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TTTE MORNING OltEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1915. TOMASZOW POLAND TAKEN BY TEUTONS Russia Estimates Enemy's Loss in Galician Drive at More Than 750,000. WONDERFUL VALOR SHOWN Germans "Wade River, Some Being In Water All Day, and Take High. Position Strongly Defended, Following Desperate Battle. JLONDON. June 29. The Teutonic allies in their advance over the Gall cian border Into Russian Poland, In the region of Tomaszow, have captured that Polish town, according to an Austrian official statement received here tonight. The statement also says that strong Russian forces north of Kamlonka, 25 miles northeast of Lemberg, were re pulsed with great loss last night, after heavy fighting. The Russian armies are neither beat en nor downhearted, according to a correspondent of the Times, In review ing the six weeks' Teutonic advance, after a visit to Russian headquarters. General Ivanohoff. commander of the southern armies, shows no trace of de spondency. Discussing the present situation, the correspondent says: - -"The view is held here that the re capture of Lemberg and other Galician successes have brought the Austro Germans no nearer a solution of the war. Their enormous losses are esti mated at 380,000 Germans and probably an equal number of Austrians. Germans Overcome Obstacle, "The Russian point of view is that they can retreat and advance again in definitely, caring little for the moral effect of the loss of towns as long as they are constantly weakening their adversaries and preventing a trench deadlock such as exists on western and Warsaw fronts. How General von Linsingen's troops under almost Impossible conditions forced a passage across the Dniester River near Bukaszowice, in Galicia, and drove back the desperately battling Russians along a front several miles wide June 25, is told by Richard Schott. a correspondent of the Tages Zeitung, according to a Berlin dispatch. "The Germans," the writer says, "had to ford the deep, swift river under merciless sharpshooter and machine gun fire, storm abrupt clay cliffs and then charge for a mile across open meadows against the Russians, who were ensconced In the deep-wooded heights. After days of fighting the Germans had the Russians in flight and had captured thousands of men. The night of June 25 the attack began along a broad front in the neighbor hood of Bukaszowice. northwest of Kulisz. The country at this point has unusual advantage for defense. Men In Water All Dir. "The enemy operated machine guns and cannon at all too great accuracy. The position appeared untakable. "The German troops crossed In the darkness, and before daybreak the first lines had begun an advance toward the woods. "Our opponents were able to check the attack only at the steepest river bank. One West Prussian regiment had to stand all day breast deep in water. A soldier in order to shoot had to be lifted out of the water by others. Evidently those difficulties were overcome, however, and notwith standing a flanking fire, this troop emerged and finally reached and stormed the enemy's chief position. "With deliberation and calmness as If on the parade ground, the gigantic movement made progress until the City of Bukaszowice and its suburbs, oc cupied by the best Russian troops and Finnish sharpshooters, were taken and the Russians soon were retreating along the entire line. "The Germans Immediately fortified the heights beyond the meadows against counter-attacks from the dis possessed Russians. Our troops are in excellent condition despite their exer tions and the exposure they have undergone." PEACE TALKED IN MEXICO (Continued From Flrat Page.) cent statement that the various ele ments must come to an understanding. He told his friends that neither no nor General Villa had any candidate for the Provisional Presidency, but would support any capable and honor able man who represented the prin ciples and ideals for which the revo lution had been fought. He Insists that if General Carranza refuses to enter into an agreement on the provisional government to be cre ated by a coalition of the divisions of the original constitutionalist move ment, the moral support and recog nition of the United States should be accorded to those elements in Mexico which are willing to stop fighting and support a government created by peace ful agreement and standing for liberal principles. Major-General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the United States Army, was the only official on whom General Angeles called today. It is understood that General Angeles explained to General Scott that, as a precaution against the counter revo lutionary movement of Huerta and his followers, large forces of Villa troops had been dispatched northward and that General Villa also had sent thou sands of men to garrison the coal fields and other parts of Northern Mexico, which comprised the base of supplies for his army. .1YIL.SOX DECXIXES IXTERVIEAV Mexican Emissaries at Cornish Re ferred to Washington. CORNISH. N. H., June 29. An unsuc cessful effort was made today to ar range an interview here between Presi dent Wilson and General Felipe An geles, the Mexican leader, who recently' came to the United States and who wants to give the President his view of conditions in Mexico and to suggest a way of meeting Mr. Wilson's warning that the situation there must change. Colonel Jesus M. Agullar and Major Trenco a Garcia, who said they were