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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-13
Re-Opening OF Wcmans
Club OF Vienna

After the summer vacation. the
Woman's Club Of Vienna, assembled
at the Club House Friday night
October Sth.
The meeting was called 10 order
by the President, Mrs. Sereta Sax
Lambkin, who delivered a snort ad-
dress Of welcome.
After a short business meeting,
the chairman of the Social Com
lnittee introduced, Rev. Mr.. Garner
the speaker of the evening.
He gave US very interesting
| talk, dwelling on ''Woman's Helps
! In Politics." also complimenting oul
club for the splendid work it was do
! ing.
4 recitation. the Ride OF Jennie
McNeal' was beautifully recited BY
Miss Matte McCready and The
Wreck Of the Hesperus," by Mrs
Anna Spear.
Our guests included. Miss Emma
Price, of Baltimore, Mrs. Katherine
Roberts, of Martinsburg, w. Va.
and Mrs. Jennie Garner, OF East New
Market.
i; Refreshments were served by ouI
hostess, Mrs. Annie Ralph. Thu
club adjourned to meet Friday
October 21Gt, at 2. NJ.
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Auto Tires and Tubes. Phillip
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-13
Most Birds Are Beneficial
Only A Few Are Injurious

The sparrow is q beneficial bird,
SAYS the Biological Survey, united
States Department of Agriculture,
and should not be regarded as pest
The single exception to the depart
ment's endorsement is the pesky Eng
lish sparrow of that species, usually
Q nuisance and often injurious,
saws the department in booklet,
Farm Help and the Birds" it must
be remembered that the introduced
English sparrow is but one member
of the large family of sparrows and
it's habits are by no means charac-
teristic OF the native species.
They are essentially seed eaters
the sparrow, but they consume also
e fair proportion of insects, the oe-
partment finds and in general must
be regarded as beneficial. Separating
the sheep from the goats IN the
feathered kingdom OF common
knowledge to the farmer, the depart
ment places among the bad Dlros the
laws. crows. ravens and blackblrds,
a corporaIs guard compared WIN
the army of good birds, of aid to the
farmer, placed in the classification
Even the bad deniZens of the air
nave some good in them, says the de-
partment, and the damage they do
the farmer is largely because OF over
population in the feathered ranks.
Of that class, the department says:
1T would seem a good policy TO
accord them the same treatment long
given the common crow. The crow
| is not specially prosecuted, neither l.
| It protected About the best that
can be said OF birds of this family it
| that on the average they do about as
much good as harm"
Owls Perform Useful Service
owls as q group have long been
prosecuted by man but never has
persecution been more unjust, says
! the Biological Survey. More than
| SO varieties of owls feed on great
variety OF rodents and have useful
| habits, the booklet continues. IN
| Washington, D. c., the Survey re-
Gently determined what 675 barn
owls had for dinner. Here is the
menu, by variety and number of dish
C5 consumed:
/ Meadow mice, 1,119: house mice.
452; house rats, 1874; other small
mammals, per owl. And the ser
vice done man by the barn owl, the
| booklet says, is typical OF that per-
formed by hawks and owls in gener-
al. An occasional chicken Is con
sumed but this loss is far outweigh
ed by the destruction of harmful ro-
! dents.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-13

Roofing of all kinds at low prices.
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bearing velocipedes. Phillips How
Co.-Adv.
Carriages, Harness, etc. Phillips
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See Phillips Hdw. Co, for Stoves
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.Gunnln@ Coats, LegGina and am
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-13
Success Secrets

What is the secret Of SUGGEST"
asked the Sphinx.
PUSH" said the Button
Never be led" said the Pencil.
=" Take palms." said the Window.
Always keep COOL" said the Ice.
BE up to date" said the Calen-
dar.
Never lose your head said the
Match
Make light of your troubles"
said the Fire.
do driving business said the
Hammer.
Don't be merely one OF the
hands" said the Clock.
aspire to greater things, said
the Nutmeg.
BE shary in all dealings" said
the Knife.
Find a good thing and stick to
it," said the Stamp.
DO the work you are suited for,
said the Chimney.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-13
ClAiB 1sRE-sNAAPJl.S FEEhRE- lac
FALL SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT sEPTE>EBEE 18th.

