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BLOCK SYSTEM FOR B. 60.
Road to Install Automatic Device:
on ROYAL Blue Line.

on Royal Blue Line.
As an additional precaution against coll
lision and the loss of life along it's lines
between Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington, over which. it is said. 100
trains east and west bound pass daily,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has installed automatic block signals,
which experts regard as the most relia BILE
percentage OF efficiency shown by them
being 999S. the remaining OF per cent
showing the failures.
Under this system the road is divided
into what are known as blocks usually
about a mile long. and the signals are SO
constructed that the engineer knows the
condition of the track two blocks in ad-
vance of his train When a train enters
block protected by the automatic signal
red light is displayed at night and the
danger arm, by which engineers are
governed, assumes horizontal position
by day, which means stop"
This indicates to the engineer Of a fol-
lowing train that the block is occupied
and he must under no circumstances at
tempt 10 enter it until the signal is
changed. When the train passes into the
second block the signal at the entrance
of the first block will display a green
light and the arm will be in a diagonal
position. which means Caution" AS the
train passes into the third block a white
light or a vertical arm will be displayed
at the entrance of the first block
In addition these signals are said to
show the condition Of the track and the
roadbed ahead. Should a rail break the
signal stop" is Immediately displayed
and remains SO till the track is repaired
If at any time the mechanism Of the
signals gets out Of order their construc-
ton is such that they will at once display
the stop signal.
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l.; j. Ruedigan. New York: G. P. Lums-
den. New York: c. X. Flint, New York:
L. J. Mccarthy. Philadelphia
New Willard. G. Wright. New York:
L. E. Wright. jr.. Memphis. Tenn: John
Paul Tyler. Frederick. Nd; l.. 8. Wood
ward. Boston; A. W. O'Neil. Chicago.
R!ggs-E. NJ. Roane. Portsmouth. Va:
F. T. Etther!dge. Norfolk. Va: G. w.
Wheat. Richmond. Va: r. G. Cushman.
Richmond. Va: ]. J. Maus. and Mrs.
Maus. Nazareth. Pa: c. $, James. Phila-
delphia j. Mackin. jr.. Philadelphia: J.
c. Rooms. New York: H r. Baynes. New
York: Miss Mary Baynes. New York:
Miss Lucy Magic. New York: J. E. Magic,
New York; w II. Marshall. New York:
c. II. Mullen and Mrs. Mullen. Boston;
S. r Ruhl and Mrs. Ruhl, Glen Alum. u.
Va; w. Q. Lambert and Mrs. Lambert.
Alum. w. Va: r. Fl. Harris. New York;
G. {. Hatch. Chicago.
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SWEDISH MINISTER COMING.
Mr. de Lagercrantz, With Wife and
Daurhters Starts for This Civ

COPENHAGEN. September 7.-After
acting as Swedish envoy to Denmark for
some months. Herman de Lagercrantz,
accompanied by his wife and daughters,
left here yesterday to resume his post
as minister to the United States. He will
sail from Bremen on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse September s.
The departure Of Minister de Lager
crantz from the United States on a six
months leave Of absence last October
gave rise to considerable comment in
diplomatic circles in Washington. 1t was
even rumored that the Swedish minister
had become persona non grata. but de-
NAL was at once given to this at the
White House. In an interview a Copen-
hagen the latter part of June the Swed-
ish minister said:
MY relations with the Washington adj
ministration now are and always have
been mos: pleasant. Taking advantage
Of the lull which occurs in Washington
during the summer months. my govern
ment saw fit to order me to take charge
of the legation here"
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for an indefinite stay to visit her brother
Mr.. Jack Levy.
Miss Matilda Chester.
photo by Clinedinst.)

