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UutlCIi. Auu 30 ~ pTOSeus Inc Truck
went absolutely "to the bad" some
where in the Weingarten neighbor-
hood. In some way the travellers got
back to Pennington and came stray.
Cling home long about the midnight
hour In three or four Fords.
A bunch of Gypsies, with a caravan
of four wagons, drove into Ironton on
the FredericktOwn road last Wednes.
day shortly after noon. About the
time of their arrival Marshal Fisher
VAS apprised by phone that n Of the
women in the crowd had stolen $40
from n Mrs. Rice at Roselle that
morning, and the official was directed
to detain the travellers until Mr.. Rice
could get here. The Marshal at once
corraled the bunch. When Mr.. Rice
arrived the Gypsies insisted that they
had not stolen the money, but rather
than have any trouble they would put
up that amount, which they did and
went on their way, the Marshal warn.
ing them not to nnger 10 town. One
Of the women on entering the Rice
home asked for q piece Of money that
she might tell Mrs. Rice's fortune.
In this way she got the family purse
In her hands and on counting the
money after the Gypsy had gone $40
was found to be missing. The outfit
was O pretty tough-looking one; the
women and children being unusually
unkempt and dirty. They departed
southwark.
Mr.. John Il. Wilson, brother.in.law
bt Louis J. Kerth, the Kirkville bank.
or for whom an extensive search was
made In the neighborhood Of the Shut.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
FINAL DRAFT QUOTA
10 GOING TO CAMP
Men Began Leaving For Camp
Meade on Saturday.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-Final quotas
Of upstate drafted men started to
leave for cantonments on Saturday, al
though as yet none Of the Philadelphia
quota has been moved.
The Philadelphians are to leave for
Camp Meade today and Wednesday.
Many local draft boards have sent
their last men to camp, but the ma
joritv of the others have between IL
and 90 per cent of their quotas to go.
OF the total of 1857 to be sent from
Philadelphia, 1900 will leave for Camp
Meade today and the remainder on
Wednesday.
Plans were perfected some time ago
for mobilizing the necessary passen-
ger coaches and locomotives for haul
ing the rockies to the cantonments.
and it was announced by railroad Of
fcials that the movement will be COM
pleted without a hitch.
Most of Philadelphia's draftess will
leave from the Baltimore and Ohio
station, Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
streets. and from the North Philadel-
phia station of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Up until Saturday there remain
ed throughout the country $4,000 men
of the first draft who had not been
sent to training camps. When this
| last movement Is completed the
strength of the national army win to
| tai 685 900 men.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Vessel Was Used In Sealing.

New York, Feb. &c. w. Bowring,
head of Bowring & Co., II Battery
place, New York, agents and owners
of the Red Cross line, to which the
apparently doomed Florizel belonged,
received four messages, reporting the
plight of the ship.
He expressed the belief that the
ship might not be total loss, as Its
extreme stanchness was sufficient to
resist heavy pounding on the rocks.
He asserted that the FNor1zel. by
reason of its unusual build, could al
most crash into tn iceberg without
damage. The vessel, which is equip
ped with a steel bow intended for
service in cutting the ice on the nor
thern waters, was used in New York
harbor and the upper Hudson in the
recent cold wave to break up ice
jams and release the traffic of the
port. She was capable of cutting
through ice FIVE and six feet thick
The F1orizel, besause of her ice
crushing equipment. always became a
center of attention on appearing in
CN6 nPrDOr. Wien lie Ioui SSoooiA
was slack. in March of each year, she
was sent north to join the sealing
fleet off New Foundland.
On these occasions and when call
ed upon to buck against ice jams her
bronze propeller was removed and on
of steel substituted, the btNer to
withstand blows from the ice.
The F1orizel left st. Johns at eight
O'Clock Saturday night for New York,
via Halifax. She was due at this port
next Thursday.
The Florizel has to a great extent
beeen used by the British government
as despatch boat in recent weeks In
service between st. Johns and New
York, with stops being made at Hall
fax
British officials have been among her
passengers on most Of the trips and
wounded soldiers have often been car
ried on her.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Pershing's Casualty List.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Further fight
ing on the American sector in Francs
was indicated in casualty list receiv
ed from General Pershing
Eight men were given as slightly
wounded in action on February 81.
General Pershing also reported one
death in airplane accident, seven
deaths from disease and one infantry
man missing.
Private Harry NJ Myers, trench
mortar battery, Marion Ind; Private
Frederick A. Sitter, trench mortar
battery, Polk. Vensr/ -ounty, Pa;
Private Andrew B. aennes, trench
mortar battery, Grand Forks, N. D.;
Private Robert E. Grubb, trench NOR
tar battery, Rogersville, Tenn; Pri
vate Frank T. Kirby. field artillery
Aurora, ILL.,; Private Rene E. Unoe
fin, field artillery, Cincinnati; Private
Fred R. Rau, field artillery, Lacroix
Ind; Sergeant Frank Grabowski, field
artillery, Chicago.
Cadet Harold K. Bulkley, signal
corps, was the afrplane victim. He
was killed on February 1S. His ad
dress was given as New York.
Private Edward R. Roberts, infant
ry, was reported missing as Of Febru
ary 8.
A previous report tina he was miss
ing prior to that date was declared
erroneous. His address Is '-ew York
The daily banner., 1918-02-25

