V*gt Six

CAPE MAT COUNTS TIMES SF.a rfzj.r. CITY. E

• tr a zoo-3 nzrcr.T skows the / vriNG SUMS MA3E CV . U S. CORPORAT.Of.S.

t FOODSTUFF KEN THE WORST

•iii •l-Ttuau wul fur !!»r . it a rrticv ■ .if tb<- anaf •■{ brijk? srautretf i r’r:r T i. oirnnled eur'.i I.f '

Au»nran tr>«n» .u ilnAr-iiu*. (•t a lr-t«!o »Hli »bp TarU- “— , •« Uiat lir.» n.pt tsJ <is-

NEWS REVIEW OF ^ THE GREAT WAR AHes Continue Th:ir Adva'oa h

Picardy Steaaiiy but

Mere Sicily.

ROYE AND MYON IN DANDER

•..1 r-T l!»p Atwr a ! all iralnn «ptp full at An* ■••'I** C’lnr i«» tbp Iialii.n fron*

* takra

ritllPT r

•ii»'rp ifcifp. lltnrpri-r. Ihp Italprr rpc.Jy for It au4 <l«lly 1mtbpir poalllun*. f.-in-ijl!j" la

In AltMnia th- Atuttriaa* praruatpd I all twilit« Iwitl bj tbPiu w>u:b of tbe

rS-tn-al tfirr.

j .*.8 amPXlBX l» tup HfiX- ! uro <*f II:. ko. 'o-nter of t!..- f'nS'lnn *'■= • dii4rirt> by a I'ritoh f..ro- rb'rh - it« way uji thr»jush Mew«j>-.itaJn!»

F rrt Afnt'.e* *"' Field Artry I* Famad —Situation in AustHa and Russ a Improves—San-Pcwor 8.11 In-

trodus.d in the Senate. Cy EDWARD W. PICKARD.

Movitic 111-ire »bi»rly bul eteaiitl) - a-! ; V-tb fleterniinati.in. lUe rjli--* lu< • vo k j.n iirtl lb-- Gen^uns furilier i i:i Fi- ardf. li- nrTal toa IV*-'ut. tin- Hun “retreat ••iwiall.t." haria; b*-«:i i-:j. <-S in <-u tli - rwitjnw awtetnfK*- r.'i pruleef bl* n1rl.-lr»tr»l onO tin- lirl.tltis lieeatn- ratbrr loealI Mil. Tbe lirroit MrujislP “'■» In ward the w.uili end uf the l-utlle bur. ubere 1 th«- I ri-tii-h a-i-r loreiiii tbrlr aay t-r ! wunl Xojin. o.ereamiaj; ;i-eji»eii.|<ej» . HKHUnee. Il,e} llnue tl.P I in.-limn, j from lieu*l of tbe tnaaiif or In ut : larediCiiy cariy in the "reek, and ada-i tnovol forward to 'he C»i»e valley. Tl.ru they sained a secure fontiae *ra the Tbleacnurt idal.aii and tbOe dumInatnl imnf of tbe rwtiniry northeaat •f ilieni f-*r mill nil* mot-rtumi aad the titM-eartng |irnaaur> of the Brttlaii from the norlha-anl lajperilil the euetcyV pQPiiiua In ll»>e. alib»ush lie diws with deaperaiiuu tu tbat rtty aad to Omtilae* further nunti Ahuig taui-b of tbe line he 1*1 bolding lie had Hie advantage of the old tretM-be* and wire enTangl-metil* hulii l.y blai

prior In July. JiiM

Whether Von H.--1.UI Would elect to try' In make a iirnlonged •loud there. : on 11m tuucl .ft..Jiger

I'en-i

ell lie w

Hlkluc tip 1-eUt - ru*ily defended • •u le.tb liank*. th.

