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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

completed and issued by THE Ameri-
can Mining congress. the United States
produced and marketed 2S1 ,1O4. .1O4
barrels Of crude petroleum. This COM
prised 65.72 per cent, or almost two
thirds, of the entire world production.
Other countries follow Russia, 1903
per cent Mexico, 100 per cent; Dutch
East Indies, 2.9O per cent; ROumania.
2.S1 per cent India. 1.92 per cent. And
less than 1 per cent each, Galicia. ia
pan and Formosa, Peru, Germany.
Trinidad. Argentina, Egypt, Canada
and Italy.
With this list in hand. 1t is easy to
see why American oil is so important
n factor in the prosecution Of the war.
Russian fields, If they are being work
ed at all, probably are being worked
for Germany's benefit. So are Rou-
manian fields.
Thus far. though prices have scared
lust as IL there WIS famine in Oil,
the American fields, including the Mex
lean, have suff1ced t. keep all the allies
fairly well supplied. Students OF war
problems declare that Americas oil
supply will be practically as valuable
In the last analysis as American men,
money and munitions.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

This ordinarily pleasing young per-
son is shown in n costume that rather
startled all beholders. There have
been many military fashions, but not
one of them ever came near this for a
militaristic appearance. This feminine
piece of apparel is patterned In many
ways after the uniform. The coat is
more full, and the collar has long
points, which are practically the only
differences. Swinging from the shoul-
ders Is military cape that adds to the
style of the costume. The skirt is
tight-fitting, SO tight that when the
wearer walks, 1t greatly resembles
trousers. The hat is built on Royal
flying corps lines. The outfit is ex-
tremely natty, and will make soldier
girl Of any wearer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

He Smiled sIandIy at a. Old Horse.
the general way in which the cook
dropped platter, and broke it in four
places that he whispered to Mrs. Bow
ser that she ought to have her wages
raised at least dollar a week.
Friday evening was a replica Of 9TH
er pleasant evenings. The minister Of
Mrs. Bowser's church made brief call
and talked to Mr.. Bowser about his
soul, and Mr.. Bowser didn't get mad
about 1t. He seemed to know that he
had a soul. and that 1t ought to be a
good soul. He promised to attend
church more regularly, and the min
lister left in high hopes that he had
rescued another human being from the
downward path.
All men agree that Saturday Is the
most trying day Of the week. II q
man is ever going to be mean and
'grouchy 1t Is on Saturday. Mr.. Bow
ser was to be tested, but he stood the
test gravely. He arose at his usual
hour, and he did not kick. A goat
had come along and ate up some Of
the flowers In the front yard, but there
were NO threats of taking his tail and
keeping it until he was brought low.
Mr.. Bowser simply smiled and laughed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Thought Cakes Tainted.

Virginia loved to help her mother.
One day her mother was making q
special effort to bake a prize cake for
the church fair and Virginia was all
interest. The cake rose beautifully
and appeared to be thoroughly done,
but when removed from the stove it
fell fiat and had n sad streak through
the center. Another cake was immedi-
ately mixed in haste and little Vir-
ginia's eyes grew large rs she listened
to her mother lamenting over the first
sad cake that had fallen. The second
baking proved the same as the first,
but the third attempt resulted in q
veritable triumph. Virginia, however.
could not rally from the mornings
tragedy, and when her aunt came over
she exclaimed in great excitement:
"Oh, auntie, mother made three cakes
and two Of 'em tainted"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
OIL is BIG FACTOR
Asset That Makes America I'm
portant as War Power.
A Valuable to Cause Of ALLIES ~
American Men, Money and
Munitions.

