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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
BIG MONEY IN RACE TRACKS
Anti's Tell why the Gamblers Are
willing To Pay To Fleece
the People.

The anti-race track delegations
were before the Senate Committee
last week to urge the adjustment Of
race track gambling. All who spoke
denounced betting at the tracks and
characterized it as vice and a crime
which the state legalized.
Former Delegate William Purnell
Hall, who wound up the hearing, was
more forceful than ever. This time
he dealt with statistics, and present.
ed to the committee figures he said
he had obtained from the persons
who had compiled them for the race
track owners, and which purported
to show the amounts wagered at the
various tracks, together with the
commissions and breakage received
by the owners.
He declared that Pimlico was own
ed by the Clydes, of Philadelphia
and that Riggs name was used &c
give the place an aristocratic flavor
James Butler, he said, owned the
Laurel track: Eddie Burke and Tim
Leary that at Havre de Grace, and
Cad Bryan, of Florida, was the own
er Of the Bowie track, which is man
aged by Jim O'Hara. All of these
he said, were non residents.
To show the profits at the various
tracks, he prepared a phample'
which gave the amounts wagered
daily, the commission charged and
the breakage., At the October meet
ing at Laurel the amount bet was
/. placed at $5,582,424, of which there
was taken per cent commission
amounting to $279,121.20, while tbs
breakage reached $50,S62.75. In
commission and breakage at the
Havre de Grace meeting the owners
netted in round figures $16S,OO0
In the spring of 1915 the profits al
Pimlico, he said, were equally large
and approximately the same returns
were had at Bowie in the fall Of
1915. This shows, he said, that a
daily tax of $4,000, as proposed
would be as a bagatelle to the own
ers.
He charged that the returns made
!, to the State Tax Commission were
not correct and that those making
the returns could be proceeded
against on the charge of perjury
Bitterly denouncing the methods al
the race tracks, which he declared
to be anything but fair, he said thai
mutuels were designed to cheat the
public.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
r. 4, Esbon. Kan.

A farm land boom is on, we are
sorry to say. That means that young
fellows of IS to 80 will find it a
rather hard time to get started farm
ing for themselves on a satisfactory
basis. That means that there is
likely to be an even further increase
in the evils of farm tenancy. In
fact, there is real chance that with
in another ten years from two2thirds
to three-fourths of our best farm
lands will be worked by tenants
The farm land boom will make
hundreds of millions of dollars for
the older men, but the farming
world of twenty years from now will
in no way be gamer by the present
boom. On the contrary, any de-
cided land boom is likely to make
it more difficult for the farming peo-
pie of this country to weld them
selves together into an economic and
social unit of real influence. Wal
lace's Farmer, Des Moines, Ia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In
fluenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure it you must
take an Internal remedy. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces OF the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians In this country for years. 1t
Is composed of some of the best tonics
known. combined with some of the
best blood purifiers The perfect COM
bination of the ingredients In Halls
Catarrh Cure Is what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
lions. Send for testimonials. free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists 75c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

The people must have the land
They must have the land at prices
they can afford to pay. We are
condemning the profiteers OF the
war, men who would make dollars
off the needs of our country in its
fight for freedom. We are prepar-
ing to take in still greater measure
the excess profits made during the
war. We must take them. They
belong to the people, for they are
possible only because of the needs Of
the people.
What are we going to do with the
excess profits, or prices, that are put
into lands by those who hold them
and do not use them? Are we going
to allow the farmers, who must buy
lands, to be held up for untold mil
lions and billions of dollars, money
not made or earned in any way by
those who hold such lands idle
now? =
Our Nation or our State, or both
can and will find way to put such
lands into the possession Of those
who will use them. We believe that
taxation on such land values, with or
without added tax on unused land
will afford the remedy, when taxes
are removed from all but such
values. But if something more is
needed, in our constitution or any
where else, we are ready to fight fol-
it. The men who actually work the
lands are the ones to own them, for
use of them is the only God-given
title fee to them.-Southland Farm
er, Houston. Texas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

