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LAD WALKS ACROSS COUNTRY
Ends Transcontinental Jog in Lot
Angeles With 25 Centa in
His Pocket.
Los Angeles, Cal. —With only a 25-
cent piece in his pocket, Nicholas
Cascarino, sixteen, arrived in Los An
geles the other evening from New
York. He walked the entire distance,
having started for’ his destination In
November of last year. The lad was
footsore and dazed from the strain ol
many months’ travel.
“Everybody In New York Is talking
about Los Angeles,” he declared! “and
I sure am glad I came here."
Nicholas had expected to find his
only relative In the jvorld here. He
believed his uncle to be living In Los
Angeles, but upon arriving learned
that his relative had moved from the
city over four years ago.
The boy encountered many hard
ships en route. In Indiana he was
caught In a windstorm which left him
with weakened eyes. In the moun
tains he walked for days through a
long snowshed. At Sparks, Ney., he
almost died of thirst, and his little dog
did die.
Truck of Dyr&mite Dumped.
Pottsville, Pa. —A dozen miners went
over an embankment near here seat
ed on a truckload of dynamite and are
still living to tell the story. Why the
dynamite fulled to explode cannot be
explained. Nearly all the men van
severely bruised.
THURMONT, FREDERICK COUNTY, MD., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1919.
Marries Brother’s Widow.
Topeka, Kan. —An unusual feature
developed at the marriage license desk
In the prohate Judge’s office here when
Ernest D. Day, thirty-two years of
age of this city, secured a license to
wed Katie Day, twenty-one years of
age, also of Topeka. Mrs. Day was
the widow of his brother. This Is said
to be the first time such a thing has
occurred here. It Is prohibited by law
tB some states and some countries.
' Care for Sick Soldiers,
Uncle Sam will provide sanatorium
and hospital care for all the boys dis
charged from army or naval service, so
far as their sickness or disability was
contracted In the service of their coun
try. The United States public health
service has already undertaken this
stupendous tusk and Is busily engaged
In enlarging Its hospital facilities all
over the country.
Town to Discard Telephones.
At a mass meeting at Marcellne, Mo.,
80 per cent of the telephone subscrib
ers of the town entered Into an agree
ment to discontinue their telephones
while the Increased rates are In ef
fect.
Army Knit Goods Will Be Exported.
The entire stock of surplus knit
goods held by the war will
be offered for sale for export pur
poses. Most of the stock Is In the
form of underwear.
A Family Newspaper -Independent in Politics—Devoted to Literature, Local and General News.
Says U. S. Has Not Won
The War.
William Mather Lewis Declares
America May Yet Sutter
Colossal Defeat.
“The next two months will give the
answer as to whether America won a
victory in the war or suffered a colossal
defeat,” said William Mather Lewis,
Director of the Savings Division of the
Treasury Department, in a message ad
dressed to the six million members of
the War Savings Societies throughout
the United Stales.
“The war cost many thousands of
priceless American lives and billions of
hard earned dollars. This treasure was
spent in va n if the lessons taught by
the war are not put into practice in the
United States. America financed her
mighty war machine a'd iid the starv
ing Allies through the thrifty practices
which our formerly spend-thrift people
suddenly developed Thrift will win the
victory in the trjing period of recon
struction.
“Hut thrift is not evident at tins lime
when, as President W i son say-<, wo are
lacing tasks more difiDun, more com
plex, less easily unden tea <l, ihan those
of war. One of the greatest of recon
struction tasks is to reduce the cost of
living. This menace will not be con
quered by boosting the wage-* of labor.
It will be handled by allowing production
to catch up with consumption, and this
can only be done bv careful spending
and elimination of wastefulness.
“The Federal Trade Commission has
begun investigatijii of companies ‘wild
cal’ oil stocks. Such concerns flourish
only when there is ‘easy money’ when
the people through extravagance develop
the get-rich-quick germ.
"The Savings Division of the Treasury
Department is receiving reports from
the field indicating that pawn shops,
stock promoting concerns and a certain
fype of merchandising houses are reap
ing a rich harvest through the fact tfiat
owners of Liberty Bonds are willing to
sacrifice these securities at prices far
below the market in order to satisfy the
desire for luxuries or to secure stock on
which they are promised an impossibly
high rate of interest.
