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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10
LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS

The temperature In this city yesterdav
as recorded by the off1cial Thermometer 4,
shown In tho anne ed AHA. ~
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
HURLEY & WILLIAMS
The LEADING DRYGOODS STORE
LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS

Will Now Redouble Their Efforts To Help Win This War
Conserve Food Buy Thrift Stamps And Smileaee Books
And Prepare To Subscribe Literally Liberty
Loan.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
STATE BANKERS TO MEET
Convention Will be Held in Allan
tic City May 2Sth.

The committee of administration
of the Maryland Bankers Associa-
ton has decided to hold its twenty
third annual convention at the Marl-
borough-Blenheim, Atlantic City, on
May %, 20 and 80. The session
promises to be one of more than us
ual interest because of the many
questions of local and national i'm
portance which will come up for dis
cussion.
Harry ]. Hopkins, president OF the
Farmers National Bank, Annapolis,
is president of the association. Jas.
NJ. Sloan, of Cumberland; Harry l..
Cooper, of Denton; George r. Gehr,
of Westminster; William c. Page,
and Waldo Newcomer, of Baltimore.
and Harold Hardinge, of Ellicott
City, comprise the committee of ad-
ministration.
Charles Hahn, assistant cashier of
the Observation-Disclosures First Ma
tional Bank, is secretary and Will
liam Marriott, cashier of the West
ern National Bank, treasurer, have
charge Of the arrangements.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
THEDAILY BANNER
Published Daily Except Sunday
Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight.

HEdnu opera house tonight
Mrs. c. Guy LeCompte arrived
home on the morning boat after hav-
ing spent a short time in Baltimore
Mr. Charles Corkran has returned
TO his home in this city, after spend
in ga short time in Baltimore on a
business trip.
Follow the crowd Friday night Sc
cure Il reserved seat. where you Will
meet your friends and also the
friends of the soldier boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Brannock ar
rived home on the train last night
from Detroit, Mich. after having
spent two weeks with relatives in
that city.
Tickets for the play to be given
Friday night at the Grand Opera
House for the benefit of the Red
Cross Society and the SmiIeuge Fund
are now on sale at the White House
Lunchroom
Two chapters of The Fatal Ring"
Will be shown at the Grand Opera
House tonight on account of the
concert at the Grand Opera House
last Wednesday night, these two
chapters will be shown tonight in
addition to The Woman Beneath"
the big World Film special at the
Grand Opera House tonight.
The thirty shares of stock of the
Farmers and Merchants National
Bank of Cambridge, offered for sale
by Henry Lloyd, Jr., Attorney, were
sold at auction yesterday, as adver-
tised. and We're purchased as fol-
lows: Seven shares by H. Clay Webb,
of Vienna, and twenty-three shares
by Edgar B. Simmons. of this city.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
How To Grow Irish Potatoes

The culture of the Irish potato is
familiar to almost everyone who has
ever had garden. In brief, the po-
tatoes should be planted as soon as
the ground can be worked in spring,
two weeks before the average date of
the last killing frost being none too
early. The tubers should be cut so
that each piece contains from one to
two eyes, and the pieces planted in
rows from "a 10 80 inches apart, and
from 10 to Is inches apart in the
rows, depending on the variety. Cut
tivation should be frequent and thor
ough. 1t is an excellent idea to work
soil up to the plants as they devel-
op, so that there will be plenty of
soil to cover the potatoes as they
form.
Early potatoes in the central and
southern sections of the country will
mature in sufficient time for the gar
dener to grow a crop of sweet corn,
late cabbage or turnips on the same
ground. 1t is often possible to plant
the second crop between the potato
rows before the potatoes are dug.
Early potatoes may be used as soon
as large enough, an old rule being
to begin using them when they are
as large as a hens egg. The usual
method is to dig them as needed.
>aving the main part of the crop to
deyelop to maturity.
In the central portion of the Unit
ed States, the late crop may be plan
ted from June Is to July /, but in
the northern sections the main crop
is planted earlier than this, no at
tempt being made to produce early
and late potatoes, as in many sec
lions the growing season is too short
for the production of but one crop.
Late potatoes are allowed to grow
until they mature or until the frost
kills the vine,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
CHURCH LOCALS.

