12 U. S. Government Failure, Opinion of Hexamer, Head of German Body Washington, March 1. —Further testimony against the National Ger man-American Alliance, charged with being an unpatriotic and dis loyal organization, was given the Senate judiciary investigating sub committee yesterday by Henry C. Campbell, assistant editor of the Mil waukee Journal who said he had made an investigation of the work ings of the alliance and into the activities and private opinions of some of its officers. The witness spoke particularly of Dr. C. J. Hexamer, of Philadelphia, a former president of the alliance, whose name has been mentioned in previous testimony. "Dr. Hexamer has publicly said a great deal about preserving liberty in the United States and of main taining the right of individuals,*' Mr. Campbell said, "especially in the of fice of the United States District At torney in Erie, Pa., March 23, 1916, in a friendly discussion of judicial and government matters. Dr. Hexa mer stated: "This form of government is a failure and the only current form of government is a constitutional mon arch. "He also said that the legal sys tem of Germany was better than that of this country, and held up the laws of Germany as a model. He added that there was more liberty under the laws of Germany than un der the laws of this country." —The Standard- Family Remedy . for Children and Grown-Ups Constipation is a condition that has to be guarded against from infancy to old age. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, a com bination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, acts easily and naturally and is as safe and pleasant for children as it is ef fective on even the strongest constitution. A/l Druggists—so cts. a?id SI.OO A trial bottle can be obtained, free of charge, by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 457 Washington St., Monticello, 111. How to Make Your Own Complexion Treatment at Home A Free Ontmeul Prescription DOM Its Work Overnight New York: "It is my own discov ery, and it takes just one night to Bet such uarvelous results," says Mae Kdna Wilder, when her friends a.sk her about her wonderful complexion and the improved appearance of her hands and arms. "You can do the same thing if you follow my advice," ehe says. "I feel it my duty to tell every girl and woman what this •wonderful prescription did for me. Just think of It. All this change in a single night! I never tire of telling others just what brought about such remarkable results. Here is the iden tical prescription that removed every defect from my face, neck, hands and arms. Until you try it you can form no idea of the marvelous change it •will make in just one application. The prescription which you can pre pare at your own home is as follows: Go to any grocery and get ten cents' •worth of ordinary oatmeal, and from any drug store a bottle of derwillo. Prepare the oatmeal as directed in every package of Derwillo and apply at night and morning. The first appli cation will astonish you. It makes the ekin appear transparent, smooth and velvety. 1 especially recommend it for a sallow skin, freckles, tan sun spots, coarse pores, rough skin, ruddiness, ■wrinkles and in fact , every blemish the face, hands and arms are heir to. Jf your neck or chest is discolored from exposure,, apply this combina tion there and the objectionable de fect will disappear as if by magic. Jt is absolutely harmless and will not produce or stimulate a growth of hair. No matter how rough and ungainly the hands and arms, or ■what abuses they have had through hard work and exposure to sun and ■wind, this oatmeal-derwillo combin ation will work a wonderful trans formation in 12 hours at the most. Doctor said, IMP "Bio-feren had * or ® ier -" — fH Cafle 1724—School teacher; Residence—Ken. tucky; severe operation; left her weak, anas mic, nervous; low vitality. 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It Is a builder—a builder oi batter health. l h ® . best 'ngredienta known to the medical world, and Is Indicated for the treatment of run-down conditions duo to overwork, worry, anaemia, melancholia, nervous debility, debility following Infectious diseases, convalescence from acute fevers etc There is no secret nor rqystery about Bio-feren. ' Every packago shows the elements it contains. Aek your physician about it. or have him writa ana we will send him complete formula. And don't forget tllat Bio-feren Is sold only on condition that vou will return the empty package and allow us to refund your purchase price if for any reason, you aro not fully satisfied. Please bear that in mind for it is Very important. Bio-feren sells at 91*00 for a large package. Your druggist can supply you or we will send it direct upon receipt of $1.00; six packages for should you have any trouble In securing It, The Bentanel Remedies Com pany, Masonic Temple, Cincinnati, GWQ. FRIDAYTWOTING, Eight-Hour Day For Packing Industry Men, , Is Plea of Gompers Chicago, March I.—Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, made a stirring ap peal yesterday in behalf of an eight hour day for employes in the meat packing industry at the stockyards wage arbitration. He appeared as a witness for the employes and his testimony was eagerly listened to by "Mother" Mary Jones, an organizer for the United Mine Workers, and several hundred other representatives of organized labor from all sections of the country. In defining the attitude of organ ized labor toward the war, Mr. Gom pers said: "Labor will make every sacrifice for the successful prosecution of the war, but it will not make any sacri fice for private profiteering during the war." Mr. Gompers ridiculed the conten tion of witnesses for the packers that fewer hours and higher wages (night increase saloon receipts. He said experience in other industrial centers had proved the reverse. "It is the long hours with low wages that drive the men to~ drink," Mr. Gompers said. 'this is shown to be an economic truth. The fairly 'veil-paid workman who is not re quired to work more than eight hours a day finds more pleasure and comfort at home or at a theater than he does in going to the saloon." Thousands who have used it report the same results I have had." Miss O. C. says: "My complexion was poor and my skin rough. My neck, chest, hands and arms were dark from exposure. The very first application of this wonderful Der willo oatmeal combination convinced me that my complexion and skin blemishes would soon be a thing of the past. In a few weeks all these unsightly defects had entirely dis? appeared and I shall always use it to keep my complexion at its best all the time. I have recommended it to my girl friends and they are just as enthusiastic over it as I am. We all use it before going to the theatre, dances or parties and it's wonderful what a difference it makes in our appearance." Mrs. G. V. writes': "Oatmeal and Derwillo have worked miraces with my complexion. I had many despised wrinkles and a sallow rough skin. My hands and arms were covered with freckles. After eight weeks use of Mae Edna Wilder's wonderful complexion prescription these objec tionable defects have entirely van ished. I look ten years younger and advise every girl and woman to try it and I feel confident after one or two applications they will use it continually and be just as favorably impressed with it as I am. I recom mend it to all my friends." Note—To get the best effect be sure to follow the complete direc tions contained in every package of derwillo. You have only to get der willo and oatmeal. You need nothing else and it is so simple that anyone can use it and so inexpensive that any girl or woman can afford it. The manufacturers and druggists guar antee that there will be a noticeable improvement after the first applica tion or they will refund the money. It Is sold in this city under a money refund guarantee by all druggists, including H. C. Kennedy. J. Nelson Clark. ALLIES PRESS FOR U. S. REPLY ON SIBERIA [Continued from First Page.] Japan's proposed action without quail Mention and the plea is made in some quarters that she ought im plicitly to he trusted and given a free hand. Washington, March I.—An early decision may be reached on the mo mentous question America and- the Entente Allies shall join Japan in a campaign in Eastern Si beria to counteract possible German activities in that quarter and save the great supply of military stores accumulated at Vladivostok and in-j terior points on the Siberian rail way. It has been understood that this decision might await the arrival in "Washington of Viscount Ishii, the newly-appointed Japanese Ambassa dor to the United States; but it was said last night tl)at recent develop ments, including increasing pressure from entente sources, very likely would cause a tnore speedy deter mination of the question. It is learned that this is not re garded as a probjem for the consid eration, at the present stage at least, of the Supreme War Council in France, which, if it treats the subjects at all, will deal with it only as a military matter after the ques tion of policy has been decided by the governments of the Entente al lies and America. It is freeTy admitted in official cir cles that this is a very great ques tion indeed. A radical departure from established rules of interna tional law would be involved in the forcible entry into a neutral coun try, and consideration must be giv en to the possible effect upon the Russian people of such a course in their relations to the present war. Already there has been some