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The daily banner., 1919-07-08
Germans Seek U. S. Aid.

Berlin, July S.-Colonel Reinhard,
commanding the Reinhard division OF
the German volunteer army, has re-
Gently called upon Colonel Parker,
head of the American mission at the
Adlon hotel.
He asked him to appeal to the Unit
ed States government through letter
to General Pershing, to use its infiu-
ence for the abolition of the clause in
the peace treaty providing for the sur
render of the former kaiser for trial.
Colonel Reinhard argued that If the
entente insisted on the surrender a
majority of the German officers would
resign from the army, which might re-
suit in the dissolution Of the army,
leaving the country in choas.
A German who had acted as inter-
prefer at the meeting asserts Colonel
Parker promised to write letter.
When seen at the Adlon hotel, the
American officer refused to confirm
this statement, saying:
"I cannot be interviewed on this
subject"
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
addressed an open letter to Marshal
Foch, begging him to use his influence
TO save the former kaiser from trial
by the allies. He repeats his offer to
substitute himself for the former en-.
paror for trial.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
ONLY "a U. S. GUNS ON
FRONT, SAYS GENERAL
Chief of Artillery Declares Il.
lied Cannon Was USsd

New York, July 8.-The transports
Louisville and Giuseppe Verdi frola
Brest and Marseilles, respectively, ar
rived with 141 officers and 411S troops.
Among the casuals aboard the YER
di was Major General Earnest Kinds,
65 officerssand 1926 men.
"At the close of the war there were
only twenty-four American-type guns
in operation said General Kinds.
"These were made in England from
American designs. All the other guns
operated by American artillerymen
were either French or English in de-
sign and manufacture"
General Kinds, who went to France
in charge of artillery of the first army
as brigadier general, was later trans
ferred to the second army and then
promoted to major general, and made
chief of artillery. General Kinds serv-
ed in the Spanish-American and Philip
pine wars. He wore the legion of
honor decoration, croix de guerre and
palm, italian order of st. Maurice and
Lazarus, and the American distinguish
I'd service cross.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
ALLIES TAKE STEPS
TO SECURE KAISER
Formal Demand Not Yet Made
on Holland.

London, July S-The allies have not
yet made any official representations
to the Dutch government regarding the
eXtradition of the former German en-
peror, but necessary steps are being
taken in the affair.
Andrew Bonar Law, government
spokesman. so declared in the house of
commons.
Mr. Bonar Laws statement was
made in reply to a question of mem
her
Answering d further question as to
whether any unofficial communication
had been sent TO the Dutch govern
ment, Mr. Bonar Law said:
Il would rather not say"
Another member then asked:
"Is the spokesman for the govern
ment aware that nobody particularly
wants the former kaiser 10 be brought
here?"
This question was received with
cheers.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-House- on Muir street,
good location, and house in good con-
dition. Phillips Hdw. Co. 7-5-6t.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
Fear Nine Lost in Rav

Corpus Christi, Tex, July S.-The
gasoline launch Waldo, with nine per-
sons aboard, is missing and fears were
expressed that they were lost in the
heavy gale which struck here. The
Waldo left here Saturday with James
McAllister and party Of five Ard
more, Okla, friends and crew of three
on board for pleasure cruise on the
AaU.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
ARGENTINE APPROVES LEAGUE
First Nation 70 oHleiaIIy1 Accept the

First Nation to Officially Accept the
!. Washington, July S.-Entrance Of
Argentina into the league of nations
without reservations has been approv-
ed by the Argentine senate, the state
department was informed in despatch
es quoting Buenos Aires newspapers
of Saturday.
The approval was by unanimous
vote.
The action of the Argentine senate
according to information at the state
department, made that republic the
first nation to assent through its
treaty-ratifying body to the league of
nations covenant.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08

FOR RENT-Heuse on Willis ST., ex-
tended. Apply e. S. Phillips. 7-3-tf.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
FIGHT PICTURES BARRED
ohio censors Prohibit Showing Of
Films in That State.

