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Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
DANDRUFF AND FALLING HAIR

P. o. Box 3, Wsnego, W. Vat was
troubled with dandruh, falling hair
and itching scalp for two or three
years. 1t was 80 bad at times my
coat-collar would be covered so ! was
ashamed to go in company. 1t itched
30 my head was irritated and pimples
would come on my scalp. My hair
came out badly; It became thin and
dry, so dry that it seemed as though
there was no life In 1t.
Remedies failed to do me any good.
About a year ago / saw the advertise
ment Of Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and sent for a sample. After the first
treatment l discovered / was getting
better. purchased some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and continued
using them until was completely
cured" (Signed) Geo. W. King, Jan.
/, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
GERMANS DRIVEN
OVER FRONTIER
Allies Stand Firm UnderAssault,
Paris Declares.
LINES IN BELGIUM HOLD
Progress Also Between Ypres and
Roulers Claimed In French Official
Reports - German Reinforcements
Reported Moving Through Belgium
To the Battle Front.

Washington, D. C.-Latest official
dispatches to the French Embassy
from the Foreign Office in Bordeaux
reported the capture of a number Of
prisoners and much artillery in the
combat between Ypres and Roulers
and also east of Nancy. Complete re-
pulse of the German offensive in East
Prussia also was announced. The dis
patch follows:
in the region between Ypres and
Roulers considerable progress has
been made and a number of prisoners
and nine mitrailleuses were taken. In
the region east of Nancy, where we
drove the enemy over the frontier, we
captured about 200 prisoners.
'In Poland the combat has taken on
the nature Of a general battle, which
extends from Rawa to the confluence
of the Islanka and Vistula rivers on q
front of 100 kilometres. In the north
Of Rawa the Russians have inflicted
great losses on the Germans and taken
batteries and mitrailleuses and prison
ers. In Galicia the Austrians are fight
ing with less energy. The Russian
troops have progressed to the south
of Sambor and Staromiaste. In East
Prussia the tentative and partial Of
tense of the Germans has been entirely
repulsed"
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$4,000 HELD BY GERMANS.
Or. Spring Also Says Prisoners Are
Well Treated.

New York.-Records of the German
War Office, according to DR.. William A.
Spring, formerly Of Boston, on Sep
tember Is showed a detailed list Of
350,000 prisoners taken by the German
troops and detained in military camps.
DR.. Spring, who has been a dentist,
practicing for 25 years in Germany and
Holland, arrived here with his family
on the steamer Red Cross.
"At Berlin l have a personal friend
who is an officer of the German Army
in charge of the Bureau of Records, !"
DR.. Spring said: This friend showed
me his record made out in card index
form, showing the names, address,
nature of the wound and condition of
English, French and Russian prison.
ers.~ The record he showed me was
added up; it totalled 350,O0O names.
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SCRABBLE Season,

DR.. Cyrus Townsend Brady, the emf
nent novelist and divine, said in New
York one brisk October day:
This is the scrapple season, the
scrapple season par excellence. 1t is,
however, only In Philadelphia that
one can really enjoy scrapple, For
Philadelphia is the home of scrapple,
and elsewhere the delectable dish is
suspect"
Doctor Brady laughed.
For the perfect enjoyment Of love, "
he said, there must be perfect conf.
dence-and this is also true of scrap
ple."
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Chinese Republic.

theoretically China is a republic
but it is hardly believable that it is
such in the sense that this country is.
We may be sure that, despite its re-
publican name, China is ruled largely
by a few men at Peking. Seif-govern-
ment Is something that is slowly &C
Iuired. It cannot be brought about in
4 day by conventional rulings.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
PROBING BowLUs' DEATH.
The Anne Arundel County Grand Jury
At Work.

Annapolis.-Although the case oc-
cupied the greater part of their days
investigation. the members Of the
Anne Arundel county grand jury have
not yet taken any action in the case
of five freshmen students Of st. Johns
College, who are held in connection
with the death Of Cadet William R.
Bowlus last May Numbers Of cadets
who were with Bowlus In the effort to
force an entrance into the room where
the freshmen had harricaded them
selves and from which came the shot
that caused his death, were examined
by the jury during the morning. In
the short afternoon session several
members of the college faculty were
called to testify. The investigation
of the case has not been concluded by
the jury.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
GAY WINTER AT ACADEMY.
Naval Officers To Give Eight Dances,
Middies Nineteen.

