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New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

Of forgetting that the spoon with which
you help yourself from a dish is your own
otherwise it will be carried off irretriev-
ably. And there are other fine points Of
the game, such as ability to control soupy
substances by means of the restraining in
huence Of bread. Also, it is essential to
remember that anything dropped off the
table is likely to land in a mud puddle.
Messing while on the hike was still
more complicated. 1t required an ability
to juggle. AS you stood in line to be
served you were expected to hold out at
the same time a deep dish, plate (the
bottom and top of your mess kit, large
cup and your knife, fork and spoon
though the latter might be temporarily
got out of the way by sticking them down
the top of your Logging. Holding these
articles while empty was not so difficult
but when food and drink were suddenly
and not too gently slapped or poured into
them to the brim there was danger Of a
catastrophe. To finch meant to be in
stantly baptized, self-anointed. Aluminium
as | discovered, is an excellent transmtter
Of heat By the time could take ten eau
tious steps with my spilly load the metal
would begin to burn my fingers and
would look wildly for place to sit down
Other men, experiencing the same haste
would likewise come to earth as near the
mess line as possible, with the result tha'
on davs of hot soup traffic became very
contested and accidents were frequent. |
remember collisions in which gravy and
stewed apricots figured extensively Ic
add to the zest of the occasion the patent
folding handles of the cups had tricN OF
oor,;ro unfastened at the critical moment
n this way | once received, as a passing
greeting, a generous extra portion VI
coffee.
Such little incidents made me appreciate
tho wisdom of the men who had selected
olive drab for the color of the UNIFORM a.
M other shade that | know of has as grea'
srot absorbing power. Upon it nearly all
Tho etanle articles of army food, from
beans 70 beef stew, have remarkably 10"
visibility. tro,,
The chief thing that | learned from
canning is that you can't really kno"
,,our tent mates till night comes. Then
Won find out who are nocturnal musician.
and who are not. Five Of my seven 'e"'
mates belonged to the former class mere
were times when felt as though were
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
War Has Alrea ady
Cost Dixie Kingdom
S1OO,OOO,OO0 and
Nearly Doubled
NatiOnalDebt.

heart than the rantng scabbard-shakers
of the avowed war party.
We have seen how frank has been the
German publicist in his expression Of the
thought that the Netherlands, with their
rich colonies and their rich ports, must
enter into the new mid-European system
originating Oike the present German En-
pire) in a customs union destined to abb
sorb nationality. Would Holland find
certain business advantages in this some-
what fantastic arrangement? That is at
least debatable, for ours is an age of en-
larging politico- economic areas as well as
of enlarged industrial units. But in any
case the German plan involves a sacrifice
of nationality by every one save Germans,
and the national principle has not yet been
discarded even by hard-headed Holland.
The Dutch are persuaded that if Germany
ever swallows them she will find the dish
decidedly indigestible. Moreover, the in
dependence of Holland during the present
war has been an advantage to Germany in
at least two ways. Supplies have been
brought into the partially blockaded en-
pire through Holland as well as through
neutral Denmark, Rumania and via
Scandinavia. Mr.. W. c. Bullin argues
that Holland has also been worth four
army corps to Germany, giving as she
does a perfect protection to Germany's
right flank Neutral nations have their
uses, even from the Teuton standpoint.
Germany has invented a curious fusion
of sentimental, racial, geographic and
economic arguments for establishment Of
European hegemony Of non-Germanic
nationalities. This clap-trap has excited,
but has not imposed upon, European in
telligence. Already Holland has paid
part of the price of proximity to Ger
many. During the first year of the war
she spent S100,000,000 for extraordinary
requirements" At the present time more
than $4,000 Dutchmen are under arms,
and the national debt has been raised
nearly one-half by reason of military and
naval expenditures loss of trade, Belgian
relief and the destruction of shipping.
Since the opening of hcstilities on Ger
many's part between two and three
hundred vessels belonging to Holland and
the Scandinavian neutrals have been sunk
by the Germans in the North Sea-though
Germany fights, let US never forget, for
freedom of the seas,' After all, it may
be some comfort for Americans ironically
to note that Germany has treated the
United States no more outrageously than
she has treated the smallest of her neigh
bors.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

