes. I'm so tired-ard-sleepy-'
Pierre laughed softly. In the dark
ness he was gripping at his throat.
'sWere almost home, Joan. That is
our river out there-the Little Beaver.
If I should run away and leave you to-
night you could follow it right to our
cabin. It's only forty miles. Do you
| hearW
"Yes-I know"
"Forty miles-straight down the
river. You couldn't lose yourself, Joan.
Only you'd have to be careful of air.
holes in the ice"
won't you come to bed, father?
You're tired-and almost sick"
"Yes-after I smoke" he repeated.
"Joan, will you keep reminding me to-
morrow of the airholes? might for
get. You can always tell them, for
the snow and the crust over them are
whittier than on the rest of the ice, and
like a sponge. VIII you remember
the airholes-"
"YeS-s-s-"
Pierre dropped the tent-fap and re-
turned to the fire. He staggered as
he walked.
"Good night, boy" he said. "Guess
I'd better go in with the kids. Two
days more-forty miles-two days"
Kazan watched him as he entered
the tent. He laid his weight against
the end of his chain until the collar
shut off his wind. His legs and back
twitched. In that tent where Radisson
had gone were Joan and the baby. He
knew that Pierre would not hurt them,
but he knew, also, that with Pierre
Radisson something terrible and i'm
pending was lowering very near to
them. He wanted the man outside
by the fire-where he could lie still,
and watch him.
In the tent there was silence. Near
er to him than before came Gray
VOLTS cry. Each night she was call
ing earlier, and coming claser to the
camp. He wanted her very near to
him tonight, but he did not even whine
in response. He dared not break that
strange silence in the tent. He lay
still for a long time, tired and lame
from the days journey, but sleepless.
The fire burned lower the wind in the
tree tops died away; and the thick,
gray clouds rolled like q massive cur
tain from under the skies. The stars
began to glow white and metallic, and
from far in the north came family a
cvisping, moaning sound, like steel
sleigh runners running over frosty
snow-the mysterious monotone of the
northern lights. After that it grew
steadily and swiftly colder.
Tonight Gray Wolf did not compass
herself by the direction of the wind. |
She followed like a sneaking shadow |
over the trail Pierre Radisson had |
made, and when Kazan heard her |
again, long after midnight, he lay with
his head erect, and his body rigid, save
for a curious twitching of his muscles.
There was a new note in Gray VOLTS
voice, a wailing note in which there
was more than the mate-call. 1t was
The Message. And at the sound of it
Kazan rose from out of his silence
and his fear, and with his head turned
straight up to the sky he howled as
the wild dogs of the North howl be-
fore the tepees of masters who are
newly dead.
Pierre Radisson was dead.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
EGGS MAY GO TO ST A DOZEN
Hiqh Price of Feed Causes Farmers
to Dispose of Their
Chickens.

Cleveland, O.-Eggs at 81 a dozen
next winter! That is the prediction
of Harry Wilson, retiring poultry farm
err of Solon, o. Wilson says high prices
of feeds has caused the farmers to dis
pose of their chickens as rapidly as
possible because they were losing mon
ey. The scarcity of hens viii cause
the golden eggs"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
MoefuI Lament.

Her grown-up sister and cousin were
dressing for a masquerade and Ethel
was watching them and begging to "go
too" Finally her sister said firmly !:
Nov, Ethel, don't be absurd. You
can't go, so do stop crying" Where
upon Ethel threw herself on the bed
weeping and sobbing out, 20, o, why
was l born too late"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Smile and Sing.

If you hate to see overcast, lowering
faces, just remember that your down.
cast face may shadow Others spirits.
If YOU dislike to hear a voice that
whines, make up your mind that your
own shall ring with good cheer. Some
one must do the smiling, someone must
do the singing. Why should it not be
you3
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Kaiser Yields to PoIand's Demands.

Amsterdam.-AccOrding to the Co
Iogne Gazette the first step toward
the self -gOyernment of Poland has
been taken. In the future justice will
he administered in the name of the
Polish crown and Polish judges.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Likely Tale.

"Why don't you enlist in the army?'
I've got responsibilities, num-"
"And you a tramp"
"YOu see, mum, it's dis way. Only
last month l wrote me dear old mother
dat l wuz comm home to stay, an
amt got de heart to disappoint her.
Age-Herald.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Kills DAUGHTER and Suicides

SOnoma, Gala woman, believed to
be Mrs. Edward F. Burns Of Alameda,
shot and killed a 9-year-old girl, then
fatally wounded herself Saturday eve
ming in crowded coach of a North
western Pacific train near here.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
soldiers stop Neoro Riot.

Lexington, Ky.-A riot brought on
when crowd of negroes attacked
three soldiers here Saturday result
ed in the injuring of ten negroes, when
many of the soldiers comrades rallied
to their aid.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Price of Flour Drops.

Portland, Ore.-Flour in the north
west markets dropped 40 cents a bar
rel Tuesday. An agreement looking
to that result was reached by repre-
sentative Pacific coast millers at
meeting here This will bring the
price to $11.20 for old-crop patent
flour
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Rin Traffic on Mississippi.

Memphis, Tenn.-Every steamboat
on the Mississippi river will be pressed
into service this fall moving cotton
and other cumbersome freight. Boats
that have been idle for years will be
employed and traffic on the river will
be greater than known for decades.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
YOU MAY TRY CUTIcURA FREE
That's the Rule-Free Samples to Any
one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence in the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to send samples on request. They are
ideal for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06

relief and six bottles have entirely
cured me. All women who have female
trouble of any kind should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. Eta DoRIoN, Ogdensburg, Wis.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists it pays to
write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. for special free advice
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Too Slow.

Railway Manager-Another farmer
is suing us on account of his cows.
Lawyer-KilIed by our trains?
Railway ManageS-No; he com
plains that our passengers are leaning
out of the windows and milking them
as the trains go by.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06
Social Leadsrs leach Iaps

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Mlss Amy
Kinsley and her sister, Kathleen,
prominent socially, plan to leave here
early next month, to spend several
years in kindergarten work in north
ern Japan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-09-06

synops-Kazan vicious Alaskan edge wolf
Thorpe master,
country
brutality
driver joins party nsnsbty
leader Gray Wolf af
which had attacked
Pierre S heard