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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
TAXI DRIVER SLAIN
AND MOTOR STOLEN
Wilmington Chauffeur Mystert
ousIy Murdered.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 3.-The pO-
lice of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Ches-
fer and many nearby cities are search
Ing for two men who murdered a
taxicab driver in Wilmington and
stole his machine. a.
The driver was Howard NJ Lacey,
twenty-three years old, employed by
the Wilmington Taxicab company.
His body was found by schOolboy
In an abandoned quarry along the
Philadelphia pike. The superstition is
that he was killed by men who want
ed the automobile, which was valued
Mt $500.
The murder is mystery from start
to finish. Lacey was not robbed. lie
wore some rings, his watch, and had
some money in his pockets when his
body was found. He had been struck
on the head with some kind of a blunt
instrument like a rock or a heavy
club or blackjack.
The Wilmington police think the
murderers had him drive them to the
lonely place along the road at an
early hour, after using the machine
for pleasure riding through the night,
and then struck him on the head and
damped his body into the quarry.
At 9.15 o'clock in the evening the
taxicab company received a call to
send car to 101 West Eighth street.
This is an apartment house over a
jawa1rv store and in fhe confer NJ I'll o
city.
When the machine arrived persons
on the street saw two men enter the
car, which drove away. Persons in
the apartment house say they are sure
no call was sent from there and those
who entered the machine did not come
out of the house.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
A Soil Treatment for the Tomato Crop,
Lining Not Always Beneficial.

There has been much discussion re-
Slrding the use of lime on land prior
to planting tomatoes. The best infor-
nation obtainable seems to point to
the fact that there is point close to
the neutral line at which tomatoes
grow best. Just where this point is no
one seems to know, but it is clearly
understood by most growers and EX-
pertinent Station workers that it is so
near the neutral line that lining is al
most always beneficial except when
the soil is known to be alkaline, in
which case the lime is known to do no
harm
The use of lime in growing can-house
tomatoes has other advantages than
the mere increase of crop. 1t creates
soil condition favorable to healthy
growth, making strong plant far more
capable of resisting the ravages Of dis
eases which are so prevalent today.
This will no doubt help to hold down
the cost of spraying.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
-FOUR FABRICATED
SHIPS DELIVERED
All But One Was Produced al
Hog Island.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Only four
ships have been delivered by the three
great government fabricated ship
building plants, Charles Piez, director
general of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration said, in testifying before the
senate commerce committee.
Difficulties in constructing the yards
and in obtaining material were largely
responsible for the delays, the witness
said.
Three of the ships have come from
the Hog Island yard, Mr.. Piez testf-
fed, and the fourth from the Sub
marine Boat corporation plant at
Port Newark, N. J., which should have
delivered 124 vessels by last Deem
Der 7. The Merchants Ship Building
corporation, at Bristol, Pa, has not
yet delivered a ship, he said, although
under it's contract twenty-four should
have been completed by December Z.
The Hog Island yard delivered its
third ship yesterday and has launch
ed twelve others, the committee was
told
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
EIEADOWS AND
PASTURES
The Healthy Growth OF a VARIETY
of Plants Furnishes a Better
Forage for Animals and More
Lime for Bone Building.
The Growing Herd Requires
Nutrient Quality of Grass.

Lime is essential to the growth OF
luxuriant pasture. 1t does much to
improve the stand and increase the
variety of grasses and clovers. The
effect of lime on pasture soils is to
sweeten it and encourage the growth
ct ssra sseS and el9xe,:s net ealx nara
abundantly, but in greater profusion,
and it so happens that the plants
which are encouraged to grow in sweet
soils are the ones which naturally con-
tain more lime in their composition.
Lime is needed by animals quite as
much as it is needed by plants, espe-
cially by young animals which are
growing and need it in the formation
of their bones and somewhat in the
formation Of body tissue. The Food
Administration calls attention in one
of its circulars regarding the use of
milk, which contains more lime than
any other food in children's diet. Il
says: There must be plenty of lime
in children's food, for a great deal of
it is needed for their bones and teeth,
and a little for their blood and all
other parts of their bodies. Big BOYS
and girls and grown people, as well
as children, need lime, because the
bones are constantly wearing away
little by little and must be replaced"
1t is therefore very important that
pastures used for grazing should be
well lined to furnish a variety OF
plants, so that animals may he well
nOurished with luxuriant growth of
plants, thus supplying an abundance OF
forage containing lime for building.
bone and tissue. Lime may be applied
to pastures any time during the year,
but it is best to prepare now to make
fall or winter application.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
, S. TO GIVE BACK
RAILROADS SINCLy
70 Begin April | is the Plan
Heard by Financiers.

