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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-14

Former Governor and Mrs. Phillips
Lee Goldsborough are occupying their
new home on St. Paul street, Balti-
more.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15

be materially increased" the report
said. This class Of work needs ex-
perfenced officers who will devote
their entire time and all their ener-
gies to the task M
VA proposed new immigration law,
submitted by Mr. Caminetti, would
put the burden Of proof Of admissi-
bility upon persons seeking to enter
the United States, and provide for
registration. of all aliens and a pro-
bational status for these whose ad.
instability is not clearly established.
The law would add to the excluded
class aliens who practice, advocate,
teach, sanction or encourage the ex-
tortton of. money or property" aimed
at members OF black hand societies.
Commenting. upon the number Of
picture brides'' who have come to
this country from Japan, the report
declared the gentleman's agreement
with that country had mot brought
the degree of restriction which might
have been, and probably was, antici-
pated by those who took part in the
negotiations" but that this result
grows out Of the terms Of, the agree
ment rather than the manner Of its
QReerYanca.o .--.- 49, - -. A---
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FIND AMMUNITION. DUMP.

With the American Forces in Ger
many, Nov. .27-Hundreds Of tons Of
old German army ammunition were
discovered recently by American SOL
diers in a secret subterranean cell be-
low an ordnance depot not far from
Coblenz. Numerous secret passages
have been found. They lead from
barracks use for years by the Ger
man army to military points in the
vicinity of Coblenz, but some OF them
have been out. Of use so long that
they were virtually worthless from a
passages extended for miles.
Apparently they were neglected
during the war and either filed with
water or became clogged where props
had given away holding up the COW
erings Of earth.
Owing to the uncertainty as to
what the subterranean passages con-
ceal, American soldier guards have
been placed at various points until a
complete investigation is made.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
new ! OFFICE ! / | IN
ASHIlNCTONIIS|'i s
NOW | ! ] I CONSIDERED
Assistant Secretary Of Labor.
TO Have Charge ofI1tuni-
grafton Proposed.

Warrington. Dec. 15.-Creation OF
An additional Office Of Assistant Sec
retary Of Labor with Jurisdiction over
al immigration matters, deportation
q alien draft slackers and strength
entng Of the border patrol service
against undesirables, is among the
tecommendauons made by Commits,
aoner General Caminetti of the i'm
migration bureau in his ANIMAL re-
port ...
Suggestions that immigration be
suspended completely were opposed
by the commissioner on the, ground
that 1t would have an .'injurious ef-
feet upon our efforts to further
american commerce and enterprise
IN foreign countries" Continuance
OF wartime passport wise regulations
anu assignment of immigration bur-
eau representatives at consular offices
to aid in excluding undesirables was
urged instead
Only. two aliens were excluded
from the United States during the
Hscal year on anarchistic grounds,
while 81 aliens in the same class
were expelled from the country and
55 are now awaiting deportation. To
reach American citizens who engage
urges that ''the acts prohibited by
the anarchistic provisions Of the i'm
migration laws be made criminal Of
lenses. = =
Deportation Is mot punishment for
crime" but merely allows the alien
anarchist to change his field of. ac-
tivity, the report said and added that
It was to be hoped that 1.-The lot of
the, anarchist will not so continue,
but that by the common consent Of
civilized nations something more
may be done to provide for his ade-
quate punishment as an international
outlaw" Z
An additional Assistant Secretary
Of labor, together with a larger legal
and administrative staff. is recon-
mended on the ground that it would
obviate delays now encountered with
in the department. The arrest dur
ing the year of many inadmissible
Japanese and Chinese, as we'll as sew
eral alien enemies, who had been
sunuggled into the country, prompt
ed the proposal to strengthen border
patrol forces.
''The bureau now has small force
doing effective work along that line
on the borders of Canada and Mexico
and on our coasts. but this needs to
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
Z 3, NEW CoMPANY : Z FORMED. I, i 1,

