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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
U. S. SHIPPING JUMPS
Now Forms Quarter of the Tom
mage of the World.
Increase OF More Than 500 Per Cent
Since ts14-America Is Now
In Second Place.

Notwithstanding TO Lioyf>s Reg
lister of Shipping FOR l920-21 just is
sued, the seagoing tonnage of the Uni
ted States apart from Great Lakes
shipping, has increased since 1914 by
over 500 per cent and now stands at
12,4G6.0OO tons. Thus the United
States comes second only to the Uni
ted Kingdom which has 18Th 900
tons.
Japan, which In 1914 took sixth
place, Is now third. with $4,000 tons,
closely followed by France with 2,90S.-
600 tons.
Including sailing ships. but exclud-
Ing tonnage on the Great Lakes, the
United States now owns "a per cent
of the worlds tonnage as against AZ
per cent six years ago. the Register
states.
The figures shown for the formerly
belligerent countries include con.
siderable amount of enemy tonnage
Professionally allocated to those couD-
tries. Germany. which in 1914 oc-
cupied. after the United Kingdom, the
first position with over 5,OOOOO0 tons
of shipping, now only owns $4,000
tons.
The steam tonnage owned by the
principal maritime countries in June,
1920. totalled 539050OO. an Increase
Of S,5O1 900 tons as compared with
June, 1914; hut 1T Is computed that
the worlds net loss In shipping
through the war, taking into account
the suspension In normal shipbuilding
activities. amounts to 3,51GOOO tons.
There Is a reduction In sailing tom
mage since pre-war DAYS of 614,0O0
tons. much smaller decrease than IN
any previous six year period and
doubtless accounted for. says tho Reg.
lister, by the shortage of other tonnage
having given new life to the c0nstrue-
ton of sailing vessels. The United
States, the only country which has in
creased sailing tonnage since 1914,
now owns over AZ per cent of the
worlds sailing tonnage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
POVERTY IN CRIMEA
Million RubIes Go for $25, but
Meal Costs $4,000. !,
Newspaper Correspondent Finds M
Real Money and Little to Pur-
chase in SebastopoI,

SebastopoI Crimea.-One million
Don rubles were purchased for So
here bY n correspondent. but after
ward he puid 10000 rubles for mea.,
lHOOO more for n short cab ride an
at the close Of the day was II hank
rupt millionaire. Crimea Is in nh ul.-
happy condition. 1t has 24,RD. GtND,,Nt)
OF rubles, but no real money, ani
there Is little to buy here.
The harbOr Is filed with idle AMI
disabled warships and merchantmen.
There are no cargoes on the docks.
street cars have been stopped because
OF the lack Of coal, stores have no
st0gks and streets are deserted except
for an occasional carriage, some
wounded soldiers or armed patrOlmen.
The only life here Is on the beaches
at the park at the entrance to the har.
Dor. There hathers. for the most part
women and wounded officers and SOL
diers, pass the time when not reading
bulletins from the various south Rus.
sian fronts mt the official news bureau,
These bulletins afford depressed
Crlmcans much encouragement. Most
women here have no hats. but wear
wells or kerchiefS about their heads.
Many are without stockings. but are
charming, nevertheless, In bright in
expensive gowns which they dignity
with erect and independent carriage,
suggestive of American women.
Six years of war have not broken
the spirit of south Russian women.
They 'carry on" with the slight
means at their disposal without COM
plant. and give whatever encourage.
ment they can to men battling with
bolsheviki along the Dpener river and
in the Don and Kuban territory.
Sebastop6l with Its idle docEyards
and railways operated only for mill
tary purposes. has not. In spite of its
$1,000 inhabitants. the dynamics of
CITY One-tenth its size. The old Ri s.
ian naval base has lost all its bril-
liancy. most Of its warships are russ
ing at the docks and its Industries ara
closed. The civilian population is
awaiting resumption Of export tra'ie,
which is necessary to the exchange
situation and the restoration of nor-
NAL trade conditions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
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.SUpER-cANNoN
WAS PATCHWORK
Giant Gun Used for Long-Dis-
lance Smelling Of Paris No
New Invention.
MADE FROM WORKOUT GUNS
Was 1872 Feet Long, Weighed $4,000
pounds and Threw ProJectile
Weighing 264 Pounds a Die
lance Of rs Miles.

