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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Mt. St. Mary's Items.

The severe ranstorm of last Saturday
did considerable damage to gardens and
truck patches in this locality. The county
roads were severely washed, several
places small bridges were washed away
and traffic was stopped. When we men,
ton the fact that the bridges were wash
ed away, it seems strange, but by close
observation of some of the nearby county
roads we find that had the side Cutters
and drains been kept open the water
would not have a chance to do much dam
age. .it has been learned that the mat
ter regarding the condition of several
roads in this section will at once be laid
before the proper authorities.
Tonight the Community Club will hold
their first meeting in the School Hall at
st. Anthonv's. This meeting was to
have been held on July 18th but owing
to the Home Coming banquet in Emmits-
burg was postponed. The entertainment
committee, with MIR. George Hemler
chairman. has arranged very effective
musical program for the occasion. Some
of the speakers are county agent T. A.
Hauver. r. w. Hickey and Miss Gilpin.
Since the Community Club has been or
ganized at St Anthony's considerable
interest has been shown, both among
young and older people of the parish.
This however. is no more than should be
for when we come to consider the object
of such an organization. we readily See
the name includes all. Those taking
part in the entertainment for Thursday
hao worked generously for our benefit,
and when we note they advertise a free
entertainment, we feel sure all will show
their appreciation by being on hand
Every month they will strive to enter
tain the community. We hope to see
ST. Anthony's Hall crowded and the
membership grow very large. Just call
in and spend the evening with US.
Mr.. Felix Walters of Highfeld spent
Sunday here.
Messrs Eugene Warthen, George Wag-
ner and Columbus Wetzel of Waynesboro
spent Sunday here.
Miss Emma Miller who had her hand
caught in the mandrel in College laundry
is able to be at work again.
Miss Margaret Adams of Emmitsburg
spent Sunday at the home of her parents.
q Mr.. Thomas Martin of Baltimore who
has been visiting in this locality has re-
turned home.
Huckleberries are very plentiful but
the price is very high.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Race Rioting At Washington.
Capital Police Unable To Quell Disorder;
Meade Soldiers Patrol Streets.

Race rlotng between white and od
ngon d. Co. has been going Saturday night
the outbreak said be due negroes insults to white women
on the streets.
Last Monday night the
~ death five persons and the woundng of negroes
IN automobiles drove through the and fired
Further disorder occurred Tuesday,
wounded
Troops from Camp Quantco the CITY
and small tanks.
loads OF revovers brought Washington help bring about quiet
Five OF criminal assault
" the capa within less than 30 days the bottom
oung which
presence OF strong force United troops
wholly
These assaults committed sections of the Dis
ct ana all OF them under peculiarly brutal Moreover
District police have been totally unable situation Not
OF the assallants has been captured
For time the remained patient as the nolce
the pursuit OF the criminals but
% was c0nltd just over the district line in Montgomery county,
affected
beyond the line organized mob firmly upon
the ynehins OF the negro if arrested. " -
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Will ReclOthe All Poland.

Every man, woman and child in
Poland has been ordered to have
hair cut and bath, according to word
received by the American Red Cross
at Washington. The Red Cross is
helping the Polish Government carry
on a campaign against typhus, 1OO,-
900 cases having been registered al
ready. The proclamation explains
that typhus is carried by vermin and
health authorities are agreed that the
only way to stamp it out is to re-
clothe more than 5000, 900 people
after they have had the necessary
bath and hair cut.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24

ANOTHER OF WAk'S RESULTS
Direct Connection Traced Between
Great Conflict and the Annoying
Scarcity Of Laundresses.

This is from Alexandria, our neigh
boring city down the Potomac.
Housekeepers there are having quite
q time getting "help," especially some
one to do the family wash. The ne
cessity for clean clothes Is one which
devolves upon civilized beings Wars
may come and wars may 60, but the
washtub and washboard 60 on forever.
But 1t has been hard to get laun-
dress in Alexandria. Wartime condi-
tions have enabled many who earned
their living at the tub to turn to less
arduous pursuits, with the result that
there is scarcity of wash ladies'"
The condition is one paralleled in
many other cities.
Aunt Lucy" said one Alexandrian
woman, addressing a colored woman
whom she had known for many years,
don't you know some one who can
do my washing|
she said.
The woman made a last attempt.
won't you do it for me, Aunt
Lucy?" she asked. with winning
smile.
"'Deed, chile" said Aunt Lucy, Il
don't have to do no washing no more"
"Why?" asked the woman.
"Well, honey, hit is jes like this"
explained Aunt Lucy with nice dis
tinction: "De Civil war made us free.
And dis here wOrl' war has made US
independent. ."-Washington Star.
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EAGER TO SEE ELEPHANT
First One That Was Brought to the
United States Aroused the Vt.
most Curiosity.

