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f ASSOCIATED press [ A Dispatches of late news are published in | The Evening Capital. pcßLisneD evert evening except Sundays. Iy< )L. LXXVII No. ti run IS ■CHOSEN ASHEAD IjjFUDIYCO. President Of Annapolis M Dai:.' Products Co. At Yester- H dav'- Meeting Of Stockholders ■ — Two Local Men Will Serve ■ On Board Of Directors. Sgg "ONTRACT FOR PLANT AWARDED BEAN BROS. ! — j'ra!.. . \. Lazenby, of Baltimore, : ' tv Yunujiolis Creamery Com* i„;iv '.a' elected president of the, i,.! >• organized Annapolis Dairy •rothii'ts Company, tit the Block hold* i•' ii.ctinK nf the latter corporation! ih ill .!■ lield yesterday afternoon !!■<.• of .Major John del’. Douw. i r:i in !i Circle. T Roland Brown. ; Annapolis, was chosen its treas* t‘r ■ f the new company, and F. M. /caiiy, also of Annapolis, was ho-1 tried as secretary. In addition to the above named of >r~ the following hoard of direc ts was elected: A A. Chapin, laslimgton, Howard 10 Atterbury, I <• York, Francis A. Lazenby, Bal- re, T Koland Brown and Dr. iiiriic T I'eldmeyer. of Annapolis. riant To l ost fcisjtliO oilier business to come before the ><*etu:g was the formal awarding ot I a ioutrnct to Mean Brothers, local outra< fius. for the construction of. a' company's large and modern plant hich "hi le elected on West street. 1 he toil of Bean Brothers, which was was submitted in competi* I i with several Baltimore eontrac- Wu'k of clearing the ground for) a at w plant already lias been start l it was announced today, and It is \perted Ihnt all of the (construe- [ "ii work will be wholly completed •‘••in at out four months, or in plen- 1 ‘ Due to take care of the firm's jj 'omner business. The plant will he j j nilt of uincrete and steel and will i up to-date in every reaped. —1 onllnu#*.! on Png* 4,\ l.| , I Announcement! ( )n the 9th of this month our Toy Depart ment will be opened to the public with a full line of Christmas goods. Dells, imported mechanical toys, carriages, wagons, black hoards, trains of cars, automobiles, and all things that go towards making a Merry hristinas lor the kiddies and grown-ups as 1 well. ‘ ■ Joseph Levy 194 Main Street. Phone 636-J. can be had at 73 West Street. Phone 40D-W. H M (4 * v H * n ' • 1 M Christmas Appointments | ] for- ’ 1 I; Photographic Portraiture g 1 have a few open hours for evening sittings, between 7 and 10. It is not yet too late for Christmas work. E. H. PICKERING ffiKrggj j| '•? -' k'M ' .J. - " - I u :::::ISH 22 :: jrrrsrrrrrrrs est-*- Corning jjjSJyH Capital NAVV RELIEF SOCIETY | COMMITTEES APPOgfitP Mrs. Henry K Wilson An nounces Names Of Those Who Will Serve For The Year DOES SPLENDID WORK •Mrs. Henry B Wilson, president of the Naval Academy Auxiliary of ihe Navy Relief Society, lias appointed the committees to serve for the year which began with the annual meeting of the Auxiliary on Monday last, j The financial committee has for its wors the planning of the campaign j for ‘he raising of during the winter. A meeting will soon be held for organization and appointment of sub-committees, after which the en tire personnel of the Academy Auxil iary will rally to their standards as l | they set to work. The Relief committee, as its name! indicates, responds at once to all calls for assistance from any member, oi l a family In the Navy or Marine Corps • in the State of Maryland. Following are the committees ap-j pointed by Mrs. Wilson: Finance Committee Lieut. - Com mander M. I). Tisdale, chairman; Mrs. R. M. Kennedy, Mrs. B, P. Du Bois, Mrs. A. Claude, Mrs. H. E. Shoemak or, Mrs. W. D. Brereton, Jr., Mrs. J Parker. Mrs. H. H. Forgua, Mrs. X. Steele, Mrs. It. I. Curtin. Miss N. L. Walton, Cant. T. R. Kurts, Conidr. I. C. Kidd, Lieut.-Comdr. G. B. Hoey, Lieut.-Comdr. D. A. McElduff. Major F. 1). Kilgore, Lieut. W. M. Fechteler, Lieut. O. L. Downes, Lieut. R. H. Keating. Lieut. G. F. Chaplino. Lieut A. S. Wotherapoon, J. W. Crosley. Relief Committee—Mrs. D. A. Mc- Kldurr. Mrs. A. B. Clifford, Chaplain S. K. Evans. Auxiliary delegate to meetings of the Board of Managers at Washington, D. C.