INCREASED FREIGHT
RATES ARE GRANTED
,\c ??t*~?
EASTERN RAILROADS ARE AL- j
LOWED INCREASE OF FIVE
FER CENT.
_i I
THE PRESIDENT IS PLEASED
t "jr ?
Wilson Expect* Decision to Haw*
Immediate Effect en business. Wilt
A<W ?5ft#oo,ooa
Washinicton?Further increases In
freight rate* were granted to the
He*tern ra'lroads by the Interstate
Commerce Goinmlselop in a decision
from which Chairman Hallan and
Oommisaloner Clements dissented
Xtgoiwesiy.
Except on lake and mil traffic, coal,
coke. Iron ore and certain other traf
?c. upon which the commission here
tofore has fixed rates adjudicated
"reasonable," sill railroads operating
te the territory between the Atlantic
seaboard and the UiaslseUppi, north
of the Potomac and Ohio rlrsrs, ware
?Hewed the flat fixe per (opt increase
for which they hare been asking for
tor years.
The railroads hoped to get increases
which would add to the annuel rev
eaues some $50,000,000. The commis
sion's decision Is expected to give
them additional revenue approximat
ing *30.000,000.
The roads east of a North and South
Hne drawn through Buffalo. Pitts
burg and Charles ton. W. Vs.. won by
today's decision -from the increases
ether than upon the traffic excepted
which were denied them la the com
missioner's decision last August The
reads west of this line, which got par
tial advances in the August decision,
received further advances; so that
?ew all the roads in what is describ
ed as official classification territory
will enjof uniform advances In both
class, and commodity rates.
The majority of the commission held
that the roads bad established In the
latest hearings a greater need of ad
ditional net Income than ever before.
This was due, the decision held, to ex
igencies arising ont of the wer and to
an already existing necessity for addi
tional revenues to maintain the rail
road properties.
Chairman Harlan In hi4 dissenting
opinion, held that sufficient aid had
been given the roads by the August
decision and that the findings of the
majority was "morally wrong." Com
missioner Clements based bis dissent
upon what he regarded as the Inabil
ity in taw, of the commission to take
cognizance 0f anything in the making
*f rates other than their justice and
reasonableness.
UP AND AT >EM NOW.
England Rises in Angar?Would
Avenge Scarborough.
London.?Although there aaama no
donbt the Ruaslans are retreating, and
that for the preaent any expectation
the Allies may hare held of an early
Invasion of Germany muat be dle
nt iaaed. considerable mystery sur
rounds the reported decisive German
victory which Berlin celebrated.
Vienna gives a few details of fight- '
Ing In the Bart. The claim la made
that the Ruaslans have been driven '
from their positions north of the Car
pathian mountains from Krosno to
Snktlcyn which would Indicate that
pari of the Southern line of railway
?a Galicia again ie In the hands of 1
fbe Auafrfans and that Plotrkow and
another Central Poland town have
been inarmed, but silence Is main
tained xT to North Poland where the '
German vicotry la aald to have been '
achieved.
"Avenge Scarborough! Up and at ,
"em now."
Mexican Bullet* Still Flying.
Naco?Fire Bullet* from the Mexl
e*n fighting around Naco. Sonora, .
?truck near ahelters built by United
sitaces troops on thd border. Many
other *bota fell on United Bute* tor- ,
- ifitory.
Intermittent Brine on the Mexican (
aide continued all day. Hill's Cairan- ,
an troops, defending Naco. seemed to ,
by doing most of tbe shooting. tA' ,
I
Method* Still Asundsr.
Atlanta.?No definite action on the ,
proposed amalgamation of tbe Nortb
ern and Southern branches of tbe
Matkodlst Church was taken by the
Church Commission on Federation,
which adjourned here after three days .
of deliberation Three bishops from
the Southern Church, four bishops !
of the Northern Church, six ministers
and six laymen comprised the com
mission. All sessions were strictly
executive, but It was stater that more
progres was made than at any time ,
I^jMppSlk / 2
Teach Farmers to Sell.
Atlanta, Oa.?Establishment of a
"marketing agent" in every state
"who will Instruct farmers In the
scientific marketing of their crops '
was advocated by Judge E. R. Kone,
Texas commissioner of agriculture. In J
an address to the final session of the .
annual meeting of the Association
of Agricultural Commissioners of the .
