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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-16
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

! Mrs. James y. Hastings and dau-
ghter, Miss Helen. who have been
visiting relatives and friends in Phil
adelphia, arrived home Saturday
night on the train.
Nh Scott Meekins. who has been
spending several weeks visiting his
sister, Mrs. Louis Chandler, at her
home at Bucksport, Me-, has return
ed to his home in this city.
Quite a number of persons called
at the office of the Local Board, in
the Court House, last Saturday night
to help copy the cards of the slightly
over three thousand persons who reg
istered last Tuesday. There were
not nearly as many as might have
| been expected for it would seem that
with the number of young men. who,
either have already been placed in
placed in such classes. that there
should be no difficulty whatsoever in
| getting enough persons to do this
work. The Local Board states that
| the young ladies have come forward
| splendidly, but there has not been
| the response of the men that might
gent that this work be completed
quickly in order that this county may
not be behind other counties in the
State in making its return, and also
in order that the Provost General
may secure this information in time,
otherwise some men who are now in
deferred classification may find them
selves called for service.
Greece and America have just
signed a CONSUMPTION treaty. BY it
and by the new draft it is estimated
that to the 10000 Greeks who now
wear American uniforms there will
be added a good 100000 more. A few
hundred Greeks, at Thermopylae,
were enough for XerXes. 200, 900
would have chased him clear to Chi
ma And manifestly, in the matter of
the modern XerXes still at large in
Europe, 100000 Greeks, properly in
structed and inspired, should be able,
alone and hands down, to make an
end of him Till recently, however,
there was difficulty. There was no
one to furnish that proper instruc-
tion and inspiration. But it is be-
ing furnished now, from New York,
by Troop Number One of the Greek
American Boy Scouts, headquarters
l165 E. 72nd street. And one Major
Pantelis A Sioris, their Scoutmaster,
and a Mr.. Demetrios j. Theophilatos
are also assisting.
Wear your old clothes and buy
Liberty Bonds.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-16
CHOICE GRAVEL FOR SALE.

For the next two weeks | will have
a full supply of choice gravel for
sale. Anyone needing same Will do
well to see me.-Frank P. Cannon,
Willis Street.-Adv. 1927
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-16
Millinery Opening
SEPT. II And 1S.

We beg to announce our readiness
with new models of the latest shapes
and materials, both trimmed and I'M
trimmed. L. z. VANE.
Adv. 14-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
War Has Eclipsed
 National Pastime

e7TsIMES have changed. During oth-
 u CT world series baseball games every play as it was made was flashed from one end of the country to the other. Great crowds gathered about bulletin boards. To casual ob- server who did not understand the American temperament, it would have appeared that the business of the entire nation was suspended while two teams of ball players fought for supremacy on the dia- mond. sa
 Perhaps nothing else shows more forcibly that the nation is at war than the lack. of interest in the present series. While the attendance has been smaller, something that was ex- expected and discountehin advance, it is the apathy of the public through out America which is even more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The more money man has. the more he chases women. The more money a woman has, the less use she has for men.
 Isn't 1t funny how a good. big. healthy cuss word seems to lessen the pain when you stub your corn or mash your finger:
 Strange how a man gets homesick when he is away from his wife for a week and how he gets sick of home after he has been with her for a week.
 Her husband is so tight with dollars for the soup pot that 1t would amaze her to see how loose he is with dollars for the jackpot.
 A grass widow imagines that nearly every married woman of her acquain ance would like to change places with her. And she isn't so far wrong, at that.
 A husband can always get his wifes goat by bringing home railroad time table and looking it over and sticking it back in his pocket. She sniffs around suspiciously and waits for him to volun- teer some information, and finally de- mands where he thinks he is going.
 Your old jokes are all new when you tell them to a girl who has good teeth and dimples.
 We don't think we will ever be in such a hurry to get anywhere that tin bath tuh tied on to a motorcycle will attract us as an acceptable mode of transporta- tion.
 There are lots of men and women in this world who are more worried about being careful than they are about being good.
 There is something wrong with the man who is prouder of his ancestors than he is of his children. And there are lot of men that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Secretary Baker
 Once More Abroad

A LTHOUGH Secretary Baker is SA the most roundly criticized member of President Wilson's of ficial family and the malcontents find little to praise in the way he has managed the war department, he has for the second time braved the not entirely negligible dangers of trans atlantic voyage and is again in France.
 Since MT. Baker wants first-hand information, the sensible thing for him to do is to get that information for himself, even though it involves some personal danger, tiresome sea voyage which is nothing like it used to be when there was round of fes- tivities on board luxurious liners from the hour of sailing until they were warped to their piers at the port of destination.
 On MT. Bakers first official trip abroad he saw much and learned great deal about the war. He got more vivid impressions and more accurate data than he could have obtained by any indirect method. He is accom- panied by Surgeon General Gorgas, a distinguished Alabamian; John D. Ryan, assistant secretary in charge of aircraft, and Brigadier General Hines, chief of the embarkation service.
 Secretary Bakers present journey was doubtless taken in preparation for the great drive the American army is expected to make either this year or the next and the arrival of the forces which will be raised by the new draft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
WHAT WOULD THE HUN DO?

