Belletonte, Pa., April 13, 1917. am THE EARLY OWL. An owl once lived in a hollow tree, And he was as wise as wise could be. The branch of learning he didn’t know Could scarce on the tree of knowledge grow. He knew the tree from branch to root, And an owl like that can afford to hoot. And he hooted—until, alas! one day He chanced to hear, in a casual way, An insignificant little bird Make use of a term he had never heard. He was flying to bed in the dawning light When he heard her singing with all her might “Hurray! hurray for the early worm!” “Dear me!” said the Owl, “what a singu- lar term! I would look it up if it. weren't so late; I must rise at dusk to investigate. Early to bed and early to rise Makes an Owl healthy and stealthy and wise! So he slept like an honest owl all day, And rose in the early twilight gray, And went to work in the dusky light, To look for the early worm all night. He searched the country for miles around, But the early worm was not to be found. So he went to bed in the dawning light, And looked for the “worm” again next night. And again and again, and again and again, He sought and he sought, but all in vain, Pill he must have looked for a year and a day For the early worm in the twilight gray. At last in despair he gave up the search, And was heard to remark, as he sat on his perch By the side of his nest in the hollow tree. “Phe thing is as plain as night to me— Nothing can shake my convictions firm, There's no such thing as the early worm.” Oliver Herford, in St. Nicholas. " MADER’S MISCONNECTIONS. “Hello, Mader! Looking for a place to pawn those tools under your arm 7% Mader, trudging up the pike at the end of a Friday's work, turned at the voice of an old schoolmate, whose whirring automobile slowed up to take him aboard. Parker's pleasantry anent pawning the tools had come near to hitting the nail squarely. At present Mader was the only helper in a small country carpenter shop. Now his employer’s father-in-law was coming to live in the town; and Mader was to resign in favor of the old but still efficient relative of Mr. Bender. Parker listened sympathetically as he speeded along the highway. Then he grew thoughtful. During the past year he had moved twenty miles down the railroad, where his father had bought a considerable estate. “Listen to my musical voice a mo- ment,” he instructed turning down into the village. Then he went on to say that his father was about to over- haul a workman’s cottage for some new hired help. “Come down tomor- row and get that job,” he suggested. “Give us a splendid chance to go fish- ing together again.” Mader smiled at the thought of try- ing successfully to combine business and vacation sports; but the hint was a welcome one. The prospect of idle- ness had worried him, with a mother to think of. “Just when one imagines that things have all gone wrong they turn out a perfect fit,” he philosophized, as he waved Parker a good-bye. Mr. Bender did not object when Mader asked for Saturday off. He himself, with Mrs. Bender, was going to the city to shop and meet Mrs. Bender's father. There was little work on hand and the shop could just as well be closed. While Mader stowed his tools that night he pondered rather sadly the prospective and early severance of his relations with the little workroom, yet he had no hard feelings toward his employer over losing his place. Mr. Bender had been very regretful at the thought of making a change; but it appeared to be a filial duty. “] never had a father-in-law,” Mader reminded himself. “I dare say 1 would do the same thing if 1 did have one.” The next morning, on his way to catch the eight-six train he stopped at the shop for a steel tape measure, indispensable in making general re- pair calculations rapidly. The early letter carrier had slipped the morning mail through the slot in the shop door. Gathering it from the floor Mader glenced over a hastily scrawled postal card. “Humph!” He turned the card over twice and read it again. Mr. Grayson, a shop patron three miles in the coun- try, wanted a man sent to his place to enlarge the head room of a shed he used for garage purposes. A new, high-topped car was coming to-day. Mr. Grayson was the sort of person who always wanted his work done at once. To be sure he also always paid his bills with promptness and never found fault with their size. It meant a good deal to the shop to have him on the calling list. It would never do in the world to fail him, Mader reflected; but what was to be done? Mr. Bender had al- ready left for the city on an earlier train; Mader was the sole representa- tive of the shop in town. “I can’t afford to sacrifice my inter- ests in guarding his,” the young fel- low ruminated with a frown. “It’s his shop, not mine.” Then he fell to imagining Mr. Ben- der’s dismay when he arrived home and found the Grayson order unat- tended to. If only some idle mechanic could be located somewhere to take the work—but Mader’s cogitation along that line was fruitless. Time for thinking was short, moreover; after the eight-six there would not be another train for more than two hours; and Mr. Parker would be at home only during the morning. “It’s the