Buenos Aires, Nov. 20.-A new,
aviation company, has Just been
formed in Argentina to. inaugurate
aerial passenger service between
Buenos Aires and Montevideo and
between Buenos Aires and the fash
ionable summer resort Of Mar del
Plata. The trip by steamer across
the mouth Of the River Plate to
Montevideo now consumes about
eleven hours. To Mar del Plata; is q
nights Journey by rail.
There is great interest in aviation
in Argentina which has been ac-
centuatedI 4 recently by the visits of
French, British and italian aviation
missions, several North American
aviators and the flights across the
Andes and the italian Aviator Lo-
!catelli. At least one North American
airplane manufacturer has repre-
sentative here.
The name Of the new aviation com
pany is the ''Compania Franco-Ar-
gentina de Transportes Aereos.' 1t is
capitalized at one million pesos and
,intenus to use . type Of biplane and
exhibited here by the French avia-
ton commission.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
A REAL sWINDIIE.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 15.-An in
genious swindle. as an outgrowth Of
wartime prohibition. has been brought
to light in Louisville. Robert c. Gill
bert, proprietor of soft drink stand,
drank what he told the police was
prime whiskey. from barrel which
q stranger offered to sell him for $3.50.
The price was right, and Gilbert, ac-
cording to a police report gave the
stranger a check and carted the bar
rel away. Presently the supply Of
liquor began to dwindle.. Gilbert in
vestigated and found the barrel filled
with water. A small receptacle inside
the barrel had contained whiskey and
was connected by a tube with the
bunghole. a
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
NO FEAR OF OIL SHORTAGE.

Tampico, Mexico, Nov. 30.-Rep-
resentatives Of the principal oil COM
panies operating in this district at a
recent meeting discussed the failure
of several. of the largest producing
wells which are now spouting salt
water instead Of petroleum. 1t was
concluded that there is no need to
fear q shortage because other wells
in the vicinity are. being brought in.
among which is one producing 10000
barrels daily.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
NOW "a FREE MAN.

Loufsville, KY, Dec. 15.-Henry
Youtsey. convicted in connection with
the murder Of Governor William Goe-
bel Of Kentucky 20 years ago, is now
a free man, restored to all rights Of
citizenship after eighteen years servi-
tute Governor James d. Black grant
ed his pardon, after Youtsey had been
paroled December a year ago blythe
state board of prison commissioners.
The murder of Gov. Goeoel oc-
Cured shortly after q. sharp election
contest, both republicans and demo-
Gratis claiming they had won. The
governor was shot in the back as he
was emerging from the state capitol
at Frankfort, and later, Youtsey and
four other politicians were tried and
convicted on charges Of Implication.
The remaining four persons have long
since been paNdoned.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15
PLAN WIRELESS SERVICE.

Mexico City, Nov. 3o.-The govern
ments of Chile and Mexico are dis
cussing plans for the establishment
of a wireless service between the two
countries. This results from dis
covery that messages sent by wire
less from 'Yucatan to Mexico City
were being read in Santiago.
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The man whose admiration had
once flattered me cast a satisfied
glance over me. remembered for
the first time that / was clad in a
short skirted bathing suit, q fancy
thing OF Killed blue silk worn below
a gorgeous rose red jersey.
"Jeanne!" he exclaimed. 1t was
very odd 10 have Hamilton Certeis
/ use his old name for me. 1t seemed
centuries since he had had the priv
ilege. an eternity since the time |
had liked to hear it.
"a queer place for us two to meet
after so long a parting Jeanne" he
went on as he reached for the rail
of my boat and pulled 1t close to his
own. 81 am quite alone with you-
once more. would not be saved
from that-you must know"
ignored his speech and repeated
Don't go DOWN. Then told him
what 10 Batch had confessed.
"A bomb!" he commented. why,
that is no news TO me! But am de-
lighted to know that you would take
so much trouble to warn mel I have
all the facts about the Bomb from pa
oers left by the offlaer who ordered
the work done. know exactly how
10 disconnect the bomb before l put
finger on the casketn
watt" l implOred him. Let 10
Batch do it,"
But Certeis only shook his head in
his peculiar obstinate way, then he
cut the subject short as he observed
how close our pursuers were getting.
I'VE have host of friends, coming
out to watch our operations, this
morning" was his comment.
= They are not all your friends.
Don't make that mistaken" inform
ed him. Some of those men wear
silver badges. 1t is their chief bust
ness to round up the reds!" / tried
to make taunt as well as an expla-
nation.
80? Then death Is before me
you say-down there-and disgrace
pursues me! Jeanne!" he exclaimed
passionately. 81 have told you many
times that l love you! Now-once
more-in the face of death and dis
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and crowds of them frazzled leopardian
nerves completely.

