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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-23

with woody stems which will not cas-
lily rot are cut down and allowed to
dry until the son Of the family has
time to rake them up for use as winter
fuel.
Nowhere as In China do the dead
rob the living. Millions of graves are
scattered over the fields, their loca-
ton directed by the complicated rules
of feng shut. In some sections OF the
country more than one-sixth of the til
liable area is covered with graves Of
estimable but now useless ancestors,
and sometimes when young man
falls heir to a farm he finds that it is
a farm full of graves, and his biggest
crop is crop of duty to dead and
half-fOrgotten ancestors.
Chinese women didn't wait for the
outbreak of war to put on trousers
| and volunteer for work in the fields.
They have been wearing trousers for
many centuries and for many more
they have been helping the beans and
potatoes to do their bit for their
country. The Chinese sages have had
q great deal to say about the Inferior
ity of woman, but when it comes to
digging in the fields the Chinese wom-
an Is equal to any man.
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DENOUNCE ASSASSlNS
Bolsheviki Leaders Order Search, For
Murderers of Ministers,

Murderers of Ministers.
Petrograd, Jan. 23.-Niclolas Le-
nine, Bolsheviki premier, and his Sec
rotary of state, NJ. Bonch-Burevitch,
have ordered the red guard and SOL
diers to comb the city for the motor
car with red guards and sailors who
killed Shingaroff and Kohoshkine."
The murder of these former minis
tiers has created a feeling of protest
and revulsion among the Bolsheviki
officials. who are anxious to preven5
the situation from getting beyond
their control.
(The two men, both ministers I'M
der Kerensky, were slain in their
beds at the Marine hospital, in Petro.
grad, to which they were transferred
from the Fortress of st. Peter and
st. Paul)
The council Of workmen's delegates
has adopted a resolution Of the most
strict censure of the murderers. 1t
declares it never could approve Of
summary justice and that no crime
had been committed by those killed.
The resolution urged all soldiers to
search for the murderers.
It has been learned the sailors who
were among the assassins were not
part Of any crew stationed in Petro-
grad, but had recently arrived from
Finland, where they had been attach.
ed to the Baltic fleet.
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UNIFORM MAKES MANY MEN
Apparently Dull and Impossible Re.
eruits Quickly Catch on When
They Don Khaki Clothes.

"Want to see something funnyr'
asked lieutenant of a correspondent.
The correspondent did.
swell, come over here and watch
that beauty drill"
The lieutenant led the correspond
ent over in front of one of the compaI
MES.
watch that man." he said.
The man was red-faced, vacant
looking specimen in civilian clothssl
who seemed not gifted with mere or
binary intelligence. He could not
his hands and feet, could not learn
right face, right about face or left
face. Every time the sergeant gave a
command the beauty gave him silly
grin and considered that he had done
his duty. So the sergeant took him to
one side.
"Well. now, we will have lesson by
ourselves. Now watch me-"
The sergeant was very patient. For
half an hour he tried to drum little
intelligence into his pupils head, but
at the end of that time the man was
even more confused than before.
The next day the same sergeant said
to the correspondent:
"Want to see something grandT
The correspondent did. The ser.
geant pointed to the same man.
Just look at him." he said proudly,
The private was standing straight
his eyes We're bright his feet were ODE,
dent and he looked like man.
Wonderful" gasped the CORE
Spondent. What did it?"
Its the uniform, bless it," said the
sergeant. 1T makes men out of the
most impossible"
I'VE are all little boys still, aren't
WEI" unused the correspondent. 81
think even I could be soldier in &
uniform. And think of owning 3
sword"
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HOW TO MAKE HIM FIGHT
Marine Corps Told How TO Get 10(
Per Cent Out of John Parsons

Marine Corps Told How to Get 100
Per Cent Out of John Parsons.
Washington, Jan 23.-"To get 100
per cent fighting efficiency out of
John Parsons you've got to- give him
his old carpet slippers after a hard
days work in the trenches.
"a good cigar and a piece of apple
pie to round it out and you've got a
satisfied man that will do anything
you tell him. I've lived with him for
ten years. and | know"
This note addressed to marine
corps headquarters by Mrs. John Par
sons, also contained an inquiry as to
whether there was any embargo on
carpet slippers, Betsey Lees and apple
pie going to fighting marines in
France.
It's big question, and, while the
marine corps maintains no time study
or welfare departments, it is felt that
if his old carpet slippers will en-
nance John Parsons fighting qualities,
he'll just have to have them. that's
all.
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Rubber In india.

