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• ■ "l. :■ ini- sex-itiI uuies and masking the movements of the » t i. tr-s-p* m that awtton. U—Major i I.r..mm:.:;iler of the western division, which will have four —A Boot of Dutch and Norwegian ships held up in an - ■}- i - ii; ii for officers of the merchaut murine at New Bedford. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK -aig and Petan Start Another O' we in Flanders and Make B g Gains. AIMING AT U-BOAT BASES? ioed Wo»* by the Ri,ik RiuTimn Fo*oe*—Teutonic Peace Move De * dec—Agreement Reached on Feed Ccnt-ol 5 l—E*emp. tion Bca*'d* Are Busy. By EDWWARD WW PICKARD. After t*i-lil} day* of 111. iwnt tr» - i •.» wtl .rr} fine »»f tin* war. the At . • i r* ■ . Ei antiiev Eh T latider* Ile ft • Tc> - lay great drive that - i*e • - ! t**f*c* for definite . **■- --*-* .if m-ooti> ilaulH’d I. • . frotll of tsetltj lllile*. , f " . * !;v •“fjlf ltj;,!: \ % flr*t tiifW **f *.-*> *- ,-L vv Tat ati ! 1".\ SMVJl*r Mi*4 «*:. jiTur**! rirtrii t«*» in* liu-fr l *. ••• • j*rN ii«*r%. Tiw't nr — • T- at taai»y pia.-e*. the - • - j - jeffunuitifi |.ri«!igi« * .g : - .-I i n<ig*- tiuildiug under fefv lats.v and airjrfnt.*-* played ini l--r-.«at |.. rt- in the ternti* eoultlct. * I.. ' * re*.*ted vloutly Mild tlli «l. i - lie allie* advance v* . ty torrential rain*, ilie * . i. L* r * ••otUiier-attm k» won - . .-ill \»X’ the ltr;'i*b again drove Ihc <*er :-ii * :.i then the artillery re* f owing 1'rluee Ku • nt * .t !l*e *u|«|*>rtitig tie — » !*. v hirt; t.liey had retire*!. *.. . ’.I* li _ :id I'etalh rlvlnu*-*l . : ■ * <vv.gr. I.i.tiou <>h the . • ** tn I .. -* ah*l the h*..*<-r. .1 iv#tigratti!ii!***l Hu t.f hi* 'great *u* >.-*»" and at ;•■*! a • ' •' t.-eli.-e in |tru--el* *if • . . olliier* oil tile a «**t **i* v«* other official*. The tieruuui ■**•-. „ie rif.ihni t*# have !*rii tre . j iiiui tt*o*e of the allie* <*o|l< . gt.* S.veral Ario ri*-a:i * - - ic-. * • * ie aith !l«-lr Kri!i»b al ia* . *». * . ! ye.live uf tUi* drive wan ■ r? uboband. hot the |*e.e t . ■ .it -1{. a. ..*! • .• *...ii* hoped and th« *.. - - a*- •-! tSuit the Anghe i •. :. ■ * . .-r. l to i-n-li along the ih . et*T and f*-rt-e the tieniiKU* a la: l**u • *.eir *ubinarine |>a*e*. a movement **<*uid al*** turn the . .• end of the liennati line and .at ••. •-.■iiijs*’. a general reilre !. »1*! rl.. Hfcrue. If the allie* i'«| n«*1t llwr* l*ijl. h border it i* i>e i**r |i - . id O.ight t*e l" r-Uade*! to rwo in h* r lot with them, a derision : *,.-r-.. • .id.-ntlj ha- fearevi * •wf* wvi^tir !lH»r Co* 3 *. on* m Huu*a. TV disorganized Russian tr*«>ps ,-st their retreat eastward th' . *;*ii'-ia ami at sotue j*>ints tkr pursuing Tmt"U» and Turks rr -~d iU Russian l**cder. However. * e Wi - a |»T ej i* stiffening of re ► -latie* hj the S:,iv*. and further I *h they held their line* fair!;- well. • m ;n, u...: umu front the Russie Roumanian army fought bravely and .. ..fully, making considerable ad vance*- Its good work may go far to »ard sav :ug the rich grain Melds of •octbern Russia from the enemy. Mencwhile Kerensky and his >•«* ,bju.- are nurk'.itz fast to avert dis ks-.-r Their jir «cram. according to the .« - B te-w -|*l» r l* t« restore the ar i s |»««f by * cleat Maltioo of th* ir-mts tit Russia'* present liberty, the taking of the severest ami most tore* ti. - - nwa*ur*'s for re-estahlishing m.liii.ry : -■ | :ue and the rest or* t i on of -he shaken authority of Russia* iu'~t di- Merest**! and s-^f sacrificing servants ner officer* Hundreds of f *erruan s|*ies in Russian uniforms found mmg ing with the soldier* have tweti r*e.-tited sUHitnartiy. and the mu tinous tr>s <j»* are being punished as *raiti.rs. It is now reported that Le ,, ha< os- ;ped from Russia prohn i» th-rmany through Finland and Ku-sian secret service agent* rep-rt ' ’ II.:. ••ut.urg, having prepared for . .. .‘air with the aid of his S1' promised the kaiser tie would 1 Ku'~:- out of action within two n ih' But Kerensky, though he is ’• 1 > :. 