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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

Draft calls for men who nave passed
their thirty-seyenth birthdays are an
pected to begin about March I.
1t is announced that the plans for
bringing the older class Of new regis
trans into camp have not been COM
pleted.
General Pershing has sent an appeal
to the American miners, declaring that
''the more coal you produce the sooner
we shall have peace"
The American Naval Base, France,
telegraphs: The record of submarine
activity for the summer months, June,
July and August, the period most IA
vorable to submarines, is now prac-
tical1y made up and shows two high
ly significant results, steady fall in
the allied shipping sunk and steady
rise in the submarines destroyed.
From "An Atlantic Port" comes the
news that the army transport Amphf-
on arrived there from overseas and re-
ported having been engaged in two
hour battle with a submarine 500 miles
off the coast Eight men were wound
ed, TWO fatally, anu IuO SuRCAOC OOCuA .
of the vessel was carried away by
the first shots. Apparently the U-boat
was not seriously damaged. The trans
port finally outdistance the German.
The Americans sprang another sur
prise over the Germans, the infan-
TRY advancing north of Romagne and
taking Bantheville without artillery
preparation.
The Americans captured the Talma
farms, northwest of Grand Pre-, in
the face of a stiff machine gun resist
ance.
In Belgium the enemy is giving
ground hastily in order to bring his ar
mics safely out of the trap which men,
aces them.
Zeebrugge, Germany's second great
base on the North sea, has
gone the way of Ostend, and the flag
of Belgium once more proudly floats
over it.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP or r,oS
AT ONCE iF BILIOUS OR
coNSTIPATED.

Look at the tongue, mother 70
coated, it Is a sure sign that your H.
tie ones stomach, liver and boweI.
needs gentle, thorough cleansing NJ
once.
When peevish, cross, listless. pala
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu.
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour
breath bad; has stOmach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhea, full of cold. give
teaspoOnful of california Syrup of,
Figs" and in few hours all the fouI
cOnstipated waste, undigested fond
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without gripping, and Won
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children m
taoe' this harmless "fruit laxative ="
they love its delicious taste, and il
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for bottle Of
california Syrup of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of cOunterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it Is made by the cali.
fOrnia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24
lnruKTANT NEWS
THE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THI0
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
What Is Taking Place In The South.
land viii Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic

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Announcement in France OF the safe
arrival of the Dixie division, which left
Camp Wheeler recently, has been re-
ceived in Macon. The division is made
I'D mostly of drafted men from Illi-
nOis and Michigan, but the majority
of the officers are Georgia, Florida and
Alabama men.
A New York City dispatch says the
British steamship Port Philip, out
bound, was sunk in a collision with
United States war vessel off Swine
burn island in the lower bay. The Port
Philips crew of forty men was saved.
The survivors were landed by coast
of 1850 tons gross. She sank in about
seventy-five feet of water.
To extend agricultural, educational
and experimental work along the rail-
roads in undevelOped sections of the
south and west, the railroad admins
tratiOn has appointed committees OF
railroad executives to make 1nvest1ga-
tions of local conditions and submit
recommendations. In announcing this
the administration explained it expects
to promote agricultural extension
work more actively than in the east.
Shortly before the American troop
ship America, formerly the German
transatlantic passenger steamship
Amerika, was about to sail for Eu-
rope with soldiers and supplies, the
vessel sank at her pier in HOboken,
N. ]. So far as known there was no
loss of life The cause of the acct
dent is a mystery.
With probably five hundred dead,
thousands homeless and without
clothing, and with property damage
mounting far into the 1Eiliions of dol
lars, whole sections of northern Wis
consin and Minnesota timberland are
smOuldering, fire-stricken areas, with
only the charred ruins of abandoned,
depopulated towns to accentuate the
general desolation. The bodies of Is
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24
Washington

