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r,V" '? r >7'$ 4|I. " "•'*{•?> ! «• tg " .J* x '* : £*. " ' ? A, ^~lk. 1* Mt ^ ^ 'l ? * :,^r-i'r!^'ri^ - _ *#, r»w.-: THE JttcHENRY PT.AINPEALER, McHENRY, ILL. me^W.Wr^il * _., j*' Fu a. v \ f j V, BOWELS ' *•'. "fii. WILSON CONFIRMS GERMAN WAR PLOT AGAINST THE U. S. Berlin, J«n 1», 1917.--On the 1st of February we intend to begin subma­ rine warfare unrestricted. In aplte of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United State* of America. If this attempt is not successful we .I propose an alliance on the following Officially Announced That Berlin basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make German Foreign Minister's In­ structions to the German^ t JAinister to Mexico. Tried to Lure Mexicd and Japan to War. fv, t ^ W1 * - . ^ PROOF ASKED FO SENATE ̂ President HasCopy of Official |nstruo- ^'-'^tiens Outlining Details of Consplr- n « | „ >cy Agajnst Our Government-- | ' $ " "Carranxa Told to Recon- - W- - f* quer Texas, Arizona '.' • ' and New Mexico. . /.V-. *v" ' ' ^ 'c ^ '":"<•': . •' / '; . f V Washington, March 3.--President Wilson, in response to the Senate's . caK, laid before that body on Thurs­ day official information that the UnltedA* States Is in possession of evidence*! which establishes the authenticity of t the sensational document disclosing how Germany intrigued to aliy Mexico and Japan with her'to war on this country. In response to a senate resolution the president transmitted a report from Secretary Lansing stating that the evidence had come to the posses­ sion' of the United States within the last week and that the authenticity of Foreign Minister Zimmermann's in­ structions to German Minister von Eckardt in Mexico City is established. President's Reply. peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost terri­ tory in New Mexico, Texas and Ari­ zona. The details are left to you for settlement. You are Instructed to inform the president of Mexico of the above In the greatest corffidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an out­ break of war with the United States, and suggest that the president of Mex­ ico, on hi* own initiative, should com­ municate with Japan, suggesting ad­ herence at once to this plan; at the same time offer to mediate between Germany and Japan. Please call to the attention of thi president of Mexico that the employ­ ment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel I England to make peace in a few months. (Signed) ZIMMERMANN. WILSON UNABLE TO PROTECT U. S. ISSUES APPEAL ' i • t . < .» ! President Helpless After Filibus­ ter in Senate Kills Armed Ship Bill. • .. SAVE NAT1QRFR0M DISASTER v'.'i' t' after * president's reply to the resolu­ tion and Secretary Lansing's report SLre 03 follows: "To the Senate: ."In response to the resolution adopt­ ed by the United States senate on March 1, 1917,- requiring the president to furnish the senate, if not incompat- » ibie with the public interest, whatever information he has concerning the note published in the press of this date ' purporting to have been sent January 19, 1017, by the German secretary of foreign affairs to the German minister to Mexico, I transmit herewith a re­ port by the secretary of state, which has my approval. f Signed) "WOODROW WILSON*" - _ Lansing's Report. the President: s, . "In response to the resolution adopt­ ed by the senate on March 1, 1917, requesting that that body be furnished. If not incompatible with the public in­ terest, whatever information you have concerning the note published in the press of this date purporting to have been sent January 19, 1917, by the Ger­ many secretary for foreign affairs to the German minister in Mexico, I have the honor to state that the government Is in possession of evidence which es- ; tablishes the fact that the note refer­ red to is authentic, and that' it is in possession of the government of the United States, and that the evidence was procured by this government dur­ ing the present week; but that it Is, in my opinion, incompatible with the public interest to send to the senate •t the present time any further infor­ mation in possession of the govern­ ment of the United States, relative to the note mentioned fa the resolution ,«f the senate. ? ••Respectfully submitted, ^Signed) "ROBERT LANSING." #c S ifhe senate without comment or­ dered the report and letter printed and referred to the foreign relations com­ mittee. German Plot Against U. S. i*"' * Washington, March 3.