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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
WOULD REMOVE WOMEN
FROM PENITENTlARY
Ritchie Draws Bill For Female Pris-
oners' Removal to House of Cor
rectiOn.

Among the bills drawn by Attor-
ney General Albert c. Richie at the
instance of the State Board of Pris-
on Control is one which permits the
transfer of all the female prisoners
now in the Penitentiary to the House
of Correction. The bill is now before
the Senate.
A similar measure was enacted at
a previous session of the Legisla-
ture, but last autumn, when the
Board undertook to put the plan into
effect, it was found that the law did
not authorize the transfer of any ex-
cept those convicted subsequent to
the passage of the act. This would
have covered the case of only a fewe
of the more than 80 women confined
in the Penitentiary and would not
have permitted the carrying out of
the Prison Investigation Commission,
headed by Eugene O'Dunne, under
the Goldsborough administration.
The object of the transfer is to
make available the large cell block
now exclusively occupied by the wo-
men for first offenders, and thus
keep them from coming in close con-
tact with the professional and har-
dened criminals. The idea is that
this change will tend to reclaim the
first offenders. In addition, the
separate kitchen and dining-room
now maintained for the few women
would no longer be required and a
substantial saving would be effected.
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How Defeat Will
Benefit the Germans

Harold Bell Wright, the famous
author saws in the February Ameri-
can Magazine:
From our shores this gospel OF
the man of Galilee and this gospel
of our national freedom have gone
forth to every land. To our shores
have come lives from every nation
to be here fused into one national
life and to add thus to our ever
growing strength against this day
when. for all the peoples of earth,
the divine cause OF humanity is TO
be won or lost.
I'm the ranks of those who carry
our country's flag are men OF every
land and blood - English and
French and German and Dutch and
Spanish and Armenians and Chinese
and Japanese and Africans and In
dams. There is scarce race on
earth that Is not represented in this
army of liberty.
"Our army is the army of this ma
ton, but it is more: 1t is the army
of the liberty-loving world. Its
blood is the blood Of humanity, the
humanity of Jesus, the humanity for
which Jesus lived and died.
But Jesus said, Love your enc
mics
We'll, this nation sings no hymn
of hate The spirit of those who
will lcarry the Stars and Stripes to
Berlin is not the spirit Of hatred.
When the well-loved and faithful
dog Of the household goes mad and
menaces the lives of friends and
neighbors. it is not hatred that fires
the bullet to end its madness. Be-
cause this mad dog of Europe must
be stopped in his career of death
does not mean that hatred has rails
ed the army that will accomplish
that necessary end.
Bless them that curse you. DO
good to them that hate you said
Jesus.
We'll, the blessings OF our cause
in victory will be to those men who
face our soldiers in battle, as well as
to those brave ones in whose support
our men are fighting. The good OF
liberty will be for the German people
as well as truly as for all other peo-
pies of earth. No greater good
could come to the people of Germany
who are fighting now the battles OF
their kaiser than the defeat and ut
ter humiliation of the spirit Of that
ruler who drives them to the battle
field"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
MANY in CLASS 2
Large Number of Registrars in
Dorchester Receive This Classifi-
cation by The Local Board.

Since the questionnaires have an
been sent out and most of them re-
turned to the Local Board, it has
been shown that most of the mar
ried men in the county. have been
placed in Glass 2. This class Is
composed mostly of married men,
whose families receive an allotment
from the Government, and also one
half of their pay, will be able to
live on this amount. For instance:
If a man supporting wife and one
child on $50 a month, mot counting
HIMSELF, is called to serve his coun-
try, the wife will receive $25 a
month from Uncle Sam for the main
tenance of herself and child, and SIS
month from the husband and ia
Their. making 4 total of $40 for their
support a month. The wife receives
an allowance of SIS for each addition
al child.
In Cambridge and throughout the
county there are scores of young
men, who having been married only
few years, have small families, and
in answer to their questionnaires
have been placed under this classifi-
cation. Glass l is composed mostly
of single men with no dependents.
Glass is made up mostly of single
and married men upon whom pa
rents are dependent. Glass is COM
posed principally of men with de-
pendents, whose pay and allotment
is less than that which they are sup
porting their families on at the
present time.
The men will be called according
to their number in their classified
ton. If all the men in Glass 2 had
been placed in Glass 4, it would not
Nave extended their time more than
twenty-five numbers. as very few
men are in Glass 8.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
An Appeal