New York, Jan. 3.-That the Wilson
administration has about determined
to release the railroads OF the United
States from federal control, beginning
April l, is the information, regarded
as very reliable, which came to the
most inner circle Of the highest finan-
cial interests here.
The plan is not to turn them back
In a body to the company control and
operation, but to return first one rail-
road, and then another, and so on to
gradually withdraw the government
from the position of contro., operation
and responsibility which it took at -
close of 1917.
1t is understood that the Washing
ton authorities have come to this plan
of gradual REIMBURSEMENT of the rail-
roads TO their owners and private OPP.
Grafton as affording the easiest way
TO let go, and with the idea also that
by such method the transition back
from federal to private operation can
be accomplished with less readjust-
ment than if the entire railroad sys-
tenn Of the country sneS he turned
back under one general rder as II
was taken over
The proposition is regarded both
favorably and otherwise. The prime
objections are three: 1, that there is
likely 10 be doubt as to which systems
shall be turned back; 2, that if weak
companies are suddenly left to them
selves they might be in financial diff
culties, and, 8, that while the general
routing of the bulk of all traffic re-
manned under federal order, separate
companies would he largely hand-tied
and at the mercy of federal direction
without any of it's protection.
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PACKERS IN WIDE MONOPOLY
Control 665 Unrelated Companies the
Trade Board Head Tells Committee.


Trade Board Head Tells Committee.
Washington, Jan. 3.-The "big five"
packers of the country actually con-
troll 665 unrelated companies and have
minor interest in eighty-tive Others
William B. Colver, chairman of the
federal trade commission, told this to
the house interstate commerce COM
mittee investigating the packing in
dustry.
Mr.. Colver read a statement from
a wholesale grocer declaring the pack
sers had extended their interests into
5000 commodities, none of which is d.
rectly related to the meat business.
In auest:onnaires sent out by the
commission to wholesale grocers, he
said, it was the uniform opinion the
packers were threatening their exist
ence
Mr.. >Colver said the commission had
no knowledge Of a price control com.
binatiOn among wholesale grocars.
Mr.. COlver has asserted the present
growth of the combination would de-
stroy grocery competition in ten years.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03

There is more Catarrh in this SEQ
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years 1t
was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly failing to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine, manufactured by F.
]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
One Hundred Dollars reward is Off
cred for any case that Halls Catarrh
Medicine fails to cure. Send for cir
.culars and testim onials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
ADV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
SAILORS WE'D BRITISH GIRLS
Men of One U. S. Squadron Marry
Xnund Women in Scotland

Men OF one u. >. squadron Marry
Young Women in Scotland.
New York, Jan. 3.-More than 100
men Of the sixth battle squadron We're
married during the years stay of the
ships in British waters.
These figures were given out by the
matrimonial statistican of the fleet.
with headquarters on the flagship New
York.
The officer in charge of this bureau
pointed out that these figures do not
inclHlie the brides probably to be ac-
credited to the ships of the ninth di-
vision, which made it's headquarters
at Bantry bay, Ireland-Utah, Nevada
and Oklahoma-Or the big destroyer
and patrol flotilla.
1t is considered probable that when
the entire count is in at least 80
Scotch, English and Irish brides will
be coming to America to join their
sailor husbands on this side. 1t has
even been suggested that special ship
be sent over to bring back the wives
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
PURCHASING LIME
FOR FARM Use
The Form, Concentration, Fine
ness of Division, and the Con-
diti0n of the Soil Are Factors
Requiring Consideration.
A Study of the Soil NeutraIizing
Power of Lime.

