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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
NORTH GLADE.

The farmers of this community are
having nice weather in which to cut
their buckwheat and do their thresh-
ing.
Mrs. Augusta Oss and daughter Ev-
elyn returned to their home in Iona
coming after spending some time here
with relatives.
We are glad to note that Mrs. G. W.
Moon is again able to be out follow
ing an accident which befel her sew
eral weeks ago.
Miss Freda Beckman returned to
Cumberland on Sunday last after
spending a week with her parents, M.
and Mrs. Joseph E. Beckman, at this
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Lohr, of Green
Glade, visited Mr.. Lohr's parents one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Moon and Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Moon and family re-
turned to their homes in Washington,
D. c., and Cleveland, Ohio, respective
ly, after some time spent with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Moon.
Miss Myrtle Beckman, of Cumber-
land, spent Sunday visiting relatives
in this community.
The meeting held in the ME. church
at North Glade on Sunday was largely
attended and was enjoyed by all who
were present.
Mr.. Stephen Rhodes visited friends
in the Glendale community on Sunday
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Friend and
twin boys, of Swanton, were visiting
Mrs. Friends parents recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Moon, Cum
berland, spent Sunday visiting home
folks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06

Mr.. George D. White, of Oakland,
was pleasant caller in this village
last Saturday morning.
Prof. Ross burst, an instructor at
the University of Akron, Ohio, passed
through Bittinger last Saturday and
stopped to shake hands with many Of
his old acquaintance.
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Glotfelty
near here last Sunday. The affair
was very enjoyable one and quite a
number of the family were in atten-
dance.
Members of the Samuel D. Bren-
neman family met at their fathers
home in the Amish Settlement, west
of this village, last Sunday, and spent
a pleasant day together.
The fall threshing season has begun
and farmers report a fair yield of
grain from their fields.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Dewitt enter
tanned a number of their relatives on
Labor Day, among them being Maui
rice Custer and Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey
Dewitt and baby, of Connellsville,
Pa, and Miss Nellie Friend and her
friend, of Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome McClary and
daughter, Johnstown, Pa, spent sew
eral days the past week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamilton Friend and other rela-
atives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brenneman and
daughter Roselle, Mountain Lake
Park, were visiting Aubrey Brenne
man and family last Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Friend, who is employed
at Cannonsburg, Pa, arrived at his
home and is spending few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Friend.
Miss Martha Mitchell, Oakland, is
a guest of Miss Irene Bond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Davis and
children, of Oakland, were calling on
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Smith few hours
last Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Friend, Union
town, Pa, spent Sunday evening and
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Custer.
Mr.. James Rush and family, Acct
dent, motored to Hoyes last Sunday
and spent the day with Mrs. Rush's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Friend.
Miss Wandell Keller underwent an
operation for the removal of her ton
sis at the Western Maryland Hospi-
tai, Cumberland, one day last week.
Little Miss Mary Josephine Dewitt
celebrated her seventh anniversary on
Sunday when she invited number of
her little friends to enjoy the evening
with her. Dainty refreshments, con-
sisting of ice cream, cake and fruit,
were served by the little hostess.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
EXTRA WRONG FONTS
By Scoop
By Scoop
Considering.

Considering Labor Day, a wedding
and various other reasons, it is a Won
der that Scoop is appearing at all this
week, but due to the noble efforts Of
Colonel Bell, who has a head full Of
nothing-but ideas-this column APP
pears as usual.
Scoop attended a wedding on Mon
day but had to rush in through the
rear door of the residence where the
ceremony took place in order to get
there at all. He had been so busy at
tending to the proper decorations on
the bridal couples car and time slipped
by so quickly that he almost missed
the 81 will"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
A FARM BOY WILL TACKLE
THE FARM PROBLEM.

