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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Danish ldleness.

! Idleness, rather than the love of
money, Is the root Of all evil, and un-
cheerfulness Is one of the shoots from
&; the root, asserts the Los Angeles
Times. There Is no such thing as idle
ness in nature. The worlds that gilt
ter in the arch of the heavens are ever
moving. The moon never stays In one
place. The restless sea means in and
out over the harbor bar. The rivers
gurgle and plash as they journey to
the sea. The trees change their cos
tune twice year and grow a little
every hour of every day in the year.
The birds never roost at MONDAY, and
man is the only animal who oversleeps
himself. "a contented mind is con-
tinual feast" and the worker, whether
he labors with brain or Drawn, who
finds delight in his work, who sings as
he cheerfully lifts the hammer or
laughs as he pens the thought that
comes to him, is happy and content.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
REJECTS RUSSIAN
PEACE PROPOSALS
Unacceptable in Present Form,
Says Germany.
TO Be SrFsRATE PACT
Teutons Criticise Attitude of Savs.
But Promise to Seek Basis For a
Compromise.

Teutons CriticiSe Attitude of StavS.
But Promise to Seek Basis For a
Compromise.
Berlin, Jan. 1S.--An official state
men, gives the reply by the cen "a
powers to the Russian proposals at
Brest-Litovsk on Monday.
It declares these proposals concern
ing the regions occupied by the cen
trail powers. diverge to such a d gre
from the views OF the central powers
that in their present form they ar
unaccepta BILE
Wi hdrawal of the Austrian an
German troops from the occupied ter
rito-ies while the war continues is
impossible. it is asserted.
IT military conditions permit the
central powers may endeavor to re
duce the size of the occupying force
to such numbers as are necessary t
maintain order and meet techn' col re
quirements of the country. The set
ting up OF national gendarmerie NAV
be Striven for.
The official statement says the Rus
sian proposals do not show compro
missing attitude and do not ccpside'
the opposite parties on Just basis.
Nevertheless. the central powers
again are prepared to give a clearly
formulated expression of their opin
ions and to try to find a basis for 6
compromise.
For the central powers, as distinc
from the case with Russia, the an
nouncement declares a conclusion e
peace with Russia has no connection
with a general peace. The centra
powers are compelled to continue the
war against their other enemies.
The assertion that the right CT self
determination is an attribute OF na
lions and not of parts Of nations Il:
not our conception" of self-determina
ton, it is asserted 1t must not b
assumed that the limits of occupation
are a standard for fixing the bounda
ries of such portions.
The Austro-Germans do not inten'
incorporating the territories now oc
cupied by them into their respective
co'tntries.
The central powers agree that
vote of the peoples on broad lines b.
sanctioned on the basis of citizenship
but it was declared a referendum ap
peared to be impracticable. The cen
trail powers think a vote on wild
basis taken from the electors and sup
plemented by a representative bod,
would suffice.
Neither do they intend to compe
the territories in dispute to accep
this or that form of state. They re
serve for themselves and the people
of the occupied territories free ham
for the conclusion of treaties of ever
kind
The question of the return to thei
homes homes of civ Hans wifo been n
moved may be examined in benevc
lent spirit from time to time. bu
could be entrusted to a special CON
mission, as it is not an issue Of out
standing Importance politically.
Desiring to reach an understandin
with Russia, the central powers max
the foregoing far-reaching proposal
which represent the most extreme lin
its within which they still hope +
reach a peaceful understanding.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Cedar Forest at Great Height.

In his book, 1.-THE Real Algeria" quot
ed In the Christian Science Monitor,
NJ. d. Scott describes his journey
through a cedar forest. "The program
was to cross the mountains through a
fine forest of cedars by the Col de
Telmet, at an altitude of 5000 feet, +"
Mr. Scott says. 81 came across most
curious piece of hillside. Bare rock
as steep and smooth as a house roof
ran straight from the hilltop to the
bottom of the valley with strike of
some 60 degrees. 1t shone like burn
ished silver In the bright sun. Never
have I seen anything of the kind so
beautiful. In various crevfces were
perched cedar trees, sometimes with
a rest so tiny that miracle alone
held them apparently from sliding
down the chute"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Wonder World.

