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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
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LOOK TO THE VACANT LOT
A Little Cleaning Up Of the Space
Now VIII Result In Profit In
the Future.

Owners OF unimproyed property il
this city who wish to sell il should
take heed OF suggestion that comes
from Minneapolis. where the matter
has been under practical considera.
ton. This is that any lot OF ground
offered for sale has better chance
of finding market If ii is kept In at
tractive order than II neglected and
allowed to present an unkempt. unat-
tractive appearance. OF course, as a
mere building site, Il makes no dlf-
ference to prospective purchaser
whether a lot is neatly tufted or Is a
veritable dump laden with trash.
Building operations are not deferred
by refuse. But there is something
psychological in the appeal Of a we'll
kept vacant lot that gives 1t pulling
power" over Undiscovered. weed
grown, unsightly place.
The cumulative effect OF well-tended
vacant properties reaching 70 q stand
ard OF orderliness throughout the city
Is unmistakable. Every real estate
owner with property OF this character
to sell is interested in attracting the
attention Of buyers from outside Such
buyers are more surely drawn to a
city that presents no unIovely aspects
than to one that is peppered with eye
sores.
The cost Of keeping a vacant lot In
order is slight and It should be recls-
oned by the owner aB part Of the over
head charge. along with the interest
II has been suggested that this cost
may be added 10 the price Of the prop
erty when II Is sold. However Il Ii
borne, whether by the owner or the
ultimate purchaser. Il is good IN
vestment. II makes for quicker salea
and meanwhile for more attractive
city. which In itself is an asset shared
by every owner OF property
This is the season TO consider this
question. Already the preparations
for park work are under way. The
ground in the public reservations Is
being raked. trash is being hauled
away, and in a few weeks the city win
be blossoming Every owner Of va
cant lot should consider his BIZ Of
ground as part OF the eitys park sys-
tenn and put It in order Just az care.
fully as the tree-grown spaces under
the care OF the government are
groomed for the season. The house
holders arc expected to keep their
front parkings and lawns up 70 a
certain standard OF neatncss and sure.
ly those who own land on which there
are no improvements should be under
the same obligation, - Washington
Star.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11

Preparations are already under way
for flower shows. and Il is pertinent
TO ask. What is the permanent value
to those who attend7" Mere attrae.
lions viii not permanently endure
with any considerable measure Of suc-
cess. They must educate az we'll Ii
order to interest you must instruct.
All love best what they know most
about. The more one Is instructed IN
horticulture the greater win be hia
appreciation Of plants and flowers.
Every exhibit should be a bureau OF
information regarding fundamental
knowledge. Every attendant should
be a mine OF information regarding
details. A feast for the eyes will not
alone attract the best attendance but
a feast Of the mind as well surely
will,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Decoration o, the Home.

II is not "a matter OF taste when
we accept for our homes decoration
those forms OF beauty which We do
not alphabetically understand; Il is
a matter OF intellectual laziness,
We take what is smart for the mo.
ment without a question Of It's fitness
and adaptabilIty for our individual
needs, and in SO doing we lose that
greater delight, which is the soul Of
art and which is our only thorough
sincere study and search Of the dec
orative fundamentals upon which the
artists and lovers OF the beautiful have
built.--House and Garden.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
EislIsSa. DELAWARE & VIRGINIA Rt co
Potomac River Line
M EfFfCT ApkII. \. 1910.

