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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-25

"A few farms, improved or
unimproved, for northern
friends who wish to buy. Own
ers give full descriptions, price
terms, locality. Waterfronts
preferred.
w. III. III. PHILLIPS,
ls4s Clifton st. N. W.,
Washington, ID. C.
o-4-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-25
Much Difference.

It would be different world II we
were as discouraged with ourselves as
with other peOple.-Seattle Post Intel
ugencer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-25
Best Control Measures.

The best control measure consists In
.imely cutting of the alfalfa crop. 30
rs to remove the food supply when
The caterpillars of this insect are most
abundant. Clean culture is also rec
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-25
THE OLD RELIABLE
HOWARD & FREEMAN
ST. MAYS COUNTY
Ieonardtown and
Great Mills, Md.

2l5 acres. waterfront, necessary
buildings, fine timber, $1,000.
40 acres, waterfront, quick buyer,
$4,000.
900 acres, waterfront, $Il, 900.
80 l-2 acres, waterfront, $4,000.
SO acres, waterfront, $4,000.
3l3 acres, inland; good farm, $1,000
90 acres, inland; good farm, fine
buildings, $4,000.
$50 acres, colonial brick waterfront
&l3,5OO.
lOS acres, very rich, new bulldogs,
$4,000.
400 acres, no improvements, $4,000.
$50 acres, no improvements, $4,000.
$50 acres, improvements, $1,000.
2l5 acres, waterfront, improve
ments, tI2, 800.
MANY OTHER FINE ESTATES
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-25

We are positively headquarters
for St. Mary's County. Don't
write or come see us unless you
mean business.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
SIGNS 20 CHECKS AT A TIME
Bureau In Handling Immense
Business. .

Washington.-The war risk bureau
now is Issuing checks for allotments,
allowances, insurance and compensa-
ton in the same months that they fall
due.
Announcement was made that 1,082,-
$3.50 checks were mailed In March, rep
presenting a total of $39, ,323.O5.
Since the bureaus establishment, near
ly $419,000,00 has been paid out.
A mechanical device by which 20
checks are signed with an actual pen
signature at one time has been In.
stalled to assist in handling the
enormous volume Of business trans.
acted by the bureau.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

masklike, and there may be definite
double facial paralysis. The patient
is In condition of stupor, although
true sleep Is often not obtained.
With regard to treatment, no spe-
ciflc method has been devised, and the
best that can be done is to put the
patient to bed and provide good -nurs-
ing. Cold sponglng is often beneficial
during the early stages and tends to
diminish the dellrium. For the pain,
numbness and tingllng of the limbs
warmth Is the best remedy. Constr
patton Is obstinate and often difficult
to overcome, except by enemas fol-
lowed by such drugs as liquid paraf-
fin or phenolphthalein. No hypnottcs
and no morphine or other prepara-
tions of opium should be given. Daily
cleansing Of the mouth and antisep.
tic treatment of the nose and mouth
should be carried out and respiratory
complications Systematically looked
for. The patient should be given to
understand that his convalescence
will last at least six months after the
beginning of the Illness.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

.l Va f. e : .IH "a. . b +. = f
The establishments Of creameries
and cheese factories throughout the
entire West is on the increase, and 1t
will only be within the period Of a
very few years before Western Cam
ada viii occupy position In the first
ranks in the dairy production OF the
continent.
There is complete government su-
pervisions over creameries and cheese
factories. The government takes care
of the sales, looks after the manufac-
turer and employs as heads of the in
stitutions highly paid and efficient
managers.
1t may well be said that the dairy
industry Of Western Canada is rapidly
coming Into Its own. At present 1t Is
but an adjunct to the parent or fore
most industry of the countryside
growing of grain, but while an adjunct,
It is a highly important one. The price
of farm lands is gradually increasing
but not In the rapid proportion that
has been shown In other countries.
This rise In price does not materially
increase the cost of production, nor
lessen the profits that may be derived
from an acre of wheat, oats or barley.
The advance In the prices of these
grains has more than doubled; the use
Of tractors has lessened the cost.
The reports from government sources
are that the present year will show q
great increase in immigration over the
past four or FIVE years. The man who
has made tour of Inspection of the
country will give you the reason. He
will speak of the fertile soil, of the
good crops, of the attractive climate,
of compliance with the law, the splen-
did school system, the almost perfect
social conditions that prevail. He will
have visited settlements composed nl-
most solely Of Americans, who have
built up their homes and villages, who
have brought, and are applying, to-
day, their experience In economic land
culture as applied to large tracts with
the result that he obtains yields on
$50 an acre land equal to that former
ly produced on land that he had sold
for 5000 an acre. The story of his
success he has sent back to his friends
In his home state. They In turn follow
him, and so 1t goes on, and immigra-
tion to Western Canada increases
Advertisement.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
DAIRY PROFITS BIG
Splendid Returns From Farms In
Western Canada.
Production Of Butter and Cheese, Com.
manding Highest Prices, increases
Steadily - Livestock Ralsers
at Height Of Prosperity.

