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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
SOLDIER INSURANCE
OPEN UNTIL FEB. IL
McAdoo Urges All In The Army and
Navy To Take Out POiices
Before That Date.

All officers and enlisted men and
nurses in the army and navy were
urged in an address issued yesterday
BY Secretary McAdoo TO apply for
government life insurance before
February II. Failure TO apply by
that date, he explained. would bar
them. Dependents OF any man killed
before that time, however, viii re-
ceive insurance payments. regardless
OF whether applications were made,
.inasmnch as the government considers
all Of them insured automatically un-
III then
ITO care for the wife and children
OF the enlisted man during his serv-
ice" said Secretary McAdoo, THE war
insurance law compeIs him to con-
tribute up TO one-half OF his pay for
their support. The government. on
application. will add to this an allow
ance Of from IS TO $50 month. ac-
cording to the size of the family.
Moreover if the enlisted man will
make some further provision himself
for a dependent parent, brother, sis
ter. or grandchild. they may be inciud-
ed in the government allowance.
If, as a result of injuries incurred
or disease contracted in the lire Of
duty. an officer or enlisted man or an
army or navy nurse should be dis
abled, provision is made for compen-
sation of from $50 to 500 month to
him. and, should he die. compensation
Of from $40 to SIS month viii be paid
to his wife, his child. or his widowed
mother.
Every soldier and sailor and
nurse, commissioned and enlisted, and
OF any age, has the right, between now
and February IL, 1918. to take out life
and total disability insurance up TO
$4,000 at very low cost, with the gov
!arnment without medical examina-
ton This right is purely optional
The soldiers and sailors are not com
PEELED to take insurance. but if they
desire 10 exercise the right, they must
do so before February IL. The cost
ranges from 65 cents monthly. at the
age Of 81, to S1.20 monthly at the age
of 81. for each $1,000 of insurance
This is a small charge on mans pay
small in proportion to the benefits
il may bring. The premiums will be
deducted from his pay. IL he desires,
thus eliminating trouble on his part.
ITO provide adequate protection I'M
til February IL, during the period
when the soldiers and sailors are
learning the details OF this law, the
government automatically insures
each man and woman. commissioned
or enlisted in the military service of
the United States. 1t pays the man
SIS a month during total permanent
disability; if he dies within twenty
years, it pays the rest of 240 monthly
in installments of $25 each to his wife,
child, or widowed mother"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Thanksgiving Day Service

AT Mt Moriah A M. f. Church,
Bishop l. N. Ross, II a. m. and at s
m. the Rev. A. Young viii preach
Let all of the people lay aside a
few hours to give thanks to Cod
The farmers are asked to bring
some product of their fields. This
will be given to the poor mothers for
their children. All the people l have
married. and all the babies baptized
are invited to be present. A special
place viii be fixed for you. Mothers
bring your baskets Let us come to
appreciate Bishop Ross coming to
]. A. BRISCOE. Pastor.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Jury Deadlocked Ia Test Case
OF Comuulsoyy Education

A jury which sat in the test case of
the constitutionality of the compulsory
education law, tried before the Circuit
Court for the County yesterday after
noon was unable to agree, and was dis
charged. The case was that brought
against Charles A. Stinchcomb, resi-.
dent OF the county, who it was alleged
violated the law in that be forced two
OF mis- children to remain away from
school. The jury was out several
hours. 1t stood to 6 for conviction
or acquittal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Appellate Court Takes Recess

When the Maryland Court of APP
peals completed tie hearing of argu.
ments yesterday, it announced that it
would take recess for over Thanks
giving holiday The Court will be re-
convened on December II. The Court
hes disposed of practically sll of the
cases on the October term docket, and
when it is reconvened in December, it
is expected the Judges will hold con-
aultations for filing opinions in many
of the cases argued during the present
term.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Navy Scrub Teams In Action

feams composed of second string
men Of the Naval Academy football
squad sre having it out on Farragut
Field this afternoon. as a finale to the
1917 csmpsign. The Varsity players
did not get into action at II for as it
was found impossible to get a game
with some big team as a substitute for
the annual contest with the rival West
Point Cadets that was prevented by
the conditions of war, they have dis.
banded for the season.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24

Production of Mth Melody Beauty Youth Cheerfunes Class Gowns
FEATURE EXTRAORDINARY! the Latest Novelty
"JAZZ" ORCEIEST Entirely New. New York
Chicago
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Death OF Faithful Old Horse.

