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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
Somewhere in France,
December 5, 1918

Dear Friend:
suppose you will be surprised to
hear from one SO far away, but I am
lonely, and just finished a hard drive
to the hospital. wrote to you about
one month ago; 1 hope you did not
receive it, for one reason, there were
some things that could have been left
out that I did not.
l have experienced quite a great
loss during the last two months,
which was hard to bear; I guess you
knew of it before I did.
am left alone again; the one lit
tie girl of the hill, that loved and
cared for, and who was my one and
only thought, has been taken away
from me.
Philip, I will try to do what you
asked me to do in your last letter.
We sailed from Hoboken, N. j., on
June 18th; reached Brest, France, on
the 9th of June; some fine trip
across the pond. indeed. We were
in the trenches 21 days, in the north
of Verdun 1 guess you have read
in the papers that the 29th Division
was the big boys at the turning
point of the winning or losing Of
Verdun. We made a record for the
three States represented in the 29th
Division Discipline has been our
main help and has saved more lives
than one would imagine. Discipline
won the war, and without it one can
not be good soldier.
A soldiers life is not as bad as
some boys write. The confining part
is all that causes discouragement
| among the soldiers. We have
Major General in command of our
Division to be proud of, and we look
forward to his name and wonderful
work being placed in history among
the great men. During the battle
or General not only performed his
military duties at Division Headquar-
ters, but visited the boys of his COM
mand at the front line, and remained
with them as much as possible. A
man of that type should be loved,
honored and obeyed by every one.
| 1 cannot write history of every
thing, so must call your attention
to two more very important units
which have taken very important
part in this great war. One is the
Red Cross and the other the Y. M. G.
A. Neither can receive too much
credit for the wonderful work done;
it was beyond expression.
Phil, I must cut short my letter
a., I have some work to do. Hoping
this may find you well and happy
with no such luck as I received, an6
hoping to hear from you at youl
earliest convenience, wish to re
} main, a friend. GUS.
/ Wag. Augustus w. Moore,
Il 104th s. t.. 116th Amb.- Co., A. e
I; F., A. p. o. 765.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
MONEY TOLOAN

MONEY TO LOAN-I am prepared to
lend on mortgages. in sums to suit
borrowers. amounts ranging from $500
to $4,000. If you wtsE 80 borrow mo.
ney, or have some you wish to lend.
apply to T. Sangston Insley. Cambridge.
Md. 2-21-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Fine Guernsey and Jer-
sey milk Ashland Dairy. 200 High st
12-31-6t.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03
HOG CHOLERA CASES
STEADILY DECREASING
Secretary Houston Tells Advantages
OF State Cooperation in Eradicat-
ing Destructive Animal Disease.

/ Washington. D. c., Jan. 2.-Lcsses
from hog cholera declined greatly in
the four years, 1914 to 1917, and a
further reduction is expected for
1918 and the 1919, says a letteT;6rom
the Secretary of Agriculture t5 Ad-
Olson T. Smith, member of the
House of Representatives.
The Secretary calls attention to
the necessity for State cooperation
in the Federal Governments cam
paign against this destructive aaimal
disease.
The losses f,r 1914 totaled 6,304.-
800 animals, Which, valued at s0.40
a head made monetary loss of S67.
697,461; for 1917, 2,952,144 ami
mails, valued at $11.73 heat. a
monetary loss of s32,475,19O. Dur
ing the four years the number OF
animals taken by the disease was
18,835,9O1, representing a value OF
$18S,44S,643.
Estimates obtained from Stats au-
thorities during November, and re-
ports from our inspectors in charge
of hog cholera control work, "Tsays
the Secretary, indicate that tnere
will be a further reduction of losses
from the disease during the present
year, except in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Washington, where ne co
operative work is being conducted by
the department The monetary loss,
however, will still be great, owing to
the increased value of this class OF
farm animals over that of previous
years.
"a recent article, in which col1di-
tions in Iowa are discussed, indicates
that the number of hogs lost in that
State from cholera in 1914 was ap-
proximately 100000, while the los
ses for 1917 amounted to less than
100000. Conditions in Iowa, how
ever, have been more favorable to
the efforts of the cooperative forces
engaged in hog cholera control work
in that State during the last two
years than previously.
"The reduction of losses has bsen
less in certain other States due lar
gely to circumstances which have
handicapped our efforts in controll-
ing the disease. We can not hope to
be so successful in States where hogs
have access to open ranges as in lo-
calities where herds are restricted to
the premises Of the owner and kept
away from sources Of contamina-
tion."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03

