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I XX\ 11 No. 05,
IUSICAL
CTION IS
SUCCESS
'he Shah” Brings
isical Star In Miss
nas Staging
r Hand Of J. W.
ATURES
INTERMISSION
of young and bean |
wed with charming
ii in iutrtguing cos
i splendor, set them
en of real Oriental
1 a couple of hand
poHsestiod of amat
an omnipotent sheik
to ills collection of
natihle shall, parent
f princesses, a ninn
ers in wild and pic
id a Texas "darkv”
the wiles of a love
ol you have the in
of tli(> cleverest and
liislcal comedies yet
Annapolis Lodge of
i for its annual mu
ell Directed
formula would not
(crly successful per
lieeu for the patient
oi l ion of Joseph \V.
and choir leader, of
my, who again this'
tingly of his fund of
K* and inspired iin
i' of this production
ilculated to Ic leng
lie tJieatrlcal history
■ing one of the most
nf rain seen in this
ths, tlie crowd that
[lie Circle Playhouse
litial performance of
of the Shah." was
ewarded for its brav
na*. New Star
- lecu added to the
ral favorites. A star,
xception of a single
lolph Torovsky last
•r before given An*
-a chance to thrill
er astonishingly love-
Miss Lucille Thomas
Slip, in the role of
ill's daughter, last
null vocal gifts.com
great personal mag*
lUdlenee responded to
iranee with lnstant
mi.
li Slums •’Pep'*
nlah's friend and con
ic Smith was more
Phis young lady al
ivay to the hearts of
towing such vlvatflty
each lack of self-con
' set'in tiie spiri* of
tnd happiness incur
' production. Charles
' popularity Increases
ppearaitcp in musical
liing to le desired.
>.l np Pn(p 4.1
TICE
two blue stones and
t 'p. was dropped on
Thanksgiving after
t'ward. no questions
to H. V. Wiley. 26$
■ •
■T-BALL
DANCE
PAN Y "M"
vs.
ATHLETIC CLCIt
December 5
o—•
L*>c.; Dance, 50c
- 7:30 P. M. d 5
lED KEYS MADE
cold and install
up bronze
rip for windows
d doors!
i and furnished.
FLOOD
OK ALL KINDS
1 Phone 378-M.
Queuing llliliipt (Hupitnt
iNAVY RELIEF ENJOYED
I MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR
, ■
More Than $4,300 Raised.!
$1,789,85 Of Which Went To
City Beneficiaries
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
The Naval Academy Auxiliary of thej
Navy Relief Society held Its annual!
meeting yesterday aftprnoon a 1 the 1
residence of the Commandant of Mid
shipmen.
On account of the Illness of the'
| preafdent of the Auxiliary. Mn Henry!
! B- Wilson, the meeting was presided
1 over by the vice-president. Mrs !
Thomas R. Kurtz.
The secret a rv. Mrs Harry H
Forgus. read her annual report, and
the treasurer’s report followed.
The year ending with the annual,
meeting sir, the most successful In!
the history of the Auxiliary. More
than $4,300 wes raised chiefly
through the efforts of the finance com
mittee. of which Mrs. Barron B Du-
Bois was chairman.
Thunks To All Who Helped
The meeting voted its thunks to oil
whose co-operation made the splendid!
resuPa possible. Special votes of
thanks were passed to the Superin
tendent. the Commandant of Midship
men and their aides, for their never
failing interest and assistance:, to
Mrs H. B. McCleary. Mrs. I). A Mc-
Klduff and the rest of the manage
ment and cast of “Mrs. Humpsteud-
Lelgh” for their indefaligablo energy!
and labors; io the Masqueraders, the
electrical and stage “gangs.” the band
the printers, and all others who glad
ly worked hard ami Ring to make the
; splendid performances given In the
Auditorium possible
All who assisted at the armory sup
per, which added nearly S6OO to the
$2,(1>0 cleared by the play, also re
ceived the special thunks of the
meeting.
The over-readiness of the Evening I
Capital to render its indispensable as
sistance also received a siecial vote
of thunks, and appreciation.
