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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
Richie Tells OF Party,s Work.

Governor Richie was the first
speaker at the dollar" dinner given
at the Y. M. C. A. at Hagerstown by
the Junior Democratic Club of West
ern Maryland. Incidentally he was
more or less doomed for denomination.
The club is composed of residents
of all the Western Maryland counties
and all of them, from Montgomery to
Garrett, had representatives on hand.
D. C. Winebrener Sd, president and
organizer of the club and one of the
Governors chief boosters, presided.
The Governor was given warm ap-
plause when he rose to speak as the
orchestra played Maryland, My Mary
land"
The Governor devoted a consider
able portion of his address to the
achievements of the Democratic party
in State Administration, mentioning
the care of the insane, road construc-
ton, prison reform, State reorganiza-
ton and important measures passed
by the last legislature. He referred
to the Junior Democratic Club as a
rising organization of Democracy"
Mention of the reduction Of the
State tax rate brought applause.
1T matters not who carries the flag,
but it does matter what the flag stands
for" said the Governor as the audi.
ence applauded.
States Attorney Fuller Barnard, of
Allegany, followed the Governor. q.
Brooke Lee headed delegation from
Montgomery. William r. Browning
and Edward Shaffer came from Gar
rett; William c. Walsh, Ferdinand
Williams, Fuller Barnard, Jr, and
Robert e. King from Allegany, and
President Winebrenner brought del
egation of about IS from Frederick
county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
STATE
CAPITAL.
Free frees ID ReautIfy Roads.

Free Trees To Beauty Roads,
Residents of the State or organize
tions interested in beautifying the
highways have been offered an oppor-
tunity by State Forester F, W. Besley
to acquire some trees free for the pur-
pose and others at cost.
The supply of the trees is limited
and conditions, which must be cong
piled with in order to take advantages
of the offer, are given in circulars Mr..
Besley is sending out Only the black
walnut and black locust are offered
free, but other species, such as pin oak,
red oak, elm, oriental plane and white
ash, all in saplings two inches in d.
ameter or more and 8 to IL feet In
height, are offered at cost. The price
list of the treesas being sent out with
the circulars. -
The conditions under which the
trees may be obtained are as follows:
There must be not less than " mile
OF continuous planting on both sides.
Of the highway.
Black locust must be planted not
less than S5 feet, nor more than so
feet apart; black walnut not less than
so feet, nor more than rs feet apart.
These trees must be planted within
the right-of-way of public highways, in
order to give them the legal status of
public shade trees, and in every case
the consent Of the abutting property
owners must be secured. On State
roads, the location of the trees must
be approved by the State. Roads Com
mission, and where the right-of-way of
Estate road is less than so feet, tree
planting is generally prohibited.
Applications will be filed in the or
der received. AS the supply of trees
is limited, those interested should ap-
ply promptly. The trees offered are
about two inches in diameter and from
to IL feet in height.
If the trees are obtained at College
Park there is no charge except for the
trees that are tobe sold, but if shipped
the cost of packing for shipment will
be charged. Mr.. Besley considers the
black walnut very adaptable tree for
roadside planting, if the soil is deep or
fertile and there is plenty of moisture.
1t neither casts a heavy shade nor i'm
poverishes the soil.
Mr.. Besley says that his department
will cooperate in every way possible
with individuals or organizations even
/ to the extent Of supervising the plant
ing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
MAN SPIDER
FALLS % STORIES
Member Of safety Last Club
Drops To Death
BORE SLOGAN ON HIS BACK
Victim Had Premonition-People At
Windows Heard Him Mutter ~
Can't Make IT," But He
Kept on.