Surgeon Gen. Sir A. Sloggett. who
has recently been made K. G. M. G..
by King George, Is responsible for the
following:
Mamma, it .appears, was one day Bit
ing her fingernails at dessert, and lit
tie Johnny was moved to ask the rea-
son why.
Nervousness, dear" answered his
mother. 1T made me so uneasy to see
you swallow your grapes whole that
didn't know what was doing. You'll
get appendicitis, If you're not careful"
A few days later, however, Johnny's
mother was herself taken Ill, and the
case was diagnosed as appendicitis.
An operation was performed and
the patient was relieved. The surgeon
discovered that what had caused the
trouble was the presence of small
piece of f1ngernaN in the appendix.
SIT was all your fault, Johnny" she
said. "This would never have happen
ed If you hadn't swallowed those
grapes whole"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
IN FIVE MINUTES! NO
INDIGESTION, GAS OR
SOUR, ACID STOMACH

The moment "Pape's Diapcpsm
reaches the stomach all distress
goes.
Really does" put upset stomacha
in order-'really does" overcome in
digestion. dyspepsia, gas, heartburn
and sourness due TO acid fermenta-
ton in five minuteS-that-Ju that
makes Pape's Diapepsin the larg-
est selling stomach antacld and regu-
lator in the world. Ii what you eat
ferments and turns sour, you belth
gas and eructate undigested food OF
water; head is dizzy and aches;
breath foul; tongue coated; your in
sides filled with indigestibl2 waste,
remember the moment 'Pape's Dia-
pepsin'' comes in contact with the
stomach all such distress NaElshes-
It's truly astonishing almost mar
velous, and the joy is its harmless
ness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's
Diapepsin is worth its weight in gold
to men and women who can't get
their stomachs regulated. 1t belongs
in your home-should always be Kept
handy in case of a sick, sour, upset
stomach during the day or at night.
It's the quickest, surest antacide for
the stomach in the world.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
LIGHTS OF SHINAGAWA BAY
Physical Phenomena in japanese Wa
tiers Said to Have Been Caused by
Countless AnimalcuIi.

Strange lights hover over the waters
Of Japan at various places. The burn
ing spring that appears at intervals
Of several years III one of the land
locked bays is natural phenomenon
that has attracted the attention of the
scientific world. A new and curious
spectacle made its appearance in Shi-
nagawa bay recently, when a myriad
of pale green lights shone in the placid
waters and attracted thousands of spec
tators to the shore, East and West
News states.
much attention to this curious freak
Of nature. One college professor
likened the exhibition to the innum-
cradle lights off the coast Of Chikusen
and Chikugo in Kyushu. The latter
lights, however. are of a yellow-red,
orange color, whereas those in Shinag-
ava bay were pale green.
Doctor kiShigami of the college of
agriculture in the Tokyo imperial uni
versity collected quantity of water
from the bay. He has declared that
the light is caused by countless ami
malculi. He describes these insects
as gymnogyniums, belonging to the
class Flagellata. Each measures one
twelve-hundredth of an inch and has
an alimentary canal. These insects
must have been always present in the
waters of that bay, but an excess OF
vegetable matter in the water SO fat
tened and stimulated the animalculi
that they became unusually luminous
The learned professor cites the appear
ance of the same phenomena at Ham
burg in 1880, since which time nc
record exists of its recurrence until
lately. The insects live at the bot
tom of the sea and come to the surface
on rare occasions for oxygen.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Burqlarproof Cage.

A burglarproof cashiers cage, To-
Gated in a car house in an isolated dis
trict, has been installed by the Wash
ington Water Power company, says
the Electric Railway Journal. 1t Is
described as follows:
"The cage is sheathed with iron on
the outer walls and the door, and the
windows are provided with steel cur
tains, counter-weighted, which can be
lowered for complete protection. In
the bottom Of each steel curtain is d
trap or hinged box which can be swung
inside or outside without at any time
affording direct opening into the
room Cash is placed in the trap on
the outside, which is swung in to give
the cashier access to it. A small peck
hole with sliding cover is provided
Just above the trapdoor."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
6 KILLED, 3 HURT
IN MICHIGAN
Mast Falls on BaiiIeShip With
Fatal Results.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN GALE
The Crew Are Victims of the First
Accident of its kind in the Annals
of the Navy.

