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Got His Answer.

She was demure little woman, with
a baby. AS the car was crowded with
shoppers. she did not put up the little
one. who was old enough to sit up, on
the seat beside her She carried it Oh
her lap and made room for fierce
looking big man. with newspaper
The child kicked its tiny legs In delight
at the strange things it saw While rid
ing along. and its shoes rubbed the
mans trousers.
Perhaps. madam he exclaimed.
"you imagine that this conveyance Is
your private carriage"
.Oh. no: don't was the prompt re-
ply. IF it was you wouldn't be riding
in it,
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WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
They Don't Have the Liberty Now
They Had In Former Times.


In his book. Over the Front In an
Acceptance, the author, Ralph Pulitzer,
tells Of the experiences and the treat
ment of the press representatives In
the great European war. He says:
The war correspondent does not buy
himself a motor because If he did he
would not be allowed to use ii. All he
buys himself is IA railway ticket When
1t comes to motoring he is packed with
an assortment of fellow correspondents
into military autos specially assigned
by the army authorities.
"He does not buy Il shelter tent or
sleeping bag, because at certain
scheduled hour every evening the staff
officer who has him and his colleagues
In tow will lead him into an excellent
hotel I'm some large town or other and
assign him TO a comfortable bedroom
engaged ahead. He does not buy can
ned provisions, because before going to
bed the officer buys him an appetizing
dinner follows 1t up with good break
fast the next morning and at lunch
time introduces him 10 Il courteous
general or at a pinch to another hotel
keeper. by one or the other of whom he
Is supplied with Il prearranged and ex-
cellent lunch.
He does not buy revolver, because
it would be gently but firmly taken
away from him II he did.
IF he Is sensible he does not even
buy himself binoculars, for the officers
by whom he will find himself uninter-
ruptedly accompanied will be glad to
let him use theirs, and, though he may
not look so picturesque without them
he will be much more comfortable II
he has any hands and knees work TO do.
Finally he will not have a word to
say as to where he wants to so or what
he wants to see, for that has all been
Iattled in advance
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FIGHT ON FOOD BILL
OPENED IN SENATE
Senator Denies boarding Of
Grain Caused High Prices.

Washington, May Reconsideration
of rhe first administration food bill
was begun in the senate.
The measure is designed TO st NIT
late production. provide fer national
food census and sales of seed at cost.
1t will be KEEP before the body as
the unfinished business.
Senator Reed. Democrat. Missouri,
opened the debate with q statement
situation" Much false info nation,
he said. was being furnished to the
country
He took up prices farmers receive
for wheat There has been no ab1or
anal boarding of wheat. he said. He
age of 100 600, 900 bushels, and an ar
tifcial shortage of 100 10000 bushels.
This was due in part. he said to the
shutting off of Russia and the lack
Of ships 10 carry wheai from Austria
liza
Large future purchases by the al
lies were responsible in Senator Reeds
opinion for large mea sure in the
rapid rise of prices. The allies had
bought hez.saidssfFem % COZ. coo to
i5U, 1JJUJ6 Ousheis fof future ssssYEF'55
bit had not enough transport facili.
ties. Finding they could not gee tao
wheat delivered, he said, they sold part
Of their holdings and bought more
futures. This had resulted in them
making a virtual control Of the mar
ket.
Senator Reed said such a condition
could be remedied by negotiations be,
tween this government and tie allies.
He said another cause for the recent
advance was the statement attributed
to Herbert c. Hoover, that -four may
go to $50 a barrel and wheat to S. a
bushel
Hoover has been worth millions OF
dollars thus far to the bulls he said.
Americans must expect to pay high
prices as long As government officials
tell the world it about to starve to
death"
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DOES YOUR BACK Ache?

It's usually a sign OF sick kidneys,
especially il the kidney action Is dis
ordered. passages scanty or too fire.
quent. Don't wait for more serious
troubles. Begin using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Read this Cambridge wo-
mans testimony.
Mrs. Roy d. james. 1903 Cemetery
Ave. Cambridge, says: Il had been
troubled from time to time for sew
eral years with very severe back
aches. l was bothered mostly when
| had occasion to stoop and sharp
pains caught me in the small Of my
back, making me feel miserable. At
times, could see little black spots
and flashes before my eyes. l had
dizzy spells. too. learned Of Doan's
Kidney Pills and got some at Brad
shaw's Pharmacy, using three boxes.
have had no return OF kidney trou
ble."
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. James had. Foster-Milburn
Co. Props. Buffalo. y. N.--Adv.
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IWentY.eiaht U.Boats Lost.