boss’ risk anyway,” Mader decided. “We don’t owe each other anything. He’s' been good to me, of course; but I have tried to do my duty by him decently. He is looking out for the interest of his own people now, and I've got to look out for mine.” | me, | “Risk” was an accurate word where ; erable work shortly and there is more | there was any taking of chances with ! in view elsewhere if I can only finance | It would be just like | it properly. Mr. Grayson. the broker, when he reached home and discovered that he could not get his new car into the old shed, to call up | the next nearest builder and have him | work overtime until the job was done. And thereafter that jobber would get all the Grayson patronage. “Oh, hang the merits of the thing,” Mader suddenly blurted out, snapping his watch open and shut without look- ing at the time. I'm not going to see the boss lose a good customer.” Assembling needful tools he prom- ised himself that he would try for the Parker job first thing Monday morn- ing. That chance might be slim, be- cause Mr. Parker had been overheard to say that he must get a man at the work this week without fail. Parker junior, to be sure, might have helped out with a good word in favor of his former schoolmate; but he wouldnt be back from his motor trip until the day was over. Mader was young; and the thought of caring independently for the re- pairs of the Parker cottage had tick- led his vanity. In imagination he had already done such a quick and thor- oughly good job that Mr. Parker could hardly believe his eyes. “Shame he should lose such a fine piece of work as I laid out,” Mader whimsically told himself. At the Grayson house young Joe Grayson was able to tell Mader just what his father wanted. It was a simple enough matter of trimming out a foot or two of headroom and a shifting of the beam at the top of the door way. Young Joe advised him that a half-way decent patch atop of the doors would do for the time be- ing. . “Father’s going to build a modern garage in place of the shed, shortly,” the lad explained; “and make some other alterations and improvements.” “What did I tell you?” Mader queried of a three by four hemlock piece, leaning it up against the shed in a listening attitude; “the boss would have lost all that work if he had failed Mr. Grayson.” The hemlock studding made no de- nial. Mader reflected with satisfac- tion that there was going to be em- ployment here for somebody, some- time. It could hardly profit him, how- ever. Joe had said that it would be 2 couple of months yet before the ex- tensive plans of the house enlarge- ment were ready; and Mader knew that he must locate himself elsewhere long before that. Toward the middle of the afternoon Mr. Grayson returned from the city. He came out to view the young car- penter’s labors. Swinging one of the repaired doors shut to observe the fit he expressed a casual curiosity that the mechanic should be working on Saturday afternoon. Mader looked at him with an ex- pression that said, “You’re a nice man to order a job done in a hurry and then find fault.” But aloud he ob- served simply, “I expected that new car of yours to bump into me any minute.” When he mentioned Mr. Bender’s absence and his own immediate com- pliance with the postcard order, Mr. Grayson turned with a quizical air and quietly intimated that the car would not be on hand for another week, owing to some delay on the part of the manufacturers. It appeared that he had received a telegram to that effect the day before, a few minutes after mailing the post- card. But the more interesting thing was that, with the open telegram in his hand, he had met Mr. Bender and excused him from paying any special- ly hurried attention to the card when it should be delivered. Mader’s hammer dropped limply to his side; and his eyes widened while he listened. Then he collapsed and weakly seating himself, began to laugh. By nature polite, he succeed- ed in restraining his amusement long enough to tell Mr. Grayson of the pre- dicament into which the card had put him. Then Mr. Grayson laughed with him—or at him. The few licks necessary to finish the shed door were soon administer- ed. Mader packed up and wended his way home. He and his mother were due to join Mr. and Mrs. Bender in a festival evening to honor the arrival of Mrs. Bender’s father. “They’ll laugh at me, too, when they hear about it,” Mader ruefully decided, after recounting to his moth- er the adventures of the day. “I don’t care,” his mother loyally insisted, “you did just right; and if they make fun of you I think they are mean.” = On the way through the village Ma- der stopped in the drug store. He ex- pected that Parker would be at home by this time; and he wanted at least to explain the seeming indifference of his failure to come down. : “Qh, that’s all right,” Parker’s voice assured him, with a sort of over- heartiness. “Say,”’—there was a lit- tle pause—“I guess that I took a lit- tle too much for granted about that work of father’s. Mother tells me that he gave the contract for it yes- terday. I’m mighty sorry, you know; but I'm glad you didn’t waste money coming down on a wild goose chase.” Mader dryly agreed