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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
U. S. TO COMPEL
FOOD ECONOMY
To Force WheatIess and Meat
less Days by Law.

Washington, Jan. 10 Stricter econ
omy OF food is to be required of the
American people by new laws put in
the making in congress.
Food Administrator Hoover has ap
proved them and they are eXpec ed to
pass promptly as supplemental to the
prs sent food control act.
Wheatless and meatless days and
other economies necessary that Amer.
lea may help sustain her co-belliger-
ents would become mandatory by law
instead of voluntary as at present.
Such new laws. the food adm ;niStra-
ton holds, are necessary to protect
the millions of loyal Americans CO.
operating in food saving against the
Of public eating houses which are said
to handle probably so per cent of the
food supply.
In the house it vas introduced by
Chairman Lever. of the agricultural
committee. who made this statement
explaining its provisions:
The food situation the world over
is acute and demands upon US are
growing each day. With a disrupted
labor situation, production is ap
preaching its maximum and the vita
question therefore is one OF conserva.
ton 81 Toodstuffs. We must strike at
the waste evil The admin ~tration
has undertaken to do this rough
voluJ farv agreements and has sue
ceeded wonderfully we'll, both in saw
ingS and in stabilizing prices. but
there Is a percentage of recalcitrants
who constitute the fly in the ointment
Of the whole situation and these we
have not been able to reach by ap.
peals to their patriotism. We propose
10 reach these under the bill.
The bill is especially aimed at no.
tells, restaurants and dining cars-pub,
lie eating places. In such establish
ments, I should think, probably so
per cent of the food Of the country is
consumed, and it is in such places
that we find til greatest waste"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
BOMB U. S. AVIATORS
Germans Descend 200 Feet, But Can't
Hit Americans.

With the American Army in France.
Jan. 16.-Enemy air raiders are show
inc an increased interest in the
'~-n~ican aviation centers, especially
nearest the lines.
During ono OF the most recent in.
cursions. the German airplanes de-
scended within 200 feet of the ground,
endeav"ring to make sure that the
several bombs which they dropped
should hit their targets, which, in
most cases. were the buildings in
which men were billetted. Luckily,
the German aim. even at such close
range, was poor, for no Americans
were killed.
Another German machine which
flew over the position later dropped a
bomb from a higher altitude at hen-
gar. the bomb missed its mark but
dug a great hole In the adjoining field.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
WORK OF MOTHER NATURE
Formation Of Cubes and Patterns, Per-
feetIy Symmetrical, Character
istic of Gem-Stones.

The original geometrician was Moth
er Nature. Observe her work in the
making of crystals Each kind of gem
stone crystallizes on a certain pattern
of its own, perfectly symmetrical; 1t
is the same way with metals when
they form crystals, says writer.
If cupful of salt and water be al
lowed to eyaporate slowly in a cool
place the salt will take the form Of
ever so many cubes, each one of them
perfect.
One mineral in crystallizing will in
variahly take the shape of an Octa-
hebron. another of q dOdecahedrOn.
Yet another will assume the form Of
Il multitude of cubes. perhaps half an
inch on an edge, with chip accurate
ly cut off of each corner. 1t seems
like joke.
Gold and silver crystalline as cubes.
A crystal Of iron sulphide resembles
in shape a wild rose. Water has It's
own crystalline forms, like any other
mineral Ice, of course, is n kind Of
rock-as much q rock as granite-but
Is remarkable for it's low melting
point This is lucky for US, because
this rock. in a molten condition, fur
nisheS us with drink.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Dynamite Saves Potatoes

A resourceful farmer found new
way to use dynamite and saved near
ly matured crop of potatoes in badly
flooded field. says the Scientific Ameri-
can. Usually heavy rains filled all the
neighborhood drains and bitches; in
his emergency the owner put down u
number of holes eight to twelve feet
deep with post auger and exploded
a charge of dynamite in the bottom Of
each. This opened up passages into
the sandy sub-soil, through which the
surplus water drained rapidly, and the
crol, was saved, although many nearby
crops We're ruined by the excess of
water standing in the fields.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
About Cork.

