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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
War Curbs Suicide.

Sir Bernard Mullet, registrar gen.
eral Of the British empire, announced
recently that suicide had fallen off
strikingly in England since the begin
ming of the war. The explanation is
that the national unity of feeling, the
subordination of self and the sharing
Of sympathy on all sides makes the in
dividuals personal injuries less i'm
portant and induces him to forget his
own desperation. Personal indulgences
and excuses of immortality, causes of
insanity and melancholia, are curbed
and minimized naturally by the econ
omies enforced upon the populace.
Discipline in eating, dressing, working
has also a beneficial effect in keeping
the mind sane and free from morbid
brOodingS.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Naval SUPREMACY.

Sir Cypridn Bridge has said one of
the functions of fleet is the defense
of commerce. There Is no more i'm
portant function for a fleet than this,
writes John Hays Hammond, Jr.. in
the Atlantic Monthly. A nation may
be subjugated by direct invasion, or it
may be isolated from the world by
blockade. If the blockade be suffi-
GENTLY long, and effectively maintain
ed, 1t will ruin the nation as effectual-
ly as direct invasion. Thus, in the
maintenance of q nations merchant
marine on the high seas, its navy ex-
ercises one of its most vital functions.
There can, therefore, be no naval SUI
premacy for nation unless its COM
merce Is assured of immunity from
considerable losses through the attack
OF Its enemy.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
What You've Been Waiting For.

Masculine readers are not usually
interested in pictures showing feminine
fashions, notes the Outlook, but GER
tain halftones in a Brooklyn furrier's
catalogue are calculated to awaken a
somnolent intellectual activity In the
man who has been .leisurely coming
the rise In coalend milk bills. On the
'hrst page Is SHOWN an evening wrap
made of chinchilla: its price Is $1O,S
600. The next page illustrates wrap
which Is made up In various furs to
suit different sized purses. The hum.
bier seeker for borrowed warmth may
get this moleskin for the trifie Of $3.50 /;
more fastidious tastes may call for one
of ermine at $1,000; those who prefer
Hudson Bay sable may secure their
choice for $4,000; while the lady who
desires 1.-The real thing" may have her
wrap made Of Russian sable at a cost
Of $4,000. An inferior garment Of
Russian sable, 1t may be added, will
be furnished at $4,000 for anyone Of
economical tastes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
MILLIONS WAIT
ON TAX RULING
Excess Profits, and Income Re-
turns May be Revised.
WANT TIE ACT CLARIFIED
Amendments Are Desired That Will
Avert Challenging of Revenue Rui.
ings in Court.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The treasury
decision that, In making inventories
for excess profits and income tax re-
turns de alerS in merchandi or Sc
cursties might use the cost price or
market value. whichever was lower,
is being review by the department Of
Justice and may be revised.
Millions of dollars in taxes are de-
pendent On the final ruling.
Determination of this point IS enc
of the factors which have prevented
Issuance of forms for tax returns for
incomes Of more than $4,000 and for
excess profits rerOrts. Both these
forms will 10 reafv for distribution
probably by the middle Of next week
internal Revenue Commissioner Rop-
er said
BY that time, also. the excess pro-
fts advisers expect to complete their
work and recommend certain amend
ments to clarity the war tax act.
These amendments will cover only the
points on which it IS felt impossible
for the revenue bureau to ~rule with
out being challenged in \Ga,Gts
Most decisions, so far, bn
made with the approval IS
sional leaders, on assu1 Sif
they were challenged. amendments
could be rushed through congress to
snrpo:t the executive action.
Commissioner Roper announced
that if the treasury decision is up
held by the department of justice, the
revenue bureau will define dealers
in securities" who will be affected
by the action
Revenue officials estimated that as
high as 100000 might be lost to
the government as result of the SUI
preme courts recent decision that
stock dividends are not subject 10 the
income tax.
Senator Shoots amendments to the
war tax law. establishing a new sys.
tenn of income taxes, are being stu
died by administre ton officials. but
they are strongly opposed to any at
tempt to collect taxes this year un.
der any other system than that In
the existing act amended so az to
clarity certain of It's provisions.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Didn't Win by His Teeth.

