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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09

enactments needed to make prohibition
Of the traffic absolute.
The Reed amendment would prevent
the shipment of alsoholic beverages into
States whose own laws permit. or fail to
prohibit, transportation thereof 1t would
penalize one who did an act perfectly
lawful at the place of shipment and not
clearly unlawful at the place Of delivery.
II may be argued that the regulation Of
interstate commerce by Congress may 80
to any extent. even to the extinction
thereof. But the rule embodied in the
Reed amendment is not regulation of
com merce 1t is an exercise of the police
power which belongs to the States More
over, to say that the power to regulate
interstate commerce implies the power to
destroy is merely to use figure Of speech.
If the figure were to be taken literally Con-
eress might suppress interstate traffic en-
tirely. OF course, it could do nothing Of the
sort.
Even the Weeks law would not forbid
shipments of alcoholic beverages from one
wet" State to another through an inter-
vening prohibition State. though 1t be a
bone dry" one. 1t Is not the passing Of
liquor into and through bone dry" terri
tory that the Weeks act is designed to
prevent; what is sought to be interdicted
is the transportation land delivery" there
Of within such territory. More than this
the Federal law cannot do for State. II
a State wishes to prevent deliveries within
its own Jurisdiction it must do so by its own
legislative act. If 1t does not SO enact the
State must be presumed TO consider the
delivery Of liquor shipped from abroad to-
its inhabitants, for individual consump-
ton and not for sale. as lawful. Congress-
cannot exercise local police powers by
calling such action regulation of COM
merce. At best the Reed amendment is Of
dubious legality and an invitation to liti-
Cation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day.

When you are worried by backache;
BY lameness and kidney dlsor-
ders-
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
DO az thousands of people are do
Ing.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Read this Galthersburg residents
experiences:
Mrs. J. J. Bottlemay, Gaithersburg,
Md, says: "Off and on for the past
year or so, had been troubled by
kidney complaint. had pains through
my back and there were other signs
OF disordered kidneys. | used Doan's
Kidney Pills and they helped mo
greatly. | still take them whenever
need them and they always help me-"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Bottlemay had. Foster-Mllburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
Making Dryness Bone Dry.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There is a considerable difference be-.
tween the Weeks law, the constitutionality
Of which was recently passed upon by the
Supreme Court. and the Reed amendment
to the Postoffice Appropriation bill. The
former forbids the transportation Of al
coholic beverages into States which pro-
hibit the transportation Of such articles
from place to place within their territorial
limits. The Federal law supplements the
local statutes. so that evasion Of the latter
becomes impossible. As long as the Federal
law placed no restriction on interstate COM
merce In liquor any person living in State
which forbade such shipments inside Its
boundaries could obtain a supply Of drink
ables for bis own use from the outside.
The Weeks law Is the link In the chain Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
Notice 20 Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Montgomery county. Md, letters
Of administration on the personal estate Of
LEMUEL L. MILES.
late OF said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof, TO the subscriber on
or before the 9th day Of August. 1917 ;
otherwise they may. by law. be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this 9th day Of February. 1917.
CHARLEY c. MILES,
mar 2-4t Administrator
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
State of Maryland State Roads
Commission. Garrett Building.
Baltimore. Md. February 20, 1917.
Very truly yours.
EUGENE JONES.
Hon. Eugene Jones.

Hon. Eugene Jones.
Kensineton. Md.
My Dear Senator 1t has just occurred
to me that about a month ago promised
you that would write you letter in ref
erence to bringing in the State road sys-
TEN to the main street in Rockville. For
some reason overlooked this matter, and
| hope you will pardon me for not writing
sooner.
The commission has never built through
county seat or town the size Of Rockville.
and the commission only considered bring
ing the approaches into main street in Rock
vile, because Of the fact that you asked
that 1t be done two years ago. the money
not being available for the work at that
time. explained to the commission that
you had always stood by the State Roads
Commission in everything it asked the
Legislature for. and that. If it were posi-
BILE to doso, we should build into Rockville.
assure you that il was due to your
efforts. as well as to the fact that the
work should be done. that the Commission
finally decided to build into Rockville.
Very truly,
F.W. ZOUCK,
Chairman
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09

