A war stamp tax of 1 cent for each postage charge of 25 cents, or fractional part of 25 cents, must be paid on parcel post or fourth-class matter on which the postage amounts to not less than 25 cents. Special Internal Revenue stamps must be used. They are for sale by Postmasters.

NOTE The war-stamp tax does not apply to parcels sent to (1) United States Expeditionary Forces abroad, (2) Porto Rico, (3) Philippine Islands, (4) Canal Zone, (5) Virgin Islands of the United States, (6) Guam, Tutuila and Manua and other islands of the Samoan group belonging to the United States, (7) United States Naval vessels, (8) Parcels addressed to foreign countries, (9) Parcels sent by officers or employees of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia or political subdivision thereof, in the discharge of Governmental functions, provided they bear in the upper left corner of the address side of the wrapper or label the official designation or name, together with the address of the department, office, or officer by whom sent, as evidence of their being transmitted in the discharge of the Governmental functions of the United States, or of a State or political subdivision thereof, and consequently exempt from the war-stamp tax, and (10) parcels of merchandise mailed by the American Red Cross to be used exclusively in connection with war work for the benefit of the United States.

Consular invoices for Cuba-Regardless of the fact that it is necessary to attach a customs declaration to each package of merchandise for Cuba, the customs regulations of that country require that the senders of merchandise must present at the proper Cuban consular office for certification & consular invoice covering the merchandise, if the merchandise represents a value of $5 or more. Invoices mailed at United States Post Offices, where no Cuban consular office is located, are excepted from this requirement. The consular invoice may either accompany the package or be sent under separate cover.

Return postage-Packages of merchandise originally prepaid at the rate of 12 cents a pound and returned as undeliverable from Mexico and Panama are subject to a return charge equal to the amount of postage originally prepaid. This charge does not apply to packages of merchandise weighing 4 ounces or less and originally prepaid at the rate of 1 cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce.

Registered mail-The fee is 10 cents over the regular postage. Articles admissible—Any mailable article, except unsealed fourth-class matter (parcel post) for domestic destinations, may be registered if the article is not too cumbersome. Domestic parcels containing fourth-class matter may also be registered if sealed and the usual fee and postage at the first-class rate are paid. Mailable articles addressed to foreign countries may be registered in the same way as domestic matter. International parcel post articles for Argentina, Australia, Barbadoes, Curacoa, Dutch Guiana, France, French Guiana, Gibraltar, Great Britain and Ireland, Guadaloupe, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, Holland, Society Islands and Uruguay cannot be registered. Parcels for foreign countries to which domestic rates apply, as Canada, Cuba, Mexico and the Republic of Panama, may be registered, but not insured.

Insured and C. O. D. Mail-Parcel post mail, except bees and one-day chicks, may be insured. The fees are: On $5 or less, 3 cents; $5 to $25, 5 cents: $25 to $50, 10 cents; $50 to $100, 25 cents. C. O. D. charges on parcel post mail will be collected for the following fees: Up to $50, 10 cents in stamps; $50 to $100, 25 cents in stamps; such parcels are automatically insured.

Money Orders-The maximum is $100, but there is no limit to the number that can be issued in one day to the same remitter. The fees for domestic orders are: $2.50 or less, 3 cents; $2.51 to $5.00, 5 cents; $5.01 to $10.00, 8 cents; $10.01 to $20.00, 10 cents; $20.01 to $30.00, 12 cents; $30.01 to $40.00, 15 cents; $40.01 to $50.00, 18 cents; $50.01 to $60.00, 20 cents; $60.01 to $75.00, 25 cents; 875.01 to $100.00, 30 cents. International money orders cost 10 cents for $10.00 or less, and 10 cents extra on each additional $10.00, up to $1.00 for $100.00. Domestic money orders are payable within 30 days at any United States Post Office (continental); after that, only at the office designated. In the United States colonies, etc., the orders are payable only at the office drawn upon.

UNITED STATES ARMY POSTAL SERVICE REMITTANCES BY DOMESTIC MONEY ORDERS. An order may be issued at any money order office in the United States on the domestic form, and at the domestic rate of fees for payment at any branch Post Office or station established by this Department for the benefit and convenience of our expeditionary forces. The coupon of a money order intended for any one connected with our military activities should bear the designation of the division, regiment, company or organization in the branch of the service to which the addressee or payee belongs. Money orders should be drawn on the "United States Army Postal Service" without attempting to designate the particular station or locality where payment is to be made.

