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When writing be sure and . —v ( _ tg. Cold Modal «• every bea mention this paper.—Adv. •ad accept oe units tio» _______ COLD MEDAL Toklo.— Regardless of the United State»’ naval program, the Japanese program require» eompletlou of the eight battleship and eight cruiser unit, said Vice Admiral Kato, minister of the navy, In responding on January ¡50 to an interpellation by Lieutenant Gen eral Ushuru, chief o f stuff, us to Ju- pan's view of Senator Borah’s résolu tion concerning a cessation of wur- ■shlp construction. Japan’s naval con struction plan, however, lie said, need not be curried out with the United States as an imaginary enemy. lie said Japan would adhere to a world curtailment of construction plans. He declared Japan’s naval program was inaugurated u decade ago and was born of imperative necessity. Kven If completed, he suld, a wide margin would remain between the naval strength o f Japan and other powers. War Minister Tanaka said Japan's forces had been organized to insure the safety of her territorial rights. It was true, he declared, neither Itussia nor China could now mena :e Japan. Any effective plan of defense, how ever, he udded, must presuppose the necessity of operations beyond Japan's frontiers. CONGRESS TAKES UP LOAD Appropriations Bills and Other Meas ures Will Cause Busy Time. Washington.—Congress on Monday entered Into the peak load period with only twenty-eight days left and appro priation bills and legislation Jammed up. ’ The finul money bills, the army and navy supply measures, with the diplo matic and rivers and harbors appro priations are to come before the house, while the senate plans to take up the pogtofflce and sundry civil measures. Republican lenders are be ginning to he dubious of getting through. To hasten action on (lie appropria tions hills, the Fordney emergency tariff bill |s to be given what Repub licans say will be Its “ last chance" In the senate. Naval disarmament also Is to come up prominently in tlic senate. Immigration exclus.on legislation is to he considered by the senate Immi gration eouffnittee. Rcappnrtlonment of the house on the haste of the Ur.’O census will come be fore the senate census committee, In Its consideration of the house Idll re taining tin1 present house membership o f 43T». Provision for more hospitals £#r dis abled service men Is expected to be made by the house through passage of u bill to establish additional hos pitals. LORD MAYOR TOLD TO “ Made any New Year’s resolutions?’’ | A conceited man will not talk “ Sure. It’s so much fun breaking 'em ] you behind your back, afterwards.” about himself. -----------_ You must say “ Bayer’ Eyewitness Tells of Lincoln Assassination in Ford’s Theater “ An eyewitness of the assasslnution of Abraham Lincoln!" is a phrase that even fifty-odd years has failed to strip of Interest. In an office of the old National Museum building at Wash ington one can And George C. May nard, curator of technology. An at mosphere of peace pervades the place until one speaks the magic words which bring to mind that fateful night at Ford’s theater in April, 1805. Then Doctor Maynard tells of what be saw. "That evening," says Doctor May nard, referring to the night of April 14, 18(50, “ I went to Ford's. As every body knows, the play was ’Our Ameri can Cousin.’ My seat was In the first gallery, on a level with and in full view 4f the upper right-hand box, which was reserved for I ’resldent Lin coln and his party. “ The occasion was an unusual one. The war had come to be regarded ns an interminable contllct, something LEAVE O'Callaghan Ordered to Depart From U. T. by February 11. Washington— Donai .1. O'Callaghnu, lord mayor of Cork, lias been ordered by Secretary Wilson o f the labor de partment to leave the United States by February 11. He Is now In the country as a seaman awaiting an op portunity *o resliip. The Insli ofu.clal arrived in the United States as a stowaway without a passport. He was classified as a seaman, however, which permitted him to remain until lie could find a ship. Whether he left as a seaman or as a passenger was held to he no eoneern af tile department of labor. In order to clear the records a certificate of (t'('»l>S jL.in n'* departure, riling the clr- ciiinstanres, must he filed with the Im migration Inspector at Ills port of de parture. Bergdoll Will Become German. Khrrharti. Itaden German citizen ship pa|icra for Grover C. Bergdoll, American draft evader, for which he applied a number o f days ngo, have been made out and are ready to be Issued as soon as the technical state of war between the United States and termsny have been ended. His chauf feur, Isanc Stecher. has already been grunted citizenship papers Wilson to Tell of Peace Parloy. Washington.