(To his beloved, from a warrior who
is shortly returning home on his
first leave.)
Time was, gentle Phyllis, you knew
A purist in deed and in word;
An occasional Dash" or ''Beshrew
mel"
Were all the explosives you heard
No youth could display better breed
ing,
Or prove more superbly polite,
Or make fewer noises when feeding
impossible. Quite.
But Passchendaele's not Piccadilly
$50 far as this bard can detect)
And the climate (plus Emperor Will
lie)
Have had an appalling effect.
My temper is terribly torrid.
My speech not infrequently blue,
My manners at meal-time are horrid
My Cultures Ma Poo!
So if at the Carlton 1 utter
Brief orders Coarse brute that
That you Pass the Unsanctified But
ter
Or Chuck the Corpuscular Jam;
If l clean up my plate in my cloth
ing,
Pray do not proceed to be i'll,
But endeavor to stif1e your loathing
And Worship ME still!
London Opinion.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
The Pershing Death Rate

The weekly death-list which is
cabled over from General Pershing's
headquarters of the American EXpe-
dictionary forces in France thus far
represents but very few of the v1o
lent casualties of war, and is chief
ly representative of the results of
natural causes, exaggerated to some
extent by the hardships involved in
army life.
Without an official statement of
the number of men under his COM
mand at the present time, an accu-
rate death rate cannot be determin-
ed, but assuming that the total num-
Der, including not only the fighting
men, but all the auxiliary commands
which have been landed in France,
may be in the vicinity of three hun
Ired thousand-which number has
been mentioned-it may be of in
lerest to note that the rate computed
on that basis bears close comparison
co the rate for the military ages, be
tween twenty-one and thirty-one, es-
| tablished in the standard mortality
| tables of the insurance actuaries.
The first week of the present
| month, for instance, showed a rec
ord OF forty-eight deaths from ma
| tural causes, or, on the basis which
| is assumed for the computation, a
| rate of slightly more than eight per
| thousand year, or substantially
| Identical with the standard rate of
| the mortality table.
1t may be assumed that the body
| of American troops is not wholly in
| Guided within this ten-year age per-
| iod, the greater body of this army
being Regulars, among whom there
is considerable scattering of men
above the maximum age of the draft.
| On the other hand, it probably is
true that the selection of the Army
makes for somewhat higher physi-
cal basis than that of the general
population on which the life insur-
ance tables are figured, and that the
regimen of Army life generally
makes for soundness of body.
But apparently the varying condi-
lions about balance each other, and
in the similarity of the figured death
rate there is bit of assurance and
comfort for anxious parents and
friends. The risk of battle is, not
| to be minimized and cannot well be
regulated, but If in camp, ard in
1 the training field, the rate of death
and the corresponding rate of expec-
tation can be kept within comparable
distance of the normal rates in the
ordinary routine of civil life, there
| is reason for satisfaction and con-
graduation.
Unfortunately, the record of the
training camps on American soil, in
which 235 deaths from natural eau
ses were reported last week from
the total number of less than 700,-
900 men, is not as encouraging. New
ertheless, it is to be recognized that
these total figures do not represent
an average condition of camp life
and equipment, but owe their seri-
Gus aspect to a few out of the vari-
ious environments, where the extra
ordinary weather of the past month
has caused an excess of pneumonia
and pulmonary diseases and aggra-
waited into fatal phases the lesser all.
ments like measles.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
PATRIOTISM In
A POTATO PEEL
Economy Doesn't Deliver Many
Thrills, But it May Save Lives in
The End.