The mid-week services of the
Holiness Church this week are as
follows: Prayer service this even
ing at the home of Rev w. H. Wick
ers, 1913 Vue de L'Eau street. Fri
day night class at the home of Mr.
Charles Wiley, Race street, near the
Holiness Church. The public is in
vited to attend.-Adv.
An Electric Party will be given
by the Ladies' Aid of Grace Church
tomorrow Thursday evening, at
the home of Mrs. John W. Fletcher,
Mill st. Admission, csc. Refresh
ments free. Proceeds for church
carpet fund. a splendid program
has been arranged. Come and enjoy
the evening with us, and help in d
much needed mprovement- ADV
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
"OVER The TOP" NEXT
WEEK IN This PAPER
The Banner Has Secured The Serial
Rights For This Splendid War
story And viii Commence INSTALL
mentS Next week.

"Patriotic duty" and over the
Top" are two much used expressions,
but few people realize the tue mean
ing Of both. few people can say that
they have lived both and nave suf-
rered both, but Arthur Guy Empey.
soldier and war correspondent,
knows the physical pain and the men
tai anguish they bring. When the
Lusitania went to the bottom EInpey
felt it his patriotic duty" to aVenge
the wrong Of the American women
and children who went to their doom
through the command Of the Prus-
sian War Lord. Empey enlisted as
Canadian and soon his experience
started in England.
Later he saw service in France,
and here he learned what "over the
top" really meant. Seven wounds he
bore before he was sent home; for
year and d half he lived with mud
and rats and shells; he was covered
with 'coo1ies' and could not get rid
of them. And he also knew the SEN
Sation that comes to man when the
command comes to go over the top
\ seconds delay in adjusting his
gas helmet would have meant death,
but Empey was in the battle to live
and not to die, 10 conquer and not to
be conquered, and so he captured d
Prussian. and he felt that his life
had not been in vain. He also eX-
perienced the hopelessness of getting
tangled up in barb-wire with a ma
chine gun working few yards away.
Then in No Mans Land he lay
wounded and unconscious for thirty
six hours. where his wounds were
such as to cause the officers to send
him home. For a year and a half
Empey fought manfully to help save
the world from the abomination of
German rule, and in his book. over
The Top he relates his experiences.
Grim, fearful and thrilling though
they are, the writer does not bore his
readers with the dark side of things
entirely, but includes in his book
some keen passages, which help to
tighten up the throbs which come to
ones heart
The Banner has secured the serial
rights for this story and will pub
lish it in installments commencing
next week.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
A Capital Sailor!
A sailor has no E q time
When on the d P sails,

A sailor has no E q time
When on the d P sails,
It's S r z D ffiaHds- aloft to climb
Exposed to l C gales,
And then in X C he makes slip,
Or if he d z grows,
A tumble from the lofty ship
Is his last n D knows.
And overheard for A D cries
With n r G and vim;
And tho of little U c tries
vain S A to swim.
But when no L P finds is near,
Nor n E way to save,
He then in an Ks of fear
Must C X a watery grave.
Old A j sailor seldom knows,
But if old A G gains
H L of baccy cures his woes,
His pipe L AS his pains.
We n V no poor sailors life
In D D has no fun,
And, feeling p T for his wife,
Our M T talk is done.
Scout William Goldstein,
in Boys Life.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
State Medical Board

State House, Annapolis, Feb. 26-
The House Judiciary Committee to-
day gave hearing on Mr.. Benson s
bill relating to the composition of
the State Medical Board Under the
bill the osteopaths are given their
first representation. The chiropa-
thics asked for representation Their
application was not Endorsed by eth
er branches of the medical profess
sion, which claimed that they We're
masseurs and should not be admitted
to the professional ranks. The
Christian Scientists were not repre-
scented.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
Woman Suffrage