and hung up. “After all,” he murmured to himself as he rejoined his mother, “it is not entirely a joke on me. I’m in my fare and a day’s work besides.” His arrival at his employer’s home, however, was a signnl for bringing a smile into Mr. Bender’s face. The boss of the shop greeted him cheer- fully. “Mr. Grayson came around and told me all about it,” he explained, with such enjoyment that Mader felt mo- mentarily resentful toward -every- body concerned. Mr. Grayson appear- ed to be going out of his way to tell the joke; and in addition Mr. Bender chuckled over the fizzle of the Parker job, declaring, with seeming ungra- ciousness that he was glad Mader had missed it. But Mr. Bender had drawn Mader a little to one side meantime; and now he spoke seriously. “Don’t run away with the notion of being unappreciated, boy,” he begged. “I have always realized your worth; and during the past week I have been trying to borrow enough capital to enlarge the shop and keep you with r. Grayson will have consid- i CONGRESS VOTES WAR 373 TO 50. Mader nodded. It was encourag- | ing to hear prospects, of course; but | Deliberations Continue Seventeen Hours. President and Vice he needed to find some that were very | imminent, : | President Sign Resolution on Friday. President Is- And Mr. Grayson appreciates your | Bryan Offers loyalty as much as I do,” Mr. Bender | sues War Proclamation. Services. Interesting Statistics. added joyfully. “What he really! came over here for this afternoon : was to say that if it would keep you | in the shop he would gladly lend me the money I want.”—The American Boy. The Training of Airmen. Almost every one has seen an aero- plane in flight, but with the present- day layman, the interest is centered more on the airman than on the ma- chine with which he does his flying. Naturally, the first question is, “How did he learn to fly?” Of necessity, the pioneers of avia- tion taught themselves the then diffi- cult and dangerous art, and all the airmen in the world today owe their flying ability to the Wrights, Bleriot, and others of the men who went be- fore. There are flying today a num- ber of airmen who entered the game in the early stages, and who, by luck and perseverance, mastered the art with very little outside assistance. These men were without more than a rudimentary idea of the very princi- ples of flight, and later realized the dangers they had undergone; they knew that the average person could scarcely survive a self-administered course in airmanship. Aviation had come to stay, and a number of firms started regular schools in which the knowledge of the earlier experiment- ers could be disseminated among the ever-growing numbers of enthusi- asts. There are three basic methods of teaching flying—the so-called French system, the dual-control system, and a combination of the two largely used today for training war pilots. The French system was the first in gener- al use, and consisted in teaching one- self to fly by the constant criticism, advice, and demonstration of a com- petent pilot instructor. The pupil was given a heavy, low-powered, and worn-out machine incapable of flying —usually called a “taxi”—and was given practice in running the machine on the ground. In this way he accus- tomed himself to the speed of an ae- roplane, the incessant roar of the motor, and the use of the controls. When the pupil could run down the field in a perfectly straight line and do it consistently he was given “hops.” . “Hops” were made on a machine but slightly better than the taxi, and consisted in making short jumps across the field at a height of four or five feet. This was the most trying part of the entire course, as at this point smashes were most likely to happen. If the pupil misjudged his height from the ground, or in his en- thusiasm tried to stretch his hop into a sustained flight, the ending was usu- ally disastrous. But if he went about matters sensibly, he would soon be promoted to “straights,” or flights in a straight line, about half a mile long. The usual height in this work was 25 or 30 feet from the ground. The dual-control system teaches wholly ‘by demonstration and practice in actual air work. A high-powered machine fitted with duplicate controls is used, and the pupil starts by rid- ing with the instructor and watching him work. By simply resting his hands and feet on the controls, the novice can feel the amount of motion necessary to handle the machine. Gradually, the machine is given over to the pupil—the pilot being ever on the alert to correct his mistakes and to demonstrate new points. As the pupil becomes more and more skill- ful, the pilot requires harder evolu- tions. The writer believes in actually dem- onstrating every condition that may cause the pupil a smash when he final- iy flies alone, and the remedies to em- ploy should such conditions arise. When this work is done at a sufficient height from the ground, so that there is always room to regain control of the machine, it may be done with per- fect safety.