washington.-r Americas men,
money and munitions did not consti-
tute a vital asset in the cause of the
allies against Germany, America would
still be a friend in need. II she could
not provide ships or steel, she would
still constitute a pillar Of strength.
The reason9 Oil.
America produces more oil than all
the rest of the world. And ships, en-
gines, autos. and many other war fac
tors are using on as motive force.
Oil is needed as a lubricant for all the
metals used in the prosecution Of war.
Its uses are SO varied and 80 vital.
Indeed. that oil constitutes another Of
lhose commodities without which the
war could not be won.
In 1915. for which figures have been
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

per syndicate.)
Mr.. Bowser got out Of bed on Mon
day morning, after his third call to
breakfast, and proceeded to dress.
When he reached as far as his socks
they were not in sight. He did not
rush to the hall and call for Mrs. Bow
ser to come up on the gallop and ex-
until he found one Of them on his foot
and the other crushed into his shoe.
He had trouble in finding his collar and
necktie, and his watch had somehow
worked under his dresser. but he didn't
make a kick-not single kick. He
ate breakfast without kick and, as
he walked up the street on his way to
the Office, he smiled blandly at an old
horse limping down the street.
Mr.. Bowser didn't kick when he
came home. He didn't kick through
out the evening. He was as peaceful
as pumpkin growing under the July
sun.
Tuesday morning he had the same
difficulty in finding his clothes to dress.
One shoe had gotten into the closet,
where he had thrown it during the
night at gnawing mouse, and it took
ten minutes to remember it. The but
ton had come out Of his shirt collar
and 1t took ten minutes more to find
1t asleep in bed. Not one kick. Not
one swear word. Mrs. Bowser limited
that they would soon need more coal
for the kitchen range, but that did not
disturb Mr.. Bowser's placidity in the
least.
And. walking up to the corner. he
shook hands with three or four men
whom he hardly knew and told an old
woman that the war would soon be
Sver and everybody would be rich. If
lonely old mule had come along and
brayed in Mr.. Bowser's ear he would
not have raised riot.
Tuesday evening at dinner Mrs. Bow
ser timidly mentioned that she wanted
to do some house cleaning next day,
and that she would get up in the morn
ing an hour earlier to do SO. She held
her breath waiting for Mr.. Bowser to
say that he would stay home from the
office and put in the day with her
and, of course, that would have spoiled
the whole thing. but he didn't say any.
thing Of the kind. What he did say
was, that II she wanted any help she
could employ 1t and he hoped she
wouldn't tire herself out working toe
hard. Mr.. Bowser got up Wednesday
morning as early as Mrs. Bowser did
but he didn't take hold and sling rugi
and chairs about. He simply sat down
and read his morning paper, much tc
the astonishment Of the cook, who men
toned to Mrs. Bowser that something
was surely going to happen. She wal
mistaken, however. Not even a frowr
appeared on Mr.. Bowser's face. Wher
he came home In the evening, he found
everything as 1t should be, and made
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
WASTAGE TELLS TRAGEDY OF WAR

of mud of varying thicknesses and
not infreQuently garment presents
stain Of an indefinable color, always
easily recognized but got rid of with
difficulty. These garments receive
special treatment. They are first
thrown into q receptacle which they
go through long and thorough cleans
ing before being treated as other gar-
ments.
Leather, Metal and Cloth.
The first operation on the arrival Of
q train Is the sorting Of the load into
three piles, leather. metal and cloth.
The cloth and canvas go Mt once into
immense disinfecting tanks that are
in operation night and day, and from
there to the laundry. Then they go to
another warehouse, where they are
separated into repairable and unre-
parable; here there Is a great deal of
ripping to separate trimmings from
garments and to divide the garments
themselves into pieces Of rs nearly uni
form size as possible to facilitate their
transformation into comfortable slip
pers.
The sheep skins are purified by q
sulphur application In the abandoned
vault of an old cemetery near by.
where 5000 Of them are treated each
day, after which they are made plia-
BILE and ready for wear again by oeaU-
ing machine. Some of them are able
to take another turn at the front. but
the most of them, along with pieces of
uniform, are distributed among the as
sembling stations at the rear for the
equipment Of auxiliaries and among
the hospitals for the clothing of con-
valescents.
Rags are sold here at the rate of
hundred bales per day, weighing in
the aggregate about IL tons. This rep.
resents the wear and wastage of cloth
ing received at LIE Mans alone: an
equal quantity Is received at Les Muir
Inns.
Kettles, braziers, lanterns, drums,
musical instruments and all kinds of
tools also pass through here on their
way to Rennes to be dealt with by spe-
cial establishments where the per
centage of recuperation is said to be
very slight.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Daily Eight Trains Bring Soldiers
Ruined Equipment to lie
Mans From Front.
5000 MAKE OVER GARMENTS
French Redeem $1,000 Pairs Of
Trench Boots and $4,000 Pieces Of
Outer Clothing MonthIy-Ger-
man War Prisoners Work.

