4 EXPECT WILSON TO OPPOSE BAN ON GRAINSFORBEER Would Aid Whisky Men, the President Is Said to Believe Washington.—Both President Wil son and Herbert C. Hoover are re ported to be opposed to the Randall amendment to the agricultural pro duction bijl, which directs that the President must prohibit the use of both grains and fruits in the manu facture of beer and wines before the $6,000,000 appropriation in the measure for increasing production is available. It is anticipated that a statement regarding the matter will be forthcoming from the White House during the next few days. Under legislation passed last year the President is authorized to pro hibit the use of food materials in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. fliv h5& jJKbBL CHART.ES R. 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You will not only "j Pi | feel better, but you will look better—your com- = Iplexion will be free from blackheads, pimples and 1 blotches—natural functions will be performed with- | out suffering—when you secure the purifying and p strengthening effect of Beecham's Pills—the boon P To Women I " The Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the WorU" At All DrugfuU 10c, 25c. 3 Directions of special value to women are with ev?rj for, [J FRIDAY EVENING, CANADIAN SOCIETY WOMEN SEND SPHAGNUM MOSS DRESSINGS > —— / MtAKtNQ AMD' \ <£ (< " " '' , m >M Do you know where there are any beds of Sphagnum Moss? If you do please report this information to the Red Cross Society. Dressings made of this moss are being used in every hospital and dressing station serving the Allied Armies. As far back as the Napoleonic wars moss was used for this purpose but not until 1915 did any large demand for it arise. In 1916 it was found that the supply of moss available in England was insufficient and an ap peal was made to Canada. Canada answered "that call as she has an swered all others for help and sup plies. Prof. Porter of McGill Uni versity, explored the bogs of eastern Nova Scotia in an endeavor to locate moss similar to the samples sent over from England. His hunt was re- Warded by fino> .g a grade of moss which the m;uical authorities pro nounced "perfect" and the first He has, however, declined to exer- ' cise this authorization on the ground that to prohibit the manufacture of beers and wine would tend to place the country on a whisky basis, and that this would defeat the temper ance aims of the legislation. Food Administrator Hoover has concurred with the President in this view. Nearly a Temperance Drink The food administration has re duced the alcoholic content of beers to a maximum of 2.75 per cent, which places such beverages, it is pointed out. very close to the cate gory of temperance drinks. From the temperance standpoint, it is therefore contended, the food ad ministration has acted to meet Uie intent of the legislation. ' While officials of the food adminis tration decline to comment on the situation presented by the Randall amendment, it is known that they hope that the proposal will be stricken from the measure in the Senate. To make the proposal law i would not be in the interest of war j sphagnum moss dressings to be sent I overseas were made from this moss c in the fall of 1916 by the Junior Red i Cross of Guysboro, Nova Scotia. I To the late Harry James Smith of t New York is due much credit for the i progress of this work. At his own t expense, he established a sphagnum 1 organization at Arichat, N. S.; ex- • plored various localities on both the i Atlantic and Pacific coasts for moss i fields; collected, prepared and do- 3 ! nated to the Red Cross great quant tities of this moss. When the Amer- t | ican Red Cross formed a sphagnum i i 1 department it was placed under his j 1 . control. Mr. Smith was killed in an 1 ' automobile accident in British Co- 1 1 lumbia in March, while searching for 1 moss for the Canadian Red Cross, < and thus set the seal to a life of ex- 11 ceptior.al generosity and nobility. < The work of the McGill University ! Women's Union in maintaining a i 'sphagnum department since 1916, < efficiency, it is contended, so lons as saloons in many states are still privi leged to sell whisky. * How long the existing stocks of whisky will last is the subject mat ter of much differing conjecture. When the law prohibiting the use of food materials in the manufacture of distilled liquors became effective last year, it was estimated that there was about a three-year supply of whisky in the country. This re serve, however, was probably larger I than a three-year normal supply on account of the heavy distilling oper ations during the last few months prior to the enactment of the legis lation. Officials now estimate that there is estimators calculated would be the case probably less whisky in stor age than at this time. This has been caused by abnormally high with drawals for private holdings in an ticipation of absolute prohibition, it is stated. There is, however, still enough whisky in reserve, it is stated, to operate to the disadvan tage of the war program in the event that the manufacture of beers is stopped by the proposed amend ment to the agricultural bill. WAR HAZARDS AFFECTFINANCE "Work or Fight" and Dismis. sal of Railroad Heads Are Taken Good Naturedly New York.