Have you, too, felt the itching to
get "over there into the thick OF
the war and do Just anything
canteen work, hospital scrubbing-
anything for the sake of being in
the midst of it?
When you were, perhaps, search
ing for way to get your finger In
the war, did it ever occur to you
that over there" you might be an
expensive superiority, luxury pro-
hibitive in war time?
The estimated cost Of the war to
the United States alone for the COM
ing year is over twelve billion dol
lars. That money must feed and
clothe soldiers and provide for the
comfort and welfare of the men
fighting our battles. 1t must buy
ammunition and war equipment to
save us from the war-wo rShipping
lies supply to the war must do the
work of two.
From now on the war must be fou-
ght mostly with money, material, and
food from Canada and the United
States. Already these nations are
overstrained for ships to carry sup
plies.
There is great need for skilled wo-
men lover there" for nurses and
doctors, and social workers. This
need must be supplied from all avail
able sources. These women may
have to be cared for and fed out of
war money. There is also need for
unskilled, or partly skilled, women
workers. But to make every war
dollar do the work of two. these
should be drawn from women al
ready in the war zone who would
have to be fed and clothed from
goods sent over. The feeding of
imported workers would only take
from civilians and soldiers, so the
woman who goes to Europe now, I'M
less her work is vitality necessary, is
likely to become a dead load of ex-
pense.
She who stays at home in Ameri-
ca and refrains from the adventurous
is as much a patriot as she who
yields to the mad desire 10 rush to
the fray All our women but a very
few are needed here at home, first to
help the country save expense and
second to help produce by work or
by aiding in Government loans.
1t is a wonderful experience to be
where the great event of the world
is taking place, but the desire to get
as near to the front as possible par
takes of war hysteria A more valu-
able experience for the soul of a
woman and for. the sake of her coun-
try, of the men who fight and of fu-
ture generations, is the Self-sacri-
fee devoid of heroicS, that prompts
her to go without silk hose to buy
war bonds and to see to it that the
potatoes are peeled thin
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Communication

Mr.. Editor:
In the letters l have written to the
public, thru your courtesy, have
not been surprised that no one Aas
found the statements worthy OF
challenge or correction. l am aware
that Dorchester county is run by a
few, rather than by the many, and
always there is wisdom in silence.
when you are safely in the saddle.
Tuesday I was in the County
Commissioners office. in the inter
est of more shells. In the CONVEX
sation Mr.. Hackett. our Commits
sioner from Fork district, was po-
htely aggressive: he was quite rea-
DIV to let me see that he was not
pleased with my attitude. as ex-
pressed in my public letters. He
definitely let me understand that ne
did not regard my characterization
of our schoolhouses as correct. He
said our Neck land was far better
than the land in the Fork district,
and that l was unfair in comparing
the Neck district with the districts
down the county. That | ought &c
compare the Sth district with the
1st district. | was ready that mo-
ment to roll off my tongue every
thing in connection with the FORK
district pertaining to the discussion
but was too anxious for shells, that
our roads might be passable for the
vehicles and school children, tC
change my course That very day
the teachers OF the Castle Haven
school told me she had to strip the
feet of the little children and dry
them, for they had to wade thru
lev mud to reach the school, anC
were in danger of their young lives
The plight of the children interested
the Commissioners, but they were
helpless.
Mr.. Skinner did everything for US
he could, but our children mus
wade on.
Before l left the office, had de
cided to accept the challenge OF Mr.
Hackett, my preacher friend, anC
give him a chance to debate with me
the relation of his and my distric
to each other, and to the treasury
Mr.. Hackett asked me why l die
not visit the school board and make
my complaints there. | didn't re
ply. The fact is, have no place be
fore the school board. The trustee:
of our schools have all dealings will
the school board The law has divi
ded the educational business O.
MARYLAND into three departments
namely. the State Board, the Count.
Board, and the District Board
Where any two of these depart
ments assume to run all three, thu
one ignored will be dead fly in thu
ointment, and so far as this distrlc
is concerned cur biggest teache
trouble has it's tap root in the at
tempt of the County Board to han
die the schools of our district, with
out advising with our local trustees
In beginning a public debate will
my friend, Mr.. Hackett, l must sa.
that such information as is essentia
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18

against taking so much of our taxes
for the other fellow as makes him
our superior in roads adm schools.
Why shall the beggar ride in an
automobile, while the giver must
travel in an oxcart? Pardon me-
Brother Hackett, and gentlemen
nv observation is that the Commits
sioners sit as judges. while the tax
payers stand to plead. Nothing IS
more dangerous to the public wea!
than paying only the expenses OF
public officers.
E. l.. HUBBARD.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18

In its campaign for the saving of
coal the Fuel Administration de-
clares the average American home is
superheated. Eminent American
physicians are quoted as saying that
a room above IS degrees Fahrenheit
is too warm for health and exposes
the occupants to catarrhal diseases
and pneumonia.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
NOTICE TO TREsPAssERS.

