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The sun., 1917-10-18
LA FOLLETTEIN
ATTACK ON LOAN
Franks 100000 Copies of
Speeches Printed at EX-
pense Of L. s.


WASHINGTON, oct 17.--Scnator La
Toilette. whose ST Paul speech is now
under an investigation by Senate rom
mittEc for its alleged reasonable utter
ances. is flooding the country with hum
dreds of thousands of copies Of his
revenue act and virtually predicting the
failure OF the Liberty Loan.
These speeches he has had printed at
tho Government printing office and the
Government is footing the expense OF
their circulation. All this is being done
at a time when patriotic men all over
the country are engaged in trying to get
the people to take Liberty bonds.
Information as to what Senator La
Toilette il doing and OF the huge orders
he has placed with the Government,
! Printing Office is now in the hands OF
the Senate investigating committee. l,
Z i also being Investigated by the Gov
/ crument departments charged with the
: enforcement of the censorship clause in
/ the trading with the enemy act
Sidcwipcs Liberty Loan.
In the Senate September Senator J a
Toilette indirectly attacked the Liberty
Loan in this manner.
II we should pursue a policy here
that permits the wealth Of the country
to escape bearing its fun proportion OF
the burdens that war brings to us and
( should lag upon the people not only con.
sumption taxes approaching half bill.
! ION dollars but upon top of that. by tht
! small amount Of taxes which the bill
provides, drive straight toward an in
e,itahly large bond issue that will mort
gage the mass Of the people to thu
wealth OF the country for the next cen
tury to come, when the Treasury goe.
out to sell bonds it may he found tha
I the people of this country are not willing
, 10 bend their backs to the burden OF fu
. ture taxation to meet an enormous bont
issue that would not be necessary /
there were levied in this hill taxes tha
would put Just share Of this burden
upon war profits and surplus incomes
''Th" people will have this matte
very well worked out In their minds :
The tremendous orders placed by Sen
ator la Toilette at tho Governmen
Printing oHiCc have seriously intprterec
with other important work there l.
order To get out the 3oo, 900 copie!
the Senate folding and mailing room
has been obliged TO work day and nigh
for weeks
Senator La Toilette himself sent to
/ the folding room the envelopes ad
dressed and bearing his frank in which
! the speeches were to be put one copy
of each speech was put in each en-
velope and they have been sent to ever,
State in the Union.
The sun., 1917-10-18
FINDS GAY WOOER -
IN HOME FOR AGED
Girl Goes to Wed Hondson,e
Youth of Picture.

Miss Violet NJ. Davis. is. golden OF
hair and pretty. stepped blithely from a
train at Poughkeepsie yesterday after
Gold street. Buffalo. 10 meet her fate.
In the case Of her dainty wrist watch
she wore the picture of as fair lad
OF is as Oscar Wilde sketched in the
picture Of Dorian Grey.
Now and then she slyly stole glance
at the smiling boy who was soon to
claim her for bride. Across his smooth
brow no wrinkle had come the bloom OF
innocent and healthy young manhood
mantled his face. The picture told the
story of boy at the very foot of life >
ladder, waiting eagerly 10 climb to the
heights, leading by the hand the girl
In the ascent.
saw Ad in Matrimonial Paprr.
The young woman acquired the pic.
ture az the result of an advertisement
she read In matrimonial paper, in
which James Ploughman sought a help.
meet, and the counterfeit presentmeni
had been forwarded in reply to a request
for some visual evidence of his being
Miss Davis's mother accompanied her
At tho post office they asked II the
owner OF the rosy. boyish face was
known thereabOut. The postmaster did
not know the face. but he did know the
name and he directed the young woman
to the Nassar Home for the Aged.
Just as the Picture of Dorian Grey
had changed In the Imagination Of the
master. so James Ploughman had
changed In fact
1t vii. be recalled that in Wildes
wonderful story the master hung the
picture OF beautiful boy, for which
he had posed. in his home. As the days
went by he imagined that he saw In
the picture the lines that Time was
chiseling in his own face.
In the avenue leading to the Home
for the Aged an old man, whose head
had been frosted by the SHOWS OF sixty
three winters, was slowly and painfully
raking the leaves. and looking alof,
YEARLY as the multihued leaves from
the trees added to his toll
stormy Time for james.
The year. had creased hts face like
the sides Of an alligator portfolio. and
the rosy blush Of youth had seen its
sunset no long ago that the furrowed
ridges of his countennce hardly remem.
bered the color scheme.
"Do you know James Ploughman? >?
asked the eager maiden.
IT am James Ploughman." said the
man.
The girl looked at the watch. witt
it's boyish picture, She looked nt the
man who had passed over the border
line OF life. and, instead OF being an
ardent youth. seeking partner in the
winning OF "A world was an aged care
taker. sweeping leaves before the door
OF Home for the Aged.
There was a storm.
When II cleared the young woman
was on her way home. with the ex,
penses met by the caretaker. Her Pic.
ture of Dorian Grey had indeed faded
The old man cxplained he had nc
picture OF himself that had been takcr
In the last forty-fivc years,
The sun., 1917-10-18