appre hension that great numbers of Rus sian soldiers, rather than return to their farms and shops, voluntarily would join the Central Powers' armies, and some evidence of a foundation for this fear is found in Berlin dispatches announcing the entry into the German army of sev eral regiments of Esthonians. On the other hand, growing- indi cations that Japan cannot much longer he restrained from taking some action in Siberia are causing serious consideration of the Japan ese invitation to the Entente Allies and America to particiuate. The alternative would bo to withhold from Japan the co-operation she maintains she has the right to expect, and let her undertake, single-handed, the weight of the campaign in Siberia, and deal without counsel for the Allies with the large questions involved in the future disposition of any territory on the Asiatic mainland which she might occupy. Issue Approaches Crisis It is learned that the issue now is approaching the critical point in the opinion of the Japanese government, which has concluded that some such action as it proposes to take in Si beria is imperative as a defensive measure against Germanic aggres sion and control of the wreck of the late governmental machinery in Si beria. . Such Information as the officials have been able to gather regarding the conditions In Siberia, indicate that most of the larger cities and towns in the interior and along the line of the Siberian Railroad now are under the control of the Bolshe viki. In that country this element is composed of exiles and descendants of exiles of European Russia, who are fllled with hatred of monarch ical institutions and imbued with anarchistic doctrine, and so may be counted as radical supporters of the Bolsh*iki government. Their num bers are not known, but they are the dominating force in a considerable portion of Siberia. Conditions in Vladivostok are con fused. There are a number of Bolsheviki in the town, but this, aft er all, is under control, for the pres ent, of a local Zemstvo, which has paid very little attention to orders issued from Petrograd, and the con servative forces are greatly strength ened by the presence in the harbor of two Japanese cruisers. German Prisoners Dangerous Some 30,000 German prisoners of war were distributed along the line of the Siberian railroad, but a num ber of these have been shipped back to Europe, and it is not known how many remain. They would present a dangerous element, comprising many veteran soldiers able to organize the untrained Russians into a consider able force. The aboriginal inhabi tants are regarded as a negligible quantity, and though there are about 6,000,000 Chinese farmers who have immigrated into the country, they are counted upon to mind their own business and take no part in any military operations. Speech TOUCH Second I'lnce Japan's proposal for action in Si beria has crowded German Chancel lor von Hertling*s speech into second place in the consideration of officials here and there were indications to day that decisions were being formed which soon would show them selves in some arrangement of an international character to prevent the vast stores at Vladivostok and control of the trans-Siberian railway from falling into the hands of the advancing Germans. The expectation that President Wilson was planning to address? Congress very soon in reply to von Hertling's speech was dissipated to day by evidences that the President is making no such plans at this t'me and probably does not consider it necessary to reply to the Ger man Chancellor for the present at least. Before the President speaks there doubtless will be an inter change of views with London and Paris so that if Mr. Wilson speaks he will express t"he view of all the co-belligerents as on previous occa sions. Outward indications to-day were that the President was studying the question of American participation with the Japanese in Siberia to the exclusion of other subjects. SINC.KnS PIJEASK AT CHURCH Old melodies, lullabies of the South land, and selections fro mthe classics were included on a delightful pro gifun given by Mason's Jubilee Sing ers at the St. Paul's Baptist Church, Cameron and State streets, last night. Old-fashioned readings, songs, solos and instrumental selections were given in a very charming manner by these southern singers, who pleased their audiences greatly. A part of the proceeds of the concert will go for materials for the work of the Red Cross auxiliary of the church. IIONOII Sill KNIGHTS A roll of honor containing the names of twenty members of Phoenix Lodge. No. r.9. Knights of Pythias, now in service was unveiled last night when the local members celebrated the filth anniversary of tills order's foundation. Past Chancellor S. Dun can Wyle made the presentation speech, and K. Z. Gross replied. Jame* Harris, with trombone, anil Jacob Smith, accompanist, contributed to a fine musical urogram. '.List be fore serving of refreshments letters were reaed from mnifibers of the lodge i *vho ait working for Uncle Sam. HXKRISBURG TELEGRAPH Two Loaves of Bread a Week Is Suggested Ration | Philadelphia, March I.