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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
RECRUITS BURST CLOTHES,
Marines Grow Husky After Few
Months Training.

Marine corps recruits become so
husky after their training nj the re-
cruit depot here that they literally
burst out Of their clothes.
Brig. Cen ELI X. Cole. cOmmnndant
of the depot mt Paris Island. s. c.,
has been obliged TO issue special or
der dealing with the problem of cloth
ing these young giants.
Recently the general inspected de-
tail of recruits about to leave for for
eign duty. He found that many coats
would not hook at the neck and that
buttons were strained TO the bursting
point. Even the sleeves. in many In
stances. were too tight for the we'll
muscled arms. In the future uniforms
issued to new arrivals will be just a
little large for them. leaving room for
expansion.
"In issuing clothing at the receiving
barracks" says the order. '.particular
attention must he paid to the physique
of each mHn. in order that clothing
actually issued upon his entry into the
service will probably fit him after be
has completri his training"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
CITY FOR WORKING WIVES
Johnsto~n, NJ ", One Place Where
Nearly Everybody Works.

Johnstown, NJ ", One Place Where
Nearly Everybody Works.
city where almost everybody
works-and likes It's pictured by
Mayer w. w. Chamberlain Of Johns
town. N. Y,
The labor department In Washing
ton. after survey OF the cities of The
country. found that IS per cent of the
women Of Johnstown are contributors
To the family income. This Is the
record for the country.
Mayor Chamberlain was asked to
tell more about his city. He re-
sp0nded:
1.-THE wives In JOhnstOwn make
gloves at home. More working PEG.
pie own homes In Johnstown than In
nearly any other city. They are hold
ers Of large amounts OF Liberty bonds
"Wives. whose husbands own their
own homes and automobiles. work be-
cause they like II.
1.-The wages Of men in this city vary
from $25 to $50 week. Chore men.
without any experience. are being paid
81 a day. and boys leaving school get
$3 80 per day.
Living conditions in JohnstOwn are
such that you cannot tell the work
ingman's wife from business mans
wife. WomeE take an Interest in all
civic enterprises"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
Morality Varies With the Thermon-
eter, According to Head Of
London Police.

LOndOn.-"WOmen are proving much
more suitable for certain kinds ut
police work than men, is the verdict
of General Sir seville Macready, COM
missioner of police, after several
months trial Of policewomen.
"The idea OF women police was con.
ceived about year ago ne added.
1--WE decided to experiment. The
women had the three months training
and when sent out were quite as eff
cient as the ordinary male policeman.
"1he girls and women WHO came
to them in the streets when in trouble
would undoubtedly be too SHY TO APP
proach an ordinary constable"
Asked If the use of policewomen had
decreased immortality, the commits
sioner replied:
"ImmOrality varies with the thermom.
eter. The evil is generally more prev
alent in the summer than in the win
ter and do not think the women have
had fair experiment yet.
However, am now arranging for
our winter campaign, and we are con-
sidering establishing hotels where girls
may be treated. Our welfare DEPART
ments report that as girls have passed
through homes and in6rmaries. many
of them being between fifteen and
nineteen years old. Some of the old
army huts may he used for this pprs
pose"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18

Yea. Verify, It Must Have Had Pow
erful Kick.

Yea. Verify, It Must Have Had Pow
erful Kick.
Who he Is and what he had to drink
are unknown.
This much Is known: The man.
dressed as Adam was supposed to
have been. whom PatrOlman James
Bray Of Oakland. Cal, excavated from
a garden of garlic at Fifth and Chas-
ter streets one night. knew how to dig
and how to snOre.
Under the influence OF strong drink.
the man had entered the garlic patch,
Invested himself OF his clothing. folded
everything In neat pile and then had
dug hole deep enough to hold him.
He heaped the dirt about himself
until he was firmly packed In with
the exception of his head.
Then he went to sleep. 49,
The mans snOres directed Bray's
attention his way. Bray all but STUN
bled over the mans head. A few min
utes' further digging and he had freed
the man.
At the hospital II was said he would
live. Bray holds to the theory that
the man thought he was summing him
self at the seashore-he was that
happy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
GAME TO THE LAST
Ex.SoIdier Told by Doctors That He
Cannot Live lorJ.

