T. Yoder J. ' JOHNSTOWN Sells the Champion Cream Saver THE NEW DE LAVAL — HERE is no machine made in which proper lubrication is more vitally important than it is in a cream separator. A separator that is not properly oiled will turn hard and soon wear out. The old-fashioned method of oiling through a number of little holes with a Su} uirt-can was unsatisfactory for the reason that some . users would too much and too often, ville others would not oil often enough. ' The NEW De Laval is automatically oiled You dows have to fuss aroun =a has on top filled wba Reap the oe oii he automatic oi system Bwils ee that ne and bearin the ine has just th ef ean Machine)! as Jus e Y Hight Bro amount of cl The automatic oiling system saves time ; saves bo Bioko tha achine run ome and adds years to its lite, The De Laval oiling system has been great- 4 improved by the addition in the NEW De Laval of an automatically oiled neck bearing and the consequent elimination of the tube toes formerly carried ofl to this most import- part. a There has never been a cream se BIatY that gmbedied 80 many improvements a. 2 val. The new §g}2.contering bowl with its im- proved milk-distributing device, and the bell speed-indicator which insures operation at the proper speed, are two of the greatest improve- ments that have ever n made in cream Separator construction. Come in and gee the NEW De Laval Showing altomatic ° of NEW De L od BTR _— CONDENSED REPORT OF CONDITION The Second National Bank MEYERSDALE, PA. "December 31st, 1917. x RESOURCES " Loans, Bonds and Tovestments.....coe..oeiveiiininirninns veennnn. $804,891 52 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures..... rd vain tan ha nii sin 64,130 20 Cash and Due From Banks...... rliia at $175, 108 44 Total Resources, $1,044,130.16 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid'in..... eid ahs a, £65,000 00 Surplus Fund and Profits. ....c...eecinanans 70,334 30 Circulation..................... sivas bendy . 65.000 00 Deposits ............ih.ciii hisses Seana sittin Spa 843,795 36 Total Liabilities, $1,044,130.16 November 10, 1915......... $652,875.57 November 17, 1916......... $689,765.65 $1,044,130.16 December 31, 1917 OF MEYERSDALE, PA. At Close of Business, Nov. 20th, 1917 RESOURCES 1.0805 and InvestNEnIS cueesisrsssanishes semnnnispibasnins $ 964,112 73 B.S. Bonds........i.. nih 246,116 00 Banking House.. . 30.200 00 Cash ...... tienes ies sears ners irra, 3113971 Due from Banks and Reserve Agents... CE 291,381 13 Potal...... $1,612,949 63 . LIABILITIES Capital Stock i iil isssiaess ivan osis resariiia tated $ 65,000 00 Surplus and Profits 155,971 11 Circulation........;.s-.- Giri Te en ann AT 65 000 00 Deposits..........c.a0e00en reverie . 1.326.697 52 Total......51 612,949 63 £E6000000CONEOROOEOOO00000 CO0BO000000 JECOUIOOCEOB000S E Condenzed Statement T he Citizens National Bank “The Bank with the Clock with tHe Million” CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK = 2) Organized bookbinders at Atlanta Practically all the agricultural Gi have- adjusted differences with | work in Italy is being done by wo- their employers, both parties si mes a conti vhich provides for im- Women compose one-third of the proved 1o conditi ovees in the chemical industry THE SECR T TREATIES {Copies of Agreements for “Annexations and Spolia. tions” Between Entente Allies (Arthur S. Draper, in New York Tribune) London, Dec. texts of the secret negotiations 1915 between Russia, on the other, the Central Powers and other inter- 14.—The complete! in | on the one| hand, and France and Great Britain, | { 1 relative to Constanti- | nople; Persia, the future frontiers of | national questions, revealed recently | by the Russian Government in Petro- | grad, were made public here to-day. in the form of three confidential telegrams from M. Sazonolff, Russian Foreign Minister, . to Russian Ambassadors in Paris and then : the | London, they reveal that -early in | 1915 the British and French Gov- ernmengs agreed to the annexation | by Russia of the Dardanelles and Constantinople, with the protection of Allied economic and political in- terests, in return for whick Russia was to assist in the British campaign on Gallipoli. es, it wag/oroposed, should be made independent of Turkish rule, a neu- tral zone of Persia was to be created in the British sphere of and other Persian districts and parts of northern Afghanistan were to be secured for Russia. The documents also reveal a Rus- | sian agreement to allow France and influence, The holy Moslem plac- | Britain complete freedom in drawing | up the western frontiers of Germany and Austria, after the war, and called for the exclusion of the Polish question from sion. international discus- | i Exchange of views among Rus- | sia, Britain and Japan in regard to | forcing Germany out of Chinese mar- kets was likewise proposed. Russia Receives Constantinople. {First Telegram) The first telegram to the Russian | Ambassador in Paris, 5, 1915, is as follows: “On February 23 (March 8) the French Ambassador, on be- half of his government, an- nounced to me that Fgance is prepared to take up the most ~ favorable attitude in the matter of the realization of our desires as set out in my telegram to you, No. 397, in respect to the straits and Constantinople, tor which I charged” you to tender, Delcasse my gratitude. In his conversa- tiong with you Delcasse had previously ‘more than once giv- en his