—lf anything were needed to remind the investment community that these were abnor mal times, the Government order to "work or fight" and the summary dismissal of all railroad presidents by the Director-General last week emphasized the war hazards in aj remarkable way. Both moves were highly sensational, but both have been accepted -good-naturedly by a nation which has come to realize that being at war with Germany is as serious business as any Govern ment ever engaged in. Nothing that has happened since the enactment of the conscription law has im pressed such a large proportion of the population with what American participation in the world conflict j really means as have these heroic i measures to put the nation on the "war first" basis. Some Striking Changes If It is possible for the Director- General of Railroads to put all rail road presidents out of office with a stroke of the pen it is conceivable that a situation may arise where the heads of great banking institu tions who had not been 100 per cent, diligent in helping the Govern ment finance the war might find themselves in a similar predicament. Nothing of this kind will happen, for the bankers are effectively sup porting the Government in all forms of short term and long term bor rowing. But with 70 per cent, of the country's banking resources under Federal control the federalization of our banking system has reached a stage where the Comptroller of the Currency ha come to be the most powerful supervising official In the Government service. Serving Two Masters The dismissal of the railroad presidents was evidently on the theory that it was Impossible tor the operating officials to serve HABBIBBXJRG TELEGRAPH has been of inestimable value. Not only have moss and dressings been prepared in large quantities, but ex periments have been carried on to test the value of various Canadian mosses. The Union was organized during the first wfeeks of the war from among the families of the Gov ernors and staff of the University, and has been active ever since in providing "soldiers' comforts" for McGill graduates and students on active service. Some conception of the amount of work done by these women can be gleaned from the fact that McGill's quota numbers mor* than '2,200. The accompanying photographs show members of the Union working on moss in its vari ous stages of preparation. Inquiries regarding this work may be address ed to Miss S. M. Bainbridge, Hon. Sec. Committee on Sphagnum Dress ings, Canadian Red Cross, care Mc- GiQ University, Montreal. ."■atisfactorlly more than one master. This was the view assumed by the banking community, which pointed out that the responsibility of finding competent successors to the deposed officials was clearly up to the Gov ernment. Railroading is a highly specialized service, which has been developed in this country as nowhere else in the world. It is to be hoped, therefore, that this change in the personnel of those in command of a great industry will not result in making a railroad carer less at tractive to young men. This will depend on what happens to the roads aftef - the war is over and the serious work of restoring peace is taken up. If the new {order of things takes away initiative and forces the president to give rubber i;tamp approval to orders issued by Government officers higher up few railroad geniuses will be developed, and the nation needs men of the James J. Hill, Collis P. Huntingdon and E. H. Harriman type. Even in C'hlnene you hear "Take Nuxated Iron" a lonic, ltrtii(th and blood builder probably no remedy him ever met nlth Much phenomenal aucceaa UK bun > uxntc<l Iron. It IH conservatively eHtlmnted that over three million people annuuily are taklne It in thla country alone. It has been highly en dorsed and used by such men as Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, former Presidential Cabinet Official (Secretary of the United States Judge At kinson of the Court of Claims of Washington; Judge Wm. L.. Cham bers, Commissioner of the United States Board of Mediation and Con ciliation, formerly Chief Justice of the International Court. Samoa; former United States Senator and Vice Presi dential Nominee Charles A. Towne