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1* Evening Capital.
E vrilY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
S XVII No. MI.
SSI PLANE
igated today
If IK SPIT
B pelt For Craft That Left
Hecn For Hampton Roads
vterday Afternoon, Dis
ced Upon Receipt Of Later
v!ces From Washington.
al subchasers
had started search
i ,plane missing from the
f utiitn .it Al enleen, MJ.. 1
. ,i (urtt'i! yesierduy afternoon
f ,i |,, Uanipt >:> Roads, Va.,,
. w hifh a search was started !
. .o r- of the hay by two sub
• , itched from the Naval
, v as found this afternoon
.it York Spit Lighthouse
ii, P bay. af fording to a tel
. .iim received at the Na
ii.iijv from the Navy Depart*
from Washington.
>uhrhasers Started Hunt
;n as felt by Departmental of
i or the safety of the craft!
c did not reach her destina
kiii tie word was received as to
c I-reatM uts Karly this morn-j
• . Department communicated
I it 1 of the Naval Academy,
hi them of the missing plane.
• ,ii\-:<d that vessels tie sent
t tfn local station to sweep
aters of the bay. Action in this
a was taken promptly, and
under \bram Claude, officer in
< of ships attached to tlie sta
rts rimed crews for two sub
t- and la r ;aii tiie search. Upon
cf the later advices, the
party was recalled. Wash
i i"lrtals gave no details oon
the plane, except that it was
: heavy rain squall down
II tmtlnuril Irmn IVmi- (.1
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Now Comes The
January Sale!
Reduced in Price for Cash
! arge Stock of Sheets, Blankets, Comforts,
Pillow Cases, &c.
liit 42* sc p. cases tie
quantities are limited.
I'i ■ Baby Blankets 92c and $1.15
n! < - 12 00 Value. N0w..........................512
. 1 '•■ ir ke size. Pure white cotton tilliify:. $6.50 and $6.00.
' A aa m
Blankets. 72x80. Price SIO.SO.
1,1 iuit .| to #12.50
Blankets at a 1 ig reduction.
tting Cloth for ChUdreA’s aa4 Lad tea* Coats.
’ inches wide
■ C Wool 54-inch Plaid Serges.
*. .$1.50 yd.
Bordered Damask, pink and bine border; SI.OO vd.
72c td.
1 a white and colored border. 50c.
tfe
for l.aiies left from last year. $20.00, $15.00
Uoduced to ; $5.00
Waists and Brassieres at half price.
' < f Munsiug Underwear will le closed out at half
2 o- c
1 ii leached Muslin, (a 13c yd.
tut. reduced to 19c yd.
' I’leached Muslin. (J? 15c vd.
1 Napkins at cost.
' v ■ r t Kimonas for Babies. $2.00 and $1.50.
Me
' ,h SI.SS (10 yd. pieces)
% MM tiojd. pieces)
M EXT OF REMNANTS o| GI&G
. < >\TS. DRESS GOODS. LACES
v mKRY \\D MANY OTHER
AT A BIG REDUCTION
trunk A. Munroe
1 "HO MAIN STREET
r — — — 1
€x)cmnfi damtal
URGE PROPORTION OF
ALFALFA MARKETED
Federal Survey Shows 65 Per
Cent. Of Surplus Out By
December 15
PRICE REFLECTS DEMAND
More than half the marketable sur
plus of the 1922 alfalfa crop has al
ready been marketed, a survey just"
completed by the United States De
partment of Agriculture indicates. A
survey made September 15 indicated
a marketable surplus of about 15 per
cent, less than the amount marketed
luring 1921. It is now estimated that
ill out 65 uer cent, of this surplus
was marketed by December 15, com
pared with 45 per cent, of the 1921
crop at the corresponding date last
i year.
Movement Of Timothy Light
The movement of timothy hay to
market, however, has not been as hea
vy to date as for the corresponding
period last year, the survey shows.
