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SLOW TO ANSWER
REDCROSS CALL
With But Part of Day Left
Only About So 900 Have
Enrolled Here.
JOIN At ONCE, Is PLEA
JOIN At ONCE, is PLEA

s<DoA,t let the I'm-thfu-enxa'
germ spoil yonr Christmas,- Is
Chairman Hogan's last appeal.
"Get your Red Cross button and
wear 1T. It's q positive prevent
i've against this epidemic.
ut costs only q dollar to
.Euard against the saddest de-
the all-round meanest
feeling that could amict a red
-.blooded American. ON Christmas
morning.
+ %Enfoll I'm the Red Cross to-
day and ON Wednesday you can
vvish your friends a Merry
Christmas without feeling way
down In your heart that you are
80 per cent hypocrite:"
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present in all those numerous COM
bats in which the co1ors of the For
eign Legion participated.
Twice it was pierced by bullets and
stained with the blood of wounds.
Once he who carried 1t fell. khe
American volunteers searched the
field and found their dead comrade,
took from his body the we'll beloved
colors. and, armed with this emblem,
they went forward to new exploits.
When the United States took up the
insulting defiance of Germany these
American volunteers, already veter-
ans. took their places in their Ma
tional Army and presented to France
this flag which SO proudly they had
borne through numerous battles, and
the French reverently deposited it at
the Invalides.
Test Americans VaIor.
A few days after the first Ameri-
cans entered the trenches the Huns
desired to test the worth of their
now enemy. They directed an attack
against the sector. Valiantly did the
American soldiers support their bap-
tismal fire. They. did not yield one
inch OF their positions. The enemy,
who had penetrated for a moment
into their trenches, withdrew, leaving
numerous dead.
Three Americans were killed in the
French lines. one pierced by a re-
volver shot. the other two stabbed
with poinards. They were Inferred
in g. field below the hill on which are
clustered the houses Of the-village of
Bathelemont. It was decided that
the names of these three first victims
should be inscribed on stone. and al
given dimensions in keeping with
the importance of the historic fact
to be commemorated. the design is
artistic and was drawn by Louis Ma
jorelle. The cross and the thistle
Of Lorraine are entwined with the
stars Of America. The inscription on
one side reads:
Inscription on Stone.
Lorraine to the United States.
That on the other side:
Here
in Lorraine territory
repose
the three first
American soldierg
killed by the enemy
on November Bird. 1917.
Corporal James B. GRESHAM
(of Evansville)
Private Thomas F. ENRIGHT
(of Pittsburgh
Private Merle D. hay
(of Clidden)
As worthy sons Of their great
and noble Nation they have
fought for Justice, Liberty,
and Civilization against
German Imperialism
the scourge Of the human race.
THEY DIED ON THE BATTLEFIEID-
Thus 1t is that on the face Of this
monument Is engraved in enduring
letters the fact that in Lorraine tor
ritory repose the first three fallen
American soldiers.
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Missing Family Located.

The best Christmas stories in the
camp now are those that deal with
the discovery by the Red Cross homo
service of the whereabouts Of miss
ing members Of a soldiers family. Hero
is one case Of Corp. George Martisek
of Company A, 316th Infantry. who
was called Polinsky. because he was q
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Randolph Bourne. author and maya
sine writer. died Of pneumonia Of bis
home n New. York yesterday .a4ed
issss..s. .......
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simultaneously to all the hostile bel
ligerents.
Commenting upon the report re-
viewed here that the American State
Department had declared the latest
note from Germany was not published
because it was evidently of propa-
gandistic character, the newspaper
Vorwaerts says:
'The harshness Of this charge is in
comprehensive. It is inconceivable
that the United States goes so far as
to expect that the people entirely in
new government. will quietly crawl
into a corner and expire
Die Freiheit Changes Attitude.
Die Freiheit, which steadily drifted
toward the left up to the final day of
the congress in Berlin of workmen's
and sailors councils, today took
long step backward in the direction of
the right in discussing editorially the
results of the congress.
The newspaper declares that while
the wishes of the simon-pure social
lists were not fulfilled the work ac-'
complished. nevertheless, has great
value. 1t accepts loyalty the decision
date for the national assembly, merely
remarking that the time for propa-
ganda is short ut is undeniable the
situation is not especially favorable
for the independents" Die Freiheit
says.
The entire tone of the editorial has
served to strengthen tho impression
in we'll informed circles that the
more sober elements Of the independ-
ents gradually are drifting back into
the majority fold. It already Is obvi-
GUS that Georg Ledebour and his rad
fo11owarl steadily ara IN o.
isolated and eventually will be obliged
to- choose between the less radical
leaders or going over to the Sparta
cans.
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MUNICH. Friday. December 20 (by
the Associated Press).-So chaotic
have conditions become during the
past week or two that three Of the
leading parties have combined, for
the first time In years. to issue what
amounts to an ultimatum to the Ba-
varian government. The Bavarian
peoples party. the German peoples
party and the Munich branch of the
liberal party have signed the appeal.
The socialist party did not sign the
ultimatum. which reads:
Recent occurrences. especially
those of the last few days, leave no
doubt that we are facing danger from
anarchy. Tho press 70 threatened.
freedom Of assembly exists no longer,
and the ballot u at stake. WI the
60. s. ahie 10 count on msetinE? Hss
tAs goysrnment No VIM Aax.l4epr NO!
Z
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Recipient Of University Honors.
The tsVelvet Kind''