A certain element of romance in steel
making is suggested in an account re-
ceiyed from England Of the operation
of a two-ton electric steel furnace at
Sheffield, says, the Scientific American.
The furnace is entirely hand operated
through control worked In conjunc-
ton with recording ammeters; but the
chief point is the size Of the operator.
A boy of fourteen or fifteen runs the
furnace constantly, and other furnaces
of this particular type are now op-
Grated in the same manner by girls,
owing to the scarcity Of male labor.
The whole is an object lesson In the
steadiness and simplicity Of the new
type of steel-making furnace. Such
results would have been ddiculed only
q few years ago.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Peculiarities Of Birdmen.

That aviators have their own Pc
culiarities in driving and can be iden-
titled as certainly as the telegraph
sender can be recognized by the story
told here by Lieut.. r. G. Searson
of Pittsburgh, now a member Of the
Royal Canadian Flying corps.
"When Major Bishop, the American
flyer, who has won so much fame at
the French front, takes the air" said
Searson, 'he can be easily identified.
The machine moves with the instinct
of a bird, so graceful and devoid Of
jerks is the movement. When Capt.
Vernon Castle mounts, even If one does
not see him enter the machine before
he rises, his presence Is betrayed by
the planes peculiar display Of dancing
In the air, as we call It"
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
LAND FOR BULGARIA,
DEMAND ON RUMAN..t
Huns in Peace ParIey Call For
Economic Preference.

London, Feb. 25.-Informal peace
negotiations with Rumania were be-
gun at Castle Bufftea, near Bucharest,
according TO advices reaching diplo
matte circles at The Hague, as trans
mitted in an exchange telegraph des
patch from that point.
TIE terms of the central powers
arc said to include territorial acqui-
sitiions for Bulgaria and economic
preferences for Germany and Austria.
Premier Averesco of Rumania, will
consult King Ferdinand at Jassy, for
which purpose a few days of grace
We're given by the representatives OF
the central powers.
Germany is represented in the ne
gotiations by Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann, Austria by Foreign Min
lister Czernin, and Bulgaria by Pre-
misr Radoslavoff.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
German Soldier Slang

The first attention attracted by
Boche soldier slang was enlisted when
they dubbed the 420-mm. gun "Big Ber-
tha," says the Bulletin des Armees.
The machine gun is 'stottertante" (the
aunt who stutters). They also say
"the organ of DEATH" "the collie can
non," "the old chatterbox." When the
French machine guns are in action the
Boche in his dugout exclaims:
There's a Franzman at his sewing
machine"
The casque is the tulip" the KNAPP
sack, the monkey epaulettes are
soup plates" noncom stripes are 'cu-
cumber parings." The various arms
have their sobriquets. The infantry
man is called the "sand hare" the
chausseur is the "green frog" the
trench digger Is the mole" or the
"ditchman ;" the white cuirassier, the
flour bag" the uhlan, the '1ampligh1
er," and the green hussars with yellow
trimmings are "the egg apd spinach"
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! 5(9SSEnCER snip
LOST IN STORM
Rescue Fails and All Aboard
Given Up as Lost.
WAS BOUND FOR new YORK
The Florize Goes Ashore on the
Rocks Of Cape Race During a Sliz-
zard-Bodies Washed Ashore.

