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service, were expressed In IN tnscrip-
ton on one Of the floral wrenths:
"a valiant and worthy foe"
Ono particularly striking touch was
added to the ceremony. AS the chap
lain took his place ythe grave a
squadron Of British atplnncs came
circinS from oil directions and
throughout the service wheeled over
the grave yard Mt low altitude. their
droning engines furnishing an ac-
compartment to the words Of the cler-
gynan.
Captain Won Rtchthofcn died fight
ing In tho air, as lie undoubtedly
would have chosen to do had he known
he WAS fated to fall It Is not yet
certain how he met his end, but the
main details appear to be fairly well
cstablishedI
The captain, with his "fytns-ctrcus
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HOLLAND ALARMED AT
DEMANDS OF GERMANY

LONDON, April 2a.-Ths German
ulttuatum to Holland, according to
advices received In London, demands
tho right Of transit not only for civ
i1ian supplies and Of sand and gravel
through Holland, but also for war
materials. The privilege OF transit Is
asked not only On tho Dutch canals
but also on the railways.
Germany has never before nade any
claim Of the right Of transit for
avowed war materials and tho yield
irS Of Holland on this point would
be equivalent TO the abandonment OF
Dutch neutrality.
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NOT DISCOURAGED.

LONDON. April 23.-"We have no
reason to be discouraged by the course
of the German offensive" said Winston
Spencer Churchill. minister Of munitions
in an address today tn the American La
Dor delegation which is visiting Eng
land. "Wc have had very heavy losses
an dhave inflicted very heavy losses,
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Rheta Chde Dorr Discovers That Struggle at Close View
Is Like Some Gigantic Business Enterprise-Just
-. Beginning to See War.
By RHETA CHILDE DORR
Second Article.

few men would find war really terri.
fying OF distasteful experience.
1t is behind the lines only that
modern war is TO be visuallzed, and
that is why so few people ever do
visualize it. That is why the jingo
politician at home Is able to get a
hearing when he demands to know
why We have not already a million
men In the fighting line; and why, if
we cannot Immediately send million
men to the trenches. we do not let
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With the American E1pedinonary
Forces in France.-To see soldiers
marching OFF to battle is romantic,
pulse-thrilling, imagination stirring It
is what you have always thought war
would be like.
Marching and fighting, heroic suit
fering, wounds and death, are about
The whole Of war that has been deemed
worth immortalizing in print. But
lighting and wounds are not all of war.
II they were. and I speak adYisedly.
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Rose STOKES INDICTED.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April 2S.-Mrs'
Rose Pastor Stokes Of New York. was
indicted by q federal grand jury on three
counts here this afternoon. Mrs. Stokes
was charged with violation Of the es-
pIonage act.
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THE wEA-HER.

WASHINGTON, Npr1 23.-Forecast:
western Pennsylvauia--Fair Wednes-
day and probably Thursday.
west Virginia-rair in west, showers
In east portion Wednesday; Thursday
partly cloudy.
onio-Fair Wednesday,; THURSDAY
partly cloudy.
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RAIDS BY CANADIANS.

CANADIAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN FRANCE. April 23.-tBy Can
adian Press. Limited. 1.-The Canadians
during the last twelve hours have raid
ed the German lines at seven places,
gasscd the enemy with thousands OF
lachryma.ory and lethal shells. har-
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PARIS April 23-Ade from heavy artillery duels near Han
gard Santerre Noyon Tuesday passed quietly along
according to the French official
issued tonight There infantry engagements
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OBSOLETE CRUISERS
ARE SUNK In CANAL
May Have Important Effect
in Lessening the Sub.
marine Menace.

