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Fine, If It Works Member Cuthbertson of the public service commission proposes a conference between officials of the water company, the electric light company, city officials, and the attorney for the South Side Civic Clubs for the purpose of arranging a “compromise” on rates. The idea is fine. Os course, the chiefs of the holding companies which own the local concerns should be present rather than the local office boys who are on guard and whose management is nominal. So nominal a management in fact, that huge fees are charged for the same purpose each year by the Philadelphia and Chicago super-governments of their utilities. The conference will be illuminating, if not productive of results. It will demonstrate to the people of Indianapolis just how these utility barons regard their seifs. It will show whether or not they regard themselves as partners of local citizens, using city property on which to operate and whether they are fair enough to relinquish some of their unearned perquisites in times of civic depression. The conference will exhibit an attitude even if it does not exhibit the secret profits taken by these concerns through their hold-ing-company devices. Conducted in a fair manner and in the open there should be no great obstacle in arriving at what is a fair rate under the deflated prices and the old reproduction theory, a theory under which these and other utilities have collected on uninvested dollars, have stored away huge surpluses which have been used as assets for the holding companies which only investment is a certain shrewdness in finance. A comparison between labor prices of the years 1926 to 1928 and the present will show a great reduction. The commodity prices have dropped very materially. Figured in percentages, the rates would give a certain relief for real estate and home owners and bring about prosperity more quickly than can be done by cutting wages of substitute teachers, night school instructors or women policemen. The idea is fine—if it works. Unfortunately the history of these companies in the past is not such as to give great hope to an exploited citizenry. The Philippines Unless the administration is very careful, it will force unwise Philippine legislation at the next session of congress. By a policy of inaction, it may throw control of Philippine legislation into the hands of Americans who have only selfish interests to serve. President Hoover’s statement Tuesday on this subject was very vague. Does he hope to get by with the old Harding and Coolidge policy of evasion and delay? There never was anything to commend such policy. There is less today. For the question no longer is: Action by congress or no action by congress?. The question now is: What kind of action by congress? Wednesday the chairmen of the house and senate insular affairs committee agreed in predicting some action by congress at the coming session. The prediction checks with the information of the press and of the Filipino leaders. What kind of action by congress? H certain tariff interests who object to competition with Philippine products have their way, the islands will be given immediate and unconditional ndependence. That would hurt the Filipino people economically. We believe the Filipinos, or any other subject people, have an inalienable right to political independence if and when they want it. But we have good reason to believe that the Filipino leaders do not want immediate independence. They would take immediate independence rather than go on with the present unsatisfactory status. But what they really prefer is something like a ten-year transitional perir i of home rule over internal affairs, followed by a plebiscite to choose between continued home rule or complete independence. That is a reasonable proposition. It would prevent the abrupt severing of close economic bonds; it would allow time to prepare for a modification or abolition of free trade between the two countries; and it would give the Filipinos a chance to grow experienced in self-government. If during the transitional period, the United States treated the Filipinos intelligently, it is possible that the plebiscite ten years hence would choose a continuance of home rule rather than complete independence. The Filipinos might not wish to sacrifice the free market for 72 per cent of their goods which th y now have in the United States. The present status is evil because neither the Filipinos. nor American capital, nor any one, can plan for the future. If President Hoover, in co-operation with the Filipino leaders, will present a reasonable measure to congress, a long and mutually satisfactory relationship between the two countries probably will result. Did MacDonald Win? When Ramsay MacDonald split his Labor government and Labor party, it was believed commonly that he had committed political suicide. The incident will go down in history as an outstanding act of political courage. He has been praised by his former enemies and cursed by his former friends. He has been an unhappy man. But, having made his decision, he has fought for it. Now in the election he has won a personal victory in his home district, and has won a party “victory” with the overwhelming return in power of his new National government. No man could ask a finer tribute. It is ev n more

