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IKLHOntXK, Australia, Dec. 1.
The JMbnuhiP Ago, referring to the
viettk of former- President Trtft eon-
eontinfc tlio Monroe doctrine, cx
prpsacd recently nt Jlontclnir. X". J.,
Mid imrtieiilarlv his stiitcmrnt tlint
Hie United Stales would not bo com
pelled by the terms of tho doctrine to
intervene it Canada (should bo nt
tackcdib.v Germany, has this to say:
"If -this interpretation, reorcseuts
tlio vicwH of the Roveniinont of the
United Stnlcs, nn event of first rate
i&jjwrlnnec to the entire civilucd
world hns taken pluce. If the Wilson
government shares Mr. Tuft's opin
ion it ifl very clear thnt Monroeism
is u tiling of the ast and Unit the
United States Iiuh abdicated tho ttosi
tion she has been jealously imardini'
for n joriod extending upward of
oifihtyyenrs."
In bin address nl Montclnir, X. J.,
last -Friday night, ex-President Taft
hnid that while the landing of troops
in Canada bv enemies of Great Urit
nin would not constitute a violation
of the Monroe doctrine, an effort to
establish n. new form of government
in nfc(s?of victory would violate that
policy. Mr. Taft said: '
"All that the Monroe doctrine
would consistently require of us
would lie to insist that when the war
is over, if Germany were .successful,
Mie could not take over the lorriton
of Canada and overthrow her gov
ernment and cstablbh her own there,
or lako an" opnro.sivq measures
which would have a similar effect
but wo would not object to her exact
ing nn indemnity if he were the victor."
NOFAVORITISM FOR
ALLIES INTENDED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. In reply
to- Count von Itoventlow'b contention
that the American position on the
declaration of Loudon win, in it way
contrary to the spirit of neutrality
and nctually worked to the benefit of
tho allies, state department officiate
take the view that no other way
Ki'eiued to bo open to the United
States in its efforts to observe neu
trality than to tuko the stand it did,
nt, outlined in Ambassador Gernrd'H.
official statement, which declared
that tho United States "will insist
that its riRhts and duties and those
of its citizens in tho present war be
defined by the existing rules of inter
national law and the treaties Of the
United States with the bolliKerents
independently of tho declaration of
London."
If the stand of the United States
works us Count von Iteventlow uripici
to streiiKtlien the allies, state depart
ment officials point out that it is due
solely to (lennuny's position, makes
it dit'tictilt for her to benefit from
shipments from tho United States.
BUT WHAT CAN HE DO?
P
l?ESlD4N'r WILSON in niNpointins tho IVdornl strike
commission to inquire into future labor disputes and
oft or services as mediators, has taken a loiiir step toward
preventing future labor wars such as those recently waged
in West Virginia, Michigan and Colorado. While the com-
mission litis no power iu eumici us minings, uh i-it-uuihu-u-dations
will create a public opinion that will force arbitra
tion and eventually secure the passage of a compulsory
arbitration law.
The president greatly regrets the refusal of the Colo
rado operators to accept federal mediation, but is in a
quandary as to .just What he can do to remedy matt el's,
lie says:
' 1 think tho country regretted their decision and was disappointed that
they should hove token so incomirotntsuK a position. 1 have waited anil
hoped for a change In their attitude, but now fear that there will be none.
And yet I do not Kcl that I am nt lluurly to do nothlnj; In the preseneo or
circumstanced so serious and distressing. Metely to withdraw tho federal
troops and leave the situation to clear Itself would seem to me to be dolus
something less than my duty after all that has occurred."
Most people agree with the president, for conditions in
these mining districts, as disclosed bv the reports of the
federal investigators, indicate that the operators, owning
immense tracts of land, have virtually established teudal
conditions and made the socialist term "wage slavery" an
actuality.
The inuring concerns own not only the mines, but the
land in all directions for miles. They own the public roads
traversed. Thev own the houses wherein the miners live;
they own the villages, the school houses, the churches, the
stores, the banks, the saloons everything, in short.
