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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Cat Calls Help for Kitten.

John McNulty, a fireman In the fed
eral building, was annoyed by the
meowing of a cat the other evening.
The next morning he found Mime
haha, the post office pet, clawing at
the cracks OF the door Of one Of the
big vaults in the basement. McNulty
hastily opened the door, and was
startled to see a kitten jump from
within.
1t was one Of MInnehaha's kittens.
which wandered into the vault just
before 1t was closed, and the mother
cat traced it to the vault door and
called for help.-Wilmington tDel.)
Dispatch to New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
CLOCK 10 RE DEPENDED ON
Cleveland Claims the RECORD % ~Aav.
Ing the Most Accurate Of Worlds
TImskeepers.

In the Case School Of Applied Sci
ence in Cleveland there is q clock that
holds the worlds record for accurate
timekeeping. Over a period Of several
months 1t showed a variation OF only
eight thousandths Of a second day,
which, in a years time. would be less
than three seconds.
Ship chronometers, which are the
most accurate time measuring instru.
ments in general use, cannot keep true
time within less than three to five Sec
onds a month. Marine observations
are absolutely dependent on accurate
timepieces. but ships officers have to
be satisfied If they can adjust their
thermometers so that they will either
gain or lose q certain amount each
day. Then they add or substract and
get absolutely correct time.
This Case clock, says the Youths
Companion, stands on a stone pier, In
dependent Of the building, that ex-
tends sixteen feet to a natural shale
foundation. 1t Is in a small room sur
rounded by two other rooms, all built
with brick walls. Gas stoves heat the
outer rooms, and electric contact ther-
mometers regulate the temperature.
The gas stove flame automatically
rises or falls with the variation In the
outside air temperature. Thus on warm
days in August the flame In the gas
stove Is very low, while In below-zero
January It burns at its brightest. In
the clock room itself the temperature
is adjusted by an ordinary sixteen-can-
die power incandescent lamp that Is
flashed on and of by another electric
contact thermometer. The school
strictly enforces the rule that there
must never be more than two persons
in this inner room at one time.
The clock, which stands five feet
high, has three separate dials that reg
lister the hours, minutes and seconds.
It is inclosed in an alright glass jar,
inside Of which are delicate instru-
ments for measuring temperature, at
mospheric pressure and moisture, A
small amount Of chloride of lime
WHICH IL HI cluClcut ucSiSSatiA6 ho-
terial, is kept always in the jar to alb
Sorb the moisture.
BY the aid Of a set Of dry batteries
the clock automatically winds itself
every seven minutes. The movement
is adjusted slow or fast by pumping
air in or out Of the glass container.
Observations are made from the out
side through double glass windows
through the separating walls and by
means Of small electric lamp placed
over the dials.
Not only can this wonderful piece
of clock mechanism be adjusted to
show less than a three second annual
variation, but 1t is also possible to
make electric connections with other
similar clocks elsewhere. With this
as q master clock the others can be
made to keep the same accurate time.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14

comfort or disease. There must be
ample ventilation, for sheep If closely
crowded sweat badly and quickly use
up the oxygen in the air, but there
must be no drafts. as sheep are very
subject to colds.
In the ordinary climate the sheep
barn may be constructed Of one thick
ness of matched boards. 1t should be
large enough to house the entire flock
without crowding. Windows enough
to permit lots of sunshine to enter,
and clean, dry bedding underfoot are
necessities. The lambing pens should
be of warmer construction than the
general shed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
EAS WALNUTs WORTH $4,000
Transforms Shake Them Down on
the MccIintock Ranch in
California.

Los Angeles, Cal.-HOw the rain
storms the last few days shook down
$4,000 for w. O. McClintock, a we'll
known rancher of the walnut district,
west of Pomona, Is brought to light In
an account Of crop prosperity.
McClintock has walnut orchard
He has taken special care of the trees
and as result, when the rain and
wind came, they left the ground be-
meath the trees covered with thick
mat of the nuts.
He weighed his crop and found that
at the present market price Of the nuts
he has $4,000 worth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
GIRL OWNS ELECTRIC PLANT
After Another Years Study in Stan.
ford University Miss Wohlford
Will Run Works.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Miss Mary Wohl-
ford, twenty-year-old Stanford uni
versity student and daughter Of an
Escondito banker, has announced that
after she finishes another years study
in electrical engineering at the uni
versity she will take charge of her
gas and electric corporation which she
bought for $4,000 at public auction
few days ago. She is owner and
head of the utilities corporation which
supplies gas and electricity to Escon-
ditto.
Miss Wohlford is determined to
learn all she can about her plant and
what 1t produces.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
COYOTE ATTACKS AN AUTOIST
After Animal Was Run over by Ma.
chine 1t Wanted to Bite the
Driver.