--On, Friday morning the Western Newspaper Union was enabled to reveal that Ger- nauny in planning unrestricted subma­ rine warfare and counting its conse­ quences, proposed an alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States if this country should not remain neutral. Japan, through Mexican mediation, "Wis to be urged to abandon her allies and join in the attack ou the United States. (. v j , f- N |-r Mexico, for' her reward, was to re- "'K, general financial support from n " Germany, reconquer Texas, New Mex- ico and Arizona--lost provinces--and if,;,." Share in the victorious peace terms 3;^ , ^ Germuny contemplated. U/ % j Details of the Plot |/* r /"Uetufls Were left to 'German Mtn- ' *' • vo" Ecklmrdt In Mexico City, E ' ^*ho by instructions signed hy Ger- . ,*#«»» foreign Minister Zimmermann 1 *t Berlin January 19, 1917, was direct- Sj.V * «fl to propose the .alliance with Mex- p/; • l®o to General Curranza and suggest li • Ci:iiat seek to bring Japan into ^ tie.plot.- Instructions were transmitted ti> V on Kckhardt through. Count von Berustnrff,' former Gennnn ambas Wido'r liere, now on ^hjs way home to •vve. ec""1 Germany under a safe conduct ob­ tained from his enemies by the coun­ try against which he was plotting war. Pictures World Pominion%, Germany pictured to Mexico by broad intimation England and the en­ tente allies defeated; Germany and her allies triumphant and in world domination by the instmment of un­ restricted warfare. A copy of Secretary Zlmmermann's instructions to Von Eckhardt, sent through Von Bernstorff, is in posses­ sion of the United States government. Supplies Missing Link. The document supplies the missing link to many separate chains of cir­ cumstances, which until now have seemed to lead to no definite point. It sheds new light upon the frequent­ ly reported but indefinable movements of the Mexican government to couple its situation with the friction between the United States and J^pan. It adds another chapter to the cele­ brated report of Jules Cambon, French ambassador in Berlin before the war, of Germany's world-wide plans for stir­ ring strife on every continent where they might aid her in the struggle for world domination which she dreamed was close at hand. It adds a climax to the operations of Count von Bernstorff and the German embassy in this country, which have been colored with passport frauds, charges of dynamite plots and intrigue, the full extent of which never has been published. • Emphasizes Our Perils. It gives new credence to persistent reports of submarine bases on Mexi­ can territory in the Gulf of Mexico; it takes cognizance of a fact long rec­ ognized by American army chief*:, that Jf Japan ever undertook to in­ vade the United States >it probably would be through Mexico, over the border and into the Mississippi valley to split the countrv in two. It recalls that Count von Bernstorff when handed his passports was very reluctant to return to Germany, bnt expressed a preference for asylum in Cuba. It gives a new explanation to the repeated arrests on the border of men charged by American military authori­ ties with being German intelligence agents. Last of all, it seems to show a con­ nection with General Carranza's re­ cent proposal to neutrals that exports of food and munitions to the entente allies be cut off, and an Intimation that he might stop the supply of oil, so vital to the British navy, which la exported from th 3 Tamplco fields. There is now no doubt whatever that the proposed alliance with Mex­ ico was known to high Mexican offi­ cials who are distinguished for their anti-Americanism. Among them are Rafael Zubaran. Carranza's minister to Germany, and Luis Cabrera, Car­ ranza's minister of finance. Denied by Both Nationk. Washington, Mardh 3.--Flat denial that his government participated in any manner in the German plot against the United States was made by Mexi­ can Charge Ramon de Negri at the Mexican embassy. The Japanese embassy made the following comment: "With regard to the alleged German attempt to induce Japan and Mexico to-make war upon the United States, made public in the press, the Japanese embassy, while lacking information as to whether such invitation ever reached Tokyo, desires to state most emphatically that any invitation of tlii;* sort would imte no circum­ stances be entertainea^Pthe Japanese government, which is in entire acf-ord and close relations with the other power." READY FOR WAR WITH U. S. son is determined to throw the full weight of the United States into the ChsncellcV Hollweg's Spetfcn Regard- i" ed as Preparing People of Ger- many for Conflict. I*,*, BjWtUit ^March r2.