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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
WOMEN ADOPT
10000 ORPHANS
Connecticut to Provide Foster
Mothers for Little Victims
of Turks.

Ten thousand little victims OF
Turkish brutality are to be foster
mothered by the big hearted women
of Connecticut as the result Of AZ
peals by Near East Relief, the former
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief of / Madison avenue New York
city. The women at a meeting voted
10 adopt that number as their share
of the 100000 homeless ana starving
boys and girls orphaned in the masSa-
ores and deportations
Three hundred representatives ri
women's organizations attended tie
meeting at Hartford, at which Gov
ernor Marcus Fl. Holconb presided and
pleaded the cause of the stricken peo-
pies. Another speaker was Henry Ior-
genthau, former T. S Ambassador 10
Turkey.
Assurances that the example of these
noble hearted Connecticut women Will
be followed by similar organizations iu
all the other states have been received
at the headquarters of the Near East
relief, ! Madison avenue. New York
city.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
ANNAPOLIS TESTIMONY
Home Pra0i. Here. There And
EYerJN here.

When YOU see Doan's kidney Pills
recommended in this paper you mos,
always find the recommended an An
naqols resident It's theName every
where in $500 towns in the L. s.
Fifty thousand people publicly thank
Doan'S What other kidney remedy
can give this proof Of merit. honesty
ana truth? Home testimony must be
true or ii could not be published here
Read this Annapolis recommendation
Then insist on having Doan's. You
VIII know What you are getting
Geo " Freeman. carpenter b Hol-
mad street. says For years had a
bad case of kidney trouble The pains
trough the small of my back We're so
severe | couldn't straighten and | was
III terrible condition. The kidney
secretions We're scanty and panied in
passage | was bothered by having 10
gel up 81 night and always felt tired
and wdxn out Wnen l read about,
poan's Kidney Pills ! used a box and
,hey helped me wonderfully. When
ever II noticed any signs of kidneg
grouhle since, Doans have hrcugh.
satisfactory results Doan's are the
aest medicine have ever used for kid
ney trouble" Coo at all dealers. Eos.
ter-Milburn Co. Mfrs, Buffalo. y. Y
-(Ady.l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
S. PER MONTH
feeds ORPHAN
Cleveland II. Dodge Shows What
Near East Relief Can Do in
Efficient Purchasing.

Buying in wholesale lots and under
the most favorable market conditions
Near East Relief of l Madison avenue
New York city, with representatives in
every state of the Union, has been able
TO battle the high cost of living 50 fan
as relief supplies for the suffering mil
lions OF the Near East are concerned.
Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, in q
statement shows that the committee is
able to provide food for the suffering
people of the Near East at prices much
lower than the average charge here.
\ donation OF s. per month will pro,
vide food for one orphan, $40 per
month provides not only food. but also
clothes and shelter for one orphan.
ara for So per month attendance ct
school is assured 10 each orphan in az
dition TO food. clothing aud shelter.
In the appeal ior funds to save The
starving remnants Of the Armenian,
and other western Asia peoples, Near
East Relief IS inviting the American
public to adopt" an orphan ut the
rates given here over 10000 home.
less children are In need Of help in th-
Near East. Womeu's organizations
lodges, churches and social clubs are
responding 10 the appeal by adopting
quotas Of orphans for support over 9
definite period.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
THE SEVERN BRIDGE
From BALTIC. SUM-