After filibuster tactics on the part
Of the whiskey advocates that COM
PEELED continuous session of the
State Senate from one o'clock Friday
afternoon until nine O'Clock Satur-
day morning last, the drys by vote
OF 10 to z passed the resolution
ratifying the national prohibition
amendment to its third reading,
thereby insuring its final passage by
the upper branch of the General
Assembly.
The fight now goes to the House,
and was set for Wednesday of this
week..
The whiskey ring of Baltimore
city has marshaled all its forces, and
with its corruption fund, is making
a last desperate effort to defeat the
will of the people and prevent the
passage of the amendment. Their
fight is a hopeless one, as the people
of the State are thoroughly aroused
and are determined TO put the distil-
leries and breweries out of business
by outlawing<them in Maryland.
The vets see their ultimate defeat
and consequently are willing to
resort to any tactics in order to gain
a short respite. But no matter how
the vote results in the House, this
week, there is nothing surer than
Z that eventually the whiskey business
will be driven from the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

An examination of the budget has
divulged the fact that in addition to
carrying appropriations, the budget
has created four additional officers
in departments and has provided
salaries and maintenance funds for
them. The creations are:
A legislative counsel of three
counsellors at salaries of $1,000 each
and clerical and other expenses
amounting to $4,000.
State director of farm products
salary of director, $4,000 per year,
and for hire of quarters, clerks
laborers, trucks and vehicles. $4,000
State fire marshal, salary ,$2500
and expenses and clerical aid $500,
Traffic Court in Baltimore city in
connection with the Motor Vehicle
Department, to be paid out Of special
funds, $4,000. Total. $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
Farmers Need Single Tax.

To the editor of Capper's Weekly:
have just read what w. P. Har-
vey, secretary of Homestead Loan
and Land League of Missouri, has to
say of large land holdings for specu-
lation. It does not seem possible
that government of the people
would tolerate these large holdings
when land means SO much to every
body.
Eleven years ago bought small
farm paying a small amount down
and a high rate of interest on the
balance I tried hard to finish pay
ing for it and have. a home, but light
crops and an increase in taxes and
all other things that go with raising
large family compelled me to sell
and to try renting again with the
usual results.
A couple Of weeks ago / took q
Ford and started east from Jewell
county to look for farm to rent
went as far as Highland in Doni-
phan county, stopping at most Of the
towns and inquiring of real estate
men and farmers. They all told me
the same story, that there were from
six to a, dozen men for every farm
that was for rent.
Last spring i took trip out in
western Nebraska and eastern Colo
RADIO. I wished to buy some cheap
land. It seemed to me the land was
entirely too high for what it would
produce. But that was not the worst
feature. you could not borrow a dol
lar on the land for less than 10 pei
cent.
Surely a man able to work, who
can give references as to his farming
and who has all kinds of help, and a
capital of about $4,000, should be in
good demand most any place.
Here is hoping our Government
officials will wake up to the land
holding situation.
G. M. PERSON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

Bills have been introduced by
Senator Crothers establishing bud
get system for Cecil county and
authorizing an audit of accounts.
Another bill introduced provides
for the changing of the Commission
er system in Cecil county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
Real Estate Transfers Recorded A,
Clerks Office,

Amanda J. Riohey and John A.
Richey, her husband, to Charles A.
Smith and wife, acre property at
Pilot, $500 and other considerations.
William S. Evans, Assignee. to
Charles Blake. Sherwood Rea prop
erty at Pilot, $500.
|. Charles Blake to Thomas H. Cum
mings. property above, SO and other
considerations.
Sylvester Bowlsby and wife to
James Alexander, property at Zion,
$500
Charles q. Thompson and wife to
Charles H. Bryan and wife, S% acre
property in Fifth district. $500,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

There is no telling" would be an
appropriate motto for sewing So
ciety-if the members would live up
to it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

A dog can say more with his tail
in minute than the average man
can express with his mouth in a
week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

A woman can talk without think
ing, but she seldom thinks without
talking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

Humanity is unequaily divided be-
tween those who can't stand pros
perity and those who can't get any to
stand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

If kissing should go out of fashion
no girl would care to be considered
stylish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

Good qualities are jewels that only
good breeding can set off to adyant-
age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

Love and strong drink make this
world go round.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

Some married men join the Army
because they are tired of lighting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08
Marriage Licenses.