Mssie," the old faithful horse own
ed by mr. Fred Shaw, of West An
napolis, died yesterday. The faithful
old snimsl will be missed by the en-
tire family. The horse has been in
the family over thirty years and it
was like parting with one of the fam
lily when the faithful animal died.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Did.

CLAUDIA his late residence in
Baltimore, on November %, ELL
WOOD CLAUDE, beloved husband
OF Mary f. Claude. and son of the
late Dennis and Mary Steele Claude.
Burial in st. Anne's Cemetery
Monday 1880 A. NJ. November &c. Rel
atives and friends invited without
further notice.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Funeral OF Thomas Eads.

The funeral Of Thomas Eads, whose
death occurred at the residence of Mr.
J. C. Hopkins, No holland street,
after an illness OF four months, will
take place this afternoon.
The deceased is survived by two
great nieces. LillisR May Elder, and
Mary johns, of Baltimore. The ser.
vices will be at o'clock this after
noon. and the interment will be in
Cedar Bluff cemetery.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Death Claims
Police Officer VIM. BOteler

William Boteler, a city patrolman
Of the police force. died today shortly
after twelve o'clock at his late resi-
dence on West street, after 8 linger-
ing illness.
he is survived by widow and sew
ersl children. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
Mrs, Davis Ill.

Mrs. George ]. Davis, wife of Mr..
Davis, popular Maryland Ave. news
dealer is seriously i'll at her home on
Maryland Avenue. She is suffering
from tonsilitis.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
BRoWN-on Nov,

BR0WN-On November %, at her late
residence, 50 Prince George street.
NARY L. BROWN, aged 70 years.
Funeral tomorrow. Sunday after
noon at ESQ o'clock from her late res
idenee Interment in st. Anne's Gem
etery.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24
4 Correction.

The little girl who danced the
Hawaiian dance at the State Armory
Thursday night was Doris Knadler.
and not Weaver as incorrectly print
ed
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-24

HELLER-On November %. at his
late residence, 597 Severn Avenue.
Eastport Nd, GEORGE FREDER-
lex HELLER, aged 81 years.
Funeral tomorrow afternoon from
ST Martins Evangelical Lutheran
Church at O'Clock. Interment in
Cedar Bluff.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
.what makes you think he knowsy'

What makes you think he knoWS!'
Violet demanded.
"Weil, for one thing" said Jimmy,
when Rose was asking for news OF
all of you, she said: 4 hear from Rod
ney regularly Only he doesn't tell
me much gossip"
Hears from him % gasped Violet.
"Regularly!" She was staring at jim
my in O dazed sort of way. swell,
does she write to him? Has she made
it up with him? Is she coming backY'
Il suppose you can just hear me
asking her all those questions? Casu-
ally, in the aisle of a theater, while
she was getting ready for a running
jump into tad?"
The color came up into ViOlet's face
again. There was maddening sort OF
jubilant popularity about these men,
the looks and almost winks they ex-
changed, the distinctly saucy quality
of the things they said to her.
"Of course" she said cOolly, IF Rose
had told me that she heard from Rod
ney regularly, although he didn't send
her much of the gossip, shouldn't
have had to ask her those questions.
I'd have known from the way she
looked and the way her voice sounded,
whether she was writing to Rodney or
not, and whether she meant to come
back to him or not; whether she was
ready to make it up if he was-all
that. Any woman who knew her at
all would. Only man, perfectly in
fatuated, grinning> See if you can't
tell what she looked like and how she
said it."
Jimmy, meek again, attempted the
task.
"Well," he said, "she didn't look me
in the eye and register deep mean
ings or anything like that. I don't
know where she looked. AS far as the
infection of her voice went, it was
just as casual as if she'd been telling
me what shed had for lunch. But the
quality Of her voice just richened up
a bit, as if the words tasted good to
her. And she smiled, just barely, as
if she knew I'd be staggered and didn't
care. There you are! Now interpret
unto me this dream, oh, Joseph"
Violet's eyes were shining. "Why,
it's as plain" she said. "Can't you see
that she's just waiting for him; that
she'll come like a shot the minute he
says the word? And there he is eat
ing his heart out for her, and in his
rage charging poor John perfectly ter
rife prices for his legal services, when
all he's got to do is to say please in
order to be happy"
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
ENGLAND NOW CHEWING GUM
Foreigners for Years Refused to Adopt
American Product, but Situation
Suddenly Has Changed.