A good, sound cork is something
worth taking care Of and using prop
eriy. Never "waggle" a cork out of
q bottle. That is the best way to
break or at least spring crack In
the cork. Remove the cork with a
turning or twisting movement, always
In one direction only, i. e., not twist
one way and then in the opposite way.
Replace the cork with the same twist
q when removing it. Never lay cork
down on a dirty, splashed table. If it
must be laid down, stand it on Its
crown or top. For bottles containing
liquids In use, e. g., developers, etc,
attach the cork to the bottle thus !:
Pass q crochet needle through the top
Of the cork, and with its aid draw the
end Of a piece of fine Irvine right
through the cork, and tie this end of
the string round the neck of the bottle,
10 adjusting matters that the cork just
fails to reach the table ii. e., bottom
Of the bottle) when the cork and
afring are free. This saves the cork
Eetting lost in the darkroom.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
new BILL TO
DRAFT MEN
Calls Those Who lust Passed
21st Birthday.
SOLDIERS FOR FARM WORK
The War Department Rules Against
Extending Compulsory S rvice
Above Thirty-one Years

Washington, Jan. 16.-At the re
quest OF the war department, Senator
Chamberlain, Democrat, Oregon, chair
man Of the military committee, intro
duced bill to register for military
duty all men who have become TWEEN
ty-one years old since June ).
The selective service law went into
effect on that date.
Another bill which Senator Cham
berlain introduced at the request OF
the administration would provide fol
furloughing national army men TO har
vest crops and for other agricultural
duty.
Still another bill would put e quo
to of the states on the basis of avail
able men in the first class instead OF
on population.
In determining to register men who
recently have become twenty-one, the
department has rejected any pan to
raise the age limits to take in men
more than thirty-one.
The registration was recommended
in the recent report of Provost Mar.
shall General Crowder. By this means
a supply of men for the national ar
my may be assured without taking
men with dependents. 1t is estimated
passage of the bill will add about
700, 900 availables each year. Passage
is expected promptly in both houses
A fourth bill introduced by Senator
Chamberlain, would provide a distinc.
tive badge or button for exempted
men.
The bill changing the basis of state
quotas Is believed to provide a more
equitable system. 1t will exclude en-
tirely enemy aliens from the basis
Enemy aliens were included in the
basis for the first call. Heavy enemy
alien populations in some congested
duty. regardless Of exemption claims
to make up district quotas This
caused much complaint.
The bill to permit troops to go home
for agricultural work merely would
authorize the secretary Of war to fur
Tough men for civilian duty. 1t Is
known the war department intends to
use the authority principally to pro
vide men for harvest time and other
work vital to the food supply.
Another bill would require private
insurance companies to accept the Of
fetal army record as proof of death
OF soldiers who are insured It Is de
signed to meet the cases of men re
ported missing, to which there Is nc
actual proof of death. Payments by
insurance companies for men repost
ed missing. who later should appear
will be reimbursed to the companies
under the BILL by the government.
Exemption Of the government froN
payment Of the new MaI-ssxS.SS 60
cars is the purpose Of another bill IL
troduced by Senator Chamberlain. i
will deal principally with the large
government purchase Of motor truckf
Arrangements have been made tx
fill from the second call, sometime this
spring, extensive vacancies in thIe
coast artillery caused by organizing
provisional regiments of mobile heavy
artillery for service in France.
Unless an unforeseen emergency de
velops. organization Of regiments fob
foreign service in this corps will ndt
be carried any further than to conn
plete units now in pocess Of develop
ment.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
LOOK AT A CHILD'S
TONGUE WHEN CROSS,
FEVERISH AND SICK
Take no chances! Move pOisOns from
liver and bowels at once.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs" because
in a few hours all the clogged-up
waste, sour bile and fermenting food
gently moves out of the bowels, and
you have a well, playful child again.
Children simply will not take the
time from play to empty their bow
els, and they become tightly packed,
liver gets sluggish and stomach dis
ordered.
When cross, feverish, restless, see
if tongue is coated, then give this
delicious fruit laxative" Children
love it, and it can not cause injury.
No difference what ais your little
one-if full of cold. or sore throat,
diarrhoea, stomach-ache, bad breath.
remember, a gentle inside cleans
ing should always be the first treat
ment given. Full directions for ba
bies, children of all ages and grown
ups are printed On each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
california Syrup of Figs" then
look carefully and see that it is made
by the california Fig Syrup Com
pany." We make no smaller size.
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
LANSING Remains Silent.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Secretary of
State Lansing refused to affirm or
deny or comment upon the foregoing
despatch.
Inasmuch as the Caillaux case is in
a judicial state, the United States will
not publish any documents upon 1t
which have not been arranged for IN
advance with the French governm en-,
So far as can be learned no such or,
rangements have been perfected. TIE
despatch mentioned and many others
undoubtedly will be given out If
France re0nests It.
TIE Caillaux disclosure ayouS d
speculation as to how many other in
ternational bombsSells might be con-
trined in the Won I.nxburg kilograms.
The disclosures male so far by the
state department. it is known. have
not exhausted the supply.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16

