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Next morning shampoo with Cutlcurn Soap nnd hot wntcr. For free Bumpies address, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists nnd by mail. Span 23. Olntnvr. 26 and 50. Adv. Admonition Wasted. ''Say, old chap, lend me ten dollars." "This eagerness for money Is very bad ; don't you know that money, nfter all, Is nothing but trouble?" "Well, It's my disposition to be bor , rowing trouble." When Sin Will Decrease. Sin will never be legislated away. It will never be rubbed or scoured from the texture of society. But Its black and hideous stains will bo won derfully diminished when the church of Christ shall understand Its own potency in toclul salvation. J. M. Dean. Scarcity of Oil. Lartfc numbers of Danish lighthouses will shortly be extinguished, or else will show n grently diminished light, owing to the shortage of oil. This, it Is declared, will mean additional difil- xU ulty In the way of Danish navigation and Danish exportation towards the west. In addition the allowance of oil for domestic lighting lias been greatly curtailed. Mahogany Embargo Removed. Consul General Skinner reports from London thnt the controller of timber supplies announces the withdrawal, un til further notice, of the restriction on sales of mahogany of all kinds. No tice was given recently that the board of trade had taken possession of all stocks of mahogany exceeding C.O00 feet. TheRichFIavor GrapeMut is due to the blend- ingof malted barley with whole wheat flour. Wheat alone docs not possess this rich flavor The wonderfully easy digestion of GrapeNuts is also partly due to the barley for the barley contains a digestive which wheat lacks. "There's a Reason? EST JfpMACAIHHll V-"r j SV yon ITIHY rUMMyS BELGIANS FORCED TC A!D GERMAN Ksiser's Officers Showed Open Disregard of Interna tional Law. WORKMEN SEIZED AS SLAVES Cardinal Mercler Moved to Bitter Con demnation of Acta of German Au thorities Which Aroused Detes tation of Christendom. Contrary to rules laid down by the Hague convention, and all prin ciples of civilized warfare, German authorities forced Belgians to aid them in the prosecution of the tear. The committee on public informa tion gives the facts concerning these atrocious deeds in a pamphlet recently made public, from which we take the following: October 12, 1015, the German author ities took a long stop In the develop ment of their policy of forcing the Bel gians to aid them In prosecuting the war. The decree of that date reveals the matter and openly discloses a con tempt for international law. "Article 1. Whoever, without reason, refuses to undertake or to continue work suitnble to his occupation, nnd In the execution of which the military administration is interested, such woik being ordered by one or more of the military commanders, will be liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year, lie may also be transported to Ger many. "In voicing Belglnn laws or even in ternational conventions to the con trary, can, lo no case, justify the re fusal to work. "Article 2. Any person who by force, threats, persuasion, or other means attempts to Influence another to refuse work as pointed out In Article 1, Is liable to the punishment of imprison ment not exceeding live years. "Article 3. Whoever knowingly by means of aid given or In any other way :'hcts a punlshnblc refusal to work, ,v'lll be liable to n maximum fine of 10,000 marks, and in addition may be condemned to a year's imprisonment. "If communes or associations have rendered themselves guilty of such an offense-the heads of the communes will be punished. "Article 4. In addition to the penal ties stated In Articles 1 and 3,'the Ger man authorities may, In case of need, impose on communes, where without reason, work lias been refused, a fine or other coercive police measures. "This present decree comes Into force Immediately. "Dor Etappelnspektcur, "VON UNGEIt, "Gencrallcutnant. "Ghent, October 12, 1015." "Slavery," Said Cardinal Mercler. Cardinal Mercicr's brief comment Is as follows: "The Injustice nnd arbi trariness of this decree exceed all that could be Imagined. Forced labor, col lective penalties and arbitrary punish ments, all are there. It is slavery, nei ther more nor less." Cardinal Icrclcr was In error, for the German authorities were able to imagine n much more terrible measure. In October, 1010, when the need for nn additional labor supply In Germany had become urgent, the German gov ernment established the system of forced labor and deportation which has aroused the detestation of Chris tendom. The reader will not be misled by the clumsy effort of the German au thorities to inublc the real purpose of the decree. "I. People able to work may be compelled to work even outside the place where they live, In case they have to apply to the charity of others for the support of themselves or their dependents on nccount of gambling, Irunkenness, loafing, unemployment or Idleness. "II. Every Inhabitant of the country Is bound to render assistance In case of accident or general danger, nnd also to give help In case of public calami ties as far as lie can, even outside the place where he lives; In case of refu sal lie may be compelled by force. "III. Anyone called upon to work, nnd.