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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
LOCAL JOTTINGS

Allen Taylor has leased the audi
torium Of Mechanics Hall, Elkton,
and started a motion picture show on
Wednesday evening.
The Right Rev. William +. Adams,
ID, Bishop of Easton, will preach
and administer the Rite of Confrma-
ton in Trinity Church, Elkton, Friday
evening of next week, Sept. 20. Hour
Of service 7:3O. The Bishop will also
visit st. Andrews (Goldsborough Me
moriaD Church, Andora. on the after
noon Of the same day. at 3 o'clock. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
public to the services above named.
Miss Edith Ward, of Perryville, and
Harold Holt, of Mechanics Valley,
have resumed their studies at the
Beacon Business College. Wilmington.
Former Sheriff Clinton j. White
has sold his store and dwelling at the
corner of High and Bridge streets,
EIkton to Henry M. Bidde. who will
continue the business.
Copson Park. situated about a mile
north of the town of North East, near
Leslie Station, which for several years
4 past has been used for holding the
q Holiness Campmeeting, has been pur-
Achased by the Holiness Church, and
the grounds will be greatly improved
for a camp meeting site.
Harvey H Mackev has purchased
the one-half interest q George w.
, Bile in the grain and warehouse bust
ness at Providence, which they have
Jointly conducted under the firm name
of Geo. w. Bles & Co.
George Hall, an employee on the
Farm Of William 7. Warburton, Esq,
tear Pleasant Hill, was recently bitten
the hand by a copperhead snake
she wound was dressed by DR.. H. Ar
thur Cantwell, of North East, and Mr..
Hall is satisfactorily recovering from
the effects of the bite.
We beg to call your attention to the
attractive millinery opening to be
held at the store of Mrs. Lena l.. Will
son, on Main street today Saturday.
See adv. on another page of this paper
"A petition has been largely signed
at North East. asking the Pennsyl-
yanla Railroad Co. to erect an en-
,losed waiting room on the South side
Of the tracks at that town.
+ The Ladies' Aid of Harmony NJ. p.
& Church Rowlandsville, will hold an
\ re cream festival in the lecture room
4 { the church Thursday evening, Sep
smber 2S. Ham sandwiches, coffee,
x lEasand confectionery for sale. Pub
n fEnyted.
" Newton Mcdowell. of near Chrome,
tfrom silo which he was helping
I'LL Tuesday night, and was so
81 rely injured that he was taken to
VA Shester county Hospital for treat
& account of the lack of space,
& Ial training is not being taught
RI be Calvert Agricultural High
1this year.
,w's Battery and Company f,
sll Legion, Maryland Volunteers,
danning to hold the annual reun-
", Il Perrvville on October 7.
forrner County Commissioner Jas.
Watt, of Cecilton. narrowly es-
red serious injury Monday morn
.aN lg at Chesapeake City. He was
topping from bus when the driver
B y trew on the power, causing Mr.. Watts
Fs to fall. Seeing a telephone pole be-
fore him, he threw up his hand and
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
Burned AT Pulp Mill

Thomas Bremen, aged 60 years,
employed at Radnor Pulp Mill, Elk
ton. was badly burned about the body.
last Saturday morning. when he fell
in one of the liquor watts at the mill,
while attending to his duties. For
tunatelv most of the liquor had been
drained from the vat. otherwise Mr..
Bremen would have been scalded to
death. At this writing he is greatly
improved
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
Marriage Licenses

Sterling Nesbitt, of Rising Sun, and
Anna Irwin, of RowIandville.
Charles P. Clark, of Cowentown,
and Esther NJ. Janney, of Appleton.
John C. Workman, of Philadelphia,
and Florence H. Brennan, of Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
WEEKS WEDDINGS
Gray-Barrett.

Miss Fannie NJ. Barrett, the young
est daughter of Rev. Thomas S. Bar
rett. of Salena, Md. formerly of Elk
Neck, and Mr.. Carl H. Gray, of Bal
timore. were married at the home of
the brides brother, Mr.. John A. Bar
rett, in Wilmington. on Wednesday,
Sept. 20. The ceremony was PERFORM
ed by the brides father.
After October l they will be at
home at 1919 McCulloh street, Balti-
more,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
Stansfield-FOrd.

