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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-09-11

leading causes, together with the per.
centage which each cause contrlDuteo
to the total.
Rate per
100000 Pct. Of
causa No. pop'rn.total.
An causa. ..1.O6S,932 1.41S4 1000
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-09-11

Decorations are getting to be an
every day occurrence in Washington
these days. This photo shows Secre-
tary of Navy Daniels pinning the dis
tingrished service medal ON Maj. Geo.
X. Shuler of the marine corps, for
mer Washington newSpaperman. MAJ
jOr Shuler also won the French cross
of war ANA legion of honor.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Burlesque Star Saves
So She Can Buy Home

I'm burlesque particularly the
temptations for extravaganza are
great among the women members or
the show" says Miss Florence Ben
nett. leading woman of the Social
Maids" now appearing at the Cay
ETY.. Theater.
While many fall for the desire
to squander their earnings on each
payday. there are others upon whom
great responsibilities rest and who
zealously safeguard the happiness
of those back home" by saving sys-
tematically.
Saving. Miss Bennett remarked, is
indeed the true test OF ones deter
mination in the show business.
LAS for me, my mind is centereo
upon a home however humble, and
every woman should cultivate the
habit of thrift with this aim in
view" she said.
You have no idea how quickly
the stray dimes. quarters and halves
add to the savings bank balance
and make for happiness toward
home ownership. That's my hobby
to have a home and I'm going to
own one some where"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Irene Castle Denies
Marrying in Secrecy

Ithaca. y. Y. Aug. %O-Capt. Rob
ert E. fireman, Jr., and Mrs. Irene
Castle-Treman tonight angrily denied
the published report that they were
secretly married at PiCkens. S. c.,
May q, 1915, three months after the
death Of Mrs. Treman's first husband,
Capt Vernon Castle, and a year be-
fore their public marriage at the
Church of the Transfiguration in New
York.
We are divinely happy, yet some
one has malicioUsly set about 10 hurt
US by giving such a false statement
to the papers" said Mrs. Castle I'm a
statement given out tonight through
her husband. However, Mr.. fireman
and myself are far beyond being af-
fected by such malicious lies and We
feel that our friends will not believe
reports OF this character"
Capt. fireman said:
The night after we were mar
ried a letter OF villainous content
was sent us.
AS to the story published in
New York. it is at the least case
OF mistaken identity. 1t is related
that we were married at PlCkens
Dy lDe rev. r RANK n. a uliaA'
looks like wilful misrepresentation
OF facts.
Il have never been in Pickens' ;.
c., and do not even know where It
is. was stationed at Camp Sc
vier, near GreeuVille, s. c. But l
was transferred TO Fort Wayne
Mich, a short time before this al
legged ceremony took place. As 10
Mrs. fireman. she never has been IN
South Carolina The whole thing Is
the mcst malicious piece OF mlsrep-
resentation / have ever heard OF.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
HARDY

Thomas Hardy. probably the most
searching and profound novelist OF
sur own time. was born June 2,
tS4O, IN Dorsetshire, England. In
Bis youth he read much and cher
Fhed the dream OF becoming a poet.
But he studied and practiced archi-
Escture as assistant to a London
architect. winning a prize for de-
Ugn- The fine proportion and so
ndity Of structure in his novels
we're probably somewhat due to his
architectural training.
sracticed writing poetry, but when
ee was 81 he turned definitely to
Nction- His first story was ac-
fepted two years later, but upon
De advice Of George Meredith he
fscided not to publish 1t. His first
geared in 1871.
During the next twenty-five
ssars he published fourteen novels
ka1d two volumes Of short stores.
Under the Greenwood Tree"
S pp2 a6i nd delicate PSyS5 PeFFsetSh dP 5P
ert" In this and his next novel.
IA Pair of Blue Eyes" (1s73), be-
gins to show itself that strain OF
deep irony which is so potent
throughout Hardy's writings.
Far from the Madding Crowd"
cess. In II IS revealed Hardy's su-
perb power Of depicting nature as
symbolic background for his char
scters, an organic part Of the ac-
ttOn OF his story. This was the
earliest Of what he called his nov
els OF character and environment.
Native" Tess of the D'UrberviIIes. q
scure." Not until ne was 5S years
published and he was 81 when tn
poem, The Dynasts," startled the
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
ENGLAND OPPOSES
LARGER u. S. ARMY

