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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
FE-SAV|NG BIRDS
AWARDED PENSIONS
Feathered Messengers of Royal
Air Service Preserved
Many Lives.
LIVING IN PEACE AND PLENTY
British Government Shows Ma
tons Appreciation of Pigeons
Service to Mankind.
LIVING IN PEACE AND PLENTY
tpy Universal Service. }

LONDON. August 23-First the
trench cats of London became demo
the line and staff Of His Majesty's
pigeon service OF the army and navy.
numbering 10000. are being returned
scngcrs attached TO the royal air force
are being retained on active service
An officer OF the royal air force
done in the war by these humble de-
tenders of Britain:
letter of thanks from the air council
together with d list of those birds
which rendered Signal service. and
which have been specially mentioned
lid Valiant Service in War.
Many of the incidcn-s mentioned
are extremely ire ,nriling g;rS and in few
'pensioned Off by the government and
are now living in peace and plenty.
so Is whe
message. 1t recovered from the
wound: and is now at Westgate ON
light duty
The number of lives saved by
pigeons during the war will never be
known. for, in addition to the many
pilots and Observers who have been
rescued from wrecked machines as a
result of messages faithfully deliv
cred, the birds have been used to cs-
we're surrounded by the enemy by
dropping them from airplanes in bas-
kcts attached TO parachutes." y
Carrier pigeons have, In fact, been
employed in all parts OF the battle
zone.-even in the front line trenches
and. IS result. numbers Of our
soldiers. sailors and airmen have
formed an attachment for them and
are taking up the breeding of carrier
pigeons either as sport a hobby.
In commercial circles. nsany traders
and merchants have come to the con-
ciusion that under certain conditions
such as in isolated situations. pigeons
are invaluable for cheap and ready
means of communication.
y service of carrier pigeons has al
ready been instituted in Borneo by an
enterprising trader. the birds being
used to carry messages in connection
with the coaling of vessels.
There is already big boom in car
rier pigeons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
FOWL YIELDS $500 RING
WHEN SLAIN FOR STEW
,xsIeer, After Visit to Jeweler, An
nounccs lie In Going to Kill
More Chickens.

HAYWARD, CAL, August 23.-The
most famous hen the West has even
seen, Andromeda, Is not more. but her
memory will live long. Andromeda was a
plain. drab-colored Buff Cochin with
no especial claims to fame or distinc-
ton. She belonged to II. l.. Westerly,
local farmer. Her existence was as
drab as her color and she cackled. wal
lowed in the dirt the same as any hen
and did her scratching for food in q
middle-class way. But there is n story
concerning Andromeda.
Westerly decided Andromeda would
make wonderful dinner According
ly he killed her and opened her crop.
Among the gravel OF her grinder Wns-
terly found an emerald ring surrounded
and had evidently been In the hens
differential box tor some time. Wes-
terly took 1t to jeweler had 1t ap-
praised. and was offered 5000 for the
ring. He refused the offer. but has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
LIVES AND. SAVES ON
$40 WEEKLY WAGE
Bride-to-Be Shows Why Living
Cost Does Not Worry
Her.
SHE TELLS HOW 1T IS DONE
Gives List of Wearables She
Finds 1t Necessary to Buy
and Prices.
(By Universal Service }

CHICAGO. August 23.-The present
eish f pI, Of liying does not worry
wealth. On the contrary, Clara earns
$40 nv week; while Lange's monthly
ten a week" manages to pay the rent,
clothc and feed herself and put away
little for rainy day. while Lange,
with but SIS a month. lives and loves,
and in addition to buying Clara si5
diamond rine. saves So a week.
Clara. who is not quite twenty, has
managed to buy trousseau and
Liberty bond, paid for out, OF her
earnings. How can saieslady do all
this on $40 a week? Let the young lady
tell it.
Tells How 1t Is Done.
I'VE. my mother, whose salary Is
for $40 month. / do the washing.
ironing and housekeeping. We make
all our own clothes; Our groceries
my own hats. One hat usually lasts
four or 1--WE seasons this way. buy
two pairs of IS shoes year. pay
waists, and buy several each year.
limit my stockings to two pairs of
silk ones year and several pairs of
Isle at 80 cents. | make my house
aprons out of my old clothes and my
swectheart's old shirts. l make all my
own underwear. It's easy if you only
try" =
Buys Sodns, Too.
After explaining that she usually all
lowed 81 month for charities and oc-
casionally went to movie and bought
frequent ice cream soda, Miss Pratt
added:
II never use perfume or toilet water
and limit myself to 50-cent box OF
powder a month"
adaioa she ses aRa Hs anF mot Mse
is engaged to marry Miss Pratt "as soon
as my salary is sos a month" says his
sweetheart is wonderful manager.
lines he has but little to say.
II get along fine on my SIS a month";"
he said, but that is because I know
what to do with my money. L have
good time, too.
Enjoys Lilo en- 81.
In his budget LANCE lists 81 week
for board, carfare 81 week, lunches
$3.50 a week. clothing SIS month,
CT y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
CAT MISTAKES MASTERS
NEW TENANT FOR BURGLAR
"Alcibindcs" Givea Vociferous Wnrn-
Ing Of Presence of Stranger
in House.