The letrf.it!. f uni: i loii of tbe eintnil ;• -wer* re.ijli.-d in a “iralwr i-onfer-j -.i.'e - nt th-rtnan main bi-adquarten j which was :.ttended by the mien of ! ie-nntiny and Andria and their chief iviie.. tmd by ref.r. - ' ‘alive, of the ( Turk*. Hulgarian* au.! Iluidan b.il.dnv:ki. The Internal eituatlua in Auo- ; tru-Hungarj e.|i*.'iall> I* growing i n.M-—■—-or raliter tter.rr—.iaily: au ex|.:.o>..ia there rl:n<e-t any day would not greatly .urjirl**- anyone. Bulgaria -h - . .l.-ti* of breaking away from it* '-.ufederatea. and n- for Turkey, the genera! {lUhtlr know* nothing of what I I* going on there .w wbal i* expected,

--fc —

The pjiuatiou in Uuwia. ineluding Silo-ns. almi li Imprtndng. f.ir tbr ■ f-ire.ii ..jiie.sed to the hoikheriki and ’ tlie (brnumi an- growing utrwnger and , iimalgamaUug. Tlie poulhtllty of eaj tabllahing an ej*tem front Ibat will aerlously worry tbe Hun* U bring coti•idered. rapc’dally Wnee the “au|irrnie gmemnieni of the northern territory." euil.ra.1ng half a dmeo dUtrlct*. Iia. declared tt»e]f nppoMil to the German, and ready to fight theta. r<n*c*d-iu <»f the port of Ar<1i.-nget and the Murtuaii ruc.i given the alllei an Urtet tor iroup* to help thU moveaient. That Gefiuany reeogtilM*. the mena.e la ertdent from the fact, that *be 1* aen.lliig tn.«r.- aoldlen from Ibe w.-.t front to Itu.iia. and ha* ordered Finland to prepare to make war oa the fieople of M-jrinanak and ll.r alhe* then . Il.sliatcii.i from llelatngfora de.-lar»-I the Gertnani Int-nd to ■•..-Upy I'etrograd. ih.rtigli vital they notild gain by Jamwaalnn III lhat hunger Mrtrfcen city |* not ni-p* retit I.*i,ine .o-l Trot any rel llletr Millet govertWHUlt Wefe tel“U1.*i f. have n..! from Mo. ..w to

rat for.f*- near

IV

of p-.K .-T III the h

I Ztnovletr u-

aloaiy. I akin; lira --I In lb. ad ram v .

Ing. Rut th>- I n

nler molutloni.;. the ■) al*o tl.-d frotn that ihleh greatly p.-rlurt*-d i of all the ni.ud pow••u wanhlpi si Arrlinanded of Trotaky au