Tho following marriage licenses
lave been issued by Clerk Of the
Court Charles S. Peacock since our
last issue:-
Samuel Armstrong, of Chesapeake
City, and Annie Scarborough, of
Philadelphia.
George t. King, of Elkton, and
Gertrude L. Barber, of Chester, Pa.
w. Mearns Moore and wife to
Rush M. Nickel. farm in Ninth dis
trict. $12.50O.
Few collisions occur on the path of
virtue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

EDWIN G. BAETJER,
Federal Food Administrator
for Maryland
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-08

There has been no prohibition
against the use of lamb or mutton
except on meatless days. On the
other days of the week it is the hope
of the Food Administration thai
lamb and mutton may be substituted
for other meats Of an exportable
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

dlc. The warm Italian spirit Of its
Ieop!c tried to breathe life into if.
hefolcally they struggled to maintain
ZONE commerclal activity; but it was
peless-Austria had doomed lbo
Ircntino to lingering death. '''N
The paper mills, the iron and plass
WORKS, the silk mills of this reejo,
we're last disappearing, even prior 70
the present war. The mininm ;nd,s
fr!cs, which had given this country tho
hame of the "California of E,nSo',o. ,n.'
ana mad added to it's wealth a thousapna
m'liloh francs to reckon onlv ~
wages paid to the workers. hst,yonn enu
!; ;loo ara 800. according to the pre.
oise ejaculation of historian-wera
az 1870. "Neo DIS carry
Isolated, the Trcntino faced ruin T.
1oush' 10 transform itself from an in
HAastr'al To an agricultural Alpine land
tlSn "'nHC even this means OF survival
lhe Austrian government hos ,ralsi ,sai
relentless opposition. Roads -, ""seu Ky
ways to open outlets for the no.can4,, ,,'4a, =,
Lrooucc have been refused. Thc hi; ~
.aiy authority. which before 1919 han
transformed the country into a vast ,sut
.n.lercned .;,'d camp, dominated by th;,tv'
.'tI iorts' cut up at evcrv cornor H.,
,'''llary roads, allowed the Trent;ns9.
"u economic expansion. All telenhon;l
enc telegraphlc communication ,,,;.'
inu i,",S mas been Systematically forh;d
"en th ~ .or many years. Capitalists fror,
.ne kingdom of Italy tried mora tlon' +h,''
once TO revive the industries Of Trna ,.la''
.,no' Dut they met with strenuonc ar;
o.d' oronlbltion. Licenses woro ,.or,.a.' o' :, ,
rveh TO travelling sellers of nouis,..' ueuu
rom Verona. The marvellous 'au,;nS al,,;S
t"Stufes OF the Trentino vera .''.l'e a'aan,
~ ~ nerosmen and cattle breedinr consnI o,Vs.,p
nus uoes TINS alien race desfro,,: tl' l.
Co. ~ INDUSTRY Of these peonle @'e
olHce 1856 the Austrian rovernro,4
h. ,s" cnaracterlstic Teutonic brutal;t,
d;t;o soosn' 70 break the venerable t,o
I;t.,o t.Vp", 10 destroy the spirit Of tbic
.or,,a ar..e people, who had managed to nroN
a,ist ,,raa.o 'nelr existence through 'ho
tlun.ess t;on ~ polltlcal and national rcvoln.
-; ;1'.i 10y i means of transportation, bv srh
far Ing 49, olav and German element.
ha. ',o hoon a'al,an elements in Trieste it.
IaI;. wv! attempted to eliminate tho
tha;, tl',a"s IN trieste, without destrovinr
n,', wh;r,, business life and enterprise
nrod,ot;,pl ;Gp'eSetlC so large II part of the
r,ouue.lIe ~; NE of the empire. 10
cia', r, e"u 'hc government subsidizos
,,nJant ana German workmen. who
unpertaNe to marry and remain for tho
remainder of their lives ~ n. 1ol 'he
.hey are given little home nnj
iufhllure, provided with LAWYERS Jnn1 ,r"
tors, schools, newspapers in car, uos-
and are taught to proclaim the itni;...,A in;.an
as usurpers, and that Trieste Ia n Sla"
city. 10 d oiaV
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

mitores. The dining room for the Off
GERS was in the centre of the large
building. In the left wing was the
business station, where also lived few
unmarried captains. The cooking was
done in gigantic common kitchen.
But close by the chief cook, Frischmuth,
had established true German sausage
factory frequented assiduously by Off
GERS and crews
During the rainy season the German
mariners had cause to keep to their
rooms, but the interned had plenty of
devices for killing time, and the repre-
scntatives Of Uncle Sam sincerely aided
them in their efforts
In the big structure was also an am
phitheatre with a stage and comfort
able seats. There on fine days COM
edies were performed, and music and
song resoundcd. Or in the evening hours
one attended in the open the kino
performances, which always brought
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
1rentno Bears Scars of Austrias Vain Scheme
to leutonize and Enslave Latin Minded PeonIes

