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The Hope pioneer., 1919-07-24

AAeAuS III WHICH 4drluerS are producing
grain for seed. The service is main
tanned at state expense, to provide a
means Of obtaining information as to
the whereabouts of clean seed.
New Rockford.-Local capital re.
mo~al boosters have decided to renew
the campaign of three years ago for
the location Of the state house in this
city. The elaborate campaign launch
ed at that time failed of a successful
issue, 1t is believed here, only because
of the adverse decision of a majority
OF the state supreme court which ruled
that the initiative clause of the state
constitution, under which the question
was designed to be brought to vote.
was not self-enacting and that recourse
could not be had to its privileges until
necessary legislative steps had been
taken. It is claimed that later de-
cisions of the supreme court as It is
now constituted have practically re-
versed this ruling.
Minot.-Local Boy Scouts will assist
members Of the Rotary club in an
effort to finance the installation of n
public swimming pool.
Fargo.-North Dakota is reperted
third in rank among the states ir the
Ninth Federal Reserve district in the
purchase OF war savings stamps since
the first of the present year. Total
sales of the stamps by states from
January l to July were as follows
Upper Michigan, $113,28255; Mime.
sofa. $1,272.S 2.S2l.19; Montana, $2O7..
1929; North Dakota, $427,311.71
South Dakota, $3SSS12.31: Northern
Wisconsin. s227. .299.95.
The Hope pioneer., 1919-07-24
TREATY OF PARIS, 1900.
When the United State. was at War With France.

Wnat staggered at these Propositions,
Talleyrand's messenger said: "You do
NOT seem to understand. 1t is a uues.
tlon OF money, a great deal of money.
speak to the point. What is your an
swer?"
one OF the ENJOYS replied: "Our an
s"er is mo. no, no-not a sixpence,"
Ihis reply was soon thrilling the
United States under the more ornate
form of millions for defense, but not
a cent for tribute" Talleyrand sent
Plnckney and Marshall out of the conn
try but asked Gerry to stay, but upon
an imperative order from Washington
Gerry, too, withdrew. A storm of IN.
dignation swept the country when tho
president gave to congress the results
OF the American mission. Bills for
increasing the navy and purchasing
iron works were passed and the navv
made for the first time separate de-
partment. The president was author
lied to enlist 10000 regulars and Ia. .Ooo
volunteers.
In the winter of 1889 an American
fleet consisting of the United States
Constitution, George Washington
Merrimac. Portsmouth, Pickering
Eagle. Herald, Scanned and Dill
gence met in the West Indies and
tackled the French men-of-war and
privateers which swarmed there. The
Merrimac took the French ship lie
Phoenix Of IA guns and the Mapicienna
OF the same number. The Portsmouth
captured the Bonaparte, La Brilliante
and La Bon Pere, all small men-of-war
while seven captures of privateens
were made by ships Of the squadron.
On February 8, the United States
sank the French privateer Amour da
Ia Patrie and soon after the privateer
Tartufe. Captain Barry in the United
States bombarded and temporarily a.
fenced the batteries at Basse Terre on
the Island Of Guadaloupe. Captain
Truxton's squadron, cruising Off Porto
Rico. captured nine privateers and =
third squadron under Captain Tingey.
cruising between Cuba and Hayti. can
tured or sank six more. Another, ma
val force made captures of Havana.
In all 60 French privateers were sunk,
or captured. On the 9th of Febru.
ary Captain Truxton in the Constella,
tion, in battle of st. Kits lastins
two hours. captured the French fries
ate Insurgent.
Adams sent another embassy to
France where Napoleon had now come
Into power as flrst consul and on Sen.
temDer so. 1900. new treaty was
signed. Both parties to the treaty
abandoned their claims for damages.
The Hope pioneer., 1919-07-24