--1 Declaration 'of * 1? war im^fbtiany bjr the United States 6"C ' • Would be 'no Surprise to the people. IPS":- Ife' '. ^ is no exaggeration to say they y'. for it and would be rather sur- w . " prised if it did not come. s*\ - They are convinced President Wil- SCRIBES BLAMED FOR "LEAK" >#lou«e Committee's Unanimous Report V CIaars AII Government Official* -• *• -'> , of Any Blame. . Washington, March a.--A unanimous feport snying that no one save two ^Vashington newspaper men--J. Fred £ Jpswiry and W. W. Price--were re- «lxins3hJe for whaterer /leak" there :•»» on President Wilson's peace note ." jras presented to tlie bouse at night .;J>y Chairman Henry of the rules corn- scales on the side of the allies. This nation-wide sentiment was manifest as the German people "di­ gested" the speech o* the chancellor in the reichstag. It was the first time tn Dr. Bethmann-HoUw»g's career that he voiced criticism of America's attitude in this v^r. War with America would mean the removal of the last barriers to the II- boat campaign, and the submarine could sweep every part of all oceans. mlttee. All persons connected with the government. Including Secretary McAdoo .and Secretary Tumulty, the members of I^oth houses and *R. VV Boiling, a brother-in-law of the presl derjt. are specifically cleared of sus­ picion. Twelve Senators Talk Measure to Death in Spite of Overwhelming Majority--Manifesto That Was . Issued by 76 Lawmaker* , Shows Them In Favor of the Washington, March C.--Twelve sena­ tors, led by Senator La Follette and encouraged by Senator Stone of the foreign relations committee, i,n a fili­ buster denounced by President Wil­ son's spokesmen as the most- repre­ hensible In the history of any civilized cation, defied the will of tfn .over­ whelming majority in congress up to the last minute oh Sunday, and de­ nied to the president a law authorizing him to apn American merchant ships to meet the German submarine men- ace. The 12 senators, seven Republicans and five Democrats, who by their fili­ buster killed the armed neutrality bill, are: Clapp (Rep.) of Minnesota, Cummins (Rep.) of Iowa, Gronna (Rep.) of North DakotaT Kenyon (Rep.) of Iowa, Kirby (I>em.) of Arkansas, La Follette (Rep.) of Wisconsin. Lane (Dem.) of Oregon, Norris (Rep.) of Nebraska, O'Gormon (Dem.) of New York, Stone (Dem.) of Missouri. Vardaman (Dem.) of Missis- sippo, Works (Rep.) of California. Unyielding throughout 26 hours of continuous session to appeals that their defiance of the president would be humiliating to the country; uncom­ promising in a crisis described to them as the most serious to the nation since the Civil war, La Follette of Wiscon­ sin and his small group of supporters refused a majority of their colleagues an opportunity to vote on the armed neutrality bill. It died with the Sixty-fourth con­ gress at noon Sunday. To fix responsibiftty before the country, 76 senators, 30- Republicans and 4^ Democrats, signed a manifesto proclaiming to the world that they fa­ vored passage of this measure. This declaration, embodfed in the record of the senate,. referred to the (act that the house on Thursday night had passed a similar bill by a vote of 403 to 13, and also recited that the senate rule permitting unlimited de­ bate gave a small minority opportun­ ity to throttle the will of the majority. Protest of Majority. • ' The text of the manifesto Is as fol­ lows : "The majority of United States sen­ ators favored the passage of the sen­ ate bill authorizing the president of the United States to arm American merchant vessels, a similar bill hav­ ing already passed the house by a vote of 403 to 13. Under the rules of the senate allowing unlimited Uebate it appears to be impossible to obtain a1 vote previous to noon March 4, 1917, when this session of congress expires. "We desire the statement entered on the record to establish tlie fact that the senate favored the legislation and would pass it if a vote could be ob­ tained." • Thirteen Refuse to Sign. Thirteen senators declined to sign the declaration, but one of them, Sen­ ator Penrose, Republican, of Pennsyl­ vania, announced that lie would have voted for the bill had opportunity been afforded him. Hours before the end senators who fought throughout the night to, break down