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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

business should be considered in open
session beginning with the converting Of
the next session of Congress. At the
same time provision was made for the
construction of a gallery. But it was
provided that the practice Of secret Ses-
sions should be retained as far as the
transaction Of executive business was
concerned-that is, during the consider
alton of treaties or of nominations for
Federal offices.
First Serious Violation.
The famous Jay treaty with Great
Britain, ratified in 1875, was the occa-
sion of the first serious violation Of the
rule of secrecy with respect to executive
business. Meeting in special session to
consider this treaty on June OF that
year, the Senate debated 1t until June
~ and then voted in favor OF ratifica-
ton. The vote was 20 to 10-exactly
the required two-thirds majority. Even
after ratification. however, the treaty
was not made public and the Senate
adjourned.
Within a week after the Senate had
adjourned the Philadelphia Aurora
published what purported to be sum-
mary of the provisions OF the treaty:
This summary came to the attention OF
Senator Stevens T. Mason, an arti-Fed-
ratification. Senator Mason found that
the Aurora summary contained a few
inaccuracies and decided that 1t was
time for the people to be informed as to
lust what the treaty was. He sent his
copy of the document to the editor OF
the Aurora with a letter saying that
the latter could use 1t.
The Senator's letter was published in
the Aurora and the treaty itself was
published in pamphlet form. It was re-
printed promptly in many papers and
aroused widespread storm Of criticism
from the opposition. So great was the
opposition that President Washington
hesitated for seven weeks after the Sen
ate had agreed to ratification before he
finally signed the treaty. So far as the
records show, no suggestion was ever
made Of any punitive action against
Senator Mason.
Senator Makes Apology.
Another violation Of the secrecy rule
was the one which occurred in 1874,
when Senator Benjamin Tappan of
Ohio gave a copy OF the treaty provid-
ing for the annexation Of Texas to the
correspondent of the New York Evening
Continued on fifth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

</THE real situation 10 years
- after the war is this: The
highway of nations. the COM
i mon inheritance of all peo-
nle. knows no law save the
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CONTINUED on FIFTH Page.)
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A FTER nearly $50 years of theo-
n retical secrecy as to such mat
"A tiers, the United States Senate
a has decided to take the public
Inko de noNAdanna ae ~ ifS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Senator Makes Apology.

Another violation Of the secrecy rule
was the one which occurred in 1874,
when Senator Benjamin Tappan of
Ohio gave a copy of the treaty provid-
ing for the annexation of Texas to the
correspondent of the New York Evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

Continued on Fifth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

Asked to describe a sponge, 8 per-
cons out Of 10 would say that it Is a
vegetable growth Of the ocean, but
such Is not the case, for 1t Is an
animal Sponges live thir own lives
md eat their own food as other ami
I6als do. The separate existence of
. sponge begins when a tiny particle
Eventually attaches itself to a piece of
rock, and from that home 1t seeks its
own livelihood. The food of infant
sponges consists of yelk cells, which
contain a form of nourishment. Later,
as the sponge grows, 1t requires some
thing more solid, and this Is brought
BY the currents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

and protested, but strong hands held
me down and some one pressed a
sponge to my nOstrilS. AS l still strug-
gled, the surgeon bent over me with
a knife. l felt myself going and in
a last despairing effort 1 raised my
head and sank my teeth in his cheek
and hung on till everything went
black. When l came to l still lay on
the board, but l had my leg. l saw
the surgeon feeling around, seeking
other victims. Just then the door
opened and a general officer entered.
He recognized me and I told him my
story. He said nothing, but drawing
his sword he whaled the surgeon with
the flat Of it, drove him out and lat
er had him cashiered."
There were details of that retreat
which make even more unpleasant
reading. They took some of the CLAM
or out of that glorious victory, but
little Peterkin was not yet cured. The
trip to Gettysburg, which had been
unavoidably postponed for a few dec
AIDES, still somehow seemed enticing
He had the money, but there were 9th
err ways in which he could spend it to
advantage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
Weekly Testimonials