Dairying is rapidly approaching one
of the first positions in Western Cam
ada agriculture. This does not apply
particularly to any one OF the three
Western Canada provinces, as they all
participate in the distinction. I'd
report recently published by the
Alberta Department of Agriculture
shows that in 1918, in spite of adverse
conditions of labor and the high cost
of feed, there was no decline In the
industry. 1t will be interesting to
know that the average number of rnllch
cows per farm is SO. The total pro-
duction of creamery butter In the
provinces in 1918 was 100000, as
against S,944000 pounds IN 1917.
No better evidence of the growth OF
Western Canada can be given than by
the fact that in ten years the produc-
tion of butter has increased from
2,500,000 pounds and Of cheese from
$3.50 pounds TO 650,O00 pounds. When
1t is known that in the production OF
grain so much energy was placed. and
through which bank deposits were
increased, homes made comfortable,
farms carefully TILED, 1t will be real
lied that the increase in dairy produc-
tion has been remarkable. During the
past four years the price to the pro-
ducer' increased rs per cent
Further evidence of the great inter
est taken n the dairy and livestock
Industries is found in recent bull sales.
At Edmonton the average price of l4l
was $231.08; at Calgary 1874 head
were Sold bringing an average price OF
$2G9.13; while at Lacombe 179 bulis
brought an average of $191.34. Sales
in Manitoba n few days ago gave fully
as good an average, or better. The
sales were attended by farmers from
all parts of the country. The high
prices paid show that good stock was
required, and, no matter the price, the
farmer had the money to pay for IT.
AS evidence of this we find that at
sale recently held at Carman, Mani
toba, buyers were present from all
parts of the province, besides some
from Saskatchewan points. Five head
of Herefords brought $500 each. A
| Shorthorn bull was sold for $700 and
registered Shorthorn cows brought
| $500 each.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
English Will Be
World Language

ed them. But at best the languages
were, and are fads, and are unequal
to the great task assigned them--the
task of becoming world tongue.
Paul Mleille, French scholar, u col
lege professor who holds the chair or
English at the Lycee and who Is we'll
known promoter Of international edu-
cation, is authority for the foregoing
remarks anent Esperanto and Ger
man. His brochure on the sub
ject Of a world language has attracted
considerable attention in France and
England recently
While some political economists are
talking about the establishment Of an
international currency that will be
| worth It's face value all over the world,
and while others are talking of kind
of international government that Will
prevent future wars, of international
! control Of the drug traffic, and several
more "internationaliZed" subjects, In
Guiding international welfare, the
Frenchmen of learning are discussing
the international language Of the fu-
ture. And they admit, modestly
enough, that English will probably be
the favorite as world tongue, be-
cause English first of all Is the best
known and most widely spoken Ian
guage of business and mercantile tran
sGctions in the world today.
Possibly the Germans some years
ago foresaw the coming popularity OF
English and French and the consequent
showing of the German language into
third place in the race, because 1t was
before the war even that the "kultur
crusade" for popularizing Esperanto
and lido and the other artificial Ian
guages started, according to Mieille.
Briefly, 1t is Mieille's idea and the
opinion of other noted French and
English scholars that the world needs
two languages for its future welfare
English and French.
There has been kind Of official
adoption of the idea that English and
French shall be the world languages of
the future in the fact that proceedings
at the peace conference have been con.
Quoted in these two languages.
The French clique of educators pro-
noting the plan Of making English
and French the common international
tongues want the peace conference, or
the league Of nations, to perpetuate
the procedure Of the peace conference
and make both tongues the official Ian
guages for conducting the business OF
the league of nations.
Semioficiaf communications have
been addressed to the various govern
ments that were lined up against Ger
many, and to many officials Of all these
governments recommending the plan
! Numerous senators and deputies have
gone on record as favoring the scheme
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