Until further notice the morning services
at Ascension Church. Gaithersbure. will be
discontinued. There will be services every
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock. Willard r.
Minnick, Rector.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
Notice 10 Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Montgomery county, Nd. letters
Of administration on the personal estate Of
SUSAN ANN AUD.
late Of said Montgomery county. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned TO ex-
hibit the same, with vouchers thereof, TO
the subscriber on or before the 7th day
Of August, 1917; otherwise they may, BY
law. be excluded from all benefit OF said
estate. All persons indebted 10 said estate
are requested TO make immediate pay
ment Given under my hand this Tn day
Of February. 1917
WILLIAM L. AUD,
feb i6-4t Administrator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
Farm Demonstration Notes.

A Boys Agricultural Club was organized
last Friday at the Germantown school. r
L. Tolson, principal Further particulars
later.
The impossible roads and the impossi-
BILE weather have made it necessary to
postpone several orchard demonstrations
They will be held as rapidly as possible
just as soon as conditions will permit.
Mr.. G. H. Afford. who has served as
State Agent for two years. in charge Of
demonstration work in Maryland. has re-
signed to accept the position of Aericul-
turist and Field Agent in the Office of Ex-
tension Work in the South.
An advisory committee, consisting Of
one representative from each strictly agri-
cultural organization in the county. has
been appointed to confer with County Agent
Van Hoesen in regard to lines Of work to
be taken up during the year. methods Of
conducting the work. and other details
affecting the efficiency of the service. Mr..
and Mrs. Van Hoesen entertained the
committee at luncheon at its first meeting
on February 27. The bad roads prevented
some from attending. but the following
were present John W. Henderson. Ger
mantown Grange Preston L. Snyder. Ira
vilah Grange; J. W. Jones. Montgomery
Farmers Club H. W. Blunt. Jr.. Goshen
Farmers Club; C. L. Gilpin, Enterprise
Farmers Club; Joseph E. Janney. Senior
Farmers Club r. Bentley Thomas, Pomona
Grange; J. B. Diamond. Jr, Cow Testing
Association; A. D. Trundle, Poolesville
and c. W. Day. Damascus.
The committee organized by electing
Messrs. Diamond and Henderson chairman
and secretary, respectively. The work of
the past year was reviewed and plans for
the future discussed. The committee will
be gradually enlarged until every part Of
the county is represented. This committee
will be of great assistance in systematic
ing and developing the work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09
Maryland Woman Suffrage League

February 18th, 1917, was a notable date
in the annals Of the suffrage movement
in Maryland. On that date the Maryland
Woman Suffrage League was organized in
Baltimore under the auspices Of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation The Just Government League Of
Montgomery county was represented at
the meeting by seven of its members,
Mrs. J. Ross Thomson, the president. Mrs.
Call and Mrs. Springer of Garrett Park,
Mrs. Koch of Woodside. Mrs. E. R Keys of
Linden, Mrs. Falconer of Silver Spring
and Miss Sewall Of Forest Glen. Mrs C.
V. Chandler of Linden. Mrs. Little and
Mrs. Fewkes of Forest Glen attended. rep
resenting the Equal Suffrage League Of
Montgomery county. One probable result
of the formation Of the new State league
will be the amalgamation of these two
county societies.
Other counties represented at the meet
ing were Washington. Frederick. Anne
Arundel, Howard, Dorchester, Baltimore
and Baltimore city. Montgomery county
was honored by the new State league in
the selection of Mrs. J. Ross Thomson
president of the county league. as its
president, and Mrs. G. H. Wright Of Forest
Glen, as its treasurer. Mrs. C. J. Ellicott
president of the Equal Suffrage League Of
Baltimore was elected first vice-president
The formation of this new society signi-
fies the union of all suffragsts in the State
who favor the conservative. American
methods of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association. They stand for q
rational appeal to the intelligence and
sense of justice Of the American people
believing that suffrage can be granted
to women, under our constitution, only
through popular demand. Ii is hoped and
expected that all suffragists who accept
this view will rally to the standard Of the
new State league and its county branch
which will probably now be known as the
Montgomery Woman Suffrage League
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-03-09