St. Johns N. F., Feb. 25.-With ap-
parently the loss of all hands. the
British steamship Florizel, bound vita
seventy passengers and crew Of
s.Nty-nine from St. Johns for New
FORK, went ashore on the rocks in
.he treacherous currents off Cape
Race.
persons who have returned from the
desolate scene of the wreck say that
the F1orizel will probably be a total
loss. Bodies have already been wash
ed ashore and there is apparently i'll
tie hope that a single survivor has
reached land.
A bowling blizzard was in progress
when the Florizel struck on the rocks.
The place of the disaster is miles
from any human habitation, but de-
spite the violent storm a number of
persons managed to press across the
wastes to the shore off which she
was aground. They reported such
heavy seas were running that it was
impossible for any one to attempt to
go out to the Florizel to rescue those
on board. The fact that there were
sttll some persons alive en- the yes.
sci at the time was established, be-
cause from the shore a number of
persons could be seen through the
thick weather lashed TO the rigging
and on the bridge.
The Florizel, proceeding southwark
was off Cape Race when she encount-
cred the blizzard. On one wireless
message was received rom her. and
it stated simply that she had gone
ashore. The silence which followed
caused it to be assumed that her
wireless apparatus had quickly be-
come disabled
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Entire Family Serving Country.

With a husband and three sons-ev-
cry male member of the family-en-
listed in some unit of the United
States army, Mrs. Virginia Cross of
Denver, has made application for serv-
ice as a Red Cross army nurse.
DR.. ]. w. S. Cross, the husband and
father, is a captain in the Medical
corps, stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex.
The sons are Frank, tweEty-four,
Quartermaster's Reserve corps, Jack
sonville, Fla; Charles, twenty-One,
coast defense, Fort Logan, Co'o., and
WAYNE. seventeen. with the At1ericar
..Nped.lionary forces in France.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Hard War Times.

The suburban housekeeper was again
without washerwoman and had tried
in vain all over town to get another.
Each woman she called had Monday
taken, and every other day for that
matter. This woman did not care to
send her clothes to Il large laundry, for
she had just had put in new washing
outfit in the basement AS a last re-
sort she called up woman on the tel
ephone who had done her washing the
summer before.
MARY" she said, would you come
around sometime next week to do my
washing? I'll give you So"
go on, Miss White" responded col
ored Mary. 81 am havin' my washin'
taken out now indianapolis News.
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STOMACH ACTS fine!
NO INDIGESTION, GAS,
HEARTBURN, ACIDlrY
"Pape's Diapepsin" fixes sick, sour,
upset sto.nachS iii five minutes.

You don't want a slow remedy
when your stomach is bad-or an
uncertain one-or a harmful one
your stomach is too valuable; you
mustn't injure it with drastic drugs
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; its certain, unfailing action III
regulating sick, sour. gaSSy stonl-
achs Its quick relief in indigestion,
dyspepsia and gastritis, when caused
by acidity, has made it famous the
world over.
Keep this wonderful stomach
sweetener in your home-keep 1t
handy-get a large fifty-cent case
from any drug store and then II
anyone should eat something which
doesn't agree with them; if what
they eat lays like lead, ferments and
sours and forms gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tions of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Dlapep-
sin comes in contact with the stom-
ach it helps to neutralize the eXces-
siye acidity, then all the stomach
distress caused by it disappears. lts
promptness, certainty and ease in ov-
grooming such stomach disorders is
a revelation to those who try it
Adv.
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U. S. CAPTAIN WON'T
FIGHT HUN FRIENDS
Army Man Gets Twenty-Five
Years in Prison.

New York, Feb. 25.-Captain David
A. Henkes, Sixteenth infantry, United
States army, has been sentenced to
dismissal from the service an. co..
f1nement at hard labor for twenty five
years by a general court -maTti2! - I'd
at Governors Island
Henkes, who is of German descent,
endeavored to resign his commission,
saying he did not care to fight against
relatives and friends
Captain Henkes, who w,s stationed
at San Antonio, Texas, last May, wrote
to the secretary of war, urging him
to accept the resignation, which he
had already submitted, and giving
reasons which, he declared, would no
longer allow him to serve as an officer
of the American army.
Further service as commissioned
officer must sooner or later take me
to Europe and there bring me in con
flict with my relatives and friends, al
though for the time being my legal
enemies
Ga Ga f7t tain eR father
came from Germany. My mother was
born here shortly after the arrival of
her parents. We have other relatives
and friends there.
"I cannot force myself to the con-
vfction that I am capable Of making
war on my kindred upon their soil in
a manner that would become my duty
and station. | earnestly REQUEST thai
l may not be required to undergo this
ordeal I seriously doubt my ability
to withstand it, and would avoid, In
the interest of my country, family and
friends, what at least appears the
probable consequences"
Captain Henkes suggested as an al
tentative that he be given service in
some other field, although he express
ed the belief that the best course
would be the immediate acceptance of
his resignation.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
SEES GERMAN REVOLT
Rsichstsg Speaker Warns of Coming
Revolution.