—Popular Mechanics. Ban Married Women as School Teachers. Pittsburgh—Married women no longer will be employed as teachers in the Pittsburgh public schools, their death-knell as instructors having been sounded by the instruction committee of the Board of Education, which has adopted a resolution barring them from “first appointment and reap- pointment.” This resolution with its affirmative recommendation goes be- fore the board as a whole, which un- doubtedly will put it into effect. The only question to the new rule will be those married women teachers who were in the system as regular teachers before the present Board of Education came into existence, six years ago. Of these there are be- tween fifteen and twenty. The immediate effect of the new rule will be to bar the reappointment of Mrs. Chauncey Lobinger, principal of the Liberty Public School, and oth- er prominent teachers who have made rapid strides in their chosen profes- sion and who have been kept in their positions during the agitation against married women teachers by the de- mand of taxpayers in the wards where they are stationed. A large number of efficient instruc- tors are affected by the new ruling. Mrs. Wilson Active in Red Cross Work. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has accepted the honorary chairmanship of the women’s volunteer aid committee of the District of Columbia Red Cross, and has enrolled for active service. This committee, with others, is occu- pying the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, the first private house in Washington to be given over to war work. The definite object of the volunteer aid committee, of which Miss Mabel Boardman is the active head, is to furnish complete equip- ment for a base hospital for the navy X 250 beds and for the army of 500 S. War between the United States ! and Germany became an actuality on’ | Friday immediately upon President Wilson’s approval of the war resolu- | tion adopted by a vote of 373 to 50 by o'clock that morning. government’s newly planned machin- ery for mustering military, naval and economic forces into an aggressive war against Germany. The resolution passed the House in Senate Wednesday night. It declares that a state of war exists and directs the President to employ all the naval ! and military forces of the United States and resources of the govern- ment to carry on war to a successful ‘conclusion. Final action on the resolution came after 17 hours of continuous debate, and a few minutes afterwards, Speak- er Clark affixed his signature. Among the fifty who voted against war were thirty-two Republicans, six- teen Democrats, one Socialist and one Prohibitionist. Voting affirmatively were 193 Democrats, 177 Republicans, two Progressives and one Indepen- dent. Democratic Leader Kitchin and Miss Jeanette Rankin, the new wom- an member from Montana, were two of those who voted negatively. After failing to answer to the calling of her name twice on the first call Miss Rankin rose on the second roll call, trembling, obviously badly frighten- ed, and with a sob in her voice de- clared: “] want to stand by my, country, but I cannot vote for war.’ THE RESOLUTION SIGNED. The resolution was signed by Vice President Marshall at 12.14 o’clock Friday afternoon. There was no special ceremony connected with the signing thereof. The House secretary carried the resolution to the Senate chamber and on being officially an- nounced presented the resolution which was immediately signed by the Vice President. The pen he usea will be preserved. President Wilson signed the resolu- tion at the White House at 1.11 Fri- day afternoon. The pen he used was handed him by Mrs. Wilson. At 3.12 o'clock the same afternoon he issued the official proclamation of war and immediately every department of the government got busy. ORDERS ARREST OF GERMAN PLOT- ERS. Orders were issued soon afterward for the arrest of 60 ringleaders in German plots and intrigues. Complete mobilization of the navy, calling all reserves and militia to the colors, was ordered by Secretary Dan- iels as soon as the war resolution was signed. The war department, al- ready having taken virtually every step contemplated before the raising of a real war army is authorized, waited on Congress. Secretary Baker conferred with Chairman Dent of the house military committee, and ar- ranged to appear before the commit- tee soon to discuss the general staff army plans and consider the war bud-get of more than three billions. The President went over all the great preparatory measuges with the cabinet, discussing what has been ac- complished and dwelling, it is under- stood, upon arrangements for co-op- eration with the entente allies against the common enemy. Plans for co-op- eration are said to have taken very definite shape, thought there will be no announcement on the subject for the present. INTERNED SHIPS SEIZED. Almost one hundred German ships interned in United States ports were taken over by the government on Friday. The vessels, laid up in American harbors for safety at the outbreak of the war in Europe, were seized early Friday immediately after the House's passage of the war resolution. Their crews will be removed to immigration detention stations, there to be treated as aliens admissible to the country if able to pass the ordinary immigration tests. The fact