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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-12-14

that any charge. or trial faced
him. 49, =
Going up town he called on
McKercher.
"What you doing around
here?" was demanded.
"I'm looking for my trial, -
was the reply.
"Get the h out of here
and don't show your face around
this place again." exclaimed Nc
Kercher.
The conductor innocently went
to McKercher a few days later,
expecting to get back the bail
money, no charge against the
brakeman having been booked
up.
"Nothing doing and the
quicker you get away from here
the better it will be for you,''
declared the Big Chief.
The conductor figured it out
that he had lost $25 and that
McKercher had found the money.
McKercher's brutal treatment
of helpless prisoners is we'll
known and, when it came to
coarse, foul and profane Ian
guage, he was an artist. He
brought up from the docks a
vocabulary that would be the
envy Of a Corkonian fishwife.
A reputable lady from West
Duluth went to the station on
an errand. Through a half open
door she overheard McKercher
using foul and profane language
over the telephone that fairly
made her hair stand on end and
shivers run up and down her
spine. Any citizen using such
language over the telephone
would have been fined and
jailed.
There also is a belief that Me-
Kercher had certain telephone
operators paid to "listen in" and
to report conversations that they
picked up, thereby destroying
the privacy and reputation of
the telephone systems. Sneaks,
spies, stool pigeons and .sluggers
in the dark were favorite agen-
cies Of the Big Feuer.
Now R. D. McKercher has
gone to st. Paul to carry on, in
a higher and broader sphere, his
grand, gloomy and peculiar
brand of uplift work.
R. D. McKercher practicine
prevention of cruelty makes one
think of the lion lying down with
the lamb, the lamb being inside
of the lion.
This Glengarry Scotch racket
pulled off in the Land of the
American Eagle, is peculiar stuff
A certain class of Glengarry
Scotch clamor and scramble fol-
a place at the public pie-counte1
before the ink is dry on then
naturalization papers.
John G.. Ross is represented as
claiming the credit for boosting
Big Bob into the St. Paul job.
"Why did you not take thai
job down in st. Paul yourself?''
the champion office-holder was
asked.
81 gave it to my friend Nc,
Kercher,' he replied. 81 am the
one who got it for him.
The time may come when Jock
Ross may have lot Of explain
ing to do to the good people of
Duluth.
In the meantime, wives, Sis
tiers and daughters Of Duluth's
decent men can 60 here and there
about the city without danger of
being insulted by big, brutal,
morally degenerate, sexually per.
verted renegade from the docks
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
Xacht CInh Card Party

Liberty Bonds or German taxes.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-Position by experienced
Stenographer and boOkkeeper Address
H. care OF Banner office. 2O-2t
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
RED CROSS RELIEF TO
SOLDIERS and SAILORS
Home Service Branch Issues Infor-
nation to Families as to The Prop
err Way to Communicate With Men
On The Other Side.
Killed.

Perhaps a mother has received the
sad word from the War Department
that her son has been killed in ac-
! ton. In this case the news is final,
| but the mother longs for some know
ledge of her sons death. How did
| it happen? Did he suffer and did he
have any time to leave any message?
She writes to the Bureau of Commu-
nication and again an inquiry is sent
to Paris. Now the searchers in the
hospitals are given the name of her
son, his Company, his Regiment, and
the information that he was killed in
action on May %. They get INTO
touch with men who were in the
same action, who were, perhaps, be-
side him when he was killed, who
knew him and can tell what happen.
ed Their reports are sent to Wash
ington and are there embodied in a
personal letter to the mother. Some
times much can be told that will
bring comfort to the bereaved moth
er. Sometimes, indeed very often,
but little of a personal nature Will ev
er be known, but the mother dan at
least be given a picture of the en-
gagement and of the experiences CT
other men in it that will give her an
idea of what happened and that will
show her that her son died fighting
bravely in d splendid cause.
If a man dies in a hospital from
his wounds, or if he dies of illness
contracted in the course of duty, his
family can certainly be Informed of
his last hours through reports gath
cred by the. searchers from the doc
tors, nurses, and other patients in
the hospital. Overworked Army doc
tors and nurses know how much in
formation of this kind means to a
family and unselfishly take many
hours of their short rest time to
write TO America. But there are
times when doctors and nurses have
no hours of rest and the American
Red Cross wants to make sure that
no stricken ia nily fails to get this
V ord that means SO much.
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-Four Cambridge Merchants
Fined for Violation OF
The Sugar Regulation:

