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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
DEDCO ELECTS
AUSTRIA!! REPLY
SPIRIT OF 1917
PENNSYLVANIA
LEAVES DOOR OPE!
STATE ITEMS
WILSON ORDERS
LINERS ARMED
Temperana
GEN
Chosen President By Nearly
Unanimous Vote.
FIRST REAL ELECTION
No Intimidation Shown At PollsOld
Residents Call It First Real
Election Ever Held In
Country.
Mexico City. Gen. VenuBtlano Car
ranza was Sunday elected President of
Mexico by what Is believed, to have
been the largest vote erer cast in the
republic.
Although the voters had the
privilege of writing In or declaring any
name they desired, General Carranza
received all but a few scattering bal
lots. The estimated vote cast runs all
the way from several hundred thou
sand to a million.
First Real Election.
The Presidential election was pro
vided for in articles adopted by the
Constitutional Assembly which met at
Quertaro. Many of the old residents
declare that this was the first real
election ever held In the country. Re
ports from various parts of the repub
lic indicate that there was no disturb
ance or Intimidation.
Although there was no opposition for
the Presidency, the Congressional con'
tests were bitterly fought
Conditions at the polls throughout
the district were orderly and there was
a steady stream of voters during the
day. Troops were not ln'evldence, the
soldiers casting their votes In their
barracks.
Madero Last President
Mexico will now have a constitution
al President for the first time since
1911, when Francisco Madero received
more than 300,000 votes. Gen. Vlo
torlano Huerta called an election in
1914 and declared himself elected, but
later nullified the election on the
ground that an Insufficient number of
rotes bad been cast
His. election to the Presidency
marks the climax of the efforts of Gen
eral Carranza, who took the field
against Huerta February 19, 1913, after
Huerta bad seized the executive
power.
Turks Use Prisoners.
Cairo. The Turks have pulled up
the railway between Jaffa and Jeru
salem and are using the rails for the
construction of a strategic line be;
tween Ras-el-AIn and Diarbekir.
28 TO 42 DEAD IN TORNADO.
Over 200 Injured In Indiana 25 Ex
pected To Die.
Indianapolis. A tornado swept over
Central Eastern Indiana late Sunday
afternoon, killing more than a score of
persons at New Castle and two chil
dren in Wayne county. According to
some estimates, the number dead will
be nearer 60, and 42 bodies have al
ready been removed from the wreck
age in the storm-swept area. The
total number of injured will run over
200, some of whom are probably fatally
hurt The damage will total well
over 11,000,000 at New Castle and sev
eral thousand dollars In Wayne county.
TOOTHPICK IN HIS 8TOMACH.
Man Swallowed It Nine Years Ago.
Cut Out At Hospital.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa. Nine years ago
B. H. Barnhart, of Athens, swallowed
a toothpick. Recently he was stricken
with stomach trouble and doctors
found that small abscesses were form
ing. Barnhart was told that only an
operation could save him and he went
to the hospital at Towanda. The tooth
pick was removed from his stomach.
Barnhart's condition has Improved
and he will have a speedy recovery,
bis doctors state.
TREES IN BELGIUM NOW TAKEN.
Germans Sending Finest Growths Out
Of the Country.
Havre, France. The German mili
tary administration in Belgium has be
un systematically requisitioning the
trees throughout the country. Accord
ing to information received by the Bel
gian Government here, the Germans
are taking the finest growths, province
by province, and sending them to Ger
many. j 84 CARS OF 8ILK FOR GOTHAM.
Importation From China Passes
Through Ogdensburg.
Ogdensburg, N. Y. Thirty-four car
loads of Chinese silk passed through
.this city on the way to New York. It
was the largest importation of silk
ever received through this port and
was valued at approximately 3,000,
000. .UNITED STATES DIPLOMAT DEAD.
G. W. Guthrie, Ambassador To Japan,
Was Appointed In 1913.
Washington. George W. Guthrie, of
Pittsburgh, American Ambassador at
Tokio, is dead. Word of the Ambas
sador's death reached the State De
partment from Toklo in a dispatch
jfrom the Embassy.
Lane Appoints Assistant
Washington. Secretary Lane an
nounced the appointment of E. . C.
Cradley, of San Francisco, as assistant
to the Secretary of the Interior, suc
ceeding Stephen T. Mather, who is to
become director of the National Park
Service.