Our relations with France have gen.
orally been of such friendly nature
from the founding Of the nation until
the present day that most people have
forgotten that we were ever at war
with her. But we were. from the
spring Of 1893 to September, 1900.
James Monroe was minister to
France in 1895 when the Directory
which had succeeded to the '"Terror Of
Robespierre" informed him that the
treaty of 1878 between France and the
United States was at an end because
America had signed the treaty with
England known as jays treaty. Mr..
Monroe replied that the. treaty Of IT'S
had already been brought to nothing
by the constant capture of American
ships by French men of war. France,
under the Terror, had regarded the
rest of the world in the same light as
the Russian bolshevists do now. Amer
ican merchant ships were captured and
condemned and sold. 4
Mr.. Monroe was too plant; he was
recalled, and Charles Coteswortl
Pinckney was sent over in his place.
The Directory from purely selfish mo-
tives continued the policy of claiming
exemption from international law
which the Terror had begun in the
name of liberty. The French govern
ment would not receive Pinckney and
ordered him out Of the country. Presi-
dent Adams called special session of
congress and recommended the prompt
formation Of a navy and the permis.
sion for merchant ships to arm them.
selves.
Extra Envoys Named.
Pinckney was in Holland. The pres.
ident appointed Elbridge Gerry and
John Marshall as extra ENJOYS to join
Pinckney, to go to Paris and negoti-
ate. On reaching Paris the commits.
sioners found that Talleyrand was min.
lister of foreign affairs. Talleyrand
sent go-betweens to the commissioners
telling them that before the Directory
would negotiate they must pay a bribe
of $25O,O00. The bribe was to be di.
vided among all the directors except
one who, 1t was explained, was already
making enough money by his rake-ofl
on the condemnation of American
ships. And there was another little
matter; the United States must make
loan to the French government OF
$2.800.000. These matters being agreed
to the American claims for damages
would be submitted to arbitration pro.
vided America would advance money
to pay any damages assessed against
the Directory government of France
T10 American ENJOYS being some.
The Hope pioneer., 1919-07-24

II the war which Japan waged
against China in 1894 demonstrated
to the world that new power had ap-
peared in the Pacific, still it was ar
gued by the western nations that she
had only fought with Asiatics. They
spoke rather patronizingly Of her mil
itary exploits after the treaty Of Shi.
monoseki; after the treaty Of Ports.
mouth they spoke with an admiration
no less sincere because grudgingly be-
slowed. After Shimonoseki Japan was
promising younger brother; after
Portsmouth she was a nation to be
treated with as an equal and one to
make alliances with.
No sooner had France, Germany and
Russia forced Japan after the treaty
of Shimonoseki to retrocede to China
the best fruits of the war, the peninsu-
la Of Liao-tung, than China turned
around and leased Port Arthur and
Liao-tung to Russia by lease which
was only a cover for direct cession.
This little deal between Russia and
China rather chagrined the other two
powers which had Joined with Russia
In forcing Japan to retrocede Lao
tung. Germany at once demanded as
an equivalent that China leave to her
the city and bay Of Kiao-chau on the
same terms as those by which Russia
held Port Arthur-and China did so.
france, being an ally Of Russia in the
triple entente, valuing that alliance
very highly, swallowed her chagrin at
her false diplomatic move in joining
In the coercion of Japan, while Great
Britain demanded as an Offset to the
Russian occupation of Port Arthur q
lease Of the Chinese naval station of
Wei-hai-wei on the north shore of the
Shan-tung peninsula, Pe-chi-li.
Now Held by Japanese.
To dispose of the subsequent fate
of these British and German acquisi-
tions here it may be said that England
did nothing with Wei-hai-wei and final
ly gave it back to China, while Ger
many, on the pretext of murdered
missionary, formally annexed Kiao-
chau and the surrounding territory
and heavily fortified the place. It was
captured by the Japanese in the recent
war and is now held by them.
AS soon as Russia got Port Arthur
she turned it into fortress as nearly
tmpregnable as she could make it and
constructed great commercial port
In the neighboring bay of Tallien-wan.
She concluded treaty with China
which gave her control Of the Man
churian railroad and linked it up with
her Trans-Siberlan railroad, The
Boxer uprising of 1S99-19OO gave Rus
sia and excuse to pour troops into
Manchuria. Manchuria became, in fact,
q Russian province. and Russia began
to encroach upon Korea.
The Hope pioneer., 1919-07-24
ELECTION RETURNS
ARE NOW COMPILED
Referendum Vote Is Officially
Canvassed BY State Board.
BANK Law GETS HIGH VOTE
Footings Show Majorities Of 6,e14 to
1926 on the Seven Referred
Measures-Returns Given
by Counties on Each.

Bismarck. N. D.-Returns on the
referendum election, now compiled by
the state canvassing board, show ma
jorities ranging from COLA to 1926
for the seven referred laws-the larg-
est margin being that given to the
Bank of North Dakota bill. Majorities
for the other six enactments, in order
of their popularity, are: Industrial
commission act, 10,917; judicial re-
districting, 10.41S; one-man tax COM
mission, 1O,096; board of administra-
tion, 1855; commissioner of ilnmigra-
tion, 1865; state printing law, COLA.
Following is the vote:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
NEARBY NOTES CLEANED ny
CORRESPONDENTS.
CALVERT.

