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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-04-05
ATTEMPTED SECRET
TREATY UNEARTHED
Contemplated Alliance Be-
tween Germany, Russia
And France.

Petrograd.-Thet text or a secret
treaty signed by the German Era
peror, William. and Emperor Nicholas
OF Russia in 1906. which II has been
charged the German Emperor sought
to bring about an alliance between
Germany, Russia and France against
Great Britain, was among the secret
documents made public by Leon
Trotzky, the Foreign Minister OF the
Bolshevik Government.
This treaty was signed by the two
Enperors on board Emperor Mich
alas yatch, the Polar Star, OF the
Island of Bjorke, on the Swedish
coast, in August, 1905. II bears the
date OF August 25. The instrument
es been designated as the "Bjorke
treaty" and was so referred to by
Emperor william.
II was signed while the peace con-
ference which terminated the Russo
Japanese war was in session at Ports
mouth, N. H., and provided for a
defensive Union" between Germany
and Russia, under which either
should come to the aid OF the other If
attacked by third European Power.
France, then in friendly relations
with Great Britain, was to be invited
TO Join this Russo-Germanic alliance
after Russia and Japan had signed a
peace treaty. It appears, however,
that knowledge of the signing Of this
paper by the two Emperors was with
held from France at the request OF
Emperor william.
The text of the Bjorke treaty as
translated and diyulged by the
Smolny Government. reads:
"Polyarnaya Zvezda Cpolar starr,
Bjorke. Aug. "a. 1905.-Their I'M
peral Majosties, the Emperor Of All
Russia. ON the ono hand, and the En-
peror of Germany, on the other with
a view of insurinE the peace Of Flu
rope. have agreed to the following
points of treaty regarding a de-
fensiye union:
Point should either OF these
empires be attaked by any other
European Power. the ally shall come
20 its aid in Europe with all its land
and naval forces.
Point THE contracting parties
0Iigate themselves not to make a
separate peace with the common
enemy.
Point 3-The present agreement
shall come into force at the signing
n peace between Russia and japan
and shall remain in force until a pc
Rod. the date of which shall be fixed
upon year in advance.
Point 4-The Emperor of all Rus
STA, on the coming into force Of
above treaty. shall take the neces
sary steps To inform France of sait
treaty and shall propose that France
should join the same as an ally.
"(Signed) WILHELM.
"(Signed) NICHOLAS.
"(Countersigned) Won TSCHIRSKl
AND BENKENDORFF.
"(CouRtersigned) A. BlRlLEFF.'
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-04-05

work for me and i know II VIII heIp
others if they will give it fair trial.
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, los 9th Ave.
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from day
10 day, year in and year out, suffering
ouch misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
puch letters as this are continually beng
published. Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, m
fiammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia T.. Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound, trlal; Tor
special advice write Lydia e; finkham,
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-04-05
SPOTLIGHT TURNED
ON FOOD HOARDERS

Washington. March 2SF- State
Food Administrators to-day were or
dered to enforce rigidly by inspec-
ton and investigation the Food Ad-
ministrator's new conservation rules
applicable to all public eating places.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-04-05
Rheumatic Pains Relieved.

81 have used Chamberlain's Lini-
ment for pains in the chest and lame
ness of the shoulders due to rheuma-
tism, and am pleased to say that II
has never failed to give me prompt
relief" writes Mrs. S. N. Finch, Bata-
via, ~ Y. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-04-05
IN Misery YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa. -" For years was
simply in misery from weakness and

NV
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
TO take Lydia Il.
Pinkham's V ege-
table Compound. l
did so and got re-
lief right away. L
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
done su CHI goo d
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
GET USED TO SUDDEN DEATH
Grim Humor in the Trenches by No
Means Denotes caIlousness Of
Disposition.