Washington, May 26-D finite infor
nation has reached the navy dCp"rt
ment that more submarines are being
run down. captured and destroyed
than ever before.
Although exact details cannot be d.
vulged, It is known that the American
destroyer fotilla, under Rear Admiral
Sims, has been playing an active part
in the work.
One report had it that during the
past week, in which twenty-seven mer-
chant vessels were sunk, twenty-eight
German submarines were captured or
destroyed
It was also said that the amount OF
food and munitions reaching England
from the United States last week was
che largest since February !
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JAMIANO HEIGHTS
TAKENBYITAL|ANS
Offensive Movement Drives For
ward Unchecked.
1O,245 NOW PRISONERS
Battle is Still Raging From PLAYA to
the Sea and All Counter Attacks
Are RepuIsed.


the Sea and All Counter Attacks
Are RepuIsed.
Rome, May 26.-Italian troops en-
gagged in the offensive movement south
of Gorilla have captured the fortified
heights north of Jamiano. the war Of
fee announced.
The battle is still raging from the
sea as far north as PLAYA and the
Italians have captured additional pris-
oners and war material, making the
total of Austro- Hungarian troops made
prisoner in the last two days 1920.
These successes bring the Italians
nearer to Trieste. the goal of the cam
paign.
South of Jamiano to the sea the
italians have also gained ground, driv.
ing forward south OF the Jamiano-Bres.
tovizza road and extending their po-
sitions into this important region.
An Austrian column made surprise
attack on the italian lines in the Vo-
dice II not only was driven back,
the war Office reports. but its original
point of departure was captured by
the Italians.
Tn statement issued by the war
office announcing the successes, reads:
The battle still is raging along the
Julian front from the sea to PLAYA.
Our troops. advancing tirelessly over
very difficult and intricate ground,
fought their way. yard by yard.
through deep labyrinth of enemy
Notifications Stubbornly defended by
strong. wel'trained forces Further
bri'lin". successes were achieved.
TIVE total n aber of prisoners
m;el on May % and "a, amounts to
10 eA5 including 2I6 officers Much
war material was also captured
IN the sector between the sea and
the Jamiauo- Brestovizza road. the gal
liant Tuscan brigade Of the Seventy
seventh and Seventy-eighth regiments:
the ArezZo brigade Of the 225th and
226th regiments and the second Ber-
saglieri hrioade of the Seventh and
Eleventh ~n~'ments supported by
some fed arteries which advanced
with the infantry. drove the enemy
back as far as Foce Timavo, Fondar,
and Hill a. p line south OF Jamiano.
North of Iarliano. after heavy fight
ing in which the Mantua brigade OF
the 18th and 114th regiments dish,
guished itself. the strongly fortified
heights. Hills 235 and 247, were car
ried and our positions extended as far
as the outlying houses of Versic.
1.-The enemy attempted to tighten
our pressure on the southern Carso b
violent counter attacks from Castag
navizza to Frigido. All these failed
before the first resistance Of our troops
and especially of the Barletta brigade
composed OF the 18th and 13Sth regi
ments"
An official statement issued by the
Austrian war office admits Italian sue
cesses on the Carso plateau, but claims
that the Austrians inflicted severe re
pulses upon their assailants elsewhere
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NO TRADING WITH ENEMY
Measure in House Also Provides fol
Utilization of Enemy Patents

Washin cfon, May 26.--The admins
tration's trading with the enemy bill
was introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Adamson. chairman of the
interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee.
1t is MODELLED somewhat after the
British act and wouli forbid and pen
alize trading by Americans with enc
mics. directly or indirectly
The measure also would authorize
utilization of patents held by alien
enemies, and provide for the care and
disposition of certain classes of emmy
property until the war IS over
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Varieties of Bananas.

