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rrFLISHRD KVICRT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
vul. I.XXVII No. 30.
PRIME MINISTER
I, ILOKD-GEdE
rnmm
Relinquishment Of Office By
England's Premier Followed
Meeting Of Conservatives
Who Voted, 186 to 87, For An
Appeal To The Country.
WAS "STRONG MAN” OF
BRITAIN DURING WAR
iRv Th* A* laird !'*.)
LONDON, Oct. 10.—The
resignation of Prime Minis
ter David Lloyd-George was
officially announced this eve
ning.
THe resignation of Viscount
peeL the Secretary of State
for India, also was announc
ed.
LONDON. Oct. 19.—The government I
Prime Minister Lloyd George re
lijned this afternoon.
The announcement of the govern
ing ’* resignation was made by the j
Central News, and up to 4:2.1 o'clock;
jus afternoon no official announce
tent of It had appeared, but it had
teen preceded by the semi-official an-
KHincement of the Press association,
Win* It had learned on high author- i
tty lhat the government would resign I
forthwith.
The Llovd-George coalition re
ceived its death blow at the hands of
the Cotiimatlve party, when the con-
RTOtlvf members of the House of
Commons and government ministers
tt their meeting today voted by 186 to
P to appeil to the country as the
formative party. This created a
teniitlon of the greateat political
confusion and uncertainty the country
had known for many years.
Several of the Unionist junior mem
bers resigned immediately after the
t’alonlst meeting.
HE*IM TELLS DELEGATION
KING ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
LONDON. Oct. 19. After a brief
ludu'tue with King George this after
noon Mr Lloyd-George returned to
Gowning street, where he received a
•mors' delegation, hut. according to
fnnk Hodges, who headed the dele
tion, Mr. Lloyd-George said he
wld not consult them as prime mln
,fr. since ho had resigned. Mem
hr? of the miners’ delegation said
Hr Lloyd-George had told them the
(jin* had accepted his resignation.
Air-Tight Wood
Heaters*
"e have them in twelve styles.
Priced from $2.50 to $12.50
A style for every need.
The Henry B. Myers Co.
45-49 WEST STREET.
Annapolis. Md.
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FOR SALE
Large double lot of ground •
*'ith new seven - room frame
rc: tage. electrically lighted, and
outbuildings, on concrete boule
vard about two hundred yards
from Tamp Parole Station.
| Apply
RIDGELY P. MELVIN.
Attorney,
Annapolis. Md.
" . . ' , I
Chamber of Commerce
Meeting Tonight
at 8.00 |
BE THERE!
'' —■ ■ A
Queuing Qlnnttnl.
BRUCE MAKES ADDRESS
j IN FRANCE’S COUNTY
Explains To Cecil Democrats
What Soviet Rule Means And
Flays Senator’s Record
| RITCHIE ALSO SPEAKS
Some hot verbal shots were directed
at Senator France last night In his
own home county, Cecil, by William
C abell Bruce, Democratic nominee for
the United States Senate, who. to
gether with Governor Ritchie, spoke
at Elkton to a large gathering of Cecil
Democrats. After thoroughly ex
plaining what Soviet rule really
means, and attacking the present
senior senator from Maryland for his
strong advocacy of the Bolsheviks.
Mr. Bruce stated that he didn’t think
the Senator to be a "conscious dema
gogue." but rather believed he simply
“lacked horse sense.*’ The whole
political record of Senator France
also was severely attacked by Mr.
Bruce during his discourse.
G. 0. P, Tariff Condemned
Governor Ritchie criticized the Re
publican Congress for reducing the
higher rates of the graduated Income
lax and the excess profits tax, alleg
ing that this will result in an added
burden, amounting to $500,000,000 an
nually, on the masses of the people.
He claimed those who made excessive
profits should be taxed heavily.
'rtie Governor said the Fordney-Mc-
Cumber tariff is iniquitous, because it
taxes all the necessaries of life. He
said it will add ISO a year to the ex
penses of every man. woman and
child In the country. The voters can
do their part in remedying this, he
said, by electing Democratic candi
dates to the Senate and House.
Mr. Bruce, said, in part:
“What reason can Senator France,
my Republican opponent, give for
seeking re-election? He has ad
vanced a number of fantastic theories.
One of these is that we should take
over the German colonies In Africa
and there establish a settlement of
(CnntlMnMl On Pti* t.)
DOBIE’S CORNELL TEAM '
HAS RECORD OF MORE
THAN POINT A MINUTE
Cornell has a polnt-a-mlnute foot
ball team this year.