1t is gratifying tn learn that many
architects have responded to the call
Of the signal corps of the war depart
ment for volunteers from the profess
sion to go to France and assist in the
construction of aviation camps there,
says an exchange.
These men enter the national service
as first lieutenants, as so many MEM
bers of other American professions
have done. They will provide the gov
eminent with expert aid In the carry
Ing out of a task which promises to
rank among the most important Of the
war. The entente campaign In the air
will be vastly increased next year II
present plans hold. The number Of
machines to be put into service is ex-
oacted to reach far into the thousands.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
VINoL MAKES
CHILDRENSTRONC
And Invigorates Old People.

ANY doctor will tell you that the
ingredients of Ninol as printed below
contain the elements needed to I'M
prove the health of delicate children
and restore strength to old people.
Cod Liver and Beef Peptones.
Iron and Manganese PepJonates.
Iron and Ammonium Citrate,
Lime and Soda Glycerophos-
pilates, Cascarin.
Those VINO have puny, alllng OF
rundown children or aged parents
may prove this at our expense.
Besides the good it does children
and the aged, there is nothing ike
Vinol to restore strength and yitali-
ty to weak, nervous women and over
worked, rundown men.
Try it. If you are not entirely sat
isfied, we will return your money
without question; that proves our
fairness and your protection. Mil
lions of people have been convinced
this way. c. P. Craig & Son, Drug
FISTS, Cambridge, and at the best
drug store in every town and city in
the country.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
bETRO1HAL OF THE JUNGLE
Maiden and Intended Each Supposed
70 Mediate on ACCESSIBILITY Of
Union Before Ceremony.

A second beating of tOmtoms thun'
dered through the barrio. The bride
was coming! Down an avenue made
tor her by women of the tribe slowly
crept the tiny figure. 1t was draped
In the softest eastern stutfS; jeweled
anklets and bangles tinkled merrlly.
L gauzy veil of wOndrous workman
ship swathed the figure, but through it
Piang recognized his beloved Papita-
Slowly she approached; fearfully she
raised her eyes to the man who await
ed her, Florence Particle Stuart writes
In st. Nicholas. Her little feet fal-
tered, and Papita leaned heavily
against the woman who supported her,
But at that moment Piung gave u
strange whistle, three soft notes OF a
NINA bird fioated over the barrio and
Papita became suddenly alive. Again
the notes stole through the jungle. The
bRide threw back her veil.
@The unwilling maid seems to have
FORGOTTEN her VICE." said one scornful
woman to another.
The priestess commenced the cere-
mony that was to last all night. IL
was filed with weird chants to which
Papita responded with renewed vigor.
But her eyes furtively glanced toward a
spot near the curve of the creek where
Z slender reed swayed increasingly.
After several hours the priestess
led the way to the water and Ynoch
placed Papita in her gala vinta and
pushed her out into the stream. He
got into another and the two boats
nosed each other while the crowd show
cred them with oils and perfumes.
When the command came to part, the
boats shot off in opposite directions.
A maiden and a bridegroom are each
supposed to mediate, in Oriental fash
Ion, on the ACCESSIBILITY of the union be-
fore the final ceremony; so read the
Dyak marriage laws.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - Firm,
Winter str4igbt, 11o.10G10.25. City
mills, $11M11.75.
RYE FLOUR - Quiet; per barrel,
S9.75M 10 60.
WHEAT-Steady; No. . red. 81 27.
CGoRN-F1rm; No yellow nomi-
OATS-Firm; No. white. g31s
694c.
POULTRY-Live, steady; hen. %
q 29c: old roosters, 24@25c. Dressed,
steady; choice fowls, Sic: old roost.
ers. SIC.
BUTTER - Firm: fancy ere .mery;
SIC per lb:
EGGS - Firm; selected 71@73c;
nearby. Csc; western. Csc
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
Serious Casualty List.