members, respectively, of the staffs of General Angeles and General Raoul Madero, arrived In the course of the day bearing letters of introduction from General Madero and General Angeles, but were told that details of the Mexi can situation were being handled by the State Department at Washington and that it would be impossible for General Angeles to see the President here. The two Mexicans denied reports that General Angeles was connected with General Victoriano Huerta in any move ment to start another revolution In Mexico. They said that General An freles and General Villa are warm friends, and that both would oppose Huerta to the end. According to Agui- lar and Garcia, both Generals Angeles and Villa favor the election of Vasquez Tagle, the only member of the Madero Cabinet who did not resign, as pro visional President of Mexico. The Villa leaders are hopeful, they said, that Tagle can be agreed on and be recognized by the United States. DIAZ DECLARED IX Eli PASO Federal Authorities Scout Report of Arrival. EL. PASO. June 30. Felix Diaz, nephew of Porfirio Diaz, arrived here late last night from the East, according to persons who claimed they recognized him when he left the train. With the exception of a few friends, none knew of his coming and within a few minutes he had slipped away from the Union station. Huerta and his counselors profess Ignorance of a motive for his visit Agents of the Department of Justice believe that he is not here and that it Is a case of mistaken identity. SON FALLS IN CHARGE PORTLAND PARENTS NOTIFIED OF SERGEANT STEVENS' DEATH. Graduate of Victoria High School Is Killed Wkn Battalion Storms Ger mans Near Festurburt. David V. Vernon Stevens, son of Mr, and Mrs. David Stevens. 130 East Six teenth street, met death May 22, in a successful charge of the Sixteenth Bat David Vernon Stevens, Portland Man, Killed on European Bat tlefield. talion, Canadian Scottish, against a German position near Festurburt, which five regiments had previously failed to capture, according to information received in Portland yesterday. News that Young Stevens, who was a ser geant in his battalion, had been wounded reached this city some time ago, but it was not until yesterday that his death was confirmed. Sergeant Stevens' death is said to have occurred at the end of five days of terrific fighting in which his battalion had been engaged. When the battalion was finally called out to storm the German postion, the Canadians are said to have gone into the hail of shot as unmoved as though they were on street parade. Sergeant Stevens, who was 20 years old, was born near Victoria, B. C. He was a graduate of Victoria High School and took two years engineering work at McGill University. He was em ployed as a civil engineer on the Cana dian Northern Railway when the call for volunteers came in Canada and he resigned to go to the front. He was made a corporal in the Sixteenth Bat talion, Canadian Scottish, and shortly afterwards a sergeant. He is survived by his parents, a sister and two brothers, all of Port land. He was a frequent visitor to Port land and had many friends here. FORGED REGISTRY ASKED BRITISH BILL. PROVIDES LISTING OF RESOURCES IN PERSONS. Author's Idea Is to Organize Service of Every Class and Community to Aid Government. LONDON, June 29. Walter Hume Long, president of the local govern ment board, today Introduced In the House of Commons a bill for the com pilation of a national register, the ob ject of which he said was not to co erce labor, but to secure complete In formation regarding the resources of the country and to enable them to be satisfactorily organized. The measure seeks to classify all persons below the age of 65 and to ascertain the present occupation and direction wherein service can be ren dered by each. Introducing the bill, Mr. Long said in Justification for national legislation that it was the paramount duty of all to bring to the help of the state the organized service of every class and community. There would be a compulsory regis tration of the people of the country, both male and female, between the ages of 15 and 65. and every one would be asked to tell his age and present em ployment and to volunteer for any spe cial form of employment other than that on which he actually was engaged. Mr. Long believed that such legisla tion would enable the government to take full advantage of the service of everybody to the benefit of the state. ARMY OCCUPIES SCUTARI (Continued From First Page.) to include Scutari In the future state of Albania and had offered compensation to King Nicholas in money and land on condition that he give up Scutari. The Montenegrin King announced- that he would hold Scutari against the powers and, as a result, the international naval blockade of the Montenegrin coast was extended. Eventually, on further demand of the powers, King Nicholas decided to evacuate Scutari, which was occupied by an international force in May, 1913. Austrian Influence Condemned. - A .dispatch from Rome says that the Tribuna publishes a note issued by Montenegro to the powers explaining her action In Scutari. The note says: "Montenegro and Serbia have both suffered as the result of difficulties created by Albania." The note condemns Austrian Influ ence in Albanian affairs and adds: "The sacking, of Montenegrin trans ports on the Boyana River by the Al banians and their irruption on Monte negrin territory compelled Montenegro to occupy some necessary positions to avoid new attacks." !