Middles Nineteen.
Annapolis.-Dates for the dances to
be given by the officers on duty at the
Naval Academy during the fall and
winter season have been announced by
the hop committee, of which Capt. g.
H. Burrage is ex-oficio chairman. The
officers have extended invitations to
the midshipmen to attend two of their
dances that are to be given on Satur-
Jay evenings, the only night that mid
shipmen may participate in such func-
tions. February 19 is the date set for
the annual bal masque. The initial
dance will be given on November 6,
the other dates being November 21,
December IL, January and %, Feb
ruary 10 and April 16 and 80. The
midshipmen also have issued invita-
tions to their series Of hops. The
initial dance was given on October IL,
and the schedule calls for Is others, in
addition to three informals. The dates
are: October 81, November IA and 25,
December 5, 19 and 81, January 16
and 80. February 13, March IS, April
10 and "a, May 8, % and 29, February
IA and March 10 and "a.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
KAIsER's HEADQUARTERS.
500 Men Attend Him While He 10 In
the Field.

London.-It is semi-of1cially an
nounced in Petrograd, telegraphs the
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company, that Emperor VIII
liam's headquarters, which are now in
France, are so extensive as to resemble
a thickly-populated village. The per
sonneI amounts to about 1900 men, in
addition to convoy and many servants.
The Emperor's suite consists Of Cen
erals Ploessen, Gontard, Helms and
@archand; Colonel Mutius; Lieuten-
ant Colonel Hautne; Major Capristi,
Major Hirschfeld and Major Count Won
MoItke. There are also large suites 80
tached to the Prince Of Schoenber8
and Lieutenant Colonel the Prince OF
Pless.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
ANNAPOLIS NEWS
eovERNoR UNDER KNIFE.

Undergoes Operation For Appendicitis
At Annapolis.
Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough
was operated on for appendicitis in the
Governors room in the Government
house at Annapolis, at $50 o'clock Sat
urday. The operation was declared
to have been complete success.
After the operation the physicians
stated that the Governor stood the
ordeal we'll. He succumbed to the ef-
fects of the anaesthetic in q short
while and the operation was over in
about one hour.
DR.. Gorter said the operation was
quickly performed and the condition
of the patient satisfactory.
The Governor will remain under the
care Of DR.. Walton H. Hopkins, Of An
napolis, who is the family physician OF
the Goldsboroughs.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Rm4 Not With Water.

He-I gave a poor man dollar yes
terday and told him to come around
and let me know how he was getting
on.
She-That was good Of you; like
casting your bread upon the waters.
He-Yes, something like that. Any
way he came back this morning
"soaked."
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
GERMANS ACCUSED OF HoLD-UP
Said To Demand s5oo,ooo From Prince
Of Monaco.

London.-A dispatch from Paris to
the Exchange Telegraph Company says
the Germans have seized the Prince of
Monaco's chateau de Marchais, near
Rheims, and declare that they will
blow it up unless the Prince imme-
diately pays a ransom of $5OO,OOO. The
Prince is said to have addressed ar
appeaI to the neutral countries.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
ELIXIR BABEK WORTH IT'S WEIGHT
IN GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.

I contracted malaria in 1895, and after a
years. fruitless treatment by a prominent
Washington physician, your Elixir Babek
entirely cured me. On arriving here came
and sent home for Rabek. Again 1t
proved it's value-It is worth its weight in
Gold here. Brasie O'Hagan, Troop E, 9Th
q. S. Cavalry, Balayan, Philippines.
Elixir Babek. so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post prepaid, from Kloczewsh O. Co.,
Washington, D, G,
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
NATIONAL PIKE NOW IMPROVED.
Only Few Gaps In 21o Miles From
Baltimore To Oakland.