ghe Oiw. tlnual Cre

them and I lie way* of cotnhaflrg them. The *nhnianoes. In addition to inking c number of M.amer. ani nt-t.-trklng other., in ».itr.r rami only a few niil.ii from the harbor "f firm York, also dcatroyed n e.tfi»,.|eniW# tiuiiib.-r of Gdilng reaaett off Nev, l jig. land. Several light, with tho~- t'-Vula were rep.ir'i.l nnd It wn« twlleve-l that nt l.w»: one of theta was eenk. ''Ttat ua* hellevc-1 to lie j, gs- attack on the ne-.t guard .•ati-.u snd licbthtUM* iui Smith - * idond. South Carwllnti. In a hlrli Mueral u»en were orercoiae. tun tK>t yet been exiUalnrd Utoagli the theory lhai tie- ga« -aaft- from a ■uiwnaria# wa* d.-uanl-.!. I 're* an»nbtv the feet that our nival v .>«-l* are pretty busy on convoy duty o.-r.nstrta for t be comparative la. unity of (bear I'-biuiU along .Tie Atlantic eoa.r. The Ktnuly decline of Ibe G-imnn •uhtmirine camiKilgu hi etnpha.iz tl by the ofBelsI rcTsuii oa ainkingi and •hlphuil-llnc for July. The : Ihcl and neuiml .hipping *>mk during the montb aiuouaied to 270.000 ton v e.:u;mred with .VG.SXt ton* .uak In July. 1317. Ihi ring th.- tiMioth the allh-l nation, .•.it.tru.led a lonuage in exn-.. of IX'.HUO to tbat denniyed by eocsuy op • ration*. —te— The admlni.irafloii'a man power Uh extending the draft age to eigiitean on l forty-fire year* wa. reported tu the senate Thursday »nd that body l*repar*d to take ll up aud act <*. it -poedily. Oiotrfnan OuHutHi-laia in rejeirttug tlw uew.un- miI-I General . March told tbe ntllllary affair. <-uumlttre that be beiievid 4.00H.<*n Ataer lean, under one eotnmaoder could go tl.nuigb the G.-rmrn line* whenever they pleased and that If the age* an* fixed a* asked, the voluntary rollsttnent ayatetn nulomatlcally end*. He alio uid all Ibe men called for arrive perrlce under tin- amended net would lie In Fran -e by next June. The new American war program. It. wa* revealed. call, for 90 divhdoci*. or about i T'*»U*JU men. In France atid 11 more ; diil^ou. in training In America, by , June 30. lUltl. Mr. Oianiber!nl!i told the aenate •bat I’n id dent Up .n'a proenuu culled for ciHirentiwrion .-f American for.."*1 the w.iteni front. Inctudlng Italy, und tlmt tbe th...ry *»f the figltting In the future I* Hut V* IUU»t force the |.*ue and win on ibe wotrrn front. The hill a* tepurted contain* a work ..r fig'ii provision to which orgaulacd lale.r. through Xantucl Gouijiera. ha. I filed enipharic .Jtjerllon. The lutmediate need t«t more fighttng 1I1.-U Inducr-i the president to Imie .-n U'ednudoy a proclatiwtluo rallin: l-.r the FeglKlration, .m Augu-r 2d. ..( I all young men uh., .hall have Ihsooic tM.-nly imr year* of age hetvvreti June f. Ia.t and that day Tl.l* extnt •nnil m.-tlt. It I. helieve-i, will in.1u.le about 1 yi.iyyt meu. on. -lmlf of ubuta are li f.d- military duty —te— t'tiainnun Kltchiu and other ru-tu U-ri at the hou*.- way* aud mean* committee tM-lug u Iildetf to th* idea j tliat Ibe best way *o ral*e iuuiy rev euue Is lo In.-reakc the rare** jiroffta j tax. rather Itum lo Imime a war prof It. tat. Secretary of the lica.iiry Me A.loo Wa* compelled In go hef»-e the .oinmlttis- with a ttia*» of tlgurea to I .u.iNla his ronteuflcn that lt,e war 1 ptofit. tax laeth.el I* the be*t and ..lily . ; full one I:. ! eply la Kltchtn'i iiavr

j Proi'.-rrt at bio*t ct the Ncsaaaitiaa | cf L 'e and Ccncem* in Weariy All Bearrhev of Industry Dri-tdcd at

Prrftrara.