London. Aug. %. - The undercurrent
OF cynical discussion over Americas
plans TO increase her peace-time army
AND institute compulsory service has
been brought to a head in England by
Lloyd Georges warning that If those
who promoted the league OF nstlons
increase their armaments then the
league will be a sham"
Opponents OF the league declare the
plans OF the United States to increase
her army may wreck the league and
shatter European confidence in Amer
ica's sincerity, while the league sup
porters insist America is as much en-
titled TO maintain a sufficient army as
Britain is to advance her naval power.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
FEMALE MOSQUITO
GIVEN ENTIRE BLAME

Trenton. n. J.. Aug. co-Agsin the
female Of the species apparently has
been proved more deadly than the
male. Bites that cause malaria among
humans are inflicted BY female mos
quitoes, not by males. according 70 the
New Jersey State Department of Con-
seryation.
In war on this pest the authorities
are trying to raise s75O.oo0. asking
for IS cents each from residents in
the infested district
Specimens recently obtained show
that more than 20 per cent OF the Iu-
sects are bred on the Saono acres NJ
marshIand near the ocean and about
the rivers
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
PURCHASES ARE MADE
DIRECT FROM FARMER

A farmers market" was tried at
the Tyler Public School Building.
Eleventh and C streets southeast
yesterday by the community center
committee. of which Mrs. NJ. w.
Davis Is secretary.
Scores of residents brought their
market baskets and bought produce
from a farmer who came to town
with a load of vegetables. The plan
met with such great success that
the committee will hold this affair
every Wednesday evening.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
PRICE ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZES TONIGHT

A fair price mass meeting will be
held today at Business High School
to organize a fair price association
under the direction OF Clarence R.
Wilson, former Food Administrator
of the District and now chairman Of
the fair price committee. composed
Of Washington consumers and food
dealers.
The purpose of this committee is
to suggest a fair profits list The
first fair price list will probably be
made public this week.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21

to death a flock OF sheep. These were
but the inevitable tragedies Of life
and yet the one had suddenly made
Bathsheba an heiress; the other had
driven Gabriel out upon the high
ways to seek work. Chance or fate
had kindled a fire, Gabriel had
saved the wheat. and the two
lives that had been flung so far
apart were brought near again.
The pain of seeing another win her
whom he loved would be intense. but
Gabriel preferred even this to life
where he could not see her. He knew
that this must happen. Bathsheoa
was young, beautiful, wealthy. but
rarer than these was her high spirit.
She was the stuff of which great
mems mothers are made. She was
indispensable to high generation.
hated at tea parties. feared in shops
and loved at crises" This spirit,
however. was to flame more brightly
later, after her impetuosity had plung-
ed her into the crises that were TO
prove her worth.
In all Weatherbury. one man alone
was needless to her charm. This was
William Boldwood. the nearest ap-
proach to aristoCraCy that this remoter
quarter OF the parish could Oodsl Ol'
She resented being ignored and, in
moment of thoughtlessness. sent him
valentine that famed into flame
passions that Boldwood had hidden
from the world.
At the shearing supper held in the
great barn, Gabriel could see that
Boldwood's suit was prospering. lie
was madly in love. she no longer dis
ged him. Neither Bathsheba nor
Boldwood were thinking then of a
song she had sung earlier that even
ing. when the shearers reclined
against each other as at suppers in
the early ages of the world" Yet
afterwards how often were they TO
recall with a shudder the words that
Bathsheba had so lightly sung:
For his bride a soldier sought her.
And a winning tongue had he;
On the banks of Allan Water
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Far From the Madding Crowd
By THOMAS HARDY
CONDENSATION by Alfred S. Clark