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significant coming to the pacifist who during the war was called “the most hated man in England.’’ And yet with all the glory of his personal and political victory at the polls on Tuesday, probably this is the saddest moment of MacDonald’s public career. For—as he repeatedly said during the campaign—he Is still a Labor party man. And there can be little joy for him outside the ranks of the party which he helped to found and which he led so long. This was, in fact, a Conservative victory . For the Conservative party alone will have a majority over all other parties of something like 330 votes in parliament. How can MacDonald with about fourteen National Labor votes, dominate or even influence a national government in which the Tories are more than 464 strong? Ultimately MacDonald wiil have to decide the question created for him by this election. Will he accept Tory policies on the tariff and other issues which are the opposite of all his old convictions, or will he withdraw from the Tory national government which he helped to seat? There is no easy way out for MacDonald. There is probably little happiness ahead for him. Did he win this fight? Under the circumstances, could any result of the election have rewarded him with the joy of victory? Atheists on the Stand The Civil Liberties Union will test in the higher courts the validity of an 1837 New Jersey decision invoked by Judge waiter Van Riper in convincing Samuel Levine a Communist. Levine, accused of advocating “subversion of the United States government,” refused to take the witness’ oath, saying he did not believe in God. Although he stated that his affirmation would be equally binding upon his conscience the judge refused to accept it. He was convicted and sentenced to two years without benefit of his own testimony. A bit alarming is this New Jersey case. The right to affirm is granted Quakers and others with scruples against oath-taking. Even the president-elect of the United States may “affirm” in taking the oath. Under this New Jersey ruling, the late Thomas A. Edison could not have been believed in his own state, for Edison was a member of the Free Thinkers of America. Suppose a murder is committed in a roomful of atheists. Would the murderer escape because the witnesses were unbelievers? When the same question came up in a recent Alabama case, and a woman’s conviction for murder was set aside because the victim’s death-bed testimony implicating her was that of an unbeliever, the court of appeals there reversed the lower court and held this dying unbeliever a trustworthy witness. It is important the law be clarified in New Jersey and in the handful of religious qualification for witnesses, what will prevent them from taking the next step and defining religion in any sectarian sense they wish? San Francisco’s Way The wage board of San Francisco’s Industrial Association, a big group of employers, has ruled that building trades wages shall not be reduced, that the five-day week be adopted Jan. 1, that the six-hour day be instituted as soon as possible, that unions be not only recognized, but asked to co-operate with contractors, bankers and business leaders in bringing order to the chaotic building industry. The wage board’s report declares that labor’s increased efficiency has reduced labor costs in the building industry by 25 per cent and that, as a result, the San Francisco bay area competes successfully with low-wage centers. Important also is the appeal to all hands to cooperate to stamp out speculative competition in the building of small homes. This is a national evil resulting in shoddy, unsightly, standardized houses that pack the suburbs of every city, creating architectural eyesores and failing miserably to meet the housing problem for working and middle class families. “That one great industry is thus using the depression not as a means of grinding down labor and weakening its voice, but as an opportunity to build on sound lines for the future is something of which the San Francisco bay area well can be proud,” comments the San Francisco News. “Here is a’ manifestation of that rare thing, statesmanship.” A young Hindu insists he is not “the second Messiah. That s more than the average successful American business man will admit. Getting your neck broken in an automobile is an accident; getting it broken in a college football game is a privilege. Bishop Cannon was heard from coast to coast, but maybe after all he wasn’t a big shot.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

CURIOSITY is said to be one of the most valuable of human characteristics. It has enabled man to discover the secrets of the stars and the sea. But it is one quality that the wise wife will use ith discretion. A desire to find out the way the world wags is one thing, and the same urge to learn how your husband spends his day is another. Mind you, I am not saying that it is not your right to know I’m only warning that it is the worst system to use in managing a man. You’ve heard them, these women with the inquisitive dispositions. ‘ Well, good gracious!” they begin, once the man of the house has appeared upon the domestic scene. “Where in the wide world have you been? It’s about time you were showing up. Dinner is 15 minutes late, now. “What have you been doing today? Did you see that Mr. Evans of whom you spoke this morning? Did the deal go through? Why didn’t you telephone me? I finally called your office and the girl said you were out. Where were you?” B B B A ND the home matins are sung to the same old f** vesper tune. Once the man dons his topcoat to depart, the refrain begins. “Where are you lunching today? Are you plaving golf with Bill this afternoon. If I run into town about 2, can I find you in? Do you think you’ll be able to take Bobby to the dentist for me at 5 today?” And so on. “Where have you been?” “Where are you going?” in an endless monotone. This sort of thing drives many a well-intentioned man from home. Ana the worst of it is that it gets a woman nowhere. The feminine lancet of curiosity may probe, but it only discloses the age-old evasiveness of the male. The way to find out about your husband is to keep still. Let him do the talking. The first thing you know he will have told you everything.

