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old winters spell is broken and spring,
with her wealth of life and beauty, is
not far way. Adrian is called "The
City of Naples" Almost every street
is, bordered with shade trees, most of
them naples, These give US the gor-
gous colors which so beautify the hills
of Garrett in the fall They also pro-
duce good grade of syrup which
rounds out in good style the cakes
made from Garrett county buckwheat
-four, which, like The Republican, we
cannot dispense with. Influenza and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

FOR SALE-A good farm at Nc
Henry, 1T acres in a good state of
cultivation; orchard; good bank barn;
large house and outbuildings; handy
to church, school and postoffice; State
road through farm. For particulars,
address NJ. NJ. SCHROCK, Mountain
Lake Park, Md-Advertisement 2-4t*
WANTED-First class sawyer for
So horse power mill; also man and
wife. Man to work on mill or in the
woods; woman to cook in camp. High
est wages. Address S. & S., this
ce.-Advertisement. If.
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II Was Cold In Michigan, Too.

In renting her subscription to
The Republican for another year, Mrs.
H. X. Powell, of Adrian, Mich, for
merly Miss Edith DeBerry, of near
Oakland, said: Eve have had long,
cold winter here in Michigan. Snow
has covered the ground all winter
not so much, however, as you have had
in Garrett county-about eight inches
being the greatest depth. Now, the
robins, those CHEEKY harbingers of
spring, are with us, so we know that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

pneumonia again invaded our city the
past winter and caused a number of
deaths. On February 18th the stork
favored our home with a visit, bring
ing US a little girl. She has been
named Margaret Eloise"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

For Sale-Arnold Cottage, Mountain
Lake Park, used as a boarding house;
one of the best locations in the Park.
See or write F. P. Arnold, Mountain
Lake Park, Garrett county, Nd, for
particulars Advertisement 50-13t~
The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-08-06

position OF an impoverished family.
IN the part Of Lady Frederick,
klhel Barrymore - seen a. her mas.
nlflceni hcsl playing with fire and
Intensity ihr rolr which gives hrr
ample opportunity 10 display her
many dramatic talents. How. IN love
with one man. she marrits another
al the nehesi Of her family, and
how. 10 shield her sister from scan.
dal she LET'S her social reputation bo
iuirod. are some Of the Instances
IN which this distinguished actress
rlses 20 supreme heights. In the
scenes between her and the man
who has faithfully loved her
through aIl her troubles she dis.
plays sympathy and sentiment
which is most appealing. The entire
play u one Of dominance rnd power
combined with the incflable charm
nf Miss Barrymore
The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-08-06
Ethel BaTyROTe Seen
IN Powerful Drama

Eihel barrymore. The distinguish.
ed Melru star. will be The feature
at the Onyx thcalcr Monday night
September .. IN The powerful drama,
rThc Divorced" which Is IN adnpta.
lion of the great International sue.
cess. Lady Frederick by W. SOM.
erset Vaughan. IN which this fn.
nous actress created The role Of
Lady Frederick IN this country.
The story Is an Intensely dramatic
one--dealing with the problems ond
llfc Of high society where position
and wealth moan more than human
emotions. and whore young girl u
sold 10 the highest bidder IN the
matrimonial market 10 keep up The
The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-08-06