that many are naval reservists will not serve to bar them. The total tonnage of the vessels seized amounts to 629,000 tons gross. That tonnage could not be built in American yards in less than a year and some of the larger ships, notably the Vaderland, could not be produced in the United States in several years. All of the ships will have to be dry- docked before they can be made sea- worthy. The great Vaderland, with a tonnage of 54,000, is too large to enter any of the American dry docks and will have to be towed to Balboa to be docked. The earliest time esti- mated to put any of the vessels into service is three months. A brief statement issued by the treasury department Friday said the ships were being taken in charge for the purpose of protceting them and other property. Officials said an “in- telligent use” would be made of the vessels, and that they either could be used as naval auxiliaries or as mer- chant ships. GERMAN RAIDERS MAY BE NEAR. Coincident with the declaration of war was a rumor that two German raiders had been seen off the Ameri- can coast and that submarines were in hiding in the gulf of Mexico, but at this writing neither of the rumors have been verified. The navy, how- ever, has been put in shape to look out for just such emergencies. Bryan Offers Services. Former Secretary Bryan Friday sent this message to President Wil- son: : “Believing it to be the duty of each citizen to bear his part of the burden orf war and his share of its perils, I hereby tender my services to the government. Please enroll me as a private the same form as adopted by the | the House a few minutes after 3, This action will set in motion the whenever I am needed. Assign me to any work that I can de until called to the colors. I shall, through the Red Cross, contrib- ute to the comfort of soldiers in the hospital, and through the Young Men’s Christian associa- tion, aid in guarding the morals of the men in camp.” Mr. Bryan, with the rank of colonel, commanded a regiment of Nebraska volunteers during the Spanish-Amer- ican war. Wars of the United States. War of the Revolution. .... 1775-1783 Northwestern Indian Wars.1790-1795 War with France.......... 1798-1800 War with Tripoli.......... 1801-1805 Creek Indian War......... 1813-1814 War of 1812... ....c..... 1812-1815 Seminole Indian War...... 1817-1818 Black Hawk Indian War. ..1831-1832 Cherokee Disturbance...... 1836-1837 Greek Indian War......... 1836-1837 Florida Indian War........ 1835-1843 Aroostook Disturbance. .... 1836-1839 War with Mexico.......... 1846-1848 Apache, Navajo and Utah Indian War........... 1849-1855 Seminole Indian War...... 1856-1858 War between the States. ...1861-1865 War with Spain......Apr.—Dec. 1898 Philippine Insurrection..... 1899-1900 War with Germany........ 1917- April an Eventful Month in History. April 19, 1775—Battle of Lexington, the first contest of the Revolution. April 11, 1783—Congress proclaim- ed an end of the war with Great Britain. April 30, 1789—Washington be- came the first President of the new Republic. April 30, 1803—Treaty with France for the purchase of Louisiana terri- tory. April 12, 1812—Declaration of war with England. April 14, 1818—Act of Congress establishing the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States. April 21, 1836—Battle of San Jacinto, ending the Mexican attempt at the conquest of Texas. April 14, 1846—Beginning of the war between the United States and Mexico. April 12, 1861—Civil War began with the firing on Fort Sumpter. April 9, 1865—Civil War ended with the surrender of General Lee. April 14, 1865—President Lincoln shot by J. Wilkes Booth. April 22, 1898—United States pro- claimed war with Spain. April 6, 1917—President signs proclamation declaring state of war with Germany. THE WAR PROCLAMATION, “WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States in the exercise of the constitutional authority vested in them resolved by joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives bearing date this day “that a state of war between the United States and the imperial German govern- ment” which was thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared: “WHEREAS, it is provided by section 4067 of the revised statutes as follows: “Whenever there is declared a war be- tween the United States and any foreign nation or government or any invasion of predatory incursion is perpetrated, at- tempted or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign na- tion or government and the President makes public proclamation of the events, all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of a hostile nation or government being male of the age of fourteen years and upward who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed as alien enemies. “The President is authorized in such event by his proclamation thereof or other public acts to direct the conduct to be ob- served on the part of the United States toward the aliens who become so liable, the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases and upon what authority their resi- dence shall be permitted and to provide for the removal of those who not being permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to