T. PuTebred Barred Rocks
Eggs. 75c per sitting $500 per 100.
MRS. II. l.. DIAMOND,
feb 1857 Gaithersbure, Md.
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w Cows. dry or In milk.
JAMES p. VEIRS.
feb 1857 Rockville. Md.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
Cut the Knots
By EARL GOODWIN.
Municipal Operation of the Telephone and Gas {
Solve the Present Problems.

The quickest solution for the nnumerabe problems
fronting the Public Utilities Commission in the gas and ee
phone companies request for raised rates would be
municipal ownership of those companies would be
surprising to see such recommendation follow the hearings
on the subject now being conducted The public utilities and
the commission hopeessy tied in knots On the hand
is the request for higher and higher rates. On the other
hand is the inability to get anywhere
For instance: The commission is asked by the gas
pany to allow the company to charge rate of $10 which
would give the company return of 11A per cent the
commissions valuation of the company plant The com
and the company probably will continue to fight tooth
and nail to beat that.
The telephone company, with the poorest service
peenced In the memory of asks for raise of rates be-
of conditions imposed by the largest userthe Govern
ment Offices The commission trust, will NOT allow any
raise that basis The merchant the doctor the lawyer
whose business suffers because of the inadequate service
certainly will NOT stand cheerfuy by and pay for
inferior service simply because the War Department and the
Council of National Defense crowdng the wires
1t is bad situation and the best thing to do is to take
these utilities for the municipality to operate.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
How Could a Widow Shed
Her Weeds Hastily?
By Winifred Black

anyhow-no shops to amount to
anything, and no more gay par
ties.
Children Object.
The rich widows children are
not pleased with her marriage.
To be sure, the rich widow set
tied a good sum upon each one of
them before the ceremony, but
somehow that hasn't satisfied
them, and they declare now that
they never want to see their moth
er again, and as for the young
man she married, he had better
keep as far away as he can if he
knows what's good for him.
Unreasonable of them, isn't it
She's certainly of age. Why
shouldn't she do as she likes?
They won't have to live with the
new husband-that will be her
duty. Why should they grudge
her year or so of something that
she can think is happiness?
Respect for her first husband,
respect for her children, respect
for herself? Dear me, that's a
good deal to ask of a rich widow
with a handsome young secretary
ready to marry her at a minutes
noticei
Gratitude, memory, the few
tears Of retrospection? What an
idea!
Why. If she stayed in mourning
she couldn't go to any of the dances
or to dinners or anything, and life
is so short when you're over forty.
Why waste a minute of It remem-
bering the man who took her out
of her life of sordid poverty and
small cares and petty anxieties?
Before she knew him she had to
economic for a month to get a
new pair OF shoes. and she had
never had money enough to buy a
whole outfit Of dress, hat and shoes
at one time in all her life.
She was an ambitious girl and
liked to know all sorts Of celebri-
ties-in the papers; that's the
nearest she ever got to them.
T1tT uuSUduu hlCN lucul ALL anu
introduced her into a wonderful
life, full of color and joy and in
terest.
Shades or Night!
wonder why she couldn't spare
Just one little year to remember
these things-and him.
And now I suppose she thinks
she will go right on with the same
gay life.
Poor woman, what an awakening
she will have when her husbands
old friends do not invite the secre-
tary to their dinners, and when
the friends wives are always out
when she calls.
Twelve days! Why. even a
heather in the wilderness would
not so forget the honor due to half
a life OF association.
1917, by Newspaper Feature Serv-
Ase. Great Britain rights reservsd.l
The Washington times., 1917-12-20

