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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 1922.
THANKSGIVING DAY

In the United States Thanksgiving
Day is day first set apart by the
Plymouth Pilgrims, in 1921, in ac-
acknowledgement of the first annual
festival appointed by the Governor.
1t was observed religiously by
these people, who were thankful for
the little that came to them after
faithful labor and harsh struggle.
We, as people, today, who have
much, and have it without hard
struggle, should be doubly thankful
but are trife too ,complacent about
it,
The days national celebration in
recognition of the years blessings
was first recommended by prociama-
ton of President Licoln in 1853, and
has since been annually observed,
being regarded as time particular
ly appropriate for family reunions.
Thanksgiving Day is worth pre-
serving if we, as a nation, can pre-
serve it's true meaning with it,
recognition of divine favor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
NEW TAX PROBLEM TO CON-
SLIDER

That the tax question is ever pres
ent and must be considered from
new angles, is illustrated by the de-
mand that is arising in all parts of
the nation for airports. Apparent
ly, airways are going to become as
important as highways.
.s The. modern, automobile would be
useless for practical purposes with
out good roads. The airplane. will
be, as impractical without network
of landing fields and electric signal
ing devices at night. From all indi-
cations it will cost more to provide
these necessities for air navigation
than it cost to build our highways.
Ehe airpiane' is coming means of
transportation, and airports must be
provided just the same as seaports
for our ships.
!. Undoubtedly the airplanes, like
the automobiles, will be taxed to pro-
vide part of the revenue, but the tax
payers in the various communities
will also be called upon for share
of the expense, the same as in road
building.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
BORAH CALLS ON REPUBLICANS
TO TAKE STAND FOR
ENFORCEMENT

Senator Borah calls for show
Town in the next presidential COM
paign on the prohibition question
and law enforcement.
1T is my contention" the Idaho
Republican declared before the New
York Women's Law Enforcement
Committee, that the supreme polit-
cal problem in the United States to-
lay is obedience to law--the integ
ity of the constitutional Govern
ment
Il contend that the highest duty
resting upon political party at this
line is to recognize that fact, meet
t openly and courageously, call its
voters and supporters to the contest
and fight it through to the end.
I'VE know from the decisions of
he Supreme Court that we are pas
sing through period in. which. cor
ruption has reached to the very doors
If the White House, dominated Cab
nets and robbed the people OF their
Inheritance.
1--WE know that our daily press
day by day records series of crimes
both in number and in horror, which
have no precedent or parallel.
I'VE know, if we but stop to re
fleet, that this spirit of lawlessness
has come to be the most stupendous
problem Of our national life.
I'VE know, too, that this spirit of
lawlessness has now taken the form
of an utter disregard and defiance of
III charter of Government ITSELF
Enforcement of the law. Mr.. Borah
asserted, requires the election of
President and officials who believe il
the Prohibition Law and who will
be as yigilant and active to enofrco
It IS its opponents are to vlotate it.
Modification of the Volstead Asst i
not involved in the prohibition ques
ton, he argued, centending that re
peal or enforcement of the Eighteen
tn Amendment is the heart and life
of The wet and dry issue.
Referenda on the prohibition
question were characterized by Sena
tor Borah as ''insincere and ineffec.
tive" Modification of the VolsteaG
Act, he declared. 'can not give that
which the Constitution prehibits-to
Wit, intoxicating liquor"
+. Senator Borah declared that "a
political party which is unwilling tc
declare it's purpose to enforce the
eighteenth Amendment will not en-
force the Eighteenth Amendment.
There is no reason in the world,
= added, why, if a party intends
to enforce the Eighteenth Amend
ment, it should not say So"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
NATION HAS CAUSE TO RENDER
THANKS