All persons are hereby notified and
forewarned not to trespass with dog
or gun, or in any other manner, upon
any of my lands, woods, branch and
cleared. in Cambridge and Bucktown
districts. Any and all persons disre-
garding this notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
VIM l.. ROBINSON.
1-7-1m. B. 1-7-2w.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
GARAGE OPENED.

have opened a garage on Gay St.,
in the building partially occupied by
the Dorchester Shirt Co. Autos for
hire at reasonable rates. Storage
by the week or month.-Edward s..
Phillips.-Adv. 10-22-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
Card Party,

A 500 party will be given by the
Woman's Branch of the Cambridge
Yacht Club tomorrow evening, (Fri-
day. promptly at eight o'clock
Secretary-Ady 17-2t
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
NOTICE.

Anyone having bills against the
late Mrs. Mary B. Hubbard, or any
one indebted to the late Mrs. Hub
bard, will please communicate with
Mr.. Samuel E. LeCompte.-Adv.15 -3
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18

According to new regulations in
England. women's shoes must not
have uppers of leather exceeding Z
inches, nor of any other material
exceeding s inches in height.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
STEAMER SERVICE, CHOPTANK
RIVER ROUTE

Steam leave Pier Light St. Wharf, weather
permitting
P. NJ. daily, except Sunday for Tighman ISL
Easton, Oxford, Cambridge and landings to
Windy HILLS P. ID.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18

Discarded civilian clothing of Ma
tional Army soldiers will be shipped
to Belgium for relief of sufferers
there.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
PEOPLES Loan, Savings & Deposit Bank
CAPITAL, Surplus and Profit S138,8OOOO
,-u-% -
Remember the Text:

Our text this week. brethren. is taken from the
book of every successful mans experience: 'Work
for the dollars in youth and manhood that in old
age the dollars may work for you
Isn't that pretty fair text for on industry,
economy and saving account? Doesn't it tell its own
story to your If doesn't you have of life great
est lessons yet learn and here's hoping you don't
learn after it is too late The time open saving
account is right You will never regret it. In fact
YOU will live to see the day when you will thank
for preaching this short It's joke It's
serious business
Peoples Loan, Savings & Deposit Bank
C. HARRINGTON, ALBANUS PHILLIPS
President Vice Preaident
w. G. wINrERBOTTOM H. sPEDDEN
Vice President. Cashier
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-18
B. c. & A. RY. co.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER 70, 1917
WEST BOUND.

Il. Murdoch r. III. SouIdby I. e. Jones
Gen. Mg- A. C. P. A D. A.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-03
IeIS RECOVER IN
DAY OF SUNSHINE

81 E6~ York. July 2--Brirht sunshine
md j. pleasant breeze brought better
Il GAeer to wall street today There was
- news of great Importance but the
Dfofessionsls felt better and bought
SDeocks. The result was recovery W
lAo4t issues. and considerable show OF
4 84rAngth in some Reports from Aus
Ekrfa were helpful to the market and
ssMeWA from France Vas encouraging
M Perhaps the most important deNel-
s&Opmsnt of the DAY was the easiness
that developed in time money market
This was due to the fact that TAX
money held In the banks for govern
uaent account is beginning 20 psrco-
& late through government vouchers
\ Into the accounts Of private business
4 firms Cali money promises TO -"H-
&tfnue essy and there IS no 'echntcd
reason for expecting suythire but
4 rheerfulness in the market. There IS
even a short interest of corslderahle
Il Importance
The cotton report ny the Eove~nr7en t
4 showed a condition II SIS per cent
compared with -aS per cent as tom
wear average The acreage - given AT
S1.a7s. enc compared with "a ela Geo las
year. The official cron forecast ts
u 1s.41k. goo bslee against an actual crop
81 n.soo,s54 last year This report
Z broke old crop options about s. hal"
& QHu tHN AfVN 10y
y efperts believe that the EovArnn@ 0t
has underestimated me crop
terially. Tor WITH ire ptaRt N 81"
Splendid con iitton fafttSr I'M w
xnent VIII naturally oe sen Hel
fore crop 81 lT,oohoho bales ia with
In reasonable expectation
Az "a the selling az tne previous
das u deYeIoped thst ne NJ Sc ~ :
break IN steel WIN "htsn '"s nm
closed was cAneed HF lax OF 90
known coal opefsfor' "no enc - :
etock exohsng" house Hf'eSn H''"N -
before the ciofe ana poured oA' tt'
troueies, ~" ea'a la293 "'ptI -"
10 be conaFnsnueereo 4H 0T""I
enough coal 10 Keep ne f,''"''F 't"."
1ressing To dsath mex ~la''F = -"
ago this same operator a7NlSea h''
friends not u Jay w '"a' ~"
Of them nesfiE a'7 fFee26 y" 'T7 49,
So the hoker ca 'lf1 Aa an '.0 Fs,t y y
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-03
Chicago Grain.