Southern States here. Judge Kone
said that "the most Importnat work of '
a state department of agriculture lies ;
la teaching farmer* bow to profitably ,
market their crops."
Aliee Advance at Arret. a
Paris.?The French war office gave
out aa official communication as fol
lows: "The day of December 17 was
marked, ae we said recently, by an
advance on our part In Belgium,
where every counter attack undertaken
by tbe enemy failed. In the region of
Arras a vigorous offensive made us
master* of several trenches. Thesa
are located _ at Auchy. La Gassee. St.
Loarent and Blangy. At this last
mentioned place we occupied a front
more than oae kilometre long almost
the first lie* trenches of Urn enemy."
NISS DOROTHY DRAKE
-J ? *''1
-**?& ^MHk.
MIm Dorothy Drake, on# of the pratti
eet of tho Washington debutantae
of tho holiday season, la a sleter
In-law of Commander Adalbert Alt
house, U. 8. N.
ADVANCE MADE BY ALLIES
AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCE8 ADMIT
FALLING BACK TO OLD POST
TION IN WEST. -J"
Replenished Suppllm From the Aus
trlono Driven Back From Bordaro
of tho Little Country.
London.?The offensive movement
of the French and the British has be
come general and la being pushed
with strong forces, particularly in,
Flanders, the Argonne, the Woevre.
and Alsace. While the French oialm
success at all points except Bteinbach
in Alsace, the general official reports
from Berlin say the Allies' attacks
have been unsuccessful at several
places.
On the whole, however, it would
appear that the Allies, who now have
a superiority In numbers as well as in
artillery, have made some progress
and have withstood vigorous German
oouner-attacks.
In the Argonne region the French
say:
"We have made progress and main
tained our advance of the preceding
days." ?
The force which has been checked
at Steinbach is the left wing of the
army which for some time has been
lighting Its way toward Muelhausen
and which baa cleared a considerable
part of Alsace of Germans. It is evi
dent that while the Germans are pre
pared to offer stubborn resistance to
attempted advances in the regions
mentioned in the official communica
tions they expect the main attack of
the AlBes to be made in another di
rection or themselves are preparing
for an offensive, for they have gath
ered considerable forces at CourtraJ-,,
from where they could be transferred
quickly either to Flanders or south
ward across the French frontier.
The Austrlans again have crossed
the Carpathians, and, according to
their own account, are driving the
Russian left back toward the River
San. This Austrian army assisted
by German reinforoements, has under
taken to force the Russians to with
Iraw from in front of Cracow and also
Uso to relieve Pnemysl. The Aus
trlans apparently have met with at
least partial success in the drat pro
tect.
8END WARSHIPS TO CANAL.
r? Enforce Regulations of Radio Sta
tions of- United States.
Washington.?President Wilson and
tils cabinet decided to send American
warships to the Canal Zone to guard '
?gainst neutrality violations by bel
ligerent sblps. Just how many ships 1
*111 be dispatched will, be determined >
ifter a full report has been received 1
From Governor Goethals, of the Canal
Zone and Captain Rodman, naval offl- 1
ser at the canal. 1
Both Secretary Garrison and Secre- 1
tary Daniels made It dear that the 1
lelay la acting on Colonel Goethals 1
request for destroyers was due to a 1
ark of Information. Mr. Garrison ex
plained that the colonel had asked for
lestroyers without specifying the pur
pose of their use. In reply to a mes- I
?age of Inquiry, Colonel Goethals ex- <
plained that wireless regulations were <
>elng violated In canal waters and re- I
'erred to the misuse of the Canal Zone I
is a base of supplies. l
Moore Troops to Naco.
Washington.?Further demonstra
tion was made by the United States 1
government of Its determination not
to tolerate continued ftclng by the
Mexican factions at Naco. President
Wilson, after a. brief discussion with
his cabinet. Instructed Secretary Gar
rison to comply with the request of
Brig .Gen. Tasker H. Bliss at Naco.
Aria, tor reinforcements to handle a 1
possible emergency situation. Three i
regiments of Infantry and three bat- 1
(eries of artillery were ordered to
Naco.
Send Ship to Belgium.