—Two loaves I a week is al the bread thta any per- j son should eat now. So asserted yesterday Jay Cooke, t 3d, Federal Food Administrator for I Philadelphia. The new ration is a reduction from the three pounds fixed several days ago. Mr. Cooke recommend 3 that each loaf be cut into sixteen slices, or three slices a meal for the ten meals at which wheat is permisible. All bread containing wheat should be' ab solutely the Victory loaf, Mr. Cooke said. PLAN" RECRUITING DRIVE The drive- to enlist men in the Ca nadian and British armies will be conductf-d during the coming week, among British and iCanadian subjects between the ages of 15 and 56. It explained that the older men will serve behind the lines. At a meeting of the executive committee of the re cruiting mission last night, .It was said that the Canadian or British subjects are doing a greater service by enlisting in the British rather than the American Army. This was explained by the fact that the man power is drained so low in England that a man lost in battle can hardly be replaced. TELLS OF WAR GARDENS School children were stirred to a resolve to cultivate war gardens tins year by the lively discourses yester day of John R. Bechtel, State College extension specialist. Mr. Bechtel reached a good number of city schools and at each one impressed on the scholars the necessity of raising crops, no matter how small the plo*. He explained the proper way to plant a garden and gave the date for plant ing certain vegetables. This war, he said, was bringing the farmers and city people together, the reason being that each seeks to co-operate with the other in a common defense. TO GIVE LECTURE SERIES The flrSt of a series of six lectures will be delivered this evening in the men's room of Boyd Memorial build ing, by Mrs. John Y. Boyd, her sub ject. being "Introduction and Outline of the Sidelights on Genesis." The schedule of the lectures and their titles are as follows: March Ji, "Adam or Human Nature;" March 15, "Noah or Regeneration;" March 23, "Abram or the Spirit of Faith;" March 29, "Isaac of the Spirit of Sonship, antf Jacob or the Spirit of Service; April 5, "Joseph or Suffering and Glory." TAX RETURNS ABE DUE Prospective income and excessive profit taxpayers are urged to Hie their income tax returns just as soon as possible. Although the time has been extended from Starch 1 to April 1, it was pointed out that this should not result in delay. The office of the Internal Revenue Building, on the second floor of the Spooner building, 9 North Second street, may be clos ed any day. At present the office is open to dispense advice to prospec tive taxpayers. TO EXAMINE DRAFTERS City Draft Board, No. 2, has an nounced that it will hold examin ations three times a week until all the men in Class A-I have been ex amined. Only three men of ten re ferred to the Medical Advisory Board were disqualified, the rest being registered for general military serv ice. The board expects to have this work finished by March 1. 1 Easter Suits BEAUTIFUL SPRING SUITS I A DISTINGUISHED I COLLECTION. PRICES $17.50 to s6s DRESSES " || I for every hour of the day fl $7.50 11 1 $65 I SPRING TOP COATS I sls, $17.50, $22.50 T I and up 55 More WINTER COATS Values up to $37.50 ■ To Close Out Quick at ■ < $15.95 7 More PLUSH COATS I I $15.00 I I OIIE NEAR SEAL COAT Value SIIO.OO 8 price. $55.00 B ONE COAT, size 42, value I $125.00; to close quick at I $62.50 | I JamesH.Brenner j 6 South Fourth Street 1 H 2 Doors From Market St. M WASTE IT THE MAN'S STORE OFIiARRISBURG Of Our Final Reduction Sale Is Saturday I That s about all we need to tell men who are on I the job. There's going to be a rush here on Sat lurday— and we can feel it in our bones. And by all the rules of irur If ? u to *? e ' Here are suits and overcoats sell pm) make a n n ordmar y store's hair stand on storp tW I s QTTrPJi what what , have star ted out to do and rPFWTW ifs"orfeofe, as^a^ e A th is store the one BIG PRO who oIA! A F S STORE 9 F HARRISBURG. And the men • mem She day rr ° W get their clothes are goin^to re " ' 0Q > $1 1.75 ' L8i413.75 . J20£L*515.75 $22- QQ > $17,75 re ere Were $35£^527.75 Boys' Suits and Were BJ lif Adler - Rochester Clothes iff j \ m Mallory Hats Emery Shirts L [ —jjy Duo-fold Yom Money ~ ~ OUR POLICY : „ Refunded DC) IT KETTER Values I THE NEW STORE OF WM. STROUSE—EVER NEW—3IO MARKET ST. MARCH 1, 1918.
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