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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
The Crow Must Be Suppressed.

Now that the world is faced with a
serious shortage Of food, and that the
price of seed corn is soaring beyond
bounds, 1T behooves US all to discrim-
mate sharply between those birds that
are insectivorous and therefore the
friends of man and his crops, and those
that are graminivorous and hence pc
cuiiarly inimical to human interests.
Among the latter family of corvidae,
the crow and his cousinS-ravens,
rocks, magpies, jackdaws, etc.-are
adjudged to stand, despite the fact that
their diet is more or less omnivorous.
Their depredations in grain fields
at the time of sowing are, in fact, so
serious that in France the secretary
of agriculture has issued bulletins to
the various projects, recommending
the destruction of these birds, and Of
fering information to this end.-Scien-
tific American Supplement.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
DAMAGE BY MUSKRATS
Though of Great Value as Source OF
Fur, Animal May Become Trou-
blesOme.

Although the muskrat is the most
valuable fur animal in the United
States, under some circumstances it
becomes detrimental and is respon-
sible for considerable damage to
growing crops, irrigation bitches,
milldams, ETC. Where the animal is
not troublesome, biologists of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture suggest that it be protected
and trapped for fur. Even where
the animal has become somewhat of
a pest, it's numbers often may be
kept down by trapping, while the
sale of pelts makes such activities
profitable. Often crops may be pro-
tected by the erection of wire-mesh
fences between them and the marsh
or pond where the animals live.
Such fences should reach at least 6
inches beneath the surface of the
ground to prevent the muskrat bur-
rowing under.
Where the animals prove trouble
some by causing breaks in embank-
ments dams. and in the sides of irri
cation bitches, probably the most
practical remedy is to employ trap
per and hunter TO patrol the proper
ty both night and day. In narrow
waterways barrel traps have proved
efficient in catching large numbers
of these animals.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-Second hand doll go-cart.
reed. Must be in good condition. Ad-
dress d, care Banner Office. sgt.
AMBITIOUS Statesmen of neat APP
pearance, call on merchants in your
territory: elegant line, convenient to
carry. Good commissions. prompt re-
mittance. The Geo H. Jung Co, Gin
cinnati, 0. 1t.
Write today for story of how 1 finan-
ced three oil wells now producing:
four others now being drilled $150,00G
in 80 days. Every new we'll advances
stock; advances already; 100 wells
planned for next year. Reads like a
romance. N. A. Reinert & Co., 346
Transportation Bldg, Chicago, Ill 1t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
MANY GIRLS ARE SWINDLED
WouId-se Movie Stars Induced to Part
With Money on All Kinds
of Promises.

Young girls come to New York by
the scores OF hundreds, determined to
win fame and much money in motion
pictures, says Film Fun. They believe
they can do this.
In most cases they have only q little
money and very few friends wiser than
themselves. Sooner or later each re-
ceives a card of invitation, signed with
an unfamiliar name, but bearing every
evidence of good taste and sincerity.
1t informs the ambitious one that
the writer has learned she is open for
an engagement in the pictures, and if
this is so will she please call. She
does call and is met with q cordiality
that might arouse suspicion in a star,
but which pleaSeS the Innocent one.
Very adroitly she is put in possess
sion of the information that she is
needed in the work, but three or four
weeks training is absolutely necessary
to prepare her, even though she may
! have acted for years on the stage.
And the charge will be $50.
Usually, if she seems reluctant, an
assistant is called into conference, and
presently a special price of $25 is
agreed to.
If it may be surmiSed from the con-
! verSatiOn that larger sum can be OBJ
tanned, the aspirant for stellar roles is
told that stock may be purchased in
the corporation in amounts anywhere
from 500 TO $1,000, and an investor
will receive enormous dividends, and
the necessary preparation for screen
success without tuition. A contract
i is guaranteed to each investor.
Everybody in filmdom knows of the
existence of the concerns, of which
there are several that vary but little in
their plan of operation. They all carry
regular ads in the daily papers. 1t is
from responses to these advertise
ments that addresses are obtained.
One concern charges an enrolment
feesof SIS, a dollar each for a course of
20 lessons, and confers diploma when
+ these have been completed. Then the
new actress is advised to have a strip
of film made, just to show how well
she screens.
The charge for this is only $50. She
is assured this is essential TO success.
The near-riot that often ensues when
a young woman shows up with her
strip of film and demands the star part
which has been guaranteed her, and
which she believes she has earned
and paid for, would be very funny if
it were not in many cases so tragic.
This very thing would happen
oftener than it does but for the fact
that studios and managers are safe
guarded against all visitors.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
PowderIess Gun Deadly.