$1,000 to lend on nrst mortgage. on
desirable real estate. Leroy L. Wal.
lace, Attorney-at-Law. 4-24-tf.
MONEY To LUAN-l have several
amounts ranging from $500 to $1,000.
for Immediate Investment On drst-class
mortgages. W. Irving Mace,Attorney-
at-Law. 7-13-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03

! Leroy Adams, 10Th Division, Co
B, 31Oth M. G.. Bu., France, writes
on Nov. 18th, as follows:
! AS you no doubt know, the war is
ended, will write you tonight, first
time for week. 1 have been in a
very hard fight since 1 wrote you
| last, but l guess that is our last one,
and you bet I will never forget it.
! Wish 1 could tell you of my close
chances, but our letters are still CEN
sored. Well, this terrible war is
over, and we will be coming home
soon; that is. if We don't have to do
guard duty over here near the lines
until things get settled. If our divi-
sion is assigned to that we will not
be home until the spring, but hope
I'll come on the first ship that sails
for America.
Guess you all were surprised when
a surprise to us. We knew it was
coming, but not so soon. I was right
at the front when the news came that
Germany had enough. 1 was in the
fight when the last shot was fired,
on the 18th day of the month, 18th
hour of the day. and the 18th month
of the year. 1 can say I heard the
last gun fired. We heard the war
would be over on that day, and we
were all wondering if it was true.
We were all looking at our watches
and betting that the war was not
over, but at that minute IL O'Clock,
every gun ceased firing. 1t surely
does seem funny around here, every
thing SO quiet, after being under
shell fire for fifty-five days, and you
know it is a great relief, but it's all
over now and I am proud to know
have done my bit. I never got
scratch, but had some close chances;
had my belt shot off from piece of
shrapnel. 1 got lots of credit from
my Major in that drive; he said 1
did more than was required.
Well, I am glad I got in it before
it was over. l don't regret all have
done and seen. Got the newspapers
you sent; had rather get them than
anything you could send; gave the
boys from Baltimore some of them to
read. We have it very nice now,
nothing to do but eat and sleep. /
am living In tile house inst big
enough for two, with a nice fire in it.
Would have sent you German he'll
met, but did not know I could send
it until it was too late; can send you
a real German if you would like that
for a souvenir.
Well, will write you again later.
as it is getting dark and we have on
ly small piece of candle for a
light. Don't worry, 1 am in no dan
ger now. Love to all.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-03

Mr.. Samuel E. Hubbr d. of the
s. E. Hubbard Hardware Co., this
city, has received the following let
ter from Mr.. Brice G. Wall, former
employe Of the Company, who is now
with the 313th Infantry, in France:
France, December 3. 1913.
Deaf Mr.. Hubbard:
Guess you think have forgotten
you, but 1 have not. by long way. l
often think of you and the store, and
wonder what is going on. I receiv-
ed your card, and also one from Miss
Florence, and thank you both very
much for same.
Well, / guess by now you are busy
getting ready for Xmas; would like
very much to be there with you, but
guess 1 will be compelled to spend
this Xmas in France. At present l
do not know when we will leave for
home. 1t may he month, and again
it may be several months, but hope
it's very soon, as 1 want to get back
to the States.
At present, we are camping on
Mense river, about 2 miles from
Verdun, and. believe me, you can see
where the Germans did their dirty
work. Everything is shot to pieces.
Guess the people in the States went
wild when they heard about the
peac>rpr 2osal on Nov. 18th. I know
" all glad, and, believe me, we
mething to be glad for, as we
ney within 100 yards of Germans,
I fir 1g at each other. when we got
word to stop firing, and fall back. Be-
lieve me, the Germans were glad,
too, for they came out of their dug
outs singing and shouting. and came
over to our lines and began talking
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to us, and they said they were tired
of fighting.
There is lot l could tell you about
this country and the battles. but will
wait and tell you about it when 1 get
home. You will have to excuse this
writing, as 1 am writing on an enve-
lope, sitting ON a log. Will try and
write you again soon, and hoping to
see you all in the near future, l am,
Yours,
BRICE G. WALL,
Co. A, 313th Infantry.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-17
John Kaninas
Douglass Return
ed Last Night
COVERED WITH GLORY THE
BOYS COME HOME ONE BY
ONE-THEY ARE GREET
ED BY OLD FRIENDS