Unmailable Matter-Includes not only all legitimate matter not conforming to the rules as to legibility of address, size of package or certificates of inspection, but also game, etc., killed out of season; poisons, explosive or inflammable articles, or bad smelling; all spiritucus and malt liquors; all liquor advertisements to or from prohibition localities; indecent matter, written or otherwise; dunning postals and lottery, endless chain and fraud matter. In addition, sealed mail to a foreign country, except it be obviously letters, cannot be sent, nor can publications in violation of the copyright laws of the country of destination.

Preparation and Wrapping of mail matter-All except first-class must be done up in such a way as to be subject to postal inspection. There must be strong crates or covers for heavy matter, and greases, All bottles must be powders, pastes, jagged edges, etc., must be kept from getting outside their covers. Incased, and "fragile," "right side up," "perishable," etc., must be marked on the covers of glass, eggs, etc., according to the necessities of each case.

Postal Savings-The limit of an individual deposit has been increased from $1,000 to $2,500. No sum of less than $1 will be accepted for a deposit. Interest is allowed at the rate of 2 per cent. Deposits are tax-free. An account may be opened and deposits made by any person of the age of 10 years or over, in his or her own name, and by a married woman in her own name and free from any control or interference by her husband. Deposits will be accepted only from individuals. No account will be opened in the name of any corporation, association, society, firm, or partnership, in the name of any person as an officer of a corporation, association, or society, in the name of any person as a member of a firm or partnership, or in the name of two or more persons jointly. No account will be opened in the name of one person in trust for or on behalf of another person or persons. A person may open a postal savings account at any depository post office, but no person may at the same time have more than one postal savings account Amounts less than $1 may be saved by purchasing 10-cent either at the same office or at different offices. postal savings cards and 10-cent postal savings stamps. A postal savings card with 9 postal savings stamps affixed will be accepted as a deposit of $1 either in opening an account or in adding to an existing account. Postal savings cards and stamps are not valid for postage, and postmasters or it may be redeemed in cash.

will not give them in exchange for postage stamps, nor give postage stamps in exchange for postal savings cards and stamps. Deposits are evidenced by postal savings certificates issued in fixed denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $200, and $500, each bearing the name of the depositor, the number of his account, the date of issue, the name of the depository office, and the date on which interest begins. A depositor may exchange the whole or Postal savings certificates are not transferable or negotiable.

any part of his deposits for registered or coupon United States postal savings bonds, issued in denominations of $20, $100, and $500, bearing interest at the rate of 2% per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after one year from date of issue, and payable 20 years Both principal and interest is payable in United States gold coin. from such date. The exchange may be made as of January 1 and July 1 of each year.

Pension Checks-Letters bearing a printed inders ment referring to the Act of August 17, 1912. must not be delivered to any one in case the addressee has died or has re-enlisted, is under guardianship or is away permanently from the delivery of the post office addressed, or, if a widow, has remarried. Prisoner's Mail A letter addressed to a person imprisoned to wait trial, upon indictment, or pending indictment, should be delivered in accordance with the order of the person addressed. an order the mail may be delivered to the sheriff or officer having charge of the prisoner. Husband or Wife-Neither husband nor wife can control the delivery of mail addressed to the other, In the absence of instructions to the contrary the against the wishes of the one to whom it is addressed.

In the absence of

wife's letters will be delivered with the husband's mail unless they be known to live separately. Minors--The delivery of mail addressed to a minor is subject to the crders of the parent or guardian. Officials-Mail addressed to a public official, or to an officer of a corporation, by his title, will be delivered to the person actually holding the office designated in the address.

Advertised Mall-The addressee is required to identify it and pay a fee of 1 cent. Wrong Delivery-A person receiving mail not intended for him should return it promptly to the If such mail has been opened by mistake it should be indorsed, "Opened post office for proper disposition. by mistake," with the signature of the person receiving it.

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Delivery to Sender-When the sender of a letter desires to recall it his application must be submitted to the postmaster at the office of mailing.

Registered and fourth-class matter are not mailable at mail cars.