Capt. Leonard c. Wells of Baltimore,
who recently permitted himself to be
bitten by trench lice, thus contract
ing trench fever, that the doctors
might study it, said on his return
home:
ITO submit yourself to the hungry
jaws of the trench louise is a grimly
humorous procedure, isn't it? Well,
war is grimly humorous in many of it's
aspects.
''They tell over the water story
about a company of tough dough boys
from New York's East side who sat
playing poker one night in dugout
during a bOmbardment.
1.-THE game went on. the shells
whizzetl and banged outside, and then
grenade came through the doorway
and finished one of the poker players
playing forever.
"While the rest sat waiting for
the stretcher-bearers, the nearest
dough boy took up the cards from the
dead mans hand, studied them. and
then put them down again and said :
"'It don't matter. fellers. Poor Bill
couldn't made it, anyway. l had
four kings"
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
INCREASE OF POULTRY URGED
Appeal Made to City and Country PEG.
pie Alike to Help the Meat and
Egg Supply.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Owners of back yards in cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small f1ocks of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
flocks or hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1918
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
Poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially in back
yards and on farms where waste ma
terial is available and the purchase Of
expensive grains and other material is
not required.
Increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by combining mother hens at
least ten days after the chickens are
Matched: by reducing losses on &C.
count Of rats, weasels, and thieves,
and from cold, damp conditions; by
thorough sanitation; by discouraging
the marketing of early-hatched pullets
as broilers; by eliminating nonproduc-
ing hens and keeping good layers
through at least two laying seasons
and by the poutryman raising his own
feed as far as possible"
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
EASY TO MAKE YOUR GUIMPE
Garment Has Gained Useful Vogue
May Be Found in All Manner OF
Attractive Materials.

Guimpcs have gained Il tremendous
~ useful vogue this spring. You know
what they are-little blnuses to wear
underneath the coat suit, made with
sleeves that have well finished cuffs,
and with finished and sometimes elab-
crate collars and fronts. The rest Of
the guimpe is plain, for it never shows,
save when its wearer is putting it on.
For when one Of these guimpes is worn
with a coat the coat is not removed.
These guimpes may be bought in all
manner of attractive materials in the
shops. Perhaps those Of dimfty are
the daintiest. They are made in white,
with colored collars and cuffs. and In
colors. too. And they are made in
other fabrics. Washable fabrics are by
far the most Serviceable for summer.
It is now possible to buy a paper
pattern for one Of these guimpes, and
50 to make it yourself, if you wish to
do SO. You can buy the frilling by the
ward in net or organdie. more attrac-
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Plain Poultry House for Small Flock.
for breeds of fowls having very large
combs, it is no longer considered neces-
sary to build houses so substantially
that when they are closed the cold is
excluded and the temperature in the
house appreciably raised by the heat
from the bodies of the birds.
The system of tight, warm houses
once very popular was based upon the
idea that to have hens lay in cold
weather they must be kept in houses
where water would never freeze. The
methods of housing now most widely
approved and used are based upon the
experience of many poultry keepers
that egg production is more stable and
when the house is built and used with
a view to giving all the fresh air that
can be given without exposing the
birds to a temperature that. will frost
their combs. 1t has been found that
the combs of hens accustomed to low
temperature UcCOIuc 1IOSl ICS1SIduI "
remarkable degree, and the birds
themselves much less subject to colds
than when an effort is made to keep
the houses are warm as is practical.
Except when the winters are long
and severe, hens may be kept comfort
able and productive in house of the
lightest durable construction, provided
the house has water and wind-tight
roof, rear and end walls. and front
which can be opened as much as is nee
essary to give thorough ventilation, or
closed as much as is necessary to keep
out rain or snow.
For ventilation in summer it is ad-
visable and often necessary to have
apertures in the rear wall or in the
ends-toward the rear, which can be
closed perfectly tight in winter and
opened as much as required at other
seasons.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
Substitute for :.
Dinner Garment