"My stomach used to be sour and
gassy but after reading The Republi-
can every Thursday for two years, 1
lost my gas and | am no longer sour
because l have learned to appreciate
the best news of the county when l
see it." Neil Liller.
81 was half sick and lacked appe-
tite, had dizzy spells, felt bilious and
my back panied. A friend advised
reading The Republican. Now my
other half is sick because it realizes
what l lost in not reading it before;
l have a ravenous appetite for all the
news of the county, have no more bill
ious attacks. The pain in my back has
left and instead have learned what a
pain in the neck l have been for
thinking The Republican was not
worth subscribing for AS for dizzy
spells,-well l read about other peo-
pie having them Irwin Ro-
manus Rudy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

The boy that still remained in the
man after half a century made up
his mind to go. Four women went
with him, for what purpose he was I'M
able to discover There was no indica-
ton that any of them had previously
heard of Gettysburg. But why do
women do anything?
A journey across Maryland, through
historic Frederick and Emmetsburg
with the Blue ridge on the west, and
thence into southern Pennsylvania !!
Presently monuments began to appear,
springing up unexpectedly in the most
homogeneous places-beside wayside
pumps, in plowed fields, at kitchen
doors, beside woodpiles. Like lone
some people wearing their Sunday
best in weekday crowd! Then pro-
sale Gettysburg, busily tapping cash
registers, reaping tangible reward for
past misfortunes!
It is easy to visualize the town as
it must have appeared when the tide
of battle swept through and around
it. Little OF nothing has been changed.
Bullet holes in the buildings have been
carefully preserved. An unkind
thought that some new holes may
have been added since is instantly
banished as base and unworthy Of
the friendly inhabitants.
Out to the battlefield! Oak Hill and
Seminary Ridge! She names of he
roes preserved in historic landmarks.
Reynolds, Mcpherson, Hancock, Bar
low! The Peach Orchard and the
Wheatfeld! Round Top and Little
Round Top! Willoughby Run and
Shead's Grove! The Devils Den and
the Valley of the Shadow of Death !!
Monuments as thick as brigadiers or
blackberries Sergeant Crippon for
ever shaking his fist! Warren on his
rock! Father Corby on his! Culp's
Hill and Cemetery Ridge!
Disillusionment! Peach Orchard
with the peach trees gone. Like any
corner lot Meade's headquarters look
lIlS Ike Suldll gas SLdllOl Lie
scene of Pickett's charge a stretch Of
fiat field indistinguishable from the
monotonous landscape past which your
automobile rolls through any average
countryside! Not thus did the enthusf-
asst envisage that mighty theater Of
conflict over which the contending
armies struggled in blood and sweat.
Only by shutting ones eyes resolutely
on the prosaic everyday scene could
one call up an adequate vision of that
titanic encounter, the long lines of
gray moving to mutilation and death,
the belching batteries, the riderless
horses, the flashing bayonets, the
smoke enshrouded field, the horror and
frenzy of close combat with cracking
pistols and dubbed muskets, the hell
that is battle and the Gethsemane
that is defeat.
One could just as well have con-
jured up the picture amid all the COM
forts of home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

Since the thirteenth annual field
meet at the Fair grounds on Tuesday
was hampered by the downpour of
rain, all officials decided to make
jolly time of it, so they held a meet
all their own. They all donned the
official uniform (bathing suit) and
entered into competition with all the
zeal of the younger generation. Gro
yer stemple was barred from the meet
because he wore a backless bathing
suit which was termed demoralizing
to the innocent youth of the country.
B. B. Nethkin, city police force,
won the high" jump, with Col. Bell
second; Charles Sprague, Kitzmiller,
won the broad" pump. F. E. Rath-
bun won the prize for making his
feet move the fastest. Foster Spell
cher was given the title of the Flying
red head" when he won first in the
flag race. Others taking part in the
flag race included Dewey Rice, A. A.
Lamar, Jr., John W. Mccullough, J.
o. Thayer, R. L. Wilson, and Adam
Richter.
The race attracting the most atten-
ton was the one across the swinging
bridge and return. Everybody wanted
to enter this event. The winner, DR..
w. C. Nedrow, said he could stand
another race like that Wellington
Yutzy, Oakland, won the race to the
dome on the exhibit building at the
Fair grounds, and may have been
awarded the prize right then and
there. j. U. Stanton won in squat
tag; W. R. Offutt, the potato race;
and Lewellyn Blocher was selected the
farmer in "The farmer in the dell"
The most popular game was squat
tag, and after the first two races they
all wanted to squat. The meet was
called off when Chahlie Tower refused
to play ball because his opponents
wanted to call themselves the cath
letics."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
PAGE THREE

