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with womanhood
Canute that
world that belongs the people thereof
Roman
rchimedes
things be considered
Don't spoil the cirleT
Ahmed did because he is living And will keep
and
beneath, and
whierobed Figure write
senten
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What She Thought About the Early Spring Hat

she had stepped out of fashion sheet the Being
it. she had combined fur
kid with hat Of glazed
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Effect Of Cold Weather

Effect Of Cold Weather.
"The cold weather seems to give Mrs. Fingilt
a livelier complexion"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. II think she
puts on more to keep her face warm"
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Patron Of Sand Art Reminds Of Other Pictures

this Michael Angelo lived vain
couldn't call had heard tell
him another happened things his arand
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A Certain Fact.

Concerning this food shortage. It seems 10 bo
there is one argument which covers the ground"
'What is that?"
"A good wheat and corn crop"
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Changes Wrought in Washington by the War

thorougha which
buildings
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admirals on the streets In 1S61-65 than
there are today. writes "N0mad" in the
Boston Transcript. Uniforms are as.
numerous on Connecticut avenue as.
civilian, suits. The atmosphere of the
place is military. But the Civil war
veteran. suddenly dropped down in.
Washington now, would not know the
city for war city nevertheless. This.
drab dress, this intensely neutral cloth,
would not represent soldering to hin
at all. It would seem to betoken some
sort of cnstodianshin at q club or q
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that, all she did was to claim that no
painter ever made better pictures than
the ones she saw on the beach at At
lantic City.
There are times when argument is
20 much language gone to waste. and
this seemed to be one Of the times, be-
sides: The woman who had backed An
gelo knew that the patron Of sand art
was visioning with memory-eyes, some
dabber under the board walk, who was
doing fat angels and things to the fan
Of nickels. while she leaned over the
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City Full Of Uniforms

central must in these
W a
soldiers the Union certainly generals
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Pyles--Barry

The marriage of Miss Lucy Fran
ces Barry, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Z. Barry, and Assistant Pay
master Thomas Clagett Pyles, U. S.
N. r. F., took place Saturday after
noon, at the Church of st. Michaels
and All Angels, Baltimore. The ush-
ers were Messrs. George E. Barry,
Jr., Lawrence Z. Naylor, Thomas NJ.
Green and Gordon Stewart.
Miss Margaretta Pyles, sister OF
the bridegroom, was maid of honor,
and wore a gown of yellow organdy,
with hat Of yellow tulle, and carried
a bouquet of yellow roses. The bride
entered the church with her father,
by whom she was given in marriage.
At the chancel steps she was met by
the bridegroom, attended by the best
man, his brother, Mr.. Kensett Pyles.
The bride wore a gown of white silk
net, over white satin, and her tulle
veil was arranged with bandeau OF
orange blossoms. She carried a bou-
quet of white roses and sweet peas.
A reception followed at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Barry, is E. 22nd
street, after which the bride and
bridegroom left for a wedding jour
ney. They will spend the summer at
New London, Conn, where the groom
| is stationed.
The bride is a granddaughter OF
Mrs. Charles w. Small, Of this city.
and is widely known among the youn
ger set in Cambridge, having visited
here upon several occasions.
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SPLENDID RECITAL BY
Miss LEONARD'S PUPILS
Annual Recital Given i'll Christ
Church Parish House Saturday
Night.

The pupils of Miss Mary c. Leon
ard gave their annual recital Satur-
day night in the parish house of
Christ 2. E. Church. They play with
a style and finish which is not often
manifested in children of such ten
der years. Assisting them were Miss
Florence Phillips, of Ogontz School;
Miss Nellie Shackelford and Miss
Coda Cook, who helped TO make the
affair a success.
The following is the program:
Medley Waltz, Miss Frances Phil
Gps-Orth.
Very Happy-Schmidt Ding Dong
Bell-Virgil. Miss Agnes Howard.
Happy Hours, Miss Anna Smith
Virgil.
II Trovatore. Miss Vivian Esk-
ridge-Dorus.
Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye
Edmunds. Joan of Arc--Wells
Miss Coda Cook
March and Chorus, Miss Hammer
Dunkley-Tanhause
Fantasia from II Trovatore, Miss
Virginia Noble-Smith.
Hank, Hark, The Lark, Miss Ruth
Phillips-Schubart.
Sonata-Beethova Study-Loes-
chorn. 1920 Mcdowell. Miss
Florence Phillips.
There's a Long, Long Trail-El-
, lott Keep The Home Fires Burn
ing. Miss Nellie Shackelford.
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THE I)AlLY BANNER
Published Daily Except Sunday
Brief Local News