Now York.?The commission for re
lief In Belgium announced that In fu
ture It would aeslitn ahlp* to each
state aaklng for them, and that wben
srer donation! of the states were not :
quite sufficient to All the ahlpa the
commission would bur la that state
to far as practicable foodstuffs to
complete the cargo
South Carolina. North Carolina and i
Oeorgla are co-operating to load an <
satire ship thet will sail from Char
I as ton early la January. Llndon W.
Bates Is rice chairman.
MEXICAN ARMIES ?
STILL ON BORDER
h ?V 'r ?: ," l
,
GENERAL BLISS REPORTS THE I
RESULT OF HIS DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS.
NO ULTIMATUM ISSUED YET
Denies to Socrotary Garrison That Ho
- Has Mads Doflnlto, Final Domands
on Grnorol Maytorona.
Washington. ? Secretary Oarrlaon
gave President Wilson the latest re
ports from Brig. Sen. Bliss on the sit
uation at Naco, where the Mexican
generals have not yet moved their
forces to avoid firing Into American
territory.
The reports showed that the situa
tion had undergone no apparent
change, although little firing was In
evidence. While the United States Is
determined, it necessary, to open fire
on the two Mexican forces to com- (
pel them to stop shooting Into the
State of Aiisona, It was feared that
no decisive action was planned, pend
ing efforts to Naco to Influence the
two factions to adjust the situation.
The general belief In official quar- J
tors was that some satisfactory un
derstanding would be reached.
Agents here of the Gqtlerres Gov
ernment to which General Maytorena
Is loyal, claims that he Is preparing
to move his force down the railroad
south of Naco, so that he can con
tinue to besiege the Carransa force
under General Hill with the Ameri
can border out of the range of fire. '
While reports from General Bliss
to the War Daprtpment were not
made public It Is believed they Indi
cated that he thought he had persuad
ed General Maytorena to stop firing t
across the line. Until there Is a dell- t
nite understanding on the whole situ- B
atlon, It it thought General Bliss has- t
warned General Hill not to take the f
offensive, which would draw the fire e
of the Maytorena troops. ,
a
RUSSIAN ARMY RETREATING.
1
Falling Back From Poland to Get ?
Better Baae of Operations. f
London.?"The Rnaalana are retir- ?
lng along the entire front In Oallcla 0
and Poland."
This statement officially Issued at b
Vienna la the outstanding feature of j
news from the battle fronts. While h
there Is no confirmation from other 0
sources, such a move on the part of n
the Russians would be in line with the ?
announcements In Petrrograd dis- c
patches that the Russians threatened ?
on both flanks had decided to take up a
new positions where they could better 0
meet the Austro-German onslaughts u
from the Carpathians to the East
Prussian frontier.
The Russian delay In fulfilling ax- ,
pectatlons that they would prove a t
serious menace to German territory c
is dlappolntlng the peoples of the Al- t
lied countries, but military men ex
press the view that It Is better for c
Russia to fight In her own territory,
where means of communcatlon would
he more on an equality.
" K
Admlral Fisher Talks of Efficiency. *
Washington.?Five years would be G
required to put the United States <j
Nary in the highest state ' of effl- s
clency to meet a hostile fleet, accord- j
lng to a statement by Rear Admiral s
Flake before the House Naval Com
mittee. The Admiral, who la chief
of the Bureau of Operations, member ?
of the general board and a former
president of the Naval Institute, said *'
the Navy was deficient In air craft, *
mines, scout cruisers, torpedo-boat dp- 1,
stroyers, submarines and in number of
trained officers and men and had no
mine sweepers.
Members of the committee were
particularly Interested In Admiral .
Ftske's view as to the possibility of
foreign air craft dropping bombs on
American cities. He expressed the
opinion that an attacking fleet might "
begin sending Its airships on bomb- ''
dropping fights over New York from *
S range of 500 to 600 miles oft the ?
coast
One foreign Navy, which was nhm- 11
sd, the Admiral said, was more effi- *'
cient than the American fleet In gun- *
aery. This he declared however, was "
so only because the American marks
men had not been given adequate op
portunity for practice.
Norwegian la Ashors. ^
Colon. ? The Norwegian steamer ^
Palk has been ashore on the San Bias d
roast near Dtable for several days,
according to advices received here. tI
She has little cargo and her position b.