lbs IT Fftl AFAiis0s 1915.
Three trips weekly between baltimore
ard NaehirEiop.
Read Carefully. Important Chapgcs
Have Been Made
grsm leaves Raltimore Pier 4.
gLigat street. weather and tide permit.
tine y d ~ MoIaay. Wedaetday
ap6 Saif3ags 80 i,'e following hndihRsi
Mi,Hr ira mes parip lBolle. tsra.
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NalgGt t4ilt. paaft' 3 icNiAtia Kin
sale. = mira. ixMGe Landing. Mnrdy' :
PtiM. isntS Faint. 10 a ~ Leonard.
tsw3. fslnn. hiisfa y. Cuhfun :. Bias
sjdc lirsh4 os-i kFk Point. D. M.
no. sHniav y. R.vefapie Giymout. Alex.
ia. surviving n Nssilneton Mesday
mmtUk
son signsl
l.eaYea Washington D. q. foot d
seventh street, weather AMI hle per.
nittyR. If q. M. every Monday,
Wrdutiag and Saturday int The foil
towing Landings
Alexandria. AS y. IN Glymont.
MnFRant0wn, Rivefsi,h.. BushA0od
rack Point, Cnhrnm =, Fsay Side,
fi4eonAFdtewu tsee nntc). Ahell's, Pines
Point, scintrg. Ledge Landing. i0a ~
Mundyfs Point. kinssio. ! g moon. CozH.
( liuHdirks. axes. Waisui peint. Cow.
arts. Le0iFrtte. Aiiller's m
Gtyaon's, 8 b. ~ lsroomea. Porto
Beiip. Baltimore.
Son Signal.
fStenmers will leave l.ennarsltawn foi
baltimore ~ y. M, and all lap1inRs
below IseonhrhtOwn one hour rafliel
than when leaving ieonansl0wn ~
4. NJ. from June 18th 20 August 18th
1915.
Arriving n Baltimore Wedregday
Friday na9 Monday mornings
Freight received nr Baltimore foi
above points oii smiling days uniii 4 3
In. 81.
This time table shows the sinqF IL
which steamers may be expected b ~.
rive aad depart from The seyefal
wharges. hnt their srrivals ~ Departure
az the Eineg stated II mn guaranteed,
nor does tbt Company h0lsi itself re.
apopsible fog ans delay or any c0nse-
qBenccs arising thercffom
WILLARD THOMSON.
General Manager
d. W. DOWNET.
Agent. Baltimore
T. MURDOCH.
Gcacfal Passenger AGrAt.
Lay
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11

Every body has some friend whom
they wish 10 make happy Il may
be Mother or Rather, Sister OF Bro
.ther. II may be j Wife or il may
be Sweetheart and often Theme
selves.
Oar stock Of Jewelry and Bric.a-
Brac is complete. Each piece has
been carefully selected and we feel
satisfied that visit from you win
bear us out that we have As fins a
selection al can By found anywhere.
Any article that you may select
will be laid aside and delivered when
wanted
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Have a Garden.

Begin now TO think OF that little
garden in the back yard, everybody
who has back yard Such modest
enterprise has much to D. to restore
the harmony OF life II you don't get q
radish, tomato. a bean or a mess Of
peas. you win get something greater
pure air, sunshine, exercise and com
panionship with nature, which are a
richer crop than all tho truck IN the
garden. 1t Is great thing to watch
things grow. They make man
grow, too; add health and
strength 10 every part Of HIS body
give him clean conscience, make
him love his wife and enjoy her
yictuais. Tending a little garden
makes q good citizen out Of a man
gives him better thoughts; makes him
kindlier TO HIS neighbors. and gives q
gentier accent to his voice And then
If he should raise anything In the gar
den. how happy he Is 10 gather Il and
take 1t into the kitchen and Icy i on
the table. saying 10 his wife "TheHe
are some OF -our own raising. amt
they finer" That's life-grander than
going TO church in an automobile
Ohio State Journal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
verbaT economy.

Little IohlnyB mother asked him
the other day how he liked some new
play'feilows. whose family had lately
settled in the village. They play all
right, mummy; but they use awful
naughty swear-w words somotimes.' Oh.
Johnny You needn't mind, mum
my, / don't use swear.words hack /
only say to them Ditto. Stray Sto.
ries
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11

o Lord, help US to tear the soldiers
Of the foe to bloody shreds with our
shells. help us to cover their smiling
fields with the pale forms Of their
patriot dead; help us TO lay waste
their humble homes with a hurricane
Of fires; help us 70 wiring the hearts
of their offending widows with UNI
awaiting grief Blast their hopes, blight
their lives. water their way with their
tears Mark Twain
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Mails Madn ~ Hand.