Suffrage Bill Signed.
Little Rock, Ark. Governor Brough
signed the bill which allows women
to vote in all primary elections In th
SUte.
Calls ExtraSession of Congress
to Meet on April 16.
TO PROTECT MERCHANTMEN
Navy Yards, With Equipment Already
Assembled, Will Hasten Prepara
tion Of Ships For
Sailing.
Washington. President Wilson or
dered the arming of American mer
chant ships against Germany's ruthless
submarine warfare, and at the same
time Issued a proclamation calling an
extra session of Congress to meet
April 16.
The President's decision was made
following the action of the Senate in
revising its rules to permit prompt
action on Important Questions and the
submission of formal opinions by Sec
retary Lansing and Attorney-General
Gregory that he haw the power to arm
merchantmen without action by Con
gress. Mr. Wilson has the backing of the
entire Cabinet In taking the step.
Guns for arming merchantmen bave
been assembled at navy yards along
the Atlantic Coast and everything is
ready to carry out th policy an
nounced by the President
Action To Be Taken Without Delay.
Petails of the Government's armed
neutrality plans for defending the
merchant marine were withheld to
avoid endangering Americans and
their ships by permitting the informa
tion to reach Germany. The only
statement at the' White House and the
Navy Department was that the Presi
dent was determined fully to protect
American rights.
It was learned definitely that some
American merchant ships sailing for
the submarine zone will be armed by
the Government at once. Preliminary
arrangements have been completed
and It 1b expected that vessels will be
ready to sail in the near future.
The decision, coming at the end of
a period of tense waiting, was general
ly hailed as the natural and unavoid
able next step In the policy adopted
by the President when he .broke off
diplomatic relations with Germany and
gave warning that the United States
could not tolerate attacks on Ameri
can ships and citizens In violation of
International law.
Fraught with the grave possibility
of war with Germany, the action was
taken by President Wilson only after
be was convinced that Germany actu
ally was proceeding with her campaign
of ruthleBsness, and had made efforts
to plot with Mexico and Japan against
the territorial integrity of the United
States.
President's Proclamation.
The text of the proclamation fol
lows:
"Whereas public interests require
that the Congress of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at 2 o'clock noon on the six
teenth day of April, 1917, to receive
such communications as may be made
by the Executive.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that an extraordinary occasion
requires the Congress of the United
States to convene In extra session at
the Capitol In the city of Washington
on the sixteenth day of April, 1917, at
12 o'clock noon, of which all persons
who shall at that time be entitled to
act as members thereof are hereby re
quired to take notice.
"Given under my hand and the seal
of the United States of America, the
ninth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and of the independence of
the United States, the one hundred
and forty-first.'
All Sailings To Be Secret
m
Washington. Lacking legal author
ity to establish general censorship, the
Administration appealed to the patriot
ism of the country's newspapers and
cable companies to suppress publica
tion and transmission of information
about the movements of American mer
chant craft, now to be armed against
German submarines.
Might Jeopardize Life.
"The best news that readers can
have," Secretary Daniels said In a
formal statement to press repre
sentatives, "is that the Government
will protect the rights of America to
the freedom of the seas.
'The publication of details can
serve no good purpose and might
Jeopardize human life."
Mr. Daniels has determined not to
reveal any of the department's plans
for carrying out the policy ordered by
President Wilson. He previously has
stated, however, that the navy Is pre
pared with guns, ammunition, gun
crews and all other necessary equip
ment or personnel to carry out the in
structions. American Doctors Stay.
Berlin (via London). The Ameri
can physicians' expedition, under the
direction of Dr. Edward F. Nippon,
of Cincinnati, has returned to Its base
at Deutsch Eylau, where it will con
tinue Its work under the direction of
the New York committee.
Land For National Forest
Washington. Purchase of 32,266
acres of land in the Southern. Appala
chian and White mountains for inclu
sion to the Eastern national forests
was authorized by the National Forest
Reservation Commission.
32,178 Letters Opened.
Berne (via Paris). The Swiss Pos
tal Department. In its report for 1916.
nova that 82.176 registered letters wars
opened or confiscated by the warring
Powers.
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CLOTURE RULE IS
Way Opened for Possible Extra
Session of Congress.