Miss Matilda Chester. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Robert A. Chester of this city,
will be married today in San Francisco
to Lieut.. Paul Allyn Capron. United
States Marine Corps. also Of this city.
upon arrival there. The Misses Matilda
and Henrietta Chester started to the Pa
cific coast last week. accompanied by the
wife of a naval officer. Lieut.. and Mrs
Capron will sail directly after the cere-
mony, for the Philippines, taking Miss
ter's marriage to Passed Midshipman Har-
low Frask Rays. United States Navy, will
take place on their arrival at Manila. The
two couples were to have had double
the orders received by the two BRIDE
grooms made the change of date neces-
sary.
ington left last week for New York to at
tend the wedding of her cousin.
Miss Sallie E. Gates and Mr.. John T.
Ryan were married by Bishop F. NJ. Bris-
toll of the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church Sat
urday, September 5. 1908 Mr.. and Mrs
Ryan have gone for an extensive north
ern trip and will be at home after Sep
TENDER Is, 1908. at 759 eth street south
east.
Miss NJ Elsie Turner has returned to
her home after a summers travel in Eu-
rope, during which she visited England,
France, Belgium. Holland, Switzerland,
Germany and Italy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Hardy have re-
turned from p vacation spent at Matt
muck Beach, r. l., where they had cot
tage for the season.
Mrs. Fred Chaplin has left Twin Lake
Villa, New Hampshire, and has gone to
Sandy Spring, Md. for September.
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AFTER THE BIRDS.
Anacostia Marshes Full Of Gunners
This Morning.

The number OF Runners who visited
Eastern branch marshes I'm the vicinity
of Anacostia this morning was larger than
has been out on the river at that point
any day during the present shooting sea-
son. The shooting at the birds began
about o'clock. and from that hour until
near g O'Clock the fusiilade was prolonged
and continuous.
The birds We're found TO he very Wild
and when flying went far over the gun
ners' heads. The effect OF the constant
shooting on the marshes north OF the Ana
costa bridge has been to cause the birds
to gather in larger numbers than ever on
the marshes near ST. Ehzabeth's Asylum,
where cunning is prohibited
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Hotel . Arrivals,

Raleigh-M. D. Waite and Mrs. Waite,
Scranton. Pa. L. B. Johnson. New Or
leans. La: T. A Jasper. New York; L. J.
Dizard, Seattle, Wash: Percy A. Smith.
Norfolk, Va: Miss Fulton. New York.
Arlington--B H. Wetmore, Newport, r.
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Appointment for DR.. Vineberp.

The appointment Of DR.. Vineberg of the
Fineberg Optical Company as professor
of ophthalmology in the Medical Uni
versity- of Virginia al Alexandria is an
nounced. DR.. Vineberg will assume these
duties in addition to his regular office
work.
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Sold LIQUOR Illegally.

Charged with selling LIQUOR on Sunday,
William Snowden. colored. proprietor OF
shoe shining establishment at 9th and
NJ streets was convicted before Judge
Muliowny of, the Police Court this morn
ihs. "A nd in default OF 500 fine was COM
mitte6 to the workhouse for six months.
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On September ). 1905 by the
Rev. Alexander Kent. Miss MARIE MADERT
OF Washington. D. c.. and Dr. ROBERT
MATHESON CORY of Richmond, Va.
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QUEEN MOTHER OPPOSED.
Refuses Consent to Abruzzi-E lkins
Nuptials.

Special Cablesram to The Star.
PARIS. September THE Mathis Turin
correspondent states that the Count OF
Turin. brother Of the Count of Abruzzi
visited the queen mother. Margharita re-
Gently and begged her to withdraw her
opposition to the marriage OF the Count
Of Abruzzi and katherine Elkins
Queen Margharita refused. but the
Mathis correspondent says the marriage
will take place. nevertheless
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Mr. and Mrs Stanley c. Auerbach of
New York are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Auerbach. where they will be pleased to
see their friends.
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Miss Myrtle Bradley. 100 NJ street north
west. is visiting in Philadelphia. and will
spend a week at Atlantic City before she
returns home.
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Mrs E. j. Nond and Miss Margaret
Nond have returned from vacation spent
in Pittsfield, Mass. and Maturneck
Beach, X. l.
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Miss Matte Oettinger is spending sew
eral weeks in New York city and sur
rounding resorts.
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Miss Sara Levy and Miss Sophie Gold
berg have returned from a two weeks
visit at Pen Mar, Pa.
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The Misses Edna Ready ana Annie
O'Neil have returned to their homes after
a three weeks stay at the Chetwoode
Hotel, Atlantic City.
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Teaspoons. usually 1Jc set
Tablespoons. usually s1.50 set.
Dinner Forks. usually $3.50 set.
Dessert Spoons. usually $l.23 set
Dessert Forks. usually S125 set
Coffee Spoons. usually Csc set.
Orange Spoons. usually S1.23 set.
Butter SpreaderS. usually S1.2J
set. ...--.-. -..'..
Oyster Forks. usually 81 % set.
Fruit Knives. usually s1.25 set.
Berry Forks. usually Csc Set.
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After acting as Swedish envoy to Den
mark for some months. NJ. Herman de
Lagercrantz, accompanied by his wife and
daughters. left Copenhagen yesterday to
resume his post as minister to the United
States. He will sail from Bremen on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse September 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-07