In the case OF the Severn bridge
at Annapolis representation has
proved not Only the thief OF time.
but the thief OF several hundreds
OF dollars I'm appropriation in
tended to include a new bridge
over the Severn Was made ten
years ago. but though the need
was obvious even then. the SAME
old bridge. only more dilapidated
than ever. still stands III the same
old spot as hooking monument
to the consequences OF admins
tratiye red tape and iaaction In
1910, and for two or three years
afterward, new bridge coull
have been built within the limits
Of the S35o.o00 available Tor the
purpose. But we talked and talk
Cd till the war came on. with the
result that now. in this era af
high prices the bridge VIII cost
about 100000 or twice as much
as prior h the war.
1t IS a costly lesson. but we
have got to pay the price The
ice gorge i'll the river has just re-
minded lis again, by carrying off
a bit Of the bridge, that We can
no longer delay this undertaking.
Since 1910 maintenance for the
old bridge has eaten up the in
tcrcst from the S350.000 fund,
without doing more than to dem
onstratc the incurable character
OF It's weakness and now we shall
have to spend $4,000 more in
patching up again this rotten and
rickcty affair
Perhaps the ice would have rem
dcrcd a public service if it had
swept th& whole structure away.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
MAN REALLY KNOWS LITTLE
Even the Wisest of the Human Race
Amazingly Ignorant, Asserts .
Writer in Boston Paper.

The wisest man in the world knows
only tiny fraction of what there is TO
be learned, ana the mass Of human
knowledge, painfully acquired and
handed on since our far-otf ancestors
came down out of the trees. IS only a
faint glimmer in the midst of the dark
unknown.
Much of the unknown is unknow-
able; little Of it, the human mind
laboriously takes possession Of rs cen
turtles pass.
Most of us are amazingly ignorant.
We are like the classic example Of
The school children, coming their
books, who couldn't tell Mhat kind OF
wood their desks were made Of.
Actually. we are afraid OF seeming
to know TOO mach outside Of The trod-
den ways; we despise the high
brow"
And at the same time how contrn,p-
tuous We are likely TO he oi some one
Who seems to be more ignorant thdn
ourselves.
The man who has stopped learning
is living at standstIli. Make every
one YOU meet your teacher, Il sou
would get the most out OF life. That
boy scout. that venerable farmer, that
sharp Young >aleSman-cach has Bit
OF special knowledge for you.
BE student, even though ycnr
schooldays are in the remote past.
and not mere book student.-Boston
lIprnld
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

Relief w',i make 10 the country in
February for funds 10 support Its
work among te starving peoples 81
that stricken land. To the Wash
ington mre'ing he wrote:
"Advices and Information coming
from the Near East cannot be doubt
ed. There is ggeat actual suffering
ana famine These people, recently
become independent anal r'e eed
from bitter thvaldom, cGnnot sup
port themselves. And the Christian
and common instincts OF humanity
which have prompted The people Of
he United States during the last
two years 10 relieve the distress
and needs. especially OF the Near
East must not be allowed to grow
cold and he diminished.
II hope we shall all unite In this
present emergency and be able TO
collect sufficient funds 10 enable
these peoples to live and work until
next summer brings them perma-
nent relief and subsistence. | call
upon all TO respond generously to
tie appeal now being made and
trust that the committee will be
sratifed with the results
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
Lont Reglns Next Meek

Lent begins next week. and the sea
son Of forty days fasting and prayer,
levoj'o sad reflection. will he inau-
yu.atel on Ash Wednesday. February
Is The faithful are expected % alb
Stain from meat and from social ac-
vitios during the Lenten season.
services will be held with marked
regularity in the ritual churches.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
Prickinn . PimnIe Fatal.

A man died recently from the ef-
fects of pricking a pmple with his
scarf pin. Blood poisoning set in. He
might have avoided all danger if ne
had held the point of the pin for a few
seconds in "a gas flame.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

The British government has estab-
lished a research station 10 determine
the fuel value of coal and its products.
and especially to ascertain the extent
TO which low-grade coal and colliery
waste can he utilized
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY -, 1920.
A SOUND WAY or FINANCING