Prepayment of Postage on domestic matter at time of mailing, by stamps amxed, is required. By special permission, however, postage may be paid in money on matter of the second, third, and fourth classes when mailed in quantities. Postmasters are not required to affix stamps to mail. When stamps are so affixed to mail that one overlies another, concealing part of its surface, the stamp thus covered is not taken into account in prepayment.

Two Classes of Matter in One Parcel-Matter of a higher class inclosed with matter of a lower class subjects the whole to the higher rate. Persons knowingly concealing or inclosing matter of a higher class in that of a lower class, for the purpose of evading payment of the proper postage, are liable to a fine of not more than $100.

VOTE OF CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS IN NEW YORK STATE, 1918.

(By Districts.)

1. Hicks, Rep., Dem., and Proh., 53,579; Sieburg, | 23. Haley, Rep., 17,975; McKiniry, Dem., 39,573; › Soc., 1,862.

2. Caldwell, Rep. and Dem., 54,394; Burkle, Soc.,
8.946.

3. MacCrate, Rep. and Dem., 14,720; Whitehorn,
Soc., 5,107;, Fogarty, Business Men, 10,249.
4. Bowman, Rep. and Proh., 6,599; Cullen, Dem.,
23,146; Rumpler, Soc., 1,029.

5. Green, Rep., 23,844; Johnson, Dem., 32,090;
Peters, Soc., 1,530.

6. Rowe, Rep. and Proh., 26,806; Taylor, Dem., 26,476; Riley, Soc., 4,287.

7. Morgan, Rep, and Proh., 9,309; Maher, Dem., 19,834; O'Neal, Soc., 4.513.

8. Adams, Rep., 14,778: Cleary, Dem., 24,069; Shulman, Soc., 5,114; Neidig, Proh., 193.

9. Swift, Rep. and Proh., 27,393; O'Connell, Dem., 28,882; Robinson, Soc., 6,751.

10. Haskell, Rep., 17,441; Martin, Dem., 15,911; Shiplacoff, Soc., 9,987.

11. Michales, Rep. 7,080; Riordan, Dem., Byrns, Soc., 1,242; Weber, Proh., 379.

Geisler, Soc., 14,146.

24. Fairchild, Rep. and Proh., 27,037; Ganly, Dem., -28,636; Klein, Soc., 8,968.

25. Husted, Rep., 22,562; Sherman, Dem., 16,248;
Jones, Soc., 1,017; Jewell, Proh., 320.

26. Platt, Rep., 30,010; Coleman, Dem., 20,727;
27. Ward, Rep., 30,839; Evans, Dem, and Proh.,
Perkins, Soc., 881; Knapp, Proh., 970.
25,620; Miles, Soc., 810.

28. Sanford, Rep. and Proh., 41,981; Lawson, Dem.,
33,712; Depew, Soc., 1,360.

29. Parker, Rep., 42,035; Rogers, Dem., 23,139; Linehon, Soc., 945; Robbins, Pron., 1,361.

30. Crowther, Rep., 24,443: Lúnn, Dem. and Proh., 23,820; Merrill, Soc., 2,786.

31. Snell, Rep., 30,701; Elizabeth Arthur, Dem., 10,459; Cline, Soc., 141; Wallace, Proh., 1,567. 32. Mott, Rep., 37,068; Hitchcock, Dem., 17,742; 21,525:33nyder, Rep, 31,120; Williams, Dem., 23.340; Rockburn, Soc., 593; Lockwood, Proh., 3,263.

12. Goldfogle, Rep. and Dem., 7,452; London, Soc., 6,625; Rawlins, Prol., 18; Burger, Ind. S. D., 2. 13. Sullivan, Rep, and Dem., 6,962; Lee, Soc., 3,502; Perry, Proh., 27.

14. La Guardia, Rep. and Dem., 14,523; Nearing, Soc.. 6,214; Saunders, Proh., 89.

15. Wiener, Rep., 5,373; Dooling, Dem., 23,492;
Witherspoon, Soc., 945; Burnham, Proh., 141.
16. Rock, Rep., 6,188; Smith, Dem., 21,289;
Beardsley, Soc., 2,057; Gillespie, Proh., 94.
17. Tanner, Rep., 17,839; Pell Jr., Dem., 19,593;
Halpern, Soc., 1,460; Green, Proh., 120.
18. Leder, Rep., 4,797; Carew, Dem.,
Newman, Soc., 4,741; Maybell, Prob., 74.
19. Chandler, Rep., 23.125; Rowan, Dem., 24,961;
Malkiel, Soc., 3,319; Myers, Proh., 240.