Leave Annapolis \. NJ. SIS T. M
Leave Claiborne 10 y. II. 100 p. NJ
SUNDAYS
Leave Annapolis A. NJ. Z.oV l. III
Leave Claiborne II A. NJ. 5.Uo T. NJ
T. c. +. HOWARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

lied demand for disbandment. There
are divided councils on the allied side
as to whether this would not be a
satisfactory issue out of the difficulty.
A separation of Bavaria would leave
Germany much weaker as q state.
There has always been tendency
toward secession In Bavaria. and at
the time Of the revolution following
the kaiser's abdication the state very
nearly left the German system-in
fact, an independent government was
set up at Munich for short period.
but was afterward suppressed.
Unfortunately there is not a COM
plete harmony between England and
France on the score of the means to
be adopted to bring Germany to d
reckoning in the matter Of disband-
ment. The French are naturally more
apprehensive than the English. In
case Of occupation the French troops
would be chiefly employed. 1t has
been recently disclosed in dispatches
from Berlin that a very bitter feeling
toward France has developed lately.
markedly more SO than against Eng
land. OF course. even though the Ber-
lin government has concealed many
guns and great quantities of ammu-
milton and has secretly trained masses
of troope, it would be impossible to
undertake a campaign with any pos
sibie chance of success. A German
force could not in all probability cross
the Rhine and would be crushed sure
ly before it reached the old frontier. Yet
France has reason to be fearful of pos
sibilities. She trusted before fs14 and
paid bitter penalty. There Is ground
now for her insistence upon the full
est compliance with the terms OF the
Spa agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
Making Germany Disarm.

A crisis that may be Of extremely
grave character develops today In
Germany. Under the terms OF the Spa
convention. il by this date the Ger.
man government has not fulfilled its
promises respecting disarmament the
allies may occupy the basin Of the
Ruhr. Up to date Germany has failed
to comply with her agreement on the
score Of the dishandment Of troops.
She has pleaded inability to demobliize
the forces Of a certain grade. particu-
ariy in East Prussia and Bavaria. A
disposition Is manifest for the Berlin
government to disclaim responsibility
for and authority over those portions
Of the former empire, still members
Of the German body polite. In East
Prussia, she contends, the excess
troops are needed as protection against
possible invasion from the east and in
Bavaria she has urged that the Ba.
varian state government viii not con.
sent There is a manifest lack Of rood
faith In the various explanations given
and the failure OF the authorities at
Berlin to state the case in a way to
convince even the German people,
from whom many objections have al.
ready arisen on the score OF disin.
genuousness on the part of the gov
eminent.
Separation of Bavaria from Ger.
many has been threatened If Der.
lin attempts to comply with the al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
The Executive Inaugural Car.

The other day suggestion was
made by a correspondent Of The Star
that the retiring and incoming Presi.
aents should ride to and from the
Capitol on Inauguration day in the old
George Washington family coach. now
stored at Mount Vernon, and. It il 70.
ported. still in working condition. This
proposal, however, has not only been
.negatived. but it is announced that
the President-elect has chosen to ADOPT
for the first time in the history Of line
Inaugural proceedings an automobile
FOR transport to and away from the
scene Of the official induction into Of
fee. Thus instead az the coach Of
nearly century and half ago the
chief figures in the inaugural parade
next March will be carried In q ye-
hicle most strictly Of the present type.
There will be some regret at this de.
parture, which will lessen the bic.
furesqueness Of the procession. An
automobile Is not a romantic means
of transport. There il something about
a pair Of horses or q team Of four
that adds to the spirit Of a forsna,
parade. But II the President-elect pre-.
fers the motor he win be 50 accom-.
modated. and Washington will have a
new experience in seeing this device
in an inaugural parade for the first
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
The First Page.

What will 1921 bring? No man
knows. That is one of the blessings CT
life. If we could SEE through the veil
We would face much unhappiness,
much anxiety. The year that is be.
fore us is a closed book. to be opened
page by page. with no skipping.
There are many possibilities in this
Story that We begin today to read.
1t may be a tragedy, romance, a
comedy. 1t may, and probably will,
he a blend of all these. There is no
reason to look for a year much differ
CIT from those that have gone. save,
ef- course, the years of the war span,
when the tragic note was deepes: and
lecdest.
Rising from the depths of tina. ter
rib,e time. the future must look
Brighter for all mankind. Problems
arc to be solved. still, and dangers are
now in evidence. But men are SIN
cerely hopeful of solution Of the prob
lens and avoidance of the dangers.
Civilization does not so backward. and
AScoA NiH9 tHC Wdi DIS d hCCSSSdfy Ckh,
that had to come to purge the worl Id
of 1r accumulated poison. it Nay be
considered in the end as a contrihu-
tion to the eventual happiness and
good of the race.
Zoo often do we approach the OMEN
ing of another period of time in !,
personal spirit, with hopes for indi-
Nidual advantage, or apprehensions Of
direct and localized misfortune. II is
Teces sary to view the prospect broad
". Is society advancing toward high
e. ideals and better conditions of lie:
Only the chronic pessimist. with no
CUBS tantial basis for his bilious out
.ook. will deny the affirmative an.
swer.
Cast back the vision into the past
and see how far ahead we are than
even few decades ago. We have bet
ter chances for life, better advantages
for advancement. better conditions Of
home comfort. better opportunities for
our children, better government. bet.
ter morals. We are living in a cleaner
time, with greater number Of people
on rising plane of social relationship.
There is more charity, there is more
Justice. there is more human sym,
Lathy.
Nineteen-twenty,one: A year Of
promise and wonderful possibilities!
Let us greet it gladly and cheerfully
and confidently. And let US not for
get that in the main we make our
eWn year what it proves to be, year
OF blessings or a year OF sorrows, ac-
cording as we approach our tasks and
responsibilities and opportunities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
Two Months.