11-!. apiNsl and is not a sol di, r is proving himself to be a much gr. ter maii than the German chieftain a: I i ivilization still looks to him with a: :■ ;n tii> ultimate success. It v.;i' announced on Thursday that • ••• Brus-iloff had resigned as it d* r in chief of the Russian • - a:, that General Korniloff had • • geiieraiissitno. being suc .-a tlie southwestern front by al Tchereinissoff. Ti.. heroic <s induct of Vera Butch • • • •' ' feminine battalion at the t has resulted in a popular niove ■ ;.t ■ . the formation of a great i: ...» of Ru—iian women. Teutonic Peace Bunk. The In ginning of the week was o : by the : 'reunion of three large . . . . balloons sent up by the central |... . rs. line was piloted by Chalicel Mi ■: o i». one by Count Ciemin. Austrian foreign minister, and one by ’ • un American correspondent. Ben ■ :i acting for Michaeiis and Ludeti '■■■" Th. ball.sins aeiit up swiftly for ■ but. being tilled only with hot i-.r. •!.. soon came to earth again, the compuuied by the ironic giner and cheer* of the allied im : ..'ii' The imperial chancellor, to a : lie metaphor, told a vivid tale ■ '• rci treaties between France and R -- i " sing to conquest, and Pre :■ Kits it promptly branded iiim as a M Mtelis uttered a lot more i • ip about tiie wicked aims of the • h iite allies and “the justice of nur li fe: sive war." and. through the un A r. an correspondent, gave out a raaec and foe «(i accusations, and declared the submarine warfare would continue un til the British raise their blockade. < zi-rt. gave an interview that sound ed more reasonable, and a couple of days later a Vienna paper announced authoritatively that Germany would g idly act u[*on peace overtures cotu g by way of Vienna. The entire e move of the week, however, was » d by Washington. London and Pari' to he insincere and evidently ' in Th.- hop.- of slowing Hp the ar preparations in America and the restoration of authority and discipline ! in Russia. ' i \V. <! ■ - : v the kaiser issued two ! j-r<••-Inmillions. to ’he German people and to tiie Gentian array and navy and nl forces in whicli he defiantly for-! 1. - determination to prosecute ■ "ful termination "this right ; ef»us war of defense." Tin- G> nuan attempt to bunko the I* les with vague promises of a re - -red kingdom has falleti through. I • o e-i I,. - from Berlin say the Polish h-gion' have been disarmed anil in terned. tie.-ause the Germans found lb--m selves confronted by a mutinous polish army, while Austrian subjects - 'd. d in the original legion insisted ' on taking the oath to the new Polish | kingdom as if Galicia were a part of it. America’s Submarine Detector. The problem of the submarine is still holding first place in the consider ations of the allied nations, for while ihe Germans admit the U-boat cuin T.nigti is md reducing Kngtand to star vation Admiral JeUico adntts the si.biuurine lias not yet been mastered, •II.d say* until the effective antidote is discovered the allies must concentrate on tin building of patrol floats and merefiart vessels. Secretary I>aniels behev. s the American navy depart men- has found a iilan for protecting American shipping and it will be put In ,. ration very soon. The department .» working on a giant detector whicli l;.-ar Admiral Grant thinks will bring ediate results The details of this detector, of course, are not revealed, but it is exfiected to be effe<-tive over b distance of live miles, and if these eS|iect*tions are justified the depart ment will stretch the device across the waters in the vicinity o' the German ; s.