Sold by dealers near your home--For
It you don't have to roam. "-Adver-
.isement.
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Objects to Polish Elections.

BERLIN, Saturday, December 81
(by the Associated Press).-The
action Of the Polish government in
ordering that elections be held on
what is construed here to be German
soil has stirred tho Prussian govern
ment to counter action. The in
habitants of the districts involved
have been informed by the Prussian
ministry Of the interior that any par
ticipation in the elections may be re-
garded as high treason and that any
acceptance Of Official mandates from
the Poles may be punished under the
law regarding impersonation Of Of
icials.
Friedrich Ebert. the premier. and
Hugo Hasse, a member Of his cab
met, have sent the following tele-
gram to the magistracy Of Danzig:
'The national government considers
1t to be its duty to protect the Ger
man city Of Danxig and use all meas
ures to retain it as part Of the Ger
man empire"
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Augurs Well for Future.

PARIS. December % (Havas)-The
first elections to the new German ma
tional assembly are symptomatic of
dispatch from Bern to LIE Journal.
In tho duchy OF Brunswick. whore
the minority party had assumed
power, the defeat Of the bolshekivi
was crushing. In Mecklenberg and
Anhalt, where the majority party
was in control. the bourgeoisie also
came out victorious.
Suggests Seven Republics.
DRESDEN. saxony, December %
(by the Associated Press.)-A Rhen-
ish Official advances the suggestion
for a future Germany composed of
seven republics, constructed along
the lines Of the United States, as fol-
lows:
First-Upper Saxony, composed of
the former kingdom Of Saxony, with
Thuringia, Erfurt, Magdeburg, An
Dresden.
Second-Lower Saxony, with Han
over, Lippe. Brunswick. Oldenburg.
Bremen, Hamburg, Lubbock and Sch
leswig-Hoistein. Capital, Hanover.
Third - Rhineland. with Baden.
Alsace, Pfalz, Rhenish Hesse, the
Rhine province. Hesse. Nassau and
westphalia. Capital, Coblenz.
Fourth-Swabia, with Wurttemberg
and Hohenzollern. Capital, Stuttgart.
Fifth-Bavaria-
Sixth-German Austria, with Vier-
mark, Kaenntus and the Tyrol.
seventh-Brandenbu and Prussia,
with Mecklenberg, Pomerania, Posen
and Silesia- Capital, Berlin.
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Troops May seize Berlin.
Denies Sending Notes to q. 3.