Nowadays, when summer in the
United States would hardly seem itself
without the coming Of circus, 1t Is
difficult to realize the excitement
aroused by the first exhibition Of an
elephant. A now-fOrgotten Snowman,
Hackaliah Bailey, Is said to have i'm
ported the first elephant nearly a hun
dred years ago, and the animal was
whole show in himself. The circus
tent had not yet come into being, and
the elephant was shown in barns in
the Eastern states that then held the
bulk Of the population. To prevent the
public from seeing the show without
charge, the elephant Travelled from
place to place in the night; but even
so, the public refused to be wholly cir
cumvented, and small companies gath
cred with bonfires ready to light when
the strange creature came numbering
past on his way to the next town.
Sometimes, however, the management
defeated this intention by sending
along the road horse built up to look
like an elephant In the dark, and when
the bonfire had been lighted and had
burned out, the real elephant followed
Christian Monitor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
The Way to the Pole.

Service with the American air
forces in France adds weight to the
opinion of Donald B. Macmillan, Arc
tic explorer and leader of the Crocker
land expedition, that the airplane Is
not adapted for dash to the pole,
and that the cost of such a trip by
dirigible would be proEibitive. In his
own future explorations, Mr.. MacMil-
Ian says, he expects to depend on the
"ever-faithful dogs for conveyance.
The airplane Is, In his Judgment, i'm.
practicable for several reasCns, one of
which Is, he says, sufficient to dis,
count the idea of successful Arctic
exploration by hardy airmen. The
frozen north offers no smooth fields
of Ice on which the explorer could
make landing. A dirlgible might
start from properly equipped hangar
In Labrador and hope to return, but
the total cost of the expedition would
probably be about $1,OO0,OU0.
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In Apple Blossom Time.

A wedding attended was held in an
orchard in apple blossom time. One OF
the women wore a red shirtwaist. In
the midst of the service bull In a
pasture in the next field rushed in at
the red shirtwaisted woman, who
climbed q tree before the bull arrived.
The rest of the party and myself did
likewise. The brides veil fell off,
which embarrassed her exceedingly.
The shirtwaist was thrown over the
fence and the bull subdued, and the
wedding continued In peace. The
woman hastened home after new
shirtwaist, wearing her husbands
frock cOat.-Exchange.
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PopConcert.

The recently organized Thurmont Or
chestra which is under the direction of
Rev. Chas. D. Shaffer, will give "Pop
Concert" in the Town Hall in the near
future. They will be assisted by vocal
talent and small admission fee to defray
expenses will be charged. Announce
ment of date, etc., will appear in next
issue of the Clarion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24