The chief point to be observed by
the farmer in the purchase of lime is
the form. The action Of each form
must be known under each of the
many varying conditions. Lime and
limestone are both mineral products,
but the forine Is q .saanr-
facture treated In manner to make
It concentrated, which means that II
contains only the elements active in
correcting soil acidity, whereas the
latter contains carbon dioxide amount
ing to approximately one-half its
weight, besides any impurities of the
original rock from which it is ground
While there is no organic fermentation
in the case Of mineral materials, yet
the concentrated forms are acted upon
more readily by the natural soil SOL
vents, air and water, and other solvent
substances of soils, and, furthermore,
they are more readily and evenly dis
tributed throughout the soil by the soil
moisture.
Regardless of the form, fineness of
division has an important bearing upon
availability since the finer the material
the greater will be the surface area
exposed to the natural agencies which
cause disintegration. The particles of
Slaked or hydrated lime are infinitely
small and there is no question of their
solubility on this score With lime
stone it is question Of grinding pure
ly mechanical in nature. The applica-
ton Of a coarsely ground limestone,
coarser than 100 per cent. through a
10-mesh sieve, may not show any re-
suits the first or second season, while
the same substance pulverized to an
extremely fine powder, 100 per cent.
through a 60 or so mesh sieve, will
show results during the first season
that is. it's fineness permits of the
solubility Of a considerable portion of
its lime.
The kind of soil to which the lime or
limestone is applied influences the rate
soil. A soil which is open and porous.
and thus permits the flee access of air
and circulation Of water, and one
which contains large portion of or
ganic matter capable of decay, animal
or vegetable, presents more favorable
conditions for the solubility and activ-
ity of lime and limestone than one
and purely mineral in it's character,
thus preventing the free access of air
and water. and in which no organic
changes are taking place. In the one
case the conditions are such as to ia
vor the action of natural agencies,
and In the other they are such as TO
retard their action, even though the
latter type Of soil may be more in need
Of lime than the former for the indi-
rect advantages which may be Sc
cured.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
livestock ouoI,.;.

CH1CAGO.-HOGS MOSTLY Sc RI
10c higher. Top, S183 bulk. 1S5o@
1880; heavy ers,1s178501S: me.
dunn and n n Light b1atncher$. $1770@17.95
s sis doS Sl6;Y tN Heavy packing
packing, L$17.45@17. 10. throwon n
s15.75g16.s5; pigs, good to choice
$14.50@15.50.
CATTLE+Strong o5c bivbor
medium steers, light sfoekers and
e eatSes snd prm nees sttle good to
mon and medium, $9.7E6I6 o.. hn IH
ers heifers, $8.40@14.7k: COWS ss35v
1875; stockers and Feeders sood
choice and fancy, S1b. 50@ 1878: "o ~,
feriors, common and medium. s7n,dp
l Up veal caves, good to choice. Sl5
:. SHEEP-Fat lambsi and light year.
lings, 25@50c higher. Sheen Stead, :,
higher. s'>'' .
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FORMER KAISER'S BUST GONE
Trail Through Mud in German Town
;n& - UnAhfMnU

American Army of Occupation, jan
SIN Mayen, where the American
third army had its headquarters be-
fore moving to Coblentz, a life-sized
bronze bust of former Emperor Will
liam, for years stood in little park
near the center Of the town.
During the war, the bust was->de-
corated with wreaths and the pedestal
was swarthed with the Sherman flag,
when victories were reported.
With the abdication of the emperor,
the civilians of Maven rather lost in
terest in the park and the emperor's
bust. The Americans came They
paid little attention to the statue, and
for three weeks, with Americans bill
leted in every house in Mayen, the
bust was undisturbed
New Years morning, bust and
pedestal had disappeared. Down the
road leading to a creek was trail
in the mud as II something had beer
ragged at the end of q rope.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
CREETS
THE PRESIDENT
Cheering Crowds Meet Mr..
Wilson at hiOddne.
ROME PROFUStLY DECORATED
The Duke of Lante, Representing
King Victor, Meets Him at the From
tier-To Make Mr.. Wilson "Citizen
Of Rome"