6aICImorS 10 Oakldnos
observation-disclosures o. E. Wei
Ter, of the State Roads Commission,
before leaving Hagerstown for Freder-
lex, stated that within a few days the
commission will ask for bids for build
ing those parts of the old National
Turnpike, bought by the State, lying
within Hancock, Clearspring, Funks-
town and Boonsboro.
Chairman Weller stated that Wash
ington county's apportionment Of
$25O,000 will be expended when the
work for which contracts have been
let are finished and when the roads
through the incorporated towns are
improved. The National Turnpike has
now been rebuilt from one end of
Washington county to the other, So
miles, t-;cepting eight miles from Lick.
ing Creek to Hancock, and this is
under contract, with one mile finished.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
The Bald Row.

"What is the matter with that
mani" asked the inQuisitive little gir!
at the theater.
1.-THE man sitting in the front row."
"Yes'm. The one whose hair is too
small for him"
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
GERMAN LOSS PUT AT 10000 DAY
70 To 80 Per Cent. OF Wounded Soon
Back In Field.

Rome.-According to official reports
received here, the German casualties
average 10000 men in killed and
wounded daily. All of those slightly
or not gravely wounded, an average OF
from 10 to 80 per cent, return to the
ranks after a relatively short time.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Too AsaertIve.

do his attachments speak for them
selves?"
They might, If he would permit
them to, but he insists on being their
spokesman"
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

An old man who suffers from dys-
pepsia has but little sympathy for a
young woman who merely has a bro
ken heart.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Money for Christmas.

Selling guaranteed wear-proof hosi-
cry to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas
business. Wear-Proof Mills, 1900
Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa.-Adv.
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STATE, news
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUlCKREADING

A number Of farmers. most OF whom
wore masks, indignant over the action
Of the Maryland Roads Commission
In closing Pigskin road, a county
thoroughfare. near Milestone, as
sembled several nights ago and, using
the road implements Of the commits
sion, removed the distractions. About
two weeks ago the Roads Commission
in constructing a new highway deter
mined to close the PigSkin county
road. The County Commissioners fled
an injunction suit and Judge M. l.
Keedy issued an order restraining the
Roads Commission from closing the
road. Since then efforts have been
made by the Roads Commission and
County Commissioners to adjust their
differences, but without success.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Conversion Must Wait.

The conversion of the heather win
have to be suspended, according to
the mission boards, until Christian nAr
tions stop fighting.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
SunemuouR.

Mrs. Crawford-Do you tell your
neighbor ell your family affairs?
Mrs. Crabshaw-It isn't necessary.
She's on the same party line.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Almost any man may work himself
up to high degree Of popularity with
his neighbors by taking up his resi-
dence on an uninhabited island in
midocean.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

LESSON TEXT-Matt SS:S7-sG Include
Also, w. 47-56.
GOLDEN TEXT-As q lamb 10 led to
the slaughter. and as a sheep before Its
Shearers Is dumb, 50 he opened not his
mouth.-Isa. 65:7 r. v.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

A man named J. Deadman, who has
only one arm, is employed as a grave
digger at the WaitonAon-Thames Gem,
etery. England.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

An automobile driven by Roland
Hall, Of Carroll county, crashed into
a horse owned by John Slack at West
Friendship, injuring the animal 80
severely that 1t is not expected to live.
Miss Margaret Ware. who occupied
the front seat with Hall, was thrown
against the glass wind shield Of the
automobile and cut about the head and
face. Hall also was cut and bruised
about the face. Mrs. Philip Lee and
Milton Harvey, who occupied the back
seat Of the machine, escaped serious
injury.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The semi-annual meeting Of the Tri-
county Bankers Association, compris-
ing Worcester, Somerset and Wicomi-
co counties, was held in Salisbury.
There were about $50 members pres
ent. A majority of the delegates came
in automobiles and we're conveyed
through the city by the reception COM
mittee Of the local bankers. William
w. Allen, Of the Philadelphia National
Bank, was the chief speaker at the
afternoon meeting, his subject being
work Of the American Institute OF
Banking" DR.. s. A. Graham, presi-
dent Of the Tri-county Association and
cashier of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, Salisbury. presided at the meet
ing.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
The Result.