The Themis, 7.402 tons gross and AS
feet long. was built in Sunderland. Eng
land, in 1911 and owned In Tonsberg.
The sun., 1917-10-18
GERMAN PLOT
AIMED TO KILL
LIBERTY LOAN
Herbert NJ. Lord Says Or.
ganized Effort Has
Been Made.
ATTACK ON PATRIOTISM
Some Subscriptions From the
Army Found Written in
Foreign Language.
ATTACK on PATRIOTISM

WAsHINGroN. Oct II. - Fro-G"rInan
agents in the United states. according to
reports TO the Treasury Department.
have directed their energies toward de-
featinE the Liberty Loan. Their or
ganized propaganda has borne fruit
from Minnesota to Texas. it is asserted.
in scattered localities, where weak ef-
forts have been made, not openly but by
indirect methods, to discourage subscrip-
tions.
The work of the pro-German agents.
officials assert. has been carried on for
more than two weeks. Some of tho
workers have had the temerity, reports
to the Treasury indicate. to conduct
their operations here in the national
Capitol
Ofiicial recognition OF the propaganda
against the loan was voiced to-day by
Col Herbert NJ Lord. representing the
War Department at the war risk insur-
ance conference.
There has been organized effort
said col. Lord. who was chairman of
to-days meeting. TO discourage and
defeat tho loan
The sun., 1917-10-18
HOW DESTROYERS WORK.
Not One Has Failed to Have En-
counter With U-BOats.

Torrespond-nce 81 the Associdtrd Press,
b.sE OF AMERICAN FLoTILLA IN BRIT
IsH WATERS, Sept 3O.--In the five
months Of active service that they have
seen In the great war the American de-
stroyers have steamed collectively to-
tai distance OF 5000 miles. This Is
more by several times than the distance
crrised In two whole years OF peace
And what makes the figures all the more
Impressive is that they have been
reached without the loss through acci-
dent OF single life or very serious
nshap to any OF the units.
Roughly the destroyers have spent
fve-elghths Of their time at sea and
their average time In port has been
three days after each turn Of five or six
outside. Clear weather and long days
have favored them.
The Americans therefore can claim no
small part OF the credit for the gradual
decrease in shipping losses. First of all
the addition OF their units to the allied
lorcs. patrolling as they do an area az
'argc as that bounded roughly by the
great V formed by New York. Detroit
sod Knoxville. was certain to make life
less comfortable for tho U-boats.
New Features Adopted.
Next the Americans applied all the
tactics OF the long experienced British
and in some instances improved on them,
NJ destroyers added to their equipment
""p'h charges and other devices, Then
l'e crews learned some more about tho
f'<,.S a
The sun., 1917-10-18
PntriOtism Ni-rcprc>rntcd.