The British have not permitted
the halt in the fighting along the
western front to keep them inactive.
With their andsmen on the alert,
watching keenIy and waiting for the
next move of the German infantry
in France and Belgium, the British
naval forces, reinforced to some eK.
tent by French war craft, have car
ried out startling and daring ma
neuvre, which, if it should prove to
have been successful, may play a
marked part in the future of the
war.
No less objective was sought than
the bIotting out by one sweeping
blow Of Germany's submarine men.
ace from the bases at Zeebrugge
and Ostend by the sinking across
the exits from the harbors Of large
old-time cruisers, laden with car
goes on concrete to make them more
difficult of removal.
While full details of the attack
have not yet been received, the In
formation at hand is that two Of the.
cruisers were blown up at the en-
trance to the Bruees Canal, at Zee
brugge, and another sunk while
passing in the canal. At Ostend, two
additional warships were run ashore
and destroyed by bombs, but it is
believed they failed fully to choke
the channel.
In addition, considerable damage
was done by the guns of the war.
ships to works on shore at both
places.
Volunteers were chosen by the
British admiral in command for the
dangerous task, and far greater
number Of men than could be used
in the enterprise willingly came for
ward and offered their services for
a maneuvre which might be success.
full in ridding the water Of nenaces
which had remained impnegnable
under the shore batteries, the guns
Of warshps and the treacherous
shoal water outside.
One British torpedo boat destroy
er was sunk by the German guns,
and four smaller craft are missing,
while considerable number of cas-
uaIties on board the attacking yes
sells we're suffered.
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ENTENTE FRONT STRENGTHENED
At EVERY POINT; ONSLAUGHTS
OF DESPERATE T NEA|Y COMING

LONDON April 23-The British gained ground today east OF
Robec according Field Marshal Haigs report tonight and
position around Meen Numerous prisoners were cap
tured
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LONDON April 23.--British naval
forces today raided the German SUBJ
marine bases Of Ostend and ZcebrugSe
ihc admiralty announces. Five old
cruisers which had been nllcd with con-
crete for use in blocking the channels
were run aground blown up and aban-
ioncd by their crews.
The admiralty reports that according
to incomplete information thus far re-
ceived the raid met with reasonable
mca sure of success.
The statement follows:
"E;arly this morning naval raid was
made on Ostend and Zccbruggc which
are being used by the enemy rs de-
Stroycr and submarine bases. Our forces
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, 1918-07-18
Swallows Fight for Farmers
They Are the Lish. cav.lryo Of the Bird Amy

"The army of the birds" is a familiar phrase, yet the picture it paints
In most minds is. perhaps, a army on the march rather than a army in
combat; the birds in annual migration from o to zon rather than the
birds on daily duty from field to field. The latter and more accurate idea
comes only when special branches o the service are pointed out-when, for
Instance, a bird experts says. 'The swallows are the light cavalry Of the army
of birds, ee oil the move. always o n the skfrmish line, foraging the fields
of air. constantly Oh the alert to cut OFF stragglers from insect camps and
missing 10 opportunity to destroy these enemies of the farmer"
The phrases quoted are used in the opening paragraph o a bulletin
Habits of the Swallows, a Family Of Valuable Native Birds" It is the last
work done by one Of the greatest economic ornithologsts the world has pro-
duced, Prof. F. E. L. Beal for 25 years an assistant in the bureau of biological
survey, and whose death occurred October 1, 1915.
The bulletin deals with the seven species Of swallow that are 4 wide
distribution in the United States, the Purple Martin, the Cliff swallow, the
Barn swallow, the Tree swallow. the VioletGreen swallow, the Bank swallow
and the Rough-winged swallow. The food habits Of all the species are, of
course, similar, but they vary in certain more or less important details. 1t
is shown, for instance, that while the other six species lat practically no
vegetable food except such IS is incidentally taken with insect food, the Tree
swallow occasionally makes a full meal of berries o II seeds. 1t is definitely
shown, however. that no swallow consumes any vegetable food that is If use
to man, only worthless forms of wild berries and seeds being taken. And
wen this forms such a small part Of thu totald diet a s to be negligible. Elk
cept for the Tree swallow, the vegetable element will not average onehah
of 1 per cent of the total diet
with few exceptions the insects eaten by swallows are injurious. Since
flying insects, and. for the most part, predacious beetles and other beneficial
ground1requening forms escape. The biggest single item in the swallow diet
is Dpera, the order of insects to which belong flies, gnats and mosquitoes
This item constitutes nearly q per cent Of the total when averaged for the
even species. The next largest item is Hemiptera, the order Of insects incud
ing tn chinch bug, plant lice and the like. 1t Is shownsthat, Of the beetles
eaten, a large part is made up of weevls, including the cotton boil weevl
the clover weevn, the strawberry weevn, the alfalfa weevfl, which is a re
Gently imported pest and other highly destructive weevus. H
On the whole, the swallows are shown to be q highly beneficial bird
family and deserving o. all the encouragement and protection that can b
given.
, 1918-07-18
No Earthly Chance.