A Philadelphia dentist had the nerve
to publish a picture Of Washington
with this statement underneath:
"Our first president owed his won
derful health to sound teeth
assume that the dentist knows more
about teeth than he knows about his
tory, writes correspondent In the
Philadelphia Ledger. Washington's
teeth were his one physical defect
They amounted almost to a facial
blemish when he smiled, and one sour
critic Of our first president who knew
him well said the reason he 80 rarely
laughed was his dislike to showing the
ravaRes Of decay in his mouth.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Waltz Who Make Good

Everybody has read stories Of waits
who got chance and made good. we
mean in fiction. That they also make
good In real life, says the New Orleans
Daily States, Is proved by the annual
report of the Children's Aid society
of New York.
For some time the society has been
diligently searching the country for re-
liable testimony regarding strays who
made their mark in the world, and 1t
has made up this list Of successful men
rescued as children from the street or
taken from an asylum or corrective In
stitution.
One state governor, one territorial
governor, two congressman, two dis
trict attorneys, two. sheriffs, two
mayors. q Justice Of the supreme court.
four other judges, two college profess
sors. two dozen clergymen, seven high
school principals. an auditor general,
nine members Of state legislatures, two
artists, "a bankers, 10 physicians, IS
lawyers, II postmasters, 81 teachers,
many business and professional men.
farmers and clerks, besides 1000 sail
Ors and soldiers.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09

ritcriai integrity should De guaranr
teed By interna tional covenant.
1s--A general association of nations
must be formed under spec;fic cove
nnntS DR. the pu pose Of affording
mutual araran;Ees If political indie
"endonca and territorial Integrity to
reef and small states AXE
y! "e~ar1 70 tHnea essential ratifica-
ions ~ wrong and assertions o. right,
y" fee, ourselves 70 he intimate
'a-tners # 81 tho governments and
- 10 "=~ociated together against the
~ :rterast o. divided in purpose. We
:tand together until the end.
Willing to Fight For Right
For such arrangements and cove
lants we are willing to fight and con-
inue to fight until they are achieved;
Dut only because we wish the right
O prevail and desire just and stable
)eace such as can be secured only by
'emoving the chief provocations TO
var, which this program does remove.
We have no Jealousy of German great
Tess, and there is nothing in this pro-
gram that impairs it.
We grudge her no achievement or
distinction Of learning OF of pacific
enterprise such as have made her
cecard very bright and very enviable.
We do not wish to injure. her or to
4nce or power. We do not wish to
fight her, either with arms or with
hostile arrangements of trade, if she
IS willing to associate herself with us
and the other peace-loving nations OF
law and fair dealing. We wish her
only to accept a place Of equality
among the peoples of the worId-the
new world in which we now live-in-
stead of a place Of mastery.
Neither do we presume to suggest
of her Institutions. But it is neces-
sary, we must frankly say, and neces-
sary as preliminary to any intelli
gent dealings with her on our part,
tina we should know whom her spokes-
men speak for when they speak TO US,
whether for. the reichstag majority
whose creed is imperial domina alton.
We have spoken now. surely, in
te"n's too concrete to admit of any
further doubt or question. An evil
dent principle runs through the whole
program I have outlined. It is the
nationalities, and their right TO live on
5dual terms of liberty and safety with
one another, whether they he strong
or weak
Unless this principle be made its
foundation, no, part of the structure
or ln1erhallHndl lnStce can STAND. Ihe
people of the United States could act
uncn no other principle and TO the
vin1ication OF this principle trey are
ready to devote their lives, their
honor and everything that they pos.
sess.
The moral climax Of this, the cul.
minating and final war for human lib
erty has come. and they arc ready 70
pit their own strength. their own
hiohnst purpose, their own INTEGRITY
and devotion to the test
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
WILL YIELD NO GERMAN SOL
Bavarian King SAYS Entente's Terms
Are Exhorbitant