Vs- r.gtmi. Aug. 17.—ntiftii'ant and rr- : r.g viToftt* made la American Indti-TT In 1»IC at I 1017 or- .b een tt th -.-port JtK reropteted by the In ■ -. «• iuirtiiicut .-t i-l.-'f’* corpors' The MTSirt oa- prepared In , r—- - • lo Smrtor Rnr. h'. rvs-.iutlon id • ‘a-a May. The nsmei of the eoc ■ .- .-re wMMnM. T’ treaTtrytfcpartni-nt tak.i the pn ' - il-st It w.uiM I— a violation -I - . ting taw to make pahiir the t*c.- of cnrporatbuii sit I ih*ir «orn- »;«. TIj* rrnrtg rewdutleu l* not *uf9^' • tv -ii.pcm! rfce law; If would .-v»i a Joint tv- .iutlon. the tn-aiury dept •••cent fc'iid*. -T..* • ertli*ordinary pn-fltoerlng rev : id by the Trport trot In fco-l <Os"- rndncdr* of nostly a!! th* -•Dm -n ncrriudtlc* of life were »bo«n »o I.: t3.-T.le cB-MTiou-'y In -rmie-l •3V.. - It 1H17 octr 13ia.aiilMngh their earr.:nT« in lOlti wvre In numrraa* “3* - far above the ll>) twr «n-nt mark. Men' i-nckcrf jnrnr. were .’town to fix • ;-u-rec*cd rribcfantisHy. One - pu-ker Rv.demfcaMTO tafMV In r In 1310. i *h- Iron nnd rtrel indudry aeaviT i-.c>fif* were di»clo-v.l. In coal I nr. fi!< mountnl lo cap-amllcl.sl iTMIc triilltte* of v;r;u.-.:iy "y -Suirr.cfcr rl <■ rat. c in f- r a i: 1 .- -V:ire of Hie lncrca-*1 proverlty. Lar;e Prof.t* of Da-rist. ’: • ::g th- ilalT conffTB* large lany with yrkm.cno capital endy : **' In 1317. rjfaUi* KT-.OM th■foar ’ cfofr. Tit- Wnail dalryuieo made the largtM |>ccc.ntage of In-•_-r.-a -.-.l pefits. One lititc ens.-.-m wlili a rrpital of <2.-900 Inatl - X'A&'ii. a* c..'!ij.are.l with Jg OOrt for 1317 Fruit tmd vegetable growing lnds«•rj‘* p-.'tl:* lacrea«.sl rauiidcrably over thi-e for 131 i •Ithocgh tlu*r were feirly large for lUal year »>s * •rao-ni • pn>lli* acre 240 par .-eni ttore for 1317 than for 101T f'..n.-cra» -vi*h .rail cBp'tnl slvow.-d th? larg.**]

I»crca-rw.

cent i nd I-nr ley growing wna *•* -o |mfitalde. cpenrding to th* renm*. One cMo-ern with StToClT) capital lost money. Bt.e h hredlng ibor nl ewhiranf Ally lt>cri-n«ed profit In nearly nil the .-on•ern* timed. Tlie Injlu-try aim mi >wed arge profit, for Hie previous year, iInc concern - * profit* rrre 255 per .-.-ni more , n 1317 than In lOltl A large number of Indtutr'e* livtnl ** ”ini«ce|lane«u- agrl-m'tural indui- - ric»“ alvone.1 ,o-ae atrikingly large ■r.,f|t*. beginninr in 131C and Inctva* ng rapidly In 1317. Food Men Ca'n R-che*. Of 21T. e.iii.s-m* limed undn - tb' capion “ISrrad end a!bet lakln; prod acta.” profiteering of an amazing char-art.-r waa rliown. F«w example, on•uattirny mpItaPced at ffUi.OOO In-crea-o.) It* iirt fit* from $*:>.!»» iu 13JC 8107.00* in 1317. Few of ih-m -haqr.d of lew* than -T) p*r •'.•Sit •« their rapllal atnej. In lb-- cstinlng italu-try ,«i- .-runrny .--liiclt 277 |cr -■•■»* tn IMfi crriMsl 1.047 p« r .-.nl in 5 - *17 T—'fi-r. cnnlt-llMil a: C-IOoi :n-d • -17<*» in ;!:J7, rg-.iln-t »2ki»» in •i.' a concern which made *25txx) in iPio made 5M. •» t in i:>17.

Th-

inufart

rial glit.seie fn ii-sl Ritl.1i 'r•rofll. One cotnpanv wj'h I •stJiiI rrrtusl snct.tno in 1317 lIE ton In Jplfi. Ice erreui ■

•|e . hilly big ti

Of :

i r/>i

Tjet lelll. li.lcd only a few fail, •tma- l»rg -ly lncn-i.- d i-rod--Ce'tnu.uv «- nrem mad- F7- - 2.'W -on *i^fu.nv, ir. 1317.