lLEnS al Ha6 0SO1Os
Columbus, O., July 8.-The Willard
Dempsey fight pictures may never be
seen by the public.
In Ohio, at least, they will not be
placed on exhibition. The Ohio board
of censors officially rejected the pic
lures as being unfit to be exhibited In
public.
The probability of the pictures being
shown in other states is believed to
depend upon what construction issto
be placed upon the Rodenburg act
which prohibits prize fight pictures
being handled in interstate commerce.
If the Rodenberg act does not bar
pictures of boxing bouts and the VIII
lard-D Dempsey fight is construed under
the act as a boxing bout, then it is
believed here that the pictures may
be shown in other states if approved
by the state censor boards.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08

LOST-Saturday night, between Rich
ardson's boarding house and HughIett
street, 1 suit case containing soldiers
uniform, socks. 2 razors, strop, 1 o.
d. shirt, and several collars. Initials
on suit case w. H. T. Reward if re-
turned to Waylon H. Truitt, Nathan's
Furniture Store. 7-3t.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
Northumberland Boy browns

Northumberland, Pa, July 8.-Evi-
IDENTIFY seized with cramps while bath
Ing, Robert Steele, sixteen years old,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Steele,
wealthy residents Of Northumberland,
was drowned in the Susquehanna riv-
IT The body was recovered.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
WANTED

FOR RENT-New house on Hugh1ett
street. Apply to William r.. Apple
garth. 2-8-tf.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
Greeks Reoceupy Alden.

Paris, July 8.-The Greek informa-
tion bureau has received despatch
which says Greek troops reoccupied
Aidin Friday. (Constantinople advie-
es received in Paris, July 4, said Turk
ish troops had entered Aidin after its
evacuation by the Greeks, who took
with them the civilian population.
Aidin is fifty miles southeast Of Sny.
fna.)
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
MONEY TOrLOAN

LOST-Hub cap off Paige machine.
Finder please return to this office. 53t.
LOST-Saturday night, in or near
Cambridge, pair tortoise-shen glasses.
Liberal reward if returned to Banner
office. 7-2t.
The daily banner., 1919-07-08
Fall of Coal crushes Miner.

Mahanoy City, Pa, July S.-Caught
under fall of coal at Suffolk colliery,
John Sake, fifty-six years old, was
crushed so badly that he died soon
after the accident.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
HOMER ROBERTS
1909 East 18th Street-2nd Floor
TRUCKS
PLEASURE CARS
MDME. S. E. LAINa.

The fact that we have sold ~sixty-four pleasure cars to
careful buyers within less than 80 days indicates that we
are posted to the last word in what is best on the market
and can deliver to you just what you want.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
INSURANCE

You owe it to yourself to protect the money you have
earned and invested in anything, be it a home, motor car or
what-not. We are prepared to insure anything you have,
against anything that might happen, in one Of the oldest
and strongest insurance companies in America.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
APPOINTMENTS MISSOURI CON-
FERENcE-sT. LOUIS DISTRICT.

~ v - -
FERENcE-sT. LOUIS DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, Perry Thurman;
st. Paul, w. C. Williams; st. James,
w. II. Peck; st. Peters, c. W. New
ton; B~oonville, G. e. Horsey; Jeffer-
son City, j. w. Curry; Washington,
]. H. Randall; Pacific, j.. w. Graham;
Speed, Richard Clinton; Pleasant
Green, H. l.. Higginbotham; Grant
Mission, C. P. Cummings; Usage, J..
L. Allen; Webster Groves, r. L. Stan
ley; Union Circuit, Robert Jackson;
st. John, John Smith; Paynes Mis-
sion, George McWillson; Kinloch, j..
w. Baker; St. Luke, G. w. G. Jones;
Wellston, Theo. Morrison; Evangelist,
Mrs. Addie Rodgers; R. r. Riley,
Mrs. Marie Gaines; Thos. Davis, Mrs.
Sadie Jenkins.
CAPE GIRARDEAU DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, w. H. Spurlock;
Cape Girardeau, NJ. S. Smith; Charles
ton, r. L. Phillips; Kirkwood, w. H.
Burnett; Poplar Bluff, F. p. Green
lee; - Chapel, j. C. Hicks; Jack
son, r. L. Watson; DeSoto, o. E.
May; Wayman, A. r. Dobbins; Farm
ington, j. w. Baker; Bonnie. Terre, r.
A. King; Festus, E. T~readville;
Fredericktown, l.. F. Sparks; Oak
Ridge, Matthew Wade; Commerce. A.
]. Jackson; Charlottesville, ]. r. Hop
kins; Crystal City, S. L. Bean; Camp
bell Mission, L. p. Duke; Evangelists
B. F. Rocks. Mrs. Frances e. Mo.
ten, S S. Pitcher, Mrs. Mary Owens,
s. V. Bean, Mrs. VIM. Henderson.
Rev. ]. D. Barksdale transferred to
the Kansas Conference and appoint
ed Presiding Elder of the Kansas City
District.
Rev. J. H. Green transferred to the
California Conference and stationed
at Ward Chapel, Los Angeles, Calf.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
HOMES IN FLORIDA.

AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A GOOD HOME
w. L. Goodman Is disposng of residence lots in a colonization
domestic, a suburb of Cironela Florida at a price within the reach
merchantabe title.
WHY Is HE DOING THIs7
He is placing on the market $4,000 acres of as good farm land
as there is in the state of Florida at $500 per acre adjoining his
colonization domestic, having good railroad facilities; not swampy
nor rocky, but good agricultural land. Will sell on good terms.
N. B-The Editor has seen the maps and plats showing location
of land and advantages and believes that any person looking for a
home at a reasonable price cannot do better than take advantage of
this opportunity,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01
FORMER SOLDIERS TO GET UNI
FORMS.

y wv
FORMS.
All former enlisted men of the Uni
ted States Army, discharged honor
ably or fu~rloughed to the reserve
since April 6, 1917, who were so an
xious to get rid of any surplus equip
ment that they mailed their old shirts
and gas masks back to the govern
ment, may again procure these items
in new clothing, according to a bull
letin issued yesterday from the United
States Army Recruiting Station of st.
Louis.
Applications, accompanied with af-
fidavit from an authorized officer,
stating discharge data, the kind of
clothing desired, and the sizes, must
be forwarded to the Supplies Division
Office, Director of Storage, Munitions
Building, Washington, D. C. Any ar
ticle of clothing issued to the soldier
at the time of his discharge, includ-
ing helmets and gas masks, may be
requisitioned.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-11-01

See Melissa E. French Gleaves for
Fancy Crochet Yokes or Laces. 1854
Euclid Avenue.
Bell Phone East 4786W.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

First Presbyterian Church. "They
grow away from us, slowly at first,
then we lose them altogether. The
youth learns gambling during the
month of August, he continues it the
year round as opportunity presents
ITSELF"
It may be said there is no lack of
opportunity. In a tour Of inspec-
tion the writer found four down.
town resorts operating in full blast
during the early hours of the Sab
bath. Young men composed the
majority of the patrons. Dice and
poker were the outstanding at
fractions. This was eight weeks
after the conclusion of the racing
season, when Saratoga had theoret-
ically resumed it's customary quiet.
1t was here evident that the i'm
press Of gambling, so indigenous to
gaudy August, was not worn off by
the lack-luster of October. Youth
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Tins rs George ID. Pratt, Commissioner OF the
Neu York State Conservation Commission.
who is making the sensational offer

the veteran proprietor Of the Amer
lean Hotel, 81 know of no gambling
in Saratoga"
Mr.. Farnham is sincere. Since he
does not gamble himself and since
the gambling opportunity is not
thrust upon him or any one else, his
assertion that there is no gambling
for him and for persons of his kind
has the value of personal observa-
ton and logic.
But actually there is 50 much
gambling and it is so easy of access
that the saying here goes that the
Saratogan is born, not with the
silver spoon, but with a poker chip
in his hand--and ready to raise the
bet"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
One Big Month

Saratoga has become accustomeS
20 living eleven months in antlcl
patton of the twelfth, or August,
said Edgar T. Bracket, forme'
State Senator from this district anc
a Republican leader, to the writer
The dollar dangled before the ey'
of the average Saratogan by the
kind of people who come here IT
August has obscured the dozens OF
dollars that would assuredly be at
tractcd here under different con
ditions."
Now, while the gambling ills OF
Saratoga are directly attributed to
racing, it is rather paradoxica
fact that not two in ten Of the men
who want to clean up the town desire
the elimination Of the racing sea-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
BY Louis Lee Arms
Sdrotoga Springs, n