Amsterdam. Jan. 9.-King Ludwig
Of Bavaria, is quoted in a Munich de-
piachpatch as having said .: a recep
ton On his birthday that the term
Of Germany's enemies were exhorb
tant
Not an anch of German territory
will he given up" he declared. "W
must try to safeguard our frontiers
Asserting that the Bavari rs, Ike
the other Germans, were victoriou:
everywhere, he added:
MAY we also succeed in defeat
ing our latest enemies. the Ameri
cans"
Discussing the statement of war
aims made by Lloyd George. the
Rhenische Westfaelische Zeitung, OF
Essen. SAYS: , ..-.
When Lord George and British Il.
Dor demand Alsace for France and
the German colonies. Arabia. Syria
and Palestine fer ,a :4ist'
Of the war indemnity we will have
to pay, the answer in view of the &c
tual war situation Is, TT is too
much"
The newspaper thinks the calmer
tone in which Lloyd Geaorge spoke is
worth nothing. and adds:
We'll Lloyd George, too. will one
day become reasonable. Until then
the U-boats and Hindenburg's sword
will help"
The Frankfurter Zeitung says:
"Only defeated Germany could think
OF negotiating on the terms laid dow
by Lloyd George. 1t is a new wal
speech. and a way to terminate the
war will only be open when the move
Inent which has begun in England
and other entente countries is strons
enough to replace Lloyd George
Clemenceau and Baron Sonninc by
men who recognize the impossible ma
ture Of such speeches and draw con
sequences from such recognition.
"How far we are from that tim
II IL hard to say"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
GERMANY FACES
GREAT CRISIS
Peace Failure Throws Country
Into Political Turmoil.
GAP BETWEEN FAC IONSGROWS
The Miltarist Supporters Reported to
Threaten designations of Luden.
dorff and Hindenbure.

London, Jan. 9.-If the German pa
pers correctly mirror the situation
the test the Bolsheviki have made oil
Germany's attitude toward the pTin
cipie CT no-annexations has thrown
Germany into political turmoil.
Advices from neu raj capitals show
the opinion there is that one Of the
most severe national crises in tie his
tory OF Germany Is developing as q
result OF the differences of views be
tween the militarist and non-miitaris
leaders regarding the governments
attitude toward Russia.
It is reported generally that Gen
eral Won Ludendorff, as leader O. the
former group, actually has gone Sc
far as TO threaten the resigna ton Of
himself and Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg if turtle" countenance Is
given even to such views as those ad
vanced by men Of the type Of DR.. vor
German and Austrian foreign minis
ferS.
At the same time the view of Won
Kuehlmann and Czernin fail to ga i
" the Socialists, who are determine
that the spirit of the reichstag r2&n
lution must be followed sincerely anG
without qualification or reserve.
Neutral observers declare the Gar
between the German parties has BE-
come chasm so wide that there is
little hope OF bridging 1t.
On the other hand. it is pointed the
various parties in entente countrie
never appeared so completely unite
as in their support Of the war I'm
promulgated by Daxid Lloyd George
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
French Drapery,

The French are pastmasters In the
art Of draping fabrics. A Parisienne
has truthfully said that French taste
Is distinctly feminine and as clear as
the Gallo language itself. says an ex-
change. II possesses the genius OF
curves, the secret Of what Is graceful
and the intuition Of what brings about
harmony. These characteristics are
all to be found in French art, French
industries and French creations.
It Is In France that we find the
work Of the most skilful hands, the
most artistic jewelry, the richest
clothes and the most beautiful hats. In
foreign countries the idea Of ugliness
or bad taste Is never associated with
che women Of France ..
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
MEDIATION IN war
Roman Popes. From Earliest
Time Deemed 1t Privilege.
First Instance Dates From 400, Whom
Effort Was Made to Arrange
Peace With Goth Leader

From the earliest time Of papacy,
popes, as the religious heads of the
Catholic church, have considered 1t
their task TO intercede as mediators
In temporal disputes, observes a his
torian. Following are q few instances
As early as 400, when Alaric / de-
clared he would withdraw from Rome
only on condition that the Romans
should arrange a peace favorable to
baSsy of the Romans to Emperor Hon
erius, at Ravenna, to try, if possible,
to make peace with him and the Goths,
but failed in his endeayors to bring
about peace. More successful was
Gregory I, who played the same part
on the occasion Of the invasion of Italy
by the Lombards. Owing to his friend
ship with the Lombardian queen Theu-
dulinda, he actually mediated a favor
able peace. When northern Italy was
devastated by Attila the venerable
bishop Of Rome, Leo 1.-THE first Of the
great pOpes-by a personal encounter
with the king Of the Huns. prevented
him from marching upon Rome. he
went in 452 to upper Italy. and met
Attila at Mincio, In the vicinity of
Mantua, obtaining from him the prom
Use that he would withdraw from Italy
and negotiate peace with the emperor.
This pope also succeeded in obtaining
another favor for the Inhabitants Of
Rome. When in ass the city was cap
tured by the Vandals under Geneseric,
the "scourge Of God" Leo's interces-
sion obtained a promise that the city
should not be injured and the lives Of
the inhabitants should be spared.
Another pope, Benedict the Twelfth,
who from 1884 to 1912 occupied the
holy see, was as unsuccessful as "a
mediator as the present supreme pom
tiff At that time Charles " Of France
had died without leaving an heir. and
when his cousin, Philip vi, put the
crown ON his head, his right to do so
was contested by Edward III of Eng
land. Benedict XII, who wanted to
mediate, was not listened to. and there
ensued hostilities lasting, with some
Interruptions, for a hundred years.
The popes mediated successfully be-
tween Christian opponents in cases
where it was Important to unite them
In the common cause of Christianity
against Turkey. ..s.
Pope Gregory (1271-1276), for the
sake Of a crusade against the Turks.
worked indefadgably upon a recon
Citation of the princes in Italy and
Germany, and Paul III (1534-1549).
nearly three centuries later, tried to
prevent a war between Spain and
France. Clement TX aided Venice
against the Turks by mediating the
peace between Louis XIV and Spain,
etc.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
Overalls and Petticoats