c general upuat-l rti

•Mng c

- I"* i

# IfififrxiC zi upon . b . b It earnedti‘. *■».*i) in lf.17 asalnm S'k'JMt.O'Ji 10S. staitl.ng Profit* in Leather, feather ra.itiuf: <iurer«. iti.-ludlng •' leoter* In biile*. rt».l innkcr* of I>h> vial ►Iui-- rl.d trunk, and •aliie ■'.4<lr protli. i.. Il'h - - aud 1S»17 linit ai Haettlr.g '»o- alwa- luoti". VNOril

Iwewvrlea mnVIng an aver 42 t-- At |»T,cet|l ir '2114 cud fn vr ce«. im-r,t 10 eettt in I3ir.' Tlie diatillen «>f Wbfatec* and'apir It* ma.le (fin:* In Iblfi tlmt ranged from 3 to •CT. jot rent, while tbtir ex ce»-- pr.-iit* lu*t year were from 12 to i.»1 per fvnt. Coal Men Pi A Up Werlth. The l‘nui->:'vania a tel U e-4 VUginis anft con! cdnkig r.HU|*in'.ec mad' ctHvrmoBB excoa profits in 1»:7. nc eordmg to the report. Tbe large com Ionic all r.iade profit* In 131G rangins from 2.-, to 130 pr cent. In 1917 all of the large bitumiooca | nperat.ir*. Hie report t-hows. made utiu«nal profit*, one tnln- made 1 ItSJ per cent on Ir* capital In 1D1G and 4.237 per cent In 1317. Another made 1.S72 per cent In I91G and .V*S3 |i-r cctit In

1917.

Profit* of the tuldcoolinrot htfsml non* .q.-rat.-r. were Mnallcr, arerag Ins 50 |«er eent. Tlie big oil producing yv>mpanlc* of nilnul*. Indlnne. New York. Prnnayl van!*. Ohio. Kentucky. Teoneiaee. nnd West Virginia i.tadr from 2S to 23 |ier cent In 1910 and enormous excess profits In 1917. Tlie Texas. Uklabam. and Kansas oil cuaipanin ahowe-i similar profit* t:# both years. All of the garni, nt tnanufnrtanTtnadr gigantic profits in 1910, thane for the larg-T rompanics ranging from 27to TT. |.-r cent that year. They shined excess profit* in 1317 of from 5 U> o. - - Small dot Ten In flour and grain milt rapital stork of front 81JB0U to made excess profi;. Hull ranged a* high ns f,13 per cent. Tbe rctiort also show* tbat the st-tal tlenler* ill furniluiv and other house Isold good* made cnormou* iwoflu la*! year, with excess pn tits a < high a* 330 l«T cent. Ilctail dealers In tobaeva oade eo.»r ns u- proiiTs «-T ilu- sia.tkers of Ibr connlry-. Hie lughcwt being 5.17i» p i «snl, nnd Hie average approxiioaic:) iO per .eni in 13 IU. Tli ere proU:wrn* liotih .d during 1317. Auto Bailf:ra Wax FgL Mo.-t >.f the guiohiubilc coi^tciuiy. hit high uiar-s in ,-arnlngs in Uld, hui the;- went still higti -r in 1917. The large*: listed. lu>uvvv-r, d.d nat sli ,a an; • xtR.orvhniiry Inrrcaae in prulllover ih.n-e of I31U. tine company wlib .-cpltol Iu 1910 cnnird S17. nuu.UOD. Hun !*listed its capital stock to $3G.DttljUJU nnd then .uraed S2A. OXI.U03. A gt-.t.irNUMO concern vliltd: enrurd U.OK.ISU iu I9IC laide 3V2-Vx <»»1 la 1317. A SlvdUO.UT.l diCl|Mliy made 84.71XUM iu 1317. ugalnsi (1. IiXi.'juvI Iu 1310. A tin plate mill with caj. Hal luadc fd.U'lu.'M) net p.-mit iu UI7 again*! 8I3.UUIJ0HJ in 1310. or an iu cretise of 72 |s*r cent on Itx caji-ii stock. Trnns|s»rtatiim. -pub!:.- ulllKles. and light and power rompinlciu with very few exreprtnav fated exmiringty wrl during 191« and 1917. Their profit, in 1910 g.-rH-rally ranged from G to M> per cent on Ihtir i-apltai stock, whlii•her rienrty nil made “xemn profits In 1917 of friMn 3 to 35 p-r cent. Pndlt* of ih» l.irge pnhlle ntlllUra nnifnneln 191 j and 1317 ranged from 11 lo 25 tier cent. Sli-ain and electric railroads In I91C made from 17 In 207 [ier cent profit*, while in 1917 Uicy made profit* In exres. uf 1917 Hut ragged lictvrpen 15 end 3 jiec cent. accnrOIng iS the re

