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Saaw iSDHVE ~ FIVE MILES {SJ l̂aoii and La Fere Are Taken; ' v Victory on the Whole #> us w - ii&z'n-'-*--™ n* fi * . Uni* mm* PAW \ 1 -A ijV & , '. >f" \ ;','r ",-1 MK French Push North to Cut Route1of ; Foe Ih Flight--Britich Are Within ' a Few Hundrey Yards. ,4:x""' of Douai. :'A ,".£M SSS ": . - * ;vf>.v: isk4 ' ^ • - •"V, if jg r it London, Oct- 15.--& terrific attack, livered by plckea allied troops In nders, has swept the Germans back e miles over a wide front and may use the collapse of his whole defens- e system here. Although official re- rts were lacking, advices from the nt indicated the allies were close Lille--in fact, may even now be at e outskirts of that enemy buttress the north. 5 Among the towns reported captured 1c Roulers, while it is said that French ^ -troops alone have taken more than '&000 prisoners. ; The allied attack appears to have been on a front of more than 25 miles, Ijie heaviest onslaught being delivered at the north end. Roughly, the bat­ tle front extends from the region of Boulers southward to Douai. ;* The offensive, launched after the ©ermans had withdrawn many troops ;Kb the Cambral-St. Quentin front and , fiver to the Champagne and Argonne, may be one of the most telling of the "#ar. Any pronounced gains here would mean the German evacuation of ..Bruges, the submarine base, Ghent r^pjnd other Belgian cities. In the capture of Routers, It to ret ported, the allies pressed on and have advanced their line eastward to Isge- kem and Lendelede, which lies only jbur miles northwest of Courtral, an Unportant German rail head. ' M Great German Bases Captured. ; London, Oct. 14.--Laon, the anchor 4f the whole German battle line on the . west front, has been cast off by Luden- dorff under Foch's terrific pressure from four sides, and the whole Ger­ man southern front Is in precipitate ^isetreat. The city is in allied hands. The JTrench have entered its outskirts and »ot a single German Is left iu the town. Only two lines of retreat are still- flpen to the huge German force in the :<^|aon pocket--estimated at a quarter Of a million--that to Hirson and to Jffexieres. The Germans cannot stop low until they have fled to the ap­ proaches of these places, which means that their flight must continue for be­ tween 30 and 50 miles northeastward, t j With the southern pivot gone, Lille, the northern hinge, practically "hangs to the air." and the retreat must pres­ ently extend over the whole 100-mile -front between the north of Reims and flie North sea. , Douai, the "crutch" south of Lille on Which that stronghold has been lean- Mg for weeks, is falling. Unofficially tjie British are reported fighting In its Suburbs. . L a F e r e A l s o C a p t u r e d . , ' La Fere, which was to Laon what ^ "4 •; Doral hu been to Lille, has been oc- * > etipied by the French. It lies a little & v Wore than twelve miles northwest of :• J Laon. The French there are driving - hard and fast after the Germans, While Debeney's French First army to r; ; * Hie north may at any moment sweep Igl^ across the Oise and dash to the Laon- . Hirson railway via Guise to cut off ^ ftart of the mass of troops now clog- •M. this avenue of escape in its flight. jfcf Almost due west of Laon Gouraud's jjj/, * .-j. army north of Reims has crossed the |L^ j. Alsne and-is smashing against the left - *; flaiik of the German Laon army, threat- - «ning to cut the other rail of retreat between Laon and Mezieres. feT-' German Army in Big Retreat. | London, Oct. 12.--The Germans evi- ** ^ deutly are retiring from' Douai. ! '/•*' ^ The British have captured St. Al- " " ^ i 1 bert and thus are within seven mile* \ of the main German lateral line of '/'£• ' communication, the Valenciennes-Lille railway. The enemy is retreating on the Whole front from the Solssons-Laon road to Grand Pre, north of the Ar­ gonne forest, and also from the north bank of the Suippe riyer in Cham pagne. , r.di&. :• North of Reims the French, Fifth army 1* holding both banks' of the River Suippe and has captured Ber- tri court. ;i Italian forces played a brilliant Jpsrt in the magnificent attack of the Fifth army, which also resulted in the (rapture of Courtecan and Troyon, south of Laon. • - • Huns Leave Flemish Coast North of the Scarpe river, in the di- li# *. • W*\. • V •jrt 0 » r" • %&*>< •fef: SAVES PLANE AND COMRADE ftublieut. H. E. Loud of Oscoda, Mich^ Steers Flaming Machine While t Comrade Ridei on Wing. Ijf^h the American Army on tiie %^ampagne Front, Oct. 10.