It is estimated that about 36 percent,
of the marketable surplus had been
marketed to December 15, compared
with 38 per cent, on December 15,
1921. Fifty per cent, or the prairie
surplus has been marketed, accord
ing to these estimates, compared with
35 per cent, for the corresponding
period last year.
Drouth in the Southwest is report
ed to have curtailed production of al
falfa and also to have created an un
usually large demand resulting in
heavy movement of alfalfa from the
Western producing territories into
the drouth area.
I’rlce llelleols Alfalfa Demand
The increased demand for alfalfc
has been reflected in the price trend.
On SepteniLer 15. No. 1 alfalfa was
quoted at the principal markets at an
average price of $21.50 per ton. On
December 15. the average price of al
falfa at the same markets was $23.75
per ton.
(riilltniril On I’ng* fl
ANNAPOLIS, MIX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1D23.
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MATES OF MISSING
FROM BRIDGE COLLAPSE
j RUN AS NIGH AS THIRTY
(By Th* Amioriated Pre*.)
KELSO, WASH., Jan. 4.—Names of
eight missing persons were known,
while estimates of the number lost
ran as high as thirty, when rescue
parties resumed today their search
of the wreckage strewn waters of the
Cowlitz river, into which the old sus
pension bridge here, bearing scores
of men and women, collapsed last
"night. From # fifty to one hundred pe
destrians, one truck and at least ten
passenger automobiles were on the
bridge when it fell. The structure
gave way In the midst of a traffic jam
caused by a stalled automobile.
Deputy Coroner William T. Van
Note, who saw the crash, estimated
tills morning that from twenty to
twenty-five lodies and 15 to 19 auto
mobiles were in the river. Three
divers were expected here to aid in
sifting the wreckage. Most of the l
persons on the bridge were thrown
into the swirling river and many were
picked up by boats or swam ashore.
Of those rescued one man was fatal
ly hurt and died this morning and
another was 1 elieved to le fatally in
jured. Six others seriously injured
were taken up by boats.
BAPTIST PASTOR TO
ASSUME NEW DUTIES
Tlie Itev. Dr. John S. Sowers, of the!
College Avenue Baptkt Church, in
connection with that pastorate, has
accepted the pastorate of the Eastport
Baptist Church, and w ill preach at (
that church on Sunday evening at 8
o'clock. The regular prayer meeting
service will he held in Eastport on i
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Dr.j
Sowers will hold the first prayer
meeting tonight and a large number
of the congregation members wilf
meet with him.
BRUCETs ORGANONG
OWN OFFICE FORGES
Senator-elect William Cabell Bruce;
is preparing to enter upon his duties
at Washington in March, should the
President call an extra session of
Congress. He is now organizing his
office force, made up of four appoin
tees, these being a secretary, a sten
ographer and typewriter and two oth
ers probably a messenger and a page
As these are personal appointments
and constituting as they do a stuff
entrusted with private as well as offi
cial correspondence. Mr. Bruce is not
consulting any of the politicians in
making his selections. He has prac
tically decided on at least three of
the four to be named.
The Senator-elect is much gratified
over the tender from his future col
league, Senator Weller, to aid him
in every way to make his surround
ings pleasant and agreeable. He has
also offered to assist in securing such
committee assignments as Mr. Bruce
may prefer. The relations between
the two Maryland representatives are
most cordial and they exnect to work
together to further the State s inter-,
est.
University Club Meeting
The regular fortnightly meeting of
the University Club will be held to
night at McDowell Hall.
NOTICE
Anyone wishing storage for cars see
us. We have a few private garages
and room in main building, all well
j heated.
CHILDS & HUNTER.
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| BASKET-BALL
COMPANY **M”
vs.
ANNAPOLIS ATHLETIC CLUB
FRIDAY, January sth
Game 8 P. M.
! .
I i ADMISSION 25 CENTS.
! *
NOTICE!
Tli* City Clerk is uw ready t<* issue
APPLICATION BLANKS to OAIKVIIKN
and STORK-KEKPKRS selling MILK or
; CISKAM. in eomptiauce with the NEW
Ordinance regulating the sate of same,
which becomes effective January 1.