prises. So don't be surprised in the
near future, if, when you are driving
along Canaan valley, Hooppole ridge,
in the Bear Hill section, or even on
the innocent appearing streets of
Oakland, you see signs similar to the
following:
You can't go wrong on a bottle of
carbonated water.
When bigger jails are built Mabel
will fill them.
Try the old oaken bucket, it salts
fies.
The entire student body of o. H.
S. blindfolded, picked red lemonade as
its favorite drink Milk ran second.
Save the surface (of your stomach)
and you save all.
Try H2O-not burning guzzle in
a carload and sparkles like the noun
tain dew.
The following snapshot was taken
by Col. Bell, and shows what heal
thy adams apple and larynx looks
like. 1t is the anatamy of the presi-
dent of the D. T. society. Nary a
| drop of the vile liquid ever passed
those shining molars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
1929

$50 you want to see Gettysburg"
said a World-war officer in Washing
ton, indulgently. Curious ambition!
A little antiquated, of course, still it's
interesting-historically. Might take
run up there by auto. Not much of
a battle, judged by modern standards.
They didn't know great deal about
warfare. Any lesson you could draw
from it would be valueIess in these
days of improved artillery. But don't
let me dissuade you, if you think you
can get any fun out of it,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
NATIONS TRIBUTE, AT HOME AND ABROAD, TO BRAVE
MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES WHEN DUTY CALLED

The cold rain falls on Dun-sur-M euse tonight,
My brothers of the Marine, do you fare well,
Where, by the ford, or on some wind
swept height,
You lie among the hamlets where you
fell?
Do you sleep well these wet spring nights,
Where there is never any brushwood
blaze,
To cast within the dugout wavering lights,
And warm the chill of these benumbing
days?
Romagne- s-Montfaucon! The little towns
That scatter from the Somme to the
Mosele,
Some silent sentry on their high-backed
downs,
Hanks still to every far white church's
bell
The humble little church of misty hills,
Set where the white roads cross, with
ruined fame,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

"The farthest north l ever got"
said the ex-Confederate adiutant, a
physician of San Antonio, twas the
Devils den at Gettysburg lay among
the rocks for day and a night, and
then, just before we were ordered to
fall back, bullet came along and
shattered my foot The next thing 1
knew | was put into wagon with
other wounded, and I rode five days
and nights during the retreat without
a bite to eat or a drink of water.
Then we stopped at church, which
was quickly converted into a hospital.
1t overlooked with wounded.
"There was only one surgeon to
operate, and he was a drunken brute.
/ lay on board stretched over two
pews, and he callously announced that
he was going to amputate my leg, al
though my foot had been hurt. raved
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