The mining companies control the public officials. They
name the sheriffs and peace officers. They employ armed
guards, to police and eject, "undesirable" persons who
"trespass," and to kill in time of strikes. They force those
using'thc public highways to carry passes. They evict the
families of workmen and force strikers to seek shelter in
tent colonies, which their gunmen "detectives" ruthlessly
shoot into and burn.
' In brief, the conditions in these mining camps arc intol
erable in free America. Under these conditions it is no
wonder that state government, under domination of niiiie
ownevs, broke down completely, failed in restoring order
and necessitated the use of federal troops.
THE WAR TAX
A PARTISAN press has vociferously blamed the war
revenue bill as the result of the operations of the Un
derwood tariff bill and asserted that it was necessitated
because the bill failed to provide needed revenue.
This is far from the truth. During the first years' oper
ation of the Undorwood tariff, the government revenues
exceeded the expenditures by some thirty-odd millions of
dollars. The deficit threatened this year is due solely to
the European war. which lias shattered commerce with
foreign countries, and hence" checked the imports upon
which tariff duties were paid.
The Underwood bill reduced the tariff upon necessities
and increased it upon luxuries. It shoved part of revenue
raising from customs to incomes, giving the consumer the
benefit of tho reduction in customs.
As failure of imports causes revenue deficiency, it fol
lows that the higher the tariff and the greater proportion
of the revenue due to customs collections, the greater the
deficiency. Had the Payne-Aldrich tariff been in effect,
instead of the Underwood tariff, the deficiency would' be
many times as great as threatened at present, because the
Puyiie-Aldrich tariff ignored incomes and depended en
tirely upon customs.
As commerce is rapidly reviving, the war tax will be
nhort lived. As it is, it involves no hardships upon anyone,
strikes, luxuries rather than necessities, and does not touch
the wage-earner.
PRESIDENT WILL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. President
Wilson will withdraw federal troops
from the Colorado strike zone as soon
as ho receives official word from
Governor Amnions that tho state is
already to resume control. Tho pres
ident reiterated todav that the com
mission named 1iv him Sunday would
have nothing to do with the present
strike, hut wns appointed to be of
service in settling differences which
might arise in the future.
Seth Low and tho other members
of the commission are exnectcd in
Washington December 34 to confer
with department of labor of! idols.
WILSON
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WW LIN. Dec. 3, by wireless.
Tlio following official announcement
was given out in Merlin teday:
"Thcio is no news to hand fnun
the western iirciin of tlio war. In
east Prussia mid ill southern Poland
it was geiiri'iillv ipiicl yesleidav. In
iioitlieni Poland, smith of (he Vis
tula, our wnr booly was inereiisiid
still J'uillier us a rchiill of the ue
nNCK illilioiiiiecil yeslcitlas.
"tint number of piUo'iii'i taken bv
W Iiuh been iiurucl bv about H'00
mm), mill wo iiiiiu liikoii minimi
luoii'ftiiiiinn, jiiiuMHiiiii, lu'ciilv i
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Um I'Mit it'll Jiilu "in JiumU"
WASHINGTON, Dec. I. Presi
dent Wilson went over his forthcom
ing annual address to com;rcsK with
the cabinet today. It is short and
deals with tho legislative program
already known in general terms; the
I conservation bills, the bill for u gov-
jerniuent-owned merchant marine, the
Philippine hill and the regular appro-
1 priation measuies'. It docs not urge
i the immigration bill.
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Do It ToO
Resolve to sinoko Oor. Johnson cl
! inr, tho best, and tboreby patronize
I homo industry. tf
The Desolation of Belgium
tlljc Siuuuul (5. UI.Mlie)
It happened tlmt I went over to
Antwerp atoiiR Into In September, and
ou the boat rvturnlim to Huhmd
there were f.00 or 00 rWupces, piiiu
climlly from tho former villain near
Antwerp. I said former vIHhhch, for
almost every vllluuo In this vicinity,
or, Indeed. In practically every part
of llelBlum Is a former vIIIrkc. This
widespread destruction left the peo
ple to be cared for. There was no
place to eaie for them In llellutii,
for all UcIkIuiii Is a dark ami bloody
pround that has already been fouitht
over time ami analn. and will be
fought over many time more before
this war Is ended.