From the New York Sun.
 M91 7 ERE the conditions reversed; W\W were it the Hun who was win ming; had his grand onslaught succeeded; had he captured Paris; had he planted himself on the channel ports; were he steadily wearing out slowly re- treating forces; were the evidence of our collapsing military and civil morale ac- cumulating with every passing day; were our man power diminishing and his own
 increasing, with reserves back of him for indefinite further increases; were this the existing state of affairs, what would the Huns programme be?
 Would he be feeling his way to an in- conclusive peace by negotiation, or would he be truculently demanding a peace on terms of his own dictation You'd he be deploring the wholesale slaughter and whining about the responsibility for fur ther slaughter resting on us and not on him? Would he halt his plans for ab- sorbing Belgium and for reducing France to a conquered province and under Hun vassalage? Would he be moving relent- lessly on with his programme of crushin g all before him until the whole world was under the Hun heel?
 Were the Hun as sure he were going to win as we are sure he is going to lose not whisper or a hint of peace, other than by complete, crushing defeat of his enemies, would be coming from him. His career of savagery would be taking on a fresh and constantly accel- erating impulse. He would not stop until ev cry nation now resisting him was be his programme under such circum- Sta must he the of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

allies from now on-a programme carried out to it's last detail of Hun subjugation utter and complete, unless we would have| the war of the allies failure and all those millions of precious lives of civil4| ized-men sacrificed in vain. That, we apprehend, is the doctrine| which Senator Lodge meant to lay downl in his-recent speech in the Senate it isl the doctrine of Lloyd George and ot, Clemenceau; of Albert of Belgium and of all Italy. It surely is the doctrine of the people of these United States And tc| any American group or to any AmericanI political party or to any American polit-l Lica. leaders who do not subscribe to itl now and stand by it to the bitter end,l what else can befan than such an over-| whelming flood of American condemna-l tion as shall sweep them off the political mar for generations to come?
 What the allies are going to do is pre- cisely what the Hun would do were he| winning. instead of losing the war. TheyI are going right on to such a victory wonl or Hun soil and to such peace, dictated on the spot where the whole hellish con-| spiracy against civilized mankind was] matched, as will put the Hun where he| will be imr otent to disturb the peace of the world for 100 years.
 In this season of a presumably impend- ing Hun peace effort of intrigue andl chicanery this is a matter not for mol ment to be lost sight of-a matter tp be taken close to the heart of every American man, woman and child anal steadfastly and unswervingly held there until the last detail of an aspiration for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Forecast of Crops
 As of September 1

THE report of the United States N department of agriculture, is- sued yesterday, shows the effect of drouth on many of the food crops.
 The governments forecast, based on
 conditions September 1, indicates a
 short corn crop. Early in the summer a bumper crop-considerably over three billion bushels-was indicated.
 There was promise, indeed, of new high record, but the estimate now is
 for only 2,672, 2,0O0,OO0 bushels. The
 condition of corn had fallen to 67.4 per cent. On the first of September the condition of potatoes, Irish and sweet, was each 74.5 per cent instead
 of 80 or 85 as had been expected.
 The crop condition is not given by states. In Alabama the corn crop has not been injured as much as it has been in some of the other states, but whether it reaches the hundred mill lion-bushel mark hoped for is
 doubtful. It will probably not ex-
 ceed eighty million bushels; but if it comes up to those figures it will be la new high record.
 The wheat crop of the United States is slated at 899, ,O00, 900 bushels. The planting was for billion bushels or more, but weather conditions were mot favorable to winter wheat.
 The food administration is making Ia patriotic appeal for larger grain acreage for the 1919 harvests than
 ever before. In order to feed this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
THE TRENCH MORTAR