OAKLAND. CAL. August 23.-"Alci-
blades" caught burgar--only it
wasn't burElar--and also "Alcibiades''
isn't a policeman.
"Acibiadcs" is. a precocious young
black cat. the property Of Clarence
Wood Soancs. No. 1924 Harrison
Street. and a cat Of record and adj
venture. His latest bid for fame has
just been made.
Soanes had rented to a friend a
room on the second floor of his home.
neglecting to advise "Alcibiades" or
the fact In line with his usual GUS
tom. the cat occupied the front porch
on the first night the new roomcr
reached the house. shortly after &
O'Clock in the morning.
"Alcibiades" was perturbed by the
arrival of the stranger. and his sus-
picions were aroused. Something was
wrong and the cat took immediate
fence Immediately under the room
occupied by Soanes. he set up n pro-
longed howl until it's owner. seeming
trouble. arose and let the disturber in
the front door.
Dashng upstairs and squattinE be-
fore the door of the new roomer. AL
cibiades" continued his vocal eXcrtions
with redoubled energy. Finally. rea-
LIKING what was troubling the mind of
the feline. Soanes explained the situa-
ton to the satisfaction of the feline,
whereupon "Alcibiadcs" subsidized, re-
turned to the front porch and quiet
was restored.
During the daytime "Alcibiades"
has for his playmate a young bantam
rooster with whom ne shares his meals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Veteran CT 80 Sets Good
Example to Tax Dodgers

Chicago, August 23.-Not all
men nre linrs md tax dodgers. Take
Samuel Harris, for instance. Hnr-
ris Is eiEhty-thrcc years old and n
civil War veteran. He walked into
the office OF the Board of Review
nnd Informed Reviewer Edward Il.
bitzinger TINT 1.-The Board OF Az
sessors had unuittinEiy lied about
hiIu.o
The board. IL appeared, Ind ms
sessed him for 81 -}a5 on real es-
tate, and he had insisted that he he
nhnesscd for SS5S.OOO. 81 cnnnOt
conscicntiouSly permit mn ndrnn-
tnSe to be tnken of an error by
the nssessors," Harris explained
I.itxfnSer compiiIpcnfed the ngcd
soldier on his honesty-nnd did IL
loud enough for scvcrnl men and
women who were complaining OF
Orcrtaxation to hear IL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
"Oldest Made" Elk Gives
His Longevity Rules
(RY Universal Scrvlcc.l

NfSS SHiNeTsAi scfFlcc.D
HARRISBURG, PA, August 23.-
The "Oidcst Inndc" ELK In the world,
Joseph VI. Sorcross, who IN also the
Oldest singer with on the profess
siOnnl stage, believes TINT by pro-
per living mnn Gun be young ut
Aeventy-eiEht.
"lt's the simplest thing In the
world" he says. "Lead good
clean, moral life.
"Eat regularity sleep regularly.
900 at your work with n smile,
try TO keep sunny disposition no
matter whnt turns up.
"DOn't hunt trouble, but II you
meet II face II with n bold front.
sin my young life 1 tasted very
little liquor, but 1 hive smoked n
great deal. Even today smoke
from twelve to fifteen pipcfuIa of
tobacco and two or three cigars.
think my FIRST nickncss from
ciEur-smokinS occurred when / WINS
twelve years old.r
Mr.. Norcross In appearing Mt n
1OcnI thcntcr with his wife, who
In Sixty-siS ycnrs old. He IL an
old minstrel md in his younger
dnJs wan ono of the highest snlnried
In the business.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Celebrate Perry. birthday.