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M. E. Tracy

As Long as Tories Retain MacDonald, the World Can Feel Assured of Careful, Constructive Leadership. NEW YORK. Oct. 29.—Summing it up, the British election amounts to a great personal triumph for Premier MacDonald and a great political triumph for the Tories. If radicalism has been dealt a smashing blow, so have some liberal ideas. The amazing switch in popular sentiment can be explained only on the ground that many Englishmen thought their country’s very existence at stake. George Bernard Shaw is not far wrong when he says they got scared and stampeded. tt tt tt Must Use Judgment seems little doubt that England will benefit temporarily, but unless the Tories show better judgment than they did the last time they were in power, the benefit will be local and shortlived. As long as the Tories retain Premier MacDonald, not only England, but the rest of the world, can feel assured of careful, constructive leadership, but it is presuming on human nature to suppose that they will retain him longer than sportsmanship requires. Sooner or later, the Tories are going to make use of their overwhelming majority not only to find jobs for the faithful, but to adopt such policies as are in line with party tradition. tt tt tt Headed for New Policy IT goes without saying that a protective tariff will be enacted which, whatever its effect on English industry, will not help American industry. The real significance of such legislation, however, lies in the attitude back of it—an attitude which looks askance at co-operation, unless there is immediate and definite profit in sight. Except as Premier MacDonald can hold her back, England is headed straight for a general revision of her foreign policy. Not that she will' withdraw from the League of Nations, or abandon the World court, but that she will be much more hard-boiled toward such issues as disarmament and colonial autonomy. tt tt tt Money Tells Story TO a certain extent, rule by great financial interests has been indorsed, but that is not such an unmixed evil as some folks imagine. Great financial interests may have their weak points, but they are less likely to commit irreparable blunders in a situation such as England faces than are those who know little, or nothing* about finances. If the capitalistic system implies anything, 'it is a definite relationship between finance and politics. So does every other system for that matter, as Communist Russia is learning to her cost. You have only to read the legends on a dollar bill to realize how intimately the government is associated with money, or how much people depend on that association. tt tt tt Point Illustrated Vividly THE problem which England and every other civilized nation faces is to perfect a highly organized financial, commercial, and industrial mechanism in such way as will leave the greatest possible degree of individual liberty and the greatest possible incentive to personal initiative. The system itself involves a tremendous amount of Socialism, which is one reason why people hesitate to let government go too fast, or too far in that direction, and why they are so quick to turn on government if it does. The English election illustrates this point vividly. tt tt it Dole Broke Labor NO one can review what has occurred in England during the last few years, without realizing that it was the dole that broke the Labor party. 4 This pernicious institution not only put a premium on idleness among the lazy, but led to innumerable cases of fraud, taxing the thrifty and industrious to no good purpose, and finally creating a deficit which threatened to wreck the national credit. Whether American bankers actually refused to come to England’s rescue, unless some cut were made in the dole as one way of helping to balance the budget, they would have been justified in doing so. Whether as a matter of public policy, or private conduct, better $lO for work than 10 cents for an unearned handout tt a o It Is Sound Idea MUCH as one may regret certain reactionary tendencies revealed in the English election, it is reassuring to know that the country has repudiated a method of caring for the unemployed which was sapping its vitality. Not that the dole will, or could be, done away with overnight, but that the idea of feeding idleness has been supplanted by the idea of providing employment. You can sneer at it as the bankers’ idea, if you like, but it’s sound just the same, both from a financial and a moral standpoint.