Former Senator Wade H. u
arhcld. Of Carroll county. ;
leading business man and tax
payer Of that Section hits the mai
ON the head in replying to Il quer!
Of the " cstminstcr Times. the pa
per OF Delegate Peyton IT. Cor
such. as to How will Carol
county raise the money" for road
and schools that must be had.
The question Of financing such
proposition by direct taxation is
beyond reason Our experience of
last year conclusvely proves this.
WIKI an advance OF 30 per cent in
our tax rate in 1919 only two dis
tricts received any permanent
benefit. The other twelve districts
paid the larger portion of this
advance and received no benefit
whatever.
believe there is a single taxpayer
in Carroll County who would not
favor u bonded Indebtedness to
bring about these benefits to all
the people without increasing our
tax rate
other counties of our State and
other States, are pursuing this
longer?
Senator Warield. as one of the
heaviest taxpayers in Carroll. is
as vitality interested i'll the cost OF
public Improvements as anyone
else. and ne has the business
acumen to see the way out" \
bonded Indebtedness is often set
up As a fearful thing, but when it
is remembered that it is borrowed
money that can be paid back
without unduly. III any state OF
circumstances. interfering with
the tax rate. it loses its terrors.
What Senator Warhcld says oi
the real aspects OF the situation in
carroll applies elsewhere The
tax rate there jumped 30 cents last
year, and fourteen districts are
paving il. While only two oi thy
fourteen receive any benefit
whatever MI. the people of
4 county cannot SHARE without
delay or discrimination in the re-
suits of direct taxation That the,
can in a loan
Let us say that bonded in
dchtcdncss is a mortgage Every
reader knows what a mortgage is
and It's incidents Any farmer
or business man, to conduct his
affairs on business principles. cal
culatcs certain part OF his re-
oeiPts as returning interest on
capital invested. or capital Dor
rowcd. there being no difference.
N principle. whether he has put
bis own money into his farm or
his industry or his store. or has
acquired it with loan. secured
~ a mortgage
The federal land bank plan
is based upon the tried and sure
financial proposition that in a Ger
tain tinc by paying back one per
cent. OF a loan upon farm lands
in a year. and low interest. the
loan will be discharged. In the
meantime the holder OF the land
has all the benefit Of use and oc-
cupanoy and opportunity to make
money with hardly perceptible
restriction that a sinking fund"
must be kept up
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

Miss Mary Louise Hughes went
from Buffalo to Syracuse in an air
plane TO attend the Syracuse-Colgate
football came
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid
For Starving Armelians

This Is the
message from
James (Carti.-
nap Gibbons
read at the
biz meeting in
Washington in
aid Of the
Near Etst Re
lAf. The ven
cradle priluate
Of tie Catholic
Gil Gin in
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
FOR SALE
lois near West Street ex-

Three lots near West Street ex-
teadeG.
Three story brick and frame store
hnilG.ag having 5 bed rooms. bath,
dining room and Kitchen Electric
lichts. Near Main street.
Dwelling. No. IFS severn avenue.
PASSPORT.
Modern dwc1llne hath, garage frait
trees. grare arlor, GA state street
PASSPORT.
B. ]. WIEGARD
Phone 459-J. II School Street
mis-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

Measured by its ability TO kick up
a fuss. we do not need larger Navy.
Detroit News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

Silver frosting on dyed flet Iaces is
an interesting trimming idea.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13

DIED


tVANs-On Tcbrlary l2th as tic resi-
ce.lce Of her dau-l'cr Mrs 4 r. MI
ler Wensvicw, \. A. Co., Md. La ~
" ENAAS age t. years
Funeral Suod.n af;ernoon 81 o.ylorE
from the aGevc resbi .ire. lltetueut at
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
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The Associated Press Is exclu-
aiyeIy entitled to the use for re-
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lishrd herein. All rights Of re-
publication ~ special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-13
THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER

Church Circle Opposite POstoflice.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17
TRAINING CASSES
IN CANNING WORK

Miss Fannie Virgil. domestic SCI
cnce and art teacher for the public
schools. Is busy training her classes
as well as Merrill classes In canning
for competitive contests at the Klam-
ath county fair September 2a-25. All
teams will compete In speed. skin.
ncatness. appearance Of the team.
and In the quality OF the finished
product. The winning team Of three
will be taken to the Oregon state
fair at Salem by Miss Virgil.
The seventh grade girls. aged from
10 to i3 years. presented a fine ap-
pearance yesterday as they worked
with their beans, peaches. and to-
matoes In the kitchen back Of the
Central school building. The skill
and neatness with which they went
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17