Reno, Nev.-That coyote that will
attack the front end of any automo-
bile travelling 80 miles an hour, allow
himself to be run over and then get
UP and attack the driver of the car
who, out of curiosity. stopped to see
what damage was done, must be mad,
Is the opinion of =. Y. ellison, who en-
jOyed this experience on Lakeview
Hill, near Carson, the other night.
The coyote was game, according to
ellison, but was so badly cut up that
1t was easily driven off with rocks be-
fore it bit anyone. ellison was accom-
panied on the trip by County Commits
sioner Heinrich.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
LOW OR HIGH HEADED TREES
Successful Apple Growers Favor First
Branches About Three or Four
Feet From Ground.

The tendency among successful
applegrowers ut tile present time Is
toward the medium or low-headed
three feet from the ground. Such
trees have many advantages and with
modern implements of cultivation can
be worked at much less expense than
formerly.
In localities where deep snow is the
rule, rather than the exception, the
tree with higher head will undoubt-
eddy prove better adapted than one
headed ut less than four feet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Horse Should Be in Good Physical
Condition Before Breeding Sea-
son-Exercise Is Needed.

A stallion that is not tit to work
is not tit to sire work horses, in the
opinion of j. S. Montgomery of the
animal husb!,Hdry division of the Min
nesota College of Agriculture. 1.-THE
horse should he in good physical con-
dition before the beginning of the
breeding season." he says. "Plenty of
exercise should he provided. If it is
impossible To work the horse, a large
paddock should be arranged where he
may play IN all kinds Of weather"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
HARM BY GRAPE LEAFHOPPER
Insect Injuries Foliage by Sucking Out
juices Of Leaves-Poorer Quail
ity Of Fruit Results.

(By D. E. MERRILL, New Mexico Agri-
cultural Experiment Station)
The grape lenfhopper is sucking
insect and does damage both as adult
and as nymph, or young, to the foil
age Of the grape by sucking out the
juices of the leaves through the slen-
der sucking beak. Wherever Il pune
ture Is made the tissue of the leaf at
that spot first whitens, then turns yell
low, withers, and finally turns brown
as the leaf dies. The punctures are
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Sheer Brutality.

II don't think you can really care
for me any longer" cried the young
bride, as, dissolved in tears, she threw
herself upon the couch.
"Why not?" asked the perplexed
bridegroom. "Why do you say things
like that? Didn't / kiss you before l
left home this morning?"
"Ye-es, you did," admitted the dis
consulate fair one, "but as you walked
10 the corner to catch your car you
turned and waved good-by only three
times. "-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Manner of Holding Hog.

to put in the ring he will pull the
harder, which makes 1t an easy matter
to put the ring in.
We just treated the hogs as de-
scribed above, and one man can usu-
ally hold the largest hog, and it is
much less trouble than to get them
down and wallow around, and get hot
and mad.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14

WINTER HOUSES FOR SHEEP
Especially Important That Feet and
Fleece Be Kept Dry-Ventila-
ton Must Be Ample.

Contrary to general opinion, sheep
as we'll as any other class Of farm
animals require clean, dry shelter. 1t
Is especially important that the feet
and fleece be kept dry. If their quar-
tiers are dry and clean the sheep will
stand very cold weather without dis
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Ernst Beat Her to II.

Chicago.-Mrs. Mary Ernst wrote
her husband that she was going to
divorce him so she could marry man
Of sixty-six, who had 295 acres OF
land and $500, so she could pay their
debts and that later on they and their
little girl would be happy again. Ernst
got The divorce first.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-12-14
Not Time for Sightseeing.