CAMBRIDGE. MD. JUNE i, 1918
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Mr.. G. Edward LeCompte, of Wash
ingtOn, is spending sometime in this
city.
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RichardsOn--HoIland

A beautiful wedding was solem
nized this morning at 1890 O'Clock,
at Zion NJ. Z. Church, when Miss
Margaret Elizabeth Holland, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney E. Hol-
land, of this city, became the bride
of Mr.. Charles Richardson, of New
York
The bride entered the church,
which was beautifully decorated for
the occasion, with her brother, Mr..
Spencer E. Holland, who gave her in
marriage. She wore a suit of dark
blue mannish serge, and carried a
bouquet of Brides roses. Her only
attendant was her sister, Miss Lula
Holland, who was dressed in Jade
Bedelle satin, with a black picture
hat, and carried pink snapdragons.
The best man was Mr.. Fred Richard
son, of New York.
Just before the ceremony Miss Ju-
liza Ruark sang 20, Promise Me. J"
Her dress was of white georgette
crepe and crepe de chine, and her
hat of white lace. Miss Edythe
Spedden played the wedding music.
The marriage was performed by Rev.
w. E. Gunby. Messrs. Benjamin S.
Insley, Herbert Dali, Herbert Harper
and Edward Cook were the ushers.
The bride gave a reception last
night at her home on Locust street
to the bridal party and a few
friends
Following the ceremony, Mr.. and
Mrs Richardson left by automobile
for Seaford, where they boarded the
northbound train for Atlantic City,in
which place they Will stay ten days.
They will reside in New York, where
the groom is engaged in business.
The groom's gift to the bride was
| $3.50 Liberty Bond.
The out-of-toWn guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Richardson, of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Ash
bridge, of Pcrryyille; Misses Cora
and Ruby Culver, of Seaford; Mes
srs. Karl Brown, Charles j. West,
Charles Dawson, OF Seaford; Arthur
| Ward, Of Salisbury, and Mrs. S. j.
| Robinson. of Baltimore.
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SUBMARINE MENACE MAY
CLOSE BALTIMORE PORT
Might Have 10 be Done ~ Protect
Shipping in The Fifth Naval Dis
triCt.

ti.iCt.
Washington. June 3-If the mouth
, of the Chesapeake is TO be closed,
thereby tieing up Baltimore's ship
ping while the submarine menace eX-
J lists, the order to this effect Will be
issued by Rear Admiral Walter Nc
Lean, from his headquarters at the
jamestown Naval Base.
If this action is taken, the fact
will be communicated to the Navy
Department with the reasons which
Admiral Mclean may assign. He is
not required or even expected to con-
suit Washington before moving in
that direction, the whole question OF
protecting the shipping in the Fifth
. Naval District being left to his dis
erection.
This is the substance OF an an
nouncement issued by Acting Secre-
tary of the Navy Roosevelt this aft
ernoon when asked whether or not
it had been found necessary to en-
barge al Ishipping headed outside
the Virginia Capes. He was remln-
ded that the ports of New York, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia already had
/ been closed.
III I6DlN MI 1NOC7N ' vi '7S'AA SAAsN1
the naval commanders in the North
Atlantic districts had acted solely up
! on their own initiative in holding up
all outgoing ship movements. He
said that under the present naval
organization these commanders are
given authority to take such steps in
that direction as their information
may warrant, and that Admiral Nc
u n,if c
colleagues.
The general opinion is that south
bound shipping from the Capes will
not be interfarred with at present.
All vessels, however, which may be
headed north from Cape Charles
probably will be detained in Hamp-
ton Roads. Overseas shipping, pro-
yided it is armed or conveyed, doubt
less Will be authorized to sail with
out delay. This is the way the sit
uatiOn looks from Washington, but
no order or ruling to that effect has
been issued.
Each naval district commander is
kept fully informed, not only from
Washington, but from his associates
along the coast, Of every known
movement of enemy submarines.
these officers not only by the shore
commanders, but by the officers who
are securing the seas. Should it be-
come apparent that the U-boat now
operating off the Jersey coast have
turned toward the south, and tina.
they might be lying in wait off the
Capes. Admiral Mclean probably
would close the mouth of the Chesa-
peake entirely until it was found
safe for vessels to proceed.
There does not seem to be the
TemOteSt chance that the hostile
craft now in American waters will
undertake to force an entrance to the
Chesapeake. 70 DO so would be al
most suicidal, it is explained. Not
only are American patrol boats lit
orally screening the mouth of the
bay. but submarine nets were laid
there long ago, and it is almost i'm
possible for U-bOat TO pass them.
In no event now possible to fore
see Will the bay shipping itself be
subjected to the submarine risks.
This will make it unnecessary, it is
believed, to interfere in any way
with the immediate commerce of the
port of Baltimore.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richardson left
on the afternoon tram today for
Athens, Tenn, after attending the
hardson-Ho!Iand wedding this
morning.
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CHURCH LOCALS.