In southern India factory at which
high-grade rubber Is made resembles q
dairy, the milklike appearance OF the
latex adding to this illusion, as well
as the precautions taken to insure alb
solute cleanliness, says the Family
Herald. One of two methods Of manu-
facture is generally adopted. II the
estate is young and only a few trees
are being tapped the rubber Is made
in the form of biscuits or sheets. The
latex is put into shallow, round dishes
or oblong pans and certain quantity
of acetic acid added to it. This 10
the coagulating agent most generally
used. After standing for some hours
the rubber is found floating on the top
of the dish in a white, spOugy clot.
This is removed and washed and rolled
by hand and through mangle until
clean. The biscuits are placed on racks
in a warm room or an artificial dryer
and allowed to remain there until dry.
The finished biscuits are pale amber
colored and transparent, and for this
reason are popular on the market,
for their purity and freedom from dirt
can be judged by holding them to the
light and looking through them.
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ASSIST GOVERNMENT BY
ORDERING ALL YOUR
FARM SUPPLIES NOW

The great need of the railroads just
now Is cars, and more cars-that 1t
may care for normal traffic and assure
the extra burden of troop and NUM-
ton movements. But 1t cannot get
more cars over night. or tomorrow,
or the next day. Thus it must try
70 make its cars carry more-make
one car do the work which two cars
did before the war. This is where you
can help.
When a dealer gets an order for
farm supplies, machinery. feed or coal.
he holds it until he gets more to go
with tiff he has time. If you get your
orders In early this year, you will make
the dealer happy. facilitate transporta-
tion. aid the government. and help
yourself by insuring delivery before
the time when goods ere needed
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READ NC MAN IS
KILLED IN CHINA
On u. S. GunbOat Attacked
by Rebels.

Pekin, Jan. 23.-The American gun
boat Monocacy was fired upon by the
Chinese fifty miles above Yochow, on
the Yang-tse-kiang
A sailor named O'Brien was killed
and two other sailors were wounded
The firing lasted for half an hour
1t is presumed the assailants were a
detachment of the southern revolu
tlcnary forces.
The attack was made near Kien
Lih-Sien and came without warnin g
The attackers hid behind a dixie on
the north bank of the Yang e-Kiang
The gunboat returned the fire, with
what result is not known Afterward
the Monocacy proceeded to Hankow
The japanese steamship Tayuen also
was subjected to fusillades.
The reason for the attack and de-
tails of it have not yet been received
DR.. Paul S. Reinsch. the American
ambassador, will demand of the for
eign Office that responsibility for the
attack be fixed and the offenders pun
ished and also that measures shall be
taken to safeguard shipping.
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NAVY Department Report,

Washington, Jan. 23.-The com
mander of the Monocacy reported that
he returned the Chinese fire and ST
fenced it.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels gave
ont the following:
"On January II, at nine A. NJ. the
United States gunboat Monocacy,
while cruising about fifty miles below
Yochow, on the Yang-tse Kiang, was
fred upon by entrenched Chinese and
was hit a number of times. O'Brien,
chief yeoman, was fatally injured,
and w N. Donnelly, seaman, slightly
wounded.
at is believed the Chinese were
bandits or revolutionists."
O'Brien lived at 1914 Douglas street,
Reading, Pa. and Donnelly lived at
512 North Eighteenth street, Phila-
delphia.
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RUMORED WIDE SHIP PLOT
Attempt to Be Made to Blow Up All
in American Harbors.

Attempt to Be Made to Blow UP All
in American Harbors.
Washington, Jan. 23.-Widesp read
reports that an attempt would be
made to blow up every ship in an
American harbor have been under in
vestigation by government agents.
The reports were circulated
throughout the country by a crank,
officials said. They finally reached
high official circles in Washington.
An investigation, underway for a
week. failed to disclose any basis for
the rumors.
Additional naval guards have been
placed on ships in American harbors
recently. This action had no connec-
ton with any special threatened dan
ger.
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When the Skin Seems Ablaze
With Itching and Burning

not find a blood remedy that ap-
proaches S. S. S. for real efficiency.
1t has been on the market for fifty
years, during which time it has been
giving uniform satisfaction for all
manner of blood disorders. If you
want prompt and lasting relief. you
can rely upon S. S. S. For expert
advice as to the treatment ST your
own individual case, write to-day to
Chief Medical Adviser, Swift Specific
Co.. Dept. c Atlanta, Ga.
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Refuse Names of Prisoners.