-, r."' '-fv1 v-- - f - jT 1 - ' , MiVftrmat flirt ill ml lir" tnH GERHARD PLEADS Iff RETAIN FRIENDSHIP Sensible Men, Says Envoy, Do Not Sacrifice Years to Sin gle Misunderstanding. VIEWPOINTS NOT SAME Bernstorff's Personal Agent Tells Countrymen There Is No Real Reason Why Antagonism Shall Continue to Exist. BERLIN, June 29, via wireless to Say- vllle, N. T Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, special representative of Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States, says in an article published in Der Tag today that he is convinced that both Germany and America have misunderstood each other. He says he Is convinced that a large part of the American people disapprove the filling by American factories of orders for ammunition for the allies. He adds: "Equally there are Americans who condemn violation of Belgium neu trality and the sinking of the Lusl- tania. and are unable to understand the German idea of the real conditions, while Germans are unable to under stand why Americans could travel on an ammunition ship. Both peoples are laboring under different opinions. Both havo lived hitherto In peace and friend- hip and. should continue so to live. There Is no real reason for antagonism existing between them." Former Friendship Weakened. In his article Dr. Meyer-Gerhard speaks of the causes which, he says. weakened Germany's former friendly feeling toward America, citing them as what he alludes to as the latter'a in clination towards England and muni tion sales in America. Germany, on the other hand, is reproached with violat ing Belgian neutrality and devoting it self to militarism in order to conquer the whole world. The deaths of Ameri cans on the Lusltania unfavorably af fected American sentiments toward Germany, he adds. Regarding the question of Belgian neutrality and militarism, the writer says the Germans cannot understand the feeling aroused In America over these questions, as they know Belgium surrendered' her own neutrality and that militarism is only the German na tion in arms for Its own defense. The American viewpoint is different, how ever, and each nation feels itself wrongly treated by the other, he con cludes. Friendship Not Held Lightly. No sensible man. he said, will light- heartedly throw away a friendship of long years because he cannot on one occasion make himself completely understood. Sensible nations, he argued, will conduct themselves In like manner. 'Friendship between Germany and Amercia," declared Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, is a valuable possession for both na tions, and it is worth while to take care that It be saved to both." The Lokal Anzeiger. which also printed the article, commenting edi torially on it, said: The foregoing remarks bv Dr. Meyer-Gerhard show that the Imperial government is on the right road with ts treatment of questions existing be tween us and the United States. It is to be wished also that those circles which hereofore have been Inclined to make light of our differences with America as being utterly unimportant will let themselves be taught better by Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's words." Expressions AVnrmly Commended. The Tageblatt strongly commends Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's expressions. The Kreuz zeitung in a lengthy editorial agrees with Dr. Meyer-Gerhard that the American friendship is a valuable possession and expresses a willingness to have Germany do everything pos sible to maintain it. Asserting, how ever, that Germany is engaged In a war ror existence, the paper asks what value to America could German friend ship be after Germany's political and economic existence was destroyed. The Kreuz Zeitung continues: So long as Germany's existence is threatened, Germany cannot abandon any means at hand for hindering or restricting shipments of munitions to her enemies. Such an abandonment would be contrary to the dictates of national self-preservation and the hu manitarian duties towards the brave soldiers and their wives and children. These are unable to contemplate the American shipments with Dr. Meyer Gerhard's calmness while their dearest ones are standing under a hail of American shells which give the enemy the power to continue a war of de struction against Germany." America Blamed as Whole. The Kreuz Zeitung says that It cannot admit Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's dec laration that only a small part of the population of the United States is re sponsible for the shipments, whereas a great majority is against them, and adds: "What the American Government and manufacturers of munitions do against Germany is done by America. The op- I position of large circles in America does not change that fact till it meets with success.' The Kreuz Zeitung says that -Dr. Meyer-Gerhard forgets one fact at which the Germans take offense in America's policy. America allows England to treat foodstuffs and raw materials as abso lute contraband with the friendly in tention of starving German women and children," says the paper. "Whatever protest America makes to England makes no change whatever in the fact that America is delivering these things to our enemies while keeping them from us, whether under compulsion or not." CRITICISM HITS SIR JOHN (Continued From First Page.) traordinary privileges enjoyed at the British front by George Moore, for merly of Detroit. Moore can come and go at his own sweet will, and bring along his