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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-04-28

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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-04-28
Children Cry
FOR FLETChER'S
G a 9 T Q r a
New Troubles

hear Jabbs is in the hospital What
is the matters with him?
He wouldt stand up in crowded
place when they played The Star
spangled Banner.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-04-28
Drives Out Malaria. Builds Up system

The Old standard general STRENGTHENING tonic
GROVES TAsrRLEss chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, entches the blood and builds up, the sys
TEN true tonic. For adults aud children Sc
The Keota news., 1917-02-16
INTERESTING CITY OF PERSIA
Yexd Probably the Most Up-to-oaes
Place That 10 Under the Rule
Of the Shah.

Yezd Is quite the most progressive
and up-to-date city Of Persia. 1t Is
not much Of goal for the traveller
who seeks the exotic, the flavor OF the
Orient or the atmosphere Of Harun al
Rashid's days, but it Is interesting as
an example of the possibilities and
limitations of the modern Persian. and
limitations of the modern Persian, and
withal full enough OF foreign flavor
to satisfy the most exacting visitor.
In point Of location Yezd can boast
few natural advantages. The city lies
in a somewhat barren plain. where
crops can only be coaxed to grow by
the expenditure of much care and the
judicious application of the water that
Is only obtained with difficulty. The
water problem is, In fact, the worst
that Yezd has to deal with, for there
are no streams with dependable flow,
and water even for drinking must be
drawn from the melting SHOWS OF the
mountains by artificial canals called
kanats. In spite Of this. the enter
prise of the natives has made Yezd
quite. a producing center and q great
point for trade.
The Keota news., 1917-02-16
Educators Opinion.

believe that organized emotion can
never take the place Of brains; that
Yale's first duty in preparing American
citizens, whether for peace or war, is
to adhere to rigid standards of disci-
pline and scholarship and well-devel-
oped sense Of proportionate values.
II our students have these things as
a basis, the more they prepare them
selves for the possible requirements Of
military service the better. Without
them the spirit Of preparedness may
become a danger; with them it is
safeguard and blessing.-President
Hadley of Yale University.
The Keota news., 1917-02-16
AcrREss TELLS SECRET.

A veil known actress gives the follow.
Ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint o1
water add OF. Bay Rum. . smai ~ OF
Rarbo Compound, and y OF OF glycerine.
Anv druxEist can put this up or you can
mix il at home At very little cost Fun
directions for making and use come in
each box Of Barbo COMPOUND IL VII
rradualiy darken streaksd. faded gFay
hair. and make It soft and glossy. It VIII
not color the scalp, II not sticky -
0reasv- and does not rub Oh. A4v.
The Keota news., 1917-02-16
FOREIGN

FOREIGN
Hfty-one vessels were sunk during
the first week Of oermany's SutA'
less" campaign.
The Spanish governments reply to
Germany's submarine war zone note
Is . firm and dignified protest against
1t.
interests in Japan which were cared
for BY the United States before tts
breach with Germany.
Cardinal Diomede Falconio. project
Of the congregation Of religious a.
fairs and former apostolic delegate to
the United States. died in Rome.
Entente and neutral ships aSgrs
eating 21.5O5 tons were sunk by Ger
man submarines In twenty.four hours
Ten vessels In all were senta&o The
bottom during this period.
According to the Berlin Tageblatt.
the American embassy officials In
Berlin have ascertained that there
are $500 American citizens In Ger
many. There are only about $50
Americans In Berlin.
The Russian foreign office has H.
sued statement saying that the "ac-
ton Of the United States win call
forth new courage and consolidate
their conviction of . necessity of fin
ishing forever with German militarism
and its atrocities"
It Is announced that Germany has
notified Norway Of her intention -
pay damages for loss of life on Nor
wsgian boats torpedoed in the Arctic
ocean. and also for those killed when
two Norwegian boats were sunk in the
North sea last fall.
1.-THE change in the Turkish cabinet
does not involve any alteration in the
policy of the country" says the Over
seas News agency. The new min
listers have decided to continue in the
war on the side Oh the allies (Teu-
tonic) with the utmost energy to .
final victory"
Germany was satisfied in advance
that the European neutrals would not
take action of . radical nature against
her because Of the launching of her
new submarine campaign. according to
q statement attributed by the Vossiche
Zeitung Of Berlin to Count Tis1a. the
Hungarian premier.
GENERAL
The British steamer Turino has
been sunk by . submarine.
Thirty-two German boats in q. 8.
ports have been wrecked by their
crews. according to q Washington re-
port.
Richard Harding Davis. novelist and
war correspondent. who died last
April. left an estate valued at $56.16S,
which was reduced to $45,397 after
debts and administration expenses had
been paid
Dr. William Mabon. superintendent
OF the Manhattan state hospital for
the insane since 1905, died in New
York from pneumonia. He was one OF
the best known alienists in this coun.
try and was chief alienist for the state
In the Thaw case.
The crew Of the Norwegian steamer
Bergenhus. previously reported sunk
by q German submarine In the Bay Of
Biscay, arrived at Providence, R. l..
on the Faber liner Roma and told Of
seeing . large transport sent to the
bottom with all hands just before the
Bergenhus was destroyed.
Formal announcement was made
The Keota news., 1917-02-16
CAUGHT PROM THE NETWORK OF
WlREs ROUND ABOUT
ThR WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD or IMPORTANT gvENTe
coNpRNsED ron BUsv
PGoPlI

