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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26
SHOOK.

Mrs. Anna Mary Shook, wife of Mr..
Daniel Shook, died Monday afternoon
about o'clock at her residence, near
Lewistown, after few days illness.
Mrs. Shook was in her 46th year. She
leaves husband and the following chi Id
rem: Mrs. Grace Kinna, near Lewistown;
Elmer G., Daniel E., Nora H., James,
Mabel, Matte and Lewis, at home. Her
father, William Hoves, also survives.
The funeral was held Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, with services at the
Lewistown church and interment in the
cemetery adjoining. M. l.. Creager
funeral director.
Mr.. Perry Toms, son of the late David
Toms, died at the home near Foxville,
Sunday morning, aged 80 years and 8
days. The death was very sudden, and
was due to hemorrhage of the lungs. He
and his brother, Charles, lived together.
His other brothers and sister surviving
are Richard and Ulysses, near Foxville;
Mrs. Alice Shindeldecker, of Highfeld;
and Victor, Shrewsbury, Pa. The funeral
was held Monday morning at IL O'Clock
with services at Bethel, conducted by
Rev. Creek, of Smithsburg. Interment
was made in the cemetery adjoining. M.
l.. Creager funeral director.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26
[ Condensed STATEMENT

INONDENSED SIAILMENI
Showing the Condition of the
PEOPLES FIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY OF MARYLAND,
of Frederick, Md, December 81, 1913.
Total income during the year, SAT, S23. IS
Total disbursement during the
year, ...,..........'''' 44,4o!oo
ASSETS.
Real estate owned by
company. .,....... 3O,ooo.OO
Mortgage loans on
real estate. ..,.... 5000 w
Loans secured by col
lateral .......,.,. 3l,0OO.OO
Bonds and stocks
owned by company AZ, 287. %
Cash in Office and in
Banks and Trust
Companies. $780,. 30, 1924
Agents balances. &C.. 1858. 80
Interest and rents
due and accrued -. l,458.42
Gross assets. .... 1877, 236 G6
ASSETS NOT ADMITTED,
Book value of ledger assets
over market value. zee. 93I Oh
Total admitted assets. ...... 1856, 299. 10
LIABILITIES.
Losses and claims I'M
| Dalu tnptl ........ JlJ. 10
| Total unearnedpr
lunlS. ......,.. G-,'oi''o
| Commissions, brok-
erage, etc. ,,...... l,Z5Z.OO
Return premiums ana
reinsurance premiums b44.o4
Total liabilities, except capital 20, 79o. y
Capital actually paid
up in cash. ....... lOO, oOO w
Surplus over all liza
bilities. ....... 80, 500.94
Surplus as regards
policy holders. $500. l3O, oOO "a
Total liabilities -. 1856, 299. Is
Amount at risk in United
States December 81, 1913. 5, 800, 275. 90
Risks written in Maryland
during 1913. ......,....,2 1901, 1862. 90
Premiums on Maryland bust
ness in l9l3............... bay DO
Losses paid Marylandn 1913 2l,336 q
Losses incurred in Maryland
in 1913 20,8S5. AZ
STATE OF MARYLAND,
Office of the State Insurance Dept,
Baltimore, Md, 10.
! hereby certify, That the above is
true abstract taken from the Annual
Statement of the Peoples Fire Insurance
Co. of Maryland, Frederick, Md, for the
year ending December 81, 1913, now on
file in this Department.
VIM. MASON SHEHAN,
mch II st Insurance Commissioner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26
New Advertisements.

Trustees Sale.
Rob't A. Tyson & 90.
County Commissioners.
Notice to Water Consumers.
Home Insurance Company.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26
DIED..

Obituaries, poetry and resolutions,
charged for at the rate of five cents per
line. The regular death notices publish
ed Free
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26
Are They In Good Order?