New YCrk.-The world goes on re.
vlving old things and calling them new.
This is not only true Of the stupendous
spectacle Of war in its most barbaric
form, asserts u prominent fashion crit
&c, but it is true of the minor accidents
and happenings that fiutter through
this imbroglio called life"
Observe fashions. The designers dip
their hands deep into the boiling pot
OF ancient lands, history and peoples,
and pull out of it demure or fantastic
things. which. they dress up bit and
give over to most modern people, who
accept them as new.
At present the designers are dipping
more deeply than ever. They seem to
be frantically pulling out odds and
ends of flotsam and jetsam that must
serve to whet the appetites of those
who have money.
Garden Hats and Tea Gowns.
1t seemed fitting thing today to
revive the simplicity of Civil war cos
tumery. and therefore we see ap-
preaching us an era OF printed mus
Inns, garden hats. pastel cOlors and
Colonial fichus.
Along with these fashions comes
that intimate and usually alluring gar
ment called the tea gown. It is as
much part of the English social sys-
TEN as five o'clock tea, cricket and par
lament. The French have always
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
The Cape Subject.

Capes have pushed top coats ovel
the horizon. They are made like the
straight, aviator's cape, or like that
Of the Italian police, or they are three.
TERED and deliberately Ornamented
with fur. The lining is often gor.
geous and rarely demure. Magenta
and blue, beige and gold, biscuit and
black, navy blue and artillery red,
midnight blue and Chinese crepe in
figured colors are among the frequent
combinations.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
tive. perhaps, than you can make
and add it to your homemade guimI
Ruffles Are Endorsed.

The girl who delights in ruff1es will
be glad to hear that Premet is in
dorsing rufiles and band trimmings
with enthusiasm this season. Many Of
the afternoon and evening dresSes at
the recent opening had hosts Of little
ruffies and shirred bands Of contrast
ing fabric set into the skirt, and the
effect was particularly captivating and
feminine. The skirts themselves, how
ever, kept to the narrow, straight sill
hOuette, the soft rulings and shirrings
blending into the prevailing line Of
slenderneSS.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
PREVENTING LOSS OF CHICKS
Chilling May Cause Check From
Which They May Never Recover
Keep Them Growing.

prepared by the United States Depart-
nlent Of Agriculture.)
The loss in young chicks due to al
lowing the hen free range is undoubt-
eddy large. Chickens frequently have
to be caught and put into their coops
during sudden storms, as they are apt
to huddle in some hole or corner where
they get chilled Or drowned. They
must be kept growing constantly if the
best results are to be obtained. as they
never entirely recover from checks IL
their growth even Ger short period
Hens are usually left with their young
chicks as long as they will brood them.
while some hens frequently commence
to lay before the chickens are weaned.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
Chinese Tea Gowns.

There are entire Chinese tea gowns
made for women Of fastidiOus and ex-
acting taste. which are first cousins
IN the costumes worn in the old Chi
nese plays. These gowns are embroid-
cred with Il gold dragon. they are
spla.hed with black. they have won
derful r~d satin Innings. and, taking
all in al, they are a bit too unusual
TO be given the background Of an av-
erage house. They need something ex-
elusive. 1t is big drop from such
house costumery to the simple and
We. altogether lovely tea gowns that a
woman may turn ont in her own sew
ing room with lowered muslin. some
old blue ribbon. and the silk or satin
lining left from last years party frock.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
Frocks for Younu Girls.

Organdie and net by the yard, with
rulings and platings attached, is
made into some very attractive frOcks
for young girls. These fabrics may be
made into skirts that are not too bout
FAINT for the present mode. Sometimes
a net foundation shows applied tucks
of ping organdie. Again an organdie
foundation has tiny fittings Of self
cOlored Organdie.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
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|'|''||||l & : N!
uP-T0.DATE POULTRY HOUSE
Modern Structures Are Built with
Idea Of Giving All the Fresh AIR
That ls Possible.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Modern methods of poultry housing
make due allowance for the capacity
of the birds to withstand low tempera-
lures and for the advantage Of ample
ventilation in the poultry house. Ex-
cept in extreme northern sections, or
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
Dresses for Children.

