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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Desperate title Racing.

Jondon, Nov. 21-Wh9t is undoubt-
eily enc of the most desperate engage
raents of the war Is taking place be-
veen the upper Brenta and Piave riv-
rs
The invaders ere throwing In enor-
-ncus masses Of troops in an effort to
urn the left flank Of the Italian line
trough the Venetian plains before
a2iied aid becomes effective.
In what is probably the part Of the
me selected by Won Below for his
,cain effort-the front between the
NO rivers-the defenders have recoil-
el slightly. At the same time they
a-e fighting a NEST logged battle, and
there is TO indication Of the panic and
cowardice shown On the Isonzo at the
of the offensive.
Military observers are anxfously
watching the battle Of the two rivers.
IS it may be called although it is a
rhase of the greater battle of the
Piqve. Neither side will give up here
without extreme sacrifices in men and
munitions, for the advance of the Teu.
tons a few miles further will take
them out upon the Venetian plain be-
hind the Piave line.
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CLASH WITH GERTa''..SS
Another u. S. Soldier Killed and 8
Wounded by Shrapnei Shell.

Another u. s. Soldier Killed and
Wounded by Shrapnei She'll
With the American Army in France
Nov. 21.-There has been another
lash between American and German:
;atrols in No Mans Land.
Full details are not known at this.
four, except that one American sol
c,ier was killed.
American patrols have been espe-
tally active the last two nights. One
encountered a German patrol close to
he German lines The firing at this
ONT was hot, but brief. 1t is be-
!eved there were German casualties
ut this cannot be determined.
A German shell fell through the roof
the chateau in which an American
"egimental headquarters is establish
4 near the front. The shell explod-
d, but no one was hurt. Several of
GERS. including the American colonel
n command, were in the building.
Two other shells exploded nearby.
An American brigadier general had a
narrow escape in the same town, an
earlier shell exploding and scattering
etones and mud on his motor car as
q was leaving.
The Germans are especially active
IN Smelling the roads. A burst of
hrapnel over a group of American
soldiers eating supper at the roadside
lied one and wounded three.
The German fire. at points back OF
Tho Ataor;ooD nocff{onc }c most active
ss,ssesssss gAqIs.sall livery rapidly at times.
The American artillery replied ener-
e:etically. sending shrapnel at the enc
my trenches and high explosive shells
st his batteries.
Active patrolling continues. Four
.American patrols on a recent night
manned for hours In front of the
enemy line, hoping to ambush Ger
mans, but none appeared.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Hear kerensky is at Luga.

Petrograd, Nov. 21.-Two army
corps loyal to the committee for the
salvation of the revolution, stationed
at Luga, report that Premier Keren-
sky is with them. There is no con-
firmatiou.
(After the defeat of his forces at
Gatchina, Premier Kerensky was fac
ed with the proposed desertion of the
bulk of his army. The premier was
coerced into promising to surrender
to the Rolsheviki government, but
while the guard was being formed he
disappeared, disguished as a sailor.
The committee for the salvation OF the
revolution is opposed to the Bolshe-
Wiki regime in Petrograd and has pro-
tested against the order Of arrest OF
Premier Kerensky. Luga is on the
Petroerad-Psk railway, about ninety
miles south of Petrograd and sixty
miles south Of Gatchina.)
Seven commissioners appointed by
the Maximalist government to manage
various departments have resigned
their posts in protest against the
methods of political terrorism" By
which they allege the Bolshevih seek
to maintain themselves in ONCE.
1--WE are of the opinion" they as
sert in the declaration announcing
their retirement, that the necessary
form of Socialistic government by par
ties is that participated In by the con
gress of workmen's and soldiers dele
gates
They do not wish to follow the lines
chosen by the Bolsheviki, which, they
assert, lead to alternating the probe
tariat element from political life and
lead to the creation of an impossible
regime, which means the destruction
of the revolution and the country"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
SHE CRITIClZEs U. S.
authorities of West Salem, Ill.,, Deem
Mrs. COUGHS Speech Pro-Enemy.

authorities Of West Salem. Ill.,, Deem
Mrs. COUGHS Speech Pro-Enemy.
Mount Vernon, Ill.,, Nov. 21.-Mrs.
Catherine Couch. who last summer
vas purported to have been executed
n Germany for criticizing that gov
s'nment, is now under guard in the
,:'lage of West Salem, her former
eme, where she delivered an address
Sunday night which was classed by
Ircal authorities as Pro-German.
Sheriff Naylor, of Wards county.
said he anticipated no violence, al
though feeling was high in West Sa-
len. and that Mrs Cough would be
guarded until federal officers arrive.
Mrs. Couch is declared to have told
# present food conditions in Germany,
and to have critized the United States
II entering the war and for supply
i-2 che allies with munitions.
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'..oI1 Monte j..,..t31gTa Against
Fc-T C~..3..--1g2!s.
Defenders CourHcr tttacks in MeIette
Ece:on Gained Cround-Ces perate
Es.rie Paging i: urper Grenta.