Cahnot Live loFJ.
Physicians at Baltimore told lanes
WOODBURY. lair of the dfh Machine
Gun battalion. I'd division. that he
could not live more than three gears
unless he submitted to d long chance
operation.
WOODBURY.. who WAS gaSsei IN
France. and also blinded. is still game.
and has left this city for Washington.
where he will lave n sleeps lung sub
Stituted for his own. If he SUI wives.
he may live 10 years-or longer.
W00dhurn served IN the navy III
wears before he Joined the machine gun
unit. He was hit by Shrapnel while
dressing an officers wounds at SOis-
sons. His gas mask was torn away,
and when ~ came 70 his senses In q
hospital he WAS blind. He recovered
his sight in n month. and after receiv-
ing the y. S. G. md the CroiS de
Guerre came 10 baltimore. wher" he
rriointd the navy as chiet pharmacists
mate.
The gas destroyed the major por-
ton of WOodhurn'S lung which the
animals organ will replace. He de-
sires to live five wears longer so that
he will be entitled to navy pen.
sion
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18

Tie he Forest laboratories of High
bridge. N. Y, announced thar dur .
the last thirty days wireless telepl'one
conversations have bee,i carried Oh
h-tM cen OsSining unt Chicago. a dis
i,lc. Of some 900 miles. as well ~
with cites and towns IN Indiana. OHIO.
western New York. and Snu,h Care"
Ina with the use of small aerial.
low wave length and power Of only
one third Of one kilowHtt.
Robert +. Gowcn. engineer In
charge of the De Forest Radio com
,nuy station at Ossining. said that the
success during the las, month. lii the
fac. Of all sorts Of weather difficulties.
was asrrihahle 70 a new type Of mod
ulating circuit and the use of new
glass IN the De Forest audlon--a de-
vice which earned for that particular
KIND Of apparatus The term OF bottled
wireless"
Claims Saving Of Expense.
After asserting that the experiments
point4d to the elimination Of expen-
Sive. high powered generators and tell.
ing how he had worked entirely on the
9T5 meter amateur wave length, Mr..
fowen said:
'"rhe effect of the new circuit is to
render the voice transmission much
clearer while the use Of new type
nf glass permits of iiuch greater input
circuit In the development Of wire
less power.
ut Is further interesting to note
that all my experiments are being con-
Quoted on comparatively low, wave
length-that II to say, the special
amateur wave lengths permitted by
the government regulations, In addi-
tion. The experiments show that the
distance between OSsinlng and Chicago
Is covered by using one third Of the en-
ergy of which the De Forest OScilliOn
nr uscillnting audiOn Is capable Of
developing. In other words. with only
one-thiri kil0watt Of inr,ut energy In
u single tube we are enabled TO talk
without wires from New York to Chi.
cngo.
Profited by War Experiments.
THE new apparatus Is a develop
ment. IN large part. of the splendid
improvements made on radio appa-
ratus during the war. AT that time
radio experts were able to talk from
airplane to the ground and from ship
10 ship for only n few miles.
I'VE have hPcn allie to tnlk over a
distance of 100 mile. but We have To-
day renrhed the commercial develop
mrnI Of the wicc'ess telephone under
II ,"nhi;i0 iona"
Mr.. Gowen. who iS one of the engI-
ncers Of the De Forest laboratories at
New York. Is a member Of the Insti-
tnte Of Radio Engineers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
NOTED FACTORY OPENS SOON
Famous chauny (France) Mirror
Plant Prepares to Operate
Again.

Chauny, Franrc.-The historic mir
ror factory established here by Jean
Paptiste Colbert. famous minister OF
Louis XIV. which gave employment he
fore the war to 2,GN employees, will
ree,lme operations within short time.
This information was given the cor
respondent of the Associated Press
when lc visited the quaint old town In
the devastated regions Of France,
where he Is observing reconstruction
work under special arrangement OF the
Frcnch government.
In more recent times a chemical fac
tory was established at Chauny, and
this also is being rebuilt. It viii sup
ply employment for about 1000 per-
sons.
Both plants were heaps Of stones
md tangled masses Of debris when
hOstilities ended.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
MODERN "ENOCH ARDEN"
Comes Back and Will Get Wife Who
Married Again.