Miss Susanne Stuckert Ford, young
est daughter of Mrs. Lenette A. Ford,
of Kent county, and the late Stephen
H. Ford. of Ford's Landing, was
quietly married on September 16 to
Mr.. John Wallace Stansfeld, of Sykes
vile, at st. Paul's Rectory, Baltimore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23

Colora school was closed this week
on account of three of the pupils hav-
ing diphtheria.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
FALL TERM OF
CIRCUIT COURT

Chief Judge Albert Constable open
ed the September term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county on Monday
morning with the regular officials in
attendance, save Clerk Charles S.
Peacock, Deputy Clerk William G.
Purnell acting in his place. The Court
designated Joshua Clayton. Es., asq
States Attorney in the absence of
Charles B. Finley. ESQ.,, now serving
with his command at Eagle Pass,
Texas. The juries We're constituted
as follows:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
Charles Ira Mackie.

Charles Ira Mackie, infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mackie. died or
Wednesday Of last week, aged II
months.
The funeral was held Saturday af.
ternoon with interment at Sharp's
Cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23

Court met with the full bench pres
ent but as no civil cases were ready
for immediate trial the petit jurors
were discharged until Wednesday
morning. George f. Pugh, colored,
charged with bastardy, was unable to
give bond and, as confinement in Jail
would prevent his maintenance of the
child, sentence was suspended and he
was paroled in custody of his en-
ployee, Wallace Daniels. with the un-
derstanding that he contribute to the
child's support.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23
John NJ. Hague.

Mr. John NJ. Hague. of CeciIton,
died Monday evening at Union Hos
pital, Elkton. where he had been un-
dergoing treatment for heart trouble,
aged II years. The deceased was un-
married.
The funeral was held Thursday,
with interment at st. Paul's Cemetery
rear Earlevile.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
WESTERN.

Funeral services for John II. Riley,
wellknown stockman of Colorado and
New Mexico, who died at Colorado
Springs, were held in Denver at I'm
maculate Conception cathedral.
Two posses searched for the lone
bandit who held up and robbed
thirty passengers in a sleeping car on
eastbound Union Pacific train No. Is
between Rock Springs and Green
River, Wyo.
Another American has been added
to the list of victims of Mexican ban
dts. Guy Johnson, ranchman, was
found dead in the mountains between
Minaca and Ocampo. His body was
riddled with bullets
Three men and three women, al
legged to have blown open the vault
of the United States collector at St
Paul, Jan G, and to have escaped
with $4,000 in money and revenue
stamps valued at s577,S57, were ar
rested at Chicago.
At San Francisco, anonymous
threats against the life of John w.
Preston, United States district attor-
ney, for his activity in investigating
alleged violations of neutrality have
become SO numerous of late that Sc
cret service agents have appointed
bodyguard for him.
At Waukegan, ILL.,, William H. Or
pet, University of Wisconsin junior,
who confessed that he was the man
OF mystery" in the woods with pretty
Marian Lambert, Highland Park high
school girl, before she killed herself,
reenacted for Lake county officials
and newspaper men the tryst of
death which led to the suicide.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
WASHINGTON.

R. G. Rhett, former mayor OF
Charleston, S. c.. was elected presi.
dent of the Chamber OF Commerce of
the United States. All ether officers
were reelected
The liberality of various joint land
commissioners in settling claims for
property taken in the canal zone has
robbed the United States of millions
of dollars. Gen. Goethals told the
house interstate commerce committee.
in urging the passage of the Adamson
bill, to force the commission to settle
for lands on the basis of their value
when the treaty was entered into with
Panama in 1903, rather than their in
creased value, as has been the Gus
tom.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
cobbler Finds $500 Gems in Shoe.

Colorado Springs.-The Greek pro-
prietor of shoe repairing shop found
about $500 worth of jewels concealed
in shoe sent to him for repairs A
ring with two diamonds, a sapphire,
breastpin and an Eastern Star pin,
made up the gems that had been
placed in the odd bank The owner
was somewhat surprised when his
property was returned to him but he
has succeeded in keeping his name
from being generally known.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
SPORT.

Sam i.anSford knocked out Harry
Willis in the nineteentE round of
scheduled twenty-round bout at a
New Orleans arena.
Charley White, well-known New
York scrap umpire, was picked to ref
cree the Willard-Moran heavyweight
bout in New York March s.
Carl Morris of Sapulpa, Okla.
knocked out Arthur Pelky of Canada
in the fifth round tonight of their
scheduled fifteen-round bout at Tul.
sa, Okla.
Henry Webb, champion rough rider
in 1913 at the Cheyenne Frontier
Days celebration, died at his home in
Wheatland, Wyo., from injuries re-
ceived when the horse he was riding
slipped on the ice and fell upon him.
Stoughton Fletcher, an Indianapolis
banker and race horse breeder an
nounced that he had purchased Peter
the Great, 2:074, the noted sire, from
W. E. d. Stokes of New York. The
price is reported to have been $4,000
Floyd Smith, an expert aviator,
broke the worlds altitude record for
pilot and two passengers at San
Diego, Cal, by ascending 5000 feet in
a Martin military hydro-aeroplane
This is the second worlds record
smashed by Smith in a month. for on
Jan. Is he ascended 1862 feet with
a passenger in a Martin seaplane.
Both records formerly were held by
British aviators.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
GENE ERAl.