THREE VOTE AGAINST RULE
Extra Session Now In Prospect Be
lief Grows That President
Will Call One Im
mediately. Washlngtdn. After morethan 100
years under rules permitting debate
limited only by the physical endurance
of Senators and the provisions of the
Constitution, the Senate by a vote of
76 to 3 put power In the hands of two
thirds of its members in the future to
limit discussion and to say when a
vote shall be taken on a pending meas
ure. Those voting In the negative
were Senators La Follette, Gronna and
Sherman.
Senate's Action Prompt
Action by the Senate came unexpect
edly after six hours' debate on the new
rule, drafted by a bipartisan commit
tee. Although both Democrats and
Republicans had approved the change
In caucus and Senator Martin, the ma
jority floor leader, had given notice
that the Senate would be kept In con
tinuous session until a vote was taken,
nearly everyone looked for a much
longer discussion. Senators Cummins,
Kenyon, Kir by, Lane, Norrls, Stone
and Vardaman, who were against the
Armed Neutrality bill, voted for the
amendment
Indorsement of the cloture rule was
given by Senator Stone, of Missouri,
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, who, however, expressed
doubts as to its efficacy.
MASTER MIND IS 80UGHT BY U. 8.
Sensational Arrest Expected To Be
Made Code Messages.
New York. As a Federal grand
Jury began to probe the activities here
of Dr. Chandra Chaklaberty and Dr.
Ernest Sckunner, Federal Secret Serv
ice agents throughout the country
were believed to be rapidly closing in
on the "master mind" who caroled out
German plot orders from 76 Wllhelm-
strasse, Berlin Secret Service bead
quarters. Revelations to Secret Service agents
here and In Washington Indicate that
there is fast coming to light a plot
which stretched its mysterious tenta
cles into Mexico, Cuba, the Philippines
and wrapped themselves around the
Panama Canal. Sensational disclosures
are expected soon when a new arrest
Is made. The identity of the man now
under surveillance has not been dis
closed, but his arrest is expected to be
a profoundly surprising disclosure.
YARROWDALE MEN RELEASED.
Americans Held Prisoners Sent From
Germany Via Switzerland.
London. A dispatch from Berlin
says that the Americans and other
neutrals who were on board the cap
tured British steamer Yarrowdale have
left Germany.
The Spanish, American and Bra
zilian Yarowdale prisoners were sent
from the prisoners' camp at Branden
burg to Switzerland by way of Lin
den, according to a Berlin dispatch to
Reuter's by way of Amsterdam."
Members of other neutral crews
were 'sent home through various fron
tier towns. The dispatch says that
the prisoners were released on the ex
piration of the quarantine imposed by
the discovery of a case of spotted
fever.
TROOPS FAST LEAVING BORDER.
Last Of Guardsmen To Depart On
March 25.
Washington. The War Department
announced that schedules of departure
have been so arranged that the last
National Guard organization will leave
the border March 25. General Persh
ing finds It necessary to use chair cars
and day coaches, but is arranging for
the least possible discomfort
AN AMPUTATED ARM RESTORED.
Amazing Operation On British Soldier
Said To Be Successful.
London. A son of the Hon. J.
O'Grady, a member of Parliament vas
wounded several months ago in France
In such manner that his arm had to
be amputated. The Burgeons cut off
the arm, removed the shattered bone
and then put the arm back again, set
ting the bone and sewing the tendons.
The arm has now healed and is gain
ing strength. The patient can use It
effectively.
QUICKLY
ADOPTED
SHIPYARDSAGREETO
ACGEPTNAVYWORK
Pledge to Avert Commandeering
of Plants.
GIVE NAVY PREFERENCE
Navy Department Wants Material,
, Men and Labor In Speed-Ing-Up
Pro
gram. Washington. American shipbuild
ers engaged on Government work en
tered Into an agreement with Secre
tary Danials to accept new contracts
at a flat rate of 10 per cent net profit
and pledged co-operation to the fullest
extent of their ability in rushing to
completion the navy's construction
program. - '
Virtually all of the larger private
plants In the country were represented
In the conference. The builders, who
have been netting from 20 to 30 per
cent on merchant steamers, said they
were willing to turn to Government
contracts at 10 per cent as a patriotic
duty, and the Secretary on his part
agreed to protect them from undue
loss. As a result for the present at
least, the Government will not consider
exercising the authority given by Con
gress to commandeer "plants.
