The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-02-27

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litions Through o,ut the United
'nts, from ashingt on, p
high IS $40, 900, netting $50 80 .
month for 240 months.
The compensati on in case of death,
given by the Government without
charge and regardless Of rank or pay,
ranges from $40 to- SIS q month,
based on the number Of dependents.
Payments under the compensation
feature Of the military and naval in
surance in case Of death are payable
to q widow, children or dependent
widowed mother. &. ... !. B. zz53.
The automatic insurance case on
February ~, but the compensation
feature Of the act is a separate pro-
vision. The scale Of compensation in
case Of death follows: d.
(a) For a widow alone, $25. fiji. 81, .2 5s.:.s
(b) For a widow and one child, $35s
(c) For widow and two children.
SAT so, with S. for each additional
child up to two.
(d) If there be no widow, then for
one child, 500. - -: ~:
(e) For. two children, $50. III.
f) For three children, $40, with
l$5, for. each: additional child up to
two. ~ J.. .... ~ .r.1::@*: ri i:
(g) For a widowed mother, $50.
The amount payable under this sub
division shall not be greater than 4
sum of which when added to the to-
tai amount payable to the widow and
children, does not exceed SIS. :
i Now that American troops are tax
ing their places in the trenches, at
tention is again directed to an esti-
mate by the Secretary of War, that
the losses up to June 1, 1917, of the
British expeditionary forces from
deaths in action and from wounds
amounted to but per cent of the
) total of all men sent to France since
the beginning of the war.
The ratio of losses of this charac-
, ter today, because Of improved tao
tics is less than to every 100 men.
, The Committee on Public Informa.
) ton has received the following ex.
cerpt from speech in the German
: Reichstag by Herr Ledebour, joint
leader of the Independent Socialists;
: again has an opportunity been
\ neglected to satisfy the worlds long.
ing for peace. 1t is plain that ster
backward has been taken and that
: the political authorities have com.
r pletely adopted the military views Of
5 the Conservatives. It is very dis;
5 quieting for friends of peace to hea,
1 the Chancellor say that we now have
: a free hand in the west. Czernin's
speech is a striking refutation Of
4 Hertings, for Czernin accepts Will
son's proposals as the basis of un
a derstanding, whereas the Chancellor
: rejects them. We hope, nevertheless
: that we shall soon have the negotia
D lions, which Czernin's action permits
!, us to expect. We cannot agree t.
/ Czernin's and Kuehlmann's interpre
e tation of the right of self -determina
3 ton. We want general peace on {
e democratic foundation. The pretend
: ed popular manifestations in the oc
}. cupied territory were brought about
under the influence of the German
administration. The creation of tn
+ kingdom of Poland was tremendous
+ mistake The German Government
|. must give up it's false methods, ant
J. The true opinions Of nations can onl.
y be expressed by a referendum aftel
: evacuation. The Fatherland part,
:, wanted to replace Hertling will
d Prince Buelow, but that is no longel
i necessary. Militarism has won tn
day, and tn proletariat must fore
d peace on the basis of the reconcilia
;, tion of all nations"
: Results of the Smileage campaign
|. which put books of theater admission
= coupons on sale in nearly every town
+ and city in the. country, show th'
small towns and villages far aheaf
: of the cities in overselling their pro
: portionate quotas of books.
s Pilot Rock, Greg, was the first
e town in the country to send in !.
check. Laurens, Iowa, a town Of S:9ot
population, took in 500 before th,
e first Snileage book was received. Fl
touka, Iowa, with 200 population
: bought 500 worth of books, the larg
]. est sale in proportion to population
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