II don't think SO much of the Vel.
lOwstoner
But you were there on your honey
moon! One must see 1t under favor
able conditions to appreciate its beau
ties PUCK. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01

Teeth Guaranteed 10 Fit As Low a.
IS. DIR. Vaughan's Dental Office. 307 eth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01
War to FOILOw G.O.F
Victory, Is Wilson'S
Warning to Voters
Defeat for His Party Will Be Reputation of Peace
He Tells Young Observation-Disclosures Republi
cans Backed by American Investors
in Me xico.


SHADOW LAWN. n. j., Oct. l.-"Our
o,rona,,,. hayo tonnd tauI, with our
SaI"I'. r,,., -, Ia ,ho, q
foreign policy. Ihey nave saio that ~
Is all wrong. 1t has resulted in peace.
Therefore. II appears they want war.
aon,o n,en,hors ~ that marty have even
so oe 1880 ',','. ~ sa,,o, 80 ,ar"
ueelareu themselves III iavoi y, .,,.
President Wilson yesterday served TINS
warning on the voters OF the country
when he took I'm the challenge OF the
,,,, .s ,,a,,,oo, a., =.
nepuoheahs 10Y
speech to Young Democratic pHgrHns
from New York.
Election of a Republican Administra-
ton, the President said. would mean
that the nation would be entangled In
the embroilments of the European
war;" and that Intervention In the in
terests Of American investors In Mexico
would result.
To avoid 1t he urged that young Demo-
Gratis and true Progressives rally TO
the Democratic standard.
II can draw no other conclusion" he
said in his war warning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01

Moreover. he said. he could not find
that anybody else's counsel than Ameri-
can investors In Mexico had been taken
in respect TO the Republican Mexican
policy.
They have, talked to me and know
exactly what they want" the President
said earnestly. II have declined to give
II to them. and now they are going
where they think they can get It, And.
there Is every reason to believe that
their calculation is we'll founded"
The President continued
From this time until the seventh OF
November. 1t Is going to be practically
impossible for the present Administra-
ing foreign relations, because all
foreign statesmen are waiting to see
which way the election goes"
This situation goes so far. he held.
that the present American Me xican
peace conference Is affected seriously
because hostility to Mexico Is being
traded upon by one of the great po-
litical parties"
People Want to Know.
He suggested the Republicans had
given no definite ideas OF their gem
erai plans. hut that the people now
want TO know what is to be done with
their Government" ..-.. s:
''The country" he said. has wit
ties. and unless am mistaken II
shortly will witness the death ~ an.
other. The Tederalist and Wing party
went first. Then was born The RCpub-
lican party. This party accomplished
its purpose Of abolishing slavery. but
since then the increasing demoralZa-
ton of the party has been apparent
So soon as their party put into power
men who were attorneys OF speciel In
terests. its decadence was rapid. And
the Republican party, as now led. be.
lieves In government by attorneys OF
the special interests"
He designated the Democratic party
as the most progressive OF any. and
expressed surprise at the Company
kept by some Progressives." He claim
cd the Treasury Department performs
its functions better since the Federal
Reserve law passed, and added that
previously representatives of Wal
Street had had a desk in the insti'
tuition.
The President spoke, too. OF the pass
ing OF the "buttonhole lobby" anG OF
the Democratic party's idea to liberal
ize legitimate business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01
EXPECTED
TO HUM IN DISTRICT
DURING THIS week
Both Democratic and RepubIi-
can Parties Due to Whoop
Things Up Now.