Saratoga Springs, NoU. 6.
T%HERE is fight going on in
this little city which re-
h scmbles in its tactical ele-
ments a military engage
uent. The proposition, in general
torms, is whether Saratoga Springs
$ 10 put its own house in order and
develop as the greatest watering
or continue TO play the complaisant
eost during each August to the big
ocst and most sinister gambling
interests in the country.
Up here, where the air is like wine
ard nature has daubed the country
side with gorgeous coloring, this
question-the arrival at the cross
roads or the parting Of ways, as the
Saratogan prefers to put it's one
that appeals to every citizen. In
way, all are affected.
George d. Pratt, Commissioner of
the New York State Conservation
Commission, set the ball rolling the
last week in October when in an
address to the members of the
Chamber of Commerce he said that
the state was prepared to spend four
or five millions of dollars in the
development of the state reservation
here II gambling were stamped out.
The if is unalterable.
'.It is not part of the work Of the
state reservation to foster gambling
snd all the train of evil that follows
in it's wake" said he. "You know
the reputation that Saratoga has
had during the past summer, and
especially with the New York
papers. The question that Sara
togans have to decide is whether
they want that kind of reputation
going out into the world as to what
they are going to stand for, or
whether the city is going to be bene-
fted by cleaning out that element
and making it q decent town.
What are the charges against
Saratoga?
Briefly. they are that the racing
program brings to Saratoga Springs
10000 professional gamblers every
year; that these men gamble at the
sace track, at poolrooms, and far
nto the night in privately run
gambling resorts; that the influence
upon Saratogans is such that, afte'
the racing gentry has folded 1t
tents, gambling on a scale by
means petty is continued among tn
citizens here, to the disgrace of tn
town and as deterrent to 1t,
progress
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

for the same month in 1919 they were
$l2,271S2, an increase of s7.O3s. SO. or
134.5 per cent.
Paper cups, as sold on Conservation
properties and used from July /, 1918,
TO July l, 1919, were 4O6,250 For the
first quarter, from July /, 1919, to Oc-
tober l, 1919, AIT, 900 cups were used,
OR 10,750 more than were used for the
entire previous year.
These statistics are vitality rele~
want to the situation which now con-
fronts Saratogans. AS ar earnest
of his faith in Saratoga CONN Is
sioner Pratt has obtained, mere than
800 acres Of land contiguous to the
state reservation, which will servo
tie dual purpose of preventing un-
desirables from locating adjacent to
the springs and of providing ground
for golf links, tennis courts, etc
that are essential to spa life. Com
missioner Pratt has gone on record
o the effect that he will turn back
this land to the state at any time it
so desires at Il nominal sum.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
For Protection

Who is being paid for the pro-
lection? The story goes that one
man, whose Office or relation to the
gambling interests will not here be
indicated, in an indiscreet moment
admitted that last season he made"
$4,000, and that another season
like it and Saratoga could go to
hell" 1t is the opinion of good
many citizens that another year like
1919 and Saratoga will already be
there.
1t is the cheap resort that Sara
toga promises to clean up. The at
titude toward the bigger institutions
that exclude Saratogans will be, ap-
parently as it always has been, that
such places are non est. "Gambling,"
exclaimed George A. Farnham,
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