Out of the great sack between the
North sea and the Lys river the en-
envy is fleeing fast in an endeavOr tC
prevent capture or interment in HoL
land. He hopes to be able to reach
Antwerp and there reconstitute his
lines.
The Belgian coast again is Belgian
Germany's dream of an invasion OF
England's coast across the North sea
from Calais is ended. Belgian Elan
ders is fast being evacuated by the
enemy.
Austro-H Hungarian Foreign Minister
Burian says that sentiment of pure
humanity always pervaded President
Wilson's idea of the solution of the
world problems, even when he joined
the adversaries of the central powers
and then laid down certain principles
directed against them.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign min
lister expresses the view that the Gre
alton of league of nations constitutes
a preliminary condition for the estab-
ishment of peace of impartial JUS
tice 'such as President Wilson and we
DESIRE
A telegram from Stockholm says in
surrection is spreading in the Ukraine
and recently extended throughout the
entire government of Podolia. At sew
eral places, it is reported, the German
troops are siding with the rebels. Sew
era1 thousand troops are declared to
have hoisted the red flag near Eka-
terinoslay and to have killed their Of
ficers.
A peasant force of 5000 men, well
armed with machine guns and cannon,
is reported to be moving on Poltava,
in the Ukraine.
A mutinOus Germany army is re-
ported to be marching on Kharkov, in
the Ukraine, to join the revolutionary
soldiers, who hold that town.
Consideration is being given by the
house to the military deficiency bill
carrying $6,345, 755, OOO reported by the
appropriations committee to provide
for the enlarged war program during
the coming nine month. Ceaseless
prosecution of the war is the underly-
ing thoughts back of the bill.
Legislative features of the military
deficiency bill include section au-
thoriZing the president to establish a
war salvage commission which would
recommend to congress what DISPOSE
ton shall be made of property acquir-
ed by the government during the war.
The new military deficiency bill
when passed will bring the total Of the
government expenses for the year to
$50, 1913, 709,722, of which practically
two-thirds is for the army.
A stamp of 2 cents on all bank
checks is provided for in an AMEND
ment to the war revenue bill adopted
by the senate finance committee that
is revising the house draft. Such a
tax is opposed by the treasury depart
ment.
Final returns from all states show
that 1865 94 men registered for mil
1tary service September 18th.
1t is announced that in all 23.456 O91
Americans are now registered for mil
ttary service.
every American soldier held by Ger
man will get Christmas present the
Ned Cross announces.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

The Films seem to be getting them
selves into peculiar position First
they elected as their King Prince Fred
erick Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law
OF the kaiser, whereupon France broke
off the semi-official relations that had
existed with Finland. Next the Films
formally requested Germany to with
draw all her troops from their coun-
try. The substitution of a monarchy
for republic was really the work Of
the Finnish diet, not of the people,
and it may not stand.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24
New Heat-Stroke Theory.

SO-calied cheat stroke" proves to he
merely a symptom of malignant maa-
ria, according to the late experience
in MesopOtamia of DIR. C. E. H. Milner
British physician. Che malaria par
asite was found in the blood Of heat
stroke victims, and the use Of Quinne
reduced the mortality from more than
Is per cent to less than - per cent
Newark News.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

In Italy, the Austrians have been
attempting very little of late, proba-
bly, because they hope soon to be out
Of the war; but in Albania and Serbia
the allies are keeping them on the
Jump. Italians, Serbs, French, Brit
ish and Greeks all are taking whacks
at them, and at last reports they had
been driven far north of Nish, which
was captured by the Serbs, to whom
II belongs. In Albania the Austrians
evacuated their great naval base Of
Durazzo, which had been largely de-
stroyed by a naval raid the previous
week.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

John d. Ryan, director of the Amer
lean air service, on his return from
Europe, made the welcome announce
ment that unif1cation of operation,
and to great extent of production Of
aircraft, had been agreed upon by the
allies. He also told Of the splendid
work of the American aviatOrs and Of
the success and popularity Of the
American De HaviIand planes and the
Liberty motors. Another cheerful
piece of news concerning aeronautics
was disclosed by Maj A. Cushman
Rice, this being that the allies had
worked out practically perfected
wireless telephone device which VIII
enable the allied airmen to fly over
the German lines and territory I'm I'm
mense fleets, all the planes directed
by the voice Of the commander. This.
he says, will sweep the Huns from
the sky and entirely put out the eyes
Of their artillery.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