A native of Glasgow was seeing his
prosperous cousin off by the night
train to London.
"Mon, David" he said, as they wait
ed, "wud We nc like to leave me a
shullin' or sac toe drink yer health
a a safe Journey"
David shook his head regretfully, as
he thrust his hands tight into his peck
cts.
"A'm awful sorry, Sandy" he re-
piled. "a the few shullin's 1 can
spare I send tae ma puir auld moth
err"
"Hoots awa!' retorted Sandy. "An'
jist the ither day yer auld mither telt
me We nivir sent her a penny piece y
"Well, then" said David placidly,
"if 1 nivir send onything tae that puir
auld soul, whit chance dae we think
We stan'?"
, 1918-07-18
Importance of a Tan Coat
Depends on How Acquired

Tan is the result of the action of
chemical rays or of the ultraviolet
rays of the solar light on the pigment
of the skin. 1t proves nothing, says
an authority, but that the skin has
been exposed to Photographic avs of
one kind or another. The skin Is also
tanned by exposure to the rays of a
mercury lamp, but such tan has moth
ing to do with health.
Tan Is important and Of meaning
according to the circumstances under
which 1t is acquired. Acquired at sea
or by the sea as a result Of life and
exercise in the open air, 1t Is a sign Of
health. because it accompanies general
effects which are lacking in the condi-
lions of electric tan.
Electric tan is accompanied by no
multiplication of red ~corpuscles In the
blood, such as exercise produces, In
surfing a renewal of physical strength.
, 1918-07-18
POULTRY D0N'Ts

Don't allow your hens to eat de-
cayed flesh Of any kind unless you
want them to get down with timber
the effect of 1t.
Don't allow filth and dampness to
abound in and around your poultry
roosting house; It will cause roup and
its various attending Ills
Don't let the mites and lice get the
upper hand about your place and
cause you untold trouble and loss of
both old and young stock.
Don't be afraid to give your fowls
an abundance of green stuff at all
seasons and all times; 1t Is their sal
walton, whether they are old or young.
Don't be afraid to invest a few dol
lars in good stock any more than you
would in improved seeds and grain to
insure success.
Don't keep any males with the fe-
males unless you intend Matching the
eggs. Eggs for market will keep
much longer If they are not fertile.
Don't put all sizes, shapes and
colors of eggs In one lot for market
learn to grade them so they will o o
as much like one hen laid them all as
possible.
Don't allow a dirty, stale egg to go
into your market basket, no matter
how high they are or how badly you
need the money.
Don't be afraid to work with your
poultry the year round, as 1t is the
only road to success. and n must
stick to the right track. Keep up in
terest in your poultry both winter and
summer. No matter what other duties
you have, they should not be neg
lected.
Don't expect every egg to hatch
when you buy eggs for that purpose
from some good breeder. Your own
eggs as a rule will not do that well.
, 1918-07-18
Near Relations.

1t may be news to many people that
there can be a nearer family relation
than that of brother and sister. but a
little miss gave this information to the
world on the first day Of her attend
ance Mt the school.
Accompanied by a small boy, she ap-
peared in the schoolroom, and the
teacher proceeded to take down the
new pupils names, which were given
as Ralph and Edith Johnson.
Brother and sister, 1 suppose" said
the teacher pleasantly.
"Oh. no. ma'am, we're twins" was
the little girls reply.
, 1918-07-18
Underground Railroad and
Useless Caucus Room, Two
Extravagances at Capitol.