Before Bathsheba came to Wealth
erbury as mistress OF the manor
house. time seemed to have forgot
ten the village. The smoCk-clad
shepherds in the thatch-roofed cot
tages might have been. as far as ap-
pearances went. their own ancestors
Of four centuries before. Little hap
penings seemed tremendous. The
pulling down OF a hOvel was a stir
ring event: the transformation of a
well into a pump shook Weather
bury like \ revolution.
The stir Of the great world with
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
N Thats.-

sash Of black grosgrain ribbon. That
is my best. dress-up hat. | love my
dear little Scotch cap of black velvet,
with its ribbon band and bow of dark
plaid silk ribbon. It's so nice ana
comfortable to wear to school.
My party hat is the one below. at
the left-the pretty. pussy-lIke white
beaver. with white ribbon sash.
only wear it with my black velvet
coat when I'm very much dressed up.
For regular school wear mother
made me this small black velour hat,
that fits snugly on my head and has
such a pretty dark green ribbon
rosette and fiat bow.
All my hats are the good. substan-
tial kind that stand hard wear all
winter-and mother won't let me have
one that's fussy. She says they are
bad taste for little girls.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21

was to be imprisoned for life. was
Bathsheba able to walk as far as
the village street. Fate had been
hard to her. or three men who had
loved her. one had been killed by
another who would never stride in
the daylight AGAIN. And now word
had come to hCr that Gabriel-hon-
est. sturdy Gabriel-whOm she had
found the ono man in the world
who did not fail her in her need. was
leaving her. she sought him in his
humble COttag" and he confessed
that he was going because people
were coupling his name with hers.
Such thing as that is too alb
surd-too soon-to think Of by
far" she cried. When he agreed
with her that it was too absurd"
she insisted that she had not said
that, but too soon" Even then
minutes clicked away before Ca
briel could realize that what he
had 50 long sought was TO be his.
Their lives, in calm and storm.
had been so close that. after the
wedding, the rustiCs marvelled at
his easy wGy OF speaking OF my
wife" They agreed that he did
not say the words as Chillingly as
might a man who had been mar
ricd twenty years, but that that i'm
provcment would come later. Cd
briel laughed aloud at that and
Bathsheba smiled. for Bathsheba
did not now laugh so readily as
had been her wont when first she
came among the simple folk of
rhaDgelpSs WearhprbuTy
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The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
PHILIP LOVER WINS
RING RIDING MATCH

The thirty-ffth annual ring riding
tournament at Marshall Hall. held last
night. developed into an Interstate
contest. Virginia giving Maryland a
close push for first hpnors.
There were twenty-five entries, in
GLIDING every prominent rider in the
two States and Washington City. The
winner. Philip Lover. knight Of Prince
Georges. was compelled to r-de the
course seven times and ring twenty
one rings to defeat H. D. Hurst, the
former champion. w. l. Harron. OF
Washington. won third prize, and Lee
Love fourth prize.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21

Their heads would have wagged
even more had they known that Ga
briel Oak, only a few weeks before.
had been his own master. and had
vainly urged Bathsheba, then a pen
niless maiden, to mary him. Things
that had seemed commonplace
enough had abruptly reversed their
places in the world. A man had died
in Weatherbury; a dog had driven
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Fruit Seller Is Indicted.

Cleveland, Aug. 20.-A secret in
dictment was returned here today
against George w. McWilliams,
manager of the Cleveland branch of
the California Fruit Growers Asso-
citation Exchange, by the special
grand jury investigating foou
prices. Violation of the State anti
trust act is charged.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Kiwanis Club Plans
Outing for Week End

The weekly Wednesday luncheon N
the Kiwanis Club was held on The
Washington Hotel roof garden ,esjer-
day afternoon. 4 weekend trip 10
Old Point Comfort was planned f0r
the Saturday following Labor DAY. An
entertainment committee was s~porU.-
ed as follows. 7. F>Urmas, Il PhlTE.
7. Kelliher. L. .. Rogers. r. FuIko.-
son. r. Long. W Shesrer. D.p.. p.
Adams, r Neuhausen and J. a.
O'Rourke
In addition to the fifty member
the following guests We" present.
Capt. Robinson. n. c. Patterson. J.. T..
HummeIl. V. +. Bourne, ". G Dun
lop. Q. J. SharIer. II. ". EltChirs p.
Waterbury, Z. b Taylor. J. ". Hum
phrey. =. F. Larman and II. L Bell
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Would Have Best
Botanical Garden Here