State House, Annapolis, Feb. %.
ists Will hold large
meeting here tomorrow night in the
House Chamber to discuss suffrage
in general and to tell why votes for
women should not be foisted on
Maryland. Especial emphasis will
be paid to the two bills on statutory
suffrage, one providing for women to
vote for presidential electors, and
the second covering the right of wo-
men to vote for all offices in Mary
land other than those covered by the
Constitution.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
PAY OF LEGISLATORS
Bennett Would Make it 81 900 Each
For The Session

For The Session.
State House, Annapolis, Feb. e.
Senator Bennett proposed a measure
this evening which fixes the pay of
members of the legislature at $1,000
each for the session. They now re-
ceive IS per day each. When absent
without leave or without being ex-
cused, there is forfeit of $40 for
every day the member is absent. An
additional compensation of $3.50 is
allowed each presiding officer instead
of the SO he now receives.
When convened in extra session
the pay of a member is to be SIS per
day. The time limit of 80 days at
regular sessions is abolished and the
General Assembly may sit as long as
necessary to dispose of its business.
The purpose of the bill is to prevent
ill-adyised and hastily considered
Legislation near the close of the ses-
sion
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
Rifles Money Drawer

fredericksburg, Md, Feb. 25.-A
robber entered the store of Z. S.
Vincent today ,rifled the money draw
er and escaped. The robbery took
place while Vincent was waiting on
customer in the rear of the store.
When he discovered the theft he no
titled the police, but no trace of the
robber har been found.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
GARAGE OPENED.

have openen garage on Gay ST.,
in the building partially occupied by
the Dorchester Shirt Co. Autos for
hire at reasonable rates. Storage
by the week or month.-Edward 5.
Phillips.-Adv. 1O-22-tt.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
BREAD CARDS MAY BE
USED IN PHILADELPHIA
Flour Produced at Mills There Has
Been Communicated by The Coy
ernment.

Philadelphia. Feb. 25.-All wheat
flour produced by mills in this city
has been Communicated by the Gov
eminent. This condition has pre-
vailed for the last six days, accord
ing to Jay Cooke Sd, Philadelphia
Food Administrator.
SO scarce has wheat become that
actual want may not be far off, ac-
cOrding to some attaches of the
Food Administration The situation
has been aggravated. they say, by
the policy of the United States in
taking over all wheat flour for the
next month.
Bread cards may become necessary
within so days, according to Mr..
Cooke. The order for the comman
deering went into effect a week ago
and is still in force. 1t is expected
TO remain in force three weeks more.
According to results of the quesz
tionnaireS recently submitted to-
Housewives in this city, there are
more than 10000 pounds of flour
held here in excess of the normal re-
Quirements for q month.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27
LAUNDRY NOTICE.

Send your laundry to No. Poplar
street, and We will guarantee that il
will be returned TO you in splendid
condition, and we will have the work
done at reasonable prices. Have Sc
cuerd the agency for Archer's Laun-
dry. Deliveries made twice a week.
ADV. 27-4t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-27

This store has been preparing for some time
for just such conditions as the purchasing
public now have before them Everyone knows
that these are War Times and our many CUSTOM
erS may be assured that we have made prepar-
atoms to save them money. In many ways we
are prepared as never before. We invite you to
call and inspect our big assortment We are
sure you will be agreeably surprised
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08
CHAPTER XIV.
The German People.

The oath of allegiance which every
German soldier and public official
takes binds him first to support the
kaiser, with his life and his money,
and then the fatherland.
That Is what the kaiser referred to
when he said. In the course of an ad-
dress to body of recruits at Pots
dam:
.Body and soul you belong to me.
If l command you to shoot your IA
theirs and your mothers you
must follow my command without q
murmur."
The same thought Is involved, OF
course. in the kaiser's invariable use
of the possessive pronoun, first person.
in talking of the German people. He
always says "my people" never 1.-THE
people," The worst feature about 1t
is that not only does the kaiser pro-
coed upon the assumption that he owns
the German people body and soul"
but the people themselves are willing
to admit 1t. The Germans are the most
willing vassals In the world.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08

