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BOOK TWO
Which Is the Story of the Prin-
ci pal Witness.
CHAPTER VIII.

In Which Meet Other Great Men,
1t was sunny day late In Septem-
Der on which Aunt Deel and Uncle Pea
body took me and my little pine chest
with all my treasures in it to the vii
lage where I was to go to school and
live with the family of Mr. Michael
Hacket, the SchOolmaster.
1 remember the sad excitement of
that ride to the village and all the
words of advice and counsel spoken
by my aunt.
remember looking in vain for Sally
as we passed the Dunkelbergs'. / re-
member my growing loneliness as the
day wore on and how Aunt Deel stood
silently buttoning my coat, with tears
rolling down her cheeks while I
leaned back upon the gate in front Of
the Hacket house, on Ashery lane. try
ing to act like a man and rather
ashamed of my poor success. Uncle
Peabody stood surveying the sky In
silence with his back toward US. He
turned and nervously blew out his
breath. His lips trembled a little as
he said:
81 dunno but what it's gofn' to
rain.''
1 watched them as they walked to
the tavern sheds, both looking down
at the ground and going rather IN
steadily. Oh, the look of that beloved
pair as they walked away from me =
the look OF their leaning headsi Their
silence and the sound of their foot
steps are, somehow, a part of the pic
hnS oil
in my memory.
Sally Dunkelberg and her mother
came along and said that they were
glad I had come to school. 1 could
not talk to them and seeing nv trouhIe
they went on, Sally waving her hand
to me as they turned the corner below.
l felt ashamed of myself. Suddenly I
heard the door open behind me and the
voice of Mr.. Hacket:
Bart" he called, Eve a friend
here who has something to say to YOU.
Come in
1 turned and went into the house.
away with sadness-laddIe buck ~
he exclaimed as he took his violin from
its case while I sat wiping my eyes.
Away with sadness! She often raps
at my door, and while I try not to he
rude, always pretend to be very
busy. Just light word O. recognition
by way O. common politeness! Then
laugh. if We can an do it quickly. lad.
an she will pass on
The last words were sDoESen In a
whisper, with one hand on nv breast
He turned the strings and pIaved
the Fishers HOrnpipe" What a ronn
of merry music filled the housed 7
had never heard the like and was soon
smiling at him as he played. HIS bow
and fingers few in the wild froIfc of
the Devils Dream" 1t led me ont
of my sadness into a world all new to
me.
Now, God bless your soul, boy ~ he
exclaimed, by and by. as he put down
his instrument, I'VE shall have a good
time together-that we will. Not a
stroke O. work this day! Come, have
guide here that win take us down
to the land o. the fairies
Then with his microscope he showed
me into the wonder world of Httleness
OF which 1 had no knowledge.
'sThe microscope is like the art o. the
teacher" he said. I've known q good
teacher to take brain no bigger than
a hy's foot an make it visible TO the
naked eye"
One Of the children, of which there
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book-the one we are now opening.
God help u.s. It has more pages than
all the days o. your life. Just think
O. your body. A brave and tender
youth! 1t is like a sponge. How II
takes things in an holds 'em an feeds
upon 'emI a part o. every apple ye
eat sinks down into yer blood an
bones. Ye can't get it out. It's the
same way with the books ye read an
the thoughts We enjoy. They go down
into yer bones an We can't get 'em out.
That's why like to think O Michael
Henry. His food is good thoughts and
his wine is laughter. I had a long
visit with n. II, last night when ye
were all in bed His face was a chunk
o. laughter. Oh, what q limb he is
I wish could tell We all the good
things he said"
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fathom the depths Of the human
spirit with an infinite sea beneath It
crossed by subtle tides and currents.
We see only the straws on the surface.
I was up at daylight and Mr.. Hacket
came to my door while was dressing.
"A merry day to you :" he exclaimed.
'.rH await you below and introduce
you to the humble herds and fIocks OF
schoolmaster"
went with him while he fed his
chickens and two small shotes. I
MIXED the COW for him, and together
we drove her back to the pasture.
Then we split some wood and fIle6 the
boxes by the fireplace and the kitchen
stove and raked up the leaves In the
doOryard and wheeled them away.
Now you know the duties O. your
Office" said the schoolmaster as we
went In to breakfast.
We sat down at the table with the
family and I drew out my letter from
the senator and gave it 10 Mr. Racket
to read.
''The senator! God prosper himI I
heard that he came on the Plattsburg
stage last night he said as he began
the reading-an announcement which
caused me and the children to clap
our hands with Joy.
Mr.. Hacket thoughtfuIIy repeated
the words from Job with a most i'm
preSSive information.
He passed the letter back to me and
said:
"All true! I have seen IL sinking
into the bones O. the young aad I have
seen it lying down with the aged in
the dust o. their graves 1t is a big
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Amecic=.s EIrs4 LIhraru-