"Enoch Arden" Ia home In Seattle
permanently. This time "Enoch Ar
den" Is Richard SOrensen. who enlist.
ell early in the war and was reported
KILLED In action"
Mrs. Beulah Irene Sorensen. his
wife and the mother Of sfxreen-yenr'
old Allen SOrensen. waited hopefully
for verificatiOn Of her husbands death.
Ii came In the form of letters from
those who "saw him last All hope
apparently gone Mrs. Sorensen was
married June II. 1910. to G. c. jack
son.
A few days ago a telegram reach
ell her from New York aud il was
signed Dick" The KILLED in action"
report was false. The two husbands
left the choice to her. Her chQice
was Dick" apd she has started an
nulmfnt proceedings against her sec
ond husband. The suit Is an amicable
one. ii Is understood.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18

Both for the organization TINT gives
aid and relief to the ptt,r and for the
poor themselves, the high cost 0f living
has been a troublesome factor In re-
cent mhofiths. Money does not go far
these days, but there's no one In the
world WHO cum get more worthwhile
work 0ur Of a dollar tiIan can fle Sal
vati"nsts. In this country they gave
away 3,699T67 meals IN tire twelve
month ending last September so. abd
provided S1l ,3a4 ihcatp BfsiffPs NJ ND
proxiniate cost. They stipriiedt frsa
beds for l.1Sl,5 right lhdgfngs and
|, 49S,SST at a merely nominal Charge.
And in addition 10 all this and to ali
that was dune for thousands In the
Army institutions they gave temporary
relief to T09;35l persons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18

conscience" lerrer stating that ne
had found pOcketb00k containing
sum of money. but that being In ffhan
caI straits did not return'it. although
he read an advertisements or the loss.
He requested the publisher%to obtain
the name and residence of the loser.
as he wished to return the money as
he saved considerable money during
the year. because of large wages re-
ceiVed. $50
He urged quick action, as he wished
to clear his conscience before Christ
mas dag, which was accomplished.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
MEET AFTER SIXTY YEARS
Neqro Brothers. Sold Into Slavery
When Pickaninnies, Hold Reunion.

On Christmas eve. 1879, three negro
babies We're offered for sale on slave
block AT New Orleans. Two were pur-
chased by II .Ouisianian and tie other
by a Tepnesseean.
Time passed. emancipation came.
hut the negroes remained with their
masters aud learned to read and write
n little. IN this way they learned Of
the whereabouts Of their mother who.
ton had remained with her old master,
Recently tire" negroes. bent with
age Il cir white. kinky locks like Sncw.
met in Louisville Ky. George "rowed
deligllicdly as his brothers. Phil and
Charley. rhor,sed. "De great days
cum" They went from Louisville t"
Leitchfrid where their mother, 100
wears u!,l lives.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
FIRST HUSBAND MUST PAY
Court Rules Two Cannot Be RESPONSE
BILE for Debts of One Wife.

BILE for Debts of One Wife.
Two husbands cannot be held re-
spnnsible for the debts of one wife.
declared Superior Judge Hunt Of San
francisco when he reversed a decision
of The Justices court giving Gardiner
X Goldsmith Judgment against lisa
r. StrIger and her husband. Samuel
W F.. Strnger for S24a.
The Judgment was for hats which,
according - The testimony, Mrs.
SirInger purchased on charge &C.
crnni while she wns the wife Of John
WrnIpie immediately after rpceiv'ng
hp, tInnl decree of diyorce from
Wemple she be'nme the wife Of
Stringer and suit was brought against
her and her husband.
Judge Hunt ruled that Wemple was
the responsible husband. Judgment,
however. was against Mrs. Stringer
for The bill and costs and In favor Of
Strinser for the costs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
CALF IS Fl INCHES HIGH
Dwarf Hereford Attracts Attention In
Colorado.

j. L. McNutt, rancher. living near
Hugo. Colo. has visions Of young
fortune to be made from freak calf
that is drawing scores Of visitors from
eastern Colorado to his farm.
The calf Of purebred breeding. Is
ten months old and weighs $50 pounds,
but stands only q inches high II has
a normal head and perfect markings.
hut stopped growing when II was sew,
en- months old, Its legs are 7 Inches
In length.
Already McNutt has had severn
lucrative offers to exhibit the calf in
circus sideshows
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
TO TUNNEL MONT BLANC

Engineers Study Line to Join France
and Italy.
French and Italian engineers have
lately arrived at ChamOnix. Switzer-
land. to make studies on the ground
for a tunnel under Mont Blanc, direct
~ Joining France and Italy.
This project. which has been under
examination for many years, now APP
pears near attainment, as both gov
ernments have voted preliminary cred
it's to commence work.
France has appropriated 45.OOO,0O
francs and Italy 46,00O,0O0.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
DRUNKEN RATS DEFY POLICE
100 staeger to Death From Liquor.
Laden Sewer.