Oscar C. Moore, E. C. Insley, d. H.
Thomas and P. Alvah Johnson, Cam
bridge merchants, have been fined
SO each for selling sugar at a price
higher than that fixed by the Food
Administration.
County Food Administrator Yer
non S. Bradley has been conducting
an educational campaign in an eff
fort to get the county millers, mer-
chants and public generally to coop
crate and observe the Federal Food
regulations as a matter of patriots
duty. He has overlooked occasional
violations of the regulations, with
cautions to the offenders to do bet
ter in the future. He had hoped he
any penalties in Dorchester, but some
merchants persisted in fixing their
own prices for sugar, the regulations
of the Food Administration to the
contrary Notwithstanding. A few
days ago complaints were made
against the Cambridge merchants
named above, and an investigation
showed the complaints were justified.
County Food Administrator Bradley
informed the four merchants in ques-
ton that they might each make a
voluntary contribution of $40 to the
DorchesterG Red Cross. Chapter, or
have their cases reported to Wash
ington. The offenders promptly
made their contributions to the Red
Cross
Other merchants throughout the
county, and the public generally,
would do well to profit by the ex-
perience of these four Cambridge
merchants, and to bear in mind that
the Food Administration regulations
are for the benefit of the public; to
protect the public that co-operates,
and to make examples of profiteers.
who forget that we are passing thru
war times, and thru war conditions.
and that Food Administration regu-
lations are not a joke.
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Red Cross Notice

All persons who subscribed to the
Second Red Cross War Fund in May,
are reminded that their subscriptions
are due, and should be paid at once.
1t is absolutely necessary that they
meet these obligations, in order that
1 may be able to pay the amount
pledged to the society.
Payments should be made to me
or to Charles H. Barnett, at the Off
contribution you offered to make is
still unpaid, wilr you kindly let US
have same as soon as possible?
RUSSELL P. SMITH,
Chairman Second War Fund.
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Ward Takes 1t Back
Crisfield, Md, Sept. IL.

Crisfield, Md, Sept. II.
Editor of The American:
Dear Sir-I want to correct a
statement that appeared in the press
of this State few days ago concern
ing a certain meeting held in Dor
chester county, at which it is said
Senator William n. Andrews, of Cam
bridge, was the star speaker. On
further investigation, l find that
there was a meeting held in Dorches-
ter county, but entirely different
from the one described to me. 1t was
meeting of Irish-AmericanS, Ger
man-Americans, Afro-Americans and
others. 1t was meeting that any
patriotic American would address,
and there were no unpatriotic eX-
pressions used. | want to publicly
ask the pardon of Senator Andrews
for making statements from wild
rumors before l had investigated
them, but | did not say the rumors
were true. Hoping Senator Andrews
the greatest success, | trust | remain
his friend,
AUGUSTUS WARD.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
The DAILY BANNER
Published Daily Except Sunday
CAMBRIDGE. ND. SEPT. 20. 1918
Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight

Miss Lucy Ruark has returned
home, after a short visit to Balti-
more.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
Legal Advisory Board

ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL
ADVISORY BOARD WILL PLEASE
MEET AT THE COURT HOUSE TO-
MORROW (SAI URDAY) MORNING
AT 10 O'CLOCK, SHARP, TO DIS
CUSS QUESTIONABLE WORK.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, As I'll
APPEARS THAT CLASSIFICATION
UNDER THE NEW DRAFT WILL
BE MADE ON DIFFERENT PRIN-
CIPLES FROM THE OLD DRAFT.
LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20