Is regarded as dangerous. She car- t)
rlea no passengers. p,
Libns Eacapa in Naw York.
New York.,?Six trained Hons escap
ed from their cage on the stage of an b
East Eighty-slth street theater and T
bounding info the audience, consist- b,
lng principally of women and child- a
ren. created a panic. One lioness.
Alice, largeat of the pack, escaped h.
Into a crowded street. Policemen j,
pursued her Into the hallway of u n
apartment and shooting at her, prob- g|
ably fatally wounded Sergeant Daniel n,
Glenn. Two other offlcera were slight- C1
ly wounded by the claws of the beasts ,t
In a battle at close range.
Reviled Dud List.
Hartlepool. England. Tia London.?
The latest official estimate of ttie cas
utttes resulting from the German ul
bombardment of Hartlepool, says that a<
M parsons were killed and about 25# m
wars wounded. at
a!
Sailed With Horses. In
Newport News, Vn.?The British
steamer Anglo-Patagenoe, carrying a ei
cargo of 1,000 horses for use by the ei
Allied armies In the European war a
sons, sailed from this port for Bor ty
deeux. Prance,*" lo
is?. ? A
-J :
CAPT. JOHN C. GLOSSOP |
'?
Captain Gloaaop la commandar of tha
Australian Cruiser Sydnay which
cornarad and daatroyad tha Qarman
cruiaar Emdan at Kacllng Island.
IDOPT COTTON LOAN FUND
HEN FROM THE 80UTH DISCUSS
ED PLANS FOR USE OF
LOAN FUND.
Eotl mated Thut $70,000,000 at Loaat
?f the $186,000,000 Pool Will Bo
Applied for by Qrowora.
Washington.?The 1135,000,000 col
on loan fund plan to finance the sur
ilua cotton crop, was approved unani
mously by representatives of contmlt
ee which will aid In handling the
und In Southern States. The repres
ntatives held an all-day conference
rith the cotton loan committee, which
as final supervision of the fund.
"Although no definite statements
rere made at the meeting as to bow
nuch cash will be drawn from the
und to carry the surplus crop, esti
mates ranged from 310,000,000 to 370,
00.000 and members of the cotton 1
nan committees were confident htm- -
reds of applications for loans would
?e forthcoming before January 1.
lost of those present believed that
letween 4,000.000 and 5,000,000 bales
>f cotton must be carried over until
iext year. It as estimated that about
159,000,000 would be needed to take
are of this cotton, and It was the
:eneral opinion that unleas there la
natural expansion of credit through
?ut the South the loan fund will be
aed to aid cotton producers.
There was evidence that many of
he state committeemen agreed with
he Idea adjvanced by officials here
hat cotton producers next year must
ut their cotton production. The cot
on loan committee will .use every
leans to convince growers of the ne
essity of curtailment. *>
The representatives from 10 states
icluded:
Moorhead Wright, Arkansas; R. F.
faddox, Georgia; Sol Wexler, Loulsl
na; Z. D. Davit, Mississippi; Joseph
1. Brown, North Carolina; A. C.
'rumbo, Oklahoma; R. G. Rhett,
oath Carolina; Henry D. Ltndsley,
'exas; E. L. Rice, Tennessee; and
tate Senator MIRon, Florida.
The cotton loan committee was
spresented by W. P. G. Harding and
aul M. Warburg, of the Federal Re
erve Board; J. P. Forgan of Chlca
0, Festus J. Wade of St. Louis, A.
1. Wlggln, New York, and Levi Rue,
hljadelphla
'? ?;> ?
DANIELS FAVOR8 NORFOLK. ?
1
C
I Plaes for Dry Dock?Recommends- ,
tlon to tho Committee. ,
Washington ? Formal announce- i
lent of successful naval tests of coal 1
?om government-owned fields In 1
laska was mad# by Secretary Dan- t
sis before the naval committee of the t
ouse. Trials by the cruiser Mary
ind about 10 days ago, Mr. Daniels l
kid. had demonstrated that the Mat
nuska coal was as good as any to be
innd.