Beginning Monday. Congress viii
buckle to its work. with a clear appre.
citation Of the time allowance and of
the amount of work to be done. The
time allowance is two months. and the
amount Of work prodigious.
The time should be given wholly
to the routine. That is pressing. The
government must function, and it can.
rot function without supplies. And
those supplies should be voted intel
ligently.
Hurrying with supply bills is dan.
gerous business. "Jokers'' sin in.
Items are not properly explained, and
some are not explained at all. And
now and then in the confusion bills
fail. and makeshifts have to be pro.
vided in the way Of resolutions for
carrying on.
No bills should be allowed to fail
this time. The table should be cleared.
The new Congress will have all the
business it can possibly attend to.
Pr0pects are for long special ses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

sion and a long regular first session.
Indeed. there may be but q very little
daylight between the two sessions.
AS for questions outside the routine
that are pressing. there is hope in
the fact that the special session will
be called early. Mr.. Harding has wise
~ decided to put the new Congress to
work shortly after the old Congress
has expired. Knowing that the coun-
try does. he also desires results on
Ire November mandate as soon as they
can be obtained.
Let US have. then, the time between
new and adjournment day devoted to
business that cannot wait without Diet.
riment to public interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
An Undivided Responsibility.

There has been no suggestion re-
Gently of mixed cabinet. Soon after
the announcement of the November
result several were made. The argu.
ment was that as hundreds Of thou.
sands Of democrats had assisted in
producing the result, Mr.. Harding
should give them representation in his
official family
The argument did not prove persua.
sive. 1t aroused only languid inter
est. 1t was not supported in circles
strictly political. 1t seemed to possess
only sentimental value.
The reply was this: The successful
ticket was the republican ticket, no,ni.
mated as such. The successful plat.
form was the republican platform,
written and adopted as such. Those
who voted for the ticket did so with
confidence in it, and in the knowledge
that success for the ticket would mean
success for the platform. with the
terms of which they were familiar.
AIR. Harding, then, will enter the
White House as a republican, elected
and pledged as such, and in office will
guide by the Chicago chart. This will
call for republican advisers-men who,
like himself, are pledged to the party's
principles.
In this way the administration will
be republican land as such must an.
swer to the country. If it succeeds,
the praise and the usufruct will go
to the republican party. II it fails,
the blame and the consequences will
fall on that party. The republicans
are responsible, though they were as
sisted in their triumph by great num-
bers Of democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
Gable, in Commerce and Politics.


Cable communication has brought
each country into instant touch with
the markets Of other countries. Be-
fore the day Of cables and steamships
a merchant bought and sold goods on
Information that was a month or more
goods. Business then was largely
Since the nations have been united
| by cables. this element Of speculation
| has been almost entirely eliminated
A man can buy or sell wheat or WOO,
in Portland with as full knowledge OF
that days quotation on the London
and Liverpool market az he has of the
Portland quotations. Buying and SELL
| ing can, therefore. be done on a closer
gains.
For the same or kindred reasons
quick, direct cable communication is
| important in every phase Of COM
munication between nations com
merciai. political news and family
enables men to win contracts ahead
of foreign competitors. enables ship
owners to win charters for vessels,
diplomats to form combinations and
friendly power can gain advantage:
Direct cables protect the secrecy OF
communication from the spying of
business rivals or of foreign gov
oYnmentS, ARD 1acllltatcS exchange OF
news free from the obstruction and
coloring which foreign governments
might give. They also exclude propa-
randa in foreign interest which might
be spread from a country controlling
the cable by which two other coun-
tries communicated.
American cables are only second in
importance to American ships in ex-
tension Of foreign trade. We are en-
gaging In competition with Britain
In every market, and shall not be
on equal terms so long as we are de-
pendent on our rivals cables for COM
mercial intercourse. Use OF the cable
has SO increased in the last few years
that there Is business for more on the
principal routes without wasteful du-
piication. Cables are a public utility
which should be at the service of the
whole world on equal terms, and with
freedom from espionage and censor
shin. but Britain cannot be expected
To- give up it's undoubted advantage
without a struggle. If the United
states should show determination to
have it's own system to every CONT
nent, it would influence Britain to
Join in an international agreement for
cable control, which would put all
nations on an equal footing. and
would prevent useless duplication
Portland Oregonian independent re-
publican).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
The Low Government Pay Scale.