with drawn guns the two men enter
ed the door, one after the other, and ap-
p p'oached the grill. Cashier Devllbiss
stood facing a disk with the days cash
laid out before him in neat piles, check
ing up in preparation for the close of the
days business. w. Nelson Staaffer, as
sistant cashier, was nearby working on
books, while Miss Elizabeth Nicodemus,
clerk, was at desk further back from
the front ofathe banking room proper.
cashier Devilbiss became aware of
the presence of the two men immediate
" they entered the door, They approach
ed him with drawn revoivers. One man,
with dark cloth drawn up over his chin
and nose, covered the assistant cashier,
while the other walked to the grill work,
stuck the muzzle of gun through the
grill and said to cashier Devilbiss:
Il want that money" pointing to the
piles of bills and silver. and l want it
quick "
"As he spoke he reached up and drop
ped small travelling bag over the grill
on to the desk. Cashier Devibiss made
q motion as if to close the cash drawer
and the unmasked robber said:
"Stop that! Don't stoop! Get that
money quickv'
1.-The cashier dumped $3,2l7 in notes,
fives, tens, twenties and fifties, and a
small amount of silver into the satchel.
He walked to the grill and handed the
bag over to the waiting man.
In the meantime the masked robber
had joined the assistant cashier at the
entrance irfSo the banking room. This
man took no active part in the cnnversa-
tion, merely covering the assistant CASH
ier.
In the excitement of the robbery Miss
Nicodemus the clerk. was forgotten.
But this girl, described as about 22 years
with auburn hair, dark eyes, took in the
whole scene with glance. Without at
tracing attention she walked from the
room into the directors room.
and from there to the basement. She
was obsessed with the idea of giving the
alarm and she crawled over a coal pile,
and out window to the street She ran
into the store of E. C. Wachter. The
store was deserted with the exception of
a l2-year-old girl, clerk. AS Miss Mic
odemus entered the store she saw the
two robbers leave the bank, get into a
Ford machine and head toward Mt. Pleas
ant.
The entire robbery was over in less
time than it takes to read the description.
The vault doors stood open and within
view of the two robbers. Had they in
sisted they could have made haul of
SlO,O in cash, including the S3,2l7 OBJ
tanned. But they didn't.
Immediately after the Disappearance
Of the machine the alarm was spread.
The bank officials notified the sheriff and
adjoining sections, calling upon the resi-
dents to be on the look out for machine
The number of which the cashier thought
was III, ,745, which afterwards proved to
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
418 In Summer School.

Final figures announced Tuesday
by DR.. Edward F. Buchner, head Of
Johns Hopkins University Summer
Schools, show an enrolment of Ais
students. They represent Is States,
District of Columbia, Costa Rica, ia
pan and the Philippine Islands.
Twenty counties of Maryland have
students in attendance.
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be correct.
Six hours after bank was robbed, Nor
man Ogle, of near Frederick, about "a
years of age. and man giving his name
as Weinhart, of Baltimore, "a years of
age, were arrested at New London, Md. !,
charged with the holdup Ggle confess
ed and led the officers to Boyer's Mill,
midway between Mt. Pleasant and New
Market, where the money had been hid
den in clump of bushes during the af-
ternoon.
''The capture of Ogle and Weinhart
was unique. Hugh F. Willis and Harry
Lebherz. who had joined the searchers,
happened in the country store of DOC"
Noah Barnes, at New London at 9. 80 p
m. When they entered the store they
saw the men sitting there drinking pop.
Willis recognized Ogle ard spoke to him.
'Ogle explained that~he and his pal
had been helping in the search for the
Walkersvlle bank robbers, and asked
the two men for ride to Frederick. Re-
ceiving permission, they climbed into the
UdCh VI tHe Wills HldfnlI1G.
''At that moment, Charles W. Smith,
a motorcycle officer attached to the office
of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles E. Il.
Baughman. ran into the store painting.
He had come in off a five mile tramp ov-
er the Linganore Hills. where he had
gotten wind that two men answering the
description of the holdup men had "gone
that way" meaning toward New London.
Then the officer saw Ogle and Wenhart,
and, walking up to them, he said:
"Ogle, where did.you come from?"
Il came up on the bus from Baltimore
this morning, and we, including Vein
hart. heard of this robbery, and walked
down the Gashouse road. We thought
we might meet the robbers E"
That's poor story" said Officer
Smith, you'll have to wait here until
the sheriff comes.''
Then Officer Smith proceeded to go
through the pockets of the two men.
On Ogle he found ninety dollars. on
Weinhart, fifty-three dollars in bills and
sixty cents in silver.
Half an hour later States Attorney
Aaron r. Anders and w. Nelson Stauffer
assistant cashier of the bank reached
New London.
That's the man," said the assistant
cashier, pointing to Weinhart.
You're har," snapped Weinhart.
You're the man." continued the bank
officer, where's the coin? What did you
do with that money!"
Both denied the accusation. The bank
officer was unable to identify Ogle as he
wore mask during the holdup.
On the strength of the bank officials
positive Identification, the officers started
to bring Ogle and Weinhart to the Fred
erick Jail. Later Ogle confessed Vein
hart, however. declined to confess
Ogle was brought to Frederick in the
car which he and. Weinhart stole in Balti-
more Monday morning as he later con-
fessed.
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SlaSheS Arms With Razor.