Seven and half cents a ID. paid
,or clean rags at the HOWE 0arase.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17
FIRE CHEFS WANT
SMALLER HOSE

Los ANGELES. Sept. 17.-Use OF
inch and half hose in preference to
two-inch and two and q half inch is
growing in favor throughout the west
according to statements made at the
convention OF the Pacific Coast asso-
citation ~ fire chiefs. Several Of the
chiefs declared they were obtaining
surprising results with the smaller
hose.
Discussion Of the suh'""t was
started by the reading OF paper
prepared by b. F. DoweI. former
chief OF Portland. Ore. Chief Dowell
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17

Thirty-fivc private secretaries are
employed to look after the private
correspondence Of the pops.
In Samoa nearly all the babies are
taught TO swim by the time they are
two or three years old.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17

A German electrician has the
smallest automobile In existence. II
weighs only onc-auartcr Of an ounce.
IL worn as . scarf-pin. and In kept
running while being worn. A pocket
battery supplies the current.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17

declared inch and a half hose should
be added TO the equipment Of every
department, though not to the exclu-
sion OF the larger sizes. One man,
he pointed out, can handle the small
hose, and get closer to a blaze.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17

about their work could not be sur
passed by fifty years experience. II
is wagered by one who saw the little
ladies working.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-17
AIR PATROL SERVICE ENDS

MEDFORD. Ore. Sept. 1.-THE
air forest patrol. because the rains
Of the past few days have removed
the danger Of forest fires Ia this
district, has ended service at the
Medford aviation base.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
PROTESTS NAMING
OF EX-LIQUOR MEN
As Prohibition Enforcement Agents
Was Made By Southern New
England Conference.

Plymouth, Mass, April l2.-Protest
against the appointment of former liq'
uor dealers as prohibition enforcement
agents was made by the Southern New
England conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church at the closing session
to-day. This condition, it was de-
clsred, exists in New England The
resolutions asked that only men known
to be favorable to the prohibitory law
be commissioned to enforce it.
The conference also adopted memo'
rails protesting against the encroach'
ment of sports on the Sabbath; deplor-
ing. the delay in ratification by the
Senate of the peace treaty, which the
conference said it approved with proper
reservations for United States partici.
patton in the league of nations; and
pledging to France support in develop
ing it's national life freed from outside
menace.
Changes in pastorates, announced to-
day, were fairly numerous. Among
them was change in the superintend-
encv OF the Providence district, by
which Rev /. y. Lebaron of Pawtucket
succeeds Rev. J. f. Cooper. The latter
Is to become president of East Green
wich seminary. James Z. Farnhap of
Providence was chosen president of the
Church Aid society.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
Passengers Hurled Out of
Car on New York
Elevated Line
DOZEN WERE TAKEN
TO HOSPITALS
Trains Collided, Knocking
One Car Off the
Structure

New York, April 12.-Passengers
on an elevated train had remarkable
escapes from death to day when they
were catapuIter to the street, dis
tance of 25 feet, in the midst of debris
of the car in which they were riding
to work.
The front car of q train was knocked
off the elevated structure on the Ninth
avenue line near Trinity church by a
collision with another train, and demol-
ished. The wreckage was wedged in
between the elevated structure and
the side OF a brick building a dozen
feet away.
The fifteen people in the demolished
car sifted through debris to the street
and about a dozen of them were re-
moved to hospitals. the only woman
passenger in the ear being seriously
hurt.
The motorrnan. who had disappeared
finally appeared Mt the scene of the ac-
cfdent after being treated for slight
bruises and il said to have told official
investigators that he raE by a signal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
UP IN THE SENATE
Pending Motion Is That of Mcclellan to
Strike Out Provisions for Volun-
tary Training Of Youths.