son. Ihe race track is enShrlnCd
in the heart of the majority of
Saratogans; the "close finish" and
the gay trappings of plutocracy are
an inextricable part of the tradi-
tions Of the city.
The gambler seems to possess a
magic lamp. He rubs it thrice and
the ornate doors of the Grand Union
and the United States hotels swing
outward, ancient Broadway is a
color blaze, the very elms and naples
seem to tingle with a new life and
through the Italian gardens Of Con-
gress Park, bathed in the light of
a lustrous moon, come the strains
Of military band. Many fashion
ables whose names call up Palm
Beach, Newport and Fifth Avenue
speed to town in their low-slung,
imported cars. The merchant, the
awyer, the doctor, the chief, are
here, but as lnexorably the gambler,
the beggar and the thief. In that
brief month Saratoga is all that is
humanity moving and colorful. 1t is
the essence. of life.
In August any price is paid with
a smile and therein lies the economic
Importance Of the gambler to the
citizen. The president Of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Edward B. Ash
ton, was, for example, offered $4,000
for the rent Of his house for the
single month of August. Hundreds
of Saratogans rent rooms, getting
as high as S5 day for them, and
that pays taxes and permits the
house owner to live in better house
than he otherwise might. Nor is the
gambler an undesirable roomer,
since he pursues his gambling else
where.
"At the usual convention held in
Saratoga, where hotels cannot ac-
cdmmodate the crowd" said Mr.
Ashton, "the house owner rents
rooms for 81 or 50 and there is not
infrequently a protest. The gam
bier pays S. and laughs about it."
The population Of Saratoga from
placid $1,000 in June shoots to a
seething, dynamic inpouring of 40.-
900 in August. Some one must
feed these people; some one must
supply the odds and ends that strike
the human fancy; some one must
provide that recreation which comes
.fter racing hours. This the Sara
oga merchant, the proprietors of
coming and boarding houses and
notion picture theater owners have
,one, in part, at an immense profit.
The gamblers money is full pano-
,lied with wings. He is royal
pender.
AS we were permitted to see it,
he average saratogan has no wish
, interfere with the gentleman
amber. Since the days of Can
eld, the Chicago and Manhattan
ubs and Gale Mitchell, the Sara
gan has winked broadly at big
'ambling. Canfield's unquestionably
rought the peerage Of gaming to
Caratoga each year, yet Saratogans
themselves were meticulously barred
rom Canfields. No local man ever
vas permitted to win or lose dol
ar there. Hence how could such
IN institution affect the spiritual or
inancial welfare of the Saratogan?
The place generated an atmosphere
Of princely splendor, was something
to point to in season and out as rich
in personality and indirectly poured
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
This the public
dd dsrepuab gamblers

dollars into Saratoga, while taking
nothing directly away.
1t was this simple proposition
of getting something for moth
ing--unless it be the conventional
regrets Of the churchly clements
of the satisfaction of feeling that
rarcr and different stratum of life
was within Saratoga, if not among
Saratogans, and the liberality OF
the proprietors of these institutions
who were ever first in their dona
tions for worthy causes, that hav,
planted q deep conviction in the
hearts of most Saratogans that there
is nothing insurmountably the mat
ter with big gambling done in tho
"right'' way.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

saratoga Sprlngs, Noe. 6.
~ HERE is fight going on in
4 this little city which re-
h scmbles in its tactical ele-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Its Conscience

1t is too much to say that for the
f1rst time Saratoga's conscience Is
pricking. Such men as Senator
Bracket, President Ashton of the
Chamber of Commerce, and Captain
Walbridgc, editor Of The Daily
Saratogian,' save long recognized
the fact that Saratoga has suffered
definite sacrifices of spirit to gain
the radiant splendor and gay tintin-
nabWlation OF August.
The element lacking always has
been sense Of leadership. Tact
cally this leadership could not we'll
come from the inside. There were
and are too many conflicting condi-
tlons. Commissioner Pratt, wealthy,
far-seelng and imbued with the con
vlction of the great future that lies
before Saratoga, makes an ideal
standard bearer. 1t is almost a mat
ter of applied Psychology. The
small town hits at motives; Commits
sioner Pratt's are beyond carp.
Small town gossip is as acid that
burns those near at hand: Commits
sloner Pratt lives in tne comparative
metropolis of ar-away BROOKLYN.
Thus his name stands for a fixity of
purpose and an impartial analysis of
values that would be difficult, may
hap impossible, were he in Saratoga
permanently and Of il.
The local leadership is in the
hands Of Edward E. Ashton. presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
He is rich il this worlds goods and
has in mind nothing save that which
is for the public good. Behind Mr..
Ashton IS Senator Bracket, nearing
his seventeen year, grand, white
haired, olG warrior; q master o.
smashing invective, personality 10
be reckoned With IL any event. No
one meeting Senator Bracket
would suspect that he vas an utter
stranger to a quiet game of draw
Nor IS he. But poker among friends
and professional gambling for those
OF low estate are separate and dis
tlnct equations, and by the Senator
are reckoned as such.
Saratoga mas thrown down the
gauntlet to gambling. The tempest
n2s outgrown the teapot and strikes
at the very future of this little city
at the foot of the Adirondacks
where the fall air is like wine and
the autumnal foliage is the, very
poetry Of color.