spirit Of the hour than they were in
1912 when they precipliaied a reyo.
luton within the rank and file Of
a great organization. n further
proof were needed the action Of the
present congress supplies Il. Not
a constructive law can be cited.
Money and time were wasted IN
seeking IN make a military triumph
an odious chapter In history and
yet Is u not significant that after
two years of sleuthful inquiry. there
was nothing revealed IN that vast
enterprise. carrying billions OF dol.
lars in expense. upon which they
could base even whisper Of dis
honestly
The Mexican situation. trying 10
o,r patience for years, begins 10
slnw signs ~ improvement. Not the
least Of the things that have con.
irihuted 10 u. Is a realization by the
lroplc of that country that We have
neither the lust for their domain
nor disposition To disturb their soy.
rr~lrn rights. Peace smiles upon
the border and incentive 10 individ
ual effort seems 10 be- making q
national aspiration.
Many elements have made our re-.
public enduring; not tn least OF
which u a sustained gratitude. The
richest traditions Of our land arr
woven from historic threads that
tell the bravery Of our soldiers Of
every war. They make the first
impressions OF history upon the
minds Of our children ana bind the
hearts Of generations together.
Never In all time will the perform.
ance Of our soldiers In the late war
De surpassed. From farm, forest
and factory they gathered together
N the training cnmps- from cOun.
tryslde and ciiy-men whose hands
wcrr calloused by labor. others
whose shoulders showed the si0Op
Of office task-the blood Of many
nations flowing IN their veins and
the same impulse ran from the fiunt
trench la Europe back 10 the first
day IN training We must not forget
that war breaks into the plans Of
young men. and their first chart OF
life Il IN a sense more important
Than any calculation later ON. In
colirRe and shop IN every calling.
they were building the base for
their careers. Thousands of them
b. the circumstance Of injury or the
, disturbance Of domestic conditions
which war always brings were com
pellcd 10 change their whole course
0f life We owe a debt 10 those
wlio died. and 10 those the honorcd
dead left dependent We owe e debt
10 The wounded: but We must realize
that considerable compensation Vs.
die those also who l0si much by
he break IN their material hopes
and aspirations. The genius OF he
nations mind and the sympathy
OF lls heart. must inspire intensive
thoughtful effort 20 assist ih0se who
saved cur all. / feel deeply that
the rehabilitation Of the Disabled
soldiers Of The recent war u one
Of lhe in0sl vital issues before the
people end I. o. q candidate, pledge
myself and my patti 10 those young
AmWlcane % DO ~ ia my power
| lil SECURE for them without unnec.
ossai1 delay, the immediate training
which ls 20 necessary % ~ them 10
lcnmpele Ia their struggle 10 over.
Come thai physical handicap IN.
lcsnred whllc 10 the service of their
government believe also That
|lhe federal board Of vocational rp.
The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-08-06
COx's Splendid
"Acceptancs" Speech



league, hundreds OF millions OF dol.
lars must be spent for armanlents.
u we 80 In. ana believe the people
will insist ON il. Then We can count
ON economies.
Since the last national conventions
Of the two great parties. a world war
has bern fought. historic, unprcce.
denied. For many. many months
civilization hung in lhc balance. IN
the despair OF dark hours. Il seemed
a. though a world dictator was In.
evilahle. and that hencel0rlh men
and women who had lived In free.
dom would stand at attention, IN the
face of the drawn sword OF military
auiocracy. The very s0ul of America
was touched ~ never before with
fear that our liberties were Ia be-
taken away. What America did
needs no reileralion here. II is
known IA all men. History will
acclaim it--poeis will find Il an in
spiraiion throughout the agrs. And
yet there Is not line M the Re
publican platform that breaihes an
emotion Of pride. or reriies our ma
tional achievement. IN fact. u a man
from Mars were 10 depend upon the
Republican platform or its spoken
Interpretation, BY the candidate oi
that party, a. his first means OF
information. he would not find a
syllable telling him that the wal
had been won. and that America had
saved the world. How ungenerous
nov ungrncious all Of this Is: hnv
unfair that a mere group Of leader.
should 80 demean themselves IN the
name of the party OF Lincoln and
Mckinley and ROOSEVELT
The discourtesy 20 the president
Is an affair Of political intrigue
History Will make Il 0dious. A. wei
might u be directed at a wounded
soldier of the war. One fell In ths
trench; the strength of the other
was broken in the enormous lnhor,
of his office. But others were TX
norei--ihe men aud women who IA
horei al home with an industry ana
skill that words cannot recount
What OF the hands that moved ths
lathe by day and the needle b,
niglhf What OF the organizations
ruperbly effective. that conserved
frod and fed the wOrld-fhat car
ricd nonrlshment 10 the very fr0ul
trench IN The face 0f hell's flries-
That nursed the wounded hack q
lile-lhat buried the dead IN ihl
dark shelter ~ the night that IN
spircd business men and artisans oI
all parties "a work IL harmony
What of The millions Of men. women
and children Of an creeds, relieiou,
and oihefRise. who slnod Ia ths
ranks az firm as soldiers overseas
undivided BY things they once quar-
rolled abouif What ~ The foveru
nlani itself confirming the faith 81
onf fnIhefs as sufficlehi 10 inert iht
slarns ~ lime2 Why me anerf al
labor with The vei|cd charge that 4
was mere slnckerf The speclocll
4 sufficient 70 convince nuy unprei
uolecd man that ths nepuhlicnI
leaders who have taken cherea ol
their party and nomlnaied Us tondl
date are no n'ore possessed Of o.
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But he got up" Mrs. Singer said
ating the incident yesterday, land
Al a few minutes they were as loving
as ever, calling each other pet names
and kissing"
Once again. Singer says, Bleyer was
dark mood and spoke of separa
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SEVENTH CHAPTER FROM
RUTH RANDALL'S
LOVEDIARY