Miss Lucy Ruark has returned
home, after a short visit to Balti-
more
Mrs. Edward 5. Phillips and dau-
ghter, Helen, have just returned
from brief trip to Baltimore, where
Miss Phillips enlisted and was ac-
cepted in tn Ell. S. Naval Reserve
yeomanettes.
All necessary preparations to car
ry the Fourth Liberty Loan drive ov-
er the top are being made at the
committees headquarters on High
street, and if every patriotic citizen
will do his duty in the drive, the full
! quota of Dorchester county will be
| quickly and easily raised.
| Mr.. James ]. Hooper, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William f. Hooper, of near
Cambridge, who enlisted several
weeks ago, left Tuesday for Norfolk,
to report at the Navy Yard at that
place, he having received orders to
! report there on Wednesday.
Harvey n Cannon, Jr, the six
teen month old son of Harvey Nand
Lille c. Cannon, died at the Cam
| bridge-Maryland Hospital Wednes-
day night. The funeral services were
held from the home on Central ave-
nue. this afternoon at two o'clock
The Secret OF The Storm Coun-
try" with Norma Talmadge as the
star, a sequel to Tess of The Storm
Country" :, feature of tense acting,
thrills and smiles, at the Grand OPP
era House tonight. Tomorrow Sat
urday) matinee and night, Rex
Beaches famous story of the great
outdoors, The Barrier"
There seems to be some misappre-
hension about the issuance of both
longing and dredging oyster licenses
this year, someone having started
rumor to the effect that only persons
outside of the draft age will be able
to secure such licenses; this rumor
is absolutely false from start to- fin
ish. There is no change in the man
ner of issuing such licenses, but eX-
actly the same rules and conditions
as, have heretofore existed are in
force this season.
BY special order, No. 246, issued
by command of Major General Car
ter, Camp Meade, Md, James Cor
man Hill, of this city, has been with
drawn from the Headquarters Com
pany, 154th Depot Brigade. where
he was serving as Company Clerk,
and detailed on special duty with
the Camp Judge Advocate, Camp
Headquarters, Camp Meade. This
department is in charge Of Major
James NJ. Mullen, Camp Judge Advo-
cate Major Mullen is an ex-attor-
ney of Maryland. The work in this
branch of the service includes the
preparation of all court martial ca
ses, and therefore requires legal
training, for which Mr.. Hill. as an
attorney, is we'll qualified.
List of letters remaining uncalled
for in the Cambridge postoffice to
Sept. 10: Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
T. Craighead, w. B. Cornish, Chas. |
H. d. Shields, Albert Dunn, George
Enneli, Henry Gore. William ]. Lay
ton, E. H. Linard, John Mason, Ora
cen McNeal, Hubbard ID. Mills, VIM.
Nichols, w. E. Remedy, Monron
Travellers, John S. Wallace, Charles
A. Wright, William H. Wilmington,
Sanitary Laundry, 2; Miss Georgi-
anna Cornish, Mrs. Carrie Colston,
Miss Ollie Dibson, Miss MIME Dryden,
Mrs. Mary L. Doekins, Miss Dany
Jackson, Mrs. Olin c. H. Johnson,
Mrs. Margaret Kappell, Miss Mary
Landlord, Miss Bill Michel, Mrs.
Annie Roberts, Miss Shannon, Mrs.
Shea, Belle Wheatley.-G. Walter
Wright, Postmaster.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20
Grange Notice.

There will be an important meet
ing of Cambridge Grange at the
Grange Hall tomorrow Saturday
night, at o'clock. All members are
urged to be present. Albert H
Smith, Master; T. Harry Hopkins.
Secretary.-Adv
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CHURCH LOCALS.

Rev. r. H. White will preach in
evening. The public is cordially in
vited to attend the service.-Adv
19-7t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-20

Yacht Club Card Party.
The Woman's Yacht Club will en-
terrain at cards this evening at
eight o"clock-Mildred w. Webb,
Sec'y-Adv. 1927.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
.'n,eat trust

lllk > s bee 'i ss arc ':"': o, ' tbs.
..n,eat trust"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27

The women who cannot conveniently
get ice, or who cannot afford it, resorts
to all sorts of cOntrivances to keep her
milk sweet and her butter hard.
Here is a plan for home made milk
house that will answer the purpose.
Make your frame work the size you want
the refrigerator. making the bottom a
trife larger than the top. Cover the
frame work with ordinary bag" sacking
clean potato sacks will do. Stretch this
covering tight and secure it with small
nails. The door Is made of the same
material. The door can be made to open
and shut. or you can have hanging door
which simply drops over the opening.
New set a vessel Of water on top Of the
refrigerator. OF old wooden cloth make
strips two or three inches wide and dip
them in the water. Place one end in the
vessel and lay the strips out over the
sides of the refrigerator. These make
wicks and gently draw the water onto
the sacking. Evaporation Immediately
sets in, and you will be surprised to find
in a short time that your butter is hard
ening and your milk growing cold. A few
gallons Of water will keep this refrigerator
in operation throughout the day and
night, but the vessel should be filled morn
ing, noon and night.
This refrigerator will give good service
II placed in the sun, but better service
if placed in shaded place. The water
used may be either cold or warm, the
object being to have free circulation Of
the air, force evaporation and keep the
sides of the refrigerator wet at all times
Farm Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
DISTRICT THRIFT STAMP REPORT