Whole Hctiloit DoMdnto
Less than two months before my
visit this was a peaceful and prosper
ous country, so thickly populated
that It wixh almost all one village,
with a people who had not tho slight
est Idea of what was In istoro for
them, where a burned or cannon
crumbled hamlet excites no remark,
and where dead men are so common
anil so numerous that death seems an
Incident of every minute of every
hour. It tho few remaining non
combatants chance on a killed Her
man, or a killed llelRlan, or a killed
civilian there Is no speculation as
to how ho died, no Inquest, no In
quiry. If spades are at hand the
peasaats dig a shallow grave or a
trench If thre are many of tho dead
men. push the body or tho hodleH In.
throw the earth over them, and take
It all as a part of the circumstances
In the quuricl.: 1 ittdicd probably a
hundred of the most IntclllKcnt types
of these people who are rcfUKccfl
whether they Know why their coun
try Is at war, and not one of thorn
knew except vaguely.
llolgluin didn't want war. What
llelgluiu wanted was peace and op
poituulty to pile up francs one by
one. It was a prosperous country
The people are ubnormatly thrifty
They save In every pusslblu way, Hut
UelKliim got war, got war that, hereto
It Is over, will dovastnto the wholt
territory of Helglum, and that has
jos'tefduy. O-bouiiie N u novelist
iilid stepiou ol tlio bile Koberl Louis
HleVfiimui, with whom he eolluhiu
uted, .Mrs. (Miounie N in New
Yolk, whcio she went veeenll.N lo
iiiuke her homo tiller selllii" the old
Slccitoit place in tills eitv.
NOTHING BETTER
FOR WEAK WONEN
"I eee Spoilt Any .Money That Old
.Me So .Milt It OiNiit as That I Spout
fee Vlnol."
llellerontaliie, Ohio.- "I wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could
tlutve Vlnol for I never spout any
alread) killed thousands of her young inioiiov In lily Wo (hut did me so miieh
men and driven thousands upon Rt)01 ,,thut t snout for Vlnol. My
Do You Wear Glasses?
II-' SO it-o oliwilM led (hat (hey hhvu
been fitted lo i our eyes In a correct
and ptopci' manner?
ll.WK TIIHV (IIVHN YOUIt HYKH
that relief whl"h you expected thuy
would?
AUK VOI'll KVK .MltrH'f.r.H follow,
lug their uatuial tawu as they
should do with correctly fitted
glasses?
worid) voi' mki: .my opinion?
I will i;lo It to you wlllliiKly.
MY HYHTKM of l-Jyeslght Testing ban
no superior,
.MY in VKAIt'S i:.YCi:iJli:N('K In be
hind IIiIh Hintein,
iini'WK weio In a very bad condition,
looking mo very weak, tired, and
worn out and often drowsy head
uehos, I had trleil cod liver oil, doe.
tor's medicines, nn other preparation)
without benefit.
"Oiiu day a friend asked me to try ;
Vlnol. I did and soon my appetite
lucieav'd, I slept botteraud now I am , l,, r, itiHit l-'otc II t Kcutner
CALL 645Y
(Mil I'Olt II ('. K
stioiig. vigorous and well and c"an do I if "VIA ? Vf A IA17 pini?I
my housework with plenum'"--Mm llUlTlll"lTlAUI! LlIUllIV
thousands of her pcuAo 10 tot-clan
countries for refuge.
Since Kuropenu warn Wnn fH
glum lina been fought over. Armies
have marched back and forth ncioss
her fertile fields and dteuched the
streets of her peaceful villages with
blood. The little kingdom has been
the sport of Mnrs. lint now-, In this
war, llelgtiiin faces destruction, ex
cept the elimination of her ucttial
ground. The land will be left, prob
ably, but, If the war continues for a
long time, that Is about all that will
be left. Or If Oerinany should win
the war, then tlelglum will probably
cease to lie an Independent kingdom,
or will become a Oermnnltod princi
pality, with a pretense of Independ
ence, but In reality In ('ermau con
trol. If the allies win the flint de
mand will he (or payment to llelglum
for her losses, but there Isn't eitoufth
money In the world to pay llelglum .vlnol. which makes It so effltlet.ini
for what llelglum hag suffered and ..1, .,,, ... .M.-aroeil Pharmacy.'