To most persons III the temperate
zones banana is bahama. But the
truth is that there are over -$Sisy
known varieties of the fruit, wtte as
great or greater variation in character
as the different kinds Of apples. Ha-
wall is said to have something over
forty distinct varieties of the fruit,
most of which have been introduced by
the whites. Some Of these are OF ex-
tremely delicate and delicious flavor,
while other kinds are used, Ii at all,
only when cooked in various ways.
There is scarcely a city house lot or
country "kulcana" or homestead which
does not have a clump or two of ba-
nanas, which grow with practically no
care, new plants or suckers shooting
out to replace the ones which have
:ruited and been removed.
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BRITAIN WINNING
OVER U-BOATS
Hard Hi With Americas AID.
Says Lloyd George.
FOOD SITUATION IMPROVED
Last Few Weeks Have Witnessed the
CreztecE Success O. War in Combat
ina German Submarines.


London. May - pa Il Lloyd
George, rlrt premier. announced IN the
house Of commons tnat nor, effective
blows had been dealt agl'nS subma-
rines in the last three w eks than dur
ing any cores ondin. period of the
war.
Id paid tribute to the assistance
rendered by the American navy. say
ms:
eve owe very considerable debt OF
gratitude TO tn great American peo'
ME for the effe live assistance they
hav. "er 1r"e1 and the craft they nave
place! at ~. disposal. Now that the
American III :0n is in the war it is
easier to make arrangements for the
prot ection OF our mercantile marine
than it was befo"e"
The prenlier's statement on subma
rine warfare was altogether the most
satisfactory heard in England foI
many months.
at is much more difFicult," he said,
"for me to Give public answer on
this than cn any other topic. II is
very diffcr'l for me to give informa.
ton with ~ 10 a certain extent re-
vealing things which we had better
keen TO ourselves. All | CON say Is
that we are maxim. subs Il itial pr g,
reSS.
II think the nation." Lloyd George
continued. las very good reason to
Congratulate itself upon the substan'
tial, and may say unexpectedly early,
Improvement in dealing with the sub.
marine menace"
Turning to the food supply, he satd:
"There is Il distinct Improvement i'll
our food prOsne"fs as the result Cf the
Improvement in the submarine stua'
ton. 1t is very difficult to give IA
vorable answer which would rot be
mischievous II | were to say there
is no danger Of starvation OF the PEG
pie would be saying WHAT'S the good
Of cutting up orr grass land and WHATS
the good of rationins?
1.-THE people must rot rush from one
extreme to another We must appeal
to the common sense of the nation.~
"I see that the Germans are depend
ing mainly on submarine warfare fof
success. All I can say is that If that
is their main hope of success 1t Is
doomed to disappointment.
81 say it with a full sense of respon-
sibility and on behalf of the govern
ment, after full consideration of the
whole facts. That does not mean that
the people need not economic, that
farmers need not plough their land.
''It means that If everyone does his
duty the German hope Of triumph in
the war, based on submarines, is~the
ss..-eat a.. ..,is al .la ton ~ tss yyole
series of miscalculations tnae7sated
empire If everyone does his duty
periodically, each in his own way. to
the common stock, then say the sub
marine is not going 70 defect is
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Nuscla Soreness RelieN

Unusual work. bending an Sting
or strenuous exercise is a ST n on
the muscles, they become soTe and
stiff, you are crippled and fH pain.
Sloan's Liniment brings you buick
relief easy to apply, it pen rates
without rubbing and drives out the
soreness. A clear liquid, clianer
than mussy plasters or ointmenits, il
does not stain the skin or clo8 the
pores. Always have a bottle Handy
for the pains and aches of rheldma-
tism, govt, lumbago, grippe, bruises,
stiffness, backache and all external
pain At your druggist, 25c.-fAdv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
co,v;ns Our National Parks.

Spain is to have national parks simi-
lar to those in the United States. Pur-
suant to recent law the government
viii select especially picturesque tracts
of land. incorporate them in a ma
tional park system, arrange for suit
able means of communication in order
that visitors may reach them easily
and preserve the natural features OF
such tracts from deterioration. -Ad-
vancing the project its sponsors called
attention to the Yellowstone, Yosemite,
General Grant, Crater Lake and other
national parks I'm this country.
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4 symbol of Health.

