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WILSON ASItS FOR WAR! Congress Urged to Call 500, 000 Men to Defense of Old Glory. STATE Of WAR EXISTS To Enter Conflict "Without . Selfish Ends, for Conquest, or Domin ion;" Resolution Before 1 Houses of Congress. Washington, D. C President Wil son Monday night urged congresB, as sembled in joint session, to declare a state of war existing between the United States and Germany. In a dispassionate but unmeasured denunciation of the course of the im perial German government, which he characterized as a challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all na tions, the President declared that neu trality no longer was feasible or de sirable where the peace of the world was involved; that armed neutrality had become ineffectual enough at best and was likely to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that con gress accept the gage of battle with all the resources of the nation. ' "I advise that the congress declare the recent course of the imperial Ger man government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States," said the President, "that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it, and it take steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense, but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the govern PRESIDENT'S WAR PROGRAM Universal Service, 500,000 Men at Once, Credits and Co-operation With Allies, Mobilization. To carry on an effective warfare against the German government, which he characterized as a natural foe to liberty, the President rec ommended: Utmost practical co-operation with the governments already at war with Germany. Extension of liberal 'financial credits to those governments so that our resources may be added so far as possible with theirs. Organization and mobilization of all material resources. Full equipment of the navy, particularly for means of dealing with submarine warfare. . An army of at least 500,000, based on the principle of universal liability to service, and the authorization of additional increments of 500,000 each as they are needed or can be handled in training. Raising necessary money for the United States government so far as possible without borrowing and on the basis of equitable taxes. All preparations, the President urged, should be made in such a way as not to cljeck the flow of war supplies to the nations already in the field against Germany. Measures to accomplish all these ends, the President told con gress, would be presented with the best thought of the executive de partments, which will be charged with the conduct of the war. Champ Clark is Again Elected Speaker of House ' Washington, D. C The Democrats, with the aid of four of the five Inde pendents, organized the house when the new congress assembled Monday, re-electing Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, and sweeping into office with him all the other Democratic caucus nominees. Mr. Clark received 217 votes against Russians Throw On Yoke. London The Republican Union of tin Peasant Members of the Russian Duma has issued a manifesto to the peasantry, according to a Reuter dis patch .from Petrograd, saying that their lifelong need of land is to be sat isfied under a form of government suit able for toilers. The manifesto says: "Hitherto we have been taught in the , churches and schools that our rulers were the anointed of God. For hundreds of years we have been pining under their heavy autocratic yoke." British Gain Two Miles. Berlin (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) British troops, after tenacious fighting, in which they suffered heavy losses, Monday pushed their lines into the German positions on the Somme for a depth of nearly two miles, says the official statement The British advance was between the Peronne Gouzeacourt road and the lowlands of the Omignon stream, .in which the towns of Jeancourt and Vermand are situated. ment of the German empire to terms and end the war." When the President had finished speaking resolutions to declare a state of war existing were introduced in both houses of congress, referred to appropriate committees and will be de buted immediately. There is no doubt of their passage. The objects of the United States in entering the war, the President said, are to vindicate the principles of peace and justice against "selfish and auto cratic power," Without selfish ends, for conquest, or dominion, seeking no indemnities or material compensations for the sacrifices it shall make, the United States must enter the war, he said, to make the world safe for demo cracy, as only one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and would be satisfied when those rights were as se cure as the faith and freedom of na tions could make them. The President's address was sent in full to Germany by a German official news agency for publication in that country. . The text also went to Eng land, and a summary of its contents was sent around the world to other nations. WAR RESOLUTION BEFORE CONGRESS The following war resolution is introduced before the house and sen ate : "Joint resolution declaring that a state of war exists between the im perial German government and the government and people of the Unit ed States, and making provision to prosecute the Bame: "Whereas, the recent acts of the imperial German government are acts of war against the government and people of the United States; "Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in con gress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the imperial German government, which has thus been thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared; and "That the President be and is hereby authorized and directed to take immediate steps, not only to put the country in a thorough state of defense, but also to exert all of its power and employ all of its re sources to carry on war against the imperial German government and to bring the conflict to a successful termination." 