Wonder in what condition the water
plugs about town are? Are they all oiled
and readily opened in case of fire?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-03-26

Chamberlain Tablets for Constipation.
For constipation, Chamberlain's Tab
let's are excellent. Easy to take, mild
and gentle in effect. Give them trial.
For sale by all dealers.
Advertisement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
VICTORY CLAIMED
BY FRENcHMEN

Montreal, Aug. IA cablegram
from Paris to the. Montreal Star
gives the following account OF an
engagement between the French and
Germans:
The French war Office issued an
chlcial announcement today stating
that the troops of the republic have
been victorious in engagements with
the Germans.
1t was further officially stated that
all the German soldiers who pene.
i.ated France in the departments OF
the Meuse and Msurtrn,et-h oselle
have been driven back across the
border.
At Mangiennes. northeast Of Yer
dun, sharp engagement took place
in which the French claim to have
repulsed the Germans with heavy
loss. Six guns, three heavy pieces
of artillery and three rapid fire guns
also fell into thu hands of the sci
diers Of the republic. A battery Of
German artillery was disabled.
During the early stages Of the bat
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
MORE WAR VESSELS DUE

San Francisco, Aug. 12.-Whether
the two German men o-war now pa
trolling outside the harbor xake any
prizes or not is largely h matter Of
how long their coal holds out. There
are eight British vessels and three
Frenchmen due here at almost AM.
time.
The Leipsig can come into port for
Sufficient coal to take her to the near
est home port at any time she wish
es. In the case of German vessels
off this coast, the first home port Is
Paluali Island of Savaii German Sa-
moa, distant between two and three
weeks steaming.
The Nurnberg is in different plight.
Her last known port Of call was Hon
olulu, under the American flag, ant:
she is not eligible to call for coal at
another American port for three
months subject TO the date Of her de-
parture, unless in the meantime she
has touched at a home port. mas
much as she was sighted west OF
Honolulu on July 20, near Midway
Island, this is not believed possible.
Must Put Back For Coal
Either she must capture coal soon
or put back to Samoa for It. A pos
sible complication in the situation y
that a British tramp laden with coal
consigned to the United States coal
ing station at California City, on San
Francisco bay, is due here soon. AS
a ship under the registry of hostile
nation, this collier is technically ia
BILE to capture.
Seventeen British vessels, two
Frenchmen and five Germans are TIED
up in the harbor. Four OF them are
laden and two have taken out their
clearance papers, but do not dare
move. Among them is the Union
Liner Moana, bound for Australasia,
due to sail tomorrow.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
MILLION MEN IN
THE TWO ARMIES
READY TO FIGHT

Paris, Aug. 12. "A million soldiers
will face each other on either sac
of the Franco German frontier me
armies are about equal in numbers
but there is no doubt that the morale
NJ the French troops Is far superior
Tho utmost confidence and stamina
will be needed on both SIDES pe'
oausa some of the impending battles
orc eypected to last several days ana
perhaps two weeks. The frontier
country lends itself to heroic eS'
pIoits. 1t consists entirely OF noun
famous roads. bordered on either
side by dense woods,
The carrying OF two frontier pass
es by the French troops gives then
an enormous advantage as far as
upper Alsace is concerned.
Down at Muhlhausen the Frencf
troops have been withdrawn To dc
fensive positions and are preventing
the German troops from returning tc
the town.
With 100000 men forming the Ger
man central force between lAee'
and Thionville, It is now practically
certain that the most decisive fight
ing will take place between brussels
and verdun.
II France does not carry this Titan
&c struggle into Lorraine she vii
aim at checking the entire German
narrowing to the soul, Being conf
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
PERFECT CONFIDENCE
Logan People Have Good Reason For
Complete
Reliance

Do you know how
To find relief from backache;
To correct distressing urinary Ills;
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

the trade, we are likely to see higher
prices. Burlaps advanced 6 cents
each this week, on some sizes. We
are now asking IL cents for sacking.
IN oats, the government report is 1877
per cent Aug. 1; S45 per cent July
1; s15 for 10 years average. The
reserves in farmers hands, 1918 chop,
mounted to 100000 against 100, 900.
900 for last year at this time. Farm
ers are disposed to stack or bin new
oats for higher prices, these being
influenced some by corn"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
NEBRASKA FIRM
TELLS ABOUT
CORN CROP

