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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
BRIEF LOCALS
Grand Opera House tonight.

Grand Opera House tonight.
Miss Dorothy Moore is spending
sometime at Centreville, where she is
the guest of the Misses West.
Mr.. Edwin Howard, of Baltimore,
is the guest of his father, Capt. T.B.
Howard, at his home on High street.
Mrs. Sheridan McClees, of Balti-
more, is visiting her parents, Mr.and
Mrs. Joseph H. Sauerhoff, at their
home on Mill street.
Mrs. E. Allen White, of Baltimore,
who has been visiting Miss Olive
Creighton, of this city, left Sunday
for her home in Baltimore.
Mrs Frank Wake, of shreeve-
port, La, is spending sometime at
the Hotel Dixon, as the guest of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Larri-
more.
Mr.. Samuel L. Byrn, Dorchester
delegate to the Legislature, last night
| introduced in the House of Delegates
a bill to exempt Dorchester county
from taxes on mortgages.
Shubert night at the Opera House.
SnuDert features are regular S2
plays. AS an extra attraction, see
Bob Leonard and Ella Hall in the big
Gold Seal feature, Idols of Clay"
Mr.. and Mrs William Chapman, of
Seaford, spent today in town with
Mrs. Chipman's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chipman's parents, Mr.. and
home on Maryland avenue. They
were accompanied by Mrs. 1. Chip
man and Mrs. Albert Chapman, also
of Seaford.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
Bad Cooking Cause Of Divorce

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside is an article to prove that
love and we'll filed stomach go well
together, but that hatred and treach-
cry are born in an underdone steak.
bad cooking is directly responsible
for large percentage of the divorce
evil and much of the crime commit
ted-in fact, it might we'll be classed
as crime in itself.
"a good cook is the greatest
statesman in the country in the true
sense of the term.
"Bank-eXamining is all well
enough for it's purposes, but the ex-
animation of cooks and kitchens is
far more important. Of what avail
are our pure-food laws if all food
may be ruined in the kitchen?
mo one should be permitted to
cook in any public eating house who
has not been examined, found COM
petent, and licensed; and bad cook
ing-such as now exists in many pub
lie places-should be misdemeanor
punishable by law"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
HOPWELL, is REBORN
Acres of Shanties Replaced in Five
Weeks by Lasting Buildings.

| Hopewell, the DUPONT Magic City,
Virginia's war baby has beaten its
own record in city building.
| From a single wooden shanty to
the fifth largest city in Virginia in
five months, totally destroyed in
five hours, a wooden city entirely
wiped out, and rebuilt in brick and
concrete, and steel and iron, in five
weeks, Hopewell is now in it's eff
forts to secure an adequate and i'm
mediate system of government no less
interesting than when law and order
arose out of the chaos of it's first
| building.
One year ago the land on which
Hopewell is built was neglected
cornfield where in 1865 Grant had
his headquarters in one weather-bea-
| ten little cottage when his army
i, marched on Richmond. Then came
the DUPONT plant, manufacturing gun
cotton, with its thousands of work
ers from New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Richmond and from near
| ly every country in Europe.
Five months, and Hopewell was a
gigantic village, with city's popula-
ton of 10000, largely foreigners;
500 acres of shanties, stores, mark
cts, theatres, rooming houses, pool
parlors and babarets huddled togeth-
er, all built of wood and highly in
f1ammable.
Five weeks ago, on Dec. 9th, fire
completed what the State authorities
had commended. Starting from a
small blaze in a Greek restaurant, the
fire leaped from one wooden struc-
ture to another, while its helpless in
habitants looked on, and in five hours
Hopewell was again a barren waste
of ruins, except for an occasional
building that by a freak of wind es-
capped destruction.
Today, five weeks after its total
destruction, Hopewell is substantial
city in the making, of brick and con-
crete, steel and iron, in place of it's
former firetraps.
Within two weeks Hopewell will
take it's place on the Federal may as
fourth-class postoffice. Although
the amount of mail the new office
will handle would place it in the Sec
ond class, and II clerks will be en-
ployed, it must remain fourt hclass
for one year.
Hopewell when incorporated will
not include the DUPONT villages or
City Point. Only Hopewen proper
will be included in the municipality,
which in one year, with 10000 popu-
lation, BIT substantial business en-
terprises, real estate valued at $l,-
100000 at it's first selling price, and
semi-monthly income from the en-
ployes of the DUPONT works of $780,
900, has become the fifth city of Vir-
ginia, surpassed only by Richmond,
Norfolk, Roanoke and Portsmouth.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
Easton Man Dead