Eceon Gained cround-Eesperate
E&.rie Paging i: urper srenta.
Il ne. Nov. 21.--T.e I'll gle begun
On TIE Monte TOmba and Mcnte Mon
Ien@'a, Saturday r.Ght. is continuing
ferc,ly.
TIE Rome war Office so reports, add
i1":
The enemy four times interrupted
tie h~mbacdmert Ct our positions on
the Monte Mcrrn1ere spur TO launch
his masses agatl them. Each time.
our troops, with COURAGE beyond all
praise. drove tie mback.
"In tie Ne1e'ta REGION least of Ash
a-o) our parties continued the local
offens'va operations. which on Sunday
and Monday altcgether gained us 306
prisoners, including eight officers;
FIVE machine guns and several hun
6red rifles.
"On the Piave front, on the islet,
il front OF Fn7ina. three machine guns
ard several rifles We're taken.
Our bombarding airplanes repeat
oily and effectively bombed enemy
columns in movement along the road
n the lower Pi2va valley. in the re-
ion Of Guerra. During the night air
~Ni~s drorped several bombs on enc
v hfvcvacs at Tore di Mosto LENA
md in the neiohborhood Of the Motta
=: Livenza bridge, which was damag-
4. Two enemy machines were down
cd"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
RUSSIA BENEATH
COSSACK THUMB
Petrograd at Their Mercy IN
Bread and Coal.
KALDINES MAN OF HOUR
kerensky Is Said to Have Taken Ref
uee With Army Corps at Luaa Hos
tile to BoIsheviki.

uee With Army Corps at Lu0a nos
tile to BoIsheviki.
Washington, Nov. 21.-UnoMciat
dispatches reaching the state depart
ment from Tornea on the Swedish
frontier, say passengers arriving there
from Russia declare the Russian stu
alton is controlled by General Kale-
dimes, the Cossack commander, who
holds the country's coal and bread
supply in the Don Cossack region.
A similar view is taken at Stock
holm. A message frem-thesessz
Monday, tells of the belief that Kale-
dimes is the man of the hour and that
Pctrograd is at his mercy.
A despatch from Tornea, dated Mon
day, reports the arrival there of sew
eral Americans from Pet-ograd In ad-
vance of the large party being sent
away by Ambassador Francis. Pet
rograd vas said to be quiet with the
theatres open and trains running.
Soldiers were parading the streets OF
the city bearing banners stating that
Russia "does not want a separate
peace" demanding a constitutional
assembly for all Russia, and deciar-
ing that the Nicholas regime was
never so tyrannical as the one OF the
Bolsheviki.
The passengers were of the opinion
that the present revolutionary GOV
eminent cannot last because 1t lacks
support of all the parties, Including
the extreme Socialists.
Kerensky is again reported to have
escaped capture, and to have gone to
the front in an effort to get support.
According to Swedish newspaper,
an army corps is marching on Petro-
grad under command of an army com.
mittee determined to end the Bolshe-
Wiki power.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
u, S. DESTROYER
sunk IN WAR ZONE.
The Chauncey is Sent Down
While on Patrol Duty.
q LIVES REPORTED LOST
Americans and Foe Graphic in No
Mans Iand-One Soldier Killed
and Three Wounded.

Washington, Nov. 21.-SinEing OF
the American destroyer Chimney in
collision in the war zone, with prob
eble loss of twenty-one lives, was all
,lounced by the navy department.
No further details were sven in
hrief report to the department from
Vice Admiral Sims The Chauncey
vas a small, old type boat of onF
go tons.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels made
this statement:
THE Chauncey, a small American
destroyer on patrol duty in foreign
waters. was sunk in a collision early
Monday morning. First dispatches
Indicate that twenty-one lives were
'ost. FurtI, er information will be made
nrblic when full reports are received.
TIE Chauncey was one OF the old
type dastroye-s. completed in 1902.
Her displacement was 420 tons, and
Ter Complement nine y-cne officers and
men"
For several years before the war,
the Chauncey was used only in coast
defense work. She was classified as
6. coast torpodo vessel. She was built
It Philadelphia.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
.lWrp|c''' MISSION
SITS IN CONFERENCE
Meets British War Cabinet in
Important Council,