--Crawling *nit on the wing of his blazing air- T^ane, which had been set afire by German' incendiary bullets, Capt. Charles Trlckey of Hanger, Tex., bal­ anced the machine high in midair so that the pilot could bring it safely to POLITICIANS DEFY U. S. JURY l» earth. Although the flames licked his l>ody and inflicted motul burns, the pilot, Sublieut. Harold E. Loud of Oscoda, Mich., stuck to his post and continued to operate the machine On its downward flight. Loud died a few hours after landing. rection ot DOm, the mmm ha passed the Drocourt-Quent line an4 reached the Lens-Doual railway in the vicinity of Beaumont, and at Quiery- La-Motte, farther north, have sliiTMl at Henin-Lietard, on the Douai-Carvln road. Latest allied reconnolssances dfow the Germans hhve nothing of a mill*, tary nature afloat and nothing In the air along the Flemish coast. The Germans are blocking the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge. British Troop* TWce Le GateaU. London. Oct. 11.--The defeated Ger­ mans continue to flee eastward from the "impregnable Hindenburg line." The allies are pursuing them, foot and horse, into the open country. The official report from General Halg said that the British had cap­ tured Le Cateau, the great railroad base. The advance In the last two days has readied nearly twenty miles r.t some points beyond the positions be-, tween Cambrai and St. Quentin which the enemy boasted never could be broken. Three hundred thousand Germans are Seeing without attempts to make a stand except by the small parties of machine gunners which they left behind as a rear guard. Even these are not making the fight which they did In the earlier days, but are desert­ ing their posts in many cases as the allies draw near. Advance Far In Nerft. The German retreat has spread far to the north. The British between Lens and the Scarpe have reached the line roughly placed at Vitry-en-Artols, Ael-Les-Equerchin and Rouyroy. Saul- laumines and Novelles, to the east of Lens, have been captured. On the south of the Anglo-American front the French are keeping up their rapid advance to the east of St. Quen­ tin. Early in the day they had passed Fontaine, Notre Dame and Beautroux. Result of Other Battles. Paris, Oct. 11.--The Germans are In full retreat with the allies hot at their heels. This movement is regarded as the first step in the great general retreat of the Germans, which now seems In­ evitable, for it is doubtful whether General Ludendorff has such fortified positions on the Upper Oise and the Sambre canal as to permit him to re­ sist the exploitation of the victory of the last two days on the allied side. The success In the Cambrai-St. Quentin section of the front was in a large measure made possible by the splendid achievements of General Gou­ raud's men and the Americans from Reims to the Meuse. Because a break In that part of the front would have much worse consequences for the en­ emy than anywhere else, the< Germans concentrated most of their reserves there. Yanks Chase the Hima. With the American First Army, Oct. 10.--French and American troops in their attack east of the Meuse have advanced more than three and a half miles in some places. - The American troops fighting west of the Argonne forest were west of Cornuy on the Aire river, having ef­ fected a junction with the French from the south. The operation was progressing. It has been ascertained that three out of four German divisions facing the Americans at the beginning of the offensive have been withdrawn and replaced by fresh troops. The converging attacks on the Ar­ gonne height yesterday were preceded by an unusually strong artillery bombardment which lasted all night. Foe Taken by Surprise. • Attacking under cover of the morn­ ing darkness, the French and Ameri­ cans caught the Austro-Germans com­ pletely by surprise and advanced more than a mile and a quarter In the initial rusii, With the coming of day­ light the resistance stiffened, but the allies shoved ahead and made great Inroads Into the enemy lines at some points. _ Progress In this sector is extremely important as it removes the danger to the American flank along the Meuse and has routed out German ar- tellery nests which made the Ameri­ can positions on the river uncomfort­ able. British and Americans Gain. London, Oct. lb.--British and Amer­ ican troops drove forward on the line from the Scarpe river to St. Quentin (a front of nearly fifty miles of trenches) , and gained between five and eight miles. In Tuesday's attack alone the a'- lied troops made 11,000 prisoners and captured 200 guns, it was announced, and the prisoner toll is mounting hourly. The fall of Cambria, the great bas­ tion of the Hindenburg line, that hus been isolated for days, was announced. For all practical purposes the allied troops now hold the Cainbria-St. Quen­ tin railway. - Launch Great OlftMKM. London. Oct. 9.