This effort. he added. has been made
ny seeking 10 m'srcprc sent the patriot
ism of the National Army An official
account Of the proceedings Of the con-
ference. which was behind closed doors,
issued tonight by tho Treasury De-
partment reads as follows:
I'm convincing rcfutation Of the SIAN
der. which was to the effect that the
men of the new National Army opposed
the war. col Lord announced that sub
scrip,ions from the army for the loan
already aggregate s2s. 900 900 and that
some OF the subscriptions were written
in foreign languages.
The announcement caused great en-
,husiasm among the delegates from the
army and navy. Marine Corps and Coast
Guard attending the conference, 300 OF
whom swarmed up to the platform fol-
lowing the address and signed war in
surance applications. all Of which except
forty were for the maximum Of 80, 900.
Assembled from various sources, the
efforts Of workers against the loan APP
pear to have been directed along four
main channels:
Attempts to discourage prospective
buyers OF Liberty bonds
Efforts to prevent certain banks
from handling the bonds
Tho publication in certain news
papers and other mediums OF public
ity. of editorials and articles which
while not directly opposing loan sub
scriptions tend to discourage buyers
The prevention, so far as local and
sporadic efforts can prevent. Of the
placing of Liberty Loan posters and
advertising literature where /; will be
most beneficial
The sun., 1917-10-18
New Features Adopted.

Continued on second rage.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11

A timid man gets his right here on
earth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
URUGUAY AND PERU
BREAK WITH GERMANY
URUGUAY HAD NO GRIEVANCE,
BUT JOINS PROTECTORS OF
SMALL NATIONS.
Peruvian Congress Votes Almost
Unanimously To Sever Relations
With Germany Peruvian
Bark Was Sunk.


Montevideo, OVERWHELMINGLY has
several diplomatic relations with
Germany. A presidential decree ar
nounced the rupture following a vote
in favor of it by the chamber of depu
ties, IA to %. The German minister
has been sent his passports.
The vote in the chamber was taken
at o'clock Sunday morning. Presi
dent Viera in his message to the par
lament declared that the Uruguayan
government had not received any di
rect offense from Germany, but thai
it was necessary to espouse the cause
of the defenders of justice, democracy
and small nationalities.
The measures adopted by the joint
session of the senate and house au
thorizes President Viera of Uruguay
First-To break diplomatic and com
mercial relations with the German EN-
pire.
Second-To adopt measures to ia
cilitate navigation, in cooperation
with the friendly nations, and meas
ures to assure importation and ex
portation.
The president acted promptly on
the first point and took immediate
steps towards action on the second.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
WORTH over S125
A BOTTLE He SAYS
Georgia Farmer Says TanIac Re-
Iieved His rheumatism
Entirely.
SUFFERED As YEARS
.dse8s
~ Am a Well Man In Every Way and
Feel as Strong and Healthy
as ] Ever Did," He
Saws.

~ wouldn't take five hundred dol
lars in cash for the good four bottles
Of Tanlac did me-" said ]. NJ. Mallory,
4 well-known farmer of Stonewall,
Georgia, short time ago.
"For forty-five year 1 suffered al
most every day." he continued, land
was so crippled up with rheumatism
that l had to hobble around on
crutches. My knees were so stiff !
could hardly bend them and often l
have been so weak that l have had to
take to my bed for weeks at q time,
More than half the time / couldn't do
any work. had indigestion and stom-
ach trouble, too, and my back hurt so
bad that I couldn't lay on my left side
at all. tried every medicine l saw
advertised and many prescriptions be-
sides, but kept getting worse.
my brother living in Atlanta told
me what Tanlac had done for him and
begged me to try it. Well, sir, l have
taken four bottles In all and have
thrown my clutches away for the rheu-
matism is entirely gone and [ can
jump two feet off the ground without
it hurting me bit. l am we'll man
in every way and feel rs strong and
healthy as l ever did in my life."
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
town.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
10000 A|RPLANES
ARE BEING BUILT
THE WHOLE AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
is BElNB CAREFULLY CO.
ORIGINATED.
EVERY SPECIES OF MACHINE
"The Eyes of the Army viii Be
Ready" Says Secretary Baker,
When u. S. Troops Are
Ready For Battle.