The Crew Are Victims of the First
Accident of its kind in the Annals
Of the Navy.
Washington. Jan. 49, SiN ren we're
kill and three Q nrcd e U. S.
s. Michigan, WAN the -4p was
caught in a heavy gale at sea. it was
officially announced.
The Philadelphia navy yard is the
home port of the Michigan.
The men were killed and injured by
the falling Of a cage mast, the fl st
accident of its kind in the navy. The
dead ere:
Caben Capers Belyeu. Chipiey, Fla,
sec" nd-Class seaman.
Carl Frederick Ma ~ahars. New Ycsk
ely second-cl9ss s"2m"n.
ClarCrca Eugene Book. Denver,
Col. sccond-class seaman.
FranE John P~inz, Cole Camp. Mo-,
secCnd-c!ass seaman.
Julian s. Bell. Kress. Tex, second
c!aes seaman.
John Fnge!lio Coco. Thornwood N.
Y. third-cla ireman.
The injured are:
Edward Thomas McDcna d, Bayou
ne, n J.. sec1nd-class seaman. left leg
broken
Gordon Solomon Farmer, Weldon.
Iowa. second-class seaman. both arms
broken.
Virgil V. Riggers. Harry. Al. se"-
cnd-c,ass seaman, cut thigh and heat
and an'!e hurt
The Michigan was launched at the
New York Shipbuilding cOmpa Us
pl9nt in Sonth Camden, in 1908. The
hattleship is a sister ship of the South
Carolina. and they are the forerun-
nerS of the big gun dreadnoughts OF
the American navy.
The Michigan is of 5000 tons dis
placement with a speed of 1872 knots
an hour, and is $50 feet long. He"
ordinary complement syas $50 Ulcers
and men. The Michigan W ste f1ag,
ship Of Rear Admiral Fletche", when
An Hrican forces seized Vera Cruz,
Me>;co. The Michig2n's main battery
consists of eight twelve-inch guns.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Smallest Farms in the World.

near La Rochelle France, according to
Popular Science Monthly, are found
the smallest farms in the world. Some
of them are only one or two square
yards in area, yet these tiny domains
are carefully planted with a variety
of crops, even including vineyards The
soil is extremely fertile. The repeat
ed subdivision of estates among heirs
and the dense population of the is
lands explain the existence of these
Lillirutian proper ties.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
MOTHER! YOUR CHILD
IS CROSS, FEVERISH,
FROM CONSTIPATION
Ii tongue is coated, breath bad, stom-
ach sour, clean liver and bowels.

Give California Syrup of Figs" at
once-a teaspoonful today often
saves a sick child tomorrow.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally-look, Mother! See
if tongue is coated. This is sure
sign that its little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad or has stomach di
arrhoea, sore throat, full of cold,
! give a teaspoonful of California Syr-
up of Figs, and IN a few hours all the
| constipated poison, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of its
little bowels without gripping, and
you have a well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" be-
cause it never fails to cleanse the lit
tie ones liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach and they dearly low
its pleasant taste. Full directions
for babies, children of all ages and
for grown-ups printed on each bot
| tie.
| Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs;
then see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company. ADV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Pityino Ourselves,

Have you heard of the man carry
ing a load of sticks, who, when he
became tired threw his sticks down
on the bank of a river, and seating
himself by them, said: 81 am sick and
tired of this. I wish death would
come to relieve me?" Instantly Death
slipped up and said, Here 1 am, what
do you want of me?" 81 want you to
help me put this bundle of sticks on
my back again." said the surprised
man. Plying ourselves is cheating
ourselves. Then flee from discomfort
and discourageinent, for they are the
hotbeds of deceit. Near them we think
that which is not true, and say that
which we do not MISUNDERSTANDING.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Early California History.

The first white men to visit San
Francisco bay were Of the expedition
of Portola, Spanish adventurer who
became the first governor of Califor-
mia. Portola himself was not mem
Der Of the party which, 14S years ago,
gazed upon the site of San Francisco
and Oakland. The honor of discovery
belongs to Father Juan Crespi and Ser
geant Ortega. Casper de Portola, cap
tain of dragons and governor Of the
CALIFORNIA;" probably never saw the
bay, but his name is perpetuated as
the discoverer by the annual Portola
festivals in San Francisco. Sir Iran
els Drake came near discovering the
bay in 1873, when he landed at a
point 80 miles to the northwest.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
OIL STILL FREE OF CENSURE
GarfieId's Order Does Not Apply to 1t

or Natural Gas For Heating.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-M.- l.. Requa.
director of the oil division Of the fue!
administration. made the follow ne
announcement:
CDR. Garfield has instructed me TO
announce that his order reuucing fuel
consumption is not to be considered
as applying to drilling or operating OF
oil or gas wells, transporting, manu-
featuring or distributing of petroleum
and its products or natural gas.
at must be understood. however,
that consumers of fuel oil through
other than those engaged in above
operations. are obliged to conduct
their business in accordance with
rules and regulations as laid down by
he fuel administration
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
U-BOAT TOLL SHRINKS
Only Six Large and Two Small sritisf
Ships Sunk in Past Week.