German armies. Immense numbers OF
machine guns, with some artillery, con-
stituted most of the Hun resistance In
this region. Such counter-attacks by
infantry as were made were rather
feeble and easily beaten off.
The defense in general, however,
was powerful, and 1t Is evident that
the German command attaches great
Importance to holding back the Amer
leans as much as possible in the Yer
dun region. Every foot gained here
by the allies weakens the hold of the
Germans on the Invaluable coal and
iron fields of the Briey basin northeast
Of Verdun. 1t looks as though the
Germans were recOnciled to retiring
from Belgium and France, but would
hang on to the Briey fields to the last
moment Such a course would be JUS
titled by their greatly depleted stores
of material. They are running short
especially of metal for guns and am
munitiOn.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

Little news came from General AL
lenby's army in Palestine, which prob
ably was resting after it's gallant and
successful campaign against the Turks.
But word was received that Beirut
the Turkish base on the Mediterrane-
an, had been captured, following which
Baalbek TripOli and HONS were oc-
cupied.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

B6fshevik forces in eastern Russia
have been greatly strengthened of late
and are reported to be pressing back
the CzechO-SlOyak troops there. The
latter have appealed for help from the
allies, and it may be that troops from
the Siberian expedition have been sent
to their relief. Meantime the allied
forces in north Russia, including q
considerable American contingent, are
fighting their way along both banks
OF the Dvina in the direction of Welsl.
northeast of Vologda. Their progress
has been difficult, for the bolsheviki
have been making heavy attacks and
keeping the expedition under almost
constant bOmbardment On the river
the, enemy has gunboats, protected by
nine fields and small islands, and the
shells from these do considerable dam
age. The allies, however are getting
along fairly we'll there and are conf
dent and cheerful. .
Lenfne and TrOtZky are reported to
have had q violent quarrel, the pre-
mier having accused the foreign min
lister of fostering cOunter-revolufion
Lenfne again has been attacked by an
assassin, this time being shot In the
shoulder.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

When the breeze blows off a mans
hat, he blames the hat, not the shape
of his head.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-24

Money is always a satisfactory trav-
cling companion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
BOYS DON'T WANT MILITARY
SYSTEM THEY'RE FIGHTING


There is evidence that those who
have counted upon the returning sol
diers and sailors for support of q
plan for universal military service
in the United States, are on the wrong
track. Added to the majority by
which the boys in the S. A. T. C. al
Kansas University voted down the
proposal for a continuance of that
training, have come numerous ex-
pressions of opinions from boys in
service.
The following letter was written
by Ruskin r. Couch, now at the Great
Lakes naval training station, to his
father, j. E. Couch of the j. E. Couch
Land Company, Anthony, Kansas. In
transmitting one of. his sons many
letters to The Wichita Eagle Mr..
Couch says:
81 showed this letter to a number
of our representative men here and
it seemed of such human interest and
from my own observation gained by
four separate visits to Camp Funston
and one to the Great Lakes Naval
Training camps to represent so thor
oughly the universal feeling among
the enlisted men that | thought pos
sibly you might see fit to print it.
"This boy is one of the thousands
who voluntarily enlisted because he
felt that it was his duty to do so
and was at all times ready to go
where duty called him, but he does
feel now that when peace terms are
signed, he should be allowed to come
home and pursue his business pur-
suits"
Before enlisting the son worked as
a clerk in the Fourth National Bank
of Wichita. His letter follows:
"Hi, Dad: We're going to have
little political argument right now.
/ have just finished reading Secretary
Daniels idea of the three year naval
program. In my opinion he is get
ting ready to die political death.
I am at least of voting age now and
am privileged to speak my mind about
some things. ] have been a Demo-
crat during this war because l
thought they were doing the thing
right.
"Do you know how it looks to me
now? 1t looks to me like they're vio-
Eating the very things for which we
were fighting. If l remember right,
one of Wilson's fourteen principles
laid down in his speech was the re-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19