and crowds OF them frazzled leopardian
nerves completely.
A leopard with rasped nerves is dan
gerous. To make 1t worse, the cats,
thanks to delays in the costuming de-
partment, had never before seen Sam
my in pink tights. And to top it all,
Sammy was nervous himself-some.
thing trainer has no earthly bust
ness to be, ever. And the more he
thought of Kitty being somewhere in
the crowd the more nervous he be-
came.
The parade hadn't gone two blocks
before Caliph, sensing the unrest in
his master, began 10 show his inde-
pendenoe. He sulked every time he
passed Sammy in that never ending
promenade OF the cage, glared at him
sidewise and snarled-getting a rous-
ing belt on the nose with Sammy's
rawhide that didn't improve his tenn
per. But Caliph wasn't alone in his
mood.
Eliza, his big mate, never took her
baletul eyes off Sammy for an instant,
while Hindoo. the biggest of the young
sters, kept his mouth open and his
teeth barred two-thirds of the time.
Even Never and Forever, the hitherto
fairly amiable cubs, frankly and open
ly foreswore allegiance to the banner
of King Edwards.
1t helped matters not at all that at
the very first avenue crossing some
one on the curb yelled: Pipe Sammy
Edwards all done up in pinkies! Gee,
Sammy, but it brings out the legs
greati"-an extremely embarrassing
/ remark, since Sammy from boyhood
had been painfully conscious of his
slightly bowed neither limbs.
| Well, what with the animals acting
like the deuce and the kidding he got
from old acquaintance along the line,
and what with-most of all-keeplng
on the lookout for Kitty the eyes that
should have been attending very strict
| ly indeed to the leopards, it happened
The spotted beasts, always the bane
of menagerie mems existence at best,
were on the verge of getting out OF
hand when the cage reached the par
ticular juncture of two important
thoroughfares where Sammys taxi had
been wont to stand o. nights.
-Involuntarily Sammy let his eyes d.
vert from his snarling, feverIshly pac-
ing charges to the old spot. Anu
there, on the edge of the sidewalk,
stood Hartman, his old taxi days en-
ployer, and-evidently quite by acct
dent, just beside him-stood Kitty!
Kitty was white, as Sammy's glance
fell on her. Kitty was frightened.
For Kitty had been able to sense what
scarcely anybody in the crowd sus-
pected, for she had been investigating
this animal business a deal in the last
six months, had Kitty.
She knew that things were going
wrong in that cage. AS her eyes and
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Sammy's met, she raised her hand in
one imperious, undeniable gesture, and
through while lips screamed over all
the fanfare Of the pageant, Duck.
Sammy"
Sammy ducked-and the razor like
claws OF Caliph missed him by the
thinness of whistle as the snarling
beast hurtled through the air. There
was whirl OF tawny, black spotted
bodies and horrifying scramb.ins amt
snarling; an agile flashing Of pink;
! one, two, three rapid blank shots in
f! the faces Of the frantic cats-nnd. like
jack out of his box, Sammy emerged
from the rear door OF the cage, slam
! ming in the hasp behind him. In Two
jumps he reached the sidewalk.
! There was no interlude. Can have
my job back?" he demanded OF Har-
riman.
You can" replied Hartman In
just five seconds Sammy Edwards had
quit one job and secured another.
Come on, Kitty" he bro4thlessly
urged, grasping that almost flaming
young woman by the arm; on borrow
a raincoat in Fergusons aud We'll go
somewhere and have little talk. You
can't kid me after the look that was
on your face just now"
Kitty might, OF course, have told
him that she'd have fat sust the same
about a perfect stranger. Butch,
what was the use? She was TOO glad
/ to have HIM back alive.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Sammy's Sudden Shift.
BY JOHN HAMILTON.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure


n AMMY EDWARDS, a taxi drive;
IN a circus town, fell under the
~ spell of the sawdust. So in the
circuaes came home to winter quarters,
he struck the menagerie superintend-
ent for job. Fosdick sent him to Nc
Guirc, the cat house" boss, and after
talking to MCGUIRE for ten minutes,
Sammy climbed back into his taxi an
accepted member Of the stan of the
Great and Only, with orders to report
Sunday morning.
After it was all settled, Sammy
broke the news to Kitty Elwood-and
Kitty, without any ado whatever,
woke their engagement.
"If that's all the consideration get
from you, Sam Edwards" Kitty vehe-
mently remarked, "all you get from
me after this is none at all. It's off
all OFF, and off for good. Here's
your hat"
"But, Kit" expostulated Sammy,
'you don't get it at all. It's only for
one year. Look-at. qualify as a
full-fledged keeper in a couple OF
months. Before the show goes out I'M
a fancy trainer and go one trip with
an animal act-see? It'll get US more
than could save in three years at
the old job-enough to start right"
1.-Two pu-pshaws and pu-piffle!"
Kitty, you see, worked in a paper box
factory. do you see much green in
my eye? You're going to the circus
because you've gone nuts on it-like
every little boy In this town. You Ill
ring act! In five months! You'll
be sweeping out cages the rest OF
your life = chambermaid to smelly
lot of animated old fur sets. You've
lost out with me, Mr.. Edwards. My
husbands gotta have balance wheel
that can't be queered by circus char
lots. Good-byl"
There was finality about this that
sent Sammy on his way without fur
Their word. Whereupon Kitty climbed
two flights of stairs and wept copi-
ously for an hour.
Sammy didn't spend all that winter
Just chamhermaid!ng to cat animals
He got to be keeper with a certain
cage of peculiarly pernickety leopards
as his most especial care. He soon
learned, however, that he wouldn't be
in any ring act by next spring. /,
was January before Mcclure would lei
him go into the leopard's cage without
pointed iron bar in his hand, and
February before he felt the least at
home in that environment.
But when March came, Sammy had
got along 30 tar that when no signed
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grace. / vow to you that you are the
only woman can ever Lowell"
The onward sweep OF Bob's boat
excited a new mood in him. He ex-
claimed:
by Cd! II cannot have you, no
other man shall! II must die-you
must die also!" Abruptly he leaned
far over the rail Of my boat watch
ed him tumble with the mechanism
of my engine, without realizing hIs
Intention. Then, with an odd smile,
he tossed something overheard.
"Au reVoir, dear l0Ee!" he muir
INJURED, fixing his splendid blue eyes
on mine. I'VE shall meet again
presently. If not up here dearest
then-down there!'
With that he raised his helmet and
fitted 1t deliberately into place, then
he lowered himself slowly and care
fully down the swaying rope ladder
which was attached to the stern of
his boat
| watched the shine and sparkle
of his aluminium head gear, until the
reflection from the sun was wiped
OuL ny lut Hdlels WIFI II lduou TIE
uncanny fascination which the man
had always exerted> upon me. l sud
denly realized that l was in dreadful
peril.
If Certeis were to explode a bomb
in the U-boat. my frail little bark
would be blown sky-high!
tried to set my engine into mo-
ton, and instantly understood that it
was stalled hopelessly for lack OF that
magic bit of steel which Certeis had
removed.
His own boat had ceased to wobble
up and down. 1t was apparent that
he had reached the bottom and drop
ped off the ladder. Soon he would
be at the torpedo tube
And soon my Bob would reach me!
He, too, would be in peril! l tore off
my red sweater and waved 1t fran
ticslly. called 10 him across the
water, l was trying to tell him TO
keep away, meant it all for dan
ger signal.
And the only effect of all my ef-
fort was to lure him on toward dan
i ger!
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a lady of fortune as you seemed to
think"
but you're on your vacation. Why
break in on 1t to resume your profess
sion?"
ITS an unexpected piece of work.
A rush job. l don't want to be dis
turbed."
ANY reason why a fellow shouldn't
write? You'll stop stenogging long
enough to eat and sleep and read an
occasional note. l suppose%
l didn't answer.
"oh, very we'll"
Time pressed, and he drove fast.
We reached the. station Just in time
for me to get my ticket and board
the train. Don't go in with me,
Jimmie" / urged, motioning a porter
to take my bag. "rd rather you
wouldn't. Thanks a thousand times,
and au revoir; I'll be back at Lively
Beach before you've realized I'm
gone"
Jimmie seized my hands and press
ed them hard. AS I dashed into the
concourse l heard his motor start.
rushed to the ticket window, one
eye on the clock. the other staring
into my handbag for my purse.
"a one-way ticket" l shouted to
the man behind the wicket ito For
est Valley, New Jersey"
But at the instant. discovered my
purse wasn't there. who should ap-
pear at my elbow, holding it out to
me. but Jimmie.
'Here. careless girl!" he grinned
triumphantly, now you can get your
ticket to Forest Valley"
Curses on that Jimmie Ross!
= DOLLY.
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somewhere on a Train.
40. III.