The bloomer Idea is going out among
the French women employed in fac
tories, especially munition works, DC
cording to letter from one Of the In
dustrial centers over there. and return
has been made to the skirt that ever
has been the badge Of femininity. Only
where working close to certain machin-
cry would make skirts dangerous have
they been discarded for boomers. or,
in most Instances, overaIls. What was
taken up as a fad. says correspond,
ent, has given way to the older and
stronger dictates of modesty. And
after work, In spite Of the fact that 1t
has been work amid grease and dirt
of the exceptional sort-or perhaps
because of it-there Is recourse to the
powder pun and the other appurten-
ances of frill that in some form or
other are synonymous with woman the
world over
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
OLD BLOCK PRINTS
Invention Is Credited to the Chi.
nese in Year 592.
Books Not in Competition With Manu-.
scripts Until the Middle Of the
Tenth Century.

Printing from blocks Is said to have
during the enlightened reign of Yank
Chen, the founder of the progressive
but short-lived Sui dynasty. Printed
books, however, asserts writer in the
Oriental News and Comment, did not
compete with manuscripts until the
time block printing developed very rap
idly, resulting in a great cheapLning
and wide diffusion of books and the
consequent rapid decline of the ,opy-
lists trade. No doubt the rapid dis
semination of learning this entailed
had much to do with the great intel
lectual nrogEess made IN ~ 1IG
the Sung dynasty, from $50 to 123 - a.
D., which has been called the pro
tracted Augustan age of Chinese litera-
ture."
Disregarding the manuscript works
of the great Tang dynasty (61S-907 A.
d., which were doubtless tenfold more
numerous and more important than the
contemperaneous literary works OF the
whole western world, the printed books
of the Sung Yuan and the early part
Of the Ming dynasties up to the middle
Of the fifteenth century have no coun-
terpart at all In Europe. They existed
In countless thousands Of volumes. In
14O6 the Imperial Ming library con-
tanned printed works to the extent Of
more than 100000 chuan (books) and
more than twice as many manuscripts,
and already many printed works Of the
Sung dynasty had been lost during the
disorders incident to the protracted
wars with the Mongols. Undoubtedly
more books were printed in China than
In all the rest of the world up TO the
middle of the seventeenth or the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century.
The great bulk of Chinese works,
aside from the Confucian classics, Is
historical or literary the latter being
mostly essays, short poems, or cri-
tiQues. There exists also vast Bud
dhistic literature ahl very many Tao
list works.
Novels are not even classed as lit.
erature, although famous ones exist
and some of them have been translated
into European languages. There are
also many famous dramas, some dating
from the Yuan dynasty. but these, too,
are excluded from literature proper by
Chinese photographers. The historical
records of the Chinese are Of vast bulk
and represent a conscientious and
painstaking record of the political and
sociological experiences of the Oldest
civilized nation on earth. In close con-
nection with these records proper we
should consider the vast number of
geographic treatises and especially the
so-called gazetteers. These latter are
official publications issued by the en-
pire, province, district, or even town
ship, and treat not only geography and
topography proper, but also the an
tiQuities, natural and manufactured
products, and even the biographies of
famous men, population, taxes. astrol.
aaE marvellous happenings, etc.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
ALI Traces Of Scrofula
Eradicated from the System

with highly satisfactory results for
Scrofula. Being made of the roots
and herbs of the forest, it is guaran-
teed purely vegetable, and absolutely
free from all mineral ingredients.
You can obtain S. S. S. from any
drugstore. Our chief medical adviser
is an expert on all blood disorders,
and will cheerfully give you full
advice as to the treatment of your
own case. Address Swift Specific
Co., Dept. F Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
USED STRING TO STIR ANGER
Irvine Swung in Air, London 6usman
Explained Indicated Other Cab
bys Brother Was Hanged.