- -I'resldent Wilson Is having collected and arranged for ref erence all papers and documents In his possession relating to the l’arls peace conference, with n view to the preparation of n book. F o r d ’e theate r on T e n th street, W a sh in g to n , w here L in c o ln w a s shot 20 m in u te s p ast 10 on the n ig h t o f A p r il 14, 1865. It le n ow used a s a go ve rnm e n t office b uildin g. Bolshevik Troops Active. Constantinople Tartar Bolshevik troops have entered Kasvln. ninety mile* northwest of Teheran, and Brit ish forces In the latter city are re ported to have begun a withdrawal. It Is said in dlsputehes Sunday. which would always engulf this coun try. Those in the theater that night werr giving vent to perhaps their first real enthusiasm that the war had actu ally ended. It was to be a gala night. An atmosphere of festivity pervadili the place. Also, It was Laura Keene's benefit. Storm in Northwest. “ Naturally, tt was a patriotic per San Francisco Northern Pacific i formance. I still have a »mall scrap roust point* hiv recovering from « of paper on which I wrote the musical Worm whirl» rngctl Saturilay night am' program. 'The Star Spangled Banner.’ * filch w n n ile*t*ril>e»l hjr the l ’ n iteil I Red. White and Bine.’ and ‘Marching State» tveatiler htirvau here a i "one of j Along' were played, while the entire I the wor^t we ever had.** Company was to have sung 'Honor to ] lie noth! M* Hie «tiri «ranún»* I Here it a face upon which men may see 5- The hushed aueterity that nature military telegraph corps of the War de wears partment, being a cipher operator. I At touch of twilight, brooding on rushed to the office. Persons I met on the cares the way were ignorant of the tragedy. Of bygone days and of the days to be; the office the news had been And yet which bears the clear tran learned, but no details, and D. H. quillity Bates, manager of the office, asked for Of one whose youth has breathed particulars. sweet prairie airs. “ A full force of telegraphers spent Or followed firm behind the plowman’s the night In the office, sending out re shares, ports of the President’s condition. It Or trodden leafy forest ways and free. was eight o'clock on the following / morning before I left for my lodgings. The forehead tells of mastery; a mind I walked along G street. Th# morn Which holding life a thing inscruta ing was rainy, raw and cheerless. Be ble, tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth Kept faith and hope forever sentinel; streets, almost In front of Epiphany The furrowed cheeks, the locked lips church, I met a small squad of cav sorrowlined, alry, accompanied by a few military Betray a will the nation knew so officers and civilians on foot. The well, hand wns proceeding quietly and with And deep eyes showed a love for alt an evident desire to avoid public no mankind. tice. They were escorting the Presi CLINTON SCOLLARD. dent’s body to the White House. “There is c*ie othqr memory‘ of that Our Soldiers,’ a patriotic song of the time of sorrow which I retain vividly. On the morning the President's body times. “ The President and his party did liegnn the Journey to Springfield it was not arrive before the curtain rose. It warm, bright and altogether a day was during the dairy scene when they best suited to rejoicing, yet all Wash came in. Miss Hart, playing Oeorgi- ington had come down town to see the ann, was telling an American Joke to funeral procession. Processions, nor Mr. Emerson, taking the part of Dun mally, are stretched out, but this one dreary, and he failed to catch the was made as compact as possible. In point. Twice she said to him : 'Why, the front went a detachment «if cav can’t you see It?’ And he replied: 'No, alry, wedgp shaped. Very slowly they I cawn't see It.’ At this moment the proceeded, making their way steadily into the crowds which swarmed the Presidential party entered, passing around the south side of the gallery to enter the box. The play was suspend ed until President Lincoln wus seated, the audience having risen with one ac cord and cheered enthusiastically. After some time Georginna said, with emphasis: ‘Well, everybody can tee that.’ and Dundreary drawled: 'They ought to sec It, you know.’ "It was about 10 :,?0 when the pis tol shot which sent the bullet at Lin coln was tired. Booth suddenly slid down from the front o f the box onto the stage and rushed diagonally across, disappearing, lie caught his foot In the flag decorations and made some exclamation which T did not under stand. hut no such dramatic speech as has popularly been accredited to him Had he done anything of that kind 1 believe lie would hnve been mobbed before he could have escaped. As It was, J. R. Steward, a man of athletic build, sprang onto the stage and was after Booth Immediately. “There* was no panic, such ns a Arc would have caused. The entire audi ence was stunned, the real significance of the tragedy coming only after sev eral mlnntf*. The theater people swarmed upon the stage. An officer in military uniform managed to get to the President by climbing up from the stage Into the box, the door haring T h e house at 5!< T e n th street, W a s h been barred. Laura Keene came quick ington, w here L in c o ln died a fte r hie ly through the gallery with a pitcher a ssa sin a tio n b y Booth. of water, lending an odd note ?c the scene with her costume and make up streets, forcing them silently back to The door of the box by this time wa^ the curb. Carriages containing offi cials, instead of going single file, went opened and she entered. "Intense excitement reigned, yet no three nnd four abreast. The horses’ lack of self-control. There seemed to footfalls were the loudest sounds, be a desire to lend whatever assist while sobs punctuated the stillness of ance was possible, while the air was the watching multitude.” electrical with a spirit of vengeance against Booth for the crime Just com Examplar of Land of Opportunity. mitted. Several people el'mbed over R< f « r t Lansing, ex-secretary of seats, I myself helping one lady thus state, said: “ Born in the humble cabin In making her exit. Sonic seats were of the Hodgensvllle farm. Ahraham broken. Yet. withal, the people left Linenln is the national exemplar of a the theater slowly and quietly. Tt land (If equal opportunity. Ills life wits about ten minutes before the and his career reveal the fart font President was removed, followed hy the s refis of grea ss non rkriied Mrs. Lincoln supported hy two gent’ e- tl Sfinì of even the most lowly nnut. A crowd of people filled Ten*!', germinale nial develop to |>erfect street. * tie ntuu sphere and environne “ At that t’me I was a memV’ T of the America.” mmmm, ». -v i W arning! Unless you see the name "Bayer” on tablet^, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for 21 years and proved safe by millions. Accept only an “ unbroken package” o f “ Bayer Tablets of Aspirin,” which contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, Pain, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago. Handy tan boxes of 12 tablet* eoet but a few rent*— Larger packages. Aaplrtn 1« th « tra d « m ark o f B a y «r M anufacture o f M onoacetlcacldester o f Sallcyllcaoid SPECIAL MEDAL FOR THIS DOG ROPE SUPERIOR TO LEATHER St. Bernard Forgot Eternal Feud With Cat Family and Braved Flames to Save Pussy. Fibrous Material Rapidly Supplanting Belting in American and Euro pean Mills and Factories. The supply of Carnegie hero medals would soon give out if all the brave and thoughtful dogs were remembered. A St. Bernard in the town of Everett, Mass., mindful of the traditions of snowbound travelers and his Alpine monastery, has Just effected a triple rescue that entitles him to whatever dogdom can offer in the way of canon ization. to match the name of the saint that his devoted breed already bears. First he woke up the families in two apartments by his loud barking when fire broke out, and then, having started the human beings on their hur ried exodus to safety, he darted lock through the smoke, got the family cat, which had been forgotten In the ex citement, and reappeared with his tribal enemy in his month. Would all human beings have been so magnani mous?— Philadelphia Ledger. For 20 years there lias been an in creasing use In this country of inanila rope for power transmission In mills and factories in place of leather belt ing. In English factories ropes super seded belting long ago. and their n*e is nearly universal. In the United States the change that hns taken plaee Jtegan with the acquisition of the Phil ippine *islands, where, as everybody knows, the mnnila hemp' flourishes. The fiber of this hemp varies in length from 0 to 12 feet, and occasionally at tains a length of 18 feet. It is said to possess greater tensile strength than any other fiber known, exceed ing 50,000 pounds per square inch. Rope drives, as transmission ropes are called, possess the advantage of noise lessness, owllig to their flexibility and to the existence «of an air passage in the grooves between the rope and the sheath. ) (' S’ :) Head on His Shoulders. Edwin— If I do say it myself. I Delicate Discretion. fancy I ’ve n pretty good head on ray shoulders. “ Tou did not use the form ‘Merry Angelina— It's not really beautiful. Xmas' this year.” Edwin. 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