port.

Marine, fire, and life Insurance coa fern* enjoyed unusually large lu errnscs In profils. One euuipun; eurn d 410 per o-nl uiure on ils raj. Hal stick in 11*17 lhaa in I31S. An niln-r <-aji!:atl»rd at F700.<lY> Incnusc! It. iucime from SUt.trJd in 1910 t. 83.773000 In 1317. How. Dry Gcod: Men Fared. A list of 2.932 chiililng au.l dry g., ii. tn.-rvhjn:*. larlutLagdepsitmoa' stoles, sh-iwid JiroOt* for 1917 hi , \ ■■es» of this- over 1310. n - hlgli al. 'I.IS Jier nut on the capital slock Tl,c court-rn. making the m-sn.-ciu pndl:*. however, were lb- atuahr.

Urn:*.

Ih-tuil grueers and pruvisinn Urokcrm. id» Hietr • normiMi* “war profit-' in 1313. the report nliowa. The go. •vr* laid- only a seta 11 profit in 131: In • '--es- of Hi.lr 19tG profit*. Of thl.iTrt emi.-.-rn. tl*ntj in ib- repothowever. i4d> a dox-u *#•«<-. profi'a o hi' than ^* per <V||1 nti their capita stn 'I. in 191 • the year before |b • t*ni< ed ttlatra eulered the war. uni th profits .if eome ranee rax that yeai •ere a* hlgli ns 1.V1", p-r non M .. of the groe.r*. tmtii Ivrze *•..) «n,-f eon-ven* Hie r.tioi sinus, iis.tr at •Tag' profit* :n nil <»f friHii m In «t* per Cent.

21.-. t--

.lo.lu.-eil figui t majority ol t would fall i

t In 1918. hut n • rxrma In [ I not (ini sln>- innnufne-

Potatoes. German Ctyt*. “G.e' Wh-re have vou hretl buri-d I tills i;we*“ erclalui.Nl <2.vad ite of r mp *1 lb-- n-miaurnni. “No G- rmvn nerl.'nn fry “fn ihji the pi Be— snarici fh -

Buying L berty •C.f There" and an Inrarance Safety at Our Coon*.-, By CORRA HARRIS (Author of “A Circuit Rider-, w,f.* “Eve’s Second Huaband." Eu. Ihiring the Thrift Stamp lb July. 1918. u prominent cHiten sent Into a barfcwood* fnnn i j ^ munity to arouse tbr people. Lt,] if po-Mblc Hell Thrlflk Stamp*. He m r.ot expected to aarr much with the sale nYJBfea, borau.e peojde were very«nM>nd ilUtpr»>. The effort wa^> uNF chiefly . !-j^ tlonal. Tlie sjieaker fouffd a dingy cotarony of fnrtaera and their wives w^niaj for him In ai. old field ncfeooih

He !