For great many years American
chewing gum manufacturers have en-
deavored to teach foreign countries to
appreciate their product. The stuff
that wags the American jaw has been
advertised assiduously in France, Eng
land and Germany, but with small
success. The non-American couldn't
understand it. He tried to swallow 1t,
and when he couldn't he gave it up
as incomprehensible nonsense. Over
in London, where it was called "Ameri-
can Chewing Candy" many shops
called attention to it, but the British
ers passed it by and went on buy
ing toffee and lollipops and Turkish
delight.
Suddenly, and without warning, the
situation has changed. Remarkable
figures recently published appear to in
dictate that England has incontinently
become a nation of gum chewers.
Manufacturers report that within six
months they have increased their
monthly sales from 100000 to 10000
SIiChS. Anu IAC Gu6loA hNVoPo
pers cannot understand it.
The explanation seems simple. 1t is
said that the largest amount Of chew
ing gum is used in the army, and the
next largest amount in the navy. Dur
ing the last great advance, it was is
sued as an army ration. Somehow or
other the soldiers discovered that 1t
steadied their nerves to have some
thing to chew on in time Of stress;
and of course it has the effect OF
keeping the parched throat moist. 1t
is more than probable that the Cana
dian soldier impaired this information
to the English Tommies-and expert
ence did the rest.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
GRAY Squirrel a Pest,

The American gray squirrel is likely
to prove a pest in England, as the
experience has been with the imported
rabbit in Australia, and the English
sparrow and startling in the United
States. OF it's introduction into Rich.
mond park, Sir Frederick Treves re-
ports that it has not only driven out
the red squirrel, but it has spread into
neighboring gardens, where it is doing
great damage, especially to the buds
and shoots of young fruit trees, peas
and strawberries. Though its destruc-
ton has been ordered, it may lave
scattered so far already that control
will not be easy.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

to Act as If I Weren't in on This"
in a chronological file, he would have
made the discovery that the stiffness
Of those letters had gradually worn
away and that they were now q gooo
deal more than mere pro fOrma Dulie-
tins. There had crept into them, so
subtly. and so gently that between one
Of them and the next no striking I'LL
ference was to be observed, friend
illness, quite cool, but wonderfully nrm'
She was frankly jubilant over the sue :.
cess Of her costumes in "Come On In"
and she fnclosed with her letter COM
plete set of newspaper reviews OF the
piece.
II was a week later that she wrote: :
81 met James Randolph coming up
Broadway yesterday afternoon, about
avo O'clock. He's changed, somehow,
.,nca T saw him last; as brilliant as
ever but rather-lurid. DO you sup
nose things are going badly between
him and Eleanor? He told me ne hadn't
coon Won forever. Why don't you drop
ScCu yVO Az
in on himT' !,
r. wos unite true that Rodney had
seen very little Of the hanoolpns
since Rose went away. When It came
70 confronting his friends, In the
knowledge that they knew that Rose
had ,eft him for the Globe chorus, he
found that James Randolph was one
no didn't care to face. He knew too
much. He'd be too Internally curious
ton full of surmises, eager for expert
ments.
tho matter. The fact that she'd
mt him. partly at least, in possession
- what she had observed and what
che guessed, gave him sort OF shield
o;net the doctor. So one evening
aso,,t nine o'clock he slipped out and
M",Lod GROUND to the new house which
partie willis had built for Eleanor.
Rodney reflected, as he stood at the
,on otter ringing the bell, that his
~ house was quite meek and conven-
.;onaI alongside this. BERTHE had gone
his limit.
NJ The grin which his reflection afford
lin, was still on Rodney's lips when,
aorvant having opened the door, he
800 himself face to face with the
.a,,,+ect. BERTHE, tOp-coated and hat
a. hand. was waiting for Eleanor, who
- coming down the stairs followed
Nv maid with her carriage-coat. He
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