II seems hardly credible that II was
almost TO tho close Of the eighteenth
century that most nails were made by
hand Other countries wore very slow
to follow the lead Of England ia get.
ting put nails IN large quantities, In
France for nearly century light
nails for carpenter work we're made
from wire, but until 1850 they we're
made BY hand with a hammer
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
NOTICE. !

Having inst received o car.load Of
now and up-to-daie BUGCtfs, am
GOV prepared v furnish sou with the
bcst buggies, considering quality and
price, thai ever came dovn thc pike.
Call and look thcm over, haze also
Just ~ iluo HARNESS Thai Vas ever
brought ii ~. Mars hgii single and
double. at prices "a salt tic tiiass.
Yours respectfully,
6-2l-tf A. y. WHILE Ahen. Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
HOTEL SAINT
MARY'S
Leonardtown, Md

HOTEL ST MARY'S Is
new building equipped with
gas. steam heat. hot and cnId
water. well furnished looms.
withtelephones and splendid
service.
Since the first Of Noven rel
the establishment has been
under The management Of w
A. Fen~iek, who for the past
II years has made such a
success Of The Donald" in
Washington.
The meals are excellent
and service IS prompt and
courteous.
The management caters
to The county patronage
There is a grill room and
the Bar Is unexcelIed.
AIlin all Hotel st. Mary's IS
the most completely
hosteIry in Southern Mary
Hand.
You can al1 avs hr ae
|c0mmodated
Rates moderate
Vim. 4. FsnVisE 49,.
Des 1871
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Center for Pens and Pins
Birmingham tEngland) is a large
producer OF pens and pins.
Hard Job.

A Long Island man promised to
return to his wife II she would ac,
knowledge that he was boss 1t lie
pretty hard to change natural facts
by an acknowledgment OF the oppo.
site.-- Minneapolis Journal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Gasoline and saIt.

When cleaning spots use little salt
in the gasoline and there win not be
the objectionable ring left on the
goods when dry.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11

Music washes away from the soul
the dust Of everyday life. Auerbach.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
NJ klrk q h.

Agreeable advice is like pleasant
medicine, easy to take but Of little
Dagiit, Lafayette Courier.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
playnates for Child.

II YOU want yo children to learn
fidelity and loyalty let them have dogs
and cats for playmates.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Uncle Eben.

Then man has general
said Uncle Eben, ne tries
d apologize for 1t BY kicllin
aat de weather.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
FIne Aebestoa rhread.

Asbestos has been spun into thread
so fine that it requires $4,000 feet to
weigh pound.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11

The price Of tin nuctuates very
idly and widely.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
prick the Apples.

When baking apples prick the skin
with fork and they win not burst
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-05-11
Lumber.

/ wIii hasp constantly on nana ~
i.euuafdtown whasf fun aapply o.
a0AHDs. fttA SfLlNn. WEATHER.
BOARDING., FfasuittNtl. fAf.tNtss
DHEsskp tstAilpa, sitteaLte, ~
All orders iof i,uinlar, poors .fasli
lafhs, Lime, and Hair promptly Al
tended 10
Ew-Cwh pon delivery AZ yard,
Ifie. y. 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
WAR AND HIGH LIVING COST.
increase in Food Prices Touches Neu
trails Almost 40 Much 40 Beiligerents

Increase in Food Prices Touches Neu-
trails Almost ss Much - Bslligsrents.
Weshington. July 13.-War's increase
in food prices in Europe, as shown to-
day by the labor bureau. has touched
neutrals almost as heavily as 1t mas the
belligerents The Teutons' countries
have felt the pinch more than have the
allies.
The bureaus statistics give the big
gest food price advances in Austria,
where meats are more than 500 per
cent higher than before the war be-
gan. Meat prizes in Berlin show in
creases ranging from 45 to 16o per
cent.
The British public is paying on an
average IS per cent more for It's food
thsh it did two years ago. The great
est increase, y152 per cent, has been in
sugar; the lowest, II per cent, in oleo-
margarine In France prices at %
per cent q hove the pre-war average,
lntItaly around 80 per cent
Price increases in the neutral conn
tries are shown to be highest in Nor
way, where twenty mine necessities are
sold at an average Of 63 per cent more
than in 1914. Copenhagen workmen pay
81 per cent more for table articles than
two years ago lin Sweden prices are
u per cent higher; in Switzerland the
range Is from per cent to It's per
Z sent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13