Corn and crop conditions, particu-
larly In the central part of tho coIn-
try, are set forth in the following
circular letter to the Pacific coast
trade, from a Nebraska -four and
grain house. Under date of August:
THE disturbed financial condition
brought about by the European up
heaval and almost complete cessation
of exports, had a depressing effect on
prices last week, followed by rapid
advances in the last few days OH as.
surances by England that it would
guarantee the war risk to her import
ers, and following the action by our
government in providing protected
currency, and taking steps towards
allowing foreign ships to enter our
exporting trade under American regis
try. Many Of the railroads have en-
bsrgoes out on grain at most OF our
ports, and have gone 80 far as to talk
of bringing thousands OF cars OF
wheat which are blockading the Gal
weston yards, back to Kansas City.
While our foreign trade is greatly re-
stricted, indications point to big
| Improvement in the near future, this
applying to wheat and flour.
King corn has declared his neu'
trality, and is concerned only indrest
ly by the actions of European kings
Everyone is anXiously waiting > see
how long he can go without water
Rain is badly needed in nearly every
section of the corn belt, and the
greatest producing states are the ones
suffering the most. Conditions are
unfavorable and the deterioration Is
taking place in central regions where
prospects have been considered eX
cellent
oklahoma state crop report shows
: condition of so, loss OF 20 points
since July /; Missouri 6S as agains
81 on July1, and 20 last August The
/ seven surplus states are probably a
, round rs AS against 80 per cent Jul!
1. Illinois has lost 81 points; fp'
Kansas sends discouraging reports
The latest government reports SHOW
on Aug. /, the condition for the en-
, tire United States. as 75.S per cen
against S5.S July /, and S2,2 me j
: years average, indicating prooabl
= yield of 1884 600 bushels.
, august is the critical corn mpnth
rains, and at low condition. Som
and It is starting in without norma
scattered rains of local benefit haV
=. fallen, less than one inch Ms rule
! What we need Is general soakin
, rains. Unless this damage to tn
crop has already been discounted D.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
To assist weak kidneys?

Your neighbors know the way
Have used Doan's Kidney Pills;
Have proved their worth in many
tests.
Here's Logan testimony
Charles Peterson, blacksmith, 617
North First East street, Logan, Utah,
says: II take Doan's Kidney Pills
whenever feel that my kidneys are
not acting properly, generally caused
by cold settling in them. At such
times I have backache and lameness
across my loins. can always de-
pend on Doan's Kidney Pills for re-
lief. take pleasure in recommend.
ing this remedy"
Mr.. Peterson is only one of many
Logan people who have gratefully en-
dorsed Doans Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for kidney
remedy-ask distinctly for Doan's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mr.. Pet.
ersen had-remedy backed by home
testimony. soc all stores. Foster.
Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
when Your Back is Lame-Remem-
Der the Name ADV.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
ALL GRADES OF OIL
REDUCED FIVE CENTS

Pittsburg, Aug. IL. Another CT
in the purchase price of oil was an
nUunced by the oil purchasing tgen-
c!es today, all grades Being reduced
avo cents except Ragland. Penhsyl-
vanie crude Is now los; Mercer
black / .l2; New Castle , IL; Cahella
1.50; Corning and Somerset 80, anc
Ragland 81.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

When did any Mexican anywhere
ever fight like a Belgian?
+ i.
Why doesn't Oyster Bay hey the
dogs of war into Quietude?
i. SIS.
In the name of the best form Of
conservation, why hasn't T. r. stop
ped 1t all? IA,
The "standpat Progressive" Is
merely new species; most Of the
genus seem to be running.
+ !. I.
Possibly beer was an ally Of the
Belgians before the war began on
the principle of too much Johnson"
.tj!s
You make your home worth more
by patronizing home merchants.
Think it out.
!. X
Ireland forgot it as soon as Great
Britain sensed trouble abroad, thus
revealing the two traits characteristic
OF the Irish-common sense and poll
teal aptitude.
i II.
The Kaiser has six soldier sons. II
he defeats the six nations now war
ring against him. he can give every
son OF Kaiser n crown.
Il i. i.
Hsley's comet returns to us every
few hundred years. Then why do
good times never return during a
Democratic administration? Hitch on
to a comet, brudder Bryan.
i 1. i.
The New York Progressives seem
to SAT-: ITS all right to leave us way
out on limb. but we'll be dodbobbed
II any rip-roarin Iron Heart is going
to saw the limb on"
il ~ts
The science of causation Is MIN,
BILE child of logic. Since the big
war started we are given new causes
for the present business depression.
Is the designing being done by those
who caused the depression?
!. i. !.
II the real splendor Of L.ogan's new
FIVE story hotel is in direG proper
ton to the city's needs In that line,
then the Rip Van Wrinkle snooze OF
our Motel keepers was not so bad
as it may have seemed.
y II \.
II the accusation that the automo
bile is the main cause of costly living
be true, then by his steady reduction
OF prices, Henry Ford has givei
more than the first relief.
q. =. -
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

such optimism, would be more or less
advance until the end of August,
when Russia's millions will pour
across the western frontier, where
Germany has left her worst fighting
men, because she hoped to strike
vital blow at France within two
weeks and then turn her finest tioops
against Russia.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
CLOTHES FOR GRANDMOTHER