Zurich, Jan. 23-Despite repeated
requests, the German government has
failed to give the United States the
names or the present locations of the
eighteen American soldiers taken
prisoner almost three months ago
near Cambria. The United States has
made every effort to get the informa-
ton through the Spanish goversment
as we'll as through Red Cross organi-
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Mud HOLDING Up German Offensive.

Zurich, Jan. 23.-Latest reports
from Germany indicate. the new often
sive will be launched as soon as freez-
ing the weather returns. The present
widespread thaw makes operations on
a large scale on the west front i'm
possible. Field Marshal Won linden
burg refuses to make the same mis-
take as was made by General Won
Falkenhayn, who launched the ILL
fated Verdun offensive two years ago
in the rain.
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Thieves Loot Borough Bunk House.

THISVSS IOUt 00TVUgH ouITN TfOUoSs
Sharon, Pa, Jan. 23.-Thieves loot
ed the borough clubhouse. They car.
ried away thirty cots, thirty mattress.
es, five dozen blankets, five dozen
comforters, a complete kitchen outfit,
one-half dozen chairs, kitchen range,
gas fixtures, dishes and canned goods.
Unable to move a big cannon stove,
they smashed it. The police found
The plumber scattered through a dozen
houses occupied by foreigners. Whole.
sale arrests will be made
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MAKING MANURE
mere VALUABLE
Manure Re- enforced With Fer
tiIizer Gives Largest
Yields.

With the prospect Of decided
shortage Of plant food supplies. stable
manure takes on increased Importance
In crop production. 1t has not yet
reached the point where it is worth
from IS to $40 per ton, as some would
have us believe, but it is certainly
worth enough to justify better care
and attention than it has been get
ting.
So much has been written about the
saving of manure, but so much yet
remains to be done by the farmer that
we are led to believe the recommended
lions have been too complicated to
follow, or else that the gain has not
been worth the price. There are, how
ever, three things which may easily be
done by any farmer, to Increase the
crop producing value Of stable manure
on his farm from so to 100 per cent,
and these without any material In
crease either in labor or capital.
The Canadian field reports find ton
Of fresh manure little more valuable
than a toe Of rotted manure (made
from two tons Of fresh manure).
Therefore, we get twice as much value
from manure when we haul it direct
to the field, instead Of throwing it into
q barnyard to rot.
The Pennsylvania agricultural ex-
pertinent station found that manure
spread at the rate of six tons per acre
returns $500 per ton In crop increase,
while when spread at the rate OF ten
tons per acre 1t returns only 1929 per
ton.
Reinforce With Fertilizer.
Manure is weak in the element
phosphorus, and benefits immensely
from the addition Of phosphoric acid.
BY adding about one-half sack OF
acid phosphate to each ton of manure.
the Ohio experiment station increased
the crop producing value Of a ton
Of manure at least so per cent.
The plant food in ordinary manure
IL only about ee-fifths as effective as
the plant food of commercial fertilizer.
For this reason manure should always
be supplemented with available fertil-
izer so that crops may be given quick
start in the early spring.
By handling manure as 1t should be
handled-supplementing with available
fertilizer and reinforcing 1t with acid
phosphate-we will be able to make
our present supply of fertilizer and
manure more effective in the produc-
ton Of food crops.
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Bomb Sender Gets Long Sentence.

Bomb Sender Gets Long SENTENCE.
York, Pa, Jan. 23.-The maximum
sentence of three years is the eastern
penitentiary was imposed on Calvin
Deninger in the county court for plac-
ing explosives with intent to kill
Wade McCluse and Charles H. Still,
Of this city The crime was commit
ted in April last, when cigarbox ad-
dressed to Still was placed on the
porch of the Mcclure home in York
township, where Still boarded, and on
being opened exploded and seriously
injured both Still asd Mcclure.
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DRAFT STIRS FARMERS
Shortage of Labor Causes Discussion
of Clear LEGAL interpretation.