PUF TN cay. OHIO. August "a
Members Of the Perry Victory Memorial
Commission are today observing the
versary of the birth OF Commodore
Oliver II. Perry. hero of the battle of
Lake Erie. September 10, 1l3, and
author OF the famous phrase: 1--WE
have met the enemy and they are ours"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Plan. n Thorough burial

LONDON. august 23.-The latest
word in neat, but inexpensive, funerals
is that Of William Henry Syrett Of
Nightingale Road. Clapton. notice ser
yer 10 the Hackney Borough Council.
who left an estate OF f963 (s4.915), and
who desired his body crcmated and
the resultant ashes placed in large
old jam jar. which belonged to my
mother, that Portland cement and
sand mixed with water may be poured
therein until 4 solid block of concrete
is formed, and such block buried in
some place unlikely to be disturbed or
water"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Nervousness Grows as
His $4,000 Takes Wings

HAMMOND, md, August D.
Tony Lecian Ind nervous break
down that lnsted ycnr. lie tried
nll the cures, hut without nvniI.
Somebody recommended Madame
ZInEnrn, fOrtruc teller.
~ cnn cure you for $4,000" she
told Tony. Tony HnyS hc Enve her
the money md TINT she tried n
number of incantntions, then told
him to- return the following day.
He did. but found the Oriental
pnrlor closed and the madame gone.
TOny'S nervousness IL more
noticeable today.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
Spnrtncnn Outbrenk, Occur

SpHrtncnn OutbrcnkH Occur,
BERLIN, August 23.-Spartacan out
hi caks have occurred in several large
towns, according to reports received
here. The government proposes TO take
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
FOREIGN

Freight traffic between Hamburg and
New York has resumed Monday when
the Keroles sailed for the United
States with mixed cargo.
The bill providing for progressive
income tax was adopted in the Belgian
Senate by virtually unanimous vote.
The crews of German submarines
who have been interned in Spain have
sailed from Vigo en- route for home.
The income tax in France amounted
to 712O0O,00 francs in 1918, according
to the report published in the Journal
Oficiel, an increase of mora than 46O,-
100000 francs over the returns of the
preceding two years combined.
!. In accordance with orders from the
Entente establishing blockade of Bal
tic ports, all German ships have been
ordered to return to home ports.
Reports of a crime wave in France
are accentuated~ by criminal acts
charged against deserters from the
American Expeditionary Forces.
According to a report in Vatican
quarters, there is still probability
that a new American cardinal will be
appointed at the Consistory.
Two thousand lives have been lost
in the wreck of an unnamed British
ship on the Norwegian coast, accord
ing to a wireless dispatch from Hell
singfors.
A modus vivendi has been reached
in Siberia between the Japanese and
American expeditionary forces con-
cerning the protection of the trans
Siberian Railway.
Authoritative information was re-
ceived that the Russian-German troops
under Won der Goltz had captured Riga
frCm the Let's.
The French Senate ratified the
peace treaty and also the Franco
American and Franco-British defense
treaties.
Hugo Haase, leader of the Independ-
ent Socialists. was shot only quarter
of an hour before he expected to make
sensational disclosure in the Ma
tional Assembly.
Italy has decided to send to Wash
ington a new ambassador to take the
place of Count V. Macchi di Cellerie.
Two justices of the peace. suspecting
of having Sim Fein sympathies, have
been removed from Office in County
Fermanagh,- Ireland.
A Turkish nationalist government
has been constituted at Konish, Asia
Minor.
The Spanish Government is consid-
ering measures which will prevent ex-
cessive speculation In foreign ex.
change.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
VOTES
On SHANTUNG
Lodge Amendment to Treaty
Rejected
DEBATE ENDS AT LAST
Three Democrats Voted With Repub-
DEBATE ENDS AT LAS
Three Democrats Voted With Repub.
Iicans For Amendment; II Re-
publicansst Voted With The
Democrats.