There will be a meeting of the
Missionary Society of the First Bap-
fist Church tonight, at 8 O'Clock. -
ADV.
The revival meeting at the Holt
ness Church is now in progress. Rev.
B. H. Vestal preached very instruc-
tive sermon last evening from the
text, BE Not Deceived" Gal. &; Z,
One conversion. Service this even
ing at s o'clock a welcome to all
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Mr.. G. Edward LeCompte, of Wash
ington, is spending sometime in this
city.
MI y. B. Carl, of New York, sec
rotary OF the Cambridge Wirecloth
Co., is spending a few days in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs Roland Goslin. of
Denton. spent Saturday and Sunday
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Mcguire
Lee Fong, the popular proprietor
OF the Star Laundry few years ago,
who is now residing in Connecticut
is spending a few days in Cambridge
Mrs. Clarence Pink and daughter,
Laraine, and little niece, OF Hollif
Long Island, are visiting Mr.Pink's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. EdW. Pink.
Mrs. F. ~ Dick and Miss Minnie
Mills, of White Plains, New York,
are spending tWo weeks at their
bungalow on Gienburn avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Richardson left
on the afternoon tram today for
Athens, Tenn, after attending the
ardson-Ho!Iand wedding this
morning.
Miss Clara Taylor has returned to
her home in Town Point, after hav
ing spent the past two weeks as the
} guest OF friends in Wilmington and
Philadelphia
/ MI Norman Meekins, l. S. n, is
home on furlough visiting his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Meek
ms, Belyedere avenue. ar. Meek
ms has recently returned from
France.
( Mr, J. Bryan DashIeII, son of Mr..
! and Mrs. Edwin Dashiell, of this
/ city, who has been in training al An
niston, Ala, has received his COM
mission as second lieutenant, and
I has been transferred to Camp Lee,
( Virginia.
Vivian Martin, the beautiful Para
mount star, in The Fair Barbarian"
a dandy comedy drama Of an Ameri-
! can girls visit to England, on the
same bill with Ben Wilson, in The
Mystery Ship" at the Grand Opera
House tonight.
Miss Margaret Small has returned
] to her home on BILL street, after
utNlll CNIlSLIuCN bIlt W t'iNIlIiS VI tIIl
niece, Miss Lucy Barry. TO Assistant
Paymaster Thomas Clagett Pyles, L.
S. n. Il. F., which took place at Bal
timore Saturday.
An ice cooler is badly needed at
the Red Cross headquarters in the
I Armory. 1t is hoped thai if there is
a family in town which has in its
possession a cooler, not in use, it
! will communicate with Mrs. William
! Meekins.
While returning from Horns
/ Point yesterday afternoon, the tour
/ ing car OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c.
/ Hanna, which was driven by Miss
Isabel Hanna, ran into telephone
pole The collision resulted in the
tearing up OF the top oil the ma
chine, and one part of it struck Miss
Florence Phillips on the head, in
ficting a scalp wound. Miss Phil
! lips, who is a student at Ogontz
( School, Montgomery county, Pa, is
spending the summer with her pa
rents, Capt. and Mrs. Levi B. Phil
lips. She, and several other young
people, were returning from bathing
when the accident occurred. None OF
the others were injured.
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Music and Readings

An entertainment of music and read
ings will be given at the parish house
East New Market, tonight. Solos
will be rendered by Miss Ada Hicks,
Miss Melva Bell, Miss Hazel Sard, OF
Secretary, Mr.. S. o. Neal, of Hur-
lock, and Mr.. Howard Simmons, OF
Cambridge. The Cambridge High
School Male Quartet will sing. There
will be readings by Miss Matte 7.
Zutayern, of Hurlock; Miss Mary
Virginia Wheatley and Miss Lucille
Lord. An admission of loo. will be
charged
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Help w anted