The next step of the department will
be to call upon builders not engaged In
Government work to undertake such
tasks as they are equipped to carry
out For the most part this will con
sist of building submarine chasers and
possibly some destroyers. An under
standing also will be sought to prevent
yards doing private work from draw
ing men from those with 'navy con
tracts. Navy Needs To Come First
When the problem of placing new
ships in yards best fitted to do fast
work has been studied out, the ques
tion of getting ways clear of merchant
tonnage now under construction will
be taken up. Wherever It is possible
such ships will be rushed to comple
tion and delivered to their owners. No
new merchant ships will be laid down,
however, until the needs of the navy
have been satisfied.
In some instances it is expected that
because of shortage of skilled labor
and the demand for structural steel,
merchant ships now on the ways
would be completed only to the point
of launching and then held up while
navy vessels took their plaoes.
MINISTER ECKHART GOT NOTE.
Zlmmermann Plot Missive Reached
Him, Declares Authority.
Washington. It was stated on high
diplomatic authority that the Zimmer
man note to German Minister Eckhart
in Mexico City reached Its destination.
The Informant asserted that two
methods were chosen by the German
Foreign Office for the transmission of
the note. One of these methods was
said to be the wireless telegraph, the
other the sea. It was believed that
one copy of the note was sent direct
to Mexico on board a German sub
marine, the other message reaching
Mexico by wireless.
YAGER TO "FELLOW-CITIZENS."
Governor Of Porto Rico So Addresses
Islanders In Message.
San Juan, P. R. Governor Yager, In
a special message to the Legislature,
for the first time addressed the mem
bers as "fellow-citizens of the United
States." He said: - -
"I welcome you Into our great na
tional family, with high hopes of you
in this new relation."
The Governor urged legislation in
creasing the pay of Government em
ployes, extension of the educational
system, and that the new citizenship
and home rule laws be made operative.
Guard U. 8. Buildings.
Pittsburgh.t-The buildinKS of the
United States Bureau of Mines and
the Government Arsenal, have bepn
placed under guard both night and day.
Only 8panlsh Used.
Panama. President Valdes signed a
bill prohibiting any language except
Spanish to be used In the correspond
ence of banking institutions. The law
carries a fine of $6,000 for non-compliance.
600 Become U. 8. Citizens.
Chicago. Five hundred aliens took
out their first naturalization papers at
a session of the Superior Court Tues
day night. This establishes a record
for naturalization at one session of
court In Chicago.
Answer to American Note as to
Armed Trade Ships.
BREAK MAY BE DELAYED
According To Her Declaration "Free-
dom Of the Seas" In War Time
"Applies Only To Neutral Ves
sels, Not To Neutral Persons.
Washington. Austria's1 reply to the
American request for a clearer deflnl
tlon of her attitude In the submarine
situation was stated officially here to
leave the door open for further nego
tiations, delaying, temporarily at least
the break which has been regarded as
inevitable since the severance of rela
tions between the United States and
Germany.
Although In substance the Ion com
munication holds and defends the un
restricted warfare waited by Germany
It is couched in most friendly terms
and points out that "Austrian sub
marines solely are operating in the
Adriatic and the Mediterranean, and
therefore an enoroachment on Amerl
can interests hardly Is to be feared,
There will be a reolv to this note, and
unless an overt act precipitates the
rupture both sides apparently earnest
ly desire to avoid, the United States
probably will not be inclined to force
the issue for the present .
Germany Forcing Austria.
The truth is that Germany is cred
ted with trying to force Austria to a
step which that country does not wish
to take. Germany naturally wishes,
it is pointed out, to have the complete
moral support of her allies to the sub
marine campaign and is uslnc her
great influence with Austria to that
end.
This opinion Is based not only on
dispatches from Ambassador Penfleld,
at Vienna, but on the whole length and
spirit oi tne Austrian note.
Not Quite Clear.
Austria's attempt in the communi
cation to distinguish between the
treatment which shall be accorded
neutral and enemy merchant shipping
Is regarded in various quarters as be
ing somewhat similar to Germany's ef
fort to establish a "safety zone" for
American liners between New York
and Falmouth. ,
Although the Austrian communica
tlon declares that "there obviously is
no reason to allow different DrinclDles
for war on land and sea," the position
of the United States is that different
principles actually do govern because
or different conditions, and the United
States has contended and the various
belligerents have during the course of
the war, virtually admitted that during
hostilities international law cannot be
changed without the consent of all the
nations Involved.