23,806;

20. Slegel, Rep. and Dem., 9,417; Hillquit, Soc., 0,005: Simmons, Proh., 36.

21. Bolles, Rep., 25,677; Donovan, Dem., 33,233; Miller, Soc., 3,156; Packer, Prob., 206.

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Latimore, Soc., 1,445; Ohnstrand, Proh., 1,691. 34. Hill, Rep., 38,597; Butts, Dem., 21,748, Breckinridge, Soc., 499; Rogers, Proh., 6,373.

35. Magee, Rep., 42,769; Wiles, Dem., 23,378; Heck, Soc., 2,794; Dietrich, Proh., 3,204.

36. Gould, Rep. and Proh., 40,991; Calman, Dem., 16,857.

37. Houghton, Rep. and Proh., 38,310; Palmer, Dem., 21,800; Hurlbut, Soc., 831.

38. Dunn, Rep., 37,029; Gerling, Dem.. 16,563; Dennis, Soc., 4,098; Cropsey, Proh.. 1,910.

39. Sanders, Rep. and Proh., 35,481; Clara B. Mann, Dem., 14,816; Weber, Soc., 1,227.

40. Dempsey. Rep. and Proh., 35,710; Young, Dem., 17,962; Smith, Soc., 3,045.

41. MacGregor, Rep., 16,492; Smith, Dem. and Proh., 16.458; Brill, Soc., 7,038.

42. Waldo, Rep., 15,390: Mead, Dem., 16,453; Hattie Kreuger, Soc., 3,099; Stoody, Proh., 652.

22. Sadie Kost, Rep., 5,269; Griffin, Dem., 22,713; 43. Reed, Rep. and Proh, 35,693; Mott, Dem., Murphy, Soc., 4,323; Tait, Proh., 174.

NEW YORK STATE (This is in addition to On Jan. 9 Governor Smith sent to the Senate for confirmation the names of five men and one woman selected to fill positions: Superintendent of State Prisons-Charles F. Rattigan of Auburn. Superintendent of Public Works-Lewis Nixon of New York City. State Superintendent of Elections-Henry Stanley Renaud of New York City. State Tax Commissioner-Michael J. Walsh of Yonkers. Member | of the State Industrial Commission-Frances Perkins (Mrs. Paul Wilson) of New York City. County Judge for Kings County-Howard P. Nash of Brooklyn.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES,

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11,351; Peterson, Soc., 1,600.
GOVERNMENT.

the list on page 835.)

Marshall, Hewitt, Burlingame, Lowman, Whitley,
and Abeles, Republicans; Boylan, Carroll, and
Walker, Democrats. Rules-Walters of Onondaga,
Chairman: Sage, Hewitt, and Walton, Republicans:
Foley, Democrat.
Niagara will head the Committee on Public Service.
Senator G. F. Thompson of
The leading Assembly committees are made up
thus:
Chairman; Seaker, Tallett, Kenyon, Bewley, Lord,
Ways and Means-Machold of Jefferson,
McGinnies, McWhinney,
Thayer,
Bloomfield, Hooper,
and Brush,
Brush, Republicans McElligott,
Shaunon, and Seesselberg, Democrats Judiciary
Martin of Oneida, Chairman; McNab. Pierce. Rowe,
Lown, Jenks, Everett, Pellett, and Wilson, Repub
licans; Goldberg, Bloch, O'Hare, and Fertig, Demo-
Cities Malone
Blakely, M. J. Miller, Fearon, Davis, Dobson, Wells,
of Albany, Chairman;
Whitcomb, and Franchot, Republicans; Steinberg,
Burr, McCue, and E. H. Miller, Democrats. Rules
-Speaker. Sweet, Chairman;
Malone, and Fearon, Republicans; Donohue and
Adler, Machold,
Taylor, Democrats. The two women members, Mrs.
Ida B. Sammis, Republkan, of Suffolk. and Mrs.
Mary M. Lilly, Democrat, of New York, were
assigned to the committees on Education and Social
Welfare. Mrs. Sammis also will serve on the Public

crats.