205 for Representative Mann, the Re publican choice for speaker, who not only failed to receive an Independent vote, but lost his support of five of his party colleagues. All the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark and were joined by Schall, Progressive, of Minnesota; Martin, Progressive-Protectionist, of Louisi anas; London, Socialist, of New York, and Randall, Prohibitionist, of Califor nia. Women Pacifists Grilled. New York In a statement issued here Monday night the preparedness committee of the New York and New Jersey chapters of the women's depart ment of the National Civie Federation declared that "the hysterical cry of the female pacifists to arouse timidity in American women is an insult to our sex and is deserving of the sternest re buke by the patriotic womanhood of our country and must be repudiated. The road from pacifism to disloyalty and pro-Germanism is short; at one end is cowardice and at the other treason." Gompers for Compulsory Training. New York Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, announced Sunday his support of the Chamberlain military training bill. His statement came as a retort to a long letter from Amos Pinehot, urging Mr. Gompers to take a Btand against military training. Mr. Gompers stated that he had changed his mind on the subject and strongly advocated the passage of the bill. r OF TlHE ETHEL HUSTON ILLUSTRATED BY W.C .TANNE . (Copyright, by the Bobbs CHAPTER XI Continued. 14 It did look horrible, from above as well as below. But Jerry, when he felt the first light twinge as Connie lifted the ,rope, foresuw whut was coming and was ready for It. As he went down, he grubbed a firm hold on the branch on which he hud stood, then he drop ped to the next, and held aguln. On the lowest limb lie reully clung for fifteen seconds, und took In his bear ings. Connie hud dropped the rope when the twins screamed, so he hud nothing more to feur from her. lie suw Prudence, white, with wild eyes, both arms stretched out towurd him. "O. K Prue," he culled, and then he dropped. He lunded on his feet, a lit tle jolted, but none the worse for his full. He ran at once to Prudence. "I'm all right," he cried, reully ulurmed by the white horror In her fuce. "Pru dence 1 Prudence!" Then her arms dropped, and with a brave but feeble smile, she swayed a little. Jerry took her In his arms. "Sweetheart I" he whispered. "Little sweetheurt I Do do you love me so much, deurcst?" Prudence raised her hnnds to his face, and looked Intensely into his eyes, all the sweet loving soul of her shining In her own. And Jerry kissed her. The twins scrambled down from the maple, speechless and cold with terror, and saw Prudence and Jerry! Then they saw Connie, staring at them with Interest and amusement. s "I think we'd better go to .bed, all three of us," declared Lark sturdily. And they set oft heroically around the house. But at the corner Carol turned. "Take my advice and go Into the woodshed," she called, "for all the Av- erys are looking out of their windows." Prudence did not hear, but he drew her swiftly to the darkest corner of the side porch and history repeated It self once more I At twelve, Jerry went upstairs to bed, his Hps tingling with the fervent tenderness of her parting kiss. He stood at his window, looking soberly out Into the moonlit parsonage ynrd. "She Is an angel, a pure, sweet, unself ish little angel," he whispered, and his voice was brokenfand his eyes were wet, "and she is going to be my wife I Oh, God, teach me how to be good to her, and help me make her as happy as she deserves." At two o'clock, thinking again the soft shy words she had whispered to him, he dropped lightly asleep and drenmed of her. With the first pale streaks of daylight stealing Into his room he awoke. It was after four o'clock. A little Inter Just a few min utes later he heard a light tap on his door. It came agnln, and he bounded out of bed. "Prudence I Is anything wrong?" "Hush, Jerry, not so loudl" And what a strange and weary voice. "Come downstairs, will you? I want to tell you something. I'll wait at the foot of the stairs. Be quiet do not wake father and the girls. Will you be down soon?" "In two minutes I" And In two minutes he was down, agonizingly anxious, knowing that something was wrong. Prudence was waiting for him, and as he reached the bottom step she clutched bis hands desperately. "Jerry," she whispered. "I forgive me I honestly Oh, I didn't think what 1 was saying last night. You were so dear, and I was so happy, and for a while I really believed we could belong to each other. But I can't, you know. I've promised papa and the girls a dozen times that I would never marry. Don't you see how It is? I must take It back." Jerry smiled a little, it must be ad mitted. This was so like his consci entious little Prudence I "Dearest," he said gently. "You love me. Your father would never allow you to sacrifice yourself like that. The girls would not hear of It. They want you to be hnppy. And you can't be huppy without me, can you?" Suddenly she crushed close to him. "Oh, Jerry,? she sobbed, "I will never be happy again, I know. But it Is right for me to stay here and be the mother In the parsonage. It Is wicked of me to want you more than all of them. Don't you see it is? They haven't any mother. They haven't anyone but me. Of course, they would not allow It, but they will not know anything about It I must do it my self. And father especially must never know. I want you to go away this morning before breakfast and never come agnln." She clung to him as she said this, but her voice did not falter. "And you must not write to me any more. For, oh, Jerry, If I gee you again I can never let you go, I know It Will you do this fr- me?" "You are nervous and excited," he said