the filibuster coifceived a way to thwart La Follette's well-laid plans to occupy the center of the legisla­ tive stage at the climax of the bitter fight. Its execution brought the session to a dramatic end, with I41 Follette fight­ ing vainly for a chance to deliver a speech on which he had worked many days. He saw- friends of the doomed legislation inflict the death blow which he planned. Instead of La FoHette. Senator Hitchcock, leader of th# majority in favor of the bill, talked out the wan­ ing hours of the session. Wnson Issues Appeal to People. The following is the official state­ ment issued by President Wilson from the White House on Sundajl-: The termination of the last session of the Sixty-fourth congress by consti­ tutional limitation discloses a situation unparalleled in the history of the coun­ try: perhaps unparalleled in the his­ tory of any modern government. ' In the immediate presence of a Men Support Their Wives. Who does the work? Does industry unfit women for marriage? Do women support their husbands? Brace your­ self now for some cold figures fresh from (he 1910 census: The actual percentage of married men being supported hjyj^ieir wives la infinitesimal, as the wnsus xtyows that th" average woman in industry gives up her occupation upon marriage. Nearly 4 out of every 10 girls be­ tween the ages of sixteen and twenty in the United States are engaged In Felt He Could Be Frank. Nobody enjoys a story at his own ex­ pense quite so thoroughly as G. A. H. Shideler, former warden of Michigan City penitentiary. Former Revenue Collector Elam H. Neal, the late State Senator C. C. Ly* oqs and Mr. Shideler were inseparable companions when they used to work in politics together several years ago. One afternoon Shideler was sitting In a chair out in front of the Hotel Will Not Ppy for Ships. London, March 1.--Germany wtll give the Dutch government no satis­ faction for the sinking of the fleet of Dutch vessels torpedoed on February 1 English having his shoes polished. 22, say dispatches from The ' "Evening paper?" urgently pressed crisis fraught with more subtle and far* reaching possibilities of national dan­ ger than any wther the government has known within the whole history of it* international reiations the congress has been unable eiIller to safeguard the country or to vindicate the elementary rights of its cltixens; 51 More than WO of the 531 member* of the two houses werp ready and anx­ ious to act; ttre house of representa­ tives had acted by ah overwhelming majority, but the senate was unable to act because a little group of eleven senators had determined that it should not. The senate has no rules by which debate can be limited or brought to an end; no rules by which dilatory tactics of any kind can be prevented. A single member can stand in the way of action if he have but the physical endurance. The result in this case is a complete paralysis ullke of the legislative and of the executive branches of the govern­ ment. This Inability of the senate to act has rendered some of the most neces­ sary legislation of the session impos­ sible at a time when the need for it was most pressing and most evident. The bill which would have permit-; ted such combinations of capital and of organization in the export and im­ port trade of the country as the cir­ cumstances of international competi­ tion have made imperative--a bill which the business judgment of the whole country apprpved|and demanded --has failed. The opposition of one 6r two sena­ tors has made it impossible to Increase the membership of the interstate com­ merce commission or to give it the altered organization necessary for its efficiency. The conservation bill, which should have released for immediate- use the mineral resources which are still locked up In the public lands, now that their release is more imperatively necessary than ever, and the bill which would have made the unused water power of the country Immediately available for industry have both failed, though they have been under consideration through­ out the sessions of two congresses and have been twice passed by the house of representatives. Special Session No Cure. The appropriations for the army have failed, along with the appropria­ tions for the civil establishment of the government, the appropriations for the military academy at West Point and the general deficiency bill. It has proved impossible to extend the powers of the shipping board to meet the special needs