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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
$4,000 PEOPLE
HEAR PRESIDENT
Largest Audience Any Orator
Ever Addressed
BIG OPEN-AIR THEATRE
Quotes Roosevelt Asks For League
Declares He Doesn't Want Spe-
cial Privileges For United
States.

San Diego, Cal.-Effectively helped
by machine designed to extend first
aid to public speakers, President Viii
son lined up Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge (for the second time) and the
late Colonel Roosevelt in support Of
the league Of nations.
The President used the words OF
both the living Senator and the dead
Republican leader in proving their ad
vocacy of just such concert of power
as is provided by the league of ma
lions to prevent future wars.
Speaks To $4,000.
Standing midway between two in
verted megaphones connected by wires
with two similar devices opening out
ward, the President read quotations
from statements made by the two Re
publican statesmen to the largest and
most orderly audience he or any other
living orator has ever addressed. In
front of him was most amazing mass
Of humanity banked high in series
rows of seats reaching 40 feet above
the floor of the great stadium, which
is the gem of picturesque San Diago
There is little question to doubt the
statement of the mayor of the town
that $4,000 persons occupied the seats
on three sides of the immense open.
air theatre; nor little room to doubt
that the greater majority of them
some of whom were seated 1900 feet
from the President, heard almost, if
not every word he uttered during his
64-minute address. 1t was to this
immense audience, shouting at inter.
walls under myriads-of flags and hem.
med in by riot of purpe bouga-vallas,
yellow zenias, chrysanthemums and
roses that the President frankly in.
dorsed the statements made by Sen.
ator Lodge and the late Colonel Roose-
welt, and expressed his approal at the
opportunity afforded him for emulat-
ing their patriotic examples. Another
remarkable declaration made by the
President was that he is absolutely op-
posed to any reservation to the Ger
man peace treaty now under discus
sion in the Senate that demands spe-
cial privileges for the United States
in manner calculated to bring dis
honor upon its unsullied history.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
CONVERSION PLAN
FOR WAR BONDS
Steps to Be Followed in Ex-
changing list and I'd Fours
PRIVILEGE NOW IN FORCE
Treasury Officials Urge Holders To
Take Advantage OF Opportunity
Bankers Will Aid Investors In
Transfer OF Securities.

Washington.-Hold Of the Sec
ond Liberty Loan 4 per cent. bonds
and holders of First Liberty Loan con-
verted 4 per cent. bonds who have
looked at their bonds recently may
have discovered that there remains
only one interest coupon on each yet
to be cashed.
And If they will look second time
they will notice that the last coupons
on the Second Liberty Loan become
payable November is, 1919, and that
the-las coupons on the First Liberty
Loan converted bonds became payable
December Is of this year.
The question has been raised in the
minds of many of these security hold
ers as to what they need to do with
such bonds after these coupons have
been clipped; how they are to continue
drawing interest on them until the
dates of expiration, and what plans the
Government has made to convert or
exchange the original bonds for others
bearing coupons until the bonds ma
ture.
These questions were placed before
officials of the Treasury Department
and the answers given will serve as
a guide for all holders of these two
issues. Incidentally, information was
secured for the benefit of holders of
other Liberty Bonds which carry only
a part Of their coupons. This is true
of all bond issues to date except the
first loan.
In the first place the Treasury De-
partment, under authority of Congress,
has provided that the Second Liberty
Loan per cent. bonds and the First
Liberty Loan converted per cent.
bonds may be converted into Az
bonds. This conversion privilege is
now in force and the holders of the
per cent. issues may take advantage
of it at any time.
In fact, the Treasury Department
urges all holders of per cent bonds
to convert them into AIS at once, or
certainly by the time the last coupons
become payable; that is, by November
Is in the case Of the second loan and
by December Is in the case of the first
loan converted. All coupons on either
of these bonds may be clipped now
and held until they become payable.
The interest at the rate of Az per
cent. on the new bonds will begin
November Is and December Is, re-
spectively.
If for any reason the holder of per
cent. bonds does not wish them con-
verified into Az, he may merely ex-
change his As on or after November
Is or December Is, as the case may
be, for like bonds, with all subsequent
coupons attached. Although there
now are approximately $75O,O00, 900 of
4 per cent. bonds of the two issues still
outstanding, it is the opinion of the
Treasury officials that most of the
holders of them will prefer to con-
vert their holdings into ANS rather
than exchange them for the new As,
and that these holders will actually do
so, once they understand that they
have the privilege.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
FARMERS PLEA uNHEEDED.
House Refuses To Restrict Antitrust
Law