An American inventive genius has
invented powderless gun, which may
revolutionize land attacks. The gun,
which might be taken for large grind
stone at short distance, is revolved
at great speed by an electric motor,
and is capable Of firing hundreds of
shots q minute. The bullets are car
ried in small cups, which hold them
until the gun reaches the proper po-
sition for their discharge by centrifu-
gal force. The weapon is accurate at
Ave miles, is cheap to operate and is
noiseless.-Capper's Weekly.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08

partment, devoted to heavy guns.
Sergeant Cleveland Todd, of Battery
A, and Horseshoer Matthew F. Mey-
ers, of Battery B, in Colonel Bowie's
regiment, have been selected to as
sist in teaching the horseshoeing
school.
\ board of officers. consisting OF
Brigadier Generals Charles d. Cal
Their and William C. Rafferty,. Col
Charles L. Dulin and Lieutenant
Colonies C. R. Snyder and A. h.
Basket, met with Major General
Charles G. Morton today TO deter
mine the space and accommodations
available at Camp Mcclellan for ad-
ditional units. No report of their
findings is as yet available.
Private Andrew l.. Johnson,of the
Maryland Machine Gun Battalion. was
today added to the list of Twenty
ninth Division men who will go to
Camp Kelly, San Antonio, Tex, for
special courses in the aviation sec
ton of the Signal Corps.
The following transfers of men
were announced tonight: Cook,
Philip Burton, of Company B, One
Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry, to
the military police; Private Walter
D. Sparrow, of Company X, to the
One Hundred and Tenth Field Artil-
lery.
Major Hugh R. Riley was today
directed to assign First Lieutenant
]. j. Burke to his staff and organize
the headquarters section of the
horse ammunition train. The enlis-
ted personnel of the unit will be
composed of old New Jersey cavalry
men
Divisional orders were issued to-
night sending Major Harvey L.
Jones of Maryland, to Atlanta, Ga.
on official business. He is now at
tached to the Fifty-seventh Infantry
Brigade.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
Money To Loan.

Money to loan IN large and small
sums.-Lloyd Webster, Spring St
Adv. S25-tf. cod
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
NO ARREST MADE
States Attorney And Sheriff Work
ing on Clue in Connection With
Shooting of Capt. JOS. III. Spedden.

So far no arrest has been made in
connection with the shooting. in the
elbow, of Capt. Joseph H. Spedden
at his home at Travers Wharf, on
Thursday night. States Attorney
Marine and Sheriff Sherman have a
clue on which they are working, by
means of which they expect to 10
cate the man who stood at the win
dow and fired three shots at Captain
Spedden while he sat at table writ
inc
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Peoples Loan, Savings
and Deposit Bank
RESOURCES

at Cambridge, in the State of Maryland, at
ths:close of business Nov. 20, 1917
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
Private Sale

1 desire to sell at private sale the
following articles:
One Weber wagon. 2-horse. nearly
new.
One International manure spreader.
medium size.
One top buggy, 1 phaeton.
One set of good carriage harness.
One No. IS oliver pillow. I dirt scoop.
One 15-tooth spring harrow.
One Black Hawk corn planter.
One 50-tooth spike harrow.
Two 1-horSe cultivatorS.
One set leather wagon harness.
Four sets chain wagon harness.
Four sets rope pillow harness.
One 16x1S International hay baTer,
with h. p. engine. Used two seasons
and in good order.
EASY TERMS.
JAMES II. JONES,
1O-19-tf. Cambridge, Md.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-12-08
BUS TO ADJOINING TOWNS.