OF Clear Legal ihIerpTe1atioh.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 23.-The state
beard of agriculture, in annual ses-
;ion here, is considering the adoption
If a resolution for clearer interpre-
;ation of the selective draft law as 1t
applies to farm workers and measures
Tor increasing the farm labor supply.
Some of the members favor univer-
sal draft act and the assignment OF
The men to whatever line of work they
are best able to perform.
Governor Brumbaugh and Secretary
II Agriculture Patton addressed the
meeting. The governor talked along
the line of an increased food supply
and urged road improvements and
,he use of farm tractors to that end
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THEY GAVE
THIS RUNDOWN
MAN VINOL
And He Got Back His Strength and
Energy.

Sheboygan, Visit was all fagg-
ed OUT run down, no appetite, ner-
Vous, sleepless nights and drowsy
during the day, and was not fit to
work. A friend told me to take vi
mol. l did so, and can now eat three
square meals day. | sleep well, am
alert, active, strong and well, and
have gained eleven pounds. "A. w.
Highly, Sheboygan, Wis.
This is because Vinol contains the
elements needed to create a healthy
appetite and restore strength. The
complete formula is printed on every
package. This is your protection.
c. P. Craig & Son, Druggists, Cam
bridge, and at the best drug store in
every town and city in the country.
ADV.
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More U. S. Airmen Train With French
With the American Army in France,
Jan. 23.-More American observers
have begun work at the front with
French pilots in Fresch airplanes. 1t
Is inadvisable to mention their num-
bers, identity on the point where they
are stationed. Their flights are car
lied out under actual battle condi-
lions.
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Flee From BURNING Hotel.

Altoona, Pa, Jan. 23-When the
Hotel Bingham caug.t fire at day
break dozen guests, several of them
women, were forced to fee to the
street in below-zero weather in their
night clothes Samuel Blake, f. e.
man. was severely burned when gas
escaping from a meter exploded. The
Of the hotel
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Basdits Get Jeweiry Haul

Detroit, Jan. 23.-Sixty thousand
dollars in jewelry and money was
stolen from the store Of the Ra'p1
Dewey Jewelry company here BY
three men, who shot at and then
bound and gagged William r. Grain
er manager. Grainer was discovered
sftAen minutes later by Clerk.
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Shipbuildinu Firms Merge

Dover, Del. Jan. ga certificate
Of consolidation was filed at the state
department providing for the merger
Of the Pusey & Jones compasy, the
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding compasy
and the New Jersey Shipbui.ding
company usder the name of the Pussy
& Jones company, with capital stock
If $40, 0O0, 900.
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GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA Firm.
Winter straight, s10.25Q10.40. City
mills, s11.50@12.
RYE FLOUR - Quiet; per barrel,
$10@10.S5.
WHEAT--Steady; No. 2 red, 1925.
nal
OATs-Firm; No. 2 white, $40
csc.
POULTRY-Live, steady; hens, 2S
@29c; old BOOSTERS, 20@21c. Dressed,
steady; choice fowls, Gle: old roost-
ers, 23c
BUTTER - Firm; fancy creamery;
54c per lb.
EGGS - Firm: selected, 76@78c;
nearby. zoe: western. 70c.
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MEeeesor SfFForsver.

Washington. Jan. 23.-Representa-
tive Won nvi;", D~"rocrat, of Mime
soto int-ea"~-d a resolution in tho
house to creota as rational wa 81
''T> -, V~- All Forever"
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Russia Far From Separate Peace

Russia Far From Separate Feace.
London Jan. ga long report OF
the proceedings of the commission fol-
the commission for the regulation OF
political and territorial questions at
Brest-Litovsk os Friday Is sent out
by Berlin.
It discloses that the central pow
ers and the Russiass are no nearer
agreement on the point of how the
populations Of the occupied territories
are to record their desire for self
Jetermin alton
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shipyard Strikers Return to Work

shipyard Strikers Return to Work.
Beaumost, Tex, Jan. 23.-More than
400 laborers in the Beaumont ship
wards who have been on strike since
Saturday, decided to return to WORK.
They will leave the wage dispute to
members of the United Estates ship
ping board, who are expected in a few
DAYS
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Aertl1nn snsaks Tomorrow.

Copenhagen, Jan. 23.-The Zeitung
am Mittag of Berlin. says Count Won
Hertling will deliver his speech to the
reichstag main committee tomorrow
DR.. Won Kuehlmann, Germas foreign
misister, will participate in the de-
bate.
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There's lust one thing to do.