John Townsend owbridge, poet
and author of stories for boys, died
at Arlington, Mass.
Col Theodore and Mrs. Roosevelt
sailed on the British steamship Gui.
ana for a pleasure trip through the
West indies.
The list of victims of the mine ex-
plosion at Ernest, Pa, reached twen-
ty-siX, with the death OF stephen Fer
rs, 80 years old, miner.
President Wilson visited Fortress
Monroe at Newport News, Va, and in.
spected the great guns that guard the
entrance to Chesapeake bay.
The bell in Kings chapel, cast by
Paul Revere, which has long been un-
der repair, was rung for the first time
in ten years in memory OF Lincoln $
birthday.
The Progressive state committee
met at Salt Lake and called the state
convention for April s, to select four
delegates to the national convention
at Chicago in June.
Standing on the spot beside Wash
ington's statue where Lincoln stood
on Feb. %, 1861; when he raised the
Stars and Stripes over independence
hall, a city official of Philadelphia
hauled to the top Of its pole the Amer
ican flag sent to Philadelphia recent
ly by the state of Kansas When Lin
coin raised the flag Kansas was the
baby state OF the Union.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
FOREIGN.

Each day for the las: month l,ooy
men have enlisted in Canada for ser
vice overseas.
At Panama three shacp earthquake
shocks occurred The whole city and
the canal zone were shaken.
The British steamship Elswick
Manor has been beached off Var
mouth Her crew was saved.
The dock laborers at<Melbourne,
Australia, have refused to handle
flour for export until the local price
OF bread is reduced.
The first snow of the season fell
in Paris on the 10th The snowfall
was general throughout northern
France and in all the trench country.
An official statement issued at
Vienna declares that the reports that
there has been an explosion in the
Skoda armament factory in Bohemia
are untrue.
A suggestion of the possibility of
the conclusion of peace in the near
future is made by Baron Won Zedlitz
of the Prussian diet, according to the
Nossische Zeitung.
A Stockholm dispatch says that the
Swedish steamship Fri3a, with coffee
and piece goods for Gothenburg, has
been seized by the Germans and taken
into Swinemunde
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Amsterdam says
that Emperor William has announced
his decision that the marriage Of
Prince Joachim is to take place at
Potsdam on March IL.
A dispatch to the London Post from
| its Berne correspondent states that
Germany is making strenuous efforts
| to induce the Poles to agree to accept
autonomy under the suzerainty of
| Germany, in which event Germany
will form an additional army of 900,.
600 Poles.
An official statement issued at
Rome, according to the Rome CORE
! spondent of the Havas agency, says
that the French and Italian ministers
have come to an agreement on the
necessity for closer coordination of
the efforts of the allies, so as to as
sure more perfect unity of action.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
MINERS URGE DEFENSE
CONVENTION OF METAL MEN
6SSAIl SHELTER RATES
Association Goes on Record Against
Ferris Leasing Bill and Esten-
sion of National Parks.