In the domestic relations court OF
New York Mrs. Annette Busby was
witness against her husband, James
who was present to respond to the
toast: "Work-done or avoided" Mr..
Busby allowed that he is carpenter,
hampered by an education of the most
classical type. ''The fact Of the matter
is" he explained, 'that I have sought
work rather constantly until lately. 1
have been disheartened by the fact
that could not get work such as de
serve. 1 do not like carpentry, and l
can speak five languages. I want a
good situation or none" Five Ian,
guages," sneered Mrs. Busby. What
good are they? Four of them are dead
nan the other Unrln2ad"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
You Can Shake Loose from
The Tortures of Rheumatism

treatment of Rheumatism. 1t acts
directly upon the blood, which it
promptly purifes of all disease germs.
1t is a powerful antidote, and elimi-
mates from the blood all trace of
rheumatic germs, building up and
Strengthening the rundown system.
Write to-day to our medical di-
rector, who will give you valuable
advice regarding the proper treat
ment of your own case. Address
Swift Specific Co Dept. I At
lanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
BOLSHEvIKI DISCOURAGED
Washington Hears They Are Pessimis.
tic Over Peace Negotiations.

Washington, Jan. 16.-Apprehension
Is felt by the Bolsheviki at the danger
Gus turn taken by the peace negotia-
lions at Brest-Litovsk.
Official advices say the belief Is
spreading among them that it is only
possible to treat with Germany as
victor or vanquisHed
1t was because of the feeling that
the Russian negotiators were COM
pIetely in the hands of the enemy at
Brest-Lltovsk that the effort was made
to transfer the conference to another
point. Profound differences of opinion
already have developed at the confer
ence in regard to the political future
of the Poles, Lithuanians and Let's.
The conviction has followed that the
German feeling that they ccu'd more
readily enforce their will in regard to
those matters at Brest-Litovsk, pre-
vented a transfer of the negotiations
10 a neutral country.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
BY using S. S. S.

The germs of rheumatism are in
che blood, which is laden with mil
lions of the minute demons of pain,
causing untold suffering and bringing
its victim from vigor and strength to
almost heipiessness. To get real and
genuine relief from this disease,
these disease germs must be COM
pletely routed out of the system
through the blood.
S. S., S. has been used for fifty
years with satisfactory results in the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
NEW Isl ANDS IN ARCTIC
Finds of Stefansson Lie Northwest Of
Banks Land.


Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 16.-Several
large Arctic islands were discovered
northwest of Banks Land in the spring
of 1916 by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
This information is brought by Cap
tain A. Lane, who arrived from the
Arctic ocean, bringing direct new
from the explorer.
Stefansson. he says, is spending the
1918 winter in the northern seas a.
Bartel Island. The explorer claimed
the new lands for Canada.
The islands. it is believed, lie near
a large continent the explorer discov
cred northwest of Prince Patrick Is
land in 1914 Banks Land and Prince
Patrick Island are near each other in
the Western Arctic Northwest OF
them is a large stretch of frozen
waste, heretofore unexplored.
The explorer. Captain Lane said
was preparing to make a 300mile
dash over the ice north and west OF
the Western Canadian Arctic coast
this summer in search of more new
land
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
BEGINNING OF man
origin Is Retreating More and
More Into the Past.
Topic Still Absorbs Interest of Anthro.
biologists and Other Scientists, Each
Discovery Renewing Discussion.

