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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-27
Biggest Baby in World

1t is believed that this government
insurance baby is the biggest insur-
ance company in the history of the
world
The whole thing is chuck full of
human interest of the deepest dye.
Just as this statement was being
prepared for the United Press there
came the story of a soldier at the
front who was killed Is minutes after
he had signed application for $4,000
policy for his mother, dependent on
him for support back in America.
Starting at zero when the war in
surance, allowance and compensation
law went into effect October 6, it has
grown in the few intervening weeks
into a monster government machine,
complicated and exacting,
functing perfectly and growing like
mad.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-27
Lack Essential EeIment

WASHINGTCN-If the central pow
ers' overtures to Russia are true, as
they are reported, they still lack the
essential element that President Will
son and England demand-elimina
ton of Hohenzollernism. The blanket
formula of '"no annexation and no in
demnity' does not cover all that is
necessary in the settlement. 1t leaves
Belgiums restoration and kindred Wit
al problems out. The overtures are
considered largely as a bait to the
Russians.
M
Francis Publishes Denial
PETROGRAD = American Ambas-
sador Francis today published a dis
claimer to the Bolsheviki charge that
he and the American Red Cross sought
to aid General Kaledines against the
BoIsheviki He asserts that the sup
plies were enroute to Jassy, not Ros-
toff
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-27
McAd0O Will Pick His Help
West Right i'm Line

SAN FRANCISCO-The western de-
partment of the railroad war board
Southern Pacific and Oregon-Washing-
ton railway officials said they would
cooperate with Secretary McAdoo at
all times.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-27
State Peace Terms

COPENHAGEN-In their formal re-
ply to Russian peace overtures, Wen
ma says the central powers are willing
to make a general peace on the basis
of no annexations and no indemnities.
They ask only that other belligerents
pledge themselves to the same pol
icjaS
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-27
Hard Up For Room

This bureau has planked its units
down wherever it could find floor
space. Up to the present it has COM
mandeered 10000 feet of floor space.
The amount is not so unusual as It's
location. 1t is about equally divided
between hospital, public market
and a national museum.
Behind the great frosted glass
doors whose gold lettering informs
that therein you will find the division
of mammals of the new national mus
cum, you come upon a small army of
claim experts, packed in the big. room
like cardines mad poring over official
papers to see if they're all right.
The bureau just now is receiving
and dispatching an average of $4,000
letters every six days.
The organizing genius behind all
this is Willard Streight, New York
banker and magazine editor.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
@CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue. mother! II coated. give q
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul. constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea. indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup Of Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for q 30
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time Il!

Really does" put bad stomachs IN
order-"really does" overcome indiges-
ton. dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in 1--WE minutes-that-jus
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour. undigested food and
acid: head II dizzy and aches: breath
foul: tongue coated: your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste. re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvellous, and
the joy IN its harmlessness.
A large nfty-cent case Of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you . hundred dollars
worth Of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home-should always be, kept handy
In case of sick. sour. upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

eIt'o rather q queer way % I'VE. Of
course," shs said. But Palmer 70 Q pan.
per, practically. We are going to take
our meals at home for while. You ZEE.
certain things that We want we can't
have II We take Q house, car, for In
stance. Wen need one for running
out b the Country club to dinner.
And we're getting the Rosenfeld boy
TO drive It Hes crazy about machin-
cry, and he'll come for practically moth
Ing"
x. had never known . married
couple to take two rooms and 60 to
the brides mothers for meals In order
to keep Q car. He looked family
dazed Also. certain sophistries of his
former world about q cheap chauffeur
being costly In the end rose In his
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
ADVERTISEMENTS.

Speaking for the newspapers which
refuse to carry liquor advertisements
some $50 dailies in the United States
MIR. Schermerhorn, editor Of the De-
troit Times, says:
ave believe that II newspaper car
ries on its first page the story of a
tragedy caused by liquor and ON an
other page a guaranteed cure for
drink, and on still another page asks
everybody to have a drink-that the
whole process is as inconsistent as
when the nurse marries the under
taker to catch the patient coming and
going. We believe that for news
paper to take liquor advertising is to
do behind the bar what the bartender
is doing in front of the bar"
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
edy.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a Strengthening medi-
cine. DIR. kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. 1t helps the kidneys.
liver and bladder do the work nature in.
tended they should do. -
Swamp Root has stood the test of Year,,
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and start
treatment at once.
= However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
hllmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