— Mrs. B. P. Du Bois. MEMBERSHIP CONTEST ON FOR BIBLE CLASS Members are wanted for the East port Methodist Eplseopal Church Men's Bible Class which meets every Sunday at 9:lf. A membership con test Ms now on and three teams are competing in It. On Thursday. De-, eeiuber ,2V, there will be a Bible Class J social at 8 fa. in. AXA.U'Ui.LS. Ml)., SATURDAY. DEC EM BEK u. l*r>> IJUDICifIRY CBM WON j I WILL E ORGANIZED IN BILE WORE MY: Organization of the Judiciary Com mission. composed or 21 lawyers of ; Baltimore and Maryland, appointed by Governor Albert C. Ritchie by au , thority of the Legislature to investi , Pate as to the defects of the judi , cial system of the State, is to be per . fected at the first meeting of the tody today in the office of Attorney Charles F. Harley, in the Title Building, Bal . timore. , One of ‘be first acts of the Com , mission will be Hie election of- uj chairman. Mr. Harley's is the first j > name on the list of 21 lawyers named < for the probe by the Governor and it is generally assumed that the mem bers of the tody will follow custom land elect him chairman. * ! The memJ ership of the Judiciary Commission is as follows: Charles F.' j Harley, George Weems Williams. Samuel K Dennis, Morris A: Soper. I Charles McHenry Howard, Sylvan Hayes Lnucheimer, O. F. Hershey. l I John M, Uequardt. Walter H. Buck, J. Craig McLanahan, Philip B. Perl man. Emerson C. Harrington, T. Hughless Henry, Thomas H. Robin son, N. Charles Burke, Alexander Armstrong, William C. Walsh. F. Neale Parke. Jacob Rohrback, John B. Gray. Sr.. Ridgely P. Melvin (An napolis.) DAMP WEATHER CAUSES INCREASE OF “GRIPPE” Tlie da,mp and murky weather of j the past few days has increased the ' prevalence in Annapolis and vicinity of colds, grippe and kindred ailments, so that a mild epidemic is on. Extra precautions are urged by the doctors to ward off any further spread of it. as "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" in this class of sick ness especially. Among those convalosing during-the past week are Rev. Edward D. John son, Rector of St. Anne's; John M. ] Green, of the State Sapital Bank; Charles F. Lee. John F. King and , Ferdinand C. Latrol e . 'ARMV-NOIRE DAME I GAME IS ASSURED : I A gridiron battle between the . Army and Notre Dame for next sea- , son is an assured fact, it was an- . nounced at West Point. Knute ' Rockne's fast Hoosier eleven will < come East on October 13 to play the \ ( adets. I’he site of the contest has j not been definitely decided upon, hut , it is hoped to play the game in New | York. Notre Dame usually gets a ( November date on the Army’s sched ule. but the playing date has been ad- , vanced to mid-October for next year’s , contest. Announcement was also made that Army will play Yale in the , Bowl at New Haven next year on Nov ember 3. ' Fruit Cake NOW READY AT Select Yours Now! 60c. per lb. dU ESTABLISHED IN 1884. CHRISTMAS SEALS FOR i IMMIEOSIS FIGHT ' Annual Drive On To Rais- Funds For Battle With White Plague THOSE O N COMMITTEE The following committee has been named for the Christmas drive cf the Maryland Tul creulcs s Association. Doctor Thomas Fell, head of Anne Arundel county and Annapolis; Mrs Arthur Owens, Greenock; Mrs. Anne Pethorbridge, Nut well; Mrs. George j Sheppard, Harwood; Miss Anna Bray jshaw, Glen Buroie; Mrs. Melvin Stew |Uit, Gambrills; Mrs. Beauregard Clarke. Jessups; Mrs. Joseph Bigelow, Jr.. Itiverview; Miss Isabel McNasby and Miss Sara Sutherland, -Annapo lis. ■ Seals will 1c sold at the bank; and j postoffirv* from now to Christmas. For these who do x not earc to invest in seals there are the Health Bonds j which range in value from five to 'twenty-five dollars. Miss McNasby jhas charge of those. Contributions | should te sent to the Anne Arundel [and Annapolis Tuberculosis Commit tee., P. O. Box 136. Excellent ( liristnnis Investment Judging from previous results, and only results count, a better Christmas investment would le hard to lind. The Maryland Tuberculosis Association has kept many a child from lejotn ing crippled or invalided for life and (< ontimicd On Face REDS AND WHITES TIED FOR FIRST PEACE IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ; , • The membership'' tcontest of 'the Men's Bible Class f*ithe East port M. E. Church is on in earnest. The Reds and Whites are lied for first place each having 1 rought in 18 new members. The Blues are close be hind with 1G new members, making the contest very interesting. The losing team, or the team bringing in the least members, will treat the en tire class to sandwiches and coffee on January 4. , j Next week will he an unusually busy one. On Tuesday night, a Com munity Sing will be given under the auspices of the Epworth League, and no admission will be charged. Wed nesday night is Church Training Night and business meetings of Sunday School Board. Thursday afternoon and night Dr. Colt, District Superin