Easton, Md, Jan. 24.-John R..
Thompson, aged 81 years, one of
Easton's best known citizens and
business men, died at the Emergency
Hospital last night, after an illness
of less than week, of pneumonia.
He was member of the Knights of
Pythias and Odd Fellows, of this
city. He leaves his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Thompson, of this city;
two brothers and three sisters, Will
liam T. Thompson, of Wilmington,
Del; Jefferson D. Thompson, of
Washington; Mrs. David Swing, of
Ridgely; Mrs. J. J. Wright and Mrs.
Alfred B. Mason, of Easton. The flu
neral will be held Wednesday.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
Sunday Visit Postponed

Billy Sunday has postponed his
trip to Baltimore in order that he
might have week in which to rest
after his meetings at Trenton, N. j.,
before he enters upon mis- strenuous
campaign in Baltimore. George
Sunday, son of the evangelist, went
to Baltimore yesterday to explain the
delay to those in charge of the taber-
nacle, and after having met the vari-
Gus leading committees, he explain
ed that his father would start his
services on Sunday, Feb. 9th, in
stead of Feb. Goth, as he had. preyi-
ously planned.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
Birthday Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Jacobs. who re-
side near Rhodesdale, gave birth
day party last week in honor of their
daughter, Bessie, and the birthday of
Hiram Tjaden, was celebrated at the
same time.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
C. Jacobs, Misses Alice and Bessie
Jacobs, Alice and Gertrude Weber,
Essie English, Olga and Margaret
Payne, Mayme Knaack, Gladys Tull
and Messrs. Warren Paul, Philip Col
lison, Johnny Nichols, Paul Lee, Fred
Asmussen, Harry Stokes, Howard
Collision, Ernest Weber and Lennie
Lord.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-25
Cambridge Rapid Transit Notice.

i. Owing to the impossible condition
OF the roads covered by the service of
this company, it has been found
necessary to temporarily discontinue
operation.-W. F. Harrington, Pres.
ADV. 19-6t. r. 21-3t.
The sun., 1916-10-09
IGNORED GERMANY's REQUEST.
George w. Perkins Sees Reason for
Warfare on U. y. coast

The following statement was made by
George w, Perkins last night:
with such meagre reports at hand 1t
is too early of course to comment on
this very serious turn OF affairs, but we
should remember that when the last
notes were exchanged with Germany on
the submarine question she said in effect
that she would suspend her submarine
warfare provided we would take up with
England the blockade question.
president Wilson ignored this part
Of Germany's note and l have ever since
been expecting that Germany in due
time. II pressed hard enough by her
necessity, would return to submarine
warfare and plead In her defence tha we
failed to comply with one Of the condi-
tions she had made.
However. be this as It may. what
ever the present development. the one
great bis fact hat liz established by this
affair and that will remain with us for
ever and ever IL that distance has been
annihilatcd by new Inventions.
Certainly there Is no one lef, now
who can say that we enjoy splendid iso-
lation because Of the oceans tina sepa-
rate us from other countries. To-day
a submarine fighting machine has proven
that we can be attacked successfully
without warning and great damage in
fiicted in the twinkling of an eye.
We'll Informed men have known this
for n long time. and the most inexcusable
thing OF all the inexcusable things OF the
Wilson Administration has been its fail
ure through the last three years to pre-
pare us for the new conditions which
modern inventions have developed. This
In not only true OF war at arms, hut war
In Industry. for we are as unprepared
for peace as We are for war"
The sun., 1916-10-09
ROOSEVELT AROUSED
BY SUBMARINES RAID
Makes No Detailed Statement,
but Emphasizes His stand
on Preparedness.

OrsrER BAY, oct. s-Col. Roosevelt
was deeply interested tonight wher iu.
formed Of the sinking OF the British
freiGhter West Point by tie German SUBJ
marine C-53 on Nantucket.
Until | know all the facts" he SAID.
1T will be impossible for me to make A
detailed statement. But" and the Colo
mel pounded his desk vigorously. "yoi
can say this for me Every sentence I
have ever uttered concerning the ques.
ton OF our international relations under
the present Administration or concern
ing rreparedess ! meart-every word,
and they can be applied to this case
The Colonel indicated. however. tha'
he considered the incident as tending q
show beyond all doubt that the policy
Of the Wilson Administration with REGARD
to submarine warfare and our in'erna-
tional relations generally has been AZ
utter failure. The opinion was also cv-
pressed by the Colonel that the sinking
Of the West Point may prove t. be Get
many's announcement Of the rCSumpH1r
Of real submarine warfare.
The sun., 1916-10-09
RIGHTS OF U BOATS
DEFINED BY. WILSON
Washington Feverishly Awaits
Details Of the StephanO's
Sinking.
FEARS PLEDGE VIOLATION
Vital Point Is, Did U-53's
Commander Impcril Ameri-
can Lives?
FEARS PLEDGE VIOLATION