The story OF the conquest of our
great area from it's native wildness
is one of the epics of mans existence.
The richest heritage ever bestowed
upon the human race has fallen to
the American people. They are
trustee for posterity in their employ
ment and administration. 7 h e y
have been wasteful and prodigal,
but are learning and in some re-
spects have learned the lesson OF con-
servation. Millions of newcomers
have been absorbed and have contri-
buted strength as well as some weak
ness to the body polite. Industry
has marked the decades of this great
development. In many matters a
pace has been set for the world in
scinece and in business and in thrift
Cat OF these material activities has
come a cultural advance. Education
has spread until it is now universal.
The standard of living is higher mere
than in any other land.
1t is well then that once year
the thought of the nation should
turn to it's blessings in gratitude and
thanksgiving. The losses and suf-
ferings that have befallen the people
are the more bravely borne for this
annual consideration of the bounties
and the progress and the happiness
that have marked the year. The ma
tons thanks are the more fervent
for the realization of the sorrows OF
others.-EX.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

Twenty-four years, ago he was Q
young mail clerk in the post office at
Charlottenlund, working far into the
hight on Christmas Eve distributing
holiday greeting cards and letters. He
saw that as rule they would go to
comfortable homes, housing happy,
vigorous families. But he knew, too,
that often to those homes where kind
Christmas wishes and good Christmas
leeds were most needed, there likely
would not come even a brief word Of
greeting. An inspiration seized him.
Perhaps by tax on greeting cards
his could be accomplished.
His fertile imagination soon pic
.ured a device to encourage the prac-
lice of holiday cards and put volun-
.ary tax on it, too, and thus in Den
mark was born the idea of the Christ
mas Seal, in 1908.
The first sale in the United States
was in 1907 when Miss Emily P. Bis
sell, of Wilmington, Delaware, adopt
ed the idea to raise funds to maintain
tuberculosis shack of eight beds on
the banks of the Brandywine, securing
$4,000. She in turn had read maya
zine article by the great philanthro-
pist, Jacob A. Riis, describing the
Danish tuberculosis stamp he had re-
ceived on the back of letter from
the city of his 5irth--Copehhagen.
Miss Bissell next aspired to extend
the work by a national campaign, and
interested the American Red Cross.
The first national Christmas Seal Sale
occurred in 1908, and brought in
s1S5,000. Each year since the sum has
increased just as it has in Denmark.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
Golden Rule Teas For
Near East Orphans

A Golden Rule Tea is just like any
other tea-the pouring of friendly
cup and the eating of bit of bread
and butter by the members of group
interested in the overseas orphans,
under Near East Relief for whom
funds will be raised on Golden Rule
Sunday or in the Golden Rule Sun
day campaign. Harold F. Pellegrin,
Potomac Division Director, asks that
donations be send to Near East Relief.
1884 Connecticut avenue, Washington-
D, C.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
TRUTH IT'S UNFAILING
STRENGTH

The press OF America is not in
fallible as to fact or invulnerable as
to bias; but 1t is overwhelmingly
honest in its intent and comment.
There was Judas among the Mas
ter's Twelve; there was an Arnold
in the Revolution; there was a Nero
in imperial Rome; there have been
traitors masquerading as editors.
just as there have been fraudulent
bankers and shoemakers and rail-
readers and men from every rank of
life. But generally speaking, what
one reads is usually more true than
what one hears.
The press is inherently truthful;
that is its unfailing strength,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
THE TREND TOWARD DIsARMA.
MENT
Friends Peace Committee

Friends Peace Committee.
English opinion turns again to ma
val disarmament. Lord Robert
Cecil resigned from the British cab
met as protest against what he con
sidered the reactionary, attitude of
the government at the Geneva Con-
ference on Naval Resolutions.
More significant, David Lloyd
George, wartime Prime Minister of
England, is trying to come back po-
itically. The issue that he has
found most promising is disarma-
ment. He has launched himself into
a crusade for disarmament.
The Daily News, one OF the most
important British newspapers, has
recently published a collection of
opinions of editors of some of the
most influential newspapers and
heads of the greatest press associa-.
lions in Nhe British Isles. These
show striking unanimity in favor
of radical disarmament.
Commenting editorially on the
question, the Manchester Guardian,
says: 9i'
ut may be an outraged sense OF
economy, or the breakdown of the
Naval Conference, or Lord Cecils.
resignation, or the ominous first
steps in ruinous competition of arm
ament building with America
whatever the reason there is abun
dant evidence of growing convic
tion that adherence to the narrow
oldfashioned policy of naval defense.
would be one of the costliest and
most disastrous blunders this coun
try could make.
why should we insist on building
IS many Slips of every type that
tmerica builds? What sense il
here in it unless we regard war with
\merica rs one of those contlngen
les against which we must be pre-
pared? There is simply no rational
answer to this question.
I'm the event OF war our surest
inc of defense would be a prelimi-
lary agreement between ourselves
md other naval powers in which
zach would agree to uphold immuni-
" of sea-borne commerce from cap
fure. But our main and ultimate
iecurity lies in keeping out of war
altogether a
Japan has already expressed its
desire for another conference on
naval reductions in the near future
Taxpayers in the United States are
likely to take into account these ex
Dressions of public opinion in the
TWO other nations with powerful
navies. The annual campaign for
larger naval, expenditures is. begin
ling in this country. Larger naval
appropriations do not simplify the
problem of reducing taxes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
WILL NOT PUT "GAS" TAX LAW
ON 1928 BALLOT

