►AY. JAJTUASY Mi, Iff*. bt «n details, bat i I it firm Mm mwi> at tfce Lw of Ifatfane. Ok tto tea* this • llliWM of ' m tha part of ifol regmrd It u I ran of conviction that fur ther daisy In ratifying tha treaty will bring calamity to American husineaa and • day of reckoning for tha Re publican cabal in tha Senate. Senator Knox uppoasd not only the League of Nation* bat alno the treaty itaelf. In a formal speech, carefully prepared bt advance of ita delivery, Mr. Knox declared the provision* of the treaty to he " harnh and cruel" to the German people. Previously he had sought the passage of a resolu tion to diaaoclate the treaty from tha covenant of the I-eague of Nation*. Reversal Forecast In addition to hia ehange of view with regard to tha treaty—which ha ia now willing to accept in all ia pre far enough from Ma fo to nuggeat that tha United States be-1 come a "consulting member" of tha Teague of Nation*. Democratic com mentator* do not regard this as a big eoaceaslon of course, bat they appre ciate it* Importance when read In con nection with Senator"* previoo* hos tility to both the treaty and the Lea gue. No one expected Mr. Knox to re mw himself over night, or at ad. Ha hasnl yet "about fared." but he has certainly executed a " right face"— with hi* eyaa In tha direction of a full ■tvra. Senator Lodge continue* to etn ■tey the langtiaga of opposition, but hi* manner ia that of one who has concession in the bark of hi* mind, in the opinion of thoae who have watch ed hi* recent maneuver*. In one of the la teat diacoaaione of the treaty In the Senate Mr. Lodge affected to aeout the connection between the re jection of tha treaty and the decline of foreign exchange bat it waa apparent that he realized the remit to himself and other* of a popular belief that there ia a relation between the two. Other Republican Senator* appear to be diaconcertad by the ruinooa fall in tha value of foreign money and foraaae it* effect on American buai neas. It ia believed that they are aware that if the Senate'* refuaal to ratify the treaty ia not the *ola cauaa, H ia a principal factor in tha preaent demoralising discount of lovereigns, franca, lira and marki. They *eem to understand that a further deprecia tion of Europe's money will prevent ' buying here and that American pro duction will alack en and begat un employment and financial depreeetoa in the United State*. It would be too modi to aay that the Republican* are showing signs of full retreat from their former position hat it ia arithin the truth to aay that that they are planning a "strategic" retirement. ' Cm ■**y'« Army Katimated at Chm to Million Mm LotMian, Jan. 1.—Carman?** arm ad foretj in aatimntod by tha Brttiah war offlea to total daaa to a million man. Thaaa art dlvidad Into tha rag alar army of 400,000, tha land foreaa of tha regular navy 11000, tha armed constabulary 40,00^ to 60.000; tha temporary voluntaor* or regular army na*i»n 180,000 to200,000; civic guard* >00.000 to 400,000. IF YOU WANT to bay a food farm aaa ma. I har» ana containing 110 una la 0 mflaa of Mount Airy. SO aeiw good bottom laad. Goad build ing* and good orchard. Prtea IMOO. 00. Tarau aaay. J. A. Atkhw, kjr M Grant, Candy Clark, however, our Franch allies. would •olilier" Mill, by the dtffaranea mt an extra *V and a *ai«harin* and auper fluoua middle nam*. But IKtlo little Karr ot Norfolk, VlrgMa, who doaa Ilka aa Amaaon In Ma ibtlaaa able to the fair en etf fair aueeuline end military far once by of taottnttf. It la to be hoped Ant Green Berry Anderaon dteagra and that Paria Green proved more deadly; while Ieeae Didnot Butcher perhapa did batcher when the order wae given to uee the bnyonet. Grief Grimee may have tranafeired hie Borrow* to the foe, and Fine Gar man have proved to the other Und of German* how much finer hie kind wae an fighting men. Here are a few more of the odd name* and facte that the filing card* revealed: There were in the earvice a Dinner Bell Page, Great Britton Turner, Wiley Foa Hunter, Green Hoe Jackson, Lloyd George Parliament, George Sleep* From Houae and Free Office Grave*. There were aiao Aaad Experience Wilson of Van Hook, North Dakota; Mih Goeh at Chicago Green Horn at Stoteeboro, Georgia Velvet Couch of Brinkley, Arkanaae Will Swindle of Canter, Teaaa; Ilng)ilif Bucji d Owf LoaieittfMt; and B. Pluribu* Blown of Perry, Georgia. Abraham Lincoln*, George Wash ington*, Robert E. Lee* and William Jenning* Bryan* were In the aervice by hundred*. Gen. Grant, Gen. Wel lington and Gen. Jackaon atao helped heat the German*, Quite a few Virgin Mary*, largely man of Latin decant, were in the army, too. The clerk* found forty-nine way* ways of * palling