Democratic and Republican politics In
the District OF Columbia are expected
to hum this week. Beginning tomor-
row the leaders IN both camps are
planning to conduct meetings OF vail.
The organizations OF both parties IN
the District are centering their atten-
ton on the work of persuading vot-
ers who hvo here but hold franchises IN
various states. not only to agree 10
vote In their respective States on cleo
ton day. but to protect their right OF
suffrage by registering at the proper
The officers of the League OF Repuoli.
can state Clubs has made available n
list OF the registration days In all tho
States Of the Union and special eXcur-
sion rates have been granted by the
railroads.
League to Meet.
The League OF Republican State Clubs
will start the political ball rolling for
the week by formal opening Of its
new headquarters tomorrow at los lilo
II street northwest
II is planned to have the headquarters
open daily from now on between the
hours Of a m. and 10 p; ~. and In
committee for the District arrange
ments are being made for series of
monday meetings FOR business men.
and for night meetings several nights
VICE. iiflh dFGiiit VI lI1e league,
who have been at work IN MARYLAND
organizing Hughes campaign clubs. will
start tomorrow for West Virginia where
similar work will be undertaken.
The Hughes Club. which has its head.
quarters In the old rooms of the Ma
tional Press Club. at Fifteenth and II
streets northwest. will hold it's regular
weekly meeting Friday night. when sew.
eral prominent Republican speakers will
make addresses. Responses are being
received In large numbers from Repub-
licans In the District who desire to Join
with the club in attending the big
Hughes rally In Baltimore on the even
ing OF October IL.
Many to Take Part.
Already a number of the members
have signified their intention OF taking
part In the automobile procession which
Will start from here for Baltimore al &
o'clock on the evening OF the meeting.
The officers OF the club are also actively
planning for the big mass meeting to be
held hero the week after the Baltimors
The Wilson and Marshall Association
are planning for a similar rally Of DenN
ocrats at Convention Hall in this city
on or about October 10. A committee
has been appointed to invite the Presi-
dent to speak at the meeting, but II IL
regarded as extremely unlikely that he
will be able to attend. For that reason
IL is by no means certain that the COM
mittee will undertake to go Ito Shadow
Lawn to present the invitation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01
Colonel RidicuIes "High-FIown
Phrases" of President and
Stand on Foreign Matters.
WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE
Seized German informed Ships
to Force End of U-Boat War,
He Asserts.
BY ]. p. YODER.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Oct. L.
With bitter invective and. scathiug sar-
casm directed ut Pres.den. Wilson,
Theodore Roosevelt opened his stump
ing tour yesterday afternoon I'm the in
terests of the party that once elected
him President.
The carefully prepared address which
took more than two hours to deliver,
was made at what Michiganders claim
was the greatest political rally ever
held in the State outside of the larger
cities.
Roosevelt picked out innumerable
phrases the President has used at va
rtous times in International notes and
speeches and held them up to ridicule.
He frequently departed from his text.
Discussing the Presidents conduct of
the submarine issue. he said:
you ask me what would have done
I would have seized every informed
German ship. Then the German chan
cellor would not have limited yesterday.
as he did. that Germany once again is
about to start out on more unwarned
torpedoing OF merchant ships
Sarcastically referring to mfr. Will
sons 'high-fiown' phrases" he said:
lican party in Michigan in 1854 called a
spade n spade. not an agricultural i'm
plement for filling the ground"
$1,000 Hear Him.
Fully 5000 visitors came from FIVE
surrounding counties to swell Battle
Creeks $1,000 population. The crowd
was not as demonstrative as of old. but
II gave the Colonel a rousing welcome
upon his arrival here.
The occasion was a made-to-order get
together rally. as the local committee
put 1t. From 10000 to 10000 gathered at
the circus grounds. where a, tent In
which Roosevelt spoke held Is, 900 more.
Roosevelts address was confined al
most entirely to telling why. in his opin-
ion. President Wilson should be not re-
elected. ..
''Cowardice, laundering hypocricy and
verbosity when action should have been
taken.' were some Of the charges made
against the President. Roosevelt men.
toned Wilson by name some seventy
six times. He named Hughes three
times. He explained his speech was ia
Most OF the demonstrations during the
speech were confined to laughter when
Roosevelt. in high falsetto. sarcastically
criticised the Presidents handling OF
the submarine and Mexican situation
ferred to his settlement OF the anthra.
cite coal strike when he was President.
Couldn't Stand It Longer.
AT the outset" said Roosevelt, ~
wish to say a word as to protests made
by so many people that we must moi
oriticise the President. l did stand by
the President for a year and half. II
was with deep reluctance. however. tina,
/ was forced to the conclusion that &c
do so longer was incompatible with
standing. by the interests of mankind
and the honor OF this nation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01
Wilson's old Friend
Declares for Hughes
Col. 'George Harvey, in Announcing Support, Makes
Smashing Indictment of Democratic
Admin stration.