Daniel in the lions den. Two Of the men
-fnancers from the supposedly quiet
city of Philadelphia, as delightful fellows
in the daytime as | had ever met-gave
vent to such loud and alarming strangula-
tions that several times | went over to
their cots to reassure myself that they
were not in a dangerous condition. Later,
when we went on the hike, these two sere-
naders bunked together under the same
little shelter tent, and their dramatic duet
was the wonder and despair of the whole
encampment. One Of them contided to me
that they would race to see who could get
to sleep first, as the one who was so un-
fortunate as not to get to sleep first would
have difficulty in getting to sleep at all.
While we eight men lived together in
cur squad tent we had a glorious time.
There was Old Pa B, the energetic,
who kept us all in good humor, who could
carpenter sumptuous pieces Of furniture
out of discarded boxes, and who would
rroduce from his valise and generously
lend to us conveniences of every descrip-
ton. from a complete sewing kit to con-
trivance for heating shaving water. mo
tent would be complete without him." We
used to say. And there was H, the
genial social light, perhaps the most pop
liar man in the company, who had
brought up a whole trunkful of inappro-
nriate stuff that his friends at the club
had advised him to take. 1t was he who
dubbed me the professor" because of
nv Observation-Disclosures and awkwardness
at drill-an appellation that stuck to me
all the while was in camp, to the utter
efracement of my real name. And there
was F., our corporal, the soldier Of
fcrtune: and E, the quiet fellow who
.urned out to be one of the crack shots of
the regiment; and W, known as the
Dixie Kid" or Memphis Chicken; and
b, the cigarette fend; and chubby
Int nimble NJ, who was won't upon re-
turning from the shower bath 10 entertain
rs with excerpts from the Russian Ballet
should never have imagined that eight
,,en of such different types could live IN
% small a space and get along together
so well. Indeed. throughout the whole
three weeks, the harmony during waking
tours was as admirable as the discord
during sleeping hours was awful. Each
r;obt ended with dawn of peace.
. Getting up at that unearthly hour kept
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
THE GERMAN WOLF AND THE DUTCH RED RIDING HOOD
Kaiser'S Empire Builders Have Long
Advocated the Absorption of Hol-
land as a Part of the Programme
of Commercial Expansion.

land is permanent danger for the most
important industrial regions of Germany"
The smaller nations of Europe. mindful
OF Ireland and Greece. Serbia and Monte
negro. may be somewhat cynical of British
ethics. or at any rate of the practical
value OF Entente friendship yet they also
perfectly realize from German practice as
well as from the Pan-German treatises
(too lightly regarded outside of Germany
IN ante-bellum days. that there is no ma.
tonal future for them. no survival of
economic or political independence, in the
event of Turco- Teuton triumph. 1t is
true that Continental apologists for Bcr-
Inns foreign policy do not confne them
selves TO lecturing critics of Germany in
Belgium upon the strategic occupation of
Salonica by the Allies and the more re
cent demands upon Athens emphasized by
naval demonstration before the Piraus.
They delight to recall the crimes of Eng
land in times gone by, and her Spartan
harshnesS in suppressing the late out
break in Ireland. What they voluntarily
overlook is that the current German
policy, on land and sea, not only equals or
exceeds seven centuries of English crime
but also perfectly expresses the modern
German ideal as registered in the semi
official outgivings of the present EN-
peror's reign.
When the Great War began there were
almost as many anti-Britons in Holland
as anti-Germans, for England has been
the traditional land successfully rival of
Holland throughout the world. 1t would
be interesting to know just how the pro
portion stands to-day An American in
Holland writes: "All the Dutch object to
the way in which England and Germany
have treated their nation; whether the in
dividual Dutchman to whom one is speak
ing objects more to Germany than to Eng
land depends on whether he is an Amster-
dam aristocrat or a Rotterdam business
man." To Germany and England Holland
says: "a plague on both your houses"
This attitude is all the more natural be-
cause the Dutchman, like the average
American, seems to have stronger sense
of his rights than of his duties. After all,
however, it is the German economist, Won
Halle, and not some Englishman, who de-
clares lin a book of which the German
Foreign Office has by no means disap-
proved) how "monstrous" it is that the
mouths of German rivers" should be
dominated by foreigners. Indeed, one
finds this view echoed approvingly by
Professor Simon n. Patten, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who seemingly
would agree with Paul Behn that "by its
situation in the heart of Europe and by
reason of the economic importance of this
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

could never quite understand military
time. The bulletin board had long list
of Calls for the Day'-not as the name
would imply, pleasant social programme
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

my time-sense at sea. When you rise be-
fore 5 a. m, by 8 a. m. you think you are
in the middle of the day. Two o'clock in
the afternoon seems just before nightfall.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