Washington.-Efor to have Con-
gress declare that antitrust laws shall
not apply to farmers marketing asso-
Citations having capital stock and also
members other than producers, was
defeated in the House.
Without a record vote, the House re-
jected the legislative rider to a defic-
ency appropriation bill offered by
Representative Barbour, of California
who declared the existing exemption of
farmers organizations do not apply
universally. California fruit associa-
lions, he pointed out, were apparently
excluded because of their capital stock
and membership.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
CONGRESS HoNoRs PERsHINe.

Gen. John J. Pershing, as the guest
of the nation, was received by Con-
gress in joint session and extended
the thanks of Congress. The presid-
ing officers of both bodies paid elo.
quent tribute to him and his victorious
army, tribute which the commander
of the expeditionary forces accepted
modestly. In his address he gave gen.
erous credit to the Allies, the dough-
boys and the united efforts of the
American people, including even the
children.
1t was the twenty-sixth time in
history that Congress has bestowed
the thanks of a whole nation. The
occasion was without the. spontane-
Gus outbursts that marked the two
parades in which the returned COM
mander has participated. If anything
it was solemn and dignified. And it
stands out as a fitting tribute of the
people to the military leader The
galleries were filled with officials,
military men and admiring men and
women, while members of the SUI
preme Court were seated on the floor
to do honor to General Pershing, and,
through him to the fighting Americans
he commanded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
SHOOTS PIGEON; PAYS s47.50
St. Louis Man Loses After Argument
With Birds Owner
in Court.

st. Louis, Mo.-Shooting single
pigeon has cost Philip Hommel Of
Belleville total of $47.50.
The pigeon ate some of Hommel's
garden seed and vegetables. Hommel
killed it, Then Hommel got into an
argument with Anton Sehlinger, owner
Of the bird.
He brought charge of threatening
to kill against Sehlinger. Justice
Lautz ruled against Hommel in each
Of the four cases and the plaintiff was
compelled to pay the costs, $500.
Then Sehlinger sued Hommel for dis
turbing the peace and Judge I.autz as
sessed dDe Of s. and costs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
STORM DEATH
TOLL GROWS
Digging Bodies Of the Victims
From Ruins
DEBRIS BLOCKS STREETS
Property Loss Put At $4,000, 900
State Begins Relief Work, Three
Trains Reaching Stricken
City.

Houston, Texas.-With the known
death list at least AZ at Corpus Christi
and estimates that the toll will amount
to rs or 100 in that city alone, the
situation in the storm-swept West Gulf
coast region of Texas continues uncer-
tain.
While the death list in the affected
territory outside Of Corpus Christi
probably is considerable, there was no
confirmation of reports placing the
total well into the hundreds. Probably
the most definite news came from
Corpus Christi in the statement that
Sc bodies, none Of which had been
identified, had been discovered be-
tween Portland and Taft. This infor-
nation was brought across Nueces Bay
by resident who asserted that rs Of
the dead were at Portland, which lies
across the bay eight miles west of
Corpus Christi, IL at one ranch house
and is at another.
Telegraphic advices received from
Port Lavaca, which place has been
isolated since Sunday, reported no loss
of life there or at Seadrift and Port
OConnor, but said the property dam
age at Port Lavaca is about 500, 900,
mainly on the bay front and to ship
ping.
State machinery for the relief of
storm sufferers was completed by Gov
eFnor Hobby, who ordered units of
the Texas National Guard to relieve
Federal troops in charge of the situa-
ton at Corpus Christi as quickly as
transportation could be arranged. The
Governor issued proclamation cali
ing for prompt contributions of money
and supplies.
Latest estimates placed the property
loss in Corpus Christi at $4,000, 900.
and meagre advices indicated the dam
age at Port Arkansas would be very
heavy. Rescue workers faced a ire
mendous task of clearing the debris
blocked streets.
Several of the city bakeries at Cor
pus Christi resumed operation. turning
their entire output over to the Red
Cross for distribution.
The list Of missing at Corpus Christi
was being gradually reduced as
refugees continued to be found after
having fioated in the bay on wreckage
or having been driven inland by the
storm. approximately ITS of these
unfortunates were taken from wreck
age at Odem, 80 miles west of Corpus
Christi. They were reported to have
suffered intensely from exposure.
The storm carried buildings and
wreckage many miles inland, accord.
ing to reports from Odem and Sinton,
in which region 20 victims are report
ed to have been found.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