Mrs. Fred Chaplin has left Twin Lake
Villa. New Hampshire, and has gone to
Sandy Spring. Md. for September.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
MOUNTAINS OF SWITZERLAND.
Illustrated Lecture by DIR. Frank NJ
Gibson at Ascension Chapel

DR.. Gibson, rector of Ascension
Episcopal Church, delivered a most
entertaining and instructive lecture,
descriptive of the mountain scenery
of Switzerland, Tuesday evening in
the chapel of the church. The steady
downpour of rain during the afternoon
and evening kept many at home, and
the audience was small. DR.. Gibson
says this lecture is the greatest rain
producer in existence. He has never
delivered it that it did not rain.
Some of us imagine that Western
Maryland is fairly well equipped with
mountains, but these are little more
than ant hills compared with those
pictured and described in this lee
ture, some of them reaching a height
of $4,000 feet To those reared to the
simple life, this immensity is appall-
ing, and this forbidding aspect is
heightened by their covering of snow
and ice. The Doctor gave an inter-
esting description of mountain climb
ing and said it was far less danger
GUS than most persons imagined, but
we doubt if he convinced any of those
present that it would be a pleasant
pastime to scale these gigantic monu-
ments of Gods handiwork. The
views are the finest we ever saw dis
played, the rugged gradeur of the
scenery being shown In all its thrill
ing details.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
Fire at Sykesville.

With wet blankets and buckets Mrs.
Bertie Norman, her daughter, Miss
Angela Herman, and Mrs. Charles
Norman succeeded in saving their
home, at Sykesville, from destruction
by fire last Friday. The large barn
and hay barracks, only few feet from
the house, were burned to the ground.
The fire was discovered by travel
er. He notified Mr.. Charles Norman,
a son of Mrs. BERTHE Norman. All the
men who could be summoned fought
the flames at the barn, and the three
women threw bucket after bucket
of water on the shingle roof of the
house, which caught fire in several
places from sparks. Although they
worked, hard, they could not prevent
one wing of the house burning.
Six horses and nine cows were res
cued from the barn. Lost in the
flames were 40 tons of baled hay and
35 tons of straw. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss is estimat-
ed between $4,000 mad $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Fortunately, the greater part of the
wheat crop had been shipped before
the fire broke out A calf was burn
ed to death, and two wagons were
DESTROYED
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE WESTMINSTER, MD.
COUNTRY TOWNS.
On Their Upbuilding Depends Saliva.
ton of the Nation.

| George H. Maxwell, editor Of Max
wells Talisman says in the March,
1908, number of his paper:
There are many country merchants
who see their trade gradually Slip
ping away from them-leaving the
| country town and going to the great
cities by the channel of the mail-order
trade.
"There are many country editors
who see the prosperity of their towns
depleted and circulation and adver-
tising income reduced for the same
reason.
There are very few, however, who
realize that their problem is a ma
tional one, and that it is wrapped up
in and part of the great funda-
mental question whether this nation
shall be perpetuated or shall be des-
troyed by the physical degeneration
of humanity, the social unrest, in
dustrial discomfort, moral and politi-
cal corruption and class hatred bred
in the city slums and tenements, and
certain to eliminate in anarchistic
crimes, riots and aH-destroying
social upheavals as the result of some
long-continued period of industrial
and commercial depression.
"The fact is that the upbuilding of
the country town and suburban viii
lage as an antidote and safeguard
against the poisonous social moral,
physical and political consequences
of herding millions of our working
people together in the unnatural con-
gested life of the tenements, is the
one great question that rises above
all others in Importance as q problem
that this nation must solve. Unless
it does solve it, it will suffer death
from human degeneracy-thef fate of
so many nations and civilizations
that have risen in the past only to
be destroyed. Ours will be likewise
destroyed unless we take heed in
time.
"Then comes the question of the
growth of towns and villages There
is where the country editors and mer-
chants can help themselves. Once
get it into the minds of the whole
American people that the salvation of
the nation depends on the upbuilding
of the country and towns and sub
urban villages-get the idea planted
and deeply rooted so it will grow itself
and a thousand influences will enter
the field and enlist for this great cam
paign for rural and country town and
village development to check the
over-growth of cities with all it's re-
sultant evils.
"It cannot all be done at once. The
first thing is to get public thought ac-
lively aroused and turned into right
channels. There must be a complete
common conception in the minds of
millions of people of this new ma
tional ideal Then there must be uni
ted, concerted and vigorous action to
realize that ideal The facts and ar
guments to support it must be dissem-
mated through a great educational
campaign-entirely separate and apart
from politics.
Every country editor and country
merchant should be leader in the
movement in his locality"
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28