of Minnesota; former U. S. Senator Richard Holland Kenney of Delaware, at present Assistant Judge Advocate General U. S. Army; General John L,. Clem (Retired), the drummer boy of Shiloli, who was Sergeant in the U. S. Army when only twelve years of age; General David Stuart Gordon (Retired), hero of the battle of Get tysburg: physicians who have been connected with well-known hospitals have prescribed and recommended it. Former Health Commissioner Wm. R. Kerr, of Chicago, says it ought to be in every hospital and prescribed by every physician. Dr. A. J. Newman, late Police Sur geon of the City of Chicago, and for mer House Surgeon Jefferson Park Hospital. Chicago, says Nuxated Iron has proven through his own tests of it to excel any preparation he has ever used for creating red blood, building up the nerves, strengthening the muscles and correcting digestive disorders. Dr. James Francis Sullivan, former* ly physician of Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor Dept.), New York, and the Westchester County Hospital says there are thousands of men and wo men who need a strength and blood builder but do not know what to take. 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He thus continues in his own esteem "monarch of all he surveys," ; nd of unlimited territory he does not survey, and is well satisfied with himself. It must be admitted that "my pa per' has greatly improved with the passing years. There was a time in this land of freedom when "my paper" occupied much of its column space in most robust vituperation of the other editor. In posthumous pa pers of the Pickwick Club are pre sented Mr. Slurk, editor of the Eatanswill Independent, and Mr. HOW FOCH WILL ! WIN THE VICTORY In the whole history of war, as one journal remarks, one can find no individual responsibility equal to that of General Ferdinand Foch, "called to the head of six millions of soldiers to achieve victory for human liberty and civilization." Four great nations have unreservedly entrusted their armies and their destinies to this French general. More than six millions, in fact, may be under his supreme command, for the Italian Premier says that the' Allied conference "recognized a united front from the North Sea to the Adriatic as an effective reality"; and some estimates place the Allied troops in France and Belgium alone at not less than six million. What, ask our military critics of the press, is the plan of this leader in whose genius the Allied nations have such faith? It is to answer this question that the leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for June Ist has been prepared. The article includes the opinions of the war experts and presents all available information. This number of "The Digest" might justly be termed a "Foch Number" because the cover shows a strikingly handsome reproduction in colors of an authentic picture of the great French Commander in-Chief. Other articles of unusual interest in this number are: America's Duty in Eastern Europe Germany Must Not Be Allowed to Carry Out Her Designs in Russia Another Coal Shortage? The Sinn-Fein Round-up Binding the Fetters on Austria Russia Revives Slavery Japan's Siberian §lip-up Another Puzzle For George 111. Germany's Stolen Chemistry When Shall We Need the Women? Bill's Plan to Speed Up the Ships New Types of Fruits and Vegetables How Chinese Labor Would Keep Us Fish—lts Value As a Food From Starving (Prepared by the U. S. Food Administration) How Our Soldiers Sing Winners of the Government's Poster America vs. British For Nine Innings Awards Missouri's Pride in Her Poets To Rewrite Our Histories How the Kaiser Prays A Martyr Memorialized Other .Quakers Another View of German Ethics News of Finance and Commerce Personal Glimpses of Men and Events Many Striking Illustrations, Including the Best Cartoons "The Digest" Prevents a One-Angled View These are anxious days in Flanders and Northern be had in generous measure. So, too, the reading of but France and those of us who look only at the heroic one morning or evening paper gives one a merely par struggle the British are making against heavy odds may t j a j v j ew D f this great world-crisis. 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An Irate citizen called upon him one day and Indignantly asked, as he held the paper In hls> shaking hand, why the editor had put therein an item that the citizen said reflected upon him self, while at the same time the pub lic could have no interest In tho matter and it might as well have been left out altogether. I( was then that the editor asked the pertinent questlon:"Colonel, why do you buy a newspaper? Do you buy It for what is or for what is not in it?"
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