of the new situ­ ation into which our commerce has beeen forced or to Increase the gold reserve of our -national banking sys­ tem to meet the unusufil circumstance® of the existing financial situation. It would not cure the difficulty to call the Sixty-fifth congress in extraor­ dinary session. The paralysis of the senate would remain. The purpose and the spirit of action aer not lacking now. The congress is metre definitely united In thought and purpose at this moment, I venture to say, than It has been since the memory of any man n«w In its membership. There is not only the most united patriotic purpose but the objects mem­ bers have In view are perfectly clear and definite. But the senate cannot act unless Its leaders cap obtain unanimous con­ sent. Its majority is powerless, help­ less. In the midst of a crisis of ex­ traordinary peril, when only definite and decided action can make the na­ tion safe or shield it from war Itself by the aggression of others^, action is Impossible. Although, as a matter of faet, the nation and the representatives of thd nation stand back of the executive with unprecedented unanimity and spirit, the Impression made abroad will of course be that it Is not so and that other governments may act as they please without fear that this govern­ ment can do anything at all. Asks Senate Rulea Be Altered. We cannot explain. The explanation is incredible. The senate of the Unit­ ed States is tlie only legislative body in the world which cannot act when its majority Is ready for action. A little group of willful men, represent­ ing no opinion but their own, have ren­ dered the great government of the United States helpless aud contempti­ ble. The remedy,! T-here Is but one rem­ edy. The only remedy Is that the rules of the senate shall be so altered that it can act. The country can be relied upon to draw the moral. I be­ lieve that the senate can be relied on to supply the means or action and save the country from disaster. At the same time the president au­ thorized the further statement that what rendered the situation even more grave than It had been supposed that It was was the discovery that., while the president, under his constitutional powers, couW do much of what he had asked the congress to empower hliu to do, it had been found that there were certain old statutes as yet unrepealed which raised insuperable practicable obstacles and virtually nullified his power. . ; gainful occupations. The percentage is actually 39.9. But from the ages of twenty-one' to ̂ forty-four the propor­ tion drops to 26.3 per cent, and after forty-five to 15.7 per cent. O11 the other hand, almost 8 out of every 10 boys between the ages of six­ teen and twenty, or 79.2 per cent, are engaged in gainful occupations. The proportion increases to 96.7 per cent for men between the ages of twenty- one to forty-four years and drops only to 85.9 per cent, after the age of forty- .flve, the boy as he solicited Shideler to buy a copy of the News. "You're wasting time trying to talis to that man," Interposed Mr. Neal. "He can neither hear nor speak. He's a dummy." "What's yer givln' us?" answered the little newsle. "He don't l«>ok like no dummy." "Try him out yourself If you don't believe It," assured Neal, •: "Evenin* paper! All about' the big railroad wreck ! Fifty people killed! Jttews, mister?"--Indianapolis News. F U t f Z KOLB AND OTHERS i^llliSTED BY POLIO* HOBOKEN, N. J. INFERNAL. MACHINES FOUND Prisoner Alleged to Have Been Impll* ' cated'in Explosions at Munition# Works--President Be- a...v,. IJfved Target. ,;4 Hofcoken, N*. J„ March 7.--With tkc arrest here on Monday of Fritz Kolb, a German' reservist, the authorities ex­ pressed the belief that they ha<J frus­ trated a well-devoioped plot to aid Germany by blowing up munition plants In this country engaged In turn­ ing out contracts for the entente allies. The police said they found In Kolb's room two bombs, which, according to rumors that had reached them, were to be sent to President Wilson. After a preliminary investigation, however, they announced themselves as convinced that the plans of the alleged plotters had to do entirely with destroying war supplies, and that no attack on the president's life was contemplated. (An early dispatch said that Kolb had confessed to'the'police that he in­ tended sending the bombs to President .Wilson.) The police also said they had come Into possession of information which might help them in solving the Black