LIE Mans, Department of the Sarthe,
France.-On an average eight trains
a day are bringing to LIE Mans the
wastage at the battle front, consisting
of thousands Of tons Of damaged war
material and soldiers ruined equip
ment. There have been as many as
II trains day heavily loaded with
this material picked up on battlefields
aud around camps. LIE Mans would be
the paradise Of ragmen and dealers In
secondhand goods were II not for
the fact that the French army is find
ing its own use for such OF the mate
rial as 1t is able to recuperate or re-
pair.
. Establishments located here by the
Aquartermaster's department recuper-
ates monthly $4,000 outer garments.
l25.OOO undergarments. $500 pairs Of
shoes. 10000 pairs of trench boots. 25.-
900 steel helmets, 27O.OOO sheepskin
capes and 10000 pieces of equipment.
These articles are made ready for
use again by disinfectiOn, renovation
and repairs. There are in addition,
made each month from pieces OF cloth
Ing that are not repaired, 100000
pairs of slippers, 10000 cases for SOL
diers' canteens, $4,000 forage caps.
$4,000 shoe laces, 10000 cloth cases
for bread loaves, and 10000 wash
rags.
5000 In Repair Shops.
The recuperation and repair Of worn
and damaged articles began in the
spring of 1915 in vast warehouses and
repair shops in which 5000 persons.
including 1900 refugees, mostly wom-
en-, are employed.
Here and at Les Murlins, northwest
Of Orleons. among the quays from
which the mobilized men Of the fifth
military region went of to war In
August, 1914. German prisoners Of
war now line up in front OF incoming
freight trains and unload quantities
of great sacks that look like the prod
uct of gigantic ragman's shop.
The indescribable mass invokes' the
confusion us well as the tragedy Of
the battlefield. There are pierced and
dented helmets, worn and stained
pieces of uniform, forage caps, great
coats, leggings, army shoes and trench
boots, some of them pierced by bullets.
some torn by shrapnel and. others
shredded by violent contact with
5arbed wire.
All of them are covered with layers
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
BLAmEs BLOW ON HIS HEAD
Cuban Who Burns Up WIfe's Coat
Says eayonet Wound 10 Respon-
sibIe for Trouble.

Middletown, N. Y.-Antonio Tuffin,
a Cuban. in jail because he saturated
his wife's fur coat with oil and threw
it into the furnace. says his predica-
ment is due to a blow on the head by a
bayonet In the hands of Boche. His
wife, formerly Miss Bertha De Le-
vigne. an attractive Frenchwoman.
who taught dancing lessons in New
York, admits her husband has a
cracked skull and that is why she is
asking a divorce.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
G0RGES ON BANANAS
TO INCREASE WEIGHT

Marinette, Wis.-Because he
wants to join the army and can
not be accepted as he Is under
weight. Stanley Brown Of Memo
minee is literally buying up all
the bananas in the Twin Cities
and gorging himself with the
fruit. He says he is gaining
weight rapidly. and will again
try to pass the avoirdupols de-
mands of the recruiting officer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
"Cold In the Head"

70 an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per-
sons who are subject to frequent "colds
in the head" will ind that the use of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up. the System. cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks Of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS .CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX:
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
An Druggists 7bc- Testimonials free: :
$4,000 for any case of catarrh that
c'Fe j. Cheney / Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Nuts Become Popular.