tendent will conduct an institute with the following to assist him. Doctors Rines and Costin and Brother Nagle of India. On Friday night the young people will give a play entitled "The Fasci nating Fanny Brown." Tho public is cordially invited to join us in all things spiritual as well as social. #— ♦ turopean Tours A. For girls and women, three' months with tutors. Lectures in i Art. History, Literature, Langu ; ages, and Music. Visiting Gibral tar, Sicily, Italy, Switzerland* France. Belgium, England, Scot land. Sailing February; de luxe; i $1,600; no extras. B. The above and the Mediter-i ranean Cruise to Maderia. Algeres Reviera. Egypt, Palestine, Athens. ; —52,000. C. * Suitcase Tour. 2% months: five countries. Sailing in July. First class, $950; no extras. Address; MISS ELIZABETH PERSONS, Annapolis. * — THE Good Shepherd Wool Shop ANNA IS HOW X KKNOINOTOX Now at il9 Main Street t Across from Tea Store.) Announces and cordially invites you to attend its animal display of AR T NEEDLEWORK FOR XMAS For your Christmas knitting we can supply you with tlttCuuexcelied GQOD SHEPHERD WOOL FOR ALL CSEs: — 4 $5,000 BEQUESTS li TO HOSPITAL AND S. P. C. A. RECEIVED Charital le lequests under the will i of the hate Joseph R. Morris ;we now | l eing distributed. included in which J are two of special local interest, j These are one of $5,000 to the Emer gency Hospital of Annapolis and an -11 other of $5,000 to the Society for the l*j Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (An-, I napolis Branch.) The checks were ; . | delivered yesterday. | Mr. Morris was a retired business j , man of Chicago, who a few years ago look up his residence on Harness . Creek, near South River, and stayed . there most of the time, although he 1 traveled extensively. He died jn Paris iast winter. Besides the generous be ■ quests to local institutions he provld . ed lil erally for a number of others elsewhere, having no immediate fam- I ily. His estate totalled approximate ly $200,000. ANDREW T. STRIBLE I BURIED THIS MORNING 1 The funeral of Andrew T. Strible. j who died suddenly on Wednosday at j the Emergency Hospital, took place this morning at 9 o’clock from the residence of Mrs. Eliza Cannon, 18 ; East street, this city. The Rev. Father Duke, of St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, conducted tiie funeral services. The pallbearers were chosen from •the membership of three organiza tions to which the late Mr. Strible belonged. They were: Z. Davidson and Howard Armiger, of the Brick layers’ Union: Henry Wilkinson and j William Weaver, of the local Lodge j of Eagles, and Philip Mitchell and Charles Williams, of the Navy League. Interment was in Cedar Bluff cem etery. The funeral arrangements were made by Taylor and Sons. TO PREACH AT ST. ANNE’S CH. TOMORROW MORNING The Rev. John Armistead Welbourn, of Tokio. Japan, will Le the preacher at 11 o’clock tomorrow in St. Anne’s Church. Though Mr. Well ourn's entire min istry of twenty- three years lias been j spent in Japan, he lias many friends' in Annapolis and Maryland who look \ .forward to his presence here with interest. MRS. WM. WERNTZ WINS i ELEPHANT AT BAZAAR The large gray elephant at the! White Elephant booth of the Y. W. C j A. Bazaar was won by Mrs. William j Wemtz, who guessed the correct uuni- j 1 er, 299. The peanuts in the white elephant were counted at 9 o’clock j Friday night hy Robert Burwell, the ' County Engineer, at the Armory, who! was selected as the man to count them by a disinterested person who did not know who Mr Burwell wa% at the time. Up to the time of the count ing no o:;e knew hftw many poanatsj were iff the small as it was j filled by one person, then taken to a second person unknown to the first 1 who took a handful of peanuts out j and it was then sewed up to await the count. There were 5 who guess-1 ed 300 and 4 who guessed 298 but I Mrs. Wemtz was the only one who guessed the correct number 299, as shown by the books. WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN BURIED IN ST. ANNE’S The funeral of Philip J. Miller, a well-known resident of Annapolis, took place yesterday at 1:30 o'clock! from his late residence on Southgate, avenue. The members of the Annapolis Masofiic Lodge, to! which the late Mr. Miller belonged, j were: James Armstrong. Charles Russell. A. O. F. Larson. Eugene Grif fin. Basil Moore and Charles Liuder man. The body was interred in St. Anne’s | oeetntery. Taylor and Sons were the ! undertakers in charge of the funeral'! j