Amsterdam, Feb. pa revolution
In Germany was predicted by DR..
Cohn, Independent Socialist deputy, in
address to the reichstag Friday, the
VolksZeitung, of Cologne, says.
DR.. Cohn's address, made during the
debate on the peace treaty with Uk'
raine, threw the reichstag into an up
roar.
"It IS not correct to say that the
people of Russia's Baltic provinces are
longing for German rule" he declar-
ed
"The treaty with the Ukraine is not
the first step toward general peace.
see the day coming whan revolution
will reach Germany and the people
will take the fate of their rulers Into
their own hands"
The Independent Sociaiis'S cheered
the speaker. From other parts of the
house came shouts of traitor"
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
CLOSES DIRTIEST BREAKERS
Scranton Fuel Administrator Takes
Drastic Action.

Scranton, Pa, Feb. 25.-Following
the announcement that the govern
ment had fixed standards for the coal
operators and expected that in the
future every colliery in this county
would turn out a cleaner and better
grade of coal, Tudor Williams, local
fuel administrator, has ordered six
breakers closed down until such time
as they can at least approximate those
standards.
Three or four other breakers,
against which charges have been filed
are being investigated. Mr.. Williams
declared. He said the names CT the
operators who had felt the strong arm
of the government would not be given
out at this time, because he said he
hoped they would make immediate eff
fort to obey the law.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Has Plans for Bio Time.

Allen, fifty-one, known as the mil.
ionaire Kid" declared in a San Fran.
cisco police court he was "going to
buy all the mountain dew in the world
..s soon as he got the fortune Of SS.000,-
600 left to him by his father.
Allen was arrested with other va
grants. He was asked If he was 60
ing to take his tramp friends with him
on the 10y party"
Some of them, perhaps" he replied
"We sure are going to have some time,
but I'll never be buried in the potter's
field. AS soon as I get that $4,000, 900
Pm going to set aside SIS fo: q decent
burial"
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
CHOCOLATE BURNS
100000 Pounds Destroyed by Fire a
Hershey Plant.

1,OO,OOO PoundS Destroyed py Fire at
Hershey Plant.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 25.-Fire on
the top floor of building No. 25, Of the
Hershey Chocolate compahy's plant.
at Hershey, caused a loss of mo-c
than 100000 f5F
-.1 The ne sso room in .his1 sss5 sess.
and more than 1,O31s 81 pounds of
chocolate in powdered Iorm, one of
the advanced stages OF manufacture
was stored there.
The building of fireproof construc-
ton. and while the blaze was con
confined to the fourth floor, where 1t
originated stock in other rooms was
damaged by water. Officials Of the
company state that the loss will cause
no suspension of work, but slight
loss in filing out orders.
Local companies fought with the
blaze. sending out calls for aid to
neigtboring towns. The fire was un,
der control when Lebanon companies
arrived and helped to extinguish it.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
SAYS
VINOL IS THE
BEST TONIC
Honest Opinion Doctor Gave His
Patient.

Bedford, Ohio.-'I was in a pitt
full condition, weak, nervous and run
down SO | could not do my house
work l had doctored for years and
tried everything under the sun. A
friend told me about Vinol. l asked
my doctor about it, and he replied,
1t certainly is the best medicine that
can be had today. l couldn't give
you any better l took it, and today
1 am as well and strong as any wo-
man could wish to be, and it was Vi
mol that saved me. Mrs. Frank A.
Horkey, Ash ST., Bedford, Ohio.
We guarantee this famous cod Hv-
er and iron tonic for all such condi-
tions. c. P. Craig & Son, Druggists.
Cambridge,a ,and at the best drug store
in every town and city in the coun-
try.-Adv.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
As You Go AIond,

Whether we are thinking of pleas.
ure to enjoy, or a kindness to bestow,
we must take it as we go along. The
people who are always planning for q
good time in the distant future, over
looking the little joys that start up at
their feet. are as foolish as those who
are putting off helpfulness till by and
by. Help others and enjoy yourself
as you go along.-Girl's Companion.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Queer Will Declared Void.