Tom (N. J.) explosion and the destruc­ tion of the Kingsland (N. J.) plant of the Cunadlan Car ahd Foundry eoip- pany, in which large munition sup- piles for the entente allies were blov/n up. Four other men were questioned by the authorities. Chief of Police Hayes of this city said they were friends of Kolb, but hd was convinced they knew nothing of the alleged plot. "We are following leads which may result in additional arrests at any time," Chief Hq.yes declared. "We are co-operating with the New York police and the neutrality squad of the col­ lector of the port of New York. All of us have been working on this for several weeks." Kolb was found in a small hotel, opposite the piers of the Hamburg- Ajnerican line. His room, it wa,s as­ certained, bore the appearance of hav­ ing been used as a laboratory. Beside the two bombs, the police said they found brass and copper tubing resembling'that used in ships. The two bombs were .made of steel pipe, and were loaded with picric acid, and are now in the hands of the bu­ reau of combustibles In New York for analysis. Kolb denied that he had anything to do with making the bombs, but said, according to the police, that his room was used for that purpose by a man he knew only as "Kary whom he met In a saloon. He declared he did not know the man's present whereabouts. Kolb was born in Cologne, Germany, he said, and came to this country shortly after the war began, working Ms way on a Standard Oil steamer. He also made several trips between this country and Mexico, he said, but not recently. He admitted that he was a druggist and had sought a position as a weigher in chemical houses. Kolb gave his age as thirty-three. Valuable papers found In his room were confis­ cated. Under a washstand in Kolb's room the police found his explosive "cache." The names of several confederates are alleged to be In the possession of the authorities, and reports were that ramifications of the plot were to include the destruction of oil' works at Tam- pico, Mex., and Remington Arms works in lioboken. Agents of the department of justice are coming to Hoboken to take part in the examination of the air leged plotter. FIVE CHINESE TONGS CLASH Five Killed and Two Probably Fatally Wounded In Fights in Various Cities in U. S. San Francisco,' March 7.--Five Chi­ nese were killed outright, two were probably fatally injured and three were wounded less seriously in tong wars waged almost simultaneously in San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton ^and San Jose. Cal., and Seattle, Wash. Gunmen of the powerful tongs. Hop Sing, Suey Sing and Be Ong Slugs, arrayed against the fighters of the Suey On, Sen Suey Ying and Biug Kong, started the street battle here shortly after one o'clock, a few min­ utes. prior to the hour set for * peace conference. ' 1 Many volleys were fired, clearing the crooked streets of Chinatown of pedestrians almost Instantly. Only one bystander was hit. The bodies of the two killed here were riddled by heavy calll>er bullets. sSL. v.."'- flayer of Wife to Prison/^. • Terre Haute, Ind.. March 7.--On the plea of guilty, William Hart, aged twenty-one, was sent to prison for life for killing his young wife, at which time he also shot himself aud for days was thought to be dying. Ordered to Fire on Alrme^i : San Francisco, March 7.--Sell tiles swel*e under orders to shoot to kill any aviator flying over the fortifications of this port. The order was Issued after "an airplane was observed flying over forts Miles and Scott. , ̂ . Oklahoma Vank Robbed^. • Muskogee, Ofcla.. March 7?^-Two masked men entered the First State bank at Park Hill. 80 miles east of here, forced the pashler Into the vault at the point of revolvers and escaped with $1,000 in currency. Army Takes Railroads. Amsterdam, March 7.--According to the Krenz Zeltung of Berlin, the entire railway system of Germany has been turned over to the military authorities, with the chief of the field railway syi- ctorjte. ,, On ffts Western Canadian Farm- it. is getting to be a long drawn, out story, the way that Western Canadian farmers have niade money. Many of them a few years ago, came to the country with little more than their few household effects, probably a team of horses and a cow or two, and suffi­ cient money to do • them for a few months, until they got a start. Hun­ dreds of such can be pointed out, who today have splendid homes, well equipped farms, the latest machinery and an automobile. Here is the