-r Articles I or II, who shnll re fuse the work, or to continue at the work assigned him. will Incur the pen alty of imprisonment up to three years and of n fine up to 10.000 marks, or one or other of these penalties, unless a severer penalty Is provided for by the laws In force. "If the refusal to work has been made In concert or In agreement with several persons, each accomplice will be sentenced, as If ho were a ring lender, to at least a week's imprison ment. "IV. The German military authori ties and military courts will enforce the proper execution of this decree. "THE QUAKTEHMASTRH GEN- EUAL. KAUHIJKZWEIO. -Great Headquarters, Jld October, 11)10." Military Rulers Responsible. The responsibility for this ntroclous program rests upon the military rulers of Germany, wlio had labored so zeal ously to Infect the army and the people with the principles of ruthless nests. It Is significant that the decree , tt October !, 11H0, followed hard upon I in elevation of Iilntlenliurg lo llie su ( no command with I.udendorf as his n.i. r of sti'ir In hi' wi rv of .... . .... !m 4. Y.uflir luou snya: (On flic in state department.! "Then, in August, Von lllndenhuri was appointed to the ouprorue com mnnd. He is said to have criticized Von Hissing's policy as too mild ; there was a quarrel ; Von Hissing went to Herllu to protest, threatened to resign, but did not. He returned, nnd n Ger man ofllclal here said that Ilelglum would now be subjected to n more ter rlhlo regime would learn what wnr was. The prophecy lias been vindicat ed. Recently I was told that the dras tc measures are really of Ludcndorf's Inspiration ; I do not know. Many Ger man ofllcers say so." If Von Hissing had opposed the pol icy of deportation when his own Judg ment was overruled, he consented to become the "devil's ndvocnte" and do fended the system in public. Espe cially Instructive is the following con versation reported by Mr. V. C. Wal cott: "I went to Belgium to Investigate conditions, nnd while there I had op portunity ... to talk one day with Governor General Von Hissing, who died three or four weeks ago, a man seventy-two or seventy-three years old, a man steeped In tho 'system,' born nnd bred to the burdening of the heart which thnt philosophy develop There ought to be some new word coined fdr the process that a man's henrt undergoes when It becomes steeped In that system. "I said to him, 'Governor, what are you going to do If England and France stop giving these people money to pur chase food?' Von Blsslng Relied on Starvation. "He said, 'We have got that all worked out and have had It worked out for weeks, because we have ex pected this system to break down at any time.' "He went on to sny, 'Starvation will grip these people In thirty to sixty days. Starvation Is a compelling force, nnd we would use thnt force to compel the Belglnn worklngmen, mnuy of them very skilled, to go to Germany lo replnce the Germans, so that they could go to the front nnd fight against the English und the French.' "'As fast ns our railway transpor tation could carry them, we would transport thousands, of others thnt would be fit for agricultural work, across Europe down Into southeastern Europe, into Mesopotamia, where we have huge, splendid Irrigation works. All that land needs is water and it will blossom like the rose. " 'The weak remaining, the old nnd tho young, we would concentrate oppo site the firing line, nnd put firing squads back of them, and force them through thnt line, so thnt tho English and French could take care of their own people.' "It was a perfectly simple, direct, frank reasoning. It meant thnt the Gcrmnn government would use any force In the destruction of nny people not its own to further Its own ends." Frederick C. Wnlcott, In National Geo graphical Mugazine, May, 1917. A brief general view of the character of the deportations can perhaps bo gained best from the report of Minis ter Whltlock. "Tho deportations began In October In the Etape, at Ghent, and nt Bruges, ns my brief telegrams Indicated. The policy spread; the rich industrial dis tricts of Halnault, the mines nnd steel works about Charlerol were next at tacked; now they arp seizing men In Brabant, even In Brussels, despite some Indications and even predictions of the civil authorities that the policy was about to he abandoned. The etapes were the parts of Bel gium under martial law, and Included tho province of western Flanders, part of eastern Flnnders, nnd tho region of Tournal. The remainder of the oc cupied part of Belgium was under civil government. Pitiable and Distressing Scene. "During tho last fortnight men have been Impressed hero In Brussels, but their seizures here are made evidently with much greater care than In the provinces, with more regard for the appearances. There was no public an nouncement of the Intention to deport, hut suddenly about ten dnys ago cer tain men In towns whose names are on tho list of chomcurs received sum mons notifying them to report at one of the rnllway stations on a given day; penalties were fixed for failure to re spond to tho summons nnd thero was printed on the card an -offer of employ ment by the Germnn government, ci ther In Germany or Belgium. On the first day out of ubout 1,500 men or dered to present themselves nt tho Gore du Midi about 750 responded These were examined by Germnn phy sicians and aOO were taken. There wus no disorder, a large force of mounted Uhlans keeping back the crowds and barring access to the sta tion to nil hut those who had been summoned to appear. The commis sion for relief In Belgium had secured permission to give to ench deported man n loaf of bread, and some of the communes provided warm clothing for those who hud none nnd In addition a small financial allowance. As by one of tho Ironies of life