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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
MINE CAVE WRECKS HOME
Mother and Six Children Narrowly
Escape Death

Scranton. Aug 3-Mrs. Fred Kftz
man and her six children, ranging in
age from eighteen months to ten years
narrowly escaped being injured or kill
cd when mine cave badly damaged
their home in South Scranton.
An opening thirty by twenty feet
was caused by the settling which car
ried down a part of the building.
That the family was not in the build
ing when the cave occurred was due
to the action Of a miner who climbed
through a nearby hole, caused by q
recent cave and warned them Of the
danger. Mrs Kitzman was putting
one Of her younger children to bed
at the time but fortunately all succeed
ed in leaving the house before the rea
settling started.
Two weeks ago Mr.. Kitzman was al
most killed while walking to his work
When a short distance from the house
the earth under him gave way and but
for the action of his wife, in helping
him out of the hole, with the aid oil
q ciothesline, it is believed he woulc
have been smothered.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
NORWAY WILL GIVE
SHIPS TO GET FOOD
Facing Starvation willing to
Barter For u, S. Supplies.

Washington. Aug 3.-NoTway faces
of exports OF food
She is ready to release a million
tons OF her shipping in return for the
privilege cf importing food principally
from the United States.
DR.. Fridtiof hansen. head of the
Norwegian mission To the United
States. declared that Norway faced
privation if the U%i-ed States enforced
al export embargo against her.
D.. NanSen compared possible con.
diti0ns with those existing during the
NapOleOnic wars wheH the Danish feet
was forced to side with France. He
did not intimate that Norway would be
compelled 70 abandon her neutrality.
but said she would mGintain her pres
ent position. as NOrwegians can see no
possible benefit TO any one If they
should take active sides.
Norway before the war had three
million tons OF shipping The Ger
mans have destroyed one million. Nor
way now needs one million for her Szn
wants. and is willing to devote the re
mainder 20 the carrying needs Of other
countries
What Norway needs now are fats.
sugar and grain. Dr. Nanaen said that
Norway would give a guarantee that
none of these things would be sent to
Germany.
The Norwegian ships would be put
into the cOastwise trade as soon as
congress reyises the navigation laws
to permit foreign ships to DO so.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
GRACE '''ReHALL INSANE
Girl Found : Prisoner In Farm Hous,
For - Years sent to Asyiuna.

Girl Found Prisoner In Farm House
For - Years sent 10 Asylum
Fastoa. Nd. Aug. 9.-Grage Mar
shall, who is declared TO have been iso
lated in room In a farmhouse nea;
ST. A1lchanl's for twelve years. has
been adjudged insane.
She was placed In a state asylum
a. Cambridge by order of the Talbot
county commissioners She is thirty
years old
The woman was discovered in an
emaciated condition in her fathers
farmhouse In November. 1915.
The father. Frank Marshall and his
wife, Mrs Rose Virginia Marshall
stepmother of Grace. were tried on
charges of assault and assault with in
tent to kill. They were acquitted
Grace. when taken from the farm
house. weighed f1ftv-eight and half
pounds. Her vocabulary was limited
to two words. mamma" and apple
She was sent 10 Baltimore hospital
and weighed about 100 when he: par
entS were tried.
The father and stepmother said she
was feeble-ninded and they isolated
her so they could care for her.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
BACK
FOE IN FLANDERS
British Force Germans Out of
Recdptured Positions.
RE-ESTABLISH THEIR LINES
Teutons Are Throwing Their Best
Troops Into the Battle to Retrieve
the Situation.

London, Aug. 3.-British troops again
smashed back German defenses and
retook the position in the neighbor
hood o. the Ypre7 Rou,ers railway
where German troops had resisted the
wadvance. Field Marshal Haig report
ed.
He also reported a successful raid
around Haigicourt
"A heavy incessant rain has fallen
throughout the past forty eight hours,
says the statement.
''Tn the neighborhood of the Ypres
ROulerS railway. where the enemy has
succeeded at gre4t cost in gaining a
foothold IN our advanced positions, our
counterattack launched late IN the
evening drove back the German in
fantry at all points and completely re
established our former lines On the
remainder OF the Ypres battle from
there was no change
"On the right of the British line
southeast of Hargicourt. our troop
ton and secured prisoners"
Telegraphlng from British headquaT-
ters In France and Belgium. the COT
respondent Of Reuters limited. says:
Despite the weather. there has been
much hard fighting during the past
twenty-f0ur hours The Germans wee
manifestly perturbed at our gaining so
much high ground along the Pilkem
ridge and they launched several des-
perate counter attacks although RI Sc
were repeatedly che"Fed by orr ar;il-
Iery. In PLACES they reached TIE stage
IF hand-to-hand fighting of fero iouS
character
The Germans are throwing in the +
BEST troops 30 retrieve the situation
and their losses must he colossal Our
preIo1de"ance Of gun power enables
our artillery to maintain steady bar
rage upon thc rear Of the new German
line. so that reliefS have to be brought
through this before they can organize
Tor attack.
THE enemy artillery has been con
,entrating heavily upon certain sectors
md the weather prevents our airmen
directing counter battery work to any
extent"
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ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS
IN L0WDEN, IA.
-Four Arrests on Charge Of
Treason Follow.

