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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13
WILL take over
EXPRESS COS.
Government Control Probably
to Be Extended.
NOW DISCUSSING TERMS
Decision Will Be Reached In About
A Decision Will Be Reached In About
Ten Days-The New Haven Rumor
Denied

Washington, March 13.-Govern-
ment control probably will be extend
ed shortly to the leading express COM
panies.
This was officially intimated at the
railroad administration.
The companies affected would be
the Adams, American, Wells Fargo,
Southern, Great Northern. Northern,
Canadian and Western.
Most express companies earnings
last year were far below the record
OF the year before. Some, notably the
Adams. recorded an actual deficit in
the latter months.
Government operation and compen-
sation on the basis of the average
earnings for the last three years is
sought by most companies. Since the
government took over the railroads.
representatives of the companies have
conferred repeatedly with raj road ad-
mfnistradon officials. urging the gov-
eminent to take over their in erests.
A decision probably will be reached
within ten days. Action has been de-
layed by discussions on the basis of
compensation.
Reports that the railroad admins
tration had offered to provide for OBJ
legations of $45,000,000 of the New
York, New Haven railroad were de-
MED by John Shelton Williams. direc-
tor of the division of finance and pur-
chases. Mr.. Williams issued this
statement:
Director General McAdoo authoriz-
ed me to say reports to the effect the
railroad administration has stated the
New Ravens obligations OF about
s45,000.000 maturing shortly, have
been or would be provided for by the
government, are incorrect.
While it Is hoped the road may
find some way to protect its obliga-
lions, no decision has as yet been
reached by the government as to the
extent, If any, to which it may extend
aid to the system. The subject is
under consideration and as soon as
a decision is reached. official an
MANAGEMENT will be made"
our Ol Tue HTSt dcLS Oh the railroad
administration after enactment of the
pending railroad bill will be to create
a financial accounting clearing house
to facilitate government compensation
of companies. This Is to be On the
basis Of the average annual net IN
come Of the last three years, provided
by the hill
The clearing house method, it was
explained at Offices of Mr.. McAdoo
will enable roads to use directly most
of their receipts for ordinary expen Is
They will turn over to the govern
ment fund each month only the sur
the government rantee.
On the other hand, roads whose ac-
tual income is less than the guarantee,
will receive credit from the govern
ment fur1 This system is expected
to result in the actual transfer of
comparatively small sums. Mr.. Nc
Adoo probably will appoint railroad
administration treasurer to handle the
funds.
The task of framing contracts with
each road on the basis Of the govern
ment guarantee will be under the
supervision of c. A. Prouty, director
Of the division Of accounts, and Mr..
Williams.
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I'm rare, that's "WelI, Pm Sleepy"
what 1 am"
well, I'm sleepy" said the wart
hog, "but you forgot to say one thing,
and I'll have to stay awake until you
say it."
what is that?" asked Mr.. Pee
cary.
"You know" said Mr.. Wart Hog.
"Oh, yes" said Mr.. Peccary, as If he
had completely forgotten it, which he
hadn't at all, I'm of a family of wild
swine, and cousin of you and the whole
pig family"
Whereupon the wart hog went to
sleep, and Mr.. Peccary Joined the 9th
er members of his family, where he
soon went sound asleep by the side OF
Master Peccary.
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Queer VIII Declared Void.