pink eye") or 1t may be tonslltis-
simple sore throat and cold in the
chest. The disease may be ushered In
suddenly by a fainting attack or At.
In marked cases the lethnrgy was nc
compnnied by heaviness of the eye
lids, pain in the eyes and blurred vi
sion. Headache is a common sylnp-
tom, and rigidness was chnracterls-
tic Of the early symptoms Of many
cases during the epidemic In England
After the first stages, the symp-
toms of general infectious disease
become manifest. The patient lies
in bed on the back, often unable to
make any voluntary movement on ac-
count of great muscular weakness; /;
the face is quite expresslonless and
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
Call New Malady
Epidemic Stupor

Washington-"Ep epidemic stupor" is
the name the health authorities have
decided to give the new disease,
wrongly called sleeping sickness,
whi III sprang up a few weeks ago. 1t
has invaded eighteen American cities
and several army camps, has taken
several lives and laid hundreds under
its spell.
The scientific name of this new NAL
'ady is lethargic encephalitis. 1t is
not sleeping sickness" and has moth
ing to do with the real sleeping sick
ness. 1t has been known for only
few years, and its cause and origin
are even more mysterious than those
of the influenza.
The disease, when 1t was first dis
covered in this country, was found TO
be u form of sleeping sickness COM
mon In the interior parts of Africa,
but closer observation of the synrp-
toms proved this belief to be unsound
Sleeping sickness rs found in the jun
giles of Africa, is caused by the bite
Of a peculiar insect, known as the
tsetse fly.
The new disease was first observed
In Austria.
The first case noted In England oc-
CURED February II, 1915 and the cpl
demic, which never attained large pro-
portions, came, at least, temporarily,
to an end in June. The medical re-
search committee of England became
deeply interested in the new malady
md instituted clinical and pathologi.
cal investigations. The committee
found the disease is general in
fectious disorder, characterized by
manifestations originating in the CEN
tral nervous system, of which the most
frequent and characteristic are pro-
gressive lethargy or stupor and an in
volvement of the nerve centers con-
trolling the eye muscles.
Marked by High Temperature.
Although rise in temperature was
not observed in all of the 1914 cases
of the disease of which notes were OBJ
tained, there seemed to be little doubt
that there is always a certain amount
of fever In an early stage. The fever
usually lasts from two to five days,
but may continue for ten or even four
teen days. 1t may fall suddenly or
gradually with oscillation. A period
of subnormal temperature not infre-
quently follows.
Usually the first symptom is sim
pie catarrhal conjunctivltls Ga mild
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
Woman Gets Money Back.

Marlnette, Wis.-Seventeen years
ago, at band concert in this city.
Miss Adeline Pratt, deputy register of
deeds, lost a pocketbook with several
dollars and keepsake knife in it. She
was surprised recently on going to
the post office to receive packet con-
tanning the knife and money without
any explanation. Whether she lost the
pocketbook or 1t was stolen from her
she does not know, but efforts to re-
cover 1t by advertising at the time
failed.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
Whole Towns Are Wiped Out in
Poland.
Ptiful Tales of Distress and Suffering
Told by the Red Cross
Mission.

shington.-Pitiful tales of the dis
tress and suffering throughout eastern
and southeastern Poland have been
brought to Warsaw by members of
the American Red Cross mission who
have just returned from an eight-day
tour of inspection during which they
covered 1,500 miles and distributed
food, clothing and medicines in 20 cit
les and numerous villages, according
to cable advices to the Red Cross
headquarters here.
Everywhere they found typhus,
which had practically wiped out whole
towns. Smallpox and trachoma also
were prevalent, epldemics threatening
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
BY LLOYD ALLEN.