The Pythagorians Of Ancient
Greece ate simple food, practiced
temperance and purity. AS a badge
thew used the five pointed star which
they regarded as a symbol of health.
A red five pointed star appears on
each package of Chamberlain's Tab
let's and still fulfils its ancient mis-
sion as a symbol of health. If you
are troubled with indigestion, bill
ousness or constipation, get pack
age of these tablets from your drug
gist. You will be surprised at the
quick relief which they anorh. op-
fainable sverywhere.-Adv.
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"Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done
Wonders For Me-"

L have been a sufferer from stom-
ach trouble for a number of years,
and although l have used a great
number of remedies recommended
for this complaint, Chamberlatn's
Tablets is the first medicine that has
given me positive and lasting relief"
writes Mrs, Anna Kadin, Spencer
port, N. Y. "Chamberlain's Tablets
have done wonders for me and I
value them very highly" Obtain
able everywhere ADV.
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Clear AWAY The Waste

Bowel regularity is the secret of
good health. bright eyes, clear COM
plexions, and DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are a mild and gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and re-
lieves the congested intestines by re-
moving the accumulated wastes
without gripping. Take a pill before
retiring and that heavy head, that
dull spring fever feeling disappears.
Get DR.. Kings New Life Pills at
your druggist, 25c.-Adv.
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Standing Of the Clubs.
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA = Firm.
Straight, 1925 q 1885; city mills,
$3.50 1926.
RYE FL.OUR-Quiet; per barrel,
311@12.50.
WHEAT-Nominal.
CORN-Firm; No. 2 yellow, $1,000
OATS-Firm; No. 2 white, .S0@81c.
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, %
m2fc; old roosters, 16@17c. Dressed,
steady; choice fowls, 25 Rc; old roos-
tiers, 19c.
BUTTER N: fancy creamery,
42c per ID.
EGGS = Firm: selected, 42643c;
nearby, 361kc; western, $500.
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Anna Inward Shaw,

DR.. Anna Howard Shaw has been a
pioneer in many fields. She was the
first woman ordained minister In the
Methodist Episcopal church. Her ef-
forts TO obtain a college education
marked an epoch in coeducation. She
carried the gospel of equal suffrage
into the most remote places, unue'
tered by the inconvenience OF pr1ml-
tive travel. Or. Shaw was born. on
Teb. ii, 1871.
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Don't Let Your Cough Hang On

DANGEROUS, it undermines your
health and thrives on neglect. Re
lieve it at once with DR.. Kings New
Discovery This soothing balsam
remedy heals the throat, loosens the
phlegm, its antiseptic properties kill
the germ and the cold is quickly bro
ken up. Children and grown-ups
alike find DR.. Kings New Discovery
pleasant to take as well as effective.
Have a bottle handy in your medi-
cine chest for grippe, Group and all
bronchial affections At druggist
60c.-Adv.
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SAY PREMIER WILL GO
Count Apponyi is Likely to Succeed
lisa in Austria

Amsterdam, May pa Budapest
despatch says that the emperor has
summoned Count Appanyi and Count
Andressy to an audience.
Another Budapest despatch says that
Count Tisza at conference with rep
resentatives of the National Labor
party declared that the principal rea-
son for his resignation as head of the
cabinet was his attitude in regard to
the franchise question. The king EN-
peror Charlesl would not accept his
proposals.
Count Tisza said he would support
the next government in measures hav-
ing to do with requirements for war,
fare, but would maintain firmly his
standpoint on the franchise question
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Live Stock Quotations.

CHICAGO. - HOGS : Steady to
strong. Mixed and butchers, s15.75@
1915; good heavy. s1615@ 1850;
rough, $15.10@1610; light. s15.15@
1886; pigs, s12.25G 1850: bulk. $3.50
016.45.
CATTLE = Steady. Beeves, 500
1870; cows and heifers, Sc so a u:
stockers and feeders. $50 1040; Tx
ans. S1o.75612: calves s127561475
SHEEP-10M1 higher Naive
and western, 5000 q 1928: lambs. sis
go. 40
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For Your ChiId's Counh

Here's pleasant cough syrup
that every child likes to take, Dr..
Bells e-Tar-Honey. If your
child has deep hacking cough that
worries you give him DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey, the soothing pine bal
sans relieve the cough, loosens the
phlegm and heals the irritated It's
sues. Get bottle today at your
druggist and start treatment at
once. 25c-Ady.
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The Touch Courteous.