-s and thereby locate submarines as they start out. Meanwhile the trained gun crews placed on American merchantmen are giving a good ac count of themselves, generally getting he tletter of any submarines that ven mre to attack the vessels they are guarding. •,'bo British admiralty’s weekly re *, -flowed a decrease In the number ,,f British merchantmen destroyed by U-boats. One British warship, the old cruiser Ariadne, was sunk by a torpe do and .'Is of its crew killed. What Congress Is Doing. One month behind time, the adminis tration food control hill was reported out of conference without the features that were objectionable to the presi dent. Its enactment within a week was confidently, predicted. The chief features that were eliminated were the — - — • <1 *r * •** congressional war expenditure com mittee and the three-member food con trol board. The price-fixing and con trol provisions were greatly restricted and the prohibition section is less dras tic. Partly as a result of the compromise on the food control hill, the senate adopted the Sheppard resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution. The vote—65 to -0— i would have been much closer had the dry forces not consented to a provision that The amendment shall not be opera- j live unless it is ratified by tlie states within six years. The constitutionality of that limitation is doubtful. The dry leaders decided to await the December session of congress before trying to get the resolution through the lower house. Another commendable action of the Semite was the adoption of McUum lier's resolution calling upon the presi dent to undertake to obtain the consent of the European nations allied against j the central powers to the draft of their subjects in the United States for the war. It is believed the allies will l quickly agree to this and that the plan will be In operation before long. The new war industries board, with Frank A. Scott instead of Bernard Ba ruch us its chairman, has taken up with vigor its work of government buying and supervision over the gen eral industrial activity. Mr. Scott an nounced that profit-making must now yield to patriotism, extravagance to economy and selfishness to service. • The reorganized shipping board also is speeding up and last week it made the Southern pine producers promise prompter delivery of the timber they ; have pledged, for tic board intends to j build as many wooden ships as pos sible. i ne embargo tnat is designed to shut : off Germany's supplies of fofxl and war munitions is going to have an ef- ; feet on the supply of shipping. Nor way already lias proposed to place al most its entire merchant fleet at the disposal of the allies and promised to export nothing but fish to Germany if assured of receiving American food products, and Holland, too, is willing to exchange ships for food if the ves sels are not to be sent into the danger zone. Sweden and Denmark, it is be lieved. will follow suit. The effective ness of the embargo policy, however, depends to a considerable extent, on whether or not the shipment of food stuffs from Russia into Germany can he prevented. The shipping board last week pre pared to commandeer ail American shipping, and President Wilson issued an order that has the effect of cutting off steel exports to Japan unless Jaie | auese vessels are diverted to war uses. | Exemption Boards Busy. The examination of drafted men by the exemption boards is going on rap idly and smoothly, and under instruc tions from Provost Marshal General Crowder the hoards have tightened up j on the exemptions. They have been told to keep in mind that the two i tilings to be accomplished are the rais- j ing of armies and the maintaining of industries. Meanwhile the federal and local authorities all over the country i are rounding up the slackers Continuing their work of co-operat ing with the Germans the Industrial Workers of the World stirred up vari ous troubles for mine owners, lumber producers and themselves, in many Western localities. Some towns fol lowed the example of Bisbee and de l>orted the disturbers, and one of their leaders, Frank Little, tvas taken out and hanged by masked men at Butte, I Mont. Such occurrences, of course, must he deplored—theoretically. The government cannot and will not tolerate strikes that tie up industries that are vital to the successful conduct of tlie war. This was demonstrated by the quick ending of a strike of thou- , sands of railway switchmen that • started at Chicago. When the federal j authorities took a hand, both sides j, found they could yield points and! reach an amicable agreement. PEACE MOVEMENT !N AUSTRIA -- j Cc.