The antiquity Of man is still an alb
sorbing topic among anthrOpolOgists
and other scientists, and fresh discus
sions arise with each new discovery
Of ancient human remains. In this
connection, it is interesting to note.
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
that DIR. Arthur Keith of Edinburgh.
an authority on the subject, believes
that the living Australian aborigine
is of an older type than any of the
fossil remains of modern man found
In Europe The New York Medical
Journal says:
THE date of the origin of the hui
man species. by each new discovery
of missing chapters in Its history, is
shifted to more and more remote
time. The Neanderthal skull, which.
by its prominent supraorbital ridges,
its length and flattening from above
downward, seemed to link man close
ly, If loosely, to the higher apes. still
had a brain capacity quite equal to
that of the average modern man, and
on this account pointed to a still more
remote beginning of the human being.
The brain of the Neanderthal man was
not only large but elaborate, and. as
shown by the remains of his culture,
he possessed fire and made flint imple-
ments. Though ancient, he was any
thing but an ape.
"The Heidelberg skull, which resem-
bled the Neanderthal remains but was
still more markedly simian in general
features, had also capacious brain
case and is believed to have belonged-
to a creature with comparatively high
mental development The Neanderthal
man Is placed some 100000 years back,
while the Heidelberg skull is presumed
to date to doubly remote time.
"The prehistoric remains found by
Doctor Dubois in Java, the bones OF
Pithecanthropus, as he has been called,
were of decidedly earlier geological
date, as indicated both by their sur
roundings and by their own features;
the brain case was small and the era
NAL traits were otherwise more ape
like than those Of any other known re-
mains. .All the structural characters
of Pithecanthropus, so far as we know
them, are exactly Of the kind we ex-
pect to find In the early ancestral types
Of man. The unearthing Of the Java
man pushed the date for the origin OF
the human type backward another
period of a few hundred thousand
years, or into the Miocene epoch OF
geological time.
The chain linking modern man d.
rectly with an early type similar to
the gorilla or chimpanzee seemed to be
growing strong until, in 1872, the
bones of an ancient man of another
type were discovered in England In
the Piltdown cave. This, according to
DR.. Arthur Keith, who is as great an
authority as can be found. is the old
est specimen of true humanity yet dis
covered The brain Of this being was
in size, at least, up to the modern
standard, but otherwise the bones are
the most simian recorded"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-16
LANSING CAUSED
CAILLAUx ARREST
Former French Premier is Held
For Treason.
WAS lUXGURG ACC0MPLICE
lie is Accused o Having Conmun-
Gated WIRE Berlin Through Argen-
Any p:ice.

tine Minrster-Favored Peace at
Any P:ice.
Paris, Jan. LITTLE arrest of the
former premier, Joseph Caillaux, was
;ue principally to a cab,eg-am from
Secretary OF State Lansing al Wash
:ngton.
Mr.. Lansing's c#b'egram stated the
american representative at BuenoS
Aires had been able to establish that
Il. Caillaux, during is visit to A-gen-
tine in 1915. has been in commun*ca-
ION with the German foreign office
through Count Won Luxburg, then
German minister to Argentina. T 1e
lbject was to conclude peace with
Germany at any price, so as to perm I
the resumption of business.
It is understood this evidence will
be published in America imm Hdiately.
IN. Caillauxs arrest was reported.
1t took place early in the day; the
former premier being taken to the
Sante prison. His prosecution was
sanctioned some time ago by the
chamber Of deputies. winch Wa'Ved
immunity for him.
The investigation of the Italian con
nections of NJ Caillaux is said by tn"
Matin to have resulted in the d's"'y
cry of important military and poll icai
papers in the safe of the bank at For
ence which was rented under the
maiden name of Madame Caillaux and
used by the former premier dur n
his visit in December. 1916.
Among the papers in the safe, the
newspaper asserts. were number OF
notes. in which NJ. Caillaux, in the ex-
recitation of gaining Office as premier,
drafted cabinet, designated gene
ralissimo and sketched various Tex
ceptionar measures. These measure
included the arrest of certain poll
ticians and generals, among whom NJ
Clemenceau now premier. is said to
have been one, and the dismissal OF
a number of officials.
In addition to these. there were
documents of a military character
which, by their nature, seem to consti'
tute the strongest evidence against NJ
Caillauy.