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CLARK IS AGAIN ELECTED SPEAKER BY THE DEMOCRATS COMPLETE CONTROL OF HOUSE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE DEMOCRATS. CLARK GOT 217 VOTES KUNN RECEIVED 205 Five Members of Republican Party Did Not Vote For Mann. Miss Jeannette Rankin is Given an Ova tion. Washington. The Democrats!, with the aid of four of the five Independ ents, organized the House when the new Congress assembled, re-elcting Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, and sweeping into office with him all the other Democratic caucus nomi nees. Mr. Clark received 217 votes against 205 for Representative Mann, the Re publican choice for Speaker, who not only failed to receive an Independent vote, but lost the support of five of his party colleagues. AH the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark and were jointed by Rep resentatives Hall. Progressive, Minne sota; Martin, Progressive-Protectionist, Louisiana; London, Socialist, New York and Randall, Prohibitionist, Coli fornia. The five Republicans who did not support Mr. Mann were Represen tatives Gardned, of Massachusetts, who voted for Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin; Gray, New Jersey, and Dallinger, Massachusetts, who voted for Representative Gillett, of Massa chusetts, and Haskell, of New York, IS CHOSEN SPEAKER BY AID OF INDEPENDENTS. 4 t$?r, 7iv i 73 between petts'and Chester, MasV knocked his s 'unl idors ci several m 1 the corrid and se vst delegation; P.' ' rH i 7 A Wl Senator Vs, if tm committeearir the door of ed him to vote against aanv PREPARING EFFORT TO WIN WAR GERMANY IS GATHERING TO THE COLORS EVERY AVAILABLE MAN. SUPREME TEST THIS YEAR Field Marshall Von Hindenburg Con siders it By No Means Impossible to Attain Victory During 1917. Copenhagen. Germany, according to information reaching here from Berlin, now is gathering to the colors every available man for a supreme military effort to bring the war to a victorious conclusion in this year's campaign, a goal which Field Marshal von , Hindenburg and his advisers con sider by no means impossible of at tainment. Without altering formally the law of military service, the German auth orities have in practice extended the period of service beyond the forty fifth year. The policy of the German War De partment, as stated in the Reichstag this week by a military representative, is to withdraw those men over lf from the front line after they have done six mouths of duty there, but military exigencies compel the holding of these over-age men for service in the so-called etape, or region behind the actual fighting front. For some time the German authori ties, in a grand coming out of n3ii earlier pronounced unfit for service, have been mustering men on the very verge of the age limit, but up to the present they have announced that the necessity has not yet arisen for legis lation raising the age limit to 65 as has been done in Austria-Hungary. The operations of the labor service law, now in full swing, are further resleasing for service at the front every available man behind the lines capable of carrying a rifle, so that the next two or three months should see the German armies at maximum size. Simultaneously with the draining of the dregs of human reservoirs of soldier material. Germanys industrial mobilization also is approaching a climax. A scheme for converting every available factory and employing every available machine on war work and manning them with labor obtain ed under the labor service law is con templated. The work is to be done in three stages, and the construction of a third group of munition plants is to begin immediately. The output of cannon munitions therefore should soon reach its maximum. RIOT BREAKS UP PEACE MEETING IN BALTIMORE. Waving Flags, Crowd Breaks Into Hall During Meeting. Many Fights. Baltimore. A mass-meeting held here under the auspices of the Ameri can League Against Militarism, ended in a riot. A counter-demonstration was organized on the pavement of the Academy of Music, in which Dr. David Starr Jordan was speaking. Finally the crowd took the matter into its own hands and, led by some militiamen. .broke into the theater and marched wn the aisles, waving a large Am- an frag. here was an audience of about inside, and about that number to enter. Several fights started. police department had sounded a all and police from every sec- ot the city soon arrived. Ejec started. the lights were dimmed he meeting nroke up just as r Jordan was reaching an impas- climax in his address, socially prominent led the of 4.000. College professors, Carter G. Osburn. Jr., a banlc s at the head waving a flag. A ess and a crowd which saw the eppear from his hand, leaped swept the police aside and the theater. 