Western Nsvs1apsr un'os views ssrv'e>
ABOUT THE War
Bombs were dropped by airplanes IN
the region Of Dunkirk. -Four civilians
were killed.
Constantinople reports that IN re-
cent attacks on the Turks near kut'
El-Amara. tho British lost 1000. aside
from men made prisoners.
Tho British have taken the highest
point of Sailly-Caillisel hill and CAP
tursd q considerable number OF Ger
mans and one machine gun
A German attack In the region OF
vaux Les Palamsur southeast of Yer
dun was repulssd by the French. the
official statement says. Violent astu'
lery actions occurred in the Woevrs
region.
Bulgaria has warned the United
States that she will support Germany
IN any eventuality," according to the
Berlin correspondent Of the Cologne
Gazette. quoted in dispatches received
At Amsterdam.
British headquarters In France re-
port: I'VE carried out successful
raids east of Vermelles and southeast
of Ypres. A large number OF tho en-
emy's dugouts were destroyed and sew
eral prisoners were taken.
King George in reopeninS the Brit.
ish Parliament referred to the recent
German peace proposal. Declaring
that their tenor indicated no possible
basis for peace. the king reasssrted
that Great Britain and her allies re-
mained steadfAst in their determine
tion Ito secure the just demands for
reparation and restitution in respect
to the past and guarantees for the
future which were considered essen
tial to the progress Of civilization"
The Teutonic allies In Macedonia
have shown activity along the entire
front On the eastern front compare.
tive calm prevails from the Baltic to
tho line In Rumania. In the Carpa-
thians, near Kirlibaba, Petrograd re-
ports the capture Of first-lins Teu.
tonic allied trenches, which were hold
by tho Russians despite counter at.
tacks. Rome reports failure of an
Austrian attack against the Italians
in the Sugana valley and the smashing
by the big guns Of the Italians of
Austrian batteries on several sectors.
WESTERN
Eighteen railroads entering Chicago
have granted the demands of the
switchmsn's union and the strike that
seemed inevitable will not occur.
Thomas J. Mooney. labor agitator.
was convicted Of murder in tho first
degree by Jury in the Superior Court
at San Francisco for a bomb explosion
costing ten lives during q prepared
ness day parade. July 20.
While motion picture machines and
other cameras click off . pictorial
record Of the event, Gov. James p.
Goodrich. with Mrs. Goodrich standing
behind his chair. at Indianapolis,
signed a death warrant from the state
Of Indiana for John Barleycorn.
The 'fightingest tar" in the navy
sought to re-enlist at the recruiting
station in Chicago. He 10 Jack Har-
vey, 63. who retired In 1904 after thir-
ty-two years Of continuous service. He
The Keota news., 1917-02-16