-t Citmit Said to Look With Fa vor on Negotiation* Betoreen Vienna and London. 1L.II.-I..H. —Tl.i- Vlrfk' ZvitUKK "1 Iyrlj" e, NiMf. rw-cutly rua<lc the i mmti«v-u,n.t that too vtca* ,u“%> fc. ’tug* over heid in that city to dis *V.- the <j ..~tL»e. “1*0 the lVojile ^ K. . V _1 'h t Count Czernin. the Austro Huagariun foreign minister, read «-h great pleasure certain state ment* of Lord Robert Cecil, minister ,.f bka-kade. in the house of commons, which ' • interpreted as meaning that Kn, and does not regard Austria as a re. enemy. From this deduction is drawn that there are no real ob stacles of peace negotiations between Vienna and London. _ . "The message adds that Count I ’T-rnm uellll] Ilf WjlliUytmmjljB that he has noted that In France as ! '€ as *n England there is no di rect hostility to Austria. The above declaration, according t !he 0™p"n'lent at Copenhagen of r> , ^change Telegraph, led the eirtcne Tages Zeitung to declare: H ermany does not want negotia tions m such a roundabout wav.’ manv eJ^elnfnb,att replied that <** even W°Uld Submit to’ bu‘ tJL -°uld accept J°yfully W at IK.. . • f—-—? i SELF HELPS for the I | NEW SOLDIER j i ” . — t $ By a United States Army Officer I 1 i ♦ * ■ • • • • • • (Copyright, 1917. by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) TURNING THE SQUAD COM PLETELY ABOUT. * We now return to the squad for fur ther instruction therein. “Squad right,” which was explained in the thir teenth article of this series, is at once a movement so difficult and so impor tant—important as the basis for chang ing the front of a platoon or company —that it would be beneficial to go over it again in preparation for “squad right about.” In “squad right,” the right man on the front rank, at the command “MARCH.'” faces to the right in march ing and marks time. He must cease absolutely to advance until the move ment is completed. If he inches for ward. he then ceases to be a "fixed pivotand unless “squad right” is per formed upon a fixed pivot, the squads i will not fit together properly when a j column of squads swings into a com pany front. If. however, the pivot man j turns upon the fixed spot and marks ‘ time, ns he should, the various squads in company front will slip into place | like boards with tongues and grooves, i At the command of execution. "MARCH,” the three other front-rank men oblique to the right, place them selves abreast of the pivot man. and mark time. They do not stumble into position in loose and sagging circles. Each of these movements should be precise and military. Otherwise, the squad formation will he as slack as the movement of the slackest man. In the rear rank, the third man from i the right (No. 3. in the “count off"), j followed in column by Nos. 2 and 1, moves straight to the front until he finds himself immediately to the rear of his front rnnk man Nos. 2 and 1 place themselves behind their front rank men likewise. Then all face to the right in marching and mark time. The other man of the rear rank—No. 4—moves straight to the front, at the side of No. 3 for four ; aces and places himself abreast of ti e man on his right. Each man. as he reaches the new line, glances toward the march ing flank—that is. tho^e still to come ; on to the new line—while he marks time, and when the last man arrives on the line, both ranks proceed with “forward march" with' at further com mand. For the guidance of the squad members, the movement has been I worked out in six counts—at the quick time cndence of 120 steps a minute— from the command “MARCH." In ! other words, if each man will perform his appointed task while counting six. including the marking time, the squad j will be ready to advance in the new j direction upon the sixth count. “Squads left” is. of course, exe cuted as above with the fourth man i in the front rank as the fixed pivot, j Now, in order completely to reverse tLe front of a company and the direc- [ tlon of march, “squads right" (left) about” is executed. At this com mand. the pivot man (No. 1, front rank) executes “squad right” twice. He does