Seattle. Wash.-Nuts are popular
food here. The reason for the unpre-
cedented demand for nuts is that Mrs
Catherine Davis, nut packer In u
Seattle nut plant. reported to the po-
lice that she believes she dropped her
purse, containing SIP in currency
and two diamond rings valued ut
about 500. into can of nuts she
was packing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Two Views.

man." chirped the optimist. ais the
animal that laughs"
"And." growled the pessimlst, ''he
has little enough to laugh about at
that" uAx.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pferce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
wI.eon,in,. Fine Potato Crop.

Wisconsin furnished 36, 100000
bushels of the entire potato crop Of
the United States, which amounted to
44O,OOO.OOO bushels in all. This Is
about Sh per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Patriotic Envi

Patriotic Environment.
Jonah entered the whale.
Every day is both meatless, wheat
less and lightless," he pointed out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31

Piles Cured In to IA Days
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT fnila
70 cure Itching, Blind, bleeding Protrudtng Pilea
Eist application gives relief 6Oc.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Well. Whv Not?

PA, why do we pray for daily
bread?"
"Why-"
"why don't we pray for potatoes?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
An Easy End,

Hi Perkins-As fer me. want to die
rich. never yet heard of rich fell
Ter being hung or electrOcuted.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-01-31
Bowser Is
At Peace
Maybe He Won't
Kick Again

ooseooeeeeoeeo . . .
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newsra-
per Syndicate.)
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
THE ANSWER

They asked for peace,
Liars and thieves. who Stay and rape
and burn.
Now seek to parley what they shall
return.
They ask for peace.
Cool, cultured brutes, more foul than
they that breed
Dumb beasts that know no Law but
lust and greed
They ask for peace.
Their fat. short-fingered hands still
dripping red
With blood OF little children and our
dead
They ask for peace,
And think those loathsome paws are
fit 10 be
Grasped by clean hands. the hands of
chivalry,
Great God of mercy and rightfulness.
Give us the strength TO make them
understand
That on his knees their fiend of fright
fulness
Shall get the only justice from Thy
hand.
Lay down your arms. you troops of
treachery,
Lay down your pride. you hosts of
hate and hell,
Lay down your lies. your loot, your
lecheryl
Lay down your arms. you killers
OF Cavell,
Then only shall you know your God
of might,
Your God with u.s." who now com
mands,
"Thous mustl"
He is the great Jehovah, God of right,
Your God, our God the God in
whom we trust.
To Him we leave all vengeance, and
like Him
We come to you with healing for all
harms;
But we come. led by Joan and sera-
phim.
Lay down your arms, dark power!
Lay down your arms!
WILLIAM DUNCAN CHENEY
In the Seattle acknowledgement.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
powy STAIRS

New York people living in apart
ment houses and hotels are requested
by the State fuel administrator TO
walk downstairs from the second.
third, fourth of fifth floor instead Of
riding down in the elevator. He says
il will save a good deal of fuel, and
will not tire the walkers.
There are many persons, particular
~ in New York City, who will ques
ton whether walking downstairs is so
easy as the fuel administrator insists,
at least so far as effects on the ex-
tensor leg muscles are concerned.
That problem, however, will settle it
self in time AS is the case with any
thing else, iabby folk can learn to en-
dure walking downstairs by walking
down stairs.
The question of fuel, however, in
jects a different consideration. Is it
true that people save mechanical pow
er by not riding downstairs? If so,
there are faults in elevator construc-
ton and operation that ought to be
remedied.
To any disinterested layman with a
trace OF scientific knowledge, it would
seem that an elevator load of people
ought to be able to take itself down.
Moreover, on the down trip it ought to
have it's falling power used to help
lift another eleyator-load. At a VEN
ture, we should say that six people
going down ought to send four or five
people up, if the elevators were timed
so as to make their trips simultane-
ously Otherwise, the power. of fall
ing elevator might be saved by a stor-
age battery and used later for lifting,
instead of being wasted by brakes.
Thus a man or woman riding down
would actually be generating power.
These principles are said to be APP
piled now. in some elevator systems.
BY applying them generally, seeking
likewise to save mechanical power
wherever possible the fuel consump-
ton of the country might be enorm-
ously decreased. Railroad lines and
trolley lines furnish a fine opportunity
for such conservation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
James A. Boston VS. Eliza johnson
Boston
No. 223- Divorces
In the Circuit Court for Anne Arund,
County