442o 0oV \ a
served On thirty.two ships and WAS
with Fighting Bob Evans In the Span
ish-American war ana in the Boxer
uprising In China
WARRINGTON
An emergency appropriation OF
$500. 900 for relief. protection and
transportation Of American citizens
In Europe Was asked Of Congress BY
Secretary lansing.
The United States Senate passed
Senator John =. shafEoth's bill re-
moving the limitation Of $4,000 .
year to b spent upon the Rocky
Mountain National Park.
The British passenger steamer Cali
foTnia, of-ths Anchor line. bound from
New York for Glasgow. which was
torpsdosd of the Irish coast. sank in
nine minutes with the loss OF forty
one lives.
United States navy recruiting agents
have been instructed Immediately to
enlist q. 900 additional men.. The pres
ACTUAL OuVA0ko VI SAS A1Ny 10 S0s0
900 men. Tho maximum wartime
strength At present authorised is ST.
600.
After many weeks consideration the
Senate Interstate Commerce commit.
tee approved and reported to the Sen
ate . bill to supplement tho Adamson
railroad law, providing for investiga.
ton of controversies on common car.
riers and giving the President author
ity to take over railroads. telegraph
and telephone lines in times Of mill.
tary necessity.
/. Tho United Daughters Of the Con-
fedsracy. through its president gen
sral, Mrs. Cordelia Powell Odsn-
heimsr, has rendered President VIII
son the support and services Of its
100 900 members in whatever manner
they may be available in the nations
present crisis.
A resolution calling for q popular
referendum before any declaration OF
act of war except In case Of insurrec-
ton or invasion. was introduced by
Representative Callaway Of Texas by
request" following . conference with
several Of his colleagues
A formal statement giving assur.
auces that the government has no in.
tention Of ssising hank deposits or
other property belonging to any for.
eign subject-evsn In the event of war
WAS issued by the State Department
with the approval Of President vii.
son.
SPORTING NEWS
The West Virginia House Of Repre-
sentatives passed . bill to permit ten
round boxing matches under the su-
pervision of State Athletic Commis-
sion.
w. r. Crosby Of O'Fallon. H.. was
high gun at Kansas City in the third
days event In the thirteenth annual
interstate shoot. shattering 120 out
Of possible les targets.
The San Francisco Baseball Club
announced that Jack Coffey. former
shortstop for the Seals. had been sold
to the Des Aoines Club Of the Western
league. Of which he viii be manager.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd. Pitts
burg. led . field Of nearly fifty play
ers In the qualifying round of the st.
Valentine golf tournament for women
at Pinehurst. N. c., with . card of
, 1917-12-13
Enquire for the LII. WILSON
wilson Never Break Trace y sADDLERY co.
Guaranteed DENVER
Status of Arab Nation.
Guaranteed

Tie Arab nation Is without money
for natural resources. Its territory con
tains neither mineral o external agri-
cultural wealth-but the redemption
of Mesopotamia will afford the Arab
Of the future opportunity for aggran-
dlzement. There, under semi-inde-
pendence, after barrages on the Tigris
and Euphrates have been built by Brit
fish energy and cash, Bagdad may rise
to q higher scale of learning, splendor
and wealth than under the caliphat of
Haroun al Raschid.
OF the entire outcome from the war,
therefore, notes a correspondent, the
Arab renaissance is assuredly not the
least momentous. Historically, 1t will
mark the advent Of a new era; ethno-
logically it becomes a charming study
of futurists of literature.
, 1917-12-13
Best Soldier a MIddleweIobt.

1t Isn't the big 17O-pounders that
the examining boards who have been
choosing recruits for the new National
army greet with enthusiasm. says Mile
stones. It's the 1.-THE chap who weighs
about l4O and hasn't a pound to spare
nat Is the real prize for military serv-
ice.
Tests made at Princeton and in the
training camps go to show that,
weight for weight. a man of this
build handles himself more effectively.
He scores relatively low in strength
tests, but remarkably high in endur-
ance. He is adaptable when it comes
to the notifications of diet that life
In camp makes necessary and he can
stand inspection with full equipment
on a hot day and smile, while the big
fellow willis and falls out.
, 1917-12-13

Upon N of his journeys during the
Antarctic expedition Sir Ernest Shack
Teton was obliged to reduce his lug
gage to the smallest possible amount.
He states that up to this point the
Bible given by Queen Alexandra to the
ships library %(provided by the British
and Foreign Sailors society had been
carried with the party. In leaving
other things behind 1t was decided
with reluctance that this also must
be abandoned.
AS the Bible contained on its nyleaf
a message written by Queen Alexan-
dra, the fiyleaf was cut out. also the
pages containing the T~wenty-third
psalm and the chapter in the Book of
Job which speaks of the sea being fro
zen. These three pages were carried
to the end Of the journey and brought
back to this country.
Sir Ernest has promised to present
the three pages to the society to be
sold on behalf of Its funds.
, 1917-12-13
Collecting Military Stamps.