The personnel of the principal Senate committees
follows: Finance-Sage of Albany, Chairman; C.
J. Hewitt, G. F. Thompson, G. L. Thompson,
Lockwood, Walton, Towner, Marshall, Davenport,
Knight, and Law, Republicans; Ramsperger, Boylan,
and Carroll, Democrats. Judiciary-Burlingame of
Kings, Chairman; Walton, Knight, Gibbs, Brown,
Fowler, Lusk, Pitcher, Whitley, and Baumes, Re-
publicans; Dowling, Black, Cotillo, and Mackrell,
Democrats. Cities Mullan of Monroe, Chairman;
Gibbs, Graves. Lockwood. Burlingame. Yelverton,
Law. Abeles, and Lowman, Republicans: Ramsperger,
Walker, and Dunnigan, Democrats. Taxation and
Retrenchment-Davenport of Onelda, Chairman; Health Committee.

30 The President's Christmas with the American Army in France.

The President's Christmas with the American Army in France.

LEAVING Paris at midnight, December 24, 1918, on a military train, President Wilson and his party arrived at 9 A. M., December 25, at Chaumont, the headquarters of Gen. Pershing, at the capital of the Department of the Haute-Marne, 134 miles east-southeast of Paris. Gen. Pershing, Gen. Wirbel, the French officer commanding the zone: M. Fossien. Prefect of the Department of Marne, and M. Levy-Alphandery, Mayor of Chaumont, were on the platform to receive the President and Mrs. Wilson, who, after responding to the cordial greetings, passed through a salon, hung with red tapestries and flags, to the courtyard, where a company of the 109th French Infantry and a company of the 102d American Infantry were drawn up to render honors. The exterior of the station and the courtyard had been decorated for the occasion by American soldiers with the French and American colors. After passing the guard of honor in review, the President took his place in a motor car and the party proceeded to the City Hall. Dense crowds massed behind the lines of guards in khaki, the streets were brilliantly decorated and hung with banners bearing inscriptions of welcome.

As the party passed through, the people of Chaumont joined in a continuous acclamation of the President. All this part of France lay under a gray cloud and a drizzling cold rain when the President's train pulled into the station. The troops declared the weather was exceptionally fine as compared with the usual brand of weather, and every one had a broad smile beaming above his mud-bespattered khaki uniform. Things were in motion early for the review. When the President raised the curtain of a window in his car the first person he saw was a strapping American doughboy on guard, who gravely came to salute the President smilingly gave him a "Merry Christmas" and made him the happiest soldier in France. A French troop train passing gave a "Vive Wilson!" As his train moved in, the President saw on every hand monuments of America's participation in the war. There were great piles of supplies everywhere, and American soldiers swarmed on locomotives, box cars, tree tops and every point of vantage to get a glimpse of the President and shout a "Merry Christmas." The folks back home wouid have called it the dreariest Christmas Day in history, but it was the greatest one for these American troops, and evidently a very happy one for the President. He was ready for the "big day" and looking forward to every feature. He remarked that the rolling hills and wooded ridges looked not unlike the Virginia hills where he was accustomed to ride and play golf when at home. After alighting from his train at 9 o'clock the President went to the Hotel de Villé, held a reception and delivered a complimentary speech. Immediately afterward, with Gen. Pershing and party he motored to Humes, where he reviewed a detachment of the 1st Army of the American Expeditionary Forces.

Addressing the troops, Gen. Pershing said:

PERSHING PRAISES GALLANTRY OF HIS MEN.

"Mr. President and Fellow Soldiers: We are gathered here to-day to do honor to the commander of our armies and navies. For the first time an American President will review an American Army on foreign soil-the soil of a sister republic beside whose gallant troops we have fought to restore peace to the world. Speaking for you and your comrades, I am proud to declare to the President that no army has ever more loyally or more effectively served its country, and none has ever fought in a nobler cause. You, Mr. President, by your confidence and your support have made the success of our army, and to you, as our Commander in Chief, may I now present the Nation's victorious army?" In replying, President Wilson said:

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE TROOPS.

"General Pershing and Fellow Comrades: I wish that I could give to each one of you the message that I know you are longing to receive from those at home who love you. I cannot do that, but I can tell you how every one has put his heart into it. So you have done your duty, and something more. You have done your duty, and you have done it with a spirit which gave it distinction and glory. And now we are to hail the fruits of everything. You conquered, when you came over, what you came over for, and you have done what it was appointed for you to do. I know what you expected of me. Some time ago à gentleman from one of the countries with which we are associated was discussing with me the moral aspects of this war, and I said that if we did not insist upon the high purpose which we have accomplished the end would not be justified.