DIR. Cameron Knight, San Francis
co physician, had such poor opinion
Of the general run of nurses that he
wrote a will bequeathing his entire es-
tate to any woman who might nurse
him free of charge and without the ex-
pectation of any reward. When he
died Mrs. Alice Widrin, a friend, pc
titioned for the estate, saying that she
had taken care of the doctor in his
declining years without the slightest
thought of compensation. The courts
declared the will void because 1t had
two.
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~uon1 talk like that" said the pee
AIRY. ''it's not good form"
"Oh, gracious" said the wart hog;
who cares for good form? I'm sure
[ don't. And l don't think you think
such a great deal of it, either, not
from things I've noticed"
Now, the peccary knew this was
doubtless very true, so he did not try
to argue it any longer. 81 come from
the tropics" said the peccary. "It's
warm there, not like this winter eli
mate"
"Oh, very WE'LL" said the wart hog,
but the sun is out today and I'm feel
ing pretty sleepy"
"Is that a hint?" asked Mr.. Pee
cary.
"Take it any way you like" said Mr..
Wart Hog. Il must admit though
that l do like to sleep"
Really. when 1 stop to think Of It,"
said the peccary, you are the ugliest
creature / have ever seem"
"That's better than being nothing at
ALL" said the wart hog. 81 would far
rather be terr;fically ugly than just
plain and unattractive looking. AS it
Is. | have distinction. I'm so ugly that
[ fascinate folks. They gaze and gaze
at me, and they say to each other,
Did you ever in all your born days
see such an ugly creatureT"
"And you like that?" asked Mr.. Pee
cary
ITO be sure" said Mr.. Wart Hog.
Il feel as if 1 did things thoroughly,
not halfway. I'm thoroughly ugly,
just as ugly as can be-the ugliest
creature anyone can look at"
"Of all the things to be proud Of"
said Mr.. Peccary, that is quite the
strangeSt."
"Well, I am naturally contented,"
said the wart hog. Il like to lie in
the sun and sleep, and then wake up
and have something to eat. It's an
IDEAL existence, perfectly ideal. And
am proud that take the lead in ugli-
ness"
"Most people," said Mr.. Peccary,
like to take the lead in beauty, but
not in ugliness."
81 am not most people," said Mr..
Wart Hog. 81 am the wart hog"
"That is true" said Mr.. Peccary.
MY white crooked horns" said Mr..
Wart Hog. "are queer. My snout hangs
down in a most peculiar fashion. l
am very much wrinkled and 1 have
few ugly hairs. I'm truly an ugly spe-
cimen."
I'm interesting looking" said Mr..
Peccary. am rather bushy, Ike
-eofeupine. have snout like pig
but not like yours, goodness no"
.SToo bad" said the wart hog, as if
he felt sorry for Mr.. Peccary.
I'm glad 1 haven't" said Mr.. Pee
cary, but Mr.. Wart Hog had dozed off
and hadn't heard
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NY. DEFEATS PROHIBITION
House Adopts Resolution Calling For
Referendum.

Albany. N. Y, March ia propo-
sal to ratify the federal prohibition
amendment this year was defeated in
the New York legislature when tho
assembly, by a vote Of 81 to "a. and
after one Of the most spirited debates
In years, adopted substitute which
would provide for a referendum this
fall on the ratification question.
The senate has not yet acted upon
the proposal, but committee Of that
body favorably reported referendum
bill. The referendum proposition now
is apparently up to Governor Whit
man. as there Is little doubt but that
It will pass the legislature.
When informed Of the action, the
governor made this statement:
II favor the ratification of the fed
eral amendment. 1t Is clearly impos-
sibl for me to say what disposition
I should make Of a measure before the
legislature has acted"
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RCQ UOSI IIIUl IIOOP
had been receivtd
An exchange of '
proceeding.
The oo4SxSz ! { -. 9
MOTHER CHLOROFORMs BABY
"There Is Something the Matter With
Nv Brain" She Tells JUDGE.


East Orange, n. j., March ID The
two,months-old baby Of Mrs. Maud
Runnel1 will never again be "a bur
den" to the mother.
It's little life was snuffed out by
chloroform held to its nose on hand
kerchief, and Mrs. Bunnell was. COM
mitted to the Essex county jail IN
Newark on a charge Of murder.
81 do not feel guilty" Mrs. Bun
nell said calmly to Recorder Mott
when arraigned. There is something
the matter with my brain or with my
physical condition"
Ruth Bunnell, eleven, was sent to
drug store for the chloroform, accord
ing to her father, Isaac c. Bunnell,
and tie child's life was taken while
Ruth was in school, he said.
"My wife first told me she had ap-
piled the chloroform to put the baby
to sleep, but afterward she sail she
had made up her mind to put 1t out
Of the way because it was too much
&C a burden" he told the court.
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Evolution Of Wheeled Vehicles.