one Of the upper floors Of the palace
and my meals consisted Of the same
kind of food as l had always had be-
fore the war, although the hunger cpl
demic was raging throughout the coun-
try. 1t was almost worth the trip for
the sake Of the meals alone.
After / had treated the kaiser in the
morning went to my rooms, as knew
1t would be three o'clock before he
would be ready for me again. He never
allowed anything to interfere with his
after-dinner nap.
After the kaiser had had his sleep,
was summoned to his dressing room.
He entered the room attired in q red
flannel undershirt. 1t was the first
time had ever seen him in such a
state of plebian negligee. and receiv-
ed more or less of shock. had been
so accustomed to seeing him in uni
form, both in pictures and in person
that it had never occurred to me that
underneath that symbol of pomp the
kaiser probably dressed the same as
we lesser mortais. noticed incident
ally that when he put on his military
coat he put it on right over his under
shirt.
Homburg was much nearer the fir
ing line than Pless, although, of course,
at a very safe distance. 1 noticed,
however, that here anti-aircraft guns
had been planted, but apart from that
there was hardly any more activity
than there had been at Pless.
While walking down the corridor I
was stopped by an officer and asked
who was, but, as rule, l came ana
went without molestation and seldom
had to show my pass, which one of the
kaiser's adjutants had given me ana
which permitted me to enter and leave
army headquarters for the whole year
1917.
When ! was driven through the
streets of HomDurg, both coming from
and going to the railroad station, in the
kaiser's motorcar, and the second man.
or bugler, on the front seat, blew the
horn, people came running out of
stores and from afar to get a view of
the important parsonage who occupied
the kaiser's own car! Many Of them
saluted me or raised their hats, and ]
thought how angry they would have
been had they known they were put
ing themselves to SO much trouble to
salute an alien enemy!
The righteousness of the whole
thing impressed me very much. For
the moment l was part of the play
which was ever being made to i'm
press and awe those whom the kaiser
was pleased to refer to as my peo-
ple," but whose appreciation means
everything, even to a monarch who
rules "by divine right"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08

NOR. He was very fond of Mark
Twain, and ne followed one or two OF
the American monthlies and weeklies
more or less regularly. He told me
that, one evening while in his sitting
room in the Berlin palace, reading
something In an American magazine,
he ran across story which caused
him to laugh so much and so LOUD that
the ladies of the court, who heard him
in an adjacent room, came running in
with their knitting to see what the
matter was.
The kaiser had little respect for our
architecture. He thought our sky
scrapers, of which he had seen illus
trations, were hideous.
allow terrible to desecrate the land
scape with such tall buildings" he
commented. "They hurt the eye. How
can people live in them?"
l explained that most of the build
fngs to which he referred were office
buildings, but that we did have four
teen and fifteen-story apartment houses
and hotels, and even higher ones. in
which the upper floors were used for
living purposes just the same as the
lower ones. He couldn't believe It
possible that people would consent to
live so far above the ground, and from
his own aversion to visit place that
was even one story above the ground
floor, rather got the idea that he was
afraid Of height. Under the building
laws prevailing in Germany no build
ing of more than five stories may be
erected.
Perhaps the quality that he envied
most In us was our inventive genius.
When Orville Wright was flying at
Tempelhofer Field, In Berlin, in the
early days of aviation, the kaiser
could not restrain his admiration.
Il wish could encourage my people
to become great inventors, such as
America has produced" he declared.
rather hopelessly. Il admire your
wonderful inventive genius"
The kaiser objected very much to the
fact that many of the foreign opera
singers were attracted to New York
by reason of the fabulous sums paid
them at the Metropolitan opera house.
Despite the fact that the kaiser ac-
cused us of spending our money too
lavishly, he repeatedly charged the
English as well as ourselves with be-
ins money-worshipers.
"The Anglo-Saxons worship NAM
mon, and they try to gloss 1t all over
with show of religion" ne said.
Your rich Americans nave SO much
money, Davis, that they really don't
know what to do with 1t. Why, re-
Gently one of your millionaires saw
my castle at Corfu and sent one of his
representatives to the court with the
presumptuous message, Please tell the
kaiser that will buy his castle al
Corfu, and ask him what's mis- price I
| l had word sent back that the castle
was not for sale. The American Their
told my representative that he wouldn't
take mo- for an answer. The cheek Of
the man! He said he didn't care how
much 1t cost. sent word back tt
that man that there were not enough
dollars in the world to buy that castle
There are some things that your dol
| lars won't buy, Davis, and one OF then
! Is my beautiful castle at Corfu T.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08
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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08
CHAPTER xiv.