The treasurer called attention toj
(('nnliiiiiril on l’ iir S.l
SUFFERS EYE TROUBLE
Suffering from trouble with, his
eves for the last several days. Post
master Thomas J. Linthic’ini wept to
Baltimore today to consult an eye spe-i
ciallst. Mr. Unthiciim is also said toj
he bothered by organic trouble. He!
will le absent fronf his duties at the
local postoffice for several days, it. i< |
expected. In his alsenco. James W :
Robinson, assistant postmaster, is j
acting as chief.
SCHEDULE OF MONTH S !
EVENIS AT ACADEMY 1
The following events of a social anti
sporting nature are scheduled to take
place in the Naval Academy during
the month of DeeeiuteH ~
Saturday. December -.2:110 p. mj
Basketball. St. Francis College; 2:30
P m.. Soccer. Lehigh; 3 p. m.. Cross
Country Run. Baltimore Cross Coun
try Club; 8:13 p. m.. Second Class
Show; 8:30-11:30 p. m.. first and sec
ond class hop. Armory.
Wednesday. December 13 3:30 p.
m.. basketball (open).
Saturday. December 16 —2:30 p. m..
Basketball. Washington College: 2:30 j
1 p. in.. Soccer. University of Penn.:j
' S: 15 p. iu., Moving Pictures, Armory;;
S:K> p. ni.. First Class Show.
Wednesday. December 20 3:30 p
m.. Basketball. Manhattan College.
Thursday. December 22 —8:30-12
1 ni.. New Year's Hop. Armory.
Saturday, December 30—S:l" p. m..
Moving Pictures. Auditorium; S'3o-12
p. m.. New Year's Hop. Armory.
! Dolls Dressed!
\j or SANTA CLAUS
See MISS THERESA MAYHEW
131 WEST STREET, : ANNAPOLIS
= NOTICE
Knights of Pythias
lairge Class Initiation
SECOND RANK
By Baltimore Degree Team ' !t
Wednesday, Dec. 6th
7.30 P. M.
BY ORDER OF THE LODGE.
V- . ... ■
LIQUOR BAHTS |
j 111 FEDERAL HANDS
i ■— ’ - '*|
| Four Who Overpowered Watch
men At Distillery Surprised
By Police
dVv Tl* \mm i.tinl I’rrhs )
BALTIMORE. MI), Dee. 5 - Four j
j alleged members of an armed bandit
•gang, which last night unsuccessfully
| attempted to raid the Standard Distil-'
j ling Company plant in the Highland-j
town section of Baltimore were turn-!
j cd over to Federal authorities today.'
They gave the names of Francis Gal
i lagher and George Martin, of Balti
more. and Hitrry Tdwhpend, Washing
i ton, and Walter Vaughan. Camden
N. J. * •
The bandits were surprised 1 y the
Police while rolling out barrels of
whiskey from the distillery. They
,had previously overpowered tiie three
watchmen, whom they had imprisoned I
in the office.
Twenty In Parly, Belief
Upwards of twenty men arc thought
to have participated in the raid, but
tiie police lelieve the noise of their
; approaching automobile alarmed them
and they escaped.
Gallagher and Martin were taken in
an automobile inside the distillery en
closure. Police say they wore masks.
The other two were in the office
standing guard over the watchmen.
Polico believe the gang is the same
which has been making daring raids
on the various distilleries around Bal
timore during the last two years.
It is said that Martin, one of the
men arrested, was one of thnso rap
tured in the Gwynnlrook Distillery
raid last year and has teen under sus
picion by the polite for a long time.
, He was recently released from a term
in jail , for having attacked a prohi
bition enforcement agent in the lobby
of tlie postoffice.
Oregon Player To Murk's Teiira
(By Tim t„orl;ii,!i I'rc-K.i
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 5. The
j first sale of the minor league conven
! iion • was made today when Sammy
i Hale, third baseman of the Portland.
| Oregon, team was sold to the Phila
delphia Americans for players and
cash amounting to $75,000.