friends, especially his women friends, just as he chooses. When Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Reading (the Lord Chief Justice of England) and Sir John Simon, the new Home Secretary, paid their first visit to the firing line they were taken Into the Belgian trenches and into the French trenches; but when they tried to get to the British ones their entry was forbid. They were al- owed to motor about behind but were permitted to see nothing. Moneyed Friend Has Free Hand. When Moore comes along everything is wide open for him and his friends. It is even said that it was under his protection that the military correspond ent of the London Times got the op portunity of opening the newspaper campaign against Lord Kitchener on the shells question. . I believe Moore disclaims this and disapproves of the results of the visit. This shows his wisdom, because nothing has done Sir John French so much damage as the idea . that he has been Intriguing against Lord Kitchener. Moore Is a man of considerable means. He has carried out some very profitable promotions. He is the mov ing spirit of a concern here known as the Universal tock Exchange, which some people are unkind enough to de scribe as a bucket shop. General French Is not a good business man. and Mr. Moore, with the money-making gift, has provided him with some re munerative directorships. They are close friends, and they occupy a large house in common at Lancaster Gate, overlooking Kensington Gardens. Some people think the house is the General's, others that it Is the sole property of Moore, and they are probably right. Sir John French supplies the distinc tion and Moore the money. Moore Is Reticent. It Is a happy combination for both of them, and if the war had not brought General French under the limelight, and If Moore's frequent visits to the front had not excited jealousy, their joint hoJsehold arrangement would never have had the slightest Interest for anybody but themselves. Moore Is not disposed to talk about his friendship for Sir John French or his own trips to the front. He is a cheerful, engaging roan, one should say a pleasant and convivial companion. When the World .representative called on him at his house, Moore received him with a cordial smile, but a provok- lngly reticent tongue. He would say nothing of the foundation or otherwise of the alleged junketings at British headquarters of which there has been so much loose talk.' He is a man ot average height and build, and an In vincible smile. Whenever he doesn't want to answer a question he smiles, and as he smiles pretty well all the time it is obvious he doesn't give many answers. "It is Impossible for me." he said. smiling all the time, "to answer tn questions you put to me. I am an intimate friend of Sir John French, but he is now In a position where we must respect his dislike of publicity. I really can't tell you anything of any interest for publication." And he smiled more persuasively than ever. Kitchener Is Strensrthened. It was not difficult to see that he had been living in the open for a long time, as he was heavily tanned. He had Just returned from "somewhere In France," and was only on a flying visit to London. Passing -through the hall one could not fail to see that a British staff officer's cap. with its red band, was lying on the table. It may have been an old one of the British Commander-in-Chief, or It may have belonged to Moore himself; perhaps he has an appointment on the staff. He certainly would be more useful there than many of those similarly favored. Outside there was a stylish and powerful-looking motorcar of the most ex pensive brand. It was Moore's, and it looked travel stained, as if it had just come off a long Journey perhaps from the coast. Lord Kitchener's position has really been strengthened by the character of the attacks on him. Few people will deny that Lord Northcllffe did a pub lic service in drawing attention to the lack of high-ex-''Hve shells, but every one agrees that it might have been done without abusing Lord Kitchener. That was a bad tactical error. Kitch ener on his side has gained consider able esteem for the way he has ignored the attacks, especially as if he wished to defend himself he could have thrown the blame onto the shoulders of a subordinate. General von Donop, the Master General of Ordnance. But he lias maintained a dignified reserve. Ha has relied on General von Donop for the supply of shells, and this official, although assisted by a committee, brought about the shortage by his old fashioned War Office red-tape methods. Lloyd George Suspected. When the Prime Minister returned from France, after hie mission to Brit ish headquarters, he found that Lord Kitchener was perfectly ready to make It ud with General French, In the pub lic interest. He made a journey, it is said, to Dunkirk, where they met on board a destroyer, and had a long and friendly conversation. It is pretty cer tain that if Kitchener was out for re venge he could have had it, for if he had refused to accept the hand of French, the latter's recall could not be long delayed. The most striking feature of the politico-military situation is the posi tion of Lloyd George. At the House of Commons they reiterate among themselves that Lloyd George was at the bottom of the intrigue against Kitchener. The scheme was to shunt both Kitch ener and Asquith, that French was to replace Kitchener and Lloyd George to take the Premiership. The effort to force Asquith to resign is