A T P. NJ, July g. 1863, the Con-
IN federate batteries opened up
n on Cemetery Ridge. For two
hours the air was alive with
shells. Then the cannonade lulled, and
out of the woods cfept the COnfeder-
ate double battle line over a mile
long and preceded by a cloud of Skin
mishers. Steadily, with disciplined
valor, as if on parade, Pickett's men
advanced to the charge.
"The Federal batteries opened and
q cannonade such as never before had
been heard upon the continent fell up
on them. A hundred guns tore great
gaps in their ranks but still they
pressed on. They rushed upon the
Federal front and bayoneted the gun
ners at their guns. But the assault
failed and whole companies rushed
as prisoners into the Union lines"
How the savage in the boys breast
thrilled at the stirring recital! All
the insult visited upon the unfortu-
nate Mcclellan in the Seven Days bat
tie, all the ignominy of Bull Run and
Balls Bluff was wiped out in that
fiercer baptism of blood which spelled
doom and downfall for the Confed-
eracy. At least 100000 men engaged
on that stricken field! Twelve thou
sand stretched in death in the three
day battle! Nearly $4,000 muskets
picked up on the field after the fight
ing!
Reveing in the consciousness of a
wellearned victory, the boy, born three
years after the event, successfully
missed the horror of it, @. A. Savage
writes, in the Chicago Daily News.
He had no more conjunction about
slaughter in itself than Roman sol
der or an Iroquois brave. His main
regret was that he had not been pres
ent and leading a charge. He made
mental note to visit the scene of car
mage as soon as he could scrape up
the train fare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
Rewards Awaiting

When we land on the bleak shore
Of disappointment we shall make the
wonderful discovery that the Savior
has anticipated our coming and has
made ample provision. There will be
heavenly cordials, and there will be
comforts of grace, and there will he
the exhilarating wine of new hope.
j. ii. Jowett.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
The Greatest Artist

Mr.. Joseph Harmed, flower expert
par excellence, says, Mature is the
worlds greatest artist, but it must
be confessed that she is quite incapa-
BILE of copying the pictures on seed
packets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

For twenty-five years to come, so
the statisticians tell us, there will be
survivors of the Grand Army. That
we should cherish them tenderly is an
evident obligation as it is a high priv
ilege.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

The end of bootlegging is seen in
Garrett county since the Society for
the cure of D. Us is planning an adj
vertising scheme that will change
peoples minds for more noble enter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

The Republican Commercial Print
ing Department is the best equipped
printery you could care to inspect.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
WHERE ARMIES
OF MEADE AND
LEE GRAPPLED

Visitor to Field of Gettysburg Finds
1t Hard to Conjure Up Satisfac-
tory Picture of Long-Past Heroic
Deeds That Stirred the World at
the Time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
EXTRA WRONG FONTS
By Scoop
Scoops Summer Philosophy

A mosquito has twenty-five teeth,
all of which may be seen through a
microscope, we are told, and all felt
through a silk stocking, as any girl
can tell you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

Where, through the wndow-gaps with war.
SCARED sills,
A battered Christ looks out into the
rain.
Silent, ell silent to the passer-by,
Those lonely mounds, or rows Of crosses
white,
Beyond the need of bitter words they lie,
But are they silent to their friends to-
night?
Can we stand whole before cracking
fire
We, who have gone in peace year
and year,
Singing and jesting, working again for
hire
Deaf to the message they would have
us hear?
Not while the red of peoples in the wheat,
Not while silver bugle on the breeze,
Not while the smell of leather in the heat,
Bring us anew in spirit overseas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

No one could ever meet death for
his country without the hope of i'm
neutrality-suspicious..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
Nigh at Hand

Know We that the kingdom of God
Il nigh at hand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

And in the din, that left us deaf and blind,
We sensed the uttered message clear
''Keep faith"
To every man different meaning, yet
Faith to the thing that set him, at his
best,
Something above the blood and dirt and
wet,
Something apart. May God forget the
rest!
Lest we forseti The months swing into
years,
Our souls are caught in trivial things
again,
We laugh at what we once beheld with
tears,
In petty strife we ease our souls their
The cola rain falls in France! All, send
The Spirit that once famed so high and
bright,
When, by your graves, we babe you brave
adieu,
When Taps blew so much more than
just Good night
CURTIS WHEELER,
First Division.
From the New York Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30
Improved Uniform International
Si1r1!dayScl'ool
' Lesson '
(By REV P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Dean
Mood% Bible Institute of Chicago.)
20. 1929. Western Newspaper Union)
Lesson for June 2
LATER EXPERIENCES OF JERE-
MIAH

LESSON TEXT-Jeremiah 20:1-6; 81:
11-21; 3S:1-13.
GOLDEN TEXT-Blessed are we
when men shall reproach you, and per-
secute you, and say all manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Being True in
Hard Test.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Being True in q
Hard Test.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Standir% True in Hard Places.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC--Forms of l4Jdern Persecution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-30

A T 1 P, NJ, July 3, 1863, the Con-
IN federate batteries opened up
1 on Cemetery Ridge. For two
hours the air was alive with
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
NOTICE..