Washington-The Shantung amend
ment to the peace treaty, presented
by Senator Lodge, and approved by
the Foreign Relations Committee, f.
nally was rejected in the Senate with
majority of an even score against it.
In the vote Of 80 to So IA Republi,
cans swung over to the pro-treaty
forces while three Democrats lined up
with those supporting the proposal. Of
the six senators absent, two Republi-
cans were put on record as in favor OF
the amendment and one Republican
and three Democrats as opposing 1t.
The roll call, which came at the end
of six and a half hours of sharp de-
bate, in reality swept away six amend
ments instead of one, each change in
the treaty text having been numbered
separately by the committee in its de-
cision to strike out the word Japan"
and substitute the word China
throughout the sections relating to the
Province of Shantung. By unanimous
consent, however, the six changes
were debated and voted on as one.
Only three of the committees As
amendments now remain to be acted
on by the Senate, 36 having been
previously rejected. Of those remain
ing, one relates to American repre-
sentation on the Reparations Com
mission, and two to equalization of
voting power in the League of Ma
tions assembly.
After the vote was completed Sen
ator Lodge announced that later he
would move to strike out entirely the
sections awarding the Shantung rights
TO Japan Notice also was given by
. number of the Republican senators
who opposed the committee amend
ment that they would present reser.
vations' dissenting from the Shantung
award
Senator Williams, Democrat, Mis-
sissippi, injected into the discussion a
bitter denunciation Of the attitude OF
some Irish-Americans, and sharp re-
plies were made by Senators Phelan
and Garry, Democrats, Rhode Island.
Senator Hale, Republican, of Maine,
announced that he would vote against
all amendments pending and with
Senators Edge, New Jersey, and Ster-
ling, South Dakota, Republicans,
known to be against any textual
changes, it was predicted tonight that
all amendments offered by opponents
of the treaty would be defeated
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
COURT IN GERMANY TO PLACE
BLAME FOR WAR.

Berlin.-The tribunal of state,
set up by the government at gen
eral request to investigate the
question of the responsibility for
the war, and charges against
leading statesmen and military
leaders alleged to have been
criminally culpable for their part
in bringing on or continuing it
unnecessarily, will open its sittings
this week.
(The direct occasion Of the in
stitutiGn of the investigation was
a demand by General Ludendorff
for a court of inquiry upon. the
charges made against him by
Former Chancellor Scheidemann
and a resolution of the National
Assembly demanding a general
investigation.)
General Ludendorff, Former
Ambassador Bernstorff and For
mer Chancellor Won BethmaEn-
Hollweg will be among the first
witnesses to be heard. This
tribunal takes the place OF the
international tribunal of belliger-
ent and neutral representatives.,
the institution of which was pro-
posed by Germany, but was re-
fused by the Entente.
The Vorwaerts, discussing the
coming state trial, writes:
"Those guilty for the war made
history without pity for millions.
Now history will pass sentence
without pity for individuals"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
ANARCHISTS PLOT
AGAINST THE ARMY
Plan the Destruction OF Canton
ments and Other Property
THE CHICAGO BOMB OUTRAGE
v. S. Property In States Ranging From
West Virginia To Colorado Said
To Have Been Marked
For Destruction.

Chicago.-Federal investigators and
low the trail of radicals who have
been spreading their propaganda in
connection with the strike of the steel
workers, have discovered an anarchis-
tic plot to destroy abandoned army
cantonments and other government
property.
The plot is said to have been un-
earthed in connection with the dis.
covery at Gary, Ind, of Anton Gorski,
alleged radical leader, who is said to
be under surveillance in connection
with the explosion OF a bomb in the
Chicago postoffice in September, 1918,
when four persons were killed and
thirty injured.
Information gained by the military
authorities indicated that the radicals
have plotted against government prop
erty in States ranging from West Vir
ginia to Colorado. Federal troops to
the number Of 500 ON duty at Gary
entrained, and it was said they were
being dispatched to protect endangered
property.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, comman-
der of the Central Department of
United States Army, was in confer
ence with Colonel w. S. Mapes, COM
mander of the troops at Gary. Dras-
tice measures to combat the "red
plots" are said to have been arranged
by the military leaders.
Colonel Mapes announced that no
confession had been obtained from
Gorski in regard to the Chicago bomb
plot, but it was intimated that Gorski
would be Federal witness. The Fed
eral officers are now searching for
Alexander Ivanoff, Gary steel worker
and electrician, who is said to have
been implicated by Gorski as a maker
Of the 36 bombs which were sent to
prominent men throughout the country
in forged wrappings of Gimbel Broth
ers' store in New York.
Intelligence officers continued their
raids at Gary in search of radical lit
erature. They reported finding a guam
tity of radical propaganda printed in
German and large German flag made
of silk
A platoon of Federal troops was
stationed near the steel mills in Gary
after reports had been made that
bricks and horse shoes had been
thrown through the windows of the
steel plants by strikers. The strike
bulletin issued by the steel workers
today disavowed the proclamation is
sued yesterday by the communist
party of America calling on the work
ingmen to establish a dictatorship"
and wrest control of Gary from the
Federal troops.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
WOMEN LAUNCH NATION
WIDE DRIVE FOR TREATY
AND LEAGUE.