not, however, make this a sloppy merger of the two, but starts the second “squad right” when the last man in the front rank on the first “squad right” has arrived abreast of the rank. They execute the movement in two distinct counts of six. The front rank moves then, as in “squad right.” The movement of the rear rank, however, is somewhat differ ent from the same rank’s task in “squad right.” and this difference should be carefully noted. Thus, in the rear rank. ! the third man from the right—No. 3— j followed by No. 2 and No. 1 in col- ! unm. moves straight to the front until on the prolongation of the line (40 ' inches in the rear of the front rank) 1 to be occupied by the rear rank; changes direction to the right; moves in the new direction until he. and Nos. 2 and I also, are each in rear of his respective front rank i»an, when all face toward tke right in marching, mark time, and glance toward the marching flank. The fourth man marches on the left of the third man to his new posi tion. and, as he arrives on the line, both ranks execute “forward march”—on the second count of six— without further command. EXTENDED ORDER. Everythin? we have taken up so far from “the school of the squad” except “take interval” and “take distance,” has been “close order” drill. Close order is necessary for march ing, parade and disciplinary purposes, but in modern warfare—that is, out side of a trench—a squad fights in ex tended order. Even in a trench, the principle of the extended order is main tained ; that is to say, the distance be tween rifles is approximately the same Rs when deployed on its skirmish line. Of all the great armies in Europe, the Germans alone at the present time send troops into battle in close order, ar “massed formation,” with the result that their casualties are appalling. Extended order, on the other hand, a characteristic of American tro.ps, is also uniformly practiced by the allied irmies. The purpose of extended or ier is so to distribute the men of a squad that they may work in unison and without serious reduction of the amount of fire which can be delivered j 'rom a single section of the line, but ' vhich at the same time leaves suffi- I lent space between them to minimize 1 he chances of their being hit. Even a machine gun would not an- ! aihilate a squad in extended order quite so expeditiously as it could dis pose of one in close order. For not only does the extended order separate the men, but in that degree increases their chances of escaping bullets, but it also affords them infinitely bet ter chances of finding cover while ad vancing. To deploy “ns skirmishers,” which is the descriptive command for extend ed order drill, the corporal at the com mand of execution, “march,” springs in front of the squad, if he does not occupy that position already. At a run, the other members of the squad place themselves abreast of the cor poral at half pace intervals. Since a pace is 30 inches, there is 15 inches of space between men so deployed, in stead of the four inches of close order. No. 2 of the front rank springs to the corporal’s immediate right. No. 2 of the rear rank takes station to the immediate right of No. 2 front rank. No. l front rank is on the Immediate right of No. 2 rear rank, and No. 1 rear rank on the right of No. 1 front rank. On the corporal’s immediate left is No. 3 rear rank, who has No. 3, front rank, on his left, while on No. 3 front rank’s left is the remaining member of the squad. No. 4 rear rank. in otnor wonts, with the exception of No. 4 rear rank, in extended order the rear rank inen till place themselves on the right of their respective file leaders, and each front rank man. in springing to the side of the corporal, leaves room for the rear rank man of the same number to step imo his prop er position in the skirmish line. If there are any extra men in the squad (which sometimes happens), they fall in at the left of No. 4 rear rank, or at the extreme left of the skirmish line. In moving, the entire line conforms to the corporal's gait, whether that be route step, double t'me. or