City Clerk's office hours. a. m. to 1 p
m„ and 2 to .3 i>. in. Municipal Building
i Duke of Gloucester street, opposite Market
st reel.
EMMA ABBOTT C.AGK.
1 *l3 tf City Clerk.
ESTABLISHED IN 1884.
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KILLS WIFE AMI 3 CHILDREN,
THEN SHOOTS
SELF
* Illy The A>oeiated VrrM.)
[' MUNCIE, INI)., Jan. 4.—-Wil
j ! liam Miller, 30 years old, tovlav
shot and killed his wife ami their
three children and then commit*
' ted suicide, police officials said.
The crime was discovered by
neighbors, who bjoke into the
house w hen they failed to see any
i of the family.
ABSOLVE PfiGE
MURDER CHARGE
Wealthy Business Man Of Nor
folk Freed Of Connection With
Williams’ Death
(By The Associated Press.)
NORFOLK. VA., Jan. 4.—Percy A
Page, wealthy business man, was ab
solved of all blame in connection with
the death of Harry Gayle Williams.
Jr., automobile salesman of this city
and son of H G. Williams, proprietor
of the Hotel York, New York, after a ;
j hearing today.
A. RufTn Lambert, chauffeur, was!
J charged w ith manslaughter and was j
released under SI,OOO bond. Thomas
! Hogue, another chauffeur, was re
j leased in SSOO bond as a material>
j witness Williams- died of a fractured i
; skull while he was lining taken to a ;
j hospital, after having been discovered j
i unconscious by his wife when she was j
j attracted to the lower floor of the
house by heavy breathing. Page
! walked into police headquarters soon !
I afterwards and told the authorities j
! he had a fight with Williams the night
J before.
Police Inspector Putty said his men
had determined that Williams, Mrs.
i Williams and Page were driven to tue
Williams home on Tuesdav night by a
motorcycle policeman. He said the
officer thought Williams to be too in
toxicated to drive the party home.
Soon afterwards, the detective de
clared, Williams phoiied Hogue and
Lambert to take the party for another
drive. Putty said Hogue told him he
refused to take Williams out because
[ of his condition, and Williams jumped
upon the running boar" of the ma
! chine. Lambert, the inspector quoted
! Hogue as saying, pushed him off.
Lambert and Hogue then carried the
injured man into his home.
-CUBAN WOMANHOOD
TO OE ORGANIZED
FOJJIAL RIGHTS
(By Tli* A*ortnfe*l l*re*o
HAVANA. CUBA, Jan. 4.—Cuban
womanhood will be called to the
colors soon for a campaign to secure
equal rights. The opening gun will
he fired at a National Women’s Con
cress. which is being organized by a
committee from the National federa
tion of Feminine Associations, and
although the date has not been fixed
an extensive program, consisting of
ten official congressional themes, has
been arranged. It follows:
1. Women's Rights. Constitutional
reforms to secure civil and political
equality.
2. Social Mission of Cuban Woman
-1 hood. Action through public speak
! ing and the press.
3. Women's Work. Protec.'ive leg
islation for feminine workers and ex
pectant mothers, who also are bread i
winners.
4. Pfotection far the Cuban Home
Reformation of legislation affecting
property rights of wives and chi’dvtn.j
5. Moral and Physical Welfare of;
the Race. Campaigns against social j
evils and diseases, lewd books, wh'te
trade and habit-forming drugs
6. Child Welfare. Assistance in
fighting infant mortality and improv
ing the moral and physical standards
j of Cuba’s youth.
7. Social Welfare. Study of Arts
and sciences, summer colonies, in
struction in civil rights.
8. Woman Suffrage. Constitutional
, reforms.
9. Women in Business. Their ac
tual status and means of improving it.
10. Women on the Farm. Farm
classes for women and means of in
stilling a love for flowers and the
beautifying of homes.
