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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
kERE'S ANOTHER FROG STORY
New Workers. Experience Seems to
corroborate Tale Told by the
Ksiser's Press Agert.

This is the time of the year when
Hsh stories are permissible. so the kali
ser's press agent cannot be blamed for
pulling that one about the frogs croak-
ing in such deafening fashion that
they enabled the Germans TO bring up
their batteries without being discov-
cred by the allies. Hank Newman. who
Invented the famous snapper" elixir,
partly bears out the statement made
by the Hun war correspondent. BE
knows all the habits of the Johnny
Crapauds and he declares that they can
make some noise when they begin to
croak. 81 don't know anything about
those bloodthirsty frogs of the Chemin
des Danes. however" explained Mr..
Newman. "But down In Ozone Park.
where live. there is a frog pond. and
hundreds of them live quiet. peace
full life. In fact, the frogs down my
way are musical. for they lull the ma
tive to sleep. There is one big fellow,
however, who has high pitched voice.
I named him Caruso because he war
bles louder than any In the flock. For
some time Caruso and me were quite
chummy. AS soon as he heard my
alarm clock go off at FIVE in the morn
ing. he would come TO my window and
sing a roundelay, which indicated that
he was hungry. That was when ]
had daylight work. Now I'm on nights
and don't get to bed until three in the
morning. And for the past three weeks
Caruso and his entire chorus made
sleep impossible for me, so found 1t
necessary to move far from the frog
New York Sun.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
HapIess cIarlbeI,s Encounter.

The sun was slowly sinking In the
usual place. Claribel Skippenhop, over
whose youthful head scarce thirty-sev-
en- summers had lightly flown, sat in a
regulation-size hammock, idly swinging
her foot to the tune of keep the
Home Liars Squirming," played on
Hottentot bagpipe AZ miles away.
Suddenly thought seized her. She
tried to scream and break its hold. She
succeeded in both. Probably one and
fifteen eight-millionths of a cubic
second was allowed to elapse between
her scream and the time the thought
was covering at her feet.
"Avaunt," she cried. "Don't you
know this is my thoughtless day? Now.
doggone 1t, I'll have a headache"
Then she went back to swing her
foot and the hammock.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
AT THE REPUBLIC TONIGHT

The weak spot in an elderly mans
armour-his love of good food-was
picked out by a clever young girl who
wished to gain the goodwill of this
old man--her uncle. The bright
young woman is played by May Ali
son, charming young Metro star of
the sparkling comedy, "a Successful
Adventure" which will be shown at
the Republic Theatre tonight.
June Matthias wrote it and Harry
Franklin did the directing.
knowing the vulnerable spot of her
grouchy old relative, this young
Southern girl showed a woman's keen
intuition when she chose the Kitchen
route" as the way of reaching his
heart. That she gained her ends goes
without saying when it is told that
she knew how to cook in the APP
proved old Southern style.
Mary Allison plays the part of the
girl in perfection. Her comedy is
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
SCHOOL FUND is
ON IT'S OLD BASIS
Anne Arundel Coundy And Bal
timore County Are Gamers
Through Oversight
STATE FUND OVERLOOKED

Anne Arundel and Baltimore Coun-
ties are to be gamers in the transfer
OF the school systems OF the two
counties to Baltimore City. by annex
alton. True. the gain, in this instance
will be but for one year. but in this
county /. will amount to about 81 600.
The State School Board has discoS-
ture annexing sections of Baltimore
and Anne Arundel counties TO the
city fails to make provision for the
distribution of the state school fund
heretofore devoted TO the schools in
the Annex to Baltimore City. The
board referred the question TO Acting
Attorney General ogle Marbury, who
has decided that the distribution of
the fund must be made on the old
basis. which means that Baltimore
and Anne Arundel counties, despite
the loss of large proportion of their
schools by the annexation act. will
receive the fund as heretofore.
Baltimore city, under the annexa-
ton act. is pledged to support schools
within the added area. The city,
while paying the proportion of the
receipts from the school tax into
the general state school fund, will re-
ceive nothing in the distribution of
that fund to the city and among the
several counties, will be compelled
to bear the whole burden Of support
of schools in the annexed areas.
Ii may be possible for the city TO
apply to the courts for mandamus
to compel the State Comptroller to
distribute the $4,000 involved to the
city 1t may further be possible for
the State Comptroller to withhold the
fund until the annexation act shall
have been amended by the next Gen.
eral Assembly. If this course is de-
cided upon Baltimore and Anne Arun-
del counties will appeal to the courts
for mandamus to compel the Comp
troller to distribute the fund as here
tOfore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
NAUGHTY Mamma's Bow.