“If the people are not willing to pro
tect their personal property and the wel
fare of their Government at this critical
time by practicing wise economy, by
holding on to their Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps, and by waging an
unceasing fight against any merchant
who seeks to overcharge then), in other
words, the thrift lessons of the war are
forgotten then we are a defeated* nation
and not a victorious one.’’
Childvoii Cry
FOR Ft ETCHER’S
CASTO R I A
EARLY BUILDING FOR SUCCESS
Youth's Wise Employment of Leisure
Hours Means Everything In His
After Life.
If the young man could only as
similate very early in his life the fact
that merely to live and eat and drink j
and sleep, and then die, is not enough,
but that lie must rot) himself of many
of the pleasures usually taken up by ;
young men If he means to, make his
life of the highest possible use to the
world, he would set his foot on the
pathway to accomplish something j
worth while.
There Is no harm In billiards or
pool or In dancing, baseball or card
playing, or any one of the scores of j
different diversions and recreations
open to young men. The natural In- j
clinatlon usually Is to devote a large j
part of the leisure hours of young man- j
hood to such pleasures. But the youth j
who Is really earnest In his ambition |
to do something worth while will dis
cipline himself to resist such tempta
tions during his early, formative years,
for the whole fate of a man Is largely
determined by how he utilizes his plas- j
tic years. He may be restricted hy |
circumstances, by environment, hy
family ties In his selection of his daily
work, but every young man, particu
larly nowadays, has many hours that )
he can call his own, and It is how he j
chooses to use these hours that |
counts most and tells most. —Forbes
Magazine.
Chinese College Girls.
The most picturesque school In Nan
king Is Ginllng college, a recently
opened Institution, operated hy five
boards, presided over by a faculty of
eight and including 18 girls. As this
Is only the second year of operation,
18 Is a goodly number. Last year
there were hardly enough girls to go
around. The college is housed for
the present in a charming old “gung
gwan" or official residence belonging
to the estate of LI Hung Chang, and
once occupied by one of his relatives.
For Chinese women to come into such
an Inheritance, even by renting It, Is
enough to make anyone enthusiastic.
Only two years of college work ore
done at present, but a year's work Is
being added over autumn/ so that It
will soon tax the eight teachers to
keep the class work up to the high
standard that has been decided upon.
—Christian Herald.
Treating Seed Wheat For
Disease.
A conservative estimate, based on a
recent survey, would put the loss from
wheat diseases in Maryland this year
at one million bushels up to harvest
time. Most of this loss was caused
by scab, rust, loose and stinking smut,
while a few cases of black stem, root
rot and nematodes were found in one
or two instances. Of the important
prevalent diseases loose and stinking
smut or hunt are the only ones which
can he controlled by treating the.seed
previous to planting.
In the control of scab, rust and
other maladies which cannot he con
trolled by seed treatment, it will he
advisable to clean the seed thoroughly
by fanning out all the Jight, diseased
grains, and to practice a good system
of rotation so as to avoid too frequent
plantings of wheat in the same held.
The loose smut, sometimes known
as “blackhead,” is very prevalent
throughout the state and causes con
siderable loss. The only remedy that
is effective for this disease is what is
known as the modified hot-water
treatment. However, this method
is not suitable for general use since a
slight increase in the exact tempera
ture of the water required may kill
the wheat germ or a corresponding
decrease fail to destroy the disease
organism. The Extension Service
Specialists will conduct demonstra
tions along this line whenever pos
sible.
The stinking smut or bunt is the
easiest of all to control. In treating
seed for this disease it is necessary,
first, to thoroughly clean the seed.
The smut balls are lighter than the
good grains and can easily be blown
out. Then the good seed can be treat
ed with some of the formaldehyde
treatments, preferably by sprinkling
the wheat with a solution of I pint
of 40 per cent, formaldehyde to 40 or
d() gallons of water, putting about
three quarts of this solution to the
bushel. 'I bis is best applied by tin
use of a sprinkling can. The floor is
sprinkled first and the wheat is slow
ly scooped into a pile while it is
being sprinkled. It is advisable to
scoop the wheat over two or three
times so that all of the grains may
become more or less covered with the
selution, after which the pile of grain
is covered with bags or a canvas from
fto (5 hours. The cover is taken off
and the grain is spread out to dry.
It can be seeded immediately, but in
that case the drill should be set to
plant at least one more peck to the
acre than if dry seed were being used.
The sacks should be dipped into the
solution and the hopper of the grain
drill should besprinkled.