Call up 56S or l81 for schedule
for Salisbury, Easton and Hurlock.
All town calls for one person, Csc.
For more than one person. 15c.-
SI,AiI;M'S GAIsAGE.-Adv l2-2%-rf
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
Booze Believes 1t Will Win
In Ohio Because II Com
mands Newspaper Space

The vets say it is all over but the
shouting in rum-soaked Ohio
They are making great campaign
thru paid space in the new papers and
they rely upon this sort of strategy
strategy that takes them straight o. the
hearthstones that their business saddens
to keep Ohio in the lesscning number
OF booze-cursed states.
Reliance upon newspapers for the per-
petuation Of a discredited business, puts
the "paIladium of the peoples hbertles
IN anything bat an enyiable light.
Being an ally with public enemy, fer
nav the press Of Ohio presents a sorry
exception to the business and profession
al life of the nation which is working
heartily with the government in the spirit
Of remuneration and sacrifice just now
If booze stays in our neighboring state
we hope the newspaper publishers wl'l
find JOY in the consciousness of having
extended its reign Of ruthlesSness IN
commonwealth that has shown capacity
for higher achievements
We hope, also, that the dry forces IN
Ohio are not disgraced by leadership so
obsequious that it would be found saying
las it has said elsewhere) to these pub
fishers, after the battle lost or won, we
don't blame you for taking the money Of
the vets; it's purely a business propose
ton"
Money, be it remembered, derived from
a traffic the drys seek to outlaw because
II Is democracys most insidious foe.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
O. X. With Air Enough

We creatures Of thi, mite of a planet
called the Earth are 20 get such splen-
did view OF am enormous Corlet. next
June, that IN spite Of the war. the sCien-
lists are already unusually busy with
astronomy. and as usual. the red hot
theorizing IS largely focused on old Mars
The telescope and spectroScope experts
have az last practically unanimously
agreed that If Mars isn't inhabited. it
ought 20 be and could be- Mars has an
atmosphere closely resembling the
EaIth'S. tho considerably rarer X has
Its seasonal and physical changes identi-
cal with those ~ the Earth. save as TO
duration. Il has permanent divisions and
features just ike the Earth's You'd be
ready to swear that {. has men. women,
children. dogs. chickens cats and such.
were II not for that little matter of
over-rare atmosphere Let us put our
scientific mind on this point, or impedi-
ment, for "A moment
Mars atmosphere has plenty OF hydro
gen. How much Of oxygen has il? Our
air Is largely made up ~ oxygen and by
drogen What do we DO when snort II
air. We revive the half-drowned person
with e pulmonatOr. containing oxygen.
When an Invalid get nearly out, we apply
oxygen. When ON viafor wants 70 90
way up into real r. & air, he wears a
helmet full of oxygc
FOrsootn. ali we SIC got TO do % clinch
our idea THAT Mars is inhabited is 70 be-
lieve that the Martians are so constituted
as 70 get along on a limited amount Of
oxygen in their atmosphere. or have de-
wsed means Of supplying themselves
with oxygen Don't discard this latter
before recalling that we
Earth inhabitants have only just begun
% get so vital an essential 20 all Earth
life as nitrate from our atmosphere
Now, the scientists are perfectly sat
isfed that Mars IS millions Of years older
than the Earth and "a long. long time
ago. went thru practically tire same
stages as those thru which Tie Earth
passing Tn other words Mar nhabi-
tants have much farther pr9gre cd and
are very much .ser than Earth folk. and
seQuently their getting up the neces-
sary oxygen for them-elve IS not re-
markab.e feat = al
And gee wriz' what democracy.
when nobody can Iva unless ail pull to-
gether for ir ~ breathe
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
Daniel Willard Gives
Rule For Success