tenderly. "Let's wait uutll after breakfast. Then we'll talk it all over with your father, and It shall be as he says. Won't that be better?" "Oh, no. For father will lay what- m.yt - Merrlll Company.) ever he thinks will rauke me'hnppy. He must not know a thing about It. Prom ise, Jerry, that you will never tell blifl one word." "I promise, of course, Prudence. I will let you tell him." But she shook her heud. "He will never know. Oh, Jerry I I can't bear to think of never seeing you aguln, and never getting letters from you, and it seems to kill mo Inside, just the thought of it." "Sit here In my lap. Put your head on my shoulder, like that. Let me rub your fuce a little. You're feverish. You ure sick. Go to bed, won't you, sweet heurt? We can settle this luter on." "You must go right away, or I can not let you go ut ull I" "Do you mean you want me to get my things und go right now?" Yes." She buried her fuce in his shoulder. "If If you stny In your room until breakfast time I will lock you In, so you cannot leuve me again. I know It I am cruzy today." "Don't you think you owe me some thing, as well as your father and sis ters? Didn't God bring us together, and make us love each other? Don't you think he Intended us for euch oth er? Do you wish you hud never met me?" "Jerry I" ' "Then, sweetheart, be reasonable. Your father loved your mother, and married her. That Is God's plan for all of us. You huve been a wonderfully brave and sweet duughter and sister, I know. But surely Fairy Is old enough to take your place now." "Fairy's going to be a professor, and the girls do not mind her very well. And she Isn't as much comfort to fa ther as I am. It's just becuuse I am most like mother, you see. But any how, I promised. I cun't leave them." "Whenever You Send, I Will Come." "Your father expects you to marry, und to marry me. I told him about It myself, long ago. And he was perfect ly willing. He didn't say a word against it." "Of course he wouldn't. That's just like futher. But still, I promised. And what would the girls say If I should go back on theui? They have trusted me, always. If I fail them, will they ever trust anybody else? If you love me, Jerry, please go, and stay away." But her arm tightened about his neck. "I'll wait here until you get your things, and we can say goodby. And don't forget your promise." "Oh, very well, Prudence," he an swered, half Irritably, "if you Insist on ordering me away from the house like this, I can ouly go. But" "Let's not talk any more about it, Jerry. Please. I'll wait until you come down." When he came down a little later, with his suitcase, his face was white und strained. She put her arms around his neck. "Jerry," she whispered. "I want to tell you that I love you so much that I could go away with you, and never see auy of them any more, or papa, or the parsonage, and still feel rich, If I just had you 1 You everything in me seems to be all yours. I love you." Her tremulous lips were pressed against his. "Oh, sweetheart, this Is folly, all folly. But I can't make you see It It is wrong, It Is wickedly wrong, but " "But I am all they have, Jerry, and I promised." 'Whenever you want me. Prudence, Just send. I'll never change. I'll al ways be Just the same. God Intended you for me, I know, and I'll be wait ing." "Jerry I Jerry ! Jerry I" she whispered passionately, sobbing, quivering in bis arms. It was he who drew away. "Good-by, sweetheart" he said quiet ly, great pity in his heart for the girl who In her desire to do right was doing such horrible wrong. "Good-by, sweet-i heart Remember, I will be waiting. Whenever you send, I will come." He stepped outside, and closed the door. Prudence stood motionless, her hands clenched, uutll she could no longer hear his footsteps. Then she dropped on the floor, und lay there, face downward, uutll she heard Fairy moving In her room upstairs. Then she went Into the kitchen and built the lire for breukfust CHAPTER XII. t She Comei to Qrlef. Fairy was one of those buoyant warm-blooded girls to whom sleep li Indeed the great restorer. Now she stood In the kitchen door, tall, cheeks glowing, eyes sparkling, und smiled at her sister's solemn bad:. "You are the little mousey, Prue," she said, In her full rich voice. "I didn't hear you come to bed last night, and I didn't heur you getting out this morning. Why, whut Is the mutter?" For Prudence hud turned her fuce to wurd her sister, and It was so white and so unnatural (but Fairy was shocked. "Prudence! You ore sick! Go to bed und let me get breakfast. Here, get out of this, and I will" "There's nothing the matter with me. I had a headache, and did not sleep, but I am all right now. Are the girls up yet?" Fairy eyed her suspiciously. "Jerry is out unusuully early, too, isn't he? His door Is open." "Jerry has gone, Fairy." Prudence's back wus presented to view once more, and Prudence wus stirring the oatmeal with vicious energy. "He left early this morning I suppose he Is half-way to Des Moines by now." "Oh!" Fairy's voice was noncom mittal. "When is he coming back?" "He isn't coming back. Please hurry, Fairy, and call the others. The oatmeal is reudy." Fairy went soberly up tha stairs,, ostensibly to cull her sisters. "Girls," she begun, curefully closing the door of their room behind her. "Jerry hus gone, und isn't coming back any more. And for goodness' sake, don't keep asking questions about It Just eat your breakfast as usual, and have a little tact," t "A lovers' quarrel," suggested Lark, her eyes glittered greedily. "Nothing of the sort. 