Wearing the silver star on his arm
and other insignia, including an over
seas service mark on the shoulder and
the marks designed to indicate the
rank Of ordnance sergeant, John Ka-
nanis Douglass returned to his home
and friends in Tarpon Springs last
night, and this morning The Leader
man had the pleasure of a nice talk
with him.
John Kananis Douglass is a Greek
and the only one in the American ar
my to hold the high rank of ordnance
sergeant, which is on-commissioned
office, but a general staff corps rank,
the appointments being made from
Washington, D. c. Douglass is proud
of his stripes as he has cause to be.
When he first went out he was with
the old First Florida infantry and was
later assigned to the 10th field artil-
lery.
Sergeant Douglass had been in
France about three months and was
within five miles of the front line
trenches-the artillery is usually kept
that far in the rear. Douglass brought
a number Of souvenirs back with him
which he picked up on the battle fields
and took from German prisoners. A
couple of small trinkets consisting Of
the shoulder strap of German pris-
oner, numbered 257,. and belt holder,
bearing the imperial crown and. iron
cross, We're among his souvenirs.
These were given to John Diamandis,
while German cap was given to a
certain lady.
In talking with a German non-com-
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-17

missioned officer who spoke perfect
English and who went over from St.
Louis to serve his country, later fall
ing into the hands of the Americans,
Douglass reports the Hun as saying
that it was the Americans who de-
feated them. The prisoner also said:
'The Americans have treated us fine.
They are the toughest scrappers we
! have met"
Douglass said the German prisoners
ran from Is to 65 years in age, and
appeared to be in pretty fair condi-
ton physically, though they COM
planned of improper food in their lines.
Sergeant Douglass was on the Man
churia which landed the first lot of re-
turning soldiers in New York the day
before Christmas, and he says of all
the celebrations that ever took plac ,
in the world, none could equal that
given the boys by the people of New
York. He says all shows, dining ia
bles, and every place were wide open
to them and there was nothing too
good for the men in uniform.
Douglass says all preparations had
been made for the American army in
the Metz section, of which he was a
member, to make one grand drive and
finish the Huns, and this was only pre-
vented by the signing of the armis-
tice at the eleventh hour.
Lack of facilities forces US to stop,
though we could write several columns
of interesting reading from our talk
with Sergeant Douglass. However, We
will give his parting remarks, which,
ir effect, were that it was a great ex-
perience; that he was glad he went
over and damned glad to get back
he had enough.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-17
A. P. BECKETT HERE

A. P. Beckett arrived from Waynes-
vile, N. c., last night on a ten-days
furlough. AS is known, Mr.. Beckett
is engaged in the Y. M. C. A. hospital
work and is highly esteemed. He made
request for discharge from the work,
but the love and esteem with whichohe
is held in the service, and the protest
of those with whom he is associated
finally prevailed on him to reconsider
his request.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-17
LincoIn's Faycrite Hym,,.

John Hay was asked if he could re-
call the favorite hymn of Abraham
Lincoln, and gave his opinion that the
hymn beginning, Father, whate'er of
earthly bliss" was Lincoln's favorife.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-01-17
Culinary camouflaqe.

Our first recollection of the art of
camouflage is the way they used to
put nice brown meringue on top of
the bread pudding, making it look Ike
something good.-Ohio State Journal.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-03
MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL NEWS