Not To Armed Ships.
Another portion of the communica
tion which undoubtedly will not meet
witn the approval of the United States
Is that having to do with defensively
armed merchant ships. Austria's as
sertion that her previous assurances
did not apply to armed merchant ves
sels was received with some surorise
The broad declaration that armed mer
chantmen "are to be regarded as
pirate vessels, which may be destroy
ed" regarded as belna- especially sig
nificant la view of the intentions of
the United States regarding armament
for its merchant shipping.
Notwithstanding the perplexity cre
ated In the minds of officials with a
portion of the Austrian argument the
extreme reluctance felt here for a
break with Germany's chief ally and
the fact that Austria also does not
desire it will assure the note a most
friendly reading and every effort will
be made to harmonize the relations of
the two governments if it can be done
without surrender by either.
Effect Of a Break.
Officials here have felt throughout
that a break with Austria would serve
little purpose and do much harm.
America's protest against Germany's
illegal submarine warfare Is thought
to have been fully enforced by a sev
erence of relations with that govern
ment A break with Austria probably
would be followed by one with Bul
garia and Turkey, Jeopardizing Ameri
can interests in those countries;, would
lead to many diplomatic readjust
ments because of the belligerents this
country represents in Austria and the
Austrian Interests represented else
where, and would endanger the million
or more prisoners for whom this coun
try has been caring, as well as cut off
a line of communication from Berlin.
U. S. ARMY GROWS 'RAPDILY.
About 5,000 Men Have Enlisted Since
German Break.
Washington. With the shadow of
war hanging over the nation all army
enlistment records for peace times
were broken during February. An-
proximately 6.000 men signed un for
service. The actual figures to date
show 6,852, but figures are still com
ing in from field camos and the re-en.
llstments. The figures are especially
gratifying to the department Prac
tically all of the enlistments came
after the diplomatlo break with Ger
many, on February 8.
CHINA LIKELY TO ACT 8O0N.
Break With Germany Is Expected This
Week.
Peking. Tuan Chl-Jui, who re
signed aa Premier several days ago
and went to Tlen-tsln,' has returned
here and conferred with the Cabinet
and the President A compromise baa
been reached so that Parliament may
decide whether China shall break rela
tions with Germany and Join the En
tente. It is expected that there will
be a severance of relations be'tveeo
China and Germany this week.
Carlisle. John. B. Martin, the
"Marrying 'Squire, has tied his 1300th
nuptial -knot.
Hazleton. Women have been made
panicky by a caller at their doors,
Inquiring for girls with long balr.
Wllkes-Barre. Henry T. Murray
principal of the Askam School in Han
over township, was killed when a
steamer tank he was using to thaw
out a frozen water pipe, exploded
Both legs were blown from his body
Phoentxvllle. The Board of Health
tangle, growing out of the allegation
that it was not organized according
to law, took another turn by an "order
from Joseph Scattergood, the county
medical inspector, that all Sunday
achools be closed.
Sprlnghouse. Burglars broke into
A. J. Bradford's residence and stole
a salt of clothes, manlodin and other
articles. James Harper and George
Margargal, guests, saw two men
through the window and fired twenty
shots, but the robbers escaped.
Beckersvllle. Declaring she left a
barrel containing 66 gallons of whisky
at the Beckersvllle Hotel, which the
defendant Joseph W. Richard, return
ed with the liquor missing and water
substituted, Elizabeth Beam sued to
recover $444.49.
Bryn Mawr. The Main Line Citi
zens' Association has appointed Miea
Caroline M. Karas visiting nurse for
Bryn Mawr district succeeding Miss
Potts, resigned.
Ambler. Bonds to a total of $14,
000, Issued by the WIssahlckon Fire
Company, bave been sufbscr'bed - for
and a fire station and borough hall is
being erected by Henry F. Schneider,
of North Wales.
Harrlsburg. The State will adopt
a policy of presenting repealers to
the Legislature biennially to keep the
statue books of the Commonwealth
clear of obsolete laws. '
Harrlsburgh. Governor Brumbaugh
has approved the merger Of four elec
tric companies into the Waynesboro
Electric Company,- of Waynesboro,
with a capital of $50,000.
Altoona. C. E. Torrance has a-side
of a stove used by Otvge Washing
ton at bis headquarters at Valley
Forge.