Mrs. Kate Burrier of Walkersville
this county, was found along the
railroad track a short distance from
Walkersville station last Monday
suffering from severe cuts on both
arms near the elbow. 1t is said the
cuts were self inflicted during a mel
ancholy state of mind. Mrs. Bur-
rier is 80 years old.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Personal.

On his return from trip to Washing
ton with his mother, Mrs. Effie Creeger,
and sister, Margaret, Corp. Edwin c.
Creeger stopped in Baltimore for his
cousin, Miss Mildred M. Williar and the
Misses Ethel Miller and Marion Fardwell
and brought them to Thurmont where
they spent the week end. On Sunday,
his sister, Mrs. Lottie Gall, gave home
coming dinner in honor of her brother
Edwin who recently returned from year
and half service overseas.
Miss Helen and Gertrude Creager are
visiting relatives in York, Wrightsville,
and Reading, Pa.
Mr.. Jeremiah Flohr of Sykesville, Wis
tied relatives here the past week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
RepIantins Forests.

In England and in Scotland, before
the war, were many hunting ranges
and sporting grounds. During the war,
however, these were cut down to sup
ply munition factories at home and
armies abroad. Never before, 1t Is
said, have these countries been so bare
of timber as they are at present. But
now they are preparing to replant
their forests. The old ones were first
of all ornamental but incidentally they
proved useful. These which they are
planting now are to be first of all use
full and also, of course, ornamental.
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Make The Tour.

Next Tuesday night July 18th begin
ming at 7.3O automobiles will leave st.
Johns Lutheran Church and make the
interesting Tour of the World. At each
country you will meet the natives and
be furnished with music, and will enjoy
the beautiful scenery, besides being
served with delicious refreshments at
each place.
Tickets only 25 cents each.
Don't miss it friends!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Remorse.

$50 you were In German prison
camp"
"Yes."
"How was the food thereT
"Don't ask me to answer ques-
ton like that, but I'll say this much:
If ever run across the old lady
used to board with"-overcome by
the recollection of the mean remarks
he used to make about those Sunday
night suppers of cold ham and grlts'
the returned doughboy applied hand
kerchief to his eyes and hastily walk
ed away.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
House Passes Dry Bill.

BY vote of 2S7 to 100, the Dry
Bill was passed by the House Tues
day of this week. The bill now goes
to the Senate and it is thought will
pats in that body with but few alter
ations.
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Now THEY'RE Married.

San Francisco-I have loved your
dear eyes" ran a letter John Metz
ner 1icta ted to his stenOgrapher, Miss
Rivers. who's 1t going to2" she asked.
Address it to yourself! said John.
Now they are married.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24

st. Johns Lutheran Church-Rev. w.
G. Waltemyer. Pastor.
$50 a. m Sunday School.
10 80 a. m.--Divine Worship.
z. 80 p. m. Divine Worship.
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Property For Sale.

Wishing to dispose of the home prop
erty of the late VIM. Damuth situated
near Thurmont, same is offered at private
sale until further notice. Property is
improved with a good dwelling house,
stable and all outbuildings. There is
variety of fine fruit and we'll of ex-
cellent water on the premises. There
are between two and three acres of land
all in first class condition.
For further information inquire of
GEO. J. DAMUTH
iune 26 If Thurmont, Md.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Wa|kersvi||e Savings Bank Robbed.
Cashier Devilbiss Ordered To Put All
Money In Satchel Quickly.
Men Get Away In Stolen Ford. Caught
After Six Hours Hunt.

On Monday afternoon the Wakesvle located IN Walk
ersvle this and about miles from Frederick City, entered
by two hodup and the cashier Mr. Edwin Devb with pistol
than feet from his face ordered throw all
satche quickly possible Mr. Dvbss complied and the ntrud
left hurriedly.
The the hodup by the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Gering. Neb. July IA, 1919

The Catoctin Clarion,
Thurmont, Md.
Gentlemen Enclosed find one dol
lar to renew my paper.
We are all O. X. out here in the
wild and woolly west as they call it..
The crops are good and we are both
enjoying good health. Well, our
President has got home again. We
need him here now.
G. B. Croft.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20
REFUGEES IN NEED OF
ALL KINDS OF GARMENTS