DOiTiSlFi-
BY WOMEN VOTERS TO
BE LEFT AT ARMORY
j Donations for the lair of tlv League
! of Women Voters, to be held in Balti
j more on December U end 10, mn hi
lleft at the armory, lfladon street, on
! Dcrenicr 1 h Some on>* will !>•• at the
I armory between the hours of 10 an 1
1 4 to receive and mark them.
The particular idea of the Anne
■ Arundel booth at the fair is to rsiab-
I lisli a system of direct sales between
the city and country, and persons are
urged to send to the fair articles for j
Which ahey wish to establish a mar
ket* Butter, dairy products, both
kinds of potatoes, home-cured hams
an 1 bacon, lard, etc., are among the
thins ß to l e soldi
J 'The fair, which is being held with : j
view to raising the full amount of the j
League's State quota at one time, wil J
take place in the Y. W. C. A. auGi
torium, West Franklin street.
WOMAN MUTED OF
[‘HAMMER’ MURDER MAKES
| SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
(Itv Tli* 4wiHl*il Prf*.l
LOS ANGELES. CAL.. Dec. 5.
Clara Fhillipp climbed out of a win
dow in the womens section of the
j county jail and escaped early today/
| She was under a sentence of from ten
vtars to life imprisonment after con
{ viction for the hammer murder of Al
berta Meadows, She was held in jail
pending formulation of an
With the aid of several steel sa*
her escape was effected at 2 a. m . sc
] cording to a report to the sheriff l y
i; her jailer. Belief was expressed that
she had hoen aided by other inmates
Bars were sawed through, and after
li crawling out of the window, she drop
ped to the roof of an adjoining buiid
jl ing. climbed down the fire escape, and
; escaped.
The escape was not discovered by
! I jail authorities for several hours.
The forree,- chorus girl, who three
ji weeks ago was t\>ynd guilty of what
j prosecuting officials declared to be
f one of the most brutal murders they
j! had ever hid to try. effef ted her lib
! i erty with a suddenness equal to that
! with which the hammer slaying was
revealed last July. It is believed that
I she escaped in an automobile.
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
\N.\AI'()!.LS. Ml)., TCKSDAY. DF.CF.MIIF.R 5. 1
“Tiger” Visits
Harding Today
I iu ■ -
(ll> Tli* I'rc*.)
I WASHINGTON, D. C. ue . 5. i
HJeorges CTemcnccau paid his reap'Cts!
today to President Harding.
Arriving at the White House three'
minutes t efore 10 o'clock, the hour!
| appointed for hts audience with the;
' President, he was ushered immedi *te- |
yl into the executive offices, where the |
! President greeted him.
Tiie “Tiger" of France, looking pale!
!ad jaunty and w earing his “tule" —!
I high hat—for the second time since!
his arrival iu America was accompun- j
iied by Jules J. Jusserand. the French |
| amlassador, who presented him 4o the
President.
A small crowd which had gathered!
outside the White House grounds!
cheered ('lenience iu when he arriv 'd. |
Late tomorrow the wartime pre n- 1
ier will call on former President Wil-j
son. with whom he sat in the coun
cils of the big five at Versailles.
AUTO TRUCK DRIVER
ACQUITTED OF CAUSING
DEATH OF YOUNG BGY
In the Circuit Court this morning
Edward Demmitt, aged 56, a driver of
one of the lruck3 for Stewart and
Company, of Baltimore! was placed on
trial for manslaughter in connection
with the death dast October of Wil-F
liam Ungerer. Jr., a tcu-year-old lad ,
of Glen Btirnie.