Bingham is proving to be a very
nopular fabric for children's bloomer
dresses. 1t is reported that these gar
ments are being sold in large guam
rites in practically ill parts of the
country. They are taken usually in
he brighter color combinations in
conventional gingham designs. For
more dressy Near. white lawn seems
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Sumptuous gown with long mantle.
Purple and gold tissues are COM
bined in this garment. The purple
and gold oriental sash which Grapes
the hips ends in a gold embroid.
cred panel in front, and the sleeves
are Of draped gold and purple tulle.
placed their reliance upon the garment
which they call the robe dinterieur."
But the American had nothing to place
beside these two.
When this remark was once made
to French designer she lifted her
eyebrows in surprise and asked. "But
is there not the Mother Hubbard?' p
There was, she was assured. but it
was not the kind of garment of which
she would approve.
But here in America today we are
rapidly learning the artistic value and
comfort of the British tea gowns.
which someone once described as the
only really soft thing in the British
nation. That statement was made,
however, before the English woman
had learned to copy the arts and the
graces of face and figure from the
French. and when she still wore hes
stiff, unyielding, ugly clothes; her big
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

to be very much in favor. Many Of
these models are attractively set of
with hemstitching in one or more
colOrs around the edges Of the collars.
cuffs and pockets. In both these lines.
good quality materials and the best
Of workmanship are the most sought.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
Waistcoats Match BAGS,

Waistcoats and reticules to match
are the latest within of Madame Mode.
And another within is to have both
waistcoat and reticule made of very
wide, fancy ribbon, the ribbon bag
mounted on q metal frame, or ga o.
cred on bracelet hoops.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

so / can do my house work without anv
difficulty. ! advise any woman who il
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound q trial and it will do a. much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD. 1927 9Th
St.. N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
tons where q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
80 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary-every woman who wants
to avcid an operation should give it q
fair trial before submitting to such .
trying ordeal
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result Of many yesrs
experience is at your service.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Young Wife-If you cannot support
me shall 60 home to my mother.
Husband-If you do. get your father
to give me a good reference, so can
get better job.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
No Remedy for Roup.

There is no definite remedy for
roup, once it is well established. It
is more easily prevented than cured.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

SuAeI1ugs ana two
doctors decided
that ! would have
to 60 through an
operation before I
! could get we'll
"Mynother, who
had been helped BY
Lydia E. nkhanfs
Vegetable Com.
pound, advised me
to tryit before SUBJ
hitting toan opera.
ton. 1trelieved me
fRNnA 0aavD h~o,~l0>-
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
HOW MRS, BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.-"1 suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Egg production is largely a cues.
ton of breeding.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Courtship has it's rOmances and mar
riage has it's prevarications.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

No smastins inst Bye Comfort. g cent? 49, =
AU8INB EYE Co., Ck2xOAOU
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

Right wrongs no one.
Middletown transcript., 1918-06-15

It is estimated that about 81 ,OOOO 600
is invested in the British X-ray indus
try.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-05
PROVISION MADE !.
FOR REGISTERING
MEN Who ARE ILL
~
Anyone Unable to Appear May
Be Represented by Proxy
Before Draft Board on
September IL.

Washington, Sept. 4.-Provisions
for the registering of men within the
age limits of the new draft who may
be ill on September IL were an
nounced today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder. Any man who is
unable to appear for registration may
send someone else to the draft board
and where the board is satisfied the
case is bona fide the representative
will be deputized to make out the
card and the registrant's report. The
word "sick" will be written on the
card, which on being delivered to the
registrant must be mailed or taken to
the local board having jurisdiction.
Much broader grounds for claims
for exemption from military serv-
ice are provided in new regula-
tions now being worked out by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder, to
govern the classification of men be-
tween 18 and as, who will register
on September IL.
Important notifications are based
upon the change of few words in
the original draft law made in pass
ing the new man-power act. The
term, industrial occupation" is
eliminated and the law now provides
persons may be given deferred classi-
fcation when engaged "in occupa-
ton or employment, including agri-
culture, which can be established as
necessary to the military establish
ment or the maintenance of the ma
tional interest"
Voluntary enlistments for the army
except as authorized by acts of con-
gress in certain cases have been or
dered discontinued by General March
and all recruiting stations will be
closed. The enlisted men serving at
stations will be sent to the nearest
recruit depot to be physically ex-
amined and their qualification records
made out with view to their assign
ment to appropriate duty"
General March's order supplements
one prohibiting the voluntary enlist
ment of men between the new draft
ages of Is and As years until after the
man-power act was passed by con-
gress. The order is taken to mean
that all men hereafter accepted for
active military service will be drawn
through the draft machinery.
The only original voluntary enlist
ments hereafter authorized the War
department announced today, will be
o. men over 46 years of p~e and un-
der Sc years, and their enlistment is
authorized only for staff corps and
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-05
LIFE FOR LIFE
SOVIET THREAT
TO The ALLIES
Attacks on Russian Officials
to Be Met by Attempts on En-
tente Statesmen; Brit
ain Files Demand.