A strange and charming yoang
nan, X. L. Moyne. becomes .
roomsr ct the Page home.
where sidney. her mother.
Anna. and her old maid aunt.
Harriet, q dressmaksr. preside.
Through the influence Of q bril-
liant young surgeon, d.. Max
wilson. Sidney goes 10 the hos
tltal a. Q probationary nurse.
Aunt Harriet becomes q fash
ionable modlste and opens .
shop downtown. Christine Lo-
rens and Palmer Howe are to
be married soon and they are
going to take rooms at the
Pages. Sidney IL loved BY TX"
By Joe Drummond. q high-school
bean. and by DR.. Max, who fas-
cinates he. At the hospital she
begins to - the under side Of
the world Che comes In con-
tact with (ariotta Harrison, who
loves Doctor Max and who has
been intimate with him. Sidney
has Just come home for q day
and u tellinA *" about q "bad"
woman patient AT first I hated
hef." she says. 'Eox ! like
her,
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

talk 10 me ABOUT ner going to the
nospitai 10 De usefui. she's crazy
ABOUT nlm' ana mes crooked as a dogs
hina les.
-, tuaps. Out ~ Always up TO the
.ou Ano" 'a
ne Ieit immeasuraDiy old beside
1oes poyisn Diustering-old and
ratner helpless ..
I'm watching him. Some Of these
Gays III ger sometmng ON him. Then
shen know what to think Of her
nero!
Ihats not quite square, Is ttr'
hes not square,.
Joe ieft MIN then' wheeling abrupt
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
BOOZE HABIT DECLINING.

A New York advertising journal
gives some interesting testimony anent
the decreasing popularity Of drinking
among business men. The entire al
cohol bill of all the lunchers and din
ers at the Advertising club of New
York for recent month was $50.
There were something like 1000 reg
ular meals served in the club rooms
during those 20 working days, not
reckoning dinner parties. This makes
the average bill for booze not over
eight-tenths Of cent per person per
meal. In other words not over one
diner in forty took a drink with his
meal.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
POOR MANS CLUB.

The United States Cast Iron Pine
and Foundry company Of New Jersey
as the result Of careful observations
finds that the drinkers among its en-
ployees lose on an average Of $50 q
year in wages. The company arrived
at Its conclusion by keeping close, tab
on 100 employees secretly selected,
half Of whom were drinkers and half
abstainers. 1t is shown that the fifty
employees who were average drinkers
lost a total Of 4,158 days during the
hrst eleven months Of the year, an
average Of nearly eight days month.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
NO INToxIcANTs SERVED,

The Georgia Press association at its
last meeting passed the following anti
liquor resolution with only two mega
tive votes and not speech against it !:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this body that hereafter it shall be the
duty of the officers Of this association,
who negotiate the arrangements for
our annual outings, to inform all local
committees where we are to be enter
tained that it Is the wish of this asso-
citation that no intoxicants of any kind,
including beer, near beer, wines or
liquors, shall be furnished at any Of
our functions"
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
DEPRIVED OF PERSONAL LIBERTY

DEPRIVED OF PERSONAL LIBERTY
The Ladies' Home Journal tells this
story:
"A driver Of distillery wagon be-
longing to one Of the largest distiller-
les In the country had just unloaded
some barrels of whisky and stood rest
ing for moment before driving on.
I suppose said bystander. you have
all Of that to drink you wantT Well
the driver answered, I could have 1t
If I wanted 1t. But never touch 1t
on or of the job. see too much Of
what 1t does. Then, we are not al
lowed to drink, you know Not al
lowed? You mean by your employ
ersT asked the bystander. That's
right answered the driver. They
know the stuff they're handling, and
1t is good-by to our Jobs If we touch
as much as a drop. No, sir, the great
est teetotalers in the country are the
drivers of booze wagons and don't you
forget 1t. They're like bartenders.
You rarely find bartender who
drinks"
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

SAess eAeRo Wns - sound e DoetrP
Nax's step In ths eosridoe. and his
smiling rod from the door sehero vas
. -God hasss you" now and thea for
the comfort she gave; there were
wonderful nights on tie roof under
the stars, until Ks little watch
warned hsr to bed
. .
4. was having his own troubles IN
those days. Late ut night. when Anna
and Harriet had retired, he at on
the balcony and thought oe many
things. Anna Page was not wen. He
had noticed that her lips were rather
blue. and had called In Doctor Nd. II
was valvular heart disease. Anna
was not to be told. or Sidney. Il was
Harriet's ruling.
sidney can't help any" said Har-
riet "and for heavens sake Let her
have her chance. Anna may live for
years. You know her ~ well n I
do. II you tell her anything ut all,
she'll have Sidney here, waiting on
her hand and foot"
And LIE Moyne, fearful Of urging too
much because his own heart was cry
ing out to have the girl back, assented.
Then, x. was anxious about Joe.
The boy did not seem to get over the
thing the way he should. Now and
then LIE Moyne. resuming his old habit
Of wearying himself into sleep. would
walk out into the country. On one
such night he had overtaken Joe,
along with his head down.
Joe had not wanted his company,
had plainly sulked. But L. Moyne
had persisted.
"Ill not talk" he said; ''but since
we're going the same way, we might
as well walk together"
But after q time Joe talked, after
all. It was not much at first-a fever
ish complaint about the heat, and that
II there was trouble In Mexico he
thought he'd go.
swat until fall, II you're thinking
Of it." K. advised. 'This 10 tepid com
pared with what you'll get down
there"
tive got to get away from here"
K. nodded Understandings. Since
the scene at the White Springs hotel.
both knew that no explanation was
necessary.
For almost twenty minutes they
on without speech. They
had made circle, and the lights of
the city were close again. K. stopped
and put kindly hand on Joe's Shout
der.
"A mans got to stand up under
thing like this, you know. mean, 1t
mustn't be q knockout. Keeping
busy is darned good method"
Joe shook himself free. but without
"rll tell you what's eating me up"
be exploded. 'It's Max Wilson. Don't
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
Temperance
iaNOte5a
BEAT BARON MUNcHAUsEM.
Conducted by the National Woman'A
Christian Temperance Union.)