The first library in America was
opened at Harvard college $50 years
ago. For more than sixty years the
Harvard collection OF books was the
only one OF Importance on the CONT
nent, but in 100 a public library was
founded, and in 1871 Benjamin Frank
lin started a subscription library at
Philadelphia, the first OF its kind in
America. The library OF the United
States, now called the library OF con-
gress, was established in 1900. The
first public library recorded In history
was founded at Athens in the year so
B. c.
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SeiL, TOO II -
making me feel
poorly I have q
very sore hoOf. I
need the zoo doc
tor. I'm sure he
will be coming
5 Don, for the
keeper said when
ne saw me this
morning:
4" Jim, you have
a very bad pain
cit was quite
true I had I
must have hurt
my hOof, my front
right one the
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BARTON MAKES HIS FIRST FoRAY INTO THE WORLD AS
STUDENT IN MICHAEL JACKETS ACADEMY

Synopsis5arton
Peabody Baynes Oh in
nghbOrhoOd called Hckiyp
Dunkelberg his
Bayneses and fascinated
also meets Rowing
woman amos Grihaw OF the richest the
snip visitor at the
predicting
Amos Barton in
of
the
which
his the Office
ride They
Bartons horse throws him
throws
at once
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having sprfn g
weather; what say you. Mr.. Jim?"
My dear ostrich" said the noun
tain sheep. you mean spring fever"
And why, pray tell, do I mean
spring fever?" asked Blackie.
Because that is the thing folks get
in the spring." said Jim.
I'm not folks" said Blackie.
what is spring fever, anyway?
only know 1t comes in the spring"
How strange" said Jim. with a
funny little smile.
''Why stranger" asked Blackie. In
quite a serious tone, as though he
didn't understand it at all.
ITS not in the least bit strange"
said Jim.
Then why on earth, or in the zoo.
did you say it was stranger" asked
Blackie.
It meant it sarcastically," said Jim.
when one means a thing sarcasticaIIy
one means to be a little superior and
proud and wiser than the other fell
low"
Cant two mean the same .thing?"
asked Blackie.
''Of course" said Jim.
''Then why did you say that when
one meant a thing sarcastically, and
so forth, and so forth?' inquired
Blackie.
Zone merly means anyon-no one
in particular"
How dull" said Blackie.
mot dull at ALL" said Jim. Its
merely the correct way to talk"
''Oh. pardon me-" said Blackie,
grinning foOlishly and making low
bow.
when I said it was strange that
spring fever came in the spring !
meant 1t wasn't strange at all, but
quite the most natural time for il to
come"
"And So" said Blackie, you said
it was strange when you thought it
wasn't strange"
From the tone Of my voice you
should have known it was said sar-
castically," said jim
How can you expect a stupid os-
trich to know anything about things
said sarcastically?' asked Blackie.
'T don't suppose I can" said Jim.
Still, you know spring fever comes
in the spring"
"Ah," said Blackie, smiling a fool
ish smile, eft is good to hear that
the ostrich can tell you something you
don't know"
You can't tell me anything I don't
know, for I do know that 1t is sim
ply something you know, too" said
Jim.
Tell me about the spring fever,
then?" asked Blackie.
Spring fever is something which
makes folks or animals feel sick and
poorly and as though they didn't want
to do anything at ALL
That's what I've got" screamed
Blackie. ST don't want to do any
thing at all. I should think that
would be an illness which folks and
animals would get very, very often"
Some do, and some don't" said
Jim.
I'll be among those who do get it
often" said Blackie. "As I told you
1 was feeling poorly and those are
the very things the matter with me.
How clever OF you to find out what
was the matter with me. You're as
fine as any doctor, and I'm sure much
finer than some"
THANK you" said Jim. "And I
know what is the matter with my
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| Foolish Smile.