arrangements. A SALE OF Fancy Jlrliclcs and Candy Ilf TUF. LA Id i;s OF O.VLVA ILY m. e. mruen Will Ik- held on • Tuesday, December 12th AT THE EDUCATIONAL# BUILDING Also from 4 to 7 i. m.. : tempting lOßcbenu will be served. i-onsistinK of I hot coffee, doughnuts and fried apple ides —"something fine, something new. something to please all of you.” I BE SURE TO COME. UNITS HOME FOR ! POOR IS 111 KEPI Nothing But Praise Given In Re port Of Recent Grand Jury Committee NOW HAS FOUR INMATFSf How well the Anne Arundel County ( Homo on South river, where the r* I I poor and needy o the count) s* c j given retuge is managed by Lie ! Board of Trustees, and the general i conduct of affairs by the superinten dent of the institution, is shown in. the report of the committee oi t ie recent October grand jury. The re-1 port reads: “To the Foreman of the Anne Aru-i --del Grand Jury. “Dear Sir: “We the Committee, appointed by i ypu to visit the County Home. \o | hereby make the following report “We visited the Home on the i- or i iug of October 23, and found there seven inmates, three males and fo>ir | females. Rooms Spotlessly Clean “We first visited the Colored I cp-.e. and found there olio inmate an old colored man. The rooms were spot- ! lessly clean and comfortable. The colored inmate is blind, and the Keep er has placed a guard around the stove to prevent his falling against it and getting burned. The two white men were out of doors, one chopping wood, the other sitting on the porch. (Continued On l*gr 3.) MONTHLY MEETING OF PRESBYTERIAN SOCIETY The Women’s Missionary Society pf the Presbyterian Church will hohl "its monthly mooting Wednesday, Decem ber 13, at 3 o’clock in the ChifTcli par lors. Miss Caroline lleintz will read a paper on the past and present life of women in India; and Mrs. C. R. Clements will read Grace Richmond's “Christmas Day in the Morning.“ Mrs. Royal Wigloy is chairman of the en tertainment committee. Free BIBLE Lecture! Of New York SUBJECT: T "^S| Wm* wmm v, \ “Satan's Empire m m '^3*3 l Palling 7 111 MV" - Sunday, Dec. 10 3.00 P. M. . |^3 s '^ gia, jPP;Y' JS; Knightsof Pythias I : I International Bible Students Association ALL ARE WELCOME! NOTICE-WANTED! Several Hundred Colored Men and Women, of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County to attend a MASS MEETING to be held in the i STAR THEATRE ON - - Next Tuesday Night, Dec. 12, 8.30 when the question of the proposed location here of the Booth Packing Plant will he discussed by Ridgely P. Melvin on behalf of the Hotary Club, and City Alderman John Stepney (colored). Establishment of this plant hero will assure employment of a large force of labor. By authority of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Clarence Jff. White (President. l ANNAPOLIS ROTARY CLUB, J. Garland Healy, (President. j. THE WEATHER: * Rain and colder in cast and rain and snow in west portion tonight. COMPHBIIRNBIVK LOCAL AND URNCRAL NEW®. PRICE TWO CENTS XIS SPIRIT IS !HERE: TRACTS OF I OLD SM SEEN Shops Filled With Toys And Giftr. For Good. Little Boys And Girls Windows Depict Scenes That Abound Once A Year. —— - -■ AND ST. NICIES FRIENDS ARE BECOMING LEGION That elusive something so fre quently described as the “Christina® spirit." which has become a yearly ; visitor in alt American cities and | towns and households, is again put ting in its appearance in and around Annapolis Beginning several weeks ago. when so timid as to bar *lv have nerve to show its head occasion illy, it Inis rapidly outgrown its infancy at.d j become a giant of monstrous proper- I tions. Shops Finely Decomted Traces or this giant's tread are evi dent throughout the whole city in display windows, where effective fire places. hung with Christmas stock ings both largp and small, call up visions of Santa's rotund self crawl ing down their wide-mouthed chim neys; ip the toy shops where dolls with long, natural curls rub elbows with the mechanical “Mamma" dolls so popular with present-day young* sters; where toy trains and guns and ships for 1 ovs dispute the territory covered by displays of doll furniture, dishes and carriages for girls; in the numerous Christinas trees already playipg their festive part in the deco ration of many of the windows of lo cal stores and restaurants; in the in creased bustle and stir noticeable in the activities of our merchants; in the extra hours which many put in em broidering, sewing and preparing hand-made gifts and in the appetizing i (f'niiilnn-4 n f*.ur* 4 I