II the grandmothers OF 100 years
ago could take peek at tho grand
mothers Of today, they never would
be content with merely turning In
their graves from the shock. The
grandmother who sits In the back.
ground with her knitting never ap-
pears abroad In anything but black
and locks to her grandchildren to de-
eide the affairs OF the family Is very
distinctly the exception. Not only
are her activities nowadays broader
In their scope than they were in her
own young days, or, In fact, than
many Of the present younger gener-
alton; she also seems endowed with
the necessary energy to carry through
successfully everything from poll
teal Campaign to Quiet game Of
bridge.
In the past few years the fashions
suitable for middle age have also
undergone complete revolution and
TO-DAY one finds That the clothes in
tended for grahdnother's wear, II a
little more conservative In cut, are
quite as elaborate as those Of her de-
butsnte granddaughter. Where srand-
daughter wears a fiaring tunic on her
evening frock, grandmother has one
cut a little less full and perhaps a
few inches longer, her long iunlc for
street wear Is precisely the same,
and her coat is short and cut along
the same lines, for the figure OF mid
de age is often as well suited as that
of the girl to the bagginess and lack
Of fit that characterize the up to date
tailored coat. Grandmother's hat,
too, may be quieter in color, bu. nine
times out of ten is the same Shape,
especially this season when the Wat
teau styles that are extremely be-
coming to white hair are being worn
by young and old. But grandmother,
II she Is wise, will not attempt ono
of the popular sailor shapes that are
becoming alike to girls and young
matrons, but that with an older face
only serve to give the idea that she
is trying to be young.
Perhaps the most delightful fad OF
the elderly woman is her walking
stick-not a commonplace cane, such
as has been carried by younger wo
men the past year or two, nor vet
suggestive Of the idea that she Is
decrpit and requires aid in walking.
Her cane. is purely ornamental, and
ia made a foot or two longer than a
mans cane, the idea undoubtedly
having been derived from a shepherd
ess' crook, which, after all, was IA
miliar note in paintings oil the
DAYS when women wore the Vatican
hats and the very fully draped skirts
Moreover, she has a. different cane
for every hour of the day and ioi
] every costume-that Is, II she w.sh
/ es to follow the fad exactly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

tie the Germans fought with such
herceness and stubbornness tina, the
French lines were on the point CT
wavering when reserves were throw n
onward to support the French front.
This turned the tide, according 10
French war office dispatches ami the
French troops then begsl counter
attack.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

Itch! Itch! Itch!-Scratch! Scratch!
Scatch! The more you scratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Oint-
ment. For eczema, any skin itching.
soc a box ADV.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for organ
ic diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters
purlfies the blood-cures the cause
builds you up.-Adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

dent of the future enables one to
hold his head up, as the saying goes,
and, probably, to say to many petty
disturbances, Get behind me Satan
Nothing better could be taken on
large faith than belief in a future
crowned with glory. Unwise indeed
would be the soul who would deign
to make the "sneerins comment that
such belief was nothing but faith.
Such small portion is now under
stood Of what seems likely to be hu-
man knowledge a few million years
from now that raith in things unseen
of the sort thai coincide with heal
thily enlivened spirit-with heipfui
tone Of optimism--is faith OF the
most practical sort.
A happy phrase, that Glorious oes
tiny of the Saints "A SOJOURNEf'
i X. !.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15
GLORIOUS DESTINY

In a recent editorial the Deseret
Evening News speaks OF THE glor-
ious destiny of the Saints" 1t Is an
optimistic phrase. a stimulating pro-
nouncement of belief. II Is, to say
the least, a great Improvement over
that phase OF the birthstone doc
trine" which impelled the formation
of some of the more modern creeds,-
formed as solace to enable men to
get away-far away-from the fatal
ism OF the burning punishment doc
trine.
A glorious destiny" is a good thing
TO hold in view; there is no form OF
religious belief which would suffer
from it's adoption. II is possible that
holding a belief in such destiny is
great aid to a philosophic consid'
,eration and likely understanding OF
many OF the problems which without
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-15