assurance that we could rely on the sympathy of France, . hnd only referred to the need of elucidating the question of the ‘ attitude of England, from which he feared some objection, be- tore he could give us more defi- nite assurance in the above sense. * “Now, the British Government has given complete consent in writing to the annexation by Russia of the straits and Con- stantinople within the limits in- dicated by wus and demanded only assurance for its economic interests and a similar benevo- lent attitude on our part toward the political aspirations of Xag- land in other parts. For me personally, filled, as I am; with the most complete conidonce in Deleasse, the assurance received from him is quite sufficient, but the imperial government would desire a more definite pronounce- ment of France's assent {o the complete satisfaction of our de- sires similar to that made by the British Government. (Signed) ‘‘Sazonoff.”’ Arranging the Fate of Turkey (Second Telegram) The second telegram to the Rus- sian Ambassador in London, dated March 7, 1915, says: “Referring to the memoran- dum of the British Government (embassy) here of March 12, will you please express to Lord Grey the profound gratitude of the imperial government for the complete and final assent of Great Britain to the solution of the question of the straits and Constantinople in accordance with Russia’s desires. The, im- perial government fully apprec- iates the sentiments of the Brit- ish Government, and feels cer- tain tMe sincere recognition of mutual interests will secure for- ever the firm friendship between Russia and Great Britain. “Having already given its promise respecting the condition of trade in the straits and Con- stantinople. the imperial govern- "ment sees no objection firming its assent to lishment of fre nitinople to con- the estab- y transit thro Const proceeding from or 1, -ana the str dated March | ee ed 2 ch een mere | Ambassador the breaking through of the Dar- danelles, undertaken by the Al- lies, the imperial government is prepared to, co-operate in induc- ing those states whose help is considered uséful by Great Brit- ian and France to join in the , undertaking on reasonable terms. The imperial government completely shares the view of the British Government that holy Moslem places must also in the future remain under an in- dependent Moslem rule. “It is desirable to elucidate at once whether it is contem- plated to leave those places wun- der the rule of Turkey, the Sul- tan retaining the title of Caliph, or to create new, independent states, since the imperial gov- ernment would only be able to formulate its desires in accord- ance with one or the other of these assumptions, - On its part, the imperial government would regard the separation of the cal- iphate from Turkey as very de- sirable. Of course, the freedom of the pilgrimage must be com- pletely secured. The imperial government confirms its assent to the inclusion of a neutral zone of Persia in the ' British sphere of influence. At the same time, however, it regards it as just to stipulate that the dis- tricts adjoining the cities of Is- paham and Yezd, forming with then one inseparable whole, should be secured for Russia, in view of Russian interests which have arisen there. The neutral zone now, forms a wedge be- tween the Russian and Afghan frontiers, and comes up to the very frontier Iine of Russia at Tulager.“Hence a portion of this wedge will have to be annexed _ to the Russian sphere of influ- ence. “0f essential importance to the imperial government is the question of railway construction in the neutral zone. which will réquire further a cable discus- sion. The Tmpetial government expects that in the tature its full liberty of action will be recog- nized in the sphere of influence allotted to it, coupled in partic- ular with the right of preferent- ially developing in that sphere its financial and economic poli- cies. Lastly, the imperial gov- ernment considers it desirable simultaneously to solve also the problems of Northern Afghanis- tan, adjoining Russia, in the sense of wishes expressed on the subject by the imperial ministry in the course of negotiations last year. (Signed) ‘“Sazonoff.” Free Hand to Fix German Bound- aries (Third Telegram) The third telegram. to the Russian | in Paris is dated Ieb-| ruary 24, 1917: “Please refer to my telegram No. 6,063, 1915. At the forth- coming conference you may be guided by the following general principles: Political agreements concluded “thetween the Allies during the war must remain in- tact and are not subject to re- vision. They include an agree- ment with France and England on Constantinople, the straits, Syria and Asia Minor, and also a London treaty with Italy. All suggestions for future delimita- tion of Central Europe are at present premature, but in gen- eral one must bear in mind that we are prepared to allow Krance and England complete freedom in drawing up the western frontiers of Germany in the expectation that the Allies on their part would allow us equal freedom in drawing up our frontiers of Ger- many and Austria. “It is particularly necessary to insist on the exclusion of the Polish question from subjects of international discussion and on the eliminaticn of all attempts ! to place the future of Poland un- der the guarantee and control of the powers. With regard to the Scandinavian states, it is necessary to endeavor to keep hack Sweden from any action hostile to us and at the same time to examine betimes meas- ures for attracting Norway on our gide in ddse it should prove * impossible .to prevent war with has alr mania ff 1 red all political Iy advantages d induce her to t been. . | { UOC OOOOOOOO000OO0LLN + STRIKERS KILLED: GUN MEN ESCAPE New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 10.