Collectors in the United States are
now gathering postmarks Of letters
sen from the American camps in
France, which are stamped ~. s.
Army Postal Service" They figure
that If anything definite results from
the peace talk, the expeditionary
forces postmark will be valuable be-
caus Of its comparative rarity, as they
believe hat most of the letters COM
ing to the United States from the SOL
dlers abroad are sent to close friends
and relatives who, for sentimental rea-
sons, will have the missives, envelopes
and all.
, 1917-12-13
A GREAT DISCOVERY
(By ]. H. Watson, NJ. D.

Swollen hands. ankles, feet are due to
a dropsical condition, often caused by
dlsordered kidneys. Naturally when the
Kidneys are deranged the blood is filled
with poisonous waste matter. which set
Ties in the feet, ankles and wrist: or un-
der the eyes in bag-like formations.
AS a remedy for those easily recognized
symptoms of Inflammation caused by uric
aeid-as scalding urine, backache and fire.
quent ~urination, as well as sediment in
the urine, or IL uric acid in the blood has
caused rheumatism. lumbago. sciatica,
govt, 1t Is simply wonderful how quickly
An-u-ric acts; the pains and stiffness
rapidly disappear. for Anuric, double
strength), is many times more potent
than hthia and often eliminates uric acid
as hot water melts sugar.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for the
nver and bowels have been favorably
Hnown for nearly 80 years.
Anuric is a recent scientific discovery
by DR.. Pierce. Chief of Stan at the In
yalids' Hotel and Surgical Inst, in Buff
falo. N. Y. Send 10c there for q trial
pkg' of Anuric. Large package COO.
, 1917-12-13
B0ScHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-one
years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient a good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy e%xpectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
infiamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
, 1917-12-13
Denver Druggist Slain by Bandit.

Denver. After holding up and
shooting at ]. w. Clark, proprietor OF
q jewelry store at 705 Eighteenth
street, and two minutes later shoot.
ing and killing DR.. Henry Mogensen,
20 years old, owner of a drug store
next door. at the northeast corner OF
Eighteenth and California streets, as
the latter tried to hold him as he was
running acros California street to ar
automobile, the bandit made his 90
cape in an auto.
, 1917-12-13
What Convinced Him.

Defendants Lawyer-You say my
clients called you names! How did
you know for sure that they were
talking to you and not to somebody
else?
Plaintf-Well, maybe I was mistak.
en-, but when they accompanied their
conversation with biffs on my jaw and
swats on my ribs 1 naturally couldn't
be blamed for thinking they were ad.
dressing their remarks to me.-Judge.
, 1917-12-13
subject to Amendment.

Spike told me last night that he
had new loved anybody else. and
would love me, and me alone, as long
as life lasts; just like that" said a
waitress in the rapid fire restaurant.
Hob He told Goldie the same
thing before they were married." re-
turned another waitress.
Jaw, yesl But that was almost u
year ago."-Kansas City Star.
, 1917-12-13
The Poilu Maunificent,

After one of the battles neal verdun
a Poilu who had distinguished himself
for conspicuous gallantry was called
over by an officer. "Of what religion
are your" he asked. The sailor 50.
luted and respectfully replied: II an
of that religion that looks God In the
eyes," He is the "Poilu magnificent
Capt. Gustav P. Capart in the New
York Herald.
, 1917-12-13

Number of dead may pass 5000.
Many thousands injured.
twenty-five wagon loads of bod
les delivered at one morgue.
TWO miles of freight cars lifted
from the rails and scattered over
fields.
Weather bitterly cold and thous-
sands of homeless people suffer.
Numerous vessels turned over on
their sides and sunk.
Every telephone and telegraph
wire within thirty miles of Halifax
down.
The shock ratified houses thirty
and forty miles away and was
heard more than a hundred miles.
Thirty-three men in the crew of
forty-two of n steamship killed.
More than a hundred persons
buried when the train shed of the
collapsed.
The area of devastation is two
n one-half square miles.
, 1917-12-13
WATCH YOUR SKIN IMPROVE
When You Use cutleura-The Soap to
Purify and Ointment to Heal.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Continue
this treatment for ten days and note
the change in your skin. No better
toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
, 1917-12-13

nursing mothers; and every woman who
ia n special, safe, and certain help.
In LIQUID or tablets. Tablets 60c.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels,
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
How to preserve health and beauty il
told in Doctor Pierce's Common Sense
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, fifty cents, OF
stamps, to cover wrapping and mailing.
, 1917-12-13
Peace Consistent With Honor.