--British and Amer­ ican troops launched a great offensive on a front of about fifteen miles be­ tween Cambrai and St. Quentin at dawn. M 1 6EBHAM KAISER Says Autocracy Must Go and Submarines Quit; End Murder Ride. If Northeastern Swept by Disastrous Confla- grations for Two Days. • m, Is h Sir "Eric Geddes Tells Members of Pttflrim Society of Danger^;, * ^ fH mm ALLIES WILL BICTAT( TRUCE Will tt&fce Seffarate Reply to the Go*- •rnments of Austria-Hungary--*' President 8ays Atrocities on i iUfttd and Sea Mtist tnd. Washington, Oct. 15.--In a'foi rejoinder, rejecting the Teutonic pro­ posals for a compromise, President Wilson informed the German govern­ ment that peace ^rill be dictated by the Vnited States and tl^e allies. Wilson's Reply to Note. The text of the president's answer follows: "The unqualified acceptance by the present German government and by a large majority of the reichstag of the terms laid down by the president of the United States of America in his ad­ dress to the congress of the United States on the 8th of January, 1918, and in his subsequent Addresses justifies the president in making a frank and direct statement of his decision with regard to the communications of the German government of the 8th and 12th of October, 1918. "It must be clearly understood that the process of evacuation and the con­ ditions of an armistice are matters which must* J>e left to the judgment and advice of the military advisers of the government of the United States and the allied governments. Huns Must End Crimes. "fife feels confident that he can safe­ ly assume that this Will also be the judgment and decision of the allied governments. "The president feels that 'it Is also his duty to add that neither the gov­ ernment of the United States nor, he 's quite sure, the governments with which the government of the United States is associated as a belligerent, will consent to consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of Ger­ many continue the illegal and inhnmane practices which they stIU persist In. "At the very time that the German government approaches the govern­ ment of the United States with pro­ posal^ of peace its sqbmarines are en­ gaged in sinking passenger ships at sea, and not the ships alone, but th£ very boats in which their passengers and crews seek to make their way to safety. "Cities and villages, if not destroyed, are being stripped of .all they contain, not only," but very often of their very inhabitants. "The nations associated against Ger­ many cannot be expected to agree to a cessation of arms while acts of Inhu­ manity, spoliation and desolation are being continued which they justly look upon with horror and with burning hearts, "It is necessary, also in order that there may be no possibility of misun­ derstanding that the president should very solemnly call' the attention of 4jt»e government of Germany to the lan­ guage and plain intent of one of the terms of peace which the German gov­ ernment has now accepted. It is con­ tained in the address of the president delivered at Mount Vernon on the Fourth .of July last. "It is as follows: The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can separately, secretly and of Its single choice disturb the peace of the world; or, if it cannot be presently de­ stroyed, at least its reduction fo vir­ tual lmpotency.' "The power which has hitherto con­ trolled the German nation Is of the sort here described. It is within the choice of the German nation to alter it. The president's words Just quoted nat­ urally constitute a complete prece­ dent to peace, if peace Is to come by the action of. the German people them­ selves. 1 * "The president feels bound to say that the whole process of peace will, in his judgment, depend upon the def- inlteness and the satisfactory charac-, ter ef the cuu be given in this fundamental matter. 'IMs indispensable that the govern­ ments associated against Germany should know beyond a peradventure with whom they are dealing. "The president will make a separate reply to the royal and imperial gov­ ernment of Austria-Hungary. "Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. (Signed) "ROBERT LANSING." "MR. FREDERICK OEDERLIN, "Charge d'affaires, ad interim, in charge of German Interest* Ja the United States." ? MANYTOWHSAKKSTIflYEO SAYS NEED NEYI8 ESEATER Three Michigan Leaders Rfefuse to Testify in Newberry Campaign Expense Probe. 422 Die In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Oct. 10.--In 24 hours 1,013 new cases of Influenza were re4 ported. Iji the same period there were 304 deaths from influenza and 121 l'rom pneumonia. that contempt proceedings were broijght against them. The witnesses contended New York federal authori­ ties lacked jurisdiction to investigate en alleged violation olt tin, Michigan. -- |f«W York, Oct 10.