Questions and Answers

How do yon calculate the pressure in pounds per square inch of a column of water? Multiply the height of the column ’.n feet by .433. How many persons report ' their income to the internal revenue bureau and how many pay incpme tax? In 1929 the number reporting was 4,034,702, of whom 2,465,385 were taxed and 1,569,317 were non-tax-able. What submanne holds the record for depth of submersion? The U„ S. S. Nautilus holds the record of 336 feet.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Care Will Keep Skin From Chapping

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. 'T'HE skin is associated intimately with the rest of the body, and, therefore, has the advantages of the mechanisms that nature has established in order to protect it against attack. Washing the skin is a good measure for the removal from the surface of the skin of dirt, living and dead. Living dirt includes germs which always are present, and which are ready to attack, provided they find an opening. An opening is any spot of lessened resistance, such as may result from a bruise, rubbing by a sawedged collar, and any similar attack. The skin has, perhaps for its own protection, an oily substance put out by the glands in the skin. This oily substance is saponified by alkaline soaps and is, of course, partly removed by rubbing the skin with

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HAVANA may not be that earthly paradise of which all men have dreamed, but it will suffice until something better comes along. The motes are few, the merits many. Among the flaws J think first of all of the dearth of American cigarets and the prices one must pay. Even in a land of joy one hates to spend 75 cents for the brands familiar here for 15. And but for tobacco, one might move easily from shore to ship and back again without those customs contacts which try men’s souls. At that, the Cuban inspector is nothing like the brusque individual whom one meets on the piers of New York. Upon the slightest provocation, the Havana official will turn plaintive upon you. At least, that’s the way in which I was treated. The inspector opened the bag, lifted one shirt and then stepped back to lean against the wall exhausted. He flung a shower of Spanish at me and a volunteer beside the group interpreted: “He says that if you have any American cigarets in the bag, he will lose his job.” I placed my right hand over my heart and exclaimed: “Tell him on my honor as a Caballero I have no alien tobacco whatsoever!” n n tt At Least ! Was 'Adequate’ I did this with all the dramatic intensity I could muster, since I was fortified by sincerity and truth. It was a good performance, and the customs man pried no further into the luggage, but instead took out a sheaf of paper and began to write upon it furiously. With us the simple symbol O. K. suffices. But things can not be done with such curtness in Cuba. The man in uniform wrote at least a hundred w r ords and signed his name with a flourish. Then he handed the document to me. “He says,” explained the interpreter, “that you are to show this letter at all gates.” Now i wish that I had asked the volunteer to give me some inkling of the contents of that missive. Various officials were affected by it in different ways. The first guard we met read it through but once with never a smile upon his face, and then bowed gravely and waved me on my way. But the veteran at the wall which surrounds the water front took much more time. Once toward the end of the narrative he smiled, and I thought there was a tear in his eye before he finished. At any rate, he began at the beginning all over again and seemed in great doubt and perplexity before he let me pass. As we went by he took a third look at the document, and when the car rounded a sharp corner I saw him put the letter in the pocket nearest his heart. Possibly in addition to commenting on the innocence of my belongings the first man sent? a friendly note to all his fellows along the line inquiring: “And how are your folks?” Or there may have been an even of passion. One

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a brash or even in ordinary bathing. * Some soaps attack this this oily material much more seriously ’than do others, and for this reason some soaps are more irritating than are others. After the skin is washed and the oil removed during the cold weather, if the skin is then exposed to the cold before it has had time to secrete additional oil, there develops the type of roughness that is called chapping. People whose skin naturally is dry and who chap easily will, therefore, do well after washing the skin in cold weather to put on gloves before going outdoors and to protect the face suitably by a veil, or else to apply to the skin any bland ointment to take the place of the oil that has been removed in washing. The modern woman’s toilet includes the application of# all sorts of massages and creams for the care of the skin. Massage has the advantage of in-

can not comprehend the Latin temperament wholly in three days. tt tt tt The Conquering Cubans It is said by some that Havana is not truly Cuban, but that it has become completely Americanized. This I feel to be untrue. It represents, rather, a happy synthesis between divergent temperament and people. It would be more faithful to say that the American residents in the Cuban capital have become Latinized. They move slowly and circuitously toward their ends. All the haste and excess bustle with which they came has been warmed out of them by the kindly Caribbean sun. Any American who remains ten years in Havana will be just as Cuban as his fellows. Not that the American influence has brought no contribution of knowledge or wisdom to the population. From us the Cubans have learned one thing which sets their city apart as a gem among all resorts. It is, I believe, due to the American influence that Havana bartenders know how to ice their drinks. This may seem a small matter. But it takes a deal of doing. The antipathy to a generous use