Two thousand Queen Anne's folks
and several hundred visitors from Tai.
bot, Caroline, Cecil and Kent counties
gathered on the lawn of the William
Mckinney home. at Centreville to pay
tribute to the Queen Anne's county
boys who have responded to the
nations call to the colors. For two
hours there was scarcely a dry eye
in the throng and many men and wom-
en- sobbed aloud as the county lads
were given an impressive farewell and
wished godspeed to victory and safe
return.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

srd ike to know VIA: you mean BY
that" said Rodney.
"Why, look here" Randolph sald.
ssYou know what kid she was when
You married her. Schoolgirl! used
70 tell her things and she'd listen, all
eyes-holding her breath! Until felt
almost as wise as she thought was.
She was always game, even then. 1t
she started a thing, she saw it through.
If she said, Tell it to me straight
WHY. she took it, whatever it might
be, standing up. She wasn't afraid OF
anything. Courage Of innocence. Be-
cause she didn't know. Well, she's
courageous now, because she knows.
She understands tell you-every'
thing.
"Why. look here! We all but ran
into each other on the corner, there,
Of Broadway and Forty-second street;
shook hands, said howdy-do. If / had
spare half-hour, would come and
have tea with her here at the Knicker-
booker? She'd nodded at two or three
passing people while we stood there.
And then somebody said, Hello, Dane.
and stopped. A miserable, shabby,
shivering little painted thing. Rose
said Hello and asked how she was
getting along. Was she working now?
She said no; did Rose know Of any
thing? Rose said, Give me your ad-
dress. and if 1 can find anything I'll
let you know The horrible little beast
told her where she. lived and went
away. Rose didn't say anything to me,
except that she was somebody who'd
been out in a road company with her.
But there was look in her eyes -.
Oh, she knew-everything. Knew
what the kid was headed for. Knew
there was nothing to be done about it.
She had no flutters about it, didn't
pull long face, didn't, as I told you,
say a word. But there was look in
her eyes, somehow, that understood
and faced-everything. And then we
went in and had our tea.
Il had a thousand curiosities about
her. I'd have found out anything
could. But it was she who did the find
ing out. Beyond inquiring about you,
how lately I'd seen you, and so on, she
hardly asked a question; but pretty
soon I saw that she understood me.
She knew what was the matter with
me; knew what I'd made of myself.
And she didn't even despise me!
II came back here to kick this
thing to pieces, give myself a fresh
start. And when l got here, I hadn't
the sand. I got drunk instead" He
poured himself another long drink and
slipped slowly.
Everybody knows" he said at last,
shat down-and-outs almost invariably
take to drugs or drink. But I know
why they do"
That remark stung Rodney out of his
long silence. During the whole of Ran
dolph's recital of his encounter with
Rose he'd never once lifted his eyes
from the gray ash Of his cigar. He
didn't want to look at Randolph, nor
think about him. Just wanted to re-
member every word he said, so that he
could carry the picture away intact.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

Catching fire from a defective fne,
the old mansion house on the farm of
Samuel ]. Tyson, about one and a half
miles north of Rising Sun, was totally
destroyed. The fire was discovered by
one of the men in the fields, and by
the time he informed the family the
entire upper story was ablaze. AS
sistance was asked from Rising Sun
and several automobile loads of men
with chemical extinguishers hurried to
the scene, but were too late to save
the dwelling. Most of the household
furniture on the lower floor was saved.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Paw Her to Wait.

Shoe Salesman-But, my dear
Madam, you had better purchase a
pair while they are only twelve dol
lars. The price will soon go to twenty.
five dollars.
Complacent Customer-Oh, then I
won't tpke any just now. If they go
that high I'll just wait for my Sec
ond childhood and then can go bare
foot.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

In an effort to stop the fight of four
frightened horses, driven by 16-year-
old girl, and drawing binder, William
Harbaugh, 65 years, Of near Emmits-
burg, was crushed to death under the
mass of machinery in the harvest fields
of George Kemper, near Emmitsburg,
Harbaugh and Kemper were shocking
wheat, while Miss Margaret Kemper,
Kemper's daughter, drove the binder.
For years the girl has driven the
binder for her father, being more pro-
ficient in the handling of the horses.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
Woman CARPENTERS in France.