Shamokln. The Rev. E. Judson
Barnes, of the First Baptist Church,
some years ago was a building con
tractor in Scranton.
Berwick. With full honors of war,
James Garrison, a member of Com
pany I, Thirteenth Infantry, who died
of pneumonia on the Mexican border,
was burled. Thousands took part In
the service. . .
Chester. A modern police call sys
tem, on the ted light and gong plan,
will be installed In this town.
Allentown. Morris Greenfield sues
for 110,000 from Bernard Moskovlts,
for the alleged alienation of Mr.
Greenfield. ,
Bristol. Physicians have been criti
cised by State health officers for not
certifying over 200 births.
East Mauch Chunk. William, 11-
year-old son of Frank Isaac, a railway
mall clerk, fell on an Icy sidewalk and
fractured a leg.
Reading. During the ni&t month
41 young men have enlisted In the
united States army.
Reading. Jonothan B. Miller, fell
down the steps of the Norrlstown
Trust Company and his left hip was
brqken.
Emaus. Charles Knauss, while
shoveling snow for the borough, fell
and fractured an ankle.
Hazleton. A boycott on potatoes
brought a tumble In prices asked by
farmers, some of whom sold their hold
over tubers for $1.85 a bushel.
Norrlstown. While sifting ashes
Mrs. Harry Watton, 52, fell dead from
fatty heart '
Centerport Mahlon Bagenstose .who
was injured by a tree falling on hls
head, has died.
Pottsown. A carload of cows sold
by John'K. Kulp brought from $70 to
$107 per head.
Mohnton. The J. C. Keessler &
Co., hat factory has been sold to a
New York firm tor $35,000.
Topton. Emma, 7-year-old daugh
ter of Solon Slcher, split her lower
jaw falling downstairs.
Pottstown. Eggs dropped from 48
to 40 cents a dozen, and sauerkraut
skyrocketed from 18 to 25 cents a
quart In the market "
Pine Forge. Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Garber were found unconscious In
their home by neighbors overcome
by coal gas.
West Pottsgrove. William Francis,
constable, Is putting slot machines In
his bailiwick out of business. '
West Leesport. George Hoyer was
struck by an express train on the
Pennsylvania, near Reading, and his
right arm was broke.
Marcus Hook. The Benzol Pro
ducts Company, the General Chemical
Company and the Worth Brothers will
erect 800 houses to accommodate em
ployes. Coatesville. Daniel Rodman, a pipe
fitter, Is in the Coatesville Hospital
suffering with knife wound over the
heart, and Walter Allan, a structural
Ironworker, has been committed to
Jail, charged with the crime.
Morrisvllle. Mrs. Bateman, who car-
rled the mail between Morrisvllle and
Fallslngton many years, decided to
quit, and the contract has been award
ed to Leroy Wlldmaa.
Reading. An aanex will be added
to the Boys' Home so that 60 more
boys who figure In the Juvenile Court
can be cared for.
Harrlsburg. The SUte Board of
Pardons has recommended pardon of
Stanley Poweskl, Berks county, con
victed of car robbery.
York. Beginning a' campaign
against market forestalling, Mayor
Hugentugler had two arrests made by
plain-clothes policemen.
Utitz. Linden Hall Seminary.
which has been In existence 171 years.
is next to the oldest American school
for girls. - '
(Conducted bv tha National u-. I
m ipimu vuirai cauw Ulliun,)
ALCOHOL AN EXCRETION.
The origin of alcohol is most ste
ficant of Its character.
It Is an excretlod of the yeast nl.
thrown out because the plant has j'
lunner use lor it anil its retenuV
would have a poisonous effect. Just,J
the human body Is poisoned by n .,
cumulation of waste matter, so tv
yenst plant Is injured by its ww.
product When the alcohol has react
a strength of 14 per cent It Is tti
clently poisonous to the yenst plant u
stop nil of Its activities. j
It Is nn odd thing that any excr
tlon Is poisonous to the living orgs;
ism wnicn prouuees it ana to all hl$
forms of life. "The excretion of
mammal might serve ad food for som
of tho lower vertebrates and certain!,
for fungi and bacteria, but Inovltablj
lias a toxic action upon any orjjnnljo
of a higher rank," says Dr. WlnU
r
Scott Hull, of Northwestern Medial
school, and he continues:
"The relurlon of alcohol to life n
thus be summed : (1) Ethyl alcohol i
the excretion of a fungus; (2) exert
tlons which are toxic (poisonous) t
the organism which excretes thorn in'
also toxic to all higher organisms; (J,
alcohol Is toxic to the yenst plant ui
in conformity to laboratory obsem
tlons as well as to the logic of the W
alcohol Is toxic to all anlmul pr
toplasm."