Three recommendations were made ,
y Secretary Daniels. They were: ,
Appointment of all second lteuten
nts In the navy hereafter as "act- (
IS second lieutenant!" so that those r
ho do not measure up to require- c
lents after appointment may be c
ropped. 8
The secretary said the navy was <
?ying to put Its yards on a business t
asis with Industrial managers, trying d
>e plan at New York. Norfolk and c
erhaps some other plants. v
Turkish Cruiser Torpedoed.
London ?A communication Issued
y the official bureau announced the
urktsh battleship Messudleh had
sen torpedoed h7 a British sub- 1
isrtne. 4
The Messudleh aa a very old boat, I
living been built at Blackwell, Eng- 1
ind, In 1874 and reconstructed In a
enoa In 1804. In the war with Greece t
Is was reported badly damaged In a t
aval battle in the Dardanelles. She 7
srrled a crew of 600 men. "When 1
ist seen thp Messudleh was sinking c
r the stern." I
- Austria Admits Defeat.
London.?The most striking feature
1 the day's official news Is the candid ?
imiatlon by the Austrian Govern- r
ent of the defeat of the Austrian t
rmy In Servth and apparently the t
bandonmept of Its third attempt to c
va'derits Smalt Slay neighbor. t
While attrlbntlng the failure to the t
lemy's superior force, as all Gov- t
?nment bulletins explain failures, the It
ustrlan War Office announces plain- 4:
an attended retirement and heavy 1
sses. ?' x
6ERMHNS BOMBARD
THE ENGLISH COAST
I -?
WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH AND
HARTLEPOOL ATTRACTED BY
J? SWIFT CRUISERS .
ESCAPE UNDER COVER OF F06
Caauilty Llat Total* 110, Doad SI;
Big Pro party Lota?Unuaua!
ExeltomanL
London.?For the flrat time In
centuries England hat been atrook
by a foreign foe. A squadron of swift
German crnisers crept through the
fog to the eastern roast and turned
their guns against the Britons.
When day broke they began bom
bardment of three important towns?
Hartlepool at the mouth of tha Teea,
Whitby, noted as a pleasure resort.
16 miles beyond. Hartlepool suffer
ed most There two battle cruisers
were engaged. The British war oSloe
Uses the number ot dead at Hartle
pool sb seven soldiers and 21 civilians.
At Scrabroogh, shelled by a battle
cruiser and an armored cruiser, 11
casualties are reported while at
Whitby two were killed and two
were wounded.
Men, women and children of the
civilian population were left dead or
wounded struck without warning
whHe at work. In all the casualty
list totals 114, according to the of
ficial estimates, of whom 21 are
known to be dead.
At Hartlepool, churches were dam
aged and the gas works and lumber
yards were set afire, while the ab
bey at Whitby was struck. The Bal
moral Hotel at Scarborough received
the full effect of a shell. A number
of houses and shops were shattered
and partly burned in each of the
towns.
The hostile squadron escaped In
the mist after an encounter with
coast guard vessels.
CARRANZA AND VILLA CRASH.
Armies in First Big Battle Cast of
Torreon.
El Paso.?The first Important battle
between the Carransa and Villa arm
ies la in progress near San Pedro de
las Colonies, east of Torreon. Several
columns of Carransa troops from doe
hulla Statet, aggregating about 5.000
men under Colonel Illfonse Vasquez,
are engaged by a slightly larfier force
under General VIUs.
Both sides have ample artillery and
the fighting Is described as desperate.
The Carranzs forces made a threat
ening movement to take Torreon and
to shut off* Villa's communication
?rith the North. Villa garrison in
Northern Mexico have been depleted
by the movement into Mexico City
tnd troops from the National Capital
probably will be aent to the northern
theater of war.
It appears that Carransa, from
Item Cruz, has ordered a general
movement Into the North. Four hun
Ired men from General Hill's forces
In the extreme eaat of Sonora are
moving on Joans, held by a small
Fills garrison. Five hundred Car
-anza troops from Cbahnila recently
passed below Sierra Blanc a, Texas, on
their way toward Juarez.
U. 8. Navy Bhort of Plana.
Washington.?Th? navy la "from
10,000 to 50,000 men abort of Ita needs
is laid down In tt^e confidential war
riana of the war college." according
:o Franklin D. Roosevelt^ assistant
lecretary of the navy, who testified at
he' house naval committee's hearings
>n the naval appropriation hill- Mr.