Only Six Large and Two Small British
Ships Sunk in Past Week.
London, Jan. 18-Sinkings Of Brit
ish merchantmen by mine or subma-
rine in the last week were the lowest,
with the exception Of one since the
unrestricted campaign began eleven
months ago.
The admiralty report shows six
ships of 1900 tons or over were sunk.
two under that tonnage, and two fish
ing vessels.
This is a decrease of twelve ~ ior
ships under the figures of the two pre-
vious weeks, when eighteen large
ships and three small ones were sunk
in each case. The low record was at
tanned in the week ended November
II, when only one major vessel was
sunk, with five minor ones.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
What Do You Know
About Your Blood Supply?

portant subject. 1t tells how to keep
the blood strong and free from the
many impurities to which it is con-
stantly subject.
1t gives the history of S. S. S., the
worlds most successful blood remedy,
which has been sold for more than
fifty years b. druggists everywhere.
This book will be sent free to all
who write to Swift Specific Co.
Dept A Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
CANADA HAS PARK
Permanent Playground Gstab'
Iished in Rocky Mountains.
Highest Peak, Glaciers, Forest Tract,
Streams and Valleys Form Attrac-
tive Features Of the Resort.

Canada is following the example OF
the United States in setting aside tracts
of her Rocky mountain region as per-
manent Fairgrounds for the people.
The latest of these is Jasper park, TAR
up In the wild Northwest. where the
play Is still too rough to attract any
great hordes of urban jewellers. but
which is one of the most beautiful bits
Of mountain scenery in the world. The
building of the Grand Trunk Pacific
railroad mad good deal to do with the
setting aside of Jasper park.
In Jasper park they have fenced In
the highest mountain in Canada, an i'm
mense tract of virgin forest and hill
country, a miscellaneous assortment OF
nameless glaciers of various sizes, half
a dozen big trout streams and num-
berless little green valleys that look as
though they were laid out by land
scape gardener. That the park is still
difficult of access and calls for pioneer
Ing methods in its exploration is only
another recommendation in the eyes
Of the lover of the out-of-doOrS. Here
also certain important rivers take a
humble start in life-such prominent
streams as the Saskatchewan and the
Columbia.
The land looks as untouched and as
primitive as Virginia must have ap-
peared to John Smith, but as matter
Of fact 1t has long and romantic his
krv vx,hn 10 m f
ten. And may the man who writes it
WELD a skilful pen and may he possess
q real Imagination, for his subject de-
serves 1t. This region lay for centuries
On the boundary of the preserves of
tUe 6reat fur eountries-the Hudson.s
3av 1nd the Great Western. Here they
fought battles without number for the
trapping rights-skirmishes between
man and man instead of between mil
lions and millions, but all the more
full of daring. OF strategy, and of adj
venture for that And there, too, was
q favorite hunting ground of those free
lances of the wilderness. the free
traders, who committed the ultimate
sin Of bearing allegiance to no com.
pany, and many of whom paid for ii
with their lives. These cold, green
glaciers have seen a thousand thrilling
dramas played out years before the
explorers" came, for the trappers
were too busy to publish accounts OF
what they found. They were after fur
Nevertheless, in Canada as in the
States" they were the men who really
opened the West.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
What "Shinnamu" Is.

Dyestuffs from leaves of the "Shin-
manu." species of maple common in
Korea and known in parts of Man
churia, have given results so promis-
ing as to be noticed in British con-
sular report, says the Nebraska State
Journal. Large quantities could be had
at about II cents pound, and with
the cOlOrs produced cotton can he dyed
black, indigo, dark gray, gray or
khaki. In dyeing silk and pongees.
only black can be used, the chief value
Of the extract being as Il material add
ing 80 per cent to the weight of the
textiles
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
ORDERS KINGS ARREST
Bolsheviki Premier Directs Rumanian
Monarch be Imprisoned.

Petrograd, Jan. 1S.-Nicholas Lee
nine, Bolsheviki premier, signed an
order for the arrest of King Ferdi-
nand of RuWania.
He is to be sent to Petrograd for
Imprisonment in the Fortress of st.
Peter and st. Paul.
The order for the kings arrest de-
scribes in detail the way it is to be
carried, and in which the king is to
be guarded. The Bolsheviki believe
they have sufficient forces on the Ru-
manian front to carry it out
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Rainbow Never Shows Complete Circle

A rainbow never shows a complete
circle, unless the observer happens to
be at a great elevation, as in balloon,
when more than half a circle can be
seen, but never an entire one. Halos
and rainbows also differ in the size
of the circles or semicircles that they
exhibit. The radius of halo is about
% degrees and that Of a rainbow
about ~ degrees. Other arches and
circles are sometimes seen outside of
both the rainbow and the halo, but the
radii given are for the principal, or
primary, phenomenon.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Marriages in ENGLAND.

The war has resulted in 100000
English people being married between
August, 1911, and June, 1917, who in
the ordinary course would not have
married. The marriage rate for 1919
was the highest recorded, 1914. These
figures ar'r given out by Sir Bernard
Mallet. registrar "rneral of births,
deaths an, a"'n. in England.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
No Work No Paw. in Mills.

ITO VoTN, T<0 W TT 1890
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 18.-Steel com
pany executives say it will be impos-
sible for them TO follow any sugges-
ton looking to the payment of their
employees during the five days indus
trial suspension. Fully so per cent
of their employees, they point out, are
paid by the ton, and of the remaining
40 per cent, the day laborers, many
change their jobs from week to week.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
HUNT PAPEN IN ARGENTINA
Suspect Him of lnstieatine Country.
Labor Troubles.

LABOR lTOuDleS.
Buenos Aires. Jan. 1S.-The foreign
office announces it will receive the
visiting Mexican delegation, but only
in the capacity of distinguished tour
lists.
Two American detectives arrived
recently and are cooperating with the
local police in a search for Captain
Franz Won Papen, former military at
tache of the German embassy to the
United States, as the arch conspirator
in the nationwide labor troubles and
destruction of crops. It is pointed
out as significant that strikes have
been general since the reported ar
rival of Won Papen in June and that
the agitators apparently enjoy unlim-
tied credit.
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CONGRESS May Adjourn June I.

washington, Jan. 1S.-Speeding up
Of all appropriation measures by
avoiding unnecessary hearings and all
possible delays, with a view to con-
Guiding all business of the house by
Nav Is and readiness to adjourn con-
gress by June l, was agreed upon a.
conference There were present
Speaker Clark, the Democratic lead
or: Mr.. Kitchin and the chairmen OF
all the leading committees of the
house.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18

Your ignorance may startle you.
Few people know of the many
functions Of the blood supply, and
just how important it is that it be
kept absolutely free from all impuri-
ties. The health of the entire body
depends upon the condition of the
e9o You bol are 1ba to w6e ane
Invaluable information on this i'm
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Want War Council For u. S

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Two bills
one creating a super-war council OF
three members and another for a di-
rector of war industries-we-e tacitly
agreed upon by the senate military
committee The measures are design,
= ~~ntralize the nations war opar
ations.
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Report Car Has Escaped.

London, Jan. 1S-Ni2holas Roman
off. TIE former enreror. and his fami.
ly, have escaped from their prison
e r aN'sk L is reported in Petro-
rat Reuter- desIatCh from ths
Russian capital, so states, adding the
.... = .-...-.i, !.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK
U-Boat Gets the Schooner Monito
Near the Cansries.

U-Boat Gets the Schooner Monitor
Near the Cansries.
London. Jan. 1S.-The American
sailing vessel Monitor has been sunk
by a submarine near Fuerteventura,
one of the Canary Islands.
The crew was saved.
This information comes in a Las
Palmas despatch to the Wireless
Press.
The Monitor sailed from the Afri.
can coast with cargo of wood. She
was a schooner of 1877 tons, built in
1901 and launched in Gloucester.
Mass.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Won't Modify Order, Says Garfield.

Won't ModTfy Order, says 0drHeTd.
Chicago, Jan. 1S.-The state fuel
administrator. Mr. Williams, received
a telegram from DR.. Garfield stating
that the coal retrenchment order had
been issued only after careful study,
and would not be modified.