Washington-Twenty thousand air
planes for Americas fighting forces
in France, authorized in the $640, 000,-
900 aviation bill passed by congress
last July, actually are under construc-
ton.
Their motors also are being manu-
featured, Secretary Baker announced.
and the whole aircraft program has
been so co-ordinated that when planes
and motors are completed trained av-
iators, as well as machine guns and
all other equipment, win be waiting
for them.
when this nations army is ready
TO participate in the fighting" said
the secretary, "the eyes of the army
will be ready also"
The types of planes cover the en-
tire range of training machines, light,
high speed fighting machines, power
full battle and bombing planes of the
heaviest design, and embrace as well
giant battle craft capable of the work
of the Italian Caproni, the British
Handley-Page and similar types.
within a reasonable time, consid-
ering the period for preparation" Mr..
Bakers statement proceeds, this
country will send its first airplane to
Europe. This airplane, from the tip
of it's propeller to the engine, machine
gun and camera, will have been made
in the United States.
There has been remarkable re-
Spouse to the call for aviators. This
country has an unlimited supply of
young men possessing courage, self
reliance, good judgment and decision
the things required in the air serv-
ice. This service today is fitting
thousands of Americans for flying
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
Faith Was Weak.

During an extended drought in the
land that inspires the rag-time song
writer's the "Revend George Washing
ton called a gathering of his colored
brethren to supplicate the Lord for
rain. Before he opened his sermon
the "Rev'end" surveyed his congrega-
ton critically, and with increasing sat
isfaction. At last he lamented:
"De lack OBJ faith of yo' niggers is
scandalous and sinful, and makes my
heart sore and weary, and afeared for
your souls! Heah we hab gathered
TO beg de Lord to stop de drought dat
is burning up our fields, and to bless
us with rain in abundance. And not
one-nO, sab mot one OBJ yo' dis
graceful sinners had faith enough to
bring an umbrella to go home WITH"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
PRESIDENT PRAISES
WORK OF CONGRESS
THE NEEDS OF THE ARMY AND
THE NAVY HAVE BEEN EF-
FEcTlvELY NET.
DESERVES OUR GRATITUDE
Work Has Not Only Been Done Thor.
oughIy, Says President But Has
Been Done Also With the
Utmost Dispatch.

Washington.-Th work of the con.
gressional session adjourned was
praised by President Wilson In q
statement saying:
"The needs of the army and the
navy have been met in way that as
sures the effectiveness of American
arms, and the war-making branch oil
the government has been abundantiy
equipped with the powers that were
necessary to make the action OF the
nation effective.
"The Sixty-fifth congress, now ad'
journing," the president added, de-
serves the gratitude and appreciation
of a people whose will and purpose
believe it has faithfully expressed. One
cannot examine the record of its &C
ton without being impressed by Its
completeness, it's courage and its full
comprehension Of a great task.
81 believe that it has also in equai
degree and as far as possible in the
fact of war safeguarded the rights OF
the people and kept in mind the con-
sideration of social justice so often
obscured in the hasty readjustments
of such a crisis.
"It seems to me that the work OF
this remarkable session has not only
been done thoroughly, but that 1t has
also been done with the uptmost dis
patch possible in the circumstances
or consistent with full consideration
of the exceedingly critical matters
dealt with. Best Of all, it has left no
doubt as to the spirit and determine
ton of the country, but has affirmed
them as Loyalty and as emphatically
as our fine soldiers will affirm them
on the firing line"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
EXTRA SESSION IS ENDED

Washington.-In the midst Of a
days thrilling debate on alleged
disloyalty of Senator LaFollette
of Wisconsin the extraordinary
session of congress, which began
April 2 and generally regarded as
the most momentous in American
history, was adjourned sine die at
3 pm, October 6.
Vehement criticism of the Wis
consin senator and his own de-
tense, occupying virtually the
entire day, marked the close Of
the war session, with other Gus
tomary adjournment and legisla-
tive procedure, including President
Wilson's attendance at the capitol.
The usual eleventh hour grist of
legislation was put through, after
six months of important war &C
ton, and most of the members
Who had remained for the final
day were en- route home to await
the call OF the next session, De-
cember 3.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
VOTES TO SEVER RELATIONS
Peruvian Minister at Berlin Refused
to Deliver country's Uitimatum
to Germany.

Lima, Peru-The Peruvian congress
has decided by an almost unanimous
vote to sever diplomatic relations with
Germany.
The Peruvian government has hand
ed his passports to DR.. Perl, the Ger
man minister.
The Peruvian government On Sept.
26 instructed it's minister at Berlin
to present to the German government
and demand that satisfaction be given
within eight Gays for the sinking OF
the Peruvian bark L0rton.
The Lorton was sunk inside Span
ish territorial waters last February
by a German submarine. Declaring
that the sinking was unjustifiable, Pc
ru insisted that Germany should pay
an indemnity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like magic!