--The federal grand jury Inquiry into the prttBary < f/tnpalgn expense of Truman H. New- l erry. Republican nominee for United tes senator from Michigan, is un- Ja Bars 466 Styles pf Stoves. Washington. Oct. 10.--To conserve iron, steel and aluminum the war in- oustries board announced a program ood to have taken an unexpected of curtailed -manufacture of oil and todu, when three of the political j gasoline stoves, ovens and heaters, refnaed to testtty. It fa said ] eliminating 460 styles. Illinois Theaters Closed. Ch'cago, Oct. 15.--All theaters in Illinois, including moving-picture l ouses, will be closed for an indefinite period. The action was ordered by the executive committee of the emer­ gency commission to combat influenza. Press Beyond Nish. London, Oct. 15.--After capturing Nish on Saturday Serbian forces took possession of the enemy's positions riorth of the town, according to the Serbian official statemet. French cav­ alry have occdpied the Bela Palanka. 8cor«s Of Thousanda Ar# Rendered Homeless and Dututh Is Crowded With RefuQeea--Relief Work- . ,i': ers FlndScetiesofHorror. JDolnth, Oct. 14.--About a thousand men, women and children have perill­ ed in the great forest fires that devas­ tated a considerable section of north­ eastern Minnesota Saturday and Sun­ day. Many towns and villages have been destroyed and what was a pros­ perous farming region Is now a waste. Latest estimates place the death list at close to 1,000. Hundreds of persons are more or less seriously burned, thousands are destitute and homeless and the property loss will run into many millions of dollars. At least a dozen towns and cities were destroyed. The worse blazes were at Moose Lake, Kettle River and Cloquet. In Moose Lake and immediate vicinity it is estlT mated more than 300 persons perished in the flames. Between 300 and 400 coffins have been ordered sent to this town alone, -. . . • A dangerous fire is reported to have developed In the vicinity of Schultz Lake, a summer resort, twenty miles northeast of here. All means of com­ munication with that district have been destroyed. Although countless small fires were burning throughout the district today and the more serious blazes hud died down considerably during the night, a revival of the seventy-mile-an-hour gale of Saturday would bring further horrors and add greatly to the tragedy. 200 in Duluth Morgues. Duluth morgues have approximately 200 charred bodies and officials esti­ mate that several hundred more dead men, women and children are scat­ tered throughout the fire region. It Is estimated that 40,000 persons are destitute. Cloquet, Brookston, Brevator, Co­ rona, Adolph, Thompson, Arnold, Moose Lake, Kettle River, Twig, Rice Lake and Wright have been wiped out. Refugees declared this afternoon that charred bodies were seen in these towns as they were fleeing from the lire zone. Scores of hamlets and hun­ dreds of settlers' homes have been de­ stroyed. The property and timber loss will total many millions, and will surpass that caused by any of the historic fires of previous years which have, swept % region. , Every hour adds to the hogror of the disaster and each hour brings addition­ al names to the list of dead. At Moose Lake a correspondent saw Beveiitv-five bodies piled in a fire-gut­ ted building. On a road leading out ot Moose Lake at least 100 bodies were strewn here and there. A relief work­ er reported that in a root cellar be­ tween Moose Lake and Kettle River there were thirty bodies piled in a heap. Adjt. Gen. W. F. Rhinow of St. Paul, who arrived In Moose Lake to super­ vise relief work in the devastated north country, estimated tonight that more than 300 lives were lost In Moose Lake and Its Immediate vicin­ ity. B< tween 300 and 400 caskets have been ordered shipped to Moose Lake by the adjutant general for distribu­ tion in that district. i ... . Up to Necks In Water. Most of those who escaped death at Moose Lake bought their lives by risk­ ing drowning, standing up to their necks in the lake all night, with waves driven by the gale sweeping over them. Efforts to reach Kettle River, Minn., a town of 300, near Moose Lake, were unavailing at last reports, and several hundred may have died there. The Duluth armory was packed with refugees yesterday. The fact that ir.any of them were slightly burned caused rescue workers to fear the depth list would be even greater than the present estimates. Private homes were tlirowp open to the victims. More than a score of women In delicate con­ dition are in local hospitals. nnv. 4 -t M»*;O UI VUIIU JUUIUIA vauocu uivic than $1,000,000 in damage. The Coun­ try club and the massive Children's Home are in ashes. Automobile par­ ties dashed through the fire to reach the Nopeming sanitarium, where all the 190 tuberculosis patients were res­ cued. Several of the machines caught fire, but there were no casualties. Woodland and Lester park, Duluth recreation centers, were swept by the flames. The Cobb school, Northern Pa­ cific yards, 75 houses In the Coolman addition, the Duluth Log company's yards and scores of scatte also were consumed. • • Free Speech. -' Sallle--"I heard you te Iking to your­ self while you were tcking your bath, Willie. That's a bad custom." Willie --"1 wasn't talking to myself; I was talking to the soap. I slippt$~ x?n it ucd fell."