London. Nov. 21-None of the nu-
merous allied war councils in the last
three years have occasioned the same
interest as the historic meeting OF
the American war mission and the
British war cabinet to tighten the
links that chain the Anglo-American
war efforts.
The scene was the dingy old resi-
dence in Bowling street, which has
served the prime ministers of many
generations as both home and office.
The room was the council chamber
where the cabinets meet and where
the destirias Of the empire have been
shaped since the days of the Ameri-
cen revolution.
Lord Reading, the lord chief justice.
presided with Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, and o.
car T. Crosby, assistant secretary OF
the American treasury department. at
the table beside him. The military
and naval heads o. both gOvernme nts,
and officials representing other depart.
ments of war work, were grouped to-
gether
Everybody asked for Colonel E. M.
House. head of the American mission,
but Colonel House did not attend the
meeting. his secretary, Gordon Auch.
inclCss, REPRESENTING him.
Most of the members of the Ameri.
can mission were early on the scene,
but the beginning of the conference
awaited the arrival of some of the
British officials who had been detain-
ed by other war engagements. The
delay was brief, however, and in. the
noon hour all were in their seats.
Lord Reading formally opened the
proceedings.
The conference lasted an hour and
a half, the members having frequent
recourse to the mass Of statistics and
official documents at their command.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Fiery Eczema and Skin Eruptions
Readily Yield to This Old Remedy

This wonderful remedy is without An
equal as a blood purifier, being prob
ably the Oldest blood medicine on the
market. 1t has been sold by drug
gists for fifty years.
You are invited to write to-day
for complete and 1ull advice as to
the treatment of your own case. Ad-
dress, Chief Medical Adviser, Swift
Specific Co, Dept. H Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
White House Closed to Visitors.

So strict is the rule against admis-
son to the White House that the
"Special-card" hours have been abol-
i,hed. Heretofore it has been possible
for a member of congress or an official
Cf the government to obtain card
from Secretary Tumulty admitting a
constituent or friend to the lower
f1ors of the mansion. This is now alb
s0lutely forbidden, and there are no
exceptions. These surrounding the
president will take no chances.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
.)-I.0AT VICTIMS
Ole OR GO MAD
Seven Of Rochester Grew Per-
iSh in Small Boat.

London, Nov. 21-The missing boat
from the American steamship Roche5-
Ter, which was sent to the bottom by
p German submarine November 2. has
Just landed at port in Ireland, the
British admiralty announced.
The boat contained five men, the
only survivors from the original boats
crew of twelve.
The admiralty announcement says
he Roch ester was torpedoed without
warning by a German submarine. b.
ing struck abreast the No. hatch.
snd that the explosion destroyed a
boat. demolished the wireless room
ani disabled the main engine.
The second assistant engineer was
killed and the ship went down in five
minutes
The boat which has now reached
ireland originally contained twelve
men. 1t was commanded by the first
officer. Two men died Of exposure
end one became insane and jumped
overheard. Just before they reached
the coast four others died.
officer was able to walk The hands
and feet of the four others were badly
swollen and immediate medical treat
ment was necessary.
Hope had been abandoned for the
second officer and eleven other men
N boat from the Rochester, who at
ne time of the arrival of the five
survivors in Ireland had been missing
cor eighteen days. Vice Admiral
Sims cabled the navy department on
Saturday that these men had been
given up as lost.
The landing of the five men reduces
the Rochester's death roll from nine
taen-- to feurteer.--=5s ear~aen-= died OF
exposure~in another boat. Two were
killed by the explosion of the torpedo
and one was drowned.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Life For Dynamite Plot Prisoner

Montreal, Nov. 21.-Imprisonment
fer life was the sentence imposed by
Justice Pelletier on Charles EdHuard
7jonette, one of the men arrested in
with the attempt several
raonths ago to blow up the summer
! ome of Lord Athelstan, publisher Of
tie Montreal Star. The charge against
-ronette was that he attempted to
murder chauffeur whose automobile
vas stolen by the dynamiters.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
TRUNK GAVE OUT FUMES
Mysterious Baggage Consigned to vii
ninoton Put OF at Trenton.