Daniel Willard. the great railroad
man. has told p Forbes some 81
th- thing that have helped him be
come successful The article is in
the Nossmbr- American Magazine
ud str willard says
'If YOU really want to ser along
-4fFer han 10 see how easy a time
sou cl-n have you must apply your
seq whole hearfedly hotn during
sour Working house and your lei-
sara hours to our business by
having your mind on your work you
are apr 20 learn how 20 so n accu-
rafely and -hcre s. nothing more
important han accuracy Then.
don't slop after doing what YOU are
tod t0 char and do fhaf accurately
then End something additional
vor' p doing when The zine comes
20 ret~ench. when men have 90 b.
iaif oT II YOU have made yourself
realty useful and valuable you Eili
probably rot be dropped YOU sre
more likely 10 b. given more .n
por+ant work f0 do. because your
employers viii know yog aill 90 b.
rlEht thsf they can trust YOU and
depend upon you
ln my oWya case I had 10 spc
cial advanfaEes had 10 superior
d4cator. no unusual mental gifts
no physical advantage no inhuen
ua' friends no money worked my
way ogf ~ the nv by Termination
70 keep rlghf on doing fhe bes'
knew boss 20 fH my fob plus suc
Io-lrg un 0pDorfGrItF to increase OBS
ftre for wt loo never had
chance ~ oI ,aled to recognize
10. fo 30 r grg7ua or brilliant
hing anything ,peCfacuiar such as
being 'he hero M any grea freal
road ar .den- ~ situation or sensa
onai. SAVING ON" 90 ebuty's life
( .mplt DoE~eg rrh along
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
Pointed Paragraphs

Consider The clock. how 81 gets
there hand OVER hand
And the straight and narrow pa'h
is also slippery
he sure 20 YOUR ground before
you star 20 build upon u
Some spin7ters do not believe In
taxing bachelors. they believe ln
mailing them
And every man In a poker game
hopes De will got Tho glad hand
lots ~ voters would have 20
think for themseiyes N 81 uasn't FOR
their political bosses
Shortly after marriage = woman
is apt % realize that her vanity is
all in vain
Attempt 20 follow the advice ~
an your friends and g. v.ll DO q
padded cell for YOU
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
Paragraph From a Letter
Prom Dad To His Boy

u943 be mighty wary IN those
hours ~ the wines % France
man never needs alcohol 10 his
HeHF and he never needs 81
lHle ae when no r. ND agains,
he trick" that you and your fol-
uH are roing 10 put over" in
FHnre Sou will need every bit
rfal a1ty. of strength. ~
rrareFai eys0u that Won. can mus.
o- and rlf Gro - these cCrnes from
alcohol which. sitter an has been
Said OF if for and against. II The
rHlee manfrap IN the world You
win war; and have your cornwall
.nforva They viii be welcome
FROM fhr fr1 sion ~ camp and trench
hfo EHf rontiFial timcs can b.
bad FfhoIf piAyinE tre mischief
with your head and your BODY
Lsdifs Hons Journal.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
To Prevent Neuritis
NV ". ARLINGTON uRUCE
Author - '"Thr i,ldtls 81 Person
niltv "Hsychc ogY aud
pArcnthAud etc.


Ncur.ffs ike neuralgia d al,
often mlsnsed word Mnrb rsn.
rAigia 1. mistakenly called nanritis
so. frequently. is the condition
known popularlv sa "O.rIt,r.s
cramf
Writers cramp" is essentially d
functional nervous trouble bssad
primarily Ia fear and In the over
strain of muscles Neuralgia ia like
se functional
RHf true neuritis .s an organic
nervous disease 10 involves poison
lne aud deeenerst,on Of n,rve.rells
aud hss as II. symptoms "a sfead,
Intense pan and rye-tendcrncss
accompanied bv muscular shrinkaea
and weakness
Raine organic b. as dmcun riaI
ADS to handle he prevention if
therefore matter az sp,clat an,
portsnce
one ~ hos commences cau~rS
Cabo' says u.s. usual cause IS over
indulgence in alcoholic beverage
The alcohol noisons and ipnamss
the ner,a.ceus
When A gentleman who has been
a hard or steady drinker begins "a
feel pain and numhncss In the arms
or .eas. with perhaps some sweillns.
h, shoaid regard this as serlou.
danger signal
n he promptly Chambers on to
the water WAGON. and stays there
all will probably he well WIN hum
Rut rhe persists In dallYng with
liquor neurlls - likely to sct ln
possibiy on an extensive scale He
then H. a victim or what is tech
nlcaly known as multiple neu
riris
Writng m Good Health Dr ~
III Riley draws This picture 81 mul
tlple neurr.s
The disease arccts several OF
fhe nerves fhe nerves on the hands
and arms ~ he feet and legs. and
sometimes even the nerve that con.
frofS ,ha heart are among the
nerves fha' nav DO affected
The paralysis IA usually com
plrte- much So thai the patient
y conenof re.pless M IN. bed
re 0anno- feed himself His
heart f. anasually rapid Al times
mental srrntorns come into The
case
Tr short victim 81 multiple alco.
holt n.sff~ IS folerabl, certain fo
exr.rtone. brfer regret that no. I'D
nos give heed ~ the nrst Warnings
~ ia ueakenine nerves
Neuritls again. sometimes resurs
FROM A combination nf wrong living
habits
There NAV be no Indulgence in
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29