The executive committee for the |
congress is made up of Mrs. Pilar
Merlen de Menendez. president, and
eight vioe-oresidents: Mrs. Manuela
i Berriz de Valdes, secretary, and five
j assistant secretaries,- and Miss Hor
tensia Lamar, treasurer.
Apartment For Rent
j Newly done over; unfurnished. Will
be ready for occupancy January Bth
I No. 191 Prince George street, opposite
Carvel Hall. Phone Gl9-R. j 6
FRENCH ULTIMATUM
TO BRITISH IS FIU
STEP IN CONFERENCE
(Hv Th* I’rrai.)
PARIS. Jap. 4.—At today's session
| of the premiers' conference, which ad
j journed at 4:30 for an hour. Premier
Poincare of Franco, read what
: amounted to a virtual ultimatum to
; the British to say yes or no to the
J French reparations proposition or else
' discontinue the conference, according
to a British delegate.
Shortly 1 efore tho time for the sec
ond session of the day the Italian del
egation deposited fresh propositions
j in a final attempt to save the confer
i ence from a breakdown.
m
WOMEN MACCABEES TO
| MEET TOMORROW NIGHT
The Women’s Benefit Association of
the Maccabees will hold its meeting
tomorrow night at Odd Fellow’s Hall.
The date of the regular bi-monthly
meeting of the organization has-been
changed from the second uud fourth
Fridays of the month to the first and
third.
P. 0.Oils!
UNIFORM HEIGHT IN
- PLACING MAIL BOXES
While appreciating the generally
prompt action on the part of house
holders of Annapolis in complying
with federal postoffice regulations re-1
lating to having mail receptacles j
j placed in front of private residences. I
; officials of the Annapolis postoffice
now are making an appeal that such
receptacles be installed at a uniform
height, as a means of further aiding 1
the letter carriers.
The mere installation of small mail J
boxes, or as the case might be, cut- j
ting a hole in tho front door, means i
a big time saving to letter carriers
in the delivery of mail matter. Now
it develops, however, that in many in
stances, the receptacles have been in
stalled at such a height as to cause
the carriers much inconvenience In
reaching for them, especially when
their sacks are heavily loaded. It has
teen requested I v P. O. officials there
fore, that the mail boxes, or aper
tures in doors, be not higher than 5
feet from porches or doorways. There
is no doubt but that householders will
readily accede to the change where
necessary.
BERGIIOLL MI ST REMAIN
IN MILITARY PRISON j
(By Th* Iknorlatnl I'rrmi.)
KANSAS CITY, KAN., Jan. 4—Et
win Rudolph Bergdoll, draft evader,
must remain in the military prison
at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is
serving a four year sentence. Judge
Pollock of the Kansas Federal Court,
ruled today. Judge Pollock sustained
a motion of the district court to dis
miss a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus in Bergdoll’s case.
EMILE COUE ARRIVES
1 IN U. S. 10 PREACH HIS
“DAY BY Dlir DOCTRINE
i
(Br Th AtMirlilrd Praia#
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.—Emile Coue ,
the little pharmacist from Nancy,
came to America today on the steam
*v.ip Majestic, hopeful of spreading i
.through the country his auto-sugges-j
tive phrase. "Day by day. in every |
i way. I'm getting better and better."
Greeted at the pier by a party of
: welcome, he announced his intention!
of opening a clinic in New York and
expressed hope that his method would
be tried out in hospitals in an effort
to cure the sick, and in penitentiaries
to cure evil.
GOOD SHEPHERD CONVENT
IN CANADA. FI RES WEPT 1—
' Tim Atouritlfd
QUEBEC. CAN., Jan. 4—The elev-!
enth fire to sweep a Catholic institu
tion iA Canada within the last vearj
was reported today. It razed the!
Good Shepherd Convent of St. George
de Beauoe. about 30 miles from this
city, last midnight.
To Hold Joint Meeting
On January 18 the joint meeting of
. the Davidsopville Community Club
j and Farm Bureau will be in the form
i of a community supper at the hall, to
which all the families of the com
munity will be invited. There will be
singing and some interesting ad
dresses Those who attended the
community supper last January have
a delightful memory of it and will
urge their friends to attend on the
[TSth.