New York. With a Broadway
crowd standing agape and movie ma
chimes clicking out their yards of eel
luloid ribbon, Harry F. Young, self
styled spider" plunged 10 stories to
his death while attempting to scale
the side of the Hotel Martinique.
waited station were dozens of. camera
Police reserves had to be called before
the body could be removed and traffic
restarted.
Among those who crowded Greeley
Square watching the performer at his
stunt was his wife, with whom he had
Just lunched. She swooned Revived
in a drug store nearby, she was re-
moved to hospital.
The square was packed when Young
appeared. Clinging to points of van
tage on the Thirty-third street ele-
waited station were dozens of camera
men, Windows of every skyscraper
in the vicinity were filled with men
and women, laughing and talking ex-
citedly as Young began his climb. The
police estimated the crowd at 10000.
Young wore white shirt, duck
trousers and white shoes, which
served to outline his figure against
the drab wall. On his back hung o
sign reading Safety last"-for Young
was an incorporation Of the Safety
Last Society,"" formed last week by
human flies" parachute jumpers and
folk of adventurous liking, whose oc-
cupation caused them to be listed by
insurance companies as bad risks"
The spider" began his ascent at the
north end of the hotel He climbed
up surface that seemed from the
street absolutely sheer, but which
here and there had small indentations
in which the performer was able to
cling with finger or toe.
The fourth floor was gained with
out incident at that point Young
climbed over balcony and walked
over to the center of the building, as
if to afford the crowd better view.
Young apparently felt he was to
meet death for people in windows past
which he climbed said later that they
heard him muttering to himself:
II can't make. it! I can't make it!'
But he kept on. ~
When he reached the tenth floor
his foot slipped Down he plunged.
From the crowd rose groan that
grew like the moaning of the wind.
Falling close to the wall he crashed
on the balcony His body was de-
fiected out into the street.
Young, who was Is years old and
lived in this city, had engaged in
stunts for several years. His card pro-
claimed him Americas unique and
original steeplejack," and announced
that work was guaranteed ION flag
stats, church steeples, water tanks
and impossible places to reach" He
had performed many times for the Red
Cross and many times had scaled
Broadway buildings. He leaves wife
and son eight wears old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
NO PROOF AGAINST AMERICANS
Britain Refuses To Withdraw Charges
Against Consul.

London.-Great Britain cannot ac-
cede to the demand of the United
States that charges against the for
mer American consul and vice-consul
at Newcastle OF influencing trade in
favor Of American ships be withdrawn,
Under-Secretary Mcneil stated in the
House Of Commons.
Mcneil, replying to Adams, Labor
member from Newcastle, who drew
attention to the act of the United
States in closing the consulate there,
admitted the British charges were un-
substantiated, but said the Govern
ment believed them justified.
Accusations against the American
consular officers at Newcastle-on-Tyne
resulted in the American Government
ordering the consulate closed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
EUROPE HEADING
FOR MORE WARS
Reports Indicate Preparations
Are On For Conflict
CLASHES TO COME in SPRING
Near East, Germany And Russia
Named Among Trouble Cen
ters-c onstantlnople
Uneasy.

London.-~All the old world seems
to be getting ready for war in the
spring. Reports from half dozen
countries indicate martial preparations
under way, with conflict apparently
only awaiting the breakup Of winter.
Some OF the reports reaching Lon
don were:
1. The French are rushing rein
3orcements to Syria, and General
Gouraud is going there in person, ow-
ing to warnings that guerrilla warfare
against France has been planned for
April.
2. An unconfirmed report from
Warsaw says the Poles have started
machinery to call 100000 reservists
to the colors. Poland is believed pre-
pairing for possible war on at least
three frontiers.
8. The shadow of holy war fell
across the Near East with discovery
Of plots by young Turks to influence
the new caliph to summon Mohamme-
dams to arms, followed by proclama-
tons posted in all the Moslem quar-
tiers Of Constantinople, ordering Mo-
hammedans of military age, regardless
Of nationality, to report at once to
recruiting stations.
4. Britain is watching anxiously
the Ruhr and Bavaria, in the fear that
In one or both Of these storm CEN
tiers unrest may break into open war
fare soon. 1t is believed likely in
view Of recent developments that
British troops will be withdrawn from
che Rhine next month.
5. Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Lith-
uania. Soviet Russia and Greece are
involved in guerrilla warfare or antici-
pate resumption Of half-dormant con-
diets when warm weather comes.
All Mohanmedans In Constantinople
between the ages Of 20 and 80 have
been ordered to present themselves
ut recruiting stations not later than
Sunday, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch.
In view Of discovery Of attempts by
extremist Turks to have the new
caliph, Abdul Medjid, call holy war
against Great Britain, the summons to
the colors, including not only Otto
mans but all Moslems, has caused
great uneasiness at Constantinople.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
April 8 To Be Arbor Day.