VOW comes it that the best cartoons
II drawn against the Germans are
Il - the work Of neutral" Louis
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
Use Blight Killed Chestnut

Washington, Sept. 2O.-According
to the Forest Service there is no
reason why farmers and other wood
land owners in the East whose timber
has been attacked by the chestnut
blight should not make use of the
killed and infected timber. Such
material, it is claimed, has been
found after three years. trial to be as
durable as that which the blight has
attacked, but should always be peeled
before being used.
Experiments conducted at Water
bury, Conn.,, and Mount Gretna, Pa,
to determine the value of the diseased
wood have shown that blight-killed
and infected chestnut is just as dur
able as the healthy timber and is con-
sequently equally valuable. These
experiments, say the foresters, show
that there need be no hesitation a.
bout using wood affected by the blight
for any purpose to which chestnut is
suited.
The material used in the expert
ments consists of posts, poles, and
ties, both from infected and healthy
chestnut. After three years use,
the infected timber is as sound as
that which was not affected. Even
the LESSONS caused by the attacks of
the blight have withstood decay,
except below ground, it is reported.
All of the material used was found in
good condition, except for the deter
ioration of the knots and of the sap
wood, which in the chestnut is not
durable.
The blight-killed timber which had
seasoned on the stump for several
years and which had lost its bark
was not removed. No difference be-
tween peeled pieces of timber, infect
ed but not killed, and healthy mater
ial could be distinguished.
No one should make the mistake
of thinking that the blight killed
timber is worthless, the foresters say.
Farmers can effect considerable econ
omy by utilizing material of this sort
for poles, posts, fencing and the like,
while lumber sawed from blight-killed
trees is in no way inferior to that
from healthy trees.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
Apple Crop Smaller.

Washington, Sept. 16.-The apple
crop for 1916 will be 5000, 900 bar
rels smaller than last years produc-
ton, according to the forecast of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates announced
today. The total production for
this year is placed at 67,679,O0O
barrels of three bushels, against 49,
$4,000 barrels last year.
Last year only 65 per cent. OF the
crop was sold. The crop this year is
larger in the Atlantic Coast States
and on the Pacific Slope, but is smaller
in the interior apple states of the
Middle West.
Virginia and West Virginia, which
have been developed into great apple
states in the past 10 years, led the
country in the production Of num-
Der of varieties this year. Maryland,
which also grows large number OF
apples in the western part of the
State, did not fare 50 well this year.
In the production of the winesaps
Virginia takes long lead in this
years forecast. Of the estimated
production of 8, 794, 900 barrels, Vir-
ginia will produce Oil 200 while of
the / ,3S0,OO0 barrels of the Staymen
winesap, Virginia's production is
given at 251 900 barrels, leading all
other states. Virginia also leads in
the production of the yellow Newton
pippin, raising 1888, 900 barrels of the
total of 1 ,277 900 barrels throughout
the country. Virginia also produced
more York Imperials than any other
state, her crop being 77S,O0O barrels
of the total 2, ,403, 900 produced.
West Virginia takes the lead in the
production of Rome Beauties, produc-
ing $4,000 barrels, or one-ffth of
the total crop.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
THURMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD. THURSDAY SEPTEMB
16-Inch Shell Through House.