--Roller Monthly. • Hedging a Bit. The Customer--"Do you guarantee this suit to be nonshrinkable?" The Salesman -- "Absolutely. However, set-in' as it looks a little like rain, taebbe you'd better take a couple larger," . .«* French Bond 8ale Is Record. Paris, Oct. 15.--The ministry of fi­ nance announces that the amount of the national defense bonds subscribed for during the last fortnight of Sep­ tember was $180,000,000, beating record of any previous fortnight., *" State of Siege in Portugal. Lisbon, Oct. lf>.--The Portuguese government has declared a state of siege for all Portuguese territory. The president, as cotnrnander in chief of the military and, pavai unit*, ipf taken direct command of forces. s % Jfapanlie^ohji^I EtiqiM^ When American people Judge the d^ gree of affection between a Japanese husband and wife by their conduct to each other they make a great mistake. It would be as bad form for a man to express approval of his wife or chil­ dren as it would be for him to praise any other part of himself, and every wife takes a pride in conducting her­ self according to the rigid rules of etiquette, which recognize dignity and humility as the virtues that reflect greatest glory tw^the ,Ji«p^..of wUich •bo la mistress. " First Lord of British Admiralty Caila oft. U. S. to 8peed Destroyers and Anti-Submarine Devices--War its Just Feeiwkf; Kew ^Tork, Oct. 16.--Sir Effcc Qed- des, first lord of the British admiralty, asserted the U-boat menace today Is "greater than it ever was." Speaking at a dinner given by t£e rtt&rim society, Sir Eric said that within the last few days he and Vice Admiral Sir Ludovic Duff of the Brit­ ish navy had discussed the situation with Secretary DaMels and Admiral Benson, and that "complete unity of view" had been reached. He said: "It is with Mr. Daniels' full concur­ rence that I make this statement, that there is no greater service that can be rendered by the civilians of the United States today than to expedite the out­ put of. destroyers and anti-submarine craft and appliances of every descrip­ tion. "Your secretary of the navy is press­ ing upon contractors and workmen the naval order 'Full speed ahead' in this work of paramount importance, . "There is no greater need today than for the utmost naval effort against the great (offensive of the sub­ marine now materializing and which the allied navies will defeat as they have defeated every other effort of the enemy. But that defeat can be as­ sured only if this n^ed is recognized and the wants of the two navies sup­ plied." dte- Sir Eric declared it is the British admiralty's opinion that the U-boat menace "comes and goes" and that to­ day it is not dead. He warned:. "Indeed, it is greater today than it ever was. The effor£ is greater than ever. I think we are approaching a point ' where submarine warfare is again the weakest front of the allies." Sir Eric Said that, while he must resist the temptation to allude to the political situation,' there ! were • two things he was convinced had not changed. lie said: "One is our absolute loyalty to those nations associated with us, and the other .is our determination to continue the war and not be diverted until we have secured the only peace which could justify all this terrible suffering and destruction brought about by the iniquity of our common enemy. "We must not relax the muscles of our fighting arm nor our war effort In any anticipation of an early peace. To do so would render any discussion pro­ longed and lees satisfactory." MUST KEEP UP FULL SPEED Secretary Saya Peace Talk Shall Not Interfere With ths Liberty Loan. _ V' Washington, Oct. 16.--"Whatever be the result of the peace proposals, the war department must proceed at full speed with men and supplies, and the people must support the army until the boys ure back with the fruits of vic­ tory safe and assured." , Secretary of War Baker, home from a seven weeks' intensive study of the western battle line, brought the above tidings to a nation discussing the Teu­ ton peace reply. FRENCH CUT FINN RELATIONS Calling of German PNnce to Threns Brings About Break With the 7 Paris Government. ? Parts,Oct. 16.