'iy men were clubbed and four were taken to a hospital. A jthers were arrested. IINJURED IN STORM AT MEMPHIS. Is, Tenn. Eight persons Yed several buildings were 5id a score or more were un- otherwise damaged in , vthat skirted this city and fhamton, a suburb, with its Three of the injured, who funder the falling timber uan tnurcn hi cingnam- he the buildings demol- iously hurt. All are x- ver. rfOGE WAS YED DURING MARCH. i Od vi-ir. j 1 1 (lutiltltJii L' Juccesses already publish nth of March, says an of ent published the first f e German Admiralty, 34 iers, two sailing vessels and 14 Lig craft, aggregating 90,000 gross were sunk by German sub- larinea. Of the total 24 were British vessels, one of which was an auxiliary cruiser displacing at least 8,000 tons. ALL AVAILABLE SPACE FOR GARDENS (Copyright) DECLARES GERMAN POLICY . j IMPERIAL f.HANflFI I OR nPP.IAR. ED BEFORE REICHSTAG POL ICY TOWARD U. S. Offers No Excuse For Waging Sub marine Warfare. "Germany Feels Neither Hatred Nor Hostility For America," He Says. Berlin, via Sayville. Dr. von Beth-mann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, in a speech in the Reich stag declared that Germany had un dertaken submarine warfare for its de fense, and added: "If the American Nation considers this a cause for which to declare war against the Gwraan N&tion with which it has lived in peace for more than 100 years, if this warrants an increase of bloodshed, we shall not have to bear the burden of responsib ility for it." . The Chancellor made important dec larations concerning Germany's pol icy toward the United States and Russia. "How did these things develop?" he asked, in speaking of the relation with the United States, and then pro ceeded to answer the question by re viewing the causes which led up to the German use of submarines in un restricted warfare. "Germany never had the slightest intention of attacking the United States of America and does not have such intention now. It never desired war against the United States of Am erica, and does not desire it today," was his declaration. The Chancellor, whose speech is re ported by the Overseas News Agency (the German Official News Bureau), said further: PRESIDENT HAS AUTHORITY TO RAISE ARMY OF 700,000. Senator Chamberlin Says This Power Is Already the President's. Washington. Plans to forward fur ther preparedness measures for the army began to assume definite form. How an increased army force mo be promptly secured for the present emergency as well as universal train ing as a national policy, were discuss ed by President Wilson with Senator Chamberalin, of Oregon, chairman of the Senate Military Committee. At the same time. Secretary Baker and Administraiton leader in Congress considered legislation needed immed iately for the military establishment. Senator Chamberlain told the Presi dent that he believed the Executive now has authority, without further action by Congress, to raise at ome an army of more than 700,000 men by increasing the regular army to wai st rength and calling out all of the National Guard at v?or strength with co-operation from state executives. There was no intimation that the President was considering such a step immediately, but the whole field of measures necessary to secure a larger force was discussed. LOAN OVER-SUBSCRIBED THIRTY-THREE PER CENT. Washington $50,000,000 borrowed by the Government for 90 days is dis tributed among the1 12 Federal Reserve banks as follows: New York, $20,000,000; Boston, $3, 000,000; Philadelphia, $3,500,000 Richmond, $2,000,000; Atlanta, $1,500, 000; Chicago, $5,000,000; St. Louis, $2,500,000; Minneapolis, $2,000,000; Kansas City, $2,500,000; Dallas, $2, 000,000; San Francisco, $2,500,000. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING IS URGED. New York. Universal compulsory military training, with the National Guard as a part of the Federal force, was recommended by the unanimous vote of the delegates to the National Defense Convention of the Nation?.! Guard Association of the United Statei at its closing session. Members of the universal service committee of veter ans of the National Guard and Naval Militia, meeting later, went on record favoring universal training. OTHER 6UARSSMEN RE-CALLED NEW ORDER AFFECTS REGIMENTS THAT HAVt J U o I BCLIM imuo TERED OUT. Navy Department Buying Ordinance Supplies. Orders to Speed Building of Equipment and Big Fighting Ships. Washington. The number of Na tional Guardsmen called into the Fed eral service for policing industrial and other strategic points was brought up to 50,000 under