OF a Pittsburgh election and then held
the gun of calamity at the head Of the
nation.
And It was he. the President OF the
United States. who deliberately proposed
the mulcting OF the great body Of his
own constituency. the millions Of low
paid workingmen, farmers, professional
men. teachers. clerks. saleswomen and
toilers no less than the well-to-do. I'm
the interest. not even of a class, but of
a class within a class. comprising 400. 600
voters, without cost 10 the companies or
to the shippers who were to comprise
the other parties to the conspiracy.
Demand for Wages"
ut was not question OF an eigiit-hour
day, as disinsenuousiy suggested by the
President and proclaimed by him as a
ing more and nothing less than a de-
mand as to wages. And II was a de-
mand backed bv the guns OF highway
men and supported by the Chief MaBis-
trate OF the Nation.
Answering the query as to what would
action g governor OF New York in Veto
ing the 2-cent fare law and his declara-
tions In his speeches In the present cam
paign. and adds: -
What Hughes would have done
or what will he do II occasion shall
arise ought now to be clear because
and this fact should he borne con-
stantly In mind--Hughes always
means what he says"
Colonel Harvey sums up the follow
ing issue as follows:
I'VE shall not count the many cpl
sodes of the past three years which
have flushed the cheeks OF our coun-
trymen with shame and humiliation
Puts Faith in Hughes.
Not only has the protection OF
the flag been officially Withdrawn
from those who have crossed the
border line, but the flag itself has
been wantonly desecrated over and
over again without mourning the
swift retrlbution which invariably
hitherto from the beginning of the
Republic has been visited upon of,
tenders.
q" remains only to note the futility
even OF hope that the policy of pusil.
lanimlty initiated by itself may bs
reversed by this Administration and
to herald with qualification and
gratitude the dependable assuranc,
of Mr.. Hughes that he stands will
no less steadfastness for American
rights abroad than for equal right,
at home"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-01

NEW YORK, Oct. with a smash-
ing indictment OF President Wilson and
his Administration. and an attack on
Secretary Daniels. Col. George Harvey,
who was the first to propose Wilson for
President. came out today for Charles
Il. Hughes
Colonel Harvey bases his stand for
the Republican nominee on what he
terms ~the living issues" OF the cam
paign-"military and Industrial pre-
paredness." government by and for
the people and national honor and
opportunity"
After reviewing In trenchant fashion
what he terms the change of mind on
the part OF the Administration as to
preparedness. Colonel Harvey declares
1T all resolves to this: Whether one
approves or disapproves of the huge
expenditure provided for national de-
Tense, the appropriations have been
made. and ting only question now is.
the greatest advantage OF the country
In obtaining the quickest and most eff
fectual results? The Republicans who
are sincere in their advocacy OF pre-
paredness or the Democrats who are
| not? The question seems to answer it.
self"
Industrial Preparedness.
paredness." Harvey cites the Paris
| trade agreement as evidence that Amer
lea Is to be attacked In the Industrial
| field after the war. That the Demo-
| Gratis recognize the ''imminence OF the
menace Is declared by Harvcy TO have
been shown in the creation OF the
tarilf commission. and passage OF the
| 'anti-dumping' law, but he SAYS:
while tacitly conceding the need OF
protective measures. they have only
pecked at the problem tor political pur-
poses. without attempting in any serious
| way TO effect a solution. Again we are
| driven to tho practical conclusion that
true industrial preparedness, In common
! with true military preparedness, can be
| attained only through its sincere advo-
Gates and consistent friends-the Repub-
| licans."
| Declaring that "sincc Fort Sumter was
| fired upon there has been no such as.
sault upon the right of the American
people to rule themselves ms that OF the
/ four brotherhoods at Washington IN
| August OF the present year" Colonel
! Harvey makes an especially bitter at.
tack on the President for what he calls
| Mr.. Wilson's surrender on the eight
hour issue. He continues:
"Blackmailing the Nation"
"ThSway was paved for blackmail
ing OF the nation by the President him
self. at the instigation OF Samue
Gompers. at the very beginning OF hf,
Administration. when he approved
| what he himself pronounced an 'un
/! justifiable' provision forbidding the us,
of certain specific funds In the prose
cution OF labor organizations for break
Ing the law.
"And the exemption was made direc
and complete by the Presidents owI
Clayton act. which expressly provided
that no such organizations should b,
held or construed to be Illegal com
blnations or conspjracies m restraint o
, trade under the antitrust laws
But for the existence of this invidi
ously discriminatory act the brother
hoods would not have dared to invit
the criminal prosecution provided 70
all other offenders. Sheltered by IL
they only bided their time until the ev