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of q corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn a few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle Of freezone at any drug store.
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
1t is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying 1t or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many OF our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
Girls! Use Lemons!
Make a Bleaching,
Beautifying Cream

The Juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white makes whole quar-
ter pint of the most remarkable lemon
skin beautifier at about the cost one
must pay for small jar of the Ordi-
nary cold creams. Care should be tax
en- to strain the lemon juice through a
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that lem
on juice is used to bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles, sallowness
and tan and is the ideal skin softener,
smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint Of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage it daily
into the face, neck. arms and hands. 1t
naturally should help to soften, fresh
en-, bleach and bring out the roses and
beauty of any skin. 1t is simply mar
velous to smoother rough, red hands.
Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
Want Good Marksmen.

At the time of the SpanishAmeri-
can war an expert rifle shot was re-
fused enlistment as a sharpshooter
on the ground that good marksman-
ship is of no advantage on the field of
battle. There are still some military
authorities who believe this to be the
case. They point out that when the
distance is not accurately known, the
good rifleman will be sure to miss,
while volley from poor marksmen
will cover a large area and score some
hits. Nevertheless, the policy is now
to encourage craftsmanship by every
possible means.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
UGH CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
Just 0nce Try "Dodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious, const-
pated, Headachy-Don't Lose Days Work.

back guarantee that each spoonfl
will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing. because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale OF calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
Heirs Get S2.n5o.ono.

Chicago.-Two million and fifty
thousand dollars, distributed in six
Chicago banks, most of it in bills OF
large denominations, have been added
to the fortune of the late John K
Stewart, manufacturer of automobile
accessories.
Existence of this money was un
known to the heirs, daughters, 5 and
Is years old, respectively, or their
guardians until revealed in the pro
bate court The Inheritance tax or
the additional treasure amounts to
$4,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
Died of Inward Guilt.

WI Ting Fang is at the head of the
Chinese foreign office, and you can't
put much over on man with as good
a sense of humor as Doctor WI.
A newspaper man recalls his famous
wheeze about the Chinaman who COM
nitted suicide by eating gold leaf.
'But don't see how that killed him
how did it?" inquired society
woman.
II suppose" said WI seriously, "that
< was the consciousness of inward
gilt. ''-Exchange.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
LARGEST PER CAPITA.

Montgomery.-The per capita ap
preparation for the public schools OF
Alabama for the year beginning Oc-
tober l will be 1886, or IL cents more
than the appropriation of last year, &C
cording to the apportionment which
was completed by the state education
al department. It is the largest per
capita appropriation in the history OF
Alabama. The total amount OF public
school funds which were apportioned
run to $2,232,S65.87.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
ENGLAND WILL ATTACK SOON

London. Great Britain will, soon be-
gin air raids upon Germany in re-
prisal against Berlin for airplane at
tacks upon London, according to q
statement made here by Premier Lloyd
George in reply to an appeal for such
action made to him by crowd OF
poor pople in the southwest district
OF the British capital. He said:
I'VE will give it back to them, and
we will give it to them soon. We
shall bomb Germany with compound
Il crest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
BORDER GUARD NAMED.

United States-Mexico Boundary Viii
Be Closely Watched.
San acknowledgements wal
made here that the Fifty-seventh In
fantry, now in camp at Leon Springs
Texas, two companies of the Nine
teenth infantry and the Eighth viii
take up the work of guarding thu
Texas border after Texas nationa
guardsmen of the Second, Third ant
Fourth regiments, ordered to Caml
Bowie at Fort Worth, leave for tina
station.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-11
ARREST II sUFFRAGISTS.

Silent SentineIs Back On Job At the
White House.
Washington.-Silent sentinels of the
women's party resumed picketing the
White House and II were arrested
Alice Paul, one of the leaders, among
them.
The women marched to the cas-
gate of the White House when thu
sidewalks were crowded with govern
ment clerks, and refused to comply
with police orders to keep moving. A
police headquarters they were re
leased on bond.