lied, however, for they overlooked
the fact that there was no use fol-
distilleries on farms until the market
had been established. In the second
place they don't know anything about
operating such distilleries.
"The experimental station of the
Agricultural Department will have in
operation at Washington within sixty
days complete plant, and from each
of the experimental stations and agri-
cultural colleges throughout the coun-
try a man will come to learn the prac-
tical side, which will then be illustrat-
ed to the farmers.
During the month we shall pass
in Germany DR.. Cramptom and | will
study methods of the manufacturers
and see how methy1atel alcohol can
be made at such cost that will en-
able it to compete fairly with petro-
1eum and other means of heating and
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
A WOnder.StOry of Wheat.

Writing on "a Miracle in Wheat"
in the Saturday Evening Post Oscar
F. G. Day foresees a revolution in
wheat-growing that will upset all past
calculations.
Five years ago Abraham Adams, an
Idaho ranchman, while prospecting in
Alaska, ran across a small patch of
wheat. There was no way Of telling
how the grain happened to be grow
ing there. The seed may have been
dropped by bird or by an Indian or
by some straying &old-hunter. Only
one head of wheat of unusual size re-
mained intact, and Adams preserved
it.
After his return to Idaho Adams ex-
perimented with his find. The first
year he gathered seven pounds of
wheat from the one head. The second
year from the seven pounds hs has-
vested 1,545 pounds, or a ratio of 222
bushels to the acre. =,
Next Adams had his wheat tested
at the Idaho experimental station.
They pronounced it = good, hard
wheat. He had already tried it both
as winter wheat and spring wheat and
found it equally productive and hardy.
In the fall of 1905 he planted the 1916
pounds and the next year harvested
SO 900 pounds. Satisfactory tests later
were also made in Alabama and other
parts of the country, demonstrating
that the Alaska wheat will yield 200
bushels to the acre, and even more
under special care. This sounds fab
ulous when the worlds average yield
is 1877 bushels.
What will be the outcome, Mr.. Day
asks in awed tones. Here is a new
wheat, grading up to No. 1 hard, and
suitable for immense areas. If all
America had planted the Alaska wheat
this year our crop alone would have
been five billion bushels.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
Dinner at Shady Lawn Farm.

Mrs. Rebecca Caple entertained
fifty guests at a dinner on Sunday
August %, at her lovely home "Shady
Lawn" Those present were her son
VIM. F. Caple, VIM. F. Crout and fam
lily, Howard Biscoe and family, Ber-
tie McNeal and family, of Baltimore;
Nicholas Mummaugh and family,
Harry Richards and family, of Hamp-
stead; VIM. H. Westaway and family,
VIM R. Westaway and wife, of Pa
tapsco; Wm N. Yingling and family
Thomas Shilling and family, Mrs.
VIM. P. Shilling, Ernest Stocksdale,
of Sandyville; Geo. Fl. Caple and
family, of Eastview; Jesse Stoner and
family, of Westminster; Geo. N. Ben
son and family, of Gambler; Edward
Valentine and family, of Finksburg.
The dinner was much enjoyed by
all, and the occasion celebrated the
first anniversary of her little grand
niece, Miss Margaret Ruth Caple,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H.
Caple, of Eastview, who was just one
year old Sunday last.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
CHARLES B. ROBERTS SHOT.
Attacked ON Atlantic City Boardwall
by Unknown Person.

Charles B. Roberts, formerly OF
this city, but for many years resi-
dent of Baltimore, was shot and seri-
ously wounded Wednesday night in
Atlantic City. Mr.. Roberts, accom-
panied by Mrs. w. S. G. Williams, OF
Baltimore, was being rolled along the
boardwalk in an enclosed chair, about
1890 o'clock, when his assailant ap-
preached and fired two shots, one 60
ing wild and the other striking the
chest, passing down and lodging in
the liver. The daily papers give diff
ferent versions of the assault, and il
is impossible at this time to tell what
actually occurred.
Mr.. Roberts was hurried to the hos
pital, but the surgeons were unable to
locate the bullet, and his condition is
said to be serious. His brother, John
M. Roberts, and brother-in-law, Chas
E. Stewart, left at once for Atlantic
CitV
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
Cannot Stomach Taft.ROOseveIt.