Senator James D. Phelan yesterday
introduced a resolution directing the
District Commissioners to consider
and report to the Senate plans for the
location and development OF new
botanical garden. The expenses or
such an investigation, the resolution
states. should not exceed 500. and
Oe paid from the contingent fund OF
the Senate. 1t was referred TO the
District Committee.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
NEWEST FALL FASHIONS IN HATS FOR SEPTEMBER sc

We talked on and on. forgetting
the hour, remembering nothing but
that we had won our way to freedom.
At last we could appreciate posses
sion Of mutual independence, q thing
we never had known before. / knew
this time that ! had won q thing that
would not be lost TO me again.
could depend upon the new Crtttenden
who bravely made his promise and
would bravely keep them. who ac-
knowledged his errors and put them
behind him.
held his dear. tousled, blood
stained head in my lap and tousled
his hair more as we talked. That
once we did not care for appearances.
We had come into our own. our In
heritance OF happiness.
My love for Crittenden then ana
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Veteran, In War Risk Organize.

Former service men in the war
Risk Insurance Bureau are COM
pleting arrangements to organize a
rbanter of the American Legion.
election of officers will be held to-
morrow evening at the Carroll In
stitute elS Tenth street northwest.
Nearly 900 veterans of the great
war now are employed in the bu-
reau
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN AND WOMEN
MILLIONS QUICKLY
BUY ARMY SUPPLIES

Thirty-three thousand postmas-
ters yesterday were tabulating and
forwarding TO the War Department
orders for more than S5O,O00.OO0
worth of food, Assistant Postmaster
General Blakeslee estimated.
This is the result OF the sale Mon
day and Tuesday OF army surplus
food by parcels post
Delivery OF the food already has
begun in many sections OF the coun-
try
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Governors Will Help
Federal War on Prices

Salt Lake, Utah. Aug. 2o.-A sec
ond conference OF governors Of
States may result from the de-
termination Of the governors in ses-
sion here to investigate thoroughly
the cost Of living.
The resolution adopted unan-
imously called for a conference OF
committee OF seven governors with
President Wilson and a second con-
ference Of governors, II the commit
tees believe one necessary.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
TANNING MY HUSBAND
BY KATHLEEN FOX
(copyrieht 1873 The Mcclure Newspaper sypdicstel

there became a mightier thing. grew
into q passion that was all compelling
that enveloped all. that gave all Ano
this were a thing worth all Il hao
cost and more, for Il remained tns
while everything else was oblitersted
Vaguely In our consciousness sound
ed chimes. Then we realized II wal
the clock In the hallway downstairs,
1t struck. We counted the strokes
FIVE! The night had passed.
''Bess," he said. you asked me e
question last night You wanted &c
know what / thought OF Betty Lang
ley. I think she is a wonderful,
wonderful girl. But you. Bess." he
whispered, earnestly, are the moSi
wonderful girl in ali the world"
He had more than answered my
question.
CCOntinued Tomorrov)
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Farmer Finds 5000 Pearl.

Vincennes. Ind, Aug. %.-While dig
Cing nusseIs in the Wabash River
Monday. Martin Straw, a farmer,
found a pearl which he sold 20 a
Mount Carmel Ull0 jeweler for FH0
Mr.. Straw had only dug one pound o..
shells when he started cooking them
and made the find
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
By MADGE EVANS.
Child Film Star.

When mother decided to let me act
in the movies she made my managers
promise they would never make me
wear stage clothes"
Mother wants me to be little girl
and to grow up like any other little
girl and thinks it would be silly to
be stuck up because l act in the
movies. Besides. if l play little girl
parts I must wear real little girl
clothes to fit into the picture.
So mother makes and designs most
of my clothes herself-even my hats.
Here are my new fall hats. Mother
designed them all
At the top is my big, black. silk
velour sailor, with its band and long
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21

tTagedy-these came. TO Weather
bury with Bathsheba. There was a
new arrival to be discussed. a great
boned. ruddy-faced shepherd. Ca
bricl Oak. who beat out a fire that
menaced the wheatricks and who re-
mained to work for Bathsheba Fan
ny Robin, a servant. disappeared,
lured by 4 soldiers red coat. These
were things to agitate the heads Of
the rUstiCs who gathered at nightfall
i'm ''" ID malthOuse to drink and
to moralise.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
N. Y. Buys Army Apples.