In those cases w here the smut balls
cannot be cleaned out of the wheat
it should be immersed in the solution
—a small amount at a time, and af
ter stirring the smut balls and the
light grain should be skimmed off
with a bit of screen wire or some
utensil. The stirring and skimming
should be continued until all of the
smut balls have been removed. The
wheat is then drained and spread out
to dry. The solution can be used
over and over. — C. K. Temple hi the
State College .Journal.
John Mitchell Dead.
New York, Sept. 0. —John Mitch
ell, former president of the United
Mine Workers of America and one of
the most widely known labor leaders
in the United states, died at 5 o’clock
this afternoon at the Post Graduate
Hospital.
Mr. Mitchell was only 49 years old.
Although he underwent an operation
10 days ago for the removal of gall
stones, his condition had been report
ed as entirely satisfactory and his
death was wholly unexpected by bis
friends.
Treasury Is Overflowing.
Washington, St'pt. 9. —The Gov
ernment has so much “coin of the
realm” that it actually bulges out of
the walls of the vaults containing it.
The Treasury has asked Congress
to appropriate H ,500,000 to make
the vaults secure and provide addi
tional ones. The treasure is gold
and silver accumulated during the
*
war.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A
!■ 0. 0. F. CENTENNIAL
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Every Day Of Next Week Crowdec
With Event* Of Interest To
Member* And Public.
NOTABLES TO ATTEND.
Everything Is ready for the great
gathering of Odd Fellows from al
over the United States and frotr
foreign countries next Sunday at Hal
-tlmore, when the 100th anniversarj
of the founding of the order In Amer
lea will be observed and the Sovereigr
Grand Lodge Convention Is , held. Re
cause Maryland has the honor of be
ing the mother state of American Odd
Fellowship, and because the Mary
landers are noted for their open-hand
ed, free-hearted hospitality virtually
every Odd Fellow In the state has
been doing his part to make the
week the greatest in fraternal circles
The week of sessions and good cheet
begins next Sunday with religious
services at 3 P, M. at the Lyric The
tre. Bishop W. F. McDowell will
preach and there will be a special
chorus-choir of 50 male and female
voices to render appropriate music
This choir will be composed of prom
inent soloists frbm various sections
of the state and its singing will b*
one of the big features. The rest ol
the week's program follows:
Monday, September 15.
9:30 A. M.—Convening of Sovereign
Grand Lodge at I. O. O. F. Temple
Judge Henry V. Burst, Grand Sire, pre
siding.
9:30 A. M.—Convening of the Gen
eral Military Council of the Patriarchs
Militant, General W. C. Gurney, pre
siding, also at Temple.
9:30 A. M.—National Rebekah As
sembly Meeting, Mrs. Martha Prescott
president, presiding, at Temple.
8 P. M. —Welcoming address at ths
Lyric Theatre by Grand Master John
R. Spence, with response by Grand
Sire Henry V, Borst. Centennial ora
tion by Alfred S. Pinkerton, of Massi
chnsetts.
Washington Lodge. No. 1. the moth
er lodge of all lodges and Jerusalem
Encampment, No. 1. will hold continn
ons sessions from Monday until Satur
day, thus giving all visitors the op
portunlty of meeting with these twe
original bodies.
Tuesday, September 16.
Regular meetings of the various de
parfmenfs of work.
Conferring of the various degrees ol
the order at I. O. O. F. Temple, Fourtt
Regiment Armory and Richmond Mar
ket Hall.
Assembly of the army of the Pa
triarchs Militant at Fifth Regiment
Armory.
Banquet to the officers and membert
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Ho
tel Rennert.
Wednesday, September 17.
8 A. M. to 12 M. —Competitive drills
of the Patriarchs Militant at the Fifth
Regiment Armory.
1:30 P. M.—Monster parade of B.OOC
members of Patriarchs Militant and
12,000 civilian members from every
state In the Union and from Australia
and other countries.
Thursday, September 18.
A. M.—Meetings of the various do
partments of work; the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, the General Military
Council and National Rebekah As
sembly.
Sight-seeing trip around and
through Baltimore and Its vicinity
Also side trips to Washington, Alex
andria and Washington.
8:30 P. M.—Grand decoration ot
Chivalry and ball at Fifth Regiment
Armory.
Degree Exemplifications at the
Tsmple, Fourth Regiment Armory and
Richmond Market Hall.
Friday, September 19.
Meetings of the various bodies con
tinued.
Excursion to Annapolis for the visit
ing Odd Fellow* and their families
and friends.