Herbert Hoover chuckles audibly as
he digs up "reminiscences of an earlier
Iowa in his speech at West Branch,
where he was born 81 years ago.
He spoke there to old friends and
neighbors and he talked to them like
old friends and neighbors. Musing
over the delights of boyhood days, eX-
pressing his gratitude for the kind
ness of Quaker relatives, who helped
make orphanhood bearable, and drop
ping into an entirely mirthful vein as
he imagined what Aunt Hannah, a
staunch Quaker, would say if she
could see the old Quaker meeting
house converted into movie theatre,
he seemed to enjoy his homecoming
thoroughly.
Farming has changed a great deal
since young Herbert Hoover picked up
it's fundamentals near West Branch,
but he still knows how it is done. The
men and women who settled Iowa
were hardy pioneers and they solved
the farm problems of their day by toll
and perseverance. 1t seems strange
to Mr.. Hoover, as t. many other AM
orleans, that some Of their descend
ants rely on the Federal Government
entirely to help them out of the pres
ent rut.
He did not propose that the Difficult
ties of agriculture shall be solved by
government subsidies, by taxes or fees
on the farmer. Rather he promised
a better economic program for farm
ing "a sounder marketing organization
like that which industry has devel-
oped and in which his suggestions
have played an important part. Mr..
Hoover's idea is not to turn the farm
problem over to Congress entirely. He
intends to take off his coat and get
down to brass tacks with the real
leaders of the industry as he did at
Cedar Rapids.
What is more, he proposes to see
whether the rugged characteristics of
those who settled Iowa and the rest Of
the Middle West have been inherited
by their descendants and whether I'M
der efficient and inspirational lead
ership, it will not be possible to les
sen the difficulties of agriculture as
nationally as those of other branches
of industry without placing it under
federal subsidy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
Starting To School.

Starting TO SCHOUI.
The Colonel, although very busy,
took trip to the school house on
Tuesday and found Tommy eraser at
his old job of handshaking and brush
ing up old acquaintance. After he
had finished with that task he turned
around and found Kenneth Stahl, who
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
OUTFITTING PROSPECTIVE
SCHOOL CHILDREN In STATE
The First Consideration Should
Be Health and Happiness and
Consequent Disease Resistance

eff your Jack and Jean are among
the prospective first-graders who will
start their school life this fall, are
you quite sure they are ready for the
journey" is asked by DR.. R. H. Ri
ley, director of the State Department
of Health in a 'last call" message to
parents.
"All summer long" DR.. Riley said,
Gin preparations for the great adven-
ture of going to school, groups of five
and six year Odds have been brought
to the child health conferences that
have been held throughout the coun-
ties under the auspices of the State
Bureau of Child Hygiene. Because of
their direct bearing on the child's
health and happiness and on his re-
sistance to disease, special attention
has been paid to six things in the
careful examination that has been
given each child: Weight, posture,
throat, teeth, vision, hearing.
Every few children made perfect
score. AS a matter of fact, our rec
ords show that only Is out of every
hundred examined was in the hundred
per cent healthy class. The remaining
81 showed some conditions that need
ed attention and the parents were ad-
vised to take the children promptly to
their family doctor or dentist for the
necessary care so that the children
could enter school without avoidable
handicaps.
"Out of a total of 2100 children
from five to seven years old examined
at conferences this year, 1925 were
in need of special care of some sort.
Teeth came first in the list of condi-
tons requiring treatment. Over half
of the children-11S8-wer in need
of dental care. Throat and nose con-
ditions came neXt-S59 children had
enlarged OF infected tonsils; 305 were
suffering from adenoids and 161 were
mouth breathers. One out of every
tiVe-4lS-Was underWelght and IN
1913 the posture indicated an unheal-
thy condition. Diseased conditions of
the ears were observed in AZ with i'm
/ paired hearing in IS, and 81 had de-
fective vision. Unfavorable heart
conditions were found in GA and chest
conditions affecting the lungs in 21.
parents who are getting new out
fits ready for the little new scholars
dresses and suits, hats and shoes
will do we'll to remember that nothing
is quite so important as Quitting for
health. The healthy child is the one
who gets the most out of school and
who is least likely to repeat the
grades"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06

This Wasn't Our Department.
"The blaze was extinguished be-
fore any damage was done by the To-
cal fire department" Lansing (Ill.)
paper That couldn't be said of Oak
lands Volunteer Fire department.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
Colonel Pownall, of Cumberland, Re-
views Mr.. Smiths Promises to the
American Voters.