COkIPREHKNSIVB LOCAL AND QBNBBAL NBWB.
OVER S6OD.EIOO TO STATE
FROM YEAR'S RACING
Maryland Commission Reports;
Total Collections Of $767,725
From All Sources
REPORT SENT GOVERNOR 1
Tlic State of Maryland received
$662,757.23 from the Racing Commis
sion as its share of the tax provided
in the Burke law. This is shown in
the annual report of the Commission
received by Governor Ritchie.
The Commission collected $767,-
725.03, but part of the money went
to Baltimore county as a special tax
j of S3OOO a day on the Pimlico racing,
while smaller sums were remitted to
various boards of county commission
ers as tax on county fair tracks.
Each Pays *4IOOO A Day
Each one-mile track paid the State
$138,000 for 23 days' racing. This is
at the rate or S6OOO a day. In ad
dition, each track had to pay u tax
of 15 per cent, on its net earnings.
This was figured as follows: Havre
de Grace. $24,054.85; Laurel, $39.38..-
66; Pimlico, $40,753.34; Bowie, $25.-
491.36.
The total amount Let in the 92 days ■
of racing on the mile tracks is not I
stated in the report, but the receipts ;
of the various tracks from the 5 per
cent, and breakage collected through '
the pari-mutuel system of betting pro
duced a total of $2,942,361 for the four
tracks. As the breakage and com
missions together amount to about 6
per cent., the total let in the 92
days of racing was about $19,039,300.
I
Pari-Mutuel Receipts
The receipts of each track front
pari-mutuel commissions were: Havre
Je Grace. $695,689; Laurel. $686,051;
Pimlico, $881,491, and Bowie. $697,127.
Gross receipts at Havre de Gra e
were $914,739; the expenses. $637,808;
| 10 per cent, dividend to stockholders,
I $110,392. The gross receipts of Lau
| re * were $989,116, with expenses >f
$705,895; 10 per cent, dividend. $107,-
931. Pimlico's gross was $1,290,828
and expenses $1,019,139; dividend.
$103,662. Bowie took in a total of
$880,835, paid out $660,101 in expenses
and retained for dividends $72,457.
The Commission informs the Cov
entor that it has been confining i's
activities to regulating the tracks
rather than operating them, and that
the Tracks have now been "decom
mercialized.”
montheyleelg of
! LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The regular monthly meeting of the
Annapolis Library Association will 1 p j
held tomorrow evening in the Municl-,
pal Building, at 7:30 o’clock. AII |
i those who have contributed to the
support of the library are considerrd
to be members of the association, and
arc invited to come to the meeting,
and help formulate the policy of the
library for the new year.
TO CONSIDER ROBINSON
RESOLUTION FOR l*. S. PART
IN REPARATIONS PARLEY
(By The AMorlitrd Pre.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. A—As
j surances of immediate conslderatb n
i for the resolution of Senator Rol l t
j son, Democrat, Arkansas, urging the
; representation of the United States)
in the reparations conferences were
given by Administration Senate lea l- j
| ers today, after Chairman Lodge, of
! the Foreign Relations Committee, had
i conferred with President Harding and
j Ambassador Harvey at the White
| House.
Senator Lodge did not express any
definite opinion regarding the advis
ability of adopting the resolution, but
neither did he. nor any administration '
leaders, evinced any hostility towards
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LOST “AD” IN CAPITAL
RECOVERS ROLL OF $25
j
To lose $25 on the streets of An- 1
napolis and then have it returned to
I him through a LOST advertisement in !
| the columns of The Evening Capital.!
was the good fortune that befell ;
Thomas Basil, proprietor of the Ail- 1
napclis Flower Shop, 67 Maryland I
avenue. On New A'ear’s Day, Mr. J
Basil lost a roll of money which he
thought contained $35. but as a mat
ter of fact the amount was $25. That
mattered not. Tne following day the
advertisement was inserted in The
Capital. Yesterday. Augustus Sewell,
an aged resident of West Annapolis,
while passing along State Circle in
the vicinity of Maryland avenue, hap
pened to spy the "roll” on the pave
ment. Seeing the advertisement he
looked up the owner, and received a
i. reward.