(Western Newspaper Union Staff Cor
respondent)
paris.-It's beginning to look as II
English will be the world language
of the future-with French rs close
second choice and with German run
ming poor third.
This discussion of "world Ian
guage" which is occupying consider
able attention around Paris, reveals
among other things strange chapter
of German duplicity and trickery. 1t
now seems certain that the Germans,
knowing the German language was In
adequate as a world tongue, tried their
best to get the world to think favora-
bly, of certain "cookedup" languages
made to order things MS 1t were, in or
der to prevent French or English from
being considered as the legitimate
world languages.
These artificial tongues such rs Es-
peranto,. which was probably the best
known to them, in America at least,
were fairly numerous and each one
was given some sort of an odd name.
They were called Esperanto, lido, Novo-
Latin and several other queer-sound-
ing names. Naturally enough there were
n few people in nearly every country
that took up these tongues and learn
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
SCOURGED BY TYPHUS

because sick and well are herded to-
gether in many homes.
In many of the isolated villages
starving peasants lined the roadside
and begged for food. For weeks they
had been living on an imitation bread
made from potato peelings, dirty rye
and the bark Of trees, but the supply
of even these ingredients had been
exhausted.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

There Is nothing more satisfactory
after a day of hard work than line
full of snowy white clothes. For such
results use Red Cross Ball Blue.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01
Strike for Herrlno.

New York.-Led by the chicken-coop
keeper, 75 members Of the Socialist
sanitarlum at Liberty are on strike.
They demanded herring for dinner.
Sausage was on the menu. So they
didn't eat.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

Come to think of 1t we can't remem.
Der ever seeing mudslinger with
clean hands.
The Jasper news., 1919-05-01

If two people can live on less than
one 1t Is because they have to-
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-16
Samuel Gompers Cables Protest
to President Wilson at Paris
Conference.
PROPOSAL IS APPROVED
British Delegates Amendment Recog
nizes Conditions in the Orient
Make Uniformity in Labor
Legislation impossible.

New York, April 13.-The president
If the American Federation of Labor,
Samuel Gompers, who has just re.
turned from the peace conference,
where he was chairman of the inter.
national labor legislation committee,
cabled President Wilson protesting
against reopening the report drafted
by the committee.
Mr.. Gompers' action was based on
the announcement that the plenary
session of the Peace conference had
adopted the report, with an amend.
ment offered by G. N. Barnes, labor
member of the British cabinet. This
amendment recognizes that conditions
peculiar to the Orient makes absolute
uniformity in labor legislation impos.
sible."
Il cabled President Wilson that I
was impelled to protest against any
amendments or %reopening the cove.
nant," Mr.. Gompers said. 1T took
the labor representatives of the world
two months to perfect the covenant"
Gompers Had Full Text.
It was learned that Mr.. Gompers re.
ceived a cablegram from Paris con.
tanning the full text of the amendment
offered by the British labor leader,
Speaking of the report drafted by
the iuter-Allied labor commission, MI.
Gompers declared:
1T is an instrument that can only
make for the good of the working PEG.
pie and the masses of people in all
the countries in the world.
1T provides for an international
labor conference annually, and in the
interim a governing board. The gov.
erning board is composed of a repre-.
sentative of each government; a rep
resentative of the employees and q
labor delegate. The conference will
determine each year the next meeting
place. The first conference will be
held in this country in Washington
next October and l have been selected
as president of this conference. The
deliberations will last 10 weeks"
Five Declarations Made.
! Mr.. Gompers said the inter-Allied
committee made certain declarations
which it hoped might be incorporated
in the treaty. These declarations were
as follows:
1. Labor shall not be held as 4
commodity or article Of commerce.
2. A standard adequate wage.
3. An eight-hour day.
4. Equal pay for equal work BY
man or woman whe6 Of equal quantity
and equal quality.
s. Protection Of child labor.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-16
TRAIN KILLS MAN WHO WAS
SOON TO COME INTO RICHES