priations committee, in an interview
printed in The Star yesterday, says
that the government must pay better
salaries it it Is to retain the service
Of employees who have been trained in
its work and have become valuable.
Unless the public pay scale is increased
every bureau Of the government will
continue to lose men and women VINO
have acquired special qualifications
and for whose services outside inter-
ests, commercial, industrial and educa.
tional, will bid successfully.
This is not new condition. 1t has
prevailed for years. In some OF the
branches of the departmental serv.
ice heavy annual overturn from
this cause has put serious han
dicap upon the administration OF
the public business. The case
of the patent oniee has been fire.
quently cited. In the Department Of
Agriculture, in the Department OF
Commerce, in the Department of JUS
tice. in the Treasury Department--in
fact, In every branch Of the govern
ment these changes are continually &C.
curing, as men and women who have
developed special aptttudes are drawn
away by the tender Of only slightly
larger pay. Some Of them have coma
manded much larger pay than the most
conceivably generous governmental
scale would afford them.
1t has been pointed out again and
again that the government IL one Of
the poorest paymasters Of any Ameri.
can employer, In the higher execu.
tive positions men must almost i'll
variably sacrifice materially when they
leave private life for public posts. Not
infreQuently it happens that a man
turns away from an income of $1oo, 600
a year from law practice or a bust:
ness connection in order to take q po-
sition in the cabinet. But these are
not the cases in point. The real back.
bone Of the service il constituted by
the men who get between $500 and
$5.oeo a year. Save in few cases
Of elderly workers who have remained
beyond the point Of readjustment. most
Of these psople could get better pay
In outside employment. But they are
held by two factors. the comparative
certainty Of the government employ.
ment and pride Of service.
1t is not proposed that the govern
ment compete with the private employ
ers, but that it advance its scale to
the point Of assuring its workers de.
cent living compensations. The scale
itself has not been revised for many
decades. It is the only wage scale in
America that has remained stationary.
The trifing addition called bonus,
drst $1ze and then $40 a year. was
In no sense a meeting Of the rising
needs OF life. It was at best an an
nual donation. subject to withdrawal
at any time.
1t 10 gratifying to find the chairman
Of the House committee taking the
bread ground Of recognition Of the
needs Of the service in respect to the
adoption Of a pay scale that viii 1T
least enable the government to hold
its valued workers without compellins
them to sacrifice the elementary COM
forts OF life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Berlin protests that some Of the Ger.
man regions defy orders to disarm.
The despotic discipline that was once
Germany's boast is apparently not
what it used to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Many commercial experts believe
that If the reds can be interested in
trade they will lose their taste for
more relentless and less profitable
games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Business in Russia il expected to
revive to a degree that will divert
Trotsky's attention from political lit.
erature and afford him congenial oc.
cupation in prospectus writing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

its only chance to assert itself as
an edifice Of beauty comes when the
inaugural ball brings the interior in.
stead of the exterior of the pension Of.
fee under observation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

There is no time when Senator Knox
cannot. II called upon to do so, write
offhand substitute for the league Of
nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

After laying his men off Henry Ford
announced that while idle they would
receive pay checks. No advocate Of
shorter hours for labor could ask for
anything fairer than this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Before another December business
Is expected to adjust itself in q way
that will not compel the income tax
collector to be hindrance to Santa
Claus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

There has not been a New Year in
long time more fraught with happy
expectation than this First of Janu.
airy, 1921.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Senator Borah is one Of the most
energetic Of percentages in suggesting
New Year resolutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

AS producer Of ornate fiction DAN.
nunzio must feel a great deal Of inter-
est in tho variegated rumors cfrcu.
lated concerning him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

REPORTS continue to come across the
Pacific to the effect that the California
question is not as serious in japan
a. !: has been represented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Farmers find that their especial need
at this time Is credit. An agricultur.
ist must now be a hish-class business
man as well as a scientist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

Martens has proved himself IN az.
pert in the diplomatic art Of the lin.
gering farewell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01
DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK
14O6 q Street.
You Can Have Money
When You Need 1t!

Start the New Year with Savings Ac-
count at the District National Bank. Think
how welcome Bank Account would have
been during the Christmas season-it will be
Just as useful next year and you will have all
the money you will need if you open your
Account now and add to it regularly.
We are especially equipped to handle
Savings Accounts There are so many times
when a little extra money would come in very
handy; you can't foresee them; but If you
have taken precaution and opened Savings
Account you will be ready to meet them.
Keep your important and vau-
able papers safe from Theft Fire
and Loss. You can rent "Strong
Box" in modern Vaults for
little at S. per year-and up to SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-01

A New Year should be NO less happ.
becarse Il ID strictly abstsmious.