the winter has been more excessively cold than Bel gium hns ever known it, and while many of those who presented them selves wero adequately protected against the cold, many of them wero without overcoats. The men shiv ering from cold and fear, the parting from weeping wives and children, the harriers of brutal Uhlans, all this made the scene a pitiable and tilt- tresslng one. "It was understood thnt the seizures would continue here In Brussels, hut on Tiuirsdny last, a bitter cold day, those that had been convoked were -cut homo without examination. It l.i supposed that the severe weather has1 hi i 'in- Germans to pnstuo' tb ai-iHi.taUuU, ' WILSON OUTLINES RAILROAD POLICY tells Congress Taking Over of Lines Was Necessary to Safety. WILL CONSERVE INTEREST Proper Returns to the Roads Will Be Guaranteed Urges Prompt Action and "Dealing With Great Matter In a Great Way." Washington, Jan. 5. President Wil son yesterday laid before congress, as sembled in Joint session, his recom mendations for carrying out govern ment operation of railroads. Bills to carry out the president's Ideas already had been prepared under the supervi sion of the department of Justice and wero immediately introduced, Willi plans for prompt consideration, in both house nnd sennte. Tho president spoke ns follows: "Gentlemen of the Congress: I hnve asked the privilege of addressing you in order lo report that on the 28th of December last, during the recess of congress, acting through the secretary of war and under the authority con ferred upon me by the act of congress approved August 20, 1910, I took pos session nnd assumed control of the rnllway lines of the country nnd the systems of water transportation under their control. This step seemed to be Imperatively necessary In the Interest of tho public welfare, in the presence of tho great tasks of war with which we are now dealing. "As our experience develops dlllleul ties and mnkes it clear what they are, I hnve deemed it my duty to remove those difficulties wherever I have the legal power to do so. To assume con trol of the vast railway systems of the country Is, I realize, n wry heavy re sponsibility, but to fall to do so in the existing circumstances would hnve been a much greater. I assumed the lesser responsibility rather than the weightier. Complete Mobilization Needed. "I tun sure thnt I am speaking the mind of all thoughtful Americans when I say that It is our duty ns the repre sentallycs of the nation to do every thing that It Is necessary to do to se cure the complete mobilization of the whole resources of America by as rap Id and effective a means ns can be found. Transportation supplies nil the arteries of mobilization. Unless It be under n single and unified direction the whole process of the nation's ac tion Is embarrassed. -"It was In the true spirit of America and it was right, Hint we should first try to effect the necessary unification under the voluntary action of those wlio were in charge of the great rail way properties; and wo did try it. The directors of the railways responded to the need promptly nnd generously. Praises Railway Executives. "Tho group of railway executives who were charged with tho task of actual co-ordination nnd general direc tion with patriotic zeal and marked ability, as was to hove been expected, and did, I believe, everything thnt it was possible for them to do In the cir cumstances. If I lmve taken the task out of their hands It hns not been be cause of any dereliction or failure on their part, but only because there were some things which the government can do and present management cannot. We shnll continue to value most highly the advice nnd assistance of those gen tlemen, and I am sure we shnll not find them withholding it. Government Control Needed. "It had become unmistakably plain that only under government adminis tration can tho entire equipment of the several systems of transportation he fully and undreservedly thrown into a common service without Injuri ous discrimination against particular properties. Only under government administration can an absolutely un restricted mid unembarrassed common use be mnde of nil tracks, terminals, terminal facilities and equipment of every kind. Only under that authority can new terminals bo constructed and developed without regard to the re quirements or limitations of particular roads. But under government admin istration all these tilings will be pos siblenot Instantly, but as fast ns practical difficulties which cannot bo merely conjured away give way before the new management. Little Disturbance as Possible "Tho common administration will be carried out with us little disturbance of the present operating organizations and personnel of the railways as pos sible. Nothing will ho altered or dis turbed which It Is not necessary to dis turb. Wo are serving the public Inter est and safeguarding tho public safety, but we arc also regardful of the Inter est of those by whom these groat prop erties are owned and glad to avail our selves of tho experience and trained ability of those who have been indu lging them. It is necessary flint the transportation of troops nnd of wnr materials, of food nnd of fuel, and of everything that Is necessary for the Cull mobilization of the energies und resources of tho country, should lie first considered, but it Is clearly In the public Interest also that tho ordinary activities and tho normal Industrial and commercial life of the country should ho Interfered with and dis turbed as little as possible, ami tho