A few women are being employed as
carpenters in France as an experiment
tai measure. They are housed in army
huts built by the contractor for them,
and work under a forewoman, who is
herself directly under French mana
ger. A housekeeper-cook and woman
supervisor have been engaged. Their
output and their pay Is about half that
of men. They do lighter work of car
pentry.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

According to a statement issued by
the Hagerstown Clearing House Asso-
citation, the clearings for the year end
ed June 1 were s31, 489,S1.54, as COM
pared with $26,O06,561.67 for the pre-
vious year. Average weekly clearings
were S6O5,574.65, compared with $780,
1868 for the previous year.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14
CHAPTER XIII.

Rodney Gets Clear View Of Himself.
1t was Rose herself who began this
correspondence with Rodney, within a
month of her arrival in New York.
If Rodney had done an unthinkable
thing; if he had kept copies Of his let
tiers to Rose, along with her answers,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

An electrically ignfted pipe which
fights the tobacco at the bottom Of
the bowl instead of at the top, thus
avoiding the collection of moisture in
the stem, is the newest in smokers
inventions.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

c. Dorsey Hobbs, of the Third dis
trict, Howard county, has announced
himself as candidate for the Office
of register of wills for that county.
There are two other candidates from
the same district, David Donovan, and
the incumbent, Richard Davis.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

The Puget Sound Division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad has adopted
the policy of employing women instead
Of men wherever women are able to
do the work required.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

The Military Draft Exemption Board
for Allegany county completed it's
work and the papers were forwarded
to Washington.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

Two registered Hereford COWS,
valued at $500, belonging to VIM C.
Begley, were killed by lightning near
Berlin.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-07-14

drink. Learn their tricks very nicely.
But, good heavens, Aldrich, think of
him as man! Think what our Amer
lean married women are up against,
when they want somebody to play off
against their husbands and have to fall
back on tired little beasts like that.
Eleanor doesn't mean anything. She's
trying to make me jealous. That's her
newest experiment. But it's downright
pitiful, I say"
Rodney got up out of his chair. 1t
wasn't a possible conversation. "I'll
BE- running along. think" he said.
1--WE lot Of proof to correct tonight,
and you've got work Of your own, I
expect"
"Sit down again." said Randolph
sharply. 'Tm just getting drunk. But
that can wait. I'm going to talk. I've
got to talk. And if you go, swear
I'll call up Eleanor's butler and talk
to him. You'll keep it to yourself,
anyway" He added, as Rodney hest
tated, II want to tell you about Rose.
I saw her in New York, you know"
Rodney sat down again. eyes," he
said, $50 she wrote. Tell me how she
looked. She's been working tremen-
dously hard, and I'm a little afraid
she's OVERRIDING It,"
"She looks" Randolph said very de-
liberately, "a thousand years old" He
laughed at the sharp contraction of
Rodney's brows. "Oh, not like that |!
She's as beautiful as ever. Her skins
still got that bloom on it, and she still
flushes up when she smiles. She's lost
five pounds, perhaps, but that's just
condition And vitality But a thou
sand years old. Just the same"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-08
Do You Want Mechanical Details :

MOTOR "H.H
The Allen Motor and Transmission is made In the
Aliens own plant. IL there Is any feature that
has raised the Allen Car from obscurity TO prom
inent place in five short years. it is the remarkable
capacity smoothness and saunchneSs of this motor.
The bore is 81 inches, and stroke inches. Last
year we spent $50 geo Just in refining what most
people would have said was good-enough motor.
REAR SYSTEM 49, o--- .~ ~,
The Allen has fulInoating rear axle with the car
weight supported entirely the pressed steel hous
ing. This leaves the axle shafts free simply TO turn
the wheels. The rear springs are underslung and
nearly five feet longs inches TO be exact Be-
cause of their length and flexbility they make the
Allen of the easiest riding of all And the
brakes amply large for any emergency-no man
need fear any of those 'closc calls" when he's
driving an Allen.