Xoosevelt explained that many addl
JonaJ men would be needed for pnr
toses other than manning ships now
a commission. Asked why service
able vessels were laid up In reserve,
le said no nation kept all of Its ships
constantly In commission. Mr. Roose
relt explained a table worked out
lome months ago by the navy de
partment. according to an established
ormnla. showing the strength In
levies In "points." It placed the
trmored fighting craft of various
hree leading powers as follows:
England, 7.T68: Germany, 3,818;
Jnlted States, 3.562.
Goethals Again Asks for Fleet.
Panama.?Governor Goethals has
igain cabled to Secretary' Garrison
etting forth need for destroyers In
anal ports to preserve neutrality.
Colonel Goethals says he has no
neans of preventing the use of canal
ir Panaman ports as i a means of
communication and that these porta
ipparently are being used to that end.
"olonei Goethals expressed opinion
hat there was as much necessity for
lestroyers at canal ports as at any
ither American ports where they
rere stationed to prevent breaches.
Right Side of Balance.
Washington. ? November foreign
rade statistics show a balance In fa
'or of the United States of 379,299,
>17. For October the balance was
56,630.650, for September 816.3*1,722,
rhlle in August it was 319,400,406
gainst ths United States. Novem
ter's exports announced by the De
partment of Commerce totalled 3205,
66.424 and Imports *126,467.007.
There, as a decrease of 371.000,000 In
cotton exports compared with Novem
ier, 1912.
Ratified Safety Convention. ?
Washington. ? Tho International
onventlon tor eafety of life at tea,
lgned at London Janaary 2, 1*14. by
a any world powers was ratified by
be Senate after a resolution had
>een adopted reserving the right to
mact higher standards than the
restj- prescribed for health and safe
y on American vessels and to Impose
hem upon all foreign vessels within
ts territorial waters. Champions of
ha {Medina gasman's bUI Insisted that
rtthoat tbe reservations the treaty
sight nullify Immigrant bill.
TTTw . ? ?
"HANSI," ALSATIAN ARTIST
? ? " . ; " - "
r " ? ? " ' -1 Mn? Inn. ..n . ?<lil .....tl
"wi wuj ogu ? uiuu ocuBBiiun wH
created when John Welti, en Alsatian
artist and writer, widely known under m
the pseudonym of "Hans!," was con
demned by the German authorities to "
a year's lraprtsonmant on account of
a book for children which be had
written and illustrated. In this book,
which was called "Mon Village," be
dealt in a humorous and satirical rein
with life In his native village, and
he was lavish both with pen and pen
cil In criticism of the German masters
of Alsace-Lorraine and praise of the
French, Its rulers of yesterday.
Since then "Hanst" has produced
another work, which, together with Its
predecessor, has become so enormous
ly popular In Prance since the out
break of war against Germany that
copies are scarcely to be obtained.
I This, "The History of Alsace for Lit
tle Children. Told by Their Vncle
-Hanst," gives little Xlaatlans a survey
, ui iuo uwij oi mt'ir nauve uoo loai
, Is antl-Oerman In every line. And while this book and "Moo VUlagd" are sell
ing like hot cakes In Prance and doubtless being smuggled Into Alsatian
homes by the hundred, there to be scanned with delight aploed with the
thought ot what may befall U "the men from across the Rhine" get wind of
the treasured volumes, "Hansl" himself Is fighting In the Prencb army against -
the natlou which he has so consistently and humorously criticised In word
and picture.
NO COFFEE FOR SMOOT
1
Senator Reed 8moot. In coose- f~~
qnence of hla Mormon training, naea
no atimulanta?no tobacco,, alcohol,
coffee or tea. No one who baa ever
undertaken to go through life without
the use of coffee or tea baa any Idea
of the petty annoyances that such ab
stinence entails. A man ran quit
drinking malt, rlnous, or spirituous
liquors, and his friends merely re
mark: "On the wagon, ehr* and let
It go at that. They don't ask why he
quit, and usually do not Insist on bis
drinking, regardless of what may be
the prevailing notion to the contrary.
Anybody knows that when a man
quits drinking he does so because he
does not wish to take all the natural
finish off his Insldes and die ahead of
schedule, or have a befuddled brain,
such as one can see on the charts la
any doctor's office.