Every kind Of garment, for all
asee and both sexes, is urgently
needed. In addition, piece goods,
light, warm canton flannel and
other kinds Of cloth from which to
make garments for newborn babies,
ticking, sheeting, and blankets,
wooden goods Of any kind-and
shoes of every size are asked for.
Scrap leather is needed for repair.
ing footwear.
Since the clothes will be subject
ed to the hardest kind of wear, only
garments of strong and durable ma
teriaIs should be sent It is useless
to offer to any afflicted population
garments Of fIinsy material. Make
the gifts practical.
Garments need not be in perfect
condition. Many thousand desti'
tute women IN the occupied regions
are eager to earn a small livelihood
by repairing gift clothing and max
ing new garments adapted to needs
with which they are familiar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20

which important and desperate strug
giles ragged for four years, 300 families
including 1900 persons, were aidet
with distributions Of clothing IN few.
weeks.
In Voges, a badly destroyed villaE
few miles from Laon, thirty ref
gees returned directly after the armi.
tice, just about the time winter set III
A few bags, three wheelbarrows, tw
baby carriages and quantity Of sug@
beets was the sum total of their pc
sessions. They sat about fires, whic
were fed by the wrecked furniture al
timbers of their homes eating til
beets. They were unable to ventur
far from the glow of the fires becaus
OF a lack of proper clothing. This tt
Red Cross felt that it must supp
whether or not the need came With
its province.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20

That the principal sufferers from
lack Of clothing among the refugee
population are the women and chill
dren. is shown from the report Of one
Red Cross clothing dispensary in
Paris, covering the months of Septem
Der, October, November and Decem-
Der last. 1t aided 7.76S refugees, dis.
tributing among them 4o,S17 garments.
OF the number aided CLIP were wo.
men and chilGeen and 1,775 were men.
Up to September / of last year the
Red Cross had distributed nearly half
million articles OF clothing to refu'
gees in the Paris district alone.
An illustration of the increasing de-
mand for clothing among the refugees
Of France can be seen in report on
the western district Of the country. In
September the number aided was ID
"a. in October it increased to 1888,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20

to 20,241. In the months OF Septem-
her, October, November and Deem
Ter, last, the Red Cross had distribute
ed clothing to 373,019 refugees outside
Of the Paris district.
Some idea Of the enormous need
for clothing among the refugees
of the devastated and liberated
regions of France and Belgium
can be obtained from a Red Cross
report which shows that up to last
fall it had distributed 100000 ar
ticIes of clothing and 100000 pairs
Of shoes. In addition it gave II
100000 yards Of cloth.
And the Red Cross heads admit that
it has been impossible to supply any
where near the complete needs Of
these stricken people in the matter of
clothing and shoes. Funds and faciii
ties are inadequate for the purchasing
and making of new clothing. In the
donation of old clothing that can be
salvaged they see the only way in
which the serious problem of these
unfortunate Allies can be solved.
Men wear burlap sacks for shirt
and children flour sacks for pants in
the Marine district of France. In one
month $50 people in one town in the
Aisne district. which adjoins the
Marine applied for clothing to the Red
Cross station. In Laon, city about
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20

Food and clothes! Just the bare
necessities for keeping the flame of
life burning in the human body.
That is the appeal more than one
million people in Northern France
ard Belgium are making to the
more fortunate people of their Al
lies.
Men, women and children Of all
ages raise their vo'ceG in the cry.
Most Of them s'e refugees-the
people who were unfortunate
enough to have settled in the re-
qions of Europe which were over
run by the invading army of the
Germans. They were no more to
blame for their misfortunes than
the comfortable citizens of Kansas
or Pennsylvania. Yet they have
SUITE ed untold rniseries in this
world upheaVaI.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-20

When they were driven from their
homes before the onLcming German
hordes they took with them only
the clothes they had on their backs.
In returning to their homes many
wear these same clothes, worn by
months and even years Of weary
wandering. But even the best Of
clothes with the best Of care do not
last forever.
What's to be done?
The people of America, Iahorers,
mechanics, professional men, all,
have good answer. Suits, coats,
shirts, underwear, socks, shoes that
the individual has decided to dis
card, will give much better service
on the shiverinc and exposed backs
Of the unfortunate million Of Eu-
rope than as dust cloths or In the
family ragbag.