David c. Winebrenner Sd, Secre-
tary of State, on Friday wrote State
Senator Edward ]. Colgan, Jr., mott
flying him that the legislative act i'm
posing a tax of " cents on gasoline
for the building of lateral roads
would not be referred to the voters
for ratification at the election next
fall 4 ,s
This action on the part of Mr..
Winebrenner constitutes refusal to
act in accordance with petition filed
by Senator Colgan asking for ref
erendum on the tax law and paves
the way for the opponents OF the
gasoline tax to take court action to
test an opinion OF the Attorney Gen.
eral holding the act was not legally
referable to the people.
Several months ago Thomas H..
Robinson, Attorney issued
an informal opinion to John N.
Mackall, chairman of the State Road
Commission, in which he asserted
that the law could not be placed on
the ballot because it was an act MAX
ing an appropriation, and as such did
not come under the provision of the
referendum amendment to the State
Constitution.
Mr.. Winebrenner based his refus-
al to place the law on the ballot on a
lengthy opinion he obtained from
Mr.. Robinson on November 10.
This opinion discusses in detail the
reasons why Mr.. Robinson does not
think the law referable.
In requesting the opinion Mr..
Winebrenner told the Attorney Cen
eral that the petition asking the ref
erendum was signed by 1878 regis
tered voters of Baltimore City and
5,5S1 registered voters OF the coun-
ties, meeting the provisions of the
State Constitution.
In discussing the question of
whether the law is referable, Mr..
Robinson set forth it's history, mar
rating the recommendation made by
Governor Richie in his message to
the last Legislature and the course
of the bill through the two legisla-
tive houses.
1.-THE questions which l am called
upon to determine have never been
raised in this State, Mr.. Robinson
said, cor, so far as l am able to find,
in the courts of any other State hav-
ing similar constitutional provision,
and, because of their Importance,
deem it proper to set forth fully the
reasons for my conclusions"
Mr.. Robinson pointed out that
under the provisions of the budget
amendment money must be appropri-
ated before it may be withdrawn
from the State treasury. The chap
ter levying the tax in this case also
specifically authorizes it's use for lat
eral roads.
The maintenance and preservation
of public safety always has been re-
garded as proper exercise of the
police power OF the State and to car
ry on these duties the commission
must have money or otherwise cease
to function, he asserted.
The law increases the States
share OF the cost OF building lateral
roads by $4,000. Previously the
State appropriated S750.000 from a
bond issue and the counties matched
this sum with an equal amount
Under the gasoline-tax law the State
raises the entire $1,500,0O0.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
THE FATHER OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEAL

The opening of the twentieth an
nual Christmas Seal Sale finds the
festivities of the holidays tempered
among those actively engaged i'll the
campaign by the knowledge that the
originator of the Christmas Seal has.
died since the conclusion of last years
sale. The man who made financially
possible the worldwide war on tuber-
culosis, Einar Holboell, postmaster at
Jharlottenlund, Denmark, succumbsd
to heart trouble. in his sixty-second
year, on February %, 1927.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
FIGHTING INFERNO ON EARTH