Desirable position and good salary
open to first-class experienced bank
man. Experience necessary to get
appointment The man viii make
the salary. Applications held in the
strictest confidence. Address n. B.
Banner Office, Cambridge, Md.-Ady
6-4-6t
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City Election Notice

The time having expired to file pa,
Ders of candidacy for the Office OF
Commissioner of Cambridge from the
Second and Third wards, and Chas.
Lake being the only one to file pa
pers in the Third ward, and H. NJ.
st. Clair in the Second ward, there is
no contest as 60 who shall be the
candidates, and there will be no pri,
mary election in either of the above
named wards. C. L. DAHL,
Clerk and Treasurer
Adv. Bar. If.
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Many French refugees are being
helped by the American Red Cross to
make furniture to refurnish their
looted homes.
Thrift is the only bridge over the
wheat crisis
Quit yourselves like men. Quit
wheat.
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Leila G. Brannock
NOTARY PUBLIC
Banner Office Cambridge, Md
FOR SALE.

Am moving from Cambridge, and
offer my 8 room brick residence, with
new hot water plant and brick gar
age, situated at EOS High st. For
terms, apply to DR.. Chas. Nj. Handy,
POS High St.-Adv. Stiff.
The Dolores star., 1918-07-12

must confess that we got q little I'M
patient. although we realized that
every time new man was called IL
meant that some one else had, In all
probability. been killed. wounded or
captured.
One morning an order came in for
scout pilot and one Of my friends
was assigned. can tell you the rest
OF Us were as envIous Of him as II 1t
were the last chance any of us were
ever going to have to get to the front.
As 1t was, however. hardly more than
three hours had elapsed before an
other wire was received at the mess
and was ordered to follow my
friend. I afterward learned that as
soon as he arrived at the squadron he
prevailed upon the commanding off,
Ger OF the squadron to wire for me. %
At the Pool Pilots Mess It was the
custom Of the officers to wear shorts"
-breeches that are about eight inches
long. like the boy scouts wear. leav-
ing a space Of about. eight inches Of
open country between the top of the
puttees and the end of the shorts. The
Australians wore them in Saloniki and
ut the Dardanelles.
When the order came in for me, I
had these Shorts on. and didn't
have time to change into other clothes.
Indeed, I was in such a sweat to get
to the front that If had been In my
pajamas think I would have gone
that way. AS it was, it was raining
and I threw an overcoat over me,
jumped into the machine, and we made
record time to the airdrOme to which
had been ordered to report.
AS alighted from the automobile
my overcoat blew open and displayed
my manly form attired in shorts" in
stead Of in the regulation flying
breeches, and the sight aroused con-
siderable commotion in camp.
"Must be a Yankeei" I overheard
one officer say to another as I ap-
preached. mo one but a Yankee would
have the cheek to show up that way,
you know!"
But they laughed good-naturedly as
came up to them, and welcomed me
to the squadron, and was soon very
much at home.
My squadron was one Of four sta
toned at IN airdrome about eighteen
miles back Of the Ypres line. There
were 10 pilots in our squadron, which
was scout squadron, scout machines
carrying but one man.
A scout, sometimes called q fighting
! scout, has no bomb dropping or recon
noitering to do. His duty is just to
fight. or, as the order was given to me.
"You are expected to pick fights and
not wait until they come to you'll"
When bomb choppers go out over
the lines In the daytime scout squad
ron usually conveys them. The bomb
choppers fly at about twelve thousand
feet. and scouts q thousand feet or SO
above them.
II at any time they should be at
tackled. 1t Is the duty Of the scouts to
dive down and carry ON the fight, the
! orders Of the bomb troopers being to
The Dolores star., 1918-07-12
PREFACE