The Kaiser and Thinps American.
Among the Germans generally there
If surprising degree of ignorance re-
garding conditions in America. The
untraveled German has but the vaguest
ideas concerning our people and our
institutions. have had patients Of
intelligence and education ask me how
we are abe to cope with the Indians.
In view Of the extent of German emf
grafton to America and the vast vol
ume OF commercial transactions be-
tween the two countries, 1t Is almost
unbelievable that such erroneous no.
lions should prevail in these enlight-
ened days, but they do.
This fact partially serves to explain
how easy 1t was for the kaiser and his
inspired press to pull the wool over
the peoples eyes regarding the unim-
pOrtance of Americas entry into the
war; 1t doesn't explain at an, how.
ever, how completely the kaiser HIM
self underestimate us and our power,
for doubt whether there is any for
eigner living, who has never visited
America who knows more about our
country than the German emperor. In
deed, he was more familiar with many
OF our problems than many of our
countrymen, nd he frequently reveal
ed to me in the course of our CONVEX
sations how thoroughly posted he was
on American conditions.
Long before the subject of forest
conservation was taken up seriously In
this country, the kaiser pointed out to
me what great mistake we were
making In not devoting more atten-
ton to 1t.
"Can You tell me, Davis, why you
have SO many forest fires In your c0un-
tryf' he asked, after particularly
destructive conflagration in the West
had destroyed many acres OF timber.
SLOW does 1t happen7"
l explained to him that most of the
forest fires came from sparks from
locomotives. Careless lumbermen al
lowed the branches which they Topped
of the trees to remain on the ground
and when they were ignited by sparks
the fire sometimes spread to the uncut
timber. AS the facilities for extin'
gushing fire in these unpopulated re-
giOns were practically nil and the eli
mate made the timber particularly In.
hammable, these fires usually attained
serious dimensions.
"That points out again the inefh
cheney of your form of government" he
commented. ,"You have laws requiring
the railways to use appliances to ar
rest the sparks from their engines
haven't you. Why don't you enforce
them? Your people don't seem I.
realize that 1t takes years to grow {
tree. Because you have more than yor
need todiy, you make no preparation
for tomorrow. For every tree Gu
down another should be planted. 4
you don't adopt some such measure thu
time will surely come when Americt
will have to turn to Germany for tim
her,"
The kaiser was harsh critic of oul
election system. The idea of four
year term for the president was nat
urally .epugnant to one who held sucl
exalted notions as to the rights O
rulers. II would be too much to ex
pect the Hohenzollern mind to apprOv
Of a constitution which provided TO
the ruler,A retprn to private lie ate
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08

to complain! Don't they complain in
America? The fact is they have too
much to eat, anyway. They don't know
what they want"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08

An ad in this paper will do your
business good. Try 1t. II your bus
mess is not worth talking about
The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-21
EnoIIsh Hereditary Offices.

Conventional epithets have once more been used In the English news papers about the late Lord Londesbor- ough's hereditary office as vice admi- ral of the Yorkshire coast. In reality there are many similar appointments in force elsewhere. The lord mayor of Bristol is vice admiral of the chan nel as far down as Holmes and pos sesses an ancient silver oar, which he Is entitled to have borne before him in virtue of his office. By fiction of medieval law all dead persons washed up by the tide were considered to be- long to the parish in which the Mer- chant Venturers stand, and births at sea were registered there. Before the organization of the royal navy had been fully developed 1t was convent ent to intrust the interests of the crown In regard to the duties Of the admiralty to local gentlemen, like the Denisons of Scarborough, from which the earls of Lonsdale derive. of sufi- cient standing to be immune from sympathy with smuggling, which was the chief difficulty In early times. For handling maritime questions special qualifications were necessary, which the lord lieutenant, If he were seated inland, might not possess.