western Newspaper Union News Service,
Denver-The third annual meeting
of the Colorado Metal Mining Associ-
alton ended, following the adoption
of resolutions on variety of subjects
of paramount interest to the mining
industry, and the announcement that
the finance committee had evolved
plan for the adequate financing of the
association. This plan provided for
regular dues from members and
graduated system of contributions
from mining companies based on the
number of employees, these contribl-
tions, however. securing no voting
rights in the association.
Preparedness for national defense,
opposition to further extension OF ma
tional parks, government munitions
plant in the state, demand that sme!t'
ers be subject to utilities commission,
commendation of the efforts of the
United States geological survey, the
Colorado school of mines and the
United States bureau of mines, and
opposition to the Ferris leasing bill
were included in the resolutions
adopted. A law providing for protec-
tion of radium ores from thieves was
also advocated.
The attention OF the national law
makers was called to the fact that
Colorado is located advantageously
for government munitions plant,
with all of the raw materials avdila-
BILE.
Charging that the smelters were
driving prospectors and small miners
out of the state, the mining men
passed resolution asking for~leg!s-
lation providing for the placing Of
all smelters, samplers and ore buyers
under the control of the public utili-
ties commission
Newly-elected officers Of the Colo.
RADIO Metal Miners Association are
Bulkeley Wells, president; Thomas R.
Henahen, first vice president; George
M. Taylor, second vice president; M.
B. Tomblin, secretary, and A. N. Col.
Inns, treasurer.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
LATEST NEWS
EPiTOMIzED
FRon TELEGRAPHlc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPoR RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Turks report defeat of British in
Mesopotamia.
British win underground battle
near Hulluch.
Hungarians routed at Zale Sczsyky
and retire four miles.
French cruiser Admiral Charner be-
lieved sunk by submarine.
Austrians take entrenchments from
Italians in Isonzo region.
Austro- -Hungarians occupy Tirana in
Albania. ntar port of Durazzo.
Italians and Austrians continue ar
tillery duels despite heavy snow.
British war office denies cruiser
was sunk by German torpedo boat
The British steamer Areo has been
sunk. One member of the crew was
lost.
Austrian seaplanes attack town OF
Rayenna, Italy, killing fifteen per-
sons.
An Athens dispatch asserts Bull
garia has made overtures for sepa.
rate peace to the entente powers.
Ten days battle in France and Bel
GUM has resulted, it Is estimated, in
total casualties of at least 100000.
Russians make breaches in Austro-
German front at many points. Cap
ture of Czernowitz again threatened.
Berlin officials pessimistic on re
ceipt of Bernstorff's latest communi-
cation on settlement of Lusitania
case.
Germans are fiercely attacking
French positions in Artois and Cham
payne regions, gaining 700 yards Of
trenches in latter section
Germany and Austria announce that
beginning March 1 all armed merch
antmen will be treated as warships, tC
be ottacked without warning.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
San Luis Valley Hog Men Banquet.

Monte Vista.-Forty thousand pea
fed hogs now are grown every year
in the fertile San Luis valley. Last
year there was but one case of hog
cholera, and that was promptly
stamped out. These two wonderful
hog facts, as we'll as interesting in
formation of other kinds regarding
the San Luis valley empire, were told
to the world by dozen different
speakers at the annual banquet and
hog roast of the San Luis Valley Hog
Growers Association.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
Republican Convention, Pueblo, May 2.

Denver.-At a meeting of the Re-
publican state central committee in
Denver dates for the district meet
ings and the state conference of the
party for the selection of delegates to
the Republican national convention in
Chicago during June were set. The
state session for selection of four
delegates and four alternates at large
will be held at Pueblo, May 2. The
First congressional district meeting
will be held at Colorado Springs
May l. The Third and Fourth dis
trict conference will be at Pueblo
May 2. Each district will select two
delegates and two alternates.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
Western Union Vice President Dead

Denver - Belvidere Brooks, vice
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, and former resident
of Denver, died at his home on River
side Drive, in New York, OF heart trou-
BILE, following a period of i'll health
for several months.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
Denver Boy Ends Life at Manitou.

Colorado Springs be-
cause of a physical disability and
failure to get employment, Leslie ]
Spencer, 81, son of Mrs. G. NJ. Spen.
GER, of Denver, committed suicide at
Hecca Cove cave in Williams Canon
Manitou
The Holly chieftain., 1916-02-18
Squaw Eaten by Hungry Wolves.

Durango, Colo.-A Navajo squaw
was attacked and devoured by pack
of hungry wolves, west of the Carisos
mountains in New Mexico, according
to reports brought here from Ship.
rock, n. NJ, Indian agency.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20
No wonder; he IL only seven months

No wonder; he Il only seven months
old"
E And here are Gsrmans-rich. elder.
~. retired GermAns-who haunt tAs
doorways Of the hotel restaurants.
waiting for the American plan diner
hell to ring and who seem to b a.
ways eating. even 1t the hated ing
lish tea hour. They are here for .
week. Then they 80 back to Ger
many. y,
Germany. civilian Gefnany. u
hungry. Not hungry for viotuals. b.
cause victuals are anything human
can est and digest. but for decent food
like meat and wheat and milk and
animal and vegetable fats. CHOW and
why tiny. toothless German babies ct
apples. carrots. spinach and oatmeal.
instead Of surglins milk. vim b ths
subject Of shaphsrd's next German
food stovy). s
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20