'And 'don't keep staring at Prue, either. And do not keep talking about Jerry all the time. You mind me, or I will tell papa." "That's funny," said Carol thought fully. "We suw them kissing each other like mad In the back yard last night and this morning he has gone to return no more. They are cruzy." "Kissing I In the back yard 1 What are you talking about?' Capl explained, and Fairy looked still more thoughtful and perturbed. She opened the door, and called out to them In a loud and breezy voice: "Hurry, girls, for breakfast is ready, and there's no time to waste In a par sonuge on Sunday morning." Then she added in a whisper, "And don't you mention Jerry, and don't nsk Prudence what makes her so pale, or you'll catch it!" 1 Then she went to her father's door. "Breakfast Is ready, p pa," she called clearly. She turned the knob softly, and peeped In. "May I come In a min ute?" Standing close beside him, she told him all she knew of what had hap pened. "Prudence Is ghastly, father, just ghastly. And she can't talk about It yet, so be careful what you say, will you?" And it was due to Fairy's kindly ad monitions that the parsonage family took the departure of Jerry so calmly. That was the beginning of Prudence's bitter winter, when the brightest sun shine was cheerless and dreary, and when even the laughter of her sisters smote harshly upon her ears,She tried to be as always, but In her eyes the wounded look lingered, and her face grew so pale and thin that her father and Fairy, anxiously watching, were filled with grave concern. She re mained almost constantly In the par sonage, reading very little, sitting most of her leisure time staring out the win dows. Fairy had tried to win her conn douce, and had failed. "You are a "arling, Fairy, but I real ly do not want to talk about It. Oh, no, Indeed, it Is all my own fault. 1 told him to go, and not come again. No, you are wrong, Fairy, I do not re gret It. I do not want him to come any more." Mr. Starr, too, had tried. "Prudence," he said gently, "you know very often men do things that to women seem wroug and wicked. And maybe they are! But men nnd women are differ ent by nature, my dear, and we must remember that. I have satisfied myself that Jerry Is good, and clean, and man ly. I do not think you should let any foolishness of his In the past come be tween you now." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Rare Branches. The thing next in beauty to a tree In full leaf Is a tree bare; Its every exqulsiteness of shape revealed, and Its hold on the sky seeming so un speakably assured; and, more than the beautiful of shape and the outlin ing on the sky, is the grace of proph ecy and promise which every slender twig bears and reveals In Its Uny gray buds. Helen Hunt Jackson. "Baby Talk" Rebuked. "Jack, look at the nice bow-wow," said mother to her three-year-old son, out for a walk, Jack looked as directed, then up at hli mother, and said 1016011117, "I call that a dog." BIG EATERS GET KIDNEY TROUBLE Take Salts at first sitfn of Blad der irritation or liack achc. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trou ble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood Is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the ellm lnatlve tissues clog and the result is kltfney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine Is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; It you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu matism when the weather Is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kid neys will then act fine. This famous salts la made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with llthla, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the acids in the urine so It no longer is a source of Irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot in jure, makes a delightful effervescent lithla-water -beverage, and belongs In every home, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time. Brother Knew Why. Sister and little brother had been to the dog show and were greatly Inter ested in the hairless canines from Mexico, At the dinner table mamma told them that some friends of hers once had one of those Mexican dogs and that they named him "Minus." "Now, sister." said mamma, "why do you suppose they called him Minus?" But sister didn't seem to be able to figure it out. "I know, mamma," volunteered brother. "Because the mines are in Mexico." Indianapolis News. Laugh When People Step On Your Feet Try this yourself then pass It along to others. It works I Ouch 1 ?! ?! ! This kind of rough talk will be heard less here in town if people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drug called freezone when applied to a tender, aching corn or hardened callous stops soreness at once, and soon the corn or callous dries up and lifts right off without pain. He says freezone dries Immediately and never Inflames or even, irritates the surrounding skin. A small bottle of freezone will cost very little at any drug Btore, but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callous from one's feet Millions of American women will welcome this announce ment since the inauguration of the high heels. If your druggist doesn't have freezone tell him to order a small bottle for you. New Clue. A schoolboy composition on Patrick Henry contained the following gem: "Patrick was not a very bright boy. He had blue eyes and light hair. He got married, and then said, 'Give me liberty - or give me death."'-r-New York Times. The Safest Course. "Is there no way of stopping these cyclones?" asked a traveler who was relating his experiences in the Far West. "No," replied the narrator. "The best way is to go along with them." New York Times. Too Scientific. The city-bred boy's parents had just moved into the country and arrange ments were being made for him to at tend the public school. One day he saw electricians at work there. "What are those fellows doing?" he asked his father. , "Putting in an electric switch," was the reply. "Well, I am going back to town at once," was the boy's astonishing com ment. "I won't stand a school where they do their licking by electricity." New York Times. 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