italy, already half exhausted, has been
IN absolute strategical dependence upon
Austria. which has ruthlessly dictated
her foreign policy. BY supreme act
on courage Italy severed the bonds
"hich hcid her to the tyrant, and the
hearts of the Austrian Italians in the
lrentlno leapcd for JOY and hope of
ending their long exile from the mother
country.
During the last fifty years the Aus
TRAN government has worked for the
material and spiritual destruction of
tins people. To the least intcllipcnt if
would seem evident that gay, poetic
Italian could never become a morosc or
phlcgmatic Teuton; and yet this has
been the determination of the Hans
burgs TO convert the Trentino into n
pure German state; failing which, to
oblitcratc the Italians from the Trcn-
tEo.
They have endcavorcd to accomplish
this by methods Of moral and spiritual
dlslntegration. They have sought to
exhaust the national sentiment by con-
tinuous persecution, encouraged vice
ana fostcrcd materialistic scltishness
in the poor in order to lull the ardent
national instinct
At this very moment when Germany
threatens ruthlessly to override the
/ world, she hovcrs on the brink of de-
struction-and she knows it, Once
dominating Central Europe, the Teu-
tonic race is now being submerged in
the floodtldc of new races, rising to
dispute its rule. The races which
seemed doomed to perpetual slavery
have bIossomcd again and have Gre
ated for themselves middle class
which IS fast advancing along the line
of its nationality.
I'm Austria the Teutonic element has
been on the wanc for a generation,
The lIungarians long to free them
selves from Vienna; in Austria. the
Poles have struggled for autonomy:
the Southern Slavs the Slovenes and
Croats talked Of Trialism and n new
lllyrian kingdom; while the Czechs
nave not forgotten their ancient king
dom Of Bohemia. The problem of the
liapsburg is not, Will the Central
Powers win the war? but, Will tho
lapsburgs weather the storm?
After 1866 the A,striars feared
United Italy. 1t seemed that the King
dom OF Italy was formed by lberating
Italian soil from the rule of the for
eigner. The Italian territories en-
chained by Austria must not be iber-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

ated. The unifcation of Italian lands
must be stopped. The Austrian remedy
like the German remedy in Belgium,
was to suppress or transform the Ital.
lanS who renamed outside the king
dom: When Italy would seek them she
would not find them. In the places of
her sunny hearted, poetic sons, she
would find sullen, arrogant Tcutons.
The government keeps these two
distinct peoples united in one province
whose capital and centre of gravity is
the Pan-Germanist city, Innsbruck.
inc Jrentlno must send it's repre-
sentatvcs to the Diet at Innsbruck
where a third of the seats only are as
signed to the Italians. The German ma
Jorlty can therefore impose its ideas
and interests on the Italians. Hence
the whole provincial life Of the Tren.
tlno is subject to German control. The,
make the .laws, impose taxes and ok
pend the money for the Tyrol. The
Irentino is impoverished, while it paws
most of the taxes
The government Of Vienna has al.
ways shown itself insensible to the
critical moments of history. It's rigid
and closed mentality has had no re-
spcct either for its own subjects on
for other paiions. Regardless of the
limitations Of its political principles
Vienna erected them as unalterable
dogmas. The facts of Austria's system
OF government in the T'rentino, inter.
preted by history, and by Vicnnese DO.
lltlcal mentality, which is responsible
for them, show a typical Teutonic sys
TEN OF oppression, Austria's misrulo in
the Trentino forms one of the mos,
tragic and miserable episodes in the
history of modern F'urone
The Trcntino is dominated bv tho
Austrian military. not only since the
present war but during the two score
and more years of Austrian occupatior
OF the territory. The first crisis hep,,
III 1866. with the separation from LON.
hardy and Venetia. The Trcntino h,t
lived upon its industries. its CONNER.
cial outlet being the valley of the Pc
It's fourishlng silk industry gave en-
ployment to 10000 skilled workers. The
little white town OF Rovcreto alone
consumed in its world famous sill
mlils the whole product of the cocoons
or the Trentino and a part of that OF
Venetia and Lombardy. The tiny tow
of Ala had eleven velvet factories. +,
the valleys of Sarca and the Chies,
there were many glass works. Thu
the small and mountainous country fol
the Trentlno. exploiting by the wiilinp
labor OF It's simple people its resources
was well on the road to progress ir
1856. when Vienna ruthlessiy cut it of,
from Vcnctla by ii political frontie,
and n new customs barrier. Sepnratel
from all the great internal centres oi
Austria and robbed of it's natural Ital.
i'm markets and centres Of supply. the
Irentno was like plant cut Off from
'ts roots 1t could only languish ant
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