Lowden. Ia, Aug. 3.-Four persons
were arrested by federal officers charg-
ed with treason and resisting the gov
eminent.
This action followed an outbre *
that approached a riot between c:tl-
zens and pro-Germans.
The prisoners are: Albert Schaeter.
Sky five, retired farmer; William
Hickman. sixty-two. retired farmer:
Earnest Meie:. sixty-1ve retired farm
er, and Carl Gerhl. thirty-six, farmer.
All are reputed to be wealthy. Rich,
man has son who enlisted in the
army and he is reported to have said
that he would rather see the boy dead
than bearing arms against &c many.
The trouble began early in July and
1t was said 20 have been aCcentuated
by the DRAGGING of 4 German flag be,
hind an automobile in the Fourth of
July parade Feeling between the
loyal and pro-German elements has in.
creased since then.
Tuesday night. Rev. John Reiche:t,
pastor Of the German Evangelical
church was arrested on a charge of
treasCH He was questioned in the
Office of Daniel D. McGillivray, an at
tornev. and then taken to Cedar Ran
ids. 4 crowd assembled before Nc
Gillivray's office, threatening to lynch
him The mayor and marshal Of the
town and the sheriff of Cedar county
were summoned 10 conference with the
federal men.
Mayor Louis Moeltje protested his
LOYALTY to the United States. but sd
mitted that he had taken no steps to-.
ward the arrest of the trouble makers.
The Germans were warned 70 conduct
all public conversations In English.
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KILLS POLICE CHIEF
Patrolman, Believed Insane, Shoots
Two Other Officers.

New Orleans, La. Aug 3.-James w
Reynolds, Superintendent Of the New
Orleans police department, was shot
and killed In his ONCE by Terrence
Mullen, a patrolman.
Captain of Police Gerry Mullen. who
was in the superintendent once, also
received two bullet wounds In the
chest
Reynolds was almost instantly killed
while sitting In his chair. George Van
der WORT. secretary to the superintend
emit, who sought to ente. the room
when the shooting began. received a
bullet wound in the head. Both he and
Captain Mullen are In a critical con.
dition
Patrolman Mullen was shot in the
hand and captured by police off1cials
as he was trying to escape. The au
thorities expressed the opinion that
ae had become suddenly insane.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
DRYS IN HOUSE
HALT PROGRAM
Constitutional Amendment Is
Delayed,
GOES OVER UNTIL DECEMBER

Conere ssman Randall Says Liquor Men
Trick. d he Prohibitions. by Insert.
ina the six ear Clause
Washing GA, A&g. - ationXi p.o-
b-tiuu ~ CONS titHt.JEa! ,,iuen i'm ent
vas hung up II the hose u, ne pro
libitiUn leaders themselves
The resu:u ion 10 submit he propo-
sal TO the states, adj pied by the sen
ate, WAS put out OF the prog AN Tor
The present session and Wiz not come
up until the regular session In De EN-
Der.
Plans TO reConvenc the Democratic
caucus and reverse its decision to con
slider only war legislation were ab4n.
doned because 1t was believed DELAY.
ing action until the next session would
help the prohibition cause.
Representative Randall Of Caltfor
MIA, the only prohibition member OF
congress. issued a statement declar z
that the friends Of national prohibit
ton have been fimfiammed by the
ItNuDt io)nN III JHe CONSTITUTIONS
amendment adopted In the senate" He
idej that "a great jOliitication" was
he'd by liquor representatives in g
Washington hotel and that weN de
fined rumor had sprung up that the
siy-y"rr clause added to Senator Hard
ing's motion really Was written BY the
brewers attorneys
The joker Is not in the siX-year
handicap itself" said NJ. 4 mall
though that is wtthout a single pre- 2
dent In history. The Harding clause
provides that this article shall be in
operative rn,eSs ratified within six
years. The impression Is that the pro
hibition amendment would not become
q part Of The constitution unless SO
ratified The fact IS It will become a
part of the constitution If ratified af er
the time limit but Will be inonnrative
This promises long years of lit a on
The whole campaign to secure ratif
cation by the states will he ciouded by
this uncertain language
THE duty Of The house Of -epresen
tatives is clear. Throw on the Harl
ing clause entirely"
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PUT OFF SUFFRAGE VOTE