The New York World did what it
could to prevent the nomination of
William J. Bryan for the Presidency
by the Democratic party, but it strug-
gled vainly against the undertow of
favoring sentiment in the hearts of
the masses. That great newspaper,
however, finds it impossible to support
Taft and condone Roosevelt 1t is
fast recovering from it's qualms Incl
dent upon it's disappointment because
of the choice of the Denver Conven-
ton. In strong leading article
headed Democracy VS.. Plutocracy,'
it takes very vigorous ground against
the election of William H. Taft 1t
also declares Mr.. Bryan's speech of
acceptance admirable"
This is progress We respectfully
commend the reasoning of The World
to the attention of all our readers.
1t makes appeal to the sober sense of
voters of all parties.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
Western Maryland Sued.

Two suits for $4,000 damages each
were Instituted against the Western
Maryland Railroad Company in the
United States Circuit Court in Balti-
more Monday for injuries sustained
by Harry S. Wohlforth and Clarence
L. Wohlforth, sons of John G. Who'll
forth, of Pennsylvania. The decla-
rations state that on the night of Au-
gust 9 the two young men were struck
and injured by a train while driving
across the Western Maryland railroad
tracks at Greenmount, Carroll county
The plaintiffs are nephews of John
F. Shade, who formerly lived near
Westminster, but now resides in
Frederick
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
DENATURED ALCOHOL.
Farmers to Be Told How to Make 1t
Cheap Enough to Burn.

John G. Capers, United States Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, and
DR.. Champion, chief chemist of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, have
gone to Europe on mission which
is of great Importance to the farm
ers of the United States. This, ac-
cording to London dispatch in the
New York Herald, is to study the
methods of the manufacture of methy
lated, or denatured, alcohol and the
use of the product.
when the law was passed remov-
ing the tax on denatured alcohol,
said Mr. Capers, "the hopes of the
American farmers ran high. Their
expectations have not yet been real
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
Swallowed Poison.

On Wednesday morning as John
the three-year-old son of Harvey Hal
ter, of near Silver Run, was playing
about the house, he found an envelope
containing some morphine tablets, OF
which he swallowed a few, supposing
it to be candy. Noticing that the
child was becoming drowsy his mother
discovered the cause and hastily sum-
moned DIR. Wetzel of Union Mills
who at the time happened to be in
the neighborhood. He succeeded in
eliminating the poison before much
harm resulted.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28

The indianapolis News Qnd) is
fighting battles for Mr.. Bryan, al
though it it has not announced for him
in formal terms. Of the tariff issue
it says: "Mr Bryan does well to
give the tariff a prominent place in the
campaign, for it is the key to the
whole situation. 1t is through the
tariff that the Trusts do their work,
and it is out of the bonus that the
tariff gives that the Trusts and in
terests make their contributions to
campaign funds. The three impor-
tant issues of the campaign, there
fore, Trusts, tariff, and campaign
funds, are really but one issue.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28
,,,TFRNooN, AUGUST %. 1908
TIME TABLE.

-or MARYLAND RAILROAD
Eh'tD 1oave Hillen station, daily,
Trans 40 and 4.53 p. M; daily,
Il. q. ctr Sunday, 7.4O and S.57 a. m,
acept 1115 s15 D. NJ; Sundays only, 9.2O
3::y aIs Sundays only II p. m.
an, oa'D Leave Westminster, east
TIalD1a aoiiy $50 a. M, 3.25 p. m. F;
boana' orcpnt rc Sunday 5.12, 7.12 and
diy sA sundays only 6.37 a. m.
S?g g. m, Lave Westminster west-dound
Ilalns. % ~ NJ. 1886 and COB p. m. ;
daily Src "rceDt Sunday, 9.19 and lO.O6
tal,! t5 rs and 7,4S p. M; sundays Us
T. H. Il 7.I ~ E, m. Saturdays only, 1928
Onl! ll'lV g.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-08-28

G. e. Harrison, prominent citizen
of Baltimore, writes as follows: i
am Republican, but as member OF
the Methodist Protestant Church L
cannot conscientiously vote for man
for President who denies the Divinity
of Christ. 1 am going to vote FOR
William J. Bryan"