A campaign urging the Government
to reissue the two-cent coin, with.
drawn from circulation in 1874, was
inaugurated by the Women's Roose.
Welt Memorial Association.
Cardinal MERCER was the central
figure at requiem high mass cele-
brated in St. Patricks Cathedral, New
York. on the first anniversary of the
death of Cardinal Farley.
e. H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, in state
ment condemning the closed shop"
practically defes union labor to steel
strike.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
sUPERsEpEs CONSTITUTION.
Germans Sign Paper Regulating
Article 81.

Paris.-The written declaration con-
corning Article 81, of the German Con-
stitution, demanded by the Allies, is
reported in Berlin dispatch to have
been signed by the German Govern
ment. The declaration required was
that the article in question, relating to
Austrian representation in the Ger
man Parliament was not to be con-
sidered as transcending the section of
the peace treaty forbidding German
participation in Austrian affairs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
NEBRASKA WHEAT RoTTINe.
Thousands of Bushels Left in Bags
in Fields.

Lincoln, Neb.-Hundreds of thou
sands of bushels of wheat are on the
ground, in danger of rotting, in West
ern Nebraska because elevators are
already filed and because there is
shortage of railroad cars, together
with an embargo on wheat shipments
to Omaha and Kansas City, according
to information reaching Gov. Samuel
R. McKelvie, who announced he would
appeal to the Railroad Administration
to take steps to relieve the situation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26

In delirium of her playmates on the
street. Sometimes she sang. Once in
the voice of a girl over twice her age
she chided the doctor for hurting her,
Hospital attendants recollect the
following words verbatim, uttered
Just as she was dying:
q. Buster, let me play with
your ball? Nurse, think you
are mean. Can't you see that you are
hurting my arm? think l
had better go to the store and get
pound of butter, mother. see that
you need butter. Now lay
me down to sleep, pray :"
And so she died.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
LAST U. S. PRISONER FREED.
General Harris, Back From German,
Brings Word.

New York.-The last of the Ameri-
cans held by the Germans as prisoners
of war have been repatriated. Briga-
der General Harris, head Of the Re-
patriation Commission, announced on
his return to the United States on
board the transport Mount Vernon.
General Harris was in Berlin nine
months directing the work of locating
captive Americans, procuring their
freedom and providing them with
transportation home. The prisoners
included besides soldiers captured at
the front and naval men, a number of
merchant sailors from vessels sunk in
the North Sea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
Terms IMPOSED
upon ] !. BULGARIA jill
Conditions r 0IloW General Plan
Of Austrian Treaty
TERRITORY SHE MUST LOSE.
important Changes In Her Frontiers
Are To The South, Where She
Codes Western Thrace To
The Allied Powers.