public may rest assured that the inter- , cm iii.il convenience of the jirlvateiiJu: LuuJ.1 A riwrlut, wcic killed.. shlpper will be an carefully served and safeguarded as it is possible to Herc and safeguard it In the present ex traordinary circumstances. To Keep Lines In Good Repair. "While the present authority of the executive sulllces for ell purposes ol administration nnd while, Of course, till private Interests must for the preseul givo wny to tho public necessity, It Is, I nm sure you will agree with me, right nnd necessary that tho owners und creditors of the railways, tho holders of their stocks nnd bonds, should re ceive from the government an unqual ified guaranty that their properties will be maintained throughout the period of federal control in as good repair nnd ns complete equipment as nt present, ando that the several roads will recelvo tinder federal management such com pensation ns Is equitable und Just nllko to their owuers nnd to tho general public. "I would suggest the average net railway operating Income of the three years ending June HO, 1917. I earnest ly recommend that these guarantees be given by appropriate legislation and given as promptly ns circumstances permit." "Deal Justly With Securities." "I need not point out tho essential Jus tice of such guarantees nnd their great influence nnd significance as elements In the present tlnnnclnl nnd Industrial situation of the country. Indeed, one of the strong arguments for assuming con trol of the railroads nt this time Is the, financial argument. It is necessary that the values of railway securities should be Justly and fairly paid and that the large financial operations ev ery yenr necessary In connection with the maintenance, operation nnd devel opment of the roads should, during the period of the war, lie wisely related to the financial operations of the govern ment. "Our first duty is, of course, to con servo the common interest nnd the common safety and to make certain that nothing stands In tho way of tho successful prosecution of tho great war for liberty nnd Justice, but It is an obligation of public conscience nnd of public honor that the private interests we disturb should bo kept safe from unjust injury, and it is of the utmost consequence to tho government Itself thnt all great financial operations should be stabilized nnd co-ordinated with the financial operations of tho government. Ts'o borrowing should run athwart the borrowings of the federal treasury nnd no fundamental indus trial vnlucs should anywhere be un necessarily Impaired. Tn the hands of mnny small investors in the country, as well as In national banks, In Insurance companies, in savings banks, In trust companies, in financial agencies of ev ery kind, railway securities, the sum total of which runs up to some $10, 000.000,000 or 11,000,000,000, consti tute a vital part of the structure of credit, and the unquestioned solidity of that structure must be maintained. "The secretary of war and I easily agreed that, In view of the mnny com plex Interests which must lie safe guarded and harmonized, as well as because of his exceptional experience nnd ability In this new field of govern mental action, non. William O. Mc Adoo was tho right man to as sume direct administrative control of this new executive tnsk. At our re quest he consented to assume the au thority and duties of orgnnlzer and di rector general of tho new railway ad ministration. He has assumed those duties and his work is in nctivc prog ress. May Need Treasury Grants. "It is probably too much to expect that even under the unified railway ad ministration which will now he pos sible sufficient economies can bo ef fected In the operation of tho rail ways to make It possible to add to their equipment and extend their op erative facilities as much as the pres ent extraordinary demands upon their use will render desirable without re porting to the national treasury for the funds. If it is not possible, it will, of course, be necessary to resort to the congress nn- grants it money for that purpose. Tho secretary of tho treasury will ndvlso with your co"jmlt too with regnrd to this very practical aspect of tho mntter. For tho pres ent I suggest only the guaranties I have Indicated and such appropria tions ns arc necessary at the ou'sct of this task. I take tho liberty of ex pressing the hope thai the congress may grant these promptly and un grudgingly. We are dealing with great matters and will, I am sure, deal with them grently." WAGE BOARD AGREED UPON Railway Director McAdoo and Broth erhood Chlefo Come to An Under standing on Plan. Washington, Jan. 5. Hallway Di rector McAdoo and the brotherhood chiefs agreed upon the creation of n wage board to hove Jurisdiction over the wages of railroad employees while they nro under control of the govern ment. Tho board also will adjust dis putes that may arise, nnd will he ap pointed and at work within HO days, according to the plan. BANDITS ARE DRIVEN BACK U. S. Troops and Texas Rangers Chase Mexicans Across the Dorder Two Robbers Killed. Marfu, Tex., Jan. R. -Mexican ban dits who raided IJ.o Drlte ranch near Candelarhi, have been driven bnck across the border by United fitnteH troops nnd Texas rniigets, according to reports here. Neither tho rangers nor the troops crossed the bonier. Two of Neglected Colds bring Pneumonia 2ST CASCARAJ&I QUININE VjWSjtf rOMv Tha old family remedy In Ublct form aafe, ture, caiy to take. No oplatea no unpleaiant after effect. 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