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-From the be-
ginning OF the controversy with the Gen.
trail Powers over the use Of the subma-
rine In warfare against merchant yes
sells President Wilson has taken the
attitude that ordering the passengers
and crew Of a vessel into open ~lifeboats
was not necessarily a compliance with
the international law which requires
that the lives Of those aboard a mer-
chant ship to be sunk shat not be rut
In jeopardy.
Interest Of oniciai Washington CEN
tired tonight. therefore. in the steps
taken by the commander OF the u-53 to
insure saving the lives of persons aboard
the vessels torpedocd. That, II was
pointed out. was the one vital point. II
passengers and crews. including many
Americans. were put In danger. even II
they escaped with their lives. 1t was
shown. Germany would be in the posi-
ton OF violating the principles laid down
In the American notes to which. In the
reply to the Sussex note. she agreed to
comply.
Citation in william T.. Frye Case.
In the first LusI,ania note putting
those on board a vessel about TO be tor
pcdoed In open boats was spoken OF as
not In compliance with the spirit of the
laws OF humanity. The most definite
statement OF the American position on
this question. however. was made in a
note on the William i. Frye. dated Oc-
toher ~. 1915. which said:
the requirements in article
so Of the Declaration cot London that
before the vessel is destroyed all per-
sons on board must b. placed In safety
Is not satisfied by merely giving them
an opportunity 10 escape In lifeboats."
In reply the German Government,
made n de1ni,e pledge TO assure Itself @.
the safety OF those aboard torpedoer
vessels. but II limited the pledge to
American vessels only. Its pledge read
In his the German Government quite
shares the view Of the American Gov
crrment that all possible care mus; b-
taken for the security OF the crew and
passengers Of a vessel To- he sunk. Con-
sequently the persons found on board OF
n vessel may not be ordered Into her l!fc-
boats except when general conditions.
that IL to say the weather. the condition
OF the sea and the neighborhood OF the
coasts, AFFORD absolute certainty that the
boats Will reach the nearest port"
Secretary Lansing expressed the hope
The sun., 1916-10-09

the nav authorities took c~osnisance Of
the scope Of the situation. II was EVIL
dent that the U-53 had gone straight
from Newport harbor to plant herself
squarely In tho middle OF perhaps the
most thickly crowded steamship lane In
the world, the sea road over which vast
quantities Of munitions and supplies for
the Allies are travelling almost daily.
The point where the West Point was
torpedoed Ia directly In the transatlantic
lane through which the bulk OF com
merce passes to n fro to Europe.
Scores Of ships pass within nifty miles
southeast OF Nantucket every week. and
II would be difficult to imagine a spot
In which a German raider could be more
harmful to allied
The West Point was bound from Ion
don to Newport News and carried a
crew OF SO. She was OF 2.413 tons net
and 3.Si7 gross. and was practically a
new steamship. having been built at
Ha rtlepool. England. in 1912. She was
owned by Furness, Witty & Co. Of West
Hartlepool.
The sun., 1916-10-09