DIR. Cameron Knight, San Francis
co physician, had such a poor opinion
of the general run of nurses that he
wrote 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, 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 it had
only one subscribing witness instead Of
two
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
US. Guns SILENCE
HUN BATTERY
Slash the Enemy's Line With
Fierce Fire.
Drive BACK GERMAN PATROL
American Artillery illustrates Teu-
ton Move to Wipe Out Post-Foe's
New Bombs Do Slight Damage.

With the American Army in France.
Feb. 25.-In the American sector
northwest Of Toul the Germans tried
the tactics of concentrating artillery
fire on one Of the American I ition
apparently with the purpose of cbl:t
Grating it.
The American guns Immediately
punished the German batteries witl
double heavy retaliatory fire and
then swept the enemy lines with a
vicious barrage, undoubtedly inflicting
considerable damage.
The German gurs promptly ceased
fire. Whether they were silenced or
stopped firing for other reasons is un-
known, but since that hardly a
shot has been fired from that point.
Friday night a German patrol was
found once more within the American
wire. 1t was driven back by machine
gun and rife fire. Anne t:an patrols
worked freely, without interference.
The Germans dropped into the AmeIi:
can trenches an entirely new type OF
bomb, resembling baseball. No dam
age was done.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
You Can't Rub 1t Away;
Rheumatism is in the Blood

tism until you cleanse your blood Of
the germs that cause the disease.
S. S. S. has never had an equal as
blood purifier and scores of sufferers
say that it has cleansed their blood of
rheumatism, and removed all trace
of the disease from their system.
Get a bottle of S. S. S. at your
drug store, and get on the right
treatment to-day. If you want spe-
cial medical advice, you can obtain it
free by addressing Medical Director,
% Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
How Patriot Soldiers Suffered.

In all the camp sites of the Revolu-
ton a surprising quantity cf broken
black bottles are found, indicating that
the allowance Of liquor must have
been liberal. The elaborate prepara-
tiOns made today to protect the sol
diers against the cold contrast oddly
with the equipment of the men at Val
ley Forge One of the surgeons who
served at Valley Forge has left the
following description of one of the
Continental soldiers who was brought
in to a camp tospitHl:
His bare feet we're seen through
his worn shoes-his legs nearly naked
from the tattered remains of an only
pair of stOckings--his breeches not
sufficient to cover his nakedness-his
shirt hanging in strings-his hair di-
sheveled-his face meager-his whole
appearance pictures u person forsaken
and discouraged"
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Liniments Will Never Cure.

If you are afflicted with Rheuma-
tism, why waste time with liniments,
lotions and other local applications
that never did cure rheumatism, and
never will?
Do not try to rub the pain away,
for you will never succeed. Try the
sensible plan of finding the cause of
the pain, and go after that. Remove
the cause, and there can be no pain.
You will never be rid of Rheuma-
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
NEW RESERVIST OFFICERS
Governor Appoints Several First and
Second LieUtenante.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 25-Adjutant
General Beary announced that the
governor had made the following ap-
pointments in the reserve militia:
To be first ieutenant-Edward
Jackson, Philadelphia, Company A,
First infantry; Thomas E. Gilman
Scranton, Company C, Second infant
ry.
To be second lieutenant-Charles
Robmann, Philadelphia, Company A,
First infantry; Harris ". Reichard,
Scranton. Company c, Second infant
ry; Harry C. Musser, York, Company
L, First infantry; ]. E. Trego, Tyrone,
Troon C.
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
Unsinkable Ship Sails.

A Gulf Port, Feb. 25-The former
Austrian steamer Lucia, equipped
with a new "non-sinkable" system. has
sailed from here with a cargo. The
steamer is equipped with more than
10000 air and water-tight cells, which
the inventor claims will keep the yes
sci afloat even should she be torpe-
doed
The daily banner., 1918-02-25
WHEAT PRICES FIXED
The President Names $2.2o BushsI,
Same as Last Year.


Same as Last Year.
Washington. Feb. pa price OF
1920 a bushel-the same as for last
years crop-was liked By President
Wilson for the coming seasons wheat
yield.
The price is for No. 1 northern
spring wheat at Chicago. with scale
of differentials for other markets.
The differentials differ to slight
extent from those now operative and
range from a maximum Of 81 to max.
imum of $2.2s.
In fixing a price now for the new
crop which will not be harvested un.
til June, the president was believed to
have had two objects in view. The
first was to halt legislation pending
in congress to fix prices at from 1928
to So and the other was to stimulate
spring planting.