"Everybody at home is proud of you, and has followed every movement of this great army with confidence and affection. The whole people of the United States are now waiting to welcome you home with an acclaim which probably has never greeted any other army, because our country is like this country. We have been so proud of the stand taken, of the purpose for which this war was entered by the United States. You knew what we expected of you, and you did it. I know what you and the people at home expected of me, and I am happy to say, my fellow countrymen, that I do not find in the hearts of the great leaders with whom it is my privilege now to co-operate any difference of principle or of fundamental purpose. "It happened that it was the privilege of America to present the chart for peace, and now the process of settlement has been rendered comparatively simple by the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted that chart, and the application of these principles laid down there will be their application. "The world will now know that the nations that fought this war, as well as the soldiers who represented them, are ready to make good, make good not only in the assertion of their own interests but make good in the establishment of peace upon the permanent foundation of right and of justice.

MUST BE A PEOPLE'S PEACE.

"Because this is not a war in which the soldiers of the free nations have obeyed masters. You have commanders but you have no masters. Your very commanders represent you in representing the Nation, of which you constitute so distinguished a part.

"And everybody concerned in the settlement knows that it must be a people's peace and that nothing must be done in the settlement of the issues of the war which is not as handsome as the great achievements of the armies of the United States and the Allies.

You

"It is difficult, very difficult, men, in any normal speech like this, to show you my real heart. men probably do not realize with what anxious attention and care we have followed every step you have advanced and how proud we are that every step was in advance and not in retreat; that every time you set your face in any direction you kept your face in that direction.

'A thrill has gone through my heart as it has gone through the heart of every American, with almost every gun that was fired and every stroke that was struck in the gallant fighting that you have doue, and there has been only one regret in America, and that was the regret that every man there felt that he was not there in France, too.

"It has been a hard thing to perform the tasks in the United States. It has been a hard thing to take

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THE PRESIDENT'S CHRISTMAS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE.—Continued.

part in directing what you did without coming over and helping you to do it. It has taken a lot of moral courage to stay at home. But we are proud to back you up everywhere that it was possible to back you up, and now I am happy to find what splendid names you have made for yourselves among the civilian population of France as well as among your comrades in the armies of the French, and it is a fine testimony to you men that these people like you and love you and trust you, and the finest part of it all is that you de serve their trust.

"I feel a comradeship with you to-day which is delightful, as I look down upon these undisturbed fields and think of the terrible scenes through which you have gone and realize how the quiet of peace, the tranquility of settled hopes, has descended upon us, and while it is hard far away from home confidently to bid you a Merry Christmas, I can, I think, confidently promise you a Happy New Year, and I can from the - bottom of my heart say God bless you.'

After the review President Wilson and party went to Montigne-le-Roi, where he and Mrs. Wilson took their Christmas dinner, In the afternoon the President visited the troops in their billets. He re turned to Chaumont in time to leave at 6 o'clock for London, where he arrived on December 26, 1918.

THE PRESIDENT'S CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM PARIS.

PRESIDENT WILSON, in Paris sent to the American people, December 24, 1918, the following Christmas message: "I hope that it will cheer the people at home to know that I find their boys over here in fine. form and in fine spirits, esteemed by all those with whom they have been associated in the war and trustedwherever they go, and they will also, I am sure, be cheered by the knowledge of the fact that throughout the great nations with which we have been associated in this war public opinion strongly sustains all proposals for a just and lasting peace and a close co-operation of the self-governing peoples of the world in making that peace secure after its present settlements are formulated. Nothing could constitute a more acceptable Christmas reassurance than the sentiments which I find everywhere prevalent."

THIRTY-SIX STATES MAKE WHOLE COUNTRY "DRY,”

UP to January 16, 1919, the Legislatures of thirty-six States-the required three-fourths had ratified the Prohibition Constitutional Amendment, Nebraska being the thirty-sja, on the date named.

Ratification was completed January 15 by the Legislatures of five States-Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Utah-making a total of twelve in two days. Of the thirty-six States that have taken action, fourteen have certified their action to the Federal State Department. They are Virginia. Kentucky, North Dakota, South Carolina, Maryland, South Dakota, Texas, Montana, Delaware, Massachusetts, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, and Michigan.