My husband. who is at Camp Sher-
man, wrote home and told us this joke
the boys played on a "mamma's boy"
who was the goat Of the whole COM
pany. One night while he was over to
the 7. NJ. c. A. they fixed up the head
of his cot with sticks and tied string
to them, then waited until he got sound
asleep and pulled the strings. out
came the sticks and down went the
bed. He nearly exploded he was so mad
and my husband said had you been lis
tening you could have heard him
swearing clear home.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
EIrst-Hand Earthquake News.

A volcologist of the Carnegie
Geophysical laboratory reports that he
has nearly perfected apparatus for re-
cording upon wax cylinders the subter-
ranean sounds of earthquakes says
the Scientific American. "The ordi-
nary commercial cylinders are insult
able for this delicate work, and accord
ingly the laboratory has secured sup
ply of cylinders of the old. pure wax
type. The microphone used in this con-
nection has also been greatly improved
and a perfect little portable field outfit
weighing less than pound has been
evolved"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
RECORD OF WEATHER

Observer Joseph Billy, Jr., temper
arily in charge Of the Weather Blu
reau. Baltimore, has issued his week
ly report, which shows two clear days
the week ending September 81. the 19
and o. There we're four cloudy days,
September Is, IL, Is and 20, and one
partly cloudy day. September 81
Rain fell the II, is, 20 and 81. The
highest temperature for the week was
50 degrees. on September 16; the low
est. AS. on September 81 There was
not single day with 100 per cent sun
shine during the week
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
GEO. w. JONES
Circulating Library

The following books were added TO the
Library week ending Apri ., 1913:
ston Churchill.
.The Inevitable Balance Sheet" by Ka-
trina Trash.
"A Circuit Riders Wife," by Cora Har-
Long Live The King" by Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart.
.Oyer The Top" by Arthur Guy Empey.
"Extrcatlng Obadiah" by Joseph c.
Lincoln.
Kenny" by Leonora Dalryimple.
My Four Years In Germany" by ]. W.
Gerard.
where Your Treasurer Is" by Holman
pay.
''The Crue In The Air." by Isabel Os-
trander.
TERMS:--New Books, &c. per day.
Old Books. 1c. per day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25

One day at Southern CAMP one Of
the negro soldiers was showing me a
service pin with three stars which he
always carried in his pocket / asked
him who the relatives were and he re-
piled: "One is TO- maself an the other
two is TO ma brudders: one is going
TO enlist an the other is in the next
draft."
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
aFLuv IN CAMPS

A subscriber to the Capital has sug-
gested that the Spanish Influenza. now
prevalent in camps throughout the
country may have been of Teutonic
origin.
He says in his opinion the German
U-boat recently off the coast of New
York, probably brought the contagious
disease and though its agents dissent
mated it about the army camps. There
are few, IL any cases reported among
civilians.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
TOMORROW AT HOSTESS HOUSE

Tomorrow Is Annapolis Thursday
at the Hostess House at Camp Meade.
Mrs Robert B. Dashiell, Chairman
of the Anne Arundel Hospitality Com
mittee. Will herself accompany the
committee to serve tomorrow at the
camp cafeteria. Mrs. Dashiell has
named the following ladies to go with
her: Mrs. Frank A. Munroe, Mrs. Ro-
land ChiIds, Mrs. Abram Moss, Mrs.
Grafton Ridout Miss Annie Dashiell,
Mrs. Gage
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
SUPERINTENDENT FOX
GOES THROUGH ANNEX
Local High School Head Takes Bal
timOre City Educational Super
intendent Through Schools

Professor George Fox, superinten-
dent of education in Anne Arundel
County, yesterday made a tour of in
spec.ion through the public schools
of this county in the annexed area,
taking with him Superintendent Koch,
head Of the educational system of Bal
timore City. Under the annexation
law the schools will be taken over for
management by the city school board.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
AT BALTIMORE HOSPITAL