Washington, Sept. 15.-A steel shell
fired from one of Uncle Sans new
16-inch guns, the type of rifle which
will de placed at the Cap Henry
fortress to guard Baltimore, Wash
ington and other Chesapeak Bay cit
les, pierced the thickcst armor plate
made, glanced off sandbank, hurtl-
ed through the air for several miles
and partially demolished the frame
house of Mrs. Mary Swami, near
Indian Head, Nd, according to a
report received by the Navy Depart
ment.
Mrs. Swami and her two little girls
narrowly escaped being torn to pieces
by the shell. 1t crashed through
the kitchen, which Mrs. Swami and
children had just left to eat dinner
in the dining room.
As a result of this and other SINH
lar accidents at Indian Head, Acting
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt de-
clared this afternoon that the Navy
Department intended to move it's big
gun testing plant to some other Sec
ton out of the reach of civilization
as soon as Congress appropriates the
money.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
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, 1916-09-21

corrugated surfaces, on either side of
the body. The corrugated surface is
on the ground, On the inside of the
belts, on each side of the body, are
two lines of steel rails, making four
lines in all. These rails are in short
sections, jointed, and operate over a
cogged mechanism that actually lays
them down with their belt attach
ment as the tractor moves ahead and
picks them up again, so that the car
runs on its own self-made track con-
tinuously. The short joints in the
rails make it easy to turn to right or
left.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
TOddieS Kill Baby.

AS the result of an overdose of alcohol
administered by the mother in an effort
to relieve the suffering of her child, the
five-month-old child of Mrs. Nora Delau-
ter died on Sunday at Montevue Hospital.
A coroner's jury, Justice Henry H.
Maulsby presiding, Monday morning, ex-
onerated the mother from all blame in
connection with the death of the child.
The institution was also exonerated from
all blame by the jury.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21

NOGLE.
Mrs. Julia A. Nogle, aged 76 years,
died at the home of her son, Mr.. Harry
Nogle, Sunday night, Sept. 18th, death
being due to paralysis. Mr.. Nogle re-
sides on the old "Black's Mill' farm
several miles east of Thurmont the
same being owned for some years by the
late John Stoner.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon in the United Brethren church
at Thurmont, Rev. S. E. Rose, of the
Methodist church. having charge of the
services. Interment in the U. B. ceme-
terry. M. L. Creager and Son funeral
directors.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
Hughes Special Beats Flyers.

A special train carrying Charles E.
Hughes on his second Presidential
campaign trip rolled into Cleveland,
G22 miles from New York, at 7.20
O'Clock Monday night, having made
the trip in less than l2t hours at an
average speed of so miles an hour,
including stops. At Buffalo, 1S2
miles from Cleveland, the Hughes
special had beaten the running time
of the fastest express on the line by
almost 80 minutes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
1000 Wolves Slain In County.

Duluth, Mimi. Sept. IS. -Bounties
aggregating $4,000 on 1000 wolves
were earned by hunters in St. Louis
county in the last Is months, accord
ing to an audit completed today.
Last winter the deep snow made it
comparatively easy to kill them,
Many were destroyed with clubs and
were run down by dogs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
Farm For Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale his
farm situated at the edge of Thurmont,
Md containing
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
BID Strike Threatened.

From reports in Daily papers it
looks as though New York City trac-
ton lines and business in general
will be tied up this week. The trac-
ton employees are now on a strike
and it is stated that 700, 900 union
workers will strike in sympathy with
the traction men.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21

For making false statements con-
cerning his age in order to secure a
postoflice position, Michael Levin
was found guilty in a Chicago Court.
He was fined cent and sentenced
to 2 minutes imprisonment in a
courtroom chair.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21

THIS is to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Frederick county, Md, letters
Testamentary on the estate of
BENJAMIN HOBBS,
deceased. All persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same with
the voucher thereof legally authenticated
to the subscriber on or before March
20, 1917, they may otherwise be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are hereby
warned to make immediate payment.
Given under our hand this 14th day of
August 1916.
HARRY HOBBS,
Executor.
aug "a st
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21

1t is stated that the Baltimore City
would pass an ordinance permitting
Sunday baseball should the pending
measure be kept off the ballots at the
coming election.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-21
FIFTEEN ACRES,

of land, more or less, improved with a
good House and all necessary buildings.
Land in excellent state of cultivation.
Everything convenient. Apply to
JAMES P. MARTIN,
Near W. M. Depot. Thurmont, Md.
sep IA 4t
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
PENNSY Athletes ON
OUTING TOMORROW