other day"
I'm sorry you have a PAIN" said
Blackie, but am glad that you ex-
planned which hoof IT is In. for at first
1 thought you were trying to tell me
you had but one hOOf and then I was
going TO say you were quite mad in
stead Of being sick
And then the zoo doctor came TO
give Blackie some medicine and Jim q
fine dressing for his sore hoof.
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Don't stay upset! Eat tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin and Immediately the
indigestion, gases. acidity and all stom-
ach distress ends.
Pape's Diapepsin tablets are the sur
est, quickest stomach believers in the
world. They cost very little at drug
stores. Adv.
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Jim.
Neither do l."
said Mr.. Blackies
the tall ostrich
They were both
In the zoo talking
from their yards
to each other, for
the day was q bit
warm At any
rate IL was much,
much warm er
than il had been
for a long time
and they were all
enjoying til e
weather In the
zoo
Perhaps" said
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AncIent EnxptIana PIared RaII.

Egypt Is the birthplace OF the bail
game. How it was played history does
not record Recent excavations made
near Cairo have brought TO lignt a
number OF small balls, some Of leath-
er and others Of wood. dating back to
Mt least 2.0UO 3. c. These are the old
est balls OF this sort known
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Father don't want you TO play
with Johnnie Smith-he doesn't strike
me exactly right.
Johnnie Smith (frOm over the fence)
Then III take better aim this timeI
BEOE!
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STOMACH UPSET?
PAPE's DIAPEPsIN AT ONCE ENDS
DYSPEPSIA, AcIDITY, GAS,
INDIGESTION.

Your meals hit backi Your stomach
Is sour, acid, gasSy and you feel bloat-
ed after eating or you have heavy
Jumps OF indigestion pain or headache,
but never mind. Here is instant relief.
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II Tin Wa. millionaire

what would you do If you were q
milIiOnaireT' demanded Pat
"Ae?r said Tim. I'D have q half
fut more ZENITH TO this pick-handIe,
and save me poor back-"-American
Bow
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That's the Point

He-Shall we live with your parents
after we are married?
She-The question Isl can we live
without them.-Boston Transcript.
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cutieura Soap for the Complexion.

cuticura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear.
scalp clean and hands soft and white
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
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This Makes You Tired2

Walker-Did many people attend
Mrs. Hilife's blowout last night?
Ryder-Oh. yes, it sounded so much
like pistol shot that quite a crowd
gathered about.
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Acquired by Practice.

FTancee- did you guess there
were lot of nice young men where I
spent my vacation?
Fiance-You've learned To kiss so
nicely.
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The Hat Check.

Knicker-''Is Germany getting food
during the armistice?" Bocker-"Yes,
but she has to check her helmet"
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Good health cannot be maintained xhers
there Is eonstipated habit. Carried Tea
sTercores constipation. Adv.
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TrenoIo.

Germania may stiI sing patriotic
songs. but not in MetzO-sOprano.-C
toOns Magazine
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The further back a man can trace
his descent the longer he has been on
the downward path
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II Is an unusual woman who can
smile at a eOmpliment-and then for
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Barton and the Jackets hear
some news that startles them
and sets Barton to worrying
about q secret that he shares
with no one. Don't miss the
next instaiIment.
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DADDYJEVENNGU
FAIRY TALE IA
MoUNTAIN sHEEP,s PAIN.
1yharY Graham ~ Bonner GlE..ss

Il don't feel as we'll as / did" said
the mountain sheep whose name was
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NOTCH.

Regarding Spanish InfIuenza
Thousands have used GAVTTTS
SYSTEM REGULATOR for this cisszss
with success. II you have used Z tai
your friends. also write d at onea, tale
ing rs how used and what satisfaction Il
gave. In use for over IS years for Cen
s6p2ton. Dyspepsia, rheumatism and
hGnppe. Tablet form t1.0o per box By
ma1 w. W. GaYitt Medical Co,
GaEitt Building. Dep AS. Topsk@. Ks1s.
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Both Beef and Milk

