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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
3
Report from the Electrical Exposition in New York cites H. M. Marvey’s test showing cows respond to classical music. While Mozart and Beethoven boosted milk output 10 to 12 percent after the first milking, one cow listening to Mozart yielded forty five quarts in twenty four hours, mooing on a six hour milking schedule.
The Bach Choir started rehearsals for its fifteenth season ahead of the Bach Festival at Lehigh University next May. About forty new members joined with more applications pending as enthusiasm for Bach singing remains high under conductor Dr. J. Fred Wolfe.
The Lebanon Moravian Church filled Sunday evening as Rev. C Albright preached his farewell sermon. He has accepted a charge at Utica New York and will shortly depart for that place. He has served Lebanon for several years earning the respect and affection of his congregation and community.
Washington dispatch reports that President Wilson remains bedbound for an extended period after a medical consultation with Rear Admiral Grayson and three physicians. They note slow improvement but caution a long road to full recovery and plan continued rest with no detail on possible handling of legislation or official duties.
The president finds that music calms nerves as a talking machine in the White House sick room plays Wagner and Hawaiian stringed orchestras. Favorities include Tannhauser. contrasts arise with jazzy Hawaiian records. President Wilson’s health improves while Taft calls for a National budget and Massachusetts Republicans seek treaty ratification and Democrats push reservations. The American Legion announced itself as
The event began at Minneola and San Francisco amid fatal crashes in the flying race. The Senate military committee approved 15 million dollars for Army aircraft. King Albert canceled tour engagements due to the President's illness as the Senate shifted strike inquiry to steel districts.
Bids for the Nitro West Virginia munitions plant site were rejected by the War Department. The three submitted bids ranged from 2.5 million to 5.8 million dollars, with the government cost cited at seventy million overall. Also noted is General Pershing hunting in the Adirondacks at Brandreth Preserve, hosted by Gen. McAlphin.
Representative Cannon, once Speaker, says he cannot contribute to a fund to sway sentiment for ratification of the peace treaty. He cites the oath to defend the Constitution and warns against serving two masters by aligning with the League of Nations. He vows undivided allegiance to the Constitution in his final days.
After years of agitation, the select committee on the budget unanimously reports to the House a bill creating a bureau of the budget with a presidentially appointed director and establishing an independent auditing system under a new comptroller general.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass told the Senate that many government checks are being forged and raised. He asked for 15000 dollars to hire ten more check examiners to curb fraud, while Treasurer John Burke attributed losses to the large number of disbursing officers and urged more examiners to prevent future cases.
A Tennessee representative introduces a bill to form a 21 member special committee to sift and recommend the soundest veteran aid measures amid a flood of World War II related legislation in Congress. The text notes current proposals are scattered among many committees, causing confusion while wartime prohibition and constitutional enforcement loom in broader debate.
Congress has perfected the January 16 measure awaiting President Wilson's signature. Volstead warns war-time prohibition cannot be suspended until peace with Germany is ratified. State Department flags risk of European radicals flooding the country without stringent laws. Also notes travel of Jack Glickman from Camp Dix to Miles City and a clergyman's son quipping about safety and prayers at breakfast.
Rev. Dr. S C Zerfass spoke at St Andrew’s Brotherhood fall meeting about Ephrata Cloister history. About 250 men attended as he traced the sect’s 500 year lineage in Pennsylvania from the 30 years’ war era, noting Red Cross nursing, 1738 Sabbath school, a nearby cemetery monument, and early printing and multilingual Bible work.
A Seattle source reports a Washington bred White Leghorn hen laid four eggs daily for three days with a day of three eggs in between. The one-year-old bird, weighing 344 pounds, shows normal eyes and hard brittle shells. Diet includes commercial feed eye mash and table scraps. Poultry judge Ralph B. Randall endorses the record. Subscription rates listed.
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