Prof. and Mrs. A. B. McVey and
Miss Evelyn M. Pierce accompanied
Miss Helen S. Teeple to her home
Friday and spent the weekend with
her at Reisterstown.
Ivan Wilson celebrated his seven
teenth birthday October seventh.
with party at his home.
Miss Marcillina Fassitt is visiting
Mrs. Thomas Fassitt.
Roland Barrett, a wireless oper-
ator in the Navy, has been visiting
his wife at the home of her father,
John Anderson.
The Ninth District Auxiliary Of
Union Hospitar will meet with Mrs.
Frank Mckinney Oct. 2Srd, at 2:3O
p. m. There will be an election OF
officers for the ensuing year.
Mrs. David B. Mcdowell and Miss.
Lorraine F. Fassitt have been elected
delegates to represent the Woman's
Missionary Society of Zion Presby-
terian church at the thirty-second
annual meeting of the Woman's
Synodical Society for Home Missions
and the Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society, to be held in George
town Presbyterian Church, WASH
ington, October % and %.
Mrs. William Brown attended the
State Christian Endeavor Conven-
tion in Salisbury Oct. IA, IS. and 16
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
On With The Row.

The Presbytery of New Castle met
last week in Berlin. The first thing il
did was to throw into reverse on the
McElmoyle case. At its last meeting
the Presbytery appointed commits
sion, with full power to take final
action as to the troubles in the Elk
ton Presbyterian Church. The said
commission after long deliberation,
granted the petition of the congrega-
tion for a congregational meeting to
elect new Elders. The Presbytery,
being convinced that the congrega-
tion intended to adopt the rotary
system and rotate the present Elders
out of office, promptly recalled the
authority it had conferred on its
commission and decided to carry the
whole matter up to Synod-on the
theory. we presume, that the wider
circulation you can give to disgust
ing row the better it will be for the
Kingdom of God.-Cecil Whig.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
Senators, Congressman and other
Government officials officially took
over the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal for the Government on Oct.
IL with appropriate ceremonies.
Widening Of the mouth Of the
canal to afford safe harbor for YES
sells waiting to enter, dredging to
much greater depth than at present,
construction of . new steel bridge,
the abandonment of one road and
the elevation of another are some of
the improvements planned by the
Government for the waterway.
1t is the intention of the engineers
in charge of the project to have a
channel 500 feet wide at the mouth
of the harbor, extending inland more
than,a mile. The silt dredged from
the canal will be deposited on what
now are practically marshes for the
greater part of the year. Farmers
are hoping that the land thus made
available will be used for manufac-
turing sites. In addition, it will be
necessary for the Government to
purchase approximately $50 acres of
land In the vicinity of the canal to
carry out the projected improve
ment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17

Meets Death When Seaplane Falls
E. R. Sebold, of near Rising Sun
was notified on Thursday last by the
War Department Of the accidental
death of his son Chase e. Sebold, a
machinist in the aviation service
The accident occurred on Oct. s, al
Pensacola, Florida, and three naval
aviators lost their lives by it, Ma.
chinist Chase e. Sebold, Boatswains
Roy Mcmillan, of Wetmore Park
Rochester, N. Y, and Paul Dreichel
of Hammonton, Cal, who were kill.
ed in the fall of a seaplane into the
bay. The plane sideslipped and fell
500 feet.
Chase E. Sebold was SO years Of
age and was born near this town
He is survived by his wife; also his
parents, two brothers and sister
The body was inferred in the Ma.
tional Cemetery, Arlington, on Wed
nesday of this week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
BETHEL.

Mr.. Oscar Kibbler, of Wilmington,
DEL, was the guest of his brother,
Mr.. Bertram Kibbler, on Sunday last.
Mr.. Albert Fritz and friend, OF
Chester, Pa, are spending some time
with his mother, Mrs. Laura Fritz.
Truman, the year old SON of Mr..
and Mrs. Benz. Tedlie, was seriously
injured one day last week by being
caught in sulky plow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pushel and
family spent Friday and Saturday OF
last week in New York.
The B. G o. camp at Leslie has
been opened, there being about so
men employed.
On Thursday last the threshing
machine of Mr.. Harry Abrams broke
through the bridge ON the road lead
ing to the farm occupied by Mr.. A.
G. Russell and could not be removed
until Saturday morning.
Mrs. Walter r. Dennison and chill
dren are spending some time with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Abrams.
Mrs. W. A. Dennison was summon
ed to Cherry Hill by the serious ILL
ness of her aunt, Mrs. Rachel
Keithley.
What Is the matter now, when
horse is propped up with rails? Ans.
1t should be tied in a hay NOV.
Peter Tumbledown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
NATIONAL CONGRESS
Will Meet In HagerstOwn-Auto
Train From Cecil.