Miss Mollie Andrews, who has been
suffering for some time with facial
nerve trouble, is patient at the Mary
land University Hospital, Baltimore,
where she is under the care of nerve
specialist. A X-ray picture will be
made and it is hoped to locate the seat
of the trouble in this way. Miss Mol
lies many friends are hoping for her
speedy recovery.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
TONGUES PRAYER MEETING

The usual mid-week prayer meeting
will be held tonight at 5 o'clock in the
lecture room of the First Presbyterian
Church, the Rev DR.. Maurice S.
White, pastor. The service will take
the form of the Preparatory Service
for the Celebration of The Sacrament
of the Lords Supper which is to be
held on Sunday next. and the topic this
evening will be THE Shadow Of the
Cross"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
LEAVE BALTIMORE

as 1855; So; Gag. lOss, a. li lss A 4ss Y.
- 35, 7.35, 9.35, 11.35, Il. NJ, 12.35
A. NJ.
-, rims receive or discharge passengers
." A. local points between Annapolis and
Naval Academy Junction and at Linth-
ieum on signal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25

FOR tickets and information apply at
osr clty ticket ofiies West Street Station,
state House Station. College Avenue and
a1sden Streets; Caryel Hall, Maryland
uotel Office u. s. n. A., for officers, mid
shipmen, etc, connected with the Naval
Academy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS

fascinating and her more pathetic
scenes most appalling. It is pic
ture with many laughs and much
deep heart interest
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
Lave ANNAPOLIS
VYast street station

--a GOO $50, 100. xI.50, SO, 30,
SO 1''tf 90 4 NJ 100, 1.20, 20, 80,
~ Va x4.5O $40, 500. 100. SO, 1920,
n 20 A. II.
voval Academy Gate 10 minutes
Leave -,ier. state House Station, Bladen
sf and College Ave, seven "a minutes
earlier.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
LEAVE wAsHINGToN

eao e45. sos. s9O5. 1905. 11.05. A. NJ. 1905.
wv a. 2.O5. sos, $50, s4.05 4.30 5.0o.
605' 7.O5, 9.05 1l.05 +. M; 12.Oo A. Nd.
xpaily except Sunday.
connecting at 0denton with p. II. K.
oLOcal Annapolis 10 Baltimore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-25
w B. & A. Electric
Railroad.
MIGHTY TERMINALS

,,4..riv Service Morning and Evening
Haf hcetS Annapolis, Baltimore and
BetWestJtc and Camp Meade
Washington and Camp Meade
'neseengers change at Naval
Academy Juncuon-l
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
Fourteen Men and Seventeen
Women Victims Of German
Raiders Last Night
BATTLE RACED in
AIR FOR FIVE HOURS
One Enemy Machine Fen To
Ground in Flames Burning
Crew of Three Men
By webb Miller

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Jan. 29.-Fourteen men, sew
enteen women and sixteen children were
killed in two air raids over London and
the coast last night, according to Lord
French 8 official report today.
Almost all of these were in Lon-
don," the report stated
The material damage, the statement
said, was not serious.
Londoners witnessed a great machine
gun battle between British and Ger
man airplanes.
Flashes from the spltting guns were
visible in the heavens and rat-at-ta
fire was plainly audible. Occasionally
the machines themselves could be seen
against the moon.
Meanwhile violent and intermittent
barrage fire circled the whole city.
TheS fight in the sky seemed to con-
tinue long while. The raider appeared
in trouble and it was noted he descend
ed considerably, bat he fled away safe
ly with many machines in pursuit. Even
tually he reached the coast and was
swallowed up in the night. Many Of the
German raiders arrived over the coast
in the two raids, but few of the squad
rons penetrated as far as London.
Fifteen machines participated in
last night IS raids" Lord French conf
mander in chief of home defenses, re-
ported today. Gin the first attack four
or five reached London and dropped
bombs. In the later attack one reached
London and dropped bombs. A number
of the royal flying corps engaged the
enemv. Two fought and fired on q raid
er at ten thousand feet above Essex,
the enemy machine falling in flames. Its
crew of three were burned"
1t was five hours before the "all
clear" signal was sounded throughout
the city.
Parliamentary Secretary for War J. /.
Macpherson announced in the house Of
commons late today that seventy Brit
ish airmen had fought off the Ger
man g night raids.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
= = * x i ~ 4 X = i i