Gil Dobie’s men from the shores
of Lake Cayuga have played three
games so far this season and have
piled up 189 points in 164 minutes
of playing time.
St. Bonaventure, Niagara and New
Hampshire State were the victims.
Colgate is likely to pull down the
average next Saturday.
Let
Mrs. Lovinia White
17 Northwest St., Annapolis
(Telephone 690)
Shop for You at'
HUTZLEK BROTHERS €
BALTIMORE
H. H. Sadler
OPTOMETRIST
and OPTICIAN
205 Main St., Annapolis, Md.
Hours: 8:30 to 6:30 Daily.
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TipiFTS
limp OF;
NMDDERS
Lentz, Guard; Parr, End, And
Flippen, Halfback, Replaced
By Other Men As Result Of
Showing In Bucknell Game
Saturday
McWhorter is star
* OF GEORGIA TECH, TOO
Three important changes were
made in the lineup of the Naval
Academy football team t practice
yesterday afternoon, and the.arrange
ment is likely to continue through
the Georgia Tech game on Saturday,
as today will be the last afternoon
for serious practice before the game.
McKee went into the backfleld for
Fllppon, Zuber continued in the place
of Lentz, the big right guard, and
Stolz was substituted for Parr, one
of the veterans of the team, at left
end. The latter change was some
what unexpected.
The change works a considerable
loss of weight to the team. Zuber
Is outweighed more than 30 pounds
by Lentz, but is a very hardy and ag
gressive youth and much more of a
fighter than his big rival. McKee Is
15 pounds lighter than Flippen, but
more experienced, as he won his let
ter and star in 1920. Stolz and Parr
each weigh about 185. but Stolz is a
very rugged youth. He was a sub
stltue last year, his first at the Acad
emy. The varsity was given only a
brief scrimmage, as the players have
been going a rather stiff pace and
a let-up was deemed advisable.
Most of the temporary stands have
(Continued On Vmgt> 4.)
sir soul
HOT FI THE SHOT
Eye-Witnesses Of Norris Murder
Testify That Actual Slayer
Was Larger Man
- (Sf The Alienated Prma.)
BALTIMORE, MD., Oct. 19.—The
defense scored in the trial at Towson
this morning of Walter Socolow, on
the charge of murdering William B
Norris on August 18. when J. Wilson
Register, a witness of the payroll rob
bery and holdup during which Norris
was shot, declared on the stand that
Socolow was not the man who did the
killing.
Mr. Register, who was passing the
scene of the daylight crime at the
time it occurred, and who jumped into
’a passing automobile and gave chase
to the bandit car, stated emphatically
that the man who killed Mr. Norris
was bigger, heavier and older in ap
pearance than Socolow. He testified
that he was only tw’enty-flve feet from
the scene of the shooting.
Eleanor Randolph, colored, another
witness of the shooting, also testified
that Socolow was not the man who
killed Norris.
Charles P. (Country) Carey and
John L. (Wiggles) Smith, convicted
members of the murder gang, and
Socolow were expected to take the
stand later in the day. The case is
expected to go to the jury toiiiorrow
night.
promiStofflr
EPWORTH LEAGUE TO
SPEAK AT CALVARY CH.
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Guthrie. o1
Chicago. 111., will speak at Calvary
Methodist Episcopal Church. State
( Circle, on Friday night. October 20. at
8 o’clock. Dr. Guthrie is the execu
tive secretary of the Epworth League
and is a most forceful speaker. Spec
ial music will be furnished by the
combined church and Epworth League
choirs. Drs. Morris E. Swartz and
, Don S. Colt, both of Baltimore, will
, also speak. The meeting is held an
; der the auspices of the Second De
partment. that of World Evangelism
jof the Calvary Epworth,League.
Preceding the meeting a fifty-cem
supper will be served bv the Ladies
Aid Society of Calvary Church in tht
. Religious Educational Building. Mary
hand avenue and Prince George street
| The public is invited.
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
ANNAPOLIS, MD., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1922
MYERS COMPANY GETS
CITY'S CONTRACT FOR
| 75 TONS SOB COAL
- By waiting a few yeeks and re
advertising for new bids, the public
I property committee of the City
I Council was enabled to save the city
, In the neighborhood of $75 on the an
[ nual contract for furnishing the sup-
J ply of fuel for the several municipal
: buildings.
The contract which calls for fur
nishing 75 tons of soft coal, delivered
in the bins of the different buildings
has leen awarded to the Henry B.