coming in to report for duty one after noon. They were working at mine s'F, and the trenches by which we approached this shaft were always subjected to in tense bombardment with T. Ms and att many places almost completely levelledI by this fire at regular intervals. When this happened the wise man would bend almost double in passing along or crawl over the obstruction on his hands and stomach, so as to avoid observation. On this afternoon we concluded that some of our lads had exposed themselves in go- ing up, or that the Boche had located the entrance to our shaft. Directly they reached the entrance heavy trench mor- tar burst among them, killing six and wounding another. Four of the bodies were hurled down the shaft.
 These T. Ms are bad things-the burst results in inflicting multiple wounds. l have seen number of poor fellows hit in over 20 places from one T. M. The royal army medical corps people have busy time fixing them up; many, however. recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
DRUNK FARM NOT PROFITABLE New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis-
 patch.
 There are not enough .drunks' in tho city of New York--that is to say, per- sons who have passed the stage where curtain lecture from the wife and an ominous growl from the earner or tne pay roll will not operate as substitutes for bichloride of gold--to make the Job or running farm for inebriates profitap-e. Mayor Hylan sent a note yesterday to the officials of the farm telling then that the task of being official cold towel will hereafter be given to the department of correc.ion. ''The number of unfortu- mates assigned to the farm is far too small to justify it's upkeep," was ths on;nio, of the mayor Which, consider ing that a eoodly part of the S,oOoooo m babitants of this city enjoy playing speed w;th the cash register at times, speaks ,-arv wall for the community. The InGe nendent Order of Flaming Beaks pra- pared last night to send the news to washington as an argument why no pro- hibition law was needed. There ain't much use in prohibition" said one of inc members of the order, when out of 5.Ooo. GOO folks you can't find enough real trunks to get in the crop of one-horse farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
McAdoo Inspecting
 the Railroads

INM WILLIAM c. M'ADOO, secre- w tary of the Treasury and
 director general of all transportation lines, is making a personal inspection of the railways.
 Since the first of June he has in- |spected twelve thousand miles of track and great deal of rolling stock. He first made tour of the railroads on the Pacific slope and yesterday he completed his inspection of the New England lines. Much of the roadbed has been gone over sev- |eral times in order that the inspection
 might be thorough. In performing his task the director general has al- ready travelled twenty-five thousand
 miles and before finishing his inspec- tion of the roads of the entire country he will have travelled, it is estimated,
 between fifty and sixty thousand Imiles.
 MT. McAdoo is a lawyer by profes- |sion, but for many years of his life he was engaged in extensive railroad activities, both in an administrative capacity and in large construction.
 He is, therefore, exceptionally well equipped for the exacting duties which the director generalship inn poses upon him.
 While MT. McAdoo is assisted in operating the railroads of the United States by able officials, it is good thing for him to see for himself traffic conditions as they Exist and the physical condition of the roads.
 The rail lines have long been over- taxed and many of them are now
 greatly run down. The government has recently started on betterment
 work to cost nearly billion dollars. But more money will be required to but the roads in first-class condition and to make necessary extensions. After McAdoo's inspection he will
 be all the better prepared to make recommendations to Congress for Appropriations for vaster scheme of improvement. In the meantime what seems, to be of pressing need is re- lief of the congested situation. The value of waterways and highways for freight traffic must not be lost sight of-the rivers for heavy freight and motor trucks for light and short hauls.
 The problems involved in all phases of the transportation question will receive the director generals serious attention and good results will follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
WIVES INDEPENDENT THESE DAYS

WIVES INDEPENDENT THESE DAYS From the Chicago News.
 John Prybrowski, 123 East 117th place, had his wife Frances arrested today on disorderly conduct charge, because she moved away and wouldn't come back. They appeared before Judge Edward T. Wade at the South Chicago municipal court.
 tJudge," said John, .I'll do anything If she will only come back. love her ana everything"
 Frances, why don't you go back?" the judge wanted to know.
 Well, your honor," said the woman, ''the time has come when us women who have been subject to being beaten up every day for the last 10 years by their husbands (this with a meaning look at John) do not have to stand for 1t any more. I won't go back. I am making sS5 a week and can keep myself all right
 The judge thought it over, decided he had no right to make her go back. dis charged the case and complimented Frances on making her own way in the world.
 By the way asked the judge. as Frances was leaving the courtroom. What are you doing for living?"
 For the last six months, replied Frances. T have been boilermaker's s helper at the Burnside shops of the Illi- ,oie Control ro ;1rooA
 There was another meaning look in Johns direction. as that person faded from view
 And judge" she continued. when ] have six months more of that strength- ening kind of work--I might-go-back- to--John!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
STRAIGHT TALK BY ADMIRAL SIMS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Americans may take satisfaction in the fact that their sons and brothers in uni form are under the guidance of com manding officers who exercise the maxi mum of good common sense. Witness the remarks of Vice Admiral Sims, command CT of the naval forces in the war zone, in addressing American soldiers and sail ors in London Admiral Sims, after he had given due praise to the American fighters, said: "But don't you chaps get to sticking out your, chests and going around thinking America is doing it all. I want to tell you here and now that what is being done by this tiny little island
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