still being pursued, athough it has now no prom ise of success. It is doubtful if Lloyd George can ever again hope to regain the confi dence of the Liberals and Radicals, not only because of the plot he Is suspected of being implicated in against Asquith, but on account of his glib adoption ot the principle of compulsion, both for workers and military service. This was done, it is suggested, to please the Tories, to whom he is looking for sup port when he tries to realize his scheme of creating a new National party to rule after the war. But Mr first step has failed. Compulsion is dead for the time being, and it is believed that all the wants of the war. Immense as they are. will be met by the voluntary sys tem. YOUNG WIFE CRITICISED DOCTOR SAYS ATTITUDE TOWARD CHILD-BEARING IS WRONG. Universal Franchise Declared to In volve Truer Patriotism Than Ap plauding National Anthem. CHICAGO, June 29. Wrong ideals instilled into the minds of the young women by their mothers are more potent factors in problems of vice than commercialized immorality, according to Dr. Albert A. Ogle, of Indianapolis, who spoke today before the bureau of sanitary science in connection with the annual convention of the American In stitute of Homeopathy. Dr. Ogle said: "At the beginning of married life the foundation of home and all future happiness is seriously menaced by the pernicious education of the young wives who have been allowed to de velop the idea that they must not be come mothers during the first year of married life. "They marry, but they refuse to as sume their responsibility to the state and to the community imposed by the marriage contract. Mothers talk freely of domestic responsibility as onerous. They lay stress on the advantages and ofttlmes on the necessity for a match that will improve both the family and social standing. When speaking of possible children they do so in a de rogatory manner and openly and re peatedly express the hope that their daughters will never have any. "Such women belong to every class of society, within the portals of the church as -pii as without. In the uni versal franchise that is soon to be theirs they must realize that there is a. deeper, truer patriotism than the mere act of standing and waving a bit of white during the playing of the National anthem. Their patriotism must be expressed in the Intelligence and integrity of children." Enameled novelties half price at F. A. Taylor Co., 130 10th St. Adv. IS FOR COSTLIEST WAR Britons Warned Resources Are Needed and Drain Is Deemed Perilous. NATION'S CREDIT AT STAKE Idea of Borrowing Abroad Rejected as Impracticable Reduction of Personal Expenditures De clared Only Solution. LONDON. June 29. The first really big subscription to the war loan, the application made by a London assur ance company for 3.000,000 If- 5.000. 000) of the new loan, was announced at the Guild Hall meeting today. Premier Asquith opened the meeting by saying that apart from many of its "other features," the present war was the costilest that ever had been waged, with the total prospective expenditure for the year approaching a thousand millions of pounds (5,000.000,000), the dailv expenditure being, and likely to be for weeks and months to come, something like $15,000,000. Premier Tells of Need of Thrift. Turning to tne necessity for thrift, Mr. Asquith said: "Waste on the part of either in dividuals or classes, which always is foolish and shortsighted, is. in these times, nothing short of national dan ger." . The Premier then proceeded to In quire how a country which normally had only 300,000,000 or 400,000,000 pounds sterling to spare yearly could get this huge, unprecedented draft out of its resources. He dismissed as im practicable the idea of selling invest ments in property or of borrowing abroad. "The amount that could be raised abroad in comparison with the sum needed would be practically infin itesimal." he said. "And if this were possible we should face the proposi tion of ending the war a debtor coun try." Savings 9inst Be Increased. The only solution, he said,' was for his countrymen to increase their sav ings. "The only possible relations between ourselves and other countries afford grounds, I don't say for anxiety, but for serious thought. For the first five months of the present year our im ports have increased 32.500,000 ($162, 500.000), while our exports and re exports have decreased by 73.550,000 ($368,750,000). That means for 12 months our indebtedness to other coun tries will reach over 260.000,000 ($1,300,000,000). "The only way to counteract this Is by reducing all unnecessary personal expenditure on Imported articles, such as tea, sugar, wine, petrol, etc., and on goods made in this country, so that a larger quantity may be left to be sold abroad." Ideals Beyond Shores Involved. Remarking that it was not merely a question of self-preservation, Mr. As quith proceeded: "There is not a man or woman who has seen what is hanging in the bal ance but who has during the last year become greatly conscious that the bat tle In which We are engaged touches interests and ideals far beyond the shores of these islands, beyond even theconfines of our world-spread em pire, and realizes that it concerns the whole future of humanity." "Is right of force to dominate man kind?" asked the Premier, remarking that comfort, prosperity and a secure ly sheltered existence perhaps in some conventional type or religion couia oe purchased at a price. He concluded: "But at what