AUGUST 4, 1918, Chicago-Have
taken three hours day typewriting
at Bryant & STATIONS school. Very
interesting work.
AUGUST Ell am going my best
to get "over there" so that I can be
with my Cliff. There are all kinds
of jobs open to women, but some
how I don't fit any one of them.
AUGUST Slot position at
Butler Brothers yesterday for s52.
did not think much OF IL, so went to
the Federal Reserve Bank and got
500 Went to Y. NJ. G. A. and looked
at a room. How can any one be happy
in n room like 1 saw?
No letter from my CliT yesterday or
today. Emil told me Gin was drunk.
Oh, God what awful thoughts I had.
II could drink. I think I would 10
] was unemployed. This position has
saved me In way. l am at the office
and when busy l cannot think.
pray 20 God TO take me to him.
mt perhaps I nm not yet worthy.
! know ! am not. I nm nothing.
SEPTEMBER 1e.-In New Southern
Hotel. Room It's. Thinking Of my
CiiT and how many things he has
given me and that have them all
with me. Late as II is and tired as
am I got up and searched. They
are all here on the floor beside me.
Any place I have our things seems
home to me now. How many times 4
have Moved anA Al still waiting fer
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the last move-the final one. May
God hasten IL. want to go. I cnn-
not have my Clin-why, whyf
SEPTEMBER 10. $50 l.. M.-Home
early. No mail from Cliff since Mon
day. Hns he-dOes he-nO longer
scare" for me.
OCTOBER II cry while write
-stilI-alwayS.
ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON.
OCTOBER 10. Wednesday, 1915
Washington ID. G., 1913 n. m.-weiI,
I'm here mt last. CeciIc Deishanty
has been good enough 10 share her
apartment with me. Cliff met me.
WINS with me all day md evening.
Oh, the happiness of being close Ia
him again: HS is stiiI my wonderful
Cliff. I love him. can't get AWAY
from IL, nor do 1 want to.
We hnve just put nm nd in the
paper for nm apartment. My Ciiff
doesn't look we'll. After a week OF
homemade meals that I prepare }
hope he'll look fine as he did when
he came. from Cambridge. ! nm very
comfortable, much more than ! ca
pected, and I have Cliff!
OCTOBER 17.-Seven years ago to-
day I was getting tied up. Just
found twenty In this book that
didn't know I hnd with me. SO Innd-
ed here with just $1,000 instead of
the 5000. by EOlIy, that's funny
how 1 never missed that money.
don't understand n-tnIl.
OCTOBER IS. p. NAT home in
n real cOttCGc mt 6155 Florence street,
Washington, ID. G. A tiny nVe-room
house of real brick, white front
pereh. Capt. Cliff and i worked aw-
fully hard getting the place fit In
live In.
WANTS LOVE ALL TINE.
He does not like being atone with
me, L know, md will be glad when
the boys arrive. He never talks to
me. but evenings sits and reads and
writes letters. / wonder IL ! am go
ing to be sorry ] cnme, or will
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Dran,atis PersOnae
In Soul Tragedy

RUTH VAIL RANDALL natricu-
late of the University Of Chicago,
aPd during the fall OF 1913
Washington war worker. who,
planning death. wrote a record Of
her unh appy life.
NORMAN BROWN RANDALL,
her husbsad. whom she loved until
he neglected her.
LESLIE HART. RandaIrs chum.
who sympathized with the wife
and became her witness In the
divorce suit. He loved her and
wanted to injury her-but
CAPT. CLIFFORD BLEYER.
whom Randall introduced to her.
lay siege to her affections, won
her, cast her aside, md then died
By the pistol which took her own
life.
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SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS
INSTRUMENTS OF DIARY