Paris. - The super-cannOn with
which the Germans began Smelling
Paris, March 20, 1918. was just pieces
Of old, wornout guns put together. In
stead of startling new invention. &C.
cOrding to American army officers,
who were permitted recently by the
Germans to visit some of their huge
armories.
It was actually just neat bit Of
patchwork that startled the world
when the terrific explosions began det-
onating In the streets OF the city OF
Paris. although the verdict at that time
was unanimous that the Germans had
invented a marvellous new cannon.
Naval Gun Was Foundation,
To begin on the super-cannon. tbs
Germans took a WORKOUT 15-inch naval
gun. So feet In length. 1t was bored
out and very heavy tube with an IN
side diameter Of 6,S inches was insert
ed. with about 40 feet of 1t projecting
beyond the end Of the original gun,
Over that another hoop was shruHk
and locked to the forward hoop. There
also was patch, of 1871 feet. which
was attached at the muzzle of the
gun.
The bore of the gun was treated to
uniform rifling, the lanes and
grooves which impart rotary motion
to the projectile. The six-meter Sec
ton Of the gun at the muzzle. how
ever, was unrifled, probably designed
to steady the projectile and defeat Its
slight tendency to tumble or yaw
and fail to travel directly TO its mark.
Such stumbling" Is caused by the cOpr
fiict of two forces, one spinning the
prOjectile to the right, the other send
ing 1t forward. Such force had to be
obviated as the shell had to travel up
ward "a miles on Its arc In order to
cover the horizontal distance Of 70
miles.
Clever Expedient to ProIone Life.
The life of the giant gun, which was
$4,000 pounds In weight and III feet
long. under the heavy pressure of Its
high velocity prOjectile was very linn
tied. But when the Germans found
the span Of the gun amounted to only
80 pounds they hit upon clever eX-
pedient They bored out the 21-centi-
meter tube. which was very thick 10
"a centimeters, and later to 20 centime-
tiers, giving 1t just so much more life
ut each Gather. with only change to
larger ammunition required. The shell
hurled by the cannon weighed 264
pounds and was 10 inches In length.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Actual and Potential Loss In PopuIa.
ton Estimated by
Statisticians. .

Washington, ID. C.-Due to war In.
fluences, ten European nations en-
gagged In the world war show a pOten-
tial loss in population of 1920 900
persons since 1914, according to II sta
tistical research conducted by the So
ciety for Studying the Social Conse-
quences of the War, which has its
headquarters In Copenhagen.
AT the end of 1913, the society re-
ported these nations had a population
of 4O0.S50,000, and under normal con-
ditions this population should have
increased by the middle Of 1919 to
424,21OOOO. However, It had fallen by
that time to $50. 100000, which led to
the conclusion by Danish statlsticians
that the loss of actual and potential
human life in these nations approxi-
mated 40,OO0OOO.
Causes Of the abnormal falling off In
population were attributed In the so
ciety's report as follows:
Killed In war. 9,S19,O00: deaths due.
to augmentation of mortality. economic
blOckades and war epidemics 5.301,.
900; fall In birth rate, due to mobiliZa-
ton of 58,0O0,000 men between 20 and
45 years of age, 20,200,0OO.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
THRIFT URGED
BY UNCLE SAM
Treasury Department Is SPEND
ing Million Dollars to En-
courage Saving.
WANTS PEOPLE TO INVEST
Carrying on Campaign for the Sale Of
Thrift Stamps, War Saving Stamps
and Saving Certificates -
School Rooms Organized.