depart there- from; and to establish any such regula- tions which are found necessary in the premises and for the public safety ; “Whereas by sections 4068, 4069, 4070 of the revised statutes further provision is made relative to alien enemies; “NOW, THEREFORE, I Woodrow Wil- son, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim, to ail whom it may concern that a state of war exists between the United States and the imperi- al German government and I do especially direct all officers, civil or military, cf the United States that they exercise vigilance and zeal in the discharge of the duties in- cident to such a state of war, and I do, moreover earnestly appeal to all American citizens that they in loyal devotion to their country dedicated from its foundarion to the principles of liberty and justice, up- hold the laws of the land and give undi- vided and willing support to those mecas- ures which may be adopted by the consti- tutional authorities in prosecuting the war to a successful issue and in obtaining a se- cure and just peace; . “And acting under and by virtue of ihe authority vested in me by the constitution of the United States and the said sections of the revised statutes; . “I do hereby further proclaim aud di- rect that the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States towards all natives, citizens, denizens or subjects of Germany, being male, at the age of four- teen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States and not actually naturalized whe for the purpose of this proclamation and under such sections of the revised statutes are termed alien ene- mies, shall be as follows: “All alien enemies are enjoined to pre- serve the peace towards the United States and to refrain from crime against the pub- lic safety and from violating the laws of the United States and Territories thereof and to refrain from actual hostility or giv- ing information, aid or comfort to the en- emies of the United States, to comply strictly with the regulations which are hereby or which may be from time to time promulgated by the President and so long as they shall conduct themselves in accordance with law they shall be undis- turbed in the peaceful pursuit of their lives and occupations and be accorded the consideration due to all peaceful and law- abiding persons, except so far as restric- tions may be necessary for their own pro- tection and for the safety of the United States and towards such alien enemies as conduct themselves in accordance with law, all citizens of the United States are enjoined to preserve the peace and to treat them with all such friendliness as may be compatible with loyalty and allegiance to the United States. “And all alien enemies who fail to con- duct themselves as so enjoined in addition to all other penalties prescribed by law, shall be liable to restraint or to give se- curity or to remove and depart from the United States in the manner prescribed by sections 4067 and 4070 of the revised stat- utes and as prescribed In the regulations - RTE ; duly promulgated by the President. | { : i | his possession at any time or place “And pursuant to the authority vested in me, I hereby declare and establish the following regulations, which I find neces- sary in the premises and for the public safety: “(1) An alien enemy shall not have in any ' fire-arms, weapons or implements of war, , or component parts thereof, ammunition, { Maxim or other silencer, arms or explo- ! sives or material used in the manufacture i of explosives; “(2) An alien enemy shall not have in his possession at any time or place or use or operate any aircraft or wireless appara- tus or any form of signalling device or any form of cipher code or any paper, document or book, written or printed in cipher or in which there may be invisible writing ; “(3) All property found in the posses- sion of an alien enemy in violation of the foregoing regulations shall be subject to seizure by the United States. “(4) An alien enemy shall not approach or be found within one-half of a mile of any Federal or State fort, camp, arsenal, aircraft station, government or naval ves- sel. navy yard, factory or workshop for the manufacture of munitions of war or of any products for the use of the army or An alien enemy shall not write, print or publish any attack or threat against the government or Congress of the United States or either branch thereof, or against the measures or policy of the United States or against the persons or property of any person in the military, naval or civil service of the United States or of the States or Territories or of the District of Columbia or of the municipal governments therein; “(6) An alien enemy shall not commit or abet any hostile acts against the Unit- ed States or give information, aid or com- fort to its enemies; “(7) An alien enemy shall not reside in or continue to reside in, to remain in or enter any locality which the President may from time to time designate by an execu- tive order as a prohibitive area in which residence by an alien enemy shall be found by him to constitute a danger to the pub- lic peace and safety of the United States except by permit from