Thrift stamp report for the schools of
the Chittenden south district:
Charlotte: Lake View Seminary gram
mar, $S63.72; Lake View primary, SITE. rs (;
kingsland, sSo.3S; Mutton Hill. 1925; Foote,
$3.50; Macdonald, Ssl5, Baptist Corners
grammar. $3.50: Baptist Corners pri-
mary. $3.50; Hazard, s32 10: Prindle, $6S 25
Spear Street, none a total Of s1,456.l0.
Huntington; Catherine e. Ross. s232 e6
Catherine Il. Ross primary. STATS: Center,
$4,000; Hanksville, s1s77 = total. s564.51
Hnesburg; High school, sla3.le; inter-
mediate, s459.co; primary, $685. No. /.
A.oO; No. 6, S37.79; No. Z, $780, No. 8. $3.50;
No. g. $4,000; No. 10. ss2.oo; No, II, $50;
total, s1.ol1.73
Shelburne: High school, $50 So; gram
mar sS3l.49; intermediate, $1325: primary,
SlSl.5o; Falls, s66.19; Sutton, Sl1.OO; total,
ss72S1
South Burlington: Grammar. sol. 96; pri-
mary. s22.5O; Dorset s19.25; Spear, $3.50,
Shelburne road. s4925; Eldredge, $3.50;
total, s25l.46
st. George; s535o.
Total amount of thrift stamps and
ponds sold for the district is s4.0l0ll. The
loo per cent. thrift stamp schools are as
ioiiows: Charlotte: Lake View Seminary
grammar and Baptist Corners grammar
tftnesburg: High school, intermediate, pri-
mary and School No. l0' Shelburne; gram
mar. South Burlington, Dorset street and
spear street, Banners have been sent to
each or these schools. The teacher-train-
ing class of the Burlington high school
maze the banners. Reports from all
SCHOOLS Will be made every two weeks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27

49, plne correctness or incorrectness Of
their attitude toward the moral and re-
ligious law.
1--WE trust that teachers Of religions
everywhere will take notice Of this judges
opinions that teaching any religion save
that which is absolutely in accord with
statute laws is a grave crime which Is
intensified IL, being minister Of the gos-
pei. you should still happen to be sincere
There Is no doubt that Judge Howe made
his sentences severe enough; they are
about double those imposed by the Kaiser
upon the socialists who have been trying
to upset his wicked regime and three
times longer than many sentences i'm
posed upon would-be regicides.
The sentences imposed upon these men
convicted of disloyalty, may seem long
to the metropolitan mind. accustomed as
It is to u large degree Of immunity for all
crime in that region, not even excepting
murder. but to the Vermont mind and to
patriotic Americans in general we be-
lieve Judge Howe's terms will commend
themselves. This Is a time of war, and
those who are not with us are against
us. The application Of little Vermont
justice to metropolitan traitors will un-
questionably have an effect as widespread
as it is wholesome.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
SALE OF RAW WOOL

A leading producer Of wool recently sug-
gested that the FREE PRESS undertake
to help the farmers secure better mar
ket for raw wool. We took up the mat
ter with Commissioner Of Agriculture L.
s.. Brigham of st. Adams, who is inter-
esting himself in the project. Commits
sioner Brigham, who has been in WASH
ington in connection with his work, says
the government board has issued sched-
ule Of prices on a clean and secured basis,
the federal authorities having taken steps
to utilize the entire wool clip. 1t is diff
cult under existing conditions to adjust
this basis Of prices to raw wool.
Commissioner Brigham is about to visit
Washington again, and he hopes on his
return to be able to issue a statement
dealing with this whole matter Of an inn
proved market for raw wool in Vermont.
In the meantime it is to be noted by all
concerned that the United States govern
ment has discovered instances of prof.
teering on the part Of those handling
wool on commission. the profit in
the way Of excessive shrinkage de-
manded in some cases being as high as
10 per cent. The federal authorities pro-
pose to make an example Of these often
ders, so that others will not be tempted
to follow their example. The government
Is determined to make every possible Of
-
wool. which is one Of the prime necessi-
ties Of our forces in the field in cold
weather especially.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
"DoN'rs" FOR KN11'rERs OF SOCKS