—Justice Bergen has dis- missed five gun men who, on Jan. 19, 1915, killed two strikers and injured 19 others in the fertilizer strike at the Williams & (Clark: plant; near here. Four of the thugs were fined $500 and their leader paid $1,000. The ‘prosecution agreed that all other indiect- ments of first degree murder be quashed. The strikers were unorgan- ized when they suspended work on January 4, 1915, to enforce former rates of $2 a day, which had been reduced to $1.60 on the previous October. They were later unionized and the old rate was re-established. |, In instructing the grand jury to return indictments against the gun men Justice gsBergen scored the sheriff for swearing in as deputies professional gun men furnished by a Newark de- tective agency. But this con- demnation of the sheriff was three years ago when the public was aroused against this out- rage. Since then the incident .has been forgotten and the murderers are dismissed by Justice Bergen with fines paid by those who employed them. Ny EAE EN TO OOO CO OO OC OOO OC NE OO OO CO OOOO 00000 OOOO OOO OOOO OOIOOOOOOOOD LEE EO OO A OOO AO DO OOO COO OOCOOOOOOOOOOOC HODOOODOOEL DOVVOCO0COOI0VCHACOTOCOL NOTHING SERIOUS “So you sie?’’ Yes, mamma.” “Why didn’t you run, dear?’ “Because you told me never to deceive, mamma.” ! But how would that deceive, my | child?” “It might give some one who saw ‘me running an idea that I was anx- {ious to get there, and I wasn't”’— | Yonkers Statesman. ! * * were late to school, Bes- A very poor man applied for mem- | bership in a very exclusive church. | They hardly liked to turn him down, so requested him to take the matter to the Lord in prayer and come again. In about two months he | showed up. They questioned him as [to what reply, if any he had re- | ceived, and he said: “The Lord told | me not to get discouraged. He said | Hie kad been trying to get in to that ! church for seven years, but had not succeeded.” J LS * The fussy old gentlemen asked the chance traveling companion: . “Have you any children, sir?” “Yes, sir; asson.” “Does he smoke?” “Ah, sir, he never so touched a cigarette.” | “So much the better, sir; the use of tobacco is a poisonous habit. Does | he frequent clubs?” | “He has never put his foot one.” i “Allow me to congratulate you. Does he never come home late?” “Never. He goes to bed directly {after dinner. “A model young man, sir; a mod- lel voung man. How old is he?” “Just six months.”’—Philadelphia Record. much as in Deacon (butting into street mix- lup): A little religious talking to will | stop these fellows. Bystander; You'd better not try it, { mister. It was religion that started {the scrap.—Life. | honeigirls at Jacksonville, Fla., | have organized for increased pay. { be perfectly futile to search for new baits in this respect. The question of pushing out the (Germans from Chinese markets is one of very great importance. but a solution is impossible with- out the participation of . Japan. ir ig preferable to examine it at economic conference where representatives Japan egent. This does_not exclude e desiral Ly of a preliminary IVE i 3 the sul and an of are on Ivery large center of population organized into a municipality has a health departmen; with a bureau de- | voted to consideration of the com- munity’s. health. Large appropria- | tions of the people’s money are made | to maintain the bureau. Bulletins are issued to the pubic urging obser- vation of certain health rules. Super- vision over insure in each living room adequate space for fresh air. The school department employs dieticians to teach food values and the end that a more healthy race may be reared. Some progress has been made along these lines. Then comes riates many millions of dollars fer the heads of these departments issue more bulletins, but rules enjoined are in direct opposi- Labor Federations Making New Drive for Work- New York, Jan. iversal health insurance fon earners and prevention of sickness, as a need emphasized by the war. The advanced action recently taken by the federationg in California, Wis- consin, New Jersey and New York is regarded as a positive indication of ‘the growing conviction among the unions that health insurance must come soon in this country along the lines of similar protection afforded the workers in Europe. At the New York State Federation of Labor conference at Albany, Jan. 8, with 150 delegates in attendance, a resolution wag adopted without a health insurance and including this measure in the Federation's immedi- ate legislative program. > Two days previously the Joint State Labor Legislative Board of New Jersey, composed of the organ- ized labor bodies, including repre- sentatives of the railroad brother- hoods, re-affirmed the Federation's earlier approval of workmen’s health insurance and recommended that such legislation make adequate pro- visions for the needs and rights of the workers themselves. This resolu- tion expressing labor’s attitude de- clared that ‘‘the most careful con- sideration be given to the righis of the worker to adequate medical care with