A minister at Dallas, Oregan, In
vited the whole town to special
sermon on Fire Prevention" He
might have likened it to the fire-and-
birthstone of Calvinism; but he did
n't-he told it just as it is, with the
fire loss of life running to $4,000 or
more a year, mostly women and
children and hospital inmates. It's
almost as bad in America as the
World War; and infinitely less de-
fensible, for there is in the fire loss
no plea of national honor, no protest
against outside assault, but only per-
sonal greed and carelessness and
bravado. 1t is moral and spirit
ual question that the Church might
we'll take up and handle without
gloves.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

Steam railroads perform approx
mately 80 per cent OF the freight
transportation, and SS percent OF the
passenger transportation, in the
United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

Actual income of the people OF the
United States has increased at rate
of billion dollars year for the
last ten years. The difference be-
tween this country and European
countries is the difference between
two ideals-the ideal of individual
ism and the ideal of Collectivism.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

Maryland appropriations for pub
ic improvements under way and to
be attempted next year total of s4,-
10000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

When voting for bonds, the voter
should remember that it is quite pos
sible that some repayments will fall
due in lean years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

You can't have too much of y
good thing Nevertheless, we some
times wish the other fellow who
knows it all would forget some of it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

More than $500 telephone COM
panies, together with $1,000 rural
lines, serve the people OF the United
States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25
'dN ms 0NISIa
NOdaNV0 y SaIIa .

It's all right to take time by the
forelock, but don't rest on your Iaur-
els before you have any.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-25

People who live in glass houses
are out of luck if they ask for bread
and get a stone.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
Their Teams Lead in Scoring

If took the trouble notice it, coached by Penn
sylvana graduates occupy the two positions point
Georgetown and Temple Everyone around Washington knows well
this time that Lou Little the tackles Penn
has boosted recent For of his size he had great
agility, and incidentally has retained much of it,
Temple sometimes called the Owls presided football
by Hene Miller who played Penn end the time Little starred
there Henes team, like Georgeown has lost but
being to Dartmouth Temple away splendid scoring start
this by making 40 points Blue Ridge. added
points against Juania 81 against Gaaudet in the
13 with Albright and IS at the expense of Washington
College last Saturday. With the in the
Temple has 1872 points for the less than Georgetown
One of the compact individual football trnies of
know exists between Little Miller and Ludlow Wray latter
center during the of Miller and Little Penn Wray head
line coach Pennsylvania Miller dropped
Wildwood last September give Little any help possible
his perplexng Georgetown situation.
Every Sunday Lou Little packs home bundle of Philadelphia
the complete low-down Pennsylvania
where Wray tong and Temple the dav before
Likely Lud and Hene the time Philadelphia news
for dng Georgetown for these
Pennsylvania have abiding interest in other
cannot denied.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
TQDEYS SPQR7ORIAL
BY kfrk Miller"

The week in Washington will be than unusual
from sporting viewpoint in that it brings the Capital
figure about whom there much curiosity little wonderment
and unusual interest
For the first time he has been champion of the pug
James Joseph Tunny sometimes called Gene will be in
midst socially at and that something look forward
to in city where fighting is taboo.
Gentleman Gene coming to lend his to the Army
Marine which expected fill the bowl Brookand Sat
urday and incidentally sponsor the Beeau Wood Memorial
Both laudabe enterprises and will bring Gene Tunney
touch with city which has followed him ardeny his
cognzan all of the time of the fact he deserves especial
fiendne and due to the fact that his fame
commenced when he member of Americas fighting forces
n France,
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
Never Took Eyes Off His Target

The writer hereof has met Gene Tunney occasion
and vouh for the fact he well worth anybody time If
you get chance to to the AmyMarne to hear
Iunneys talk his the Auditorium Saturday
by all take advantage of it.
Only could have reached the pinnacle
has and ask him. he will tell you he is champion because
ne worked ncessenty with that end in view and for
moment lost sight of the heights to which he apred the target
at which he shooting.
unlike individual would with the
ring, Gene Tunney neither hghbrow lowbow Because
has been rather serious thing with him and because he has
had to pretty much hew his business for which
many said he not suited Tunney rather
man with tendency for the finer and higher things of e
Lacking the righteousness and DASH his predecessor whose
goucky men has followed him since he took the brake
beams Tunney stands odd the whose
lifted Where Tunney is careful Dempsey careless and
trusts to luck.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
EAS 7 T RN.
IS KEEN
BY George A. Simpson