But with a man who does not ^
drink coffee or tea It Is different. |
Everybody desires to know why.
Wherever Stnnnt umm tn Hlno n?Anln ?
you nervous?" "Don't you drink It for breakfast even?" "Did you ever try
that Battle Creek aubetitute for coffee?" "Doee It keep you awake?" And.
oh, a great many more. Then aome woman la certain to aay: "Mercy, I've
taken a cup of coffee at every meal since I can remember, and I don't think
It hurts me a bit."
Of late years. In order to avoid a scene. Smoot usually takes a cap of
coffee when It Is offered to him. but does not drink K. But this avails him
little. Sooner or later hlaJiostees Inquires: ,
"Do you And your coffee too strong?" or, "Did you get cream and sugar?"
Then the truth leaks out an? the questions begin.
Even In a restaurant the coffee proposition Is one of Ufa's little Irrita
tions In Smoot's case. Every waiter assumes that everybody drinks coffee.
The waiter always says: "Will you have your coffee now or later?"?even/
though nothing has been said about coffee at all. Senator Smoot sometimes
wishes the "dry" movement would be amended to Include coffee.
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| MISSOURI BOY SHOWS KANSAS
~1 Everyone In Kansas, and particu
larly In the Seventh congressional
district, la talking about a former
Colombia and Mexleo, Mo., boy. Jouett
Bhouae. He moved to Kinsley. Kd-.
wards county, from his former home
In Islington, Ky., on November II,
1111, and on November S, 1114, was
elected to represent the lsrgest con
gressional district of .the Union.
Shouse Is the son of the late Rev.
John 8. Shouse, one of the most wide
ly known and beloved ministers of
~ , the Christian church. During the pe
riod from 1812 to 1(11, Mr. Shouse
had charges In Columbia and Mexico.
His son Jouett was a student at the -
University of Missouri. 'In 1911,
through Shouse's efforts, the delegates
to the state convention from the Sev
enth went to Topeka with Instructions
for Champ Clark. The state conven
tion Instructed for Champ Clark. And
H Kansas was one of the first states to
bare a whirl at the Clark boom.
Next year Shouee wu elected a state Senator and his brilliant work in that
position resulted In hla election to congress. Only twice before has that dis
trict sent a nonTteJtublican to Washington. *
I 5 1
MAI. GEN. SAM HUGHES
rina r\t tka mnat nlnhiwtuna Utr. ? ' 11 11 1111 '" ?
urea in public life In Canada ta MaJ.
Gen. Sam Hughes, minister of militia.
His admirers call him Independent A
and efficient: his critics ear he is a I
marvel of indiscretion. He organized *
Valcartier camp, where the Canadian
contingent was trained for the Euro
pean war, and, bossing. the job to
suit himself, succeeded in arousing a
Jot of adverse criticism. But on his
return from England he wiped all
that out with this typical speech:
' "1 have it on the word of the
late Lord Roberts that Valcartier
camp displayed on the part of your
humble servant, a capacity for or
ganisation and driving power, unsur
passed in military history."
But Hughes was not long In find
ing fresh trouble. General Lea sard, a d
French-Canadian officer, who did val- M
iant service in South Africa, but who la
is ineligible tor active service now on [j?
account of failing eyesight, as general
ameer commencing uie Toronto district, ordered a surprise mobilisation of
troops for the purpose of testing the efficiency of his organisation to meet
a possible Invasion of German-Americans.
Hughes did not approve. But Instead of' reprimanding the 0. O. a pri
vately, he blazed forth his criticism In a public address. Immediately the
tat was In the Are. Opposition papers said little. But government papers
forthwith demanded Hughes' bead.
Consider the Poor.
It I* written not, "Blessed is he thst
feedeth the poor," but "Blessed Is hs
thst consldereth the poor." And you
know n little thought and a little
kindness are often worth more than a
great, deal of money.?Rue kin.
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Chang* In Auntl*.
Little Margaret'* aunt had been lU
for aeveral week* and Margaret had
not seen her daring thl* time. Oa tee
ing her for the flrst time after her
tllne** the cried: "My. auntie, how
you bar* evaporated!" JgHB