The State alleged that the boy's •
death was due directly to reckless j
and unlawful driving qn the part of
the defendant, who. it w r as claimed
was speeding hia truck at about 40 of
45 miles an hour on the Annapolla-
Baltimore boulevard about half a t miic
northeast cf Glen Ramie. The
lingerer hoy was playing baseball
near 'he roadside, and rail across the
road to gut the tail ami immediate'}’
rtu hack again. It waslon the return
trip that the truck struf’k him. result
ing in his death. The defendant j
claimed he was going at a very mod
erate rate of sliced, and that he did
everything within his power to pre
vent the accident, which, he claimed
was due entirety to the action of the
! lad absorbed in h’s pastime. !* was]
also testified by several witnesses that j
Dernnißt is an experienced and can- j
fill tlrivyr.
expressed deep regret
the tragic death of the little boy, bu'j
said that he could not hold that it wasj
due to any negligence on the part of
!h> defendant, and accordingly ren J
dered a Verdict of acquittal.
Butler Renominated Judge
ißy Til* Wsoi’ljtfil l‘re,M
WASHINGTON. D. ('. Dec .5 The
nomination of Pierce Butler, of Minne
sota. to be an ar-sociate justice of the
Supreme Court, which failed of eon-j
firmalion at the special session of
Congress, was returned to the Senate
today hv President Harding.
CO. BOARD DISPLACES |
EASTPORT PATROLMAN
I •
, Tiie political ax fell at the Court
j House this morning, when the Board
cf County Commissioners at thoir reg
(ular weekly meeting, served notice
upon Samuel Jones that his services
!as police patrolman for Eastport
i would not 1 c required after January
1. The Board appointed in his stead.
Percy Clark.
Mr. Jones has held the position of (
•peace guardian in the village across;
the Soa for several years, hut it ap
pears that his activities in affairs pol
itical have incurred the displeasure o r
the present majority interests in the
Board, who •determined to displace
him. The vote on Mr. Jones* removal
. was 4 to 3, the lineup 1 eing as fol
low s; For removal. President Wal
iton. Messrs. Carr, DuvaH and Myers,
all Democrats; against. Messrs. Kelly
j.apd Watts. Democrats, and Brice. Re
publican.
''else Anns Oh Shims
tllv 1 lie Pre.-",.!
' j LIVERPOOL. Dec. s. —The local po
-1 j lice today seized large quantities of
rides, ammunition and explosives dis
covered on ships sailing for Southern
Ireland.
1
HiTHM
! BOXERS GET BUSY
Six Contests Have Been Arrang
ed For Each Of Respec
tive Teams
The call for the beginning of prep j
1 ovation for the winter sports lirough' j
! several hundred midshipmen to the!
gymnasium yesterday afternoon a/
; candidates for the boxing, wrestling ,
swimming, water polo, gymnasium |
and fencing trams. The boxing aiie
; wrestling squads each numbered ove j
a hundred, while there will be addi- i
i tions duriug the week.
Schednle For Boxers
Manager Robert C. Bell. Jr... of the;
■ boxing team, lias arranged the best I
! schedule the midshipmen have yet had !
j in Unit sport. It follow.*:
February 3—University of South;
; Carolina.
February 10—Villa Nova.
February 17—Pennsylvania State at.
State College.
February 24—Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology.
March 3 All-Canadian Collegians
i Toronto, McGill uml Queens Univer-J
| sities.
March 13 -University of Pcnusyl- j
vania.
All matches, exi.ept that with Penn!
State, will take place at Annapolis.
Six For IVresiling Team
Manager Willis C. Parker. Jr., of
the wrestling teams, has arranged six
matches, all against strong teams i
! The midshipmen will go to lihacu on
: 'larch 17 to meet Cornell, champion^!
I last year of the Intercollegiate Wrest- i
! ling Association. The other matches j
all to be contested at AnnapoPs, are;!
February 10—Lehigh.
February 17—Washington and Lee
February 24—Pennsylvania State
March 3—University of W. Virginia.
March 10 -University of Indiana.
Pennsylvania State and I*chi,gb
were second and third in ihe Inter
collegiate League, while Indiana won
the championship of the Conference
colleges. The naval team, therefore
has a series of contests worthy of 1:f
position as the leader for a number
of years in Intercollegiate wro&tling
HEALTH AUTHORITIES
; FIND BAY WATERS NEAR
ANNAPOLIS POLLUTED
.
United States Public Health author
ities, working with the State Board
of Health of Maryland, have complet
'd their investigation as to pollute?!
oysters near Annapolis and Cam
| bridge, Md.