As though IN open defiance 81 con
stitutional prohibition. 100 rats stag
gered bodily on wabbly legs into pO-
lice headquarters at Duluth. Mimi.
less than ~ hours after CONSTITUTIONAL
prohibition hecame effective.
The rats were driven from the nu-
luth sewers by the thousands of gal
Ions of liquor poured into the sewers
by the police department. They came
staggering out tie big opening In the
sewer made to carry the $30.O0D In
confiscnted liquor emptied into them
by the police.
Members OF the police department
killed the rats.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
RAID BIGGEST STILLS
Alabama Moonshine Establishment
Found In Full Blast.

Found IN Full Blast.
The largest "mOOnshine" establish
ment ever found In Alabama. com.
posed of seven stills. ranging In capac-
ity from 1873 to $50 gallons. was dis
covered and destroyed by prohibition
officers In the hills near Pelham. 20
miles south Of Birmingham. The raid
ing officers destroyed 1880 gallons
of mash and arrested Ave men.
The stills were in full blast when
the raiders ran upon them. The Of
ficers said 1t was from this plant"
that Birmingham's supply Of corn liz
uor has been coming. 1t brings SOS
a gallon here now.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
sho. Dealers Fined for Pronteerins

Shoe Dealers Fined FOR Profiteering.
Three Boston men. officers of the
F. G. Collins Shoe company Of Provi-
dence, r. l., were each fined $1,000 OIL
charges Of profiteering. 1t was al
legged that they instructed the sales
men In their store to obtain as much
more than the actual sale prices on
shoes ~ they possibly could set
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
Aust. .ians Perish In Siberia

Nearly a75.MW Of Fhe 5OD.Op0 Aus
tro-Ilungarap prisoners Rf war taken
Ivy Russia have Ih'rished In Siberia
from smallpox and typhus fever, &C.
cording 70 information obtained by
tile Red Cross.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18

Three Million Jews In United States.
A Jewish stntistician. David
Trietsch. estimates the Jewish popu-
lafIop Of the world at 15.430,OO0. The
United States has 100000 Of this
number.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
WIREIESSPH0NE
GAINS MsREAeA
Success Claimed for New Small
Power Device.
TALK MORE THAN 800 NILES

Conversation Carried on Between Chi.
Gags and Ossinino, N. ", With Use
Of Small Aerisi, Low Wave Length.
and Power Of Only One. Third Of One
Acknowledgement to elimination OF
Expensive, tiish-Powered Gener.
ators.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-03-18
SIS CONSCIENCE MONEY

Returned by Man Who Found Il but
Did Not Answer "Ad."
Fifteen dollars which Miss Coonie
Frank of Racine, WIS.,, lost August %.
1915. was returned to her recently by
the nlan who found 1t but failed to
answer an advertisement relative to
the loss
from man who signed the letter
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23
WHEELS TURNING IN BELGIUM
Minor Industries Have Resumed oper.
alton. but All Embarrassed
by Lack OF Fuel.

Most OF the minor Industries in Rel.
GUM are said to have RESUMED opera
lion. although all have been more or
less embarrassed by the lack Of fuel
and the uncertainty of delivery OF raw
materials. There Is no lack OF sugar
~ Belgium. and surplus is available
FOR export Nearly all the sugar mills
were kept In operation by the Germans
throughout the war.
To avert labor disturbances. the gov.
ernment has taken an active part in
disputes between the workers and en-.
plcyers with gratifying results. while
wages have increased 10 most indus.
tries at least 100 per cent. and in some
Instances considerably more. they have
not kent pace with the Increase in the
cost OF living. Labor union leaders
have beeo generally disposed 10 adopi
methods where possible /
and the government has been able 10
force arbitration IN nearly all cases I
where troubie has arisen.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23

I and II couldn't see it so | closed my
eyes and prayed. waited until could
bear it no longer and then looked
back. Pierre stood on the balcony
with Elise in his arms. She had
tainted ="
"Yes?' | prompted gently for
Madame Dupon was silent.
u don't know how long it lasted. 1t
seemed an eternity. The flames were
eating at the walls behind them and
now and then a tongue licked at them
through the doorway. Pierre could
not jump with Elise in his arms; he
could not leave her there to die alone;
he was distraught. He gazed down at
little Jacques and thought he was
coming But to tear himself from his
wife-to give her to the fire-no it was
impossiblel He clasped her close to
him and buried his face in her hair. /
That was all that | saw"
The expression was gone from her
voice when she continued the story in
a droning monotone. 81 don't remem-
Der much after that. I know that all
Of US who had lived there walked anc
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23
In the Palace of Justice at Brussels
BY Katharine Egeleston Roberts.
THE STATUE SPEAKS:

3 IHE STATUE oFbAho:
statue Of Justice sit with my head bowed low.
From my palace look Belgium oosed from the grip Of the foe
But my heart is bitter my shoulders bent,
Weary with shame and woe.
Here the chamber of Justice sacred to rule Of right
Game Filth and rald Destruction the bastard children Of Might
They wrote my walls Of pure marble,
On my robe-Jes-on my face
Insults evil for ueranca
That eternity cannot
And my handmadens fair who stand by my chair.
Suffered the disgrace
They pliaeel my treasures Of beauty,
They LEFT not thing indebted
Then The Palace Of Justice they gazed their work and they
smiled.
ST with their insults upon and shrink from the light Of the SUM-
rule Ger the land Of destruction where the blood Of my children
has
], a statue Of Justice dsfgaed,
A monument o The Hun.
coDgrsht 1920 western
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23
BELGIUM SKE TCHEs
"N'OubHons
Pas"
By Katharine eaalestou Roberts

scopyrisht 1920. Western NswsDspn cnma
Near o Geld where the yellow grass
struggled 10 grow in the shell hoie%
Whiie-faced pin0hed little chMre
played among he dead fruit tree
Summer had come and gone 10 lan
once more 40 peace bnt the frses ul.
shown 90 green for the B0che haG
murdered them. and The fields had pro
duced no grain. for the Hua 49,
stepped them IN poison Here in o.
shin autumn misis The cl'li.4
played 10 forget that into the Aaif ~
their house that remained TIE uch
wind would blow through Tie shmpna
ehlnks.
She heard than shouting and slug
ne and The paunf woman PAUSED in
her work 20 look through the wooden
barred window. How could ihey @,
so happy7 But they didn't know 0hai
winter was bringing She had 20 fac,
that alone They knew only thar jump 4
Ing games KEEP, one warm They wor. ]
her children. hers, aud she must nnd .
way. Those slender legs that looked
100 small to MT the heavy sobols
she must keep them dancing somehow
"somehow-somehow." the word
hummed IN her head as she moved
about the room making up the bed
with their scanty coverings. If only
she had mattress for the little ones
II would help 10 keep them warm.
II only the fields had answered her
prayer. II only the fruit trees had
Her mouth grew sulen as
she thought OF their stubborn refusal
70 nourish her babies. She peered be.
ween the bars OF the window and
lorror dilated her eyes. Those trees
we're reaching for her children. trying
o seize them as they skipped about
heir games They were stretching l
heir hideous gray arms. snatching M I
he frail little figures, and the fields q
ere sending up the mist to conceal Q
rem IN their crime.
She knew now. she knew. Round q
nd round whlrred the chaos In her
,ad. That was II. that was it--she Il
'uld see Il all now clearly-more
early-those fields. those trees-they u
ERE infected with the venom OF the pi
IN. they had become allies in his to
ndish scheme TO squeeze out the II
es OF her children g.
Shrel1ing, she ran from the house.
eware" she cried TO the children. al
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23

The old man stood before the door
OF the abri and watched the morning
turn from rose to gold. 'Marthe." he
cried Il was foolish last night. II
must have been that was tired. What
better gift can we have than the land
where our sons have fought2 What an
inspiration for our homes. There's no
such thing as despair, Marthe. was
wrong, very wrong last night Today
| see only hope in the sky"
And the living spirits of No Mans
Land smiled in their hard-won sleep.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-23

walked. Some dropped on the road.
and when the Germans couldn't make
them get up, they kicked them aside
and We went on. had to carry JAG
ques and he grew very heavy. Final
~ when | could go no further. | Law
down at the side of the way and end
died Jacques under me so that thcv
wouldn't see him and take him from
me-"
"oh. look Look p Jacques came
running into the room just as she fin
ished speaking. His yellow curls were
touseled, his blue eyes shining with
excitement See what I've found
look !! He shouted and held a dirty
hand out toward his grandmother. .It
was muddy but | rubbed it and il
shnesw
The old woman turned the duh gold
ring over and over.
Don't you like It'll" JACQUES Inns
auivered with disappointment.
Like ii. like It? Yes boy. yes-Oh
yes. Where did you find it?"
out there with some little white
something's in the ground. Isn't it
nices"
1heres another one there like II.
Your father wore one too. See II YOU
can md 1t. won't you. Jacqmes?" the
oid woman begged the child. another
just like it,"
Another" he cried, turning 20 me
ana the laughter danced In his face. II
told you I'd find my treasured" ne
boosted and skipped out into the sun I
light
me eyes of the old woman chung 10 /
her daughters ring. but they were dry
ragically dry. for she had not more
ears Yes, she mnrmured. YES
Jacques has found his treasure