at the time that .this pledge. although
plainly referring otdy to American yes
sells. would be mad, to apply to vessels
OF al nationalities. The view OF the
American Government throughout was
hat nothing less wtuld comply with In
ternational law. and that the fact that
the destruction of a vessel by a subma-
rine necessitated put ting those on board
In open boats was one OF the reasons
why submarines CO uld not be used
against shipping wit bout violating the
principles of human, ty."
Every bulletin, therefore,, which threw
any light on the condition Of the sea-, the
weather. the distance :from land and the
general precautions tn ken to insure the
boats reaching port HI safety was re-
ceived here with feve IRISH interest. Il
was recognized that the submarine was
operating within the scope Of her rights
In raiding English ship ling. but the fact
that early reports indics ted the U-53 hal
put the lives OF Amerit ans In jeopardy
was regarded as a grave matter.
Recalls First Lusit Note.
In the very frst note b, Germany. fol-
lowing the sinking of the Lusitania,
dated May 10. 1915. the following Ian
guaec was used
1T Is practically impossible FOR them
tsubmarines1 to make a prize of her n
merchant vessel j and II they cannot
put a prize crew on board OF her hev
odnnot SINK her trithout lea rtno her crcu
and oil on board Of her to the mercy Of
the sea in her small boats.
I'VE are Informed that in the instances
OF which we have spoken, time enough
for eren that poor measure Of safety
was not given, and In A. leasH two Of the
cases cited not 20 much as a warning
was received"
The second note referred TO this by
plain Implication In the folla wing para
graph:
"Only her actual resistance to cap
ture or refusal to stop when ordered to
do so for the urpose Of visit could have
afforded the commander OF ile subma-
rine any justification for so much as
putting the lives Of those on board the
ship IN jeopardy"
SUSSEX Vote SIM sharper.
Finally in the Sussex note. that sharp
and peremptory communication from the
United States which brought "A reply
which the President decided tO accept
as satisfactory II the pledges we re kept,
reference again was made to ~nteboats
as a poor refuge In these words
:" sometimes their pas sengers
and crews nave been touchSdltd the
poor security Of being dilo,oed to take
TO the ships boats before the ship Was
sent to the bottom. But again and
again no warning has been Civ en-. no
escape eren TO the ships boats allowed
to those on board"
Therefore the American Govern
conclusion that:
1T has become painfully evidt mt to
II that the position which II ta ok at
the very outset Is inevitable. ma mely.
the use Of submarines for destructi on OF
AN enemy's commerce II. OF neca ss!ty.
because OF the very character OF the
vessels employed and the very meth
ODDS Of attack which their em,'loy-
ment M course involves. utterly in
with the principles OF hu-
manity
The insecurity OF iifeboats thus was
stated rs one Of the cardinal rea,'ons
Manifest submarines cannot be
used against merchantmen. as the n asst
few weeks have shown. without an In
violation OF many sacred pr IN
c.p!es OF Justice and humanity"
The sun., 1916-10-09

Extremes" come to us
although we never 60 in
for extremes.
Sizes for men of everv
build but nothing gro
tesque.
Smart styles. Some
more 'accentuated than
others but all of them be-
yond cavil. One of our
young mems models for
example - square cornered
and shapely - just the
thing for men who want a
bit more dash.
Soft hats never were so
popular.
We've plenty, including
the new Rogers : Peet"
shapes and Stetsons.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
At 18th st. The at Saith St
Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave
at Warren st4ls 81.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13

Later. smith testified, G. c. crow
| ley a detective and also one Of the
defendants, asked him If he would
trail the shipment to Seattle and blow
It up on a barge In the harbor Smith
said he agreed to do this.
won Brincken also asked me If !
would explode the dynamite barge,
said Smith
"Afterward, Won Brinckon and
| Crowley promised me $500 month
and expenses, with bonus of $500 fof
each explosion, Crowley gave me
$3.50 and they sent me to Pmole. CAL
to get more information OF dynamite
shipments from a German. / could
not find the German they mentioned" "
The Hercules Powder company has a
plant at Pinole.
The barge understood to have been
referred to by Smith, was blown W
In Seattle harbor May 80, 1915.
Restored 10 Citizenship.
Smith, convicted Of theft by an army
court-martial when he was an enlisted
man, some years ago, was restored to
citizenship by President Wilson so
he could testify.
smith told Of the meaning Of code
telcprams he sent from Tacoma
Wash, to Crowley, concerning his al
legged attempt to place a bomb on the
Japanese steamer Kaifuku Maru
Smith identified the following tele-
gram he sont Crowley May l3, 1915;
zine weather kaifutu. Box 244.
Five days
The witness said the telegram
meant Good time toplaeo bomb on
Kaifuku Sailing in five days"
Smith said in case he got bomb
aboard the steamer ne was to wire
shall l buy at $3.50 per pound and
If hc failed, he was to telegraph:
They have sold IT,"
Failed to Get Bomb Aboard.
tie said he failed to get bomb
aboard because the kaifuku Maru un-
oNpoctedly swung into the stream. she
was carrying munitions TO Russia,
Smith has implicated besides Bopp,
NIcc-Consul T. II. Won Setback, Lieu
tenant G W Won BrIncken. G. c.
Crowley, detective, Mrs Margaret
Cornell his assistant and Johannes
Van koolberker Hollander, at pres
ent n Canada ana unoNtraditahle,
MT Crowley at Tacoma, ON May 25,
1915, told me to have a bomb ready
for that night" said Smith. IL think
It was for the Talthihius, or the Shen-
sci Maru can't remember which.
Dynamite in Suitcase.
- placed forty sticks Of dynamite
in suitcase, split one of them, in
serted fuse. and wrapped the con-
tents i'm a square yard Of asbestos.
thought the fuse would last about
three days"
"Nas there amy conversation be-
tween YOU and MIR Crowley concern
ing possible loss OF life?' United
States District Attorney John W.
Preston Interrupted
No. sir said smith,
smith then related his failure TO
place the explosive aboard the
steamer AT her dock. lie said he threw
som, dynamite into the bay aud the
remainder. which was i'm the suitcase.
he Eot rid OF somewhere" Later that
night. he met Crowley and told him
the bomb had been planted in tho
ships cargo.
That tho same week saw similar at !
tcmpts to plant bombs ON outgoing
vessels tai because smith lost his
uerc, it was said.
I'm one ease, after showing Crowley /
q suitcase containing dynamite. Smith |
said ne substituted stovowood. In am /
other ho threw the dynamite into "a /
rayuo near the municipal dock at /
Tacomn.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
REMOVED TO SAFETY