Eastern 9 big football opportunity
is at hand, Eastern has been striv.
ing to gain the coveted interhigh
championship for years, but has
failed. The best it can achieve this
year is tie. and this is contingent
upon the game with Central High
this afternoon in the Central High
Stadium at 3:15 O'clock
Central will be at a disadvantage
The Washington times., 1927-11-15

of several years ago, winning a
couple of District League pennants,
has passed up the established stars
and collected some youngsters.
They include Joe and s. Harrison,
Jack Wolstenholme and Abbie
Clark. Johnny takes regular
turn and Make Rosenberg, the
travelling man, shoots when he's in
town. Pappas' new team is getting
along fairly we'll but doesn't size
up as a formidable championship
prospect.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15

The official view, as expressed by.
the British Olympic Association to.
day. was that the status of their
own athletes would be effected by
competition with Europeans who. in
he opinion of the English, were pro-
:essionalizing themselves and that
possibly they would not be justified
in engaging in such an association.
This view was expressed upon
receipt OF information from Lau-
same that the executive commit
tee Of the international Olympic
Association had voted to con-
tinue the policy of permitting
"brOken time" payments during
the next games.
That the British threat Is no idle
one may he Judged from the 1924
games in Paris. However. to a man
on a limb, it would appear that the
scratching of an entire entry list
Just because your soccer men may
feel themselves contaminated by as
ISOLATION with broken time" anna
tours. is going rather far and DOS.
sibly the British will come to feel
that way about it before the mob1li.
Zation at Amsterdam begins.
If they did decide to turn IN alb.
sent. it would mean that the United
States would be the only English
speaking team at the games. unless
Canada, Australia and South Africa
decided to go it alone. 1t also would
mean that three defending Champi.
uns. Harold Abrahams. in the 100
meter dash: Eric Liddell. in the 400
meter run. and Douglas Lowe, in the
SO0-meter event, would not be among
those present, to say nothing of
Stallard, star middle distancer. and
Lord Burghley, a leading hurdler.
In brief, a British withdrawal,
in part or in toto, is not desir-
able from any standpoint, and,
therefore, 1t is to be assumed
that it will not be permitted to
occur.
The ''broken time" proposition
has its antagonists and protagon-
lists, the latter hailing from CONT
mental Europe and the former being
found in England and the United
States. We, however, take a more
passivle view Of the situation than
do the British.
The plan. at that, has It's points,
but, as the fellow said, so has a
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
$4,000 More Seats
Planned For
Yank Stadium

NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-Plans
announced today for enlarging
the Yankee Stadium seating
capacity to $4,000. will make the
park the second largest in the
country, second only to Soldier
Field, Chicago.
The huge overflow at football
games this season, with thousands
turned hack, has led the manage
ment TO order the capacity
enlarged from 10000 to $4,000.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15

Central displayed a fast and ag-
gressive line against Tech, but ii
must show more today against the
Lincoln Park forwards. It's I'm.
likely that the Blue and White
ball-carriers will make many lengthy
excursions into the Eastern zone.
Those stalwarts in the Eastern
front will see that the runners adj
vance is cut short.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
British Threaten TO Drop
From Olympic Games
BY Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK Nov 15-Compee withdrawal Of all Of Great
Brans athletic teams from the Olympic Amsterdam
six months hence possibility today according to
advices received from London.
The British become rgy opposed the practice
in the other side of payment of of to
competing players for called roke time" during the
games and inclined their withdrawal stand
official expression of their displeasure.
The Washington times., 1927-11-15
DObie to Groom Cornell
For Encounter With Penn

ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. 15.-Coach
Dobie was giving his badly pound.
ed Cornell warriors rest today
with scrimmage postponed until
Wednesday when the squad, still
suffering from the Dartmouth mas
sacre, gets down to training for
The Washington times., 1927-11-15

barbed wire fence. Anyhow, it
helps to take care of the families
Of artisans and others whose wages
stop automatically when the hus-
band and father HES him away to
the field of honor. or something.
While he 10 gone. at least part of
his wages 10 paid. thus removing an
unnatural burden from his manly
shoulders.