Motion 20 Take Amendment From
Committee Goes to Senate Calendar.
Washington, Aug 3.-The senate de-
voted part of the session TO woman
suffrage.
A motion by Senator Cummins. Re-
publican, Iowa. to discharge the SUI
TRACE committee from fur her consider
alton of the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment and thus bring vote was forced
To the calendar. Some senators had
objected to a vote now chiefly on the
ground that the suffragists OF the wo-
mans party picketing the White House
miRht claim credit for II.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
Airpiane Sinks Submarine.

An American Port. Aug. "a French
battle plane, conveying a passenger
thin which arrived from a French port,
bombed and sank large German sub
marine two days after the ship 'ef.
sort, her officers reported. The U-b)at
attacked the ship despite a convoy OF
6estroyers and airplanes. A torpedo
missed the ships stern by fifty yards
An afrplane swooped down and hurled
horb that made + direct hit.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
You Can Shake Loose from
The Tortures of Rheumatism

treatment of rheumatism. 1t acts
directly upon the blood, which 1t
promptly purifes of all disease germs.
It is a powerful antidote, and elimi-
mates from the blood all trace of
rheumatic germs, building up and
Write to-day to our medical d.
rector, who will give you valuable
advice regarding the proper treat.
ment of your own case. Address
Swift Specific Co, Dept. At.
lanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
Father FaiIa AGAIN.

Did you ever watch the bright young
man father has picked out as the man
with a future and invited home for
dinner?
The b. y. NJ. has read somewhere in
his youth that b. Y. men are supposed
TO fall in love with and marry the
boss daughter. And he sits and stares
a her, nervous as the dickens because
he can't decide which is worse-losing
his job or following precedent
And the daughter plays the tune she
knows on the piano and wonders
whatever possessed father to bring
that around hereT-New York Even
ing Sun.
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j, s, AFTER Men
WHO STIR Up LABOR
Drastic Action May be Taken
if Continued.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Drastic action
by the government to meet the labor
disturbances in the west and south
west. which officials are sure haze
been stirred up ly German prcpa ga
da. will be taken if the situation shows
Eny growth.
Intimations of an attempt to call
out the United Nine Workers should
the government not intervene on be
half of the Industrial Workers OF the
World in labor disputes in certain
sections of the west, have resulted in
the department Of justice undertaking
4 broad general inquiry.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
Hurlock Bros. Bus Line

Leave Cambridge 1870 a. M, to
connect at Hurlock with train for
Baltimore.
Leave Cambridge at 10 a. m. to
connect with train for Salisbury and
Ocean City.
Leave Cambridge $40 p. m.
Bus leaves Hotel Dixon, but wills
call for or deliver passengers any
where in city.
Sunday Only.
Leave Cambridge at 4.30 to con-
meet at Hurlock with train for Baltt-
more.
Leave Calls at Hotel Dixon.
ADV 6-12-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03

A formula has ben recently put for.
ward by medical authority which.
he claims. practically "withers warts
while you wait Mix sulphur sub
FIVE drains: concentrated acetic acid.
two and half drains; glycerin. two
ounces. Apply the paste to the warts
On small pieces of linen or spread with
@ brush at hight Wash off the next
morning. Repeat till the warts drop
,f.-LondOn Answers
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
BY using S. S. S.

The germs of Rheumatism are in
the blood, which is laden with mil
lions of the minute demons of pain,
causing untold suffering and bringing
its victim from vigor and strength to
almost helplessness. To get real and
genuine relief from this disease,
these disease germs must be COM
p1etely routed out of the system
through the blood.
S. S. S. has been used for fifty
years with satisfactory results in the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
TO PROBE FLOUR MILLS
Investigators VIII Seek Light OF
Costs at Minneapolis.