One of the curiosities of the capitol
is the miniature railroad that connects
the senate, via underground passage,
with the senate office building, relates
a Washington correspondent. The cars
of this railroad operate on a monorail
by electricity.
The road is about $50 yards in length
and has a double track. When INT
car is at one end of the track the other
car is at the other end, and vice versa.
The railroad was intended originally to
aid senators in making speed from
their offices to the senate chamber. Roll
calls do not require much time in the
senate and there is danger that If a
roll call is asked when a senator is in
his office he will miss the roll call I'M
less he uses the electric car. That
saves him about ten or fifteen seconds
time.
The road is open to the public and
it costs nothing to ride. AS a conse-
quence messenger boys, clerks and
janitors use the railroad freely, while
senators, except on days when the
weather is inclement, prefer to walk in
the open air between their offices and
| the senate chamber.
Besides the initial equipment, the
| road entails an expense Of about $50
weekly for the employ of two opera
tors and probably half that amount for
electricity. This would make a yearly
expense of $4,000 as a very conserva.
tive estimate. AS a matter of fact the
railroad probably costs more like $4,000
or $1,000 a year.
The senate has another extravaganza
that is almost an eyesore. This is the
palatial caucus room that cost no one
knows how many thousands of dollars
when the senate Office building was
constructed. The room is finished
throughout in marble and has immense
crystal chandeliers. 1t has the larges
seating capacity of any room in thu
capitol except the hall Of the hous'
and the senate chamber.
Yet the acoustic properties of thu
room are so bad hat it is never used
and it stands there as an expensive
monument to some ones mistake il
planning the senate Office building. o
course a person would ordinarily pa,
no attention to such a thing as ba'
acoustic properties, but in this room l
cannot help but be noticed.
, 1918-07-18

In regard to the question as to how
to get rid Of small ants In a kitchen,
the Indiana state entomologist says:
"One Of the best remedies Is to make
q strip Of four ounces of sugar to one
half pint of water. and after this strip
has boiled add one ounce Of sodium
fiuoride. Moisten a sponge with this
and put 1t in a a that has some
holes punched in It; then place this
where the ants are most numerous.
The idea is to get the ants feeding on
this and in that way carry some back
to their nest. If they stop feeding,
move the can back a short distance
and they will again start eating. The
can should be kept moist with this
strip and the ants Will soon disap-
pear"
, 1918-07-18
eIRLsI USE LEMONS
FOR suNBURN. TAN
Try TEL Make this lemon lotion
to whIten your tanned or
frcckied skin.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White. shake well, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
Ion whitener, at very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles. sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear. soft and
white the skin becomes. Yesi It is
harmless.-Adv.
, 1918-07-18
Law Forbids Hoarding.

Persons who have sought to excuse
their violations of rules and regula-
lions of the United States food ad-
ministration on the assertion that
"there is no law requiring It," are
warned that there is a law governing
such cases. According to the law,
persons who willfully hoard any nee
essaries shall, upon conviction, be
fined not exceeding $4,000 or be Inn
prisoned for not more than two years,
or both. The statute sets out just
what "hoarding'' is and includes, not
only the act Of boarding, but the with
holding of necessaries to gain a high
er price for them. Hoarders will be
prosecuted In the federal courts.
, 1918-07-18

served his time as a pitcher, but he
has also built up a number of business
interests which are paying him good
dividends, and this is probably the
real reason why he intends to retire
from the game.
Coombs makes his home at Pales-
tine, Texas, where he has a general
merchandise store in addition to being
interested In two banks. His business
has been growing with the boom times
and he feels that there will no long
err be any necessity Of playing baseball
for a living.
, 1918-07-18
Cold Drinks Bad
for Your Stomach
How to Avoid the Digestive Miseries
That Hot Weather Brings

Gold drinks in hot weather are bad
enough for anystomach but doublyso,
in fact, dangerous-when the stomach
Is out of fix and you suffer from indi-
gestion, acidity, food-repeating heart
burn, sour stomach, and that awful
puffed-up, bloated condition after eat
ing. In fact, all stomach and bowel
miserieO are greatly aggravated in hot
weather. You can't be too careful.
Sunstroke can be traced in manycases
to poor digestion. Everyone should
watch their stomach in hot weather.
Keep it sweet and cool. Here is an.
easy and pleasant wayto correct stom-
ach ills. A compound has been dis
covered which surely takes up the
harmfuliuices and
mach, leaving It sweet, clean, cool and
comfortable. You won't know you
have o stomach II you take one or two
, 1918-07-18

EATONIC tablets after your meal. 10
light and pain-free you will feel.
There is not o harmful thing In
EATONIC tablets. They taste hnei
Just like eating candy. Druggists will
tell you that EATONIC users say they
never dreamed anything could give
such quick and wonderful results; you
can insure yourself a good, cool, sweet
stomach, you can eat what you like,
and always have the appetite to eat it.
EATONIO is absolutely guaranteed.
Get q box from your druggist today.
Use 1t to get rid of and prevent the
stomach and bowel troubles that are
bound to come in hot weather. II
EATONIC fails, return to your drug.
gist and get your fifty cents back. Ii
you cannot obtain EATONIC where
you live drop q card to Eatonic Remedy
Co., Chicago, Ill. They will mail you
o box at once
, 1918-07-18
Scientific Facts.