X7HEN the Germans devastated
w Belgium the civilized world
gasped in horror.
Inc same policy, less barbarically
spectacular, but equally Teutonic, has
peen employed by the Austrian Haps-
burgs for fifty years in the Trcntino.
Toward the close of the eleventh CEN
tury bishop named Werner built a
fortified palace among the mountain
crags of Switzerland. The pcasantrv
iivlng in the valley referred to the
bishops residence as "Dcr Habitchts-
burg" which may be Anglicized as the
"Hawk's Nest" Bishop Wcrncr's sue
ccssors justified the name. They spread
Tear and terror through the country,
seizlng every opportunity to increase
| their wealth and power.
The lord of the "Hawk's Nest" dis
c"rded the sacred mantle, took the title
OF Count of Hapsburg, and married
Ihus originated the house of Uapsburp
which, like hawk, has prcycd for CEN
b.
lection Singularly devoid of the finer
scnslbilitics, the Hapsburgs have pro-
voked quarrels with their best friends
that they might dcspoil them of their
lands. Their dream of world conquest
was apparent as early as 1910. when
the venerable Bishop of Basic cried ::
"sit fast, 0 Cod, or the Iapsburg Ru-
dolph viii have Thy throne ncxt!"
Tins IS the family which divided
Central Europe, one branch taking tho
throne of Austria, the other that o(
Germany.
The Hohcnzollcrn in Belgium has
been drastic and quick; the Hapsburp
In the Trentino has been slow and sim
istcr
The Trcntino, in the hands of Aus
tria, is geographical and national alb
surdity. The Trcntino is a prolonpa.
ton OF the valleys of Vcnitis and Lom-
hardy. All its gates arc open toward
Italy, which is without defence. Held
ty Austria, 1t ~ like great intrcnchcd d
camp in the heart of Lombnrdy. n con-
stant threat to the valley Of the Po. the
link between ltaly's richest and most
productive cities
THIS geographical situation explains
the Triple Alliance. For forty years
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

comrades about their sojourn in Uncle
Sans tropical islands,
Captain William Hernecke, who had
commanded the Andalusia, Of the
Hamburg-American Line, is one of the
newly arrived in Hot Springs.
And the still youthful commander
narrates quite interestingly the story
OF the months he spent with his crew
and officers in the prisoners camp Of
Baguio, in the Philippine Islands.
High in the mountains really beau
tlful and picturesque camp had been
built for them.
And as can be seen from the illustra
tons, one certainly could live excel
lently we'll in those clean. white
washed, airy houses.
The captains and married naval off
GERS were placed in the neat pavilons
Whlle the crews in the government con-
tire were lodged in spacious, sunny dor
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
A CORRECTION

In Albert Mardell's article. "The New
Science That unlocks the Minds Most
Secret Doors" which was printed in the
Tribune. February "a, DR.. A. A. Brill
~aa Represented az being connected
with the Mount Sinai Hospital Of New
York City. Dr.. Brill corrccts The
Tribune's information, by saying he has
never been connected with that institu-
ton, that it is another DR.. Brill who is
associated with the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

change into the deadly monotony of
detention.
Board and treatment were faultless
Everything that could reasonably be
asked was offered. And who knows
whether the Germans interned in the
Philippines were much overjoyed when
the order came to depart to the United
States.
The voyage to San Francisco was made
on the Z. S. transport Sheridan. After
short rest in an Angel Island camp
their journey came to an end at Hot
Springs.
And at Hot Springs time will surely
hang less heavy than in the far-ofr
mountains Of Baguio.
Hundreds upon hundreds of former
comrades have been there reunited. And
before all the stories of adventure ar,
exchanged the war probably will be
over, and then they will return blithe
and cheerful to their native countrv.