tFrns ln 'hr 1uer and
aat been o oenef'el bY % ftar
r-tr again con dor any
rIr
prpba zarb 10 insure w4rmf
fn.r fta fempera sire is Essential
H0wrFnf With an accessible warm
l1m f0r dressing there is no rea.
.nn why f'e in gorating and sf.n
atnr tom -h0uid nor coufInrt
fo nrH popularity
Hrv man and women. who ~ no
spend their working
Hours indoors can obtain during
ttr rrs af night q portion ~ he
outdoor ar thai Nature intended gs
i tl have
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29

against tu5arcsloeIe baf few yfars
ago. outdoor slecp'ng WAS recon
mendad f0r hose suffering from
herruIosI. and for others who 800
general physical condition seem
f0 warrant b.
Theee pioneers were looked lloa
0ifh Interest," by their friend an
nelrhhors who openly expressed he
uef Ibsf n hey survived fhe ef
po lre (Which was doutffHll lf
ruHd soon tire ~ fhe exrermor
matter ~ art here aCe
hundreds 0f open air ale
daF where there was ono ftlrif
ago and the habit Is no .oaser-IrN
fed 'o hose who are In .i l.afa
All who have tried open air sietr
INK are on'hBsiasfic about arf
they constitute an over growing
group
a sleeping porch IN coming 20 he
looked upon a. an essential part
~ the home. Whole families have
The Detroit times., 1917-10-29
Second Liberty Loan
A Great Success; Get
Ready For Next One

The second Liberty Loan is Q success.
Millions of Americans, rich and poor,
have loaned their country billions Of dol
lars-not only ALL but more than was
asked for.
BY so doing they not only again put
the seal of their sanction upon their gov
ernment's war plans. but announced 70
the world, particularly TO the German
people, their determination 10 continue
the war until the object for which Amer
lea entered it is accomplshed-the free
dom of the world thru the crushing Of
Prussian militarism.
There is not the shadow Of doubt
that the magnificent response of the
American people during the past four
weeks to their governments stupendous
money needs, is as great blow At the
morale of the German people as the re-
cent glorious victories of the British and
French on the western front
1t is not mere rhetoric, bur literally
true, that every man, woman or child
who bought one of these Liberty Bonds
has contributed in some measure, how
ever small, to the final victory which
some day, we cannot know when, Will
crown the arms of America and her
allies.
Your Liberty Bond is a badge Of honor
Of which you may well be proud
If il is but a $50 bond and the money
you paid for it represents real sacrifice,
then the honor is all the greater.
There are going to be other Loans
many Of them,
Within a few months you are going 20
be given another chance to loan your saw
ings to your government as a further
pledge of your loyalty. independence and
dignity.
1t is your duty to yourself to your
country and to the cause Of liberty thru
out the world to begin now. today. TO get
ready to do your part toward making the
third Liberty Loan even more successful
than the first and second ones.
When the next call comes do rot suffer
the humiliation of not being able 10 re-
spond because you have wasted your SUR.
plus money on useless things.
Probably millions Of people VINO had
the desire TO subscribe to the second Lib
erty Loan we're unable to do so because
they had failed to anticipate the neces-
sity for saving.
Keen as their regrets may be and prob
ably are today, they can do much toward
wiping them out by beginning now 10
prepare for their duty by saving for the
next loan.
The financial resources of America are
practically unlimited Our annual in
come is greater than that of any other
three nations of the world.
We can finance our part innthe war,
however much Il costs. without the
slightest difficulty if everyone Of us viii
do his part
But We cannot do cur part if we spend
our surplus money for the foolish, I'M
necessary and for the most part harm.
ful things which are bad for US in peace
time and which in wartime are a posi-
tive menace 10 the nation