Il made the dressmaker take out q
lot Of stitches in my waist"
"I'n bet she was ripping mad"
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

A mans best friend is woman who
can keep him from making a fool of
himself.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The largest crowd that has attended
the Frederick Fair since the visit OF
President Grant in 1876 was present
Thursday, being estimated at 10000
The gate and grandstand receipts were
double that of the third day last year,
when rain cut down the attendance.
More than 100 automobiles and
vehicles were unable to get into the
grounds and had to be parked along
the road outside the inclosure. Special
ground officials were appointed to
keep the crowd moving.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
Goldfish Catch Fell of.

Newfoundland Goldfish catch last
year was worth $7,897,0OO somewhat
below that of the year before.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

We know a spinster who thinks a
husband is better late than never.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The Canary Islands report large
srops Of onion seed.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

FOR sALE-sI4 A. IN MECKLENBURg
CO., Va; ideal well improved stock farm; 1Se
q. cult. Part Rddr. v. G. Davis, BTaeey, Va
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlNSGOOL
LESSON

@y q. o. SELLERS, Acting Director snn-
day School Course, Moody Bible InSti-
tute, Chicago.)
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

FOR sALE-S5O A. IN BEDFORD CO.. VA.
100 a. cult, 1900 apple trees, well improved
Address r. l. ELLETT, GO0DE, VIRGINIA
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Mrs. Percy A. Seibert, Of Hagers-
town, daughter-inlaw Of former Sher-
III M. Finley Seibert, received official
information from the French war office
of the death of her brother, Capt. Geo.
Alphand, commanding the Sixth Com
pany of the Twenty-6rst Regiment OF
the colonial troops Of the French
Army. Captain Alphand received
mortal wounds while leading his com
pany in the battle at Neufachteau,
Belgium, August 81.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

DR.. Ryan Devereaux, president Of
the Montgomery County School Board,
announced his intention to resign.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Charles Barkdoll. Smithsburg fruit
grower, was seriously injured while
helping to load barrels of apples on a
wagon. A barrel Of apples, Weighing
$50 pounds, rolled on him
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The abandonment of county jails
was recommended in the report Of the
Committee on Public and Private
Charities to the State Conference of
Charities and Correction, in session at
Easton.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Many hogs are dying of cholera in
the vicinity of Beaver Creek and
Chewsville. One farmer lost 16.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The Middle Convocation of the Dio-
cese of Easton, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, convened in Trim
fly Cathedral, Easton. Bishop William
F. Adams, Of the diocese Of Easton,
which is composed of all the Protest
ant Episcopal churches in the niue
counties on the Eastern Shore, pre-
sided.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Hagerstown will insure its own en-
ployes under the new Employers Liza
bility act, If the State Commission will
permit 1t.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Lewis D. Syester, an attorney, son
Of the late Judge Andrew X. Syester,
fell 80 feet from the third-story porch
Of his home in Hagerstown, sustain
ing fractures Of both legs at the ankles,
a fracture of one arm, broken back
and probably internal injuries. Mr..
Syester walked out Of the bathroom,
which opens on the third-story porch,
made a misstep, fell over the railing
and plunged to the ground.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

The local committee of the Red
Cross Society, composed of society
women of Annapolis and the Naval
Academy has collected nearly $500 for
the relief fund for sufferers of the Eu-
ropean War.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Jesse G. BOSTON, % years old, Of
townsville, was found dead at the Tide
water Portland Cement Plant, near
Union Bridge, where for several years
he has been employed as night watch
man. A coroner's jury pronounced
death due to natural causes.
Middletown transcript., 1914-10-31

Asa Munson rushed into the dis
patcher's tower at North Junction and
showed the operator four sticks OF
dynamite which, he said, he found on
the Western Maryland Railroad tracks
near Pennsylvania avenue. Sheriff o.
W. King made an investigation and
several suspects were arrested and
taken before Justice Daniel W. Doub,
but all were dismissed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-07
, NO CLAIM FOR FRIEDMAN.