srs 20 are the wartime show places
Of Berlin. When The American writ
ers have said Of The plsntifulnsss and
the excellence Of the food. Il not nsoes.
sarily true.
Here In Rotterdam you ct the truth.
straight from the dining rooms and
kitchens Of civilians IN every part Of
Germany. It indicates that life In
Germany 10 uncomfortable. highly %.
for . civilian who y keeping house.
Here's q Swedish meehanic from
Germany. running around Rotterdam
nlling his arms with paekases Of
bacon. bottles Of olive oll and ries.
Perhaps the HollandsS win refuse
him permission 10 take these things
across the border, but I'm going to
make . try Of IT," says hs.
Here's 8 pretty American sirl dining
alone IN . Rotterdam restanrant shs's
studying musie IN 1erlih Tive just
run over 70 Holland 10 speaA : week
eating" shs aayp.
Here's Spanish woman with three
little eAildrea. r. hrsasAA ths baby
down 10. set hin -so0e nilk He =
tirsd q sazsoes. sDlnaeA aAd aeslss.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20

NJ CIV osSSSseuV - 49, ''~''
in Germany was having on the lives
to Rotterdam and secured set OF
Germany, detailing their experience
BY WILLIAM q. SHEPHERD
Omitted Press staff correspondsn)
ROTTERDAM. Holland, May 20
(By MaiD. babies seven months to a
year old are eating carrots, apples and
spinach In Germany.
Other folks beside babies are having
food troubles. These food stories we'll
tell about them all.
II you watch the consulates mere
and keep your eyes on the incoming
trains you can meet, every day. a
acant few persons who have just come
from Germany and who will gladly
tell you what experiences they have
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20
German Food Supply Case
as Related by Travellers

what effect the food strineeDey
of the civil population, shepherd went
food sterlss from travellers leaving
Editor.
had Id their Kitchens. dining rooms
and stomachs since the food strin'
gency in Germany became noticeable
These travellers feel themselves
heroes. as. indeed. you come to ~
gard them. In . manner spssking
when you see them abandon them
selves to q full, mans sized meal
here.
Travellers to Berlin. especially the
American writing kind. live ct the
best hotels. They return with storlea
Of plentiful and excellent food.
Berlin 10 the wartime show plaea
OF Germany and the hotels vhsrs writ
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20

The executive board Of the sosth-
vest Klamath Farmers Dsvslopmsnt
League viii msst IN The ONES q Coan-
ty Agriculturist n. Roland 0laisysr
Saturday afternoon.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20
gseray NetIee

Came 70 my plaes ahout Juns "a.
four ahoatss. Owner can have aane
BY payins Tor Ted and expensea
r. q orA1xA.
isss. saa,aA o.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-06-20

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
PERSONA.

J. Al. Scott, Of Grafton. superinten-
dent of the Monongah division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was a
business visitor in the city Monday.
3. r. Taylor is here from ParKers-
burg.
q L Allender, OF Parkersburg. is
transacting business here.
Harry H. MADEIRA, Of NIorgantown, is
here on a business mission.
"A. D. Wilson, of Wheeling, is a guest
at the Hotel Gore.
Mr. and Mrs. q. AZ EQUITY, Of Salem,
are visiting here.
George F Miller, Of Charleston, is
a city visitor.
2. NJ Timberlakc was here from
Weston Monday.
r. w. Kelly. Of Parkers burg, is a
business visitor here.
j. Fl. Rector, OF Parkersburg. is in
the city on a business visit.
Randolph StalnalSer, of Wheeling is
here on a brief business visit.
]. @. al. Brasch, OF Parkersburg is
a city visitor.
l. ". Miles is here from Parkersburg.
y. w. Flanagan, Of Grafton, IS a
guest at the Waldo.
j. NJ. Johnson, of Bristol, visited the
city Monday.
Jesse D. kennedy, OF Lost Creek,
former state Legislator, was in the city
Monday.
s. Fienberg went to Dayton, o.. sun
day night TO attend the funeral OF his
father
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry 4. Wilson. of
Morgantown. who have been guests
of relatives in the city, returned.
home Monday evening.
Mrs. Grace Clough. of West.
Union. who visited relatives in the
city, has returned home.
Mrs. Willard f. Snider has return
ed from West Union. where she spent
Sunday with relatives.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-11
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
-Oys,ter salad.

"A quart tin OF oysters, head OF cell
cry. one tablespoon oil, one small tea
spoon salt, mace. mustard and pepper,
three desertspoo cider vinegar. a
pinch OF. white sugar. Strain on the
LIQUOR from the oysters. cut them in
two or three pieces. according to size
8Gdot not chop. Cut the celery. small.
blend with the oysters, mix the res
naming ingredients, putting the vim
.egar last; then pour over the celery
and oysters. Stir well, serve directly.
as this salad will not keep long.