A liquor paper recently commented
on the decreased death rate during the
past i've years and claimed that dur
ing the same period the sale Of liquor
greatly increased. 1t made this state
ment among others:
"Sane people who are honest with
themselves will draw the conclusion
that the nation is going along under
constantly improving conditions of
sanitation and sobriety, and while using
liquors more freely, It Is using but not
abusing"
Then the liquor editor made q mis-
take. He sent q copy Of the paper to
the Journal Of the American Medical
association. Now the Journal had
among its reference books copy of
the Statistical Abstract of the United
States, which gives the oficial figures
Of liquor consumption, and after con-
sulting that authority the great medi-
cal Journal also makes q statement. II
Is this:
Statistics or the figures themselves
never lie, but compared with some of
the interpretations which are made
from them by the advocates Of per-
sonal liberty in drinking, Baron Mum
chausen was a second George WASH
ington.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
CHAPTER TX.

The hot August days dragged on.
Merciless sunlight beat in through the
Slated shutters Of ward windows. At
night, from the roof to which the
nurses retired after prayers for a
breath Of air. lower surrounding roofs
were seen to be covered with sleepers.
Children dozed precariously on the
edge Of eternity; men and women
sprawled In the grotesQue pastures Of
sleep.
There was q sort of feverish irrita-
bility In the air. Even the nurses, sto-
ically unmindful Of bodily discomfort
spoke CURLY or not at all. Miss Dana,
in Sidney's ward, went down with a
low fever. and for a day or so Sidney
and Miss Grange got along as best
they could. Sidney worked like two or
more. performed marvels Of bed max
Ing, learned to give alcohol baths for
fever with the maximum Of result and
the minimum of time, even made
rounds with q members Of the staff and
came through creditably.
DR.. Ed Wilson had sent woman pa
tient into the ward, and his visits
were the breath Of life to the girl.
"How're they treating your" he
asked her, one day, abruptly.
"Very WELL"
'Look at me squarely. You're pref
ty and you're young. Some of them
will try to take 1t out Of you. That's hui
man nature. Has anyone tried 1t yet?''
Sidney looked distressed.
h@k
Of course it's troublesome to tell me
everything. II think they're all
very kind"
He reached out square, competent
hand. and put 1t over hers.
1--WE miss you in the Street." he
said. 'It's all sort Of dead there since
you left"
He went out and down the corridor.
He had known Sidney all his life.
During the lonely times when Max
was at college and in Europe he had
watched her grow from child to q
young girl. He did not suspect for
a moment that in that secret heart of
hers he sat newly enthroned, in o
glow Of white light, as Max's brother
that the mere thought that he lived
in Max's house Git was, Of course, Max's
house to her), sat at Max's breakfast
table, could see him whenever he
wished, made the touch of his hand on
hers benediction and a caress.
Carlotta Harrison. back from her
vacation, reported for duty and was
assigned to e ward, which was Sid
ney's. She gave Sidney q curt little
nod, and proceeded to change the en-
tire routine with the thoroughness Of
| a Central American revolutionary
president. Sidney. who had yet to
learn TINT with some people authority
can only assert itself by change.
found herself confused, at sea, half
resentful. She got the worst off-duty
Of the day, or none. Small humilia-
lions were hers: late meals, disagree
able duties, endless and often unnec-
essary tasks. Ignorant Of the cause
Of her persecution. she went steadily
ON her way.
And she was gaining every day. Her
mind was forming. She was learning
to think for herself. On the whole,
the world was good. she found. And,
OF al the good things In 1t, the best
was service. True there were hot
days and restless nights weary feet,
and now and then q heartache. There
was Miss Harrison. too. But TO ofrsst
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
CHAPTER vlIi-contlnu.d.