case of A. E. Merriam, -formerly of Devil's Lake, N. D. He didn't leave there be­ cause the land was poor, or farming not a success, for all who know that country are aware that It is an excel­ lent country,. He wanted to expand, to take advantage ot the cheap land that Western Canada offers. And that same story has appealed to hundreds of others who have had like success with Mr. Merriam. But his story, and he signs it, too, is: ,1 "I came to Alberta in the Spring of 1909 from Devil's Lake, North Dakota, locating on my farm near Dalroy. "I arrived with six head of horses and two head of( cattle and about $1,500. Since then, I have increased my live stock to seven head of horses, four head of cattle, and about one hun* dred head of hogs, a four-roomed bouse, good barn with all modern im­ provements, a feed grinder, elevator, chopper, fanning mill, etc. I have in­ creased my original capital at least four times more since coming here. "From the feeding of hogs during the last year, I had a gross return of $5,000. "I first started grain farming, but during the past four years I have made hogs my specialty, and you may see by the foregoing statement for 1910 that I have not done so badly. "Land has increased at least twenty per cent in value during the past few years, now selling for from, $25 to $35 per acre, with nominal taxes of about $27 a quarter section yearly. "The climate here Is better than Da­ kota in that we do not have so much dry wind; the winters are similar to Dakota. "As for farming In general, the grow­ ing and feeding of live stock is more sure than the grain farming, if con­ tinued year after year, and if every farmer follows this he will be ahead of the grain growers in the long run. Taking everything into consideration, I feel satisfied with my success in Alberta." (Sgd.) A. E. MERRIAM. Dalroy, Alberta, .Tan. 12th. 1917. , There will be the greatest demand Cor farm labor in Western Canada dur­ ing the early spring, and, in fact, all season, until November, and the high­ est wages will be paid. There is an absolute guarantee by the Canadian Government that those who go to Canada for this purpose need have no fear of conscription.--Advertisement. NOT LIKE LOWER ANIMALS Man's Consciousness Places Him Out­ side Darwin's "Struggle for Existence." Man is a thinking animal, because he is a conscious animal, writes W. P. Pycraft in the Illustrated London News. It is his consciousness of him­ self and his surroundings that has placed him outside the operations of his animal and physical environment. The lower animals depend for their ex­ istence on their ability to respond to the conditions imposed by their phys­ ical environment and their powers of adaptability to their animate environ­ ment, the struggle to obtain food, to avoid enemies, and so on. For them there* is indeed a "struggle for exist­ ence." But the "struggle for exist­ ence" has nothing to do with human progress. For man is a thinking and scheming animal. He lives by his wits. The failure to realize this, the prone- ness of the layman to apply Darwin's great generalization to the develop­ ment of the human race today. Is an­ swerable for much pernicious doctrine, culminating in the most disastrous war which the world has ever seen. RAILWAY FARES LOW THEN In England During 1856-57 Rates Were at the* Minimum Because of Competition. % In calculating the recent big In­ crease in railway fares, the powers that be unfortunately tootf the present- day ordinary rates, remarks London Tit-Bits. Travelers would have been better pleased had they taken as a basis the fares In vogue sixty years ago. Competition then reacted most beneficially for the traveler. During the winter of 1856-57 the fare from London to Peterborough was one shil­ ling. the distance being 76 miles, and during the same period the ordinary return fare between Yorkoand London, 377 miles, was 3s 6d. A year later there ivas a competitive effort to capture the| Manchester pas­ senger traffic, with the result that the double journey of 367 miles cost but five shillings. After that the compa­ nies became more commercial, and lear philanthropic. Useful Knowledge. 