Myers Company, at $9.30 per ton. The
only other bid received was that from
the Lloyd Coal Company (B. Bernard
, Lloyd), at $9 50 per ton. When bids
II were first asked, the figures submit
ted were in the neighborhood of sll.
.Conditions arising out of the strike
lof coal miners as well as the rail
•road tioup, having considerably iir.-
11 proved, hence the lower price at
J which the city will now buy its coal
: MOTHERS’CIRCLE TO
RAISE RINDS FOR
SCH. IMPROVEMENTS
The chicken salad supper to be held
at the Educational Building of the
Methodist Episcopal Chirrch cn
Thursday. October 26, was the chief
subject of discussion at the meeting of
the Mothers’ Circle held yesterday af
ternoon.
There were a great many mothers
present and the meeting was an en
thusiastic one. Nearly three hundred
tickets for the supper have been sold,
and the ladies are preparing for quite
a large crowd. Mrs. Samuel Wood is
chairman of the supper committee
and she and the corps of competen*
ladies assisting her are making every
effort to make the supper a great suc
cess. the proceeds of which are to be
used for benefit of the school children
There are many other good ways in
which this money can be applied.
The treasurer of the Circle has beer
. instructed to give $lO to Uie Athletic
Association of the Annapolis High
School in its drive. It was also de
cided that two prizes should be given
in the Grammar School, and one each
in the Academic Department and
Commercial Department of the High
t School, to the pupils attaining the
i highest average during the school
i year. The nature of the prizes will
. be decided by a committee of teachers
i and mothers to be appointed some
■ time in Mav.
: 6ALTIMOREMENHELD
: FOR OPERATING STILL
; _IN THIRD DISTRICT
* Continuing their activities against
* illicit stills for the manufacture of
liquors Federal Prohibition agents
r yesterday swooped down on the farm
* known as the Bond property between
} Elvaton and Pasadena in the Third
district and seized a 1,000-gallon
1 still.
’ The raid was conducted by Agent*
1 Ford and Flinchura. who also de
f stroyed 3,000 gallons of rye mash and
s 58 gallons of alleged rye whisky.
r They found that the stHl was oper
ated by a 10-horsc power steam boil
er and that around it were 14 300-
?allon capacity mashboxes and 20C
rounds of sugar as well as a lot of
rye and corn.
Two men arrested in the raid.
George Arnold. 843 West Fayette
street, and Frank Brenton. 1022 Boyd
street, claimed that they had been em
ployed three days ago to care for the
• still and to operate it. A negro on
the farm. Eld Green, was also arrest
j ed and charged with giving the men
v the right of way through his prop
e erty, as well as allowing them to sleer
{ in his barn. They were ail taken to
_ the Northwestern Police Station, Bal
e timore, and held for a hearing.
- AUTHORITIES GATHER SEW
e EVIDENCE IS HALL CASE
e
li <By The AioaHatrd Pm.)
U NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Oct. 19.
i- New evidence in the Hall-Mills mur
>- ler case is in the hands of the au
j horities. it was declared today by a
*nan close in the confidence of Coun
it ‘y Prosecutors Beekman. of Somerset
and Striker, of Middlesex,
e The assertion was given color by
r. continuation of the feverish activity
t. if the past three days on the part of
detectives and others on the case.
CRUEL HAZING
IN ROBINSON'S
IMPORT
Trial Set For Early This After
noon, Delayed Because Of In
accuracies Found In Draft Of
Charges Against Midshipman
Of First Class
McGREGOR, VICTIM,
APPEARS ON CRUTCHES
Discovery of inaccuracies in the
draft of charges caused a delay in the
trial of Mirshipman Bruce Robinson,
of Chandler, Ariz., first class,’ sched
uled to begin early this afternoon be
fore a naval court-martial at the
Naval Academy.
And in accordance with a motion
passed by the court, the charges were
returned to Rear-Admiral Henry B.
.Viison, Superintendent of the Acad
emy, for the errors to be rectified.
New charges were prepared and the
.rial got under way later this after
noon.
For over an hour the court was en
gaged in going over the specifications
contained in the charges, after which
•t was announced they were not in
proper form, in that the specific in
stances of “cruelly hazing,’’ and
‘causing the cruel hazing of," were
framed incorrectly under the provi
sions of naval law.
Victim On Crutches
That the offense charged against
Robinson was a cruel one, and that
le stands in danger of dismissal
seems to be rather certain. W. H
McGregor, of Bremerton, Washington
State, is his victim, and it is under
(ranllmifd on Pr 4.)