Can't ArmenIans Fight Germans
-If they can't aEht Germans, whom
can they aEhtF A reasonable lettei
Of protest,
December Il, 1917.
Dear Mr.. Brisbane:
I You have read, seen and heard 81
many queer things that don't believe
! you could be easily shocked or sur
/ prised.
But here is something that will dc
both. A few days ago an Armenian
by misfortune a subject OF Turkey
/ through a desire common to all Ar
menian young men in America, wanted
to Join the army. to serve in any ca
pacity that would help to down the
| power that mutilated, plundered and
massacred for years all that was 90
near to his soul. heart, body, and
memory. He was promptly told that
he, being a subject (sven though hav-
ing taken his first papers) Of Turkey.
was an alien enemy. A friend or
Turks and Germans.
The recruiting office is not jok-
ing place, else 1 would not write to
you.
This young man was rejected
Dear Mr.. Brisbane, will you please
tell me, does this mean that Arme-
mans must give up all belief in Christ
and divinity and be classed as friend
and ally of the Turks and Germans?
Bismarck said that he would not
sacrifice a hair on the head OF a Ger
man soldier for all the Armenian
nation"
What good to make the world safe
for democracy II Christianity II not
made safe frst?
Out Of the thousands " American
readers OF The Times, does q single
one of them know OF anyone who
more Justly hates a Turk and his ally
than an Armenian? No. They will
night for America as they have for
Christ. and by all that is right and
Just they should be admitted in the
volunteer army of the United states
OF America. I admit they are peo-
pie without q country, but why with
out a friend or a Christian ally!
For Armenians have suffered and
died and stood up with Christ TIL
Jerusalem was forever under the rule
of the cross. Did they not say for
500 years, They shall not pass?'
Has America ever found one Arme-
nian that was not loyal to her? Has
there ever been one to betray this
home OF the free? Out OF the thou
sands OF spies and traitors has there
been one Armenian?
Positively no.
Yet they cannot carry a U. s. gun 20
hEht their 1,0OO-year-old enemy. Has
there been an allied bazaar that Ar
menians were not represented? Did
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
Good Speech Is Easy If You
Pick Words
By EIiz b eth Jord a n.

Milton used 5000; well educated
man, fairly careful in his speech,
habitually uses about 1900; and it
is safe to say that the average
care-free citizen, man or woman,
uses less than a thousand. Con-
trast this meager showing with
the wealth of language opens to
you!
Then make up your mind to
learn at least one new word every
week. Having learned this word,
use it. Don't make a note of it and
then forget all about it. Use it at
each earliest possible moment. and
then use it again and again. When
you have used it three or four
times, it will have become your
own. You will use it without ef-
fort or self-consciousness.
AS to the best way of acquiring
new words, there are many
theories. William Locke, the novel
iSt, once confided to Gertrude
Atherton that he spent his Sun
days looking up new words in the
dictionary. Mrs. Atherton, herself
a lover of words and the possessor
Of a fine vocabulary, was enchant-
ed with the plan. She proceeded to
spend her Sundays looking uD new
words. Also she kindly passed on
the suggestion to me. avoided a
great many dull Sundays by help
ing myself to her new words and
to Mr.. Locke's as fast / found
them in their books.
1t is a much pleasanter method
than theirs, and / warmly COM
mend it to you. | still follow a
plan adopted years ago. When
ever | find a new word in my read
ing, ] jot it down. IL it is a good
word, | use it as soon as ! can. If
you do this. Max, your vocabulary
will rapidly increase.
Some writers have a natural
flair for words. | doubt if Frances
HOdgsOn Burnett. for example, has
ever Cooked up" a word in her
literary life. The word she needs
comes TO her like a winged thing
out of the blue.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
Putting Your
Pals OH the Pan
Once Overs

CopyTight International NEWS sFVee
not believe it. but are depicable backbe?
You friends and acuaaces by their dehcen
cies, not by their quail
Actually, for something derogaIorS'
Do good?
Not a of
Life any happier?
No. You bitter and cynical every DAY
Poisoning yourself-slow poison, but SURE
Robbing of the OF living and gaming nothing
wake up to
fore s too
Try thinking next pleasing way and if
not get real thrill of pleasure of It..
the difference in looks to you ana at you
The Washington times., 1917-12-20