Washington. summary OF the
Bulgarian treaty of peace cabled to the
State Department by the American
Mission at Paris, shows the pact TO
follow the same general plan as the
Austrian treaty. MANY clauses are
identical with the Austrian treaty ex-
cept for the substitution of names,
such as the League of Nations, labor,
aerial navigation, penalties, prisoners
of war and graves.
Regarding the change in the Bull
garian frontiers, the important
changes are to the south, where Bull
garia cedes Western Thrace to the
principal allied and associated pow
ers and agrees to accept whatever
disposition of this territory the pow
ers ultimately decide, but it is stipu-
lated that in any event Bulgaria's
western frontiers shall be modified
slightly in four places to sSerbia's adj
vantage. IS ff sg
"The Bulgarians are required to
recognize the independence of the
Serb, Croats and Slovene state and
provisions are made to change the ma
tionality Of the inhabitants of the ter
ritory formerly Bulgarian and trans
ferred to other states. Provisions are
made for protection of the minorities
of race, language, nationality and re-
ligion.. Within three months the Bull
garians are required to demobilize the
army and substitute volunteer enlist
ments. ~ a ms
The Bulgarian army is reduced to
10000 men, exclusively for the main
tenance of order and frontier control.
The manufacture of war material is
confined to one establishment the 9th
er establishment to be closed or con-
verted. All warships, submarines or
air forces must be surrendered. Bull
garia is required to pay as reparations
two and a quarter billions of francs
in gold within 81 years. Provisions
are made for the creation of an inter
allied commission, on which Bulgaria
is represented but to have no votes
and the sums RENTED for reparation
coming through this commission to
the reparation' committee are to be
established by the German peace
today.
Bulgaria agrees to return to Greece,
Rumania and the Serb, Croat and
Elovene state, the records, archives
and articles of historical and artistic
value, which were taken from these
countries during the war, and live
stock shall be returned within six
months. AS special compensation for
the destruction of the Serbian coal
mines Bulgaria shall for FIVE years
deliver $4,000 tons Of coal annually
to the Serb, Croat and Slovene state.
The financial clauses are similar
TO those of the Austrian treaty, and
provide priority over the charges
against assets of Bulgaria for repara-
ton shall be given to the cost of all
armies of occupation of the Allies and
to services of the external pre-war
Ottoman public debt. Bulgaria re-
nounces the benefits Of the Bucharest
and Brest-Litovsk treaties and agrees
co surrender the moneys and securi.
ties received according to those
treaties. iss,H 0t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
TRIED HARD TO
SAVE PLAYMATE
Youngsters Heroic Effort to Aid
Companion in Flames
unavailing.
Her LAST EXPERIMENT
Old Story Of the Fatal Attraction OF
Fire to the Childish Mind 10
\Repeated--Victim Dies
in Delirium.

CHARACTERISTIC the prompt at
tempts of two boys to save her,
Wealthie Lunde, five-year-old girl
who played with match, lies dead,
The accident occurred Sunday.
About seven o'clock Wealthie, who is
the daughter of a railroad bookkeeper
living at 1927 Norwood street, came
into the house.
"It's time for you to go to bed"
she was told, but Wealthie wanted a
few minutes more of play. There
was a great experiment which she
must try before she could sleep-an
experiment with match, which she
is thought to have taken from a neigh
boris apartment.
Found Writing on Grass.
In about ten minutes Miss Lasett4
Calmelat, a guest of Wealthie's moths
err, heard screams coming from the
direction of the alley. She rushed to
the rear door, but by that time the
sounds came from the front of the
house. Hurrying to the sidewalk, she
found little Wealthie writhing on the
grass, severely burned. Two boys
were bending over her.
Miles Devine, fourteen-year-old son
of John ]. Devine, 124S Norwood
street, was playing ball with James
Fitzgerald, 1852 Norwood street, who
is two years his junior.
Suddenly" said Miles, II heard
screams, and she came running out
between the houses. She was all
afire.
"'Tm burning she called. Put me
out Put me out !!
James was the nearest to her and
she ran toward him. He tripped her,
and we both rolled her on the grass
to smother the fame. I beat out
some of it with my hands, Then a
man came along and carried her into
the house,"
In DeIirium at End.
Miles said that he had learned how
to handle such cases by reading the
Boy Scout Manual, although he is not
a member of that organization.
Wealthie's death occurred late Mon
day night at the Lakeview hospital.
On the operating table she told her
father how she had taken a match
from a neighbours home and lit piece
of paper with it.
But there were few moments of
sane consciousness. Mostly she talked
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
Still AETER Ex.KAIsER.

Paris.-Premier Lloyd George is de-
termined to have 1t settled that the
peace conference demand from Hol-
land of the handing over Of former
Emperor William be complied with,
according to lie Journal. The news
paper asserts that the Premier. who is
planning to leave Paris will insist be.
fore his departure upon having such
aciADn decided upon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
GREAT PARADE
LEAD BY PERSH|NG
Nation H0nors Heroes and Com
mander.in- Chief
ARRAYED AS For BATTLE
Thousands From All Sections OF The
Country In Great Crowd Lining
FIower-strewn Path OF Sol
ders-NotabIes There.