Tiie report shows that there is pol
lution in certain waters loth at and
near Annapolis and Cambridge. Some
j ten years ago the State Department
| of Health caused an order to be puss
jcd nrohibittng the use of oysters in
this territory for food. Rocently I)r.
p. R Parson and Dr. 1). M. Welch j
•of the United States Government
service, and Charles Taylor, inspec
tor of the Board, conducted a survey
to dotermine whether the need for the
lan still existed. They report:
“The restrictions placed by the
State Board of Health on these lo
calities were well taken and that as
a precaution to the consumer, and
working no hardship on the oyster
men. the prohibition will stand." •
PROGRESSIVE BLOC
SCORES ON POINT OF
DIRECT ELECTIONS
i fly Tlir Anoclatfd rrfM.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 5. j
' I Members of the new progressive blot ;
• in Congress von their first legislative I
| victory today by obtaining from tin '
' j Senate Agricultural Committee a fav- ■
, orable report on the resolution toj
| amend the constitution to provide for
! direct election of the President am!
Vice-President. The amendment also
would change Presidential inaugura
‘ tion day from the fourth day of March
to the third Monday in January, and;
1 members of the House and Senate
would begin their terms of office th<
first Monday in January after the bi
dhnial election. Congress would meet <
in regular session annually ou the
first Monday in January.
Dupont Dividend Of sfl Pel.
IBv The ere<m.>
•j WILMINGTON. DEL.. Dec. s.—Tie:.
i E. I. Dupont deNemours Company to-1
i day declared a 50 per cent, commoa i
I stock dividend. This is in accord
with the recent decision of stock-i
holders to increase the capital to !
$100,000,000. . ■
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS i
DRIVE SUCCESSRJI;
Large Class To Be Initiated Into)
Local Order Tomorrow
Night
CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE
The campaign for new member
1 which was instituted by the lova
J lodge of Knights of Pythias t.a*
i proved successful in every jsay am
as a result of this active work a !arg
j class will be initiated in the rani, o
Esquire in the Pythian Hall totnor :
row night. A degree team, consist s; j
, of some of the brightest legal talcn
i in Baltimore city, will come to Anna
! polls to put on this work in the see
i ond degree.
In addition to the members- of tin
j degree team there 'will be prec. n'
Supreme Representative of the!
j Knights of Pythias from Maryland |
i Mayor William F. Broening. of Balti*
j more; Grand Chancellor Dr. Herbert
C. Blake; Grand Vice-Chancellor Wil
liam F. Klein, and several other*
prominent in the Pythian order, it ir
also expected that a delegation will
j be present from Solomon’s Island.
Dinner For Visitors
The committee, consisting of Mayo;
{ Samuel Jones. Grand Prelate A. El
wood Martak and Joseph C. Parker
will meet the members from Haiti
; more on an early train and entertain
i them at a dinner to be given in tlieii
honor at Carvel Hull, after which tl \
j will be escorted to the hall oil Sch
! street, where the initiation ceremonies
i will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock.
The drive which was to have closed
! the latter part of November has be
continued until January, as the lar;;e.
cle~s initiation had to be postponed n
Baltimore due to a misunderstand)i :
in securing the theatre. The date lv s'
now been definitely sot. as January t.
and the Lyric Theatre lias been s 1
cured for the occasion. All uew ui-'
plications received will be l.cld for the '
initiation on that date.
I TWO HALF BROTHERS
SURVIVE MR. CHANEY-
It was inadvertently stated in ye -|
terday’s issue of The Evening Capital |
jbst t>u nicl and James Chancy wejrej
biydbefrt of Joseph T. Chanev who]
'died at Spring Grove Hospital on |
Wednesday of last week and whose j
funeral was held Saturday. Th •
names should have read Daniel J.!
Muridiy and Joseph Murphy, and the.-
arc half-brothers. Daniel J. Murphy
was one of the pallbearers. A widow
and six children also survive M
Chancy.