NO CLAIM FOR FRIEDMAN. '
Washington, Nov. AFTER an ex-
haustive investigation the United
States Public Health Service today
announced Dr.. F. F. friedman, the
Berlin physician, has no claims to a
discovery of specific cure for tuber-
culosis.
The investigations showed that
"one-fourth of all the cases receiving
the treatment developed running
sores or assesses at the place where
they were injected"
The report added that while some
patients were buoyed up after an in
lection of the serum, others pro
crossed to a speedy death" .
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-07

1000
WINTER LOOKS BAD FOR POOR,
SAYS COUNTY AGENT
Among the large concerns in and
near the city who conduct an open
shop are the Illinois Steel Mills. Last
spring these mills shut down and a
week later thousands of women and
children applied to County Agent Jo-
seph Meyer for help.
In the South Chicago Office of the
county agent, $500 Houston av., 40
applications are made for assistance
every day. The mills have laid OF
thousands of men gradually; so grad
ually that it caused no comment.
'These men are not organized"
said John T Fitzpatrick, pres. Chi
cago Federation of Labor. ''They had
no organization, officials or commit
tees, which unions have, to protest
against reducing wages, frightening
hours and laying off men and the
poor pay causes these men to apply
to the county agent for all when they
are laid Off"
Two hundred applications are
made for aid every day, according to
County Agent Meyer, and the food,
clothing and medical attention is
being provided for more than 5000 |
families now.
"This will be the worst winter ever
experienced by this bureau" Meyer
told a reported for The Day Book, 81
have placed an application for so |
more investigators, those we have
now being unable to cope with the
work. We are now supporting 1900
more families than last year and from
the present state of affairs, especially
out at the stockyards, it looks as If
we are going to have large increase
of work in a short time"
10000 saIesmen start campaign for
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-07

Trib was throwing them oberboard
for Sherman.
In the meantime, the mysterious
hackers of the Herald will have to
fork over that Is per cent. It's darn
ed expensive getting out newspapers
with big war on, y'know.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The monthly fire drill was held yes terday morning during the secont period.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Housecleaning being about over, it will not be necessary much longer to sleep in the vege- table cellar.
 The city Of Cleveland claims $4 100000 odd taxes from John D. Rockefeller, but perhaps they would be willing to compromise for $6.98
 Under the school garden movement, the ris- ing generation plants lot of flowers and vege- tables for Dad to weed and cultivate.
 sEx-President William Howard Taft tells the Yale boys to beware of the Recall, than which as a wrecker of our fair country there is nothing more .sinsijiousu The ex-president should know he had it worked on him with telling effect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

The monthly fire drill was held yes- terday morning during the second period.
 It was announced at the special meeting of the senior class held yester- day noon in room II. that the invita- ton for senior day will be distributed to the members of the class ons We'd nesday. The senior day exercises are to be held June 5 in the assembly hall. The 'busses that will transport the class to the home of E. Merrill Beach in Trumbul1, where the characteristics day program will be carried out, will leave from in front of the high school Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The girls of the class are to furnish the cake, the class the ice cream while the fellows will deyoursthe dainties and honor the others by their presence.
 The swimming team that will rep- resent the local Boys Department of the Y M. c. A, in the meet at the New Haven Y. M. c. A., Friday even- ing, is composed of Robert Hurley, '14: John Hurley, Is; Jerry Murphy, fl; Alexander Leverty, IT. Victor Moulton '15, and Royal Rowland. '15- The two Hurleys, Murphy and Leverty com prise the local relay team, Moulton is entered in the medley race, while Rowland will compete in the fancy diving exhibition. s
 Francis Callahan, '16, returned to school yesterday after being absent for several weeks.
 Friday afternoon, at the Brooklawn Country club, Harold Gernert, '15, de- feated Melton Hotchkiss, '12, in three straight sets of tennis, 60, s-S and 917. Later in the day, MT. Kicker of the faculty soundly trimmed Gernert at the net game.
 The baseball team leaves on the I1:45 train tomorrow morning for Wat ertown where they are to play the Taft school nine of that place. The team will be excused at~recess so that they may be able to catch the train. Several rooters are to make the trip