IgnaU. There were fifty-three thousand Johnsons, fifty one thouiand Smith*, forty-aevan thousand one hundred Walker* In the service, and in the 874th Infantry alone there were fifty-one Joae Bodri PALE CHILDREN NEED GUDE'S PEPTO-MANGAN Unnatural for Children to bo Polo and Thin—Palomoaa ia Sign of THm, Watery Blood Pepto-Mangan Makes Red Blood Prepared ia Liquid ud Tablet Form—Both Possess Ident - cal Medical Qualities It ia necessary for boys and giH-i to laugh, romp, play, and enjoy them nhra, for it U at that itafr >>f life that the foundation is laid for future health. Prompt attention ihould be gtren to the child who seldcm laughs, whose physical condition prevents playing like the other children, whose appetite is poor, and who tires easily. If the lassitude is due to poor blood, which is often the ease, a simple, aafe and pleasant reasady is in easy reach. Gude'i Pepto Mangan Is just the tonic for pale, thin children. Gude'i Pepto-Mangan contains the very in gredients that increase aad enrich the blood, enabling H to supply the entire body with the sorely needed vigor, ■trength and vitality that make happy romping children. Per the convenience of the public Pepto-Mangan ia prepared in tablet as well a* liquid form. Both font* possess exactly the same medicinal properties. When you ask the drug gist for Pepto-Mangan, look for the name "Cude's" on the package. If it | is not there it U net PepbvMangaa. Doa't Yea Parget It Bear hi mind that Chamberlain's Tablets not only more the bowels but improve the appetite and itrengthen the digestion. Ttiev contain no pepein or other digestive ferment bat strengthen the stoatarh and enable it to perform its functions naturally. te ■l — h'l. m tkla city, Springfield, (i laAl. and Holyeke aarty tmrtgfct District Attomtjr Ely, of today era in tfcia eity and Holyoka. Alex ander Parry, aanwr of the houaa in Cfcieopee Fall*, who wea heldj undor (10,000 bail on a charge of nan ■laughter after pleading not guilty, | waa among those questioned, bat nu word waa given out by Diatrict Attor ney Ely aa to tha reaolt. All aaloona in thin city and Holyoka ware rloead thu afternoon by tile po lice from order* from the district at torney. Every hour of tha day and early evening brought report* of new eaaea of expected death*. The Mercy hca pital ambulance of Springfield and the Chicopae police patrol waa kept boay the entire day nuking victim* to the hoxpitala. Of the 15 or mora entering Mercy hospital, all except] one bad died and the one peraon alive waa not expected to live oi A—rif New York, Dec. 27.—Europe needs red blood, more than relief, and shown symptom* of hsvtag been "•polled" by America's lavish assist ance, according to Wm. J. Mulligan, chairman of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities, who has just returned from abroad. "The people of Europe are not as badly off as many would have Amer icans believe," he said today. "While places, one detects symptoms of spoil ing through America'* lavish awis tance. "Europe needs red blood rather than' relief, and it would not be anaccept able If grsr.tude waa shown America for what bh» has done. Europe will take all we have to five, and certainly we should giva. something. "But we should ask for an account ing of everything we give and insist that the statesmen of Europe get down to business if they want to con tinue receiving our help. There is too much talk and not enough work in Europe." Mr. Mulligan laid that activities 01 Knights of Columbus in Europe i-d been reduced by providing enter nnment for the remnant of AoMrican army of occupation and to acting as guides to American service men visit ing Paris aid ether cities. Cashier Talus Button. Instead of M.Jlciw WiJaon, Dec. 27.—A bank ewhtar of this city a few day* ago, can* to the conclusion that ha had a sever* at tack of asthma and stopping at a drug store purchased one dec. aspirin taMeta. The box that contained the medicine struck the fancy of one of his daugh ters aa being the very thing to pack a Christmas present In and the cash ier's wife took the tablets from the beat and placed them in a pia tray and placed the tray in a bureau drawer, and warned him not to forget to take these just before retiring each night until they were all taken. For several nights in jucceaaioa the asthmatic forget his dope until get ting between sheets and knowing about where his wife placed them, gut up in the dark and gulped them down. The fourth morning his wife in plund ering In the bureau drawer found that not a single tablet had been taken, aM asfeed: "Why dear. He replied: "I hare taken the last one and never felt finer In my life." Instead of the tray with tablets