When the world awakened from Its
apparent long sleep of the middle ages,
during which the art of vehicle con-
struction, like all other arts, sank into
oblivion, manufacturing was revived
and from this awakening, about 400
A. D., marked Improvements are found.
Emperors and kings We'd with each
other In the effort to outshine and out
class one another, and through this
rivalry we note substantial advance
ment. In 1850 A. D. it is said there
were only three coaches in Paris, and
within the next century we find the
feudal lords throughout continental
Europe supplying themselves with the
most extravagant and luxurious Of
euuipages, some costing more than
$4,000 each.
The artists skill was employed,
poets sang beautiful songs In their
praise, and the epidemic spread, Gre
ating an eager desire upon all to out
rival their neighbors.
Ben FrankIin's Simple Diet.
1t is amusing to read how Ben
Franklin thrived Op a biscuit, or a
slice of bread, handful of raisins, or
a tart from the pastry cook and q
glass of water, varied at times by
boiled rice or potato, or hasty pud-
ding Of his own making. Upon this
fare grew Americas greatest states
man and the worlds greatest philosO-
pher. The rich and ambitious youth
of these days would scorn such diet,
holding that 1t was the eating that
made the man. But Benjamin not
only saved time and money by his new
diet, but as he says: II made greater
progress from that greater clearness
Of head and quicker apprehension
which generally attended temperance
in eating and drinking" This abstemi-
Gus life did not seem to detract from
his health, but rather contributed to his
longevity, for he lived to be eighty.
four years old.
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KILL FINNISH CLERGY

Red Guards Make intellectual Glasses
Of HeIsingfors Victims.
Stockholm, March 13.-The red
guard contingent in Helsingfors are
becoming more violent in their activi-
ties, according to despatch to the
Tidningen from Vasa, Finland.
"They are proceeding in deliber-
ate manner" it Gays, choosing their
victims from among the intellectual
classes. assassinating principally the
clergy and landed proprietors. All
the agricultural commissioners except
one have been killed.'
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Daniels For Medical Chanoe.

Washington, March Secretary
of the Navy Daniels recommended to
congress the navy medical reserve
corps and the navy dental rSserve
corps be absorbed by the naval re-
serve force. Under the present law
members of the two corps are not OBJ
ligated to active service and can only
be ordered to duty on their own re-
quest.
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American Ship Fiohts U-Boat.

A French Port March 13.-An Amer
lean steamship. formely a German
vessel. a-[ved with Its bridge smash
ed ana she'll hole through a smoke
stack. Tia ship was attacked by a
submarine. 1t defended itself with
its guns A storm was encountered.
during which the cargo shifted. The
vessel made port with great difficulty.
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Suspect Women as Spies.

New York, March 13.-Federal au-
thorities In this city are said to be
investigating a report that a number
of women have devised new method
for transmitting military information
to Berlin. One Is said to be an Amer
lean prominent socially who recently
returned from Europe.
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AIR SCHOOL. AT LANCASTER

Government to Take Over Buildings %
Franklin and Marshall Academy. *
Lancaster, Pa, March IAN. arF
parent nation wide plan to us6 evGn.
tic training has been disclosed here
by an announcement of army Officers
that the BUILDINGS of the Franklin and
Marshall academy would soon be tax
en- over by a corps of aviators.
Rare instruments of the Bowman
Technical school will be used In tho
course. The buildings are already be-
ing rearranged and improved and A.
ers are expected to arrive soon from
= Tennessee camp.
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Be the Seeker.

If thing is worth having, go In pur-
suit of it. Do not wait for it to hunt you
up. There are people who spend their
lives in an attitude Of expectancy.
looking for success to seek them out.
and, in the majority Of cases they are
disappointed. Do not wait for sue
cess or happiness to get out search
warrant for you. Be the seeker your
self.-Gir,'s Companion.
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Germans Near Odessa.

Petrograd, March 13.-Austrian and
TTkrainian armies are approaching
Odessa.
The foreign consuls and government
officials are leaving hurriedly. The
panic which recently prevailed in the
city has been checked and the popu-
lation is passively awaiting the turn
of events.
Food is plentiful. At the red guard
Headquarters 1t Is announced $4,000
men have been enrolled In the city's
daSense.
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TRAIN TRACTOR OPERATORS
School For MechanIcians at Harris.
burg ond State College.


burg ond State College.
Harrisburg, Pa, March 13-Ten Of
the tractors ordered by the state de-
partment of agriculture, in contunc-
ton with the state defense commits
sion, to aid the farmers OF the state
in spring blowing. have arrived in
Harrisburg. and Ave more are on the
way.
The rest of the first order will be
here by the end Of the week. and ar
rangements are being made for a
school for mechanicians to be started
in Harrisburg. State College will send
men trained in the use Of tractors.
and the two operatives needed fer
each car will be enlisted at once and
given machines to try out.
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stefansson Graveiy III.