To the Editor of The Republican.
Forty-eight brands of booze, and
each state to fix its own alcoholic con-
tent. Of all the foolish things said
about the dry laws that's the most
childish. Maryland would have it with
kick and West Virginia would have
it with one-half of one per cent, and
the big suitcases would be carried
across the Potomac by the thousand
He would not separate families of
immigrants. The head of the family
is here now and begging to get all
his relatives here. Do we not have
enough aliens already?
He says he will "reorganize" the
departments of the government and
put them on a business basis" That
is vanity and bombast and an insult to
the great statesmen, Republicans and
Democrats, who have made this the
best government and best country be-
meath the stars.
He becomes angry when preacher
digs up his record and he challenges
him to debate, and then he backs
down. He does not like preachers in
politics" They have always been in
politics and have secured more laws
for human good than all other profess
sional men. Politics is business and
religion is business.
He and his friends plead for "tol-
erance." Who's intolerant? Are all
Protestants for Hoover? Millions of
them are not. Are all Catholics for
Smith? They are, and nobody blames
them No fair minded man will CEN
sure them for that. When Mr.. Hoover
went to a village to have a Quaker
minister perform the marriage rite,
the preacher was absent and for con-
venience priest married him. Is Mr..
Hoover intolerant? The chatter about
intolerance is unwarranted.
He says he'll enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment. Why, then, did he re-
fuse to enforce it when he had a
chance in New York? The mass
judgment of the Democratic party is
that the amendment must stand, but
he says repeal it. Is he the party :?
Would he not appoint a wet enforce
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
BITTINGER.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Broadwater and
little daughter returned to their home
in Lanark, Illinois, last Wednesday
after spending several days with rel
atives and friends in this neighbor-
hood.
Miss Orpah Bittinger returned to
her home in Akron, Ohio, last Sunday
following several days stay in this
village.
Noah Stark, of Kitzmiller, paid his
father a brief visit at his home near
here last Saturday.
Messrs. Noah and Clark Bittinger,
of Akron, Ohio, are visiting relatives
here at this writing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
On The Go.

Speaking of attending something re-
minds Scoop of Howard Stuck on
Labor Day. 1t has been Sucks Gus
tom to be in a crowd on Labor Day
for many years and he had to be some
where, whether it was at The Pines
or the North Pole. He chose The
Pines, because there was sure to be
crowd there, and since there was no
Knights of Pythias picnic in Oakland
he had to let out his pent-up energies
somewhere.
His interest in the Knights was so
great, however, that he continually
thought he was out in Helbig's Grove
and every five minutes or less his
voice could be heard above everybody
else's, Chevrolet car will be given
away at five o'clock. Get your tickets
now!"
He finally got so into the spirit of
the thing that he tried to go around
to several of the stands to collect the
money that had been turned in. At
last they convinced him that somebody
else was treasurer, but far into the
night he could be heard trying to
make a sale of coca cola and sand
witches for the Knights of Pythias.
Col. Bell visited the offices of the
B. & 0. this morning and got the
picture below:
After the Ball Was Over.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
Prescription No. 1.