--France has broken off the semiofficial diplomatic relations which have existed with Finland, It Is officially announced. The action was taken because the Finnish diet, having by^a coup d'etat substituted a mon­ archy for a republic, called a German prince to the throne. French interests in Finland will be in charge of a con­ sular agent at Helslngfors. v'ftv ^ • n ' ii'ifc • >'• ILLINOIS THEATERS CLOSED fight on Influenza Shuts All PJjM<^ of Amusement and So™* * Schools. Chicago, Oct. 16.--All theaters in Illinois, , including moving-picture houses, Will he closed for an indefinite period. The action was ordered by the exec­ utive committee of the emergency com­ mission recently created to combat the Influenza-pneumonia epidemic. Capture Nish; Push Beysrtii London, Oct 16.--After capturing Nish on Saturday Serbian forces took possession of th£ enemy's positions north of the town, according to the Serbian official statement. French cav­ alry have occupied the Bela Palahka. K. of C. Club Opened in Paris. Paris, Oct. 16.--The new Knights Of Columbus club for allied soldiers was opened by Edward L. Hearn, general commissioner for Europe of the Knights of Columbus, in the presence of several prominent Americans. ^ Greeks and Serbs Liberated. Sofia, Oct. 16.--The Bulgarian min­ ister of the interior has Issued a de­ cree liberating the Greek and Serbian subjects interned In concentration camps In Bulgaria and allowing them to return to their own country. ;<&* Nicaragua Buya $35,000 in Bond* San Juan Del Sur, Oct. 16.--The Na­ tional Bank of Nicaragua has trans­ mitted $35,000 in subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan. Loan subscrip­ tions will continue to be received ttn- j til the end bf the Governor Lowden of Illinois Qtvee Sug­ gestions for Observance of "" ' ° ®ay. { strongly recommend thai the peo­ ple of the state observe October fjtk as Good Roads day. I do not desire so much that they do fragmentary work ^upoa the roads on that day as that they contemplate the condition of the roads in their several localities. Let them then reflect that they will have an opportunity on the follpwing Tues­ day to provide not for a mile of good roads here and there, but for a /Com­ prehensive system of hard roads which will reach every county lit the state. Let them realize that they will not again for many years have an op­ portunity to adopt as correct and cotia- prehenslve a system as they will have on that day. Let them realize that the cost of those roads will be paid en­ tirely from the proceeds of automobile licenses, and that the bonds will not be issued until after the war. Let the farmers particularly ponder upon the fact that on the average it costs more to move their products from the farm to the railroad than from the railroad to their destination. The people have, voluntarily, in the past given many days of work for road Improvement. If, upon next Good Roads day, they give but one hour to a thor­ ough study of the question to be sub­ mitted at the next election, they will surely vote for the bond issue and will thereby have done more for the good roads of the future than they have in all the past by all the work they have done and all the taxes they have paid. Given under my hand and the great seal of state at the capltol In Spring­ field, this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousnnd nine hundred and eighteen, and of the in­ dependence of the United States the one hundred and forty-third. FRANK O. LOWl>EN. By the Governor. A„; V L. L. Emmerson, Secretary' of Stattfc--« TOWN'S DAY OF GLORY PAST Visby, Once Busy and Rich Gotland INm*, Now but a Simple Little * Country Community. To look at the leisurely little town of Visby, In Gotland, one would never think that it was once the busiest and richest port in the Baltic and later a pirate headquarters feared through­ out northern Europe. Visby today Is a simple country com­ munity, interested in Its market, its rose gardens and its neighborly gos­ sip. The only indications of an event­ ful past are found in the surrounding stone walls built obviously to keep out undesirable visitors. Businesslike towers and bastions emphasized the determination of the wealthy citizens of old Visby to defend their homes and riches to the death. Its wealth and ostentation ip the thirteenth century were so great that It was popularly reported that jewels were the playthings of Visby maid­ ens and that the women spun with golden distaffs. These rumors of care­ less wealth roused Valdemar the Dane t» action. A maid of Visby, to avenge it personal slight, betrayed her city to the enemy, and Valdemar entered easily through the gates that appeared so formidable. < The plunder-seeking Dane ordered three vats bronght to the market place and filled with gold. With this and other booty that took their fancy >the invaders triumphantly sot sail, only to lose their treasure in a ship­ wreck. That was the beginning of the fall of Visby. Pirates claimed it as a meet­ ing place and refuge, its splendors fell •way, Its fortunes waned and from Ylsby the rich and fearful it became Visby the Quiet and the lowly. > «.