Vancouver, B. c., March 13.-Des-
patches from Dawson, Y. T., said fears
were expressed in the northern city
concerning vilhjalmar Stefansson, tho
Arctic explorer now wintering at Her
schel Island, in the Arctic ocean. A
Royal Northwest mounted patrol ar
rived at Dawson recently from tho
Arctic and said Stefansson was suffer
ing from fever and was delirious at
times.
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DEFICIENCY BILL PASSES
300, 0oO, 900 Measure Goes Through
the Senate,

the Senate.
Washington, March 13.-With its
legislative riders authorizing sale Of
all enemy property in the United
States and purchase by the govern
'.lsnt of the German-owned wharves at
foboken, n. J., the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, carrying s1,S00,00,
geo was passed by the senate without
record vote.
1t already has passed the house and
now goes to conference.
OF the appropriations which are
'argely for the army and navy, $73,-
100000 was added by the senate This
addition, with the amendments for
disposition of the enemy property, are
yet to be accepted by the house.
Reimbursement to men and nurses
n the military service for private
property lost is provided for in an
other amendment, attached to the
measure to expedite relief for men
losing their effects in the torpedoing
II the steamer Tuscania.
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MAY QUIT MOSCOW. TOO
Boisheviki Prepared For New Move II
German Advance Continues.

6OiSuSViNl FTGPdTCO vi NS~ HSNS ~
German Advance Continues.
Washington, March 13.-The Rus
sian revolutionary government IS r''H-
pared to move from Moscow to some
point further east If the German a.
mics continue to advance into Russi'.
A message to the state DEPARTMENT
from Madden Summers. at NJ scow,
dated March 8, so indicated. 1t said
the government was expected In Mos
'cw the next day.
A cablegram from the American am
bassador, David r. Francis, a. Vo.og-
IA, which said nothing OF any new in
tention to move the embassy staff far
Their east apparently disposed Of re-
ports he was preparing to leave that
place.
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Impurities Promptly Wiped
Out.

If there is any trace OF Scrofala, or
other impurities in your blood, you
cannot enjoy the full physical devel-
opment that a healthy body is ca
pable of until your blood has been
thoroughly cleansed and purified Of
all traces of impure matter.
S. S. S., the wonderful old purely
vegetable blood remedy, has no equal
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13
Rhode Island Vets Win.

Providence. March 13.-Prohibition
was killed in this state by vote OF
90 to IS. Party lines went to smash.
After nearly two hours Of argument
the senate voted to Indefinitely post
pone the ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment.
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MARYLAND DRY BILL KILLED

Ends Action on Prohibition Measures
For This Session.
Annapolis, Md, March 13.-Thers
will be no statewide Prohibition legis-
lation passed by the Maryland legis-
lature this year
The Weimer prohibition bill was
forced out of committee and killed In
the house by viva voce vote. thus
ending all prohibition action for Mary
land in 1918.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13

L uOH [ sur
pose anyone does
said the wart hog,
from the next
yard in the zoo.
81 wouldn't for
a moment mag
inc that you
would want to
know it, but l am
sure the great
world would" said
Mr.. CoIlared Pee
cary.
pray tell me,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13

WHO are tIIt CTed-
lures of the great world?" asked the
wart hog. "Are they any relations of
mine? Perhaps they are our own
family"
Indeed, they aren't" squealed the
peccary. 'The creatures of the great
world are the people-the grown-ups,
children and the keepers"
Eyes, the keepers are great" said
the wart hog, "they feed me so have
Z great deal of use for rhnm.'
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u-soat Shells Men Of sunken Ship.

London, March 13.-The unarmed
Irish schooner Nanny Wignall was tor
pedoed and sunk by submarine. 1t
has been announced. The submarine
shelled survivors who were picking
an their comrades from the sea.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13
BOLSHEVlK| DRIVE
ANTS FROM SIBERIA
Gen. Semenoff'S Force Retreats
Into ManChuria.