Views of Times Readers

Editor Times—May I, as a reader of your excellent paper, voice my protest against a few theaters in this city that continually depict on the stage lewd and immoral shows. We know that any show makes a mor° lasting impression than printed words. Immoral literature is prohibited b” ’ - -v. and rightly so. Then does it not follow that a more potent force for the moulding of our people’s minds likewise should be stopped? The theaters the writer has in n:'~d are what may be termed “the low class houses.”, Filth and ob- - ;-"-v is their drawing power. No one can view their sh —- without a lowering of moral standard. This is evident by the class of shows. It’s bad for the community when filth is the feature of attraction. AN OBSERVER. Editor Times—’The lone fisherman of the Rapidan lately heard an S. O. S. that disturbed his tranquillity to such a degree that he stuck his fishing pole in the bank, ascended the higher ground, put his hand to his ear and listened. Now the auditory nerve is less sensitive to some sounds than to others. An S. O. S. sent out by millions had been sounding far and wide continually and for a long time, but apparently the auditories of the lone fisherman were not attuned to the sound, and did not distinguish it from the blended sounds of frogs, and mosquitoes, the chatter of the kingfisher, and the shewk of the poke. But this call penetrated to his cerebral centers and awakened a sympathetic resporjj^—it was the

creasing the circulation of blood in the skin and of stimulating the tissue. However, it is possible through too vigorous manage to irritate the skin or to bruise it in such a way that it is easily infected. Ordinary ointments or creams applied to the skin during massage are used primarily to lubricate, and thus to prevent _ bruising. Cleansing creams are used chiefly to soften the dried oil and perspiration. . The proper process would be first to cleans the skin with a socalled cleansing cream or preferably with a good mild soap and water, and then to use a pure slightly oily cream for purpose of massage. In general, however, it is safe to say that the best care of the skin is to have good normal health, which enables the body to take care of the skin satisfactorily. The demands of the posession of a healthful skin are merely ordinary cleanliness and ordinary careful attention.

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of ice is hard-bitten in many peoples. For instance, the British boat on which we sailed has carried thousands of tourists from the States. And yet, the stewards of Scotch extraction still stand firm and look suspicious when anybody asks for ice. There is in their eyes that same Ibok which must have animated the mother of the Gracchi when she said: “These are my jewels!” tt tt a Depressed, Not Unhappy Cuba is in the depths of depression, what with the fall of sugar prices. And yet there is nothing of despair among the people. Trade continues brisk. It works like this: A Cuban comes to market with a tray of pineapples on his head. He meets a fellow who buys one from him and then immediately sells it back again. This keeps money in circulation and make everybody happy. In addition to pine apples, the chief commodity dealt in in Havana is the cigaret holder, containing a picture which may be seen dimly through a tiny peep-hole. That and jai alai constituted my only major disappointments in the Cuban capital (Copyright. 1931. by The Times)

call of the embarrassed bankers, who long to liquidate their frozen assets at a profit and establish a closer connection with the federal reserves or the national treasury. In response, with unwonted haste, he wound up his fishing tackle, hied to his cottage, exchanged his fishing garb for his proper habiliments and hastened to the Capitol for a heart-to-heart tr i with Andy. The outcome of this was the proposed $500,000,000 loan or gift to the embarrassed bankers, which the public is assured will start the wheels of business to rolling, prosperity will smile upon the land, and all will be happy. It seems that the lenders or donors will take over the frozen assets, but what they will do with them does not yet appear. It is certain that when the bankers come in possession of the loan or gift, that they will loosen up and run the risk of further frozen assets, but, guided by past e -ience, m' ,_ loan only when the security is assured, in which case there will be failure to meet present exigencies, but is that the thing aimed at by the lone fisherman of the Rapidan? JOHN NEWTON. Did the value of exports from the United States in 1930 exceed the imports? General imports into the United States in 1930 were valued at $3,061,091,000 and exports at $3,843,391,000. Who was the leading woman in the motion picture, “The General,” in which Buster Keaton starred? Marian Mack.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column arc those of one of America’s most interesting writers and arc presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