THE one breed that
l eIcels In both besf
and milk - the Short
horn. ShorthOrn steers
repeatedly broke tbs
records At themGrkets In
1918, making the high
est record On the open
market Of $3.50 Pe<cEt
And 6horthorn COWS
have milk records Of
-ear. Hh ha1.Tb Bs=[.
lliH and sztsf Easssazs
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Don't pick quarreIs before they ar,
The daily Alaskan., 1919-01-02
HUN DULLES
 ARE REBUFFED

Washington, aJn. 2.-Food Ad- ministrator Hoover in Europe ar ranging relief for the people of the war devastated territories has re- fused in emphatic terms to discuss German food conditions with Baron von der Lancken, former military governor of Belgium, and Dr. Rieth, also a government official during the German occupation of Belgium, who sought a meeting with the food administrator
 A message from Paris said these two German officials wired from Berlin that they had been appoint ed by the German government to negotiate with MT. Hoover for food supplies and that they desired MT Hoover to advise them when and where he would meet them.
 In answer to the request for a conference, Mir. Hoover sent this message:
 You can describe two and a halS years of arrogance toward our selves and cruelty to the Belgians in any language you may select, and tell the pair personally to go to hell with my compliments. If do lave to deal with Germans it will not be with that pair"
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WOMAN CONFESSES
 KILLING MAN FOR $100

Youngstown, O., Jan. 2. - As . result of the alleged confession at Elmlra, N. Y, of Mildred lGunder- man, alias Dolores smith, that she sho+ and killed Leo Marin here last September, a warrant charging murder was issuea and she probab- lY will be rought from Elmira early next week.
 Search is being made here for a taXicab driver whom she said gave her $1OO to kill Martin and furnish ed the revolver. xx Z < ,ai4I
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|S ADVANCING
 AGAINST GERMAN CAPITAL

Berlin, Thursday. - A Po.lsh' ar my estimated to be thirty thous- and strong is advancing along the railways towards Berlin. .'
 This ,orce of Polish troops ac- cording to the advice which has been sent to the military office here, has captured six German cities
 The mobilization of the Polish troops and the advances which they have already gainde has alarmed the German government.
 General Nesko, the newly ap- pointed minister of the German ar my and navy has already ordered the 1earming of large attachments
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FAVORS \
 LEAGUE NATIONS

Rome, Jan 2.-The PoDe's New Year greeting declared for League of Nations and prayed that Al" mighty God would shed light upon the delegates to the peace cofner- Ance and especially upon Presi' dent Woodrow Wilson of the U- aited States"
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WILSON OBEYED r. DOCS ORDERS

Paris, Jan. Ion cJders from his physician, PresiG3ut Wilson rest el :cday and drparted ia the even inc at seven o'clcck for Rome.
 President Wilson arrived in this city from England Tuesday evening" and went immediately to his resi- dence, where he spent the evening"
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CAMP FUNSTON TO BE
 WINTER UNIVERSITY

Camp Funston, Kas., Jan. 2. - Cam Funston is to be turned into q winter university in which sol dicrs who will be here for any length Of time will Ee given in struction in industrial and me chauicaI lines. as Well as military training, according to a notice issued. recently by Maj r Gen. Leon ard Wood. commander.
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of German forces, which are to be used to oppose the Polish invasion.
 Geneva, Jan. 2.-According to re- polts which have been received in this city today Polish army of thirty thousand men is striking to- wards Berlin. The report states that this force h1s captured' Frank fort on Oder, which is cnly fifty mil2; from the German capital.
 The Polish agency in Lausanne was notified by telegraph this af- ternoon from Posen that the Ger mans are hastily rearming their de- mobilized troops.
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Seattle, Jan. 2. - The govern mept has requested Siems Carey, Of the H. S. Kerbaugh company, large railway contractors Of this city to submit bids at an early date setting forth the figures that his firms would be willing to tkae over the work ana complete the Alaska railroad. .
 That such a move has teCn made is stated on high authority, de- spite any denial which may issue
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GERMANY. FORMS ABOLITION OFALL
 CONPuLsVRY MILITARY SERVICE

the German delegation to the peace conference would vote solidly for this and similar measures provided that the delegates from the other nations in attendance at the peace conference would also unanimously approve of 1t.
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Contractors Asked to Make Bid Wants It Clearly Understood That Federal Railway Conn., mission Is Not To Interfer With Their Work

frou either side.
 This corporation, which held con hacts running into many millions of dollars for the production of wash lugtCn spruce for war purposes, has let 1t be known that if it was given tbe contract, and cid undertake the completion of the Alaska govern rent railroad that it must be giv- .I free hand and that there was lO De no iuterrercn,e from the Federal Alaska Railway commission.
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Washington, Jan. 2. - Colonel Daniel D. PNllen, son Of Mrs, liar riet S. Pullen of Skagway, Alaska has been awarded the distinguished service cross by General -Pershing for gallantry and extraordinary keroism. q
 Colonel Pullen has been recog- nized for his daring in elading
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PRESIDENT AND PREMIER ARE
 AGREED ..