still fast er running. Deployed as skirmishers, a squad does not keep step; but it musi take pains to see that a space of 15 inches is maintained between each man. A common error is for the men to hunch after a few steps for ward have been taken. Inasmuch as the normal interval be tween skirmishers is one-half pace, or 15 inches, each man has practically one yard of front. The front of a squad thus deployed is ten paces, or 25 feet. WHEN THE SQUAD IS ACTING ALONE IN EXTENDED ORDER. The squad in combat drill is what might he called a subsidiary first unit. The squad is not the regulation first unit—tl£s is the platoon (one-fourth of a company roughly speaking), as will be explained later. But within a platoon, a closer fire control is often necessary, and to this the squad organ ization is adapted. Particularly is this essential to “firing by squads” which is. under certain circumstances, the most effective way in which the fire can be delivered. In addition, the squad is a most practicable unit for patrol and out post duty, since it places a small and flexible body of men in charge of a noncommissioned officer for work which requires discretion and conceal ment. Tlds is not to say that patrol nr outpost duty is confined to squads, but it is often subdivided finally upon the squad basis. In any event, the squad in extended order work of all kinds has many occasions to work in dependently. and it is then that the discipline and sense of unity acquired in close order drill will justify Itself, ns well as obedience and attention to the corporal. When the squad is deployed with other squads, the front and rear rank men place themselves abreast the cor poral at half-pace intervals, as we have seen, hut when the squad is act ing alone, the skirmish line is formed in the same way upon No. 2 of the front rank. No. 2 stands fast in his place or continues the march, as the case may be. Meanwhile, the cor poral places himself in front of the squad when advancing, and in the rear when halted. When he is In line, the corporal is the guide; when he is not in line—that is, when he advances in front of the squad as its commander— No. 2 front rank is the guide of the line, and it is the duty of No. 2 front rank to follow in the tracks of the cor poral. with the rest of the squad guid ing on No. 2. The command for assembling t{ie squad may be given either as “Assem bly, MARCH,” or by the corporal's waving his arm in short circles above his head. At the command, the men move toward the corporal, wherever he has taken his station as u base, and form upon him, in their proper places, in close order. If the corporal contin ues to advance, they move in double time, form, and follow him. The as sembly. while marching to the rear, is not executed. It will be seen that in deploying as skirmishers, the precise form of move ment prescribed for close order drill is not adhered to. A man has more ease and latitude in carrying out the movements. This is to make speed. While men in close order are com pelled to turn corners sharply and maneuver, so to speak, in angles, in ex tended order it would be inefficient for a man to turn on an angle to reaehViis position when he could make a straight cut for it. Tet this in no sense nullifies the need for precision in close order drilh without it troops would become hope lessly tangled up, and without it also there would not be the uniformity of movement which would cause members of a squad in extended order instinct ively to choose the most direct—and in that sense, precise—short-cuts in the 'east possible time. In fact, without the close order, they could make no short cuts at all, for they would not know where to turn in order to find their places in the squad. First Omnibus. The first horse omnibus was seen in he neighborhood of Nantes in 1S26 j ind ran to facilitate access to a bath ng establishment which a M. Baudry j lad set up in the outskirts of that own. “The name of these vehicles,” M. laudry said, “shall be omnibus—that 9 to say, ‘open to all.’ ” The venture i ras so successful that a limited com- i any was formed to inaugurate a simi ir enterprise in Paris. The Parisian ] inert men t was at first a failure, but | after Its originator had manifested his disappointment h.v drowning himself in the Canal St. Martin, others reaped % rich harvest from his Ideas. Properly Classified. First Stnde (writing home to fa ther)—Yon know, I’m in a quandary. Dad set his foot down on my buying so many hats, and I got two this week. I ain’t got the nerve to put them dowq in my list of expenses. What’ll I do? Second Ditto—Oh, Just put ’em down as overhead. Intelligent Alarm Clock. An alarm clock awakened a lady in Philadelphia just in time to allow her to escape from a burning building. She had set the clock as usual at five o'clock, but that morning it failed to ring. During the afternoon she lay down for a nap on the divan. At five o’clock the alarm clock started its racket twelve hours late. She awoke to find the house full of smoke and flames creeping up the stairway. She was aroused just in time to escape to the street. "That clock has been my pal for years.” said she. "I never knew it to miss its regular morning alarm before. It must have known something.” The man who has no use for the opinions of others never has any of his own that other people want. Patience is frequently lauded, but tenacity is what gets there. He'd Blow ^ v.-n. • \ “Suppose,” read <_,;-. .’t !.;. .1. T if. fey. Jr., instructor of tie' .:. Ii com pany of the Ninth <1 i%i- ;i. :t l't Har rison. from “Small Pretorn;-- of in fantry.” “that your advanc* nl laid been surrounded: that you knew the approximate location of the enemy and his number, but his position was strongly held, and darkm-s was com ing on. What would you do?" “Pd let it be known that 1 was a union man. and then 1M i low the whis tle and go to supper.” v--l:::tt • red one fellow. And then, when be was -bawled out” fi r his flippancy lie had another answer jus; as g,io<! end milch more apropos ready.—Imlianap >Iis News. Sw ift feet get a man out of lots of trouble that las tongue gels him into. The human voice is produced by 4-1 different muscles. Don’t Poison Baby, AG,° aImost eveT7 mother thoucht her child rr.uct h-vo PAREGORIC w laudanum to make it sleep. 1 hese drugs will produce sleep, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the s' .fcp tKOM \\HICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who nave been killed or whose health has been ruined for life bv paregoric, lauda num and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Drucca: i are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children nt nil or to anybody without labelling them “poison.” The definition of “narcotic” is : “A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poison ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death.” 'The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, arid sold under the names ’* Chops, Cordials, “ Sootfung Syrups.” etc. You should not permit anv medicine to be given to your cliildren without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT * ~ CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. / /'*>" S/ Genuine Castoria always bears the signature o Canadian Farmers Profit From Wheat The wars devastation cf European crops has caused an unusual demand for grain from the Ameincan Conti nent The people of the world must be fed and wheat near S2 a bushel offers great profits to the farmer. Canada’s invitation is therefore especially attractive. She wants settlers to make money and happy, prosperous homes for themselves by helping her raise immense wheat crops. *oa can set a Homestead of 160 acres FREE and other lands at remarkably low prices. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 busheis to afre, yields as high as 45 bushels to the acre Wonderful crops also of Oats, Barley and Flax. . farming as profitable an industry as grain rais ing The excs.ent grasses full of nutrition ar<- the on'v food required for beef or dairy purposes. Good schoo.i, churches, markets convenient, climate exce.lent. There Is an extra demand for farm labor to replace the many young men who have volunteered ftr the star The Government is org.ng farmers to put extra acreage into g-a:n. W r.te for literature and parr.culars as t r-duced railwsy rates vo Supa of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or W. V. BENNETT Room 4, Bee Bldg., Omaha. Neb. Canadian Government Ae^nt Nebraska Directory DOCTORS MACH & MACH DENTISTS 3rd Floor Paxton Black 16th 4 Farnam Sts..Omaha best equipped Dentil Offices m Omihi R assemble prices. Special discount to ell people Lvmf outside ef Osihi. Hotel Castle 632 S. 16th Street Omaha, Neb. New, absolutely fireproof. 300 BOOMS With private toilet $1.00; with private bath *1.50. FREQ A- CASTLE, Proprietor MID-WEST ELECTRIC CO. 1307 Harney St. Omaha, Neb. 709 Cherry St* Des Moines, la. ELECTRICAL JOBBERS Distributors for General Electric Co.; American Electric Co.. Telephones; C A. Wood Preserver Co. W A good stock of general supplies, both cities IfOhAlf and supplies. Largest I*U AA Im house in the west. All E||l|C|JIUfJ Eastman goods. We pa.vre nmoniliu torn postage on finishing. THE ROBERT DEMPSTER CO.. 1813 Fsrnam Street Eastman Kodak Co. Omaha, Neb. Hotel Loyal, Omaha Take Dodge Street Car From Stationo ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 15a+e»a$i oo up without bath. XvdLca , ;c Bp mth The Hotel With a Reputation R. E. BRYANT—Proprietsrs—O. E. CARNET SP05T5NG GOODS Athletic Goods. Baseball. Tennis, Golf, Outing Clothing. Camping Supplies, Kodaks. Fishing Tackle. SEND FOR CATALOG. THE TOWNSEND GUN CO. 1314 Farnam St. OMAHA. NEB. RO0FI NG Gravel, Asbestos, Asphalt, Slate and Tile Quotations on request NATIONAL ROOFING CO. 510-11 Ware Block OMAHA, NEB. BOWLES CommissioD Co. SHIPMENTS SECURED BY $100,000.00 CAPRAln fPoc« BEST PRICES AND FILLS’. Sauth Omaha Chicago Kaa.CIty GARAGE TOOLS LATHES—DBILL PRESSES— GRINDERS Sunderland Machinery i Supply Co., Omaha Hess & Swoboda FLORISTS Special attention to ontaide orders for floral designs by mail or express. Quick service 1415 FARNAM ST- OMAHA, NEBRASKA Amateur Photographers! WE DEVELOPE YOLK FILH FREE Priiite to 2%x3}£, 3c each; 2Hx4*4 tc 3l*x4h> 4c each; 3*4x5^* aud post cards. 5c eaci.. PHOTOGRAPHS COPIED THE ENSIGN FILM CO 1607 Howard St. Omaha, Neb. FILMS DEVELOPED FREE When Prints Are Ordered Prints!!*x3J*.Seents; 2p4x4!«,4 cent*; postal card size, 6 cents, postpaid. Beaton Photo Supply Co. 15th & Ftrain Sts. Omaha. Neb, One may not be able to pet into the hero class, but nearly everyone can raise a cabbage or something equally useful to feed a hero. It is reported that clothing is short in Germany, but probably not uny shorter than some are wearing them in this country. The war is bound to change our na tional habits for the better. Extrav agance will become a sin and conser vation of resources the duty of every individual. CREAM WANTED Market your cream where it wiii net you the most coney The Fairmont Creamery i'oinptuiy often you the benefit of Its th.rty-foai yean* of ex perience. By sbipp.ng your cream to tins company ▼on will receive full market value In payment; your check wiii be bent you daily , yon wiii save ex press charges and your cans will be returned more promptly. Satisfaction is guaranteed Ship to Lhw nearest Nebraska factory. Factories are located at Omaha, Crete and Grand Island HEMSTITCHING PLEATING BUTTONS Done promptly. Free price list. IDEAL BUTTON & PLEATING CO. 3rd Floor Brown Bldg. Om«h» Neb. furnaces ter SOILTRS and STCVES Please order through your nearest dealer. Quick shipments our hc.bby. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, OMAHA NEB. Write, wire or phone WOOD BROTHERS OMAHA For correct quotation?- on live StocK. ESTABLISHED . 61 ----—--- •• I‘KW.. I iUft Our Nation Is Stirred To Its Very Foundation MEN WOMEN MONEY are being mobilized for protection of our home*. The Strongest Defense for the home U a certificate of Life Insurance in the Woodmen of the World ! 850,000 Member.; $33,000,000.00 As»ets. Ask any member or write A. FRASER, Sovereign Commander W. O. W. Building_•_■ Omaha, Nebraska I