BERLIN, December 20 (by the Az.
ISOLATED Press).-It IL onicially de-
MED that the German government has
to address notes exclusively
to the United States after receiving
the request Of the Warrington Eov-
erument that ofneial communications
from BsE1tn - future - foxRarde9
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Hold the Upper Hand

AS the majority socialists are virtu-
ally in command of the central gov
eminent and dominate the local gov
ernments throughout Germany, they
probably will enter the election fight
as solid majority. irrespective of the
future action Of the Independent So
cialists or the spartacus group.
The national assembly will be called
to order ten days after the elections.
which will be held January 10. This
period will be used in collecting the
vote and arranging technical details.
The session will continue eight weeks.
Cities which are urging that the ma
tionaI assembly meet there are Frank
fort, Cassel, Erfurt, Bayreuth. Jeimar
and Nuremberg. Berlin Is likely to be
overlooked, as the progress Of the
congress held last week convinced the
out-of-town delegates that Berlin is
too noisy.
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A. P. IS SUSTAINED
BY SUPREME COURT

Continued from First Pase.)
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Germany's New Construction.

congress helQ last week convinced the
out-of-town delegates that Berlin is
too noisy.
Germany's New Construction.
AMSTERDAM. December 22-The
Dusseldorf Nachrichten says that the
conference held at Berlin to discuss
the new constitution of Germany
agreed upon the following funda-
mentalS:
An elected president, to be head of
the government, with power midway
between those Of the President Of the
United States and the King of Eng
land; parliamentary principles to gov
ern the president In forming q ;cabi-
net, which will be assisted by dele
gates Of the federal republics to the
so-called statenhaus. which corre-
spends to the American Senate; the
statenhaus, however. must not inter-
fere with the independence Of the tn
dividual federal republics. which will
number fourteen or fifteen.
The participants in the conference
included Hugo Preuss, state score
tary Of the interior; Prof. Peters.
= VI. &AoA w CoCA VI Tic OulVSIStSy O1
Heidelberg, and the Austrian Minis
ter Hartman. all well known authort.
ties on constitutional law.
Troops May Seize Berlin.
ZURICH. December % (Havas).-
The Ebert government in Berlin IL
reported to be faced with another
crisis through the resignation Of the
minority members Of the cabinet.
Political circles in Berlin, another
report says, are agitated by q rumor
that Gen. Groener, who succeeded
Gen Ludendorn as chief quartermas-
ter general, has threatened to seize
Berlin with troops that have re-
manned faithful If order Is not re-
established there shortly.
Denies Sending Notes to q. 3.
BERLIN. December % (by the Az.
ISOLATED Press).-It IL oficially de-
MED that the German xoyernment has
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23

The plan to substitute war prohts
for "excess" profits will be popular
among farmers. The excess proflt
plan has worked some peculiar
hardships on the tillers of the soil.
Oficials of the Farm Loan Poard
tell of a case where farmer in the
South raised 80 acres of potatoes
which he sold at good price. Be-
fore the war he had been farming
unprofitably and had accumulated a
fine assortment of debts.
The money from his potatoes paid
these debts and was about to start
even when the collector swooped
down on him and made comparison
between his farm profits since the
war began. On this comparison
what he got for his potatoes was
practically all excess profits and ne
had to mortgage his land again tc
pay his income tax.
If the Government had been after
war profits alone they would not
have driven this man back into debt
on the theory that anything he made
was excess" profits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23

Hon. Herbert Quick, of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Board, in his talk
at the Farmers Day meeting at Port
Deposit, on Saturday afternoon
spoke at some length on the latest
move that is being made to tax Farm
Loan bonds issued by the Govern
ment Farm Loan Board.
The farmer does not mind being
taxed, and everyone knows he is tax,
ed heavier than any other man in
business, and naturally this move OF
the big banking interests is moi
looked upon with favor.
These Government bonds have
been tax exempt, but the private
banking interests who make theil
living loaning money at high inter
est to farmers are agitating tax on
the bonds as source of revenue.
The only effect of such tax, as
they know, would be to raise the
interest rate for loans to farmers sc
that the farmer in addition to paying
taxes on the full value of his land
whether mortgaged or free Of
mortgage, would also be taxed or
his debts.
It is bad enough to be taxed or
what he has, but it is hard to be
taxed on what he owes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
Farmers viii Get Flour.

The food administration grain
corporation has issued an important
new regulations to all mills and ele-
vators. 1t is to the effect that when
a farmer brings to the mill any
wheat grown by himself, the miller
may deliver to him on toll or ex-
change basis a sufficient amount OF
flour without substitutes to provide
eight pounds per month for each
person in his establishment until
October 1, 1918.
The farmer, however, must sign
an agreement that the wheat was
grown on his farm, that the -four to
be delivered to him with what he
has on hand will not give him a
supply more than sufficient to meet
the requirements of his establish
ment, and that he will not sell, loan
or deliver this flour to any one nor
permit it to be used for any purpose
except human consumption in his
establishment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
Property Transfers.