The Siamese government has
consolidated a civil service col
lege and a medical school into
a university to provide instruc-
ton in all the higher branches
of education.
A method for rebuilding worn
out automobile tires and making
them puncture proof with fabric
woven from thread and a vegeT
table fiber has been invented by
a Californian.
Oils obtained from Antarctic
|, e leopards, seals and penguins
have been tested by scientists In
London and found useful for
} soap and leather making and
, for heating purposes.
, 1918-07-18
women FARMING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Success Has Followed All Their
Efforts.

On the train from Edmonton to Win
uipeg the writer too a seat beside a
soldier who had returned from thu
front. On his breast he wore the
beautiful distinguished service medal.
One coat sleeve was armless, and on
his left cheek he bore a scar that he
would carry to his grave. BE had
served his country faithfully and well.
At the first call for soldiers in August,
1914, he hastened to the recruiting
ONCE, leaving his 320-acre farm, with
dts crop ready for harvest, a full
equipment of farm implements. plenty
of horses, and a wife. The wife should
not be last on the list for she proved
the master of the situation, and 10y
ally took hold of the question of pro-
duction, while her husband was on bis
way to fight the Hun. And she sue
ceeded. In 1915 she succeeded. and
again In 1916, and when her husband
returned in 1917 she was able to show
some contemplated farm buildings
completed, the Indebtedness Of the farm
paid of. a considerable addition to the
stock, and the land ready for a 1917
crop. This was the story told by the
soldier, and wasn't he a proud man !
he was now ready to do what he could
to keep up the period Of prosperity
and provide food for the allies. The
women of Canada have done nobly
during the struggle.
Among the most successful farmers
of the Oak Lake district, Manitoba,
are the Misses Clara and Beatrice For
ward, who, for the past fourteen years.
have farmed their own land, doing all
the regular work on the farm, such as
blowing, seeding, summer following
and reaping. They have been espe-
cially successful with stock, and have
a splendid herd Of shorthorns. both
purebred and grade. At the recent
Brandon sale they purchased a new
purebred stock bull for 500. Their
herd was last year increased by %
calves.
Miss R. M. Hillman Of Keller, Sas-
katchewan, is another successful
woman farmer. She has zone in ex-
tensively for grain growing, and farms
1.120 acres. She also owns some OF
the finest Percheron horses IL Sas.
katchewan.
The prairie now boasts of many
women who have had more or less sue
cess, though few are farming On the
same large scale as Miss Hillman and
the Misses Forward. These women
have demonstrated, and are still dem
-onstrating. that a versatile woman
may be just as good and successful q
farmer Is her brother.
There are other women, too, OF the
Canadian prairies, who. though they
have not had thrown upon them h re
sponsibilities OF, running a farm
have been decided factors In making
the farm a success. They assist theil
husbands by keeping the farm &C
counts, reducing the grocer's bills by
their management Of the poultry and
butter, taking care Of the house, and
very often, proving good advisers In
the economic management Of the mer
and general conduct of the farm work
The man who moves to Canada car
ries with him a wonderful asset In 9
good managing wife.-Advertisement
, 1918-07-18
Pitcher Jack Coombs Is to
Retire This Year-To Look
After Business Interests.

Jack Coombs that this
will be his last year in baseball. At
least he declares it to be his last year
as an active player and perhaps moth
Ing short of a managerial job will
tempt him to remain.
Colby Jacks contract with the
Brooklyn club expires this year, which
Is the eason he is making the an
uouncement. He feels that he has
, 1918-07-18

"Will you g1ve
me a of
bread an a cup of
water, mum?"
Certainly, I'll
fix you up a nice
lunch. But why
didn't you ask for
something sub
stantial2"
SIN a student
of human nature.
It's mighty sell
dom I strikes any