Investigators viii Seek Light or
Costs at Minneapolis.
Washington, Aug. 3.-The federal
trade commission will begin next week
a -four milling investigation as part
OF its general food inquiry.
A corps of investigators under Dr.
e. o. Merchant. of the commission
will leave for Minneapolis within a
few days. Other agents of the com
mission will 60 later to Chicago.
Decision to go into the subject OF
milling costs was reached after a con
ference with officials Of the food ad
ministration. Ar the request Of the
food administration the commission
will take up soon also the subject OF
cost and trade conditions In the baking
industry
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
NAVY Not a Poison Squad.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Navy men are
"no poison squad" says Paymaster
General MCGOWAN. chief of the Mays
bureau of supplies and accounts. in
an order insisting on rigid inspection
Of food purchases at is directed ne
said. that every effort TO try on the
navy any experiments or tests Of any
food products whatever shall be
promptly suppressed 1t should be
constantly borne in mind that doubtful
food is bad food and will be treated
xs such"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
Petty Spite.

The late Mrs lntZ Milholland Boisse.
vain. the suffrage worker. had frank
nature. and nothing was more Objec-
tiOna bic TO her than spitefulness.
There is too much petty spite," she
said one day, among women who pre-
tend TO he friends.
Two women sat at tea in q Fifth
avenue restaurant.
There goes Mr.. Smith in his new
car said one of the women. She add
ed. with a shipper. What a tibbing nat
terer he is. to be sure
why: Did he tell you you were
pretty: said the other woman c0ldly.
Ono said the first woman. He told
NE you were"
Tyranny.
There ere few minds to which tyran-
ny is not delightful. Power Is moth
ing but as it is felt, and the delight OF
superiority is proportionate to the re-
distance oyc-Come.-Johnson.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
CAPTAIN OF AV!ATORS KILLED
Chief of Mineola Training Section Falls
800 Feet to Death.

Mineola, L. t., Aug 3.-Captain
Ralph l.. Taylor. in command of the
training section of the aviation section
Of the signal corps. lost control OF his
airplane and plunged 500 feet to his
death.
Sergeant Thomas Pell, who was In
the machine with him. suffer d a brok-
en- jaw and internal injuries.
Captain Taylor had been In COM
mand of the instructors and students
about two months and was an expert
flyer. He was married two months
Ago His home was in Stamford, Conn.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
"a Lost on American Ship.

London, Aug. 3.-lt was reported
at the American consulate that TWEEN
tv-four members of the crew Of the
American steamship M0tano, which
was sunk by a German submarine, on
July 81, lost their lives. The Ameri
can schooner John Hays Hammond has
been sunk by gunfire by German sub
marine. All members of the schoon
sr's crew were saved.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
SINGER Killed in Motor Crash

Asbury Park. n. J., Aug. 3.-Mfss
Florence Philips. a contTalto sololst,
was instantly killed. and four other
passengers were seriously injured,
when their motor car struck tele-
graph pole on the Ocean drive at Ell.
boron. Two of the injured are Frank
Williams, a shipbuilder, of Washing
ton and Ole May. of Detroit, cartoonist
with the Newark Star Eagle.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
KAISER CALLS WAR COUNCIL
All High Military and Naval Leaders
at Great Meeting.

Amsterdam. Aug. 3.-Emperor Will
liam has called a war council of the
high military and naval leaders in
Germany to meet at Brussels.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg chief
Of the imperial general staff; General
Won Ludendorff. the Quartermaster gen.
eral: the German crown prince. COM
mander of the German forces in the
Champagne: Crown Prince Rupprecht,
Of Bavaria. in command of the Belgian
front: Grand Duke Albert, Of Wurttem-
burg. and Vive admiral Edouard Won
Capelle. minister Of the imperial navy,
and others will be present.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
U. S. SURGEONS IN BATTLE
Do Excellent Work Beside Allied MedI

British Front IN France and Belgium
Aug. 3.-Ame"ica played a small but
important part in the battle of Elan
ters.
A number of American surgical
.eams," who were brought to the front
rom the base hospital by the director
general CT medical service worked side
oy side with their British allies In car
ne for The wounded.
Each team consists of a surgeon.
anesthetist. nurse and an orderly.
They have been doing ercellent work.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
MICHIGAN Miners Continue Strike.

Bessemer, Mich, Aug. 3.-Str,k ng
iron miners in this district decided to
continue their fight for higher wages
after their committee had reported int
the operators had refused to consider
a modified set of demands presented
Wednesday.
The operators forwarded their ans
wer through Mayor Bryne. Joseph
Rev, chairman OF the strike commit
tee. said that the men were unanimous
In their declaration that the strike
should continue.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
French Ship Twice Attacked.