Il want to see you tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock on something impor-
tant"
what do you want to see me then
for?"
II want to pay YOU the So l am going
to touch YOU for now" - New York
American.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Detroit-Athletics 10: Detroit, s.
Batteries-Dauss, Stanage; Bush,
Schauer. Meyer.
At Cleveland-Cleveland 8; New
York, 5. Batteries-Gould. O'Neill;
Shocker, Nunamaker.
At Chicago-Chicago, 5; Washing.
ton. Batteries-Benz, Schalk; Har,
per, Henry.
At st. Louis-Boston, 8: st. Louis,
Groom. SEVERED.
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WhOOping Couch.

One of the most successful prep
arations in use for this disease is
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. s. w.
McClinton. Blandon Springs, Ala,
writes, "Our baby had whooping
cough as bad as most any baby could
have it. I gave him Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and 1t soon got him
we'll" Obtainable everywhere
Adv.
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Falls Into Water Hole and Dies

Westminster, Nd, May 26.-Isaao
Williams fell into an ashpit filed with
nine feet of water in the Western
Maryland railway yards here. He was
rescued in five minutes, but died in
an ambulance while being taken to
Washington County hospital
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
Baltimore Puts Tax on Cats,

Baltimore. Md, May 26.-AD admin,
istration law was introduced in the
city council putting a tax OF 50 on
cats. Stray cats will be rounded up
and put to death on the charge that
"they are aiding the enemy by tear
ing mp gardens planted in back yards
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Bath Builds Her Largest Ship.

Bath. Me. May 26.--The steamship
Maine, the largest merchant ship ever
constructed here, was launched for the
Texas Steamship comnauy. She is AS
feet over all and VIII register 5000
tons.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
Labor Bureaus in Post Offices

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Post~ ssters
have been Instructed by tie pos mast.
er general to permit the disn " IN
their Offices of notices # q 1rers
wanted or of work wanted hr Sabor-
FRS
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Killed in STAGE Death Chair.

Clinton, Okla, May 26.--W J. Cooke,
Of McAlester, Okla. electrician for
a theatrical stock company, was killed
in death chair on the stage Of
theatre here. The chair inadvertently
had been connected with a 22on-volt
wire
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Efficiency.

Willis Bump has very up to date
office.
Gillis-Yes He has one of these
office systems where you can find just
what you want when you don't want 1t
by looking where 1t wouldn't be If you
lid want it.-Life.
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Poor Economy.

when | bought my photograph l
had an idea that we'd save money by
hearing good music at home"
We'll. didn't your
Not bit of it. Every time We get
a record that we like my wife is never
satisfied until we have gone to con-
cert or the opera and heard the same
music at first hand, and every time we
do that she hears lot more music she
wants records Of."-New York World.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
1000 join Button Strikes.

Scranton, Pa. May 26.-Two button
strikes were called at the Continental
and Dodge mines of the Lackawanna
Coal company. Nearly 1000 men and
boys are out of work as a result
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
priv,t. Dies of Guards Wound.

Laredo. Tex. May 26.--Private John
". Bardon, of NJ Troop, Fourteenth
cavalry from Rochester, n. Y. died
at the post hospital here from gun
shot wound inflicted by the guard on
Wednesday night, when he re-ssted
srraSt
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26
rheumatism

If you are troubled with chronic
or muscular rheumatism give Cham
berlain's Liniment a trial. The re-
lief from pain which 1t affords Is
alone worth many times its cost. OBJ
tainabls everywhers.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26

Whenever you can look at yourself
and be satisfied you should begin to
suspect yourself Of moral blindness.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-05-26

Do not keep your noble thoughts for
tomorrow's poem; put them into to.
days prose
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BASE BAH SCORES
Following is the Result of Games
Played Yesterday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia-Phil 5; Gin
cinnati, 2 Batteries-Rixey. Killefer;
Schneider. Clarke,
Bus 2 5e7 3 - essss
4atteries-Rudolph. Gowdy; Watson,
Gonzales.
At Brookayn-Brooklyn f: Pitts
burgh, g. Batteries-Cadore. Miller:
Cooper, Fischer.
At New York-Chicago. = New
York, /. Batter es-Demaree. Wilson;
Perritt. Rariden.