New York, Dec 12.-The women
and children among the 232 passen-
gers on the United States army tran
sport sumner, aground on the New
Jersey coast off Barnegat, have all
been taken off I'm lfeboats, according
to message received here today from
Captain Weber of the transport
The coast guard cutter Mohawk has
arrived at the Summers positon-the
first Of the rescuing vessels to reach
her
Arrangements have been made by
Col John NJ Carson, depot quarter
master for the army transport sery-
ice here, to bring the passengers to
this city during the day
The sumner apparently is not in
a dangerous position.
The vessel, which was proceeding
from the Canal Zone for New York,
struck late last night and sent out
wireless calls for help
Gable advices from Colon sent when
the Sumner left that port were that
she had as passengers seventeen first,
twenty-five second cabin and 1870
third class. Many of these are pre-
sumed to be officers and their fami-
lies coming north for the Christmas
holidays
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13
PISTOLS RETURNED TO
AMERICAN SOLDIERS

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsEu wtREl
Douglas, Ariz,, Dec 12.--Pistols ana
other accoutrements Of five members
OF troops /, First cavalry, seized from
the regulars 10y two Mexican customs
guards two weeks ago, when they
found the soldiers on Mexican soil,
were returned to Gen. r. f. Davis,
commanding the Arizona district, by
Gen. u. Elias Gales today, through
Ives G. Leleyier Mexican consul here.
The copy of the Mexican official
INVESTIGATION which accompanied tho
weapons said one customs guard held
mp the five Americans with a rifle
and took them TO where his compan-
ion was. Tho two then disarmed
them and sent them back to Ameri-
can territory the pistols being sent To
Aqua Prieta,
The Americans returned TO their
camp and said they had been taking
kodak pictures and had gone into
Mexico when signalled by the two
MeNicans. They We're arrested and
were said to be serving sentences i'm
the regimental guard house, also hay
ing to pay for the pistols.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13

| ing the Danube the boundary betwoor
Bulgaria and Rumanla. ana shutHng
the latter from the Back sea.
The actual procedure in conyoytn,
Germanys proposal to her enemios
according to pre- eadent, begins vin,
Charge Drew forwarding the note to
Washington. The state department
will then forward it to the Amercas
ambassador, resident in the country
to be addressed, and he, in turn viii
present it to that government, acting
lin the interest of Germany and her
allies.
The immediate effect of the peace
developments upon the United state
will be to hold practically in allowance
all the diplomatic issues pending with
the warning countries. The new sinh.
marine issue with Germany, the pro.
test against the deportation of Bel.
gians, the controversy with Great Fri.
tain over mails and commerce. all
viii ozark time until it becomes an
parent whether they will be solved
by the advent of peace.
Regardless of how far Germanvs
proposal may be expected to 20 to.
ward ending the war, it was regarded
as of greatest significance that for the
first time in two and a half years Of
war, one group Of belligerents had
addressed the other on the subject
through channels of diplomacy
In German quarters here, il is be-
lieved that any sort of an armistce
during a discussion of peace plans
would he out of the question, because
this is an economic as well as military
war 1t would mean great loss Of
time and in the event Of failure Of
overtures, probably see the opening Of
the spring campaign without anything
accomplished. Meanwhile, the central
powers, it is said, expect all neutrals
to encourage peace talk.