Roth Randall started her love
diary ON December q, 1911, .
month and a half after her mar
Rage 90 Norman Brown Randall.
In the very beginning the bride
wrote of Norm's failure 60 shower
on her the kisses for which she
hunE~red.
She described how her soul WINS
tortured by her vain struggle 10
hold her husband'. love.
She also told of how she went
20 work 10 help support them. ms
he had a iow-paid Job. He wns
twenty-one md she was tweaty.
Her mind became morbid because
of her associations and she began
20 long for death. After four
years of unkappiness she left her
husband.
In unhappy moments, thinking
of her past, she excorinted the
.doubIe standard" that condemns
q woman and lets a man 20 un-
scnthed.
Following her separation from
her husband. she fell In love with
.Les" Hart. q friend OF her
husbands, and he, too, became
enamOured and wanted 10 marry
her. hut soon he grew npsthetic.
md Ruth logged for the "com-
Portable armso of "Norm.'
When she WINS unhappiest, she
was introduced TO Capt. Clifford
Bleyer. w no won her love and upon
whom she showered nil the nffec-
ton n woman can give.
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mistakes. Past history
should be a service of re-
greet, pleasure or profit
Present history is a living
lesson.
Writing the history OF
this business would be an
interesting biography, but
space forbids. The past
and present history OF this
business Is a lesson no less
interesting than inspiring.
IL IL this: When visiting
this store, patrons will md
the influence Of good will
and the sincere intention
OF good service, which can
not be described, but Is
Immediately felt and puts
the patron at ease. We try
TO make this House home
like. We do everything
that we can TO cause you
10 want To come home
again.
The strength OF this ma
ton Is in the intelligent
and well7ordered homes OF
the people. No place can
be more delightful than
one's-own fireside. We try
TO make this store as home
like as possible pleas
ant and profitable place,
where you may come and
always be welcome - al.
ways feel welcome.
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q chance for death in the service OF
his country.
Armistice Ended ID. c. Home.
"Just before the armistice. he told
me that he would soon go across.
Then came the armistice which broke
up their life here. We left the Flor
ence street house before they did, go
ing to visit relatives in New York.
an don our return came to our pres
ent address, llO6 Ninth street north
west. We received several letters
from them from New York and Chi
cago afterward, but failed to preserve
any of them"
At other times Bleyer was exces-
sively gay, Singer says. He recalled
an incident of this mood which also
showed Bleyer's extensive education.
1--WE were walking together over
Fourteenth street near Pennsylvania
avenue" he says, and passed an
Italian vendor who was selling toy
balloons took a pin from his
coat and pricked one of the balloons.
The Italian turned on him, expostu-
alting rapidly and angrily in Italian.
Cliff answered him gayly in the same
language. handed him half dolalr,
and we walked on, leaving the italian
gaping AFTER us.
Clad In Pajamas.
The Florence street house. described
in Ruth Randal's diary. Is the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. David Brown,
friends of the Singers. They let 1t to
the Singers whilg they were. away for
several months. land. the Singers SUBJ
let to Bleyer. The Browns never met
Bleyers or Ruth Randall, but the
neighbors remember them.
They tell of frequent comings and
goings in taxicabs' and some OF the
women shake their heads as they re-
late how Ruth Randall used to appear
on the porch clad in silk pajamas and
smoking a cigarette.
In applying for the position of file
clerk with the Red Cross, Ruth Ran
dali described herself as a widow.
(She was divorced from Norman Ran
dali after she met Bleyer)
In one of the files at which she
worked while here is her applica-
tion for employment with the nota-
lions that she was given a position or
October 20, 1918, and resigned or
December 81. the same year. In the
application she gave her birth date
as February ~. 1892, and the place
of her nativity as Chicago. Her
mother she wrote, was born in New
York of French parents.
She gave Bleyer, who then was a
lieutenant, stationed with the motor
equipment section, engineering di-
vision, Ordnance Department., al
Sixth and b streets, as a former en-
ployer. She also gave as references
Cecile Delahunty, who Is mentioned In
her diary, and Jennie NJ. Vale, OF 61t
Florence street, northeast. The latter
was not seen at the Florence street
address and 1t is supposed Ruth
made the entry merely to fulfill the
requirement of three endorsers.
After leaving the Florence street
address when the Browns wished
to reoccupy 1t Blyer and Ruth went &c
the New Commercial Hotel, 920 +
street. as she records in her diar,
and as has been printed in The Times
There they registered separately, she
using her legal name, Ruth Randall
They left the hotel to go to New
York whence they returned tc
Chicago.
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Will SON STUDIES REPORT.

President Wilson has not yet COM
pIeted his study of the reports rom
dered by the coal commission on the
wage demands of the miners, 1t was
stated at the White House today.
The President has not asked the
members of the commission to reopen
their negotiations to attempt to reach
a unanimous report. II was announced.
Henry Robinson, chairman, today Is
in Chicago awaiting action by the
President before he proceeds to his
home in California.
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Ruth Randall limited
At Tragedy While War
Worker in Washington