Neutrality-suspicious. Sam Is spend
ing 100000 this year. through the,
savings division of the treasury de-
partment, in an effort to encourage
thrift.
The expenditure of $1,OO0,000 COM
pares with an expenditure last year OF
approximately $4,OOO,OOO. and the staff
Of employees which comprises force
in Washington and an organization In
every federal reserve district COM
pares with the great force inherited
from the war.
Advocates Opening Of Bank Accounts.
The savings division carries on the
campaign for the sale of Thrift
stamps, War Savings stamps and saw
ing certificates. but these sales are
merely side line to the general eff
fort, for just as much stress Is being
put upon the opening Of savings &C.
counts in the banks as upon the sale
of stamps. Through the subsidiary or
ganizati2ns just as much effort Is be-
ing made to have the housewife keep
budget as there is effort to propa-
gandize the homes In the interest Of
government securities.
In the period from December ],
1917, to January 1, 1919, the sale Of
government securities, exclusive OF
Liberty and Victory bonds, reached
more than $1,OOO,OOO.OOO. In 1919 the
sales dropped to 1874. 1890, 6S7.S4. In
the first six months of this year the
sales dropped to $26,9S5,842 But the
report Of the six months of the year
is no indication of what the final re-
port will! be. according to o. G. Les
ter Of the savings division, who says
the people do not save as much dur
ing the summer months as at other
times.
School Rooms Are Organized.
When the government first initiated
its drive for thrift and asked the as
sistance Of the people, the savings d.
vision was organized and the request
made for other organizations to COOP
crate with it. A drive was made to in
terest the school organizations, the Or
CARNATIONS of women, the clubs and
industrial concerns and others. But
the effort was not entirely successful
and the policy has been reversed. The
government is now saying to all these
organizations that 1t is ready to co
operate with them and success Is be-
ing had.
Thousands of school rooms are now
organized and in many cities and
states courses in thrift are being made
a regular part of the curriculum. In
dustrial concerns have also organized
their clubs. Women are teaching the
necessity of the budget In the home.
Fraternai organizations have joined In
and the entire groundwork for the saw
ings campaign has been laid.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
WILL FIGHT "WHITE PLAGUE"
First Of Series Of Health Conferences
to Be Held In Washington This
Winter.

Washington.-The first Of a series Of
regional health conferences authorized
by the international health conference
in Cannes 10 formulate and put into
effect programs dealing with the fight
against "the great white plague" will
he held here the week beginning De.
cember 6, according to an announce
ment by the public health service.
The conference which is being Or
ganized under the joint auspices Of the
interdepartmental social hygiene
board, the public health service, the
American Red Cross and the Ameri-
can Social Hygiene association. will
also review "past experiences and ex-
listing knowledge as to the causes,
treatment and prevention of venereal
diseases and will formulate recommen-
dations relating to practicable three.
year program for each of the North
and South American countries partici-
pating." ~
Prominent health officers and soci-
ologists from all parts of North and
South America will attend, the an
nouncement said.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Damaged Mines Of Northern Part Of
Country Slowly Being Put In
Shape.

Paris. - Gradual Improvement in
Frances coal production. shown in fig
ures brought out In the chamber Of
deputies, Is giving comfort to econo-
mists, hut Is not counted upon to re-
lieve the chillness of homes or mark
edly affect factories for some time.
The mines damaged by the German
Invasion are slowly being put in shape
and 1t is expected that they will pro-
duce 25O,O00 tons monthly by the end
Of the year, If all goes well. This
would be half OF pre-war production.
It was admitted the normal rate would
l4t he reached for some years,
DIFFICULTIES in pumping out flooded
mines and repairing dynamited shafts
have proved the chief obstacles. Or
ders for machinery are accepted only
for delivery In from four months to
four years,
Belgian firms finally have been Ell.
gagged to aid In the reconstruction
work after negotiations with Germans
failed,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
LOST WILL FOUND
Under It Father viii Be Compelled TO
Give Up Land to Daughters.

Under It Father viii Be Compelled to
Give Up Land to Daughters.
AS an instrument dated June 10, 1911,
and prObated in county court takes
precedence over one written March
IA, 1894. and probated July 10,
1915, Gottleib Rauss Of Louisville, Ky,
will have to surrender to his children
property left by his wife, Mrs. Louisa
Rauss, and bequeathe to him under
the old will. Mrs. Rauss died May %,
1915.
The will brought to light was writ
ten by Attorney Eugene Hubbard nine
years ago and was placed IN drawer
of an old desk in his office. Recently
the drawer was opened for the first
time In several years, and as soon
as he discovered the will he commu-
nlcated with Mrs. Julia Schuelle,
daughter of Mrs. Rauss.
II was decided to probate the in
strument which bequeathed the nrOp-
erty to Mrs. Schuelle and Bertha L.,
Clara NJ. and Nellie ROuss after pay
ment Of $40 to the husband,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
STORK BUSY IN NEW YORK
Birth Rate Shows Increase Despite
High eost-DecIine In
Death Rate,

New ork.--Dcspite the high cost Of
living. shortage of housing and the
scarcity of domestic servants. the ac-
trlal birth rate In New York city Is
going mp at n rapid rate, according to
health authorities statistics issued
here.
The figures show that the birth rate
per thousand for the first seven
months of 1920 was 2234 against the
rate of 21.9O in the same period last
year.
The rate of infant mortality for the
last year on each 1000 births was 80.
while he preceding years show a
much higher figure on the records.
The decline In the death rate Is at
tributed TO the laws of sanitation and
l,ealthful living. which are now bet
ter understood.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Too Many Children.