Will Meet In HagerstOwn-Autc
Train From Cecil.
The Farmers National Congress
and Maryland State Agricultural
Society will meet in joint session al
Hagerstown, Md. october 2S, 20
80 and 81.
Auto Train, Cecil County i te
Hagerstown, will leave Court House
Elkton, at 8 a. m. Monday, Oct. 27
going by way of Perryville, Havre
de Grace, meeting section of train
from Rising Sun at Kenmore Inn
Bel Air, 10:30 a. m.
The section of train from Rising
Sun will leave Pogue's Hardware
Store Monday, Oct. 27, at 9 a. m.
going by way of Conowingo to Bel
Air, stopping at Kenmore Inn, meet.
ing the train from Elkton. The
train from Rising Sun will be in
charge Of J.. H. Kimble. The one
from Elkton in charge of ]. H
Knode, County Agent.
It is planned to reach Hagerstown
about o'clock Monday afternoon,
stopping at the rooms of the "Cham-
ber of Commerce" Guides will
escort parties to places Of lodging.
No one need make arrangements for
entertainment such as board and
lodging. This will be attended to
by committee in charge at Hagers'
town.
The Farmers National Congress is
country wide Association, meeting
for the first time in Maryland. Its
President, J. H. Kimble, is from
your own county. Let everyone
join, go to Hagerstown, making this
the biggest meeting in history.
Splendid program, national speak
ers, lively subjects. Cashable good
will be developed at the meeting
Come! Bring the ladies too, and
have good time.
Great Interstate Farm Product
Show. Trips to most extensive
apple producing belt in America
Battlefields of Antietam and Gettys-
burg will be visited.
Big Get-Together and Informal
Smoker Monday evening, Oct. 9th
Can you afford to stay away?
For information call J. H. Knode
County Agent, Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Mail Plane Pilot Burned To Death

Mail Plane Pilot Burned To Death
In an accident at the Rolling Road
Golf Club, Catonsville, Md, on Wed.
nesday, Lieutenant Lyman w. Doty
of .Biggs, Cal, pilot Of one Of the
Washington-New York mail air.
planes, was burned to death wher
gasoline from the fuel tank of his
machine caught fire after the ma
chine crashed to the ground.
Lieutenant Doty will be remember.
ed by our residents as the driver oi
the mail airplane that landed on the
farm of John H. Lynch, near town
Christmas Day, about four o'clock in
the afternoon, where he enjoyed a
good Christmas dinner and remained
until the next day before proceeding
to Washington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Du Pont Opens Farm For Gonzales.
cent Soldiers.


The reconstruction center for con-
valescent soldiers, maintained by
Pirree S. du Pont on his farm near
Kennett Square, is ready to receive
more men. Numbers of the soldiers
and sailors who have been spending
the summer there are now restored
to health, and are about to leave to
take up their various lines of work.
The farm is able to accommodate
comfortably about forty-two men.
Most of those who have been conva-
lescing there were sent by the
American Red Cross, the Pennsyl-
vania state employment service, the
federal vocational board and other
agencies. The average stay on the
farm has been about ten weeks and
while there they are not required to
do any work, and are given the best
of food and ample opportunities for
recreation. However, when they do
recover their health to such an ex-
tent that they can do little work
this is given to them, If they desire
it, so that they can earn money even
while they are recuperating.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
mo- Unyeil Monument.

The special committee, the Rev.
M. D. Nutter, chairman; John M.
Reed, Jr., Hugh w. Caldwell, Rich
ard s. Wallis, secretary, and Byron
Bouchelle, General Chairman, have
arranged progam for the unyeiling
of the monument to be erected in
Chesapeake City, in honor OF the
boys of the Second district who par
ticipated in the world war. It has
been decided to hold the exercises at
2 p. m. on Tuesday, November IL.
The first anniversary of the signing
of the armistice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
West Nottingham Agricultural
Exhibit.

Don't forget the Agricultural Ex-
hibit to be held at West Nottingham
on Friday, October II, under
auspices of the Grange. Products of
the Farm, Orchard and Household
will be displayed and prizes awarded.
The list of entries is large and the
exhibit promises to surpass that of
last year. which surprised eversone
by its extent and the quality of
products and handiwork shown.
Live topics will be discussed by
good speakers. The ladies of the
Grange will serve dinner
The exhibit will be all day and
evening. The Genco Light Co. will
furnish light in the evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
WOODLAWN.