orders issued. At the same time, the regular First Regiment of Engineers, scattered along the Mexican b' rder, was ordered back to itr, barracks at the Capital, the Navy took additional measures to hasten construc'ion and equipment of fight ing ships and both the War and Navy Departments announced further pro visions to facilitate recruiting. The National Guard regiments or dered out "for police purposes uf pro tection" are the First West Virginia Infantry; the Seventy-fourth New York Infantry; the Second Connecti cut Infantry and the Second New Jer sey Infartry. Because of a misunderstanding as to the number of troops affected by the order issued stopping demobilization of the guardsmen returning from bor der duty, the War Department also directed that all organizations which have been mustered out of the Feder al service, but have not left the state camps for home, be brought back un der arm3. The First Mississippi In fantry and Ambulance Company No. 1, Alabama, are affected by this pro vision. It is not improbable that similar supplemental orders may be neces sary in regard to other organizations partially demobilized. The New York Shipbuilding Com pany, the Secretary also said has been requested to speed up construction of tha superdreadnaught Idaho, build ing at its plant. The Idaho was to be ready for launching by October, bat a postponement has been neces sary. Builders of the battleships Maryland, Colorado. West Virginia and Washington, also have been re quested to expedite construction work, and to induce more rapid work a special bonus has been suggested by the Department. RESERVE BANKS HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO BIG LOAN, Government Borrows $50,000,000 For Ninety. Days at Two Per Cent. Washington. The 12 reserve banks oversubscribed on 24 hours' notice a 90 day loan to the Government of $50, 000.000 at the rate of two per cent a year. The money was borrowed on 90- day treasury certificates of indebted ness to help tide over the Government till June, when the great stream of in come and internal revenue taxes will flow into the treasury. And $50,000, 000, it was announced, may be borrow ed in the same manner before the close of the fiscal year. GOVERNOR MANNING CONFERS WITH MANNING. Columbia, S. C -The South Caro lina National Guam will not be called Into the service of the United States this week in the opinion of Governor Manning, who returned from Washing ton, where he held a fconference with Secretary of War Baker. The Gov ernor thinks that the Guard will not be summoned until after Congress meets. Governor Manning and Gov ernor Stuart, of Virginia, saw the Secretary of War. ' FURTHER GAINS ARE MADE BY THE BRITISH. Further gains by the British over the Germans northwest of St. Quen tin and by the Germans over the French in the Champagne region of France are recorded in the latest Briitsh and French official communi cations. British cavalry have captur- i ed the villages of Villers-Faucon and Saulcourt, lying a few miles north of Ro'sel, and are virtually astride the St- Quentln-Cambral road, says the British war office. VILLA ATTEMPTS TO TAKE CHIHUAHUA BANDIT LEAD CAVALRY IN BOLD ATTACK ON CAPITAL OF CHIHUAHUA. DRIVEN BUCK WITH LOSSES In Vain Effort to Capture City Villa Lost 350 Killed and Wounded and 500 Taken Prisoners. Also Horses and Saddles. Chihuahua City. Mexico. Francisco Villff at the head of a cavalry force of 3,500 men, made a determined attempt to capture Chihuhua City, but was driven back with the loss of 500 pris oners and 350 in killed and wounded. The battery on Santa Rosa Hill, th key to the city which Villa took by a rush in his succesful attack last No vember opened fire on the attackers, aided by a battery at the Central Rail way station. General Hernand.'z by a flank movement, broke up an end of the Villa line and took 200 prisoners. Colonel Mora, entrenched in the oil cemetery, repulsed three charges by the enemy troops. The Villa prison ers taken there raised the total to 500. More than 200 saddle horse, three machine guns and a quantity of arms were captured. From an order of the day found on a prisoner, Villa's expedition is shown to have numbered 3.500 men. all cav alry, which was only half the size of the defending Carranza forces whose losses in dead and wounded amounted to 120 men. The Carranza officers here do not assert that the victory was decisive. Villa was reported to be in per sonal command of the attacks. AERIAL COAST STATION IS GIVEN TO GOVERNMENT. Also Air Cruiser is Gift of Aero Club of America. New York The fully equipped aerial coast patrol 'ii;on at Port Washington, N. Y., together with an air cruiser fitted with two 