London, Jan. 2. - The London Times declares in todays' edition that there is no fundamental dis crepancy between the aims or President Wilson and Prime Minis ter Clemenceau. VI
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Honeuzolleru, according to dis pat h from Amorergen received here this morning, is down with a high fever. The despatch says that an eminent Utrecht physiciOn is in atterdance on the former German kaiser.
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Berlin, Jan. 2.-Chancellor Ebert declared today that Germany will be the first country to advocate in ternational abolition of compulsory military service. -- ..
 Chancellor Ebert stated that
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Bolsheviki Third Army Cut To
 Pieces By Czecho-SIavoc Forces

The Czecho-Sloyaks took thirty thousand prisoners and captured an armcred train near Perm, and came near to capturing Leniue, who bare ly escaped from the train just be- 'n"o it was captured.
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27O SAILORS GO DOWN WITH SHIP

London, Jan. 2.-It waa an' nounced today that two hundred and seventy British sailors perished last Sunday when the yacht Iolaire was wrecked off the coast of Scotland No particulars have been obatned as to the cause of the wreck, or the exact locality.
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VlaGivostok, Jan. 2.-The Czecho- Slovak army, under the command or General Gaida. practically ami Inflated the Bolsheviki third army ia an engagement which took place in the Ural mountains
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C0L. PULLEN IS AWARDED HE
 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

tank attack against the enemy on the Boise d'Cuisy, and also For rallying a disorgonized force of infantry, ana then leading it on ward, against terrific rain of the enemy machine gun fire On to vic tory
 Colonel Pullen was the first ca det tC West Point from Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-01-02

Philadelphia, Jan. 2.-The were three explosions occasione& by bombs in three parts Of this city yesterday, and each explosion caus- ed considerable damage, although there was no loss of life.
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CLAIMS DANIELS
 MEANT \ SLAM

London Jan. 2. - The London Graphi decalred today that Secrs- tary of the Navy Daniels speech Ge' claring that tAe United States should have the largest navy in the world seems to have been de:iterate' ly framed as an offense to Great Britain. E,
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FRENCH MOVEON
 TOWARDS KIEl

Constantinople, Jan. i. = An Odessa despatch received here this morning states that the French ar my Is advancing from Roumania through Bessarabia towards Kievr the capital Of Ukraine. .t.
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WANTS LOWER
 CALIFORNIA BAD

Washington, Jan. 2.-Senator Am. hurs., in a resolution introduced by him in the senate today, requests President Wilson to begin at once negotiations for the purchase of Lower california from Mexico.
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KID HOHENZOLLERN TRIES TO
 MAKE T.,AWAY

Wierengen, Jan. 2. - Frederick William Hohenzollern made an un- successful attempt to escape from his exile here today.
The daily Alaskan., 1919-01-02

Washington, Jan. 9. - Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, In a speech which he made today in answer to the Republican mem bers of the Senate, whom he charg- cd with being In a conspiracy to disaredit President Wilson, de- clared:
 ''I inform the European peace ne- gotiators and the world at large
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B0NBERS CAUSE EXPLOSIONS IN
 DIFFERENT PARTS 0F PHILADELPHIA

The city was immediately aroused, ana the city officials, With the as sistance of federal and state police men and other authorities are con ducting a most rigid investigation in an effort to apprehend the per petrators of the vile deeds.
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GOVERNMENT MAY ASK CONTRACTORS TO FINISH HE ALASKA RgD
LEWIS SAYS NO STRINGS ID
 PIES PRES: WILSON'S ACTIONS

that there is TO man made law of America, either by constitution. stat ute Or custom by which the Presi- dent of the United, States is under any obligation to submit what he is now engaged in doing to the Sem ate of the United States or to any other branch of the legislative or executive body of the United States government"