Office Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County,
Rockville, Nd, April II, 1928.
Notice is hereby given to all individuals,
firms and corporations owning personal
property in Montgomery county. Maryland,
who have not filed with the County Com
missioners of Montgomery county, for pur-
poses Of taxation for the year beginning
July |. 1928. a complete schedule of their
holdings, that such schedule and return
should at once be made
Section 208 of Articles 81, Code Of Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, provides as
follows:
IF any person shall. with a view to
evade the payment of taxes. fail or refuse
to give in to the assessor any bonds, notes,
claims or other evidences of debt which
are subject to assessment and taxation
under this article. the same shall not be
recoverable by action at law or suit in
equity before any of the courts of this
State until they have been listed and the
tax paid thereon, with an addition of fifty
per centum per annum from the time the
tax accrued; and the failure to give in
said bonds, notes, claims or other evidences
of debt shall be taken as prima facie evil
dence OF the intention to so evade pay
ment of taxes"
$1,000 penalty for failure to render full
and particular account of personal property
belonging to you, or of personal property
in your possession or under your care and
MANAGEMENT. Code, Art. 81, Secs 81
and %.
BENJAMIN C. PERRY,
President.
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Notice to taxpayers

NOTICE is hereby given by the under
signed, Treasurer of Montgomery county
and Collector of State and county taxes for
the said county, as required by Section G
OF Chapter 1871 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1905, to all per-
sons to whom State and county taxes are
assessed in said county, that the annual
levy has been made and placed in the
hands of the undersigned for collection.
All such taxes bear interest from Sep
ember LIST, 1928. at the rate of per CEN
um per annum.
All Taxpayers are hereby warned that
unless such taxes as are assessed against
them be paid on or before the first day of
January, 1929, their names will be pub
lished, in accordance with said Act OF
Assembly, in the list of delinquent tax
payers, and that if said taxes, with inter-
est and proportional part of cost of adver-
Using, remain unpaid until the second
Monday in April, 1929, the property as
sessed to such delinquent taxpayers, or SO
much thereof as may be deemed neces-
sary, will, on said last mentioned date, be
exposed for sale to pay such taxes, interest
and expenses.
State and county taxes may be paid by
persons presenting proper biiis On or before
December 81. 1928. during banking hours
at the following named banks
Kensington Bank.
First National Bank of Gaithersbure.
First National Bank of Sandy Spring.
Poolesville National Bank.
Silver Spring National Bank.
Takoma Park Bank.
Bank OF Bethesda, Bethesda.
Bank of Damascus. Damascus.
The Germantown Bank.
Citizens Bank, Takoma Park. Md. C.
J. FOREST WALKER,
Treasurer of ontgomery county.
june 22-td
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the subscrib-
ers OF Montgomery county have obtained
from the Orphans Court of Montgomery
county, Maryland, letters testamentary on
the personal estate of
WILLIAM R HUMPHREY,
late of Montgomery county. deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with vouchers thereof, to the sub
scribers on or before the 23rd day of
May. 1929; they may otherwise, by law
be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
Given under our hands this 18th day of
November. 1928.
WILLIAM R. HUMPHREY,
CHARLOTTE A. HUMPHREY,
nov 23-6t Executors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Notice to Creditors,

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub.
scriber OF Montgomery county has OBJ.
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont.
gomery county, Md, letters of administra.
ton on the personal estate of
EDMUND D. BEALL,
late Of Montgomery county, deceased
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
and file the same in said court, with
vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on
or before the 18th day of July, 1929
otherwise they may. by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 9Th day Of
January, 1929
ISAAC H. BEALL,
Administrators,
Roure No. 4, Rockville. Maryland.
jan 11-6t