by man eating shark, and two
manned, along the New Jersey coast
during the last ten days.
A monster shark, whose stomach con-
tains part of human body, was killed
at Keyport, N. j., today, according to
information received at the weather
bureau here from the observer on Long
Branch. N. j.
The waters of the Atlantic seahoard
are infested with sharks, While hun
dreds Of armed men in motor boats
were patrolling the coast today in
search Of the man-eatfng monsters.
which have now caused the death of
four brothers. the British sloop st.
George Somers arrived from Bermuda
with score of sharks the crew had
caught in the Gulf stream during their
twelve days voyage to this port.
The last shark was caught off the
New Jersey coast day before yesterday.
The crew said the fish were numer-
Gus. They followed the ship on and
snapped viciously at bait. Those caught
were pulled in with hook and line and
killed as they were hoisted aboard
Dread of the monsters has virtually
cleared the middle Atlantic beaches OF
bathers. say reports here today, while
many summer resort proprietors have
been enclosing their bathing beaches
with steel nets.
The shark killed today weighed 300
pounds and was II feet long. 1t was
killed near the mouth of Matawau
creek, N. j., and is supposed to be the
same fish which killed two persons in
the creek. the weather bureaus infor-
nation reported.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
LABOR LEADERS
ARE SENTENCED
Fourteen Found Guilty Of Conspiracy
to Extort Money and Destroy Prop
erty-six Sentenced to imprisonment
and Eight Fined.

and Eight Fined.
Chicago, July 13.-Fourteen of the
seventeen labor leaders tried in the cir
cult court here on charges of conspir-
acy to extort money and to destroy
property were found guilty in a verdict
today.
Business men testified at the trial
that the labor men carried on a cam
paign Of windor glass breaking amt
that to obtain permission for the re-
setting of glass, property owners were
compelled to pay money to the defend
ants.
Six of-the convicted men were sen =
fenced to Imprisonment and eight fined
Frank Curran, business agent Of the
painters union, was sentenced to one
year in prison. Frank Nader Hugo
Hahn and Charles Crowley, business
agents of the fixture hangers union,
were given three years each, and w. E..
,Staley, business agent Of the GLACIERS
union, and Ray 4 Stewart, business
agent Of the wood fnishers' union, two
years each. @
The following business agents and
former gents we're fined Y John F. !.
Cleary. electrical workers union; Isa-
dora Gordon, Harry H.. Gross and w.
e. Nestor, painters union, $4,000 each;
John w. Murphy, electric workers
union, and George Tuckbreiter paint
ers' union. $500 each; Charles Hanson
and Nicholas Pakelema, of the paint
srs' union, $500 and $3.50 respectively.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
CAVALRY NOT 70 GO.
No Possibility Of Recruiting Men TO
Take "Slackers' !" Places-Camp Notes.

No Possibility Of Recruiting Men to
Take "Slaekers' !" Places-camp Notes.
Des Mones. July s.-Col. George
Morgan: chief mastering officer at
Camp Dodge. the mobilization camp
Of the Iowa National Guard. announced
today that the cavalry unit Of the Iowa
brigade would not be taken with the
troops If they are ordered to the bor-
der. Colonel Morgan said there was
apparently no possibility Of recruiting
men to take the places Of those who
refused to take the oath.
General Allen. commandant. today
stated an Investigation Is being made
In an effort to learn who was respon
sible for the parade staged in front Of
head quarters last nighs by the enlist
ed men Of the brigade Hundreds Of
soldiers. clad in their underwear, did
snake dance" In front Of the gen.
erals quarters In protest against the
kind OF underwear issued by the gov
ernment. They say 1t is OF inferior
quality.
OFFICERS today investigated the report
to the police that Edward Balmketer
was held up and robbed by two SOL
diers last night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
SET NOTIFICATION DATE.
Hughes to Be Notified Of Nominate
in New York, July 81.