Don't cast on tightly. An otherwise
well-knitted sock may become useless by
this tight cord at the top.
Don't knot your wool. Join it by spltc-
ing the ends, or leave two or three inches
Of each end and darn back carefully.
Don't make a heel with a seam on the
sole. The gusset heel is best: tho strap
heel next best.
Don't finish the toe with q hard lump
caused by running the thread through
the stitches two OF three times and pull
ling tightly. or finish with a hard seam
caused by knitting off two needles to-
gether, or worse, crotcheting them to-
gether. II the Kitchener" too Is desired. 1t
must be run from side to side OF the sock;
keep the front towards you and he sure
that the middle stitch of the back and
the middle stitch OF the sock Is In the
middle of the front and back needles.
Don't have knots or Jumps anywhere.
The inside of the sock should be as smooth
as the outside. A mas may not have a
chance to change his socks for many
days, and a lump or knot brings a blister.
II the blister breaks blood poisoning
may set in and result in the loss of a
foot or even limb. We cannot afford
70 lose our men through negligence or
ignorance.
Don't use black, dark or bright colored
stripes in the tops without washing such
yarn thoroughly in boiling water. and
| rinsing In several waters. before knitting.
There is again danger OF poisoning.
| Don't use needles too fine for the wool.
The knitting should be elastic; II too tight
iy knitted the sock becomes hard and
| board-like in use.
Don't make a foot less than ten inches
| long.
! BE sure that both socks are of the same
/ length, legs as we'll as feet. as one of
the chief things to be avoided is mis-
mates.
When taking up the stitches on the
side Of heel pick up the outside thread
Of the row, to avoid ridge on the
wrong side.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27

the second degree. but Ketcham would
not consent to that plea.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
READY FOR THE WARDEN .,

The game warden came upon youthful
angler and to make sure he was not dis
obeying the bass-fshing law he pulled
the boys string of fish out of the water,
finding only catfish. perch and suckers.
A few yards further down stream he came
upon large black bass wriggling on a
string weighted down with stone. He
confronted the hoy with it.
well, you see, sir" explained the
youngster. hes been taking my bait all
the morning, so ] just tied him up there
until I got through fishing. Boston
Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27

Commissioner Of Agriculture E. S. Brig
ham Of st. Adams believes it pays to use
to the scarcity of labor as we'll as as the
securing of the best results at a mini
mum cost. 1t would take considerable
farm tractor for example. Without this
machine it would bother him to raise fifty
acres Of beans.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
DOG DIES, GUARDIAN GETS $4,000

A fund Of $4,000 held by a Hartford,
Conn.,. trust company becomes available
for Miss Phila c. Miller Of Brattleboro
through the death of a Mexican Chi
huahua dog, II years old. The animal
weighed less than two pounds and was
named Tiny She was the wealthiest
dog in Vermont. Mrs. Mary Frances
Snow, who died in Hartford in 1909, left
an estate of 5000 cutting Off her husband
but creating two trust funds. one for her
horses. the other for her Is dogs Miss
Miller was to use whatever was needed
of the income of the $4,000 fund for the
dogs maintenance, and as Tiny was the
last survivor the fund now becomes Miss
Miller's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
THE STORY TELLER
NO PUZZLE FOR A PRCSSIAN

A soldier, home from the front. was re-
lating anecdotes to an admiring audience
in the railway carriage.
II remember one Boche sergeant" he
said who told me-after he had been
taken prisoner, of course-that he once
had 100 eggs given him, and was ordered
to distribute them among a company of
100 men, But somehow or other. one of
the eggs got broken. The Boche was
troubled at first as to how he was go
ing to share out 90 eggs among 100 men,
but he had a real Prussian inspiration"
Yes. And what did he do?" demand.
ed one Of his hearers.
Tommy heaved his pack higher on his
back and opened the carriage door.
KILLED one of the soldiers!'' he called
over his shoulder .-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph