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Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
Gift to British.

A munifcent gift TO the British ma
ton is being made by Leeds gentle
man, in the form of his famous collec-
ton of old Dutch and Flemish mas
ters, including notable examples by
Rubens and Vandyck. : There are up
wards Of fifty pictures in the collec-
tion, which win be handed to a trust
to be known as the National Collection
Trust; and they will be shown all ove{
the country. It is estimated that tie
value of the collection is something
like three hundred and fifty thouSand
dollars.
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Spotted the Winner.

A gentleman who lived in Central
Africa for many years possesses an
amusing drawing of a~"face meeting
out there. A leopard is chasing, and
rapidl a fat old white
man, and two gaily-apparelled natives
are lookers-on.
Can you spot the winner?" mur-
murs one to the other.
1.-The winner" is the solemn reply,
"is spotted already!''
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The Interesting Loon.


The loon is one Of the most beauti-
full and graceful of the wild water
fowl, rivaling the wood duck in the
markings of its plumage. On the
Northern lakes there is no bird that
can dive quicker or swim faster. Awk-
ward and clumsy on land, but so active
and alert is it in the water that it
can dodge bullets. ''The loon is a
cousin to the beaver" says John Bur-
roughs. "It has the feathers of bird
md the fur of an animal, and the heart
of both. 1t is as quick and cunning as
1t is bold and resolute. When disabled
so that 1t can neither dive nor i.y. it.
is said to face its foe, look at him H
the face with its clear, piercing I,
and fight resol1tc'l- till death. /The
gunners say there is romethil in the
wailing,. piteous cry, when dying, al
most human In its agony
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East Runners.

She looked with some apprehension
over the ginghams spread bef fore her.
"These don't look like fast colors to
me-" she said.
Indeed they are, ma am" answered
the shopman. "You just ought to see
them when they begin to rum
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Freezing Did Not Kill.

Interesting experiments have been
made by two French scientists, who
placed a number Of caterpillars in test
tubes or metal boxes in refrigerating
mixture Of ice and salt at tempera-
ture varying between Is and 20 de-
grees centigrade. The same caterpil-
lars were frozen six times in the space
of q month, and they always came
back to life, but at each new freezing
operation their movements and reac-
tions to mechanical excitations became
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
Skittish.
Marry money, my boy; marry + \

Marry money, my boy; marry mon
ey."
"Un?"
IT'S just as easy to love rich girl
as ppor girl"
But it isn't as easy to get 'em to
marry you, old top" y
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DO Not Dread Tomorrow.

Most Of us must work for living,
and great many Of US do not BY any
means find our daily employment
either congenial or to dur liking: but
If we stand our ground and try. hon
sstlS try. to do our woIk well, 70 rout
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
ELIXIR BABEK WORTH ITS WEIGHT


81 contracted malaria in 1895, and after q
years fruitless treatment by prominent
Washington physician, your Elixir Babek
entirely cured me. On arriving here I came
down with tropical malaria-the worst form
-and sent home for Babek. Again it
proved it's value-It is worth its weight in
gold here" Brasie O'Hagan, Troop E, sth
q. 8. Cavalry, Balayan, Philippines.
Elixir Babek, 80 cents, all druggists or by
Parcel Post, prepaid. from Kloczewski d Co.,
Washington, D. G.
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In a Bad Way.

What do you know of the clarac-
ter of this 'man?" was asked of a
witness at a police court the other
day.
"What do I know of his character?
I know it to be unbleachable, your
honor" he replied with much' en-
phasis.- Christian Register.
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HEAL BABY flashes
That Itch, Burn and Torture With cuti-
cura-TriaI Free.

A hot Cuticura Soap bath is soothing
to irritated skins when followed by
q gentle application Of Cuticura Oint-
ment. Use Cuticura for everyday toi-
let preparations to prevent such trou-
bles. After this treatment baby sleeps
mother rests and heaiment follows.
Free sample each By mail with Book.
Address postcard, uticdra, Dept L.
Boston. Sold eve where.-Adv.
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MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALVE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get it at once.
1t will cure you.-Adv.
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To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. 90 cents.
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One bottle Of Dr. Peery's Dead Shot,
will save you money time, anxiety and
health. One dose sufficient, without Castor
Oil in addition. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
No Cause r Action.

The arrest Of |eter Leach was
brought about by activities Of his
ouxom wife, relate an exchange. The
couple were facing the judge.
Peter was a ne'er-do-welI, come-day-
go-day, shiftless sort of a chap, his
main object in lif4 seeming to be that
of evading honest t9il. Not only that
he had contracted the habit of COM
ing home full Of booze" and beating
his thrifty wife.
The testimony, to which the Judge
had listened patiently for an hour,
was brought to g close after which
his honor said: ut seems to me, Mrs.
Leach; that this is case where
prosecution is possible for non-sup-
port"
The woman drew herself up to her
full and massive height and exclaim-
ed in tones filled with honest rebuke:
"Oh, your honor, they can't bring
that up agin me! I've took in washin'
an gone out st,rubbin' for tn last ten
years an give him what you might
say was a fine livin! No, he can't
bring that agin' me, judge"
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17

A lodfer is a man who rests before
he gets hired.
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DIR. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for cathartic. Ad.
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17

The essence Of humor is sensibility,
warm, tender fellOw-feeling with all
forms of existence
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNnAYS0lOOL,
LESSON

By REV. P. B. F1TzEATER, ?: p.
Teacher Of English Billie in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union,)
Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17

"After an injury was in Terrible
shape from kidney trouble" lays ID.
Reuter-, North St., West Chicago, III !.
II couldn't stoop because of the awful
pains in my back and the steady, dull
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LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 18
uEHEmIAH,s pRAYERsA ANSWERED

LESSON TEXT-Nehemiah 2:1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT-Ask and 1t shall be
given unto you.-Matthew T:I
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
BALKS A sLAV PEACE MOVE
Army Commander Refused to Propose
Armistice to Germans-ProposaI
Transmitted to the Allies.

London, Nov. 23.-An official wire
less statement from Petrograd today
says that General Dukhonin has been
deposed by the Council of the Peoples
Commissaries for refusing to obey
their orders to offer an armistice."
Ensign Krylenko was named in his
place.
Orders for arrest of all guards Of
counter-revolutionary generals were
issued today, signed by Oulianoff, Len
inc and Krylenko.
Petrograd, Wednesday, Nov. "a
The Russian government yesterday or
dered General Dukhonin, the com
handkerchief, to open negotiations
for an armistice with the commanders
of the enemy armies. The proposal to
negotiate peace was officially con-
veyed to the ambassadors of the Allied
nations at Petrograd.
The formal offer Of an armistice is
not intended to forecast any effort
towards a separate peace.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
Caps OFF SHIPPING BOARD
Ill Health of Rear Admiral Made Step
Necessary, 1t Is Said in
Washington.

Washington, Nov. 24-Rear Admiral
Washington L. Caps, chief construc-
tor of the navy, has asked to be re-
lieved as general manager of the ship
ping boards emergency fleet corpor-
alton because of i'll health. and prob
ably will be succeeded by Homer L.
Ferguson, now president and general
manager of the Newport News Ship
building and Drydock Company. Mr..
Ferguson has been asked to take the
place.
In a recent general reorganization of
the fleet corporation Charles A. PieZ
of Chicago was made vice-president
and put in supreme charge of the ship
building program. Admiral Caps was
retained as general manager, but
since the reorganization he has de-
voted his time to technical details. It
was said at the time that the shipping
board was making the changes to put
production experts in charge The of
flee of vice-president was created by
changing the bylaws Edward N. Hur-
ley, chairman of the shipping board
is president of the corporation. Other
changes within the organization are
pending.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
MAY SEEK A SEPARATE PEACE
Report Coming From German Sources
Says the New Russian Govern
ment Will Desert Allies.

Stockholm, Nov. 21-The Alton
Tidningen claims to have learned
through diplomatic channels that Rus
STA will shortly withdraw from official
participation in the war
Copenhagen, Nov. 21.-The Berlin
correspondent of the National Tidende
has received information by an indi-
rect route that the Russian Maximal-
list government has declared Russia
out of the war.
The correspondent ascribes his in
formation to competent source, later
in the dispatch indicating that it was
received from military source, where,
he declares, the belief nov is held
that the prospects for a peace of con-
Citation are far better than before.
He adds a long statement on the mill
tary situation, to Indicate that the
Entente might as well give up all hope
of defeating Germany and come to
terms with the Central Powers.
London, Nov 21.-In an address at
the war conference in Downing street
this afternoon Premier Lloyd-George
said the collapse of Russia and the re-
verses 10 italy I0dUS II even UOIS I'LL
perative than before that the United
States send as many troops as possible
across the Atlantic as early as pos
sible. I am anxious to know how soon
the first million can be expected in
France"
Washington, Nov. 21.-No new ship
ments Of supplies will be permitted to
go from the United States to Russia
until the situation in that country
| clears. The American government, be-
| fore allowing the export of goods al
ready on the docks, wants to know
| into whose hands they will fall on
! their arrival.
| The cessation of shipments is tenn
porary only-if a stable government is
| formed which the United States can
recognize. If the Bolsheviki gain con-
troi and pursue their program calling
for peace with Germany, the embargo
will be permanent. A protracted civil
strife also would work to keep the en-
barge tight, as the United States then
would fear that supplies might go to
| the BOlsheYiki faction.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
Council of National Defense.

The Council of National Defense
was created under an act OF congress
passed August %, 1916. and the same
act provided for the creation OF an
advisory commission OF seven to act
with, under and by the authority Of
the council. By the terms OF the act
this council, with the coordination Of
industries and resources for the ma
tiOnal security and welfare" and with
the creation OF relations which Will
render possible in the time OF need the
immediate concentration and utiliZa-
ton of the resources OF the nation
The main body, or central council of
defense at Washington. consists Of the
secretaries of war, navy, interior, AZ
riculture, commerce and labor The
advisory commission consists of rail
road presidents. financiers. manufac-
turers. educators and specialists in
particular lines. The board acts as Z
clearing house for the war industry
needs Of the nation with authority Il
determine the most effective ways OF
meeting them. and the best means end
methods Of increasing production. in
Guiding the creation or extension OF
industries demanded by the emer
gency; the relative urgency OF the diff
ferent needs. also considering price
factors. industrial and labor aSpecrs
and conditions affecting food supplies
and prices. The authority Of the cOun
ell is nation wide.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
ROUT THE /. ". W. IN KANSAS
Reports to District Attorney Show
That Hangers-On Are Leaving
the oil Fields.

Kansas City, Nov. pa complete
rout of the 1. W. w. in the oil fields
of Butler County, Kansas, today was
reported to Fred Robertson, United
States district attorney for Kansas, by
Oscar Schmidt, secret service agent,
who assisted in the drive. Schmidt
said disconnected hangers-on in the
fields were leaving by every train and
some even were walking
For the first time in months, the oil
fields are without the daily fear that
the indictments would break out in
depredations.
Some fifty men suspected of affilia-
ton with the Industrial Workers of
the World are in the jail at Eldorado.
Among those are two alien enemies
whom Mr.. Robertson will ask be in
termed. Three alleged organizers of
the I. W. w. among the prisoners are
being investigated now by the govern
ment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
EFFECTS OF NOTED BATTLES
Probable Results if Outcome Had Been
Different, Explained in Book BY
English Writer Years Ago.

About 60 years ago an English
writer, Sir Edward Greasy, published a
book which he called 1.-The Fifteen De
cisive Battles Of the World His pur-
pose was to describe those great mill
tary events which have had the great
est influence upon human history.
Each battle described, had il re-
suited differently, would have COM
pletely changed the course OF civiliza-
ton, says the Worlds Work Had
Charles MarteI not have won the bat
tie Of Tours. for example, the whole OF
Europe. and that means also North
and South America. would very likely
have become Mohammedan in religion
Perhaps the Interpretation Of the
Koran" says GibbOn. describing the
consequences of this battle, would
now be taught in the schools Of Ok
ford and her pupils might demonstrate
10 the English people the truth OF the
revelation Of Mohamet."
Ten of Creasy's epOcha1 battles have
been fought since the beginning Of the
Christian era. Four'Of them represent
victories which were won on French
sOil-the battle Of ChaIOns, A D. 451 /;
the battle OF Tours. 1872; Joan of Arcs
victory at Orleans. 1929. and the battle
Of Valmy, in 1892. Another was a
great French victory won on English
sOil-the battle OF Hastings in 1O66.
Two Others-the battle Of Blenheim.
in 1904, and the battle Of Waterloo in
1S15-were great French defeats 1t
appears, therefore. that Of the ten
most decisive battles fought in the
Christian era FIVE were great French
victories and two were French defeats
No other nation has any such military
history as this. This mere record in
dicates the part which France has
played in advancing civilization So
far as Europe is concerned the great
est events in modern history have
taken place on French soil. at this
time, when the democratic nations
have Joined hands TO deliver France
from the cowardly attack which Ger
/ many has made upon her, it is well TO
keep this fact in mind
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
Non-Freezinq Mixture.

Protection against possible freez-
ing of wet materials in a cement
mixer during cold weather is obtained
at low cost by using an Oil-burning
heater which can be attached to prac-
tically any mixing machine. Such a
device unquestiOnably can save money
for q contractor by making ii safe 10
operate continuously when the temper
allure Is low. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine The heater is provided with
a 25-gallOn tank which is mounted
above the mixer and is connected by
a pipe with a burner situated at the
opening in the side OF the mixing drum.
compressed air, obtained either from a
hand pump or a compressor, is used TO
vaporize the oil and in this way a
flame is forced into the interior OF
the drum, keeping the materials there
thoroughly warm
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
WILL HAVE FEDERAL POLICE
War Department Plans a Semi-Miii'
tary Home Guard-States Ex-
pecteG TO Cooperate.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Army de-
partmental commanders have been re-
lieved of the duty of assigning troops
to guard industries and railroads as
the first step in the War Department.
general plan for cooperating with the
states in a system of internal control
during the war that will not drain the
fighting forces.
Hereafter all requests for guards,
either from state authorities or from
manufacturers. must be made to the
adjutant generals office for reference
to the militia bureau.
Soldier Watchmen to Be Relieved.
Soldiers now doing police and watch
man work will be relieved soon, and
to supplement men for such duty fur
nfshed by the states, the department
is preparing to organize a special
force of federal police, semi-military
in character
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
Y. Nj. C. A. FUND OVER GOAL
Revised Returns Show That $50, 1885,
O54 Was Collected During Cam
paign-East Defeated West.