Washington, D. CA grateful ma.
tion paid homage to it's conquering
heroes, heroes of the worlds greatest
war; represented by Pershing and the
LIST Division. Official Washington and
the representatives of all nations
bowed with respect as the salute of the
greatest army of the greatest repub.
tic was recognized.
The nation has not witnessed such
demonstration; such a welcome to
heroes as was accorded the bronzed
veterans since the grand review of
May, 1865, when Meade and Sher
man led their victorious armies up
Pennsylvania avenue.
Persons came to Washington from
all sections of the United States;
Congress adjourned and its members
joined the multitude Of cheering
Americans who made the khaki-clad
youths realize that the nation was
proud of them. 1t was legal holt
day here and the staid old capital put
on gala attire in honor of the heroes.
Pershing-"th old man" to the
soldiers-led the great pageant, and
no man was ever accorded such
welcome as he received. He rode over
a path of flowers strewn by girls who
marched ahead of the pageant. His
bronzed and rugged countenance was
wreathed in smiles as he acknowl-
edged the cheers and the salutes of
the hundreds of thousands who lined
the sidewalks.
all of the possessions of the United
States were represented, and the re-
ception to these heroes was as loud
and as whole-hearted as that accord
ed the commander-in-chief.
These lads of the list Division were
the first in France, the first in line,
the first to open fire, the first to suffer
casualties, the first raid, the first to be
raided, the first in Germany and the
last to leave. The numerical designa-
ton of the fighting unit was indeed
significant.
A feature of the great pageant was
the presence of the French rs which
fired the first shot into the German
lines, and as this weapon passed be-
fore the throng it was cheered; it was
welcomed just as if it were living
thing. 1t was in the Someville sector
at 6:10 o'clock on the morning of Oc
tober %, 1917, that this gun barked
and spit forth it's first message Of
death to the Huns from the nation
which Germany said would not fight
And hidden away in the line in that
mass of thousands, was Sergt. Alex
ander L. Arch, of Battery c, 9Th Field
Artillery, the lad who pulled the Ian
yard to fire that first shot which was
a direct hit upon an enemy working
party on a bridge in Alsace-Lorraine.
The multitude had no means of iden-
tifying this hero, but he was there
one of the few of the original men of
the First Division to return.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
GOLDMAN TO BE DEPoRTEp.
Federal Warrants Charging Her With
Anarchy Issued.

Washington.-Fed warrants for
the arrest of Emma Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman, charging them with
anarchy and looking to their deporta-
ton have been issued by the immigra-
tion authorities. Miss Goldman is fin.
ishing a term in the federal peniten-
tiary at Jefferson City, Mo-, and Berk-
man is confined in the penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga. Both we're convicted OF
obstructing the draft
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
ALTITUDE RECORD VERIFIED.

Rohlfs' S0,30ofoot Climb Confirmed
Made $4,000 Since.
New York.-The Aero Club of Amer
lea announced that it had officially
homologated the altitude record made
by Roland Rohlfs on July 80 at Roose-
welt Field, Mineola. The height
reached was 10000 feet, which estab-
lished new American record for a
pilot alone and exceed the official
French record Of 29,937 feet made by
Jean Casals on May rs, last.
Rohlfs made another altitude flight
at Mineola yesterday and reached o
height OF $4,000 feet, but this figure
has not been verified officially.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
DRYs INTO LARGER FIELD.
AntisaIoon League viii Enter National
Politics.

Chicago.-The Antisaloon League of
America will enter national politics
Immediately, it was announced, to en-
force the demand that the political
parties next year nominate candidates
for President who are openly pledged
to unreserved enforcement Of the pro-
hibition amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
NEW JAP ENVOY NAMED.

Tokio.-Oficial announcement has
been made of the appointment of
Kijuro Shidehara, vice foreign min
lister, to be Japanese ambassador to
the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
Grown PRINcE BACK AGAIN.

Paris.-A rumor has again reached
Paris by way of Zurich that former
Crown Prince Frederick William, Of
Germany. has returned to his native
eountry
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-26
MAIL BY AIR TO WEST INDIES.
Otto Praeger Sails For Havana To
Make Arrangements.

New inauguration of aerial
mail service between the United
States and West Indies in the near
future was promised by Otto Praeger,
Second Assistant Postmaster-General,
who sailed from here for Havana to
make preliminary arrangements.