Final arrangements have been
completed by the members OF the
p. B. & w. R. R. Athletic Associa-
ton for their first annual outing
which will be held at Riyerview
Beach tomorrow.
A great program of sport has been
arranged for on the arrival at the
beach The events will include:
Catching a creased pig. sack race.
three-legged race, fat mems race,
potato race. Several events will be
held for the ladies, including a fifty
yard dash and throwing the baseball
for distance.
In addition TO the track and field
events there will also be a baseball
game between the p, B. & w. Ap-
prentice School and the EnOla p. r.
R. Y. NJ. c. A.. OF EnOla, Pa. Bathing
AMI swimming events will also be
/ held. Valuable prizes will be given
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
BASEBALL
GET BILLS DOPE
Athletics of Philadelphia Made
First Appearance 81 Years Ago

Wednesday was the birthday Of the
Athletics, as it was 81 years ago that
day. May 81, 1859, that the first Of the
famous Philadelphia ball clubs of that
name was organized. The club was
originally devoted to town ball but
the new game of baseball made a
stronger appeal to the members. and
the following year the players adopt
ed baseball At first the Athletics
played on the grounds Of the st.
George Cricket Club, but later they
obtained a plant" Of their own.
Within a few years the Athletics
developed into one Of the strongest
clubs in the pastime. Half a century
ago they figured in the first cham
pionship game between two cities, de-
feating their closest rivals, the
Brooklyn Atlantics by a score of 81
to 10. In that year. 1866, the Athletics
had three paid players. Reach. Dock
ney and Pike. and professional base
ball thus really originated with the
Athletics. although the Cincinnati
Reds were the first professional
organization. AL Reach, now a veal
thy manufacturer. was the pioneer
pro. player, the Athletics offering hin
a salary to desert the Brooklyn Allan
ties. Reach joined the Athletics il
June. 1864.
When the first professional league
the National Association, was organ
lied in 1871 the Athletics became ;
charter member. and captured thu
first league pennant. George W
Thompson was president of the club
and Hicks Hayhurst the manager. II
that season the Athletics won % ant
lost seven games. Mcbride was th
pitcher and Malone the backstop, Will
Fisler at first. Reach at second, May
erie at third and Radcliffe as short
stop. Cuthbert. Sensenderfer Heube
and Bechtel comprised the outfieldin
staff. with Tom Pratt as genera
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
BE CAREFUL. ALPHA!

Special To THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOwN. Del. June Fol
lowing the defeat of the Middletown
boys at the hands of the Penlyn Hall
team Of Wilmington, in the first game
OF the scheduled double-header fol-
Decoration Day. every man is work
ing hard to put himself in the pink OF
condition for Saturdays game with
Alpha. The downfall Of Culver, who
had won four straight games. allowing
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
lutilitv man.

utility man.
When the National League was
launched in 1876. the Athletics climb
ed aboard the bandwagon. Fisler, Mey-
erie and Malone were the only play
ers left of the 1871 champions, knight
having succeeded Mcbride as the
pitching staff The Athletics finished
second, but at the end of the year the
club was expelled from the National
League. along with the New York
Mutuals.
In 1874 the Athletics and the Bos-
tons made a tour Of Great Britain and
Ireland, the first expedition of its
kind in baseball history. The Bostons
won eight and the Athletics six Of
these exhibition games.
After being expelled from the Ma
tional League the name Of Athletics
disappeared for a time, but in 1881 it
Nas revived when Philadelphia placed
a club in the Eastern Association In
| 1882 the American Association was
| launched as a rival OF the National
League. and the Athletic club again
assumed major league standing, win
ming the association pennant in 1888
When the American passed out Of
existence the Athletic Club did like
wise. but the famous old name was
resurrected when Connie Mack put ar
American League Club in the Quaker
City. in 1901. The astute Connie
grabbed the pennant mis- second yea
out. and he has been al it. off and on
ever since.
From the first the Athletics played
wonderful ball, and no club with tina
name can long remain near the bot
tom Of the heap There is something
in a name. despite all reports to th'
contrary, and that of Athletic is al
inspiration to any ball player permit
, ted to display it upon his manly "buz
yum"