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Cornell University Utilizes W ater Power
G ro ve 's
H O U S E F O R E IG N A F F A I R S C O M
M I T T E E H A S P LA N T O IN S U R E
P E R M A N E N T PE AC E.
SUCH IS C H A R G E M A D E BY P R E S I
DEN T OF U N ITE D S TA TE S
C H A M B E R O F C O M M E RCE .
Would Authorize President to Invite
All Nations to Send Delegates
to Conference to Consider
Ways and Means.
Bays Short Sighted Policy in Failing
to Recognize Dignity of Teaching
Profession Has Led to Class
Consciousness in Profession.
Washington.— Steps looking toward
disarmament were taken on January
IS by the house foreign affairs com
inlttee, which reported a resolution
authorizing President Wilson to invite
all nations to senil delegates to un in
terimtloual conference to consider
ways and means.
Although all members of the com
mlttee voted for the proposal. Demo
crats objected to its adoption now
on the ground that it might embar
rass the president. They contended It
was a question which should he con
sidered by President-elect Ilurdlng,
Cornell university bus one of the finest hydraulic laboratories in the country. The plant Is located down a gorge
Chairman Porter, an advocate of the
a few hundred feet from a dam thrown across Beed lake. The water is conveyed by pen trough from the dam at
movement. Insisted, however, that It
the left through the tunnel to the right. A masonry structure pressed against the hill is the hydraulic laboratory
was the desire to have the resolution proper. This plant generates electric power for the entire university.
ready for Mr, ilurdlng If Mr. Wilson
did uot act on It.
Itepresentative Brooks (Rep.) of
THE SEA HORNET
Illinois, author of the resolution, an
nounced that efforts would be made
to expedite Its consideration by the
house. There was no Indication of
any movement to get together with the
senate, which has pending a resolution
'by Senator Borah (Rep.) of Idaho,
providing for armament redaction by
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan, and a resolution by Senator
Walsh (Dera.) of Montana, authorizing
the president to appoint a member of
the disarmament commission of the
league of nntlons.
Building a Roof in Sumatra
B A N K R O B B ER S F R U S T R A T E D .
Police Tipped Off and Lay Tra p for
Bandits.
Knnsus City.—Two of four bandits
who attempted to hold up the East
Side hank in an outlying district here
Saturday were shot and seriously
wounded by u motorcycle putrolimm
who waited In the hank. Police had
received a tip that a robbery wus plan
ned.
Only one o f the bandits was cap
tured. One wounded robber dragged
himself to a w altlnj motorcar outside
and drove off. The other bandits also
escaped.
Mrs. Cora Wilson emerged from a
»lore as theh policeman fired at the
fleeing robber, and was wounded In
the leg.
Brands Organization as Socialistic.
Lincoln, Neb.—Governor McKelvle,
Jn counseling no violent opposition to
the activities o f the Nonpartisan
league ht Nelson, Neb., Ims branded
the organization ns socialistic and as
serts that the best thing Inw abiding
citizens ran do Is to let Its members
work quiekly, “ for the faster they
work the sooner the people will be
rid of them,”
This carpenter of Sumatra, building the roof of n dwelling, probably Is
not thinking of striking for higher wages because of the Increased cost of
clothing.
Steward of the President’s Yacht
Cnpt. Harold Payne and Engineer
Walter Johnson, the entire crew of the
tiny torpedo boat Sen Hornet, which
left New York to participate In the
winter maneuvers of the torpedo boat
tleet near Key West. They expected
to make the trip In their 58-foot boat
In four days. The boat has a speed
o f 30 knots an hour and depends upon
Its speed nnd low visibility to get close
I to enemy vessels before launching
| torpedoes.
SHOPPING ASSISTANT
r
Invites Wilson to Speak.
Washington.—John Temple Graves,
resident commissioner o f the Lincoln
memorial commission, called Saturday
at the Wldte House In ask that Presi
dent Wilson deliver an address al the
dedication of the memorial In May.
The program Is understood to provide
for the presentation of the memorial
by Former President Taft and Its re-
ceptloti by Senator Ilurdlng.
Brom o “ M
Quinine
tablets
Washington.—Conditions in the pub
lic schools are contributing much to
The first tnd original Cold and
unrest throughout the country, and
Grip tablet, the merit of which
is recognized by all civilized
the situation has become so serious
nations.
that the states- and the nation should
co-operate to remedy them, according
Be careful to avoid knitatioa*.
to u statement issued by Joseph H.
Defrees, president of the United
Be sure its
States Chamber o f Commerce.