No. 223- Divorces
In the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County.
The object Of this suit is to procure
a decree Of Divorce A NinculD Matrimonii.
by the Plaintiff from the Defendant The
Bin states that the Plaintiff has resided
In Anne Arundel County all OF his life,
and that he was married TO the Defend
in December. In the year nineteen hun
dred and four. and that they lived to-
gether as man and wife until July, in the
year nineteen hundred and seven, when
the Defendant abandoned the Plaintiff
without any just caase and that said
abandonment IS deliberate and final and
the separation OF the parties is without
any reasonable hope or expectation OF
reconciliation.
That no children were born to them.
That the Defendant is a nonresident of
the State Of Maryland.
IL is thereupon this Bird day Of October,
in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen.
ordered by the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel County that the Plaintiff by caus-
ing a copy Of this order TO be inserted
ia some newspaper published in Anne
Arundel County once in each Of the four
November. in the year nineteen hundred
and eighteen, giving notice 20 the said
non resident Defendant Of the object and
substance OF this Bill, warning her to be
and appear in this Court in person, or
by solicitor, on or before the
Goth DAY OF NOVEMBER
next, 10 show cause, II any she has, why
decree ought not TO be passed as prayed.
wM. n. WOODWARD.
True Copy Test: Clerk.
WIN X. WOODWARD. Clerk
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
CLIP GS OF
- CAPITAL COUPONS

Word comes that the ex-Czar had to
be propped against a post before he
could be shot. If it had been the
Kaiser or one of his sons the chances
are the victim would have found a
way to dodge behind the post
1t looks as though we hadn't yet
reached the end of counts against the
late unlamented Bolo Pascha. Now
they're accusing him of having been
press agent. We may now expect
to hear that he was also a ticket
scalper
No doubt the King of England is
glad to know that the Irish home
rulers have dropped the slogan Let
George do it," for the latest and most
popular wall of trouble makers, LET
Woodrow do it,"
Is this another reconcile propagan-
da of the lurking Hun-this diabolical
suggestion that the Irish question be
now unloaded upon President Wilson?
X
The 1. w. w. and the Bolshevik
have decided that the individual tooth
brush is the emblem of the vapitalistic
plans. Also that books and bath tubs
are the skulking enemies of the real
brotherhood of man.
"A little learning is a dangerous
thing says contemporary editor.
But little knowledge might be all
right-mightn't it?
negro woman moved into a white
neighborhood in Philadelphia, preci-
plating a riot which resulted in three
deaths and sixty casualties. Phila-
delphia newspapers have been more or
less outspoken heretofore concerning
the ''odious segregation" ordinances
of some of the Southern cities.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is Hereby Given, That the Sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Anne Arundel County, in Mary
and. Letters Testamentary, ON the personal
estate of
ELLEN b. MAYER,
late of Anne Arundel County, deceased.
All persons having claims qgairst the de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber. on or before the
eth DAY OF DECEMBER. 1918.
They may otherwise, ~ Jaw, be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day Of
June. 1918
ROSALYN SYLVESTER CHEW,
Administrative. c. I. a.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given, that the Sub
scriber has obtained frcm the Nrphnns'
Court of Anne Arundel County, Mary
land. Letters of Administration the
personal estate OF
THOMAS HARRISON,
late of Anne Arundel County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber, on or before the
esd DAY OF MARCH, 1919.
They may otherwise, by law. be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
September, 1918.
EUGENE p. CHILDS,
Administrator
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given. That the Sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Anne Arundel County, in Mary
land. letters Testamentary on the personal
estate of
THEODORE DAMMEYER,
late OF Anne Arundel County, deceased
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased. are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof to the
subscriber, on or before the
2Ist DAY OF APRIL, 1919.
They may otherwise, by law, be exclud-
ed from all benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 10Th
day of October, 1918
CHRISTIAN DAMMEYER,
Administrator