Pontiac, Mieh.-Mrs.. Esther Cuneaz
of Royal Oak has been held for trial
in circuit court on charge of oper-
ating boarding house for children
without state license. 1t was shown
that she had been refused license.
Mrs. Cuneaz recently was sued for
divorce by her husband, who charged
that not content with having six chill
dren Of their own, she had taken nine
children under six years Of age into
the house as boarders.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
EVERYTHING But Twins,

,Sunbury, PA baby WINS born To
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Willard Of Sun
bury. The other day an engine tire
fen on the fathers foot, 'nlurng a
toe. Then Ray hit his S0n wi'h n
hr'ck. partially crushing the h0y's toe
a four-ycar-nd daughter was hit IN
the face with brick and suffered II
lad cash. The next day the son with
lie injured foot stepped on u wire
mail with the other one. and II went
il""ngh the instcp q, herwise The
cu..S' OF family lie ~ lhe Wizards
rs u vn Nt.hoai !nuiauat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Genuine Leap Year Bride
Paid All the Expenses

A real leap year bride. Miss
Bessie NJ. Weeks. twenty years
old. of White City. Kan. accom-
panied by her prospective hus-
band. f. G. Davidson of the
same place.. applied to Judge II.
G. Allen of Cottonwood Falls.
Kan. for the marriage license.
After Miss Weeks had paid for
1t she directed the judge to per-
form the ceremony. and again
paid the bill. She said that as
she had wOOed and won the
groom, she felt she should pay
the bills for the ceremony and
the wedding rip.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Human Chain Saves Girl.

Chippewa Falls, Wis,-To The pres
ence of mind of Miss Marie Cudly Of
SpOOner Wis. Miss Marina Marshall
Of Chippewa Fails owes her life. The
two girls. with four other, girls. were
bathing in POpple lake when Miss
Marshall stepped into deep hole and
went under None Of the girls could
swim hut Miss Cuddy quickly lined
them up and formed human chain
ing girl. Mss Cuddy grabbed her
as she came up the second time, and
the human Chain pulled her In. She
was revived after ten minutes of hard
work.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Pearl Instead o. a
Boil on Mans N -ct

Twenty wears ugo. James Ion
don Of Clifton Heights. Pa, n'e
some oysters. One of the hi
valves had d pearl which I.nn"en
swallowed. He never gave the
incident thought until a few
days ago when he had severe
pains IN q small lump IN his
neck. Longer Thought the lu:np
n boil. so he squeezed II. and the
pearl broke through the skin.
ending LOngen's pains.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Rooster Just Like Mother.

Winsted. Gonna yearling Rhode
Island Red rooster owned by Elmer
Robbins Is brooding number of
chickens that weigh from one and II
half to two pounds each. The young
rooster also fills mothers role by
calling the chicks when he uncovers
worms. At night the chickens huddle
hanaath hia wings.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
ROMANTIC LIFE
Man Fought In Danish Army and Sur
vIved Shipwreck.


Romance and adventure entered In.
to the life of Fred Krusemark an
Atchison (Kas.) carpenter, eighty-twO
years old. who died recently, but few
AtchisOn people knew 1t until his
delth.
Tie was born In Denmark and after
fighting Germany with the Danish ar
my In the Cos he left that country
and travelled In Europe Asia, England
and other countries working at his
trade.
The boat on which he came to Amer
lea became helpless in storm and
drifted mnny days. grounding near a
Central American port after yhe food
supply had become exhausted and sew
eral passengers and members of the
crew had died from starvation.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Princess Happier as chauffeur's Wife.

I'D rather lie the weil-lOved wife of
chauffeur than the unloved wife of
prince" said the former Princess
Alexandria Victoria who was recently
divorced hy Prime August william.
fourth son Of the former emperor Of
Germany, because she married Fritz
Meyer. the driver of her motor car.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Women Kill RattIers.