THE WEATHER:
* Fair tonight with {
temperature near freez
j ing. Friday unsettled.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FOREIGN GAMES
) PROVIDE FUNDS
! FOR NEW FIELD
I Navy’s Share Of Proceeds From
Contests With U. Of P. And
Penn State, Netted Over $33,-
000, Annual Report Of Com
mander Howard Shows.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
That the Navy Athletic Association
realised practically sufficient funds
from the Navy-University of Pennsyl
vania football game In Philadelphia
and the Navy-Penn State game in
Washington during the late season, to
cover the cost of the new bascbnll
field and stadium now in course of
construction on the government res
ervation here, was the salient feature
)f the report of Commander Douglas
I L. Howartk secretary-treasurer, read
j before the annual meeting of the as-
I tociation held last night.
Netted Total Of *3.1.431
The report shows that Navy’s share
■ of gate receipts from the Pennsyl
vania game amounted to $17,639. and
from the Penn State fracas. $15,759, a
'otal of $33,434. That the proportion
of receipts of the game with the Red
•nd Blue should bo larger is due in
the main to the fact that midshipmen
<ttemling that contest were compelled
*o pay their wav. whereas the entire
regiment attended the contest with
‘he Nittany Lions, in Washington,
gratis.
Field To l ost Nearly
The now’ baseball field here will
cost in the neighborhood of $40,000.
Thp stands will have a seating
capacity of 10.000. At last night's
meeting the association named the
several officers to look after nocfls of
(thletlc teams, Lieut. B. F. Perry bc-
I ing again chosen for football, and
Commander H. D. Cook, for baseball.
Final decision of the Army-Navy
agreement for future games, and ar
rangements for the Nnvy-Prinreton
game, was left with the executive
committee, which will meet at an
early date. The service battle Is cer
tain for New York by choice of West
j Point, and indications point to the
' Baltimore stadium for the Princeton
, engagement.
Other OflicinlH Chosen
Commander Thomas R. Kurt*, rom
; mandant of midshipmen, la ex-officio
; president of the athletic Aaaoclatlon.
Naming of a successor to Commander
! Howard, as secretary-treasurer and
, athletic director, the duties of which
| office are manifold, was held n abey
ance. and It is stated that the cxccu
: live committee Is at sea as to secur
• ing an officer to fill this berth. Com
! mander Howard has borne the bur
dens of it for more than three years.
He has recently been assigned to sea
duty, and will leave about Junuary 15
to assume his new post, that of navi
gator of the battleship Texas.
Other athletic officers chosen are
Lieutenant G. W. Clark for gymnas
tics and wrestling and Lieutenant W.
C. Calhoun for basketball.
CALL TO COLORS
ISSUED IN TURKEY
(By Th- Prean.)
LONDON. Jan. 4.—The Turkish gov
ernment has issued a decree calling
to the colors all able-bodied men In
the liberated regions, according to an
exchange telegraph dispatch from
' Constantinople.
POSTOFFICE PAYS OVER
$6,500 IN WAR SAVINGS
War Savings certificates to the
amount of $6,500 have been redeemed
. through the Annapolis postoffice since
1 the first of the year, it was announc
ed today by postoffice officials. Prior
to the beginning of the year, some
; thing over $2,000 in these savings bad
been o&id ever by the postoffice offi
! cials.
, HARDING ELIMINATED
AS POSSIBILITY FOR
RESERVE 811. GOVERNOR
(By The Anceiated Prcaa.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan 4.—TbO
name of W. P. G. Harding has been
eliminated from the list of those be
ing considered for appointment to tbc
: governorship of the Federal Reserve
Board, according to a high official o t
the Treasury today.
It was said that Mr. Harding, a for
mer board governor, would entef
private business. -