Continued from page 81
institution, a new era will be inaugurated
in the development of the Children's
Home. For now he will find full scope
for the exercise Of his hobby-children
AS he says, he now has thirty mine of
them, and they will soon learn what it
means to be under the protection of
man who loves children as Mr.. Weisman
does. His interest in the welfare Of the
little ones dates back many years. Sew
eral years ago when the kindergarten was
being conducted at the Talmud Torah,
Mr.. Weisman gave the use of his ma
chine daily to bring the children to the
school during the cold weather. His gen.
erous contributions to special funds for
milk and clothing will be remembered
by many young benefactors. Mr.. Weis-
man on being interviewed stated that he
will strive to increase the membership
roster to 5000 so that there would be
sufficient funds to carry on this worthy
project. He further stated that the
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Mr.. William Weisman.
home "would be run on purely business
basis" that is by interesting leading men
and women of the Northwest, so that
all homeless children of the Northwest
will be properly cared for. Plans will
also be made, he said, to enlarge the
home, so as to make it one Of the largest
and best equipped institutions of it's kind
in the country. The following officers
and directors who were also elected at
the meeting and who will assist Mr.. Weis-
man in carrying out his plans are: A.
N. Bearman, first vice-president; Samuel
Labovitz, End vice-president; Benz. Lift
schits, treasurer, and secretary, I. Schulz
man. The board of directors, besides the
officers, include Rabbis S. M. Silber, C.
D. Matt, S. N. Deinard, L. Settler, Mrs.
L. Settler, Jacob Braverman, Joe Bas-
sin, J. Sapero, Michael Conner, DR.. Geo.
Cults, DR.. Geo. Gordon, Mrs. A. Farb-
stein, Mrs. J. H. Schanfeld, Mrs. D. X.
Goldblum, Mrs. Alexander Berman, David
Berman and S. Rosen.
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LOCAL YOUNG MEN SUCCESSFUL
IN DRUG BUSINESS.

One of the most progressive and thriv-
ing business firms of the Twin Cities is
the Rosenfeld- Gottlieb Drug Co. This
concern is owned and operated by
Messrs. Samuel L. Rosenfeld and Morris
Gottlieb, who started with one store on
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the LaSalle Drug Store and the two
stores on Sixth Ave. N. The LaSalle
Drug Store, LaSalle Bldg, in the heart
of the downtown district, was recently
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-03
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

Aldrich and Sixth AYES. N. in 1912. BY
means of arduous labor and untiring per-
severance, they have expanded the bust
ness and are now operating three stores,
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rAasSs
g Money
T'alks'

BUT to those who are
spending it all now for a
good time, it will use
harsh and disagreeable
language in later life.
Better be on the safe
side, and get that saw
ings account started.
NOW is a good time.
The deposits you make
before October 10th be-
gin drawing interest
October list.
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
ALUMNI WILL meet
v. .ANDL.ATHLETES

Washington and Lee alumni of the
District are to give Bill Raftery's ur-
beaten football eleven 4 rousing re-
ception when the Lexington squad
arrive 8 tomorrow morning. The
alumni met at the University Club
last night and completed plans. A
cheering section will root for the
Generals against Georgetown Satur-
day at the Hilltop. and Saturday
night the football squad will be
guests of the alumni at Polls The
ater. The Washington and Lee squad
will stay at, the Dewey while here.
w. and E. comes to Washington
this year unbeaten and unsecured
upon. victory over Georgetown
will give the Generals the undis-
puted championship of the South At
lantic section. while the 3-to-O VIC
tory over Georgia Tech gives w. and
l.. high ranking in Southern cir
cles
Coach Exendine is shaving to whip
his Hilltoppers into condition for Sat-
urdy's contest. Bill Dudack's broken
leg will keep him out of the game.
view the contest from the bench.
Alec Anderson will start at center,
though. his wounds showing improve
ment
hot tight is being staged among
the backs for the vacant place at
right half. Jimmy Buckley, Gus
Aalley and Jack Flavin are in the
running, but Coach Exendine's choice
will hardly be made until tomorrow.
Bill Moran is battling for the
chance to replace Dudack at left
guard, and. judging from his work
yesterday, he Is likely to beat out
Dan Ahearn. Tom Lonergan and Metz
Smeach for the honors.
Today and tomorrow long signal
and kicking drills will be given the
Hilltoppers. and then they will be
done preparing for their biggest and
most important gridiron clash Of the
wear
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
A.E F. CHAMPION WILL
TACKLE TURNER TONIGHT

Paul Bragg, Of Minneapolis. cham
pion OF the A. f.. f. in the big tour
nament at Paris, tackles Joe Turner
tonight on the stage at the Lyceum
and the hottest bout of the season is
promised. Bragg made a great repu-
tation for himself overseas, defeating
all comers in his class and finally
anneXing the title.
Turner cares not for all the cham
pions they bring along. and figures
on trimming Bragg just as easily as
ne has all the others for the last
two months. He is In good condition
and promises his friends to make II
two straight
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
ALL PRACTICE IS
ENDED FOR CLASH