New York, Aug. 20.-The sale Of
army apples started here today.
The apples. Western winesaps, were
sold at two for 5 cents or 1915 a
case. Six army trucks loaded with
the fruit visited various parts Of
the city and were quickly emptied.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Man. I'll. Seeks Sister Here.

Philadelphia police have asked
Washington police detectives to To-
cate Mrs. Margaret Neville, Of this
city, and notify her that her brother,
John Watson, is seriously i'll at the
Roosevelt Hospital, Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21
Pershins Starts Home Sept. /.

General Pershing will sail for the
United States, September /, on the
transport Mount Vernon, he cabled
the War Department yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-21

lblished and he was 81 when tht
,em, The Dynasts," startled the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-31
Death of Mrs. Besser.

Eliza Ellen Besser. wife Of Wilmer
Besser. aged IS years and - days. died
at the family residence. Alb Summer
street. Saturday evening at s o'clock.
Sire was stricken on December II
with paralysis and passed away peace
fully after much suffering, which she
had endured patiently for a period OF
three months.
She was born in Tuscarawas county.
Ohio. March II. 1914. While a child,
her parents moved to Wells county.
Indiana Many stories has this grand
mother OF eight children told Of log
houses and OF their move from one
state to another in & covered wagon.
Her husband and children moved 70
this city where she has since resided.
making many friends through her
kind and loving disposition.
She leaves TO mourn her loss four
children; Mrs. Anna Hill or Caco Ill.
Mrs. Cora Hendricks. who. with her
four children. has made her home with
her mother for the past four years.
Mrs oscar Besser OF Sheffield avenue
and Mr. Monroe Besser Of So. Bend.
Indiana
The funeral services viii be held
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock from
stewards chapel and the body. which
her spirit has VACATED. viii be laid to
rest in the family lot at oak Hill GEM
etcrv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-31
FOUR CITIES TO
HAVE "EXAMS"
Gary, Hammond, Crown PIT.
and Lowell Want Rural
Mail Carriers.

The United States civil service com
mission has announced an examination
for the county OF Lake. Indiana, to be
held at Gary, Crown Point and Ham
mond on April 26. 1919, to fiji the po-
sition of rural carrier at Lowell and
vacancies that may later occur on rural
routes from other post offices in the
aforementioned county. The examina-
ton viii be open only TO male citizens
who arc actually domiciled in the ter
ritory of post office in the county and
who meet the other requirements set
forth in Form No. 1877. This form and
application blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above or
from the United States civil service
commission at Washington. D. c. APP
plications should be forwarded 10 the
commission at Washington. D. c. APP
plications should be forwarded to the
commission at Washington at the earli-
est practicable date.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-31
WILL PERMIT
USE OF DANTZIG
rINrERNATIoEsL NEWS SERVICE


LONDON. March 81. - Despite the
tone or the German press there is
reason to believe that the German
government will acquiesque in the pro
possl TO make Dsntzig a neutral port
and allow General HaIler's two Polish
divisions to land without opposition,
according to the Berlin correspondent
Of the Daily Mail today.
The German public is said to be
as much interested in the forth
coming food supplies az the question
of the disposition OF Dantzig
Negotiations have been concluded
for conference on the Dantzig ques-
ton by General Foch and the German
armistice parliamentaries. Marshal
Toch according to present plans. viii
meet the Germans at Spa to decide
within a limited time the guarantees
required for the landing or General
HaIlers two Polish divisions al that
port
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-31
STATE DEPT.
OFFICIAL ARE
RETICENT
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERYicEl

WASHINGTON. March 81. State
department officials We're reticent to-
day following the announcement that
Japanese corporations have been
granted concessions by the Mexican
government to exploit lands In lower
California Aside from allowing it TO
become known that the American en-
bassy in Mexico City has been in
structed to forward all details in con-
nection with the deal. they refused.
because Of the apparent seriousness
OF the situation. to discuss what steps.
If any. this government would take.
And they indicated that they would
continue to hold counsel until they are
IN receipt of official information from
the embassy.