SPECIAL TALESMEN
FDR MURDER TRIAL
Case Against Cronmiller And
Pease, From Howard County
Next Monday
V
Judge Robert Moss, in the Circuit
Court, has fixed Monday of next week
for the trial of the case of Marshal)
Pease and William C. Cronmiller.
•harged with the murder of James B.
Pattison, and has drawn a special
panel of talesmen from which the jury
will be chosen. The crime was com
mitted in Howard county about two
months ago, and was removed to the
local jurisdiction under a change of
venue. Drawing of the special panel
of jurors resulted as follows:
From Annapolis, which comprises
the Sixth district: John M. Taylor,
William E. Fcldmeyer, T. Kent Green.
Frank A. Munroe, Jacob F. Popham,
Joseph McGraw, Aaron L. Goodman
I Louis 11. Dove, and Wiley H."dates’
(colored).
Talesmen from the other districts'
who were drawn arc:
First District —John E. Colftrtson.' ,
Charles E. Wilkerson, J. Trvin# Bird.
McLean Shepherd. Hezekiah Best, and
Thomas W. Beard.
Second District —Wilbur Finkbine.
Horace Williams. Henry Heller, John ,
Linthicum. William E. Ford, and
Frank N. Basil.
Third District —Benjamin H. Amos
Tames A. Jenkins. Louis B. Pumphrey,
Thomas N. Benson, Orlando H.
Duvall, Robert Johnson, Frank M.
Bond.
Fourth District—James F. Baldwin,
Tobn A. Watts, D. Webster Allen.
Chester M. Shipley. Melvin E. Stew
art, Edward Griffith, John M. Low
man..
Fifth District —C. Conrad Stoll. W. |
Grady Benson. Abram Rider. Nelson i
Phelps, Herbert Pumphrey, William
T. Downs. James L. Wesley.
Eighth District —Fernando Weems,
James E. Linton, Louis A. Crandall,
Edmund 0. Atwell, and Philip N.
Prout, Jr.
ACADEMY PROFESSOR
TO LECTURE IN BALTO.
Walter B. Norris, associate profes
sor of English at the Naval Acad
emy, will conduct the course in news- J
oaper feature writing to be given on!
Wednesday evenings at the Univer- 1
sity of Maryland in Baltimore, as a .
1 part of the School of Commerce
| training.
Professor Norris will begin his
course > *with a lecture on “Opportuni
ties and Rewards in Feature Writ
ing.”
RITCHIE AND ROBERTS
AT MEETING TONIGHT
To Speak At Political Gathering
Under Auspices Of Women
Voters’ League
G. O. P. SPEAKER ALSO
Governor Ritchie and Clarence M
Roberts will be the principal speakers
at tonight's meeting of the League of
Women Voters, which will be held m
8 o’clock in the chamber of the House
of Delegates.
Oliver Metzerott, former State Sen
ator from Prince George’s county,
will speak in place of Sydney E. Mudr!
who is unable to be present. Mis
Lavinia Kngle, State manager of the
League, will be the final speaker on
the program and will talk on some of
the matters of vital interest to the
women.
League Is Non-Partisan
Although the League of Women
Voters has succeeded in keeping to its
strictly non-partisan principles, it is
>y far the strongest women’s political
organization in the State and has
grown tremendously during the pa:
3ix months. The Anne Arundel Coun
y Chapter, which is a flourishing one
las been well organized In the differ
out districts under the able leader
thip of its chairman, Mrs. Robert
Moss, and included all the women of
both parlies who have taken their
suffrage duties seriously.
Governor Ritchie and liis mothei
Mrs. Albert Ritchie, will entertain a:
linner in the Executive Mansion this
jvening before the meeting for the of
lcers of the League.
SOUTHERN METHODISTS
TO GIVE OYSTER SUPPER
The Ladies’ Aid Societies of Trinity
ind Salem Churches, South, will give
in oyster supper in the Armory,
Bladen street, on November 14.
If you remember the supper
this Society gave last Fall at the Ar
mory you will not fail to go again
and partake of the delicious fried
oysters, chicken salad, country hair.,
hot biscuits, etc.
Suppers and entertainment galoraj
are on the list this season, po don't
get the 14th of November’
with other dates.
,16- • ~
BRIG.-GEN. SAWYER’S REMOVAL
DEMANDED TODAY BY LEGION
(Ity The Aoelated PreN.)
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Oct. 19 —Re
moval of Brigadier-General Charles
E. Sawyer, head of the Federal Hos
pitalization Board, and President
Harding’s personal physician, charged
with blocking the American Legion
hospitalization program, was de
manded by the Legion’s national con
vention here today by a vote of COl to
375.