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Noy. 20.-The
Harvard football squad bade fare
well to the stadium today. that/is. as
far as practice is concerned. The
undergraduates, headed by their
forty piece band, paraded to the
snowswept field to cheer the team
and practice songs and cheers.
The team will leave tonight for
Manchester-by-the-Sea, where they
will have rooms at the Essex Country
Club. Light practice will be held ON
the golf links of the club.
The Yale squad, thirty-five strong.
reaches town early tonight and i'm
nediately goes out TO the Belmont
Spring Country Club, which will be
headquarters until the battle starts
On Saturday.
There WIN be a signal drill at the
stadium Friday but for the mos, nast
the athletes Will be instructed 70
-oam over the hills near Belmont.
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
WILLARD WOULD
TAKE SOME MORE

NEW YORK, Nov. 2o.-Jess Willard
hasn't enough. He wants to come
back" according to Tex Rickard, who
set the stage for the downfall of the
big Kansan last July. Rickard last
night uncovered for scrutiny a small
pile of letters and kilograms from
Willard and his farmer manager, Ray
Archer. pleading for an early meet.
ing to talk over another bid for the
heavyweight honors.
Willard did not refer TO return
match with Dempsey and an intima-
ton that he would be willing to fight
WINGED Rickard OF his sincerity Fred
Falton is coming back, and If willard
wants another chance he might ar
range a match with him.
81 don't know that / would be will
ing to stage the bout, but ] believe il
would be a CO." Rickard said.
Rickard said the former champion
is in training now. He also partially
verified the report that he would ham
lie the affairs of Joe Beckett, British
champion, If he comes to America
after his fight with Georges Car
pentier early In December.
Rickard announced he was leaving
soon for England to "look over the
1eId" He evaded an answer when
asked il he was going to try TO land
the next worlds championship heavy
weight fight for the International
Sporting Club. Of which he is the
matchmaker.
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
CALLAUDET LISTS
TURKEY DAY GAME

Gallaudet College will have 4
Thanksgiving Day battle and 1t win
be the only contest OF the day here.
The Kendall Greeners were to have
closed their season with the DrexeI
Institute team in Philadelphia on
Saturday. but arrangements have been
completed whereby the Offcerr team.
of Camp Humphreys, will be here for
the Turkey Day battle.
Georgetown will be In the North
playing Boston College. Catholic
University will give the West vfr-
ginia University boys q raxxle dazzle
at Charleston. w. Va. Maryland State
will play it's most important State
contest in taking on Johns Hopkins
at Homewood Field.
Gallaudet. therefore. will be the
only college eleven playing here
Thanksgiving Day. The game win be
played at Kendall Green and 10 ex.
pected to furnish the Gallaudet lads
with plenty Of opposition.
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
CENTER COLLEGE
WILL END SEASON

DANvILLE. KY, Nov. 20.-Center
Colleges ''upstart" eleven will neither
extend nor accept challenges for a
post-season game, 1t was definitely
announced here today by President
Garfield.
Center alumni at yPittsbrugh and
Charleston, w. Va. yesterday vert
reported to have made an attractive
financial proposition to athletic au-
thorities at Washington and Jeffer-
son for a game November 20. Pres!-
dent Garfield said college rules for
bade football games after Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Next Saturday the victorious "Co.-
onels" will face Depauw at Louisville.
The season will close with George
town College at Danyille Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
Following the defeat of Kentucky
State by score of Sc to last SAT-
urday. Center's season scoring stood
at 337 to 16 for all opponents.
The Washington times., 1919-11-20
Jim Thorpe Can Still
Play Football

The greatest football play
er of his day, if not of all time,
was seen Sunday at Canton,
Ohio, in the person of Jim
Thorpe, former Carlisle Indian
whirlwind, performing for his
own Canton Bulldogs against
the Massillon Tigers for the
professional football cham
pionishp of 1919.
Thorpe scored the first touch
down after his 29-yard run had
helped in the march of 65 yards
to the Tigers goal line. Joe
Guyon scored the second touch
down after taking Thorpe's
33-yard forward pass.
Then Thorpe kicked a field
goal from placement on the
Tigers 20-yard line and chalked
up two points on goals from
touchdown.
Outside of these stunts, Thorpe
captained his players on the
field, coached them for their
campaign and acted as business
manager.