An Atlantic Port. Aug. 3.-Office-s
of French freight steamship, arrived
report two torpedo attacks from Ger
man submarines on the voyage. The
first occurred at ten o'clock, the night
Of July 10. The wake Of the torpedo
was clearly seen as It passed the yes
sells bow within a few yards. Two
DAYS later. in daylight. the wake of
mother torpedo was seen.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
BIueiacxets Fire on Mob.

Superior. Wis. Aug. 3.-Piueiack IT'S
from a United States gunboat were
obliged to fire a volley over the heads
Of a mob Of waterfront workers that
attacked a policeman.
The patrolman had arrested I'm.
believed to have been a memhe', Of
the l. w W. whom he detecta y
bling a man asleep in the stree :
attack followed and the h!uef 90 '. :
nearby were called. Both the o "
and his prisoner were rescued and he
mob dispersed.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03

Cassidy FIannagan's thinking of GO
in into the haulin' business. He bought
a foine new cart today. Casey-But
shure he has no horse. Flanagan
No, but he's goin 10 buy wan. Casey
Well, that's loike Flanagan. He al
ways did git the cart befoor the horse
philadelphia Ledger.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-03
Standing of the Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia-Athl s. Cleye
Land, 4. Batteries-Schauer, Haley;
Gould. O'Neill.
At New York-St Louis, 8: New
York, O.. t1st game) Batteries
Groom, SEVERED; Russell, Walters.
New York, 8; St. Louis, l. ed
Eame.) Shawkey, Nuna
maker: Plank, SEVERED
At Boston-Chicago, Z; Boston,
Betteries-Faber, Schalk; Shore, Ag
new
At Washin gton-Wa shin gton, 4: De
troit, 2. Batteries-Gallia, Henry:
@hmke, Stanage.
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To Build No New Armories.

Harrisburg. Pa. Aug. 3.-The state
armory board will not build any new
armories during the war but will con-
fine its work to the maintenance and
repair OF the existing structures. This
was decided by the board. The reason
siyen was that as the guard Is now in
federal service there is no reason for
construction.
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KORNILOFf Chief
OF htlSS ARMIES
Commander Of Southwest Front
SuccGa,, 6TusiiCtf.
GERMANS ARE k..AH hIGa

The Muscovite Forces cain GIVE
trourd or tie >...',orn Fron:,
Uuma Committee l.-u>2 !>.~ea! &c
People
Pel@1.rA,i. Az. ; C ma Is j
OF r~>iEt'e! ; It..maI &: hiel %
thu Russian arsntes.
t,ner.! Kent, II. WHO directed the
r G. III Rns-i4n oil ns:ve below lem.
berg. was named his ~ ce-sor.
General Tch-r ''nisoff. now command,
er Of 'Ae aisi'tn army. was named to
succeed kornjlloff in immediate com,
mand o. The southwest front
German forces have occupied The Us.
kull b"iigehead. fifteen miles south,
east OF Riga The position had been
evacuated by the Russians.
Between the River Zbrocz. on the
Pusso-Galician frontier and the Dnies.
ter river northwest of Khoiili, the Rus
SLAMS abandoned their positions after
office statement
Russian forces also retired in an
easterly direction between the Dnies.
ter and the Pruth
West Of the Putra river. in the Car.
pathans. the Russians We're pressed
back.
In the Moldavtca region. Russian
troops took the offensive and drove
back the enemy. capturing some pris.
oners
The provisional committee OF the
Duma has made pubic All appeal tc
the people in watch it says:
The riff-raff Of the army. over
whelmed by a At Of cowardice. IS in
fight What has occurred in the army
is merely an echo OF what Is happe ing
all over Russia. This state of atfair-
Is due to usurpation o. the rights ann
powers of the government ny organ
cations of irresponsible parties. and
to the setting up Of dozen authorities
at the center. while there IS no an
thority ar all on he spot.
A catastrophe behind the fro"t will
bring with i the ruin Of the army.
This means The ruin Of Russia There
is only one way Of escape. That is
the establishment of a firm. powerful
authority. which should he prepare tc
exact from each and all thu execution
of their duty.
"The government must he strong
and unanimous. II must make 10" a
single goal the defense OF our country
against the mortal peril that threat
ems from the quarrels Of the revolu,
tionists and the sweeping away of all
authority on the spot.
THE chief problem Of the govern
ment lies in immediate organization
and In the administ alton of iutsice
without which all reforms by the gov,
eminent must fail of realization. Until
the convocation of the constituent as.
sembly. all Legislative acts tending TO
redjca change in the present regime.
whether of the government or Of the
social order in general. and tending
to introduce even greater disturbance
into the ideas OF the peoples rights.
must not he allowed"