Mysterious Baggage Consigned to Viii
mington Put OF at Trenton.
Trenton, N. j., Nov. PA mysteri-
GUS trunk containing ten tin recep-
tacles packed in excelsior is under
guard of federal agents at the baggage
room of the Clinton street P. R. r.
station.
1t is suspected the tins hold explo-
sive chemicals.
The trunk was checked at Phillips
burg to Wilmington, Del. When the
baggage car in which 1t was being
carried neared Trenton fumes and va
por began to issue from the trunk.
Federal officials subsequently ar
rested the alleged shipper Of the
trunk. His identity was withheld
lending further Investigation.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
BIG GERMAN FORCES
MOVED TO FLANDERS
troops From Russia With Ar
tiIIery Crowd Roads.

London, Nov. PA telegram from
-Iaestricht. Holland, to Amsterdam.
orwarded by the Central News, re-
Dorts great movement of troops with
rtiEely on all roads leading to the
: Ianders front.
These troops evidently are from the
Russian front, the despatch says.
"Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
,Nampoux," says the London Official
tatement. "In the region of Wyt,
echaete, a raiding party of Germans
vas driven off by our fire."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21

Removal to Spain Because of War Is
Said to Have Been Discussed.

Rome, Nov. 21.-The ques'io is be-
ing asked in various quarters here,
especially in Vatican circles, if Pope
Benedict intends to leave Rome and
italy.
IF the Pontiff should take this step.
it would be due to the difficulty of
taking the attitude he desires to take
With regard to the war as long as he
resides in a belligerent country
This is in spite of the efforts made
hy the Italian government to guaran-
tee his complete liberty and indepen.
dence.
It is said pourparlers have taken
mace with regard to the pope going
% Spain as a guest of King Alfonso.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
British Near Jerusalem.

London. Nv. 21.-Thc Rri ish fore
& in Palestine are now twelve miles
L orthwest and fifteen miles west of
J Hrusalem. the wa office announces.
TIE announcement seys: General AL
| nby reports that our mountain troops
occupied Belt Uretlem. Sunday. Our
infantry, advancing into the high land
OF Judav, reached line fifteen miles
vest of Jerusalem"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
German Thrust at verdun.

Paris, Nov 21.-The Germans made
sn attack on a front of one Kilometre
tfve-eights of mile) in the Verdun
sectors north of Caurieres wood.
They penetrated the French advanc-
ed positions over a small extent OF
this front, expelled for the most part.
North of st. Quentin" the state
ment adds, I'VE easily repulsed raid
il the region of Fayet. In the~Gham-
pagne there was rather heavy artillery
fighting in the sector of Butte du Mes
nil. In Lorraine an enemy raid on
cur positions south of Morroy was
without success"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
RUSSIA QUITS WAR?
New Government Said to be Ready to
Conclude Separate Peace

London, Nov. PA Copenhagen
despatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company says:
1.-THE National Tidende's Berlin cor
respondent learns indirectly that the
aew Russian government has oficlally
declared it has left the ranks OF the
belligerents and is ready to conclude
Z separate peace"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
GENERAL MARKETS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Straight, $1010@10.25. City mills.
] 1.30@12.
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel,
s95O610.
WHEAT-Strong; No. 2 red, 50 "a.
CORN-Quiet; No. 2 yellow, s2.35
G2.40.
OATS-Quiet; No. 2 white. 800
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, 20
CT23c. old roosters, 1919. Dressed,
s eady: choice fowls, 261s-; old roost-
ers. 21c.
BUTTER - Firm; fancy creamery,
451sc per ID.
EGGS = Firm; selected, 58T soc;
T earby. 50651c: western, 50@51c.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Confesses to Dynamiting.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Nov. 21.-Masil-
Ter Sicontina, twenty-eight years old,
-ecently removed to this city from
Philadelphia, was taken TO the Carbon
county jail at Mauch Chunk, after hav-
fng confessed to dynamiting the home
Of Joseph Pancheri, a wealthy grocer,
at Lansford. Pancheri refused to
lace $4,000 in a box on the hillside
for him. State police caught Sicon-
ina through a decoy. Seven other
italians, held as accomplices, were dis
charged
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
German Offers U, S. Land and Lodas

German Offers .. S. Land and Lodge.
Bangor, Pa. Nov. 21.-Herman Wag-
ner. naturalized German and large
property owner, at the Blue Mountain
Pines, asummer resort. one mile from
Bangor, has offered the United States
government all the lend it may want
and a lodge 70x40 feet for camp and
house of refuge for conval escent SOL
diers. The lodge is suitably equipped
for an emergency hospital.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
SAVE LIQUID MANURE.