Siuiieliakcr Dividend 25 Pel.
<H Tin-
NEW YORK. Dee. 5. The Stud*
baker Corporation, automobile menu
torturers. today declared a common
stock dividend of 25 per cent.
BALTIMORE ELKS 10
] SEE OPERA TONIGHT
A large delegation olJSlks will com
•j from Baltimore in a special car to at
; j tend this evening's performance o
! ; the “Garden of the Shah,’’ which i
■ j being produced at. the Circle Play
house by the local lodge of I’.*P. O. K
I Another party of twenty-five Balti
more Elks came down this afternoon
at 2:30 and were entertained at an
oyster roast on one of the nearbj
shores. They will also attend the
performance this evening.
gjKNKCM* “(gifts Shat Cast”
% Santa Suggests — 3*
* A STERLING SILVER *
Belt Buckle
Very} Useful Xmas Gift *
We have a large selection of Sterling Silver
and Gold inlaid Celt Duckies.
J> upward
ENGRAVING FREE
OPEN LATE AT NIGHTS
*
MAIN STREET OUR
ft ' WINDOW
j®ift &tart wm&ssJS
THE WEATHER:
* Fair and much colder
• tonight. Wednesday fair
and colder.
COMt’KKIIK.xStVK LOCAL. AND URMCP.AL NKWB.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
PRQBEOFMIDQy
I BALL BY NAVAL
BOARD CLOSES
Several Members Of Hop Com
mittee Testify As To Supervis
ion Of Big Function In Phila
delphia After Football Game
On November 25.
FINDINGS AND REPORT
TO SECRETARY DENBY
W it lv the examination oi sev
eral additional midshipmen, all
members of the regular hop com
mittee. tile testimony of all of
whom tended to establish that the
j ball given in the Bellevue - Strat
ford hotel. Philadelphia, on the
night of November 25, following
the Army-Navy football game,
was properly supervised, the na
val board of investigation detail
ed by Secretary of the Navv
Denby. who charged that there
was w holesale drinking and "dis
graceful conduct” by midship
men on that occasion, completed
its probe here today and adjourn
ed. The board is expected to pre
pare a report and findings
I promptly, to be handed direct to
Secretary Denby.
These Middle* Testilicd
The midshipmen who testified arc:
Charles L. Walsh, of Utah, first c lass;
Frank ('. Layne, West Virginia; Wal
lis F. Peterson, Iowa; Herbert li.
i Benton. Jr.. Loilieiana. and W. W. Mo
lllhonny, North Carolina, all members
i of the second class. They were yues
| tinned briefly. All testified they were
assigned to regular duty at different
periods, that they were attired In
regulation dress for such affairs,
I. wearing Delta and white gloves, the
! same as they would at such a function
I given at t Jig academy; and that they
j thoroughly understood that, jn the
4 event of any acts of misbehavior, it
j would be up to them to take ncc.cr.viry
| steps to suppress them.
None of the witnesses was asked a
; direct question as to whether any of
j the middies appeared to have been**
i drinking at the ball, as has been •
| charged. --The board, however, nd
; hered closely to the precept of the
convening authority, the scope of the
Inquiry being limited to determining
whether the arrangements for, and
conduct of. the ball were supervised
by the academy authorities, and If not.
to fix the blame and responsibility
therefor.
Affair Was Supervised
Summed up. the testimony given be
fore the board established Iho points
that the hop committee held numer
ous conferences with officers of the
executive or discipline department
relative to tlie progress of arrange
ments for the function; that valuable
J assistance was given by the manage
ment of the Philadelphia hotel, and
' that the only acts of boistferoils coiji
i duct noticed a* the hall were cbmuilt
! ted by civilians.
( mil, hurl/. Shoulders Blame
An incident of yesterday afternoon's
session, which was of much Interest,
was the voluntary return to the stand
, l of Commandant Thomas R. Kurt/.,
commandant of midshipmen. He
wanted to state that should the board
find that there was any laxity in tin
arrangements for the ball or the su
| pervision of it, the responsibility
(('onllnunl On 2.)