There's just one thing TO 90.
If your skin seems ablaze with the
6ery burning and itching of Eczema,
real and lasting relief can only
come from treatment that goes below
the surface-that reaches down to
the very source Of the trouble. So
called skin-diseases come from dis
ordered condition of the blood, and
the proper treatment is through the
blood
Search far and near, and you can
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Irish Weeklies Barred From Malls.

New York, Jan. 23.-Three Irish
weeklies, the Irish World, the Gaelic
American and the Freeman'B Joursal
have been barred from the mails
while the aut critics in washington
are investigating their case, it was
Saarnad here
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Doubt Wilson Appealed to England.

D0uUt WTTsuh NppedTeu 70 Eh9Idhd.
Washington, Jan. 23.-Whfte House
officials declared that while President
terest in the Irish problem they are
not aware that lie has made represen-
tations to the British government as
declared by the London Daily News.
1t was thought possible that SOM
Informal word from the president may
have. been transmitted. During the
last few months the president has re-
ceived at the White Hous many per-
sons intimately connected with the
Irish cause, among them p o'Con-
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German Piotters Work In Argentina.

German Potters Work In Argentina.
Buenos Aires, Jan. 23.-The police
have discovered a plot to blow up
five tank cars loaded with alcohol
bousd for the entente allies. A burn
;eg fuse was removed from one of the
- in time to prevent on ex-
plosion. E.NEl N4
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Find Lieutenant Shot Dead in Hotel.

Spartanburg, S. c., Jan. 23.-First
Lieutenant Dean H. Buchanan, 1S6th
machine gun battalion, of Grove City,
Pa, stationed at Camp Wadsworth,
was found dead in local hotel with
. bullet hole through his hood
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Live Stock Quotations

-HOGS-Steady, Bulk,
$16.4O016.S0: light, S1590T16.75;
mixed. s1615n16.S5; heavy, sl6.15@
1890; ronght. s1615@16.S0: pigs.
s12.75m15.3O.
CATTI E-Weak Native steers.
sS.4O61375: stockers and feeders, 81
610.SO. cows and heifers, $6611 80;
calves. s9d16.50.
SHEEP-Weak. wethers. $3.50
1885; lambs. S1450017S5.
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Non-Registrant Gets Ten Days.
Harrisburg, Pa. Jan. 23.-George
A. Bartnick, of Scranton. charged with
ho,; f.;1od to reo;ster for the first
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The Weather

Forecast for this sec'ion: FL an1
coide- today and tomorrow; w"si
winds
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-02
'CASLESS" SUNDAY
MIGHTY REAL ONE
So Few Cars Out That They Were
Really Conspicuous as They
Travelled.

nclc sans request that Yesterday
bo Il Cas.cSs SUNDAY and that automobi-
lists refrain from recreation or pleasure
trips was very generally observed 50
lew ears were abroad that the sight of
one was really conspicuous thing. Most
ot those seen were palpavly out on busI-
ness. bearing physicians, or persons
actually dong some duty in which the
car had a natural share The few parties
seen appeared omewhat furtive around
the drivers seat while the passengers
seemed 10 realize they were rather ont OF
the ordinary as Sunday sights. The
usual excuse given was that trips had
been planned 50 long before there hadn't
been time to call them of
Some Of the big automobile concern :
especially the Wilmington Automobile
Company, shut down s. far as renting
of pleasure cars Was concerned until
y o clock asst night beginning n -
o clock Saturday night
There vas notable exodus OF ma
cnlnes otH ot the city on Saturday, how
ever there bong disposition To get out
ot town 10 the summer resorts before
ban on ~undaN motoring went into effect
hat }, people who wished to spend
SUNDAY out of the city went out on Sat1lr-
day instead uf waiting until SUNDAY
morning
There appeared everywhere In Vii
mington Il disposition on the part Of the
people 20 support Tire government in
the digestion Of conservation Hundreds
bcelcged the newspaper offices and the
police station to learn tho meaning of
the go}crnmCnts s request
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-02
PAY FOR STUDENTS.
Those Attending Delaware College Mill
tary School TO be Compensated.

II was announced today that the War
Department will furnish room. board.
uniforms, and tuition and will pay $50 n
month to all students who enlist in the
Students irmy Training Corps NJ Della
ware College
This Is an unrlvaled chance for every
young man who has completed four
year High Scool course or It's equivalent
to train himself to become an officer or
technical expert
This course will start on MONDAY.
September l6. and all who are Interested
should enroll NJ once b, writing President
Samuel G Mitchell OF the college and
reporting on the 10th