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DU. RIGKERT
Kyc Sluhl Specialist
Suite 1-'.' Over Deuel's
A II, (Ireeit Trading Stamps (liven
J. P. I.umboru, tlellerontiiluo, Ohio "
Nervous, weak, tlted, worn-out
women Hhoulil tuko Mrs. I.amboru'n
uihlce and tr Vlnol for there are lit
crull.v thoiifntid of men mul women
who weio foimerly run-down, weak
ami imrvoiis, who owo their good
benlth to Vlnol.
It Is the medicinal, tissue building ,
elements of cod's livers, aided by lbe
blood making, strengthening In-'
fliieuce of tonic Iron, contained In)
(hmmntccd I'ttv-li mid Made l-'toiu
Selected, Walnsl Apples
(Jet Your Next Smt of
LOTHES
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In seven weeks this happy country wl" ,,"l,r- ,9 ' mo,i '"-'"""'
was brutallxed beyond conception. It HM' country on the faw of this
Isn't a clvlllied state now. It Is a Klobe,
place where there Is no law save the '
law of the sword, a place whore hunt-, LLOYD OSBOURNE'S WIFE
an life counts for nothing, where j GRANTED HER DIVORCE
human misery finds no sympathy., -
where humanity is staggering under
terrors that are too horrible for de
scription, and where desolation, de
struction and death have ravaged a
whole peopje.
Millions fuuvht In Whirl
llelglum was the tiathway leading
to France for Gorman) and Oerinany
used that pathway The llclglans
made what resistance they could.
Thus seven and a half millions of
peaceful people were caught In the
swirl of the tremendous military
operations that followed, and have
been the bloody pawns of the great
gamo of war that Is being played In
that territory, llelglum had no part
SAN IWANCISCO. Dee. I A
final decree ol divorce was grantid
Mrs. K'ul In-line D. 0-bumic from
Lloyd 0-houmc in the iicriDr ourt
Medford. Ore.
M)TK You can got Vlnol nt the
leading drug store In eery town
where this papi r circulates dv.
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKE
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Also Cleaning, Pressing and Altering
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Hearst-Selig News
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Get a Can Today
DBINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD
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WHEN Timothy Jimson hez a
good crop, he's a' administra
tion man, but when crops is
bad, he's agin' the gov'ment.
I say principles is one thing,
an' pocketboolc another.
Both of 'em's in right when
you smoke VELVET,
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VBLVUT, The Bmootliust Bmoklnf 'folacco( It Ken
tucky liuilnj Jt Luxe wJth n flKcd'Iri'tHe'Wooil mwMAmwM,
10c mm iiiui 5t uiviaMiuvd ! Coupons i VhIuu with
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(irl a smull pnvksgo of lliiinburg
Ilrratt Tea, or a tlio Ccrmsti folks
call it, "Hamburger Drtiat Tlm."ntatiy
pharmacy. Take a taldmpoonful of the
tea, put a cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through n sieve muf drink a
teacup full at any tlir.o during the
day or before retiring. It Is the mot
effective way to break a cold mid cure
grip, ns It optiu tlio porei of the skin,
relieving rongMtinn. Alio liens tlio
bowels, thus driving a "told from the
system.
Try It the next time you suffer from
a. cold or the grip. It i inexenivii
and entirely vegetable, therefore aafo
and barmlcs.
RUB BACK AND
LUMBAGQJIGHT OUT
Sub Pain and Stiffneu away with
a imali bottle of old honest
St. Jacobs OU
When your bark I sore and lame
or lumbago, Kiatiru or rheumatism bus
you stiffened up, don't suffer I Oct a
i25 cent Lottie of old, honest ".St,
Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, pour a
little in your baud and rub It right
Into the pain or ache, and by tlio time
you count fifty, the soreness uml lame
nem is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing,
penetrating oil lii-tda to be used only
once. It takes tlin ache and iaia rljdit
out of your bock and ends the misery.
It i magic.il, yet absolutely liurmb-s
and doein't burn the skin.
Nothing eIno stops lumbago, solatlcii
and lame buck tninery so promptlyl
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MAItV I'lCKlOltll
"The Woman of It"
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Idruk 011 the witt prelng prohlem
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