vrhh

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men!* for the support of live g-irenv tuent reduced to the simple.- f,cau. No one seemed to listen. Tin- aws stared straight aliead as If they lixl something e!»e no their min.!-. Tb* Women fanned themaelves and out of the windows. He chang-: !, i matuu-r of sjveecto to aa impaiv-joil appeal: no one was movi-i H • paused [H-n-piring liefore making a U< despairics effort. But before I. - . ..alt g-i mi a tall, gauat farmer stood ui i* th- back of Hie house sod wave.I 5., lined hesccblngiy: “Mister.'' he walj, “if you are dm* talking, give us n ehan.-r ai th-ai Thrift Stamps so v.-e kin sign u;i aad get hack to tbe field.” He gave them Ilia “chaarv' T.'-y tmught nineteen hundred and fc.’ty dollars' worth of Gamp*. nlKi-mgii there was not a man among theta nb* owned property to tbe amoent of tvw thoov-uid dollars. “We own this land “ the farmer -■ i L addrenslng the prominetir rltlzcii grin ly a* he passnl up tlie laat pledge r^rl “we own all this country. The government at Waduagtua belong- to ov. we made It aud It'I* ours. The araij In Frame |« our*, too; they arc lur son*. We sent *ixty-two boy« thee from this dlstcirt. and I reekisi *r know It Is our duty to work for tii-a and take care of them while they sr» busy wl:!|ipiug them Omnan* - TU!* 1* tlie be?!, most aerviccaiiif and Intelligent definition of patnotiiai I have beard since this war began. Victory at Any Coat. TU* is Hie moat expensive war ever known, atlli beyond our Imagini. . to conceive of. Tlie enortaou* .'..-.tni^ Hon wrought by tbe submarine-, 'b* terrific sums *i>etit for war mater. t:«. the loan* -lo our a'llea. done of the** thing* account for the IncrediM- ■* pease. Tlie real explanation i- t:i»i civilization demands that It shall cid everything. Never before ha* any oj lion spent mi much to insure the besltb of Its soldiers, never before have su b provlsloi.i liern made to aafegu*' 1 * grent army morally. More Is b-iuj *|ient t-1 equip iKn-pllals. provide n.-n balance*, nurse* nod doctor* t" •'» rr for tbe wounded than whole campaign* e»*t In former wars. Never In tb-' ! |! * lory of man has •mrh prorlsJo;. made to insure widows and orphan* ami Mildlers frotn the aftfiT effect- ,f wounds ami poverty. Formerly wn'^ 1 a man entered the army to fight f »r b-* country, hi* ruun’.ry took bl* lif-' ,!1 I tliat was the end of It If lie wa* b.! I Now tlie gnverumest pay*, and : •-n-mn.iu.ly. for every' man wh" hie* or die. lu 'hi* Struggle. All «b - heranae as a nation w-e have deva w-u-e of Justice and honor tb gards ant and every expense aomtary to the one tremenduu- --d g* tlcn •<! Ita ettlzen. • Hir allies wi re compelle.! t« bgitiermany ta preserve Hietr vrrv ev lence, hut we ch-me to fi.'ht her »I" - -' 1 ' - miglit have nude a *haroeful ' r " with her that would have ln»u' ■’ 1 * Miatnrful |oi,.-e. because we are ' cravco graspltii uatiop. but a os' built uisiu Ideal*, and It cost* preaart-e an ld.<*l than It e*er " *'■ ITcscrve Jiesr-e. becausa y»>U •» uu " buy them —you mu*t arhlere.tbein Nothing aland* between the « 1jr * and tbl* cata*trupbe bat th* A meet c*" iwopie. their honor, their eneegy. tk*r fidelity and their wealth. «*" r ,roi0l, J In Franee are only the awonl arm ' the nation. We. the jwo|»le ■' bnn‘ • are the hody and life of that • rnl ' If we fall at all. they mU*t fall

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Wc an- about to make another of .lx blllhiti dollar* for war exis' • It I* tmt a gift, but an Inveal 1 "''"' ialike In the Uvea of American 1 " and an Inaurance we take out f" : safety of our o.untry. To Pot Out Fire. If a lamp Is a-vlileutally _u|' v ''' the burning oil hproads. do a->i : water otiMt. but throw upon B meal. rond. salt or cabea. Th* Real Trouble3 bal talk about people's - 'h llir ' t mare Ilian they ••an ehew"—but ’ trouble often la. tbat tlw-v do not ct”' fa at enough Words are daugbfera of oartb. *•