Minot, N. D., April 13.-Carl Ben
der, a resident of Kenosha, Wis, upon
whose body were found letters of pat
ents Of a torpedo guard which had
been accepted by the federal govern
ment and clipping stating that the
government had offered him $5OO,OOO
for the invention, was run over and
instantly killed by No. 20 on the
Great Northern Friday afternoon.
Bender, who from letters found in
his clothes, had evidently been at Hol-
ter, Mont, was walking west on the
Great Northern tracks and when ne
got within about two hundred yard:
of the Great Northern yard office, No
20 was approaching. Some of the
boys in the yard Office saw him, but
thought that he was about to step
off the tracks. Near him was a switch
engine, which was making consider.
/ able noise. Either Bender was deaf
or he could not hear the whistle Of
No. 20 until too late. Just as No. 2s
got within a few feet from him, he
turned quickly and then was struck oy
the engine which pitched him off thu
track, breaking his SKULL,
In his clothes were found letters q
patents for a torpedo guard and a let
ter Of acceptance by the federal gov
eminent. There were several letter:
and quite a few clippings from Keno
sha papers stating that he had bee'
offered half a million by the govern
ment for his patent. Other inform
alton gave his address at Hotter, Mon
tana, and it is thought that he ha'
been spending sometime in that stat
The inquest was held Saturday after
noon by Coroner r. w. Pence.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-16
HELP HALT ALIEN EXODUS
Appeal Is Made to All Savings Banks
Of Country,

Appeal Is Made to All Savings Banks
Of Country.
New York, April 14.-All the saw
fngs banks in the United States are
asked In letters sent out today by the
savings bank section of the American
Bankers association to aid in check.
Ing the exodus from this country of
thousands of aliens who are sailing for
their native lands with millions of
American dollars.
Due to the Bolshevik propaganda,
the association says, an alarming pro
portion of the IA, 900, 900 foreign popu.
1ation in the United States are selling
their Liberty Bonds and withdrawing
their money from the banks.
It is estimated that about 1900, OO0
<cannot be stopped from going and that
they will carry with them nearly
$4,000, 000, 900, or four-ffths of the ma,
'tional currency in circulation and in
reserve in the United States before
the war.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-16
FOOD |TJATl0 n VERY
SERIOUS IN BOHEMIA
Increase in Population May Cause
Famine In Bohemia.
by The Associated Press.l

\by Inc Associated PreSS.l
Berne, April 14.-The food situation
in Bohemia is SO serious that the
Czecho-S lovaks are threatened win
famine, writes q correspondent from
Prague. That city, the normal popu-
lation Of which is about 100000 now
has between 100000 and 100000 in
habitants and this sudden influx has
caused extraordinary difficulties in
providing food.
The last reserves of flour and 9TH
er bread constituents within a few
weeks. Coal is so scarce that the ra-
tion is reduced to two pounds a day
for each family, insufficient for the
most elementary necessities for cook
ing. There is utter lack of meat. The
deficiency in potatoes is estimated to
be nearly 100000 tons. Rice, coffee,
tea and other foodstuffs have disap-
peared from the country.
The mortality rate at Prague among
children under fourteen years of age
attains the appalling figure of forty
per thousand, as compared with ap-
proximately ten per thousand in nor
NAL times. The mortality rate among
child-bearing women has increased
from three per cent to thirty-foEr
percent.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-04-16
CONG. CHURCH
CALLS PATORS

At the congregational meeting Of
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, a call was unanimously ex-
tended to Rev. Fenwick w. Fraser of
Massillon, Ohio, to become pastor Of
the church. y.
Mr.. Fraser Yas at n time rastor
Of the Presbyterian church of Crook
ston, Mimi, and, for the past ten years
has been located at Massillon, where
he has been instrumental in building
up a strong church. At the invita-
ton to Devils Lake and occupied the
ton of the pulpit committee, he came
to Devils Lake and occupied the pull
pit. on Sunday, April 6. He made a
favorable impression on that occasion,
which resulted in, the call being ex-
tended to him. It is not known at this
time whether or not Mr.. Fraser viii
accept. The congregation is anxious
ly awaiting his answer.