In her diary, that participating record of her tragic
life which she ended with bullet from the same pistol
with which she killed Capt Clifford Bleyer her affinity in
Chicago, Ruth Vail Randall made only few entries re-
ferrng her experiences worker in Washington
during the latter part of 1918 These entries printed In
The Times tod
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gradually grow esid aad e.reie~sf
Last aIsht there WAS NO ki.~ when
he came In. He feAsa0t understand
thst>I want 90 be loved ali the tisse.
and 4 cannot understand Why he
doesat love me and eaa't love me.
OCTOBER 20 Secured positios
with American Red Cross as nie
clerk at $40.
NOVEMBER my nrt evening"
alone In Washington. After leaving
the oface 1 met Ciin and we dined
together in a hole In Pennsylvania
avenue. He L. ofneer of the day md
had 90 20 back until 1850.
The nre was out In the Kitchen.
and, o. CIin asked me- 60 have Ia nice
and warm for him when he got home
4 broke up our yestibuIe basket WIKI
CHTs glove. on my hands. Hut the
basket burned too soon. and the coal
In stiII In the stove. unburned. what
a great dIsappoiatmeat. 4 intended
20 be proud of my nre.
IL In not very different tonight than
other nights when Cun II here. He IL
always reading and wrftinK' and ! SIT
aud think how happy ! would be IL
he would hold nae OF Kiss me as
though he were hungry for me. IL
could only he more indifferent 10 him.
4 think he IL very tired of this house
and tending To the nre.
TO SMILE AWAY SORROW.
NOVEMBER I5.-My first pay day.
Ninety n month In too much 90 pay
me for the war work ! do. They
are kind hearted people. Chn has
been home NIL day, sick because yes
terdsy he had n pint of the roste"
stuff all by himself. He says never
ap1iin. got up mt $50 and gov
breakfast, do dishes and stunts, work
I'll S, buy groceries on my wny home
get dinner, wash or mend. md the"
go TO bed mt IL md nothing 10 do
until tomorrow. some life!
DECEMBER 5-Chnnges again.
Two OF them. I'm mt the CommercinI
Hotel. We expect 10 be In New York
very soon, whenever Cliff gets MS
discharge. Monday, December - ne
give me my lovely watch, and yes
terday a ribbon for my neck and Nit-
ten fern for my room here, and Mon
day we went to baltimore, where we
dIned with C~ctIe and Bob SerconsbrI
drove up In the hotel proprietor's car.
nm not going 10 the office I'LL
later. I hnte working. How i losthe
going there md reading and writing
for seven hours each day while the
outside my window.
DECEMBER II must write thn'
I have decided to smile.
CLIFF TELLS WICKED STORIES.
DECEMBER Ill am miserable
despniring. List night we had .
marty with four others mt rond
house, and CIiff told the worst stories
he knows ! WINS ashamed and dis
Euxted. and left the room to go to
my own
After saying things insulting he
got up and liz into me. And II II
hadn't been for Fisher I'D been bruis-
ed. Then I was called things.
DECEMBER 14.-Friday, the 18th,
L. lucky. ! phone my Cliff Inst night
and he met me for dinner md WINS
with me all night. I have prayed
every breath. every sigh, every heart
bent has been n prayer. Oh, what ut
ter despair I have experienced.
Copyright. 1890. by Chicago Herald EI-
amner)
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(AnOther installment of Ruth
RandalPs extremely interesting diary
of her soul struggle will appear ex-
clusively in The Washington Times
tomorrow.
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Since early this morning (WeG-
nesday) when our doors opened
on our great Anniversary Sale of
Spring-Easter Dresses, such num-
bers of pleased and happy women
have besieged us that this sale
has already become one of the
seasons biggest events.
And-why not, we are offer
ing a fresh, new collection Of
charming spring styles in this
most useful single item in a
Woman'S wardrobe-the Dress!
A choice assemblage of high-type'
models, each dress showing some
individual and distinctive style
note.
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Ended ID. G. Home.

a chance for death in the service of
his country.
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a.. nger secuted the idea at the time,
II 1g his wife's attention to how de-
the two seemed and how they
IIh iently mentioned each others
iii ats, telling OF occasions when
iii had been with them. Today,
iii yer, Singer Is a firm believer in
iii ms intuition.
iii Woman Can Read Woman.
iii takes a woman to read a wom-
iii he says 81 could see nothing In
iii except rather gay but loving
Hi ig couple. But my wife sensed
liN ething wrong. still she, as we'll
as L. wns fascinated by them, and we
cannot find IL in our hearts to con-
denim them very severely today. Our
feeling Is more of sorrow for them.
They had many lovable qualities.
"Bleyer was an exceptionally at
tractive companion. We used to take
long walks together in the late after
ICONS, and I became very intimate
\, h him. He often spoke of death
III I n desire for IL, which ! attributed
IL the time TO n mood OF drink. Sew
- times he told me how dlsappoint-
was In not being sent overseas
i'd he desired nothing moro than