The amendment, under its provisions, becomes effective one year from the date of its final ratification. Additional legislation by Congress is necessary to make it operative, and ground work for this already has. been laid. This legislation will prescribe penalties for violations of the amendment and determine how and by what agencies the law shall be enforced.

Court action to prevent the amendment becoming operative already has been started in California, where an order temporarily restraining Gov. Stephens from signing ratification of the amendment has been obtained. It has been intimated that similar action may be taken in other States in which, it is said, State laws require that Federal Constitutional Amendments must be submitted to a referendum.

The Prohibition Amendment resolution passed by Congress provides that ratification shall be by "the Legislatures of the several States as provided by the Constitution." The resolution reads:

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein). That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the States, to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of the several States as provided by the Constitution.

"Article-Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into or the exportation thereof from, the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is herchy prohibited. Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article. by appropriate legislation. "Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the Legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by Congress.

The resolution was passed by the Senate, 65 to 20, on August 1, 1917, and by the House, 282 to 128. on December 17, 1917. Mississippi was the first State to ratify the amendment, its Legislature acting on January 8, 1918. The States which have voted on the amendment and the dates on which action was taken follow: 1-Alabama, thirtieth, Jan. 14, 1919. ama 2-Arizona, twelfth, May 24, 1918. 3-Arkansas, twenty-fifth.. . 14, 1919. California, twenty-third, Jan. 13, 1919. 5 Colorado, thirty-first, Jan. 15, 1919. Delaware, ninth, March 18, 1918. 7-Florida, fifteenth. 8-Georgia, thirteenth, June 26, 1918. Idaho, nineteenth, Jan. S, 1919. 10-Illinois, twenty-sixth, Jan. 14, 1919. 11-Indiana, twenty-seventh, Jan. 14, 1919. 12-lowa, thirty-second, Jan. 15, 1919. 13- -Kansas, twenty-eighth, Jan. 14, 1919. 14Kentucky, third, Jan. 14, 1918. 15-Louisiana, fourteenth, Aug. 8, 1918. 16-Maine, twenty-first, Jan. 8, 1919. 17-Maryland, sixth, Feb. 13, 1918. 18-Massachusetts, eleventh, April 2, 1918. 10 Michigan, sixteenth, Jan. 2, 1919. 20-Mississippi, first, Jan. S, 1918. 21-Montana, seventh, Feb. 19, 1918. 22-New Hampshire, thirty-fourth, Jan. 15, 1919, 23-North Carolina, twenty-ninth, Jau. 14, 1919. 24-North Dakota, fifth, Jan. 25, 1918. 25-Ohio, seventeenth, Jan. 7, 1919. 26-Oklahoma, eighteenth, Jan. 7, 1919. 27-Oregon, thirty-third, Jan. 15, 1919. 28-South Carolina, fourth, Jan, 23, 1913 20--South Dakota, tenth, March 20, 1918. 30-Tennessee, twentieth, Jan. 8, 1919. 31-Texas, eighth, March 4, 1918. 32-Utah, thirty-fifth, Jan. 15, 1919. 33-Virginia, second, Jan. 11, 1918. 34— Washington, twenty-fourth, Jan, 13, 1919. 35-West Virginia, twenty-second, Jan, 9, 1919. 36-Nebraska. thirty-sixth, Jan. 16, 1919. Missouri was thirty-seventh at 11.25 A. M., Jan. 16, 1919. Wyoming was thirty-eighth at 11.45 A. M., Jan. 16, 1919, twenty minutes after Missouri, The ten States yet to act (Jan. 16) are Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

The United States Senate and House of Representatives have adopted the amendment to the agricultural bill to establish Wartime Prohibition, and until the armies are demobilized, for the whole country and its territories. Effectivo July 1, 1919. The President has prohibited the manufacture of beer after December 1, 1918. - Dry zones have been established around coal mines and munition plants.

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

President Alexander Lambert, New York City. First Vice-President—William N. Wishard, IndiaDapolis. Second Vice-President-E. Starr Judd, Rochester, Minn. Third Vice-President-C. W. Richard301, Washington, D. C. Fourth Vice-President John M. Baldy, Philadelphia. Secretary-Alexander R. Craig, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago. Treasurer-William Allen Pusey, Chicago.