Let us have peace, permanent, Sc
cure and, If 1 may use the term, indie
pendent. Peace which depends not on
the pity of others, but on our W
force. Let us have the only peace
worth having, peace consistent with
honor.-Governor Norris,
, 1917-12-13

After a man has been married eight
or nine years and his wife goes away
for a visit the first thing he discovers
is that those nights down town aren't
half the fun he thought they were go
ing to be.
, 1917-12-13
NOTHING STANDS AS HIGH. as a remedy

Tor every womanly allment,
as DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. It's the only
medicine for women certain
in its effects.
"Favorite Prescription" is
an invigorating, restorative
tonic, a so g and
strengthening nervine, and
a well known remedy for all
the functional derange-
ments, painful disorders,
and chronic weaknesses pc
culiar TO the sex.
For young girls just
entering womanhood; for
Al --.N.aal N-A.
, 1917-12-13

II think l ought to speak to the po-
lice. I saw Willie Okersmeer grab an
ak and try to assassinate his mother"
Don't let It worry you. Willie's
father is an artist. The boy vas prob
ably posing for his next comical kid
SERIES"
, 1917-12-13

Ten-Day Armlstlce on Russian Fronts
Berlin, Dec. 7.-Suspension of hos
Titles over the whole Russian front
for ten days beginning at noon today
has been arranged, the war office an
nounced.
, 1917-12-13

LADY, should think you would
work instead of begging for your iiv-
ing.
Tramp do, ma'am.
Lady--Then why are you asking me
for money?
Tramp That's my profession,
ma'am. But If you knew how hard 1t
is to get n nickel out of some folks
you'd never accuse me of not work.
ing"
, 1917-12-13
Woman's Viewpoint.

A woman's Idea of u good husband
is n who is liberal with his money,
and always leaves the bathroom as
tidy a he found 1t.
, 1917-12-13

Beauty unadorned may be all right
In some cases, bu- a little dressing
always improves the turkey.
, 1917-12-13

New York city will give returned sol
diers preference on municipal Jobs al
ter the war.
, 1917-12-13

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
, 1917-12-13

WdSuinBtOn, Lee. M tnan D.
900 are believed to have beer killed
in the explosion in Halifax harbor and
the fire which swept North Halifax
and Dartmouth, N. s., according to ad-
vices from a naval commander reach
Ing the Navy Department. The navy
dispatch said these figures had not
been verified, however.
Halifax, N. s., Dec. with the toll
OF dead steadily mounting, it was be-
heved early this morning that more
than 1000 persons periohed in the ex-
plosion and fire which followed the
collision In Halifax harbor between a
munitions-laded French ship, the Mont
Blanc, and the limo, another vessel
loaded with supplies for the Belgian
Relief Commission.
The disaster which has plunged the
dominion into mourning probably will
rank as the most fearful that ever oc-
CURED on the American continent.
Residents Of Halifax and Thousands of
volunteer relief workers who have
come into the city have been almost
dazed at the extent of the horror.
Temporary morgues have been es-
tablished in many buildings, to which
a steady procession of vehicles of all
kinds have been carrying for hours the
bodies of men, women and children.
Most of them were so charred that
they were unrecognizable.
Virtually every building In the city
which could be converted into a hos
pital is filled with wounded, many of
them so desperately injured that there
is no hope of their Scores
already have died in these temporary
hospitals. An ever-increasing number
is being taken from the completely
devastated Richmond district to the
relief station. An army of rescue
workers is searching among the ruins
for bodies and for those who have sur
vived amidst the wreckage left by the
explosion and fire.
The city was in darkness Thursday
night except for the flames from the
fires still burning in the wrecked build
ings in the North End. The electric
light and gas plants have been vir-
tually destroyed and the only lights
available are kerosene lamps. They
furnished the illumination by means of
which surgeons and doctors toiled
heroically throughout the night a
ing for the injured.
Soldiers, sailors and police p~atrolled
the streets and upon them fell the
major portion of the burden of search
ing among the ruins for the dead and
wounded. The Canadians were assist
ed in this work by sailors from an
American warship in the harbor.
The flame-swept area covers ap-
p~roximately two and one-half square
miles. 1t begins at what is known
as the North street bridge, extending
north to pier eight on the Richmond
waterfront and back to a point run.
ming parallel with Gottingen street.
Nothing has been left standing in this
section of the city. Only a pile OF
smouldering ruins marks the spot
where the great building Of the
American Sugar Refining Company
stood. The drydock and all the build.
ings which surrounded 1t were de
stroyed. The Richmond school that
housed hundreds of children was de-
molished and It is reported only three
escaped.