“Our short-sighted policy in falling
to recognize the dignity of the teach
ing profession bus led to a class con
sciousness In that profession which
has made itself felt In the classroom
and left Its indelible Imprint upon the
impressionable mindk o f the young,”
declared Mr. Defrees, who adds that
The genuine bears this signature
of the 500,000 public school teachers in
SOc.
the United States:
One hundred thousand are under
the age o f 21;
Thirty thousand have no education
beyond the eighth grade:
One hundred and fifty thousand
have no education beyond the third-
year high school; and
Four hundred and eighty thousand,
or four-fifths of the total, hnve not
hail two years of special training, the
126 MAMMOTH JACKS
minimum required in other countries,
1 hare a bargain fo r you, come quick.
W
. L D eC L O W ’S J A C K F A KM
“ One reason why radicalism has not
Cedar Kapida, Iow a
made the same headway in the United
States that It has in Europe," Mr. De
The Artful Fabulist.
"Do you expect people to believe all
frees continues, "Is the fact that hun
dreds of men occupying positions of this tommyrot about dumb animuls en
the greatest Importance in this coun gaging in intelligent conversation?"
“ No,” replied Aesop. "But you can’t
try began life as poor boys. But what
hnve we got to say of the inequalities get people interested when you offer
to tell them simple facts. The only way
of education?
‘Eighteen thousand classrooms in to secure their sincere and undivided
this country are said to have stood attention Is to make believe you ure
idle last year through luck of teachers. going to tell ’em a whopper.”
Taking an average of twenty-five pu
pils to each classroom, that means
450,000 children were either denied
education altogether, or were crowded
Into their classrooms, where they were
given such education as they could get
from an overworked, underpaid, ua-
For many years druggists have watched
dertrnined teaiver.”
with much interest the remarkable ecord
maintained by Dr. Kilmer’a Swamp-Root,
C O N S ID E R A T T A C K S ON U N IO N S the great kidney, liver and bladder medi
cine.
It ia a physician'* prescription.
Representatives of Labor Unions Will
Swamp-Root ia a strengthening medi
Hold Session at Capital.
cine. It help* the kidneye, liver and blad
Washington. — Representatives of der do the work nature intended they
the 1011 unions affiliated with the should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
American Federation of Labor have It is sold by all druggists on its merit
been called to meet here February 23 and it should help you. No other kidney
to consider “ attacks being made on medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
the trade union movement," according
to announcement hy Frank Morrison, treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
secretary of the federation. The call great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
was sent out hy President Samuel Kilmer ft Co., Binghamton, N. y., for a
Jumpers.
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention thia paper.—Adv.
Ole Disrupts Meeting.
She Was in Fragile Health.
Racine. Wis.— Ole Hansen, former
Rogers— Her eyes were cast down,
mayor of Seattle, Wash., disrupted a
her face fell and she burst Into tears.
Socialist meeting here Sunday, when,
Normund—I’oor little thing; no won
under auspices of the Racine Consti
der they said she was all broken up.
tutional Defense league, he Invaded
the meeting, at which Irwin St. John
Cutlcura Soothes Itching Scalp
Tucker, indict«' under the espionage
act, was the principal, and challenged On retiring gently rub spots of dan
druff Bad Itching with Cutlcura Oint
him tf a debate.
ment.
Next morning shampoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water. Make
Ser ices Honor Gorgas’ Memory.
them your every-day toilet preparations
Washington. — Nations of T.ntln-
and have a clear skin uud soft, white
Amerlca, through their diplomatic hands.—Adv.
representatives. Joined with the United
crCles. France and Great Britain Sun
Just So.
day night In paying tribute to the
“ That rich florist has a barrel of
memory of the late Major General W. money.”
C. Gorgas, former surgeon general of
“ Yes; a regular flower barrel.”
the army.
Bromo
Explosion Kills Two.
Bow*. N. H.—Explosion of a gas
plant being installed in the residence
o f A. J. Curtis, Sunday, killed two
children who hoarded in the bouse,
burned Mrs. Curtis so seriously that
»lie died, Injured two workmen nnd
wrecked the house.
This 1» T. Slilro, a Japanese, who lias been steward o f the President’s
yacht Mayflower for ten years. With him ure his children, Josephine uml
Eugene.
Yuan’s Sons in American College
Woman Finsd for False Oath.
Portland.—For perjuring herself In
an effort to defraud the government
out of an eastern Oregon homestead.
Mrs. Zella Becker o f Huntington was
fined $1000
Mr*. Mulp o f New York, does not
worry about the crime wave when she
has Bonnie Lassie with her. The dog
Is of great value as a shopping as
sistant. When Mrs. Muir goes into a
store, she leaves Bonnie Lassie to
guard her packages and woe to any
one who tries to take them.