.OCT. 29, 1931

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ

Radium Eye, Capable of Penetrating Twelve Inches of Steel, is Newest Tool of. Scientists. ANEW use has bten found for radium. Anew and penetrating eye has been developed capable of penetrating a block of steel 12 inches thick. The new device is, in effect, a super-X-ray, for the X-ray is capable only of penetrating thin sheets of metal. How the new radium eye was developed is told by Professor Gilbert E. Doan of Lehigh university in a report prepared for the Engineering Foundation of New York. The radium eye is being used to test battleship parts, valves for high pressure power plants, high pressure pipe lines and other stee structures in which there are dangers of hidden defects. It makes use of the gamma rays of radium, which, because they are so much shorter than X-rays, are far more penetrating. “It is surprising that these gamma rays, known about in general for nearly thirty years, never should have received the proper handling and adaptation necessary to make them serve this usful purpose,” Professor Doan says. “Those dealing with radium in the past have been either ‘pure’ scientists, interested only in understanding the nature of the matter* and ‘energy,’ or they have been biologists, interested in the therapeutic effects of radium on living organisms.” tt tt o i Effort Discouraged THE radium eye first was suggested at the naval research laboratory by a metallurgist working in conjunction with research physicists, Professor Doan tells. “Nearby, Baltimore had at the Howard A. Kelly hospital a supply of radium,” he continues. “The hospital officials were willing ta rent, and even lend, their radium to the navy department for the purpose in mind. “Another metallurgist was called in from Lehigh university, to take charge of the experimental program and carry it out. “Many discouraging prophecies were heard as the plans proceeded. Radium experts in New York City assured the projects that five inches of steel would stop all radiation. The literature likewise, although it described attempts at radiography of the human body by gamma rays, concluded that the results were not satisfactory. “The rays would be too short in wavelength to affect a photographic film, at least those rays which had penetrating power* the rays would give no sharp definition on the film, no detail; they would be blurred by the ‘scattering’ of rays from surrounding objects; the danger in handling the radium would be too great; the cost would be prohibitive. “These and many other objections and obstacles were advanced, but the work went on.” tt tt tt Experiments Succeed THE success of the principal experimental campaign was beyond the highest hopes of those interested in the development of the investigation. “Clear-cut shadows of defects in the interior of steel objects eight, ten, and even twelve inches thick had been registered on the film,” Professor Doan says. “Tiny flaws, only 2 per cent of the thickness of the whole object, had been clearly revealed. “Practical advantages of the method for examining metal structures was at once obvious. The tiny capsule of radio-active matter was so easily transported that it could be carried anywhere—into a submarine, up to the top of a skyscraper—into the machine shop or foundry—anywhere that a large object needed examination. It is not anchored to a laboratory in any way. “Films were simply pasted on to the back of an object, and the radium mounted in front of it for the exposure. .Os course suitable films and scenes had to be used to get the proper result. “Later the film is removed and developed to show the shadows cast by the object in the path of the rays. “A thousand small objects could be exposed at once by simply placing them in a spherical distribution about the radio-active source. “No large investment in testing machinery, due to become obsolete in ten years or less, was necessary, because radium, the only costly investment, does not decay to half its strength for 1,600 years! “The cost of the testing operation was well within reason, if radium could be procured at a fair figure No risk whatever to the operator was necessary. “Science and invention have placed another bulwark behind the safety of our civilization’s structures.”

ITALIAN FRONT FALLS Oct. 29 .

ON Oct. 29, 1917, the Italian Isonzo front collapsed and the Austro-German army reached the outposts before Udine, where the Italian headquarters were located. Cormons, on the plains about seven miles west of Gorizia, was captured and the armies of the central powers approached the frontier of the Italian coastal region. But the Germans were repulsed by the French near Chaume and Courriers Wood on the western ironfc. The first war prisoner taken by the United States expeditionary forces (a German) died in an American field hospital in France from wounds inflicted by a United States patrol. In eastern Europe, Germans with-, drew from the Werder peninsula.

Daily Thought

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the* sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.— Mark 2:5. They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. —Bailey.