200-horse-power motors and an air-plane gun, were offered to the Government through the Aero Club of America by Rodman Wannamaker. Announcement of the gift was made at a dinner of the Aero Club of America, at which James W. Gerard, was one of --the speakers, and which was attended by many men of prominence. Alan R. Hawley, president of the club, announced that the Collier tro phy offered annually for the greatest achievement in aviation in America had been awarded to Elmer A. Sperry and Lawrence B. Sperry for the de velopment of a drift indicator. He made public also the award of the Aero Club's medal of merit, which has been given to Miss Ruth Law for establishing the American distance record across country; to Philip Car roll for his patriotic work In train ing military aviators; to Floyd Smith for establishing American hydro-altitude records; to Corporal A. D. Smith, U. S. A., for the American ' hydro duration record; to Capt. C. C. Cul ver, U. S. A., for wireless experimen tation, and to James V. Martin for the invention of the Aero Dynamic stablizer. FORTY AMERICANS BEING HELD PRISONER IN GERMANY. Copenhagen, via London. More than 40 Americans were among the prisoners taken to Germany by the German commerce raider Moewe, ac cording to Jack Benson, an American seaman, who has arrived here. The Americans, he says, are held as prison ers of war in Germany. Benson, who for a time was a fellow prisoner of the men held in Germany, says that nearly all of the 40 men were horsemen aboard the horse transport Esceraldas, which was sunk by the Moewe. The only exception whom Benson wTas able to mention was an American named Smith, who was aboard the British armed merchant man Brecknockshire. "TRADE TRIP" WILL BE PREPAREDNESS TOUR. Knoxville, Tenn. Press dispatches indicate President Wilson has accept ed offer of Knoxville Board of Com merce to make of its "trade trip" to be run week of April 9 a tour of applied preparedness and patriotism. The of fer was made the Government owing to the serious situation now confront ing the nation. The trip will be made in strictly military style. A "colonel" will command the expedition, and will be in charge of "captains." ESCAPED GERMANS MAY BE IN CHIHUAHUA. El Paso, Texas. Two Germans ap peared at the Chihuahua City Foreign Club as the guests of the German resi dents of hat city and were said by f.ieir hosts to have escaped from the Ger man raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, in terned at Philadelphia, according to an American, who arrived from Chi huahua City. The American said he saw the two Germons and gave a de tcrlptlon of them. Why That Lame Back ? Morning lameness, sharp twinges when bending, or an all-day back ache; each is cause enough to sus pect kidney trouble. Get after the cause. Help the kidneys. We Americans go it too hard. We overdo, overeat and neglect our sleep and exercise and so we are fast becoming a nation of kidney sufferers. 72 more deaths than In 1800 is the 1910 census story. Use Ponn's Kidney nils. Thou sands recommend them. A South Carolina Case Johr. M '"'ilson, R. F D. No. 1, Traveler s Rest, S. C, says: "Hardships weakened mv kidneys and 1 had awful pains in my back. 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A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with, waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother ! If coat ed, or your child Is listless, cross, fev erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," then don't worry, because it Is perfectly harmless, and in a few hour all this constipation poison, sour bil nnd fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough "inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be th first treatment given In any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups pla.inly printed on the bottle. Adv. Not the Same. 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You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor mation, telling about the kidneys and blad der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drag stores. Adr. The Right Way. "How did he get to be a college president?" "By degrees." A torpid liver condition prevents proper food assimilation. Tone up your liver with Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. They act g-ently and Burely. Adv. Woman taxi drivers are the latest in England. When Your Eyes Need Care Try Murine Eye Remedy No Smarting Jtist Hy Comfort. U cents ! Prcggists or null. WrtM for Ere Bye Book. aTCKINZ ET REMEDY. CO., CHICAGO Am y , ' tnJ III Lt I W Ay-'-- ' MOTHER! LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE
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