Rome, Jan. 3.-President Wilson and
his party arrived at Modane, on the
Franco Italian frontier.
The royal train with the president
on board was met by the Duke OF
Lante, representing King Victor Em
manuel.
Both the French and Italian au.
thorities in the frontier town welcom
ed the party.
TOwnspeOple assembled at the sta
ton gave the president greeting
The day was bright with the winter
sun shining on the SnOw-cOvered
mountains surrounding the village
The American ambassador, Thomas
Nelson Page, in company with the
military and naval attaches of the
American embassy, has left to meet
President Wilson.
The visit of Mr.. Wilson to Rome
was the chief topic of conversation at
the official New Years receptions.
Greetings were given by King Vic
tor Emmanuel to members of the cab
met. senators, deputies and high of
Gals, who gathered at the Quirinal
The king, during his short address
sent Fluctuations to the army, paying
a tribute to its discipline and stead
fastness.
He extended salutations to America
and the allied nations.
Preparations for the reception of
President Wilson in Rome are being
carried out actively night and day.
The Via Nazionale is bef1agged its
whole length from the railroad station
to the Quirinal, bunting flying from
dagstaffs surmounted by gilded images
of victory"
At the capital, where the president
will be received by the municipality,
which will confer on him the title of
"citizen of Rome" the preparations
are particularly elaborate.
The spacious halls are being hung
with priceless ancient tapestries and
decorated with flowers and plants. All
the shops are showing the American
colors, and in their windows are pOr-
traits of President Wilson.
The newspapers print pictures Of
The president and long biographical
articles in which his role in the war
is dwelt upon.
In the square at the station where
the president will arrive the f1agstaffs
hear the shields with the arms Of re-
deemed Italian towns upon them, in
Guiding Fiume and Spalato.
There appears the reason for al
thering the forecast made four weeks
ago that the president intends to be
back in Washington before the clos
ing Of congress on March 4, or that,
Il Il Heeessaryy, he will return TO France
early In the spring to continue his
work. There are indications that the
presidents hope that his return will
lot be necessary may be realized.
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POLES MARCH
ON BERLIN
$4,000 TrCCps begin invasion
Ct Germany.
FRtHKFCRT IS CAPTURED
The Invasion is Planned as "tear-
ing" Raid by an Array of Infantry,
Cavalry and Artillery.

Cavalry and Artillery.
Copenhagen, Jan. ga Polish army
of 10000 men is marching on Berlin
according to Il despatch which quotes
rumors at the German capital.
Gustave N0ske, member of the Ebert
cabinet in charge OF military affairs,
is said to have ordered the fifth Ger
man division to meet the Poles.
Events in Posen are assuming Il
grave character, according to advices
from Berlin. Large parts of the prov
ince are in the hands Of the Poles.
Polish troops have crossed the from
tier at Skalmieryce, southeast of Pc
sen city and siXty-two miles north
east of BreSlau. German troops there
must, it is stated, retreat in face of
superior force.
1t is reported the Polish government
at Warsaw has ordered the mobiliza-
ton of all Poles.
The Polish army, which is marching
toward Berlin, has rs its object -
tearing raid into Germany according
to the Polish agency at Lausanne.
The infantry is well armed and is
supported by artillery and cavalry.
The infantry already has occupied.
important railway centers, including
Kreuz-Driesen and PoZnau. and has
captured large amount Of railway
stock with little resistance. The Ger.
mans are re-armng demobiliZed SOL
diers. Fighting is expected, although
some of the demnbiliZed troops are
refusing to serve.
The agency says that as the German
railways are disarganiZed, there is &
possibility of a we'll organized Polish
army reaching Berlin.
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Must Make Good or Quit.

Carnarvon, Wales, Jan. 3-The re-
ent general election has given demo
cracy an opportunity in the present
British government to change the face
Of the country, Premier Lloyd George
declared The premier said unless the
government did its best to fulfill its
promises he pledged himself he would
not remain at its head, but would go
back to the people for another man.
date.
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Poles Enter Frankfort.

London. Jan. 3-Polish troops have
entered Frankfort on the Oder, fifty
miles east of Berlin. says a Berne des-
patch to the Express.
The Poles. it adds, have occupied
Reuthen, in Prussian Silesia, and
Bromberg, in the province of Posen,
sixty-nine miles northeast of Posen
City.
frankfort on the Oder is in the
Prussan province of Brandenburg.
Rrandenburg province adjoinS Posen,
or Prussian Poland. on the west. The
news dispatches indicate that the
Poles, who for some time have been
attempting to clear Posen province of
German troops, are now carrying the
war into the heart of the former Prus-
sian kingdom.)
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
Would BUY Lower &aiifornia

Washington, Jan. 3.--Negotiations
for the purchase by the United States
from Mexico of the peninsula of Low
err California and OF 10000 square
miles III the Mexican state of Sonora.
would be authorized in resolution
presented in the senate by Senator
Ashurs,. Democrat, Arizona.
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Two Rob Nashville Bank,

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 3.-Two uni
Identified men robbed the First Saw
ings Bank and Trust company at Flat
Rock, near here, of $435O. They es-
capped in motor car One robber
asked for n. J. McMurray, manager,
TO change a dollar AS McMurray
reached for the currency, the other
robber aimed a revolver at him. The
couple got all the money in the vault.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
TAKING TROOPS
OFF BEACHED SHIP
Thrilling Scenes as 700 Are
Taken From Vessel.
WOUNDED RESCUED FIRST
Life Buoys and Trolley Boats Were
Used to Bring Men Ashore, While
Band Played Lively Airs.