Remember that liquid manure con-
tains 60 per cent Of the plant food
value of manure. 1t is most econom-
ically conserved by the use of liberal
quantities of litter and nall amounts
of acid phosphates or gypsum used in
the stables
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Chemicals Cause Fire on Tran.po,4

An Atlantic Port, Nov. 21-Chemi-
calls used for fumigation purposes are
believed to have caused a fire on a
United States transport tied up at her
pier here. The vessel had been seal
ed for the fumigation and no one was
on board when the blaze was discov.
Grad
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BRITISH LOSSES INCREASE

Total of This Weeks Casualties Heav-
Ter Than For Preceding One.
London, Nov. 21.-British casualties
reported for the week ending Tues
cay reached a total Of 32,227, divided
as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
2o6: men, $50; wounded or missing,
Ulcers, 923: men, 24S4S.
The British casualty lists have been
increasing recently, probably in conse-
ouence of the bitter fighting IN Elan
ders. Last week they were 25,065,
and in the preceding week, 1881.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
To Divert Coal to East.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The fuel ad.
ministration is considering immediate
withdrawal of the priority order under
which all middle western coal ship.
ments have been going to lake ports
for the northwestern territory. When
this is done the coal will be diverted
10 the east to relieve shortages, par
ftruIarIy in New England.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
SAG aoe,411 Raised For Y. N. c. A.

s4e,2oe,411 Raised For Y. M. c. A.
New York. Nov. 21.-The national
war work council Of the Young Mems
Christian Association announced that
the grand total of the nationwide war
fund campaign is s49209.411. This
exceeds by nearly s15,000.000, the $685.
100000 goal set at the beginning Of
the ca npaign on November IL.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
SERIOUS RIOTS AT BERLIN
Police Said to Have Used Firearms;
Casualty List Reported Heavy.

Casualty List Reported Heavy.
London. Nov. 21.-Serious riotins
took place in Berlin Sunday, according
10 Amsterdam dispatches.
A message to the Exchange Tele-
~raph company says fighting between
he mob and the police was very
fierce, and there was heavy casualty
list. The police used firearms.
The Wireless Press says the mill
tary and police were called upon to
oppose the progress Of the independ-
cnt Socialist demonstrators. The po-
ice were forced to fire with their
ifes and revolvers. The organizers
Of the meeting responded with fire
erms and knives.
The German press, dispatches say,
has been forbidden to publish details.
20 newspapers have arrived in Ann
sterdam from Berlin.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Earthouake Sinks Ship at Sea,

Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. PA
chooner bound from Kingston to San
tiago de Cuba sank eff the eastern end
r the island. with heavy loss of life.
There were only three survivors. TIE
.'isnster is believed 70 have been caus-
ID by a sudden subsistence Of the sea
Tor owing 10 an earthruakA.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
Live Stock Quotations.

CHICAGO-HOGS = Slow. Bulk,
s-7.35m17.f0; light, s17@17 go; mixed,
s-7.15017.75; heavy, $17.10017 10;
rough s171O@17.30; pigs, s1461715.
s+450@16.25; western steers. $50
1855; stockers and feeders, $3.50
$50: cows and heifers, $4.70@11S5:
calves. s7613 so.
SHEEP = Firm; wethers. $3.50
1890: lambs. s12.50@171H
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TREES FREE FOR THE ASKING
State Will Give Away 100000 Fer
Representation Purposes.

Harrisburg, Pa, Nov. 21.-The state
department of forestry Announced
that ony one who wants ttrees for
planting in reforestrati ton work. but
not for ornamental purposes, can have
them for the asking.
The state has more than 100000
trees ready to set cut next spring,
with prcba bly, as many more in sight
for the following year. The state for
est nurseries raised more trees than
ever before in 1917 and the trees are
to be distributed in not fewer than
500 lots for demonstration, the per-
sons receiving them to pay costs of
packing and transportation and agree
tng not to sell them.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-21
pershIno Reports Two Deaths.

Washington, Nov. 21.-General Per-
shing reported the following casual
ties:
Rex L. Mckinney, private, engin-
GERS, died November II, of scarlet
fever; B. P. Mckinney, father, Spring
field, Me.
Cecil A. Rowan, private. headquar-
tiers company, infantry, died Novem-
l or 1, of gunshot wound; next OF kin,
aaron Rowen, 1714 West Main street,
Chanute, Kan.
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SUCCESSFULLY used for fifty years.

successfully used Tor hfty Years.
Eczema and similar skin troubles
come from a 6isordered, impure con-
d;t;on of the blood, and they can
only be cured by giving the blood a
thorough cleansing, and removing
from it ali traces IF impurity.
This is why S. S. S. has been used
SO successfully in hundreds of cases
OF Eczema and other skin eTuptions.