New York, Jan. 29.-"The United
States will in no case be the aggressor
against either the political independence
or the territorial integrity of any other
state or nation,' declared President
Wilson in a letter made public today
with his consent.
AT the same time" he continued,
" she is proposing and insisting upon
similar pledges from all the nations of
the world who have its peace at heart
and are willing to associate themselves
for the maintenance of that peace.
"The very strength of her appeal in
this direction comes from the fact that
she is willing to bind herself and give
pledges of the utmost solemnity for
her own faith and disinterestedness.
The letter was addressed to Roy W..
Howard, president of the UPited Press
on the eve of his departure from South
America. 1t was in reply to letter
in which Howard ralled attention to the
widespread efforts still being made by
German propagandists in South Amer
lea to misinterpret the purpose Of the
president in urging other American re-
publies to Join in the fight ''to make
the world safe for democracy
It is the president S opinion that the
German propagandist in South. Ameri-
ca has about exhausted his effective
ness and that slowly but surely clear
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
PAVE ROAD
SALEM TO AURORA
WITH STATES PLANT
Twenty-One Miles VIII Be
Hard Surfaced, Work Com
menCing In Spring

State Highway Engineer Num- this
morning stated the commission would
build the 2l miles of road from Salem
to Aurora with its own plant and its
own employees A splendid plant has
been secured for the work. The road
is to be bituminous, and 0,000 tons OF
crushed rock have already been pur-
chased for it. Contacts are also be-
ing sought for sand and asphalt. Work
will be commenced on this with the
opening of spring and it will be rush
ed to completion as rapidly as possi-
BILE. Another fine plant for doing the
work at Sheridan has been secured
This is for laying concrete pavement
and work win be commenced on this
section of the state highways in the
near future. Advertisements for ee-
ment and materials are now running
and bids will be opened soon.
In this connection Engineer Mum
said the charge made recently by some
one in Oregon City that the commits
sion had spent $4,000 for automobiles,
is untrue. and is an example of how
stories grow and become distorted. he
saws the commission has expended $lZ,
O0o for 81 Ford machines, and pointed
ont that as men could not live en- the
roads the autos were a nseesslty IN
getting TO and from work and doing
tbe other needed things in connection
with II. He saws the story perhaps
grew from this and the fact that the
commission had spent S25,S67 for q
number Of five ton trucks used in road
work. Trucks had been hired at first,
lint these cost from S2.75 to SO an
hour. and this was both unsatisfactory
and costly. As for the autos he said,
stT wonder how some folks would han
die a SO 100000 Job scattered over
state as large as Oregonf They GER
tainIy could not do it on foot, and the
auto beats the horse. and the purchase
Of a number of them by the commits
sion was a necessary and businesslike
act.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
By w. S. Forrest

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With the French Armies, Jan. 29.-
Airplanes capable of two and half
miles minute; pitched battles between
great numbers of machines on a side; /;
systematic allied war raiding of Ger
many s great munition making center
hitherto almost immune and generally
double the air activity of the past year.
These are some of the things French
Under-Lieutenant (now major in the
American army Raoul Lufberry, of
Wallingford, Conn, sees for the coming
twelve months in the air.
He does not believe aircraft will fin
ish the war.
"Heavy guns and trained men will
put the finishing touch to it, - he de-
elared. But aviation in all its branches
viii undoubtedly play its big role and
certainly larger role than ever before
during the coming year. Personally, L
don I look for any startling new inven-
tions. We will have a steady and rapid
improvement of existing material. The
final outcome is, of course, difficult to
forecast, though it is certain that the
next few months will see much faster
and more powerful aeroplanes on both
sides. 1t would not surprise me if we
were able to fly at least $50 miles an
hour by spring. And 1 mean average
flying at those speeds and not oeeas-
ional spurts."
In predicting a speed Of more than
two miles per minute in the future,
LufberTy revealed that the aviators la
test equipment is mask neutralizing
the tremendous strain which high speed
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
AIRPLANES WILL FIGURE
IN GREAT WAR ACTIVITIES
ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE

in the air places on the heart and
lungs.
Few land battles in the future will
be without important aerial co-opera-
tion on both sides; the larger the bat
tie the more machines engaged above
it, - the flyer continued. "This means
big clashes in the air-more machines.
Generally as air effectives increase and
they are increasing feverishly on both
sides, the fighting over the lines will
not only be far more intense, than last
year, and between speedier and more
powerful machines, but between increas-
ingly greater numbers and larger groups.
Constant night bombardrsents with
large fleets of allied machines on en-
emy munition making eenters are not
only now possible but promise to have
an important effect on the outcome of
the war. Groups of heavily armed bomb
ing planes, each carrying more than a
ton of high explosives, can raid the
most important German munitions towns
and be practically immune from attack
in the air. In the darkness they can
steer by compass, launch their bombs
and turn back homeward.
fSmaller and faster aeroplanes are
practically helpless in the darkness
against big heavily armed raiders. The
latter have a fixed object; that Of
dropping bombs as they pass over their
targets. The former are on the hunt
and it is no secret they are at an ex-
treme disadvantage with their arma-
ment against the more numerous guns
of the larger machines.
cit is common knowledge that most
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29

London, Jan. 29-Italy has assumed
the offensive against the Teutonic in
vaders in a powerful drive, first news
of which came today in admission from
Berlin that the Germanic lines had
been forced to relinquish some ground.
The Berlin war office statement was
as follows:
"Fast of the Asiago, as far as the
Brenta, the Italians strongly attack
ed, Around Monte Sisemol and to the
west the attack broke down for the
most part except at Monte di Valbella,
where the enemy was able for a time
to gain a foothold which was lost to
them by our counter attack.
"In the region of Coldebrosso, be-
tween FrenZela ravine and the Brenta,
the enemy's advancing attack was
Thrown back Repeated attempts broke
down under heavy losses. We took ten
officers and $50 prisoners At Castel
Franco, Treviso and Mestre we drop-
ped twenty one tons of bombs with
good effect Saturday night, big fires
being observed. -
Berlin 5 own admission would make
the front of the Italian attack at least
six miles, From this it is apparent that
the drive is more than mere localized
attack Observers he y estimated it
was an attempt to smash the Teutonic
lines back against the snow covered
mountains
The Italians have frequently made
offensive assaults AGAINST the invad-
ers, but this is apparently the first
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-29
AMERICA WILL RESPECT
POLITICAL INTEGRITY OF
ALL NATIONS SAYS WILSON

understanding of the true attitude and
purposes of the United States is becom-
ing general in the southern republics.
The president IS letter in full follows
The White House,
Washington, Jan. l6, 1918.
"My Dear Howard:
HThank you for your letter of the
18th.
81 do not know what reply to make
to the first question your letter pro-
pounds. Certainly | never had anything
in mind i'll regard to cooperation among
neutrals which would be particularly
advantageous to, the United States. My
thought was only to unite the opinion
of the world so far as l could in pro-
tecting against the fragrant violations
of right and of international justice
which had been committed. At no stage
of this distressing war have l ever en-
tertained the slightest idea of making
any combination for the special benefit
of the United States. My thought has
been merely the establishment of in
ternational justice and humane dealing
and the safeguarding of universal in
terests.
With regard to the question whether
the war and the participation of the
United States in it has served to
strengthen the common bond between
the democracies of the western hemis-
phere. will say l think it has. I.think
that thoughtful men in all the democ-
racies of that hemisphere are beginning
to see the real purpose and character
Of the United States. She is offering
in every proposal that she makes to
give the most sacred pledges on her
own part that she will in no case be
the aggressor against either the politi-
cal independence or the territorial in
tegrity of any other state or nation, at
the same time that she is proposing and
missing upon similar pledges from all
the nations of the world who have its
peace at heart and are willing to asso-
ciate themselves for the maintenance Of
that peace. The very strength Of her
appeal in this direction comes from
the fact that she is willing to bind her
self and give pledges of the utmost
solemnity for her own good faith and
disinterestedness. If this is understood
there could be no question of fear or
suspicion.
81 am very much interested to learn
of your proposed return to Latin-Amer
lea and l wish you bon voyage With
the greatest heartiness.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"