duction of ornaments among all ma
tions. Now, Secretary Daniels has 6
plan for three year appropriation
for the increase of the present nava
forces. Isn't that going to make
taxes still heavier, besides the taxes
which will necessarily follow to pay
the expenses of the war? The excuse
that it seems unreasonable to make
scrap iron out of our battleships af-
ter we have been to the expense of
building them sounds like Germany
when she decided that, since she had
her army, she ought to use it.
"You are probably thinking that
object to whole lot because | might
have to stay in the navy longer.
You're doggone right | do! And there
is percentage of about four-fifths
of the enlisted reserves here (all of
voting age) who feel the same way.
These men are going to cast a vote
in 1920 and it is going to be felt one
way or another.
GAS for myself, if that bill passes,
the first vote cast will be a Repub-
lican vote. Pm not joking either.
If Mr.. Daniels plan doesn't leave him
open to Republican attack, then |
sure miss my guess. No, l haven't
suddenly become a pro-German.
simply can't understand why the adj
ministration wants to establish the
very conditions in this country that
they claim we were fighting to de-
stroy in Germany.
mo one can make me believe. but
that the chief basis of the trouble
between Germans and England was
a struggle for naval supremacy.
Now Daniels admits that we are 60
ing to attempt to surpass England, so
why shouldn't the same jealousy
spring up between the United States
and England? l can't imagine Eng
land standing idly by and watching
the United States become the lead
in naval power without lifting her
hand.
"Im not talking about the merchant
marine. Pm talking of the fighting
ships. l believe in a merchant ma
rine, of course. l don't think it is
necessary to maintain a navy with a
million or more men to protect ship
ping-at least, if the much talked of
league of nations means anything. |
As I understand it, the league of ma
tons would provide for an interna-
tional pool of funds to provide COM
non navy established simply for the
protection Of all.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19

"This country most surely has the
nerve to ask England to reduce her
navy to our proportion, especially af-
ter we have gone over and won the
war for her, and using the principle,
reduction of armament as one of
the best reasons far entering the war.
"The Germans came over to this
country to escape the three year COM
pulsory military service proposition
at last great many of them did.
Now in this country they propose
to hold us in the navy, possibly three
or four years against our will. That
is fne(?) news for US who thought,
and were positively told by the re-
cruiting officer, that we would be re-
leased at the end of the war!
81 fully realize that my opinions
don't carry the weight of Wilson's
or Daniels, but they're my opinions,
anyhow.
"RUSKIN."
Equally as emphatic in expressing
the opinion of the young men to
whom it is proposed to give the bene-
fits of universal military training is
an editorial headed Universal Train
ing" from a recent issue of the Uni
versity Kansan, the newspaper pub
lished by the studnts at Kansas uni
vrsity. 1t is as follows:
"The Students Army Training
Corps, soon to become closed chap
ter in the history of the University,
will not end its influence with the
mastering out of the men. The poll
tics and policies of the nation will be
governed by its after effects for years
to come.
"The question of universal military
service will come before the public
more insistently than ever, after the
final signing of the peace terms.
Plans have already been presented
for training period of nine months
for every young man. The decision
rests with the people, and the postum
nous influence of the student army
will enter at this time.
"From every man who spent the
two months in camp here and at other
schools, from every member of his
family, and from most of his friends,
vote against universal military SER
vice may be expected.
"The men who have lived in bar
racks have become convinced that
such intensive training in time of
peace is unnecessary. They do not
wish to spend three months of every
year immured in cantonment. Uni
versal military service was to them
only phrase heretofore; now they
have seen the actuality. The ex-
soldiers and the men now in the
schools and colleges will become the
lawmakers of the nation before long
and they will not have the visionary
ideas that urge so many of the mod
ern opponents of militarism.
"a cadet corps with commandant
and perhaps one other officer would
give University students here ample
military drill for peace times. The
practice of military tactics is neces-
sary, now that the nation is to have
an increased army and navy, but its
practice in the intensive form of the
S. A. T. C. is not needed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
Glenn Meek of the Economy is get,