use our oWH jug IueHt.
Several law abiding citizens of Oak
land and the community Immediately
surrounding have been wondering
what to do on nearing the traffic
lights of the city when the sun makes
both the green and the red to show at
the same time.
In offering a solution, Scoop does
not insist that his idea be carried out.
When approaching a traffic light
that shows both red and green, Scoop
suggests
l. Wait a half minute and see if
there is any change.
2. Consult an eye specialist for
color blindness.
3. See if the sun is shining.
4. Wait another half minute.
5. See if the State policeman is in
sight.
6. Look carefully up and down the
street.
7. Wait another half minute.
s. If the light still looks the same,
use your own judgment, but don't
blame Scoop of The Republican for
what may happen in case you do.
#
The Colonel tried to get a picture
of Ed Offutt for this column this week
but couldn't, asJ Ed is at Atlantic
City trying to push the waves back.
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ment officer in every State, and would
not an orgie of drunkenness follow?
Then the cry would go up, "Prohibi-
ton is failure" and the drive for
repeal would begin.
The education and integrity of the
Democratic party is in the South, and
for fifty years that section worked to
outlaw liquor and won, and now it is
asked to repudiate what it has done
and go back to saturnalia of drunk
enness and the generalization of
labor T. G. POWNALL.
Cumberland, Sept. 2, 1928.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06
HOYES

He6DDDeSeSGse5eSeScSeSG eSeSe5eSeSc5eScScStSD
Messrs. Webb Dewitt and Clarence
Shope left Hoyes on Monday for one
of the large peach orchards in the
Valley of Virginia and returned with
truck load of peaches, all very fine,
which was readily disposed of among
their neighbors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-06

wanted some advice on what clothes
he should take along when he goes to
school. The Colonel snapped the cam
era as Tommy was giving the advice
and Kenneth, who will be a little
freshman away from home this year,
is showing his bewilderment of what
they do to freshies. But maybe he is
only kidding.
prncnrintinr, No
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LOST

Black Billfold containing
sum of money and pa
pers. Reward of $40 if
returned to C. H. SUIT
ter, Sines, Md, care Of
Hydro-Electric plant. 4,
Evening star., 1928-12-27
LIMITED WRECKED;
VANDALS BLAMED
Officials Report Spikes Re-
moved From Rail on Santa
Fe Trains Route.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Decem-
Der 27.-Roaring down grade into the
Motaye Desert after piercing the San
Bernardino Mountains through Caion
Pass, the flyer Missionary, on the Santa
Fe Railroad, bound from Los Angeles
to Chicago. was deraiIed early today
at Hesperia. Calf, with serious injury
to at least two persons.
The derailment was ascribed by rail-
road officials to the work of train
wreckers, who had removed the spikes
from one rail- thus loosing the angle
iron that bound the rail TO the next
one.
Although. the engine and seven cars
went into the ditch. giving passengers
a severe Shake-up, the trains high
speed was said by members of the crew
to have prevented a more serious wreck.
Engine Pulled Back.
The engine safely crossed the weak
ened track. but was pulled into the
ties and keeled over 15-foot embank-
ment.
Mrs. F. j. Mackie of Los Angeles, wife
Of the assistant general manager of the
Santa Fe., and w H. Burbage of Wins
low, Ariz.. Santa Fe attorney, were the
two passengers reported hurt. Mrs.
Mackie suffered an injury to her neck
and Burbage received hip injury.
Three relief trains, one from San Ber-
nardino, one from Barstow and another
from Los Angeles, were dispatched to
the scene. Before the trains were made
up physicians and nurses were sent
from here and Victorville by motor.
Hesperia is 35 miles north of San
Bernardino.
Spikes Found in Ditch.
F. E. Farley. a deputy sheriff at Vic
torville, one Of the first to reach the
wreck, said that six or eight persons
had required medical attention when
doctors and nurses arrived. Many other
passengers we're bruised and shaken,
Farley said.
The deputy reported that he had
way embankment the spikes which had
Evening star., 1928-12-27

been removed from the rail. Santa Fe
officials declared they had no clue as
to the identity of the person or persons
who had tampered with the track.
AS physicians and officials went about
among the wreckage they expressed
amaZement at the few serious injuries.
OF the two persons found most seri-
ously hurt, only Burbage required spe-
cial attention, doctors said.
F. j. Mackie, assistant general man
ager of the Santa Fe, who was on the
train with his wife, praised the presence
of mind and ability of Engineer A. G.
Long. He described the locomotive
driver as the hero of the wreck, and
credited him with preventing great loss
of life. ''
Long brought the train to dead
stop in Is car lengths" said Mackie.
TT was one of the greatest feats of
locomotive engineering I ever have seen,
and it prevented catastrophe"
Evening star., 1928-12-27
C. v. i. PROVIDES
NEW NURSES HOME
Hospital Leases Four Top
Floors of Parkside Hotel
for Girls.