A large bundle OF old newspapers
for &c, at this office.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05
LABOR DAY ,PIcNIcs

LABOR DAY ,PICNICS
Labor Day picnics at Elm Tree
Grove, Dunning, Ill, and at Pilsen
and Brands Parks.
BITS OF NEWS
Clark Street Business Mems Assn
petitioning to change name of Clark
st. to Broadway, from Broadway to
Archer av.
Patrick Kerrigan, 6, 114a E. 18th
st., killed by auto at 43d and Oaken-
wald av. Auto didn't stop.
NUF CED!
Little Mary had just returned from
an afternoon party. ooh, mamma
she exclaimed, ''just think, had ice
cream three times in congestion!"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

assuming the offensive, no one here
will say.
The bulletin today was even more
vague than any which has preceded
it. It gave the, information that the
armies have not cIashed. The enemy
was said to be moving his troops into
new positions. But where these posi-
tons are is known only to the gen
eral staff and the forces that are
now in the field.
Paris.-That the Germans are
concentrating for a supreme effort
to crush the allied armies is admitted
at military headquarters here today.
The wireless reports from Bordeaux.
say that the war Office there con-
siders the situation satisfactory.
The enemy has moved to the east
ward of Paris, his forces being re-
ported in strength at La Ferte-Sous-
Jouarre, eleven miles east of the
Meaux and apparently Strengthening
their positions at all points,
It is believed certain here that the
German pla nof offense contempIates
forcing a general engagement with
the entire allied armies before any
serious offensive movement is direct
ed against Paris.
Paris.-Paris is anxiousIy, but
calmly awaiting word that the con-
tending forces about the city are in
conflict. Thousands are fleeing from
the city on the free trains furnished
by the government, but as many
more are pouring in from the north |
from the district in the line of the |
German advance. An official state
ment issued declares:
"The movement of the opposing
armies continues. today. The enemy
has made no attempt against our
various positions.
Refugees leaving the city are
crowded in cattle cars. Hundreds of
weeping women and children have
I,o. n DIooo1 aboard fhpcn froiOc ond |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

ment regarding the war was wildly
cheered.
Premier Okuma, in opening the
session explained that an eXtraordi-
nary war budget must be voted to
permit the continuation of the often
sive operations designed to remove
German influence from the Orient,
He then said:
''The army and navy are now do
ing their full duty in a manner that
all Japanese may well be proud Of"
This declaration was followed by a
patriotic demonstration which lasted
several minutes.
No information regarding the
operations at Kiao Chau has been
made public.
In the lower house minister of for
eign affairs, Baron Kato, explained
that Japan participated in the war
at the invitation of England and be-
cause of the treaty obligations be-
tween the two nations.
In the course of his speech he re-
ferred to the extreme friendship be-
tween Japan and the United States
and said that Japan was under re-
newed obligations to the United
States for the manner in which it
was safeguarding and representing
Japanese interests and subjects in
both Germany and Austria.
Ostend. - Delayed - German
monoplans fell here Sept. 4. Two
German officers taken.
5000
IARnD nav nIRAuRc
The American issue., 1914-03-06
A Letter to the Voters Of the Thirty>Second Ward
in Chicago
in Chicago

Chicago is much in the eye of the
people of Illinois and her struggles
for better government are watched
by the people all over the state with
as much interest perhaps as by
those within her immediate boun-
daries That struggle in Chicago
as elsewhere, resolves itself into a
saloon fight. To paraphrase a
sentence from an editorial in Chi
cago paper on another matter, the
question is whether the attempt to
create a vested interest in the sale
of liquor is superior to the right of
the people to orderly government
The determination to make of liq-
The American issue., 1914-03-06

selling vested interest and push it every
and destroy every official who attempts enforce the law
the which confronts people everywhere If Chcago
be broken loose from saloon domination
be made and the people of the ward
excellent opportunity make start by the election of VIM A
Taylor the nonparan and ansaloon candidate alderman
Mr. Taylor urged the by prominent citizens
of the ward He consented make the reluctantly He
high type citizen and will be credit to the ward in the
council Mr. Taylor hds the best natural chance to Vn
Last year there 1890 registered in the ward
of whom little onehaf voted the aldermanc election
and the winning candidate with the support of the Municipal
Voters League and the Daily News received only 1922 votes