New York, Nov. 22.-FfnaI official
returns announced at noon today put
the Y. M c. A war fund above the
so million dollar mark. The author
lied revised total is $50, ,054, or
SIS, ,054 above the 35 million dol
lar goal The contest between the
Eastern and Central departments,
with headquarters in New York and
Chicago, respectively, ended today
with the Eastern department almost
2 million dollars ahead, the figures
being: Eastern department, $2O,1O4..
104, and the Central department, SIS,
$50, 73S.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
GERMANS FORCED TO MOVE
Thousands of UnnaturaIized Alien
Enemies EVicted From Zones
Barred by the President.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Thousands of
unnaturalized Germans were forced to
move today from their homes near
docks, piers, warehouses, railway ter
minals and other establishments de-
clared barred zones by President Will
sons alien enemy proclamation. For
many the new regulations meant not
only the actual moving Of the place Of
residence, but the loss of jobs in the
forbidden areas as we'll
To those without work, including
many with dependents, the federal
employment agencies were open and
officials were emphatic in explaining
the help of these agencies IN finding
new employment for the alien enemies
would not be withheld. This was only
one evidence of the governments
anxiety to treat law-abiding Germans
with courtesy and consideration while
applying drastic rules to detect the
few with harmful intent
Mayors of eastern seaport cities to-
day were asked for the cooperation of
their police departments in the regis
tration of alien enemies under the
Presidents proclamation and early re-
plies to the department of justice in
dicated that police would undertake
the task of enrolling thousands of Ger
man adult males and soliciting data on
their occupations and habits for future
reference. Along the Atlantic coast,
where danger from alien plotters is
considered greatest, the registration
enterprise will be undertaken first,
and will be followed later by registra-
lions in the interior.
John Lord O'Brian, special assistant
to Attorney General Gregory in charge
of enforcement of the alien proclama-
ton, expects to complete regulations
for the registration late this week and
to put them into effect next week.
By that time the war department
probably will have placed troops to
guard the most important piers and
docks at eastern seaports. They will
supplement the private guards who
went on duty today under employ of
dock owners at the request of the de-
partment of justice.
They will be replaced shortly at the
larger Atlantic ports by soldiers, but
in the meantime all pier owners are
instructed to supply their own watch
men and not to allow unidentified per-
sons to either enter or leave the
WharVeS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-01
PUTS END TO TALK
OF A RAIL STRIKE
Chiefs of the Four Brotherhoods
Promise President to Keep
the Lines Running.
CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
Men Fully Realize Importance of Trans
portation During War-Both Sides
Issue Statements.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The railroad
brotherhood chiefs, in a statement is
sued last night after q two hours con-
ference with President Wilson on the
wage dispute, announced that any sus-
pension of transportation would be
avoided and declared their willingness
to discuss and consider any suggested
solution of the difficulties.
President Wilson, in a statement is
sued last night, declared that the rail-
road brotherhood representatives had
agreed at the conference yesterday to
practically stand by the government
and to consider any proposed solution
in "a spirit of accommodation" and
were not inclined to contend for any
thing which they did not consider so
necessary for their welfare.
The Brotherhoods' Statement.
The statement of the brotherhoods,
signed by the four ohairmen, Stone,
Lee, Carter and Garretson, follows:
1.-The men who comprise the railway
brotherhoods are thorough Americans,
therefore they believe in American
standards of living and in consequence
of this; realize that standards of pay
that were established in 1919 and 1913
are inadequate to meet present day
prices for commodities, and for that
reason are demanding an increase in
present rates that will meet half, at
least, of the increase in cost of those
things which they are compelled to
purchase.
'They want to cooperate in every
way that is at all possible in the sue
cessfuI prosecution Of the war and
they fully realize that the most seri-
Gus thing that could occur in the con-
duct of war would be any interruption
of railway transportation, and they, in
common with the great body of the
people, are determined to. do every
thing within the bounds of reason to
avoid such interruption.
Assurance Of Loyalty.
Being fully conversant with their
attitude and desire in this matter, we
are in position to give the assurance
that if a situation should arise that
threatens the interruption of transpor-
would be more than willing to discuss
and consider any solution of the diff
Guilty which presented itstelf, doing sc
in the spirit of patriotic cooperation
and would undoubtedly cooperate with
| the government to the utmost extent
in arriving at just, equitable as wei
as patriotic conclusion