New York.-A nationwide wom-
ems campaign to urge the United
States Senate to conclude imme-
diately peace by ratification of the
peace treaty was inaugurated here
with organization of the Women's
Nonpartisan Committee for the
league Of nations. Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman was elected chairman OF
the executive committee.
DR.. Katharine B. Davis was
made chairman Of the general
body with Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait as honorary chairman.
A New York committee Of 100
was formed to forward intensive
work to obtain signatures to a pc
tition to the Senate from the Wom-
en- of the State in support of the
league Of nations.
Enlistment of the women OF the
other At States in the Union In
the nonpartisan committee was
planned, and steps to begin enroll
ment in the national campaign
were initiated.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
GEN ERAL

There will be no political debate on
the League of Nations covenant in
the House of Deputies of the General
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Walter A. Shaw, of Illinois, was
elected president of the National Asso-
citation of Railways and Utilities Com
mission.
The plant Of tF7 O. H. Whiting Mill
ing Company was destroyed with loss
of s125,0oo.
The Episcopal convention decided
to erect a new diocese in Southern
Virginia.
At Delaware City there was a cele-
bration marking the transfer of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to
the Federal Government. Among those
making speeches were Maysr Broen-
ing and Congressman Linthicum, of
Baltimore. Congressman J. Hampton
Moore, candidate for Mayor of Phila-
delphia, was the central figure in the
exercises.
An explosion of oil occurred on the
United States merchant marine tanker
Chestnut Hill on the Delaware River.
Four workmen were killed and twelve
others were burned.
Coal operators and miners of the
central competitive field which EN-.
braces Western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, came to COM
plete break when the joint wage con-
ference started more than two weeks
ago at Buffalo was adjourned in Phila.
delphia without an agreement having
been reached.
Because of failure to reach an agree
ment between striking engine house
employees and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company the six allied crafts in
the Altoona and Juniata locomotive
shops went on strike.
In addressing zone meeting of the
Mississippi Valley Association Presi'
dent Harry H. Merrick, of Chicago,
pledged the entire power of the organ
ization backed by 50,000,0O0 popula-
ton, including 100000 farmers, to
smash Bolshevism and the Soviet idea
in this country.
Super-chickens and eggs, two or
three times their present size at
cost not much greater than present
prices, was predicted by Alton E.
Briggs, Boston, president of the Ma
tional Poultry, Egg and Butter Asso'
citation.
New York's latest strike-that OF
II, 900 members Of the international
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
and Helpers-tied up the principal
railroad terminals of the greater city.
Three more entrants in the cross
continental air race finished at Mineola
and six others arrived at San Fran
cisco.
No change can be made in the shifts
of any class of labor in and about the
anthracite coal mines whereby wages
of the men will be reduced below the
scale they were paid April 1, 1916.
President Wilson has been pro-
claimed a prophet by the Mohamme-
dams of Egypt.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-24
LEAGUE INVITATIONS DRAFTED.
Supreme Council Approves Text To
Be Sent Neutrals.

Paris.-The Supreme Council ap-
proved the text of a notification to be
addressed to the neutral powers,
which will be asked to join the League
of Nations, setting forth the conditions
under which they may adhere to the
covenant of the league.
The council also approved the draft
OF a note to be sent to Germany, de-
manding the surrender to the Allied
and associated powers Of German
ships which were turned over during
the war to companies in the Neither
lands and which are at present in Ger
man ports. The note declares that
the sales are void because Of their ir-
regularity. Another draft of note to
Germany, regarding German represen-
tations on the subject of the territory
of Memel, on the eastern Baltic from
tier of Germany declares that the AL
lies decline to discuss the destiny of
Memel with Germany, which re-
nounced its rights over this territory
by the treaty of Versailles. The solu-
ton of this question, it is said, con-
Germs only the Allies and associated
powers.