And the layman's conclusion wool!
probably be; "The yenst plnnt, t
common with nnituajs, first consuma
food and then decomposes It Jfc
drinks the excreted decomposed foos
of the yeast plant, called alcohol, at
naturally Is poisoned thereby,"
8CAB WHISKY.
(John F. Connelley, Labor Leader.)
Ninety-four per cent of tho whish
made in the United States Is mode l;
the whisky trust. Whisky Is mude bj
nonunion labor, paid only $9.19 pe:
week according to the United States
bureau of census reports. The houn
of labor range from ten to 17 per da;
Out of $100 paid for whisky ut mat
ufacturcr's price only $2.08 goes bad
to the wage earners who mude tk
whisky.
It costs only 12 cents to make a gt!
Ion of whisky.
If at some future time a distiller;
would be unionized, it would be four
years before whisky made there couli
be put on market unless it goes oc
as rot-gut whisky.
If scab whisky is put Into a whist;
bottle made by union bottle blower!
with words "Union, Made" blown a
bottle, It will not make the whisky it
side the bottle union-made whisky.
It will take eight years to use trj
all the scab and nonunion-made whlsb
now In stock In United States.
DRINK AND WAR COMPARED.
In a recent published statement Dt
C. W. Saleeby, F. R. C. S., R. T. S,
one of the leading physicians of Greit
Britain, says that every year alcohd
makes 45,445 widows and orphans li
England and Wales alone, or over 121
a doyt
"The first year of the great war,"
says, "cost us about 80,000 lives of our
soldiers and sailors. But during ever?
yenr of peace, alcohol takes at letf
00,000 lives in this -country. On the
most moderate reckoning it Is respou
Ible for one-seventh, or about 14 pe
cent, of the whole death rate. This toll
of over a thousand lives a week, yen
in and year out, Is three-fourths of the
toll exacted by the greatest war In bit
tory."
FAIR EXCHANGE.
A converted drunkard was wnllrtm
past a saloon in Scranton, Pa., oat
night after he had ."hit the trull" U
one of "Billy Sunday's meetings li
that city. It was a place "to which bt
had formerly resorted and which bad
taken much of his money for the dead
ly drink. The bartender stood la the
door and yelled after him : . "I suppoK
you're one of those religious guy
who's given 'Billy' bis last cent ad
had to walk home 1"
"Mnny's the time I've given yo
my Inst cent and couldn't see to well
anywhere 1" shouted back the niua.
GREAT ECONOMIC ISSUE.
"If for no other reason than tho n
that prohibition would mean money
saving for this country, it would be
good thing." points out ex-Govern
Hanly of Indiana. "It cost Sl.OOO.OOft
000 to run this government lost jM
and during that time more than $2,000,'
000,000 was spent for liquor in tie
United States. In other words, all
the cost of preparedness, of tho p
elon roll, of the operating expenses of
the government could have been art
with this liquor money, and still there
would have been more than $400,000
000 to spare." 1
NOW READY TO FIGHT.
The Spokane (Wash.) Daily Chron
icle says -that it was not on the side
of prohibition In the fight of 1014, b
that It "is ready on ten seconds' no
tice to fight its best ngnlnst any effort
to repeal or cripple the prohibition
law."
ALCOHOL NOT NEEDED.
God never made a normal brnln that
needed alcohol to stimulate it. H 1
man needs alcohol be is a defective
Inferior to his fellows. WiHian
Jennings Bryan.
WHAT WOULD BE GAINED?
If a loss of revenue should accrue
to thn TTnltivl Rtntoo Ihnnanaa of Pro
hibition) from a diminished consume
tlon of ardent spirits, she will be tW
gainer a thousandfold in the health
wealth and hannln'ess of the people-
United States Supremo Court
KANSA8 8ATI8FIED.
Kansas nconle hnvn tried nrolilbitl"0
for 80 years and are so satisfied Wie
the results that every political parU
In the state champions prohibition o
the oaly state policy.