Used to Bring Men Ashore, While
Band Played Lively Airs.
New York, Jan. 3.-When darkness
halted the removal of hOme-bound sol
.diers from the American transport
Northern Pacific, stranded off Fire
island, naval officials at the port OF
embarkation headquarters at Hobo
ken estimated that between 600 and
700 men, many of them wounded, had
been transferred to warships or taken
ashore in lifebOats or the breeches
buoy.
A powerboat from the cruiser Co
lumbia engaged in bringing ashore
troops from the transport, capsized
when her engine went dead, as she ap'
preached the beach, throwing all
hands, nine men, into the sea. All
were rescued by life guards, who
dashed into the breakers and dragged
the men ashore.
Of the 2459 soldiers on board the
Northern Pacific when she went
aground, 1852 were i'll and wounded,
and the. first thought of the rescuers
was for the sick men.
While sick and wounded men were
being loaded into the lifebOats bob
bling alongside the great hulk the Nor
thern Pacific's band was playing lively
airs.
The first man ashore was Private
Litchner, Company G, thirtieth infant
~, from Buffalo, wounded in the Ar
come, on October 9. He was follow
ed by Lieutenants Robert H. Wilson,
of Brooklyn, wounded July 80, at Cha
teau Thierry, Robert w. Thorp, 18th
infantry, of Washington, Ind, in the
Argonne, and Joseph Logan Wilton,
whose home is in Pennsylvania.
While some of the soldiers were be-
ing brought ashore in surf craft, the
majority were ferried in light draft
vessels operating between the ground
ed liner and warships standing off
shore.
A coast guard crew later succeeded
in getting a line to the transport. on
which they rugged their surf boat
somewhat like a trolley. The surf
boat then began ferrying soldiers to
the beach.
Because of the rough seas it was
impossible for the men to come over
the side of the ship on ladders. A
ships lifeboat was slung out from
the davits and lowered to the surf boat
into which the men were transferred
The first trip from the ship to the
shore was a hard one. Several times
it looked as If the boat had been
swamped. Only the clever work Of
the coast guards saved it. However,
the doughboys, aside from getting wet,
were none the worse for the trip.
A life boat was capsized by the
heavy surf throwing fifteen soldiers
and lifesavers into the water. All
were saved. One soldier and three
of the lifesavers were caught under the
boat. Lifeguards on shore rushed into
the surf, and, after rescuing the others
dragged the boat to the beach, where
the four who were unconscious were
revived.
After the mishap the life savers
for while this method of
bringing soldiers ashore in the small
boats. Instead, the breeches buoy was
rugged and soon the troops began
reaching land, two at a time.
The men being landed were taken
across Fire Island and across Great
South bay to Bay Shore, there to be
organized at the aviation camp be-
fore going to Camp Upton, on Long
Island.
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Bayonne Oil Blast Hurts 20

Bayonne, N. j., Jan. "a tank car
containing more than 5000 gallons OF
gasolene exploded at the Standard Oil
company plant at Constable Hook
Twenty men and girl employees were
slightly burned. They were taken to
a hospital. Some probably will die
The flames enveloped the building in
which they were working. They were
burned while escaping.
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PHILADELPHIA.-EsI ouR-ouiet
Winter, straight, $10.25@IOe5. Sprins
wheat. S10S5@11.20. 't'i ~
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel,
5000.
WHEAT.Firm Nos2 red, s2.3s
CORN-Firm No. yellow. ST 60
@1.75.
OATS-Firm; No. white sO0
80Ac
POULTRY-Liye, SHADY: hens "A
@37c; old ROSTERS, 219I2ac Dresss ID
ers, &c
BUTTER = Steady fancy cro,m.
cry. 70@72c per Ib.
EGGS Firm; selected. 71@73c.
nearby, 66c; western. &ee