CONFERENCES
•: BYY.W.Ci A BOARD
, v Hi . -
A "Setting-Up £onfirence” on t ie
' work of the Young Women’s Christian
Association was held on Tuesday
night at a meeting of “Y” directors.
The chairman of each committee ga-e
an outline of the work planned by hsr
department for the coming winter.
These plans include an additional
membership of 500, an educational
program for the Business Girls’ Club,
• a large bazaar to be given in Decen
ber, a play in the spring, travelogues
and lectures, and other activities.
After the meeting a supper wis
served for the board members and f< 1-
lowing this an enthusiastic member
ship meeting was held.
♦ "■ $
The Pheasant
1 STATE CIRCLE
Where the Ship's Inn was formerly
; . w located
Will Op en Oct. 21 st
LUNCHEON, AFTERNOON
TEA AND DINNER
Kindly make your reservations in
advance. ol®
*
SUPPER
FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20 f t
Beginning at Six o'clock.
By Ladies’ Aid of Calvary Church.
, IX THE
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BUILD IN(
Md. Avp. and Prince George St.
Splendid Menu. Supper, 50
o!3
THE WEATHER:
* Fair tonight and Fri
day. Slightly warmer
tonight.
COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND OENEKAL NEWS.
PRICE TWO CENTS
RE-OPEN PROBE,
IF TRAGEDY AT
BELLE GROVE
Grand Jury Of County Now En
gaged In Examining Number
Of Witnesses As Result Of
Disclosures At Socolow Mur
der Trial.
.
CLAIM NEW EVIDENCE ’
WILL BE UNCOVERED
Based upon disclosures made bjr
State’s Attorney Robert F. Leach, of
Baltimore city, who is prosecuting the
case of Walter Socolow. charged with
the killing of Walter B. Norris in the
payroll holdup and killing case in
Baltimore two months ago, the grand
jury of Anne Arundel county today
re-opened the investigation of the
tragedy at Belle tlrove Inn, In the
upper county, several months ago,
that resulted in shooting to death of
Michael Cadora, and injury of several
other persons.
A score or more witnesses, a num
ber of whom were examined at the
original investigation conducted a t
the county jail here, have been sum
moned to appear before the grand in
quest. A number of the witnesses
are young women.
New evidence tending to fasten the
crime upon Walter Socolow, ''Jack’'
hart and “Wiggles” Smith, who figur
ed in the Norris holdup, robbery and
murder in Baltimore, is said to be
In the hands of the authorities. Ac
cording to State’s Attorney of
Baltimore, the investigation has
shown that these three wero impli
cated in the shooting and that one
of them may have tired the fatal shot.
Search For Madeline Smith
Deputies yesterday searched for
Madeline Smith, who, at the time of
the shooting, gave her address us Ml 4
Hamilton Terrace, Baltimore, and
Frederick Rutledge, 603 West Sara
toga street, Baltimore, who suffered
a scalp wound during the battle. Miss
i Smith has left the city. Rutledge has
disappeared from the Saratoga street
address, but is believed to be in tho
city. Both are sought for further
questioning along the Bugs developed
recently.
In view of the disclosures made by
Mr. Leach, the grand jury will en
deavor to ascertain wheliie* Socolow,
Hart and Smith were at ta? inn on
the night of the shooting. Mr. Leach
contends that the trio went there for
ihe purpose of avenging a heating ad
ministered by a Philadelphia gunman
known only as “Blackle” to “Fats”
Novak two nights before the fatal
shooting.
Two of the witnesses summoned to
appear are Howard Scarbrough, 712
Llnwood avenue, and *Coxcy” Brophy.
Neither of these has been questioned
by the authorities heretofore. It was
known that they were present at the
time of the shooting, but as their
I testimony had no bearing upon ttje
| previous investigation, they were ijftl
examined at length. However, wtrn "
the new tuffi of events in the inv*& :l
> tigation, their testimony Is consider-.
i ed important. ------
: PUBLIC
: MEETING
' League of Women
Voters
5 House of Delegates
TONIGHT
5, 8 P. M.
P T
Speakers;
HON. ALBERT C. RITCHIE.
HON. OLIVER METZEROTT,
Hon. CLARENCE q. ROBERT 3,
i AUSSjLAVpiA ENGLE. - .
Both men and women
invited.
{
Attention !
„ T)
To all men who have seen |
16 to 20 years of service and ]
other War Veterans. Don’t j
G miss the meeting FRIDAY J
NIGHT at 8 O’CLOCK at *}
" , the STATE ARMORY, atl