free choice of physician; that the cash benefit be fixed at two- thirds of wages, in proportion to wages received up-to $12 a week, but shall not be less than $5 weekly; that there be provided equal repre- sentation and equal contributions by employees and employers in mutual- ly managed insurance funds to be conducted without profit * * * and with emphasis on sickness pre- vention.” Official commissioners from nine states at the annual meeting of the Association for Labor Legislation in | Philadelphia, December 27, expressed | general agreement that such protec- tion for workers is inevitable, and Assemblyman Oli announced that the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor has unanimously approved uni- versal health insurance. A report was also received of the endorsement | of health insurance by the State Fed- eration in California. Public Officials Urge Action. ing the way for legislation. Governor Edge of New Jersey in his message | to the legislature a week ago urged | immediate consideration of health | insurance ag a war measure, ‘‘to con- of preventive action in our indus-| tries.” This recommendation fol- lative investigating commission which unanimously favored health insur- ance for wage workers in New Jersey {as “a need accentuated by the war.” Gov. McCall of Massachusetts, again urging fhe enactment of a { health insurance law, devoted a large | | part of hig message last week to the | pressing need of health insurance for | building is exercised to the proper combinations of diet to, the national government and appro- | food and fuel administrations and | in many cases, | men’s Health Insurance 18.—Organized la- | bor is giving a strong impetus to un- | wage | dissenting vote: endorsing universal | Meanwhile public officials are pav- | serve the physical vigor of our peo-| ple through the prompt and sure re- | lief of economic distress due to sick-! ness as well as through stimulation | lowed the recent report of the legis- | The Confusion of Food Administrators | tion to what we have been taught in | hygienies and dietetics. For example, the food bulletins tell {us to eat less. It prepares food for- | mulae that eliminate the ingredients [that give most substance—milk and fat—to the finished product. The de- | partment head urges the people to | eat less meat, wheat, eggs and other | essential foods. The fuel adminis- tration advises families to live in {one room in order to save fuel, ‘which means living under slum con- ditions. This is the rule of capitalism, which is employing all its power to (delay the coming of Socialism. It | is, however, capitalism in its rapidly declining stages and its total collapse is comparatively mear. For these !eymptoms, let humanity rejoice, for | capitalism and capitalism’s servants | cannot and must not be trusted with the lives and destinies of the human | race. New Age. Wilson Flecled Stale Seeretary i | | L. BIRCH -_ f.. Birch Wilson, Jr., of "Reading, was elected State [Executive secretary of the Socialist Be of Rennsyl- ania howl ig —vegeived the lig ‘aumber of votes cast for the office in last He will take office in: the pear future and serve for the en- suing year. Comrade Wilson was the successful one of four candidates, the vote being as follows: the referendum which closed Wednesday. WHISGR . ....0 ial ie, 506 Tait viol fiers vo eh aes 341 TROWPBONT . Lele sv iain ais vers 314 Young ......, Batis iran rien +184 The vote for the seat of the State Executive committee resulted in the election of Reading. The vote was: Reading ............¢«cria0ee 556- Pyitsburgh 5... 0... 00 sl, 371 York ... 00a... oid eae 232 Harrisburg: <».. oA vieiaie i 110 In eight cities investigated by the Federal Children’s Bureau, 28 per cent, the fathers earned less than [$550 a year and the death rate for {their babies was 162.5, or one in every six, Only about one-eighth, or 13.1 per cent. of all the fathers earned '$1,250 or more, and thd josadty rate for their babies was 62.5, jor 1 in.16. of Congressman Keating the House labor group, asks Con- | gress to increase the wages of all federal employees. The proposed in- | ereases range from $300 a year for workers receiving less than $1,200 la vear to $60 increases hetween $1,800 and $2,000. , chairman of Looks Like Discrimination “1 don’t see why Cupid should dis- {eriminate against any particular | trade or profession.” “Didn’t know that he did or supposed to.” was = i Tuberculosis mortality in the cen- tral empires shows a terrible increase | during the war, according to official statistics, | prehensive gystem which would so | far as possible do away with the | waste resulting from accident and sickness would be a wise, humane and beneficient measure. It would | str engthen the hands of the country lin war, and would result in the sav- {ing of very many millions of dollars [the workers in war time, saying: | “Good atsorigios declare that for each year to the commonwealth. * |every man on the battle front seven |* * Very much is ‘to be said even are required at home to keep him an | in war time * especially in effective fighting unit. No subject | favor of the immediate conservation can better; engage your attention ‘at of the health of our workers.” a time like this than that which re- ‘+2 The Labor Legislation conservation of s of the comm to the the hu- American t5i is devoted 1th i ew, en- Revi na
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