London, Sept. 4.--The Moscow cor
respondent of the Frankfort Zeitung
reports that member of the soviet
has asserted that the Russian gov
ernment contemplates informing en-
tente countries that any further at
tempts upon the lives of Russian gov
ernment officials will be countered by
attempts upon entente statesmen in
their own countries.
The same correspondent is quoted
as saying that it has been declared in
soviet circles that General Boris Sa-
vinkoff organized the recent crimes
against high persons in Russia.
Britain Demands Reparation.
London, Sept. 4.-The British gov
ernment has sent telegram to the
bolshevik government at Moscow de-
manding reparation and prompt pun
ishment OF those culpable in the at
tack on the British embassy at Petro-
grad on Saturday when the embassy
was sacked and Captain Cromie. the
British attache. was killed. -
The British government threatens
in the event of the failure of the
bolshevik government to give salts
faction, or if there should be a repe-
tition of acts of violence, to make
the members of the soviet govern
ment individually responsible and
have them treated as outlaws by civil
lized nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-05
H( use REJECTS
WILSON'S ADVICE
ON POWER BILL
Net Investment ReCapture Pro.
vision Retained in Measure
Over Objection of the
President.

Washington, Sept. 4.-The house
today rejected President Wilson's
suggestion that the recapture clause
of the administration water bill be
amended to eliminate the provision
for paying the net investment in the
event that power projects are taken
under federal, state or municipal con-
troll at the end of the lease periods.
The recommendation of the water
power committee was retained, the
house defeating, 96 to II, a proposal
by Representative Ferris of Okla
homa that "fair value" be substituted
for met investment" as urged by the
president.
In the debate Representative SIM
mott of Oregon criticised what he
termed presidential interference with
legislation. In all war legislation, he
said, he had supported the president
and in other matters had given care
full and respected consideration to
whatever he had said to the house.
when these utterances bear evil
dence of the presidents mature and
thoughtful consideration" Mr.. Sim
mott said, they are persuasive and
should not be desregarded, except
for the most cogent reasons. But
when they bear upon their face pos
tive evidence that they are not the
result of mature deliberation they
should be disregarded accordingly"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-05
, YANKs IN CLOSE PURSUIT.

Washington, Sept. 4.--Americafl
troops in close pursuit of the Ger
mans retiring north of the Vesle
have captured the villages Of Ba-
zoches. PeSles, Fisrnette and .Basr
lieux, taking prisoners and ma
chine guns, General Persfing re-
ported in his coinmunique for to-
day, received tonight by the War
department.
The American forces, General
Pershing said, have reached the
general line Vaux Cere-Blanzy-Le
Grand Hameau.
American aviators also have suc-
cessfully bombed the railroad
yards at Longuyon, Domary-
Daroucourt and Contains.
The gain of the Americans de-
scribed by General Pershing ap-
parently is on front of about FIVE
miles to depth of more than two
miles and indicates that the Ger
mans now are less than FIVE miles
from the river Aisne.
The French official statement to.
night said the Germans had retired
north of the Vesle on front Of
20 miles.