John F. Roach to Percy E. Gar
rett. of Wilmington, Del, 1857
acres in Fifth district, $1750.
Marietta Lawrence, of Whining
ton, DEL, to Joseph c. Gibson, of thu
same city, 200 acres near Charles
town, $4,000.
Mary E. Freeman to the Southern
Transportation Company, propert.
at Chesapeake City, $4,000.
DIR. Dorsey w. Lewis and wife, o
Delaware, to Albert Henry Donovan
365 acre farm in First district
$14,500.
Hiram w. Vaughn to Dora c
Vaughn, 1875 acre farm in Fourth
district, $500 and other considera
tions.
Robert c. Thackery, Assignee, to
George Young, of Philadelphia, Mel
son Young property in Cecil County
$1,000.
Edward A. Jones and wife, of Del
aware, to John p Mcintyre, of tho
same state, property near Warwick
$1,000 and other considerations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
The Soldiers Chances.

Great as the danger and large as
the losses in the aggregate, the in
dividual soldier has plenty OF
chances of coming out of the war un-
scathed, or at least not badly in
jured.
Based on the mortality statistics
of the allied armies, a soldiers
chances are as follows:
Twenty-Five chances of coming
home to one chance of being killed.
Forty-nine chances of recovering
from wounds to one chance of dying
from them.
One chance in 500 of losing limb.
Will live five years longer because
of physical training, is freer from
disease in the Army than in civil
life, and has better medical care at
the front than at home.
In other wars from 10 to Is men
died from disease to from bullets;
in this war 1 man dies from disease
to every 10 from bullets.
For those of our fighting men VINO
do not escape scatheless, the Gov
eminent under the soldier and sailor
insurance law gives protection te
the wounded and their dependents
and to the families and dependents
of those who make the supreme
sacrifice for their country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
Property Transfers.

Norris j. Reynolds to his mother,
Lettie N. Reynolds, property at Ills
ing Sun, SO and other considera-
tions.
Randall w. Miller and wife to
Henry B. Craig, of Missouri. 81 acre
farm in Third district. $4,000.
Alicia M. Stump and others to the
United States of America, interest Ia
Perry Point farm of SIC acres at
Perryville, $152,500.
Margaret Denver and others
Albert ]. Denver, interest in prop
erty on West High street, Elkton,
$1,000.
Catharine M. Arbuckle to william
H. Pierce, 7 acre property near An
dora, $40 and other considerations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
The New Edition Of The School
Laws.

The State Superintendent oil
Schools M. Bates Stephens, has dis
tributed copies of the 1918 edition
of the Maryland School Laws, coli
tanning the general statutes as sup
plemented by the recent session Oh
the General Assembly.
1t has been the policy of the
legislature to make the school laws
general, leaving the details, so far
as necessary, to be prescribed by the
State Board of Education in By
laws and regulations. The bylaws
have been printed heretofore either
separately or as an appendix to the
school laws; the bylaws have been
carefully revised and in printing the
new edition of the law, they have
been distributed throughout the
volume so that the several bylaws
follow Immediately after the Sec
tons to which they apply. In this
way all the law and regulations on
given point are found in one place.
Among other things, the bylaws
specify minimum requirements for
hygenic rural school buildings. They
require that the county superintend-
ent shall devote at least ninety full
days of the $50 days that the schools
are in session to visiting the schools
of his county, and that when only
Gle supervisor of the elementary
schools is employed in a county,
such supervisor should be assigned
TO the one-teacher rural schools.
They require the Office of the county
superintendent to be kept open every
day except Sundays and holidays
from a. m. to 5 p. m, with option
of closing on Saturdays at one
o'clock. A new form of teachers
contract is specified which gives the
teacher a more permanent tenure
after the beginning of her third
year of services and at the same
time makes it difficult for the teach
er to desert her post during the
school year. The bylaws provide
a rational scheme by which teachers
may advance the grade of their GER
tificates by studying professional
books, by earning school credits, or
by examination. While corporal
punishment is not prohibited the by
laws limit the conditions under
which it may be inflicted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
WAR WORK OF Y. W. 9. A.
will Raise $15,OOO,OOO Fund the
Coming Fall.