MOST BEAUTIFUL OF
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Miss lliriam Babbage was the win
ner of Dally Mirror’s beauty competi
tion among the most beautiful London
social leaders at the Savage club derby
day hall, at which dazzling and unique
costumes were worn.
Terms SI.OO in Advance.
TURN SOLDIERS
INTO FARMERS
Army Schools in France Proving
a Success.
FIND KEN EAGER TO STUDY
Eight Thousand Enrolled as Students
in University Attached to Expedi
tionary Forces—lnstitution Occupies
More Than 300 Structures—Aban
doned Agricultural Schools in Occu
pied Germany Taken Over—Forty
Studies Offered.
Over in east central France there is
going on an American adventure in ed
ucation of which very little has been
said over here. A university has been
established, with a college of agricul
ture and ten oilier colleges and a farm
school. Two months ago it was an
idea; today It has 8,000 enrolled stu
dents; more than 3,000 attend the
school, while extension activities reach
hundreds of thousands of men in one
way or another. The university build
ing Is a former American hospital near
the town of Beaume, In the famous
vineyard district of Cote d’Or.
About the middle of March a host of
young American soldiers came sweep
ing into the old hospital grounds from
all parts of the expeditionary forces.
They had packs on their backs, guns
in their hands, gas masks and “tin”
hats at their sides. They put on over
alls, picked” up hummers, saws, shov
els and picks, and made things ready
to go to school. They kept coming, so
that now the university occupies more
than 300 structures, which called for
800 carloads of material and equip
ment.
Idea Makes a Hit,
This was (ho work of the army edtv
cation commission, in co-operation with
the department of agriculture and va
rious state colleges and universities.
The idea made a hit with the soldiers
at once. Eacli week tens of thousands
of them are in class or lecture rooms
established throughout the army. The
teaching staff from the home colleges
found the men eager to talk about
farming “back home,” which was one
of the objects of the experiment. They
are satisfied by the interest displayed
In the class and by the fact that more
than 500 farmers’ clubs have been or
ganized, with a membership of fully
20,000 soldiers. One day a flying
squadron of “city fellers” came over
to the university to “get some agri
cultural dope.” There was enjoyment
of army pleasantry at first, but in the
end several of the visitors confessed
themselves so interested that they, too,
soon would be in the school.
In many units of the expeditionary
forces farmer-soldiers have a chance
to go to agricultural schools which
maintain courses of six to twelve
weeks and give Instruction in several
fundamental studies. They are called
post and divisional schools. They are
usually under the general supervision
of representatives of the commission,
although the principals and teachers
are from the army. They are held In
all sorts of places, wherever rooms and
equipment can be found. In Germany
abandoned agricultural schools In the
occupied territory have been taken
over. Even the land surrounding such
schools has been made use of for prac
tical work with crops, soil and gar
dens. Sometimes live stock is secured
for Judging, but usually the classes
are taken to near-by farms for study
and observation of the live stock found
there.
Forty Studies Offered.
Forty different studies are offered
the boys grouped in four general de
partments—animal husbandry, agron
omy, horticulture and forestry and
rural economics and sociology. In ad
dition supporting subjects are offered
at other colleges of the university.
In the first account of this American
university to be received by the de
partment of agriculture Prof. F. W.
Beckman of lowa State college says:
“The immediate results of the educa
tional program of the commission are
worth while, but farseeing men expect
even greater results In the future.
Secretary Baker, In his address at the
university, said he believed that out of
the commission’s work would come a
permanent educational policy for the
army, combining military training with
training for the vocations and for civil
life. Agriculturally the Immediate re
sults will be large, for the fanner-sol
diers of the expeditionary forces are
being stirred to a full realization of
their opportunities and their obliga
tions in the rural fletd. They are
thinking as they never thought before
about the rural tasks that await them
back home, and they are likely to re
turn better qualified to deal with them
and with a new spirit toward them.”
Ex-Kaiser Has Cut 5,000 Logs.
The former German emperor has
completed sawing his five thousandth
tree. It was cut into one-inch disks,
many of which have been distributed
among his attendants and advisers.
Each disk was marked by the sawyer
with his Initial and date.
U. S. Has 44,839 Officers in Reserve.
Since the armistice was signed on
November 11, a total of 44,839 officers
have been commissioned in the United
States reserve corps. The majority of
these saw active service and desire to
keep iu touch with military affairs.
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