Hardin, Manchuria March 13.-Gen-
eral Semenoff, the anti-Bol sheviki
leader in Siberia, has retreated into
Manchuria before the advance of a
superior Bolsheviki force, according to
advices from the border
The accuracy Of the Bolsheviki fire
during the fighting is taken to indi-
cate the cooperation of former Ger
man prisoners.
General semenoff brought his dead
and wounded with him in his retire
ment.
General Semenoff's munitions are
reported exhausted, as well as the
funds at his disposal.
Officials of the allies at Hardin
agree the situation in Siberia Is grow
Ing worse. Every plan proposed for
the amelioration of conditions meets
with opposition or apathy, they say,
while so per cent of the railway work
men In Manchuria are now in Bolshe-
Wiki aff1liatton, whereas q month ago
the percentage was insignificant.
The workmen refused to move guns
anu u ellis " Tie dlu Oh GENERAL SELL
enoff and were planning the destruc-
ton Of the supply outfit. Loyal Cos
sacks forced the movement of the re-
lief trains.
Another despatch received from To
kio through the same channels says,
Foreign Minister Motono, replying to
a question in the diet, declared no
request that troop r. Siberia
had been receivtd allies.
An exchange of V as
proceeding. $50
The -ee.sesgs4 - elce! q the
sending of troops, but exl ed the
fear the presence in Seba might
drive Russia toward Germa' unless
the greatest precautions we taken.
Reliable observers have foul there
is widespread pro-German prSpagan-
da, with speechmaking by Bolsheviki
orators among the workmer, with
never a word of pro-ally nature.
The American consul at Hardin has
distributed $4,000 copies Of President
Wilson's speeches. A similar number
have been scattered by the consul at
Vladivostok All concerned agree a
more effective allied propaganda is es-
Genital.
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i've Stock Ouotations-

CIICAGO.-HOGS- Light. steady:
others 10c lower. Bulk, $16.50I 1928;
light, S1761 1880: mixed, $l6.l5@
1755; heavy, $15.70@16.S5; rough.
s15.7O61595; good to choice heavy
$685. 1885
CATTLE-Steady to strong: s14,
SHEEP.-Steady; $3.50. Lambs
SIS
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CAMBRIA SHELLEO
British Drop Heavy Missiles on Ger
man Railroad Center.

Berlin, March 13.-Cambraf has
been bombarded by long range British
guns, according to the army head
quarters report.
Several shots from British artillery
of the heaviest calibre fell in the
town, the statement reports.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13
EaoIes to Meet at New Castle.

New Castle. Pa, March 13.-Plans
are being made for the annual state
convention of the Eagles. The meet
ing viii be held in New Castle during
the first week of June.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-13

that remark. He
woke up again
while Mr.. Peccary
was saying,
81 have a small,
dainty under lip,
and my coat is
black and gray.
My home is in
the tropics, as 1
said before, and
I'1n a great addi-
ton to the zoo.
~
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| DADCN'SEy[N|NG'
AA|RY TALE
THE colLARED PEccARY,
s. hAM GaAHkl1

II am Mr.. Collared Peccary, if any
one should want to know it,
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DRAFT
TO CALL 100000
Announcement Made Of Plan
For Next Army.
DATE TO Be SET SOON

$4,000 More Men Arc Ordered to the
Various Camps on March 2e-7s2s
Pennsylvania Quota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-11

From the recent disgraceful riots
attending the newsboys' strike in
Minneapolis it is Clearly apparent that
the bolshevikist administration should
be removed. When the mayor Of a
city and his chief of police encourages
strikers to violate the law by riotous
behavior and refuses to quell dis
turbances such as occurred in Mime
apolis, they should be unceremoniously
booted from office and arrested for in
citing mob violence and destruction of
property. The action Of the mayor
and his chief of police is burning
shame on the fair name of Minnesota
Whether they are in the employ Of the
kaiser or not we do not know, but they
are certainly doing their best to rem
der him assistance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-11

In the hanging of three hellish black
fiends at Camp Dodge who outraged
a 17-year-old girl martial law was
rightly applied, and the lesson should
deter other beasts in human form
from committing a like offense. Had
these brutes been tried by civil in
stead Of military court life sentence
would have been the maximum pun
ishment, and all know what that in
most instances means-a few years in
prison and pardon. We have at all
times contended that there are crimes
so heinous that the perpetrators
should not be permitted to live, and
that of the three negroes is one of
them. Hence no state in the union
should be without a capital punish
ment law on it's statute books.