Dear Miss Jordan:
Not long ago you wrote an arti-
Gle on good talk, and what good
talk is. Now. please write an arti-
Gle telling how one can become a
good talker. MAX c.
A GOOD talker, Max, must
~ have two qualifications.
First, he must have some
thing worth while to say. Second,
he must know how to say it.
AS you remark, | have already
discussed the question of good
talk" its different standards and
the hearers relation to il. | have
tried to make clear the fact that
even the best takers may bore
listeners who have no interest in
the subjects those takers are dis
Cussing.
Plenty of Words.
1t is as difficult to define the
good talker" as it is to define good
talk. l can only say in Il general
way that your first step should be
TO fill your mind with useful and
Interesting knowledge, which you
have mentally and thoroughly di-
gested. Having done this, your
second step should he a special
study of the value and force OF
words, and an effort to add as
many good words as you can to
those you already know and use.
You need not go out Of your way
TO find curiOs among wOrds-rare
specimens, as it were. which you
will use only once or twice in a
lifetime. What you need is
working addition to your present
limited vocabulary; for | am as
suming that your vocabulary, like
that of the average person, is very
limited indeed.
To make this point clear, let US
suppose that for a week you kept
a record of every word YOU used
every day. Suppose that at the
end of the week you counted up
the total number of words you
used, eliminating all repeats"
You would be somewhat stag
gered, ] think. by the smallness Of
this total. Your little list would
consist, probably, of few dozen
nouns. perhaps a dozen verbs, two
or three adjectives, and as many
conjunctiOns and propositions as
you needed to hold these together.
Incidentally and constantly
through the week. no doubt, YOU
tried to help yourself out with
such pathetic pleas as these, ad-
dressed To your listeners:
"Understand? "See what
mean" What ] mean is and
the like. One of the first things
for YOU to learn is to avoid such
expressions. E"ch is definite ad-
mission th"t YOU are not a good
talker:" that you have not the
takers necessary tools, which are
words.
Shakespeare used $4,000 words;
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
Some Salary Suggestions.

The letter which follows n from =
man who has served the GOVernment
! for more than nifty years. He GER
! taInIy has the right to express m
i opinion.
Mr.. Arthur Brisbane:
, Dear Sir: Having read your recent
and forcible appeals in behalf OF the
Government employees, as well as the
quoted remarks OF Mr.. Ford relative
to the need OF increased compensa-
tion for the clerks wherewith to
meet the actual cost OF living during
these strenuous times when every
commodity is "sky-high." ! am i'm
pelled to offer the following sugges-
tions and beg of you to keep Up that
good work your valuable paper has
inaugurated with the view Of getting
living compensation for the employees
OF the Government. What the aver
age clerk needs at the present time
Is a lump sum in hand which would
enable him to procure food and fuel.
Surely the clerks might justly claim
a bonus, such as was granted them
by the act OF Congress passed in the
years 1857 or 1868 on 20 per cent
basis Of their salaries. Whatever in
crease Congress as an act of simple
justice might consider as equitable
should, think, be given as a bonus,
as was done through the act men
toned and not in monthly install
ments. In November of last year
when the munificent C?) proposed in
crease OF and 10 per cent was
under discussion, the writer OF this
communication took occasion to make
suggestion similar to such as IL
made in this. but nauEht came OF II.
The average employe has put in
about as much overtime work as was
given during the civil war period.
as will be shown by the records kept
during the Spanish-American war.
and thus far. during the European
war, without receiving any additional
compensation for such services. and.
therefore. / think it would be no
more than right that Congress should
take much into consideration in deal
ing with the question OF increased
to the employees OF the
Should II be the intent
OF Congress to enact legislation hay-
ing in view the object of giving .
permanent increase in salaries, this
could go into effect subsequent to
the bonus given at the present time
CLERK.