Beaver Valley. Pa.-Whlle picking
huckleberries. Mrs. Dora Rabo and
her daughter. Elizabeth, ran into q der
# rattfesnakes. The women were NOT
frightened and after killing five Of tn.
reptiles continued their berry picking.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30

James JOY Jeffreys is known all
over the country as "the Man In
Oyeralls" and as ''the Billy Sunday
of the. Railroads" He Isl a noted lee
.turer and evangelist who specializes
In good citizenship. care of the
body, including food, exercise, NOR
ais, etc.. as well as In purely spiritual
talks. as he believes the three go hand
In hand. He was converted In the
Pacific Garden mission In Chicago,
where Billy Sunday and Mel Trotter
were converted. He began In railroad
work as janitOr of depot In Wash
ington, Iowa, In 1893, then became
newsboy and later news agent, engine
wiper, coal boy, stationary fireman
and then engine dispatcher, locomo-
tive fireman and engineer. He left
the railroad work to become an evan
gslist In 1908.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-30
Test Works, All Right;
It Cost Tester His Hand

Sacramento, Cal.-Harry Fine
gold, secondhand dealer here,
applied the "acid test" the other
day in bargaining for a shotgun
offered for sale. AS a result of
his "test" he Is now minus the
better part of his left hand.
Finegold asked the person
who brought In the gun to sell If
1t were loaded. The owner said
he wasn't sure.
81 can soon tell" said Fine
gold, and he did. The second
hand dealer placed his left hand
over the muZzle and pulled the
trigger with the other. 1t was
loaded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11
Villa Threatens
 to Start Another
 Reign of Terror

Fl Paso, Texas, July 1O.-Francisco Villa, the Mexican bandit and revo- lutionist, sent word to the border today by one of his agents, that re- jecton of his terms by the new gov ernment in Mexico would cause him to start new reign of terror in northern Mexico. Villa, it was said, has discontinued his operations un- til July 15, as the result of an ar mistice arranged in negotiations last week.
 The agent said Villa had received other revolutionists who were against the Caranza government and now are either actively at war or planning campaigns against the De La Huerta regime. All of these leaders were declared opposed to the 1917 consti- tuition and will seek to have a gov ernment set up in Mexico that will restore the constitution of 1875. An American returning to the border from trip to Mexico said today there is a wide under-current of dis satisfaction in Mexico and that for mer Mexican Federal officers busted by the new regime are creating dis sention. Southern Mexico leaders, he said, are particularly bitter be- cause they declare most of the gov ernment agencies have been filled by Sonorans. Mexico City itself, he said, is filled with 12,000 soldiers, principally Yaqui and Mayo indians, who were taken there by General P Elias Gales, minister of war and marine, and there have supplanted all other soldiers in the capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11

the riders to leave Scholle's place, in State street, starting at 3 o'clock. The finish line will be at the Sam Taylor school. Awards will be as follows: For fastest time over course gold medal first place, watch set and pair of pedals; second place, stick pin set and pair U. s. tires; third place, pair Goodrich tires and gas lamp; fourth place, pair Federal tires and years subscription to Mo- torcycle and Bicycle Illustrated; fifth place, handle bars and set of wrenches. The rider of Miami finishing first will receive, in ad- dition to any other prize he captures $3 in cash, given by MT. Scholle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11
SINGLE G. WINS.

North Randall, Cleveland, July 10 Stepping the fastest two miles of the year on the grand circuit, 2:01 3-4 and 2:02 3-4, Single c won the free-for all pace, feature of the get away card at North Randall track today, from six. of the best pacers in training. It was the second time Ed. Allen had driven the veteran horse first in the event in three years. In the first heat Tommy Murphy took Sanardo out in front at the start and set a dizzy pace to the head of the stretch. with Single G in second place. Here Allen took Single c to the front and Grace Direct, the favorite, and Louie Grattan moved up. Sanardo tied fast and just lasted to beat Verlie Patchen for fourth place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11

ported find of a still and t50 gallons of whisky on the farm, called the farm over long distance. J. F. Me Quistion, commissioner in charge of the farm and George Higgins, head warden, both were absent from the administration buildings.
 Mr. Burkett said that he got in communication with Dr Corney, and the latter said that no still had been found on the farm. Dr. Corney said that some time ago Mr. Higgins had found still in pasture about a mile away from the states property, and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-11
Bobby Jones Wins
 Golf Championship

Chattanooga, July 10.-Bobby Jones
 of Atlanta won the southern golf championship here today, defeateing Ewing Watkins of Chattanooga, in
 the finak match by Il up and 10 to go Jones shot 69 in the morning
 round. breaking the course record. and finished 9 up, although Wat . kins was playing good golf Par for the course is Il, Jones getting birdies on four holes, and missing par on two. In the afternoon, the players started in a driving rain which made good golf impossible. Watkins won the first two holes in the afternoon but Jones won the next two and finally won the match at the twenty sixth hole.