he had been swallywing white pearl shirt buttons from another pia tray, and says ha feels "all bsltsaid ap." U ■aqw » pay UnjMjm to liw fe »10. Tha M; 1, 1»1«. signed Ik* M«Nary bill continuing the United States sugar •qailatloA board through 1920. It was announced today at the Wbite House that bia signature had been at tached before midnight last night. Secretary Tumulty, in making tha announcement issued this statement: "The President has signed the sugar eont-ol bill. The bill confers discre tion on tha President in tha matter of purchasing sugar from Cuba. It is doubted whether tt will be practicable or wise for the President to exercise the power conferred so far as the purchase and distribution of sugar are concerned." Some of the Cuban sugar has al ready been purchased ind there ie ne central control oT«r sugar in Cuba as there was last year, and It might therefore, be impoesible for the gor eernment now to step In and purchase the sugar without increasing the price to the consumer. The bill, however, continues the licensing power also and this power may be used to assist in control ing the profiteering among dis tributors. Much Cuban sugar Ie com ing in now and the indications are that prices hare reached their peak and that there will be a tendency for prices to fall in the next few weeks. RockafelWr Cmi to Mawktod $100,000,000 New York, Dee. 24.-John D. Rockefeller to-day prt to mankind a Christmas present of $100^MW^00 —half to the , genera] education board to raise the salaries of college professors and half to the Kockefeller foundation, to aid tn ita work at eeaa batting disease through improvement of medical education,public health ad ■fatoKln and aiiiatUfc reeeareh. public gtfU now approximate MM, 000,000. While leaving to the general edu cation beard the tamk of (electing the collegea which shall receive award* for their teaching Staffs and the a moont each is to receive, Mr Rocke feller urged that the principal aa well a* the income be need "aa promptly and largely aa may eeees •to* It is known that far a long thne Mr. Rockefeller has been Interested in the problem of aiding leathers in the country's higher institutions of learn ing in meeting the increasing eoet of living. Among the 600 college! in the United 8tatae campaigns are under way to raise approximately $160,000 000 for this panose, and whoa mak ing his gifts Mr. Rockefeller doe# net ■pacify toUWieM mditog a share contribute a sum themselves, this has bean the general practice of the gen oral educator beard. Wh*n th* Itaer reached port the flm war* oat aad th« 10 pa*a*naw* and 52 inbin at th* crew war* Buf fering from cold. Thatr only More* of h*ot aai from arraral amall oil ■to***. With the aid of thaa*. and by cztTfiiinf tnd drinking op the ship's m aupply, they bad nampd to h**p wmem ataco laat Tiiiday, ha Mid. Ik* traobto b*gan about MO mite* ■ wnbaaat *f th* Aabwii channel lightahip, aaanrdtog to Moym. Ha 1-1 . . , .,-1 I- ■ " — Mua evtryoofly w*s in mfn ipina hoping to «*t hone by Chriateaoa, wb*n tb* AW enginaar "1«t out tb* ftrat not* of diacard." "Ha wanted jam, common, ordinary, old jam. to ipraad on Ma bread," aaid Meyer*. "There waa plenty of mar milad* bat ho waiin't satiafied and j won th* ftrat note grew into a tan*." Things happened "thick and fa*t,' : 'h* traffic manager explained. First t><- ghip began to liat becaoa* hilg* water had accumulated, and "the lulu.* I pump* were atopped while the chief engineer worried about jam." Th*r. something went wrong with the oil feed to the fir**, he declared, and "the firat thing anybody knew tha ship wan out of control." The wirvlea* "5. O. S." call waa sent out, Mr. Meyers said and waa an swered by a Clyde linor. About the | night in honor of their son Paul 9wan I son. About thirty young people were present and after spending mm time at games and music they were lad to the dining room where delicious cake and desert were served, nuts and candy. The entertainment given by the Baptst Sunday school on Wednesday night was vary much enjoyed by the large number preaeat. Talks ware made by L M. Gordon, and WW Rod man. Treats were given the children. Durham SaMter Finds Wife Married Durham, Jan. 1.—J. ft. Page, of Wake coonty, returned to his hnsae in this cRy daring the Christmas holi days, a modern Enoch Arte. Released from the army —slue he returned, expecting to ta gi sated by his wife. Instead Mrs. Ida Page Griffith welcomed hba. Mrs. Page had married ft. A- Griffith daring her husband's absence, havta? been notifi ed of his death. HAS VAST STORE OF 80L» Nearly a Million and a HaK of the Prealoua Kelchak'i Something of tile Arab B»rn»rr perhapa of All Bata whoa ha 4bvwvw