Hughes to Be Notified Of Nomination
in New York, July 81.
New York. July 13.-The notification
ceremonies of the nomination Of
Charles E. Hughes will be held here
July 81, at p. m, at Carnegie hall.
it was announced today.
Announcement to this effect was
made today by Chairman Harding of
the committee on notification after a
conference with Mr.. Hughes and Mr..
Wilcox, Of the national committee Mr..
Hughes suggested as to the time and
place of the ceremony.
There will be invited to be present" !"
said Senator Harding. members Of re-
publican national committee, delegates
and alternates to the national conven-
tions. republican governors and repub-
licans in the house and senate; the
heads of the republican organizations
in the various states; members of the
progressive national committee and
prominent representatives of the pro-
gressive party
Senator Harding said both Colonel
Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft will be invited.
Senator Harding's announcement fol-
lowed conference between Mr.
Hughes and republican leaders from
out of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
HUNT FOR "MAN EATER"
Armed Men Searching For Shark
Which Killed Two Bathers.

Matawan, N. t., July 13.-Hundreds
of armed men in row boats and
launches were hunting today for the
man eating shark which yesterday
killed boy and man and danger
wan creek and caused a reign OF terror
along the coast here.
1t was said this morning that an
other man, named Baldwin, was at
tackled and killed by shark at Key
port, N. J., at the mouth of the creek
The body Of Lester Stillwell. IL
years DID, has not been found, and 1t
is believed the shark devoured the lad
w. Stanley Fischer, "a years old,
who was attacked by the shark when
he tried to rescue young Stillwell, died
upon reaching the shore.
Joseph Ralph Dunn, aged 10. was in
dangerous condition today in a New
Brunswick hospital where it was said
the injury from the shark might prove
fatal.
The scare that has been felt along
the New Jersey shore, mainly in
summer resorts, since the first shark
raid on bathers, has virtually sus-
pended all beach bathing. Even at
Coney Island precautions were taken
against a visit Of the shark.
Matawan creek Is tidewater
stream about fifty feet wide and from
eight to fifteen feet deep. 1t empties
into Raritan bay. The mouth OF the
creek is at Keyport. The shark, to
get there from the ocean had to
round Sandy Hook, cross thru the
lower bay into Raritan bay at the
south end OF Staten isiaIs isia Iitss. -,
Four persons now have been killed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
THREE CASES IN IOWA.
Two Reported From ottumwa and One
From Van Horn

Two Reported From ottumwa and One
From Van Horn.
Special to Tines s-Republican.
Des Moiries. July 13-Three cases Of
infantile paralysis were reported to this
state board Of health today, two from
ottumwa and one from Van Horn, in
Benton county. One Of the cases from
ottumwa way that Of a child 3 years
old. 1t was reported by DR.. w. c.
Newell. The other Ottumwa case was
reported over the telephone by DR..
Hall.
The Van Horn case is boy 4 years
old. The case was reported by DR.. r.
L. Thomson. In all Of the cases the
homes have been quarantined and ply
sicians advise the state board of health
officials that they are observing every
precaution to prevent the spread OF
the disease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13

fairs are conducted. Loyalty means
nothing, he said, unless it is coupled
with self sacrifice. He added that
Americans can not preach loyalty un-
til they practice 1t.
He. discussed at length the problems
of Ahericanizing foreign born citizen..
His words were enthusiastically ap-
plauded by large crowd of men and
women educators.
Native born Americans were warned
by the president to examine themselves
to see whether they have burning ~
them the true light of Americans which
they expect to show to these foreigners.
Foreign travel was suggested as the
cure for those inclined to boast too
much Of the superiority of America. u
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-13
Fears More ssriou, Epidemic.

Watertown, N. Y,.July 12-Dr. H. l..
K. Shaw, head Of the division Of child
hygiene in the New York state health
department, said today he feared the
epidemic OF infantile paralysis in New
York state would grow more serious.
do not wish to be an alarmist,"
said DR.. Shaw, but in all past epi-
denies the disease has become more
virulent as the summer progresses
August and September are the. worst
months"
The speaker said that the disease
could not be traced to milk and that
the only point Of entry was the nose.
Flies may be carriers as well as hu-
man beings, he said.