• Told by Mrs. Lynch From Own Experience. Providence, R. I.- tlmft Z was tired and had no ambition for any- J had take* • number of medt* tines which Hid m# no good. One da# I read eboot Lydift headaches (fisappeared. weight and feel fine, so I can iexor •t. and ̂ backache an* I gained in 1 Lydia EL Pinkham'e Vege­ table Compound to any woman who m suffering as I was, "--Mrs. Adeunb B. Lract m Plain St., Providence, R.L Backache and nervousness sre syian* toms or nature's warnings, which te- dicate a functional diatarhance or ia unhealthy condition which often deveK ops into a more serious ailment. VWornen in this condition should not continue to drae along without help, but" profit by_Mrs. Lynches experience, and 1,004 and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com» pound-end for special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med.Co., Lynn, Masa, Small PU1 Small Dose Small Price FOR CONSTIPATION have stood the test of timet. Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliouaneest headache, iadigeation and to clear up a bad complexion. . . Genuine beers signature PALE FACES Generally indicate • leek of Iron In tbe Blood Carter's Iron Pills Will help tfaia condition Didnt Like "Entertainme^.* Tn his new book, "A Minstrel In France," Mr. Harry Lauder tells a story of "a really serious actor," who volunteered to entertain the . wounded at a base, hospital. To a stretcher au­ dience he begau to recite, in a sad, elo­ cutionary tone, "The Wreck of the Hesperus." • He had come to the third stanza, when a command rang through the ward. It came from one of the beds: •Take cover, men!" On the word, every man's head popped under the' bedclothes. And the great »ctor; astonished beyond meas­ ure, was left there, reciting away to shaking mounds of bedclothes that In­ trenched his hearers from the sound of "v; >i; „ Narrow Escape. "What did you do with Sagebrush Joe for playing the 'Wacht am Rheln* on the accordion?" "We took his bond for future good behavior. Joe said he was absent- minded, an* the boys agreed that the way he played the accordion was an to any tune, anyhow." Then It Started. The shells were falling thick and fast about their dugout. "lire's a gopd 'un, 'Arry." "Wot's h'upr "The folks at 'ome hare telling me their troubles in a letter, h'as tf they knew h'anything abart trou­ ble.- Muale. seemed to1 quarrel a great -They deal." "Yes. I should say they have «hln antic with all their meals." f Make Them Smiie. Percy--She's an Ideal girt -to' tike' to the movies. , ^ Reggie--Why? Percy--She never reads the captions out loud. . • Reggie*--Perhaps she can't > • ,"':u<rr* •r11"": -ivjj" A. .T r . Too Thin.-.".-.-• "Weren't you suri#'sed when tibe real facta of Robinson's case leaked out?" "Not a bit. I saw from the first that his own story would not bold wa- £jl. V W. N. Un CHICAGO, NO. 42-1918. Rebuke for Jane. ' At school the twins are In the Aral; grade. Jane Is quite talkative, wbil# John Is'more quiet and sedate. Arriving home, Jane said: "Mother^; John didn't have his lesson this morn­ ing-" "Well," haughtily replied her twlifc ^s "you talked so much I forgotted lit," .I' ' ,VjJ; FOR WEAK KIDNEYS •••A' Have yen ever stopped to reas it is that so many products that are tensively advertised, all at once drop oufc of sight and are soon forgotten? Thai reason is plain--the article did not fulfil^ the promises of the manufacturer. Thisj applies more particularly to a medicine^ A medicinal preparation that has realf curative value almost sells itself, as like! an endless chain system the remedy ia . recommended by those who have beea^ „ benefited, to those who are in need of it^i A prominent druggist says, "Take for| example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, ST preparation I have sold for many yearsj sad never hesitate to recommend, for inj almost every case it shows excellent ra*| suits, as many of my customers testify.!" No other kidney remedy that I know of!' has so large a sale." ' ^ According to sworn statements an# verified testimony of thousands who have1 used the preparation, the success of Dr.: Kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the factf that so many people claim, it fulfills a|Jt most every wish in overcoming kidne/J ^ liver and bladder ailments^ corrects UJH " inary troubles and neutralizes., the urioj acid which causes rheumatism. ^ You may receive a sample bottle oT Swamp-Root by Parcel Post. 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