a price! At the sacri fice of what makes life, national or personal, worth living. Rather than make sacrifice, we . shall fight to the end, till the last farthing of our money, to the last ounce of our strength, and to- the last drop or our blood." AMERICA TO LOSE AIDES Turkey to Expel Alien Enemies Con nected With Embassies. AMSTERDAM. Holland, June 28 A telegram received' here from Constanti nople by way of Berlin says that as a reprisal ror the expulsion Dy tne British government of Turkish officials who remained in London as guardians of the archives of the Turkish embassy, the Porte has decided to expel all dragomans, secretaries and attaches of hostile countries who are attached to the embassies of the United States and Italy. Several already have left Turkey. As regards the United States, it is understood that the order refers to officials who formerly were attached to embassies of hostile countries, but who were taken In by the American embassy when the United States assumed charge of their Interests in Turkey. NOVEL PLEA IS REJECTED Anti-Narcotic Law Declared to Deny Happiness to Habitues. CHICAGO, June 29. Arguments that the Harrison anti-narcotic law was unconstitutional in that it denied drug users the pursuit of happiness were made before K. M. Landis, United States Judge, by attorneys seeking a writ of habeas corpus for Dr. Arthur L. Blunt, charged with aiding drug users In violating the law. The writ was denied and Dr. Blunt, unable to reach a court commissioner to give bond, went to Jail. The court overruled the contention of the physician's attorneys that the Federal Government had no .power to regulate the acts of a physician li censed by the state. BRITISH TARS PLENTIFUL Naval Recruiting Is In Excess of Xeeds; 50,000 Added. LONDON. June 30. That the recruit ing for the British navy thus far has been in excess of the actual needs came out in Parliament last night, when the House of Commons voted a resolution adding 50,000 men to the navy. Thomas J. McNamara, financial sec retary of the admiralty, explained that the government already had the men actually needed at present, but that In asking the vote the admiralty were looking well ahead. He said that so keen had been the desire to join the navy that more men had been enrolled than .were re quired by the current estimates. antiseptic Gives Skin Comfort. Instantly relleTes, cures and prevents chafed or irritated skin. Cools and soothes. Yoa'll like it deaulr bealtbj odor. t0c. All druElst. 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The Administration's plan to revive the ship-purchase bill at the next session of Congress received a setback when the Chamber of Com merce of the United States disclosed that 698 Chambers of . Commerce In various cities opposed that legislation and only 82 chambers favored it. The plan received an even more forceful blow from the disclosure that 711 chambers were opposed to the Govern ment ownership of merchant vessels to be operated by private owners under leases, whereas only H chambers fa vored this plan. Chambers of Commerce, representing, as they do, the commercial Interests of their respective cities, the poll con ducted by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will probably have considerable weight with Congress. The fact that these chambers are overwhelmingly opposed to Government ownership and operation of merchant vessels, and still more opposed to Gov eminent ownership of merchant vessels operated privately under leases. Is an Indication of public sentiment on what was one of the leading questions be fore Congress at its last session, and what promises to be one of the prin cipal issues at the next session. The Democrats, having increased their strength in the Senate at the last election, and Senator Burton, the chief opponent of the ship-purchase THE PAIN OF NEURALGIA People think of neuralgia as a pain in the head or face, but neuralgia may affect any nerve of the body. Different names are given to It when It affects certain nerves. Thus neuralgia of the sciatic nerve is called sciatica, but the character of the pain and th nature of the disease is the same, the cause is the same and the remedy to be effective must be the same. The pain neuralgia Is caused by starved nerves. The blood, which nor mally carries nourishment to the nerves, for some reason no longer does so and the pain that you feel is the cry of the nerves for food. 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In the next House the Democratic major ity is small; Republican sentiment is practically unanimous against the ship purchase bill, and some of the leading Democrats of the House also are arrayed against the President on that question. Representative Fitzgerald, of New York, chairman of the appropriations committee and a member of great In fluence, is against the ship-purchase bill; all the Tammany Democrats in the House are understood to be against It. and even Representative Kitchin, who Is slated to become floor leader and chairman of the ways and means committee, served notice on the Presi dent last February that, if the ship ping bill failed at that session and were brought up at the next session, he would oppose it actively. There are other Democrats In the House who do not want the ship-purchase bill to pass, and If these Demo crats hold their ground and resist pres sure from the White House, they are ample in numbers to defeat the bill. 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