7 Manager--Loan you $50? Why, go to the bank and ask them to lend It to you. That's their business. As they don't know you, that's all the more reason that you'll get it. You wouldn't get a cent 1 i they knew yon. Visitor--Oh! Manager--You may 'oh' others, bu/ you cannot owe me. __ * Hie Estimate. /'Money isn't everything." "No, only about 97 per cent." If you would put a small Boy Where you may hope to find him five minutes later put him in the pantry. ' r, sick headache, bad breath, Sour Stomach and constipation. V, Get a 10-cent box now. No odds how bad your liver, itomscii or bowels; bow much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfort­ able you are from constipation, indiges­ tion, biliousness and sluggish bowela --you always get the desired reauita with Cascarets. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowela make you ihiserable. Take Cascarets to-night; put an end to the headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv­ ousness, aick, sour, gassy stomach, backache and all other distresa; cleanse your inside organs of all the bile, gases and constipated matter which Is producing the misery. \ A 10-cent box means health, happi* ness and a clear head for montha. No more days of gloom and distresa if you will take a Casearet now and then. AH stores sell Cascarets. Don't forget the children--their little iB> aides need a cleansing, too. Adv. > Protected. * Donald was troubled with indiges­ tion, which made necessary a careful supervision of his diet. One night at dinner he asked for a second helping of dessert. "No, Donald," said his aunt. "Don't you remember the last time you ate so much pudding, how it made you dream about lions and bears and tigers and' all sorts of wild animals?" "Well, I don't care," he whispered, "it made me dream that I had a great big gun there, too l" • THE BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE HE EVER SOU I have been selling Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root ever since it was placed on the mar­ ket. It is considered a great liver remedy and has been found very beneficial in the treatment of rheumatism and catarrh or inflammation of the bladder. My wife used it for kidney trouble; she is a pat­ ent medicine hater, but stands firm for Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root at all times. I have also used it myself with beneficial results. I regard Swamp-Root as a rem­ edy without a superior and with very few equals as a kidney medicine. With an ex­ perience of forty years behind the counter, handling all the kidney remedies sold in the territory, I have recommended Swamp- Root as the best remedy I ever sold. I have always sold Swamp-Root on the plan, money back if not satisfied, and have never been called on to refund a penny. It is an equal to the best diuretics on the mat- ktft. Yours very truly, T. E. BRADSHAW, Druggist, April 20, 1916. Bippus,,lnd. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Ytm Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bot­ tle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet 01 valuable infor­ mation, telling about the kidneys and blad­ der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one- dollar size bottles lor sale af a!i;. Am storts.--Adv. ESKIMO DESERTS DANE KINS Mena Peary Wallace of Etah Takaa Out First Papers as Ameri- ' can Citizen. Mene Peary Wallace, formerly of north Greenland, Rear Admiral Peary'a "Eskimo boy," a few days ago for­ swore allegiance to the king of Den­ mark and received from C. W. Schulter of the naturalization bureau the only "first papers" ever issued in New York to an Eskimo. "I don't know whether I'm on the road to being an American citizen or whether I've been an American citizen right along," Mdne said. "Etah I# away up toward the pole, about 3,000 miles nearer than Cape Slddon, where the Danish government exercises its northernmost jurisdiction, but Amer­ ican expeditious 'put Btah on the map,' as you would say here. "Etah is some place," he declared, admiringly. "It has a population Of 400--living in snow huts--110 mayor, no police, no schools--but when you've lived in Ne\v York for a while a diet of blubber and caribou meat goes hard." Rainbow chasers get at least.a nf6 for their money. Photographic materials are needed In Spain. ' Old Fashioned Ideas are being supplanted daily by newer and better things. This is particularly true, where health and efficiency are concerned. In hundreds of thous­ ands of homes where cof­ fee was formerly the table drink, you will now nnd POSTUM It promotes health and efficiency, and the old time nerve-frazzled coffee drink­ er soon gives place to the alert, clear-thinker who drinks delicious Postum and koows . "There's a Reason" /Ta Chang* in prfc*. quality or Wee pcuJingt. ; •/. v - -