Arbor Day this year will be set for
Friday, April 6. Gen. Felix Agnus, in
charge of the annual event, has been
informed by Gov. Albert c. Richie.
A proclamation designating day
especially for the planting of trees by
the school children of the State will
be issued by the Governor this week.
Arrangements will be made for the.
children at various city schools to
plant trees with special exercises.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
$4,000 SUIT A MISTAKE.

Woman Views Miners Body And
Learns He Isn't Her Husband.
Miami, okla.-After filing suit here
for $4,000 damages for the death of
her husband in a mine accident at
cardin February 6. Mrs. Nellie Smith,
of Schulter, found she was mistaken
in the identity of the man killed.
She was notified that the victim was
known on the payroll as ]. Harris, but
that papers in his possession indicated
he was John Smith. Mrs. Smith, think.
ing the dead man her husband, imme-
diately brought suit against the min.
ing company.
When she viewed the body. how.
ever, she did not knew the man. She
will withdraw the suit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
FUNNY TALE PROVES FATAL.

Camden. N. ia cinnamon bun
caused the death of a Camden young
man.
William M. Pratt, 20 years old, was
eating the bur while seated at table
with friends. One of the party told a
funny story and Pratt laughed so
heartily pieces of the bun became
lodged in his throat. His companions
saw him choking and, after trying un.
successfully to relieve him, telephoned
for physician. When he arrived
Pratt was dead.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
SURFACE WILL DIRECT
RUBBER GROWTH HERE
Hoover Appoints Head For Investiga-
tions On Possibility OF Amer
lean Crop.

Washington. The initial step in
the investigation to be conducted by
the Government to determine II rub
Der can be grown on American terri
tory was taken when Secretary of
Commerce Hoover appointed DR..
Frank M. Surface to take charge of
The work.
The Department of Commerce and
the Department of Agriculture have
been allotted 100000 to make this in
vestigation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
ON PRISON COT q
DAYS MINUS FOOD
sacco Elects Hunger Strike Death
To Further Time Behind
The Bars.

sDedham, Mass.--On little cot In
cell in the Norfolk County Jail here
lies the remnant of Nicola Sacco
whose conviction for South Brain
tree murder resulted in international
complications from riots, bomb-throw.
ing and attacks upon American EN-
bassies by protesting European rad
icals.
Sacco, who has been in jail for "a
months pending legal action in his
case, now courts death from starva.
ton rather than undergo further i'm.
prisonment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
voLsTEAp GIVEN WATCH.
Former judiciary Chairman Honored
BY Colleagues.

s Washington.-Andrew ]. volstead,
retiring chairman of the House Ju-
dietary Committee, Monday met with
his colleagues for the last time around
the table on which the Prohibition En-
forcement act was drafted and re-
ceived gold watch as token Of
esteem.
Representative Dyer, Republican,
Missouri, presided. He told Mr.. Vol
stead that, although the membership
had not been unanimous ION all of the
measures" turned out by the commit
tee, there was no division in the opin.
ION that he had proved to be an earn.
est and able member of Congress. Rep.
resentative Dominick, Democrat,
South Carolina, thanked Mr.! volstead
for his fairness as presiding officer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
MAY BUILD RUBBER HOUSES
New Material Is Lighter Thar
Cork.

Lincoln, Eng.-The rubber house,
which many residents of earthquake
stricken districts have wished for, is
now possibility. The lightest solid
ever produced is, soon to be manufac-
tured here. The substance is prod
uct of vulcanized rubber expanded by
gas under pressure. 1t is three times
more buoyant than cork and imper-
vious to water and should make ideal
building materials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
JOHN a. MCMAHON DEAD.

Served Three Terms In Congress From
ohIo-Born In Frederick Co.
Dayton. Ohio-John A. Mcmahon,
30, who served three terms in Con.
gress, beginning in 1874, died at his
his home here following long illness,
Mr.. Mcmahon was a warm friend OF
"Uncle Joe" Cannon. He was born In
Frederick county, Nd, February 10,
1888.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
1aDAY HUNGER STRIKE.
Convicted Murderer Refuses To Take
Food:

Dedham, Mass.-With bottle Of
jam and quantity Of crackers in
plain view in his CELL, Nicola Saoco,
convicted Of murder and awaiting SEN
tence for crime committed in April,
1920. continued his hunger strike. be-
gun is days ago.
Jail officials said the prisoner was
quite weak and Sunday adhered strict
ly to his diet of water. In addition
to having placed food in his cell. jail
attendants offer meals to the prisoner
at regular intervals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
BRITISH NAVY BILL GUT.