the President and except under such limitations or restric- tions as the President may prescribe; “(8) An alien enemy whom the Presi- dent shall have reasonable cause to believe to be aiding or about to aid the enemy or to be at large to the danger of the public peace or safety of the United States or to have violated or to be about to violate any of these regulations, shall remove to any location designated by the President by executive order and shall not remove therefrom without permit or shall depart from the United States if so required by the President; “(@) No alien enemy shall depart from the United States until he shall have re- ceived such permit as the President shall prescribe or except under order of a court, judge or justice, under sections 4069 and 4070 of the revised statutes; (10) No alien enemy shall land in or enter the United States except under such restrictions and at such places as the President may prescribe; “(11) If necessary to prevent violation of the regulations all alien enemies will be obliged to register; (12) An alien enemy whom there may be any reasonable cause to believe to be aiding or about to aid the enemy, or who be at large to the danger of the public peace or safety or who violates or who at- tempts to violate or of whom there is rea- sonable grounds to believe that he is about to violate any regulation to be pro- mulgated by the President or any crimi- nal law of the United States, or of the States or Territories thereof, will be sub- ject to summary arrest by the United States marshal or his deputy or such oth- er officers as the President shall designate, and to confinement in such penitentiary, prison, jail, military camp or other place of detention as may be directed by the President. ; “This proclamation and the regulations herein contained shall extend and apply to all land and water, continental or insu- lar, in any way within the jurisdiction of the United States.” Other war news on page 5. Rapid Transit in Mid-Air. That aerial rapid transit connect- ing the roofs of the skyscrapers in cities like Chicago and New York will be the next transportation problem to demand solution was freely predicted at a recent convention of owners and managers representing the bulk of the big building interests of the United States. Congestion on the streets and on the elevated and surface lines, while important in itself, is not the only consideration leading to this con- clusion. Time and convenience are the essential things. What is needed is a system of transportation that will make it unnecessary for a busi- ness man to take an elevator at an up- per floor of a skyscraper, descend to ground level, and, after encountering the crowds on the streets, take an el- evator in another skyscraper to reach perhaps the same level that he start- ed from: While it is impossible to say in ad- vance of actual design just what the form of the aerial will be, there is at least one construction that meets all these requirements. This is a sim- plified suspension-bridge span. With this type of construction all the mem- bers of the span will be in tension and the span need have only a frac- tion of the weight that is necessary when compression members are used. A 21 inch cable made of the best steel, for example, will resist a pull of more than a hundred tons, but the same ca- ble placed under compression will buckle with the application of a few hundred pounds. The spans for each track might be made either single or double, as either construction would furnish satisfactory support. : Steel towers springing from the roofs of the buildings would furnish support for the aerial spans. These towers might be rectangular in sec- tion to a point well above the running rails, and above this level would prob- ably taper practically to a point. The cars would pass through openings in the towers. In New York there are a number of buildings, such as the Singer build- ing with its 41 stories, and the ‘Wool- worth building with its 55 stories, that it would be practically impossi- ble to reach the top with an aerial line. In such cases the line could be run through the building at the twen- tieth or thirtieth floor level. In Chi- cago the situation is more favorable, there being a surprising regularity in the sky lines of the principal streets of the loop district.—Popular Mechan- ics. The Blood is the Life. "The blood is the life because it is the nutritive fluid. If the blood becomes very impure, the bones, the muscles and other parts of the body are impaired and finally become diseased. Slighter variations in the quality of the blood, such as are often brought about by breathing the bad air of unventilated rooms, have equally sure though less plain ill effects on the nervous system. Persons that have any reason to believe that their blood is not pure should begin to take Hood's Sarsaparilla at once. This medicine has done more than any other in cleansing, enriching and revitalizing the blood and giving strength and tone to all the organs and functions. If you want to be entirely satisfied, in- sist on having Hood’s. Accept no sub- stitute. Yo
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