Lincoln on Niagara Falla
In connection with present attempts
to deprive the people of the United
States of the full value o f their play
grounds, the great national parks. In
order to farther Irrigation and com
mercial water-power schemes, a spe
cial Interest Is attached to certain re
cently found notes prepared by Abra
ham Lincoln tn July. 1850, for a lec
ture on Niagara falls.
He wrote:
"The mere physical fact of Niagara
falls Is a very small port of the
world's wonder.
Its power to excite
reflection and emotion Is Its great
charm.“
Pays $¿00 for Souvenir Curie.
Chicago ll ost Stanley Wasno. 12
years old. adventurer, $200 for the
souvenir curft he cllp|x>d from the
head o f two little girls In a theatre,
the Judge assessing a $200 fine.
Tsxan Advocates Death Penalty.
Washington. — Death |>enulty for
persons convicted
of
committing
crimes hy the use o f weapons was
proposed Saturday hy Representative
Summers of Texas, as a means of
checking crone.
Famine Will Teke Terrible Tolll.
New York.— Famine In China will
claim more lives
In the next six
months than wen* lost In all the
armies during the world war. unless
other nations come to the reucue on a
tre-newtnus acute, It is predicted
Laxative
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP-ROOT
Vlifina Children Sorely Afflicted.
Washington.—'there nre 115,OtK) tu
bercular children In Vienna, accord
ing to a statistical study o f the child
health situation there, made by the
American Bed Cross. O f this number,
It was said that Kl.oon were In urgent
need o f surgical treatment. O f 54.000
children examined, said a Red Cross
announcement, only one In twelve was
In normal health.
Death Sentence for Stealing Food.
Warsaw.— Edward Peters, 30 years
old, a clerk In the Warsaw postoffice,
was sentenced to denth recently after
having been convicted o f stealing a
package o f food sent by mall from
America. He was tried under a lnw
making It n capital offense to steal
from the government.
is the Genuine
and Only
Signa Point That Way.
W H E N the
yy h o u s e
hold c a r e s
and the worries
of e v e r y d a y
Many Poles in Russia.
life have drag
Warsaw.—Government officials have
ged you down,
estimated that there are more than
made you
300.000 Boles In Russia nnd plans are
happy, and
being formulated for their repatria there is nothing
tion.
in l i f e but
headache, back
Secretary Aak for Park Funds.
ache and worry,
Washington.—The secretary o f the t ur n t o t he
interior has asked congress for defi- ' right prescrip
clency appropriations of $1585 for j tion, one gotten
Zion national park and $80t«t for the
up by Doctor
P i e r c e over
Yellowstone park.
fifty years ago.
Wave of Crime Breaks Afresh
Dr. Pierce, of
New York.*—Two cases of homicide,
Buffalo, N. Y „
numerous holdups, robberies and in l o n g
since
creased police activity were recorded found out what
Sunday, when New York's wave of j9 natural l y
best for wom
crime apparently broke afresh.
en s diseases.
He learned it
Rainstorm Ruins Wheat Crop.
Berlin.— A violent rainstorm, said to »11 thru treat
be the worst for seventy years, has ing thousands
reduced the new South Wales wheat | of cases. The
^
harvest from 20 . 000 . 0 ttn pounds to r e s u l t of his
15.000.000 pound», the minister of ag studies was a medicine called Dr.
riculture states.
lerce s F a v o r i t e Prescription
Vhis medicine is made of veg^
Wyoming Man for Land Commissioner
Washington.—George Brimmer of £»b e J ? ° ? 'th* that nature surelv
in tented for backache, headache
Rawlins. Wyo.. is looming up as a
weakening pains, and for mariv
candidate for commissioner of the g*m- disorders common to women in
ofnp, Rm1 „
hsv, th„
of s ..., tnf in t * a * b ~ l o e f t W life.
H q r Sold
f d * by*druggista
Tli* four sons and grund»o>% of Yuan ShUi Kal. second president of the
Fond Mamma— Do you think hell
Chinese republic, who arc receiving their first taste of American echool life propose soon, Doris?
al Mlikllehury college. Mlddlehnry, Vt„ are ijellghtod with American customs,
I*a u g h ter-Y e* mamma; he’, been j
end have entered heartily Into participation In outdoor sports, skiing ap
maklng s ^ many romptlment.ry r *
pealing more to them than any other aport.
marks .boa. y .w - Ik w »to n Port.
W arw. _
-
The Needless Misery
That Women Bear
fepresentatlr. M,m,leU.
Dr. Pierce 10c. for Uial ^ , ^ * 1