Washington Conference Credited For
Reductions.
London. Great Britain has cut
down her naval expenditures 3s per
cent. in the past two years, Lieut..
Col. Leopold Amery, of the Admiralty,
announced in the House of Commons
He attributed this saving to the Wash
ington conference agreement for lin
itation Of naval ornaments.
The gross estimates for 1923-1924
were s61 ,401, 166, compared with
e69,47s,657 in 1922-192S and a92.519,-
500 in 1921a922.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
DR.. Won kAuFsEuREN DIES.
German Ambassador TO France Is
Dead After Operation.

Berlin.-Dr Wilhelm Mayer Won
Kaufbeuren, German Ambassador to
France died in Munich hospital fol-
lowing an operation upon the stomach.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
TRADE HITS sNAGs IN RuHR.
Many Complaints Received From
American Firms There.

7WdUy VUNHPIdTHIS HGCSIVSU FTuHI
American Firms There.
Neutrality-suspicious. interference
with the commerce of American firms
in the Ruhr Valley has developed from
the French occupation. Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover declared.
Scores OF complaints have been re-
ceived from American importers and
exporters by Government departments,
Hoover said.
The situation, however, he ex-
planned, may be the result of confusion
attendant upon the occupation and not
to any definite policy of obstruction by
the French Government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
SEVERE FIGHT IN MACEDONIA.
Thirty Killed In Clashes OF Bulsarians
And Serbians.

Athens.-Severe fighting, in which
80 have been killed, has broken out
between Bulgarians and Serbians in
Macedonia. According to military adj
vices received here, 81 Bulgarian irreg-
ulars and three Serbians were killed in
one engagement. The fighting is be-
ing conducted by irregulars, not by
Regular Army forces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
MADE HER OWN JAlLER.
Woman Bootlegger Sentenced To SOC
Days At Home.

Days At Home.
Fresno, Cal.-Mrs. Elizabeth Espi-
nola, convicted of bootlegging, on her
own confession, was sentenced to
spend 500 days in her own home, car
ing for her four little children, by
Police Judge ]. G. Crichton.
The woman first was fined $500. the
court then discovering she could not
pay 1t. The fine was RENTED and
the woman placed in her own custody
in her own home to work out the
fine at the rate of 81 a day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
RUM KILLS RATS IN HoRDEs.
Victims OF confiscated Liquor De
stroyed BY Dry Agents.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Hundreds Of rats
lay in death on the city dump here,
mute victims of hard liquor manufac-
tured for mankind. Prohibition en-
.forcement agents poured aIlarge guam
tity of confiscated liquors, beer, white
mule and home brew over the dump.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
PLANES FALL LAID TO WIND.
Stiff Breeze Blamed For Death OF
Aviators In River.

Aviators In River.
Philadelphia.-Lieut. Robert M. Far
rar, of Washington, and Mechanician
Stephen F. Sullivan. of Chicago,
aviators, who were drowned when
their plane plunged into the Delaware
River, opposite Tinicum Island, lost
control of the machine when it ran
into stiff wind, it is believed by off,
Gals Of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-16
40 REDS HELD AT BRUSSELS.
Communists Rounded Up For Alleged
Plot Against State.

Brussels.-Forty Communists were
arrested here charged with plotting
against the security of the State. 1t
is reported that other arrests will fol-
low.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-06
RELICS OF TUTANKHAMEN