Glenn Meek Of the Economy is get
ting to be quite an artistic window
dresser. He has arranged a window
in the Economy that is unusually at
tractive. One of the features of the
display is a mounted bear hide, the
property of Lee Larabee and Ralph
Summers. 1t is beautifully mounted
and fits in we'll with the surroundings.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
T. L. Gray e Son, Liberal

"The preservation of nation de-
mands military protection, but the
preservation of a democracy cannot
be possible with military service of
the Prussian Landwehr type"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
A SMALL DEPOSIT

Will hold your purchase until
Christmas. Many are taking adj
vantage of this plan and making
their selections now. Do not be dis
appointed if the very thing you want
has been sold if you wait too long.
The time is almost at hand. Call to-
day and make your selections.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19

We buy direct from the
manufacturer in large
quantities and give our
customers the benefit of
the saving. You get Rock
Bottom Prices when you
buy from
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
1t Showed!
Buy some more W. S. S.

Mrs. H. F. Dowley Of near Forgan
was in the city yesterday as she was
returning from a visit with her
brother in Colorado. While away she
had an attack of the flu.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19
A FEW SUGGESTIONS

Rugs, Rockers, Linoleum, Chiffon
iers, Library Tables, Oil Stoves,
Dressing Tables, Framed Pictures,
Mirrors, Dressers, Bedsteads, Dav-
exports, Cedar Chests, Dining
Chairs, Child's Rockers, Carpet
Sweepers, Rifles, Shot Guns, Bicy-
cles, Sewing Machines, Etc.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-19

Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Parsons of the
Parsons store in Plains were trans
acting business in the city last week.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-22
Mayor Tom Lee Dead;
Was Chinatown Manor

New York. Jan 22.-Chinatown is
in mourning.
Tom Lee. known for years as
Chinatown's mayor. is dead. His
memory will live for years TO come.
Thousands Of Chinese and many
Americans attended the funeral.
Thousands Of additional ones, Of both
nationalities. grieve over the loss Of
Tom
For years he has been the actual
head and guiding spirit of On Leong
Tong, one of the strongest of Chinese
secret organizations. For years he
has been the foster parent Of the
thousands of habitues Of New York's
Chinatown
Three days before burial funeral
services were held for Tom. The
body then lay in state. Thousands
paid their respects TO their friend.
Then the funeral, with thousands in
attendance and additional thousands
lining the route Of the corteEe
A Chinese band was at the head OF
the procession and two American
bands also played funeral dirges.
several taxicabs and sightseeing
buses were used solely TO carry the
many beautiful floral designs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-22
STOCK MARKET
CLOSES HEAVY
Domestic and Foreign Ad-
vices Contribute to IN
certainty Of Dealings.

NoTE-ouotations reflect closing prices
January ..
New York. Jan 22.-sIixed domestic
and foreign advices accounted for the
uncertain tone OF today's stock market
Forenoon gains OF one TO four points were
largely lost later Sales approIimatcd
$4,000 shares The close was heavy
With the exception OF rails. IN which
trading was limited and irregular. many
substantial gains were made at the active
opening. Steels, cOppers and the various
war Issues were the chief features az adj
Fancez ranging from large fractions 10
almost two points Oils, tobaccos. feathers
and sugars augmented yesterdays gains
and the motor group hardened with ship
piTEs. Liberty bonds eased slightly.
The early advance made considerable
headway among industrials and specialties
before profit taking brought about reac-
tons or 1 TO ga points The setback
was most marked in oils. marine pre-
ferred, American Tobacco. central leather
and beet sugar.
Dealings in United States steel were
especially noteworthy on the rise Of =
points from which IL fell back one-half
point Rails continued dull and feature
Jess except for a ~ point advance in
500" Liberty bonds were active. the
31zs selling at $50 70 $3.50. first IS at
gs-7s and second IS at 1924 70 96.14