Somewhere on Train.
Ny Own Joan:
almost wish hadn't undertaken
this trip No, don't mean that. But
I'm upset-and all on account OF that
most exasperating Jimmie Ross.
never supposed that poor little COL
orless chap had It in him. l wrote
you before that Jim Ross is one of
those youths no girl particularly no.
tees until he suddenly begins to
make love to her. He has but sin
gle talent-courting. And man
may be neutral tinted, narrow shout
dered, nearsighted and shy, but If he
attaches himself to a girl with the
fidelity of an airedale. anticipates her
every wish, ignores her every slight,
has eyes for none but her and makes
love with all the intensity of one
track mind. challenge that girl to
remain totally unimDressed.
Now when told young Ross was
going away for two weeks in the
mountains, and he insisted he was
coming to see me there merely
laughed and tried to put 1t out of
mind, l was busy getting Off, and
did not see him again until was
going down the hotel steps to get
aboard the bus for the station.
= Suddenly, from a little blue road
ster that whipped up to the door,
sprang Jimmie. He seized my bag
from the startled bellhop. laid hold
of my elbow and proceeded to haul
me gently but firmly toward the car.
you didn't suppose" said James,
81 was going to let you go to town
on that stupid train, did you? Cars
been in the repair shop nearly a
month, but l got her out Just in time
I'll spin you to the Grand Central
or the Penn or wherever it is you
CO."
But I've got to make the twelve
ten" gasped rather undone by the
turn of affairs.
We'll make it all right, don't wor-
ry. Come, jump in"
He had tipped the boy, slowed my
suitcase in the little car and tucked
me neatly in before 1 knew what was
happening. The thing whirred, rasp-
ed, coughed and shot forward with
a Jerk that nearly severed my cranial
vertibrae, and we were off toward
New York.
am not used to motor cars Joan,
worse luck. And especially ami not
used to being kidnapped in them. The
breathlessness of 1t all kept me from
conversing overmuch until we were
third of the way to town. Then 1
became conscious of Jimmie repeat
ing something again and again, grad
ually increasing the volume of his
tone till it reused me.
where is it you're going?" was
what he was saying.
"oh. place in Jersey, Jimmie,
don't insist on knowing. AS mat
ter of fact I'm going on business and
don't want anyone to write or come
or-or anything"
what sort Of business?" persisted
James.
I'm connection with my work. I
told you 1 was stenographer, not
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up for the touring season there was a
clause In his contract giving him forty
five dollars a month extra for riding
in that cage of spotted cats in the
daily parade-and the show furnished
the fleshings.
Opening in the Garden" at New
York, where circus parades have long
been a thing OF the past, the second
booking was in the show's-and Sam
my's-home town. AS the fates would
have it, 1t rained pltchforks at the
first days stand. and there was NO
parade. So that Sammy was called
on to make his debut as an animal
king" before the eyes of his own
townspeople. Also his first appear
ance in tights.
Now Sammy had never ceased to be
fo"o in spirit over the detection OF
XII y Elwood. Even among the sylphs
VIII. IL he had encountered during the
winter, practicing and rehearsing ami
NAL acts or careering about the ring
in the equestrian pavilion, there had
been none equal to the task OF dis
placing Kitty in his heart-and some
very nice girls there were among them
at that, Wherefore, as Sammy climbed
into his nest of feline revolutionists /;
was with mingled emotions that he
assured himself that Kitty would GER
tainly be somewhere in the street
crowds and that she could not fail
to see him. What would she think
he wondered.
It was a new cage. Cat animals OF
all kinds hate new surroundings
witness Tabby at home. 1t was the
first street parade. Caliph, the head
devil of the leopard clan, detested the
noise Of band musics None of the fam
lily was overly fond of human beings
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TABLE FERNS

OF every kind = large and small In
size-splendld in shape, can be Sc.
lected at The Mountain City Floral
Shop. Always the best in flowers for
the table decorations. Flowers for the
sick-Stork ouquets-corsage-
flowers for the. only girl" are here In
splendid assortment. Store, 31S Mon.
roe ST. Phone 6SS-J,-Ady.
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1T is THE END OF rRouel

When the right pair of glasses are
worn for the good OF ailing eyes.
Nothing else will give relief, because,
nothing else will bring light to focus
where it should be. Light Improperly
focused is what Is wrong with most
ailing eyes. Bring your eye troubles
to us. A. b. Scott, optometrist and
optician, corner Jefferson and Main
SITS. Phone 542-R.-AdY.
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1T is OUR BUSINESS

To dispense health-giving preserip.
tons in the proper way Not bust
ness we have learned in a day, but
after years Of hard wark and careful
study. We use pure drugs, compound
them with accuracy and charge you
an honest price for our services.
Bring your next one to the Mountain
City Drug Co., opposite Court House.
Phone 1216.-Adv.