The conversation turned on the
wonderful pungency and power OF in
vective of the old-time London cabby
as narrated by Charles Dickens in
"Pickwick Papers" and by other au-
thors of that and subsequent time.
"a few years ago." said DR.. John II.
Oliver, in the Indianapolis News, Il
paid my second visit to London. The
cabby and his horse had passed away.
The horse-drawn omnibus was no
more, the petrol-driven bus having
taken its place. l told Briton whom
met over there that I liked to sit on
the outside next the driver, that l
found him q most interesting charac-
ter.
$50 do L. said my British acquaint-
ance, but he is not at all as interesting
as his predecessor of the old fashion.
I was seated beside one Of these old
time drivers going through a street
crowded with vehicles when a bus
coming from the opposite direction
was in collision with our bus. The
wheels of the two locked and then the
highly ornate invective between the
two drivers began. 1t was the perfect
flower, yes, the full fruitage l thought
of profanity and abuse.
"'But I was mistaken. There was
more and worse to come. When the
wheels had become unlocked and we
were slowly moving away, my friend
the driver, drew from his pocket bit
Of string and holding it above his
head swung it slowly to and fro.
"The other driver at once jumped
down from his bus and, whip in hand.
struck at the string-shaker. The wealth
of epithet he then used showed that all
that had preceded it was as mild and
kindly as the softest baby chatter. Our
driver answered not word, but as he
drove slowly on continued the string
shaking.
az wondered what there could be in
this simple bit of dumbshow to make
the other busman so frantically angry.
Then my driver cave the axnla 2 q ton /.
",E didn't like it, did e? 1t was honly
a bit of joke, don't y see. is brother
was 'anged last Friday"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
SAYS
VINOL IS THE
BEST TONIC
Honest Opinion Doctor Gave His
Patient.

Bedford, Ohio.-'I was in pitt
full condition, weak, nervous and run
down so l could not do my house
work. l had doctored for years and
tried everything under the sun. A
friend told me about Vinol. L asked
my doctor about it, and he replied,
1t certainly is the best medicine that
can be had today. l couldn't give
you any better l took it, and today
am as well and strong as any wo-
man could wish to be, and it was vi
mol that saved me. Mrs. Frank A.
Horkey, Ash ST., Bedford, Ohio.
We guarantee this famous cod liy-
er and iron tonic for all such cOndi-
tions. c. P. Craig & Son, Druggists,
Cambridge, and at the best drug store
in every town and city in the coun-
try.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09

range of Industrial opportunity in this
country than abroad; war will newt
ably widen the ran~e. observes writ
er. A dearth of men will ncceSsitate
her acceptance Of sdch activities. and
for a time ut least, her continuance
in them. What is to be the result?
What changes will occur in her tenn
permanent, her Standards anG her at
titude toward lii" in consequence
NJ ono o...
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09
A CHILD GETS CROSS,
SICK AND FEVERISH
WHEN CONSIIrATED
Look, Mother. Ii tongue il coated,
clean little liver and bowels.

If your little ones tongue is coat
ed, it is sure sign the stomach. liver
and bowels need a gentle, thorough
cleansing at once. When your child
is cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally; If breath
is bad, stomach sour, system full OF
cold, throat sore, or if feverish. give
a teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" and in a few hours all the
clogged-up, constipated waste, sour
bile and undigested fcOd viii gently
move out of the bowels. and you
have a well, playful child as2in.
Sick children needn't be coaxed TO
take this harmless fruit laxative
Millions of mothers keep it handy
because they know its action on the
stomach. liver and bowels is prompt
and sure. They also know a little
given today saves sick child to-
morrow.
ASK your druggist for a bottle of
california Syrup of Figs" which
contains directions for babies. chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware OF
counterfeits sold here. Get the gem
uine made by California Fig Syrup
mpany.''-Adv.