Yea
swell. mis- 10 the question: She's
getting better. She'll be going out
soon. Don't you think something
ought to be done to keep her from
going backr
There was o shadow in KS eyes
now. She was 90 young to face all
this: and yet, since face II she must,
how much better to have her do It
sQuarely.
-Does she want to change her mode
Of lifer'
II don't know, of course. There are
some things one doesn't discuss. She
cares great deal for some man. The
other day propped her up In bed and
gave her newspaper, and after q
while ] found the paper ON the floor,
and she was crying. The other pa
tients avoid her, and It was some time
before noticed 1t. The next day she
told me that the man was going to
marry someone else. 'He wouldn't
marry me. Of course, she said; but
be might have told me-"
lie Moyne did his best. that after
noon In the little parlor. to provide
Sidney with philosophy to carry her
eusvusn ner ela.nng. ne toio ner mat
Certain fesponsioihues were ners, Dut
snAt - couio no. reAorIn tne Worio.
nao1u cnnrity, penoerness anu meaning
were her province.
Help them all you can" he finished.
feeling inadequate and hopelessly d.
dactic. "Cure them; send them out
win = sne ano-aeaVe tne rest 70
tne Almlgnty
sioney was resigned out not con-
tent Newly racing the evil OF the
Wrlo' sne was q rampant reiormer at
once Only the arrival OF Cnrisune
ana ner nance saved mis- philosophy
1rom complete rouI he nad time TOT
1uesuon Detween lne ring OF the
oen ana Aaues oenDerate progress
from tne kitcnen TO the front door.
now aOous tne surgeon, young VIII
sont Do You ever see nimT HIS tone
"as sareluhy CASUAL.
ALMOST every Gay. he stops at tne
uoor ol tne Walo ano SPEAKS 70 me.
:. lna1s ne 9ulle ulstlnsuisneo, ZOE z
psoDation osualy, you Know tne
taM never even zee tne proDau0ners.
tne glamour persistsF ne
sl =. 1910, uown y. nel.
tninK ne y very "onoeriui saio
e'1ney vsia9y.
rlsne Lren1' WINE not iarge'
seseo ~ nn .ne n.ie room, ner
800, M ny IVA, was ,..,as sen. anu pene
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
RIGHT OF STATE.

''The state has the undoubted right
to prohibit to everyone the use of al
coholic drinks, since drinking In ev-
cry form is social danger"
This is not one of the 'fanatical" ut
terances of Richmond P. Hobson or
William J. Bryan, or Governor Capper
Of Kansas; it is part of political
speech delivered by a German in the
council hall of the Berlin Rathaus,
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
GoinQ Abroad.

Are the Grabcoins still trying to
break into society,"
mo. They have decided to wait un-
til the war is over and conquer Eu-
rope first
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling Ashamed of your freckles, as the
prescription othine - double strength - 10
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
otrength-from your druggist. and apply .
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t 10 seldom
that more than one ounce 10 needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this 10 sold under guarantee Of
money back II 1t fails to remove freckles-
Adv,
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
Too Slow,

TOO Slow.
SLOW do you like your new chauf-
feur, Chugwitz7"
HE seems a reliable fellow"
"Yes?"
I "Stll, I'd rather pay fine for speed
ing occasionally than miss every train
I try to catch on ten minutes notice."
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
He Explains.

"You were, mumbling in your sleep
about Augusta. Now, who is this
Augusta"
"a city. my dear. may have to 60
there on a business trip"
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

Unusual clearness of the at
mosphere, unusual brightness or
twinkling of the stars, indicate rain.
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20

Why do you think aK." fears
cariotta Harrison, and why does
he shrink from meeting Or. Max
Wilsonf Has he done them
4 wronaf
The Dolores star., 1917-04-20
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eve Remedy

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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-05-26
DUNCAN MAY NOT
Be GWEN WELCOME
But President Gompers Will Try
To Correct Impression Among
Russians.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-Because
Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist,
has announced in his Petrograd
newspaper that James Duncan was
not selected for the American COM
mission to Russia by the American
labor movement he will not be taken
seriously by the Russian workers,
President Gompers of the A. F. Of L.
has sent to Petrograd a cablegram of
denial of Gorky's claim. Gompers
says that Duncan has been granted
express permission to go on this mis-
sion by the executive council Of the
A. F. of L and by the executive board
Of the Granite Cutters International
Union Of America, of which he is
president.
Duncan represented the American
labor movement in 1911 at the Buda-
pest Congress Of the International
Secretariat; and had a lively fracas
with some Of the European syndical-
lists on that occasion. His visit to
Russia will doubtless bring him in
contact with hostile as we'll as friend
ly labor leaders in the new republic.