There Is common idea that the age
OF miracles Is past. Perhaps It II, but
II SO. the change must have come about
within the past few yeeks-after I es-
capped into Holland. FOR II anything IL
certain In this life 1t is this: this book
never would have been written but for
the succession OF miracles set forth in
these pages.
Miracles. luck, coincidence. Provi-
dence-it doesn't matter much what
you call it-certainly played an impor-
tant part In the series Of hair-breadth
escapes in which figured during my
short but eventful appearance in the
great drama now being enacted across
the seas. Without 1t. all my efforts and
sufferings would have been quite un.
nvailing. ~
No-one realizes this better than do
and want to repeat 1t right here be-
cause elsewhere In these pages may
appear occasionally to overlook or
minimize 1t: without the help of Provi-
dence' would not be here today.
But this same Providence which
brought me home safely, despite all
the dangers which beset me, may work
similar miracles for others, and 1t is In
the hope Of encouraging other poor
devils who may find themselves in situ-
atoms as hopeless apparently as mine
oftentimes were that this book is writ
ten.
When this cruel war is over-which
I trust may be sooner than I expect 1t
to be- hope I shall have an Oppor-
tunlty to revisit the scenes Of my ad-
ventures and to thank in person in an
adequate manner every one who ex-
tended helping hand to me when I
was wretched fugitive. All Of them
took great risks In befriendIng an es.
capped prisoner and they did it without
the slightest hope Of reward. At the
same time hope shall have chance
to pay my compliments to those who
endeavOred to take advantage of my
distress.
In the meanwhile, however, I can
only express my thanks in this inefrec-
tive manner. trusting that in some
mysterious way copy Of this book
may fall into the hands Of every one
who befriended ME. hope particular
iy that every good HOllander who
played the part Of the Good Samari-
tim to me so beautifully after my es-
cape from Belgium will see these pages
and feel that am absolutely sincere
when say that words cannot begin to
express my sense Of gratitude to the
Dutch people.
1t Is needless for me, to say how
deeply feel for my fellow-prisoners
In Germany who were less fortunate
than I. Poor, poor fellows-they are
the real victims Of the war. I hope that
every one Of them may soon be re-
stored to that freedom whose value I
never fully realized until after had
had to fight so hard to regain 1t.
PAT O'BRIEN.
Momence. H., January IA. 1918.
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copyrisaae. 1918. b. Pat AIM o'Drssn

whacks than was looking for later
on.
Needless to say. my parents were
very much opposed to my risklng my
life at what was undoubtedly at mat
time one of the most hazardous "pas-
times a young fellow could select, and
every time I had a smashup or some
other mishap was ordered never to 60
near an aviation field again.
So 1 went out to California. There
another fellow and I built our own
machine, which we few In various
parts Of the state.
In the early part of 1916, when trou-
BILE was brewing In Mexico. I Joined the
American flying corps. was sent to
San Diego. where the army flying
school is located, and spent about eight
get into active service and there didn't
seem much chance Of America ever
getting into the war, I resigned and.
crossing over to Canada, Joined the
Royal Flying corps at Victoria, B. c.
was sent to Camp Borden, Toronto,
first to receive instruction aid later to
instruct. While a cadet I made the
first loop ever made by a cadet in Can
ada, and after had performed the
stunt half expected to be kicked out
Of the service for 1t. Apparently, how
ever. they considered the source and
let 1t go at that. Later on I had the
satisfaction Of introducing the loop
as part of the regular course Of in
struction for cadets in the r. F. c.,
and want to say right here that Camp
Borden has turned out some of the
best fliers that have ever gone to
France. @'.-
In May, 1917, I and seventeen other
Canadian fllers left for England on the
Meganic, where we were to qualify
for service in France.
Our squadron consisted Of nine
Americans, c. c. Robinson. H. A. Mil
Ter, F. s. McClurg, A. A. Allen, e. B.
Garnet, II. X. Boysen. H. A. Smeeton
and A. A. Taylor, and myself, and nine
Britishers, Paul H. Raney, J. R. Park.
c. Nelmes, c. R. Moore, T. L. Atkln-
son, F. G. Conry, A. Muir, E. A. L. f.
Smith and A. G. Jones.
Within few weeks after our ar
rival In England all of us had won our
"wings"-the insignia worn ON the
left breast by every pilot on the west
ern front.
We were all sent to a place In
France known as the Pool Pilots Mess.
Here men gather from all the training
squadrons in Canada and England and
await assignments to the particular
squadron Of which they are to become
members.
The Pool Pilots Mess is situated q
few miles back Of the lines. When
ever a pilot IL shot down or killed the
Pool Pilots Mess Is notified to send an.
other to take his place.
There are SO many casualties every
day in the II. F. C. at one point Of
the front or another that the demand
for new. pilots is quite active. but when
. fellow b itching to get into the fight
- badly n I and my friends were ]
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CHAPTER u.
IReeane 4 FiohtIno seout.

] Became Fighting Scout.
started flying in Chicago in 1912.
was then eighteen years old. but I had
had hankering for the air ever since
/ can remember.
As youngster followed the ex-
ploits OF the Wrights with the greatest
interest, although I must confess I
sometimes hoped that they wouldn't
really conquer the air until I had bad
q whack ct Il myself. / got more