ChicaEo, July about 1900 bushels
a. oats were taken today by brokers
for shipment 70 Georgian bay. It was
generally supposed in the trade that
this grain was purchased to be ex~
ported a little later on, These sales
were made during the past two days
and they are to GO out Of Chicago and
the Northwestern markets. The mar
ket was found to be short when the
news of the large transactions leaked
cut and the buying became general
and the price advanced sharply. The
July future sold from TIA 97ah
August from s7es q s9h and Septem-
her from esAs 46s There was excep-
& sionally free buying Of the August flu
ture.
There were additional samples Of
the new CROP wheat received at Chit
cago TO-DAY, but there were no car lots
10 come forward St. Louis reported
an urgent demand there Tor new wheat.
\ with sales at &c over the govsrnment
prfce YESTERDAY Kansas City reported
sales of twenty-five cars Of new crop
and all OF II was above the basis price.
II is expected that Canada Will take
3 larger quantity ~ corn from the CHI
& caeo and smaller markets Of the coun
try. The country north has bought
\ xocdIy quantities OF corn -four and II
is expected that Increased oats will
b wanted as the wheat consumption
{ has been reduced there and goes into
4 effect July Is and stocks Of corn -four
there are said to Re light.
The corn market al Chicago showed
advances OF / 81 n &c today and ruled
4 strong Cash sales were 25 600 bush
Z els and prices were unchanged to &c
lower.
schwarz and company, IN their com
riiatton OF cut meats IN Chicago. Kan
sas city. Omaha, 81. Joseph. Mllwsu
keS, St Louis and East St. Louis make
Il the total stocks 5ST.h27.41l pounds com
pared with 4T2.0e1l25 pounds on May
+ III, and s24,442.2bs pounds on June 90
& 1917. This compilation shows de-
4 crease in June OF 1918 totsling 81 J ga.
1-4 pounds These figures were prob
\ ably the greatest steadTinE factor IN
4 the market Lard stocks were reduced
over 1000 900 pounds which more than
L offset the effect of a decline - l21 Sc
4 In hog prices AZ the yards
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-03
COkGRESSMEN'S HAMES'
ON PACKERS PAPERS,
correspondence I'm Hands Of Accused
Meat Men Is Opened by Federal
Trade Commission.
NOW HAVE POSSESSION
Apparently Acted at yariance With
Decision of United States Appellate
Court. of Chicago. Which Denied
Search Warrant
Universal SerNicnl

Washington, July Presentation
Of a series of demands containing
startling allegations gained the fedora
trade commission full access to the
secret files of the Chicago meat pack.
ers. it was learned tonight.
The correspondence was in the Of
Hro Of Henry Needer, chief Cousel for
Swift & company, Copies Of II are
now in the possession of the commits
sion. Much of the information CLEAN
ed from the papers is said to have aid
ed the commission in its sensational
report on profiteers which it transmit
ted to the senate last week
There were six demands and ampli-
fiCations Of each. in the series pre-
scented Veeder. Several of them mon
toned the names Of members Of con
gress.. In obtaining the right to ex-
anime and copy of correspondence, the
commission apparently acted in vsri-
ance with decision of the United
states appellate court in Chicago
which denied It the right OF a search
warrant II also rode rough shod
over "gentleman's agreement" pro
claimed by Needer. whereby he said
an agent Of the commission was to be
given authority 10 look over certain oi
the rrespondence.
NJ nat II dld do though was this
While the "gentieman's agreement
negotiations were in progress, mem.
hers Of the commission kicked over
the traces and dispatched agents tc
Chicago with the demands. These de
mands set forth first the power Of the
commission. vested in it by the act ere
ating it TO obtain the correspondence
Of any CORPORATION.
Then each Of the demands set forth
In particular the commissions belle
as to the contents of certain letters
and communications in his valut TIL