From Fighting Under the Ground" by
 Capt. H. D. Trounce, E. R. C., in the
 September Scribner.
 OT1HE enemy trench mortar fire on the
 surface was particularly bad. We
 S reached a stage where we thought nothing of shelling as long as they did not throw in number of T. Ms, as they are called. These trench mortars vary in weight from to 250 pounds, from aerial darts to heavy minenwerfers. Their trajectory being steep and their velocity not very high, we could see them in the air, look out for them, and in many cases reach cover before they dropped. How, ever, this was not always easy. One could always see the trench mortar which was going to land in a trench about a hundred or more yards distant, but those that were apparently coming straight for where one himself was, left one always in doubt as to whether they would land ir ones own traverse or in the next. And one's guess in the matter was nearly always wrong.
 Our casualties from these trench nor tars were heavy. Ten of my men were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

is wonderful The British fleet is pro- teoting us and supporting us and getting us to the front.
 These are important truths that great many people at home are prone to forget Praise for soldiers and sailors from the United States who are serving human ity on land and sea cannot justly be withheld. Yet it would be absurd and extremely unjust to exalt their efforts and achievements to the detriment of those of the allied nations, whose fighting qualities both before and since the advent of the United States as a belligerent
 have aroused the worlds wonder and ad- lniration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

noticeable than decreased attendance. The erstwhile fan might learn the news from Chicago or Boston by merely investing a few pennies in a newspaper or glancing at a bulletin board, but his thoughts are elsewhere. If he is a father he is thinking of a son in France, perhaps, or a boy who has already given his life on the bat tlefield.
 At a time like this only the most inveterate devotee of baseball keeps in close touch with the progress of the world series, and even his inter- est is not as keen as it was last year or the year before. Apart from the fact that some of the best known players have not shown themselves as anxious to fight for their country as they usually are to sign a lucrative contract, the average man is face to face with problems more serious than he has ever confronted before and he feels, properly enough, that there are matters of more pressing importance just now than heroics on the diamond.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
sELF-LAUDAToRY.

| q used to think my Hired man wouldn make much of a soldier" said MT. Col bles.
 But you have changed your mindf"
 Decidedly. hear from Sam prett regularly, an, judgin' from his letter tn only reason why he hasn't capture tn Kaiser an tn rest of tn war lort is because they keep out of his way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
Rotarian. New Home

T hope all of the Rotarians will drop
 in and see us in our handsome Thew quarters on the ground floor of the
 Tutwiler," said Clarence Lloyd, the af. fable secretary. We want the Birmingham Rotarians to make it headquarters and come by daily. and we hope that 1t will be at tractive to out-of-town Rotarians. We are on the Twentieth street side next to the alley in the old tea room, which
 has been used so frequently by the al- lied armies in their drives, as we'll as by the Red Cross"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
A SHINING EXAMPLE.

What can poor man do to show hi patriotism?"
 "oh, there are many sacrifices he cal make, but, of course, none of them is a conspicuous as the self-denial of the ricl man who resolutely keeps his garag locked all day Sunday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
sHREwD GUESS.

For half an hour Gadspur has beer standing at the telephone saying, "uh huh uh, huhr Y
 Who do you suppose is at the othe end of the wire?"
 Tt must be his wife. He would feel il duty bound to be more polite to anybod. else" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
THE CONSERVATIVE FOCH

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 As marked contrast, one will notice that Focn indulges in no loose talk about the Christmas dinner he is going to eat in Berlin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

" JoScpI Lee, SecOnu ueutendnt AlHS royal rifles, of the British army, and author of Ballads of Battle" Here do we lie, dead but not discontent; That which we found to do has had ac-
 complishment No more for us uprise or set of sun; The vigilant night. the desperate day is
 done. To other hands we leave the avengina
 sword, To other tongues to speak the arousing word. Here do We lie, dead, but not discontent, That MEich- we found to do has had ac-
 complement. Forget US not, O land for which we fell- May it go well with England, still go
 we'll Keep her bright banners without blot or
 stain, Lest we should dream that we had died in vain. Brave be the days to come, when we And but wistful memory. *ss Here do we lie, dead. but not discontent. that which we found to do has had ac-
 complishment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
A DEPARTED TYPE.

Though autumn days are fresh and coo, Alas, no more we hear The colonels of a quaint old school Take fond farewell of beer And ere their tongues grow thick an
 thicker Exclaim, This weather's fine for Ticker!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HEROINES

THRONES. She took her leave Without regret And went to be A farmerette. Full many maid When her country calls Puts on a pair Of overalls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, what is my life if pay too much to possess fts What is peace or cOm- fort if I buy too dearly: What are friends or family or praise or suc- cess or the whole world, if I sell myself to get them or to keep them. God grant me myself. my strength. unswerving, unshrinking, unerring self. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10

Washington bureau. 2O7 Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. World build ing, New York city: western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-10
NO IMPROVEMENT.

Do you notice any change for the bet ter since the government took over the railroads?"
 'No," replied the pessimistic traveller. "The train announcers are just as hard to understand as ever"
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N Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-clas matter. un- der act of Congress, March $, 1879.