Washington, D. c.. April Il. The
Senate to-day was prepared to again
grapple with the question of universal
military training in resuming consld'
Grafton of the army reorganization bill
Pending was the motion Of Senator
McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, to
strike out provisions for voluntary
training of YOUTHS from Is to 2s years
of age which were substituted last
week for the military committees com
pulsory training plan.
Chairman Wadsworth of the military
committee and other advocates of uni
versal training were prepared to oppose
the motion of Senator Mckellar and
the latter was doubtful whether his
motion would prevail.
Passage of the army bill within a
few days WIS believed probable al
though elimination of the compulsory
training provisions, it was conceded,
would necessitate many changes in the
bill. In view Of the tabling Of the
compulsory training plan. Senator
Wadsworth proposed to insist on au'
thorizing regular army OF at least
300 900 men aud striking out provisions
which would have reduced the regular
force per cent annually for five years.
Another sharp controversy was in
sight over the bills provisions making
the seleetive draft effective automati-
caly upon declaration of war. SEN
ator Reed of Missouri advised leaders
he and others would oppose the plan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
SIM FEN APPEAL
FOR INC4RCER4TED
Saws Several Of Prisoners in Dublin are
in Grave Danger and Prayers
are Being Recited for Them.

Paris, April II George Gavan Duffy.
Sim Fein member Of Parliament aud
envoy of the Irish republic to the
peace conference, is bringing to the Of
fetal attention Of that body the treat
ment of political prisoners in Dublin.
His step was aet,ated by the follow
ing telegram which he received yester-
day from Dublin:
"Over 100 republican prisoners incar-
cerated in Mount Joy prison in Dublin
as common criminals, many being de-
tanned on suspicion withoUt charge,
have been on a hunger strike since
Sunday, April 4. They demand the oh
servance Of the agreement obtained by
Bishop Marerory and the lord mayor OF
Dublin. whereby the English govern
ment undertook to recognize the spe-
cial status of poitical prisoners.
Several men are in grave danger
and crowds are reciting prayers for the
diving at the gates OF the jail.
The telegram was signed by ksth-
leen Clarke, of the board Of aldermen,
and Madame O'Rahilly for the repub-
lican prisoners committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
WOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Citizens of All Walks of Life Extended
Welcome at Pittsfeld.

Pittsield. Mass. April l2.-Citizens
in all walks of life extended welcome
10 General Leonard Wood, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
president, here this morning. This was
the first stopping place of a three days
speaking tour in New England. Many
public buildings displayed the national
colors. and all partisan feelings we're
thrown aside for the time being.
Among those who greeted General
Wood were former United States Sen
stor William Crane Of Dalton. one Of
the big four unpledged candidates
for delegate to the national conven-
tion. and James h. Savery of Pittshurg,
unpledged candidate for district dele
gate. Following breakfast at local
hotel General Wood was rendered a
reception at the Shire City club and
later he also addressed a public gath
ering at the municipal building. He
left during the morning by automobile
for Holyoke.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-12
"TNSURRECTION"
MOVE ON WANE
IN THE WEST
Passenger Service on Cen
trail Railroad of New
Jersey Was Suspended
at Noon, Orders Being
Given to Suspend the
Sale of Tickets.

Washington. D. c., April l2.-Vigor-
ous action will be taken if there is any
interference with the transportation OF
the mails as result of the railroad
strikes, Il was announced to-day nj
the postofJice department. Otto Prae-
ger, second assistant postmaster gen
eral, has sent the following telegram
OF instruction to all superiutendents
of the railway mail service:
Instruct all chief clerks, transfer
clerks and others to report any OBJ
structions, directly or indirectly by
conspiracy or otherwise with passage
of mails as result Of strikes, together
with names of person or persons in
volvcd Bring to immediate attention OF
local postoffice inspectors, inspector in
charge and United States district at
torney, with request that offenders be
vigorously prosecuted if facts warrant.
See section sixteen ninety, seventeen
twelve, seventeen fourteen and seven
teen eighteen postal laws"
Reports to the postoffice department
to-day were encouraging. Chicago re-
ported that local conditions were very
good" and that the railway companies
handling all mails promptly"
A report from New York said condi-
tons had improved and similar re-
port came from st. Louis. Some de-
lay in mail was reported from a num-
Der of points where the men are on
strike. but officials said that thus far
there had been no serious obstruction
of the mails