Forced to vacate the building at 1916
Thirteenth street which served as a
nurses home for years, George Wash
ington University Hospital has leased
and converted the four top floors of the
Parkside Hotel at 1885 I street into a
model and comfortable home for its
staff of nurses.
j. D. ByerS, hospital superintendent,
explained that the building on Thir-
teenth street has deteriorated and the
university had been compelled to aban-
don it as no longer suitable for nurses
home. Looking about for more mod
ern and convenient building, the hos
pital authorities entered into lease
with the management Of the Parkside
for the four top floors.
How long these quarters will be occu-
pied Is undecided until George Wash
ington officials determine q definite
policy with respect to it's present hospital
building, at 1889 H street. The new
quarters have been leased until June 80
with the privilege of renewal.
Accommodations have been provided
for the entire staff of about so nurses,
who began moving into the quarters
December IS. They are quartered in
comfortable two-room apartments, four
nurses to each apartment. Miss Ethel
Schoff, superintendent of nurses, is in
charge. The temporary home Is under
authority Of hospital and university off,
Gals
"The new home is very satisfactory
Evening star., 1928-12-27
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Evening star., 1928-12-27
CAPTAIN RIGGS is NOMINATED
AS SURGEON GENERAL OF NAVY
Head of Hospital Here Is
Named as Successor
to Stitt.
Board to Meet January 7 to
Select New Rear
Admiral.

Capt. Charles E. Riggs, in command
of the Naval Hospital here, was nonli-
mated late yesterday by Secretary Will
bur to be surgeon general of the Navy
and chief of the Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery. In this post he will sue
ceed Rear Admiral E. r. Stitt, who has
been transferred to the Pacific Coast to
assume charge of the Navy's medical
activities in that part Of the country
Secretary Wilbur will transmit this
choice to the White House, so that
President Coolidge can send the noni-
nation to the Senate for confirmation
The Naval Secretary issued orders
yesterday for the convening Of board
on January to select from the cap
tainS in the Medical Corps OF the Navy
an officer to be advanced to the grade
Of rear admiral to fill the post vacated
by Rear Admiral Cary T. GraySon, per-
sonal physician of President Wilson,
who was retired on December 20.
Capt. Riggs Record.
Capt. Riggs has spent a number of
years in Washington on various as
S!gnments, and was appointed to COM
mand the Naval Hospital here on June
3, 1927. He was born in Iowa on Sep
tember IS, 1859. and graduated from the
State University of Iowa College of
Medicine in 1898. He was commissioned
assistant surgeon in the Navy on April
IS, 1898.
During the Spanish-American War
Capt. Riggs served on the u. S. S. New
port. After duty aboard various ships
of the Navy and at naval hospitals. he
was assigned to duty at the Washing
ton navy yard on August 26, 1916, and
remained there until March. 1917, when
he was appointed fleet surgeon of the
Asiatic Fleet.
Becomes Member Of Board.
After more than year in that posi-
ton, be became a member of the Naval
Evening star., 1928-12-27
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Evening star., 1928-12-27
GIVEN GRANDS0N'S CARE.

Hyattsville Woman Proves Compe-
tent in Court Hearing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, December az
Judge j. Chew Sheriff in the Prince
Georges County Police Court here yes
terday decided that Mrs E. Waterhouse
was more competent to care for her
grandson, Norton Rhodes, years old,
than any institution.
Neighbors had complained that the
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charge Of his grandmother.
Mrs. Waterhouse said the boys
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Police Carl M. Blanchard said he had
observed her attitude toward the boy
and that as a father he could only
approve her methods.
Evening star., 1928-12-27

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The old building, the property Of
George Washington University, has been
placed on the market.
Evening star., 1928-12-27
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