Woodlawn Y will hold a Hal
lowe'en Social In Hopewell Hall, FRI
day evening, 31st. Admission 15c
to those masked; 25c to those un-
masked. Refreshments will be serv-
ed, also ice cream for sale. Prizes
will be given to the most artistic.
original, and ludicrous costumes.
Everybody come. Grand march
begins at $3.50. All remember the
good times you have had at Hope
well in the past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph SINNERS, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul SINNERS and SON
Joseph motored to Baltimore, Satur-
day, for the weekend.
Miss Ethel Charsha, Of Washing
ton, spent last week with the home
folks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Pay Your Dog Tax.

The County Commissioners desire
to call the attention of dog owners
to the fact that the law requires a
tax on all dogs-$1.00 for q male
and $500 for a female.
This tax was due on July /, but to
date the tax has been paid on only
a small percentage of the dogs in the
county. The Commissioners now
give notice that unless the tax is
paid promptly owners of dogs will be
prosecuted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
WEDDINGS.
Clark-Poist.

william Norman Clark, son of Mr..
and Mrs. P. D. Clark, Aiken, and
Miss Evalyn Poist, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Poist, Colora, were
married on Wednesday, October Sth,
at Centerville, Md, by Rev. Melvin
E. Wheatley, pastor of the NJ. F.
Church.
White-Terry.
Miss Arvilla M. Terry, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Terry OF
near town, and Marion T. White, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry S. White OF
Rising Sun, were married at Mt
Pleasant M. E. parsonage on Wed
nesday evening, Oct. 15, by Rev. j.
Harry Wilson.
McMullan-HarrisOn
Miss Maggie Harrison, of this
town, and Ernest H. Mcmillan. OF
Newark, N. j., were united in mar
riage at the Parsonage of James
Methodist Episcopal church, Rising
Sun, by Rev. H. E. Reed, Wednesday
afternoon, October Is, at 2:30
O'Clock. The newly weds will make
their home at 1O4 East 18th street
Wilmington, Del.
Shaw-Caskey.
Mr.. William Arnot Shaw, son OF
Rev. David E. Shaw, formerly OF
West Nottingham, and Miss Mary
Olivia Caskey, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Carson Caskey, were
united in marriage on Friday eve
ming, October 10, at $3.50 o'clock, in
the First Presbyterian Church, OF
Morristown, N. J. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. John Nc.
Naughton, D. D., grandfather of the
bride, assisted by Rev. Shaw, father
of the bridegroom, and Rev. w. r
Bennett, d. D. DR.. Henry Shaw
brother of the bridegroom, was best
man and Miss Margaret Caskey
sister Of the bride, was maid OF
honor Miss Helen Shaw and Mr.
John B. r. Dickey of Oxford, were
members of the bridal party.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Shot And Killed Negro.

Robert ]. Trimble, proprietor OF
the Maryland Garage, Bel Air, shot
and killed Logan Webster, a negro
employee, late Saturday night. Web
ster, who was in quarrelsome
mood, chased Trimble from the
garage when the latter drew his
revolver and shot the negro dead.
Trimble surrendered and is held for
action of the grand jury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Republicans Open Campaign.

The Republicans of Cecil county
opened their campaign Monday when
State Attorney Harry N. Nice, candi-
date for Governor; Major A. W
Woodcock, the nominee for Comp
troller; Hon. Alexander Armstrong
candidate for Attorney General, and
William L. Marcy, the party's nomi-
nee for Clerk sof the Court of Ap-
peals, spent the day in the towns in
the county canyassing for votes.
At night the candidates addressed
a largely atEeAded mass meeting
held in Mechanics Opera House
Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Drove Auto Through Open ORA,

Drove Auto Through Open Draw.
Driving his, auto in the rain on
Saturday, Barney Schneider did not
notice that the drawbridge over the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at
Chesapeake City was open and drove
his Ford car into the draw, and
plunged twenty-five feet into the
water. In the machine with Schnei-
der were his three brothers and Miss
Emily Lloyd, brother, Frank, aged
IT years, being drowned; all the
others weIe rescued with more or
less serious injuries, the prompt as
sistance of bystanders saving them
from the same fate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-17
Mrs. M. A. Ewing.

M. Anna Ewing, widow of the late
John S. Ewing, and daughter OF
Mary E. and Thomas J. Gillespie,
died at her home in Narbeth, Ia,
Sunday, October 9Th. Mrs. Ewing
was native of Cecil county aud is
survived by her son Amos and three
daughters, Mary E., Sue A. and
Anna G. Ewing. The funeral was
held from her late home Tuesday
morning, with interment in West
Nottingham Presbyterian cemetery.