1t is hard to stay away from the subject
of old Tutankhamen, SO alluring is it, in
imagination, to peer into that mysterious
tomb of his, which they are opening now
in Egypt. Perhaps there never was a tomb
more astonishing in its revelations or
more important to history, both sacred and
profane. But it is its miraculously preserved
human objects that are intriguing to ones
fancy. Fiction would balk, at presuming to
tell convincingly such tale as is now COM
ing to US through the lips of that burial
place in the Valley of the Kings Hitherto,
whenever we have glanced backward over
the three thousand years that have elapsed
since this pharaoh reigned, we have thought
only of curious relics, such as dried up num-
miles, like withered leaves from the tree of
life, and the silent sphinx and perhaps Of
a broken temple somewhere in the desert
dust. In this oldest of tonhs, objects have
been found as appealing to human sympa-
'thies as if placed there the day before. A
glove and a bouquet Of flowers lie among
the treasured trappings and jeweled para
phernalia of the dead-both probably from
the hand of the great monarch's queen, a
girl of tender years. Somehow, they
seem to us, though vanished into the mists
Of the past, still to possess some of the
qualities of their original owner and ito
symbolic a gentle gesture from an MINOR
tai land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-06
THE NEW MUSSOLINI

Premier Mussolini of Italy no longer con-
ducts himself like the fiery, dictatorial leader
who marched to Rome and assumed the
reigns Of power. He has become more
moderate, both In his policies and his
speeches, and appears now to be passing
from the phase of dictator to a party
leader. Instead of defying his opponents to
do their worst and intimating that he will
brook no interference with his plans, as he
did in the early days of his premiership,
Mussolini is reported to be working for an
agreement with the other parties, including
the nationalist and the Giolitti liberals. He
wants to avoid political conflicts until he
succeeds in bringing about his principal adj.
ministrative reforms. He has announced
that Italy will adopt hands-off policy as
regards the French occupation of the Ruhr
and assures the nationalists and Giolitti lib
erals that they will not be deprived of their
full political rights at home. As between
capital and labor he is following a middl.
course and will force the disarming of
fascista bands that have not joined the ma
tional militia and submitted to government
authority. He has even imprisoned a former
colleague, socialist agtator. All of which
shows statesmanlike prudence and desire
to give Italy stable government that will
conform to the will of the people and pre-
vent a return of those chaotic conditions
political as we'll as economic, which led to
tha fascista unrisinp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-06
A PLEA FROM DE VALERA

canon De Valera, from his hiding place
in Ireland, writes to the Irish World letter
in which he blames Lloyd George for forcing
the Anglo-Irish treaty on the Irish repre-
sentatives in London, by the threat of war.
He characterizes it as "the greatest of all the
many crimes English statesmen have COM
mitted against Ireland" The republican
leader attempts to explain the situation IN
Ireland by saying: "The dictated partition
of our country, its forced inclusion IN the
British empire, the surrender of our sover-
eighty, the reputation of our declared
independence, the acceptance of England's
king and the pledge of fealty to him, made
civil war inevitable here, sooner or later"
While he admits that Arthur Griffith had
difficult decision to make and comedies that
the Irish leaders who signed the treaty were
actuated by patriotism and love of their
country, De Valera processes himself unable
to understand why they chose compromise
with Great Britain, instead of continuing
the fight for complete independence. That
was because Griffith, Michael Collins and
other supporters Of the Free State were
statesmen enough to see that the Anglo-lrish
treaty offered better opportunity for the
ultimate realization of Irish hpoes than war
which would have only one result, the crush,
ing of Ireland by Great Britain. Griffith
and Collins are dead. If they were still lv-
ing, they might take issue with De Valera and
show that the progress already made in es-
tablishing the Free State has vindicated
their course, but arguments are wasted on
the republican leader who refuses to admit
that half loaf is better than none, at least
so far as the immediate future of Ireland
is concerned. Events will show whether the
policy of Griffith and Collins or De Valera
gives greater assurance that Ireland will
achieve her destiny as nation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-06

Georges church, Gravesend. The ancient
church register shows that she was buried
Gin ye Chauncell.
An attempt is now being made to locate
her grave. The original church was burned
and changes made in the sUructure which
replaced it disturbed the old crypts and
tombs. The exact location of Pocahontas'
remains is not known, but if they should be
discovered it is proposed to bring them back
to America. The church authorities and the
British government might object to their
removal, but even if permission were grant
ed, it is fitting that the bones of the Indian
princess be left in the land where she died
and wheye she was received with the flat
tering attention due her rank. For more
than three centuries Pocahontas has slept
at Gravesend. She should be left there IN
peace and not serve at this late day to divert
the idly curious.