Coming Fall.
The Young Women's Christian
Association leaped into prominence
last year when it raised $5,00O,OOO
for a single years work among
women and girls.
The $15,O00,OO0 which it is to
raise the coming fall is less of a
surprise than the smaller sum was a
year ago. The world has become
accustomed to big figures. The Y.
M. C. A. is to raise 100000 for
work among men here and overseas.
Because the aims of the two AS
sociations are similar except that
one is for men and the other for
women. the two will cooperate in
their campaigns and work for S115,-
900, 900 together.
What the Y. M. c. A. is doing for
men here and overseas the Y. w. q.
A. is doing for women not only in
this country but in France, Russia,
Italy and Syria. Jerusalem is to be
Y. w. C. A centre for the Eastern
Mediterranean coast. An urgent
call for help from Italy is>being met
by workers who will go to places in
that country where they are most
needed.
Fifty workers are in France and
as many more are going. Several
are in Russia.
The immediate protection OF
women and girls affected by the war
is the task undertaken by the Y. w.
C. A. All the resources of the So
ciety. long experience with girls, and
the cooperation Of over thousand
local Associations from the Atlantic
to the Pacific are directed toward
this end.
The new activities are war phases
of a work which has been carried on
| through q half century of peace.
The general lines followed in this
emergency work are Hostess Houses
in the camps, emergency housing for
employed girls, foreign community
work among women who can't speak
English, Bureau of Social Moral
ity, work in colored communities
affected by the war, and extended
recreational work among girls II
the vicinity of the environments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
War Mothers OF America.

A meeting of a Committee on
Recommendations was called by
Mrs. Harry G. Skinner, Chairman OF
the Maryland Branch of War
Mothers of America, to make final
arrangements for permanent state
organization, as a result of the pre-
liminary meeting, held at Y. w. e.
A. July 3Oth. The State meeting is
called for Tuesday, September 3rd,
1918, at 1890 a. M, at Ford's
Theatre, Baltimore.
It is requested that each person
attending this meeting will present
a card bearing her name and ad-
dress, also the name, relationship
and organization of Soldier or Sail
or, as a matter of record and to
facilitate seating. After the Ma
tional Convention at Evansville,
Indiana, September IS, 10 and go,
1918. separate units will be formed
throughout the State. Delegates to
this Convention will be voluntary.
The object of the organization OF
War Mothers of America is to
promote, increase, encourage and
coordinate the War Work OF
Mothers, Wives, Daughters, and
Sisters, of American Soldiers and
Sailors, and to make more effective,
by united action, all War Work.
1t is hoped that large represen-
tation will come from every County
in the State.
Mrs. MATTHEW G. FENTON,
Secretary,
The Homewood Apartments,
Baltimore, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23

The campaign for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan will begin September rs
and close October 10. The result OF
tie loan will be watched with keen
interest in Europe, not only by our
associates in the war against the
Teutonic powers but by our enemies
1t will be regarded by them as
measure of the American people
support of the war.
The Germans know full we'll the
tremendous weight and significance
of popular support of the war, OF
the people at home backing up the
Army in the field. AS the loan sue
ceeds our enemies will sorrow; as it
falls short they will rejoice. Every
dollar subscribed will help and en-
courage the American soldiers and
hurt and depress the enemies OF
America.
The loan will be a test of the
loyalty and willingness of the people
of the United States to make sacri-
fees compared with the willingness
of our soldiers to do their part
There must be and will be no failure
by the people to measure up to the
courage and devotion of our men in
Europe. Many of them have given
up their lives; shall we at home
withhold our money? Shall we
spare our dollars while they spare
not their very lives?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23
GREEN,s AUGUST FLOWER.

Has been used for all ailments
that are caused by a disordered
stomach and inactive liver, such as
sick headache, constipation, sour
stomach, nervous indigestion, fer
mentation of food. palpitation> of the
heart caused by gases in the stomach.
August Flower is a gentle laxative,
regulates, digestion both in stomach
and intestines, cleans and sweetens
the stomach and alimentary canal,
stimulates the liver to secrete the
bile and impurities from the blood.
Sold by Rising Sun Pharmacy, and
Harry Ross Cameron, Port Deposit
Md,